for the virtuous Icilius. In this scene, Mr. Macready was, almost in reality, a father;-his countenance was paternal in every feature, an indescribable softness and earnestness blended in the sweetest simplicity of manner, every passion was tranquil, and his soul seemed to enjoy an auspicious serenity. The welltimed suggestion of the honest Dentatus, and the mutual attachment and tenderness of the lovers, perfected the felicity! When the experienced and disinterested parent heartily approves the choice of his beloved child, and looks upon her wedded alliance as a happy consummation of sixteen years intense solicitudehow rapturous, how euviable the sensations that glow within his bosom ! But, a cloud gathers;-their country is invaded, and Virginia and Icilius are only betrothed, when the latter is summoned by the Centurion, Virginius, to join the Roman bauds and rout the assailants.

Shortly after, the Decemvir, Appius Claudins, beholds the maid Virginia; his libidinous breast is on fire, and his sycophant client, Claudius, undertakes to pander to his villainous purposes; the absence of Virginius makes the moment favourable.-Claudius is to claim Virginia as being the daughter of his female slave, this slave is to swear that she sold the infant to Numitoria, who, when expiring, imposed it upon her husband, Virginius, as their legitimate offspring.

Accordingly, Claudius seizes upon Virginia, and bears her to the Forum; her nurse Servia, and her ancle Numitorius, vainly protest against the claim, and in the moment when Appius decres, that,- Virginia shall remain in the possession of Claudius until his right be invalidated-Icilias arrives,-pronounces Claudius to be the mere tool of the Decemvir Appius-and declares that, before the surrender of Virginia, the claim must be fully proved.-The citizens support him, and her reappearance is guaranteed. Meanwhile, the brother of Icilius has been despatched to inform Virginius that he is required in Rome without delay.

In the Forum the countenance and manner of Macready, rivet attention, and the force and clearness of his expression penetrate the soul, and excite within it the most intense solicitude. Even in the empassioned moment, when words pour forth with a rapidity that would seem to baffe utterance, his articulation is pure, and his voice in perfect accordance with the conflicting feelings that spring from a consciousness that villany will be triumphant. On the soldiers being called forward, the portentous pause,-the faltering exclamation" there is but one way!"-the agonized countenance, now contemplating the virgin victim, and now pondering and almost shrinking from the dreadful act,the heart-rending decision, and its instantaneous execution;-together with the prison scene, and, on being presented with the Urn that contained the remains of Virginia, the dawn of reason, the testimony of unabated love, recognition of Icilius, and immediate extinction of vitality, these, all these evinced the peculiar genius, as well as the extraordinary and profound acquirement of this distinguished tragedian.

In the character of Virginia, there is but little scope for Mrs. Mc.Gibbon; Mr. Andrews was the "crabbed," "honest," "brave old warrior" Dentatus, to a nicety; but it was ludicrous and absurd to view the citizen, Mr. Porteus, in as constant attendance as a body-guard, and ever and anon wielding his shilelah like a true son of St. Patrick!

In the Entertainment, Miss Rock was a real Proteus. As Margaret Macmucklekenny, Miss Cornelius Clappergo, and Mrs. Deborah Griskin, she afforded much merriment. And as Lady Dashly and Mademoiselle Marosquien, her chief performances were chaste and pleasing. Mr. Fry was a very passable Davy ;-Mr. J. Benwell an indifferent Sir Roderick.-The House was crowded.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY. IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS.-It has been successfully proved, by many experiments, that meat entirely fly-blown has been sufficiently purified to make good broth, and had not a disagreeable taste, by being previously put into a vessel containing a certain quantity of beer. The liquor will become tainted and have a putrid smell.

TO MAKE TOWN-WASHED LINEN AS PURE AND WHITE AS COUNTRY-WASHED.-In great towns, where

linen cannot be exposed to the air and sun upon the grass, let it be steeped, for some time before it is washed, in a solution of oxymuriate of lime. Let it then be boiled in an alkaline ley. Linen or cotten thus treated will not become yellow by age, as is too often the case with linen in large towns.

WARTS.-Take an apple and cut it, and rub it for a few minutes on the wart; the juice of the apple will loosen the wart, which will in a few days drop off.

VARIETIES.

