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    Jhe Dublin University Magazine of tin ' s month is more than usually Irish in its topics , but very good . It gives us , of course , the verdict of the Irish Conservatives on the Coalition Government and the past session . This is , in brief , that " through sins of omission , and of commission , death has come over the prestige of the Coalition- that the Government has suffered in character , and no one seems to have gained by the loss . " From an article on " The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853 " we extract the following , referring to one important result of that Exhibition—the institution of an Irish National Gallery of Art .

    " At present Art is almost nothing in Ireland . It is unpatronised , undervalued , if not despised . Our great names adorn the English Academy ; not that they prefer another country to their own , but because they are unappreciated at home . If , however , tlie love of Art should spread , and exercise as wide an influence among us as in some of the Continental states , then mar we expect to mature a Barry , a Jlaclise , a Foley , and a M'Dowel ] , and retain them where all their sympathies are centred , in the land of their birth .. To cultivate this extensive and intelligent appreciation of pure Art we have looked with sanguine hope to the Irish Institution , as the germ of a Public Gallery , founded on a proper basis , and open to all classes of the peopfe . But we certainly dS not anticipate that success would follow the exertions of the committee of that institution so rapidly as it has done , and the result , therefore , is all the more gratifying . The Irisl ; National Gallery is now legally constituted by an Act , whose provisions , seem to place-It on a proper basis , and to guai-antee its efecient management . Its governing body , whwh is to hold office for fiveyears , contains the names of several Irish artists and well-known connoisseurs ; and we trust that everv lover of Art will promote their objects by all means witjin his power / ' '

    Ireland , thus rejoicing in the prospect of a native school of painting and Sculpture , seems to be no less interested , at present , in looking up her music . We learn at least from a pro ^ ectus , inserted in the Biitymbfonflily Journal of l 7 id ; iistridlPr 0 < ji ~^ vation and publication ofthe Melodies of Ireland . Db . Petkie , the Veilknown Irish antiquarian and historian , hiinself an enthusiast in music , and the possessor of a collection of upwards of 50 O unpublished Irish airs , is the President of the Society , and has placed his collection at its disposal ; various Irish , noblemen are among the vice-presidents . The folio-wing is an extract from the prospectus : —

    The preservation and publication of fciie immense quantity of National Music still existing in Ireland , and of which much is ret unwritten , have long been a desideratum among those who are acquainted with the great extent and value of some private collections Among these he , almost unknown , many hundreds of Airs hitherto unpublished in any form , and which range through every class of pure Irish Music , from the most elevated style ot ancient vocal melody , down to the tmooth-flowing graceful songs of the last two centunes ^ and among which are preserved , very many , top , of those vigorous , dance-compelling , quick tunes j which cannot be equalled by any similar music of other countries . Besides these collections , a considerable quantity of airs , not yet noted down , is to be found current , as is _ well-known among the peasantry in all parts of the country . The Society Las been instituted for the purpose of Preservine , Classifying , and Publishing thes * . aira of

    every Kind , and likewise all such words ( whether in the Irish or English languaeeVconnected with any of them , as appear to possess any peculiar interest . The Preservation of existing Irish Muaio is proposed to be effected by the collection and classification of all such as has been already noted down on paper , and by the formation of a central depot in Dublin , to which persons having opportunities of noting down what is still unwritten may le invited to send copies ot any airs which they can obtain , cither in Ireland or among our countrymen in other lands . Many very beautiful Airs have , been already procured since the establishment of the Society . ; The Council invites every Irishman and every Irishwoman too , to send copies of any Irish Airs they may possess , or may find any means ofprocurinn , to eitlier of the Honorary Secretaries , by whom they will be submitted to " the Committee charged with their arrangement and preservation . The Publication of our National Music will also be proceeded with by the Society , to the utmost extent that the subscriptions they may receive will allow . " ; J

