,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1 ,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4 ,,vol4 ,,xiv1 ,,no4 #cif4 ,,saturday1 ,,october #ca1 #ahbi4 ,,price #b;d4 ,,blarney ,,castle4 ,illustration3 ,blarney ,castle4 ,this ,engraving1 to use a cant phrase1 is an exquisite bit of ,blarney2 but independent of the vulgar association1 it has a multitude of attractions for every reader4 ,its interest will1 however1 be materially enhanced by the following admirable description from the graphic pen of ,t4 ,crofton ,croker1 ,esq4#a #a ,researches in the ,south of ,ireland1 ,illustrative of the ,scenery1 ,architectural ,remains1 and the ,manners and ,superstitions of the ,peasantry4 ,by ,t4 ,crofton ,croker4 #dto4 #ahbd ,murray4 ,,vol4 ,,xiv4 ,blarney1 so famous in ,irish song and story1 is situated about four miles north west of ,cork1 and was1 within these few years1 a thriving manufacturing village2 but it no longer wears the aspect of comfort or of business1 and appears much gone to decay4 ,the alteration struck me very forcibly4 ,in #ahae1 ,i remember a large square of neat cottages1 and the area1 a green shaded by fine old trees4 ,most of the cottages are now roofless2 the trees have been cut down1 and on my last visit1 in #ahba1 a crop of barley was ripening in the square4 the clam'rous rooks ,ask for their wonted seat1 but ask in vain6 ,their ancient home is level'd with the earth1 ,never to wave again its leafy head1 ,or yield a covert to the feather'd choir1 ,who now1 with broken song1 remote and shy1 ,seek other bowers1 their native branches gone6 ,this prepared me to expect a similar change in the grounds of the castle1 where much timber has been also felled2 but the grounds still are beautiful1 rock and water being features in the landscape1 the picturesque effect of which neglect cannot injure4 ,the castle consists of a massive square tower1 that rises broad and boldly above surrounding trees1 on a precipitous rock over a stream called the ,awmartin2 and attached to the east side is an extensive dwelling-house1 erected about a century since by ,sir ,james ,jeffreys1 who purchased or obtained this estate from the crown1 and in whose family it still continues4 ,blarney ,castle was built about the middle of the fifteenth century1 by ,cormac ,mac,carty1 or ,carthy surnamed ,laider1 or the ,strong4 ,he was descended from the kings of ,cork1 and was esteemed so powerful a chieftain that the ,english settlers in his part of ,munster paid him an annual tribute of forty pounds to protect them from the attacks and insults of the ,irish4 ,to him is also ascribed the building of the ,abbey and ,castle of ,kilcrea1 the ,nunnery of ,ballyvacadine1 and many other religious houses2 in the former of which he was buried4#b ,it would be a matter of little importance and considerable labour to trace the ,castle of ,blarney from one possessor to another4 ,the genealogical table in ,keating's ,history of ,ireland will enable those addicted to research to follow the ,mac ,carty pedigree2 but a tiresome repetition of names1 occasioned by the scantiness of them in an exceedingly numerous family1 present continual causes of perplexity to the general reader4 ,the names of ,donough1 ,cormac1 ,teague1 ,florence1 ,dermot1 ,owen1 and ,donnel1 constitute almost the whole catalogue used by the ,mac ,carties#c for a period exceeding six hundred years4#d ,this difficulty is heightened from the entire ,sept being1 in point of fact1 without a sirname1 as the followers of most chieftains in ,ireland as well as ,scotland assumed that of their lord4 ,in the reign of ,edward ,,iv4 a statute was enacted1 commanding each individual to take upon himself a separate sirname1 either of his trade and faculty1 or of some quality of his body or mind1 or of the place where he dwelt1 so that every one should be distinguished from the other4 ,but this statute did not effect the object proposed1 and ,spenser1 in his ,view of ,ireland1 mentions it as having become obsolete1 and strongly recommends its renewal4 #b ,this tomb1 according to ,archdall's ,monasticon ,hibernicum1 stood in the middle of the choir of ,kilcrea ,abbey1 with the following inscription3-- ,,hic4 ,,iacet4 ,,cormacvs4 ,,fil4 ,,thadei4 ,,fil4 ,,cormaci4 ,,fil4 ,,dermitii4 ,,magni4 ,,mc4 ,,carthy4 ,,dnvs ,,de4 ,,mvscraigh4 ,,flayn4 ,,ac4 ,,istivs4 ,,conventvs4 ,,primvs4 ,,fvndator4 ,,an4 ,,dom4 #adid4 #c ,the original name of a sept or clan was ,carty1 supposed to be derived from ,cartheigh1 which signifies an ,inhabitant of the ,rock2 and ,mac1 denoting son of2 was used before the father's ,christian name for the purpose of distinction1 as1 ,mac ,cormac ,carty expressed ,carty1 son of ,cormac2 this manner of designation appears discontinued on the introduction of a greater variety of names1 and the ,mac alone retained by the elder branches4 #d ,amongst the ,harleian ,,mss4 the ,vol4 ,no4 #adbe1 contains pedigrees of ,irish nobility2 from the ninth to the twenty-second page is occupied by those of ,mac ,cartie ,more1 ,mac ,cartie ,reagh1 and all other ,mac ,carties1 brought down to the year #afae2 but though curious for reference1 there is little worth the trouble of transcribing4 ,the most common female names in the ,mac ,carty pedigree are1 ,katheren1 ,elin1 ,honnor1 ,joan1 and ,grany4 ,the military and historic recollections connected with ,blarney are doubtless of sufficient importance to give an interest to the place2 but to a curious superstition it is perhaps more indebted for celebrity4 ,a stone in the highest part of the castle wall is pointed out to visitors1 which is supposed to give to whoever kisses it the peculiar privilege of deviating from veracity with unblushing countenance whenever it may be convenient--hence the well-known phrase of ,blarney4 ,the grounds attached to the castle1 as ,i before observed1 though so little attended to1 are still beautiful4 ,walks1 which a few years since were neat and trim1 are now so overrun with brambles and wild flowers as to be passed with difficulty4 ,much wood has also been cut down1 and the statues1 so ridiculously enumerated in a popular song1 removed4 ,a picturesque bridge too1 which led to the castle1 has been swept away by the wintry floods1 and1 with the exception of a small dell called the ,rock ,close1 every thing seems changed for the worse4 ,in this romantic spot nature and art 7a combination rather uncommon in pleasure-grounds7 have gone hand in hand4 ,advantage has been taken of accidental circumstances to form tasteful and characteristic combinations2 and it is really a matter of difficulty at first to determine what is primitive1 and what the produce of design4 ,the delusion is even heightened by the present total neglect4 ,you come most unexpectedly into this little shaded nook1 and stand upon a natural terrace above the river1 which glides as calmly as possible beneath4 ,here1 if you feel inclined for contemplation1 a rustic couch of rock1 all festooned with moss and ivy1 is at your service2 but if adventurous feelings urge you to explore farther1 a discovery is made of an almost concealed1 irregularly excavated passage through the solid rock1 which is descended by a rude flight of stone steps1 called the ,witches ,stairs1 and you emerge sul margine d'un rio1 over which depend some light and graceful trees4 ,it is indeed a fairy scene1 and ,i know of no place where ,i could sooner imagine these little elves holding their moonlight revelry4 ,a short distance to the south-west of the castle is a lake1 said to abound with a species of leech4 ,it does not afford one good subject for the pencil1 being without islands1 the margin swampy1 and the adjacent trees planted with too much attention to regularity4 ,it is a very generally believed tradition that1 before ,blarney surrendered to ,king ,william's forces1 ,lord ,clancarty's plate was made up in an 'oaken chest1 which was thrown into this lake1 and has not since been recovered2 nor does this appear improbable1 as ,i understand repeated attempts have in vain been made to drain it4 ,in #ahad1 the late ,mr4 ,milliken1 whose well-known song of the ,groves of ,blarney has identified his memory with the place1 gave me a clumsy silver ring for the finger1 which had been taken out of the lake by a boy who was fishing in it4 ,since ,i am on the subject of discoveries1 it may be worth notice that1 in a quarry close to the castle1 where some men were working1 we picked up several human bones1 and that one of the labourers informed us so many as twenty horse loads of these bones had been thrown into the lake2 he also spoke of two or three spear-heads being found with them4 ,groats and pennies of the ,edwards and ,henries have frequently been dug up here2 but ,i believe never in any quantity4 ,the interior of the castle contains little worth notice except a full-length portrait of ,charles ,,xii4 of ,sweden1 said to be an original1 and brought here by one of the ,jeffreys' family who was envoy to that monarch4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,annuals4 ,flow'rets strew'd ,by churlish ,time1 in cheerlier mood2 ,the sweetness of a second ,spring1 ,beneath the ,autumn of his wing4 ,bestowing on the season's gloom ,the bliss of a perennial bloom4 ,glancing back to the commencement of the