The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-09 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN:
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Y.) DULAVER LYTTON'S POETRY. tion, "Is it all Vanity ?" in which his soul cries MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 1 SHARE MARKETS.--(T.HLS DAY).
out in an agony-
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CORN EXCHANGE.
" Seek thy lost Psyche, yearning Love, no more !
BRITISH RAILWAYS.
The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Edward
Love is but lust, if soul be only breath Most of the country markets held on Saturday were I -
Bulwer Lytton, Bart. Vols. 111. and IV.
Who would put forth one billow from the shore scantily supplied with wheat, in which a good business Closing Prices Baldness done
~ beer Chapman and Hall. If the great sea be-Death ?" was doing, at an advance of from 2s to 4s per quarter. Mr. Paid! RAILWAYS. Saturday. this day.
of his Quoting the holy words with all reverence-it he cart sigh thus plaintively over the ruggedness Barley was in good request, and rather dearer. Malt,
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oats, beans, and peas advanced. The flour trade was ---.---
has occurred to us that never, perhaps, since the of the track up the mountain of years-
brisk, on higher terms. sa 100 'Aberdeen ..... ... ..... 191 - 201 194
e by a
if the creation downwards, has THE POET been more per- The continental markets have been less active, owing to 20 81.Ambg. Nottng. Bost. ,
& Eastie June....... 44 - 5
the severity of the weather, nevertheless, prices have ruled
came fectly, more accurately, or more exquisitely " Out oThisnthui this
icrhaoride choicepath
uni
orteowthe
d unrewarded
atlomi I ,0
of
snow 1
described than by the inspired lips of Saul of Tarsus, • -
Oh for one glimpse of the old happy soil firm. The stocks appear to be greatly reduced. The latest 60 all Belfast & Ballymena ••
) have Fragrant with flowers below ! advises from New York state that both wheat and flour 14 all Birmng. Wolverh & •••"
Stour Valley ..' 9 - 9
were on the advance.
in one divine sentence of his, that one divine
31 28 Birkenlid. Lanesh. &
trader
The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week
ediate majestic, and most touching utterance, :-" OS CI: and can close his meditative verse with that thought
of sublime consolation- wore very moderato. From abroad we received 23,228 27 i
all CheshireD£os.oci dih e h2.Ji
juaen coHtn
Cons.,..
; k..
.:
.:
1811 - 9193
quarters of wheat, 4 710 4 375 2 070 beans
rate e,uaeatc nig °wok:oc avrov, JErp:-.Etg re kat tiarthotag
1,080 peas, 80 tares, 8,649 barley,linseed, 5,930 oats,
rapeseed,' 53,
be,
22 184 Do., £20.... ..... ...... 51 - 4id
erpog rov JuvattEvov crtgetv avrov EIC Oavarov, }sera "Longings
nightohfrsocumrewabsaftoirsatonlaityieveincliaimleal
may
sundry seeds, 1,486 sacks and 45,674 barrels of flour.
iron-
God gave the soul.-Thy discontent with Time
25 30 'Blyth es Tyne original
tepavyng tcrxvpac eat Catcpvtov wpocrEvErcac, Kat EtaCt The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to this
gnees.
According to the elo- Proves thine Eternity."
morning's market, coastwise, was very moderate, and in I £25 (iss. at £45),... ••• - ••
t and tcovooEtg a7ro rtic EvXafittag."
but middling condition. By land carriage the receipts St. 100 :Bristol & Exeter 95 -97
about ' quent version of the old vulgate-" Qui. in diebus Youth" In a similar mood ofiphfilLosottphy, he.tdt draws wy.isdtohm„
were on a limited scale. Although the show of samples St. 100 'Caledonian. 504 - 514 514 2
carnis sum, prices supplicationesque ad eum, quiof both red and white was small, millers in general, owing 50 all ,Chester 4 Holyhead 14 e- 16 l4e a
preirptei snas
ao all ,Cork and Bandon._ 14 -15
possit ilium salvum facers a worts, cum clamore "Happy
fr-owmisd"oTmhethßaet of
thise ecrosnwelrulsioenn-in
to the liberal import of flour from the United States,
20 all ICork, Black. & Pass. ••• - •••
•
evinced less anxiety to purchase ; nevertheless, the de-
s' E) valiclo et lacrytnis offercns, exauditus est pro sua New life is born, rebaptised in the past-
the man in whom with every year
mead. may be considered steady, at Friday's advance' in 20 10 'Cornwall -- .-
50 45 Dublin&BelfastJune 43 --- 45
In whom each change (loth but as growth appear ; the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. The amount
reverentia." Or, for the benefit of the unlettered,
25 all 'Dundee Perth &Aber-
The loveliest change, the last ! of business doing for forward delivery was comparatively
S.E. ; in our own tongue-" Who in the days of his flesh, small, yet the growers were firm. dean Junction - 9
Full many a sun shall vanish from the skies,
Mary with a strong cry and tears, offered up prayers and And still the aloe show but leaves of thorn : We were tolerably well supplied with foreign wheat, in •
7 fore-
which a full average business was transs.cted, at an im- •
towed supplications to him that was able to save him from Leaf upon leaf, and thorn on thorn, arise,
provement in the currencies of Monday last of 3s per
And 10-the flower is born !"
death, was heard for his reverence." It is The Poet. quarter.
