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BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

Mr. Bunn's late entertaining work on the
Stage " forms the subject of some equally enter-
taining critical comments in the August number of
this Magazine. So inveterate a party-man, how-
ever, is the Reviewer, that, even while discussing
theatrical topics, lie cannot avoid introducing poli-
tics, and launches many a sarcasm at the present
Government, which he seems to hate with all the
virulence of a parson`disappointed of preferment.
Can it be that he looked forward to a snug, sleepy,
cathedral sinecure, and has had his pious and dis-
interested expectations cut short in the flower of
their youth by the " Ecclesiastical Revenues "
Bill ? We feel strongly inclined to think that he
is suffering uuder some such disappointment ;
for, otherwise, he would never dream of at-
tributing the decline of the drama to the
" working of the Whig system !" Free trade, lie
assures us, has been the ruin of the stage. This
is logic equal to that which attributes the forma-
tion of the Goodwin Sands to Tenterden steeple.
The truth is, the drama has declined because, since
Kean's death, there has been no actor of sufficient
eminence to sustain it ; and it would not at all ,sur-
prise us, were both the great theatres to-be-al:toil'''.
turned into Conventicles for the accommodation of
the godly. The Reviewer's passing , remarki or;
Kean are excellent, though we are 'far frove,rating
the histrionic art so highly as he appears do.
A very moderate amount of intellect suffices
to make a superior actor ; indeed we 'khovv
of no profession in which sterling irtind:.is
so little required. " Ten Thousand a Nail
contains one or two striking scenes, but _- 134
usual, they are too much spun out. There is con 4
siderable pathos in the description of Mr. Aubrey's
departure from the home of his ancestors. The
" Tobias Correspondence" is rather heavy this
month, but an author cannot be always on the
broad grin, unless indeed he be some such des-
perate wag as Tom Hood. In the notice of the
" History of the Celtic Language," occur several
masterly specimens of grave irony, which are the
more effective, inasmuch as they seem to have
slipped out quite unconsciously. Referring to an
observation made by the historian, Mr. M'Lean,
that " if we would contemplate the human family
in its infant state, we must contemplate man as
naked," the Reviewer archly and quietly adds :
The truth of the proposition is less remarkable than its
adaptation to the author's purpose. If we must contem-
plate man as naked, how is this to be done? The usages
of ordinary society are unfavourable to such contemple.
tions ; and the natives of Australia can only be reached by
" turning our backs upon this hemisphere," not figura-
tively, but in earnest. But we are not, therefore, to des-
pair. If we cannot contemplate man in a state of absolute
nudity, we must be content to take him in the nearest
approximation to it that circumstances admit ; aud, for-
tunately for philology, the costume of our Celtic country-
men enables us, with little trouble, and at less expense, to
prosecute our discoveries in this direction as far as the
most enthusiastic inquirer would desire. By this means,
we are exempted from the necessity of a priori specula-
tions, where the opposite mode of argument is so fully il.
lustrated and so constantly suggested by all that we see.
Mr. M‘Lean'S reasoning on this subject is quite irresisti-
ble. The object to be attained, is an exposition of the
original state of man, of which nudity was a fundamental
feature. It is undeniable that this element is more con-
spicuous in the country of the kilt than among the wearers
of inexpressibles, and thus as the Celts approach the
nearest to Adam in dress, so it must be presumed they do
also in dialect. . . .

Mr. M'Lean need not—as his Reviewer suggests
—travel so far as the Highlands in order to con-
template man in the picturesque condition of
figleafed Adam, for if he will only take the Port.
patrick steam-boat to Ireland, he will find abund-
ance of men walking abroad in all the beauty of
unsophisticated nature. " A Second Chapter of
Turkish History" will furnish the reader with in-
formation which it is probable is wholly new to him.
The Number concludes with an intelligent essay
on the Fine Arts.

