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YD'S SHIPPIING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 2.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.;
moderate bre( ze and dull weather.
BELFAST, MAY 30.—S1d. Helen, New York; Radical,
Quebec; 31st, Riverdale, ditto; Gratitude, Newport and
St. Thomas; New York Packet, West Indies, after re-
pairing.
LIMERICK, MAY 31.—Wiud S.W.—Arrd. Thomas
Edward, Clark, Barbidoes • Sld. Sleepless, Quebec.
CORK, MAY 31.—Wind S., strong.—Arrd. 30th,
Woodpecker, Williams, Cuba, and sailed for Liverpool.
Sld. St John, New York; 31st, Stranger, Barbadoos;
Joseph, ditto; Fifesbire, Quebec.
OFF KINGSBRIDGE.—WaterIoo, Neatty, Sydney, New
South Wales.
OFF PETERHEAD, MAY 30.—Signet Thompson,
St. John's, N.B , for Leith.
LERWICK, MAY 25.—S1d. Scotia, Davis's Straits.
SWANSEA, JUNE I.—Wind Harriett,
Outerbridge, Cuba.
CARDIFF, MAY 31.—Ski. Antigua, Planter, New
York.
FALMOUTH, JUNE I.—Arrd. 31st, Hudson, Hohorst,
New York for Bremen. Off port, a brig, supposed to be
the Express packet from Brazils.
YARMOUTH,OFF THE
811.;r',., MAY
1. Wind S.W. fre
MY3o.—.2enelOpe, Tobago,
_sw.
Mount Stewart Elphinstone, Moreton Bay, New South
Wales. _ _

COWES, JUNE I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Maria Vic-
torina, Zuago, Havanndh.
PonTsmouTn, JUNE I.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Em-
peror, Landy, Porto Rico.
DEAL, JUNE I.—wina N.E.—Arrd. Urgent, Hanna..
ford, Callao and Cork; Mary Marsden, St. I)on3ingo,
for Hambergh; Boniface, La Guayra, for Altona ; Tem-
plar, Marshall, Antwerp for Valparaiso. Arrd. from
the river, Dorothea, Craig, Grenada ; Highburi,
Walker, Jamaica; American Eagle, Doane, New York.
Arrd. frcm the river and sld., Fear Not, I3akke, St.
Jago do Cuba. Sld. Charles Brooke, St. Vincent;
Oracub, St. Croix; Governor Harcourt, Honduras;
American Eagle, New York.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE L—Wind W.—Arrd. 31st, Agnes,
Crillcy, Nassau; Adam Lodge, Cork; New Orleans;
Niagara, Smith, New York; John Baring, Bailey, Char-
leston; Finland, Johnson, Baltimore; Harvest, Fuller,
Baltimore; Waterloo, Allen, New York; Anglo Ame-
rican, Chipman, Boston; Brazil Packet, St. Domingo;
Ann Lumsden, Nassau; Harriet August; Robinson,
N!-,w Orleans; Chase, Chase, Apalachicola, Pandora;
VY cams, Charleston; Catherine, late Patterson, Pictou;
Nercu., Smith, Halifax. S'd. 31st,
Laidmans, Calcutta;
Chusan, Valparaiso; Abbot, Reading, Valparaiso; Teal"
pleman, Valparaiso; Liffey, Barbadoes; Lydia, Antigua;
Seahorse, St. Thomas; Byzantium, Vera Cruz; Minna,
Newfoundland. Ist, Georgiana, Africa; Lucy Sharpe,
Arica; Freeman, Jamaica; Sherbrooke, Quebec. Off
port, California; Royal Willliam steamer; John Scott.
A brig, apparently English, with loss of topmasts,
the wrnk of which was alongside, but without any
signal of distress flying, was passed 20th May, lat*
46, long. 34, by the Harvest, Fuller, arrived here
from Baltimore. The Catherine, late Patterson
arrived here from Pictou to-day, while scudding before
a gale from the westward on the 21st May, in lat. 50,
lou. 23, was struck by a heavy sea, which washed over-
boarri the captain and cook, and part ofd ck load (deals),
and stove long boat, water casks, &c. The Cumberland,
of South Shields, bound to Quebec, with loss of top most
and main mast sprung, in a squall, 20th May, Ond al"

