lous life. It is a courted, not a wooing, at least unconsciously wooing love, and though full of tenderness, yet it is but slightly expressed, as being solely the gentle affection of a strong mind, and in no wise a passion. And I loved her, that she did pity them.' Indeed, he is not represented as a man of passion, but of stern, sedate, immoveable mood. I have seen the cannon, that, like the devil, from his very arm puffed his own brother,'-and can he be angry? Montalto speaks with the same astonishment, calling him respected for wisdom and gravity. Therefore, it is no love story. His love itself, as long as it is happy, is perfectly calm and serene, the protecting tenderness of a husband. It is not till it is disordered that it appears as a passion. Then is shown a power in contention with itself -a mighty being struck with death, and bringing up from all the depths of life convulsions and agonies. It is no exhi tion of the power of the passion of love, but of the passion of life vitally wounded, and self-overmastering. What was his love, he had placed all his faith in good alls his imagination of purity, all his tenderness of nature, upon one heart, and at once that heart seems to be an ulcer. It is that recoiling agony that shakes his whole body that having confiding with fate; whereas ne is now in a manner his own victim. His happy love was heroic tenderness, his injured love is terrible passion, and disordered power, engendered within itself to its own destruction, is the height of all tragedy. The character of Othello is perhaps the most greatly drawn, the most heroic, of any of Shakspeare's actors; but it is perhaps, that one also of which his reader last acquires the intelligence. The intellectual and warlike energy of his mind-his tenderness of affection-his loftiness of spirit-his frank, generous magnaminity-impetuosity like a thunderbolt, that dark fierce flood of boiling passion, polluting even his imagination-compose a character entirely original; most difficult to delineate, but perfectly delineated.-Drake's Memorial of Shakespeare. THE DECLARATION OF LOVE. By I. Neale. My heart is gone, I can't tell how, the whole power of his soul, he is utterly Ellustrations of History. betrayed; that having departed from the pride and might of his life, which he held in his conquest and sovereignty over men, to rest himself upon a new and gracious affection, to build himself and his life upon one beloved heart, having found a blessed affection, which he had passed through life without knowing, and having chosen, in the just and pure goodness of his will, to take that affection instead of all other hopes, desires, and passions, to live by that at once he sees it sent out of existence, and a damned! thing standing in its place. It is then that, he feels a forfeiture of all power, and a blasting of all good. If Desdemona had been really guilty, the greatness would have been destroyed, because his love would have been unworthy false. But she is good, and his love is most perfect, just, and good. That a man should place his perfect love on a wretched thing, is miserably debasing, and shocking to thought, but that, loving perfectly and well, he should, by hellish human circumvention, be brought to distrust, and dread, and adjure his own perfect love, is most mournful indeed it is the infir mity of our good nature, wrestling in vain with the strong powers of evil. Moreover, he would, had Desdemona been false, have been the mere victim of ORIGIN OF COFFEE-HOUSES IN LONDON THE Coffee Plant is a native of Arabia, it is supposed by some to have been the chief ingredient of the broth of the Laceknown in England till the year 1657, at demonians. The use of this berry was not which time Mr. D. Edwards, a Turkey Merchant, on his return from Smyrna to London, brought with him one Pasquel Rosie, a Greek of Ragusa, who used to prepare this liquor for his master every morning, who, by the way, never wanted company. The merchant, therefore, in order to get rid of a crowd of visitants, ordered his Greek to open a Coffee-house, which he did in St. Michael's Alley, in Cornhill. This was the first Coffee-house opened in London. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ART OF MANY of the most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents. The following account of the origin of the art of making glass, is derived from a circumstance related by Pliny :-As some merchants were carrying nitre, they stopt near a river which issues from Mount Carmel As they could not readily find "In the week_preceeding Easter, in France, baskets full of eggs boiled hard of a red or violet colour, are seen in the streets, and the children amuse themselves in playing_with, and afterwards eating them. In Egypt at this period, the cattle and trees were coloured red, because say they, at this time, the world was once on fire. The egg placed on the paschal table of the Jews, was a symbol of the human race, and of their successive generation; the egg entered into all the mysterious ceremonies called apocalyptic; and the Persians, who present eggs at the commencement of the new year, know that the egg is the symbol of the world; and whether the Christians, whose year commenced at Easter till 1563, have bor rowed the custom of presenting eggs to children from the Persians, or from the paschal ceremonies of the Jews, there is little doubt that the red colour given to them, is derived from the Jews and Egyptians. Throughout the country of Bonneval, on the day preceding Easter Sunday, and during the first day of that week, the clerks of the different parishes, the beadles and certain artizans, as those who were constantly employed in constructing_the implements of agriculture, or in making or mending harness for the horses, went about from house to house, to ask for their Easter Eggs.' In many places, the children make a sort of feast at breakfast time, on Easter day, with red or yellow eggs. The following custom on Easter day, is general throughout France: On this day, the different mechanics, such as the smith, the wheel-right, the shepherd, the ferryman, the miller, &c. go to their customers, and ask for eggs, which are never refused; the children of the village also proceed on the same errand, and have red eggs given to them. This kind of begging is called les roulees, or going the rounds. Science and Art. GLUE MADE WATER-PROOF. A correspondent informs us that he has succeeded in making a glue perfectly water-proof; and having the property, also, of drying almost immediately after its application. His method, we learn, is first to immerse common glue in cold water, until it becomes perfectly soft, but yet retaining its original form; after which it is to be dissolved in common raw linseed oil, assisted by a gentle heat, until it becomes entirely taken up by the latter, after which it may be applied to substances for adhesion to each other, in the way common glue is ordinarily applied. It dries almost immediately, and water will exert no action on it. It is unnecessary to say for how many valuable purposes in the arts this application may be used. For cabinet-makers it is important, as mahogany veneers, when glued by this substance, will never fall off by exposure to a moist atmosphere. In ship-building it will probably answer a valuable purpose, as it has infinitely more tenacity than common glue, and becomes impervious to water.-New Monthly. ANATOMICAL PREPARATION. A mixture of spirit varnish and vermillion, diluted with a small quantity of water, which soon sets and becomes hard, is now succesfully employed for anatomical preparation. It is so penetrating, as frequently to return by the veins, and is found to be very convenient, from the circumstance of its not requiring the application of heat. The first application of the above mixture to anatomical purposes, is reported to have been by an American anatomist of the name of Ramsay. PRESERVATION OF FRESH WATER FISH IN WINTER. WHEN fish ponds are frozen over, it should be the daily practice, for the preservation of the fish, to break the ice in several places, and agitate the water beneath, in order to renew the supply of atmospheric air. If as in many fish-preserver, a penstock will allow of the water being partially drawn off from beneath the ice, it will materially aid in the pre servation of the fish. The necessity of a supply of atmospheric air, may be easily proved, by confining a few small fish in a glass vessel nearly filled with water, and tied over with a piece of bladder; the fish will, in consequence, soon grow languid and die, and the air above the water will be found to extinguish a lighted taper owing to its being deprived of its oxygen. Register of Arts. Oh! said A Coxcomb, who undertook the conducting of two ladies of quality to the Observatory, to behold an eclipse of the moon, arrived with them too late; consequently the eclipse was over, and his companions much disappointed. he, pray ladies don't be chagrined, I am upon excellent terms with the astronomer, and he is so polite a man, that I am sure it will be a pleasure to him to begin again!"-G. B. C. TO A PERSON DESIROUS OF SEEING HIS NAME IN PRINT, Slr, the readiest way is to go into debt,Then your name you may see in the London Gazette. A RETORT. P. A haughty courtier meeting in the street ON SOME SNOW THAT MELTED ON SINGULAR POETICAL WILL. THE following is given as a correct copy of the Will of the late Mr. Joshua West, the poet of the Six Clerk's Office, Chancery Lane, dated December 13, 1804. Perhaps I die not worth a groat! But should I die worth something more, Then I give that and my best coat, And all my manuscripts in store, To those who shall the goodness have, To cause my poor remains to rest Within a decent shell and grave This is the will of-JOSHUA WEST. J. A. Berry, John Baines. Diary and Chronology. DATE. DAYS. DIARY. April 4 St. Isidore was bishop of Seville for the long pe- 1605. Expired, the eminent antiquary, John 140. 