The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-03 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 3, 1849

THE SUN,

LONDON,

inn me as to the cents° you think it well to adept. 11. charged with disturbing the audience et Drury-lare HUNGARY, I MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.
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' s'alelt '''t 1; '.g e 'huL of June. The letter of the 14th of July contained the eall:_d into the theatre
ato., quell a us ane.e,,.wii-pb• press closely, and every now and then expose a few
le a"ii,, and,, ei out of the milliens of false statements and inferences the BroaCtway Theatre, on Monday evening, was in
found the,prisoner stan -li.g onton„ ~ . - following:—" Yeti wi,h to thaw upon an imaginary
with which it is attempted to mislead the British
,t
thbaean
ttdeirl
her
eruiidattniipotnih ;la; 1
daelse tittd:tiolb-
fued—l have paid more than I have rseeivt d; but I having himself in a inso... vi lent nil..niratir. , . .. pi,
send you i 5/." Ia the cl,?fenue it was centended that e‘e him dov..ni
hire
requFstc,ahl(ioidniotfolb., qu!.,,, Jurtist eat. of
people,
isine tirerel
indeed
piaintiff's bill proved that the defendant was not. liable, obeying im ,, stlhz.o t ifisdairuns,, ant pi otes!ca FAF '
morning paper of to-day has its usual article beenleuvs el
lisping
over
eet Irni esie. faa:ceftd,
and indeed Lord Denman said that there was no Lein in chat he wouldr have on iattepore. . c then took him
from " our OWn correspondent," who, dating from • •
it to show that the plaintiff had at the outset rk ceiv, d a into, custody
denied
Szegedin, ingeniously contrives to introduce just one essentials of high art and decided genius, the moat
e
retainer from the defendant. The first item Epoke of .i.ho defendant the charge, and explained that
Iword 1"
receiving instructions from Mr. Atherley, the father•in-
hhe got up on the seat to see what was the matter, a ring casual , accidentally. done en purpose"), hoping, or American stage. Her Rosalind on Tuesd, even-
law of Jones, to attend at Negate in order to see him, tiving been formed at the back of the orchestra for a doubtless, that it would "pass in the crowd,' and ing, and Lady Macbeth on far
and to take instructions for his defence, of taking in- fight between two gentlemen (?) The theatre was very poison some readers' mind who might happen not to -, • ..
.Wednesday, trans-
struetions from Jones as to obtaining bail, of communi- crowded, and much confusiwi prevailed; but it would be "up "in the Hungarian question. tended in their execution, and in the effects produced
eating with the defence committee as to the defence of have Lubsidcd had the police interfered in a more dis- This word is " repeal." Kossuth is said to have on the audience, the efforts of her first night, and
the prisoners, and of conferring with them as to the re.- ere et manner.
attempted the "repeal " of the "union," ingeniously have altogether produced an enthusiasm in the minds
quisite funds: also that at a meeting of the defence corn- Two friends and a brother of the defendant confirmedof the play-going public, that will carry her trium-
assuming that an "union " existed between Austria
mittee he was requested to take his instructions trout this statement, but of course their testimony went forpliantly through her brief stay of twelve months
and Hungary, Now, no such" up' "existed tl l
tK ion ever ... rhajat : u seri Lure epmj 'a
the defendant. Then there was the evidence of members nothisg as against the police, who certainly had not ,sr 11 I'lamong us. She will also, we trust, improve the of the committee. It was shown that on the 23d of displayed the best of feeling towards these young men. `
. as you,
"repeal"
thedidcountry; union,but to prevent an absorption ingly original style, so finished, subdued, and natural,
strik-
of the meetings, and that when the defendants learned of the disturbances got uplby a few individuals in places of
a despotism.—Yours ever,
that the plaintiff had been retained, he said had he been of amusement, and something must be done to put a Nov. 2, 1849. VERITAS, and yet so earnestly intense, will create a school of
in town he should not have employed him, as he was a stop to the practice.
. . acting, that must in time entirely supersede the
young man and not sufficiently experienced to be The defendant observed that the place was very TESTIMONIAL coarse, unnatural, galvanised, and spasmodic school,
entrusted with such a case, and that he would only be crowded, and that he was not the cause of the disturb • ~.. ,too prevalent
, ... now. among us, on the one hand ; and
TO THE HUNGARIA.N REFUGEES. the inflated, chanting, whining, artificial style, which
answerable for the money he might receive. al-ice.
.
Mr. Justice ERLE drew attention to the fact that this Mr. HENRY had no doubt, in the excitement of the , ,-,, is as equally opposed to true acting on the other. Miss
-; THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY
conversation was subsequent to the former letter in the moment, the defendant enjoyed the contusion much,Cushman is already educating her audiences to receive
NATION I RIGHT L
OF EVERY WHICH LOVES AND 1-
same month, which tended most likely to increase it; but he mustthese salutary reforms, so long and so loudly called
Mr. Sergeant SIIEE said it nevertheless supported the be taught -to know better, and he should therefore BERTy.”_Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven- for by all critical and refined admirers of histrionic
defence. Then Mr. Hewett, the defendant's secretary, inflict a flue of Si., or a month's imprisonment. lion. art; and most certainly a death-blow will be given
proved that the plaintiff called upon the defendant at his The fine was pa:d.
to many long-cherished conventional=
Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:—
..sms, wherever
residence at Notting.hiii, and that the plaintiff told him An elder brother of the last defendant was charged
and she appears as the grand missionary of stage Messrs. Courts Co. reform.
the same. Again, letters were put in from the plaintiff to with having obstructed the police in the execution of
Garrick did not more effectually upset the prevalent
the committee, of which the defendant was note member, their duty. Messrs. Drummond.
stage abuses of his day, than would this gifted woman
asking for money, which he said was urgently required Police-constable 72 A, stated that after the last Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; overturn our stereotyped stage defects, were she to
for the defence of the prisoners, and also acknowledging prisoner had been taken into the station-house at Bow- or to any one of the members of the committee formed thelreceipt of money from the committee. street, the present defendant came up and pushed
to carry out the Testimonial. remain in our midst, albeit she might find carping
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the Court would consult against him ie a very rough manner. Quins, who would declare her salutary reforms to be
The defendant protested that he did no such thing. **All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo " Eeresies." When Miss Cushman left this country,
Lord Denman.
loune, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand.
He went quietly up to the station, and told the police for England, she had attained a very enviable repute-
Subscriptions already •received
that be was the brother of the prisoner they had just -- £1,119 11 7i tion, as an earnest, intense, and ori •
arrested, and he was anxious to go in and see him. A Few Friends to the Hungarians, Plymouth, l
original actress. She
was not, perhaps, fully appreciated by the masses of
Mr. HENRY gave no credit to this reasonable explana• per Mr. E. Brown
her countrymen; yet those who were real judges of
tion, but fieed the defendant 40s. or a fortnight's ina- Collected at Liverpool, and remitted by Eyre• acting, were convinced that she possessed all the
prisenment. Evans, Es
q., q., per Lord Dudley Stuart .. ... 33 1 0 elements of a great artiste. We feelproud •
The fine was paid. of ranking
The defendant, before quitting the court, wished to Total ... ... ... £1,153 12 71 felt,
ourselves among the latter number, and we confidently
and predicted through the pages of the Alb•
ask the magistrate whether he thought it tight that a
1012,
policeman, whose number he had taken, was justified in CHOLERA AND DIARRHCEA. a her success in England. But we must confess th t
saying to him, when he inquired what his brother was
we were not quite prepared for the triumphant charac-
