The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

TAR SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAT 27, 1847.

THE LONDON WEATHER.

The following letter has been addressed to the Editor
of the Times :

Sir,—The weather recently has been of so extraordi-
nary a character, particularly the changes in the tem-
perature, that I am induced to send you a copy of my
register for the past few days. Sunday last exhibited
excessive electrical influences early in the day, which
increased as the sun progressed to the meridian. The
lowest point of the atmospheric temperature of the pre-
vious night was 63 deg. of Fahrenheit, and at one o'clock
P 31. the shade thermometer indicated 82, and the sun
aspect 106 ; the latter advancing to 115 at half-past two
o'clock, and the former to 87 at three o'clock. At ten
o'clock the heat was 73, and was not below 65 during the
night. On Monday the air was in a more negative state,
and the temperature 20 deg. lower, as will be seen by the
annexed table. Last night the lowest point was 50,
which presents the extraordinary difference of 37 deg.
between that and the shade of Sunday, and of 65 deg.
between that and the sun register. There is no doubt
that severe thunder-storms occurred on Sunday.—l re-
main, Sir, your subscriber, _ _ H. P.

Bermondsey-square, May 26.
Lowest Highest Highest
previous in the in the
night. shade. sun's aspect.
May 22 ... 56 ... 76 ... 91
23 63 ... 87 ... 115
24 ... 65 ... 68 ... 81
25 51 ... 6 ... 80

Barometer.
inches.
... 30.04
... 29.94
... 29.84
... 30.05

26 ... 50 ... 74i .. 98 ... 30.16
P.S. It will be seen that to-day the temperature has
been very high ; wind S.E., as it was on Sunday. Last
year the shade thermometer did not exceed 90 on the
22d of June, and the sun temperature was not above
116 Aug. 1.

mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner to be sold
for 1001., &c. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each and 50 added ; for three
yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst ; five, Bst 41b ; six and aged,
Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 3001., &c.

TEIURSDAY, JUNE 3.

A Piece of Plate, value 5001., given by his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias, added to a Sweepstakes of
20 soya. each ; for three yrs, 6st 10lb; four, Bst 51b;
five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares, &c., allowed
31b. About two miles and a half.
Dolo, 4 yrs Jericho, 5 yrs
Eryx, 4 yrs Alarm, 5 yrs
Pyrrhus the First, 4 yrs Mathematician, 3 yrs
The Hero, 4 yrs Mendicant, 4 yrs
Maid of Motherwell, 3 yrs Poynton, 4 yrs
Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Grimston, 4 yrs

Sir Tattoo Sykes, 4 yrs
Christopher, 3 yrs
WoWog 5 yrs

The Liberator, 4 yrs
Sting, 4 yrs
Mr. Martin, 3 yrs

Watchdg, 3 yrs
The Visitors' Plate of 1001.1
each. Once roue,

llago, 4 yrs
(handicap) by subs. of 5 sous.
d, and a distance.

The New Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added, for
.d. T.Y.C.
Lord Lonsdale's c, by Red-
shank, out of Bridegroom's
dam
Mr. May's Senga
Mr. Mostyn's Mastiff
Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of
Toscar
Mr. R. H. Nevill's Dover
Mr. Osbaldeston's 1, by Car-
dinal Puff, out of Croton
Oil's dam
Mr. Payne's Glendower
Mr. Payne's Woodcraft
Sir R. I'igot's colt, by Elis,
out of Manto
Major Pitt's Holloa
Mr. Pitt nd c by Tory Boy,
out of Rachel
Duke of Richmond's Nectar
Mr. Rolt's Sea-room
Baron Rothschild's c, by
Touchstone, out of Lan-
guish
Baron Rothschild's f, by
Touchstone, out of Sar-
casm
Lord E. Russell's Cracow
Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff
Lord J. Scott's Rundisford
Lord Strathm ore's Sincerity
Lord Strathmore's Sweet
Sauce
Mr. Thornhill's Iron Crown
Mr. Trelawny's f, by Hark-
away, out of Frederica
Lord Waterford's Wilmot

two yrs o]
Mr. Bateman's Baccanalian
Count Batthyany's Ptole-

mieus
Count Batthyany's Egre-
mont
Duke of Bedford's Duplicity
Mr. Bristow's Fernhill
Lord Caledon's bl c, by Si-
moom, out of The Queen
Lord Caledon's Sister to,

