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VARIETIES.
to etIaBISH NOBLEMAN.—After all, the misfortune was
°e Preferred to the gaucherie of the young Mr.
Stanhope ; for though his famous father, the Earl of
Chesterfield, had said and written so much to send him,
an accomplished and elegant roue, to hell, the very first
time this youthful gentleman was introduced into public
company, before the eyes of the highest nobles and the
Most resplendent beauties of the three kingdoms, after
eating an ice in the ordinary mode with a spoon, he,
without a blush, licked out the glass with his tongue,
that he might not lose any of the delicious morsel. Fancy
the refined father witnessing this worse than Gothic feat !
Had he been more of a Roman and less of a vetit .maitre
he would have whipped his diamond-hilted sword through
the body of his butor of a son, and then have fallen and the
avenging steel to forget his misery.—The Church of
England Quarterly Review.
THE SYCAMORE TREE.—The scriptural sycamore, or
Egyptian fig. was a common tree both in Egypt and Pales-
tine. In both countries, the fruit was eaten by the poor ;
and in Egypt the wood was extensively used both in build-
ing houses for the living and making coffins for the dead.
The tree grows in low groud, and to a lare size, affording
thshelter from the sun and rain ; but its leafy boughs, though
ey make a luxuriant show, are fruitless ; the wood, also,
is light and porous. The only fruit the tree yields grows
near the ground, upon the main trunk. It is said that to
make the tree fruitful, the bark must be cut or pierced,
Which causes the sap to form little shoots, upon which the
figs ow in clusters. These figs are opaque and bitter,
and can only be ripened and made fit for food by friction,
or cutting open ; and this seems to have been the humble
ilinmeapNvlaosyment of the prophet Amos, who tells Amaziah that
" no prophet, neither a prophet's son • but a herd-
rinenneand a cutter of sycamore fruit." The fruit thus
and
wedais sweet and refreshing, but apt to cause loathing
inleSS• It is said to be without grains, frequently
infested with grubs.
CHINESEpIant on oioGro,Rorme•—The flowers which the Chinese
their kind. No g the tombs are simple and beautiful in
expensive camellias, moutans, or other
of the finer ornaments of the garden are chosen for this
pthuerpose. • Sometimes the Conical mound of earth—when
grave is ofitghgisraksisn.d—is crowned with a large plant of
fine, tall, ay'
thee'
At Ningpo wild roses are planted,
pure whitesfls(oZspread themselves over the grave, and, when
cies of Lc A expand in spring, cover it with a sheet of
At Shanghae a pretty bulbous plant, a spe-
of brit purpleovers the graves in autumn with masses
. brilliant . When I first discovered the anemone
japonica, it was in full flower amongst the graves of the
natives, which are round the ramparts of Shanghae ; it
blooms in November, when other flowers have gone by,
and is a most ppriate to the lt resting-
Places of the deaapd." ro
This fineornament anemone has beeasn brought
to England, and, judging from the coloured engraving in
afaund's Botanic Garden for January, it certainly will
Prove an interesting flower in the gardens of our own
country.
ERSEINE'S EARLY POVERTY.—During the three year
Which followed his retirement from the army, notwith-
standing the kind assistance of some of his friends, he
Was in great pecuniary straits. He had an increasing
family to maintain, besides defraying his own expenses as
a Cambridge under-graduate and a student of law. Ex-
ercising the strictest economy and the most rigid self-
denial, he often found it a sore matter to provide for the
day which was passing over him. But with a sanguine
disposition and a fixed determination of purpose, these
difficulties only stimulated him to greater exertions, that
he might finally subdue them. "He had taken lodgings
in Kentish Town, and would occasionally call for his wife
at the house of a connection who kept a glass shop in
Fleet Ditch, and used to talk of him as our Tummy."
Jeremy Bentham who had kept up an intercourse with
him since the publication of his pamphlet on the abuses
of the army, speaking of him at this time, says, " I met
him sometimes at Dr. Barton's. He was so shabbily
'dressed as to be quite remarkable. He was astonished
'when 1 told him I did not intend to practise. I remember
his calling on me, and, not finding me at home, he wrote
his name with chalk on my door. Reynolds, the comic
writer, in his " Life and Times," relates that at this time
the villa of his father, an eminent Solicitor at Bromley, in
Kent, was frequently visited by Erskine, of whom he
gives the following lively description :—" The young
student resided in small lodgings near Hampstead, and
openly avowed that he lived on cow-beef, because he could
not afford any of a superior quality, dressed shabbily,
expressed the greatest gratitute to Mr. Harris for occa-
sional free admissions to Covent Garden, and used boast-
ingly to exclaim to my father, Thank fortune, out of my
own family I don't know a lord.' "—Lord Campbell's
Lives of the Chancellors.
THE JEWS.—IS IT INTOLERANT TO OPPOSE THEIR
ADMISSION INTO PARLIAMENT ?—I unhesitatingly say,
°a my best consideration of the subject, and in the sin-
Jewsrit o
intof my conscience, that I regard the admission of
the legislature as a measure most uncalled for,
and as including all errors and evils in one, the most
hazardous to the religious constitution of England. I
know, gentlemen, the childish declamations which will be
Poured out on the clergy for their humblest opposition to
measures of this order. I know, also, that to level all
distinctions of faith is the fashion of the time. But I
cannot discover in Latitudinarianism a guide to principle,
nor Perceive how conscience is to be obeyed by the sacri-
-5c of opinion. Gentlemen, we may well despise the
called charges of such a time. If men are to be
terZ bigots, because they value Christianity and are de-
defendit, we may justly rejoice in the charge.
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NothPaY as calmly endure the charge of illiberality.
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costs less than the liberality of, indifference ;
re.th itlg may be more lightly lavished than that which
0 are ready to betray nothing is simpler than the pur-
whlse, ef a spurious popularity by the sacrifice of a religion
with has been long excluded from the heart. We may
,1 equal ease repel the charge of intolerance. Protes-
U're is the most tolerant religion in the world. If in
Tlter times there were persecutors, they shamed their re-
tir, an, as they acted wholly against its rinciples. But
Zerotion cannot imply encouragement toe rror, or B
en-
1. to religious hostility, or encouragement to
"1 e betrayal of divine truth. It can as little imply the
civil cowardice which yields to fear that which is not de-
tb:landed by reason, or the folly which puts power into the
ends of an avowed enemy. The Jews are acknowledged,
their own advocates, to possess at this moment every
7vil privilege except admission to Parliament. And why
?..) we demand that this last privilege be withheld ? Simply
thfor the reason that admission would put into their hands
e power of injuring, perhaps of finally destroying, Chris-
tianity in England.—Dr. Croly's Speech.
SPANISH ENCOURAGEMENT OF SHIPPING.—Upon in-
Piry it appeared that an English steamer wowld leave
Lisbon for Madeira on the Ist of December. But the only
kossible way to reach Lisbon in time was by means of a
bpanish boat, then lying in the harbour of Marseilles, and
the baron had little taste for that mode of conveyance.
Only a few days previously the boiler of the Secundo
Gaditano, belonging to the same company, had burst far
out at sea, when several persons were dangerously hurt,
and the vessel was compelled to return to Marseilles,
instead of prosecuting its voyage to Barcelona. Its suc-
cessor, the Primer Gadisano, had good English engines,
and seemed well appointed, and at last the three travellers
engaged berths. The vessel was warranted to sail on the
23d of November; but, in spite of this promise and of
Passengers' remonstrances, the faithless consignees de-
tained her till the morning of the 27th. Of course, there
Was no chance of getting to Lisbon in time for the packet ;
but there was a possibility of meeting it at Cadiz, where
it Was expected to touch : and the baron and his com-
panions, having paid for their places, took their chance.
TO their surprise and annoyance, when the overladen boat
groaned and puffed its way out of the harbour, its prow
~. rn
W_as tued, not towards Spain towaroulon and
gluY• This strange circumstancebut was soon explained by
one of those extraordinary laws peculiar to Spanish legisla-
tors, intended, we presume, to encourage the shipping
interest of Sp ain but which, to any but its framers,
certainly appearswonderfully ill-adapted to the end pro-
posed. Spanish vessels, arriving from foreign ports, at a
rl'ain disance from the Spanish frontier, pay much
ghter dues' than those whose point of departure is nearer
home. Marseilles is within the high duty limit, and
tittle oly f
Ciotat, the Gaditano wastedher a day in sailing to the
it
papers countersigned
trtle phere, and obtain the benefit of the low rate. A pretty
!Pecirnen of what are commonly called cosas de Espana.
‘: This," exclaims M. Vaerst, with righteous indignation,
is what Spaniards call encouraging their trade and ship-
Pilackwood's Magazine.
NATURAL WEALTH OF BORNEO—PROSPECTS.—TruIy,
Mr. Brooke undertook a difficult task, and a very heavy
responsibility, when he allowed himself to be invested
with the power and dignity over such a place. But he
knew its materials. and was sensible at first that this was
_to be no post of empty honour. Ho was aware that he
QM to contend with the prejudices of whole tribes of
People—prejudices noted in their minds by the traditions
f undated ages. He well understood what Sarawak then
Was. field for petty battles to be fought on—a place for
Murder or riot undisturbed—where piracy and robbery
!..ere the normal state of things, and where no man laid
himself down to sleep in the happy certainty that he
9iould not be awakened by the shout of battle, the hiss-
,of flames, the cries of dying comrades, the shrieks
"` His wives and children, and the yells of destroying enemies leaping and shaking their spears in the red glare
°l:the burning village. All this he knew, but he knew
the
• I a system of judicious management—by stern
Insticeb blended with kindness and benignity—might be
Lnade of the district. He knew that the sands of its
Phling streams sparkled with gold dust ; that diamonds
ittered among its pebbles : that its mines were rich in
heavy with abundant harvests of rice ; that sago trees
vr everywhere wild
erou that bees'-wax, and other articles
1° nums to mention, were common articles of traffic ;
roat the natives possessed large herds of buffaloes, which,
wever, they never kill, but keep for their milk,
Bering hog's flesh as food. Indeed it were difficult to
enumerate the sources from which Sarawak might derive
tlrlespecity• However, Mr. Brooke is the man to draw
ein out. Under his wise and benificent rule we soon
,_
to see the aspect of affairs totally changed—to find
rw substituted for the cry of battle the clattering of mill-
AuireVs and machinery ; to see the pirate fleets of the
ie eu.iPelago give place to fleets of trading vessels convey-
Mealth to and from all parts of the world, to
.ks guiding the plough or felling the forests, instead of
see men, instead of pining away their lives in wretched-
-0", and Poverty, as they have hitherto, happy, prosper-
suPrand contented. The full effect of Mr. Brooke's
actiODS will not be perceived at first, but, as when a
o''.°° is thrown into the water the ripple only extends
liver a limited space yet the vibration of the blow is felt to
tjnuch greater distance around, so will the seeds sown by
Cit English in the little state of Sarawak be lifted up, as
e_were, and borne and implanted in the most distant
14°d• May we not be disappointed in our expectations !
'Colonial Map.

THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK.—In the Colonial Maga-
zine for the present month, there is a capital sketch of the
history of one of the most remarkable men of the time,
Mr. Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. We learn from this
that Mr. Brooke was born at Combe Grove, near Bath,
in 1803 ; that he entered the East India army ; that he
distinguished himself in the Burmese war, during which
he was shot through the lungs ; that he returned to
England, where he overstayed his furlough, a circumstance
that produced a change of life—for, on finding after he
had got back to India that a long period must elapse be-
fore he could be restored to his commission, he gave nl3
the army, and went on to China, and the following beau-
tiful description of the wonders of the eastern archipelago,
we copy from the magazine :—"ln his passage up the
China seas, his eyes were for the first time delighted with
the beauty and fertility of the twelve thousand islands.
He saw rivers, belted by noble forests, whose tall and
sturdy tx'ees produced timber equal to any in the world,
but which, after growing and ripening for ages, only de-
cayed and withered again till the hand of time had
crumbled them to the ground, where they serve but to
increase the richness and fertility of the soil. He heard
of the wealth of the unknown and almost unvisited Indian
Islands; he saw the sea-gipsies skimming over the water
in prahus filled with their wives and children ; he heard
of the riches of Borneo and its companion islands ; he
heard of the lucrative trade carried on by the Burgis ; and,
above all, he heard that forty millions of human beings
lived in ignorance and barbarism, groaning beneath despo-
tism, the slaves of prejudice, nurtured amid diabolical
practices, unvisited by the missionary ; and he thought
hew good and great an achievement it would be to throw
the light of civilisation, and plant the first seeds of Christi-
anity on those benighted countries." The subsequent
events of Mr. Brooke's career are well known-chow he
fitted out the Royalist yacht, after coming in to a good
fortune on the death of his father—how he assisted a na-
tive Rajah in Borneo, who then owned and afterwards
gave his deliverer a large tract of territory near the Sara-
wak river.