6 St. Sixtus was a Roman by birth, and succeeded Alexander I. A. D. 131, and died a martyr. A. D. He was contemporary with the Emperor Adrian, and held the See until the consulships of Verus and Aniculus. He is said to have ordained, that the elements and vessels belonging to the Altar, should be touched by none but ministers. 1348. Died, calmly and serenely, the beautiful Laura de Noves, celebrated for having been passionately beloved by Francis Petrarch, the Italian Poet. She returned his passion by indifference, Petrarch fostered his love at Vancluse: where he immortalized her perfections in his verses: 1814. The first abdication of Bonaparte took place on this day, when be accepted the Isle of Elba for his residence. 7 St. Hegesippus was a Jew, he embraced Christi. anity at Rome, in A. D. 157, and died in 181. He wrote an ecclesiastical history from Christ to his own time, fragments ouly of which are preserved. 1718 .Dr. Hugh Blair the eminent divine, was born at Edinburgh on this day, his admirable sermons and his lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres have been translated into various languages, and are looked upon as master pieces of composition. 1807. Expired, Lalande, the eminent astronomer, ET 70, at Paris. 8 St. Dionysius was bishop of Corinth. He suffered martyrdom about the year AD 178, an account of some of his writing may be found in Eusebius 1364. Died suddenly at the Savoy palace in the Strand, John King of France, surnamed the Good, whilst a prisoner. He was a prince of great courage and virtue. 91626. Expired on this day the great Lord Bacon, the eminent statesman, aged 66. Bacon has justly been called the father of experimental philosophy. 1807. Died John Opie, an historical painter of high rank, ÆT 46. 10 1752. Expired the eminent surgeon, William Cheselden, AT 64. He was principal surgeon to Queen Caroline, and head surgeon of Chelsea Hospital, Mr. Cheselden obtained great celebrity for his skill in operating for the stone and on the eyes. 1815. On this day, Murat, King of Naples, was defeated by the Austrians. Erratum in our last.-Page 183, 2 lines from bottom, 2nd column, for "common sense, read "exalted sense." THE FOREIGN EXECUTIONER. (Continued from page 196.) carried an ancient dark coloured highcrowned hat, while on his legs were loose calf-skin breeches, and light brown stock ings, with the large square boots of the 17th century. I had now a fair opportunity of studying the countenance of this man, comparatively in a state of rest. It was much furrowed, and was of a very dark olivecolour, with the red blood of his cheeks, and an angry flush upon his broad bald forehead, glowing through it; having his black grizzled hair, some portions of which appeared from beneath his cap, hanging down in flakes upon his shoulders. Above his deeply sunken eyes, very thick bushy brows of the same hue, gave to them a yet darker shade, and at the lower part of his face, large curling moustaches, and a full, pointed beard, almost obscured his lips, which seemed ever to wear a scornful smile. There was in the whole of his features, something that one would shudder at without precisely knowing why; for his eyes óccasionally looked lighted up with malice, and a stern foreign aspect gave all the characters of revenge to his swarthy visage. It was with no little degree of expectation, that I looked for the morning of the 30th of January, when the secret sins and sorrows of my unhappy guest were to be disclosed to me.. determined, however, not to seek his chamber until he should solicit my presence: and I therefore waited until about eleven o'clock when he entered my apartment still bearing his ancient oaken chest, but habited in a manner entirely different from his worn out soldier's raiment of the preceding day. He now appeared in a close dress of coarse white cloth, fastened with a large buff girdle and a broad iron buckle, and covered with a round cap, that fitted tightly to his head. Before him hung a short and rough brown apron, much spotted with blood, which was greatly changed in colour from the length of time it had remained there; and the additional sleeves which were put on over his vest, were stained in a similar manner. Upon one shoulder rested the box, his constant companion, and in the other hand he VOL. I 14-SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1828 |