A Blind Road-Maker.

and having learnt the height , he could soon tell the number of square yards in any stack . When he went out he always carried with him a stout staff , some inches taller than himself , which was of great service both in his travels and measurements . In the " Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester , " vol . i . Metcalf is referred to as follows— " His present occupation is that of

, a projector and surveyor of hig hways in difficult and mountainous parts . With the assistance only of a long staff , I have several times met the man traversing the roads , ascending precipices , exploring valleys , aud investigating their several extents , forms , and situations , so as to answer his designs in the best manner . The p lans which he designs , ancl the estimates which he makes , are clone in a method peculiar to himselfancl which he cannot well convey the

, meaning' of to others . His abilities in this respect are nevertheless so great , that he finds constant employment . Most of the roads over , the Peak in Derbyshire have been altered by his directions , particulary those in the vicinity of Buxton ; and he is at this time constructing a new one between Wilmslow ancl Oongleton , with a view to open a communication with the great Londonroad without being obliged to pass over the mountains . '

In 1792 he left Lancashire ancl settled at Spofforth , a pleasant rural village , not far distant from tbe town of his nativity . With a daughter he resided on a small farm until he died . At the cost of Lord Dunclas , a headstone was placed to his memory in Spofforth churchyard . It bears the following interesting inscription giving a summary of his life ancl character : —

Here lies John Metcalf , one whose infant sight Felt the dark pressure of an endless night ; Yet such the fervour of his dauntless mind , His limbs full strung , his spirits unconfined , That , long ere yet life ' s bolder years began , The sightless efforts marked th' aspiring man ; Nor marked in vain—high deeds his manhood dared , And commerce , travel , both his ardour shared ,

'T was his guide ' s unerring- aid to lend—O ' er trackless wastes to bid new roads extend ; Ancl , when rebellion reared her giant size , 'Twas his to burn with patriotic enterprise ; For parting wife and babes , a pang to feel , Then welcome danger for his country ' s weal . Header , like him , exert thy utmost talent given ! Reader , like him , adore the bounteous hand of Heaven

He died on the 26 th of April , 1801 , in the 93 rd year of his age . We may add his wife died in the summer of 1778 , after thirty-nine years of conjugal felicity , in the sixty-first year of her age , and was interred at Stockport . At the time of his decease , his descendants were four children , twenty grand-children , and ninety great ancl great-great grand-children .

Archaic Greek Art.

ARCHAIC GREEK ART .

T " . HE new Professor of Archaeology at University College , London , Mr . - * - 0 . T . Newton , C . B ., D . C . L ., M . A ., Keeper of the Greek and Roman antiquities in the British Museum , wound up his inaugural course of lectures on " Archaic Greek Art " with any extra one on " The Later Period of Archaic Greek Sculpture , " a short time ago . The lecture-room was crowded with 2 B 2