Buonapartists, recovered from their panic, light; and the others possess more of those
and of unworthy Britons, oblivious of every abstract qualities which distinguish the art-
patriotic feeling, to misrepresent that tri- ist and separate his genius from his execu-
umph, atchieved by such a torrent of our tion, than almost any thing we have seen
country's blood, and adding so bright a from his hand.
beam to our country's glory. Mr. Jones's
undertaking was an arduous one; and, in

No. 46. Contemplation.-C. R. Leslie.
A lady in a grove, with the moon-light

THE DRAMA.

rescued and married to Ivanhoe. Except
some of Mr. Kean's acting in these passages,
and which, though it extremely disappoint-
ed us, was in his usually applauded style,
the performances were congenial to the
piece. Mrs. West, as Rebecca, was indeed
very praiseworthy; but her situations and di-
alogue did not allow of much display. Mr.
Hamblin fretted his hour in the Templar, (a
concentrated essence of all the Templars in
the novel). Mr. Penley strutted and straddled
like a thing of gilt gingerbread, in Ivanhoe.
Harley, in Wamba, was a modern non-en-
tity. Gurth, nobody. Friar Tuck, (even
Oxberry,) nobody. Robin Hood, nobody-
(yes, he was the leader of a band of chorus-
singers). Prior Aymer, an old woman; the
commandant, his sister; Cedric, the third of
these antique graces; and Miss Carew, a
young woman with a song. In conclusion,
as if the whole were a hoax, the repetition
of the play was announced, and then Mrs.
Orger spoke a laboriously silly epilogue, to
bespeak the favour already granted.

our opinion, he has given proofs of judge-playing upon her features and form. It has ment and talents equal to the greatness of some of the loveliest effects that could be imhis subject. If the imagination is disap-parted to a subject so circumstanced, but is pointed in not seeing the picturesque images not an effort of either so high or so fasciof a lively fancy, it must be recollected that nating a class as the artist's preceding picthe artist had no wild licence to allow of his tures of Anne Page and Sir Roger de Covertaking such excursive flights. His business ley. We do not mean to state that it injures as to delineate, as correctly as possible, a the great reputation these productions estabgrand historical event:-locality, fact, por-lished; only that, however meritorious, it trait, and real incident, circumscribed his does not enhance it; and that it seems rather creative powers. He was to be instructed an exercise than a marked attempt at higher by competent authorities, as to the military fame. It is the essence of art, that it must gations, and guided by views taken on the go on progressively rising, and cannot be spot, as to the landscape of the field of battle. permitted to be even stationary. la these respects we are assured that the picture is eminently faithful; and our own observation convinces us, that, as a work of art, it will rise in estimation the more it is KING'S THEATRE.-We are obliged to COVENT GARDEN.-Ivanhoe.-A magcontemplated. The aerial perspective em-postpone our critique on the new Opera. nificent spectacle, extracted from a portion braces an extent equal to any thing we have DRURY LANE.-The Hebrew. A mise- of the novel, commencing after the tourna seen under this quality of excellence; and rable piece, in five acts, said to be founded ment, and concluding with the burning of the eye is carried over a vast space, occu- on, but in reality confounded from, the ro-Front de Bouf's castle. For the sake of pied with every variety of action; while the mance, without being acquainted with which dramatic unity of action, the adventures and Bearer objects are detailed with a skill and it is utterly unintelligible, and being acquaint- trial of Rebecca are however introduced preinterest which cannot fail of producing the ed with which, it is unutterably tiresome. In vious to this catastrophe. In the early parts strongest sensations. The hero of the day our lives we never witnessed a sadder hotch- somewhat heavy, we have only room to say, is rendered finely conspicuous by the smoke potch. By the most perverse ingenuity, that this is a grand and well acted drama. of artillery, which throws a breadth of light every fine and striking feature in Ivanhoe Charles Kemble, in Ivanhoe (identified with upon the part where he is stationed; and in this is avoided during the first three acts; the king Richard), is a noble picture; Macready, the painter has happily contrived ex fumo dare main business is cleverly kept out of sight, in the Templar Knight, a fitting rival; Farteem. The most distinguished British com- and one dull uninteresting scene follows ren, in the Jew, very effective; Liston, amumanders are grouped, and introduced with another in perfectly regular order. The sing in the Fool; Emery, in what he has to much ability; and the several sorts of ser- author of Ivanhoe has taught even the general do as Friar Tuck, excellent; Mrs. Faucit's vice are delineated with a soldier's as well as public to have the nicest perception of the Ulrica, equal to her old Meiklebucket; Miss with an artist's tact. While we look at the customs and manners of the age of Caur Foote's Rebecca, very pretty; and the musimany episodes introduced, all connected de Lion, and the Drury Lane dramatist cal parts with Miss Stephens, Duruset, and with the main story, we can almost believe has contrived to annihilate them all. Ana- others, sweet and pleasing. The scenery that we are reading anecdotes of the memo- chronisms of startling magnitude occur is of the highest order, and the decorations rable 18th of June. We think we can per- every instant, and absurdities of unimagina- superb. The trial scene one of extraordiceive the brave Caithness Corporal, who, ble grossness complete the tissue of non-nary beauty. when asked if he was afraid, replied, " Afraid! sense. We have Jews shaking hands, not why, I was in a' the battles on the penin- merely with Christian knights, but hugging que and having it explained that the the commandant of the Templars, who, question merely related to a fear of losing the above all mankind, abhorred the race; we day, said, "Na, na, I did na fear that I have the Jew's wife, Mrs. Isaac, of York, was only afraid we sho'd be a' killed before inhabiting a respectable tomb in Christian we had time to won it." This fellow was a burial, cheek by jowl with monumental allant sample of the thirty-three thousand crosses in an abbey church-yard; we have hundreds of British troops, the entire bevies of nuns singing jubilate (quere, Jewnumber (we state it from unquestionable of-be-late) Deos in the halls of the knights, Scial returns) notwithstanding the late exazrerations of the enemy, which shared the immortal honours of that tremendous con

