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o.t.r, caullls'6 very aecei. able enf 10,4!
notes by way of illustration. Twenty'-six chapters
complete the whole narrative of the life and death of
dear old Sir Roger de Coverley, and these twenty-
six chapters are here given in their entirety with
every desirable iniormation about their authorship.,

PoisrratUS adV;iiera u, little s tattier lii tbe
went of his novel, insomuch that the mere romance
readers, those who read atone for the interest discover-
able in a fictitious narrative, will exult in the charms
of this sequel to the " Caxtons." Leonardhaving re-
solved to seek his fottunes in the metropolis, has
traiged sturdily up to town, taking teeter his care,
00 the way, that litdt' daughter of po,,r I.)gbv, ,A1:0
ad been left at the country tavern utiles° ected on
e death of her father, the old sol.lier. lannedia.tely
afore the entrance of the wayfarers into London they
eme upon en eccentric Angier, fishing for one diabo-
ical perch iu the treacherous stream the Brent, al-
luded to by the latter as the "Daiiiah of his exist-
enee." Arrived in town with his hob- charge,
Leonard meets accidentally with Frank H,2ledean,
now an officer in the Guards, aed Randal
Leslie, now a subordinate in the Foreign-office
under Audley Egerton. The three young men are
Brie, e_
e, uy a shower to take shelter under an archway
one to some livery stables—an incident reminding
m
of that capital farce at the Lyceum, in which
4" Charles Mathews is so delighttully humorous,
An
Appeal to the Public. In the next chapter we are
treated to a charming dialogue between Audley
Egerton and Harley L'Estrauge, the latter being one
°f the most exquisite and masterly creations of Sir
ue
wer Lytton. Harley likens the life of Audley to
storma in a saucer, and Audley returns the compli-
ment by saying that Harley's life is as surely the
esaucer without the storm. The following scrap ex-
cerpted from their conversation is delicious in its
quaint and quiet humour :
"Do you lviow," says Harley, in reply to his friend's
unexpected badinage, "that's very well said, Audley; I
did not think you bad so much liveliness of repartee.
it is insipid, it is shallow. No launching
Argosiea in the saucer. Audley, I have the oddest
fancy—.
"That of course," said Audley drily; " you never have
411 Y other. What is the new one?"
BARLEY (with great gravity)—"Do you believe in
Mesmerism?"
AUDLEY—" Certainly not."
Eferte,Ey—" If it were in the power of an animal mag-
uolsteit to get me out ot my own skin into somebody
That's my fancy! lam so tired of myself—so
tired'! I have run through all my ideas—know every
one of them by heart; when some pretentious impostor
of an •
idea perks itself up and says, 'Look at me, I'am
a u°Weequaintance'—l just give it a nod and say, Not
at all, you have only gob a new coat on; you are the
same old wretch that has bored me these last twenty
Ceara;
get away.' But if one could be in a new skin!
if I could be for halt-ac -hour your tall porter, or one ot
Your eminent matter-of-fact wen, I should then really
travelW()tir into a new world. Every man's brain must be a
in itself, eh? If I could but make a parochial
settlement even in yours, Audley—run over all your
threughts and sensations. Upon my life, I'll go and talk
hat French mesmeriser about it."
paper
about mesmerism, there is a glorious
en that same subject in the course of the
current number of Blackwood. We have devoured
every Word of it, including the editorial note at the
end, and find it all admirable. To ourselves it ap-
pears little short of conclusive, and we would gladly
e. the means of directing the attention of thousands
subject
to it as a most rational argument upon a
tlrtlect scarcely anywhere understood. The article
ellestion is simply but significantly entitled
What is Mesmerism ?" Taking the recently pub-
lished recollections of Count Pimodan as a theme,
produce
of the contributors to Maga has contrived to
vedune a very readable account ot the "Campaigning
or
p an Austrian Aide de Camp," the narrative being
Zecourse coloured throughout by the 'Tory views of
e
s,.inagszine. " The Peaceful Lieutenant and his
b, the
a paper reading very much like an effusion
The account
author of " The Green Hand," is cocclud, d.
vinc.eejiadsra ceidcn. ount of the storm at sea in it is powerfully
dperieersitirtb Madame Pfeiffer, by a work lately
Vienna, has given a fruitful subject for
to one of Blackzvood's most intelligent re-
vel:Ts. His contribution is headed " Wanderings
:riliereitnhg the World," and will be interesting to all those
ter" revel in the vicissitudes encountered by the en-
traveller. Delta's " Lament of Salim is a
already in any respect worthy of one who has
Pattie Y. contributed so many graceful pieces to our
eatt"h° literature. The closing article in the July
somber is of a political character, and has as a very
deaciru heading these two words. " Downward Ten-
the rnee." Among the advertisements accompanying
of .e age2hie, we may be permitted to mention one
reeTteut cursorily, seeing that it relates to one of the
to iliP°Pular and distinguished of all the contributors
of « ICAlcood. Every one who admires the genius
everyep Thousand a Year" (and who does not ?),
of th, one who has cherished a grateful recollection
6enSibility revealed in the '‘ Diary of a Late
asit",,e_,lail" (and who has not ?), will look with curi-
er„a'ur the e Lily and the Bee," a romance of the
thrill Palace, by Samuel Warren, announced as on
eve of publication.

