The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-01 00:00:00

FETE CHAMijEIItE.

A fete champetre and fancy fair was held on Saturdsl
in Col. Miles's Giounds, Regent's-park, in aid of the funds
of the Royal Dispensary for the Diseases of the Ear: The
day was lovely, just the sort of day fer for an out-door fete,
and..4ie grounds were crowded with the elite of the
fashionable world. Tents and marquees were pitched in
the grounds, and fitted up with counters, behind which
stood the fair stall keepers, who for ~bouquets of choice,
flowers, portfolios of prints, pineushions, worsted iiork.,
&c., &c., obtained prices which could not but.,have 141
,highly profitable td the ihstittition. The portico in from
of the house was elegantly fitted up as, an orchestrap,i.4l3
which a concert was performed. The following is
programme of the concert, which was conducted by:3
Benedict, and commenced at two o'clock

PART I.
Duet, Mr. Handel Gear and Herr Staudigl, Quando
Sangue tinto"—Donizetti. •
Cavatina, Miss Sabilla Novello—Donfzetti.
Duet. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Seguin, "The Knight and th?
Fairy " (accompanied by the
.Composer):—Louls
Emanuel
Irish Melody; Miss Cubitt, "Rich and rare"—T. Moot'.
Fantasia, Grand Pianoforte, on Airs from " Luereo
Borgia"—Meyer.
M. Leopold de Meyer, Pianiste.
New Song„ Mr. Ransford, " The Laurel Tree "---Kane
ford. •
Cavatinail Madame Anaide Castellan, " Quirci°
quell'uom ,
. . .
Solo, Horn, Signor Puzzi—Puzzi.

Song, Herr Staudigl, " Rage, thou angry Storm "—Be-
nedict.
Romanza, Signor Lorenzo Salvi," Cielpietoso "—Verdi.
Solo, Violin, Signor Camillo Sivori—Sivori.
PART 11.
nnet, The Misses Williams, " La piu pura "—Gabussi.
Ballad, Miss Dalby, ‘• By the sad sea waves "—Benedict.
New Song. Mis- E. Lucomhe, " I remember"—Louis Leo.
Fantasia, Grand Pianoforte. M. LeOpold do Meyer, "Le
Carnaval de Venise"—Mever.
„,Son?:. Mr. W. 11. Seguin, " Non piu andrai —Mozart.
'"do Busse, Coneertina, Signor Giulio Regondi—De
Beriot.
Duet, Miss Emma Lucornbe and Miss Dolby, " We come
to thee. Savoy"—C. W. Glover.
'ag, Mrs. W. H. Seguin, " Sareet Fairy Bells," (Con-
certina Obligato, Signor Giulio Regondi)—L.Emanuel.
Ili; The Misses Williams, " Two merry Gipsies"—
Maefarren.
Conductor—M. Benedict.
The opening duet by Handel Gear and Staudigl was
much applauded, as was Staudigrs magnificent song.
" Rage thou angry :storm." Ransford's new song,
" The Laurel Tree, is a very effective composition, and
will no doubt become popular. The cavatina from
;
Ida
della Torre" was given with exquisite taste by
4(14/ne Castellan, and the romanza, " Ciel Pietoso" was
, Iven with all that dramatic power and expressiveness
Which Sal vi so well knows how to infuse into everything he
°mg& This bf-autiful romanza is the composition of Verdi
creYount.' composer, whose opera, " I Lombardi," has
ated' a perfect furore throughout all Italy.. This
romanza' is an exquisitely expressive composition,
and makes us long to hear more of the works-of the
sda rne nvestro. Camillo Sivori gave us his "Carnaval
Veni'e," as he alone of all violinists, past or present,
"ca,ll Five it. The execution of Meyer in his two grind
Ftano forte fantasias was truly wonderful, and elicited the
r:„„, arty applause of the artistes by which he was sur-
well as that of his audience. The concert
C`'nflucted by Benedict, whose ballad " The Sad Sea
A"" " was beautifully given by Miss Dolby, who,
4jaa Emma Luconsbe, was also much and justly
aPPlauded in Glover's duet, We come to thee, Savoy. '
A military band which was stationed on the grounds
performed, during the intervals of the concert, several
Popular overtures, marches, and dances. The arrage-
ments of the te.e were admirable, and we hope the funds
of the society have benefited materially by it.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWCASTLE RACES—Fran/kir.
The Innkeepers' Plate, by subscription of 3 guineas each, p.p.,
with a sum added to make up 50/. ; the second to save his
stake. Heats, one mile.
Mr.„.. Lamb's Lady Flora, 6 yrs (Francis) 6 1 1
Mr. Dawson's Geneva, 3 yrs 1 5 2
Mr. T. Walker's The Nobbler, 3 yrs
Mr.
.Allan's The Wasp, 5 yrs
eaPt• noyd's Lara, 6 yrs
Mr. Dawson's Bonnets o' 81ue.... 2 3 dr
The Scurry Stakes of 2 sons. each, h. ft., with a Whip added.
Gentlemen riders. Heats, T.Y.C.
lir: La,..lnb'l3 Sambo Sutton, aged (Mr. R. Johnson) 0 1 1
1 0 2
ur; raon's Wee Willie, aged
kr: L:binson's Queen of Hearts, 4 yrs 0 0 3
kr. , mbert's Ellen, aged
• tialmbra's Delirious, 3 yrs ......
mi.l-or.dty_
... 0 0 dr
B Bess 5 yrs ullamore rown . ,
V.: :.!•_ngerson's Charlotte, 5 yrs 0 0 dr
ii`r• w. Brown's Jim Crow, aged 0 0 dr
• Henry's Middleham, aged
The Gold CuLUDLOW RACES.--THURSDAY.
Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Twice
round.

