The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCVLAR.
mele Queen and Prince Albert,. the Ladies and Gentle-
Divinetile Royal suite, and the Household, attended
at Service yesterday morning in the private chapel
c uckingham Palace. Ttie Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie
officiated.
:frdeteniFi
yen Majesty and Prince -Albert walked in the Royal
on Saturday forenoon.
the "le Royal Family were taken airings on Saturday in
HReYal Gardens.
i:er Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
" and Prince Albert on Saturday at Buckingham
hi ace, and partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and
8 Royal
Highness.
back ."(Val Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
Ere Saturday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater,
11.3 ,
in Waiting.
cess
411 e Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prin..
The •„:arY visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
t' ited her "°Yal Duchess, accompanied by the Princess,
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at
bridge
r, House St. James's. The Duchess of Caul-
k. iibe and the Princess Mary, also paid a visit yesterday
ioer
)nt Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at
he House, and in the afternoon returned to Kew.
rellt-"e 'ishup of London had an interview with the
licellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official
tienee
13,, Downing-street.
basi -61.1 HurPel, Wurtemberg Minister, ransacted
b!lesa at the eoreign-office on Saturday.
omeol7lltehei were received yesterday at the Colonial-
sir In the Governor of St. Helena.
tour II Raiford expired on Saturday afternoon, at
si °Oock, at his residence in Curzon-street.
sidt: It Peel had a dinner party on Saturday," at his re-
wards in Whitehall-gardens. Lady Peel had after-
thenskaa assembly, which was numerously attended by
ThaLitlitY and gentry.
the ji.'3llke of Wellington attended the early service in
ram Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev.
ihWesley ofneiated aid preached the sermon.
th C,,,ishop of Exeter preached the sermon yesterday,
e uaily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
G4era
were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the lessons
fiej,;„", by the Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Sub-Dean
beve-Tu at the Communion Service. The Earl of
4411 and Vis Count and Viscountess Palmerston '‘'‘ 'ere
1,,g the nobility present.
ciiiVe Marquis of Anglesey, Lords Haddington, Wham
Ye3ha,ad Ernest Bruce, attended the evening service
"V. n the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

3.eeOttEßT PEEL ON DUELLING.
/t
4t
he b,,- Any of Sir Pobert Peel to a question respecting
sioiqPriety of introducing measures for the suppres-
kobi duelling, lately put to him in the House of. Com.
intist have attracted the attention of our readers,
4tti. e dare say raised in the minds of some persons a
, stu,
c‘,.‘o .„-vt,rise• "I am determined " said the -Minister,
"` othL "", at I can to put doe n this barbarous remnant
Pebsio titteS, and therefore I have refused to grant the
cif 4a witto which she was entitled to the unfortunate widow
1514ilie-"cer, whose death in a duel has lately attracted the
)vona attention." Some people, we say, may have.
tratf?,,ted.ift little at the mode of 'discountenancing this
autOpted by the Right Hon. Baronet. Poor Mrs.
to '4' We presume, required no extraordinary mea-
leil! s'eter her from affording any countenance to
ettillst but she is to be deprived, it may be, of the
ti of ef maintaining her own and her children's posi-
LtherbnietY, as a warning for the future. On the
;41138,,4u, we believe the two seconds engaged in the
"iclowi:4°ll Which ended in Mrs. Fawcett's premature
4-_,°°(l, are still in the enjoyment of military
rank, and it is not impossible that one or
sii:t them may again be exposed to hazards
tot "thr to those froni which they have recently. escaped.
gelPle-1,eill• however the - punishment inflicted on the
ti:4/Nuswid,,nw is, it would appear, to be a sufficient
ght t4,°' k do not mean to say that these gentlemen
ue di • d f the army; on the contrary,
w sinisse rom
0414 be On the present state of opinion) such a course
shone of great injustice. We do, however, wish monstrous inconsistency of punishing, by
"fi c't example one who is not only innocent, but
18 110 t • h it of the offence
Pest. -- a position ever to e gut y
,t torrs, Joo• We have received the following letter from
"Qiiin;sP°4dent, the inquiry in which we admit our in-
ezs4 an
EDITOR OP THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL.
