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DUBLIN, AUG. 31.
Yesterday morning at half-past ten her Majesty and
Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, left the Viceregal lodge, escorted by a detach-
ment of cavalry under the command of Major Foster of
the 16th Lancers, to pay a visit to the Dublin Indus-
trial Exhibition.

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—A delightful little story (apparently
taken from the French) is the principal attraction
in the number of Blackwood for September. It is
entitled " The Duke's Dilemma," and purports to
be a veracious chapter from the Chronicles of Nie-
sentein. Transferred in a dramatic shape from
the pages of Maga to the boards of one of her
Majesty's theatres, we would wager a triumphant
success to the tale as a humorous extravaganza.
Several of the incidents, indeed, are peculiarly dra-
matic in their character, especially those taking
place in the arbour of the duke's garden,
first of all between Baron Pippinstir and
Colonel Florival, and, secondly, between
Delia and Prince Maximilian. During the former
interview Delia, and during the later Florival, will
be found lying in concealment under the drollest
imaginable circumstances. In fact the covert pre-
sence of the two lovers in succession partakes some-
what of the same species of genuine fun discoverable
in a like situation of Benedict and Beatrice in the
wittiest of the comedies of Shakspere. Taking
the recently published volumes of John Hill
Burton as the text of an historical article,
another of the contributors to Blackwood pre-
sents us this month with a masterly paper,
descriptive of Scotland since the Union—a paper
that cannot fail to be read by the people of the
United Kingdom, whether north or south of the
Tweed, with peculiar satisfaction. It must always,
by the way, be a somewhat consolatory re-
flection for the more devotedly and, so to
speak, infatuatedly patriotic natives of Ca-
ledonia that if Scotland was in a manner
subordinated to England by the Union, the former
gave to the latter the sovereign on whose brows
the diadems of the two states were first combined.
Another writer—this time, however, a German,
one Max Schlesinger—suggests to a reviewer in
Maga an agreeable, gossipping essay, reminding us
of certain " Foreign Estimates of England."
A glance through this criticism will yield
to almost any one amongst us a store
of pleasaat amusement. A second instalment
is then given us of an ingenious serial com-
menced in the previous number about the
late extraordinary variety of "New Readings
in Shakspere." After that we have the contribu-
tion already particularised by us as (to our think-
ing) the conspicuous feature in the current number
of Maga—" The Duke's Dilemma," a Chronicle
of Niesenstein. Immediately following which
comes the ninth portion of the popular story (not
yet concluded, as the eighth instalment, in some
respects, would seem to have intimated,) of
" Lady Lee's Widowhood." Besides, a rather dull
poetical effusion, entitled "The Aged Disciple com-
forting," and an elaborate argument purporting
top
" The Extent and the Causes of our Pro-
sperity"—Maga oddly enough, " Coral Rings"—to which we
wouldseri
explainY
t—Maga contains a charming paper—desig-
nated,
especially direct the attention of every reader
of more than ordinary intelligence. The contribu-
tion will be found to comprise, within very brief
limits, a concise but comprehensive description of
the coral polyps, with a record of some of the many
astounding labours of those marvellous zoophytes.

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Upos arriving within the building an address was
presented to her Majesty from the Exhibition Com-
mittee by Mr. George Roe, chairman of the committee
Lord Talbot de Malahide, the Hon. George Hand-
cock, and Mr. William Dargan, who were presented to
her Majesty, and had the honour of kissing hands upon
the occasion.

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An address was also presented to Prince Albert.
Her Majesty and the Royal party then went round
the bailding, and upon returning to the central hall a
loyal address was presented to her Majesty on behalf
of the Corporation of Dublin, by the Lord Mayor,
Mr. Kinahan, and Mr. Francis Codd, and Mr.
Joseph Boyce, Town Councillors, who were presented
to her Majesty, and had also the honour of kissing
hands.

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Prince Albert afterwards received an address from the
Corporation of Dublin.
In attendance upon her Majesty were the Lord
Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans the Duchess
of Wellington, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl Gran-
ville, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Hon. Colonel
Phipps, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and the Hon. Colonel
Gordon.