With the loss of some of her crew, but not in want of as-
sistance, was passed 22d May, in lat. 47 lom 29, by the
Jaarvest, Fuller, arrived here from Baltimon,.
HULL, JUNE I.—The Helen M•Gregor steamer,
vhich put back to this port to-day, was within eight
rides of Heligoland on the 30th ult., when boarded by
t Se Commodore of the Danish squadron, who would not
dilow her to anchor at Heligoland, threatening to fire
it Ito and seize her if she did not get away. An English
biig and a steamer, painted black, are reported to have
)en seized and sent to Copenhagen. The Transit
st earner is hourly expected to return. The Brack brig,
of Shields, taken possession of by tha Danish man-of-war,
an d proceeding .to Copenhagen, was spoken by the
Tlident steamer, arrived in the river from Liamburgh.
.LErrit, MAY 30.—A boat belonging to the Chieftain,
of Sunderland, for Quebec, was picked up 22d Apiil by
the

lARKET NE WS.-( THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GAMMEN.
tiOktr market was heavily supplies with both Fruit and
eg vtables, which commsoded a steady sale, at our
quo actions. Fruit—Pine-apples, 53 to 7s; and hot-
house Grapes, 103 to 123 per lb; Gooseberries, 3s, to 4s
Per half seive; Currants, 81 to is per pottle; Lemons, 53
!() 1 03; and Oranges, 7s to 16s per 100; forced Straw-
?"' ies, '6d to is Od per oz. ; forozd Peaches,
103: per dozen. Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s to as;
and Celery, 101 to is 21 per bundle; Asparagus,
)7s per 100; Spring Onions, 3d to 51 per bunch;
idi?otatoes, 80s to 220 s per ton; Mushrooms, 9d to
la Ptr pottle; Cape Brocoli, lOs to 123 per dozen
evutl(l les; Endive, 61 to 9d per score; Cabbage Let-
:tlees , is to 2s per half sieve; early York Cabbages, 6d
1C d per dozen; young Turnips, 2s to 2s 31 ; ditto
Carr >ts, 4s 61 to 6s ; and Greens, 2s to 4s per
(tOzen; bunches ; Parsley, Is 6d to 2s per half-sieve ;
Sea liail, is to 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 2s to 4s
Per brace; Rhubarb, 3s 61 to 6e per dozen bundles;
33„rus '7,els Sprouts, 91 to is 6d per half sieve; Cornish
Brocoli, is to 4s per dozen; New Potatoes, 3d
to 8d 'per lb; and Shallots, 4d per lb.; French Beans, is
to la 61 per 100; Radishes, 41 to 8d per dozen hands;
!mall. Salad, 2s to 2s 3d per dozen punnets; Cos Let-
Nees , 10d to ls: 2d par score.

NEWVATZI AND LEA.DENECALL..
POI ILTRY—Turkey Poulets, 4s Si to 5s 9d; Goslings, 58
61 to 83; Fowls, 2s 6d to 6s; capons, 4s to 7s; Chickens,
3i to 4s; Ducklings, 2s 9d to 4s; Pigeons 64 to 10d;
and N;abbits, 10d to is 94 each; Ostend Fresh Butter,
83 04 to los- and English, ditto, 8s to lls per dozen
' bs.
_trish Eggs, 4i 6d to 5s 3d; Frencb, ditto, 5s to 6s;
"(I IDnglish, ditto, 63 6d to 7s 3.1 per 120.

NEWPORT.
13e if, from 2s 6d to 3s 4a; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10;
Last 1,5 s Od to 6s 01 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and
'ork 3s 2d to 4s Od per Sibs.

