The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... - -
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - -
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
Ditto. Thirds ... ...... .131. Cs. 8d ... 414 dis. to -
6,0'„0 bales, of which 4,000 were American, 250 Pernam Do., ew Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
and Maranham, at 4fd. to 5d.; 160 Egyptian, at sad to 5 per Ct. on Calls ...I/. 13s. 4d.... - -
W.; 300 Eurat at 2d to 3d., and 40 Sea Island, at Bd. London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11/ - ...... to -
to 10d. per lb. Prices of all sorts were fully maintained. Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% - to -
la Shares there was not so much doing, but the quota- Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% - -
tions were firm. Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 -
The letters and papers by the West India mail were Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 - -
not delivered sufficiently early yesterday to allow alanch, Buxton, & alatlock 4 -
them of more than a brief notice, but we Alanichr,Sheffield,eld, and Linc.loo - to -
- -
5
May now observe that although the tone of the D tto 14 Share.s ( No. 1) -.
218
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) - -
letters is very unsatisfactory in regard to the prospects Ditto, IA3 Shares (No. 3 )... 10 ...... -
of the financial planters, there is besides the advantage Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. - -
Of fine weather, and particular districts of cheaper Ditto Grimsby 4O - to -
labour, owing to the more reasonable conduct of the Ditto, ditto. - . to -
Peasantry, an evidence of py.
erseverance and econom Ditto, ditto - -
Which is gratifying and may lead to a better state of Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... -
things hereafter. In no way can this be better carried
Ditto, Grimsby Dock kun..io..n.. 2404
2s.
... -
to -
Midland."... - -
out than in the manufacture of sugar. Economy of Ditto, 100 ...... 81% to -
capital as well as labour is perfectly practicable, and
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - to -
mast be advantageous, and although it may be true Ditto; stll. 5hare5............ 20
that in slave colonies the same improvements can Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... - - -
be adopted, this affords no argument against Midland, Consol. 13ristel and
the e West Indians taking the initiative. Rather Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 113% to -
We reverse indeed. Expressing sugar direct from the Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. - -
cane is anexperiment that is expected to succeed, and Ditto ditto 141. 185... -
if carried out to a large extent the first will not be the Slidland, Leices. and Swan-
to -
Only
saving; there will be much of the expense of eingtonrea( 8t
iiy)eersteetr.ngmi)s.h..).loo .... . -
`lidld. G 42m - to - transport avoided.
Middlesbro' and Bedew.. 6
The extension of British commerce with the Chilian
... 50
per cent. guar. - -
-
although it attracts comparatively little general no- Ditto Quarter Shares
tine at hoeae, is of so much importance that it can- Newmarket -
not but be highly gratifying to hear of it. The Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. - -
letters received from Valparaiso to August 30, are en- Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 -
couraging, and the demand for our textile fabrics was Newry and Enniskillen
steady there, while at Lima also it was improving. To Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Mr. Wheelwright, more than to any other individual, Rostrevor ..... ............. 20
are we indebted for this result, and the convenience to Norfolk
Ditto New 20/. lO .... . - -
our merchants of having letters by the West India steam
Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 . -
the
advantage of ourselves and the South Americans. We Do. do. Wayeney Valley... 2 ... :. - ... -
-
Observe that inducements were being held out in Chili Northern Counties Union ... 4 - to -
for
the immigration of English settlers, and for particular North British -
classes, the country would prove eligible, owing to its Ditto Half Shares, ..... ..... 121 A 6% •to -
Salubrious climate and excellent soil. We should, how- Do. Quarters 614 3l/4".... to -
ever, at all times, to the general emigrant, recommend Ditto, Extension -
our own colonies in preference. Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 84...... 4 -
The steamer Avon adds to our :already large amount North and Sonth-Western... 2 .. .. - .. -
ef specie the sum of 1,000,000 dollars, but as silver is a North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 -
North Wales 3%».,, - ..... to -
complete drug here, we may expect a large proportion to
~,
be reshipped to the Continent. There is one thing to North Western lO - .... to Oxford, Worcester, and -
beWol-
specially borne in mind; we must receive something verhampton
fin return, unless it goes in liquidation of past claims, and Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 10 ...... 9% to -
-
that
something will probably be grain or gold. Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... - -
In the Stock Exchange, as usual, on Lord Mayor's Scottish Central
Day, there is not much doing. Consols are firm at 864 Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25
to I, having opened at 84 to 86. New Three-and-a- Ditto, New 17% - to -
Quarter per Cents. 84 i ; , Goo
Exchequer-bills of March Sheflielied, Rotherham, and
425. preen,
(South Div.) 4
7% - .....• to -
to -
The Foreign Securities are rather dull. Mexican have Do. do.
Shrewsbury and Birmingkana 9 -
been...-
20i to 21 ;Spanish Three per Cents. 23 ;Dutch Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 -
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 45i to il. Nothing has been Shrewsbury and Chester
done in Portuguese. (Nor. W . l‘din.) - ...... to -
i. Railway Shares are looking well again, and seem still Ditto Halves, Ditto 814... .. _ . ... to -
4kely steadily, though perhaps slowly, to advance. Ditto, Uswestry 1734 ...... - -
THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto ,New)... . ... 1 -
861 .American Ditto S per Cent. Pr0f....,...PrePr0f....,...10 - -
The Committee of Spanish
Consols are rather better, bein i
Bondholders
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 - ,„ .., to -.
have received letters from their agents at Lima, Messrs.
Shropshire Union... - ..... . to -
* South Devon -
Lean, Rowe, and Co., under date of the 13th of Sep-
tereber, advising, that in pursuance of the resolutions SDitto, Preference .. .. 25 -
South Staffordshire... - .. .. to -
Passed at the meeting of Peruvian Bondholders held on south Eastern " 333 -
the 11th of July last, they had again applied to the Ditto, No. I. .. 24 - to -
