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STATE OF IRELAND.

REPORT of the SELECT CO3l MITTEE of the lIOUSE
of LORDS on the STATE of IRELAND.

That the Committee have proceeded, in obedience to the
Orders of-the House, to examine kith persons as.appeared
best qualified to afford information upon the. Tarious points re-
specting the State of Ireland, which fell within the scope of the
inquiry they were directed to pursue.
As the inquiry has been proceeding, they have thought it de-
-sirable to lay before the House the whole of the evidence,
which will be accompanied with an Index, areording convenient
means of reference.
In the present advanced state of the Sessions, they do not
feel themselves enabled to do more than to select, from the
mass of information which has been brought before them, some
of the subjects to which it appears to them to be advisable that
the attention of Government and of Parliament should he more
especially directed.
With respect to the civil disabilities of the Roman Catholics,
they have examined a considerable number of persons, of va-
rious professions and of different stations in life, in order to
afford to the House all the information which it was in their
power to collect ; but they abstain from making any observa-
tions _upon that evidence, because they are persuaded that
-upon a subject of such paramount importance, and connected
with such great constitutional questions, it was the intention of
the House that their duty should be confined to the collection
of information.
It is material likewise to observe, that little evidence has
been taken upon the subject of education. This duty had al-
ready been delegated to Commissioners, whose report, which
appears to the Committee to contain most valuable information
upon the branch of this subject relating to the education of
the poor, has lately been presented to the House ; and they un-
derstand that the future inquiries of the• Commissioners will be
directed to other branches, and will bring the whole under the
view of the Government and of Parliament.
The Committee • have received a great body of evidence on
the actual state of the relations between landlord and tenant,
and are of opinion that the whole of that most important sub-
ject is deserving of the attentive consideration of Parliament.—
Amongst the great evils existing in the present state of these
relations, are represented to be the minute subdivision of land ;
the number of persons who intervene between the head land-
lord and the immediate occupier ; the extreme difficulty of pre-
venting the sub-letting of lands ; and the power pessessed by
every intermediate landlord, as well as the principal landlord,
to distrain upon the occupying tenant. It is for the wisdain of
Parliament to consider, whether any and what improvement in
the law relating to these subjects may be expedient or practi-
cable. Many valuable suggestions on these as well as other
points respecting the relations between landlord and tenant will
be found in the evidence. The Committee observe with satis-
faction, that the increasing intelligence ef landlords is now
endeavouring to apply a gradual remedy to the subdivision of
land ; and they cannot but entertain a confident expectation,
that for the mutual benefit of both landlord and tenant, this
remedy will be as extensively applied as the nature of existing
contracts, and the comfort and well-being of the people will
permit.
The extent of the burthen brought upon the country by the
present system of Grand Jury Presentments has long been a
subject of complaint. Various suggestions have been made for
the improvement of this system, and some of the abuses to
which it was liable, have been partially corrected by the Le-
gislature. It is stated, however, that more is still necessa7 to
be done ; that the mode of deciding what works are to be
undertaken, of regulating the expenditure, and of passing the
accounts, is still in many respects imperfect. it appears at all
events desirable, that if it should be found expedient to con-
tinue to intrust these functions to Grand Juries, the publicity
of that portion of their proceedings which relates to the levying
and expenditure of the public money should be effectually pro-
vided for. It has also been suggested, that the charges of
Grand Jury assessments, for objects of a permanent nature,
ought to fall in future leases upon landlords and tenants in their
due proportion.
It has been strongly urged, that the criminal and civil busi-
ness of the Quarter Sessions should be kept entirely separate,
and that all the criminal business should be first disposed of, so
as to release the Magistrates, who are called together for that
portion of the business belonging to the Quarter Sessions, in-
stead of retaining them and the Juries and the witnesses, to
their own great inconvenience, and the increased expellee of
prosecutions.
It has been suggested as an improvement, that the assistant
Barristers should not practice as Counsel in the Counties where
they sit upon the Bench.
The Constitution of the Civil Bill Courts deserves serious
consideration • and at all events it appears to be advisable to
require that their process should be executed by their own
sworn officers, or by persons more trust-worthy and responsible
than many of those who are at present employed.
Strong represe n tations xe rbeezeenn't t, gaikitifi "ST Wit' tYi
against the mud' is executed, and also respecting mesne
the aunp*;,--
Several important suggestions have been made respecting
the office of Sub-Sheriff, viz.:—That each 'Sub-Sheriff should
have a regular office within his own County, where he should.
,attend at certain hours ; that this appointment should be sub-
ject to the approbation of the last.going Judge of Assize ; that
he should be rendered legally capable of serving more years
than. one; and that the execution writs should nut be commit-
ted to any person,- except the Sheriff 's Officers.
The administration of justice.by the Magistrates in corporate
towns, has been stated to be more frequently exceptionable
than that exercised by County .Magistra.tes; and the levy of
tolls, and the expenditure of they money received, is stated
to require examination and correction. Obstacles are also
stated to be opposed to the adniission or persons to their
freedom, although entitled thereto by birth, servitude -or
marriage. The present remedy, by an application to the
Court of King's Bench, is deemed to be tedious and expen-
sive; and it is represented, that justice would be more
easily rendered to the individuals claiming admission, by giv-
ing double or treble costs in the case of an unjuatifirthle refusal
to admit.

Although. upon the same grounds upon which they have con-
fined themselves to the collection of inforrnation,.2.s to the civil
disabilities of the Roman Catholics, the Committee abstain from
doing more than to report the evidence they have received on
the practical.efrect of the present state of the Elective Franchise,
they feel it necessary to state, that it may be found expedient to
adopt some farther and more effectual provision against the
creation of fictitious or fraudulent. qualifications, under the law
as it now exists.

It has been strongly recommended that some provisions
should be made for the relief of the extreme distress of the poorer
-classes in age or infirmity, if not by law, (to which great objec-
tions have been stated), at least by organising the. collection and
distribution of charitable contributions.

In addition to the suggestions above • stated, various others
lave also been received,- respecting the encouragement of end-
gratkn—the extension of public works of unquestionable uti-
lity, by reasonable facilities afforded by the Government—the
extension of the fisheries—improvements in the state of the Lu-
natic Asylums and Houses of Industry—the regulation or abo-
lition of Manor Courts—the constitution and powers of Vestries
—and-respecting many details in the subordinate administration
•of justice. For these, and other matters, which are in different
degrees deserving of attention, the Committee beg to refer to
the evidence, where they will-be. found under the heads in the
Index.

The Committee cannot close this Report without 'expresSing
the pleasure they have received from the concurrent testimony.
.of so many witnesses; who, in speaking of the different mea-
sures which have been of late adopted for the improvement of
the state of Ireland, have, in a greater or less degree, agreed in
attributing to them a highly favourable efil!ct.
The establishment of the police and constabulary force—the
revision of the magistracy, so far as it has gone—the meeting
of the Magistrates in retry Sessions—the administration of jus-
tice by the Assistant Barristers—the change which has. taken
place of late years in the mode of appointing Sheriffs—the pitb-
lic works undertaken by the Executive Government—the alte-
ration in the system of the Distillery Laws, and in the general
mode of collecting. the Revenue—the remission of all direct
taxes—the repeal of the Union Duties, and the increasing fa-
cility of commercial intercourse ; have all contributed, not
only to remove grievances, but to improve the situation of the
country.
.The composition for tithe, tinder the authority of the Acts
passed. in the two last Sessions of Parliament, has been hitherto
1-as rapid and as beneficial as could have been expected under
' the circumstances of the times; and the greatest advantages
may be reasonably anticipated from the further progress of this
. important measure.
The -restored tranquillity of the country has already af-
forde4 the opportunity tbr a more extensive introduction of
different brandies of manufacture ; and should it, fortu-
-nately, continue uninterrupted, the best hopes may be enter-
tained, that, „by furnishing employment to the poorer classes.
one of the greatest incentives to disturbance may be perma-
fleetly removed.
July 4, 1823.

