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,• • BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
This Magazine reached us at such a late period
. on. Saturday, that we were unable to include it
• among our usual periodical notices. The Num-
ber is pleasantly varied, and will, we think, be
much liked. It opens with the romance of
" Richard Savage," which maintains its interest
unimpaired. One scene, in particular, between
the old steward, Ludlow, and the hero, when the
former details to the latter the story of his wife's
degradation, exhibits considerable vigour both
of.. sentiment and expression. "Donnybrook
Fair, " as may be anticipated from . its title,
abounds in broad, hurnourous descriptive touches
The " Heart and the Key " is an account of
the perpetration, and discovery, under very
unusual circumstances, of a murder. The nar-
rative is told with earnestness and feeling.
The " Moated Grange." is an anecdote of
the stirring times o the Cavaliers and
Roundheads, and regards the " hair-breadth
'scapes " and ultimate capture of Walter
Colville by a party of Cromwell's dragoons.
the whimsical legend of the " Auto-da-Fe,"
Ingoldsby versifies with his usual felicity. The
nature of the article entitled " Popular Admira-
tion for Great Thieves," is sufficiently explained
by its title. It is an entertaining collection of
'-common-places relating to Dick Turpin, Jack
Shephard, Claude Du Val, &c. The author,
however, with a little pains, might have rendered
his article still more amusing, by giving us, in-
stead of hacknied anecdotes about modern
thieves, details respecting some of the more
noted prigs of antiquity, such as Cacus, Autoly-
cus, and that surprizing genius of whom Hero-
dotus speaks in his sketch of King Rhamsinni-
tus. The Spanish Chroniclers, too, would have
furnished him with abundant materials. " A
:Mystery" is a strange story, eloquently told by
Miss Romer. It is a piquant compound of mys-
terious love and still more mysterious murder.
From the pleasant melange, " Merrie England
n the Olden Time," we quote the author's ac-
count of a visit which he paid some years since to
Bartholomew Fair with *the late distinguished
-wit and
,essayist, Charles Lamb :
Many years since I accompanied my old friend,
Charles Lamb, to Bartholomew Fair. It was his pet
notion to explore the droll-booths; perchance to regale
in the " pens:" indeed, had roast pig (" a Chinese and a
female," dredged at the critical moment, and done till
it crackled delicately), continued one of its tit-bits, he
had bargained for an ear ! "In spirit a lion, in figure
a lamb," the game of jostling went on merrily; and
when the nimble fingers of a caller d'industrie found
their way into his pocket, he remarked that the poor
'." rogue only wanted "change !" As little heeded he the
penny rattles scraped down his back, and their frightful
harmony dinned in his ears. Of a black magician, who
was marvellously adroit with his daggers and gilt balls,
he said, " That fellow is not only a tVegro man, Sir, but
a necromancer !" He introduced himself to Saunders,
whose fiery visage and scarlet surtouslooked like Mon-
mouth-street in a blaze ! and the showman suspended
a threatened blast from his speaking-trumpet to bid him
• welcome., A painted show-cloth announced •in colossal
capitals that a two-headed cow was to be seen at sixpence
a-head. Elia inquired if it meant at per our heads or
the cow's? On another was chalked, " Ladies and gentle-
men, two pence; servants, one penny." Elia subscribed
us the exhibitor's " most obedient servants," posted our
plebian pence, and passed in. We peeped into the
puppet-shows; paid our respects to the wild animals;
visited Gynkell and Richardson; patronised (" nobly
daring !") a puff of the Flying Pieman's; and, such
was his wild humour, all but ventured into a swing !
This was a perilous joke I His fragile form canted out,
and his neck broken ! Then the unclassical evidence of
the Bartlemy Fair folk at the " Crownees 'quest." What
~.a serio-comic chapter for a posthumous edition of Elia's
4•:- Last Essays ! Threo little sweeps luxuriating over a
dish of fried sausages caught his eye. This time he
load have his way ! We entered the "parlour," and
on a dingy table-cloth, embroidered with mustard and
gravy, were quickly spread before us, " hissing hot,"
some of " the best in the fair." His olfactory organs
hinted that the " odeur des graillons" which invaded
them was not that of Monsieur Ude, still he inhaled it
heroically, observing that, not to argue dog-matically,
yet cat-egorically speaking, it reminded him of cur-ry.
•" Lunch time with us," quoth Elia, " is past, and din-
ter-time not yet come," and he passed over the steam-
ing dish to our companions at the table d'hote, with a
kind welcome, and a winning smile. They stared,
grinned, and all three fell to. e left them to their en-
joyments ; but not before Elia had slipped a silver
piece into their little ebony palms. A copious libation
to " rare Ben Jonson" concluded the day's sports.