charged with, "It would serve you d—d well right if ENGLAND AND WALES. ter of that success. We did not believe that she would
you were locked up too."
The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and at once be recognised by the leading critics of the
Mr. HENRY—Certainly not.
Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health
London and provincial press as the
legitimate soccer-
The inspector said the complaint of the defendant November 2, 1849 : sor of the Siddons and the O'Neill ; nor did we anti-
would be made known in the proper quarter and inquired -----
into. cipate the simultaneous endorsement of the first
literary characters of the English nation, in support
' of this decision. We have seen her in three great
, test parts, and we no longer wonder at the universal
verdicts of the English critics and the British literati.
We see how close and acute a student she has been
while absent from us—how deeply she has observed
all the essentials of her profession, necessary in form-
ing the great artist—how studiously she has reformed
certain defects of style acquired in her probationary
career—how the innate faculties of her mind have
been developed and trained under the fosterage of
capable and appreciative criticism—and we no longer
marvel at her Transatlantic triumphs. We can now
readily imagine how the public crowded to her Bianca
and Lady Macbeth—how the Haymarket was
thronged for weeks to witness her marvellous perso-
nation of Romeo, or was fascinated with her Rosa-
lind and Viola, and how her Meg Merrilies has been
pronounced by Douglas Jerrold to be the wonderful
performance of modern times. Let any of our readers
who may have been sceptical on these apparently
over-wrought expressions of approbation of Miss
Cushman's powers, place themselves under the influ-
ence of her acting in any of her strictly favourite
parts, with unprejudiced minds, and they will readily
accede to the warmest eulogiurns of her European
admirers.
We are indulging too much in generalities in our
remarks on this gifted actress, but it would require a
volume to record all the points we have noticed as
worthy of observation, in her delineation of Mrs.
Haller, Rosalind, and Lady Macbeth. With all our
desire to convey to the readers of the Albion our dis-
tinct impressions, we must necessarily deal in gene-
rals, rather than in details, in the limited space allotted
to us in a newspaper column.
The great points that struck us in Miss Cushman's
Mrs. Hailer were the entire absence of the usual stage 1
trickery of the part, and the truly subdued and
iniellestaal rendering of the character, by which she
converted its mawkish sentimentality, and its more
pernicious moral, into something approaching to
nature and propriety. This truly Germanic specimen
of false sentimentalism was portrayed as the victim of
remorse and deeply-rooted despair every look,
every gesture, and every tone indicated the concen-
trated pangs of conscience-stricken guilt. She can-
not
look any one directly in the face—she appears to
dread detection in every movement surrounding
her she is constantly suppressing her emo-
tions, and appears unable to risk even the
utterance of the commonest expression, fearful that
she may betray her guilty secret. As the action of '
the play increase, and events lay bare her actual po-
sition, her convulsive bursts of grief and remorse are
absolutely thrilling, from their intensity and truth-
fulness : and yet even these are so artistically subdued,
that she appears to suppress them from an innate
sense of propriety and sincerity, and as if she shrunk
from making her sorrows the occasion for a acme.
Her acting in those passages, which have become the
stereotyped points of the stage, showed consummate
strokes of art. As such, Miss Cushman apparently
discards them altogether, or at least conveys to the
mind of the spectator an unconsciousness of having
them thrust upon the attention. The audience on
Monday night evidently missed their usual clap-traps :
but they listened, looked, and wondered with rapt
attention. They did not applaud vociferously—but
their deep silence was the unmistakeable evidence of
the favourable impressions they were receiving; while
the loud bursts of applause at the fall of the curtain,
and the uproarious testimonials of approbation be-
stowed upon the actress, when she appeared to respond
to the call of the whole house, were perhaps more
satisfactory testimonials to the truth of her acting,
than are the rounds of applause bestowed on other
representations of the part in the accustomed points
established by usage and precedent. We wish, how-
-1 ever, that Miss Cushman would discard this play from
her list. Mrs. Haller is unworthy of her greatpowers,
and the piece itself is a disgraceful appendage to the
drama in this age of intelligence and refinement.
On Tuesday evening we attended the representation
of Rosalind with some misgivings, for physically,
Miss Cushman must suffer by comparison with others
of her gifted cotemporaries. She cannot realize the
Rosalind of the poet in the first act, and therefore
until her assumption of male attire, she has to be
placed in the unenviable position of a player who is
compelled to draw upon the credulity of the audience.
She is the delicate, beautiful Rosalind, by supreme
rather than in reality. Miss Cushman gets over the
difficulty, however, with infinite tact; she plays the
first act with great care, rendering the language with
a true Shaksperian appreciation of its point and
beauty, and doing all with consummate and artistic
skill—particularly the sudden impression of love at
first sight, when introduced to Orlando. The anxiety
and interest she exhibits in her bye-play at the
wrestling match, and the parting from Orlando in the
same scene, were delicious specimens of natural act-
ing. But with the donning of the hose and doublet,
and arrayed at " all points like a man," the change of
garb was not more complete than was the whole style
and character of her acting. She carried the
" —swashing and menial outside,"
as if she were born to it, and indeed did what we have
seen no other actress do in the part—that is, truly
keep up the simulated impersonation of the boy
throughout. This mere physical embodiment of the
character
.is, however, but an accessory to the main
beauty of the personation. She gives such a vivid
rendering of the wit, spirit, and epigrammatic sharp-
ness of the text, that with all our familiarity with its
beauties, we felt as if we appreciated it truly for the
first time. Her scenes with Orlando, where she so
delightfully " plays the knave with him"--were pee
culiarly marked. Her wit gushed as if it were but
the overflowing of her natural gifts—not as if she
were saying good things for applause sake. No straits
for points—no effort—she is no painted and tinselled
actress, reciting speeches with the most approved
elocutionary expression, making the most of clap-
trap, and looking around for the usual applause that
follows—but she was the real, sprightly, frolicsome
woman who, in her impenetrable disguise, could play
upon the feelings of her lover, while she covertly
probed the depth of his affection—and this too as
naturally as if it were an ordinary colloquy in every-
day life. We have witnessed many stage triumphs in
our day, but we unhesitatingly say that we never
remember more intense enjoyment exhibited by an
audience, than did Miss Cushman's auditory evince
during the scene in the third act with Orlando on
Tuesday evening; nor do we think that heartier ap-
plause was ever rendered in a theatre—than those
three or four unanimous rounds which, like the escape
of steam from a safety-valve, were thundered out at
the close of the scene, as testimonials of the pent-up
delight the audience had experienced. We could di-
late on other innumerable beauties—but we must
devote a few words to her Lady Macbeth.
It is acknowledged, we believe without dispute, that
Miss Cushman is the best representative of this part
now upon the stage. The English critics who remem-
ber Mrs. Siddons, say that she approaches the excel-
lence that incomparable woman attained in this mag-
nificent creation. We endeavoured to divest ourselves
of all the prestige Miss Cushman has acquired in her
performance of this great part, and looked at it on
Wednesday impartially, yet with all our remembrances
of Mrs. Siddons awakened as fresh as if we had only
seen her a month age—and we are bound in all honesty
to say, that Miss Cushman has not yet attained to the
standard of the Siddons. She has, however, done
wonders with the part. If she has not restored it to
the stage in all its sublimity and magnificence of

