The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE' /DAY

-BLACKWOOD' S MAGAZINE. ,
Major -.Harris's late work on the highlands
.2Ethiopia forms the subject of a criticism or rather
essay, in this Number; the writer has slcilfully.es:
tracted all the most relishing passageS in the.MaieV
Volumes, and produced avery re able article: Spelt'
Spe'
ing of the prospects of
_African' digniiery, he tells 11_1,.
-that it is not likelythat that great cohtinent will ev.L_er
be extensively. explored, unless it be entered from to'
Abyssinian side_ " All attempts,. " headds, "to end
it by the western coast -have failed; • The -heat, i•P'
swamps, the rank vegetation, and the unhealth9Bt'
mosphere, have proved insurmountable barriers. 'II
north is fenced by a line of burning wilderness.
the east is open, free, fertile, and beantiful."
is a suggestion well worth being attended to, Should •
taste for expiating Mika again find- favour in the eyes_
of our enterprising travellers; ,4 A Word or Two of the
Opera-tive Classes " furnishes us with some amusing
particulars respecting some of the most eminent exeelli
tioners and dancers—strange conjunction !--ofthe lees
century. But singularly enough, the -writer less
no mention of Samson, the expertest and politest el'
ecutioner on record, who went- through hit trouble:
some duties so scientifically that- it must have bee'
quite a pleasure to have been guillotined by hi.l,t
There were- three, we. believe, of -the namebut
ails
elder brother was the Situison:' Heinvarittbli
a most deferential observance to his victims held
proceeding to business, and sometimes even offer 8
them a pinch of snuff; but 10, before they had to
to sneeze, their heads were rolling in the basket.
a man is to be beheaded, it must be a great-comr:
to him to be beheaded by one who understands tort
practices the gentilities. -Speaking' incidentally et'
the fame acquired by. operadancers, we are told thbeit
it is often as " European, nay, as universal,"es.tpt
fame won by a Wellington, a 'ralleyrand, or a 4';
ternich. This is but too, true, and what is worse, t
is a truth as old as the hills. As in pasti•so-in. Presel,ls
times, the world neglects' instructors;-_ and paJa
court only to those who amuse .it. A- learned Anil
philosophic Coleridge dies in comparative neglect
destitution, while a TaliOni lives- in. affluence, •it
• patronised by mighty Sovereigns, courted-11.4j
and fashion, and sees all her movements .ehronle'ea
from day to day, just as though she were a 'crowefor
head! Truly, this is a great encouragement et
people to wear away life in the ,effort to insrso
their fellow-creatures! " Belfront Castle" °
amusing tale, illustratiienf some 'orthe I social eof,
mities of those days of chivalry which Bnrice
praised so highly. 44 Free Trade and Protecties,
contains a diverting theory or two. The-
empire, it seems, fell-a victim to the 'destructive Pi j
i
ciples of free-trade! The mistress of -the w°
might have been alive to this 'day, had she -been go
verned by a monopoly Elecutite, with a Feel 'l,titt
head ; but she chose to put faith in Cobden and Brio
councillors, and the consequence Was; that she wof
off in a gallopping consumption. - The '.irrtiPt'°"„eo
the Goths and Vandals; the luxury and-recideniti
of her patricians, and the slothful, deienerite °me
of the vast mass of her effeminate citizens-noll-t
met
what they were under the -Republic, or the.. orce§
days of the empire,--thee. combined eke-nie° f.i
had' nothing to do With-the • Matter ;' Rome died °'ooll
free-trade in Corn ; and the inference vvhiclißhic4,l.ojll
would wish- to establish- is this—that Englariu,le
die, too, if she wantonly exposes herself to the mte
mortal malady. " A Rothan•ldyr is -a. more To
and thoughtful poem th4u:ig: usually.to be. fours
magazines, and accordingly 'we sutjinn it :,,-•
Oh ! blame not, friend, with scoff unfeeling,
The gentle tale of 'grief and wrong, -
Which, all the pains of life revealing,
Yet teaches peace by thoughtful seng: .
The landscape round us-wide e*pinided
As ere was the name Of
And Rome, though fallen, allen, our souls.conunatiqu'
In this her empire's- earliest home.

Her brightness beamed on each 4.r mOunit!lnt :
Her life made gre6n the-grass 'wetrode,., •
Her memory haunted still the folintain
And spread her shadows o'er the sod.
Her ruins told their tale of glory,
Decreed to that eternal sky ; ' .
And through that ancient grove; her story
With sibyl whisper, seemed to-sigh. •
The pile her wealthiest mourner bungled.
In glimpse we caught through. ilex
Metella's Tower by sunshine gilded,
That heaths alike on feast or tomb.
And on this plain, not yet, benighted,, < • .;
- 'Mid awful ages mouldering there,
Young hands in new-bloWn flowers deliOteLYP
• Young eyes look'd bright in sunniest air.
• Till•we, Viterbobs ovine-cu p qnaffing, •
Which fairer lips refused to grace, .. '•
• 'Could win by jest thoSe lips to laughing...
And veird in folly wisdom's face.'.
:But say, my friend, thou sage mysterious,
What nymph, whatmuse disow m
n:a the stra
-Whichbade our heedless mirth be seridust
And-ivoke our ears to nobler pain ?
region grave of plain-and highland,
With Dome's grey ruin strewn around,
Is not a soft Calypso's island, t
• Nor fades at Truth'S evoking sound. •
High thoughts in Words of qiiiet beauty
Accord with visions grand-as these; ;
-And song's imperishable duty '
Ilas holier aims than but to please. _

