The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

Sub-Committee No. 1.

This Committee met at twelve o'clock, when the following lion.
Members were present :—Mr. Strutt (chairman), Sir J. Y. Buller,
Mr. Brotnerton, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Beckett.

WEST RIDING JUNCTION.
The case for the opposition to this Bill was resumed on the meet-
ing of the Committee, and the allegations of the petition before
the Committee were proceeded with. On the case for the petitioner
being concluded, it was stated that there was another petition against
the Bill, but as its allegations wet e identical with those of the former
petition, it was not considered necessary to go into them.
The Committee decided that the standing orders were complied
with.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.)
GARP V. PENTON.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of 101. on a
bill of exchange.
The defendant pleaded non-acceptance.
A witness was called who saw the defendant sign the bill.
He knew defendant by the name of George Penton. It was
signed, "George Penton." The officer of the Court read
it " George A. Penton," which was said to be the right
initial, but in the declaration as "George N. Fenton." The
witness knew defendant lived at the place where the writ
was served.

The UNDER-SHERIFF held this to be sufficient, but took a
note of the objection taken. He said that persons ought to
write their names very distinctly in such a case.

ELLIS V. HOSIER.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was the
Proprietor of the West India Club House, and the defendant
was one of the members of the Club, to recover the sum of
10/. 10s. for two years' subscriptions. The defendant pleaded
that he was not indebted.
The facts of the case were these: the club was formed
in 1816, under a Committee of Management, of which the
Marquis of Chandos, the present Duke of Buckingham, was
a member; but, in 1834, a different arrangement was come
to, and the plaintiff undertook the sole management of the
house, and to bear the expenses, receiving the subscriptions.
The defendant was admitted a member in 1838, and con-
tinued so up to January, 1843, when he discontinued attend-
ing but did not give notice, and the present action was
brought to recover the subscription for 1843 and 1844.
Mr. WILDE, for the defendant, said that the defence was
principally on the construction of the rules as to whether
notice was neces.ary—in the second place, that the plaintiff
sued as " Master" of the club—a description not proved':
and, lastly, that the minute of the transfer of the property to
plaintiff ought to have been stamped •, but he was willing to
consent to a verdict for the plaintiff if he had leave to move
the Court above.

(Before a Special Jury.)
GIBSON v. 11,1NBC/tY.
The plaintiff in this case is a shoemaker in London-wall;
the defendant is a solicitor. The action was brought to
recover the sum of 85/. 10s., the value of three scrip in the
Warwick and Worcester Railway.
Mr. V. LEE appeared for the plaintiff, and called
William Peake, who gave evidence that in December last
he was engaged as clerk to the
.aboye railvray company.

Defendant told him he had bought three shares of the
plaintiff, hoping they would rise ix the market, but they had
gone down to a,mere nothing.
Cross-examined—Was only clerk for fourteen days. Had
previously been clerk to two or three other railways. Before
that had been a steward on board ship. Knew what a rail-
way stag was, but plaintiff was not one. He had laid out a
great deal of money in railway shares.
Mr. BALLANTINE (for the defendant) said he had no doutt
he should be able to convince them that of all the impudent
attempts which had ever been made, this was the worst.
Unfortunately, judgment had gone by default, through a
mistake, as the plea had been signed by a barrister, but as
the action had been brought in the Common Pleas, it ought
to have been signed by a sergeant. He should, however, put
in a cheque for the amount, drawn by the Commercial Bank
of London," Pay four shares," and signed by defendant and
his partner, and paid bearing the indorsement of the
plaintiff,

Mr. Wall, clerk to the Bank, proved payment of a cheque
on the 25th October, but could not say to whom it was paid.
Mr. Wright, partner to the defendant, proved the cheque.
It had been given to Jones (witness's clerk) who brought
the scrip examined. On his solemn oath he did not receive
any part of the produce of the cheque. Jones, however, paid
money to him that day on account of another person. A
Judge had consented that the plea might be put on, if
defendant lodged 1001. to abide the event Of the trial, and
paid the costs of the judgment, but they declined, as plain-
tiff was not worth a shilling.
Mr. LEE ac dressed the jury, contending that Jones ought
to have been called to show he had paid the money.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said Jones could have cleared up
the matter. The question was, had the money been paid to
Gibson, whose name was indorsed, or was it an attempt to
get paid twice over? If it was so, it was most monstrous
and wicked ; but they did hear sometimes of these extraor-
dinary cases.—Verdict for 851. 10s.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

