performing at Newcastle.-Braham, who is now in London, has refused all engagements both at theatres and concerts.-The DruryLane Theatrical Fund Dinner took place a few days ago. The Duke of Clarence presided; and the subscription was liberal.-A new grand opera has been performed at Amsterdam, the words and music both by M. Fodor.-Ducrow has now taken his leave of Liverpool, where he has been for some time.-Macready has brought out in Dublin a new tragedy from the pen of the late lamented Maturin. It is entitled, "Osmyn the Renegade, or the Siege of Salerno;" and was some time ago in rehearsal at Covent Garden, though circumstances prevented its being produced there. It has been entirely successful in Dublin. "The plot of the Tragedy," says the Dublin Literary Gazette, "is remarkable for that depth of conception which characterizes every effusion of its author; and the language is beautifully poetic, teeming with language as exalted as it is original."-Liston has been here for the last week, but has not been drawing very crowded houses.-Miss Jarman took her farewell benefit on Saturday last, though we do not see that it was for the manager's interest to allow her to depart before the conclusion of the season. We trust she is to return to us, for we know of no actress whose versatility of talent more fits her to lead the business of the Edinburgh stage. She has made herself a decided favourite here, and has left a blank which all the other female members of the Company put together cannot fill up.-We have lost Wilson also, without knowing very well why. His engagement will surely be renewed.-We perceive that one of the newspapers still HOPETOUN ROOMS. MR J. S. 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Students' Tickets, Two Shillings, to be had at the door of the Lecture-room. LECTURES ON GEOLOGY. (SUMMER COURSE.) persists in asserting, in opposition to what was stated by OLD CER- MR WILLIAM AINSWORTH, Member of the BERUS last Saturday, that Mr Murray has not yet obtained the lesseeship of the Theatre-Royal. We conceive this to be a mere quibble; -the papers may not be actually signed and sealed, but every thing is understood and arranged, and it is stuff, therefore, to tell us (what we have no doubt is perfectly true) that Mr Murray has had handsome offers from a London Manager, as if to frighten us into a belief, that unless we take care, or give him a very excellent bargain, we shall lose Mr Murray altogether,-a consummation not in the least to be dreaded.-Mr Bass has gone to Berwick with part of his company. It is said that he has engaged Yates and the Elephant for the Caledonian Theatre.-Miss Jarman commences a short engagement in Glasgow next week. TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. We have received several communications on the subject of the Psalms, which we shall forward to Mr Tennant, for his perusal and consideration. The articles from West Houses are under consideration." Astolpho" is clever, but a little too rambling.-We shall read the Tragedy which has been sent to us by "Clarens," and give him our opinion of it. The verses by "Amelia B." are clever, but are too personally complimentary to admit of publication." The False One," by "Clericus," of London, hardly comes up to our standard." The Seaman's Grave," and the "Sonnet to a Brother in America," will not suit us. The explanation of the Enigma in our last, entitled "La Belle Prisonnière en Edimbourg," is the Scottish Crown, preserved in the Castle. The translation by "J. D." and the poetical answer by "C. D." are both good. ERRATUM. 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The author, Mr Spalding, was himself an eye-witness of much of what he records, and, having access to documents of inestimable value, as elucidating the transactions which took place, his narrative may be justly considered as one of the most interesting, valuable, and authentic, ever submitted to the public. Printed for JOHN RETTIE, Aberdeen; ADAM BLACK, Edinburgh; and SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, London. THIS DAY IS OPENED, THE NEW LONDON GENUINE TEA WAREHOUSE, HALLAM & COMPANY (S. J. Hallam, late of the London Genuine Tea Company, No. 20, Waterloo Place) HAVE the honour of announcing to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Edinburgh, its vicinity, and of Scotland in general, that they have opened the above-mentioned Establishment for the Sale of TEAS, pure as imported, at a small advance on the East India Company's sale prices. Much has been done of late to enlighten the Public of Scotland upon the important subject of Tea and Coffee, and volumes have been written to show the advantages of obtaining these articles, now become necessaries of life, pure and in perfection. Tea and Coffee, however, are but Tea and Coffee still, and both may be obtained of very excellent quality, from most respectable dealers; but in the important consideration of price, there is undoubtedly a difference in the terms of different venders, well worth the attention of every consumer. There are several peculiarities in the Tea Trade, which place it upon a very different footing from most others. 