devices in flowers. Temporary windows were introduced, and this noble room was rendered exceedingly convenient for the purpose. No part of the splendid new college is yet habitable. The students, as well as the company, had therefore to proceed from the old college to the new, after partaking of the hospitality provided by the care of the president, Dr. Weedall. Notwithstanding the rain which fell nearly the whole day, the company was more numerous than it was possible to accommodate in one room, and refreshments were laid in other apartments. The Right Rev. the Bishop presided at the head of the table, and the company sat down about two o'clock. At half-past three the exhibition began with a chorus, "The Chough and Crow," by Bishop, which was well executed. Much attention seemed to have been given by the scholars to music, if an opinion might be formed from their progress in execution. A prologue was then spoken by a youth of high promise, aged about fifteen, a nephew of the great agitator. The prologue was written by the speaker.
A debate upon "The Influence of the Crusades on the Civilization of Europe," next took place between four youths, who each maintained different views on the subject: in this, young O'Connell figured to great advantage. A duet on the piano was then played by William Colegrave and Maurice O'Connell, and performed in a manner highly creditable. Various pieces were recited by J. C. Hodgins, W. Hodgins, W. Lynch, B. Vaughan, J. Wheble, and Henry Burke. A glee divided these recitations from those by six other youths. Paesiello's "Hill of Zion" was performed with great credit, and several boys recited their own compositions. Here again young O'Connell bore away the palm, not less in the merit of the recitation than in the nature of the composition. His verses "On Man" drew forth unbounded applause.
"I saw him in his glory
Bewildered in his bliss,
And every joy that earth could give
And every smile was his.
Mirth spread its wings on the balmy gale,
And laughter stifled the voice of wail;
But his heart still yearned for something more,
For a fairer land, for a happier shore:
Man was not made for this.
"I saw him in the battle,
His hand was black with gore,
And his eye flashed fire as the bickering steel,
Each beating bosom tore.
And in scenes of slaughter he revelled wild
Like the frantic mother that's lost her child;
But that demon scowl and that Bacchanal rage,
Bring not a glow to the breast of the sage:
Man was not made for this.
"I saw him court ambition,
I saw him mount her car,
And blast the earth with his noxious breath,
A solitary star;
And o'er vanquished worlds he soared supreme,
Like the eagle that dares the day-star's beam;
But a mighty void still craved in his breast,
And wild dreams stole on his nightly rest:
Man was not made for this.
"I saw him scan the heavens,
And pierce through nature's laws,
And read the secrets of the deep,
And tell each hidden cause;
But his spirit beat against its mortal cage,
As eager to scan an ampler page,
And the brightness of each diadem star,
Only told of a something lovelier far:
Man was not made for this.
"I saw him at the altar,
In sadness and alone,
And his bosom heaved and his lips were moved
In humble orison;
And the thought of his frailties woke a sigh,
And the tear of repentance stole to his eye,
And he bowed him down to the holy sod
To ask forgiveness of his God!
Oh! man was made for this.
"I saw him on his death-bed,
No frantic fear was there,
But seraph hope was throned in his heart,
As he muttered a last fond prayer;
A crucifix was in his hand,
Redeeming pledge of a brighter land;
To clasp his dying Saviour he tried,
And in that effort of love he died.
Oh! man was made for this."
After the "Vive le Roi" of Balfe, some scenes from the Bourgeois Gentilhomme of Molière were played with great spirit, several pieces on the piano being performed between the scenes by William Colegrave and James Farrall with very considerable taste. In the recitations usually delivered at seminaries for education, there is much mannerism in action, while in such scenes as these, where the gesticulation depends very much on the instantaneous impression upon the mind of the performer, his own ability and conception of the part are commonly brought out in a more natural way. Accordingly, the acting of Thomas Leith, as Monsieur Jourdain, very well conceived, appeared to much advantage after the recitations. When the exhibitions were concluded, the prizes were distributed by the hands of the bishop to each boy in turn, and dulce domum concluded the exhibition, which lasted the best part of six hours.
LONDON, C. RICHARDS PRINTER, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, CHARING CROSS.
