The Sun. — London, England, 1835-05-29 00:00:00

lieve had been on Sir Francis's committee: From them I learned, that- immediately after the close of the poll a large crowd of the persons xif the lowest description had assembled in front. of the Swan Trin, and commenced hooting and shouting, and rough handling any of Sir F, Goodrieke's voters who came in their way. They contirnled in this state, but increasing in numbers until nearly Z o'clo c k, when their disposition to vio lence became so :nanifest, that serious fears were entertained for the safet; of the Swan and other houses of Sir F. Good ricke's in the town. The military had been already brought into the town, and applications were made to the high con stable and to the magistrates to permit the soldiers to act in dispersing the mob. The high constable refused, not consi dering himself justified in using them until the last extremity. At length applications were made to the Rev. Mr. Clare and other magistrates to take immediate steps to disperse the crowd. The reverend gentleman came to the balcony in front of the Swan, where he was received with violent hootings and bissings. He earnestly implored the crowd to separate. His appeal was in vain, and he was answered by a discharge of stones, some of which struck him and other gentlemen in the balcony, and others destroyed a couple of squares of glass in the Swan. Mr. Clare again addressed the mob but to the same effect as before. At length he said that he should do his duty, and that however reluctantly, he must take steps to put the law in force. He should read the Riot Act, and he once more warned them of the consequence of not dispersing when required to do so after that Act was read. He then read the Riot Act, and the military, who were already in attendance, received immediate orders to clear the market-place. The dragoons immediately dashed in amongst the crowd, calling on them to disperse, and striking with the flats of their swords all such as showed any disposition to refuse obedience. The people set up a tremendous hooting and hissing, and com menced pelting the soldiers with stones, many of them got in the churchward where they formed a sort of barricade where the horsemen could not come at them, and from behind which they pelted the troops without intermission. It was here the soldiers in their own defence commenced firing (with what ef fect you have already learned). Such was the violent conduct of the people after the first charge of the military that they collected stones wherever they could be found, and forming themselves in groups in places where the cavalry could not ride at them, they pelted them wherever any appeared. In one street (Queen-street) they formed a barricade by tying some carts together, and here also they were violent in their pelting. The rioting on the part of the people continued so long that another detachment of the military was sent for, and arrived at midnight, but by that time order had been restored. I have now given the two accounts as I got them, leaving it to others to judge where the truth lies ; but at which ever side it may lie, I presume the matter cannot rest here. l'he affair has produced the most tremendous excitement throughout the populous districts of this county, and it is possible may lead to more serious results elsewhere. I send an extract of a placard issued by Colonel Anson's friends :-- "In thi s di v i s i on o f the county, still they clearly see the means by which it may be surmounted. It is, however, essential that no public disturbances should give the enemy an excuse for misrepresentation or violence, and most earnestly do the Committee beg the friends of the Colo nel not to allow any provocation either from soldiers or others to incite them to riot. " Measures are now in progress for securing a satisfactory inquiry into the painful events of last evening, and if the peo ple will but let the business be where it is, justice will cer tainly be obtained. " The Committee, therefore, entreat their friends to avoid the streets this evening —to keep their children and appren tices at home—and to stand prepared to adopt such constitu tional and regular measures as will recover the representation of the county—in other words, make it a representation of public opinion, instead of the representation of a Tory club." BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL COI)NCIL On Wednesday evening the Council of the Birmingham Political Union, met at the Public Office in Moor -street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of re organizing that once truly formidable body. Although the meeting was intended to be confined to the members of the Council, yet such was the interest felt by the working classes, that at half-past seven, the appointed hour, the large room was completely filled. At eight o'clock, the members of the Coun cil arrived, and were received with every possible demonstra tion of popular applause. G. F. Muntz, Esq. was called to the chair, amidst the most rapturous cheering, and proceeded to read the notice of Mr. George Edmonds, the Secretary, calling the meeting. After the lapse of a few minutes, Mr. Edmonds addressed those assembled. He had called the Council together in compli"nce with a requisition signed by between 2 and 3000 persons, who, aware of the difficult situa tion in which the country was then placed, wished to have the advice and assistance of their old friends.—( Loud bursts of applause.) He considered he would not have discharged his duty as Secretary to the Body, if he did not comply with so numerous and deserving a requisition. It was one thing, however, to call the Council together, and another to decide upon the propriety of those gentlemen re suming their labours. Upon that point, as yet, he would give no opinion, but leave it with the Council, whose immediate business it then was to discuss the question. The Meeting was then addressed by Messrs. HADLEY, BOULTREA, EMES, and others of the Council, all of whom expressed their willingness to resume their labours the moment 011. mnmhnra C 41 — raiz. cu4g,,=..-.40 fiords LO enable -them to carry on the necessary arrangements with spirit and efficiency. It was eventually resolved, that previous to any steps being taken, the Council should communicate the rest: ft of that night's proceeding, and every other information con nected with the subject, to Thomas Attwood, Esq., M. 1 3., who, as yet, had not been apprised of the intended movements, and who had, consequently, not expressed any opinion upon the matter. The meeting was then adjourned until Wednesday evening next, when deputations from various sectional rooms in the town are to meet the Council in open meeting at the public office, and detail the amount of subscriptions, &c. