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THI ISSI _--4.- A MASQUE OF AUTUMN TIME autumn—pipe 1— sweet maic Bear her t Strew the way with berries ripe— Nectarine and Peach, rose-stained They at least may serve to show, By the mirrored blush retained, How her cheek was wont to glow I will come and weep beside her, As chief mourner o'er her fate, With a veil of gold leaves bide her, As she lies in state I I have wooed her in the meadow, When she was a sweet young thing, Ere she in the rain-cloud's shadow • Parted from the spring ; Later, I have sported, blither, With her in her sunnier hours ; She it was who led me whither Spring those fays, the flowers ! Bring, then, round her hallowed bier Incense, from the dead leaves dry, While the silent woods stand near In solemn pageantry: And the phantom mists shall weave Cerements of the silver fold, Ere the red-streaked sky at eve, To the stars, turns cold.— Hark I—the breezes are beginning ! Strew the leaves—and lightly tread— Canticles in honour singing Of the beauteous dead Weeping daylight, weed-like wears Rays of yellow sunbeam now, — Fruit-zoned Plenty plume-like bears Corn sheaves on his brow : Sing, sad winds, in every place, Vintage-hill and orchard-dell, Where her smile was wont to grace Haunts she loved so well ! Strew the way with berries ripe : Stammer, she is dead, sweet maid ; O'er her, through the listening glade, Pipe I—red-lip'd Autumn—pipe 1 REVIEWS OF BOOKS. The History of English Literature; with an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English Language. By William Spalding, A.M. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd. This erudite and instructive outline of the history of English literature, from the pen of Professor Spalding, of the 'University of St. Andrews, the oldest Scottish University, is modestly put forth by its author as "an Elementary Text-book, to those who are interested in the instruction of Young Persons." That it is an admirable repertory of information, for those who are so employed, is indeed true, but such an intimation is far, very far from conveying an adequate idea of its worth or comprehensiveness. The plan of the work is in all respects excellent. Surveying literature as an im portant and ennobling portion of intellectual deve lopment, the author of this work devotes the efforts of a highly cultivated mind to tracing the literary progress of our country, from the first energetic though rude labours of the Anglo-Saxon minstrels and chroniclers, to a calm contemplation of the polished purity and bright effulgence which dis tinguish the literary luminaries of the nineteenth century., It has been said, wisely and well, that success in an undertaking can only be achieved by a high appreciation of its value ; if such an appre ciation be indispensable to and inseparable from success, no fear need be entertained of Professor Spalding's ultimate and complete triumph, his opinion of his subject's excellence being fixed, and high, as may be gathered from the following ESTIMATE OP LITERARY TENDENCIES. I have frequently invited the student to reflect how closely the world of letters is related, in all its regions, to that world of reality and action, in the midst of which it comes into being : how Literature is, in its origin, an effusion and perpetuation of human thoughts, and emo tions, and wishes ; how it is, in its processes, an art which obeys a consistent and philosophical theory ; how it is, in its effects, one of the highest and most powerful of those influences that have been appointed to rule and change the social and moral life of man. From the above extract, it will be seen that our author looks on literature as a powerful instrument in modifying and improving the social and moral position of man, and throughout the whole course of his elaborate and beautifully conducted inquiry he never once loses sight of that important object of its agency. The plan of his work involves a searching investigation into the constituent ele ments of our language, and in conducting that investigation he displays the erudition of an assi duous student, united to the discrimination of an accomplished and dispassionate philologist. In the critical observations on the literature of Eng land at its various epochs, with which the volume is plentifully interspersed, the learned gentleman indicates an extensive as well as an intimate acquaintance with the whole range of English literature ; and, in estimating the pretensions and value of the various authors, he evinces acumen, candour, and refined taste. Consideration of the subject is divided into three parts, the first comprising the literature of the dark and middle ages, reaching from 449 to 1509 ; in this period, says Professor Spalding, " not only were the foundations of our native speech laid, but its structure may correctly be held to have been in all essential points completed." The second part is exclusively devoted to an investigation into the origin and growth of the English language. It is divided into four chapters ; each chapter treating of a distinct period, " the sources of the modern English tongue ; and their comparative impor tance," being reserved for the fourth. The third great division of the work passes to the literature of modern times ; in that designation embracing the literary emanations and character of England, as these are to be met with between 1509. and 1852. This is subdivided into sixteen periods, to each of which is devoted a separate chapter. From the above very meagre outline, some idea of the general plan and excellent method of the work may be gathered; but from it, not even the slightest opinion can be formed of the very able manner in which the important, self-imposed task of Professor Spalding has been executed. As we have already said, that has been performed with fidelity and dis crimination ; his critical remarks being accom panied by a candour and modesty which give addi tional value to his observations. Take, as one ex ample, his remarks on THE HISTORY AND STYLE OP GIBBON. Gibbon's pompousness, which has justly become pro verbial, was probably caused in part by his self-esteem, naturally inordinate, and pampered by years of solitary study ; and it must have been cherished also by his half avowed consciousness of the hostility in which his evil re ligious opinions placed him, towards those to whom his work was addressed. The peculiarity of his very peculiar style may perhaps be analyzed into a few elements. His Words are always those of Latin root, not of Saxon, unless when these Cannot ibe avoided : his favourite idioms and constructions are French, not English : and the structure of his sentences is so complex as to threaten obscurity, but so monotonously uniform that his practised dexterity of hand easily avoided the snare. * * * * There is a patrician haughtiness in the stately march of his narra tive, and in the air of careless superiority with which he treats both his heroes and his audience ; and contem plating the actions of his story in such a spirit as if he shrunk from Christian truth because he had known it as alloyed by superstitious error, he honours the ruthless bravery of the conqueror, and the politic craft of the statesman, but is unable to appreciate the hermit's hum ble piety, or the heroic self-sacrifice of the martyr. His manner wants that dramatic animation, which would en title him to he ranked in the highest order of historians, and for which he was disqualified by his coldness of feeling. He seems to describe, not scenes in which living men act, but pictures in which those scenes are represented : and in this art of picturesque narrative he is a master. Nor is he less skilled in indirect insinuation ; which, indeed, is his favourite and usual method of communicating his opinions, although most striking in those many passages in his history of the church, where he covertly attacks a Eon which he neither believed nor understood. ven at the hazard of protracting this notice to an unusual length, we cannot close without quoting Professor Spalding's remarks on THE PROGRESS OF THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. Within the last twenty years, the periodicals have under gone mighty revolutions ; and among those it is right to notice the remarkable advancement which newspapers have made, alike in ability of thought and writing, and in the extent of their influence on the minds of the public. The ex traordinary amount of active speculation and spirited com position, which their anonymous authors have lavished on them during the last thirty years, would fully justify ex pressions of surprise, like those which escaped from us when we observed, in the early part of the century, similar phenomena in the larger periodicals. As we commenced by a remark on the modesty with which the author puts forth his work, we must conclude by a tribute to the great value of his labours. The book is admirable as an historical outlin e of the dawn, progress, and full development of English literature—as a manual for the use of e student, it would be difficult to conceive its equal, ana we should think hopeless to attempt its -Lectures d e li vere d at Broadmead Chapel, Bristol, Hthe late John Foster. 