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instead of being, as Mr. Locker renders it at page
272, should have been—
"'Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell."
Another peculiarity in regard to this charming col-
lection of verse we cannot but direct attention to, as
matter for serious regret—namely, that the Editor
has laid under contribution only Poets who have de-
parted, thereby depriving himself of the opportunity
of enhancing the value of his work by the addition
to it of poems of quite equal beauty in their way,
from the pens of writers still numbered among his
living contemporaries. Who would not have wel-
comed, for example, among the masterpieces hero.
collected together by Frederick Locker in his Lyra
L'legantiarum, the Poet Laureate's " Tears, idle
tears," or, " He hears thy voice thro' rolling drums,"
or Lord Lytton's " Boatman"—(if that exquisite
apologue were not too long, that is to say, for
complete quotation ?) Eliza Cook's " Aria
Chair," again, and Monckton Manes' "I Wan-
dered by the Brookside" would, in their turn,
have adorned these pages with advantage to
the book's value as a whole—and most certainly
without any detriment to its reputation as one
among our choicest gatherings together of the
flowers of English Poetry. It is in no carping, or
cavelling, or hypercritical spirit that we have taken
exception to this or that in Mr. Locker's volume—
for which, taking it as a whole, we feel, in truth, as
grateful as though he had placed in our hand a fresh-
gathered nosegay of flowers that can never die or
fade or wither away, flowers of poetry marvellously
endowed by the genius of the soil from which they
spring, with perennial freshness, breathing perpetual
fragrance, blooming with the colours, and glittering
with the dews of immortality.

The Glory and Shame of England. By C. Edwards
Lester. Two Vols. Bartratn and Lester, New

York.

A quarter of a century ago the author of this
work, then a young man, newly married and well to
do in the world, was advised by his physicians to
recruit his health by a visit to England. Shortly
afterwards he published the results of his experi-
ences during that, to him, all-important expedition.
Happily for England, many of the melancholy facts
which he then recorded exist no longer, and it is no
kindly feeling towards the old country that has in-
duced the author to bring them forward at the pre-
sent day. Speaking of his first visit to England in
1840, he writes, " I was very young when I first
went to England. The first man I ever saw
in my life who was famishing with hunger, I saw
in London. The first female I ever looked on in
the streets, whose raiment could not cover her form,
was in London. The first structure raised by the
hand of man that overwhelmed me, was Westmin-
ster Abbey. The first prison that made me shu
der as I gazed on it, was Newgate. The first
throne I ever saw was the throne of the then youth-
ful and still beloved Victoria. These things struck
me deeply ; 1 felt deeply ; I saw clearly." On the
one hand, the glory of England as revealed in her
magnificence and power ; and, on the other
hand, the shame attached to the condition
of her poor and labouring classes, were f5O
forth in vivid colours by the pen of the
young American observer. Turning over these
records (many of them, happily,
of things that
were), the reader's heart is sickened by those details
of the labour of little children of three years °ld'
and half-naked females, in the coal mines, harnessed
like beasts of burden, dragging the loaded wagg°ll
and crawling upon all-fours. Remembrances,
these, that will for ever endear the name of Lord
Ashley in the recollection of the philanthropist,
for through his agency, thanks be to God, these
abominations are at an end. Much yet remains to
be done in the same reformatory course, it is true:,
and, according to the motto, "fcts est ab hoste docert,
much may be learned from this American book.
Notwithstanding some of his early enthusiasm
for England, we can hardly regard this re-publica-
tion of Lester's as the work of a friend. In
fact, he almost tells us in plain words, that it is his
sense of the conduct of England towards America
in the recent war, that has induced him to rake up
this old " note-book," in which are " all our faults
observed," and " learned and conned by rote," to
' cast into our teeth." Among some of the more

interesting reminiscences are the author's recollec-
tions of Thomas Campbell, and an account of his
first introduction to Charles Dickens, to whose
enlightened philanthropy he pays a genial tribute,
ranking him " high among the world's best Re-
formers."

C 11111 Carla

HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 15.
The Queen,
accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Christian, drove this morning.
Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Prussia
also drove out.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Christian,
went to London this afternoon, and visited the
Princess of Wales at Marlborough House.
Her Majesty afterwards returned to Windsoz

Castle.
The Countess of Caledon, Major-Gen. 'lon. A.
N. Hood, and Col. Hon. A. liardinge were in at-
tendance.

THE KING AND QUEEN OF DENMARIC.--HAM-
BURG, Mareh 15.—The King and Queen of Denmark ar-
rived to-day at noon at Travemunde on their way to
London.

Meeting of Lord Derby's Supporters.

A meeting of the supporters of the Earl of Derby
took place yesterday, at his lordship's official resi-
dence. Upwards of 260 members of Parliament
attended. Lord Derby explained at length the
principles of the new Reform Bill, and his proposal°
were received with considerable enthusiasm.
We understand they embrace residential house-
hold franchise in boroughs, with personal payment
of rates and two years' residence.
The possession of property in the Funds or in a
Savings Bank, or of certain educational qualifications,
as proposed in Mr. Disraeli's sketch of his bill,
will also give a vote.
A double vote will be accorded to the
direct taxation, not limited to income tax, who
possesses the residential qualification.
Compound householders desiring to be put on the
register, and pay their rates directly, may do so
and secure their vote. payer of
a £1.5 rating
The county qualification will be
franchise.
The disfranchisement of boroughs, that is to say
the withdrawal of one member, will that
with
populations of 7,000.

Lord Brougham and Household S

rag,

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In reference to Lord Grey's recent letter on tau
subject of household suffrage and the Reform Bill
of 1832, Lord Brougham writes :—" What I re-
ferred to about the household suffrage and the
Reform Bill generally was my speech before the
formation of the Government in 1830. That speech
was for the purpose of explaining the bill of Which
I had given notice at the Yorkshire el chambers The
meeting was held at Lord Althorp's in
the Albany, but I had required some of our friends
in the Lords to be present. I have as distinct a
recollection of what passed at that meeting as if it
had been yesterday, and of the persons veb°
were present. I have frequently referred to the
approval of household suffrage in my letters to
Lords Denman and Radnor upon law amendment.
But of the meetings and what passed at them, as
well as of the persons present, there can be n°
doubt whatever."

....-----,-..„--_
THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF WORDS or
ART AT LEEDS IN 1869.—The Executive Committee of
at
the National Exhibition of Works of Art to be
held
Leeds next year have received an official notification thn
the Queen has been graciously pleased to become
patrn"
on
of the exhibition. We trust that this mark of special i
terest taken in the undertaking by her Iljaesty will lead*
to such support from tho principal pwners of works of art
rtB will owtire the PIiCCOU Pi the uudertaking.