The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-02 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY.

A.
aeries
of IILACATVOOD.
:ohuienhceda articles on America, the first of
PaPseiarns in the present number, is an-
progress for this Magazine. The
ttibject is a com
Pal prehensive one, and, to a Tory
ate, sufficiently tempting, insomuch as it
td
litrurds ample scope for irony—sarcasm, and
at
vague, showy declamation in which some
?t. the ablest writers of Blackwood—such, for
instance, as the author of the Essays on Burke—
aarteri:,:df°:,'hdenof indulging. The time is not yet
your real thorough bred Tory can
aff°4l to do yet d; justice to America. He has not
gested her separation from the mother-
, ge"wntßrY' Hence we may expect to hear him
ir° `ugat every transatlantic institution, for at
sel:B,,,t4duzenyears to come. Your genuine Ultra is
has t° forgive, and still slower to forget. .He
1.3 4 Nest inveterate recollection of a political
Presentgrievm..
' This spirit animates throughout the
ea Phillippic on America. The writer
anntin„°t de
that the United States are happy
i,„,.t'tesperous
itor4lnutetiolls.... under their existing Democratic
more so, even than when they
e 4
an au
ofthe British Crown ; but
qualifie, tc-panage
verti,,, 's reluctant acknowledgment, by re'
Lori T t:
Prophesies, and foretelling that the.
sPiritt 5 'Bt aPproaching when the Democratic
y, will , e
h ° the ruin of America ; that is to
tits will the main cause of her present prosdpe-
ea.), ...„''' be equally the cause of her future de-
teat ,TIY a most logical conclusion ! Not con.
goes -do startling assertions like these, the write
tilhaellr"litetr°aturariel,antntdbetnchei,anp transatlantic news-
they
value the stability of the English
'Ministers,. as
constitti•
ka ) bY no means to repeal the taxes on.
atrle
they will
be dge, because, by so doing,
kin. c°llPelling the newspaper to
press
ia Ister to
its own degradation, by descend-
-0
Pigtilpfn its present intellectual station to
Corett'leirl be caprices of the most ignorant of the
this nity.
A more egregious fallacy than
thelBZver yet appeared in print. The repeal of
gene:4lP duties will not cause the press to de-
iNeijate) but the people to rise, in the scale of
Sphere 'eettJal civilization ! By widening the
eh of its influence, it will elevate the moral
serif ter of the country. Look at the Irene&
feR
thPcnver it exerted (crippled as it was) dur-
lh-tt'ile agitation of the Reform question ! What
arid e Press kept within due bounds the chafed
th
re welling feelings of the multitude ? Had
teebeen no such high moral influence exerted,
th 1401 would not have been the only victim to
4e passions of an infuriated rabble. ~ The
4 etcher" is a graceful essay, displaying a re-
ad apprehension of the picturesque in poetry,
411 well as in painting. We have been much
t, luck with the force and beauty of this remark,
:ore here
happiness is the character of a pie-
13it tuill always charm, and this is the rea-
tv,Ltaat many of the pictures of Terriers, which
them 4 be otherwise low life, charm—some
.of
tare the are really delightful, for they not only pi.c-
lagers:Lhe happiness of the assembled vil-
repret,r7.t keep them in their best manners, by
the ing
the anti u ity of the chateau, and
Protew q
aristocratic
l't
regard and cheerful eye of the
have, - lord and lady of the domain. You
Whole sYttiPatily with what is going on, and the.
la Be,ene is rescued from vulgarity." This
thr:ctiii'line criticism, where truth and fancy,
each ness and
h. sensibility, blend with, and assist
°i' the -;l.* `` Edmund Burke" is a continuation
the: for strong diatribes on this subject.
tree 4
of la no freshness of observation—no acute-
re a ras°ning--the style alone (which is that
latef.t.'etised scribe, who has modelled it on the
teadaldritings of Burke), renders the essay
taieler,e, Nora Boyle" is a clever tale, con-
the6 Ono
lete, or two striking passages. "
.Nights.
fete, is full of fun and point. We subjoin
tt to
,r cA,,i 6, Paragraph :
,IPity--)' lie' 4:1"Y gentl Iv proper sort of a robber, upon
otl to'h:ZisColonel"NO'lLnoony. "Twould have la, en a
tic,,,, No,;)
are 4 good judge of claret.
