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a,ttrraturr.

POETRY.

POLITICAL SONNET,
" READING THE GORGIAS OF PLATO.

(From Fraser's Magazine.)
spell that might, in this our age,
(unsa phere the spirit of Plato," to outpour
[glorious strength of yonder deathless page
Tb
1 his old cause again ! Ah, then no more
sink
Noe.paintedthe Right, o'er Truth outcalculated by should tower;
Jaat
But
smooth-faced gentleman,* bight Expediency ;
each, proud of her champion tried of yore,
should take the field in golden panoply,
(ThelisPffr hapless Britain to be made
„, maul of Montrose and of Dundee 0 Ivloo sordid tricksters but a stock in trade,
stilisZpublic face is a dissolving view
B"iftifig to fresh frauds and juggles ever new.

i‘at ta
?bat me Purpose-changer, that sly devil
smooth-faced gentleman, tickling colnKllo
mionditi.
hn.

NOTICES.

The 11_
,als„t410.1)10 !Jim' Nature of Cholera, and an
tt bye Method- Treatin It. By George Stuart
At f• of
London :g Simpkin, Marshall, and
appro
its ti when this dreaded scourge is rapidly making
which t, a,ch
tootwards Western Europe any publication
cited ihT,us prevent an exaggerated' alarm being ex-
inf°NatruPubrie mind is opportune and valuable. The
nature, however, regarding its true pathological
eoutai,eaane the treatment to be adopted . its cure,.
valuable In the letters of Dr. Hawthorne, is pecubarly
tice, tbai °,l assuring us, as the result of extensive prac-
as it has ',Lae disease is not nearly so much to be dreaded
to yin!, jeer', and that it may almost invariably be made
medical treatment.
sane tlawthorne regards the cholera as " produced by
:00aernsP‘e.eiffiocr Tr,it, of disturbing influence on the animal
.vaaa2oatins .c,eniteceeutioira the bowels of the earth by s.ubter-
ilars's reasons, ; and is led to this • conclusion by
amongst which is the fact that in its
sa,„,ge. over the globe it has invariably skipped over
be''ene districts, and that it has never been known t? have
eaaeeProPagated by contagion. Its primary operation he
ar Ives to be upon the brain and nervous system, which
aSte pa„,
d',,,•""iYsed in their tone and energy, producing directly
fibre notion of the contractible power of all the muscular
drive °I the body. The blood and fluids of the body are
testi„ti from the external to the inward surfaces , the 1
aEn;es become incapable of retention, and ultimately the
N,;',; of the blood escapes ; the crude part is as it were
t4j'ed, producing the blueness of the skin remarked in
erh Ott Stan of the disease, and the vital powers become
asted.'
i 01%)!. Hawthorne describes four states of cholera, vary-
thele intensity and danger as well as in their symptoms,
laiOst and most malignant form being, very singularly,
Ire,ttended with pain, vomiting, or cramps, and not une
ill'oectitlY hurrying the patient into the state
.of collaps
liot,;" an hour after being seized. The remedies applied,
4dra'ver' Only differ in the quantity of medicine to be
Of the eyed. The first step to be taken is the placing
1G5,,„e Patient in a horizontal position, which favours the
t,e' forcible influx of the blood to the brain, and arrests
kescaPe of the serous fluids into the stomach or bowels.
bleu
step is the application of a remedial agent,
ee being found to be the only one available, and
keyititag, calomel and other medicines resorted to being
ergolarge °Vy injurious. This is to be give-i promptly in a
°se, Proportioned, however, to the malignancy. of
the aser ten or twelve grains of powdered opium being
4astit'aatitY for the most maliomant, and four for slight
Ititbs' This is given in pills,' made up in combination
die
~,esedicines of a cordial, stimulating, and anti-spapiElo-
tiaelnaracter, followed immediately by a draft containing
die, 're of opium, chloric ether, and other anti-spasmo-
-114',-4 and t washed down with a glass of undi-
kora,gaadY or whiskey impregnated strongly with some
tOper'° spice. In the meantime the patient is to be
ed with an extra blanket, ar9l perspiration enea-
-14;71e,0 to be urged by the application of bags of hot salt,
tira, liar bottles of hot water. As soon as such perspira-
ttrou,as shen secured, a glass of hot brandy punch, very
ve:',uld be given to feed it. This perspiration re-
,leadChat. once the symptoms, and is relied upon as the
410 -"g agent in the cure, determinating the action of the
r6aed to the surface of the body,.from which it had with-
lia• The subsequent treatment is also laid down, and
details simple. For this, however, and for more ample
oi, we must refer the reader to the pamphlet itself.
course, writing non-professionally, we cannot offer
11.°Pinion as to the general safety and advantages of Dr.
f:horne's mode of treatment,
which ought to be re-
pon.
ePtd It appears, however,throughout to be well_
e to meet the differenthases and stages of the
Ohbase, as explained by him ;
and we cannot but attach
t to the testimonials furnished of its perfect success
rl,aPplied by him in Belfast, Dungannon, and other
ihr;ens in Ireland. We cordially agree with Dr. Haw-
th,"r°e, that it is the duty of the Health Committees and
authorities of all large towns or country districts to
th7,4.the most prompt and liberal preparations against
40'11 vtation of this dreadful malady, which could be
lie e without inflicting the slightest shock upon the pub-
tie:teind, inasmuch as it is clearly ascertained that pa-
h 'Of every class are most effectively treated in their
but injurious.
and removal to hospitals not only unneces-
-4t injurious.