PRATT V. HANBURY.

This was an action tried at the last Middlesex sittings,
before Lord Denman, when a verdict was found for the
defendant. It was an action brought by a publican
named Pratt, to recover compensation in damages from
the Messrs. Hanbury, the well-known brewers, for false
imprisonment. A person named Press, in their employ,
left a barrel of ale r.:t the house of the defendant, in order
that he might ascertain who it was for, he having for-
gotten, and not wishing to subject himself to a fine
which was imposed by his employers for such negli-
gence. The barrel was stationed in a conspicuous part
of the house, the plaintiff having, before it was left, asked
Press if he had the usual ticket, to which
he replied he had not. The plaintiff and Press were
charged with stealing the barrel of ale, but he was im.•
mediately acquitted, and brought this action to clear his
character.
Mr. JAMES now applied for a rule for a new trial on the
ground that the plea was amended by his Lordship by the
erasure of the words " stolen by some person unknown,"
and the insertion of the words "stolen by Thomas Press."
He contended the amendment completely altered the
course which the plaintiff intended to pursue, and that
it was far beyond the limits of amendment recognised by
the law.
The COURT said the recent statute gave Judges at
nisi prius full power to amend matters not vitally im-
portant to the case, among which might be classed the
amendment in this case. The plaintiff must have known
*at the person unknown was Press.
The application was therefore refused.

SUPERINTENDENT-REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT.
Deaths.
Cholera. Diarrh

THE QUIET HOUR.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
Listen, listen, sounds are stealing
Tiptoe on the balmy air;
Eve, her rainbow robe revealing,
Blushes through the twilight fair,
Whilst dreamy voices, touch'd with Pleasure's pain,
llum their sweet incense through the yearning brain,

Belford Union... ...
Bradford (Idanningham) ...
Bridgewater ...
Crechton •,• ••• •••
Dartford (Horton Kirby) ...
Doncaster (Barnborough district)—
Dudley, Sedgley, and Rowley
Regis •• a ••• •••
Falmouth (Constantine) ...
Knaresborough ••• •••
Lancaster ...
Lceda
Leydon (Peldon district) ...
Liverpool ...
Marlborough (Broad Hinton)
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Penzance (Churchtown) ...
St. Colutnb Major (Newlyn)... --
Stamford (Collyweston)
Stourbridge and Kingswinford•
Tenterden
Ulverstono
Walsall (Borough) ..
West Bromwich ..
Whitehavm
Windsor (King's-road)

- 2 2
- 1 0
- 4 2
- 1 0
- 1 0
- 1 0
- 0 1

Listen, listen, streams are singing
Down amid the amber glade;
Fairies perfumed bells are ringing,
The night-bird trills from out the shade:
Shall not our silent souls awake to move
In unison, when all around is love ?

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, at Westminster, before the Lono
Crake' BARON, Mr. Baron ALDERSON, and Mr. Baron
ROLFE.)

1 0

T. J. OUSELEY.

I DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Thursday evening a
determined act of self-destruction was committed at the
South-Western Railway Coffee-house, in the Waterloo-
road, near the railway terminus, by a man of respectable
appearance, whose name is supposed to be Thomson,
and who, it is believed, travelled by rail on that day
from Southampton or Portsmouth. The deceased had
called at the coffee house for the purpose of having some
refreshments, and was taken suddenly and violently ill,
from what was at first supposed to be apoplexy, but
subsequently a phial, which had recently contained
laudanum, and which was labled "Laudanum, poison,"
was found upon him; and there can be no doubt that
death had been caused by swallowing its contents. On
the deceased's person was found a purse containing 10/.
Ss. 4d. in gold and silver, and not the slightest cause
can be assigned for the rash act. Anderson, the parish
officer, has been made acquainted with the circum-
stances, and he has forwarded the particulars to Mr.
Carter, tho coroner, that an inquest may be holden.
GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. -- A
meeting of the members of this excellent society was
held at the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday forenoon,
for the purpose of electing four additional annuitants to
the roll of pensioners belonging to the institution. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was expected to
preside, but his Grace was unavoidably absent from
another engagement. The Hon. William Ashley ably
officiated in lieu of the Duke, and the business, which
attracted together a very largo company of ladies
warmly interested in the institution, then proceeded.
A committee of scrutineers having been duly elected,
the poll commecced, when a long and well-contested
struggle ensued, no fewer than 116 different candidates
presenting themselves for only four places. At five
o'clock, the scrutineers announced the result, which was
as follows :—Mrs. Maria Rickards, first successful can-
didate for the asylum connected with the society (8,545
votes); Miss Julia Edwards, second successful candidate
for the annuity fund (7,833 votes) ; Miss Ann Wright,
third successful candidate, annuity fund (5,530
votes); Miss Louisa Graham Lawrie, fourth successful
candidate for the asylum (3,188 votes). The impres-
sion which this interesting meeting left upon our mind
was a painful reti:ction, that an institution so capable of
being made efficient to promote the comforts and the
well-being of so deserving a class as the governesses of
London should have been obliged to present the misera-
ble spectacle it displayed on this occasion, of offering its
benefits to only four individuals, while 112 were sent
away unsatisfied. The usual ccmplimentary votes were
passed to the chairman and scrutineers, and the meeting
dispersed.