fiet.

Nos. 120. 175. 177. 195. 221. 257. Land

whose vow of chastity was so strict that it was death for any female to enter their residence-a fact distinctly before the audience, too, since Rebecca is condemned upon it; we have clocks regularly striking the hours scapes.-T. C. Hofland. in the eleventh century; we have neat parThe Landscapes of Mr. Hofland, in the terres, and a pretty cottage ornée; in short, present collection, display his talents to as we have every species of folly in scenery great an advantage, and we think, under a and in character. And this, for no other Teater variety of styles, than at any former purpose but to make the Jew, (Mr. Kean) ered. The one exhibited last year at the the only prominent part in the drama. Royal Academy, is indeed like an old friend He beards armed knights; he outrages with a new face, being placed in a light by every custom of the age, and every naich its merits can be better appreciated, tural probability: goes mad, recovers his and its cool and sequestered character better wits, plays King Lear in a Gabardine, and, erstood. 177 Is a beautiful little Moon-we believe, dics of joy when his daghter is

We observe that the new Farce, Too late for Dinner, is by Mr. Jones, whose performances contributed so largely to its success; and not by Mr. Theodore Hooke, as originally whispered about the theatre.

MR. MATHEWS AT HOME.-An entirely new and altogether extraordinary series of performances, under this well-known title, commenced at the English Opera House on Monday. It is difficult to convey an adequate notion of the variety and effect of these "Lectures on character, manners, and peculiarities," which must be seen and heard, in order to be appreciated. In a short preliminary, and generally humorous address, Mr. Mathews once more gravely laboured to establish by definition, the differ ence between mimickry and imitation-a mimick and an imitator. It is hardly worth while to contest such a point, and especially with a performer, who, whether mimicking or imitating, affords us so much entertainment; and who seems to attach an unreal importance to the name by which his art is called; but it does appear to us, that Mr. Mathews is a mimick in the best sense of

and pretences pests, and we shall find “ Old England" really, as well as anagramatically, a Golden Land." Killing Animals by Carbonic Acid.—A new method of putting animals to death, without pain, has been proposed by Dr. Thornton; in consequence of the employment of which, it is said, the meat will look better, taste better, keep better, and salt better. These desiderata are expected to be attained by means of fixed air. Blackwood's Magazine.

