This seems more the miniature of a hoyden of fifteen, detected by papa in her brother's clothes. The Lady ROWENA" of Mr. Stone is a pleasing portraiture of youthful innocence and feminine loveliness. The face is in shadow, relieved by a pencil of light, which slightly strikes upon a portion of her polished forehead, as it emerges from the side hair. To our taste it is far and away the prettiest in the number. But what shall we say of Mr. Rochard's notion of "Isabel de Croye." We have tried hard to admire it, but failed. The feeling most powerfully excited, after a calm and prolonged examination, has been that of wonder-two-fold wonder; firstly, how in the world a woman could allow herself to be so disfigured by any rascally perrukier in the arrangement of her raven black, Irving-like hair; secondly, can it be a mere "accident" of art, a means of relief, devised by the artist; if the latter, grace defend the taste of Mr. Rochard! We may more particularly advert to the excellence of the engravings by and by. This number contains, besides, a facsimile of the writing of Sir Walter, and a poem on his death by Mr. Swain-a very spirited thing. MAJOR'S CABINET GALLERY OF PICTURES. No. III. We merely enumerate the contents of this new number. -A Vandyke choice, the Gervartius. It is beautifully engraved. In speaking of Vandyke, Mr. Allan Cunningham says, "Hazlitt is a better authority in painting than in poetry." Then he must be an authority indeed, and one to walk by in galleries. The next painting is Copely's, "THE DEATH OF CHATHAM." Copely was an American artist, the father of Lord Lyndhurst, who, Mr. Cunningham goes rather out of his way to inform us, "has, in our own day, filled the seat of Lord High Chancellor, with honour to himself, and advantage to his country." This picture, as a work of art, is not to our taste; but it claims a place in this selection, from the interest connected with the scene. The portraits are likenesses of the leading Peers of the time. The third engraving is a landscape of Wilson's, teeming with ideas and fine combinations. By PROGRESSIVE DRAWING-BOOK. CHILDS. Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, (complete). STUDIES OF FOREST TREES. By Same No. 1.The great objection that may be urged against lithographic drawing-books generally, is, that the free "handling" of the artist on the stone, is reversed in the printed impressions, and therefore that they mislead rather than improve the learner in his attempts at fac-simile co ing. In the above works this fault does not appear, and they may safely be put into the hands of the student as an excellent exemplar. The subjects are picturesque and well-selected; and the arrangement of the studies calculated to impart a knowledge of chiaro-scuro, as well as the first rudiments of the art. This is as it should be. The execution of the " Forest Trees" is masterly, and may be studied with profit. Both works are very good, very cheap, and of very tasteful exterior. * London: Dobbs and Co. EDINBURGH THEATRICALS. THE DRAMĄ. IT is impossible to trace exactly the progress of the blight which has come over our theatre, and dimmed the lustre, not of its actors, but of its audience. There is something in the temper of the age. A reading public can scarcely be a theatre-going public. Their habits of mind are too different to admit of their receiving each pleasure from the other's pursuits. Then again, as a learned financialist on our establishment, more conversant with the pages of "the Black Book" than those of Shakspeare, would say, "people must work harder now to keep their ground in society, and have less time for amusement." And "last not least," the theatre is not so fashion able a lounge as it once was. A few young men of good principles still make it their haunting place when they have nothing better to do; but they are but a handful compared with those of a former age. The time was when the wives and daughters of advocates and physicians (the thrice distilled quintessence of Edinburgh aristocracy) could slip quietly into the pit to enjoy a favourite play; but now the ermine of their high caste would be sullied for ever by such an action. What with all the world (of Edinburgh) being now takers and givers of evening parties, and what with that confounded central chandelier which makes the pit so conspicuous a situation, no genteel person dare now be seen in it. Even Peter Robertson flies the fifth or sixth benches which Harry Erskine and Harry Brougham did not disdain to occupy. One real gentleman used to haunt, the last of