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on which the system takes firmest hold, and in which it effects
those cures that convert existence from a burden into a b!e.,s-
ing. Hence it follows that many nameless and countless com-
plaints proceeding from derangement of the stomach, cease as
that great machine is restored to order. I have seen disorders
of the heart which have been pronounced organic by the
learned authorities of the profession, disappear in an incredibly
short time—cases of incipient consumption, in which the seat
is in the nutritious powers ; hemorrhages, and various con-
gestions, shortness of breath, habitual fainting fits, many of
what are called, improperly, nervous complaints, but which, in
reality, are radiations from the main ganglionic spring; the
disorders produced by the abuse of powerful medicines, es-
pecially mercury ard iodine, the lost of appetite, the dulled
sense, and the shaking hand of intemperance, skin complaints,
and the dire scourge of scrofula—all these seem to obtain from
hydropathy relief—nay, absolute and unqualified cure, beyond
not only the means of the most skilful drug doctor, but the
hopes of the most sanguine patient."
We have only space barely to allude to the other
articles of the Magazine, all of which are above the
average. Captain Alarryatt, Mr. James, and Mrs.
Trollopc, and Dudley Costello, continue their re:pective
novels. " Peter Priggit s" gives us another of his
amusing illustrations of /Escp. We have an admirable
sketch, entitled " The Lady Killer," and Mr. F. Ains-
worth continues his account of the " Banks of the
Euphrates." Altogether this is an excellent Number.

elusion than that, he far surpassed Cicero in generosity
of mind, in daring exploits, and in manly acquire-
ments. Cicero, however, has the advantage in the eyes
of superficial observers. His eloquent orations, which are
read in every school ; his elegant taste fur literatut e,
and his unsparing abuse of Antony, have raised him to
a pinnacle of fame little merited by his other qualities.
Antony's speeches and general character are much leis
known and appreciated, and the writer, therefore, de-
serves praise, even at the present hour, for making them
more conspicuous to the general reader. However the
matter was arranged among the Triumvirs, it cannot be
said that Antony proscribed Cicero. His name was
placed in a different list, and possibly he would
not have been proscribed at all, if Antony had
been supreme dictator. So much in Antony's
favour. " Yet," says " Morgan Rattler," " upon
the faith of the sonorous abuse heaped by the common
railer upon Antony, nine-tenths of the world are satis-
fied to enter up judgment of utter condemnation against
him, and not this alone, but to accept his enemy as a
virtuous philosopher, a pure patriot, and a sort of blessed
martyr. But the truth is, that if no second philippic
had been written, if not one of the fourteen philippics
had been spoken, the deeds done by Cicero against
Antony fully justified him, according to the doctrines
and feelings of that day, in wreaking the severest
vengeance on his head. Twice, at least, Antony would
have been assassinated, if the advice of the gentle philo-
sopher had prevailed." These facts, about which there
can be no doubt, and others enumerated, throw a stain
on the memory of Cicero, and make the world less
regret his untimely end. In fact, his own timorous,
wavering, and cunning disposition brought on his fall,
for had he used common diligence in making his escape.
had he not lingered on the coast of Gaeta with the hope
of some change taking place at Rome in his favour, he
would have been allowed to leave Italy in safety. The
article altogether places the merits of the two statesmen
in a clear point of view, and if we except a decided bias
against Cicero, perhaps not unwarranted by history,
the contrast is not far from the truth. There are two
other articles in the present number not less entitled to
praise, one of which is entitled, " Greek and Roman
domestic affairs," and the other a review of Victor
Hugo's Lyrics. The former is limited to the domestic
customs of the Greeks, those of the Romans being
reserved for a future nnmber. It is founded chiefly
on a work of Becker, a German philosopher,
and gives a good idea of the manners and
customs and amusements of the lively and intelligent
people of Attica. Their houses, their halls, sleeping
apartments, banking system, dinners, festivals, and fu-
neral ceremonies are amply described, and give us a
much more favourable idea of Greek customs and re-
finements than of those which distinguished the masters
of the world. The other article which we have men-
tioned, does justice—perhaps more than justice—to
Baron Hugo, for a great many of his writings are bi low
mediocrity ; those particularly which aim at flights, like
those of Ariosto, without the genius and prudence which
controlled the course of the elegant and fanciful Italian.
Many of his lyrics, however, deserve the highest praise.
Those on the rapid rise, the splendid career, and the un-
expected fall of Napoleon, are peculiarly spirited, and
show that Victor Hugo has the real soul of a poet. We
have room for only one extract, as translated by the
writer, which describes the former master of Europe
weeping on the barren rock of St. Helena, over the pic-
ture of his only child :
" 'Twas not the steps of that heroic tale
That from Arcola marched to Montmirail
On glory's red degrees;
Nor Cairo's pacha's fierce Numidian steeds
Nor the tall shadows of the pyramids,—
Ah ! 'twas not always these;--
" 'Twas not the bursting shell, the iron sleet,
The whirldwißd rush of battle 'neath his feet,
Though twice ten years ago,
When, at his breath, upon that sea of steel
Were launch'd the rustling banners,—there to reel
Like masts when tenspests blow ;
."Twas not Madrid, nor Kremlin of the czar,
Nor Pharos on old Egypt's coast afar,
Nor shrill reveille's camp-awak'ning sound
Nor bivouac couch'd its starry fires around,
Crested dragoons, grim, veteran grenadiers,
Nor the red lances 'midst a wood of spears
Swarming like purple flowers among the golden ears.
" 'twas an infant's image, fresh and fair,
With rosy mouth half-oped, as slumbering there
It lay beneath the smile
Of her whose breast, soft-bending o'er its sleep,
Ling'ring upon that little lip doth keep
One pendant drop the while.
" Then, his sad head upon his hands inclined,
He wept; that father-heart all unconfined,
Outpoured in love alone.
My blessing on thy clay-cold head, poor child !
Sole being for whose sake his thoughts, beguiled,
Forgot the world's lost throne."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SALISBURY RACES.-FRIDAY.