On Thursday evening lust, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, a lunar rainbow was noticed at Devizes, com.
plete in its form, but the moon being partjally obscured by a
thin cloud,' the colours were less brilliant than they otherwise
woul.l have been. A shower of small rain fell during its ap.
pearance,. which continued afterit was observed fbr about five
nimutes.—(Devisrs Gazette.)

IIF,CIT TICS' INSTITUTION.

The room in which the lectures have hereto-
titre been delivered. to the members of this excellent Institution
having been found le be not sufficiently convenient, a new one
has been constructed in Southampton-buildings, Holborn,
which was opened for the first time yesterday evening. the
building was completely crammed at half-past 11 O'clock, at
which time Dr. Biritheck made his appearance, accompanied
by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Marquis of
Lansdown, Mr. Brougham, Sir It. Wilson, &c., who were
received with fervent applause.*
Dr. Bi elute:ex then entered the lecturing chair and delivered
a discourse, of winch the object was to convince -his hearers of
the great-advantage which would result to them from pursuing
intellectual employments. In the course of his address he
eulogized these public men who have stood.forward in support
of the Mechanics' Institution, justly signalizing Sir F. Burdett
and Mr. Brougham, to the mighty talents and unwearied in-
dustry of the latter of whom he alluded in terms which excited
great approbation. The lecture being concluded,
Mr. Bit° UGH:In proceeded to address the assembly. He
commenced by-deciaring that -the meehanics owed their grafi-
tuie in an especial degree to Dr. Birkbeck, the founder of the
institution, who, in addition to all the forme: benefits which he
had conferred upon them, had out of his own means afforded
the funds fin. rearing the commodious building in which they
were assembled.—(Applause.)—It must he most gratifying to
their Learned Lecturer to find that similar institutions were
spreading all Over the country; that they were established, or
in the course of being established, in all the great and middling
towns, and even in villages. The desire for scientific know-
ledge was prevalent to an extraordinary degree amongst the
poorer classes. Perhaps he could not give a stronger proof of
this fact than by stating, that of the little tract which he lately
put forth to recommend the advantages of scientific instruction,
not less than 399 copies had been sold in a village on the bor-
ders of Scotland, which he knew contained only GOO inhabi-
tants, men, women, and children. Sinee the publication of his
little tract hardly a day passed without his receiving several
communications of the roost gratifying nature from different
parts of the country, • relating to the establishment of Mecha-
nics' Societies. lie calculated about two months ago, that
from the Ist of January, Up to that time, there had been esta-
blished thirty-one institutions of that. nature in various towns.
Within these few days, a correspondent had informed. him
of the establishment of Mechanics' institutions at Liver-
pool and Manchester, and also at—he would not say an idle
place, but at a place not remarkable for its commerce or its in-
dustry—he meant the city of Bath—(a laugh),—which used to
be the resort of invalids, and the resting-place of loungers.—
( Laugn ter.)—The mechanics' institutions were norwithout their
enemies; It was said by smwe persons, that to give the work-
ing classes too much scientific knowledge would cause them to
tread on the heels of their superiors in society. The sort of
treading which those persons feared, lie for his part wished very
much to see. Upon their heels the superiors sometimes wore
spurs, which were of no great use to the community ; he would
have the mechanics' toe ornamented with a spur, by Means of
which they might stimulate their superiors.—(A laugh, and
cheers:)—ln his little tract he had ventured to inform those who
called themselves the mechanics' superiors, that to deserve the
title of their betters, they must educate themselves better. The
higher classes had no excuse for not cultivating their minds.—
They were not, like those' whom he was addressing, obliged
to steal an hour from bodily labour, or like himself, to
escape for a short period 'from occupation ...almost as unre-
mitting, for that purpose. 'They were not, like them (the
mechanics), obliged to make a pleasure of business,—thev
made a business of pleasure. If these persons would only
attempt to instruct their minds, they would find all the plea-
sure which they had previously 'derived from brute, sense
anti appetite were as nothing compared with moral and in-
tellectual enjoyment.—(;-ireat applause.)—Mr. Colquhoun had
observed, that if the labouring classes received a scientific edu-
cation, Government could not exist—there would be an end
of it. He would answer that by saying, that if there was
a Government which could not exist if its subjects were above
the level of brutes, the sooner it' ceased to exist the better.
—(Applause.)—He was not speaking seditiously, for so far
from sense being inimical to our G-overnment, the more moral
anti enlightened the people were the safer would the Govern-
ment be. lie thought he might be allowed to state a fact
which had been mentioned to him, as proving the beneficial
effects which Mechanics' Institutions produced upon the
habit of the people. It had been ascertained by an inves-
tigation which had recently taken place, that no Member of
the Mechanics' Institution at Manchester had taken any
part in the disturbances which had lately prevailed in that
town. He lis.d to apologize for leaving so long trespassed on
their time—(Applause. )—The occasion and the place were some-
what inspiring, and had led him unwittingly to enter on his
Learned Friend's province„ by deviating into the giving of a
lecture. It was the last oppertunity he should ever have of de-
cil'alActegffiletiiTtsk\i?tonl, rrietgranWCeemighi
command them. Whenever he had an hour to spare, he came
amongst his fellow-pupile, as they well knew, and he never did
so without either acquiring new information, or haVing that
which he previously possessed revived and strengthened, The
Learned Gentleman eoecluded amidst enthusiastic applause.
The Duke of Stossox then stepped forward, and was hailed
with loud cheers. lie could not, he said, depart from the jilace
without expres =lug the gratification which he bad experienced
from the proceedings of the evening, and his opinion of the
great benefits which would result from the Institution. He
begged the members would accept his good wishes for the pro-
sperity of the Institution, and Le assured them thathe should
ever be ready to of them all the support in his poi cr.—
(Loud and hung continued applause.)—The assembly thee dis-
persed

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS—(AnJounNED DAY.)

ALLEGED 'VIOLENT ASSAULT. ---- Mr. James
Payne, a Sheriff's officer's assistant, stood indicted for vio-
lently assaulting, on the 12th June last, Archibald Brakie, one
of the watchmen belonging to the parish of St. James's.—lt
appeared from the evidence of the watchman, that about twelve
o'clock on the night in question, he was on his beat in Regent-
street, near the Quadrant, and stood opposite the house, No.
102. The defendant, without the slightest provocation, took
his stick from him. and on civilly requesting the defendant to
return it, he struck hint repeatedli, with his fists, felled him to
the ground, and gave witness two black eyes.—On the part of ,
the defence several witnesses were called, who proved that the
watchman gave the first offence, behaved in a most insolent
manner, and even ckarged another person with the assault.
The witnesses all declared the prosecutor was intoxicated.—
The CIIA 113:AN recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury,
without hesitation, found the defend,at Not Guilty.
LORD 11 A RBORO UGM-It was tenerally expected that this
Nobleman would have been put milk trial to-day the the vio-
lent assault and battery committed by his Lordship with a
poker on a watchman belonging to St. James's Parish, and ir.
consequence the Court was crowded, and amongst the persons
present were several individuals of rank. However, the audi-
tory were sadly disappointed, as the trial did not come on,
although it stood on the paper. The truth is, his Lordship has
moved it by Certiorari into the Court of King's Bench.

