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stion of their idolatrous practices appearing, before
nough to receive them) to show that the

not a genuine document, are ably exposed and
_,et every. Protestant read this article, there is a

nation, startling and fearful ; in every page.
ble paper is styled the " Felo de se" of the
: extract from which enriched a recent number
zrd, and will serve to show the bearing of the
:le question, " Whether Ultra-Protestantism
Churchism is more likely to advance the cause of
is there satisfactorily answered. It is en-
couraging to find the " queen" of periodicals labouring to
disseminate the same principles which we, at a great distance,
have humbly sought to advocate. " Sewell and Hewell" is
a masterly expose of the system of puffing and, trickery
lopted by the rival shopkeepers of the present day. "Con-
se confounded" contains some rich and laughable

or Hig

eral incidents connected with the late elec-

will prove interesting, and we are

not to say a word upon each

'inallwood's Magazine, August. Smallwood, London.
Extracts from the Diary of a Country Clergyman, by
s Muckleston," is continued. It is a Newgate cahm-
sh sort of story, which the admirers of that school will
" The History of Venice, by Dr. Shep-
" Hope's invocation" is a charming little
Mrs. Biffin's Water Party" is a

poem, by Mrs. Morris

happy " skit" upon such affairs : the dilemmas are rayther
too numerous. Gabriele Rosetti contributes two Italian
gems. " The Impenitent" is greatly out of place: it is more
fitting a theological periodical ; but as this is only the com-
mencement, we shall not hastily decide. It seems so far

written cleverly. " Old Harry's Scrap Book," by Blue Fire
Fitzball, will be greatly relished by those who love diablerie.
Warrior of the Caucasus" is continued with much
The Two Churchyards" is also clever. The Cri-
on the German Opera Company, much as we dislike
cage to foreigners, is most illiberal. We fancy the ar-
has been written by some disappointed fiddler.

The New Statistical Account of Scotland. No. 32.
Blackwobd, Edinburgh.
The present number of this very valuable and extremely
useful work contains a portion of the history of Stirling. In
it we find records of the parishes of Falkirk, Fintry, Gar-
gunnock, Killearn, Strathhane, Buchanan, Drymen, Denny,
Kilsyth, Baldernock, Aloe, Polmont, Bothkennar, Muir-
avonside, Logie,.Campsie, Keppen, Slamanan, Airth, Bal-
tron, and St. Ninians, all situated in that county. The his-
t
y of each of these parishes has been drawn up by the
iisters or " writers" residing in them, and of course may
garded as authentic. The statistical details appear to
been collected with a great deal of care, and are very
>f information. Unlike most works of a statistical na-
s amusing, and written throughout in a style that
struction most pleasantly, and without being dry
To those who are interested in Scotland, this
It should have a place in every li-

11 be faluable

Cruikshank's Omnibus,

August. Tilt and Bogue,

Conductors

This publication is decidedly improving. It contains this
rt articles and papers. One of the
Tiger Hunt." " The Discovery of
I " is well told and illustrated. " Frank

musiut is th,

an Demo
eartwell '

s continued. It is a most interesting story

llustrations are all very clever, and replete with humour
ierriment. If the " Omnibus" be well supported, there
in-that it will be found a very great convenience
The short stages

1 literature

after all : one does not become weary on
id our fellow-travellers in them are generally
So with the " Omnibus,"—there is
) tire, and we regret only the shortness of the

and agreeable

oe's Wanderings in Wales, Part 7. Wareing Webb,

uis part of Mr. Roscoe's charming work, a
aescription of Llanberis Lakes. The author also gives us
an account of his journey up Snowdon, and his visit to the
slate quarries at Nantlle. The illustrations consist oea View
on the Penmachar Road, the Entrance to the Menai Straits,
Rhiade Crom, the Snowdon Hills from the wall of Harlech
Castle, Harlech Castle, and the Falls of Machno. These
-ws have been sketched by D. Cox, and engraved by Mr.
"", and are done in the usual good style.