1 0
1 0

THOAS V. THOMAS.
In this case, whichM
was tried before Mr. Baron folio
at the last assizes fur the county of Hereford, and a
verdict taken for the plaintiff for 70L, subject to a mo-
tion to enter a nonsuit,
Mr. KEATING, c.C., now moved to enter such non-
suit accordingly. It was an action, he said, for money
had and received, brought by the plaintiff against the
defendant as executrix and widow of a person named
Benjamin Thomas, deceased; and the declaration only
contained a count for money had and received by the
testator for the use of the plaintiff. The short point in
th© case was whether one tenant in common can main-
tain an action for money had and received, against
another tenant in common, there being no evidence of
Lis being the bailiff of the tenant in any way. There
was no evidence of the deceased having been in any way
the bailiff of the plaintiff; nor that the parties knew
their proper legal situations before the death of Benjamin
Thomas. He (Mr. Keating) submitted that an action
for money had and received under those circumstances
would not lie.

5 0

1 0
5 0

Total

SCOTLAND.

Bo'ness .

Ilawick

2 0
1 0

Total ...

GENERAL TOTAL.
England and Wales ...
Scotland ... ...

The COURT granted a rule to show cause.
GRIEVE, AiriMINISTRATRII, V. MILTON.
Mr. TEMPLE said this was an action tried before Mr.
Justice Wightman at the last assizes at Carlisle, in which
the plaintiff was nonsuited, but with liberty to move to
set aside the nonsuit and enter a verdict for 3001. On
the part of the plaintiff, he (Mr. Templo)lmoved for that
rule, the case being ono in which the plaintiff com-
plained, as widow of Thomas Grieve, against the defend-
ant, who is the bridge surveyor of the county of Cum-
berland, in respect of an accident which had deprived
her of her husband, and the action was brought under
Lord Campbell's Act. The deceased Thomas Grieve
was a mail-guard residing at Ayr. On the Bth of
August 1848, he had come to Carlisle in order
to give evidence on a trial there. Ile subsequently
Went from Carlisle to Wigton by rail in the
Went
of one Joseph Peel, whence they went in a
Rig to a place in the vicinity called the Abbey
Aaolroe. On returning to Wigton, late at night,
they had to cross a country bridge over the Wiser.
11Pon a portion of the road, within the 300 yards for the
repairs of which the county was liable, a heap of stones
Ns'as laid in a most dangerous position. The gig in
'which Grieve and Peel were travelling came in contact
with this heap of stones, and was overturned, and
afterwards
received such serious injury that he shortly
the died. There was no evidence as to who was
'Plne person who laid the stones there ; and the real
etition now was, whether evidence was given on the
trial to connect Milton (the defendant) with the act of
the person—whosoever it was—who laid the stones in
question on the road. lie (Mr. Temple) submitted that
there was evidence to show that it was the duty lof
kilton (the defendant) to have the obstruction removed,
Provided there was reasonable time. The defendant is
county bridge surveyor, and it was his duty, as sch
bridge surveyor, to superintend the repairs of
this pau
r-
ticular part et the road. Previous to the accident a
,onduit on the bridge was being repaired, and the stones
question were placed there for that purpose, and at
the
"tY ias bridge surhvnstance of te defendant, in performance of his
eyor.
The COURT granted a rule generally.
C()

Total ... 39 13
NOTE.--The deaths are returned according to the
superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im•
practicable to distinguish every place separately.

RAILWAY RETURNS
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
eek in the previous year :

43 ..5.
P. 14
2 4
o
e 4
U 2,

434
1,274
414
710
230

5,071
1,766

790
1,126

707
3,517
1,929
15 417
1,541
1,377
2,661
1,013

NLWS OF HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Herbert
has completed his fresco from Lear, in the Upper Wait-
ing Hall, or " Hall of Poets." That of Milton was
given to Mr. Horsley, that of Chaucer to Mr. Cope, and
both ate finished. Mr. John Tenniel has Dryden, and is
now proceeding on the wall. The artists for the re-
mainder are not yet named, so far as we know. Mr.
Tenniel's subject is the St. Cecilia, the clever original
drawing for which was lithographed by the Art-Union
of London; copies were distributed as prizes. The,
it
artist has altered the composition of the foreground. 9i
Mr. Herbert's fresco we must speak in warm terms; is
a noble work, full of power and beauty. In completing
the decoration of the ceiling and walls of the ball, it
will be necessary to have reference to the frescoes, or
their effect may be considerably interfered with. Look-
ing in at the House of Lords, we saw Mr. Maclise hard
at work, perer.ed up in the far distant recess, wherein he
has nearly finished the Spirit of Chivalry. The House
of Commons is so near to completion that if it were
desired it might be made ready in time for the coming
session. The whole of the woojwork here, panelled
ceiling, gulieries, wall panellings are of polished oak,
without colour or gilding, contrasted strongly with the
profuse decoration of the House of Lords. The Com-
mons' lobby and libraries arc also very nearly ready for
use. Some time since we took occasion to mention that
the piles which formed the coffer-dam in front of the
tci race were being drawn; and we pointed out the im-
policy of the proceeding and the danger which attended
it. We are glad, therefore, to find that this course has
been abandoned, and that the piles are now being cut off
close to the surface of the ground, so as not to disturb
the bottom. The question between Mr. Barry end the
Government is stilt open; but we understand there is
every willingness on the part of the latter to meet it
lib:rally.— The Builder.
PRESENTATION CUP TO THE LORD MAYOII,--011
Thursday last an elegant silver cup, manufactured at
the establishment of Mr. Hancock, a successor of Messrs.
Sterr and Mortimer, of Bruton-street, was presented by
his Ex-Majesty Louis Philippe to Sir James Duke, Lord
Mayor, in testimony of tho gratification experienced by
his Majesty on the occasion of his visit to the Mansion
housf,. The cup, which is in the style of the time of
Queen Anne, has a shield with the initials "L. P." and
the crown of France, and cn the base are panels contain-
ing the armorial heariegs of the Lord Mayor, the private
cent of alms of Sir J. Duke, the arms of the King, and
a legend commemorative of the visit to the Manion-
house.

