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is pointed, in the poetry he has written—l mean Young
has said at the commencement of one of his
"Nights,"--
"Sleep, like the world, his ready visit pays
Where fortune smiles ; the wretched he forgets :
Swift on his downy pinions flies from woe
And lights on lids unsullied with a tear."
Now, if you will study that sentence, you will see that
there are two things which the poet has confounded to-
gether. He has confounded together those who are for-
tunate in their peace of mind, those who are fortunate in
the possession of health, and those who are fortunate in
worldly advantages. (Hear, hear.) Now, no two things
could be more opposite. (Hear.) It most frequently
happens that a man the worst off in his worldly
circumstances, to whom the world would pay no
homage, upon whom it could not be said fortune
smiled, enjoys a sweeter and a more regular sleep than
those who are in possession of the highest advantages of
rank. (Hear.) You will all remember, no doubt—and
it is a passage that I need not quote—that another poet,
always true to nature—Shakespere himself—has de-
scribed the ship-boy amidst the storm, in all the perils
of his position, on the mast-head, enjoying a quiet
sleep, while the king is described as unable to enjoy any
rest whatever. (Hear.) And thus, by following ob-
servations of that kind, and putting that test to poetry,
as well as to history and to reasoning, you will obtain a
correct judgment as to whether what you are reading is
really worth your attention, and worth your admiration,
or whether it is faulty, and is not so deserving. I may
give another instance, but I should hardly venture to do
do so if my friend and your friend, Lord Carlisle, were
here, because the want of truth that I am going to point
out is in the writings of Pope—(laughter)—and in some
lines of his that are certainly worthy nipfroiration. There
is a very beautiful ode of iloraCe exalting the merits of
poetry. He says that many brave men lived before
Agamemnon ; that there were many great sieges before
the siege of Troy ; that before Achilles and Hector ex-
isted there were brave men and great battles, but that,
having no poet, they died, and that it required the
genius of poetry to give mental existence to the bravery
of armies and of chiefs. Pope has copied this, and in
some respects very well copied and imitated, in some
lines which begin—

" Lest you should think that verse should die
Which sounds the silver Thames along "
but in the instances he gives he mentions Newton,
and says not only that brave men have lived and
and fought, but other Newtons " systems framed."
Now here he has not kept to the merit and truth of
the original; and though it is ,true that there have
been distinguished armies and wise sages whose memory
has passed into oblivion, it is not at all probable that
any man like Newton, following by mathematical
roads discoveries in those great truths that he dis-
covered, will have perished and fallen into oblivion. I
give you those two instances of want of truth even in
celebrated poets ; and think it is an observation you
will du well always to keep in view, because there is a
remarkable difference between the history of science and
the history of literature. (Hear, hear.) In the history
of science the progress of discovery is gradual. Those
who made those discoveries committed great errors they

