The interlude of bustle, clamour and confusion had commenced. The beaux were swarming in the alleys, each elbowing his passage to some prime point of particular attraction, and nodding most familiarly and grossly to any one he might recognize in his route, nods which so eloquently express I see you, but you're not worth stopping at." Remembering our design for the Musaeid, we hastily requested our old friend to reserve a seat for our return, and plunged into the stream, suffering the living current to carry us whithersoever it might please.

The first person we could find in our patience to notice was Miss Gossamer, and we hope you have been entertained,' was the only salutation which our invention could immediately suggest. Delighted; who's this,' using an arch and winking expression of

WEEKLY DIARY.

MAY.

MAY is so called from Maia, the mother of Mercury, to whom sacrifices were offered by the Romans on the first of this month; or, according to some, from respect to the senators and nobles of Rome, who were named Majores, as the following month was termed Junius, in honour of the youth of Rome.

REMARKABLE DAYS.

WEDNESDAY, 1st.-May Day.

We have now reached that period of the year which was formerly dedicated to one of the most pleasing and splendid festal rites. The observance of May Day was a custom which, until the close of the reign of James the 1st, alike attracted the attention of the royal and the noble, as of the vulgar class. Henry the Eighth, Elizabeth, and James, patronized and partook of its ceremonies; and, during this extended era, there was scarcely a village in the kingdom but had a May-pole, with its appropriate games and dances.

Eight masqueraders in the most grotesque dresses, consisting of Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, Little John, the Fool, Tom the Piper, the Hobby-Horse, and the Dragon, with from two to ten morris-dancers, or, in lieu of them, the same number of Robin Hood's men, in coats, hoods, and hose of green, with a painted pole in the centre, represented the most complete establishment of the May-game.

who personified Robin Hood; he was attired
in a bright grass-green tunic, fringed with
gold'; his hood and his hosen were parti-co-
foured, blue and white; he had a large gar-
land of rose-buds on his head, a bow bent in
his hand, a sheaf of arrows at his girdle, and
light blue tarantine, embroidered with silver;
a bugle-horn depending from a baldrick of
he had also a sword and a dagger, the hilts of
both being richly embossed with gold.
his right hand; and Cecil Cellarman the butler,
Fabian a page, as Little John, walked at
as Will Stukely, at his left. These, with ten
others of the jolly outlaw's attendants who
followed, were habited in green garments,
bearing their bows bent in their hands, and
their arrows in their girdles. Then came

Two maidens, in orange-coloured kirtles with white courtpies, strewing flowers; followed immediately by

The Maid Marian, elegantly habited in a watchet-coloured tunic reaching to the ground; over which she wore a white linen rochet with loose sleeves, fringed with silver, and very neatly plaited; her girdle was of silver baudekin, fastened with a double bow on the left side, her long flaxen hair was divided into many ringlets, and flowed upon her shoulders; the top part of her head was covered with a net work cawl of gold, upon which was placed a garland of silver, ornamented with blue violets. She was supported by

"Two bride-maidens, in sky-coloured rochets girt with crimson girdles, wearing garlands upon their heads of blue and white violets. After them, came

Four other females in green courtpies, and garlands of violets and cowslips. Then

All these characters may be traced, indeed, Sampson the smith, as Friar Tuck, carryso far back as the middle of the fifteenth cen- ing a huge quarter-staff on his shoulder; and tary; and, accordingly, Mr. Strutt, in his Morris the mole-taker, who represented Much, interesting romance, entitled Queen-hoo the miller's son, having a long pole with an Hall,' has introduced a very pleasing and ac-inflated bladder attached to one end: And curate description of the May-games and Mor-after them ris of Robin Hood, which, as written in a lively and dramatic style, and not in the least differing from what they continued to be in the youthful days of Shakespeare, and before they were broken in upon by the fanaticism of the puritans, we shall copy in this place for the entertainment of our readers.

In the front of the pavilion, a large square was staked out, and fenced with ropes, to prevent the crowd from pressing upon the performers, and interrupting the diversion; there were also two bars at the bottom of the inclosure, through which the actors might pass and repass, as occasion required.