(Ln., Kenmore March 4;- 1844.
c' vrtt attention has been 'directed to some
eotaleliit'lls
.made by • Sir Robert
Peel, on the subject
4t4SouS in answer to a question in the House of
kth: '4llCtChait aweett was my friend and comrade ; he paid
st to b?' his fault ; the seconds appear to me those
h„.",/ty f but they escape witheut a p.enalty.
7(iiitfr,'encl's widow is stated to be the victim for her
'atilt or crime.
th'l,43.ll,the fact ? • •
b„! 444 aweett, I believe, has an income far beyond
r'4.8.10 at which the widow of an officer can claim a
4, !
tie jnssible that our present liberal Prime Minister,
eke Use of conciliating Hon Gentlemen opposite, has
thP "'e
of a .?' Pray enlighten us
-44 - sub, rhetorical artifice
Ject, for though I am residing here at this Kr-
% ;11 Yours trilly AN OLIYMAJOR.

hkr e .
IRON STEAMERS.
~lative claims to preference for durability,
,i,liltf4aaild general efficiency of timber and of iron-
-1101 herers—especially as to that class of steanuships,
N,ILY! IlLsg destined for the service of her Majesty's
the e7t.earry guns, with complete ware oequipments,
VPillioriukPlement of men, &c.—have long divided
th' 114 port, or professional judges. Every day
.increases
n ante of a sound and authoritative decision on
t:iti:etl4ll:4-4(ditettltinet matter, We extract from the private
ktt, ob,e_ of the Post, dated Portsmouth, 7th inst.,
"at.ions that we commend to our readers'
110 ft. With regard to the Elberfeldt, lost on our
few
ago, whilst .on her passage to be over-
t'l'4ilsll Yard of, her builders, Ravenhill and Co.,
"-tttsodeti°4 observe, that she was oue of tho most Fier-
,liiteisl4 I ever turned out by our river builders. Her
ttt'an' sheell4th expressly adapted to the service for
built—river navigation—(she was a Rhineher
Otets. wc,s-% no disparagement to the judgment of e.rt
five,,- ?e d She was never intended for the sea; and
soehet:lY lamented that she should hare been sent
1/4",,c4 „`"`listerous a season as that on which she went
ptee ,11Q 4°.lte rif our most dangerous shores :
tb totieh4tiOn of the naval world has recently been
construction of iron steamers, and more
kitt7,e j so Since the late lamentable catastrophe in
',.at,he Elberfeldt. It is the opinion of many
If''viduals, that similar fatal results may be
414 re thr°lll iron vessels, for little or no warning:is
:3; founder, after they once show symptoms
iet,t 0 e prom corrosion or other causes. An iron
Pt, on
Od:kli her passage from England to the
Ls, nearly collapsed, when off. the
t:Otsd Cladaons d which result was only
:14% 8,,,3:1 th'e prompt measures resorted to by
''tit,„44llllll,,i-.-‘,er, who caused strengthening pieces
111,04.t4e-rlii,e,.lY screwed up to the sides, and thus pre-
-4lt 1,4 Si'!"111g or separating of the fabric. Vessels
qty y collit4llar to the six iron steamers now being
Dee 1.4, act for the Government as dispatch boats,
"14'11 be usefully and safely adopted,. provided
thr It' triaterial with which-they are constructed
h,14 4e-oplet stren;thand.thicknesst but it is a matter
.9,3411,N- to consideration how far it may be safe or
dr deLit construct iron steam-vessels of such a
Na of the Great Britain at Bristol, which is
,O.feet in length, or even of the size o the
.4t10.44411.,111, cr, now building at Liverpool, which

If 'REPEAL' QUESTION.
h i I,
Nit 5,1 41,,,, (From the Tablet.)
t dis,there are many persons in this country
031:0,!.W1,",5ed to think that the repeal cause is de-
t,tl4Arr of -I,`ftice Mr. O'Connell's present moderation
t„.'l' Liu :8 despair ;
,some .who even wish
o%f•eldlt
_to.