John 312Pherson, a young lean of respectable appearance,
evidently in a nry delicate state of health, who was described
on the charge sheet as residing at No. 14, New Millman-
street, Brunswick-square, house-painter and decorator, was
placed at the bar, having been taken into custody under the
following circumstances :

Between eleven and twelve o'clock last night the prisoner
was partaking of some refreshment in the parlour of the
Carpenters' Arms public-house, in John-street, Tottenham-
court-road, when he suddenly drew from his pocket a small
steel-barrelled percussion pistol, and clenching it in his hand
and placing himself in 'he attitude of discharging it, said,
" I'm resolved to do it this night, although I lose my lifeby it."
He then called for more liquor, which Mr. Read, the landlord,
who had beard what had passed, refused to let him have.
Presently afertwards he left the house, evidently in a very ex-
cited state, and was followed by two tradesmen who
knew something of and had been drinking • with
him. Mr. Read directly gave information of what
had transpired to police-constable John Bruce, No. 84 of the
E division, who went after the prisoner, and came up with
him at the end of John-street. He then had the pistol in his
hand, and repeated the threat several times, that he would
do it that night if he lost his life through it. The pistol
was wrested from him, and the police took him in charge.
The pistol was not loaded. At the station-house he repeated
the threat several times, and on the inspector on duty asking
him whom he meant to shoot, he replied, "My brother ; '
and added, " If I'm imprisoned, when I'm liberated I'll do
it before I sleep." No powder or ball was found in his pos-
session, at which he himself manifested some surprise. The
constable has since succeeded in tracing out that he pur-
chased the pistol yesterday afternoon at a sale-shop in Tot-
tenham-court-road, and that yesterday moraing only he was
discharged from one of the metropolitan hospitals.
Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner what account he wished
to give f himself? Prisoner (whose manner was very cool
and collected) The statements the witnesses have made are
very correct.

Air. HARDWICK-But what do you mean by having this
pistol about you? Prisoner (with great composure)—l
meant to shoot my brother.
Mr. HARDWICK—Why did you mean to shoot him? Pri-
soner—rnere was some difference between us.

NVilks, the gaoler, asked the prisoner if he still intended to
shoot his brother? Prisoner (after some hesitation)—Oh, I
don't know.

Mr. HARDWICK, having elicited from him that his brother
was residing at Mary-street, Hampstead-road, ordered a
constable to procure his attendance as soon as possible.
The prisoner is detained for the present.

IRELAND.
DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE.
Duaits, APRIL 28.—There is no part of Ireland where
distress is more severely felt than in the county of Clare.
In the assize town, Ennis, disturbances are apprehended.
The Clare Journal says—"We understand that a party
of Dragoons have been applied for by the High Sheriff to
preserve the peace of the town, a large concourse of people
from the surrounding neighbourhood being expected to
march into the town during the day."
The same journal contains the following Kilmurry,
Ibrickane. April 24.—Memorials from about two .hundred
poor housekeepers, averaging about one thousand souls, have
been forwarded, one to the relief cummisioners, and another
to the Lord-Lieutenant, praying for relief. Memorialists, who
are cottiers, on the Ploughlands of Clennagarnane, and Clo-
hannes, in the parish of Kilard, and barony of Ibrickane, state,.
That in consequence of the mysterious affliction of an All-
wise Providence of the potato crop, memorialists (from
the swampy nature of the soil of these localities) have, by the
potato rot, been deprived of all means of subsistence for
themselves and families, and are at present the most miser-
able beings on the face of the earth.' Corroboration has
been given to the -statements of the memorialists by the
following gentlemen :—Burton Macnamara, J.P. ; Francis G.
Morony, J.P. ; Thomas H. Morony, J.P. ; Thomas Morony,
sen., J.P."

The Marquis of Conyngham and Mr. Westby have sub-
scribed very liberally towards the relief of the destitute people
in Kilkee and other parts of Clare.
The reports from the other distressed districts, received this
day, n:e of the usual heartrending descriptions. Some ceun•
ties have comparatively escaped the potato disease, for in-
stance Wexford and Kerry, and in both the distress is not at
all so severe as in other districts.