Her Majesty's plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Mr. Gully's Old England, 3 yrs .. (Day) 1
Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 4 yrs

Mr. Kingston's Sparsholt, 3

A sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with the City Bowl, and 15
soya. added, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Cook's Ca-
rillon, 5 yrs (post entered) , beating Idleness, 4 yrs, Morpeth,
4 yrs, and Orion, 5 yrs.
The Scurry Handicap of 5 sous. each, wtth 50 added, was
won easily by Mr. Cooke's Carillon, 5 yrs (J. Howlett),
beating Mr. W. Sadler's Dexterous, 2 vrs, Mr. Herbert's
Orion, 5 yrs, Mr. Herbert's Arctic, aged, 111 r. llerbert's fby
Elis, out of Delightful, 2 yrs, Mr. W. Sadler's Idleness, 4
yrs, and his fby Venison, out of Maid of the Valley, 2 yrs.
A Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, with a purse added, for
beaten horses, was won by Mr. Herbert's Ajax (R. Sly),
beating Mr. Kingstone's Sparsholt by a head.

HE7.I, MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

CONTINENT.

COBURG, AUG. 26.—T0-day is the anniversary of the
birth of Prime Albert, and an occasion so interest'ne•
to the wit .le of the family circle of royal personage;
who are ass. stabled here, has been celebrated in a style
of simplicity and friendly mutuality of enjoyment be-
tween Court and people, that is delightfully characteris-
tic of German manners. The Palace of Rosenau was
the scene, and the kind of paternal rule which seems to
preval here has not been more exemplified during the
whole of the Queen's visit than on this occasion. It ap-
pears to he the custom, on such anniversaries as these, for
the reigning Duke to entertain his subjects in various
ways, with dancing, music, and other more substantial
festivities. This afforded a capital opportunity fur exhibit-
ing to the Queen some of the peculiar customs and habsts
of the people, just as she was gratified the other day at
the feast of Gregorius. After the usual breakfast in
the open air, the Queen, Prince Albert, the King and
Queen of the Belgians, the Grand Duke of Baden, the
Duke of Saxe Coburg, and Princes too numerous to
mention, carne round to another front of the palace, op-
posite which is an extensive lawn, enclosed in the most
* xquisite flowers and foliage. Presently there emerged
from one of the leafy avenues a gay troop of villagers,
all in their best holiday dresses, the men wearing
large nosegays in their hats, which also were wrapped
round with the most singular looking handkerchiefs
in the brightest colours. Each man led a peasant girl,
flaunting gaily in the picturesque costume of the
country—the neat little jacket of red, green, or blue,
the short skirt of black stuff, striped or variegated
with the most brilliant colours, and, topping all,
the grotesque coiffure which is peculiar to the women
about this part of Germany, half cap half turban,
with a profusion of long black ribands suspended from
a bright gilt ornament let into the top of the cap, which
hang down the back or float in the wind. Their faces,
brown with exposure to the air and ruddy with healthful
toil, were now lit up joyously to the merry strains of
national music which burst forth from a band stationed
at one end of the garden, and in a few moments, at a
signal from the Duke of Coburg, the whole of this gay
party were whirling round the lawn in the gayest pos-
sible waltz. It was a pretty and heart-stirring sight,
and the people enjoyed it so ! Not the people only, but
