The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

The Quarterly Beviete.—No. 195. Murray.
The Bdishryh Bovine. No. 909. Leaguing.
The bill of fare of the Quarterly is atirsitive fm
the sobelar. There is an article as Mesishr, sod I
use es Homy Yielding. Under tits title et e 1
Talk " the milesdess so &tooted of the es*. a
Boldest, Seined Taylor CoUridge, sod Moab
Lather are discussed. " The Neology of the Mister"
is • dead met at Mr. 'mitt There are alm aefiiss
on " Landscape Gardening," and as " The Zabel-
oil Gardens." All the papers we ham essasented
address themselves to bookish or mimed& mos.
Even to those articles with the User sad drift
of which we are least in accord we mono& disy
the praise of extensive information and UMW
compositios. They are, however, mainly ingegmMeg
to the clam we have sassed—the seen of
habits. They have little direct bearing es t=
nese of this " working
Mr
di world." and the busy aid
'ades', sad emu Jskilmelpspie, ilfSt
l*pr wee those at sll, may de go to booths the
tedium of an unemployed ham. Only two &Moho
are devoted to subjects which engraw the thoughts
of the classes lam named—use on "Reformatory
Moo*" and me ea " Basalts and Prospects of the
Wm." These two topics, however, are happily
selected as being those which probably speak home
to the feelings of wider circles than any others that
could have bees selected.
The Edisobwrph affords its readers a large allow-
NM of practical subjects. Oa article treats of "The
Ruda* Campaigns to Asia ;" another, of " The
Sees Canal ;" a third, of " The Use of Torture is
India ;" a fourth, "Os the Raul Ecoecsay of
Frame and England ;" and a fifth, of "Lecture, to
Wigs as Practical Subjects." The liiaiwyA
evinces a wider and morn varied sympathy with Me
practical strivings of society—the Quarterly, with
books and abstract thinking. The latter clams of sell-
juts, however, is by so means neglected by the Edits-
burgh. Hatay hes ea ample share of atlantic. is
the papers as "The Civil Ware and Crom-
well." and as "The Minister You Buie;"
natural history and edam. in thus which
discus the merits of Dr. Hooker's and
Dr. Thomson's travels is the Himalaya, sad &vow
spas Mr. M'Clare's discovery of the north-weet pas-
sage. The article on " The Life and Writinp ot M.
de Stesdhal" is also a piece of purely literary cri-
ticism. In grasp of intellect and saeisgship the
writers in the Edieburyh are on a par with those of
the Quarterly ; in respect of artisticel finish they
are, perhaps, a shade inferior. This comparative
character kt have been applied to all the bygone
numbered bath works. It is carious to rem*
that Mime" the tone of the Qui:Arty basis.
mat INNOINI ales, the days of Mord, sad that
of the • ohms the days of hem, este Meads
to the ether le szestly the same 'Wades se they deed
et
itibocee
117Ig. The Querlsrly is the atomise
of comervedve Waikato; the Ms-
burgh, o accomplished thetritimilMsuals. Beth ma-
dmen themoelme to exelosim sleek& Whatever may
be the merits of the Wabssinster and Natioasi, oe the
North British in ether respects, they are more mon-
rate reflexes of the tone and spirit of thes=f
general society—than either of their elder brit

SINGULAR MOUSE ROBBERY ,WITH TIOLINCR.

• Mr:gales sad clumsy robbery was faded mrly
oa Monday wasealog, le Border street, Cheelleasisit, eine
to the boyadery of the Sty. At No. 8, la Benlerstrese,
raids Mr. Jobs Doughty, • sommersial traveller, who I. at
gamut absent as badger; sad ea floudey swain the
'sly prams is the Muse were him wife, Ms.. Aglaia
Dooghty, amid their sanest, As. Coulter. About two
'sleck es lioatley serstag Mu. Doughty was awoke by
uterus as the threat, sad se mew as she stirred she fetid
that bar threat was rather tightly raped by a bead be-
rZlig is • MOM prem. lobe was drersd r vale
Thi poem ha $ oramliesel mime wry smith like
that of M mom. eared, "Tem siessy, your money 1 I
vial rag semi I" Ms. Doughty premised to gm it ii
snowed he leave the bed, heybeg that eke sight ass be st-
abled to slam bee esighbeers by strikieg maims the this
division wall; bet tier thisteggissitly guessed her object,
amid, with • tliksmod pug es her aid, Mese with the
left head to_po • mad ammo the bed, is if to laud Ms.
Doughty. Thar kmbased hoe to struggle mere violently, and
at kook she hobs ism burnessilaet, deemed out et bed,
sad meek @plod lbe wall MN seergetleilly. The Wel
sea alarme• sod Mmily quitted the hoes by the back
deer, whish epees wpm sem umempied greaaL Welk
Aka Doughty seetbased haedisi el lie well, the sormet,
Asa Coulter me late the rem, with a geg (or
meant mum for lever her mouth, sad Me arms tied bier
with some lit repo. Um . Doughty mmoved pup and
the me; Ofeltsr Men said that dm had boon
sad Weld in her Mann by two moo. sae of who=
remelael Om he mute dew watablog her. By this tfa.
MIL Drighres seighbeere true alessood, and a goesral
look- through of the premiss WWI 111.110111. Mrs. Doegbty
dimmed thet • dress bad beim SWIM from behiad ba
bides. deer, there being is am of the pukes a
gum 11111111talaNt el. 9s. 6L • mg was hued la
the yard, M trbith sae a 11,., spoons and Sher artistes
were mapped, end whisk bad evidently hem damped by
some we eseepiog hem the his... babseiesatly
Deightes dress was Mead Is the MM at the bask of the
bowel the pens mid meg may hod base takes est of the
Ma. Deoglny's wateh nod some med. Mjaws).crli. blebeess epee her dressing Mlle oemps4 the aid=
of the thief wed entered bar MOM lily to the meselag
Mr. IhmouiMmlent Taylor aleately err 4 the maim,
sad tavallipted the ••sseitsette as fee se pess the
remit brag that Mrs. Cluitsr, Y. mnand's mother, was
takes MO owl* m seiglolow of burg ins gems who
emend Sm. Doughty's osom, lbse tor. the mesa%
Wag ease Mhos Mae eeesely on mephitis of Myles
promplefl end seelsted k the mhbery. Mee. Onlier is •
..A..... M. Tarbes sellidolem 4110118110.188 al raw
lug the Coulters ham Mee meted; bet, on We ether Med,
se team Ms bees mood of the pansies by skim el seat
a sum le 6L fh. 6d. It mem further be added that see of
the eslghboure states that when be re. to bad a pelfientae,
jest Mist the alarm bed hem fivas. be raw two mee mac
from the Credos et the bask of Merstm.street eel walk
down Cborltee.read.—MerorMem imerMeet.