Wanota
Lord CheSterfield'sThe Pub-

lican -
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Manches•

ter
Mr. Cooper's Slug
Mr. Copeland's Goldsmith
Mr. Death's Glitter
Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy
Lord Exeter's Tisiphone
Sir H. Fleetwood's Colum-

bine
Mr. Francis's Little Red

Riding Hood
Mr. Gody% in's Own Sister to,

Dextrous
Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher
Mr. B. Green's Assault
Mr. Greig's c, by Earl of
Richmond, out of Single.
ton's dam
Mr. Greville's Dunrobin
Mr. E. Griffith's Dinedor
Mr. E. Griffith's Hagley
Mr. Gully's Edio Ochiltree
Mr. A. W. Hill's Volley
Mr. C. Lily's Brilliant
Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, and only h ft if declared,
&c., for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies,
Bst 41b. Swinley Course.
Madge Grey Timour Diphthong
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts,
Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b; those by stallions or out
of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b; if both,
61b. Swinloy Course.
Seducer, 61b
F by Assassin; out of Esme-
ralda, 41b
Crozier, 61b
Epirote, 41b
Stultz, 41b
C by the Snob, out of the

Moonlight, 4lb
The Rover's Bride (dead),
41b
Toni Fool (dead), 41b
The Positive Young Man,
41b
F by the Saddler, out of
Fanchon
Outpost, 41b
Cutaway, 41b
Bella Donna
Lady of the Lune, 4lb
Cheapside, 61b
Tallyho

Premature, 61b
F by Little Red Rover, out
of Purity, 41b
C by H. Platoff, out of Va-

lance. 61b
Mirmillo, 41b

Nestor
Buckskin
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft,
for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b.
Old mile.
Jesuit (dead)

George Barnwell

__
Montpensier Mirmillo
C by Sir Hercules, out of Shawn Buidhe
Harmony 13 c by Venison, out of Sis-
Voronetz ter to Cobweb
The Precocious Youth Abdiel
The Stand Plate of 701. Swinley Course.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Once round.
FRIDAY.
300 soya. given by the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, added to a Handicap of 10 soya. each, for three
year olds, &c. Swinley Course.
Yrs. st. lb. Yrs. st. lb.
Dulcet
Poynton
Antler
Patriot
The Laundry maid 4 8 5 Allertonian
Lady Wildair ... 5 8 3 Buckskin
Wood Pigeon ... 5 8 1 Stultz. - 3 6 6
Bokhara
Reminiscence ... 3 7 10 Projectile
Nydia, the Blind Daughter of the
Girl
Bravissimo
Lynceus 4 7 8 Bedlam 3 6 5
Jinglepot
The Polka
Colleen Bawn ... 5 7 3 Vanity
Forest Flower ... 5 7 0 Bedouin 3 6 2
Alkali : 5 7 0 Fistiana 3 6 0
Gift
Kismet
Camera Obsura 4 7 0 Venison, out of
Bridle
Whirligig
Tragical
Cosachia
Correct Card 3 6 10 Don Csasar
The Wokingham Stakes, of 5 soy. each, for three years
old (handicap). Last three-quarters of the new mile.
The Borough Members' Plate, of 50/., added to a sweep-
stakes of 5 soya. each. Winner to be sold for 1501.
The old mile, &c.
Sweepstakes, of 50 soya. each, h ft ; for three year
olds, &c.

