The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-03 00:00:00

DOLMAN'S.

A pleasing description is given by Mr. Jerningham of
" the once-in •a• hundred-years Jubilee of Liege." And
as this jubilee occurs but once every century, being, in
that respect, according to the editor's happy phrase,
"like the bloom of the aloe-tree," we f.incy Dolman
could scarcely have commenced with a paper more pe-
culiarly palatable to its readers. The immense multi-
tude of pilgrims (as we may term them) present, the
splendour of the ceremonies, the variety of the cos-
tumes,_ and the eminent men, who are there assembled
together from all quarters of the earth, must render the
occasion in the highest degree impressive, and must, for
the time, altogether fill the imagination. " Loiterings
in the Channel Isles in 1845," are delightful notes of an
excursion to Jersey, Guernsey, and Sark. For the gra-
tification of such among our readers, as may be tempted
to take a similar trip, we transcribe one paragraph :

"It has occurred to me that the followinf, list of expenses
might be useful, as showing the trifling cost of a month's
visit to these interesting islands :—Fare from Southampton to
Jersey (fifteen hours), 11. Is. ; expenses on board, 6s. ; board
and lodging at Bree's, Bath-street, for a fortnight, at 11.55.
weekly, including servants, 21. 10s. ; a pint of Port daily, at
ls. 6d., 11.1 s. ; a bottle of Cognac, Is. 6d. ; fare to Guernsey,
ss. ; a week's board there, li. Bs. ; a pint of Port daily,
10s. 6d. ; bottle of Cognac, Is. 6d. ; fare to Sark and back,
in a fishing boat, 25.; two days at Sark, 10s.; porterage
throughout, ss. ; cigars, 10s. 6d—Total expenses, 101."
Our loiterer has a very agreeable way of depicting the
panorama of scenery, and personages encountered on his
journey. His staff is a steady one, and points out the
most interesting features of those Anglo-Gallio islands:
his scrip—is mere valuable, we opine, than that apper-
taining to the majority of railways. The poetry inserted
in this magazine is almost always of a higher order than
is usual in periodicals. In proof of this we would
transcribe " The Dumb Girl's Warning" but for its
length. Here, however, are three most delicious stanzas,
signed with the initials E. E. M. K., and are admirably
suited fur music:—

,e I LOVED HER.

"I loved her when her girlish face,
With smiles and blushes rife,
First sunn'd with its all-matchless grace
My else unenvied life;
When from her young heart's secrecy,
As saints ascend the skies,
The telltale truths resistlessly
Would haunt her timid eyes.

" I loved her when the festal throng
Her joyous laughter woke;
Some hidden rill the flow'rs among,
Less sweetness would evoke:
And later, when the passive shade,
Of thought her features wore,—..A
twilight's wealth o'er summer glade!
Still dearer than before.

"I loved her when my plighted bride,—
Half fear, half tenderness_
We dared the tempest to divide
. - Our hearts' deep trustfulness: •
But now, when years and constancy
Have proved her faithful vow_
The tendril to the guardian tree—
Oh ! most I love her now 1"
Galileo has presented a noble subject for the author of
the " Vicissitudes of Illustrious Men," and in evidence
direct
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attentionesti n g andto earnest paper,
particularlyomf.etwheoueldxcellenceofpaper,
dilating upon the proofs of the existence of a Deity as
t this interesting
exemplified by the mechanism of the celestial bodies; the
description of Galileo looking from his chamber at
Padua into a night sky; and the scene between the great
astronomer and the poet Milton, near Florence. " A
Sound of Home" is, to our thinking, a beautiful
fragment: the writer, we would wager, has a warm
heart. The Rev. C.Plowden's " Memoirs of the Jesuits in
Russia" is continued, and will, as a matter of course,
prove attractive to all Roman Catholic readers. There
is also a paper upon " Pope Pius 1X.," which will be
welcomed by the same section: we observe that the
writer speaks in very eulogistic terms of Pius. The amnesty
recently published appears to have rendered the present
Pontiff a most popular sovereign. We hope he will
continue the same system of gradeful and spontaneous