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Tails's Edinburgh Magazine, March, 1842. William Tait

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LITE RA RY NOTICES

Fraser's Magazine for March. Grape!, Liverpool.
Fraser is rich this month: there is food for all hunaours—

and gay, I

ly and sever,

Pi clever paper com-

ntitled " Hint for a New Book of

Parallel

gotistical, and infinitely more amusing than in

of the anecdotes res

.cling Wyn-

Parsons

Edinburgh : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London

The present number of Tait is, in its literary matter, above
all praise ; and when, although a political opponent, and
consequently disagreeing with a great many of the opinions
with which some of its pages are interspersed, we are ready
to accord to it the character of great ability throughout, our
opinion ought, at least, to be taken as bearing the stamp of
honesty. In particular, we were delighted with the story of
" Abednego, the money-lender," by Mrs. Gore, which, of
itself, is worth the price of the number. The notice of the
" Correspondence between Buntano and Caroline von
Gundewell " is a very pleasing article, as is the notice of
" Miss Burney's Diary and Letters." In the notice of
" Laing's Notes of a Traveller," the reviewer has appa-
rently been more anxious to fortify his own ultra liberal opi-
nions by the author's facts and reasonings, than to convey a
a fair idea of the spirit of his work. The wild raving which
is made to pass for poetry in Tait (" The Hunger-fiend" and
"the Poor") is his greatest blemish. The latter in especial is
only a versified lie, worthy the canting rev. politicals of the
Paisley deputation. Tait should reform this, and enable mo-
derate men of all parties to read his magazine ; for we cannot
think that the truckulent school of politiacins by whom alone
these effusions can be relished bestow upon him any great
Vimrod continues his life and times. J amount of patronage.

Dublin University, March, 1842. W►n. Curry, .Jun., and
Co., Dublin : W. S. Orr, and Co., London.

In the present number of the " Dublin University " we
are happy to renew our acquaintance with that prince of
fellows—Harry Lorrequer ; and to learn that after this
month the exclusive editorship will be placed in his hands.
We are now furnished with six chapters of " Jack Hinton,
the Guardsman," upon which (having already commented
upon it as a separate publication) we need not say more than
than that it beats the best of his former productions. The
subject of the Portrait Gallery this month is Viscount Gort,
one of the few survivors of the last days of the Irish parlia-
ment, of whose career we are presented with a graphic and
interesting sketch. The article upon the meeting of parlia-
ment is written in a pleasant racy style ; but we scarcely think
that its author properly appreciates the mental character of
Sir Robert Peel. It may be quite true that that eminent
statesman has rarely displayed any thing approaching to the
quality of mind which is, somewhat loosely, termed "genius."
We greatly question, however, if Sir Robert is not possessed
of consummate genius, in the proper acceptation of the
term, and so far as it can enter into the character of the
statesman. It is undeniable that, in the position in which
the party, of which he is the head, was placed by the Reform
Bill, the course which his vigorous mind adopted and perse-
veringly pursued to its present triumphant issue—the forma-
tion, out of the ruins of ancient tort' ism, of a powerful con-
servative party, was one dictated by no narrow reach of dis-
criminating and far-seeing judgment. No ordinary man
would have indicated or pursued such a course ; no other
course would have been attended with the same amount of
substantial benefit to the cause which its purpose was to sus-
tain ; and if we may not call the mental characteristics of
such a man " genius," we may very fairly doubt whether
that quality can ever enter, at all, into the composition of a
statesman of the highest order—of a statesman as contradis-
tinguished from the mere parliamentary Athlete.
The article on National Education is characterised by just
views, forcibly and clearly urged, upon a subject which is too
frequently, even by conservatives, treated upon grounds of
expediency rather than as one of high and immutable prin-
ciple ; and we cordially recommend it to the perusal of our
readers. There is no middle ground, we are satisfied, be-
tween that laid down by the writer, and au absolute forfei-
ture of consistency on the part of protestant and Christian
men ; and there is no course which the church of England
clergyman can properly pursue except that which is here
pointed out—viz 4, one of constant urging upon government,
in season and out of season, the duty of legislating upon the
question of education on high and unadulterated protestant
principles. The remaining articles are distinguished by the
ability which usually characterises this magazine, and the
reviews especially, are excellent. The tale of " Gaspar, the
Pirate " we may except from our general commendation—it
is not to our liking.

