4 Fable: fro m L a Fon ta ine .

E p ,
A ril
t he vigour and verve of th e followin g of wit , or a fool b ut to b e o th , an d
t h at t oo in th e ex treme, is in deed ex
b
H ap th e man , an d ha
gh iy
H e v o can call to d ay s own 2
h e alo n e,
h
r r i n ar , an d on l
thia
zfl y t o b e fo un d in y
H e wh o secure within can say But , thou gh it migh t perh aps be
T o morro w do th y worst, for I have lived easi er t o con ve an idea of L a Fon tain e
by
-

to day -
y
tran scription t han descrip tion , yet

are
I
Be fair, or foul , or rain , or shin e ;
Th e j oys have possess d in spite of fate
m e
’ we must n ot shrin k from th e at temp t
al to et her
g But how shall w e express
.

Not H eaven its elf upon th e past has po wer, in E n glish th e bonhom m ie, t h e n a iveté,
t h e badzn ag e, t hose ch aracterist ic qu a
'

B ut wh at h as b een has b een , and I have

”
had my hour lities of h is poet r wh ich, like t he po
y
.

y b etr it self, seem

L ib I I I Ode 2 9 . . .
ost ou t ofth e reach
Bu t we are stra ing from th e o j ect of tran slat ion L et u s try First th en
—
. .

f t i i L F t i his bon hommze is revealed t o u s in th at

by
'

o o u r p re se n n qu a on a n e .

W h i t h t h t n ot read L a compreh en sive en evolen ce, wh ich does

y
74 o s ere a
Fon taine T o those wh o h ave h e need n ot confi n e its s m ath m an kin d
n o t, an d to th ose wh o hav e no t , h e can
b
p t o
b
al on e, b u t em races all ran ks o f crea
n ot
—
b e descri ed I t is an in vitin g sub
h m
.

h h
b
ted ein gs H e con siders th e in ferior
.

b
y
j ec t u t t ere a re so e t in g s i n t e creat ures as
world whi ch def defin ition or descrip H ot es de l univers sou s le noms d
’
an i
t ion , an d of su ch are th ose exquisi te maux
li i i f l w hi h di in g ui sh an d h e seems to en tertain some feel in gs
b
p ec u ar t es o st e c st
t h e Fren ch Fab As, in th e case
b
'

of kin dn ess even for th e v egeta l e in

b
st .

of a eau tiful cou n ten an ce, where t h e ha itan t s of our comm on w orld, if on e
ch arm resi des rath er in th e expression may j udge from the t on e of affec t ion ate
t han in th e features t h emsel v es, it is regret with wh ich h e lam en t s t h e h a
in v ain that limn ers en deavou r t o fi x
upon can vass th e ch angin g C n th ia y voc comm it t ed by
th e stag upon t h e
leav es of th e vin e which had preserved
of t h e min u te on e look in h er face
makes us forget all th eir dau s so with
L a Fon tain e, a sin gl e page ofhis works
b Q de si do u x
Soien t exposes awe outrages
om
ueb r
”
ages,
.

will reveal to t he reader more of his H is morality is of that in dulgen t kin d

n ameless grac es than h e woul d collect
from u s, even though we were to fol
b
whi ch pro es th e h eart wit h ou t wou n d
ing it, an d leads u s t o virt ue, b y carry
b
low th e en t of our in clination s, an d b
in u s ack to n ature H is Fa les are, b
y g
.

disco urse most el uen tl upon th e in ccd, as it were, th e law of natu re in

b
su j ect , t h rough a I he
/ Virtu e is represen t ed b y h im
y y
‘
ozen p es actio n .

f h i l d fi in h er most engaging form, as th e off

b b
g r ace s o s s t e a r e n ot 0 u n e
n a le, b u t in compara le ; h e is a oet sp rin g of sen tim en t ; an d t h e way t o
b
a solu tel y m i
g
b
en era
loss for an o j ect of com ari son
ls, and we are at a
p
her t emple, in stead of t he cu st omary
road, y appears like
He steep an d th orn
p
.

”
someti mes remin ds u s 0 G oldsmith , a rimrose pat h I n his exposure
p
.

b ut it is rath er in himself th an in his of Vi ce th ere is n o ill n at ure, n o ran

y b
-

writin gs though Goldsmi th certainl cour, n o it t ern ess ofsatire h e is n o t -

”
sses more t h an an y writer we on e of th ose wh o r idet et o m r Th e
b
'
.

n ow, th at mixt ure of t en dern ess of rus al of h is Fa les soot h s an d com

feelin g, with pla fu lness of h u mour, y p e
h m in d, produ cin g t he same
which fi n ds i ts way so irresist i l to
t h e h eart
by p os e s

sort of ref
t e
reshmen t which arises from
— fro m y
In t h eir in div idu al charac a quiet stroll in t h e cou n tr ,
b
.

t ers t he resem lan ce is mu ch more stri whi ch we return with th ose kin dl y
king Wh at L a Bruezere sa s of th e
. y feelings t owards h uman n at ure, an d
Fren ch poet , migh t muta te n omine be th at t ran quil spirit of resign ation t o
h i h h w
b
applied in difieren tl w
‘

h th e ill f id
i
y
y t o e t e r L a . w o P ro v en ce ,
c are s e n

Fon tain e appeared coarse, h eav , an d in an in dulgen t f t t h f l

b
o r ea ra n c e o e al

stu pid ; h e could n ot s eak or descri e ings ofothe , rs a n d a p a t ie n t e n d u ra n c e

p
what h e h ad j ust seen , b u t wh en h e m d w h
b i f t
y f w
o o u r o n s o rt u n e s a n a -

wrote h e was t h e model of poetr h h w l

All et t er lesso
y
. n s t an t ose ca n e ea r n

is ligh tn ess, elegan ce, fin e natural sen from philosoph r

timen t s, an d delicac y
of expres sion , An d n ex t for hi s n a iv eté, t h at eu
t hroughou t his works I t is v er eas , y y i h m w h i h m t l t
b
n c ar c se e s o re s u
.
g g g
a
said a humorous o server, to b e a man from the un ion oftwo things which we
 Fables fi om L a Fontaine
-
. a

we do not enj o his dry an d quaint y

h umour as much as that wanton, lay
head I t is to this mixture of shrewd ful, sportive strain, in which e so
y
.

n ess an d sim licit , arch ness an d un f i d l W i h h

b
t t w at an s
p
p o e n n u g e s .

con sciousn ess, that weowethosecharm earan ce of eing in earnest does

b y
e
p
ing con trasts et ween the the h t an d i den tif himself with th e con cern s of
the ex ression, which, like a elicat e th e creatures ofhis fan c ! H ow feel y
p
b
fig urei a arusaet gown, render oth more in gly he seems t o s m athise with t he y
at t ractiv e, an d consti tu te
”
Ia g race dist ress of his poor di scon solate ird,
de la m udda in té of which he h imself wh o has lost
p
fi d
b
fi,
y res oeu re s t e n re :
speaks .An d it is the happ compoun d any} , 3a plus deuce exp el o nce -
The
of th e s e in gredien ts that forms Ia characters of the differen t animals are
”
g ra ce e n cor e be lle l e la b e a u t é d ra w n an d p re se r v e d w it h a m in u te
gl
,

which is th e tin guis n quality of at ten tion t o nat ure, that giv es t o h is
y
his m use H ow prettil , or example, Fa l es much ofth e in terest ofa drama ; b
y y
.

does he talk oflove, ce mal m an d so l d ompl etel does h e

’

n t g r ave a n c
‘
étre est u n bien
” q
de
e
Th ere is, in t d, seem to surrender himself to th e illu
y y
.

something in h is st le which ma trul sion s of his imaginat ion , th at it is dif

y
b e called delicious H e writes as a ficult n ot to cat ch th e con tag ion for a
.

man migh t be supposed to write wh o momen t, and pull down our map to
b
has j ust een loosened from the apron search for th e great cit y of Ratapolis
m f ll i n La
.

y
s trin s of n at ure Th h lw B u t t h t e t e r it o a
g u . s, e a a y s e g r e a s
awaken s th e same sort of in terest with Fo n tain e, is th e happ art which he
wh ich one can not hel list enin g to th e poss esses of in sinuatin g th e most im
art less prat tle of chi] h ood g For, we rt an t inst ruction, wh ile h e seems t o
are as m u ch deli h t ed wi t h the in e
g
.

g o n l a m uys i n g h is re a d e r w i th t h e
n uous disclosures offeelin in t o wh i ch F r instan ce, in the
b b y
he seems t o e etra ed in b ie acci
g d e t a i ls o f t r ifl e
bs
disp ute et ween th e Ra it an d t he
o .

bb
den tal con versation s with the reader, Weez le, who had, in th e a sence ofthe
y
as with t h e aiet an d s irit with which k
b
i f h w
b
g p p pr o r e t o r o t e a rr e n , t a e n p o s
he an imates his narrations At on ce sessio n of a urrow, th e one defend
.
-

simple, ten der, an d n atural, h e con

trives t o leave u on our h eart s a per
p
man en t im ressi on of all the argu
men ts whi h e had in the first in
stan ceaddressed t o our un derstan

b
H e is, a ov e all oth ers, the Poet of e
G races ; and, in his most un studied cream of the whole con t rov ersy on th e
and carel ess ef fusions, we feel in clin ed
t o app ly t o hi mself the lin es which he
addremed t o a lad of his own time f h i l dh d H i t h o t o f c om
y o r c oo e s
. e p e
“ mon life an d common sense T o un
L a negligen ce, amen gre, si requise
y
.

”
P our cett e fois fu t as dame d at ours derstand him completel requires an
’
.

It i h m i k i im i t w it h m d
b
w t t t t t u a n a n c e e n a n
s , o e er, a grea
v s a e o n a e a c q
suppose that L a Fon taine was inde t with things, an d, as often as we return
d
e to na ture alon e for his poetical ex t o h im , w e sh a ll fi n d t h a t h e w ill a f
cellen ce Th e gifts h e owed t o h er ford u s en tertain en t an d in struction
.

b
were sensi ilit y an d imagin ation b u t
m
n o o n e could b e more sedulous than h e
y
was in stud ing th e niceties of lan
d
u
g g a e , a n r ansa c kin g t h e t re as u re s o f
the older writers, to form picturesque taine t o his Translator, or rath er his
an d imitative com inations of ex res b p I m
f
i tat or ; for t h e writer of th e v olume
b h k h F h t
sion for his own u se If an y on e t t
by
. e o r e u s as a en e r e nc p oe a s

sh ould be so deceived, the pp ea ar n t a m a s te r r a th e r t h an as a m o d e l

; n
a d ,

facilit y of his versifi cation , as to o ver as h e tells us in bie preface, has h mi t

look the elab oratc pain s of th e o m d h im lf t h
b t k f t ti
m
y
c e s e t o e as o p u n g so e

F l h i h m k h
f h
y w
si ou, h e will in fac be p
ti t i t h o t o s e a e s c os t s t ru c i s
a n g e
igh est complimen t t o L a Fon ta ne i f i t E li h f a rio u s
a n c ,
n o n g s ve r se , o
y
a rs est cela re a rtem
”
m w i h t l w m t h
f
y
t e
o r . ea s u r e ,
o u a a y s ca py g
L ast l , we must say a few words of t h h m i th m
pt
t t
b
t e anne r
o u g s , o r a e n g
his badinag e and we dou t wheth er o f t h e o r i g i n a l , a n d c h a s in t ro d u c e d
0 Fable: from L a Fontaine .
Il rl p ril
‘

Is ‘

some allusions t o th e im F i h vehicle of politi cal

y by L
y
presen t t es a on ta ne t e
where the were suggest ed di scussio n an d polemical con trov ers
the su b
y y
.

j ce t . W e ca n tr u l s ay , t h at th e sa m I t is p it t oo , t h a t a v o l um e w h i c h
l h h i ven us , wou ld make us m i h l ll h w l d h l d
y b b
y by
p e e a s g g t p e ase a t e o r , s o u e
an xiousl wish for more, if we did no t ren dered un pal ata le to so man ,
th in k th at his talen ts migh t b e etter b
th e in troduc tion of t opics wh ich, as
emplo yed in orig in al com osit ion far as th e merit of th e k b
y b b
p I t . o o i s c on
dom no t seem to us that it is n ecessar cern ed, woul d h ave een mu ch
by
ett er
for him th e rudder an d omitt ed al t ogeth er A polemical pam ph
y
to steer .

compass of an oth er man s th o h ts let may be a ver good th in g in it s

’

an d in deed we like him b

est w en h e way, b u t we do n o t expect t o fi n d a
is l east like th e orig inal S till , if he polemical pamph let u n der t h e title of
will be con ten t with th e hum l e ofi ce
.

b Fables from L a Fon ta in e, in E ng

of imitation, we t hink h im emin en tl y
lish Varse We particularl y all ude to
”
.

ualified for t he t ask h e h as u n dert a the ton e an d t emper of t h e n ote o n

I n wit and h umour x wan t r The Woodma n an d theFor es t I fit is
gfi p;
en

y
.

l f l i i d i h d f h h l
y i f
y w
p a u sa t r e, n sp or t v e er y ,
l e x p e e n t , or t e g o o o t e o e
may fairl challenge a comparison with commun it , that th e Cath olics sh ould
his protot pe y .

L a Fon tain e himself is more su ccess

b
We dou t wh ether b e excluded from litios l privileges
y
( h e on l on Wt l su ch

y
- t g r o u l
ful in prov oking a smil e b y t he happ exclu sio n can be defen ded, ,
— let t h em
expression of iner saible ideas, an d be excluded, b ut let the n ecessi t y b e
b
b y th ose irresist ib e com in ation s of clearly made ou t , an d wh en made ou t ,
language wh ich con ve more to t he let it at least be en forced wi th o u t in
mind t han they rev t o t h e eye or sul tin g th e feeli ngs of t h e o j ect s of
‘
T o talk of t h e admi s
b
t he ear, and t hat in a way, t oo, n eith er t he ex clusion
to disgust or displease . H e is very sion of ou r Cath olic fellow su j s ets t o
.

-
b
skilful, too , in th e use of those sort of an equal participation wit h o u rsel ves

q u a i n t p h r ases w h ic h gi v e f or ce a n d i n t h e le s sinbg s o f t h e co n sti t u t ion , as

spirit to t h e familiar an d ludicrou s likely to lead to the rekin dlin g of th e
y
‘

s t l e of composit ion . H e perhaps t e fires ofSmith field, is to talk in defian ce

min ds n a sometimes more of Peter of reason an d common sen se T o im
y
.

Pin dar th an L a Fon tain e, and his st le pute to th e Cath olic Chu rch at presen t
b
com ines mu ch oft he eau ties of oth b b
t he persecu ting spirit which on ce an i
What we miss most in the E lish mated it , is u nfair an d un charita le
.

b .

version , is that gentlen ess of m

Persecu tion b elon gs exclu siv el y t o n o
an d ten derness of sen timen t, wh io
e
enr t h e E igh th at y
b p articular sec t
b H
y
.

d h F h f a les T hi i im e urn t Prot estan t s for den in g

b
p e rv a e t e r e n c s. s o n e t
h d h l h h n d, at an o th er, cu t
t o b a t t i u t t t i
y
t t l r ese n c
y
p e r o e a
e r a p s e e s g e r e a p
infusion of the gall of part politics off the heads of Cat h olics for den in g
wi th which th e work is season ed ; th e his own supremac Persecu tion wasy .

fects of which upon th e milk of hu t he spirit of th e age, an d was pract ised

ef
man kindn ess, are, we fear, in varia l by
in discrimin atel y by
eith er sect th at
the same Our political sen timen ts are happen ed to be u ppermost I f th e C a
y
. .

well kn own, an d we cordiall appro ve th olics carried it farth er than th e Pro

b
of t he su stan ce ofth e doctrin es which t es ta n ts, we must at least remem er b
b b
'

th e writer efore u s so zealousl y main th at th ey had a et t er excu se for it,

tains ; b u t t h ere is a time an d a place believin g, as the did, that th ere was y
for all thin gs We fly to poetr as a re
.

y
lieffrom th e an gr con ten tion s of th e own ch urch
y n o salvation out of th e pale of t h eir
If th ey, h owever, car
.

h our, t o sooth our im ried it fart her, we h ave con t in u ed it

n at ion s with
y
‘

more pleasin g pictures t an th e world longer T ill ver lately, it was a b an g

y
.

ofrealit presen t s to us I t is hard, in . ing mat ter for a priest to say mass
deed, ifth ere is t o b eno n eu tral grou n d, an d th e rest of th e code relating to our
n o san ctu ar y
to secure us again st th e b
C atholic rethren , was in the same
in tru sion of part y h ost ilit ies an d, in mercifu l spiri t of en act men t T he Cc .

this h t, we con sider it as a cies t h ol ics, th erefore, have as mu ch t o for

of pro anation , to make t h e Fab es o f i d f rget as we h ave B ut th e
g v e a n o .

S wift has somewhere said, that we have onl y j ust religion enough to make us b at e
one another.
 Fables from L a Fontaine .
7
on is n ot wh at has been , b u t what
qu esti
y
M ar and the Preten der were more eneral, if, as
y
is Q ueen sup it
.
g
dead Wh ere is the coun tr in is rob ab the case, it i mpresses the
g
are .

which th e persecu tin irit th at the mi n d wit a deeper sense of th e ao

au th or imputes to the a lieChurch, lemnity oft he ceremo n an d implan ts
is n o w acted up on ? Th e fact is, th at a stron ger f eeling of e religious re
y b
.

t h e Cath olics onl ask from our own s nsibilit

y Ag ain, if w e a
.ll e lieved
rn m en t t h e same in dul en ce that t marriage was a sac ramen t, mi h t
g o v e g
Cath olic governmen ts abr ex tend to it n ot ten d to strengthen the oblige
b by
.

th eir Protestan t su j ects For our o wn tions of the marriage v ow an addi

y tional san ction,—a sancti on, of which
. .

arts, we have no f an c for the Catho

‘

c religion , an d sh ould b e v e sorr y we fear the an n als of Doctors Com

mons will shew that it stahds deplo
’

t o see it s in flu en ce ex ten ded ; a t we

‘ ’

t h in k it a strange complain t to make i

again st men n ow a da s, tha t they be y Bu t we gl adl leave the polemical y
y
- -

t here is surel more for t he ti cal part lfl the volume,

'
lieve too much
‘

dan ger to b e a preh ended from th ose upon w eh last pottion we can b e,
'

wh o b aveno be efat all We th in k t he st ow almost unqualified raise

b L et
'

. .

doct rine of transu stan tiation very ab t h e writ er speak for him We will
surd , an d e u all
q
w ords of Scrip ture an d
re
p y n t to the e gin wi t h
e ev idence of way of s ecimen
o n e of th e sho rtest fa lbes b by
p .

o ur sen ses ; b u t wecann ot see wh at lza rm

The L ion and his Associa tes .

On ce a L ion with three oth er easts made allian ce, b

An d set all t he uadruped world at defian ce
f y b
.

I n th e h onour o each , ever mem er co nfided,

T h at the boo y
the t ook sh oul d b e fairl y div ided
e Bear caugh t 3 D eer in his toils,
.

I t ha pened .

And e sen t for th e rest to sn acks in his spoils

y
.

T hey met : th e fat pre ea was ready to fl y on ,

”
But t he p ost of grand carv er th ey left t o t h e L ion .

The L ion exec utes th e t ask allott ed to him ver adroitly, while th e oth er
tin r e —
h gh con trac g pa ti s, th e Wolf, th eFox, an d t
i e Bear, - dr w r
e oun d
”
An d stood lickin g th eir lips whil e t he carvin g wen t on

y
.

Th e imi tator h as, we t hi nk, sh ewn taste in restoring the associates as th e

b
are descri ed in th e old fa le, in stead of adopt in
gbt h
which L a Fon tain e h ad, for n o good reason, in troduced
e new quadrupl e allian ce

Y by
.

ll th in k me a Bu t ch er
’
Q uoth th e L ion ,
b trade
ou

O serve with what skill th ese allotrn en ts are made

T he first t o my ran k, n o t a east will refuse ; b .

So t h is as th e L ion s j ust option I ch oose

’

T h e secon d of course as my r i ht ou ll resign, y ’

.

B th e righ t of t h e strongest t at portion is min e h

T at th e th ird is m o wn is as cert ain l t rue,
T o m y courag e can ess th an a qu art er be du e
y .

An d n ow, m good frien ds, h avin g set tled th ese sh ares,

y
L et him lay u s paws on th e remnan t who dares
°

Th e imitation s
o u t, an u n com mo n facili t
b y
wi th a great v ariet of m etre, an d there is, through
a ou n d y
p fi cation For instance, th e o pen
an d s iri t in th e v ersx .

ing stan za of T h e W
as s and t he Bees z
p
”

There h appen ed on ce a su it et ween b

Th at insect t ri e wh o serve a queen, b
T hose quaker coated flies mean,
The industrious Bees
-
I
An d t h e pert Wasps, t hat ro ving
y
I n ellow j ackets trimm d with lac
Who, corsair like, rob and att”ack
’
b ck,

y
-

Whome er the please ’

.
s Fables from L a Fontaine E p ,
A ril
y
.

Or again, in L ove and Foll

y y b
.

I n th e good da s of ore, efore Cupid was lin d, b

With e es keen as arrows he aim d at each osom ’
b
Old recor of Paphos th e cause h ave assig n d,
’

y y
H ow th e pla ful oun g D eit happen d t o lose em ;
’ ’

y y
An d the sh ew, wh y so small 18 th e portion of liss, b
I n the tender conn ecti on from th at time to th is .

M aster L ove an d M iss Foll were ver great y y cron ies

y
On e min u te th e kisa d an d an other t he pouted
’
;

Th e cause of th eir frequ en t discu ssio n s un t n own is ; l

Which did the most misch ief may fairl b e dou ted y b
Bu t so it fell ou t , upon on e April day,
took place at th eir pla y
y y
.

Follteazes L ove to j oin t ogether a sill y oung fop an d a su peran nuated wi

dow L ove h esitates, an d at last refuses, wh en Foll losin h er t emper,
b b
.

th rows her au le scep t re at hi s head, which hitt in g m f in t he eyes ,

'

makes hi mb lin d ever after. Cupid complains t o th e coun cil of Ol ym pu s

A y s n od of Gods was con ven d at th e lace

’

Jove patien t ly heard wh at was urg d each pl eader ;

’

For th e cod of mankin d h e determi n d e case,

’

That e culprit shoul d n ow t o t he lin d b oy b e l ead

’
An d e en to t his day, th ousan d in stan ces rove,
b
y
Foll still is th e guide an d t h e leader of ove
”
.

I f our limits woul d permi t us, we sh oul d be glad to fin d room for th e Rat
”
in Retiremen t , which it seems is from th e pen of a frien d ; an d for t h e Ad
”
dress to the Cn tics, which is struck offin t he au th or s hap iest man n er, an d
' ’

p
which , t h ough th e least literal, is perh a th e most Fon taznzsh morsel in t h e
whole volume On e more fa le, an d we ave don e
. b
The Saty r and the T raveller .

A Sa rv n in a rock den
'

L ived dis tan t from th e haun ts

y
Th ough h alf a goat, h e seldom ran
T o rev el in th e t rain of Pan
But led a quiet so er life b
With on e fair Dr ad for his wife ; y
An d sh e, e osa d
’
by
h ousehold mat ters,
Prepar d
’
sou p, an d
I t h appen d on a win tr day
’
rough t oung Sat rs by y y .

A Travell er had lost his way ;

An d stifi wit h cold, an d dren ch d with rain ,
' ’

y
‘

’
H e j oy d th e Sat r s cave to gain
’

H e peeps —an d midst recesses in n er,

.

H e sees his h orn ed h ost at dinn er .

H e h al ts , an d n earj he en tran ce lin gers,

b
An d, lowing h ard his aching fingers,
H e frames apologetic ch es,
T o his lan dl ord wi th t e shaggy reeches b
But, ere h e could excuse egin, b
A hoarse rough voice exclaims Come in !
I f you can di n e with ou t a cloth,
y
Stran ger, ou re welcome to m y rot
’
b
y
Th e Sat r th en , to sat isfy th e curiosit y of his wife, inquires

re lies
b b
for what p urpose he h ad een lowin g h is fi n gers so assiduousl y .

p
y
T o please our lad I ll in form h er, y ’

Ib low my h an ds to make th em warmer .

’
 Fab les fro m L a Fonta ine . a

Th e mis tress of t he rock cot tage y

Pours for her ues t some smokin g pottage ;
g
Wh o to gul ( own his mess the quicker,
p
Blows, ere l e t ast es, the scalding liquor
y b
.

Th e Sat r, o er t he ta le leanin g,
’

Surpn s d, once more in quires hi s mean ing .

T he T raveller n ow tells him that he lows h is ro th to cool it at which w e b b

l
py th y
e Sat r loses all patien ce, sh ews him th e door, an d fairl tu rn s him ou t : y
Whilst
I possess this vaul ted roof,
( d fi ercel h y
en h e rais d his h oof,)
’
A
y
n t
N o mou th its moss sides sh all h old
b
Which lows at on ce oth hot an d cold b
b b b
.

We su j oin the con clu sion of the fa le, with th e n otes, ecause it is on e of
b
th e est an d most iri ted of t he
”
modern in stan ces, withou t be
yon d t he b oun ds 0 f air an d 1 mat e satire ; though we
'

y
ls

scarcel the proper place for an t opics .

T ell me, e Westmin ster E lectors,

y
Who love poh tical proj ectors,
Wh om cunni ng state empirics please,
H av e you no t met with mou th s like these ?
M ou th s which advan ce assertions old, b
Bl ow sometimes h ot, an d sometimes cold
H ave you no smooth t ongued sophist foun d -

Wh o, Proteus like, still shifts h is ground,

b
-

Pro mulg ing for t h e pu lic good

Sch emes by
n o mortal un derstood P
Whose pat riot soul so t rul y Ro man ,
Would trust th e regal power to no man ,
T h ough ch eck d an d limited it be,
’

L ike Britain s well poised monarch :

’

Y et plasters rai ses thick an d h eart

yy
p
Upon his fav rit e Bonaparte

Who d l i d i h l i l
’
w
y
, eep y t n g t c ass c ore,

Would now Wl tll loft ’igeon soar,

y
D ispla ing t o our won t rmg sigh t, f
A literary pa kite ! -

G ivin g, as arol d moun ts th e gale,

Collect ed scraps to form his tail

N ow takes a lower road to fame,
C h arm d if th e ra le ab out his n ame ;
’
bb
y
When ever zealous wild supporter,
Proves Parliamen ts are est when shorter,
b
By win dows roke in ever quarter :
by
Whilst fractur d h eads demonstrate clearl
’
y
Th ese sports sh oul d be repeated yearl
When such mad follies meet our eye,
y ,

I s t righ t to lau h—or must we cry ?

’

We smile at su c i at tempts to fob us ; l

B u t sigh t o find th e hoaxer H
E lectors ! midst this h orrid clat ter,
’
T was well t o imitate the Sat r y .

b
Sin ce the rin ting of this Fa le, th e praise here given to the Westminst er
E lec tors is n o onget du e
af y
. y
Pan eg ric or cen sure expressed in this place will
fec t t hem ver lit tl e; nor perh aps will th eir ch oice, in th e presen t in st ance, b e
of much im port an ce t o t h e great cou n cil of the n ation T his even t h owever, .

which man y perso n s will con sider as the ext inction of good sense amo ng the
elec tive b od y
in t hat cit , will be cele rated with appropriat e hon ours
democratic action M ors j anua vita , is a common mo t to for fi mereal decora
b t he by
.

lo
 10 Fables from La Fontaine .
Ep .
A ril
men ts M H —r with the same an tith esis, an d
e com l ing with the p ro
.
y
n sit y to pu nning, which heraldic in scriptions often exhi i t, ma l u d
yp ace n er
s achievement,
'

N E W G A T E I S T H E N E W G A T E T O T H E H OU S E OF C O M H O N S

b b
.

T h e well kn own E pigram of a n o le Poet, on th e same su j ect, affords on e

y b
-

of th e man in stan ces of coinciden ce of though t, wh ere th ere could b e n o

communication et ween the writers

Would you go to the H ouse through th e true gate,

M uch quicker than ev er hig Charley wan t ; W
L et Parliamen t sen d you t o N ewgate,
An d Newgat e will sen d you to Parliamen t !

But we must ring t h is ram ling b b ccluz

' ’
de n y penser pas Whoeverhebe,
é
.

art icle to a conclu sion I fwe had more we h0pe a secon edition will soon en
y b b
.

”
space, it wou ld be eas t o say much a le t n a meless man t o st e
p o l dl y
more in praise o fthis am volume, forward an d th ough we can n ot p ro
—an d if we had a whole sheet efore b mise th at he will th ere y secure t o hi s b
us, w e sh ould h av e n othin g more to descen dan ts th e same adv an tages wh ich ,
b
-

urge in th e way of o j ection The vo it is sai d, were con ferred u pon th o se o f

y b
.

l ume is evi den tl the work of a sch o th e Fre ch Fa ulist —

y y a perp et u al im
n

lar an d a gen tleman , while th e h app munit from taxation et h e m a

b
facilit of h is n um ers as cl earl sh ews y fiiirly claim for himself t at wrea t h ,
y

t h at e was b
o rn a poet for, like -
which h e is so well en titled t o wear,
from the Tree of Apoll o
L a Fon tain e,
’
ilj oin t a l a rt (18 p laire .

A S E C O N D L E T T E R FR O M T H E M A N I N T H E M OO N .

P et ruc hio H o w b right an d goodl y shin es t h e moon

—
.

Kat ha ri ne Th e moon P th o sun ; it is no t moonl ight

. n ow .

P et r No w, b y my mot h er s son , an d that s myself,

’ ’
.

I t shall b e moon or star, or what I In t ,

Or e I j ourn ey fat her s house
’ ’
er to y our .

E vermore cross d an d cross d ! nothing b ut cross d

’ ’ ’
.

Kath Forward, I p ray

. .

A n d b e it moon , or sun , or what you pl ease ;

An d if you please to call it a rush candl e,
”
H en ceforth , I vow, it shall b e so for me . Tami ng o
f the S hrew .

I N my las t, respected Christoph er, I m hl f di h er

y
pa p et o pre c ti o ns con cern in g
m e of my spl een at th e through ou t n igh t
t t
ym y
ve v en o so appearances ever
g a
miscon ceptions an d mal practices of of ever on th in th e clep t an
b y ear,
-

certain of th e poetical t ri e in Alman ack ? H as not t e co ttager t h e

I our
y
n eth er sp here
b
h ave as mu ch reason
.

for wager of at tle with anot her set of

bb —
da lers in fi ction I mean th ose prose
stit ch ed
with a sp m es of hierogl phic M oore,
ed red stam p in t h e dexter
com er of th e t it le page ? D oes n o t th e
-

writers, wh o compoun d Novels an d Ro sch oolmaster po ssess Whi te s E ph eme

’

m an ces for th e en tertain men t of sub ris, or t h e Gen tleman s D iar , cramm d
’
y ’

b
scri ers to Circulatin g L i raries, and b to the colopho n with cra ed diagram s bb
oth er gen t r y wh o are over u rden ed b y
What old lad is unpossessed of G old
with time Wh at I hav e to complain smith , or else ofth at st ill moredimin u
y
.

o f in t hese au th ors is, t h at th e t ake t ive record ofred let ter days, an d l u n ar
b
-

stran ge li ert ies with th e con dition of
t h e M oon — th at is, t h e gen erall keep
h er at thefi dl through ou t their stories
y y
ch anges, with which t h e Compan y o f
Station ers in dulgeh er, in a fairy qu arto ,
b
a out th e size ofth e good matro n s pin
’

yb y
.

N ow, ever od kn ows t h at th e moon cush ion ? D o n ot th e variou s cou n ties

— “
h i m
”
— b ,

of E nglan d an d ofS co tl an d too, elike, b

applica le
I
'

r t e n co n s ta n t oon
as this epith et is to h er, is h am n ot so well
( h h
in inconstan c
”
y con stant
like a lad of th e old
-
y a l t oug o f t at
aware, for wh en I made alman acks m y
Fren ch court , sh e makes h er changes s t udy it was in E n glan d, ) and eke th e
y l — h n d wan es learned un iversities, sen d fort h t h e
b
ver r y s e w axe s a
-
in creases and decreases, with all the same predi ct ive no tices in h uge road
i i f im i I s th ere n ot side sheet s, which make walls an d
y
p r e c s o n o a t e p ece - .

forsooth in ever house in the land, a doors, and wainsco tting look gloriou s
 A Second L etler from tIn M an is the M oon . 11

where th hung u P And do not

sre ral would get a parliamen ta reward
all an d g
ery one of ose tell more for the discoverer it he wo d bring
‘
z
y b
th an a ear eforehand nay, and some his in vention to perfection ) while in -

of them picture t o the e, the v others th e nights are as invari b l dark

y ;
sh ape which my
m
istress e Moon
assume on an y gi ven n h t ? Do they
an d moonless ?
b elieve, most
In the roman ces, I

ig
ranks are i yed wi th
n ot mark down , with e accuracy of
b y
the
p
silver dei t y
of th e n l t hours,
”
péi
ook, the ver t imes for most novels are conducted, if n ot
’
s play
s
h k by
-

” ”
e will ma e h er exi ts an d h er with truth, yet da ligh t But
w en
by y
m
.

”
en tra nces, an d declare as inf alli l as in a roman ce, where, for i nstan ce, e
an old t ide waiter, th e periods of her
-
scen e is laid on t he shores of th e M e
i uen ce upon the hour of h water dit erran ean , th e moon is in to
b
-

s t our sea- ports ? Although s e never the wri ter s service, an d made t o eam
’

sans in termission —she is made t o

”
fails t o do what these sapien t oracles
or h er, yet is she taxed wit
h walk through the sk , an d to sh ow the
set down f
muta ilit b y — b
mu ta le as she is then, i t
y
wh ole of her face Wi thou t a veil, nigh t
—
must be gran ted t hat she is so metho after nigh t for otherwise, how could
disall y, an d that an y one of tolera le b Paolo and Ninet ta dan ce upon the
ruden ce can f oresee her muta tion s san ds in h er golden radian ce
Q b Bu t
.

Vell, t hen , is it fair, doi as sh e rest o, it is all sa le loom a ain , if a

p g g
d oes, j ust what is prescri to her, cut th roat is hired t o murder t h e he
y
-

t hat novelists sh ould so frequen tl

make h er stan d stock st ill H av e n ot
b
I , a ov e all men , reason for in credu mu t ed, shin lamp with h er t a
d
ig y b
a
lou s hatred of what I read in t heir fir fin gers, tho we kn ow v er w
b rications, when I find H enry and L u c y b b
must be lown out efore sh e get s ack
it

meet ing a nights, for three weeks to t o h er cham er again b Th e moon , in

b
- .

h d k d h i t his case, if not al together o liged to

t t
b
g e er, u n er an oa ree, an av n g
t he round moon shinin g a ov e them make herself scarce, is at the u tmost
b
t hrough th e ran ch es all t he whil e ? I t
is n ot, perhaps, requisite that writers of
y
onl allowed to give a sull en l eam, and
g
t h en ab ro d herse f ri tenfold (l ark
y a li
s tories sh ould be ver min u te chrono n ess !—eu
m
A ‘g el1n a, or Celest i
‘

logl sts, bu t in a case of this kind, it is n a, or Rosal

(or w h ate v er t h e for
lorn virgin s name ma be—o nl th ere
’

is a special n ecessit
a ) s tag ers on ward in murk
or its en y n
g i n
y
'

g ch a cu ri
t y Th ere is one th ing, h owever, worth
.

n o tice, and this is, let t h e be ever

so ruin ous , an d f ull of flig ts of st eps,
in vidious t o poin t out an y culat an d crowded with illars, an d dil api
°

work of fict ion yet surel t e multi

t ude of th em , in which no o servance
yb dated by y p
ver susp ici ous lookin g ch asms
in t h e side wall s—yet n ever did I read
y
-

of the con stan t variation of t h e phases of on e of th ese oun g ladies tumb li

of the Moon is p aid by
the writers of
y
down stairs, or making h er nose b l
t hem (the fair ones especiall ,) is so
t , that it can not hav e escaped thy
by hittin g it against an o trusive pil
lar, or itching head ov er h eels down
b
een e e, Ch risto h er, or the obsa va an y of e lateral passa ea, or awn in g y
y
'

p
t ion 0 th y readers I n fact, our Ro ren t s in th e mason wor —ev er on e of
y y
-
.

man cera and N ovelist s pla su ch va th em an acciden t most likel t o mis

i w ith t h m
’
d b et ide a damsel who paces a ou t dark b
m
o
pn
s r e s e an
g s a
p ea ran ces
n on a ces , hat I ling, her larnp ou t an d th e moon set
i
-
e as per .

s w K h rin ewas, an d kn ow The u t most misfortune which befals,

y
a t a
not whet her th ese t ale tellers, like Pe is th at she wan ders ast ra a littl e, an d
truchio, are talking of the moon , the fin ds h erself in a prohi it ed art ofthe b
sun , or of a rush can dle ; for their dwellin g perhaps, and possib she may py
descrip tion of her doings seems to suit chan ce t o ick up a rust y th e b
p
r
on e as lit tle as the ot her Canst thou
. way , whi( (the fou n tain of er cart
n ot recal t o th y recollection , t hat , in mean while curdlin g with h orror) sh e
some delicate narratives, t here is a ves to b e in crust ed wit h blood
‘

—
b y
moon visi le ever night , wherever she ong sin ce shed
M
But th ou wil t say
.

is w an te d ( a m os t u sefu l thi n g i t how does she perceive all this

wo uld be, and thy Postmasters- Gene in the k?
”
— ’
a , that s a
p ro b l em ,
Vo n I X . . B
 18 A Second L etter from the M air in the M oot .
[ p l
A ri

which, from default of in tellect on my t he sh elf I n th is, some catast rp d

p ,
a r t m us t w a it w i th o u t it s so lu t ion , p
u n
b—
.

e was to b e roug h t a out b mby

a mu m

an d a j oyful (L E D at its t ail . . No t der in the dark th e gen tle an vill ain
.
-

con ten t , h owever, with making t h e is to wal k on fi rst, an d th e perso n w h o

moo n come an d go, out of all reason d h l i b di h
b
i t in t sp a t c
—
g oes se co n n e e s o e

ab le cal cul ation , th ey will n ot do her ed b y a low from a hired assassin a

j u st ice , w h en t h e allyow t h at s h e is some one, h owever, who kn ows th e
ran gemen t , pops in b efore t h e leader;
ou n o t in th y mul ti
p r e s en t H
. as t t h
fariou s reading, Ch ristoph er, met with an d so t his wort h y
s th e blo w o n

y
t
’

g e

m e kidne as t h is ? his m azzard wh ich he in ten ded for h is

p a s s age s of t h e sa
1 M altida rush ed t owards th e C astl e
‘
,
neigh b ou r at his ack N o w , u n lu ckil y b . .

whose scul t urad portal was illumi n a when I saw it , th e stage was so im
byth e n eid rays of th e full or ed b y
erfectl darkened, in deed so li h t was
,

t ed
y
moon Sudden l , to h er terror, sh e saw
p
I t all th e whil e, th at n o t on l t e per y
a mum
.

ed figu re issu ing f rom th e arch son s of t h e act ors, b u t ev en the m os s

way, wh en at on ce a mul titu din ou s triflin g distin ct ion s in t h eir dresses were
mass of clou ds spread o ver th e lumi more th an merelyperceptible, so th at th e
y
nar , an d t h e sh u dderin g M at ilda was cun n in con triv er of t h e plot seemed t o
y
b
in volved in solid darkn ess I t ecame us as if e coul d n ot possibl fail t o see,
.

impofi b le for h er t o determin e on an d even to kn ow the v e person wh o

w hich side to direct her steps—all was step t forward, an d made m play sea
'

b
b lack, ewildering, in di stin guisha le cond fiddle, wh en h e did n ot in ten d i t
shade—she paused, an d listen ed
”
N ow
b
N ow , thi s make elieve th eatrical b .

I
-
.

al th ou h, when t h e moon is full sort of darkn ess is what can n ot h elp

b
or ed,
g I am in it , yet from confiden
b
t hin king of, when romancers su dden
tial an d credi le frien ds I am t oo well l y wrap u p th eir moon in th e man
,

aware t hat a clou dy nigh t u p on earth , t l e of a fieecy clou d, an d tell us that

at th e time of he mon t h
t a ov e in dib y
ca n o a t wink n g o
t l i f l ig h t r em a i n s— but:
t ed, is nothin g like a p erfec tl dark despit e th eir asseverat ion s t hat th e
one ; and when only b roken clou ds
o ver the moon , t here remain s a m
b
lackness is p itc hy, palpab le, port en
m
h il l li
p ass
y b t u I t i t i t
o s , a ce r a n e r e s s a g
v er tolera l e de ree of gli mmer to di merin g sufficien t t o warn M at ilda from
’
g or to discern the in to a pu ddle, if sh e dislikes
b y st ep pi
rect on e s ste
o j ect s imm arou n d on e to wet er wh ite satin slippers, w hi ch
te .

b
T h is in stan tan eou s, an d impen etra le are, n o dou t, prettil v ed ed with sil b g
darkn ess, so oft en conj ured u p b y ro ver tin sel , an d g raced wit a span g led
mance i l i y
rem n ds me of ro set t e in fron t Sh e may p au e sh e —
I b
w r t ers, tro n g
s . s

t he da rk scen es on t h e stage, wh ere al —

may listen b u t will be oun d for it ,
th ough t he in t erlocut ors of t h e dram a sh e w al ks s traigh t t o t h e Cas tle, if it
”
deplore their b ein san d b lin d wi th is n eedful t h at sh e sh ould do so E ven
g b y
.

”
big gravel lin d, (as ifsh e wan ders, it will on l b e in to some
i t , or ev en
bb y
-

L an celot Go o hath it ) y et do box, deserted cloister, or ru in ou s orat or

p it , a n d
sh ev er
g a ll e
yr
h
y , v e r
h
y p la in l di s t in fyo r su r e a m , i t is In o t
m
s o d ar k a s t o l et
i i h h r th rou h

b
g u t n g t a t i s
g o in g o n er g o as tr ay in t o t e oa t , o
g
an d while t h e act ors creep a o ut wit h t h e h orse p on d, oram on g th e p igg eries,
-

faulterin g foo t , t hat t h ey w a n o t st um or t hrough a b rew h ou se, a wash h ou se,

y y
- -

b le, an d wit h h an ds dispre — all wh ich w ere actu al

b th at th e o r a sc u
may n ot dash their rain s ou t b y j ost a p en dages, al th ough vu lgar on es, t o
lle r

b
l in g again s t an o stacle h apl y h arder t e most rom an tic castles in b aron ial
t han th eir skulls— t he great won der days of yore No w, iffu ture co n stru e
p
b
.

would b e, ifan ofthe lu n derin g awk t ors of n o vels an d roma nces wil l t ake
wardn ess whi o so often h appen s in th e my advice, (th ou h I am half afraid
dark were to take place for n o spec t h ey will give no eed t o it ) I sh ould
tat or, h owev er simple, can h el p elie
vin g t hat th e
”
b
recom men d t o th em, w h en t h e hav e
h arlotry p lay ers see fixed that su ch or s uch a fact sh a l hap
o n e an ot h er ectl y I remem er see b h m e o f full m oo n , t o re
p e n a t t e t i
b
.

i ng a pla for I sometim es go to t he memb er, t h at at a ou t three p ages ou

y
t h eatre w en my so vereign lad y is hid ward, (or as man more as will occu p
”
in h er vacan t in t erlun ar cave ) which a ou t fou rt een da s, b y a rou gh guess b yy
was call ed, Th e Wife of T w o H u s it mu st b e a nigh t with ou t a moon
b an ds, t hou h I fear that oth wif e b
con v enien t as it ma b e for Orlan do to

a n d h u sb a t w a in ar e n ow all l a id g o h o m e b y m h t , h e m u s t b e
 4 Second L etter fm the M art in the Mm as
‘

c .

con ten tto guide his steps b a lan tern marks and no tes oft ime, th at the read
er finds it impossi le t o say wheth er b
ove epistle,
y
'

an d if Ch arl ot te in dit es a
wh en , like the rest ofofth e house, sh e th ey h ave adap ted t h eir s tor t o th e
o ugh t to b e in bed, an d asleep, she o nat ure of things in this pm icular
si ti vel y
mu st n ot ind
p
in a simrle, n ot .
or

drawn from an preten ed peep ou t at -

N ow I am on the score of novel
th e m oon , an d om af fectin g t o see h er readin g, an d th at I ma n ot see m to
image t win kli ng in th ewater— for moon b e al togeth er morose, or I mu st own
th ere assuredl y
can b e n on e vi si le b t hat my communi cation s to you h ave
b
Again , th edealers in th e su limer st le, b .

almost all een of th e fi n d fimlt kin d, )

b
hy
-

t he roman ce in dit ers, ough t , wh en t e

-
I will pay a lit tl e de t of gratitu de for
h ave on ce fixed a rfect l y moon a favourreceiv ed f rom on e ofthe no vel
l esa nigh t, t o h:
moon t o b e writin g trib e I n a little t ale cal led
y b
ow t .