NE TV MONTHLY MA GA Z
The Marquis of Londonderry again I There is
really no end to the accomplishments of this
myriad-minded peer. One time we find him figuring,
as an orator in the Lords; at another, as an im-
perfectly developed Russian Ambassador ; this day
he comes forward as an historian ; the next, as the
King of a Tournament ; and now, behold, he steps
forth as a contributor to the New Monthly Mag,a-
zinc ! And ably---to do his Lordship justice---he
plays his part in this last capacity, for his Journal
of a Tour to the South of Spain " is among the
best articles in the Number. Nothing can exceed
the good humour of its tone, or the graphic spirit of
some of its descriptions, and the unconscious sim-
plicity of others. In a few brief sentences he has
conveyed to us a livelier idea of Cadiz than we have
yet had, notwithstanding that so many hundreds of
tourists have been hammering away at the subject.
His account of the young Queen of Portugal is also
a very relishing 77201TCa11. " Who Wants a Wife,"
though intended to be sprightly, degenerates too
often into staid gravity. The writer, whimsically
enough, observes, that the late matrimonial example
set by the Queen, will set young John Bull billing
and cooing for months to come ; and adds " the
Greek jest tells of a man who was ashamed to meet
his physician, because he had not lately had a
fever ; and we think that the bachelor will be less
than modest, who shall dare to present himself
at Court, unless he is notoriously engaged,'
and the writings are in the lawyer's hands." The
" Life and Adventures of Charles Chesterfield"
promise well ; but it is too early yet to form a de-
cided opinion. Mrs. Trollope has scarcely yet
crossed the threshold of her narrative. The Illus-
tration, ;,by Buss, contains a spirited full-length
figure of an old woman who—as we infer from the
countenances of her listeners—is telling a long, and
somewhat sleepy, story. " On Consumption" puts
forth some serviceable practical hints on the sub-
ject of this prevalent malady. "La Gitana" is a
passable tale, of just the sort that we meet with in
Magazines. " A Chapter on Black Dogs," is by
Douglas Jerrold. It is worthy of his terse and vi-
gorous pen. Tom Hood contributes two humo-
rous poems, from one of which—" Pompey's
Ghost"-----we quote the opening stanzas :

'Twas twelve o'clock, not twelve at night,
But twelve o'clock at noon ;
Because the sun was shining bright
And not the silver moon.
A prop:r time for friends to call,
Or Pots, or Penny Post;
When, lo 1 as Phoebe sat at work,
She saw her Pompey's Ghost
Now when a female has a call
From people that are dead ;
Like Paris ladies, she receives
Her visitors in bed.
But Pompey's Spirit could not come
Like spirits that arc white,
Because he was a Blackamoor,
And wouldn't show at night
But of all unexpected things
That happen to us here,
The most unpleasant is a rise
In what is very dear.
So Phoebe screamed an awful scream,
To prove the seaman's text ;
That after black appearances,
White squalls will follow next.
" Oh, Phoebe, dear 1 ob, Phathe, dear
Don't go to scream or faint;
You think because I'm black I am
The Devil, but. I ain't I
Behind the heels of Lady Lambe
I walk'd whilst I bad breath :
But that is past, and I am now
A-walking alter Death !"

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
We have here another of Tom Ingoldsby's Le-
gends, penned in his most mirthful mood. It is
called the " Shropshire Bluebeard," and follows
the favourite old nursery story pretty closely. 'I
humour is as rich and unctuous as Liston s,
and the rhymes are quite Hudibrastic in their
quaintness and ingenuity. Since the days of Peter
Pindar, we have had no such humourist as Tom
Ingoldsby ; and, in one respect Tom far surpasses
Peter, for lie has a fine poetical fancy, of which
the latter was wholly destitute. The present chap-
ters of " Guy Fawkes " give us rather too much
of Dr. Dee and his conjurations. They are full
of incident, however, and the dialogues are less
stiff and formal than usual. Mr. Ainsworth im-
proves as he proceeds, but there is still too melo-
dramatic an air about his characters and descrip-