3,827
19,329
10,583
2,556

132
.39,828

636
9,076
9,813
2,806
21,447
1,184

2,578

MMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.)
NEWNHAM V. BEAVER AND ANOTHER.
Zud. Mr. Sergeant BYLES applied on the part of the de-
ants for a rule to show cause why the simple
question not retax his costs in this case. The simple
question was whether when the owner of a tithe rent-
tiler • t
„e
charge thstratned for arrears and succeeded, the tithe
7;17t-Payer was bound to pay single or double costs.
thu defendants, it appeared, took out a summons to stay
th° Procedings, and obtained an order thereupon that
Pr,`Y should be discontinued on the payment of costs.
he at
' w.aster taxed double costs, amounting to 1301., and
the
tkdefendants had paid 501. on account, contending that
euosetstthe-payer could only be called upon to pay single
Their LORDSHIPS granted a rule to show cause.
After hearing another motion, which, however, was of
`it? Public interest, the Court rose at half-past eleven,
"re being no other business before it.

1,047

1,284

9,223
1,564
2,149
665

187
12,884
7,171

202
13,038
7,810

SAIL
COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
PARISI! OF ST. PANCRAS.
Ross, on behalf of the commissioners of the
th'inners' Estatet in the parish of. St. Pancras, applied to
e Court for a mandamus directed to the inh%hitauts of
the parish, to assemble on the 21st of November, at the
orlices of the commissioners, and select certain commis-
lioners to carry out a local Act relating to the estate.
The circtinastancs under which he made the application
were these :—ln 1813 an Act was passed, providing fur
tilt paving anti lighting of the and directing that
134 the 24th of every succeeding June the inhabitants
&I householders residing within the limits of the parish
ilto had duly paid their rates, should meet and elect
tJ commissioners, to execute the provisions of the Act.
Zit,l) to the present year the election had legally and re-
4t'llarly taken place, but from inadvertence, or some
et cause, Mr. Dixon, the clerk of the commission,
fo,:C/ Was appointed in 1839, convened the usual meeting
41' aline 24, which happened to be on a Sunday, and the
ad:°,4lrnissioners were elected on that day. Now, by the
teos'lltt 4th William IV., chap. 32, it was enacted that every.
4011ing of a public or secular nature, held according to
tied Parliament of
or charter from the Crown on a par-
Pre-elr,dttY in the year should be held on the Saturday
fello'utug or the Monday succeeding, Whenever that day
ttonSundaY, and in this instance, therefore, the Elec-
Aly ti;was illegal and the commissioners had not acted.
or. th® 11 th George L, cases like these occurring in
elections were directed to be provided fur by
same"au% while the 3 and 4 William IV. provided the
t° Pr°v6ion of the 11th of George 1., applicable only
cor
b'taission potations, should extend to every species of
;,eit.(l now toulistake, and in accordance with that Act ho
leb took
Justice re fora mandamus to amend the election
+.4r.
RP it" on the 24th of lest June.
•r, Ross PATTESON granted a rule nisi.
ad teen'W s• 'ad Leen instructed that under the Act he
4 had
the rule was absolute iu the first instance.
ttildfinalo 1.3
Rule ATTESON consulted with the Master,
absolute practice was so, made the rule absolute.
accordingly.
1)1 ^ST REET • —(Tlids DAY.)
tk„,EiTt,,„
0,4041,--ANcE AT TIIE HOLBORN CASINO.--A tall,
ultt `-"Y-attired, young man was charged with having
tle4'd the • ceased
s. police in the execution of their duty, and
he turbance at the Holborn Casino.
bi,42 eclant was at the Casino de Venice last night,
Vtlicleq tot s.onlewhat noisy, he was requested by the
1,4 paid
au.ttre. lle said, no one should remove him; he
114,14 Was 13 money, and would stop till the entertain-
that,,°ver; and his conduct led to so much confu-
h 44 ito Police were compelled to usl force in ejecting
°;ise. °a the building' and conveying him to the station-
qt„-•e o.
141,',Ifer,rIndant denied the charge, and said the officious
Ils:t..tel:tri.::l:o„Forthe police was the cause of the dis-
iyy or did not believe him, and inflicted the full
elTl a month's imprisonment.
sited /,,L3ogwas
AVEGEIT AT JULLIEN'S.—A respectably-
"" Lamed Brown, the son of a merchant, was