the word; that is, an imitator, whose copies we cannot resist them on that score, while | us then get rid of these
of the acts and manners of others, irresisti- others please by being epigrammatic, quaint,
bly excite to laughter. An excellent imi- and witty. The large bonnets of our belles,
tator may be, and usually is, very dull; an for example, are said to preclude all kissing,
excellent mimick never fails to afford amuse- except by jackasses; we have rhyme to dio-
ment. Therefore the attempt to draw the astrodoxon; Quin's advice to a person who
same distinction between them as between had suffered an indignity, to wear his nose
the satirist and the lampooner, seems to us soaped, told by Prolix and ascribed to Lord
to be, if not an absurdity, at least a matter Chesterfield; and, in short, a crowd of mo-
quite foreign to Mr. M's. purposes; since, dern follies brought under a review of the
say what he will, the persons whom he co- most spleen-killing kind; and mixed up
pies, will not like it; and the public, par-with recollections of many older drollerics,
ticularly that part of it which happens to in fascinating medley.
know the individuals, will see no harm in
having their peculiarities so ably dashed with
a little caricature, as to render the copy infi-
nitely more entertaining than the original;
independantly of the natural enjoyment
which is derived from a consciousness of the
talent employed in producing portraits 30
like, and yet so ludicrous.

ages are

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Sir Humphrey Davy has had great success in unrolling the MSS. of Herculaneum and Pompeii. In a short time the contents and title of each roll will be inade known.

Daily Papers.

Dr. Paley-Dr. Paley was in very high spirits when he was presented to his first preferment in the church. He attended at a visitation dinner just after this event, and during the entertainment, called out jocosely, "Waiter, shut down that window at the back of my chair, and open another behind some curate." European Magazine.

In 1666, the Dublin people having proposed to send one hundred thousand bullocks to London or relief of that city, lately burnt, parliament voted the importation of Irish cattle to be a nuisance. Lord Clarendon suggested in an amendment that it might as properly be declared adultery. Swords were drawn in the House of Commons on the subject.-Rawdon Papers.

About the middle of the seventeenth century, persons who hired furnished lodgings in London had to find linea and pewter, or else pay dearly for their use.-Ibid.

LITERARY NOTICES.

The concluding part, however, displays the abilities of Mr. Matthews, in a way still more astonishing than the two preceding In this, by means of pasteboard figures, which are occasionally moved by springs, and which he occasionally animates by inserting himself into them without being perceived, he actually manages to have two, three, The contrivance by which we are led along four characters upon the stage, at the same this novel chain of drollery, is a narrative, moment-in fact he acts, alone, a complete full of pun and point, interspersed with sto- farce; and sustains to admiration the posts ries and songs; and introducing many cha- of Alderman Huckaback; Tabitha, an old racters, all of whom find a clever, (we maid; Snap, a servant; Canzonetti, a singshould imagine, unrivalled) representative, ing master; Miss M. Huckaback, his pupil; in a single actor. The chief of these person- Molly Magog, an old nurse (shorter than | Country Cousins,", who come up himself by the legs, for he plays this part on from Whitby in Yorkshire, to see, and are his knees) Methusalem, an old watchman, shown the "Sights of London." The most and Dickey Gossip, a barber. The skill and prominent of the country-folks, are, Un- versatility evinced in this performance cannot cle Baflin, a dealer in whale-oil and blubber; be conceived, without being "At Hoine;" Aunt Agatha, his sister; Dolly, his daughter; whither we recommend the public to hasten, and Zachary Flail, his servant: in town are if the public desires to laugh in these sad Jerry, his son, a dandyish lawyer's clerk, times. The only drawback we found was eternally in motion, and designated by his that our attention was demanded an hour fond parent for the woolsack; Dr. Prolix, a too long-there is no moment that we could capital character, resembling the old Scotch-bear to be idle, and we could not help woman, in masculine attire; Sir Hubble thinking the exertion too much for our Bubble, a city orator, like many other city merry entertainer. The law-case might perorators, not very intelligible; and a grum-haps be advantageously omitted. bler, who always hails misfortunes with, "it THE NEW ARGYLE ROOMS opened on serves me right, it will carry me to the grave- Monday, with a charming musical treat, at every thing serves every body right--Oh which the principal musicians in London asdear!" In the course of the rambles of the sisted. This is very well; but we underparty, who, en passant, are joined by stand that arrangements are making for Monsieur de Tourville, a French traveller, | French entertainments at this theatre, and who has come to take the tower (tour) of for the exclusive encouragement of foreignLondon," and makes a multitude of gro-crs; which, in the present low estate ofed with more vehemence than taste; which tesque blunders; they encounter (and the audience have personated) a waiter at the Chapter Coffee House, the Verger of St. Pauls, and several other oddities. They visit St. Paul's, whence a panoramic view and description of the metropolis, the Monument, the cast iron bridge, the exhibition presents a happy combination of old manat Somerset House, the Panorama of the ners and modern customs-of heroism-and North Pole, and a fashionable rout given simplicity-of striking contrasts and pathetic by the Countess of Fidget. Accounts of a situations, which might be vainly looked for pugilistic mill, of Epsom Races, of the in many epic compositions of the highest White Horse Cellar, of a Mock Auction, of order. The poet will doubtless avail himself of an Indictment at the Sessions, &c. &c. are Anagrams-Among the modern felicities the advantages offered by the situation of the introduced, and given with admirable spirit. of this species of literary play, may be class-scene, and the glorious descent of his chaOf the fun and pun it is impossible to recol-ed the following. We find, that "Annual racters: and where shall we find a more aflect a hundredth part, or to describe it if our Parliament," eonfesses to "I am an unreal fecting spectacle than a whole population, memory served to recall all the subjects at plant;" that "universal suffrage," shrewd-all descendants of the ancient Greeks, forwhich we laughed so heartily. The jests, ly transposed, bids us guess a fearful saking their native homes to fight and conwhich have the quality of antiquity, are made ruin," that the compound essence of both quer; preferring death to slavery; like their so new and diverting by the mole of telling these, namely, "Radical Reform," is but a forefathers, flying on the approach of the them, that they are as good as if we had rare mad frolic" and its men lacious ad- barbarians; but with this difference-that the never heard them before: the new ones are vocate, “Orator Henry Hunt," perfectly companions of Themistocles looked forward many of them so excessively ridiculous, that described as no one truth Harry." Let with hope to the battle of Salamis, while

