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research. But it tells us nothing that we did not
know before, as the writer had no &infield family
papers before him. It is possible that, in his account
of the Irish campaigns of 1691, Mr. Macaulay may
meet a very formidable critic in the author of this
article. The memoir of Dr. Singer, the Bishop of
Meath, does full justice to the talents of that eminent
divine, so happily selected by Lord Eglinton for pro-
motion. In the following paragraph, the sentiments
of all independent Irishmen, concerning Lord Eglin-
ton, are faithfully echoed:—
" On the appointment of Lord I to the Premiership,
that biesaanaded nobleman openly announced his deter-
te look for the beet men for preferment in the
e▪
lisesk, Iswriag all free to form their own opinions on the
Wont of !Mona! education. This policy was safely and
Wiley es rented to the generous and chivalrous Viceroy
whowes hasetwed with the responsible charge of Irt•lainl.
Kent was there one more eminently suited to his tinier.
Noble, frank, dignified, accessible : there was in him the
knee of genuineness, the power of sincerity, the attraction
of a thoroughly kind good nature. His policy was simple
and straightforward : it was, therefore, firm and just, but
fair and generous : merit was the surest title to favour.
The Deanery of Emly became vacant. He inquired, he
observed ; he diligently informed himself of the claims of
men in the deportment* fr►m which he might have to ele-
vate them. The first (Air of the first vacancy in his gilt
was made to the Regius Professor of l►ivuuty, to Imr.
Ringer ; but, as already an archdeacon, I►r. Singer re-
spectfully declined the favour; it was then bestowed on a
man of modest but genuine piety and worth, the Rev.
Penis Browne.
" The see of Meath next became vacant. Speculation
was busy as to the Kobel& meeemor of the late bishop.
Several names were suggested ; the tame of Dr. Singer
was naturally pnimineet.
" Lord Eglinton mastic his selection ; creditable alike to
his diseernment, his impartiality, his desire to give the
Church the service of one of the best and wisest of her
sons, whose example and teaching might help forward the
geed tttt of peace, freedom, and truth. The letter in
which this choice was communicated is indeed worthy of
the heart from which it emanated; it breathed goodeess,
kindness, and generosity ; it did homage to merit, and
justice to the University, whilst it presented the Church in
lrehind with that precious gift, a godly and learned
bishop"
The reviews of novels in this periodical are rarely
executed with ability. They are often too late, a►►d
are written without literary knowledge. What can
be more absurd than, iu criticising the late Henry
Coekton's posthumous novel of " Percy Effingham,"
to treat the author as a living person, and conclude
with the sentence—" And so, Mr. Cockton, we wish
M you success !"

Tait'. Edinburgh Magazine. Edinburgh : Sutherland

and Knox.

We have read better numbers of Tait than the
prevent one. Its articles are below the average
Manama, and cannot be commended. " Priest and
People—a Story of American Life" has some read-
able passages, but it is written with great carelessness.
Describing a Romanist priest preparing an altar,
the author says, "He then proceeded to light a
" eandle—a most indispensable point —said candle
" figuring quite as a hero in the ceremony. He
" rigged out a little table at the head of the bed, &c."
The article on the history of " Russia and Turkey "
is the best in the number.

Intik Lakadani. London Vizetelly and Co.
Pi this, the second number, we rejoin our much-
esteemed friend the Wandering Jew at Rome, in the
rontifieate of rim 11. After some heart• groans.
which plunge the Pope into profound grief, Izaak
requ 'fits permission to relate a few autobiographical
and historical anecdotes, and, as the period over
which they extend is only IWO years, ho can be at
no loss for matter. Indeed lzaak does not waste
time or words, but sets to work at. once. In a few
pages he has jumped down a mountain, through the
clouds that encircle its sides, plunged headlong into►
Vesuvius during an eruption, bathed in Scylla and
Charybdis, had a subaqueous interview with an
alligator and a shark, taken a run which lasted three
days without stopping through an Indian forest on
fire; slept a night under an upas-tree in Japan, with
a corpse on either side of him, on the principle that
company makes it more eheerful; fought and driven
away a few hundreds of leopards and lions from a
dead giraffe; related the Macedonian conquest, and
the history of J erusaletn and of Rome, in the compass
of one number! Independently of this super-
hydraulic power of compression, there is artistic skill
In the rapid sketch of the swift march of the Maeedo•
nian conqueror.

The Natioaal Temperance Chronicle. NON ember.

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London : Tweedie.
now this number we learn that the leading members
of the House of Commons are, compared with their
predecessors, very well behaved, and drink Seltzer
water instead of bottles of wine, like l'itt, Fox, and
unhappy Sheridan; that the aggregate annual
expenditure of the people of the United kingdom in