MIDDLESEX HosrITAL —A quarterly general court
or,the governors was held enTbnrsday in the board-room
of the institution, Mr. Tlenry Hunt in the chair. The
minutes of the last meeting having beets confirmed, a
stmement was read by the secretary, from which it ap-
pear,d that the balance in the blnker's hands amounted
to 1,148/. 14s. Bd., mild the balance from the Samaritan
Fund to 1591, 6s. 2d. The number of patients in the
ho!,pital lust week was 232, of whom thirty-five were
discharged, and four died ; 38 were admitted during the
week, and at present there remained in the hospital
231. Within the last three months 540 cholera out-
patients had been attended by the medical officers of the
institution, and 58 cholera patients were admitted into
the hospital. This had been done at considerable addi-
tional expense ; and it was hoped the public would
acknowledge the relief rendered under such extraordinary
and painful circumstances in a substantial manner.
During the quarter, two legacies of 1001. each, be-
queathed by Mr. J. Powell Powell and Miss Limber had
been paid into the funds; and a legacy of 5004 had been
bequeathed by Miss Eliza Palmer, which was not yet
pat • Uron the suggestion of the lecturers, conatnu-
ideated by Mr. Campbell De Morgan, surgeon, the
board resolved that a lectureship on comparative
anatomy be instituted at the Middlesex School of Me-
&eine. The accounts having been signed, the meeting
adjourned.
EXTENSIVE POST- OFFICE ROBBERY.— On Wed-
nesday evening week a letter, addressed to J. W.
Gilbert, Esq., Lothbury, London, and containing bank-
notes, eh( T.:cf.', and bills of exchange, to the amount of
2,0561. 3s. Bd., was posted at Nottingham by one of the
clerks at the Notticgharn aid Nottinghamshire Bank.
As it did not reach its destination an inquiry was imme-
diately set on foot, and it was soon discovered that it had
been stolen. The cheques And bills being specially in-
dorsed to the London and Westminster Bank, could not
bo negotiated, unless the thief also committed forgery;
and, as the payment was promptly stopped, there is no
!ear that that will be attempted. The notes comprised
one of the Bank of England for 5001. (an amount too
large to be meddled with), and eleven for 51. each, of
which it has been ascertained that seven were changed
the next day.—Nottinglatin Journal.
Tun ARMY.—The
Ceylon Rifle Regiment is to be
reduced on Ist Arai!, ILSO, by one lieutenant-colonel,
one major, twenty-two lieutenants, and one quarter•
Itnincr; and the portion of the corps stationed at Hong-
Kang is in future to be three companies, instead of six.

-~- 1.

JULLIEN'S PIZOIVIENADE CON-
CEIZ TS AT Di: WRY-LANE THEATRE.
Last night rd. Jullien commenced his annual
concert canipaign at this theatre, and we have to
complain that this said annual concert campaign
of M. Jullicn is alwr..ys too short, never extending
beyond six weeks, often only lasting for a month,
whereas its duration should be for three months at
least. The orchestra is full and complete as ever,
and all the old celebrities, Kcenig, Baumann,
Collinet, Prosrare, &c., are there, whilst we have
in addition Herr Adolphe Kmnig, first horn player
to the King of Bavaria (who bids fair, judging from
his performance on the valve horn last evening, to
rival his brother on the cornet-a-piston).
Mr. Pratten, whose purity of tone and
facility of execution on the flute we have never
heard surpassed, and Herr Somers, a first-rate per-
former on the saxophon. Madlle. Jetty Treffz
is also engaged, and last night she sung " Batti
Batti," from Don Giovanni, with exquisite
grace, and on being encored she substituted for it
the English ballad " Home, sweat home," which we
have never heard so exquisitely, so feelingly rendered as
it was last evening by Jetty Treffz. In the second part
she sung the celebrated Trap Trap, in which of course
she was rapturously encored. The great novelty of the
evening was the selection from Le Propkete, in which
Herr Adolphe Koenig performed on the valve horn
the romanza, "Ta pauvre Mere," an& Mr.
Pratten on the flute, " Pour Bertha le
soupir," with great taste, accuracy, and effect.
The selections comprised all the most favourite airs
of the opera, and concluded with the danse des
Patineurs, in which Jullien seemed to revel.
Among the solo performers of the evening
we must not omit to mention Mr. V.
Collins, whose performance of last night
would be alone sufficient to secure for him a place
among the foremost violinists of the day. Between
the parts the National Anthem was played. Its repe-
tition was demanded, and the demand was at once com-
plied with, it was re-demanded, and Jullien substituted
" Rule Britannia," which was received with immense
applause. In the interval between the parts some
members of the swell mob attempted to get up a row
for the purpose of picking pockets, and endeavoured
I to make a rush through the promenade ; the police,
however, were in attendance, and the pickpockets
and their disorderly companions were expelled
from the theatre. The conduct of the gents at
public places has of late been an intolerable ,
nuisance, and we trust that the magistrates
will, in all cases of this nature which may be brought
before them, inflict imprisonment instead of a fine.
If it were once generally known that imprisonment
was the Inevitable consequence of engaging
in a "row" at a place of public amusement,
the swell-mobsmen and their allies, the disorderlies,
would cease to create disturbances. The fittings up
of the promenade are in exquisite taste, and the ar-
rangements as to refreshments are admirable. The
theatre was crammed to suffocation in every part.

guilt—its compunctious visifings of " the worm that
never dies"—and its guilty stricken terrors, yet she
has certainly given a representation of it that is
superior to that of any other actress we have seen
since the days of Siddons—that is, as far as the first
two acti are rendered by her ; fur her personation is
unequal.
The great feature of Miss Cushman's Lady Macbeth
is, that she deals in no subtle abstractions in her
interpretation of the part—all is as plain as a problem
in Euclid, worked out by a master. She finds the
Lady Macbeth of the Poet " a bold, bad woman"—
and such she readers her to the audience. There are
no half measures with her—no hesitating on the
means to he used to acquire her object--no compunc-
tions stop her. She actually does overpower her less
firm husband by the " intensity of high intellect, bold
spirit, arid lofty desires"—all which qualities are ren-
dered as palpable by Miss Cushman, in every word
and action, as if the spectator was literally anatomiz-
ing the inmost secrets of her heart and mind. From
the moment she reads the announcement of the pro-
mised honours by the witches, to the final catastrophe
which places the "golden round" upon her husband's
head, she is the same. Even the passage—" Had he
not resembled my father as he slept, I would have
done it," which the critics quote as affording the only
proof of Lady Macbeth's humanity of feeling—was
given by her with an intensity of desperate firmness,
as if she were above the ordinary feelings of our
nature. It was absolutely a thrilling exposition of the
text—entirely new. In carrying but her conception,
she gave many other equally new and striking read-
ings, which we cannot pause to enumerate. One how-
ever we must note from its surpassing power and
beauty. She invokes the "spirits" and " murdering
ministers" as if she were indeed holding communion
with them—and were in truth "transported beyond
the ignorant present." The whole passage is con-
ceived and executed with a sublimity almost incon-
ceivable—unless witnessed. We were glad to see her
retain the old reading of—
" We fail?"
as a scornful interrogation, implying a negative. We
have always thought that Mrs. Siddons erred in
giving it affirmatively. The context—
" But screw your courage to the sticking place
And we'll not fail,
clearly warrants, in our mind, Miss Cushman's read-
ing of the passage.
We have left ourselves but little space to notice the
latter portion of her Lady Macbeth. It lacked, to
our notion, the salutary monition, which extracted
from a learned member of the Church the expression
that he had received a clearer exposition of the com•
mandment—

