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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1836,

We have received by the packet ship Orpheus,
which arrived at Liverpool on Monday from the United
States, New York Papers of the Ist instant, one day
later than those received by the Shakspeare. The
opening of Congress was fixed for the sth, the day fol-
lowing being appointed for the delivery of the PRE-
SIDENT'S Message. The express mail has commenced
running between New York and New Orleans. The
mail performs the journey in nine days.

Madrid Papers to the 13th instant have been re-
ceived. A secret meeting of the Cortes was fixed for
the evening of the 12th, for instituting an inquiry into
the particulars of the revolt of General ALAIX, and
the division under his command. Of that division
between 800 and 900 men arc reported to have deserted
in a body, and to have marched upon the city of Jaen, in
order to plunder it. General NARVAEZ no sooner
was informed of this than he ceased to pursue GoMEz,
and, by forced marches, entered Jaen before the re-
volters could pillage any part of the town. He seized
the ringleaders, and as many of the guilty as had not
fled at his approach, and instantly caused them to be
shot. This interruption, the consequence of ALAIX'S
treachery, if not the result of his advice, enabled Go-
Am-4 to reach the vicinity of the Ebro without encoun-
tering an enemy. On the 11th inst., we learn from
other sources, that the Carlist chief had reached Co-
nella, a small town near Logrono, at the head of between
three and four thousand troops ; but the National
Guards were everywhere in readiness to dispute with
him the passage of the river. CABRERA'S band is
quite scattered, having suffered from consecutive de-
feats, followed each time by a general dispersion.
The Spanish capital was perfectly tranquil, and th,:,
QUEEN REGENT in good health,

The Reformers of Preston are setting an example
worthy of imitation by such constituencies as are dis-
satisfied with their present representatives. They are
sensible of the evil consequences—to say nothing of
the absurdity—of having the Parliamentary labours
of their Reforming Member neutralized by the coun-
teracting labours of their anti-reforming one, and thrjy
are taking the proper course to harmonize the repre-
sentative tone of the borough. Mr. HESKET:H FLEET-
WOOD is a Tory—that is quite sufficient to render him
an unfit organ of legislation for thrz men of Preston,
as well as an improper associatrJ for Mr. STANLEY ;
and so persuaded are they of th:ts that they have come to
•the determination of sur,)erseding him at the next elec-
tion, and have inv;:,ed a gentleman whose political
principles arc 'unison with their own to become - a
candidate for tiffs place.
The gentleman to whom we allude is JOHN
CRAUFUR'J, Esq., a wealthy London merchant,
to whom; in conjunction with Colonel THOMPSON,
M.P. liar Hull, the Reformers of Preston gave a
grand dinner on Thursday last. The entertainment
was on a sumptuous scale, and has thrown the Tories
in'.o perfect consternation, as they were indulging the
pleasing delusion of not being disturbed in their tenure
of a moiety of the representation. To mark the ma-
lignant feelings excited in their minds by the proceed-
inf;s of the Reformers, and at the same time to thwart
their views as much as lay in their power, they had the
unspeakable meanness, thrOugh the Mayor (an apostate
tool of Toryism of the name of HAYDocK) to refuse the
use of the Corn Exchange to the meeting. This piece
of paltry spite prevented the assembly from being so
numerous as it was intended to have been, as the
largest room in the principal inn of the town could not
contain more than 300 persons—not half the number
anxious to be present on this highly interesting occasion.

Bayonne papers and IP!.ters of the 15th inst., have
been duly forwarded 'to us. On the 14th Bilboa still
held out, the Carlists firing upon it with all their
heavy artillery. General ESPARTERO made a suc-
cessful attack upon the Carlist lines on the plains of
Castrajena on the 12th instant. The Christirto cavalry,
ashamed of their cowardly conduct on the sth, at-
tacked the Carlists with great spirit, seized several of
their positions, and took the heights of Las Cruses,
till then in possession of a strong reinforcement of the
enemy. On the 14th a courier arrived froin Madrid,
with three millions of francs for the army, and with
despatches from Ministers, commanding ESPARTERO
to relieve Bilboa without further delay. General
EVANS had sent some heavy guns from San Sebas-
tian, and the British marines were in readiness to co-
operate with the Christinos in forcing the passage of
the river, and destroying the Catlist works on its banks.
There is therefore -cause to expect that a general en-
gagement has taken place, of which we shall receive
the deV:tils in the course of the current week.