    Our next note from the Magazines refers to Ireland too . The Rambler , the able monthly organ of the English Catholics , thus speaks of the duties of Catholics with respect to the new Catholic University established in Ireland , more particularly as that University is likely to be affected by the movement for admitting Catholics to the English Universities . Tho following will be read with interest by those who watch the ' Catholic element' in British society : — ( I , ! S , n , rio ? r" ° ! : Novorn 101 ' will bo the commencement of n now era in tho history of n ^ r n ^' - ° i - Jrit , " , Iroland - What , our forefathers did for this country in m Dnbii , S [ ? ° " - , ° " ° JP ?" tod fo » ' ^ "dvantngo of t | io present gem-ration Pi * ' *«? " ^ « M > cwnt scats oi ' learning we , tho children of their founders , have 1 ^ f ! , ntui 'l . ° s be ° n expelled . At Cambridge , indeed , Ontholic students have long been S ™ i l lOy linvo not , becu P ° f « nittod to tiiko a degree ; and Oxford , under com-&ttC \ fnV ° y ^ - ^ l ° ' fllvour ' For wraoTvoB , however , we ' most heartily TC " Catholics will be found to avail themselves of the permission thus accorded . jpwouKt no a most pernicious tinner for s \ nv vmnw On » i , nlu , fA r » m . ; v « l . ic ni ™*;™ *

    ,,, „ NoncoSbnv / i ' i } ) ° P ? ° }* * woro Higl' - ^ urcli , Low-Oliuroh , Latitudinal-bin , fromtoSr llf Ltluoa V on CAn no inora l ) 0 d iH « cvercd from religion than matter natural hnn ^ o ' -if i ^ , lina coloiu ' - Wo llJ'a ^^ roinnjn iu wo are , exiles from our manHnosa ^ i ls-nftlund coaaes to bo a kingdom , tlum barter our fuith our honour , our able adtont ™/ . J . f-W 8 P \ ° ™ phuractor among our fellow-countrymen , for tho qucation-Sidoii SiTfi Ot TJ- . « ohl » R nH Oxfo ^ « nd Cambridge can give and that worldly thereforeTti ? ii ft . dlBt" »« t »»»» of those Universities confer ou those who ahnro tl , cm . We or tlic FnSti !" - »« twitha aixling tho ' opening mode for us by note of tho legislature ftloof from th « JJ ' ™ " " . thoniwlvoH , our gentry nnd aristocracy will hold themselves honouraTf . n ° , ? - " l ) i ' wl 11 F ofcr th « ndvwntagos of Catholic learning and tho XSaw ^ S ^ A r T W othllt " otllioiw knowledge nnd that tarnished reputation Sow oXo t &KP * *' i" ^ ^ "nbrldgo coulU «»><«™» «« . We do not say that all the toSw ? Sm " fE ¦ V ' * V . 1 . ° P « tion tnrijiMliod , which they confer on their Pro-Situ ™ on 1 ? p n . ' * - ° ? ly tllIlt U' ° y hftV 0 » otlnn K to give , without the next ThoS L ^ ° " . t ttt V * m 08 t honourable in this life and mo » t proeioua in tho Wo ask n ffi - ° P ' ! " ? } Ollt ! olio B 0 «»>»» fW » , thowiforo lot Uiam to purely l ' rote « tant . to vtait those ~ i' ! , 'S WttllH » no , Hlmvo hl t ] "iiv B i ) Ioil < iid D ^ csHlorm . Wo « re conten SLaowy crovol n '? ' . llfl ' !' 0 lia tIlotw "intique doiatow , to wandor amidsfc those present noSiS ™? ,. ™ * V K . B »« ons , as atrangers , < ib oxIIob , » s men from whom tho Koi noHSS ?^* t " « w « y with gloomy frowns and looks naknnwi ourselves content to who " ' 23 boC ' B V ? * * to * y ° 6 ° try , but an emulation of tho grout men , conmrua boioio l > rotoatant ) am wfva born , reared , ohurolipa , soUooIb , llbvariks , and