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed throughout the evening, and one deter mined spirit of resistance to Toryism actuated all present. There is to he a meeting on Monday next at the Town Hall—it will be a meeting, and such a one as perhaps never was before held in Birmingham within the walls of any build ing. At this meeting there will be no division of sentiment. The present state of the country in every sense of the word will be the only question. The High Bailiff, Paul Moon James, Esq., calls the meeting in compliance with the requi sition, embracing the names of nearly all the respectability talent, and liberality of the town. The Conservatives, by their private tea party meetings, have called for it. The publication of TuE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 16 minutes past 3 o'clock. MR. BOCHSA'S CONCERT. Beethoven, Spohr, Paganini, Logier, and the gentleman whose name heads this notice, have each and all enjoyed the high and distinguished honour of falling under the ban of the John Bull professors of " the old school" of this country. The " heads of the profession," as they are termed, drove Mr. Lo gier from the metropolis, by organized committees and the publication of venomous pamphlets. The Directors of the Philharmonic Society gently closed the doors of their Con certs to the " sweet singer of Cassel," who left our shores disgusted at the ignorance and bigotry he h a d ex p er i ence d. Paganini, " th e half demoniac," throughout his sojourn in this country manifested the most perfect indifference to either frowns or favours, and his determination to adapt his per formance ad captandum vulgus, rendered any servile submis sion on his part " to the powers that be" unnecessary and use less. Only those who have had the great fortune to hear the extemporaneous performances of this extraordinary and wonderful musician can have a perfect conception of his varied and intellectual attainments in the art. By the " heads of the profession" it has been seriously doubted whether Beetho ven's name would survive as a composer ! The most magni ficent of all his works, the Sinfonia in D minor (No. 9) failed in this country, and the Directors of the Philharmonic Con cert, happy and contented in their blind and utter darkness of its merits, have sedulously shelved it amidst the archives of their library, having passed their fiat upon it, to use the words of the musical periodicals, as a " crude wild," " odd ram bling," " ludicrous and obstreperous," " failure of a great man." Mr. Bochsa, upon his arrival in this country, had to encounter the venomous attacks of the musical profession, but from the Concert of yesterday we do not imagine he has suffered any serious injury. The room was thronged with a most numerous and brilliant audience, and, as we are in formed, upwards of 400 persons were disappointed in obtaining admittance, a circumstance which reflects no credit on the management or foresight of Mr. Bochsa, and may operate in future to his disadvantage. Most of the eminent vocal and instrumental performers, both native and foreign, were present on this occasion, and the concert was remarkable for the many novelties presented to the public. The most prominent and distinguishing feature was a MS. concerto sinfonique for the harp, which the composer had in his synopsis entitled " A Voyage Musical in different parts of the World." It embraced specimens of the national melodies of almost every country, commencing with the Chinese, from whom Mr. Bochsa imagines all systems of music are derived, and terminating with the British. Without adopting the creed of Mr. Bochsa, we may be permitted to say that the concerto was cleverly constructed, and very effective in its performance. The Chinese specimens were extraordinary, and the composer by the aggregation of somewhat like half a dozen melodies all going on at the same time, proved himself no ordinary musi cian. It was not however characterized by any of those sudden enharmonic transitions for which the composer is so remark able--the restraints arising from his plan no doubt operated in curbing his imagination in this respect. We have no space to enter upon the other novel specimens of Mr. Bochsa's industry and talents, but we beg to remind our native artists that there appears no lack of encouragement to those who spiritedly pursue the study of the science, on an enlarged and philoso phical principle. " A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND," BY M. DE LAMARTINE.--" M. de Lamartine," says the Edin burgh Evening Post, " has here poured forth the full tide of the varied and high-toned feelings and fancies which occurred to him, during a most interesting series of wanderings through the sacred territory where the light of Christianity first dawned upon the world. He rightly states his work a Pilgrimage,' for he was urged to his adventure—not by any selfish, worldly interest—but by the devotion which in his soul he has ever felt for all that is associated with the Holy Land, and its hallowed memorials. From the age of eight years, the enthusiatic p oe t assures us, he burned with the de s i re o f going to visit the mountains on which the Divine Power had descended—the deserts—tbe rivers—and the many interesting spots consecrated throughout that hallowed territory. This book is studded with intellectual gems of the finest water, ilnd must be altogether regarded as the depository of the rich mental ore of one of the motimagiuttiv and sensitive poets of the present day." ' LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1835. We yesterday laid before our readers a highly inte resting report of - the - proceedings - of the London Re form Club. Our columns to-day contain the Ad dress, and a list of the Committee, of the Reform Association—a document which, while it cannot fail to stir up the dormant energies of the Reformers, must strike the hearts of the Tories with dismay. No thing, indeed, could be better timed, or more salutary, than this display of active zeal on the part of art wealthy and influential friends of Reform. Every corner of the country is at this moment infested with the emissaries of the Tories. These pests of society are going about every where organizing anti-Reform clubs, misleading the ignorant, frightening the timid, and practising all the other artifices in which they are so ex pert, to draw the people aside from the path of reform. The Tories have already experienced the good effects of attending to the registration of the electors. In several counties, particularly in Devonshire, they em ployed agents, and hired lawyers, last year for the expre:_s purpose of watching and superintending the registra tion. Their proceedings did not then excite that sus picion which ought never to be allowed to slumber when they are in motion, and the consequence was that the Reformers found out when it was too late, that while they slept, the enemy had been sowing tares in the field. The result of the elections showed, not, as the Tories pretended, a re-action in the minds of the electors, but an addition to their numbers. The Reformers must now bestir themselves, or the result of the next election will, they may rest assured, be much more disastrous. We are glad to find, that although the Reform Association is intended to be a point of central union for all the other Associations to which it will give birth throughout the kingdom, it is to draw no pecu niary contributions to its funds from the local associa tions. We also rejoice to see that the dissemination of political knowledge is not lost sight of. The circu lation of political tracts in a cheap form, and written in a popular style, will, in our opinion, be by far the most effectual instrument for permanently destroying the baneful influence of Toryism. At a public dinner given