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tha brighter more lovtlv phases of tha ht;f4au mind Ito

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flawarz and the bright I:erbage which adorn the

path of la

—to lead the mind of youth and age to the glad-
dening waters of innocence and virtue, of elevating thought
and refreshing purity, rather than to drag them to the con-

temptation of degrading crime and devastating passion

Amongst the foremost of those talented ladies who have
thus " chosen the better part" in the field of literary exer-

tion, the authoress of the work before us is deserving of ho-

nourable mention

Mrs. Ellis has not devoted herself to

the effort to startle us into admiration of genius perverted ;
she has taken no bold flight into the regions of poetry or

she has neither descended to become the literary
sweeper of the scandal and frivolities of the boudoir or the
drawing-room. And yet she evidently possesses talent and
cultivation of mind sufficient to enable her to shine in these,
the more popular and remunerating walks of authorship.
But from the quiet thoughtfulness of her own heart she has
poured forth a succession of elegant and instructive volumes,
which, we trust, are destined to find their way and to carry
the pure enjoyment and happiness, which a strict attention to
their teachings will ensure, to the bosom of many an English
Amongst the productions of her pen we have already
been favoured with " The Women of England, their Social
Duties and Domestic Habits," " Summer and Winter in
the Pyrennees," " Hints to those who would make Home
happy," " Sons of the Soil," " Fisher's Juvenile Scrap
Book," &c., in all of which is breathed a spirit and a use-
fulness which entitle her to our warmest approbation.
"The Daughters of England" is well worthy of the pre-
vious reputation of the amiable authoress ; and we can with
confidence recommend it as a manual of sound practical wis-
dom, admirably calculated to assist in developing and form-
ing, in the best and most lovely mould, the female mind. To
some, perhaps, it may at first sight appear that Mrs. Ellis is
too much of a precisian ; that in the system of educational
and ;mental training which she points out to the acceptance of
the daughters of England, the useful, the solid, and the reli-
gious attributes of the female character are placed in too
great prominence, whilst ornamental and fashionable accom-
plishments are weighed too slightingly. Such may be the
first impressions of many readers ; but highly as the author-
ess evidently and deservedly values the former, an attentive
perusal of her present work will, vie are confident, be suffici-
ent to dispel the misunderstanding, which webave only alluded
to from a conviction how dangerous a bar to the proper ap-

romance

.eciation of the instructions of any monitor is an erroneous

first impression.
As an example of the style in which our authoress treats
her subject, we had marked several passages for quotation.
We must be content, however, with the following from the
chapter entitled—" Beauty, Health, and Temper."
" Those who are accustomed to enlightened views on this
subject, will know also that there arc different kinds of per-
sonal beauty, amongst which, that of form and colouring
holds a very inferior rank. There is a beauty of expression,
for instance, of sweetness, of nobility, of intellectual refine-
ment, of feeling, of animation, of meekness, of resignation,
and many other kinds of beauty, which may all be allied to
the plainest features, and yet may remain to give pleasure
long after the blooming cheek has faded, and silver gray has
mingled with the hair. And how far more powerful in their
influence upon others, are some of these kinds of beauty !
for, after all, beauty depends more upon the movements of
the face, than upon the form of the features when at rest ;
and thus, a countenance habitually under the influence of
amiable feelings acquires a beauty of the highest order, from
the frequency with which such feelings are the originating
cause of the movements or expressions which stamp their
character upon it.
" Who has not waited for the first opening of the lips of a
celebrated belle, to see whether her claims would be sup-
ported by
" "fhe mind, the music breathing from her face ;
and who has not occasionally turned away repelled by the
utter blank, or worse than blank, which the simple move-
ment of the mouth, in speaking or smiling, has revealed ?
" The language of poetry describes the loud laugh as in-
dicative of the vulgar mind ; and certainly there are expres-
sions, conveyed even through the medium of a smile, which
need not Lavater to inform us that refinement of feeling, or
elevation of soul, have little to do with the fair countenance
on which they are impressed. On the other hand, there are
plain women sometimes met with in society, every movement
of whose features is instinct with intelligence ; who, from
the genuine heart-warm smiles which play about the mouth,
the sweetly modulated voice, and the lighting up of an eye
that looks as if it could comprehend the universe,' become
perfectly beautiful to those who understand them, and still
more so to those who live with them, and love them. Before
such pretensions to beauty as these, how soon do the pink
and white of a merely pretty face vanish into nothing!"

