The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-09 00:00:00

.... 11- at MAJESTY'S THEATRE. h e „,„ — PlieMent of the Danseuses Viennoises closed on Saturday tli e .tOnd a source of a greea bl e en t er t a i n ment is thus cut off. To ta "it the popularity of these children remai ned una'2ated. The w, dances which these intelligent youngsters are practised !tet r a 44 : i nis hing ; and that they should remember the infinity of the bitie,„.. " I, and achieve in conjunction such perfection of corn ), s'.s without difficulty or disorder, is most extraordinary. Vie n , eil inaMent, called P o t P uurr i , e nabled the talent of the e kul 'Alea to be individually displayed on Saturday night. They covi en " in Pairs , an d d anced fancy h ornp i pes , tarantelles, era. Olgsie n ne :' I°lkaa, mazurkas, and other matters, in amusing sue flivergi:;44ing with a coda, executed by the whole party, the of the costume forming a very pretty tableau as they 7 & ore side to s id e. Ail ere Were present — her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince hik e ' T SCC "n Pan ed by the Duke and Duchess of Nemours and 11Colo nel V n ingen, and attended by the Marquis of Ormond e, " vr keleY Drummond, Colonel Grey, Hon. Miss Paget,. 14,„ '0 iddell, M. Borel de Britizel and the Baroness de Fin. A ttna "n.ber itoyai Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady sti d idaria Dawson ; his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam. W e r ra . attended by Mr. Edmund Mildmay ; Prince Edward of axe b uthe a s r; the Dukes of Devonshire, Leeds, and . Beaufort ;the Aik sbu " Of Somerset and Beaufort; the Marquises of Douro, thioe.. ll, Granby, Worcester, and Donegal ; the Mar klicell Of Ailesbury and Westmeath ; the Earls of (•,...lt el burne, Wilton, Falmouth, Lonsdale, Kinnaird, and Atntr: a fiel di the Countesses of Bruce and Cardigan ; . the kre n Anibessador, Baron Rothschild, Count Noailles, d l tt ; e G c itford, Talleyrand, Baroness Brunnow, Baroness de Lagos Ernest Bruce, Sandy', W. Gral;am, 'ititt on '"wn, Southampton, Gardner, Cantalupe, G. Faget, Tor ' Lowther, Ranelagh, C. Wellesley, and Adolphus Fitz. 4 41 4 1 Ladies Fitzroy Somerset, Joddrell, Maberley, Easthope, Meux, Bryce, Smith, Voulis, Wm. Paulett, Eliz. kte.4 50 d Southampton ; Hon. Mr. Vane, Hon. R. Curzon, ysn );* G • Upton, Hon. Mr. Byng, Hen. James Macdon ald ; 'etiobc rs • Fitzgibbon Hon. Mrs Tollemache; Sirs H. Wil. "Li• Webb, W. Stanley, C. Kent ; General Upton, Major ke. MAGNIFICENT COMET. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. - . 4 4 -00 1 , 4 evening, a t a f ew minutes after eleven o'clock, Mr. t 0 . ,,, " _" , of Green-street, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, called me that he bad discovered a comet. B/e-feet equatorial I observed, at 31 minutes after "Kl Ata approximate right ascension about 5 hours 18 min , It i.""“ 1 1 declinatio n about 45 degrees 21 min. %let & ~°4 et the brightest comets which we have bad since that Iti;rpozed in the autumn of 1825. 4(1 05 5 1 0 er y near the bright star Capella, but no one looking within At louegrees of it can help seeing it. 4115 ° : el ° , k it IS a few degress west of north, and at midnight — "a, having an altitude of about eight degrees. Obse tt „___ J. SOUTH. -w rY, Kensington, 2 o'clock, a. u., Monday, June 9. I s 46,1114otitirep;lowing account of the events which attended fl :retie d -",. voyage of the Hibernia are extracted from ro a a le ni tt e e r r . , matilab by A gentleman who was a passenger on board, E .._ be ato, ° , 44 e in this town •—" Our passage across was replete with C *r ill i r al the first place , when out five days, and about 3 fi o re o , i 'l lkitt es ,.. °l :Cape Clear, we had a startling announceme t 1 th .. 4% :;', ni ela was duly signalised by a general rush from the ~- *S l' -411 'Past eight P.le when all the passengers—some of ~ 9 ha: ' state of frantic excitement—pestered the captain with a tlie t Pe b omber of suggestions as to the best way of putting 1 -44 1.;. 4*, which was discovered to be in the beam running i / 1414 44 41 e yein iel. immediately under the galley. I was very much abL tt bis n t h Captain Ft rie's conduct on this occasion. He stripped 1 • - ' 4 44. ~.- 1 and, in his Y shirt sleeves, went into the coal-pit, and 1 :,ere,l:: stokers in shovelling aw . ay the coals from the part '94 te ' °r e Was ; and, after smoking for a couple of h . ours, it / L ktb ler tinis hed• -In lon. 47 we got into the ice, which was 7t4 t.." in larger quantities than I ever before saw it. We 94 , sa -. he ° nights, and paddled during the day at half-steam ; till I l ."(er s , - bre aking all our floats, and doing considerable injury to No tig - " , at last got an opening, when we went at full speed, F ade icebergs of huge dimensions, some of them 200 feet p level of the water.''— Manchester Guardian. kgi i . a „ x t - Ntat ai --- - &talLwAT ACCIDENT.—A . most . melancholy . 00l i t a c ce , Went occurred on the line of the . Birmin . gham and 4... 4 e1e, I , lt eaY, about two miles on the Bristol side of the k.. 4l lf r i s ' ari °n, on Thursday last. The express train, which - • , e,,at0l for Birmingham at four o'clock, was coming up the -b ent ,, ir.treat rapidity, having obtained the maximum speed of , ille % t a t) relies an hour , when Mr. Slaughter (who was driving . St tn °, at the time) saw a woman standing on the bank, as if ak,„ 94l t e b e - Z a. °44 an th d e r l h in e e:heistantl reversed the engine, and let engine-driver, y who was standing near him, t e t t:ealatni whistle, but in an instant the train was upon and A 414 Poo r woman. As s oon as possible the train was 4 -at t. When a most shock i ng scene presen t e d itself—the 11 1 4 mains of the woman lying along the rail in all directions ` i4 fra y aa forty yards from the spot where she was struck. "sts..Tvnts of the body were picked up in a basket and a sack, totiezoved to 1 ,, a cottage near the spot. The poor woman proved g i b e e ''' Person of the name of Elizabeth Nott, a widow, aged I t RvoZat Stinchcombe , and who had been to see some friends ) ‘ l l , 4 st ti t rd ? and at her return was crossing at a road (not a public . ,bni cir _-:e br ae %eh . , n at of the fatal occurrence. The wind was blowing a time, and the engineer observed that she had both 44 e MS °P th to e tit,_, her bonnet. An inquest was held the next day inquiry Joyner Ellis Esq., and after a most patient and hop °f 0 -n ;l?ii, a verdict ' was returned of accidental death, with s k ,L I ha d ' 15 . on the engine. It is worthy of remark that the /4,:gent before it 400 or 500 yards after passing . spot of the ei h_ it could be stopped, notwithstanding the engines i** * 4 / 11"ell ed 200 yards before coming up to the place.- 031 Z j°t ‘rrial. i "41 ei,,, t t li h r e cla y an inquest was held before Mr. pt bi tit the e Royal Standard, Frederick-street, Hampstead-road, aZitiator death of Mr. William Chadwicke, aged 40, the is72ed h! an extensive brewery in the neighbourhood.. The I 15„,7 e l .'''. been married only a few weeks to a beautiful woman. 11 741 P14'• ee ldence it appeared that Mr. Chadwicke had o . f late ... 4 teoll ? i t habits of intoxication. On Wednesday last he lett r 4 tar l a n tet tLa C O 3..h . Ouse about three o'clock,. telling his clerk that he m„ ...'" in an hour. Nothing, however, was heard of him t kit h i' e teti4Z o'clock on Thursday morning, when he was brought 6 0 latila t at - "'" In a cab, in a perfectly stupified condition. A I Ve t , ai,, let l ent for, who pronounced Mr. Chadwicke to be la. r Vele c t %li r , s li a , t he effects of poison. Emetics and the stomach_ pump . 4 0111 ~- , .`ata2itliout effect, and the deceased expired about seven kigede",_"et bates morning . It was stated that the deceased was 11 - '.° h - "‘tra, A police-constable de -earl..., Ohs, Bed in money matters. I take n -r i e tt, Q t,l l the deceased at the door of a public house in 4 tbotti;t bi ng tore he had been asleep for some time, but had )1 'star wi ' , ilea, , nit, The landlady had found under his chair 0 lotit.7 l atida. - c lack Drops ," and labelled " One drop . equal to 0 Ser .. "' P " Ure '' Two other bottles were found on his person tal'ef i t n h; c,144°0, equal altogether to half a pound of opium. 1 1. - "i„ % ant s - a ete z . k e aesl was sent for, who stated that she was unable dia 4 "tilies t ~,.." talting laudanum unless he was in trouble about sa irrn a h. e jury returned a verdict--- I That the deceased 14-, ao. t '. eff - laudanum , but whether Ittek i --vid e , * acts of an over-dose of . 0 * lt est a ,7 ll Y, or with a view to destroy life, there was not of sigiztl'vnee to prove." r b hp t° T TOBACCO BY THE EXCISE.—A seizure al,' rkt alln inlde and extent has, within the last few days, 4st l 't the k b Y the officers of Excise on the premises n o . f ths' 4 4 th 'llan tobacco manufactories at the east end of Lo if It tqat,itiorea t e t na serious consequences to the parties concerned essa re d,se v urn out to be well founded. From information r % 41 to th. eral of the surveying examiners-general of Excise pro. afT aliss.l r einises, and having examined every place intin .• at 'aeli moment they were so completely satisfied with the object rs s,„,_ h, that they seized upon the whole of the contents if th , 4 44 : 11 . e m-.. giseaiioWhich included ded a vast quantity of tobacco, which to a ' 'sot ii . It to believe was greatly adulterated; accordingly ft t it "'s thi e roPles of the whole stock, and dispatched a messenger Iss i tb , e lstea m "n ee for officers to go immediately and take possession 4 4 6,- 441 ,14." in the Queen's name. Two officers then took pos sti7lte ofta_ have been relieved in turn by others, andastrict Of Ie.!" ata..._ pre ln . ises is kept up both day and night.. The samples es7ltor.,:"" ontiergoi ng 0' in, Ch . !Ind also at the Museum o the process of analysation at the Exci , s s e . of Economic Geology, Craig Of '''jh a ' rina ' cr°BB b o y f P . ro fe fe w ss d o a r R. Phillips, whose report will be thtet-titne course ' ys. The affair has created the fai t h Ita:orjest throughout the trade, as the firm are in a very ✓ t hitt bull/less, and had hitherto been considered as very lise aen. li ''' S lings It Sall' the b anquet was given on Saturday by the ~ t - wit i • - Tavern, at which pl e ,„_ /Idle Company at the London ti 1 th e a 7 i t the Z 4l, th "i nt? G d .Earls of Ripon, Clare, and Dalhousie ; a tl. e at o . 