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

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vita
and lieart.born stories for the season, when " a God
'or Incarnardined in Galilee," evidently instigated
`uoluas Coo
nesh ~ per to the present effort—a carol in the.
ac'"ed rhythm of " Cbristabel." In it the bard
itaunte,g.elsferhoef Yule festivities of the. olden days :
Nastvoice the miners start again into existence;.
Unreason is there with all his pristine
th:l is, the hoar 's head reeks with a gustful odour upon
the dua?ard
they
is;
t;hethe wassail creams up once more beneath
is hippoeras, the flawns, the, good brown ale
Iteifri..e in plenty, and so also are the baron and the
witto",''tnd the minstrel and the clonz..l, and the losels
feeble number. Nor is the spectacle delineated in
Ntritt characters; the whole scene, with all its bluff and
the carvedauncts. stands out as crisply and as tangibly as
Butthe fruit and cherubims upon an old oak chest.
httle most charming and fantastic feature in this
exubelohltne—with its tight dainty title-page—is te
dia.erieZee and,
sc'thngs soot}, to say, the oppositeness ofthe
the
ciraunted round the ingle in Torksev hall.
preen glory of the forest, par exempte, is
THE WOODMAN'S SONG.
I would not be a crowned king,
For all his gaudy gear;
I would not be that pampered thing,
1118 gew-gaw gold to wear:
But I would be where I can sing
: Right 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 sing,
And echoes ring,
While my axe from the oak rebounds.
I would not be a shaven priest,
For all his sloth-worn tythe,
But while to me this breath is leased,
And these old limbs are lithe,
Bre death bath marked me for his feast,
And felled me with his scythe,
I'll troll my song
The leaves amo: g,
tech th• All in the forest blythe.
dres..°ll, °lts are the true wellings-up through the turf
eop,-,7l'and; they smack of natural feeling. Thomas
sPoat 3 heart seems brimming over with this
nete,44,141s poetry ; were it otherwise, he could
Pleaihdllnsge the last kiss of love as a "di•eamy
enald eV bliss or antepast of woe;"were it otherwise, he
never picture that tender embrace " in the meek
the ; Were it otherwise he could never pourtray
P;Ll'eatil4llinabec" of tears. Besides thtersioong
old En P,,rticularised, there are—a genuine,royos
severe' g 11.41 ballad, called "The Miller of eehe"
thau,,t ~slmPle, but nervous, love-ditties—a comical
tight icit a Gosherd—another by a Swineherd, with a
it 45" Y chorus—cuml • /- The book altogether
ori mudis a us.
"ter a gtnal; it is just suited for the winter's fireside,
PO set and curs~Tds.
„
,`-'O-ES FROM FLEMISH LIFE. In Three
s Ralt% From the Flemish of Hendrik Conscience.
itiersc-r.TY any one is n•ruit of the fact, that Flan-
liter',Z4ll an idiom exclusivelyc its own, has also a
°Pigia,Te of much power and of very considerabl
It
ta,Zlty.
11gainst the inroads of foreign languages,
ears that many of the Flemish students. are
koon g the most strenuous and patriotic exertions•, and
the edletonee.
Itilthot the foremost of these brave spirits is a young
Cottimi. scarcely thirty years of age named Hendrik
•41- novelist, a sketcher of domestic life, and
Nene° of an illustrated history of Belgium, Cent-
kld ae "as already enshrined his name in the hear s_
%10,1rieue..ti2ns of his countrymen: I.n his truthfulness of
ttlceritillee
h,sneresembles De Foe ; in simplicity and purity
Goldsmith ; while in tenderness of thought and
I,4he thlee of Purpose he bears some analogy to Dickens.
iTk,. tales -which are now first offered to the Eng-
Of a " Siska Van Roosemael," " The Progress
t'3Bsiltl 4`nter," and "What a, Mother can Endure;" are
Itietio! the most finished and complete among the m-
it", eati:lB of
Hendrik Conscience. The present version
enti;,ll3' elegant, the text is'crowded with fantasticd
'aseinaTteine, and the whole forms a most choice
tinknoing Volume. As a ,pecitnen of a literature quite
titair:bui in this country, and as a sample of the many
"40re 6f Peculiarities of that literature, we know no
ranter —vresting or entertaining book, of the same cha-
, than these " Flemish Tales."
tdNDER NICHOLAS THE FIRST.