to him yesterday, by his Lambeth constituents, Mr. TENNYSON, in a few stirring words, accounted for the partial success which the Conservatives met with at the last election. " We, the Reformers," said the Hon. Gentleman, " were, in many quarters, sleeping in self-complacent secu rity. We thought we were safe under the shadow of the Reform Bill, and never dreamed that on our own exertions depended the success of its complicated ma chinery. The Tories studied it, and studied it well, and secretly and silently extended their machinations ; like moles underground, they toiled while we were fast asleep." There is, unfortunately, but too much truth in these remarks. Having gained one great battle, the Reformers thought the contest was at an end, and that nothing remained but to enjoy the fruits of their vic tory. They forgot that a discomfited enemy is not an annihilated one, and allowed the Conservatives to rally their forces, dispatch their agents, register their friends, methodize their schemes, and again present an impo sing battle array. Had the Reformers bestirred them selves, as they should have done, we should never have seen Sir R. PEEL heading a Parliamentary phalanx, three hundred strong. However, an opportunity of of reducing this phalanx may possibly present itself at no distant period, when the Reformers, profiting by experience will, of course, be one and all on the alert. Mr. TENNYSON evidently alludes to this contingency, when, speaking of the Municipal Reform Bill and the Irish Tithe question, he observes----" I am confident that both these salutary measures will be carried by such small majorities, that the House of Lords riii not scruple to declare that they are insufficient to war rant their sanction. The Peers will cavil--the Peers will throw them out. It may—indeed it will—thei e fore be incumbent on the Government to appeal to the sense of the country, to throw themselves on the sym pathy of the people once more, and to obtain from them a stronger numerical force in the popular repre sentation of the House of Commons." \Ve have little to add by way of comment on this timely warning, ex cept to impress on the Reformers the necessity, first, of acting in concert, and not allowing small differences of opinion to alienate them from each other ; and, se condly, of forming Associations by way of counteracting the malign influence of the Conservative Clubs. The South Staffordshire Election has not, it seems, passed off without rioting and bloodshed. In another part of The Sun, our readers will find some particu lars of a serious affray which took place on Wednes day night last, at Wolverhampton, just after the an nouncement of the close of the poll, and the defeat of Colonel ANsoN. It would be premature, at present, to offer a decided opinion on the subject of this riot ; but one fact appears pretty evident, namely, that the soldiers behaved with very unnecessary violence. The major part of the evidence—so far as it has yet gone— tends to prove that there was certainly not sufficient tendency to insubordination on the part of the people, to warrant the calling out of the military. Under the head " Police Report," our readers will find a curious account of an assault case, from which we quote the following racy specimen of Andrew-Ag newism :—" The complainant said, that on Saturday night, he and the defendant had some words, and they stripped to fight. After the interchange of a few hard blows, they tumbled down together on the floor, the de fendant being under. At that moment the clock struck twelve, and although witness had the best of the bat tle, he proposed to his antagonist to postpone the contest until Monday morning, that it might not be said they violated the Sabbath. The complainant added, that the quarrel was a severe one, and he thought it no harm to renew the fight when the Sabbath was over ; but he kept a quiet and sober house, and it would be a scandal to have a disturb ance in it, on the Lord's Day." This is as happy an illustration as could have been met with, of the sort of cant that would be brought into full operation, were St. Poulter's or St. Agnew's Sabbath Restrictions Bill ever to become law. It is so good, that it almost looks like a burlesque, got up for the express purpose of exemplifying the rank absurdity of these Bills. Conceive a man deliberately " nursing his wrath to keep it warm" all Sunday—the day of repentance for transgressions, and forgiveness of injuries—in order that he may thereby be able to put in a claim to that sort of virtuous forbearance which, the Saints assure us, is the essence of all true religion I But as very supe rior sanctity is seldom found unaccompanied by interes ted motives, we find a little lower down in the Report, something like a clue to the complainant's pious proposition. The defendant declared " that he (the complainant) never said a word about the Sabbath, until he found that he was getting the worst of the fight, when he suddenly cried out, ' Jack, it is Sunday, and we ought to wait 'till Monday.' " Here is a precious pot of ointment for you—a shred torn from the "linen vestment" of Saint Agnew I And with such Saints the country will be overrun, the very instant the Sabbath-Hypocrisy-Propagation Bill shall have become the law of the land. While on this subject, ,we cannot do better than quote the opinions of LUTHER, who expressly says—" Keep the Sunday holy, for it's use sake both to body and soul. But if any one— when the day is made holy for the mere day's sake— if any one sets up it's observance upon a Jewish foundation, then I order you to work on it, to ride on it, to dance on it, to feast on it—to do anything that shall reprove this encroachment on the Christian spirit of liberty." We trust our notoriety-loving Saints will bear this dictum of the great Protestant Reformer constantly in remembrance. LUTHER was not a man to sin, on the side of laxity, in religious matters. The Paris Papers of Wednesday have been all re c?ived. The Chamber of Peers has issued citations to all the individuals who signed the letter addressed to the prisoners, through the columns of the defunct Tri butte. M. AUDRY DE PUYRAVEAU received the citation of the Chamber on Monday evening, to which he returned the following answer, directed to the Pre sident, Baron PASQUIER : " M. President— I declared to the committee of the Chamber of Deputies, that I did not acknowledge the right of that Chamber to authorize the Chamber of Peers to proceed against me, nor do I acknowledge the right of the Chamber of Peers to take any such proceedings against me. I feel it to be my duty to renew to you this declaration in answer to the citation which I have just received. Whatever may have been the opinion of a majority of my colleagues, on a ques tion which interests to such a high degree the independence of the powers of the state, and the dignity of the elective Chamber in particular, I am of opinion that I should be want ing in my duty to my constituents, and to my character as one of the deputies of the nation, if I did not protest with all the authority I bold by this title against the unconstitutional juris diction of the Chamber of Peers. I beg you therefore, Sir, to inform the Chamber that I will not appear at its bar, unless constrained by force. My conscience