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London, England, 1847-06-03 00:00:00

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MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED).
TIDE DUBLIN C11V1VE1?,511.17.
tenTthaele,prosent number opens with a beautifully writ-
" Philip Armytege, or the Blind Girl's Love."
The author manifestly possesses deep and passionate
feeling, and no ordinary- descriptive powers. He
paints one of those fine old country mansions, the
glory of our native land. In this we are intro-
duced to the heroine, Stella Brandreth, a fair child,
springing up in grace and loveliness, but afflicted
with that deepest deprivation—the loss of sight.
she Was not born so. "For six years had the little
child looked on the beautiful sky and seen the flowers,
and then a shadow grew over her vision ; gradually it
darkened and darkened, and the world grew
dimmer, until at last she saw it no more, and all the
visiele earth was become to her like a scene once be-
held in a dream, and then shut out for ever." Gentle
and subdued she was, as became her helpless condi-
tion ; it seemed as if He who knew how dependent
her whole life must he, on the affection of ethers, had
endowed her with that irresistible beauty which wins
love, and the meek spirit that preserves it." There is
the father, a learned man, cold and stern, a man in
whom " mind held pre-eminence over heart." Her
twin-brother, a fine bold manly boy, and her amiable
out delicate d fast fading mother, " who clung to
her blind child with a passionate fervour, an all
absorbing love, that almost atoned for the loss of the
blessed gift of sight." That loving mother dies, am'
the stricken girl is left desolate indeed. She springs
into womanhood, and is almost compensated for her
sad bereavement by a soul to which music was as its
very breath and a voice that spoke of mind, of
;:eeling, of passion, such as came from no angel's
"Pa but from a woman's heart. She travels with
her father, and then meets with Philip Armytage4
1:11° "that Pariah of real life, a poor gentleman,
ut one well calculated to gain a woman's best affec-
tianaT particularly those of a " young, beautiful, blind
girl, whose lovely, dreaming heart, yearned for an
ideal, round which to hang, as a garland, all its flowers
of love and fancy." Love steals on them iinper-
:eisePtiblYT and it is not until they are about to part
'"4t they discover the real nature of their feelings to-
wards
each other—the depth and intensity of their
fir , teallove. Philip proposes to the father, but is
;.11,15, rejected, and informed that a man without
We"' should never be the husband of Stella Bran-
tresh.ll
, She is taken away, whither he knows not,
wealth which
determines to gain for himself that worldly
1,41111 Which will enable him ultimately to obtain
43 dearest wishes. He becomes a barrister and an
I:lochar, and gains fame and reputation, but can hear
he tidings of the loved one. At length
Meets her restored to sight, fond, faithful,
,id confiding as ever ; her father is dead, and she
"C" Possessed of wealth, but which is of no value in
P,a,rison with the object of her young heart's best
hee-etrcs- They are united, and their visions of
ber,.'"ness are more than realised. It is, however,
it;'. a brief and passing stream of felicity. They
chillfsai:t the old mansion, the scene of her
evi-07811 joys and sorrows, and there are struck
1e,„.", lightning, which renders her once more
to her
blind. She is still, however, dear as ever
and, husband lover who watches over, cherishes,
-, if Possible, loves her more deeply for her griev-
hini• safflicti°n• She is, however, speedily taken from
bloom
wring 'and yields her pure spirit to her Creator,
bloin his name. He sinks beneath the
terewee• For a time his noble mind is a
With—d 1,311 t at length reason is restored
to joindeclining health, and he is summoned
ic
her whom he bad loved with such fervour and intensity,
"Neophytus the Monk" is continued.
overyamiL Bey has landed near the monastery with an
his
authority
force • the aged Egoumenos surrenders
of to Neophytus, who becomes chief
aticluts brethren at a
season of unexampled danger
So r,„,,,difficulty. The Bey has invited the
join captain to return to his allegiance, and
thee„,e", In reducing the rebellious Pacha, but
of t'valng the most blood 7 vengeance in the event
.._euteers
sanuets refusal. A message of the most scornful de-
tvorri..ietseisif rienturned by the Novice, Irenaeus, who
the fatal duty, willing to sacrifice even
700rorerIci,eeforfse •
,t the cause of duty. His high -minded
nets him forth to certain death without one
dissuasion and the noble boy is butchered
demandsusin to give the Bey information which he
of the numbers of the Souliotes and monks.
The v
idtielstruction of the
andsmonatery is then detailed,
its inesstanding the fierce vigorous resistance of
a re cant ; the Souliote captain, Anagnosti, with
Wes. °ant a his gallant band, and Neophytus, the
the
b-uerea.:(ivo; of his monastic brethren, escaping from
in Irnlie An excellent article on " Architecture
gives an account of the works of the
Custo-"tecl *Tallies Gandon, the designer of the Irish
Coortla 'louse, the Royal Exchange, and Four
from King's Inns, Carlisle-bridge, &c. " Leaves
statesthe Life of Prince Talleyrand, ' detail that wily
uro an
plan for the territorial settlement of
ben",eand carries
us up to that exciting period
determine restoration of the Bourbon's is
established. The history
on, and the Provisional Government
or, of tractariar ism
riaar s it may well be termed, " the Counter-Refor-
vi ionary Movement in the Church of England," is
pleasing, " The Bishop of Ossory's Charge.", A
-Stng, gossiping " Chapter on Angling.' on the
foundation of the well known work by " Ephemera,
Of Bell's Life," will be perused wit a much
interest the
lovers of the gentle science.
