The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-16 00:00:00

LITERATURE.
THE TONGUE. A Poem. Ey Alexander Bell.
After examining this singular production we regret to
lay it aside as altogether an incomprehensible eccen-
tricity. Whether it be one rare joke from beginning to
*nd, or a rather obscure satire at the poetical rubbish
tossed from the printing press every year; or an at
tempt to play upon the credulity of the pubic, would
remain a matt, r of t:e most bewil,lering conjecture but
for the ambitious ,tf arts of the writer, wlrch are di,-
the rather
in several passages. Then, morcover, there is
e rather ostentatious appendage to the author's name
"Pots the titie-uage—" Protessor of Elocution." Thut,
?!'e LA.; it, is a suffi,ie nt autte,,ntic.etion that the effusi,
13ea
serious struggle for a poetical reputation. Mr.
has totally mistaken the' bias of his intellectual
Powers: unaffecteillv we tell him so. He has misiteken
T„ t branch of polite literature in which his abilities
0-11;ght enable him to tthine. Treating the question as
hi" of common sense, does he for a moo. nt d ;ludo
inlnself iisto the helie:f v.at such passage: as the follow-
dog„ e,°, tnst under the deuceoination of poetry? Ile is
the tl:e first entrAttee of a young Member into
-se'ase of Parliairent:—
There is recore,ed how the tyro sped
In the (-HWY v of his maiden speech.
Thus: "Po rhatnemary intelligence.
44 The hot, ourable Member for 'Thick. Polls
We 73.0'.ie'd for the first time in the 'louse."
• Ex
At •
.ing in his noble place—himself—
,e patriotic feelings—the great fame
havirg all his speeches register'd
• itt the short-handed, but lone-meneried page
flf Hansard's Parliameotary Reports!—
'That cloud of witnesses 'gaiust renega!es,
Who dreat:. quotations as the worst of duns.
This is the very climax of delight !
lie knows and teels that he's the people's choice,
The fit and proper man to represent
The free constituency of Thick-Polls!
Good heav'n ! Is he within the hadow'd walls
That heard the mighty Pitt and Fox decaim?!
!!. y these passages are nothing more than the most
Ite had commonplace descriptions of prose. Write
44etn after the fashion of prose, and no one would ever
„ :11.1ecture them to have been extracted from a so-callt d
metrical composition. Let us try:—
ii;;There is recorded how the tyro sped in the de.
irofr, of his maiden speech. Thus Parliamentary
147'ligence. The Honouiable Member for Thick Polls
4,ll;;:tie'd ;or the first time in the House I
f I "ug in his noble place—himself—his patriotic
tepis., 7-the gre at fame of having all his speeches
or, din the short-handed, but long-mem'ried page
tulltsard's Parliamentary Reports !'—that cloud of
Ivor: ea gainst renegades, who dread quotations as the
ow&n of dens. This is the very climax of delight! He
And 8 alld feels that he's the people's choice, the fit
Thick' Pro man to represent the free constituency of
wl'olls Good heaven! Is he within the hallowed
dells that heard the mighty Pitt and Fox declaim ?"
If that is not the very flattest and prosiest piece of
}or then the dogmas of Lindley Murray go
d nothing, and that is saying a great deal. Again,
does Mr. Bell imagine it to be consonant with the
hierlitY of verse to speak of Lord Brougham jump-
"yyrations of Jim Crow," or to mention "sarcastic
Charlie Fox," or to introduce such vulgarities of abre-
*"ation as "free bread, free baccy, and free beer ?"
Btleh solecisms are wholly incompatible with poesy ;
4!bey degenerate verse into mere bP.iderdash. We shall
ewever, abstain from furthv: comment upon the
Tongue," uncertain whether it may not be, after all,
"merely a piece of facetiousriess, the drollery of which
e have failed to discover. In conclusion, however, we
!sould recommend Mr. Alexander Bell to abstain from
Publishing poems, and to exert his talents—of which no
dolt he possesses e'ourrdance—more suitably.