Liverpool

?dint

Radcly

,aby Rudge. By Charles Dickens. Part 16. Ware-
ing Webb, Liverpool.
uly this is a most original tale, and of a verity " Boz"
nost original Writer. His brain must be most prolific,

thoughts that breathe," to give vent to
." Not a jot of the interest in this story is

'king up of Lord George Gordon's history
gs, is a most original idea, and if the truth
ly adhered to, with a sufficient quantity of fiction to
e recital palateable, " Ilarnaby Rudge" will be, not
-the most remarkable, but one of the most valuable
le day. Lord George Gordon's career was one
led extraordinary excitement, and one of the
onders" of the time ; there is abundance of
life to be most highly wrought up, particu-
-hill, when the distillery was broken
the streets ran with liquor. Mr. Dickens vivid
no doubt, dash off that circumstance, amongst
.ers connected with his lorishiP. In this number of
.6`arnaby Rudge" are several passages filled with pleasant
thoughts, and conveyed in language of
the extraordinaryram-
bles
countryry
squire,'we think, is overdrawn. It may be from thebut
life, u
we should hope the originals are scarce. The scene between
old Vardeu, Dolly, Mrs. Varden, and miggs,
- illustrations
The attack of Haredale is powerfully told. Thewidow's
is a rich bit.
are excellently done. The vignette view of the t.
oot ' .431:; sketch, and executed in the first style o
k Aram er is replete with interest ; the next. will be
p 91,Tri-astiK* dl4hickens.
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Arrival at Limerick from Tarbert—Approach to the City
—Congratulations of Friends—An Irish Welcome—
Limerick, its Public Edifices' S:c.
As we had entered Tarbert in the night, guided after leav-
ing Kilrush by the lighthouse at the former harbour, we had
seen the shores of the Shannon merely as clouds on the
horizon ; and being anxious to lose no opportunity, during
my intended short stay, of taking (as a sailor would say)
what observations I could, I therefore lost no time in gain-
ing the deck early in the morning, roused by the " didder-
ing" noise, and trenzblement, caused by the suction in the
flues of the furnaces, indicating that the steam was getting
up. Shortly afterwards the anchor was smartly weighed,
under the direction of Captain Kennedy, now in command
of the vessel in his native stream, of which he is an experi-
enced pilot; and we started off " for Limerick, ho ! " at
about half-past four o'clock. The weather was, however,
drizzly and hazy ; and though the prospect, as we neared
either shore, was occasionally rich and beautiful, it would
be doing injustice to the Shannon to endeavour to describe
it under such a disadvantage, and I shall refrain from parti-
cularising until I come to notice my subsequent trips be-
tween Limerick and Kilrush. Suffice it to say, that, after
our stormy sea-voyage, the occasional views of the varied
landscape, variegated by gentlemen's seats, castellated ruins,
towers, hamlets, and cottages, on each side of the river,
which now widened into a lake studded with islands, and
contracted to a narrow strait, were altogether refreshing and
delightful.
We had on the previous evening observed that the shores
of the estuary below Kilrush, though producing pasturage
for sheep, were almost destitute of trees, the saline prevail-
ing winds from the westward being injurious to their
growth. Now the verdure continued to increase, and the
woods to thicken, as we advanced into the interior, until all
the proximate lands, backed by undulated acclivities or
swelling mountains, assurred a charming appearance of rural
warmth and fertility. The sombre aspect of the ruined
towers, castles, and religious houses, that had once rung
with the clash of arms or the shout of revelry, or given echo
to the song of the devotee,—peering on the tops of hills, or
reposing on wooded sites on the low grounds,—peculiarly
attracts the attention of the contemplative stranger who first
visits this interesting locality, and calls forth reminiscences
of the feuds and forays of the olden time, in which there is
an indescribable admixture of the pleasurable and the melan-
choly.