nineteenth century1 the only annual record of poetry and prose which we recollect1 was ,the ,flowers of ,literature2 a thick duodecimo1 habited in a flesh-coloured wrapper1 and retaining in its print and pages1 the quaintness which characterized the good old days of the ,universal ,magazine2 and which still clings1 though somewhat modified1 to the patriarchal pages of ,sylvanus ,urban4 ,the matter was in accordance with the manner--a medley of prosing articles1 from the titles of which we might select1 as indicative of their style1 ,ode to ,despair2 ,topographical ,description of ,paris2 ,the ,sailor2 more agreeably interspersed with some effusion of ,mrs4 ,barbauld1 or ,mrs4 ,opie2 mingled1 again1 with sundry ,observations on the ,present ,state of the ,war1 written by some sleepy newspaper editor1 whose language we might assimilate with1 ,we have received intelligence from1 c4 ,here and there1 perhaps1 a straggling beam of genius broke through the mental twilight1 in the shape of1 ,some ,account of the poet1 ,burns2 a ,rustique by ,bloomfield1 or an elegant sonnet by ,bowles or ,charlotte ,smith4 ,the rest of would-be-sonneteers1 tragedy-writers1 and essayists1 have long ago found1 with their mediocrities1 a congenial oblivion in the tomb of all the ,capulets4 ,but suddenly1 and without much premise to warrant the commencement of such an era1 the department of our imaginative literature was established in patronage and importance2 and those trivial1 fond records1 which were wont only to sparkle a brief endurance in the mutable columns of a newspaper1 or doomed1 when existing in fragile manuscript1 to die and be forgot1 found a refuge from their ,lethean fate in the numerous ,magazines which the increased taste1 and avidity for reading1 evinced by the public1 had called into existence4 ,still there was a desideratum1 which these adornments of ,english ,literature1 ,the ,annuals1 alone supplied4 ,the casual tones which emanated from the transcendent masters of the lyre1 were not to be lost to the public ear for want of a circulating medium2 and ,ackermann1 a name familiar to the lovers of pictorial art1 had the honour of first setting ,england the example of preserving her valuable anthology1 by producing his attractive ,annual1 ,the ,forget-,me-,not2 a species of literature which presents us with the pleasing facility of holding yearly communion with our poets and authors1 without being subjected to the tedium of awaiting their protracted appearance in a more voluminous shape4 ,we can now more frequently greet ,anacreon ,moore1 wreathing his harp with the paternal shamrock1 characteristically mingled with pansies for love2 ,montgomery1 mourning over our nature's degradation2 telling us of the affections and passions of earth1 yet luring us to higher hopes and brighter consummation2 his every line evincing that chastened sorrow which ,byron threw into the portrait of the ,sheffield bard-- ,with broken lyre1 and cheek serenely pale4 ,coleridge1 dropping some natural tears1 on viewing the altered features of his native valley2 sweetly and affectionately telling of ,the meadow1 and its babbling brook1 ,where roses in the ripple shook4 ,southey1 forgetting the ungentler theme of battle field amidst the sublimity of rock and lake4 ,campbell1 pouring from his plaintive shell a tender eulogy to his northern home--a glowing tissue of ,dreams of the ,highland mountains1 and echoing streams1 ,and broken glades1 breathing their balm4 --,scott1 terrifically depicting a ,sassenagh tournament1 or inditing a stirring appeal to the blue bonnets1 to settle some ,border broil4 ,james ,hogg1 the ,scottish ,virgil1 on whom has surely fallen the mantle of inspiration from the ,mantuan bard1 coming forth in all the richness of the ,noctes ,ambrosianae1 from the misty hill where he dominates the king of shepherds4 ,delta1 elegantly pensive1 sighing beneath the blighted trees which flourished over his boyhood2 and listening to the rhetoric of the changing seasons4 ,alaric ,watts1 the fireside bard1 giving us a touching apostrophe to his youngling of the flock1 in melting verse1 warm from that kindred fancy ,whose blessed words ,can bid the sweetest dreams arise2 ,awaken feeling's tenderest chords1 ,and drown in tears of joy the eyes4 ,t4,k4 ,hervey1 following in the same bright path1 or enthusiastically rapt amidst the beauty and bloom of ,australia4--,bernard ,barton1 bringing us snatches of vernal philosophy1 gathered in the silence of murky woods1 and the solitude of perfumed meadows4--,john ,clare1 swearing everlasting fealty to his beauteous ,mary1 by the elm-shadowed cottage of her bowery home2 thanking heaven for the benison of love and rurality4--,richardson1 the poet of ,india1 sonnetizing amidst the superb cupolas and temples which gem the banks of the deified ,ganges1 longing to exchange his fevered abode for salubrious ,england4--,pringle transforming the repulsive features of a ,south ,african desert into matter for piteous song2 and illumining1 by the brightness of his genius1 the terrible picture of ,caffre barbarity and degradation4--,roscoe1 revelling in the sweets of ,italian lore1 his own lips touched with a live coal from the altar of poesy4--,washington ,irving1 grasping at the intellect1 and speculating on the wit and fancy1 of all climes2 so speedily transplanting himself 7bodily as well as mentally7 from the back woods of ,america to the land of ,columbus--from the vineyards of ,france to the valleys of ,yorkshire--as almost to induce a belief in his power of ubiquity4--,allan ,cunningham1 sympathizing with the sorrows of one who never told her love1 and weaving a tearful elegy over her flower-strewn grave1 or painting the fiercer incidents of piratical warfare1 on the ocean's solitudes4--,felicia ,hemans1 her lyre musically blending the song of sounding streams with the spontaneous melody of the feathered choir composing an epicedium to the memory of departed days1 and proving her glorious claims to the poetic character1 creation's heir4--,mary ,russell ,mitford1 great in her histrionic portraitures of liberty1 whether patrician or plebeian2 yet not forgetting in her dramatic wanderings1 her happy village2 but drawing us1 by the cords of love1 to the rustic scene2 amplifying that fine axiom of the ,stratford bard-- ,gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade ,to shepherds1 looking on their silly sheep1 ,than does the embroider'd canopy to kings8 ,j4,h4 ,wiffen1 dating from the sentimental seclusion of ,woburn ,abbey1 a song replete with all the grace and imagination of his ,ionian ,hours4--,charles ,lamb1 the deep-thoughted ,elia1 introducing us to the maidenly residence of his cousin ,bridget2 delighted with delighting2 his fancy expatiating on a copious medley of subjects between the stiff ,mandarins on the old fashioned china1 and that ,beaumont and ,fletcher1 the purchase of his rigid economy1 ere his talents had brought him fame and fortune4--,letitia ,landon the ,english ,sappho1 a being existing but in the atmosphere of love and flowers2 equally sensitive at the opening of a violet as at the shutting of a rose4 ,but our list of the living is too extended2 and we will speak of some of the departed4 ,interspersed with the emanations of our existing bards1 we have1 occasionally1 those precious morceaux which have been bequeathed us by the illustrious dead4 ,trifles1 yet how esteemed6 ,remembrances of ,byron1 with his fiery impetuosity1 spurning the trammels of worldly sorrow2 and prescribing death as a panacea for his lamentable despair2 yet subduing us with refined regrets1 as he was wont1 in his changing mood1 ,to sun himself in heaven's pure day4 ,shelley1 misanthropically commencing with the turbulence of the chainless sea3 a spirit matured to madness by the overawing and supernatural terrors of ,german romance3 as he asserts himself to be1 in his lamentation for the author of ,endymion1 one who ,had gaz'd on ,nature's naked loveliness1 ,acteon-like1 until he fled away4 ,john ,keates1 forsaking the land of his fame1 and prematurely resigning his quiet breath1 on that spot ,where dwelt the muses at their natal hour2 leaving to the less sensitive reviewers to prove1 whether he had been led astray by the light from heaven1 or by his own clouded and tempestuous genius3 ,that fire within so fiercely burned ,that whence it came it soon returned4 ,maturin1 though corrupted and enervated by the follies and dissipation of the anti-poetic city1 becoming1 in his lucid intervals1 himself again1 in the composition of a splendid dramaticle4--,henry ,neele1 the martyr-student1 inviting us to share in the intense admiration of intellect2 forcibly demonstrating that song is but the eloquence of truth--but of him no more6 ,the churchyard bears an added stone2 ,the fireside shows a vacant chair4 ,yet1 however splendid the galaxy of literary stars may be1 which illumine our ,annuals1 they owe no little of their lustre to the engravings4 ,it fortuitously happens that we have not a connoisseuring eye1 or we should swell this paper beyond the limits prescribed by editorial complaisance1 in the pages of ,,the ,,mirror4 ,we are not ignorant1 however1 of the incomparable advancement which the science of engraving has made in the lapse of the last ten