Six young men first entered the square, clothed in jerkins of leather, with axes upon their shoulders like woodmen, and their heads bound with large garlands of ivy-leaves intertwined with sprigs of hawthorn. Then followed,

Six young maidens of the village, dressed in blue Kirtles, with garlands of primroses on their heads, leading a fine sleek cow decorated ribbons of various colours, interspersed A flowers; and the horns of the animal were tipped with gold. These were succeeded by

Six foresters, equipped in green tunics, with hoods and hosen of the same colour; each of them carried a bugle-horn attached to a baldrick of, which he sounded as he passed the Larier. After them came

Peter Let the baron's chief falconer,

The May-pole, drawn by eight fine oxen, decorated with scarfs, ribbons, and flowers of divers colours; and the tips of their horns were embellished with gold. The rear was closed by The Hobby-horse and the Dragon.

When the May-pole was drawn into the square, the foresters sounded their horns, and the populace expressed their pleasure by shouting incessantly until it reached the place as signed for its elevation :--and during the time the ground was preparing for its reception, the barriers of the bottom of the inclosure were opened for the villagers to approach, and adorn it with ribbons, garlands, and flowers, as their inclination prompted them.

spectators. He was followed by Peter Parker, the baron's ranger, who personated a dragon, hissing, yelling, and shaking his wings with wonderful ingenuity; and to complete the mirth, Morris, in the character of Much, having small bells attached to his knees and elmonsters in the form of a dance; and as often bows, capered here and there between the two as he came near to the sides of the inclosure, he cast slily a handful of meal into the faces their heads with the bladder tied at the end of of the gaping rustics, or rapped them about his pole. In the mean time, Sampson, representing Friar Tuck, walked with much gravity around the square, and occasionally let fall his heavy staff upon the toes of such of the crowd as he thought were approaching more forward than they ought to do; and if the sufferers cried out from the sense of pain, he addressed them in a solemn tone of voice, advising them to count their beads, say a paternoster or two, and to beware of purgatory. These vagaries were highly palatable to the populace, who announced their delight by repeated plaudits and loud bursts of laughter; for this reason they were continued for a considerable length of time: but Gregory, be ginning at last to faulter in his paces, ordered the dragon to fall back: the well-nurtured beast, being out of breath, readily obeyed, and their two companions followed their example; which concluded this part of the pastime.

Then the archers set up a target at the lower part of the green, and made trial of their skill in a regular succession. Robin Hood and Will Stukely excelled their com rades and both of them lodged an arrow in the centre circle of gold, so near to each other that the difference could not readily be decided, which occasioned them to shoot again; when Robin struck the gold a second time, and Stukely's arrow was affixed upon the edge of it. Robin was therefore adjudged the conqueror; and the prize of honour, a garland of laurel embellished with variegated ribbons, was put upon his head; and to Stukely was given a garland of ivy, because he was the second best performer in that contest.

The pageant was finished with the archery; and the procession began to move away, to make room for the villagers, who afterwards assembled in the square, and amused themselves by dancing round the May-pole in promiscuous companies, according to the antient custom.'

There is a singular species of festivity at Padstow in Cornwall, on the 1st of May. This is called the Hobby-horse; from canvass The pole being sufficiently onerated with being extended with hoops, and painted to refinery, the square was cleared from such as semble a horse. Being carried through the had no part to perform in the pageant; and street, men, women, and children, flock round then it was elevated amidst the reiterated ac- it, when they proceed to a place called Traitorclamations of the spectators. The woodmen pool, about a quarter of a mile distant, in and the milk-maidens danced around it accord- which the hobby-horse is always supposed to ing to the rustic fashion; the measure was drink; when the head being dipped into the played by Perettó Cheveritte, the baron's water, is instantly taken up, and the mud and chief minstrel, on the bagpipes, accompanied water are sprinkled on the spectators, to the with the pipe and tabour, performed by one no small diversion of all. On returning home, of his associates. When the dance was a particular song is sung, that is supposed to finished, Gregory the jester, who undertook commemorate the event that gave the hobbyto play the hobby-horse, came forward with horse birth. According to tradition, the French his appropriate equipment, and, frisking up on a former occasion effected a landing at a and down the square without restriction, imi- small cove in the vicinity; but seeing at a tated the galloping, curvetting, ambling, trot-distance a number of women dressed in red ting, and other paces of a horse, to the infi- cloaks, which they mistook for soldiers, they nite satisfaction of the lower classes of the fled to their ships, and put to sea. The day