FIRST VOLUME OF THE DUBLIN REVIEW.
ABSENTEEISM, titles of the Irish absentees
to their estates, what, 284-drain of
rental, 286-proposals for a general
sale of absentee estates, 290, and an
absentee tax, ibid.-fallacious defence
of absenteeism, 291-absenteeism enti-
tles Ireland to relief in taxation, 301-
Mr. Maberly thereon, ibid.-Lord Al-
thorpe ditto, 302.
Ambrosio di Lorenzo, 449.
Angelico di Fiesoli, 452.
Anglesey, (Lord) his Irish viceroyalty, 28
-is succeeded by Lord Wellesley, 29.
Anniversary of Coverdale's Bible, 369.
Ant. lion, 5.
Art, decay of Grecian art, 438-mission
of Christian art, 439-its allusions, ibid.
-expression and compositions, ibid.
three forms of art, mystical, pagan, and
natural, 441-decay of Christian art,
442-Christian art in the Catacombs,
444-under Constantine, 446-Byzan-
tine's, ibid.-Charlemagne, 447-Ger-
mano Christian, ibid.-Florentine, 449
-naturalism, 450-paganism, 452-
mystical school, ibid.-Savonarola, 453
-revival of art dependent on the revi-
val of religious unity, 455-inadequacy
of modern art to sacred subjects, 456—
Munich, 457.
Irish attorney generalship, 31-he is
separated from the Whigs, and is suc-
ceeded by Serjeant Perrin, 32-his mode
of impanneling juries, 488.
Bowles, (Miss) attractive style of her
poetry, 418.
Brady, (Mr. Maziere) succeeds Mr. Ser-
jeant Greene in the law-office, 33.
Bulwer, (Edward Lytton) character of his
Rienzi, 48.
Burckhardt at Petra, anecdote of, 175.
Byng, (George) 346.
Caledon, (Lord) correspondence between
him and Sir Henry Hardinge respecting
Lord Claude Hamilton, 39.
Carlo Dolci, 443.
Caroline Matilda of Denmark, attempts
to deliver her from imprisonment, 352
-her death, 356.
Castlereagh, (Lord) his speech on the act
of union, 298, 310, 311.
Catholic bishops, (British) 266. (See De-
claration.) Catholic bishops and clergy,
(Irish) exert themselves to restrain their
flocks from crime, 521-even according
to O'Sullivan, 522.
Celibacy of the clergy, reason for its in-
stitution by the church and rejection by
Protestants, 213.
Ascendancy, its bad consequences, 47-Chesterfield, (Lord) the prosecutor of Dr.
its disregard of the lower caste, 51-
colonial ascendancy in Ireland, 52.
Associations in Ireland for the prevention
of crime, 498-Association (Lay) 43.
Bacon, his experimental philosophy, 436.
Beetle, its habits, 13.
Bicheno's, (Mr.) economy of Ireland, 285,
286.
Blackburne, (Mr.) his adhesion to the
Christianity, reaction of philosophy in
favour of, 435.
Cigoli, 443.
Cimabue, 450.
Coalition, attempt at a coalition of Tories
and Whigs, 135.
Coke, (of Norfolk) 346.
Communion, prevalence of this and other
rites an evidence of primeval revelation,
203-an essential part of ancient litur-
gies, ibid.-remarks on frequent com-
munion, 215.
Cornelius, 457.
Cuvier, his discoveries, 436.
Deane, (Mr. Robert) is nominated mayor
of Cork, 40-avows his determination
to continue member of an orange lodge,
ibid.-and is therefore struck out from
the return, ibid.-great sensation occa-
sioned in the orange lodges, 41.
Declaration of the British Catholic bishops,
265-preamble, 266-on the general
character of the Catholic faith, 268-
on the grounds of belief, 269-on the
holy scriptures, 270-on the charge of
idolatry and superstition, 271-on con-
fession and absolution, 274-on indul-
gences, 275-on the obligation of an
oath, ibid.-on allegiance temporal and
spiritual, 276-on exclusive salvation,
277- -on keeping faith with heretics,
Debt, inequality of the Irish and English
debts, 293-mode in which the propor-
tions were fixed, 294-consolidation of
the exchequers, ibid.-not justified by
the act of union, 297.