”
j ou rn e in u
g p in t h e sk y aft r a cou l D u t , by the lateM argaret Ro ert s,
y
e p e
of whom it is wort h wh ile t o read h a
(
o f wee 3 hav e elapsed in t h eir n arra
'
.

tiv e Wish ever so, th at it may b e as rien d M rs Op1e 8 acco un t , in wh ich h er

b
.

lack as th un der, it can n ot b e allowed deligh tfu ll y femin in ech aracter is admi
t hem— the cu rren t ofev en t s mu st con b
ra l y drawn — a ch aract er in wh ich in
form t o t he ch an es ofn atu re, an d th e
mu st postp on e t eir dark deeds for a
y t ellect , gen tlen ess, an d firmn ess of
rin ci le seem t o h ave b een m ost h ap
p p
fo rt n igh t furth er o n in th e work At p yil b l en de d )— in t h is tale, t h ere is a
—
.

t his parti cular peri od, Ru sti visagio can de cate complimen t t o me, me i the
l
b
i
. n ot b e all o wed to mu t t er t o h is C om M an in th e M oon ! I said efore (al
rogu e Uggli fiz io H a, b y St D omi th ough m y m odesty wou ld n ot suff er
n ic, as mu rky a n igh t as we cou ld wish me t o ex pati ate upon it ) t hat I do n ot
” ”
for ! N o, th e b lan ket of th e dark so o ften m m d f m
t i
b
g et an y e n on a e o e,

will hav e some h oles in it, an d th rough

y
t h em some lu n ar ra s will pen etrat e ;
as, u on reason a le con sideration of
p
t h e su erabun dan t pan eg ri c lavish ed y
i t is an equal chan ce t oo, that the said upon e moon , ma seem t o b e n atu
y
b lan ket may b e removed altoget h er ral an d ri h t h h m
B t
b
.
g u. in t e p o s t u ou s
—
Bu t e ough you may b e sure, con n ovel et of M rs Ro ert s I h av e a wh ole
b
n

n ected as I am wit h t h e m oon , t h at I ode in scri ed to me, an d, p artial as I

ca n n o t read fi cti tiou s works, con tai n am aware m j g
u d m e n t m u s t u cce a
ing t h ese discrepan cies, wit h all t he saril y b e in t e mat t er, I still do th in k
cool ness ofan u n con cern ed person N o, th at t h ou , C hristoph er, wilt allo w t hat
y
.

I get pu zzled— my wits t urn t 0psy man of th e stan z as h ave great merit
t urvy—an d I sh u t u the ook in de b I
.

su pose I am t o u n derstand that t h e

'

‘
p
spair N ot , in deed, t at all th ese li h t
.
p
sen ti men t s are in t en ded to come from
t roo s of th e lit erary squ ad are gui t y t h e h eroin e of th e tal e, rath er th eir
o f t e se —
fau lt s b u t sin ce I h av e b een t h e au th o ress Be it so
. I subj oin
.

so scrupu lous as n ot to m en tion th ose most of th e poem, all o wi ng m yself th e

wh o are t ran sgressors in t his sort ,
”
b en efi t of makin g a ru n n ing gloss up
I , on th e ot h er h an d, sh all n o t call up on it, for t he lady is sometimes a lit t le
b
t he lu sh of m odes t on t he ch eeks of y
t h ose who ei th er h av e steered clear of
ou t of h er reckon in g b u t , on th e
y
whol e, it is ex ceedin gl grateful an d
t heir fello w fi ction m ongers errors, or fl at terin g t o m e t o h av e b een so n o
’

y b
- -
,

else have so dex trousl em roil ed all t iced . The ode opens th us .

I .

M an of th e Moon ! en th roned on h igh,

Bright regen t of midn igh t sky,
th e
E arthi te s su pplian t sigh ,
’
Receive an
M an of the Moon
y
H ere, then , my humili t makes me confess, t hat the secon d lin e con t in s
a
the title of my liege mistress the Moon h erself, an d no t an appellation of mi ne .

2 .

Wh ate er th y form and nature be

’

L on g hav e I loved and Worshipped thee,

An d b een thy humb le vo tary ,
M an v t th c M o on !
'
14 A Second L etterfi aom the M an in the M oon .
E P ,
A I H ’

For in th y
E yes , nose,
b road and shinin
g face,
an d mou th, an d ch in I trace,
With man y a soft and smiling grace,
Man of the Moon !
4
b
.

’
Tis true, th y head is round and are,
An d seems to mourn the loss of hair,
A wig, for love of fashion, wear,
Man of the Moon !
my looks—in 11 v

deed, in the las t of th em, I am fearful t hat t he writer mis

'

es t h e m oon it .

my h ead ; oth erwise I know of no parti cular deficien cy in th e ou tside

b
honors of my rain pan—bu t let it pass, the n ext verse makes up for it al l
-
.

5 .

Bu t I will love th ee as thou art,

And give to thee my truan t heart,
And never from my vows de rt,
pg an of the Moon ! v

on now over four v erses and h ere I must beg leave t o say, t hat th e
in the l oth and 1 1th is of too
;
delicate a nature to admit of a p u lic b
10 .

When l in h er sil ver vest,

igy
n us
N earer orb a pears to rest ,

Does not one si

gf p
esca e th y
M
b reast,
an of

11 .

D ost t hou n ot feel some soft alarms,

wh ene er t h ou view st her charms,
’
An d lon
’

To stop er transit in th y an us,

Man of th e Moon
h eart goes pit -a- pat ev en at the
and os m
b o searching
-
qu eries

19 .

And t ell me, dost th ou never 6 ,

When mortals sleep (or seem eep) 55
b
And from th y cham er slil creep, y
Man of the Moon,

b y b
13 .

To watch this us world elow,

T o see how j oy is mixt with woe,
H ow often cares from pleasures flow,
Man of the Moon ;
14 .

And th en return unto thy s here,

Th y
Ey
p
es bedew d wit h pit s tear
’
y
For that thou hast witnessed here,
Man of th e Moon
15 .

Oh if thou wert to ossip giv en ,

y
H ow man a tale 0 E art h and Heaven
y
Thou dst tell from ros mom to even,
’

Man of theMoon !
To much of this my presen t and p revious let ter is a sufi cient answer.
 A Second L etter from the M an vs the M oon .

18 .

can stop a woman s t on gue ?

’
Ah who
Or, wh o like her a th eme prolong
One question more t hen , ri ght or wrong,
Man of the Moon !
19 .

Say, has t th ou ever yet expl ored,

Or dost th ou guard t he sacred h oard,

h uman wits tis
'
said are stored,
Man of th e Moon ?
2 0 .

I f such th y ofi ce, deign, 0 deign,

b
T o give me ac k m wits sin ,

For long I ve sear d for t em in v ain ,

’ ’

M an of th e M oon !
b
T o the lin es cited a ove, th e fair poet ess ann exes an explanator n ot e
y It
y y .

may, erhaps, be un n ecessar to remin d th e reader ofthe st or of Astolpho (as

rela tal by y
Ariosto wh o kin dly u ndert ook a vo age t o t h e M oon t o recover h is
friend s wits ; an when he was th ere, was surprised to fin d a phial in which
’

were his own I t would b e en tering in to t oo long a di squisi tion t o elucidate

y
-
.

t he econom of our sp h ere ; bu t if I ever wri te t o t hee, C h ristoph er, on the

ford th e in t elligen ce here requested
su bj ect of ou r v is ito rs, I may, p erh aps, af
y y
I n a verse I sh all n ow qu ote, th e livel lad makes merry in guessing at my pro
.

22 .

Wh en th e col d earth shall in t ervene

Th in e an d the solar orb et ween , b
b
Dost thou not squint ehin d th e screen ,
Man of the Moon ?
And in th e concludin g lin es, sh e expresses a wish , which
an d I am sure th at I have most t o deplore th at it was n ot .

2 3 .

With th ee to roa m th rough liquid skies,

Where lov e i
’
whi d di
’

b y
, t s spe r , nev er es,

How lest, as C n thia, would I rise,

Man of the Moon !
2 4 .

But if, in love and friendship sweet,

On earth congenial spirit s meet ,
Soon may I see thee at my feet,
Man of the Moon !
Th o wh o are not much in the way of fash ion t o b e sure, et not alto gether
s
e
y
recei ving favours deserving of th e shgh t s I ha ve expe
(p h
p u t a g re
an un due) v al u e on t h em, wh en th e
at er ap s
y rien ced, I can not say I shall b e sorr y
are kin dl offered h h for it M modest y W111 n o t b e sh ock
I
yy
.

y owever,
y
o
g
. .

t h at th e i n trin sic valu e 0 th e s t l e in ed, if I e ould see m self allu ded to

b y
which the on e a ove, so pret t il b e
s to wed on me, is con ve ed, wi ll in duce
y
more frequen tl , eith er in prose or in
verse Bu t I am arrived at th e en d of
—
.

t h y admirers, most po ular C hristo my paper and, perchan ce, Christo

h l k i w i h f b h r, of t h

y
p er t o oo u t t n p t
p
y
o n a ey e o e p e a l en
—and Ifth e poem sh ould h ave
,

n ign
ga
be m self th in e,
'

or not, I an
y
the ect of giving a hin t that I am a

p er so na g e , th ou g h ra
th e r g on e o ut of THE MA N I N T H E M O O N .
 m B a rry is the Garden q Iantr .
Bp ;
A t il

L E TTE R T O n u: i nt ro s ,
I ad oring Revery in the Garden ofP lants wi th Ode, written in the Cemetery
ere L a Cha is e, a t P a ris
q .

M3 Em m
b
a,

Y o u will dou t be won dering wh o wrote t his, and wh y it was

no sen t to

y ou, an d wh erefore th e person wh o sent it did n o t t ell ou who h i an d so

y e s,

Bu t I will soon explain all th is to With regard to the why I will tell
y y
y ou .
,

m m h
’

y ou plain l , t ha t it was sen t for t h ea u se en t of our reade rs as t o t e who ,

-

th e writer woul d n ot permit me t o tell his n ame an d for th e wherg ore, I

’
-

du rst n ot , un til I know how you like th e pieces, not b eing permit ted t o send

t hem on an y o th er t erms
y
.

The truth is, th e were composed by my particul ar frien d, (of whom I am

y
fond, an d so is h e o f me b u t you n eed n o t say an y th ing of this , ) who
y
v er

is apt t o in dul ge in rev eries, makin g verses, and su ch trumper ; b ut wh o, so

far from having an y in clin ation hith erto to have an y of th em prin ted, scarce-r
ly even writes them H owever, fin ding th ese upon su j ects t hat migh t in te-s b
y
.

rest, or at l east amuse some of our readers, I hav e rev ail ed wi th him t o let
p
me sen d th em to you, for th e purpose ofbein g in serted i n our Maga zin e, sh ould
'
y
it please you to do so An d to prove to y ou h o w v er disin terested h e 18, an d y
y b
.

how ver lit tle he th in ks of eith er praise or lame m th ese said reveries of his,
I will h ere give you th e copy of a song, wh ich I snat ch ed from him on e even
ing h e came home from viewin g th e set ting sun descen ding on his gl orious
y b
as -

cl oud thron e, as h eexp resses it T his will l et you kn ow et ter hi s mann er

.

of th inkin th n any thi ng I can tell ou.

g a
y
M y l on ely ught
sil en t th o Nat ure, divinely drest
I would n ot sell I n rich attire,
For all th e b rilliant glory bought W akes, with her music, in the breast
B y deeds of arms , A soft er gl ow,
O r all that fame can t ell An d makes th e soul respit e
O fp ag eantry s alluring charms. A purer b liss than all belo w
’
.

Fame cann ot yie l d me joy ; Ah ! wh en I mu st exp ire,

H er t rumP may sou n d Beside a grove

For who h er fickle b reath employ Could I b e laid t o see retire
Sol s parting ray !
’
T o spread their praise
I onl y h0pe that , crotvn d
’
Al on e with h er I love,
With peace, will en d my humb le days . I n n atu re s hymn s to sigh my soul
’
awa
yi

You Mr E dito r, that this is somewh at ex travagan t in its way, and

y
see, son g

s ee ms t o in dicate an excessive attach men t to n at ural scen es, n ot ver connn on

to th ose wh o hav e spen t th e greater part of th eir time in t owns . I think the
mechanism of it is al so more complicated than th at of our songs m a d ly in,

t h ou gh it does n ot a l ess smooth on that accoun t . H owever, as I a ll! “

y b
ppear

s ing, and may be mistaken, I leave this to our et ter knowledge .

An d m Si
I a r,

Y y b
,

our ver h um le servan t,

An t ony,

l ’
. S .
— Sh ould t his lease ou, it is possi le I may induce my frien d
p y b to let
me b t l l tl
‘

yo u so m e more o f h is arm? ’J a
’
N .
 R every in the Garden ofP la nts . 17

A R E VE RY I N T H E G A RD E N O F P L A N T S

WI T H A N OD E , W RI T T E N I N T H E C E M E T E RY OF P E B E L A C H A I S E ,

A T P A RI S .

T a n s : mir streets , en closed b yy spread here me y

y y yy
tin frag
cen tre, so

m alls an d to werin g h ouses, men ts of t h eir t ops t o gratif our w on

g l oo
c h ase ever
w
pl easan t t h oug ht awa y . derin g gaz e T h e m et als, cr stallized
'

b
.

I ll en ter in t o this garden , or rather, in com in at ion wit h th e po werfii l acids,

’

in to t his st ore h ouse of nature H ere i d l h

y
- .
p re s en t n g r o u s an c u s t er s t eir v a

ever thing seems to b e collect ed t hat rion s forms an hu es, t h at mock th e

can please th e eye, or grat ify the i ma p ow er o f a rt , a n d se t i t at d efi an ce .
r

gin ation T hese pleasan t walks, with

. T here, preserved in alcoh ol, or h an g
i eld deligh t
t rees, t h at in g pen dan t from th e roofor walls, t he
overarching
ful shade an d sh elter agains t t he su m
y
y b
deadl serpen t is displa ed, of every y
mer su n an d win ter las t , seem to ia b race or t ri e ; f

y rom t h at small as
vi te t he stu dious an d t h e melan chol
y y whose deadl chillin g v en om froze a
warm, volupt uou s stream th at flow ed
t o con templation an d wild rever
b b y
.

H ere inha its ever plan t that sp rings in C leopatra s v ein s, t o th e h orrific
’

from n at ure s osom, from th e loft ,

'
— y b oa, t hat, un dau n t ed, with proud an d
towerin g cedar, t h at lifts h is h ead, and darin g cres t , waged sin gle war again st
spreads ou t h is arm s in gloriou s ma
y l b
a Roman arm y
T h ough harmless an d
.

e seems t o
’
l k h w i in n ocen t , th eir very fi
j i i
b
e s t , sco r n n g a e t e n t er s as t
ing storm, an d the sweet scen ted gale ch ase t h e s tream of li a
b ack t o its
-

of sprin g, even to th e h um l e, modmt, source, an d fills th e min d with h orror;

s weet s mel lin g violet, t h at spreads a

-
E ven th e e e, as if s pa t h e ti c, r ef u
rou n d its u n assu ming odours, it self
b b
ses to b e p eased wi brill ian t colours
u n seen —cc hu m le an d o scure vir at tach ed to a form t hat in spires t error

t ue sheds around her happin ess and t o the min d, an d mov es t h e h eart with
h h i b f b
un u t t era le disgus t
y
p eac e , t ou g , u no t r u s v e, o t en u n .

rceiv ed T h e fi rm race displa th eir variou s

p e .

N o care is wan tin g here T h e h ard

b y won drou s orms eside th em b T he
by
.

m reath es free it s n a m b ry t rackless wav e, t h e deep a ss,

'

p l a n t o f E Ope
'

t iv e air ; th e t en der, delicate plan t of o cean s t h ou san d cav es, giv e u

’

b
an
p
African , or I n dian soil, rej oices in th e theirgreg arious or solitary in ha it an t s,
b
agreea le climat e of the hot h ouse t ha t n o thi n g may he wan t in g t o com
b
-
.

E ven th e aquatic plan ts here sprmd, p le t e th is asse m la g e H e r e. t h ey a r e

an d win d, an d t win e, in seeming con all, form ed for at tack, defen ce, or fii h t,
g
fusion , in th eir n atu ral elemen t , pre accordi ng t o th eir v arious n at u res an d

sen tin g to in n um erabl e in sects a hu t h eir u ses Some win ged, q ui t for
.

mid cou ch an d t en der nourish men t . a m omen tary space t h eir n ative
Bu t t hat cabinet con tains with in its men t ; some spread th eir lit tle sail up
alls a s till more rare assem on th e gl as sy su rface of th e wave, an d
b
p re ci o u s w
lag e of won ders T h ere th e black wan t on sport al on g, wh en zeph r s y ’

b
.

v olcani c rocks display t h eir regular mi ldest reath s carce ripples o er t h e

’

i m ati c fo rm s t o th e ast on ish ed vu l deep ; o th ers sit , ch ain ed upo n th eir

p
g
r s
ar, an d discrimin atin g e, an d as k
H ere are t e variou s
n ati ve ro ck, scarcel en dowed with m o y
i n vest igation t ion or wit h life, an d fin ish th eir ex
—
.

tr if h t io ns t h ere, t h e common , t h e ist en ce wh ere it b egan wh ilst o t hers,

p e c ,

rare, an d p recious crystals presen t th em impelled b y t h eir organ ic l ocomot ion ,

sel ves in sys t ematic order, shin in g in or eager sp ort , or raven ou s desire, m ove
n ati ve spl en dou r, p ure, an d u nsu llied u n impeded t hrough t h e migh t y deep,
from the wo m f b — sh e seem s ou t stripp in g th ev elocit ofI n dian sh ips y
b
o na t ur e ,

t o hav e form ed them in her freaks, m oving efore the con stan t win ds t h at
herself al on e T he han d of fill t heir cro wded sail s T heir forms,
'

to
fl b
. .

li i h h — h or roun d, or fl at , or smooth , or prick

y
w
y
art a se er e e e n u s
y , t ese
b rillian t agates test if in power T here l y, are all with regu larit arran ged,
are the various mar les, earths, an d b .

accordin g t o t h eir race, or tri e, or iii b

st on es —
y
. T he primitive rocks, wh ose
m ight colu mn s offour t housan d miles
mil y .

T h e moa ke world at tract s our cu

rest on the dark prcfmi nd of nature s
’

rions e ye T ugh dead, an d silen t ,

.
18 B enn y i n the Garden ofP lants E P L
A fi
b
.

motionless, their various at titudes seated side side, see m hav e

an d
y
not to
are so well feign ed, th at et th e seem forgot t hat were chosen b y the
to p l ay th e i
y
r imita tive tri cks, an d gaz e qu een of l
r ey
ove t o represen t h er amo
on u s wi th a m alig nan t sn eer, as though rous dallian ce ; t hough not more t en
t h ey scorn ed th e secon d place in ani der, faith fu l more than she Th e hal
b y y
.

mated n ature Bu t this is n o t doub t c on h ere, et okenin g h app da s , dis

b y
.

fi i l , th eir place is fi xed y e dou b ting ay s h is eau t T h eO s trich , strong

p .

h l h i i est of t he feath ered race, and fi eet est

k
b
p i o s op e rs , w e as n ot y o u r o p n o n
we h av e a monitor within our osoms, in t he course of all t hat timid fl y or
a b rillian t spark ofev er livin g fi re, t hat-
hold pursue, displa s th os e pl umes y
l igh ts th e way to ev erlas tin g t ru th . t h at hav e so long t ime waved upon the
N ow fierce, as if in life, th e monarch
’
warrior s crest , an d len t a grace to
o f th e woods darts h is appallin g glare h eigh ten female charms T h e stock .

an d n ear him th e f erocious tiger seems dov e seem s to coo h is plain t ive n ot e ;
b b
reat h e un u t t era le rage ov er th e an d, seated on h is ran ch , with eleva b
to
b leed in g ten der fii wn , yet strugglin g b
ted ill, th e ch armin g nigh tin le, the
fi
in the of partin g hfe T h e polar rin ce of son , seems yet to c l len ge
.
p g
e fi erce h us , an d th e rave ocean , eart h , an d air, to im itat e his
b ear,
n ou s wolf, seem t o liv e, an d gnash y
l ov el plai n tive strain , t hat lu lls the
th eir horrid j aws at the
y b
eh olders,
b feat h ered n ation s to repose th at st eals —
as t h ou gh th e could n ot rook delay deligh tful on th e ch arm ed ear, in api
Th e eleph an t sta n ds th ere, stron gest
.

rin g dream s of liss b

T hat ch arming
y b
.

of an imal s, t he glor an d th e s tren gth g en t le ird , t h a t d w ells so m u ch u p on

of I n dian kin gs Beside t h e sleek t h e win g, seems a fit h abit an t fin p i

b
’
.

Ara ian , stan ds th e small T artar h orse, radisian grov es, wherein t o b uild its
y
with sh agg coat ; h ith er h e trav elled
U b y
happ nest, an d sip t he essen ce of am
b
from t h e ral m ou n tain s, earing h is b rosial dews Th e lofty ird of Jove
.

va ed warri or t o th e figh t , th ro ugh l ooks roun d him with au dacious

g bb
e,
'

p s of sla in , an d riv ers t in ed wit h

g h oldin g th e in n ocen t lam en eath
b lood, stun n ed with th e thu nder of claw, as th h secure t hat n one dare
con ten ding n at ion s th e way was m uch come t o rob im of his prey Bu t
y
.

t oo distan t t o return , he could n o lon g wh y thi s part icularit N or space, nor

er figh t, an d so h e gav e hi mself t o
T h e oth er animals, or wild
y
l en gth ofda s, h as scarcel b een sufii y
scien ce cien t t o keep t h e rarit ies of nat ure
b
.

or tame, or fi eet or slow, h ave all their from th is a ode of wonders Th ere, a .

p lac e , t h ei r fo r m s a n d a t ti t u d es, as n a few feat h ers , t ied togeth er, seem more
t ure made t h em in th eir nativ e climes sacred t han th e rest What are th oy ?
b . .

Th e world h as een ran sacked from Wh at v irtu e can there be in a handful

u tmos t orien tal isl es, to wh ere t he An of feat hers ? Wh y t h ey are not hin g
des h eaves his lofty h ead t o gaze alon e l ess than feathers of the I his, t h e
b b
-

upon Aurora s lush es, wh il e yet th e rom th e lan d of

’
sacred I is, f t,
lower world lies wrapped in sleep ; from t b at w ors hipper o fevery b es st an d
T erra Aus t ralia to t h e frozen Pole, ravish ed from th e ch am ers of t he si b
where n atu re, laid in ch ain s, den ies
b b
len t t om , where li h t had n ever pe
exist en ce to organ ic ein g ou r t ousan d years hai l
T he man y eo pled air h as sen t h er
. n etrated un til f
Four th ousan d ears ! y
p
by rolled away
y
-
.

delegates t o thi s assem l , from all h er B y t his amazing flood of da s, ho w

n ation s, f am ilies , an d t rib es
ran ks are fii ll an d ov erflowin
T heir . y
man cities, with t heir peopl e, an d
— even nat ion s,
g O f a ll . t h eir sa cred sh r ines ,

t hat mou n t on hold an d daring , on ti wi th th eir impo ten t an d l ying Gods,

y
morous or tard wing, h ere sits th e b
h av e een s wept down in to the awful
se men tativ e t o an swer for his race
g
. ocean of o livion ! b
T tra elli n g swallow eems, in its Th e in sect n ations are n ot h ere n o
z
native l ng uage, to talI of fo e l1 s l t d t h ug h so m e o f t h em so s m a ll
glh t
( ec e , o
lands , and lon g fatigui ng fligh ts he visual orb scarce deign s to recog
y
livel wren , j ust springin g from th e
e
n ize th em Shells t oo, of ev er kin d,
. y
t wig, resen t s a icture of an imation are here, common an d rare, that dec k
p p
Th e li t tle hummi ng ird, dres t ou t in -
b .

t he marg in of th e In dian sea, or Ah i c a

b
’

all th e resplen den ce of t h ose colou rs Our milder climat es

first stolen b its an cestors from the
urn in g sh ores .

furnish their share, n or are Colum ia s b ’

b
rain ow, enges the artist to imi sh ores exem ted f rom the tri u t e b
h
.

ta te its hues The faithful turtles,

. The provi en t sagacious bee dwells
rear ) . Rem a. the Garden g rew . 19

here in state ; the noisy idle cricket sexual in tercourse hy subtile penetra
b
dwell s eside her 3 but how unlike each ting dust, lies concealed .

Th ere, t oo, is traced, and openl dis y

other ! The locust, that sad scourge
of nation s, has quitted his destructive p la ed t hr ou gh al l i ts t s rings
, se cre
p
deep recesses, the mechanism of
b
a
that radian t shine t hat eautiful, graceful, and n oble
out his double wi
with green an d go d T he industrious being, man That man, whose lim s b
b b
. .

silk wor m , that, like t he careful bee, at once com in e o th strength an d

ew w e
-

w s g race ; v h ose x i i di
z p
e r ess r v s g
i
N e a e s

a g
M
l h i f
h
side i
y
t t t
ig r
oo p s l
pe ne ra l so r
o y a n
— g
’

m ot h m oth t hat fl u t ters so that scorns ti nar w b ound

y ,

round the flame, with mauy a turn and

wheel, nor can perceive the dan ger n u
til it is consumed ! Attracted b the y
f l m w h b
l
b
r e o reg p
a o p, at are yo u et
g a
t er, vam am itious man, who headlong
dri ve to oin the splendid laze It b Whose modest love, an d an imating
yb
’

on l ter shines in fierce combus smile, inspire him to deeds of valour

tion , an d you are qui te extinguished an d offame nurse of his tot tering old
b y its eams b y
.

The gloom hull, and savage uffalo b

a e an d
g
hrs cares, h
tender infancy , the partner of
ofhis y
ou th, and foun

t ogether stan d, with stem defian ce tain whence is purest lessure flows .

Why do you ever wear e face ofsad

n ess ! or, like the siren, smile but to

and na med them all, and

poin ted o ut
th eir uses, where dwells the soul ?
H ow does she impress her arbitrary
comman ds, that are, an d must be
by
o e ed ? How can pure an d immate
rialb eing act upon ma t ter gross, im
?
p u r e I fi n d yo u can n o t an sw er t h is,

or answering, only sh ew ho w extra

nor needs sh e n ow a silken veil y
vagan t an d vain are all our wild eon
yy
to cover
what her vile possessor only wish ed to j ec tn res . E m p lo o u r w isd om t he n
sh o w Th ere stands the assassin , n u on mort al things, t o heal our wounds,
b
.

der whose ruthless daggu the cele ra '

to lessen mortal woe, and leave the
t ed Kleber closed h is eyes ; b is high
enthusiasm for his coun brooked n ot
t o let escape even one so tar sigh to
y
'

y
if h f h i l m
y
g ra t t e ear o s cru e t or e n tors .

Th ere other ghastl shapes of animal s

an d men , avariciousl withheld by
g p g
ra s in scien ce from t e cr
ya v
an d th ose u n seeml , hideous a ortion s
in y
g tom ,

b b
of nat ure, that n ev er were in tended to

scien ce keeps her court where ever

b
t ree, and shru , an d animating odori
y
ferous flower, and microscopic plan t ,
are careth ll ex l i d t ll wh
y p a ne o a o
c hoose t o h ear And, not an openin g
b
.

b ud, qr fi re, colour, or shade, or

VO L . I X .
fi) Révery i n the Garden qfPlan ts:
them Then , aft er kin dl
. yb
illin g with rible he is when rou sed
b y b
Near h im .

y
his spouse, h e raises up his sp len did t he ear pla s of his clums tri c ks
an , t he mos t magn ificen t th e h e gen tl t um l es down u po n h is
circl ing f
b b
'

um verse can oast , ob serv es it w ith an ack, an hi h in der paws, an d

'

s
g r a s a

eye th at sp arkl es with delight , loo ks at moun tin g on s pole u p to th e v ery

y b
‘

it , looks in , then sh akes his win gs, to p, sta n ds like a migh t lu b er lo o k

an d screec es ou t h is h oarse repulsiv e in g rou nd to fi nd appl au se ; th en , slo w

Y y
n ote to t estif his ecstac y
of pleasu re an d cau t iou sl y descen din g , aft er h e
.

h as reach ed th e grou n d, he drags al on g

onder sits t h e rav en , th at sad por
b
tentou s ird, an d croaks h is frigh tful his great u n wieldy b ul k , an d like som e
y
y b
no te, fore odin g woes t o come : t h e pett lap dog , sits h im do wn with u rn s -

might vu lt ure h ears the welcome ex ten ded wide, an d gapin g j aws, t o
sou nd, looks rou n d with e es of flam e,
h
y f
wat ch th e lit tle morsel he h as earn ed
m l h m r an d
.

and sh arp s i cla s prepa i ild d d i

y
s w r n
g o r H o w-
an oc e e se e s .

th e pre . T he ch at terin g j ay, th e yet he pardon ed n o t t h e darin g soldier

screech in g parro t , an d th e siren lin n et , wh o wen t in t o h is den for love of gain
b
.

mind n ot th ese omin ou s fore odin gs T h at lou d trem en dou s roar of Af

b
.

T he winkin g st upid owl, th at h ates ric s rin dled lion , mixed wit h t h e
’

th e ligh t of day, sits solitary sighin g yelpin g of the eager fox, an d h ow li n g

for the moon T he po werful fal con o f th e h u n gr , discon ten t ed w olf,
.

yy y
sit s upon h is perch , liv el , as t h ou gh th rills on th e vi tal ch ords th at t ou ch
d in g h is air rse after h H w w
y h i i
b
p p
r e a r e t o w co u t e e ar t ,
n s p r in g t e r r o r o a .

’
th e rapid whirls of fl in g partridge, or ful, were it h eard on Afric s urni n g
h ast t imorous hare . lai n s, m usin g th e w ear travell er from y b
T ese small in clo sures all h av e th eir se, wit h h u mid ro w ,

inhabitan ts . b
Some row se u po n th eir with parch
is sh ort r
an d t rem lin g lip , wi t h b
nativ e h erb s, an d fin d solace un der b u rn in g v ein s an d h oll ow lan guid eye,
t hose trees t ha t grow n tan eous on wit hout a sh elt er or t h e mean s o f
th eir n ativ e plain s, or ad wave up fl h h h h i i h m l d
b b
y ig t t ou g ere t s a r ess an

on t heir mou n tain tops in n ocen t as t he leat in g of t h e lam ,

b b
.

T h ere grazes at his ease th e n o le th e trou led air forgets n ot to perform

an b
and 3 reads th e ranch h on ou rs y h er fun ction s in giving n otice of t h e
of io h g here dwells the fleet, th e dreadfu l sou n d .

tl e, t imid, mou n tain roe, t hat seems B t l t m h l im se f t h ese

g en u e e av e o ne g p o
to have forgot its Alpin e solitu des, and t errifi c forms, wh ose awful v oice makes
flies n o lo n ger from t he face of man an im at ed n atu re trem le
y . The rest b .

T h e audaciou s goat presen ts h is h orn less leo pard walks from side to side,
b
h ead, an d learn s th e li t tle on es to utt sh ows h is spo t t ed clo thin g, t h en stops
an d pla y . T h e sh eep , of various races, sh ort , an d set s his piercin g eyes, an d
various lan ds, lik e t rav ellers in th eir squ at s h im do wn as t hou gh prepared
nativ e costu me, h ere appear Th is t o take t h e mu rderous sprin g
. N 0, .

corn ea f rom wh ere t he o verflowin g ch ildren , do n o t fly , th ere is no dan

N ile rolls over his slim bed his t h ou y ar th ese b ars wou ld h old h im th ough
sand waves, b
ackward b
eatin g th e sea g
is po werful mu scles were stron g
with such recoil , t hat N ep tu n e s eme enough t o raise h im t o t h e clouds
’
.

rald t h ro ne own s for a momen t t h e T h e po rcupin e embattled sits en cir

tremen dou s sh ock .T he o t her o wn s cled wit h h is S pears, read at on ce for
a firr more distan t lan d : his fath ers
y
close at ta ck or distan t m issile war
b
.

dwel t where Africa presen ts, in proud T h e rest , excep t that grum lin g fi erce
disdain , a t owerin g b
arrier to th e y
h mns , are h ush ed in sil en ce What
b
.

South ern Ocean ; an d spreads a ta le can n o t t im e an d h uman art perform

b
high and road, wh ere all the Gods L ook h o w t h at might lion , w ith y
y
t hat on Ol mp us dwel t, or wild ima horrid shaggy man e an d ou tstre t ch ed
i i v er kn ew, mi h t feas t an d m h i bd d
l
b
g na t o n e
g p a w s , ie s s l u er i n g in s en , a n
rav e] in licen t ious mood, nor wan t suf in h is osom fearless l ies t h e dog :
fi cien t space . man s migh t ies t en e m , an d kin des t
Withi n that hollo w den the tusky t ruest frien d of all the an imal s in na
’
y
b oar lives with h is fam ily he wallows tu re s wide do mai n , un it ed in t he cor
’

in the mire, like all his fil th y race, t o dial b o n ds o f peace

b
c ool his um in skin , t hen sh akes h im Wh at is this ticket larger than th e
.

s elf, displa s is horrid teet h , an d oth ers th at ear the names of all t h ese b
b ristles up hi s man e, to show how t r p la n ts ?
e
T h ese M e d icin al Plan ts are
 e y is the Garden
q lanto .

”
o r t he
cul tivated here f m
walls, that tell no tales of sufferings or
of th e Poor.
T his is good in deed ! I n this immense crimes
di
No misera le wret ch is n ow
viding his small
. b
rofusion of nature s stores and rari
’

p p i t t an ce wit h th e
ties, ho w kin d t o think but fo r a mo mice, in kind ret urn for their welcome
men t of the poor ! H o w few in this compau No lon el sorrowin g soul,
y y y y
wide world of pride, of t ran n , o f with in is solitar loat hsome dungeon ,
graspin g avaricious selfishn ess, t hin k
th e su f
ferin g !
o blig ed to spend his wear lin geri ng
days in trainin spiders on th e due
y
of th e sorrows o f poor

who, swellin g in t heir gorgeous shows walls, to k eep e min d from losin

of stat e, gro an b
en eath th e b urthen
'

i ts powers, or urst ing in to madn ess

H ow well for man were all t hese dread
b g
.

o ftheir weal th, t e rodu ce of th e po or

man s sweat , an d Is our of his h an ds,
’
b
ful ills anished for ever from our mor
dare t hink at all of such a despica le
b b tal sph ere, t o visit it n o more
by
Bu t t y ..

Yet there are somewho seewith ran ts st ill will rei n , h

y
ein g ? w tsoever
g a
urer ligh t , wh o see that men are ual name t h e ma b e call ed ; an d s uf f
p
l n th eir n at ure an d th eir ri h ts ;
y
y
ing humanit still will weep, an d give
er ,

y b
at
g
th ose who enj o a rig h ter i n t ellect or it s plain tive murmurs t o th e win ds,
b
more li eral fortune, mus t use their t hat dare n ot whisper th em t oo loud on
b
in fluence to make men happ or e b the oppressor s car, ecause he is en
d d m
’

b
u nj us t . An d could you , laur Blu g ga e , an u s t n o t b e d is tu r ed .

cher, thin k but for a momen t, t o place H ere is a fun eral come, let me fol:
less arm on this sacred spo t ! l ow it to wh ere th e wicked cease from
y ou r l aw
Alas, y our laure here had perished
b b
tro u lin g H ow few the mourn ers are!
.

an d even th ose few do n ot seem and

like o eni ng buds efore the northern
b p
last H ere wisdom has laid u h er
“
y
T he onl wear th e garb of sorrow
Perh aps e departed was poor, or litt le
.

s tores, h ere s ages long hav e t o an d

b righ t persuasive eloqu en ce has flowed kno wn , or useless to societ y Perhaps .

t o s ced th e ligh t of scien ce over th e h e was a stran ger ; like me, a poor nes
wor p
i lec ted solitar st ranger, a lo ne] wan
y E y
T here, ke
let me pass mb
r, t ake our fee, an d
ridge of Austerlitz
I t has n o fault ex cept the name .
.
erer in a forei n lan d ; de riv
g
b
t he ties of lood, an d claims of frien d
shi , th at sweet en social life, that f
p
p d

o n
a

d
ll

S tran ge, m u st it for ever b e, th at ly t ry t o th ro w a veil upon our errors,

one man s h on our is an ot h er s sh am e !
’ ’
an d eagerl y
at t em t t o ren der less se
M us t th ese proud mon um en ts of on e v ere t h e ru d m h
y b yp t t e
gg e oo ss e o
a a
g
n ation s glor b e raised to t hrow dis tom
’
. Perhaps he wH ut n o, u
h ? W h i h m more ; conj ect ures here are vein : the
b
g ra c e u po n ano t er ere s t e e
ri t, if we can on l y oast t h e weakn ess, Cemetery of P are la Cha ise presen ts a
or t he crimes, or th e mista kes of our p l ace ofrest an d silen ce t o th e eni h t

ed pil rim, to whom all ot her cares are

g b
Oppon en ts in the race offame and strife
for empire ?
s mall on eith er side
I
fear th e merit is b u t
g
n ow superflu ou s T h e n arrow h ouse
.

For h e wh o loses n o w open s t o receive it s n ew inh abi

y b
.

la s the lame on fate ; an d he wh o Our m o th er eart h, like a k in d

y
t an t .

g a in s app lauds h im self, h i s w e ll lai d -

p a ren t , rec eive s ag ai n h er w ear c hil d
sch emes, an d darin execu tio n So t h u s in to her lap, an d spreads aroun d his
al ternatel y g .

h ead such solemn stillness, t hat urst b

y
we own free w ill a nd fa te,
accordi ng as th e s uit ou r purpose
T h ere, t h ere is t he place where stood
. in g worlds migh t roar in wild con vul
sive th un ders rou n d h is bed, with out
that dre a dfu l pile t hat f rown ed on in fri n ging on h is dee r Yes ;

l oad ofslaver y bb y
n g Fran ce, un a le t o su stai n the
Bu t L i ert once rou s
h ere is o n e frien d 8 let
t hat span iel leaps in to t he grave, an d
See how

cd—O glorious L i ert b y

.

! t he Bas tile will no t qui t his master Men aces are .

su n k a mass of ruin s, an d all h er n ot eno ugh he will not stir : h e must

dun geons, dark resoun din g cells, and b e t orn ou t by
force T he grave is .

clan ki n g ch ain s, an d sou n ds of woe, closed, an d yet h e will n ot quit it He .

ceased t o exist for ever No man n o w

. scra es awa
p t h e e ar t h , an d m ou rn s
with an iron m ask is t here complain wit h s uch a amcn t able v oice, h e almost
y
ing of th e cruelt of his in exora le t y b makes me weep N ow, though ound, b
y by
.

force, he s ll looks
ti
ran t s, who, n ot con ten t to rob h im of an d drawn awa
b y
h is li ert , permitted no t ev en his v isage b ack with ea er eye upon t 0 spo t

by d y g
y
.

to be seen, except ark an d gloom What strange fidelit is this I t seems

 the Garden ofP lants p fil,
'

2 2 Revery 4s .

by
e on d the
n o t un derst an d it
po wers of instinct.
Il I do First Cause, and down agai n to the
smallest at oms of uni nformed mat t er
eave it then t o
y
. .

u
y ,
o
y migh t reasoners, who coun t ,
e Th is place is si ar ; I feel oppreu
or t h mk you coun t, the links of that ed wi th reveren ti awe, an d mou rn ful
infin ite chain , from man up to the great though ts t hat crowd upon my so ul .

OD E W R I T T E N IN THE C E DI E T E RY OP PB B E LA C H AI SE .

mil d, th e sky A moth er s h ope, a moth er s woe ;

’ ’

Tn ] : evening seren e,

Th e zephyrs through th ese poplars whia Raft ofh er last sad hold to life—h er ch ild ,
a h g low, And, like a reed amid the snow,
p
And al around this sol emn scen e B en din b en eath the sto rms of win
That gives th e min d a mels nmoly glow, d .

My weary , wandering steps retain, Real , undis guised e iction h ere, m

Wh ere peace, and rest , and silen ce reign . S heds on the grave a bitter t ear .

D ech mng decay,

'

nature feels
Touch d b y Octob er s ever- with erin
’ ’

H er fru its, her flowers, her foliage gay ,

T hat Sp discl osed, an d S ummer ss w Wh ere graves mu st n ever spread alarm s ,
To wound a youthful widow
’
s ch ar ms .

Sh e shade, and soon h er smilin g face

T urns pal e i n Win ter s cold emb race
’
.

Paris, expanded t o th e ey e,
H er b arriers wide and palaces displays ; An d reign supre me, in letters
Her lofty t owers that kiss th e sky , gol d
Rscd ve the trib ute of a parting bl aze, No pious rites thyIlabours crave
E re yet th e sinking sun retires T o gil d the borders of the
g rave.

mm
T o west ern worl ds with all his fi res
Death mocks th y care, and acorns th y
.

P aris, t han ofancien t Rome, H e clips amb ition s wing, and

’
a
Thou han g queen of arts and nurse l ow ;
of war, Gath ers the spoils of age to
In di ee b right science finds a home, H eaps up confused the
You th en vel oped in clw ds , a leading star,

m
an d f ee,
Wh ose rays the mys hs u plet a An d h om amid the ruins hi h
'

g
Of wondro us worlds o wn b ef ore . H e throws his dart, and m uons die .

I n th ee the gam est er dwell s s ecure ; What marb le tomb attracts my view,
Ven us, l ed b y the dance, di e so n g, the That see ms to scorn the wasting hand of

U nblushing s ends her joys i mpure,

And many virtues in her arms expire
Beari
time.

m
its scul pt ured honours n ew,
And solid pyram idal fro n t sub lime 7
B ut here n o mo re her incense b urns Ah ! is Massen a th en no more,
Mi d“ graves and monumen tal urns H is sword th en sheathed, his battl es o er P
’

And so th ou scaled the Al , and bore

'

Ps n s , nb ehold t hy kindred dust

H a n p ets , heroes, friends, an d l ov ers T error and ruin o er I "
s plaine,
’

d esp . Saw prou d Germania drunk with gore,

Csust than a t ear spare for th e just 9 And trembling L usitania dread thy
Or hast t ho u charged t he stone for thee t o
weep For what hide thee h ere, and n ever
to
And t augh t with care the doleful yew Wake more the voice of war for ever .

T o hear thy so rro ws ever n ew

H ere, too, T H E B n n v n s r o r T H E n n n v z
'

H ere D elille, h is harp at rest L ies l o w, wrapp din ob scurity and shame ;
’

Th ese eloiss , with her sage of yore, No flo wer breathes fragran ce o er his grave,
’

Their l oves rej oin d , their wro ngs redrest , Nor simpl est mon umen t rela tes his nnme
’

B y en v s poison d shaft s assail d no H e rose, he shon e, his course was bright

’ ’ ’

y
As met eor s glare on b row of night
’
.

Oppression h ere in vain woul d try

'

T o draw a tear or force a sigh .

That little cross, that sn ow- whit e rose,

E mblem ofvirtue, inn ocence, and you th,
Tell where the mortal spoils rep ose,
Of beauty adorn d b y piety and truth her tender heart
’
S ee how, con vulsed,
A simpl e to mb ! bu t want could spars l a ments its b etter, dearer part .

No more to tell it mother s care,

’
 Ode Written in the Cemetery q ere la Cha ise . 2 3

The stars ofni ht advance a ace,

‘

g .

She lays upon her lover s lowly bed

’
I n silent maj esty they th eir
M ryin g eyes can hardl y trace
Ho ping with time it may expan d,
’ '
S he lants the boucar d laurel o er his
yp
r ese n ames ofgen erations pass d away,
’

p
sad H ere in c blivion s mantl e roll d,
’ ’

Forgo t—as tales that have been to ld

.

W hat han d pourtray, what t ongu e could .

tell
The anguish of that last farewell
But ye are not forgo t , ye fe w
Whose modes t virtues, from the world
S he quits th e grave as if unseen .

Now let me read who silent dwells be Sou ht gl

not t h e
a r e of p ub lic View ;
lo w ose deeds of pu rest charit y ins ired
p
—
.