The Commissioners of Public Works, acting under the
Drainage Act of the present session, have issued a notifica-
tion that they are ready to receive loans for the execution of
drainage and other works. The amount required for the pre-
sent year will probably be 200,0001. The sum at present re-
quired for the works in Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Cavan,
Tipperary, and other counties, is 92,0001. The maximum
rate of interest is 5 per cent. The security is a first charge
on the lands to be drained or improved.
The Evening Post says " We have great gratification in
announcing that Lord Cloncurry has received a letter from
Mr. Peel, dated Calcutta, March 7, intimating that an addi-
tional sum of 2,0001. has been transmitted to the Bank of
Ireland, for the relief of the di-tressed Irish, from the Bengal
Presidency, with an intimation that more money may be ex-
pected from the same benevolent source."
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

LIBEL CASE-THE QUEEN P. CHARLES QAVAW DUFFY.
The Attorney-General was beard in demurrer against a
plea of justification put in by the defendant against an in-
dictment charging him with the publication of a seditious
libel in the Nation newspaper, in the month of November
last.

Mr. Barry and Mr. Holmes replied to the Attorney-Gene-
ral, alleging that the defendant had published the article
complained of in reply to some articles which were published
in the Herald and Standard newspapers, in London, in which
it was urged that the agitating of the repeal of the union
ought to be deemed high treason, and showing the great
facility which railways afforded for the transmission of troops
to Ireland.
The Court were unanimous in allowing the demurrer for the
Crown.

.et)trOf iZtittton

NE WIVIARKET RACES.
(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 1501.
Lord W. Powlett's Fa,uchon filly
Duke of Rutland's Alexa

Handicap. T.Y.C.
Duke of Rutland's Paultons
Mr. Lowther's Lyons
A dead heat.
The One Thousand Guineas Stakes.

Mr. Gully's Mendicant i
Mr. Bowes's Mowerina
Lord Orford's Prussic Acid

We are again indebted to pigeons for the above, the
clerk at the Eastern Counties ,telegraph having refused
to admit our reporter, and afterwards furnished him with
a very different report of the above.

The Ireton steamer, that left Ostend at three yester-
day morning, passed Illackwall at one in the afternoon, having
several passengers of distinction on board.

THE " STAGS" IN DERBY.—DERBY, APRIL 29.--
Within the last few days (says our correspondent) shoals of writs
have been served on parties in this town who had shares allotted to
them in some of the new railway schemes; and, remarkable as the
fact may appear, all are paying forthwith. The tradesmen in this
town have been dreadfully bitten.
. .

PIGEON FLYING.—On Wednesday, in a match for 5/.,
between two pigeons, the winning bird, belonging M Keely, of the
Kent-road, flew from hover to London in one hour and twenty-four
minutes.
SUPPLIES or FOREIGN MEAT.—The state of the
home market in the supply of the staple article of food for our navy'
and mercantile marine has lately been such as to cause not only
much enterprise amongst speculators, but anxiety amongst the Lords
of the Admiralty. One of the most important facts connected with
the former is the deficiency in quantity as well es quality of the
Irish meats, owing to the rapid means of transit afforded by means
of steam communication making it more to the interest of Irish
farmers to transmit their cattle alive to this country than to let their
capital lie dormant in curing the meat. So great has been the late
deficiency in quality that the Lords of the Admiralty were com-
pelled a few weeks ago to issue orders to the Admiralty of the diffe-
rent stations to purchase supplies of fresh meat to compensate for the
deficiency which this has caused in the rations. At the same time
the Lords of the Admiralty have not been I. attentive to the means
of obtaining an adequate supply from foreign sources, and for this
purpose have given a fair and extended trial to the process of curing
ob fy thePn pneumatic
, tipressure, by transmitting samples to the four quarters
which being returned, were opened a few days since at
the Victualling-office at Deptford; but the results were not found
sufficiently satisfactory to sanction the general adoption of the
principle. A newly patented process is now under course of
trial, which is for the purpose of preserving meat in a fresh
state for foreign countries, which is equally applicable to fruit and
fish, and, if successful, must produce some very important results to
this country. In all experiments, however, connected with the al-
tt ration of food for the naval and mercantile marine, the greatest
care is required, from the tact of any innovation upon their esta-
blished mode of life and habits proving very injurious to the health
of the seamen. At the same time, the introduction of meat Iron!
foreign sources is most important in a commercial point of view; and
at a recent meeting of many Members of Parliament and friends of
free trade, held in Monument-yard, where specimens of all the de-
scriptions of foreign food which are now admitted duty free by the
.
new tariff were exhibited, Dr. Bowring very pertinently asked,
" Why ,hould there be so many millions who do not taste anima;
food, or taste it as a luxury, when it can be obtained within 15 days,
sail of Great Britain ? The millions who rejoice in notat°°!,
would be stimulated in their ' rejoicings' if they could obtain annual
food to eat with them." The recent importation of preserved !La:
from Australia is only one instance of the enterprise ready for
Mediate operation as soon as the Legislature has decided upon
subject of commercial restrictions, the unsettled state of which_!!:
present causes so much commercial embarrassment and stagnation
Every cargo of salt meat from America and other places, it may
of;
added, is readily bought ap on its arrival here, for • the use of
ping, as it is a matter of notoriety that many vessels would not be able
.6* leave the ports if dependent alone upon the home supply.
ZOOLOGICAL St ClETY.—Thegantiiversary meeting wn:
held yesterday in the theatre of the Royal Institution, Albemarle'
street, the Earl of Derby, president, in the chair. The
to
_e_trof
was very numerous, and amongst the company were the. r-.Zor,
Auckland, Lord Braybrooke, and Sir J. P. Boileau, Bart..'4Dge
Get:dinner:lm- Briggs,
.Colonel Sykes, Dr. Henderson, and several v