2 vols. London : enry' G. Bohn. e tw ° v olumes, of which the above is the title, belong to the series denominated " Bohn's Standard Library; and they constitute a third edition of the essays. The lectures are seventy two in number, and the subjects selected for illus tration are such as fully account for the high very popular as a pr n held her, for which the peculiar eat degree unfitted him, the to frAlcat . e. These he illustrated with a felicitous force of argument, and a copiousness of diction at once graceful and convincing. His lectures are re markable for the concentration of thought and ful ness of consideration which he bestows on his subject as a whole. The essays now under remark received much attention at the hands of their gifted author, and are admirable specimens of his style. They embrace a wide variety of topics, and breathe such a strain of unaffected piety as has secured for t a hearty welcome among all denominations of Pro testant Christians. In the present edition they are neatly got up and published at a cheap rate. The Dodd Famili lbroad. By Charles Lever London: Chapman and Hall The September number of this charming narra tive of family adventures continues as full of racy humour, as instinct with life and spirit, as ever. The amiable and rollicking members of the Dodd genus no sooner tumble out of one blunder than they roll into another, with a facility so truly mar vellous, as to throw the caoutchouc boy completely into the shade. The stunning matrimonial mis adventure of Miss Mary Anne has scarcely had time to blow over ere we find the same sensitive girl as deeply smitten with the easy nonchalant man ners of the custom-house officers of Constance as she was with the broad effrontery of the ci-devant baron ; and in the twinkling of an eye afterwards, we are initiated by herself into the mysteries of a scene, which she describes as too trying for her nerves. Lever never shone to more advantage than in the sparkling adventure and caustic hu mour by which he fills the scenes and enlivens the narrative of this anghing romance. Scottish, Educational and Literary Journal, Edinburgh : James Hogg. • The September number of this journal main tains the reputation which has been acquired by its predecessors. In the article which stands number two in the part, entitled " Precocity," the prevailing but cruel system of forcing to a prema ture development the intellectual faculties in chil dren, especially girls, by an oppressive and incom prehensible load of school-studies, is well exposed and properly condemned. It should be read with attention by every parent, and pondered over by the directors and teachers of every educational establish ment. The remarks are full of practical good sense. Among the more strictly literary articles of the journal, will be found a spirited and interesting, though brief, biography of Thomas Ruddiman, an eminent Scottish teacher of Latin and the Classics, who flourished at the beginning of last century. Ruddiman was a man of remarkable strength of mind. Born in a rank little, if at all, removed from the peasantry of Banffshire, his native county, he, by dint of his own energy, genius, and perse verance, achieved an eminent position in the society and literary renown of Scotland, and lived to a good old age, respected and beloved by the highest born and best of his countrymen. The other arti cles in the number are generally creditable of their respective kinds. _ _ The School and Family Elementary Atlas; Papa and Mamma's Easy Lessons in Geography ; The Church Catechism, by the Rev. R. Mon . t flowery ; Catering and Carving, being sugges tions for Dinners for every Season of the Year; The Poultry-Keeper's Guide. London : Dean and Son. The books enumerated in the above list are all of a useful kind ; and each of them is possessed of appreciable merit in its respective sphere. They are neatly got up and published at low prices. VARIETIES. WOULD TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENTS benefit the people by keeping them on " short Commons ?" A SURGEON writes from the gold fields of Australia to say that he has now quite discarded the lancet, and opens the vein with a pickaxe. THE ABAE PROVERB says—" The habitation of danger is on the borders of security ; and a man never runs greater hazard than when he least fears them." SIGNIPICA_NT REPLY.—" What is the best attitude for self-defence ?" said a pupil to a well-known pugilist. " Keep a civil tongue in your head," was the significant reply. " I SAY, Jxm," said a ploughboy the other day,- to his companion, I know of a new-fashioned macintosh to keep out the wet." " What's that ?" " Why, if you eat a red herring for breakfast, you'll be dry all day." A LUCKY PURCHASE.—A day or two ago, in Boston, a gentleman purchased an antique piece of furniture, and on getting home found £250 snugly stowed away in a secret drawer. THE ENGLlSH.—Whatever they are, they are always " complete" men. Sometimes they are "complete" fools, I grant you, but even their folly is a folly of some sub stance and weight.— Goethe. MIN'S HAPPIEST DAYS: — The happiest period of a man's life is when he has a pretty little wife, one beauti ful child, more ready cash than he well knows what to do with, a good conscience, and is not even in debt for his newspaper. RivAL REAPING MA.CHINES.—We hear a great deal about the merits of some rival reaping machines, but we know nothing that can equal in the force of rivalry those wonderful reaping machines—a barrister's tongue and a physician's finger and thumb ; which are the means used by both in reaping their tremendous harvests. A YANKEE IN Lovs.—Oh dear, what nonsense people talk about love, don't they ? Sleepless nights —broken dreams—beatin' hearts—pale faces—a pinin' away to shaders—fits . of absence—loss of appetite—narvou,s terms, and all that. I haven't got the symptoms, but I'll swear to the disease. Folks take this talk, I guess, from poets ; and they are miserable mooney sort of critters, half mad and whole lazy, who would rather take a day's dream than a day's work any time, and catch rhymes as niggers catchflies to pass time—hearts and darts, cupid and stupid, purlin' streams and purlin' dreams, and so on. It's all bunkum ! Spooney looks and spooney words may do for schoolboys and seminary gals ; but for a man like me, and an angeliferous critter like Sophy, love must be like elec tricity—eye for eye, and heart for heart, telegraphed back wards and forwards like 'iled lightnin'.—Sam Slick. A BALL IN THE AMERICAN BACKWOODB.—III winter the squatters have leisure, and wish to dance. A ball is to be got up ; nor is amusement the sole thing considered. The squire who projects to give gratification, hopes at the same time to fill his pocket, and opens negotiations with some neighbour, by saying : " I reckon we should fix a ball for the whole neighbourhood." The day is appointed; the entrance-fee for a gentleman is one dollar, and he has the right to introduce a lady. The preparations now begin. All the neighbours who had not attended the meeting are visited, and invited to the ball ; they are expected to lend knives, forks, spoons, cups, tumblers, to the common feast. The log-house, where the great event is to take place, is scrubbed ; the floor is smoothed with the axe, wood is piled up in the yard. If the squire cannot provide sufficient venison, sugar, and tea, his neighbours must do it, and deduct the price from the entrance fee. On the eve of the great day several of the neighbouring ladies are enrolled for the kitchen : wheaten and Indian corn bread is baked ; squash (pumpkin) and mince pies are prepared ; fowls are boiled, pork and venison roasted, and the jugs are filled with whiskey. Already, at ten o'clock in the morning, the gentlemen begin to arrive; they are inclined to enjoy as much as possible, and take out every farthing of their money. After the whiskey-jug has been handed round, one of them takes up the fiddle, and the others practise a little of the orthodox steps of the dances handed down from father to son : a long row of carts approaches, crowded with ladies, who sit on chairs placed in the carts. The procession is headed by the spokesman of the company, appointed to his office by the squire. The gentlemen arrive on horseback ; bullock-carts are in the rear, intermixed with strange riders —man, wife, and children on one and the same horse. " How do you do ?" and " Where the deuce have you been staying so long ?" is asked on every side. The ladies, wrapped in their red, blue, or white blankets, enter the house and throng round the chimney, and restore themselves from the chill by a hot beverage composed of warm whiskey and honey, whilst the gentlemen remain in the yard around the big fire, smoking, chewing, and freezing. When the ladies have put their dresses right, and arranged all their many coloured ribbons and fineries, bought by the pioneers in the markets of lowa and Indian a, the squire presents him self at the door and shouts out , " Ladies, dinner is !ready ; boys, take your partners." The gentlemen press in, and proceed, each with his fair partner, to i the other room, where the tables are laid ; but as there s never sufficient space, the gentlemen have again to retreat, and a guard watches the door that the ladies may t ake their dinner quietly. After them it is the turn of the gentlemen; and when they have done the spokesman begins to collect the charge for the entertainment, and the extra for the fiddle. He exerts all his eloquence to arouse the generosity of his guests, and to get more than the fee agreed for. He speaks about the unparalleled trouble and expense of the under taker,-and how splendid has been the dinner ;he addresses the wealthier settlers by name, and says, " Fellow, you can pay double." But the backwoodsmen are tough ; they protest that they cannot afford more than the others, and they find fault with the others. At last the money is collected, the fiddling begins ; the great coat and the muskrat cap are thrown aside, and in their ball costumes of antiquated cut—but all with very dashing shirt collars —they present themselves again to the ladies. It is a strange exhibition of all the different fashions of all the last twenty years ; a tailor of long standing would at once find out in what year those gentlemen have left the civili zation of cities for the back woods. The room is small, therefore only eight pairs - are allowed to dance at once ; they jump, they stamp, and jerk, until they are out of breath ; the gentlemen chew, but whilst they dance, they do not spit. But at once the fiddler puts down the bow, and declares that he will not play any longer without additional pay ; he is tired, he cannot do more. The spokesman, who has to keep up order, stands forth and appeals to the generosity of the company, and endeavourson the other side to lower the pretensions of the musician until a new bargain is concluded. The whiskey is again tasted ; at midnight supper is served, though the squire protests that he is out of provisions ; the dance continues till morning, and after breakfast the party returns as it came.