Brotherly Love.

Ihe pedestrian iu question , ivhich will render thc interview that is about to take place , more intelligible . It is to thc imperishable-honour of Trance , that her sons bend Avith enthusiasm and reverence at the shrine of genius , and that they preserve ivith fidelity and sentiments of affection and gratitude thc remembrance of those who have shed a lustre on their natii e land , Avhcthcr as poets ,

philosophers , historians , artists , or statesman . When their recognition of intellectual worth is tardy or inefficient , it arises from those unfortunate political circumstances ivMch too frequently have rendered their nation a

theatre of ambition and strife , instead of a temple for the worship ot what is beautiful iu science , art , and literature . The town in question ivas not deficient in this laudable attribute of the national character , being amongst the foremost to do homage to such of their countrymen as had distinguished themselves by the brilliancy of their genius . It ivas thc birth-place of one of those intellectual meteors ,

and annually the inhabitants assembled to commemorate Ids fame , and to offer to Ms memory a tribute of gratitude for the celebrity he had conferred on his native place . These ivere not the days of Athenreums or Mechanics Institutes , or hebdomadal re-unions for the purpose of literary recreation , or the cultivation of intellectual pursuits , and this anniversary was hailed ivith

pleasure by the inhabitants , as furnishing a means of gratifying that craving for mental pabulum ivhich exisits in every civilised community . The mode in ivhich this anniversary was celebrated , Avas congenial to the character of the people , for on such occasions a prize was given to one of the younger inhabitants who had succeeded in delivering the best address ou some literary or scientific subjectivhich might be selected by the chief

, magistrate and other influential inhabitants who had formed themselves into a committee for that purpose . The effect of this practice was not only to offer up a grateful expression of popular feeling to departed worth , but also to stimulate the young men of the neighboured into a

competition , where success , or distinction could only be obtained by study and superiority in mental qualifications . But not only were the juvenile inhabitants induced to engage in this intellectual contest from the honours attending success , for love lent its powerful incentive , and many a youthful candidate was tempted to engage in thc strife , from which , without such a motive as to excel in the eyes of his mistress , the study requisite ivould

have deterred . Thus in many cases , indolence or the love of pleasure incident to youth , was surmounted , and many who would have frittered away their time in frivolity or . in inaction , ivere lured into exertion and to that mental activity ivhich in after life exercised a most salutary influence on then- characters .

But , notwithstanding , the beneficial results of these anniversary competitions on the youthful mind of the district , still they ivere not exempt from the imperfections attendant on all human institutions , and , as faithful chroniclers , we are compelled to slate that they were frequently productive of disagreeable consequences . As the dispositions engaged in the rivalry wer . e various , defeat was not always attended ivith resignation