WIMXIMECILELPZZ..
Be If, from 2s 4d to 3s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 83 to 33 10d
Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d; Veal, 33 4d to 43 ; and Pork
as 2d to 43 per 81bs.

BILLINGSGATE.

Sal non, 101 to is per Ib.; Turbots, 2s to 6s; Brills,
,6(1 to 2s; Cod Fish, is to 3s; Whitings, 2d to 3d;
Lobsters, is to 3; and Crabs, 13 to 2s each; Salt Fish,
Id to 2d; ditto Dried, 3d to 4d per Ib; Sules, 3d to Is
31 Per pair; Eels, 4s to 10.1 per ib; Mackerel, 4d to 8d
each ;. Flounders, Is to is 6d per dozen; Sturgeon,
,64 t 3 per Ib; haddocks, 31 to Gd each; Crimped
'cate. to 4d per lb; White Bait, 13 to 2s per quart.

BREAD.
Th, ) prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are
r°lll 'ld to ;id; of household ditto, 5d to GO per 4lbs
loaf.

ELIDE ATAIMET.
All,rket hides 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to
721 b, 11:1 to li.1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2d; ditto,
B°l6 to 881 b, 24d to 2i; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3d;
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 3id; ditto, 104Ib to 1121 b
to 44 I; Calf Skins, each, 4s Gd to 53 ; Lambs Skins,
Is ut to 2s 31 ; Horse Hides, 7s 6d; Shearlings, 6d
to Bd.

RAW .11/72.7:LETS
Fir etITIZFIELM—MeadowIIOI Hay, 2/ ss. to 31153; Clover
ditto,
31 03 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 lls per
°ad . Trade dull, at our quotations.
pC 71/BERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 16s ;
lover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 143 ; and Straw, 11 $s to
12.8 per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull.
MTECE[APEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 15s ;
"over ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 1/ 8s / 12s
per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DA
(litfore tho Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
THE ROYAL ETCHINGS.
1)11-14cE ALBERT V. STRANGE. -THE ATTORNE ir• GENERAL

