The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-06 00:00:00

LeRD DURHAM'S TRUNg•

" The trunk of the ely,p!,ant, which the ba-bariaan„,ce osegdil
empliq IZ
ed to frighten the irtnur, AraiiiAssad-r, never c
great a sensation ill political world as the aPPeh'an ail
ew
Lord Durharrei trunk ut the Costom-housa. It t
Downing-street inw alarm."— Morning Herald of thi4 DaY.

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Lord Durham's trunk's arrived ! The news
Makes Whiggery tremble in her shoes ;
No more with footsteps light and fleet
Shr, treads the halls of Downing.street,
Thinking how pleasant 'tis—(Hear, hear)—
To draw the blunt four times a year;
But paces sullen, to and fro,
Black as the devil or a crow,
Or some poor wretch unwisely ;lived,
"
Murmuring, " Lord Durham's trunk's arrived!

" Lord Durham's trunk's arrived I Oh Woe,
Was ever such an ugly blow -
Struck at—alas, the cruel day !
Our placeq, and what's worse, our pay ?"--
Thus quoth Spring Rice in dismal tones,
While Hobhouse cries with kindled moans,
Sal as the night-wind's o'er a heath—
" That cursed trunk will 13.. s our death!
" Adieu henceforth to all the hopes
" We built on Daniel's flittering tropes,
" To Normaiiby's arch powers of banter,
" And Melbourne's Windsor Forst canter,
" With Majesty and 'Ma beside him—
" He's fairly done, for, woe betide him,
" And woe betide us all, short-lived
" Our reign—Lord Durham's trunk's arrived ri

Oh, if our Ministers thuA funk
At the bare thcueit of Durham's trunk,
What will they do. these men of fears,
When grim Lord Durham's self appears ?

FINE ARTS.

THE CARD PLAYERS.

Hodgson and Graves: London, 1838. • to
This is an engraving by Lewis, from an orig.nal Pi Trio .e.
in the possession of the Duchess of Gloucester, bY
It is executed, with great spirit, and with a more thttie,
dinary attention to details. The broad masses of 5,1"1-0(1
too, which have just the proper depth. show great skijt'iting.
judgment on the part of the engraver, for there is
harsh or clumsy about them. The story•—fer
paintings are the best possible stories of English and otjJ
tish homely, domestic life—is simple, and may be are
in a few words. A party of English labourers by
amusing themselves, after the labours of the 61;ot
a sociable game at cards, in the kitchen of a„ro-bel
cleanly cottege. The players are four in 1:1,
and they are so adroitly grouped round the der„d
table, as to set off each figure to the greatest anv"ldt
Behind the chair of one of them, who is apParentlictO
most inexperienced hand at cards of the set, stanas ;00
fidential adviser, who is leaning forward, with 1115seigi'
resting on the back of the chair, examining the'rPb:
cards, and medidating profoundly on the chance', sr
game ; biting his nails the while, as me"
to do, when musing on matters, to them, Otriotbli
tous import. The figure of this individual is aufl;3-0111(
defined. It is easy and natural, and exhibits s'et,se
powers of close observation. The player, try nor tr;
is turned towards the spectator, is not less clevv•-•nf P-
trayed, possessing all th& literalness, without nnYh:a
coarseness, of the Flemish school. With 000 "ij'e 111.
holds the cards, while with the other be is scratchsbe
bead—a proof that, like Othello, he is " perpleseuht: gye
t 4
extreme." His dress is richly characteristic. e
on a shabby white hat, pinched in at the sidesi e„-ss"
jacket which has given way beneath the slionl"_„er;"1111
whose age is better calculated to -inspire revere;ool
admiration ; and a pair of corduroy shorts, of ver;b jorA
indefinite fit, and emb ashed with a square Pat,iewor
below the braces, indicating—as Beau Brumtner
say,—" premeditated poverty." Nearly opPositeresce
picturesquely accoutred player, sits his partnere' °cod:
elderly man, who should have been the husband 0' "o th"
Lamb's Mrs. Battle, for his soul seems absorbed lase'
game. From the thoughtful expression of his cOOOlOOOll
we fear be holds a bad hand. Next him Si" lige °cll
so
countryman, with a night-tap on his head, wh°
it
dently got the best. of the game, for he is pointing.," iyit4
air of justifiable exultation to the tricks which el: to
beside his partner. The numerous details of , eoveo
even to the most trilling point—the side-tavo 110'
shelves nol
with salad-dishes and beer-flagons • the high
with crockery ; the short, black, rusty gaiters hung uri.hlo
peg in the wall ; thebe
and
shaggy sheep-dog sleeplg nd
onld oaken arm-chair ; and the saucepans, kettles, ail tbol
tableownortkbeediluoporinunldv,iirkiaesmos;
Care
7
soj,.
various nciiiu/ke are
observant style. A cleverer picture,regarded even
engraving, has notappeared
this season.
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