Our Weekly Gossip. The roue Duke of Cumberland once applied to his sister the Princess Amelia, for a loan of £10,000.-She took him to task, arraigned his dissipated conduct, and said, she would never be instrumental to it. He assured her that the money he wanted was to complete an improvement in Winsor Park, where it was well laid out in employing the surrounding poor, and to convince her of it proposed to take her down to inspect the works. He had at that time near 500 men digging a canal. She went to the lodge and he drove her around the park in a one horse chaise: and had so contrived it with his manager, that as she passed from one place to another the same set of men as in a theatre, removed to another spot; which when she was brought to, were seen planting trees; at another, 500 men (the same) were found grubbing hedges. Well,' said she, brother, I had no conception of this; you must employ near 2000 people.' True madam,' said he, and was I to take you to the other side of the park, I could show you as many more.' No, she was satisfied that his money was better expended than she had apprehended, and she lent him the sum he wanted. The truth of this was averred to me by an old servant privy to the deception. Julien, previous to his departure for America, was to have in London a "grand testimonial concert," at which an orchestra of three hundred instruments was announced to perform the whole of Meyerbeer's Strautuse. Brough, is the Julien's agent in this country. A better selection could not have been made. -The Dublin Exhibition advances in inter est. Over seven thousand visitors visit the building on the shilling days: but it is curious, though characteristic of the Irish, the Home Journal thinks, that on the half-crown days the attendance is greater than on the days of cheap admission. It is now said that the Queen's visit will take place before the end of July. -On Thursday the 30th, there was to be a sort of Shakspeare Jubilee on a small scale at Stratford-upon-Avon :-the Tercentenary Meeting of the Stratford Grammar School, in which Shakspeare received all his Warwickshire education. The Meeting was to commence with a procession and a sermon, be supported by a distribution of prizes at the Grammar School,-and conclude (English like) with a dinner, at which the Earl of Delaware was to preside. - The couplet from the Anti-Jacobin touching Joseph Cottle, lately deceased in England, was incorrectly published in No. 40. It should have read thus: And Cottle, not he that Afred made famous, - But Joseph of Rristol, the brother of Amos. All three of the Cottles the Athenæum tells us wrote verse: it wishes it could say poetry. Amos, like Blackmore, dabbled in epics, Joseph, like Sternhold and Hopkins, took to translating the Psalms into English verse,and John was guilty of a poem called Malvern Hills.' Nor did Joseph "the brother of Amos," confine his literary labours to verse alone. His "Recollections of Coleridge and Southey," contain many curious and well authenticated particulars, which any future biographer of our Poets will be glad to make use of. It is by his volume of Recollections,' rather than by his poetry, that Joseph Cottle will be heard of hereafter. Mr. Cottle was a Somersetshire poet, and a bookseller. him rest in peace, say we, with all our hearts. Let An elegant monument has been conmenced in Trinity church-yard, New York city, to the memory of the martyrs of the prison ships-those American soldiers and citizens who died in the English prison ships in the war of 1812. It will be constructed of carv ed brown-stone, and its height will be seventy-three feet. The base will be sixteen feet square, and be placed at the top of a series of steps twenty-four feet square at the bottom. The Trinity Church corporation appropriated seven thousand dollars for the construction of this work, which will be in the style of the monumental crosses of England. - Messrs. Bradbury & Evans, of London, announce that a "New Serial by Mr. W. M. Thackeray is in preparation, the publication of which will be commenced in the course of the ensuing Autumn. - We clip the following from the Lowell (Mass.) Patriot and Republican:— The Philadelphia BIZARRE says it has recently lost six subscribers, because it condemned the Montreal riots, and upheld Gavazzi and free speech. It gave, one year ago, a glowing description of the Sacred Heart Convent, near Torresdale, on the Delaware, and no Protestant subscriber was thereat indig nant. Subscribers have an undoubted right to vided they will only pay up arrearages. But stop their papers, whenever they choose, proit is a foolish trick to get offended at an editor because he has happened to say something you do not exactly like. We have condemned the Montreal riots and advocated free speech, and for the same reason that we condemned the burning of Catholic churches, in Philadelphia, or the Ursuline Convent, in Charlestown. We advocate free speech for ALL; for the Catholic as well as the Protest-eration of thirty years; then in 420 years, or and. We denounce all mobs, whether the fourteen generations, his descendants would victim be Wm. Lloyd Garrison, the Sisters be as under :— of Charity, or Father Gavazzi. As it regards the latter gentleman we say nothing about him, good, bad or indifferent, as we have not yet ascertained whether he upholds or denounces the Baltimore platform." - Graham's Magazine for August is the best number of that capital periodical that we have received. The illustrations are numerous and the articles are from leading pens foreign and domestic. Among the engravings is a superbly executed mezzotint by Sartain, called Household Treasures:" there is also a wood-cut entitled the Emigrants," from the Devereux brothers, which is exceedingly fine. We notice among the literary contributions a charming bit of verse from Dr. C. C. Vanarsdale, entitled "The Lonely Brook," which we shall probably transfer to our pages. Buchanan Read's "Pilgrims of the Great St. Bernard," is continued. "The Illustrated Magazine of Art," for July, has come to us in due season from the sole agent in Philadelphia Mr. J. W. Moore. The work is published in New York by Alexander Montgomery and grows better and ter with each successive issue. A prominent engraving in the number before us, is a view of the interior of the great industrial exhibition at Dublin. 