Hawbuck with admirable effect. Miss E. Tree has also attempted Lady Teazle and Jane Shore. In the former of these characters she was remarkably elegant and graceful in her manner; but there was an evident deficiency in the vivacity of the young and teasing wife. Her Jane Shore was coldly respectable. We are afraid the attempt is, as yet, too ambitious for Miss Tree.

man.

COVENT GARDEN.

with the consciousness that all his auditors were pretty well acquainted with the novel, and therefore rendered any very nice distinctions of either place or person wholly unneces|sary on his part. We therefore turn from Mr. Pocock to Mr. Horn, whose music is generally very delightful. It has the great charm of this composer-simplicity. There are no elaborate flourishes, leading, like Cowper's "passages" to "nothing;" but delicacy and good taste are, where absolute genius is wanting, always preMiss Paton and Mr. Sapio sang with

sent.

THE Provoked Husband has been well represented. Lord Townly is one of Kemble's hap-great spirit and effect. The acting, generally, was bad. Mr. Serle is a young performer of piest efforts. It has a fine blending of the dignity of the husband and the affections of the much good sense; but it was really absurd to Blanchard's John Moody, like all this place him as the representative of Charles the Second. We should as soon select Keeley to actor's portraits, is valuable for the strong There is scarcely any touches of originality discernible in it. Every play John of Gaunt. time we witness the acting of Mr. Blanchard, importance, and no vivacity in Mr. Serle: he we are the more astonished at the impolicy and a sober and correct Charles the Second is, can rarely be any thing but sober and correct; which keeps him in comparative obscurity, to the advancement of performers in every way we apprehend, to be found neither in Clarendon his inferiors. Fawcett's Sir Francis Wronghead nor Hume. The next monstrosity was the seems to improve with time. The cub of a Squire, by Meadows, was just tolerable. Miss Chester played Lady Townly with infinite feeling and elegance.

The Green Room, a translation from the French, and denominated a comedy, has met with very partial success. The materials are extremely meagre. Charles Kemble personates a young dramatic poet; Chapman, a country manager; Jones, a favourite comic actor; Power, a star tragedian, understood to be an imitation of Macready; Farren, a sentimental baronet; Bartley, a pretended critic, beating up for recruits for the London theatres; Mrs. Gibbs, a strolling actress, endeavouring to entrap the Baronet; Miss M. Glover, a young lady in love with the poet. All the actors played with great spirit. In short, nothing but first-rate acting could have gained for the piece a second hearing. There were at intervals ridiculous compliments paid to each other by the performers, with sundry flings at criticism, which might as well have been avoided. Surely Mr. Kenney (who is the translator of the Green Room) has nothing to complain of on the part of the press: he is no dramatic John Keats. The piece will never become popular.

Peveril of the Peak, adapted by Mr. Pocock, with music by Mr. Horn, is among the novelties at this house. The opera commences with the rencontre of Major Bridgenorth and Lady Tremonville in Derbyshire. As however in most of the pieces cut from the Scotch novels, Peveril of the Peak is wholly unintelligible: throughout, the compiler appears to have acted

Duke of Buckingham, by Mr. Power; an actor

not possessed of one single requisite for the arch-libertine-but stiff, formal, and monotonous. Miss M. Glover played Fenella with a degree of intelligence and pathos which affords us great hopes of ultimate excellence. The opera was, on the whole, received with applause; to which circumstance the scenery

contributed not a little.

HAYMARKET.

Peter Smink, falsely denominated a new interlude, was played a few years ago at one of the minor theatres, whence, indeed, it should never have been transplanted. Reeve, as Peter Smink, bustles very creditably. Mr. Gallott looks as much like Bayard, the chevalier sans peur et sans reproche, as a no very prepossesing exterior will permit him; and Madame Vestris, in a most unbecoming dress, introduces two rather pleasing songs. All, however, was not sufficient to impart any attraction to Peter Smink, which was, on its first representation, received with considerable indifference, and can never become a favourite.

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS theatre closed, after, as we are informed, a most successful season, on the 5th ult.

FINE ARTS' PUBLICATIONS, &c.

Birmese War.-At former periods,* we noticed in terms of deserved praise a series of

* Vide LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE, vol. ii. p. 273; and vol. iii. page 230.

ful expedition against Tanthabeen Stockade ;5, Attack of the Negrais Stockades at the entrance of Bassein River, by H. M. S. Larne, Capt. Marryat, and H. C. Cruizer Mercury, Capt. Anderson, 26th February, 1825; 6. Combined Forces under Brigadier Cotton, C. B., and Captains Alexander, C. B., and Chads, R. N., passing the Strong Fortress of Donabue, to effect a junction with Sir A. Campbell, on the 27th of March, 1825.-These plates, as well as the former, are executed with much spirit, freedom, and distinctness; and they convey very lucid ideas of the scenery of the country, the costume of the inhabitants, their mode of warfare, &c,

