New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-10

o, the Bishop OF Rome IS book OF great authority aud
conpi,ed chiefly contemporary sources chronicles
councils legerbooss episcopal brevcs, charters let
,ers ard oter munments many Of which bod not been
previously male Use Oh
Among tie property Of the late Miss Kath-
eripe sou,hey. which sold al Keswick. were tie
original manu- orpts o. her fathers Lie Of Nelson
Life OF Covpcr" and other works and numerous ist
ters ofeupen Literary men, particularly ofScot, LanI
and Souihey.
The late "Daily News" correspondent in
Poland Nr. w H. Baock, ia about 10 publish his i'm
prcssons Of that unhappy country, under tho title OF
Polish Experience"
We learn from en- italian PAPER that the
young King Of Greece hiss ordered Byrons tomb In
Athens TO be restored at his own expense.
There is enc curious instance Of IN original
thinker Who did not Ike ramb!ing-at least country
rsnblinr-Charles Lamb. But no man was less under
ruileshp and the manner in wih he stood by his city
walks anc associations was boldan original. friend
TO whom no maiutnined that MI the world shcaid DC
"Tow7 asked him where his iavoTie peas "eu.d grow
then True to his principles, he promptly "a
the roof Of the horsea" lie infused similar notions into
hsfend Talfourd; but behold the force OF r1thl Tai
fourd came 10 Scotland and meeting with some good
fellows there, took to wandering lie did 50 rather
awhwardly as old beginners wiil-iJing for instance
to get to the top Of Mont Blanc. but Iai.ins Had he
taken to the hill" twenty years earlier he might
have been living 10 cheer tie world with his kindly
smile ard giittoring wit
English Folklore is about to he enriched by
two volumes entitled Popular Romances and I!onse-
bold Stories Of the West of England or, the Dros OF
Old Cornwall" collected arranged and edited by
Robert Hunt Mr. Hunt has been for upward oi thirty
years collecting tho materials which VIII DO Issued IN
two actions. The iTst the Prehistoric or Fabulous
Age will treat OF giants. fairies demons. mernaids
devilry and sorcerers and tie second the Historic
Age of supcrs,tons witchcraft, ghosts. charms and
phitres Merlin Prince Arthur and the knights OF The
Round Table
An interesting volume Of poems in the Lam
oashro dialect has recently appeared under tho tito Of
phases of Distress; or Lancashire Rhymes, By Joseph
Ramsboton" TIE a. ec Of which ID TO give picture q
the thoughts AID feelings Of tic operatives q Lauca
shire during tie terrible crisis happily passing
away.
The now work OF Professor Owen, on the
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology Of the Vcrie'
hrato Arimsls will be published in tho Autumn in Tc
volumes with 1900 woodcuts.
I A curious letter he's been recently sold II
e London-one written by reg Wellington, The theatrica
beauty Of the last century who her contemporaries
asserted. eoud not write. There. however tie lette
was ct aIcti0nroom win signature at foot az
extending 70 two fn-1ot modern nOiopnpcr -,. ees
Is tainy bui-aree folio pages. The cpiste Is drecsc
l For Master Thomas Robinson ct Goodwood. in Sus
sex and 10 fun Of amusing banter Peg abiding to he
r famous "hFcechos" character Of Sir Harry Wldair
The letter is considered unique ard it realized aver
/, hat Wuful IN coulf
not write was asserted Of mes: o. the y actresses
| the last and preceding centuries. OF Nell Gwynne 4
was said that she could ncitlor read write; but a.
autograph note discovered short time since showed
that sho conld express herself paper although ds
NALL .scrawod L. g.. with full stops ut every bend
the Initials NJ that Mr. Peter Cunningham could
End 70 reproduce IN Jsc-smi.s IN liB Ite STORY q
Nell Gwynrc." Those persons who have read ChaI'e.
Rendes Norfle.,e' win remember what hat author
told us Of Pegs beauty talent. generosity and indie
cretions sho is said have been the first female VIC
ectcd male characters on the English stage.
The great National Welsh E.steddlod has just
been held at Laadulno in a splendid pavilion erected
for tie occasion calculated to accommodate 600 Per
sons. IL his address Mr. Balke,y Hughes. the Pret
dent said: THE origin believe Of this Institution
was what was called Gor1eld or COUNCIL Of bards
That council u bards only made laws and rcgula
lions for themselves but ct that time FOR nearly the
whole country Tho Gorsedd ceased 10 have eEstcnce
about sixty years alter the birth 81 Christ. The Eis
teddfod succeeded the Gorsoda and ii Is very ,inSn
lar and vesy interesting coincidence that within one
mile Of the place where they met tho lrtt
Elstoddfod was held presided ~ the then King Of
North wales at that Eisteliiod tho bards we've
assembled in poecal contest" II kis firm conyic
ton TIA, that rg would cate 800 years ago GIs
IL had been continued without Interruption. he night
almost say until this day. The usual demonstration
then took place. pocms were recitod ind prize.
!" awarded.
Il IS not generally known that Mr.. Tennyson
d indebted to Mr. IAomas woolner the sculptor and
the author Of the recentypubshei volume Of pleasant
poems for the story and tao plot Of "knoch Arden.
~ Wooncr wgs a guest at Fagrngiori. the Lagreaiei
Wc in the Isle Of Wight; and told the story as having
in the main actually occurred The poet was struci
with the simple get startling narrative and determined
to make 8, the groundwork Of the poem hich has us
b appeared.
) Miss Katharine southey, the third and only
unmarried daughter Of the poet died the 10Th o.
August Of congestion Of the brain at Lalrhwatc Cot
tagc. Eeswick aged fny.foar. By her death a c!vi
lies pension q 1901 per reyerta 20 tho Crown
She va buried on Tuesday in Cr1s,waithe chGrchyord
under the shade Of Skiddnw whore already rcpose le
father and mother and brother Herbert Tie cldcs. bonn
aad her sisters Emmg and isabel.
BISHOP COLEsso, by express invitation, vii
take part In the proceedings Of tho British Associate
for tie adv aucement Of Science NJ Bath next mont.
d Dr. X. Dundas Thomson, FRS, died on
Wednesday, Aug. Il. a. Duus.a'c. where he gea on
I LIZ, L. Ia l.. l.