also a long line of Queens, Kings, Dukes, Duchesses, and
lords and ladies, of whom our own Queen was the centre
and the most delighted of them all, if a merry laugh
and joyous face are any proofs of true pleasure. Nor
were these the only spectators. True to the practice
of this country—where nothing is shut in from the
publ'c eye, and all seems one large successien of parks
and gardens,- so impossible is it to detect any boundaries,
groups of people, either from Coburg or from the neigh-
bouring villages, the highest and the lowest mingled
trustfully and friendlike in one mutual enjoyment, were
to be seen at different angles of the lawn, not 20 yards
from the Queen, or in the garden under the very
windows of the palace. 'I he Prince and the peasant
stood side by side, all heartily participating in the same
merry, Laughing pastime
The Queen, as has been said, appearsd to be de-
lighted at so novel a sight. Sometimes, in the intervals
ce the dance, her Maresty or the Queen of the Belgians
would call one of the peasant girls and talk with her,
praising her dancing, or perhaps her dress, and
the maiden thus honoured of course became an
object of intense envy to the rest. One or two of the
most handsome, and who wore the most picturesque
dresses, were selected and detained at the palace as
subjects for sketching—a distinction of which they
seemed not a little proud. After this pretty scene had
Lasted mere than an hour, the whole troop filed off again
by the way they came, to the music of their own rustic
band, anu not forgetting, as they threaded their way
through the park, to treat their royal visitors to a series
of final shouts or screams, which, to say truth, smacked
somewhat of Ojibbeway joy.
Lest night tne Queen and the whole of the Court here
again attended the theatre. The entertainment was
Cuizkye's comedy, entitled, " Zopf und &lace, t,"
which might be literally rendered " Queue and Swore,"
its object belt g to indicate the tenour of the plot, which
consists of the usual struggles between a despotic mili-
tary monarch and those whom he desires to bend to his
caprices, particularly the young and loving, who, of
course, have rt course to all the little diplomacies which
love teaches, in order to evade his harsh and troublesome
decrees.

At the close of the performance the audience, ac-
companied by the baud, sang a German version of " God
Save the Queen," substituting for the usual words of the
last two verses a complimentary farewell to the Queen of
England.
The r,)yal party, after leaving the theatre, pro seeded
buck to Roseuau by torchlight, as on the previous visit
to the theatre. They start for Gotha to-morrow (Wed•
nes4lay) morning at eight o'clock, lunching at bleinin-
gen, and sleeping at Reinartsbrunn, a seat of the Duke's
nut far from Gotha. They go on to Gotha on Thursday
morning. The royal travellers will leave Gotha on
their r, turn home, on the 3d proximo. They will sleep
at Fulda the first night, at Wiesbaden or Frankfort the
second, at k.2ologne the third, thence they will proceed
by railway to Antwerp, or to whichever other port it is
finally determined that they shall embark from.
REINARTSBRUNN, THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 28.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert have come thus far on
their journey from Coburg to Gotha. Reinartsbrunn
is a seat belonging to the Duke of Saxe Coburg, distant
from Gotha nine or ten English miles. The royal

