We feel it doubly hard to go

For nature woos our stay;

And sadder still, to think the waves

Shall part us from our fathers' graves.

LITERARY CHIT-CHAT AND VARIETIES.

contents, full of good matter.-The Harmonicon presents us with Memoirs of Dr Calcott and Rodolphe Creutzer,-Articles on the Ecclesiastical Choirs of Great Britain and Ireland,-The Metropolitan Concert of Ancient Music, A Foreign Musical Report,and the usual allowance of music and criticism. The most re. markable thing in Blackwood is, the merited chastisement of a gentleman who insists upon confounding political feeling with literary criticism.

STATE OF EDUCATION IN GREECE.-There are at present 18 schools in which the Greek lan taught to 624 pupils, and 25 schools bed pipts, Ankhe Morea; 31 schools

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Mr Macfadyen of Glasgow announces "Six Songs," chiefly arranged to Oriental and foreign airs-the words by R. J. Macgeorge, Esq.; and he has published a pretty song by Mr Black, with music by Mr J. R. Macfarlane; who has also another " coup d'essai" in the press, called "The Letter"-the words by Atkinson, The new production, from the pen of the author of "Vivian Grey," is to be entitled "The Young Duke."

Sir Arthur Brooke's Narrative of his Recent Tour in Spain, and subsequently in Barbary, is on the eve of publication.

The Third Volume of Messrs Oliver and Boyd's Cabinet Library, devoted to Egypt, is in an advanced state of preparation, although the time of its appearance is not yet definitely fixed. The name of the learned compiler, Dr Russell, is a sufficient warrant that it will prove an interesting work. It is to be adorned with numerous wood-cuts-chiefly illustrative of the architectural remains of Egypt. To judge by some proofs which have been shown us, they exceed in fineness any wood-cuts we have seen. A new edi tion of the first volume of this interesting series lies upon our table-but was received too late in the week to admit of our noticing it otherwise than by stating here, that it contains full and accurate details of the wrecks of the whalers last year, collected at no small expense of labour and money; and likewise the only authentic information yet published respecting Captain Ross's enterprise.

John Nevay, the author of some pleasing verses which have ap peared in this Journal, has a volume of poems in the press.

We understand that Mr Martin is now engraving two new prints "Satan presiding at the Infernal Council," and "Pande. monium," on the same scale as the Belshazzar's Feast.

The lady of one of the dignitaries of the church, recently received a begging letter addressed as follows: "To the Right Rev. Mother in God, the Bishopess of "! This is better than the letter received by the Duchess of Northumberland, during the time his Grace was Viceroy of Ireland, which was addressed, "To her Grace the Lady Lieutenant of Ireland."

Our readers found in our last number an announcement of a new edition of Mr Crofton Croker's Killarney Legends, "with" contributions from Mrs Norton and G. P. R. James, Esq." In reference to the contributions from Mr James, we are authorised to make the following statement :--Some time ago, a short poem, by that gentleman, fell into the hands of the Editor of the Literary Gazette. That gentleman applied for the author's permission to publish it in his journal, which was granted. Mr James was, however, both surprised and annoyed to find the verses prefaced by a statement of the circumstances under which they were composed, which had not the shadow of a foundation in fact. Mr Croker, seeing the verses in the columns of the Literary Gazette, wrote to Mr James, requesting that he would allow him to insert them in the new edition of his "Legends." Leave was given him to make what use he pleased of them, provided (the cock-and-bull story/ prefixed to them in the paper in which they first appeared, was omitted. This is the sum total of Mr James's “contributions" to the new edition of the "Legends.",

PERIODICALS FOR MARCH.-The New Monthly contains an amu. sing quiz upon autobiographies, by Poole, the author of Paul Pry. Fraser has a judicious and able article upon Schiller; a portrait of Mrs Norton, less fearfully pathetic than that in the New Monthly for February, but sufficiently in the "sitting for her portrait" style; and in general much vigour and spirit, but too decidedly in imitation of Blackwood.-We are inclined to opine that the best article in the Monthly is "The Merchant's Clerk," the " Notes of the Month" are as smart as ever.-The United Service has seve ral articles that will be perused with eagerness,-The Memoir of Marmont, and the account of the military events of last July in Paris, The Battle of Waterloo, in a Letter from a Private Soldier, -A Letter from Gibraltar,-and a Monody upon "Passed Midshipmen." The Asiatic Journal is, if we may judge by its table of

in which the Greek language is taught to 1712 pupils, and 27 schools of mutual instruction, with 3650 pupils, in the islands of the Archipelago. Among the insular institutions are the esta blishment for orphans and the central school. In continental Greece, ond school has been established at Lepanto for teaching the Greek language; and a building, destined to the use of an. other, is erecting at Mesolonghi,