MET. A lICIIOLY SUICIDE AT BRISTOL.-On
Thursday last an Inquest was held at the King's Arms public.
house, in Paul-street, Kingsdown, on view of the body of Mrs.
Eleanor the wife of a retired Major in the Army. It
appeared by the evidence, that between one and two o'clock on
Tuesday last, the deceased and her husband had been out walk.
ing, and on their return to their house in Paul-street, through
Clarence-place, it began to rain, when deceased requested her
husband to go on for an umbrella. Ile did so; but on reach-
ing Paul-street he looked back, and missed his wife. Applica-
tion was made to the Police, andin consequence several persons
were employed in search for deceased ; but no information re-
specting her was obtained until early of Wednesday morning,
when her bonnet, veil, pelisse, and gloves were found
00 the bank of the Avon, near Avon-street, Saint
Philip's, and a few hours afterwards the body was
found in the river. Other evidence was adduced as to the
state of deceased's mind, previously to the fatal act; and
it was satisfactorily proved, that since January last, she had
manifested strong symptoms of " religious mania." She was
described by a gentleman, a relative of the family, as weak in
mind,—without self possession—afraid ofeverybody and even of
her own shadow. She would frequently say that she was not good
enough to exist in the world,—that the Almighty was displeased
with her,—and she ought not to live for that reason.—Upon
one particular occasion site asked witness,—" Were you in
my condition should you think it right to remain in the world ?"
It appeared also that the apprehension of Divine anger had
taken such full possession of the unhappy eicly's mind, that she
considered 'herself unfit to receive the common necessaries of
life; and when any thing extraordinary was on the table, she
was " Oct good enough to partake of it." She had previously
made two attempts to destroy herself. The Jury, without
hesitation, returned a verdict of " Found Drowned." The
deceased was in her 41st year.—(Batii Herald.)

There is a probability that his Royal High.
ness the Duke of Sussex will visit Scotland this
summer ; but it is thought that he will come in
rather a
,private manner.—(Editzburgh Courant.)

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Our German and French Papers have no
news of interest. The French Ambassador at
Rome had given a splendid fate in honour of the
Coronation of CRARLE9 X. a long account of
which is contained in the Journal des Debuts.

The Constitutionnel contains a letter from Pavia,
detailing a quarrel between a body of Italian
Students aisa 4.1. e has at. tuft Liuups, tll wnicn Seve-
ral of the former were shot. The Etoile con-
, talus further details of the riot, in which it is
stated that four Students were killed and forty-
eight wounded ; six of the garrison also were
wounded, and afterwards tranquillity was re-
stored. The same account is contained in our
German Papers, and it will be found in another
column, extracted from the latter, as the most
authentic of the two.—The French Papers also
contain some news from Greece, but which we
withhold as wanting confirmation.
Fuvwc If FUNDS.—Rentes, money, 103. 25.; Three per
Cent 3., 75. 5.; end of the month, 103. 50.

A Report is prevalent that the French Ministry
is in communication with the Government of
Hayti, and that the President BOYER had sent
a new agent to France with instructions to agree
as to the basis of a convention, France having in-
timated that she would not persist in asserting
her sovereignty over the Island of St. Do-
mingo. It is also further reported that Meet-
ings of the principal French Merchants have
been holden to deliberate on the commer-
cial relations of France and the South American
States ; and that at such meetings it was resolved
to make further representations to the Govern-
ment, for the appointment of Agents merely in a
commercial character, to protect the French
commerce in those ports. It is also affirmed that
a general persuasion exists that the appoi►itment
of French Agents in Colombia, Mexico, and
Buenos Ayres, will take place as soon
as some political obstacles are removed.
Now, with reference to the first of these
Reports, little doubt could be entertained
but that the French Cabinet is desirous of en-
tering into a treaty of some kind with the Go-
vernment of St. Domingo, but whether Francs is
ready to resign her claims to the sovereignty of
that Island, as the basis of such a convention,does
not appear to be quite so clear, at least it may be
very fairly inferred that she is not, because that
circumstance is the only obstacle to a treaty
whether for commercial or other purposes.—
With reference to the second Report, we can-
not suppose the French Ministry would attempt
to nominate commercial Agents to States whose
independence France has not recognized. This
then must be the " political obstacle" that is to be
removed before such agents could be appointed.
For, it is most clear, that although such. persons

might, perhaps, be permitted to reside withlt
the limits of the State, on account of the Frencl
commerce, which they were sent to protect, the)
could not be received as authorized accredits(
agents, nor could their acts be admitted as surf
by any department of the newly established Ge
.vernment. They would be considered merely 21
private persons, and their interference with tht
Government on behalf of their countrymen deem.
ed officious and uncalled for, so that the appoint'
ment would be perfectly nugatory, and teod
rather to embarrass than to assist the commercial
speculations of the French merchants. When the
Paris merchants presented their petition to the
King of FRANCE, praying that he would take
steps to protect and encourage a commerce with the
New. South American States, we may remember
it was contended, that every thing had been done
for that commerce that could be done, except a
recognition of the political existeuce of the New
States. This, it was alleged, was not necessary for
commercial purposes. It is hardly possible then to
suppose that the report above alluded to can have
any foundation whatever. The French army is atilt
in Spain, and as France has taken upon herself
the protection of FERDINAND, we cannot imagine
she is at present disposed to recognize the rode'
pendence of the South American Republics, so
lately freed from the Spanish yoke.

The Report of the Select Committee on tbe
several Turnpike Trusts' within ten miles of Lon-
don has been printed. This Report, after stat-
ing the loss and inconvenience arising from the
present defective system under which the Roads
in and around the metropolis are managed',
strongly recommends a consolidation of the whole
of the trusts (sixteen) in the County of
sex, under one Act of Parliament, to be con-
ducted on one uniform system of managfernent•
The whole to lie annually laid before Parliament'
Taking it for granted, then, that the present sYs'
tent of Turnpikes is productive of inconvenience,
the above plan seems calculated to remedy the
grievances complained of ; and if the Commis'
sinners are not to be named by the Crown, it is tot',
objectionable. The suggestion for abolishing toll
within ten miles of London, and substituting a rate
upon all horses and carriages within that district, 15
not adverted to in the report ; but we may gather
from the evidence of R. Mirroan, Esq., the
' Chairman of the Board of Taxes, that it Pre'
seated difficulties which could not be very easily,
removed. From the silence of the Report lit
this respect, we may infer that the plan is abaft'
Boned.: No very great deal of information on
Turnpike Trusts can be gathered from this
much larger
evidence Report, but it confirms as fact what previously
existed as a strong supposition only. It says—
".
incomehe braesit statsedi:
mu
of repair, and that if those funds had been skilfully applied,
and proper materials obtained and used for the last seven year!,
than is ihew
necessary spews that t
to thkeeeapmtohuenrtooafdsin
according to the recommendation of the Committees of this
House, who first instituted enquiries on this subject, the road:
would have been in a much more perfect state of repair, ani;
the debtsof the Trait much reduced, and the tolls consequOlti,
lower."
• I
A stronger condemnation of the Turnpikefi.;f,
tern could not be desired. .But when the
port declares that a misapplication of the men,
collected by the Tolls is manifested in raai,
l
instances, and complains of the materials the
he
roads are made of, the method of drainage, te.
high rate of interest charged on Loans, th'r
multiplied gates, and short distance 'e
which Turnpike Acts are obtained, (instoo'd.
'
no,
ing in this respect the City-road, `-'„l‘
street, Bethnal-green, and Shoreditch), we
fully sufficient is stated to demand some e
l.
teration of the existing system. But W
would ask why is the new plan if beneficial ,°.
be confined to Middlesex? If meant to be
perimental, it can hardly be called a fair trial'
for Surrey forms of itself a large portion of the
Metropolis, and there is almost as much corn`
munication with London through the Souther
°`
as by the East, West, or North. lie,
,e,
consolidation of these trusts must have
effect of reducing the number of gates, 01, ,
thus without taking from the amount of (11'
present Tolls, would relieve the public of f
a great portion of the present charges. v e sbolir
however, have a further opportunity of consider-
ing this plan, which, we trust, is only the begin.
ing of the application of a more beneficial sYsten.,
to our Turnpike Roads, a branch of our dourest'e
,
economy which has long required revision and
amendment.