Hall's Brilliant, 3 yrs (Griffiths) 1
Ppnglez's Humility, 6 Yrs Broke down.
e 'l° ear Old Stakes of 15 sous. each, with 30 added.

T.Y.C.

Mr n_
fir.,,,ugley's Mystery . (Sly) 1
V. 'V alter's My Mary •••
R• D. Goup's The British Grenadier
e 13orough Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats
lir. on , once round.
lit g'ers Queen of the Gipsies, 4 yrs ...(Sly) 1 1
•kr._ Ackers named bf by Tenbury, 3 yrs
:ilf•
Bout's The Rhine, 4 yrs
uh Shropshire Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 20
-mle:d; the second saved his stake. Heats once roundand
lira
'r- Ir. (9 Subs.)
Ar; t• Herbert's Tariff, 5 yrs ...(Whitehouse) 5 1 1
If,: ~.,.c lintuff's The Exciseman, 4 yrs 1 0 2
• ,irva 7 VI 2 3 3
kr. , siey 8 Varna,. 6 yrs .. •• ••
Air. ki--°ollg,h 'a
Aimwell, aged •
Free TyPe Behg by Mazeppa, 5 yrs
4-landicap of 50 soya. each, with 30 added. Once
Mr. 0 , round.
kr. iingt,eY'S Queen of the Gipsies, 4 yrs (Sly) 1
air. o,,wklins's Nix my Dolly, 5 yrs
kr. Dugui's Fausta, 6 yrs
..: un tot 4
r A '8
Countess of Lichfield, 4 -1.8
ono.,;`",2TEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
VI 1 --/vuob STAKEB.-11 to 1 agst Red-deer (taken), 13
tr„., agst The Era, 18 to 1 agst Franchise, 20 to 1 agst Can-
-4 41) to 1 agst Gunter.
er,,j•TooDIVOOD Cur.-5 to 2 agst Alice Hawthorn, Bto 1 agst
'Le Squire.
1 31.• LEGErt.--4 to 1 agst The Cure, 6 to 1 agst Princess,
b ."0. 1 apt Ithuriel, 7 to 1 agst The Ugly Buck, 12 to 1 agst
44e01-deer (taken). Very little done.

