The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-02 00:00:00

TAITS MAGAZINE.

In an article on " The Present Duty of Re-
formers," Tait justly observes, " although the
Tories should conic in, maimed and halting, with
a slender majority of from ten, to twenty or thirty
votes, there is no• cause for discouragement.
Ultimate victory is but a question of time, and
may be the more complete if, having been
fiercely striven for, it is hardly won. We have
always had much faith in the uses of a powerful
and united Opposition." We agree with Tait,
that in the fierce Parliamentary struggle that
will shortly be resumed between the Liberal
party and the Tories, the victory will ultimately
be with the former, unless, indeed, the latter
consent to throw overboard all ,their long-
cherished schemes, and adopt a generous and
conciliatory course of policy. But this they can-
not
do, for the majority of the faction consists
of incurable bigots, who would unhesitatingly
abandon their leaders the instant they found
them adopting enlightened views of legisla-
tion. As they acted towards Sir Robert
Peel,•when, in spite of them, be carried Catholic
emancipation, so would they act again, were he
to venture to set at nought any one of their dar-
ling prejudices. As the writer remarks, "the
Tories will grapple their pillage to the last, and
die in the last ditch in defence of their right to
tax our food." It is this tenacity of purpose
which disregards all prudential considerations,
that will ere lone., we confidently predict, prove
the utter ruin oeToryism. The " Hairy-Mug
Mania, or Pussy-Puppyism," is a quiz on the
prevalent rage for huge whiskers and mustachios.
It is very silly—indeed, in places., is scarcely in-
telligible. " More Light on the Danube " gives
some entertaining particulars respecting some of
the numerous towns and cities that lie along the
course of this majestic stream. The writer bits
off his descriptions with ease and tact. "The
Green Gauntlet" is the continuation of a story,
the first portion of which has
.already appeared
in this Magazine. The battle of New Ross be-
tween the -King's troops and the rebels, in the
dreadful year 1798, is related with a vigour equal
to that which Bayrtim has shown, in his account
of the same sanguinary conflict in the 14 CroPpy."
" Life and Remains of L. E. L." is a kindly
critical notice of the lately well-written remains
of this lamented lady. From the " Ode to Loch
Lomond we quote a pleasing passage or two:—
'Tis morn, and o'er Ben Lomond's brow
Flings the pale moon her parting glow ;
Resumes the sun his orient dress,
And bathes the lake in loveliness ;
And gilds the isles that o'er it lie
Like clouds on an inverted sky ;
In bracing sweep the early breeze
Comes forth to wake the drowsy trees ;
The fisher hoists his patch of sail,
And spreads it to the kindly gale ;
While hoarse and rude the wild-fowl screams,
As if to scare thy deep night dreams ;
Oh ! then, bless;d Lake, what heart so dull
As not to feel thee beautiful !
Bright Lake, from yon blue canopy
The mid-day sun now smiles on thee
Full fain his hot red beams to lave
Deep, deep, beneath thy gelid wave,
As he, all warm in love's young joy,
That wooer a maiden cold and coy :
The birds that flit thy margin by
Imbue the air with melody :
The fishes 'neath thy waters play.
And there hold blythsome holiday :
The rustic's whistling o'er his plough,
The kine are on the mountain's brow ;
The lamhs frisk round the shepherd boy ;
In ripples smooth thou smil'st thy joy,
And prattling babes thy pebbles cull,--
Oh ! now too thou art beautiful
In rich red hues the gorgeous even
Now steeps the deep serene of heaven •
Wearied of play the little springs
Now hush in thee their murmuring.
As romping children, sport oP prst
Couch calmly on their mother's b, t.
Now youths' and maidens pace thrbrfe,
And con the heart's loved lesson o'ers
Or pause to list the strains that ll
Across thee from the distant lceoa.tot;
And feel, as breast to breast'isbeating,
As cheek with cheek is
As eye to eye fond talein ,
l'
rel y meetin
And soul to
soul is Is telling, g
swelling—
Feel that if bliss o'la earth4)tY there
be,
'Tis theirs this
At twilight'. s auresvoe cbaylmso thee ;cool,
0 Lakes t:nou'rt e'en more beautiful.

UNITED
to military SERVICE JOURNAL.
This Number 'contains two articles interesting
historical dtta
110 en. The first is an introduction to
Great Wit - to the military force of
am from the earliest periods to the
present time. It commences with the state of
the militia and army under William the Con-
queror, and extends to the year 1327, when Ed-
ward 111. ascended tVe throne. The other is on
the present state of the French Infantry, from
which we.extrar,t thy: tiillowing description alike
creditable to Ole officers and men :
The sobriely, hare cony, and obedience, which one
cannot fail te, observe there, have no parallel in any
corps out bi France : the sobriety of the men is so re-
markable, that, notwithstanding I have been on the
watch at all hours of the 'day for whole weeks together,
have seen only one drunken soldier of the line ; nor is
the harmony and good fr cling among the men, and be-
tween the men and offic,ars, less conspicuous—the former
have a degree of suavi.;;; in their bearing towards one an-
other, which one traces; to the superior degree of estima-
tion conferred by naticmal custom upon what in England
is termed goo, t breeding, but which the French would
call tact. Vais tact is nowhere introduced with better
success than in the French army. In the intercourse of