The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.

Henry Sumner Maine, scholar of Pembroke College, has this
year won the Chancellor's medal for the best Cambridge poem
on " The birth of the Prince of Wales," and also the Camden
medal, subject " Caesar ad Rubiconem constitit."
SPOICTENO.

The forthcourng races, and the days on which they fall, are
as follows :—Ascot, June 7 ; Hampton, June 15 ; Cheltenham,
June 29; Newmarket, July 5; z•outhampton, July 19; Good-
wood, July 26 ; Brighton, Au ,rust 3 ; Egharn, August 23.
The Marylebone Club played the first game at Lord's this
season, against the Clapton Club, on Wednesday. The latter
went in first, and obta ned 240 runs. The former left off play
at their 36th sc >re. . . .

_
Yesterday the Marylebone Club contended with the Under-
graduates of the University of Oxford.
COITALT-7.7.II.StiIONABIM.
Lady Braybrouk had a juvenile ball, on Tuesday, at the
family mansion, in New Burlington-street.
Lord Abinger gave a ball, on ue.day, at his residence, in
Spring-gardens.*
The Lord Chancellor had a dinner party on Wednesday, in
George. street, Hanover-square.
Earl Fitzwiltiam left toun, on Tuesday last, fur Paris.
Earl Gros7enor gives a grand dinner, on Saturday next, to
the Duke of Wellington, and a large party.
The Earl of Beauchamp left town, on Tuesday, for Madres-
field Court. _ _

The Earl of Wieklo m gave a dinner party on Wednesday to
the Saxon Minister, &e.

:A-2...taCZLI. ANXIOUS.
The weekly promenades in the gardens of the Royal Batanic
Society commenced on Wednesday with a very fashionable
meeting of company.
By a decision of the Court of Session, delivered on Thursday,
the infant children of the late Earl of Cardross, son of the
Earl of Buchan, are to be taken from the mother and delivered
to the inlerina custody of the Noble Earl, their grand,ather.
This is the suit which gave rise to the late extraordinary scene
at Lambeth. • _ _

So soon as the Seine shall have become shallow, from the
progress of the season, says the Moniteur Parisien, the bed of
it, between the Pont d'Austerlitz and the Pont de Grenelle,
will be explored by means of a newly-invented diving-bell, as
it is supposed that valuable property was thrown in there during
the revolutio❑s.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S. —YESTERDAY.
Nothing was sail or done yesterday that in any degree im-
proves the prospects of those interested in the settlement on
the late De; by ; on the contrary, we find that the absentees are
even more numerous, the unpaid balances much larger (we had
been very liberal in our estimate). and the chances of obtaining
payment more remote than had been calculated on. '1 here ap-
pears to be little doubt that three or four parties from classic
regions may be put down as " bad;" but as it is the wish of the
sufferers that they thould have three days' grace in addition to
that already extended, we abstain from exposing them by name
until next week.
The following bets were laid in the course of the afternoon
ASCOT CUP.
Even on Mr. Ramsav's Lanercost ( laid to about 500/. )
5 to 2 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing (laid to about 100/. )
5 to 1 agst Mr. Combo's The Nob
7 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Bokhara (300 to 50 laidonce)
ST. LEGER.
•
2 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Attila-s-taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. ttartsai's/Cabrera
17 to 1 agst Mr. B?sves s Meteor ('2O to 1 laid once)
S ENTRY FOR THE 40Ettes, VANE AT ASCOT.
Beeswing, Pannakeert;' BoThorus, Albion, Jack, St. Fran-
cis, F.ringo, Adele filly, Yorkshire Lady, Eaglesfield, The Nob,
Rosalind, Muley Hemet.
• NEWTON RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 10 saes. each, with 25 added ; three yrs,
6st ilb ; lour, dat 41b ; fire, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b.
Mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Denham na. Gilbert, 4 yr 5...... ........ (Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Harrison's Studley Royal, 4 yrs
6t04 on Studley Royal. Won easy.
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, for three yrs old colts,
Sist 81b : and fillies, Bst 41b. Mile and a quarter. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Sau,:ders' The Nun (allowed 31b) (Stagg) 1
Mr. Thompson's c by Shrigley, out of Fenella... 2
Mr. Holker's f Tariff (allowed 31b)
5 to 4 agst the Fenella colt; and 6sto 4 agst The Nun. Won
by a neck. •
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 goys. each, h ft. Mile and a
quarter. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Price's f Ernestine, Bst llb ............ walked over
The Lord of the Manor's Cup of 100/., added to a Handicap
of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles
and a distance. (24 Subs., 9of whom declared.)
Mr. Bower's b f Collins, 4 yrs, Est 61b t, Copeland) 1
Lord Eglinton's &Tone, aged, Bst 101 b
The following also started but were not' placed :—Mr.
Painter's Ernest the First, 6 yrs, Bst 31b, Mr. Jones's Por-
trait, 4 yrs. Bst llb ; fir It. W. Bulkeley's Cerito, 4 yrs,
ist 71b ; and Mr. Ogden's Brother to Harpurhey, 4 yrs, 6st bilb.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Collina ;sto 2 agst Belloaa; 3to 1
agst Portrait; and 6to 1 agst Brother to Harpurhey. Won
easily by a length.
Plate of 60 Guineas for horses, &e., that never won 50/. ;
three yrs. ist ; four, bst .41b ; five and upwards, Bst 101 b ;
mares, &c., allowed 31b. •Heats, two miles.
Mr. Mestyn's b o Peter the Great, 4 yrs (Darling) 1 0 1
Mr. G. Clark's Woldsman, 3 yrs
Mr. Heywood's m Whippey, 4 yrs
Mr. Taylor's fby Colwiek, out of Game Lass, 3 yrs 0 2 dr