Deity, general belief in His union with
man, 201.
Descartes, his philosophical doubt, 437.
Dodd, (Dr.) anecdote of, 358-his execu-
tion, 359.
Downshire, (Marquis of) attends an im
portant conservative meeting, 30-his
estimation of Lord Wellesley, ibid.
Doyle, (Right Rev. Dr. J.) evidence on the
Rheimish notes before the Commons,
514-addresses a pastoral to his flock
upon ribbonism, 523-his own evidence
on the subject before parliament, ibid.
Dunsany, (Lord) his correspondence with
Lord Morpeth respecting Mr. Smith, 41.
Earth, economy of the, 1-preservation of
its magnitude from diminution or in-
crease, 17.
East, manners of the East illustrative of
holy writ, 174.
Ecclesiastical music, 100— among the Jews
and Christians, 101-at first the only
music, ibid.—its history, 102-song of
Moses, ibid. - instruments of music
under David and Solomon, 103 -nature
of their music, ibid.-music in the early
Christian church, 104—under Constan-
tine, ibid. Ambrosian chant, 105-
Gregorian chant, ibid.-nature of the
ecclesiastical chant, 106-of the Am-
brosian, ibid.-and of the Gregorian
chant, 107-mode of writing the Grego-
rian music, 109-Dr. Burney's opinion
respecting it, ibid.-Rousseau's, 110-
its solemnity, ibid.-Miserere of Gre-
gorio Allegri, 111-anecdote of Mozart,
ibid.-introduction of the motet, 113—
Josquin des Prés and Palestrina, ibid.-
English composers, 114-attempts by
the Puritans to abolish cathedral music,
and their success, 115-Calvinist psalm-
ody in France, ibid.-in Scotland, ibid.
Methodist psalmody, ibid.-violence of
the reformers in France and the Low
Countries, ibid.-in Scotland, 117-pre-
sent state of English psalmody, ibid.—
manner of performance, 118-English
chants, ibid. state of the English
choirs, 119 funds of the English
churches, ibid.-advantages of the Ca-
tholic mode of performance, 120—ar-
rangement of masses, ibid.-corruption
of the Gregorian chant, 121-purity of
the chant in the papal choir, 122-cor-
ruption of the music of the mass by
modern composers, ibid.-Augustan age
of the Italian music, 123-Pergolesi,
ibid.-Mozart's requiem, 124-Beetho-
ven, 126.
Edom of the prophecies, 174-scripture
judgments against Edom and their per-
petuity, 178-former state of Edom, 179
-fulfilment of the prophecies, 197.
Education, (National) its importance, 68—
monopolised here by the Tories, 70-
should be free, 71-generally influenced
by the two English universities, 90.
Eucharist, the heart of Christianity, 201
-annihilation of the doctrine by Pro-
testants, 209-the two great wants of
human nature supplied by the Eucha-
rist, 212-sacerdotal character, an ema
nation from the doctrine, ibid. — the
focus of public worship, 214-its influ-
ence on charity, ibid.-on social life,
ibid. absurdities of Dr. Hampden's
professions on the subject, 262.
Finch, (Mr.) his opinion of the Exeter-
hall forgery, 537.
Fitzgerald, (Right Hon. James) speech on
the Irish budget, 306.
Fletcher, (Mr. Justice) his charge on the
Agrarian outrages, 479, 497.
Foster (Mr. Baron) his evidence in 1825,
before the Lords, 285.
Foster (Mr.) his speech on the act of
union, 311.
France, present state of religion there, 217
-spiritualism of its modern infidels,
218-materialism of some modern natu- |
ralists, ibid.-rise of Christian talent,
ibid.its causes, 219-causes which
still oppose Christianity in France, 220
-existence of similar causes in Great
Britain, ibid.
Franking letters, its abuses, 347.