0 erich, and Jocelyn ; Sir H. Pottinger, Mohun f , 4i, t. T_ n ' W. B. Baring, the Hon. E. Drummond,irthae. Right _too.le. cove/Meet, General Sir R. Arbuthnot, General . 9 i' Ih a •S. Lt, Sir R. Campbell, Bart., Sir J. Dennis, the Right be tio Ithin gton, Mr. F. Kelly, and many ether gentlemen of l T O ki p',,t )t kto i tt L E FRUIT TREES BEAR.—Make holes with ;. lO,: l tith 4 , l ' w, eighteen inches apart, all over the space omi t, tali_' of pair'`" roots. Dissolve one ounce of nitre in three gal ,' ith s , n ffil the holes. Should the tree have more ~. lt obs ql of „J . 1 3 ,11 think it can sustain, mix one gallon . of blood, one e 10;" . it ae`er, and one of pirash, and when it has settled if spat'‘ te l'..l l .t one gallon of this delicate liquor to a gallon of 14" p the holes with it. o rp of n Monday ltt' 4 Oen °l ' A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.--n . 1, ae i l ca n e e n occurrence that might have been attended with rn I,4ltathied:rignonces, took place on the experimental railroad rothe I litai k abilit. -ccitarn un• Some gentlemen, desirous of testing rimosince st L es t Jof Prince's patent wooden railway, a short . . - vialab a Plot of of h_ .4 4 ,. . ground near to the windmill, about a mile in 10 ' r a lls f ora ' s ll 2 th a Curve of about two miles l in c rs ir a c n u d mference, the er ss, ho e or a figure of nine. Ihe s eepe r Mat wooden he (141 r,,. * 'Rinse time laid down on the s raight . line and le ttime. r nments have been made. On Monday a trial was to t It t etft i4 • , rr i ' t °l. to a grand experiment on the ensuing day. The ill lis ri, llti on _ a ppears , became intoxicated, and, withou . t taking the 0 f4‘stie,,t..l", a scertain whether the wheels werecorrect 4 )4 Ols rted the engine. The locomotive had traversed but c a 4h, . even 1 1 4 "'tits, it Went offthe rails, tore up the turf in its course, ~, , - - , y t „ g s t a t4ll ll ,, -d a ,, -flied over. The engineer escaped injury, but the ' ice 4 - atoounted to nearly 1001. The secretary gave the 1' • .1 i %Y e at N e v ? i nto custody, and he was taken to the police station- j r I eNte, but adsworth. The secretary attended to prefer . the ;-, ha t e t .. e.,, n it ot aP . Pe . aring to the inspector on duty that the engine -10 i entertain4;rrtet;4',eotoulcin 46 -' 1 ' 1 " , men so drunk as not to know what he was about, or 0 ; the charge of the drunkenness, and as the 01 1 121 ) ; charge him with wilful damage, he was set at r Wednesday, sno o p 111011 HYDROPHOBIA.—On . ,At i Tyr 4 . p , - sr• William Baker, a tradesman, living at Whitehall. / 1 . k . ) 4 01 , ° hest' s _ 0 , ill i tt l tils eert h i o eu h r i :rbeufeat gate, West Ham, Essex, died under an attack of I, , brou cif ' *IN ntor tun ght oti from the bite of a dog six weeks ago. II • 411 4 4 411 k o ar e man was in the yard of Mr. Robert Ransom, a ,pili 44i,. t,hebitirehiginihbourhood when the animal, which was of ch 'oat h while he was patting it. The next day, ' b * -ad been yelling all night, it was shot. The wound, 1 0 ' °1 I t : bled a iitatigmall puncture in the fore finger of the right 0 4 hea d On Sue, and it healed up, nothing more being thought f I i tit ;elle and n day evening last Mr. Baker first complained o f 5 , se t Oto kbi ele kneas, which were the first symptoms followingsmsoornnrinrog, ki t ," Of , d :nd, his assistant, attended. Mr. Baker then com e t °4 i in his ! mc UltY of breathing and swallowing, and of severe .n 10 - lii i :Nia lice nnt.ach. Srme medicine was prescribed; but, i of oa t :le t o al , It violent spasmodic affections of the throat, he was i tha t ,4scert c ale w• Mr. Vincent saw him about noon, when he at I . sat_ee,44e'l, as the symptoms had then much more advanced, it estZilbed__l.l::fresing from hydrophobia. Soon after, he frequently . ,144 a bou, t. 'ratio Q. iSeeizrchhei,m! Bite him!" which he accompanied with i . s t ON i ik , eowlings of a dog. On Wednesday morning, %la:: hik a t ° ea, he became so frantic, that it was found necessary hi_ aan.,,,. nt to the bed. The paroxysms of the attack were 444;na frons 0 1 • Ae; O ne o'clock till about ten minutes previous to ;, ha. trrip x ,.. e t Sunday night he was unable to take anything. I 1-‘t Was* DEATH B A coroner's in- O n ° I% held AT RIGIiTON.- 0' tis -e e iat theat the White Horse Hotel, on Tuesday morning, to Oa t A ,Ytto, Lo circumstances attending the death of Mr. George 'llli a , Ilair.d res 0 1 Kit in No-. ser and perfumer, East-street, Brighton, w be? op , 44 et idit ;tier, foreman to the deceased, deposed that about . half _ h i ti: 4 toin g cl d °ek on Saturday evening the shop bell rang violently, 1 gm, wth deco ° wn stairs he saw Mrs. Overton supdorting the De et:4 t oth l as etl, who was lying behind the counter, where he 10 Is" N I 4.d Whilst in the act of serving a gentleman with some goo s. 10 blit•te,3,i,itotlttinoonset:sfpeeak, and died in a few minutes. He had been 5 , of the heart for some years. Yerdict—" Died 1 0 ti,Vie t o d God.). ti, "f lintit„ r „ Ch amberlain has caused to be issued )‘%::z y olo i nn to request the company of a distinguished circle ti t% ; 1 1 4; at aas „, •sindor castle, on a visit to her Majesty, from tt ltt:d:: tc.4the followini rriay, to meet their Royal High. 5114 Duchess sle Nemours. . - I ,THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1845. LITERATURE RET RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. 'RN of ACCIDENTS reported to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade for the Quarter ending April 1, 1845. Number - of Date , Persons. Description of Acci- Name of Railway. s i of Cause and Nature of Accident. , Z 3 Ci., 4> x. Person. dent. =.4 0 - ..--.------ -. --__ - 1845 Jan. 1 Monkland and Kirkintilloch 1 - Guard ..• Run over in a fog 6 Stockton and Darlington .... - 1 Labourer Crushed between horse and waggons ; broken arm 23 Manchester and Leeds - 1 Passenger Got out of a third- class carriage on the wrong side, and was knocked down by a luggage waggon 23 Manchester and Birmingham - 1 Porter 23 Manchester and Leeds . ...... 1 - Guard 24 Grand Junction - Porter and was run over 24 Newcastle and Carlise . nil nil Axle of tender broke 26 Manchester and Birmingham nil nil ...... Engine and train came in contact, before day light, with a horse-box, which had been blown from a siding by a high wind 27 Eastern Counties 1 - Guard Fell off the train when in motion 28 Newcastle and Carlisle - 2 Engineman and fire- Boiler burst ; men slightly scalded man 28 Manchester and Leeds . 3 - Engine-driver, fire- Explosion of a locomotive engine, supposed to man, and another have occurred in consequence of extreme high servant of the pressure Company 31 South-Eastern - 1 Labourer Walking on the line, was run over Feb. 3 London and South-Western 1 - - Trespasser an approaching train, and was run over 4 Great North of England - 1 Stoker ... Fell before an engine ; foot bruised 8 Grand Junction - Intoxicated on the line ; run over 9 Newcastle and Car1i51e....... nil nil Axle of an engine broke at a station 11 Grand Junction .... ... 1 - Porter ..., ........... ... Crushed between two waggons in a siding 14 York and North Midland... 1 - Guard .. ... .....- ..... Fell off his seat while the train was in motion , 15 Hartlepool . 1 - Blacksmith over by a train 17 Great North of England 1 - Passenger 18 Manchester and Birmingham - 1 Passenger ... 18 Stockton and Darlington .... 1 - Passenger,2d class Fell from the front of a second-class carriage in motion 19 Birmingham and Gloucester - 1 Porter Crushed between two waggons while detaching them from a train in motion 19 Newcastle and Carlisle nil nil Points being wrong at the Haltwhistle Station, the engine of a passenger-train got off the rails. Detained two hours 19 Glasgow and Paisley Joint - 1 guard Fell off a goods-train in motion 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow-- 1 - Porter Walking in a tunnel, run over 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow - 1 3d-class passenger... Jumping out after his hat 22 Monkland and Kirkintilloch 1 - Carpenter 28 Stockton and Darlington.... 1 - Girl, 11 years of age Run over in a siding, trespassing Mar. 1 Eastern Counties 1 - Guard Struck his head against a signal-post while lean ing over 1 Newcastle and Darlington... 1 - Platelayer Struck by an engine while standing on the line 4 Newcastle and Carlisle ....... - 1 Fireman Attempting to get upon an engine in motion 8 Durham and Sunderland .... 1 - Collier Riding on a goods waggon contrary to orders, fell off and was run over 10 Hartlepool . - Fireman Stepping from the engine to the tender, fell be.. tween and run over 13 Dundee and Newtyle ... ...... - 1 Horse driver 24 Chester and Birkenhead - 4 Passengers A train descending the tunnel (the inclination being 1 in 80 to 1 in 140) leading to the Bir kenhead Station without an engine, run into the station-yard against the buffers. Owing to the slippery state of the rails, the break was not sufficient to check the velocity of the train. Passengers slightly bruised by being thrown forward in the carriages 29 Taff Vale 1 - Labourer' Knocked down by a coal-train in a siding 31 Manchester and Leeds ...... ... nil nil Pointsman having omitted to place the points - - properly, a goods-train ran into a siding and Total for the Quarter ... 22 17 went over an embankment Railway Department, Board of Trade, April 12, 1845. ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. (Continued from the last Notice.) 