Iyhtly V
,no escapefrom the complication.
sup-
heffi
'kk 11-leil it is beset, and are .half-inclined to..
ii t1144%)t :ler or later, it must be abandoned. we
1111'"))1 ~'l le Tories, when. they talk of their "great
ill'i, iAikSt are
of this Class. They think O'Connell is
1,1.4-)\,14 )eq-,„e lIIY, and they fancy.that if they can Oz.
t,,4tt,"'°.(l-;":ation, all else is easy of accomplishnae , ihAtOiev'''rt-sighted politieiansl
. sub-
-41,V 4nce of Ireland ; the deep, shocking,
kitili.:, Shone embedded as they are, in famine.; the
klll hlt endu the .memories she has laid up
p„. , dity . Tee ; Lu
. .
Oti,,".N.,'N ',,,.?1- reckoning—these. things are not mere
ct iibts, dreams . that are likely to
•pass as
,14,itwiii'.%,.t."alies ; nor are they now lessening and
tpSii,` A.,' T oldd O'Connell's death remove any of these
%ti,:r)tit'i, trit3/1141?dlY not. . The truth i.s the very reverse
c4,ll%'''t kts ge as it may seem, it is true, that when
tirhl.°-„,. litlk:s away, with him will pass one of. the
PA"'l ht''it a;lithat bind together the Saxon an4omt :
t klitd, ell i, ois violent as his language has s. . :?4,kii-Vl4,:Connell has more sympay withtehe_ lim.ii rem, r„r. Inorelikirig TOr England, more
'‘
to htelljklle,Vt'r Engliatmen than the great flitmajory ty'rla t(,..,) countrymen. O'Connell' is a strong
Ic''llet tlk tPther lreland and England.
4 hitado,q' , • - 1 • ulties, we
1)1 ch 4 cerinell lives, and. has hi,fay
Bbdh ' p NetEc t.4e.War pin , ill no,- erget the upper hand.
4 41kli r and ' ' 3 w
,
h sh m. . Po% er are a sure guarantee for peace.
ill hit 0 restrwiNgters stand in awe of him on the one
t lils%, 1113 his own followers on the other.
.But,
41tkl‘vit) thi4^4w, "--111a3; ,God have_ mercy on
question
be—
I,t.t 'f,t, tell,his ilf,. he changed, unless the
upon
Ati 'kth, dogs The Ministers will take
ilik
r, The it the party deprived .of s giganticde-
'll tilth, roe b.",Pealrs will want the regulating, mo
Ft`;t:Ali"„Vhet,loell., his. weight thtowki ihto the popular
Jot %eilmit parties will i le hurb A together with every
N:41.4.111 "111)tt,r,-, tered; with full scope given on the one side
t'tklksslo-.Pt,_4.i.versien,. and on the other to the
4tiih, 1111:8 of hatred, and a somewhat unruly pa-
p -. it., - htren
i'',4i Oki `4`l e, g hand will he wanting that. now.