Don CARLOS is reported seriously indisposed at
his head-quarters at Durango. On the 10th he was
bled, but received little or no relief from the operation.

CHANCERY COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.)

IN THE MATTER OF THE LUDLOW CHARITY.

Mr. TEMPLE appeared in this case on behalf of two
gentlemen, named Sankey and Smith, the high and low
bailiffs of the late Corporation of Ludlow, for the purpose
of explaining their conduct in not having produced certain
deeds and books in the Masters'-office, which they had been
ordered to do. The Master had made his certificate to that
effect, and it was therefore as a matter of course that on
application an order should be made for a sergeant-at-arms,
unless his Lordship was satisfied with the reason they
stated in their 'affidavits for not producing the deeds.
These two gentlemen, who arc the only members of
the late Corporation of Ludlow who had been called
upon to produce the deeds, all the other members being
privileged either as Peers or Members of Parliament, by
their affidavit stated, that they had not, or ever had, the
custody or power of the deeds and books which they had
been ordered to deposit in the Master's office. That by
an order of the Corporation made in December, 1835,they
had been deposited with Messrs. Rock, Ileighton, and
Co., the bankers of the Corporation, for the purpose of
security. That immediately upon receiving the order to
deposit them in the Master's office, they applied personally
to the bankers to deliver up the deeds, which they re-
fused to do, stating that they bad a lien upon them for
money which they had advanced, and that .they would
not give them up until they had been paid. Therefore the
Learned Counsel submitted that it would be an extreme
hardship upon these gentlemen if they should have their
personal liberty invaded, been se they had been called upon
to do that which it was morally impossible they could do.
The Counsel, in conclusion, trusted if the Court did not
think the affidavits of the gentlemen satisfactory, that it
would order some inquiry to take place.
Mr. ROMILLY stimitted that the statements in the affi-
davits of Mr. Sankey and Mr. Smith could not be satis-
factory to the-C,7,urt, inasmuch as though they swore the
bankers refr:;ed to produce the deeds to them, they had
not smnn they would not produce them to the Court.
It 'vas most important to the interest of the charities at
Ludlow that all the documents should be produced.

Mr. CRAUFORD, ou his health being drunk, made !'
a speech which shows that he is both a good Re-
former and a man of talent. That part of his address
in which he dwelt upon the necessity of Peerage
Reform, elicited the loudest applause. And here we
cannot help remarking that this theme neveK
to call forth the most enthusiastic chfr a's when-
ever and wherever it is introduced. It seems, in fact,
to have become the key to the, hearts of Englishmen.
The man who begins his lipeech by avowing himself
an advocate of this alk.;important reform, is sure to meet
With a favourable reception.
The Ballott triennial Parliaments, the extension of
the Sufira-ge, together with tlx.a repeal of the infamous
5O?. te'Aant-at-will clause of the Marquis of CHAN-
'nos, and the abolition of the qualification, are questions
which Mr. CRAWFORD is prepared and determined to
support.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was clear the late Cor-
poration of Ludlow, in ordering the deeds to be delivered
to the bankers, had violated the Municipal Reform Act, but
as thesegtntltttien had expressed a desire to give the Court
farther ltiformation on the subject, he thought the best
course to adopt would be to give them an opportunity of
(I.':;ing so. His Lordship thought at the same time that
Mr. Romilly's clients should make all the enquiries they
could at the banker's, in order to ascertain if the statements
that had been made relative to the deposit of the deeds
with them were true.

Mr. ItomtLix;aiti that his clients had no desire to press
the matter in a hostile matter against the parties.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would give the parties
an opportunity till the first day of Term of giving the
Court further information on the subject.

