These we noticed on their first appearance; since which the minstrels have not only been in great request at fashionable parties, but have daily entertained numerous auditories at the Egyptian Hall. We have no doubt but that they have earned, on an average, about 2007. a week during their stay. The present publication is a collection of twelve of their airs, and is an extremely interesting book, independently of its great musical attractions. There is a pleasant biographical sketch of the Rainers, from which we learn that Felix, the eldest, has not only some knowledge of music, (the inventor of Die Gamsen and Das Schüzenleid, and partly of Lauterbach, and Auf die Alm, in this volume), but a poet, having written the words. of several of these songs.*

Seidel, the celebrated actor at Weimar, seems to have greatly befriended the musicians as they climbed the hill towards notoriety, and composed two of these songs.

by various contingencies. Miss Stephens has the Literary Gazette we mentioned the extra-
lost her father; Miss Kelly's mother died a ordinary fact of a woman now living in the neigh.
few days ago; and Miss Paton is severely bourhood of Marseilles, who has three nipples;
indisposed.
one of them inguinal. By a report from a
Braham has been delighting the Dublin committee to whom the consideration of this
audiences, but now returns to the Worcester phenomenon had been referred by the Acadé
musical festival. He has been well sustained mie des Sciences, it appears that no doubt
on the Irish stage, not only by the powerful whatever can be entertained with respect to it.
voice of our old favourite, Miss Hallande, but As we have already stated, the woman in
by the notes of a new and most promising question has suckled with this inguinal nipple
debutante, Miss Hughes, a pupil of Mr. Wat- several children; one of which was not weaned
son's. We have heard this young lady at until after it became thirty-three months old.
private concerts, and have no doubt of her
becoming one of the most popular singers and
actresses of the day.

VARIETIES.

The Italian journals mention that a new effort is about to be made to raise an ancient Roman vessel, sunk in the Lake of Nemi, and which is supposed to have been a galley of Tiberius.

Mr. Granet, whose interior and figures have been so much admired at the British Gallery, has painted a fine picture of the beautiful Roman cloister recently uncovered at Arles.

Geology: Dr. Hibbert's System of Geology.— Dr. Hibbert is in considerable forwardness with the system of Geology which he has many years been preparing for publication. It is intended to contain a succinct view of the history of the earth, with a geological arrangement of the various mineral substances which each descrip. tion of rock contains, and a particular account of the organic remains which have been discoThe music is altogether very curious. There vered in the various strata. A considerable are many passages which consist merely of portion of the work is dedicated to an inquiry a play of the voice among liquid sounds, withinto the changes which are still going on to but meaning or expression. It is something alter the surface of the globe. Dr. Hibbert, like the warbling of birds, or the tones of preparatory to the completion of his work, is an Eolian harp. There is nothing like rule; visiting the Continent, with the view of satisfy and the wildness is captivating. The mode of Retort. A very great personage in his own ing himself on some important questions consinging called Jodeln, of which an example is estimation, who had recently obtained one of nected with the subject of rocks of igneous given, it is impossible to describe: but we have the military orders, exhibited himself with all formation. For this purpose, he is undertaking no hesitation in recommending this publication his decorations in the lobby of Drury Lane a personal examination of several of the most to the lovers of melody, as one of the best Theatre; and after calling very consequentially noted volcanic districts of Europe.-Brewster's offerings made to them for a long period. for the box-keeper, who happened to be absent Journal. at the moment, Tom Sheridan came up, when The First Cupbearer's Song, from the Epicu- the knight addressed him in a tone of much rean. By T. Cooke.- The Nubian Girl's importance" Pray are you the box-keeper ?" Song, from the same. By Dr. John Clarke,"No," said Tom," I am not indeed; are of Cambridge. London. J. Power. you ?" and then passed on without any further Two of the sweetest and most beautiful pieces which have appeared this season. No pianoNew Classification. A married lady alludforte should be without them; for they doing in conversation to the 148th Psalm, obinfinite credit to the taste and skill of their old men and children," were expressly menserved, that while " young men and maidens, composers, and must be listened to with great tioned, not a word was said about married pleasure on every repetition. It was not easy to come up to Moore in his Epicurean, but addressing, assured her they had not been An old clergyman, whom she was these are charming. omitted, and that she would find them included in one of the preceding verses under the description of vapours and storm.