ATTEMPT on the QU LEN'S LIFE.
Major Ogilvy of the :Id Life Guards, who obtained brevet
rank in consequence of being the officer on duty at the Horse
Guards on the day of the birth of the infant heir apparent to
the throne, the young Prince of Wales, and Sub-Lieutenant
Lucas, were the officers who rode close to the side of her Ma-
jesty's carriage on Wednesday, when she proceeded from Buck-
ingham Palace to St. James's, to hold her last levee for the sea-
son, which was thronged with the nobility and gentry anxious
to pay their respects to the Sovereign. The military escort
consisted of the usual number of soldiers, who dismounted at
the garden gate until the levee was over. Prince Albert, who
wore the uniform of his regiment, the Scots' Fusilier Guards,
lookM rather thoughtful ; the Queen, who was greeted in the
most enthusiastic manner by the multitude assembled in the
Park, looked remarkably well, and acknowledged the congra-
tulations_of her people by repeatedly bowing. Her Majesty,
notwithstanding the fatigue. of the levee and receiving Addresses
from both Houses of Parliament. gave a sumptuous banquet in
the evening to a party of forty noble and illustrious personages,
and appeared in her usial health and spirits. Mr. Maule,.the
Solicitor to the Treasury, and his assistant, Mr. Bouchier, will
have the conduct of toe prosecution against Francis, and will
assist the Attorney and solicitor-Generals. It was stated at
the Palace on Wednesday by the attaches of the Court and other
persons connected with the household, that, in the event of the
prisoner's conviction, of which there is little do'ibt, his punish-
ment will be severe, in the event of his life being spared.
The Court has finally arranged to leave town on Monday
morning next for Windsor Castle.
Her :Majesty was accustomed of late to ride out, accompanied
by one equerry only, but in consequence of the information fur-
nished by Sir Peter Laurie to the Comptroller of the House-
hold, as to the attempted treason on Sunday, on thefollowing day
an equerry was directed to ride on each side of the carriage, so
as to distract the aim, and perplex the intended assassin, or,
perhaps, to deter him from firing at all. Her Majesty was ac-
companied by two equerries in her ride on Tuesday.

