The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-09 00:00:00

LITIIRATUBB.

jumbles in the Munk of awaits and Sardinia ;
witA Notices of their History, ilsitiquitiss, and
Present Orreelnisa. By Toms"' L. FonasTsi.
Lawman.
Ilea are many reasons why Englishmen should
ake an interest in Conies and Sardinia. In the
baser island there lived as an exile ass of the
writers of antiquity—with extracts from whose
werks, at one time, it wee the wont of our moralists
very freely to adorn their pages, and in some of his
epigrams and in his " lie Coneolatioue" Seneca
paints the country and the climate in the darkest
sobers. In the town of A,jsccio, in a house
standing "in a little solitary court dig-
stifled with the name of the Piazza Ls-
Greets," was born the man of iron will,
with whom we waged a war, never, we trust,
to be paralleled in the annals of the world. In
the burial ground of old St. Pancras church, where
sleep together till the resurrection morn so many of
the illustrious dead—the saheb of Pascal Paoli—the
popular hero of Corsica, repose. The writer of the
beet biography in the English language first won
fame u the historian of Corsica; sad to this day a
Beat mural tablet fixed against the external wall of
the church of St. Anne's, Soho, bearing an epitaph
eampoeed by Horace Walpole, denotes the grave of
Theodore, King of Corsica. the unfortunate inmate
el an English gaol. Corsica was the scene of
same of Nelson's bravest exploits, and actually
for a short time was subject to the English
Brown. Its soil and its men are alike uncul-
tivated and rude. Its banditti and Its terrible
vendetta still live, bat happily only in the pages ef
romance, or form the subject of legends gathered up
by industrious travellers. To Sardinia a stronger
present interest attaches. A glance at the WV
shows no other ports either on the coast ef
Northern Africa, in Bally, or the South of Italy,
which can be the rival of Cagliari, and as
as electric telegraph station it will be of the
first importance. We may also add, that if
you are tired of the monotony of eiviliaation—if
you are sick of Inspector Field—if you long for the
good old times when wild in woods the noble savage
ran, Sardinia is just the place for you. In Calk.
the French have rigorously put down the banditti—
in Sardinia the domestic institution still flourishes.
In both countries the scenery, with its rocks, and
water, and luxurious underwood, and its immense
forests, appears to be admirably pietziresque. The
disciples of Selvator would find in either of
them ample mairiel. Mr. Forester's coloured and
ether engravings add much to the attractions of his
very handsome volume ; and this reminds us we
have something to say as to the getting up of this
book. With all due deference to the Messrs.
Routledge and their followers who have materially
benefited the public, we do like to see a book in a
good binding—in a handsome form—well-printed
sex thick paper. We do not care to revive the old
mania for extravagant margins and costly binding,
bat the public have a right to hold an author
sheep when he holds himself so. It is
difficult to think highly of a man whose
book tumbles to pieces in your hands before you
have got half-way
through
it. Mr. Forester, we
eau see by the way in which he publishes his travels,
aspects himself and the public. He has taken
pains with his book—it is intended to remain on the
shelf as a work of reference. We may add also that
he has peculiar qualifications for his work. He has
been a traveller in many lands, and has seen the
manners of many men. He has, it is clear, an
observant eye. We take it he is past the time when
• man is poetical, or makes an effort to be smart, but
he is not the leer trustworthy on that account. 1
Our traveller rives a poor account of the Corsicans. J
Their national virtue of hospitality is not quite ex- 1
pita/
tint, but the ere gale/ally indolent. Most of the ,
mien are she erds, living on chenille, and clothed ,
with 'bee ins. Bo great is the indolence of the I
Corsicans that not more than three-tenths of the i
surface of Corsica is brought under cultivation,
although it is calculated that double that number is ,
capable of it. Actually frost two to three thousand •
labourers come into the island every summer from
Lucca, Modena, sad Parsee, to engage in agricul-
tural labour, yet Corsicana who emigrate,
do well, and after years of toil in
Mexico, or Brasil, or some other part of South
America, return with their savings to their native
villages. In the mountainous province of Cape. Can
then are no less than a hundred families thus lathe
Cresalen of riches. At Olmetta Mr. Forester saw
pesaaatry using ploughs of the Roman fashion,
but at Oleo& he finds " the olive yards neatly dug
and kept clear of weeds." We get a awful table,
compiled from the reports furnished to the French
government, which will give the reader a slight
idea of
rite SIMOVIICBS LIM POPCIATION or 0011SICA.
By the onsets el nil, she peahens& ef Cornea was
336,15 1 mein of whom 112.906 were We. ind 113,311116-
males. All hat 1611 more Besse catholic,. The,. Imo so
bee they 32,1114 perineum of lead. The deg Women were
34,427, government officials, 1,229 , clergy, 965; regular
troop. yewelerwees, Ike., 6,000. The neither of students in
all the 0011ORIS sad whoas was hem 16,000 to 17....
of is 16,000 were male, sod only from 2,000 to 3 ..
haulm. The prop:anon of malts fraloentleg the schools is
greater this in ranee, It him es 137 to 100 in the triable,
and 226 to 100 la the Banter; while that al the girls Is the
mires, Wog es 12 to 100 is the winter, and 21 to 100 to
the RlZlOnille. This disproportion Mayen male and. lamb
scholars to Conies is remarkable.
The supsrecise of the is estiaeted at seseewhat ime
then two milileas ad a pewter of inglith emus. Of this
esifece, only a itt-hendredth pert Is, se an averyoywader
cant valloe, as sees which, it is mid, might be dsnhisd.Vest
pant toe of the soil helbeg to the commas& sad essesens
are in esystecaplaitoe Sc,, their improvemeat.
%Vilest produce,, on se average of yew& es lamam a
mine urea the seed ova; barley mil eels, twelve tor
Yoram , maim, thirty eight to forty; sad Istatoes, twenty.
The rate of daily wages for the year 1161 malted by the
council-general at 76 matinee for the teem of Ajucto and
Beetle. and 50 castiooes far ell the other cememses.
Among the meet importeat subject. Imieglit to not is. by
the prore•-vend of IMI la the state of egvisalture in the
lonia . on which the Pellet finds little to emegnituleie the
councillorneral except en Increase le the eeltivatlon of
booms. sad is the pistatione of mulberry tree,. The ob-
stacle, to Its progress en toned is the Insecurity of life, the
went of batikentee, and the unbounded rights of comma
enjoyed by the shepherds ; in the Helmet plains b&ng nein-
lebited, sod their distance hem the villages ; in the parano-
ia! air of them plains, rdthe went of roads. A stranger
will be disposed to add to this list the Indolence of the
Wives.
A native writer on Sardinia ear, speaking with
reference to the spirited Barb by which all the upper
clam journey in that country :—" The travelling
in Sardinia is an this accoant one of the pleasantest
things in the world. I prefer it to sailing in a
vessel with the wind astern." Mr. Forester, how-
ever, is not quite so enthusiastic. The tourist who
seta foot in Sardinia, he tells us, mast be steeled
against brigands, vermin, isteirsperie, and indifferent
fare. Still a tour in it most be preferable to one is
Corsica. There' on may not ties • gun, so vigorous
are the French in their suppromion of vendettas ;
in Sardinia there is abundance of "port, and many
ancient custom' abound. In their usages Mr.
Forester found a living commentary—perhaps the
best still existing, on the modes of life sod thought
recorded in Homer and the Bible." At Tempi° Mr.
Forester writes, "I have seldonCspent a few days'
more pleasantly in a provincial town." Yet Tempo
has its disadvantages—though the people are hardy,
spirited, industrious, and though • finer position for
a large city can waive be imagined. Office in Sardinia
is not very desirable, sais obvious by the following
account:

AINIASSOUTION Or WI IJITERDEriI.
High timid at Too* sos ea very tavida,
pow ; itinesiossig2=sadaato ad big camp hoot
she isigue" ks nal or sopped ow, at
ewe' ilf. seg a opt The osommini OM us that
MS d Or &sa-
id@ Imillble poieseme b.A trestbsi .
New. .
1 bit WY
V.ltraqmpagrusaVrefirtsSiig sissertsott rid,
ON &di, btaili the cam-
lar _ pumfor Win, the goWarlip=, win-
NNOIWW alb '4 Week% IMO after
" weber to ear-
ns of OM. a imalb
dkil— Dm*/ lbs sAINI MVP.. al gla" =
mho It is The rantimg heal dr Mal
ft ibe INer. soft. a th, egary b ifigg, .crust
Sr sisdall Ws osera, wet bp lea, N to NI ell"
old sok*/ awasing Ake she bY act
Sway Who a %Hot Ws NY etylow, fa",
Oil" 7107 solo itoormalso tor dr - 'my or wpm WNW bur 48.6. The gowaseltir some tibis Owl ovary onatiso as to what mot whin be went, but ot
IMOI elellialleld al
orrollo, hotroorr. b0r=468=113:.. 1. 62- 11",
mil be Ibb N • voinamt l• Ina catissoll. re ps:ei f 11.11 ow,- obriewto Mr. Tysiale, ti Whom vow& vs rata, a*
~mem, "QM 160 fli list aba way Goyim, al Gallo% to