DRAMA.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

notice.

women.

Original Anecdote: Quibble against QuibOn Saturday Mr. Poole's new piece was ill ble. Some years ago, Frederick Reynolds, the received; but he has both talent and fame dramatist, took a house at Westminster, and enough to support him under the chagrin of bound himself (as he thought) to paint the this partial failure. The decisive condemnation inside once during the seven years' lease: but of Gudgeons and Sharks was chiefly attributable in a subsequent covenant, which, if Reynolds to a wide-mouthed individual in the pit, whose read, he did not understand, there was so yawns were perfectly terrific, and, unfortu. much technicality and ground for quibbling as nately for the author, at length became infec- to the exact period for commencing the aforetious. A cod's-head could not display a more said colouring operation, that at the end of the desperate gulf; and by this yawning abyss the poor Gudgeons were devoured.

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Tuesday
August,
Wednesday

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Rain fallen 255 of an inch.
Edmonton.

CHARLES H. ADANS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is stated to us, that the gallery at Cleveland House not exhibited at stated seasons under the provisions of will of the original possessor, the Duke of Bridgewa but, on the contrary, that there being no such directam his Grace's will, it is to the liberality of the present ford, and to his love of the fine arts, that the public sessor of this collection of pictures, the Marquis of S this annual exhibition. In correcting, however, the er of our supposition, if an error, we must notice, th consider the vails required by the servants here, to t great blot on the establishment.

We have the pleasure, in giving an Elegy on a lar able subject (the death of the Gretna Blacksmith an intended series from the same quarter: which ca the pen of the author of Whims and Oddities, to anD X dull time) we may be tempted to illustrate with a b--ous woodcut or two.

first year, the landlord' (a most litigious and vexatious attorney) brought an action for The Rencontre makes good its pleasant way, breach of contract, but which the eccentric and is capitally acted every evening. Vestris, dramatist defeated by immediately painting who has got quite plump in consequence of her the whole of the inside of the house-black! frequent indispositions, is all naiveté in JusAn Incredible Fact. A French doctor, of tine; E. Tree plays Mad. de Merville, à mer- the very appropriate name of Clever, has been veille; and Farren, in the old Baron, is per- hoaxing the Institute with a report of his havfectly rich. Cooper too, in the Colonel, with ing cut himself for the stone! The only asLaporte his man, and the useful Williams sistant present on the occasion was a lookingin Moustache, are all most meritorious contri- glass. We dare say he himself believes the butors to the gaiety and good humour of this thing to be true; and the members of the pleasing drama. Institute seem to have swallowed it. We DRAMATIC CHIT-CHAT.-There was no dozen operations, poor fellow! it is but reasonhope next time, (for having undergone about a opera on Tuesday. Several of our most distinguished female per-portunity), he will perform in public. If he able to suppose that there will be another op-clined. formers are at this moment kept from the stage would come over here, and charge three or four shillings a-head for admission, he would He wakes! he wakes! why starts him so; make a fortune. Why blanch his cheek to paler glow 7— Inguinal Nipple.In a recent Number of We are not acquainted with Eurles.

• Indeed we have in our possession an original poem of his, which we purpose inserting, with a translation, in the Literary Gazette. It relates to his friend Hofer, and has, we understand, been noticed graciously by his Majesty.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1827.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and
Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and other Poems,
By Thomas Hood, Author of "Whims and
Oddities," &c. &c. 12mo. pp. 222. London,
1827. Longman and Co.

Touch'd with the dewy sadness of the time,

To think how the bright months had spent their prime.

So that, wherever I address'd my way,

I seem'd to track the melancholy feet
Of him that is the Father of Decay.
And spoils at once the sour weed and the sweet ;-
Wherefore regretfully I made retreat
To some unwasted regions of my brain,

Charm'd with the light of summer and the heat,
And bade that bounteous season bloom again,
And sprout fresh flowers in mine own domain.
It was a shady and sequester'd scene,

Like those famed gardens of Boccaccio,
Planted with his own laurels evergreen,
And roses that for endless summer blow:
And there were founting springs to overflow
Their marble basins, and cool green arcades