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LITERATURE.

7'llE 1-? N rITE7 V RE viElv.

Dpi.
cd rn o. XXI i
der artirie, some days -.ince, in the French.Cham-
!mot: ePuties, took occasion to advert to the conquests
the4;inacle by the En ;list], and enumerated among
te
Aingush isle Borneo. This is a fact not known to
the pipant, en, for the only result- of the late war against
island ~e 8 iS 1.111&I'StOrd to he the ee,,sion of the small
te or ?( Labuan to the British by the Sultan of Borneo.
.setne other eh:efs still rule ov- r the whole of the
itf‘p:enlBslaild; with the exception of James Brooke, who
1104__ to Rajah of Sarawak. It was to the pa-
ate and authority of this singular individual, and not to
ektiuee_,lPation of Labuan, probably, that the French-
hig:titled to, and he therefore could not have paid a
Ocompliment to the system of colonisaticin
pts
by the English, and the admirable working of
in almost every part of the globe. One
114;tna_haan, first of all, by his enterprising spirit,
tfooti: views, and perhaps romantic turn of mind, gets
fives 01.1 a small spot in Borneo, reconciles the na•
lb his person and authority ; and the conquest of
to °lse island, therefore, M. de Lamartine seems to
lent must follow as a matter of course. In the pre-
gsli,ll,uctaher of the Foreign Quarterly we have a very
ki_renott account of this James Brooke, and some of his
ures up to the period of his settlement in that
ew.:lli
147. Speaking of him, the reviewer says, "It is
co...ua
r3' to set up romance as a sort of standard of
Iho7arision, but romance has nothing of the kind to
writ• ldr. Brooke is a hero much greater than a
. - • -r o,e fi t
c ion would have dsred to invent. It would,
ob,_met, scarcely
ed have been safe, because it would have
F probability to endow an imaginary character
t" half the great and good qualities which evidently
long to this man." His history certainly is remark
and the following sketch, drawn by an old intimate
temarielld, will enable the reader to form an idea of the
' and philanthropic plates of this Rajah of
--4-awak
4 Mr. Br6oke was the second, and is now the only sur-
viyiaer„lig son- of the late Thomas Brooke, Esq., of the civil
IleP of the Eart India Company; was born on the 29th
of
ad- April, 180°i '• • wentout to India as a cadet, where he held
situations,-vritageous and distinguished himself by his
Naiym__
in the Burmese war. He was shot through the
Y an. action with the Burmese, received e thanks of
oe,Goverament, 'and returned to England fora e recovery
1,'„„4";3 prostrated strenth. He resumed his station, but
1--‘l3r afterwards renuished the service, and in search of
• and amusemenlit,q left Calcutta for China in 1830. In
A" voyage, while going up the China seas, he saw for the
„"I”trne the islands of the Asiatic Archipelago—islands of
mkt importance and unparalleled beauty—lying neglected
"..n. almost unknown. He inquired and read, and became
ravinced that Borneo and the Eastern Isles afforded an
;ten field for enterprise and research. To carry to the
fialay races, so long the terror of the European merchant
_7,1, the blessing of civilisation, to suppress piracy, and
atirpate the slave-trade, became his humane and generous
objects; and from that hour the energies of his powerful
rattid were devoted to this one pursuit. Often foiled-often
4isappointed, with a perseverance and enthusiasm which
defied all obstacles, he was not until 1838 enabled to set sail
tr°lll England on his darling project. The intervening years
rad been devoted to preparation and inquiry—a year spent
_
the Mediterranean had tested his vessel, the Royalist,
Laid hii crew—and so completely had he studied his object,
44 calculated on contingencies, that the least sanguine of
h 55 friends felt as he left the shore, hazardous and unusual
tthe enterprise appeared to be, that lie had omitted no-
:ng to insure a successful issue. I go,' said he, to
take•the spirit of a slumbering philantl•ropy with regard
y these islands ; to carry Sir Stamford Raffles' views in
s,,"a over the whole archipelago. Fortune and life I give
