The Press. — London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

548 THE most interesting article in the present mini ber of the Dublin (hart...idly Maga;ine is a gossip ing account of the river Tolka, near Dublin, on whose banks many literary celebrities, from the days of Addison, Steele, and Delany, have dwelt. There is too much of " Sling'by "in this periodical. " Tas. ker 'arew " i. apparently an interminable lietion, and j,4 probably want by its author to illustrate a mathe matical line—" length without breadth." 14:4•Evr writing, and mati token.; of education and re4earch among the ambers, are to be recognised iu the 'hareh of Sl'llllll 3111y11 . -ine. The aulkjects ale, however, somewhat old, and their treatment somewhat commonplace. number for Oetoher of the //hvttrated lannloa Maga eontains, among otlivr matters, some in teresting illustrations of the ruined cities of Atneriett, apropos of the Aztecs recently e•ltillited. It appear., ailaille4l for family reading. Excum:e I. it; title from masculine criticism, We Cllll say ii 4 billing noire of the I , :stglisheturmatex !Maws ie Mafia:inr Iliuu n it some of its contents appear no le . awl all to be lianiile!,s. JI ur It. Tit ti•liElt%V . .. 114'w serial. The NeiretiniriC, Ai...1114P; uf a Most I:ex iwetet ble Fos mil y, 'pens in a most unpromising way iu "Ilse Caw of harmony," uliMli the eider ('elbow. The writing of the mondwr i. inspired by the geniis loci, and the author whines and snarls in a pro!' aigl'it 111 of maudlin cynicism r.ytnpto naticofltisworst lIIINHI. Again Wi! are treated to pictures of human nature wills the wrong side out, twetwoling to this writer' , peculiar mode of ob servation, until his self repetiti.as is slim pit pain fill. Slid produces oopeio its sank an elfret as it' the tlagellator " the .li4oolicses" and " the snobs" had mow taken to caricaturing himself. idr. Thaekeray evidently is conscious that his metlusl of looking at the world is calculated to produce Inn. notony, and he endeavours to exesslpate himself by protesting that all the themes of the novelists are essentially out. Ilia this objection is test to Mr. Thackeray's subjects, but to his morose mannerism. In "'Floe Neac4.lll4'S " ISIS introolowes us to the same nature, and to the same style of painting, that we saw in " l'enolesmis." and also in " Esino aid," not withstanding the disguising rhetoric used in the latter work. There is so much want. Of fivsloness and novelty in this first number that it makes us apprehen sive lest "The Newcomers" should mark an era in the literary history of 511.. 'rlitu.keray, sinsilar to the " lted tistuntict " in the life of Scott ; and in saying this we are giving utb•ranee lit the general opinion on "The Neweinues, No. 1." PL ItT,ICATIONS RECEIVE'', .1. luta 11. Viretelly. 11.14111641 u ., 15W1.41%0111, F. 111111i . ..4m T. 11.) , 1t4 rtls, I 'howled ilappinovi. 4'4'111114.ms irlli , l) .11,1. 1411,111 1:1111111 2 Vlll4. MIMI lllll'llluw k. I'3. • 14•,11 M. W. ••••,1 . 'ph He. eapiedu Mtwolowltio. I‘net. nr Il u • IhNms l'evkoi. lottigit Ott,Xittraturt, &t. PAIIIS.--t iVAINASII'II t\ TIII HOSPITAL inn MO:N.—Tor several years past, first in a bumble and miolistructive w ay, t he " Adistinistration de l'assist mice puhlique." a last to 110 coulpatr d to the eOllllllll. SiOlter4 01 LOllllOll, illt% e! bad emits' a roofed gymnasium at Ate above hospital. It has been observed with astonishment, that by reverting to these bodily exercises many 4)1 the ailments hitherto so obstinate to the arts of itteilieine, as scrofula, raehitis. epilepsy, fir., yielded in a very short tim e , and Ihut . thin 1 , 44111111. 4 also physically more Kay and vigorous. A distribution of ptizes is also hadd onee a year at this medieal gymnasium for the oltildren oldie poor, which this year was intended by the highest civ le authorities of the Fr e n c h eapital. NI I% Fiti:Nen AN4•114111.---.