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In the afternoon, her Majesty, Prince Albert, with the
two young Princes, and the ladies and gentlemen of
the suite, drove to the residence of Mr. William Dargan,
from whence an extensive view of the surrounding
country is obtained. Mr. and Mrs. Dargan received
the royal party and had the honour of pointing out the
principal objects of interest.
The following had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday :- -The Earl Granville, the Duchess
of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl
of Cardigan, the Earl and Countess of Miltown, the
Earl and Countess of Erne, the Earl and Countess of
Donoughmore, Viscount and Viscountess Gough, Vis-
count St. Lawrence, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence,
Lord and Lady Rossmore, Hon. Mary Bulteel, Hon.
William Eliot, Sir John and Lady Young, Sir Edward
and Lady Blakeney, and the Lord Mayor.

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residence, in Carlton-gardens, on Wednesday evening,
from Melbourne, Derbyshire.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes-
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Dispatches were sent to the Governors in the West
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Dublin University.—ln this month's number the
reader will miss the well-written narrative of " Sir
Jasper Carew," which for some unexplained reason
has suddenly been discontinued. There is a very
interesting little sketch, called "Margaret Floreff,"
in which a lady, believing herself drowning, corn-
mitted a bottle to the waves, inside.of which she
placed a paper, praying whosoever found it to say
and cause to be said masses for her soul. It was
picked up and given to a romantic individual, who
determined to carry out the wishes of the departed;
but finding himself likewise about to be plunged in
a watery grave, he joined his prayers to those ex-
pressed by the lady, and finally recommitted the
bottle to the waves. Subsequently he was saved ;
and, at a church he entered in Madras, he heard
to his amazement his note read aloud by the clergy-
man. After many adventures he found out that,
like himself, the lady had again reached the earth,
after having been fully prepared for an ocean
sepulchre. In " Irish Rivers" this number describes
the Suir, and gives a detailed account of the
scenery, and several pleasing anecdotes connected
with the events of the locality alluded to. In the
" Recent Poems and Translations," it is observed
that a great sameness is apparent in the poetical
productions that issue so prolifically from the press
nowadays. The words of Moore are applied to
them—

" Like the waves of the summer, as one dies away
Another as sweet and as shining comes on."
" The Flowers of the Affections" is a very interest-
ing article, and is enriched by "legend, tale, and
song," illustrative of ancient customs and obser-
vances. The rose, the myrtle, the forget-me-not,
the hyacinth, ac., are described. The following
passage concerning the rose is interesting :

" Abdulkadri, a learned Eastern sage, went to
Babylon, intending to dwell there. The inhabitants
did not wish to receive him ; but the laws of Oriental
hospitality not permitting them to refuse him admittance
in plain terms, they thought of a device to imply their
rejection of him. Accordingly a deputation met him at
the gate, in profound silence, and one of the party held
a large bowl, filled to the very brim with water, so that
it could not, without overflowing, hold another drop—
thus intimating, as they expected he would perceive,
that the city was already so full of sages, there was no
room for another. Abdulkadri at once comprehended
the symbol ; and plucking off a leaf from a rose that he
held, he laid it on the surface of the water which sus-
tained it without running over, thus expressing that a
man of merit would be an ornament, but no burden to
the community. This silent reply appeared so ingeni •
ous to the Babylonians, that they carried Abdulkadri
into their city in triumph.
" The rose is so universally and so deservedly a
favourite, it seems incredible that it could ever have
been an object of dislike to any one. Yet there are a
few instances of persons who had an antipathy to this
lovely flower, that may be considered a feeling contrary
to nature. Among these instances are the Italian Car-
dinals Caraffa and Cordona, a Venetian noble of the
Barberigo family, the Chevalier de Guise, and Lady
Heneage (maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth). Both of
the latter used to faint at the sight of a rose ; and Mary
de Medicis, Queen of Henry IV., detested even a re-
presentation of the flower. Strange anomalies I when
all the rest of the world have loved the rose, as sugges-
tive of so many and such various sentiments and feel-
ings ! It has imaged the brightness of beauty, and its
quick decay. The lover has given it in tenderness and
hope to his beloved, and has sculptured it in sorrow on
her early tomb : it has mingled in the gaiety of ban-
quets, and in the slaughter of the battle-field : it has
been the prize of eloquence and hieroglyphic of silence."