V. STRANGE.
_Mr. SIDNEY SMITH resumed and concluded his argu-
tuents to-day in this case, on behalf of the defendant
Jack°.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied shortly, and
,The VICE-CHANCELLOR proceeded to give judgment.
He said that the course that had been taken at
4116 bar with respect to the defendant Strange
rendered it unnecessary for him to observe
'upon the case before the Court so far as con-
terned Mr. Strange on the present occasion. The man-
ner of proceeding, however, that had been elected by Mr.
Judge, prevented him from being silent on the subject of
the pleading and evidence, so far as they related to him,
though attfr the discussion which took place upon
interlocutory applications in the cause, with re-
!Peet to tho substance of the suit, it would pro-
"elY not be right to enter again in much detail
83 to matters of fact or law, since not only
Were the circumstances upon which he formed his belief
of What had taken place when ho continued the injunc-
tion established, but that opinion, that strong suspicion,
Which he thought himself then not warranted to act 1
aeon judicially, was clearly proved—he meant the par-
ticipation of Mr. Judge knowingly in that which, to
Use the mildest expression, was a breach of trust.
The case of Mr. Judge was one of entire and midis-
Bumbled dishonesty. There might be probably a legal
difference between the act of a man who bought from a
dishonest servant goods, the purchaser knowing them to
have been formerly stolen by the servant from bis mas-
ter, and the act of Mr. Judge in acquiring from Middle-
tt)); under the circumstances and in the manner in which
'lr. Judge bad acquired the disputed impressions, there
might be legally such a difference, but morally and
neitably where was none. It now appeared clearly that
).‘ir- Judge obtained the impressions from Middleton,
-41 - Judge well knowing the connexion subsisting be-
tweenu Middleton and Brown. It appeared that
-"r• Judge was at that time aware of the
origin and authorship of the works in ques-
tli°e• Now, could it be supposed for a moment
have
an intelligent or rational being that Mr. Judge could
imagined Middleton to have become, he would not
8 4Y the seller, but the possessor of the impressions Mr.
fudge bought of hiin without having been guilty of
-,1"IY, fraud, and treachery? and it would indeed be a
tl,lll. upon jurisprudence and a dishonour upon
Plue administration of justice in this country, were a
aintiff in such a case to ask for protection and redress
th vain- It had been said of the Learned Counsel for
Ddefendant that there were objections. to the frame,
o(the Learned Judge) thought those objections had
h ,weight whateve. It was true the bill did not speci-
tiallY distinguish the works of her Majesty from
080 of the Illustrious Plaintiff, or those which
lwere the joint productions of her Majesty and his
03'41 Highness, but the defect, if it existed or might
11
2_vo existed, was entirely removed by the catalogue
"Bich was stated in the bill, and formsd part of the
,7idence. It was indeed possible that the, injunction in
in° extent in which it was worded, with respect to the
Ork3 of the Queen, might be open, in point of extreme
"strictness,at to doubt and question, but, assuming the
afobement of the defendant Judge to be well-
iTtulded—assuming it to be open--"ae apprehended
be entirely without materiality; for if in
o strictness protection ought not to be af-
,,7 d in the present case, it must in the infor-
`"atton that had been filed, and for the pm poses of the
Present decree, the suit and information must be con-
sidered as one. Still if the defendant Yeas. desirous that
the language of the injunction to be continued or now
granted should be framed upon an extreme and close at
lention to the state of things, his Honour thought he
Would be entitled to have it done, and it a-hould be done.
Substantially, however, the defendant rwalit remain per-
petually under the prohibition ho is now placed, and
also under the further prohibition under which Mr.
Strange was now placed. It hart been said
teat the Court ought not to :act or make
'Permanent or final order in this case, without giving
re defendant an opportunity of defend ing himself at
and considering the current of modern decisions,
etwithstanding his own impression, his :Honour thought
the defendant to be so entitled if the else had remained
Auere position, in point of evidence, which he had con-
,ed it to be at the time of the question of granting and
b"llinuing the injunction; but it wits not in that
e`6sts.thttiort now. A breach o trust had been most clearly
if -i,"lished, and when a breach of trust was established,
wtti-ie.,ease of theplaintiff was to fail :at law, his Honour
said " certainly interfere in his favour. Then it was
and further, on behalf of the defendant,, that the catalogue
de etchings ought not to be decreed to be de-
titlerae up, •
inasmuch as the defendant was en-
they to the property of the material in which
ab" Were. With regard to the catalogues
thes_cluestion was raised, and there could be no doubt
dinittst be delivered up to be destroyed. With regard
atteededrepressions, it might have been right to have
_ to the defendant's claims, had they been upon a
Clualutseeriatlhe f value; but that question did not arise, b e -
utterly e materials on which they were made were
thl , except for that in which the
dee!,
luut ess
4 had no property whatever. The im-
Tlrde.essions must, therefore
,aboe
itigiiven up. With re-
to the costs, his Honoi;r
tQeg Y. the course of the Court, it' thrmweraist,sthat Freeodrid-
direct the pauper to pay the costs up to therequt t,
time when
he first became a pauper. If the course of ourt,
however, did not allow that (and
the office the Cr
of
the Court would determine that
course the Cats would not be c- question),
the
pauper defendant, but he thought it wlveln be found that
cas like the
the course of the Court did allow itold
alike in
present, where the case of the defenda'n.nt failed hew, in equity, in truth, and common hone_s
were any questions es to the language of thety.davtirfeb.etel,Lehrriees
Honour was anxious that they should be bro
him. The practical manner of carrying his intteons into
effect be attended with some little difficulty, and be
should therefore like to look at the minutes of the de-
cree
, y
the when they were prepared before they Were passed
u Restrar.
The effegict of this decree of the Court will be
lgrant a ptpetual injunction against ail
Iteelfleinnd,ants, restraining; them from publishing, printitnhge,
and or,
69 or making any use of the etchings or catalogue,
der -
io,„. log the defendant Judge to deliver up the cuta
Add etchings for the purpose of being dc.groyed:

and also to pay the costs of the suit up to the time he
obtained an order to defend himself in forma pouperis.
Nothing of any interest occurred in the other equity
courts.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court was occupied during the whole of the
morning in hearing and determining motions involving
points of practice of so purely technical a character as
to be wholly uninteretting.