party left Rosenau yesterday irednesday) morning, at
eight o'clock, and they did not reach Reinartabrunn till
half-past eight o'clock in the evening. The further
progress was postponed till this af:ernoon, partly on
account of the fatigue of so long a journey, and partly
that her Majesty might enter Gotha by daylight. The
road traverstd by the royal party yesterday was in
many respects very interesting. The first place of
any &ze, after leaving Coburg, is Rodach, where
a very pretty triumphal arch was prepared,
and the houses were very tastefuly festooned.
Crowds of people assembled to see the Queen
pass. At a few miles further on the territory of Saxe-
Meiningen intersects that of Saxe-Coburg, and here,
within a short distance of Hildburghausen, on the top
of a hill commanding a fine view, the authorities of
Meiningen were drawn up to receive her Majesty on
her entrance into the duchy. Hildburghaustai itself
exhibited a scene of great animation. The houses were
all festooned, and in the principal part of the town the
children were all drawn up by the road side—the girls
dressed in white with ivy wreaths; and these, together
with a body of the burgher guard (a peaceful-looking
body of soldiers), and an immense crowd of people,
greeted the royal party as they passed through. At
other places on the road, a great part of which runs
amongst the 'Thuringian Forest, and ctinmands some
very tine mountain and pine forest scenery, there were
similar preparations, and particularly at Saxe-Meiningen,
where the royal party stopped and lunched with the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Meiniugen. They start
from this place for Gotha this afternoon at three o'clock.

PTEMB.E

R

GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP.

BOSTON, AUG. 15.—This monster vessel saf.ly ar-
rived in the Bay of New York on the afternoon of Sun-
day, the 10th of August, after a passage of fourteen days
and twenty-one hours. She was telegraphed at noon,
but she was not positively known by the public gene-
rally to be near till about two o'clock, when thousands
upon thousands of the New Yorkers proceeded in conti-
nued streams towards every spot from which a view of
her might be obtained.
For two or three days previous to her arrival false ru-
mours of her approach had been given, and some anxiety
on Sunday morning began to be felt respecting her.
Many supposed, and indeed it was so stated by the
public press, that she would not sail from England until
the second week in August, but all these uncertainties
were dissipated by her appearance off Sandy Hook.
Sunday is a great day with the New Yorkers for pro-
menading Broadway, and for taking excursions down
the bay ; but the expectation created of seeing the far
and wide renowned iron-ship, whose Bristol parturition
was so difficult, and about which there has been such a
multiplicity of opinions, made the banks of the river the
only place of resort. I was sitting iu a friend's parlour,
in Brooklyn, when about half past two o'clock I saw her
smoke from my window, and immediately proceeded to
the " heights," whence the panoramic view of New York
city, the East River, and the Bay is exceedingly fine ;
there I had the first view of the Great Britain.

A regular New York August sun was pouring down
almost intolerable heat, and the water gleamed like mol-
ten silver. Amongst a fleet of small steamers and river
craft was the" big ship," a Triton amongst the minnows.
She was approaching the battery, and seemed to be
steering for the North River, but when she had shown
herself to the thousands who thronged the promenade
by the. Castle garden—perhaps the most magnificent city
promenade in the world—she turned as on a pivot, and
slowly steamed over to the Brooklynshore, and then
passed gracefully below the Heights, which, together with
the Gowanns shores, the masts of shipping, the tops of
houses, and, indeed, every spot which commanded a view
of the river, were crowded. She then went on slowly to
her wharf, at the foot of Clinton-street, where she was
moored in safety.
It was not until she got opposite the Battery that her
great size made any impression on the spectators. As
she passed the North Carolina man-of-war her great
length was apparent, but I did not think she looked very
elegant with her six low masts. The graceful rig of the
American vessels is well known, and the Great Britain
contrasted unfavourably in the opinion of many. Ne-
vertheless she was heartily welcomed, although there
was no cheering ; the day forbade any demonstration of
the kind.

In five minutes Broadway was deserted ; young-and
old, rich and poor, all flocked towards Atlantic-wharf,
and the greatest difficulty was found in preserving order.
A few accidents occurred, but none of a serious nature.