Irish
Rivers" is continued, with a second
article on the Boyne, written in the same spirit
that has distinguished the former contributions.
a spirited memoir of the Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas in Ireland accompanies a portrait of
that Learned Judge, which, however, is less happy
than others that have graced the gallery of illustrious
Irishmen. The poetry consists of "r he Viking," a
spirited translation from the Swedish of E. G. Geijer,
by , William Lander, and two pleasing transla-
-4°llB from the odes of Horace. "Free trade and
Currenc-
y Reform," exhibits sounder political views
on the great question of the currency than we are.
acheinstefted to eee in the Irish periodical. The Dm-
,e,-"eitotis effects of the Bill of 1844—that fatal mea-
sure Which has fettered our energies and paralysed
theindustry—are well exposed ; which has driven
toerZ:nk, while its coffers are overflowing with gold,
--`t its accommodation and to di-turb our corn-
leercie,
Of 4141 and trading operations, by which the labour
Preeee country is supported—the national wealth
lane."eed• It truly says, "If coininerce and trade
e °Llash, labour cannot flourish. There is no divi-
ne, ,
elms "T interest, the productive and distributive
ales es depend upon one another for support. These
"ism constitute the great bulk of the community,
elerjhe wealth of the nation depends on their
rat 1°118; and it is, therefore, for the gene-
' .04 that their exertions should be allowed
tett,' IXeest scope; and he in every way possible pro-
is imu from sudden checks and long depressions:' It
sentrasible to controvert this great truth or to dis-
tirom the following views :
oreinaablie opinion has set in this direction, in an extra-
being degree; and instead of the' Currency Question'
regui, e,°llßned to one or two newspapers, it is now
hith 'ir'Y discussed, despite the distaste which has
tn ro been manifested, by one-half of the press of
ardi and Scotland—discussed, too, in an enlighened
has• ", and generally on sound principles. The question
tnade so much progress within the last six months
be no efforts of the supporters of the present system will
me able to turn the tide of public opinion. The principles
of Sir Robert Peel are found to be unsuitable to the po-
sition and wants of this country ; unsound and dangerous
14 their tendency, and producing, when in operation,
eonsequences precisely the opposite of those which
Was so confidently alleged would follow their establish-
ment. These are the opinions held at the present time
by a very large proportion of the leading bankers, mer-
chants, and manufacturers of the United Kingdom. The
complete; failure of Sir Robert Peel's Bill is
failed •
in every particular ; it has, in reality. effected
nothing which was sought to be effected by it. It is
Pronounced to have been unsuited to the old circum-
stances of the country, and still more unsuited to the
new.
vitaly
Wel gladly hail so able a " collaborateur" on this
important topic. The number is in every re-
aPect a good one.

DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE.
any ,Without in particular manner diminishing the
,;,—al'anter it has already acquired as a general maga-
..ifo, _r.
01 light literature, Dolman is becoming month
litlirrr,ln°nth more and more peculiarly the organ of
a - 'atholics of England. It has achieved for itself
the verY considerable share of popularity among
standard periodicals as a vehicle for literary
attert •
al
, nment and for literary research ; it is
m now
,4,"g to bring the original intention with which it
a: nlanifestiv started to a mature and visible deve-
krni ent• This intention was clearly to render
-"narlis Magazine the mouthpiece of our Roman
t o I°e3rt a tgi
Catholicfilet
fellow-countrymen, and to do so with the
oenn.tlemllanly forbearance, and the most liberal
—Vier as we may on doctrinal points we
l'eens?ect a principle so much in accordance with the
r.gherilne'nt of
Pacinniple n , these times. And actuated by that
it ctytable to
—o(ntaa's Illap,•azine must be singularly
the reli.Yionists for whose behoof
an 18'
especially printe'd, and welcome, too, as
Who
intelligent and superior periodical to those
have no ethical sympathy whatever for the pc-
c_uliar creed of the body spiritually subservient to the
Papac..Y. The opening
ta.Pe, stablished Church," article for June is a caustic
r, upon "The Architectural movement in the
signed Scott Nasmyth Stokes.
It
.13 not without ability. Mr. Jerningham contri-
4",tle.S a lively chapter of biographical gossip about
bei:dnelEmpress Maria Louisa ; but, to our thinking,
heartless eaz somewhat too gently with the character of this
:Ind,
iPnrlthce,
_r.price
Princess. The indefatigable editor, the Rev.
interestin. pursues his serial upon the " Penal Laws,"
eighteentgpr,sent continuation arrives at the most
crisis in the religious bigotry of the
moral. century—namelv the first gleanings of
.....- n .
.. ,
ictionat nnagration which was ignited among the
gag the depraved, by that eccentric tire-