door is carved the Fall of Man; on the left door Cain killing Abel; and on the right Joseph flying from Potiphar's wife. Between the doors are wholelength figures. The lower part forms a cupboard, with one shelf in it, and having folding doors, which are divided in eight compartments, containing: 1. the crown and crest of James the First and his initials I. R.; 2. the arms of France and England quarterly; 3. the Scotish lion; 4. the harp of Ireland; 5. the arms of Scotland; 6. France and England; 7. the unicorn; 8. the rose and crown; around which are these inscriptions: "I LIVE TO DIE AND DIE TO LIVE." "NOT TOUGHT BY MAN, BUT BY GOD I STAND." "GOD GIVEATH AL AND SOM DID CAUS IT IN MY HART TO COM. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. 1624." "FEAR GOD AND HONOUR THE KING." "MADE BY ME ROBERT MALKINSON." The centre front is elaborately carved with various other ornaments, and on one of the stiles are arms and crests attributed in the catalogue to the Monson family, but not described. Sold for 231. to Mr. Turvey. Another ancient wardrobe, handsomely carved, which had been obtained by Mr. Holmes from Norwich, and converted into a bookcase, was sold for 30l. to Mr. Dodgson; and there was another bookcase, the upper part of which was carved with female figures and grotesque heads, together with the arms and quarterings of Dugdale; from the chimney-piece of a house in Warwickshire. 91. Mr. Harris. CHIMNEY PIECES. This leads us to Mr. Baylis's chimney-pieces, which were adaptations, or rather compositions, formed from the tempting assortments to which we have before alluded. The sketch, in Pl. IV. gives a general idea of the magnificent chimney-piece in the Diningroom at the Pryor's Bank. The four statues which flank the fire-place, represent St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick, and St. David; above was a range of five other Saints. The grateback, with the arms of Cecil, were from Burleigh House; and the firedogs from Royston Hall. This chimney piece was sold for 767. 138. In the Library was the chimney as well as those of a bookcase in the same room, came from the diningroom at Weston Hall, Warwickshire, which was surrounded with portraits let into niches placed immediately below the cornice, as may be seen in a plate representing one end of the room, published in Mr. Shaw's Specimens of the Details of Elizabethan Architecture," Plate III. The shields of arms here inserted in the lower niches were German and the profile portraits of King Philip and Queen Mary were not, among those which figured at Weston Hall. They still remain at the Pryor's Bank. The chimney-piece was sold for 25l. 48. In the Drawing room chimney-piece, (represented in the centre of the Plate) we have an article interesting from its associations, and remarkable for its expensive materials. It came from the grand Gothic Room at Carlton-House. It was carved in white Carrara marble, and its decorations formed of gilt brasswork. From the same once splendid saloon, there were two gothic lanterns, of ormolu, as here represented. *We may here remark, as it may not be generally known, that some of the fittings of Carlton House may be seen at Windsor, worked up (of all places again) in the Tomb-house, particularly The closet here figured was another evident composition of the curiosity dealers. It is styled in the catalogue, a Gothic Beaufet. It appears to have been formed of the leaves of an altarpiece, and contained six paintings, three without and three within. The lock, or handle of the door, was not the least curious part of the whole. It was an embossed sainted head, engraved and enamelled, in a very early style of art, and had perhaps been removed from the sides of some ponderous service-book of the Church. This was sold for 381. The upper part of the same engraving represents a small gothic canopy, of oak, gilt, and containing seven small paintings : it was sold separately for 501. In the same room was a most beautifully executed piece of shrine-work, represented in Pl. III. The pinnacles on its top did not belong to it, and perhaps scarcely improved the effect. The whole was gorgeously gilt, as were the greater part of the carvings of this very magnificent room. To mention the many beautiful specimens of ancient art in Mr. Baylis's collection would exceed our limits, and be beyond our present purpose. There were, however, some portraits which may deserve a passing record. 312. On panel, supposed to be the Earl of Lennox, and his infant son Lord Darnley. 337. The Earl of Essex, in the robes of the Garter, AN° DNI 1598, by Zucchero. (See the figure in Plate 338. Whole length of Queen Elizabeth, (qu) with a feather fan. 191. 