Ennui of soul-meagrims, by book-lore rare And the black-letter'd tomes old fashioned look, Spell bound me for a moment in my chair ; A little vicious agile fairy took Our gentle Spenser, and the portrait there Of great Elizabeth before me held, And sneering squeak'd, 'A nobler, if you dare!' 'Diva Victoria that proud Queen excell'd' I shouted, in a rage,-Regina, hail !

The Imp, dear friend, how did he quake and quail!

SONNET XXXIX. The Honest Yeoman. "Our lovely Queen, o' goold an' pearls enow She zurely hav' just zee hur dirmon' croun; She's got moor monny than booth I an's thow An' aal th' volk in Glassenbery's toun.

An' that hur vriends and voes hav' aalways vound.

I do lov' th' Quean, upon my hart, I vow,
I wish she'd let me jist hur paliase zee,
I'd gie hur aal I got, my darling quean;
An' if she wuld von wurd but speak to me,
I think vor joy I'd jump out o' my skean,
T would be a wondervul gran' thing to be."
Thus spoke our Yeoman in his honest mean.
Diva Victoria! many a heart be thine,
But none more true and loyal, I opine.

The Mother's Help towards instructing her Children in the Excellence of the Catechism and Services of the Church of England, &c. By the Rev. John James, D.D.-A work which we have read with unmixed gratification, and which we can recommend with the most undoubting confidence. It is alike to be recommended for its important and various information, and for its persuasive eloquence, not only by those to whom it is particularly addressed, but by all persons of either sex who would form correct notions of the value of our Services, and of all the great doctrines of our religion that are included in them. This is one of those works which, while it can be understood by persons of common capacity and ordinary education, may be read and esteemed by those of more intelligent and cultivated minds. The note at p. 306 is highly curious, and the subject deserving a deeper consideration than the author who treats it incidentally could give. The difficulty appears to be this--how can a suddenly invigorated memory consist with organs weakened by long age or disease, or suddenly attacked by accidental injury. Besides, this drowning person, we presume, recovered, so that he never was literally in a dying state, to which alone, we presume, such supernatural powers would be attributed. The mind, however, in severe bodily illness and affliction, possesses a strong tendency and

desire to turn to itself and recal past events, and view them under altered aspects.

Power of the Passions, and other Poems. By Mrs. K. A. Ware. We presume, that these poems are by an American lady: they are not written with any great talent; but, as vers de societé, are quite as good as verses of that kind are wont to be; while others have a higher merit. SONG.

If there's on earth a blooming bower,
Where fadeless leaf and thornless flower
Together brightly twine;

Where fruits ambrosial crown the trees,
And health comes in each passing breeze,
Oh! would that bower were mine!
If there's a clime where wintry storms
Come not, to blight those vernal charms
That glow on Nature's breast,
Where all is mild, and bright and fair,
Would I might make my dwelling there,
And be at peace and rest.

If there's a land where Pow'r and Pride,
To Wrath and Ignorance allied,

Ne'er held a sovereign sway;

Where humble Merit dares to claim
The well-earn'd meed of honest fame,
To that far land-away.
TEARS.

There is a tear, whose bitter flow
Speaks deeply of the bosom's woe,
Of care and pain, and with'ring grief,
And wants that seek not for relief.
There is a tear in secret shed
O'er perish'd hopes, and pleasures fled,
O'er treach'rous Love's perfidious smile,
And Envy's blast, and Falsehood's guile.
There is an agonizing tear,
Which falls upon the funeral bier;
Wrung from the bosom of Despair,
When the heart's treasure slumbers there.
There is a tear of burning shame,
Shed o'er the wreck of ruin'd fame;
When Conscience, startled from her sleep,
Looks forth upon life's troubled deep.
A tear, to true repentance given,
When, to the verge of misery driven,
The soul its desolation feels,
And at the Throne of Mercy kneels.
These speak of all the woes that mark
Our shadowy pathway thro' life's dark
And cheerless pilgrimage of gloom;
They fall, like faded flow'rs upon a tomb.
Yet there's a tear which, like the dew,
That comes with twilight's tender hue
Upon the bosom of a rose,
As if in sorrow o'er its close.
'Tis that which weaves the potent spell
Around the cherished word,-farewell!
A tear of Hope, to Friendship given,
Once more to meet-if not on earth, in
Heaven.

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I. The Chancellor's Gold Medal for the best English ode, or poem in heroic verse, -Plato.