21220855 allaaallllll iEDEDisiteNA.(r rigiiiaEUSin(lt )44i
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le rid- Speaking with a kindred reverence, we here trap- It is not alone, however, by metaphors thus Several floating cargoes changed hands for home con-
-25 81 Do NewA(late*Th. '.:d )
St. 100 ,EasternUnion,A.stk 3s - 42
parted
daintily elaborated Bulwer Lytton embellishes sumption, at 2s to 3s per quarter for money.
scribe, and would ever repeat, that passage as one
St. 100 IDo., do. B. .. ... 27 - 29
te hull .
the miscellaneous poems appended to his more am- The show of both English and foreigne barley was mode-
- '8'1.4 82
sed to that entirely defines The Poet, as one that consti-rate. All descriptions moved off briskly, at 3s per quarter
St. 100 'East Lancashire u 8 61 - 63
shore bilious composition : nor is it, again, by conceits as
totes of.his whole character, and genius, and being, happily expressed as that graceful stanza in " The ab;iTaed.ttheTeuerrencies of this day se'nnight.
Malt-The supply was moderate, moved off steadily, at
IS Ot . 10031 EE dd ii nu bb u.Nwiaoganlic ) ;P.:er
Northern
ssl t
eet Glasgowksi...n. .. .
8.6.12 :
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23 6621.
ant to and victory, the most complete delineation. It Loyalty of Love"- is per quarter advance.
Slot 1010
FEodrtinbba.Pendshei&ydDeujnadaeoe. 21 •
- 2 l 2l
.
me on
There was a good consumptive inquiry for oats, at is
at the matters nothing to us that some might charge us "My heart is the dial;
per quarter above the rates of the Monday last. •••
with pedantry or affectation in giving these re- Thy looks are the sun :
Beans were in moderate supply, and good request, at is
I count but the moments
SSP- ttt.. 10001 ,Great
DG ioa s.
,g °A
A. Stock ..... 59
iwich,
to 2s per quarter more money.
markable words as we have given them, at once in Thou shinest upon."
- 61 58
i men,
The sale for peas was active, and the quotations further
St. 100 ilia, B. Stock „ 128 - 130
g W., the Greek text, in the Latin vulgate, and in our Corn Flowers, hardly* less lavishly than the " plc- advanced is to 2s per quarter.
St. 100 Gt. Sth &W t dres 1.02 - 105
o men own language. It matters little that some might tured urn" of Gray's Fancy, can pour forth-when The flour trade was active, at 2s to 3s per sack, and is
St. 100 ,Great Westeerns • 82 804 11
of the
to 2s per barrel more money.
when, mistakenly regard the allusion as an indecorum. they list-
-12 11 Irish South-Easteree ••• - •••
;.S.E. The sentence is here advisedly reiterated in three "Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 50 i all Lancaster drearlisle.. 93 -98
latter
16i 1 14 Do., Thirds ...... ....., 13 -14 p
Wheat-Essex & Kent, Malt-Chevalier . • • • 765 to 77s
versions simply with a view to the stronger and How consolatory and inspiriting, for example, is
St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 624 - 644 63 i
went
Red • • •• new 74s to 863 Oats - Yorkshire and
tg all more direct enforcement of its application. It every syllable of that " Address to the Soul in _De-
Ditto .. .. ... .... old 80s 86 t Li acolnsk., Feed 28s 3l s 194 174 Do., Fifths ........ ... 74 - 7 d
spondency !" Is there not a resonant eloquence in Ditto, VlThite new 76s 90s Potato ...... .... 31s 348 14 Ili Do., Wst. Riding Use ... - ... d
is transcribed by us altogether too rever-
Ditto•• •... . . old 80s 89s Youghal and Cork an all Leeds Northern ...... .13 - 134
ourne
ently to be in any way indecorous as a quo- the following adjuration, for instance ?-an elo-
Norfolk and Lin- Black. ...... 28s 30s 20 all Liv.Crsby.dtSouthpt. ... - -.
s now
quence vibrating with the tenderness of Chris- ooln, Red, old 74s 86s Cork, white..... 27s 33s
boat tation. And, as it is transcribed, so let it be
ilk all London & Blackwell 74 - 8
guard tianity :- Ditto new ...... 74s 86s Scotch, Feed..... 325 356 , .
8/ Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. 4 -i P
read. Considered in this light, we believe that
ght&S.Cst. 95 -97 954
" Why-counting the gain or the loss- itye--01d, ............ 476 48s Beans-Tick ......... 42s 46s Lo
New ............ 478 48s Pigeons ...... .... 56. 58s i 100 Lond.Bri
soothe to ' every scholar must perforce recognise the justness, The badge of the temple assume?
18 7
:2_000.4
:500.4
Baley -Grinding ..... 378 395 Peas-Gl:33y .......... 46s 48s 3t. 100 London &N. Western 1004 - 1014 101 i i
o
March on :if thy sign be the Cross, Malting ......... 44s 48s Map1e........... 51s 52s 20 12 Do. Fifths par -4 p
the accuracy, and the all-sufficiency of these divine
Chevalier.... ... 495 50s White... ... • .... 58s 66s . -
nary,
Thy triumph must be at the Tomb." if the . Words, regarded thus as the limning or portraiture Above all, are there not the loftiest truth, and %et -Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ....• .... 60s 64s
f01k... ..... .... 66s 70s Flour-Town-made... 68s 70s , 100
1.1 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 par - 4 P
124 21 Do. Eighths ••• - •••
boat, of The Poet. Meaning, of course, when we say the most touching solemnity, and the most elevat- drown ............... 585 62s Suffolk .....• •... 62s 64s St. London 4 S.Western 74 76 75 6
) here
Kingston aneWare 74s 763 Stockta 8c Norfolk 59s 60s 50 421 Do., £50......... ..... . 13 -12 d
Poet, a true Poet, a great Poet, one worthy of ing solace in the lines here subjoined :-
ao 34 Do., £4O - 9 d
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) been that glorious designation. One-observe !-" who " The thunder that scatters the pest,
25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine • - - ...