AQUATICS AT ETON COLLEGE.
• very interesting trial of skill, which excited considerable
Place amongst the amateurs of Windsor and Eton, took
"icet _ upon the Thames on Thursday evening, between the
4ao wer Sixes" of Eton College; the distance, about three
chiles, being from Windsor-bridge to the Rushes and back.
Theert" boats which started (the Dreadnought and the
The) were thus manned :
Ale ureednought—Miles, stroke oar ; Fitzgerald, Nash
zhander, Balguy, Mosely, Lawford, mi. coxswain.T
e Thetis—Burton, stroke oar; Winter, Boileau, Suther-
i;`,,_ Fredericks, Shipton, Mr. De Ros; coxswain.
allowedis ' was a considerable deal of bumping (a system which
Low in matches of this description at Eton), from the
11,,,i'er Rope up to the Rushes ; in rounding which the Dread-
tw-eght took the lead and kept it, winning the match by about
of Ivboats' lengths. A great number of the principal families
the incisor and Eton were present in the Borras to witness
start and the finish.

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

In a closely reasoned essay on the " Causes of the
Increase of Crime," which leads off the present Num-
ber, the author states that the habit of strikes, which
of late years has been so frequent among operatives,
has been one of the principal causes of the alarming
spread of vice, observing that the effects of these
strikes invariably appear for a course of years after-
wards in the increased roll of criminal commitments,
and the number of young persons of both sexes, who,
loosened by these protracted periods of idleness, never
afterwards regain habits of regularity and industry."
Another cause, he tells us, may be found in the cus-
tom, so prevalent in the manufacturing districts, of
parents sending out their children at the earliest pos-
sible period into the factories, who " thus come to be
looked on not as objects of affection but as instruments
of gain ; in fact, the children are, practically speak-
ing, sold for slaves, and the sellers are their own
parents Unbounded is the demoralization produced
by this monstrus perversion of the first principles of
nature." This is a sad state of things, but it will
baffle, we fear, the ingenuity and wisdom of our most
enlightened statesmen to find a remedy for it. We
must take the evil with the good; if we will insist on
being the first manufacturing country in the world,
we must put up with the vices that the manufactur-
ing system engenders. The " Heart of the Bruce"
is a spirited ballad, penned in imitation of one of the
Percy Relics. " Memorandums of a Month's Tour
in Sicily," skims the surface of things in a very light,
readable manner. Tne tourist is an inveterate John
Bull in his predilections, for. he actually prefers our
English fruits to those mellow and delicious does which
ripen beneath Sicilian skies, and along the shores of
the Mediterannean ! His passing description of a
visit which he paid to the ruins of the Temple
of Segeste, breathes a glowing spirit of classical
enthusiasm such as would have warmed the
heart of Eustace. Of the general character of the
Sicilians he speaks with marked contempt, and is by
.no means enamoured of the great, healthy, hungry
fleas and bugs—which, it appears, are in season all
the'year round—that bivouac in the beds of thee?
establishments. " Poems and Ballads of Goethe"
contain translations, executed with evident pains-
taking of some of the minor lyrics of this great Ger-
man poet. In the present chapters of " Marston, or
the Memoirs of a Statesman" we find the hero once
again landed in England, after his perilous adventures
among the French Republicans, and seated as a visitor
in the House of Commons in the hope of hearing Pitt
rise and defend the warlike, anti-Gallic policy of the
Cabinet. The description of the mannerand appearance
of this minister's great rival Fox, as he walked up the
house and took his usual seat on the front bench of
the Opposition,is very adroitly introduced, and reads
just like an extract from Wraxall's Memoirs. The
" Week of an Emperor" is a record of the daily pro-
ceedings of the Czar during his recent visit to the me-
tropolis, and is happily adapted to the lounging
tastes of magazine readers. There is some ingeni-
ous speculation, bordering in places on the fantastic,
in the article headed "Traditions of Fairy Tales of
Upper Lusatia ;" but, as a whole, it is heavy, and
even were it not so, still the subject is one at variance
with the tastes of this incredulous matter-of-fact age
—the age that seems to have faith in nothing but the
steam-engine, the spinning-jenny, and the infallibility
of that most fallible of statesman, Sir Robert Peel. It
is nearly two centuries since Bishop Corbett, in one of
the most delightful little poems of the day, lamented
the decline of the popular oelief in fairies ; and if his
lamentation was well-founded then, what must it be
now ? From the article on " Portugal," which com-
prises a short biographt Id sketch of the celebrated
blarquis of Pombal, we quote a description of the
great earthquake at Lisbon, which took place, it may
be_remembered, during the administration of that en-
lightened statesman
" On the morning of All-Saints' day, the Ist of No-
vember, 1755, Lisbon was almost torn up from the faun •
lations by the most terrible earthquake on European re-
cord. As it was a high Romish festival, the population
were crowding to the churches, which were lighted up in
honour of the day. About a quarter before ten the first
shock was felt, which lasted the extraordinary length of
,ix or seven minutes • then followed an interval of about
Five minutes, after which the shock was renewed. la.ting
about three minutes. The concussions were so violent
in both instances that nearly all the solid buildings were
lashed to the ground, and the principal part of the city
almost wholly ruined. The terror of the population,
rushing through the falling streets, gathered in the
churches, or madly attempting to escape into the fields,
may be imagined ; but the whole scene of horror, death,
and ruin, exceeds all description. The ground split into
chasms, into which the people were plunged in their
,right. Crowds fled to the water ; but the Tagus, agi-
tated like the land, suddenly rose to an extraordinary
height, burst upon the land, and swept away all within
its reach. It was said to have. risen to the height of five-
and-twenty or thirty feet above its usual level, and to
have'sunk again as much below it. And this phenome-
non occurred four times.