SHAKSPERE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH.—A tradition of
much later date than the one just cited tells us that Queen
Elizabeth was in the theatre one evening when Shakspere
was personating the part of a king, and, in crossing the
stage, moved politely to the poet without the honour of
being duly recognised. Her majesty, it is said, with a
view to ascertain whether the omission was intentional, or
whether he had resolved not to lose a moment the per-
sonification of the character he supported, again passed
the stage near him, and dropped her glove, which was
immediately taken up by Shakspere, who added these lines
to a speech just then concluded, " and so aptly were they
delivered that they seemed to aelong to it,"—
And though now bent on this high embassy,
Yet stoop we to take up our cousin's glove.
He then retired from the stage, and presented the glove
to the queen, who was said to have been greatly pleased
with his conduct, and to have complimented him upon it.
I cannot say who invented this story. but there is no good
authority for it, however possible it may be that it is
founded on an earlier and less circumstantial tradition.
Shakspere was certainly fortunate enough to attract the
notice and commendation of royalty early in his career,
Ben Jonson bears testimony to the pleasure Elizabeth
and her successor derived from his surpassing talent :
Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were
To see thee in our waters yet appear,
And make those flights upon the banks of Thames,
That so did take Eliza and our James !
And the " Merry Wives of Windsor," written as early as
1593, is said on very fair authority to have been written
especially for the queen's gratification, and she was so im-
patient to see it acted, that it was completed in a fort-
night. Dennis, in an epistle prefixed to the " Comical
Gallant," 1702, says, of the " Merry Wives of Windsor,"
" I knew very well that it has pleas'd one of the greatest
queens that ever was in the world ; this comedy was writ-
ten at her command, and by her direction, and she was so
eager to see it acted, that she commanded it to be finished
in fourteen days, and was afterwards, as tradition tells us,
very well pleas'd with the representation." Rowe, in
1709, says that Elizabeth " was so well pleased with that
admirable character of Falstaff in the two parts of ` Henry
IV.' that she commanded him to continue it for one play
more, and to show him in love : this is said to be the oc-
casion of his writing the ' Merry Wives of Windsor ;' "
and Gildon, in 1710, partially confirms both these accounts.
The tradition in one respect is confirmed by the title page
of the edition of 1602, which states that the play had been
performed " before her majestie and elsewhere." Com-
pliment and patronage are often twins. One of the most
elegant pieces of flattery ever addressed to a sovereign is
found in " A Midsummer Night's Dream," where the
queen is described as the imperial votaress passing on,
" In maiden meditation, fancy free,"
a character of allusion we know was received with untiring
delight by Elizabeth. As late as December, 1602, when
she dined at Sir Robert Cecil's, in the Strand, there were
" sundry devices at her entrance : three women, a maid,
a widow and a wife, eache contending for their owne
states ; but the virgin preferred." We cannot doubt that
the " Midsummer Night's Dream" gratified the monarch ;
and that the poet was in her favour is proved by the direct
authority of Chettle, in his " England's Mourning Gar-
ment," 1603, who complains of his neglecting to write an
elegy upon the queen :
Nor doth the silver-tonged Melicert
Drop from his honied muse one sable teare,
To mourne her death that graced his desert,
And to his laies opend her royall eare.
Shepheard, remember our Elizabeth,
And sing her Rape, done by that Tarquin, Death.
And the remembrance of Shakspere enjoying court favour
lived for a century after his death, and was universally re-
ceived as a truth.—Halliwell's Life of Shakspere.