8 Magazine. London : John W. Parker, West
Strand.
L4ried ,°ntents of Fraser this month are of an unusually
;. yet Nye Can scarcely particularise one by

tlhi, generalreader may not -be interested. The
~uainPaper is a review of our position with respect to
No 'Cr' many points of which we heartily coincide. The
kng passage very justly and truly describes the
LAtia RESULT OF OUR SORDID FOREIGN POLICY..
I,7oluti°W that eighteen years have passed since the French
4-2'Ot f,,°,n; and fourteen since the Quadruple Alliance, may
Niefittell' ask the question,
.In what manner has England
ih,4le4t from her foreign policy ? We are not attacking Lord
11,.,1tr,„4.°a,nr Lord Aberdeen, we are appealing, not to Down-
Cao but to St. Stephen's ; for the House of Commons
oi‘te, ottlght to throw all responsibility upon any secretary of
thNzt, the set of ministers. The conduct. of every govern-
ab,:teadency of every treaty, every alliance, is subject to
v6tgee-d";°val. It is too late to turn round now and say, Oh,
Tlgnorance • we did not know the tendency of our
Veion "e questions agitated upon each of these crises were
tr,uee4 ions
principle. Again, therefore, we ask, In what have
`4(ily.,", gainers l?
Are our relations with France more
444 we• Have we grown into the affections of the Spaniards?
deoeerv,en the proud FOnseioustiess of_r_kenno_winnghitshnaeeder
for love 01,_.€11 an ally iithis extremity,
_a fi d i
isd' Doti, now beginning to suffer, and long shall we suffer,
MAsitoY,,,Which was based upon nothing but v_agnoe, w_ averin.g,
to'hiatia,,Nects ; we have always endeavoured t shout with
ilie4thorl we cast aside the great, old, glorious line of the
the ntiler support branches of the sovereign. houses, which.
oth "Ile ,rance represented nothing—neher ori
wore, tho'T:l, the expressed will of the people, nor, on, the
lith 'reat principle of hereditary succession. :In- plain
oo;de, i,;-,tutlported anarchy, represented by a turbukut
it I;,.favotit"e vain hope of enlisting that turbulent multitude in
45",i',,,ae5t,,,,; We have bowed before usurpation in whatever form
tiPle .!,;( Itself. we have worshipped the idol of the hour,
IvieroWinfal consequence is, that we have lost the confidence
hinnat e There is scarcely a minister, scarcely a power, who
vieueliefe,T the words of the Duke de Sotomayor, and confirm
141;.„tvn `"at in all treaties we have had but one object in
Personal aggrandizement. It is true that this
!Vl,' sift,,,;lave preserved peace, admitting that we have for
'lel,' gi.4„„rle warded off the terrors of war; but exemption
hrjeathp—',calamitv may, like personal blessings, like the life.
h-ere Purchased too dearly-.—etpropter vitam nvenqi
call&
Dle
.4Ve j„ ". Peace is purchased too dearly, if to secure it
44 A' if w;',”Y way sacrificed the moral convictions of thepeo-
toqrniciu,av led them to imagine that there is no such thing
I,)hm OtenceThe In politics. •Above all, if we have weakened their
elieve 411 the right of the sovereign ; if we have taught them
qeisstig lat, Majorities, or even noisy minorities, are at any
lise„,ued in subverting regular government, then the same
which is double-edged, may some day be turned
1411, whynst
11r selves. We may be asked, with some degree. of
Bop4o,;ve resist the Repealers in Ireland or the Chartists
ko `earn • and the shallow argument, that every constituted
ent has a right to protect itself, falls to the ground the
qiaat,'',,,the force opposed to the government gains the least
V,AtY eP,e• Now there was formerly recognized, and there still
