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T 1 E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, i 842.

LITERATURE.
THE POPLAR MAGAZINE.
Britain, London, 1842.

This is a first number, and, like most first numbers,
is got up with great care and attention to effect
Should the future ones be edited with equal tact, we
think we may venture to predict that the magazine
will be a successful one, especially as it is of a light,
cheerful character, and Is reasonably moderate in
point of price. The first article in the present num-
ber is from the pen of the editor ; it is entitled " The
Alchemist," and is, we perceive, to be continued. The
scene, as far as the two first chapters are
concerned, is laid in Dresden, towards the close of
the year 1705, and the narrative opens in a
very natural and spirited manner. "On Great Men"
is a lively, whimsical essay, jesting with good-
humoured archness on the vanity of those individuals,
who, because they are regarded as oracles in their
own small circles, imagine, as a necessary consequence,
that they possess all the inherent elements of great-
ness. " Stanzas written after a Pilgrimage to Wal-
tham Cross" evince. a ready power of versification,
and no slight poetical feeling. Of the remaining
articles the most interesting is " Glances at Old
Books," which is a gossipping notice of Howel's
Familiar Epistles, a work first published in the
year 1615.

FINE ARTS.
PORTRAIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
PRINCE ALBERT.

The private view of this specimen of art was open
on Saturday at Mr. Moon's Threadneedle-street.
The portrait of his Royal Highness is a whole-length,
the size of life, painted by John Lucas, Esq., and
from which it is intended to produce an engraving,
equal in size, and to suit as a companion, to Chalon s
State portrait of the Queen. It represents his High-
ness, attired in a Field Marshal's uniform, standing on
the entrance-steps of Windsor Castle, the round tower
of which, together with another portion of the same
edifice, forms the back-ground. To the right of the
Prince is a spirited portrait of the horse presented to
him by the King of Prussia, with his attendant of the
11th Hussars. The attitude of the Prince is erect,
and the rich military suit in which he is attired is
enhanced by the brilliant tone of the colouring, which
is throughout in good taste and keeping. The expres-
sion of the eyes and countenance is as fully faithful as
of any likeness that has been produced, and the veri-
similitude of the whole excellent. Mr. Moon we be-
lieve is to have the sole privilege of exhibiting it, pre-
vious to its being remitted to the Palace of Versailles.

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF SIR
CHRISTOPHER WREN.

The original plan of this " Tribute," now on view
at Mr. Moon's, designed by Mr. Cockerel], the ar-
chitect, and the engraving reduced from it, consists
of a plate, in which are grouped together, in one
view, all the architectural works of that great builder,
wherever distributed over the metropolis. The
Cathedral of St. Paul's occupies the centre of the
background, and the dimness of outline in which it is
intentionally drawn, aids its magnificence, as put in
comparison with the lower range of no less than
sixty other public churches and structures, all the
handywork of this inimitable architect. The spectator
who beholds somany fabrics compressed into a plate of
only 22i by 16 inches high, and observing the total
dissimilarity of construction which characterizes the
whole—yet that whole composed of so many various
parts and designs—is struck with a sense of the im-
mense versatility of the architect's powers, who could
originate and give definite form to so many struc-
tures of symmetry, massiness, and beauty. St. Paul's,
which according to the well-known inscription in
that cathedral, has stood as the one magnificent mo-
nument to the memory of Sir Christopher, appears
by this plate to form but one out of many. An apter
or more noble tribute Gould not have been designed.