Sl eep my E ugenio thou hast b een m

Th e it t ed soul , t h e poor t o b ear
’

The htn ess of my so ul that now — Th eir load of misery and care .

kno w
T o h eavenly harps you r lofi y praise,
Nor ray ofhop e, n or pl eas ure shin e
” Amid th e sil ence of you r sl eep profound,
Till Julia s heart is cold as thine
’
.

A voices pure shall raise ;

O sim l e, pl easing L afontaine, nd

you shall be with last in
g glory

oliere, p rin ce of the comic muse, cro wn d,

’
O
Before your t omb s who can refrain, G lory immortal , as your b eings pure,
Or who the trib ute of a sigh refuse t en t h ese material worlds no more en

T o b rilliant genius sl umb ering laid ‘l ure .

In fi ght s impen et rab le shade !

’

o r r o v s sm
’
o uu u u s n arro ws

T m s is an in teresting an d instruc
’

hav e adap ted a ish sim licit b by

p T he y .

t ive little volu me, an d ough t t o be read I talian s are n o thing in pai n tin g T h e
with at tention by y
ever stu den t of ain t example of Can ova has drawn all t h e
.

in g, who is anxiou s to rise to di stin c

p
y
risin g talen t ofhis cou n t r men t owards y
t ion i n bis ert I t is written in an eas scul p ture ; and th ere is n ot a
y p ain ter
.

and familiar man n er, an d refl ects cre in I tal , wh o, in t h e v ariou s provin ces
dit on Mrs G rah am s good t aste an d of art, can compare with an y on e ofour
’

critical discrimin ation T o th ese qua . academician s ; n o t to speak ofth e s len

p
fi ‘ fiom’ so u
$2
did talen ts we ossess un conn ected with
Bh
to su ccess

f er nudertakmg, t h e Academy
p
x
e nu ress a

ears t o add, in sp eaking ofBritish a In writing th e memoirs ofso illus tri

p
rats, a degree of can dour an d li erali b ous an d excellen t a m an, as Nich olas
Pou ssin , we can readily imag in e t h at
t y, whi ch it is not ofien our good for
t un e to meet with in t he strict ures of our auth oress re uired n o ot her s timu
m odern con noiseurs it was, therefore, re sh e must h av e
"
lus than th e
with p l easure that we perused

win g passage, which , coming

deriv ed fro m th e am o
consciousn ess she must
m
an t, an d th e
ve fel t of t h e
th e f
fi cm a person who ap ears so well qua u til it b
of h er la ours t o t he risi ng ge
y
-

lified to j u e in m e mat ters, we se p y

n erati on of artists in her o wn cou n t r ,

l ec t with satisfaction f rom the by p b

face Th e E nglish school of pai n t
in g, though far in ferior to either the
fi rst or secon d splen did periods of ta
lian art, is n ow th e est in E urope I t
lacin g efore their view, in stro ng
e
an ( vivid colours, th e righ t exam le
of on e of the most eminen t characters
pb
I th at h as ever adorn ed th e art of p ain t
b . ing With t he sin gle ex cep tion of cc
.

h as fewer faul ts For the truth of this lou rin g, we kn ow of n o artist , either
y
.

t h e Academ may a eal with confi m odern or an cien t, wh o can b e so safe

den ce t o the thousan of E nglishmen
y
who have latel visited th e con t in en t ,
an d looked im at t h e foreign
b
exhi itions T e German artists h av e
fl
p y
ly relied on , b y t h e ou n g stu den t, as a
y faithful an d un erring guide in th e de
viou s an d ous road t o excell en ce
y
in sa in g t s, however, we would n ot
’

b y
.

t h e b est feeling a road ; the imitate be un derst ood as recommen ding th e

t h e old mast ers, b u t have mist aken re y
mere cop ing of his works, n or th e
v erse ofwron
g f or righ t an d avoidin g imitation of h is mann er, n or the ad0p
t he ex travagan t act ion , glarin g colour, t ion of the peculiar me diu m th rou h
and false feeling of th e Fren ch , the y which he was accu stomed t o view t e

Memoirs of the L ife of Nicholas Poussin . By Maria Graham . 8vo . Lo ngman

and Co . L ondon, 182 0 .
2 4 M emoirs ofP oussin E p .
A ril
y
.

v ariou s o bj ects ofart an d n at ure. We p u rel

wish to direct th e at ten t ion of th e stu
y
den t merel to a deep st ud of his
an d pro a l
historical , it was not n ecessary,
b bywould h av e been impro
y r, t o have i n troduced in to his com
.

y p e

works, t o th e prin ciples on wh ich th e sit ion s t he ideal f m s and lof

b p o o r t y eo n
cc t ion s of Raph ael an d Michael An
are c om os ed, an d a o ve all t o t he di
p
ligen cean d patien t persev eran ce which , g e o . P o u s sin h as e e n ca b
ll e d t h e
u n der c ircu mstan ces of p ec u liar dif P a in ter o P hiloso ers H e m ig h t
b
.

fi cult y , en a led him fi nall y t o t rium ph h av e b een esign ate with more t ru th
o v er th e v ariou s ob s ta cles, b y wh ich os T he P a in ter q ro fi d
p y H e di d . n o t
rice, bad t as t e, an d m alevolen ce, at fi x his stan dard on t h e h igh est p in acle
p
t emp ted t o arrest h is co urse T h ose art . o fart , b u t h avin g selec ted a more h um

is ts wh o are an xiou s t o ac uire th e ge b le st at ion , it is his great praise th at

n eral rudimen t s of art, w i deriv e on e h e accomplish ed more completel , th an y
van ta e from serio u s reflection alm ost an y oth er art ist, t h e o j ects b
g re a t a d g
o n t h e works an d ex ample ofPou ssin which it was hi s am ition t o at tai n b
whatever th ey may acquire from h im From h is earliest ears h e appears t o
b y .

m b e co n sidered as rea l g a in , for th e y h av e een b lessed with a calm ph iloso

a
y at l eas t h ave n o th in g of it t o n u h i l m in d, f f m i
y
'

w .
p ca re e r o st r o n gp as s on s ,

l ea rn in th eir aft er progress H is st le b u t re lete with en ergy, an d w ith an

b
.

in deed does n o t a ou n d w ith m an y of am iab e an d con ten t ed disposit ion ,

t h ose capt iv at in g graces which dis ti n b
wh ich en a led him t o live in amity
g u i sh t h e Flemish , Ven et ian , an d some with h is fell ow men , to circum sa ib e '

o th er sch ools b u t it is fou n ded on th e his wan t s, an d t o con cen trate th e wh ole
s olid b yasis of in du s t r an d n at u re, an d
y
is admirab l adap ted t o res train , wit h
forc e of his m in d u p on h is profession al
d m
b y
p u rs uit s T . h e se rar e en o w en t s a p
in du e oun ds , th e exu b eran ce an d im ear at an earl age to hav e af forded
en ce of t h e yo u t hful m in d, alwa s p im an alm ost in tu itive po wer o f dis
b
p a t i y
ron e t o cat ch at ever f ai th less u id co v erin g t hat lin e of art est su ited
p g e ,

wh ose fl o wery p ath u res b y its faci t o h is capacit y , from th e stren gt h an d

lit y, an d th e h ope of gain in g a sh ort er simplicit of which he was n ev er led
b
a n d more pleasura le ro ad to ex cel
l en ce Warmly, h o wev er, as we ad
as ide, eit er by b
th e lan dish men t s of
. co lou rin g an d ef fect, or th e more dig
mire th e works ofPou ssin , and sin cere n ified at trac tion s of th e h ighes t de
l y as we respec t his mem ory, we h ope m en ts of pain t in g From th e st u y of
y
-
.

w e shall n ot b e su spected, from an y t h e works ofal most ever art ist of emi
t h in we h ave said, of a w ish t o o v er n en ce, h e app ears in deed to have oh
rat e s t al en t s an d gen ius ,
'

t h em on a lev el wit h th e far m igh tier

by p l acin
g t ain ed occasion ally useful h in t s, w hich
h e dext erou sly in terw ove wit h hi s own
p o w e rs o f A n g e lo R a p h a el an d some p u l i t l b u t w it h o u t in t h e
, , e c ar s y e ,
o thers o f t h e c at I t alian m as t ers s h t s t deg ree dimin ishing it s origi
e

we are viewin g m, in t h e p resen t ia

'

i i h h
'

na t H i t w t t ex
h
is
y s p c u re s e
:
.
,

s tan c e, more in th e l i h t o f a saf i tion of t h ose ofa v ery few dis ting u
g e n
s tru ct or of g en iu s, th an as o sessin ed art is ts, sess g rea t er u n ison , in
p s
g p o s

fi rs t rat e
g en i us h i m s elf , a n d w e to t h eir respec tive part s, t han th e t odn e
ta ll y disagree with M rs G rah am in t ion s o f an y o t h er p ain ter eth er
.

th in kin g t hat his work s at all p ro v e h is su bj ec t p art ook of th e h

t
y
g y
a , e
t h at g ran deu r o f th ou h t an d desi n , liv ely , or severe, he u n iforml made it
g g
express ion an d correct n ess, ar e in de h is su cces s ful care n o t t o impair t he
p e n d en t o n th e si z e o f t h e ca n v as o n
g e n er al ch arac t er, th at ou h t t o ervade
g p
”
w hich h e was t o wo rk . T h e fac t is, if t he wh ole, by th e in trodu c tion of ex
w e except correc tn ess, few p ic tu res of t ran eou s or in con sisten t m att er
y Per .

P oussin possess an y o f t h ese qu alities h aps h e o ccasio n all ca rried this prin
in an emin en t degree H is lan dscapes
. ciple to o f ar ; w h en , with a view of
u n do ub t edl y sh ew, in m an in s tan ces ,
b
c on sidera le gran deur of t ou h t an d
g
g i v i n g h
o f an t iqu it
is

y
p ic

h
t u

,
r e l o c al i t
e h as b een ed, as in
a n d a n a

hs
i
i
r

design bu t in th e great m ass o f h is ex posin g o t M oses, in t o an achron ism ,

'

h ist orical com po sition s, fewof h is ih

s
for wh ich his great es t admirers find l t
b
di vidual fig u res rise a ov e co mm on n a difficu l t t o assign an excu se .

t u re ; an d perh aps, in t h e m aj orit of We rfectly agree with our au th or

y
'

y
h is su bj ec ts, an d in th e wal k o f art Sir Josh ua Re n olds, in thin k
y
ess an
which he followed, for the most part in g that Poussin s geni us is displa ed
’

8
 M emoirs ofP oussin .

d when em themselv es alone, for an y on e who has

t o th e
l y great ettt a
b
v an tage

n su j ects taken from t h e ym

t h e capacit t o u n derstand t heir great
p o e d u p o
t ales an d baceh an alian fa les of th e b an d v arious
to persev ere in
erit , an d cou ra e en ou h
his prin ciples of stu dy
g g
an cien t au thors I n t hese l uxuriou s
b
. .

scen es, h is imagin ation seems to Poussin s forms, in oth sex es, seldom,
’

y y b
wan
H is n mph s, sat rs, an d if ever, rise a ove common nature
"
ton at will
y
. .

bacch an als are the ver n atives of th e Th e eonn t enan ces of h is women are
woods an d wilds descri ed in classic b rarel ybeau tif u l, an d t heir e
y
y
st or ,—n ot hin g remin ds u s ofcivil iza n ot u n fr u en tl y artakes, too
p
essio n

g e l ,

t ion , or of modern cu stoms an d man of t h e a cotat ion an d m

Th e wh ole scen e is j olli ty, an i y g ri
own coun tr women , t o h armon iz e with
ace of his

n et s .

b y
mation, an d li ert , wh ile th e excel th e an ti p e an d ph ilomph ical cast of
y q
man of s seriou s su jects Perh a 8, b
len t an d a ro riate lan dscapes, wh ich
'

y p
b
.

he uniform m troduces in his ack too, in so me of his com ition s, e

h m l fal ls un der the cen sure w ich our au
g r o u n d s , g i ve a c a r , a
t ru th to the represen tation , wh ich is
n d a c l as s i ca
thoress has passed, somewhat j u stl , y
rha s n o t t o b e met with in t h ew orks u pon man y
of our E n glish artis ts
p e p
h er artist in similar su j ects b th ough sh e assign s a reason for t h eir
of an
b y o t .

Ru ens and Julio Roman o in stories of ac t ice wh ich can n ot a l

b y p t P i
y
r o u
pp y o s s n .

t his n ature, may possi ly h ave displ a H ith ert o, wit h th e excep tion of v er
few in stan ces, our E n li sh art ists h ave
ed in t heir fi g u res equ al, if n o t su pe
rior, gen iu s b u t th ey are frequen tl y b een too m u ch a eo
p p e b y tF
h
I f th ey look t o n at u re for act ion or ex
e m se l v es .

so grossl y in delica te an d li cen t ious, t h at

th e spect ator t urn s from t h eir produ c p re ssion, it is t o t h e exa
gg er a t ed ac ti on
t io n s with h orror Th e good taste an d
. an d expression of th e s tag e, or th e
refi n emen t of P ou ss in , preserv ed him m ea n a nd so rdid action and expression
from fallin g in to s uch in ex cusa le b of v u lgar life, th at th e have een dri y b
faul ts, and ren der h is pict ures gen e H en ce, in part, th e failure in
b
ven .

rally u n excep tion a le, in su bj ects ev en most of our historical pic tures ; exag

m
where th ere exists t h e great est dan ger i h h d d
y wan t of
g e ra t o n o n t e o n e a n , a n ,

ofviolating pro ety His seriou s sub

. digni t on th e oth er P 2 3 I t must , . . .

j e c ts , fr o m pro e an d sac red h i s t o h owev er, b e ackn owledged, th at several

discover th e rofou n d knowledge e ofPous sin s b est works are qu iteexem t
’

p
ossessed o f e prin ciples of h is art from th e ch arge of th eatrical effect,
p bb
.

n no on e of its tmen ts can e e t hough , speakin g gen eral] of them,

said to be greatl y efective f or th ough we t hin k h e has n ot al toget er escaped
th e con t agion o f th e Fren ch sch ool ,
h is colour is often dark an d crude, an d
sometimes of fen siv el s o , y et man y which , from its first est a lish men t b
brillian t ex ception s occur in is works, down t o th e presen t day, h as been
in which it is n ot onl ligh t an d h ar
y
u n iforml y marked by
a mean servilit
mo nious, b u t admirab adapt ed to the
b
su j ect . I t is, in deed, v er difficu lt to y
to fashion an d th eatrical p agean tr , to
th e t otal exclusion n earl y of el evated
y
y
accoun t for thi s sin gul ar in equalit y, th ough t, an d of th e simple an d gen e
which is too apparen t in t he works of ml prin ciples of n ature Th is b ei ng
b
m
.

P ou ssin , t o escape t h e o serv at ion of t he case, it is n ot 8

t h e most carel ess o serv er b I n lan d sin sh ould have t e
risin g t h at Pous

ed h is 45 th year
b y
.

scape, h is ton es an d colourin g are al efore h ew as called t o an y emplo men t

most invmiabl y excellen t, and we can ,
y b in his n ative cou n tr w orth of his y
y
'

th erefore, scarcel attri ut e to a defec t eat tal en t s, or t h at, during

o f age, t h is stran ge disregard of ever yy is life sh ould have b een em i t tered,
is s ta ,
b
p r in c i p le of colour, wh ich oc casion al l

inj ures an d disfigures h is happies t com

a nd all his p lan s t h warted, t he in by
t rigues, th ej ealousies, an d eabals wh ich
i i I n all oth er res ects h e mus t fi nall y drove h im ou t of Fran ce
y y It
p o s t o n .s p .

b e con sidered as an artist ofa su perior, is reall melan ch ol to follo w M rs

y y
-

ifn ot ofth e h ighes t , order H is st le, . Grah am in h er detail of th e man vex

in deed, does n ot admit of t he darin g at iou s circumstan ces, an d et t
p yp er se
fligh ts of the Floren tin e an d Roman en t ion s, which assail ed t h is great an d
sc hoo ls b u t, as far as it goes, it com ex cellen t man durin at ma almost
b in es a greater n umb er of excell en cies ,
g w h
be denomin ated h is ex ile in h is n ative
y

with fewer defects, than that of most

other ters H is works an d example
land . y
T h e emplo me, sa s Pou s y
sin , for ever in es, su ch as fron
y b
.

may re arded as an academ

g in t iapieces for ooks, design s for orna
 M emoir: qfP en
’

2 8 ns.

b
ment al ca in ets, chimn e pieces, bin d y irksome a scene for the calm an d
b
-

ings for ooks, an d oth er n o n sense n ified quiet th at awaited his arrival at
.

Somet imes, indeed,t h ey proposegran d Rome, an d which it was h is good for

b
er su j ect s b ut, fa ir word: bu tter n o tun e t o enj o , u ndis tur ed, through y b
A n d again ou t the remain der of his dis fi ngu ish
b
I
ar en t
y
assure
p
on , t t if I ate lon g in this co u n t r , ed an d h onoura le life T o the M e .

must t urn dau r like th e rest h ere moirs, our au th oress has added t wo
y b
as to st ud an d o serv atio n , either of dialogues by
Fen elon on t wo of P ou s
y
the an tiqu e or an th in g el se, th e are sin s pictures, to ether wi th a cata
g
’

u n kn o wn and w oev er wish es to s tu logue o f his rin crpal pain ting T he .

”
dy or excel mu st go far from h en ce latter is a v uab le and useful addi tion
.

I am n o w at work upon th e pic to the work : as to the former, the

t ure for th e n oviciat e of th e Jesuits ; migh t have een ver well spared th ey by
y
y
it is v er large, con tain ing fourt een do n ot con tain an accurate descrip
fi gures larger t han n at ure, — an d this ti on even of th e pictures which it w
y
the wan t me t o fin ish in t wo mo n ths
”
t he au thor s in ten tion to hav e cri ti ci
.
’

T o a min d constit uted like P oussin s, red

’
.

we can con ceive nothin g more in sup Upo n t he wh ole, howev er, we have
b
rta le th an t his et ernal wh irl ofhur received mu ch p leasure an d in s truc
p o
ry, impertinen ce, an d friv olit n or y
tion from Mrs Graham s book, and have
no h esit ation in recommen di n
’

ought it to b e won dered at , t hat , so cir g i t t o

cum stan ced, h e should have fel t eager, t he at ten tion o f art is ts, and to th e
y
in spite of t he ro al favour, to quit so neralit y of our readers .

O N T H E C U L T I V A T I O N A N D P A T R O N AG E O F B RI T I S H A RT .

S m, accomplish ment of my H aving

T m: fi ne arts are, un questiona l , by explain ed t o h im t u rpose ofm
among th e so urces of hap in ess which sit, I produ ced sev r specimens hip
p
it was th e gracious in ten ti on of Provi b
son s a ilities in drawin , in
’

g p ai a ti
den ce that man sh ould possess ; an d an d also, in order t o sh ew th e stren
b
therefore we are oun d to elieve th at,
as gen iu s is on e of th e most
b an d f y
ertili t ofhis imagination , several
att empts in origin al composition
y
recious
i y He .

ift f H i i d l i l eared to b e mu ch pleased acknow

b yy b
g eav n t u t e o u a
pp
s o e , s a r g s
in cum en t on th ose t o whom it h as l ged th e con tai n ed in con testi le evi
b een imparted, or wh o are en t rus ted den ce ofver superioren do wmen ts ,and
y
with its earl direction , to see that th e y
en tirel con curred with me in thin kin ,
divine resen t be neith er lost
y
t al n eg ect of timel cult ivation , n or
a toby that , with due cul tivation , aided, as he
with such s dvan
g

Was ted b th e misapplicatio n of its

ex pressed it,
y
as were n ecessar to t heir com lete
velopemen t an d f
”
As th e o in ion s of
'
won derfu o were ull eflect, result
h b
.

m en of hig repu tation in t e arts on m ust be hon oura le to himself and h is

b
t his importan t su j ec t , must be allo w cou n tr y .

ed to have great weigh t , perh a s wh at

p D eligh ted and en cou raged wi th the
1 have n ow t o commu n icat e, may n ot favourable issue of this examination , I
y
b e u n worth of at ten t ion
I t is my good fort u n e, Mr E dito r, to
. b
t ook th e li ert to re uest th e oblig ing
q
rof me bn efl what course
have a son wh o has een t hus favou r b essor t o te
e wo uld advise u s t o e, an d parti
ed b ein g possessed o f tal en ts, wh ich , cu larl y wh at sh oul d b e ourfirs t st eps,
,

y
if carefull cul tiv ated, would, I h ave th at future success migh t n ot be en
b
no do u t , en su re to h im a name amo n
t he most di stin guished artist s of t his,
g dan gered b an inj udicious commence
y
men t I hat I will do, said he,
‘ ’
.

o r, I will not scru le to sa , of an wit h pleasure, an d I accoun t m self

o t her cou n tr y p
y
Un er th is con vict ion ,
y
fortu n ate in t h e Opportu n i you
by ?
.

an d urged th e en treat ies of m y dear me t o b e u seful to you an your in ge

y
b oy, I latel applied t o an Artist ofemi n iou s son , in a con cern of su ch impor
tan ce M uch, con tinu ed h e, depends
“
n en ce t o requ est th e favo ur of h is ad
v ice, as t o t he mos t p ruden t mode of
.

y
o n earl imp ression s : let h im therefore

p roceedin , so as to m ake su re o f t he
g hav e t h e bett efi t of the est advice at b
 On the Cultivation and P atronag e ofBritish Art . 97
those, I t ru st , it will be his endeavour
to equal , an d, if possibl e, t o excel
y
"
.

”
h arm preven teda I t ru st the oun g Such desires, said he,
b b y are no evi
yy
-

l m h li ll educa den ce of presu mption th e are n at u

b
g en t an a ee n era
t ed ?
e s
”
Sir, said I ,
’
most li eral ral , an d what is more, th e are wise .

ly I n h is education , no expen ce or Whoever does not o s to at tain the mm

b b
.

trou le h as een spared on my part, summit of Parnass us, will never reach
nor application on his H e is familiar th e mid way I t woul d be cruel in
y
-
. .

with an cient literat ure, and H omer is fortun e not to reward as richl as they
”
h is idol You have don e well, sir deserve, tal en ts so promisin g, an d am
b b
.

said h e, in stat ing his mind with the itio u so lauda le The Ro yal E sta .

t reasures of ancien t lore ; let h im n ot b lish men t, air, whi ch I men tion ed,
be deficien t in th e languages of the li confers h onorar t okens—medals of y
ving : ibr in the prosecu tion ofhis pro l d d il i m i i
t
y b
g o an s v er, u p on s er t or o u s
fessional s tudi es, he will h ave much studen ts ; these our son will dou t
occasion for th e information the con y
less receive ; th ey will b e a gra
y
t ain, as well as the mean s th e af
”
fordearnest of his fi nal success ; t he w y
of gen eral communication I assured b e gratifying also to you , and moreover
.

h im that these had not been n eglect b e a passport in to th e world the pub
d an d whatever could b e lic will be prepared to a prove th e more
g
on e to
e ; p
i m ro ve m son m i mature works of a mus which, in its
t
y y
p y ore t at spe
fe
e
) n
cies of kn o rvled e sh ould certainl not
b e omitt ed
g
.
; earl career, h ad w h onoured by
th ose who were es t a le to discove r b b
C on tinuing the th read of his in an d app reciate its claims Adv ancin g in .

s tru ction s, h e sai d, Be min dful, as
b b
I o served efore, that no time be lost
his academics ] st udies, an oth er source
of improvemen t of fers in th e Greek
mar les of the N ation al Museum, in b
which h e will fi n d rare examples of

his us an d good t as te, than a sou nd

eau tif u l form an d b
eautiful composi b
tion , in th e purest taste Th ose won
’

b
.

un din : for th en h e will h ave derful fragmen ts seem to h ave een

g
at on ce th e i mportan t advan tages of rv ed ex f h a
p r
wise instruction , prac ticall ill ustrated tion of art
e se
y l y or t
e worl d h as not
e en er
i
by b
th e est examPles of modern art , at
a time when th e will be most efii ca
scu lpt ure of equal value
We will n ow sup as our son to
g n.

y b
m hi h ave com leted h is aca emical la ours ;
.

e earl d f
'

(31008 Da l o s
y iz
. e l 0
studies, h e derive grea n d lasti comple al so th e stipulated 011 of
'

b
en efi ts f rom his access t o th e sch oo
y tuition u n der the direc tion
y b a ma
t
of t he Ro al Academ I n th at n o le ter, and to h ave arrived at the com
'

I nst itu tion he will have an o p rt uni mencemen t of a new course of study,
t y to copy th e finest remains o an cien t in which, I conclude, on are repa
p
scul t ure ; h e will have th e same f red to support h im mean h rs tra
y
a
p
cilitres in the stud of th e h uman b o vels on th e Con t in en t , in order to b e
dy, from ch oice exampl es of livi h ol d with his own e es th ose wonders
y
‘

na
t ure ; he will h ea r th e lectures 2?
th e of gen ius, wh ich h e as hi th erto onl
several P rof essors on p ain tin g, scul h eard of in th e report s of artists, or
”
t ure, an d architec t ure an d in t h e fain tl seen in wret ch ed imitations
b yb b y .

of that est a lishmen t , h e will

”
I t rs my determ in at ion , sir, I re
b
rer
fin d ooks an d prin t s of great v al ue, plied, n ot to su j ect m self t o t he
y
when ce h e will collect a fun d of useful reproach of h avin g withh eld an thing
an d in teresting informat ion on a va t hat I can comman d, th at sh be re
b
riety of su j ects conn ected with his commen ded ou , as eith er useful or by
b y b
main o j ect —N o dou t, added h e, n ecessar to t he h on oura le terrains
”

n d ou r son shall pursue th e

y

of our u n ited en deav ou rs — for I

y b
i
y o u n t e
art in it s h igh es t de artme t —
ti o n
th at of con sider m self as em arked in th e y b
y
n
h is torical pain ting ?
p ”
Cert ainl , I same vessel with m y son at th e same
replied, I wish him—an d it is also t ime, I confess I was n ot prepared to
b
hi s am ition, presumptu ous as it may expect su ch an addi tron t o expen ces,
tzm, to b e he rival of M ch el An which , ev en with ou t it, almost alarm
;e t
elo, an d ot Ra hael ; an l
p th ere m is
e with their pro a le amou n t
‘

B ut , bb .

s ho uld be o thers yet more eminent, sir, iftravel be n ec s sary, my son shall
VOL IX . . fi
28 On the Cult ivation and P atronag e ofB ritish Art E p .
A rfl
y b y
.

certainl be ena led t o wherever ia On quitting I tal , th e un iversit

y
s truct ion may b e fou n of art, h e will n ot has ten direc t t o hi s
”
th e gran deur of n ativ e lan d, b u t v isit th e weal th Of
Sir, said h e,
moun tain scener can not be con ceivedy i d i m iy
by b y t
b
g e n u s tr ea s ur e u p n a n a co n
th ose who have n ot eh el d it with n en tal cit German can
'

oast d
y
.

t heir own e es . T he vast expanse of n u merous collection s t at must not he

th e ocean produces an effect on the assed u n examin ed Belgium, t oo, may
b b y
.

mind of th e actual o server which ud of its Rem ran dt an d B en

mocks all the powers of descrip tion b p ro
ens, whose extraordin ar produ ct ions
y b y
.

E quall in con ceiva le are th e migh t claim the admiration of t he worl d

roduction s of I talian genius in times b
From oth of those artists, the j udi
.

p
ast ; an d t o com eh en d trul y
what cious studen t will derive much ; and
b
p
rs th ere sh ewn t o pz
within the grasp his tast e having een purified in high
o f human capacit , n othin g short of y er sch ool s, b e will kn ow at on ce h ow
t o se arate wh at is of an ex uisite ua
ocul ar eviden ce will suf fi ce
b l bli ve what is extraordi
. I t is
lity om what is ase, an d cave ose b
p
n
o ss i e

yb
t o e e
b
withou t sen si le proof, b u t su ch g re
by
at b u t d a n g erous exam es, en rich
b
th eir eau ties, an d, at th e same
m
are ulit h as n o thin g ofth e life ofcon ed

vic tion ; esides, it is th e si h t , n ot time, u n tai n ted by

th eir faul t s
g b
.

t he report of great works, b w eh we Arrived at len gth in the osom of

'

are at on ce an imated an d i n structed ;

y
his m u ch loved coun tr , he presen ts y
b
-

m d h hi mself efore a deligh ted paren t , full

b b
i i
b w
y o u r s o n , s r , u st 0 a n v e t e
s tupen dou s la ou rs 0 M ichael Ange of grat itu de for th e in n um era l e en e
l o, in th e Sestin e Cha 1 h e must ac fits which h e h as receiv ed th ro h h is
b
t ually ehold t h e cue an tmen ts ofth e
Vatican , an d in deed, all that the Im
mean s, an d eager to prove t hat t e af
fection h e h ad ex erien ced, h ad n ot
p e r ia l C i t y
co n t ai n s of t
h
h e di
m
vin e Ra b een u n wort hil p acey d
”
.

h l d ll i acle of H ere th e artist paused h aving, as h e

y
p ia t a t r

y
ae , a n e s p e c

art, an d last o f h is ab ours on eart h, con ceived, full complied with my re

t h e T ran sfig uration
y
At Rome, our enra tured son will
.
q u es t .I t h eref ore p
my acknowledgmen ts for h is great
o l ite l ex p r e y
ss e d

rev el in th e lu xu ries 0 he will kin dn ess, an d added, th at I h op ed, an d

usf f th e ev era
v e h is f
b g e o f in sp
art
ir at i o n , a n d y
in deed con fiden tl tru sted, h e would
h ave the satisfaction of witnessing t h e
acul t ies in th e urest waters
o f gen iu s, issu in
g f r o m
p
in n u m e ra bl e excell en ce of h is in stru ction s in t he
fou n tain s Al th ough th e Pon tifi cal exampl e of my dear son , wh o sh o ul d
y .

C it w ill b e th e chief, it will n ot b e hi s y

foll ow th em t o th e ver let y
on l y sch ool . Naples is rich in art ;
b u t in th e roman t ic, th e gran d, an d
certain l
t er . Bu t lest I migh t
fort unate acciden t, I added,
”
an
y
be de
nbyu

b y
eau tiful scen er of n atu re, it is, with
its surrou n din g vicini t , a region of y p r ive d o f an o pp ortu n it o f c y
on su
rom t h e C on tin en t ,
l ti n g
hi
y f
b
y o u o n s re t urn
w on ders . Floren ce con tain s man a I en treat th at y ou will furth er o lige
g e m o f pu re s t r a y s e r e n e t h e co n me with y our direction s as to what
s tellation ofBologna mu st n ot be view steps will b e mos t proper f or h im to
ed b hi m w i h l h take at his en tran ce in t o th e world ;
b
y t a ca r e es s e y ;
e t e
miracles of C orregio at Parma, prove ein , it mu st n ot b e forgott en , h en ce
t h at h e was in deed
by
’
g
forth destin ed to su sist b t h e h o b
y
a lso a a in ter,
t h ough placed side
p
side w ith t h e n ou rable emplo men t of t e tal en ts y
most div in e of art ists At M an t ua h e
will b e ravish ed with th e pencil of th e
. with wh ich H eaven h as lessed him
”
bb .

Sir, said th e ven era le artist, I

en ergetic Giu lio ; an d at Ven ice, th e h ave lived lon g, an d I kn ow mu ch of
l i k f i i i t i, art , of artist s, an d wh at is m ore, of th e
b
g or o u s w o r s o T t an ,
T n t or e t
an d Pau l Veron ese, will at on ce ca t i sta te of u b lic feelin g t owards oth .

v ate an d as ton ish h im D ay aft er ay, By this n owledge an d experien ce I

y
.

mon th after m onth , h e will dwell on am h app il en abl ed t o giv e a decided

th e gorgeou s scen e : for th ere alon e h e
will see t h e en ergetic an d an d in
an swer to y ou r qu est ion , wh ich , rel
y
in g on our good sen se an d patern al
y
comp osition , com b in ed w ith fec tion , I am su re will b e sat isfac
b eau ti ful an d splen did in col our, or
t hat is af
tory Y ou are fully sen si l e of its im b
p o
w e rfu l an d h a rm o n io u s i n l ig h t an d p o
.

rtan ce, an d th eref

”
o r e , I r e u cs t ou r y
slis l e . seriou s at ten tion [ assured im, that,
.
 Ou the Cult ivation an d P a tronag e qfB ritish Art .
99 .

deepl impressed as I was, with th e th e eart h , equal ful a nd

ly
y g t
y ra e no
kin d i n terest which h e t ook in my con rou s, will liberall his reward
cut s
cern s, an d con vin ced ofth e valu e ofhis an d h is toil
b a ret urn wh ich n ei ther
-

cou nsel, i t was impossi le I sh oul d be will meet with from th e soil on which
either inatt en tive or u ngrat efu l
y ”
th e vo age of life, I added,
In . b
he was orn with no etter implemen t
o f cultiv ation than his en cil
b
our ves
p Th ere, .

sel sh oul d n ot onl y be well prepared, I se let him dig ; t here h e may get
b u t well con ducted, an d also our em w th, an d h on o ur, an d furth ermore,
b arkat ion well timed ; you , sir, wh o h e may be t he ha py paren t of son s no
kn ow all the requi sites of equipmen t,
y
less ha y
th an t eir fath er : b
kn ow also exactl h ow to ch u se th e
fortun ate momen t of comm en cemen t,
the y n either b e tem ted
b
p
fort un ate am ition t o solicit th e re
ecause
a n u n by
t he tru e course, an d all t h at may b e wards due t o meri t, b y occupat ions for
h oped an d feared in th at
v
’

t ion M cou n se
.
rilous na

said h e, by y
which th e ma h ave n o t alen ts, nor
ex cellen t ta en t s, for which t he y
e assured , sh l
t fai you — will fin d n o occu pation
b
1 L is
bb
n o . .

t en , sir, I eseech you Far t o t he M y ven era le coun sellor n ow con

y
.

sou t h , wh ere th e reat P en in sul a of clu ded ; an d ein g suddenl

g
Africa proj ects its loft y ca e in to t h e
ocean , at so me dista n ce in t e in terior,
y b
awa on oth er usin ess, h e a ol o ized
an d left me t o medi tat e on t he
p
call ed

g
de
”
th e providen t care of Go v ern men t h as cided an swer h e h ad giv en to m last
y
assign ed an ex t en sive trac t of b eau ti u est ion H ow far I th ough t it pru
d by
.

en t t o b e regulated
ful an d fert ile lan d, expressl y for t h e
use of citizen s u n der particul ar cir
m — T o th at far dis tan t re
sh all take an earl

form you
y
hi s advice, I
opport un it
I n th e mean time,
t o in y
cu stan ces
y b
.

g ion let o ur in g en io u s son , w h en h is I am, Sir, your o edient Servan t,

st udies m art shall be com leted, tran A Z
p . .

sport himself; th ere let him dig

s a rr rsn A R T A N D r a r a o n a a s .

L etter S econd .

T hat eniu s is more or less intimate

Ar the
m
St s ,
close of my former lett er, I l y alli t o madness, h as een l on
gb
t o in tbrm you what irn agined ; an d al th ough t h at n o tion
p i d steps I
y
ro
se
d in con sequen ce of my in ter may be wh oll rou n dl ess, I con fess

b
p urs ue
vi ew wi th th e ven era le person wh om t he di rection s I g
ad j u st received for
y
I latel consu lt ed, respectin g my son s
’
t h e cu l tiv ation of talen t s, in ten ded for

artis t
b
desire t o em race th e profession of an
T h e ap paren t in con sisten c y th e h igh est exertion s of art , wit h th eir
ul t imate applicat ion , seemed to coun
b y
.

t enan ce th e gen eral opinion an d fear

b
n ot t o say a surdit , of t h at n t l
ge e
man s fi n al in struction s, mu st, I am ing that th e respect a le artist wh om I
’

p ersu aded , h av e rem in d ed yo u of t h e b

h ad een con sul t in g, was act uall su f y
well kn own receip t for dressin g a cu fet in g u n der that calamit y , I t h ough t
b by
-

cu m er in perfec tion : t h e most re it advisa le t o t ry my fortu n e agai n ,

b y
marka le particulars in that process b appl in g t o some oth er profession
b eing v er simil ar, whi ch was, t hat

after careful] com inin a b

man, who, though n o t quite so great
a genius, mig h t h av e his in tellects nu
y b
'

g v e n
q u an
t it of th e s ccd fruit , wit
'

du e por der et ter regulation

y
.

t ions of oil an d vin egar, salt, pepper, I accordin gl wai t ed upon a n t le

mustard, and oth er in gredien ts, th e man, whom fame reported t o the
wh ole com
b
itiou, so prepared for the p erson exac tl sui t edyt o m u
p pr o se .

t a le, sh o d be th rown ou t of th e win T o him, therefore, I open my case,

do w in to th e street I n deed hi s ro al y roduced man y
s ecimen s of my son s
’

p
b p
.

receipt , for pre n g an d dish in g u p a ilit ies, as I had don e b efore, an d

'

an art ist , b
ron g t this cu cu m er b men tion ed his passion for th e art s, an d
y
re
p
-

script ion so stron l

g t o m y m in d , t h at anxious desire t o excel in that depart
I was restrain ed fro m smilin g in t he ment which was accoun ted the most
fires of my ob ligin cou nsellor, onl y b
h on oura le : on all which h is ob serv a
by th e earnest an grave man ner in
which his recommendation was con
t ions were in t he high est degree satis
y b b
P erhaps I was lamea le, bu t
facto r
y
.

veyed . I though t it onl fair to repeat the

so On the Culti vatio n and P at ronag e q ritis h Art .

c n
o versa ti on I h ad j us t e for e h
m
eld b th an those which
con ceptions of t he art required.
his own part icular

w ith an o th er a rt is t, an d ex pre sse d y

l l i f Bu t , sir, though n either th e
h
yh m
i i t
f;
su p
r r se at t e s ng u ar con c us on o

h is inst ruct ions, in a way that in tima nor wealth are h ere th e libera
ted my suspicions asto t he deranged trons to w o the arts must lo ok for
state of his men tal facul t
m
y . effective and en t support , w e

My d h w d are not th ere re with out pat sonage.

y f
n ew r ie n , o eve r, see e

en tirel to a prove th e advice I had Though in other coun tri es, an d oth er
p
received, wi'l th e exception of th e times, the chiefs of th e state were, b y
b
turn which had een given t o its ”con rank an d inh eritance, the prot ect ors of
y fi d
t o accoun t for which , he i h h d i
y
elusion g en u s, e re t a t u t s co n n e t o no
i l l f i h
it was n ot n ecessar t o suppose
y
said’ p t u so c e t e e e v ery
ar c a r c as s o
y ; r

m h h d l k citi zen , with out distin cti on , male an d

t he i d
y
a r t st a ; e a on t a en
female, you [ and old, is such a pro
’

that mode of discouraging our son s

in clin at ion to adopt a profession whi ch t ector ; an d IE
comparativel , b u t few y
b
h e elieved to h ave n either pu lic nor b b
of th e n um er h ave their thousa n ds t o
lav ish on deserving merit, they each
i vat e onage in that species of art
p r
which oung gen tleman seemed to h ave th eir mite an d when great acts
”
opin ion , con tinued h e, are proposed, what good, an d in deed
p re fe r. t
was n o proof of insan it ; it simpl y y what evil, may not be wro u h t b y num
g
I f the man of gemus may n o t
ve d an erron eous mode ofthinking ber:
p r o .

I f the mi scon cep tion of a fact , or a here be honoured and enrich ed b y t h e

false inferen ce from it, be t hough t a
sym m of derangemen t, nine ten th s -

of e world woul d be in danger of a

strait wais t coat
by
-
.