Cottisford
Ferinft

f by Lanercost, out of Camp
Flower, 41b
Coningsby
Dr. Goodall, 41b

Pampelun a

The improvements mentioned some time back as
having been in progress on the race-course are now
completed, and will form a grateful addition to the com-
forts of the visitors to the Grand Stand. The lawn has
been considerably extended, and will now afford suffi-
cient space for a promenade, which from the increased
number of races each day, has long since ceased to be
practicable on the race course. At the back of the
stand a high wall has been erected, to shut out any nui-
sance or annoyance that might otherwise arise from the
booths and stables in that quarter. Trees have been
planted within the enclosure, which in a few years will
afford a delightful retreat from the heat of the sun, and,
with the addition of seats, will, in this respect, place
Ascot on a footing with Goodwood. In many other re-
spects the convenience and comfort of the visitors have
been consulted, and as it is beyond a doubt that her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert, with her illustrious visitors, will
be present on the first and third days, we look confidently
for a brilliant meeting.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER RACES.— W EDNESDAY.
The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added; three
yrs old, 6,t 41b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 121 b; six and
aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs; win-
ners once in 1847, 31bs; twice, sibs extra. One mile
and a half. (6 Subs.)
Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux, 3 yrs (G. Oates) 0
Mr. Ewbank',- Louisa Newell, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0
Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 6 yrs
Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, 5 yrs
Mr. G. Arnold's Alice, 6 yrs
After a dead heat between Louisa Newell and Meaux,
they divided the stakes, and Meaux walked over.
The Pendletot, Stakei W' I 0 sore. each, and 40 added,
for two yrs old colts, Bst 511); and fillies, Bst 21b; the
second to save his stake. About three quarters of a
mile. (4 Subs.)
Mr. J. Lillie's The Great Western (Marlow) 1
Mr. Green's Miss Margaret
Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn
The Manchester Trades Cup of 20 sovs., added to a
Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de-
clared. Two miles and a distance. (38 Subs.)
Mr. R. Stephenson's Sheraton, 4 yrs, 7st 21b(Simpson) 1
Mr. R. Phillip nd br m by Talleyrand. 5 yrs,
6st (Abdale) 2
Mr. Harland's Cossack Maid, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Ryder) 3
The following also ran :—Mr. Stewart's Cranebrook,
4 yrs, Bst (Marlow)—Mr. Pedley's Miss Burns, aged,
7st 101 b (A. Day)—Mr. T. Worthindton's Sharston, 4
yrs, 7st 71b (Whitehouse)—Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, 4
yrs, Est 101 b (Duncan)—Mr. Hesseltine's The Slayer's
Daughter, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Longstaff)—Mr. L. Fox's
Shelforth, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Oates)—Mr. Saxon ml Dart,
5 yrs, Est 71bs (Edwards)—Mr. Peck nd Factory Girl, 5
yrs, sst 21b (Johnson).
5 to 2 agst Miss Burns, 5 to 1 agst The Slayer's
Daughter, 6 to 1 agst Dart, 7 to 1 agst Sheraton, 8 to 1
agst Cranebrook, and 10 to 1 against Affiance. Won by
a head.
Plate of 701., the second to receive 10/ Three•yrs-old
7st; four yrs, Bst 41b; five yrs, Bst 91b; six yrs and
aged, Bst 121 b. Mares, &c., allowed 31b. Heats, two
miles.
Lord Chesterfield's b f by Don John out
of Gamelass, 3 yrs (Oates) 2 1 0 1
Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 4 yrs ... 0 2 1 2
Mr. Peck's Cock Robin, 3 yrs
Mr. Arrowsmith's b f by Inheritor out of
Tiffany, 3 yrs 0 0 dr
Mr. Carr's Butterton, 3 yrs
NEWTON (LANCASHIRE) RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Drawing Room Stakes of 20 soya each, and 15
added; for two-yrs-old fillies, Bst Mb. Golbornc
Course. (3 Subs.)
Sir J. Gerard's Lucy A5ht0n........... (E. Edwards) 1
Mr. Legh's Maid of Mona ... .
5 to 2 on Lucy Ashton. %Von in a canter in 54 secs.
The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added. Mile
and a quarter. (5 Subs.)
Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (E. Edwards) 1
Mr. J. Clarke na Ratcliffe, 6 yrs, 9st 21b
Betting-4 to 1 on Pantasa, who won in a canter, in
2 min. and 27 sec.
The Gold Cup, given by the Lord of the Manor, added
to a handicap of 20 sovA. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if e.„.
elated, the second to receive 23 sovs., and the third
10 sovs. Two miles and a distance. (54 Subs., 22 of
whom declared.)
Mr. L. Keegan's Burgundy, 4 yrs, 7st (Abdale) 1

