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LITERATURE.

The Diary and Houres of the Ladye Adolie. Edited
by Lady Charlotte Pepys. Addey and Co.
This is another of those volumes which have
lately been published in the old style and ortho-
graphy, such as the "Life of Mary Powell," (Ire.
The present work commemorates the life and death
of " a faythfullo childe," three centuries ago. In
the days of Queen Mary she suffered martyr-
dom for her faith. The diary is very interest-
ing, and the collection of " Houres" at the con-
clusion is curious and instructive. It consists of
prayers and meditations, carefully arranged. The
Ladye Adolie and her friend Una having disputed
respecting the colour of a fish, Una falls into the
water in her attempts to secure it. She is wita
difficulty recovered, and Adolie, on moving her
kirtle, finds the fish entangled in its folds.
" I putte it into fresh soft water and it did begin to
revive ; I did carry it to the light to see it better, and
the Evening Sun just sinking gave it a golden hue on
one side, but left it brown on the other.

" Ah; Chaucer 1 Chaucer 1 we, too, had been like unto
thy Knightes of the Gold and Silver Shield.
" We had meant the same fishe ; but Una, down on
the banke, cast it into shade, while I, standing, had seen
the other side lit up. This was poor Una's fishe.
" She was still sleepinge, and I still on the watche be.
side her, when sleepe came over mee too, and I dreamed.
I did dreme that there were manie men trying to catch
fishe, for they were starving ; and there were manie fishe
of ivers sortes in the deep waters. But as soon
as their nets caught anie, one man did call this a
poisonous sorte, and another did call others bad and un-
eateable, so that with one and another assurance all
were rejected. Then I wepte, and said, 'What will ye
then do ?' Then I heard a voice say, 'Have ye any
meate 1' and they made replie ' Nay. Then, said the
voice, Come and dine.' And we saw one who from His
hande did give us some of all kindes of fishes to eate,
and they were verie goode.
"And He vanished out of oure sighte. Then these
men fell to discoursing wherefore all were goode from his
hande ? and, once more beside the waters, did dispute
eagerlie 'which were of the sorte that He had taken and
given unto us. Then saide It was not the sorte
but because they were in His hande.' Whereat all did
turne and looke angrilie upon mee and fright mee, and
drive me sear the waters, so that I cried out for feare.
And methoughte one caught me to His bosom, and the
same blessed voice sayde, Faythefulle witnesse ! none
shall pluck thee out of my hande,' whereat I trembled
with exceeding joy and I awaked."
This dream was illustrative of Adolies's fate.
The type and binding are characteristic of the
time of the narrative, and combined with its
peculiar orthography, render the illusion com-
plete, and were it not for the freshness of the
paper and colouring, we might fancy it had
emerged from some ancient library to give the
modern readers " a glimpse of the days that are
over."

The Diary of Martha Bethune Baliol. Chapman

and Hall.

This is the Chronicle of an 'eventful year, from
1753 to 1754. It is supposed to be written by a
young lady of the Baliol family, the sister of Sir
Richard Baliol, and the granddaughter of Lady
Bethune, of Lincluden. It is written in a very
impressive manner, and cannot fail to attract in-
terest of the deepest kind. The hero is the young
Earl of Derwentwater, the son of the unfortunate
earl who was executed in the civil wars. The ill-
fated Martha was engaged to him, and they
were forming plans for their future lives
abroad, as he could only remain in Scotland
in disguise, when a party of soldiers came to
search the house. By a miracle the Earl escaped,
but alone, and before Martha could rejoin him in
France he had engaged in the war at Hanover,
and the awful news came that "the young Earl
had given his soul up to Heaven, still fresh with
the brightness of youth." He died on the field of
Hastenbec. His end is thus described :—" When
the battle was over, and the day ours, we thought
the victory dearly purchased when we saw our
young Colonel's place empty. We found his body
lying in the midst of the slain at the battery which
. he had so bravely carried, which he was the first to
mount, and where he had been cut down. He
was quite dead, and his sword broken in his hand,
but he held it so tight that I could not unclasp it,
and so we buried him, the broken sword in his
hand.

Australia Visited and Revisited. By Samuel Moss-
man and Thomas Bannister. Addey and Co.
Among the numerous works of every description
recently published on this universally attractive
subject, this volume presents at least the novelty
of a double authorship. It is a narrative of " Recent
Travels and old Experiences in Victoria and New
South Wales." It is justly observed in the preface
that nothing likely to mislead should be stated at
any time by travellers, but at the present period accu -
racy is especially itnportant, as from the vast number
emigrating misinformation is peculiarly prejudicial.
The authors therefore have given us simply a nar-
rative of facts, and present a picture of the colonies
as they actually are under the influence of the gold
mania. The details of ordinary life, and the ad-
vice to emigrants, are the result of long experience
as settlers and otherwise. An extensive map is given
of New South Wales, and a chart of the world, by
A. K. Johnston, geographer to her Majesty.

tons register, Captain Jamieson,
sailed to-day for Adelaide, South Australia, taking 257
emigrants, equal to 198 statute a • from the Govern-
ment depot adults,
The William Stewart, at the re-
EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 17.—The ship
William Stewart, 570bGereon'eral Post-office authorities, has had
of her the 39 bags of mails brought
home from the Orestes, which vessel put into Lisbon
leaky on the sth inst., and, in consequence of exten-
sivereturned
Iberia. i
Thesen the Peninsularmaile
were
originally
and
repairs being required before she could proceed on
thete voyage, placedquest ou f u the
board
ta thel Company'smails were
ship
made up for the unfortunate Royal Mail
nAustralian, and it is to hoped that the pre-
sent eerffri
eort to convey them to their destination will be
s ao
more successful than the four previous attempts to dis-
patch them have been. With reference to the emi-
grant ship Orestes (now in the Tagus), it appears
that this ship was not sent out by the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam. Company. She was purchased
by that association, deliverable in Adelaide, and the
company had nothing whatever to do with the outfit
or dispatch of the ship, or with her cargo or passen-
gers. All this was as much in the hands of the owners
as if the company had never looked at her. A minute
survey of the vessel showed that she would be well
adapted for the company's purpose,—viz., a coal-hulk
and store-ship at Adelaide ' • and they therefore made ar-
rangements that she should become their property on the
completion of the voyage out. This explanation is ne-
cessary to exonerate the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany from any responsibility that may arise out of the
occurrence. The ship Moultan, 611 tons burden (Cap-
tain Chivers), will leave on Tuesday or Wednesday for
Geelong, with a full complement of emigrants. T r
Elizabeth, 569 tons, sailed on Wednesday last fe
Mel-
bourne. The Calabar,
Kennaway m
about the end of the month, and the Lady
the beginning of May. The Port of Southamptonapsy7of
Emi-
gration Company are about to dispatch the
of 1,000 tone,
754 tons, will leave for Adelaide
650 tons, for Adelaide, and the Leonidas,
those
vessels win
Both
for Port Philip and Sydney.
take their departure in May.