" Thou shalt do no Murder,"
from the acting of Siddons and Kemble in the closing
scenes of this play, than he had ever obtained from
any erudite annotation on the divine injunction. Miss
Cushman does not yet convey the remorse and com-
punctious visitings of conscience, that may be pre-
sumed to accompany great crime. Even her dream
scene is but the re enacting of the dreadful reality,
with similar intensity and despair. We are willing
to believe that Miss Cushman has not yet thoroughly
worked out her own conception. She seems only to
have completed two acts. Let her but bring all her
genius, and commanding powers of intellect and exe-
cution to the concluding portions of the part, and it
will be one of the most wonderful exhibitions of his-
trionics that the modern stage has witnessed.
Miss Cushman has added Mariana in the Wife,
and Julia in the Hunchback, to the list of parts
played this week. We have not seen them, and we
regretted to see them announced. There are charac-
ters in the drama in which she can safely defy all
comparison and competition. There are others where
comparison would be fatal to her. These she should
avoid. The public are looking for her Queen
Catherine, Bianca, Meg Merrilies, Romeo, Hamlet,
and other parts in which her transcendent excellence
has been unequivocally acknowledged.

MAGAZINES, Scc.—(C N TINUED).
THE NEW MONTHLY.
The New Monthly opens with the continuation
and conclusion of Horace Smith's " Posthumous
Memoir of Myself"—a narrative the title of which
would seem to indicate a companion work to the
celebrated Memoires cl' outre Tombe of Chateau-
briand, but which, in fact, is merely the imaginary
reminiscences of a victim of hasty interment. The
feelings of the buried man as he lies in his ccfrin in
the vault, and hears the striking of the clock over-
head, are described with a horrible vraisemblance.
The principal articles in this number of the New
Monthly relate to foreign scenes, such as " A Drift
Log on the Mississippi;" " The Spirit of Change in
Southern Europe ;" "A. Fortnight on the Loire ;"
" Dr. Layard and the Last of the Chaldeans ;" " An
Excursion to Niagara and Canada," &c. " Soapey
Sponge's Sporting Tour" is continued too long.

ELIZA COOK'S JOUILVAL. Vol. I.
Six months having elapsed, the first volume of
Eliza Cook's Journal lies before us completed--a
goodly volume of 416 closely-printed pages of most
entertaining contributions, poetical, anecdotal, and
miscellaneous. Admirably has the accomplished
journalist fulfilled the promises with which she pre-
faced her new adventure in literature. She has our
cordial felicitations. Beyond the verbal felicitations,
however, of her friends and admirers, Eliza Cook
possesses the agreeable consciousness of having secured
the public approbation. Commencing her labours in
the conduct of this charming periodical with diffidence,
she may now proceed with security, familiarized
with the duties of her position, and blending together
in yet more harmonious congruity the effusions of her
very varied and efficient corps of contributors. Al-
though, we presume, unacquainted at the outset with
the peculiar responsibilities devolving upon the con-
ductor of a weekly publication, Eliza Cook, with an
intuitive aptitude, such as might have been expected
from her, has here afforded ample evidence that those
responsibilities have been thoroughly appreciated by
her, and that her appreciation of them has been rapidly
developed. Of this the book before us is
substantial testimony. Number after number of the
Journal has appeared in due succession, each week.
yielding alternately the graceful essay, the imagine •
tive narrative, the picturesque biography, or some
metrical composition abounding with natural
imageries and genial sentiment. Exceptions to this
there unquestionably are, but to particularise these
would be nothing less than invidious, seeing that,
comparatively speaking, they are, numerically and
intrinsically, altogether insignificant. What we
must, nevertheless, direct attention to, as constituting
the most prominent characteristics of the periodical,
are the qualities flowing rather from the heart than
from the head, rather from the affections than from
the intellect—its generous tone, its humanizing ten-
dencies, its inculcation of all those nobler and gentler
principles of our nature, to diffuse which is to scatter
abroad a shower of inestimable, benefactions. In her
newly-assumed character, Eliza Cook has been true
to her " antecedents "as a poet. Addressing her
readers, not in the ornate apparel of verse, but in the
humble garb of prose—as a journalist—she has
thought of the People. Drawing her inspirations
from Nature, she has thought of the People, she has
written to the People, and for the People, she has
loved the People. It is M. de Lamartine who has
recently said so beautifully—
" I love the people because I believe in God:"
Eliza Cook has experienced the exquisite charms of
that golden truth; she had recognised its existence
long before it was articulated by the poet-statesman
in those burning words which she might well assume
as a felicitous motto for her periodical. It is this
affection for the people which has consecrated her
songs in the hearts and on the hearths of the commu-
nity. It is this devotion to the same glorious cause
which is investing her journal with popularity. She
perceives and appreciates the depth and the delicacy,
the eloquence and the earnestness, of those feelings
which are the true lures of home, the true petioles of
family, the vitality of society, the soul of the People.
Her nature is the very antithesis, the very antipodes
of that which pervades the gay world in its
opinion of the People—that opinion which Steer-
forth has expressed where he says of them,
"Their delicacy is not to be shocked, or
hurt very easily ; they are wonderfully virtuous, I
dare say . . . but they have not very fine
natures, and they may be thankful that, like their
coarse skins, they are not easily wounded." Such are
the views of many of the tinselled butterflies of the
community. Such are not the views of Eliza Cook,
and to hear them uttered we doubt not would cause
her no less amazement than it did to little David
Copperfield. This, in truth, is the real secret of her
celebrity—the secret of the fame of those simple songs
and ballads which breathe in every syllable a love of
Nature and of the People. With such an inspira-
tion and such a tendency—an inspiration drawn from
Nature, and a tendency towards affection for the
People—Eliza Cook cannot fail to prosper, whether
as a Poet or as a Journalist.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
took their accustomed early walk this morning, in
the Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking and pony ex-
ercise.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt.
ing this morning, attended by Lieutenant Colone.
Hon. A. Gordon.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps
will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner
party this evening.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon has relieved
Lieutenant-Colonel P. H. Seymour in his duty as
Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday
next, the 6th instant, at Windsor Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
Strelitz visited the British Museum yesterday.
His Serene Highness Prince Hermann of Saxe
Weimar left town yesterday evening for the con-
tinent.