"The dispatch from the British Consul stated, that the
especial force of the earthquake seemed to be directly
under the city ; for while Lisbon WAS lifted from the
ground, as if by the explosion of a gunpowder mine, the
damage either above or below was not so considerable,
One of the principal quays, to which it was said that
many people had crowded for safety, was plunged under
the Tagus, and totally disappeared. Ships were carried
down by the shock on the river, dashed to pieces against
each other, or flung upon the shore. To complete the
catastrophe, fires broke out in the ruins, which spread
over the face of the city, burned for five or six days, and
reduced all the goods and property of the people to ashes.
For forty days the shocks continued with more or less
violence, but they had now nothing left to destroy. The
'people were thus kept in a constant state of alarm, and
forced to encamp in the open fields, though it was now
winter. The Royal Family were encamped in the gar-
dens of the palace ; and, as if all the elements of society
had been shaken together, Lisbon and its vicinity became
the place of g4thering for banditti from all quarters in
the kingdom. A number of Spanish deserters made
their way to the city, and robberies and murders of the
most desperate kind were constantly perpetrated.
" During this awful period, the whole weight of go-
vernment fell upon the shoulders of the Minister ; and
he bore it well. He adopted the most active measures
for provisioning the city. for repressing plunder and vio-
lence, and for enabling the population to support them-
selves during this period of suff Ttng. It was calculated
that seven millions sterling could scarcely repair the da-
mage of the city ; and that no less than eighty thousand
lives had been lost, either crushed by the earth or swal-
lowed up by the waters. Some conception of the native
mortality may be formed from that of the English : of
the comparatively small number of whom, resident at
that time in LiNb rn, no less that twenty-eight men and
fifty women were among the sufferers. The Royal Fa-
mily were at the palace of Beim when this tremendous
.Itlamity occurred. Pomba!' instantly hastened there.
He found every ole in constern ition. What is to be
done,' exclaimed the King; as he:entered, to meet this
infliction of Divine justice ?"Fhe calm and re olute
answer of Pombal was—' Bury the deal, and feed the
living.' This sentence is still recorded with honour in
the memory of Portugal.'