`'., 'I It t ? qrces both. What . must be the 'neva-
,triii,
_Rl)t,,i_, ! shudder. to think what it may be, un-
`Lrrilljp4r'll' 141 Interposition the Almighty smoothes
t'Viti4lble ,4"' Let England give way now, and make
tiOhi
.4 ,ir !Tender to tbe claims of justice with such
l'i'. li. so i fitting, and-the matter may be arranged
Lillt.lo4t. if ti(1)11g as O'Connell lives this Will be pos-
°!kl. r it, bu,7.ltiestion be deferred longer, we see
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the question must have an ending
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kr,isttirOrk I,Vler•--George Madden, who was
'it ,el ..stt• -iareb i • f
the
elegy, li, R 4 ssizes, 1831, for the robbery o, ,
tl`lii 14)1„4 I,nities from Ha
ift living at a place called Austen 's
itiiktkt:thirty,_(e!titl.l\l,,,ihril°tlllhielle.biefiqrity:riic,,wiiort,harondll.isa married to a
year, having
4y,-iNt:til )ta,,; 'ow: two years in the country, for find-
1, `tiki 6a r -1-Vq; Nis_ WI .4TriAM 404 'a Pair 'al
et
et fr°lll 'Wide Bray River, dated 29th

-HER-MAJESTY'S THEATRE

Her Majesty's Theatre opened on Saturday evening
with Donizetti's opera of " Adelia," and a new ballet of
Perrot's, entitled "La Esmeralda." Mr. Lumley's in-
tention had been originally to have opened with Herold's
che-d'ceuvre, " Zampa," but in consequence of the un-
avoidable absence of Fornasari„ who did not arrive until
Saturday night, "Adelia," with which the season opened
last year, was substituted, and " Zampa, " will, we un-
derstand, be produced on Saturday next, on which occa-
sion Fornasari will make his. first appearance this season.
Madame Persianiand Signor Corelli, the new tenor, ap-
peared in " Adelia;" and arrangements have been made
for the appearance of Mademoiselle Favanti be-
fore Easter. The new ballet is supported by
Carlotta Grisi, Adelaide Frasi, St. Leon, and
Perrot ; so that Mr. Lumley commences this season
in the same spirited manner in which he commenced the
last, and does not wait until after Easter, as his pre-
decessors have usually done, before he commences the
season in earnest. This spirited, and, let us add, honour-
able conduct, was, last year, amply rewarded by the
public patronage. Crowded houses every evening proved
that, not only on the part of the manager, but on the
part of the.public also, the .real as well as the nominal
opera season commenced at the beginning of March, and
we doubt not but that similar satisfactory results will
follow on the present occasion—that Mr.Lumley's exer-
tions will meet with their well-deserved reward—and
that, as he has proved himself to be the most spirited,
his patrons will prove to him that it is their determina-
tion he shall be the most successful impresario that has
ever held sway over the destinies of her Majesty's Theatre.
The engagements for the opera included Grisi, Persiani,
Fornasari, the two Lablaches, and Mario; and in addi-
tion, Mademoiselle Favanti, Signor Corelli, who made a
successful debut on Saturday evening, and Signor Felice,
are engaged. The ballet will be more strongly sup-
ported than it was even last season, eminent as that
season must ever be in the annals of her Majesty's
theatre. Fanny Elssler, Cerito, Carlotta Grist, Guy
.Stephan, Adelaide Frasi, St, Leon, Coulon, and Perrot,
are already engaged, and we are delighted to hear that
" arrangements are pending with Taglioni, and that there
is every probability that the services of this eminent
artiste will be secured ler a limited number of represen-
tations." Signor Costa has resumed the baton of con-
ductor and -director of the music, and Perrot is the
director of the ballet. The opera of " Adelia" was pro-
duced at the commencement of last season, and was
frequently repeated. Madame Persiani sustained on
Saturday her original character of Adelia,
and we never remember to have seen her look better, or
to have heard her in better voice. . Never has she exe-
cuted anything more brilliantly than she gave her
opening scene on Saturday evening. It was a chef-
d'ueuvre of brilliancy of execution and graceful expres-
siveness and tenderness. The great triumph of the
evening, however, was the finale. Driven to madness in
consequence of the condemnation of her lover, she re-
covers her senses on finding that he has been pardoned,
and in giving expression to the joy with which her heart
overflows, she exhibits a power and energy, a bril-
liancy of execution, and truthfulness and tenderness of
expression, that has never been surpassed. Her acting
throughout was beautifully pathetic, and never before
has she appeared to such advantage in the character of
Adelia as she did on Saturday evening. She was
rapturously applauded throughout, and at the fall of the
curtain, was led on by Corelli and F. Lablache, who
sustained the characters of Oliviero and Arnoldo, and
was again most enthusiastically greeted by the audience.
