The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

lite and I.
ey . "vial-born stories for the season, when " a God
lar`arnardined in Galilee," Evidently instigated
kled Cooper to the present effort—a carol in the
stnse rhythm of " Christabel." In it the bard
At ~isof the Yule festivities of the olden days :
the voloo the miners start again into existence;
th:i, aster of limeeson is there with all his pristine
t:s; the boar's head reeks with a gustful odour upon
the d°acultd; the wassail creams u once more beneath
themeto is; the bippocras, the fiawne, the good brown ale
kni kin Plenty, and so also are the baron and the
,41, and the minstrel and the denaA, and the losels
Teebi:it, number. Nor is the spectacle delineated in
rennin "%meters; the whole scene, with all its bluff and
the :g adjuncts, stands out as crisply and as tangibly as
arved fruit and cherubims upon an old oak chest.
tittle But the
eiTerent,te
most charming and fantastic feature in this
eanberv:ln.ole—with its right dainty title-page—is the
and, tooth to say, the oppositeness of_ the__
itife withties" daunted round the ingle in Torksev hall.
green glory of the forest, par exempts, is
THE WOODMAN'S SONG.
I would not be a crowned king,
For all his gaudy gear;
would not be that pampered thing,
s
gew-gaw gold to wear:
ut I would be where I can sing
Ritit merrily all the year;
Where forest treen,
All gay and green,
Full blythely do me cheer.
I would not be a gentleman,
For all his hawks and hounds,
For fear the hungry poor should' ban
MY halls and wide-parked grounds;
But I would be a merry man,
Among the wild wood sounds—
Where free birds et,g,
„tvAnd echoes rirk
I w"oublidle-
F my
5:-.e from
aot be a shaven riest,
the oak rebounds.
I, or all his sloth-worn p
tythe,
'at While to me this breath is leased,
And these old limbs are lithe,
tre death hath marked me for his feast,
And felled me with his scythe,
I'll troll my song
The leaves anue g,
such t, All in the forest blvthe.
qdrtrights are the true wellings-up through the turf
‘'‘el,,,,ralti,nd; they smack of natural feeling. Thomas
Isporlta- heart scams brimming over with this
tee,et'lls poetry ; were it otherwise, he could
Aleienntle the last kiss of love as a "dreamy
%old !of bliss or antepast of woe ;"were it otherwise, he
lweveC(er picture that tender embrace " in the meek
the brain'g were it otherwise he could never pourtray
already as the " limbec" of tears. Besides the song
old tY Particularised, there are—a genuine, roystering,,,
loseraligli'h ballad, called "The Miller of Roche.
Olsent !imPle, but nervous, love-ditties—a comical
Ong;
(at, Cosherd—anotber by a Swineherd, with a
-an cr: —orns—cum,multis aliis. -The book altogether
°tar a -1.'141a1; it is just suittd for the winter's fireside,
Posset tted curds.
So 7,
4CBI1-ES PROM FLEMISH LIFE. In Three
From the Flesh of Hendrik Conscience. I
sere, Beare any one is cogn'z int of the fact, that Flan-
eu idiom exclusively its own, has also a
°r 11
Iiti„•1:e Of rouch ower and of very considerable I
it p ntY• Against the inroads of foreign languages,
kaltiZakrs that many of the Flemish students are
anion most strenuous and patriotic exertions; and
ItUtho7, le foremost of these brave spirits is a young
Be4eely thirty years of age named. Hendrik
the 6dietice- A norelist, a sketcher of domestic life, and
-
/*lent* °f an illustrated history of Belgium,Con
kid itfi nas already enshrined his name in the hearts.),
entourections of his countrymen. In his truthfulness. f
orstyleingrihe resembles De Foe ; in simplicity and purity
!„)teeli ' Goldsmith ; while in tenderness of thought and
;the teha° of Purpose he bears some analogy to Dickens.
II tawhich are now first offered to the Eng-
les Sitka Van Rooseuriel," " The Progress
Aossibland " What a Mother can Endure," are
tlaction3 tho most finished and complete among the pro-
sext-os of Hendrik Conscience. The present version.
(last sirat 'IF elegant, the text is crowded with fantastic
faseietnttl?ns, and the whole forms a most choice and
aultnew g vt,lome. As a' pecimen of a literature quite
tianlirte_,l in this country, and as a sample of the many
no
'yr' than these
more Peculiarities of that literature, we k
teresting or entertaining
Ta book, of the same elle-
" Flemish les."