fell into many absurd mistakes, of which I could give
you numerous instances ; but those blunders and errors
disappear, the discoveries alone remain. Other men
come after them, and make those discoveries the elements
and the groundwork of new investigations, and thus the
progress of science is continual ; but truths remain—the
methods of investigation even shortened, and the pro-
gress continually going on. (Hear, hear.) But it is
not so with regard to literature. It has, indeed, hap-
pened often in the history of the world, amongst
nations who have excelled in literature, that after great
works have been produced which brought down the ad-
miration of all who read them, others, attempting to go
further, attempting to do something still better, have
produced works, written in the most affected and unna-
tural style, . and, instead of promoting literature, have
corrupted the taste of the nation in which they lived.
(Hear, hear.) Now this a thing against which I think
we should always be upon our guard ; and having before
us those great models of literature which we possess,
having our Shakespere, and Milton, and Pope, and a
long line of illustrious poets and authors, we should
always study to see that the literature of the day is, if
not on a par with, is in a taste as pure as that which
has gone before, and that we do not in letters, instead
of advancing, fall back into decay in the productions of
the time. (Hear, hear.) I will now mention to you
another instance. It is apparently but a trifling one ;
and still it is one in which I think that nature and truth
are so well observed, that it may be worth your
while to listen to it. One of our writers, who has most
blended amusement with instruction, and ease of style
with solidity of matter, as you all know, is Addison.
It occurs to Addison to be describing a ride which he
had with a country squire whom he fell in with in his
travels from London to a distant town. They came to
an inn, he says, and they ordered a bowl of punch for
their entertainment. The country squire—as was per-
haps the mode with country squires, and may have con-
tinued unto the present day—(laughter)--began to de-
preciate trade; to say that foreign trade was the ruin of
the country—(laughter)— and that it was too bad that
the foreigner should have so much the advantage of our
English money. "Upon which," says Mr. Addison,
" I just called his attention to the punch we were going
to drink," and said, " If it were not for foreign trade,
where would be the rum, and the lemons, and the sugar
we are about to consume ?" (Renewed laughter.) He
said the squire was considerably embarrassed by this re-
' mark ; but the landlord, who was standing by, came to
his assistance, and said, " There's no better drink than
la cup of English water if it has plenty of malt in it."
(Laughter and applause.) Now, gentlemen, although
that appears a slight and trifling story, and is told in a
very homely way, yet it is perfectly true to nature, and
it conveys in a very lively manner a rebuke to theigno-
rance and prejudice of the person with whom Addison
represents himself to have been conversing. Gentlemen,
having made those observations, you will perhaps permit
me to say that the cause of my venturing to come hither
is, that I might both see the progress which you were mak-
ing in instruction of all kinds, and also that I might. ex-
press my hopes and my wishes for your welfare in the
time that is to come. (Cheers.) It has been. my fortune,
since the active part of my life began, to live in times of
peace, and to see great discoveries and great improve-
ments. I think you will feel that we who have had the
direction of affairs during that time—l speak not now of
any differences of political parties or of religious sects,
but taking us altogether, all political parties, and men
of all religious denominations—l think we have not done
ill to the country during that period in which we have
borne an active share in its affairs. (Cheers.) If you
look back to 1815, when a bloody and costly struggle
was terminated, I think you will see that during that
period, whether by the judgment of Parliament, whether
by the action of great bodies and great societies, or whe-
ther by the skill and invention of individuals, the con-
dition of the people of this land has very much im-
proved. (Cheers.) While the means of sustenance
have become cheaper, the whole public burdens have be-
come less ; while the means of education have been im-
proving, there has been, with those circumstances, and
partly owing to those circumstances, a general progress
in society. (Hear, hear.) I think, therefore, that we
who have belonged to this time—and, I tell you again,
I wish to make no political allusions, or to claim for
one party over another any advantages—.but I say gene-
rally that we who have lived in this time have upon
the whole not ill performed our duty. (Applause. It
will be for you, when we retire from the more active
business of this scene, to endeavour to carry onto still
greater knowledge, to still more comfort, to still more
wellbeing, the country in which you live. (Hear.) It is
a great charge imposed upon you, and I trust you will
properly discharge it. (Hear.) Let no insane passion
carry you without reason into contests with foreign
countries. (Applause.) Let no unworthy prejudice induce
you to withhold from any part of your countrymen that
which is their due. (Loud applause.) Let no previous
conviction prevent you from examining every subject
with impartial eyes, and placing before you the love of
truth, which ought to guide you in your investigations.
(Cheers.) With those convictions I am persuaded you
will abide by the institutions which you have, and by
the faith which you hold, and that you will adorn the
country to which you belong. (Loud and protracted
cheering.)
On the following day, an address was presented to his
lordship by the Town Council, and his lordship shortly
afterwards left for town by the Great Northern Railway.
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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER.—It is not at all unlikely that a vacancy
w ill shortly take place in the representation of this con
stituency by the retirement of Earl Grosvenor, son t
the Marquis of Westminster, who, we believe, wil
shortly proceed to the Continent, owing to ill-health
indeed, it is thought Madeiia will be the destination o
the noble earl. Chester is almost entirely in the hand
of the Liberals, although Mr. Fraill has made more than
one attempt to return a member. At the last general
election Mr. Fraill's candidate was Mr. Bramley Moore,
who, like Mr. Horsfall M.P.( for Derby), comes from
Liverpool.—Morning Advertiser. -
LISBURN.—The Lisburn election commenced on Tues
day, when Mr. Roger Johnson Smyth, and Mr. Inglis,
the Lord Advocate of Scotland, were put in nomination.
The principles of both candidates are Conservative, the
Lord Advocate, although one of the Ministry, being
understood to be the more liberal of the two ; but Mr.
Smyth was nevertheless the popular man, and had a
most violent mob enlisted on his side. The town du.
ing the day was a scene of uproar and tumult, and some
serious outrages might have occurred had not the police
disarmed all those who carried bludgeons or other
weapons. Mr. Inglis and Dean Stannus were attacked
in the streets with stones and brickbats, and the latter
rev, gentleman had, it appears, a rather narrow escape.
The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr.
Smyth, and a poll was demanded on behalf of the Lord
Advocate. _ _ _