commands me to make this resistance in the interest of the independence and dignity of the national representation. Accept, M. President, assu rances of my distinguished consideration. "AUDRY DE PUYRAVEAU, Deputy." As the citations direct that the persons accused of signing the letter shall appear before the Chamber this day, we shall not have long to await the result of this manly protest against the unconstitutional power usurped by the Chamber of Peers. Whatever may be the con sequences, both the Deputies accused of signing the letter have acted as became the Representatives of a free people. M. CORMENIN'S speech will be long remembered as a proud defiance flung in the face of the Chamber of Peers ; and the manly protest of M. AUDRY DE PUYRAVEAU will be carefully preserved among the records of French patriotism. We made a mistake yesterday in stating that M. JAUTRENOU, the Editor of the Reformateur, was sentenced by the Chamber of Deputies to one month's imprisonment, and the payment of a fine of 100 francs. With regard to the period of incarceration we were right, but the fine imposed was 10,000 francs (4001.) the maximum of the penalty allowed by law. We were led into the mistake by supposing that the minimum of the penalty was voted for, whereas the vote included the minimum of the period of incarceration and the maximum of the fine, and vice versa. Besides under going the penalty imposed by the Chamber of Depu ties, the Editor of the Rfformateur is cited to appear at the bar of the Chamber of Peers this day, to an swer for an alleged breach of privilege in publishing the letter addressed by the advocates to the prisoners of April. This appearance will of course be followed by another fine and an augmented period of incarceration, for the purpose of effecting the ruin of the Rfformateur. The Chambers of Peers and Deputies sat on Wednesday, but their proceedings were of no mo ment. One of the prisoners, a Carlist, named GENEST, was placed at the Bar, and the witnesses against him examined. Their evidence amounted to almost nothing. The advices received from Bayonne, bearing date the 23d instant, are not important. Several of the French journals state that the Cabinet of Lotus PHILIPPE, or rather the KING himself, has agreed to the terms of intervention proposed by Spain. We have learned from other sources that the KING cola municated the resolution of the Cabinet, through his MiniSter, to the Duke de FRIAS, the Spanish Am bassador, who has already despatched a courier with the intelligence to the Representatives of the Allies in London. A rumour also prevailed that. VALDEZ has resigned the War Department, together with the Com mandership-in-Chief of the QUEEN'S armies in the Northern provinces. The cause of the Minister's resignation is said to be want of health. We regard the rumoured resignation and retirement of VALDEZ as an untruth. VALDEZ was the first to press upon the Council of Regency the necessity of having recourse to foreign intervention, to put an end to civil war in the North, and, consequently, he cannot retire with honour, at the instant the Government is employed in adopting his advice. The Renovateur says, " Persons worthy of credit affirm that the'intervention has been decided upon, and that two Doctrinaire Ministers, who oppose the mea sure, retire." The Sentinelle says, " that ZUMALACARREGUI has failed in his attack on Puenta la Reyna ; but that 400 men, who left Montrieul to go to Pampeluna, were attacked on the road, and had 57 men killed, and 40 taken prisoners—the remainder reached Pampe luna." Other accounts in the same journal say "that ZUMALACARREGUI was on the 20th at Etchareng, a short distance from Pampeluna, with nine or ten thou sand men. On the 17th the garrison had made an unsuccessful sally, having been repulsed, and obliged to return into the city, with the loss of some men. ERAso, with 12,000 men, blockades Vittoria. Lo- PEZ is at Larzaga, with four or five thousand men. VA LDEz, with all his forces, occupies the Ribera, and the environs of Leren and Logrono, having also a force at Haro and Lodosa. It is evident that his ob ject is to guard the passages over the Ebro." FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MAY 27 Five per gents., 107 f 90c. 75c. 40c. Four per Cents., 98f. 50c. Three per Cents., 79f. 05c. SOf 15c. 79f. 50c. Bank Actions, 1,67 f. 50,!. Rente tie Naples, 98f. 20c. 97f. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 994. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 43. Pyrite d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 28 % 1 4. Royal Spanish Loan, 17 46 itcnte Perpet. d'Espatme. Five per Cents., 43 43 3 4 43. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, —. Portugue , e Loan, Five per Cent., 96 , 4. tiaytian Loan, 430 f. —e. EXcIiANGP. ON LONDON. tine month, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 251 40c. Three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 2.5 f. 25c —enters Aulkentique BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCE..—The report is general that an intervention in Spain is positively decided upon, and that a state messenger set out with that news last evening. It will not be published before all the conditions of the intervention are agreed upon by the members of the quadruple alliance. This accounts for the sudden rise in the Spanish stock yester day, and a continuance of it in this day's market. The 3 per Cents. have been before the opening of the Bourse at 80f. 40c. and have declined to 79f. 95c.: they have, however, since improved to 801. 10c. to 80f. 15c., their present price. There is a strong suspicion that MM. Broglie, Humann, and Maison arc going to leave the Ministry. To-morrow there will be no Bourse. The rentes fell suddenly. Q UARTRR TO FO UR. —Five per Cents., 107 f. 35c. ; Three per Cents., 79c. 50c. ; Five per Cent. Spanish, 43 ; Three per Cent. Spanish, 284; Cortes, 43; Coupons, 244 ; Guebhards, 46 ; Differes, 18 4 ; New Loan, 56/ ; Defini tives, 55 ; Passive, 15i ; Ducats, 98 • Romans, 99i ; Pedros, 963- ; Haytians, 4301. ; Brabant Bank, 17i premium. We have received Brussels and German Papers, from which we have given extracts, which are, how ever, of no political importance. The continuance of the Plague in Egypt, and the effect which it has had in raising the price of cotton at Vienna, may be of some consequence to manufacturers here. Advices from Prussia state that the KING is to meet the Emperor of RUSSIA in July, to confer with him on the subject of foreign inter vention in the affairs of Spain. This looks ra ther ominous, especially as the object of the North ern Powers is to act as a check upon France and Eng land. The announced return of the Austrian Am bassador, and the meeting of so many distinguished diplomatists in Vienna in the course of the summer, may be followed by consequences which our Govern ment ought both to foresee and anticipate. VIENNA, MAY 16.