years2 or how far it has left behind those mere scratches of the graver which lit up our young admiration when a boy4 ,two of these we will be impertinent enough to criticise1 in spite of the affection with which we cherish the visionary recollection of the pictures of grandmother's parlour4 ,the subjects were courtship1 and matrimony4 ,in the former1 the ,chesterfieldian lover was seen handing his chere amie 7a lusty wench1 with red ochre cheeks7 over a remarkably low stile3 whether the subject1 or the manner of its execution had inspired the muse1 is no matter2 but beneath was the following3-- ,in courtship1 ,strephon careful hands his lass ,over a stile a child with ease might pass ,the next was matrimony2 but1 oh6 look on this picture and on this6 ,the careless husband1 forgetting his capacious spouse1 leaves her to scramble over a stile of alarming altitude1 whilst his attention seems absorbed in the quarrel of two snarling terriers4 ,such conjugal uncourtliness elicits its merited censure in the cool satire of the accompanying motto3-- ,but wedded ,strephon now neglects his dame3 ,tumble or not1 to him 'tis all the same4 ,the costume of these two figures was in accordance with the date of the hey-day of ,ranelagh ,gardens2 and the outline of the foliage was about on a par with those designs we often see cut out of paper1 by an ingenious schoolboy yet they may be adduced as criterions of the average merit appertaining to the generality of the productions of the burine of the old school4 ,in closing this erratic dissertation on the ,annuals1 we may remark1 that an interesting article might be written1 descriptive of the reformation which gradually elevated the art of engraving to perfection--a history of its emerging from the inanities which flaunt in the window of ,carver and ,bowles1 in ,st4 ,paul's ,churchyard1 and arriving at the exquisite perfection of such achievements as ,alexander's ,visit to ,diogenes1 and ,quintus ,curtius leaping into the ,gulf4 99 99 ,h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fine ,,arts4 ,,school ,,of ,,painting ,,at ,,the ,,british ,,institution1 ,,pall ,,mall4 7,to the ,editor of the ,mirror47 ,sir1--,i have recently had the pleasure of visiting the ,british ,institution1 and hope the following remarks on a few of the best works will prove acceptable to those of your readers who are interested in the ,fine ,arts4 ,it is customary at this ,institution to open1 every autumn1 a school for the study of painting1 in which students have an opportunity of copying the best productions of the greatest masters4 ,the present school opened a few weeks ago1 and furnishes some exquisite specimens of art1 which were selected by the directors as examples for imitation4 ,in general the students have been very enterprising this season1 and their copies1 if not quite equal in every respect to the charming originals1 are nevertheless very meritorious and masterly attempts4 ,the ,holy ,family1 by ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds1 is a remarkably fine specimen of colour1 and has been successfully copied by ,messrs4 ,boaden1 ,fisk1 ,child1 and ,inskipp4 ,small copies1 in water colours1 have also been done from it by ,miss ,sharpe1 and ,miss ,fanny ,corbaux4 ,much praise is due to ,mr4 ,morton1 for his whole length ,portrait of a ,gentleman1 after ,vandyke2 and ,messrs4 ,simpson1 ,higham1 and ,middleton1 deserve high commendation for executing the best fac similia of ,rembrandt's ,portrait of a ,lady4 ,the ,landscape with ,boors1 is a delightful little picture by ,teniers1 belonging to his ,majesty3 numerous attempts have been made to imitate it1 but not altogether with success4 ,mr4 ,hart's copy1 however1 is extremely clever4 ,poussin's ,landscape and ,figures1 has engaged the pencil of ,mr4 ,burbank1 who has produced a most elaborate copy in water colours4 ,mr4 ,foster displays considerable ability in his ,hobbima2 and ,messrs4 ,lee1 ,earl1 ,watts1 and ,dujardin1 have equally excelled in their copies from the cattle piece by ,cuyp4 ,in ,de ,hooge's picture1 the ,exterior with ,figures1 we are delighted with the representation of a fine summer evening3 a peculiar warmth is diffused over every object1 and the lengthened shadows indicate sunset3 of this work1 ,mr4 ,novice has executed the best finished copy2 ,miss ,dujardin's1 however1 is exceedingly good1 and contains much promise4 ,another splendid example of art is a ,large ,landscape1 by ,gainsborough1 good studies from which have been made by ,messrs4 ,watts and ,child4 ,two small views on the ,grand ,canal at ,venice1 by ,gwardi1 have employed the talents of ,miss ,dujardin1 ,mr4 ,e4 ,child1 ,mr4 ,watts1 and ,master ,pasmore4 ,but it is impossible to enumerate1 in this hasty notice1 all the arduous undertakings of the students3 suffice it to say1 that they have gained another step towards pictorial fame1 and that their copies1 from the works of ,rubens1 ,wouvermans1 ,murillo1 ,canaletti1 ,titian1 c41 are honourable testimonies of their exertion to excel4 ,october #ai1 #ahbi4 ,g4,w4,n4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,contemporary ,,traveller4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,tour ,,in ,,the ,,island ,,of ,,jersey4 7,concluded from page #bfb47 ,a view of the western side of ,jersey1 is calculated to impress a stranger with an idea that it is a barren1 unproductive island2 but no supposition could be more erroneous1 as1 in fact1 a great proportion of it may be described as orchard4 ,the extent of ground planted1 with fruit trees--apple1 pear1 and plumb is prodigious2 and consequently cider--and very excellent cider too--is one of the staple products of the country1 and a favourite beverage among the natives4 ,at the ,union ,hotel1 ,st4 ,helier1 boarders were allowed to quaff as much as they had a liking for1 without being subjected to any additional charge4 ,about three miles inland from ,st4 ,helier1 is a singular structure named ,prince's ,tower1 erected on an artificial mound or tumulus1 and embowered in a grove of fine trees4 ,the extensive prospect it commanded1 and the indubitable antiquity of the masonry1 induced me to apply for permission to ascend it2 and ,i was rewarded with a bird's eye view of nearly the whole island1 and a vast sweep of the ,french coast extending almost from ,cape de la ,hogue to ,avranches4 ,an ,englishman had lately taken up his abode in the tower1 which1 with the adjacent pleasure ground1 he rented at forty pounds a-year4 ,his object was to render it a place of resort to the inhabitants of ,st4 ,helier1 and his advertisements promised that the delightful emotions excited by its unrivalled scenery1 and the harmonious chat of the feathered tribe1 should not be counteracted by the comfortless sensations of hunger1 thirst1 and weariness4 ,the interior of the tower was neatly and appropriately fitted up4 ,one apartment was designated the chapel2 and in the highest room were several telescopes1 mounted so as to traverse to any point of the compass1 for the gratification of visitors4 ,but it is the traditionary history of ,prince's ,tower that renders it interesting in the eyes of the islanders4 ,in former times it was known by the name of ,la ,hogue-,bye1 and the following legend1 quoted from ,le ,livre noir de ,coutances1 gives the origin of its celebrity3--,in remote times1 a moor or fen in this part of ,jersey1 was the retreat of a monstrous serpent or dragon1 which spread terror and devastation throughout the island4 ,at length a valorous ,norman1 the ,seigneur de ,hambye1 undertook to attempt its destruction1 which1 after a terrible conflict1 he accomplished4 ,he was accompanied in this adventure by a vassal of whose fidelity he had no suspicion1 but who1 seeing his lord overcome by fatigue1 after having vanquished the reptile1 suddenly bethought himself of monopolizing the glory of the action4 ,instigated by this foul ambition1 he assassinated his lord1 and1 returning to ,normandy1 promulgated a fictitious narrative of the encounter2 and1 to further his iniquitous views1 presented a forged letter1 which he said had been written by ,de ,hambye to his widow1 just before his death1 enjoining her to reward his faithful servant1 by accepting him as her second husband4 ,reverence for the last injunction of her deceased lord1 induced the lady to obey1 and she was united to his murderer4 ,but the exultation of the homicidal slave was of short duration4 ,his sleep was disturbed by horrid dreams2 and at length1 in one of his nightly paroxysms1 he disclosed the extent of his villany4 ,on being arrested and questioned1 he made a full confession1 and was tried1 found guilty1 and publicly executed4 ,de ,hambye's widow1 in memory of her lord1 caused a tumulus of earth1 to be raised on the spot where he was buried2 and on the summit she built a chapel1 with a tower so lofty1 as to be visible from her own mansion at ,coutances4 ,so much for the fable4 ,as to the word ,hogue1 there are several places in ,jersey called ,hougues1 which are always situated on a rising ground4 ,the word has evidently originated from the ,german hoch1 from which is derived our ,english high4 ,a hougue1 therefore1 means a mound or hillock1 and in the present instance1 the addition of bye is obviously a contraction