The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-24 00:00:00

ON THE POPULAR CUPID.

The figure opposite was coPied; by permission, from a
lady's Valentine. To the common apprehension, it re-
presents only a miracle of stall-feeding-7-a babe-Lambert--
a caravan-prodigy of grossness,—but, in the romantic my-
thology, it is the image of the divinity of love.
In sober verity; does 'such. au, incubus oppress, the fe-
male bosoni.? t34sn, stieh aLmonater of obesity' be coeval
with the gossarn* mirtireS of Sylph and Fairy in the ju-
venile faith ? Is this he—the buoyant Camdeo,--that, in
the mind's eye of the poetess, drifts admen the Ganges in
a lotus—

" Pillow'd in a lotus flow'r
()witted in a summer hour,
Float. he o'er a summer wave,
Which would be a tall ship's grave ?"

Is this personage the disproportionate partner- for whom
Pastorella sigbeth,—in the smallest of cots ? Does the
platonic Amanda (who is all soul) refer, .in her discourses
on love, to-this palpable being, who is all body ? Or. does
Belinda, indeed, believe that such a substantial Sagittarius
lies umbush'd in her perilous blue eye ?
It is in the legend, that a girl of Provence was smitten
once, and died, by the marble Apollo : but did impassioned
damsel ever dote and wither beside.the, pedestal of this
preposterous effigy ? or, rather, is not the unseemly emblem'
accountable for the coyness and proverbial reluctance of
maidens, to the approaches of love ?
I can believe in his dwelling alone in the heart,—seeing
that he must occupy it to repletion ; in his constancy, be-
cause. looks sedentary and not apt to roam.. That he
is given to melt—from his great pinbiguitude. That he
burneth with a flame, for so all tat burneth ; • and bath lan-
gnishings, like other bodies of his tonnage. That he sighs
—from his

I dispute not his kneeling at ladies' feet, since it is the
posture of elephants : nor his promise that the homage
shall remain, eternal. I doubt not of his dying, being of a
corpulent habit, and a short neck. Of his blindnesi, with
that inflated pig's cheek. But for his lodging in Belinda's
blue eye, my whole faith is heretic, for she bath never a
sly in U.—Hood's Whims and Oddities.

The immense flocks of wood-pigeons which, since
the commencement , are to be seen near
to 2,000 having been
congregated in one field of twelve acres. Sir H. Featherstone-
choemstemr,enacr-eemtreunity os
tfirtpir'eisinseg,efrreonr ia,tshoeor
Featherstone-
haugh's keeper, at Up Park, killed 60 couples of these birds in
one day, which are retailed at tid. a piece, and are in good con-
dition, from the abundance of their favourite food, the beech-mast.
ACCIDENT AT THE CANAL, ST. JANIES's.--
Early yesterday morning, as some boys were skating on the Canal
in the Park, the ice gave way, and one of them unfortunately
was drowned. It is much to be lamented that the police officers
are not a little more vigilant, by preventing persons from going
on either of the Canals before the ice is sufficiently strong.
The disturbances in Wales have been occasioned by
a dispute between the Landowners and Cuttagets, on the.sub-
ject of enclosures. The Landowners are about to petition Par-
liament on the subject. The great question to be decided by the
Legislature will he, whether such recognition of the labour be-
stowed upon land will entitle the cottagers to compensation for it.
There is also the general principle of Cottage Settlement, as a re-
lief from Poor-rates; involved is the discussion of the case.