RENOVATION OF MANUSCRIPTS.-The following method is said to be effectual in rendering writing visible which has been effaced by an acid :-Take a hair pencil, and wash the part which has been effaced with a solution of prussiate of potash in water, and the writing will again appear, if the paper has not been destroyed.

TO MAKE AN INDELIBLE INK FOR MARKING LINEN, &c.-Pour a little nitric acid (aqua fortis) into a cup or glass, and add to it a small piece of pure silver; when the effervescence ceases, filter the solution through a piece of blotting paper, and put it in a small phial; then add to it a little gum arabac, and a little of the paint called sap green. After the whole is perfectly combined, it is then fit for use.

SERPENTS.-Careful dissections have enabled a skil

ful anatomist at Paris, of the name of Cloquet, to discover that serpents have a single and transparent eyelid which passes over the ball of the eye, and a lachrynasal orifices of fanged snakes, and in the mouths of mal apparatus, the canal of which terminates in the adders. Besides their ordinary uses, the tears, according to this learned anatomist, seem to assist in the deglutition of the bodies, frequently very large, which

these creatures swallow.

LONGEVITY. We learn from a Gentleman of undoubted veracity, who recently visited this city from Matanzas, that there is now living in a village near that place, a couple who are yet in health, although greatly impaired in bodily powers and mental faculties; who have lived together in a state of wedlock more than a hundred years! The husband is aged 128-the wife 126. They are whites, and natives of the island of Cuba. -New York American. The French Papers mention a living instance of remarkable longevity in the department of the Oriental Pyrenees. A woman, named Anne Benet, of the Canton of Olette, is, at the age of 109, in the full enjoyment of all her faculties.

RATS.--The brown or Norway rat, which abounds in the Hebrides, after a shower, goes down upon the rocks, while the limpets are crawling about, and, by a sudden push with its nose, detaches them from the rock for food. Should the first effort fail, another is never attempted against the same individual, now warned, and adhering closely to the rock; but the rat proceeds instantly to others still off their guard, until enough of food has been procured.

of his brother Joseph he had been contemplating. At the present time, one of these twins is, in a very slight degree, tustier than the other, but the resemblance is such as to excite admiration, and is heightened by both being dressed alike.-Bolton Express.

A STAGE COACH ANECDOTE.-Not sixty years since, there were seated in a stage coach, a clergyman, a lawyer, as the profession were formerly styled, and a respectable looking elderly gentleman. The lawyer, wishing to quiz the clergyman, began to descant pretty freely on the admission of improper and ill-qualified persons into the church. As a proof, says he, what sort of parsons we have, I myself heard one of them read, instead of "And Aaron made an atonement for the sins of the people,"-" And Aaron made an ointment for the shins of the people." "Incredible!" exclaimed the clergyman. "O" replied the lawyer, "I dare say this gentleman will be able to relate something of the same kind that has come within his own knowledge." "That I can," said the old gentleman, while the face of the lawyer displayed a triumphant smile," for I was once present in a country church where the clergyman, instead of "The devil was a liar from the beginning," actually read, "The devil was a lawyer from the beginning."

M. D'AVRIGNY, one of the Commissioners of the Dramatic Censure, died recently at Paris. He was the author of Lapeyrouse, and the still more successful tragedy of Jeanne d'Arc, as well as a Recueil of Poésies Nationales. The salary of censor being 6000 francs per annum, a multitude of candidates have started for the place thus made vacant. More than forty petitions minister; and the names of several men of letters are (says one of the journals) have been presented to the mentioned. M. D'AVRIGNY has been interred in the Cimitiere du Pere Lachaise.

ORIGIN OF EATING GOOSE ON MICHAELMAS-DAY.— Queen Elizabeth, on her way to Tilbury-fort, on the 29th of September, 1589, dined at the ancient seat of Sir Neville Umfreville, near that place, and as British Bess had much rather dine of a high seasoned and substantial dish than a simple ragout or fricassé, the knight thought proper to provide a pair of fine geese, to suit the palate of his Royal guest. After the Queen had dined very heartily, she asked for a half-pint bumper of Burgundy, and drank “Destruction to the Spanish Armada." She had but that moment returned the

glass to the Knight who had done the honours of the table, when the news came (as if the Queen had been possessed of the spirit of prophecy) that the Spanish fleet had been destroyed by a storm, She immediately took another bumper, in order to digest the Goose and Good News; and was so pleased with the event, that every year after, on that day, she had the above excellent dish served op. The court made it a custom, and the people the fashion ever since.