MERTHYR TYDVIL.—Mr. James, the Chancery bar-
rister, who had offered himself to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Sir John Guest, has retired from the
field in favour of Mr. H. A. Bruce, of Dyffryn. Mr.
Bruce, the new candidate, deferred the issue of his ad-
dress to the electors until after the funeral of the late
member. In it he says :—" I shall ever be found for-
ward and earnest in the support of all temperate and
well-considered measures of reform. I shall be no party
to violent or organic changes. I thoroughly approv
and shall steadfastly adhere to the commercial policy
inaugurated by Sir Robert Peel. Every proposition
tending to the reduction of taxation, or the lowering of
to
the prices of food, would be supported by me
utmost extent compatible with the maintenance of our
anancial credit."

NORTH OF EUROPE
STEAM NAVIGATION
CONY.

A meeting of the shareholders in this company was
held yesterday, at the London Tavern, to receive from
the directors a report of the progress made by the un-
dertaking since it was first brought before the public in
July last. The report states that the shares allotted
were all taken up, and the call of 2/. 10s. per share
made in October promptly respondeZ to by the
proprietors, since which not only the company
been established, but they are in possession of six
valuable steam-ships and a rapidly increasing trade,
with all the means necessary for its successful workingt
and further extension. Two of tbo ships belonging to
the company are now running weekly between Great
Grimsby and Hamburg ; another will shortly be placed..
in the trade between the former port and Boltsteordfatniiie,
and in the spring of next year the other v
company will be employed in the traded
whichTonning. It
recently opened between Lowestoft esse
has been
weekly communication with Norway is also intended next year torwor annanoudt aswdierdeoent andby
Swedishi Government for
ghly advantageous
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which
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five years, the terms of
hich
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is completed.
thanks to the chairman
adopted.

leaving
of the
A MODERN ROMANCE.—A tradesmano
o principal seaports went in 1850 to
Chili,
young wife to manage his business. His Chilian affair
turned out badly, but he wrote to his wife to say that
between them they could by industry soon make up the
ol of s s
Octoberand to
ast.
dhae return on the 28th
he arrived at Havre, and
foundi he followingav e
received letter y
o from his wife waiting for him :
Sir,
your honoured onoured communication of
the 2d of October, and I hasten to reply to it. When
advantagesyehaar ss a
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twwm
e efoe,waihne s
attwo
an possessed of some personal
thfilignourldesnqt .
Youleav
mighth e r du
hrianvge
remained content with your ordinary profits, without
going to Chili to tempt fortune uselessly. Another has
picked up the treasure you disdained. The future which
you describe to me is not to my taste. Spring and youth
pass away quickly. It would be foolish not to take ad-
vantage of them. Perduto e tutto it tempo ae in arnar
non, Si spende. You will find me no more. The best
thing you can do is to return to Chili." The poor hus-
band could not believe that the letter was other than a
joke, and he hastened home. But there he found his
house closed, and learned that his wife had sold off all
his goods and gone away to Paris with a young man.
He laid a complaint of adultery against her and her ac-
complice, and, coming up to Paris, set to work to look
after then'. Yesterday he met his wife, elegantly
dressed,
walking on the Boulevard des Italiens, and he
became so indignant at the sight of her that he struck
her. She cried for help, and a crowd assembled. He
explained as well as his emotion would allow him what
she had done, but the spectators seemed disposed to
take her part. Two sergens-de-ville came up, and car-
ried him and his wife before the commissary of police.
To that functionary he told his story, and the truth of
it having been ascertained, he was released. The wpa
man was detained.—Ocaignani.