1st generation, 6 2nd 18 3rd 54 4th 162 5th 486 1458 To place the same position in another point of view, I calculated that every indibet-vidual now living had for his ancestor every individual living in Britain in the year 1125, the age of Henry the First, taking the popu lation at 8,000,000, [In 1816] thus be considered as the apex of a triangle, of which the base would represent the whole population of a remote age. Thus, every individual now living had a - A New Haven paper states that the Em- mother and a father, or two progenitors, each peror of Hayti lately advertized for the where- of whom had a father and mother, or four abouts of a coloured man whose name was progenitors, and so on, doubling their progengiven, setting forth that he would hear some-itors every thirty years, at least. He might thing to his advantage on making himself known. The person was found, and proved to be a very intelligent man and capital barber in Bridgeport, where he has been for some years doing a good business. He appears to be the second cousin of the Emperor, who wishes the barber to reside in Hayti, and accept a dukedom, or some other high office in the realm. It is said that the fortunate individual is so much of a Yankee, that he doubts whether he shall accept the offer. Nevertheless, he intends to make a voyage to Hayti, and see how things look there. 1815, living individual 1248024 16 32 64 128 1575 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 1395 16384 32768 65536 131072 262144 525288 1048576 "2097132 " 4194264 "8388528 That is to say, if there were a regular co-mix ture of marriages, every individual of the living race would of necessity be descended from every individual who lived in Britain in 1125." sir, be you young or old. There is a fortydegree-cold bath; there is German John to curry you with a crash towel: there are rides, drives, fine fare, and the loveliest of ladies,married and single,-with whom to converse. These influences acting on you, you feel delightfully amiable towards the whole world If, during the crusades, any of the English intermarried with Greeks, or Syrians, or Italians, all of whom must, by intermingling, have been descendants of great men of anti-and the rest of mankind;" your body is free quity, so all the English of this age must be connected in blood with those intermarriages, and be descended from the heroes of the classic ages. This reasoning explains the cause of national physiognomy and character, the co-mixture of foreign nations being inconsiderable, and not sufficient to affect general characteristic changes, while each nation becomes, in the course of ages, one common and blended family, in physiognomy, character and ge nius. May so plain a demonstration of this great truth be a means of increasing their concord, their love, the interchange of mutual good offices, and their common happiness! -We have received from Messrs. Lippincott Grambo & Co. the following new books:"British Cabinet in 1853;" Poems by Meditatus: Norman Maurice" by Simms; "The Wigwam and the Cabin" by the same: "Pro-Slavery Argument." The last embraces a series of essays from several distinguished Southern writers, and is well worth reading. Editors' Sans-Souci. THE YELLOW SPRINGS. A glide over the Reading rail-road, a slight bouncing over hill and dale from Phoenixville depot, and and you are at the Yellow Springs, under the delicate and gentle guardianship of Mrs. Neef. The trip is well worth taking: summer-travellers may rely on it, very well worth taking. You pass through romantic scenery on the Schuylkill, and enjoy it even though you see it with the blurr of rail-road speed sticking to it. Then, when you take the stage,-if like us, of course you will secure a seat on the outside,-your eyes enjoy a rise and fall of ground, beautifully diversified, with trees, and shrubs, and grass, and grain, and flowers, and birds, and beasts scattered here and there all over it. Your lungs inhale the purest draughts of country air, while your nose is saluted with a charming combination of perfumes fresh from the laboratory of Nature. You are at the Springs:-you arrive there with an appetite-clean white pants, changes of linen, all the requisites to make the best impression, and a determination to have a good time. You are not disappointed, good from pain, your mind is buoyant,-indeed you are strongly impressed with the idea that you will live forever. The poet says: "The surest road to health, say what they will, So far as we are concerned, the Yellow Springs help one to be oblivious of the ills of the flesh, and most happily. It remains for us to say that there is a large company there at present; but Mrs. see Neef, and her admirable assistant, Mr. William Goodenow, assured us, that