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Fraser's Magazine.

A political article, entitled " The first session of Sir
Robert Peel's Parliament, and its probable results," is well
worth attention. The lovers of the fine arts will peruse
with pleasure a liberal and justly written paper upon Wilkie
and his works. " Hoaxing Histories" bring before us an
amusing hoax played upon a theatrical hanger-on, in which
a mock duel is engaged in. The celebrated Palmer, Parsons,
O'Keefe the author, Edwin, and John Taylor, are intro-
duced to us as taking part in it : a little joke got up at
James Smith's expense, is also pleasantly narrated. An
article entitled " An Excursion to Port Arthur," is the
most interesting contribution in the number. It is a visit to
that abode of the wretched and wicked who " have left
their country for their country's good." Some curious
particulars of Frost and Williams, the expatriated chartists,
are narrated. The tale of the " two Victorines" we find
concluded. It is but a mediocre affair. " Nimrod con-
tinues his " Life and Times"—although strongly tinged
with egotism. These papers are not devoid of interest and
anecdote. Some of the " Picture Galleries of England" is
an extremely interesting paper. The number concludes with
a brief notice of the late Dr. Maginn. It is to be hoped
that a Conservative government will not neglect the appeals
making to it on behalf of the widow and family of the late
talented but improvident writer. Dr. Maginn was one of
the brightest ornaments of the literature of the present
day. He will he greatly missed. We " could have better
spared a better man."

Dublin University Magazine. September, 1842. William
Curry and Co., Dublin ; W. S. Orr and Co., London.

The Dublin University comes before us this month, en-
riched with six more chapters of " Jack Hinton," and with
a variety of articles of a different cast, full of amusement
and information. " The Gallery of Illustrious Irishmen "
contains the first part of a Life of Barry the Painter. " The
Two Passports "is an instructive sketch. The second arti-
cle on Bowden's Life of Gregory the Second is ably written,
and the gloss attempted to be thrown over the history and
character of that subtle, though illustrious occupant of the
Roman see, by the writer of his memoir, is ably and yet
temperately dissipated by the reviewer. The cause of truth,
and religion as well, owes much in the present times to those
who set themselves thus fearlessly to expose the errors of
such historians as Mr. Bowden ; and, if we mistake not, it
is destined before long to own infinitely more. The cunning
perversion of history to advance the ends of Rome, must be
closely watched by the Protestant world. " A Narrative of
the Affghan War" is well worthy of perusal, and should be
extensively read by all who are desirous of being able to es-
timate the true position of England in relation to that coun-
try. The remaining prose articles are respectably written;
and of the poetry of the entire number, we are able to speak
in the highest praise.

The Abbotsford Edition of the Waverley Novels. No. 10.
Robert Cadell, Edinburgh ; Houlston and Stoneman,
London.
The tenth number of this excellent edition contains a con-
tinuation of " Guy Mannering." The typography of the
work and the illustrations continue excellent.

A Complete Series of the Exchange Tables between Buenos
Ayres and Monte Video with England and France. By
Roberto de la Riestra. Liverpool: G. J. Poore and Co.

Of course we cannot say of the above publication all that
a party interested in the trade with Buenos Ayres could say.
From a glance at it, however, we are satisfied that it must
he of infinite value ; and we have no doubt that it will be
duly prized by our mercantile readers. It is neat in appear-
ance, and creditable as a specimen of typography.

The Churchman, for September, 1842. London :W. E

Painter, Strand.

The present number of the Churchman contains an able
article by the author of the Churchman's Politics, accom-
panying a letter addressed to him upon the state of the
working classes by a lady, in many of the opinions of which
we cordially agree. Mr. Faber continues his valuable let-
ters. The general contents of the number are unusually
varied and attractive.

The Village Churchman. September, 1842. London : VT
E. Painter.

This little periodical continues in its course of unobtrusive
usefulness.