VALUE OF LEGAL OPINIONS.-Lord Eldon observed

in Chancery, that the legality of a Counsel's opinion mainly depended upon the entire case being submitted to him by the Attorney. Unless the custom, he said, THE PIGEON POST OFFICE, established in Bel- had very materially changed from what it used to be gium, and which was set up to rival the telegraphic when he himself sat before the bar, it was by no means system, has experienced a severe check. Of 65 of an uncommon practice for these gentlemen to lay just these winged messengers, which set out on the 9th of so much of a case before Counsel as would ensure the August from Lyons, for Verviers (near Leige), one only precise opinion they wanted, in order to induce their arrived the same day at its destination. Four more clients to prosecute the suit. Very many years ago, have since appeared; but nothing has been seen of the when his Lordship had considerable practice in this remaining sixty. It is thought (says the foreign writer particular branch of his profession, he determined, if who tells the story), that preferring repose to the love possible, to put an end to this infamous system, by in of country, these voyager pigeons in spite of them-forming the attorneys, when he returned the briefs to selves, have fallen into the hands of masters who will not use them as they would horses.

EXTRAORDINARY RESEMBLANCES--There are now living and well, in Oldham-road, Manchester, twin brothers, about six years old, whose resemblance to each other in growth, make, feature, voice, and complexion has been so exact, that it was found difficult for any one, the parents excepted, to distinguish one from the other. Their names are Joseph and James

Some time since as James was viewing himself in a glass, he started back as if unconscious of the resemblance, and exclaimed in a tone of surprise, "See, Mammy! there is Joseph's face in the glass looking at me!" It was with difficulty he could be persuaded of his error, or that it was his own features, and not those

them with his opinion thereon, that if the whole case had been impartially stated, he had decided according to the best of his ability and information; but if, on the other hand, it was a mere ex parte statement; a case made up to serve a particular purpose, material facts having been kept in the back-ground, then he bad no hesitation whatever in pronouncing his opinion to be an erroneous one. His Lordship soon found out that bis plain-dealing had the almost immediate effect of withdrawing from him the principal part of his business in this way!

BACCHANALIAN'S DRAUGHT, AFTER FEASTING AND DRINKING. It is the lot of our poor humanity, that all our pleasures are followed sooner or later by pain or uneasiness, and in proportion, also, to the exqui

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The area of the Exchange Buildings, in Liverpool, is acknowledged the finest spectacle of the kind in England, that of SoMERSET HOUSE, London, not excepted, and contains a splendid Monument of real Bronze in its centre, to the memory of the gallant NELSON: and the spirited inhabitants of that great commercial town availed themselves of that important epoch, the jubilee, to commemorate the virtues of their then beloved, and yet, revered monarch.

A subscription proposed and set on foot for the purpose, was, in a very short time, filled up to the estimated cost, and on the great day of national rejoicing, a grand procession of the Mayor, Common Council,-the various Trades, and associations of the town, with the united Lodges of Freemasons, accompanied by the Military, proceeded to GREAT GEORGE'S-SQUARE, the site chosen to lay the foundation-stone of this splendid monument; but as the situation was greatly confined, and remote from the public haunts of strangers and travellers, it was determined by the committee to remove it to the more desirable one, where it is at present placed, commanding the great entrance into town.

This magnificent work of art, is a copy of the equestrian statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at Rome: the original stands in the Square in front of the modern capitol of that city, a situation, which from its contracted space, cannot exhibit the colossal dimensions and majestic appearance of the statue to the same advantage, as the open, elevated, and commanding site which has been fixed upon for its erection in Liverpool.

This statue is the production of Westmacott, to whose genius the public are indebted for most modern ornaments of a similar sort. It displays great sculptural erudition, in the drapery, and an intimate acquaintance with the exterior anatomy of the human figure. The artist has happily, and fortunately, represented the right arm extended over the town, which the eminence the monument stands upon, commands, and the hand, as if in the act of bestowing a benediction upon it.