275. " The Eve of the Battle of Edge-hill." C. Land seer, R.A. Elect. " King Charles I. is said to have taken refreshment, and to have slept, with the two Princes, at a cottage in Radway, between which place and Kineton was the field of battle. The principal group is intended to represent a council of war, including portraits of King Charles 1., the Earl of Liudesay, General Prince Rupert, who commanded the horse, Sir Jacob Astley, the Lord Bernard Stuart, and Sir Edward Verney, who car ried the King's standard. On the left are the two Princes, Charles and James."—See Clarendon. The grouping and colouring of this picture are excellent, but the principal figure, that of Charles L, is too theatrical. It is a gentleman acting Charles 1., who has made up the character admirably, not Charles I. himself. It lacks that sweet and melancholy expression which Vandyke has given to the features of this unhappy mo narch, and which, whether correctly or not, is insepara bly associated with our ideas of the Martyr Monarch. 292. " Scene in Lord Chesterfield's Ante-room, &c." E. M. Ward. " Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been push ing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before."—Bos well's Life of Johnson. Is a picture not unworthy the pencil of Hogarth himself. The solidity (we had almost written stolidity) of the great lexicographer contrasts ad mirably with the frivolity of the crowd of parasites by whom he is surrounded. There is a figure of a black in troduced, which is quite Hogarthian. 304. " Commodore Nelson boarding the San Nicolas, at the Battle of St. Vincent," by Sir W. Allen, RA., should be purchased by Government, and placed in Greenwich Hospital. 325. " Sabrina," W. E. Frost, is one of the most beautiful and really classical pictures of the exhibition. The moment illustrated is that in which Sabrina " Commended her fair innocence to the flood, That stayed her flight with his cross-flowing course. The water-nymphs, that in the bottom played, Held up their pearled wrists and took her in, Bearing her straight to aged Nereus' Hall." The grouping of the water-nymphs is graceful exceed ingly. The colouring, too, is fine ; and, taken as a whole, this picture is a gem. 405. " Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives," D. Ro berts, R.A. A splendid Oriental landscape. 444. " Mr. Robertson's Little Wonder winning the Derby, in the year 1840," A. Cooper, R.A. A vivid and faithful representation of one of the most interest ing events in the sporting world. 460. " The Judgment of Adam and Eve," and 610. " The Fall of Man," J. Martin. These are companion pictures, and pictures which can at once be recognised as from the easel of Martin. There is the same subli mity of conception—the same expression of vastness — the same grand features of the landscape, which distin guish all the compositions of this great artist, and there is also the same faulty treatment of the figures. They are thoroughly Martinesque, in every sense of the word. 540. " The United Service," A. Morton. An inte resting picture in the early style of Wilkie, representing the Chelsea pensioners' visit to their friends at Greenwich. The value of the picture is enhanced b y the fact, that the figures are all portraits of veterans domiciled in the two hospitals. 777. " Harlech Castle, North Wales," W. Bennett. This is an excellent drawing of a most romantic scene. Tho atmospheric effects in this picture are very beautiful. 825. " The Christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor," painted on ivory, Sir W. J. Newton. One of the most richly-coloured,elaborately-drawn specimens of painting upon ivory ever exhibited. It is really a gorgeous draw ing, and looks like one of the richest illustrations of an ancient illuminated missal. 859. " Love Awakening," &c. R. S. Tait. " Hush I hush !' said Venus ; no other Sweet voice but his own is worthy to wake him.' Dreaming of music, he slumbered the while, Till faint from his lips a soft melody broke , And Venus, enchanted, looked on with a smile, While Love to his own sweet singing awoke."—Moore DUNCAN VGREGOR, Registrar. the drapery around the neck is managed is exceedingly beautiful. 1,384. " Marble bust of the late Mr. Southey," J. G. Lough, is an unmistakable likeness of the late Poet Laureate. 1,456. "Right Hon. the Lord Chief. Justice Denman." J. E. Jones. When, in after times, our descendants shall desire to see an accurate and life-like representation of the noble and expressive features of the patriot judge of the nineteenth century, let them look upon this bust. This is a beautiful picture by an artist with whose name we have been hitherto unacquainted, but it is a picture of very great promise. We use the word artist in this instance advisedly, for this picture is evidently the work of one who has studied art in the school of the Italian Masters, and has become thoroughly imbued with their spirit. The tone and colouring of this picture is very fine, and the grouping is exquisite. We shall ex pect great things hereafter from Mr. R. S. Tait. Imme diately opposite Mr. Tait's picture we have -1,029. " The Favourite." J. King. A girl fondling a dog. This likewise is the production of a true artist. The expression of the girl's features is very good—the drawing is beautiful, and there is great ease and grace fulness displayed in the general management of the sub ject. In looking at the architectural drawings it is im possible not to be struck with the re-action which has taken place in the public taste in favour of gothic archi tecture. The specimens of gothic in this portion of the exhibition were, in former years, few and far between, the Grecian and Palladian styles then bore undisputed sway. The reign, however, of the Gothic and Tudor ar chitecture seems now, however, to have returned, and among the architectural drawings in this style, one of the most beautiful is -1,129. " View of the Garden Front at Ingress, the seat of James Harmer, Esq., Greenhithe, Kent, erected from the designs arid under the superintendence of C. Moreing," an architectural drawing of the garden front of the Palatial Gothic residence of Mr. Harmer, at Greenhithe. We now go to the sculpture-room, and occupying the centre of the room we find 1,339. ‘:A bust of Louis Philippe." J. E. ; Tones. A faithful and accurate portrait bust of the most astute of modern monarchs, and, as a work of art, worthy t he s p ot which it occupies in the exhibition-room—the place of Chantrey. 1,327. " Statue, in marble , o f a Nymph preparing for the Bath," E. H. Baily, R.A., is one of those beautifully graceful female figures which Baily alone, of all living sculptors, can model. 1,329. " Paul and Virginia," W. C. Marshall, is a beautifully sculptured group. Paul is b earin g Virginia in his arms, and wading with her across the scream. It is a human Cupid and Psyche. 1,374. " Marble bust of Professor Wilson," J. Fillans, is a life-like and characteristic portrait. It is the very effigy of the renowned Christopher North. 1,382. " Bust, in marble, of a Lady," J. E. Carew, is one of the finest busts in the collection. Th e re is an individuality about the expression of the features which con vinces the spectator that it must be a portrait, while, as a work of art, it is exquisite. A sweet seriousness seems to sadden the countenan c e, as if life had but just departed, while the fine lofty forehead and angelic mien betoken a mind of rare Eensibility. The ease with which nockburn, not by themselves at Preston or at Falkirk, not in after years when discipline had raised and re fined their valour, not on the shores of the Nile,—not in those hours of triumph and of glory, was displayed a more firm and resolute bravery than now in the defeat at Culloden. The right and centre had done all that human strength or human spirit could do ; they bad yielded only to necessity and numbers, and, like the captive monarch at Pavia, might boast, that everything was lost but their honour.' " THE CHEVALIER'S WANDERINGS. MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART. By C. L. Klose. 2 vols. Whatever may be the characters or opinions of men, whether in the fresh dawn of youth, or the calm serenity of age ; whether glowing with enthusiasm, or chilled by selfish calculation, there are some feel ing-4 winch w find an echo in the hearts of all—which, exciting common sympathies, proclaim our common nature. Of these sentiments one of the most uni versal is the admiration of heroic deeds—the love of the marvellous and romantic ; fairy tales are ever the favourites of childhood, and are able to charm even in later years, while the cold and the careless cannot withdraw heir attention from the "deeds of high and chivalrous emprise," or the heart-stiring narrative of suffering devotion. If anything can increase the interest of romance it is truth; tales of fiction may please the fancy, but truth has a power all its own. We read the wondrous history with new pleasure, when we know that all the fearful dangers and mighty deeds have actually been " dared and done'' by men with thoughts and feelings like our own. It is on this account that ancient history is universally admired; the fabulous chronicles of Greece and Rome, the legends and traditions of a by-gone age, are all adorned with imagined wonders, yet we are fain to believe them true. Modern events are too recent to admit of embellishment, " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view," and the enthusiast turns to the ancient records while we fancy the age of chivalry is past. But the atten tive observer of his country's annals will find even in later times some " glimpses of ancient glory," and no page shines blighter with romance than that which chronicles the fortunes of the young Charles Edward. Now that a hundred years have passed away, and we can look back without political prejudice, do we not sympathise with that hapless prince, the last hope of a royal line, adorned with all the virtues of his