Government for as adjustment of the Foreign Debt, on Ditto, No. 2. 22 -
the basis of that concluded with Chili, and that the Ditto, No. 3. - -
Minister, in reply, had stated, that inasmuch as there Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 -
aPPeared no satisfactory prospect of effecting a settle-
South Wales
taent at " Lima," the Government were about to dispatch South Yorkshire, Doncaster
a Minister Plenipotentiary to this country, to propose and Goole g
... to -
5 - ...
Swans. and Louhor and Ca-
terms of settlement to the bondholders.
meron's Stm. Coal ... . 6 - -
Paw Vale Extension - ...... to -
(From the Official List.) Thames Haven Dock and
3 per Cent. Reduced Ai:militias.-- ..... 843% 85 Railwa -
3 per Cent. Consols Anns.. ... ..
New 314 per Cent. Anas 851% Waterford and Kilkenny 17%.•.... ...... -
New 5 per Cent. Annuities 10914 Waterford and Limerick ... .. 45 --to - India Stock Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw,
... ..
Do. Bonds, 10001
• Ditto under 1.000/
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 2 4 ...,.. - -
March. June. Do. do. do. ...... .. 10 ... - ...... to -
5001,1,000/. -
Small -
- 37 p West London
40 42 p 36 40 p Ditto, First Class .. 20 - ...... to -
-
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ....... Whitehaven and Furness l3 ... .. - ..... to -
Danish Ditto Small
73% Windsor, Staines, and South
Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 62 Western... .. . ...... 914 _ to Mexican Bonds 1846, 5 per Cent.. 21 20%
-
Peruvian ionds, 6 per Cent ..... 7.11 33 - Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ..... - to -
Spanish Fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - ... •• to -
Bonds, 5 per Cent, ... 11 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 - -
Ditto Passive Bonds ............... 2% Do. Eaten. No. 1(Y. & N.) 15 -
VDitto 3 per Cent 23 Do.:do. No. 2, iNew.& B. 15 -
enezuela Bonds ... -
Dividends on the above payable iu London. Fork and North Midland .. 50 ..... -
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 45%% Ditto, Preference to -
10 ...... - ...... to -
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ... 69% Ditto East and W est Riding
,
11.01.NEss: DONL LN RAILWAY SIIAILEiI AT ONE O'CLOCK Extension -
RAILWAYS. PAID. PCS SNARL FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Aberdeen
kksaber.,.Notting., Boston, &c -
to - and Austrian
eirfshire and Galloway - to - Boulogne and Amiens 414 ...... - -
Mir art and County Down .. 19 .. .. - -
to - Central of France (Orleans
Mieghatu & Oxford Junct., and Vierzon) .... l7 - - - Ceylon ....... -
-
Birma without a guarantee.., 20 ... -.. ... to .-. Demerara. ...... .......... -..... 15 . .... - -
callslngllam,Wol.,& Dudley,
Dendre Valley - to -
D
duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . - - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . - -
re', without a guarantee... 10 - -
-
B
rix:ling, Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... - ..... to - East Indian - -
~r.enhead, Lancashire, and
Great Indian Peninsular
10 - ...... to -
-
hae:?-Btittnocanl'llaSinrtdajnrxf"cet&tie°rßnirming... 9(5) ...... 54 - Luxembourg -
Do•+to - Ditto - 13,,_,.Thirds
e4ui, ce
d I no
1g hamsh i r e . . ••• ..... •• 27% - Madrid and Valentin -
14/. 4s. - - Namur and Liege 2O - to -
Ditto
50 - -
Ditto'ehesittto innalf Shares . .. 834 - ••• - - Orleans and Bordeaux :... .. 7 - ...... to -
1.),, New 101. Preference 5 - Paris and Lyons - -
Clydesdale Junction 50 - to - Do. Do.
biter end H01yhead......... 50 ..... - - Paris and Orleans...
el._ to, Preference - Paris and Rouen 2O - to -
D°ence.
i, ,„ 7814 ..... - - Paris & Strasbourg ..........9 ...... - ...... to -
D0.',1,!‘ Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - -
/)0.17.,`4 Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to - Sambre and Mouse -
Dir.:" ',cry. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - Strasburg and Bale l4 - ..". to -
C°b..
EvFt London & Portsmouth 514 - - Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9
141(In and Belfast Junction.. 35 - to - Tourney, Jurbise, Landen,
Pa. ali and Enniskillen ... 20 and lasseltf ..... .. 20 ....,. - ..... to -
--4 Anglia 251. L. & E ......
-
144(1
iLtB:ll;Bl.l'°Es'; E.
Ha
11::
2120385%.....
782 4:2 %* - lit oio -111-8 West Flanders B% -to -
DittoJOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia - -
Counties °' 31. British North American .... 50
.00.‘, Counties - ..... . to -
Colonial ..... ..........., 25 ..•,• - . •
•• to -
bo...t,New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 71h
Do trPet.,sper ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d par Commercial of London - -
'N 0....... ......... N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d... London Joint Stock ~.. ...... 10 - - „0., Northern & Eastern... 50 - London;and Westminster... 20 - to -
Do.' .. 5 Per cent. - - National Provincial of Engld. 35 - -
be%, QUa t
, rer 12% .. .. -
4st 'New
ern Union, Class A (late 34
to - National of Ireland - ..... to -
,E. U. Shares) ........... 25 - ..... to -
vitto, ditto Class A, ditto 1
to -
Union of Australia ...... ...... 25 . ... - to -
- to -
Ditto,
do,
Cless
11
(I. &B) 20
-
to -
Ditto,,sditri aas C, ditto... 20
do ca - -
DittoP (Una. 6 per ct.) 10 - to - Union of Madrid 4O
- - - ...... to ---
ititijott.Ltt;:ixecirvase
whc10iru..ea..rt..e:r5................
.....
... ......
222501 - to - MINES.
(C. & E.) S , •••••• "' •• Anglo Mexican lOO ...... -
per ct. 2la -
Asturian Mining Company.- 13 ....„„ -
to - to -
to Australian 2% - ...... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50
-
Do., 6 per Cent. P .......
61%-
to -
Bolanos Scrip - -
.., Quarter Shares...ferelice 64
fs.ast Lincolnshire ............ -"` - ..... to -
- ...... to - Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24% ...... - •.... to -
adinburgh and Gin.; .... ....
....
25
- ...... to - Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 -
Ditto, Half Sharesi' w .....
60
~z.4ll.ll.h.l!tiOr,,,,gNhelvand Northern. 15
- ...
to - Ditto St. John Del Rey ~, 15 ..... - -
to -
(e. eter, p0rt,...... ...
75. - -
it Yeovil & Dorche;ter --%
to -
General Mining ..
- ...... to -
Real del Monte. Unregistered - . - - .. ... to -
118 g, Dumfries & Carl' 1 Do. Black Debentures .-
‘4,aige w, Kilmarnock, is e.. 8/. 65.8 d... - ..... to -
Do. Preference CosoltdAatyedr 50
Do. Red Debentures - - to -
zt,,erAthern.... ........... -17 - ...... to -
Santiaffo de Cuba. lO -
G.-. - ..... to -
United Mexican -
1) 72 Deferred ..... ... 12% - ... ... to - Erratum in yesterday's List-Read Dutch Four per Cent.
°. B 6 per Cent. Guar. 41
A Ni.,... to - Certificates, 69% ; and for Account, 691 1.
„Do. Extension ...
South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 23
Great North of England 100 -
Ditto, Ne w 40/.. -- ...... to -