388. A whole-length "of Prince Maurice, nephew of Charles I." On which we may observe, that Prince Maurice died in 1654, aged 34; but this portrait represents an elderly man, of at least fifty-five. 389. "A fine portrait of Admiral Tromp, whole length, created a Baron by Charles I." Mr. Baylis, we understand, purchased this picture under another name, and it was disguised by a wig, which has been cleaned off. It has been identified with the famous Von Tromp, who was born in 1597, with which date an inscription upon it "ET. SVE 44, 1642," corresponds: and it is remarkable that it was in the latter year that he was knighted (not "created a Baron") by Charles the First in England. 397. A set of ten Portraits, consisting of Henry VIII. his six Queens, Queen Elizabeth, Edward VI. and the Emperor Charles V. They formerly belonged to the late Lord Audley, and afterwards to Sir William Horne. They have now been purchased by the Marquess of Salisbury for Hatfield, at the price of 1401. 398. A full-length portrait of Sir Philip Sidney. 251. 514. The Earl of Sussex, "Lord High Steward to Queen Elizabeth." 177. 68. 6d. 519. A small full-length of Queen Anne of Denmark and her son Prince Henry. This is a very good and pleasing picture. 61. 598. A portrait of Queen Mary, by Lucas de Heere, from the collection of the late Mr. Dent. 1051. 599. Queen Elizabeth, by Zucchero ; her sleeves covered with spheres: formerly belonging to the family of Sir Thomas Rich, at Eltham. 50l. 8s. 600. Henry VIII. by Holbein, a very fine picture. 1377. 11s. Bought by Jarman, a dealer. 601. Henry III. of France. 97. 198.6d. 602, 3. Henry IV. of England and Henry VI. Together for 147. 38. 6d. Lot 583 was a very fine statue, carved in oak, of the Emperor Rudolph: it is 5ft. 6in. high, and was brought by a brother of the late Sir Herbert Taylor from Aix-la-Chapelle. (See Plate I.) Bought by Hull, of Wardour There was a modern statue, in wood, of Sir Walter Raleigh, balanced on his proper legs, not ill executed, but inferior to the older work above noticed. Among several suits of armour, three were particularly handsome. One with a singularly fine breast-plate, of the period of the Emperor Charles V. was sold for 341. 13s. Another extraordinary suit of fluted steel (Pl. I.) of the time of Henry VII. produced 100l. A third, elaborately engraved with a diapered pattern of the lion and eagle of Bavaria, in the manner of that in the Tower collection, assigned to Hector Count Oddi of Padua, and dated 1600, was sold for 571. 178. un Some very remarkable specimens of leather hangings, representing the full-length portraits of Kings and Queens of Spain, with stamped gilt back-guards, should not pass mentioned. These were bought in by Mr. Baylis, and are now placed on the walls of St. George's Gallery at the Pryor's Bank. A backgammon-board (537) with a curious lock, and men stamped with subjects and mottoes, two having portraits of Charles II. and Louis XIV. and said to have belonged to the former. 101. 10s. We return to give a few more particulars, before we close, of the recent sale at East Retford. A small table for the corner of a room, standing 2 feet 10 inc. high, upon four carved legs, with a shelf below, and its upper surface inlaid, in wood, with the figure of a ship in full sail, was purchased by the auctioneer, Mr. Leigh Sotheby, for 31.; as was, for 41. 48., a DESK of black oak, carved in low relief; and the two together now form his professional rostrum in Wellington Street, Strand. On the folding lid in front of this desk are these arms, quarterly 1 and 4, a lion rampant; 2. three martlets, two and one; 3. three pheons, two and one; and for supporters, two lions. At the back of the desk is the third coat impaling the first, and the first impaling the second. In front is also carved the name of DAVID ILOYD, and on one side the date 1624. The catalogue identifies the original owner with David Lloyd, who died Dean of St. Asaph in 1663; but as that person was born in 1617, it appears not very probable that the desk should have been Another desk, carved, with the initials E. P. 1612, and the same upon its lock, which belonged to Admiral Palliser, was sold for 1. 38. to Mr. Harris. An oak tablet, measuring 13 inc. by 11, had been brought from the wainscoting of the old mansion-house of the Babingtons at Wirksworth in Derbyshire, representing their rebus of a BABE-IN-TUN, and the crest of a wyvern. £1. 8. Mr. Tallents. An oak panel, 7 feet 9 by 2 ft. 6, divided into three compartments, each containing a shield of arms and inscriptions: 1, the arms and quarterings of Reresby, subscribed MERCY IESV 2, the same impaling Swift, round which are these rhymes, Blessed are they The Scripture doth say, That heare the word of God 3. the coat of Swift alone, with the motto DE BON SERVIERTA. This commemorates the alliance of Godfrey Reresby, fifth son of Thomas Reresby, of Thriburgh, co. York, living in 1585, who married a daughter of Swift, of Rotherham. £3. 