his race, this scene of his youthful happiness, but, alas! sickness now holds him aloof. The best, the only real theatrical critic Edinburgh ever could boast of, the friendly printer of Scott, the acute, the elegant, the kind, the honest, is bowed down by sickness. Our jest has turned to bitter earnest. We sought to laugh, but sorrow has found us. time that we turned to business. It is Really it is no compliment to Edinburgh that a manager of such taste as Murray, and a company so efficient in many of its departments, should be left to linger on in the way they do. They are not deserted, but neither are they supported. A pittance is extended sufficient to keep them alive, and no more. It would almost be greater charity to starve them at once. Decidedly the best tragic actress at present on our boards is Miss JarIn addition to her eminent tragical talents, and her powers in what is oddly termed serious comedy, Miss Jarman is, perhaps, yet more pleasing in such characters as Lady Bell and the Youthful Queen. Ternan is a good actor in the heavy line, better far than the average run of those who fill such parts a provincial theatre. Murray is, undeniably, the first comic actor on the British stage, since Dowton retired. Mason, if he had physical strength equal to his abilities, would not have a competitor; and as it is, his Trapbois, Casca, his old stewards, and similar characters, are inimitable. Mackay, with a more limited range, is an actor we always like to see. He is identified with Bailie Jarvie, and, in an old Spanish major-domo, the cocking his nose is as alarming as the cocking of another man's pistol. It would be difficult to conjecture what the Edinburgh stage would do without Pritchard—everywhere and everything, the only Rob Roy now in in existence. There remains a most exemplary tail; some whose office it is to carry their chief over a puddle, and some whose business it is to help a lame dog over a stile; but equally unsusceptible of discriminating notice with Virgil's "for. temque Gyan, fortemque Cloanthem." The ballet and the orchestra are on a more than respectable footing. D'Albert has the dashing intrepidity and grace of a bounding stag, and we could pay our four shillings every night to hear the overture to Mozart's Requiem, under the guidance of honest Dewar. The "Tableaux Vivans," which the manager has occasionally exhibited of late, have had an excellent effect in teaching the company the importance of good grouping in the dra. ma, a secret hitherto confined to French performers. On the whole, our theatrical establishment is quoad the actors, on a good and improving footing. We shall venture to drop in and report progress from time to time, now that we have found the road thither. LONDON THEATRICALS. Gloomy whispers are abroad about the theatres. Laporte swears to the free air, that he is losing by tens and by fifties every night of performance: Polhill, more mutely eloquent, points grimly to the vacant benches in any part of Old Drury any night you like, as an index to his treasury. Report, that lying hussy, who drops a truth now and then, that she may not be altogether discredited, avers that Covent Garden will close its doors before the month is closed, and shrugs her shoulders, and looks villanously dismal upon Drury; that both managers have made a strike, and offer half salaries, instead of whole, to their respective troops; that the offer has been indignantly rejected, upon the ground that said troops would rather starve outright than starve by inches, cu sing the unhappy stars which shine malignly on their fortunes. Certain it is that the Garden is open but three nights a-week, thus thriftily reducing its losses by a moiety; that the Strand, the pretty Strand Theatre, has shut up shop quite; that most of the minors are desolately thin, and totter on their bases; and that some great convulsion is threatened, the consequences of which manager nor critic can declare. These are disastrous tidings, and wise heads have been laid together to devise some plan for averting worse. It is believed, that reduced prices will be the order of the day, and that reduced salaries will necessarily follow; and this method of keeping theatrical speculators, and their dependants, from ruin quite, is, perhaps, at the present juncture, the most sagacious of all. Mrs. Waylett, upon her recent return from Ireland, shouted into the astonished ears of poor Rayner," Helm-a-lee!" but the latter liked not the pilotage, and would none of it; a very pretty row was got up; the arbitrement of the police was in requisition; lawyers were ejected, and their clerks jammed to a jelly; the rival occupants, Rayner and Lee, engaged in Greek-like war tugs; the performers, Hand in hand, with lingering steps and slow," wandered they cared not whither; and the Strand" has become, alas! the mausoleum of its own glory. MUSIC. GEORGE ASPULL.