The account of Captain Mundy's visit to Longwood is very correct.[4] The billiard table which he mentions is still there, and gentlemen visiting Longwood, generally play there; the trees which he so justly calls "scrubby" are "gum-wood" trees, from which an intoxicating liquor (called by the natives "Toddy,") is extracted. The garden has lately been much improved, as several gentlemen of the island have taken up their residence at the New House. In the vicinity of Longwood are many beautiful and romantic scenes. About a mile from thence is Halley's Mount, from which that great astronomer observed the transit of Venus. It is but too true that Napoleon's parlour is now occupied by a threshing machine. H.M.B. [4] See Supplementary Number of the _Mirror_, No. 549. * * * * * SCRIPTURAL HERALDRY. (_To the Editor._) At Sturminster Newton, in Dorsetshire, there is an Infant and Sunday School, founded by the Rev. T.L. Fox. A handsome bronzed gateway forms the entrance, which is surmounted by an escutcheon, containing what may be termed the Christian's armorial bearings, (see Ephesians vi. 14, &c.) The shield itself denotes "the _shield_ of faith;" on the four divisions are emblazoned "the _girdle_ of truth;" "the _breast-plate_ of righteousness;" "_feet_, shod with the gospel of peace," and "the _sword_ of the spirit;" the crest is "the _helmet_ of salvation," over which is a crown of glory; the motto "THE FOUNDATION OF GOD STANDETH SURE." The benevolence of the reverend founder of this establishment should not pass unnoticed. Pope has described his character to a tittle, in his _Man of Ross_-- "Who bade the heaven directed spire to rise," &c. Not only has he rebuilt the church in handsome style--presented it with a noble organ, &c., and founded the above school, but the whole business of his life appears to be to provide by his munificence for the present comfort, and by his pastoral labours, for the future happiness, of all around him. A humble slab of white marble over the south door of the church, bears the following inscription: TO RECORD THEIR GRATITUDE FOR MUNIFICENCE, DIRECTED TO THE INCREASE OF CHARITY AND RELIGION, THIS STONE IS DEDICATED BY THE INHABITANTS OF STURMINSTER NEWTON, TO THE REVD. THOMAS LANE FOX, OF HINTON,[5] ST. MARY, IN THIS COUNTY, A. D. 1827. COLBOURNE. [5] Hinton is about a mile from Sturminister Newton. * * * * * ANECDOTE GALLERY. * * * * * HOBBES AT CHATSWORTH.[6] [6] From Rhodes's "Peak Scenery."