WRESTLING.
Corn-
e annual gathering of the wrestlers of Devon and
~,,,e(nmenced on Monday last at Chalk Farm, and term-
fien"°,l late on Thursday night, after three days' play, the
ineeat Perhaps ever witnessed. • The liberality of the noble-
of :Ilan,' gentlemen of Cornwall and Devon, and other pa• cons
eel be an" had enabled the Committee to procure the most
ties, rated wrestlers from distant parts of the respective coun-
resi„aell.aist to give prizes suburbto attract the " crack" men
41' in the metropolis and an districts to enter the
seage ,ecinnetition. The Committee bad anticipated the pre-
e or the famous Devonshire champion, Abraham Cann, as
‘rYer "
Ineet• ' and which certainly would have given eclat to the
Ing, but theltevent veteran, by the pressure of business, was
Were v,„ed,. from attending. The arrangements, however,
complete, and everything passed off in the most
unp.r —al"' manner, the only damper to the sports being the
da?pitious state of the weather on Tuesday, but this was
Yn„dmnensated for by the fineness of Monday, Wednes•
Thursday, which doubtless was the means of at-
tach dega great portion of the spectators, among whom on
aiactionY we noticed several noblemen and gentlemen of dis-
weli'Lannected with Devon and Cornwall, and a number
Alinsporting characters. The ring was formed in
eosure attached to Chalk Farm. T.) prevent any ill-
the mg, atnong the competitors, it was distinctly stated that
play to‘eha of the Club would be strictly adhered to, and the
n, -a in the Cornish style without shoes.
othei7eng the new men from le,
whose travelling and
4„rielPenses were to be discharged by the Committee, were
rate 01-se',ge, J. Hodge, Bray, Bennett, and Lanyon, all &A-
R "•
07.4 bey
the n,, •—unapires and a referee having been chosen, and
With —,, ""marY preliminaries arranged, the play commenced
fro in ",,Inatch between Truscott, a Devonshire man, and Bray,
hoor,,'??nwall, the first of two back falls, which, after two
of th-e°l'2evere and scientific play, terminated in the defeat
The 40er.
beih ofSiTgle Play was opened by Richard Dyer and Bath,
thrown' Cornwall, and after some very pretty play Bath was
Some
Luca, Cocking, struggles then ensued between Gill, Williams,
ethera:'°eking, and Chapman, all of Cornwall, and several
Tup
ferred consequence of the rain the play was de-
till
pet play this day was first-rate, the corn-
G. sniineluding W. Snell, Devon ; W. Hodge, Cornwall ;
Yen, Dev"n ; Bennett, Cornwall ; Webber, Devon ; Lan
three
ocrenteries erilwall, whose family have been wrestlers for the lastGayn; Toogood, Devon ; J. Hodge, Cornwall ;
11eals, d'eland; Hutchins, Devon • Bray, Cornwall; Wil-
wing, ernwall ; Dyer, Cornwall; Truscott, Devon ; and
At tho 4111, beriaild. .
Lnirteen-,em'se of the day there were nineteen „ standards,"
the Ikkii k-kiruish men to six Devonshire men, conrquently
freely greatly in favour of' Cornwall, which were
'".Y the L'y the natives of that county, and as freely taken
,„,,Titultten of Devon.
'w • Eln;i7-tv•—The-double play commenced to-day between
verge -,"ge and Gaynor, and the latter yielded to his
3/4 ad-
r r 3 4a• vo
threw ;r u then, after one of the finest bouts of the three. days,
Sneii,TPod in first 'rate style. -
IlutehiLewise, after a good tussle, threw Bennett.
llrebbens Yielded to J. Dyer.
Tru_seo r, after a capital bout, floored,lLDyer. .
tt,
-efeateGeorge
(Cornwall); Chaptnati floored
eairldbeßiruay us
kocid man).
VG:.ll7laSnlns , g absent when called forfeited to J. Hodge.