THE NEW MONTHLY.
graceful tribute to the memory of the Right
Richard Lalor Sheil" leads off the July num-
ber of the New Monthly—a circumstance not the less
gratifying seeing that the deceased orator was one of
the most remarkable ameng.the many celebrated con-
tributors to this periodical. Immediately after this
biographic sketch, which is from the pen of Cyrus
iledding, we find, by a rather bungling contrivance,
another abusive fiction relating to the religion of which
Ir. Sheil was a member up to the moment of his
demise. It is from the hand of the contributor who
has already disgraced the pages of the IVew Monthly
by Pandering thus grossly to the bigotry and into-
lerance of his countrymen. From this article we
life
with satisfaction to a charming criticism on the
nfe and writings of poor " Hartley Coleridge." As
specimen of his humorous skill in versification we
have the capital lines addressed by him "To the
lagpie," beginning—
" What shall we say of thee, pert, perking Mag,
Whose every motion seems to fish for praise,
Whose whole existence is a game at brag?
Art thou a stranger quite to poet's lays,
With black and white thy pretty self adorning,
Like a blithe widow in her second mourning?"
agnete of Holme Vale," the next contribution, is a
.7anslation by Mrs. Bushby, from the Danish of Jens
ti'laggesen. " London Shopping, Curriage- hiring,
"in& &C.," will be found a very agreeable, and
what is better still, a very useful paper, by all the
lady readers of the New Monthly. Nicholas Michell
atilt plods onward in the track of his heroine, " Hester
Somerset:'
entitled The jumble of eccentricities of thought
" Hodge- Podge," is rather a spasmodic at-
tempt at wit, than wit in reality. "Further Revela-
tions. of the Revolution of February" have been
Suggested by books recently given to the world
ty MM. Sauzet, Lucien de la Hodde, Mired
„ 'kali, and Elias Regnault. Thereupon follows a
'lleoinct account of the War in K,firiand,
and this, with a chapter on " The Overland Route
snd California," some pleasant notes anent the
Opera;' and a continuation of Mr. Jolly Green's
story about " All the World and his Wife," cum
Pletes the current number of the New Monthly rather
agreeably.

THE ECLECTIC.
" Descartes" is celebrated in the opening piper of
the _Eclectic, somewhat too briefly, it is true, but still
cleverly, and with a judicious appreciation on the
Part of the reviewer of his historical position and phi-
losophical claims. Pulsky's " Tales and Traditions
of Hungary" are next criticised, and in a manner, it
Must be admitted singularly genial and delightful.
,
Daniel De Foe, one of the brightest names
in English literature, a name dear to every
true English heart as that of the author of
" Robin-
aoll Crusoe," is, after thi,, weighed in the balance
by the Eclectic, and pot found wanting. " Firma-
mental Architecture" is another fine paper, both in
,1
sublime subject and in its admirable treatment.
Literary
article relating to " Gillies's Memoirs of
a
ti Veteran," and an ingenious comment on
&puleius," make up the rest of the number deserving
of
any notice, the close of the periodical being filled
tip
with literary notices of a very brief and miscella-
4ealls character.