generally ends in riot and dissipation.-(Hit- | I can assure him to enter fully into the subject would
chins's History of Cornwall.)
require several whole numbers of the Iris.

the Less.

Jf so,

such generally received opinions, that they would not have been disputed.

He says, (page 72) I closed my eyes a second You ask how a cavity came to be formed in the inWEDNESDAY, 1-Saint Philip and Saint James time, and found the sun's image, which was before terior of the earth? yet, you must be aware, no posiof a brilliant red colour, now tinged with yellow: I tive answer can be given to your question, as Moses, repeated the experiment, and found the image to from whom we have all the information we are posPhilip was born at Bethsaida, near the sea of Tiberias, the city of Andrew and Peter. Of from red to a deep violet.I will be bold to say I assume successively the prismatic colours; passing sessed of on the subject, does not undertake to tell us how God created the earth hollow, i. e. what cause his parents and trade the Gospel takes no do not think the Phenomenon quite correctly stated, he employed to produce that effect, but satisfies himnotice; though he was, most probably, a fisher- for in no case have I seen the spectra appear in the self with saying it was "without form and void," man. James the Less, called also James the order of the colours, red, orange, yellow, &c. in which is commonly defined, empty, hollow; the idea Just, and, by the apostle Paul, James, the all instances the colour of a spectrum has been the of a subterranean cavity is, therefore, perfectly agreeLord's brother, was the son of Joseph, after-reverse of that which preceded it, unless mixed able to scripture, and Mr. Whiston in his theory, wards husband to the Virgin Mary, as is pro- with extraneous colour. What explanation does 'O' Keil in his remarks on the same, Penrose in his letbable by his first wife. The first of these wish for? Does he wish me to show him how the ters, and, I believe, most who have written on the martyrs was stoned to death, and the second, spasmodic motions were produced in the optic nerve? subject consider it in the same light. In proof, howhaving been thrown from a high place, was bis query, I conceive, will remain unanswered ever, of the existence of a central fire, (observe, I here killed by a fuller's staff. for ever. As well might he enquire how the liver mean a simple accumulation of caloric, not actual secretes bile? what is sensation? what is thought? combustion), some facts may be adduced of which I But if the merely wishes to know why the spectra shall mention one. It invariably happens, that on dewere produced, the following I offer as my opinion.scending deep into the earth, by a well, mine, or This property of the retina is a scheme of nature's otherwise, you feel the air sensibly heated, which heat to diminish the pain which attends a sudden change increases as you get further from the surface, till at from light to darkness, and to restore the nerve to last it becomes so oppressive as to hinder breathing, its pristine vigour sooner than it can be done by rest and the air is so rarefied that it will not support combustion; now, without the supposition of a central fire, bow is this fact to be accounted for? and respecting subterranean waters, without allowing their existence, I think, you cannot well account for the quick disappearing of that immense mass of fluid which caused the deluge, a column whose altitude was 15 cubits (22 feet) above the summit of the highest mountain in the world, could neither be supported in the air as clouds, nor be imbibed by the earth; therefore, some receptacle must be allowed, and what is more proper than a subterranean one?

FRIDAY, 3.—Invention of the Cross. The Romish church celebrates this day as a festival, to commemorate the invention or finding of a wooden cross, supposed to be the true one, by Helena, the mother of Constantine

the Great.

SATURDAY, 4.-Ascension Day. From the earliest times, this day was set apart to commemorate our Saviour's ascension into heaven; all processions on this, and the preceding rogation days, were abolished at the reformation. In London, on this day, the minister, accompanied by the churchwardens, and a number of boys, with wands, walk in procession, and beat the bounds of the parish. But this is not always practised, nor in every

year.