Co/burn.—The first article, " The Bowl and the
Duty," commences by attributing the decline of
British eloquence in politics and divinity to the
absence of the inspiration of the vine. " Literary
Leaflets," by Sir Nathaniel, devotes the eleventh
number to Sir Thomas Talfourd, which opens with
the following well-merited commendation on his
double success in law and literature, and his well-
known benevolence :

" To win golden opinions (we speak not of fees) from
all sorts of men, in and out of Westminster Hall, as
Mr. Sergeant and as Mr. Justice, is good. To win' re-
nown in literature—such renown as comes not of sound-
ing brass and tinkling cymbal—is—well, out with it !
better. To win the loving esteem of all one's associates,
as a man with heart large enough for them all, is best.
This
it is
better, best, hath Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd.
His is to enjoy at once the three degrees of compari-
son—the positive forensic, the comparative literary, and
the superlative humane. A case in Rule of Threewith
a splendid quotient. To 'take a rule' of that sort, is
not allowed to many. But Sir Thomas has it all his
own way—' rule absolute.' And probably, were his
good wishes for his brethren as efficacious as they are
cordial and general, there would be hardly an instance
of rule refused.' But there is no surplusage of in-
stances of combined literary and forensic success. To
him who would be at once a great lawyer and a great
poet, and would bind up together in his book of life the
studies of Blackstone and the dreams of Coleridge,—to
him Experience, harsh monitor, whispers, or if need be
screams, Divide and conquer. Eminence in both de-
partments is of the rarest. Scott retained his clerk-
ship at the Court of Session, but who ever heard
of the Wizard of the North as a law authority ?
Jeffrey is one of the select inner circle to which Tal-
fourd belongs. Wilson and Lockhart—' oh no, we
never mention them' in wig and gown. Sir Archibald
Alison and Professor Aytoun, Mr. Procter, and Ser-
jeant Kinglake, Lords Brougham and Campbell, Mr.
Ten-Thousand-a-Year Warren and a few others, are not
all unexceptionable exceptions to prove the rule. And
yet there has ever been, more or less, a hankering after
the Muses and the Magazines on the part of Messieurs
of the long robe. Very natural, too, if only by a law
of reaction. But very hazardous, notwithstanding ;
and alarmingly symptomatic of a fall between two
stools. One thing at a time the ambiguously ambitious
avocat may do triumphantly; but to drive Pegasus up
and down an act of Parliament, whatever may be done
with a coach-and-six, is no every-day sight, no anybody's
feat. Lord Eldon, when plain Jack Scott, keeping his
terms at Oxford, obtained the prize of English compo-
sition, On the advantages and Disadvantages of Foreign
Travel ;' and it has been remarked, we believe by Mr.
Justice Talfourd himself, that since the subject of this
essay was far removed from John's Newcastle experi-
ence, and alien from his studies, and must therefore
have owed its success either to the ingenuity of its sug-
gestions, or to the graces of its style ; and that as, in
after life the prize essayist was never distinguished for
felicity of expression or fertility of illustration, and ac-
quired a style not only destitute of ornament, but un-
wieldy and ponderous ; this youthful success suggests
the question,
Whether, in devoting all his powers to
the study of the law, he crushed the faculty of graceful
composition with so violent an effort that Nature, in
revenge, made his ear dull to the music of lan-
guage, and involved, though she did not darken, his
wisest words 3' happily no such qucere affects the