The Asiatic Journal. February, 1842. London : W. H.
Allen and Co., Leadenhall-street.
To those readers who are interested in the condition and
prospects of our Eastern possessions, the Asiatic Journal
presents an invaluable mass of information ; and the number
before us is certainly not inferior to any of its predecessors.
In particular, its " Review of Eastern News" is an ably-
digested document, conveying in a succinct and intelligible
form tilt stibat ince of the occurrences in India and China
up to t! e arriv.il of the last mail ; and had we not already
given to our readers at sufficient length the same intelligence,
we should be glad to avail ourselves of this article entire.
The light articles are very pleasingly written, and convey in
a very attractive form admirable pictures of the state of Bri-
tish society in the East. The " Memoirs of a Griffin " es-
pecially are equal to the best of our magazine literature.
The political articles are also ably written, and by all who
take an interest in colonial affairs ought to be attentively
perused.

Remarks on 31,. M` Culloeh's " Statement" illustrative of
a Fixed Duty on Foreign Corn. By James Carmichael.

W. Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh. 1842.
The author of the pamphlet before us is a practical man
and a farmer ; and, although a little ultra in his notions of
the amount of protection required by the agricultural inte-
rest, his opinions, and the facts and reasonings by which he
supports them, are well worthy of consideration ; whilst his
mode of dealing with his subject presents a contrast with the
unreasoning, declaiming, dogmatising flippancy resorted to
by the opponents of native agriculture, which is highly com-
plimentary to the class to which he belongs. If the claims
put forward on a recent occasion by the Lincolnshire far-
mers, and supposed to be to some extent embodied in the
proposed motion of Mr. Christopher, may be considered as
those of the agricultural body in England, those put forward
in this pamphlet by Mr. Carmichael may be taken to be the
claims of the agriculturists north of the Tweed ; and on that
ground alone, if they possessed no other merit, which in fact
they do, are entitled to a share of public consideration at
this important crisis.

The protection which Mr. Carmichael appears to think
should be accorded to the British agriculturist commences
at 218. when the average price in the market is 605., and is
decreased by a scale sliding progressively, until, at 735. and
above, the duty is reduced to Is. With a view to prove that
the home grower is entitled to this or something like this
protection, and at all events that a fixed duty of either ss.
or Bs. is at once ruinous to the farmer and unjust, he has
collected a quantity of valuable statistical data, which are well
worthy of being maturely weighed. We need scarcely state,
that our own opinions upon the qUestion under consideration
are favourable to a lower protection than is contended for by
the pamphleteer. We think that he has underrated, on the
one hand, the increasing productive power of British agri-
culture, and overrated, on the other hand, the ability of the
foreign grower to supply this country permanently with any
large quantity of grain at the low rates which he quotes as
those of past years. Yet still a fund of useful information,
combined with sound practical views, is embodied in his re-
marks ; and we can, therefore, with confidence recommend
the pamphlet before us to the notice of our readers.

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland illustrated. Lon-
don : published by G. Virtue.

The Ninth Part of this truly beautiful work is now pub-
lished, illustrative of some of the finest scenery and anti-
quities of the far-famed Killarney and Kilkenny. The en-
gravings (we may remind the reader) are from drawings
made expressly for the work, by W. H. Bartlett, and en-
graved by several of the most distinguished artists of the
day—Wallis, Cousin, Willmore, Brandard, Adlard, and
others. The subjects are not only judiciously chosen, but
in point of drawing and execution, are of the first order as
works of art, each engraving being, in truth, a perfect gem.
Two of them in the present number, in particular, may
challenge competition with the finest productions in line en-
gravings of the age, rich and prolific as it has of late years
been in pictorial represefitations. " The Meeting of the
Waters," in the Vale of Avoca, by Bentley, and " The Old
Weir Bridge—" Killarney," by Richardson, are embodi-
ments of all that is delightful, varied, and romantic, in
landscape scenery ; justify all that has been said or sung in
their behalf by the bard and the historian, and cannot be
gazed upon without conjuring up the most gratifying associa-
tions, and rousing an aspiration to behold those realities of
which they present a semblance so faithful and attractive.
" The Cathedral of St. Canice," (by Carter) a splendid and
picturesque pile, on a hill crowned with noble trees ; and
" The Interior of Cashel Abbey," by Roberts, are also ad-
mirable and interesting architectural pictures. The literary
department, in which brevity is the great desideratum—the
work being more of an illustrative than a minutely descrip-
tive character—is select in matter and masterly in manner,
and the legendary, and descriptive, and antiquarian lore with
which it abounds, will be perused with both pleasure and
profitby those whose avocations deny them sufficient leisure
to avail themselves of a more detailed account of the won-
ders, beauties, sublimities, ancient history, and character-
istics of the " sister isle."

