The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-07 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

ENCYCLOPAWIA BRI TAYNICA•
Block, Edin .ttrgh, 1838.
The first Part po
of the seventeeth volume of tf:ispu,ar
sci-
Cycloptelia is now lying before us ; and in its vari.-ois
entific, mechanical, and geographical discoveries it int lvdes
all the most recent discoveries, which is an inestirna:llle
recommendation to a work of this sort. Even the inunda--
tion of the, Danube that took place hot the other (14Y in'
Hungary, is mentionedin the article entitled " Pesti)."
fact which convinces us that the editors do not slumber
over their laborious and protracted task. Under the bend
" Paraguay," the reader will find some curious particular.. 4
resrk cling the home policy of the celebrated Dr. Francio,,
the dictator of that South American republic, and Ore ef.
the most remarkable, but least-known, public characters of
the age, who exercises a despotic influence over upwards of
a million of slavish sui)jects, that even Napoleon in his
most palmy days, would have shrunk from attemPtin.g'
Tile Essay on " Paper Money" makes some curious tat
tic revelations, and may be read with advantage---as
it as-
suredly will, with eagerness—by that class of
practical
men who have directed their attention to such SUbiCets-
The Memoir of Tetrarch is a biographical sketch writte°
with great care. The author has skilfully availed hiflii;
self of the most recent researches of Ugo Fosscolo arici
other commentators; and brought together, and corrtleme
within befitting limit v., a vast variety of miscellaneous 0.'7
motion. The critical portion of the memoir displaYs ntif;
discrimination, especially when the author brings 'lut
notice the Latin compositions of Tetrarch, which he 1.11.41"5'
and very justly, have been commended beyond their deserts.
Yet, strange to say, it was on his Latin poems that this
' n
celebrated man founded his claims to distinction as
author We quote the biographer's opinion of the cha
teristics of Tetrarch as a love poet :
" But Petrarch's best title to distinction rests upon his Canzoniere.
It is there that he shows himself truly inspired, and display's Pe°l,.,
sion all the riches of his original genius. The ancient erotic
strangers to any ennobling sentiment, had celebrated pleasure ratt
than love. That respect for women which had so long existed am" (f-1
the nations of the North ; that worship of beauty, ennobled by
recent recollections of chivalry; those feats of valour which Ware de!
of triumph to the Ldies ; all this was wanting to pagan PeietY;
Pet r arch, therefore, stands alone, because his passion resembled nothino
which the ancients had known. The early songs of the Troubr:(l,,ol,
had embodied the natural expression of the manners of chivalry'.
examples which they had presented, the traditions which they had
as well as the unfortunate refinements of the Italians, their iinitatorso
and the idle subtleties of the courts of love, a sad parody of the forrris;
and often of the obscurities, of the sehools, had created among't
mod,rns a language to which rhyme added its shaCkles ; a languallf.
which was no longer the vulgar language, but yet was not that
poetry. To this the lover of Laura imparted all that the superiority
his genius had taught him." d of
We should not omit to add, that there arc, at the ea
the Pert, a variety of engravings of birds, some of which,,litrcae.
the scia
executed with a spirit and fidelity that would have dolig""s
old Bewick.

NEGRO SC-AVERY AND MINIST-Eits#

(From the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.)
And so Ministers have not scrupled to set at defiance t(re,
collective intelligence and humanity of nearly the 1/4`l. V
country ; and have,
.in point of fact, committedlitLirra
suicide ! They have exerted themselves more stronl7
bad cause, than they ever did in a good one ; and idec,i
their Tory allies, they have succeeded in " . cushionin'st;o
far as the Lower House is concerned, the important V'„r.,
of negro apprenticeship. As certain animals evince afircio
ances of life, even after they have been mortally loiure c 'tf
the Melbourne Cabinet, though it has inflicted on itsel' lof
own death-wound, may for a time wear the sernba,„on
vitality, and its last convulsive writhings may be 100k-ea ,"'",„.
by many as symptoms of continuing
proaching dissolution ; but it can scarcely be doubted that i"
demise is not very far distant.
The following analysis of their votes on the thre2rul. those
which have recently taken place, will show how )31.,/•-trict
Members of Parliament who are connected with this
have acted in conformity with the sentiments of their e°;,.te
tuents. The word " For" denotes voted FOR
abolition : life, rather than oi

May '2'"
ont
Abse i,e
nt went
Absent t
moo,: Against
AtOeni; Absent
Absent for
yor 0,04
Absent aiose;
Absent Ag.
or
Absent
Against 1 AP!_st,
Absent i ,A,31"
Absent I
Against 1 Aff."l"-

March 30.

Somersetshire East.. Col. Gore Langton ...

For
Absent

Wm. Miles
SomersetsbireWcst.E. A. Sandford
T. I). Acland
Bath
NV. H. L. Bruges
Wells ... Richard BlaAmore

For
Against
For

For
Absent
Against

NV. G. Hayter .....
Bridgewater Henry Broadwood
Phi ip Courtenay......
Bristol ' P. W. S. Miles
Hon. F. H. P. Berkeley.
Taunton ltt..Hn. 11. Labouchere

For
Against
Absent

Against

E. T. Bainbridge
Wiltshire, North... Sir F. Burdett
Walter Long
Wiltshire, South—J. Benett

-Fur
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent

Hon. S. Herbert
Cricklade John Neeld
A. Goddard .....
Salisbury W. B. Brodie
W. Wyndham
Westbury ...Mr. Briscoe

Against

Absent
For

Devizes

Captain Dundas
Malmesbury Viscount Andover ..
Marlborough Lord E. B. Bruce ....