FRAS ER.
.Fraser this month opens with a laudatory review of
ti/ Francis Palgrave's " History of Normandy and
°gland," in which we find much curious information
',elating to the life and times of Charlemagne. Under
the title "A Jungle Recollection," by Capt. Hard-
• argain, we have a spirited narrative of a tiger hunt
In India, and in a review of certain "Little Books
‘91113 Large Aims," the writer administers a well-
ented castigation to the whole race of pub-
lishers, bocksellers, and circulating library keepers,
ljho for their own pecuniary advantage force authors
,expand their works into the regular orthodox three
Volumes, without regard to anything but quantity.
ti•on. G. S. Smythe, M.P., contributes a "his-
toric 6 fancy," the " Rhine of the Franks," and " A
"mon-place Man" makes some amusing "
lations; ,Colonel Cornelius O'Donoghue continues
his amusing narrative of a scramble among the
Pyrenees. We have also an interesting biography
°f Poulailler, the celebrated French robber, whose
romantic atrocities surpassed even those of Cartouche
himself; and the magazine concludes with an elabo-
rate,,
.review of the recently published Memoirs of
Williavv Wordsworth. Taken as a whole, this is a
very excellent number of Fraser.
TR-
No. I TY.

POETICAL LITERATURE of the PAST
RALF-CENTURY. By D. 111. Muir. Black-
wood and Sons.
Delta has been associated so long and so favourably
with the brilliant epoch here celebrated that his ap-
pearance in his present character as critic is scarcely less
agreeable than that which be has uninterruptedly oc-
cupied as contemporary. Hei ce It is that we wel-
come the beautiful volume lying before us with a most
genuine and earnest cordiality. From his prefatory
remarks it becomes apparent that the work just pub-
lished by the Messrs. Blackwood originated in cer-
tain lectures delivered during the past session before
the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution. The fact
might have been safely conjectured without any such
announcement, from the synopsis prefixed to:.the va-
rious portions of the composition, partaking less of
the nature of an ordinary index than of a singularly
attractive and comprehensive syllabus. Besides which
the circumstance is yet more brilliantly emblazoned
on the pages by the popular and genial spirit diffused
over the whole effusicn. Delta adventures
upon the inquiry here marked out for inves-
tigation with a scrupulous attention to ex-
actitude, together with a most delicate appre-
ciation of the really true and beautiful, as well as a
strangely eclectic perceptivity in regard to the mist
multiform and manifold excellences. All this,
though requisite in the reviewer, is nothing less than
noble and magnanimous in the competitor. No petty
jealousies, no despicable prejudices, no shallow or
egotistical predilections are visible on the part of Mr.
Moir in his treatment of the subject selected for the
display of his powers as a critic, but, on the contrary,
there are everywhere manifest throughout a generous
enthusiasm for the merits of writers whom he consi-
ders not in the narrow aspect of rivals, but in a large•
minded and large-hearted mood as his brethren and
associates. We like this. It is befitting his position
in letters and consonant with every phase of his repu-
tation. It cannot fail, moreover, to endear him to
the reader, while it elicits our very warmest expres-
sions of admiration. Introducing his disquisition by
a sketch of the state of poetical literature as
it was in this country at the commencement
of the nineteenth century, Delta comments very
judiciously on the long mastery maintained by the
school of Pope and Dryden, a mastery which was
ultimately modified by Thomson, Cowper, Burns, and
Goldsmith. The evanescent successes achieved shortly
afterwards by Hayley, Darwin, and the Della
Cruscans are shown to have evidenced in a remark-
able manner the fact that literary tastes are influenced
by social transformations. Reference is then, of
course, made to the tendencies of the supernatural
school under the conduct of its undisputed chieftain,
Matthew Gregory Lewis, and illustrations are given of