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CURRY, usual labour, produces a most brilliant Jet Black, fully equal to the highest Japan Varnish, affords peculiar nourishment to the leather-will not soil the finest linen-is perfectly free from any unpleasant smell-and will retain its virtues in any climate. Sold Wholesale at the Manufactory, 97, High Holborn, and Retail throughout the Kingdom, in Bottles, Pots, and Tin Boxes, at Ed. 1s, and 15.6d, each. jun. & Co., Dublin; HURST, CHANCE, & Co., London; and by all Newsmen, Postmasters, and Clerks of the Road, throughout the United Kingdom. Price 6d.; or Stamped and sent free by post, 10d. Printed by BALLANTYNE & Co. Paul's Work, Canongate. LITERARY CRITICISM. rate novelist. By the Author of 3 vols, London. Walter Colyton. A Tale of 1688. "Brambletye House," &c. &c. Colburn and Bentley. 1830. HORACE SMITH, though a respectable, is only a secondHe is one of those who have been called into existence by Sir Walter Scott. He aims at combining the united interests of history and fiction in his books. But his head is scarcely strong enough for the higher walks of the former, and his heart is hardly enthusiastic enough for the more delightful creations of the latter. His "Brambletye House," and "Tor Hill," are both pretty good; but we are not aware that they have made any lasting impression on the minds of the reading public, or that any of the characters they contain are likely to live very vividly in the memory of his readers after the volumes are closed. The new work now before us indicates no improvement on the author's usual style, while the story, we think, is heavier, and not so well put together as in some of his preceding novels. One error into which the imitators of Sir Walter Scott have almost universally fallen is, that provided characters, historically interesting, can be introduced into their pages, they do not seem to think it a matter of much consequence whether these characters have any thing to do with the main plot of their novel. Thus, Mr Smith, because his hero, Walter Colyton, lived in the year 1688, evidently considers that he is fulfilling the most important part of his task, provided he huddles together all the eminent names of that period, politicians, literati, beauties, lords, ministers, and kings, and contrives to give us hasty sketches and unsatisfactory glimpses of their different characters and habits. Now, this is not our notion of what a his torical novel should be, nor is it according to the better species of model which Sir Walter Scott has, in one or two instances, afforded to his votaries. When celebrated persons are introduced into a work of this kind, they ought to be intimately and necessarily connected with the advancement of the plot,-so completely interwoven with it, that without their aid it could not be brought to the point proposed. The unskilful writer, whilst he cannot but acknowledge the truth of this rule, is puzzled when he attempts to carry it into practice, and his book too often degenerates into a piece of mere patchwork, which wants the connected interest of a work of pure fiction, and feebly atones for the desideratum by a succession of ill-digested notices of the leading personages of the times. Another fault we have to find with "Walter Colyton," is the deficiency of incident. The two first volumes are, in consequence, particularly heavy. Indeed, the story possesses but little interest throughout, partly because it is too much diluted with extraneous matter, and partly because, with only one or two exceptions, none of the characters are fully or completely filled up. They are mere outlines-not finished drawings. Of two young men, and three young ladies, all of whom are brought a good PRICE 6d. deal into the foreground, it is impossible for us to say which is the hero and which the heroine; and we do not think a novel should have two heroes and three heroines. We shall not enter into an analysis of the tale; but we have, of course, Catholics and Protestants, from James II. and William Prince of Orange, down to the humblest of their respective retainers. We have James's corrupt minister, Sunderland, and his tool, Captain Seagrave, a swaggering, reckless bully, one of the most spirited portraits in the book. We have the witty and profligate Countess of Dorchester,-the old rough soldier, Jasper Colyton,-his daughter, the sensitive and impassioned Edith, her friend, the gentle and strong-minded Agatha Shelton,-and Stanley Forrester, the gallant and enthusiastic lover of the latter lady. It is upon this same Stanley Forrester, who has ardently espoused the cause of the Prince of Orange, that in our opinion the interest of the story mainly depends. Both Edith and her friend Agatha fall in love with him simultaneously. His affections, however, are irrevocably placed on Agatha. This, Edith at length discovers, and upon her enthusiastic and sensitive temperament, the discovery produces the most distressing consequences. The description of the change it wrought upon her whole feelings and character, we think among the best written passages in the book, and we shall accordingly extract it : Edith's character and deportment. That extreme sensibi"From this day a marked alteration became evident in lity which had occasionally subjected her to hysterical