New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-20

y from Mount Hy5la." This jar IS slled with
genuine CHRISTMAS associations o. poetry, piety
rcveiry superstition story telling aid making,
With pastoral aud hreside thoughts and thoughts
o. deep humanity. with Fairy tales Of antiquity
the gossip Of ancient holidays and the Christians
poetry AID cheerful pisiy Of old and all Leigh
Hunts fee thoughts about this Christmas book
were suggested BY observing jar Of honey" 81
Gillian honey, 10 b shop-wIntOw 10 Piccacllly " II
was Jar u humble pretensions Il vas worth ss
piece of ware about tlreepencei . might have
reminded Cavendish or a Cover OF his Tltisns
and hi Couegios. aud Rogers would surely
hove ookes twice az il for the sake Of bis Stothsrd
sud his Italy A friendly critic says taat when
the poet saw the jar 81 whole world OF sunshine
opened 1t the instant on bis Mid. He began 70
think Of Theocritus and Mount Hyb.s, and the bees
Acis and Gslatea and Polyphemus the Sirens
and PrOserpine and the Tale Oi knna and 80. D.
an invOutsry association Of ideas he wandered away
% Keats, and Coeriige, and Spenser, and Brown.
Guayiu and TessO ard al sorts Of images that had
love and music and beauty lying Ia their cores
vines r1ulberries guitar, .citr0ns, converts and
gardens the poets Of Italy who came singing into
bis imsginstiOn." and the kindred poets Of Engan
men in whom IS Hunt says, Arios.o and Tasso
would have delighted; aad out OF this chaos Of
Of sweet fAncies and high thoughts springs this ee
CANT volume-the rich Jar Of Honey
Ire series q letters pUrpOrtug % have been
written BY Cromwell, and Published Ia the Dccen
Der number Of Fra-er's Maga=fse, have causei
gre AZ deal OF talk in literary circles. Mr. Carlyle
gives them 70 the world AID he believes them % be
genuine, and his numerous friends entertain the
same belief, but Il is supposed OF the other band.
that Mr. Carlyle has been imposed on, ind that
the letters ere clever forgery. TLs is qlite
bone Of contention among the SGraEs. One writer
declares the letters 10 be rank orgenes. aud gives
several good reasons Tor hs belief Several pessa
ges betray p modern pen For instance, Oliver
tfssfr friend Ia Nug y rrag4t
letter No. IS. Now. this article oil dress was first
introduced at the Restoration. Ia letter No -
"stsud no nonsense, Is modern slang. Numerous
similar phrases are quoted. Carlyle has been
hdmboggedi
Mr.. Gfnttan. the author Of Highways and By
Ways. Is uow al Rome, where the famous Mrs
Tro0pe and the accomplished Lady Charlotte
bury are residing Harry LOuequer,' Eliza
beth jarrett, the POetess, aud the rich and cccen
tic Dyce Sombre. arc az Florence. Tue studios
Of tue American Artists in Rome and Florence arc
the frequent resort Of distinguished English travel
crs
The marriage OF the Countess Guiccioli with the
Marquis de Boissy, Is still the talk Of Partisan 50
ciety IL Is said the Countess IS still handsome
and attractive that the golden hair which
formed the theme OF one Of the finest lays Of
the poet, is still untouched By silver, and hangs IA
ringlets over neck and bosom still the sdmra
ton OF many, while the charm and fascination o.
her manners are unimpaired.
The death Of the Empress Maria Louisa has al
tracted little attention In Europe. the ItmtS re
marks that nothing in her life became her Ike tine
leaving it. She had lived to very nearly the long
estregning Sovereign in Europe. for nearly thirty
four wears have elapsed since she exchanged Tor the
portion of an Archduchess her share IN the throne
of the French Empire. The Times says there IS
nothing in the life or character OF Mara Louisa 10
detsin for an instant the curiosity or sympathy Oi
posterty bat OF all dreams Of human greatness,
suddenly thrust by the caprice OF fortune upon
youthful Princess. none was ever more gorgeous or
surprising than that which made Maria Louisa,
then 10 her nineteenth year the bride Of the great
soldier of fortune, who seemed TO be not only the
sovereign paramount OF + rance, but the master o.
Continental Europe Maria Louisa was born n
Vienna in l79l and was married TO Napoleon IN
1910.
Golden, the apostle Of Free Trade has entirely
relinquished the business Of a manufacturer, anc
intends 10 devote his time and talents 10 political
affairs His first great measure Of Free Trade has
proved a complete delusiOn and snare. His second
great proposition is laughed at and secuted by friend
and foe Whig and Tory, Free Trader and Protection
ist IL is % make reduction In theArmy and Navy
10 the amount of seventeen millions sterling annd
allyl Instead OF the Government entertaining such
an absurd proposition, a large increase OF expendi
turc is about TO be made In the Army and Navy.
The system Of artificial incubation, or Matching
eggs by artificial means Is revived IN the Metropo-
he. DN MI. IHutC4O, the Nosi0plhuiA AooHi7 az
Regentst TIE present plsn is great improve
meni Of the Eccaleobon," which was simply m
oven in which the eggs were bakef into life Mr..
Canteo has row invented an India rubber machine
which is filed with hot water, and It being placed
upon the eggs they are kept at an equal tenpera
ture of heat and the result Ia every instance has
been most successful as only small per centage
ofthe eggs are lost. His exhibition has attracted
much attention.
The influenza still prevails IN London and the
provincial towns Ii proves generally tatal 70 old
people very large number having died lately
with this epidemic. 1t is said that the influenza Il
the forerunner Of the cholera, and considerable
alarm begins 70 be manifested Sanitary commits
sions and cleansing Of streets and drains are the
order Of the day To such an extent mas tnis
cleansing" been carried. that in one parish the
scavengers We're ut work on the Sabbath
The steamer britannia was telesraphed Oh
Holvhead at o'clock yesterday afternoon, but bel
mail was not distributed in London al this after
noon. The alteration Of the days Of departure Of
these steamers from the 4th 70 the lst- and iron
the 10Th to the 18th OF each month IS no, generally
approved Of by the London merchants as n the
present case IL is almost impossible 70 July an
swer letters received TO day as the mail IN London
is lust closing for the Cambria
Your obedient servant A.