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cantation seems, were very We must not efre2tive. Little Leyolyn
(Miss Wilton) was 'a charming petitessr•
omit to notice Miss Edgar and Mr. Chain—m. 4 the. former a
very promising and prettydanscuse. Her execuu2n. of the
hornpipe, and. her subsequent trippings in the in.;ber;
sonation and light garmenture of Summer,' shows'.
great dexterity of limb and a pretty-pointing toe.
The only thing wanted'to have given the entertainments
every roundness and completion, was the appearance, id
any shape, of Mr. Osbaldiston.

LITERATURE. .
TOM BOWLING. 3 Vols.
Colburn, London, 1841.
The hero of this tale is a foundling, who has
been reared by a dog-fancier, shortly after whose
death he enters the naval service, rises to de-
served distinction, marries the girl to whom he
was early attached, and finally turns out to be
the son of a nobleman, and, after a happy and
prosperous life, dies in the command of Green-
wich Hospital. There is little of novelty here to
excite attention ; but the events of the narrative
are worked up with spirit and ingenuity; and
we have several animated accounts of those glo-
rious naval engagements in which the heroes of
the last century so nobly distinguished them-
selves. In details such as these, Captain Cha-
mier—as might be anticipated—is quite at home.
Indeed, in his description of a sea-fight, he is
only inferior to the author of " Tom Criugle's
Log"—by far the best naval novelist of his time,
We suspect, however, that the taste for this sort
of tale is fast declining among us. We have
had so many writers in the field, and the nauti-
cal character in all its phases has been deline-
ated so often and so minutely, that any novelty
the subject might once have presented, is long
since exhausted.

PICTORIAL SHAKSPERE. Part XXXV.
Knight, London, 1841.
The present Part contains the entire tragedy
of Julius Casar, embellished with numerous il-
lustrations, and prefaced with an appropriate No-
tice on the subject of the Roman costume in the
days of the illustrious conqueror. Brief, perti-
nent notes, attached to each page, clear up what-
ever difficulties and obscurities occur in the text

HUMILITY.—An humble man is like a good
tree, i,he more full :of fruit the branches are, the lower
they
_end themselves.
A turnip, grown in Maria Island, Van Die-
man's Land, now in the tossession of a Norfolk gentle-
man, weighs 841b5., its girth is five feet two inches.
Some short time since an eminent special
pleader went to see Macbeth performed. lie sat quietly
for a long time, cold and abstracted—his thoughts were
far away, among the dark Courts of Chancery-lane. At
length Macbeth questions the Witches in the cavern—
" What is't you do ?" They reply—" A deed without a
name." " A deed without a name ?" exclaimed our
quibbling friend ; why, 'tis void!"
YUCCA GuntrosA.—There is in the garden
of Mr. J. R. Smith, surgeon, of Cirencester, a very fine
specimen of this plant, with one , flower Stem, on which
are upwards of 500 blossoms.
INTERESTING TO PrinEiloLoGisTs.—There
is a man up town whose forehead is so high that he is
obliged to go up in a garret to put his hat on.
" Can't say I admire your style of acting," as
the landlady of the alehouse said to the strolling player
when she caught him stealing her spoons.
Crossing from Kingston to Toronto, if the tou-
rist boat it, and be provided with good tackle, he will
find marvellous sport. Lake Erie abounds with a mam-
moth pike, and parts of these " deep waters" present
rather a novel feature in the art of trolling. The Mac-
kinonge fisher must be provided with an unusual quan-
tum of line, and he must allow his bait to sink to an ex-
traordinary depth before he can hope for a run or cap-
ture ; he must run out at least 30 or 40 yards, or per-
haps more ; he must then exercise his piscatorial skill in
imparting that ap captandum motion which he will have
found so alluring in more shallow water. The tackle
must be strong, for the fish met with here weigh from
50 and 60 to 801bs., and if the hand be not steady, and
the rod and line adapted to such sport, the astonished
angler will be in " a very considerable pretty particular
tarnation fix,"Us brother Jonathan says. A stout trol-
ling rod of the usual dimensions with the line of strong
whipcord immersed ih linseed oil (only have plenty of it
coiled roundin your pocket) will be found indispensable.
The sport is indescribably exciting, and I should say the
most satisfactory.—The Sportsman.
GRATlTUDE.—Gratitude was fancifully said to
be the memory of the heart ; but, alas ! for poor hu-
m-an nature, hearts are more than suspected to have
wondrous short memories.
A candidate in the north of England, during
the election, hit upon an ingenious method of corruption.
He presented the wives of several with silk flags to hang
from their windows, each piece of silk being sufficiently
large to make a gown !
KNowLEDGE.—Knowledge should he acquired
gradually, and by study ; for the superficial knowledge,
which is the, result of the promiscuous and unregulated
adoption of the discoveries of others, affects the mind, as
the sudden removal of a person with weak eyes from a
darkened room into a blaze of light dOes the sight—it
overpowers and confuses.
Some flowers absorb the rays of the sun so
strongly that, in the evening, they yield slight phosphoric
flashes. May we not compare the minds of poets to
these flowers, which, imbibing light, emit it again in a