ancestors, but suffering for all their faults ? Though we may rejoice in the failure of the rebellion, though we grieve not to think the royal Stuarts are no more, though we glory in our free constitution, in the tri umph of the " cause for which Hampden died on the field and Sydney on the scaffold," yet who is there can think on the '45 unmoved, or regard the Chevalier and his Highlanders without admiration and enthu siasm ? Careless of political distinction, we look on the young Stuart as a high-spirited and unfortu nate man ; in such a character can we re fuse our sympathy ? In the memoirs before us we have a faithful history of his life ; we see him in his ardent and adventurous boy hood, and his gloomy and heart-broken age; but, above all, we see him in that eventful year when he achieved such glory and suffered such distress. The Scottish expedition was, perhaps, never surpassed in the boldness of the design, the splendour of its first success, or its sudden and melancholy downfal. A young prince, trusting only in the justice of his cause, and accompanied but by seven adherents, lands in an enemy's dominions, for the purpose of recovering three kingdoms ! Instead of being re pulsed and avoided, he is hailed as the " true Prince," and received with open arms. He unfurls his father's standard, amidst the shouts of thousands, and marches from victory to victory. It must have been a gallant sight to have seen the young Chevalier treading for the first time on his native mountains, to have witnessed the loyalty and devotion of the faithful clansmen, or have seen " The bonneted chieftains to victory crowd, Clanranald the dauntless, and Mornay the proud, All plaided and plumed in their Tartan array." These memoirs will do more than interest the ro mantic—they will afford much valuable information ; they contain many letters and historical documents, calculated to exhibit the real character of Charles ; and, above all, they are written in a straightforward and impartial style, alike free from panegyric and de traction. The author had apparently resolved to "Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." He extols the intrepid conduct of his hero, but he attempts not to palliate the faults of the Stuarts. The romantic narrative is not mingled with political con troversy; we are not led to admire hereditary tyranny, but we follow the young Chevalier in his chequered course, we see him exulting in the hour of victory, we mourn over his dire misfortune at Culloden, and we sympathise with his after sorrows. The account of the wanderings in the Hebrides is full of thrilling interest—we there see him, indeed, " The heir of palaces without a home ;" chased from place to place by his eager pursuers, each anxious to gain the reward set on his head; but not the offer of 30,0001. could tempt the Highlanders to betray their Prince. *Whatever were his sufferings, his friends were still as faithful as when he had seen them in the hour of battle — "True to the last of their blood and their breath, Like reapers descend to the harvest of death." Perhaps some may be disappointed Lt not finding so great a variety of incidents and anecdotes as they expected in such a work ; they must remember that this is not a tale of fiction, but a true history. As such it cannot fail to interest and instruct. The following are some extracts : THE EXPEDITION. "We have called the enterprise a' stupendous' one, and the epithet is well deserved. Courage of a lofty order was required in the conception as in the execution; but such courage is very different from that uncalcu lating temerity, which often hazards the loss of the highest for the chance of obtaining what is compara tively worthless. The design was by no means one the success of which was impossible ; on the contrary, a number of circumstances concurred at the moment to hold out stronger hopes of a favourable issue than had ever before presented themselves. It is true that fifty six years had elapsed since the expulsion of James 11. from the throne ; Great Britain had for more than a generation become familiarised with the government of her Hanoverian sovereigns ; and the melancholy im pressions left en the public mind by the occurrences of the two last reigns of the Stuarts, had not had time to be come obliterated. On the other hand, the known adhe rents of the exiled dynasty were numerous in England, more numerous in Scotland, and formidable, net merely on account of their numbers, but also on account of their position in society. Should he succeed in forcing his way to the tb' one, he might hope to conciliate the enemies of his family by the various resources that are always within the reach of a sagacious Prince ; and his conduct during the trying period on which we are about to enter, justifies the belief that Charles on the throne would not have played a less distinguished part than his an cestor, Henry IV. of France." " LOCHIEL'S WARNING." " The first and most urgent business of Charles at Borodale, was to inform those Highland chiefs, whom he knew or believed to be zealous in the cause of Jacobitism, of his arrival in Scotland ; Cameron of Lochiel, Alexander Macdonald, and Macleod, were sum moned to Borodale. Lochiel obeyed the summons with out delay, but with all his hereditary devotion to the house of Stuart, his only intention, when he set out for the head-quarters of Charles was to urge the latter to return immediately to France. On his way to Borodale, Lochiel called on his brother Cameron, of Tassefern, who concurred in his opinion as to the' madness and rashness of the whol e un d er t a king,' but advised him to communicate his sentiments only by letter. ' I know you,' said Tassefern, better than you know y ourself. If this Prince once sets his eyes upon you, he will make you do whatever he pleases.' Lochiel , h owever, p ursued his way, and, on his arrival at Borodale, resisted the Prince's eloquence for a considerable time. At last, Charles exclaimed lam resolved to put all to the hazard. In a few days I will erect the royal standard, and proclaim to the people of Britain that Charles Stuart is come over to claim the crown of his ancestors, or perish in the attempt. Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home and learn from the newspapers the fate of his Prince.' " The proud faithful Highlander was stung by these words, and all his resolution to resist his Prince's en treaties vanished in a moment. ' Not so,' he replied ; will share the fate of my Prince, whatever it be, and so shall every man over whom nature or fortune has given me any power.' Such,' observes Mr. Home, was the singular conversation, on the result of which depended peace or war ; for it is a point agreed among the Highlanders, that, if Lochiel had persisted in his refusal to take arms, the other chiefs would not have joined the standard without him, and the insurrection must immediately have been suppr esse d, h a d it even broken out at all."' CULLODEN. "Four days and four nigits were thus passed in a wretched fishing shed, over which a piece of sailcloth was stretched, to obtain some shelter from the rain and cold ; and at night they lay down on the bare ground without any other covering than the clothes they had on. At the end of the fourth day, the sea appearing to be clear of English vessels, they re-embarked, and coasted for some days along the Long Island, enduring the greatest privations, and frequently in danger of being captured by the British cruisers that were hovering about. Sometimes, when, owing to a calm, they were unable to land, they were even reduced to the necessity of moistening their parched lips with salt water, mixed with a few drops of brandy. It was near the end of May that they landed on South Uist, and by that time their condition was such, that it appeared impossible to prolong their lives unless by sur rendering themselves to their pursuers. Enduring pri vations of every kind, fleeing from island to island and from rock to rock, tormented by hunger and thirst, un protected from the cold, and constantly exposed to every kind of weather, Charles had displayed throughout, not only firmness, but cheerfulness. His companions ac knowledge with one voice, that not one of the party dis played more courage amid dangers and sufferings of every kind, or more readiness to snatch at every little incident that might afford a momentary diversion to his drooping crew. Mention has already been made of his skill in dressing fish and baking cakes. When their pipes were all broken, he taught them to supply the loss by means of quills, which he stuck into one another, and thus frequently manufactured for himself a hookah of a very respectable length. When the rest of the party were sinking under their sufihrings, he frequently suc ceeded in reviving their courage, by holding out the hopes of more fortunate times, or by singing to them some of their own national airs. With all his efforts, however, to bear up against his sufferings, it became evident to his faithful followers that his health was be ginning to give way. He had hitherto escaped his pur suers only by constantly changing his place of refuge, but how was he to continue to do so, if he fell seriously ill ? " THE CHILD OF THE ISLANDS. A Poem. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton. There is an old saying, " It is always the darkest the hour before dawn." We know not if it is literally the case, but in daily life we find it a rule without exception. When the clouds of despair gather around, and we are lost in the gloomy darkness, then the star of Hope shines forth with heavenly beams, and lights our onward path,—when the heavy weight of guilt and shame bows down the trembling sinner, till the burden becomes intolerable, then the angel of mercy appears " with healing on his wings," and peace again enters the troubled heart. In all the various changes of life we will find it ever thus. The lad der of joy ascends from the caverns of despair, and the hapless wretch who falls even to the lowest depths, may yet find a footing on those glorious steps, and even by " his fall may rise." Awhile ago we mourned over the fallen state of the English people, we grieved to see our outward splendour vainly en deavouring to conceal our real distress. The great, the powerful, the glorious island, was in truth but " A goodly apple, rotten at the core." The regal splendour, the commercial wealth, formed a sad contrast to the awful lists of misery and crime —it was a gloomy picture—a dark hour, indeed; but, happily, that darkness which precedes the dawn. The voice of lamentation arose from the dwellings of the poor, it has found an echo in the noble hearts. Charity is aroused from her slumber, and a universal spirit of sympathy prevails throughout the land. The cry of suffering has not been heard in vain—the sorrows of the poor are the theme of every tongue. We hear of them in the eloquent discourses of statesmen, we find them in every department of literature, they add new interest to the page of the novelist and inspire the poet's verse. Foremost amid the works of genius dedicated to this great cause is a beautiful poem, by Mrs. Norton, addressed to the young Prin c e o f Wales, the " Child of the Islands." The name is well suited to the theme. A work meant to inspire hope could hardly have a more ap proprite subject than the fair child in whom are cen tered the aspirations of a nation's future. His youth and innocence are, as it were, a type of the gentle spirit of sympathy and love, and surely his name may well find a place in a work relating to the people, for is not he, though not of the people himself, yet closely connected with their welfare, not by heredi tary right alone, as in the old days of feudal tyranny, but united by the bonds of affection, the acknow ledgment of mutual rights, and the kindly inter change of mutual duties. His name shall then be given, with the history of the poor, and mingled with supplications for suffering millions, ;we will add a prayer for the fair boy— " Who bears upon his baby brow The round and top of sovereignty." The following lines will show Mrs. Norton's in tention in addressing her poem to the " Child of the Islands " : Beautiful Royal Child, that art to me Only the sculptured image of a thought: A type of this world's rank and luxury Through whom the poet's lesson may be taught: The deeds which are by this world's mercy wrought, Lie in the compass of a narrow bound; Our life's ability—which is as nought— Our life's duration—which is but a sound— And then an echo, heard still faintly lingering round. It is needless to speak of the beauty of the poem; the name of the authoress is sufficient. All will admire the poetic feeling which pervades the whole— the generous sentiments and noble thoughts to be found in every page. The following stanzas may afford an example of the happy combination of phi losophy and poetry : God hath built up a bridge 'twixt man and man, Which mortal strength can never overthrow; Over the world it stretches its dark span— The keystone of that mighty arch is Woe! Joy's rainbow glories visit earth, and go, Melting away to Heaven's far-distant land; But Grief's foundations have been fixed below: Pleasure divides us:—the Divine command Hath made of Sorrow's links a firm connecting band. " The short and simple annals of the poor" form the chief interest of the work. The sorrows of the sor rowing are described with all the minuteness and fidelity of truth, and powerfully contrasted with the careless pleasures and follies of the rich and great. We see the poor artisan pawning the silk at which he works to obtain bread for his starving wife : his crime is visited with all the rigour of the law, while the fine lady wears the gorgeous robe which has cost such toil and suffering without even paying the appointed price, and who dares say she steals. We see the downward course of those in vain battling with the stream; we are told how precious is the help bestowed in time; a moment's aid may save the falling, but who can raise the prostrate? Oh! there are moments of our lives, when such As will not help to lift us, strike us down! When the green bough just bends so near our clutch, When the light rope so easily were thrown, That they are murderers who behold us drown. Well spoke the poet-heart so tried by woe, That there are hours when left despairing, lone, " Each idle on-looker appears a foe:" For hate can scarce do worse, than no compassion show. After a description of the awful, but also too com mon occurrence of a fellow-creature dying of want and hunger in this civilised 'country, in the nine ,eenth century, we find the following:— In short the man was starved—but no one was to blame. No one:—Oh! "Merry England," hearest thou ? Houseless and hungry died he on thy breast! No one:—Ohl " Fertile England," did thy plough Furrow no fields; or was their growth represt By famine-blights that swept from east to west ? No one :—" Religious England," preach the word In thy thronged temples on the Day of Rest, And bid the war of faith and works accord:— " Who giveth to the poor, he lendeth to the Lord!" Trust me, that not a soul whose idle hand Stinted to spare, and so declined to save; Not one of all who call it " native land," Which to their dead and starved compatriot gave A humble cradle—and a lowlier grave,— Stands blameless of this death before the face Of judging Heaven! The gathered store they have, That shall condemn them. National disgrace Rests on the country cursed by such a piteous case. It is a consolation to find, in this age of selfish cal culation, that there are some who are willing to as sert the truth, and to defend the cause of the op pressed. Nothing has as yet been done for the poor; but we hail this demonstration of kindly feelings as the bright dawn of promise, which shall lead on to a glorious noon-day. With the following advice to the " Child of the Islands," we must take leave of this interesting work. Keep Thou the reverence of a youthful heart To Age and Merit in thy native land; Nor deem Condition sets thee far apart: Above, but not Aloof, a Prince should stand: Still near enough, to stretch the friendly hand To those whose names had never reached the throne, But for great deeds, performed in small command: Since thus the gallant wearers first were known, Hallow those names; although not Royal like thine own And let thy Smile be like the Summer Sun, Whose radiance is not kept for garden-flowers, But sends its genial beams to rest upon The meanest blushing bud in way-side bowers. Earth's principalites, and thrones, and powers, If Heaven's true delegates on earth they be, Should copy Heaven; which giveth fertile showers, The dew, the warmth, the balm, the breezes free, Not to one Mass alone—but all humanity! " Two circumstances operated at the very outset to the disadvantage of the Jacobites. The ground occu pied by them was somewhat lower than that on which the enemy had formed, and a heavy fall of rain and snow was driven by a strong north-west wind right into the faces of the Highlanders. Nevertheless, the Prince opened a canonade,iwhich was immediately answered by the Duke's artillery, but with a much more deadly effect, opening wide gaps in the ranks of Charles's army. After this had lasted for nearly an hour, Lord George Murray sent to request the Prince to order a general advance to close quarters ; but before an answer could be received, the Mac Intoshes, at a signal from Lady Mae Intosh, rushed upon the English centre, and were followed by the whole right wing of the Highland army. Through smoke, snow, and rain, the assailants pressed forward, sword in hand, with their accustomed impetuosity, and, though received with a warm fire of musketry and artil lery, they broke through the regiments of Monro and Burrell, and took two pieces of artillery. But the se cond line of the English army remained unshaken, and received the Highlanders with firmness. The Duke of Cumberland an ticipating the attack had carefully strengthened his second line, which was drawn up three deep. As the lli g hlanders adva nce d, t h e f ront ran k o f Sempill's regiment knelt down, presenting a complete palisade of bayonets, while the second rank bent forward, and the third stood upright. These reserved their fire till the Highlanders were close upon them, and then poured in a murderous volley, which threw the assail. ants into complete disorder. A few of the latter broke into the English ranks, where they we re o ve rwhelmed by numbers, but the greater part were driven back in confusion. The chief of Mac Laughlan was killed ; the brave Lochiel was wounded, but carried from the field by his two henchmen. The call of the other chiefs re mained unheeded, and the whole right and centre of the Jacobite army irretrievably routed, were pursued by superior numbers, and drooping from the exhaustion caused by previpus fatigue, which, in the ardour of battle, had for a moment been forgotten. Yet let it not be deemed,' exclaimed Lord Mahon, i that even thus . their courage failed. Not by their forefathers at Ban- The declaration of the Pope of Rome against the poristtuotion of railways in the Papal States has been followed by a decree forbidding the introduction into his dominions of the dangerous and heretical process of gilding metals by means of galvanism; MAGAZIN ES-(CONTINUED). FRASER'S MAGAZINE. "Fraser" appears to be in a most deplorable state of mind at present. The splendid month which has just gone, the opening June, with all its flowers and green leaves, and richest verdure, cheering alike the inhabitants of the lowly cottage and the gorgeous palace, have no charms for him ; he rejects every delight that affects ordinary minds, and resolves to be the most der( rinined misanthropist in existence. It is a curious fact too, de serving notice, because it shows the nature of the dis temper, that he does not vent his rage on