Sto THIRD ROUND. -
Land,DI)IG MEN.—Heavy Weights—M. Hodge, W. Snell,
i en, J. Dyer , Webber, and J. Hodge.
Licht W • '
J. I/ eights—Williams, Truscott, Chapman, and Bray.
W. •,.. edge then threw J. Dyer, Lanyon yielded to Snell. and
Chapman threw Webber (by consent).
1,;:-'41)1.1•n threw Williams, and Truscott gave way to Bray,
'111; InJured his foot on the previous Monday. .
STAND, ~. FOURTH ROTJHD. '
bliraY thr;watvEjh J
.a
—Bray, J. Hodge, W. Snell, and W. Hodge..
...Imo (odda
inan).pman, and Snell threw W. Hodge.

FIFTH ROUND.
MEN.--AV. Snell, Bray, and J. Hodge.
gave way to J. Hodge.
af.ut• Snell and J. Hodge then played for the final fall, which,
th a beautiful struggle, was won by Snell, amidst the cheers
e as'sembled spectators.
w.liasenepuri were then awarded as follows :—First prize,
third wDevon), 10/. ; second, J. Hodge (Cornwall), 6/. ;
1. BraY (Cornwall), 3/. ; fourth, W. Hodge (Cornwall),

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11
ki 'CITED SERVICE MAGAZINE for July contains
an Qui
kt uernsey, a
,-. treble pafer, by Col. Wilkie, on " Jersey,
these isl--' nd their 'Norman Laws," which, now that
lts are attracting so much of the public atten_c-,
lion, cannot but be peculiarly acceptable. The public
oray here obta.in a knowledge of the extraordinary state
I„„ta.hings which•has so long been suffered to exist in a
I)7t 'of our own territory. The account. of the Swedish
iTnite:Yrey,isstinalgso a most
valuable paper,- and there is muc,,
information in the "Notices from Kafirland. .
tr t,-,,aPe,r. on " The Sepoy of the Indian Arm y,7 " The
V-111,--- oerriCes,", " The Duke of Wellington's pis
""es" Barracks in the 'West Indies," and on "The
ng incident
.auban Model," are ably written. There is an entertain
t -
entitled, " My First Smell of Gunpowder,"_
11 the Old Man-o'-wars Man, and the " Military Scraps".
Ife CaPt• Ford, are equally amusing. The " Further
itby Major on the Waterloo. Campaign and_ its Hi.:torians,"
ilitiLailyervilasil Jackson, and the "Historical Sketch of
unishments," b_y Dr. Marshall, are replete with
°T•mstUni. and will well repay perusal.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1844.