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR, I have, as long as I can recollect, been

much addicted to riddles, and fond of searching for meanings which have been ingeniously rendered mysterious. In these amusing researches much practice has rendered me usually successful; but there are cases, in which I purpose to request, at intervals, the assistance of your correspondents, which have hitherto baffled all my sagacity. In the number, is the Epitaph inscribed upon the tomb of the late Mr. Coward; for a rational explanation of which, I should be obliged to any of your readers.

A MANCUNIAN.

April, 22nd, 1822. *The Epitaph to which our correspondent alludes, is inscribed on the tomb, erected in the grave-yard of the Chapel, in King-street, Salford, and is as follows: All feared-none loved-and few understood.'-ED.

TO THE EDITOR.

alone.

1st, If we gaze steadily on the setting sun, which
is yellow or red, for a certain time, and then close
the eyes, a direct or yellow spectrum of the sun will
be seen. 2ndly, If we fix our eyes a still longer
period on the luminary, the spectrum will be inverse,
viz. blue. These phenomena may be illustrated by
innumerable analogies. During that state of the body
called sleep, in which volition is suspended, when one
set of muscles are fatigued, the antagonist muscles
exert themselves, and change the position of the
in their sleep, and when tired of that posture to
body. Some persons are known to raise their knees
suddenly extend their legs again, so as to throw off
the bed-cloaths.-Uncomfortable bedfellows! Also
slight grief is mostly expressed by sighs and tears,
but great grief frequently by violent fits of laughter.

If 'O' wishes to be told why the spectrum assumed
all the prismatic colours, I thus explain it. Having
looked a considerable time on the sun, that power by
which the retina distinguishes yellow light was almost
suspended. The nerve having suffered so severely,
action, and produced a blue spectrum. This spectrum
spontaneously fell into a spasm, or opposite sort of
having ceased, the retina being considerably relieved,
would be green; and so of the rest.
the next spasmodic action would not be so opposite, it
continuing to recur till it had worn away the painful
The spectrum
impression of the sun.

Before concluding, I must just observe that these
delicate experiments ought to be made with every
precaution, if we wish to obtain an uniform result.*
If O' will take the trouble to make another trial, and
vary the light admitted to the eyes, after gazing on
the sun, he will find the result to be different. He
will be amply repaid for his trouble in courting a
closer acquaintance with these delicate and beautiful
phenomena.

Pendleton, April 23rd, 1822. A FRIEND.
* Had another Querist (O. R. page 96) made one
experiment with sufficient attention, he would not
have been puzzled with the thing. I had never heard
of it before, therefore thought it worth a trial, in
making which, its fallacy was instantly apparent. I
found it would also tell the number of fingers on one
hand, the days in a week, months in a year, &c. It
may however serve to show the power of the human
mind in colouring objects. Well may rival beauties
think each other so ugly and unamiable.

SIR,-I was rather surprised at the reply of your correspondent,,' and thought of passing it over unnoticed, but have since determined to address you once more, on this interesting subject. If is as ignorant in these matters as he pretends to appear, my note might have been sufficient, at least, it ought to have suggested to him the propriety of making himself acquainted with analogous phenomena, before demanding the explanation of, what he calls, an 'inexplicable phenomenon.' But if, as I suspect, he is deeply versed in these things, his query is captious, and unworthy of its author. However, as I may mistake my man, I humbly ask his pardon, and in SIR,-I was surprized on perusing the first part of perfect good humour, will now say a few words more your communication, to see that you treated the idea in illustration, though I do not possess so extensive of subterranean fire and waters, as irrational, and uninformation on the subject as he jeeringly pretends.supported by fact; for I always thought they had been

TO "P,"

VOLCANOES.