Mr. BYNG met his onstituents at Poole on the
12th instant, and was. received with a hearty welcome.
There was a
-y numerous meeting of the electors,
and a resoli'2lon was passed expre3sing their unabated
con fiden:ze in their representative.
11;;15 is a bitter pill to the Tories, who had ciren-
lreied a false report,' hat the Right I-lou. Gentleman
iid not intend to stand another election for the borough.
The infamous job, by which it is proposed to give
OM. to the late Town-clerk, a Tory, who had re•
Bigind this situation in order to get another, was unani-
mously condemned. A Branch Reform Association
was formed.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

LEWIS AND OTHERS V. JONES, LLOYD, GRIFFITHS AND
OTHERS.
_ _

Mr. KNIGHT applied in this case on the behalf of the
plaintiffs, who are the officers of the Sheriffs of Carmar-
then, for an order upon the defendants to show cause why
they should not be committed
,to the Fleet for rescuing a
person in the custody of the defendants, for contempt, and
also for striking the defendants for the purpose of effecting
the rescue. From the statements in the affidavits of Mr.
Harris, the managing clerk of the Deputy Sheriff of Car-
marthen, it appeared that a writ of attachment was re-
ceived at the office of the Sheriffs of that county, corn_
mending him to attach a person named Jones, for con-
tempt. Upon receiving the warrant, two officers of
the name of 'Williams and Reece were directed to pro-
ceed to the residence of Jones at St. Clair, in the coun-
ty of Carmarthen. Upon their doing so, they suc-
ceeded in taking him into custody, but when within two
miles of the gaol of Carmarthen, Jones succeeded in mak-
ing his escape. Three officers were then sent to discover his
retreat, which they succeeded in doing, finding him con-
cealed above the ceiling of his house at St. Clair. Upon

In the Paris journals of Monday, received this morn-
ing, the late unfortunate expedition against Constan-
tina is the preVailing topic of discussion. Three Ca-
binet Councils have been held, with a view to organise
a plan for future operations ; but, as yet, Ministers
have not decided upon anything. They are perplexed,

`ME SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1836.

their 'earrd. h
ing .tiirii . nWay; they WerC filet by a petson
b"6iwe'd 1010 atiig tltt; Alta thrqe °flit!' ferrules,
V! 1 eece, Lloyd, and Griffiths, who instantly com-
menced a violent attack upon them, striking them , on
their faces, severely wounding one in the arm, from
which, he wet retttiltNd alifnostinsensible from tLiss tit' Wood;
Ak‘ilttieTiitr, tiveiii l'AiWidtleiatelk l'N
Mii4 ' l'th 6.811b§3 4 tifc:ang td.
obe§,k\'l/211‘4.1akY4 ~116`6?_,ale:',i in aloseonlng. For this
Ailt4V.k li,V,'; plaintiffs made
the present applieatinn, fur the
purpose 'Of calling itp(on
,tbb .d'cren'chints ,tó §lte* tittse why
they 'should net • We Nffithitte4.l W Mit, t'let,
tkit thNrollit thought a sufficient caso bad been sbewn
for granting the application, and ordered the defeVidanis to
I show cause on the second day in IVrtiit

LITERATURE.

- -
ACCOUNT OF THE LATE zERONAUTICAL
EXPLDITION IN THE GREzIT BALLOON.