"44 UNDER AICHOLAS THE FIRST.
his 2 Vols. By Ivan Golovine.
tent
Atory of the vast Russian empire under the pre:
one whilt°erat, written by a native of that country,. and
matte ° has had remarkable opportunities of scrutinising
Aalain the neighbourhood of the capital and of the
pers'uri---. these two volumes challenge the perusal of every
the v interested in the welfare of his fellow-man. From
t
se constitution of our political system ;
herreutbentt,nee to despotism which appear.s to be.aff.tromomomst in-
the
libettt in the bosom of every Englishmani,
actual, or action which has incororated itself with, and
sedan
influenced the liberty and.. development. of the
toe ton.
41 mind in Great Britain ; is not surprising that
from mlould turn with a degree of antipathy and loathing-
t' , the eonsid •
eration of a sovereign w ,
has been invested with supreme authority over many
• ho like Nicholas
Zil,lions of the human race, and has used that authority
1;In a cruel and unpit,ing hand. Hence the animus
Lth which Ivan Golovine is inspired throughout this
-arrative e ill prove thoroughly acceptable to the ma-
o rity of his English readers. He everywhere the
bard truth, and he states it withstates an uncompromising
Pe. The subtlest secrets of ono among the subtlest
Rovernments of Europe are uneloaked—the mysterious
oecomes palpable -the bandages are torn away, and the
dUlcerous wounds disclosed. In the preface with which
ose disclosures are introduced, there is one paragraph
worthy of especial comment. It is this
On the Emperor Nicholas alone it depends to prove that
."311judgment of his merits is erroneous, and that he is
Let hY to reign over the people committed to his rare.
be Lim command his acolytes. Let him say to
eitt'ol, that ha intends, henceforth, to govern by mildness,
aerttY, and confidence, and to abolish his secret
tee. Let him to say Bludoff, that after having
k.neeted the Russian laws, he is convinced that they
the 111 Y fit to be thrown into the fire, as being unworthy of
am ago in which we live—unworthy of Gad and of man ;
314 ti that in their place he will substitute laws_ of
Let him say .
to Panin, tpat
tt°lerac)illbsbleeeb:2Be riaa.nsdhallequintyo. longer be in power, but
Let him say to Uwarof, that lie will no longer
' the charlatanism of civilisation, and that
hirndesires to render it as pure as heaven. Let
gre es
hi:eto Perowsky, that his name shall be allied to the
Peal:st work of the 'age, the emancipation of the serfs; let
ec,lare that if the nobles have not enfranchised their
do entt's within a specified period, they shall be compelled to
the thlaw, for that it is an anomaly to have slaves in a
the -Lett,
tau& Let him say to Nesselrode, that France,
Siia centre of civilisation, deserves his high. esteem,
say t eat', no longer be his enemy. Let him also
qnti,
h ,--e Past sufferings of Poland shall suffice, and that
‘)Oce tealYing caused the scales to fall. from his eyes, he a
Thl ‘ve's Poland from her cruel chains."
fence 7,,,eqn0 of this emphatic and impassioned sen-
'l' - eminently mournful, when the historian—now
tf;neve banished from his country—exclaims:—
t 4. after having said this, let him carry it into
nit I ;"en will history correct her sentence; and
4enena,;,, tnat, after having sinned deeply, Nicholas has deeply
Whont"; and she ill place his name by the side of those
ti aations lov w revere."
ervent, e to
one. must every one
participite in these aspire-
that the I°Y must ultimately be accomplished: would
qttr, Present Czar would deprive his successors of the
ni'hiof obtaini g ere it of a
wli(bw.ehraitsiocnopsio.
ltett-gliaed glorionis the
present
language IS ouasst°in-
spirit candour.
COr

, eomr-'4ernission, of which ::Ir-
-I.llPte "gaged in a revision of the
laws
sd
to complete their
1,--
.01)3' the
tter.?•, and insolvency. They are expected
afterwards pro-
B. Hawersdiasti
to Chairman
ha n 1 -
;Zeit . call aend of this month, and short y
Public meeting of merchants
W ill Lite recom
probably
is the'useclnently be laid before Parliament—most
and traders, at
mendations are to be discussed. The report
Pri.jecearse of the present session.