enemies, he does not single out a Radical, or a Whig, or a Liberal, or an Anti-Corn-law or a Maynooth advocate, but attacks his best friends, men who have fought with him in the good cause, or have become converts. If a com mission de lunatico inquirendo were appointed to inves tigate the cause of this singular phenomenon he would not have the slightest chance of a favourable verdict. Dr. Haslam is gone, but Dr. Monro, we believe, is still in existence, and the evidence of this mad doctor and Mr. Lawrence would carry conviction to the mind of the most obstinate ,juryman. To begin with Sir George Murray, a staunch Conservative and a most distin guished officer, who has brought out a work on the great Duke of Marlborough. Fraser treats it with the ut most contempt. He charges the compiler with imposing on the public spurious documents, and urges as one reason for the assumption that they are written in French, a language of which Marlborough " was not sufficiently master to keep up a correspondence in it, or indeed to express himself upon paper with any degree of accuracy through that medium," though every reader of history knows that le Lel Anglais studied the art of war under Turenne, spent no little time of his life in France, and carried on long wars in countries whore a knowledge of the French language was absolutely necessary to ar range even the most common operations. Another complaint is that Sir George Murray has not translated these letters, presenting, therefore, a work totally unin telligible to English officers. The whole work, in fact, is bad. It professes important ends, but "we must con fess," says the writer, " that accorlng to our poor judg ment they have not been gained at all. The letters now on our table throw no new light upon any of the great 1 1 transactions which gave their own character to the reign and times of Queen Anne." So much for Sir George Murray. Tho next friend attacked is Lord Brougham, and his attempt to write the lives of Voltaire and Rousseau and other men that he had never seen, is viewed as the most daring presumption. " What business, in Heaven's name, had he to write the lives of Voltaire and Rousseau? Voltaire died sixty-seven or sixty-eight years ago, in the eighty-fifth year of his age, pretty much about the time that Lord Brougham was born, and Rousseau died sixty -seven years and eleven months ago, when the name of Brougham, as a literary character, had never been heard of." So that, if Brougham was arrogant in writing the lives of men who were in ex istence at his birth, what must be said of Johnson, who wrote the lives of Cowley and Denham and Rochester and Milton, and of another biographer called Middleton, who presumed to write the life of a Roman who died before the Christian era? The evidence of Dr. on this point would have been very alarming for the friends of the "unfortunate subject of inquiry." D'lsraeli, of course, had no chance of escape during the fit. That distinguished writer maintains all the high doctrines of Toryism—he stands up as manfully as Fraser for Church and King, not forgetting the people— the best friends of Regina—he is more Tory than Murray or Brougham, and is therefore more bitterly assailed. His very look, and air, and gait excite the patient to madness. "Look at him in the streets, was there ever such an appearance of a man—such an air of all that is extraordinary in the human animal? And so he is everywhere else. Does any man, woman, o r c hild in England, believe that Mr. Benjamin Disraeli wastes one serious thought on anything animate or inanimate in creation, except himself." If this would not have decided the most sceptical mad doctor, what would ? Critics in their sober senses discuss the merits of a book, point out its faults or its beauties, but never descend to personalities, and we have even been greatly shocked, when reading reports of proceedings at Gray's Inn coffee-house, to find the gentlemen of the press so far demeaning themselves as to describe the air and gait of the unfortunate patient, the length of his nose, the colour of his eyes, and the peculiarities which distinguished him from his judges on the bench, but there the practice may be excused. In re • viewing a work it is insufferable, and can be ac counted for only on the plea which we have hu manely set forth. There is, fortunately, no political article in the Number, for the place usually occupied by that appendage is devoted to a treatise by our esteemed acquaintance, Morgan Rattler, whose dis sertations on Horace have delighted every classical reader. An extract from it, therefore, will not be un acceptable It is a treatise on the Italian Opera, and is written in a style suited to the subject. After describing the " bevies of beauties" to be seen by the wandering eye, flitting from box to box, Morgan thus paints the other sex, among whom he includes the Great Duke and Epaminondas : " The contemplation, too, of the older men present, upon whom age has conferred some of its monumental pomp, and great achievements, civil or military, have made the peculiar care of history, is not without deepest interest. There, for example, tranquilly reposes the GREAT DUKE in his seat, drinking in the spirit of sweet sounds, until they have flooded heart and brain ; and these, the haughty and the soaring, are both soothed into a resolution of gentle bliss. There you look upon the one and only human head to which an English gentleman bows in deferential homage, apart from conventional forms and conventional propriety, in an orderly state; the one, and only one, to which the heart an d m i n d bow in the unfeigned acknowledgment of superiority, with the out ward inclination of the brow—the supremacy which matchless glory, prevailing intellect, and wisest courage, combined with indomitable will, can alone confer upon mortals ; you bow to him as the generous Greek of every district loved to do to Epaminondas, the sole hero of antiquity, whose might and whose moderation qualify him to stand forth with the Duke in comparison, for the eternal blazon of renown to those who love their country. " There sits the iron man, serene and tranquil ; the mighty conqueror, of whom it might be as truly said as of the gentle Epaminondas, Victory followed him as his shadow.' To me the picture is as touching as that by David of Napoleon Sleeping ;' made heart-home to every visionary eye by the lofty and glowing verses of my friend Simmons ; for I can believe that in such a scene, and under such circumstances, the Duke's thought would wing its way back to the passages of his child hood, and that his heart would feel his father's spirit was hovering near. Surely there is nothing fantastical, nothing forced in such an association of ideas ! The illustrious warrior could not, it is true, say, like Milton, of his father and himself,— " Iniagine it High water, and endeavour to divest yourself of English prejudice. To be sure, the beach is open, commanded by ;he passers-by in the rear, and the telescopes of half the ships in harbour in front; but then, the strand, for a mile and a half, is grouped with women of all ages and conditions, from the most fasti dious city belle to the shoeless water carrier—age and infancy, beauty and deformity, fashion and povert-y, gracefulness and decrepitude, congregated without dis tinction. There are no machines--the wooden homes in tended to serve as substitutes being " few and far between," and invariably private property, but each in dividual having selected a spot, free from rough stones and inequalities, to bathe in, with the most perfect sang froid proceeds to the task of disrobing herself—the shelter of a rock, a wrap-cloak, or sheet, being thrown penance-ways over the head and shoulders, to answer the temporary purpose of a cabinet de toilette.' Pre sently the margin of the river is alive with the most grotesque masquerade imaginable : here a party of ladies in blue bathing gowns, and green oiled skin caps, mince down the strand in slippers; there a band of young girls rush to the waves, impatient as water dogs t• be amongst them. At some spots stalwart, tucked up attendants are carrying out invalids by force; at others, groups of children are dipping hand in hand, laughing as gleefully as if playing at bathing in the corn• fields ; here an old lady cowers at the water's-edge, while her maid, with a wooden bowl, extemporises a shower bath; and beyond, a party are exercising them. selves in evolutions, of which the methodical bathers in a Brighten machine can form no adequate idea, plunging, floating, saimming, diving, with all the fearlessness of Byron's South Sea Maid.' My " Theatrical Recollections " by Drinkwater Meadows is a poor affair. " Adventures of Hereward the Saxon," by T. Wright, continues to improve. A tine sOiect, a noble epoch (A.D., 1079), and well treated. The best paper in the number is, decidedly, the " Catacombs of Rome "—a terrible but graphic story of romantic love, perils above ground and below, faithful passion and rewarded constancy. This is a capital tale. The review of " Sybil " is a brilliant feature of this number. We cannot say so much of Mr. George Raymond's comments on the original !otters from Mrs. Clive, Horace Walpole, &c. Its best recom:nendation is, that it is the "concluding series." To THE LADIES.