tqt."le ii,'sta a principle which does not depend upon majorities,
yrewalentary success of a minority ; it is the principle of
s,qo,l'"llltY as representing the Sovereign over all, the reverence
vice-regent on earth, " we duly remembering whose
,oY he bath," whatever may be the form it has assumed.
ItN' Islile Autobiography of a Young French Widow"
Irh'ses to be a ood series, as does the " Thoughts and
1.4Nt1,18 of Lancelot Smith, Esq." The writer is full of
N.; and originality. Our further quotations will be
"Paper entitled Sketches of the Mexican War :-
14,40„ THE TEXAN RANGER.
$111,1111e"tt sunset one evening, the little band was seenlvi.nedainc§
:,, 4%107 the sierra which overhungle the rancho ,
nil tothat which
4,llleiN atreadye described aessaadnorninyg the handsome person
iiiNer. Across the saddle--bOrn of each rested the long
elt', without which no American trontiers-man thinks
• e rise °; and over the pummel hung a coil of lasso-rope,
1 which they were scarcely less expert than the
otie then selves. Before the band rode a country man as
Itis`te tltit WllO had been forcibly seized upon and impressed
414:ksou Y, which, from his look of abject fear and trembling
4,1110,M, h:,,he evidently considered one of no little peril. And,
114ke"e't iirlged.. aright k for far and near the rumour ran
Y ,Texican pamanos, that whenever a guide was
exan Rangers to lead them to any rancho or
tgallgat,;ll whith they proposed to levy black-mail, such un-
h'itiek,a never known to return ; and the body of more
Jr '1•044° Wit to have been thus employed had been discovered
tlei) n slain by a rifle bullet in the back, and not un-
ili'eeVPed, or otherwise mutilated.
t4IIN arid t4exans reached the bottom of the sierra a halt was
._at s• /ie. Angers gathered round their captain to learn
tn`olsinteatTole eye had dr tected, at a considerable dis-
Aosk„ce e and apparently arme men!
w%reanligudiN
'tie 07_1, ,40.,1 and turuing suddenly to the exi
so ko,'''Y sho4T had deceived them when he said that there
ov 0: by ail 1 a dozen vaqueros about the place?
th the saints !" answered the guide ; "there were
all the ranchero's family when I left the preceding
lka,,riat
4, 10y4),,y,0u think, boys," asked the captain ; "is the old
ape's
no 8 mouth to speak, he does," replied another,
let; *rot' lia,..ePanird.,,
'Abe ,„Phed q,e anyhow," said a third, looking fiercely at
1110 ,),o,can ; " shoot the blessed greaser, Joe, and
tralt-' 'e sat' ,
lso leih w;Paking on his
dabsddle, his fingers grasping a frivht R ark A hung aroun is neck, and his white ups
4i 4(Ily Ptaiqe. Maria, in his dire extremity. At this
.rno-
A,lititioretone,
w,ttith rode up to him, and said softly,. and in a
rer su.l.ch reassured the trembler,—" amigo !
10yo0r1 gente, corre?" (Look you, friend: if you
eroPeoPle once more, run for it !) "Ahi esta su
ho xca„
waiter house—off with you.)
,',-
sill he waited for no second invitation. "Ave, Maria,
nutter for
between his teeth " bless thee for thy
tbllA 040 'lLering
p his reins, dashed 'the spurs into his
1141to0a,elt was galloped towards the rancho.
Nif4le'S NVitlareelY turned; however, when the
.captain of
!!irt!r me,* and
r_.sdevilish smile, dropped the reins on hisie
his long rifle, took a.steadyann at tlh
I,!‘"an fen`.nlg
_Simultaneously with the_report t e
agony .:;;a1 In& saddle to th.e ground, and lay
aqt hrough the The
sine. ers
the rest-(I eedltig the body • but p
the last, more m nger-
geW .istol fran. his belt,. awl trending