Westle,y, London, 1836.
The author of this singular work is Mr. Mouck
Mason, who, it may be remembered, was one of that I
intrepid knot.of aeronauts who a few weeks since bal-
looned their way from the county - of Middlesex to the
duchy of Nassau, The avecitlvit lle iTivcsi of this extra-
ordinary, yoyage is fall of
Oedtcli Novel; an Arabian Entert.:Yr
•
The party, it seems, flew fitirtt Yothahall on the
seventh of Novettibef-= inLfrOt 1111101...§..9
ta.
And the proces§ of infiatiOn iiailats been cotitilletiEdd
at an early hour, every thing was got ready for stattifig tit
one o'clock in the afternoon of the same. day. The appear,-
anee which tlid lialiotifi eXhibittid pre9iodS td the ascent
WAS ao less latercStiag that' strange. PrOtiglotis Which had
bcch calculated for a rdrttitglit's consumption, iti case of
emergency ; ballast to the ahatMat of iptafds dr a ton 'in
weigh 4 disposed in bags of different sites, duly regiotoed
and marked, together with an unusual supply of cordage,
implements, and other at acNiories to an aerial excursion,
occupied the bottom of the car ; while all mod the hoop
and elsewhere appended, hung cloaks, carpet-bags, barrel
of wood and copper, coffee-warmer, barometers, telescopes,
lamps, wine-jars, and spirit-flasks, with many other articles,
designed to serve the purpose of a voyage to regions, where
once forgotten, nothing could be again supplied."
On quitting terra firma, the aeronauts sailed off in
the direction of Kent, under the influence of a brisk
wind, which in the course of two or three hours
brought them to Canterbury, where they
,dispatched a
letter to the Mayor, by " lowering a small parachute,"
—which, as it is, no doubt, the first Express from the
clouds his Worship ever received, we take for granted
he will preserve as an heir-loom in his family. Im-
mediately on quitting Canterbury, the balloon so dimi-
; • nished her altitude, that the voyagers were enabled to
carry on a conversation with some gentlemen who
• happened to be walking on the earth beneath them.
• "So close indeed were we at one time," says Mr.