4 COURSE OP----LECTURES ON DRAMATIC
11/1 r NIA
,ITERATURE.—(Bohn's Standard
1-B'—„L'l Augustus William .chlegel. Trans-
Chracie'.?:" Black, Esq., late Editor of the "Morning
Tato
iSehl,l(jg'•el is due the honour of having been the,
has ever enlightened interpreter of Shakspere that
Qertnai; ,'existed. Madame de Steel in her work on
•S',thus speaks of these lectures:—
Nirsp '4 at Vienna when W. Schlegel gave his public
tics, "4of lectures. I expected only good sense and instruc-
Was 'there the object was merely to convey information: I
It},i't astonished to hear a critic as eloquent as an orator, and
$. ittj'orar from falling upon defects, which are the eternal
44, Min laeml and little jealousy, sought only the means of
Th & a creative genius."
Ilvltehe admirable translation of these lectures by Mr.
vet 4 was published many years since, and has long
blig°.nt of print. . Mr. Bohn has conferred a great.
tila;l4l°n on all lovers of sound criticism by this well-
,
juiit io us republication.

T 11 k,
RAILWAY BILL REGISTER, 1846.
to $a contains a list of Railway Bills in progress
wie 4, Parliament, with a statement of each ca.e. of
kid „."Nint of money proposed to be raised, the number
130rebelaii8eation of directors, the period limited for
the isur y purchase of land and completion of works.
sold 't° 4"3Proposed to be amalgamated with, or leased, or
Lageotf,,ther conipanies, the name of the Parliamentary
"h "41'. Bill, and the proceedings in each case in
44. w 42113eP• up to Easter. It is a valuable compilation
;', statistics.

PORT AND EXPORT OF
ETALS
Zer°lll._ the Usual Parliamentary returns, moved for by
t. iitlarves, of the imports and experts of copper and
r ere, tin, zinc, lead, and lead ore, for the year end-
of° January 5, 1846—it appears, that the total quantity
'll)Per ore imported into England, during the year,
1%4 A
t„ -6,697 i tons ; of old copper, fit only for manufac-
cre, 58 tons ; unwrought in bricks and pigs, 104 tons ;
and, rods, or ingots, 27 tons ; plates and coins, 5 tons ;
toe, manufactured copper, by weight, 49i tons, and en-
le'red by value, 3,7621. Of the copper ore thus imported
A 1,342 tons were from Cuba, 10,823 from Chili, 1,212
from Peru and Bolivar, 1,109 from South Australia, 701
from America, 646 from British West Indies, and 640
_tons from Italy. Of the manufactured copper entered by
Nue, 2,394/. worth was imported from France, and from
tito lland 670/. The quantity of copper ore retained for
consumpt;.on was 56,118 tons, and the net amount
Zchity received thereon was 58,646/. The total quan-
*lt of Britishcoppr exported was 18,039 tons, of
%,,ch 5,653 tons were sent from the port of London,
4:)0 tons from Swansea, 5,417 tons from Liverpool,
6; tons from Llanelly, and 242 tons from Bristol.
4 ..,)this quantity France took 6,250 tons, East Indies
United States 2,219, Italy 870, Belgium 696,
InAnlanY 566, Holland 387, Brazils 354, British West
Vles 288, British North America 244, and foreign
theu.t( Indios 224 tons. From the port of London alone,
toll,: 441 quantity of British copper exported was 6,633
Which quantity 2.3. 16 tons were sent to the
to to ,East
es, 642 tons to Belgium, 467 tons to Italy, 439
ziht is,,‘lermany, 316 tons to Holland. 215 tons to Bra-
Indi the United States, 163 to the British West
t% "8 t ) Portugal, the Azores, and M tdeira, 110 to
4tif • `urttins, and 102 tons to France. From the poi t
2,24verp00l
the total quantity was 5,417 tons, of which
1.111- tons were shipped to the East Indies, 1.950 to the
s
h A'tates 218 to foreign West Indies, 171 to British
to t,litt '"„.,lt.toricia, 166 to Italy, 138 to Brazils, and 93 tons
es Peer West Indies. Of the 56,6974 tons of
PPer .