different forni and aspect.
ELECTION OF THE PEERS OF SCOTLAND
—Friday the election of the sixteen representative Peers
of Scotland took place in the Picture Gallery of the Palace
of Holyrood. The following were the Peers elected :
The Marquis of Tweeddale, the Earls of Morton, Elgin,
Airlie, Leven and Melville, Selkirk, Orkney. and Sea-
field ; Viscounts Arbuthnot and Strathallan ; Lords
Forbes. Saltoun, Sinclair, Colville (of Culross), Reay,
and Rollo, and the Marquis of Queensberry. The only
alterations were the substitution of the Earl of Seafield
and Lord Rollo for the Earl of Home and Lord Gray,
who retire by their own consent.
USEFUL HINTS AND RECIPES.—ADVICE
TO PuncliasEns.—Never deal at a shop that has two
prices, asking in the first instance more than they mean
to take. Whenever you see a shop pretending to sell
" bankrupts' stocks" at great sacrifice; whenever you see
a shop with goods to be sold at " immense sacrifice,"
pass it quietly by and go to some quiet, business-like
shop, not where there is a long train of carriages waiting
at the door, because there, if you walk in, you arc not
waited'upon until the carriage company are all served.
Also avoid making purchases at a shop where the front
is very handsomely decorated and extravagantly fitted
up ; if you. do, you must contribute to the folly of the
owner by paying in proportion for the show besides that
of the ac,ual worth of the article you buy. These shops
are frequented by those who care little for money ; but
for a man of moderate fortune they are much more plea-
sant to look at and admire than make purchases at.—
Visit of the Parsees to England.
SALMON-FISHING IN THE NORTH.— The
river Ness has lately been very productive, and has
afforded better angling and net-fishing than has been
experienced for several years. The whole of our north-
ern streams have lately been highly successful, and
the present season will form a bright one in the fisher-
man's calendar. About a month ago the river Shinn
was producing its hundreds per day, and everywhere the
take is abundant. From Aberdeen 600 boxes were
shipped last week for the Thames, and about 700 from
Perth and Dundee. - The weekly supply from Scotland
to the London market is about 1,000 boxes per week,
and the Cockneys are regaling on fine salmon at 6d. and 7d.
per lb. We may mention, as a remarkable fact, that as
the men were drawing the net here, one day last week,
below the wooden bridge, and within tide-mark, they
caught a small gold fish, healthy and lively, which has
been placed in its usual element of clear fresh water,
in a crystal goblet, in the shop of Mr. Tait, perfumer.—
Scotsman.
FEMALE SKELETON FOUND.—On Wednes-
day, the 21st ult., as a boy was gathering blaelierries
near the ford betwixt Loch Loyre and Loch Benvein, in
Strathglass, he found a number of bones 'beside a large
stone. He communicated the circumstance to his father
and another person, who went to the spot, and the bones
were found to be those of a human body.. Beside them
were part of a woman's brown cloak, some' pieces of
blue printed cotton and worsted, and part of, what
appeared to be the straw and wire of a female's
bonnet. One of the men—Alexander Macgruer—
said he had passed the spot about a twelvemonth
previous, and recollected that there was a strong
disagreeable smell, but he did not see or search
for any object. Information of the bones being found
was sent to Mr. Mackay, procurator-fisoal here, and Mr.
John Macbean, messenger, repaired to the spot to inves-
tigate the case. It appeared that no native of the dis-
trict had disappeared, but Mrs. Williamson, Knockfin,
recollected having seen, about two years ago, an insane
woman, who stopped at the door, but would not enter
the house. Another person also saw the poor maniac,
who was dressed in a brown cloak and a straw bonnet.
There seems little doubt that the above are her remains,
and that the poor unfortunate had died by the wayside.
—Scotsman.
GAME PRESERVES.—The extent to which the
system of game-preserving is carried is almost incredi-
ble : for not alone in the ranks of our proud and over-
bearing aristocracy are game-preservers to be found, the
mania extends to tradesmen, ay, to Liverpool tradesmen
too, and we are bound to say that the proceedings of the
latter class are often characterised by a spirit of petty
vindictiveness and spleen generally unknown amongst
despots of a more elevated grade. We spoke of Lord
Stanley preserving lands not his own ; the same remark
will apply, in an equal degree. to the Earl of Sefton.
The latter nobleman commences with his preserves at
Croxteth, and extends it through Kirby, Simmonsweod,
Aintree, Sefton, Thornton, (a township in which he
scarcely owns an acre of land), Altcar, to the sea, a
space, as
the crow flies, of some twelve miles in length,
and averaging two miles in width. Lord Sefton should
not put the county to expense for punishing trespassers
on twenty-four square miles of land. Some years ago
his Lordship's keeper, Joseph Warner, of Altcar,
left for dead by some poachers, who were subsequently
apprehended, and one or two were transported for the
crime ; but the expenses of the prosecution were borne by
the county. Within our recollection one of Lord Skel-
mersdale's keepers in Latham, was shot dead by a poacher,
who was never taken. In Anglesea, the convict Chubb now
lies under sentence of death for the murder of a crame-
k,eeper.. We repeat, then, game-preservers should dip
into their own pockets, and not into these of the public,
do Vatfor`thtir whims.--Liverpool