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JuLv,k, 143f5P THE P THE RETURN OF THE GUARDS. g o ! greeting for the brave loud and voiceful as the wave That hath brought thpni , tr.) the silver-circled strand, For the hearts that never quailed, and the hands that never failed, For the noblest and the truest of the land. Scarce thirty moons have passed since rang their stirring blast On the streets that were throbbing to their tread ; Then around wore trembling sighs and brightly-brimming eyes, And hearts that seemed breaking as they bled. Like a banner scorched and torn that hath gallantly been borne O'er the bloody surging billows of a fray, Like a scathed but stately oak that bath braved the levin stroke, So comes that war-worn Legion on to-day. It.Ml 11.1•! Oh ! some lie cold and still on the hero-haunted hill Where Alma ripples downward to the main ! And some have found a rest upon Inkermann's dark crest, Incarnadined with life-blood of the slain ! Then fling the blazon out, then raise the triumph shout, For those whom we once again may see ; And like a beacon-flame be the memory of their fame To the hearts of the fearless and the free ! WHIGS IN A. DIARY. A PAGE FROM THE JOURNALS OF A LATE POET, EDITED BY AN EXTANT LORD. JUNE 11.—To Bowood. Walked with Lord John Russell. He ex pressed to me his conviction that the country was in a bad way, and that the people were losing what he cleverly called their " landmarks?' He had himself received an impertinent answer from a chambermaid in the course of the week, and some miscreant had written " No Whigs" on the Duke of Bedford's garden wall. I endeavoured to make him see that these were isolated cases, but he was melancholy, and said he feared that he should scarcely be able to save the country Lord L— kind as usual. Talking of the French Revolution, Lord John said that one good Whig would have preserved France from all the horrors of the period.* Sang " The Little Man "to him. 15th.—Lord John writes me word that Sydney Smith does not in the least understand the questions he deals with, and that Sydney's reputation is entirely due to the real knowledge and habits of logic which he acquired in conversation with himself. Wrote back, advising Lord John to fulfil his promise of composing the book which he says no one could execute so well as himself, namely, a " History of the World." 22nd.—The Duke of B—, I find, thinks Napoleon an inferior man, and says that, if Lord John had been a soldier, Napoleon would have been defeated in far less time than Wellington did it. Lord John thinks that, had the Duke of B— been in Castlereagh's place, Napoleon would have seen himself so completely outwitted in policy, that a military struggle would have been avoided. 23rd.—To the Hollands, and in the course of the evening broached the above Napoleonic theories as my own. They were very well rived, but Lord Holland evidently thinks that Lord John's insuperable modesty will ever be a barrier to his taking the place to which his genius entitles him. 24th.;--kt Bowood : a dinner party. We talked of the want of high and' tornriniuding talent iu the present day, especially in the political - world, and we wrote each down separately the names of the only men who, we thought, could fairly be called great statesmen. When we came to compare notes we found that. all the names were those of our own party, there and then assembled. I had thought of adding Canning's name, but was not sure how it might be taken. 25th.—Lord John offered to walk with me, and he talked as we went along with all his usual manly frankness. He said that the country was drifting to the devil (which I do most potently believe) ; and that—, and —, and —, were no more fit to be Ministers than so many old women. He said that he should step forward when his time came, put up the helm, and try to avoid the breakers ; and I think he was pleased at my quoting the Oriental proverb : " It is always time when a great man is ready." 26t1L.--A. visit from Lord Morpeth, who has always been pleased to show "ride an extraordinary countenance. Read some of my last things toliim, and he pulled out some poetry of his own, and, with a little coaxing, read it. I told him I would give all I ever wrote to be the author of those effusions ; and I think he was pleased with the little tribute, which he evidently felt was well deserved. Lord John thinks that Morpeth, had his poetical g enius been developed, would have thrown Byron into the shade. Pe rhaps this is going rather far. 27th.—What a noble fellow is Lord Althorp. He said the other day, " I hate trouble, but for the sake of seeing such men as Lans downe and Russell in office, by I would be Clianceilor of the Exchequer, or Lord Chancellor either." The devotion of the real Whigs to their country is something quite chivalrous. 