    colleges , in the service of that faith which still is ours , while all else is lost . Emulating therefore , the wisdom and works of our ancestors , and not envying those who have so long enjoyed the fruit of their labours , the Irish episcopate , under the direction of the Pope have laid the foundation of another Catholic University , which will commence active wo-k on the 3 rd of next November . " Among English Magazines of the month , besides Blackwcod and Frasery noticed last week , we have a good , but somewhat chaotic Tail , containing , under the title of ' Glimpses of the Church-World , ' a prediction of , and aspiration after , the ultimate evanescence of what the writer calls ' Priestism ' from the face of the earth—the notion being that each man ought to he his own priest , and that though churches and church-officers may exist , they must exist apart from any sacerdotal organisation . We have also a tolerably varied National Miscellany , with an interesting article on that scholarly subect

    j , " English Hexameters . " We have also our monthly democratic friend , the Northern Tribune , published in Newcastle-on-Tyne , with the dying words of Goethe , "Light , more light ! " for its motto ( a version surely , in this instance , of the more common saying ,. " Coals to Newcastle" ) , and containing ! inter alia , a capital introductory paper , advocating the necessity , in the present lock-fast state of politics , of a new national party , and urging Newcastle , as a stronghold of democratic opinions , to take the initiative in the out-of-Parliament agitation for compelling the formation of this party . After commenting on the present powerlessness of the country , and even of the Parliament on all matters of foreign policy , the writer reepmmeuds a movement for the formation of a party pledged not only to Liberal measures at home , but also to a resolute crusade against Secret Diplomacy . Httsays ' : — ' : " ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " " v ¦; . . ;¦ .,. . : ¦ ¦ ' - : . ¦'¦¦ ¦ . . . ¦'¦ - , '¦ ' :: . "¦ - " : ' : ¦ : ¦ : "¦¦'¦' ¦ . "

    ' ^ Somebody must begin . Why not Newcastle ? HaveWe not men enough , hearts , and intellects , and wills ? Let an association be foi-rned of all who acknowledge the right of manhood : npV matter low few begin , so that they are men of character whom their fellowtownsmen can be content to intrust with a temporary leadership , merely as initiators of the movement . Let Newcastle men , so many as think only the carrying out of this war a matter wluch ^ should le under the national direction , let Newcastle meet who would make an . united nation of the various classes now at war in our own confines , let ail Newcastle meiiwho respect right , and who . can forget / little differences ,, join together in this Newcastle Association . It will be something . Other towns , even to the -wholo country , may follow the : one earnest lead , and the nation be established . Only make the earnest beginning / 1 . - ¦'¦ ' , . - ' : . ¦ : ' ' :. '¦ . ¦ " . - . \\ - .: "• '" ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ' : '' ¦¦ : ¦¦ ' ¦ : -

    It is curious to observe the diflferent verdicts that come from different quarters on the late session of Parliament . We have mentioned what the monthly Irish Conservative Magazine says on the subject ; aad we have just hinted what the Newcastle Liberals think on the subject . From almost all quarters , in . fact , there is a pretty unanimous profession of fatigue with the coalition experiment , and the late session of coalitionigm . Here , however , we have an English voluntary or A . nti-State-Ghurch organ , called the MonlTily Christian Spectator , congratulating its constituents on the results of the session for their cause . The Irish Conservative organ , as we saw , said that the upshot of the session was that Government had lost its prestige and

    that no party had been the gainer . The Christian Spectator , however , taking stock for the voluntaries , as distinct from either the coalitionists or their opponents , boldly says that , having during the last session , pursued a line of action , " sharply defined and unswervingly adhered to , " they have now the felicity of finding that their position has been strengthened contemporaneously with the decline of every other jjolitical section . " Among the items of gain to the voluntaries during the session , this figures very prominently—that " the session has been fruitful in successful resistance to mischievous measures . " " Fruitful in successful resistance "—what a phrase ! Fruitful in allegation 1