THE MAGAZINES.
BLACKWOOD.

Glorious old Christopher is back again! as hale as
ever ! as eloquent as ever ! hobbling- on his crutch
over the purple carpetting of the heather at the foot
of the Cruachan ! Noctes Ambrosiance were his
former outpourings. Dies Boreales are those of
which he has given us his first libation. It was last

"Christopher in his Shooting Jacket." It is now
"Christopher under Canvass. Any way he is %el.
come, and cordially do we give him All hail ! his
meet royal greeting. But first of the " Caxtons."
For the " Cartons" are no newfangled acquaintance
either, but old favourites, endeared to us by thirteen
instalments of Blackwood. After closing the seventy-

aJ
ninth chapter, we have scarcely self possession to talk
of the merits of the present portion of the narrative
deliberately. With the conclusion of that chapter the
story arrives at a crisis of breathless interest. If- we
had the shifting of the zodiac, we half suspect we
should be inclined to "skip' June this year—thirst-
ing as we do for the continuation of the tale
in the July number. Hitherto we have heard
it objected to the " Caxtons" that the contribu •
tion is almost wholly devoid of that first and
chiefest ingredient for the concoction of a ficti-
tious history—interest. Henceforth the objection
cannot hold good. For, here, as in so many previous
instances, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has shown his
masterly power of exciting curiosity in the minds of
his readers. Scarcely any of his previous works
contain an incident of more exciting " interest" than
the one which hero threatens to drstroy the hopes of
Pisistratus and the happiness of Fanny Trevanion.
The only comparable passages in our recollection are
—the escape of the forger in " Night and Morning ;"
the schtming of Lumley Ferrers immediately before
the cicse of " Ernest Maltravers ;" the tarrying of
the guests at Lord Mauleverer's, when Brandon is
expected to arrive from the trial of "Paul Clifford ;"
or the flight of "'Pelham" from the dwelling-house
of the thieves and cut-throats when old Brimstone

Bess makes a " grab" at the throat of the " exquisite,"
and Fib Fakescrew lunges at him with his sword
amid yells of—" Crash the cull—down with him

before The dubs the jigger—Tip him the degan—
Fake him through and through—lf he pikes we
shall all be scragged." In the present instance,
however, we have to do neither with slang, or foppery,
or highwaymen, or forgers—but with the apparent
abduction of the daughter of one of the Ministers of
the Crown, by the secretary of Mr. Trevanion, that
Gower, alias Vivian, whom we have all along sus-
pected, and whom we now more than ever suspect to
be the lost and reprobate son of old Captain Roland.
_ _