ee,7; and if I fail in the attempt, I shall not have lived
-Holly in vain.'
." In the admiration I feel for him, I may further be per-
!tatted to add, that if ever any man possessed in himself the
cc:elites and means by which such noble designs were to
'lt, achieved, that man was James Brooke I Of the most
enlarged views, truthful and generous, quick to acquire and
_appreciate; excelling in every manly sport and exercise ;
..,‘Nlint and accomplished; ever accessible; and, above all,
trainpt 4ell determined to redress injury and relieve mis-
zle he was of all others the best qualified to impress
e une
`ll native mind with the highest opinion of English cha-
Itieter.T
4as succeeded far beyond what any imagination but
4:4.! Own anticipated. In 1838 he set out on his expedi-
T"n, and after numerous adventures, now enjoys almost
Templete sovereignty over Sarawak, a country of consi-
'der'able extent, and rich in mineral and vegetable produc-
e l!s• exertions, guided by discretion, and deep in-
Int into human nature, have given him dominion over
Zu of different nations and creeds, and placed him in a
situation in which he may at the same time soften the
• aternitties of the savage character, and open up im-
a commercial relations with his own countrymen.
he occupation of Labuan will be of service in that
reaPect, as it bids fair to become a mostimportant station
11,nsitist the countless islands that lie between Borneo and
lit„„ew Guinea, and Canton, and the coast of Australia.
The island abounds with inexhaustible mines of the best
coal: said, with the exception of those of New Holland
ltild India, to be the only coal mines in that part of the
World, and it may therefore be regarded as an acquisition
----though not so great as that imagined by M. de Lamar-
tine—destined to be of important service in the event of
~.War, and of immediate use for commercial shipping.
Where are several other articles in the Number, that may
be read; with advantage. That on the " Progresistas and
IlLoderados in Sp tin," will enable the reader to form a
tolerably correct idea of the state of parties in that coun-
try, of the conduct of Narvaez and the Queen Mother,
Sad some other of the statesmen, all unequal to the task,
Who have successively been placed at the head of affairs.
The influence of Narvaez at Court, the writer
seemed to think remained undiminished, and
his appointment of Generalissimo gave him more
Power than ever. This was written after the downfall
of the Roses Ministry ; and the writer, perhaps to
Show that he was right as to the influence of Narvaez,
announces, in a postscript, that the next Cabinet, that of
Milaflores, had been broken up by the arbitrary will
and pleasure of General Narvaez, who had also suspended
the Cortes and abolished the liberty of the press. He
ought really to have given a second postscript, announc-
ing that Narvaez himself had been dethroned and ba-
fished from Spain. The article on the war in the Pun-
jaub is written in a very unfair spirit, and with a degree
of malevolence and misrepresentation unbecoming a re-
9eetable journal. According to the writer's views, Sir
.Henry Hardinge is an imbecile, an I " has proved him-
self to be a political Don Quixote, who erected immense
windmills, -that he might encounter the labour of
overthrowing them." His Quixotism " has studded the
whole land with widows and orphans," and his
great. his unpardonable crime is, that he had not an army
of 50,000 men posted on the banks of the Sutlej. It is
of no use to reason with a man who can maintain such
an absurd proposition. The only information in the
article is contained in a postscript, giving a view of the
casualties in the modern battles •,f India as compared
;with those of Waterloo. We seleet a few :—At Water-
loo the loss was 1 in 6 ; at Assaye, 1 in 3 ; Meanee, 1 in
11 ; and at Fprozeshah and Moo.lkee, '1
in 6. The
writer, with characteristic unfairness, does not give the
proportion at the battle at Sabraon (it was not 1 in 10),
nor even mentions that decisive action.