Ah; 2 Vols. By Ivan Golovine.
44, ,41tory of the vast Russian empire under the pre-
ene ,rtftrat, written by a native of that countr an
katte ° has had remarkable opportunities of scrutinisingt_ g
rs. in the neighbourhood of the capital and of ho) perpal e•- these two volumes challenge the perusal of every
thesovti interested in the welfare of his fellow-man.m From
constitution of our political system ;
ter4grlance to despotism which appears to be almost
the
Ilberaft in the bosom of every Englishman ; from
th,_a_t
aeta, of action which has incorporated itself with, and
t of the
h‘tiire ,a"7 influenced the liberty and develoPmET.ng•that
Inal mind in Great Britain • it is not surprisi
Csunuld turn with a degree of antipathy and loathing
1.% the consideration of a sovereign who, like Nicholas
t Lets been invested with supreme authority over many
wilitTions of thl
e human race, and has used that authority
isivhcirehae vaannd
Ntrrative will prove thoroughly
pitying hand. Hence the animus
Gel-ovine is inspired throughout this
jority of his E r h
ng is readers. Itz acceptable to the ma-
e states every the
hard truth, and he states it with an uncompromising
l'en. The subtlest secrets
Insverninents of Europe are uncloaked—the mysterious
of one among the subtlest
Comes palpable—the bandages re torn away, and the
'"eer°lls wounds disclosed. fn tabe preface with which
Ihese disclosures are introduced, there is one paragraph
*°4‘,llY or especial comment. It is this
yn the Emperor Nicholas alone it depends to prove that
wi;',..fidkraent of his merits is erroneous, and that he is
4-uY. to reign over the people committed to his care.
Orlefi'lln command his acolytes. Let him ay to
Itititer, that ha intends, henceforth, to govern by mildness,
Dolic:tY, and confidence, and to abolish his secret_
collected: Let him to say Bludoff, that after having
ere sae
the Russian laws, he is convinced that they_
the•-a."Y fit to be thrown into the fire, as being unworthy of.
and ge in Which we live—unWorthy of Gad and of man
ionic:hat in their place he will substitute lawst_
that
robbers and equity. Let him say_ to Panin, h
is sibs • shall no longer be in power, but
h° due
Let him say to Uwarof, that he will no longer
ht•ire the charlatanism of civilisation, and that
hi,C..eBires to rendera it as pure as heaven. Let
~aateto Perowsky that his name shall be allied to the
ant
4,3,,,`',werk of the age, the emancipation of the serfs; let
veata,,,"ttre that if the nobles have not enfranchised their
sobs' within a specified period, they shall be (impelled to
the 7);nt!le law for that it is an anomaly to have slaves in a
kris
" land- 'Let him say to Nesselrode, that France,
411,1 'entre of civilisation, deserves his high esteem,
c_sktall.l,no longer be his enemy. Let him also
..Pone "°, liar" Past sufferings of Poland shall suffice, and that
ng caused the scales to fall from his eyes, he at
The sequel
Poland from her cruel chains."
Itetiee i.-equel of this emphatic and impassione(.l
ep: ettninently mournful, when the historian—now
And banished oanished from his country—exclaims:—
Ili. Ter having said this, let him carry it into
pep will history correct her. sentence; and
' hat, after having sinned deeply,Nicholas has deeply
ItreTl:tiaontisdshe will place
”bis name by the side of those
ti •Res,,tp, love to revere.
accomplished would
• must every one partieipite in these aspire-
*gs.
tth Y must ultimately .
tw,•ce
_a.Czar would o asto-
re resent a liberation b. s
4141 e I)resent ld deprive his successors of the
in
ntng a ;fiat intng t e c
,tta • and glorious ! The p•
nets'
language dour.
int Can •
is simplicity—its SP
work is copious

A
is 40,e°4111"tission, of which Mr. B. Haw
1111tt erigaged in a revision of the lertesde
So'Y 4nd in- 1 - •
br,._rt by ti 00 \ eue.\ . They are exp_
wards pro-
rst enl ai ncompletegto b
theirank-
,0,--,,e to
~,ife end of this month, and shortl
aanftdertraders, at
v611,ellt:11 a public meeting of merchants
The report
V' a 1).1 recommendations are to be discussed.