—The high and universal cele beity which ROWLAND'S RALYDOR continues to main tain, as an active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities of the skin, is, during the present period most pleasingly evinced. This preparation eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating, is equally celebrated for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in remov ing all impurities and discolorations ; anfi imparting a healthy freshness to the skin and complexion. Its uni versally great demand excites the cupidity of unprin cipled Shopkeepers, who give the title of " Genuine" KALYDOR to some compounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, containing mineral aAringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and, by their repellant action endangering health. It is, there fore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" are on the wrapper. All others are FRAUDULENT COUNTERFEITS ! I " ' Dividuumpe deum genitor querque tenemus.' " ROOD'S MAGAZINE. It is with very painful feelings that we receive " Hood's Magazine " this month. Since the last number was published the lamented editor has been laid in the grave. The hand that was went to guide the pen is now cold and powerless ; the heart that beat with kindly sympathy is still ;—the friend of the poor, the soother of the suffering, is gone to his last home ! No more shall the merry laughter of childhood re-echo his playful strains, or the cold and selfish pause to listen and grow wise. Peace to his ashes, he needs no " storied urn nor animated bust," the memory of his good deeds will be his noblest monu ment. His fame is purer and holier than the grandeur of the monarch or the glory of the conqueror ; as in life his writings ever touched the heart, so it is in the hearts of all that he will be regretted and remem bered. While we mourn for his loss, we may find consolation in reflecting that his brilliant talents were ever displayed in a good cause. His was the " wit that loves to play, not wound," we may apply to him the words of Mr. Smythe, in his beautiful poem of j"Armand Carrell " KING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday morning a sermon was preached at the parish church of St. DunAan's in the:West, Fleet street, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. In the course of a very irnpres'ive and eloquent appea,l it was stated that " the Committee being most unwilling to deprive the poor of any portion of the benefits which they have hitherto de rived from the King's College Hospital, have resolved that no efforts on their part shall be wanting to preclude the necessity of a measure so much to be deprecated. They have considered that the object to be kept in view not merely to provide for the immediate deficiency, but to raise such a sum as, when vested in Ciovernment securities, may be drawn upon from time, to time, to in et the necessities of each year, until the annual in come of the Hospital shall have renche- - 1 an amount equal to its expenditure. For this purpose the Committee col,ceivc that not less tha n 15,0001. will be necessary ; and `then they recollect the ampl e fonds originally sub scribed for the establishment mid fitting up of the Hos pital, they cannot but entertain a sanguine hope that thir present appeal will be liberally responded to." The collection, at the conclusion of Divine service, amounted to a very satisfactory'sum. LADY HESTER F.:lTaNnorr.—Lady Hester Stan. h .pe is a name tolwably familiar to most readers, but of the extraordinary individual to whom it belonged, only the most ma:evellous and untrustworthy narratives have hitherto been made public. Yet few characters (and as suredly female) of modern times present such re marke,ole features. Public curiosity, which has been so coff.pletely baffled respecting her, is now about to be fatly satisfied. The life of the eccentric, yet noble minded niece of William Pitt, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Chatham, is about to be published from ma terials of singular interest, preserved by a gentleman who resided with her Ladyship for many years in her retreat on Mount Lebanon, enjoying her confidence and her friendship, and, therefore, intimately acquainted with all her affairs. We are led to expect a work which cannot fail of attracting general attention—as much from the curious picture it will convey of life in the East (of which no other European had such experience) as from the publication of Lady Hester Stanhope's opinions and reminiscences respecting some of the noblest families in England, and the state of parties, of which she ob tained a thorough knowledge during the life-time of, her celebrated uncle. " Oh, ill could we spare him, who, in woo or in weal, Was the foremost to succour, the foremost to feel ; But we cannot lament—his blessing is sure, Who fought the good fight of the feeble and poor." In an account of the character of the late editor, the conductors of the Magazine observe " that every endeavour will be made to carry it on in the admirable spirit of kindness to all men, in which it was projected ; its founder has passed away, but his spirit will still breathe in its pages." The name of the new editor will be a suttcient guarantee for this assurance ; Charles Roxvcroft is already well known to the public, not only as the author of " Tales of the Colonies," but as one who has nought by his writings to benefit the cause of the poor. The first subject in this Number is the continuation of the " Bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land." The interest excited by the commencement continues unabated; it is a wild and exciting tale, described with great animation. " The Genius of Landscape Painting" contains much to interest both amateurs and painters. "Chronicles of the Fleet" will amuse the lovers of fiction, while po liticians will be glad to find a paper on Labour and Wages, and another on the "Relations of Rich and Poor." "David Teniers" is an amusing sketch, and a " Reminiscence" is calculated to delight the ro• mantic. To judge from the present number, this magazine bids fair to rival all competitors either in information or amusement. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. No. 41. Thi s month's Number is an attractive specimen of the varied matter and entertainment which Mr. Ainsworth so well understands the art of periodically providing for his readers. It commences, however, inauspiciously, with a wretched etchi ng o f " Th e Incantati9n," pertai▪ ning to a story called " The Magician and the Favourite," in th e very worst taste and compositi▪ on is of the very care l ess art i st whose nom dc guerre is Phiz. Th e A ra bi an astro loger a sort of White Conduit House masquerade caricature of " Merlin," or " Mother Goose"—a left handed impostor, destitute of all interest, dignity, or character. The R o y a l f avour i te i s a private-theatrical piece of chivalry, mean, spider-legged, and insipid ; an occasional Hamlet, enac t e d b y some his trionic tailor. How such a monstrosity can have been permitted to find an asylum within covers that are adorned by the spirited allegorical composition of Tony Johannot (making all allow ances for its heraldic absurdities, which, by the way, are far less permanent and less ludicrous than the stone anomalies which disgrace the front of the two FURIOUS DRIVING.—On Thursday night, at eleven o'clock, whilst the carriage of Lord Charles Beaucleik WOO Main through Halkln-street, it was met by a cab, the shaft of which entered the chest of one of Lord Charles's horses, and killed it on the spot. This accident was owing to the too common abuse of hard driving. The cab was proceeding at a furious pace, and came suddenly on Lord Charles's carriage on turning a corner. The animal was, we regret to learn, a very fiqe blood horse of. great value. Ain accident, which had nearly proved of serious consequence to Mr. Rodwell, the composer, occurred on Thursday night. He was returning home, about twelve o'clock, to his house in Thurloe.place, Old Brompton, when, in consequence of the darkness of the road, immediately beyond the Bell and Horns, the cab in which he was came in violent collision with a carriage which was standing at the side of the road, the coachman was thrown off, and at first believed his leg to have been broken. Mr. Rodwell was dashed forward against the glass front, and in an in. scant was covered with blood from severe cuts on the forehead and face ; had the glass penetrated but an inch higher up the cheek, he would have inevitably lost his right eye. We think it right to call attention to the shameful neglect which has been shown in this district to the lighting of the public roads. For upwards of two years every lamp has been removed, thus offering a temptation on dark nights to every species of vice and immorality, if not robbery —setting aside the almost endless dangerous collisions which are constantly taking place for want of light. When a daring rob bery or a murder has occurred, perhaps the authorities will think it time to consult upon the propriety of lighting those roads. A STEAMER FOUNDERED IN THE RlVER.—Yester day morning, the Waterman steamer, No. 3, which had just take* in several passengers at the Westromater.bridge floating pier, was rounding from the landing-place, and had just arrived opposite th e Duke of B M u ccleuch's mansion, about 200 yards arini, when she struck violently upon a sunken barge laden with 50 tons of gravel . b e longing to Mr. Monett, the lighterman, in Lambeth, which had sunk during the night, and there being no buoy to mark the spot the barge was concealed from view. The iron plates on the lar board side of the Waterman were driven in by the violence of the shock, and the water rushed into the fore cabin and soon filled it • g esi Ip h iho rdtoti she was u nreow, ptlyr and t pwnse o r.daasosT t fttc h t reehheeeereeendwNt entirely afterwards drr a aedkA t ol Watermaneys nd rrn ote oti wpahwnihe having nei ars but the vessel being divided into compartments by water-tigh t i bulkheads, it could not penetrate farther, and th e vessel kept m ffi l aicnnudalettidyo,nb and o n o t d f l wherea.Aliboeal afloat, h t i the enPdpi passengers e ft n ae g tr e rstsohmwe some r t e edri b v dNe o ooe y w.n a n3 g voyage wtoobap Wo ol wichsyp• broughteat he wnheexnutf for tr v bh e ree s el s op e taw l i I , drtes W h. er a e t AcT e e d r dh m eee Waterman to the neglect of the people belonging to the barge, who ought to have placed a buoy over it to denote the obstruction after it went down. PORT PIIILIP.