its fantastic peculiarities and my sterious characteristics.
After an allusion to the pensive muse of Kirke White
and to the religious enthusiasm of James Grahame,
come some capital definitions of the merit to be dis-
covered in the satirical and humorous poetry of
Canning. Frere, Gifford, Mathias, and George Col-
man the Younger. Sue joined to these are charming
sketches of Leyden and Bloomfield, with remarks on
the female writers of_ the period, Charlotte Smith,
Amelia Opie, Mrs. Hunter (not the Mrs. Leo Hunter
of "Pickwick," hut the authoress of the death song
of the " Cherokee"), Mrs. Grant, and Mrs. Tighe" the
gifted celebr ant of "Psyche." Various poets and
translators of the same generation, in most instances
long since forgotten, arc recalled to p.ipular remem-
brance, in order that a general estimate of their merits
rosy be given by the poet- lecturer. A ie arm eulo-
gium upon the homely pathos of Crabbe is indulged
in immediately afterwards, especial regard being bed
to his unquestionable title to originality. Commen-
dations are next pronounced on the elegant and ar-
tistic effusions of Lisle Bowles, and yet more so on
those of the veteran Samuel Rogers. Hereupon we
arrive at a consideration of the peculiarities of the
lake school cultivated by Lloyd, Lamb, and Lovell,
but led by such powerful minds as those of the inde-
fatigable Southey, the indolent and dreaming Cole-
ridge, and the severe but sometimes puling Words-
worth. Under this same comprehensive survey we
find ludicious commentaries on the productions of
Walter Savage Landor, James Hogg and Allan
Cunningham. Ballad poetry introduces us to the re-
vival of the romantic school, as was evidenced most
especially in the advent of Sir Walter Scott.
The classical elegance of Camphfill, the ori-
ental splendour of Professor Wilson, and the
humanising suavity of James Montgomery are next
particularised. Then, likewise, we rejoice to arrive
with our author at the perio4 rendered memorable by
the succession of Lord Byron to the poetical supre-
macy. Having celebrated with due emphasis the
remarkable energies of that splendid and transcendent
genius, Mr. Moir directs the attention of his hearers,
or we should now more properly call them his read-
ers, to the "Palestine" of Bishop Heber, the " Samar" of
Dean Milman, and the "Sebastian" of Or. Croly, toge-
ther with supplementary allusions to the Icelandic
translations of the Honourable W. Herbert, to
the "Austin Fair" of William Tennant, to the
" Whistlecraft" of Frere, the "Ingoldsby Le-
gend?' of Barham, and the " Rejected Addresses"
of James and Horace Smith, not forgetting
the improvisatorial, powers of Theodore Hook, the
mingled wit and passion of Thomas Hood, and the
exquisite skill of Moore in amatory compositions.
Another phase of the poetic mind is then delineated,
that gorgeous phase which was at first indicated by
Leigh Hunt, but rapidly perfected by its illustrious
masters John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Thereupon Procter obtains his deserved share of at-
tention, under his more celebrated pseudonym of
Barry Cornwall. The criticism then extends suc-
cessively to Robert Pollok, to Thomas Aird, to
William Kennedy, Ebenezer Elliott, and William
Motherwell. Under the significant designation of
Female Constellations, we next come upon a de-
lightful catalogue of names, such as those of Joanna
Baillie, Felicia Hemans, Caroline Bowles, Maria
Jewsbury, Mary Howitt, Caroline Norton, Harriet
Drury, Camilla Toulmie, Lady Flora Hastings,
Mary Russell Mitford, Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
and Letitia Elizabeth Landon, cursory reference
being subsequently made to the verses of Professor
R. C. Trench, Thomas Pringle, John Clare, Bernard
Barton, Alaric A. Watts, T. K. Hervey, Charles
Wolfe , Jane Taylor, and Thomas Haynes Bayley.
Comprised in the final lecture, also, we en-
counter passages of very trenchant criticism on
the poetic effusions of Lockhart, on the Roman
Lays of Macaulay and the Scottish Lays of Aytoun,
with minor commentaries on Mrs. Stuart Monteith,
Mrs. Ogilvy, Rev. John Moultrie, Mrs. Downing,
