The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-26 00:00:00

" Andes, giant of the western star
With meteor standard to the winds unfurled
Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world." f
Every one must remember, that in the old editions cla
" The Pleasures of Hope" this giant was represel
by the figure of an enormous man,' palpable and sub
stantial as a ticket-porter at the India House, who wais,
squatted on the summit of a mountain, holding a tore
in his hand like that which link-boys carry at I I
theatco,. and, looking- just as if he were ill the act °
crying out !,vatit a light, your Honour !" Now thelri,
is nothing of this vu.l,,,sar, literal, matter•of-fact,
LJ
tarian spirit in Turner's i;!iistration of the same suvio
ject. He very properly leaves ti.; giant to our °
suit-
imagination—which can alone invest him With
able grandeui—and contents himself with sinlePiy
pourtraying the icy summits of the Andes, r-,1),
ing up their stern, haughty fronts, far abOV° e
t 1
clouds which girdle them half way, as if, like
Titans of old, they were about to invade the inaiestYs
h e
of Heaven. " The Death-boat of Heligoland" is
striking illustration of a ghastly, spectral subjects t
s.
only one of the sort to be found in Campbell's Pee%
The crew are driving onward through a stormY sei :
but right above them hovers the
ig`
skeleton peat!:
while strange forms are seen gliding through the, l'th:
and birds of ill-omen are wheeling rouniitand room'
the
boat, in eager anticipation of their prey. So far
picture is impressive enough ; but why, in the itt,
of Heaven, has the arti.lt marred its effect, by the
naked feet,
dicrous introduction of-tWai squat, upturned,
of true Dutch build, which, being placed in
ground, are the very first objects on which the eye reshto
Death, the skeleton, becomes merely a burlesque W
placed in juxta-position with the two great tc'es 0,
substantial humanity. This is one of those strall7„,
delight 0..
freaks in which Turner—who seems to take
perplexing his admirers—is so fond of indulgv.tnor,
The sketch of the Pensylvanian village of %Y/e)''s.
the for ?
ming" is as picturesque as one of Claticci r,
We see, in the perspective, a river, mean,„Telli
ing gently through a valley, worthy to vie
with el
2Elian's Tempe, its banks fringed
copses, sunny meadows, and sheltered hamlets, thetis
abodes of peace and happiness ; while in front st3llas
a cottage, whose grassy lawn goes sloping dowitylro,
to the water. The whole scene is perfectly Areadv,i'aost
and the perspective is managed with Turner's '1,,,t1-.var,
skill. The Illustration representing the city of but
saw" on fire is replete with p"ower and splendour ; is
indeed there is scarcely one among the embellislo
un°
that is not well worth the price of the whole V°l1-1"1e.

CHURCII-RATES.-The rate has been refuge°
St. Peter's, Derby, by a majority of 103.
CHURCH-RATES.--At Spalding last week the ft);
lowing seizures were made for Church-rates
of breeches from Mr. Lavender, tailor ; four loaves of sugar
from Mr. Newland, grocer ; a gig from Mr. White, eat 0
maker ; and a fat pig from Mr. Atkin, carpenter ; or
no auctioneer could be found (although there are 'hole'
seven in the town) to undertake this black job, either w co,
sale or retail, they were ordered to be sold by private laxlytract, and a.few purchasers were soon found, particuoo
for the fat pig. Some of the articles were redeemed' dby
gentleman secured his premises from the intruders, 00 td.
a powerful discharge of oratory, the Philistines retre'l
The following couplet was made up on the seizure
Lavender's breeches, and White's gig,
Nesvland's sugar, arid Atkin's pig I
—Lincoln Gazette.