Signor Corelli, who made his debut en this occasion, is a
tenor singer of great promise. His voice, which is a
mixed voice, is firm and good, and of a very agreeable
quality. His style is very agreeable, and he is the best
second tenor that we have had at the Opera for years. The
new ballet " La Esmeralda," is founded on Victor Hugo's
celebrated romance " Notre Dame de Paris." Perrot,
hdwever, in composing his ballet, has taken considerable
liberties with his original, particularly in the denouement,
as' will appear from the following outline of the plot. It
should be premised that the ballet is in five tableaux:
The first tableau is the Cours des Miracles, the haunt of
the beggars of. -Paris in the days of -Louis-XI. The
Truands are assembled there under Clopin (Gourret),
their king. The lame throw- aside their crutches, the
Wind remove the patches from their eyes and recover
their sight ; all is confusion 'and revelry, and a charac-
teristic valse is danced by the coryihees. Pierre Grin-
goire (Perrot),_.an unfortunate pennyless poet, who has
lost his waY, wanders into the Cours des Miracles... He
is seized, plundered of his hat and wallet, brought before
Clopin, and sentenced to be hanged, unless•some one of
the womenwill respite him by marrying him. • -He-be-
seeches each of the females present to take pity on. him,
but after having examined•him, they unanimously reject
his addresses. - The pantomime of Perrot throughout
this scene was admirable,' his grotesque exhibition
of terror was extremely ludicrous, and his expression, of
joy on recovering his poem from the fellow who had
stolen his wallet, was a genuine touch of nature. Poor
Gringoire has the rope round hisneek when the attention
of all is directed to Esmeralda, who comes bounding
in, a thing of life and light. . She is Gringoire's better
angel, and at once consente-to save his life-by marrying
him. Then came La 7:uiandaisi, acharacteristic pas, most
gracefully executed by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot. • She
was loudly applauded, and a bolero movement which she
executed with the utmost' precision and elegance, was
rapturously encored. The Truands retire, and Claude
Frollo (Gosselin), attended by Quasimodo, the hunch-
back (Coulon), enter, and attempt to. carry off Esme-
ralda. She is_rescued by Phoebus de Chatennpes (St.
Leon)who enters at the head of his archers. Frollo escapes,
but Quasimodo is taken, Esmeralda looks at her de-
liverer, the -handsome Plicebits,.• and is at once in 'love
with him. At her intercession-he releases Quasimodo,
who retires. slowly, with.- his gaze still rivetted on his
young benefactress. The Captain now makes Estneialda
understand that he requires a recompense for acceding to
her wishes i but she recoils frOm him, and .flies„ casting
on him a tender glance. The se-pond tableau is a -small
vaulted chamber, with a little couch, a table, and a chair,
the ,only furniture. Esmeralda.. enters, sad-and-melan-
choly, and shortly after Gringoire, who presses his arm
round her waist. She flies • -him, and he pursues - her,
but when on the point of• securing her, the blade- of a
poignard glitters before his eyes. Esmeralda informs him
that pity alone had induced' her to take him for a
husband, that he may become her companion,
and accompany her 'in her street dances, -if ,he
wishes, but no mote, life_- consents
,; .they_. prac-
tice a dance, and he retires ..with an air of re-
signation. Esmeralda • throws herself upon her couch,
and Frollo enters the chamber. Quasimodo stays on
the threshold, Frollo kneels' and implores her to listen
to his passion, but she tells him that she loves Phcebui.
In his jealous rage, Frolio rushes on her; she shrinks at
his feet, and implores his pity. Frollo turns for a mo-
ment, when Esmeralda escapes through a secret en-
trance The third tableau. is in the garden of the Hotel
Gondelaurier, with the preparations for: the marriage
of Fleur de. Lys and 'nimbus. Fleur de..Lys (Made-
moiselle Adelaide Frasi) enters, accompanied .by her
bridesmaids; and in this scene is introduced the-Pas des
Flears by Mademoiselle. Frasi, -supported- by Mdlles.