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tions, as if he always wrote with an eye to the minor
theatres. " John Bull Abroad"consists,f a cleverish
sketch or two of this fine-natured, but somewhat
cross-grained animal on the Continent. John, it
seems, is still the butt of the Parisians, who pick
his pocket, and then quiz him in the Charivari,
by way, we suppose, of revenging themselves for
our very rude behaviour to them at Waterloo.
" Moral Economy of. Large Towns " is a sensible
essay from the pen of Dr. Taylor, with whose
life of Swift, prefixed to his late edition of
" Gulliver's Travels"—the Dean's master-piece--
we have been greatly pleased. The Doctor as-
sesses Swift's private and public character at just the
proper valuation. The " Cobbler and the Physi-
cian " is a droll story by Peake. " contrasts
in the Life of a Poet" is an interesting Shaksperian
miniscence, for which we are indebted to Mr.
Moran, who says what he has to say in a spirited,
unaffected manner. " The Fall of the House of
Usher" is too long, considering that it does not
rise above the dead Bedford Level of common-
place. " Gaspard de Besse" is something—but
not much—better. " Journal of Old Barnes, the
Pantaloon," introduces a whimsical account of the
famous July re% elution. We extract his sketch of
the two first day's proceedings :
r------`1.140411.Juir94.---Everybetly-in a- pucker, because
'Ring Charles the Ten'.4, Prince Polignac, and Peyronnet,
have token it in their heads to stop the liberty of the press.
siw the populace go arid break the windows at the
Treasury, and at Polignac's house. Barnes, my boy, here
will he a row. Observe what is going on, but keep your
head nut of mischief. Report that the troops are ordered
intko No writing below twenty printed pages
shittrAppear, exca with the authority of the minister,
• SecOelary -of Statd" for 'the • Interior of Paris. Writings
lobbliihed withinit *aufhiniiy. shall be immediately seized,
the' presses arittlipes uscl'ih pi inting them shall be placed
"liiii•public depot, ,!tnil• finder seals, or rendered uufit for
Ha 1 hi t 'ha 1-tLherc:, in 1830, to issue such an
-bet:Text! What cOuld'Polignae and Peyronnet be thinking
about?' As fo‘-'Chirlds the Tenth, ihe priests had driven
hit prior soul up intoldForner.
Tuesday, 2% National and the Temps,
two principal de*sprip&srappdaied as usual, without any
license, and they had printed aboUt five times as many
as was usual. People reading them mounted on chairs
in all directions. Cannon fired at Vincennes to alarm the
populace early in the morning,—some said they were
shooting the reporters. Soldiers were marching into Paris
all day. The tradesmen began to shut their shops; and
if Polignac and Peyronnet had 'shut up theirs then, much
bloodshed would have been spared. Columbine's mamma
asked me my opinion, whether we should be kept prisoners
of win ? I told her I did not think it likely that any one
would keep her. There must have been between four and
five thousand people in the Pdlais Royal. These were
cleared out by the troops. Saw Mr. NV_ W--, a
London gentleman, I used to know at the Sans Parcil
Theatre, a friend of old Scott. He had a speculation
with the diligence& in Paris. He was in a terrible stew.
The mob had taken three of his coaches to barricae the
street. He had no resource; and when the soldiers and
populace began to fight in earnest, he had the pleasure to
see the balls whizzing through the panels and glasses of
each of his dillys. But, Lord 1 they took sofas, tables,
rolling-stones, wheel-barrows, anything to block up the
way; they unpaved the Rue St. Honore ; they put the
lamps out. The soldiers fired on tee people, and killed
several. Police officers went to the two newspaper offices,
broke the doors open, and brought away the types and
presses—several devils (printers') seized. Much firing of
guns in the night. Put my bed on the floor, or I should
not have bad a wink of sleep. Heard a monstrous woke,
peeped out of window, and saw labourers carrying about
the dead bodies of the men that had been shot. Turned
sick, and wished myself at the Crown and Cushion. Little
Russell-street, Covent garden. Theatres closed. Et-ought
home a bottle of brandy with me from Wood thank
God 1 or I don't really know what would have become
of me."