eighteen historical and local views, illustrative of the positions of the forces in the Birman territories of the magnificent edifices, pagodas, &c. in Rangoon, and the adjacent countryand of part of the operations of the army and navy against the enemy's stockades, from drawings made on the spot, under the sanction of the Commander-in-chief, by Lieutenant Moore, of his Majesty's 89th regt. Uniform with these, a second series of six coloured prints, illustrative of the combined operations of the British forces in the Birman empire, in 1824 and 1825, has just been published, and will prove a valuable acquisition to the possessors of the former series. Five of the views in the new series are from the pencil of Capt. Marryat, R. N., and one by Capt. Thornton, R. N.; from which paintings have been executed by Messrs. Stothard, R. A.; D. Cox, and G. Webster, and engraved by Mr. Pyall. The subjects are:1. Attack of the Old Fort of Syriam, by a Detachment under the command of Brigadier Smelt, on the 5th of August, 1824;-2. At-superior style to its predecessor, contains-1. tack of the Stockade up the Dalla Creek, by a Detachment of Native Troops, under the command of Major Evans, N.I., the Sailors of H. M. S. Larne, and H. C. Gun-Boats, commanded by Mr. Linguist ;-3. Attack of the Birmans at Night upon the Force left to protect the Dalla Stockade, after it had been taken a second time ;-4. One of the Gilt War Boats, captured by Capt. Chads, R. N., in his success

Voyage Pittoresque.-A very pleasing and interesting work, entitled Voyage Pittoresque et Militaire en Espagne is in the course of publication, from Engelmann's lithographic press. Part I. contains four Views in Catalonia, the scene of many important proceedings in the Peninsular war; and Part II., which is in a

www

The Valley of La Ségre, near Oliana, with groups of Spanish peasantry;-2. View near Orgagna, with a Dead Guerilla; - 3. Battle of Ripoll;-4. Taking of Rosas by the French. These views are heightened in interest by the circumstance of the accompanying illustrative notes having been furnished by Maréchal Gouvion St. Cyr, and other distinguished French officers.

Literary and Scientific Intelligence.

THE British Institution has presented to the National Gallery three valuable pictures :The Vision of St. Jerome, by Parmegiano, bought at Mr. W. Taylor's sale, for 3,100 guineas; The Communion of St. Nicholas, by Paul Veronese, purchased by the Directors, at 1,500 guineas; and West's picture of Christ healing the Sick, for which they paid him 3,000 guineas.

The Queen of Spain is said to have written, in the Castilian language, a number of poems on sacred subjects, which are about to be published.

Two volumes of inedited correspondence of Bernardin St. Pierre have appeared at Paris, and two more are announced.

The King of France has sent a gold medal to Mr. Williams, in token of his admiration of that artist's admirable Views in Greece, which have been from time to time noticed in the pages of LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE.

Eight volumes of MS. Sermons of Calvin are said to have been recently found in Germany.

A patent has been taken out for a new tea and coffee apparatus, the chief distinguishing The best wash for fixing chalk and pencil principle of which is, that of lining the inside of drawings, is a weak solution of gum mastic in a tea or coffee pot with a grating or screen, alcohol, ten grains of mastic to one ounce of rec-extending over and lying almost in contact tified spirits of wine. The gum is to be pulverized, put into the spirit, and left for four or five days, at the expiration of which a clear solution will be obtained. Place the drawing in an inclined position, over a plate; pour the solution over its surface; allow it to drain, and let it be dried spontaneously in the air.

Fifteen of the lost books of Livy are said to have been discovered at Pisa by a Mr. Roesch.

with the bottom and sides of the pot; and in placing within the grating a bag or strainer of silk, linen, &c. The object of this arrangement is to allow the tea or coffee to remain in the pot in a state of infusion during pleasure.

Dr. Meyrick is engaged in arranging, in chronological order, the horse armoury at the Tower of London, in a new building allotted for that purpose.

THE LATE MRS. GEORGE LYON.

JUST TRIBUTE TO A MOST EXEMPLARY

MEMORY.