As the ship entered the harbour she was gaily dressed
with colours, which streamed from each of her masts.
At the gaff, the large union flag of England floated gaily
in the breeze ; the first mast had the Austrian flag ;
the second mast the Russian ; the third, the Spanish ;

the fourth, the French:tricolour : the:main, the union
jack ; at the foremast, a blended flag of England and
America, the stars of the latter country blending with
the blue, white, and red of the union of England, and
at the lower quartering the stripes. Some of the papers
the next morning, with the usual American sensitive-
ness, came out pretty strong on Captain Hoskin, for not
having displayed the American flag (they had not noticed
the flag I have just mentioned), and expressed a great
deal about the intended insult, &c. It was to be wiped
out with blood, and all that. This was laughable enough,
and when these journals discovered their error, the exhi-
bition was ridiculous indeed to the rightly-thinking por-
tion of the community. Whilst I was mixing freely in
the crowd, listening to the various opinions which were
broached, I was greatly amused ; one fellow, a regular
wag in his way, turned his plug scientifically, looked at
the royal arms on the bows of the vessel, and said that
the lion was like one of their drinks, for ho had a
" cock-tail." This same lion was the subject of many a
joke, and, to tell the truth, he was a very fierce-looking
lion, and really provoked it ; but I cannot rememlwr
Italia them. The best joke I heard, however, was made
by an impudent young vagabond, who was singing out,
"•Extras—news from Eu-rope." He squinted at the flag
which showed the emblems of both countries, and then
bawled out, " I'm d--d if Great Britain han't an-
nex'd we." _ .

The general impression amongst the Americans is,
that she is not so large as they expected. I don't know
what they would have. To be sure, she is not so long
as some of the North River boats, some cif which are
upwards of 350 feet in length, 16 of them going to a
male ; but then they would not do fur ocean steaming ;
and in point of breadth are far below the Great Britain.
Her model is not greatly admired, and they call it clumsy.
On the whole, she has not made such a sensation as per-
haps her proprietors expected, and is not considered here
as a safe boat. People in America will prefer the Bos•
ton steamer or the packet-ships to her.
Captain Hoskin informed me that nothing of any im-
portance occurred on the voyage out ; the passengers
seemed all pleased with the accommodations, and spoke
in the very highest terms of Captain Hoskin as a gen-
tleman and a sailor. They remarked on the very slight
vibratory motion in the Great Britain as compared with
that produced by paddle-vs heels, and seemed confident
as to the ultimate success of the ship.
On Monday notice was given that the Great Britain
would be opened to the public at the rate of 25 cents. a
head, and 12f cents. extra to the engine-room, so that
she is to be made a show-ship here, just as she was in
England. Thousands of persons have visited her, and
all express themselves as being greatly delighted and
surprised at her internal arrangements. Captain Hoskin
is the lion of the week, and is followed by crowds wher-
ever he shows himself. From Boston, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, and other neighbouring cities, strangers are
pouring into New York, all anxious to see the " big
ship."
The following statement has been furnished by another
correspondent :
As great interest is felt by the public on the subject
of this extraordinary vessel, the following analysis of her
first voyage across the Atlantic may be acceptable :
Nautical miles.
The distance from Liverpool to the South Stack
Lighthouse oft Holy head is
Thence to the Tuskar Lighthouse
From the Tuskar Light to Cape Clear
Cape Clear to New York 3,008

Whole distance from Liverpool to New Y0rk...3,304
The Great Britain steamed this distance, against foul
winds and cross seas, in lq days, or 345 hours, giving
an average speed for the whole voyage of somewhat
more than 91 knots or nautical miles (which is equal to
10; statute miles) per hour. From unquestionable data
in possession of her Majesty's Government, it can be
proved that neither the Halifax nor the West India
steam-packets have been able to maintain in their out-
ward passages (say for a period of six months) an aver•
age speed equal to what has been achieved by the Great
Britain on her first voyage to New York ; although
many instances may have occurred in which a homeward
passage, made under favourable circumstances, has
shown (as in the last voyage of the Cambria) an aver-
age speed of 101 knots or nautical miles per hour.—
Times.