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two large temples on the site of Ancient Latopolis, said to have" been pulled down to erect stabling with, are standing to this day and being used as corn-magazines which circumstance will ensure their preservation. Other edifices, which the writer in the Globe' would have us believe have fallen before the ruthless hand of Me-* hemet Ali, bave in fact been undermined by the overflowing of the Nile, as may readily have been seen by any one who visited. the spot, and may as easily be believed by those who have not when they consider the extent to which the waters of the Nile frequently inendate the surrounding country. Upon the whole we are deciaedly of opinion that the Globe has not made out a case, against the ruler of Egypt.

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Those splendid productions of Raphael, the Cartoons, have had a most narrow escape from destruction, owing to the carelessness of persons entrusted with the charge of arming the apartments in which they are kept. It appears that a portion of the hot-air tubes which pass behind the wainscoatings, bad from some neglect become over-heated, the consequence of which was a part of the panelling ignited, fortunately, however, before the rooms were closed for the day, so that it was perceived and the alarm given before any in-* jury was sustained. Had the accident taken place only one hour later, there can be no doubt but that the whole of the noble collection could have fallen a sacrifice, for there is nothing to protect them in any way. The London journals complain, and justly so, of the very little care taken of the Cartoons which are exposed to public gaze without covering, in a room where dust, damp and heat alternately preponderate? Why have these paintings no place in our national gallery? Why do they not receive the care and attention which the first efforts, of the first master so well deserve? Why have they no building for their reception such as should at once do honor to the painter and the paintings? These are questions asked, and vainly, by the literary journals at home. They are questions which should have been put and answered hall a century ago, and would not have been asked now, had it not been for the accident before me tión ed. The fine arts, without doubt, have more friends han some few years since, but our heads are still too full of politics, parties, rail

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roads, Leviathan steamers, and Joint-Stock-Companies, to give much attention to such profitless things as pieces of painted canvass. Wę will, however, hope for better things; we already perceive the dawn of brighter days: and the time may not be far distant when the, studio will be a welcome relief to the toils of the counting-house when the grey goose quill will be occasionally laid aside for the painter's brush,

Of the many discoveries and improvements in science we know none more interesting or more important than the agency of electricity. and the application of atmospheric pressure to the purposes of rail-' way communication. The former has been successfully brought into action as a powerful and cheap substitute for steam, as a very perfect and beautiful means of engraving the most intricate designs and for the purpose of speedy telegraphic communications in all weathers and at all times. Several experiments have been lately made with the atmospheric railway apparently with the most perfect success, A a trial on a new line of railway between Shepherd's Bush and the Great Western Railroad, the loaded trains were propelled at the rate of 36 miles per hour, and it was said that even a greater velocity could be obtained. The object of this novel railway is to draw trains over bills where locomotive engines could Lot work, and through which it has hitherto been usual to cut tunnels, thereby saying a vast outlay of capital to railway companies,

The formation and prosperity of a "London "London Professional Choral Society" is another evidence of the progress of musical taste in England. The Exeter Hall Festivals laid the foundation of much spirited emulation in that very neglected. branch of vocal music, chorus singing. The zeal that has been awakened has not sprung up amongst the great and the wealthy: it is the middle ranks of life that we find coming forward to redeem our national character for musical taste. The time was, and that not long since either when a chorus singer was ouly expected to possess strength of lungs; loudness constituted excellence, and the farther a vocalist could be heard the greater talent was he supposed to possess. Now, however, things are altered and public singers study the science of

the voice. At the April meetings of this young society, Haydn's' seasons were revived in a manner that reflected the highest credit on the performers

The most recent novelties in the Literary world at home are the following,-The Wood Spirit, a novel. Who shall be Heir, a novel. By Miss Ellen Pickering. The Election: a poem, The Fantasia, a poetic offering. By J. D. S. Hobson. Observations on Banks of Issue and Currency. By David Price: The Religion, Agriculture &c. of the Ancient Egyptians. By Sir Gardner Wilkinson. Outlines of China. A summer in Western Fiance. Edited by Frances Trollope. The Church in it's relation with Truth and the State. By Joseph Rathbone Esq. Selections from the despatches of the Duke of Wellington. Lockart's Antient Spanish Ballads. Fellows' Latest Discoveries in Antient Lycia. The Zincali, or an account of the Gypsies of Spain. By George Borrow Esq. Ecraps › from German Authors. By Sarah Austin. What is the meaning ; of subscription. By the Revd, C. N. Widehouse, Canon of Norwich. Maximums and Speciments of William Muggins. By C. Selby Esq. The Life and Literary remains of I. E. 1. By Laman Blanchard, her Literary Executor Three years in Persia. By George Fowler Esq. Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific. By Capt. Marryatt, Journal of a residence of two years and a half in Great Britain. By Jeehanjeer Nowrojee and Hir jeebhoy Merwanjee, of Bombay.

MEMORY.

The brightest star in memory's wagte
Shines but to light our tears,
Casting a mournful radiance back,
On past and happy years.

The heart where grief hath set its seal
Clings to her dreamy light,
Seeking a calm in buried joys,
To make the present bright.

How vain the hope!-In memory's cell,
Those only find repose

O'er whom no thought of treasures gone
Its weight of sadness throws."

To love that lives through hope's decay,
To the lone bosom's grief,

That mourns the lost, the changed, the dead,
Her light brings no relief.

For thonght looks darkly from her cave,
And mem'ry's form is seen,

Guarding like holy love the shrine

Where beauty once hath been.'

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TO THE EDITOR.OF THE CEYLON MAGAZING.

St-In sending you the following narrative, allow me to say that all the leading features are facts, and in no instance is there any deviation from strict Truth, except in points where the validity of the narrative is not concerned and by which it cannot be affected. In detailing the conversations between the parties, I have avoided the style of expression in use among the lower orders of Irish, except in one or two instances where its omission would have been unpardonable.-I have done so, not in compliance with my own feelings, but to satisfy the taste of the day which, while it voraciously swallows the vulgar cockneyism of England, scoffs at and detests the simple expressions which come from the beart of a poor Irishman, who is forced to speak language as uncongenial to his nature as it is foreign to his lips. As I have been boin, edus cated and have resided for many years in the vicinity of the scenes alluded to, my knowledge of the circumstances as well as of the language and habits of the Irish poor, with whom I have been long conversant enable me to vouch for the accuracy of the de tails related.

Colombo, June, 1841.

" NORAH OF GLYNN".

THETA.

ATALE FROM THE TIMES OF CAPTAIN ROCK.

"The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.' "Whoso robbeth father or mother and saith, it is no transgression, the same is the companion of the destroyer."

CHAP. I.

THE period at which the events about to be related in the following narrative, had their origin, was burdened with trouble and alarm to the South of Ireland. The greatest distress had prevailed throughout the whole kingdom, but it fell with peculiar misery upon the peasantry of a country, at all times but ill provided with the

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