Of tall o'erarching sycamores, to throw
Athwart the dappled path their dancing shades,
With timid coneys cropping the green blades.
And there were crystal pools, peopled with fish,
Argent and gold, and some of Tyrian skin,
Some crimson-barred; and ever at a wish

They rose obsequious till the wave grew thin
As glass upon their backs, and then dived in,
Quenching their ardent scales in watery gloom;
Whilst others with fresh hues row'd forth to win
My changeable regard-for so we doom
Things born of thought to vanish or to bloom.
And there were many birds of many dyes,

From tree to tree still faring to and fro,
And stately peacocks with their splendid eyes,
And gorgeous pheasants with their golden glow,
Like Iris just bedabbled in her bow,
Besides some vocalists without a name,

THOSE who have felt the grace, nature, and
pathos of such of Mr. Hood's more serious
poems as have appeared in late Miscellanies,
will not be unprepared for the pleasure they
have now to derive from a volume of beauti-
ful compositions by the quondam author of
Whims and Oddities. Here they will find
humorous jests laid aside for most poetical
images; laughable puns exchanged for deep
and tender thoughts; and strings of witticisms
superseded by exquisite similes. Mr. Hood
has fine perceptions of the natural and charac-
teristic, and he seizes points, separates traits,
and throws into strong and peculiar lights,
matters which the common eye witnesses every
day, but passes over as if they did not exist.
Thas his book swarms with brilliant and strik-
ing effects: shall we add, sometimes too ima-
ginative and full of phantasy for general read-
ers? In our opinion, (though many excellent
judges, we are aware, differ from us,) there is
too great a leaning, in parts, to those dainty
simplicities which are admired in the produc-
tions of Lloyd, Lamb, Reynolds, and others of
that school; but which we can never consider
otherwise than an affectation of imitating the
elder bards, such as Crashaw, and, in some of on a rose-leaf.
his pieces, perhaps, Michael Drayton. Speak-"
ing as critics, of the prominent qualities of these
poems, we would say, that where the subjects
are most classical, the author has been most
trammelled, and consequently least successful;
Some from the rivers, others from tall trees
that they appeal more to the fancy by their Dropp'd, like shed blossoms, silent to the grass,
Spirits and elfins small of every class."
sweet touches, playfulness of mind, and charm-
Titania relates her fearful dreams to her
ing train of novel impressions, than to the
heart by any powerful excitement of human court and subjects, and her sad prognostics of
interests and passionate feelings. The volume evil are speedily fulfilled by the appearance of
is as a lovely summer day, sunny, not scorching; the phantom Time with his sithe.

That oft on fairy errands come and go,
With accents magical; and all were tame,
And peckled at my hand where'er I came.
And for my sylvan company, in lieu

Of Pampinea with her lively peers,
Sat Queen Titania with her pretty crew,
All in their liveries quaint, with elfin gears."
The lieges are summoned by a blast blown

And lo! upon my fix'd delighted ken

Appear'd the loyal fays. Some by degrees
Crept from the primrose buds that open'd then,

And some from bell-shaped blossoms like the bees,
Some from the dewy meads and rushy leas,
Flew up like chaffers when the rustics pass

placid, enchanting, its airs balmy and refresh-"Pity it was to hear the elfins' wall

ing, its various aspects delicious, and even its clouds delightful; so that all minister to enjoyment. It partakes neither of the bitter uncertainties of Spring, the ravaging storms of Autumn, nor the horrors of Winter. Be it our pleasing task now to illustrate a few of its attractions.

The first poem is founded on the Midsummer Night's Dream. It supposes Time threatening to mow down the Fairy race, assembled round their Queen Titania; they plead for longer existence, but the destroyer is stern, till a mortal genius, Skakspeare, interferes, and confers immortality (in spite of old Saturn) on the tiny beings whom he is about to devour. The opening is finely descriptive.

Twas in that mellow season of the year,

When the hot Sun singes the yellow leaves
Till they be goid,--and, with a broader sphere,

The Moon looks down on Ceres and her sheaves;
When more abundantly the spider weaves,
And the cold wind breathes from a chillier clime,
That forth Lfared, on one of those still eves,

Rise up in concert from their mingled dread;
Pity it was to see them, all so pale,

Gaze on the grass as for a dying bed:
But Puck was seated on a spider's thread,
That hung between two branches of a brier,
And 'gan to swing and gambol heels o'er head,
Like any Southwark tumbler on a wire,
For him no present grief could long inspire."

