New-York tribune., 1881-11-20

became acquainted. 1t is noticed, however, Vi 'neil
laws land here | think the Dhllosophic mlhu ol
Berkeev appears that they are few III numoerj
but then the people are prodigiously exact IN the
Observance of them" There is a snbte suggestion
of the true Office of Jurisprudence in these lew words
but there is fine vein of satire IN the relarhS
which follow. attributed TO the poplar, upon 'ho
lawyers of other countries who make laws upon
laws and precepts upon precepts TIL the enuieS'
number of them makes the fundamental part u 'o
forgotten; leaving nothing bat a confused heap OF
explanations. which may cause ignorant people To
doubt whether there anything in earnest meant py
the laws or not" Show" says the POPLAR Out
the facts upon both sides and any man OF senae anu
equity can tell if there be amy wrong done OF hot
for if YOU multiply an infnity of circumstances IL
will be much more dill cult to decide Wha' Is rlHnV
or what is wrong than If you precisely anu a"''
lutelv forbid any injury whatsoever. Inc l""'U VI
this extraordinary people were no more thah S'llP'o
Justice and regret that am not able 10 give mere
such digest as might present far ldea oil lhci
iudicial proceedings. 1t would make an article py
itself In the chapters which succeed, the poilty
of tbis ideal peope is set forth in iudicOus com
mpntarv The government seems TO nave peeh
entirely patriarchal and las the writer states III
" the whole country is governed by pophar am
chief patriarch who are Joint lords, acknowledging
no inequality but merely edershp.' The poplar
told the Senor dI Lucca that women gave them
the most trouble of anything in their whole govern
ment" For several generations 1t had been us
cussed 4" after what manner they should he man
aged" The ladies of the conventions VIII DC
greved to learn that in the opinion of the pophar
" the rules by which men are governed Will not
| hold with women solid reason II you can MAKE
them sensible of it, will sometime or other nave an
| irAucnce on most men whereas humOr is what pre-
/ III 1f
have them If you miss 1t, yOu do nothing and yet
tbev are far from being an Indifferent thing in
| commonwealth In this ideal country, when mar
riace was contemplated the least temporal interest
was not permitted to interfere in the choice. They
desired that their young people should fall in love
and all that were OF age for II were married OH
as fast possible.
After this exposition of the manners and customs
of peculiar people, which fear may have proved
little dull we NAV return TO the personal adVeh-
! lures of the Senior di Lucca As he seems to have
! had q special genius for falling N love. we need
/ NOT he ostopished that he fell in love with the
| divine Isphena daughter of the Regent THIS
| charming Young person was but ten years old Z" yet
fen thousand budding heautes appeared in her
! with such unuttcrable charms" that the Senor
although he as good as deSpared Of arriving at his
wished for happiness" resolved to fix his affections
! there or nowhere. lie waited until she was
fifteen; and | think the description given OF
| her by Bishop is worth quotng: Her stature
WAS about the middle size; the ju't propor-
t;on of her shane made her really taller than she
seemed to be her haIr was black, hut OF much
! finer black than the rest, not quite 50 Inurh
| curled, hanging down in easy trrsseS from
her shoulders. and shading some part of her
beautiful checks. Her eyes, though not so large
rs our Europeans darted such lustre, with
mixture of sweetness and vIvacity, that it were I'M
nossible not TO be charmed with their rays her fca
| tnre were not only the most exact but inimItahle
| and pcculiar to herself. In fine, her nose mouth
teeth turn of face all concuning to form the
most exquisite symmetry, and adorned with the
bloom beyond all the bushes of the newborn
aurora. rendered her the mnst charming and the
most dangerous object in nature All the gayeSt
and noblest youths of the country were III love
with her but after great deal OF philosophical
speculation the Senor was married to her lie tells
the reverend fathers of the Inquision thathe hap-
tized her and her three children, with his own
| hand. vet she and her offspring all died this
| being I suppose n necessary preliminary 10 get
| ting the Senor out of the country. The poplar Is
| induced to Join him in the search OF some habit
able country that might not he so far over the SANDS
| rs toward Lydia and Egypt. In their journey
| across the desert they meet with an Enelis hman
| whose presence there is satisfactorily accounted
for This person is not pleasing at FIRST sight to the
ronhar. who sees the lion the goat, the wolf and
| the fox in that person" The Engishman sol
emnlv promises to conform to any laws or any
religion if they would but let him see a habltahle
| couutrv again." After the Englishman had been
with the travellers some time, he began to be rude
to the women married single 1t was all alike to
| him. He found fault with all the laws OF the pco-
! pie: he despised all their ceremonies and regula
| tions; and he endeavOred to make the youth be
leye that there no moral evil in nature; that
there was no harm in the greatest crimes, If they
could but evade the laws and punishments attend
ing them This episode of The Engshnan is all
| along very significant. This John Bull transrautrd
TO the sands of Africa and associating with a
strange people, is an Englishmln through and
| through He proposes to the Senor to kill all the
| people of the caravan; to get together a band Of
well-aTmod fellows; and then to plunder all the
| country He declares that conscience IS "a Jest
| and mere engine Of pricstcraft; that all right is
| founded on power Let us be successful he
| concludes q aud | will answer for yOnT scrupcs'
Perhaps Swift in his most savage mood never wrote
| more severely of Englishmen than The Bishop of
| Cloyne does here in this forgotten book. The
| pophar being informed of the atrocious sentiments
of the Englishman orders him to be bound and sub
seouently TO be carried back to the savages to he
| deyonred by them or to defend himself by his
| prpciples as we'll as he could Upon this the
| Engshman declares sdch treatment to be barba-
rous and that he had RAJ her be killed upon The spot
| He will be bndfolded; lie will submit to any
| thing: he will behave himself perfectly if only
they will put him his way to England. They
| agreed to do it, only bidding him consider that
@if there was no such thing as right and wrong,
| what would become Of the world. or what security
there could be in human life" They keep the
| Enrlishman close prisoner but they throw him as
much gold and jewels as were sufficient to Gut his
ayarice. and make him happy in bis brutal way Of
thinking" They blndfold him and 90 of again