there were still some superb rooms left. We came away with regrets, which were "aerated Simes' advertisement-as it were, by "Katy Darling," which the band were playing in fine style at the time. Our next excursion will probably be to the Perry County Warm Springs. PHILADELPHIA ART UNION - Mr. E. F. Dennison, has very kindly sent us a copy of the Patrick Henry engraving, got up for the subscribers to our Art Union the present year. It is a tolerably well-executed work, and will unquestionably prove highly acceptable to those for whom it was designed. The subscription to the Art Union is five dollars per annum, which covers a copy of the engraving in notice, and a chance of obtaining a fine painting from the pencil of one of our own eminent artists. It is stated that the distribution for 1853 is guaranteed from the commencement, whether the concern pays or not,-in the subscription, by a collection of at least fifty pictures, of an aggregate value exceeding $4000. These works are now in progress, and as soon as completed will be exhibited in the Art Union Free Gallery, No. 210 Chestnut street, of which our very polished friend, Mr. Dennison, is manager. TO THOSE INTERESTED. The maxim of Apelles, the great artist of antiquity, which he had written over the door of his atelier, "Nulla dies sine linea," no day without a line,-should be imprinted on the heart of every editor. And yet we seldom, with all this writing business on our hands, could muster courage to exclaim, to those hourly rushing into the sacred precincts of our office, there to while away their idle time, "Procul, O procul, este profani!"Away, away, O ye profane!-Our time seems everybody's; our retreat the property of the LADIES' NAMES. - In the year 1800, the following marriage notice appeared in the New York papers: "Married at Washington, Virginia, Mr. George Hudson to Miss Seraphina Maria Carolina Matilda Juliana Sophia Anne Mansfield." Had this long-named damsel lived in our days, she would have been announced as Miss Seraphinie Marie Carolinie Matildie Julianie Sophie Annie Mansfield! Query. Is there any reason to suppose that any girl chistened Sarah, will get a husband ten minutes sooner by calling her-say Sallie? As to first names, by the way, the practice of the Quakers is the most reasonable. Only a single name is given to a female child; and when she marries, her maiden name is retained as a middle name. From this system two good results follow. When a lady's name is triple, we and also know that she is a married woman, we know what her family name was. A CHANCE FOR PUBLISHERS. His | opian Opera House, in Twelfth below Chestnut, on Monday evening, August 1st. company will embrace all the talent of last season, with the addition of Nelson Kneass. author of “Ben Bolt," probably one of the best musicians of his stamp in the country. - The Hippodrome left us on Monday for the west, after a most brilliant season. Sixty thousand dollars were taken in five weeks; Gen. an immense amount for the hot season. Welch deserves all this and twice as much, for getting up so splendid an entertainment. BUSINESS MEMS. - COL. WM. H. MAURICE, 123 Chestnut St., the great model stationer of our city, cannot be seen at the Crystal Palace; but a set of blank-books, splendidly gotten up, from his establishment. occupy a prominent position. These blank books are a very good specimen of what Maurice can do in this way, and we should not be surprized if they got him & Maurice sells large number of orders for New York and other cities suburban thereto. at low rates. KRAWFISH-IANA. However disagreeable toes with corns may be, toma-toes with corn, are perfectly delightful. Why don't you know?" replies Tom; why that's French for rum-shop." "I say, Tom, what do they mean by res- A gentleman of this city, celebrated for his bibliographical research, is preparing for pub-taurant on so many signs at liquorin' houses?" lication the old plays-six in number-upon which Shakspeare founded his "Measure for Taming Measure," " Comedy of Errors," Henry IV., the Shrew," "King John," "Henry V.," and "Lear." Those in the possession of our friend are probably the only copies in the country, and bear date 1578, 1595, 1605, 1607, and 1611. Each play will be prefaced by historical and critical remarks, and such information of the old authors as can be obtained from the almost forgotten past. It is strange, that these old plays have never been republished with us. They are mentioned frequently in the notes of Collier, Malone, Skottow, and Othus, and hence much curiosity will be felt to see them. We have read them with a degree of interest indescribable, and now that everything relating to Shakspeare, possesses a peculiar charm, from Collier's new version of his works, it would seem these plays cannot but prove interesting to the reader. - They have got a horned toad, a cow with five legs, and a calf with two heads at the big show in New York. Now, we have in Philadelphia a somewhat curious “kritter;" and it may be seen at the State House freegratis. It has four faces, but no head; eight hands, but no arms; and there is one great tongue attached, which makes a great noise whenever there is a house on fire. The Emperor of Russia has sent another ultimatum to the Turk. If this will not do. we presume he will send an ultimatissimum, which will be the "most latest last” demand of all. From the way the folks ran to see the president, one might suppose that he was the greatest man in the country; but any tinker could make a grater. -Some people are never satisfied. There. for instance, is the man who rings the State House bell. He has the highest office in the gift of the corporation, and yet he is continually striking for hire wages. Apart from the novelty of the plays themselves, the introductions will be interesting, as they establish the fact of the identity of each play, with the evidence of Collier, Malone, and others, to substantiate it. Publishers should note this announcement, and acted to be still running so far after the gals. accordingly. AMUSEMENTS, Brigham Young is about to establish his kingdom in the Galapagos Islands. With so many wives as he has, he ought to be asham -ETYMOLOGY.