BELLS AND POMEGRANATES. No. VIII.
and Last. By Robert Browning.
Paracelsus was, alas! delusive; naturally, w
dis-
inclined to believe so ; we looked towardse are
l toer;
Browning as one destined to interrupt the general
utilitarianism of the present age with gleams of genuine
andlasting poetry; Our expectations have been woe-
'fully deceived, and, as we say this emphatically though
unwillingly, our opinion is a positive one. "Sordello"
afloided us an inkling that the chief excellencies of
"Paracelsus" were promises never likely to be fulfilled,
and this feeling has been confirmed by tke successive
numbers of that serial melange which the author, is a
beautiful spirit of eccentricity, christened "Bells and
Pomegranates," and of which the present part is the
conclusion. It would be preposterous as well as
unjust •to attach such a comprehensive meaning
to our words of condemnation as would embrace the
entire structure of these works : it would be prepos-
terous, since a man with so much imagination and spon-
taneous delicacy of thought as Robert Browning could
not. possibly produce fifty lines of blank verse without
something choice, and new, and worthy of applause: it
would be unjust, since criticism should forego all
tendency to acerbity, and as readily admit the success-
fulness, as it condemns the ambitious failure. ,There
are', adroit turnings of phrase, and a certain musical
intonation of the rhythm that charm the ear; there are
fragmentary indications of character and subtle turns
of thought exquisitely conceived of themselves. But
what we especially note as a deficiency is that grasp
over the entirety of his subject, that eye to a poetical
onebess which can alone ensure the permanent excellence
of a poem. In this particular—so utterly essential for a
drinker of the hippocrene—Mr. Browning is deficient.
The gold is there—rich, pure, and plentiful—but, to
quote aptly the word inaptly applied to Shakspere by
Dr. Johnson, that gold is " clouded with iacrustations,
debased by impurities, and mingled with a mass of
meaner minerals ;"—besides which, as we have already
intimated, it lacks that symmetry of application which
can alone stamp it with such a signet as will enable it
to
deepmashsicauprroesin.tinwith posterity. Mr. Browning may re-
and we turn' u ; we are fain to think and hope so ;
con-
firmation o f
at the (nixiiously towards the future for a con-
' lapsed inton Infinitely better for him to have
our Young bewilderingpoets,alfr silence, like the Greatest of
anrlh.Tennyson, than to have pub-
lished " Sordello,"
He may, however, by is recent succession of poems.
maturing by obtaining such a
mastery of his fancy as at
t hich we have alluded,
produce works more worthyajudicious enthusiasm—
.' things of beauty" that shall live for ever." We can
do nothing but anticipate yearn, and we do so
earnestly, because in Robert Browning we recognise an
intellect lavish and exuberant in riches, but the
wealth of which is rendered null andn
profitlessits by some-
thing approaching either to precipiratiun ur carelesness.
Hence do we hie him forward on
among the plenteous vegetation of Parei ntss devious path
fly-leaf of the present number our authso*rn'b.rinljgpsofliiira-
"
ward an apotogitt fur hi. quaint heading,
sayshe,
~m.rnf, Bells and
Pomegrawites"—a title,
only to indi-
cate an en leavour towards something like
an
alternation,
or mixture of music with discour4ow, sound with sense,
poetry with thought, which looks too ambitious thus x
pressed. so the symbole ee
waase accepted pptre,lerarseds:
ffi
eTiehniat,e.xbie)leanateion.
must undoubtedly b
must acknowledge it somewhat more vague evenighthan
we
the " symbol" itself. " I wish he would explain his ex-
planation," said Byron, in allusion to the metaphysics of
Coleridge; we might apply the some expression to Mr.
Browning, when he actually infers a distinction between
poetry and thought. " Luria," in five acts, and "A Soul's
Tragedy," in two parts, form the contents of this eighth
and final number. Without any question the former
has the advantage in merit ; the spirit of it is a rapid
train of resolves ever tending towards action, but seldom
rising into anything but ar, ument. " Broccio" is a
character happily imagined and no less happily defined.
The language in which the dialogues are couched is
"clulionally slovenly, but sometimes (if we might so