‘fter the many specimens shown in the livat it is not likely that anything of the above naval apparatus would be put conspienously by the French press, without suttleient claims to public notice. The a /sere Ile )(area or M. ventillauti Martin prest•uts several advantages:, AS. while with the ordinary of th e claws gets generally iniplanted in the soil, M. M. this tilt iitteil this by a very clever contrivance. This ende.r presenting, as It does, an ithogalterfiat ape IS'NEIAIIee, its stowing away on board ship is the alone .1,; this new apparatus is proclaimed by our Porch contemporaries to be one bringing 011 plege Et`%olllAloll in this part or tviiitical it may well deserve the attention Or our 111 . 01essi011al ('l'. !IC AND COSMIC DEC ‘v 011,;vme NATI•itE.— 11 1 / 4 .,i41es the I►tttato anti !Mayo diseases, the jottrllttl.4 14 the United States dilate nt►►t aimt tn► the great mortalit, uuua►tt,t the fish on the eastern 4,1'441'4.'4 44 the ttlatitie. Daring seteral thi)ot great itanilors of dead capvlins t Sating arcticwe l lann.)llll%e been cast THE PRESS. on the shores of I larborgrain Hay, and shoals of dead and dying animals had previously covered the surftwo of the adjacent ocean. The disease hOellIS to mani fest itself in a swelling of the gills and other atbacent soft parts, on which also a bort of exantheme was observed. Months previous to this the capelins had appeared very thin and ailing. Resides parts of Southern Europe, advices from South America auul Africa mention diseases appearing on the fruits of lemon, cocoa. ints, AMMAN, and cloves, which eases, being quite solitary uud unprecedented, deserve the attention of naturalists. MF:I►Lt':VAL MS. us CLANS PAINTIM.L.--There has been discovered in the archives of the parish church of Pfalzel, near Trier, on the Mosel, a MS. on the art of glass-painting at it had been then and pre viously practised in Germany. It is dated 1561, and written by the hand of Christian liretzer, but who says that he liad merely copied it from one written by Herr Nieolaus, of the Convent of Leach. This Herr Nicolaus is most probably N. de Bensroedt, a person somewhat intimates with Elector .14)1)11, and who had paid much attention to the art of glass-painting, both in the Otter and Nioderlaiels, at Romo, tie. The MS. is entitled Eyn Clarlicher, tf:e., a clear report and instruction of the fine art of glass painting and bur nishing, together with cautions and instruc tions thereto► appertaining. As it has been now care fully deciphered and copied, and is in the way of publication in Germany, some of the lost secrets and colours of that line medieval art tray come to light. TuE Roi dos Holleit, the last opera by Adam, has just been published. THE most revolt. ballet at the Grand Opera at Paris, Elia and Myxis, is taken from the Homan history at the 'writs( of the consuls. It was called first the Mel/awl,. The Attellanes, who received their names from the town Atella, were satiric, panto mimists, actors who were often called in after public feasts. The most noble personages did not disdain to accept a part among these performers. THE SALE or TUE LEVEN CoLLECTION OF tVI KS lir ART to place on °ember the s►th at. Cologne, and called together amateurs from all countries. Th 0.443 from England, France, Belgium, anti various parts of Germany, were most numerous. The rarest potteries were bought at very high prices. Tot; ComET discovered by Balthus at Berlin was visible on October 4111, at four in the morning, at Munster, in Westphalia, in the neighbourhood of the star Zola in the lima 1. . THE Mtsr't►F:\'r To TUE liE:►tMAN CLASSIC I'OET LEsSINif was inaugurated on September 80th at lh•unswick. I L ►n the evening a grand banquet as sembled the admirers of the author of Nathan the Wise." A 'nisi. of portraits and busts of the future Em press of Austria 111INP already appeared in ( terniany. The portrait by Durk, and the bust by (hisser, of Vienna, are designated as possessing most artistie Y alue. • _ . Tim principal artists at the Italian Opera at Petersburg, which was opened on October Ist, are, tenors : Calzohiri, Tamberlik, Auudio, and Stigelli ; baritones: ltonettni and I lassini; bassists: Lablache and Didot ; soprani: la tirange, 111edori, and Merrily ; contralti, : Demerit'. The operas iu re• hearse' are, 11 .11(trito e l'autuatte,by Ricci, I Martiri, .11(4, and tuna li o The Siege (if Ghent Prophet) still keeps its place in the repertoire. Iliti:ssywr leaves the Gymnast. for the Comedic. Franeaise. It was said that he had been engaged ha. Petersburg. IhscovEntEs MotAT Am)s.