of ,hambye2 and1 in accordance with the foregoing tradition1 means literally the barrow or tomb of the ,seigneur de ,hambye4 ,the chapel at la ,hogue is said to have been rebuilt in imitation of the ,holy ,sepulchre at ,jerusalem1 by one of the popish deans of ,jersey1 in the reign of ,henry ,,viii4 ,la ,hogue-bye remained for many years in a dilapidated state1 till about #agij1 when the late ,admiral d',auvergne1 a native of ,jersey1 better known under his ,french title of ,duke of ,bouillon1 became its owner by purchase1 and hence it obtained its present name4 ,at his death1 in #ahaf1 it was purchased by the late lieutenant-governor1 ,lieutenant-,general ,sir ,hugh ,mackay ,gordon1 whose heirs afterwards sold it to ,francis le ,breton1 ,esq41 to whom it now belongs4 ,the most prominent object in the noble panoramic view from the top of ,prince's ,tower1 is a huge fortress on the eastern side of the island1 called the ,castle of ,mont ,orgueil4 ,it crests a lofty conical rock1 that forms the northern headland of ,grouville ,bay1 and looks down1 like a grim giant1 on the subjacent strait4 ,the fortifications encircle the cone in picturesque tiers1 and the apex of the mountain shoots up in the centre of them1 as high as the flag-staff1 which is in fact planted upon it4 ,during war a strong garrison constantly occupied ,mont ,orgueil1 but now a corporal and two privates of artillery composed the whole military force4 ,the corporal1 a quiet intelligent man1 who spoke with much horror of paying a visit to the ,west ,indies1 which1 in the mutations of his professional life1 he had a prospect of doing at no distant period1 acted as cicerone1 and1 among other places1 introduced me into a small circular apartment1 forming one of the suite appropriated to officers1 which he said had been the habitation of ,charles ,,ii4 when a wanderer4 ,this prince1 when his unfortunate father fell into the hands of the regicidal party1 found a loyal welcome in ,jersey4 ,here he was recognised as king1 when in ,england they sought his blood3 here he remained in security1 when his fatherland afforded him no asylum4 ,during his lonely sojourn in this remote portion of his hereditary dominions1 he is said to have employed himself in making a survey and delineating a map of the island4 ,the natives1 flattered by the confidence he reposed in them1 and justly proud of nine centuries of unblemished loyalty to the throne of ,great ,britain1 still refer to his residence as a memorable event2 and in no other part of the ,british dominions1 is the memory of the merry monarch more respected4 ,when ,cromwell1 after the disastrous issue of the battle of ,worcester1 sent an expedition1 under ,admiral ,blake1 to reduce the island1 it made a most gallant and protracted defence2 and had not circumstances conspired to favour the ,invaders1 their victory would have been dearly purchased4 ,mount ,orgueil1 in point of historical association1 is by far the most interesting spot in ,jersey4 ,a part of the fortifications1 according to tradition1 are coeval with ,caesar's incursions into ,gaul2 and the islanders hold it famous in their oldest story1 and of antiquity beyond record4 ,in #acgd1 the celebrated ,constable du ,guesclin passed over from ,bretagne at the head of a large army1 including some of the bravest knights of ,france1 and encamped before this fortress1 then called ,gouray ,castle1 into which the principal inhabitants had retired for safety2 but after a siege of several months1 he was obliged to draw off his forces in despair1 and quit the island4 ,henry ,v4 added much to the strength and beauty of ,gouray--made it a depot of arms1 and conferred on it the proud name of ,mont ,orgueil4 ,about #adfa1 ,nanfant1 the governor1 a dependent of ,henry ,,vi4 was prevailed upon1 by an order of ,queen ,margaret1 to surrender it to ,surdeval1 a ,frenchman1 agent of ,peter de ,brez1 ,count of ,maulevrier2 but though de ,brez kept possession of it for several years1 the natives1 under the command of ,philip de ,carteret1 ,seigneur of ,st4 ,ouen1 a family long illustrious in ,jersey annals1 prevented him from completely subjugating the island4 ,sir ,richard ,harliston1 vice-admiral of ,england1 afterwards re-captured ,mont ,orgueil1 and put an end to ,maulevrier's usurpation4 ,a small pier1 intended to facilitate the landing of stores1 and shelter the numerous oyster vessels that resort to ,grouville ,bay at the dredging season1 projects into the sea1 immediately under the castle guns4 ,the bay1 like that of ,st4 ,aubin1 is defended by a regular line of martello towers1 several of which are built far within flood-mark1 on reefs that form part of the ,violet ,bank4 ,the adjacent country is a perfect garden1 and numerous secluded villas and cottages are scattered among the umbrageous and productive orchards that spread around4 ,a small village1 called ,goree1 lies a short way southward of ,mont ,orgueil4 ,in former times1 it was a sutling-place for the garrison2 now it is only the rendezvous of a few oyster-fishers4 ,in the auberges here1 7every alternate house retailed liquor71 brandy sold at a shilling a bottle4 ,the road leading directly from ,grouville to ,st4 ,helier runs parallel with the southern shore1 among corn fields1 orchards1 and hamlets1 and is the best in the island4 ,i travelled it after sunset1 and found myriads of toads hopping across it in every direction4 ,these reptiles are extremely common in ,jersey2 while1 in the neighbouring island of ,guernsey1 if popular report may be credited1 they are not only unknown1 but cannot exist1 as has been ascertained by importing them from less favoured countries4 ,this exemption in favour of ,guernsey1 is in all probability a mere fable1 originating with some ignorant native1 the absurdity of which no person has been at the trouble to expose4 ,lizards and small snakes are also numerous in ,jersey2 and at night-fall1 a chorus of crickets resounds from every hedge4 ,the ,jersey cattle are small2 but like the pigmy breed of the ,scottish ,highlands1 their flesh is delicate1 and their milk and butter rich4 ,the butcher market at ,st4 ,helier is supplied chiefly from ,france4 ,there are sportsmen in ,jersey as well as in other countries1 but game is neither various nor abundant4 ,the list1 however1 includes hares1 rabbits1 the ,jersey partridge1 a beautiful bird1 with pheasant eyes1 red legs1 and variegated plumage2 and several varieties of water fowl4 ,in severe winters1 flocks of solan geese1 locally denominated barnacles1 frequent the shores4 ,the ,romans1 the pioneers of discovery and civilization in ,europe1 conferred on ,jersey the name of ,caesarea1 in honour of their leader2 and ,caesar and ,tacitus concur in describing it as a stronghold of ,druidism1 of which worship many monuments still exist4 ,the aborigines were doubtless sprung from the ,celtic tribes spread over the adjacent continent2 but the present inhabitants are universally recognised as the lineal descendants of the warlike ,normans1 who1 under the auspices of the famous ,rollo1 conquered and established themselves in the north of ,france in the ninth century4 ,it was first attached to the ,british crown at the conquest2 and though repeated descents have been made on it by ,france during the many wars waged between the countries since that remote era1 none of them were attended with such success as to lead to a permanent occupation of the island4 ,the islanders1 proud of an unconquered name1 and gratified to recollect that they originally gave a king to ,england1 not ,england a king to them1 have been always distinguished for fidelity to the ,british government2 and their unshaken loyalty has1 from time to time1 been rewarded by immunities and privileges1 highly conducive to their prosperity1 and calculated to foster that spirit of nationality1 which is invariably distinctive of a free people4 ,they are exempted from those taxes which press heaviest on the ,english yeoman1 and from naval and military service beyond the boundaries of their own island4 ,the local administration of justice is still regulated by the old ,norman code of laws1 and this circumstance is regarded by the natives as a virtual recognition of their independence2 but strangers1 when they inadvertently get involved in legal disputes1 have often cause to regret its existence4 ,in cases of assault1 particularly the assaulting of a magistrate1 even though his official character be unknown to the offender1 a severe punishment is generally awarded4 ,we heard several instances of military officers1 who had been guilty of raising an arm of flesh against jurats in night frolics at ,st4 ,helier's1 narrowly escaping the penalty attached to this heinous infraction of the laws--a penalty which would have left them maimed for life4 ,the introduction of ,christianity1 and final extirpation of idolatry1 is said to have occurred in the sixth century4 ,in the latter days of the reign of popery1 ,jersey formed part of the diocese of ,coutances in ,normandy1 where the ancient records of the island were deposited2 but at the ,reformation1 in the reign of ,elizabeth1 it was attached to the see of ,winchester--an annexation1 however1 merely nominal1 for the island is in reality exempt from the dominion of the church of ,england4 ,the