—1 t is reported that Prince Paul Esterhazy, our Ambassador in London, will shortly have leave of absence, and will come to Vienna. Our Ambassador in Russia (Count Fiquel mont), will also come here on account of ill health. Prince Felix Von Schwartzenberg will act as Charge d'Affaires at St. Peters burgh ; Count Kuegstein, our Ambassador at Hanover, has also got leave of absence, and will go for some months to his estates. In consequence of afflicting news from the East of the spreading of the plague, the productions of Syria, Egypt, and Macedonia are rising considerably in value, and cotton in particular is bought up here at any price. A letter from Ragusa of the 23d of April, announces that Sir Howard Douglas the new Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, with his family, arrived from Ancona in the harbour of Grcvose, on board the lonian steam-beat Eolana issos. He was going to Corfu. BERLIN, MAY 7.—The great military reviews at Kolish arc almost the exclusive subject of conversation. BRUSSELS, MAY 27. Spanish Stock has risen considerably above the prices of yesterday. The Rentes Perpetuelles were sold to-day at 21 per cent. higher. Cortes 2i, and the Deferred Debt I. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, MAY 27. Actual Debt, 2i per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOll4 Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 99 Socie - y of Commerce Four and a Half per Cent llB Bank of 11,1ptium, Five per Cen - . —Brussels Papers, May 28. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 19. Five pe - r Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Bank Shares —,lllgenteine Zeitung, May 21. We have to announce the death of the Earl of Devon, which took place yesterday, at his residence in the Place Vendome. His Lordship was in his 67th year.— Galignani's Messenger. Lord Longford died of a carbuncle at the back of his head, and not of a bile in the throat, as previously stated. Ile was attended by Dr. Warren, Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Ben jamin Brodie, and Mr. Vance. Among the novelties of the present day ma y b e mentioned a placard against all the walls of the City, an nouncing, in large characters, " Gravesend asparagus, fresh from the beds, by every tide." A very valuable manuscript, never published, has lately been discovered. It consists of the minutes of a com mercial inquiry made in 1601 by order of Henry IV. This is the first inquiry of that kind that ever took place in France.— Galignani's Messenger. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY, MAY 28.—The supply of Wheat is good, and the best descrip tion of samples fully realized last week's quotations ;;but other kinds met heavy sale at less money. There is still a demand for fine fresh threshed malting Barley, but the season for malt ing is near its close, and so is the supply of this kind of Bar ley, and it fully supported recent rates. There are a few spe culative inquiries for grinding parcels at low rates. Malt con tinues a dull trade. The trade is heavy for Oats, and they barely support last currency. Beans M scarce, and prices are firm, but no advance can be noticed. Flour without alteration. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.—Yesterday the two members for this borough, Messrs. Tennyson and Hawes, were entertained by a nu merous an d respecta bl e b o d y o f the electors of South Lambeth at a public dinner at the Three Compasses, Vauxhall. Mr. Ten, a gentleman of considerable influence in the borough, presided on the occasion. SCOTLAND.—The General Assembly held its first meeting on Thursday last. Dr. W. Thomson was chosen Speaker, or Moderator, of this ancient body. The more rigid members are attempting to exclude from the lay elder ship all such persons as do not practise religious wosrhip twice a day in their families. This question it is expected will give rise to much discussion. The Assembly has refused to accede to the request of the Church of Geneva to send a deputation thither to join it in celebrating the third centenary of the Reformation. It was announced by Dr. M'Farlane that the Genevese Church had lapsed into errors and heresies, and that, consequently, the Church of Scotland could not ac cept her invitation. COLONEL BADCOCK'S " ROUGH LEAVES FROM A JOURNAL, KEPT IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, IN 1832, 33, AND 34."—" Being, as an accredited agent of the British Govern ment, only a looker-on, Colonel Backcock, though constantly exposed to the extreme of personal danger, was able to view and estimate, more clearly than others, what was going on ; and, we doubt not, will be confidently appealed to by future historians, while, to the present generat i on , hi s b oo k w i ll afford matter for deep thought—and, let us hope, edification. With the Emperor Don Pedro, the Colonel was on intimate terms of friendship ; and his anecdotes of that personage, and of his daughter, the Queen, are very curious. That his work may not be altogether a military record of war, the author has very pleasantly illustrated, from his personal observation, dur ing his wanderings in Spain, the old and well-known novels of Gil Blas and Don Quixote. "__Naval and Military Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY REPTILE.--A very singular description of viper was found in the path of a cover at Broomfield, last week, and is now in the possession of Mr. Draper, a very respectable medical gentleman of this town. It is of the dark viper. species ; its colour an olive green, about .1 inches long, and at th e di stance of two inches and a half f-clri the tail two white feet protruded, at the extremity of each of which are six white sharp clam, half an inch in length. This extraordinary reptile is entirely unknown to naturalists.— Taunton Courier DENHALL MARKETS. iy the Carcass. NEWOATE AND LEA At per stone, b, s. d to s d s d t , '" Beef, inferior -- middling .. ---prime large 3 0 3 4 --- prime 3 1 4 ,! prime small '3 6 4 0 Pork, large 0 2 —) b Veal Lamb 4i. 4d. to ss. 4d. l'iilt'Et- , OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'COLCK 3.413 1, wntk 212.‘ 12 New 5 ner Cent I ner Cent. fled 1 pt, cei:t. Coss-.. , 91;*, %44 Ditto Bonds 3_2 pm. 3 1 .', per Cent - Sou th Sea Stook - uitto lied 47% 8101 d Annuities - New '.3!4 per Cent 99% SA, 91,' 2 , New Ditto - Assented -13 per Cent. Annuiti es , 1151 ... per Cent. - [ Dissented -I Exch. Bills, ..£l,l'oo l6 Is pm. Bank Long A iminticstoexpire Ditto .500 l6 IS pill. Jan. 5, 11160 164 9-16 1 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1650 - ' Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, ISt Jan. 5, 18.-10 April 5, 188.0 Jan. 5. 187,1 r Ditto Advertised — 15 pm. Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... India Stock for Acc0unt......... Consols for Account 8134% 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds lOO Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds B4 Ditto, Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilhan Bonds 4B 50 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 9134 2' Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, :824 ...364p s i 4 6 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Din" Account Neapolitan THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds. Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New 80nd5...91 , % 1 )4 co Ditto Account Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1822 — Russian Bonds, 1822 — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds 5l Ditto Account 5O Ditto Bonds, 1535 — Ditto Account — French, 5 per cent. f. —c. 4 per cent. — f. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, Z.', per cent. 54% 5 44 Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent c 931, i 4 Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, 23 48'A Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 98 3 per Cent. Consols 9l t Grand Canal Deb.. 0 per cent. 91 1 ,1 Ditto Reduced 1 Ditto, 4 per cent 61% :l per Cent. Stock 9 8 14 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, IMO 98%. City of Dublin Steam Co lO4 314 per Cent. Debentures 90% National Insurance Company 30 Bank Stock 226% City Debentures, 4 per cent... 81 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock MAILS, Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Braai: 0 A Guern &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena. 0 0 Holland I Dublin 0 0 Jaraaica I 1 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 1 Waterford...—. 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 46 minutes after 3. Evening.-- 3 minutes after 4 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed the Grand Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rhodolpho, Mr. Seguin; Elvino, Mr. Templeton; Alessio, Mr. Duruset ; Pedro, Mr. Hughes. Amina, Madame Malibran ; Liza, Miss Betts. After wbich, TURNING THE TABLES. Jack Humphries, Mr. Harley ; Jeremiah Bumps, Mr. Cooper. Miss Knibbs, Miss Lee; Mrs. Humphries, Mrs. C. Jones; Patty _ Larkins, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Original Domestic Drama, called THE NOTE-FORGER. John Brasstoun, Mr. Warde ; Cressfield, Mr. Denvil ; Walty Ducket, Mr. Harley; Edward Glebeland, Mr. Vining Diana Brasstoun, Miss Taylor; Phillis Trimbush, Mrs. Humby ; Dame Glebeland, Mrs. C. Jones. To-morrow there will be no performance. HAMBURG, MAY 1835. ITEINE BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS for the STATE of HAMBURG'S GREAT LOTTERIES, being requested to publish the Scheme of the approaching Sixty sixth Lottery in the English Papers, and to have Tickets on Sale, with Agents in England, beg to state that neither can be done, because it is illegal for the English Newspapers to publish Foreign Lottery Schemes, and for any Agents in England to sell Foreign Lottery Tickets. On the other hand, they beg to state, as it is NOT illegal, for any person in England to PURCHASE Foreign Lottery Tickets, that any person desirous to purchase, on addressing them by mail, will receive a full Scheme, and any desirable infor nation on the subject (Gratis), by return of post. HAMBURG, MAY, 1835. HEINE BROTHERS beg to inform all those who have to remit to them Eight Pounds, that upon receipt of a Ten Pound note, Two Pounds will be returned in gold by re turn of mail. HAMBURG, MAY, 1835. HEINE BROTHERS beg to state that a Ticket of the Sixty-sixth Hamburg Great Lottery, costs, at the first price, Eight Pounds. + l_cecto.l '4?..; 11,11 ~~ (~) . T `_ +_~Yx 'M SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1835. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. TILE KING V. TILE GLAMORGANSIIIRE CANAL COMPANY, The ATTOILNEV-GEI4ERAL appeared to show cause against a rule obtained in this case calling upon the defendant to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding them to convene a general meeting of the shareholders and proprietors, for the pur pose of equalizing the rates imposed upon goods conveyed by the canal. The case turned upon the constitution of the Act of Par liament under which the Company had been formed—the 30th Geerge 111. By the 40th section, all iron, stone, timber, wares, and mcrchandizes were to be assessed at a sum not exceeding bd. per ton, per mile ; and iron -stone, iron-ore, coal, lime, and lime stone, were to be rated at a sum not exceeding 2d. per ton per mile. In October 1820, a reduction of 85 per cent. upon these rates had been made; and in July 1834, an advance had been made upon all except iron and pit-wood, which were rated at 4d. whilethe other articles of the same class were charged at 2d . The Learned Gentle man contended that in making this alteration they were perfectly jus tified under the provisions of the Act. He had in his hand the affidavit of Mr. Forrest, one of the officers of the Company, who deposed that the Company sustained great loss and damage to their works by the conveyance of coal—their boats always returning empty from the places to which it was to be conveyed—and this was why they had rated it higher than iron and pit wood, the other articles of the same class. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD and Mr. WILLIAMS followed on the same side. Sir W. FOLLETT was heard in reply. He contended that this unfair assessment had been made by some of the shareholders, who were large iron proprietors, and whose object was to have their iron carried at a small rate, while the public at large were compelled to pay three times that amount upon goods which the Act required should be rated in the same proportion. The Court took time to consider its judgment, as the question was one of importance, and as there were several mandamuses pending against Canal Companies, involving questions of the same import. THE KING V. THE WELLS AND BERKS CANAL COMPANY. This also was a rule obtained for a mandamus calling upon the Company to allow one of the proprietors to inspect the books and papers of the Company. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL showed cause against the rule. The application was not made for any legitimate purpose, but merely for the purpose of annoying one of the officers of the Company. The other proprietors agreed to allow the, books to be inspected accor ding to the provisions of the Act, if due notice were given, and therefore there was no ground for making such an application. The Court was of opinion that the rule for the mandamus should be discharged. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the William, Hill, from Riga; Enterprise, Gibbs, from Belfast; Hope, Evans, from Carnarvon to London ; Rover, Daniel, from Newcastle to Teign mouth ; Mary, Hall, from Newcastle to Portsmouth ; Diana, —, from Newcastle to Exmouth; Venus, Harry, from Shields to Littlehampton ; and Mary, Sanderson, from Stockton. Arrived from the River, and sailed, the Latona, Watson, for Cuba; Rockers, Napier, for Grenada ; General Hewitt, Sellers, for Quebec ; Gambia, M'Cormack, for St. Mary's, River Gambia ; Clarendon, Whitrong, for St. Kitt's ; Richard and Ann, Way, for Dublin ; and Blawell, Dawson, for Sidney. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 29. —Wind S.E. FALMOUTH, MAY 29.—Wind N.E., fresh breezes. LIVERPOOL, MAT 27.—Arrived off, the John Walker, from New Orleans ; Mogul, , from Savannah ; and Roscoe, , from New York. CLYDE, MAY 26.—Arrived the Virginia, Zumer, from Mobile; and Retrench, Ilamilton, from Charleston. CORK, MAY ?6.- Arrived the Forde packet, Hutchings, from Cork. BELFAST, MAY 26.—Arrived the Ardent, Mackay,—Emulous, M•Mullan,—and Louise, Kelso, from London ; and the Hazard, Crawford, from Alicant. LONDONDERRY, MAY 26.—Arrived the Hermonia, Teitzc, from Dantzic ; and the Hawkesbury, Smith, from London. POOLE, MAY 26.—Arrived off, the John Turner, Renwick, from Jamaica ; May 28, the Trinity, Walker, from Cadiz. SHIELDS, MAY 26.—Arrived the Sovereign, Fergusson, from Riga. ABERYSTIIWITH, MAY 26.—Arrived the Enegkeit, Ohrlaff, and Hoffnung, Bessch, from Memel. POST OFFICE NOTICE.