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TIE STIN, LONDON, TITURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1841.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.'
TUESDAY, SEPT. 28.
POOR-LAW COMMISSION BILL.
Order for Committee read ; Motion made; and Question put,
—" That it be an instruction to the Committee, that they have
power to introduce a Clause, that it shall not be lawful for the
Commissioners, from the date of the passing of the Bill, to de-
clare the formation of any new Unions in districts which are
not already placed under the operation of the Act 4 and 5 Will.
4, c. 76:"—(Mr. Sharman Crawford).—The House divided.
MINORITY--AYES, 49
Aglionby, H. A.—Coekermouth Hollow!, Robert—Hastings
Aldam, J. J.—Leeds Johnstone, A.—Renfrew, &c.
Baldwin, Charles Barry—Totnes Lawson, A.—Knaresboroueli
Berk t, SirJ.—Leeds Leader, J. Temple—Westminster
Borthwick, P.—Evesham Masterman, J.—London
Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater Mitchell, I'. A.—Bridport
Brooke, Sir A. B.—Fermanagh Morris, D.—Carrnarthen
Protherton, J.—Salford Murphy, F. S.—Cork
Browne, W. D.—Kerry Napier, Sir Charles—Marylebone
Bu kley, E.—Newcastle-on-Tyre O'Brien,A,—N,Northamptonshire
Cobden, R.—Stockport O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry
Collins, \V.—Warwick Paget, Frederick—Beauinaris
Colville, C.—South Derby Paget, Lord W.—Andover
Dick, Quintin—Maldon Pechell, Captain—Brighton
Egerton, W. Patton—Cheshire Rennie, G., jun.-1 ~with
Keott, B. \Vinehester Scarlett, Hon. R.—Horsham
ridden, John—Oldham Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln
Fitzroy, Captain—Durham Wakley, Thomas—FinsPury
Fleetwood, Sir P. H.—Preston Watson, W. H.—Kinsale
Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield Wigney, .1. N.—Brighton
Hamner, Sir T.— Hul I Wortley, Hon. S.—W. Yorkshire
Hardy, J.—Bradford Wyndham, Colonel—W. Sussex
Harford, S —Lewes Yorke, H. it.—York
Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal TELLERS.
Hcathcoat, J.—Tiverton Crawford, S.—ltochdale
Henley, J. W.—Oxford-hire 'errand, W. B.—Knaresborough

MAJORITY—
VCourt, Captain—Tamworth
Acton, Colonel —Wicklow Co.
A dderley, C. B.—Staffordshire
AM., P.—Cambri,tgeshire
A ntrobus, Edmund—surrey
Arbuthnot, General—Kincardine-
-1

—NOES, 131.
I Holdswortli, J.—Wakefield
dope, G. W.—Weymouth
Howard, Captain —Cricklade
Howard, Sir IL—Wicklow Co.
Ingestre, Viscount—Staffordshire
Jermyn, Earl—Bury, Suffblk
!Johnson, W. G.—Belfast
olliffe, Sir W. J.—Petersfield
Jones, T.—Londonderry Co.
Kemble, H.—Fast Surrey
Ker, David—Downpatriek
i Knarchbull, Sir K—East Kent
Knight, H. G.—Nottinghamshire
Larpent. G. De H.—Nottingham
Layard, Captain Carlow Co
I.egh, G. C.—North Cheshire
Leicester. Lord —Bodmin
Lindsay, H. H. —t•andwich
Lockhart, 4. M.—Lanarkshire
Lowther. J. H.—York
Lyall, G.—London
Mackenzie, W. F.—Peeblesshire
M.Geachy, F.—Honiton
March, Earl of—West Sussex
Marsham, Lord—West Kent
Martin, \V.—Newport, I. of Wight
Morgan, o.—Monmouthshire
Mundy, K M.—South Derbyshire
Neville, IL—Windsor
Newry, Lord—Newry
Nichol!, J.—Cardiff
Ogle, S.—South Northumberland
Mington' J. S.—Droitwich
Philips, Mark—Manchester
Planta, Joseph—Hastings
Polhill, Frederick—Bedford
Pollock, Sir F.—Huntingdon
Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire
Rawdon, John Dawson—A rmago
Reade, M.—Waterford City
Rein, Sir John Rae—Dover '
'futon, G. W.—St. Alban'.
Rose, Sir George—Christchurch
Rushbrooke, Colonel—SuflOW
Scott, Hon. F.—Roxburglishire
Shaw, Right Hon. F.—Dublin Un.
Sheppard, Thomas—Frome
Smith, R. V.—Northampton
Somerset, Lord G.—Moinneuthsh
Sotheron, T. IL—Des izes
Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire
Stanton, W. H.—Stroud
S,uart, H —Bedrord
Sutton, C. M.—Cambridge
Taylor, Capt. E.—Dublin Co.
*ferment, J. E.—Relfast
Trencn, Sir F.—Scarborough
Trollope, Sir J.—S. Lincolnshire
Trotter, John—West Surrey
l'urnor, C.—South Lincolnshire
Vane, Lord H: South Durham
Verner, William—Armagh Co.
Vesey, Hon. T —Queen's Co.
Vivian, Captain—cenryn
Ward, H. O.—Sheffield
Wood, Charles—Halifax
Wood, Colonel T.—Middlesex

