The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-20 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

HARE ON SPINAL DISEASE.

Simphin and Marshall, London, I 838.
A malady to which, as the author observes, delicate
females are frequently liable, is ably discussed, and the
proper remedies pointed out, in this volume, which is maw"
festly the production of a professional man acquaititel
with the disorder in all its forms. To render the
treatise more intelligible, a variety of explanatory
plates are introduced, in which the several stages of the
malady are pourtrayed with much distinctness. The style
of the treatise is simple and sententious, and unembarrassed
by any of those technicalities in which works of this nature
so frequently abound, to the utter bewilderment of t"
initiated.

COMPOSED AT CORA LINN, IN

SIGHT OF WALLACE'S TOWER.

"—How Wallace fought for Scotland, left the name
Of Wallace to be found, like a wild flower,
All over his dear country; left the deeds
Of Wallace, like a family of ghosts,
To people the steep rocks and river banks,
Her natural sanctuaries, with a local soul
Of independence and stern liberty."
Lord of the Vale astounding Flood I
The dullest leaf in this thick wood
Quakes—conscious of thy power ;
The caves reply with hollow moan ;
And vibrates to its central stone,
Yon time-cemented Tower !
And yet how fair the rural scene
For thou, 0 Clyde, hest ever been
Beneficent as strong ;
Pleased in refreshing dews to steep
The little trembling flowers that peep
Thy shelving rocks among.
Hence all who love their country, love
To look on thee—delight to rove
Where they thy voice can hear;
And to the Patriot-warrior's Shade,
Lord of the Vale I to Heroes laid
In dust, that voice is dear
Along thy banks, at dead of night,
Sweeps visibly the Wallace Wight ;
Or stands in warlike vest,
Aloft, beneath the Moon's pale beam,
A Champion worthy of the Stream,
Yon grey tower's living crest 1
But clouds and envious darkness hide
A Form not doubtfully descried:—
Their transient mission o'er,
O say to what blind region flee
These Shapes of awful phantasy?
To what untrodden shore ?
Less than divine command they spurn;
But this we from the mountains learn,
And this the valleys show,
That never will they deign to hold
Communion where the heart is cold
To human weal and woe.
The man of abject soul in vain
Shall walk the Marathonian Plain ;
Or thrid the shadowy gloom,
That still invests the guardian Pass,
Where stood, sublime, Leonidas
Devoted to the tomb.
Nor deem that it can aught avail
For such to glide with oar or sail
Beneath the piny wood,
Where Tell once drew, by Uri's lake,
His vengeful shafts—prepared to slake,
Their thirst in tyrant's blood.
WORDSWOBIII.,

A RECONCILIATION.—A woman who baci‘:bt
some time lived apart from her husband had him br({or
before Sir Peter Laurie, at the Guildhall, yesterday'
sti,
refusing to maintain her. After the case had been inveno,
gated, Sir Peter asked the husband if there was any
tation on the character of his wife. The husband isisi;
" None whatever ;it we% her humour to live apart." f
Peter asked the wife if her husband was a sober rostiho,
She said, " Quite so." " You give each other a g°°cl4
et
•00
ratter," said Sir Peter. "Do take my advice. Try '"io
cannot live together again." They looked in each oth
face ; smiles lighted up their countenances ; they assen;e
et
et
uttering a word ; and the husband bowed to
Magistrate, and laughed as he began to retire. Sir Peer
$9
twice told the wife to take hold of her husband's turn ,
they were going out, but she was too much ashamed to ad
POCKET-PICKING EXTRAORDINARY.---°n M°:
day week, whilst the solemn and impressive ceremonY
ie
performing in the Old Church-yard, Sheffield, of consign`,
es
fellow-mortal to his parent earth, two well-known thic,:res.
were practising upon the pockets of the unwary mourn.-
One female lost a sovereign. She afterwards gave notice
of the robbery at the police-office, and some of the
het
were immediately sent to discover the villains. As 1-ti
had been observed about the place, and their char°e-eol
being well known, the policemen fortunately secured the
with the money upon them.—Manchester Gua kat • r we
THE STANDARD AND MORNING PoST.--liird
observe a passage in the leading article of the Sian"- 1.
which we must notice with the solemnity it deservetpso
though by doing so we shall probably bring down 0,
ourselves in the afternoon an accusation of treas°loor
worse. "Should Parliament, hi,wever," says Our to the
temporary, " think proper to prosecute a scrutiny
mazes of Russian intrigue, this matter (that of the On the
tion of the liege Jesuits with the Court of Russia t° 00c1
Standard's own knowledge) can be easily cleared °P ;poll
we arei also in a condition to name the agents e,,.r
„odoo
Miguel and Don Pedro employed to bribe the Ices°
Press to second the views of Russia."" Why this is Z,trai
even than bribing the Prince of Oran; in 1830 to toe,
his father, the Dutch nation, and the Protestant cartes
"On horror's head horrors accumulate." One C°°l—teor
of each House of Parliament did we say ? Our C°e,bere
porary will be the worst-treated man in the universe if the
be not half a dozen of them instantly appointed to ,ratio of
half-dozen appalling and mysterious political labYrin chi/
which he, and he aone, has possession of the throw
Morning Post. I tall'
PRESENCE OF MIND.—Lord Berkeley/ at firer
cestor of the present Lord Segrave, a man Of gre:-Ivberi
ness and presence of mind, used to 'boast, at a 6°l, t
be
highway robberies were of frequent occurrence, ti"abiglv
would never allow himself to be robbed by a singleetl bl,ll
way man alone. One night his carriage was st°PP;rici de'
robber, who thrust his pistol through the window "id no"
rnanded his money, saying " that his Lordship wri.kele/
have it taken by a single highwayman," Lord
affecting to put his hand into his pocket for money/°r the
replied, " You should not have my money now bat and 00
fellow behind you." The robber turned his hello, °-
instantly shot by Lord Berkeley! fel
CHAIN OF BElNGS.—Bitumen and sulentl- ett:
the link between earth and metal—vitriols 11°`ten s.--014P;
with salts—crystallizations connect salt with o.—e otos.„
amianthes and lytophites form a kind of tye betwee° vibe'
and plants—the polypus unites plants to insects s--
worm seems to lead to shells and reptiles--the ftsh
serpent and the eel form a passage from reptiles bire6
—the anas nigra are a medium between fishes °dowels
—the bat and the flying squirrel link birds to quadrupeds
—and the monkey equally gives the hand to qua
and to man. erre► ill
HORSE LONGEVITY.—There are at this -1 t
0o:toa
-
the service of Mr. Joseph Ingledew, of Kirby Fleet°,B,and