LITERARY REMUNERATION.+A French periodical informs us, that the contributors to the Edinburgh Review are paid at the rate of £110 sterling for every printed sheet.

Theatrical Gossip.The Royal Family have visited Drury Lane. The entertainments commanded were "The School for Scandal," and "Davy Jones," a pantomime.-Miss Paton is engaged as prima donna at the King's Theatre. There has been an insurrec. tion among the tailors of that establishment. The whole army of artistes (forty-five in numbery made a strike, on being refused an advance of wages. Laporte is in despair, and the new ballet of "Kenilworth" still in the limbo of vanity.A burletta has been produced at the Olympic, termed "Taken by Surprise." It has been vehemently attacked, and faintly defended. An English ver. sion of Boieldieu's "Le Nouveau Seigneur de Village" has been produced at the same theatre. Its name is "Duke for a Day, "a good translation, well got up, and well acted-A new actress has made her appearance among the French actors at present per. forming in London, but without any marked success. The plea between the great and the minor theatres has at last been deter. mined. The privilege of the English Opera House is restricted to six months in every year.In Paris, a piece has been produced at the Nouveautés, under the seductive title of Le Cholera Morbus ! It represents all the theatres of Paris as afflicted with an allegori. cal influenza, consequent upon their want of encouragement under existing circumstances. Each theatre is represented by an actor or actress, who is made to labour under some disease, supposed to be amilogous to its present condition.—Liverpool affords encouragement at once to Duerow and two theatres.Vandenhoff is engaged to play with Young during his, farewell visit to Glasgow we hope this is also the case here.-Seymour opens his theatre in Glasgow with the strength of the Belfast circuit, and the Nor. mans-dancers of some celebrity. The establishment, we learn, is to wear an entirely new face.-A new national drama is in preparation at home here, entitled, we believe, "A Week at Holy. rood." It is said to be from the pen of a lady favourably known in the literary world. The opera of "Don Giovanni" is announced, and we learn that one of Cimarosa's is also in preparation. The theatre is looking life-like both behind and before the curtain. #4 WEEKLY LIST OF PERFORMANCES. FEBRUARY 26 MARCH 4.

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In our Hext, A Son't' by the Ettrick Shepherd; Reviews of the Marchmont Papers, and of Sketches of Venetian History (in the Family Library together with the continuation of "the Walche ren Expedition," and A NOVELTY.

** II. M. M. Wont do:21 “C." must be 'contented with the same answer." The East of the MacFans" has been recovered, but we have not yet hind leisure to peruse it. We do not know who "l'Illustre Prélát” is, and we are averse to aid in praising a man of whose merits we are ignorant.-" E. E." has poetry about him, but he must learn to abjure the cant phrases of versifiers.-The papers enquired after by "O. C." have never come into our hands.

ERRATA IN OUR LAST-In the Review of the Harmonicon, for Revue Musical, read Musicale,-for stoccato, read staccato,—for à son goût, read a son goût.

crew who adhered to him had been forced, they sailed for Otaheite. Christian, afraid of detection, resolved to make for some more remote island. Eight sailors and six natives determined to follow his fate. Having in vited several of the women on board, under the pretext of taking leave, the cables were cut, and they were carried off to sea. They steered for Pitcairn's Island. The mountains of that island are difficult of access, with passes so narrow as to be easily defended, and caves affording hiding-places from pursuers. On landing, the ship was burnt, for fear of discovery.