England in the Nineteenth Century. London : How and

Parsons.and
art I :
of
Part 11. of Lancashire, Cornwall are now
published. The former contai:s descriptionsttie of the lions
of Manchester, with a further history of cotton manufac-
ture, illustrated by wood-cuts of public buildings and cofun-
try residences in this county, and of various portions
complicated machinery used in the fabric ofpourms‘tias of
the
ar-
ticle. The descriptive portion of the work is evidentlyp efro
the pen of a gentleman well versed in the several branches ofm
the trade, from the spinning of the raw material, to the final
operations of bleaching, printing, and packing the cloth.
The number is also embellished by a view of Liverpool from
an engraving on steel; but the point from which it is taken
(Tosteth-park) is by no means well chosen. The only points
from which Liverpool—her tine docks, her commercial
buildings, her spires, towers,. and domes—can be seen to ad-
vantage, must either be in so] ne part of the Mersey, or of the

Cheshire ?h©r

opposite

The continuation of Cornwall I

to us quite as interesting as that of Lancashire—the prim
pal objects treated of, as well as the county, partaki
of the rural and picturesque, and giving greater scope for
graphic and interesting description, blended with historical
reminiscences. The frontispiece " Tintagel," a wild and
rocky scene, is a fine vignette engraving, and many of the
wood-cuts are numerous and fine—including views of the
Eddystone Lighthouse, Cothele Woods, Landulph Church,
Cawsand Bay, and several romantic views o❑ the Tamar.
The work is printed and illustrated uniformly with Mr.
Hall's Ireland, and v.-praises to become a favourite with the
public.
The Governess ; or• Modern Education. By Madame B.
Riofrey. London : 22, Newman-street, Oxford-street.
We have before had occasion to notice this excellent and
cheap periodical, which, we rejoice to say; has been hitherto
so deservedly patronised, that a second volume has been re-
solved upon, and the first number of which (for January of
the present year) is before us. " I have endeavoured," says
the author, in a brief preface, " to combine in this work, re-
ligion, morality, information, and pure literary taste, so well
adapted to the high, moral, and religious duties which apper-
tain to the noble career of a governess,"—and on looking over
the present and former numbers, we should say that this
great desideratum has been ably effected. The work con-
tains productions written in three different languages—Eng-
lish, French, and Italian. The original articles are elegantly
and feelingly written ; the selections, both in prose and verse,
are most judicious and appropriate, and a vein of religion,
morality, and tender solicitation, for the welfare here and
hereafter of the young to whom it more especially addresses
itself, and who in its attentive perusal will find much that is
calculated to increase their literary attainments, and to
strengthen those affections that do honour to human nature.

On the Advantages of Exercise in some Spinal Deviations.
Addressed to Sir Benjamin Brodie, M.D.. F.R.S. By
A. M. Burcaud Riofrey, M.D. London : 22, Newman-

street, Oxford-street

This is a series of letters on deviations of the spine in
young females, cleverly written, and recommending a mode
of treatment, by means of strings, producing pressure, to
supersede the barbarous system of extension. The writer
remarks—" To act in a contrary direction to the mode of
action causing the disease, to straighten a crooked stem, is
the principle on which the treatment of spinal deviations
originating in muscular weakness, bad attitudes, and neg-
lected education should, in my humble opinion, be founded."
The author, in announcing that he purposes to publish fur-
ther details in the second edition of his " Treatise on the
Physical Education of the Female Sex," in which he will
treat the question so as to render it useful not only to medi-
cal men but to all mothers and governors, concludes by say-
ing, " Serious and complicated cases may require professional
assistance ; but good sense and correct observation suffice to
counterbalance the evil effects of ill-directed education, bad
habits, and slight deviating." For the future, instead of
mechanical beds. iron bars, and heavy belts, a few ribbons
will alone suffice, and those seem to us the only ties adapted
to the delicate figures of youne ladies, bred and born iu large
cities.

The Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World,

William Smith, London

This is a fine, yet cheap edition of one of the most popular
and entertaining books ever yet produced in the world of
letters. It is printed in parts, in a fine large type, with notes,
and admirably illustrated with maps and numerous beauti-
fully executed engravings on wood. The quantity of letter-
press in each number is great, the four numbers yet published
comprising the first voyage of the celebrated circumnavigator,
and a great part of the second. A more heartstirring narra-
tive of perils and perseverance cannot be put into the hands
of youth ; and will be perused with scarcely less interest by
those of mature years ; for it is also replete with curious
information, physical and geographical. To this edition there
will be an appendix, giving an account of the present condi-
tion of the South Sea Islands, &c., which, it may be said,
will bring the history of those interesting countries from the
period of this discovery up to the present time.

The New Statistical Account of Scotland. William Black-
wood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

No. 35 of this truly valuable work has appeared, containing
the county of Clackmannan complete, conclusions of the ac-
counts of Renfrew and Orkney, and a fine map of the He-
brides or Western Isles. This number (like those that have
preceded) is replete with useful and interesting information,
drawn up by gentlemen long resident in the several localities
of which they treat, and whose high scholastic attainments,
and, we must add, unwearied research, enable them not only
to supply, with accuracy, every statistical fact connected
with the geology, the soil, the antiquities, the landed proprie-
tors and inhabitants, and their pursuits and resources in hus-
bandry, fishing, manufactures, &c., but to enliven their nar-
ratives by many interesting historical details of bygone days,
feuds and forays, in which the reader will find amusement
blended with information. The present number, amongst
other pleasing passages, contains an animated account of the
village of Langside, in Renfrewshire, " rendered ever memo-
rable in Scottish history by the fatal day when the lovely,
but ill-starred Mary, appeared for the last time as a queen
and a free woman," with a description of the field in which,
in 1568, the eventful battle was fought, " fraught with so
many real blessings to Scotland, yet even now contemplated
with mixed feelings of pleasure and of pain by every leal-
hearted Scotsman." The work is one, indeed, which should
be in the libraries of all who desire to possess themselves of
sound and practical information on the interesting, and ra-
pidly progressing, northern portion of the British empire,
emphatically denominated by the departed minstrel—
" Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood."

RECENT SCANDAL CASE IN PARIS

(From the Globe)

The recent occurrence at the Hotel Bedford, Paris, in
which the sanctity of the bed-chamber of a young English
lady of family and fortune was violated under circumstances
so aggravated as to be almost without a parallel, has created
the most extraordinary sensation among the families of the
nobility and gentry of Devonshire, to many of whom she is
personally known.
It would appear from the facts contained in the following
"plain unvarnished" statement, which conies from one of the
parties interested in the matter, that the scheme of obtaining
possession of this lady's person and fortune had for some time
past been in contemplation by the adventurer C., and that
he had deliberately laid his plans for accomplishing the ob-
ject which was so signally frustrated by the heroic conduct
and resolute firmness of the lady and her maid.
The heroine of this extraordinary romance of real life is
Miss 8., the heiress to extensive property, and a member of
one of the oldest and most wealthy families in the county of
Devon. In the autumn of last year she met Mr. and Mrs.
D., at Highfield-house, Devonshire, who, after this meeting,
paid great attention to her, frequently calling upon her at
her residence in C-n-terrace, Exeter, and expressing the
most friendly sympathy with regard to her health, which was
at the time in a delicate state, in consequence of the recent
loss of two members of her family. They expressed them-
selves extremely anxious that she should take a trip with
them, urging that, as her spirits were depressed, it would do
her good. They on one occasion brought C. with them, and,
as it is alleged, introduced him to Miss B. as a mail of for-
tune ; and a person named H. was also introduced as an old
friend of theirs.