There /3"wiV appointed Clerk of
South Audle)-
ttr 4.1 Ilast. ion in Sou
!et. Imp, has taken a mans
, Lom -,..
State for the
N,Ol ow -Lyttelton Under Secretary of
the. Ordnance, Sir
.
1,614, has left town for Brighton.
Rive ' 'useounts received
of Lord Alvanley s
. t4-14,„4t, week assumed a very serious aspect.
Mr Jeffery
-tt„ci -,OIENTEI WIT MARINE GLUE.-----
Yeßklll at the
• the adhesive
wife'r of ,s, make experiments to ascertain
pew 43,, to
mesa.'‘„h; le Zealand hemp, a substance
1 k of elm, 12
e.. age,lllr_aPPlied with marine glue. . b
A'
joined to another of
ariti7 (11744,7 i and 0 inches thick, was _ioraeperishabla in
tile i:latell ef.°Tl6 and the joining surfajc°elnc.)f eththekwoeasss.
l'hoetrlD he-,i Iron three eights of an inch in
On the ap-
, be
of Lmarine
plates sepa-
lwillethd
ol'itt7 1,.44 4,llaii,sgplit. betwixtperlacmedaehi
A econd block
the t] 4the ettairi of five tons was give.n. a
ra of 9i tons before
iii...)ates 11
W 4,1 '4Bions sustained ne, t the e them.ir n
ox'idert.4inee s
1 o„ eParated, and the
inch a Irv-. ~
I, "• Ti, the separated part a
amsactrieplgetleassuarpfapceearoefdthtoe
vas 151 lbs. the square
'shish Ago ,s- e strain on the latter 1
on , . bee., . sa ip,
marine glue was tried, and
irlelt°lll4 a ;tri°nieel with the
bout an
had "'tea& of h- a very hard wood from Cuba,
ke off altogether, leavi g
the ir1...0e, air,_ Mil of six tons t e. wood separated, a
.o
icio" 'ling I,er`Teti the glue, and bio
RAILWAY
dozen
°,rl)ru:_e'lved bag containing fiveso
bave
113.1111 kr A. STATION.—The police
,u.a va, theinformation that a ,
fro,n a -streethe 13th instant
eechhrch property of Messrs. Taylor and Black, of ,
e leugf'gYagevasstat
lillilw trotk at the ' ' • f the Eastern Counties
a.
t.tri, stolenlo il oon t
and co, 11;"-The vessels in the wet docks aro
and i, rr,,,tiier deep at present which speaks well for bust 5
Elora
-"ler unusual at.this's@ason of the year. lyin_ g t_hnersee,
Droved
4 uthorities of the Middle Temple
subject of the legal
leeter;r°V.:lnfdidates for the bar ; and have ordered that.a
lite i ___, ~rthwith appointed, an examination be insti-
-i(%gsau exhibitions established.
taarm- Iltr AND LACE TRADES.—The cotton hosiery
in
general aures are yet in rather a stagnant state and the hands
in are short of work. This state of things is much
liekrseel by the disputes respecting the delivery of the
the tog to the workmen—some of the largest houses in
kith i" 110 t having, as :'vet, given out a ticket ; and
j ,rt. 8 the state of dependence in which the n-asters and
thetieYnten a. e held, and such is the want of public spirit,
thei..'t andingle individual is willing or dare complain.-
111,4;1'21u ng the old adage, " that neither Parlia-
eeives",, or r
_.-angs can help those who won't help them-
laid
again vile solitary information has, however, been
them-
u,st a master stockinger at Icon-green, for giving
work • h - -
that the wit out the ticket, anrktagistrates decided
trade . e information could not be suitallied.. The bobbin-net
have still in a very forlorn and stagn*Aate, though we
.1);;; heard of sour, sales having been inacti.ich, in extent
e N'''ll much exaggerated. Some. of:tflit Actories have,
t`til:•\•,2ver,' ;et On. z; fe; mar 4V.; biff-iitlrf"ttle extent of
lt; InLich relief The, sub.cription attynpted.to be made
' fav'mr of the . workmen, viz understand, ha.' metith.
treat di "v' 1,48, discouragement from a quarter from whence it was
ei...! tPected, upon the old pretence that the operative.
ti-44 ought to save as much in good times as will maintain
'144114 bad anal.—Nottingham Journal*