40
-..,1 •
Ditto, ditto .... ..... ...... 25
Ditto, New 304 ........ ....... 30 ...
„ Ditto, New 154 ..... ... l4 —.. 30 .
millet Western 9O
.. ... to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths '2o -
h 130. New 17/. l3 ..
'muddersfield and Manchester 30 .. » -
bDi tte, Thirds..
Ditto,
Half Shares 25 ...... ...... to
1 fitto, Quarter Shares 12% •
~.... to
-.neuter and Carlisle....
I. bo,Thh-ds lO ......
ItPeashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto
Dtoitt el
Half Shares .. .. 43 ...... ...... to
. -0 Quarters 17% ......
itto Fifths
°Sixteenths _....... GU...-. •• • • to
DittoL Thirds (Reg.)
to
1)::, New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 —
. ... to
LI Liverpool and Bury... 43
,-,°' (Hudders. and Sheff.) 43
h_alict Goole ...... .. ....... 50
;--,'0., West Riding Union... 7 ...• • lA.__ to
nto
IN Presto and Wyre ... 25 ..••••
1.Z0., do., Half Shares (A) 9%
1:;;Z:148,aild Bradford sc, ..... 87N ..... to
D
s r rbUTY, & Blanches. 50
L:2 a f Shares .......... 25 ......
-edZin(riiliu,eh.( scrip) ..... .... 2% — •"''''' to bitto irsk ...-... ...... 50
.1) ~' Now .... .......
.... _ 35 .
r
‘1,4301.,er., 6 per Cent. 3%.
~„_. 1, kzosby, andSouth-
-1,,np00.._..............
Nr. I, Manchester, and ttirreastle Junction. ..... -.. 2% — ..... .to
LC.,& Blackwell ......131. 6s. 8d 4% to
sild ..,,x.tension ........ - ..... 22%
De.., Jar 1,
. rii Igut., & South Coast 50 ...... 2S
. uaranteed sper Cent. 9 ...... .. - Cony. 5 par Cent. 50 ...... ..
to, J, ditto
.uo„ isl___ ........... 1852 50 - ...
4D't "and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... ...
4d.sto_
,?r,eference lB/ 17s 2d... ..... to
0.
Dvo4i.Arth'3Westem.....loo 118%..... to 117%
DI. ktlarters (L. and B.) 22
1) ew 7
‘.O. pift, s•• • • ................. . 2
to
po. 40, or,, .................... .•••• •••
D°• in • onares..... &M 25 ......
D.lolb "4 Mand B
o ••• • B. (A.) 9 .... . 93/4%
Lo
s. IA; .. M. and B. ( B.) 9
D
4 "" ••• M.
Viand B. (C.) 1
>;..1
o rt,4cl estern...—. 50
qtt ow 504......, -..... 42%...~
0 to
-,eNv 404.... ..... .. ~ 34 - - ...... to