Mrs. D. entreated Miss B. to go to London for the benefit
of her health. She subsequently did come down, and was in-
troduced to Lord and Lady W. P. Mr. and Mrs. D. several
times proposed a trip to Paris, which Miss B. .at length as-
sented to, on condition that Lord and Lady W. P. should
acoompany them.
On the 15th of January the party left London for Paris,
consisting of Miss 8., Mr. and Mrs. D., Mr. C., Mr. H.,
Miss H. and Miss S. (daughter of Mrs. H. by a former mar-
riage.) On their arrival at Paris they took up their abode at
the Hotel Bedford, the scene of the late scandalous proceed-
ing, where they lived in great style, with four carriages, and
a retinue of servants, Lord and Lady W. P., with their three
sons, having joined them in the French capital. It had been
arranged that C. should be caterer, and have the ordering
and directing of matters and the payment of the accounts,
the others repaying him their respective shares. In this way
matters went on until Friday, the 28th of January, on the
evening of which day Mr. C. treated the servants of Miss D.
(namely—Charlotte, her maid, Chapman, her butler, and a
French servant named Francois) to the Opera, having ob-
tained at his own request, as a particular favour, Miss B.'s
permission to do so. He also, it appears, made arrangements
that after the performances they should go to a restaurant
and have supper, instead of coming directly home to the
hotel. Chapman, however, a prudent young man, said to
the maid at the conclusion of the Opera, " Charlotte, I think
you had better return to your mistress ;" and she went home
to the hotel accordingly. About half-past twelve Miss B.
went to her chamber, accompanied by her maid, but did not
retire to her chamber until much later, the maid having sat
for some time at work, and Miss B. sitting up writing letters
until about half-past two. The maid always slept in the
same room with her mistress ; and on the night in question
slept in the same bed, in consequence of Miss B. having sat
up until her feet were cold. Shortly after they were in bed
Miss B. thought she heard a noise, and told her maid Char-
lotte to look and see what it was. She replied that she could
not see anything, and supposed that it was the noise of' a piece
of wood falling into the grate ; for there was a light in the
room and a fire burning. Neither of them had been asleep.
Shortly afterwards Miss B. heard a noise a second time,
and on looking up, exclaimed in much alarm, " Good God
Charlotte, there's a man in the room." Charlotte seeing at
once who it was, called out, " Mr. C., what do you do
here ?" He replied,: " Hold your tongue. no one will hear
you or come to your assistance, whatever noise you may
make." Upon this Miss 8., in a tone of extreme indigna-
tion said, " Where am I, that I am to be thus treated ?"
Both Miss B. and her maid, with great courage and pre-
sence of mind, flew to the bell and rang it, but C. immedi-
ately broke down the rope, and said, " I only wish to speak
to you, Miss B. She replied, " You can have nothing to
say to me here in such a place, and at such an hour ; you
must be a villain thus to enter a gentlewoman's chamber,
and I command you instantly to leave my presence." He
coolly added, " I will not leave, neither shall you ;" and
Miss B. said, " Then I'll throw myself out at the window,
for I will not remain in the same room with such a wretch as
you .
1" At this moment the maid broke a vane of glass in
the window, and both screamed " Murder !" which alarmed
the house. Upon some persons calling from the outside to
know what was the matter, he told them " that the servant
had invited him into her room, and now wanted to get rid of
him." While lie was speaking to them the maid got the door
open, and Miss B. made her escape from the room, although
C. struggled with the maid and attempted again to bolt it.
Miss B. states that in her flight some person attempted tp
turn her back, but she cried out, " For God's sake save me ! '
and the rest of the house being now aroused, she was allowed
sparrow!"
to pass on. Miss B. states that Mr. D., on hearing what had
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requestedll
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her forgiveness.
She resolutely and pointedly replied that she would never again
see him unless it were to see him punished for his infamy,
adding that the man must be a villain who would endeavour