—Mr. Simonitles, t ;reek gentleman, has reeently sold to the British Museum the following rare and valuable Greek manusciipts The Navigation of the Black and lted Seas, by Ariamis. 2. On the Seven Wonders of the ‘Vorld, by Philo, engineer of Byzantium. ;1. Two volumes of Ptolemy Claudius, the geographer, to gether with two maps, terrestrial and celestial—very curious. t.A Treatise on those who have died full of faith, by ohn, the Hermit of Damascus. 5. Mann script of Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople. 0. A Chronological Treatise front Adam to the pre sent time (that is, to the time of Nicephorus). ;. A Ointment:try of Theophylactus, Bishop of Bulgaria, on the four tiospels. M. .1 fragment of the Notes of Andreas, Bishop of Cappadocia, and the Epistle of James, the brother of our Lord. I). A few leaves of a Gospel in Sclavonie. 10. A fragment of a t ios lid in tired:. 11. A copy of the Gospel of St. 301 m, and pages of other llositeD—very ancient. These literary treasures were discovered by Mr. Simonides in the Monastery of Mount Athos, where it had been long suspected many such are carefully hidden by the monks. Innumerable traveller had vainly en• deavourcil to get hold of them Islore this gentleman brought the above MSS. to light. His StliTeSS is explained by the eiremustance that he is a native of Athos, and has several relatives au g the monks. These individuals, influenced more by ties of kindred than by the narrow prejudices of their order, enabled Mr. Silnonides to attain the summit of his ambition, 'ant seem a prize. which lia4 enriched the SATURDAY, literature of the world. It is understood that the manuseripts were °tiered in the first instalwe t o the Greek Govenunent, by whom they were declined. A Goitolaws CARPET, of the Axminster fabric, is now being manufactured in Glasgow for the President of the United States, who will hey it down at his official residence, the White House, in Washington. This magnificent piece of manufacture is one of the largest ever ',minced. It measures eighty feet how by forty broad, the portion woven in the loom without ' , emit being seventy-two feet by thirty-one, and the re mainder rousisting of a handsome bottler sewed on. The filling in of the carpet is a ruby and criaison damask, with three tasteful medallions in the centre, and rich cornerpieces to correspond. The medal lions are filled up with bouquets of dowers, designed and executed with exquisite taste. The entire vireo weighs upwards of a toll, and its value is nearly N tuksiastital. pia:FERmEsTs AND APPoISTMENTs. The HeN. W. Temple, H.A., le the Reetury of Nykuet 114.4 r Credit Ana. _ . The Rev. E. MOlllllll to the Inc 1111 l betel of Llanychaint, swim Alenstwith. 'Elie Rev. Thomas Miller Dickson, 8.A., has been appointed lived Master of the 6ra iiiiii ar School ut Berwick-oti-Tweed. The Rev. T. C4.1,1%%4.11 to the Iteetory of /Meru'. Norton. 'flue Rev. 1.. Browne to W Ititbury and Silverstone, North- The ih.V..loltu Laurence Prior, M.A., to the Rectory of Lysiby, and to the Perpetual Curacy of Paplewick, Notts. The 11ev. Allgtistuts fledge, 8.A., to the curacy of tit. John's Vah., ktAWlek. The Rev. John Ilurtun Norusau, 11. A., to the Cursey tit Bow ties 4, The Rev. ('onnenay John Vernon, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. John's, Keswiek. The Rev. Gerald Leruset, li.A., of St. John's College, Cam bridge, has boon Watt Master of the ttriounoar tichuul at user Colette:4er. The Tntstees of Weittoo Chanel hare elected the Bev. Cum M.A., to the Perpetual I 'itraey of their district. The Ite%. T. It. 1.10)41, M.A., Vicar of :Motile Brace. Shropshire, to the Incumbency of St. Mary's with St. Michael's a iiiiiiiiiiii Shrewsbury. The Rev..l. Crane Wharton to the Vicarage of Merton, near A) leslatry. The Ite%. Samuel Cusiew is lord, to the llootor) of Farm. bonanth, Sower' et. The Rev. John Lumelon, 11. A., to the Vieitrace of Mullfortl. 