Lord Eglinton's Eryx, 3 yrs, 6st 21b 2
Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity, 5 yrs, sst 91b
Mr. Cranstoun's Conime it faut, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b
The following also ran :—Mr. Clarke's the Maid of
Lyme, 4 yrs, 7st slb (Brandwood)—Mr. W orthington's
Hooton, aged, 7st 41b (Hutchinson)—Mr. Heap's Brown
Fly, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (Sampson)—Lord Stanley's Mennen,
3 yrs, sst (Charlton)—aud Mr. Copeland's Marlow, 3
yrs, sst (G. Sharp).
Betting-6 to 4o❑ Burgundy, sto 2 agst Eryx, and
7to 2 agst Maid of Lyme. Burgundy made all the
running, and won by two length. Run in 3 min. and
53 secs.

PEDESTRIANISM.
VV lIITSIINTIDE SPORTS AT TURNHAM-GREEN.—On
Monday and yesterday, several trials of speed and agility
in the shape of foot and hurdle-racing came off on the
Back-common, Turnham- green, for prizes given by John
Smith ( the Regent-street pet), who has lately taken the
Derby Arms, in the immediate neighbourhood of the
ground. On Monday a race for novices, 100 yards for
31., was contested between Henry Smith, jun. and Samuel
Smith (brother to the Pet), who made a promising first
appearance, by winning by half a yard, after a fast rattle
for a young one. The next was a race of 440 yards,
over eight hurdles, for a prize of 51, for which John
Smith, Thomas Thompson, Edward Smith, and Har-
rington contended. John Smith, giving three yards
start, came in first for the first heat, but was appealed
against, and disqualified, Thompson, of Turnham-green,
who came in second, being declared the winner of the
first event. Second heat—Edward Smith, 1; Thomp-
son, 2; Harrington, 3. Third heat—Thompson, 1; E.
Smith, 2; Thompson thus becoming the winner. Several
minor races followed. On Tuesday, a splendid hurdle
race, three hundred yards, over eight hurdles,
three feet six inches high, in heats, was con-
tended for a silver cup. John Smith, Brian of Bradford,
Edward Smith, Thomas Thompson, Joseph Robinson,
and Brown, appearing at the scratch. First heat E. Smith
put on the steam, and led well to the sixth hurdle, when
John Smith put on the steam, and led in by a couple of
yards. Second Heat—This brought five to the starting
point, Robinson (Caunt's Pet) having retired. Thomp-
son led to the fourth hurdle, when Brian went up, chal-
lenged, and passed him; the rest in a cluster. Thus
they ran to the sixth leap, when Brian and John Smith
singled themselves out, and Brian defeated him by a
yard. Third Heat—Five started, John Smith, E. Smith,
Thompson, Brian, and Brown. All went away admi-
rably, taking their hurdles in first-rate style; Smith and
Brian were leading, and Thompson third, when Brian
burst his shoe, and fell in the rear, Smith going in a
winner by six yards. We should observe, that Brian
and Smith gave their opponents three yards' start in
each heat. Between the first and second heats of the
hurdle race a walking. match of ten miles was decided
between T. Dance, 'Thomas Ravenscroft, and Thomas,
of Chelsea, for a silver snuff-box. Ravenscroft being
out of condition, resigned, after the first two miles, when
Dance and Thomas carried it on at a great pace to the
fifth, keeping close together. Finally Thomas, who
walked exceedingly well, left his opponent upwards of
160 yards in the rear, who, however, walked on spi-
ritedly to the end. The mile race between Edwin Smith
and Samuel Hearne, was won by Hearne by 20 yards.

CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE WRESTLING

These annual matches commenced on Monday at the
Brecknock Arms, Camden Town, the prizes given being
501. in the Devon style, and 50/. in the Cornish style,
besides a champion's belt, which excited unusual emula-
tion between the two counties; and induced the best
players to come up to London to compete for the prizes.
Cornwall sent up Thomas Gundrey, their champion, W.
Hodge, Trezise, Waters, Bray, Chipman, Oliver, &c.
Devon sent up its champion, W. Chapple, together with
Snell, Elticombe, Layman, Toogood, res, and Flyn,
from Ireland. The last-named threw his man yester
day two back falls in a most masterly style. Bray
played a most beautiful turnout with J. Dyer, and won
both falls. Chipman, of Cornwall, cleverly threw
Hutchins, of Devon; W. Snell, of Devon, floored W.
Hodge, of Cornwall, after a very long and sharp bout,
and were to play again this (Wednesday) afternoon.
The ring was next occupied by the two county chem.
pions, Gundrey and Chapple, and after one of the most
scientific bouts of wrestling ever witnessed, Gundrey
floored Chapple with the lett hip, in a most masterly
style. Bartlett (C). downed Toogood (D); then Good-
man (C), played Ellicombe (D); being two very powerful
men, they played very hard for near two hours, Good-
man winning one back in that time. It being too late
to play out their turn, they were to be called again, at
two this afternoon, when all the above men were to
be matched together for the Devon prizes.
Yesterday the wrestling at the Brecknock Arms was
resumed and brought to a conclusion, after a fairer dis-
play of wrestling than had ever been witnessed in Lon-
don. The play commenced at two o'clock, when Good-
man (C) and Ellicombe (D) were again antagonised
for the second fall, won after an arduous struggle by
Goodman. Snell (D) also threw Hodge (C) a second
time. Bartlett (C) performed the like to Toogood (D),
and Gundry (C) won his second from Chappell (D).
In this bout the interest of the day was almost concen-
trated, as being the acknowledged champions and repre-
sentatives of their counties; it was a stalwart struggle
for twenty minutes, when Gundry manfully raised his
opponent and threw him by the back heave, amidst the
most deafening cheering from one party. Oliver (C),
the little wonder, now tripped Bowden; and Bray (C),
the stiff-built and wily Ulysses, toppled over Flynn
(Ireland), the powerful and straightforward Ajax, whose
good-humoured, manly play was much praised. Tresize
(C) now threw Goodman (C), and Waters (C) threw
Chipman (C), and Gundry (C) was opposed to Snell
(D), whom be disposed of in fifteen minutes. Of the third
round we shall merely state that Bray threw Roper, and
afterwards Tresize (C) and Roper (C) wrestled for the
fourth prize, won by Tresize, flooring his opponent by
the back bitch. Gundry now defeated Waters and Bray,
and Waters subsequently threw Bray. The prizes
were, therefore-Ist, Champion's belt and 151. to Gundry
(C); 2d, 101. to Waters (C); 3d, 51. to Bray (C); and
4th, 3/. to Tresize
(C); thus confirming our opinion of
yesterday—the Cornish men having borne away the
prizes, although the wrestling was conducted in the
Devonshire style. Gundry, the winner of the chief
prize
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liness, and good temper deserve all praise.