A French Journal contains the following. The celebrated Lord Byron is just finishing a poem on the events of Parga. But on this occasion, the English bard will not enrich with the treasures of his poetic genius, one of those whimsical, fantastic, and unnatural inventions, which are generally presentour national theatres and native performers, teach us less to love what is good and beauis, to say the least of it, a project, the hu- tiful, than to admire what is extraordinary manity and justice of which is extremely and original; and which now afford so much problematical. We trust that our nobility delight to the lovers of the romantic throughand gentry will pause before they patronize out England and Germany. The new suba second establishment for the foreign drama,ject on which Lord Byron's muse is engaged, which must give a fatal blow to our already sinking theatres.

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Travels to the Sources of the Senegal and Gambia. By M. Mollien. 4to. These African travels are on the eve of publication; and we take the opportunity afforded us, by having an early copy, to state their general outline. hey bear internal evidence of being written by a Frenchman; that is to say, hey differ considerably from what an Inglishman would have said, had he one over the same ground. M. Molen was one of the persons on board the Medusa Frigate in 1816, the wreck

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Louis by land. The travels thus com- slaves: he must now be carefu. of his horses,
for as he has no ears himself, it will be
Diai Boukari, a native of the Foota coun-will next attack.
these animals whose ears the fugitive slaves
try, was engaged as my interpreter and tra-
velling companion, at a salary of one hundred
and eighty francs per month.
This man
In Foutatoro, and among the Moors, there
had been recommended to me for his attach- exists a sort of free masonry, the secret of
ment to Europeans, and for his integrity. He which has never been revealed; the adept
Spoke the Arabic, Poola, and Joloff langua- is shut up for eight days in a hut, he is al-
ges; his age was thirty-six years; he was a lowed to eat but once a day; he sees no
negro in colour only, for his features resem-person excepting the slave appointed to
bled those of a white man, and his face, carry him his food; and at the end of that
though indicating a mild disposition, was not period a number of men in masks present
deficient in energy. He begged me to take themselves, and employ all possible means
with me his son, aged fifteen, and a young to put his courage to the proof; if he ac-
slave named Messember, of the same age. quits himself with honour he is admitted.
back to St. Louis.
I was afterwards obliged to send them both The initiated pretend that at this moment
they are enabled to behold all the kingdoms
of the earth, that the future is unveiled to
them, and that thenceforward heaven grants
all their prayers. In the villages where
persons of this fraternity reside, they per-
form the functions of conjurors, and are
called Almousseri. One day Boukari told
me, after attesting the truth of what he was
about to say by the most solemn oaths, that
being in a canoe with one of these men, there
fell such a heavy shower of rain that he
would not depart; yielding, however, to the
wishes of the Almousseri, he set sail ; tor-
rents of rain fell on all sides," added Bou-
kari:"but our bark remained perfectly
dry, and a favourable wind swelled our sails.
I asked this Almousseri to explain his se-
cret, but he answered, that if he revealed it
his brethren would infallibly destroy him."