—His Majesty's brig Nautilus for the Lisbon Mail of the 26th inst. detained; letters in time to-merrovv evening, the 30th. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are moderate arrivals of all descriptions of Grain, and a fair return of Flour. The Wheat trade remains without variation from previous Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease unal tered. Oats are not so good sale to-day, but prices cannot be noted lower. Flour heavy sale at last quotations. ARRIVALS. Wheat Barley. Oats. Flour. 3,230 qrs 100 qrs. I 1,200 qrs. 3,610 sacks 7 520 2,370 English Irish Foreign SMITHFIELI This day's supply was only ml what brisk, at the following D MARKET. Loderate, and the trade was some- PRICES PER STONE OF BL. . TO SINK THE OFFA LS. s. d. to s. d. s d. to s.d. Inferior Beasts 2 U 2 2 Inferior Sheep 2 4 2 6 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Second quality ditto Prime large Oxen '3 10 4 0 Coarso-woolled ditto .... 3 6 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs Prime small ditto S•tekling Calves each Lamb SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATENIENT. I Sheep .8,960 I Calves. I Pigs 21;0 300 Beasts. SQL THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. New York Papers were received yesterday to the 10th of May. HAVANA, Apitia. 21.—" On the 17th inst. a Spanish brig with over 500 slaves arrived here, a prize to the English sohooner Skip jack. She was captured a few days since near the Grand Carsman, south side of the island, after a running fight. She was insured here for 30,000 dollars. More than 1,200 captured slaves have been brought in here within four months, and over 600 within 40 days. They are not apprenticed out to the planters as has been supposed, but only in and around the Havana. The place is now full of them." In the Legislature of New York nothing of importance has taken place. This moment we hear that Mr. Cazanove, on the part of Mr. Rothschild, has declared in the Foreign Market that the above gen tleman was willing that all differences due to him, he would take, one half in Spanish Bonds at 50, and the other half in money. Mr. Ricardo has also declared to the same effect. FUNDS. This being settling day in the Foreign Market, and one of the heaviest accounts ever experienced by the oldest brokers, great fear is entertained that the differences to be paid, being to that enormous extent, will cause the ruin of many hundreds of persons in town and country, who have deposited their capitals in the various foreign securities. At a very early hour this morning most of the jobbers and brokers posted to town, to obtain an arrangement of accounts, and the Stock Exchange Foreign Market was crowded at the opening, all anxious to obtain some sort of adjustment. At length the prices fixed for making up were for Spanish Bonds 50 ; for Spanish Scrip 5 discount ; for Portuguese 94. No business was done except settling the accounts—therefore all prices at present are nominal. The brokers are more unfortunate with their principals out of the house, as numbers refuse to pay their losses. Indeed, we may say, there is a general making up, and the parties who are gainers are glad to catch what they can. Consols may be quoted at the leaving off price of yesterday, 90-1 for the Account. HALF-PAST ONE. In the early part of the morning the confusion and distrust were so great in the Foreign Market, that they would not receive or give cheques for the settlement of their accounts ; but since the messages of Mr. Rothschild and Mr. Ricardo were sent to the house, the con fusion has somewhat abated, and they are going on with the settle ments as well as they can. A number of private failures have taken place, although not announced or made public. It is ex pected that it will be some days before this tremendous settlement can be wound up. Consols have been soi 4 ; at present 90A—little done in them ; for the Account, 904 4 91. Exchequer Bills done at 16 18 15 5 10 18; India Bonds 3 prem. par. 2 prem. ; Belgian, 100 ; Brazi lian, 84 ; Chilian, 48 50 ; Colombian, 36 ; Dutch, 54i ; Mexican, 36 7 ; Portuguese, 91; Spanish Bonds, 50 ; Scrip, 5 to 6 dis. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 91. It is intended to form an Association at Birmingham, to be called the " Reformers' Registration Society," the ob ject of which is to watch over the registration of voters for the borough, and for this district of the northern division of the county, with the view to the promotion of reform prin ciples.—Birmingham: Gazette. THE JUNIOR ST. JAMES'S CLUB (NEXT DOOR TO CROCKFORD'S).—The arrangements of this Club are now complete. The admitting without ballot the Members of Crockford's, White's, Brooks's, Boodle's, Graham's, Arthur's, and the Traveller's, is in the very best possible taste, and has already proved highly judicious. Of course, all others wish ing to become Members, are to be balloted for in the usual manner. From the situation of this Club, the extreme ele gance of its appointments, and the spirit with which it will be conducted, the Committee having adopted the whole of Crockford's rules and regulations (which are allowed to be the most liberal of any Club in Europe), it is fair to presume that this Club will shortly assume as high a tone as any of its more ancient competitors. The Committee, which comprises No blemen and Gentlemen of the first rank, fashion, and conse quence, has appointed Mr. Raggett, jun., late of the Cocoa Tree, to superintend the Club. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.-- COUNTY COURT.—The Court met yesterday to dispose of the usual business of the County. B. Rotch, Esq., Chairman. There were only sixteen Magistrates in attendance. The re port of the visiting Justices to the House of Correction (4th Geo. IV., cap. 64, sec. 23) was received. The statements of the Governor, Surgeon, and Chaplain were highly satisfactory. The number of prisoners was 941, viz., 701 males, 238 females, and 9 children ; out of that amount 219 males and 13 females were vagrants. In the New Prison there were 245 prisoners, viz., 168 males, 77 females, and 4 children, generally orderly and healthy. The usual routine business having been disposed of, the Court adjourned. CURIOUS PHENOMENON.—On the 23d January last, from one o'clock until eight in the morning, a noise like the firing of artillery and musketry (produced by the bursting of two meteors) -vas heard all over New Grenada and the Eq.. , cuador, froa. Carta Martha Carthigena to Quito. Tile villagccs round Bogota were in ancs'next day, eN.pecti.l2: that a revolution had taken place, but a few days had restored tranquillity. A similar phenomenon occurred on the lath November, 1833, in the United States. LITERATURE. FRITHIOP S SAGA; OR THE LEGEND OF PRITHIOP. BY ESAIAS TEO:VER.—TRANSLATED FROM THE STYBDISH. London : Bailey and Co., Cornhill. This is a great and, to some extent, an original Poem : In the uniqueness of its mythology, and the C purity of its similes and contrasts, it is equal to Ma' pherson's Ossian, and Southey's Thalaba; - but in th e number and truth of its moral precepts, and in its defines; tion of human character, it is far superior to bo th these celebrated productions. It may appear strange that we mention the Thalaba of Southey, and the Ten°s of Ossian, to convey our impression of the excellent of any poem, as no two works of imaginati on et'r differed more widely from each other, in all that eee . stitutes their respective merits, except, indeed , i n their power of local description. But we meant only to refer refer to the unity of the mythological system -A . 