THE LATE ATTACK on the QUEEN.

Since the prisoner Francis has been in Newgate he has con-
ducted himself remarkably well. He appears very composed, and
exhibits ,ome appearance of being .aware of the fearful position
in which he is placed. Of course none of the officers or
othtrs connected with the gaol have bad any conversation with
him in reference to the offence with which he stands charged,
but it may be relied on as a positive fact that the prisoner has
on several occasions declared that there was no ball in the
pistol when it was discharged. A turnkey is continually with
him, to prevent all possibility of his making any attempt at
self-destruction, but his conduct or behaviour does not give
the slightest ground for supposing that he would commit such
an act were he so minded--he appears quite calm, submissive,
'and obedient, and that he should have committed such
a desperate act appears most extraordinary. The conduct of
Cooper, the man charged with the murder of the constable at
Highbury, proves a striking contrast to that of Francis. He
has been so violent anti brutal on carious occasions that he
has effectually- alienated the kind feelings of all those with
whom he has come in contact while in the prison from him.
The prisoner up to yesterday persisted in declaring that the
pistol had nothing in it but powder, and some circumstances
would induce a belief that his assertinu was correct, there being
up to this time an entire absence of proof in any way that the
weapon was loaded. The most diligent search has been made,
but tie trace of a ball has been discovered, and from the posi-
tion in which the pistol was proved to be fired, if it had been
really loaded with ball, there is every reason to.believe that the
t must have been discovered.
As may naturally be supposed, the occurrence has creased
very great sensation throughout the country ; and the t rovin-
cial Jaime's that have already appeared, express in strong
terms abhorrence at the act, and at the same time testily tothe
congratulations of all upon the merciful interposition of Provi-
dence in behalf of our beloved Queen.
At the meetirg of the East Surrey Agricultural Association,
on Wednesday, at Croydon, Sir Edmund Antrebus, the Pre,i-
dent, on proposing the health of her Majesty, said he could
not help alluding to the two atrocious attempts that had been
so recently made upon her life, and which he said, ap-
peared to have been only averted by the almost miraculous
interposition of Providence. He added, that he knew that
at all times this toast was received by the members
with enthusiasm; but he called upon them at the present junc-
ture to respond to it with increased energy, as a token of their
abhorrence at the dastardly outrage that had been committed;
and, at the same time, to express their congratulation,—a
feeling which he was quite sure was entertained' by the whole
country, at her Majesty's escape.
The company hardly allowed the President to finish his
address, before they commenced giving vent to their feelings
by a volley of enthusiastic cheers. The professional singers
then gave the National Anthem, and concluded with the fol-
lowing additional stanza, which was first composed at the period
of the attack made by Hatfield, union his late Majesty George
the Third :
" From every latent foe,
From the a.sassin's blow—
God save the Queen.
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend
Our Sovereign, Queen, and Friend
God save the Queen,"
The whole company repeated the stanza with the greatest
enthusiasm, and at its conclusion the cheering was again re-
newed, and continued for some considerable time.
Since the prisoner has been committed to Newgate, the
gaolers have continued their inquiries, but nothing further of
any importance has transpired, and there does not appear the
slightest ground for supposing that the prisoner had any ac-
complices. Some fresh witnesses have, however, been sub-
pcenaed upon the trial, and among them are the keeper of the
coffee-house which the prisoner frequented in Mortimer-street,
and the person with whom he lodged in Titchfield-street.

On Saturday, the 9th inst., the Box Tunnel pre-
sented a most splendid though singular appearance, caused by the
sun shiningdirectly through it, and giving the walls a brilliancy,
to use the expression of an eye-witnesA, "as though the whole
tunnel bail b, en gilt." "I his circumstance will occur again in
the fall of the year (during the month of October). At this
time of the year it appears about five in the morning ; in the
tall, of course, not so early,—Waiskire Independent•

NI AGAZINES.

T.AIT'S MAGAZINE.