Mason,
" As to be able distinctly to observe a covey of partridges
which either our approach, or some other equally dreaded
apparition had dislodged from their resting-place, and sent
to seek a refuge on the borders of a wood which lay adja-
cent. A whole colony of rooks, alarmed, no doubt, by our
formidable appearance, rose likewise in dismay, and after
rending the air for miles round with their cries, and vainly
trying the protection of the neighbouring woods, finally dis-
persed, scattering themselves in every direction over the
surface of the earth."
We can readily conceive the dismay and perplexity
of the partridges and rooks at the sight of this aerial
apparition. The rooks, in particular, who like par-
sons, are easily alarmed, must have been panic-stricken ;
and the clamour which Mr. Mason describes them
as " rending the air for miles round" with, was of
course, cries of " the Rookery in Danger." Having
sufficiently bewildered the rooks and partridges, the
balloon again rose, and in a few minutes was within
bight of Dover.
" It was at this period of our voyage that the first oppor-
tunity occurred of showing how far it was possible for the
skilful and experienced aeronaut to influence the course of
his aerial vessel, by availing himself of the advantages which
circumstances frequently place at his disposal. Shortly
after we had lost sight of the city of Canterbury, a con-
siderable deviation appeared to have taken place in the
direction of our route. Instead of pursuing our former line
of south by east, which was that of the upper current, by
means of which we had hitherto advanced, it became appa-
rent that we were now rapidly bearing away upon one which
tended considerably to the northward, and which, had we
continued to remain within the limits of its influence, would
have shortly brought us to sea in the direction of the North
Foreland. As it had all along been an object to proceed as
near to Paris as circumstances would permit, we resolved to re-
cover as soon as possible the advantages which a superior cur-
rent had hitherto afforded us ; and accordingly rose to resume
a station upon our previous level. Nothing could exceed the
beauty of this manoeuvre, or the success with which the
balloon acknowledged the influence of her former associate.
Scarcely had the superfluous burden been discharged pro-
portioned to the effect required, when slowly she arose,
and, sweeping majestically round the horizon, obedient to
the double impulse of her increasing elevation and the
gradual change of current, brought us successively in
sight of all those objects which we had shortly before
left retiring behind" us, and in a few minutes placed us
almost vertically over the Castle of Dover, in the exact
direction of crossing the straits between that town and
Calais, where it is confined within its narrowest limits.
It was 48 minutes past four when the first line of waves
breaking on the beach appeared beneath us, and we might
be said to have fairly quitted the shores of our native soil,
and entered upon the hitherto dreaded regions of the sea.
It would be impossible not to have been struck with the
grandeur of the prospect at this particular moment of our
voyage ; the more especially as the approaching shades
of night rendered it a matter of certainty that it
would be the last in which earth would form a
prominent feature, that we might expect to enjoy
for a considerable lapse of ' time. Behind us, the
whole line of English coast, its white cliffs melting into
obscurity, appeared sparkling with the scattered lights,
which every moment augmented, among which the light-
house at Dover formed a conspicuous feature, and for a
long time served as a beacon whereby to calculate the di-
rection of our course. On either side below us the inter-
minable ocean spread its complicated tissue of waves,
without interruption or curtailment, except what arose from
the impending darkness, and the limited extent of our own
perceptions ; on the opposite side a dense barrier of clouds
rising from the ocean like a solid wall fantastically stir•
mounted throughout its whole length, with a gigantic repre-
sentation of parapets and turrets, batteries and bastions,
and other features of mural fortifications, appeared as if
designed to bar our further progress, and completely ob-
structed all view of the shores, towards which we were now
rapidly drawing nigh. In a few minutes after we had en-
tered within its dusky limits, and for a tthile became in-
volved in the double obscurity of the surrounding vapours
and of the gradual approach of night. Not a sound now
reached our cars ; the beating of the waves upon the British
shores had already died away in silence, and from the ordi-
nary effects of terrestial agitation, our present position had
effectually excluded us.
The night having now completely closed ins and no prospect
of any assistance from the moon to facilitate our researches,
it was only by means of the lights which, either singly or
in masses, appeared spreading in every direction, that we
could hope to take any account of the nature of the coun-
try we were traversing, or form any opinion of the towns
or villages which were continually becoming subjected to
our view. The scene itself was one which exceeds de-
scription. The whole plane of the earth's surface, for
many and many a league around, as far and farther than
the eye distinctly could embrace, seemed absolutely teem-
ing with the scattered fires of a watchful population, and
exhibited a starry spectacle below, that almost rivalled in
brilliancy the remoter lustre of the concave firmament
above. Incessantly during the earlier portion of the
night, ere the vigilant inhabitants had finally retired to rest,
large sources of light, betokening the presence of some more
extensive community, would appear just looming above
the distant horizon in the direction in which we were ad-
vancing, bearing at first no faint resemblance to the effect
produced by some vast conflagration, when seen from such
a distance as to preclude the minute investigation of its
details. By degrees, as we drew nigh, this confused mass
of illumination would appear to increase in intensity, ex-
tending itself over a larger portion of the earth, and as-
suming a distincter form, and a more imposing appearance,
until at length, having attained a position from whence we
could more immediately direct our view, it would gradually
resolve itself into its parts, and shooting out into streets,
or spreading into squares, present us with the roost perfect
model of a town, diminished only in sire, according to the
elevation from which we happened at the time to observe it.
Shortly before midnight, the voyagers reached the
city of Liege, which, from the height at which they
were, appeared to be one enormous mass of living fire—
" The perfect correctness with which every line of street
was marked out by its particular line of fires ; the forms'
and positions of the more important features of the city,
the theatres and squares, the markets and public buildings,
indicated by the presence of the larger and more irregular
accumulation of lights, added to the titbit murmur of a
busy population, still *actively engaged in the pursuits of
pleasure or the avocations of gain, all together combined to
form a picture which for singularity and effect certainly
could never have been conceived."
As the day began to break, the cold, which had
been severe throughout the night, became so intense,
that " the oil in the several vessels was completely
frozen ; and to this intensity Mr. Maack Mason at-
tributed the following curious fact
It was about half-past three in the morning, when the
balloon having gained a sudden accession of power, owing to
a discharge of ballast, which had taken place a few minutes
before, while navigating too near the earth to be consi-
dered perfectly safe in a country, with the main features