rr
Mr. BROUGHAM's address last night to the 11""
merous audience who assembled at the Lecture
on the Mechanical Institution was a masterpiece
iof eloquence and humour. He detailed the rae
rits and pointed out the future advantages of the
Institution with admirable skill and profound
knowledge. He spoke with impressiye warmth's
as well as with esteem and veneration, of "",
BIRKBECK the founder, and with great delicacy
of the zealous services of the Duke of Sussc'c;
who was present, and his few political allusi°
were arch and pertinent, marked with goof,
humour, and wholly free from all party sPie-
Indeed we never heard Mr. BROUGHAM to ~
advantage, and we could not but feel strouglitilloi
pressed by his zeal for the universal diffusi°ll,
all useful knowledge, and the glowing Phila.of
thropy that characterised his animated effusicie
taste, science, and moral enthusiasm.

Yesterday morning about twelve o'clock thenffice
Cabinet Ministers assembled at the Secretary of State's 'iwere
for Foreign Affairs, in Downing street; among then' Ba-
the Earls of Liverpool, Harrowby, Westmorland, andco..
thurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, the' Lora
cellor of the Exchequer Viscount Melville, Mr. WYnn't tign
Bexley, &c. The Cabinet sat in deliberation till Pas-
o'clock.
A Special Board of the Lords of the Treafurf
the TrelZruor,
was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock at
Chambers, at which the Earl of Liverpool, the Charlet!' le 01
the Exchequer, Lord Granville Somerset, and the w",°9 f.e•
the Lords of the Treasury were present. Their Irordsl4
parated soon after five o'clock.

FASHIONABLE CHANGES.
Lord and Lady Wilton, for Lancashire ; Mrs. Cuthbert,
:to:1113;1th, to General Buller's Clarendon Park, near Sails.
; the lion. Mrs. and Ladies Williams, at Nerot's Hotel,
c.,lifrord-street ; the Rev. Dr. Walker, Mrs. and Misses Wal-
ier, at do. ; Colonel G. W. Hughes, at ditto ; E. F. Daniels,
and Misses Daniels, at do. ; Lady Faulkner and family,
'1.0.n do., for Paris ; Mrs. Jennings and Ladies, from do. to
fool Hall ; Dr. Branch, Mr. and Misses Branch, from do. '

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
On Thursday the Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained
the Duke and Duch,2ss of Cambridge, Prince Leopold, and a
select party, at dinner, at their residence in Berkeley-square.
The Earl of Westmoreland gave a grand dinner yesterday,
at his residence in Grosvenor-square.
„Th,e Countess Veriflant gave a grand rout on Thursday
rTennig, ather house in Grosvenor-square, which was both
umerously and fashionably attended.
La:dY Copley.gave a splendid ball and supper on Thursday
;;Zhg, in her house in George-street, Hanover-square, which
LaAtended Ir(r
lh",tlpwards of 200 of the haut ton.
noris,ahteryelei, was
verrrt on Thursday evening, in Upper Grosve-
arquis fashionably attended.
entert • and Marchioness of Lansdown gave an elegant
Lord ainnient on Thursday to Lord and Lady Ellenborough,
Po I a" Lady Ponsonby, Earl Clare, Lord Clifden, Lord
„..r.cuester, Lord Lynedoch, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Agar
s, 11Ir. Brougham, Mr. Denman, &c. at Lansdown-
il(mise, Berkeley-square.
The '..lfarquis and Marchioness of Salisbury had a grand
`41'...:1er party yesterda, at heir house i Hanover-sure: in
evenim, 'her Ladyyshipt entertained a large circle of fa-
'hinnabi
The Earl of LonSdale entertained the 'Lord Chancellor, and
distinguished party at dinner, yesterday, at his house in
harles-street, Berkeley-square.
Scarlett,' Esq. M. P. had a large party at dinner yesterday,
.at his house in New-street, Spring-gardens.
Mrs. Mellish entertained a large circle of fashionables yes-
4erdav - •
eNeni ng, at her house in Arlington-stre.
at The Duke of Rutland had a grand dinneret party yesterday,
h•
is house in Arlington-street.

• Prince George and Princess Auzusta of Cambridge, at.
7'410. b y their Governess, Mrs. Page, took an airing yester-
-44Y afnoon in Hyde-park, and piomenaded in Kensington
hardens ter
duke the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited the
and Duchess of Cambridge.
ti Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, the Duke and
4che3s a Cambridge, the Duke of Gloucester, and Prince
ie°Poltl, went on board a King's barge from Whitehall Stairs,
'uul proceeded down the River, and inspected the Tunnel
under the River. Sir William Davison and Baroness
Jilefeldt attended the Duke anti DuchesS of Cambridge. The
O'c
itolocyal Party returned to Ni'hitehall Stairs about half-past
live
trill It s reported among the hant ton, that the Hon. A. Cae
tvery. shortly lead to the Hymeneal altar the beautiful and
ut:nplished Lady Caroline Beauclerk, third daughter of the
Duke of St. Alban's.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