On the night of Monday, September 25, died Lucy Louisa, the wife of Captain George Lyon, R. N., in the twenty-seventh year of her age, and only a few days after the first anniversary of her marriage. That gallant officer, her now sad survivor (though yet unacquainted with his loss, being on a distant service in Mexico) is too well known, both on account of his high professional character, and the important information given in the published narratives of his Polar expeditions and African travels, not to be an interesting person to the best feelings of the public, even to the shade of his domestic scenes. Yet, it is probable, that had the lady whom he might have chosen" to give them light," been only the gentle and the lovely, such as, we are proud to say of our young countrywomen, may be found embellishing the homes of most of our married contemporaries, we should not have done more than merely register the melancholy event. The wife of Captain Lyon, however, was a marked individual in herself, before she bore the distinction of belonging to him. By her own maiden name alone-Miss Lucy Fitz Gerald-she was known, far beyond the limit of a private circle; "the grace of courts!" and one who, indeed, "walked the shade, with innocence and noblest virtues joined!" Though in the brightest summer of her days, she went not where only its roses might be gathered; she was most often found where none grew but those she brought; and her name there was the Friend of the Poor!-the attendant, the comforter of their sick beds and their old age; the instructress of their children; and the loved example of all, for every humble, every exalted duty.-But truth will not have performed its duty to her memory, by paying it in these generals. Miss Lucy Fitz Gerald was the younger of two daughters, left by the unfortunate Lord Edward Fitz Gerald, and was bequeathed to the care of his most tenderly attached sister, Lady Sophia Fitz Gerald, since many years resident at Thames Ditton, in Surrey. There the infant Lucy was reared by her meek and exemplary aunt into all the simplicity of her own unassuming goodness; but there was a peculiar ardour, also, in the disposition of her young charge, which (and it may be said, almost without a figure), in spite of her modest unconsciousness of any merit beyond her fellows, threw a kind of glory round her benevolence: for she did not wait to bestow till it was sought; "she went about doing good!" and she began the task with the hilarity of its being a feast to her soul from her earliest girlhood, till within the very week of her leaving life. While Miss Fitz Gerald, her pecuniary means were slender: for the daughters of a younger son, even of a duke, have seldom much patrimony; yet out of her's, she always found the requisite succour for those who needed. Her resources were her personal, unwhispered, unheeded sacrifices. But those who saw her in her plainer dress, either at the Almack balls, or in the gay promenades of Kensington Gardens, when the season of town carried her with other young women of her rank to those scenes, did not discover her smiling face, and agile step, to be less lovely, because she had given, what would have purchased more embellishing raiment, to the warmth of a poor couple's pillow, or to the clothing of two or three families of motherless children.

In the village of Thames Ditton, where she had lived from infancy, and while she was little more than a girl herself, she observed many of the poor children, and mostly boys, running about utterly neglected, with the careless stigma of reprobation affixed to them, when remarked on, of "incorrigible little vagabonds!" But they had no school to go to, which they had means to enter; nobody, indeed, to care for them, while their No. 23.-Vol. IV.

parents were out at labour. She, however, opened a door for the refuge of these forlorn young creatures, apparently foredoomed to ignorance, and all its consequent crimes and fatal punishments. She brought them daily together; she taught them herself; (oh ! how like a ministering angel! for she inherited all the beauty of her House's famous Geraldine!)-And at the expiration of a year, in which she had been their sole instructress, they were found a little flock worthy their sweet shepherdess. Docile, regular in their going to her school, wellbehaved out of it; and, above all, every one could give a real, not a parrot account of "the faith" that was taught him." Bring little children unto me!" was the injunction of our Saviour; and in this did, indeed, his meek and faithful handmaiden obey!

Dr. Bell, the institutor of the National Schools, visited that of Miss Lucy Fitz Gerald; and he pronounced it without a superior any where. It was adjudged a master and mistress from his central establishment; and its young foundress received the public thanks of the leading persons of the neighbourhood, collected for the purpose, for her "good work."-But such was not the reward she wished; nor pride, nor vanity, had place in her unselfish nature; the benefit, the happiness of others, were the principles of her life-a life, now, indeed, so shortened in years; but how long in its catalogue of merits, when measured by its works! "Inasmuch as ye have done them unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done them unto me! Come, then, ye blessed of my father, and inherit the kingdom prepared for ye, from the foundation of the world!"

And she has obeyed the call, after an illness of only a few days, and under circumstances the fullest of regret to the survivors; for on Monday morning, the 18th of September, she became a mother, giving birth to a female child; and all seemed going on prosperously with both, till the third day, when a fever shewed itself in the perhaps too animatedly happy parent. And on the ensuing Monday night, the 25th of the month, surrounded by many of the hearts she best loved, to soothe her dying hour, she resigned her pure soul to Him that gave it to the Redeemer that called her to His peace!

Here we must drop the curtain over the earthly scene of that family bereavement. On the succeeding Monday, October 2, she was carried to the grave; an humble grave, by her own choice, in the church-yard of Thames Ditton, and near the house that was her school; and borne by the poor, whom her life had cherished; and followed, on foot, by the great and the lowly, who equally loved and mourned her. Many, indeed, stood at a distance, mingling their tears, without the added bitterness of beholding the contrast in that place, where, only a year before, they had seen her pass through from the altar, a happy bride; while the then assembled crowd, now weeping for their benefactress as her pall passed along, hailed her beauty with exultation, and poured blessings on her head; praying for her length of days, and that her children might be like herself. They asked for the continuance of her earthly life! And "God has granted her life; even for ever and ever!" But could the principles and the acts of her life here be written on the door-posts of every house of the great, throughout this realm, and on the lintels of every porch of its more general inhabitants, how persuasive would be the lesson to all within, "To go and do likewise!"

A most striking discourse was delivered the next Sunday evening after the day of this solemn scene, in the chapel of Weston-Green, near Thames Ditton; and we have a melancholy pleasure in pointing out to our readers, where this impressive appeal to the young and the lovely may be procured. It is inscribed To the Must Noble House of Leinster, of which she was so bright a gem; and published by John Churchill, bookseller, Leicester Square.

(From a Correspondent; Thames Ditton, Oct. 6, 1826.)

2M

BIRTHS.-MARRIAGES.-DEATHS.