career of the author of 'lon.' He, indeed, is not Lord
High Chancellor ; which makes a difference. But
neither did the great Eldon write a triumphant tragedy ;
and that again makes a difference in the puisne judge's
favour. Fancy Lord Eldon editing the Reliques of
Elia,' or measuring Macready for blank verse ; and if
that is not extravagant enough, then fancy yourself read-
ing the one, or squeezing into the pit to see the other."
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" A Month at Vichy" gives an account of a lively,
agreeable French town and its neighbourhood.
" I Night in California" describes a party of gold-
diggers. A criticism on Lieutenant W. Hooper's
recent work of the " Tents of the Tuski," is fol-
lowed by a supernatural story, entitled " The
Doomed House," interesting only to the lovers of
the horrible. The story of the " Cadi and the
Robber," from the Arabic, displays considerable
ingenuity, though, perhaps, it would require Orien-
tal philosophy to be out-reasoned by a robber. "A.
Tomb in a Foreign Laud" is another dismal, senti-
mental tale, ending with a tragedy. It is strange
that authors should select such unpleasing and un-
profitable subjects for plots. " Chronicles of a
Country Town," which is commenced in this num-
ber, promises to be an interesting tale, drawn from
real life, its trials, and its sufferings.

Ainsworth.—" Nicholas Flamel " is continued,
and also the accompanying historical tale of " The
Queen's Letter." " Sir Loin" is founded on the
old tradition of knighting beef. " Queer People"
is a series of sketches, which afford much amuse-
ment. The present instalment is not inferior to
its predecessors. The usual variety of tales and
incidents are given. The Literary Notices contain
an account of the life and death of Savonarola.
The poetical contributions consist of "Evenings in
a Highland Inn," by G. Thornburg, and an " Ode
on the Lakes of Killarney," by Nicholas Michell.
The last is well worthy of the author's reputation.
It possesses much poetic feeling and grace of cx-
pressio n.

Bentley's Miscellany.—A new and singular cha-
racter makes her appearance in the history of
" Aspen Court," in the shape of Miss Mary May-
nard, who seems likely to involve the hero in serious
difficulties. " Luther in China "is an article
which, at the present time, when attention is drawn
to the Celestial Empire, is likely to interest the
reader. " The Last Years of the Emperor Charles
the Fifth" proceed as usual. When we shall hear
the last of them it might be difficult to say.
"Practical Jokes " is another of those melancholy
tales in which the intended comedy is displaced by
a tragedy. The numerous catastrophes which are
recounted as resulting from this most culpable
habit ought surely to deter the most mischievous
from risking madness, or perhaps death, for a mo-
ment's amusement. " A Journey from Westmin-
ster Abbey to St. Peter's" leaves the traveller at
Rome. There is an interesting paper on the Dead
Sea and its vicinity, and a variety of other subjects
of entertainment.

Colburn's United Service.—There is a short ac-
count of military schools and colleges in France
here met with, in which it is observed that " of all
her many institutions France should, perhaps, be
proudest of her military schools and colleges."
La Fleche department de la Sarthe, sixty leagues
from Paris, is the establishment chosen for descrip-
tion at present, and after a long account of the
rules and observances, (45c., we are given a story of
a revolt that took place on an anniversary of Louis
Philippe's birth-day, many years ago. " Organisa-
tion of the Russian Army" is continued, but not
yet concluded. After very copious details of the
plans and arrangements, much is still reserved
for a future occasion. It must be satisfac-
tory to the general reader to meet with
so much information on this subject. Following
these papers on foreign nations, the " Editor's
Portfolio," at the conclusion of the magazine,
expresses great satisfaction at the state of our own
country's army and navy. After declaring that
the Camp at Chobham was admirably conducted
by all the various grades assembled there, the
writer observes that the great naval review was
worthy of the nation. "It was supposed by
some that the spirit which shone at Trafalgar and
Waterloo had expired," but the late events have
proved that it was not dead, but sleeping. A high
compliment is paid to the Government of Lord
Derby, for their praiseworthy exertions in these
respects, observing that it is owing to the energetic
efforts they made that " a small but highly efficient
army is on foot ; our artillery has been strength-
ened ; a powerful militia, raised entirely by volun-
tary enlistment has been organised and the finest
fleet in the world effectually guards our shores."