and Miss Agnes Strickland. The observations on Sir
Edward Bulwer Lytton we cannot but regard as the
least effective and meritorious portion of the volume,
the preference given in it to his translations of Schil-
ler being particularly ungraceful when it is remem-
bered by what firm that work of his was published.
Finally the book closes with particular reference to
the last poetic school, which is here designated not
inaptly the Metaphysic Romantic. Alfred Tenny-
son is naturally recognised at once as its leader,
Robert Browning as its high priest, and the " Festus"
of Philip James Bailey as its crowning exaggeration.
Delta takes occasion at this stage of his inquiry into
the state of recent poetry to protest against mysti-
cism and on.curity as its supreme and pervading
blemishes. Together with the names of their
contemporaries he blends allusions to those
of Charles Mackay, of John Sterling, of
Henry Taylor, and of Richard (not Robert, as he
calls him) Monckton Milnes, not forgetting an inci-
dental mention of the dramatists' Meturin, Sheridan
Knowles, Westland Marston, White, Horne, Samuel
Browne, Lovell Beddoes, William Smith, and Thomas
Noon Talfourd. Besides these, moreover, we find
enumerated the names of our young aspirants in the
realms of poesy—Burbidge, Cassels,
Clough, West-
wood, Bennet, Paton, and Allingham, to which we
would add Meredith, those e
roef iSydneyth, of Henry
of George
Inglis, of Charles
Kingsley, of Denis Macarthy, and
of Viscount
Maidstone. Altogether, the work before is
riseveinetwitelresd,
to
and frlanrmgetns he a
publicr e o aaptp
large
aorbgaet
an
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extensionfrom
of
the au•
thor's already wide-spread popularity.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A TRAINING MAST,
AT THE LEEDS PAUPER INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.—This SChOOl,
built by the Leeds Poor-law Guardians, was opened for the
educating and training of orphan children; but since its
establishment the want of harmonious co-operation amongst
the othcers has been a source of constant trouble to the
guardians. Irregularities, from some cause or otheor,
dhave of
continued, and on Monday evening the Bar
Guardians assembled at the establishment to investigate
them. The first thing which occurred on the board assem-
bling was the presentation of a letter of resignation from
Mr. Alfred Leggett, the second training master of the
school. Some of the guardians expressed their surprise at
this, and having heard some rumours of misconduct on the
part of Mr. Leggett, they determined to investigate them.•
The result was the most satisfactory proof that the second
master bad been guilty of the most grossly immoral conduct,
and that be had cor,upted the mind of one of the pauper
children, a girl of 15 years of age. It came out in the course
of the investigation that he had taken her with him to
various places of resort in the neighbourhood of Leeds, and
R TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. had had frequent interviews with her. At first Mr. Leggett
denied the truth of the most grave part of the charges, but
Messrs. Longmans and Co.
A. Te afterwards, through the chaplain, made a full coefeskion of
print of the literary ortion of the work , his guilt. The guardia e, after hearing all the circurn-
aecentl
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brought out in a more expensive form, I stances ot
arche case, determined not to accept the resignation
wwith •ii
him r•
tra,rons, under the editorship of Mr. i. • •' •
lof the py impl.cated, but to applv to the Poor-law Board
'
the , HenryYWill, has been here given to to order his dismissal forthwith; and in the meantime Bus-
•
in public by these distinguished and enterpris- pended him from office, ordering him to leave the establish-
in As a specimen number of
13 publishers. ment the same night.
entitled _
,evi periodical, this fourth instalment is reall BLGIbTRATION OF ASSURANCES BlLL.—This Bill,
Y : which was brought from the House of Lords 26th June last,
°Leg to every commendation, giving us, as it does, i has been printed, by order a the Rouse of Commons.