unacquainted, began to rise
of which we were totally
with considerable rapidity, and ere we had taken the cus-
tomary means to check her ascent, had already attained an
elevation of upwards of 12,000 feet. At this moment, while
all around is impenetrable darkness and stillness, and
darkness most profound, an usual explosion issues from
the machine above, followed instantaneously by a violent
rustling of the silk, and all the signs which may be sup-
posed to accompany the bursting of the balloon, in a re-
gion where nothing but itself exists to rive occasion to
such awful and unnatural disturbance. In the same in-
stant the car, as if suddenly detached from its hold, be.
comes subjected to a violent -concussion, and appears at
once ttz be in the act of sinking, with all its contents, into
1--ss bcl,w. A second and a third explosion
the dark a., •'-"', accompanied 17 time recurrence
follow in quick succession,
;if time gt!..T‘q ;Astounding effects ;I upon
the mind dr. the tillee”.wious voyager of the fate whieli
thing now appears. capable (if alerting. In a moment after
all is trantit!il and secure the halfoon has recovered her
usual form and stillness, and nothing appears to desig-
opt# the unnatural agitation to which she has been so
lately and deatreonntably subjected. The occurrence of
this phenomena, howetet atange it may appear, is, ne-
aetthelessi susceptible of the simplest solution, and
consists tendency to enlargement from remotion
of pressure which tire Moon experiences itt rising from
a low to a higher position ill the atmosphere, and the
resistailn to this enlargement occasioned hey the net-work
previously saturated moisture, and subsequently con-
gealed into the elliptical form which the dependent weight
of the gar obliges it to assume, whenever the shrunken ca-
pacity of the sphere it encompasses will admit of its lon-
gitudinal distension ; as this resistance is occasioned by the
intervention of a non-elastic medium (the ice) which has
bound the meshes of the net-work in their contracted form,
it is evident that the liberation occasioned by their disrup-
ture will not take place until the internal pressure of the
balloon has reached a certain amount ; when suddenly that
liberation is accomplished, attended by those collateral
effects which we have already attempted to describe."
The sudden rising of the balloon to upwards of
12,000 feet—that is to say, from a moderate elevation
to a height at which there is scarcely any breathing,
must have seriously incommoded the travellers. We
wonder their noses, and chins, and fingers, were not
frozen' impromptu. They soon, however, attained a
more rational altitude, and after an agreeable trip of
" exactly eighteen hours," alighted like birds on the
summit of a wood, i;;',7o leagues from the town of
Weilburgh, in the duchy of Nasai:;" where they were
received with as much reverence by the unsophisti-
cated peasants, as if they were Reporters just come
press from the Moon, " with important and exclusive
lunar intelligence." Indeed so bewildered were the
Nassau peasantry by the sight of the balloon,
that in the agitation of the moment, they drank
up all the travellers' brandy, accompanying each
draught, "for they tippled in turns," by the exclamation
of Himmlischer Shnappg, which is, being interpreted,
the celestial dram. At Weilburg nothing could equal
the enthusiasm with which the voyagers were wel-
comed. They were feasted, lionized, flattered by
young ladies, and envied by young gentlemen ; and
finally presented by a deputation of fat burgher% with
the freedom of the town. But this was not all, the day
previous to their departure the official authorities pub--
hely and solemnly baptised the balloon by the title of the
" great Balloon of Nassau," a German Baron standing
as god-father, and a German Baroness as god-mother,
on the occasion ; after which imposing ceremony,
a grand entertainment was given, which, it gratifies
us to state, the travellers obtained permission to
pay for themselves—inasmuch has it " consisted of
the remains of the stock of provisions which had
been unconsumed at the time of the descent."
We have read Mr. Mason's details of this voyage with
great delight, and have little doubt that it will be the
means of setting half the idle fashionable world bal-
looning throughout the next spring. We shall have
Dukes and Lords and Commoners ascending three or
four times a week from Vauxhall ; and applications
innumerable made to his Grace of Buckingham to take
a scat in the car as ballast. But why should Mr.
Mon& Mason insist so pertinaciously on the
necessity of carrying up heavy pigs of lead, when he
can obtain at the cheapest possible price all the Tory
pamphlets and speeches that have been published for
the last six years and upwards ? What more fitting
for ballast than a tun of " Phillpotts on Catholic
Emancipation ?" We trust Messrs. Green and
Mason will avail themselves of this hint, for they may
rely on it that Tory pamphlets weigh much heavier,
and are much cheaper too, than lead. But they must
take care that they do not read them, or they il
most assuredly fall asleep, and then heaven knows
what will be the consequence ! To conclude, the
only fault we find with Mr. Mason's pamphlet is, his
utter silence on the subject of that interesting
theme—eating and drinking among the clouds. We
should like to have seen some account of a supper
party, at an elevation, above the " Chops of the Chan-
nel," of some ,six or eight thousand feet ; also how
many snug tumblers of brandy and water a gentleman
may drink with impunity at the height of the Peak a
Teneriffe ; and moreover, whether dyspepsia is com-
mon, or otherwise, in that climate.