tq oWtiin a weraaa for his wife without her coolant, Miss
B. declared that she had never given, and never would give
Mr. C. the slightest encouragement as a suitor. Sho then
placed herself under the protection of Mrs. Lawson, the wife
of the proprietor of the hotel, and quitted Paris for London
the next day, attended by her servants. In one of the early
statements of this affair, it was represented that C. had en-
tered the bed of Miss 8., but this is not true, the lady and her
maid having both quitted the bed on being alarmed with his
presence. It was also stated that the English ambassador
had recommended that the affair should be hushed up by a
marriage ; but Lord Cowley, who had raid every attention to
Miss B.'s representations, did not offer any advice of the
kind stated. She is at present in town, daily receiving the
visits of numerous friends, sympathising with her in the
mental suffering which the outrageous and distressing occur-
rence has produced. Mrs. Lawson. of the Bedford, has
written to Miss 8., stating that C. never paid them one far-
thing, although he received .f.:1713 as that lady's share of the
total expenses incurred.

CURIOUS FRACAS IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND

On Tuesday the Ist battalion of Pusileer Guards, quartered
in the Tower, were assembled on the Parade to hear the pro- 1
ceedings of a district court-martial read over on Private Stud-
dart, who had been tried for unbecoming and unsoldierlike
conduct while on duty in the Bank of England on the night
of Saturday, the 29th ult. The circumstances which led to
the trial were of a very singular character. The guard which
attends the Bank every night is accompanied by one of the
officers of the regiment, who is allowed a guinea, and a din-
ner prepared for him at a neighbouring hotel. On the night
in question the officer in command of the detachment had a
fine saddle of mutton cooked for his dinner, and waited for
some time in expectation of receiving a visit from a friend
who had promised to take mutton with him. The officer,
however, was doomed to eat his mutton alone, and, after
making a hearty meal, and sipping a glass or two of wine,
left the remains of the feast on the table, and went round the
Bank to look after his men. On his return to the apart-
ment in which he had dined he found the mutton and wine
had vanished, and immediately gave information to one of
the Bank porters, who came to the conclusion that the rob-
bery had been committed by three of the clerks, who were
detained until a late hour on the same night, making up
some accounts of an important nature. The clerks had
been eating their mutton in another apartment, and were
just leaving it, when the porter and his assistant charged
them with stealing the remains of the officer's dinner, and
attempted tolake them into custody. The clerks, who are
highly respectable men, indignantly repelled the charge, and
the porter and his assistant, in the scuffle which ensued, were
knocked down. Two of the clerks got away, but the third
was not so fortunate : lie was forced into a room, and the
key turned upon him. The affair soon reached the ears of
the resident cashier, who left his apartment, and ordered the
instant liberation of the clerk who was under arrest, and in-
timated to the officer that it was very probable some of his
own men had made free with his mutton. The detachment
were immediately mustered, and a rigid search was deter-
mined on. No sooner were the guard assembled than one
man, a private, was observed to remove something from his
cap, and throw it behind him. It proved to be some of the
mutton, and he was interrogated on the subject, when he
accused another soldier, and a general crimination and re-
crimination took place, w h ended in Stoddart and another
soldier named Smith beiflideprived.of their arms and placed
under detention. It apftee* that Stoddart-was the sentinel
on duty opposite the built:* appropriated to the accommo-
dation of the officer; at) iptwas suggested to him by Smith,
after the officer had. finishjll Ibis dinner, there was a good
chance of obtaining a." tuck-out of mutton," and he took
the other's post, put on his cap, and sheuldered his musket,
while Stoddart committed the robbery. The mutton was
divided among several men, but ere they had finished their
share the plunder was discovered. Stoddart, in defence, we
understand, pleaded that Smith first smelt the mutton, and
instigated him to commit the robbery. Smith, who had
been in the service for eight years, and bad obtained one
stripe fur good conduct, was acquitted ; but Stoddart was,
found guilty, and sentenced to 40 days' imprisonment in th'e4
Penitentiary, where be is now expatiating his offence. The
porter, who so injudiciously interfered in the matter, has
been suspended by the directors of the Bank. Smith and
Stoddart were marched out of the Bank without their arms
on the morning of the 30th, and beieg handcuffed, a report
was raised that they had been robbing the Bank of England,
which caused no small curiosity in the city on that day.