The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-14 00:00:00

LITERATURE.
ERN .1 N iIO E: a Tale of Killarney. By Anna
Jane Maclean. M'Cilashan,
As the authoress of " Convioion," the writer of
the volume before us has already shown her ability by
claiming some among the lesser honours, at least, of
liter,:ture. Her present work is unfolded in its pur-
pose rather pleasantly hy a very agreeable introduc-
tion. Here it is that she bewails the lapse of the
daYs of dreaming. To dream well, she reminds us
that we ought to live in "the halcyon days" of
Shakspere. Sl:e his a hankering after the "freaks
vt f,bi,dom.- We warrant that ber heart must beat
a generous response to the music of poor Tom
f,,7,°5`1'41" hed for the Midsummer Fairies." 'Tis an
'"' love this—the love of the visions and phantasies
,`
fßilrviand. About it what says the glorious old
Voltaire ? What says the cynic and the scoffer ?
What does he sing in that epigram, soexquisite and so
Witty ? Listen.

• " On a bsnni les demons ct 16 s
Le raisrmiler tri•lterrient s'o,cretlite
O'l curt epTei la vori!e
croy?:- moi crreur a son merits."
89 apparentiv thinks the authoress of " Ernan
More," :md therefore hss she in melodious numbers
sung this simple little tale, the scene of which is the
lovely neighbourhood of Killarney. The story is
domestic in its character, although conducting the
r,ader occasionally to such sublime localities as the
well_-known height of Mangerton. The metre
selected blends the rapid rhyme of Scott with the
fluctuating rhythm of Coleridge. Divided into six
parts or cantos, as they may be called, the poem
carries the attention forward with unabsting eager-
ness to the conclusion—recounting incidents in which
the passions of love, despair, and madness are displayed
in succession, associated, moreover, with the emotions
of tenderness and resignation. The two principal cha-
racters introduced are Ernan More the hero, and Helen
the heroine—the fanciful portrait of the latter form-
ing the subject of the frontispiece. The gilded im-
pression from the woodcut emblazoning the cover of
the volume reveals—as by a hint—somewhat of the
passion of the narrative. It portrays the young
mother, crazed by sorrow, crouching with her infant
under a leafless tree, on the rocky shores of Ireland.
Enough has been indicated of the plot in this last
sentence, we conceive, to pique curiosity without
marring the interest of the tale on perusal. The
authoress evidently writes with agreeable facility—.
her inspiration being purely emotional. As a book,
very gentle and pure in its significance, we would
Isere commend "Ernan More"—beartily—to all the
lovers of sensibility, and, let us add also, to all the ;
lovers of Killarney.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUGUST 13.—The Lord Bishop of London
has arrived in Ireland, accompanied by Mrs. Blomfield,
Saltily, and suite.
A public dinner was given in Letterkenny to Mr.
Campbell Johnson, the defeated Liberal candidate for
Donegal. It was attended by a great number of Pres-
byterian and Roman Catholic clergymen, and was pre-
sided over by the Right Rev. Dr. M'Gettigan, a Roman
Catholic bishcp, who has scarcely ever been known to
take any part in politics.
VALUE OP LANDED ESTATES.—Nothing more re-
markable has occurred in this country for a long time
than the sudden and very considerable advance that has
taken place in the market value of land, especially in
the sales in the Encumbered Eitates Court. On the
average of the sales since March last, there has been an
increase in the rate of purchase of from thirty to fifty
Per cent., and this had been fully maintained up to the
adjournment of the court for the summer vacation on
iSbnday last. An opinion, however, begins to gain
ground. that there will be a decided tendency to re-
action soon after the resumption of the sales in
October next. The causes assigned are various; but
the
Principal one. is the fresh stimulus given to
emigration by the present failure in the potato crop and
the perilous condition of the cereal harvest from the un-
„rourable state of the weather. The last report of the
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, in which
they declare it as their opinion that, " unless the emi-
gration [from Ireland] be soon arrested, the country will
he deserted by its original population," has directed ge-
neral attention to this subject at a moment when the
exodus is renewed with greater vigour than ever, thus
rendering it almost certain that the next decennial cen-
sus will exhibit a further very formidable decline in our
PePciation. But, independently of such considerations,
1,4 is held that the recent advance in the value of estates
as too rapid to continue, especially if there were any
serious permanent decline in the prices of Government
securities or a stringency in the money market, leading
to a rise' in the rate of interest. On the other hand,
there are people who calculate with confidence on the
arraness of the rates of purchase in the Encumbered
Court, and some even go so far as to anticipate that the
!tine of well circumstanced estates, sold with all the
advantages of a Parliamentary title, will become still
nigher, provided money continue as abundant as it is at
Present.
'rim POTATO CROP.—There are but few accounts this
morning
revin, Z and they are of the same character as thoias
p
In
eatubrieisesat
thistY received. The Londonderry Standard says:—
arrneei:herbyourhood and in many other places the
crop, ae as yet pretty free from disease. The grain
abundant, and the harvest will be the
Den we LIN STOCK
had for the last six years."
lards oTOCK AND SHARE MARKET.—SaIes yes-
Count). Sept.—Three per Cent. Consols, 98. it; ditto for Ac-
e " 'l2, 98, ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.
B'toek, 10141. 3. 1; for Account, Sept. 12, 101,1, 1;
Bank Stool, -.015 4:i• National Insurance, 26
oerxkdaivn.d,•
1) hi' • ' 3
c In Gas Coesneuers, 84, a-. Railways
Bandon, l‘ii• ditto Eighths, Flve.and-a-llalf per Cent.
Pref.. 41; lllackrock, and Passage, In; Dublin
and Beltast Junction, 37; Dundalk and Enniskillen,l33;
Great Sonthern and Western, 423, 3i, 43; Midland
Great Western and Royal Canal, 441; 'Waterford and
Limerick, 21.

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TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
Opened
1852.

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