The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-30 00:00:00

VIRGINIA.

Oh father, oh friendship, oh fatherly favour,
Whose dulcet words so sweetly do savour,
On knees I beseeche thee to graunt my request,
In all things according as lyketh thee best.
Thou knowest, 0 my father, if I be once spotted,
My name and my kindred then forth wilbe blotted :
And if thou, my father, should die for my cause
The world would accompt me gilty in cause.
Then rather, deare father, if it be thy pleasure,
Graunt me the death, than keepe I my treasure,
My lampe, my light, my lyfo undefiled,
And so may Judge Apia's of flesh be beguiled.
This upon my knees with humble beheste,
Graunt me, 0 father, my instant requeste.
This is the more curious, as it is more than probable
that M. Latour is utterly ignorant of the existence of
the' play in question.
Our remarks on this play have already extended to
such a length that we feel compelled, however re-
luctantly, to bring them to a close. M. Latour has
produced a tragedy which may be considered as a com-
bination of the beauties of the classical and the romantic
schools, possessing the regularity of the first without its
trammels (the unity of place, for instance, is frequently
violated, but always to good dramatic purpose), and the
spirit of the latter without its improbabilities. Virginie
is a great dramatic poem, yet it is not the greatest that
M. Latour will produce; it is the mere first-fruits of an
abundant harvest, not the harvest itself.

The weekly meeting of the association held this day. was
31, ost numerously attended. Long before the hour appointed
for the commencement of business Conciliation Hall was
..completely crowded. Amongst the more prominent leaders
of the movement present were, Smith O'Brien, M.P., Henry
a On
(i. C, : O'Connell,
inaereetl
ryl
e,
aj
the more
and
Grattan, M.P., John O'Connell, M.P., the Lord Mayor,
Ala
large
ean numberßutle,
ofN N.
the "Young
olNulfg"lrDel.
' prominent members of which were loudly '
enter-
ing the meeting.
On the motion of SMITH O'BRIEN, Esq. ALP., the chair
was taken by the Lord Mayor.
The SECRETARY, having read the minutes of the last day's
`proceedings,
d y's
announced the receipt of the following letter
from Mr. O'Connell, which he submitted to the meeting:—
1 "London, July 24, 1846.
CC My dear Ray,—l have much to write, but little time to
, write in. The truth is, my spirit is sad and my heart is
- heavy at the miserable dissensions introduced into the
t , -Association at a period precisely when unanimity was most
.necessary and most likely to be useful.
A' " The advocacy of physical force doctrines renders it im-
r-possible for those who stand upon the constitution of the as-
sociation itself to co-operate with those who will not adhere
to
SECOND LOVE, and Other Tales. 3 Vols. that constitution.
nomarkable promise is given in these volumes, and ~ This is a subject that does not admit of any species of
we shall confidently anticipate much future develop- rompromise. The basis of the association is declared peaceable
went of his powers from the author. If, in publishing Ateertions alone. The same principle has been repeatedly and
tales of a moderate length, he were desirous of testing :trepeatedly reiterated, and has been latterly re--asserted and
his capacities for the production of an ordinary-sized 'tksonfirmed distinctly and emphatically by the association. ,
" Here we take our stand—peaceable exertions and no other
novel, we must acknowledge that, while such a pro- 11
—no compromise, no equivocation—peaceable exertions, and
'..nowei however, be \borne in mind that these peaceable
seeding was so far judicious, it was by no means neces-
oetthietr,
:cl.l4teLrines. leave. untouched the right of defence against illegal
sary from any intrinsic poverty of material in any one
of these fictions, What is usually frittered out into
stack
dnetr
doctrines, however,
the everlasting length of three volumes is here condensed
involve every other
into one-third the space. We can,
ltherefore, after a "These
ease, except resistance to, and defence against unconstitu-
perusal of these compositions, ,:longratu atethelovers of
tional violence.
called light literature
what is sometimes erroneously
pirs•,,,it for their kraut, ci‘ I!, is unhappily become the more essential to assert our
upnit the appearance of a new aspire.
than the,,ab.so- .Inr.
.tpleS as the association is sought to be involved in pro-
who shoWS himself possessed Of more reeedings of a most seditious nature, stated in the
piper to have been ' Nationnews..
~ sewn, Love is a
lately
.necessary qtlalifications. rdria)etrataerdthinatagebty the writersn for that
charming story, fraught With very consOerable dra-
pc hlication. It would ter after pc
ini lictment are by those appear
iters involved
sari the late
made interest, and luring the reader on, ch.:IP guiltwi'
cliepteri by its fascination. Its vc'i "rame:leem±j_, tan sir own. It must, however, be recollected that while they
act use all, they convict only one, namely, the proprietor of
arouses the ettriosity, and as the plot becomft °r
ingbl'
entangled and intricate the imagination is proportion, ~ Y the • paper. his accusation, as far as himself is concerned, is
enkindled. Floriana, the heroine, is exquisilZtly n-e- cot iclusive of guilt ; but as to the other traversers, I for one,
lineated, and from the moment when she is first 1,-ttro- an
d tioanm
t sure
. they will all agree with me, proclaim the ac-
felit, aptuously4ethe assert.ons of our maligner.
reject
,- false,. nod we indignantly and con-
duced, leaning against the balcony of a cottage in :bet
~ I will not, however, allow the matter to rest here. As
Tyrol, to the denouement of the story, the sympathy . 1
the peruser is concentrated upon herself. The simple won as I return to Dublin I will give a regular notice of re-
gist of the novelette is as fellows :—A roue, named
icare,ng the subject to the committee, and to report thereon to
Gaston d'Alby, who is aware that by marrying Floriana the Association. It is not possible to submit to the charges
he would ensure to himself the title and revenues of a m; ido against us—charges which are distinctly contradicted
sclemn affidavits th on e motion for the new trial. I
dukedom which he has wrongfully assumed to himself, b; r our .
obtains her affections under the disguise of a travelling b elieve a,,1 the traversers swore a similar affidavit.
artist. Anxious, however, on reflection, to obtain the A 4 I mean
.also to publish an address to the people of Ireland
ct of the physical force advocates, who con-
more sordid prize without encumbering himself with a on the condt.:
wow, kr whOga his fclacbiero iii alertly o iittieTillge t Ow, ila DPit4 ef Clig §9l= rekalutim, wog= of our