THE BAZAAR for the DISTRESSED

ISH.
This bazaar, which will b Rle
held on Friday and Satur-
day, was opened yesterday in the Barrack-yard, in the
Regent's-park, under the auspices of her Majesty the
Queen, Prince Albert, and the members of the Royal
Family. The riding-house, a very large building, was
beautifully decorated, and fitted up with stalls, not for
the horses of the Life Guards, but for the noble ladies
who. attended to sell the various articles to the numerous
fashionable visitors. Seven trophies of British flags
adorned the centre, and on either side were the flags of
France, Belgium, America, and Ireland. There were
shields with the royal arms, the arms of the Prince of
Wales, Prince Albert, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
Helmets, shields, swords, pistols, &c., were.displayed on
the walls. The draperies of the stalls were crimson cloth,
festooned and embroidered in silver, with the names of the
ladies who presided, viz., the Marchionesses of Ailesbury,
Clanricarde, and Londonderry; the Countesses of Mount
Edgecumhe, Desert, Longford, Limerick, St. German's'
and Granville; Ladies Combermere, Seaham, and Beau-
vale; the Baroness L. de Rothschild, and Mrs. M. Martyn.
These appropriate decorations, and the tents erected in
the grounds, were arranged by Mr. B. Edgington, of the
Borough, whose reputation for such things is well known.
The bands of the three regiments of the household bri-
gade of cavalry played by turns some appropriate
music, and greatly increased the gaiety of the scene.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with their suite,
arrived shortly after eleven o'clock, and after prome-
nading round the stalls, retired at twelve. The Duke of
Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duchess
of Gloucester, and an immense concourse of the nobility
-fnahionables also visited the kPa-anox in, the course of
theday. It is to be hoped the sale of the fancy articles
and the receipts for the cards of admission will realise a
large sum for the relief of the distress of our suffering
fellow-subjects.

REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS
DURING THE WEEK ENDING MAY 22.
Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week.
Males ... 487 Males ... 653
Females ... 424 Females ... ... 614

Total .. 911

Total ... 1,267

esinthe other bakers'
wdhreils g
, and that the
BREAD FROM WHEAT MEAL.---It 13 stated by a
correspondent of the Salisbury Journal, that bread is
made and sold at Mere containing the whole of the pro-
ducebread is 10d. and 11d. It is a matter of surprise that the
former description of bread is not made and sold in this
without4lb. loaf, any
prprice
o isf
only the wheatBd.
the
city; but, instead of such being the case, there is a dif-
ficulty in obtaining it, even if ordered, and the same
price is charged as for other bread. Bread from wheat
meal is recommended as both wholesome and nutritious•
,
it is, in fact, highly conducive to health.—lVestern
Luminary.
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO A
CLERGYMAN.
The Rev. William Gillmor, M.A. perpetual curate of
Illingworth, Yorkshire, has been presented by the ladies
of his congregation with a handionae set of robes, as a
token of their respect and esteem for his very zealous
and faithful discharge of his clerical duties among his
parishioners.
HONESTY REWARDED.—A few days ago a poor
woman, named Guerin, living in a miserable garret in
the rue Sevres,
defound in the rue St. Dlaur a sealed
letter. Not being able to read, she took it to a person
who found upon it the name of Madame Viard, without
any address. To gain further information, he opened
the letter, and found in it a bank-note for 1,000 francs.
Listening only to the dictates of honesty, she immedi-
ately took the envelope and its contents to the prefec-
ture of police. It was soon discovered that Madame
the bank di
boarth'-school, and that Viard keeps a . note
father of
had been sent to her by the
through one of her teachers, who had dropped it.
Madame Viard, on recovering the note, liberally gave
the poor honest woman who found it 50 francs.; and
promised to be a friend to her for the rest of her life.
DISEASE AMONGST THE GROUSE.—The same disease
wbieh prtveil .11 rp9ny years pm has made its appear
11:500 this seasolL
Lnxgo quantities of these birds are tc
be found dead ou tile .• I...agin of Like rivets mild by the
side of the rills" on our heath-clad hills, which does not
augur well for the future prospects of the sportsmen on
12th of August next.—Montrose Standard.