II. The Marquess Camden's Gold Medal, a Prize for the best Exercise in Latin Hexameter verse-" Defectus solis varii lunæque labores."

III. The Members' Prizes: For the Bachelors-"Principiorum Juris Publici apud Græcos et apud Romanos compa

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IV. Sir William Browne's Gold Medals for the Greek Ode-Ai ráve ópôσa Evμevides. For the Latin Ode-Indus Fluvius. For the Greek Epigram-Mia χελιδών ἔαρ οἱ ποιεῖ. For the Latin Epigram-Una hirundo non facit ver.

V. The Porson Prize for Greek Verse-Shakspere, Midsummer Night's Dream. Act 1. Scene 1. Beginning," God speed, fair Helena! whither away?" And ending, "From lovers' food till morrow deep midnight."

TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

The Elrington Theological Prize has been adjudged to Sir Alexander Matthew Pollock, for the best essay on the following subject:-" Transubstantiation overturneth the nature of a Sacrament."

The subject of the Elrington Theological Prize for the next year (1843), is, "Does the analogy of God's dealings with men lead us to expect a perpetual succession of miraculous powers in the Church?"

ROYAL SOCIETY.

Nov. 30. At the anniversary meeting, the Marquess of Northampton, President, took the chair. The following is a list of the new Council:-The Marquess of Northampton, President; Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart. M.A. Treasurer; Peter M. Roget, M.D., S. H. Christie, esq. M.A., Secretaries; J. F. Daniell, esq., Foreign Secretary. Other members of the Council: G. B. Airy, esq. M.A., Astron. R.; F. Baily, esq.; M. Barry, M.D.; H. J. Brooke, esq.; R. Brown, esq., D.C.L.; Rev. J. Cumming, M.A.; J. T. Graves, esq. M.A.; Sir W. J. Hooker, K.H., LL.D.; R. Lee, M.D.; G. A. Mantell, esq., LL.D.; W. H. Miller, esq., M.A.; W. H. Pepys, esq.; G. Rennie, esq.; The Earl of Rosse; W. H. F. Talbot, esq.; C. Wheatstone, esq.-The names printed in Italics were not members of the last Council. The following are the awards of the medals: The Copley medal to Professor J. M'Cullagh, for his researches connected with the "wavetheory of light," contained in the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. The Rumford medal to Mr. W. H. F. Talbot, for his discoveries and improvements in photography. The Royal medal, in the department of physiology, to Mr. Bowman, for his paper "On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney, with observations on the circulation through that gland," published in the

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.

The Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College were this year permitted to resume their theatrical performance; and the play they selected was the Adelphi of Terence. The cast of the Dramatis Personæ was as follows:

Micio, C. Goolden; Demea, J. Y. Seagrave: Sannio, L. A. Cramer; Eschinus, W. H. Milman: Syrus, M. Haggard; Ctesipho, G. F. Smith; Sostrata, C. J. Fuller; Canthara, J. Rich; Geta, J. G. Smyth: Hegio, H. M. Ingram; Dromo, E. C. Burton. Mutes.-Tibicina, T. G. Smart; Parmeno, W. L. Smith.

We have seen, on former occasions, a greater display of comic humour; but, upon the whole, the performance was very creditable.

The prologue and epilogue were well received. In the former the loss of the

Dean was gracefully lamented. Of course the epilogue, which is usually made a vehicle for the topics of the day, made a passing hit at the income-tax and the cornlaws; but its principal subject was the Dotheboys Hall system, which, however, was not treated with all the wit and spirit that might have been expected on so appropriate a theme.

TERENTII ADELPHORUM PROLOGUS ET EPILOGUS. 1842.

Nunc iterum, et tacitis procubet umbra foris.

Ipse tamen, Roma Emilium quum flêret, "Adelphos,"

Quas habuit tumulo prætulit Afer opes; Nec puduit Natum, ferales tibia cantus

Quum daret. adsuetis dedoluisse jocis.a Una etiam assidue scripsit, nec dulcis Alumni Dedecuit magnos scripta fovere Duces.b Tu quoque, Care Senex! tu, dum tibi vita manebat,

Tu comes, ingeniis tu quoque fautor eras; "Virtus Scipiada, et mitis sapientia Lælî,"c Convenit in titulos nomen utrumque tuos. Scilicet is nobis labor est, ea gloria, Summis Qui placeant populo posse placeré Viris.d