SINKING OF A BARGE AND Loss OF LIFE AT LIVER-
POOL.—A. distressing casualty occurred near the Stanley-
dock, between twelve and one o'clock yesterday (Thurs-
day) morning, by which a bargeman, William Horrocks,
and his son, a fine little fellow, about nine years of age,
both perished. Shortly after midnight, loud cries of
" help " were heard issuing from on board a barge lying
in one of the locks between the Leeds and Liverpool
canal and the Stanley-dock. Two flatmen, Richard
Thompson and Edward Enos, whose attention was first
arrested by the cries, ran to ;he lock and foundßachael bathrge
e
in the act of sinking. A girl, of 13, ,
daughter of William Horrocks, was found shrieking
piteously, and maintaining with difficul
escue t
she y her
wasting
ng
on the submerged deck. When rd
to her neck in the water. The barge sunk immediately
afterwards.
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culous medicine after every other means had failed.—
See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Mes-
sina, Leghorn, Feb. 21. 1845. To Professor Holloway,
Sir—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effecteda
cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all
the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the
Continent had not been able to effect—nay,lDEOßOUGH.” not even the
waters of Carlsbad or Marienb-id. (Signed)
—These wonderful pills will cure any
ointment) at
ny disorders of the
liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's
Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lon-
don, and by all medicine vendors throughout the world.
iHE BIRMINGHAM GREAT CATTLE SHOW. —The ar-
rangements for this annuauls exhibition in Bingley Hall,
and which are upon
an
unusually extensive scale, are
and there is every reason to believe
that the meeting will be in all respects moat successful.

Jnomical author
the most impude-
the Morning Chronicle, is compe tes-
timony to the righteousness of the tax ; and no one
to be met with in society attempts to impugn it,
however they may suspect that the imposition of
it may be fated to encounter opposition. Take the
organs of public opinion—the Times for instance,
and ourselves, are found at one and the same mo-
ment urging the very same principles of justice and
propriety, as may be seen in our yesterday's papers.
Much as we differ in other matters, we agree in this,
simply because disagreement is impossible among
competent and honest financiers and politicians.
What will the wiseacres say to these things ?
See, then, the dilemma to which a blind and
desperate faction has reduced itself—it is committed
to a glaring sin against first principles of justice
and sound policy ! Why is this ? Because faction
found that it must do this, or nothing. Needs
must when the Devil drives. We do not believe
that there is a single gentleman on the Opposition
benches who does not in his heart concur with
these views of the house-tax ; many may have to
do violence to their consciences at the bidding of
bigoted selfishness and ignorance, in voting against
this sound ingredient. of a budget which in all other
respects they approve of, and would support.
But faction will fail. It has rim its head against
a wall, and split that little head open—and there is
nothing in it. That wall is the national good
sense. Let us note a little incident which we „,t"
chronicled yesterday—we.allude to the reception
of her Majesty's Ministers on Wednesday at the
A
Lord Mayor's banquet- .114ultless„,it-would have -
gig:Mened the heart of a factious Opposition had it
seen the popular Ministry—
" Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
Fallen from its high estate,
And weltering in its"—
folly and discomfiture. Doubtless, the Earl of
Derby and his Chancellor of the Exchequer had
made up their minds to encounter all sorts of offen-
sive cries—every manifestation of popular displea-
sure by the great assemblage of commercial intelli-
gence and patriotism. What was the fact ? " The
Earl of Derby was received with enthusiastic cheer-
ing." But what had gone before ? The Lord
Mayor had given utterance to this remarkable
expression of opinion, with a frankness which did
honour to the first magistrate of the first city in the
world—"l think there is, among all those whom I
am addressing, a hearty, unanimous, and cordial
wish that the present Government may succeed in
promoting more than any:other Government had been
able to do, the social, commercial, and political pros-
perity of the country." These were evidently well-
weighed words, and were intended, no doubt, to
have a great significance at the present moment.
Again, in announcing Mr. Disraeli's arrival at the
Guildhall, this unpopular Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Times states (" who was received with
loud cheering upon his arrival !"). These cheers
proceeded from those classes whom the Earl of
Derby's policy is so nobly benefiting. When, how-
ever, those within had a fitting opportunity, on his
health being proposed, of expressing their opinion,
—the Times again being our authority—" The
Chancellor of the Exchequer was received with en-
thusiastic and protracted cheering !" Take your
change, Mr. Gladstone and Lord John, out of
that ! It is a splendid coin, fresh from the mint
of national intelligence and patriotism.
We entreat Ministers to note these significant
little facts, and we beg the same favour from the
bitter little besotted Peel clique and Manchester
school. The first it will cheer and support, the
others it must proportionably discourage and dis-
may. We repeat, that the Ministers mean boldly
to stand by their budget, and fairly test the opinion
which it will receivein the country. The attempts
at agitation will be only in the nature of angry
local postules, developed by the irration of a few
demagogues ; but the constitution is sound, and its
pulse continues steady and strong. Look again,
gentlemen, at the funds. Do they confirm or con-
tradict the silly squeak of poor Lord John Russell
—that " the financial system of the country is in
peril ?" Oh, Lord John, it really won't do.

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