5 total absence of all metaphors, similes, and contraetd derived from the traditionary legends, the animal a ll vegetable productions, the climate, the soil, the er ts e ' the discoveries, and the speech of foreign nat i°e :, which constitute the peculiar and uniform ch efs l teristic of these poems, when considered as int e g rs portions of the modern literature of Europe. I,he difficulty of producing a perfect work of this deserib; tion can only be appreciated by a very small nu° ; of persons. By dint of labour and close attentioar., writer might steer clear of the history and rny'th el° s of other nations ; but it is hardly possible to s ce rh using words, and adopting modes of expression w hi st betray an acquaintance with times and customs variance with all the knowledge attainable by the Ptt, oe sumed heroes and heroines. This defect—obs er % in almost every page of Moore's Lalla Rookh'ef have no where perceived in the metrical romanceair Frithiof's Saga, the production of Sweden's m ost tinguished living poet. ean' The " Legend of Frithjof " is a Swedish or - dinavian Metrical Romance, founded on a tradition'te tale of the eighth century. The main ine iden to differ in few respects from those to be met With in re , Metrical Romances of Scott—love, ardent and all t he quited, valour generous and enthusiastic, with . 0 , feudal fidelity and unbounded hospitality for whi e j. the Northern Nations have been so justly celehr at ec , As our readers may feel desirous of being ma de so f quainted with a legend which has lived for se l° . oo centuries in the traditionary songs of the Scandia 9l scalds, or bards, we give the outline : se Bele, King of Sogn, has three children, tw ° 0% . and a daughter. For some cause, which is n° ,,, t is plained, the daughter, whose name is Ingeh °r6 ' o o delivered by the King, her father, while she is Y r e .i t h. infant, to be brought up by Hilding, an old an d ful retainer. This Hilding has himself an r gs l t he of the same age as the young Princess, and 100 111 th children are brought up together, they na l t . enough fall-in love, as soon as they have learn ed bhp they are not of the same lineage. The youth , es , is named Frithiof, is the hero of these r ee ' o , Hilding is not slow in discovering th e growiag o d, tachment between his son and his royal war d ' ce ry in common with all prudent parents, takes e x,4 occasion to ply him with good advice, remina7o him of his own nothingness compared with the e°2ees of his passion, and giving him frequent assurafl'his that it was madness in him to aspire to the han d ° p , Sovereign's daughter. The effect of these sage c°,,,a sels on a youth of ardent temperament, over h eau it s ears in love, may be easily imagined. Frithjof lee's his hand upon his sword, and meets all his fatb objections with— . " A potent pleader is the glaive 1 " Meanwhile, King Bele dies, having Pre vj h e r committed the guardianship of his daughter w royal brothers, the eldest o f whom success himo King of Sogn. By them the P r i ncess i s eternalee nv Court, but not before the lover s h ave avowed Oe l g e ' constancy. Frithiof now appears before sing se d, and demands his sister in marriage, a nd is refthill f which gives rise to a mortal feud between the Y ° se lf iiero and his Sovereign. The King reven ges ' el nti r ' by sending Frithiof to collect tribute from Mg a 01 the reigning Jarl or Count of the Orkney Isla nds ; re to make sure of his destruction, swears that if le e lift; turn without tribute from the rebellious Jarl, P h 10 5,41 stands forfeited. Frithjof succeeds, although ° P 0 0 1 by the most potent spells and enchantmen ts ; after a variety of the most surprising adventures' t ,bo the King, obtains the hand of his royal mistress, inn in his absence had been betrothed to one of th e of Norway. O * " Frithjof's Saga" is divided into twenty-four . the all of different kinds of verse. This variety fie for metrical composition has the finest effect possib et the reader is never wearied with the monotony °f 4 lo recurring numbers. As a whole, it is wild, i rrep o reep and enthusiastic ; giving the passions ful l s pell without an atom of grossness or profanitY• apd are several , passages full of the deepest patil' s ati' some unrivalled in tenderness and delicacy 0 % col' ment. It is, moreover, a Pantheon in which sad lected the whole of the Scandinavian Diviniti es ' polegi although the translators have thought some 9 ' f ret ' necessary for the super-human agency so J r "' et her employed, we cannot say that it would al t . : 4 The please us to see the quantity materially lessen''' • lo gic enchanted ship—the sword of Viking--- 411e . d the bracelet—and the appearance of Harn and li ej ' t hao fiends of storm and snow—are beauties rathe r of tions defects, inasmuch as they embody the superst.. 0 was the Northern Nations before the Christian religle preached to them. It of t he It would be difficult to quote speeira e- s 0elo• different kinds of beauty to be found in th r e e P r athe r Some, however, we must give, although we ft ; in th, e puzzled which to prefer. The lovers Me e " o f the r ice - Temple of Balder ; to the virgin remonstra fnlloW probable anger of the God, the hero returns the ing answer alike tender and impassioned " What whispers't thou of Balder's ire ? He does not—no !—he cannot blame Our bosoms' pure and holy fire. And say ! why should a mortal flame Offend the God on whose clear brow The sun's bright rays for ever shine ? Balder must surely love allow ; • Nanna was his—as thou art mine. " Nay, look upon his image fair! That eye so mild, so gentle see ! I'll offer to his godhead there, A heart that beats alone for thee. Come, kneel with me ! there can be nought That Balder must so much approve. As two fond hearts, whose constant thought Is never ending faith and love. " My proffered heart then do not spurn is : Mine not a mere earthly love ; From Heaven it sprung ; my wishes burn Its origin divine to prove. Oh ! if kind fate would but allow That I with thee, my love should die , How proudly to the gods I'd show Thy soft, pale cheek, and azure eye." f -80 IA' The closing idea is beautiful in the mouth 91.0-01$11 dinavian hero ; nor would it be easy to find iu,,l or idge literature a description of love so exalted. . I .'`' ..o k for would furnish one, but we know not where to o w „ c reel another; and yet his Ruin by moonliht isnot.arion to as the Temple of Balder, and the lover's inv God• his mistress to kneel before the shrine of th e l i s log Her exclamation when he leaves her, after to return with the Spring, is touching :-- " Ob, may the Asas guide thee still, say 10" - Nought shall thy bracelet from my The weary months I'll count upon WWII,. That thou must pass this mission to fulfil • f tOil ; the note with • , _..theft LC; Latrs2 so‘ I :titltiof Will Come lc) claim hi. tirk9o • He'll find her sleeping by King Bele's side ! . 0 The two—four—six" is rowFkably sl,lO l - 1 ! 4 artaretno, re