inhabitants are a well-disposed and peaceable race1 but not particularly distinguished for enthusiasm in religion4 ,the peasantry are orderly and industrious2 the merchants enterprising2 and the seamen1 a numerous class1 hardy and adventurous4 ,the aggregate of the people live more after the ,french manner than the ,english2 that is1 they substitute fruit and vegetables1 in a great measure1 for animal food1 and cider for ale4 ,neither men nor women are distinguished for personal beauty1 though we noticed several very comely dames in our perambulations2 and notwithstanding the boasted purity of their descent from the ocean-roamers of the north1 they have many of the anomalous features of a mixed race4--,edinburgh ,journal of ,natural and ,geographical ,science4 ,no4 ,i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,naturalist4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mole4 ,foreign naturalists have been much occupied of late with the mole4 ,from the recently published observations of one of them1 ,m4 ,flourens1 it appears that this animal1 as its organization indicates1 is1 if not exclusively1 at least1 essentially1 carnivorous4 ,it very soon dies if only roots be given to it2 and if it destroy so many roots of vegetables1 it is not for the purpose of eating them1 but to seek among them for worms1 insects1 and particularly for the larvae of insects which harbour there4 ,they may be kept alive for a long time upon any animal food4 ,ten or twelve hours are nearly the longest time they can live without food4 ,like all animals which feed upon blood and flesh1 the mole is always very thirsty4--,monthly ,mag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,climate ,,of ,,the ,,cape ,,of ,,good ,,hope4 ,the climate of the ,british dominions in the south of ,africa is one of the finest in the world4 ,the average height of the barometer is above thirty inches1 and the average summer heat at noon is about #gh deg4 ,it resembles the climate of ,italy1 but is rather warmer and dryer4 ,it is so dry1 that draining is little required for the ground3 on the contrary1 it is necessary to retain moisture as much as possible1 and even irrigation is desirable1 more especially from the grasses4 ,the mountains abound in springs1 but the supply of water is scanty and precarious1 from the want of energy and skill in procuring that essential article4 ,such a scarcity frequently arises1 that the cattle perish from thirst1 and the people themselves are in danger of a similar fate4--,gill's ,repository4 ,sea ,pens4 ,illustration3 ,sea ,pens4 ,the cuts represent two fine ,sea ,pens--,silver and ,red1 with ,sections4 ,of all the ,sea ,pens yet known1 the first is one of the largest and most curious in its appearance2 being of a beautiful silvery white1 elegantly straited on each of the feather-like processes1 with lines or streaks of the deepest black4 ,it is extremely rare1 and is a native of the ,indian ,seas4 ,the accompanying ,engraving is copied from a fine specimen in the ,british ,museum4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,red ,,sea-,,pen ,,is ,of a very beautiful appearance1 and is found on the ,british coast4 ,the animal consists of a flattened stem1 or body1 which is furnished with an internal bone1 and dilates into an expanded part1 consisting of several pinnae1 or lateral branches1 which are divided on their inner edges into a number of tubular processes1 through each of which is protruded a part of the animal1 resembling the head of a hydra or polype2 the whole animal may1 therefore1 be considered as a very compound or ramified union of polypi1 the bodies of which are contained in the naked part or stem1 and from thence ramify into a vast number of processes1 each furnished with its particular head4 ,the animal emits a very strong phosphoric light1 and it is even so luminous1 that it is no uncommon circumstance for the fishermen to see the fish which happen to be swimming near it merely by the light of the ,pens4 ,its colour is a bright red crimson1 and the general size that of the figure4 ,mr4 ,ellis1 in the ,philosophical ,transactions1 has published some specimens of this extraordinary animal1 of a kidney-shaped form1 and observes that it nourishes and supports itself by the succours of polype filaments1 which we have expressed in the ,engraving in a magnified size4 ,by these they take in their food and discharge the exuviae4 ,in case of danger these little succours are drawn in4 ,sea ,pens are termed locomotive zoophytes1 and swim in the manner of fish4 ,five hundred polypes may frequently be numbered on a single feather2 and they number among the most rare and interesting animals of the order to which they belong4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,discovery4 99 99 99 99 99 ,vermin in ,ships4 ,steam has been lately found very successful in cleansing ships from vermin1 and especially the white ant4 ,in ,india1 a steam boat was lately placed alongside a merchant vessel1 and steam from its boiler conveyed by a very simple system of pipes in the hold of the latter1 the apertures to which were closed as well as they could be4 ,the operation was continued for several hours2 and there is reason to believe it was effectual1 and will prove a valuable process in the navy4 ,besides the direct object of cleansing the ship1 another advantage accrued from the discovery of every leaky place existing1 by the oozing of the water through it4 ,the expense is said to be very moderate2 and it is further stated to be the only process at present known1 not even except sinking1 which effectually destroys the white ant4--,brande's ,journal4 ,agriculture4 ,england possesses more pasture land than any other ,european country2 and ,spain the least4 ,in agriculture1 ,france is a century behind ,england2 and to equal ,england1 ,france would have to make the immense progress which1 since that time1 has more than doubled the prosperity of the former country4 ,england not only surpasses ,france in the number of its cattle1 but the animals are also finer1 and their flesh is of better quality2 so that an ,englishman may enjoy nearly double the quantity of animal food that ,france supplies to each of its inhabitants1 and with the further advantage of better quality4 ,oh1 the ,roast ,beef of ,old ,england4 ,indian ,rouge4 ,we find in ,jameson's last ,journal1 a very interesting paper by ,dr4 ,hancock1 on a ,red ,pigment1 called ,carucru1 or ,chica1 which appears to be the ,rouge of the interior ,indians4 ,it is produced like ,indigo1 from the plant chiefly found towards the head of ,essequibo1 ,parima1 and ,rio ,negro4 ,on breaking a branch1 the leaves1 when dry1 become almost of a blood red1 and being pounded1 are infused in water till a fermentation ensues4 ,the liquor is then poured off and left to deposit a settlement1 which forms the ,chica paint4 ,it is put up very neatly in little caskets made with palm leaves1 and carried by the ,atorayas and trading ,caribs all over ,guiana4 ,it has a soft1 cochineal1 crimson shade1 and is in great demand among the ,indians as an ornamental paint4 ,the use is chiefly for the face1 whilst they stain the other parts of the body with ,arnotta4 ,they also apply the ,chica on the cheeks and about the eyes1 and variegate the countenance by marking the forehead1 and along the facial line1 with their coomazu1 a yellow clay or ochre4 ,this manner of painting produces a striking contrast1 and gives them a very strange and furious appearance4 ,from the scarcity of the ,chica1 its employment is almost exclusively confined to the chiefs and higher orders1 their nobility4 ,the rest must be contented with ,arnotta1 or ,poncer mixed with the oil of ,carapa1 a portion of which1 with the ,balsam of ,aracousiri1 mixed with these paints1 imparts to them a very delightful odour4 ,the toilet1 therefore1 of the rude tribes is as simple as their manners and mode of life1 their chief material being perfume1 and all being carried in a little gourd4 ,the ,chica is not merely esteemed as a pigment1 but is considered in the ,orinoko as the most sovereign remedy for erysipelas1 where that complaint is very prevalent4 ,it is simply made with water into a paste1 thinly spread on old linen or cotton1 and applied as a plaster to the inflamed part4--,abridged4 ,indian ,graters4 ,the ,tacumas 7,indians7 are the fabricators of those curious ,cassada ,graters1 which are considered superior to all others by those who are acquainted with them4 ,they are made of a very hard wood1 studded over with pointed flint stones1 and fixed by a kind of cement and varnish of surprising durability2 the substance being at the same time a strong cement and transparent varnish4 ,these ,cassada ,graters are scarcely1 if at all1 known on the coast1 or in the ,european settlements4--,jameson's ,journal4 ,wild ,bulls4 ,in the province of ,san ,martin1 in ,south ,america1 ,m4 ,roulier saw wild bulls feeding in the llanos among domestic cattle4 ,these animals pass their morning in the woods1 which cover the foot of the ,cordillera1 and come out only about two in the afternoon to feed in the savanna4 ,the moment they perceive a man they gallop off to the woods4 ,mount ,souffre4 ,during the eruption of this volcano in #ahab1 the explosions were heard at #fjj or #gjj miles distance2 and cinders were taken from the deck of a vessel #aej miles distant4 ,force of ,running ,water4 ,in ,august1 #ahbg1 the small rivulet called the ,college1 at the foot of the ,cheviot ,hills1 was so swollen by the heavy rains1 that the current tore away from the abutment of a mill dam1 a large block of stone1 weighing nearly two tons1 and transported it to the distance of a quarter of a mile4 ,cement4 ,the large snails which are found in gardens and woods1 discharge a whitish substance1 with a slimy and gelatinous appearance1 which has been known to cement two pieces of flint so strongly as to bear dashing on a pavement without the junction being disturbed1 although the flint broke into fragments by fresh fractures4 ,artificial ,ice4 ,a mixture of four ounces of nitrate of ammonia1 four ounces of subcarbonate of soda1 and four ounces of water1 in a tin pail1 has been found to produce ten ounces of ice in three hours4--,brande's ,journal4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,selector2 ,,and ,,literary ,,notices ,,of ,,new ,,works4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,an ,,old ,,man',s ,,story4 ,,by ,,mary ,,howitt4 ,there was an old and quiet man1 ,and by the fire sate he1 ,and now1 he said1 to you ,i'll tell ,a dismal thing1 which once befell ,in a ship upon the sea4 ',tis five-and-fifty years gone by1 ,since from the ,river ,plate1 ,a young man1 in a home-bound ship1 ,i sailed as second mate4 ,she was a trim1 stout-timbered ship1 ,and built for stormy seas1 ,a lovely thing on the wave was she1 ,with her canvass set so gallantly ,before a steady breeze4 ,for forty days1 like a winged thing ,she went before the gale1 ,nor all that time we slackened speed1 ,turned helm1 or altered sail4 ,she was a laden argosy ,of wealth from the ,spanish ,main1 ,and the treasure-hoards of a ,portuguese ,returning home again4 ,an old and silent man was he1 ,and his face was yellow and lean4 ,in the golden lands of ,mexico ,a miner he had been4 ,his body was wasted1 bent1 and bowed1 ,and amid his gold he lay-- ,amid iron chests that were bound with brass1 ,and he watched them night and day4 ,no word he spoke to any on board1 ,and his step was heavy and slow1 ,and all men deemed that an evil life ,he had led in ,mexico4 ,but list ye me--on the lone high seas1 ,as the ship went smoothly on1 ,it chanced1 in the silent second watch1 ,i sate on the deck alone2 ,and ,i heard1 from among those iron chests1 ,a sound like a dying groan4 ,i started to my feet--and lo6 ,the captain stood by me1 ,and he bore a body in his arms1 ,and dropped it in the sea4 ,i heard it drop into the sea1 ,with a heavy splashing sound1 ,and ,i saw the captain's bloody hands ,as he quickly turned him round2 ,and he drew in his breath when me he saw ,like one convulsed1 whom the withering awe ,of a spectre doth astound4 ,but ,i saw his white and palsied lips1 ,and the stare of his ghastly eye1 ,when he turned in hurried haste away1 ,yet he had no power to fly2 ,he was chained to the deck with his heavy guilt1 ,and the blood that was not dry4 ',twas a cursed thing1' said ,i1 'to kill ,that old man in his sleep6 ,and the plagues of the sea will come from him2 ,ten thousand fathoms deep6 ,and the plagues of the storm will follow us1 ,for ,heaven his groans hath heard6' ,still the captain's eye was fixed on me1 ,but he answered never a word4 ,and he slowly lifted his bloody hand ,his aching eyes to shade1 ,but the blood that was wet did freeze his soul1 ,and he shrinked like one afraid4 ,and even then--that very hour ,the wind dropped1 and a spell ,was on the ship1 was on the sea1 ,and we lay for weeks1 how wearily1 ,where the old man's body fell4 ,i told no one within the ship ,that horrid deed of sin2 ,for ,i saw the hand of ,god at work1 ,and punishment begin4 ,and when they spoke of the murdered man1 ,and the ,el ,dorado hoard1 ,they all surmised he had walked in dreams1 ,and had fallen overboard4 ,but ,i alone1 and the murderer-- ,that dreadful thing did know1 ,how he lay in his sin1 a murdered man1 ,a thousand fathom low4 ,and many days1 and many more1 ,came on1 and lagging sped1 ,and the heavy waves of that sleeping sea ,were dark1 like molten lead4 ,and not a breeze came1 east or west1 ,and burning was the sky1 ,and stifling was each breath we drew ,of the air so hot and dry4 ,oh me6 there was a smell of death ,hung round us night and day2 ,and ,i dared not look in the sea below ,where the old man's body lay4 ,in his cabin1 alone1 the captain kept1 ,and he bolted fast the door1 ,and up and down the sailors walked1 ,and wished that the calm was o'er4 ,the captain's son was on board with us1 ,a fair child1 seven years old1 ,with a merry look that all men loved1 ,and a spirit kind and bold4 ,i loved the child1 and ,i took his hand1 ,and made him kneel and pray ,that the crime2 for which the calm was sent1 ,might be purged clean away4 ,for ,i thought that ,god would hear his prayer1 ,and set the vessel free1-- ,for a dreadful thing it was to lie ,upon that charnel sea4 ,yet ,i told him not wherefore he prayed1 ,nor why the calm was sent ,i would not give that knowledge dark ,to a soul so innocent4 ,at length ,i saw a little cloud ,arise in that sky of flame1 ,a little cloud--but it grew and grew1 ,and blackened as it came4 ,and we saw the sea beneath its track ,grow dark as the frowning sky1 ,and water-spouts1 with a rushing sound1 ,like giants1 passed us by4 ,and all around1 'twixt sky and sea1 ,a hollow wind did blow2 ,and the waves were heaved from the ocean depths1 ,and the ship rocked to and fro4 ,i knew it was that fierce death-calm ,its horrid hold undoing1 ,and ,i saw the plagues of wind and storm ,their missioned work pursuing4 ,there was a yell in the gathering winds1 ,a groan in the heaving sea1 ,and the captain rushed from the hold below1 ,but he durst not look on me4 ,he seized each rope with a madman's haste1 ,and he set the helm to go1 ,and every sail he crowded on ,as the furious winds did blow4 ,and away they went1 like autumn leaves ,before the tempest's rout1 ,and the naked masts with a crash came down1 ,and the wild ship tossed about4 ,the men1 to spars and splintered boards1 ,clung1 till their strength was gone1 ,and ,i saw them from their feeble hold ,washed over one by one4 ,and 'mid the creaking timber's din1 ,and the roaring of the sea1 ,i heard the dismal1 drowning cries ,of their last agony4 ,there was a curse in the wind that blew1 ,a curse in the boiling wave2 ,and the captain knew that vengeance came ,from the old man's ocean grave4 ,and ,i heard him say1 as he sate apart1 ,in a hollow voice and low1 ',tis a cry of blood doth follow us1 ,and still doth plague us so6' ,and then those heavy iron chests ,with desperate strength took he1 ,and ten of the strongest mariners ,did cast them into the sea4 ,and out1 from the bottom of the sea1 ,there came a hollow groan2-- ,the captain by the gunwale stood1 ,and he looked like icy stone-- ,and he drew in his breath with a gasping sob1 ,and a spasm of death came on4 ,and a furious boiling wave rose up1 ,with a rushing1 thundering roar1-- ,i saw the captain fall to the deck1 ,but ,i never saw him more4 ,two days before1 when the storm began1 ,we were forty men and five1 ,but ere the middle of that night ,there were but two alive4 ,the child and ,i1 we were but two1 ,and he clung to me in fear2 ,oh6 it was pitiful to see ,that meek child in his misery1 ,and his little prayers to hear6 ,at length1 as if his prayers were heard1 ',twas calmer1 and anon ,the clear sun shone1 and warm and low ,a steady wind from the west did blow1 ,and drove us gently on4 ,and on we drove1 and on we drove1 ,that fair young child and ,i1 ,but his heart was as a man's in strength1 ,and he uttered not a cry4 ,there was no bread within the wreck1 ,and water we had none1 ,yet he murmured not1 and cheered me ,when my last hopes were gone2 ,but ,i saw him waste and waste away1 ,and his rosy cheek grow wan4 ,still on we drove1 ,i knew not where1 ,for many nights and days1 ,we were too weak to raise a sail1 ,had there been one to raise4 ,still on we went1 as the west wind drove1 ,on1 on1 o'er the pathless tide2 ,and ,i lay in a sleep1 'twixt life and death1 ,and the child was at my side4 ,and it chanced as we were drifting on ,amid the great ,south ,sea1 ,an ,english vessel passed us by ,that was sailing cheerily2 ,unheard by me1 that vessel hailed ,and asked what we might be4 ,the young child at the cheer rose up1 ,and gave an answering word1 ,and they drew him from the drifting wreck ,as light as is a bird4 ,they took him gently in their arms1 ,and put again to sea3-- ',not yet6 not yet6' he feebly cried1 ',there was a man with me4' ,again unto the wreck they came1 ,where1 like one dead1 ,i lay1 ,and a ship-boy small had strength enough ,to carry me away4 ,oh1 joy it was when sense returned ,that fair1 warm ship to see4 ,and to hear the child within his bed ,speak pleasant words to me6 ,i thought at first that we had died1 ,and all our pains were o'er1 ,and in a blessed ship of ,heaven ,were sailing to its shore4 ,but they were human forms that knelt ,beside our bed to pray1 ,and men1 with hearts most merciful1 ,did watch us night and day4 ',twas a dismal tale ,i had to tell ,of wreck and wild distress1 ,but1 