—Pulszky's Sketches of Society in the United States. i',P Pn No, ma'am, I most decidedly • smiled, and so did Smith soon A ROLL OF PAPYRUS, purchased from the sepulchral diggings about Luxor, turns out to contain some plead ings at the Greek bar. They are three centuries older than the Christian era, and are said to be older than any known MSS. Cuurous LAW.—There was kept in former times in our city of Marseilles, a poison prepared from hemlock, at the public charge, for those who had a mind to hasten their end, they having first, before the senate, given an account of the reason and motives of their design. It was not othr -wise lawful for the citizens to do violence to them -Mont--=-~- .ves.- _ azgne LANDLADY : Mr. Rapid, without you immediately settle your rent, I shall be compelled to —. Mr. Rapid : Mrs. Wiggins, if you pester me, with so little reference to my personal comfort, I'll bring an action against you for as sault; I'll issue a commissio de lunatico inquirendo, upon which I'll certify for a scire facias, or nolle pro sequi ; and I'll send you into a prima facia certiorari, and sign a judgment of quis clavis ambulator, and make you pay your own costs ! —Landlady : "Oh !- oh dear, sir, if that's the case, gladly w—w—wait !" WHAT'S IN A NAME ?—" A goose, too, so far from being a foolish bird is a very wise one. A flock of geese saved Rome onct." " I shouldn't wonder," said Master Van, "for a flock of wild ones saved La Halve Island onct. They got overloaded with sleet and wet snow, and lighted on the clearin' one spring, and was caught there, and actilly saved the folks from starvation."—" Well," sais I, " out of gratitude to these birds, the Italians erected a college for 'em at Rome, and called it the ' Proper Gander' College." —Sam Slick's Wise Saws. THE Morning Post revives a good story apropos to English reserve. An Englishman and a German were travelling together in a diligence, and both smoking. The German did all in his power to draw his companion into conversation, but to no purpose ; at one moment he would, with a superabundance of politeness, apologize for drawing his attention to the fact that the ash of his cigar had fallen on his waistcoat, or a spark was endangering his necker chief. At length the. Englishman exclaimed, "why the deuce can't you leave me alone ? Your coat-tail has been burning for the last ten minutes, bUt I didn't bother you about it." A COURTSIIIP IN Purrs.—A certain Mr. Parr being smitten with the charms of a certain Miss Ann Marr, a provincial belle, whom he met at Harrowgate,7 was ex ceedingly perplexed to contrive how he should open his heart to her. At length he met her, and it was for the last season, at a public breakfast. It happened that oppo site to the gentleman there was a plate of Parmesan cheese, and near the lady stood a crystal dish of marma lade. " Will you do me the honour to accept a little Par, Miss Ann ?" said the lover, with a look full of meaning, and moving his hand towards the cheese —" Tell me first," replied the damsel with admirable readiness, lifting, at the same time, the top of the crystal, "whether or not you are fond of Mar, my lad ?"—" Above all things in existence !" exclaimed the enraptured youth. They were married within a month. SEA BAT/LING.—The bath must be taken in the fore noon, by which we mean an hour or two before noon, the plunge must be sudden and completed at once, repeated not oftener than three or four times, and in rapid succession. The whole should be the affair of only a few minutes, for no prolonged bathing is of any use. To those constitutionally affected with glandular ailments, a mouthful or two of sea water will prove highly beneficial, but it must not be taken in draughts, like mineral waters, generally, until its effects on the individual's constitution be ascertained. Medicine is a conjectural art based on experience ; it cannot be fore told, a priori, as logicians say, to whom this great mineral water, sea-water, is to prove beneficial. Remember that sea-water is not merely salt water, or salt and water ; no chemist in the world can make you up a mixture having the chemical elements of sea-water as compounded by nature. The all-powerful elements of iodine and brine, exist in the ocean in small, indeed almost in homoeopathic quantities; nevertheless present in sensible proportions, and materially and specifically, no doubt, influencing the qualities of the fluid. Despise it not because it is common, abundant, and of no price. —.Dr. Knox ; in Illustrated London Magazine. MARY STUART'S ATTENTION TO HER SUBJECTS' TASTES.—She gave receptions to the ladies in those most remote districts, who were unable to undertake a journey to Edinburgh to pay their homage to her in Holyrood ; and she proclaimed a music meeting, offering her own favourite harp as the prize of the best performer. The fair Beatrice Gardyn of Banchory, in Aberdeenshire, was adjudged by her Majesty to have surpassed all the courtly competitors, and even her own musicians, in skill and taste, as well as in the sweetness of her voice. Neither Michelet, Mary's newly-imported French musician, nor even her old-estab lished favourite, David Riccio, were excepted. The poet queen acknowledged the superiority of the native melodies of Scotland to the most elaborate harmonies which foreign science could produce ; and when she felt the soul-thrilling power of a Scottish ballad, from the lips of a sweet-voiced Scottish lassie,the generous Sovereign hailed her youngsub ject as the Queen of Song, and accorded the harp to her, with this compliment, " You alone are worthy to possess the instrument you touch so well." Queen Mary's harp is still preserved by the descendants of Beatrice Gardyn at Lude. It was originally graced with a portrait of the royal donor, and the arms of Scotland in solid gold, enriched with several gems, two of which were considered of great value ; but these were stolen during the civil wars.—Miss Strickland's Queens of Scotland. MARY AT HER MARRIAGE WITH DARNLEY.—The secret of Queen Mary's love had been betrayed by her solicitude for her English cousin during his first indis position ; but it was not till the second, when she was united to him by the holy ties which sanctioned such demonstrations, that she took upon herself the tender office of his nurse, that she kept her wakeful vigils by his restless pillow, and, as she had been accustomed during the sickness of her late lord, King Francis, administered medicine and nourishment with her own hand to the consort whom, with the sincerity of true affection, she had preferred to all the kings and princes who had sought her hand during her four years of widowhood. Those years had been checkered with many cares and some griefs ; but she had won the esteem and love of her people ; her gentle sway and refining influence had been blessed to Scotland. She had loosed the bonds of the prisoners, and considered the low estate of the poor, in providing officers to distribute her alms to the needy, and advocates to plead the cause of those who had wrong. She had established peace in her borders, and commercial relations with all the nations in the world. Years of domestic happiness and wedded love appeared now to be in store for her. A flattering dream of these joys, indeed, mocked her; but brief was the glimpse of sunshine that was to be hers, before the gathering of the storm—clouds chased the bright dance of her golden hours, and finally rolled a pall of terrific darkness over the meridian of her days.—Miss Strickland's Queens of Scotland. HOME AND FOREIGN BEAUTY.—As to a good-looking peasantry, Bob, it's all humbug. It's only the well-to-do classes, in any country, have pretensions to beauty. The woman of rank numbers amongst her charms the unmis takeable stamp of her condition. Even in her gait, like the goddess in Virgil, she displays her divinity. The pretty " bourgeoise" has her peculiar fascination in the brilliant intelligence of her laughing eye, and the sly archness of her witty mouth ; but your peasant beauty is essentially heavy and dull. It is of the earth--earthy; and there is a bucolic grossness about the lips the very antithesis to the pleasing. I'm led to these remarks by the question in your last as to the character of continental physiognomy. Up to this, Bob, I have seen nothing to compare with our own people, and you will meet more pretty faces between Stephen's Green and the Rotunda than between Schaffhausen and the sea. I'm not going to deny that they " make up" better abroad, but our boast is the raw material of beauty. The manufactured article we cannot dispute with them. It would be, however, a great error to suppose that the artistic excellence I speak of is a small consideration ; on the contrary, it is a most important one, and well deserving of deep thought and reflection, and, I must say, that all our failures m the decorative arts are as nothing to our blunders when attempting to adorn beauty. A French woman, with a skin like an old drumhead, and the lower jaw of a baboon, will actually " get herself up" to look better than many a really pretty girl of our country, disfigured by unbecoming hairdressing, ill-assorted colours, ill put on clothes, and that confounded walk, which is a cross between the stride of a grenadier and running in a sack !—Dodd Family Abroad. Ax INCIDENT AT SEA.-" Gentlemen," interrupted the lieutenant of the Galatea, " the captain requests your pre sence to assist at the baptism of his little son."