The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-07 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

DERBYSHIRE DALES.
(From the Weekly Dispatch.)
I sigh for the land where the orange tree flingeth
Its prodigal bloom on the myrtle below;
Where the moonlight is warm, and the gondolier singeth,
And clear waters take up the strain as they go.
eh! fond is the longing, and rapt is the vision
That stirs up my soul over Italy's tales;
But the p, esent was bright as the Jar off Elysian,
When I roved in the sun-flood through Derbyshire
Dales.

There was joy for my eye, there was balm for my
breathing;
Green branches above me—blue streams at my side;
The hand of Creation seem proudly bequeathing
The beauty reserved for a festival tide.
I'was bound, like a child, by some magical story,
Forgettitig the " South" and " lonian Vales;"
And h It that dear England had Temples of Glory,
Where any might worship, in Derbyshire Dales.
Sweet pass of the " Dove!" mid rock, river, and dingle
How great is thy charm for the wanderer's breast;
With thy moss-girdled towers and foam-jewell'd shingle
Thy, mountains of might, and thy valleys of reit.
I gazed on thy wonders—lone, silent, adoring,
I bait at the Altar, whose " fire never pales;"
The Great Father was with me—Devotion was pouring,
Its holiest praises in Derbyshire Dales.
Wild glen of dark "Paddington"—rich in thy robing
Of f,rest-green cloak with grey lacing bedight;
How I lingered to watch the red Western rays probing
Thy leat-mantled bosom with lances of light!
And " Monsal," thou mine of Arcadian treasure,
Need we seek for " Greek Islands" and spice- laden gales,
While a Tempe like thee, of enchantment and pleasure,
May be found in our own native Derbyshire Dales.
There is much in my Past bearing way-marks of flowers,
The purest and rarest in odour and bloom;
There are beings and breathings, anti places and hours,
Still trailing in roses o'er Memory's tomb.
And when I shall count o'er the bliss that's departed,
And Old Age be telling its garrulous tales,
Those days will be first when the kind and true hearted
Were nuring my spirit in Derbyshire Dales.
ELIZA. COOK.

ACCIDENT.—Last evening between four and five
o'clock, as a cow was being driven along Bridge-street,
the animal made a spring at a child and tossed it in the
air. The child had two teeth knocked out, and was
otherwise severely hurt.—Australian Journal, March 24.
THE " JUNO" STEAM-SHIP.—As an illustration of
the valuable and increasing intercourse afforded to the
inhabitants of the three colonies, New South Wales,
Victoria, and South Australia, by the regular steam
communication now opened by means of the Juno, we
will observe that or. her last trip she conveyed 300 pas-
sengers, to and from the various ports of the southern
n Saturday
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the first portion of this important collection of
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Most of the costa sold on Saturday were of. the highest
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interest, and, as will be seen by the following notice of
those disposed of, some of the most rare were purchased
for the British Museum:—" Coins of cities of northern
Greece, in silver—Atrax, in 'lliessaly, a small coin,
weighing but 40 grains, but of extreme rarity, having on
the obverse a female head, and on the reverse a horse,
sold for 9L Kings of Macedonia and Epirus, in silver.
Archelaus, a coin of the• greatest rarity, having on the
obverse a horseman, and on the reverse the fore-half of
a goat, within an indented square, was bought for the
British Museum for 221. Perseus, a rare coin, in
fine ;preservation, having on the obverse the head of
Perseus diademed, and on the reverse an eagle, with
wings extended, standing on a thunderbolt, sold for
61. Bs. 6d. Pynhus, King of Epirus—an extremely rare
coin of this monarch's, having on the obverse the head
of Artemes, and on the reverse the figure of Victory,
with wreath in one hand and trophy in the other, weigh-
ing 66 grains, was brought by Major-General Fox, for
231. 10s. Roman Imperial coins in gold—three very
rare coins of Iladrianus, but of different types, in good
condition, sold for 19/. 4s. 60.; these coins were struck
between A.D. 118 and 138. /Elius Cmsar—a fine coin,
is perfect condition, struck AD. 137, sold for seven
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of laurel in right hen I, and buckler and spear in
left—this fine coin was bought for the British Museum
for 71. 10s. Didius dulientes (struck A.D. 193), on the
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Severius (struck A.D. 194 5), a coin having a moat cu-
rious reverse, representing two captives with their hands
tied behind them on each side of a trophy; it sold for
141. 55. Nothing could exceed the beauty of the two
latter coins, although near 1,700 years old they were as
perfect and fresh as if just struck. This portion of the
sale produced in the aggregate 3,5861. The remaining
portion, which commences selling on Monday next, will,
it is expected, produce a much greater amount, on ac-
count of the excessive rarity of the Asiatic Greek coins.
Major Smith and family, Colonel Bentinek and
family, and the Baroness d'Erchthel and attendants left
London on Saturday morning, by the snail steam-ship
Ocean, for Rotterdam.
DEATH OF SIR JAMES C. COLLETON, BAST.—We
have to re cord the demise of Sir James Roupell Col-
leton, Burt., who expired on Saturday, at his town
residence.
BELFAST, AUG. 3.—The Isabells, nore, from the
Clyde to Newport, gut on shore on Balbyferris Paint,
near Denaghadee yesterday, but came off on the flood,
and proceeded.