Ferdinand and-Barville.- • • Mademoiselle Adelaide Frasi
possesses beautiful], and expressive features, and a fault-
less form—her -style of dancing is exceedingly graceful
and elegant; she aims "at uniting the beauti.6. of
the Taglioni and the Elssler school. In this she
succeeded wonderfully, and Ter transitions. from theone
style to the other were adMirable. She was rapturously
applauded, and her debut was most successful. This
was' followed by a pas .de •trois by Mdlles. Scheffre,
Plankett, and M. St. Leon, .in which St. Leon exhibited
some of those- astonishing .tours 'de face which he, alone
can execute. Esmeralda.- •who- has come -to dance, in
honour of the- Wedding; recognises Phosbus ;' he ap-
proaches, she extends her hand to him, he .presses it
with fervour,- and, forgetting in her beauty, the pcdasion
of the presence of his bride, he prays her to dance with
him. Then follows the
.P.'qs dc Esmeralda, exquisitely
danced by carl9tta Grisi.and Perrot. Flew de Lys re-
proaches him with his conduct,. and is borne away fainting.
Gringoire protects E4meralda from the fury of the
guests, and leads 'her off, followed by Phcebus,' The
fourth tableau is an apartment in a cabaret, with a
window opening upon the river. Clopin now- enters
with a torclrin-his hand, followed-by whd draws
from his breast-the poignard Of Esmeralda, ;he hears a
noise upon the stairs, and immediately` conceals. himself.
Phoebus ancrEsineralda appear. He tells her_of his. pas-
sion and his leVe ; but,, apiecetaking of down from .his
plume, she breathes upon it, and, as it floats away, tells
him, that such_are his oaths. At last she allows him to
draw her towards a 'bench ; she kneels at his feet,- and
contemplates him with -passionate admiration. Frollo
springs forward with the poignard in his hand, and .as
Phoebus draws the young Bohemian into a neighbour-
ing chamber; a blow and groans are heard, then thelall
of a body, and-Frollo , rushes" out madly. :followed by
Esmeralda, who sinks fainting' with terror
.on the
floor. A crowd enters the cabaret,. among
them Clopin. . A murder has been _committed,
and Esmeralda is denounced.. as ;
They then seize and Parry her aw.ay, in spite-of-her pro-
testations and her tears. The fifth and last-tableau is on
the banks of-the Seine ; a prison to the right; the tower
of Notre Dame-in the distance. 'Esmeralda' is. conducted
to the prison by an escort of archers, precededby Pion°.
Gringoire enters ; he pauses before one of the ' &Meg of
the prison, ferrorsstrieken at 'tearing judgment pro-
nounced upon her. . lie then addresses the' people, who .
are about to break out iniii.tuninle, when the procession
of the Roi des Fous appears. Quasimodo enters, borne-
upon the shoulders of the..Truands, The doors -of •the
prison open, and the archers appear, conducting-I:me-
-rah:la to execution. The cortege pauses, that- she may
bid Gringoire adieu. Phiebus is seen amongst the crowd,
and Esmeralda faints atlthe- sight. Flinging himself-on
his knees beside her; he' eclares her innocent,'andpbints
out Frollo anhe assassin. " By* 'ft-yees Esmeralda 're-'
covers her senses.'She seeS'Phifebusat her feet„Offering
her his hand and heart.l Biif:die.:happineas ef.the two
lovers drives Frolle to niidness. He rushes on .Esme-
ralda with the intentionit-S stabbing her ; but his arm is
arrested by Quasimodo, who . tears -the dagger.from • his
hand, and plunges it into his breast. Thus ends-the ballet.
At the close of the ballet Carlotta Grisi was called for
and received with the most enthusiastic plaudits, which
she had well earned, not only by her excellent daiicirig,
but by the beautifully expressivepantomime of herapting.