shire
Bagge, W.—West Norfolk
Baird, W.—Falkirk, &c.
Baring, W. B.—Thetford
Baring. F. T.—Portsmouth
Baskerville, T. B.—Herefordshire
Bodkin, W. H.—Rochester
Bolder°, Henry G.— Chippenh,m
Boscawen, Lord—W. Cornwall
Botfield, Bcriah—Ludlow
Howes, John—South Durham
Bowring, Dr.—Bolton
Broadley, Henry—East Yorkshire
Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough
Charles—Liskeard
Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire
Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham
Campbell, A.—Argyllshire
Clayton, R.—Aylesbury
Clerk. Sir G. Stamford
Clive, It. H. South Shropshire
Cochrane, A.—Biidport
Cole, Hon. ArthurH.—Enniskillen
Coote, Sir C.—Oueen's County
Ccurtenav, Lord—S. Devonshire
Crosse, T. B.—Wigan
',aril, George—East Sussex
Dawnay, Hon. EL—Rutland
Dickinson, J. H.—West Somerset
Douglas, .1. S.—ltochestur
Dugdale, W. S.—Warwickshire
Duncan, G.— Dundee
Duncombe, Hon. o.—Yorkshire
Emlyn, Lord—rembr okesh ire
Estcourt, T. G. R —Oxford Univ.
Ferguson, Colonel —Kirks dy
Fleming, John—Hampshire
Follett, Sir W.—Exeter
Forbes, W. Stirlingsh ire
Forster, M.—Berwick-onTweed
Fuller, A. E.—East Sussex
Gaskell, James Milnes—Wenlock
Gladstone, W. E.—Newarx-on-

Trent
Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire
Gore, M.—Barnstaple
Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham
Goulburn, Right Hon. H.—Cam.
budge University
Graham,
_Right Hon. Sir J. R. G

—Dorchester
Granger, T. C.—Durham
Greene. T. G.—Lancashire
Grirustop, Visc.—Hertfordshire
Grogan, E —Dublin
Guest, J. J.—Mert):yr Tydvil
Hamilton, W.—Newport, Isle of
Wight
Hamilton, Lord C.—Tyrone
Harcourt, G. G V.—Oxfordshire
Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir 11.—r

Launceston -
Herbert, lion. S.—South Wilts
Hodgson, Rd.—Berwiek.on-Tweed,

THE LATE M. DE CANDOLLE.

