The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-12 00:00:00

MR. CARLYLE AND HIS RECENT TEACHINGS.

Ho mud be a confident critic who can animadvert
on the works of • mos of pities without any feeling of
misgiving. Such feelings most be unusually frequent and
strong when it is thought right to direst from, and even
to coademo, the opinions of such a writer as Mr. Orlyla.
We all owe him so much, that to do this seems not osly
presumptuous, but ungrateful. But it is precisely become
his power is so errs that his errors may not be passed over.
He curt escape on the plea of bang harmless. A few
yews ago his Metrics wee unbounded ; and now, if ler
, extensive, it is not less potent. To him we owe it (not to
take meaner instaneed that the deepest art critic England
or row, and one of the greatest writers of the English
language, has forearm his true vocstios. and berme •
Sires denouncer of imaginary evils. and • foolish prophet of
woe to some. And this life of Frederic is, we verily
believe, more rloulated to do mischief titan anything Mr.
Carlyle has wrtten. It contains the fullest expositions of
his views, and it carries out these views unflinchingly in
practice. In composition, style, and arrangement, a falling
dr from hie former self cannot fail to be remarked' bat his
humour is as rich, his power of description as brilliant is
ever. It is is tune and sentiment that his deterioration is
most painfully obvious. It may not greatly matter what
soy one may think of the man Frederic ; be is beyond this
world's (eolith judgments. And it is no pleasure to dwell
upon the faults whieh mural a character io eo miry points
entitled to our respect. But while we shrink from rash
eatilanination or vulgar abuse of the man, we most not be
blinded as to the real nature of his actions. It does matter
[ very greatly that the verdicts of history should not be
reversed. that evil should not be tared iota good, at the
births( of genies ; that men should not be perm led that
vigour mid fortitude tea compensate for rapacity and faith-
leseness. lied it does greatly matter also that men should
not be driven into vague dirattelactiou with all things
round them—alike with the religion they profess and the
freedom they enjoy. Mr. Carlyle's' desnoratioes, et tea
very commooplar in themselvet command attention from
the lucre and originality with which they are expressed ;
Lull the contemptuous toes of his philosophy bermes
nepular berm it appeals pleasantly to our selfocrosit.
But brood this he affords no help ; no troubled and truth-
seeking mind will find any guidance from him. A Mate of
cheerless mockery or passionate dist:oiliest, leavesri with •
flattering sore of superiority to all mankind, such would
be the perfected triumph of Mr. Carlyle's teaching. He can
poll out
into smr s, and
dd build He
wander
ealthipmtoleads his
thererotari es m:
He rue ue doubt and dirtier% in their minds, and thee
traia= them to that unhallowed oompanioesktp. Happily
we have midair now to do with his tone on religious subjects.
But he ham in this work assaulted political morality-, the
recognised priorples of government, sod the British eoesti.
traits. We refine to oast aside any of those at his bidding
' and we believe that he will render no useless service who
shell, however humbly, labour to show that morelity
must be observed in politiad affairs set less than is the
commoe business of life; that • despotic', meddling,
" peternal " government represses the independent exec-
' tines of the people, and so obitroste their progress and
hinders their wellbeing ; that the constitution, in the
perfecting of which so may great men have spent
themselves, sparing not their goods, their comfort, or
their Ihres—whieh es mashy seseratioes of Englishmen
have loved, and bees wont to glory in—is not a thing of
aright. to be despised and rejected, to be disparaged and
art aside because of some slight defects or soar tempo-
rary failure ; but a rich and edge inheritance, as Comities
called it oseturiee ago." a holy thing ;" a treasure of great
prig ; to be revered with exordia, reverence ; cherished.
amended, but never Asedered ; in • word, that this
country, so far se we an sat, is not herryieg to &mime-
tion. sex so far as we one judge, is worthy of such eater.
—Nerth British Rory, September Number.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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ETON COLLEOL—The autumnal vacatio, which
extewlsi over a petiod of about eight weeks, will ter-
minate on Wedge/day, the 27th inst., with the return of
the lower boys. The fifth and sixth forms will follow no
the two suoceedlng days, whim the whole of the school will
have romemabled.
ILLUMINATIONS AND EXPHRIKENTS AT BIRMING-
HAM —As annosnosei io oar paper of yesterday, a number
of ezmirbusets mire made last night to try the effect of
the magnesium light when attached to a balloon in the
sir. (heeds of people assembled at different pieta
to seethe effect of the Itglit,and all the open squares of ground
were throarsd with people, who thawed most vccifereusly as
helloes after balloon deleted in sight. The experinisets were
certainly eery successful, the light thrown forth being of the
meet brilliant character, sad producing novel and startling
lighting up the whole heavens, and illuminating
1 the skeet', booms, gad crowds of people with the
Wisc. Whitney. The bellow's. six is ember. were
seat swivels the Old Wharf. Yr. Matthew, of the
Jaws. HattheY. and Cu,. metal T•ROOTIL MAO i
GOV& iSlieL Louden specially to superietead the avid,
atinds. The Ares have very kindly placed a quissOilw
the disposal of the promoters et ledestrial RAMO.%
and it will ha lighted ia Biagio, Hall, this evening. 11101 P,
egpeeieseete will enable all the thoughtful. the earimPee elk
the sperthilive. the more easily to Judy of the aeteratelthrli
kof the light. The hail is very seitalge fire dip,
'km of tide kind, and the 41:twiny:AA will pie Ph* Alik.
alas o'clock.—Birstingrhstri Poet.

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