England in the Nineteenth Century. London : How and

Part 111. of the northern, and part 111. of the southern
division have appeared simultaneously, and the latter of
Cornwall. The literary department of each exhibits much
research, and powers of description of no ordinary nature.
In treating of Lancashire considerable space is necessarily
devoted to the rise and progress of the several manufactures
for which the county is celebrated ; and, after an extended
and interesting account of the cotton trade in the two previ-
ous numbers, we have here a descriptive sketch of the plate

glass manufactories of St. Helen's and Ravenhead, with in-
teresting details of the materials employed, and the various
processes employed in perfecting that beautiful and useful
article. The casting of the plates, and the subsequent grind-
ing and polishing of their surfaces are succinctly described.
We have also in this part a comprehensive description of
Liverpool, written, so far as a cursory perusal enables us to
judge, with judgment and accuracy, and illustrated by nu-
merous wood-cuts. As a specimen of the writer's style, we
quote the following passage, introductory to this part of the
subject :
" In one of the opening pages on entering upon this ac-
count of Lancashire we alluded to the prevalence of red sand-
stone along the shores of the Mersey, which upon approach-
ing Liverpool by the railway will be seen cut into deeply a
good part of the way from Newton. In the formation the
great tunnel is excavated, which passes under the town, com-
mencing at Edgehill, and looking as if it led to the shores of
Avernus. Here we imagined the fictions of Easter❑ romance
were about to be realized ; we mean those which relate, how
from dark and mysterious caverns descending towards the
heart of the earth some magician leads the hero of the tale,
or he is conducted by a talisman in his possession, until he
suddenly finds himself in the palace of enchantment, or in
delightful gardens where the trees bear emeralds and rubies
more valuable than the golden apples of the Hesperides. We
are carried along by invisible agency, through or rather under
the earth, and know not what country is above our heads in
our state of purgatorial darkness, which we imagine is to
prepare us for something out of the common way. All at
once, when we think we are approaching the centre of 'the
great globe itself,' we emerge into day, and find, it is true,
no enchanted palaces around us—no Hesperian gardens—
but one of the finest towns in the world; the abode of indus-
try and of opulence ; the home of commerce and magnifi-
cence, familiar to those far sojourners who inhabit realms
that Caesar never knew,'—whose merchants are princes, and
whose name is borne in ocean leagues ' thrice from the centre
to the uttermost pole' by all the Kinds that blow—we are in
Liverpool l"
The illustrations of Liverpool alone, comprising public
buildings, marine views, &c. are no fewer than twenty in
number ; and there are also views of ancient seats in the
neighbourhood, finely engraved in wood. The frontispiece
is a vignette representation of a stage-coach and a pedestrian
party crossing the bleak and dangerous sands of lilverston
at low water, drawn by Creswick, and engraved by Hinch-

liff. We are bound in candour, however, to state that the
illustrations do not appear to us to be quite equal to those in
Mr. and Mrs. Hall's work on Ireland, with which this work
is uniformly printed ; but it must be admitted that this
country is less rich in romantic scenery and antiquities than
the sister land. As a rout ensemble„however, the work is at
once entertaining and instructive, and the price extremely
moderate. The continuation of Cornwall affords a wider
scope for the pen of the tourist and historian, and the pencil
of the artist. It is one of the most interesting counties in
England, whether as regards its bold and rugged sea coast,
or its interior picturesque and varied character, its mines,
&c. The author appears to possess an intimate knowledge
of its localities, and pursues his task con amore. There are
numerous wood-cuts, and a fine vignette view of "the
Land's End," executed on steel, by Godfrey, in the first
style of line engraving. The antiquarian love interspersed
throughout is highly interesting, calculated as it is to call
forth reminiscences:of " the deeds of the days of other years."

Ireland; its Scenery, Character, src. By Mr. and Mrs.
S. C. Hall. London : Howe and Parsons, Fleet-street.