er►am Shia summary mode of obtaining justioa or indicting
vemseimoe, has been intimated.••

Of Sardinia Mr. Forester writes hopefully. The
Court of Turin had treated it so vs have treated Ire-
land in time putt but he believes a batter sate of
things is beginning to prevaiL Our author has
strong faith in General La Marmara, who is emi-
nently fitted to carry out the beneficial derive;
which he has long conceived and furthered.
Nor does Mr. Forester confine himself to the present
condition of the island. Kill inquiries regarding the
original inhabitants, and his accounts of the re-
mains in the shape of Nuraghe, and of the mono-
liths of a similar character with the Celtic remains
at Carnet and Stonehenge, are very interesting, and
indicate that Mr. Forester is not a mere traveller,
and that his book is one of permanent utility and
reference. But in case some of our readers may
think Mr. Forester is more scientific and less ro-
mantic than is desirable, we conclude with his ex-
perience of

I can core my realm WA it reiedres a stout heart, and
a exam hat In whet wee Ire heard of the redeeming quali-
ties la as sedan dimar, I. was dm In the opts MN
without deaddeelm. It was la dub dart' morning,
that, este after thawing • vasea
as the Man of the Cam-
Oka% where we had Past la OW, raidenly fell in
with • peaty el to es twelve altars ars, who Tara ow
trek maim kr is 118 a. This um award ea rasa-
&Whines. ebellsgft Taw tat Pug biA,
m bandt meth ; for the aro aim, V
essentred. Their guns ware, vadeady, elms baba them.
bat apaigbt as ties=a dada moos tan milithrbres;
mit bea al a sae hag
by ths7r.• parier-hont vas sumniM mier as
me. Inikes as _ with ammida Imam ead
Mama mein minas& on both aid., ropplylag the
Atre of Impotok ant bsasek, canylota the ealpinat.
The usebbeaut" stand.scoarse brown eletli, bung na
=wen the , and andsnaseth apipeared the
pil= se that al laatbar; sal the obits
wwpTheeei agrieheobir=ealtai tot =1041.14,
array boar with the pub eel endgemele ota heads
asenestrem thew duw.. aminst &alma The
Can eland a as Maim of theso Masa% ma—taw
Ilea ass lain an that away ameasasa
to Thigh a parka dale, ham ea as skean tom
ham* la dad /mat wok with Oak baby beards, •
heeds= moot ; and, abeth all, the nnelnle balsoaentholy
mat st heaves which exprond so well thds let td daring-
-Ithe party was beat on :gag raid, or re-
ins* hem same terrible act of murder, there
vas asehai a abate ; bat the was
that they
WO the nes "I. do or die" in w enterprise they
Immo =awl Tbe party kept well tgisthor, riding iu single
irlii-.best unitary precision- Th., m ww, "W 141..
with no appearance of baths, though they* most probably
have ben .were that scene oarebineers were stationed in the
qpielosreideaehr‘ which we lad jut knit. It wee a Martllng
" children el the easi"—maying by as
la phi asalais over •TM tai, la la end any denra
nit Navaho day, rem bad aka with bteak wiry
been rasa to ammo% They teak as =nos ell us,
thengb we thew May, art wasaikei Maio-
oaam via oar Natilleati. We pad sa thas they ars
itiglet.