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Nov 9.—Wind N.N.W., moderate breeze,
and fine clear frosty weather.
DEAL, Nov. 7.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. from
the River and sailed, Vivid, Sukey, Sydney, New South
Wales; Katherine Stewart, Forbes, ditto; Caroline, Val-
paraiso; Creole, Dominica; Lalla Rookb, New Zealand;
Ostrich, Madras; Patriarch, Aden; Nautilus, Mauritius;
Mail, Cape and ditto; Justina, Cape and Singapore; Ju-
liana, Algoa Bay; Africanus, Fernando Po; Tay, Callao;
Islander, Barbadoes ; Sophia, Jamaica ; Jane, ditto ;
Atala, New Orleans ; Glenlyon, ditto ; Jane, ditto ;
General Alexis, Cadiz and Lima.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. B.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—
Sid. Sara and Maria, Batavia; Ranger, South Seas; Royal
Archer, Adelaide, South Australia.
COWES, Nov. B.—Wind N.—Std. George, Sydney,
New South Wales; Louisiana, New Orleans.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. 'Wiscon-
sin, Murnford, New York. Sld. Sir Robert Peel, Callao;
Eblano, Rio Grande; Emilia, Rio Janeiro; Indus, Bahia;
Berlin, New Orleans; Eliza Caroline, ditto; General
Taylor, ditto; Bolton Abbey, Charleston; Triton, ditto;
Richardson, Anderson, Baltimore; Georgiana, Phila-
delphia; Aberdeen, New York; Charlotte, ditto; Queen
of the West, ditto; Sarah Bridge, ditto; Rosalinda, ditto;
William, Bt. Michael's.
OFF SOUTHWOLD, Nov. B.—Orynthia, Watson, Quebec
for Ilull.