I,ll44t7fluently be laid before Parliament
'II urse of the present session.
111,, 1e he
he r
t "414.1 H I appointed Clerk of. t .
South Audley-
3-fte. listings, has taken a mansion in
—most probably
1.0 A ncfeo,r Sthire
Col ts` LYttelt ()nit, h on, Under Secretary of OStdantae
Tiv, as left town for Brighton.
Badminton
Zhie3 atileeo!un.ts received. yesterday from , illness,
1„ h hum 'e favourable view of Lord
sApleveat.nley s
~-Ktpz„, week assumed a very serious a
t-"4/4,1"4.ENT8 WITH MARINE GLUE.
.Mr. Jeffery
u'41,..,terd53.,4tt0 the testing-room in tbeelelrrtoaoilawitchhe dockyard
e
water Of xe 'wake experiments to as
illos_r,,,,heil
_yr Zealand hemp, a substance imperishable in
feciv,ilZ,tiFtis.tivatut,iPanpldie9d
iwneithhesmtahrtinnke, gwluaes.
jnAinebdloctke oafnoetthme,!. 102 f
ruetahttil:teall
klori:4llatnhdreteti jgohitnsinngf
asunrifnaechelinedthe
with
a p _
rated 21, of 11,144111 e glue placed betwixth them.9inf eachthi
ckOwnneas sst
h'
et.ll:4llletie daiBl4l.44lll;sotpt(ivweertomachine;haver
was i
ytae
nen . iroAn
second
ds
Wet
glue appeared
the
blockse Pa
uttid etained enlse:lpsailiteds
complete surface of
comp of 91 tons before
i ad iro '31•1 the separated part a
and the
amsatrrtnie
151 lbs. the square
nth. T n• The
which vro Ist_ strain on the latter was
0 had hues of sabico, a very .
hard woodfrom.
and
was tried,
ll
teeei no ell Joined with the marine glue
d about an
leek 0,,v1 .e a str • ' the wood separate ,
Cuba,
the joe aid.. ap of six tons
b ming Perfect:nf the glue, and
broke off
1141,'"Ibtrty
—The police
a re,.; , .er A RAILWAY STATION.
five dozen
altogether, leaving
(72)rus12-.""seio. information that a bag, containing
"nstant
racech—s ,oe property of Messrs. Taylor and Black, of 50,
fro„, urch-streetl3th i . 3
it 'l a truck , i.y, was stolen on
aliwa , at the luggage station of the Eastern Countie
4/'
and k Tu--The vessels in the wet docks are lying
b iness,
am Theur tier deep at r-esent which eaks well for us
atber unusualpat.thi; season of the year. three
a authorities of the Middle
the legal
stadies presented to them upon the subject 0
that a
lectu_a of candidates for the bar • and have ordered .
._
Temple have
offapproved
tsto,'er be forthwith appointed', an examination be instt
lit and exhibitions established.
Plan °Si
nfact ures titr AND LACE TRADES.—The cotton hosiery
10
are yet in rather a stagnant state and the hands
10 general are short of wo'rk. This state of things is
tieOsed by the disputes respecting the delivery of the
the Z's to the workmen—some of the largest houses in
much
sutOwn not having, as :yet, given out a ticket; and
jour 13 th. 2 state of dependence in which the wasters and
th4t4e3lnen at e held, and such is the want of public spirit,
threrti,ol a single individual is willing or dare complain—
s Y fulfilling the old adage, " that neither Parlia-
selv,2,t,fr Kings can help those who won't help them-
aid— One solitary information has, however, been
them-
e against a master stockinger at Ison-green, for giving
tut work 'without the ticket, and te gistrates decided
tradehe information could not be sustained The bobbin-net
have is still in a very forlorn and stagnant state, though we
11 heard of some sales having been made, which, in extent
L've::eeli much exagg,rated. Some of the factories have,
21),‘,'ver, set on a co-v machines, but not to the extent of
i'l,%; much relief. The subscription attempted to 1.):- made
pr 14VtAir of the workmen, we understand, has met with
le at discouragement from a quarter from whence it was
ci,t_axPected, upon the old pretence that the operative
‘'-4 ought to save ss much in good times as maintain
441' blind Puss..../fottinghccos Journal will
.