Tait.—" A. Triad of Great Poets—Greece, Italy,
and England," would seem to promise a criticism
on the three celebrities mentioned by Dryden ; but
the heroes of this memoir differ in two of the im-
mortal names, lEschylus and Dante being substi-
tuted for Homer and The subject is to be
continued. No. 2of " India its People and Go-
vernments," describes the Moguls. One of the
worthies of that empire held it as a rule that a
sovereign should never altar a decree, even if he
were persuaded of its injustice, in order that his
authority might never be disputed. "Recollec-
tions of my Youth" is a pleasing and entertaining
account of juvenile adventures. "The Legisla-
tion of the Long Session" is a political paper, in
which the writer's admiration of Mr. Gladstone
induces him to call the past session " unprece-
dented for its usefulness." The Sultan of Turkey
may have a different opinion.

The Eclectic Review.—An historical article on
Merivale's fall of the Roman republic commences
this number. " The Philosophy of Help" is
founded on " The Greatest Plague of Life," and
gives sensible advice to all ladies "in search of
servants," cautioning them against the opposite
errors of undue severity and unrestricted indul-
gence. A criticism on the less known Ameri-
can poets is full of interest. Lowell, Poe, Reed,
and Holmes, are those selected ; and to the gene-
rality of readers familiar with the writings of Long-
fellow and Bryant, they are little known, as their
works have only been recently published in this
country. With the exception of "The Raven," that
wonderful poem, which is well known, the
lyrics of Edgar Poe have been little read.
The criticism before us justly observes, that
though his morbid imagination often tinged his
prose works with the horrible, he seems to have
kept his poetry sacred to his better feelings. The
pathos and beauty of some of them is increased
by their originality, and the quaintness of their
metre. Mr. Read is a young author, whose verse
does not seem to possess many striking qualities,
from the sample given. We demur to the judg-
ment that would place Mr. Holmes on a level with
Hood for humorous verse. Such praise is very
high and scarcely merited. The critic observes—
" It is a fact well worthy of admiring record that
all the best poets of the New World have been
fearless in their denunciations of slavery." It may
be remembered that the numerous tributes to the
cause of liberty were sufficient to fill a small
volume recently published. The following ener-
getic stanzas are from the pen of Mr. Lowell.

" We owe allegiance to the State ;
But deeper, truer, more,
To the sympathies that God hath set
Within our spirits' core.
Our country owns our fealty—
We grant it so; but then,
Before man made us citizens
Great Nature made us men.
" God works for all. Ye cannot hem
The hope of being free
With parallels of latitude,
With mountain range or sea.
If man before his duty
With a listless spirit stands,
Ere long the Great Avenger
Takes the work from out his hands."
An article on the French Pulpit notices the
" CEuvres Completes," and " Les Oraisons Fune-
bres" of Fechier. There is also a paper on
Felice's History of the Protestants of France."
Superior in attraction, however, is a painfully in-
teresting memorial of Hayden. The misfortunes
of the artist, part of which were of his OWn creat-
ing, are chronicled, and they form a gloomy
tale, ending with a catastrophe, upon which,
whatever may be the extenuating circumstances,
mankind must always look as a blight on well-
earned fame.

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical
.Re-
view.—" The Grenville Correspondence" is criti-
cised in the first paper of this periodical, and a
high eulog,tum is passed upon it. " The Byzan-
tine Caesars of the Iconoclastic Period" contains
an epitome of the career of those celebrated men.
The first on the list was Conon, whose father was a
grazier, but who rose by his own exertions to the
rank of Emperor and King. He was not satisfied
to rule peacefully over his new dominions, for he
engaged in a quarrel with the Pope concerning
images and pictures used in churches, which ended
in a complete rupture of treaties. " Thus did the
Eastern Emperors cease to exercise influence in
Italy, and the Italian Popes to enjoy authority
over the wide dominions of the East." Irene, the
wicked wife of Leo the Fourth, was the ruin of
her ill-fated son Constantine the Sixth. She
broke off his marriage with the daughter of Charle-
magne, and finally she put out his eyes with hot
irons. But she did not enjoy her power when gained
after so many crimes ; she was overpowered by
enemies, and " after supporting herself by her own
handiwork as an embroideress, she was summoned
by death to abide her sentence at the tribunal of
eternal life." Michael the drunkard was murdered
by Basil, his companion, who instantly "assumed
the imperial puiple, and the Eastern EmPlre found