When th e gentleman consulted

on firs t presen t ed him self t o th e pu b
'

c, it is well remem ered that few b

men could produ cestronger claims u n
i ts favour an d rotection Though
p
.

hopes were big h e was not presump

“ “ ”e“
a? w ex W at
i
o 0
nourishi ng kin dn ess w c hi h h
e c n cei
y
v ed th e coun t r owed t o its ingen ious
and whi ch al one was wan tin g
h
y o u t ,

b
t o ena le h im to ret urn t he fav our with
immeasureabl e in terest L ike man
.

others, h e had deceived himself wi

accoun ts of ancient p a tronag e, and b
Con tinent , an d ecome, as it were, the
m
fimdl y an ticipated no less from what il f h m ill i f
y u
p p o t e ost us tr ou s asters o
was proudl call ed an en ligh ten ed and an cien t times ; n or fear that, on his re
opu len t nation ; t herefore, when t h e t urn , rich in th e stores of art , an d
first tinklin of his ell fail ed t o 001 b an xious for distin ction, he shal l he
lect around m the legitimate pat ron s both t h e srt
'

of art —the rich an d great , his surprise the earth for

and disappoin tmen t were exactl what
migh t have een b y di e wil ds of
from his ig
n oran ce of the re sta t e of nat ion al could n ot hal takin g the advan
b I
feeling t owards the o j ect in which h e
was so deepl in terested
by
y D isheart .
tag e of a
pleasure w m '
use
ch my fi ie
n dl
, t o exp r
'
ess the
c ounsellm

m
s ued t hat n eglect which he regar me, an d the d eli gh h ope h is
ed as a proof either of pu l ic ingrati b g ave
i n teresti ng commun icati on
t ude, or a general insens i ili t t o th e
h igh er works of genius, after strug
b y b u t as h e had n ot clearl y
himself concerning the nat ure of the
l
g gin fo r a tim e w i t hou t vig ou r, an d p a t ro n ag e m y so n w a s h ere aft er t o e x
con sequen tly with ou t ef fect, he gra h ld h h
y
duall reti red from th e pu lic eye, as
if pre that his excellen t tal en ts
b p
g
e
o
e
o
t
d
,

n
I
es
r
s
eq
t o
ue
d
s
e
t
s
ed
cr i e b
e
h
w
o
o
w
u
, on t
a
h
ve
e m
t e

p le t i on o f hi s st u die s, h e sh o u l d
sh ould wi and die, rath er than seed, so as to secure t o himself one
bloom by any other means of cul t ure h onours and rich rewards which an
was ] On the Cult ivation and f
P at ronag e o Br itis h Art . 81

approving and would

tefii l coun tr y short ti me, his
b
accu mulated gains a
g:
.

in some way to b e mou nt to li eral reward

for his 1a
doub tless be sa
y b
a

st ow . That is the ver pomt, sir, our, far exceeding what he could h ave
he replied, on which I am proceed
ing to in struct you I must confess,
.

notwiths tan ding m eulogiums on th e

y
act ual state of art, I t were much t o b e that can be imagined ;
y b
ever

desired that the extraordinar merit of ii h

bu t t s t e life- lood of modern art ,
yo ur son s ho uld, it by
s own in trinsic in that high class to whi ch our son y
excellen ce, comman d th at deep respect d di h i l
y By
p or t o e c at e s t a en t s .

this n d ofpatronage, ou will remark,

’

and u niversal at ten tion which it will

cert ainl y deserv e, without oth er effort th e artist is n ot onl recom en sed on y
on h is part than merel pre y
sen ting his his first appeal, b u t his wor remains
in h is ion, t o b e eith er again ex
works to th e j udicious few, whose cir
culated reports might ve th e to n e t o
'

hi ib af t er th e proper in terv al, re

p u b lic opin ion ; b ut w en it is foun d served f
y
or th e gratification of hi s f
mil , or resen ted by
him to some
a

m
that this high san ction, h owever esti
b
ma le, 0 a onl y
on a con fined p ub lic church , or college, th ere

circle, an 5 ore leadin g to n o to remain a last ing memorial of hi s ge

y
ro
p
duettas g lory , is in this case nugat or , n erosit y . By this kin d of patron age,
means, more energetic, must be em t oo, th e artist , after receiving an im
y b y y b b
.

m h d urt h en ed for
l d l d
by b y en efi t , is not
o to t e n era o a n rtan t
p e o v e g e ,

t urn th e curren t of 1) ular curiosit c th e fav ours of a sin gle ro tec ta

in t o th e desired 01131111 l I f th at p a: or he is n o l rewarded, yet e is in
aios f or art which would of itself pro depen den t
y
.

duce an efficient patronage he wan t Formerl , h ospitals, sch ools, col

ing, it is not the part of wi sdom to re leges, an d oth er u seful esta lis h men ts, b
p in e, b u t t o su pp ly t h e de fi ci e n c y by were erected an d en dowed
y
t alit o f certai n well disp osed in divi
th e libe by
such ex n ts as our kn owledge of -

the wor may suggest That import duals su ch effects no longer flow from
an t dut yb .

eing, as I have j ust inform that cause b

L i erali t , h owever, is
. y
ed you, not confi n ed t o a class, b u t n ot extin guish ed, it is di f fused ; pub s
shared by the whole communit it is lic in stitu tion s are n o lon ger to be t e
d d m u men ts o f th e mun ifi
to th e p eople in the aggregate at th e g ar e as o n

man of geni us, who ex ts eith er cen ce of articul ar person s, b u t t esti

fame or emolumen t from b
la ours, p
monies o the pu lic spirit , act uated b
must address himself ; and the mode
by by various motives T h us it is, sir,
b
.

which that appeal is made, will t hat our most cele rat ed art ists are
readil be con ceived by h formed, an d th us al so are th e en a y y
b
i w
y y ou , s r, en
I remi n d you of the practice of some led t o cover t h emsel ves with glor ,
“

art is ts of an in ferior order, to wh om even in t h e h i h est ex ertion s of th eir

b by
l h f b f l i —
g
h d
b
y ou p ro a av e o t en e e n a u se u , g e n u s e v en in t a t e l eva t e l in e
though an un conscious enefactor . which immortalized th e n ames of Ra
An ingen ious man , for instan ce, p h ae l an d M ic h ae l A n ge lo I n o u r .

in quest of matter for his pencil, visit s times, sir, n o man desires t o possess a
C onstan ti n o l e, Venice, or an y oth er work of th is kin d produced by his con
p
ren owned ci t y ; an d wishi ng to p ro
duce an ex ten ded represen tation of it, suf
y
t emporar , bu t ev er man has j ust
ficien t curiosit to take a passin g y y
h e does not , however excellen t his ta
len ts, wait un til some gran dee, or
lan ce at su ch works in a pu lic exhi
b yy
ition , an d u st li eralit sufi cien t to
b
y y
'

weal th citizen , shall give h im a com c ompl th e eas con dit ion s on
y
wit
m i i f h — h im which t h at h as t lan ce is t o b e oh
y
ss on o r t at u
p p r o s e n o , e
mediatel paints his pict ure of an t ained, an d thus w at on e man , or se
ample size, spreads it on t he walls of a v eral, can n o t be in duced t o erform,
circular edifi ce, u nder th e name of a th ousan ds, by p
a volun tary i m ulse,
p
P a norama , an d in vites all t he to wn t o ac complish with ease
view h is fi nished work .

all th e t own crowd to th e n ew spec

Accordingl , y y D o n ot fear,
t h erefo re, t hat our son sh all, after gi
vin g his admirab le tal en ts all th e er
.

t acle, an d simpl y by dropping a sligh t fection an d polish of wh ich th e are

p
y
fee at the door, are im roved by his in b
capa le, b e compelled to u r th em in b y
formation, and delig ted, or at least an Afri can grave dug himself
”
by .

amused, b y his genius and thus, in a T hat would he a consummation ,

32 On the Cultivation a nd P atronag e ofB ritish Art .
C p .
A fi l
said I , mu ch as I respect th e cal cu lated ct at ion an d en
b b
sir, to raise ex

m
lauda le em oymen t of th e h u s an d
man , I h ope n ever to witn ess n or in
su re a
s till f
p p la u se .W h c t
resh on th e min d, the comm en ce
h is p r e l u d e is

deed can I persuademyselfth at it could m en t of a g reat w ork is an nou n ced ,

’

have en tered in to th e views of Provi which promises, it is said,

’
in
den ce, after makin g him so rich a pre t he Opin ion of t he most accomplish ed
sen t , t o place him wh ere it m u st b e for
T h ere
j g ,
u d e s t o b e a p ro d ig yo f ar t — a w o rk
ever con ceal ed from t h e w orld . in whi ch will b e seen all th e excellen
is n othi ng , as it appears t o me, pt ofs s cics of t h e most excell en t mast ers o f

sionall
y di b
sho n ou ra le, n or derogat or y forms rtimes u nit ed an d mu ch more
of th e same kin d of stimu latin
to geniu s, eit h er in th e open appeal t o
b m h m d l i m ligen ce T h ese n ecessar prep arations, y g i n te l
l i
bb
j gd t
y
p u c u e n , or t e o e st c a .

t o p u lic liberali t wh ich you h ave j u di ci ou sl varied, mus t b e con t in u ed

descri ed, al th oug it is t ru e, as you from time to t ime durin g th e progress
ackn owledge, th e rich m eed of prai se of th e w ork, wh ich sh ould by
n o m ean s
an d profi t migh t b e con v e ed in a more
b y b adv an ce t oo rapidl ; for a y
oft his kin d sh ould seem t o be a m o u n
p ro d u c t io n
desira le form b ut if th e pu lic feel
in g t owards th e arts all ow s of n o al ter tain ous issue— th e eff ect of a m i h t
g y
n at iv e, t h e can didates for eith er mu st s tru ggle, in wh ich th e min d h as t o

b y
su mit t o th e on l con dit ion s on wh ich con t en d w ith all th e t oils an d all the

y
th e can hope t o g a in th em H ad t h e
b
. di fiicul ties of a won derfu l irth
n ice j u d men t will n eith er all ow i t t o
b A .

art s, as in an cien t t imes, een in t erwo

v en with th e sacred an d civil in st itu
t ions of th e cou n try , th e artists migh t
a
pp ear b
g
ef or e t h e w h o le
b e in flated with expec tation, n or b e de
c o u n t r s h y
all

h ave prescrib ed th eir own terms ; as it y

la ed till th at eager desire b e tin ct ured
with gall, wh ich may ruin th e proj ect
is, t h ose wh o en gage in a profession , .

mu st At this critical moment, sir, the

y
n eit h er popular n or n ecessar
ract ise it as t h e fin d it , an as cir d id m
y
p g r ea t e s e ra tu i s n otoriety , an d t o
cu mst an ces h ave ordered all th at is attain which , a v ariet of expedien ts
requ ired of th em, is to proceed h on est w ill su ggest t h emselv es to min ds t hat
y
ly an d fairl in th e performan ce ofth at are active an d acu te . Amon g o th ers,
wh ich is in itself fair an d honest It
. biog raphy sho uld n ot b e n eglect ed .

is on th at int , sir, I am an xiou s t o T he mon o ton ou s life of a stu den t pro

b e satisfie I w ou ld fai n b e in fom mises few materials of in terest, y et , in
”
h o w a you t h, wh o se ta t h e han ds of an au th or expert in th at
c d, said I,
l en ts are u n kn own to t he w orld, sh all y
departm en t, our son s memoi rs, gra
’

b
be a le t o at tract th e fav ou ra le n o tice b ced wit h h is efiig y , migh t b e made t o
of t h ose wh o are t o b e h is fu t ure pa rodu ce a rf l
’

p p ow e u se n sa t io n i n t h e
t ron s The stream of opular cu ri ) ages ofa periodical regis ter ex ten siv e
p
i
.

osit y, as y ou t erm it , is n ot t o b e di circu lated . H e migh t fin d n o in ci

”
rect ed in t o th e desired ch an n el wi t h en ts, n o ev en t s of importan ce, b u t
ou t some previous st ep s, some active man t opics o f p a n e
gy r ic — w h ic h is
measures, an d of wh at n at ure t h ese t h e t in g most n eedful in the supposed
b b
may e, I own I am u n a l e t o con ceiv e
”
emergen cy
y
. .

Not hi n g is bet ter kn own b e re li T hi s, h owever, is on l on e of th e

ed, n or more easil y
made, th an t at n umerou s en gin es t h at , w ith m ore or

p pre a ra tor yarr a n ge m en t ,

measures n ecessary t o en sure th e su c

w i th all t h e less effect, th e pru dent artist will em
l y
o , as opportu n ities ofier in th e course
'

p
cess of su ch en terpriz es .Y ou are an ofh is lab o u r n or, in deed, sh oul d t h e
E n glishman , sir, an d th erefore kn o w be di scon tin ued as lon g as fii m e an
th at in this coun try a t hou san d chan fort u n e remain t he obj ec ts of h is cm
y
n el s are con tin u all o en ,
p by
w h ich it s b ition . T h e great work is at len
wholepopu lation are in form edofwh at completed A sh ower of notices
y
.

ever is passin g in th e world, even t o the rsed th rough th e town , immediat el

most minu te circums tan ces By th ese Ez clares th e day wh en it will b e n u
y
.

chan n els, sir, on curtain ed an d placed b efore th e gen eral

’
our son s preparin g
for act ion, mean s well kno wn t o th e T hat momen t ou s even t takes
e e
l y
.

experien ced in th ese mat t ers, are taken , h reu on , in st an tl , ever

b p a ce , w e p yj o u r
to inform the pu lic ofhis retu rn from n alist kin dly , an d, it mu st be su
p
his Con tinen tal st udies ; which n o ti ce Bed, dis in tereatedly , u n dertakes t h e

must be ac compan ied with su ch highl y b

sin g t ask of descri in g t he work, an d
p e a

wrough t commendations as are best its en thusiastic reception All the

.
 B ritish Art
On the Cult ivation a nd f
P atronag e o .

world, b u t especiall all the g r eat y b upon them by

artificial excitemen ts ;

world, are said to have een presen t, b ut of the arts of design we kn ow lit
when the most rapt urous applause tle more than th e n ame Any carpen
y —
.

dwelt on ever tongue, an d the most t er may be our arch itect pain ting and
ex quisite deligh t sparkl ed in ev er y scul pture we neith er feel n or un der
b
0 y e.
’
stan d ; an d t herefore, had it n ot
b een
for th e admira le con tri van ces I have
Bu t though thecommencemen t has
b y
‘

beer ’pic’ous and favoura le be

: :h
b ri efl en umerated, we should n ot ex.
e most san cepting th ose who chron icle our faces,
’

{
ou l
he exert ion s of t e
e expectation s,
h nious au thor or r etuat e th e remem ran ce of our
p p
e
h orses, have had an artist
b
are not to st op here, l est e ignoran t, if dogs an d
left t o themselves, should mar all that amon t us But with th ese command
bb y
.

had been done Thepu lic Opin ion must ing van tages, all of which are the
s till be su d
.

d l l inven tions of modern ingen ui t , and

y y
i l
y zs
pp or t e , an er a a
ed with cri t icisms expressl sui l B i i h I k n ow n ot what ma
y to p u re r t s , y
ev er class of visitors ; so that none n ot be expect ed ; especiall wh en time
may b e defi cien t, eith er in a perfect an d our well kn own z eal or improve
b
-

kn owledge of the su ect of the work, men t, shall havedeveloped all t hecape.
j
or in terms ofap ro n ate praise Th is y
cities of th e s stem con cern ing t h
b p
p
.

cri tical aid, esi a i mparting in stru c I have somethin g more to add
y
.

t ion wh ere it may be n ecessar , will L et us n ow, sir, imagin e that the
h av e th e furth er advan tage of coun ter
act in g th e mischievous infi uen ce ofth at
b b
t own exhi it ion of our son s in esti
b
-

ma le work is rough t to a close, which

y ’

en v y an d malig nit
y
t he prove its exist en ce, con tin
y
which, alth o h
y
must soon er or later, as circumstan ces
shall ordain , take place N ot, h owev er,
y
.

follo w to persecute superior merit In without having frequ en tl alarmed the

addition to what is don e
y by
th e vehicles
.

bli i h h f m l i f h
w
y
p u c t t e or a n o t ce o t at
of dail intelligen ce, t he town must even t , an d as f requen tl ann oun cing
also be placarded in ever y d that it would be prot racted in M pli
locomotive advertisemen ts, in huge
characters, moun ted u on
p a r t, an
an ce with t he irresisti le import uni b
m ties of unsated mul ti tu des Bu t al
’

p l e s , u s t .

wade t h e stream of pop th ou n o lon er exposed in th e me

b gh
t ion , an d
con t inuall m ov e a ou t from lace to tropo s an d ou gh , if skilful ly con
y
lace, dun n g th e whole time t e work du cted, it must have een greatly pro
b b
p
is b b
efore th e pu li c, so th at it sh all be
kep t in perpetu al remem ran ce Th e b
ductive oth in fame an d solid emolu
men t, ourpatron e is not yet exhau st
won derous novel t y b
ein g in t his man
.

ed — fi
th e provin ei cities cry l ou dl for y
n er in cessan tl p royc l a i
form and situation , an im ul se is given
m ed in ever y the same in dulgen ce, an d in sis t upon
y
sh aring th e felicit of th e capital , in
t o th e gen eral min d, whio n ever terms so flat t erin g, th at th e oblig in g
in th ese particular cases, t o suppl th e y artis t is u t terl y b b
u na le to refuse h is
wan t of nativ e feeling for art so well, consen t Th e great work ein g accor
t hat it is im possi le the ef b fect of the y .

din gl removed t o i ts cou n tr desti y

y
.

realit itself sh oul d be more com lete n ation , th e same expedien t s which I
y
T his hast sketch , sir, whi le it
p .

y
have alread men tion ed, must be again
explain s t he n ature of B ritis h a tron
p resort ed t o for al th ough th e example
a e, an d sh ews th e man n er in which of th e met ropolis will do m u ch , it will
g
it is u sed b y t hose who kn ow how to After co n gratulatin g the
emplo y b
it to th e est advan tage, will
n o t do all
b
.

in h a it an ts on th eir ap proach in hap

i l f m e cou rse of pub c eu
'

h
i id f h i
by y
g ve y o u at e a s t a a n t ea o t e n o p ne s s, t e sa
b le resources of ou r art, and of its nou n cemen t t h e dail prin ts, and
h eal th an d s treng th at the v er time
when most people i magin e it to b e at
y street placards, mus t b e at t en ded t o
-

an d th e same critical informat ion dis

th e poin t of death We are a gen erous .

y b b b
tri u ted with a ou n t ifu l h an d, for t he
l i d d m enefi t ofth e ru s tic circles n or sho uld
p
p b
e o e s r an x u
, , e p e n o r on e
free y u pon o j ects th at have our s ifoe an y th ing b e omi t ted t h at c an eith er
t io n s We love h orses , and women, ex cite curiosit , o r in v ig o rat e admira
y y
.

and win e, an d con vivialit , an d hun t tion When th e pub lic ardou r is oh
b
.

in g, an d gam li ng, an d fisty cuffs, an d served t o cool in on e pl ace, o t h ers mu st

y y
-

some o ther i h m — b e selected an d t own h ails, ass embl

p w t t t to
b b
ra se o r -
a e r s -

th ese, sir, we hav e a nat ural at tach rooms, in n s, oo th s, an d ev en

y
arn s,

ment, and therefore need not be set are successivel hon oured in the tem
36 On the Cult ivation a nd P atronag e qfB ritish Art E p ,
A ril
y b
.

rar pos work declared

ses sion of a p h a e l y o u h a v e n a m e d w ou ld d o u t
t
a voi ce t o b e t he E igh th Won less have lost non e oftheir excell en ce,
cv
der oft e World an d t h us, sir, would if, wh en roduced, the had been ex y
b
t h e all of fortun e in crease as i t roll p o se d t o t e m u l ti t u d e in
t h eir auth or had ac cept ed the con t ri
a b oo t h , a n d
ed .,
D o n ot, sir, i pra y ou , con ti y b u tions of in dividuals for th e ex ui
let this kin d of appeal t o site feast h e had
'

l b
aced efore th em
q
n ued h e,
t he coun try at large be t hough t u n wor b
b ut the pro a t
b b y
p
is, that, ifsuch had
y
th y of our son s ch aracter, either as
’

m
then een th e on
b
mode of rewarding
an artist or a
g en t l em an H o er, we
. t h e la ours of artists, an d en couraging
are well m ured, travell ed from t own their exert ion s in the gran d s le, n o
to t own , reciti r or sin ging the seve such works as t h e C art oon s w d have
ral portion s of is n o l e poem to hisb b een produ ced Born among ar arians bb
b b
.

coun t en , an d, dou tless, f or the or sh op kee ers, wit h n o

p e tt er in cite
t wo fo d purpose of fame an d profi t men ts t o th e tal en ts wh ich H eaven had
b
- .

I f such a proceeding was n ot deroga es to wed upon h im than rabb le

b p a
t ory to th e h igh character of that an t ronage, an d mou n te ank c elebri ty
cien t
m
b
ard, t h e
p r in ce an d fath er of his n ame wou ld n ever have receiv
h l h th e addi tion o f D iv ine, n or would h e
l w d
by b y
p oe t s, u c es s o u t e v a g ran t
art ist of m odern times b e di aced have left eh ind him works which ,
a similar prac tic e I f Rap ael, less th ree hun dred ears aft er his death ,
b
'

fort un ately circumstan ced, and orn were th e admiration of th e world

bb b
I t is possi l e—I will allow, th at
.

amon g
where 9 sh
ar arian s or sh o
p k
keepin spirit pervaded
ee pe rs, or
em yricism may su sist, b an d even
all ranks
.

l
h is fel o w citizen s, had
p
thri ve by
ract ices u on the foll y d
b p a n
p
-

een compelled t o di splay h is C art oon s, ig noran ce of th e war (1 ; bu t th e m e

or an y o th er ofh is in com ara le works, by b y
cess of th e emp rical artist is no t the
on t h e wall s of a t em
p
rar
lacin g h imself at t h e cor t o receiv e
oot h ; y
loft aim of the h on oura le professor
Beca use a dex terous im
b
tor can col
.

p
i n hi s cap th e small f ee requ ired of t h e lect aroun d him a sen ess mul titude,
v isi tors, w ould t h ose C art oon s h av e
b een less wort h y
of t heir sit uation in
y
read with th eir en ce an d plaudi ts,
p
t h e man of real ta en ts, modest as h e
y
a ro al alace th an th e
p
y
n ow are with is meritorious, is n ot, th erefore, to de
a m ore on ourabl e ori n, or th e au file th e art of which h e is th e em a
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t h or ofsu ch works less eserving o four men t , with th e u n clean practices of

”
Pardon me, sir, said I, th e charlatan ; to drug all the springs
b b
respec t
h astil y, th e su lime readings or of ublic in telligen ce; to low his h orn ,
c h an tin gs of H om er in dif feren t parts
o f Greece, at a time wh en t h e oet al
an sca t t er a ou t hisb
in to his b otlra ba lin g crowd, wh ose
b
illets, to draw

wa s recited or sun g t he inspirat ions

p
m
'

i g h h pb i
'

f i
y b t t 6 n g e u
n
i
p ac s ea o ( c c s ,
o f ls m use to assem led crowds, an d and wh ose censu re th e r best oommen
w hen works of lit erat ure could n ot be dation Wh en such men, urged b y ne
circulated by
t h e press, afford n o pa
.

cessit y, or misled b sordid advisers,

b
rall el cas e t o t he exhi iti on s ofan iti have descended to ese low artifl w s,
n eran t artis t in these da s ; an d th e y th e of y
fen ce must alwa s have een re b
b
resem lan ce will a
pp ea r s
mo te wh en it is recolleet ed that we
ti ll m or e t e g ar d e d as a p u b
li c an d p r o f e ss io n a l
misfortun e ; an d if th e offenders were
h av e n o eviden ce t h at the hard of an deserving of it y, st ill more was it due
t iquity took an y oth er mean s t o in t o an art su erin g un der their in fli c
creas an d ex ten d h is f
p
am th an th e tion s b y
I mportan t en efi ts, I will ad
y
i
.

s im romu mit, may accrue from our s stem of

ia
i n of l i s
y
l c
p t
d
o s
B
.

H or er, sir, t r ll ed with his u dget la r con tributions, an d man u se

of poesy , n ot as a circu lat in
y y
t urer, m erel t o lev con tri u tion s on
g a dv e n
b fu proj ect s be promoted
when ap lied t o th e art s, it can n ot b e
by
it ; b ut if,

b
t h e ign oran t , b u t as a en efactor to his separa from t h e mul t ifario u s con
cou n t ry ; t o deligh t th e lovers of h e trivan ccs of emp ciam if t o estab
b y
'

ro ic son g , t o an imat e pu lic s irit , an d lish an d su pport t e repu t ation ofev er

t o improv e an d exalt th e nat ion al ch a
p
b by
co nsidera le w ork su mit ted t o ub lic
an d for t h ese advan tages, be in spection , it is n ecessar that
y
reeter e art
sides t h e leasure o f l easin , u s t an d ist shoul d at tach to his service a mot le
p p
h on ourable praise was t h e on l reward
g j
y b an d of p rin ters, editors, pamphl et

he sough t T he great works of Ra

.
p ar ag pr a h an d p la ca r d ee r s , as th e b el l
were On the Cultioation and P atronage o
f B i i h A 33
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r t s rt .

men , trumpet ers, an dj ack puddings of

y
-
-

his t rain , I fear it will n ever b emy son s I h onour my coun tr , convin ced, as
'

y y b
as
happ dest in to add t o the glories of I am, t hat , as a n ation , it is rave,
our n ational sch ool an d wise, and enerous, and ust, b e
g
y j
b
.

I n fi n e, sir, alth I can n ot act on d all oth ers, I would n o means

y
’

up on ou r advice to its ull ext en t, th e go so far as t o afi rm that t eares one

information you have so ki ndl y com
b
rush a ou t t he arts b
an d th erefore,
mu nicated is most valua le, an d en ti
tied t o m yb es t th an ks What course l
.

sh all pursu e wit h respect t o my dear

son , remain s t o be con sidered Pos
b
.

sibly efore th at great question is set

t ied, m y opinion s may al ter, but at
p r es en t I co nf es s I a m in cl ined t o th e
”
spade
y
.

On con cluding my animadversions in th e onl way in which it is foun d to

”
on wh at this gen tleman had t ermed b e effect ual
b
.

B ritish pa tronag e, h e smiled, no dou t H ere we You see, Mr

”
at m y erron eous mode of thi nkin g, E ditor, th e emma in whi ch I am
an d t oo wisc to make an
b y repl
servat ion s attri u ted either to igno
to o b y
y y
ran ce or foll , an d t oo
t heir freedom, v er
p olit e to resen t
ci vill y
said,
Perh aps, sir, ou may b e perfectl
y y
righ t in preferri ng the sp adc t o t he is said,
enc il ; b u t as my opinion is n ot re
p
s ted on t hat poin t, I shall leave it
q ue
t o be decided by y our own good sense
y
.

I have an swered our uestions with

kn ees, and, let me with a con

s arrrsn s c L o e n s s.
'
No I I . .

H e hath ta m farc well ’

t is native strcam, and

hill and dell
Th e last lon lingering look is givcn ,
g
T he shuddering start, tbc inward g roan, -

A nd the P ilgrim on his ws y hath gon e .

H o w beaut ifirl upon this verdan t ank

b
Th e sunsh in e sl um ers ! how the v ernal trees
b

fi fi
ik
ist
T h e smal
w
y
in th
lb m dr
ess vacan
iver

irds, as it were a h o da ,
sta
fi
lks’th e
of mrnd
li y yb
Sing forth , with carol sw eet , from ever ough
An d larks, ascen di n g t o t h e clear lue sky,
Su fluse the air with music
‘
b
.

N on e can feel
b
But those, a ove wh ose h ead misfort un e s clou ds
H ave muster d in their gloom, h ow sweet it is,
’
’

T hus,—after lon g ears spen t in the re world,

M id scenes, in wb ch affection has
’
y share,
T o stan d, as I do n ow, an d gaze u n
Th e landscape, graven on th e you mind

I ?
all its eau tb y render d f ar more dear
’
 B ritish E eb g ties N o 11 n
[ p ,
A
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-
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B thousand th ough ts with glo w m g

'
boyh ood s
' '

y ears
C ose in tert wined ; an d thus remainin g still,
H eedless of all the tempests t hat have pasad,
'

In sunshine, and in vern al b dress d

’

An d t hou lone church- ard ,

Th e children of
y eau .

th y yew- trees dark,

cen turies,
Often, in absence, vs I seen th y award
With moun t ain daisies, and w ith natural blooms
’
Pran k d sweetl y
th ese whit e monu men tal stones,
An d th at retired an d un assuming church ,
Which, like a ious man , amid the mob
Of cities, an d b
e u stle o fth e world,
b y
D wells in the eau t of its h oliness,
Untain ted, n ndefiledf Oh , quiet — t !
How oft en have my visions pic thee !
How often have I deem d that, wh en at length
’

T h ese e es shall in their mort al slum ers close, b

H ere ere, above all o th er spots of earth ,
b y
My od would take np its last abode ;
— b
No marvel l but be sti ll my throb ing heart
Be tran quil , an d resign d s now to my task
’
— .

Green swmd, that in thy bosom hidest deep

y
'

The form, tli t ri ev er m re can l lcss mine e es

Again with b‘l rsa a
cart, al ' t earful gaze, ia
a
-

m
i
I stand with d t iro n r ils
ig
; re a
T h at co mpass a I , eaning, muse
U on my pas t, an d ship wreck d happiness.
’

p
-

0 wh ere art th ou, t he dove, th at , to mine ark,

y
Brough t dul home th e oli ve ough of peace ?
Oh w h ere art th ou, of whom in ou th I dream d
-
by ’

(N or errin g in m y t h ou gh t , ) t ha t, w ith o u t th ee,

T his world could be a mocke alone,

A scen e of desolation, cold an
An d ch eerless, as the everlastin gloom
leak, b
y b
Ofh per orean realms i —E liza t h !
D ear n ame that , now, art but an empty sound,
An d h ast , at least for m deluded heart,
N o meaning, save th at or a talisman
I t served me once, and tu ru d all though ts t o j oy !
’

Wh en drooping on th y death b ed laid,

th ou wert -

And Sickn ess like a Demon haun ted thee,

T urning all fee an d all though ts to pain,
I was n ot n ear to
I n ten dern ess, an d in anxiet ; to sooth
b y
eside th y cou ch

ills ; to press thy hand

an d tell that all my h opes
earth were fix d in th ee !
’

the man happ scenes y

view d t ogether; an d to say,
’
y
y
Surel the same migh t be enj oy d again i
’

I was n ot n ear t o wat ch, in tenderness,

.

y
L ife s flu t terin g, d ing spark ; to mark th e set
’

y
Of th y too re d da s descen din sun ;
’

T o catch t h , atest sigh ; and bi t h ee h ear,

h
Th at thoug on earth a thousan d ears were min e,
y
On e onl love my heart would ever own !
y
Wh en
last I left m home, what wart th ou then P
y
A ver pict ure of all ovcliness
The glow of health play d ( n the var ing cheek,
’

a
y
 The M ’
ariner s Last Vird
'

And round thy rub l ps ; t hy haz el ye,

'

Th ough its long w en l shes, sparkl h right zdb

r
An i I have gained upon t brow ; a
h hh
ana
th b h tne s f t h e bu n hair ;
z
°

An i
An nq
daoug l t ( t was gp
n a dream, t at man y days fi
an d sun shin e an d —
Ofj o
b y
-

W0 (1 less thee, and that reflected m il e,

T hrough man
we parted
yy
ears, would make me b lest indeed
t was a m in er eve,
’
.

In b e -

An d lo lines of the decaying light

’

Fell somb y upon the crimsm d tres s ;

’

And, ever and anon , a murmurin g sou nd

Rose from the falling stream T he blackhinl , pu ch d
’

y
'
.

On th e tall s camore, i ts pen sive m

C haun ted to usher in the shades
y
eve g .

Yea ! even then , as the last lingeri ng l ook

I fix d on thee, de arting, someth ing pasa d c
’

p
’
—
—
As ifa sh adow o er my drooping h eart,
T o omen that I n e er should n e thee more !
’

Mid social con verse, and the roar of waves,

An d th e long vis ta of th e ocean green,
b b y
An d the lue eau t of receding isles,
I st rove t o overcome my i nkin g h eart ,
An d hush my fears to peace. Yet, oft en- times,
yy
As coastwa s we pursued, an d cape and bay
red, an d pas s d ehin d
’
b
Al ternatel ap
'
g
Whil e soar d t sea gull with 'a waili shriek, -

M gaze h ath west ward follow d it, a wish d

’

t fon dness will n ot lo vers wh en th ey love 3

sg
b
T h t t could ear a lessin g un to thee,
ring me thme returnin g
'
b
An .

m
M on th s pass d o er
' ’

ouch m m
i; l pgt
Tir e with t i eah e
a
An Frien ( I l p w ’w l me
'

e nvitl l lay m
Y et, oft times, when I paced the midn ig tz e s zg:
hd
b
-

And, save the murmurin illows, all was still ;

When plaintivel amid e cos ipcd
b
Th e loud reath d winds, and, t wm k ng overha d, li
b
-

T en thousan d lustres studded t he l ue arch,

b
E liza et h, my th ough ts did wander home,
’
y
T o t hee t he stray d, the dwel t on thee alon e y
I t hough t me ofo ur sweet aut umnal walks
By th e green wood, or o er the ellow sands
Of o ur long ch erish d, and unfaded lov e ;
’
’
y
Of the vows pledg d in earl
Alas ! i t was a mockery of e e !
ou th
’
I t hought y -

T h at, wh en again our keel di to u ch th e strand s

Of Scotlan d, I sh ould th ee in th e flush
b y
Of eaut , and should h my wedded wife !

L ong on th e I n dian strand our st eps delay d

’

An d I (for st ill a sup ernatural dread

D id haun t me night an d da did pin e i
Y ea long to trav erse the wi e seas again,
b
T o rave the adverse elements, an d thus
From th ese external impulses subdue
Th e agitat ion s of the heart ; we plough d
’

M onth after mont h the in termin a le main,

Saw but t h e su n , an d eh
b
an d t h e 10 clouds
T hat sometimes floated o er the he ere,
 w as E clog sa . No I I .

b
.

And pass d eneath the horizon ; somet imes too,

’

I loved t h e sigh t —a ligh tning sh eet woul d gil d

The pal e fro n t of th e eve and come
b
s
With right reiteration
Somet imes the water pillar, h ugs an d vast ,
Tou ching the clouds, an d walking on the sea,
y
Approach d us like a
’
n t, t o en wra
Our vessel, an d o erw elm na—till
’
e all b
Sen t from th e can non s throat did pierce its side,
’

An d th e wh ole mass, a tlel

gfi g g
de n fell .

Any thing euy thmg t lrat ll

’

-
e
And caused a momen t s though t , was dear t o me,
’

by
.

For my h eart s load it ligh ten d D ay day,

’ ’

I strove t o comfort me, —

.

I stro ve to dash
The man t le of despon den cy, t hat wrapt
My though ts in gloom, as ide ; yet, even then ,
I sometimes dea n d, that I sh ould fi n d the well,
y
’

An d happ an d th at thus my heav fears,

L ike cl s, would melt in t ha t clear heaven of j oy
Th at would o ct arch my soul at meeting t hee !
’

W
tell my hosom s agon ,
ords cann ot pain t it
shall
language is in vain —
’
y
y
Th e miser , t hat like th e ol t ,
Did fall an d, with an overw el ing sweep ,
bm
P asa d through , an d sear d my unresistin g h eart !
’

y
’

When , scarcel had our keen ro w touched t he strand,

T hen t o my fon d inquir ,—O dread fate
I heard that thou wert in th e lan d of rest !
y
Stunn d to the soul, and stupified,—a nd drugg d
’
— ’

From
y
T o miser , an d to loa with this draugh t
b
s most s lice, for a while,

y itt er
Be on the swa of reason I did lie ; y
An d said not —h eard no t —heeded no t ; th e sun
.

Sh on e not for me ; th e summer of my life

Was wasted—wither d, as b y magic spell,
b
’

I n to the leafless ough, and frost wind ! y

As stills th e tempest of a wi n ter day
b
I n to a som re shade, a gloonl y cal m,
So hath t he hurrican e, t h at ren t m y h eart,
Wasted its force, yet onl left eh ind
Rui n s, and all t he silence of despair
y b
An d I h ave come, t his once, efore I leave
l h is k d for ev er, he e t o throw me down
'‘
b
II pon ti n g
t is green an d silen t grave,
hgh
r ve, -

L ose for our th e manhood of my soul ,

And weep in soli tu de an d itt erness b .

Q Q C g Q 0

L o ! tis th e crimson sun , whose western ra

'

Burn on th e wall : I must awa — awa y y s

y
Farewell ! alread are our sail s un furl d,
And, {is in g , woo th e reeze to hear u s on b
Farewe p
oh dim, an d silen t fi eld of graves !
M y n at ive lan d, farewell —n ow to the sea ;
An d then a wild and desolate a ode,
I n lan ds un kn own , upon some wood isle, -
b
Upon the o th er side of this rou nd wor d !
 o u the N eg lect q ool e a: a D ramatic Writer .

O N T H E N E G L E C T OI" FO OT E A S A D RAM AT I C W RI T E R
I T is, perhaps, on e ofthe est signs of b cation of tasteful b an kers clerks, and
’

y
’

th e literar t as te of t he da th at what sh rewd cab in et - makers

’

b y
has een oddl called e careless
n ess of M r Warb urton s servan t, bu t
” ’
Those pls s which, at t heir fi rst
min g ou t,
ap ren ti
p

h
which ough t t o be st led the careles
b y pp en t o h av
run, are t h e mos t a proved st ock
e t e l on gest
y
p p
bb
l a s -
.

n ess of M r War urton himself, coul d Nor is it, i n all pro a ili ty, ever ad
y
scarcel occur at presen t Four manuf vert ed to , t hat ecu liar circu mstan ces ,
y p
.

scrip t l f m and Flet cher un conn ected Wl th th e in trinsic merits

p a s o B eau on t
would n o t n owbe thrust in to thedrawer of the piece, oft en com in e to alt er an d b
t o which th e cook maid was accustom - in fluen ce th e tes t of appro val Who .

ed to come for sin geing paper Nay , if does not know that pol itical fi eli ngs ia
y y by b
.

t he were, I am n o m ean s sure that duced oth T ories and Whigs to en

”
cook migh t n ot smell roast meat, -
deavour t o out no ise cad : ot h er in clap
-

an d have some idea, t hat doc umen ts

’
i A ddi d ho does
y
C t w
y
p gn so n s a o a n
wit h such n ames affixed, migh t hapl not kn ow that a bet ter pla , Brookes
’

he somethin
b
t ry lurred
b
et ter than mere p
Than ks
a l Gus tavu s Vasa, was in a mann er sup
ressed fi o m th e same cause P Foo te
ec ts o fpaper .
p
t o th e u niversal di f fu sion of Reviews, 18, perhaps, of th e more modern dra
M agazin es, an d N ewspapers, an d to mat ic writers, th e on e wh o has been

so su ccessf
b
t h e pu lic writers wh o h ave, of late,
y b
most flagran tl n eglec ted
y y
lic, certain l no t fo r t he causes w ich
th e b by
ull la oured to t e Open
b
-

t h ose wells of pure E n glish un defi have een en umerat ed, bu t for causes
”
l ed, th e dramatists ofthe E liza ethan b t hat ough t n ot t o have een eflicien t
bb
I t is, no dou t true, that the j u dg
b .

age, th e t rue Aug ustan ag e of E ngl ish .

literatu re, the satire of H ig h life men t of th e pu lic is, in t he long run ,
”
beb w sta irs has, so far, evaporated Bu t t hen it is in t he
y y
. n ever wron g .

I f M rs Kit t , my lad s lad or M r lon g run Th ere lies th e mischief

’
.

Philip, my lord s en tleman, for certain it is, that the pub lic is n ot
’
asked,
no w a da s, y
w o wro te Shikspur, g ”
seldom most dreadfull tard in com in y y g
t h e an swer will n ot be Ben Jon to the righ t decision I n th e mean .

”
Y et, at th e time wh en th e fame time, all sorts of v
'

b
son . es are pla ed
was writt en, I sus pect th e ol t migh t ofi, at th e expen ce
’

t he poor on
sometimes take eff ect in quart ers much or proj ector T hat is the way, to be
by y—
.

a ove th e in ten tion of th e au thor Th e sure, in Chan cer an d why art thou
by
.

my pu lic, it ma be said— wi th
”
earl dramatists, h owev er, ough t not
excl us ivel y
to occup this salu tary t e y the man heads, to less du itan t b
t rospect ion At th e same t ime th at th e and circumlocu tor , t han t he sin gle y
readin
cit es eu
p u li c
”
.

(a pbh ras e
won dermen t in M r Cole
w h ic h e x n oddl e of the
conscien ce ?
”
keeper of t he king s
Be it as it may ; there
’

ridge, is di eted u n n ew edit ion s of are man y

t hin , b
esides th e writin s
gs g
Ford, assinger, S ley, an d M arlow, of Foote, t o w ] eh th ou hast
'

ye t , o ne
i t woul d be well if some critic would way or oth er, t o do j ustice For ia
b
.

n ow an d then o lige th e stan ce there is M r Kean , call ed

b
'

osw un
g g
-

”
b l c, an d reform an d h dignified, ecau se h e is fi ve feet fi ve
t
y
p u i o t e
managerial lis ts of what are technicall in ches high and decried as ungen t le
call ed st ock pla s
”
-
y
T hese lis t s are
.

b yb
manl , ecausehe does not make Oth el
ofno lit tle consequ en ce ; an d, eing t he lo as stru t t in g and as stiffas a gold stick
solo work of man agers of th eat res, are, at court , or a herald at a coron ation
for th e most part, compiled in the most t hen , Scot tish airs, with Burn s v erses
’

b
a surd man n er T his is nat ural en ough t o th em, are st led vulgar, y ”

—hut the evil is n ot less on that ac

.

songs a ou t b ”
roses an d
p o sie
whils t
s,
”
ar e
b
cou n t .Th e omission from th ese list s encored in th e same reat h N ay, .

is a sort of n egat ive stamp of in feriori fiddl ers call Avison on M u sical E x
ty an d with t his stigm a u pon th eir ression, a profound an d exp lan ata
h eads, pla a slide ou t of remembran ce k, an d o ody con ts t hem ?
gg fig
t .

with out t e chan ce o f appeal to the is downn g t eresy to t that a man

'

matured u dgmen t ofthe pu lic, whils t

ot h ers,
'

not h alfth e val u e, are reser

b may not write et ter E nglish , for ha b
his h ead stuffed fu ll of Greek and
vin
p g
ved, an d act ed, and read, an d u blish I att n idioms D o n J ua n is recom
y y
.

ad in sixpenn editions, for e edi ti men ded to the notice of the Societ for
40 On the N eg lect qfFoote as a D ra ma t ic Writer .
[:April
by
,

t he Suppression of Vice, those wh o o f an y feelin g b u t t hat of self in teres t, -

as o n e of th e lea makes no scru le ofexcitin g th e lau gh

pass ed o v er B epp o,
p
p by
.

ligh t rodu ctions of th e t i me

'

ter of an an c en ce ou t rag ing t h e

san tes t
p
an d Boswell l s lau gh ed at an d a used
b b feelin gs of an other
du ed ease an d sch olare
Th ere is a su b
.

b y eve ody, as an eg otist an d an ab el egan ce in

surd fe ow, for h aving writ t en on e of h is di ction, which no occasion ever
b
t he most valua le an d in terestin g ooks b t empt s h im t o desert Th e gen tl eman
y
.

in th e E n glish lan guage L astl , for — is n ever su nk in th e satirist, n or th e

b
.

th e lis ge
t ts l n
o g— t h e su j ect of th e man of edu cation in t he droll H is .

resen t paper, Foo te, passes with th e wit is n ot oft en licen tious, n or ever
p
y
man , as a man ofdisrepu ta le charac b g ross . I t h as al wa s the air o f eiyng b
t er, wh o h ad a sort ofkn ack at writin g suppressed rath er than forced
b
li ellou s farces y
t h ough ts , if th e did n ot flo w easil ,
H is .

y
b y y
.

Various ca uses h ave uni ted t o pro seem t o hav e een s stematicall te
duce th e low estimation in which th e j ec ted an d b e ap era t o h av e re so L
writin gs of Foote are h eld Amon gst . v ed n ot t o say an y h owev er keen ,
t hese, th e en m it y of D r Joh n son , as which coul d no t be said with a grace
y
displa ed in th e en tert ai nin g volumes ful an d u n pertur ed ropriety —su ch b
b efore referred to, was n ot on e of th e
y
is th e st yle of Foote f b e was a b uf p
y
.

l east Foo te complain ed, and j ustl , foon in con v ersation , h e certainl is
bb
.

of t h e cra ed moralist s harsh an d n ot so in literat ure Th at he was a

’
.

con tem tu ou s way ofspeakin of him, bu floon at all, I mu st be permi tted to

b
‘

an d ha he, in ret urn , exhi ted th e Th e strong prej udice

'

dou t .

u n cou t h cen sor on the stage, it certai n hi m, which his writings were n o oub t
l y wou ld n ot h ave een th e most u n b cal cu lated t o excite, h as prob a l y left b
rov oked of hi s ou trages on privat e a l oad upon h is m emo
p
feelin gs H e h as een call ed th e E n g
. b deserved an d irremediab
b
at o n ce un
Th at this
li sh Aristoph an es T h e G reek wit , h as een t he case with man y oth ers
b
.

h owever, ac tual] caricat ured Socrates is u n den ia le Boccacio passes for a

bb
.

on th e Ath en ian ards, an d th at wi th mere rofligate ; H o es, for an atheist ;

ou t an y provocati on at al l I t would Pries ey, for a deist ; an d M achiavel for
y
.

b e useless t o den , th at th e person ali a fi en d With what reason, let th ose

.

t ies wh ich gav e t emp orary at tract ion s

t o t he dramas of Foo te, were in th e witn ess
b b y
.

highes t degree rep reh en si le Still, it Some Js echin wit abl on the
—
.

mus t be gran t ed that th ese pieces em h t g a C e — h

b i
b
u s n s t ov n t g ar n as assert
od a v ein of wit, a n at ural display ed, that th e est sample of E n lish 0
y
o f c l aracter, an d an elegan ce of st le, y v ern meu t w as t o b e foun d Wi th in
g
re a
wh ich sh oul d en sure th em readers, rules ofth e Kin g s Ben ch— an d ofE ng
’

l on g aft er t he imm ediate person al

cau ses of at tract ion h ave een forgot b y
lish prosperit at th e set tlemen t of B0
y
t an b ay-
I t is, perh aps, equall odd,
.

i h m f
b
t en . an q u t e as t ru e, t o sa
y t at so e o
Samu el Foote is th e prin ce of the th e est specimen s of moral satire and
l igh ter dramatists H e is in th e dra of E nglish st yle, are t o be select ed f ro m
y
.

ma what Bu tler is in epic poetr He th e dramas of Foo te Th e personal

y
. .

is th e mos t elegan t of farce wri t ers -

. eccen trici t ies u pon which man ofhis
T h ere can n ot b e a great er con trast th an ch aract ers more or less d
y
t hat of h is st le an d th e st le of O y ’
wh ich , at first, were per
n d ; an d
s th eir
Keefe, whose farces are, after all, th e i l raction , h ave u timatel y p
b i t
y
p r n c a t
most l ’p ular on the E n gll sh stage T h us
'

eir greatest inj ur

ii
. een .

Th e w tin gs of th e Irishman , full of

'

R eturn th e ingredien ts of the poison d

’

t he richest, al th ou gh m ost extrav agan t

h umour, are al toget her slov enly an d To our own lips
in elegan t T h e coarsen ess of th e dia T hat his characters, h owever, in cl uded
y by
.

l ogue is onl carried th rough th e t h e represen tat ion of in divi dual part i
co n t in ued an d in ten se ex hi iti on ofth e b cularities an d ob liquit ies, ough t n ot t o
l udicrou s ; as the rough et chings of detract from th eir o ther merits They
by
.

H ogarth are redeemed t he force of are sin gular, b u t st ill f aithful rep reach
t he expression On th e con trar , t h e y tation s of h u man n ature Th e t alen t
y
. .

s t le of Foote is t h e last in t h e world wh ich seized an d delineated their cu

t o give the reader th e idea of a li ceu fi i l li i i h m i d
b y
p e r c a p ecu ar t es, as n ot o t t e
t ious bufloon, who, himself destitute to em od that substratum of natural
'
 3
1 82 1 3 On the N eg lect o
f Foote as a D ramat ic Writer 41
y
.

e n timen t and feeling, which is com finished —

stuck at five and f
. It ort
mon to our ex perien ce, an d which I , charmed with thepict ure, and pi ued
comes h ome t o our usin ess an d our b at the peol i fi
b d
g o n
g at ve an
— i
-

bosoms
”
Who kn ows b u t t hat Ham n o od m ore th an five and for
y
y
.

let , that natu ral yet almost in explica l d d l m en, look at

b y
p r a a i e s a n t e
—
,

ble mixt ure of pa ssi on an d re fl ect i o n p i e ce q u i t e fi e s an d lo o d , an d on l

or t h at Sh allow, or th at Falstaf f, or wan ts a t ou ch from th e torch of Pro

that Overreach , or that Volpon e, or th at metheus t o start from the can vass, and
M r H ardcastle, or, to qui t the drama, f a ll a iddi n g
-
l— bbA en eral plaudit en
that Parson Adams, or Trulliber, or sued ; I owed, eu in th ree min u tes
Morgan , or Whiffle, or Pallet , or Pau knocked it down at sixt th ree, ten
'
”
y
b
-
.

lus Pleydell, E sq was drawn from

. T h at (o serves Sir George) was a
”
some in dividual , in t h e au th or s eye, s troke at l east equ al t o m
’

y aster
y o ur .

at th e ver time of his writin g ? Wh o O dear me ! ou did n ot kn ow that

does n ot kn ow that some of these cha
gr
a
y
nt man ; ali k e in ev er th in ; h e
as much t o say upon a ribbon as a
g y
rac ters were so drawn ? y et th is does
n ot detract from th eir en eral in terest —
RaphaeL His mann er was in imitabl y
g
an d acknowledged meri t, nor ough t it fin e I remem er t h ey to ok him off at .

m
b —
to do so Foote disad an tage is, a h h l h m
’
P i
b
t t l
b
. s v t t e a o u se so e-
e ago p ea
th e pu lic kn ew th e in dividuals from san t, u t wrong Pu lic ch aracters
y
.

wh o m d r h
h e ew, in t e oth er cases th is a r e n o t t o b e sp o r t ed w it —
h th e are
was kn own onl y to t h e au th or sacred Bu t we lose time Th ere will
y y y
. . .