MI of : in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears" May be but a type of the whole ; SMITHFIELD.
25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ... - ...
reeks,
And storms which have darkened the breast, Owing to the extreme severity of the weather, the st. 100 Manch.SheLezLineln. 194 - 201 20 i
becca [has not Shelley himself sung of these Poets ?- May bring but its health to the soul. arrivals of foreign stock into London last week wore very 84 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. ... - -d
.nder- , "They learn in suffering what they teach in song"] " Can the earth where the harrow is driven, limited-namely, 1,100 head. During the corresponding et. 100 Midland. - 604 594 601
belle, has " offered up prayers and supplications" [all the The sheaf in the furrow foresee- period of 1853, we received 3,214 ; in 1852, 3,337 ; St. 100 Do. Birming. &Derby 33 -. 35
brig),
Or thou guess the harvest of heaven, 1851, 2,357 ;in 1850, 1,066 ;in 1849, 1,035; and in 1848, 50 471 Midland G.West.(lr.) ... ..,
loftiest and truest poetry being literally, it may be
1,235 head.
25 170 Do. i Shares ........., ... - ~,
Where iron has entered in thee?"
New indirectly., prayer or adoration] "to him that was IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WERE. IA all Newcastle &Carlisle ••• - ...
ritish
able to save him from death" [mark the ultimate Illustrations of a like kind might be multiplied' From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. St. 100 Newmarket........
but these are assuredly sufficient. Before closing our
Harlineen ...... 105 ... 715 ... - .~ _ - par
true- consummation of success] " was heard for his allusionsto these same perennial " Corn Flowers"- New Liep lO9 ... 1,171 ... -- ...
Dec.
50 74 Newry & Enniskillen 24 - 34
reverence." Heard !-the benignant' response of especial reference, however cursory or incidental, - - - - - -
- ... - 25 174 Newpt.Aberg..&Htfd. 5. - 4 d
three
Total ... 214 ... 1,886 ... - ... -_ - 20 all Newry Warrenpoint 6- 8
rived the Muse. And for what ?-for his " reverence !" should in all justice be made to one of the principal
& Rostrevor
rich, ' Now, humanly speaking, there could be charms of the collection. A classic idyll-" Theas under '-
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is .
St. 100 Norfolk. - 50
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 50 34 Northn. Counties Un 34 -34 d
3.E., little possibility of profanation in the re- Dispute of the Poets"-a: Dialogue on the Poetic
~.
427 ... 2,340 ... 67 ... 300 ... -
St. 100 North British
ference by us of this memorable passage to the Character. In this remarkable effusion, the author ISS - ... 3CB
... 4 16 16 North Devon, Nod- 8 - 10
d for
has gracefully typified the flower and the light of ts';',' 4lz3 ... 1,574 ... - ... 282 ... 48
.outh Poet's delKneation-when it is added that we can intellect, theflos and the lux of imagination. In the -Is- 5- 516 110 Do., No. 2..... ........ ••• - ...
to
173 ... 938 ... - ... 83 ... - 8 all Dc., 4 A Deferred ... 14 - 2i
7 find it in our conscience to apply that lofty title ideal forms of Authios and Lykegenes, he has em- 1849 lBB ... 817 ... - ••• 50 ••• -8 8 Do., ole Guaranteed 6ti -74
~
iver- • merely to :some eight, or ten, or twelve names out bodied those truths of which, in modern times, The show of
with
Goethe and Schiller were the contrasting impersona- moderate. Amongst it were about 60 oxen from Spain, in 10 1.1 Na.t&eaSd. 'W•aisit_ '6ityaJuP.-.1 ... - ...
of the whole catalogue of aspirants recorded in the foreign stock in to-day's market was very 50 all North L0uden........ tio ... 52 r
, a
: history of :profane literature. Dignifying with the tions. He has here perfected a poem tendingmarvel- fair average condition.
e 1 r
20 174 North Staffordshire.. e • JO 11.1 a -
gee,
With home-fed beasts we were rather scantily supplied,
im- lously well to illuminate that notable dispute which,
glorious rank of Poet in its strictest signification
- par
) says he in a footnote, "can never, perhaps, be settled" .
caused by the slippery state of the rails. 10 10 N. & S.Westrn. June. 1 d
been only such as
giants
Dante and Milton, as Homer -the argument as to whether the real aim of the owing to the non-arrival of several cattle trains from 20 all North Western........ 8. - 2
quarters,vTahreloalltstendance
of buyers was good, and the beef trade 10 1 Nuneaton, HinekleSa 1
hout and Shalspere. Numerous others there leave Poet should be to delight or to instruct. This be- ruled steady at an advance in the prices obtained on and Leicester ••• - •••
been, gifted only with glimpses of the " faculty witching. theme he has pursued through all the
Wolverhampton : 34 - 36
intly
produced sd. per 8 lbs. . .