even then1 ,i told to none ,the captain's wickedness4 ,for ,i loved the boy1 and ,i could not cloud ,his soul with a sense of shame3-- ',twere an evil thing1 thought ,i1 to blast ,a sinless orphan's name6 ,so he grew to be a man of wealth1 ,and of honourable fame4 ,and in after years1 when he had ships1 ,i sailed with him the sea1 ,and in all the sorrow of my life ,he was a son to me2 ,and ,god hath blessed him every where ,with a great prosperity4 ,the ,amulet for #ahcj4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,little ,,major',s ,,love ,,adventure4 ,you must know1 when ,i was in the #ahth light dragoons1 ,i was quartered in ,canterbury2 and having got some introductory letters1 ,i contrived to make out a pleasant time enough4 ,one of my visiting-houses was old ,tronson's the banker's--devilish agreeable family--four pretty girls--all flirted--painted on velvet--played the harp--sang ,italian1 and danced as if they had been brought up under ,d',egville in the corps de ballet4 ,the old boy kept a man-cook1 and gave iced champagne4 ,now1 you know1 there is no standing this2 and ,harriette1 the second of the beauties1 and ,i1 agreed to fall in love1 which in due course of time we effected4 ,nothing could be better managed than the whole affair2 we each selected a confidant1 sat for our pictures1 interchanged them with a passionate note1 and made a regular engagement for ever4 ,such was the state of things1 when the route came1 and my troop was ordered to embark for ,portugal4 ,heavens6 what a commotion6 ,harriette was in hysterics3 we talked of an elopement1 and discussed the propriety of going to ,gretna2 but the hurry to embark prevented us4 ,i could not1 you know1 take her with me4 ,woman in a transport6 a devilish bore2 and nothing was left for it but to exchange vows of eternal fidelity4 ,we did so1 and parted--both persuaded that our hearts were reciprocally broken4 ,ah6--if you knew what ,i suffered night and day6 her picture rested in my bosom2 and ,i consumed a pipe of wine in toasting her health1 while ,i was dying of damp and rheumatism4 ,but the recollection of my constant ,harriette supported me through all2 and particularly so1 when ,i was cheered by the report of my snub-nosed surgeon1 who joined us six months after at ,santarem1 and assured me on the faith of a physician1 that the dear girl was in the last stage of a consumption4 ,two years passed away1 and we were ordered home4 ,o heavens6 what were my feelings when ,i landed at ,portsmouth6 ,i threw myself into a carriage1 and started with four horses for ,canterbury3 ,i arrived there with a safe neck1 and lost not a moment in announcing my return to my constant ,harriette4 ,the delay of the messenger seemed an eternity3 but what were my feelings1 when he brought me a perfumed note 7to do her justice1 she always wrote on lovely letter-paper71 and a parcel4 ,the one contained congratulations of my safe arrival1 accompanied by assurances of unfeigned regret that ,i had not reached ,canterbury a day sooner1 and thus allowed her an opportunity of having her dear friend ,captain ,melcomb present at her wedding2 while the packet was a large assortment of ,french kid skins and white ribbon4 ,that blessed morning she had bestowed her fair hand on a fat professor of theology from ,brazen ,nose1 who had been just presented to a rich prebend by the bishop1 for having proved beyond a controversy1 the divine origin of tithes1 in a blue-bound pamphlet4 ,before ,i had time to recover from my astonishment1 a travelling carriage brought me to the window2 and quickly as it passed1 ,i had full time to see ma belle ,harriette seated beside the thick-winded dignitary4 ,she bowed her white ,spanish hat and six ostrich feathers to me as she rolled off1 to spend1 as the papers informed me1 the honey-moon at the lakes of ,cumberland4' ,there was a blessed return for two years' exposure to the attacks of rheumatism and ,french cavalry4--,stories of ,waterloo4 99 99 99 99 99 ,when the celebrated ,philip ,henry was ejected from the establishment1 ,dr4 ,busby 7who had been his tutor7 meeting him1 said1 ,who made you a nonconformist8 ,you1 ,sir1 replied he1 ,i made you a nonconformist6 ,yes1 ,sir1 you taught me those principles which forbade to violate my conscience4 ,,toscar4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,sketch-,,book4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,antwerp ,,cathedral4 7,for the ,mirror47 ,antwerp possesses considerable interest to an ,englishman1 as a place of great importance during the late war1 when there was a sort of mystery attached to it1 as the secret grand naval depot of ,napoleon1 which our ,government thought to cripple ,france for ever1 by getting into our own hands6 ,but what the ,earl of ,chatham1 with an army of twenty thousand men1 aided by a fine ,british fleet1 could not do1 ,i did3 ,i made my entry into ,antwerp--without molestation1 thanks to the benign ,spirit of ,peace--towards the evening of a fine day in ,july2 and while the impression of novelty was still fresh1 enjoyed a rich treat in viewing its noble ,cathedral4 ,the interior is grand1 but simple--striking the beholder more by its loftiness and spaciousness1 than by any profusion of glittering ornament1 so common in ,catholic churches--although the forest of pillars1 the altar-piece1 the statues1 and above all the splendid pictures which grace the walls1 form a rich variety to the eye4 ,it would be useless to enter into a minute detail1 for no description can give a stranger a perfect idea of one building distinct from others of a similar kind1 and those who have seen the object itself do not require it4 ,antwerp may be called the country of ,rubens3 at every turn you meet with monuments of his genius2 and here 7in the ,cathedral7 you have what is esteemed his masterpiece--the ,descent from the ,cross--which surprises you with a boldness of drawing1 vigour and richness of colouring1 and an animation in the grouping1 that can scarcely be excelled2 and when you discern the colossal figures from a little distance amongst the pillars and arches of the nave1 you feel inclined to bow in reverence to the divinity of the genius which has portrayed so wonderful a conception of the mind4 ,it is needless to say that this was one of the works of art carried to ,paris to enrich the gallery of the ,louvre1 together with one placed in a corresponding situation1 ,the ,assumption of the ,virgin1 which is more in ,rubens' florid style than the former4 ,there is also1 by the same master-hand1 a noble picture1 ,the ,elevation of the ,cross1 in the artist's happiest manner2 and the exquisite altarpiece1 ,the ,ascension1 is also his work4 ,there are several other fine paintings here--one of them said to be the best performance of ,quintin ,matsys1 who1 under the inspiration of love1 deserted the anvil for the pallet2 and another by his father-in-law1 ,flors1 supposed to be the identical picture upon which the ci devant blacksmith painted a bee1 with such skill as to obtain the old artist's cordial consent to the marriage of ,matsys with his daughter4 ,amongst the carved wood-work in the aisles1 we admired the execution of several statues of ,saints1 male and female1 whose features and drapery are finished with all the delicacy of marble4 ,the shades of evening now began to add to the solemnity of the scene1 by the indistinctness that was gradually enveloping the more distant objects2 and1 alone1 we almost dreaded to break1 with our own whispers1 the silence which reigned around4 ,in the midst of this stillness audible1 the fine bell of the cathedral struck the hour1 and its melodious tone seemed at once to reach the heart4 ,we sat down to listen to the prolonged note1 as each successive toll reverberated through the expanse--lingering like a halo around the walls1 and appearing to awaken echoes from the guardian spirits of the night4 ,i fancied ,i had never in my life heard so full-toned--so musical a bell3 certain it is1 none ever gave me the same sensation of delight4 ,indeed1 the whole belfry is well assorted1 for the carillons1 which play certain airs at intervals1 produce a sweeter effect than ,i remember any where else2 and one of the pleasant recollections ,i retain of ,antwerp arises out of the frequent1 but unobtrusive1 chimes that salute the ear during the day4 ,we left ,notre ,dame this time with lingering steps and slow4 ,but how can ,i give an idea of the exterior8 ,the tendency to placid reflection which we had caught within found ample food for indulgence when we came to witness the effect of the architecture without1 combined with the particular time of night--about nine o'clock--different tints and shadows displaying themselves upon the angles of the building1 as the light decreased4 ,imagine a spire of light1 ornamental1 elegant open-work1 carried up about a hundred feet higher than ,st4 ,paul's4 ,i believe it is the loftiest in ,europe1 with the exception of ,strasbourg1 than which1 in the opinion of many1 it is more handsome4 ,the only drawback upon its beauty is the glaringly large dial of the clock2 but even this may suggest appropriate reflection3 for may we not consider it an emblem of ,time1 whose course it measures1 intruding upon the fairest prospects of our lives1 to