horses, the united ages of which amount to 62 yea', the
this aged team is attended by an octogenarian
years of whose pilgrimage have numbered Pa Tt rbi
_2erisl;l4:r: 9101 f
the year.—Hull Advertiser.'
in active employment even during the preoent so
nowforenap
Madame Gassy is stated by the French A—r 'wig,
reewsenmtoednthwsitohld
a.
mßagens,iidfiecsentthepasPi irenodfidpissw.totoisrlll°t:
loaners t°
have beenf appointed .‘ governess" of the Count de 4.ed
him by the city of Paris, his Royal Highness has i io
forebnoet etxhpeecinteodntthhaotftheCount will be publicly chris en'
May. rbers
HAMMERSMITH REFORM CLUB.--The me MO;
of this Club dined together yesterday at the City - lies
Tavern, Hammersmith. The principal object which et% 00
them together was the presentation of a piece Of late tio
a
epergne, to Mr. Minton. Sir John Scott Lillie
chairman, and there were about 50 gentlemen presePt'„,
r roo. 8
0,
THE COMPLETE LETTER WRITER. --
paragraph in the Maidstone Journal it a ears that !,h,e.:ip
torious Joseph Ady has been ~ trying it on the natives is.
tHluitst quarter, but apparently with vry indifferent mace
charge for " valuable information" is now only 55' ore
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—The depots of t oiee
onfo regiments ordered to send drafts to their service cornlr4,
treign service, are calling in their detachments to tea
oltoiamr ers. The 37th Regiment from Jamaica, and the
West
Barbadoes, have received orders to move fr°m_ sea!
Indies to Canada. Drafts will also shortly 1:""(i od
from the depots in Limerick, to the 34th, 65th, 90,,f the
95th
in the same country. Lieutenant Grua, "voots
oth, has replaced Lieutenant Wooley, of the 1 i t,„l' 'Olt
in the recruiting service at Boyle ; Lieutenant Idgs-asobo
79th, has succeeded Lieutenant Drought, at
has been transferred to Dublin. Lieutenant WooleY, tLuill,
ferred from Boyle to Birmingham, vice Lieutenant hag
82d, promoted ; and Lieutenant Deacon, 19th Foot
vae•
succeeded Lieutenant Butler, at Newcastle•under"',lted
Lieutenant Robinson, of the .sth Foot, has been aPP,llOO'O'
to Norwich ; and Lieutenant Smell, 496, to St. A' Sti.
Sir J.
got
Major Pritchard, half-pay, has succeeded Major
milton, as Major of Brigade at Montreal. IVlajor-Ge„nrpor
Sir H. Pakenham, K.C.8., is appointed Lieut.-o°g/ T.
of Portsmouth, and will relieve Lieutenant-General
- r
M'Mahon at the end of this month. Tralee, or