I t has h appened to Foote, as t o man be a world of compan I sh all please

—
.

ot h er dramatic writers, th at t h ose ofh is ou b u t th e great n icet of our art

y —
hi h k i f h h M k h m e M
i w
b b w
b
p e c es c e e
p p osse ss on o t e r s t e e y e ar o . i n s
n o mean s his est I n the roun d the room Some idders are
y
s tage are . .

M ayor of arrat , S n an d Sn eak, sh y, an d advan ce on l with a n od bu t

t hough su flicien tly ughab le, I n ail them On e, t wo, th ree—fou r
are
y —fi ve you will be surprised—ha ha !
.

coarse caricat ures an d t h e L at is

w carried of fmore h s the sprigh t

ofth e action , t han i
o f character or h umour o f di alogue
:y
ori inal it
g
h eigh ho
y M rs Cole is a powerful
-

t h ough somewh at coarse delin eation of

on e of th ose stran ge u m les of th e b
y
'

I t h as al wa s appeared to me th at t h e fl esh an d th e sp irit ,

M in or is his b est acting p lay although an d h alf vice ; h alf h pocris , h alf
alf re en tan ce
p
y y
some oth er of h is pieces un dou t edl
y b y fear h alf can t , half feeli n — which
y y
con tain charact ers more artfull drawn th e earl an d more fan atics da s of
b
t han t h e est in th is corn ed excellen t meth odism produ ced Th e composi
y b
.

as th e are . I t is impossib e that an y tion is a most un accoun t a le one and

scen e can be more am u sin g—more air wh en L oader th e bla ck leg exclai ms -

il y h it off— than th at in wh ich Shift may I l ose a deal with an h on our at

M m i k N d i m b if ld M ll d b
S
y
t rin g the
p er s on a t es r r o r. oe s t a t o t t o , o o oe s n o
”
all detract f rom th e pl eas ure o f th e t ears in to m y e es, we feel it is im
reader to b e told th at Smirk was drawn
b
fi o m th e cele rated M r Cock th e auc
p o ss i l e
carried furth er
th a t t hbe h e t er ogeneou s can b e

b y
.

t ion eer T he a surd self importan ce, T h e farce of T aste is a happ effort
y
-
. .

whim, an d fli ppan cy , will al wa s t ell , Garrick s L eth e, wh ich is so methin g

’

w h eth er Cock, Smirk, or Shift b e th e similar, as to t h e species of sati re, is

vehicle . H is pan egyric on his rede n ot t o be compared t o i t Foote n ever .

cessor M r Prig can n ot itself t oo l et t he an t iquaries an d virt uos i al on e ;

y
mu ch pan eg riz ed I t may b e . an d h e h as h ere added hi t after hit
lesque, b u t th e t in ts, th ough rath er to his n um erous catalogue, at which ,
more vivid, are little less delicate than th ough the are repeated in almost
y yy
th ose of natu re I t is t o the trut h, ever v ariet of form, it is difficu l t
b
.

what the solar is to th e lu nar rain ow to refuse a smil e

. Wh en th e mock .

H is accou n t of his own rise is n ot less M ynh eer Baron de Gron in en asks
w himsical an d spirited One flower,
”
N ovrce of h is ust, bu t w ere is de b
y
sa s h e,
.

y ”
floun ced in volun taril from nose ? the replication of th e irritated
me that da as I may se I remem con n oisseu ris wh at a Fren ch man would
b er B r T e call ed it cu t usiastic, an d call su per b
T he n ose ! what care I
.

h
ron oun ced it a resage t o m f u t u re f or th e n ose ? wh ere is de n ose w y,
p
-

y
g re a t n ess .
— T h e a t w as a G u id o a S ir, if it h ad a n ose, I would n ot giv e

si n le figure ; a marvell o us fin e per sixpen ce for it H o w the dev il should

g
y
.

forman ce, well preserved and highl w distinguish the works of the an
e
 42 On the N eg lect ofFoote as a D rama t ic Writer E pril,
A
y
.

cien ts , ifth e were perfect ? the n ose, don s for makin g hi s Grace wait , b ut
in deed — wh y I don t suppose n o w b u t, is Grace kn ows my m isfo r
’

b arring t h e n ose, Rou b iliac co uld cu t con c lu din g scen es, in which t h e
T he

as
g oo d a h e a d , e ve r y w hi t — B ru s h ,
.
y b
as th e th in k efore th e Ser ean t s o wn
g
whilst h e hi mself is hidden
y p
g
l e a d

w ho is this man, wi th his n ose

y
-
an d wi
”
Th e Commissar is an ot her good u n der t em an d in whi ch t h e kn i ht

actin g play, an d was, I elieve, for b an d the lawy er make each o th er tipsey
g

man y cars very l h wi th such ludicrous su ccess, are n ot

b
p u a r T e s to ry
.

”
een more t h an easy to b e ou tdon e
of t e Patron
b
as .

o nce dramatiz ed in E nglish T o in I t wou ld b e t edio us t o particularize

b
.

left a farce on th e sam e su j ec t, wh ich, fu rt her Th e gen ius ofFoo te, like t hat
y
.

h o wev er, is m u ch in ferior t o Foote s ofall o th er wri ters offarces, an d man

’
.

Sir T h om as L o ft y, the pat ron , is de wri ters of comedi es, sometim es ru ns

i t d w i th t tr uth : an d Rust, th e w ild, an d deviates in to downrigh t ex
p c e g rea
o ld an tiquary, wh o falls in lo ve b ecause Sir Peter Pepperp ot s ac
’
t rav agance .

t h e lad s n o se is tu rned up like t hat cou n t of his get tin

’

o f t he ust of t he E mpress P0ppzea,

”
on e of his b g a t ur tl e
oroughs, at elect io n tim e,
d own to

thechaste mo iety o f th e a m iab le N ero, b y pu t ting on it a Ca u chin , an d t aking

is v ery amusing I t h as always appear it a seat in th e fly, ough it is hardl
b y
y
.

ed to me, h owever, th at th e charact ers l d h

b p o s si e t o rea i t w i t g r a vi t , is a

in which h e has een most su cce ssful l i i H i m l k h

r n t n i t
y
g a g n s a ce s n a es .
, e o s e
are Sir L u ke L imp, in the L ame L o ofth eaut horofWaverle , th ou h som e
y
-

g
ver, an d Sir Chris top her C rip le, in th e times a li t tle too ludicro us, have al wa s
M aid of Bath H e seems t o ave writ
. p
y a happin ess a out tha n b We have .

t en th em ih order t o displa his own the art of Oth ello by L ord Cat as
af ter t h e misforti me of his b ro troph e s
p
utler, b
”
L ord German s
b y y
’
ac tin
g,
”
ken h mh, an d exhi it th at nicel ba fat Cook, M n heer Vsn csp er, t he
l an ced u n ion ofh umour, licen tiou sness, D utch figure dan cer at the Opera h ou se
b
-

c lev ern ess, an d a su rdit y , in which b e in t h e H aymarket an d we are t ol d

deligh t ed T hat hi s own character was
.

an d th ey b o fth e match et ween by

th e Mar quis of
C ull y an d Fann Flipflap, th e Fren ch
o f th is cast th ere is n o dou t
”
are ev iden tl y writ ten con anwre Sir . dancer .

“ ”
L u ke L imp n ot t o speak i t Trip to Calais does him least
y p His
ro

fan el is in farce, ver mu ch what hon our T he piece itsel fis indifl eren t,
y
'
.

H am et is in traged , and Fals tafl in an d t h e transaction s t o whi ch i t

'

comedy At on ce at tracti ve, odd, cle

. rise, t o say t h e truth , had etter b e lef
in th e cloud which en velopes t hem
g a ve
t b
v er, weak, an d vain : in sh ort , a n at u
ral, an d y et rat h er in expl ica le, com b T h e at tack u pon th e D u ch ess of
.

osit ion .H is hal ti n g ac tivit y is n o t

H e has a th ousan d
Kingst on was decidedl the most n u
fortun ate action of his u nguarded and
y
is worst part
b
.

t hin s t o do, for half a million of volat ile lif e I n that un accoun ta le
.

— sitiv el omised to woman he m et with his mat ch L ady

b
p loo ) e , p o y P r . ro .

c ure a h u s an d f or L ady Cicel y S it ty Crocodile was, in th e en d, t oo

y
'

y,
an d mat ch a coach h orse for Brigadier h ard for him H is laxi t of prin ci le
.
p
W hip ; after th at , mu st run in to th e could n ot con ten d agains t h er en ti re
C it y t o b orro w a t h ou san d for ou n g y disregard of it : an d t o h er vin dictive
Atall at Almack s ; sen d a Ch esh ire i n tri es w as owing th e prom fion
’

ch eese, b t h e sta e, to Sir T im oth whi c is thou gh t t o h av e sh orten ed

y y
T an kard, in Suifo k, an d g et at th e h is days T h at it di d so, is a p roof
.

H erald s Office a coat of an us to cls th at h e was ossessed of stron l

’

o n t h e coach o f Bill y Bengal, a n ab o h

in gs, al th oug t he migh t n ot alwa s
b
h ave een ex cited wh en t he ough t
g
y
f ee

y y
n ewl y arriv ed : so
y ou s ee (h e a d d )
s I .

hav e not a momen t t o lose

”
N o th in g, . With all his kn o wledge of the world,
in farce, can b e b et ter th an his shift s it would seem th at h e at tain ed to kn ow
t o ch ange h is en gagemen ts, when h e
is inv ited to din n er, fi rs t b y Sir Gre
on l y b y b it ter experien ce
u id Foemin a po sai t
”
Furens
q .

h I n a n ot ice ofFoote s works, it would

’
b d
by
G f d
b
g yo r oo s e , t en y L o r B ren t or ,

an d las tly, h is Grace the D uke b e u n p ardona le t o omit men tioning

of wh ose ti tle h e n ever wai ts to h is ex cellen t C om ic Th eatre M
”
h ave repeated Grace wh ere is b e, th e Fren ch Th ere is not room, how
.

wh ere b u t scu t tles ou t, aft er he ev er, t o do more t han men tion it

h as got L ord Bren tford s enga emen t
’
g .

disposed of, with I b g ten thousand e

T D . .
 Hon s D a nica . No r . .

l l O RE D ANI C E. .

M an nieIto
-
a Trag edy .

BY B. 8 . I NG B H A N .

Kiobenhav n . 1 81 5 .

mple of th e modif ing,

yg
Or th e t i an , so f exa
r
ar
as we can ma tion has yet and creative power 0 eniu s —for i n
appearsd l n t hia ocun r ; n or mdeed Mass n iello s charact er, th ere was bu t
’

have we ever obm e hh name no

y
d l ittle to t em t the poet H e v ea s
by
.

t iced an
y o f ou r p re ten d e rs t o f o fisherm an of s lowes t class at N a les,
reign scholarship On e ofhis p wh o, as if supern at urally stren
ig
. s en
b u t on e onl U T h Sh h f ed, h eaded an in surrecti on of, we b e

y
e e p o
y
-

”
li eve, n ot fewer than men ,
T olosa ) has
y ren dered ver fait
full in to German an d ifwe mistake b
a ou t th e y
ear 1 64 6, an d, af t er a tu
n o t, a v ersion of t h e Blanca,
"
by multuous career of t en or twelv e days,
b
an
E nglish gen tleman, h as een prin ted was killed in an acc en tal sk r rl ish
id ir
.

at Rome b u I n geman , l‘owever, as imp a t e‘l to

t we hav e n ot seen it , n or
do we kn ow even th e t ran slat or s n ame
’
. his h ero all th ose at tri u tes most likel b y
T o su ch readers, th erefore, as may b e to ren der him in t eresting He h as
b
'

un acqus i nt ed wi th th e fame of I n drawn him as a hus an d an d a fath er,

man , it may b e proper to ob serve, t t — fi n ely con trasted him with G enuin o,
y
h e is yet b ut a oung man , from whose
m
a h
yp oc ri ti cal priest , an d with P e
b y
ri er
p g e n iu s m u ch a y b e e x
p e ct ed . ronn e, a ro b er, an d fi n all , has as
-

H is first l on work was a metri cal ro cribed to him th ose gifts of imag i
m sn ce, en t it ed t he Black K h ts, n ation , an d indepen den t energies of
"

( n f t h b t fi t l ) w h i soul, wh ich oet onl could evin ce ; y

:p
o e o e e s o s c a ss c a p
p e ar ed in 1 8 1 4 . M e re ro m a n ce ,
h o w —gifts, ind “ which, as if to rove
ev er, wh eth er in verse or th eirdivin e origin, are sometimes oun d
b
n ot so su i ta le t o his genius as dram a
p ros e , w as
i n individuals to wh om fortu n e h as
tic composition accordi ngl
”
in 1 8 1 5
M
denied ev er ext ernal yb
advan tage
wh ile, in th e a odes ofwealt h , lu xu r ,
a peared his Blan ca an
p asa
y
m ello, wh ich (as ou rfri en d C ounsellor an d splen dour, th e are sough t for i n
"

b
H el] o serves ) excit ed s furor of
”
v ain Wh at we c’ iefiy regret, with
. y
y
applause amon t ll e C en hs eners re ard t o I ngeman s st le, 1s, h
y lg gy b
g t at
i
.

T hese were qu ckl fol vred th e t h ere are no lookings a road o n n a

t u re, — no b lendin s of t h e m agn in
”
L ion Kn igh t an d t he Shepherd
"

of T ol osa,
”
which a ed in 1 8 16 ofNa es with del in eation f
b cent scen p
.

S in ce th at t ime, Mr n h as een s in ternal con flic ts

’
of t he H ere,
y
.

n o t merel rest in g on laurels, bu t agai n, I ngeman , like Oeh lan schlager,

sedulousl im ro vin yy h m d by by
is un favoura l con trast ed wit h someof
vels in I tal , an d
p
by
g i s i n
tran quil an d Is
t ra
t h e modern writers of German bu t, y
y
b orious s tu d , ofwhich th e frui ts may rh aps, h e was led in to th is error by
soon b e looked tb r Of th e four re u is I talian studies I t may n ot b e im
y b
. .

lar t ragedies alread men tion ed, is l h h k A lfi i f

y b t
p ro a e, t a e t oo e r or a
cou nt r men are n ot determined which model, in whom n o on e mood of min d
deserv es t h e preferen ce—a t presen t ,
bby or frame seems ever t o hav e een ex b
as soc iation s, wh ich will pro a l cit ed, th at m igh t n ot h ave exist ed as
'

cc
cu r to ou r readers, h ave led u s t o well in a crowded theat re, as on th e
”
M asan iello, of whos real h istor y m os t roman tic spot of t he N eapolitan
y byby b
e

a long pref at or memoir migh t be sh o re, f a n n ed th e so ftest re zes, e

i
r v en
; b u t w e h a v e n o t for some t im e an d illu min a te d t h e l ovelies t su n
oo ked in to Giraf li, or h is translat or eam s en ough of t h ese rem arks
yb
g l B u t. .

H owel l I n th eir en tertain ing his T h e pla ef ore u s is lo n g, an d our

y y
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.

circu ms tan ce, ho wev er f i h h f ore t o b e

y t
t or , every p r e a t or n o ce ou g t t er e
min u te, is detailed,— b u t luckil th e
y con ci se .

mere outline of t h e st or will be su f We pass over even withou t an al y sis

fi cien t for th e clear un dersta nding an d som e of the in trodu ct or y Th e
bb
scen es .

du e appreciat ion of the work efore w ith a v icw o f t h e Bay o f

d y
a open s
n a — \Ve hav e h ere, indeed, a f Masanicllo n lean ing on a rui n
Y
.
orci le 1 aplcs .

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“ 19 Ho ra D a nica: No 7 .
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p ,
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ed foun tain on one side of the stage, the presen t state of pu lic afi irs, an d
on th eo ther is h is co ttage H e is discon to el on him to make some chan ge
£z
.

t en t edl murmuring some stan zas of a mode o fgo vern m en t Th e t h ird

y
yb
in
b
.

rev olu ti on ar allad, wh ich lead t o a ain M asan iello efore us

scen e
b
.

con fused dispu t at ion w ith h is ro t her H eis still we lin g on the revolu tio
L azaroni, varied by bb
in terruptio n s of b allad wh ich he had efore su n
wit h his first solil oqu w e shal be in
an by g
th e mon k Gen uin o, t he ro

b y
a ph sician , &c &c
er Peron n e,
bu t th e assem
y
. . our ex trac ts Our readers may th i nk
g
.

y
lage is instan tl dispersed on the ap ( an d w i th j us tice ) t ha t t he st le h ere
ran ce of on e of t he ma i strates, i l d l m h h or must
y
w
b
p ea s o t o ne t t e au t
g
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wh o m M asaniellc al wa s sugmatizes no t e m used of missing a mark at “

with the name of oppreesors, or execu which he had no t aimed

”
— H is in ten .

tion ers T hesecon d scene t esen ts a lsng tion through the scenes where M asa
b p
y
.

dialogue et ween th e Vi cero (Du ke niello appears in the first act, was na
o f Arcos) and Filmarin o, a venera le
b b
turally to delin eate the th ough ts of a
h rman
arch ish op, in which t he latt er endea p oo r an d un ed u cat ed fis e .

i h d k i
’
v ours t o
g a n t e u e s at t en t on t o

(M aean iello , alon e, and mending his nets .

) H ow s trange F -
Whene er '

I th us m left al on e,
by
a
That son g revivesr —
and yet some spell,
M y st erious b b rin g to mind
ou n d, I can n ot
c en d l—What infl uence t hus hath changed me P
, as

M y can I rem em er w h o I am !
Th ere was s time, wh en first I wove this net,
b
I th ou h t b ut of t he profit s it migh t gain
den L aura s an d the children s hearts !
’ ’
To
N o w doth it seem, as if s voice from heaven
8aid, Follow me, an d thin k of trade no more
A Fisher, h encefort h, shal t thou be—of men
.

Yet still alon g the accus t om d path I tread,

’

D ist urb d in deed an d an xious —yet I move

’

Within the wan ted circle —weave again

T his n et wo rk when tis broken , —
’
an d st eve
—
-

L ay myself down t o rest t hu sleep in deed

Flies fi om me, an d th e wakmg earn er scam s g?
H a ! cursed in action —I n dolen ce that longs
.

For rest, u pon t he ocean s trou led wave,

When wreck awaits the vessel ! Yet , alas !
’
b
What can I do P—Oh acious heaven ! if sleep
I n deed falls on me, w e m e with t hy thun der ;
Or if I wake net,—with t hy h tening s lare
'

Point out my pat of du t , or

h st ro me
I for t he aven gmg scourge of Heaven am chosen !
y y g
So Genuino sp oke—an d so indeed,
Mine own disqu iet cv moment tells me
Y et an I u ndecided sti — nor know
Which way to turn Full glsdl would l go ,
b h
.

And prostrat e fall efore King P ilip s throne,

’

An d tcll the st ory of our misa ies -

.

Bu t thither have our executioner:

Barr d all a proaclr Well—det us then
’
—
g
Before th e t n on e of H eaven - This is
A h olida —o r sho uld be so yet seems —
Z
A work L y —(Belle at a distanc e )
.

Yet, hear n ow —How sweet that sound !

. .

’
b
T is th e church ells l q -T hi s onl consolation y
y y
-

Our t ran ts cannot us den M y I a ura !

Good—pious —sim Its hearted ! Thou art gone
.

y
-

Alread with th y c en reveren dy

T o j oin in praise of God Thither at last, —
9
 M m hi fl — fl e o a ag ray
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is
b
.

If earth should urn beneath our feet, can we

S till fly for refuge .

(Choir
q onk r, without ) .

Te summe rogamus Pat er

Ut cords nostra suscites
Ut vere possin t credere
Johann is testimonio, &c .

At han Vidn e vilde e ref t b

Om den Frelse som er n e r, &c &c . .

Those notes at tract me, I too, with the and

Of pious souls must j oin , an d pra to H eaven,
-

y b
Whose aid can rescue us, ev en if we stood
byb
On th e dread rin k of helL Our vo ices h ere —
y — y
C an reach e on d the starr spheres Fro m pra . er
T he powers of darkness cannot all withhold us .

EHe is about to g o, when the music s uddenly cen ce A g reat t umu lt , —

with shriek; ofterror and lamenta tion, is heard without aa d L a u ra
scan a rat her in, with her children in her
a rms .

L aura. Oh , heav en -
Masan iello
Thou t remblest, an d ar t deadl pale y
P eo le ait/ W oe ! woe
g )
t out
p .

Oh mi sera le day
M asan Tell me, I pra
.

For heaven s sake, what has happened ?

’
y
s or rest, t us e san
Ma be pro fhned i —If in the holiest place
Vio cc assails us ?
M am aApprehen sions dread
—
.

O ercome me
'
Yet , it surel can not be O
y l
-
.

Im ble ! The t ran t cou d not venture !

'

ra A , he has more th an v en t ured all t hou f

y
ear st,
y .

With im ou s force an d worldl power defied na

'

Profan the hol irit ! y

a This i s g
en
b
.

Th thun der olt, oh H eaven ! an d I awake !

m Full rev eren tl , a peaceful hand we wen t ,
—
.

Priests, o ld mew women, and our lit tle on es, —

y
T o solemnize th is an niv ersar y
Ofb lcst St John T hen sudden l th re came
y
a
.

1 hand ofh orsemen on us, even h ke wolves,

y
Bloodthirst , on a h armless {loch
'
— T he spared
—
y
Nor priests, n or women shameth lly t he us d us
'

E ven cast on earth the church s holiest em leni s ;

’

Dis ersed th e crowd with unrelentin

p
An horri d imprecations
l ows,
'

b
All the w
y
Our haugh t n obles urged t hem on
.

S t rike ! S trike
'

y
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The cried, and were not ! Tread t hem u nder foot !

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4; H ere D a nica . No V . .
Ep h
A ri
For t his is th e command o f
We fled in terror ; our
b
r

Within an hair s read h orses feet ,

’ ’
of th eir
Almos t were crush ed .

Children Weep ing ) .

Oh , fath er, ath er, sav e u s ! -

Th e cru el, fearful men !

M ara " (With ’ ‘g I tfit ! com orun I t is reso1ved !
heph h b
. .

N o w do I kno w t th whic I mu s t clim

L aura, go cast th at n et in t o th e fire,
H en ceforth our won ted toil is at an end
y
.

L a ura Why t h ine eyes so fiercel ? Oh be calm !

b y
.

Wh y clen ch th y d an d kn it thy ro ws so st ernl ?

Wh at would st thou do ? T hese men indeed were hireli
’

And b u t fu lfill d their dut

’
y .

M asan This I kn ow :
.

M y vengean ce is n ot sim d at them A child

'
.

Alon e is an gry with th e rod that struck h im :

I cru sh th e arm wh o wielded it .

L a ura Oh H eav en !
.

Masaniello, art thou th en in san e ?

One w ord presumptuou s n ow, would cost t hy l ife .

M asan With words in deed I sh all n ot rest conten ted

-
.

N o w let me go
L aura Again I say, what would st t hou ?
’
.

’
T h y looks are terribl e S o have I n e er
.
-

Beh eld th ee t ill this da

M oran ’ T is true
’
n ow
T hou saw st me n ot awake—I was a dreamer ;
.

N o w fir s t I know m se lf— y
I am ind eed
Bu t a oor fisherman : A man of migh t,
p
An d di gnit is h eld our D uke of Arcos
y
But I am t e aven gin g scourge of h eaven !
(H e ru shes out ) .

L aura Y e sain t s pro tect us ! Never t ill this hour

yb
H is e es hav e roll d so wildl —Now the fire
.

Has roken forth , t hat I so ong h av e striven

by
Withi n his osom t o re ress : The flame
N ow fiercel rages—an my words, alas !
Un wit t in gly have fan n d it in to fur !
’
y
We have said th at t he language in m y steri es of th eir own
profession , Pe
th e prec scen e is b u t tame ; bu t l essons to his l ess ex pe
v in g
' ‘
ron n e
t his was at t e comm en ce n t of t h e rien comrade Th eir cony ersation ,
y bb y
.

l i ll ili m i ll which occupies six s, takes place

y
p a , n a pro a t , sys at ca y
i n ten ded b y th e au th or, an d it will b e in th e in terior of a urch, wh ere t h e
y
foun d, th at th e st l e improves as th e walk aside, when Masaniello again ap
act ion advan ces The n ex t scen e ex d w h him w h il h
bb t tt
y y
.
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p ears, an a c e e u ers
hib its two ro ers , P eron n e an d Pietro , the following pra er or soliloqu
who h old a spirited dialogue on the

M man N ow do .I kn ow my du ty , hmven ly Fath er !

I h ave n ot woke in vain ! I kn ow at last,
Wh o is Masan iello ! But if woe
Or happiness, my portion is a poin ted,
y
Thou onl kn ow st ! T o guar th y san ct uar ,
’

Place me even like a tower of strengt h ; or ch

d y
en thus

Oh gran t me then assistance ! H it her sea l

Spiri ts of death and murder, for blest gage!
 M on s ieur - a Trag edy . Gl '

Wh ere wickedness so foul]; t ain ts the air

’

Wou ld n e er descend T herefore from realms accurs d

’
.
’

Sen d if thou wilt a demon of destruction

Bu t h ear my sol emn vows — I f I in vain
H ave t h us e n h s
e c o e , n b
— if I from du t shrin k, y
N or hope n or succour th en be min e ! I claim
Fit un ishmen t —eternal condemnation !
H e risesfi om the altar, sta nds silently , a nd lo oking wildly
' —
y
f or w ar d .

P eron ne ( dra wing nearer ) starest th ou th us in t o th e

.

can t air ?
Woul d st th ou catch motes that in the su n eams play
’
b
Or striv est th ou here with an gels, while on earth ,
T o make acquain tan ce ?
P ietro N a distu r him not ; b
y b
.

I h e eholds an an gel s form,

’
H e pra s .

L et him n ot look on thin e H e cannot ch oose, .

Bu t deem thou art a devil .

P eron ne Flat terin words

g
H o, frien d, What see at thou there —He stan ds u nmoved,
.

An d speechless as a st atue ; yet, on e way

Remain s to rouse him
.

(Strikes him on the shoulder )

b
.

Comrade ! art th ou du m ?
M asan (With cold sternness ) By H eaven , the wretched State
. .

I shall restore !
I t shall be free, if on the scaf fold I
-

Shou ld perish (P ero nne lau

g hs at him sc o mf u lly )
L augh st thou —If all h ell should laugh,
.

y
Be on d th y self—L ook at th y garmen t s, fri en d
T h ou hast not well for thin e own wan ts provided,
An d thou, forsooth , would st free th e state ?
’

M as an Sech st th ou
’
.

For strength or courage, then, in b rave at tire ?

H ad I b u t on e or t wo to stan d me,
Th ou sh ould st ere long know w t I can achieve,
’
b
An d wh o I am !
P eron Stranger, t hy words an d looks
.

I ndeed amaze me
’
Bu t thin k n ot th ou speak st
.

With cowards here Know st th ou my n ame — Peron ne

’
.

H as n ev er earn d a craven s repu tation

’ ’
.

Say, fri en d, wh at would st th ou dd —H ere thou b ehold st

’ ’

b
T wo faithful reth ren , whom th e tort urin g wheel
M a n ot appall We shall unite with th ee !
y
L ac ‘ st thou such aid as ours —daggers well proved
.
’

See how th e glist en ! y

e robbers dra w their dagg ers )
(Th .

M man Murderers—Ban di tt i !
.

At such a momen t, hast thou profier d me

' ’

b y
A lood han d, and, though from hell it came,
T hus would I grasp it —Bu t our compact still
(As Heaven and freedom to my heart are dear)
Shall solernnl v b e ratified Peronn e, —
Giv e me thy hand
( y
The s ha ke han ds .
)
a H ome D anica . N o VJ
.
C P? “
A
Now shalt thou know gainst whom
'

My g ra e h as b een excit ed— ”

Pia no the
Th at aims against my life or humble fortune
H im cou ld I n ot thus h at e—I t is the serpen t
T hat sucks away the life b lood of our state ,
yb
.

And all t o lin gerin g miser would devot e .

Villain s ! I kn ow , you, for ase lucre s sake,

’

H av e mu rder d th e defenceless Women , a es,

’
— bb
You would re len tless saa i fiee ! But y ou
Are angels, when con trasted with th e fiends
Who rule us h ere To our good king am I
—
.

Faithful t o death H is represen tative

Wh o wrongs him, an d our executioners
'
-
’
Them do I hate, how ud soe er
Them in to j ustice and umanity
I sh all compel , or crush th em
P ietro (As ide) T ill this hour
.

I hav e not known such confidence !

P eron Th y langu e
y
.

And fier glances, wit thy mean attire,

Are st mngely mat ch d—But I have seen ere n ow
’

Brigh t diamon ds glitt er from ignoble moulds .

I am thy man !
P ietro An d 1 !
.

M aso n Thy me, Peronne,

b
I s ail for th ee,
.

b
na
that in a murderous deed,
C onceal d an d ase, thou would st b e firm and faithful !
’ ’

Bu t here our deeds are n o le an d h eroic b

y
Solemnl shalt thou swear Murderers, I know,
—
.
-

H eed little what is sacred yet shalt thou

“

Kn eel down and swear Th e worm t hat n ever dies,

—
.

T he fire t hat n ever quen ch er these sh all b e

ven un to thee

M asaniello now exacts a solemn oath

bb t o him by
S t Jan uarius in a su pern a
b
of fidelity from each of the ro ers ; tural visitation H e is n ow j oin ed
b by h l
.

an d the mon k Gen uin e (a ase b y o ther con spirators , among t h e du a

exi te ratifies th eir part nership
) i fected citizen s, an d han ds the sword to
y s
h ol presen ce T his con cludes th e first m
them, to o ve if an y on e has stren gth
bb y
.

to draw it from the sca ard b u t t h e

T he secon d act as, ust efore the
j b all f ail in this at temp t He th en takes .

assmello s cot tage, it hi mself, draws and wields it with

’
break of day, in
where the four conspirators Masa the greatest facilit y
The all ackno w y
bb
-
.

n iello, the ro er and Gen ui i o ledge him for their ch osen leader, an d,
s; ri
en
t er disgume wi d masks, an ‘ ar after some f art her cons ultation , retire
’

— g by
.

hoods over t heir heads, th ough fi Masaniello is then j oined

l f l m i bl di wh o had een awoke b th e tu mul t b
L au ra,
p
by t
an o n
co cea en s
y sap
ed of M asan iello. follows and t he su cceeding shal l b e
p
y b
rov en
ef
fectiv e scene, in which b e ro transcri ed en tire
b
a v er
p .

duces an an cien t at tle sword, gi ven -

L a nna (E n ters pale and dishevelled ) .

Ah me ! what horrid voices all aroun d !

Wh o has een h ere ? b
M oran Tis I, my l ove ! Fear nothin
’

b
.

L a ura Thou here, my h eart s elov and all alone

y y
’
.

Bu t with th self thou wou ld st not speak so loudl :

’

Or is it all a dream ? Met hough t l heard

S uch hollo w whi
Nay, swords and m
d su ch rough hoarse voices,
clashing all t he n igh t .
 Masafi ello —T a rag edy . 40

M aso n dearest, be composed an d calm Tha din

Na
b
. .

Of arms thou ould st not b ln ne,

’ ’
tis etter far -

Than rat tlin chain s.

L aura 0 H eaven ! what mean these words
.

M ason Ask n ot, I scarcely kn ow myself their import

.
- !

L a ura Oh H eaven ! I recog nise that sword ! methinks

.

I t is th e same that in my dream I saw ;

I t issu ed from a grave ; you seized it then ,
y
An d our o wn heart relentless then forth .

Y ou drew the murderous bran and plan ted it

D eep in th e earth —straigh t it ecame a tree b
A palm tree
T was fed an n o
n an d eadi g,
p with thy lood -
b
Then a verdan t bough
’

Fell from the tree, and veil d thee from my sigh

’

A scream awoke e, m — twas our children s cry,

’ ’

'
That in t h eir sleep were scar d
M aso n A lessed dream
. b .

W as th is Oh L au ra ! if the palm tree grows

.

Green on my grave, full gladl with my lood y b

Will I sustain it
—
.

L au ra H eaven what mean these words I

.
‘

M asan L aura, the sounds that thro this nigh t then heard st
’

Were n ot th e work of dreams,—for m erers here

.

H ave secretl h eld cou ncil y

Yet I call d
’

b
.

On H eaven to b e the wi tn ess of our ond,

And shall n ot rest till all has been fulfill d
’

y
.

L aura Un happ nigh t ! Oh horrible !

.

M am a ! m
’
Tis et
b
.

The mom offreedom dawn n ow egins

Th ose that our oath has ound n ow wait the me
m —
b to
.

Th o u tre b l est Is it hope or fear that moves th ee ?

L au ra Nay , think not I can all a woman s fears
’

b
.

A j ure 0 let me weep upon th y breast ,

y
.

On ce more, b ut for on e momen t there enj o

A dream of won ted rest —even in the s ec t
Th y L aura with her chil dren may go forth,
L ost and forlorn , t o seek thy lifeless fi ame !-

S in ks int o his am ) .

M ore» Be calm and brave, my so n ! I have n eed

.

Of all my strength , O mel t it n ot by t eam !

-

Heaven is my witn ess I do hold th ee dec or

E ven than th e heart th ou rendest, or th e life
b
That n ot to me elongs, but Him who gav e it
I am the avenging Sc our e of H eaven —Rouv et t hou
.

Wh at mean these words L o ! now my native land g

I s like a wreck that , by
the st orm waves driven , -

Breaks on th e distant rocks, m b rethren st and ;

L amenting on the shore; e I not ald th em ? -

No T o the deep I must un shrinki

-
s teer,
And with th e storm con tend, even if go
But t o my grave !
L o a m Oh generous, n o le h eart !
.

H ow mean must I a pear,

bby
th ee con trasted !
H asten and save !
Y et can n ot Iess
L au ra mu st n ot lame thee ;
read ap reh en sions ! d
b
p
See there our chi n ! I n t h eir dreams, to thee,
y
Th e stretch their arms imploring Woe to them .

Tbe fatherless !
M aso n T his combat too ! Ah, nature,
I must now rend t hee from my heart,—thou gh life
.

I tselfwere therewith t u n awaya - Weep not

( E m b ra c ing t he fl ou red ) -
.
 H orw D an ica . No 7 . .
M r

If I
too strongl y clasp you —H eaven alon e
Kn ows if on earth I shall again behold you !
L aura ! farewell ! farewe ll — H eaven strengt hen you !
(R us h e s o ut
) .

— l
L a ura Ay h ear him, Heaven ! Forgi ve, an d s trengthen me,
I
-
.

T hat may not in of m y h eart ,

Follow h is step s, an d cave t hese little on es !

Poor inn ocen ts ! you draw m spiri t down ,
An d hold it h ere If heav en s gates were thro wn open ,
.

An d an gel forms appeared t o wel come me,

Profi erin g a m a wreath, I could no t gras
‘
'
-

An d leave on h pleas h ere, an d un pro tect ed p

.

Bu t why ou ld I tha t soaring spirit stri ve

T o ch ain down like mine own u pon this eart h ?
Wh y should I be hi s en em , an d t earsy by
b
M ake ev ery con flict h eavier to be orn e
Rath er sh ould I , like his good 1, aid him ;
An d n ow, methinks, I am his e g en iu s .

Forgive me, heaven ! An d y et, I am a moth er !

N o paren t could con demn me, I f I sough t
T o ch eck hi m, an d his an ger t o div ert,
By tears an d supplica tions Y et I shall no t .

I seek n ot this ! Go t hen, M asan iello !

Pursu e tlx ath of glor ! I in deed y
yp
Would l‘ d 7 follow thee, if ties like these
Withhe d me n ot ! H en ceforth on e t race of grief
Th ou shal t no t in t h ese eyes eh old again ,
b
T ill all h as een fulfill d —Wh at soun ds are th ese,
’
.
b
( m )
y
T u u lt w it h ou t .

T h e clash of swords, an d angr sh ou t s ! woe, woe !

‘

r in)
( E
T h e rest of this act would, on th e san iello represso ts to them that t he
s tage, prov e h ighl y
fecti ve it exhi
ef crime rest s wholl on t he D uke o fAr y
b its t he progress an d first con sequences cos, an d orders M atalon e t o be t aken
o f t h e con spirac d d l d w y i y
y T h e so
. u n ds h ea rd in t o c u s t o , a n e a a t o p r son ,

b L aura p roceeded from the market which orders are immediate] ex ecu ted
yace, where a skirmish takes lace b e m h asan ie lo
l
b P a d o t r
s
p e r nn e
p y o e .

t ween t h e con sp irato rs, with M aas n iel tl en makes a lon 8 speecl to th e pee e,
lo at t heir h ead, an d t h e Spanish guard which we sh o uld willingl t ran scr e, y ib
arch - -
b .

Afterwards Filmariuo , t he ven era le iflon g ex tracts were n ot requisite fro m

b
ish op, re appears, an d holds a t h e fo urth an d fifl h acts There is .

c on v ersat ion with G en uin e (the J e n ext a scen e with t h e D uke of Arcos ,
suit m on k, an d afterwards with M s i k h h i
) h l w i
w
y by
t n t
g
u n u a r s s a
o r n s a e
q
Matalone, an d i s saved onl
'

san iello, u n wh ich oc casion t he lat ta n g

ter asserts is importan ce as th e chosen refu ge in a church , an d the interposi
”
Scour e of H eaven , (a t itle which tion of Filmarin o T his act is wou n d
u sed t o con f
t his, foll ow s an ef
erred on At t ila —T o
) u p w. i th a dial ogu e etween M ats l on e,
fec t ive scene with n o w a prisoner, an d Peron n e, in a sub
.

b
b
M atalone, a n o leman wh o has for terraneou s cavern In th e course of
b
some time een imprison ed as a rev o this con v ersation , M atalon a is skilfii l
.

b
lutio nist , b ut h as n ow een ch osen b y en ou gh t o rsuade th e villain Peron n e
th e D uke of Arcos, as a fav ourite of t o j oin wi t h im in a new a nd sepa ra t e
th e peo ple, t o cou ve t o t hem a reno con s iracy, in vol vin g t h e m in an d
vati on o f th eir old c art er— th e Ma M
.

asaniello h
d f
b
g ea t o T u s a cou n t er .

n a Ch arta o f Kin g Phili h

giy
m hi i i fi
H i li
by
l i f d
p e s en.
p o t s o r e , ex t n g t e rs t n
t en ed t o wit h great atten tion M a th is lay ) of these masterstrokes,
san iello, b u t t h e mon k Gen u in o desires wh io t h e in ven t ive genius of I n ge
t o look at th e man us cript, an d imme man is distin guish ed, of which more
diately pro n ou n ces it to be a forger y
will appear as we advance
y . .

Th is in stan tl produ ces a great t u We must new post rapi through

mult, an d t h e peo ple wish to punish th e third act I t open s wit a solilo .

Matalone with instan t death but Ma qu y of the D uke of Arcos, who after
 M m niello —a Trag edy . 51

wards holds long consultations with former, b ut on th ese dialogue s we m s t

Genuin o and with Filmarino The n ot pause to dwell
iety an d wisdom ofthe lat ter are fine
.
u
N othi ng ei n g
more tiresome to the reader(or t o ou r
. b
f d wi h h l w i l ) h m l w y
y y y
y con tras te t t e o cu nn ng , se ves, t an ere ana si s, e
h pocris , and ut ter villain of the give th e n ext aceti c en ti re
'

s c a ms
: u r.

I nterior of o, G E N UI N O
a Church. —Ma sa m au .

Gen Now, let me wish thee o M ethinks, great

'

— l
.

l h ll b l an d I
’
Th y w ork r
e e on g s a e fu fi l
Shall hail in th ee the Brut us of our lan d !
M asaa That greetin will attend me on
.

Bu t tis n o matter ! If e seeds n ow so wn

’

b y
With lood han d shall rise on h mine e es
'

y
Full ladly will I close— though ey have not
l
Beh e d th e happ fruits y .

Gen Why wit h such thoughts

y
.

T ormen t th self ?
M aso n Fath er, such tho hts to me
.

Are j oyfu l, an d ex al t m so to H eaven

b
I f on der I eh old my aviour s form,
’

y
Wi th tho rns u pon h is meekl endin g head,
b
An d lood upon h is ag onizin n reast,
yb
y
I en v even the ro er, who b y him
Forgiven in his last h our, was b orne. away
bb °

T o Paradi se
by
.

G en N ay, thith er
. the grace
Of Heaven we all sh all come Tr l tis great
’

u
fi
.

T his life t o sacrifice ; b ut greater s l

T o use it well on earth .

Gen Nay, this I hepe not In the rolls of fame —

y
. .

Th name will shine ma nificen tl blazon d ’

y g
An when th e peopl e, Wi th their chains, as n ow,
Are s y
ling, the will cry with voices hoarse,
I n vein or Masanid lo Yet, to thee -

Splen dour is not in thine own times denied

, .

M a cao Speak not thus rou dl y From approving Heaven

. .

Alone can h onour flow T e dust which h ere

y
.

The Almight h as em lo ed shall b e like chafi '

y
C ast to the wi n ds, an be no more rememb er d
’
.

Gen But therefore should th e flowers t hat s rin on earth

b p g
.

Be cre t efore th e storm winds come to t ear t em

E ven
’
s
is life is a t reasure,—an d if thou
Scorn st its enj o en ts, thou disdain st indeed
’

Th e works of “ en Li .

M aso n, Such words, in Paradise,

The serpen t migh t have used .

Gen (Aside H a ! have I then

.

Betray d my Well, be it as thou wilt

’

We difier in our kz '

y5
, no t in tlzoag ht
-
.

I f now the Vicero our claims has

yb
-
an
And all t hy plan s have fairl Yd, gi
T b
hy y
een f ul
n o le deeds mus t n ot b e un der rated
L ‘ up th self from povert to weal th y
-
.

From mean estate t o power an d dignit !

Thou wilt n ot n ow refuse, in minor oin ts,
y
To h umour the great Duke, nor li h tl sh ed
p
y
b lood of innocent men
g
.
 H ora; D o mem No V C PT“.
A
'

b—
. . .

M oran What. lood mus t here

Be shed I kn ow n o t tha t let H eaven determine
k — th at ifu pon the thron e
by
h
Bu t t is I n ow
T h e b an h ty D uke sh oul d lace me h is side,
p
I would u t stand th ere, stall wit h sword in h an d,
U n til t he people from t h eir chains were free,
An d then u n to my h um le cot return b .

G en How ! wouldst th ou then rej ec t the

.

M a co n What call st thou fort une ? If I

’

y
.

Our coun tr s freedom won , th en happiness

’

I n ou r poor cottage, in my L aura s arms,

’

Amid our chil dren , waits me I f I fall, .

Then angels wel come me to realms of ligh t,

Wh ere even that ro er has more dignit , bb .

y
T han here the migh tiest hero .
’
G en See st thou n ot
b
.

T h at th ou art call d t o et ter sem ese

’

Than cat ching fish an d men ding nets P

So fortun ate as from the deep t o dr g
A rare an d costl pearl, that h t or thee q
‘

Rich luxuries o tain , an d aid

Would st thou then cast it from thee P
’
fi ien d, y '

M aso n Hol father,

. y
I un derstan d thee z Th ou would st sh arewith me
-
’

T h e luxuries from that pearl deriv ed So oft .

H ave I t o th ee con fesa d, now let me b e

’

Con fessor in m turn

y .

G en I call i t no t
.