SUN, LONDON,

TINE ARTS,

01;
By George Crukshunk.
Numerous as nave been the representations of the
interior and exterior of the Crystal Palace, scarcely
one of them has hitherto proved really satisfactory.
There have been woodcuts, and steel engravings, and
engravings on copper and in mezzotinto—works of
all sizes, and t,,ken from every imaginable point of
view, the 'productions in some instances of unrois-
telreable taien., and in others of unmistakeable
mediocrity. Yet, varied as these endeavours have
been, we have found them, with little
more than one or two exceptions, unde-
serving of any very high commendation. The
exqui►itely coloured plates produced from the draw-
ings of Mr. Nash, drawings made in obedience to a
royal command, and now in her Majesty's po?session,
must, of course, be particularised as those which
have mainly extorted our tulogium. Yet something
was. still left to be accomplished after even the most
successful of those adventurous attempts at an ac-
curate delineation of one of the most memorable, as
it was also one of the most beautiful, incidents
in the reign of our beloved Sovereign. There was
wanting an engraving which, in addition to the merits
of architectufal detail and of artistic execution,
should preserve about it in every particular a life-like
verisimilitude. Such an engraving is the one here
published by-Dav;d Bogue, from the illimitable and
glorious George Cruikshank. Altogether, to speak
briefly and emphatically of the merits of the picture
before us, we may say with the strictest truth that
in it we see the Ist of May daguerreotyped. The
view is taken from the south-west gallery at
the moment when the Archbishop of Canter-
bury is invoking the Divine blessing upon the
objects of the Great Exhibition. Under the pendant
canopy, Standing by the tbrone, upon the elevated
dais erected in the northern division of the transept,
are the Queen, the Prince, and the two eldest of the
royal children. Immediately on the left of her
Majesty is the Primate of all England, and further
back, among a crowd of courtiers, may be dis-
tinguished the Prime Minister, the Marquis of
Anglesey, and the Duke of Wellington. Pourtraying
with the utmost minuteness every feature in that
most gorgeous pageant, the heralds in their ta-
bards, the line of gentlemen-at-arms, the ladies in
waiting; the beef-eaters in the background, and the
vast and compact body of spectators, the artist has
nevertheless at the same time imparted to the spec-
tacle an air of ease in the flowing outlines of the
whole, such as might scarcely be expected in a work
so microscopically elaborated. When coloured the
engraving cannot but be an exquisite transcript from
that brilliant and superb original which, among its
varied hues, .gave the green of the elm boughs, the
scarlet of the drapery, the blue and amber of
the iron-work edifice, added to the chequered
tints of the costumes worn by the different beholders.
Conspicuous among the latter may be recognised
several of the representatives of the various nations
of Christendom; pencilled off with that humorous ap-
preciation of character for which George Cruikshank
has been so long and agreeably remarkable. The re-
doubtable Mandarin, known among our sight-seers as
the Commander of the Chinese Junk, is readily per-
ceived near the Crystal Fountain, and other notabi-
lities may be detected almost as easily by a little re-
search among the motley groups depicted. As a
memento of the inauguration of this unprecedented
exposition of art and industry, the plate here submitted
to our criticism must be regarded as really inesti-
, triable in every particular. It will be gratefully wel-
comed by every individual interested in the under-
taking, from the illustrious originator himself down to
Ihe most obscure visitor of the Crystal Palace, en-
dearing yet more to the popular heart the old familiar
name of George Cruikshank.

THE ART JOURNAL.
Added to the attractions of the Art Journal the sub
scribers to this popular periodical find those of the
Illustrated Catalogue. As illustrations to the former
mthety of the publication there are engravings in the
current number of Hart's " Jewish Synagogue" and
of Bonnington's " Columns of St. Mark, Venice,"
and of Stothard's sketch of ":Intemperance," all of
them taken from the well. known originals preserved
among the Vernon Collection. Further wood- cut
specimens of Albert Durer are likewise given among
the varied pictorial embellishments—such, for in-
stance, as the " Great Horse," as the " Knight and
Lady," or as the " Virgin and Child." An extraor-
dinary variety of engravings illustrative of the con-
tents of the Exhibition are mingled with the letter-
press portion orthe catalogue.

MODERN CRUELTIES-FLY PAPERS.

Mr. Kidd has just taken up the cudgels, in a spirit of
true humanity, on behalf of that troublesome and an-
noying race of summer visitors—flies. Not that he de-
precates their destruction, quite the contrary; but he
proves to a demonstration how cruelly they are " t0r-
:411%d," Wore they are killed by those fearful engines of
horror—fly papers! Mr. Kidd thus writes in the
Gardeners' Chronicle, of June 21, on this new invention
of refined barbarity; and no one who has ever witnessed
the " action" of it, can disprove one syllable of the