Ivf goo'
My school-boy verses savoured of Grey, l!'aeaile
and my predecessor Wharton ; and in the best of my Je,vbeeo
pieces it may be seen how much the writer's mind had de'
imbued by Akenside. lam conscious also of baying ore
rived much benefit at one time from Cowper, anc` 1- Ili°
from Bowles ; for which, and for the delight svb'9blie of
poems gave me, at an age when we are most suseePt`i qas
such delight, my good friend at Bremhill, to wheal 51100
then and long afterwards personally unknown,
me to make this grateful and cordial k wiedgmenh ac no e c,ul
Extract from the Preface to the New Edition of ""`"
Poetical Works. be
1,, to
My first attempts in verse were much too eariJ wheli
imitative, but I was fortunate taough to find my wiaP„saleln
very young, into the right path. I read the " Je‘,l%.",gaia'
Delivered" and the " Orlando Furioso" again 00' "ti;ries
in 'Toole's translation : it was for the sake of their 5 pet
that I perused and re-perused those poems with evr,b
delight ; and by bringing them thus within my 0%4)0
tcill
boyhood, the translator rendered me a service %%Thiel" too
1 look back upon my intellectual life, I cannot estimate for
highly. I owe him much also for his notes, not 001)(1,;c11
the information concerning other Italian romances,; ;"*""
they imparted, but also for introducing me to SPen—
how early, an incident which I well remember mnY siptb
Going with a relation into Bull's circulating library 3et they
(an excellent one for those days), and asking "'heti' rd
ib°
had the " Faery Queen," the person who manage lag;
shop said, "yes they had it, but it was in obsoletea it.
guage, and the young gentleman would not understan / of
But I, who had learned all 1 then knew of the Hist°r'reaa
England from Shakspear, and who had, morcover'acer's
Beaumont and Fletcher, found no difficulty Mae bora'
English, and felt in the beauty of his versification i_ecpre,
in poetry of which I had never been fully sensible edrorli.
From that time I took Spencer for my master. I d been
also betimes of Chancer's well. The taste which ha,,F,
acquired in that school was confirmed by Perei,sotrY
liques" and Wharton's " History of English eis not
and a little later by Homer and the Bible. It "4„` re-
likely to be corrupted afterwards.—Extract from t"-
face to the New Edition of Southey
Yesterday, as Godfrey, the constable of 1435rcesh'urcli'
conveying to Bridewell a stout young fellow named seal'
who had been convicted at Uxbridge.on a charge nt,
5, the
'S Poetical Works-
0,0
ing walnuts from the garden of Mr. Shirley, of Ti)leci,
prisoner effected his escape rather cleverly. %,..,addier
coach on which they were travelling reached the Indere°
will°
keret,
ton Canal, Godfrey turned round to speak to age o'l
on the back part of the coach, and Chufeh,
the box with the driver, immediately before 400'S
considering that a more favourable opportunity el, "to 4110
himself a freeman might not again occur, leaped ;‘,4
ground, and bolted off' along the side of the oaeorre'
the coach was proceeding at full speed when this
before I.°
Church had time to get out to a fair distance be
risoper
driver could
had taken leave ; but no sooner was he made aware of
pull up and inform Godfrey that his P f vibst
had happened than he sprung from the coach, aed Pa betW
tiful full-length
ing a semi-somcrset, reached the ground and toad! 06.
mud. Gathering himself up lie gave chase, arill quark
likely to secure his man, but after running- about `I. to impression of the. constable of .1-10e'sceracti
of a mile Church saw that he was losing ground,
fae"y ooe
the canal, which he crossed in fine style. G°dr at
came up, but like a half-trained spaniel be shied,.. chef':
water, scratched his head, and looking exceeding al off
afl
fallen retraced his steps, leaving Mr. Church to.:;ags
his leisure. As he had no intention to take "ebt.tre ne.
a' i
he 0,
Bridewell for himself; rot
his only desire being to
se rned
t,
to
commodation for his country friend Church, who
Hayes, amidst the ill-suppressed laughter of
nessed the ludicrous chase. °
n Englishman at Calais, a little time sine rot
tamed from the Director-Genera of the Customs
at eyii~fl
liberty to import his household furniture, Sccrr'ivoal °f }Ulf
IN:rffes
the usual ad valorem duty. But on the.
,iathat
goods the officers at the Custom-house, Wittsjetir Angri'
nd co e.
which they are proverbial, fort
ought to be content to have as few and
niences us many of their own order indulge !I as
and
fancied thati
d cotierP d
with seized the whole of his crockery ftn resist 0
differently re fraac
too abundant. But he, thinking dn f 65 b
t
fine 0 au
O.
eventually, instead of having to paY _house "ed
which was the sum demanded, the Custo.l
_ever, set,..,ri,
rities had to pay all the costs. They, civil land
him with notice of appeal to bring it before tatt'
better'busi-
bunal at Boulogne, but of this they though f the,
crd
gave him notice of desistance ; in %%Thiel) stage
.ye cost
ness he immediately threatened an action f
it was to prevent this that his costs were Pam
lot no .Journal.