• ' HAMPTON RACES.
1, LAST DAY.—ruIDAY, JuLY 8.
~I,T“e raeei, notwithstanding, the agreeable
-"kr, were not well attended to-day, althougheltihlai.xee"l'sreoirnt terashe w
veryea -
dpkind than on
tel°4. The company to-day was of
.11 more n
Inw°,firs,t days. Lords Mounteharles,li'alscott,Dle)unnuwrigehh:
Cile-ga„ ,`• Captain Berkeley, Messrs. Ball Hughes,
t-el;railltillau.niaanpy others before-named, were again present.
numerously
atrem, il at the Toy, Hampton Court, was very
'so-. '-' °n Thursday night. Mr. Ball 1-uh7logivheasvaedvejiesiutenrl
tha---rY at Oatlands to most of the Nobility 'th ;te,,ea ; after which it is expected that severalw.. private
. horses
ani‘ ;use- V,,ejght or :ten) will. contest some prizes , the day's
e zaeea srZi....s2 conclude with a grand ball and suPPer..-,•rb
fss tallow:-
14. .
....ssea.h..
,--- - soy.
l'ii• 4. . Alatch 50 each—two miles.'
1
.
vteob's .I.4„,bit 41y, Bst. - -
2
It was ts,-,42, th. 71b. . . .
l't was a a and 3to lon Miss Sly, but no takers.
to a)tair,t,
frersiderable time before Miss Sly could be brought
Would nave kept her repeated plunging, and
to ride
ber at all so well D her back, or even venture_
very few Joekies
went,
ta3rlndeesjeftr frees naAfaadefie °Mnaols(itlitslei7ivne;relru ing, until aboauttetrwaoharci
however, at last, off they
struggle orn home, when Miss Sly came out, and f
Snap rociewpewesersrace in high style, by a very
.
honest length.-
41
Handicall Sae
ePstakei of Is soy. each, with 10 added fain. Berk 1 Heats one mile.
1 1
cLlpt. /.40„1,e;ers tittle Driver, 9g. . -
2 3
kr. Ball "Ae Irene, Bst. 71b. - . .
c.
c IRST
-
orre dEls--Fairy made all the runnin-g until
tth_ Mg hotne, when she bolted, and ran almost into the Thames;
4.,7 contest then was between Irene and Little Driver, who
7n_got in front, and won the heat in 3 canter.
‘1,0'447).rn IIEAY—A fresh jockey (Old Jerry)
n the first
Feat 1 anT. it being found that the boy who rode -
wa.%now placed
1;l.1, lad not strength to hold h Irene made strongr play for
.
ltt, half a mile, when Little Driver came up, followed by
1 ese two till
within and a very pretty race ensued betwe?n t IHriver made
itaa_i_n.a distance of the Judges' chair, when Little
rade`nhct every throw,
for
and won the race cleverly by alength—
both length—
heats, boy, lreae by Snap. Any odds on the winner
•Qats, but no takers.
Ila ri,
- ----
--.4.11 AND BRISTOL RACES--(SEcoND DAY.)
thel, Bath and Bristol Tim RSDAY.
Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added
winner
the Racing Fund. eats two miles and a distance; the
2Air_. I
,_.;;V i.er to
orth' be sold for iOO guineas, if demanded.
s cli. m. Prosody, aged, 9st. 21b. - 1 1
•
2
f.,,,Grautitlett's ch. f. Prima Donna, 4 yrs, Bst. . -
tvhen'Tteveoeuoritthers were entered, but did not start. Prima Donna
The last heat was won by half a neck, and the
The (31,-..anned according to the articles.
4 .4414
Five Sovereign Stakes, with 50 added by. the
beaf.e,lng Fund, for horses that never won 1001. at any time,
i„_.._ir the day of nomination.
-'..qrr. lAristovv names-b. c. Flexible, 3 yrs -- - I
Air it9,,,.'S b. e. Warwick, 4 yrs . - 2
kr.; ,0,14 ' Billow, 4 yrs - - - 3
kr, pa 'ndler's br. c. by Shuttle Pope, 3 yrs
Ninerquharsons's b. f. by Waterloo, yrs
Plex tilers were entered, but did not start; 5 to 2 against
s
IlexiT ; 3 to
gs agst Nirarwlek. Won easy by Mr. !lartl_,yr.
Wick w.e,, bein held in every inch of the ground, whilst I% a
4.eBtirged and punished at all points. •
ill-. !Pstakes of 5 soy. with 25 added from the Racing Fund.
4 :"..v,rtley's .c. by Cotton, 3 yrs ; Mr. C. Day's Plover,
11°t nit' 'lr' r•
ay's Franconi 4 yrs. Mr. k. G. Cooper did
Inc- Plover walked over.
, kr tt ~
fila.ch for 100 sov.
7101 i;
aged,
Bullfinch ;aged, 12st.; Mr. Phillipson's Uncle
nlin, ca • , 12st. ,11r. Phillipson won cleverly on Uncle
le ran a very good horse.
The b --- ---
---
Nss with
uke of 'roux transacted Military busi-
hft KING
it .le A.IN6 yesterday.
Ili 1-- TI
talf, r, g•lt ..1.011. JOHN BECE.ETT, Judge Advo-
Ithqrvlsdeueral, had an audience of his MAJESTY Ott
_
Oh se.. 37) and received his MAJESTY'S commands
I\ii 'eral cases of Courts Martial.
Ivi ANAL
eeti4 'OIIABLE SOCIETY.—The Quarterly
SNet; oft he Members of the Naval Charitable
11),°11th was held on Monday the 4th of this
?4111-esls.satt the Thatched House Tavern, St.
ita the
ch reet, Lieutenant-Governor BROWELL
~el' tile ar ; when 78 petitions were presented
NE..liiett
~.crcßisideration of the Committee, 71 of
. 11"7 e relieved with donations amounting to
%lb! s. and .
N case "yen were decided to be inadmis-
Di 3.
tilt, in at 1 ~„
list- '4,44 4-
urningtoll, on the 30th of June, to
has.of
~, essihie Rrief
of her family, MARY, re-
-1 S 4 ""s K
Clough_
nti 4, taffordsk. INNEttsLY, Esq., of
ntre, IT
tors,4,htirsday
to h iter remains were removed
11t"rtnent i 1
tiler Own residence, Clough-hall,
‘' family vault at Ashley.

P 0 E T It Y.

SCULPTURE, a Porm,
'Which obtained the (211AYCE LOWS MEDAL at the CAM-

BRIDGE COMMENCEMENT, Jtl)3, 189.5.
By E. G. LYTTON BULWER, Fellow-Commoner of
Trinity ILII. •

Marmoris aut eboris fabros aut :eris arnavi—
lionAT. lip. Lib. n. i. 9.