"A suitable spot of ground for a village was fixed upon, with the exception of which the island was divided into equal portions, but to the exclusion of the poor blacks, who, being only friends of the seamen, were not considered as entitled to the same privileges. Obliged to lend their assistance to the others in order to procure a subsistence, they thus, from being their friends, in the course of time became their slaves. No discontent, however, was manifested, and they willingly assisted in the cultivation of the soil. In clearing the space that was allotted to the village, a row of trees was left between it and the sea, for the purpose of concealing the houses from the observation of any vessels that might be passing, and nothing was allowed to be erected that might in any way attract attention. Every thing went on peaceably and prosperously for about two years, at the expiration of which, Williams, who had the misfortune to lose his wife about a month after his arrival, by a fall from a precipice while collecting birds' eggs, became dissatisfied, and threatened to leave the island in one of the boats of the Bounty, unless he had another wife. The Europeans, not willing to part with him on account of his usefulness as armourer, constrained one of the blacks to bestow his wife upon the applicant. The blacks, outrageous at this second act of flagrant injustice, made common cause with their companion, and matured a plan of revenge upon their oppressors. The secret was imparted to the women, who ingeniously communicated it to the white men in a song, of which the words were, Why does black man sharpen axe?-to kill white man.' The instant Christian became aware of the plot, he seized his gun, and went in search of the blacks, but with a view only of showing them that their plot was discovered; and thus, by timely interference, to prevent the execution of it. He met one of them (Ohoo) at a little distance from the village, taxed him with the conspiracy, and, in order to intimidate him, discharged his gun, which he had humanely loaded only with powder. Ohoo, imagining that the bullet had missed its object, derided his unskilfulness, and fled into the woods, followed by his accomplice, Talaloo, who had been deprived of his wife. The remaining blacks, finding their plot discovered, purchased pardon, by promising to murder their accomplices, who had fled, which they afterwards performed by an act of the most odious treachery. Ohoo was betrayed and murdered by his own nephew; and Talaloo, after an ineffectual attempt made upon him with poison, fell by the hands of his friend and his wife-the very woman on whose account all the disturbances began, and whose injuries Talaloo thought he was revenging in common with his own."

The tranquillity thus restored was preserved for about two years, at the end of which the blacks were again irritated by the ill-treatment they received from Quintal and M'Coy, two of the sailors. The plot was this time better laid, and issued in the murder of Christian and four more of the Englishmen, the reduction of Adams-who was severely wounded-and one of his companions, to servitude, and the flight of Quintal and M'Coy, the causers of the mischief. The reign of the men of colour was, however, of short duration.

"The party in the village lived in tolerable tranquillity for about a week; at the expiration of which, the men of colour began to quarrel about the right of choosing the women whose husbands had been killed; which ended in Menalee's shooting Timoa, as he sat by the side of Young's wife, accompanying her song with the flute. Timoa, not dying immediately, Menalee reloaded, and deliberately dispatched him by a second discharge. He afterwards attacked Tetaheite, who was condoling with Young's wife for the loss of her favourite black, and would have murdered him also, but for the interference of the women. Afraid to remain longer in the village, he escaped to the mountains,

and joined Quintal and M'Coy, who, though glad of his services, received him at first with suspicion. This great acquisition to their force enabled them to bid defiance to the opposite party; and to show their strength, and that they were provided with muskets, they appeared on the ridge of mountains within sight of the village, and fired a volley, which so alarmed the others, that they sent Adams to say, that if they would kill the black man Menalee, and return to the village, they would all be friends again. The terms were so far complied with, that Menalee was shot; but, apprehensive of the sincerity of the remaining blacks, they refused to return while they were alive. "Adams says it was not long before the widows of the white men so deeply deplored their loss, that they determined to revenge their death, and concerted a plan to murder the only two remaining men of colour. Another account, communicated by the islanders, is, that it was only part of a plot formed at the same time that Menalee was murdered, which could not be put into execution before. However this may be, it was equally fatal to the poor blacks. The arrangement was, that Susan should murder one of them, Tetaheite, while he was sleeping by the side of his favourite; and that Young should at the same instant, upon a signal being given, shoot Nehow. The unsuspecting Tetaheite retired as usual, and fell by the blow of an axe; the other was looking at Young loading his gun, which he supposed was for the purpose of shooting hogs, and requested him to put in a good charge, when he received the deadly contents. The accomplishment of this fatal scheme was immediately communicated to the two absentees, and their return solicited. There were now (October, 1793) left upon the island Adams, Young, M'Coy, and Quintal, ten women, and some children."

