The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-02 00:00:00

TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

The late election of the Scotch Representative Peers
in the picture gallery of the ancient Palace of Holy-
rood, forms the subject of one of the most remar-
kable atticles in the October Number of Tait's Maga-
zine. It is avowedly from the pen of an eye-witness of
a ceremony hitherto regarded by the good people of
Scotland as one of the most awfully imposing ever be-
held in a Christian country. But even within the
custom-hallowed precincts of Holyrood, men begin to
exercise their judgment—to test the real value of the
forms which conceal the dishonest juggling of Peerage
Representation. We have not space for the writer's
graphic account of the way in which the election was
conducted, or—what we regret still more—for
his description of the political subserviency of
four-fifths of the Scotch Representative Peers,
ever since the Union with England—but we
cannot omit noticing the effect which the ceremony
left upon his mind. " We have no hesitation in say-
ing," he concludes, " that of all the farces that we
ever saw—and we have seen many—this was unques-
tionably the most unblushingly impudent. Talk of
O'Connell and his tail ! What is the tail of the great
Agitator of Ireland compared to that of our wily
Caledonian Earl, composed, as it is, of sixteen jewelled
coroneted and sparkling Peers ? But glittering as its
joints may be, we may well laugh at them as far as the
peoplt jug concerned. # * For our own part we
regard the Noble laFl's 14i) pretty mph Rq we tiq that
of a peacock—or, perhaps, more like that attached
to a paper kite ; whereas we consider that of
O'Connell as the tail of a lion, the angry agitation
of which is terrible, * 144. Plif
visit to alt @ivy* of licottish Peers, anti we ban

think that we shall not be tempted to
every reason
from it with our respect for
repeat it. We return.
" as the grace, beauty,
the hereditary wisdom, as wei,
,ramie reduced to
and nobleness of our Caledonian Pe, 0.
within
a very low ebb—with the spirit of Christia.."4
us very much shocked—with our feelings as IP.e: vC7
much humbled—and with our pride as Scotchmei;
absolutely laid in the very dust r AU this we can
readily imagine and believe. Such cantrips, to
performed with anything like effect, should in future
be performed at midnight, -They will not bear to be
tested by the noon-day judgment of Scotland,
The Review of Spencer's Travels in Cirewia is
at once able, accurate, and impartial. The article on
French Vaudeville Comedy is enlivened by some
very good extracts from one of the most popular
pieces of M.
.Scribe-- _
Society of Friends as it was and as it is," from the
pen of William Howitt, is a continuation of the article
in the September Number, entitled, " George Fox and
his First Disciples." It is replete with information to
us equally novel and interesting. " Hazlitt as a
Critic'of the Drama and Fine Arts," is out of place—
unless it be intended to publish a new edition of his
works. This would be a speculation more desirable
than profitable. Hazlitt never will be popular, be-
cause he wrote from feelings, many of which were false
and most evanescent. Except his " Essays on Art,"
no two of his pieces breathe the same spirit.