remind us that all human monuments and enjoyments must yield to his irresistible hand8 ,the spire rises on one side of the principal entrance2 and there is a corresponding tower on the other1 to the height of the base of the steeple part1 as if there had been an intention to erect one of similar dimensions there also1 like the twin towers of ,westminster ,abbey2 but ,i cannot help thinking1 that as two and two are said not always to make four1 the projecting counterpart1 instead of doubling the effect1 would have lessened the feeling of stupendous height with which the present single pinnacle inspires the beholders4 ,as there cannot be two suns in the same sphere1 neither could the spire of ,antwerp have borne a rival near its solitary1 aerial throne4 ,it soars aloft with such grandeur1 that in gazing upon it my brain actually grew dizzy with the sight3 never was ,i conscious in an equal degree of such a feeling of awe from a work of art1 and my mind really ached with the intensity of the impression4--,we seemed to view this sublime object with mutual wonder and admiration--gazing upon it in one position1 then in another--walking about--stopping--excited as it were by the same impulse4 ,once1 when nearly dark1 as our eyes were fixed upon the top1 a gentle light suddenly appeared upon the very summit1 crowning the majestic fane with glory1 as if pointing it out for admiration to a surrounding world3 it was a star twinkling upon the very spot where the highest point of the spire rested on the sky4 ,the name of ,antwerp is derived from ,hand-werpen or ,hand-thrown3 so called from a legend1 which informs us that on the site of the present city once stood the castle of a giant1 who held the neighbouring country in thraldom1 and who was accustomed to amuse himself by cutting off1 and casting into the river1 the right hands of the unfortunate wights that fell into his power2 but that being at last conquered himself1 his own immense hand was disposed of1 with poetical justice1 in the same way4 ,with the impression of this story on my mind1 it came into my head that the giant was personified by the towering spire3 no wonder1 thought ,i1 that ,don ,quixote mistook a windmill for a giant1 since ,i1 even in my sober senses1 cannot get rid of the idea that ,i see the mighty hand-thrower before me4 ,with a little confusion of the image1 ,i then imagined the spire to be the guardian of the city--that it took cognizance of all its affairs1 and that it would watch me even into my retreat for the night4 ,like the adored phantom of youthful love1 it pervaded every place1 and haunted me in my dreams4 ,often the motion of the clouds seemed to be transferred to the lofty spire1 which again assuming the giant character startled me with the impression that it was falling towards me1 or rushing to crush its victims1 like the horrid car of ,jaggernaut4 ,through the ,giant's ,gate1 so called from a colossal statue reclining upon it1 there is an opening to the ,scheldt2--without is the quay1 covered with merchandize unloading from the ships in the river1 and serving as an evening promenade4 ,here you may see the other eminences of the city occasionally1 but the gigantic one--always3 it stalks out from amidst the cluster of buildings your constant companion wherever you go--as you walk along1 it appears to move with you1 and when you stop it waits with patience until you go on again4 ,on another occasion we took a boat on the ,scheldt1 and landing at some distance below the town1 had a delightful walk along its banks1 which are elevated like part of ,milbank1 near ,vauxhall-bridge2 and the situation has much the same character4 ,the river1 however1 is grander1 as ,i should judge it to be twice the width of the ,thames at ,london-bridge1 and it flows with great rapidity4 ,it was a charming evening1 and we saw the sun set in all his glory down the ,scheldt1 in the bosom of which were reflected the endless tints of the sky1 whose golden brilliancy was beautifully relieved by the intervention of some cottages near us1 and a pretty village1 with its church-spire a little further off4 ,on one side was the flat cultivated country of ,flanders1 and looking up the river1 we beheld the shipping and the whole city3 all the churches and towers raised their varied forms1 but still only to do homage1 as it were1 to the great pile which outstripped them1 and which was lit up by the radiance of the departed sun4 ,model of splendour6 from morn 'till dewy eve how must thy elegant form be engraven on the hearts of the natives of the city thou overlookest1 exciting emotions of home1 like the craggy rock of the ,highlanders1 when they are absent in distant lands6 and how must the youth1 whom the love of art carries to study the treasures of ,venice and ,rome1 when returning to shed a lustre upon his natal place--of being one day named with ,matsys and ,rubens1 and the other splendid painters by whom it has been adorned--how must the first glance that he catches of thy hallowed height make his heart throb with endearing thoughts of the friends he left under thy shade1 and absorb for the moment all feelings of ambition in the recollection of the boyish days passed within thy ken--but now1 alas1 departed for ever6 ,may the fires of heaven1 and the tremblings of earth1 never injure thy venerable beauty2 but may thousands1 and tens of thousands1 in time to come1 as in time past1 gaze upon thee--as ,i1 an obscure1 nameless stranger1 have done--with thoughts too deep for words6 ,during the evening ,i have alluded to we were accompanied by the accomplished ,miss ----1 whose talents must be well known to many of our own artists who have visited ,antwerp2 and this being her native place1 her conversation gave us those kindly associations of home1 without which no scenes1 however beautiful or however uncommon1 can penetrate the inmost recesses of the soul4 ,w4,g4 ,our ,correspondent1 in a few introductory lines1 modestly1 though somewhat unnecessarily1 apologizes for the enthusiasm of the reflective portion of the previous sketch4 ,he will perceive that we have ventured upon a few slight alterations4 ,he concludes his note to us with an assurance that the feelings were sincere1 however trifling the thoughts1 or inadequate the expression4 ,of his sincerity we have no doubt2 and where the feelings of a writer are so honourable to his heart as are many in this paper1 we are not fastidious enough to quarrel with inadvertencies of the head4 ,all have felt the overpowering effect produced by the contemplation of the sublimities of art1 but comparatively few are aware of the difficulty of embodying these first impressions in descriptive detail4--,,ed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,gatherer4 ,a snapper up of unconsidered trifles4 ,,shakspeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,vivian ,grey pronounces school ushers execrable wretches1 because they wear pepper and salt pantaloons2 ,lady ,morgan improves upon him1 declaring the man who wears a white waistcoat in the morning1 or the woman who curtsies at a drawing-room door1 out of the pale of society4 ,it is surprising that people will write such rubbish as this--more surprising that others will print it-- most surprising that folks buy it--and as ,cobbett would say1 what surprises us most of all1 is that people read it4 ,q4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,origin ,,of ,,the ,,word ,,farm4 ,spelman derives this word from the ,saxon term fearme1 or feorme1 which signifies victus1 food1 or provision1 as the tenants and country people anciently paid their rents in victuals and other necessaries of life1 but which was afterwards converted into the payment of certain sums of money4 ,hence a ferm was originally a place which furnished or supplied its owner or lord with provisions4 ,p4,t4,w4 99 99 99 99 99 ,at an inn in a market town upon the road to ,holyhead1 a gentleman sat in the kitchen smoking his pipe1 and watching with anxiety a fowl that was roasting for his supper4 ,at length a tall1 meagre figure stalked in1 and after an earnest and melancholy look at the fowl1 retired with a sigh4 ,repeating his visit he exclaimed1 ,that fowl will never be done in time4 ,what do you mean8 said the gentleman1 that fowl is for my supper1 and you shan't touch a bit of it4 ,oh1 replied the other1 you misunderstand me2 ,i don't want the fowl2 but ,i am to play ,oroonoko this evening1 and we cannot begin for want of the jack chain4 ,c4,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,thomas ,,paine4 ,when ,paine's ,rights of ,man1 reached ,lewes1 where he married a ,miss ,olive1 the women as with one voice1 said1 ,od rot im1 let im come ear if he dast1 an we'll tell him what the ,rights of ,women is2 we'll toss im in a blanket1 and ring im out of ,lewes wi our frying pans4--,cheetham's ,life of ,paine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,epigram4 ,ah1 ,lucy1 'twas a roguish thought ,that kindled up that rosy hue2 ,true1 'twas a roguish thought1 for ,i1 ,thought none so great a rogue as you4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,limbird',s ,,editions4 ,,cheap and ,,popular ,,works published at the ,,mirror ,,office in the ,strand1 near ,somerset 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