puted to be extremely good, and the arch itself is nearly
perfect, though it is now only known as a foot-way, the collieries for
the use of which it was built, being no longer worked: previously it was
but a private road-way. In Cooke's _Topography_ we find it stated,
(though it is not mentioned upon what authority,) that the architect
built a former arch which fell, and that the apprehension of the second
experiencing the same fate induced him to commit suicide.

Before the building of the New London Bridge, the arch at Tanfield is
said to have been the largest stone arch in existence. The span of the
central arch of the bridge is 152 feet; and that of the arches on each
side of the centre, 140 feet: the span of the arches of Waterloo Bridge
is 120 feet; so that the reader may form a tolerably correct estimate of
the arch at Tanfield.

* * * * *

THE RESTING-PLACE.

Where shall this wounded, aching breast.
Find a couch of soothing rest--
A respite from its woes?
Friend! mark'st thou that grassy bed,
The cold, clay dwelling of the dead--
There, there is sure repose.

When shall this soul, so long borne down
By Fate's despite and with'ring frown,
A rescue know from care?
Friend! when that dark home is thine,
Never more thy heart shall pine--
Grim sorrow comes not there.

When thy name is of that number,
Sound and sweet will be thy slumber;--
All earthly pangs and troubles cease,
Nor dare invade that house of peace.
On that pillow, ozier drest,
The worn, the "weary are at rest."
Thy broken heart shall cease to sigh,
And tears forsake that sunken eye;--
No dreams distract that holy sleep--
No tempests break that calm so deep.
Come, then!--forsaken, wearied, come!
Here is for thee a peaceful home.

_Sarum._ COLBOURNE.

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THE HORSE "ECLIPSE."

A warm--hearted Correspondent, "W.C." of _Milton_ (who is anxious
for our accuracy on all points), wishes us to correct an error or two in
the account of _Eclipse_, at p. 362, vol. xix. of _The Mirror_. It is
there stated that Mr. Wildman sold the moiety of Eclipse to Colonel
O'Kelly, for 650 guineas; and that O'Kelly subsequently bought the other
moiety for 1,100 guineas. But, our Correspondent, who was for many years
intimate with both the above gentlemen, assures us that "the Colonel
gave to Mr. Wildman 2,000