A deputation from the Board of Directors of the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverharapton Railway
Company, consisting of Mr. P. Rufford, M.P.
(Chairman), Messrs. G. B. Thorneycroft, Michael
Graysbrook, and 'William Mathews (Directors), Mr.
Charles Bedford (Solicitor), and Mr. Noel Thomas
Smith (Secretary), had an interview with the Com-
missioners of Railways on Thursday, at the office of
the Board of Trade.

The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches for the Earl of Elgin, Governor of Ca-
nada, and for the Governors of the other North Ame-
rican colonies, were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial•office.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Brunel, Captain
O'Brien, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Blandf'ord, for Trow-
bridge Trustees, had an interview with the Commis-
sioners of Railways on Thursday.

HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER.
(From the Court Circular.)
" The Priory, November 2, 1849.
" The Queen Dowager was rather restless and
harassed by her cough in the early part of the night,
but slept towards the morning.
" Her Majesty is suffering from slight oppression
this morning.

" DAVID DAVIES, M.D."

ENTERTAINMENT B Y THE LORD
MAYOR ELECT.
A sumptuous entertainment was given last night,
at the London Tavern, by the Lord Mayor Elect, to
a number of his private friends and the various officers
of the City. Covers were laid for about fifty per-
sons. Among the company were Alderman Copeland,
Alderman Humphery, Alderman Sir William Meg-
nay, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Sir George Carroll,
Alderman Hooper, Alderman Musgrove, Alderman
Moon, Alderman Sidney, Alderman Carden, Mr.
Sheriff Nicoll, the Chamberlain, the Town Clerk, the
City Solicitor, Under-Sheriffs Wire and Millard, Mr.
Commissioner Harvey, Mr. Secondary Potter, Messsrs.
Ryland and Locke, City pleaders ; Mr. John Wood,
chairman of the corn and coal committees ' - Mr. De-
puty Brittan ; Rev. Charles Marshall, chaplaiu to the
Lord Mayor Elect; Mr. Stone, &c.
The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having
been given,
The LORD MAYOR ELECT proposed the health of
the Aldermen of the City of London, to whom
the City was much indebted for the care and
vigilence they showed in preserving the peace and
watching over the privileges of the citizens.
The toast was drank with great cordiality.
Alderman COPELAND returned thanks, and after
alluding to the assistance the Aldermen received from
Mr. Commissioner Harvey and his police in preserving
the peace of the City, proposed "'The Health of the
Lord Mayor Elect," who, he was confident would
preserve the ancient privileges of the citizens unim-
paired during his year of office, as well as maintain
the dignity attached to the Mayoralty.
This toast was drunk with loud applause.
The LORD MAYOR ELECT returned thanks, and
stated that though he was conscious of his own defici-
encies, yet he would to the utmost of his power
devote himself to the duties of his office. He trusted
that at the close of his official career the citizens
would have no reason to say that the dignity of the
Mayoralty bad been tarnished in his hands.—(Cheers.)
The healths of the Lord Mayor, of the Sheriffs, the
Chamberlain, and the other officers of the City were
then severally proposed, and the company did not
separate till a late hour.
The dinner, which was furnished by Messrs. Bathe
and Breach, was one of the most sumptuous descrip-
tion, comprising every delicacy of the season, and
fully carrying out the views of the Lord Mayor
Elect, that no cost should be spared in its preparation.
Mr. Higgs officiated as toast-master on the occa-
sion.

MADAME SOETAG AT NeßWlCll.—.Madame Sontag
excited last week the greatest enthusiasm at Norwich,
although singing in that immense area, St. Andrew's
Hall, with only a pianoforte accompaniment, was not an
auspicious circumstance. Every one of her songs was
encored at both concerts. At the second, being ap-
plauded in every direction in Rode's variations, she was
ultimately oUged to re-appear for an encore. The ac•
companyist having during the interval touched a few
notes of " Home ! sweet Home !" rapturously received
at the previous concert, a tempest of applause arose, and
Madame Sontag was induced to sing that exquisite bal-
lad twice, with thrilling pathos.
THE GALWAY ESTATES.—The public sale of these
estates was resumed yesterday at the Auction Mart, and
a large number of persons were again present to witness
the prccesdings. Mr. Wainwright put up 28 lots, viz ,
the numbers ranging from 36 to 64 in the catalogue, but
not one purchase was made, each lot being either passed
over without a bid or bought in by the vendors. Tho
sale will last for two days longer.

AINSWORTH'S.
The admirers of Mr. Ainsworth's writings will be
delighted with the long instalment of," Guy Fawkes"
in this number. Some of the other contents of this
magazine, more especially the story of " Mike
Doolan," are beneath notice.

BELLE ASSEMBLER.
The Belle Assemblee has this month a beautiful
poem, by its accomplished editor, " The Mother's
Dream." The most attractive of the prose contribu-
tions is one of Elizabeth Youatt's always delightful
essays, entitled " Mental Architecture. We have
all of us, doubtless, more than once lamented our
" Dreams all vanished—joys all blighted,
Hopes 'twere madness to renew,
and, therefore, lie can all appreciate this gentle
teaching—
" Dear reader, if thou bast ever withdrawn, or art
now withdrawing thyself from the sphere of active duty
and domestic fellowship—if thou bast sat, or art sitting
in solitary places, building aiiriel castles that can never
be realised—for you is the warning written, and this
example recorded. Build no more new homes in your
imagination, but rather devote all your energies of mind
to the making bright, and cheerful, and happy that
home which tied has given you. Read the following
sweet testimony of a skilful architect, written in old
age.
" ' How many a stately fabric have I built up, and
watched with tears as it fell crumbling away! But I
have lived to say, " Thank God, that it did fall!
" Let one more attest,
I have lived, seen God thro' that lifetime,
And all was for best."
" Thank God for everything. Where he sees best
to place us, that is the best place: where he plants us,
there we shall most thrive and grow. The sun, and
wind, and rain aro all good for us. The wayside flower
is often more useful, more heart-cheering, than if it had
sprung up in the fairy bowers we so love to picture to
ourselves.
46

i 4 rasa dreamer from a child. Beautiful dreams