The death of din eminent botanist, and excellent man,
will, be regretted drougboat the civilized world. lie was
a native, we believi, of Geneva, where he had resided
fur the last quarterof a century, and formed always an
object of attractionaniong the intellectual society of that
quiet and delightfin•City.
M. de Candolle's' earliest literary labour was in 1813,
when he produced sis " Elementary Theory of Botany,"
in an octavo Volume, at Montpelier ; and which appeared,
in 1819, in a seconl edition; at Paris. In this work the
erudite author laid down the special and fundamental
principles of this science, which after a lapse of some
years has never been contradicted, and which, for its
worth, was in the succeeding year translated into German,
and laboriously enriched with notes, by Cl. limmer, of
Zurich. His most elaborate work, in which he arranges
and classifies the whole vegetable kingdom, was-published
by him when he was resident in Geneva, about the close
of October, 1816. It is written in Latio, and entitled
" Regni Vegetabilis Systems Naturale," and was sub-
sequently, in 1838, given, in a Parisian edition, to the
world by Treuttel and Wurtz.
If N. de Caudolle had any reason to be proud of his
literary labours, it ea-8
-assuredly in this instance. Ac-
cording to his catalogue of the botannic books consulted
by him towards the formation of these volumes, whose
faithful'ininuteness of detail and accuracy make them in-
estimable guides, no fewer than three thousand volumes
passed under his observation. But these were not all ;
for on looking into his book we find appended a note,
observing, •` Auctores aut libri in .hac enumeratione non
designati, inquirendi suet, si vetustiores, in Halleri Bib-
lioth, &c., si recentiores in Banksii Biblioth," &c. &c. ;
so that near upon ibur thousand tomes pour the rich
stream of their contents into his " Systema Naturale."
Those alone who know by actual sight what M. de
Candolle's Herbarium is in reality, can speak as to its
completeness and magnificence. From all parts, and
from the first men—from the plants of Europe, as well
as from the exotics of the tropical and new worlds—M.
de Candolle's shelves and cases were lavishly furnished.
Desfontaines had contributed many of the specimens of
Atlantic plants ; Define-. and Coquebert-Montbret the
Egyptian plants ; while those of Mogadore and the Ca-
naries were furnished by Broussonuet ; those of Madeira
by Christopher Smith, our countryman ; he Australian
specimens were contributed by Labillardiere and Brown;
the American by Bose and Lagasca ; the Siberian and
Russian by Fischer ; the 'Hungarian by Kitaibel ; those,
of the India, Japanese, and Chinese regions, by Deles-
sert and Lambert ;. to which sumptuous list were also to
be added species of all kinds from Thibaud, and of the
great botanists Cavanilles, Nee, Ruiz, and Pavon, who
had made vast collections of Spanish plants in their tra-
vels through that country, together with Caribbean spe-
cimens from Svartz and Badir ; American by Fraser
and Michaux ; asd'African, collected by Smeathinan and
Bruguiere.
Such was the extent of this magnificent Herbarium as
supplied by his foreign friends, in addition to the access
which he had toevery botanical garden and museum in
his own country When in London, also, he revelled
among the rich reasures thrown open to him by, the late
Sir Joseph Banls, which contains, as all scientific men
are aware, the nsblest foreign plants in existence. To J.
E. Smith, Esq., the author of the " Flora Britannica," he
was accustomedto confess himself under peculiar obliga-
tion; and never *ientioned that gentleman's 6` Herbarium
Linnyeanum" without a feeling of professional delight.
W. H. Hooker, Esq., D. Turner,Esq., as well as Messrs.
Sims, her, Aito4, J. Walker, and Lee, were among a
few of .the most prominent scientific gentlemen who
were proud to correspond with him, and enrich him
with their own valuable memoranda. _ _ .

M. de Candolle's last elaborate and learned work on
" Vegetable Ortanography" is too well known to the
scientific world need further mention of it here, and
Mr. Benjamin Eingdons has given it, by translation, ,t hat
standing.among our botanic text-books which its intrin-
sic worth and authority demands.
The whole learned world appears to have courted the
name of M. de Condone. At Geneva, where he deli-
vered the chief part of his lectures, he was Member of
the Sovereign Council, Director of the Botanic Garden,
Honorary Professor of Natural History, and President
of the Society of Arts of that city. St. Petersburgh
was not behind hand in claiming him as her son, and in-
vested him witl: the title of Member of the Imperial
Academy of Sciences in that city. Paris, Stockholm,
Turin, Munich, Haerletn, Napes, and Brussels, severally
owned him as a Member of their Royal Academies. The
Royal Societies jf London, Edinburgh, and Copenhagen,
as well as the Linntean and Horticultural Societies,
equally claimed him in their muster-rolls of talent. In
addition to these he bore the honorary title of Knight
Commander of the Legion of Honour.
This is one of those deaths which leave a large gap in
the world, and one which is not easily filled up. As far
only as the narrow limits of this article allow us to see,
the several Societies, with the crowds of literati which
belong to each, are but a small portion of the great
throng who will lament his loss and venerate his memory.

FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
(From the Manchester Guardian).
Monday being the day fixed for the public entree of
the Chartist leaders into Manchester, their -followers
began to assemble at an early hour in Stevenson's-
square, the appolnted' place of rendezvous. Notwith-
standing the efforts of the Chartist agents (which were
very great) to collect the scattered remnants of their
forces from the surrounding districts, the paucity of
their numbers at midday was so remarkable that it was
confidentlyasserted by some that there would be no pro-
cession, and bets were even laid that the great Feargus
would not show himself on the occasion. About
half-past twelve, .however, several bodies of men from
the country, together with some benefit societies,
arrived in the square, bearing flags and banners, and
accompanied by amateur hands ; and, at about half-pat
one, the whole assemblage, to the number of two or •
three thousand parsons, with several bands of music, and
an immense number of banners and flags of various forms
and sizes, were formed into a procession under the
auspices of two " Marshals" on horseback, who rode
backward and forward to superintend the array. Amongst
the banners in the procession were portraits, or paintings •
alleged to be portraits, of the great Feargus, Bronterre
O'Brien, Benbow, Hunt, and a number of other worthies
of the same stamp; and a child, not more than two years
of age, called " The young patriot," was carried in the
procession, not like the other patriots, in portraits, but in
person, surrounded by garlands of flowers, and his name
given as follows, in conspicuous characters, " Feangus
O'Connor Frost O'Brien M'Douall Hunt Taylor." The
young patriot did not, however, enjoy the distinction forced
upon him, and the, restraint which it involved, for he
cried bitterly, and seemed to feel as much impatience
as if he had read and understood the motto on one of the
banners near him, namely, '" Patience under undeserved
suffering is a crime," and seemed already a martyr in
the cause. As the motley group moved on, they re-
ceived constant accessions of old women (some of whom
had pipes in their mouths) and children, and the public-
houses gave large contributions of their victims to swell
the ranks of the patriots, so that by the time they
reached their destination they could not be less than
four or five thousand in number. Their route from the
square lay through Oldham-street,- Swan-street, Shude-
hill, Old Millgate, Deansgate, Bridge-street, Chapel-
street, Salford, Crescent, and on to Cross-lane, where
they met Feargue O'Connor, W. Benbow, and the
Rev. W. V. Jackson, seated in a barouche, drawn
by six horses. Feargus was dressed in a fustian
jacket and trowsers, in order that he might appear
as much as possible to be a " man of the peo-
ple." After the cheering, usual on such occasions.
had' been completed, and Feargus had 'shaken hands
with, and given the ceadhmik a faille to some moor three
dozen of his fellow-country men, the procession returned
to Manchester, went up Market-street and on to Ard-
wick-green, from whence it returned by ,Ancoats-street
to Stevenson's-square, where it arrived shortly after five
o'clock, At this time the square and all the approaches
thereto were densely filled ; the roofs of the houses,
the windows, and every available resting place from
which a view could be obtained, not even excepting the
lamp-posts, were occupied with spectators. The patriots
were welcomed by, a cheer, which was certainly loud,
though not prolonged ; and, considering the numbers
• present, might be regarded as a rather faint expression
of popular feeling. However, the vastness of the
assemblage, mostly drawn thither by curiosity, and
not at all identified with the proceedings, was re-
garded by the speakers as a "glorious demonstration "
in favour of Chartism. Feargus O'Connor first addressed
the meeting, in a remarkably temperate speech, in which
he deprecated physical force ; and insisted, that it was
by moral means alone the Chartists should seek the attain-
' ment of their objects. " If," said he, " I should advise
you to join me in physical aggression, or secret associa-
tions, then say, Feargus O'Connor is going to sell us.'
The moment I have political secrets with any man—
the moment I would attempt to turn you from
your own righteous, onward course, then say, `_Feargus
O'Connor is going to make merchandise of us.' He
would not trust to Tory clemency—if they were
prepared to give Sir Robert Peel a fair trial, he (Feargus
O'Connor) was not. He would not trust the politician
who was nursed in Toryism while Secretary for Ireland.
Tor) clemency depended on Chartist strength. What
Chartists allowed the Tories to do they would do, and
what they were not allowed to do, they wbuld leave un-
done. Lie believed the Whigs would soon j(!in the
Chartists, for' he sake of being restored to place and power.
He was opposed to the introduction of foreign corn as
long as there was any land uncultivated in England and
Ireland. He intended to visit Leeds and Sheffield; and.
after that, he hoped Dr. Cooke would invite him to Belfast
to discuss the question of repeal." He then announced
that B. O'Brien, who was unavoidably absent, was going
to start a Chartist newspaper, and hoped the Chartists
would support it.
Mr. Benbaw, the Rev. W. V. Jackson, and the Rev.
Mr. Schofield, afterwards addressed a few observations
to the meeting, and a resolution of confidence in Feargus
O'Connor, as a leader, was adopted.
no 'disturbance of any kind, occurred during the day.
The MPeting quietly disperSed about six o'clock, and
The Chartists had a tea party in the Hall of Science, in
the evening ; but, we understand, nothing occurred there
worthy of notice,

