The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-12 00:00:00

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Sir Aviaahl Mohan, Dart. Done in Verse, by GE0402
JOHN CAVLEY. Cantos I. 11. 111. Pickering.
Drigrarirs. A l'ocm. IVesterton. What cart-loads of
verso are heaped remorselessly upon the modern critic's
table! The accomplishment of verse-making is doubtless
ono to be encouraged, and rhymesters of all ranks should
have their little bits of laurel without too nicely balancing
the weight or quality of the poetic gum to be found in
their number., on the principle that it is better to have
people vain of their poetic efforts than of lower or grosser
accomplishments. And in this spirit the critic of
the present day may well pass lightly over the
feeble muse that makes a sensation at tea parties
if it fails to electrify the public. The author
of ° Belgravia" is evidmtly on-' of those domestic,
rhyming pets—the wonder of an admiring circle
of part:al friends and relations. His mai.-rials are the old,
worn pictures of rich ruffians and poor goddesses,—vice in
velvets, and virtue sins:less ; and he belongs to that pro-
lific verse-producing class who give evidence of the gene-
ral cultivation rather than the poetic sensibilities of Eng.
lishmen in the present day. In direct contrast to " Bel-
gravia," it is not unfair to place Mr. Cayley's Sir Regi-
nald Mohan. In this poem we find traces of the true
poetic fire :—the author has rhymed, having something
to embody Will SCI forth in his verse. lie bus a vivid and
prolific fancy, a quiet humour, that given brilliancy to
his images, yet is so kept under as never to mar the
form° of sentiment or the depth of feeling. Sir Reginald
Mohan," in truth,is a production, finished of its kind-, both
in style and power. Only three cantos have yet been pub-
lished, but these are more than promises. We make a
short extract; . .

It is extremely proper
For damsels undistinguished, imendowed,
At once, for him who picks them (rum the crowd,
To draw from their affections' flask the stopper,
Anil pour it all upon the capti‘e proud,
Like treading lacquer upon common copper;
Pudding their hero, if a common-place one,
With patchwork figments of imagination.
Women, as well as men, who have their choice.
Will choose and sometimes he some time in choosing,
Much precious youth and precious patience losing;
If youth be lost in what the common voice
Declares to be a process most amusing;
As birds in spring chirp, twitter, and rejoice,
It may not be life's purposes diverting
To spend some years philandering and flirting."

TILE SUSPECTED MURDER. AT li,tstween.—At the
last adjournment of the inquest on the body of Joseph
Burlier, it was determined to send the contents of the ate-
mach of the deceased to some eminent chemist, in order
that he might make a minute examination, and thereby as-
certain beyond doubt whether accnic existed in it or not.
Professor Taylor was the gentleman selected by the coro-
ner for the purpose, and it appears that he has discovered
arsenic hi the matter forwarded to him, in considerable
quantities. Information of this was received in Notting-
ham on Saturday, and on the sanr2 day Superintendent
Burrows apprehended the wife of the deceased on the
charge of wilful murder. Ile also endeavoured at the
same time to secure Robert Ingram, the man who pur-
chased part of the arsenic for her ; hut he kept out of the
way, and was not met with until Tuesday, when he was
apprehended and convoyed to the county gaol.—Notting-
ham Journal.

THE GL tsGOW VICTORIA lIRTDOE.—On Wednesday
last the foundation stone of the new bridge across the Clydo
was Lid by his (barn the Duke of Athol', Grand Master,
I assisted by upwards of fifty masonic lodges. The Victoria
Brides, as the completed structure will be designated, in
commemoration of her Majesty's visit to the city in 1849, is
to be erected on the site of the old Stockwell Bridge, which
was taken down last year, after having stood for upwards of
five centuries. It was built in 1345, and down to a compa-
ratively recent period formed the only or principal avenue
of communication between the north and south banks of the
river. The new bridge will be a very handsome structure,
equal in point of architectural beauty and solidity of con-
struction to the Broomielaw Bridge, which is considered
one of the finest in Europe. It is to be 50 feet in width, and
will consist of five arches.
.FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAIL-
WAT.—As the 6 p.m. up train was proceeding from South-
ampton to London, on Thursday night, at the ordinary rate,
between Fleetpond and Farnborough, the driver of the en-
Sine,the Cyclops, observed amen walking on the up line about
60 yards a-head of the train. The driver shut off the steam
and opened his whistle, but to no purpose, the engine ran
into him, and the train passed over the body, severing the
head, and horribly mangling the remaining portion of the
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