composition of water, becomes rapidly oxydized, and, You say, it is a notorious fact, that iron, in the detherefore, incapable of further decompositions; but you should consider, it is a fact, equally as notorious, that, after a certain degree of temperature, the oxygen contained in any metallic oxyde, has a stronger affinity for caloric than for the metal, and escapes in the form of gas, and though chymists have not yet been able, by the heat of their furnaces, to reduce oxyde of iron without any mixture, from its strong affinity to oxygen, yet we may reason from analogy; and as

mercury, manganese, &c. part with their oxygen, by a simple increase of temperature, we may conclude, that iron, in the intense heat of the subterranean regions, would do the same, and become again able to decompose water,

I cannot see how the non-occurrence of simultaneous eruptions proves, that volcanoes have no connexion, or, that the length of time, which elapses between each eruption, proves the volcanic agent is not always active; if a central fire be allowed, one part of such an immense globe of caloric might be hotter and more expanded than another, and that heat, or expansion, might feed a volcano, or cause an earthquake at Naples, without extending itself to its antipodes; and I think, the non-continuance of volcanic fires, merely proves the agent is not always in a state of activity, intense enough to manifest itself in such a violent

manner.

You say, earthquakes cannot be occasioned by a central fire, because they are so limitted in their extent; now, it appears to me, that if the accumulation of heat were greater under England than elsewhere, such is the natural repulsion of caloric, that, instead of becoming gradually of an uniform temperature, it would produce a violent expansion or earthquake, which would affect England principally, and might be felt on the shores of the neighbouring countries; but, I think, if you will consult the account of any earthquakes, you will find they have not been so confined in their operations as you seem to suppose. In your next paragraph, you allow that earthquakes have been sometimes" comparatively extensive," but then you say, had they been produced by a central fire, the structure of the earth should have been more disturbed than it was; but if you will give the subject a little consideration, I think you will find, that, instead of several violent dislocations, that part of the earth

a

SIR,-The drama is generally acknowledged to be the most rational and delightful amusement; the most conducive to the practice of virtue, by the lessons it inculcates, of any that has yet been invented for public entertainment; it is, therefore, always considered a subject of sufficient importance, to occupy a conspicuous place in a publication like the present. Theatrical Criticism, (especially if it be local) is read with some interest by those who do not frequent the theatre, while to the play-goer it is ever the most attractive article. It is to be regretted, that such critiques are too frequently dictated by prejudice, or undiscriminating partiality— that censure often proceeds from personal enmity, and praise sometimes emanates from the individual object of it, and (not seldom) from managerial policy.

The ill-success of the drama, of late years, in this large, populous, and wealthy town, has occasioned much surprise to persons who, through ignorance or inattention to the subject, have not attributed it to its right cause. To all who can form a right estimate of theatrical requisites, the cause must be sufficiently obvious, namely, an annual falling-off of talent, each year producing a worse company than the preceding. Surely the managers will, at length, open their eyes to their interest, and, not only effect an alteration in the company, (which it is understood they are about to do) but will be careful to provide better performers.

a night-mare. The ghost too! who ever associated
the idea of corpulence, with the spirit of Evelina?'
yet Mrs. Morton was the spectre!

Of the comparative merits of Mr. Salter and
Mr. Vandenhoff, his expected successor, it is not to
my present purpose to speak.

I have no doubt, that by a judicious alteration in the company, and by better attention to the scenic department, the managers would promote their real interest, and seldom have to complain of an empty house. I would suggest too, the propriety of their taking halfprice at the end of the third act, in conformity with the general custom throughout the kingdom, and in the metropolitan theatres. The reasons in support of such an arrangement are too obvious to need explaining; the arguments which may be used against it, are too light to counterbalance those which may justly be urged in its favor. I have no hesitation in-giving it as my opinion, (and it is the opinion also of most with whom I have conversed on the subject), that the managers would find their treasury benefitted by it. MERCUTIO.

Manchester, April 24th, 1822.

THE DRAMA.

MANCHESTER DRAMATIC REGISTER.

Monday, April 22nd.-For the Benefit of Mrs.
M'Gibbon Adelgitha; The Bath Road; and The
Warlock of the Glen.

Wednesday, 24th.- Adrian and Orilla; with X. Y. Z.
Friday, 26th.-For the Benefit of Mr. Andrews:
Ivanhoe; The Promissory Note; and A Roland
for an Oliver.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Dramaticus is informed, that if he will considerably curtail his remarks they shall be inserted: they would at least occupy one page of our work, which is more space than we like to devote, at one time, to the subject.