20 2.2 Portsmouth ••• - •••
ww- divine" throbs of the cestrum-thrills of the mazes of a melodious discussion-now maintaining Monday last of 2d. per 8 lbs. The primest lots readily St. 100 Owxfoolvelorebea"omreester al
From the northern counties we received 1,000 shorthorns;
91 - 93
wen afflatus. Poets, it may be, in innate capacity, but that "Feeling" is the source from which
from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 1,100 St. 100 Scottish Central and
- we cull
lieng. _ ---- 60
lee., certainly :not in complete realisation. Talking of The moly of the Beautiful ;" Scots and shorthorns ; and from other parts of England
400 of various breeds. Scarcely any beasts were on offer St. 100 Shrewsbuaryisretwß
ata 55
are. the distribution of destinies and characters among now that " Thought," and not Feeling, is from Scotland, the steamer, with several dead animals on St. 100
St. 100 Scottish Midland- 56 - - 58
Do.,
raLnteed*Stoeck 55 - 60 574
the mankind, 'Lamartine has nobly said somewhere inboard, having put into Leith in a disabled state.
10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 24 - 2dis
Ford
" -the charm which from ambrosial domes
The show of sheep was seasonably good, but numbers of
ther his " Joeolyn:"- Draws the Immortal to Time's brazen towers,
them were suffering from rot. For all breeds we experienced 264 all Shrewsby. dr.Chester
14
16 15i
red.
When on the soul the gentle Thunderer comes- them
very dull inquiry, and last week's prices were barely sup- (Nor. W. Min.)
e ...,_ 8
falls "Dieu, qui de sea desseins connait seal le my shire Comes but in golden showers."
Ported. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 5s 131 all Do. Halves, do I
11 - 12
A parts.. 6,1 a Who aux enfants de la terre : '
20 all Do. Oswestry
me ;
Still-though the dispute alternates between the d per 8 lbs.
inn Aux uns le sol a fendre et des champs semer,
20 61 Shropshire Union 34 - 3id
Aux autres des enfants, des femmes pour aim' er, Child on the one hand and the Priest on the other, From their scarcity, prime small calves were dearer, the
. A ceux-11 le plaisir d'un monument ins
fonder between that lovely verse which is, as it were, the top quotation having advanced to 5s 6d per 8 lbs, but other
paid up at per cent. ... - ...
:on.
kinds of veal were dull and drooping.
13 - 15
A ceux-ci le grand bruit de leer pas dans le monde," epitome of the poetic creed of Anthios- Do. A, B,C, &D, fully
ore-
There was a moderate sale for pigs, at last week's quota- 50 all
100 roniti•li EDasevon .
584 -
69i
59
tern.........
ec., . Happily, no doubt, for the world itself, these last "As COLOUR to the world, so song to life !" tions.
50 all South Wales ...... ..... 32 33
lth, are, of a 11, the least numerous-and least nu- and that, perhaps yet lovelier, which is the conden-
-20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 3 -2 d
th';
s. d. s. d• 20 5 Do - 5
merous among the least numerous, the Demigods sation, so to speak, of the argument of Lykegenes- Per Sibs to sink the offals.
s. d. s. d.
for of Poetry . According to Schiller, indeed, the poet
Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 4 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. ... - ...
big .
" Song is to soul what unto life is LIGHT "-
ves 3 6 4 4 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 27 - 30
Was, frolic t the dawn of creation, a kind of surplus Second quality.... 3 106 4
4 PriLarmgee csrsemahcadlo. . 4 6 5 6
sl r- .
Sir Bulwer Lytton, with a comprehensive and a 11...
... 165 Stockton do Hartlepl. ... - ...
minim of humanity-his destiny little else than an emb •sympathy, terminetes the discussion in Prime large oxen 4
10 5 0
racing Prime Scots, dw, Large hogs ' 3 6 4 2 St. 100 Taff Vale. - ...
Tom after-thought of Omnipotence. However this favour not of one, but of both the imaginary dis- Inferior Sheep ~.3 4 3 8 Small porkers 4 4 410 10 8 Do. £lO shades - -.
might be, the great Bards of the earth have re- favour
His conclusion being that they are Second quality ...3 10 4 6 Suckliugcalves ..23 0 2S 0 St. 100 Do, Prof., No. 1,, ... -
;inn vested th emselves, only at distant intervals in the
wail " both divine"-Inthios and Lykegenes. In Vol. Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 4 l(Nuarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 25 20 Thames Haven Dock
lapse of generations. Kindred to them, neverthe-
and Railway 24 - 24
'•-• '
IV. the six dramas are commenced with " The TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
17 Vale of Neath 14 •- 15
less, in genius and in aim, though not wholly, be it
Duchess de La Valliere," " The Lady of Lyons," Beasts .................. 3,349 i Beasts .......... ........ . 339 20
2u all Waterfd. & Kilit*Oan- '
Y 5i - hi
said, in achievement, there have been others who
alves ...... ... ....... 192 50 all Waterford&Limerick 25 - 27
rge , have disclosed in occasional utterances the passion, and " Richelieu"-leaving " The Sea Captain," ...................22,8•50 Sheep ... ••• •• ... •• • ......1,590
254 C
•20 14 West Cornwall 8• -: 84
pa- and the soul, and the vitality of the poet in their " Money," and "Not so Bad as We Seem," to Pialves .•
- • • • • • • - ••
• • • • . " - • •
1 West End of London
compositions. The "strong cry" has been heard, appear in that fifth volume which, we presume, will
"•
statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat and Crystal Palace. ... ...