By word and image deeply wedded,
By cadence apt and varied rhyme,
To rouse the soul in sloth embedded,
And tune its poweis to' life sublime.
, • .
By loftier shows of man's large being
Than man's dim actual hour. disphlys.
To clear our eyes fol. puter seeing,
And nerve the flagging spiiits gam
By strains of bold heroic pleasure,,
And action strong as thought conceives,
By many a doOm-resounding measure
That best our selfish woes relieves ;

- By these to stir, .by these to brighten,
By these to lift the soul from earth, • *
The poet dares our joys to frighten,
And thrills the dirge of lazy mirth.
Ye Ruins, dust of empires vanish'd,
Ye mountains, clad with countless yesrti
From your great presence ne'er.be banish"
Sad songs that live in earnest years : •
Sad songs, themusic oF.TiIT sorrOw,
Profound and calm as bight's bhle deep
Accurst the dreams of any morrow
When.man will feel he cannot weep.

BENTLEY'S frtrscLtiAN-v • hole
This periodical reached us at.so• late an do ell,
terday that we have. adareely had time Oehe
than just glance at its contentsc 't
an amusing Number; and opens with'itibercsoly
story of the ",Fortunes 'of the..Seattergouu" halo,
which, so far as it has .yet proceeded, is 31.10 of re
ment- on his former tale. The deseriel:a itrge
Glenalvon Fogg'S Coburg_ melodrama, the enr;,
hearsal at the theatre; in the presenCe of
tured author, abounds 'in sly touches 'tom oeell of
which are the more effective inasmuch 61 A‘ketclloo,
be based on truth. :There is. also spit't'l>oll,,,,l
a young bay's first day at a public- sqh°°ohool-,,
portant :epoch in'their lives which few, 5 Whet:ter
ever forget. "Eve of St. Andrew rely" 511
riod of Napoleon's "'invasion of Russia, of; 'a?
many was in 'ti state of high politicUtr;verfo,so
secret political societies Were spreading, 1; ifer, ja
rection. The. heroine of the narrativ°
Muller, an enthusiaitie 'young Gerrean, 1,
love with LouisePalsn, the daughter of the.febso;,4
of one of the SoCietieS in question. New el, patrojvi
that the father of this girl, though a stiu,",,;,
was also a confirmed:mononiamaof- email; oaTeil
showed itself' in the strange means wille".00
for procuring rare editions of old -boeks‘,..e.y?,lre•
ii:
call at the house of some .gentleman Or• ahil ,eat
understood had a variety of this sort, ant1,,06c1111,04
gaged in conversation, would suddenY ;he 01700
brains out with &nice' little•hammer, vim°, ;then
notch
kept concealed about his .person, an'if eehea
coolly off • with . his treasure,. 29 disp9`c
of moment had hapPened; 'He. had thlreanltch
several respectable gentlefolks, withod!, go stsl3o,oe,
least suspicion, for no one supposgeednttilleu:uirtii.iti:ttl;:tokteli
patriot as Palm, and one .too so
could be a wholesale murderer ; when
L., a Co° air
one fine day he took aim at the,skull of
whose back 'was turned towards hint ; 1"1.0 bon▪ 0
eoveredin the act by Herman 'Muller, er:
to be entering the room at -the mom
course arrested, found guilty, and deoPri.,ls:
note attached to the tale, we learn tlint.f_Agia of
founded on fact.-Lanother striking illus„Zige,,,,
.5
Byron's famous adage, that truth. cop
fiction. The present part of- Mr, t .cudf tio
" Physiology of London _Life" to • °,004
tion, as minute as an alictioneer'ireataS:o3ol.
first day of term in the London „g
with a story illiistrattie of the troubleff ..thathi
ties and vexations that beset .the' path; i.lob of
;:i
and briefiess barrister... The "pea; te 0-ear
Murat" details the last days of the la bwel 10
I Naples—Napoleon's brother-in -law; a nflitisrall.
rons, but rash Man and the finest
eit`'l7;e'cati
st 110
Europe. Melancholy as was his foA: for Suri,ito ;
i,ay that it was altogether iunerit"e".„o triist,p,o°
in succession betrayed all
and was warned beforehand what thelhaaifei
sequence should he again set' meantf°°ll- ff``.°6P
Naples. But lie disregarded the 3!" late
destiny.
and rushed, headlong
.on his icaot.e
Chaplain" gives us an interesting 11.11,„: • „oil,
EcluAuUd Kean; which iwe 'subjoin - of.ou!;„ste _
parties N*Ns'!„.tnid, be ..ore a
`.4 As to Bean, his transit from the ditlg7Loe.,lFo§
and penury to: fame and wealth TiTrisi t yiirtiliOap° tifileo
neous. PoOr. fellow.! I have seen acre
nd
of his cheßtp.ered.olxiey.",,,Al;:.J4.ge:;,.,,,,ipii-,., AP
have, been et.,apeetatozywheadteAliapit.rio pe‘•-
stvlo to a house that had nQt fire pour