the surprising reverberations of sound that are produced amongst the mountains by its discharge.

"The cannon's roar

Bursts from the bosom of the hollow shore:

The dire explosion the whole concave fills,
And shakes the firm foundation of the hills.

Now pausing deep, now bellowing from afar,
Now rages near the elemental war:

Affrighted echo opens all her cells,

With gather'd strength the posting clamour swells,
Check'd or impell'd, and varying in its course,

It slumbers-now awakes with double force,
Searching the straight and crooked hill and dale,
Sinks in the breeze, and rises in the gale:

Chorus of earth and sky! the mountains sing,

And heaven's own thunders through the valleys ring."

"In no part of the world are tourists treated with more respectful attention, and on more reasonable charges, than at this health-restoring portion of the British empire."

TYNEMOUTH PRIORY,-NORTHUMBERLAND.

Early in the seventh century, Edwin, king of Northumberland, built a small chapel, of wood, at Tynemouth, in which his daughter Rosella took the veil. This humble structure, to which, however, the Priory of Tynemouth owed its origin, was rebuilt of stone, by St. Oswald, the successor of Edwin. It was dedicated to St. Mary; and, in the course of a few years, so great was the sanctity which it obtained, that the illustrious dead were brought from various parts to be interred within its sacred precincts. During the infuriated career of the Danes, this edifice, in common with most other religious houses and monasteries in the kingdom, was plundered and destroyed. Tostig, Earl of Northumberland, is said to have rebuilt the monastery from the foundations; and his successor, Waltheof, about 1074, gave it, with all its possessions, to the monks of Iarrow. In 1090, Earl Mowbray, a patron of this house, having conspired against William Rufus, converted the building into a fortress, which, after a siege of two months, was taken by storm. After an ineffectual attempt to secure his safety by flight, Mowbray returned to take refuge in the ruined sanctuary, whence he was dragged forth, and consigned to a dungeon.

Twice after this period, the Priory was subjected to spoliation and ravage: in 1306, by a victorious band of Northumbrians; and, in 1389, by the Scots, to whose outrages the northern parts of England were so much exposed. A high degree of sanctity, however, continued to brood over the edifice; and it was not unfrequently the temporary residence of royalty. On the dissolution of religious houses, the prior of Tynemouth, making a virtue of necessity, surrendered his monastery; when an annual pension of £80 was assigned to him, and smaller stipends to the other members of the convent. The possessions of this richly-endowed priory were granted, by Edward VI., in 1550, to John