-Devil is from the Greek diabolos, and signifies an accuser, or prosecuting Sanford opens his new and beautiful Ethi- attorney. 1 “ Bizarre, Bizarre, wHAT SAY YOU, MADCAP?”—Farquhar. judicious use of speech is valuable to every Bizarre. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1853. THE EVILS OF SOCIETY. FIFTH PAPER. "First let me talk with this philosopher." It was our intention, in this article, to offer a plan of an institution, which would improve the morals of the youth of our city; but a recent article in the Evening Bulletin has attracted our attention, and we have thought it proper to offer a few comments upon it, because it shows the notions which men of education, in this country, entertain concerning what is proper education for the people. The editor of the Bulletin is not alone in these opinions, which we think have so pernicious an influence upon the manners and moral sentiments of the age in which we live. Amongst other remarks, which are really judicious, we find the following: "Ours is a practical age, we are practical people. Few Americans can afford to be educated for a life of elegant leisure only. What nine men out of ten want, is such knowledge as will be useful in the profession they may follow, and, as the years they have to devote to study are comparatively few, they have no time to waste on merely scholastic acquire "To the sons of merchants, to young men aiming for distinction in political life, a knowledge of French and German is infinitely more valuable than a knowledge of Greek and Latin." Education is only valued because of its utility in a business point of view. What we wish to show at this time is the great error, now so popular, of undervaluing "scholastic acquirements." This error is twofold. First, in supposing that the study of the classical languages is of no value, on the score of rugged utility:" and secondly, in regarding information as the great object of education. If we consider scholastic acquirements of no value in themselves, let us see if they may not be found useful as aids in other departments of learning, of the utility of which no one will doubt. That a good knowledge of the English language is an important part of education, even in a business point of view, -all will admit. A full, easy, graceful and one, no matter what may be his business. It has made the fortunes of many. Now, how can a person get a good knowledge of our language? Does any one get it without some knowledge of Greek and Latin? A large portion of the words in our language come from the Greek and Latin; and thousands of words which will yet be made, as science and art progress, will be formed from the words of those dead languages; and a person will never be able to use these words with ease, elegance, and propriety, if he have no knowledge of their origin and composition. Besides this, the idiom of the English language, its defects, and its redundancies, will never be understood, but by a comparison with other languages, and a knowledge of the origin of those peculiarities which we find in it. One language cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of others:-one language cannot be learned alone. The English language cannot be learned without a knowledge of the elements of which it is composed; and a person who has mastered those elements, has got the ground-work of a number of other languages. The ordinary process of teaching children to read without knowing the meaning of words is unphilosophical, and very injurious to a child's education. It is said that "a knowledge of French and German is infinitely more valuable than a knowledge of Greek and Latin." Now, how is a person to learn French? About ninetenths of the words in the French language are of Latin and Greek origin! The shortest, the best, and easiest way to learn Englishand French, too,—is to learn the classical languages; and in learning them, to get the material out of which the whole family of languages to which ours belongs, is made. But to enable the people to do this, we must have a different kind of schools from what we now have. Our methods of teaching are wrong at the beginning, and they are wrong all through. Those things which would make the first education of children easy and agreeable, are reserved for colleges and high schools; while children are expected to learn things at the very start, which many who go through colleges do not learn. In our schools children begin with learning letters; they go through their whole education, and at the end do not understand them. How many of the children educated in our public schools can tell why C is sometimes S, and at other times K? and what interest can they take in learning rules where they perceive no reason? The sciences which would afford them amusing and agreeable instruction are kept from them. They are not considered capable of learning those things. Cannot a child distinguish between |