to the late decision of the jury, showed the
proprietors the necessity of an immediate compromise.
Mr. Kemble requested admission to the
meeting, and striding in, like Coriolanus into
the house of Aufidius, the following resolutions
were amicably agreed upon: "That the boxes
should continue at seven shillings; that the pit
should be lowered to the old price, three
shillings and sixpence; that the tier of private
boxes, in the front of the house, should be
thrown open and restored to the public at the
end of the season; and that all prosecutions on
both sides should be stopped."

The night of the Strand dinner they performed
at Covent Garden the Provoked Husband and
Tom Thumb. At half-price, as usual, the O. P.s
poured in, with bugles, bells, and rattans, and
began their charivari as usual, till Mr. Kemble
appeared in his walking-dress, half-boots, great-
coat, round hat, and cane, just as he had come
from the tavern. After half an hour's endeavours
to obtain silence, he acquainted the house
with the treaty he had just signed. He retired
amid incessant cries of "Dismiss Brandon!"
"No private boxes."

In vain Mr. Munden, as the King, bowed
and scraped, made the most conciliatory grimaces,
and talked confidentially to the nearest rows of
the pit. The rioters called out, "It is from
your master we want an answer." At last some
one flung a paper on the stage, Munden took
it up, read it, bowed, and retired. He
returned, leading in the abashed, humbled, and
penitent Brandon, who tried to read an apology;
but the storm grew to a whirlwind, and
oranges and sticks were thrown at the over-
zealous box-keeper till he withdrew, disconsolate
enough. It was in vain that Mr. Harris came
forward, scratching his crop uneasily, and
pleaded for his faithful servant. The howl still
was, "He must be dismissed. It's a sine quâ
non."

On the following night, Kemble, as Penruddock,
surrendered, and poor Brandon retired
from office. He also apologised for the
introduction of the fighting men. He was sorry
for what had passed. It would be his first
pride to prevent anything of the kind occurring
again. Then broke forth a thunder-burst of
cheers, and the O. P.s in the pit hoisted their
final placard three times. It was inscribed:

"We are satisfied."

The Rev. Mr. Geneste, an authority on these
matters, thought the new prices were unbearable.
He says: "It must be allowed that
seven shillings is a very high price for an evening's
amusement. In the time of Charles the
Second the boxes were four shillings, and the
pit two shillings and sixpence. This had
probably been the price from the Restoration. On
particular occasions, the boxes were raised to
five shillings, and the pit to three shillings. It
does not appear that any other advance took
place for about seventy years. At last the
raised prices gradually became the regular
prices. Thus the matter rested for about fifty
or sixty years. In 1701-1792, when the Drury
Lane company removed to the Opera House, the
boxes were raised to six shillings, and the pit to
three shillings and sixpence."

Looking calmly back, there can be no doubt
that Kemble, although stiff-necked, arrogant,
and imprudent in his way of treating the
rioters, was in the main right. If the public
objected to the new prices, they had the(ir?)
remedy in their own hands; they could have
stopped away. According to the opinion laid
down by Lord Mansfield, the riot was a distinct
conspiracy, and should have been punished as
such.

Can we doubt that Kemble went home from
the reconciliation dinner still, in his inner soul,
inflexible as Coriolanus, and muttering in his
grand academic manner, and in his asthmatic
voice, those bitter words of Caius Marcius:

   It is a purposed thing, and grows by plot,
   To curb the will of the nobility;
   Suffer it, and live with such as cannot rule,
   Nor ever will be ruled.

    THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARY AT
                   COLOGNE.

IN the year 1794, when the French
revolutionary army advanced to the Rhine, the valuable
library attached to the Cologne Cathedral
was conveyed for safety to Darmstadt. Amongst
its treasures are one hundred and ninety volumes,
chiefly in manuscript. A careful catalogue of
them was made so far back as 1752, by Harzheim,
a learned Jesuit, under the title of " An
Historical and Critical Catalogue of the
Manuscripts of the Library of the Metropolitan
Church of Cologne."

This valuable collection dates as far back as
Charlemagne. It was commenced by Hildebold,
Archbishop of Cologne, and Archchancellor
of that monarch, in the year 783. It was
considerably increased by gifts from Pope Leo
the Third to the Emperor Charles, in 804.

The Archbishops Heribertus, Evergerus,
Hanno, and their successors, continued the
collection by the purchase of rare manuscripts and
copies of ancient parchments. In the year 1568,
Hittorp, in the preface of his work "On Divine
Offices," dedicated to Archbishop Salentin,
alludes more than once to this rare collection.
We might quote many other authorities to
authenticate the manuscripts. Jacob Pamelius,
in a work published at Cologne in 1571,
entitled "The Liturgy of the Latin Church"
(who is quoted by Harzheim in his book, "The
old Codexes of Cologne"), distinctly gives their
date and origin.

The collection consists of eight parts, viz.:
1. Bibles; 2. The Fathers; 3. Ecclesiastical
Law; 4. Writers on Sacrifices, Sacraments,
Offices of the Church, and Liturgies; 5.
Histories; 6. Ascetics; 7. Scholastics; 8. Philosophical,
Rhetorical, and Grammatical writers.

Some of these manuscripts are richly illuminated,
and some set with precious stones. The
first codex dates from the ninth century, if not