The History and Antiquities of Ireland. Parts 25, 26, 27.
The literary department by Mr. N. P. Willis ; the illus-
trations by W. H. Bartlett. Virtue, London.
This work maintains its ground for its beautiful illustra-
tions. Part 15 contains " Narrow Water Castle," a beau-
tiful landscape, engraved by Cousen—" Plaiskin Cliff, near
the Giant's Causeway," with beautiful effects, by J. C.
Bentley—" Kenbane Castle," engraved by Richardson—
and " Luggela," by Adlant, a charming lake in the County
Wicklow. In No. 16 we find the " Cove of Cork," en-
graved by Wallis—" Glengariff," by Mossman—" A View of
the Shannon from the Tower of Limerick Cathedral," by
Higham—and " Larne," by Wallis. The latter is a sweet
production. In No. 17 we find " Dunluce Castle," en-
graved by Cousen—" Youghall Abbey," the residence of
Sir Walter Raleigh, from the burin of Roberts—" The
Glen of the Downs," by Bentley—and " Walker's Pillar on
the Walls of Londonderry," by Wallis. All these engrav-
ings are sweetly executed, from drawings, by Bartlett, and
any one of them is worth the price of the part. A few years
ago they would have been considered miracles in the art.
The letterpress is replete with interesting matter, both his-
torical, local, and general, from the pen of Mr. N. P. Willis.

Susan Hoplep, Parts 1,2, 3. Tait, Edinburgh.

We have received the three first parts of this novel, being
a re-publication. It is a work in which the characters are
selected from different stations in life, but the principal ones
from the humbler classes. The hettine is a servant girl,
and from each family she lives an interest and story is ob-
tained—a moral is evidently contained in it, as the Widdy
Malone says, " not long, but strong." Portions of it are
written with deep pathos and fine feeling, while the author
has a just appreciation of things passing around her. " Susan
Hopley " is a work accessible to all from its cheapness :
each part, the price of which is only sevenpence, contains
about 61 pages Sao., beautifully printed. It is to be finished
in about five parts. The work, we believe, is from a female
hand, and does credit to her head and heart. We can certainly
recommend it to the notice of our readers, as being likely to
Prove amusing.

Handy Andy. No. 9. By Samuel Lover.
The artist author continues his work with unabated spirit
and drollery, and illustrates his story in a style equal to that
of any artist or etcher of the present day. " Loftus playing
the organ before the duke," is really fine. We extract the
story. It may be remembered that Loftus was the origi-
nator of the cold-airian system :
" I told you he was called Organ' Loftus by his friends,
in consequence of the imitation he makes of that instrument;
and it certainly is worth hearing and seeing, for your eyes
have as much to_do with the affair as your ears. Tom plants
himself on a high offices tool, before one of those lofty desks,
with long rows of drawers_ dawn
each side, and a hole be-
tween to put your legs under.
, sir, Tom pulls out the
top drawers, likethetshtooopshoofbaenghols thrashing the desk likergau, and the lower ones by
way of pedals ; and
the finger board of an organ, with his hands, while his feet
kick away at the lower drawers as if he was the
emits a rapid greatest
pedal performer performer out of Germany, and be
cession of grunts and squeaks, producing a ludicrous remi-
niscence of the instrument ; and I defy any one to hear him
without laughing. Several sows and an indefinite number of
sucking pigs could not make a greater noise, and Tom him-
self declares he studied the instroufmaeontoinrgaan. pigswtve,u7hairichohhe
youths of the office assist i o he
maintains gave the first notion ,
doing the service,' as they call
it, that is, making an imitation of the chanting and so forth
in St. Patrick's cathedral."
" Oh, the haythens !" said Father Phil.
One does Spray, and another Weyao maonn, arteidspaonnositohgeraSnidr
John Stevenson, and so on ; and they '
singing Amen' till the Ordnance Office rings again.
" Have they nothing better to do
" Very little but reading the papers," askedsa
itdh e
the Doctor.
tor.
1! Well, Tom, you roust know, sir, was transferreder
to the red some time
ago, by the interest of many influential friends,
Lon-
don department ; and there the fame of his us
had gone before him from some of the mical powers
English clerks in
Ireland, who had been advanced to the higher posts in Dub-
din, -
din, and kept up correspondence with their old friends 11
London; and it was not long until Tom was requested to r, 0.10
,throuh an anthem on the great office-desk. Tom was only.
,tOO glad to he asked, and be kept the whole office in a roaf
for an hour, with all the varieties of the instrument, from the
diapason to the flute-stop ; and the devil a more business was
done in the office that day, and Tom before long made the
sober English fellows as
Well, it was not lon great idlers as the chaps in Dublin.
g until a sudden flush of business came
upon the department, in consequence of the urgent prepara-
tions making for supplies to Spain, at the time the Duke was
going there to take the command of the army, and organ-
playing was set aside for some days ; but the fellows, after a
week's abstinence, began to yearn for it, and Tom was re-
-quested to do the service.' Torn, nothing loth, threw aside