COURT AND FASHION.
t.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Royal Family, will, according to present arrangements,
arrive at Buckingham Palace from Windsor, for the sea-
son, on Tuesday next. The Court is not expected to re-
turn to Windsor (except, perhaps, for a few days during
the Ascot Race week) until quite the latter end of the
autumn.

Sir E. Cust left Windsor Castle on Friday, after a short
visit to the Queen.

The Right Rev. James Prince Lee arrived at the Castle
on Thursday, and had an audience with the Queen, to do
homage'on being appointed Bishop of Manchester. Vis-
count Palmerston, one of her majesty's principal secre-
taries of state, assisted at the ceremony. The bishop re-
mained on a visit to her majesty till Friday.
. .

The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Vgliewell arrived on a visit to
royalty at Windsor Castle, dined with the royal party on
Thursday, and took their departure on Friday. This
visit of the master of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the
seat of royalty is only one of a series, which shew that the
illustrious Chancellor of the University is not by any
means forgetful of the hospitable duties of his position.
The late Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Catherine Hall,
was the first in order. The Rev. Dr. Phelps, the present
Vice-Chancellor, was the second. Then came the royal
command to the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Whewell ; and we
presume that the heads of all the other houses will be suc-
cessively permitted to bask in the same royal sunshine.
The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived in London
on Monday.
Lord Hardinge is expected to arrive in this country
about the middle of March.
The Countess of Ellesmere and the Ladies Egerton left
Belgrave-square on Thursday, for Portsmouth, where
they embarked with the Earl of Auckland and a dis-
tinguished party on board the frigate Meander, at Spit-
head, where an elegant dejeuner was given by the Hon.
Captain Keppell, previous to his departure to the East
Indian station. The Earl of Ellesmere was prevented
from accompanying them owing to a slight attack of the
gout.

SKATES FOR PRINCE ALBERT.—Messrs. Marsden Bro-
thers and Co., of Sheffield. have presented to Prince
Albert a pair of skates of the most recherehi description.
Instead of the common-place turn-up point of the ordi-
nary skate, a graceful swan rises, being beautifully chased
to represent its plumage. The clogs of the skates are of
polished rosewood, on the side of which, at the toe, the
swan's figure is completed, and at the heel, the rose,
thistle, and shamrock are carved. The straps, which are
of patent leather, lined with white enamel, with silver
buckles, pass through slot holes lined with gold. On the
heel the golden garter, with its motto, surmounts a silver
star ; on the sole the royal arms are studded in gold and
silver; and the toe is of gold. Of course, the value of
these skates is very considerable.