And yet it still would seem to my poor gaze,
That in a picture such a hand could trace,
So teeming of his haunts and greensward ways,
The Sylvan Monarch might have found a place:
Aye! and to have honour'd that fair company-
The broad lake bounded by "The Greenwood Tree."

There let us view him, noble in repose,

As when, with head erect and searching eye,
He lists the hunter and his deep-toned foes,
And, with the sound, prepares at once to fly-
Nobler far, seen reclining in his lair,

A monarch then without a monarch's care.

Oh! happy lot! and yet not his alone;

A lot that "mortal man" at times may share,
Whom from the crowd some better fate has thrown,
And bid him breathe again the untouched air—
Then let him live; what "Gentle Will" would be
A merry man "beneath the Greenwood Tree!"

THE FINE ARTS.

PRIDE. The Schooner Yacht " Wyvern," R.Y.S.
GRIEF. The same Vessel.

THE DOLPHIN YACHT.

Messrs. Fores, Piccadilly, London.

The tide of yachting is just now at flood: it is the high season of the amateur sailor. The three fine prints which we have catalogued above come at the nick of time. They are the productions of one of the most professional of our marine painters-a gentleman, so to speak, "to the matter born"-Mr. N. M. Condy; whose nautical accuracy is the only rival of his high artistic excellence. To take the subjects in their order, the first presents his Grace the Duke of Marlborough's beautiful schooner gliding in smooth water, and with "favouring airs," beneath the mighty Menai bridge. The second shews the same vessel in perilous mischance. The time chosen is when, in her match of August the 21st, 1848, with Lord Cardigan's Enchantress, in rounding the "Nab" she carried her mizenmast overboard, and with it one of her hands; who, however, happily was saved: the crew are seen launching a boat to his assistance. The third is a scene of repose hard by fair Mount Edgecumbe, the Dolphin-Mr. Perkin's fine schooner yacht-in the centre, and other craft on either side; that on the starboard bow being Sir Charles Ibbotson's celebrated schooner the Anaconda. We cannot give these gems higher praise than by saying that they are every way worthy the artist and the publishers.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS.

The engagement of Madame Sontag at HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE is an evidence of Mr. Lumley's unwearying zeal in providing for the gratification of his subscribers the most distinguished talent that Europe can afford. She has appeared in the characters of Linda, Rosina, Amina, and Desdemona; and in every instance achieved success, for which there is no parallel, except in the history of the matchless Jenny Lind. Her voice is rich, mellow, and deliciously sweet. Her intonation is exquisitely pure, and the finish and delicacy of her execution are such as display her wonderful gifts to the best possible advantage. Her histrionic powers are naturally of a high order; and it is gratifying to observe that they have been heightened and matured rather than impaired during her years of retirement. The success which has attended her representations is not merely an appropriate tribute to her own talent, but also a gratifying attestation of the willingness of the public to acknowledge the high spirit of enterprise which has uniformly characterized Mr. Lumley's management.

Mr. Webster has brought to a close his summer campaign at the HAYMARKET. The season has been, all things considered, a successful one; and it is to be hoped that the exchequer affords incontestable evidence of the solid and practical manner in which the public has testified its appreciation of the mode in which one of the pleasantest and best-conducted theatres in the Metropolis has been managed. The engagement of the Keans has been decidedly successful. Several Shaksperian revivals have been made, with the happiest results, during the season; and Mr. Marston has made, in "Strathmore," a valuable addition to the standard repertoire of dramatic literature.

The LYCEUM has also terminated its summer season, and it would not be fitting to allow this opportunity to escape without according our sincere expression of approval of the liberality and good taste which have distinguished the policy of Madame Vestris in conducting the affairs of this favourite house.

VAUXHALL.-We have no hesitation in saying that for the last twenty years the Vauxhall Gardens have not presented such attractions as they this season offer; indeed, it is very questionable whether their immemorial glories, as recorded in the pages of Smollet and Fielding, were such as would bear comparison with the splendours which at every step challenge the admiration and evoke the enthusiasm of the modern visitor. Illuminated by countless thousands of coloured lamps, which are dispersed through the plantations, and shed a soft and tender effulgence on the gay and variegated scene-embellished with decorations the most fanciful and unique and permeated by strains of music the most soothing and delicious, it is no hyperbole to say that the Vauxhall Gardens realize our ideas of fairy land, and deserve the praise awarded by Beckford to the second palace in Vatheck-that of being one entire enchantment." A splendid military band, under the direction of

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and hunted over a large district of country, and saw a fair average of birds; but they are later by eight or ten days than they are in the western district of Perthshire. On the 17th, 18th, and 19th we were again penetrating the far west, and on the moors of Buchanty, Conachan, and Monzie, we found a fair sprinkling of birds; most of the broods we put up on these three days were strong on the wing, and all in blooming health, and the average of young birds were from six to eight in each brood. On the " green hills of the Ochills" the grouse will be good this season, and much stronger on the wing than on the front range of the Grampians. The weather has been most propitious for all sorts of game. Pheasants have bred well in the low mountain straths; and we have experienced none of those deluges of rain which so frequently occur among the mountains, sweeping whole broods away in the twinkling of an eye. Partridges are equally plentiful; and brown and blue hares are very numerous. Wild ducks, too, have had a splendid season; and we never saw such a bountiful supply of snipe as in our late wanderings over the wild face of the mountains. Now, from the foregoing report on the coming grouse season, we may reasonably anticipate that they, the grouse, will be more numerous on the Grampians and Ochills than they have been for the past two seasons; and wishing each and all a safe journey to the mountains, and good fair sport on the 12th, believe me, dear brothers of the trigger,

Grampians, 20th July, 1849.

Yours very truly,

HAWTHORN.

P.S.-In due course of time you shall receive our report of the doings on our opening day; till then, farewell.

"UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE."

ENGRAVED BY J. WESTLEY, FROM A PAINTING BY G. ARMFIELD.

"The calm swan rested on the breathless glass

Of dreamy waters; and the snow-white steer,
Near the opposing margin motionless,

Stood, knee-deep, gazing wistful on its clear
And life-like shadow"-while the dozing deer
Echo'd the quiet of a scene so fair.

O'er this sweet stanza let the bright truth shine,
And honour be to him to whom 'tis due ;

In little, alas! I dare to call it mine:

I own a line, but may not make it two.

Inverted commas" hint it to the sage,

And glory blots it from "KING ARTHUR's" page.