attacks, and to the most painful fits of nervous excitation, became gradually deadened; the fine tremulous and exquisite delicacy of her impressions was now but rarely manifested; even her intellectual perceptions appeared to be blunted, and she sank into a calm and torpid, but deep melancholy, under the influence of which she often sought some retired spot, where she would sit for hours together, twitching the forefinger of her left hand, her eyes riveted to the ground, and her faculties enchained in such a profound abstraction as to render her totally insensible to surrounding objects. All her customary amusements and avocations were now neglected; Agatha, Hetty, her friends and her family, were now forgotten; she neither read nor worked, nor recreated herself with music,-solitude seemed to be her only enjoyment. A languor, a lassitude, a listless and morbid apathy, continually oppressed her; and she resigned herself to that stupor of melancholy and dejection, which is infinitely more distressing than the passionate sorrow which finds relief in wailing and tears. Edith's eyes were dry, she uttered no complaint; but it was evident that her heart was ever weeping, that she cried without a voice. An habitual sense of propriety would not allow her to neglect her personal betrayed, for the first time, an inconsistency that showed appearance: she was always neatly attired; but she now how unconscious-she was of her own proceedings, sometimes coming down to the breakfast-table in a full dress, or presenting herself to every visitant in a morning hood and scarf. When these little oversights were pointed out to her, she would assume a languid smile, express wonder at her own inadvertence,-retire to her chamber for the purpose of changing her garb, fall into a new reverie, and return to the drawing-room in the same state as before. If surprised, in her solitary rambles, on the lonely seats upon which she loved to muse and talk to herself, she would conjure up the same faint smile, converse for a short time, but presently relapse into silence and melancholy, and seek an opportunity of escaping from her companion. It was not easy, however, thus to surprise her; for she became watchful and cunning in avoiding notice; and even in performing the most common and innocent actions, would affect great mystery and concealment."-Vol. iii. p. 53-5. In this state of mind she determines to sacrifice her own wishes to those of her parents, and to accept as a husband one whom she had always hated, but whom they had destined for her. The author then presents us with the following touching picture: ness?-why are all things happy except myself?'"-Vol. iii. p. 63-7. Our readers will be somewhat surprised to learn, that Stanley Forrester, being apprized of the death of Agatha, and receiving her last commands to unite himself with her friend, marries Edith after all. But they will be still more surprised to learn, that after he has lived some time with her very happily, and beheld her at length fall a victim to consumption, he unexpectedly finds out that Agatha is not dead, and the novel concludes with his espousing her, thus enabling the same gentleman to do justice to both ladies. On the whole, "Walter Colyton" is a respectable book of its kind; and in these days of mediocrity, we shall be glad that its author continues to write. The Historical Evidence of the Apostolical Institution of "A few days after this conversation, the unhappy girl wandered to a spot, a small distance from the house, which, from its seclusion, and its possessing some superior attractions in point of scenery, had latterly become her favourite haunt. A footpath, deviating from a long uninteresting lane that led towards the moors, conducted the village boys, in the nutting season-before the return of which period, the last year's track had generally become imperceptible-to a quiet sequestered dell, planted with sycamores and young oaks, wove together, in parts, with a thick bed of hazelbushes. The banks on either side the descent were clothed with fern, broom, and other luxuriant vegetation, topped with bushes of hawthorn, brier, and maple, forming natural arbours, beneath which the children would sometimes seat themselves to banquet upon their nutty spoils. Through this unfrequented glen ran a streamlet, clear and pellucid, although the water, from its having traversed the peat land of the moors, had acquired a dark brown hue. Towards the centre of the recess, the runnel, falling over a rocky ledge, not more than two yards in height, spread it self into a shallow pond of some extent, fringed with waterlilies, and overhung with alders, and, gradually contracting itself to its former narrow limits, was betrayed by its music, or the more vivid green of its rushy margin, until it worked its way out through an opening at the opposite extremity of the dell. On a mossy crag, beside this murmuring waterfall, Edith delighted to sit for hours together, indulging the mournful reveries by which her mind was now haunted, and yet occasionally soothed by sweet as well as bitter fan-is so much more commonly discernible than the charity of cies, while, in the loneliness of the place, she listened idly to the rustling of the boughs, as the wind