..N..rnisvo. tohneeL,oiany-
pietn No th. very different. I was walk'
It 44' in a Ct)') and stopt for a moment to look at sorne
Nelt1:! till& 4 wind°w in St. Paul's churchyard. Before
I,lly ing close eaY Jack Robison, half a dozen fellows kept
ilittP(kitet, t'und me, and at list I felt a little tug at
be lightwaad discovered that my purse had disappeared
brlt Ns lq• 1 seized on the fellow who was standing
";'kith,: and intended at all even's to have the pleasure of
..t.elaistreeti" )1;,_1),"!1e in his skin for my money, when a
ttuvryte to,raii:e4dlnsgoyoulngs fellow • me up, and, says he,
fear, a
sir ? '
1:,14, rase eaYs Isn.'letoo be sure I have; and this little
,oest,e-,' 'Jere denies he has got my purse, though h:
t 5 t Ahelose to
i , my pocket this last quarter of an boor..
:,49t1i:.; uegi' says the gentleman again, ' may I beg
little'
C kit' " 'till more than I can afford, especially for
.so
N. tsfaction as only thrashing this little owld thief
i,
4e /tow
P,ll' illt much, May I ask, sir ? I assure you I am' eyre4te
told lby your misfortune.'
t,'llWilad ~ 't then, there was exactly fo
note.'urtee
n sovereigns in
ltoo (itArryoeun4Pwound Bank of England
he bankare, of the number
of the note, so as to
INft i'' said I, ' I shouldn't know the note from
Lael):4l4beeill Le,' replied my compassionate friend,. ' I am
llie," tastiubged to you fur your information, for that
ore
If 4
,N 4 bot 3, iM Scraggs that forked yToihirereclya,re
sthree
i.,, the lany: gndbuitt, five
poundsseiigvehrteigns. a
piece.'
th:ivrte °l:t' I hadt timesjto double my fist and knock his
t/le." lo (itT, the
spot, he had disappeared up some dark till Zsa j la ! Meantime a great crowd had collected,
natni .
th4p t ~atvsq seized by the collar waited very patiently
iny
kt,,,att fo,
aft Policetnan, and immediately gave
._
104:4 t ~cry'4B4lllt. On looking at the man, be
Ire really
Jo ili, for basin quiet respectable sort of person, and way.
t' 6'f ~ weiig tnistaken him for the thief.. I a 115t44 chose ''s I could, and offered him any. compensa-
pologizeu
trtl3:4, t1i,,,1. , He swore it was a hard thing for a gen-
t )11,,e4tco,etigu unfortunately reduced in circumstances;
e, t'ted ti, of robbery 04 the üblic streets, but at I,i *sokt%tioj,ol4lee..e_Pt a douceur oft wenty pounds. Luckily
Itt tli Ild bort. " 4 shop in the neighbourhood, where. 1
!`l' e Iti, 'wed the requisite funds. The moment be
ir 14 hilt
v'Y into hie hand he said, ' Now don't you go
ihkl4l,..ite 4- privy °I. Jim Scraggys abot this here trifle, as •
Itltill- off forr`vate transatiOi 'tween ourselves—but I,
:,,I,VII, three
wly share of the twenty. four—good bye.;
I til,l_ the mr,', gentltmen made a very good thing of i!,
tte %coo 's'ns have never thought of making up for it
11 'et Present
ti, itie, OvvrtLh.erri
Ligiithouses" is a dry statistical
'lell , 'eh it
io ~0 digest. requires the powers of an os- 1
tt rtoue
~ h; Critioi
}tittle I art, p '
sto from the pen of that master
, however rofessor Wilson. We cannot but
,„4,141a11,1, that he overrates the translation
ii'llelafa a," others of that small school of
t‘ :It x't ;verb° only translation from the Greek
'tile
04
el .r yet read that at all conveyed an idea
nal and combined, fidelity with spirit
i

and elegance, is one by Johnson, from a chorus
in (if we remember rightly) the " Medea of
Euripedis," and beginning with " the rights
derived from ancient days." The translation is
not generally known, but it is a prodigiously fine
one. When we say that we have never read an
adequate translation from the Greek dramatists
or Lyric poets, we should except Cowley's trans-
lation from Anacreon, which (bating a few
quaintnesses and affectations) are as perfect as it
is possible for such things to be.