144 ore imported, 21,519 tons contained nut more
toll, ins Per cent. of copper, and paid a duty of 31.35. per
kite M 54 contained from 15 to 20 per cent, of copper,
Rh, Paid 41. 14s. 6d. per ton ; and 24,576 tons contained
to2o per cent. of copper, and paid 6/. 6s. per ton ;
. ' tons were from British colonies, and paid 11. ls. per
Tiv
,rwt:l--The quantity of tin imported was 1,2781 tons,
4._ ds !J3131 tons were from Singapore, 103 tons from
:va, 97 tons from the East Indies, exclusive of Sin
Fre, 43 from Holland, 40 from Belgium, 32 from the
NaPe Or Good Hop°, 11 from Peru, and 10 tons from
t.,"3- The total quantity of' tin exported was—British,
.161 tons, and foreign, 9171 tons; of which Holland took
fti tons British, and 200 tons foreign ; Belgium, 74 ton:
adritish, 1881 tons foreign ; Italy, 40 tons British, 1871
T2lts foreign; France 1511 tons British, 14i tons foreign;
Araerica, 5 tons British, 1501 tons f,breign; Turkey, 1061
tons British, 251 tons foreign ; Germany, 204 tons
British, 311 tons foreign ; Russia, 521 tons British, 81
tons foreign ; and Prussia, 91 tons British, and 35 tons
foreign.
, ZINC,,—The quantity of zinc and zinc ore importeo.
Into this country was 12.902/ tons—of which Prussia
Supplied 6,917 tons ; the Hanseatic towns, 5.501 ; Bel-
attum, 230 ; Holland, l 8 ; Denmark, 33 ; Sweden, 30;
and Prance, 21 tons ; of this quantity, there were ex-
ported— to the East Indies. 731/ tons British, 1,683 tons
~_l(Veign ; France, 833 tons foreign ; Holland, 87 tons
rit h ; United States, 45 tons British, 65 tons foreign,
Italy, 44 tons British, 14 tons foreign ; British West
Indies, 484 tons British ; Brazils, 39 tons British ;
North American Colonies, 24 tons British, 21 tons
foreign ; Russia, 5 tons British, 343 tons foreign ; and
Africa, 7 tons.
LEAD AND LEAD Onz.--The quantity imported dur-
ing the yt.ar is as follows—viz.: lead ore, 444 tons; pig
and sheet lead, 5.210 tons; whitel•
125 i tons; and the
exportation as follows—viz.: lead 'oar'
Tolled, 10.485; shot, 1,092/ ; litintreg'e,69tons; pig
400; red lead,
and
1,033; white lead, 1,353; and foreign Pig and sheet
3,241/ tons. Of British pig and sheet lead,./t„sia' tool;
2,926/ tons ; France, 1,8861; Belgium, 1,246; Holland,
860; East Indies, 785; Uermany, 555; British Ives,.
Indies. 353; Biitish North America, 268 ; Australia,
205; Prussia, 199; Channel Islands, 147; Africa, 109;
Italy, 99; Portugal, Azores, and Madeira, 77; Brazil,
74; Egypt, 74; Denmark, 70; and Mauritius. 69 tons.
Of the shot, 316 tons were sent to British North America,
107 to the East Indies, 164 to Brazils, 74 to British West
Indies, 61 to Germany, 67 to Australia, 38 to Holland,
31 to Denmark, and 30 tons to Africa. The tutu'
amount of foreign nig and sheet lead exported was 3,241
tons—of which Holland toA 1.196 tons; Russia, 836
Belgium, 561; and France, 508 tons.

THE HISTORY OF MARY ANNE WELLINGTON.—
Another narrative of female adventure, from the pen of the
Itey. Richard Who'd, author of " Margaret Catchpole," is
announced ler immediate publication. In August last (says
the prospectus) the maver of Norwich invited the attention
of the Rev. Author to the peculiar circumstances of 'he his-
tory of Mary Anne Wellington, who was tile daughter of
'lf Wellington, one of the artillerymen at the famous siege
of Gibraltar. She married a soldier in the gallant 48th. and
accompanied him through all the Peninsula campaigns. 11cr
fortitude in the hour of danger, and her attention to the
wounded were witnessed by many officers still living, who
were also aware of the Pxtrtordinary adventures in which
wl.e,disfinguished herself. Her husband died in 1844, and the
...141"r is greatly respected by all who know ker in Norwich,
7, ere she still resides. Her most gracious Majesty the
her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and his Grace the
ja'el:l'.e of Wellington, have all been temporary benefactors to
• ' aad her Majesty the Queen Dowager has most gra-
Olonalb.
COUSegUld tO aCCeEt tb3 dediatiOgi kiitorY.