The winds were hush'il on Pindus—and the day
Balm'd by a thousand sweets, had died away—
The wave beneath, the laurel on the hill
Bask'd in the heaven's blue beauty—and were still:—
Pomp—Silence-Night were reigning on the earth,
Nymph, whom my rude verse worships, at thy birth !
The Muses reset! thee in their starry caves,—
Lav'd thy fair limbs beneath their holiest waves,—
And taught the wild soul speaking from thine eye
To quaff the light of genius from the sky.
There, by lone mount, and vale, and deep-brow'd dell,
There, by the bee-lov'd flow'rs, and mossy cell,—
There, by the glories of the summer noon,
And the sweet sadness of the midnight moon—
Thy Spirit stor'd within its still recess
The myriad forms of Nature's loveliness;—
The grand—the soft—the lofty and the fair
Woo'd thy warm thoughts—and made their dwelling there.
'Tis said—what minstrel doubts the legend's truth ?
The day-god lov'd thee from thine earliest youth,
And pour'd around the musings of thy heart
The shadowy splendours of his holiest art-..
To substance fix'd the bright thoughts all his own,
And breath'd the life of Poesy to stone.
Inspiring visions rose at midnight's hour,
Wild shapes of Beauty throng'd thy haunted bower.
Till o'er thy mind creative Genius grew—
And the hand sculptur'd what the fancy drew,
Nymph of old Castaly ! thou lov'st to keep
Thy moon-lit vigils where the mighty sleep :
O'er the dim tomb to hold thy silent sway,
And rear thy marble triumphs o'er decay.
"Pis thine to fix thro' ages fresh and warm,
The frail perfection of the fading form ;
And though no more by cool Cephisus' stream (1)
The Queen of Beauty haunts the minstrel's dream—
Though now no more on Tempe's classic vale
Apollo's locks win worship from the gale,
Yet still thy spells preserve them to the eye,--
Chain to the earth the bright forms of the sky,—
And raise high spirits from the mine and ore
That crowds may gaze,—and Genius may adore ! -
To thee, where (d llyssus roves along
The olive banks, all eloquent with song,
The bright Athenian bent his thoughtful brow,
Breath'd his young thoughts, and pour'd his lonely vow.
And the far Isle of Roses (2) o'er the sea
Rear'd her world's wonder as a shrine for thee—
Where is that vast Colossus, which bestrode
The free waves like Ambition ?—while they How'd
Hushing their wrath like slaves—as through yon arch
Fraught with earth's wealth, the proud barks went their march ?
Where is that brazen pomp was wont to throw
Back on the Sun the glory of his glow—
And seem'd the Genius of that daring clime,
Dazzling all eyes, and torm'd for every time—
Earth at its feet, and Heaven upon its brow—
Symbol of Greece,—and art thou nothing now !
Enough !—on forms unwreck'd beneath the blast
Or blight of ages, be our wonder cast—
Is it a Goddess ? lo ! I bend the knee,
Dream of Heaven's beauty ! let me worship thee
Thou art indeed too lovely for the earth
As earth is now—thy charms are of the birth
Of her first mom—when ev'ry flow'r was trod
And every fount was hallow'd by its god—
And brighter beings wander'd from above
To win the treasure of a mortal's love.
Oh ! o'er the sculptor'd spirit pour'd each ray
Which memory hoarded of that golden day,—
Each thought of grace, or goddess lingering still
By silver stream, or Oread-haunted
All which the soul deeins bright, or passion dear—
When his wild fancy turn'd—and fix'd them here !
Oft at deep noon—what time the wearied gale
Slept on the violets—while the shad'wy vale,
The fairy music of the wood-bird's lay,
The glad bee murmuring on his perfum'd way,
The green leaves laughing in the quiv'ring beams,
Lull'd the luxurious spirit in wild dreams.
Oft bath the marvel of thy beauty stole
Sweet shape, along the visions of my soul !
Ev'n as when young Adonis wood thy vow.—
Ev'n as thou glowest from the marble row,—
Ev'n as thou stood'st 'mid vanquish'd gods above,
In breathing, palpable, embodied love.
Terrible ! mark and tremble !—fold by fold
See round the writhing'sire (3) th' enormous serpent's roll'd ;
Mark the stern pang—the clench'd despairing clasp--
The wild limbs struggling with that fatal grasp—
The deep convulsion of the labouring breath—
Th' intense and gathering agony of death.—
Yet 'mid the mortal's suffering still is view'd
The haughty spirit shaken—not subdu'd
Tho' nature faint, tho' every fibre burst,
Scath'il—stifled—crush'd—let vengeance wreak its worst;
Fate—terror—hell—let loose your powers of ill,
Wring the wrack'd form—the soul can scorn you still.
Nymph of my song ! I turn my glance, and lo!
The Archer-god speeds vengeance from his bow.—
Not, as when oft, amid his Delian glade,
The Lord of Beauty knelt to mortal maid,
Not as when winds are husli'd—and waves lay mute
Listing, and lull'd beneath, his silver lute,—
But like the terrors of an angry sky Clouds on his brow, and lightning in his eye.
The foot advanc'd—the haughty lips apart—
The voice just issuing from the swelling heart—
The breathing scorn—Yet 'mid that scorn appear
No earthlier passions mix'd with human fear ;
The god speaks from the marble not the less
Than when heaven brightens with his loveliness,
And o'er each limb th' enamour'd Graces play,
Leave wreath its' pride, but still it's gloom away.
Yes, at those feet, the bard of Isis sung, (4)
Oft in deep love the maiden's form was flung,
And her soul fed on passion, till her thought
Maddened beneath the anguish it had sought,
And health with hope departed—and the flush
Of fever deepened o'er youth's purer blush—
Grief's canker prey'd upon her withering bloom,
And love's wild vision woke but in the tomb.—
Ev'n thus of old the Cyprian sculptor (5) view'd
The star-like form which blest his solitude—
From earth, and earthly beauty he had flown,
And grav'd a dream of loveliness on stone ;
And made a temple of his beating heart,
To worship the perfection of his art.—
And aye he knelt adoring—none were near
Th' empassion'd homage of his vows to hear.
The unpeopled forest, and the mumfring wave—
The shad'wy twilight of his lonely cave,—
The mystic language of the rushing wind—
Nurs'd the voluptuous madness of his mind.
He rain'd warm kisses on th' unconscious face,—
Woo'd the mute marble to his wild embrace,—
Gaz'd till the cell swam round his reeling eyes,—
And the chill air was burning with his sighs,—
Hung on that lip, alas ! so vainly fair—
And breath'd at last his very being there.
O'er the cold cheek rose I'assion's blushing hue—
Slowly to life, the kindling statue grew,
Caught the warm spirit from his soul's excess,
And breath'd and mov'd in living loveliness.
Years have roll'd on, alas ! no longer now
Round Hells's sword blooms Freedom's myrtle bough,
There, 'mid the gorgeous piles which "still proclaim
Unchanged—the changes of her fallen fame,
Smit by the bolt, and bow'd beneath the blast
Of fate,—she sits—the spectre of the past.—
Yet still the warm Italian loves her lore,
Gleans the rich harvest from each haunted shore.
O'er his rude harp the Roman minstrel flings
Flowers from her wreath, and music from her strings ;
And from his native banks to Tiber's tide
Th' Athenian sculptor watts the Pariah pride
Glows the live statue, and the polish'd dome,
And Greece hath found a second birth in Rome.
Still the ycung Faun amid the wild flowers sleeps-_
Still his carousal hoar Silenus keeps—
And still Diana's beauty glows as dear,
As when Endymion lur d her from her sphere.
Still unsubdu'd amid the wrecks of years
Her lofty spear Athenian Pallas rears,—
And still—tho' thunder waits not on his nod,
Thron'd in his grandeur sits the imperial God.

(I) Ka,XXIV2O'./ fin Kr, .1:,to-ou pozic
KLP7rFIV xA-riitovo-oc
Ta.p.„svay. EI.TRIP. MED. 842.
(2) Rhodes. (3) Laocoon.
(4) I allude to the story of the "llaict of France," which
has been so beautifully applied by Mr. Milman.
(5) Pygmalion.

I Still in mad mirth the Bacchanalian throng
Weave the wild dance, and raise the frantic song—
And calm in stern repose—(his labours done)
Stands, like a sleeping storm, Alcumna's son.
Behold where in his tterv'd and naked might
Rushes the Circus Champion to the fight—
Stretches the gaunt arm in its sweeping length—
Starts from each limb the eloquence of strength—
On the bent brow Pride, Power, and Conquest reign,
From the curv'd lip the spirit breathes disdain—
And all the savage in his sternest mood
Speaks front the form unawed and unsubdued !
Where mid yon puny race of courts can be
Son of the woods ! the champion meet for thee !
The strife is o'er—ev'n as a broken bow
Nerveless and spent—the Terrible lies low !
Ile leans upon his hand—the lion crest
Bows to the dust—and front the untam'd breast
Fails drop by drop life's tide—the eye is dim,
And o'er the buckler droops the giant limb—
And Death is on the Mighty !—aye thou proud
And guilty city ! let thy ruthless crowd
Pour o'er their prey the mock'ry of their mirth,
Blood with those echoes calls forth from the earth.—
And Heaven full soon shall answer.—Hurrying forth
Sweeps on dark wings the whirlwind of the North—
Hush—it bath past !—by Tiber's glassy wave
Crouches—where Brutus—trod yon supple slave !
Where the voluptuous Cmsars held their sway
Coucit'd with the Vandal, saddens stern Decay,
Where in those halls, Harmonia wak'd her strings,
Hark the harsh sound of Gothic revel rings,
And o'er the pillar'd pomp and trophiel arch
Gaunt Havock speeds her desolating March.
But from the midnight of Time's dullest dream
Be our's to -wake, and hail the earliest beam,_
Ages have past—a star is in the skies_
The clouds are rent,—and light and Leo rise.
See, front each crumbling stone and mouldering bust
Admiring Genius clears th' unhallow'd dust
The buried pomp of years awakes once more
The solemn Earth gives up her silent store—
And the world's second morning pours it's rays
Bright as of old, on Michael's eagle gaze
Approach and reverence, stranger! calm and lone
The Prophet Chief (6) claims homage from his throne,
Front that broad brow, clos'd lip, and marble cheek,
And high repose, no human passions speak—
But power and majesty, august and proud
Brood o'er the awful image,—like a cloud !
And iu the lines of that unearthly face
The eye of fancy in it's gaze might trace
Deep visions of the Future—the sublime
And mystic secrets of primceval time—
And the rapt holiness of him who heard
Thro' flame and darkness God's Eternal Word !