" The Knight of Glyn," as we passed his castle, saluted
us by firing a gun from his battery ou the lawn. We had
two fine cannons on deck, and strove to return the compli-
ment, but found, to our sore disappointment, that we had
been unable, during the gale, to " keep our powder dry."
We, however, " lived to fire another day." As we pro-
ceeded the weather slightly improved, and Begle Castle, Bun-
ratty Castle, and Carrig-o-gunniel Castle became successively
objects of interest. Further on we passed Cooper's Hill and
Trevce, two fine seats, and soon afterwards obtained a pleas-
ing view of Limerick—its quays and warehouses, the shipping
and Wellesley Bridge—the lofty tower of the Cathedral, and
the buildings around it on King's Island, beinc, conspicuous
in the back ground. The impression conveyed by this view
is not, however, commensurate with the size and importance
of the town, comparatively little of which is embraced, from
its being, for the most part, built on a nearly level site, but
little elevated above the level of the river.
A number of handsome seats line the shores on each side
the stream below the town, and the freshness of the verdure
of the woods, lawns, and parterres that surround them, indi-
cate a purity of atmosphere rarely found in the immediate
proximity of large towns, and impart a pleasing appearance
of the rus in urbe. After threading our way through several
vessels, anchored in the here spacious river, a few moments
steaming brought us alongside of the steam company's wharf,
near the southern termination of the line of quays. We ar-
rived a few minutes past eight o'clock, having performed the
run from Tarbert (a distance of about 32 English miles) in
two hours and forty-one minutes.
The pier was crowded with spectators of all classes, who
gave us joyous greeting, strong apprehensions for our safety
having been entertained both here and at Kilrush • the gales
we had experienced have been severely felt in the west of
Ireland, and particularly on the coasts of Kerry and Clare.
A vast number of visiters came on board during the day,
including many ladies, and all were struck with the fine ap-
pearance of the vessel, albeit, her upper works were consi-
derably damaged and sea-beaten. So large and fine a steamer
had not before been seen on the Shannon, and her spacious
decks and elegant accommodations, became a matter of no
little wonderment and admiration. On landing, for the first
time since we left Liverpool, we observed the effects of the
storm on the outward appearance of the ship ; her figure.
head, representing Erin, was minus a portion of the helmet,
and part of her head rails were carried away. The bulwarks
and paddle-houses were also stripped of some of their board-
ing, and she presented on the whole, the appearance of a
craft that had been roughly treated by the faithless sea, though
her hull was sound and uninjured. Some repairs were con-
sequently necessary, and no inconsiderable application of the
paint brush, so that she might make her debut on her des-
tined waters all trim and tight; and as these operations oc-
cupied a week, 1 had an opportunity, before accompanying
her on her first trip, of rambling through the town and out-
skirts, and of enjoying an excursion down the Shannon by
the Garry Owen, her sister ship, as well as of partaking,
with Captain and Mrs. Christie of the frequent hospitality
and kindness of Captain Kennedy, and his amiable lady and
family. It was quite amusing to overhear William, the
steward, who had assumed his accustomed sprightliness, and
was well known to many of the visiters, recounting the "hair
breath" stapes we had had by flood and wind, to anxious en-
quirers. He seasoned his narrative so strong with a spice
of the marvellous, that but for his true Milesian dialect one
might have taken him for a native of Yankee land.—" Sir,"
said he, to one, "do you see that foremast ?" " Sure I do,"
was the reply. "Do you see half way up it ?" " I do,
William." " Then bad luck to me, sir, if a big thundering
say did'nt many a time come clane over us as high as that
fore and aft, and we were all drowned and kilt entirely !"
After a hearty breakfast on board, our first impulse was, of
course, to write to our friends on the other side of the
channel, a short intimation of our arrival after our boistrous
passage, leaving any anxiety they might have entertained
respecting us, to be dissipated by the reflexion that " All's
well that ends well."

The weather was exceeding fine, and the air temperate and
calm for the season, during the greater part of my stay in
the city. I frequently met my shipmates at the house of
Captain Kennedy, who, indeed, throughout loaded us with
"the most hospitable attention. We immediately found that
the pursuits of the naturalist had long occupied his leisure
hours,—his neat and well-furnished domicile, replete with
every comfort, partaking largely of the appearance of a
museum. Handsome models of vessels, fully rigged and
equipped, pictures, fossils, and articles of virtu, home and
foreign, were arranged on the walls and tables of the larger
room, and amongst other curiosities we noticed a slab of
Irish marble, a vein through which, by some accidental freak
of nature, which the superstitious might readily mistake for
the handiwork of " the good people,' or fairies, to whom
tradition has assigned many a favourite and enchanted haunt
in the neighbourhood,—presented a delineation of the stream
of the Shannon for miles below the town, which would have
done honour to an hydrographer of the last century ! A front
room below, too, was converted into an aviary, with a large
branching holly-tree in the centre, serving as a perch for a
numerous and somewhat noisy collection of canaries, larks,
linnets, and other small Britsh singing birds, who have the
full range of the apartment, and fly about, singing and
chirping with as much apparent happiness and good fellow-
ship as if the were at large in their native woodlands. Two
fine parrots meantime kept up a friendly chat, in their way,
in the adjoining parlour, and were only removed when, like
learned doctors in disputation, they disagreed, and began to
high words, and threatened to drown all conversation but
their own, a monopoly to which even Sir R. Peel, whatever
his opinion of the corn and sugar questions, would give no
toleration. I may add that every part of our friend's house
was appropriated to some purpose of utility or ornament.
The windows were shaded with flowers, and even under the
arch, supporting the steps from the street to the door, we
observed, some feet under the level of the ground, a shrub-
bery of evergreens and decorative plants, that flourish in
the shade.