In the present chapter of Mrs. Gore's tale of
" Abednego, the Money-lender," the character of the
dry, hard, close-fisted old usurer is brought out with
considerable tact. He had once, it seems, warm and
kindly feelings ; knew what it was to entertain a fer-
vent attachment to one beloved being, for whom•-as
he tells Basil Annesley—he would have perilled every
hope of his soul, in this world and the world to come ;
and could make ready sacrifices in the cause of friend-
ship : but his sensibilities had been outraged ; his
love had been treated with contempt and ridictile; and
his friendship betrayed; and thus, burning with a
sense of intolerable wrong, he had by degrees with •
drawn himself from society, suffered hate, distrust,•
and malignity to take possession of his soul, and at
length adopted the vocationuf a usurer, as much with
a view to gratify vindictive feelings by witnessing
the sufferings of those 'ith whom he came in con-
tact, as to minister to hirove of gain. lt is not often
that we find professed money-lenders driven to their
trade by motives of this sentimental character. " A
Lecture on Cowper and Burns" is by Ebenezer
Elliott, the Corn-law Rhymer. There are some
clever critical remarks scattered through it, as might
be expected from one so conversant with the poetical
as Mr. Elliott. The following observations are just,
though by no means remarkable for noveltyl:
"Burns's muse_ was manliness.; he was honest and
fearless. The muse of Cowper was conscience ; he
was honest, but not fearless ; be trembled, and a
shadow overthrew him—but it was a shadow darker
than the shadow of death. He would have been a far
greater poet than he was, if disease had not made him
a coward. The hope of Burns is more poetical than
Cowper's despair." Of course, because the range of
hope is infinite, and the images drawn from pleasure
are essentially more poetical than those drawn from
pain. In another passage, we think, the Corn-law
Rhymer somewhat overrates the powers of Cowper,
who, though a great, was unquestionably not a first-
rate poet, nor lit to be named on the same -day with
Burns. The "Cold Water Cure"—what a remedy
when the thermometer is below zero I—is an account
of a remedial system that bids :air to eclipse Morison's
Pills, and the famous nostrum of Brandy and Salt.
The originator of " Hydropathy"—as it is learnedly
called—is a self-taught German, by name Priessnitz,
who, it appears, has already accumulated a fortune of
fifty thousand pounds; and has now an establishment
at Graefenberg containing upwards of five hundred
patients. If he would agree to qualify his doses of
cold water with just a wee
,moclicum of Scotch whis-
key, or even brandy—for we -are b:/- no means par-
ticular—it is far from improbable that we ourselves
might become one of his patients. But to water,
whether hot, cold, or luke-warm, in its unsophisti-
cated, elementary state, we entertain a sincere, and,
we humbly trust, well-founded, aversion. " Miss
-Burney's Diary and Letters" is an agreeable notice
of the last volume of this posthumous publication.
As a favourable specimen of Tait's poetry, we quote
the " Song of June" :