There the young shepherd (7) stands, as when he trod
The earth, exulting in the might of God.—
Seorn'd the strong armour, and the giant limb— •
And knew the Lord of floats was over him !
Round his light form no*sheltering garments cling,
Ile wields no weapon but the simple sling,
Yet in the advancing step—the lofty mien—
The calm stern front—the undaunted soul is seen.i.
'rho' armies shrink around him ;—tho' the brave
Doom in sad thought his rashness to the grave—
God, who preserv'd him from the Lion (8), here
Is not less mighty—wherefore should he fear ?
Alas for nations !—while we gaze, the spark
Of kindling light expires—and we are dark—
E'en while the gladd'ning minstrel turns to bless
This Tadmor smiling thro' Time's wilderness—
The brief and lonely incense of his breath
But wakes—likes Nero's music—amid death.
Again long years !—from Superstition's chain
And the dull torpor of her gloomy reign
.'Thou wakest Rome !—like Rhesus, but to feel
Deep in thy heart, the foeman's fatal steel !
Scorning thy pride, and scoffing at thy faith,
Sweeps the fierce Gaul to slaughter and to scathe—
And darkly brooding o'er thy vanquisli'd wall
Thy rebel Eagles triumph in thy fall.
Pass we with one brief curse, from Glory's toil,
The strife, the rout, the conquest and the spoil ;
Let thrones arise and crumble at a breath,
And man exult in shackles or in death—
These are no fitting subjects for my lay,—
To colder climes, we wing our wandering way—
And turn where glows in yonder gorgeous dome,
The Parian pomp of Hellas, and of Rome. (9)
Proud plumes are waving in the silent air,
The warriors of the earth are gather'd there—.
Fair Britain's sons—the fearless and the free ;
Romantic Spain, thy haughty chivalry;—
And-that old warlike race, for whom the pride
Of the blue Danube rolls it's lordly tide.
Hush'd the vain taunt, and aw'd th exulting eye,
Silently stalks the vengeful Prussian by—
While in rude contrast to the stately crest
The dazzling crosslet, and the glittering vest,
With rugged garb, and wondennglooks, pass on
The stern and simple wand'rers from the Don.
But oft like clouds amid that gorgeous throng
Dark angry forms sweep low'ringly along.
Not theirs the rapt delight—the soul's deep trance—
Grief wrings the heart, and passion fires the glance,
Anti ever trom the writhing lip, the wrath
Of fierce and struggling spirits flashes forth.
The mutter'd vengeance, and the scornful jest—
'The pent Volcano of the lab'ring breast—.
Th' unconquer'd hatred of the powerless will,
That bitter comfort of the Conquer'd still !
But ye, upon whose marble brows serene
Ages of night in clouds and storms have been,
And pass'd like vapours from the morning star,
Hall'wing the beauty which they could not mar.
Ye, mid the littleness of human life,
The fading triumph, and the empty strife, •
Calm in your lofty grandeur glance below
Unmov'd by passions which ye never kn0w,.....
While Empires fall around you,—ye retain,
Gods of the mind, your everlasting reign
!
And changeless in your power, behold the tide
Of fate, but bear fresh homage to your pride.
Lo ! as of old ye stand ! the deep bine sky
Of Rome again hangs o'er you, and the eye
Which hails you in your native seats enshrin'd
Gleans from all round meet moral for the mind.

Yes, there from every clime shall Genius bring
The vows and incense of her earliest spring ;
And to those fanes the Pilgrim still shall roam,
And ScuLPTURE find her altar and her home,—
Warm'd into life beneath these genial skies,
Round the far Dane (10) what fair creations rise.
Here when the moon-light o'er those myrtle groves
Flings its pale beam, the German Wand'rer (11) roves,
And hears rich visions home, to gild the cell
Where, lone and musing, Fancy loves to dwell—
The bright Enthusiast of the Isle, shall trace
In colder climes each well-remember'd grace;
Recall and rival all that Greece bath known,
And wake, like CHANT REV, Eloquence from stone.
And there fair land ! thine own CANOVA still
Rears o'er thy woes the triumphs of his skill ;
Charming the Gods again to haunt the Earth,
And waking Beauty to second birth.
Though fair the way the Pilgrim may have past,
Turns he not home exultingly at last ?
And though in climes to Muse and Memory dear
My soul is ling'ring—l recall it herc—
Lo! where through cloister'd aisles, the soften'd day
Throws o'er the form a " dim religious" ray.
In graven pomp and marble majesty
Stands the immortal Wand'rer of the sky (12)—
The sage, who borne on Thought's sublimest car,
Track'd the vague Moon, and read the mystic Star.—
Sway'd from the planet, or the desert cloud,
To him the Spirits of the Night were bow'd—
Hoar Time reveal'd his marvels—Nature drew
Her secret veil from his undazzled view—.
For him, her glowing depths had solemn speech,—
And myriad worlds—life—glory—GoD in each,
Hymning high joy through Heaven's eternal dome,
Blaz'd from the darkness round Jehovah's Home?
Mark ye—how well the kindling Sculptor took
The sweeping robe—the majesty of look—
And o'er each feature's lofty beauty wrought
The deep intense pervading soul of thought,
Anti that ethereal sunshine which in him
Life could not cloud, and Passion could not dim, '
As if the spirit which had wing'd its way
Through Heaven had purg'd each earthlier senile away.

(0) Moses by Michael Angelo.
(7) David by Michael Angelo.
(it) " David said, moreover, the Lord that delivered me out
of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will
deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine."—(1 Sam. xvii.
37.)
(9) I need scarce observe, that I allude to the collection of
the Lonvre, to which the troops of the Allies, when at Paris,
resorted in such numbers.
(10) Thorwaldsen. (11) Danneker.
(12) These, and the following lines, which refer to the Statue
of Newton in Trinity College Chapel, have been added by the
Permission of the Vice-Chancellor, since the adjudication of
the Prize.

! Oh, may his influence hallow yet the scene
Where once the lustre of his life bath been.
And—though perchance in vain, Ambition's toil,
Youth's dreaming hope—and Labour's midnight oil,
Yet, ere the evil days of strife and sin
Have thrown their shadows o'er the light within,
Learn we front him that truth least understood,
Man is most great while struggling to be good.—
My harp's rude notes are dying—all too 'long ;
My soul bath pour'd its spirit into son,,
And yet I pause—what though the weals I bring
Waft no rich incense from the breathing spring.
I pause—a Northern Votary's wreath to twine,.
Land of the lloman round thy ruin'd shrine •
Oh, from thy lore if e'er his mind bath caught
For fancy fire, or energy for thought,
If from the sculptued form, and sacred strain
For him the beauty was not wak'd in vain,
Then all ungrateful would the Minstrel be
Had not his lyre one parting note for thee !
Oh, as the Image in that fabled scene (13) •
In which Leontes mourns his buried Queen,
Came froth the dim concealment of long years,
(As rainbows shine thro' Nature's clouds and tears)
And bright with smiles descended from above
Glowing with joy, and redolent of love—
Oh, thus from shrouded pomp, and silence deep,
Where Memory sits to ponder, and to weep—
Italia wake ! the hues of life resume—.,
And smile away the terrors of the tomb.