LONDON AS IT IS. Boys, London, 1842.
Such is the title of a work which contains a selec-
tion of twenty-six views of some of the most remark-
able public buildings, places of fashionable resort,
bridges, thoroughfares, &c. in the modern Babylon.
The views are all lithograph, are tinted with sepia,
and executed with great skill and spirit. To
each of them is attached about half a page
of explanatory letter-press, both in French and
English, so as to give the work a chance of
circulation in France as well as in England
From the handsome style in which it is got up—to
say nothing of its dimensions, an Imperial folio—
it must have cost the proprietor an immense sum;
but we venture to predict that it will repay the out-
lay, for the subject is one of general interest, and the
views are all so accurate and life-like, even to the
minutest points of locality, that those who are
familiar with them will recognise them at a
glance, and those who are not, will natu-
rally be curious to see sketches of places
of which they are constantly reading, and whose
celebrity is' diffused far and wide over Europe. The
" Mansion House, Cheapside," is one of the liveliest
and most animated of the views. Nothing can sur-
pass the appearance of bustle and confusion that the
scene presents. Omnibuses, some rattling along at
full speed, and others drawn up by the curb-stone
waiting for passengers ; women hurrying boldly
across the street, or waiting timidly for a fitter
moment to cross ; the pavements on either side
thronged with a motley crowd of old clothes-men,
flying dustmen with their bulky calves—which George
Cruickshank has turned to such whimsical account
in his caricatures ; maid-servants, with children in
their arms, wooden-legged beggars, and cads with
their forefingers professionally uplifted to catch the
glance of the passing pedestrian ; in the foreground, the
heavy lumbering Mansion-house, aptly typifying the
heavy intellects of those who successively inhabit it ;
and in the distance, a host of cabs, carts, carriages,
drays, &c., all thundering along, as if they were rac-
ing with each other for a wager ;—such are the prin-
cipal items in a sketch, whose characteristic pecu-
liarities are ha off with singular dexterity. The
" Tower and Mint" is a faithful and striking view of
that gloomy fortress which figures so conspicuously
in the blood-stained pages of our history. There
is an air of stern repose about it that forci-
bly impresses the imagination. " London-bridge
from Southwark-bridge" is a spirited river-scene ;
and the numerous steam-boats, barges, and light
craft, gliding in every dirction over the smooth sur-
face of the water, while a dense forest of masts blackens
in the distance, will convey just the fitting idea
of the enormous wealth and trade of the metropolis.
" London from Greenwich" is a cheerful, pie-
ture3que scene, and embraces all the chief points of
this unrivalled panorama, whose perspective is
handled with uncommon skill. " Buckingham Pa-
lace from St. James's Park," with it 4 groups
of pedestrians, some sauntering by the water's edge,
and others resting on the benches—its still, clear lake i
dotted with islets—and its rich show of varied foliage
—presents as gay and attractive a picture as could be,
desired, and would have delighted the courtly Wat-
teau, whose genius revelled in such scenes. There are se-
veral other excellent engravings, but we have mentioned
the most prominent, and have only to add that the
letter-press explanations are neatly and concisely
penned by Mr. Charles 011ier.

CALIGRAPHY.—A very exquisite' specimen of Cali-
graphy, or fine writing, being the Address of the
City of London to the King of Prussia, on the occa-
sion of his standing sponsor to the Prince of Wales
—was open to private view on Saturday, at No. 39,
Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. Mr. Paton,
who is well known as possessing a pen of perfect
finish and beautiful elaboration for specimens in this
species of art, has certainly produced in this instance
for the City authorities as choice and elegant a piece
of penmanship as the august occasion itself demands
for a commemoration. We rarely, or rather never,
have seen the command of pen more felicitously exhi-
bited than in the delicate curves and flections of the
letters, and the graceful tenuity of the ornamental
additions. To liken it to engraving or copperplate
would be an ordinary, common-place, for we have
always believed, and in the present instance belief
strengthens into proof, that the human hand can be a
far finer instrument towards the production of whatever
is fair or perfect in art, than any mechanical process.
The address is surrounded by a splendidly illuminated
border, formed of various heraldic devices, consistinge
, the City
surmounted aniounned by a rich gilt frame. To-day
&c.,executed
(Monday) her Majesty, Prince Albert, and other
distinguished persons have intimated their desire to
by Mr. Dowse, and the
sE e it at the palace, prior to its being sent to Prussia.