Night's conqueror I, on kis eboia-roof tree
My mantle of twili&ht hayigkhauglitily.
Tne glistering stars ti-cni;their to ales of space
Look down and grow dipt.e'er thelsles I embrace
For my chariot wheels qt §y shnliklit afar,
•
And my oritlamme, ligb tiitng,'-aye :challenges war,
Till hill calls to valley,. and.iniltintailis reply,
With the thunder I wield vhihr I tOverse the sky.
But conclude not my life paks4h,Oearily :
Though I frown, ancthifi#
While the bee ,wind h'hvrtl
I ring scythes in the nitad:ows,
With the whetstone at morn, • .
And at night send the mower .home wearily.
About the.green hedges,
I convolvulus twine ;
Drive trine to the sedges ;
Give bloom to the vine ;
•
In the brook plunge the peasant-boy cheerily.
I canopy lanes for young lovers to stroll
In the dimness of eve, by the light of the soul ;
Where the glow of my roses - •
Illumines the shade,
Yet vainly opposes
The blush of a maid !
Ah lovers I fond lovers I you no'er can commune
With a sensitive confidant secret as June.
• 2.
Age blesses my feet ; for I bring him the joy-
Which surrounded his thoughts and his heart when a boy ;
He shall dream in his porch of full tifty.years gone,
When he loitered a listener in woods, not alone—
No ; a face that was fairer, with soul insincere,
Poured its poisonous balm in the coqueting ear
Of her he adored,-till fire flashed from his eyes,
And he thrashed the intruder, and bore off theprize;-7-
My sweet magic his dreamy thoughts brightening.
I have flowers for rough brambles ;
Gild the broom in the wild ;
I dry meads for .the ganibuls
Of each dear happy child
The bonds of all. Nature kluve tightening.
My bloom-pencil streaking
Full orchards, I ply,
While hay- wains are creaking
To homesteads hard by
The fawn and the levei-et frightening.
I will fill the warts air with a myriad hum,
And the dragon-fly bold, to your horse-fold shall come ;
Where -nightingale pineth,
And yown.). squirrels grow,
And brown glow-norm shineth
'Midst foxgloves below,
Oh, citizens ! citizens ! come and attune
Your dull souls in forests and ph:tures of June.

COLBURN S VA SERVICE
MAGAZIA E.

" Our Naval Chiefs of other Days" is continued
with the usual Spirit and interest. The history of
these worthies is confined chiefly to Admirals during
the reigns of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth, in
which the house of Howard greatly distinguished it-
self. Two of that family reached the rank of Lord
High Admiral; Edward, the second son of the Earl
of Surrey, held the title first, arid at his death he was
succeeded by his elder brother Thomas. Interesting
details are afterwards given of another scion of that
illustrious 'line Lord Howard de Effingham, well
known in English history for his memorable victory
over the Spanish Armada, • and also of the gallant
_Sir
Francis Drake, who appears to have been more dreaded
and hated by the' Spaniards and Portugnese than ever
Nelson was by the French. The " Journal of an
Excursion into tile Interior. of the Northern Island of
New Zealand, by Captain Best," will be found inte-
resting. The following melancholy account of Capt.
Symonds' death, who accompanied him, is furnished
by the Editor of the Magazine :
We deeply grieve to record the premature and melan-
choly fate which, since the above was transmitted, has
befallen the highly promising officer in whose company
Capt. Best: made the journey described in this narrative.
Capt. William Cornwallis Symonds, of the 96th Regt.,
eldest son of the present Surveyor of the Navy, to whom
our naval architecture is so deeply and practically in-
debtei, after studying, with marked distinction, at the
Senior Department of the Royal Military College, pro-
ceeded to New Zealand, his regithent being stationed in
New South Wales, with the appointment of Deputy
Surveyor-General, for which he was in every respect
qualified. Of his assiduity and intelligence in the dis-
charge of very.active duties in a region gifted by nature,
but as yet imperfectly known, we have recently had
proofs in a journal kept by Capt. Symonds, with a pe-
rusal of which we were favoured - and we have reason to
know that his personal popularity was unbounded
amongst the New Zealanders, whom 'his manly and
humane character materially tended to conciliate and
civilize. It is unnecessary to add that he was justly re-
spected and beloved by the European residents. An act
of noble solicitude for one of the latter occasioned his
lamented death on the 23d of November last. The wife
of a missionary at the settlement being ill, and no medi-
cal aid at hand, Capt. Symonds, with characteristic feel-
ing and energy, proceeded himself, at all risks, to a vessel
at some distance, to procure the necessary assistance.
The weather was rough, the sea ran high, and, on re-
turning from the. ship, the boat swamped. Poor Symonds
—remarkable for his athletic and handsome person—
was an expert swimmer, and struck out manfully to gain
the shore, some miles distant, with his companion, Mr.
Adams, who, after a stout struggle, sank and rose no
more. Synson is still persevered, and was long seen
buffetting the waves with unsubdued vigour and presence
of mind ; but when close to the shore he suddenly dis-
appeared,— a shark had pulled him down. The monster
was taken, and a portion of the remains was found in its
stomach. Thus miserably perished one of the finest
young men in the British service. Capt. Symonds had,
not long before, purchased his company, and paid the
difference to come on full pay ; he has found an early
grave in the public service, and in the immediate per-
formance of an act of humanity, at .great personal
hazard : it is as case for the favourable consideration of
the proper authorities.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
The subject of this month's " Portrait Gallery" is
Mr. John Wilson Croker, of whose literary and po-
litical abilities the biographer speaks in terms of the
most preposterous flattery. We are yet to learn
what wonders in the way of literature the Right
Hon. Gentleman has achieved ; his edition of Bos-
well's Johnson is certainly a careful, intelligent, and
entertaining work; but as for his Talaveras, and his
Trafalgars, these poems are long since forgotten, and
deservedly so, for there is scarcely a glimmering of
fancy or feeling to be found in them. As a poli-
tician, he has evinced no more sagacity than that
which is the almost inevitable result of long practice
and experience ; as an orator, he never ranked above
the second-rates in Parliament; and in his capacity
of Reviewer has exhibited tact and sarcasm, but no
powers of a 'higher character. The portrait of Mr.
Croker, which accompanies the memoir, is a tolerably
faithful likeness, but somewhat too juvenile, for the
ex-Secretary to the Admiralty is no chicken, in point
of years. Th 3 editor's tale of "Jack Hinton, the
Guardsman," is not equal to his " Charles O'Malley,"
but there are some animated passages in it, and the
description of the steeple-chase is quite on a par with
the best of Nimnid's sporting sketches in the " Quar-
terly Review." The " Water-Cure" is a happy expo-
sure of this humbug, which, as is generally the case,