DROGHEDA, Nov. B.—Wind N.—Arrd. Warrior, Tier-
man, St. John's, New Brunswick.
BRISTOL, Nov. B.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Joseph Cu-
nard, Williams, Quebec.
GUERNSEY, Nov. 3. Ski. Waterwitch, Machon,
Ach laide, South Australia; Nancy, Pernambuco.
SWANSEA, Nov. B.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Minerva,
Terry, Messina.
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, Nov. B.—The smack
Adelaide, Swanage to Southton, ran ashore on Hurst
Beach, Crewe, cn the Gth inst.; materials saved.
IIuNA, Nov. 4.—The Jane, of and from Belfast, to
Wick, went ashore on the Island of Stroms (Pentlund
Firth), 2d inst., and has become a total wreck; master
and a boy drowned.
BRIDLINGTON, Nov. B.—The Gazelle, Breckwoldt,
from Hamburg, for Hanamerfest, has put in here leaky,
and Kith one man overboard, having been as far north
as her destination and driven back; the wind is strong
from the north.

llAnwicH, Nov. B.—The llanne Quiot, Abel, from
Randers to London, was assisted in here last night very
leaky, &c.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. B.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Lord Hun-
gerford, Paterson, Sydney, New South Wales; Athenian,
Taylor, Port Philip; Lebuari, ditto; Glenelg, ditto.
BOSTON, Nov. B.—The cargo of the Ramsden, from
Woolbridge to Goole, which put in here leaky. sth inst.,
has been discharged; the vessel must go into dock.

LITERATURE.

RUINS OF MANY LANDS. Parts I. and IL By
.Nicholas Michell.

