The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

By William Pearce, Esq.

London : Painter,

This is the second edition (the author having
cancelled the first) of a long poem, in blank verse,
intended to picture " the Tractarian heresy" as the
spiritual leprosy of the present century. At the
end of the volume we perceive a heavy mass of prose
notes, which are a great relief to the reader bold
enou.gh to attempt a page of the poem. Mr. Pearce
is, no doubt, an amiable man, who thinks he has
a momentous work in hand. His theme is cer-
tainly a solemn one ; and for it and the author's
sake we shall not seek to glean amusement from
the pages of a very absurd book. All we would
say is this—let Mr. Pearce do with the second
edition of his volume what be did with the first,
cancel it, and he will do good service to himself
and the public.
21Ianuel Pereira ; or, the Sovereign Rule of South
Carolina. London : Clarke, Beeton, and Co.

This work is the production of Mr. F. C. Adams,
lately a newspaper editor in Charleston, South
Carolina, who has been able to look upon the effects
of slavery with an unprejudiced eye, and here
reports those observations which have led him to
engage in the hazardous task of telling the truth,
even at the risk of incurring heavy penalties.
Manuel Pereira, a native of Brazil—" an extract of
the Indians and Spanish"—was a sailor, who had
wisely adopted Old England as his country, re-
solving that he should never serve under any but
the British flag. This determination was, however,
overruled; and, in 1852, his ship, the Janson, of
Glasgow, having been driven into Charleston on
the route from Jamaica to Britain, poor Pereira was
seized by the authorities of the American port, in
accordance with the arrogant law of the State of
South Carolina—a law setting aside all constitu-
tional rights, and denying the validity of stipula-
tions made by the United States in her general
commercial laws. The narrative of Pereira's suffer-
ings in prison will be read with interest and indig-
nation by every Englishman. We cordially com-
mend this picture of South American laws, life, and
hospitality to our readers.

lone's Dream and other Poems. London: Pickering.
In this age of iron machinery and gold
nuggets, it might be thought that the art of poetry
was lost, were it not that occasionally we have
evidence to the contrary in the appearance of
some genuine poetry, the freshness of which be-
tokens its vitality. The author of the volume before
us is Miss Jane Emily Herbert, who has already
gained for herself a name by " The Bride of Imael,
a poem of the times of Richard the Second," which
was cordially welcomed in all the three kingdoms.
The late Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is no
mean authority, said of it :—" A beautiful volume,
in which I found grace and fancy, and the healthy
interest of a national subject." Irish writers warmly
praised it, and hailed Miss Herbert as their best
native poetess since the death of Mrs, Hemans, and
she now gives to the world another volume, which
will still further extend her fame. " 'one's Dream"
is an Irish romance of pleasing metre, healthy
moral tone, and containing many passages of great
poetical beauty. The following extract will speak
for itself :

I love the trace of truth in this poor world—
It has no path so rugged or so bleak,
But there that banneret of strength unfurled,
Stands on the ravine—flutters in the creek—
Braves the broad waters where the bold cloud curled
Hangs high and threatening ; it% small voice can break
All earthly barriers; the true heart alone,
Firm in its purpose, changes fortune's tone.
The volume contains several short and pretty poems,
of which we gave a specimen last week; now we
subjoin the following stanza as a further specimen
of very pleasing metre

Oh ! let us not cling to this earth that is fleeting,
Nor long for its honours, where all must decay;
But hope for that world where there's gladness at meeting,
And never for ever bright things pass away.
" A Dirge for lVellington," which extends over
thirty pages, concludes the volume, which will be
gladly welcomed by all lovers of true poetry as an
oasis in the desert of our material literature.

SERIALS FOR JULY.—Home Thoughts, which
has reached its seventh number, contains two chap-
ters of a London tale by the editor, and other
contributions of alight and gossippy character, suited
to the taste of the young.—The Ragged School
Union Magazine is a repertory of original and se-
lected papers, with which it is the duty of every
Englishman to make himself familiar. The profits
are devoted to the promotion of ragged schools.—
The Home Companion is a magazine for the million :
which we may truly pronounce the cheapest of its
class, because its matter is excellent, its typography
and engravings handsome, and its price only a
penny.—Punch, which has now completed its
twenty-fourth volume, is as fresh as when it first
made its advent a dozen years ago; its wit, though
expended somewhat partially at times, being cheer-
ful and animating, and thoroughly English in its
character.—Cocks's Musical Miscellany, for the
current month, contains, among the new music, the
beautiful song of Jean Paul, entitled " Were I a
Star !" which has been wedded to delicious music
by his countryman, Joh. Fried. Kittle. This song
is, of itself, worth the entire price of the number.
—The Protestant Magazine records the progress
of Mr. Chambers's Nunneries Bill ; and in the re-
cent demonstration in Dublin—in the truckling
policy of ministers with regard to Roman Catholi-
cism—as also in the dreadful workings of Popery
at the Irish elections, as revealed before the
recent parliamentary committees, the editor has
not found it a difficult matter to make a num-
ber of unusual interest and value.—The Scot-
tish Educational and Literary Journal is chiefly
notable this month for a continuation of " Vaca-
tion Recollections," which contain a most affect-
ing story of the Scottish Moors. The conductor
of this serial is a man of tact as well as talent ;
and, though designed for a particular class
of the community, the " Journal " cannot fail to
be interesting to all. -The Christian Family
Advocate, which has reached its fourteenth number,
Contain an interesting account of the British Envoys
abroad, showing what they have done, or have not
done, to promote the cause of Protestant truth.
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, formerly Sir Strat-
ford Canning, is pronounced to be the only
diplomatic man we have who understands and acts
aright in the matter of maintaining religious
freedom. His noble and persevering labours in
Turkey have been crowned with most wonderful
and complete success. Protestantism is now,
through his exertions, a reality in that
,empire, and
i
it is a shield to any one professing t. The Anti-
podes of Viscount Stratford is pointed out in the
person of Lord Westmoreland, the man of taste
and the composer of Popish masses.— The
Bulwark still claims from us the opinion that
the worthiest and most effective of all the
monthly publications issued by the Protestant
warriors against the Popish Church.—The
British Journal, published by John Mortimer,
is a new candidate for popular favour. Angus
Reach and Horace Mayhew, a couple of north
country lights, head the list of contributors ; and
in the auguration part we perceive papers by Capt.
Mayne Reid, William Dalton, Nicolo Puenni—a
Frenchman who writes much that is new and in-
teresting about the present Emperor of France,
Alfred W. Cole, and Paul Preston. Not the least
interesting contribution to this part, is the sketch
of that singular and useful article, "The Penny-
a-liner ;" his peculiarities and mode of life are
graphically pourtrayed by one who tells us that he
is familiar with what he speaks of, from his holding
the office of sub-editor on one of the London
morning papers.

THE SAXON has again cast his pestiferous blight upon
one of Ireland's chosen potatoes, having withered the
patriot Murphy into an insolvent commissioner !—Punch.
EXTREMELY PARTICITLAR.--WE know a stupid oli
teetotaller who is so true to his principles he won't even
DILI in society