Mr. Freslifield hail offered himself for the re-
presentation of the City of Hereford, Upon the Conservative
interest, in the room of Mr. Hobhouse, who has accepted the
Stewardship cf the Chiltern Hunch eds.-- Tory Paper.
BISHOp PHILVOTTS AND THE BEV. Ma.
HEAD. —The public expectation is upon tip.:oe as to the mole
which our Reverend Diocesan will pursue in his prosecution
pf Mr. Head, and • what line of defence Mr. H. will adopt.
The antieipation is, that important results will follow these pro.
ceedings, and that much of
the inconsistency of the Church,
and the necessity of an alteration in its disgraceful canons,
creeds, and articles, which are now a snare to the good, and
aco rnwle A mere butt by the unprincipled, will be exposed to
the light of day. We hope Mr. !lead will receive pubdc sym-
pathy in this trial.—Devonshire Chronicle.
PARIS, SEPT. 26.—The Moniteur says, " A
letter from Beyrout announces that the English troops have
completely evacuated the fortress of St. Jean d'Acre."

LITERATURE.

QUARTERLY RC VIEW—No. CXXXVI,
'Murray, London. 1841.
A duller Number than this, first, in the selec-
tion of subjects, secondly, in the mode of treating
them, has not appeared tbr years past. The only
article that can be,said to excite curiosity in the
slightest degree, is the one on "The Old and New
Ministries ;" and even this—notwithstanding the
nature of the theme, which is sufficiently piquant
under existing circumstances—will please none
but the most purblind Tory reader, for it is written
without point and without vigour—is as shallow in
argument, as it is wordy and wire-drawn in
manner; and abounds in Italicized phrases and
expressions, as if the Reviewer were conscious
that, without such steps, we should never dis-
cover that there was anything worthy of notice
in them. Sir Robert Peel is, of course, praised
to the skies, particularly as a " wise man,
and an .honest man," two qualifications which
we have yet to .find in him—unless, in-
deed, cunning be synonymous with wisdom, and
vacillation with honety. "Buckingham and
Coombe on the United StateS" is a nOtice of two
bulky works that haVeYeeently appeared ,on this
most hackneyed of all hacknied subjects. It is
a tame and heavy affair, with the exception of the
passing hit at Mr. Coombe's phrenological
system, which is fair game enough, for phrenology
is but one of the myriad forms in which that
Proteus, Quackery, loves to disg;uiSe himself.
" Patchwork " is a review of Captain Hall's
latest volumes of travels, which, though published
but six months since, are already forgotten. We
know not whether the gallant author will be most
pleased or displeased with this review, for the
gall is mixed up with the honey in nearly equal
portions. If the critic pats him encouragingly
on the back in one sentence, in the next he lays
on the cat with all the zeal of Lord Cardigan's
drummers: But the lash is not undeserved, for
Captain Hall, though frequently a lively, enter-
taining writer, is apt, for whole pages together,
to degenerate into a mere twaddler; and, in-
stead of a manly inquisitiveness as to matters
worthy of a traveller's attention, exhibits far
too much of Jemmy Boswell's paltry, restless
curiosity respecting the veriest trifles. " Sketches
of the Irish Peasantry" is the best, as it is the
most instructive, paper in the Number. The
spirit that pervades it is temperate and tolerant;
though, as might be expected, a disposition is
shown to attribute the sufferings of Ireland to any
hut their real cause, mis-government,. Let the
Reviewer blink this part of the question as
he may, it is notorious that half the pre-
sent ills that distract the Sister-country
are to be referred to the long misrule
of Toryism. In " Elphinstone's History of In-
dia," some interesting details are given of the
rise and progress of Budhism in the East—a
theme which the late Mr. Upham has treated
with signal ability. The Reviewer also gives
a brief cursory sketch of the famous Sultan
Akber, but we had rather that he had dis-
pensed with a notice of this well-known Monarch,
and punished us, instead, with some particulars
of his successor, Jehamqueir, who if not so re-
nowned, was a far more curious, character—a
whimsical compound of bigotry and toleration—
of shrewdness and ineptitude—courage and
cowardice—cruelty and benevolence. It was the
boast of this odd-natured despot, when half-
drunk at night—fir he was an inordinate
toper—that he equally respected the character of
our Saviour and Mahomet, because they both
equally declaimed against the odious vice of
intoxication ! For want of some more entertain-
ing extract, we quote the Reviewer's remarks on
the rise of the Mogul empire : _