statement:—
" FLY PAPERS.—Your correspondent 'Curiosus' has,
in his zeal to protect the poor inventor of the fly
papers,' not only o'erstepped the modesty of nature,' in
attempting to prove too much, but he has put an inter-
pretation on my remarks perfectly unwarrantable. So
far from giving the poor inventor e,n ignoble character,'
I volunteered the charitable belief that he was ignorant'
of the ;atrocious barbarities he was the author of, and
hinted that if he were enlightened or made wise' on
the nature of the tortures he had invented, it would
only add to his own. As these sentiments were dropped
en passant, and savoured strongly of common humanity
only, I am at a loss, and so must your general readers
be, to imagine why' Curiosue' should feel so anxious to
endeavour to reclaim the reputation of this fellow-
creature, and set him right in the scale of creation.'
Had I gone out of my way to injure him (I know him
not, even ,by name), or indulged in any personality, it
would have been another thing. Curiosus' will please
to bear in mind, that I do on every possible occasion
examine the mute vegetable kingdom,' and that I am
quite alive to the glutinous excretions' he speaks of. I
have often admired the wisdom of nature in their crea-
tion. These, however, let me kindly remark, do not
at all bear upon the question at issue. If winged insects
are secured, by the by, under such circumstances, they
are speedily released by birds, spiders, and a variety of
other animals; it being a wise law of nature so to destroy
superfluities, and to send one animal to prey upon
another. Let us cousiisr this point settled. I will now,
sa the hot season is at hand, put in a word for the poor
flies; and be the means, let me hope, of sparing some
millions of them unnecessary torture. Killed let them
be, by all mews ; but not first put to the rack.'
Hearken all ye who patronise these fly-papers! Hear
how they are made. The two compounds are, common
resin and sweet oil; heated, amalgamated, and spread
upon sheets of old newspapers. Thus are they menu-
factured.' Now for their attractive' qualities. Wherever
flies abound, there it has been deemed advisable to spread
out these papers, one, two, three, or more. A little
sifted loaf-sugar lightly sprinkled on them completes the
charm.' Let us note the result. In an instant some
luckless fly descends, in search of a treat. He realizes
it by finding either a leg or a wing fixed as in a vice.
Escape is impossible. Tee more he struggles the worse
the consequences. Here he must live, here he must fast,
nere he must linger, here he must ' stick' and groan, till
starvation and insect endurance can hold out no longer.
sometimes the poor flies are glued down by their hinder
extremities, thus allowing freedom to their head and
trent legs, which, being elevated, give free play to their
respiratory organs, and prolong lite—to be further tor-
tured by want of food. Every person possessing only
common feelings of humanity, and who may be halting
between two opinions, must feel greatly interested in put-
ting my assertions to the proof. Let such carefully observe
(whilst his thoughtless neighbour is spreading the snare),
she almost supernatural endeavours of the poor• flies,
when inveigled by these diabolical papers, to extricate
their feet from the rivets; and note how, in the vain
ifort, they tear out in their final agonies each several
limb from its socket—their rids-shapen forms being
elevated, after death, to thrice their natural height!
The distinctly audible vibrations of their wings in their
last dying pang,, as they lie one glued to the other in
countless numbers, complete this picture of newly-in-
rented horrors (unfit even for Madame Tussaud's Chaos-
ber')—a picture, alas! but too faithfully painted. These
are simple facts,' which, by a few moments of close ob-
servation, anybody may verify, by gazing on a well-filled
sheet of flies.' I have used the word groan' with ree
ference to their agonies; and if any of your readers have
ever chanced to listen to the horribly' peculiar sounds
produced by the motion of the prisoners' quivering
wings, either by day or by night (the latter especially),
one moment's reflection will make them grateful that
Curiosus' should have unwittingly drawn forth this ex-
position from his obliged collaborateur in the field of
Nature, WILLIAM KIDD.
" New-road, Hammersmith, June 19."
'ER

NEW YORK AND GALWAY.—The Galway voyage
is abandoned. The steam-ship North America was sold yes-
terday for 200,000 dolls., to run between Realeio and San
Francisco, in connexion with Commodore Vanderbilt's
Nicaragua line. She was to have left for Galway al:out the
same hour that her sale was effected. The negotiation that
resulted in her detention was effected while her passengers
were on board and her steam was up, ready for departure.
Captain R. J.. Vandewater, the agent, who sold her, imme-
diately engaged rcoms for her passengers on the steamer
Pacific, of the Collins' line, which sails on Saturday for
Liverpool. The North America will be dispatched for the
Pacific in two or three days.—New York Paper.
NOTICE TO VOTERS FOR THE RETURN OF MEM-
BEDS AND K.NIGIITS OF THE SHIRK TO PARLIAMENT.—No
person will be entitled to have his name inserted in the list
of voters for the cities of London and Westminster, and the
metropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets, Finsbury,
Blarylebene, Lambeth, S,uthwari,, Greenwich, and also for
the counties of ➢liddlesex, &c., unless he pays upon or before
the 'Loth inst. all poor rates and assessed taxes due previously
to the sth of January last.
tc THE PorE HE LEADS A HAPPY LlFE."—This
line of the old song was touchingly illustrated at a late revel
—the festival of dedication—by the clergy of St. Barnabas;
illustrated by the following items :—" The gross weight of
the meat was upwards of .1,0001b5., and there were one
hundred gallons of ale, and port and sherry in abundance."
Out of compliment to the Pope, the beef was, no doubt, bull-
beef,--Punch