New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19
l. TEMPLE BAR m.y. wilmer L Rogers.

l. TEMPLE BAR May. Wilmer Rogers.
2 St. JAMES s MAGAZINE May. The Same.
The popular English magazines named above
are now regularly received by the London agents
in this city, and in the present dearth OF Ainer-
can books may we'll attract the attention OF read
ers in pursuit Of agreeable literary entertainment
for a leisure hour. The former per 'dical de-
votes an article to a joyial English shop OF the
seventeenth century, whose name is hardly
known, except to professed antquares, at the
present day. Our readers will thank us for
bringing up a few pearls from these ancient
biographical depths
A LOyRsBLE DIVINE.
One Of the NOT love,l e divine. read Of was
Richard Corbet who attaosed Partial -rn 70 gcod-hu-
moudly when men wore cropped Iolis, and who Is
entitled TO much re.Ieet for lis literary productions
alone How many OF my fir aud gentle readers have
beard Of this old pref he AID how many Oh them nave
read biz booksl Very lew, ! am sure II any, even OF
q o-e WHO haunt tie rtadiug room oi the British
Muleum; whence, and from other quarters, have
gher.d uOtes for gossip about Inn aud sme cl Us
companions. lie ir betier company for ri,nre hour
tbnu Mr Tupper the Powerful Philosopher u he Is
worse COMPANY Tor "A studiOns honr than hoD.rt
Browning Abe kernel of whose dry dIcilon you ma
aud sayoy alter you have sen1 houis III get
linz nj It, COtbet very orthodox, very Engish,
very humorous, aud id ncrui Re wtUte verses iuii
OF irenohaDt satire aud bomely ,isor: fie was 10
Blougram, ihough no possessed al Blongram,s rei-
oomplareuce and belief IL tie Moher Church; though
when men Were cuii0g each others throats ioT the
good OF England, Gigadits and be often passed the
bottle together.
WAC OF OXFORD.
There were wild wags in Oxford la those days. AZ
there are now. tley pelted each other with quip
oulddi,y satire and baduage, Of which took Ito
form oil bontons soue tho form OF snos-b balls Wtl
cruel ,t,nes ~ the There WAS both bad fc ling
aud good feeling, bot the latter pfedOminalcd. The
gave dOcOrs aid undergraduates q sled moderately OF
that good iquor fOrefatpers did use 20 drink Of
the drink viii preserved their heal Ia and made hem
live so Iong, ard do 70 many good deeds.' TLey
abused and cOmplmenled each other in song and cyl
gram Latin or En- ii b, hlgnt euphaistic. Dainty
pasrayes Of wit passed 10 and fro Ia the quadrangle -
itle auimories were vented 10 quaint coes o verses
that did 10 harm aud relieved Toe author of SUPER
lluy If bile. kOIbC ia his holir Aing days, headed
the wild royers aud led oil many int ecual esol
arguing in The collcgehal! plagnng The tu'ors o.
tusrng with the pro'tors lie entered MO the sport
with all his heart, incarnng ITS beet droriyi HID
d, lights did show most dolphin like" CO Que occa-
sion after he Doctor OF Divinity, be and some
comp,uons we're sitting al II tavern near tue Cross OF
Of Abingdon (which cfOss Slys Aubrey who tells the
sor,, "was then the finest in Englsud tSas
admirable curous gothic architecture and fine figures
In the niclies , when vendor Of ballads, hOarsc 8lLh
ba ling nccot ed them, and comp lyed thar re bad
no custom. be c0uld not put OIL his ballads. IL was
market day. aud there vs great crowd IL the street.
The Jolly Doctor puts oil his gown and prie IN the
bald.ringers Ia ihern JACKET aud being handsome
man aud "a f.ll yoise, be presently yonded great
many, andhsd 1t great hudlcuce. strange PRANK. tDis
for n vcnerabl, ID. d bui LOT not he Too severe.
Sci down tits baad-siuging 10 pithy with the III
luck Of him in the leathegn packet The Doctor found
higher game OIL CT occasons; Tor there was war
Of wor. a going on between Oxford aud Cambridge
Cambridge was snubbug her poets, sighting q be'e
k,f,,s aud putting autquaed ble. She hnJ paul
email honor to The mountain b. liz sud The rocky icc
of Der great son. the Apollo of tho Mermaid tavern
\. 81. 81 flns t.fg ntK -
the Oxford men determined to nse Ben means Of
Hagell ting the Cambridge men corhet was one Of
tho.c wto invited Jonson 10 come over 10 Oxford and
,rus, ihe bnry Laureate and The Jolly Doctor ale Of
"A wiucfop together
4 QUAINT PREACHER.
lie was interested about tits time IN movement
which is historical; aud bricl als.)u 10 his oonbor-
lion with At will interest every ionuOnet who mas
walked up Lr6gaie Hill 10 hcaF the ritual OF sun
day. Special subscription ertd mp by tho c.cT-
rs for the puFIoo oi rebuilding 81. anls CAV cdr
which had renaLed III ruins 'luce Hs secoud destfuc-
lion by fire, early In tne relgl 0f Elizabeth LGud
subscribed one hundred pounds, TO be renewed Rnnu-
ally, and COrbe; four hundred; anu headed ~ litsc
wo-knOwn pamss tho snbscIipti n--t sOon reached
q very large total COfbet preached s4fm0l on me
subject and took occasion 30 ruy many sly things %
tho congregation This sermon, which 10 preserved
contains quaint sayings. For instance, abiding of
oonrso to the cathedral, the Bishop SAID; 81. Psn
complains Of stoniug twi,e; his church OF hring
Stonng she wants indeed, and good s'oning would
repaIr lcT. HERE Is another dfOH ptsSsgc when
wi serve as a tlorn for the cushions Of some church
goels IL verify persuaded, that were it not Tor
the pulpit AMI tire pews Il DO not now mean tho altar
aud lhe font tor the sscraments bu for the pul III
AID the pews as You call rhenl, many churches had
beer down tuat stand. Stately Iews are now become
fpberni,les, with rings aud curtiins 10 them There
wants nothing but beds 10 hear tic Word Of God oB
we have easement locks and koy. and cushions |
had almost said, holsters and pillows and for these
We love the church. will not guess what il dono
wi'hln them: who sits, siands, lies asleep 10
pryers, communion &c.; hui this dare sy--they
are either to hide some vice, or 10 proclaim one
Thi, was pthy and witty enough % rebuke, without
ocndiDg the religious Incidence Of Dives; aud -
fair spo.imen Of the sor of huror for which torbct
was Gamous as u preacher. Dat Of tie pulp. lie
amused his friends by observations fully miftn-prO-
yoking. lie WIS extremely pcaant IN conversation
-an apt Lunorist.
"The st. James, Magazine has fewer arti-
ces Of an amusing character, but several Of it,
papers are attractive for their spirited execution,
as well as their instructive contents. The