The women conducted themselves at first as might have been expected-seceded from the society whenever they conceived any dissatisfaction, and kept the men in bodily fear, by carrying arms along with them. Industry and general good behaviour continued, however, to increase, until a new cause of trouble was introduced. Love had been the first-whisky was the second.

"It unfortunately happened that M'Coy had been employed in a distillery in Scotland; and being very much addicted to liquor, he tried an experiment with the teeroot, and on the 20th April, 1798, succeeded in producing a bottle of ardent spirits. This success induced his companion, Mathew Quintal, to alter his kettle into a still,' a contrivance which unfortunately succeeded too well, as frequent intoxication was the consequence, with McCoy in particular, upon whom it at length produced fits of delirium, in one of which he threw himself from a cliff, and was killed. The melancholy fate of this man created so forcible an impression on the remaining few, that they resolved never again to taste spirits; and Adams has, I believe, to this day kept his vow.

"About 1799, Quintal lost his wife by a fall from the cliff, while in search of birds' eggs. He grew discontented, and, though there were several disposable women on the island, and he had already experienced the fatal effects of a similar demand, nothing could satisfy him but the wife of one of his companions. Of course neither of them felt inclined to accede, and he sought an opportunity of putting first attempt, but swore he would repeat it. Adams and He was fortunately foiled in his Young, having no doubt he would follow up his resolution, came to the conclusion that their lives were not safe, and that they were justified in putting him to death, which they did with an axe."

them both to death.

The subsequent history of this colony is of a more pleasing character.

"Adams and Young were now the sole survivors out of fifteen males who landed on the island. They were both, and more particularly Young, of a serious turn of mind. Since Christian's decease, church service had been regularly read every Sunday. They now, however, resolved to have morning and evening family prayers, to add afternoon service to the duty of the Sabbath, and to train up their children, and those of their late unfortunate companions, in piety and virtue. In the execution of this resolve, Young's education enabled him to be of the greatest assistance. An asthmatic complaint, under which he had for some time laboured, terminated his existence about a year after the death of Quintal, and Adams was left the sole survivor of the unfortunate and misguided mutineers of the Bounty.

"The reformation of these men could not have taken place at a more propitious moment. Out of nineteen children upon the island, there were several between the ages of seven and nine years; who, had they been suffered longer to follow their own inclinations, might have acquired habits which it would have been impossible for Adams to eradicate. His exertions were attended by advantages both to the objects of his care and to his own mind, which surpassed his most sanguine expectations. He nevertheless had an arduous task to perform. Besides the children to be educated, the Otaheitan women were to be converted; and, as the example of the parents had a powerful influence over the children, he resolved to make them his first care. Here, also, his labours succeeded; the Otaheitans were naturally of a tractable disposition, and gave him less trouble than he anticipated: the children also acquired such a thirst after seriptural knowledge, that Adams in a short time had little more to do than to answer their enquiries, and put them in the right way. As they grew up, they acquired fixed habits of morality and piety; their colony improved; intermarriages occurred; and they now form a happy and well-regulated society, the merit of which in a great degree belongs to Adams, and tends to redeem the former errors of his life."

The account given by Captain Beechey of the manners and appearance of this infant nation is extremely interesting, and may tempt us to pilfer again from his pages next week, if no press of new matter interfere to prevent In the meantime, we take our leave of the gallant author and his book, expressing our admiration of the manly, hearty, and sensible spirit which pervades it.

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A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchmont, in the Possession of the Right Hon. Sir George Henry Rose, Illustrative of Events from 1685 to 1750. In three vols. 8vo. Pp. 292, 418, 479. London. John Murray. 1831.

THE period of English history of which these volumes are illustrative, is one of which we know little-to the purpose. There are, no doubt, histories, biographies, (so called by courtesy,) constitutional essays, &c. &c. But all these meritorious works have one great fault; their facts are either traditionary gossip, or cut out of the veracious columns of the newspapers of the day. The history of monarchical countries is apt to degenerate into mere biographies of their successive rulers; the history of England has erred in another way-the loud voice of popular commotion has distracted the attention too much from the personal character of those who in silence, but irresistibly, gave its progressive impetus to the machine of the state.

