The character of _Casca_ has never yet had full justice done to it by the critics; but there is one passage which may be compared to a perfect thoroughfare for finding our way to _Casca's_ real condition. He evidently belonged to the landlord or agrarian party in the State, and there can be no doubt that the terms on which his tenants held of him were exorbitant. The whole fact bursts in upon us like a thunderbolt through the roof of an out-house, or a broker through the door of an apartment with the rent in arrear, when we read the following line, spoken by _Antony_ in the course of his funeral oration over _Cæsar_: "See what a rent the envious _Casca_ made!" Now, this allusion to the rent made by _Casca_ proves either one of two things: First, that he let lodgings at a high price; or, secondly, that he derived a considerable income from a landed tenantry. I am inclined to the latter supposition, for it is possible that had he let merely lodgings, some of the lodgers would have been introduced into the play, with that nice appreciation of the ludicrous for which SHAKSPEARE is conspicuous. This not having been done, we are driven on the other hypothesis, to which, on the whole, we give the preference. The above specimens will suffice to show the public the addition that may be shortly expected to a department and style of literature in which the English language is already rich--excessively rich--in the opinion of some of us. * * * * * PHILOSOPHY TEACHING BY CONUNDRUMS. Why are diplomatic papers called Circular Notes?--Because they go round about a subject without coming to any definite end! They are, moreover, called Circular because they are seldom on the square. * * * * * EXPENSIVE SPIRITS.--The estimates of the charge of the disembodied Militia are heavier than one would expect on the supposition that the Militia, disembodied, consists of the ghosts of Militiamen. * * * * * THE AFFAIRS OF TURKEY.--The SULTAN may "lead a life of jollity:" but his Minister for Foreign Affairs is REDSCHID. * * * * * BRICKS. The natural history of Bricks is interesting. We are enabled to trace it without difficulty from very ancient periods, both with reference to its different structures, and with reference to building purposes.