Her acting in tte;last seene was perfection. The music, by
Signor Puigni, was pretty*Mid appropriate, and the mise
en scene was perfect. The dioramic effect introduced in
the opening scene was exceedingly beautiful, and the gar-
dens of the Hotel Gondelaurie exhibited a perfect Para-
dise. Nothing could exceed the- brilliant splendour of ,
this scene, or the elegance of. the.costumes of the white-
robed houris, who danced -.the pas des •fieurs. . • The last
scene, t 00,.: was exceedingly-picturesque,. The success
of the ballet was complete, and " La Esmeralda" is one
more to be added to the list of triumphs achieved 'by
Perrot as a composer of ballet: • The House was very
fashionably attended, and waS"crowded—circumstancest
neither of which 'arc of frequent occurrence on aii_opea-
ing night.

Dr. Turner and 31.1.Iddeitreyratinterv;.ews 'with
Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colehi4l-office.

LITERATURE.
THE WHITE MASK.
Ben*, London, 1844.
The twenty years of bustle and intrigue imme-
diately following the. Revolution of 1688, have long
been a faiourite period with our modern novelists,
and accordingly we are not surprised that Mrs.
Thompson has pressed them into the service of her
present work of fiction. The incidents, related in the
"White Mask" are supposed to have occurred during
the reigns of William and Anne, and though they are
numerous and exciting enou?h, yet we are not aware
that they outrage probability in any one case. As
regards the personages of the story, the author's
canvas—to borrow a phrase from the palette—is quite
crowded 'with them,. and they elbow and jostle each
other so as to produce a scene or constant confusion.
All the wits and beauties of the time—authors, actors,
statesmen, and soldiers—Mrs. Thompson brings be-
fore us in her teeming pages, as if the excellence of a
novel consisted in the number,.rather than in the
nice individuality, of its characters. Of Dryden,
then old and worn down with repeated disappoint-
ments, of Prior, Colley Cibber, Castlemain, and Hea-
ven knows how many other notorious personages of
the day, we get frequent but not very vivid glimpses;
Farquhar, however—that ill-starred dramatist, who
was cut off in the fulness of his promise, and who, if
not so brilliant, is a thousand times more easy and
natural than Congreve—this gifted young dramatist
is drawn at dill length; and by far, the most inter-
esting incidents in the narrative are those with which
he is connected. His first interview -with the cele-
brated actress, Mrs. Oldfield,, then an obscure girl
officiating at the Mitre tavern is very skilfully and
pleasingly described, and the dialogue is lively with-
out being too pointed or elaborated. The " White
Mask" will probably be liked for its bustle, and the
incessant action of its plot, which is always on the
more; but we certainly cannot compliment the
authoress on the adroitness with which she has de
lineated her various characters.

'HATSWORTH. 3 Vols. album, London, 1844.
If we except some descriptive passages which, occur
here and there in the course of a long and somewhat
prosy introduction, there is not • much in this work
that is calculated to attract public attention, notwith-
standing that it is ushered into the world under the
auspices of the author of " Tremaine," who is an-
nounced in the title-page as its editor. The work is
called " Chatsworth" simply from the circumstance
that, it consists of a collection of short tales which are
supposed to be written by a party of talented—to
quote one of the favourite cant terms of the day—and
aristocratic guests assembled beneath the root of this
princely palace, by way of passing away a few hours
agreeably. The writing of these tales may possibly
have proved a very agreeable occupation to their
authors, but the perusal of them by their readers will
prove, we fear, quite 'a different matter, for they
contain little that is novel in conception, and the
execution scarcely, if ever, rises above common place.