—Some very large shipments of red gum for the London market have been made this season as dead weight to the wool ships. A cabinet-maker in Melbourne has worked up some of It into a 100 table, which competent judges declare exceeds in beauty the best Spanish mahogany. One party alone has felled and sawed out 60,00 P feet of the red gum for exportation.—Adelaide Observer. It is a very extraordinary eircumstanc: , that Mr. Thomas Bowles, who was on board the Royal George when she sunk, and who is now, probahly, the only survivor, should have heen on the Yarmouth Suspension-bridge during the late accident. lie was precipated into the water, but was once mere providentially saved. He is, we hear, about eighty.three or eighty-four years of age.—Bury Post. TRINITY TERM BANQUETS.—Trinity Term, in ac cordance with ancient usage, being that in the course of which the benchers of the inns of Court assemble in their respective halls to celebrate the long.established custom of observing their " Great Grand Day," as it is called, the different inns of Court have this week given splendid dinners, which have been attended by the equity and common law judges, and other eminent individuals eon. fleeted with the profession. The Inner Temple meeting took place on Tuesday, Lincoln's-inn on Wednesday, and the Middle Temple yesterday. Amongst the guests at the latter there were atlnie the L, ne rdC v. D. hiefrßßarnobni,niehnlr: the J musticaieta of the Coleridge ion M p r i. Jusnee Ed e . d new Houses of Parliament), we are at a loss to un- Iderstand. The sprawling monster at the top of Phiz's perpetration is, we suppose, meantto be very c st appalling; but it is a vile libel on any ne o f th e w uoilen dragons, or crocodiles, sculptu out of wood, within the bills of mortality, at a "Aell accustomed tea-gardens." The story is s Cient___.......--N , :•:>, w ell told, though it has no great pretensio4p, orie A (,MANT ginality. It relates to an incident in the eavl lift 1 / 4 " ' of the gallant D'Evereux, Earl of Essex (the ne phew of Dudley, Earl of Leicester), whose romantic passion for the veteran Elizabeth was so savagely re paid by the vindictive Queen, and so penitentially de plored by the haughty and domineering but popular mistress, the only limitation to whose marvellous power in England appeared to be, that which forbade, even to the intense self-will and concentrated despotism of a Tudor, the resuscitation of that life which her ungovernable pride and unscrupulous jealousy had violently sacrificed. The story is an interesting episode of astrological divination, common enough, however, in the history of the great men and women of the 16th and 17th centuries, in the romantic life of the ill-fated English Governor of Ireland. It would be but a bad service to the general reader to an ticipate the interest he will assuredly feel in the progress of this brief narrative. "Ana," or "Anathe," is another of those essays towards the illustration of classical to pography, in which Mr. W. Francis Ainsworth has already approved himself so successful. The story of " Maude Doughty" is continued to a satisfactory and spirited conclusion. " Cove Beach in the Bathing Season" is a good sketch, in one of the most beautiful of the beautiful coasts of Ireland. It is a graphic and well maintained contrast, also, between the bathing accommodation provided on the shores of England and of Ireland, respectively. Let the fol lowing extract speak for itself:— IRON STEAM-BOAT COMPANY. Not many years since, a few enterprising individuals enter tained the project of running Iron Steamboats between London bridge and Chelsea, calling on the way at Blackfriars'-bridge, Waterloo-bridge, Hungerford-pier, Lambeth-stairs, and Vauxhall. The public soon discovered the convenience those beats afforded, and have since most liberally patronised them. This encourage ment could not fail to stimulate and encourage the Directors to the attainment of greater objects ; and a short time since, they deter mined upon making an increase to the number of their boats, in order to extend their journeys to Kew, one of the most delightful villages on the river. This spot it is intended to reach in the short space of forty minutes, at the moderate charge of fourpence, so that the distance from London-bridge to Kew may now be ac. complished for eightpence. On Monday last the Lalla Rookh and Childe Harold, two of the new junction boats, made their first voyage on the bosom of that river whereon they are henceforth to ply. The directors availed themselves of this opportunity to give a grand entertainment to a large party of friends, and upwards of 120 ladies and gentlemen were invited to partake of the festivities, and join in the pleasure associated with the excursion. The Lalla Rookh and Childe Harold took their de. parture from the Cadogan Pier, Chelsea, between twelve and one o'clock ; the Lallah Rookh conveying a military brass band, and the Childe Harold the Directors and their guests. The vessels then pursued their way up the river, amidst the firing of grenades, and the rejoicings of the villagers, passing between scenery of the most lovely description, and with whose charms scarcely an inha bitant of this great metropolis is unacquainted. The speed of the vessels was found to have been so great on arriving at Kew, that the Directors determined to gratify the company with a sight of Richmond. Accordingly the steam was put on, the vessels were in motion, and in an incredily short space of time they arrived at the spot ; and here we must not forget to mention, that under a broil ing sun, an ample supply of delicious ices was prepared by the ser vants of Mr. Sweeting, the eminent fishmonger of Lad-lane, by a machine which has been patented by Mr. Masters. The party then returned to Kew, and on the lawn of the Rose and Crown tavern a spacious marquee was erected for their reception ; but previously So partaking of a splendid dejeuner-a-la-fourchette, which had been prepared, a visit was proposed to the Botanic Gardens, which are daily open to the public. Here most of the individuals assembled who had accompanied the Directors, and a more beautiful sight we never beheld. The walks are delightfully laid ont, and the thousands of exotic plants to be seen here, there, and everywhere, excite:the admiration and elevate the contemplative mind to the glory of the great Creator. On the return to the marquee, the table was found to groan under the most luxurious ♦iands, together with the choicest wines. The Directors had evidently spared no expense to render their banquet acceptable; and certainly no entertainment was ever more handsemely served up, nor more generally done justice to. The delicious wines of France flowed in abundance, and every one present was in the highest spirits. After the dejeanse, several toasts were proposed and appropriate speeches made. W. Chaplin, Esq., the Chairman of the Directors, and to whose exertions and politeness the com pany were particularly indebted for the enjoyment experienced by the excursion, observed, in a very neat address, that if the public, and especially the ladies, would patronise the new undertaking as liberally as they had done the old, the Directors were prepared, before finishing their labours, to push their enterprise to Ox ford I Mr. Leman echoed the Chairman's sentiments, and said that as one of the Directors, he would not be found back ward in promoting any scheme for the advantage of the public ; the cheap rate, he added, at which it was determined to run between Chelsea and Kew, would secure patronage, and be the making of those little villages which nestle on the banks of the Thames. At 7 o'clock several gentlemen began to think of re. turning home; but the chairman having intimated that they had no " Caudle Lecture" to fear, Inasmuch as they were almost to a man accompanied by a female protector, in the shape of a wife, a quadrille party was formed on the lawn, and there to "Jullien's first set," the ladies and gentlemen tripped it to measured time, until the declining sun warned them to depart. The boats were then got in readiness ; the band preceded the company, and in a short time, the vessels ,were on their way home, amidst the huzzas of the whole population of Kew. The Lalla Rookh and Childe Harold did their duty delightfully. These beautiful iron steamers, draw only fifteen inches of water ; they are by far the swiftest boats on the river, and are admirably calculated for the navigation above bridge . The boats were built by Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwell, and for symmetry, elegance and workmanship, are unsurpassed; their engines, which were made at the manu factory of Messrs. Penn and Sons, worked with chronometrical precision. Both Mr. Ditchburn and Mr. Penn were present to bear the praises bestowed upon their skill and exertions. SIGHT AND HEARING TESTIMONIALS. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. Genera Browne Clayton feels desirous to express the comfort and advantage he has derived at his advanced age of 70 years, and after two years' trial, from the use of Messrs. S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. Their valuable inventions fully merit the patronage they have received. Address, Adlington-hall, Lancashire. Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone begs to say that the Spectacles he has now had some time in use, have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. 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Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first intro duced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to pur chase none other but with their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to the hair are worse than useless. Osborne Douse, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, her Majesty's marine villa, where various embellishments and altera tions are in progress, is expected to be ready for the reception of her Dlajesty and Una Royal Fatuity by Saturday next.