—The child was fifteen days old, and the happy father wished to con secrate our passage across the line. The mother was al ready strong enough to carry her infant; she held him naked in her rounded arms, as if she had wished to offer him to the double majesty of the sky and the ocean. Be hind her followed the chaplain of the vessel, book in hand. The boatswain let down a silver bucket from the poop, to draw up the sea-water, which the priest was about to bless for his holy purpose. A flag was hoisted, the cannon thundered a salutation, and everyone took off his hat. Just then the boatswain drew from the bucket of sea-water a plain glass bottle. There was nothing surprising in such an incident. It is a usual thing with the sailors to commit these bottles to the waves, conveying information of some unknown danger which they have discovered on their route, or a prayer to the charitable, that they will make known to their friends the disaster which has over taken the unfortunate writers. Still, at sea the slightest occurrence creates an interest, and it was certainly sin gular that the bottle should have got into the bucket. I am afraid our curiosity made us somewhat inattentive to the ceremony that followed, during which the bottle was laid aside. Scarcely was the service concluded, before we presented the object of our conjectures to the captain, who begged me to unseal it. I rapidly cut away the pack thread, canvas and tar which secured the cork ; then drawing the latter, and reversing the bottle, a small roll of paper fell into my hand. The captain and his lady, and all the officers, surrounded me closely. The crew, eager to know the result, had climbed into the rattlings of the mizen-mast. Even the helmsman's attention was distracted, and he listened like the rest. The contents of the paper, written in a fine, though tremulous hand, were as follows :—" I, Margaret Floreff, perish on the open sea. I supplicate the person, who by Divine permission picks up this bottle, and reads the note therein enclosed, to cause prayers to be said for the repose of my soul. I was born, and I die, in the true faith. Farewell ! my mother —farewell ! farewell !"—" Poor creature !" said the cap tain's wife, wiping away a tear. The crew testified little interest in the event. Sailors are too often exposed to peril to think much of a death more or less. My young lefttheircompanions hearts were i s u om in ew di h a at ex m re o p v t ed m ; y b se u if t . h said ad Buxton, striking me on the shoulder , a s soon as he and I were left alone together, " you who are a fool of the worst species —a melancholy one, must go into mourning for this Margaret Floreff, and see after those prayers being said for her."—" Into mourning !—no. But on my arrival at Batavia —"—" You never will !"—" Well, wait and see."—" Listen," said Buxton in his coolest voice ; "just hearken to reason. Here is a woman who has been food for fishes these eighty or a hundred years ; what folly to trouble yourself about her ! Fling the bottle into the water, and give me the paper to light my pipe."—l rescued the bottle and its contents from his sacril?gious hands. He shook his head, and went away muttering a scornful epithet."—Dublin University Magazine. Sister ! Sister TOLERA 1N ECLOGUi TYPHUS HOVERS OVER A ROWD OR SLEEPERS, CHOLERA (Without.) Typurs. I am here, Doing my work for to-morrow's bier. Nine and seven lie each in a row — Two are gone, and two will go. CHOLERA (enters). Sister ! Sister ! you work too slow ; For here, where the tide has left its slime To mix with the filth of a hundred drains, And the hovels are rotting in damp and grime, While the landlord is counting his daily gains, And his slaves are groaning with chronic pains, You linger about, till famine and gin Must finish the work which you begin. Primus. Chide me not, Sister ! My work is sure. The days are many since last you came; But you pass'd away, and your fearful name Was soon forgotten ; but I endure., CHOLERA. Again I come. The knell shall be toll'd, But not for one : Ere set of sun Some work shall be done ; For a hurried grave shall these sleepers hold, And the proud shall then think of the earth's poor scum. Trimus. No meddling spies disturb my reign. The black ditch creeps in the populous lane ; In the mouldy cellar the infants huddle; The alley is dark with the filthy puddle ; And the breath of heaven ne'er visits the den Where the poorest dwell. Leave, leave me here. I make no noise, and the well-fed men See my victims die, And pass quietly. by, With no vain lament, and no idle fear. CHOLERA. Me they shall fear. TYPHUS. But stay not long. Take a few away that are wholly mine ; My pleasant places are willingly thine, But go not the rich and the happy among. • CUOLERA. I'll take thy leavings, with nobler prey. Shall wretches pine beneath thy sway, And those escape who have known the wrong ? - TYPHUS. Leave me, rash Sister, leave me here, To fill the graves from year to year ; For our trade shall go to a swift decay If you gather the crop from day to day. Then the hovels will fall and houses rise ; The rich and the poor will both get wise ; And the Law will open its hoodwink'd eyes. No more shall we ride on the tainted gale, Where foul trades flourish and men grow pale; Where the slaughter-house floods the slippery stones, And the reek is heavy of boiling bones. They will drain their streets, and build their schools, And hunt us out. _ CHOLERA. Twice warned, the fools Still keep us here, and they still will keep ; For the Justices wink and the Vestries sleep, And Red Tape ties the willing hand, And Laissez-faire still rules the land. Sept. 23. S. T .—Times. A VEGETARIAN BANQUET IN TEMPERANCE NEW YORK. Tns latest New York papers are almost filled with re ports of the speeches, toasts, &c., at the Whole World's Temperance Convention; the Abolition Convention, and Woman's Rights' Convention, simultaneously held in New York. The banquet of the temperance gathering seems to have been a recherche affair, and we accordingly give an extract from one of the papers concerning it. After an introduction containing a description of the hall wherein the banquet was held, and a dissertation upon the vegetarian system, our account goes on : But to return to our—not mutton, but vegetables. The banqueting hour was announced for six o'clock, and at that hour our reporters were at the hall ; but, for some reason unknown to us, the edibles were not prepared. The members of the committee of arrangements, assisted by several young women in overpowering Bloomer dresses, acted as servitors on the occasion. They were designated by a crimson rosette, from which depended a satin ribbon tab, ornamented with spangles, making the effect " real pretty," as a vegetable young woman was good enough to inform us. The company at this time was more select than numerous ; and in the dim twilight the leaders of the several wings of reform were holding little levees and receiving the homage of their adherents ; for there is a great deal of man-worship among reformers, and they lank according to the amount of notoriety they have achieved, and the quantity of martyrdom they have suf fered in the shape of peltings with " unmerchantable eggs," and other equally unpleasant missiles. We noticed that particular attention was paid to Greeley, who was continually ducking his head as women of all sorts and ages were paraded before him. At about seven o'clock the victims began to come in by little squads of two or three, and the gas was turned on. There were a very few pretty women in the two hundred specimens who were congregated on this occasion. The gentlemen appeared to be generally from the " rural dis tricts." We noticed several Bloomers, but the dresses looked like the work of botches in the mantuamaking trade. One lady we noticed was got up in tremendous style. She was apparently, young, with fine features, of medium height, good figure, and blonde complexion. Her hair was arranged a la Chinois, with a number of little " water curls," flattened down on each side of her face. She wore a brocade silk dress, of the colour called by ladies " ashes of roses," with a pea jacket of the same, open in front so as to display a white satin waistcoat, which was cut high in the neck. Her skirt was short enough to dis play her white satin Turkish trousers, which were gathered around the ankle. Candour compels us to say that this lady was a failure. She was accompanied by another dis ciple of the Amelia Bloomer school, who was dressed in crimson and black. Her figure was petite, and her ap pearance rather more piquant. To give variety to the scene, there were several Shaker ladies present—their long, unwieldy bonnets, and old-fashioned, short-waisted dresses, combined with their Methodism and taciturnity, formed a very interesting feature of the entertainment. At this time, a quarter past seven, the attendance be came general, the shilling gallery was nearly filled, and among the auditors were observed a party from Ken tucky, including Greo. D. Prentice, from Louisville, and several other distinguished gentlemen. And, finally, the banquet was ready. The party, num bering some two hundred women and one hundred and fifty men—we saw no negroes—sat down to the tables, which were arranged so as to run parallel with Broad way. The high seats in. the synagogue (strange that these socialist reformers will make these odious distinc tions) were placed upon the stage. There was a murmur of applause as, by a well -executed flank movement, the leaders deployed from the dressing rooms on each side of the stage and took seats on the platform. Horace Greeley presided, and on each side of him sat the file leaders of the new lights. Among them we noticed Miss Lucy Stone, Miss Mary C. Vaughan, President of the New York Women's Total Abstinence Society ; Mrs. C. J. H. Nichols, of Vermont ; Miss S. Clarke, of Leroy ; " Dr." Harriet K. Hunt, of Boston ; Mrs. Frances D. Gage, of Missouri ; Mrs. Lydia M. Fowler, phrenologist, of New York ; Miss Susan B. Anthony, " editor," of New York ; Dr. R. T. Trail, President of the New York Vegetarian Society ; Rev. John Pierpoint, of Massachusetts ; C. C. Burleigh and C. M. Burleigh, of Connecticut ; Dr. J. C. Jackson, of the Glen Haven Water Cure Establishment ; Dr. Snodgrass, of Maryland, representing all the "isms" of the day and night. Mr. Greeley, having been obliged several times to restrain the brethren from pitching into the "banquet" which was spread before them, now announced that the Rev. P. H. Shaw, of Williamsburgh, would invoke the Divine blessing, which the rev. gentleman proceeded to do with much fervour and elegance. In his invocation he prayed that the audience might " have strength to make their appetites submissive to the requirements of the love of God," which was a very singular idea, to say the least of it. The Amphions indulged us with a quartett, com mencing thus : Lo, the world is rich in blessing! Thankful all, His praise repeat ; " Every herb, and each tree yielding Seed and fruit shall be our meat." Nature's banquet, pure and peaceful, Is a " feast of reason" too; Every healthful sense delighting, Ever changing, ever new. The company then proceeded to attack the fruits and vegetables. The following is the BILL. OF FARE. VEGETABLE SOUPS. Tomato Soup, . Rice Soup. FAAINACKA Graham Bread, Mixed Fruit Cake, Fruited Bread, Apple Biscuit, Wheat Meal Cakes, Moulded Rice, Corn Blanc Mange, Moulded Farina, Moulded Wheaten Grits. VEGETABLES. Baked Sweet Potatoes, Stewed Cream Squashes. PASTRY. Mixed Fruit Pies, Pumpkin Pies. FRUITS. Melons, Apples, Peaches, Pears, Grapes, Pineapples. COOKED FRUITS. Plum Jellies, Baked Apples. RELISHES. Cocoanut Custards, Fruited Ice Cream. BEVERAGE. Pure Cold Water. There was a painful scarcity of pepper, salt, and all ex citing condiments of the same sort. The water was not iced, and was far from being pure, and the cookery was evidently the work of " artists" who had never studied Ude or Soyer. How such an affair would have shocked the great Alexis ! We have no doubt that a dinner could be got up from the same materials in much better styl e , and our readers will perceive that, even for a vegetable dinner, the bill of fare is shockingly meagre. The Irish potato, the tomato—au naturel—and many other succu lents and fruits, were not represented in this gathering of the vegetable kingdom. The " soup" seemed like starch, and the farina moulded in forms was musty. Brown moist sugar was used for the blanc mange—but we need not particularise. Many of the ladies had the bad taste to sit at the tables in their bonnets. The people were very much puzzled to know what to eat, but, as the peaches were very fair, they m anage d t o sa ti s f y th e crav ings of their appetite. We hope th e soc i e t y will be careful to secure ripe fruit when they next give a banquet to the Whole World's Convention, otherwise we may lose some of those amiable females who supply us with so much good advice and rational amusement. If the be a uty o f a f e a s t is in the welcome you receive —if, as Mrs.. Macbeth truly observes, The feast is cold That is not often vouched while 'tis a making 'Tis given with welcome— then this was a very cold feast. The people devoured what was eatable, and stowed away a considerable amount in their pockets. LIVERP 0 OL A( IDEifY _E=BITIO. 116. " A Sheebeen at Donnybrook," by E. NxcoL. If truth to nature, and the delineation of intensely individual character, were to constitute the chief aim in pictorial excellence, this elaborate cabinet piece by Nicol, would stand immeasurably superior to anything in the exhibition. Such, however, although one, and no mean one, of the legitimate objects of art, is by no means the only or the highest of its recognised flights. To please, to charm, and to instruct, are as much the vocation of the artist as )f the poet. '• How vain is learning, and how empty art, Save where 't improves the mind or mends the heart," hegm which should never be lost sight of by either artist or author, and it is one which cannot be neg lected by either with impunity : the finest perceptions of the poet, and the most ready emanations of the pencil or the spatula, fall with impaired power and deadened effect upon the senses, if not imbued with the spirit of elevating benevolence or of humanising sentiment. Tried by this test, the picture under consideration falls considerably below the rank it ought to hold. Its composition is masterly in the general arrangement of its lines and groups : the pencilling and drawing of the individual characters are minutely truthful: the action of each is appropriate and expressive; and the scene, as a whole, is delineated with a force and accuracy in the highest degree commendable. Yet, as a whole, it seems to us to lack that amor divine, without which the efforts of genius are comparatively ineffective. These apparently detractive observations are offered in no captious spirit ; on the con trary, they are made in the belief that Mr. Nicol, being, as we understand, a young artist, with more than the mere elements of a great one in him, may pardon our freedom and profit by our hints. We cannot part from his picture, however, without saying a word in favour of its merits, having dwelt so much, and it may seem so ungraciously, on its shortcomings, which, we are bound to admit, are not of an important nature. Of Mr. Nicon's powers as a keen observer and accurate as well as ready delineator, this picture bears ample and decided evidence. There are upwards of twenty figures in the group, and the countenance, action, and demeanour of each individual is distinct and true to nature ; each representative of a separate and highly interesting idiosyncracy; and each rendered with a most perfect elaboration. Take the knowing sot who winks his eye and smacks his lips in ap probation of the " poteen" which he has just been sucking out of the bottle his fingers seem loath to leav e ;—the singularly comic tapster, who is in the act of drawing a refractory cork, immediately behind the epicurean bachanal already alluded to ;—the dwarfed and shrivelled fiddler, who, in the opposite corner, screws his fiddle-pins as well as his features in envious disdain of the more potent bag pipe, on which his exalted rival is screaming forth the mysterious, mirth-provoking strains of a " real jig;"—each is instinct with a life and meaning peculiarly his own. Let us select is an apc "The dancing pair, who simply seek renown By holding out to tire each other down :" the whispering lovers, or the ready, bantering jester; each and all are brimful of telling and appropriate ex pression. The accessories, too, are of the right and truth ful stamp, in such a scene,—fragmentary crockery, dis carded bottles, and trodden vegetables fill up the inter stices of a well-grouped picture ; while the indispensable family pig, ensconced beneath the table, completes a scene in which mirth and misery, squalor, waste, and hilarity run riot. In point of execution, the artist has been ad mirably successful, and the truthfulness of his pencilling is attested in every touch. His colouring also is rich and germane to his subject ; but his chief merit consists in the expression and truthfulness of his delineations. 47. "The Day after the Wreck," by C. STANFIELD, R.A., is a picture of great beauty, and one which displays much of the peculiar merit for which the productions of Mr. Stanfield's easel have long been remarkable. The subject in the present instance is a Dutch East Indiaman on shore in the Ooster Schelde, with the towers of Zierikgee in the distance. As was to have been expected in a picture by Stanfield, the stately ship is truthfully and cleverly represented, displaying even in its disabled and crippled condition beauty of form wedded to power and gracefulness. The drawing is as bold and masterly as it is generally accurate. The pilots and others who are engaged in saving portions of the wreck are fine specimens of the hardy and intrepid mariner, who braves danger and death with an unheeding resolution, subservient only to a sense of duty. The boat and crew, which occupy the foreground of the picture, are admirably drawn, and they are painted with freedom and force ; the fine, fresh, yet weather-beaten countenance of the old man is a study full of truth • its expression is indicative of self-possession and undaunted courage. The careful observation of nature, indispensably necessary to form a landscape or a marine painter of eminence, is admirably displayed in this picture. The sea, which rolls and chafes in the confined bay repre sented, is thick, muddy, and broken, as water rolling over a bank always is, contrasting in this respect forcibly with the heavy rolling billows of the ocean, which are con tinuous, transparent, and unbroken ; in the hands of a less skilful artist such a distinction would in all proba bility have been lost, and with it would also of course have gone the truthfulness of the scene and its concomitants. The sky is likewise treated in a masterly style, the masses of cloud indicating with great correctness the squally ter mination of a tempest. Taken as a whole, this picture is a beautiful work of art, and an admirable specimen of Stanfield's powers. 123. "Life among the Gypsies at Seville," by JOHN PHILIP. In this picture there are numerous and telling indications of well-directed study, and no small amount of fine artistic feeling. The canvass, a large one, is filled with groups of cleverly-drawn figures, arranged with a fine eye to picturesque effect. The story of two travelling Englishmen, enjoying themselves among the Seville gypsies, is told with a sufficiency of dramatic expression to give piquancy to the scene without interfering with its pictorial harmony and repose. There is a great amount of powerful and good colour displayed in the various groups ; while the skilful manipulation of the different textures is irresistibly expressive. In particular the rich green satin which occupies the left hand corner of the foreground is beautifully truthful. The general drawing and painting of the heads are powerful, as well as accurate, many of them bearing unmistakeable evidence of being careful individual studies. Two heads—those of an old man, in the act of mendicancy, and of an aged female—though by no means charming as specimens of humanity, are worthy of high commendation as artistic studies. As a whole, the work is very creditable to Mr. Philip as an artist, and from its merit in that respect, must conduce to elevate his position in public esteem. 