The Queen and others urge every plea to
earn the pity of the relentless spectre: all their
kindly actions towards man, their happy em-
ployments through the wide circle of nature;
one, for example, their care of music.

"Quoth he, We make all melodies our care,

That no false discords may offend the Sun,
Music's great master-tuning every where
All pastoral sounds and melodies, each one
Duly to place and season, so that none
May harshly interfere. We rouse at morn
The shrill sweet lark; and when the day is done,
Hush silent pauses for the bird forlorn,
That singeth with her breast against a thorn.
We gather in loud choirs the twittering race,

That make a chorus with their single note,
And tend on new-fledged birds in every place,
That duly they may get their tunes by rote
And oft, like echoes, answering remote,

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We hide in thickets from the feather'd throng,
And strain in rivalship each throbbing throat,
Singing in shrill responses all day long,
Whilst the glad truant listens to our song.
Wherefore, great King of Years, as thou dost love
The raining music from a morning cloud,
When vanish'd larks are carolling above,

To wake Apollo with their pipings loud;
If ever thou hast heard in leafy shroud
The sweet and plaintive Sappho of the dell,
Shew thy sweet mercy on this little crowd,
And we will muffle up the sheepfold bell
Whene'er thou listenest to Philomel.'
To which Saturn replies-

"

"Sweet is the merry lark,
That carols in man's car so clear and strong;
And youth must love to listen in the dark
That tuneful elegy of Tereus' wrong;
But I have heard that ancient strain too long,
For sweet is sweet but when a little strange,
And I grow weary for some newer song;
For wherefore had I wings, unless to range
Through all things mutable from change to change?
But wouldst thou hear the melodies of Time,
Listen when sleep and drowsy darkness roll
Over hush'd cities, and the midnight chime
Sounds from their hundred clocks, and deep bells toll
Like a last knell over the dead world's soul,
Saying, Time shall be final of all things,
Whose late, last voice must elegise the whole,-
O then I clap aloft my brave broad wings,
And make the wide air tremble while it rings!"

The tenders of flowers, the helpers of the human race in their dearest offices, the sportive and merry, all present their petitions to a deaf ear. We are sorry not to quote some of these very pretty examples of the poem; but if we did, we should occupy the space which we have to allot to more various subjects. We cannot, however, avoid a picture of a child succoured by a benevolent fairy.

"It chanced,' quoth she, in seeking through the meads
For honied cowslips, sweetest in the morn,
Whilst yet the buds were hung with dewy beads,
And Echo answer'd to the huntsman's horn,
We found a babe left in the swarths forlorn.

A little, sorrowful, deserted thing,

Begot of love, and yet no love begetting:
Guiltless of shame, and yet for shame to wring:
And too soon banish'd from a mother's petting,
To churlish nurture and the wide world's fretting,
For alien pity and unnatural care;-

Alas! to see how the cold dew kept wetting
His childish coats, and dabbled all his hair,
Like gossamers across his forehead fair.
His pretty pouting mouth, witless of speech,
Lay half-way open, like a rose-lipp'd shell:
And his young cheek was softer than a peach,
Whereon his tears, for roundness, could not dwell,
But quickly roll'd themselves to pearls and fell,
Some on the grass, and some against his hand,
Or haply wander'd to the dimpled well,
Which love beside his mouth had sweetly plann'd,
Yet not for tears, but mirth and smilings bland.
Pity it was to see those frequent tears

Falling regardless from his friendless eyes;
There was such beauty in those twin blue spheres,
As any mother's heart might leap to prize;
Blue were they, like the zenith of the skies
Soften'd betwixt two clouds, both clear and mild,
Just touch'd with thought, and yet not over wise,
They shew'd the gentle spirit of a child,
Not yet by care or any craft defiled.

Pity it was to see the ardent sun
Scorching his helpless limbs, it shone so warm;
For kindly shade or shelter he had none,

Nor mother's gentle breast, come fair or storm.'"
We have already mentioned the dénouement :
Shakspeare saves the whole devoted race for

ever.

Of Hero and Leander we shall say little, chiefly because with some noble passages, it is