The Sun. — 1853-06-21 (London, England)

JOINT-STOC  K BANKS.  all Australasia all British Colonial Bank  81 - 83  . ..--. •••  and Loan Company all British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk .of Austral., and China, 5 Chrtd. Buk. of Asia. 25 Colonial _ _ _  1 - 14  20 Commercial of Lond.l 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... 12a London Chrtd. Bnk.  i - i 2 - 21  of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. andWestmin st 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22A National of Ireland all Oriental Bank Cor. poration 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 B oval Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co 25 South Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of London all Union of Madrid  51 - 53  ... - ..  Traits of American, Indian, Life. By a Fur Trader. Smith, Elder, and Co. Being one of a class who necessarily hold much intercourse with the Indian tribes, the author has thought the present assortment of anecdotes and sketches would possess the value of authentic information. Those unacquainted with the peculiarities of the American Indians will here find much novel and entertaining variety. The accounts on the whole are not favourable, as it is curious to observe how many of the anecdotes relate to murders, suicides, and other family tragedies.  i id 51 53 77 79 B,f Bi,  The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Toss°, Translated by Ales• Cuningham Robertson,  Blackwood. It is most probable that this work will be a source of gratification to many. The celebrated poem it represents to our view in our own language will never fail to attract attention and excite enthusiasm. The mode of expression here chosen is very pleasing and graceful. The text is adhered to sufficiently for the purpose, while it is not overstudied, so as to produce harshness or unevenness in the metre, as is often the case in works like the present. The following two verses are a specimen of the style :  I sing the pious arms and captain, who Gave liberty to Christ's great sepulchre ; Much did his counsels, much his right hand do ; To win the glorious prize, much did he bear : In vain hell thwarted him ; and.vainly, too, Asia and Libya leagued together were ; For him God favoured, and his comrades led Back to the holy banners when they strayed. " 0 Muse ! not thou who dolt thy brow attire With the swift•fading bays of Helicon ; But who on high, amid the angelic choir, Art crowned with an immortal starry zone, Do thou my breast with heavenly flame inspire ; Do thou my song enlighten ; nor disown The bard, if sometimes, to adorn a line, He weave in it a charm which is not thine."  Tropical Lays and other Poems. By Henry G. Dalton. London : J. Evans, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-Fields. Most of the pieces in this collection were written at an early age, and necessarily bear the impress of immature judgment and untutored fancy, though by no means deficient in taste or poetic feeling. The tropics are rich in material for the poet, teeming as they do with a luxuriance and variety of vegetation unknown to higher latitudes ; and in some of the verses, devoted to the description of local scenery, we obtain a glimpse of the region to which they refer with its colossal shrubs, its silent savannahs, its gorgeous birds, its burning sun, and the rude aboriginal who treads its torrid soil. We select the following from a poem entitled " The Sea Shell," which appears to us picturesque and characteristic " Oh ! I could linger on each fertile spot, And sing their beauties with a heartfelt praise, And speak of Martinique and Guadaloupe, Antigua, Montserrat, and neighb'ring isles, Whose coral reefs and dread volcanic earth, Now bloom with foliage of the palm and cane— Could tell a legend sad of death and crime, Of India's wronged and slaughter' d race, Of bold adventurers and of slavery; Of lawless buccaneers and pirates fierce, Who liv'd like serpents coil'd about these rocks; Of battles perilous by sea and land, Of civil broils, and riots, and revolts ; Of tempests wild, and dreadful hurricanes, Of awful earthquakes, and of pestilence, Which strikes the white man down like lightning flame, And sweeps him from tho earth as if in wrath." The idea in some subsequent lines of " The Sea Shell," assuming, in the author's words, " A voice within Like to the wailing of departing soul," is highly poetical and well expressed. We are sure our readers will concur with us in considering that the following excerpt from a poem on " Morning" conveys a very favourable impression of Mr. Dalton's poetic powers : " Mark the whole earth awake like man to toil, And do the bidding of their destiny : The lofty tree to spread its branches ont, Tho lofty mind to stamp its deeds on time ; The humble plant to strive and seek to live, The lowly heart to do its work and die." It is to be regretted that some of the verses in this volume relating to miscellaneous subjects do not display the taste in selection or skill in treatment which we should have anticipated from the majority of the author's productions. This remark, however, does not apply to those portions of the work in which he depicts the scenes and traits of character peculiar to the tropics. The book is very neatly got up. We shall look with interest to another work from the same pen, which would, we have no doubt, be very acceptable to many who may peruse the present publication. The author possesses many of the elements essential to success, and, with care and attention, ho may assume a very respectable position among the poets of the present day. -Tl