lhose who are affrighted by the sombre covering
and unpoetic title of this effusion—and we conjecture
there will be many such—will certainly be deprived
of a gratification which they little anticipated. The
publisher and the artist have done anything but jus-
tice to the muse of Mr. Michell, and, therefore the
less allusion that is made to the arrangements of the
letter-press and tl.e style of the wood-engravings, the
better for all partias concerned. Although we have
said that the title of the poem is uninteresting, we are
very far from asserting that its conception and treat-
ment are in any particular deserving of the same
remark. The subject, indeed, is in the highest
respect poetical, and the treatment of that sub-
ject by the graceful pen of Mr. Michell is,
with a few abating circumstances, eminently
entitled to our commendation. The bardic powers
of the author have certainly developed themselves in
a remarkable manner since the production of his pre
vious works, " The Eventful Epoch" and " The
Traduced." The theme is partitioned into three
books ; the first treating of the " Ruins of the Dark
Era," such as Babylon, Nineveh, and Petra; the
second describing the " Ruins of the Classic Era,"
such as Athens, Corinth, Sparta, and Marathon; the
third (which has not yet appeared) delineating " The
Ruins of the Miscellaneous Ages." such as Ephesus,
Tyre, Baalbec, and Palmyra. Our present purpose
will be completely satisfied by a consideration of the
opening of the poem down to a noble description of
the death of the voluptuous Sardanapalus. The
Pilgrim—a more industrious Harold—enters upon his
journey among the realms of the past on the plain of
Chaldea, where
" Hillah's small town is humming far away,
And o'er the desert dies the golden day!"
At the very outset of his pilgrimage the poet bursts
forth into the following impassioned apostrophe to
the remnants of the Tower of Babel :
" Far in the 'Western wild, begirt by sands,
A rugged pile, like some grim giant, stands:
Fragments of sculptured stone bestrew its base,
Stage after stage, the platform-lines ye trace;
High on its brow, a dark mass rears its form,
Defying ages, mocking fire and storm:
Struck by a thousand lightnings, still 'tis there,
As proud in ruin, haughty in despair.
Ohl oldest fabric reared by hands of man!
Built ere Art's dawn on Europe's shores began!
Rome's mouldering shrines, and Tadmor's columns gray,
Beside yon mass, seem things of yesterday!
In breathless awe, in musing reverence, bow;
'Tis hoary Babel glooms before you now;
The tower at which th' Almighty's shaft was hurled,
The mystery, fear, and wonder of the world!"

Some of the most effective passages, however, we must
at once observe are marred by the most inexcusable,
because the most avoidable, abbreviations; when, for
instance, it is said—
" What do't.t thou there ? Thy brethren all are gone ;
A hermit now thou b/oom'st and mourn'st alone ;
or, where again we have such lines as these—
" Some wreath in braids her soft far-floating hair,
And tinge her eyes t' enhance the heaven that's there?'
As compensation for blemishes of this slovenly cha-
racter we occasionally meet with some exquisite sen-
tence, both in regard to the euphony of the language
and the art of the composition. Take the daintily
alliterated description of the dances of the Chaldean
maidens :

" High raise their arms the soft slow strains to suit,
That breathe from Persian pipe, and Lydian lute."
Then, Peri• like, they swim in measures fleet;
Twinkle like stars their silver•sandalled feet."
At times the rhythm throbs with passion ; and in
proof of this we may allude to the pathos of the nar-
rative of the Queen when bending over the dying
form of her warrior-lover, when she—
" Catches the flutterin.g breath, the last faint moan,
And feels his pulseless heart, while breaks her own."
Several of the descriptive fragments are rendered
beautiful by their freshness as that of the oasis—
" The almond tree faint rustling o'er our head,
The rill that purls along its pebbly bed,
The green cicada, chirping in the grass,
The crested hoopoes singing as they pass, &c."
The author has a faculty, moreover, for changing an
old thought into the semblance of a new one by the
graces of his rhetoric : eJ. gr.—
" Mind only lives for ever; amaranths bloom
And Time but breaks his scythe beyond the tomb."
He has likewise all the fascination of a novel and
suggestive phraseology. In this manner he speaks of-
-" the bird on winnowing wings,
Faint and more faint his desert anthem sings ;"
and in the same mood he describes the barrenness of
Nineveh thus—calling the city a region—
" Where coarse rank grass, and plants of poison grow,
Where scarce the hermit wild-flower deigns to blow."
In addition to the charms of the poetry, the book con-
veys in a delightful manner a rich store of archaeolo-
gical information.