A sin , t o set a ro er value here

On this life s
’
e
p
bp
freel I confess y
T hat as I have
m h ome,
'
of sufierin
I wou ld arta ke yy
fortune, bu t —
p y y
An d wel - saru d glor still remain th in e own
T hink ! thou hast
’
n ett le
.

that when first th y

Were all fulfill d, t
’
would st n ot then forget
’

M y faithful services .

M aso n [ would that now

.
N "

I could f t t he monk who stands b efore me ,

For he is e th e accurs d and craf
’
ty sheke l L -

H en ce ! From m h t —Ne er hast thou understood me !

’

y
Gen N ay, fn en for thin e own
. ? I couM ell d thee,
' '

An d meri t not thin e an ger I in

b
.

H ave un derst ood thee ett er th an t hou thin k st,

’

But now no more must aid the vision wil d

That first inspired thee True twas amiable,
'
.

And shew d at once a soul that could b e fired

’

B y on e great though t an d reigning ciple,

Wh eth er correct or false it mat ter not, ’

N or will the stream o f passion pau se for reason .

Thou deem ds t it greater life t o sacrifice,

’

Th an here to use it, for the weal of men ;

I did encou rage thee—for I foresaw
W ithou t the vision ar confiden ce y
T hat thou wert chosen the avenging scou e of Heaven ,
T hou would st n ot fo r our li erties con ten
’

b
But n ow, as I elieve th e go al is won
b r
g
T is time t hat I sh oul d from th y sigh t withdraw
’

T he darken in g veil, an d from su c dreams awake thee

h
T hat in realit y t hou should st rej oice,
’

An d gras th e treasure, whereon fool ishl

y
T hou see st to close thine e es —Go , SCIZ C it boldl ,
’
y . y
For it is thine !
 M asan iello —a Trag edy 53

b
.

Maso n T hou Satan , get eh ind me !

—
.

Go from my s gh i t I h ate an d I de p
s ise t hee !

These were th y ious h opes, an d I forsoot h

p
Was in thy han s a pipe tO pla u n ,
And at thy music my poor so to ell
b
Should dan ce efore th ee ! Th ou has t err d From dreams
’
.

T h ou h ast indeed awoke me While thou teer st

’
.

n ;

Thou scum ! thou reptile !

With t his fine b

indignation
urst of cessity of gran ti ng t o t he a full
Masan iello, i m s as ‘ th
fid;
ren ovation of t heir righ ts, lat
e n na 0f I n geman
'

h
ad in th i s tr ge
'

b y
his st ed fast purposes of
y
t er etra s
‘

ghh rougb ly awoke ; an d all that fol treacher and revenge Accordin gly .

lows is animated an d powerfii l In he proposes, that when M asaniello

.

deed, from t his poin t, the ch ief in comes to receive the ratifi cation of th e
t ercet first commen ces The monk . charter, an en d shall be pu t to his
Gen uino is h enceforth established as the career b y means of poison T h e D u ke .

h ears this n o t withou t aston ishmen t

and in di tion and t h e m on k t hen
darkl eges that t here are v arieties
y
of porson , some that kill immediatel ,
oth ers that produce lingerin g distem
y
p er s a ov e a ll, M ad n ess—b T h e Du k e .

refuses t o list en t o proposal s so mean

and diabolical, b ut the monk covert l y
ersist s in his own plan s There
p b
.

n ext an other assem lage of t he

e
p p o le, at t h e C h u r ch of S t L u di
vico, where Masan iell o appears, n o
1 as a h u m le fish erman , b ut in by
a of prin cel splen dour, an d
makes several speeches t o the assem
b ly, on which we regret not ha vin g
t ime to dwell .

After t his we fin d ourselves again

in the audien ce hall of th e palace ;
b
vours to sta h im to the h eart b ut th e M asan iello, s till in his prin cely at tire,
h ero receives onl a sligh t wo und, is received t h e D uke with respect by
s trikes Peron ne t o e earth , an d poin t s an d ki n dn ess, havin g n ow come o n ly
his sword to his throat H e spares his to o tain the final b
ts for which h e
b
.

life for th e momen t, h owever, bu t or h ad stipulated, a t hen peacea ly to

y b
‘

ders h im in t o custod , an d to execu lay down his arms,an d su mit h en ce

t it i Th erta is then a s b at tl ful forth to th e regu lar govern men t Ao
z i} ea b
. .

‘l i lo ‘e witll L aura, w w n s uP cordin gly, after an amica le dialogu e

g
c
th is ird act
'

of f our or fi ve pages, t he D u ke ofiers

y
.

Th rough th e fourt h act, th e pla him a parting cup of win e, wh ich h as

con tin ues to rise in in teres t I t e in s
b b l b b y
n uin o ,
f i d
b
g ee n
. cr a t ru g y G e
with a long consul tation et ween the wh o h as een wat c in g all t hat goes
y
Vicero an d Genuino, in which the orward ) M asan iello empt ies th e cu p ,
b
former appears n ow fully sensi le of and to t he astonishmen t of t he D uke,
the power of Masaniello, and th e ne
.

ore he leaves the palace, draw s

'

even bef
54 H ard! D an icw No V. .

b y
.

his sword, an d etra s all th e symp lurk in eve corner His situation i s
? y
.

t oms of in cipien t rage and insanit y ! afterwards ull developed in t h e fo l

H e kn ows in tuitiv el y t hat h e has een b lowin g in t erview with at hi s

inj ured, t h ough h ekn ows n ot wh om,

n or how, b u t declares t hat murderers
by own cot tage .

S C E N E I V.

M as a niello s
L aura, alo n e
’
hu t
I
. .

Wh ere stay st thou? have waited thee so long

y
’

An d anxiousl With su ch unquiet tho hts

I struggled n ot , even wh en th y ark was 0st
ild — wh en threat eni ng clouds
b
On t h e w wa v es,
Or even when earth itself, with murmurin gs d
B en ea h o
t u r f t
oo step s t rem led — when the sm o e bb
Aroun d Vesu v ius roll d in lacker wreat h s,
’

b
An d scream in g irds fled from th approaching storm
’

I
An xious was in deed, b ut n o t as no w,
For ocean i s n o t fearful, as th e sea
b
Of lood, wh ereon th ou n ow art driven More firm
T h y foo tst eps were ev en on th e t remb lin g eart h,
.

T han n o w, wh en fires rage in the reas ts of men,

y
W hen ev er heart, like a volcan o, hides
b
W ith in its folds in ternal rage an d woe
Wh ere art thou ? N ow I hear him
.

( G oes to the

H eaven be praised !
SC E N E V .

L a n n a, M A S A N I E L LQ,
L aura Come t o my arms !
.

(M m a n tello s ta nds s ilen t l , lea n in

y g on hi s dra wn s word ) .

N ay, h o w is t his ? T h ou stand st

’

— —
D ark silen t motion less ! And look st on earth,
’

b
As if efore thee an a yss were awn i ng ! b
See st th ou n ot th in e own L aura ? Silen t 8
’
y
T ell me, for Go d s sake, wh at h as happen ed
’
-
S
M asa n (S udden ly s ta rting , an d w zth wild looks H a ! haste th ee
. .

h aste ! Give me an oth er dress !

b
T his urn s me— t ortures all my fram e like fi re,
N ay, h ell i t self is urnin g in m so ulb
L a ura H eav en ! What h as
M asa n
.

N
o t hin g— n othin g
.
us dist ur ed thee b
B u t I shall n ever b e a m an again !
H aste— h ast e, I say T hese garmen t s make me mad
L aura Oh h eaven , what mean st th ou ?
’
.

M asan See st thou n o t t he wreath

’
.

Of hideou s serp e n ts t h ey h av e t wi n d aroun d me,

’

Wh o scorch me with a t h ousand fiery ton es ?

N o w am I cooler ! N o w sh all it b e prov e
I f wh en th ese rag s are gon e, augh t can a pall
,

T h e so ul of Masaniell o Tearing his dress ) .

Th u s no m ore
Sh all y du p ollu te our at mosphere— n o m ore
Sh all I h av e fi re or wat er— n o, n or air
I n c ommon wi th t he ser en ts ; L au ra go,
k
,

C all the Cen t urion wh o eeps wat ch t o day ! -

L a ura (G oing ) Oh woe H e h as b een dreadfully in cons d !

’
. .

M a sa n At las t, th ese gilded villain s sh all b e taugh t,

-
.

Th at j us tice will n o t ev er sleep,— th at I

Am n ot in vain t h e av engin g sco urge of H eaven !
 68

Command th e people all t o kin dl e torches ;

—
This is an h oliday it shall b e kep t
With splen dour, as ecomes a festival b
Bu t for t h e ligh ts ou r peo ple sh all n o t a
}
y
Tha t is t he kin gdom s an d ou r Viceroy part
’
;
H as ten Fire ever palace —I t will gleam
—
y —
all h i H h N ( C p n)
'

O er t e c t y a s te t e e o w a w ay E x it a tai .

L a u ra T hat was a h orrid mandate ! But

y
.

Of deeds like t h ese, I tremble Oh , h ave pit

y
.

H av e pit o n the people Wh ere is now

Th y won ted clem en c ? y .

M aso n Tis wh ere I am

’

y
M self, — M
.

i ll — Thi n e old frien d

b
asa n e o

C an st th ou remem er hi m ? Th e man in deed

b
’

Who stan d st efore thee is n o more t he calm,

’

d h m l fi bh m — b ut great
C o te t
b
n n e , u e s e r an ,

I n power an d di gm N ot th erefore last

°

— 3
.

d fi
'

N t u et i an con n b ut a stern
o
q
Admi n istrat or of relen ustice,
b y
With lood sword in han
b
g
L aur Oh , dearest h u s and !
.

Th looks are n ow so wild and h orri le b

a
l men t Ay, t rul .

h
y —b
are min e eyes n ot
—
'
.

An d m y ps p
’ ’
li ar c d a n d u rn i n g Ti s
I stron gly t hi rs t — an d lo my h ands are
C on vul sivel y, like t i er claws In truth —
I am a tiger, L aura Bu t n ot, t herefo re,
I persecu te th e tame an d in n ocen t flocks
b
I seek wild easts o p ey d evourers fierce
f
Wh o feed upon th e weak an d the (1d
r —

Them prost rat e at my feet , I shall ehold b .

L a ura Oh , dearest wh en h ast th ou b een thus perturb d ?

b
’
.

M asa n T hat I kn ow n ot ! N or can I much remem er !

.

I am b u t n ewly chan ged to what I am

3

B t to su ch
u m o o d s th ou m u st b e u s d— H ereafter
’

I sh all n ot ch an ge again L isten ( T um u lt wit hout ) .

D ost h ear
T h ose acclamation s ? H ark Th is I do love !
Th e fest ival, wh en sword an d fire u ni te
b
I s do u le— See st t hou n ot t hat rudd gl eam
’

Th us shal we read
'

l
,

Already read on h igh

E v en in t e v au lt of h eaven , our li ert !
'

y b y y
L au ra Woe, w oe ! H ave merc ! See th e palace onder
y
.

Alread all in flam es

M asan An d art thou n ot
-
.

Rej oiced b y such a sigh t ? I t is th e mansion

Of th e prou d M atalon e H e in deed
b
W ould hav e lown u p in the air forhi s diversion
S ome h u n dred t housan d citizen s N ow .

T h e time of v en gmn ce H o ! cen t urion

.

oldier eh )
( A
y
s le rs .

L et criminal j udges straigh t wa b e a poin ted,

( C h ose n fro m t h e b e s t o f t h e p p ,
eo le an d a s caffol d
E rect ed in T oledo street -
H en cefort h .

Shall execu tion ers be sta tion ed t h ere,

Our sen ten ce to fu lfil on the con demn d
’

Just icc t oo long h as slept !

L a ura M asani ello
.

B y all our lov e, I charge t hee !

M asan Name n o more .

Th at word of mildness ! To mine car i t sou nds

L ike flute tones in a darksome grave No more .
 H ora D anicw . No V . .

Bri th e lost lovel y painti ngs t o my t,

fi
Of n ish d h a an d j oy an evil b an
’

H ath marr d pp
enr eau t , n ow on e o nl
’ .

b y y h ue
b
C an I eh old
'
tis lood red — b -
.

L aura Heaven rot ect u s !

.

Fzl ma r M asanie o ! knowes t than that th y people

b
'

Rage all a road with fire an d sword

M an n A mil .

Wt i h fir e a aw o — ao sh oul d it be !

Filma r Wh at as st thou
’
.

Masaniello, was it on wh o gave

T h ese ragin men th e fi rebran ds ?

M ason , it was
. y bb
Twas I When ro ers dens an d murderers
’ ’

b —
Are lazing is n ot th is a pleasan t sigh t
e ! I s this Masaniel l o
Filma r
“

fi
r ouaded
gf .
) I bl .

M o ra n o told t h ee so tis all indeed that now

’

y
.

Remain s of what he was ; thou sa st th e t own

’

Is ub rn in g rav el y
— B ut b
, feel he r e t he fire

( f i o his forehead )

y
a n tin g t
I} more fiercel !
?ilmar H eaven, h e is insan e !
— — —
.

H m d h m d help help ! (Rushes )

’ ’
L u
a r a e s . a e s a out .

Filmar Masaniello, .

M an
'
? ill ?
H ow t h ou
say st
y b
s .

I t seem s t o me, that man will ear witness

I am now for the first time thoro
gghi
l well !
Wh en saw at than me more pow ‘ l
’

Film r Far more power

.

I saw thee rove, when th y domin ion

p
E xt ended o er thy self no farth er Now — .

weakness tho u art violen t !

M ama No ! I tell thee
.

That I have more th an all my wonted strength ,

And l can a ush them who do point at me !
'

w e is a devil who t i aids me ;

C
al dare l l;
t hen, I pray th z?
Fib uar I conj ure
m it, — by
.

even Masaniell o, the love

Th ou hear st to heaven , be cal m, regain th
’

An d stop th e flames that rage throughou t

L et fire and sword leave bu t on e day in peacek
H ast , thou forgot —this is an h ol da
M asan Wh at wou ld st thou with thy crosses in the air,
.
’
y y
C on fessor,—hol father H e, indeed ,
Was b ut himse a deviL—But I know, &
I know thee, friend —th ou surel art a good
A n d g uil tless spirit ,—from wh ose presen ce fl y
y
Th e powers of darkness —T rue, tis Sun da , — Ho !
’
y
(A S oldier en ters
) .

Cen turion ! warn the people, it is Sun da ;

L et fire and sword u n til to-morrow rest y
b
Film Th y lood is heated, —Pra t hee, go t o sleep,
.

An d may th e fien ds of darkness fly from thee

y
M aso n T he fiends ! nay, let them come, I fear them n ot ;
b
.

E v en with all h ell n ow, b oldl y shall I com at

I shall n ot sleep—a rul er mu st n o t 8
N o, I shall roam a road, and watch
Wh o slum er b .
b
189 1 3- M m a iello — a Tragedy . 81
now reverts a ain to the
He
men t of a revolution ar
g
y b ll d w
hi
y y
a a ,

we have al read mentioned, and re last roused to a sudden parox sm of

b
mem ers at last its t c conclusion
'

. rage, and stabs him, as he eliev es, to b

H e th en rush es out wi drawn sword t he h eart The onk fi lls ; but the m
in h an d,—an d t he act concl udes with
.

wound th ough severe, is not mortal

a sh ort soliloqu of Fy
ilmarino The duke instantl calls for h is gumds,y .

y b
'
.

We now come to the fifth and last . who declare that the were un a le to
h f h m i
b
p reven t t e en tran ce o t e an ac ;
Genuino and Masaniello arethen orn e

b
Arcos an d Se astiano, one ofhis ch ief
b
n o les,—wh ere th e madn ess and out

men te on Vario itizen s 180

d .

com e m, comp1ami ng f t
c
u u
s
ries 1ey
'

3
q
hav e sustain ed from the murgen ts h .

Gen uin o is also presen t on this occa

sion an d in the midst of th eir consul

n ot left ti me even t o anal se In the .

c ourse of it, Genuin 0, w o has b een

sculkin g in a com er, att racts suddenly
the notice of Masaniell o The con y b
b y transcri ing the scen e
y
. .

v erse together and the latter full t e

S C E NE V .

m
M an n (Alana ) Darker it wa s t every step l take

fi
.

Soon then must it be wholly

The deepen ing clouds hav e h r
Scarce can I recoll ect how 100k of ore
’

y
T he smiling face of day ! yet un to li h t
g
T r u gh darkness must we pass,— tss but transition
’

hp
Pa l a P er ha l— B u” t dre ad f u l is that h our
'

Wo it were pa t ! (L oob ng back ) I am not here alch e !

s
'

Still follow me, tn ed coun tr t en , and friends !

Ou r march is through a dar e me count i y here, zz
But ligh t ere long will dam n—H a ! now look there
;
ith g lada m on p rceiving the g rave )
(
’

g y
.

L ook, and e had gon e far astra :

'

But here, at
An in n of rest
ce .

t, a fri en dl rt awaits na,

i d
y
I was .
y t re ,

An d sough t for sh elter, n ow I fin d this hut

y y
-

T rul tis somewhat dusk , low an d narrow ;

’

N o m a t ter ! Ti
’
s e noug h — we wan t no more .

Observe: the skeleton ) .

H a, ha ! here lies th e own er of th e cot tage,

And soundl Alec a—R ollo ! wake up my fi ien d ! '

i
Il ow worn e 100 8 ! H ow hollow are his cheeks !
I l u ! an d h ow pale wh en moonligh t glcams upon him
H e has u 11 our freedom though t so deepl , y
And on b
e lood which it wou ld cos t,—that he
68 Hom e D anica . N o. K A T“
C P ,
I s turud himself to naked j
’
oin ts and bon es .
’
(Shak es the skeleton .
)
Frien d ! may I go in to th y hu t a while,
m h h h I m w
’
y
A d ? T
y
n re st e t e re o u se e s t t a t a e a r ,

Y et ch oose n ot like t h self t o lay me down ,

A n d b
as k h
—
er e in t h
w
e m oo n s h in
d
e
—
H e is si l en
i
t
t
—
b
Y et ha r k Th e re as a so u n a st r g
a n e v ra i on ,

That touch ed me like a spirit s coolin g wing

’

—
Who whisp er d thus P H aply it was t he wind,
’

Or was it he wh o spoke so ? H e, perch an ce, ?

H as lost hi s voice t oo, by
lon g in ward strife,
An d whispers thus, even like th e n ight wind s rustlin g
’
.

(L ooks round sur rised

p .
)
H a, ha ! Masaniello , th ou rt deceived 2
’

—
T hi s is a gra ve th is man is dead an d here, —
Aro un d th ee are th e realms of death H ow st rangel y
b
.

—
On e s senses are eguiled Hush, hush !
’

(M ur i c
of th e chair ro m the church
f .
)
Wh o sings
I n to n es so dee an d hollow mid t h e grav es
’

p
I t seems as if mgh t wan derin g spirits woke
-

A death son g —H a ! there s ligh t, too, in th e church

’

I shall go t here an d ray L ong t ime has past ,

y
.

An d I hav e wan der fearful l ; my h eart

’

I s now so h eav , I mus t pra ! y ( E a s t i n y

to th e c hurch

b
T o th is succeed dialog ues etween sev eral citi zen s an d soldiers of th e S
n ish guard, wh o are an xious to secure M asan iell o, b u t look on him wi a

superstit ious t error, an d dare n ot follow h im in to th e church T h en com es th e

y by
.

death scen e of Gen ui no, wh o is finall cu t off an acciden tal u se of poison ,

by
-

which h e h ad design ed for M asan iello, an d wh ich is inflicted on th e mon k

t h e mistake of h is ph sician y
N ex t follows a ver . eau t iful scen e in t h e in
y y b
t erior of th e ch urch , wh ere M asan iello, b y pra er, and th e assistan ce of Fil ma
rin o, has on ce more regain ed his fac ulties of memor
y an d reason
b Filmarin o y .

b avin solemnl pron oun ced h is lessin g ov er h im, retires, leaving M asaniello,
h
as he eliev es, in perfect saf
y
et y . y
Scarcel , h owev er, h as b e time t o u t ter an o th er
b
af fectin g soliloqu , which we must not pause to tran scri e, wh en th ree of the
Spanish guard rush armed in to t he chu rch Bel ievin g th em to be frien ds, Ma
b
‘

san iello advances t o m eet th em, wh en th ey in stan tl disch ar e th eir cara in es,
an d shoot him t h rou gh the h eart, disa
pp ea
y g
rin g immediatel , an d leavin g h im y
t o die unat t en ded H is last words have j ust been uttered, when L aura en ters
.

with h er children .

L aura Wh ere sh all I seek him ?

( u m Fat her—father ! hear u s !
.

m .

L a ura H e wan ders all alone, so weak an d wilder d

' ’
.

Oh H eaven , let me b ut fi n d him !

Woe ! woe ! woe !
H ast th ou then h eard my pra er, b ut to destro
y
All earthl h0pe for ever ! M asaniello
y y
L ove ! dearest ! art th ou gone ?
( Kn eeli n
g wit h the children over the

P I L M A B I N O enters.

T he ingen ious translator of Sin tram, will here be re minded again of L ear s ’

What—have his daughters b rought li m to th is pass

1
'
We despair d of ren derin
’

g th e ori
g in al h ere . I t stands thus
H m det er vist en B ry stmtig ,
Som alt har suen net T alen a Redskab ud,
’

O g hvidsker som et win dpust igienn em Natt en .

5
 m is ) Masaniello —a W .
59
Profi med the holiest place ? T h en woe t o th em !
Such crime meets no forgiv en ess
—
Ay, h e is fidl n !
y
'
.

Close, L aura, then his e es Be calm, an d now .

L et him in peace repose H e has indeed .

E n coun ter d his las t earth ] strife, an d triumph d

’ ’
-
.

L ist en ! H e charged me, w en we

b
With enediction s for t hee,—and or him
I shall n ot fail in ev er solemn rite
d last,

y .

What crimes soe er in madn’ ess h e committed,

’

t him are n ot reckon d P eace b e wi th th ee, .

ou great est man of N apl es — H eaven s aven er

’

g
S till let th e people for whom thou h ast fough t
Ungrateful, rage again st thee, even in dea th .

Yet thou h ast won a glorious wreath, whose ligh t

Will shine in fu ture ages, n or deca y
L ong as t h e heart of man h olds Freedom dear
And when her last fain t traces we eh old,
M asaniello s loss shall b e deplored
’
b
.

(Th e curtain alls

f )
Thus Traged of M asaniell o
en ds t he
”
W y
e can not ex ect th at th e ad
p .

mirers of our H orse G erman icae will in a like degree a prove the pro
duction s of the D an ish School Th ere is a wide difleren ce in sad in the st yle
'
.

and t as te of t he t wo n ation s Y et from th e meagre st or o f M asaniello, I n e

g
.

man has origin ated a work to which it is im ble to

'

n y th e praise of hi h
bb
inventive powers ; an d it is pro a le that, li e Oehlen schl ag er, h e has, in this
lan ce, writ ten too rapidl y to allow time for t he dev elopemen t of imagin ation
g

Of his tical roman ce t h e Black Kn igh ts, o r t h e T raged of y .

w e M m b
rha s give an a s trac t in some fu t ure n um er
p
Blan ca,
b .

L s r rs a r n o rt
' '

I nclosing Hy mn to Christopher N orth, E sq .

y y
s i n,

liege poet o f th ese realms, such as I

'

I it to be t he du t o f ever

y y
s o o n u pon

flatt er m self I am, to follow in t he et ern al campaign of poetr his an oin ted
King, w ith as much devotion as in old times th e feu dal retai n ers follo wed t heir
baron s hold to th e wars H e mu st be o t u se in deed, wh o does not perceiv e t hat
. b
the poetical m onarch of merry E n glan d is th e Poet L au reate, an d t o him our
allegian ce is due N o w, Sir, D r Sou th ey h as lately m ade an in cu rsion in to the
.

an cien t t erritory of t he h exameter, an d in so do ing, h as qui t ted himself as a

man I t, th erefore, is man ifes t t hat we, who are his su j ects, should in stan tl b y
b
.

march after him, t o show ou r o edien ce Th e in stan t I read his Vision of

b
.

”
Judgmen t, I was determin ed t o do so ; an d, after lon g pon derin g on a su j ect
fit for my muse, I dec ided on on e, which, wha tever may be t h ought of th e ex
ecutio n, must be allo wed to be on e of the fi t tes t su j ec ts for poetry I prepared b
y y
.

m self for my task, in t he mann er narrated in th e h mn (I 12 Un til I

by
.

got warm, I had n o n o t ion I could go on s o well, b u t th e time I came t o t he

con clusion , I waxed so v alian t as to th row ou t th e ch allenge (I . t o th e

L aureate himself I do n ot rep en t it , hold it may seem, b u t I h ope it wil l

y b
. as

n ot a r a kin d of t t treason I wish you would lay th e case efore M r

yb f p
pp ea e :

th e poem
'
i I shal l
'
Jedre e ore you pr n t . n ot detain you an y longer, bu t re

main,

Y o ur b
hum le Servant .

VO L I X . . H
60 Hy mn to Christofl wr N orth, E sq .
Ep ,
A ril

H YH N t o c u axs rorn r a n or
'
m, r aa m as .

C ontents E xordium —Immense merits ofthe berm An ocean mi d continen t not to be

. . —
found in P ink ert on , or M alte Brun A g reement with Miss H olford with respect to the
—
. -

Mu ses — Agreemen t also with an ancien t Comic —S ource o f in spiration A llu sion to .

L ord B yron , and a l earned W ham—Beautiful picture of a murmuring streaml et .

—Mr Wordsworth —P icturesque descrip tion of a grov e on th e banks of the T agus

—
.

—Benefit derived from the Slave T rade in Jamnion Cheering acco unt of the internal
state of Fran ce
—
.

A n operation ofhigh moment detains the auditory — Ch emisn y

-
S ir H umphry D avy . . .

—P olyphemus — Homer — I nishowen — H resum ed — H ero applau ded to

—
. . .

th e disl) M s gomen t of oth er na C onst ern ation 0 Baldwi n and Co Vain att empt . -

of Sir I ytli ttgortts t o rally

’
uona —S mall value of the beasts of a certain an cien t
con cern — H igh complim en t to r C ampb elL—S mall do to D r P olido ri — G en eral .

m assacre ofth e oth er Magazines —Mr Ni chols sav ed and applauded —Co mpared with the
h ero —C atalogue of heroes in th e mann er of H omers { I n cat alogue a M plimen t to th e
—
. -

Times — .H ero com acd to A gamemnon

-
m Preferred to t he son of A t reus for his more
com let e mann er of doin g b usin ess — Kin o f D ah omey A we stricken men — W oe to
g .- . - .

t he —Reform of t he toddy drinkera —What work now pat roniz ed b y v ery old
—
-

wom en — A Knight of t he H makes his appearan ce Amadis of G auL—D on

—
.

B elianis of Greece H ector of ro y —Tom C rib of E ngland

—
. .

C ause of s Varion s p an os on t he H era

U
Geographical description of
U
’

E d, Sco d, Wal es, I relan nited S tat es , pp er an d L o wer C an ada, W est

In H in dostan , Australasia —P atriotic b ehaviour of th e frien ds of th e S cotsman

. —
N owsp aper Catalogue of Rim , i n imitation of the Fairy Queenu L nfi up for lan d -
’

’
as b e in ning

L E n vo y
g
Appeal to the nirm e
Go d of Co ckaigne —A Challmge to Dr Southey
.
.

U
Bet of a M p and dam
—
D ifiersnce b etween the God of H omer, an d the
Con . — —
elusion .

mm . 1 0 r u n s , ra ms o r ru n n o u n , H AI L , cn n rsr o rn s n, ar m o r E D I NA !
Wh o from th y hill seat ed throne, in thine own most roman tic of cities,
b y
-

Sh ow rin g, with li hand, spread st j ollit

’ ’
eral all t hrough the nat ions .

H ow shall I speak thy ren own ? how utter th e half of thy praises ?
H ad I an ocean of ink, an d a con tinen t made into paper,
Y et would the ocean b e drain ed, and the con tin en t scri led all over, bb
E re I had t old t hy fame, th ou won derful wort h of Scotlan d ! y
I ll n ot inv oke you for help, fair maids of Parnassian moun tain
’

N o, I despise ye, my girls, in t he m anor of prett M iss H olford ; (1) y

For I agree wit h th e though t of t hat comical worth y Crati n us, (2 )
Wh o swore non e ever thro v e on th e w ish wash draugh t s of the M y
b y
-

H o ! my b oy, step t o the corn er and fetch me a sneak er of ran d ;

'

D rin kers of water avaun t ! I care n ot a fig for our preach ing : y

I sh all get drun k as a lord, an d t h en foll ow on with my poem,
D run k as a lord I shall get, as drun k as his lordship of B ron , (8
) y
b
When he sat oosin g in Th e es with the sixbot tle Sol man Pacha b y .

Where is the water to mi x ? T he water that on ce in the streamlet,

bb
M urmuring sun g d er the pe les, now sings its low song in the kettle,
(Wh ich M r Wordsworth an d I hold in sup reme ()4
H ere are th e lemons at h and, wh ich all on t h e anks of the Tagus, b
b
G reW i n a eaut iful grove, sh eddin g round it th eir delicate erfume
'

T here by
t h e ligh t of the meon a poeti cal lov er mi h t wander
g
p
,
;

C han ting a s weet cant onet t o t he honour of D onn a Maria

w b
.

(L i l h h b h h h rui t, which th ere

’

tt e e t u g t t at t e f as hangin h i m,
g a o v e
Would b e sen t over th e sea to inspire so famous a poet )
b
.

H ere is th e sugar eside, wh ich t h e h an ds of th e sooterkin n e ro

‘

Reared for t he sake ofmy pu nch in t he island of sweat Jamaica

g
y
b y
.

T hen t h ere s the s tingo i tself s weet smellin , alm , delicious

’

g ,
-
 Hy mn to Chr istop her iVortIi , E sq 61 .

D rink that is fit for the gods, or th e heavenl writers of Blackwood ! y

Gay were the Fren chmen who made it in N an tz, an illustriou s cit , y
y y
Merr t hey sung at their work, when t he gathered the grapes in th e vin eyard,
y
Merry th ey sung at thei r work, when the trampled t hem down in the wine- vat,
y y
Man the sung at their work, when forth came the randy dis tilling ; b
y
Merril I too shall sing when I swall ow the fruit of their la ours b .

St op for a momen t, ye crowds, wh o list to my h ym n in amazemen t,

First t ill I mingle my punch, and then for a while t ill I drink it .

Now that I ve tempered the stuffin a most scientifical manner,

’

Shewing a chemical skill, th at even Sir H umphr migh t env , y y

I shall proceed with the task ofdiscussin a dozen of tum lers b
b g y y
.

Glori ous, su lim e is th e draugh t ! The wine th at th e craft Ul sses (5 )

y
Gave with a deadl in ten t to monoptical Squire Pol phemu s, y
b
Though it el onged t o a priest, an d priest s kn ow the smack of good liquor,
Though it is praised as divin e by
that honest old win e i er Ho mer, (6 ) b bb
y
-

Th ough it sen t forth such a scen t as fairl perfumed the apartmen t, (7 )

'‘
I h u h i t ui d t b m i t w i t h lm t t w d z en of waters,

b
o g req re o e x a os o o

Never was et ter than this, which I at this momen t am drinking .

Once on a time, it is true, I came across liquor su perior,

Swalh wing a lot of po t sheen in th e hills a o ut far I nishowen b
b y
.

Well th en, the usiness is done A glorious poetical fur.

St il es my soul on the spot ; I ll keep you n o longer a waiting

’
-

Hail to t h ee, pride of th e North, hail , Christoph er, star of E dina !

Thou art th e lad of the lads , w ho h andle t he pen of the writer : (9 )
None dare withst an d th y award n one dare dispu te th y dominion .

Sweet is t he smil e in th y j oy, an d dread is th y fro wn wh en in anger .

Whmn shall I equal to thee, thou chief of all M agaziners ?

’

y
L ook round, merr men all , an d see th e res t are bu t asses,
If they b e named in a day with thee, D a s r a o v a a o r D v x c s s !
Joyless is poor M r Joy, confou n ded are Bal dwin and Cradock,
y
When th e reflect on th y strength, and th ink of th eir own pet t elpers, yy
’
b
Janus can t shew an y face, an d L am is led ofl to the slaughter
'

bb
.

Sad is the sapient heart of Sir D ick, th e devo urer of ca age,

Vain ly he calls to th e figh t old Capel L oft , an d N apoleon (10)
b
. .

Constable trem les m soul, wh en h e finds he has n on e to oppose th ee

b
Save a collection of east s, n ot worth a pen n a dozen y
b
.

Campbell himself, th e sweet, the eau tiful poet of Gertrude,

Shri nks at the sound of th y n ame, and turn ing awa from H Col urn, y . b
Wishes he d left the concern to Jack Polidori th e Vampire
’
.

Why should I men tion the rest ? unh eard of perish the cat tle !
y
Bu t as I go alon g, I gladl pay th e a tri ute, b
Eldest of all M agazin es, th e Gen tleman s, properl so call ed
’
y .

Pleasan t art th ou t o read, ay, pleasan t even in quai n t ness ;

L ong may thy E ditor liv e, lon g live, and scat ter aroun d him
y
Tales of the da s of old, and sen timen ts honest an d lo al y
y b
.

( h h l ld h i
’
C risto p er s n ear as o , e e in g se x a g en ar a n

Never arise there a ro w t wix t th ese t wo worshipful elders )

’
.

Hail to thee, p de o i f t h N t h H il C hr is t op h er star o f E dina !

b
r e o r a , ,

Great is t hy strength, 0 Kit , an d v aliant th y men are in at tle

y b
.

Wastle, th e laird of that ilk, who wrote of the craz pate anker,
b
-

Delta, triangular b rd, oth Hugh and Malachi Mullion,

as Hymn to Chri stop her N orth, E sq l p ;
ril .

—
Scot t Ja e Sm i t t— Doctor Scot t, the poetic uproot er of Grin ders
b
co

T imot h y T ickler so rave, an d th e couple of grave looking German s, -

H e th at s as great as a host , O D oherty, kn igh t o f th e stan dard,

’ ’

Seward an d Bull er fi om I sis, and H ogg th e Sh epherd of E t trick,

'

Cicero D owden from Cork, Tom Jenn ings th e poet of Soda, (12 )
Pe t f T i it y b
D li —O F o g y
rt d w
’
llin g i B l n y
b y
re o r n , u n ,
a , e n ar e

Gru ff lookin g Z is t h ere, wet with th e lood of the Cockn e s,

- .

So is th e an cien t Sage, wh om t h e men of Ch aldea deligh t in

'

H ow can I sum th em all ? Go coun t the san ds of the ocean,

b
Num er the lies of th e Times, or reckon t he motes of the su n eam, b
’
y b
Num rou s as t h e are the an ds, who draw th e goose quill for Maga - .

Ov er them all is N orth , as great as King Agamemnon ,

Wh en he led forward his Greeks t o th e sacred city of Prism
y by y
.

Su rel as Pergamu s fell Pelasgian velo ur an d fur ,

80 sh all h is enemies fall, if on ce the do at tle against h im y b
y y b
.

Onl the h osts of the king were ten ears doing th e usin ess,
While h e in slaugh tering his foes scarce spends ten minut es a out it b .

H ail to t hee, pride oft he North ! H ail , Christopher, star of E dina !

y
Man a man h as een slain b by
t hy tren ch an t an d trucul en t falch ion
b y
.

T hou, if thou wouldst , could uild a h all like th e kings of Dahome ,

All of the skulls of the dead, on wh om th y sword h as descen ded ;
Won der n ot th en if thy name is h eard man with terror by y .

Pale is t h e ch eek of L eigh H un t , an d p al e is th e An ti M alth usian

b
-

H azlit t I own i s n ot pal e, ecause of his rub icu n d swan drops,

But h e is sick in his soul at th e visage of Georg Buch an an y
bb
We is a trifle afraid, th e heav h orse L ieu tenan t shaketh ,y
b
-

Grim is th e sage looking phiz of th e acon fly Macvey Neperus

y
- -

Joy does n ot reign in the soul of sweet Miss Spen ce, and th e Bagman ,
b
Nor of some hun dred eside, whose names twould tire me t o men tion ,
’

y
When they are told ev r month, lo ! terri l e Christoph er cometh
’
b
Th ou hast for ever pu t down th e rascall W h ig population y
M u zzled by J
th ee is th e mouth of eifrey s oracular j ournal ;
’

Onion an d onion et there have suffered a v ast degradation (1 4 )

b y
.

No od min ds th em now, not even the drinkers of teddy, (1 5 )

y
Who in th e da s of old, in garrets loftil seated, y
T hough t it a wonderful feat t o be a le to read through its pages b
b y
No od min ds th em now, save awfull an ci en t old women y .

Bu t I sh ould n ever be don e, did I t ell ev en half ofth y slaugh ters .

Amadis, h ero of Gaul , n or th e Grecian D on Belianis,

H ector th e champion of Tro , or Cri y bb
th e chai npion of E n gland,
Floor d n ever h ave su ch a lot as th ou in the da s of thine an ger
’
y
b
.

Th ough I h ave much to say, I shall soon ring my song to an en ding,

Almost ou t is my can dle, my pun ch is ou t al together .

H ail to th ee, pride of the North hail, Christoph er, star of E dina
y
Jo ous am I , wh en I read thy soul enliven ing pages, -

Cramm d with delicious prose, an d verses full as deliciou s ;

’

Wh eth er th y theme be grave, sublime, a struse, or pathetic, b

y
Merr , j ocose, or slang, quiz, hmnb ug, gay or satiric,
y
E quall th ou in all soar st over th e rest of creat ion
’

y
.

S till are thy efforts devote to th e h onou r an d glor of Britain

Th en he th ou read where er the language of Brit ain is M M}
’

f
 H y mn to Chr istop her N orth, E sq 03

y y
.

Th rough merr E nglan d herself, the much h onour d land of the migh t
’
-
,

Over th e kingdom of Sco tland, n orth an d sou th highlan d and lowland

b
, ,

Over th e h ills an d dalcs of Cam ria, region deligh tful ,

An d in th e green man tled islan d of E rin , the lan d of potato
Y
-
.

Th en thou shal t cross th e sea to th e ankee dominion of M on roe, ( )

“

1 6
On to th e region s of C an ada, snow covered, upper and lo wer
y by
-
.

South ward awa to th e islan ds discov er d

’
C hristoph er Colon ,
b
Which th e l un dering n ame of th e Western I ndies delight in .

Ofl to t h e E as t, th ou fiiest t o the real ms of th e M arquis of H astin gs ,

'

(1 7 )
Where th e wild n atives of I nd regard thee with mu ch v en eration ,
Placin g t hee there with th e gods, n ext after Brama and Seeva .

Then ce to th e Aus tral lan d, wh ere fl y th e friends of th e Scot sman ,

L eaving th eir n at ive soil , at th e n od o f u dge or recorder, j
L ike patri otical folks, all for th e good of their coun tr y .

There t ho u art somewh at read b y th e h on est Botan y Bayers,

Who at th e liv e u n der the sway of M acquarie ; (1 8)
en ds o f th e earth

Severn , an d Tren t, an d T hames, Forth , T weed, an d T ev io t , an d L even ,

y y y
,

Dove , and Towe , an d Neath, L ee, L iify, Slan e , and Sh ann on ,

L awren ce, Poto wmac, M issouri, I n dus , an d G an ges, an d Oxley ,
Wander through coun tries possess d j olly faced readers of Blackwood ’
by -
.

Thus hav e I th e earth ,

’
sail d ro u n d like Cap tain Cook or Van couv er,
Here then I luff t o th e lan d, an d h aul in my ellyin g canv as , b
y
E nding my elegan t h m n w ith th e self same lin e th at egan it , -
b
n a n ro r u e s , r a m s o r r m : n o n r n , H A I L , c u n xs r o r u a n , s ra a ma !
' '
or sn
'
.

it QEnt op.
’

Na r ro ws o r e a a r n ! who h ave h eard my h mn so gloriou sl ch au n ted, y y

Answer, as h on est men , did you ev er h ear an y th in g like it ?
Never ! I swear, by
th e God, wh om H omer call s Argyrot oxos,
b
And whom th e ards of C ockaign e address b y t he n ame of Apollor !
Come, an d con ten d, if you dare, great laurel cro wn d Bard of Kehama
’
-

Come, an d con t en d if you dare, in th e met re of dact yle an d spon dée !

b
That I sho uld eat you in song, I bet you a rump an d a dozen ,
A rurnp and a dozen I bet, and there is an end of th e mat ter -
.

(L ) Wake n ot for me , y e maids o f H elicon, q uot h Miss H olford I am more po .

lite ; for I call them fa i r mai R ideo s i c redis , & c L ord Byron corn me .

maratea this adven ture in a note on one ofhis poems, Childe H arold, I believe — G ) T he .

kettle singing its lo w un dersong , W W also ,

”
A fig fo r you r lan guages , G erman
. .

and Norse, & c 0 d I X 1 2 2 1 Gee I give C owper s tran sla tion as th e most literal
’
. . . . . . .

I can find, tho ugh it does n ot do an y thin g like j ustice t o th e rac in ess o f the origin al .

I wen t ; b u t no t without a goatskin fill ed

W ith richest wi n e, from M aron erst received
T he offsprin g of E van th es , an d th e priest
Of t b u s, wh om in I smaru s I sav ed,
A n d with himsel f, his ch ildren , an d his wife,
T hrou gh rev eren ce o f A poll o ; for he dwelt
Amid th e laurel sacred to h is Odd,
H e gave me, th erefore, nob le gifts ; from him
Seven talen ts I received o f b eat en gold ;
A beaker, urgen t all , an d after th ese,
No fewer than t wel v e j ars, with win e replet e ,

Rich , unadul t rate, drin k for gods no r kn ew

’

O ne servan t , male or female, of th at win e

I n all his h ou se, n one kn ew it , sav e himsel f .

His wife, an d th in t en dan t o f his s to res

e
64 Hy mn to Christopher N ort h, E sq .

Oft as they dran k that l uacious j uicc, he alaked

A single cu with t wen ty from the stream ;
A nd ev en t en th e b eaker b reath ed ab road
' '

A scent celest ial , which , whoever smel t,

H en ceforth no pleasure found it to ab st ain .

Vinosus H omerus H e deserves th e titl e None but a wine b ib ber could have
. .
-

d th e win e as ni ifl a menit i es, O RI ON m 6v 368t h ct l ti

' ’

so j oyou sl y describ e
' ’

. .

x nfi go; 884685; e t a ma in which is v ery flatly ren dered by Co wp er I f I mi stake not , th e

-

g .

L andlord, in th e beginn ing of th e An tiquary , pan egyriz es h is claret in th e same m ann er,
which I throw ou t as a hin t t o th e future coll ector of parall el passages, su ch as M r C .

M etellus and Mr Watts —(a ) With Gen eral H art A Chaldean phrase S ee C hal . .

MS . Sir Richard s cont ribu tors Vid H our s T ct e a- T ete with th e P ub lic I n
’ ’
. . - .

deed that admirab le work sh oul d b e carefully studied b y those who wish dul y to appre .

ciate m h y mn —( I L ) Vid Cha] MS again Sec No 38 L uet as over S ir D D

. . . . . . .

H e is call ed D emosth en es D owden , bu t I could n ot get D emosth en es to scan I .

th erefore sub stitut ed C icero, which I hope Mr D o wden will b e satisfied with H e,
it appears, does not agree with an elegan t , an d j udicious poet of the L iterary Gazet te,
who sings concern ing the cover of the Magaz ine ;

O n that calm mild face I dos t,

Again
H our s T et e a tete
to the Ib id —(l d ) We are not overpOpular
’
- -

amon t h e Yan kees, but Munroe, who is a man of um tion , spok e rath er civill y o f u s
g g p
in his las t message to the Senat e I t is a good omen , that America will not long b e al
.

t ogeth er so barbarous as T ommy Moore represen ts her C N Marquis of H ast . . .

i gs, an d (18) Governor Macquari e—two particular friends an d cont ri b uto rs o f o urs
O

a
.

N .

P S I hope a sense of modesty will not hinda you j mm prin ti ng th is hymn of

'

. .

mi n e
.