has. made . the fortune of its originator. Undel
quaint title 'of " Stray Leaflets from the German
Oak," we find one .or two eleiant translations from
the German. We quote a tanciful poetic version
from the original of Wilhelm Mueller :
Hark ! the faint bells of. the Sunken City
Peal once more their wonted evening•ehime:
From the Deep's abysses float a ditty,

thi

le

Wild and wondrous of the olden time.
Temples, towers, and domes of many stories
There lie buried in an ocean-grave,
Undeseried, save when their golden glories
Gleam, at sunset, through the lighted wave.
And the mariner who hath seen them glisten,
In whose ear those mag,ic bells do sound,
Night by night bides there to watch and listen, 1.
'Though Death lurks behind each dark rock roue
So the bells of Memory's Wonder-city
Peal for rue their old melodious chime:
So my heart pours forth a changeful ditty.
Sad and pleasant from the by-gone time.
.Domes, and towers, and castles, fancy-builded, •
There lie lost to Daylight's garish beams,
There lie hidden, till unveiled and gilded,
Glory-gilded, by my nightly dreams

ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAA,-"„
In an article on the subject of Affghanistan pu"ci't
the- writer sensibly remarks that " retribution fin'
not he the intent of our arms ; rather conciliat'l°lls
;
security for the future, and forgiveness of the pa=t'
It will be well for the British Government if it
find a diplomatist who will carry out such inten°°':'
The people and their happiness must he his chief, re
paramount object." The writer then makes a Pas'itns
allusion to 'William the Conqueror's invasion of this
country, observing " when William invaded Engln:'
knowledge, social habits, true religion were impart
This is any thing but in accordance with histofot
fact, for in the train of the Conqueror came'
"knowledge," but barbarous ignorance and brutal'.t!ts;
not " social habits," but discord, hatred, and hangt'i,
Norman exclusiveness and tyranny ; not " true 113 e
ligion," but mingled bigotry and infidelity, °i te,
,
most ferocious, uncompromising character. The 0
maining articles in the Number call for no partico.tb
comments. They are all on matters connected Iv'
the sast.