FINE ARTS.
THE ART JOURNAL.
Two beautiful numbers of this publication (Nos.
CXXIV. and CXXV.), for October and November,
are lying before us for consideration. As specimens
of the progress of art, they are more than satisfac-
tory. Nor will the assertion appear exaggerated
when we enumerate merely the principal engravings :
" There sleeps Titania," drawn by H. Huskisson and
engraved by Frederick Heath. " The Evening
113 mn," engraved by Lemercier from the painting of
Charles Gleyre. Thorwalsden's " Hebe," drawn by E.
T. Parris and engraved by E. Finden. " Pilgrims
in sight of Rome," engraved by C. W. Sharpe, from
the original picture of C. L. Eastlake. Baily's " Eve
at the Fountain," andj Greuze's " Innocence." The
last mentioned is a lovely circular picture, which
would be exquisite as a mosaic or a cameo,
but especially as a cameo. Beyond these
we have a portrait and biographical sketch of Dela-
croix, and a continuation of the pictorial narrative
of the fluctuations of costume in ancient France.
The original designs for manufacturers—so faceti-
ously distorted in a recent number of Punch—present
to us many graceful and ingenious contrivances for
symbolising the implements of the cuisine, or for im-
parting elegance to the most common•place pieces of
furniture. Instance the " Gas Brackets," by B.
Smith ; the "Toast Rack," by H. Green ; the
"Lucifer-match Box," by H. Fitz-Cook; the
" Asparagus Tongs," &c. We are gratified
to ob-
serve that the representation of the paintings in the
Vernon Gallery will commence with the first day
of the new year. Some tribute of this kind, at least,
is requisite to mark the gratitude of the public to
the munificent gentleman whose generosity has been
acknowledged in no adequate manner by the Govern-
ment.

HISTORY OF ENGLAND DURING THE
THIRTY YEARS' PEACE.
In this carefully compiled continuation of the
" Pictorial History of England," Mr. Charles knight
is recording the various events which have transpired
in the United Kingdom between 1815 to 1845 i-
nclusively. Each part being accompanied with an
embellishment, such as an engraved likeness of the
benevolent Wilbeforce, is thereby materially enhanced
in value. Some portions of the history are penned
with considerable eloquence. As, for example, the
comparison of Canning's oratory to the conflagrations
in the Savannahs :

"Never," says the historian, " did the fires of western
forests run through the wilderness more gloriously than
the speeches of Canning through the political wilds of
Europe, under the deep night of the Holy Alliance. In
those western wildernesses the unaccustomed and the
timid tremble and shriek, and hang together as
they see the speeding same, and hear the
rush and roar, and think of the waste of ashes
that will be seen to-morrow : but the hardy free-
man enjoys the sight; enjoys the sprinkling and scatter-
ing blazes which seize upon decay and rottenness, to
turn them into freshness and fruitfulness. And so it
was when the utterance of Canning in the British Par-
liament ran over Europe, kindling as it went. It was
hateful and terrific to despots, because it leaped upon
their abuses, and scorched their vanities, and made of
their antiquated dogmas ashes for a new growth of
opinion."

The Third Part terminates with the invasion of Spain
by France in 1822. When completed, the volume
will be of singular merit.

ATLAS to ALISON'S HISTORY of EUROPE.
Parts XVIII. and XIX.
This splendid publication has now approached to
within a single number of its conclusion ; and we only
find additional reasons for reiterating all our former
eulogiums on the undertaking. In the two parts
before us we have representations of the battles
of Vimeira, Vittoria, Champ Aubert, Vauchamps,
Nivelle, Quatre Bras, Wavre, and Waterloo ;
with a sketch of the Passage of the Beresina,
and maps of India, France, and Belgium.
The plate representing the memorable field of
Waterloo—with every detail distinctly visible, from
the Bois de Paris to the Bois de Soignies, from
Hubermont to Braine de Lend, from La Belle
Alliance to Haye Sainte, from Hougoment to Beau
Chene—is alone worth half-a-dozen of the numbers.
The first sheet alone has, as yet, been published, and
conveys to the mind an excellent notion of the rela-
tive positions of the hostile armies on the morning of
that sanguinary battle.

SALFORD NOVEMBER FAIR,--A memorial has
been very numerously signed by inhabitants of the
borough, farmers, horse deal•rs, and others who attend
this fair, praying the authorities to extend the duration
of the cattle and horse fair for two days, instead of one,
on the ground of the time being too short to enable
dealers to dispose of their stock, or to remunerate them
for the risk of bringing large and valuable stock to the
fair. It is owirg to this that the fair for horses and
horned cattle has fallen into decay, and the inhabitants
have been obliged to travel_to distant fairs to purchase
horses and cattle.—Manchester Courier.