Criticism, however, the lot of eminence in all, in this has not exempted Mr. W. It has been remarked that the plinth is rather too small, as the hoof of the horse in front, which is fixed, rests on the margin, while that which is lifted, extends beyond the extremity, we have heard some objections also to the apparent nudity of the sove-. reign whom it is intended to represent, as the artist has chosen the Roman Toga, but which falling, as it does, in graceful folds upon himself and the noble animal which supports him, in other eyes, has a very opposite effect. The whole however is a noble structure, worthy the genius of the artist, the august personage whose name

their fears were raised to the highest pitch which, imagination can picture, by the noise of something they could not account for-"Stay," says Dandy, "there's a Highwayman! let's turn back and hide ourselves”—the object neared them—

And once again amidst their fright
They tried what sight could do,
When through the cheating glooms of night
A monster stood in view.

Regardless of whate'er they felt,

Came closer on the plain

They own'd their sins, and down they knelt
And said their pray'rs again.

They remained in this perilous situation for upwards of fifteen minutes, offering up to heaven their prayers for forgiveness, supposing the Devil or some of his agents was come to fetch them, when suddenly the animal, which was an ass, awoke them from their frightful delirium by braying out pardon and absolution to their unhallowed souls-the York Mail came up at this moment, upon which they both mounted and reached Red Breast's home in safety, thanking heaven for their kind deliverance-Dandy returned to town the next morning, after having breakfasted at his friend's, and dined at his lodgings upon a sixpenny plate of cold beef and a mashed potatoe, which his hostess had provided for him, and returned the same evening-Dandy and his party now made their way to the theatre, where the play was Douglasbetween one of the acts a hand-bill was delivered amongst the audience, announcing "A New Discovery!—a saving of Fifty per cent!-Gentlemen's old Hats covered with silk, rendered water-proof and equal to new at the low price of 12s.-Dandy quite delighted with the play was never so much amused at any theatre in his life-wished he had brought his flute and played the overture to Tom Thumb-used the pop gun and shot young Norval in the eye during his best speech-could not proceed, made his eye water-was obliged to use his handkerchief-looked more tragical-Red Breast laughed and cried encore-shot again but missed him -thus passed the evening, and after refreshing themselves at the inn repaired to Red Breast's for the night-Dandy returned to town in the morning, and dined at his lodgings upon a plate of liver and bacon.—In the morning the day as before but no horse-back-at night again upon the water-gruel-couch-leaving on his toilette a tender ode to Miss

Oh Lady, when you press'd my neck,
You sadly crumpled my cravat,
And rubbed from off my cheek the speck
Which I bad pasted on so pat.

I love indeed the kiss-tho' pain
It gives my body in those sips;
And pray you when you come again,
Don't take my paint, upon your lips.

FRAGMENT.

"Tis night,

In solemn grandeur moves the placid orb
Silv'ring the battlements of yon high tow'r
Which frowns indignaut 'neath her lucid beams;
The argent stars em lazoning the heav'ns
Throw o'er the ruffled deep their image gay :
Enwrapt in silence sleeps the drowsy world:
No sound, no whisper meets the list ning ear,
Save the low, sullen murmers of the waves,
Or the wild ravens melancholy wail
From the rude covert of th' impending cliff:-
This is thine hour Reflection, this thy seat,
With thee the thought may uncontrouled soar,
Swifter than lightnings scathe, o'er kingdoms roam,
And o'ertake Time upon the breath of Eolus.

Ye waves that dash your white foam to my feet,
Ye ambient waters that with fretful roar
Oft start the sleeper on his lonely couch,
Where wander ye?—

Over what scenes of beanty desolated?
What sights terrific hide ye from the view?
What forms that once the flush of beauty wore.
Wither, forgotten, in your secret caves.