73. " Scene from The Monastery,' " by AUGUSTUS L. EGG, A.R.A., though a picture of no very distinguished mark, is nevertheless one which contains several points of excellence. The subject is the introduction of Halbert Glendinning to Sir Percie Shafton, and it necessarily in cludes a considerable number of figures, not a few of which are of very questionable merit, as artistic productions. The figure, the bearing, and the countenance of Glen dinning are really good. The expression is thoughtful, sedate, and resolute, giving token of one who knows his place, and is ready to maintain it. No. 1. "The Parting of Lord and Lady Russell, A.D., 1683," by C. Lucy. In reference to this picture, which is a large one, we have been induced to some extent to emulate the catalogue, by giving the date of the supposed transaction ; but we cannot, like the document referred to, afford space for the explanatory quotation from Lord John Russell's Memoirs. In point of fact the picture is scarcely worth remark. It is poor—meagre—inexpres sive. The principal male is as destitute of feeling or anima tion as a lay figure ; and, although there is more expres sion in the female, still, as a whole, we cannot but grudge the large space the committee have awarded to its exhi bition,—a space which, without much difficulty, might have been more beneficially occupied. 117. " A Scotch Peasant," and 134, " The Young Mother," by JOHN G. GILBERT, R.S.A., are two charming works of art ; the latter in particular is a rich, juicy, and delightful piece of painting, which for power, sweetness, and harmony of colour, need fear no comparison with any work of modern date, and carries the mind resistlessly back towards those wonderful creations of the Venetian school, which are admittedly at once, the model and the triumph of the colourist's art. 98. Portrait of S. Holme, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool," by G. PATTEN, A.R.A. As a likeness this is striking, in so far as the head and expression are concerned, although we hardly subscribe to its being an embodiment of the form and bearing of our respected chief magistrate. Looked on as a work of art, it will hardly bear a favour able comparison with some others which are in the same exhibition. _ _ 19. " Portrait of Joseph Robinson, Esq.," by Jolix ROBERTSON, a highly creditable specimen of portrait art. The head is natural and well-painted. In colour and breadth of touch, the picture is pleasing and artistic. 89. " Portrait 'of George Harireaves,Esq., and hunter," by W. HUGGINS. In this picture the horse is cleverly drawn and spiritedly painted ; the rider sits well, and his head and figure indicate individuality as well as truthful ness of expression. The general tone of colour is fresh and pleasing, and, as a whole, the picture is an interest ing one. 113. " A Study." 174. " The Tempting Offer." 290. " The Street Wanderers' Repast." 295. " Sefton Skaters." By JAMES CAMPBELL. These pictures generally indicate an artistic fancy combined with zeal in his profession. In choice of subject we think the artist has hardly been so felicitous. The Wanderers' Repast" is repulsive in its nature, and that repulsiveness is not redeemed so fully as it might have been by his mode of treating it. In " The Tempting Offer," the head of the old woman shows considerable artistic power, and that is still further attested in the expression of one of the boys. Careful study and an attention to colour will aid this young artist greatly on his way to distinction These, his early efforts, give warrant for supposing that by reasonable diligence, Mr. Campbell, who is a townsman, will ere long take a creditable position among the rising artists of Liverpool. Two ROMAN TESSELATED PAVEMENTS, with fragments of massive Doric columns, have been discovered beneath the surface of the soil in the town of Leicester. A num ber of Roman coins and medals of Augustus, Commodus, and Valerian, were also picked up amongst the remains. FRENCH LANGUAGE.—MORS. L. P. FLUMTOT. at the re quest of several large families, has determined to introduce Single Ladies to any of the fifteen different Classes directed by him, in Six respectable Educational Establishments for Young Ladies, on the same terms as the Pupils themselves. Mons. P. has classes of all gradations, from beginners in the French Alphabet to the Pupils capable not only of understand ing very well the Classic Works used by him, (the same as adopted in the best Educational Establishments in Paris.) but also capable of speaking and writing correctly the French Language. Each Lady has the option of remaining in the different classes one, two, or three hours twice a-week. Gen tlemen, of all ag es, may be introduced also into several Es tablishments for Young Gentlemen, on the same terms as the Pupils. Prospectuses, with Directions as to each Establish ment, Terms, and many Testimonials from Ladies, Clergy men, and Gentlemen who have learned the French Language upon Mons. P.'s new system during the last ten years, may be had at any time, at the Professor's Residence, or by post. Pri vate Lessons, for Ladies or Gentlemen, at the Professor's Resi dence, at the Pupils' Residence, or bycorrespondence, as usual. The next Quarter commences on the 3rd ofOctober next. The Paris Illustration and French Daily Newspapers are con stantly in Mons. P.'s apartment, at the disposal of all his Pupils. Mons. P. is at home every day from One to Two in the Afternoon, and after Seven in the Evening.—No. 45, Umig PARMAMENT-STRBET. rim I nsidered. Were we line is an should, of and privilege for the lad that the new drama shall be first to assert that joint authorship in the drama unknown monstrosity in our Lang of Beaumont and fletc tradictiOn when we state that in I practice i little risk of con• ish literature the sequences to our prophetic status n comedy of " Masks and Faces," Taylor, will not go far to popularize that the new in the dramatic - line that a woman who spirits by Siessr dashing Reade and n of labour lents—and questionable virtue, may To demonstrate ti practical existence the interest and the machinery of the y are concen trated in the character of Mre., better and more fami liarly known, as Peg Woffington, an actress of great stage repute, but questionable character, who was an especial favourite with the town beaux of George the Second's reign. She is the heroine of the comedy, and her adventures and intrigues forms its story and its plot. A town rake, Sir - Charles Pomander, is, after his own fashion, in love with Peggy, who fully under stands and properly despises him she is also the object of a discreditable passion to Mr. Earnest Vane, a mar ried 'country gentleman ' • his connubial engagement, how ever, being unknown to Peg. Vane and Mrs. Woffing- ton exchange warm expressions of reciprocal attachment, and he invites the lady, with a host of her friends, in cluding, of course, Sir Charles Pomander, to an enter tainment at his house in town. At this domestic sanctuary, unknown to her husband, and just at the opening of the festivities, Mrs. Vane arrives, and is very unexpectedly made a witness to her husband's gallantry, and of course becomes much distressed at the discovery. Piqued at his rival's success with Mrs. Woffington, Sir Charles Pomander enlarges to Mrs. Vane upon her husband's perfidy, and endeavours to avenge himself upon that rival by attempting to seduce his wife. This, of course, is duly and indignantly resisted and resented by Mrs. Vane, who, in a somewhat singular fashion, becomes a suitor to Mrs. Woffington for restitu tion of her husband's heart and misplaced affections. The interview on this subject between the ladies is of a cha racter somewhat unusual, even on the stage; ultimately, however, virtue triumphs, and Mr. Vane is reconciled to his wife, who, full of gratitude, assumes Mrs. Woffington as her adopted sister, and so the play ends. The morality of the piece may, to some extent, be guessed from the above outline, which, however, without one additional stroke, would be incomplete : Mrs. Woffington when abjured by one of the dramatis personce to gi v e place to the better claims of Mrs. Vane upon her husband's love, and when that lady's breaking heart is represented to the gay heroine, the latter exclaims " His wife ! Have wives the only hearts that throb ? Let his wife look to herself." It is true enough that, besides being a good deal given to gaiety, Mrs. Woffington is represented as clever, volatile, generous, and good-hearted. In reference to a somewhat analogous case, what says M`Macaulay ? " The question is simply this, whether a man of genius, who constantly and systematically endeavours to make this sort of character attractive, by uniting it with beauty, grace, dignity, spirit, a high social position, popularity, literature, wit, taste, knowledge of the world, brilliant success in every under taking, does or does not make an ill use of his powers. We own that we are unable to uthderstand how this ques tion can be answered in any way but one." The subsi diary characters are not of much importance, and, with the exception of Triplet, a poet, player, and painter, they have really very little to do w ith the drama or its plot. The acting of this quisquis play was, in most respects, excellent. The Peg Woffi ng t on of Mrs. Stirling was, indeed, a triumph. To brilliant personal attractions the lady adds, and cleverly displays, melting pathos, con trasted withspirited raillery—dashing versatility, and lady like dignity. Her acting runs rapidly