With the house of Titnour, as we have said, com-
mences the magnificent period of Mahometan dominion,
that which awakens our interest, and offers splendid
pictures for historical composition, and characters which
command attention, as of far higher order than the tur-
baned warriors who headed their fierce hordes in a deso-
lating %%ar of conquest, and hewed their way to empire
with the cimitar. Baber is the first sovereign of Maho-
metan India who arrests us by the simple grandeur of
his character, the perfect picture of the life of vicissitude,
of adventure, and enterprise, by which men rise in the
East to power,—one day a magnificent king at the head
of a mighty army, the next a solitary fugitive in the
desert, but gradually forcing his way to become the
founder of a splendid dynasty. But the grandeur of
this whole race, and the magnificence of -the sovereigns
of Delhi, culminate in Akber. Though perhaps the
arts, especially architecture, reached a higher degree-of
sumptuousness and skill under his son Shah Jehan, on
the whole Akbcr concenters the full glory ofthe
dynasty. It is a most tempting subject for reflection—
now that European influence is spreading throughout
India, modifying alike by its social peculiarities both the
stern and inflexible Brahminism of the Indian, and the
less artificial, but not more pliant, Islamism of the Mus-
sulman; now that the lineal descendant of Timour, of
Baber, of Akber, of Shah Jehan, and of Aurugzib, has
long been an idle pageant in the hands of a company of
English merchants—to contrast the state of India under
Akber with the character of the contemporary sove-
reigns of Europe.

OSSIAI"‘"S G±4YUJLYE REMAINS.
.Nmith, Eller, and Go., London, 1841.

For this curious volume, which contains a pre-
iirninary dissertation from the pen of Mr. Patrick
Macgregor, we are indebted to the Highland
Society of London, under whose express pa-
tronage it has been brought out. It is a collec-
tion of the genuine remains of Ossian, " less
faulty"—as we are assured in the Preface—
" than the version of Macpherson, who, while
he professes to translate literally, omits and adds
whole lines, and alters at pleasure. Not only
was he often misled by his hurry and his igno-
rance of the idiom, but he very frequently de-
parted from the sense of the original, with a view
either to improve the style, or to obviate antici-
pated objections, arid sometimes to gratify his
own prejudices." We believe there is little
doubt.now that Macpherson's " Ossian" was any-
thing but a genuine work ; even Sir Walter
Scott gave it up as such ; and, if we are not mis-
taken, Allan Cunningham has borne testimony
to the same effect; nevertheless, spurious though
it may be, it will long continue to interest young
and imaginative readers, for there is a fascina-
tion in its wild imagery, a splendour and vigour
in many of its descriptions, and a deep pathos in
not a feW of its sentiments, that can never fail.
to awaken interest at a period of life when the
feelings exercise a more powerful sway than
the understandings. Of the accuracy of the
translation: before us, we cannot pretend to
speak, being unacquainted with the original
Gtelic ; it is characterised, however, by a uni-
form simplicity'uf diction, and by such imagery
as would have been most likely to suggest itself
to a self-taught Highland poet, at the early, un-
civilized period at which Ossian is supposed to
have written•.