Close by the rock with precious stones impearl'd,
The fairest maid the vermil morn ere view'd
Sleeps in her coral cell; the kirtled naiads
Hold her in their care, and oft their silver notes
On the light pauses of the storm are heard
Breathing a strain of sweeter minstrelsy

Than ever zephyr bore to mortal ear:

Where once the shepherd pip'd tending his charge
Gregarious, 'mid verdurous pastures,
Where purling streams sigh'd thro' the tepid day,
And simple maids sought the impervions shade
Exchanged vows of love reciprocal :-

At eventide,

Oft would they dance beneath the moonlight ray,
While age stood by and blest their innocence:
Or neath the canopying trees reclin'd,
Relate long anecdotes of youth remember'd;
How chang'd is now the once delightful scene,
The verdant lawns, the low, but peaceful, cot,
The shady walk, the neatly wicker'd seat,
Where sat the honor'd forms of garrulous age
Entom'd within the surge, in ruins lie;
And fancy only can review the spot,
Where late was beauty, innocence and peace!—
On Time's fleet wings how many years have flown
Since thy proud waters Cleopatra bore
Unmatch'd in beauty to her lover's arms?
Never before did thy pellucid breast,
Such greatness bear: the georgeous panoply
Proudly pre-eminent flutt'ring on the gale,
Of surrounding warriors, the Eagle
The waving robes of heauteous nymphs attending,

While the vast concave of the ethereal vault,

Echo'd the martial strains, that thunder'd now

And now in dulcet harmony met soft

The entranced ear.—

Whence thy rich source immeasurable deep?
Remain'st thou now as when the Eternal hand
From chaos form'd thy depths unfathomable ?
Unchang'd as are the ever loving skies,
Or as the moon changing perpetually:
Hath this broad earth we tread on, where smiles 'neath
The bright beams of Porus, vales, palaces,
And all the vast phenomena of things;
Been thy wide bed?-or is it all an image
In the brain, built by the fairy Fancy
She, who can cities raise from the thin air,
She, the presiding pow'r o'er lover's dreams,
Who fills all nature with her fantasies.
Or is it true--and move we on an earth
Which from the mingled ruins of centuries
Incalculable owes its birth ?-

I'll think no more,
For wheresoe'er I turn, I move in mystery.
Oct. 15th, 1823.

N. W. HALCESRISA,

ON NOSES.

A SKETCH IN CHALK.

I would not take a noseless man by the hand for the best Bank-note that was ever concocted. I should consider it an eternal disgrace, a stigma, an odium,—the pillory were more glorious. The veriest vermin that grovel in the earth, the minutest insect that flies in the air, the beastliest of beasts, a pair of bellows, a tin teakettle, has a nose; and shall man, the lord of all vermin, the prince of brute beasts be without? Hear it not ye little caterpillars!' I met such an animal the other day in the vicinage of 'Pothecaries' Hall, whither I was wending for a quarter of a pound of the best Glauber's-I was scandalized I avoided it as a pestilence-it saved me fourpence halfpenny-I bought no salts-ugh!

I conceive a nose of large dimensions to be a great nose. I do not quibble, gentlemen; what I mean is, that its extension denotes a proportionate comprehensiveness of mind. While I lay this upon the table as a self-evident proposition, it must not be imagined that I throw aside as worthless the variation of its figure. This, though secondary, I believe, is as certainly valuable as the first. When I talk of an expansive nose, I, of course, discard excrescences; an immensity of membrane is a gift without price,-let it run mountains high it cannot be too prodigious. Look at my friend B-; what an exalted proboscis, glorious and gorgeous; mobile, Auttering, instinct with life, and redolent of good things. I have watched it while its master has been luxuriating on the splendour of oration; it absolutely seemed to feel, to its very vertex, the eloquence of the harangue; and, in the manufacture of a diatribe or the pointing of a pungent phillipic, I have literally seen it quiver like the vibration of a harp-string, or the undulation of the blacksmith's hammer on the anvil. A man with such a handle must needs be great-his nose would save a nation; yet, for all that, it is far from being beautiful-as we say 'beautiful.' Now regard we that of his competitor, Mr. G—, it is totally and altogether different; it is, in shape, a perfect parallelopipedon, and exhibits to every thinking eye the sound strong solidity of judgment for which he is so remarkable; but we look in vain for that acuteness of discrimination, that vehemence of feeling, that passionate appealing, the power and the plenipotence, the fury and the fire, which characterizes the other! Again, the markings of the mind are generally depicted by corresponding points in the fashion of the nose. Now sharpness of intellect is invariably prognosticated by sharpness of nose; an acute angle would save a man's life in any danger.

A man without a nose-what is he? a man no more! nobody!—nought-nothing-nonentity! Nature abhors him more than a vacuum.