gress through the western counties of England is the
most ridiculous that can possibly be conceived. He
travelled in first-rate style in a carriage and four, and
was received by the thick-headed squires at whose
houses he lodged on his road, with honours scarcely
inferior to those which would have been paid to a
sovereign prince. As he was not very particular in
money matters, he made a point of borrowing as
much loose cash as his entertainers could con-
veniently spare him ; but, when the promised day of
re-payment came round,behold, the Doctor was notto
be found. Abiit—excessit—evasit—erupit ;in plain
English, he had bolted! His story- is a difficult one
for a novelist to handle with any hope of effect, and, ac-
cordingly, Mr. Ainsworth judiciously a eitents himself
with just slightly glancing at it. The " Wrong Om-
nibus" is a strange story, supposed to be told by a
lunatic, respecting a murder which he imagined he
had committed, and for which he requested as a
particular favour that he might be hanged. His
commendable wish, however, was not complied with,
and he was shut up instead within the four walls of
Bedlam. In the critical notice of "Jesse's Life of
Beau Brummell," the reviewer states that "the
qualities which made this pri.ice of fops what he was,
were impudence without limit, and selfishness
without scruple." Brummell must have had
other and rarer qualities than these, or he
never would have ruled so long as a dictator
at the 'West-end. 'Wit, 'or if not wit,
great readiness of repartee we know he had; but he
must have had also imperturbable self-possession,
quick insight into character, and a power of turning
to his own advantage the weaknesses of those with
whom he associated. These are requisites far supe-
rior to those usually found in the mere fop, and will
eo far to account for the grinding despotism which
Brummell exercised fir nearly twenty years over the
world of fashion. Poor George! With alll his min-
cir.g dandyism he was a gentleman at heart. He
refused to make money, when he had scarcely a sou
in his pocket, by publishing his memoirs, for which
large sums had been offered him ; and in his quarrel
with the Prince Regent—a man every way his infe•
rior—evinced a manly spirit of independence and self-
respect, as rare then am it is_now among the courtier
tribe. " A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla" is one
of Leigh Hunt's discriminating critical essays, who is
never so much at home as when descanting on the
genius of Spenser, as he here does—a poet wom, to
our shame be it said, we have three several times
endeavoured to read, and as often failed in our attempt.
We can devour Dryden, with his sounding versifica-
tion, vigorous sense, and felicitous paraphrases, and
Specially relish the courtly compliments and con-
densed cutting sarcasm of Pope ; but the genius of
Spenser is too abstract for our sympathies ; he dwells
in an enchante I world of his own, and few, we sus-
pect, but men of vivid fancy, can properly appreciate
him. " A Lapse of Forty Years" is a journal of a
man of fashion at two different periods of his life.
Here is his diary, penned when he had become a
superannuated Roue, 65 years of age :
" MAY, IB4o.—Took an airing in my nephew's phae-
ton. Jack drives too fast • he says it is owing to the
march of intellect. I should have preferred walking, if
it had not been for the gout. Those last boots were con-
foundedly tight. Jack drove me home through Regent-
street, where he said he saw a great many pretty girls,
but I think they used somehow to be prettier. Bond-
street is narrower, and was more convenient for seeing
one's acquaintance on the other side of the way. Jack
ea;d he could not decide whether to marry for love or
for money. I told him love was bad and money worse.
'the rogue then owned he was in love with a portion-
less girl, and begged me t ) persuade his father to ap-
prove of the match. I promised my assistance. Jack
helped me out of his phaeton very carefully. My cousin
Maria called to see me, with her two pretty grand-
daughters. It is very considerate of her to conic and see
an old man as often as she does. Maria is always cheerful
and has worn vastly well. She does not look her age
'II might have been very happy if Ihad marled her ; she
Makes her home so comfortable. I often wish Emily
had refused me. I wonder why she eloped so very soon,
since she liked me well enough to marry me? My phy-
sician looked in to know how I was. He says I must go
on with the abstemious system. Read the newspapers,
Saw a benefit announced for an old actress, Miss B—.
'who left the stage twenty years ago, and is now in dis-
tress. She will play, for that night only, the character
'she came out in. To make the evening more attractive,
e. 4 celebrated danseuse will sing a song, and a famous
bigger will dance the cachuca. The whole will conclude
With a scene from Norma, in which a young lady will
sing the part of the high priest. Now-a-days, the whole
aim of the scenic tribe is to do something that they are
'moat unfitted for. Nevertheless, I shall take a box, and
twenty pit tickets ; for having been at her first, I am
pound to be at her last representation. I fancy
few of the young men that will go to see her
will believe how pretty she once was, poor thing !
Dined on a boiled chicken and a rice-pudding. Drank
toast-and-water as the physician prescribed. If Capt.
had never drank anything else, I should pro-
bably never have married Emily. He saw double, too,
When he spoke of her fortune, for it turned out to b,
twenty, instead of forty thousand. My son called in,
when I had half done, to lunch at my dinner. He came
to borrow five hundred pounds. I lent it, but with a lec-
ture. I wish 'he would leave off his bad habits and take
a wife. I should like to see him marry Maria's grand-
daughter when she comes out. Went to take tea and
play at chess with General Blake. He related to me, for
the hundredth time, how he had run away with Lady
A--'s youngest daughter when he was' only a lieute-
nant. It turned out a very good match after all. Colonel
who used to laugh at him, and say he would never
get her, was killed in India years ago. I checkmated
the General at the first game. His grand-daughter came
in to make tea for us. She is a fine girl, and reminded
me of her great-aunt, Fanny, whom she is christened
after. She was so attentive to all my little wants, that I
could not resist taking out of my pocket a ring, which I
'had intended for my god-daughter, and offering it to
her. She smiled, and said she was afraid she might not
receive a present except from older men than myself.
Her father told her she was a fool, as I was old enough
for anything of that sort. The little gipsy is full of good
some and sprightliness. I left the General at ten ; and,
as my foot was better I' walked home, for we live within
a street's length of each other. A poor woman, at a
crossing, asked me for money : I gave her sixpence, and,
as she seemed distressed, I inquired her name and abode.
She answered Caroline ----. I had nearly made an
'exclamation, bnt checked myself, and promised to assist
her further. All the way home I could not get rid of
:the recollection of Caroline on the black pony, and how
graceful she used to look. Her merry laugh used to ring
in my ears. Who could have thought that her high
spirits and her blooming cheeks would pass away, and
, leave not a wreck behind? I wonder how many fortunes
she has got through since Major S— took her off my
hands. I must get the poor old soul into an almshouse,
; and provide for her comfortably. Her support for th,
rest of her life will not cost as much as furnishing the
cottage I once fitted up for her at Brompton. Dreamt
that I was a young man again, and galloping to Bromp-
ton on the bay mare. Was just going to leap a high
gate, when I woke with the cramp."