through each extreme " from grave to gay, from lively to severe," and in each and all of these varying moods she carries a resistless witchery of manner, and an easy and harmonious grace of action. She is familiar without vulgarity —gay and volatile without roystering impassioned and pathetic without whining The character of Triplet, a poor starving and virtuous author, and artist, with a heart finely alive to gratitude and other virtuous impulses, met with a feeling and excellent repre sentative in Mr. B. Baker. In him, real suffering and deferred hope having wrought sad havoc ; he clings with desperate devotion to the patronage and favour of Mrs. Woffington, to whom, in her youthful days of adversity, he had shown kindness, which good offices she now repays. The acting of many portions of this character was ad mirable. The strong pleadings of nature warring with pride, as he endeavours to disguise the penury of his position, and seeks to beguile the ravening hunger of his children, were' given with a depth and power of effect highly creditable to bath his head and his heart. His appeals were touchingly eloquent, and his looks in many instances were more persuasive than words or tears. Of Miss F. Baker's representation of Mrs. Vane it affords us great pleasure to speak most favourably. It was at once earnest, simple, and natural. The other characters were in general well sustained, and the dresses were ex cellent. Of the low comedy performer, Mr. Compton, we have little desire to speak, and no earthly wish to en counter him again. His acting is dry and void of humour —his manner unprepossessing, and altogether we look on him as a star, if star he be, of a very dull lustre. At THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone have terminated a long, and, on the whole, successful engagement. During the wcek, they repeated several of their most celebrated characters, to numerous and applauding audiences. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS Rev. J. Aldous, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church Sheffield. Rev. C. G. T. Barlow, M.A., Vicar of West Cliffe, and Incumbent of '1 rinity Church, Dover, to the Rectory of Ruck inge, Kent. Rev. R. Bendyshe, 8.A., to the Curacy of Denham, near Eye. Rev. J. Bush, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ormskirk, Lancashire. Rev. J. Carson, A. 8., to the Curacy of Tallow, diocese of Lis more. Rev. H. Cooper, to the Perpetual Curacy of Stoke Prior• with-Docklow, Herefordshire. Rev. G. P. Cosserat, M.A., to the Rectory of Drinkstone, Suffolk. Rev. R. Davies, M.A., Rector of Staunton, to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. Rev. D. C. Dowding, to be Chaplain of the Devizes Union Workhouse. Rev. A. Hutton, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Highhead, or Ivegill, Dalston, Cumberland. Rev. D. L. James, to the Incumbency of St. John the Evangelist, Pont Robert Ap Oliver, Meivod, Montgomery shire. Rev. T. Jones, M.A., to the Rectory of White Roding, near Chipping Ongar, Essex. Rev. W. H. Jones, M.A., Vicar of Mottram, in Longden dale, to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Chester. Rev. C. C. Mulloy, to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Peter's Church, Newton.in-Mackerfield, Lancashire. Rev. Sir G. Prevost, Bart., ALA., to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. Rev. S. Robins, M.A., late Minister of Christ Church, St. John's-wood, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church, Dover. Rev. 'l. F. Salmon, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Walderahare, with Whitfield or Beauxfield annexed. Rev. C. Seaver, to the Incumbency of the New Church of St. John's, Belfast. Rev. W. A. Slipper, 8.A., to Curacy of Thirne, near Acle. Rev. H. Thompson, to the Vicarage of Chard, Somerset. Rev. J. E. Vau r x, to the CuracTo-efiredon,Worcesterehire DIOCESE OF CHESTER PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Nicholas Bourne Milnes, to the stipendiary curacy of Ulverston, in the county of Lan caster, on the nomination of the Rev. Richard Gwillym, the incumbent. TEE BISIIOP HAS LICENSED THE NEWLY-ERECTED ScßooLs, situate within the district and township of Tranmere, and called "St. Catherine's Schools, Tranmere," for the performance of divine services, on the representation of the Rev. Benedict Arthure, incumbent of St. Cathe rine's, Tranmere, under whose pastoral superintendence the schools are. ORDINATION IN TER CA.TREDRAL CHURCH ITC/TESTER, on Sunday, the 25th September, 18 53.—Deacons: Harbin, 8.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, licensed to St. Catherine's Church, Liverpool ; N a th an Jac kson, 8.A., King's Hall and College of Brasenose, Oxford, to Dela mere ; Robt. Fowler, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, to the Training College, Chester ; Henry Ashley Gibson, B.A.,,Clare Hall, Cambridge, to St. Martin's Church, Liver pool; Benjamin Hall Williams, 8.A., St. John the Evan gelist, Cambridge, to Tintviistle ; Rev. William De Courcy Ireland, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, to Barthomley ; Robt. Barlay Macpherson Johnson, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, to Rainhill ; Alexander Taylor, MA., Trinity College, Dublin, to Great Budworth ; James Schofield, Saint Bees' College, to St. Paul's, Portwood ; Gustavus Matthew Burton, Birkenhead College, to St. Helen's ; Frederick Townshend Chamberlain, Birkenhead College, to St. Philip's Church, Liverpool ; Charles Fenton, Birken head College, to Middlewich ; Octavius Frederick Pigot, Licentiate in Theology of the University of Dublin, to St. Thomas's Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield. Priests: The Rev. Thos. Chamber; 8.A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxfords the Rev. Harry Pulley, 8.A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford; the Rev. John Stedman, 8.A., Pembroke College, Oxford ; the Rev. Thos. Redmayne Holme, BA., Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Thomas Major Lester, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Daniel Eccles James Dickson, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; the Rev. Thomas Henry Kersley, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; the Rev. James Reece, Saint Bees' College; the Rev. Frederic Addison, 8.A., the University, Durham.—The gospel was read by the Rev. Charles Fenton, deacon ; the first lesson (morning), by the Rev. T. R. Holme, one of the candidates for priest's orders ; and the second lesson, by the Rev. Jas. Reece, another candidate for priest's orders. First lesson (afternoon), by the Rev. John Stedman, newly ordained priest ; second lesson, by the Rev. Frederic Addison, newly-ordained priest. AMONG those ordained deacons by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Sunday, 25th instant, is the Rev. W. De Courcy Ireland, 8.A., brother of the curate of St. John's, in this town, and grand-nephew of the late Right Hon. Sir E. J. Stanley, of Richmond, Surrey, M.P. He has been licensed to Barthomley, including Crewe Hall Chapel, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Crewe. DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—RESIGNATION OF PRE FERMENT.--The Rev. Thos Bowdon Banner has resigned the perpePlal curacy of South Sho re , near Bl ac k poo l. The living is in the gift of private individuals, and we under stand that there is some disp u t e as to which of two gentle men is really entitled to bestow the patronage. THE BISHOPRIC OF SYDNEY.—The Duke of New castle has offered this valuable appointment, which has been vacant since last February, to the Rev. T. 11. Davies, M.A., Archdeacon of Melbourne, who is at present in England. The rev. gentleman has declined it. NEW BISHOPRIC IN AUSTRALIA.—Dr. Short, Bishop of Adelaide, who is at present in England, h a s obtained the sanction of her Majesty's government to t h e sub division of his diocese, and to the creation of a bisho p ric of Perth, Western Australia. Miss Burdett Coutts has promised a large sum of money towards the creation and endowment of the new see. ibishoPg we following um,-- 10,000 ; London, £10,000) 7,000 ; St. Asap h, £4,200J £5,000; Carlisle, £4,500; 100 ; St. David's, £4,500 , Gloucester and Bristol, Lichfield, £4,500 ; Lincoln, A-)0 ; Manchester, £4,200 ; :Norwich, sZ: 000 ; Peterborough, £4,500 T. £5,000 ; Salisbury, £5,000 ; which ;pester, Lnd Wells appears that the sources trow Are derived are very fluctuat in g ; that ,ral of the Bishops paid over various sut ears stical Commissioners, whilst in other y i?s had to receive from them su ms in order incomes allotted to their sees. OF THE NEW CILITIWIE AT LLASO.III' Thi s ceremony, so important to the .. , as performed on Wednesday list, all nsiderable interest. The Bishop of Bile ninutes after eleven o'clock, fhe his Chaplain, ilr.ciianceliorirevor, and called in el) Rectory for robing. A procession of twenty-five rgt ele men, including the Dean of Bangor, and the Archdes,co_!! proceeded thence to the church, and the forms of cenen'ca .aving been completed, the service was 1 . .., of the parish, the Rev. T. J. Willianis7n hop delivered a most excellent sermon w ie , ?.ntive congregation, of s from 2 Chron. vii. 15 ' I , ue , after dwelling- on the sacredness jle licated to the worship of God, and wher e g ally present to His faithful worshiPPe re i touchingly to the Christian feeling -- 'st, according to their several shu!" of the erection, which exceeded eon sid , e u r ; mount of the subscription and gr ants of ---. The collection amounted to £35, and there 7-e pears to be still a deficiency of about £7O to make uP t oken engagements of those who have so creditably un cle the work on their own responsibility. The church is f a the second pointed or decorated style, and consist feet ° g nave,.4B feet long by 21 feet wide ; a chancel, 1e inches long by 14 feet wide ; and a tower and spire ° ° 4 11 f south-western extremity of the nave. The lower P to the tower is used as a porch. The edifice is arra n g_„ te d hold 202 persons, of which 147 are free, and was at a cost of about £9so.