stole nestling amid their leaves, or the sound of the waters that seemed to warble responsively to the breeze. "On the morning in question, she had gathered a rose before she left home, and, deliberately plucking off the leaves, she committed them, one by one, to the stream, exclaiming, as they were torn away from her, Thus have the happy years of my life been rudely torn away from me,-they are gone, and I know not whither,-they are whirled about and agitated, and then wafted away into invisible, unre coverable darkness, leaving my heart, like this poor leafless stalk, bare and withered, and surrounded with nothing but thorns. I remember when the very odour of a spring morning could develope futurity, conjuring up to my imagination, nay, almost to my senses, a paradise of flowers, and perfumes, and sunny landscapes, fanned with gentle airs, animated with the melody of birds and all the cheerful sounds of busy life. It was as if the precocious breeze blew aside the veil of nature, and showed the laughing features that were to remain hidden from others until the coming May. I was happy then, and my fancy soon quickened pleasant images into life. am now miserable; it is autumn, and methinks, in the fading hues and falling leaves that announce the coming torpor of the winter, I see the prefiguration of my own approaching death. The smell of the grave is in my nostrils, and the brawling of this brook among the pebbles sounds in mine ears like the rattling of the gravel that shall soon be thrown upon my coffin, before it is covered up for ever. Yes, earth is preparing to die, and it is time that I should do the same. Hark! what sound is that? It is the noise of the merry squirrels, chasing one another from bough to bough, amid the hazels. And now I hear the whistle of the plover, and the tender note of the wood-pigeon, and the cawing of the rooks returning to their roost trees near the church, and the twittering of the smaller birds, as they behold the winter feast of rare-coloured berries, that make the hedges gay in spite of their diminishing leaves. The waters, too, that quiver before me in the beam, seem to tremble with delight; each blade of grass that flutters in the sunshine, assumes a semblance of enjoyment; and yonder gold-skirted clouds float through the crystal fields of ether with a happy and a tranquil air. Why am I mocked with these sounds and shows of uncongenial glad We do not think any nice point of Historical Enquiry can fall into abler or safer hands than those of Dr Russel. With much learning and research, he fixes on the strong parts only of the position which he undertakes to establish, and does not encumber it with extraneous circumstances. The reader, too, comes away impressed with the candour and fairness of his argument, because he never pushes it too far, and while he has all the ingenuity of an advocate, no judge can appear more unbiassed and impartial. Qualities of this kind are peculiarly necessary in those delicate churches, and in which the spirit of the controversialist enquiries which affect the purity of the constitution of the Christian. It is necessary, perhaps, from time to time, for every body of Christians to state the grounds of their distinction from others, especially when they are not in unison with the established church of the country in which they are resident. Dissent has always an ugly aspect, and we therefore like to discover in each class of our fellow-Christians, such sound reasons for their separation, as, though they may not be sufficient to prove to others that they are in the wrong, are yet such as we can very easily conceive are quite convincing to themselves that they are in the right. The difficulty is, to do this in a spirit of temper and moderation;—that this is Dr Russel's aim in his defence of the principles on which the church to which he belongs dissents from our venerable establishment, is apparent from the following admirable passage of his discourse; and we can assure our readers, that he maintains the same firm but dispassionate tone throughout:-" I state these things, not to unchurch other societies, for with others we have no immediate concern, but solely to explain the grounds upon which every Episcopal communion is established, and upon which every well-informed Episcopalian rests his preference of that communion. I mention them the more readily, too, because they form the basis upon which our own church must stand, in the midst of others much more powerful, and supported by a larger proportion of doctrines, differ from time to time, and one style of the people. Doctrines, or rather the mode of explaining preaching succeeds another in the favour of the multitude; but the Apostolic institution from which the clergy derive their authority to minister at the altar, and which confers the stamp of validity upon their ministrations, is is built, and against which we must never allow either the fixed and immovable rock upon which the church ignorance or caprice to prevail. Nor is there in this spirit and determination on our part the slightest encouragement to illiberality towards others : On the conalways the most liberal, in the true sense of the word; trary, you will find that the most enlightened persons are |