Part XVII. of this work is now published. We took it
up purposing merely to dip into it cursorily, but (and it is
perhaps the highest compliment we can bestow upon the taste
and indefatigable research of the accomplished authors,) but
were insensibly induced to peruse its contents from beginning
to end, spell-bound as we found ourselves, though at a sacri-
fice of time from more serious and immediate avocations, to
proceed from page to page by the variety and interest of the
contents—the philosophical, and we may add philanthropic
deductions arrived at, in regard to several of the internal in-
stitutions of a most interesting portion of the empire ; the
local facts and historical reminiscences of the localities treated
of ; the vivid descriptions of scenery, and the admirable and
kindly portraitures of national character, customs, supersti-
tions and affections of the inhabitants, in whom virtues of a
high and ennobling order, are so strongly commingled with,
but not overborne by, vices and habits, the suppression of
were,which indeed, " a consummation devoutly to be
wished." The present number concludes the description of
Dublin, and its beautiful and diversified vicinity, including a
lively sketch of Donnybrook fair, as it was before it " fell
from its high" but questionable " estate," and as it now is,
happily, redeemed from its wonted dissipation and concomi-
tant evils, by moral magisterial restraints, and the influence

of Nmperanse 2eeleties, The Botanic Garden

the lan

in Great Britain, and affording one of the most interesting
promenades, is next described ; and next the village, of
Finglas, formerly the scene of many stirring events ; and the
town and castle of Swords ; the town of Lusk, &e., Malahide
castle, the old fortified mansion of " the Talbots," and the
church of St. Doulough are then brought under review.
Connected with the last, a story is introduced of a poor
young and beautiful widow, whom our author found (with
her child) at the grave of her husband, who had been drowned
by the upsetting of a boat a short time before. This brief,
but painful narrative, is told with a degree of pathos anti
simplicity, (in the language of the sufferer,) at once deeply
touching, and highly characteristic of the tenderness, devo-
tion, and fidelity of the women of Ireland. Nothing more
affecting has, we think, appeared in the pages of modern lite-
rature—not excepting Sterne's Maria; but, as our limits
preclude us from quoting it, we must refer our readers to
page 350 of the work. Of the " Ordnance Survey" of Ire-
land, undertaken by government, and now, we believe, com-
pleted, we have an interesting notice. This survey is one of
the most accurate, valuable, and complete, ever accomplished
in this or any other country. It was superintended by Colo-
nel Colby, of the Royal Engineers, by direction of the Duke
of Wellington, at the time of its commencement Master-
General of the Ordnance. Upwards of 2000 surveyors, sap-
pers, and miners, and others, were employed upon it, and
nothing can exceed the beauty of the maps—(some of which
the writer of this has seen)—and which, from the large scale
on which they are constructed, comprise the most minute
objects, geological as well as topographical. Our authors,
then supply a review of the various plans for promoting na-
tional education in Ireland, a subject which, from its im-
portance, has excited much public attention. They express
a favourable opinion of the present system, and make use
of arguments which have been too often refuted to require
further notice.

The concluding portion of the part is devoted to the
scenery, character, and antiquities of the county of Meath—
comprising the town of Trim, the ancient castle of the De
Lacys, Dangan, (the former but now decayed seat of the
Wellesleys, and erroneously supposed to be the birth-place
of the Marquis of Wellesley and the Duke of Wellington,l
Newton Abbey, the church of Clonard, Bective Abbey, Don-
aghmore Round Tower and ruins, &c.—of all of which there
are beautifully engraved representations on wood. The pre-
sent condition of Dangan, as contrasted with its former
grandeur, is told with great feeling and effect, and the anec-
dotes introduced throughout, illustrative of the warmheart-
edness, and attachment to home and its early associations, of
the Irish peasantry, are replete with interest. The part is
also embellished with a map of Cavan, Westmeath, and
Meath, and two splendid engravings on steel-----one a view of
Carlingford, and the other a very sweet picture of Trim, in
the finest style of the art.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)
On Thursday last the following degrees were conferred :
MASTERS ON ARTS.

John Hickson Mahony, Student of Ch. Ch. grand comp.
Rev. George William Brameld, Lincoln College.
Rev. Henry Thomas May, Fellow of New College.
Leopold George Browne, Exeter College.
Rev. James Murray, New Inn Hall (incorporated from
Trinity College, Dublin.)