of which was marked with such horri-
Diai Boukari having declared that the
ble consequences; and reached the 28th of January was a lucky day, and that it
shore in a boat, while the miserable was necessary to quit the colony before sun-
deserted raft was left to the mercy of set, at about two o'clock in the afternoon
sea and storm, and the more dread-I sent my horse, my ass, and my baggage to
ful scourges of famine and savage na-
the main land, and without my friends sus-
ture. In 1817 the author returned to pecting the enterprise I had undertaken, I
prepared to depart at five in the evening.
France, in order to procure permission to Before he embarked, my Marabout traced
visit the interior of Africa went back several Arabic characters on the sand, to
to St. Louis, and in January 1818 ob- ascertain if he should ever again see his wife
tained the consent of the governor, Fleu- and mother: the answer of fate being favour
riau, to undertake the enterprize. His able, he put a handful of sand into a little
instructions were to discover the sour-
bag, persuaded that on the preservation of
ces of the Senegal, Gambia, and Niger; this precious bag depended that of his life.
to ascertain if any communication ex- In Foutatoro we are told of a still
isted between the two former; to de-more unaccountable custom. On ex-
scend the Niger; to. traverse Bam-amining the environs of Canel, the au-
Louck, and visit its gold mines; and, thor says-

Another class of persons acts a very extraordinary part in Foutatoro; these are pursuing a few minor objects, return I was accompanied by a man who had called Diavandos; they inhabit the villages by way of Galam. M. Mollien was lost his hearing in a very singular manner. of Senopalé and Canel, they are the griots however unable to execute the more A custom not less barbarous than extraor- of these parts; though doomed by their novel parts of this mission. Accom-wishes to change his master seeks by sur-less contrived to render themselves formidinary prevails in Foutatoro; a slave who profession to contempt, they have neverthepanied by a Marabant, or School-prise or force to cut off the ear of the man dable by the influence which they have master, named Boukari, a character whom he fancies; if he succeeds he imme- gained over the public opinion, by means of much respected in Africa, he set off diately becomes the property of that person; eulogies or satires of which they are equally from St. Louis on the 28th of January, and his old master cannot claim him again. lavish. They speak with great facility, are and during an absence of nearly six To this practice my fellow traveller owed proficients in the Arabie language, and zea months, crossed parts of the territories his deafness; two slaves had successively lous Mahometans. Their traffic in praises cut off each an ear, close to the head, and and invectives procures them considerable of the Joloffs, of the Bourb-Joloffs, of the wound in healing had entirely closed the wealth. If one of these men demands a Foutatoro, of the Poulas (Foulahs) of auditory channel. This man was certainly very horse or a musket from the king, he dares Bondou, of Fouta-Jallon, crossing the unfortunate from his reputation for kindness, not refuse him. "Yes," said Boukari tó mountains of Tangué (Tong), to its which gained him the good opinion of the me, "if a Diavando were to require my gun, capital Timbo, a town of 9000 inhabiI would give it him without hesitation; for of the description that we know, either for gene- if I did not consent to make him a present of Laits, and thence, remeasuring his steps ral geographical reference, for use in tracing the by a partially different route, including routes of travellers, or for the instruction of the it, he would go to my friends and would injure 1 me so much in their opinion, that I Tenda and Kabou, to the Portugueze young. Correct, and beautifully engraved, exsettlement at Geba, from Bissao to Go- cept in a very few instances, where the darkness should be abandoned by them all." This ree by water, and from Goree to St. is too great, we take this opportunity of discharg-proves that in the interior of Africa as well ing our obligations to it by recommending it as in Europe, calumny produces the most Pawley's General Atlas, published last year, to that public notice which it will be found to baneful effects, and that there exist few and including new discoveries, is the best work deserve. persons who hare so much confidence in VOL IV.