Their chief recommendations are their brevity, and
the easy, unpretending spirit in which they are
penned. The first, which is entitled "The Three
Vows," is the best of the series, and one or two of
the incidents connected with the heroine Lady
Dorigen, excite a lively interest. On the whole;
however, the introduction is the best part of the
work, for despite its length and the frequent languor
of its sketches of character, we find in it some
graphic and life-like descriptions of the romantic
scenery in the immediate neighbourhood of Chats-
worth. The following, in our judgment, is the
most effective passage in the whole three volumes. It
is a sketch of a picturesque landscape about a stone's
throw , from Mattock-bath ; and the author, with
some show of justice, prefers it to all the vaunted
scenery of the Rhine and the still more bepraised•
German Spas :
" Every step we advance up the valley of the Derwent
.grows more and more redolent of the atmosphere of that
spot which is now evidently near at hand—like the
fabled tree, within a certain distance of whose shadow no
unclean thing would harbour. Chatsworth spreads its
beatifying influence on all things within that circle, at
the extremity of one of whoSe an approach to it has
commenced. On the southern side of Mattock-bath, the
scenery, with infinite natural lovelinessjisdeformed every
here and there by one of those enormities with which the
pestilent demon of commerce has desecrated a land that
had otherwise rivalled la, befility the most beautiful of
those in fable. Here stands midway up the side of
some fair forest-clothed hill, everlastingly overlooking
the vale for miles around with its innumerable eyes—a
vast cotton mill. There, down by the soft sweet margin
of the river, just where a gentle declivity in its course ,
has broken its serene face into sparkling dimples—lo ! a
never ceasing noise of innumerable hammers issue from
low blackened walls, that day and night, in sunshine and
in moonlight, vomit forth volleys of poisoncius smoke,
that blast the trees all around till no bird will sing in i
them. Not much less offensive to the eye of taste—see
the bepillared and bepedimented castle of some cotton
lord or iron master hangingheavily against the brow of
yonder upland, like a loath Some goitre on the neck of
some mountain maid that were else fair as her own hills.
Once passed the threshold of that circle of which Chats-
worth is the centre, we have not only no more of these
painful and offensive anomalies, but every thing seems to
take a tone and colour from those of the presiding di-
vinity of the district Every dwelling bespeaks
the precise station of its• owner, and that he is content
with station; neither shrinking painfully from the one
below him, nor straining awkwardly towards that which
is above him. The pleasant homestead of the substan-
tial yeoman stands soberly in the midst of its subject
fields, aiming at nothing higher than to mark the dwell-
ing-place of their simple-minded owner. The modest
domicile of the village pastor looks blandly from out its
sheltering trees--the emblem of that holy and happy
calm, which it is the blessed office of its inmate to spread
around him, but which never yet emanated from the
paltry prettiness of a dandy parsonage."
SEL.

ECTIONS FROM WORDSWORTH.
Burns, London, 1844.
With one or two exceptions, these selections from
;he poetical works of Mr. Wordsworth are made
with taste and judgment. We miss, however, his
noble pop* on the Ruins of Kilchoran Castle," one
of the most characteristic he ever penned, and could
readily have dispensed with the "Pet Lamb" and
" Foresight," in which not his strength, but his
weakness; is made manifest. In a brief introductory
notice the editor of this neat little duodecimo, after
commenting on the thoughtful' and elevated nature
of Wordswerth's genius, goes on to observe—" In
his works the English tongue is seen almost in its'
perfection ; its powers of delicate expression, its
flexible idioms, its vast compass, the rich variety of
its rhythms, being all displayed, in the attrac-
tive garb of verse, and yet with a most
rigorous conformity to the laws of its own syntax."
This is justly said. To say nothing of his other re-
commendations, Mr. Wordsworth is perhaps the most'
scrupulously grammatical writer of his age; while
Pope, whom it has so long been the fashion to
praise for his invariable correctness, abounds
in instances of slovenly and defective grammar.
Those who would desire to see Mr. Wordsworth's
genius and power of felicitous expression in their full
force, cannot & better than peruse attentively the
poem of -" Laodamia"—a poem which is as polished
as Parian marble, and is informed by a philosophic'
Spirit, austere even to absolute stoicism in its cha-
racter. The "Banks of the Wye" is another remark-
able production, bearing in every line the impress of
its 'author's genius ; and both these striking poems
the one cold, and pure, and passionless-, as One of
Canova's sculptures, the other full of fervent emotion
—are included in the selection before us.

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