17s. Mr. Hudson. The whole fabric of a Gothic Room erected by Mr. Holmes in his garden, measuring thirty-one feet by twelve, with its lining of old carvings, and a variety of stained glass in the windows, was put up in one lot, and bought in for 185 guineas, that sum being considered below its value. It is not, however, likely to be preserved entire : but, unless a better offer occur, may probably be taken to pieces and brought to London for sale. A monumental brass of a knight in armour, wearing a ram's head for his crest, set into a carved oak table, was sold for £5. 158. An old Virginal, marked with the name of "Joannes Ruckers fecit, 1604," was sold for the small sum of 14s. to Mr. Cochran the bookseller of London. The shape and bulk of this curiosity were perhaps no recommendation to it; its size is 7 feet 9 inc. long, by 2 feet 6 inc. broad. The produce of Mr. Holmes's museum was £382. 5s. 6d.; of his library, £1874. 12s. Total, £2256. 17s. 6d. The total amount of the plate, furniture, &c. sold at the Pryor's Bank, QUESTION, Was one Man only, or were more Men than one (probably a considerable number), originally created? IN the first chapter of Genesis, verses 20, 21, 22, 24, are the words "moving creature, fowl, living creature, creeping thing," all in the singular number: but the sense evidently requires that they should have a plural signification, and mean every species, all kinds of moving creatures, fowls, &c. In the 20th verse it is said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly;" and in the 21st verse we are told that "God created every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind." Now if one pair, male and female, only were created, could the waters be said, with propriety and truth, to bring forth abundantly? Certainly not: bers, no doubt, of each sort or species were produced; and not in one part of the world only, but in every part, in every country. There was a necessity for this; for many animals, particu larly the smaller animals, the creeping things, could not transport themselves to distant quarters and countries of the world, and scarcely any across wide seas and vast oceans. num In the same manner, in the 26th verse, the word "Man" cannot mean one individual only; but must mean, generally, the species of the superior animal, created last of all. This opinion is corroborated by the following expressions: "Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea," "male and female created He them;' "God blessed them: " in which the plural pronoun them, and not the singular him, is used. &c.; In the fourth chapter, and verse 1st, it is said that Adam, after his expulsion from the garden of Eden, "knew Eve his wife, and she bare Cain; and in verse the second, that "she again bare his brother Abel." These sons grow up, and Cain slays Abel. He is severely punished for this fratricide a mark is set upon him, "lest any one finding him should kill him." Now if all the human beings then upon earth consisted of Adam and Eve, and their then (as it appears) only child Cain, what occasion could : there be for any mark? There were, doubtless, on the contrary, numbers of human beings, many of whom did not know Cain personally, or by sight. Thence the necessity for the mark. After these things, Cain goes and dwells in the land of Nod. His wife bears a son named Enoch; and he (Cain) builds, not a house, but a city. I wish to ask, whence came Cain's wife? She could not be Adam's daughter; for it does not appear that Adam, at that time, had any daughter. She must consequently have been the daughter of some other man. Cain builds a city. How could he do this, without men to help him? And why build a city, if there were not men and women to occupy the houses in that city? In the 25th verse of the same chapter, it is written, "Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, suid she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew." From the words "again," and "another seed," it may be fairly inferred that Eve had no child born between Abel and Seth. In the 2nd verse of chapter the 5th are the expressions "male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.” Here, as in the first chapter, the plural pronouns they, their, and them, are made use of, and not he, his, and him; and the word "Adam" seems to be used in this verse, not for the name of one person only, but for that of a species, and to be synonymous with the term man. In the fourth verse of this chapter, we are informed that "the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred years, and he From begat sons and daughters." this verse it is pretty clear that Adam begat no daughters until after the birth of Seth, Cain's younger brother. Hence Cain's wife could not be Adam's daughter, as before mentioned. From