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BRITISH MAGAZINE.
In this Number, which besides a copious
monthly register of religious and ecclesiastical
information, contains intelligence respecting the
progress of education, and several other useful mat-
ters, we find an interesting essay on "Antiquities,"
and some remarks on the "Church of Scotland"
in the seventeenth century.

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FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW
Several amusing original papers, both in prose
ate verse, make their appearance in this Num-
ber : one of the best is a moral essay under the
title
of the" Brahmin," which is not unlike some
of the graver essays in Johnson's " Idler." On
" Freemasonry" is a sketch of the progress of
this institution from the earliest period, and is
from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Oliver.

SCOTTS PROSE WORKS.
Cadell, Edinburgh, 1841.
We have here the "Heart of Mid-Lothian,"
republished in two separate forms, first, in one
duodecimo volume, and secondly, in an octavo
pamphlet; and in both cases got up with uncom-
mon neatness, and at a price that cannot fail to
bring it easily within the reach of almost all
classes of readers. The "Life of Napoleon" is
also continued in the same form, and when com-
pleted will make one handsome octavo volume.
'these are certainly the best and cheapest edi-
tions of Scott's works that have yet appeared.

PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE. •
C. Kniyht, London, 1841.
In the present Part—which is the thirty-
seventh—of this splendid edition of Shakspeare,
'We have the " Venus and Adonis" and the' Rape
of Lucrece," each of which is illustrated with a
choice variety of wood-cuts, and short pertinent
notes, which clear up the occasional/ obscurities
of the text. The poems are to be completed in
another Part.

ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE.
The best feature in this periodical is its miscel-
laneous Indian intelligence, which is very copious,
and condensed with considerable tact, and brings
lip the various matters of news to the latest pos-
sible period. Among the original papers we
rind some amusing " Extracts fr.om the Journal
?fa Medicalis v Ocer," wherein he infors us that
Infanticide ffiery common in the vicinity of
Cabool.

POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL.
Among other entertaining communications,
we have here a curious essay, entitled " Ima-
g•inative Wanderings," which is from the pen of
Mr. Forbes Winslow, and gives several amusing
cases of absence of mind in the per-
son of Dr. Robert Hamilton, well known by his
" Essay on the National Debt," who, it seems,
" pulled. off his hat to his own wife in the streets,
and apoL)gised for not having the pleasure of her
acquaintance ; went to his classes in the College
on the dark mornings with one of his wife's
white stockings on the one leg, and one of his
own black ones on the other; and would run
against a cow in the road, turn round, and beg
her pardon, and hope that she was not much
• hurt." A " Chapter on Early Painters" con-
tains a brief biographical sketch of Giotto di
bondone, who was born in 1276, and died in
1336, and attained great eminence as an artist.

SMALLWOOD' S MAGAZINE.
The best, or at any rate, the most instructive, 1
.I)ii. ki,(„1„ rticle in the present Number, is a portion of a
:1,:1i!1u,,,i. . History of Venice," by the Rev. Dr. Shephard,
..4,1.-:n'l 'which includes the period from the death of
1,, '. Valiero to the termination ()Nile war of Chiozza.
14 , 'rile chapters are carefully written, and the 5pi-
.,,,, t that animates them is of the right sort. "The
Confession" is an old ,Sicilian tradition, put into
'".B3r verse. In the "Diary of a Country Clergy-
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occur some pleasing reflections, suggested
Y,„ the approach of autntnn. " Adventures of
paurelsiY Man" is a sprightly sketch drawn, ap-
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°'.l: i-i'; 'lily, from the life.

RING'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.
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•;I:.it 0 A very promising monthly miscellany, con-
:;2:4t Veted by the classical and medical students of
e--0-.. I.',,ing''s College. The cleverest article in the
..Z umber is a translation of Schiller's " Robbers."
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• THE, SPORTSMAN.
In the article " Turf, by a Looker-on," thefe
• are some severe remarks on the refusal of
• -L4ird Milton to officiate as one of the Stew-
al% at the last Doncaster • Races. It ap-
Pears that the Town Council of that place
solicited his Lordship to undertake the
v,)flice, which he declined, on the plea that he
did
is not approve of the manner in which racing
not
conducted. We agree with the writer
that this was not a sufficient reason for refusing
to patronise an amusement which, no one can
geny, has been of great
service by imoving
The breed of horses. If black-legs ands wind-
-I,ers, and dishonest jockies, backed occasionally
by dishonest Peers and commoners, play foul
tricks, such upright men as Lord Milton and his
lather, and others of the same hie:ll p,
hould combine to eject them from
the Clubs,stam if
ino ifrom all :respectable society. Some curious

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extracts respecting the science of gunnery, and
the best fowling-pieces will be found under the
head " Review." The plates as usual are good.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL
MEDICAL SCHOOL.