—North Wales Chronicle. by the Recto which the Bi dense and at His Lordshi pealed most audience to towards the cos ably th THE BISHOPRIC OF J_ERUSAL THE Record publishes the following document f °l. purpose of circulating among the clergy, and obtalfinutlil'e signatures to a memorial to the Oriental Patriarchs °- t at subject of the proselytising practices of Bishop Go ha Je " rusalem. PROTEST. f 01 ' To the Most Holy Lord Anthimus, Archbishop _...a stantinople, New Rome, and (Ecumenical Patriarch and "To the Most Holy Lord Hierotheus, Pop e Patriarch of Alexandria, and (Ecumenical Judge o f "To the Most Holy Lord . . . Patriar ch Antioch, and of all the East :—and " tl "To the Most Holy Cyril, Patriarch of the HolY Jerusalem, and of all Palestine :—and " To the Most Holy Governing Synod of all the P l 5. siaa : -and "To the Holy Synod of the Kingdom of Greece of "The undersigned Bishops, Priests, and Deac eas the Catholic Church in England and Sr° 63l3 greeting in the Lord: Hof " The unity of the faith, most holy fathers f which binds together in one the different branches at the Holy Catholic Church, renders it also necessary til o: as the apostle says, ' If one member suffer, all the 111 ., e ; bers suffer with it.' But the suffering, when brother . occasion of scandal to brother, becomes much more Fo r 6 - ons. And such is our case at the present time: ;, in although some of you so ignore the Church which — v et England, as not even to acknowledge her baptisit: r if this does not prevent us from sympathising in a bratn e d manner with you, -for the scandals that have been el c l e d, by us in the East. For we are by no means disg ° ' .0. when injured, to retaliate by injury, but rather as ~ tians and Catholics to return - good fOi evil. of " It is necessary, therefore, to give a brief summer o ¢, what has occurred, that, frankly confessing the eP e dor we may clearly show our own blamelessness, and r ev our defence more easy to be understood. For he ca l ': of guilty of grievous sin who rends the seamless CO Christ. "In the year, then, of our Lord 1841, it seemed t et - - to the Most Reverend Father in God, William, - r eb time by divine permission Metropolitan of the Holy C hn s ot of Canterbury, and Primate of all England, when out a certain Bishop of Jerusalem, for the Pu r ro of taking the oversight of the English residents Palestine and Syria, to circumscribe the authority co te witted to that Bishop within certain limits, whi ch o ur himself, in the commendatory letters addressed to yids, Holinesses, clearly defines. ' Lest any,' such are his, _vi ° `should be ignorant wherefore we have thus sent tal'o yi t brother, we make known to you by these presents, we have enjoined him by no means to interfere, jun,s, thing, with the authority that belongs to yon, the and the others who hold the office of rulers of the Eot ou r Churches, but, on the contrary, to yield you due h° l :, ar y and service, and to show a readiness always and i n e r 4r way anxiously to promote what may conduce to brothper, love and friendly intercourse and concord. We , are . „,„ and suaded that this our dear brother will ex any"" t hral• conscientiously obey these our injunctions with fiu ness.' , ed w ith ' The Bishop who is at the present time entras' A eting that authority, by name Samuel Gobat, entirely n e r - t e, ssiog the commands of our late Metropolitan, a nd the the injunctions which limit his authority, is haraS S .' - ,' the Orthodox Eastern Church, as if it were corruptw_ A , e d, apostolic doctrines ; and to such a pitch has he an' d that he receives proselytes from the Eastern Church , a l ' e , congregates them into a certain schismatical synag°ri s Whence it has come to pass that the Anglican brought into suspicion with your Holinesses, as if she the r e e , waging war against the ancient faith, and daring to briP in secretly other new dogmas. • op's/ " We, therefore, whose names are undersigned, Bish priests, and Deacons of the Anglo-Catholic Church, rant this declaration as follows :—We altogether protest agaw.,,; all such acts done or now doing by Samuel Gobat , Chum ib ceeding from himself alone, and receiving no sanction our Church ; we would especially express our abhorrell,,v; of his proselytising practices, as being repugnant t0,. ° ' 11 1. 0 compact (ratified A.D. 1811), and as being direct infr a of the canos of the Curch. "We therefore pray h your Holinesses not to impute the scandals to us and our Church. And we trust that tnod explanations may be received in a friendly spiri.; ,01 that your prayers may ever ascend for the well-hei r 'r the Holy Churches of God and the union of all. , s ots " We have set our hands to this in the month of A na- A.D. 1863." HORTICULTURE. Tbe t STOVE, CONSERVATORY, AND GREENHOUSE. -- sent season is one of considerable activity in the P'',-,g houses. Those flowering shrubs intended for sPti'i-0, decoration of the conservatory, such as lilacs, roses, de„ t he weigelas,,forsythias, &c., require looking over. , -evA r .sa the pots and soil are perfectly free from moss, and in a pt , sweet state ; they should be placed in a dry pit with fr os l ing apparatus, so that the plants may be forwar d , ea rl! time to time as required. The great value 01 0 05 flowering deciduous shrubs for this purpose is i ,„bst beginning to be appreciated. Very many, which raal"anci a poor show in the shrubbery, acquire a brillian delicacy in the conservatory which would hardlY,l„ i 8 a posed possible. Thus clethra alnifolia in the garl r , its plant of little beauty, \ but, forced and well cared _ Air be upright racemes of delicate white flowers can surpassed ; they have a pearly lustre truly beautifw. la nd American azaleas, too, are charming objects, if lift et „ 01.4 9 potted for the conservatory ; their fragrance is to r ' ec joar a match for the much-esteemed honey suc kle. VW 0 .0 that of the rose : both are i ncrease d by pl a cing of these plants has a remarkable effect in combination 0e• thetnats; ther. Gardeners should study the odoriferous P jt iS they are the most valuable, if well arrange d ' fi e v;el too common to huddle all sorts of sweet scented .s together without discrimination. The cons n eve ce c li hea te the odours of bouquets are often too heavy for e t Ole io persons. Look over the chysanthemums, and thin °ter buds where too thick. Decrease the supply of !LOP the stove and conservatory. This should be done gr'diatelli and with judgment. Bulbs should be planted inan,,„. if required for conservatory or greenhouse decoratrina • KITCHEN AND FLOWER GARDEN.—The violenleoria storms have given abundance of work to do in c away the wreck of trees and plants. WHITE IVY-LEAVED PELARGONIUM.-10— n p ith! to scramble freely over the surface of the soil,Lertic;" invisible peg here and there, this is one of fbe_Sst bedding plants we have. Its short petioles rn, j josl ee s mirably with the long flower stems, giving tl , t i e prolf by a charming effect. It is of good habit, an d ; etpet abundance of flowers, the latter being so n i t of 'eve the stout, glossy, horse-shoe foliage, that I tnw,„ol g possibly fail to please those who may be Lila" it. — Gardener's Chronicle. Ac c ad of MULBERRY DISEASE.—At a meeting of - one dei Georgofili (of Florence), held on June thSherrY -t rr i er t ee' the members exhibited branches of the 1 1 - 7, the e',f the leaves of which were completely spoiled of what is here called fersa, seccume, or 03- t of longZif disease is well known • it formed the subjecueny in 1 1 7 4,0, cussions in the scientific meetings held W I s ore •dered by firs t C e de` before the events of 1848 • it is cons]. caused by the presence of ' a parasitical flll—The daw7„t scribed about ten years ago by Dr. Sandri• tbe . l 7.; is usually limited to a small portion of the .!.(7 be g i of which remains untouched, and can therel re „ v bole ea r the o ten for food the silworms ; but this Y ha n a nd to suc face of the to leaf has been attacked, to twv e e that breeders of silkworms have been iinulilnara beea: t ie away a considerable quantity of the terP either they had no food at all to gir u c e s a th p rice. It is to that was left had risen to an e norm9 of the PhilpPin es remarked that the mulberry - tre the common one, resisted the disease much better than of vine have d e o i ; e the same way that the American kin ds The mulberrY c 1 12 . 1 .6 of compared to the European species. the southern P' — iat; has also made its appearance in he _ eenipaw , v, em, or the I' France ; according to Moutagne,.th fungus von it in that country is the fisPor , iim Hooker's Journal of Bo tany. IN TILE CITY OP LONDON, it is said that there e 5;„. , ), grain for six day s' consumptionwhereas, before the au c io`o tion of " unrest ricted competition" JO or free trade, was never without a stock to last six months. A NOVEL BARER'S BA:ren.—A few days since a 1531 :,,,f; at Angouleme , in demolishin g an old oven, found aToot 3 :100 live snakes. He also found nearly 400 egg' , AI the size of pigeons' eggs, enclosing s er p ents almost re'''"' to break the shell. ac tive S T EAM FIRE ENGINE.—The prevalen ce of destr o f fires in America is diminished very m uch by the use lore" the steam fire-engine. It is somewhat similar b out s .nO , motive, throws upwards of a 200 feet jet, and a;. barrels in an hour, in from one to six streams of ve m u tes, The machine may be put in operation in five tid requiring four men and four horses, and is calculated , I es . said, to do as much as six of the ordinary build , e1g :.,,„ ry, At a fire in May last, in Cincinnati, of a large of the engine discharged a cataract of 15,000 barrels of the ill eight hours, and nothing but this could have sa vc ri c s, entire square in which the brewe r y was frQuz cic§tnicw i , Exeter Chestc £4:500 i Oxford 4 the Eec to make up th , CONSECRAT YNGYLI neighbourhood, v