28th.—Letter from Lord Holland, who advises me to write an " Annus Mirabilis " for the present year, and is good enough to give me some hints. The fact that the Whigs were nearly in power, he thinks, would offer a splendid picture—Britannia, struggling in the waters, has all but reached the rock of the Constitution, on which I meant myself, of course.—ED. ES 637 Russell, Grey, and the others are steediegrivAdime- 04 0-40 1 0lasdar-- .._ _ ........ _ but she misses them, and sinks. 29th.—Lord John Russell says he is not a great orator.* Surely he must have been joking. Lord L— says that he reminds him of what Demosthenes must have been, but the Duke of B— thinks him more like Cicero. However, two things all agree in, namely, that inti:lT the Whig body is the only hope of the na,tioo,4, ,1401099 A pp.d.1414 bi b . ,_ dear Lord John is the present spea mundi. : . qiusii•Lb4 lo Nriaii • I never said anything so untrue or ridiculous.—En. . . 1 tr) od MIK.) u 3.1 Joti 1-I'o)Orifs FROM " THE LETTER-BAG OF ,T t:, • CANADIAN '" tsl " rilw - no' •ei ' . - • .to!l..wil (This fragment was picked up on Wednesday night by a watchman lathe Liverpool DOl6Oll A I'm fit to bust • • . - • •:turoirle At Ed'ard Cust, ~ Jilt `Oll.-,u L•v 1 , 5111 n 81 ;, He's thawed up me and Dallas ,: n o vinefipirriaii .to" Darn him! But wait, 177trrtryt 9d 111 w inesertg And I'll relate rruur 9dl in tiirde)l• oifF - What fell out at the Palace: ;If.( xi , Fl el _ i 'Twas pumkina! some ! • .• ' et „_ ° t• '' 4 cie4 lll th'ilitt• When the news come "iv.'" 1, u" " 911 'l'a That Crainpton, that old figger, I ' lto in" ell ) "vie') Had got the sack, • i.(11 e:t And was sent back, • ; .",i ( tr" 1 -' ll - wl o 4 The everlastin' nigger. ' 110 (1 1 i '14 .1111 al"if tlsi ii !Oftt;O:‘,l l i Jim 11 - si.sd It made me larf, •I ilt.q.d•isyss vldiess,q nu:, Old Marcy's chaff, t lit &um buts Hi" 'Bout listin' sojers lawful ; • t•sit hits ,r..ii•lssios They kaowed we did it , ' .•'/e•tro'nul4ii,.444ol.•,l.lSli But then we hid it—' pectilstel. At that the coons swore awful. rfl ~.,„ siu j us „ p 314 / 1 . 0 / And then that swag lo .Of AI About our flag • rratin , • 'Twas nice : there's no denying 'l , fr• • Them stars and stripes Was as bad as gripes To the darned old British Lion. -- Of course D. thought • •filis tsUsirt He'd done with the Court, As fists ,itsflac,i And tied up his toothbrush and slippers;;•uo .0 lo hies I guess it's a fact is', ii giatnevemar We were booked and packed In one of the Yankee clippers. We were giving the slip To the British ship, When Clarendon—what d'ye think?— To settle the rout, is' Chucked Crampton out, Like Jonah, to swim or sick. • ts, 1.1-itnir Pitt Jim That acted like ile On the national rile, :„„ntit njn i ,ymn boom. And quieted me and Dallas; d ek a Says I, ill be -.; rT, fins hfuoit ,tflartoo At the Queen's Levee, !iss•ros.ci Ilitth If you'll take me along to tho.l. 3 4o,capi, Says he, we'll go ! colt-sails Now, Boss, you know •• 11 --IN P 7 irtimgorD That coat with the buttons 29itito8 Tie and pants to match •• fi1.505 7 V1 Ciullask (Excepthe a patch), ,• s shit !Lid azi toisritt And the vest with thelailer liniasta Pd r• 1 • • .17f:1,12n ns itoilqnste i(rft „ I thought it righ t , . ..,• 1 • • • • To be smart and bright, . 4 ' ' I u° Jute binon ~Llaqq. • So started that first-rate fixin g And a fresh-cat nniai L 11441 1" Vd frirsoepisse• sarrmi zri tmetsili stiT .Ji bitoxed' In my hat I s lid • ~ ailli n o lau fil , o crow ITO I ' rd As we with the crow mwth, .- - . rIW:P 511.1 Oh, carnal tht Ul •1119 A Xi:Ul Jl .1i 51CiblItI9Y Oh, rage and wrati4ll•—ivi , 4 &jib vii! 9w Mfg :I,,iff& Spite of my smile puirloefd, .fstile4t svensvl4-41 , ,'.) stf* Spite of my vest, : iNistscts And all the rest, • • :tr , ,toti ri7oo wft Tea, Says Cust, with accents apitefal..9p, A 4: 119 1-it "That aint costume !" noifienqqo We both did fume, 1 " 11 iiN B;l?9Ane "i But couldn't git up stairs; 's7te JW 1911319 -I "in Were sent ontsidOw tarot 9no v•iws sA And home did ri4eipisoisc.;i4dom s.P.Aspoos set Darning all British air". Pa iinw b9ilgtitra v11a..;1191r , . Just tell old Pierce . -171 " H-"J8 uitifos bsis•i•Lin akkl 7g; , ..90 To rile up fierce, sw itooa 91)6A•iold And summon an " indignatiOteli Shall a Yankee am tosons.s POItiftRUJI 914 Cut his coat and tie ssi 4nntlgie4i . To the will of the British haled? woH noisalos:ocf 4 —ltuvel.4 ► .1110 lo ses .D. has just been of rs n To sec t h e Q ueen, !I Eli n 414 1 I lk Who said, not stiff' nor sarey; 'th as L'iri 4 i4" 8 QeMla That she hadn't knowledge Juusi 1401074 TO I came from a college— silos Just mention that to Marcy. ;J" ei vpil4.(l '(: ti l e s , Pic t%l f fr " Uruad ai1 , n.,41 bit 4oifiso Cl. osni 31 31 441 V" di --W