33's
is ; here and there, through the more equable flow of stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on 20 all West L0nd0n,,,,,,,
... - .
complete this admirable edition of the Poetical and A. stat • •
Dramatic works of the most brilliant of all living Monday, Jan. le, 1853, and this day, Monday, Jan. 9, 10 51s. Wmbledon&Croydou ... - ...
c ; their rhetoric-the "tears" have, now and then,
St. 100 York Newetl. &Berw. 62 - 63 62
contributors to our national literature. What 1854, Per Sibs, to sink the offals.
sparkled down on their pages, and become eter-
Jan. 10, 1853.'Jan. 9, 1854 25 20 Do. Extensions ..... . 9 -80 d
rd, nised. These, generally speaking, are the men. most sings he himself at the termination of the Poems
s. d. s. d. is. d. s. 25 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase el - 4 d
ish
here finally collected and elaborated ?
d St. 100 York &N. Midland 44 - 45 ' 444 a 5
beloved. among the intellectual benefactors of the
Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 210 to 3 0 3 6to 3
n ;
multituele. Dantes and Miltons are regarded with " Calmly to time I leave these images
Second quality ditto .., ... ... 3 2 3 43 10 4
aft
awe and -with a sort of reverential admiration ; but Of things experienced, suffered, felt, and seen ;
Prime large oxen ... ... .., ... 3 6 2 8.4 6 4 FOREIGN.
Fruits shed or tempest-torn from changeful trees,
Prime Scots, &c ... ... .., ...s_ 310 4 24 10 5
ed these poets (so-called) are admitted to the affections Shells murmuring back the tides in distant seas-
r., • and into the hearts of the population. Their writ- Signs where a soul has been. Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3831034 3 - 10 7 Antwrp &Rotterdam 24 -2 d
5 3 Belgian East. Janet. 1 - li
ings-to employ that phrase which (now " familiar As for the form Thought takes-the rudest hill
Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 6 4 8 4 8 4 1 20 8 Beziersto Graissessae 4- 2 d
in our re .oaths as household words ") was first Echoes denied to gardens back may give ; Second quality ditto . ... ... 4044 3 10 4
Life speaks in all the forms which Thought can fill ;
20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 15
used by Lord Bacon in his Dedication of the ninth Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 4 100 i 4 00
35
60
45 . ... ... Central of Italy. ,• ... - ...
Large coarse calves ... ... ... 3
If Thought once born can perish not-here still
Prime small ditto ... ... ... ,„ 4 2 4 6 4 6 5 2 174 all Demerara ..
... _
edition of 7 his " Essays" to the Duke of Bucking- I think, and therefore liver
20 10 Dijon and Besa2on ... - •• •P
in • ham - " come home to men's businesse and Wherefore so may. he appropriately close
andthe last Large hogs ... ... ... .., ... 210 3 6 3
46 44
10
of bosomes." They become, at last, the mental laresNeat small porkers ... ... .., 38 3 10:4 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 2,4 d.
3,349 20 all East Indian 34 --,- 342 234
in volume of his writings with that solemn touch- Beasts... ... ... ... ... 2,736
and liters ry penates of our hearths-not poets, as ing Epigraph. Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 20,500 22,880 20 2 Do, Extension
Lake
DHG cs loahm..
rhJsi
olt.ctinnoaoduncnstd:.&ti oßi fss
zTos Franceon.:i.Bd.l.os.aBn..ss..tlßonds
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(142;
41 - 33
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dr
Id - 4 P
er
254 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 -1 p x n
in we have s aid in the strict, and large, and lofty sense
Calves... ... ... ..,
„, „, 194
-
,t, of that great title, but akin to poets, or, if poets tags
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... ... ...
... ... 210
POST-OFFICE MONTHLY DIRECTOR. ... 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada
themselves, poets only by snatches and interjec-
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 12, 1852.-Boasts, 3,556; sheep,
a- tionally.
MESSRS. LETTS, ROYAL EXCHANGE. 21,760; calves, 114; pigs, 36). 20 8 Gt. Central of France par - ~i P
Couspic aious among these in our own days-:-. .0 -
Jan. 13, 1851.-Beasts, 3,949 ; sheep, 19,070 ; calves, 201 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada!
Shares 2 ld
. whatever the adverse dictum of the little cliques This publication has now become an almost indis- 100 ; pigs, 295.
and coteri .es of the Victorian Age of English lite- pensable requisite of every office, shop, and counting-
..,
... DO bonds ... - •••
rature-n lust be ranked the author of the volumes house throughout the country. It is issued monthly in NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
mentioned. at the head of this criticism, and of so
lto all Do. 6 per cent . 2 ''-
,
ge sheet almanac, an , additionto a Since our last report, the arrival of country-killed meat
3, the form of a tard in
has been coparatively small ; yet these markets are well
Many oth ens and those others so various in their
comprehensive diary for the month, with the despatch supplied. Although the business doing is not to say ex- 5 4 Lucca and Prof. 5
character ! Mr. Disraeli orme said, very happily
d ' '
--if we re collect rightly, the remark occurs in his and
.arrival of the principal. foreign and colonial mails, it tensivo, prices are very firm, per cent. prof.
,
contains all the information that can possibly be required Per 81bs by the carcase. 20 15 Luexembourg ...... • 6 - 94 91
a• PsYcholog ical romance of " Contarini Fleming"-
s. d. s. a. s. d. s• d• 10 10 Do, (Railwa.y) ..
51 -
that the Poet of the present epoch is the Novelist. with regard to the Post-office-the rates of postage to
Beef, inferior 1 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 310 5 2 D 0... ................... ie. - 14 4a
]
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has a double claim, every part of the world, the hours of despatch from Do., middling..... 3 6 310 Do., middling 4 0 4 6 5 3 Do. (Canal) .................... 14 - 2
. therefore., in this respect upon our consideration, London, as well as the hours of delivery ; the regulations Do., prime large .4 04 2 I Do., prime 484 10 1.0 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. . ... - •••
Do., do, small ....4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 5 0 20 12 Lyons & Mediterrau. ... - •••P
, If he has written the most ambitious epic of the with regard to Parliamentary papers and proceedings,
)
Century-the only epic, indeed, possessing really Pork, large 64 4 Pork, small 445 0 20 104 Madras „•.