On Saturday the Westminster Hospital Medical School
was opened by Dr. Hunter, late Professor of Anatomy
and Physiology in the Andersonian University, Glasgow.
From the high character which Dr. Hunter sus-
tained in Glasgow, both as a medical . practitioner
and lecturer on anatlny, considerable anxiety was dis-
played to witness his debut in London; and, certainly, a
more decidedly triumphant first appearance it has seldom
been our good fortune to witness. The anatomical theatre
was crowded by medical men high in the profession, go-
vernors of the hospital, and students ; throughout the
proceedings the utmost interest was evinced by the audi-
tory, and at the close Dr. Hunter was greeted with the
loudest bursts of enthusiastic applause. We regret that our
space will not allow more than a passing glance at the sub-
stance of the lecture, "on the study of medical science."
The lecturer divided his subject into four parts. The
first was devoted to a review of the requisite preparatory
studies and qualifications, in which the Doctor argued
for a high standard of literary and scientific attainment
as necessary to raise and maintain the tone and respect-
ability of the profession, and prepare the student for the
successful prosecution of medical science. The second
part of the lecture consisted of au interesting and lucid
delineation of the different branches of medical science
—the characteristics, extent, and connexion of each,
and the relations they severally bear to the fundamen-
tal departments of anatomy and chemistry. In the third
part of the lecture the proper method of studying medicine
was entered upon, and besides urging upon the student the
necessity of a practical investigation of every department
of the science, and a regular system of reading .and
study, some just and striking remarks were made on
the moral training required for the high and responsible
duties of the profession. The pre-eminent importance
of medical knowledge formed the last part of the dis-
course, in which motives of various kinds were urged
upon the student to its assiduous and successful cultiva-
tion. In conclusion, Dr. Hunter, acknowledging the
peculiarly gratifying reception he had met with,
expressed his personal obligations to the governors of
the Westminster Hospital and their committee, for the
honour they had conferred upon him in calling him
from the comparative privacy of a provincial locality to
'the great metropolis, he might say, of the world—an
honour he should endeavour to merit, not by words, but
by his unremitting and zealous discharge of the duties of
his situation. He begged also to say that he felt no
small honour in having been appointed to open
the school under the new and auspicious arrange-
ments which had been made—arrangements which
had brought the school and hospital into bonds of more
close and intimate alliance, calculated not only to secure
permanency and success to the school as a seminary
of medical learning, but also to devclope and secure 'the
means of greater efficiency to the internal arrangements
of the hospital itself. For his own part, nothing was
nearer his heart than the success of this school, and
from what he knew of the feelings and determination of
his colleagues, no effort would Le wanting on their part
to do every justice to the deptullinents of science over
which they so ably presided, and to raise the reputation
of the Westminster Hospital Medical School to the
highest celebrity.
After the Lecture, the friends of the School and of
the Hospital, dined together at the British Coffee-house.
Anthony White, Esq., the senior surgeon of the West-
minster Hospital, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the
Royal College of Surgeons, presided, and was supported
by a large number of influential gentlemen. In giving
the toast of " Success to the Westminster Hospital
School of Medicine," the Chairman observed that the
conflicting elements of which the former School was
composed, rendered its continued existence utterly im-
possible ; but the present School carried with it
elements of harmony and concord. The Dukes
of Northumberland and Buccleugh, Lord Eldon,
and other influential noblemen, had become the
patrons, and had subscribed most liberally to the fund,
which had enabled the Committee of Management to
carry into effect the purchase and the establishment of
the Institution. In addition to Dr. Hunter's, he was glad
to notice that the syllabus contained the eminent names
of Professors distinguished in almost every branch of
medical science and literature. Mr. White, in his con-
cluding remarks, sincerely congratulated the meeting
upon the enlistment of men of such distinguished cele-
brity, and whose efforts were so well calculated to effect
the high objects of medical education.