The Essay, by Vindex, has been received; but it is,
we think, unfit for publication in its present state.
We have received, from A Constant Reader," a
letter respecting a nefarious action. We should be
glad to have an interview with the writer before the
letter is inserted. The case is deserving of ex-
posure.

knowledge, in our last, the receipt of his first letter.
It was mislaid at the time of writing our notices.
He will, it is hoped, excuse the alterations we have
made.

Mercutio will perceive that we have taken a little
liberty with his letter, which, in its original state,
was much too long for our publication.

From the change which, according to report, they have already resolved upon, I anticipate no very considerable acquisition of strength, at least, the small quantity of genuine ore which the company at present possesses, will be expelled, to make room for that which (whatever its value) has been else. where rejected, while much of the present dross will be suffered to remain. It was my misfortune, the other evening, to witness the play of the Castle Spectre. In most of the characters scarce a line of the author could be traced. I had not seen the play for upwards of fifteen years. On its first introduction, I repeatedly witnessed its representation in a small provincial theatre, and always with pleasure. We apologize to S-, for having omitted to acIt was gotten up with greater scenic effect, and far more talent, than its late performance here displayed. There, for instance, the armory scene was what the author designed it to be. Agreeably to the stagedirection, there were several suits of armour arranged on both sides upon pedestals, with the names of the possessors written under each,' the whole producing a grand and pleasing effect. Here, there was a single pedestal, and upon that pedestal Mr. Bass stood, after Mr. Rees had equipped him in something which served as an apology for armour-but why he was so equipped, and for what purpose he stood upon the pedestal, those who had not read or seen the play before, had no opportunity of conjecturing from the intolerable mutilation of the dialogue. The oratory scene, too, was a splendid one in the little theatre I have alluded to. An elegant female figure, with white and flowing robes, was discovered standing at an altar, on which was a crucifix and an open book. On her retiring, after performing the necessary action in front, the oratory became suddenly illuminated, and a loud swell of an organ was heard. Here there was no crucifix-no book-no illumination! There was an organ-swell indeed, and a fine swell it was! owing, I suppose, to the laziness or inability of the bellows-blower, it grated on the car like the choked vociferation of a man struggling with

We approve of Julia's choice, but we do not admire
her poetry.

Ybznk is informed, that the lines to which he alludes,
were not handed to us as original; we misunder-
stood the author.

A

Correspondent wishes to be informed," From
where is procured the immense supply of White
Sand used for household purposes in Manchester
and neighbourhood-the method of procuring it,
and the supposed quantity ?"
Communications have also been received from No
Gull,' of Stockport.-A Well-wisher.-Ophelia.—
Juvenis. Grotius.-J. B. jun.--Syphax.-Cen-
sor.-L. N.-A. F. X.-J. W. B. and A.

ERRATA. Our readers are requested to correct an error in
the second line of the verses on seeing Mr. Minasi's exhi-
bition of paintings. 46
Single eye," ought to be "tender

eye."

THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER.

MR. SALTER, impressed with feelings of the

greatest respect and gratitude to his Patrons, the Inhabitants of Manchester and Vicinity, for their continued kindness and support, begs leave to announce that his BENEFIT is appointed for Monday, April 29th, when will Virginius, by MR. SALIER, his first appearance in that be acted (first time this season) the Tragedy of VIRGINIUS. character. The Gentlemen composing the Manchester Military Band, have kindly offered their services on this occasion, and will perform several admired Pieces of Music, in the course of the evening. After the Tragedy will be performed an interlude called the RENDEZVOUS. Mr. SALTER will then have the honor to deliver his FAREWELL ADDRESS.

The evening's entertainments will conclude with the Melo-
Drama of ELLA ROSENBERG.-Tickets may be had of
Mr. SALTER, at Mrs. Edge's Library, King-street; and
Tickets and Places may be taken of Mr. ELAND, at the Box-
office of the Theatre.

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