lwara

X CHARLES RALLWB CONCERT.

The last of M. Halle's Devise d Classioal Chamber
Omani wee given at Willis's Ream yesterday morning.
Me the previous omen* tt wen Misled by a armed
eadisane, lad we trust the mks bee bus is besellehl to
X. Rand kieseen as admatageons to the en of which he is
so dietingdited a profaner. Ms peelkennes began with
Meadoinebne Grand Trio in oit *sr the piano, Melia,
▪ visinnelle, played by Belti, estatem and Putts; •
week saw as mil known to every emenew that it Is snnelest
to am that In easeetion wee wiliest • law, sad that ft was
Ward * with alight. It is me of nose manely th*p
which have mind the herald sedlaw to an mipaseices"
fellowship with Beetkona hlmwlf. The and pine
bed the antenna of pair novelty—the novelty Mew
from the revival of use of these Is. producticas of a forme
age which have hese too keg neglected, bat whose repro-
duction by our most accomplished prioresses is one of the
hest musical signs of the time. It was Clementi'm scalds
la G miser, Op. 34, for the pianoforte solo, played by U.
Halle. It was from the pen of one who was, in hi early
days, the eantemporery and (in Mk branch of his art) the
vivid of Mcurt—who spent among ourselves the greatest
pert Mrs bug life, end who did son than any other In-
dividual la upholding the English school of the &anon&
It is from *min each things that we kern that "there
were note Le then days," and that this veteran was are
of them. It is known that the weeks of Clement'
inn deeply studied by Beethoven biros& ; sad
every bar of this sonata shows how mach the
innate ions modern has owed to his greet pnideciance. We
lad in it Reethona's most striking characterisate—the Ire
and innetanity of his genies, the deep pathos of his melody,
and his thorough command of all the powers end resources
of the bstrument. Indeed, we could have halted coaresime
listailm to Beethoven, from ;the begin:Jag to the sad of the
plea. Then are multitudes of such things smug the Un-
buried treasons of the old 113111,11111; and we *fobs that
sheen every day wineries the disinterment of some ens or
other of them. The third piece was Beethoven's sonata to
0, Op. N, for the piano and violin, admirably played by
RAII6 and Benton ; and the last—mother production of the
ones dose—was the most interesting of all. It was orart's
anomie m B Ist, for two pianofortes, with orchestral ao-
compankents —a perfect gem of simplicity, grace, and expres-
sion. The two pianists were Miss Arabella Goddard end M.
Halle, the former taking the find sad the latter the second : bet
the two pane are so eateirsated, sad the most tinniest and
sines paseagee is distribeted bonus them that they may
be mild to be men is importance. Beth players pat forth
ell that strewth, sad • more exquisite partormeacs to envy
reopen man be bugled. The pert, ere so closely late-
Weal and banded lint the respective partoneers maid not
be always dallamdebett, bat ore peradved (asthenia wedld)
that Ikedessy lififten of lona end Sold seltnise of toss
which, we iambs, belong * the horn lager only, sad
whin the greatest male performer cannot entirely reach.
Them wee a smell but select orchestra by whom the accom-
panierab wen awn delicedely executed. This delicious
amour* vs believe, has been performed to London, though
we WNW Won lave bad the fortune to hear it, but from
the impress it hr Now made, it will, of COWIN become •
stock-piece se oar best casouts.

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