THE CABINET OF MODERN ART.
Whittaker, London, 1836.
" The Cabinet of modern Art," alias the " Literary
Souvenir," is one of the oldest and best conducted of
the Annuals, especially as regards the literary depart-
ment, which has less of a namby-pamtlyish character
about it than the majority of the glittering fraternity.
Still a little more vigour in its various prose and verse
would not misbecome it ; but, on the contrary, would
afford a welcome relief to the monotonous elegance and
elaborate finish that characterize too many of its arti-
cles. The present volume, if not an improvement
upon, is at any rate equal to, the best of its predeces-
sors. The subjects, both in prose and poetry, arc
well chosen and well treated. We may instance the
poem entitled " Jerusalem," which is from the pen of
Mr. T. K. Harvey, and is remarkable for the musical
flow of its rhythm. We subjoin a few of the stanzas,
whose only fault is that they are somewhat too cold,
and that the artist is too apparent throughout them :
Pale daughter of Zion I all wasted with weeping,
Thy footstool the desert—its dust on thy head ;
Thy long weary watch o'er the wilderness keeping,
And sitting in darkness, like them that be dead ;
A veil, like the widow's, hath shadowed thy pride,
And a sorrow is thine like no sorrow beside.
And sadly thy son by each far-foreign river
Sits, as he sat in the Babel of old ;
Lone .mid the nations, all homeless for ever,
Mid homes full of children, and poor mid his gold,
With a mark on his brow of the brand in his brain,
Like the record God wrote on the forehead of Cain 1
Weary with wandering and wasted with sadness,
And walking by lights that are all front the past,
Wishes, scarce hopes, waken smiles without gladness,
As backward his thoughts like the mourner's are cast,
For the tale of the Hebrew who wanders alway
Is the fable and type of his people to day.
A proverb to most, and a moral to all,
And a lamp unto others, though sitting in gloom,
He seems like a mute in a festival hall,
And is still looking forward to that which bath come;
Like the children of Eblis, he hideth his smart
And walks through the world with his hand on his heart.
The apt and poetic allusion in the last line is to the
Caliph Vathek and Carathis, whom Beckford, in his
admirable Oriental romance, represents as wandering
through the halls of Eblis, with their hands placed
upon their hearts, " in token," we quote from memory,
" of the fire that is burning, and will burn there, for
ever." " Cottage Life," is a carefully finished Essay
froth ithe pen of William Howitt. There is much
sound sense and healthy sentiment in these remarks :
" What a mighty space lies between the palace and the
cottage in this country ; aye, what a mighty space between
the mansion of the private gentleman and the but of the,
labourer on his estate ! To enter the one ;to see its state-
liness and extent ; all its offices, outbuildings, gardens,
green-houses, hoaouses ; its extensive fruit-walls, and the
people labouring to furnish the table simply with fruit, vege-
tables, and flowers ; its coach-houses, harness-houses, stables,
and all the steeds, draught-horses, saddle-horses, hunters,
and lady's pads ;—I say, to see all this, and then to enter
the cottage of a labourer, we must certainly think that
one has too much for the insurance of eomfort, or the other