• and notices of objections to voters ; the regulations as ' 3
-- ' 334, 29 Maria Ant0nia.........
, . grand, and national, and historical pretensions-ho
BOROUGH HOP. 10' 10 Do. New ................ ::: - :::
3
has written also the most diversified and admirable to money orders, registered letters, newspapers, books,
and a great amount of other valuable matter. With the We have to report a slight improvement in the demand 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. ... - ... 1
romances of our generation. He has chaunted in
22:
al
101
Paris p s , • i
as l
aa
Danishun
dd
o Lyons,,, ou.ne. sn.
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...
...
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for good and fine hops, at full quotations. In other kinds 20 all Namur & Liege (with
t
melodious and often majestic numbers the legendary .commencement of. the present year a. n improvement 11. as
1
)
only 7a limited business is cloth... Last week's imports interest .. l '
glories of "King Arthur :" but, besides this hisfacile pen has called into being that long procession been introduced into the sheet
... ... - ...
which the commercial were 1 bale from Calais, and 96 ditto from Ostend. 20 all Do. (ex inte.i.;i) ......
7i
- U 74 i
Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. Os to 171. 17s • Weald 16 all Northern of France 321 - 33 33 4
of community will duly appreciate, viz., the number of
; fictitious creatures attesting, in his character as a days averaged by all letters in their transit to and from of Kent ditto, 10/. 5s to 121. 12s ; Sussex ditto, 101. Os 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c, Bds::
[flay.B.&Anis.Shs.] ... ••••
13.14,:
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:149ari p 24 i
L novelist, the scope and fecundity of his imagination.-London. From a notice we learn that the February to 12/. ; and foreign, 71. Os to 9/. Os per cwt.
10 all NerwcgianTrnaPret 74 - 8
Diverting our attention as much as possible,
how
how- edition will, exclusively, contain a list of all foreign BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
40 40 Do. bonds
......... 1
ever, from his fame as a novelist, disregarding for post towns, with the countries in which they are situate. Very limited supplies of potatoes have reached us since 20 all Paris and Orleans .::: .h -- 44
a while the ingenious suggestion of " Vivian Grey," This also will be of great use to all who are engaged in Monday last coastwise and by railway. The imports have
We may accept the works here re rioted in a real].foreign correspondence. The accuracy of the whole con- been 45 tons from Dublin 5 from Cork, and 2 from
20 all Paris and Strasbourg 30 - 304 308
meet© collected edition as supfficient. testimony Limerick. The trade is toles`.ly firm, as follows :- 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrea 2 - 4 p
that Bulwer Lytton • in .
is, truth, a poet in the par- tents may no doubt be implicitly relied upon, as the
104 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d
teal or reserved sense " Director" istipublished by the permission of the Post- Kent and Essex regents, 130 s to 150 s ; Scotch ditto,
130 s to 140 s ; Scotch cups, 110 to 120 s •; foreigu, 100 s to 20 all Rouen and Havre... 18 _ 19
already applied by us to that
20 12 Royal divine designation. A Poet I for hi •
rises indeed,.„ . master-General, and edited by a gentleman connected
120 s per ton.
5 2 Royal Swedish. ...... 1 - 1 d
the,,. days of his flesh," s voice, in
(at times) with the foreign department of the General Post-office,
WOOL. 20 all Sambre and Mouse 8
with a strong cry and tears''and who, we imagine, has access to the ver best in- Public sales of from 3,000 to 4,000 bales East India, -
in rythra that breathes less of intellectualnses(at intervals).
f t- th t
.7 ***
than of the spirit of `sprayer and su lit. artifice
infiniteorzna ion
da can e o
Letts,
ne .
lewproth
public
is
place on the 13th and 14th inst. At these sales no fine 20 6 Southern of France.. i. -•i
p
10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pre.f.: - 8
unfrequently while turning over otLcsae n. ' Not c. re i t,to Messrs. tow
colonial will bo brought forward.
qualities are
rather dearer. doingdear
eirn 20
,6 Steiulerbee
e. _
e, ,
,
leaves.. awl e already indebted for many excellent diamries,eananacs, English wool, and I).e. finest
...
...
_...
... ,
might say of him as was once said said so del
•
of Rubini - Teti await les larmes sans licimis. Y and other annual works of the same character.
tions. Last week's imports were 970 bales from Sydney,
Foreign and colonial are in better request, at full quota- 8i all West Flanders,,,• ..... 4 - •
41 4
20 10 111 Al
....o. ~., per C. Prof . / i d x n Especially in reference to the miscellantehoebuuseat..opsviee°c"oesf.
800 from Algoa Bay, and 100 from Callao. 20 10 'Western of France_-
5 - '6
p 10 i
in Vol. 111., immediately following
THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. -- 1G 4 ;West. of Switzerland
14 -14 d
, " King Arthur"-the " Earlier Poeme,,, I
SEEDS. 20 2 'Wiesbaden ............ ._
...
more a-
11
. particularly the minor poems in two books charm- Linseed has sold briskly, at an advance in the quotations 20 12 ;Zeal:tea ........ .. ..... 511 -41 d 10,4
The thaw, which set in on Friday night, continued
of fully is per quarter. Theis) is iair business doing in
engly entitled 4‘ Corn Flowers:: So entitled be- throughout yesterday, with slight intermissions, until clover seed on former terms. Cakes command full cur -
cause, in our author's graceful imagining, son, is
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENIA TS.
