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TnE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY; JVLY 13, 1841.

physical, poems." Mr. Talfourd concludes his speech by
an impassioned appeal to the Jury, wherein he warns
them of the danger of establishing a precedent \ which
will beset the course of every bookseller, very librarian,
throughout the country, with perpetual fears, and make
our Criminal Courts the arenas for. a savage warfare of
literary prosecutions !" The precedent, indeed, is one
full of danger ; and as regards Religion, strikes at its
very foundation, for what are all attempts to suppress
speculative opinions on the subject, but so many indi-
rect confessions that it will not bear discussion—that it
cannot stand on the broad, solid basis of truth and rea-
son, so requires to be buttressed up by law ? It is not the
sturdy oak, but the weakly sapling that we fence round
with props. To our thinking, prosecutions for blas-
phemy evince a sort of infidelity on the part of those who
get them up, and of the Juries who countenance them
by their verdicts, evincing, as they do, their doubts—
fears—distrusts--and abject abandonment of confidence
in the sublime truths of Christianity. Impressed with
this persuasion, we consider that Mr. Moxon has con-
ferred a great benefit on the community, by his 'republi-
cation of a Speech which so ably points out the folly and.
danger of such prosecutions...Jr;

SPAS of ENGLAND—SOUTHERN DIVISION.
2 Vols. Colburn, London, 1841.
The two former volumes of this work were de-
voted to a consideration of the Northern Spas of
England, and the author (Dr. Granville) has
here brought it to a close with a minute and par-
ticular notice of the Southern Spas. His book
undoubtedly contains much serviceable local in-
formation—ttie result of his own active personal
inquiries; but this information is conveyed in
such a heavy, lumbering, verbose style, that the
perusal of the volumes becomes a task of no or-
dinary difficulty. Of that celebrated watering-
place, Torquay, the Doctor expresses himself in
but qualified terms of approbation; observing
its cli-
mate the registers of mortality show that cli-
mate has not much served the purpose of pro-
longing life in cases of consumption. He also
remarks on the frequent tolling of the funeral-
bell at Torquay—a particularly enlivening sound
to those who have come to this South Devon-
shire Montpelier, in the confident expectation of
regaining health and spirits ! The account of
Teignmouth and its locality is perfectly just, with
the single exception of the allusion to the "lofty,
aspiring Ness, itself a sublime object, placed like
a giant warder at the mouth of the Teign." Now
the rock, or hill, thus magniloquently described,
is scarcely a hundred feet in height; and as for
thei e being anything "sublime" about it—never
was there a more erroneous notion. It is simply
a bold, bluff headland, but a mere pigmy com-
pared to Beachey Head. We have stood on it
many a time, and viewed it from at least a dozen
different points, but were never impressed with
a sense of its grandeur. Of Southampton, the
Doctor thinks highly, and says that " it offers to
people having delicate lungs, or irritable trachea,
a retreat preferable almost to those found on the
south-western coast." The most readable portion
of the volumes is that devoted to an account of
Bristol, and its pieturesque.neighbour, Clifton—
which is certainly one of the loveliest spots in
the three kingdoms.

JOURNEY BOOK OF ENGLAND.
C. Knight, London, 1841.

The object of this 'work is to give a detailed
account of the situation, boundaries, extent, phy-
sical topography, history, and antiquities, geo-
logy, &c., of the different counties of England.
The present Part is confined to Derbyshire—
perhaps, as a whole, the most picturesque of our
English counties, not excepting even the Lake
districts—and enters into full particulars respect-
ing all that is worthy of note in it. The descrip-
tion of Chatsworth, and the plates in illustration
of this magnificent baronial estate, are exceed-
ingly interesting.

CANADIAN SCENERY, Part 17.
Virtue, London, 1841.

The most attractive features of this periodical
work are decidedly the- embellishments, of
which each Part contains four. The views in the
Part before us are chiefly of the city of Montreal,
and, as works of art, are creditable to the engra-
ver's skill.

KNIGHT'S STORE OF KNOWLEDGE
Nos. I. and 11. Shahspere and his Writings.
Nos. 111. and IV. Life qf Napoleon Bonaparte.
Mr. Knight proposes, in this Store of Know-
ledge," to bring together, in a cheap and limited
shape, a series of papers on the most important
topics of science, art, and history. He has
opened this campaign in the last department,
and his compressed account of " Shakspere and
his Writings" forms a light, pleasant congeries
of interesting detail. The " Life of Napoleon "
is as close-wedged as condensation can possibly
make it. At embellishment there is no attempt,
but the bare, nude facts are ably collocated, and
the precision of the dates makes it good for a
guide oi• reference.

EXPENSE OF _IMPORTING CORN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l would now request your attention to an ex-
pense on the introduction of foreign corn of 3s. or 4s.
per quarter, that I have never seen quoted in Parlia-
ment, or out of it, or by any merchant. If you refer to
any policies of insurance of the underwriters on foreign
shipments, you will find a clause at foot declaring that
seeds, corn, tobacco, salt fish, hides, &c. &c., are not
liable to average, but only insured against total loss.
Now, every tenth cargo of corn imported is averaged,
and damaged. Now, as the underwriters do not pay for
this average, it must be laid on the price of the sound
and good. corn. So that this is a still further protecting
duty above any I have ever seen quoted.
I am, Sir, respectfully and obliged,
EDMUND TAUNTON.
2, Crescent, Birmingham, July 10, 1841.