LITERATURE.
TYE WORLD'S COMPLAINT; and Other Poems.

By Charlotte Young.
Among the many absurd notions now prevalent not
one is more absurd than that which is so frequently
expressed, that the age of poetry has departed. It is
presumed that we are become so thoroughly an
utilitarian generation that we are wholly incapacitated
from participation in the divine and spiritual regions
of the Poet. Our hearts are somehow considered to
be case-hardened against all the gentler and holier
emotions. Men are depicted now-a-days as though
they were digesting automata, thriving upon a heart-
less system of materialism, and yearning only for the
acquisition of wealth and the extension of a dry and
debasing knowledge. Monstrous as have been the
popular delusions by which the energies of the com-
munity have been from time to time weakened and
misdirected, we maintain this to be the grossest
delusion by which society has ever been afflicted.
We maintain it to be a grosser delusion than that
excited by Sternholt and Hopkins, than the credulity
in alchemy, than the belief in El Dorado, than the
superstition of the Chinese cobbler who refused to kill
the ducks waddling about his garden for fear that
peradventure one among them might have originally
been his grandmother. We maintain that Poetry
would now find as many appreciators as in the days of
Co wley or Byron—if not more ! Notwithstanding
that our sylvan scenes are being marred by the en-
croachments of railways, that the picturesqueness of
the "pebbly dips" is destroyed by a gradient, or the
loveliness of the dingles interrupted by enormous
cuttings, we are satisfied that the worshippers of
Nature are more numerous than in the days of the
most bucolic minstrels from Virgil to Shenstone. To
express our meaning in the language of mythological
allegory, if the strings of the Orphean lyre could
again vibrate—even though it were in the vicinity of
some branch of the Great Western Railway—the
trees, and the rocks, and the brambles, and the brutes
of the field would have as much inclination to dance
to the sound of its melody as they had in the days of
ancient Greece, and that is saying a great deal! Talk
as we may of our having become a more money-
getting race than formerly, we are convinced that the
ears of the million are not impervious to the voice of
the Poet, that they are not one jot less ready to wel-
come that voice than their predecessors ; that on the
contrary, the Poet may be certain of a more numerous
and discriminating, and even a more enthusiastic
audience than at any anterior period whatever. Mr.
Payne Collier may tell us of the Roxburghe ballads,
and Bishop Percy may become garrulous upon those
relating to Robin and his merry men of the thicket,
but we would ask them if ever ballads penetrated the
ears and the hearts of a whole nation so instantaneously
and earnestly as did the ballads of Thomas Hood ?
That is one instance out of a multitude in proof of our
argument. Let the name of your poet be as un-
poetical and uncaptivating as you please—let it be
James Hogg, or Thom the weaver, or Ebenezer Elliot,
or Motherwell, or what not—let his theme be as lowly
and uninspiring as it may be, upon a broomstick, or a
debatein Parliament, or a milliner, or even a suicide
li of a class that shall be nameless—in spite of all this,
in spite of the jeers and derisions of the unsympa-
thising few, in spite of that utilitarianism of which we
are so perpetually reminded, the voice of a true poet
is always listened to with attention, and his words
chronicled in the memories of the people. In this
manner, unassisted, unpuffed, and unparaded, Alfred
Tennyson has gradually grown up into a classic. A
goodly number of poetical writers now living, have,
in this manner, surrounded themselves with thousands
of admiring enthusiasts. Even the poetaster can collect
an audience now by his small pipings. We are satis-
fied therefore that the old outcry, that poetry is a
drug in the literary market, is all nonsense ;
and we are rejoiced whenever any one is
adventurous enough to put in his denial
against the clamour by the publication of
verse—especially when it happens to be particularly
excellent. The World's Complaint, therefore, and
other poems, by Charlotte Young, are welcome to us.
They are certain, moreover, of a cordial greeting and
an unbiased perusal from the public; like all similar
attempts to enshrine household thoughts and loving
principles in the amber of song. Schiller, indeed,
has shown in a magnificent allegory, that at no period
can the magic of poetry be wielded in vain over the
multitude. In his exquisite poem of " The Partition
of the Earth," he describes how the Deity on the
formation of the globe distributed the different por-
tions of the creation to different classes—the forest to
the hunter, the plain to the husbandman, the flood to
the fisherman, the main to the merchant. When the
partition is completed, "a figure comes listlessly on."
Lord Francis Leveson Gower has translated the Ger-
man original into English, with so much elegance,
that we quote a fragment of his version :
" The mien of disorder, the wreath which he wore,
And the phrenzy that flashed from his eye,
And the lyre of ivory and gold which he bore,
Proclaimed that the Poet was nigh ;
And he rushed all in tears at the fatal decree,
To the foot of the Thunderer's throne,
And complained that no spot of the earth or the sea,
Had been given the Bard as his own.
* * * * * * *
The earth, said the Godhead, is portion'd away ;
And I cannot reverse the decree ;
But the Heavens are mine, and the regions of day,
And their portal is open to thee."
There is a poet's guarantee that his art can never
become old ! The little volume before us then comes
not in, an unfitting season. It has been written as
the writer professes in her miniature preface, in the
hope that its readers " may find scattered here and
there some stray thought that may beccme a happy
one." As such it must be received then. The pieces
are fugitive, upon odd and capricious fancies associated
with life, and death, and home, and nature. That
the author has a natural capacity for the art is shewn,
we think, in a single line in the Song of the Turret
Clock," when tne spirit of the clock—not the Chimes
a-la-Boz—has been commenting upon the fact of the
hands having been crumbled into clay by which it
had been constructed, and of it, a mere creature of
metal, still throbbing on after its creator is dead.
But, " Alas!" it cries,