Within the May number of Blackwood the story of
the " Caxtons" has progressed wonderfully, although
almost imperceptibly. Pisistratus has, like an adept
in diplomacy, persuaded his father, his mother, his
uncle, and his little cousin to look nearly with cheer-
ful complacency upon his prospective emigration to
Australia. Every preparation is made : he has in-
troduced himself to his partner in the speculation, one
Guy Bolding, a capital fellow, who only exclaims
whenever he gets into a pickle (which he does often)
that it's " Such Fun." Besides this, Pisistratus has
secured several subordinate "helps" towards his pro-
jected settlement—the newly-married son of his
uncle's shepherd ; a brave rascal of a poacher
bight Will-o'-the-Wisp; and a convalescent mechanic
named Miles Square—a character drawn with a
masterly hand, and formieg the type of a vast class
of our fellow-countrymen. Captain Roland and
Pisistratus go up to town to arrange about the
voyage ; and there the latter has an interview with
Lady Eleanor, the close of which is exquisitely
touching, when it is said, " the great struggles of
life are limited to moments." Chapter the seventy-
eighth—a brief one—is beautiftilly written, picturing
Roland in sorrow, leaning over TUB BOOK. Subse-
quently Pisistratus discovers a rare piece of villany
on the part of his quondam friend and protegee
Vivian. Having succeeded his patron as secretary
to Mr. Trevanion, and introduced his "creature,"
Mr. Peacock, into the household of his employer as a
flunky, Vivian, otherwise Gower, has formed an
atrocious plot for the abduction of Miss Trevanion,
the heiress. The narrative breaks off at the critical
moment when everything is in confusion. Besides
these aids towards the denouement, it must be men-
tioned that, in the present instalment, we hear of the
premature death of Lord Castleton, the betrothed of
Fanny Trevanion ; and find that Sir Sedley Beau-
desert has, to his grief and lamentation, succeeded to
the Marquisate. Neither must we overlook that odd,
absurd, natural, Shandean chapter, tending nothing
towards the advancement of the plot—on " House-
tops." This reminds one of Sterne's memorable
" Chapter on Whiskers." So much for the " Caxtons."
Dies Boreales, otherwise " Christopher under Can-
vass," being the initial chapter of a long series, af-
fords the opportunity of our doing no more than
welcoming back again with our whole heart the
portly presence of King Christopher. In hailing his
return to his old dominions we feel somewhat as must
have felt the Cavaliers on the 29th of May, when,
stepping on the shores of Dover, the whole Stuart
dynasty returned in Charles the Second. Yet
have we had. no Roundheads in the interim,
though albeit the contributors have formed a noble
Commonwealth, with Bulwer-Lytton, and Alison,
and Warren, and Aytoun, conspicuous amongst them.
Still, even with such rulers in the interregnum—
when once the regal crutch of Professor Wilson is
raised, the foremost men amongst them all own their
allegiance. It is thus that we greet the venerable
North when he comes back discoursing his pearls of
morality and his precious stones of wisdom in his
conversations with Buller and Seward. The intro-
duction gives illustrious promise, and the criticisms
on Homer and Milton, the distinctions between poetry
and prose, and the descriptions of mountain scenery,
are in the author's best style and loftiest spirit. Sat-
ing thus much, we leave Christopher for a while, with
a benison. We still miss the continuation of Mr.
Warren's biography of Sir Astley Cooper, and wax
impatient. Howbeit we should not show ourselves
exacting, being all hut cloyed to repletion with good
things in Blackwood. Here, besides the contributions
by such men as Sir Bulwer Lytton and Professor
Wilson, we have a fine-spirited argument upon the
wrongs done to Hungary by Austria, to which paper
we refer more at length in our leading columns ; a
clever, though somewhat atrabilious article, called
" Letters to the Rev. Charles Fustian ;" a chapter on
the " Romance of Russian History," suggested by
the new work of M. A. Blanc, and by a passage in
the translator's preface to Lajetchnikoff's " Heretic;"
a paper on " Feudalism in the Nineteenth Cen-
tury," and an inquiry into the causes of the " Civil
Revolution in the Canadas !" Need we say that this
number is a number in every respect worthy of
Maga?