CURIOUS ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON.--On Mon-
day last a singular and beautiful phenomenon, known to sea-
men by the name of looming, and of the same
.nature as the
mirage of the French, was observed at the old citadel, Inver-
ness. Fort George, ten miles distant on the Moray Firth, ap-
peared with fully thrice its usual elevation ; and parts of the
coast at a greater distance, which are below our horizon, and
consequently invisible, were distinctly seen. The workmen
engaged in the hemp factory (which now fills the area of
Cromwell's ruined fort) turned out to witness the strange
spectacle, which was also seen by various other persons. Such
appearances, it is well known, are caused by the irregular
and unusual refractions which the rays of the light sometimes
experience in a peculiar state of the atmosphere. They occur
most frequently in the warmer latitudes, on level plains, or
near the sea shore. Many singular instances of the same kind
are on record; and, in' particular, it is related that in 1798
the coast of France was distinctly seen, raised above the sea,
from the beach of Hastings. In the present case this peculiar
state of the atmosphere must have been partly occasioned by
the heat of the day, the temperature being the highest expe-
rienced here this season.—lnverness Courser.
THE CApERcAiLmE.—The " Cock of the North,"
this noble, fine-plumaged rarer avis, with the capercailzie hens,
presented by the Marquis of Breadalbane to the Duke of Hamil-
ton, and placed for breeding in a large, curiously-constructed
pavilion aviary, near Brodick Castle, have, by the unremitting
and most assiduous care and attention of the head gamekeeper,
been finely preserved. Last year eggs were placed under moor
game for hatching, and as there was no shooting in Arran, and
all the game strictly preserved, it is probable that some young
capercailzies may be seen in the forests or in the mountains.
This season proper care has been bestowed to get more eggs
hatched, so that these is a reasonable prospedt of this grand and
rare species of game gradually becoming abundant in Arran.—
ilmarnock Journal.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The following Noblemen and Gentlemen presented
Addresses of Congratulation to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, on Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock,
at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Arundel and
Surrey—from Arundel.
The Earl of Kinnoul, Lord-Lieutenant of the county
of Perth—from the Noblemen, Justices of the Peace, and
Commissioners of Supply of the county of Perth.
The Earl of Warwick—from Leamington.
The Rig4tt Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P., Sir Edward
Colebrooke, M.P., and Captain Maher—from the inhabi-
tants of Taunton.

The Right Hon. F. T. Baring, M.P., and Sir J. Staun-
ton, M.P.—from Portsmouth.

The Earl of Mountcashel, Lord Clifford, Sir Augus-
tus D'Este, Colonel Sir Duncan Macdougall, The Chis-
holm, Sir Allan M'Nab, Colonel Pringle Taylor, Sir
William Pearson, Major John Campbell, Mr. Urquhart,
Mr. Macdougall, Mr. Ouseley, and Mr. Guest—from the
Colonial Society.

The Dea❑ of Carlisle, the Rector ; Viscount Canning,
and the lion. Mr. Clive M.P., the Churchwardens—
from the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square.
Captain Polhill, M.P., and Mr. Stuart, M.P.—from
Bedford.

The Governor and Deputy Governor—from the Bank
of Eno-land.
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Col6nel Williams, High Sheriff—from Denbighshire.
The Wardens—from the Fishmongers Company.
Mr. Martin, -M.P.—from Lancaster.

Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of Exeter,
K.G., Groom of the Stole ; Lord George Lennox, Lord
in Waiting ; C.Lptain Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier
Guards), Groom ;n Waiting ; and Major General Sir
Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady
Lyttelton, were taken an airing in the Royal garden on
Saturday. •

Her Slajesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by his
Excellency Count Mensdorf, took -an airing in an open
carriage and four on Saturday afternoon. The Counts
Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf, rode
out on horseback at the same time ; and Lord Charles
Wellesley and Sir Edward Bowater, the Equerries in
Waiting, attended her Majesty and the Prince on horse-
back.