MONTHLY CHRONICLE.
In an Essay on the " Influence of Eloquence
on English Freedom," which is here continued
from a former Number, the writer, commenting on
the Parliamentary speeches of Burke, speaks of his
conduct, as respects the French Revolution, in
terms of decided reprobation, and even intimates
his belief that he was influenced by pecuniary con-
siderations to take the cause he adopted. We
cannot so think of a man who was remarkable for
pride and elevation of character. We believe, on
the contrary, that Burke's change of opinion was
the result of his settled convictions ; and that as
he had invariably opposed the power of the Crown
when he thought that power excessive, so he felt
it his bounden duty to uphold.it, when he imagined
that its legitimate influence was declining. This
—and not the vulgar consideration of pounds,
shillings, and pence—we believe to have been the
propelling cause of, what has been sneeringly called,
his apostasy. With the writer's opinion of this
great man's eloquence we cordially coincide. In-
deed, we will go further, and add that he was the
most eloquent orator that ever existed ; for his was
not the mere eloquence of words—a very ordinary
accomplishment, and to be met with in the bar-
renest intellects—but of idea. Burke is one of
those few sterling orators, of whom it may be
said, that he never uttered a sentence without a
meaning. His very metaphors have often more
significance than the facts of other speakers. Let
those who wish to have a taste of his quality read
his speeches on " Economical Reform," and on the
" Nabob of Arcot's Debts," and more particularly
his " Letter to two Noble Lords," in which last
production there is fancy and feeling enough to set
up a dozen poets. " Illustrations of Napoleon" are
dexterously versified, but we can give them no higher
praise. Mr. Reade, the author, so far as we can
judge, seems cursed with a poetical ambition above
his capacity. He treats of lofty themes, but never
writes freshly from his own impressions, but from
suggestions and recollections furnished by other
poets. For instance, his stanzas on " Na-
poleon at Austerlitz" trundle off smoothly
and trippingly enough ; but the leading idea—
the only thing of value 'in them—is derived
from a wild poem, translated from the German, en-
titled " Napoleon's Midnight Review." So was it
with his elaborate " Italy," which was little better
than a variorum edition of Lord Byron's fourth
canto of Childe Harold. We must, however, do Mr.
Reade justice. As a close and successful imitator,
we prefer him to either of the authors of" Rejected
Addresses." The cursory " Notes on New Books,"
merit praise for the cordial, off-hand spirit in which
they are penned. But we protest against the
writer's eulogiums on anglers and angling, which,
as practised in our still English waters, is about
the most insipid pastime that ever wasted the time
of a rational being. In numerous instances that
we could mention, a man goes sleepily sauntering
all day along the borders of a river or brook ; gets
no bite but a gnat-bite ; catches nothing but a
desperate cold ; and possibly, at night-fall, when
returning fatigued and dispirited to his inn, across
some enclosed meadows, he is taken up for a poacher,
and clapped in the black hole of the nearest town
or village I This is a heavy penalty to pay for
following the example of that old fool, Izaac Wal-
ton, whose pastorai twaddle it is just now the
fashion to praise to the skies. The " Fair of Al-
tnachara," is a stirring description of Arabian
merry-making. We quote a stanza or two :

There, too, the Story-tellers,
With long beards and bald pates,
Most earnestly romancing
Grave follies of the Fates,
For which their crowded auditors
Some Give of f the youthscoins a
bags,,
do
maidensf shad
dates.
Sweet tears, or turn quite pale ;
But silence and the clouded pipe
O'er all the rest prevail.
Mark the Egyptian Sorcerer,
in black and yellow robes!
Ills ragged raven hair he twines
Around two golden globes I
And now he beats a brazen gong,
Whirling about with shriek and song ;
Till the globes burst in fire,
Which in a violet spire,
Shoots o'er the highest tent-tcps there,
Then fades away in perfume rare ,
With music somewhere in the sky,
Whereat the Sorcerer seems to lie'

Broad cymbals are clashing,
And flyitig and flashing !
The silver bells ringing !
Gongs booming and swinging !
The Fair's at its height
In the cool brilliant night
While steams the moon's glory
On javelins and sabres,
And long beards all hoary,
'Midst trumpets and tabors—
Wild strugglings and trammels
Of leaders and camels,
And horsemen in masses,
'Midst droves of wild asses—
The clear gleams entrancing,
The passionate dancing,