THE SP oRTS JIA N.
The embellishments of this periodical are, as'
excellent. The "Fox and the Badger" by Arin
are in the best style -of engraving, and the
tures of. a Sporting gentleman," and " Spore,;e;
Writers," by Nimrod, will be found interesting. ,`5
at the same time regret, that so few original art'e,
are produced in a work that is brought out 040
sporting magazine. If these monthly publicatio" be
not make a little start now and then, they will, or
distanced by our friend " Judex" or " Craven,
others even of inferior rank.

QUEEN'S MAGAZINE.
'The " Queen's Magazine" is one of the best °f' tre
cheap monthly periodicals, and the reader may _,
away a pleasant half•hour over its . varied pages:v!
the Number before us there is a tale, entitled
Shere," written with no mean talent ; and soul.e_.:4
telligent remarks on the subject of what is
" popular writing."

THE ,IkMIR R OR. a
'We have here the May Part of this cheap an
esios
tertaining little weekly miscellany, which CO
several skilfully-executed wood-engravings, tog
with original articles, and amusing extracts from
of the most recent publications.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZIO:II
A weekly periodical, got up with tact and jslit
ment, under the superintendence of clergymen 400
united Church of England and Ireland. 'The ILO
ber before us, in addition to other matters, coat' of
able essay on " The Sharpening Influence of Re*
Intercourse."

MONTHLY MAGAZINE. d
There is some talent in the dramatic skeLsdoizil i
" Semele," which adheres to the old Greek- 07 t
with singular fidelity. The closing catastrerdi
related with much emphasis. "Continental lfilf
iv es a brief biographical memoir of the- cell
?'
French novelist, novelist, George Sand—alias Madame , jbo
want—who is one of the new, shining lights '
.s‘,io
modern Parisian school of philosophy. ~ She 2,
our opinion," says the biographer, "'the type
c,
tricities f
I
nius. Her faults are the extravagances or „
tricities of genius—her excellencies are those O. .
nius in its strength and beauty. She is full 0f)... of
of enthusiasm, of noble aspirations. If her (Pifer
be wrong, they are at least sincere. We also' re 00
vise in her passionate reception of every . . votiolo
the characteristic of genius. The remaining, ,
in the Number are of average merit. ' •-•