    But , among the minor Magazines of this month , wo have been pleased with none so much as with a modest sixpenny one , entitled Our Friend , published by Mr . Shaw . It seems to possess superior literary merit throughout . ' Hogarth , and the Times he lived in , ' is a careful and pleasing biographic sketch—just such as we like to find in a magazine . Here is a piece of it : — u Ho wns in tho habit of taking notes of characters on his thumb-nail , or tho palm ot his linnd . Of these mero sketches , tho most uinusing arc a man drinking at a pump ; a Alt num rolling ou his back like a turtle ; two fat members of tlio Bedford Arms Club asleep ; and , among othors of the unfinished Happy Marriage / a watch-maker , a pariah pnrsjon , and nn old nuud ; tho lattor of which is tho portrait of an old maidun rohiuvo—who cut him off , in con sequence , with a shilling . " On another occasion , when with his friend Ilnymmi , ho stopped tn see two woiniin who wore quarrelling in acollur : one of them filled her mouth with brandyand spirted it into

    , Jior antagonist ' s eyes . ' Look at tlio bninstouo ' e-rnouthl' cried Hogarth , and instantly it ¦\ viis down on paper . It is to bo still viewed in the tavorn scene in tho ' Kako ' a 1 ' rogress / " Ilognrth la described as a fond husband . He aooms novor to huvo employed lua wife na jv model , unless she sat for his ' Sogismumla . It is vcnmrlciiblo , too , that , with only one oxcoption , ho should never Imyo illuatnitod any socino iroin Slmkspero . llis dog Trump , whioh ho has introduqod . into two pictures , isas well known as Sir Iaaaa Nowton ' aDiumoiul . JJawy says , ' ho saw JUqgnrth oneo iu Orunbonrno-ulloy , dressed in a sky-blno cout , < mcournging a l ) oy who luul boon bullied to iiglit ; ho was iiiilting tho fellow on tho back , nnd looking Btodl ' aatly at tho expression in tho coward ' s liicc , cried , "' Damn him , if I would toko it of lsinn ; at him again /' "Ho is ikocribcu as strutting about the auotion-rooin , when hia' Marriago ! i In Moda ' was to bo flDl j l , full drossod—taking groat prucuution for roar tho rooms ( should bo overcrowded . Bittorwus hia dismay when only two persona arrived , and tho pictures wore knocked down for one hundred mid ton gninim » .

    " Hogarth wns a . thorough Englishman : lim Fronchmi'ii aro always tliin , his Knglwlnmm Btout . Walpolo dOBcrib « ia a dinner . i \ t which ho ant bolwwu ( . Jray uud llogm-tli— tragedy and comedy— -ns tho moat misoraUo night hu ever H » o » t , li-u bciiig thu only peraon who Kept np tho conversation . " Hogarth ' s Historn kept a . roady-mado dwlliua-Hliop in I . iltlo I ) rlt « ln ; ho was and U > tlioin , and helped thorn with money . Ono Kinter aurvivotl liim ; « " <• I'la wllu nvoil till WB . i , aupportcd by tl » o saloof hia prints , « nd a lioynl Acadoniy annuity «> f Wl . Ho w » a lund to Ills relations , and ho died in the anna of hia cousin , Mury Luniw , who lived with lain . Hia domestioa remained many yoara in hia worvleo , mid 1 >« jiahitcd all tholr portraits , and hung them up in Ilia house . Ho uaod also to proaqiifc t horn with amall ongravinga ol tho Mm-lot a rrogroflH , ' tw koop by thorn for warning and Instruction . ., „ . , , . . " Hogarth wna ohoit of staturo , hi * features coarae , but iull of doggoJ sonsoand humour , his oyca briglit » nd piercing , wnd hl » forohond dlaUfiutoa by n acur , whjph 119 « W » wt euro to

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    Oiltics are not ttie legislators , bub the judges aad police of literature . They do not make laws—they interpret and try to enforce them . —Edinburgli Review .

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    September 9 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 853

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 9, 1854, page 853, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2055/page/13/