-The death of this musician, at the age of 18, has cut short our high expectations of his maturing powers. The genius of Aspull shone out at the very dawn of his existence, and was rich and promising. Music seemed a 406 passion that abstracted from him the very ever. Ode to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott. By Robert Gilfillan. Composed by Finlay Dun.* Dirge on the Death of Sir Walter Scott. By W. Millar. Composed by P. Macleod.+ The lamented demise of Scott has called forth some tributary offerings to his memory. Gilfillan's Ode possesses considerable poetic merit; and Mr. Dun has • Paterson and Roy, Edinburgh. adapted it to music with a master-hand. The Parted Spirit. A serious Glee. Words by John Malcolm, Esq. Composed by Finlay Dun.* This composition, which obtained the prize at the Manchester Glee Club, in 1831, is of a very superior description— full of fine invention, and admirable arrangement. The subjects are flowing and melodious-the harmony very skilful ly constructed. The greatest extension is given to the middle movement, which is marked with fine chastened elegance, to which the rich key of A flat, major, materially contributes. The effect is sorrowful, but exciting a pleasing sensation,-the true charm of melancholy, which Rogers had in his mind when he says, "I would not, if I could, be gay." The change, at "Winds waft the breath • Mori and Lavenu, London. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. At 1, Stafford Street, Edinburgh, on 23d October, Mrs. Nunn, of a daughter. At Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, on 23d October, the Lady of Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart., of a son and heir. At Milford House, Hants, on 23d October, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel D. Arcy, of a son. At Froyle Parsonage, Hants, on 23d October, Mrs. Sangford, Sainsburg, of a daughter. At 9, Newington Place, Edinburgh, on 25th October, Mrs. H. Pillans, of a daughter. At Twickenham Park, Middlesex, on 25th October, the Lady of Thomas Todd, Esq. of a son. At Cramlington, Northumberland, on 26th October, Mrs. Edward Potter, of a son. At Ardgowan, on 27th October, Lady Shaw Stewart, of a daughter. At 14, Scotland Street, on 27th October, Mrs. Balfour, of a daughter. At Barking Hall, on 27th October, the Lady of W. Rhodes James, Esq., of a daughter. At Bayswater, on 28th October, the Lady of J. C. Louden, Esq., of a daughter. At Earl Fortescue's, Castle Hill, Devonshire, on 28th October, Lady Elizabeth Courtenay, of a son. At Wicken, Northamptonshire, on 28th October, Mrs. George Fitzroy, of a son. At Castle Hill, Dublin, on 28th October, Lady Elizabeth Courtenay, of a son. On 29th October, Mrs. Edward Willoughby, of Lancaster Place, London, of a daughter. At Ruthven Manse, on 29th October, Mrs. Gardener, of a son. At 109, Douglas Street, Glasgow, on 30th October, Mrs. Robert Knox, of a daughter. At Castlemilk, on 30th October, the Lady of James Hotchkes, Esq., of a son. At Bichester House, on 30th October, the Viscountess Chetwynd, of a daughter. At 10, Moore Place, Glasgow, on 31st October, Mrs. H. Rainy, of a son. At Blyth Hall, on the 31st October, the Lady of William Stratford Dugdale, M. P., of a daugh ter. At Cadzow Bank, Hamilton, on 31st October, the Lady of the Rev. William Meek, D.D., of a At Dalkeith Palace, on 5th November, the Duchess of Buccleugh, of a son. At Sackville Street, London, on 5th November, Viscountess Valletort, of a son and heir. At Merworth, on 5th November, the Hon. Lady Stapleton, of twin daughters. At Geneva, on 5th November, the Lady of Charles Vernet, Esq., of a son. On 6th November, the Lady of George Lee, of Well Hall, Eltham, Kent, Esq., of a son. At Ladykirk Manse, on 6th November, Mrs G. H. Robertson, of a son. At Whitehall Place, London, on 7th November, Lady Henley, of a son. At Ludlow, Shropshire, on 7th November, the Lady of Allen J. Nightingale, Esq., AssistantCommissary-General, of a son, At 40, Charlotte Street, Leith, on 8th November, Mrs. Bombe, of a son. At Birkenbog, Banffshire, on 8th November, the Lady of James Anderson, Esq. of a daughter. At Gloucester Place, Edinburgh, on 9th November, Mrs. Charles Earle, of a son. At 7, St. Andrew's