SPORTING MAGAZINE. esi"
The present Number of this veteran
(Aka]. contains two engravings, the best of will` :;,r,
that representing a regatta on the lake of Wmaii?
sporting.P,
mere. This is finished off with great delicacy, t :00
dally as regards the varying lights and shaciolirgf
the noble expanse of water. Among the arse
communications, we. find a chapter of an a,lll , e •-fc'
novel by Mr. Mills, under the title of '' TheJ. Pr
Coach, or the Road of Life." ,; art
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GREAT WESTERN MAGAZINt;•"' forl
This is an American publication, and the contri,v43.
are all Yankees:Some of their verse and prose O.IIIY
but, as a whole, the Magazine reads heavily, 11,11.00
majority of the articles wear the appearance of -' 1
been written with great effort, invita Minerea•
THE BRITISH BRITISH MAGAZINE. „tie
Under a feeling that every great effort in pat;
from Timanthes to Raphael, has been executedgso.
the auspices of religion, the Reviewer for this i..0i1l
zinc, observing the paucity of sacred pictures' ilo
year's exhibition at the Academy, considersl
the present age is but - little destined to 'AO
through the organ of painting to the future. 5 til
undoubtedly, rises highest, when it expresse r°
highest characteristics of our nature. A letterthe Rev. Mr. Hook, the Vicar of Leeds, coilP ef
a late allegation made against him, that -Iletiid'
poured wine, whether consecrated or unconseelot;
down a sink in his church, or stuffed the saelr,
bread into a spout. In some comments 0„F
Becket's " 'Wilful Maintenance of WickeclTlY
the Clergy," as alleged by William of Se"„'fti",
it is stated that more than one hundred ",,'';.-0;
were, in eight or nine years, committed wise,
clergymen of the time. "'The History of, t Lffr
contains a curious etymology—" Pew" wlllfoilY
unknown before the Reformation, is deriVe4
..,u..-",
Dutch puye, and had originally two meaning:Or
the seat in the theatre next the orchestra or al115!
atre, and also, a heap of stones. In this !MY&
there was a famous chapel at Westrninsteriri.t7
of Edward 111., called " The Chapel of our Lailibc,
Pue," since huge heaps of stones - had to be ,
into the marsh where it was built before the
tion could be laid.
BRITISH FRIEND OF INDIA MAGI` sf?ti
Mr. Cotton, a resident Magistrate in Tanj°l4/1,
who has seen five-and-twenty years' service iti,4l'
India, has, it appears, from a paper entitled
'r
of Children in Tanjore;" - detected.
than seven cases of children abducted -trii
locality, and sold at adjacent slave-mar „
slave-marts
~.,. or;
and eighteen shillings each. An intereett
count notices .the " Khurta Bhoja ConieV'll;
-Worshippers of the Creators—a peculiar sec toa
subdivided into five sections, and amountloogri
hundred thousand persons, spread between 4
and the Jelingha in India. They date their, ft
from a milkman, who settled near Hooghl-l's 6
year 1795, and their faith appears to be cf,
Deism. - Various papers- relating •to Indlon,"-.4°
and agency diversify the articles.
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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ±EAL—A
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MONTHLY MAGAZINE. iJirvot
A scarcity of efficient hands, or a dearth 01,
0.
whereby crops during years of plenty have theol.v
unfrequently lost for want of labour to get lA*
is assigned as the leading " Cause of the Pt, ire ot
ment in New South Wales," by a writer ivi"eive,!tbe
on that subject. A paper on the infant settle 0i,,,;
Port Essington, in Australia, shows the triwe4.ll
yearly growing into importance about, tii'itl. $6
ti
in 1832 the tonnage of vessels which cleareu„.; ip
.ot
for the great Eastern emporiums, was 4,70`1:1110., g
it had increased to no less than 14,950 tons'cop ; po
i
of a few ships to be employed expressly i'llrie4
a dozen of beehives or two, and other cornoal„ d
Indies to the small .Monies of Australia ill,
as a thing to be desired; as also the int7o,lllt. ,
camels, of whose serviceability there is no ",
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FORMATION OF A COMPLETE SUFERA°. siltiief
TION AT KruckursitainGe.—A meeting of elertOr7 ig heo4
was held last night at Thornton's Coffee!hoose, giatiadrr:e. ed
Mr. Henderson in the chair. The meeting rflegyer!'o,..,
Messrs. Eimes, Giffard, Brown, Swatten, and "v„,;10b04,;4
Pi
tesolution was passed dissolving their former asiciabLei, il
forming themselves into one called 44 The ,t-e soititlhoe
Complete Suffrage Association." Mr. Weater"-dioi ill
that their future meetings would be held evtrYe of
the same place, and solicited the co.opero° . , ji0,,,,
neighbourhood who were friendly to the I.rinciPr;st flosotio'be
the attscv,.o, sroit!',l'4
IVORCESTER, I'vlay 28.--Within the 141 r visor, tO 0
the hop-fly bas been noticed in many parts of !ITappi7.otite,•
and from the reports received to-day.
now general, and by many considered to be
_ifti,6o, Jr: of
much so, that both lanters and dealers havetwolf 0041, tt
hops from sale to-day; so that scarcely a kivere saleil "'tee'
has been offered. The few parcels on sale ; , dise'l,'sltee
an ordinary character, but these were read°l3st wce, i°esi
an advance, too, of ss. to 71. per cwt. uPotii and it i 11)..
The plant looks healthy, and is growing ral'i,a'Y'ettacl' a 'lit'
early to form an opinion as to the effect We i;llitpi•
have upon the crop.
T °he Queen has conferred the 110'•'''.1., °i'a 811.1.
hood on Mr. Henry Bishop, Professor 0f Al
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