P S C oncerning the scansion of the hymn , it was my intention t o h ave dissertated

. .

somewhat , b ut I f ear I sh ould tres ass t oo much on o u r pages S en d it o ver to P ro

p y .

fessor D unb ar, an d he will sett le th e matter for on in a minut e H e can apply h is .

n ew can on o f H omeric poetry to it, an d if that n ot make it scan , n othing that I

kn ow of, will For instance, see 1 99 Thou, if th eir, & c which he could accoun t for
. . . . .

on th e same p rin ciple as h e does E l c H rc, an d all other lines in an e uall y luminou s
e e q
manner Give me, however, a verse mouth to read my poetry, an d I despise all th e
. -

g ew g a w -w o rk of t h e proso dians I n d e ed, I t hi n k t h e r u l.e o f t h e l ea rn ed M e rlin u s

C ocaiu s, or Macaronicus, might b e well t ransferred to E nglish H exameter D en iqu e
sicut Vir ilina, ac cct eri vates in arte oet ics ot u u t l t era r e sill s ba s u ct orita te s ui ,
g p p er n a a
v erb i grat ifi, Relli uias, it s Macaromcus mm h em possidet
’

i
°

p oe t n u s a n c u eto r t at
q
s o n a
”
circa scien tiam, et octrinam propriam, it being a mighty con venient reg ulation , an d -

t ending to save much t roub le .

P S Therc is n ot a
. . of rhetoric, f rom M hor or Apostroph a down to P a
or A nadi losis, w ch the learned will not fin in my pocm I have not time to
'

p .

on th e subject, b u t I cannot h el th o w in o t hi n t to t h e i ngenious

p r g u a .

0 We nev er have an ob ection to

y j p rln t truth : o f cou rse w e p ub lla h thi s h y m n — C N . .

ma n c n s sr s a ro s r a rd
‘

H a as is a ook ofpoetry, good read b in stan ce, in our mind th e ideas of y

er, writt en and u lished in M an ch es
p b M a n ch es t er a n d
b
W or d sw orth , an d
y by
t er T he ph enomenon has a solu tel
. if, an y men tal process, you can I t
ast ou n ded u s ! We ro test we sh ould d t h m i t rt of u n ion Th
p u ce e n o an
y so e .

as soon hav e ex ected a secon d edition h m an w ould h av e

p
o f t h e miracle erformed in th e desert
i u s o f t a t g re at
a solu tel cl ouded for ev er b y on e b y
p yb bb
for appeasing t e th irst I sraelit es; as w eek s residen ce in th e s o f M an
’

fla
g
to fin d a H ippocren e lin g u p chest er ! Poetr from an ches ter !
amids t t h e f
u
ac tori es o f that smok wh y, we sh o d as soon h ave ex
m
y .
~

t o wn Th ere is somethin g in t h e v e M il i i f h e me
d
y
.
p e c t e a t o n an ep c ro t
n ame itself wh ich fl i l im T h e onl as soci
y y
p u t s t o igh t n os
y ll a b c a T e .

i l i i O l l f i w h d w i h h i
‘

p oet ca as soc at ons n co u

p , e or a
. t o n e a v e co n n ec t e t t s ver

1 T he
”
Mu se in I dlen ess By . W . D . Paynter, author ofthe Tragedy of B ury .

a
p s
n . 8vo. Manchester, 18 19 .
 M anchester P oetry 65

b
.

comm ercial town is the a stract idea th er v aluable endowmen t, who ever
y
of a little wh e faced man , in a rown b
coul d think that the modes t of th e y
y b b
-

frock coat and dirt coloured neck

- Scotsman could e at tain ed all at on ce?
cloth , n elli n ot of perfu mes or Th e thi ng is im ossi le, as D r Joh n
cassia, bu t 0 cott on an d callicoes ;
p
so n said of Sheri dan s st upidi t , such
’
y
talkin n ot of y
try or th e Stag rite, modes t is n ot in n at ure y I t coul d
y by
.

but n in e eig t s an d fus tian s

-
an d onl h av e come con stan t an d assi
wri ting—n o t of Sh akespeare or Pope, duo na c ultivation and prac tice, i la
bn t Y ou r s of th e 1 1 th ult
’
dul y
in g hold of ever opportu ni t 0 ad
.
y
y y zy
came to han d, in which per advice, in g t o the good ft which nat ure ori
’

&c M .
”
We h ave heard, to be sure, gin ally estow
b
mind was rocured, which at on ce en
till that fl a me of b
thanks to th eir in telligen t rethren
who travel north ward, that such th in gs ch an ts an amazes n a Bn t t o ret urn — .

are even t o b e foun d as poet ical b ag t o our Manch ester frien ds : L et th em

men , wh o are favoured with clan des n ot thin k we are in clin ed to be h arsh
tine visits o f t he Muse T his, h ow or severe with th em We have long
y b y
. .

ever, ma , we th in k, b e accou n t ed for e ed them with en ignit , n o t n u

y
on th e pri n ciple oflocomotion , and the mi xed however with some compassion
i stan ce aflorded to th em
'
h f h i by
i ll l d arkn ess Bu t let

b
g re a t ass t e o r t e r n te ec t u a .

trot t in g of h orses and th e rum lin g of t h em n ot despair We have kn own

wh eels in t h e con coction of th eir po cures to have een ef fec ted wh en the b .

etical elevation s The flatt est small via mater was even in a less promising
.

beerwill , we all know, b y con tinual agi state M uch may be done . a perse
y by
tation, efl ervesce: what marvel, th en , v erin i a course of st ud , an d read
‘

that b agmen sh ould write o try, n u B n‘ 1Kwood s Magazin e, wh ich ex gg '

der the in flu ence of a like n piration iz Pu lication, ye M an ch ester b

b en t
y
.

Were th e la ours of these meritorious N eoph tes,

n fin ed to M an ch ester, w e N octu rnfi versate m t di i
-
en u er sa e ur n
p crs o n s co , v .

a x ch end th e afllatus would b e foun d

-
T here is one t hin g h owever, which
u These in stan ces, th en , an d even our in dul en ce, reat as it is, can
y
t o cease
g
g
.

we believe the are m e, do n ot affect n ot excuse, an that 18 th eir u t ter ne

the general rule Y et we would n ot glect of th e great field wh ich h as re
b .

be un charita le an d we are willing to cen tl y een presen ted to th em for ex b

coun ting house an d sale room, a few say, in th e f
b
allo w, th at amidst th e la ours of th e ercisin g theirpoetical —
we , n eed we
rs

ar fem massacre of Pe
b y
- - -

sh tionary in dividuals may b e f ou n d terloo Such a shameful insen si ilit

who are competen t , u n emergen cies, we n ever efore witnmsed
y b
.

by
H ere was .

to suppl th eir frien with a grat ui a solu tel a nich e vacan t in the t emple
b
tous son n et orValen tin e, which , ating of Fame, and n ot a soul of th em h ad
th eir n ecessary wan t of rh yme and as t ime or courage t o ste in to it T he
y p .

saul t s on Priscian , ma f C h i l o f th e n or mit ies o f th e

yp ass o r a v e r r o n c e r e
ble an d decen t compilation M an ch ester magistrates, migh t have
.

ese are, h owev er, bu t at with th e u t mos t com

um an d th ou h to the
p o o r tri t a k e n h i s se
h id f V i ilby H
y i t
b
r g o r o
g g p g p
a n o s ar e, e s e o
cl er an d literar wareh ousemen , of m er, le h as een man i
y t n strn
y e o
t hat in t elligen t t own, th e m ay ap feated for this g oriou s dist in ct ion !
th e v er high est achievemen ts of Wh at species of poetr is t h ere t o y
y y
m u in ‘el ect,— fruits onl gro wing which this in exhausti le th eme would b
on the t o and inn acle of Parn assu s h d d ? F irs t f b
or the
b
y p p n o t av e e en a ap t e
E pic —Coul d an y thi n g have een
,
the ver as us ultra of th e en dow
men ts ofthe use yet we mus t wh ia et ter fi tted, f b .

rom wh ich to b uild th e

p e r so ftly in to th eir cars, th at

other performan ces th an th ese th at th at
it is l o ft rh m e , byt h a n y y
t h
”
e a d v en t u re s o f
ious E neas , Orator H un t ?
their poetical credit is to b e esta lish
cd .
b
M an ifol w ere h is affliction s, and vs
L et th em n ot mistake th e b o t rions an d sing ular his mish aps, mul
t om for th e top of th e t wo forked h ill t u m j ac tatus indeed, h e was miser
N ot th at we expect all th in at on ce a l y shaken
.

b
th e rude h an ds of con by
of th em ; we are n ot such rd task gi
s tables, and catchpoles ; et , amidst
masters We know, that in poetr as all, h e persevered u nmo v an d u n de
.

well as in o ther th ings, regress can j ected, mindful of h is

y L avin a L it
y
onl be made sl owl , an : y by
degrees t ora, where n ow h e has at length at
To borrow an illustration from an o rive d; and long, may we say, may h e
.
"
 60 M anchester P oetry E p ,
A ril
ymm
.

as lu to wh ich t he
his place S uch a
co mpet en t to fill .

!
h en for the m an as Roscoe we sh ou ld h ardi
' ‘
d h ave sen t h i l ever
g o s
'

E leg ac I s it ssib le tor more a expect from th e level of M an o ester

l if g;
-

—
.

m l h f d wh m h l m h
th eti z xa p t w di
b y
e es e ou n an y r erc an t s, gen e en , ose eru
t han th e po or creatures, wh ose ears tion, we eliev e, con sists in th e p la
an d no ses w ere cu t off th e unrelen t by
in g wh ist , drinking port , an d dam ning
”
ing swords of th ose valian t men at form, as u n ceremon iousl y as E u
-

arms, the M an ch ester Y eoman r I f s ign N orthert on h imself M ore learn .

th e an cien t au th or th ough t th e 088 of in g th an this we thin k t hey woul d be

his hair of so m uch consequen ce as to ashamed to possess ; and ofmore l earn
y y
lamen t it in an eleg , h ow man elegies ing we would n ot willingly acc use
t hem
wou ld t h e deprivation of his ears or I f five or six h av e t h e rare abi
.

his n ose h av e eli cited ! We leave the lity to t th rough a few sen tences of
matt er t o be determin ed a j ury of
—
by W
qp
mawkis common place, at some pub -

Then for the Ode hat lic m eet in g, we appreh en d th at is th e

D an dies
y
.

exquisite l rical in vocat ion s mi t h ave exten t of t heir po wers, an d th e su m

b een composed t o t he dece M aj or mit of th eir amb ition With respect
y
.

Cart wrigh t, or th e irit ofTom Pain e, to t he societ , which goes u n der the
ev okin g from t h eir e ysium, th ose wor n ame of the M an ch est er
” L it erar an d y
thies departed, t o ret urn t o earth ae
by
Philosophical Societ , we u n ders t an d,y b
mpan ied As trea, (excellen t socie t hat like all o ther ven era le in st itu
co
t for h er by
th e b ye, ) an d view th e t ions, it is n ow fallin g t o deca , or at y
oodshed an d carn age commit t ed n u
y y
l east principall directed t o mech a
der t h e e es of th ose modern Neros, n ics and commercial speculat ion s I ts .

t he M anch est er quorum Pet erloo n ame n ow remin ds u s o f n o emin en t

b b
.

migh t have een compared t o M ara a ili ties or extraordin ar

y tal en ts con.
t h on or Th ermopyl se, an d th e victims n ect ed an d associated with it ; an d we
o f th e eomanry, to th e patriots wh o should augur that it has

ex pir on th ose memora le plain s b p ar t i

in that misfort une of old age, t o o u t -r
cipate d

— y
.

And for th e E pi am But we are liv e its efficien c and re utat ion Be
b
. .

laun ching out t oo ar it is useless fur sides this, we elieve, t ere are o t her

th er to sh ew what capa ilities th e sub b minor societies, much o n th e plan of

j e c t p re se n te d Th
nit y is gon e, th e razen head
e go.ld en
b
o rt u b
t he E din urgh Speculative, to be met
wi th in Manchest er, where n onsen se
by
as u t
tered th e las t monition and even the is spou ted th e h our ; an d at torn ies
’

d f
b
P et erloo, after h avin , f

y by cl erks, an d commercial ook kee b

y b
g ro u n o g o r -

some t ime, een dail visited disin terestedl la our for each o t t a
’

b
triotic ag men, an d other dev otees t o
pa
b en efi t an d im ro vem en t
y H re are to
p e .

th e great cause, is quickl losing its b efoun d, orato rs an d rh eto ricians in cm

y
h allo wed san ct it ; an d wit hin a sh ort b ryo, reasoners on free will , predes ti
y
-

i d f m b d h n ation , an d ot her loft an d m st erious

b y
p er o , ac t o ries ay e e re c te on t at
dis tin sh ed spo t wh ere li ert
'

ex t opics, in wh ose diapu tation s, o wever,

al ted er cap, and patrio tism poured n o t hin g is con cluded ; an d th e p erso n
forth its lood b y
who generall comes off th e worst, is
.

Su ch is th e n at u re of things, an d
b th e u n fortunate L in dle M u rra y y .

th erefore it was in cum en t on our good T here are, too, M anch estern ewspapers,
friends to have seized time the fore by wh ere t here is occasionall y a poet ical
l ock
b b sket ch b venis, or a s tan za t o M iss
Bu t t o return to our su j ect
by
. .
y J u
Seriou sl y we are in clin ed t o eliev e M odestus, or an address t o t he
b E
by y
.

t hat M an ch ester is n ot over urdened E uph emia, res ec tivel

with t hat u nmarket a le article lit era b Princess
writ t en an d in dited
p
by
y y
o c ers appren
g r
t ure At least, we are pret t certain , it tices, millin ers protegees, an d oung
’
.

has n ow hardly an person of ackn o w sch olars o f the P orch,

y
yb
ledged literar a i lities an d character Who pen ”a stanza when they should
b
to oast of D r Ferriar, whose elegan t
. en gross .

b
mind an d varied research es, could at Or p erh aps on some suita le and ex
all timm give in terest t o t he su j ect to
y b
trao rdin ary occasion s, th ere may b e a
wh ich t he were applied, is lon g sin ce l etter from Mr A t o M r B on th e
b
. .

dead, and h as left no on e ehi n d h im con duct o fMr C with respect to parish .

L u cus a non l ucendo The o nl y readab l e p apers in th e T ransact ion s of th is S o c iet y,

.

are those of D r P errier D r H enr d ver fe w ot h ers T he res t is a mere cap ut m o r

, y, an a y .

t uu m . l
 M anchester P oetry .
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afl irs, or some
facetious and happ y sel ves should, in all
ilit , under b b y
y b p o
r a

“ l f w i wh i h l w i l take this la ori ous werk I n Manches

b
a l o t , c on an t n t e .

li hility lo comfl ete th em, Andrew t er, we have no l ess than ten dif
'

g
Birchb ottem, a person e, w as his scri es, who each take dif
m
b feren t
feren t d e
mme irnports, is in th e bit of admi

m
f h
p t t t t
y
own , an d atten d
a r en s o e
filfl discipl in e T hese literar b e th eir v ocat ion wi th unremi tt ing dili
lit erar performers, with an y .

W g e th em han dsome sala

i
y
g en c e e v .
,

Occasional pamph let, which th e emer ries, bu t are extremel sel ec t in th e

lds of t he time s ma st rike ou t of w h m we t hus const itu te our
a
p er so n s o
fi acki hmin ed nodd e o f some t e
,

rep orters o n thei r first outset, n o t b e.

' '

- .
.

tu rning politician, b ig with efiicial de ing accustomed to the climat e, t he fogs

m en t s ahd letters of moment, er an d th e efilu via
p r o c-
ee di n g fr o m t h e
m ile dramatic p erforman ce, which may cot ton were so poten t in th eir efi ects,
'

beextortcd from the un quiet con scien ce t h at t h e in tellect s of ou r unfort un ate

'

of some ri n t er or rin t er s ievil — Juvenals were m os t gri evous ly discom

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m m
p
p i
'

d W hi h gi
mm
e t
y t
b i t i
b
s e u p o
o
e , or er
ld
p e p l og e, v e u n e se e n e c o u n ca .on s
the pu ] h eart ofsome oun lim came to our b an ds, th ey were a solu te
the law, pan ti ng aft er immer of such a n atu re t h at w e coul d n ei
K
'

sa n e l ecture p u lis hed at th e de

ty
b er make h ead n er tail of th em In .

sire of th e auditors, u t tarl disprovin g stead ef a summary of M an ches ter li

the Devil an d all his wer s—or some t eratu re, on e sen t us an a stract of a
'

b
u im on , published at th e like desire of M an ch ester le er An o th er, aft er in .

the en, an d which , to sh ew forming us of e st ate of th e market ,

'

it efiects h as recured sleep en ded

'

—
modestl requiring of us
someorders—fer wha t dos t t h ou th ink,
by y
«i n w h i m f il d
u
b b
en s n as a e er
some hand ill , in lar e an d v isi le good reader ! For demi ties an d plat es !
g
ull of Orders from u s, C hristo pher N orth ,

a b
in in words
'

signif u
g
n ot h — er for platw an d demities gé H eard ever
m e p u lic addres . ch like E lks s; man th e like We were, accordingl y,
'

mh Settl e s E pithalamium, with a n ew much perplexed I n t ime, howev er,

’

b
.

fl i ng. serves for all occasion s equally, our m essen gers ecame completely ac
al l m t st ed with mu ch trou l e,
'

with mere—con st itu te t he of a M an ch est er life, an d h avin g lost

b
cu stom ed t o th e fogs an d t he et cet era

d
l ul u teh l and agg regate of wh at M an t h e u n accou n ta le man ia for trafi ck b
M is produ cin g, or is likel to ing, which at first possessed th em, are
'
y
d m i h f li w d f d i
w
y
F o u , n t e ay o t era tu r e n e co n t e n te t o .o rw ar ou r n t e r es ts ,

Our readers will, we think, be incli in st ead of merel takin g care o f th eir
u il t o won der at t he accu rac
‘
an d o wn y
In addi tion to th ese r . we
y y
(u nplctenem of ou r information I t is n o w em ley ano th er a
y
.
, our

M omniscien ce Th ere is w ort h en d M r T h eo h ilus Bail e ,

'

a n eph ew b y th e f
p
at her 8 side to M iss
nnt, in a t own in this large kin g
yy
‘

dom of ' lfich we h ve n ot a full an d Baile ofunfortun ate an d famous me

« a l ph a li terary an civil accoun t re
'

g mor , b y wh om the slum ers of th e b

l l m s b our emi s alifax ca tain were so su dden l y and
g u a r y t ra n s i t t ed t o
n rln , who are in n um er as cou n t less
u y H
b
so u n pleasan t l
p
distur ed Re y b
b
‘

8 .

as the san ds of t h e sea, or t he m ot es in in deed hav e een circu lated t hat e is

th e l hnbeams N ot o ne sill t hin g is th e illicit offs rin g of t hat cele rat ed
. b
fi ll ofo ur Magazine of wh io we h ave conn ectio n u t t his we considered

eomes t o ou r ears, in creas

y
m t inst antl kn owledg e A ve whis mere slan der on the fair fame of th .

to t he u n fort u nate h eroin e, an d t h erefore in

e

cm ofcan non L et , t h erefore, th e treat o ur readers n o t t o give it th e least

b
.

evil trem le wi th in th emsel ves , an d credi t Being a n at iv e of M an chester, .

u k wi th t h on sciousn ess of th eir h e is o f course com let el y familiarized

q a e e c

g u il t W e h.o l d b u t t h e r ed o v er t h em , t o t h e cli m at e , an h av in
g t h e i n t e l
wh ich may be in flict ed when th ey are lec tu al con stit u tion of a h orse, he can
least prepared We h ave at t h is mo b ear t he con versat ion ev en of Man
y
.

men t a room en tirel devoted t o these ch eate r cot t on s inn ers withou t flin ch
cfi d nl commu nication s, wh ich we are in g H e is im ced an ex traordinar . p y
n ow It for some futu re con t inua ch aract er T he alacrit y o f th e min d .

tion of Cam on D id n o t our advan ced is wo n derful Se lit tle is h e in fl uen ced
. .

age and in firmiti es preven t us, we eur b y locality , that we h ave had let ters
Vo n IX . . I
53 M anchester P oetry .
E P i
A l il '

from him, dated Gotham, on th e Sub cation to this his last and greatest We
—
.

lime an d Beau tiful c ommen t s from t herefore apprehend that this conj ee
t he Begs efT ipperary on th e Scu lpture ture is erron eou s, and th at th is drama
of th e Greeks, an d to crown all , di s t ic performan ce has act u all een pub y
m m y
o f man ,
b
sition s from Glasgow, on t he I n fiu lish ed within th e
q u i
en ce of P oetical Associat ions .

b th ough
e or
h aps on l in a con fin ed y
Bu t wearewan dering fromt hesu j ect town , an for th e edificatien of a ch e
an d M r Pa n ter y N othing more, we sen few Cert es t h is was a delicac of
y
y b
. .

thin k, is n ecessar t o esta lish all th at
we hav e said of our in tell igen ce, than
th e sim le fac t of our havin g reviewed
b
th e wor n ow efore us We are almost
which th e mul ti t ude was n ot wer
still it is u n christianlike an d illi eral b
for an y on e to keep to h imself th e pos
.

y session of a common good an d f or

cert ain it has completel escaped th e ourselves t h erefore, as well as th e o th er

n o tice of all our con t emporary j eurn al l overs of th e drama, we eseech th e b

y
ists, an d reall are afraid of in curring
bb p e rso n or pe rson s wh o m ay n ow enj e
y
to himsel f th e in t erestin g produ ct ion ,
t he su spicion , a suspicion which efore
has at tach ed on us, ofreviewin g a ook t o su ffer o th ers to b esharers ofits eau b
This sus i ties, an d t e tran smit it to u s with ou t de
n ot actuall y in existen ce
p
b
.

lay, fer th e purpose of ein g reviewed

cion , we en t reat our readers, inj u sti ce
to M r Payn ter, an d in pit t o ourselves,
y y
y b
in th e n ext n u m er of ou r M agazin e
.

en t irel to pu t awa Su ch is our well grou n ded confiden ce

y Our purpose is n ot
.

to deprive M r P a n t er ofon e iota ofh is in it , ded uced from th e p eru sal of the
m erited rep ut ation We profess our in
.
p rese n t w o rk , t h at we u n dertake t o de

competen ce t o m anuf act ure an y t hi ng monst rate it to be su perior to M iran

like th e ex tracts we are a ou t t o ad
b by dela , or an y oth er recen t dramatical
duce Our u sin ess is merel to poin t
.

b .

ou t th eir eau ties, an d en large on th eir I n h opes sh ortl of eing lessed y b b

defects If, n everth eless, our assev era
. with the good for which we have pe
tion s are of n o av ail, an d th e reader tition ed, we proceed to th e M use
”
sh all require a more con vin cin g proof in I dlen ess, an d first of all we mu st
y
t hat M r Pa n ter is a man ofth is world, n oti ce a v er y
al armin
g re p o rt wh ich
an d con sequ en tl y en titled to th e credit h as j ust come to our ears, an d wh ich
of t his p erform an ce, (th ou gh h ow a indeed had n o small in fluen ce with
b
n can dou t of th e exist en ce of a us in in ci tin g u s to rev iew t his b ook ;
b
mem er ofthe M an ch ester Ph ilan th ro
l y
is t o u s, w e con fess, a
n amely, t hat on e h al f of th e cop ies
b
h av e een lately tran smit ted to E di n
b b
p i ca S oc iet

l m l h i m f h h d urgh , fer t h e pu rpo se of ein g em

)
y
i
p ro b e et or t w t se n t o
M an ch ester for a cop of th e b ook, an d d h h
b
p yl o e b y t e p as tr y c o o k s in t e li t
h e will sh ortly receive a return wh ich t le necessary occasion s o f t heir u si
will admi n ister mu ch satisfact ion t o
his own min d, an d mu ch satisfacti on
n ess . b
N ow, efore sacrilegiou s h an ds
”
M
t o th e mind of t h e p u li sh er b are laid u on th e
p
y
u
we mus t simpl beg leav e t o ask th ese
se in I dlen ess,

b y
.

T h e b ook n ow efore u s, as we are w orth p erson s, for whose man ufac

in formed b y th e title page, is writ ten t ures we h av e al ways m ain tai n ed a
by D W P ayn ter, au th or of t he tra f f if h h
y b
. .
g r ea t a ec t ion , t ey a r e a w are o f t e
il W h vo u s sin t h e are a ou t to commit ,
y
e
g y d o f E ur yp u s . h en a n d w er e g r i e
t his traged was publi sh ed th e first in appro riat in g t o t h e in v ol ut io n of
p
,

crepun dia ofou r great au th or, our most cemfi ts, what was m ean t
diligen t in qu iries have een un a le to b b cakes an
”
for mankin d L et th em take h eed, for
.

ascert ain .As we n ev er h eard of it in w e assure t h em th at ev en th e recrean t

an y way , we can on l y ima in e th at i t
came ou t in lumin is eras
g efore web b
tailor, wh o was ab ou t to clip t h e great
b
ulwark of ou r li erties, M agn a C h ar
w ere bo rn , wh ich , good reader, was in t a, will stan d guiltless in com parison
y
t h e ear 1 7 6 0 Accerdin g to this su ppe
.

sition , Mr P ayn t er mu st n ow be adv an

wi th th e clipper an d mu til ator of M r

y Payn ter s S b illin e leav es After this

’
.

ced i n ears, an d t h eref no t ice, we 8 all n o t con sider ourselv es

b
ore in a v e
f a m f m i
p p d f w i ti
yb res on si le for an i i d w h i h m
b
r o er r e o n or r n u u
g s p y s c e s c a
y
m h w hi h i l h ereafter happen amon g th e mem ers
b
p o e s as t es e, c cer ta n ear
somet oken s ofsen ilit y On th is su pposi of t his respec ta l e fratern it y, f rom
b
.

tion , h owever, we can n ot acco un t for th e

long in terv al of time which h as een b p ga n s o
l
f con s

il
ci en ce for s u ch
m
i n ex p ia le

b p ti d d Ou l
o e ca an rs e s
sacr c gc , ee e v

suff ered to ela se f rom his first u li wh oll exon erated f rom the conse
p p y
 IN C] M anchester P oetry .
69

88 ?
u turn our atten tion to the ex:
must
fron tispiece which stares
I s in th e ace at the eginn ing of th e b
b ook . eWreg re t e x tremel that w e y which in th e delecta le poems
ushers b
We presen t it to our readers, as a spe
.

n ot tran sfer it in to our Magazine in

its urigin al state, as an everlastin g ci men of our au thor s d
’

pros e, an an
l tb r th e ingen uity of our read
ers
puzz e
I t is indeed, as M r Foresigh t sa s y exam le ofmeta h orical ele an ce Pure
p p g
must be the ta ste, an d preg nan t the
.

y
.

in the lay very m sterious an d h iero

g
l
p h
l fi i m y l
fan c , which can deduce mat ter of il
yp t
y i lustration from the Q uarter Sessions,
n c a i n n e or e p p
er ex n g
m any bfthose earl enigmas which an d th e H ouse of Correction

mr
.

i ? “ rop etical work, M oore s

y
’
T h e het erogeneou s C h ildren, disposed
an xiet t o get at th e
b
e h erein accordin t o their res ective t em s
g p p .

h ttogn of it has een su ch, that we ramenta

, havin g lived f

y
have ac tu all passed several n igh ts
without slee m an en deav our at its a sev en
y ea r
’
or a considerab le
time, (several of th em, indeed, lon er than
s app ren ticeshi ,) idl e and nu
g
p
-

rofitab le memb ers of th eir father s h ouse

’

d ud ds tion , b ut our su ccess, we la

b y p —
.

old, are sen t in to th e world, in order to

men t t o say, h as yet een ver small .

make some sort of provision for themsel ves

i t on e ti me we con ceived it a repre
y et with no oth er recommen dation , (H ea
l u tation of Adam an d E v e in a state
'
d innocen ce, and certainly there is a
ven h el
p t h em th a n se f m
l ra —-
m
which,

bust in thecornerwhich is ugl en ough

I t the serpent himself Bu t, esides
yb b y the way, p eopl e of thoughtful di scretion
an d forecas t con sider b u t a scu rvil
y sl en du -

loop , whereb to sus end so ret t 9 im

y p p y g
.
.

that, th e c is a fourtl h aracter in the crac k as H O e !

l i i
en , w om, u on l l s sul P0sition , zf '
p
H owever, if all of them prove honest
I . cann ot mak g Adar would h enou h to esca e th e ai l o i i m
f gfi y , and —
b j
ou t g p t

tha t b e r resen t ed wi th a owl o f even on e (b eit the v eriest da erlin amon st

pp g g
t h em,) h ave su f ficien t address to gain a set
h i h d h h
'

h
y
p u n c n s an , w ic p er a
p s
t lemen t in the Re ub lic of L et t ers,
M d h ardl b e perfectl y in character .

p are
p
nt s most l iv el ex ecta tion s will b e em
’
th e -

I t one time we in terpreted it to deli y p

swered to t h e fu ll : an d h e
give s h is as
{ a te H u n t i n I l ch e s t er rison, solacin
p g
,
su ran ce to th e wh ol e B en ch of worsh i
.

pfi d
his sorrows with a drop of the good C ritics, that it will not en t irely b reak his
“ ture in despite of h is j ailor, ad
b b h eart , (though, p eradven ture, tis p retty ’

m brat ed in the latan t east in t h e well frau ght with fat herly af ectimz) to b e
m a y an d of t h e t wo p ersons in t he hol d th e rest of his offspring , each b y vir
hack ground, wh o appear t o be anxi s, retu rn — in rag :

bb
tu e o f a v ag abond s
’

p as

oul l
‘

cheapen in g a yard o f ri an d
—to th eir n ativ e p arish of Ob scurity ”

fi
.
.

Un t ms tel y for this v iew ofth e case, We are afraid th ere is so mething
there is n o appearan ce of an y of t h ese more h ere th an m eets th e
fl tward an d visi le sign s which b su rel y rath er an u n receden ted
bb y
ey e . I t is

yb du p in tro
”
n n ce vile gen erall rin gs alon g wi th du ction to a oo k of oetr foran au th or
it Here th e parties seem quite at ease,
. t o commen ce
p
y
displa in g h is accurate
al l M r H un t himself appears as co m kn owledge of t e vagran t laws T here
y
.

fil tnb le in ever respec t as if h e were must certainl y b e some deep, some in

E ll is own h ouse, (i e if h e have on e)
with a select part of frien ds, to sati y
. .

h f
b
scruta le sen se at ta ch ed t o t his para
b m
,

U g p
ra , o r, in i t s o v io u s e a n ing, we
Annual Parliamen ts an d ni versal Su fear it h as n o sen se at all
y I t can not
.

fi sge This in terpretation has, too, an o

. surel be that this in troduct ion , t h ou h
g
ther small defect, t h at it is n ot en t ire apparen t] recommen dat or of h is va

l y consisten t with chron olog ; b u t this

we rcp rd as trivial G reat men are
y g a b o n d 0 s
p r in g , is t o b e
y
ex
t h eir u n fortu n ate fath er, wh o stan ds in
t en ded to

bb
.

not to b e circumscri ed b y rul es, an d more need of a settlemen t than his

as Shakespeare wen t efore time, it is
b
not reasona le th at Mr Pa n ter sh oul d y
chil dren
t m n
I t can n o t surel b e th at this
.

l
’
b
ours h ave b een u n der
y
g re a a s a
follow after it Upon th e whole, we are t h e in spection an d superin ten den ce of
b b y
w
.

him s on th e su j ect, b ut are p a ris h o ffi ce rs a n d ea dl e s , t h o se v er

to t hink th at t he plate h as in co mpeten t cul tivators of poetical ge
m e referen ce to the Man ch ester mas nius . I t can n ot surel b e that a re y y
made an d
. cre, and perhaps to th e part our au commendation so modestl
thor peribrmed in it, who migh t deem
'

y
delicatel in sinuated sh ould have een b
70 M anches ter P eary . A T“
C P ,
made and insin uated in vain . Alas !
When
there is somethin g exceedingl awful
an d championlike
y
that such t hings sh ould be.
will gen ius be rewarded ? h en W will L et th e wolfish king beware,
”
Or b the gods I ll make him yell
modest y b e preferred ? Sh all Parnas
y
’
.

I n t 0 next piece, the Solitar Bard,

dan bards s tand in awe of th e over
seer s wh ip, or write t h
’
e ir e te r n a l p oe m s a r e p r e sen t a
m
t i o n , d o u b t les s, o f
yM r
P h i l f w di m
b y
in th ei r m l f m i h t i h a t e r s e e sce rn a n
r e o v a s ro p a r s o p a r s , ,

d h f l
°

and from towns hi w h i h t u u t u i f i i li t

hip
e g o p o r o
to to wn s p, c ,
n
g s s e n s .

Th i w d i f h i l
m,
b
n ow glad to get f t h w i ll t e r e s a s e e t e sc n p t o n o s r u r a
o e a o
n e
d i M h t t d h
tim c e o n te n d fo h
r t e h on o u r o f t h e i r a o e n a n c e s e r , se a e o n t e

M m i f l k w m h
nativity ? S am m f
y t
h g n o

b
a r a a e u
e o n y e, en o a n , e p r es e e
i f m f h i h
l t
y
w
w r e se r v o r o o r r
ch te ! H e s e co tt o n so e a c n e a c
e s r av e y e no o , y , ,

sp n n ers an d m f ? I h l ik e M as t r S t e h M P t i
y
i e e n
a n u c a t u re rs s t e r e p , r a n e r s
w i l d b m
no M e cenas in
b
our fact o ie , t t t t
y
o n o s u o n
r s p a s oo , a n e e

B ckin gh am i
u n o u r co u r t s n o on e la n c h o l
y li k e a g e n t le m a n . E n v ia l e

wh o wishes to h ave fame a a h i d d t h i t u ti f t h e

b by
t c e a n e e i s e s a o n o a
p o e ,
”
rate, a d n h as am tio i n e on d t h e c a n s e e s i l v e r w a v es a n d m aj tic
e s

w is d om ofhis ledger? N o on e willin g

t o receive dedication s in lieu of ban k
n o tes, an d immortalit y in exch an ge fo b u t d f water as lack as in k, b
y y y
0
5
r a n o
d d d h fl i
t
b
filth lu cre ? Open our p rses, an u d an a a n o g p c
, er a n ce , o a n g a t
impart of our superfluit y to one who t h t f i t T h f ll w i t i t t
y
e o p o . e o o n g r u e o
h m m h
’

s tan ds amon g w illi d d t e e o r o f o u r a u t o r p r n t it

y e , n g an r e a t o y s a e s

receive t i So shal l it h w i j u t t u d w
Poet
y
v e a e r e n s i ce o s pp r e ss ; a n e can

h
. a

La w h h ll if f no t b u t a p r o v e o f t h e co n d u c t o f hi s
u r ea te, o s a t g n y o u r o g s
r did h is i h f t h i b i h i f m l
as Pin
b b
d a n ati e
v B a so t a , w o a e r n e a r r n g s s o n ro c as

shall lazon forth wi th lauda le per i l l i d th at h e might ha ve

y b
s ca o r e , n o r e r

v h
se eran ce t e pe ection o rf s f o u r odi e s l e i s u r e t o c u l ti v a t e hi s v ern acu lar

an d th e ex cell en cies ofyour min ds, wh o t on gue wi th th at el cc an d ef fect

sh a ll exal t ouy r
p o li c e m e e t i n g s w i t h w h i c
H
h
i
h i s
p o e m s d i s p y a
s S ire, wh o , in thc b e day noon of lif
.

his Odes, and our commercial clerks

’

y y e,
C loy d with the luxuri es of
’
rnish d
’

meetings with s Son gs ; our deaths g a

’

wi h h s Mo od es, an d our mar iages

i i y W P ’
yy
t
H ith er retir d on wreck of
n r
cel y weal th,
with his E ithalamia ; our news a
p p And with a Yokemate, te as Vesta s
’

rs with h rs S tan zas, an d our Ch ri st

p e
self
mas meetings with his Ch arades ; an d T ransfue l d into his mind the hate of
’

who may, in th e maturit of his i d

y p r e ,
d h fi l f m i
b
p o w e r s a n t e r n e ss o g r a t b egat a gust for solitude ;
t ude, even writ e a lan k E pic poem, in And thou gh himselfpre eminent ly vers d
y
’
-

imit ation of D er s Fleece, en t itled

’
I n th e rich fruitage of old Greece and
P a ter s Cott on
’
.
Rome,
ut n ow for th e poetr
y W e a e
. r M a d e hi m b u t m a s t er o f h is m o t h e r
t
fi rst presen ted with an i mitation of on u e

y
g .

E astcheap in th e Sh ades next fol

B ra t on s N ymph idia, den omin ated
’

D warfish Warfare, or th e Bat tles of lo w s w h e r e w e are i n t r o d u ce d t o o u r

y
,

n tan ces Fals tad, Pains, Bar

'

ld
y y
t h e Fairies . T h e worth ch ron icler o a c q u a i
d m kl h
d l h
b i
of these grea t en gagemen ts appears t o o p , a n D a e Q u c w os e ve r

b y
,

l l w i h h F
y
have een t rul impressed w ith t he rea so n a e e x p os tu a t i o n t t e a t

b
dig nit of h is su leet H is lan guage,
'
K n ig h t w ill f u l l p r o v e , w e t hi n k , t h a t

z
.

h k m i l o h is imi ta
theret re, rises p S
b y
r0port ion ab ly In a e s p e ar e u s t q u a t
y
.

st ead oft h e D o D a s, th e term adop t t o r O u .r a u th or s u s e q u e n tl , i n a

g
ed ia common p arlan ce, we m eet wit h i u o u m n n e r c o n f e ss es h i m
v e r
y g n e n s a

y v ous sin of di m
,

t he D og s own D a s, which we prefer, se l f g u i l t y o f t h e g r i e

as more elev ated, an d as i in g th e d e n c e T h i s i n s t a n ce w e a r e s u re ,

g v ,
.

i ve th at th e f ault
b
y
D evil, or rath er the D og, h is due w i l l
.
e s u f fi c en t t o p r o
i i h m i i f hi
b
M an other felicities o f dictio n are on l e x s t s n t e i a g n a t o n o t s

y
equa l y apparen t We h owever, en li ta y a n d se lf a c c u s i n g a r d
yb
s o r - .

t as domestic T iger clu t ches M ou se,

.
,
S w i f
t irel a stain from givin g a furth er ac
coun t ofth is reciou s morceau , m erel
p
calling th e at ten tion of our reader t o
M y in c H ostess cry d
rcvil c i n h ou se !
’
Thou knave,

“ ’
as it f or t I bought thee H olland
t he followin d l r a ti on, in wh ich
g e c a sh irts ,
 M anchester P oetry 71

And “ I d thy filthy

’
na me upon th e When , afhe observ d a proud City s
ar,
’ '

b righ t sp ires,
H is bosom was heat ed with opposite firas s
“

H e t eil d at his fello ws , with merciless hate,

’

And ar ci with inj ustice t he rul ings of

’

t
I‘ ate '
W hilst
scor
thou uncon scionabl e reck rungs
’
dP
Yet, when the arch d welkin was tranquil
an d cl ear,
’

Was I b y th ee, at th y latter en d,

n ot The thoughts of th e past would en gender
And pray d th e Saints thy b roken h eart
’
8 t ear,
to mend Which stealin g, s pace, down his travel .

And thou ,
’
can st vassal - slave, use gain d scars,
’

M y He it
p y
’
d m an kind,
- and forgave his ill
G ain kind to
’
t who was rlous

ag
ne so pa
l

t e
On e Fri en d, whom h e lov (1, yet mai n (1
0
9 s
re
Ah fl v arlet s ton gue,
’
thy h
'
t eu nau
Whi h Ell pi mi h
, g y n
on th e ear
c e a s re, as min e honour
,
A B roth er that l ‘
n en d —from the place Of
!
b
s n
st ung

We are next regaled Ode and

y b
an
An exil e for ten weary years he had b een ,
an Allegor , oth of w ich , th ough
excellen t in th eir way, we are o lig ed
t o pass over T hefollowing T ale, which
"

b B y his Coun try rem emb er d and h onour d,

u nseen
’ ’

y H is spirit was loft y, -(Orsin o his n ame,)

.

we ex tract en tire, is designed certain l I n th e field h e h ad s ough t an d acquir d ’

To op e t he sacred source of sympath et ic hon est fame

H e b rav d a false Nob le,—wh o fell in th e
”
t ears
y y
’
.

It is ver sad in deed D raw ou t our . st rife

handkerch ief, good reader, for h ere is And v elis ht Orsino was b anish d for life !
’

h at ter that would mel t a h eart of

H is rai m en t now tat ter
’
d—the mock oft h e

H eavy b urth en d his h eart,

-
’
j
an d all- oyless
Th e L unat ic a nd the Outcast ; A Tale
h is mind,
.

Mistress Young L eon h ad journ ey d through regions

’
By Friendship undone, -
b y h is
m fd s
'

r
unk n o wn ,

A Bankrupt in Fortune and H appin ess E ndurin g the fri gid, an d fierce torrid zon e 3
made 3 Wh en , seated one even in sad reverie,
B il own d b y his
’
equals , - rev il
’
d b y the On th e measu rel ess b each of the wide
ma n ,“ C as ian S ea,
'
’
Midl t Pride s b it ter taun ts , and the clamour
’
A t the cot of a steep frowning clifl , he
of Spl een , beheld
Y oung L eon his birth place - - n a gay T uscan A poor naked Maniac, who frightfully
’
y ell d !
At t wilight ab andon d, with sorrows weigh d
do wn
’ ’

U ngraciou s
wild
his u p et,
s —his eye sternly

t u npests of ang uish his thoughts

'
l ieree
'

rudel y h url d,
’ f
H e laugl d whilst in anger, -and horrib ly
’

smil d
’

A pu nylcss Outcast, h e fled from theworld .

From his grim b o xen visage, black tresses

O u the wild b lasted h eath , and the b leak
' '
h ung do wn ,
D ank sea- weed h e wore round his head, as
O n the cataract s
’
b rink, —b y the foul sedgy a crown .

On the sharp cragged rocks that defac d

’

’
Mid whirlwinds an d thunders that shook t he smooth stran d,
t he firm B all,
’
H e cast him self h eadlong , and cl ut ch d —
—unpity d
He
w nder d and d,
' ’
sufl er
' ’
by t h e hot san d
i T hen , savag d b y phren sy , sprung up
’

Not e en the poor peasan t

’
—(himself sorely wit h void stars,
w e» d And maim d h is s warth foreh ead,—and
’ ’
.

W ith a si h of compassi on his pi lgrimage

g to re his lan k h air !
b less d
His head was oft pillo w d b y fragments of
’
When he saw the lon e Ou tcast, he utter d
’

rude howls,

Marsh y wat er his drink, moorland b erries L ike those o f the wolf when in forests he
his food .
p ro wl s

Calumn y .
72 M anchester P oetry .
Ep ,
A fil
Advanc d a few passer - then paus d, as in woman n eedless, at the sudden evil of
y
’ ’

t his in nocen t Cain I t is veril a

y
doub t ,
Now, fixing his eye- ball , n ow, gazing most melan chol catas tro h e, an d
p
-

ab ou t shoul d in fu ture b e a warmn g to t h e

— y y
.

At leng th, with cl en ch d hands an d quick

’

kee ers of as lums how th e su ffer

He fi ld
l
l l g with rage
’ fleetly forward, th e Strang er
p
t heir patien ts t o go a road to th e da b
m
mage of our l ord th e ki ng, an d t h e
A nd
t
’
e
with shrewd signals and fear an d con st ern ation of his su j ects
’
b .

es tures, h e b rav d,
’ Ou r au th or s Bucolical inspiration s
g
H is feet t ose d the san d, and thus, furious,
’
— come n ex t, and T h eocrit us an d Virgil

h e rev d
’
hide th eir dimin ish ed h eads Th e for .

mer h as certainly th e advan es of

Arch com st thou with in ten t to
’
reb el !
lace, for what were th e ba n s o f
-

url oin p
p
t h e C dn us or Min cio, t o t h ose of th e
A Mon arch s regalia—his j ewels an d coin
’

I m King Q th e E lemen ts—clouds are my river ersey, or th e D u ke of Bridge

’ ’

wat er s Canal ! L en d u s y our ears,

’

s teeds

I grasp all th e thun ders,—and do migh ty d f lk d l ist en t o th e Bucolics

‘

g o o o s, an
of t his M an chester T it yrus
y On e
deeds
—
.

T he win d is my gran dsire a dormouse my sp eech onl we can qu ote .

dam
O Sundays, I m arry the tiger and lamb !
’
L Y C I D AS .
Fl y—fly my dominion s ! or b y t he three
’
Z on es
I ll plu ck out thy sin ews, and rive all thy —
0 , th at this b reast were t urn d to lifeless
clay
’

b on es !
’ Yet VVisdom speaks, an dI must n eeds ob ey .