'lite Re% . Edward Hothani, M.A., to the Iteetory id* Crowcousbe, tour Taunton. The 11ev. Nicholas Genoon, ILA., to the Curney of Bishop's 11.11. The 1:4.v. Alfred Cory Kingdom, 11. A., to the Curacy of 'Trimly t'latireli, NV 141 e. a. Rath. 'The Rev. Altre4l Peter lovekin, M.A., to the Caney of St. John's Chureli. Glastonbury. The Her. Ih,hert iiihou Scott, M.A., to the ltectory of 114. u. church, Isle of Wight. The Rev. Mr. Venahles, to the Curtsey of the saute parish. The Rev. I Worge Tooker 114utre, 8.A., to the lac henry of Tntidridge, near 64,41t4t0ne. The Rev. A. Bollatel, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. 11111111010101,11/%1 Ilin ii i ii gloom Tlw Ittiv. Thountl; Cain, M.A., to the Viearage of Kirk 1...ti0n, near Ibittglits. The Rev. Henry Austen, 8.A., 'mate of Tarrant Kean tone, 10 tie. fur honey of the 111 W Church in the perish. The Rev. Xavier Nieltobis Pitazkowier has liern olooteil to the Bead Mastership of Newland Gran 041'11001, tilulltY,ll'l,llllo. The ItOV. 111•01/1111 St. George, to the Pornetital Curacy tit the parish of Wigan. The 110%. 1114.101111 Moss, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Christ l'hurch, lwelestield. The Rev. .14%Iiii I.l4lwanl Cooper, M.A., to the Rectory of Forneett St. Mary, twat . long Sliuttou, Norfolk. The Rev. 1:41w ard a .rs I Millman Pyne, M.A., to the Rectoty of llawdsey. tin Itiva soy, Stiffolk. Tho 11r.. Kdwmvl Shertusui Venn, 11. A., to the Curacy of Lang hum Episeoph near llolt. The Rev.:holm Dot ics, 11. A., to the Incumbency of Smallwood, near 'llse Hot. 11. Cooper, 11. A., to the Inctuulsency of Stoke Priors with Ducklo%. VACANCIES. The Rectory of Maolleigh, or Bumlley, near Creation, liy the &Atli 4.1' 11w tier. ti. Shae, M.A. Worth Will. it year; in the gilt of the End 411 Egreitiont. Th. , H44'14111' of Si. Peter'a, Nottingham, by the death of the 11ev. Robert White Altoona, M.A. Worth Conf. a year ; in the gift of the Lora Chancellor. The NV1111111441141 of Reaware•Pope, near llitgeley, Stall'ora. shire, by the death of the Rey. Thomas Ito y, M.A., in the gift of 11w Veit. Arehtleiwou I lotbon, Chatwellor of 1.1E14110a Cathedral. The Rectory of Cheadington, Ilueka. dioeese of Oxford. Worth 2:13/. a year; pat ronesa, Countesa of Brittga at er. The Reentry of I A•Vertilll, Lincoln. WOM II ; 4(11. a year, with residence ; patroun, luiril Char.eellor and A. Routh, alternate. The Iteetory of Flumere. near Rieenter, by the death of the !ter. Wto..l4web it Palmer, M.A. Worth '4A4 per ; in thu rift of Mr..l. Walker. 'lll4. Wanwe olltiekini d tam, Hawke, dioveae of 11‘ ford. Worili Cal/. a year, with residence; patron, Hart. The Vl4l4lllgl` of Milbourite St. Andrew, near 111.111,1f,w41,1t0r0d, by the reaionation of the Rev. George I 'Wiry, M.A. Worth 2I 1. 1.1 year; in the gift of 64.111.1341 .1. Michel. The Rectory ..f SI. Weion, iwar St. Colima'. Major, Cornwall, and a Prebendal Stall in Ex, ter 1'111114.11141, by the death of the l'onieroy ti ilbert, M.. 1. The Iteetoiy, y aloe nuaseer. in the eift of Mr. W. Rashleigh, awl the Stall is in the Rift of the Bishop of Exeter. The theitnibetiey of Far Forest, near Bradley, by the resiglia tion of the Rev"! 'l'. C. Saunders, M.A. Worth abont 1404. it Year the gin of the Hector of Itibbesfura and the Rector of Ruck alternately. The Rectory of Weylllll, near Andover, by the death of the Rev. Hr. William Kiltier. Worth rOO4. a year; in the gift of Queetio College. Oxford. The Rectory of 6radhatit, near iiitubolton, in the dloce.i. of Ely, by the death of the Rev. Itentautin Nekle, M.A. NVorth 1144. a year; in the gift of the lady 11.11 sparrow. The lueuntbeney of Tunbridge Wells wUI shortly beetwi• vacant, the Rev. J. N.rmon l'earwit haviug glveli hi hie resigna• tivu. yak ;VOL a par.