tis in vain to sigh,
I've heard 'tis a glorious thing to die!"
Occasionally we perceive a sympathy between the
imagination of Charlotte Young and that of some of
her contemporaries. For instance, her lines upon
" Frost" at once recall to our recollection some charm-
ing verses upon the same subject written by the wife
of the author of " Paracelsus," late Elizabeth Barrett
Barrett. Again we can detect a similarity between
the ideas and language of the former that sometimes
almost amounts to plagiarism. Take as an example
the piece beginning—
" How strange it seems, while looking round
Upon the leafless trees,
To think this piercing winter blast
Will yield to gentlest breeze ;
That brooks in icy fetters bound
Once more will flow along,
And once again the echo mock
The amorous blackbird's song."
The notion of this—very prettily and newly ex-
pressed, it is true—is however identical with those
quaint but delicious stanzas of Keats, beginning—
" In a drear-nighted December,
Too happy, happy tree,
Thy branches ne'er remember
Their green felicity :
The north cannot undo them,
With a sleety whistle through them ;
Nor frozen thawings glue them
From budding at the prime."
As a specimen of the writer's poetical strains we give
these dainty verses :
Sing on, gay birds !
Tho' leaves are falling fast,
And one by one
Your summer joys go past,
Yet still sing on !
Bloom on, fair flowers I
Tho' blows the autumn wind,
And pelting rains
• Fall dismal and unkind,
Yet still bloom on !
Smile on, bright eyes !
Tho' you have seen depart
Your youths' best hopes,
The childhood of your heart,
Yet still smile on
Hope on, young hearts !
Tho' you have learn'd to call
All hope a cheat,
That cheers but to enthrall,
Yet still hope on !
Of happy thoughts like these the book has many ;
the expectations of the authoress will therefore be
realised.

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