George III., his approval of the plot for
the liberation of Caroline Matilda of
Denmark, 355-signs Dr. Dodd's death-
warrant, 359-his private life, ibid.-
his malady in 1788, 362,
Gerbet on the Eucharist, 200-character |
of the author, ibid.-character and style
of the work, 217.
Giotto, 450.
Gordon, (Duchess of) her character, 365.
Görres, his character, 440-his criticism
of modern tourists, 463.
Gosset, (Sir Wm.) his under-secretaryship,
33-is removed to the office of serjeant-
at-arms, 34.
Greene (Mr. Serjeant) is removed from the
law-office, 33.
Grey, (Mrs. Henry) her ridiculous inven-
tions on the subject of Rebecca Reed,
320, 322-and Mrs. Graham, 324—
charge of poisoning, 332-justifies the
burning of Mount Benedict Convent,
339.
Hamilton, (Lord Claude) is appointed to
the magistracy, 40.
Hampden, (Dr.) his anomalous position,
250-is justified by the high church
party, 251-but persecuted by it, 254
-vagueness of his inaugural discourse,
262-unjustly censured, 263.
Hardinge, (Sir Henry) his correspondence
with Lord Caledon respecting Lord
Claude Hamilton, 39.
Heretic, definition of, 506-punishment
of, ibid.
Heresy, close connection between errors
destructive of faith in divine love, 216.
High-church, inconsistencies of the An-
glican high-church, 254-noticed in a
letter to his Grace of Canterbury, 255
- has rejected Protestantism, 257-
does not represent the Anglican church,
258-has no definitive power, ibid.-
nor means for its exercise, 259-con-
trasted with the Catholic church, 260—
has inclined many to Catholicity, 261
-is invited to union, 264.
Holmes, (Dixon) evidence before the com-
mittee of public works in Ireland,
288.
Horne, (Rev. T. H.) his misrepresentations
of the Catholic study of scripture, 370
--and of the antiquity of Catholic ver-
sions, 373.
Horse-guards, order for troops to fire with
effect upon the peasantry, 43.
Howitt's (Mr.) book of the seasons, 20.
Howley, (Mr. Assistant Barrister) charge
to the quarter sessions grand jury at
Nenagh, 494, 499.
Jesse, (Mr.) his "Gleanings in natural
history," 25.
Ion, (a tragedy) review of, 422.
Journal of a naturalist, 27.
Ireland, confidence of its people in Lord
Mulgrave's government, 35-its con-
duct at the crisis of 1834, 67-for-
feitures in Ireland, 284-policy of the
Cromwellian adventurers, 285-eject-
ments of tenantry, ibid.-oppressive
laws, 286-poor laws the remedy, 286,
483-inert capital in Ireland, 287-is
now entitled to an annual grant under
the act of union, 293, 295-defrays her
own expenditure, 303-her national
character uniformly assailed by British
writers, 474-Master Vowel, 475-Capt.
Gilbert's system, 476-policy of justice,
ibid.-vain efforts of her enemies to
disturb her present peacefulness, 477—
immense power of landlords under the
present lease-system, 478- desperate
state of ejected tenantry, 479 — their
patience under wrong well known to
their tyrants, 480-obstructions offered
to justice by inferior officials, 483-
obedience to the laws, 486-policy of
Tory magistrates, 487-juries, ibid.-
power vested in the crown of ordering
jurors to stand by, 489-improved state
of the juries at present, 490-charges
delivered by the judges on the orderly
state of the country, 491-faction-fights
encouraged by former viceroys, 492-
suppressed by Lord Mulgrave, 493-
Mr. Howley's charge, 494, 499-petty
sessions act and civil bills court act,
496 exertions of the peasantry to pre-
serve. order, Tipperary society, 498-
consequent diminution of crime in Tip-
perary, 499.
Italians, misrepresented in every way by
English tourists, 464-Manzoni's vindi-
cation, 474.
Junius, 346-his note on the king's regi
men, 360.
Lenox-Conyngham, (Mrs.) her poems, 403.
Littleton, (Mr.) succeeds Mr. Stanley as
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