HOOD'S MAGAZINE.
We are happy to hear from Mr. Hood's own state
meat, affixed-to the present number of his Magazine,
that he his slowly recovering from the serious indispo-
sition with which he has been lately attacked, and hopes
that he may live many longyears to come, to amuse and
instruct the world by his cordial humour and healthy,
unaffected wisdom. Evident proofs of his amendment
may be found in his " Domestic Novel," which gives a
highly diverting account, full of animal spirits, of a
dialogue between a husband and a wife respecting the
number of godfathers which it is necessary to have
for twins. In an impartial sketch of the "Premier,"
we find the followinr, just remarks :—" The prejudice
which is rising against Sir Robert Peel, is a move-
ment against the spirit of the times, and is a strong
symptom of the character of the approaching age. It
is beginning to be felt that our age is over mechanical,
and that the physical principle is allowed to predo-
minate over the moral." The " Deception "is a story
of a deeply affecting nature, and relates desertion of
a young Spanish lady by her betrothed husband, Sir
Caversham Harley, who had given out that he wa,
dead, in order to escape from her importunities ;- and is
in consequence, shot soon afterwards in a duel, by her
indignant relative, a high spirited Spanish officer.
" Garden Fancies " are by the author of " Paracel-
sus." We. subjoin the first a the series, entitled "The
Flower's ame
Here's, the garden she walked across,
Arm in my arm, such a short while since : -
Hark, now I push its wicket, the moss
Hinders the hinges and makes them wince I
She must ha've reached this 'shrub ere she turned,
As back with that murmur the wicket swung
For she laid the poor snail, my chance foot spurned,
To feed and forget it the leaves among.
Down this side of the gravel-walk
She went while her robe's edge brushed the box :
And here she paused in her gracious talk
To point me a moth on the milk-white flox.
Roses ranged in valiant row,
Think will I never she passed you by !
She loves noble roses, I know ;
But this—so surely this met her eye !
This flower she stopped at, finger on lip ;
Stooped over, in doubt, settling.its
Till she gave me, with pride to make no slip,
Its soft meandering Spanish name : -
What a name ! Was it love or praise ?
Speech half-asleep, or song half-awake ?
I must learn Spanish one of those days,
Only for that slow sweet name's sake.
Roses, if I live ancl.do well,
I may bring her, one of these days,
To fix you_tast with as fine a spell,
Fit you each with his Spanish Arai!) !
'But do not detain me now ; for she lin.ers
There, like sunshine over the ground':
And ever I see her soft white fingers
Searching after the bud she found.
Flower,3s'o you Spaniard, look you grow not,
Stay ou are and be loved for ever !
aa
Bud, if I kiss you, 'tis that you blow not,
Mind the pink shut mouth opens never !
For while it pouts thus, her fingers wrestle,
Twinkling the audacious leaves between,
Till round they turn and down they nestle—
.ls not-the dear. mark still to be seen
Where I find her not, beauties vanish ;
Whither I follow her, beauties flee ;