The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, en
Saturday, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Rivers, and
Lady Carolina Cocks.
The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in
attendance during dinner in the evening.
Sir William C. Ross, A.R.A., had the honour of taking
a last sitting on Saturday, on completing the portraits of
the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur
Mensdorf, which he has painted by command of her
Majesty.
The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine service
yesterday afternoon in the C • apel Royal, St. James's.
The Rev. Mr. Povah and the Sub-Dean officiated. The
chant was Dr. Crotch's, the Magnificat and Nunc
Dimittis, in C (Boyce) ; and the anthem, " The Lord
descended from above" (Dr. Hayes) ; the ♦erse putts
sung by Masters Lyon and Deane, two of the young
gentlemen of the choir. Sir George Smart presided at
the organ.
the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, was in
waiting. The Royal Suite included the Countess of
Dunmore, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilton, Lord
Rivers, Lord George Lennox, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Lord
C. Wellesley, and Sir E. Bowater.
Among the Nobility were the Duke and Duchess of
Beaufort, Marquis of Downshire, Ladies Wilton, Wham
cliffe, and Stuart de Rothsay ; Lords Delawarr and
Sydney.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Serene High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and
the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, attended by
Lady and the Hon. Miss Gore, and Mademoiselle de Kass,
left Marlborough House soon after five o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon for Bushy House, Bushy Park. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, visited her Majesty and her Illustrious re-
lative at Marlborough house, previous to their departure.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Rcyal,
St. James's. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in wait-
ing on her Royal Highness.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cam-
bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Major
Stephens, attended Divine service yesterday morning
in Grosvenor Chapel.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Count Mens-
dorf, visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at
Gloucester House.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of
Cambridge yesterday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge; attended by Lady Augusta So-
merset and Baron Knesebecic, honoured the Right Hon.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel with their company at dinner,
on Saturday evening, at their residence in Whitehall-
gardens.
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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent received
Addresses of Congratulation on Saturday afternoon at
her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, from the
following places and public bodies :
From the Corporation of Portsmouth ; also from the
inhabitants—presented by the Mayor, Mr. F. T. Baring,
and Sir G. Staunton.

From the Colonial Society—presented by the Earl o;
Mountcashel, Lord Clifford, Colonel Sir A. D'Este, Col.
Sir D. Macdougall, The Chisholm, Sir W. Pearson
Lieut.-Colonel Pringle Taylor, Sir A. M‘lsTab, Major J.
Campbell, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Macdougall, Mr. Ouseley,
and Mr. Guest.

From the Corporation of Lancaster; also from the
inhabitants—by Mr. Marton, M.A.
From the Fishmongers' Company—by Mr. Broome
Phillips Witts, Prime Warden, and Mr. J. Weston,
Renter Warden.

From the inhabitants of Leamington—by the Earl of
Warwick.

From the Mayor, Town Council, Gentry, and in-
habitants of Arundel—by the Duke of Norfolk and the
Earl of Arundel.

From the inhabitants of Taunton—by the Right Hon.
H. Labouchere, M.P., Sir E. Colebrooke, and Captain
11.1aher.

The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting; and Colonel Sir George
Couper, Baronet, Comptroller of her Royal Highness's
Household.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Wharncliffe, Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitz-
gerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatch-
bull. The Council sat two hours and a half.

Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Satur-
day at their residence in St. James's-square. The com-
pany, consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, his
Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke
of Richlimond and Lady C. Lennox, the Marquis and
-Marchioness cf Exeter, Marquis of alisbury, Y iscount
and Viscountess Sydney, Lord and Lady Barrington,
Madlle. D'Este, Earl of Liverpool, Baron de Gersdorfl;
Lord Cantilupe, Lord Grimstone, and Lord Maidstone.
Lady Stanley afterwards received an evening party,
at which about four hundred of the Nobility and Gentry
were present. _ _

Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial.
office, from Sir F. Franklin, Governor of Van Diemen's
Land ; from the Governor of South Australia; and also
from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

SOCIETY of TRUE HIGHLANDERS.
The annual gathering of the members of this truly benevo-
lent Association took place on Thursday at the enclosure of
Copenhagen-house, for the purpose of playing their national
and ancient game of shinty, or shinny. There was a nume-
rous attendance of Highlanders, including several lairds, attired
in full costume, also the children of the Scottish School, in their
kilts, which rendered the scene exceedingly interesting. Mac •
beth, the piper of the Duke of Sutherland, the patron of the
Society, by permission of his Grace, was present, and played
daring the day several national airs. He wore a magnificent
dress, and displayed the beautiful powder-horn, richly mounted
in silver, presented to him by her Majesty, for playing at the
late bal costume, at Buekingham Palace. After a very well
contested game, the company celebrated their anniversary festi-
val, by dining together in the large room of the above tavern.
Thomas M'Kenz e, Esq., of Applecross, in the chair, supported
by Sir Colin M'Kenzie, Forbes M'Neil, Esq., Mr. M'Gregor
( Secretary of the Board of Trade), and Mr. Dowling, editor of
Bell's Life in London. Atter the usual, loyal, and patriotic
toasts had been drank, with the customary honours, several ex-
cellent speeches were delivered, explanatory of the objects of
the Institution, which are as follow :—The advancement and
assistance of the inexperienced Highlander, who may come to
London. The relief of aged, indigent, and distressed natives of
the Highlands. To encourage and promote a taste for the
history, language, ancient customs, and costume of the High-
lander, and to form 6 a centre around which all classes of High-
landers in the metropolis, may unite and co-operate in the great
cause of charity, nationality, and social and mental improve-
ment. The establishment of this Society, although it had
been of short duration, had to no inconsiderable extent carried
out the principles on which it had been founded, by the relief
it had afforded to numerous families, and the spirit of charity
and emulation it bad diffused. After a very liberal subscription
had been entered into, the company separated highly delighted
by witnessing several Highland reels, which were danced by
the members in full costume, and with the proceedings of the
day, throughout which the utmost harmony and good feeling
prevailed.
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I Boz ON THE STAGE.—Private theatricals were
among the amusements of the people of Montreal whilst Sir
Chat lea Bagi,t was there. The perlormances took place at the
Theatre Royal, with Mr. Charles Dickens as stage manager,
who with his lzdy, sustained leading parts in the pieces selected.
Soon after the doors were opened, says the Montreal Herald,
the boxes and pit were filed with the beauty and fashion of
the city, and the gay uniforms of the different regiments in
the garrison, interspersed with the costly dresses and jewelled
brows of the ladies byre, presented a beautiful scene. Among
the audience were his Excellency Sir Charles Bagot and suite.
The first play in the bill of fare was A Rolandfor an Oliver,
the part of Air. Selborne by the Earl of Mutgrave ; Alfred
Highfiyer by Mr. Charles Dickens. The Montreal Rerald
says the performers elicited thunders of applause and roars of
laughter from all parts of the house. The laughable interlude
of Past Two o' Clock in the Morning followed, Mr. Snobbing-
ton by Mr. Charles Dickens. This was the performance of
the evening, and uas most admirably acted. Mr. Dickens so
disguised his person and voice, that some time had elapsed
after the play began before he was recognized. The closing
piece was the farce of Deaf as a Post, in which Mrs. Dickens
played the part of Sophy Walton.
There is at present residing at Seaville a young
girl who can boast of having four mothers living, viz., her own
mother, her grandmother, her great grandmother, and her
great great grandmother. Even the eldest of these mammas is
in good health, and they all reside in the parish of Home Cul-
( arlisfePutria.

THE WEATHER.-NOON, JUNE 20.
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B:trorneter 29.78.—Wind S.W.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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