ills °MCA paPdta, 3el, tip a big letig6; bef6re t tl, rlt3 cOrtn-
merited his legerdemain, as he called it, pulled nut his stops,
and began to work away lilce a weaver, while every now and
then he d—d the bellows-blower for not givin,, him wind
enough, whereupon the choristers would kick the bellows-
blower to accelerate•his flatulency. Well, sir, they were in
the middle of the service, and all the blackguards making the
responses in due season, when, just as Tom was quivering
under a portentous grunt, which might have shamed the
principal diapeson of llarlaem, and the subs were drawing
out a resplendid A—a—a—men, the door opened, and in
walked a smart-looking gentleman, with rather a large nose
and quick eye, which glanced round the oflic, where a sud-
en endeavour was made by everybody to get back to his
place. The smart gentleman seemed rather surprised to see
a little fat man blowing at a desk instead of the fire, and long
Tom kicking, grunting, and squealing like mad. The bel-
lows-blower was so taken by surprise that he couldn't stir,
and Tom, havinc, his back to the door, did not see what had
taken place, and went on as if nothing had happened, till the
smart gentleman went up to him, and iapping on Tom's desk
with a little riding whip, he said, I'm sorry to disturb you,
sir, but I wish to know what you're about.'
" We're doing the service, sir' ' said Tom, no ways
abashed at the sight of the stranger, for he did not know it
was Sir Arthur Wellesley was talking to him.
" Not the public service, sir, said Sir Arthur.
" ' Yes, sir,' said Tom, as by law established in the
second year of the reign of King Edward the Sixth,' and he
favoured the future hero of Waterloo with another touch of
the organ.
" Who is the head of this office ? inquired Sir Arthur.
" Tom, with a very gracious bow, replied,' lam princi-
pal organist, sir, and allow me to introduce you to the prin-
cipal bellows-blower,' and he pointed to the poor little man,
who let the bellows fall from his hand as Sir Arthur fixed his
eyes on him.
" Tom did not perceive till now that all the clerks were
taken with a sudden fit of industry, and were writing away
for the bare life ; and he cast a look of surprise round the
office while Sir Arthur was looking at the bellows-blower. I
" One of the clerks made a wry face at Tom, which showed
him all was not right.
" Is this the way His Majesty's service generally goes on
here? ' said Sir Arthur, sharply.
" No one answered ; but Tom saw, by the long faces of
the clerks and the short question of the visitor, that he was
somebody.
" Some transports are waiting for ordnance stores, and
I am referred to this office,' said Sir Arthur ; can any one
give me a satisfactory answer ?'
" The senior clerk present (for the head of the office was
absent) came forward, and said, ' I believe, sir,'—
" You believe, but you don't know,' said Sir Arthur ; so
l must wait for stores while you are playing tom-foolery here.
I'll report this.' Then producing a little tablet and a pencil,
he turned to Tom, and said, Favour me with your name,
sir.'
" I give you my honour, sir,' said Tom—
" I'd rather you'd give me the stores, sir.—l'll trouble
you for your name.'
" Upon my honour, sir,' said Tom again.
" You seem to have a great deal of that article in your
hands, sir,' said Sir Arthur. You're an Irishman I suppose.'
" Yes, sir,' said Tom.
" I thought so. Your name.'
" Loftus, sir.'
" Ely family ? '
" No, sir.'
" Glad of it.' He put up his tablet, after writing the

name.
" Mav I beg the favour to know, sir,' said Tom, to
whom I have the honour of addressing myself ? '
" Sir Arthur Wellesley, sir.'
" Oh, J-s !' cried Tom, ' I'm done!'
" Sir Arthur could not help laughing at the extraordinary
change in Tom's countenance ; and Tom, taking advantage
of his relaxation in his iron manner, said, in a most penitent
tone,
" Oh, Sir Arthur Wellesley, only forgive me this time,
and 'pon my sow/,' says he, with the richest brogue, I'll
play a Te Deum for the first licking you give the French.'
" Sir Arthur smiled, and left the office."
" Did he report, as he threatened ? " asked the Squire.
" Faith, be did."
" And Tom?" inquired Dick.
" Was sent back to Ireland, sir."
" That was hard, after the Duke smiled at him," said
Murphy.
" Ah, he did not let him suffer in pocket; he was trans-
ferred at as good a salary to a less important department ;
but you know the Duke has been celebrated all his life for
never overlooking a breach of duty."