BENTLEY.
Welcome at all times is the biography of an emi-
nent man, more particularly welcome at the present
time is the Biography of Street, the American poet, the
recent perusal of whose " Frontenac" has made all the
world anxious to know something of its gifted author,
With this biography the Bentley for June opens, and
it is illustrated by a portrait which it is impossible
even to glance at without feeling convinced that it
must be a likeness. The other illustration is a drol-
lery by Nicholson, illustrating an adventure recorded
in the "Note Book of the Coroner's Clerk." This
series improves every month, and the " Note Book of
the Coroner's Clerk' is already worthy to take its
place by the side of " The Experiences of a Gaol
Chaplain." Mr. Warren continues his " Scenes and
Adventures on the Banks of the Amazons," and
Sylvanus his " Turf Scenes and Characters." That
most delightful of travelling comi the
author of " Wayside Pictures," takes usons, this
month on a tour through Belgium, and a more
delightful cicerone to the art-wonders of Ant-
werp, Malines, Bruges, and Brussels, it is impos-
sible to meet with. " The Liberated Forgot," is a ter-
rific illustration of the iniquity of that law of France,
which, by branding a criminal on his shoulder with an
indelible mark, renders it all but impossible for the
forgot, who may have undergone his punishment, ever
to reform or regain his place in society, inasmuch as
it places him in the power of any hardened wretch
who may have known of his misfortune, and who
thus possesses the power of extorting money from him,
or, still worse, of forcing him into crime. This brand-
ing system is one which we trust the Legislative
Assembly will at once abolish. Mr. P. G. Patmore
contributes some interesting anecdotes of the early
life of De Lamartine, Victor Hugo, and Jules Janin
—and with the following characteristic anecdotes of
Bentley
for June :
De Lamartine, extractedfrom
we will conclude our notice of Mr.i ratmore's paper,
Bcri
" At the period to which our anecdote relates, the
widowed mother of De Larnartinoth resided with
tyof which her fa-
mily in a cHceau in Burgundy, in
she was looked up to as the great lady of
good torts of
the district.
Among
her few habitual visitors was th
the neighbouring village, who, from his amiable temper
'
and endearing manners, as the delight of all who came
within the sphere of his influence, and particularly of
the ycung folks at the el a-eau, ►ho honoured and re-
vered him as a lather, without ceasing to love him as a
Playmate and companion. On the occasion in question
he had called at the château in passing homeward from
one of his visitations of duty and benevolence, and no-
thing could satisfy his young friends, who crowded
round him with welcomes and caresses, but his remain-
ing to dine and spend the rest of the day with them.
The lady of the château joined her solicitations to those
of her children, and the good cures inclination 4 §trongly

seconded their wishes; but there was a serious obstacle
in the way.
" It is Saturday,' said the good man, ' and I've not
prepared a line of my to•morrow's sermon. And to
compose a good sermon,' Edded he, smiling, 'is no joke.
It will take me the rest of the day, and, it may be, an
hour or two cfthe night.'

" ' Oh, if that's all,' cried Alphonse, who bad receded
from the crowd of little suitcrs around the cure, and
was contemplating from a window the scene without,
' if that's all, write your scrmin for you, Monsieur
le Cure. I often write sermons, and preach them too,—
in my head! What shall the text be?'
" All present, the cure included, greeted this half-
serious, half-jocular sally with good-humoured smiles or
laughter, and the gocd man himself appeared to yield
to the argument for his stay among them. Accordingly
he gave a text at random to the young aspirant for preach-
ing honour, and;deterrniucd to borrow a few hours from
his pillow for the composition of his to-morrow's dis-
course.

" After dinner Alphonse disappeared from the family
party; but es this was a frequent result of his contem-
plative habits, nA)ody took notice of his absence till the
cure was preparing tor h's early departure in the even.
ing,—when Alphonse made his appearance with a roll
of paper in his hand.
" Here is your sermon, Monsieur le Cure,' exclaimed
he, with a smile of exultation on his beautiful and ex-
pressive countenance. . _ _

" The good cure, innocently humouring the joke, took
the scroll and opencd it. _ _

" Well,' said he, ' let us see what this sermon of our
young friend is made of. Suppose we try a little of it
upon the present audience,' and he proceeded to open
and read it aloud. He had not read many lines, how-
ever, before his aspect and manner became entirely
changed. In a word, the child of twelve years of age
had produced a composition of deep thought, fervid elo-
quence, and high poetry, and the good cute pronounced
it at church the next day to a delighted and admiring
audience.

" No coincidence could have been more fitting and
appropriate, than that of the first work of the author of
the' Meditations' and the 'Harmonies Sam ecrs' being
first given t..) the world within the walls of a religious
temple."