----_____
seven o'clock last evening, which caused the ice in the rencies.
"the Harvest-flower of Life -a thought thus an- various parks to be covered some inches deer, with water ; rareie•White, per bush. 18t to Sic Carravvay............ 423 4tls ,
Leasing Closing Prices Business :
derly articulated :
notwithstanding, some thousands proceeded to the cliffe- Swede .. • • ...... 20s 23s Coriander.. .. .... •• •. 105 las Stir. Paid RAILWAYS. n
,ompans,
Saturday. this day. f,
- "The Corn Flower opens as the sheaves are rife, larustard, Brown.-- lOs 136 tlempseed, per quarter • 33s 386
__..- ----se
rent ornamental waters, for the purpose of enjoying the white, new •• •• .. 149 16, Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 59s €3s - ................................ ../..........
Song is the twin of golden contemplation,
Ln.&N,asg,
I
wind rares winter new.... 7065 880 d Crushing ........ 55s 58s
health exercise of either sliding or skating. The ep' ring .:........ os chi ts Oe Baltic .......... 503 55s I
The Harvest-flower of Life.'' yesterday was south-west, of prevented Bletehley.... 1
Canary, per quarter .. 61s 65s Odessa .... •• •• •• 518 57s
St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W, iiii
...= ioi
For emotional melody in its subtler and more deli- which, course,
Rye grass.. •..• • - ... 28s 34, Linseed Cake, pr. ton-
the water on
a le..Te Widen
66, English .. . 9/ lOs 10i ha 50 all Clydesea • ••• 51 - 52 l'
eat e, modulations we even prefer these " Corn mo
.half-past two
the ice from becoming frozen •; the ther- ctover,RedEnt„ (cwt.) 563
Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 10s 71 Or White •• •• ...... 72s 801 Foreign per ton 910 s 11l lOs
. Flowers" to the ornate and gorgeous epic which
goh•calso4cko.
rneter, which on Saturday night was 39, rose during
Foreign Rad...... 51s 64s - 143 1
the mornin to
& Caldonian.
precedes them, and which Sir Bulwer Lytton, not
ing it was as hi
at g 44, and at mid-day it indicated 46, whilst White.... 70s 76s Rapeseed, New, prLst 30'Os 34! 08
25 all Gla-s.. Barr.
altogether without reason, regards as, all things Trefoil, new.. •• ...... 19a 24s Ssot. lahoo. EB6e.Ldpifuoc:Oelnlut.ang dr.
Neils.Dh*ect.
pT.mh.eibtainrodmexeetdersyo,esatnedrdlaaystmevorenn:
.- -- _•
considered, the masterpiece upon which he may
TALLOW. all Do. New Do ..........
... -
...
Glstr &Dn.Fr Gt.Westn• 30 - 32
rep use his hope of an enduring reputation. Several ing at nine o'clock stood at 28-90, and on Saturday at A goodbusiness is still passing in our market, and prices 252 all H 0 .
1. Dk. & Yk. New.
2
of the poems comprised in the collection thus figaira- 29'4. Last evening the wind suddenly veered to the are again higher. To clay P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at lOO
all
Hallway r dr Berw„
..
tivaly designated, " most" of them indeed, in the north-east, an indication6os tie for February, and 61s to 616 6dBfrom April to June.
50 all Hull & -,'elby. Y.dlN.lld. 109 - iii 5
of a returnof frost, The whole
Pire
. . Town tallow is scarce, and worth 5 s 6d. per cwt. net
5
, t Book, to the printed,announcement, of the icemen, with very few 25 all Do. i Shares. Do 544 -55 i
t_ according exce • ptions, were dismissed cash.
12, all Do. i Shares. Do 2 - 28
"have been r
from the Royal Humane S •
shell,"
while ecen recently composed and hitherto unpub- So on Saturday evening,
121 all Lou.&Greenw S.Eastern. 182
- 141 10
the various lB5O. I 1851. 1 1852. 1 1853. 1854.
given
tothe othersl. in the Second Book are now consequently, parks were left almost tirel -25 i
en y
these latte ~vior
.d in like manner for the first time-- unprotected yesterday. Mr. Superintendent Williams Stock this ' • 583 1 61,246 4r •
day ......' 41,405d2 375923 d .01369 9d tel 4469T1 16(13.019,11t St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 2
meter " r being chiefly of a more thoughtful cha- and Deputy-Superintendent Parsons w h Price of Y. C. .... f Ito' Lt 6d: 37. s9a 00s Od to 00504 00sa Odo 4 per
cent... Norfolk ••• 93 9
5
.• A fanailiar f 't I d ' were owever, ac-
St. 100 Do. 6 per et... Do - - - 10
forth from among avoun e, iere an there, starts tively engaged throughout the day in warning persons Delivery last week .• 2,518 ' ..759 2,313 1,737 1,326
54 m, 1 Bxt Lu.d3N.W.
38 5 67 555 63 963 65 008 all --ne i• - °ll* -.4,
tion. As avhe_e these novelties to our reeellec- zoing upon the ice ; but, notwithstancF Ditto from June 1,....
61'82P1 64( :6780' 1,583 1,278 2,261 and Matlock & 2,ll'ud• 24 ...... 3 ese
violets" that rbl We
meet once more with the " rathe from - thereon. ing, some Arrivals last week..
& Stckt?n &
89,215 87,950 92,267 70,001 84,884 50 all Middlesbro'
ittofrom June .. i hundreds ventured Fortunately, no accident "
Darlingt
in once fth oomed first, if we remember riohtly
Redear . ...... • • ... -
...