all these facts and observations, the conclusion to be drawn seems to be that, according to the Bible itself,-not one Man only, but more Men than one (probably a considerable number), were originally created. INVESTIGATOR. MR. URBAN, Cork, Sept. 16. ALTHOUGH the article devoted by you, in your September Magazine, to the recent publication of Mr. Swinburne's Letters, or, in the more ambitious assumption of the title, "The Courts of Europe at the Close of the last Century," together with the similar compliment paid it by the Quarterly Review, may appear sufficient to satisfy the general desire, if not to exhaust the subject, yet some incidents struck me as passed unnoticed, or uncorrected, which I consider not less entitled to development, nor more barren of interest, than those selected by your reviewer for illustration. In the hope that I may be supported by your readers in this opinion, and that a brief advertence to these omissions will not be unacceptable, I now take the liberty of addressing you, while I premise, that I spent a portion of the ante, and the whole of the post, revolutionary periods embraced in these letters, on the Continent, with some opportunities, too, of obtaining information on the occurring topics of their communications; and, trodden though the field be, some gleanings worth gathering still remain, methinks, for collection. Mr. Swinburne, it is manifest, was a complete gobe-mouche, who greedily caught, without weighing its probability or sifting its truth, every current report in those circles, where the talent of a good narrator was a first recommendation to society, and was best displayed by the pungent version, or epigrammatic turn, which wit or malignity could impart to the simplest story. Restricted in political conver sation, for which Sir Robert Walpole, we are told, was wont to substitute the ribbald discourse, now, thank heaven, banished alike from the fash. ionable and the moral board,* convi *Those who, from personal recollection, may retrace the habits of society some fifty years back, cannot forget how deeply impregnated with indecorous topics and language the conversations of convivial meetings generally were. I well remember, for I often witnessed, the indulgence in those unseemly subjects of two eminent men, then most prominent in public life, Lord Clare and Mr. Curran, vial parties, in their petit soupers, those "noctes cœnæque Deorum," as the still surviving guests complacently describe them, emulously strove, not though, in most other respects, contrasted in character and feelings. Nor were they less addicted to profane swearing, more particularly the Irish Chancellor, like his English contemporary Thurlow; a custom then likewise of general prevalence, apparently, as the French obtrude their filthy expressions, to give energy to their discourse, but much oftener, though, certainly, not in that sense applicable to Curran, to supply the dearth of language, or the pause of thought; like Homer's expletives, in completion of a phrase, or the constant interpellations of the Speaker by our parliamentary orators. But the forms of decency are now, it is gratifying to add, seldom violated by these social anomalies. And again, a spectacle of still more satisfactory contemplation is daily presented to our view, in the reformed habits of the humbler classes of this nation-an im provement, on an immeasurable scale, wrought by that wonderful regenerator of his country, my revered friend, Father Mathew, whom envy cannot assail, for it could find nothing to reprove or amend— "Che non trouva l'invidia ove l'amende." (Orl. Fur.) "Esto perpetua," we may suppliantly the achievement of a commanding mind, say in respect of this genuine reformation, devoting its energies and exerting its influence the resistless attraction of virtue-in checking the wide-spread evil, which seemed beyond the ability of man to control. And yet, in the recent number of the Quarterly Review, (136,) a writer undertakes, in an elaborate article, to elucidate the condition of the "Peasantry of Ireland," while he overmighty conquest of morality, and its venelooks, and passes in utter silence, this rated and admirable author! As well might the historian of modern England attempt to sink in oblivion the names and glorious work of Clarkson and Wilberforce, in association with whom, and in full parity of merit, the APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE clarum et venerabile nomen!must ever rank in the foremost class of the benefactors of his species. But the acknowledgment of obligation to an Irish priest-nay more-to a poor monk, (oh ! how rich in the treasures of heaven!) would ill accord, I fear, with the spirit of the Review, or the tenor of the article. It would be to expect praise or justice from the Southern United States to the |