BACHELORS OF ARTS

Charles John Smith, Christ Church.
Edward Humphrey Ballard, Wadham College,

William Rogers, Balliol College.
The Pitt Scholarship, the highest classical honour of the
University of Cambridge, has been recently adjudged to Mr.
E. H. Gifford, of St. John's College. Mr. Druce of St.
Peter's, was the competitor who ranked second to Mr. Gif-
ford. Both these gentlemen were educated at Shrewsbury
School; Mr. Gifford, the successful candidate, was recently
head boy, and Mr. Druce was second boy of that distin-
guished institution. The number of candidates was about
fifty ; the competition, which was very close, was finally be-
tween the school-fellows, Messrs. Druce and Gifford, the
final award being in favour of the latter. It is a remarkable
fact that, with one exception, every holder of the Pitt Scho-
larship has been educated at Shrewsbury school. The late
success of Mr. Gifford, and the almost equally excellent ex-
amination of Mr. Druce, sufficiently indicate the high value
of the classical education there received ; and likewise show
that Dr. Kennedy is not only willing, but able to'maintain
and even to extend the high reputation which the school ob-
tained under the late Bishop Butler. It is gratifying to state,
that a great increase has recently taken place in the number
of pupils in this distinguished seminary.
The Rev. C. J. Quartley, 8.A., of St. Edmund Hall, and
Vicar of Sydling. St. Nicholas, Dorset, has obtained a dis-
pensation for holding with his former preferment the Rectory
of Melcombe Horsey, in the same county, vacant by the
death of the Rev. John Davies ; patron, Lord Rivers.
The Rev. E. Q. Ashby, M.A., of Christ Church, to the
Rector of Dunton, Buckinghamshire, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Hon. and Rev. 0. W. Forester ; patron, Earl
Spencer.
The Hon. and Rev. C. B. Bernard, M.A., of Balliol Col-
lege, son of the Earl of Bandon, to the Living vacated by
the promotion of the Rev. Horace Newman to the Deanery
of Cork.

The Rev. Alexander James Howell, B.A ~ late of Magda-
lene Hall, Curate of Jesus Chapel, Southampton, has been
appointed by the Duke of Cleveland one of his Grace's Do-
mestic Chaplains.
The Rev. W. H. Lloyd, M.A., Scholar of Jesus College,
to' the Perpetual Curacy of Pentre Voelas, Denbighshire,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. P. Price ; patron, C.
W. G. Wynne, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas William Allies, M.A., late Fellow of
Wadham College, to the Rectory of Launton, in this county,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Jas. Blomfield, B.D. ;
patron, the Bishop of London.

THE LANDLORD'S SHARE or THE LOAF

A correspondent in a Morning Paper, in reference to the
following statement made by. Mr. Elphinstonc in the discus-
sion upon Mr. Villiers' motion, on Friday night, when be

the Continent; so that, on every four pounds of bread con.
sumed by the family of an agricultural labourer, there was a
-tax of 3d. paid to the landowner of this country," gives this
calculation :

" I will take Mr. Elphinstones assumption, not an unfair
one, of the average value of the 41b loaf, say ninepence. Now
let me call in aid a few more plain averages ; and I am quite
willing to submit them to the critical examination of the
most experienced landowner, farmer, miller, or baker in the
country, as presenting, at least, no feature of exaggeration :
The average rent of arable land I will take at per

25 shillings

acre
The average production of wheat I will take, per
acre
The average price of wheat I will take at, per qr 60 shillings
The average number of 41h. loaves I will take at
120 per quarter, or, for the 21 quarters 3OO loaves.
The average price of 41b. loaves I will take at, •
per loaf
It follows, then, from these several premises,
that as the rent of an acre of land is 25 shil-
lings, or 300 pence, and as the produce of that
land will give 300-41 h. loaves, the landowner
receives for his share of each loaf, as a return
for his capital of £3O to £5O per acre, just 1 penny.
Then, the price of wheat being 60 shillings per
quarter, the produce of an acre, or 24 quar-
ters, is worth 150 shillings, or 1,800 pence,
which divided by the aforesaid 300 loaves,
leaves exactly sixpence per loaf. Deducting
from this the above stated amount of the land-
owners rent of 1 penny,' there remains to the
farmer, for his year's work, ploughing, har-
rowing, manure, seed, weeding, reaping,
thrashing, carrying to market, the interest of
his capital employed, and the support of his
family, labourers, and horses, with all other
charges. . 5 pence.
And the miller and baker, for grinding and
baking, take, between them, the remaining .. 3 pence.

Making together the whole value of the 10af.... 9 pence."