Price of Town - - •••1 41s Od 39s 64 39s ad 478 9d 61s Od
nal
13 e Annuals- • '- ' th ecording took place, •although the services of the 1 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland.., 99
101
Deatla," and ior where in " Love and `NOT r .
--
at
n " Th. more required yesterday than on any previous rnrr----
50 all Northern and
recog vise the . 0 Language of the Eyes," we men were
t • for, in spiteofthe 4 ] Easternsp.e.lE. Count..
60 -- 62 tr(
through all that
nneval loveliness of the verse day during the present frost ,
So.
5 all Do. 6 per et.. iDe
"e ........
". an
bluer s and blunde •-we cannot but regard as the bills issued by the Royal Humane clay, that the ice hand-book, with a list of cab fares, and distances from 5. all Do. Fixed r)p.cipo ...
... 2d
however, we aces rtn!gs of emendation Gratefully, was thawing fast and exceedingly dangerous, 300 men, each. and every leading cab stand, which the public lets 2:. all Prost. &Wyre,L. &N. W
' &Ln&Yk
~.
____ 2s,
. . that exquisite epiPtminnsaobouoit'
One of these emended poems women, and children ventured upon the Serpentine at lof Police, is
gexpe.cted from the Commissioners. -
Owe
of human '
existence :- one time. A similar number went upon the ornamental to be issued. The list--besides having the advan- 1 12 Do. a Shares. Do - - the
" Thus Love is b tage of comprising at one time the severalb starting S 100 Boystn.& Hit. GeNorthn 140 - 143 va
By the tears eistt known
'd park •and a con- places •
water in the enclosure in St. James . - / in and round the metropolis-will, it is said, have S-• 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do . _ 140 -- 143 in;
And Death's hassurest shed ;
siderably greater number disported themselves upon the the additional advantage of including very many dis. ' 2, 184 Shef. Roth. & Laneash.di
les
Yorksh
... d.
Is the smile of the' s'gn
Kensington- tances which it was found difficult to attach to the Goole g.5.p.e
Or
It is remarkable Amon these dead." round pond and ornamental waters in
in either place that limited apace allotted '
to the tables posted at every stand,
12 94. S. Stallordshe MrMClean 2 -. lid
to
Peatedly our author blgend effusions how re- gardens, but no accident occurred . It isso all WearValleygr Stockt. &
not stated why the Commissioners of Police have Darling.
...
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... los
a
nt ...
anguish the most poignant s the utterance of -an we could hear of. The promenades were in suchln I not long since proceeded with the execution of this 125 all D6o"r " Do 3O -- 31 Th
.. nt with i
most tenderness. Thus, ' mages of the ut- sloppy state in the different parks that it was very di - work, without which the Hackney Carriage Acts of last 1
1 St. 100 Wilts&Soturst Gt.Westn. 97 ___ 99 do
. US, in the Ter
i
y same prod.uo- cult for persons to pass either up or down. session can never receive their intended effect. era

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Do., No. 2, 7 p. c.
Blyth & Tyne 10 par;
ct. pref. (iss. at£so)
/Bristol & Exeter 4 pr
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Do. Do., shares
Caledonian £lO
Chester & Holyhead
Guar. 51 per cent
Cork &Bandon 51p. c,
'Dundee Perth &Aber-
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EastA uglian (£3los)
percent
Do. (2,5) 7 per cent
Do. (27175) 7 p. ct..
Eastern Counties Ex-
tension, 5 p. c. No.l
Do., No. 2.. .....
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Eastern Union, Scrip
Guar. 6 per cent....
'Do. £lO Deben. Sh...
EastLancash. 6 p.cts.l
East & West Yorksh
Junction Fifths......
Edinb. Prth.&Dundee
4 per cent. .
Glasgow & S.Western
guar. 5 per cent....
Great Northr 5 p.c.
Do. 5 p. c.,Rodeem.,
at 10 p. c. prem....
Do. 41 percent. Scrip
Gt.N. of Scot. ,lstPref
Gt. Southn. &Westn.'
(Ireland) Eighths...
Do. 4 per ct. pref. St.'
Gt. Westn. (Berks dt
Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)..,
Do. con. & rod. 4, p.c
Do. do. 4 per cent...
Do. irredeem. 4 p. c.
Lan. & York. P. £2O,
Do., 6 p. c., Stock...
Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1
Do. Quarters, 1848...
London audißrighton
Guaranteed 5 p. c...
Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St.
Do. Convertible, sp.
c., 1852 .
Do. New Guar. 6 p.c
Lond. & N. W., Coy
& Nun., 5 per cent
Loudon & S. Western,
Con. Thirds
Londonderry& Coler
1 Shares . . .
Londy. & Ennis. 1 Sh
Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin.,
i Shares, No. 1
Do. New, £lO
Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c
Do. 41 per cent
Do.
Mid.ConsoL 6 p c. St.
Do. Consol. Bristol &
Birm. 6 per cent....
Do. Pref. 41 per cent.
Norfolk Debent. Sh.
Norfolk Extension...
Do. Pref. 51 per ct...
Do. Way. Val. 5 p c
North British
North Staffordshire
Oxford Worcester &
Wolverh. £15,6 p. c.
Do..
Scot. Cen., New Pref.'
Shrews& Birm. N. G.
Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor.W.Min),B p. c.
Do. 5 per cent..
South Devon
Do. New
S. Eastern (Reading
Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d.
S.Yorksh.4p.c. Guar.
Waterfd. &liilk. Up. c.
York Newcastle and
Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref.
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