The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 480, March 12, 1831

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 480, March 12, 1831

SWAN RIVER

ON VIEWING CANTERBURY

MOUNT ST. MICHAEL

SONNET TO M * * *

LONG RIDES

SONG

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

IMPROVEMENTS IN BLACK WRITING INK

THE SKETCH-BOOK

FAIRY FAVOURS.—A VISION OF FAIRY LAND

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

MAJOR ANDRE

THE LETTER-BELL

THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

THE DREAM GIRL

INTERIOR OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

DEATH OF RICHELIEU

THE GATHERER

LUXURY

KNAVE

STEEL THREE HUNDRED TIMES DEARER THAN GOLD

SCRAPS

AN OLD APPLE-WOMAN'S STORY ABOUT APSLEY HOUSE

COMETS AND WOMEN

A PRINCELY GAMBLER

EPITAPH ON CHARLES I

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"A view in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth. The objects are, on the left, in the distance, Garden Island, that on the right of it Pulo Carnac; between the two is the only known entrance for shipping into Cockburn Sound, which lies between Garden Island and the main land; the anchorage being off the island. On the right is the mouth of the Swan River. On the left, a temporary mud work, overlooking a small bay where the troops disembarked. In the foreground tis a road leading to the intended fort and cantonment on the river."

Few subjects in our recent volumes have excited more attention than the facts we have there assembled relative to the New Colony on Swan River. The most substantial and agreeable proofs of this popularity have been the frequent reprints of the Numbers containing these Notices, and the continued inquiries for them to the present moment. For the information of such persons as are casual purchasers of our work, we subjoin the numbers:

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In no. 477 of the Mirror you have given a spirited engraving of Mount St. Michael, with a succinct account annexed, to which the following particulars may serve as addenda:—

Its most ancient name was Belinus, when it was inhabited by Druidesses. After the abolition of the Druids, it took the name of Mons Jovis; to which was substituted that of Tumba, when a monastery was erected upon it. In 708, Bishop Auber raised upon it a church, which he dedicated to St. Michael.—Ethelred, the second, of England, had a particular veneration for Mount St. Michael. Abbot Roger had been almoner to William the Conqueror. Henry II. of England made a pilgrimage to Mount St. Michael, when he met Louis VII. King of France, with a splendid suite.

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