(13) Winter's Tale, Act v. Scene 3.

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Jury B.—The remaißs of the late Rev. Dr.
Burton were on Wednesday last removed from the lodgings at
Christ Church, and interred in the family vault at Leather-
head, Surrey.

The Rev.:William Buckland, B.D. Fellow of Corpus Christi
College, and Reader in Geology, .bas been appointed Canon of
Christ Church, in the room of the late Dr. Burton.

ECCLESIASTICAL PTIEfERMENTS.

The Rev. Joshua Stratton, M.A. Chaplain of New College,
anti Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, has been"presented,
by the Very Rev.. the Dean and Chapter of the same, to the
vicarage of Holston, in the county of Kent.
The Rev. Thomas Crick, A.B. to the rectory of Little Thor-
low. Suffolk, on the presentation of the Rev. R. C. Barnard.
The Rev. 'l'. Musgrave, .31. A. Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge, presented, by the Master and Fellows of that So-
ciety, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary the Great, in Cam-
bridge, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. 0. Judgson, M.A.
The Rev. Morgan Evans, vicar of Llangunllo, in the county
of Radnor, has lately succeeded to the benefice of Builth, and
Llanddewi'r cwm, in the county of Brecon, void by the death
of the Rev. Benjamin Jones, the late incumbent—on the no-
mination of the patron, Charles Humphreys Price, Esq.
The ReY..l. Brown, M.A. one of the Seniors of Trinity
College, Cambridge. presented, by the Master and Fellows of
that Society, to the vicarage of Bottisham, in that county, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Wm. Pugh, M.A.
The Earl of Stirling has appointed the Rev. John Langley;
of Worcester, his Domestic Chaplain. •
The Rev. H. Edmonds has been instituted to the rectory of
Woodli!igh, Devon.

The Rei. C. Nixon, to a Prebendal Stall in the collegiate
Church or Southwell, Notts.

The Rev. Walter Fletcher, to a Prebendal Stall in York
Cathedral.

The Rev. Ambrose Stapleton, to hold the Rectory of Hal.
will, with that of East Budleigh, Devon.

TIIE LONDON UNIVERSITY.

A Prospectus of the plan of the above Institution is in circu-
lation. The object of the Institution is stated to be to bring
the means of a complete scientific anti literary education home
to the doors of the inhabitants of the metropolis, so that they
may be enabled to educate their sons at a very moderate ex-
pence, and under their own immediate and constant superin-
tendence. It is known that a young man cannot be main-
tained and instructed at Oxford or Cambridge under 2001. or
25'V. a-year, while the expences of many far exceed this sum ;
and thf! vacations last about five months in the year. The
whole expence of education at the London University will
not exceed 2bl. or 301. a-year*, including the sums paid to the
goeral fund ; and there will not be more than ten weeks of
vacation in the year.—A suitable piece of ground for the built.L
ings and walks, and in a central situation, is now in treaty for ;
and it is expected that the structure will be completed in Au-
gust, 1826, and the classes opened in October following. A
fortnight's vacation will be allowed at Christmas and Easter,.
and six weeks from the middle of August to the end of Septum-
ber.,-The money being raised by sares and contributions,
each holder of a 1001. share will receive interest on the same, at
a rate not exceeding four per cent., payable half-yearly, and be
entitled to send one student to the University. The shares will,
be transferable by sale and bequest ; and they will descend to
the holder's representatives in case of intestacy. The money due
on them will he paid by instalments, as it may be required; but
it is calculated that only two-thirds will be called for; and the
remaining 33 per cent. will be considered as a fund of reserve,
in case of any extension of the plan, or other unfavourable ex-
igencies. No person can hold more than ten shares. Each
contributor of 501. will have all the privileges of shareholders
during his life, except that of receiving interest, and tranfering
his rights The interest will be paid out of the revenues of the
Institution, and the yearly produce of the sums received from
time to time beyond what is required for current expences.
This supposes a Student to attend five or six of the general
classes ; but the medical education is necessarily more expen-
sive, from the costs of the anatomical department.

THE DUEL ON TUESDAY LAST.—The gentle-
man (Colonel R.) who received the ball of his an-
tagonist on Tuesday, still remains at the Red
Lion, Highgate. He was yesterday visited by
Mr. Bransby Cooper, nephew of Sir Astley
Cooper, but we believe the ball is not yet ex-
tracted, and that he remains in some danger.—
Mr. Snow, the surgeon who first saw him, is in
constant attendance upon him, and was with him
at a late hour last night. His own friends and
domestics attend him. The place • where the
parties met was in Highgate Wood, between the
old' turnpike on the new road and the Wellington,
at a spot celebrated for pigeon-shooting matches.
Messrs. KINGSBURY, PARBUItY, and ALLEN,
have just published the following important
Works relating to India :-1. Mr. Tucker's Re-
view of the Financial Situation of the Fast India
Company in 1824, Svo., price 75.-2. Lieut. Ed.
Lake's Journal of the Sieges of the Madras
Army, Bvo. and 4t0., plates, price 265.-3. Capt.
Hough's Practice of Courts-martial, kc. &c. &c.
Bvo., price 265.-4, Dr. Ainslie on the Cholera
Morbus of India, Bvo., price 3s. 6d.-5. Obser-
vations on the Law and Constitution of India,
Bvo., price 125.-6. Dr. Gilchrsit's General East
India Guide and Vade Mecum, Bvo., price 18s.
Yesterday Mr. DOITIERTY had the honour of
audiences of the King and of their Royal Highnesees the Dau-
phin and Dauphiness, to present an Address of congratula-
tion from the Inhabitants of Buckinghamshire, Hartwell,
Aylesbury, &c. most numerously and distinguishedly signed,
to his Most Christian Majesty, on his accession to the Throne
of France, which was most graciously received. Mr. Doherty
had afterwards the honour of dining with the Duke of Bourbon,
where all the principal persons of the Court were assembled, as
well as the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, the Ladies
Hill, Lord Augustus 11 11, the Marquis Valette, Mademoiselle
Duras, Madame Grimaldi, Count H. Dillon, and Lieutenant.
Colonel Morphew:—(Galignani's Messenger, June 28.)

„ .
About eight o'clock yesterday evening, .in
Oxford-'street, a serious accident befel a carter in the employ of
Messrs. Brown and Son, of Great Titchfied-street, who was
carelessly riding upon the shafts of a cart heavily laden with
lead, from which he was thrown by a sudden jerk, when the
wheels of the v 'ucle instantly passed over his leg and arm,
which were dreadfully fractured—the leg indeed was so much
lacerated, as to be nearly severed from his body. The poor
man was placed on a shutter, and was instantly carried in the
most hopeless condition to the Middlesex Hospital, where the
most prompt assistance was rendered him.
A young lady lately asked a gentleman the mean-
ing of the word Surrogate. "t is, Miss,” replied
the gentleman, a gate through which parties
have to pass on their way to get married."—
" Then I imagine," said the lady, that it is a
corruption of sorrow gate." " You are right,
Miss," replied her informant, C 6 as woman is au
abbreviation of wo to man."

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