The collections of private papers which are now beginning to drop out one by one from family repositories, promise in time to furnish us with more authentic information. When these important publications have become sufficiently numerous, an author of comprehensive and acute mind may, by conjoining the information they afford, with that which is to be found in the public records, give to the world a history of England from the Restoration till the accession of George III., the most important, if not the most attractive era in our history. It is a pleasing part of our task, as periodical literary newsmongers, to give the public some preliminary notion of the character of each of these accessions to our historical fund.

The volumes now before us contain a judicious selection from the papers of the three Earls of Marchmont. These noblemen were all possessed of superior natural abilities, carefully cultivated, and were all of them deeply engaged in the political business of their respective periods. Sir Patrick Hume, afterwards the first Earl of Marchmont, was born in 1640, and died in 1724. He was a strenuous and consistent advocate of Presbyterian and Constitutional principles during the dark reigns of the two last Stewarts. He was an actor in the Marquis of Argyle's premature attempt to rouse Scotland

against the bigot James; and he had a great share in bringing about the incorporating Union between England and Scotland. His son Alexander, second Earl of Marchmont, was born in 1675, and died in 1740. His boyhood was spent in exile, in Holland. He was bred to the law. As Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire, he raised two battalions of cavalry, and commanded one of them in person. He served his country abroad in several embassies; and died an active member of the Opposition to Sir Robert Walpole. Hugh, the last Earl of Marchmont, was born in 1708, and died, at an advanced age, in 1794. He was the friend and correspondent of Pope and Bolingbroke. He was an animated and accomplished debater in Parliament, an intelligent and amiable country gentleman. Although acting by no means such a conspicuous or influential part in state affairs as his father or grandfather, he was closely connected with the leading statesmen of the day, and enjoyed None of his papers of a their esteem and confidence.

later date than 1750 are given in this collection.

The private papers of three such men are necessarily full of the most interesting matter. Not only do they bring to our knowledge many historical facts formerly unknown, or of doubtful authority-they bring the actors in the scenes of the Revolution, the Union, the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 before us, as they lived, thought, and felt. We are admitted into the secret of all their little intrigues; we see the opinions and feelings which motive their actions springing up vague and indistinct in their minds, or gradually gaining form and consistency in their conversations with each other. We see parties and practices of state developed and matured. In short, forming, dissolving, and re-uniting-political principles

view-not in its superficial form, not in the variable and we have the machine of state completely exposed to our inconstant motions of those who merely take their tone from others-but in its most necessary springs and wheels, the conduct of those whom chance or talent have enabled to form the opinions of others, and lay hold upon the management of national affairs.

In this point of view, the papers of Hugh Earl of Marchmont are peculiarly interesting. They refer to the periods immediately preceding, and immediately following, the Rebellion of 1745. They serve effectually to strip that Quixotic enterprise of the false colouring of heroism which some late writers have attempted to confer upon it.

We see that the madmen concerned in it were doomed from the first to destruction. They had raised every man who was attached to their cause-by remaining in Scotland, they would have given the government time to muster forces to crush them-by pushing on, they disconcerted its operations, but, at the same time, they abandoned their fastnesses, and delivered themselves up to an overwhelmingly superior and inimical population. Their own differences accelerated their destruction; but union could only have made them mischievous for a little longer space, to a country which knew nothing of them or their leader, and wished to know nothing. We do not call the person who plunges himself into such a predicament a hero, but a madman. Nor can above half-a-dozen of Charles Stewart's followers claim even the lenient judgment that they were amiable or high-minded dreamers. The mass of the Highlanders merely obeyed their chiefs, and the majority of these chiefs were disappointed politicians or bankrupts. Lord Marchmont's papers show most satisfactorily that it was not to any high-wrought enthusiasm that the Highlanders owed their transient appearance of success, but solely to the weakness and inefficiency of the ministry for the time being. Conscious of their own weakness and unpopularity, they hesitated to put into the hands of the Lowland counties of Scotland arms wherewith they might defend themselves, or even to allow them to unite; and the land was thus left with nothing to oppose the irruption of the Highland host. For corroboration of