Against
Abs?nt
Absent
Absent
Against

H. B. Baring ......
Chippenham Joseph Neeld
Captain Boldero
.Earl Shelburne
.Mr. Baker

For
For
Against

Caine ,
Wilton

(From the Birmingham Journal.) she ar
The Ministers have triumphed. The iniquity of vet 0
prenticeship system is to be borne yet a little longer.
little longer is heaven to be defied and earth to be crutrafthe
The msjority of three on Sir Eardley Wilmot's motion 0 ij,r
22d ult. was changed on the 28th into a minority of 72- theft'
Majesty's Ministers had declared, on the former disislon' r.ried
intention, by all possible means, to prevent its being S_Biencls
forward to practical effect ; and through their Tory "1104
and a few renegade Reformers, they have succeeded in
good the declaration. 4' * •
The consistency, however, of a Ministry
sundry times and in divers manners, abandoned every rostitheY
r
high or low, feeble or strong, that at their political outf`a,
pub-
so strenuously determined on maintaining, is hardly a 'iluct is
jest of remark. In another point of view their con°
better suited for discussion. no
, to
We are aware that, on many occasions, Tye naNl plaint*
insincere Reformers, appeared somewhat hasty in cow-4 l'ito
the men at present in place—we cannot say in powerizeforl
prestige of their name ; their association with the door 0
which Ini.sjioriaV,
Bill, and other measures of similar pretence—the sPien_d it 332,
a popularity justly acquired by the Ministry of 1831 8"f their
which still rested upon them—the remembrance
abrupt dismissal in 1834, and of their popular rester
00
the exaggerated estimate of the difficulties whicb,..° , 641
Court had placed in the way of their progress —t
other considerations, some honourable, some sel°l Condi'
hitherto weighed strongly with the very charitable an°_o,evef
amongst our politicians ; and, by such our censures,
v 1 eye,
light, have been viewed with a misjudging, if not an e„
11'e ask such men what they think of the Ministers note t thel
Remember, it is not the hay brained Radicals thataileo
have resisted ; it is not our imaginary (falsely s° to oti"r
grievances, that they have refused to redress; it 13 noed t°.
" wild schemes" of political change that they have re usis
listen. The immediate emancipation of the field alas:a leas'
.subject of earnest advocacy with the most peaceful antic 000
agitating of our sects, political and religious. it is clayste''
point on which the sincere and simple minded, of all woe's
have most entirely made up their minds. The evilnd
pat
the friends of the negro are anxious to remove is plain 6,11- AY he
pable. The redress which they demand is such AS -
tasted, touched, and handled. *heir Pe'
The Ministry, then, we conclude, have come to con'
sent determination by no nice process of logic. ihneleft t:
duct in this, as in every instance where they have beed -
is trotl% liberty'
the unbiassed workings of their own hearts,
steady desire to restrict, if they cannot extinguish, Vsli,,,Caa;
of the people ; it is entirely consistent with their 064 heir
ercion Bill ; with the perpetrated injustice of their,r„jice
with the contemplated oppression of their Rural - and tPe„-fr
with their contempt of our starving artisans at borne; ;9 of
earnest approval of the military and judicial slaughtf, of the
Canadian brethren abroad. The conduct and innt,ci-theY
Ministry are, however, a minor consideration ; an iod ar
daily decreasing in imFortance, as the inevitable Pe'
proaches that shall send them to their own place.

f tl e ll"
ness of the Chief Baron is now considered dangerous.—Dzi
that _i ,_,„
CHIEF BARON.—We regret to learn
bliu Erellw,-
Post. ,1., other
MARCH OF INTELLECT.—A gentleman -•-', i. r the
dtphuaey;ptvoisseitionfgeaxsacinhionoilnagt Edinburgh had a book-put into his Ilan" -°'
I.lila
is 'erse, the querist inatecrlarossg.
inheritance?"—A. " Patrimon ~ .. . t •inonl 1 re,
y. What is Pa ri e" left b
"Something left by a lather."—" What would you call it n
mother ?" A. " Matrimony." nri ac
A
POINT OF HONOUR.—We have not be--,. 0,i5
ateTdhtheewyoorudn.g`sitieilrmarsitafonicie;soc:__ctif:r:Nr,lot.
cus'omed to look for any thing like honour in the proceedings c" ;sea
tatine,,irrer.pounmt:ltniotonenidtahuy—polanmstom.sty 'Else following' dialogue
re, erend body, and yet a point of honour was very prettily dis°;lll
during a discussion on the Audit( rarder case in the General Assemb'Y_3o,
Mr. Whigharn—l insist upon knowing whether Mr. Monteith Inc
ended fa
unquestionablyhonour not , and, if I have offend
learned friend, I beg his pardon. •
Mr. Whigham— I am satisfied.
Mr. Whigham would have been . indeedhave
but
. Conceive the two elders:
but, suppose Mr. Monteith had proved truculent, what would ber
_oc
took place incien.
:......
done 9
Dr. Cook for seconds!—Glasgow Argus. ,1 the
HYDROPHOBIA.—TAX ON DOGS.--Unuer
rgeoaisnognaobulteu,ith tnhoet to
ebdeesraattits 4
above notice the'Philanthropie Society of St. George's Fields havde
t',
tensively circulated the following emition :—" It is recommendeei,%„,,
the returns to Government of slogs kept, be at this period strictly
VI ':__
mined by collectors of taxes, as the dangers of canine inatlne,.;
11:..
drophla are much increased by the great number of those animal!
..g
Testing the public thoroughfares, which are kept by persons 001"
the tax."