Square, on 9th November, Mrs. M'Kean, of a son. On 9th November, the Lady of James Dunlop, Esq., M.D., of Baker Street, Portman Square, of a son, still-born. At Walton Rectory, on 9th November, the Lady of the Rev. Lord John Thyme, of a son. At Grosvenor Gate, Park Lane, London, on 11th November, the Lady of J. Fairlie, Esq. of a daugh ter. At Paramatta, in New South Wales, on St. Valentine's day last, the Lady of N. Sipscomb Kentish, Esq., late Professor in the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and formerly of Winchester, of a daughter. At 7, Lower Garden Street, Dublin, Mrs. D. Alton M'Arthy, of a son. At Munich, the Hon. Mrs. Yeates Brown, of a daughter. At Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgamshire, on 12th November, the Lady of Robert F. Jenner, Esq., ot a daughter. MARRIAGES. In June last, at Port Louis, Mauritius, Henry James Day, Esq., lieutenant and adjutant of his Majesty's 99th regiment of foot, to Eliza, second daughter of Captain Terry, paymaster of the 99th. At Eholsund, Sweden, on 26th August last, Captain John Engelhardt, to Agnes, daughter of Dr. Patrick Baron Seton, of Preston. At Quebec, on 1st October, the Rev. Thomas Clark Wilson, of New Perth, to Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Robert M'Donald, Glasgow. At Fort George, on 1st October, E. Bush, Esq., Surgeon, 93d Highlanders, to Isabella Agnes Manford, daughter of William Manford, Esq., barrack-master of Fort George. At the Palace, Valetta, on 1st October, Robert Anstruther, Esq. of Thirdpart, Fife, Major in the 73d regiment, to Louisa, youngest daughter of Sir Howard Elphinstone, Bart. of Ore Place, Sussex, colonel in the corps of Royal Engineers. At Derrynane Abbey, on 8th October, Charles O'Connel, of Bahoss, Esq., to Kate, second daughter of Daniel O'Connel, M.P. On 9th October, Mr. R. Pringle, late of Perth, to Miss Anne Lemon, of London. At Edinburgh, on 12th October, Mr. Robert Smith, preacher of the Gospel, to Jesse, daughter of Mr. Dobbie, of the City Mission. At St James', London, on 14th October, James Grant, Esq., Banffshire, to Cecilia Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Sir John Leslie, Bart., of Findrassie and Wardis, Morayshire, N.B. At Sligo, Ireland, on 15th October, John Fenton Motherwell, Esq., to Elizabeth, daughter of William Fowler, Esq. of Edinburgh. At Simon Burn, in Northumberland, on 16th At Glasgow, on 16th October, the Rev. William At the British Ambassador's Chapel, Paris, on At Kelcullen Church, on 19th October, George Henry Heathcote, Esq. M.D. of Prospect Hill, county of Galway, to Anne Lydia, eldest daugh ter of Frederick Homan, Esq. late comptroller of the British Mail, Dublin. On 20th October, by special license, Sheffington Bristow, of his Majesty's 25th regiment, (the Borderers) to Bridget, only daughter of Sir Robert Webster, of Webster Park, Shropshire. At Clifton, on 20th October, George Bush, Esq. to Anne, second daughter of the late William Perry, Esq. of Gambon's Town, county of Tip. perary. At Badminton, on 22d October, George Finch, Esq. to the Lady Louisa Elizabeth Somerset, fifth daughter of the Duke of Beaufort. At Shergarton, on 22d October, the Rev. Tho. mas Anderson Crawford, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late John Harvie, Esq., of Sher. garton. At Echt House, Aberdeenshire, on 23d October, Patrick Watson Carnegy, Esq., of Loan and Turin, Forfarshire, to Rachel Ann, eldest daughter of James Forbes, Esq, of Echt. At Overton House, on 23 October, Mr. George Ferme, junior, farmer, Roseberry House, to Anne, only daughter of Mr. John Plumer. At Viewforth Place, Edinburgh, on 23d October, the Rev. William Scott Moncrieff, of Pennicuik, to Hectorina, youngest daughter of James Robertson, Esq. At Wistow, near Selby, on 23d October, Mr. A. F. T. Graham, surgeon, Selby, to Miss Nicholson, daughter of the late William Nicholson, Esq., of Wistow Lordship. At St James's Church, London, on 23d Octo. ber, Robert Otway Cave, Esq. of Castle Otway and Lisson Hall, in the county of Tipperary, to Sophia, eldest daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. At 5, Atholl Place, Edinburgh, on 24th October, James Tait, Esq. jun, Hailes, to Jane, only daughter of John Wilson, Esq., of Garden Estate, Trinidad. At Christ Church, Marylebone, on 24th October, J. S. Campbell, M. D. of Duke Street, Portland Place, to Margaret Munro, youngest daughter of the late Edward Penman, Esq. At West Ham, on 24th October, William Champion, second son of the Rev. Thomas Streatfield, of Chart's Edge, Kent, to Hannah, fourth daugh. ter of Joseph Fry, Esq. of Upton Lane, Essex. At 23, London Street, Edinburgh, on 24 h Oc. tober, Mr. George Hillson, junior, Jedburgh, to Mary, fourth daughter of the late John Kennedy, Esq. factor to the Marquis of Breadalbane At Marylebone Church, on 25th October, the Rev. Atwell Lake, of West Walton, Norfolk, son of the late Sir James Winter Lake, Bart. to Sophia, daughter of the late Samuel Turner, Esq of Upper Wimpole Street. At Gordon Castle, N. B. on 25th October, the Marquis of Abercorn, to Lady Louisa Russe!, to the Luke of Bedford. At Perth, on 26th October, John Moir, Esq. Accountant, of the Royal Bank, to Helen Elphinstone, daughter of the late Walter Lockhart, Esq. Depute-Clerk of Session. At St. James's, London, on 29th October, George Bramwell, Esq., junior, of the Inner Temple, and Park Street, Westminster, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of the late James Christie, Esq. of King Street, St. James's Square. At Itchen Abbas, Hants, on 29th October, Hugh, son of Archdeacon Berners, of Wolverstone Park, Suffolk, to Alice, youngest daughter of the late John Ashton, Esq. of the Grange, Cheshire. At Paisley, on 30th October, Matthew A. Baird, Esq. Greenbank Dyeworks, to Janet, eldest daughter of Ninian Hodgert, Esq. Union Bank. At 60, Cumberland Street, Edinburgh, on 30th October, Robert Cumming, Esq. Kilmarnock, to Helen, daughter of Mr. Samuel Halket. At St. Andrews, Holborn, on 31st October, Samuel Nickson, Esq. of Southampton Buildings, Middlesex, to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Brixey, of Sandhillhouse, Fordingbridge, Hants, Esq. At Inches House, on 31st October, John Baillis Rose, second son of the late Colonel Hugh Rose, of Kilravock, to Ellen Phillis Pattinson, youngest daughter of the late Richard Pattinson, Esq. of Shandwick, Upper Canada. At Skirling, on 2d November, Mr. George Ramsay, Schoolmaster of that parish, to Miss Noble, eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Noble, Skirling. At Arbroath, on 6th November, Mr. James Weir, Writer, Edinburgh, to Rennald, third daughter of Mr. John Rodger, Shipowner, Arbroath. At Gresford, on 7th November, Captain Mostyn, R. N. of Llewesog, Denbighshire, to Susanna, youngest daughter of the late John Stanislaus Townsend, Esq. of Trevllyn. At Laurieston Castle, on 8th November, Wil. liam Charles Henry, Esq of Manchester, M. D. to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Allan, Esq. of Laurieston. At Edinburgh, on 8th November, the Rev. James Craik, Minister of Scone, to Margaret, eldest daugh ter of Walter Grieve, Esq. 31, Gilmour Place. At 11, West Maitland Street, Edinburgh, on 10th November, Mr. James P. Cumine, fariner, Arddinston, Berwickshire, to Jane Cross, daugh ter of William Irvine, Esq. Brechin. At Kelso, on 13th November, Archibald Horne, Esq. accountant in Edinburgh, to Agnes, daugh ter of the late James Darling, Esq. agent for the Bank of Scotland at Kelso. At Buccleugh Place, Edinburgh, on 13th No. vember, William Hagart, Esq. Edinburgh, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Hugh Walker, Esq. of Carron Hall, St. Mary's, Jamaica. At St. Pancras Church, London, on 13th November, James William Duncan, Esq. of Ulster Place, Regent Park, to Esther Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thomas Greenwood, Esq. Cumberland Place, Regent Park. At Edinburgh, on 14th November, Mr. James Marshall, jeweller, to Margaret, second daughter of John Patterson, Esq. Carlton Place. At St. Clement Danes, on 14th November, Lieutenant Edmund ume Forbes Denman, of the Madras Artillery, to Miss Ann Hall, of Flora Place, Ply mouth. At Bloomsbury Church, London, on 14th November, the Rev. Richard Bellamy, to Mary, youngest daughter of Edward Vaux, Esq. of Up per Montague Street, Russell Square. At Marylebone Church, London, on 15th No. vember, the Rev, brook G. Bridges, son of the late Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart, of Goodnestone Park, Kent, to Louisa, daughter of the late Charles Chaplain. Esq. of Blankuey, Lincoln. At 130, George Street, Edinburgh, on 15th November, Alexander Bartholomew, Esq. Paisley, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. Hume, Castlemains of Yester, East Lothian. At 26, Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, on 15th November, the Rev. Dr. David Scott, minis. ter of Corstorphine, to Miss Helen Heugh, daughter of the late John Heugh of Gartcows, Esq. At Leith Hall, on 15th November, Major Mitchell of Ashgrove, to Mary, eldest surviving daughter of General Hay of Rannes. |