H e b ois terous spoke an d all frantickly — -

M y truan t flocks again shall j oin tly feed,
t ore A nd b ask at will , in th eiro wn v erdant mead ;
A huge fragment of rock from th e desolat e M y mopin g D og again shall ran ge the lawn ,
shore A n d, wakeful , gu ard the fold, from E y e to
H e rais d it ; when L eon his j eopardy saw,
’
D awn
T ho sad at h eart , I ll seem as b lith e a S wain ,
’ ’

O b serv d, in a trice, gentle Nature s first

’ ’

A s e er ply d crook, or p ip d th e jo cun d

’ ’ ’

l aw,
A nd smote th e poor Maniac, who, fearfully strain .

maim d,’
B ut (woe the while ! ) sh oul d P h yllis still

T oppled down on the waste,— and, scarce p u rs u e

H er cruel sco rn , and ne er appear to

’

b reathin g , exclaim d
’

Ah , L eon— sweet B roth er—come, len d M y D og may pine ; my L amb s deserted,

m e thin e aid s tray

T is O r in o wh o calls—in his win din g sh eet M y croo k and pipe, I ll cast away
’
’ at on ce,

s
-

lai A n d straight retirin g t o this silen t Val e,

I ll l ay m e down , an d, dying , end my
’

_with
-

This said, a faint su spiration —h e B ale .

”

dy d ’

At ten tiv e t o th e las t, you see, to t h e

Thehorror stru ck O utcas t, in agon y, cry d
-

O , sorro w of sorrows ! too weigh ty to

’

af fairs of th e wareh ou se T h e e es o f . y
b ear th is L ycidas, w h o, we opin e, was a
Mine own B roth er I v e slaughter d l—Now k r, could n o t b e closed in

b
’
’
p ac e ace
welcome D espair !
”
t ill th e ale was made u p W at a .

H e wept o er th e body ,—and kisa d its cold stroke of nature ! What excellen t con
y
’ ’

cheek, of delin eation T he au t hor

b
sisten c
T hen , piercing the air with a piteou s shriek, has h ere con triv ed to u n ite th e efore
S wift fled t ow rd th e b ill ows—e u i nnocen t
’

deemed in compati l e ch aract ers of

-
b
a M an ch es ter wareh ouseman an d an
A nd b u ried h imself—and his griefs- in
” Arcadian sh eph erd ! H e h as managed
th e Main
t o depict a geni us wh o can t en d sh eep
b
.

We letely ov ercome,
are n ow com al es w ith equal facilit y
p
y an d pack u p .

a n d mu s t excl ai m wi th L ad Frost in H en ceforth let us n o more talk of t he

t he play, Y o u h ave con quered, sweet,
m eltin , moving Sir, you h ave con qu er
b reat hin gs ofth e D oric flu te, b u t more
dm i f
b j di i l i t
u u reser v e ou r a ra on or
c o s y
ed ! at h eart of mar le can refrain t h e l ouder soun ds of t he M an chester
t o weep, and yield t o such sad say trum t
b
.

in gs
”
Who is th ere, indeed, wh ose T es, fa les, mon odies, odes, elegies,
y
.

e es shall n ot overfl ow with tears, an d epitia h s, an d e i rams, an d all t h e

render us t he la ours of t h e wash er b p
i
smal artiller ot
pt
y
s M uses, n ow fol g
7
 M anchester P oetry
“

b y
.

h w in formida le arra , to excite our
wonder and astonishmen t at th e versa
tility of this M an ch ester Bard We
are sorry we have no t room for a spe
his hands from picking and etesli
especiall fro m our good au thor, w
had surel ever reason to el ieve he
.
yy y b
migh t con tin ue u nmolested We t e .

cimen of our au th or s p owers in each d h

’

g ar t e fac t as a wfull y characteris tic

of th ese differen t lin es ; b u t alas, we of th e resen t times

cann ot b e for ever tran scri in g, even

y p r e tb
t yp
p
as s in de e d , w h
I t is come to a
en th e dead arise
.

fi om p oetr so lusciou s as M r Payn t o deprive u s of our propert W

'
b
t er s T his great man appears capa le shall n ot b e surprised soon t o h ear of
y e .

bb by
.

of writin de omm sc ibzlz et de uolzbet coach es ro ed, an d purses rifled,

y
’ ' ' '

q
car e ere is n oth in t oo great or esu sci tated hi h wa m en an d iek oc
g
i p p
.

t oo lit tle for his won de ul powers H e et s . .

can wield th e sw ord of Go li ah an d th e We are, amongst o ther in teresting

missil e of D avid, at on e an d t he same pieces, n ex t presen ted with a very plea
time b y
H is gen iu s a solu t el ap pears san t epistolary co mmu nication et ween b
yb
.

cc exten siv e wit h poet r

-
it self H is t h e gou t an d our au th or an d al so wi t h
.

book is a com en di um or a stract of divers son gs,&o spoken before the M an

“

t he wisest an b
est of al l o th er men s
,

ch ester P hilan th ro ical Societ

’
.

”
y p
books, th e v er ch oicest cull in g of th e th e gout an d our au th or ecame con
y H o w
b .

IIb H on e y b
E u al in eau t y is n ected, Go d kno ws— t h ey are t wo of
b
.

h is prose H is I n tr n otion we h ave t h e las t p erson s et ween wh om we

.

before inserted, b u t t he follo win g n o te, sh ould h ave expect ed an acquain tan ce
y
written apparen tl to prov e that t h e Pro a ly, h o wever, t h e lat ter p rodu c
tion may explain t h e former, an d t he
bb .

author of Paradis e L ost h as pillaged

from th e auth or of th e M use o n I dle i m i i di f ll s H ermi t m ay
’

b
p r t ve e t o P a rne

ness, it wou l d b e un pardon a le to omit n ot be m uch in re u isit ion amon s t

Not so, th e B E E ; who uickly foun d t h

l t i t i
.

i
q
e mem ers o f t h e a ove men tion ed
b
g
b b -

An access to the p ulp p ro ou ad ; e n e v o en ns t u t o n .

H is food was h erb s, his drin k the cr stal

T hin k no t , most courteous, thrice gen ” y
well
-

b by
.

tle, and in dulgen t R eader, th at o ur A u

th or hath h ere pl agiarised th e Ill ilt onian
We egin to su spec t th e way,
I diom ”
P u lp p ro ami d, in dep en den t from th is circu ms tan ce, th at M r Pay n
’

ly of its a ll iterat iv e eleg a nce, is u n doub t t er s case is n ot qu it e so b ad as we su p

edly a rare exam e of
B eautifu l
m h
The S u bl ime a n d
en h ath
p o sed ,
i n ou
l
r w ar
h
m , a n d w e h
bop e el o
e en evolen ce of t he
e
y ,t t e B ar d o
f E d q u e n t app e a t o t
no more claim t o it , than th e P h ilosoe M an ch es t er people W e reall y n o w .

of C hin a T was th e di v in e eman ation of

’
.
h ave a no tio n t h at his residen ce is n o t
his own deep sagacity, an d p urel y of his so n ear to h eav en b
o wn fi shionh g ; erg o, according t o all t he

p n
‘

n cip l es
“

o f e ui ty , h e certainl y oug ht to
q
b y
we imagin ed efore Be b e, h owev er,
t w

n ear h eaven , or n ear earth , or in M a

o s
.
t o rie s as

ar j y
o th e s ol e an d en t ire credit of it
h omet s Paradise et ween ot h, he is
’
b b
y
This is a ver clear case in deed As . a p erson age wh o deserves
p rom o t ion
an d if h is h u milit , w h ich , as ou r rea
we unders tan d th e n ote, t h ere is a m at
t er of plagiarism t o b e set tl ed b et ween
y
ders will h ereaft er see, is hi s on l fail y
y
Milt on an d Pa n”ter, a ou t t h is same b in g, con fi ne him at presen t t o the
h m m
u l rof u n d, an d certain l y if th e g u d fl w p t i w ill
y
ro n oo r e 0 a e
p pp o e co e
-
,

lattergen tl eman have n o t pill aged from when h e wil l verify t he go spel sa in g,
t he fimn er, th e former m us t h av e pil T h at h e wh o h um leth himself shall
”
b
laged from th e lat ter N ow M r Payn . b e exal ted .

t er comes forward like an h on es t man , An epitaph on a lap dog comes n ext , -

g iv es u s h is asse v era t ion , wh ich w e t e commem oratin g t h e v ario u s v irt u es an d

t h e same as proof, t h at t h e steal en do wmen ts of th e deceased After an .

was n ot on his side, an d th at th ese in terval, t h e Plain d ealin g L ov er, in

-

wh ich our au t h or, after recou n t in g t h e

t wo words are h is own sol e an d ex clu
sive proper After th is, it is impos variou s b
eau ties wh o h av e m ade as

b
si le to dou t wh ere th e mal f saul ts u pon his h eart, con cl udes, as

y
easan ce

lies, an d accordin gl w e ch arge Joh n might b e expected from th e po ssessor

Mi’l ton with pet it larcen y on M r Payn ofsu ch poet ical powers an d in tell ec tual
ters 800 6 an d zh at t cl s acom lish men ts, b y declarin th at h e
3 :
Truly it is a
.

stran ge 1 ing tl at our great epic loves imself t he best An d c t n o on e

c t,

f b
.

dead and departed as h e is, can n ot cep impu te t his t o supera u n dan ce of va q
 A
[ p s
ril

m etethesapien t Grecian s cl assic Ru les,

' ’

all the irksomel umb er ofthe schools,

Th e wil dest sweet,—the sweet est pas t al l

raise
p
b b G reat Nat ure s M in ion Fancy s fav rite
’ ’ ’

ded, b e con tinuall y a sor ed, like th e Flower

I ndian god, in the con te m l atio n of T h e Muse s D arling ! Foe to A rt s frail
’ ’

our o wn excellen cies ; and is Mag a p o w r

’

zine, an d all that th erein is, migh t in We fem—we happy few, with rev ren ce ’

t hat c ase, go to the Red Sea for augh t

d h i M B l k fg ”l — w bl h i — m m
y
we sh ou l care, ny t n r a c ass n o u s ng c o u te to
a g
wood m igh t say to th e con trar there
of, in an y w ise n otw ith standin H
T
o
h
w
e e

w e e n v t
.

h ose yh a pp d i e y
n d '

b
e

We have efore said, tha w h i l d d i h l d

y
t d en ce o w e re n c u e n t e se ec t a n
Shakes e lovin at t ! What a
fif
-

feast o reason an ow o f soul must

b
have een exh i ited h ere ! With what b
a gusto must th ef av oured bon viv es have

t o t h e poet hi mself, wh o sure y oug

l h d i sc u ss ed t h e ir la c k s t rb
a p ( u n l e ss th e

b
t ,

h i n ded for orter, wh ich we

t
b
p o r e n te p
t o know es t .

are in clin ed t o elieve, ) an d t h e works

of the commemorated poet, in th e pre
Scarce equall d by th e pangs of hopeless
’

sen ce of h is greatest livi

y
represen ta
i ! W f w m
t t
b
n see
Bards, disms yless, moun t v e e a e a v e r o
men t some h ng, utch er like look
'

b
-

vary d strains su
’
ing man , wi th greasy leath er reeches
an d scarlet waist coat, a face run n in
With feeble hand, my Muse attunes her down with perspiration, and e es ab
l yre, solu tel y
startin g ou t of t h eir sockets
g
y
I n tame subjection to this G ian t Fear ; with exertion , risin g u t o offer some
b
Which All, through childhood, more or o servation s to the presi den t, who in
l ess, n dure ;
p
(
this case can be n o oth er th an Mr
But few, in modern times, save those whose
nerves

days

The following lin es to the memory

of Shakesp eare, were delivered t o a
small part y
of frien ds, wh o assem led b
t o corl r mor te th ez day on which th at
oet agg s ratl f ing in deed must

ii y
l an g
have béen t o hav e h eard su ch lines
ronoun ced on such an occasion
p .

compan this who would n o t covet

yy
T was this day, two hun dred years as
’
on
Alas, w l were n ot we too in vited to
The
“8°’
urpl e tide of Shakespeare ceas
’
d to the feas t I t would in deed have een
. b
a thing t o t alk of all o ur lives, and
b
ow
Th is day , grim D ea ud in deed w ould hav e een th e
p ro
his flight, momen t, wh en , on some fu ture com
Resol v
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d
t o show Mankind his keen est memoration day of Shakespeare, we
sp i te
co ul d exclaim,
“
On this day we had th e
S wift to its aim his shah un errmg
'

Th e P oet fell —
th e soul ofM u sli h appin ess of drin king a b um r to the
y
memor of Shakespeare, wi W D
O, star l ke S hakespeare ! P ride of
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y y
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ev ry
Pa n ter, au th or of th e traged of E u
a
ge
T he Prmce,—the God, th e Glory of th e — ryp ilus

S tage
.

b But our en th usiasm is carr in g us y

When , like the lark, al oft thy spirit soars, eyon d th e limits al lo t ted for ou r t e
The C ritic wo uders, b ut th e B ard adores
- v iew We must return to the su j ect
. b
A ristotl e
.
and close our extracts by h t e foll ow y
in the lit erar world, we h ave et tam t
ing, which indeed mig t ave indif h h e to shew what won erous ef
d
fi rm tly done, as a eginning, ri ddl e, b exam le ma
p
;
y p ro du
d
ce, it is
fec ts
n ot so
and conclusion w to predict We ope and trust it
ill
. .

w excite an uni
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spirit of emn e
no mm s
lotion , and that in t he minds of all ;
An E xamp le of Holiday P oesy . from the lowest factor b oy to t he
highest cotton
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i m inn er, th e l ov e of
y
a nd f r
full of sq
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Signifyu g
r ore.
”
po etr m a be in dled like a flame
Thc shafi s of C upid urtl e in th e m ud ;
.

Th u s sh arise to this 6“ man a

The plum vesture ofhis moth er s doves
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r more complete hon our an that of

Sca ns sweet y swan like, to th enamour d
b b
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mm‘i Orpheus, th e civiliz er of ar arou s

look ten thoumnd
.

An d all th e graces -

y
L oves
Reall th is was completel a wor
Aftersoinan gra
y k
of supererogat ion
y
.

t uitous specimen s of this sort m an d L ord B ron s Falieri, lie in a

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pp r o

_ king au th or priste uxta position on t he same cou n

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ting, our good an d pains- ta

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y
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wss reall carrymg thej oke far, to t eran desk wh ile i t he place of ia
'

i as a n ew th in t u ation , shall be visi le th e M u se in

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w v
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m
g ve u s e ery
to the l eness and the Rh rmng D iction
,
t

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of th e l ok from t é iir
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pr es en t éi B esid es , wl re a s an d a n en tr in t o _s
t l e L ed ge r, an d e y
t he need of imi tatin others is is completion of a Stan za, shall follow
’ ‘

st le, when he wri tes If so uch each otherin alternatesu ccessiom T hu s m

y
wi th the spirit o f an origin al P ll ut shall pattern ooks of prin ts, an d pat
b b
m
‘

rom Man
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this we impu te to th e great odest y tern ooks ofpoe

.

i ssu e f
‘

ofour suth or, who a arsn o t to know cheater to the n o and t o the sou th ,
what he is capa e of doin or has 5nd to th e east and to th e west, an d
'

b y
‘

done I t is, of cdtn se, iiici1ni n l ip

‘ returned ills an d return ed pla s, be
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m u t o set him righ t et hini, t re mn t ack to that place in th ousands

.
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b by
fore, fi t the fil h ii é , ve hix iiself n o th e same ca cious an d compreh en sive
‘
‘

trouble in excogit atir titles for his acket T us shall we h ear of n ew

fi g
.

vari ous produ ction s e e ncrai an d loomfields, D ermodies, an d Clares,

b
.

T
a sh a one h e h as ere given start in g up in reg ul ar an d u n roken
h y
last, will equ all serve for all arra , an d their poemssh all b e adorn . yby y
W e have h eard an emi nch i aritlioi say, ed a prelimin ary essa , writ ten b
'

y
thst it is less diflicult to write a ) oem some patro l f t h t
g
h
or a c e o e cou n e r .

cr play, t han it is to f lndii ria e or it Nor will t e good efiects to b e prod u

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by y
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when it is writ ten I f this be t e case, esd Mr Pa nt er s ln cubrations, be

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ho much is Mr Pa ter ob l e dto us confined to the to wn which has the

w
b
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for this felici tou s an u niver ap ella happin ess ofpossessing that great ard
t ion, which, while it will save hi mself We also we speak it wi th exul tation
p —
.

b
,

much m l di i h nd tr ou l e, — sh all rea of the l é h

act o a
by
e n t tr t t
a s
p p n eo u s arv e s .

will at on ce be ackn ow edged every Th e commercial book kee ers, ria t

l p
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ous who sees it, to b e cdhcise, sig nifi e s devils, an d attofn eys cler s of
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i w
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cant , and j ust . h an ch estei , ill dispose th emselves

Such are the prosaical and poetics t hrough our pages in all the varieties
lab ours of D W Pa n ter, auth or o of ode, ep ram, el satire, an d son } '

y
. .

the of E u ryp i us, Commem o net, an d t us our I agaz in e re

Shakespeare, P rofessor of the new impe us from th e offerin gs wh ich
ty b by
rs tor
Vagrant L aws, an d Poet Laureat to sh all th en lil b e rough t t o us the
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the Man ch ester Philan th r0pical Socies commercial travellers from this peren
ty. W hat great thi ngs he has achieved nial Foun t of the Muses .

Vo n I X
. .
 The Sep tember Fc rest . FApril,

T H E S E P T E M B E R FO R E S T .

Wrrm u a wood I la ym recli ned,

b
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U dull Septe er day,

n a

And ten d t o th e h ollow wmd,

’

That shook the frail leaves from th e spra y .

I though t me of its summer pride,

And how th e sod was gemm d with
’

And how the riv er 8 azure t ide

’

Was overarch d with leaf b owers

’
y .

And how the small

An d latt ice work
When last, upon a
l stray d eneath
’
b
And now l—it was thought,
a startling
And flash d like lightning o er th e mind,
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0

That like the l eaves we pass to n o ht,

Nor, partin g, leave a track behi

The lived like n a the

y
—
reathed like n ayb
L ik e us, th e lov ed, an d smiled, and wept ;
Bu t soon th eir our arrivin , thus
From earth like autumn eaves were swept g .

W ho, livin g, care for th em —

n ot one i
th eirs dissever d claims ;
’
To earth are
To new inh eritors have
b
e
T heir ha itation s, an their names !

—
Think on our chil dh ood where are the y
,

And sprmging round, like vernal flowers

’

Anot her race with vigour urn s, b

b
To loom a while,—for ears or hours,
And then to perish in their turns !
y
Th en be this win try grove to me
b
An em l em of our mortal state
And h om each lone and leafless tree
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80 wither d, wild and desolate,

’

And that we all must come to die !

However varied, these alone

b b
A ide th e loft an d th e less y
mm
Re e rance, and a sculp tured stone,
A green grave, and forget fulness
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j The Wail q ady Anne .
77

TH E WAI L Ol
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L AD Y A N N E .

33
3mtil
md ofhorses feet,
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ul
out l amy kn ht to g et ;
y
Bu t fast the gall opp tl
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st the
And left me standing desolate
te, g
p z
g
Oh ! when, fl om foreign d i es, shall
'

T o part no more, my warrior home ?

m
When , to these halls, a welcome guest,

In secret there with him to meet .

And I will teach his bab fair

T o kn eel, and lisp a gen tle pra er ;
y y
And Heaven will hear us, as we pray
I n love, nor turn from oth awa ! b y
H aste—haste across the foaming seas,
T hou chip, and woo the b reeze
With hoo s of s an d sides of foam ,
b b
S peed, ar , an b
ear Sir Willi am h ome !

mas ,
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L E T T E R r a o n r o c a a r r o r o c s a r r, s ee

I nclo iiag Fourth Canto g D aniel 0 M

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D z a a St a,
I suppose y ou thin k I am dead, b ut I am happy t o inform ycu that I am
still in the lan d of the livin I w t t t h h t i m t h w it h T m
y y
g en
. o u on e s o o n g a c o -

H ungerlb rd, as our correspon den t H informs you, (and th at is the onl word
y
.

of truth in his letter) and had a ver pleasan t time of it in deed, for th ree or

fo ur da s y T was j ust at t he en d of t h e partridge season , an d l flatt er m self

’
y
b
.

that I am as flue a shot as my neigh ours I was g et ting on , kn ockin g down

.

my eigh t or ten brace a day, when j ust on heating up a cover of L ord Car
y
-

bery s (the same nobleman whose lo al and elegan t little pamphlet you hav e
’

y
latel n oticed) our part was j oin ed y by
a coupl e of people f ro m Cork, wh o

b
had j ust een emancipated from th e counter, I elieve, an d th ough mere pro b
vin cials like myself , w e re c om p le te C oc kn e s in s p or t in g y O n e of t h e se w or .

thies in th e first shot t hat h e fired, levellin g at a hay stack, I imagin e, for n o
y
-

o ther obj ect ex cep t m self was withi n range of his piece, bu t missin g it , pu t

y
the con ten ts of his gun (an d th e were at least a finger too mu ch ) right in to
th e cen tre of my h an d I have lost t wo fingers by
the acciden t, (th e surgeon s
b
.

here call th em metacarpal o n e s ,

— I a m su r e t h ey a re fi n g er s) b u t h a ve t e

co v er ed th e u se o f m y h an d a ga in , as y ou m a y p e rc eiv e , t h o u g h m y p e n m a n

ship i m w h t l t d f t h w Y o u w ill w n t h e n I h a d s o m e o th e r

b
s so e a a er e or e ors e o. ,

I declare, upon ho
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fish to fry, eside con tinuing D aniel O Rourke for you .

 L etterfromFo arty OFognrty
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pgi , .

Q
id
r ur, I h ad n ot my pen t o paper, un til the day efore esterda , since I wro te b y y
t h e t hird can to and I n ow send you fire fourth, wh ich I hope you will receiv e
in time t o make its appearance in your t il t]; nu er, Y ou were wron g to prin t mb
b
~

H olts let ter a ou t hi mself and spider y p e ca eint , hi h d h M m m i

’

o o s an s w
. t o u t
my knowledge, an d I hare qav amlfi rebuked t hmembo em ‘
anated i t to i I h m .

am su rpris ed ho w you all owed yo urself to b e humbuggf d by h im, b u t you are

y
.
s

n ot th e onl y M agaz in e h e pla s upon , asProfessor can tell you D e .

p en d u pon it , (save accide nts) y ou s

hall have Cant s E fh
o i t an d S ix t h in due

c ourse meanwhile, belieye eto,he, m

Foo aarr Fo c a mrr

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B la rney , April 1, 182 1. -

P S I
. . am toldM ath ews has made use of m y poem at some of his exh ibi
I am t od remote from London to gat authent ic mt elllgen ce on theatri
'

t ions .

b ut he is qui te wel come, particularly as I a sure h e has done it m

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cal adairs,

j u t i I m m u i
pp gn afb
ter th p y,
e l w i th Math w wh h w l t
‘

b y
s ce re e. er s , a e s en e as as ,

in D u lin, at T om L ee s of the Shamrock, and a migh t pleasan t fellow I foun d

’

We were together un til fiwr in the morning ll

’
D A NI E L o aon a s s ,
'

Au E p ic R m a , in S in Cantos;
’
a v ro o a a rr o s o o a a or, nae. o rd '
n an ce.

CA NTO IV .

TH E M OO N .

inquire
Wh ether the moon b e sea or land

Or chamoal or a uanch d ’
'
,

Or ifthe dark ho es that a ear

p
Are onl y pores, no t cities t er
e li
B UT L E R.

L ung s card, so latteist nerco ordireo -

L e core, che g li fur qu ivi dimortre,

C hedop e mil ls , e milk to non fin ieco,
E v i g or: u m I ace-arrang e n ortre
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.

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Of which so much the an

b
Bl essed ! thrice les sed was th e a e of old,
g g

b t poets sirg ;
o

I land it n ot, ecause the riv ers roll d

,

I n streams of milk, to ocean wan derin ;

’

b g
N or ecau se m ou n tains rose, which we are told
Were buil t of bun s, or man a nicer thmg y
b
Or ecause oaks distill a the honey sweet,
’

m
.

And ost melodies? piss r wasted tbrossh fi

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Hone y h mb l
an d —but o n it } pen
e one
y
un s , .

F ik h m e hu ng rh me
o

b t e es
b et e e
or se, v r-
,

But lest , thrice essed w

l I say again,
'

W ere t he la
g nd ag es ofthe golden t una ;
For th en th ere liv ed an honest race Ofmen,
orifice,

y
These da s are gon e ! this Ql ious h e
y gl gl
'

When ev er man believ t the thi n w 38W

Where non e sou ht truth in lsernia s m stic page,
g
y
Or how d th e nee to philosophic w
’

Wh en nature knew not no r sage

Swallowin g down scien ce wi omnivorous mam
Great is the change, bu t I slmll scarce allow,
T hat th ings are any etter managed now b . .

5»
In former times, men thought the glorious Moon
Was somethi near a supper ? late in size,
n
f
An d n o one we‘ ahav e ventured t o impugn
T he man who trusted t o his naked e es ; y
And all would
Who d tell of
airl at t he loon,
righ t f
and moun tai ns in the skies 5
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I
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Bu t n ow, ood thanks to

.
g
H e who h l s sen ses trusts
‘ an ass,

Who would have dared except by wa offun,

y
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I n times of old,
to ay th at. L un a s ‘ce
’

z
I n to some th ousan d t l las in breadth was spun,
bb
An d th at a ove she fill d a mo n strous space
’

W h o d h ave elieved, that gail round th e sun,

’

T his eart h kept movin at a stead pace .

y y
Or th at th e stars were d with merr creatures,
y
Just like ourselves in wisdom and in features, ,

None—n o, not one ! and th e were g t, you ll find.

’

For Newton s self knew n thing

’
l e matt er g gig
Astron omers were eith er mad or lin d,
T h u s t h rox h the worl d su ch hea s of trash to scatter,
b .

f
For e er I ve one I ll satisf each mmd,
’ ’ ’ p
y ,

Than a round j oll

’
b
T h e M oon s n ot igger, spite of all their chatter,
yb
ut t ofj oyous 818,
Or good Sir Willia s face, of L ad
’

m tail , (2 ) y
 D aniel (YRourhe . Canto I 7 [Apt ll.
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D id thus int o th e lunar region soar ;

Astron omers, an d poets lacking rain, b
Again st th ese truths, haps, may fume
Bu t on my word, I min th em not a j ot,
But credit D an ; —for D an was on th e spot .

what Ariosto could h av e kn own,

’
I ll ask
Wh o never left this earth for half a minute;
Who n ever on an eagle s ack had flown ’
b
b
T o th e right M oon , t o see what fun was in it
the poet sh oul d at least have shown,
.

Some proof for what he said was foun d within it ;

B ut th e fact is, (it strikes us with con viction )
That all this hard has sung is purel fiction y .

10 .

Credit me, tle reader, that n ot on e

Is true all th e various t ales he tol d,
The Moon con t ains not th e apostle Joh n ,
Nor vases made lost senses t o en fol d
Milton , who say s, that tenemen ts thereon,
T ranslated sain ts, an d middl e spiri ts h old,
( p’ p
’
I s j ust as wrong P i f h k
by b L
y
o.e s e c o t e oo ,

I quite pass , ecause tis onl mock ) .

Now how could D an have sat at all with case,

t y Moon to st ra ddle,
’
I f he had H ersch el s
T ell me my frien d, Sir W if you please,
H ow he could cross a t h ousand miles of saddle .

Tis eviden t ab sm dities lik e these,

’

b y y
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m l —
Were h um ugs ere , barel fiddle fi ddl e ; -

Something (I men tion it with out a olo

— p
Mean t for mere lies, like Phillips 3 C nology gy? ()
3

h! b D i
rave Sir k — my pen cann ot refrain
O
y
c
From la ing down an ofiering at thy thron e ;
'

A foe t o Newton , an d a frien d to Pain e ;

bb
Riv al to Co et t an d to Bill Hon e ! y
Th l wh o with
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fh
w
at Nal s a g
’
h est w do
, and ‘ e

H ow sages i ll admire in
r
ma tain
n a
es h en ce,
ig m
on e ; g
g
The uncommon n onsen se o thy Common Sense

And now that I have proved th ese witlings kn ew

N ough t of th e essen ce of that heaven l all, yb
I shall en deavour, in a word or t wo,
Just to explain th e mat ter to you all,
Who grant me patien t hearing ; an d in lieu
Of maudlin epith ets, which only pall
On ears of taste, I ll give you, if you please,
’

I n simple terms, its nat eu r — T1 s A c a u se (4 )

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Canto I V
'

D anas ! O Rourke . . 81

A large roun d cheese, of polish d silver hue,

’

(Not as some people fan cy, lue or green b

Measuring across, exactly ei ght foot t wo,
From side t o side ; where wondrous things are seen,
B ut n ot more won drous, than in strictness true,
Which from my readers I ll no longer screen ’

D an was n ot man y minutes th ere efore

I n the mid Moon he spied a sn ug hall door
b .

This, in the cen tre, di d our frien d eh old,

But nothin g more in that spot could he spy,
b
y
A mist vapour h ere in masses roll d,
And ui te deluded D an iel s prying e e ;
’
’

Bu t on t e surface, on th e outer moul

Mu ddling in filth, a n umerous, n im le fry b
Of igmy animals were here egot ten,
K
An ran ab out such places as were rotten
b
.

m
And th e ads of th ese lit tle lves,
'

were n
T umb fig i
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n n ] l e run n in

i gfhb ;
an ( l g,
coul d soo
D an
b e ourse ves
e en t on s ort, on
p u siness the more cunning
Some lum i h fokos, quart os some, or twelves
pz y
Some j o t l a. cr in g. laughin g, groaning. um
p
In sh ort such mites were h ere togeth er hurl (1,
as.

’
b
D an view d the ustle of a mimic world .

The fact is this ; whatever mean or ase, b

Grovelling , or filth fellow, lives down y
I s re exis ten t in t h e lunar space,
-

m
ike to a maggot in her ch s h ere ;
won d en , sin ce
p
t s the case,
same natures u n app t
b b
t r
~

H ere on the glo e of our su lunar eart ff

As in th e upper world, which gave th em b irth .

By some st range art , I try not t o expoun d,

Dan kn ew each in sect at first glance, as easy
As th e t t h proctor, or his pig in poun d,
Or as old compan ion at th e D ais
y
An d th ough ou ll say his in tellect was drown d
'
y ’

b y
I n ran d , and of course his optics maz ,
Y et th e fac t s true : H e saw three ears ag o
’
y y
y
t pes of thou who live here now elow b .

(A s f or t h e mat ter of th e L ord of da

y,
Al tho ugh tis somewhat foreign to my theme,
’

Y et it, erhaps, is not amiss to say

p
T hat tis n o other th an a cheese of cream
Th ere you will meet su perior mites ; for the y
Who an d wan ton in th e solar eam b
ose predoom d to be earth s glories,
’ '
T ypify
G reat poets, statesmen, warrior, wits, an d t ories .
)
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A ri

2 1
Wh sh oul d
g o t o w
Iash H ipp ’
o r n ?
d
c e e
Z
I ara n ot for such “ i water s flow !
’
Tis you that add a splr t to the scene, r
Clear the dull thougbts, and brighten up the brow ;
b b
'

Cowper a ard more ovial Would have een,

H ad he to mix a j o y b owl known ow ;
h
much more adm red Would be
An d H o s e , I m sure, ()
’

i , 5
Did he swig punch, and leave cd drinking tea
‘
.

$2 .

I ve’ fi shion d many a tale ;

n h
’ ’
I nspired b .

pu c
I 11 by punch I ve wanted o er the past ; ’

l ll ired b ?nnch I Ve weather d many a al e,

’’

id
find am the storm and braved the wixit bl ast
I nspired pun cby
h un l ess the
, b owl sh oul d
In the next verses I ll unfold the vast
’

b
Countless anditti, that our hero found,
Compassing this name mighty cheese around
23
Stuck in a corn er busy in a de bate,
D an saw ti handful bfmost restless creatures,
b
A ove th em someth i like a one ofmeat , b
Which all were g at w it h h ungr features, y
tir maggot at th e bait
z
And cv
th e utnlost vigour
’
Strain wi
But all in vain th e luckless r
fl
es
E ach effort put th emfarther k
24 .

There he saw T ierne busy as a mouse,

y
H eading lns myrrmddns t o snat ch the one
'

There smart Sir Francis and his man Bogh ouse, (6)
b
An d L am ton b il lM h h
y t t t are gon e
g e s
There crank Nervport, not many with me,
An d Mr Creevy Stan all alone
T h ere were thekn igh ts the wella fough ten field,
Bawling their spears, and fl ee d b rass their

it
Wi th fundamen tal features high sprained .

Waddled on gd h nt Gordon Km t of ()
fi
, 7

F
Th ere Peter M oore for wisdom aye wd ;
An d there Montrose s ory Joseph ume ;

m
()
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An l whose wit hs th m m
c ge
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'v t tington s ri a; W l
ait lman a
’
,

t e m
(As for th e L d r ds, I dare no t to re peat
’
em ,

For fear t would be a scandals ": mag num )

‘
.
Isu zj D anieI O Rourke
'
. 0am ” .

T o know the n ext roup D an was forced to pause,

y g
T he seem d so h t tle an d so bus v too ;
’

y
Beside, t he raked up wi th th eir filth claws,
So mu ch thick dust t hat it o scure his view ; b d
An d froth so fast came spu t terin g from th eir j a‘
T hat he could arel
by b y ierce th e dul n ess thro l ; tz
h
At length , din t of o ur gallan t Dan
Saw t was th e gath erin g of th e Cockne clan
’
y .

2 7

y
.

(B u t t h e are all t oo wort hl ess for my mu se,

Such n ames my ep ic stan zas sha n t pollu te

’

L et th em b e known to dwellers in th e stews,

Where wan ton strains their ten an ts loose em rut e )
Th ere t oo, he did th e ot h er tri es peruse, b b .

Wh o, or to tin klin g l re or soun ding flu te, y

Perform sweet melod with force en dued, y
T o charm themselves an d plague the n eigh ourh ood b
2 8 .

’
Such as t h e poet of t he sweet Queen s own,
Or sn ivellin g T errot, hard of common place ; -

Or Will y Glass, wh ose un ch en t icin g dron e (9 )

y
-

D oes th e m sterious un ts of M ason s grace ;

Or else— b u t wh y repeat the n ames unkn own ,
T o us prime h eroes ofpoetic race ;
Wh y pos t in son g the luckless crowds that
From Arctic Orkn e to An tarctic Wight y .

Th ere were th e critics, ev er ni lin g crew, bb

b
-

0 un der variou s an n ers criticise ;

T h ose wh o h aun t an cien t H um ug a sage review,
’
b
Which my dear gran dam loves to patro nize ;
Th ere were th e y
mon thl praters t oo ; y
Th ere Jeifre s gen tlemen , olite an d
p
T h ere Smug S Sm t h traducmg M ater y
y
.

And Good Barker preachi ng on dre “ w .

30 .

Th e Irish school of orat ors was th ere,

Stu ck in a of met aph or an d trop e,
H eaded b y Ph h m hi i
'

i
'

p s w t on arc c a r,
Philli s Witll whom living mortals cope,
p
I n ourmf 0rt h a fl0 0f igures
fi 23 '

h {e
l r,
'

g
I roth y a d fin eas bubb s blown from
y
Sorr am I he s sall d from u s afar,
’ ’

T o was te his sweetn ess on t h e E nglish b ar .

y
That man an ass from th is roman tic isle,
Besides t h e orat ors, were there tis plain
’

An d once I th ough t it almost worth my wh

T o u t some low Corcagian s in my strain ;
But w 0 would know t h em ? wh o could know th e vile
Jun to of prigs th at meet in Falk ner s lan e ? (12 )
’ ’

Wh o d u n derstand me, if I n am d the ass, who (13)

’ ’

b
Swore th at sm all eer in spir d the muse of T aaso
’

IX . L
 ’
Daniel O Rourke . Ca nto } !

—
There too, he saw but I had etter step ;
y b
A ver lon mn tata I have sun g ;
The matter, g erefore, I shall uickly drop,
And
I h old
to b ed sweet Blu n e s g oves among
at bard n o b y
et ter th an a fop ,
} .

Wh o lingers at his stor over long,

An d kee th e honest
Who wis to know ha m Is all suspen ded,
narration s ended (1 4 )
’
.

The feed on novels,

rit tenby by
A N ewman sold,
ll
.

h k
p’ p
eo le dw e in g n ear t e s y;
On M r Cob bett s per v ersus gold,

r
z
On th e Scots h gazmeh food hard and dry ;
’

by
-

On Irish tales, L ady Morgan told ;

On M r Godwin s el
’
t rep l ; (1 5 )
An d some have got as at as an y b ullock,
y
By eating down whole columns of M Culloch ‘

more are taken cd,

'

n ever ceasin g n um er ;
-
b
to sood
‘
are inclined

to cumber ;

drawn ,

While thus he grieves , he hears a sudden sound

his cheek,
 Daniel O Rourke Canto 1 7
'
. . u

nor na
( l ) I must h ere remark , that your frien d who signs hirnself tho Midahipl nan, and
ah o he who goes under t he f orgery denomin ation of t he Man in the Moon , are merely
en b m t on f rolic Not a word of what they say is authenfic
. Capt ain Kater, .

am sorry to perceive, is also o n th e same tack, when he publishes t o the world that he
has discovered a vol cano in th e moon This , as P et er P aragraph says, is
. t, b ut
wron g .
(2 ) E very man may fill this hiatus as h e chuses (3) A work, e merits of .

which ought not to b e to ld in a n ot e ; suflice it to say in on e lin e, it contains, at least , as

many lies as pa es For instance, h e makes Lord Nelson , who was killed in 1806, take
g
.

Co penhagen in 806 C u m multis aliis quaemm c p crrcribcrc long um est L ook, fo r ex .

am e, at his accoun t of Wat erloo (4) By this it appears th e Welshman are correct in
.

thei r Sel enology , excep t as t o colou r (5) Sin ce marriage, I understan d Mr H egg has
.

turned t ea-drin ker, an d mark th e consequ en ce See ho w he has b een since reviewed in
.

that compet mt au thorit y th e E dinb urgh Rev iew ! H e had b ett er loo k to himself .

E rratum, fo r D og h ouse, read H obhouse, vid T en tamen (7 ) See N ew Wh ig Guide H e, . . .

on his side of th e qu estion , somewhat resem b l es L ord T empl e on h is Of th e latt er, it .

was observed, that he an swered the descri tion of th e T emple of Jerusal em in T acitus
fi
.

Ten- p l u m i n m od um a rc is (8 ) P u t fo r
. l um e, b y p
a o co
p e, an d for a n ot h er re ason .

(9) Willison Glass, E well known in this city of E di nb u rgh , C N (10) E ditor of
fi
. .

the British Review, w l spoken of in the H our s T et e a T et e, an d D on Ju an (l 1)

’
- - .

See Thea .
(12 ) The S cien tific an d L iterary Societ y of Cork, who meet in a b ye lane, -

ment ioned in th e t ext (1 3) A paper was produ ced at th e ab ove society , to pro ve some
.

to this efihct (14 ) L et th is b e a hin t to th e st o

. t ell er o f th e Steam b oat (16) - - .

To al thu s . When I heard of this l , it t emin ed me of wh at my frien d Jack

y
(h rran said to Charley P hilips P told . h e in tended to give Grattan a dressing
.

N ever min d it, says Curran , it would b e onl y a child th rowing a p ebble at th e leg qfa
I can t phrase in Cork f or a s tat e of int oxication A worth y orator of
:
C olon i a
ours, wl;o
.

“ en a g a or t wo too mu ch , was haranguing at a debanng soci ety on

' '

th e state of I relan d b ef h
fe
th e E n gl ish invasion ; and the whole haran gu e was this
- 8ir
, th e I rish h ad n o ci vilati o n — c iv iza ti o n— civilation , I mean Finding, howev er, .

his efiort s to get civ iliz at io n ou t imm

'

acticab le, h e sat down with th e sati sf action of

havin added a n ew word to our la E v ery drunken man ev er sin ce is here said
g ag e .

t o b e in a st ate of ci v ila t io n ( 17 ) son I ris h ch eese

.
(18) S t XI V . . .

’
’
o w r N s a s s o a r t o r a n c o rn er : o r L AN A M
' '
.

[W h i d i h i h f m h al good articles respecting

b by
e ave rece v e , w t n t ese ew o n t s, sev er
Mr Owen s cele rated syst em We select on e, writ ten a l an d t emperately,
’
.

though we are not prepared to say th at we agree with our co n den t in all
h is arg umen ts We h ave mu ch respect for M r Owen , and th in t here is im
y
.

por t an t an d p rofou n d tru t h in m a n of h is v iews T o s eparat e his e rrors fro m .

that t ruth , wou ld b e a work of some dif ficul t bu t n o man is en titl ed t o treat
with ridicul e th e gen eral reason in gs of th e P ilan thropist, which , wh ile th e y
b y
fi equen tl exhi it n o ordin ar in tell ectual power, are alwa s distin guish ed y by
an amiab L
moral spirit . C .

Few mes have filled the world s mun icating distin ct idea s of th e pri n
’

mouth m ore
na
of late y ears than Mr ciples on which th e th emsel ves an ti y
For ou rselves at least ,
’
Owen and few pro ectors, while th eir cipate su ccess
s j
y
.

schemes lay yet in t heor on l y , have we kn o w, th at previou s to ou r visi t to

b
ever succeeded et ter in possessing the N ew L anark, we neit her kn ew n or
b
bli w i h k l d f h much a ou t th e mat ter Mr
w lgj
y cared v ery
y
pu c t a no e g e o t e o ecfs .

of their purs ui t An d yet ver few , w e Owen s name h ad frequ en tl soun ded
’

b
'

believe, have ever een so un success in our ears, an d we h ad heard gen e

ful in exciting in oth ers a kin dred en y
rall o f h is specu lation s, somet imes in

thusiasm to th eir own , or even in com respect, more frequen tl in derision y

to th e
Coun ty o f L anark of a Plan for Relieving P ublic Dist ress, an d
mar ten t , b y giving P erman en t Pro du ctiveE mplo men t to the P oor an d Work
ing k under arran em en ts which will essen tiall
g y im
y
pro ve th eir Character, an d
am eliorat e th eir Con dition , diminish th e E x penses of P rodu ct ion an d Cm m i hp tion, and
‘

creat Marketa os ex ten sive with P roduction

e
-
B y R ober t O w en 4to w'
ardlaw and. . .

Ounnmghame Glasgow . 182 1 . .

 Owen s Report to the County ofL an ark
’
90 .
E p ,
A ril
bu t we had n o definite n otions as to th e ficien t con fu tation of t h em —an d
p b
oin ts a ou t t h em which excited eith er sh all t hen
p ro cee d t o a
mann er, th e questi on s ab ove proposed,
n s w e r, a t er o u r
sen timen t In like mann er, wh en at
—with more favour, we shall here pre
.

m of our ac uaintan ce escortin mise, for mu ch of M r Owen s recti

’

gy ea q a
t f f i ds over th em, (th e h csl plans th an will b e expect e from
par o r
y en
or si x th time, as h e had so
he t old t h e export! ofhis th eoretical views, with
done th eir hon ours, and conscious of
u s,
which we egin b .

M r Owen s position s, th eoretical an d

which , through
’
t hedisadvan tages un
this ignoran ce, we were making our i l m b d h i k,
b b p r ac t ca , a
y e a rr a n g e , w e t n

o servations, we esough t him to en t o adv an tage, in th e follo win g order

ligh ten us o n th e su j ec t,— b
he, alas ! 1 M an is in n o deg ree whatev er a free
.

b
w e foun d was n ot less wan derin g in agen t, or accou n ta l e for h is con du ct
the dark than oursel ves An d man . y On eoft hemost gen eral sou rces oferror
.

ti mes sin ce, whi le either perusing se an d evil in t h e world, is th e n o tion th at

coun ts ofthis esta lish men t in th e uhb infan ts, children , an d men , are en ts
m
lic n ewspapers, orconv ersin with t ose overn ed b ill f d m
b b
g y a w o r e y t e

who have visited it, we ave een selv es, an d fash ion ed aft er t h eir own
y
s tru ck, ver much stru ck, wi th th e de ch oice T o th osewh o ossess an y kn ow
y p
.

i hi h arl all have seemed ledge on th e subj emi t is kn own , t h at

by y
g r ee n w c n e
at trac ted its min ute and accessor man is th e crea ture of circumstan ces,
details, its d i m h i an d th at h e reall is, at every m omen t y
y
.
g, an c n g, a c
n er , & c , wh n ot on e appeared to ofhis existen ce, ec isel what t h e cir
'

y hi
y
.

re ard it as oth er t han a curiosit i cu mstan ces in w ch he is placed, com

y
n
g
i ts way, migh t in teresti to look at, bined with his n atural qualities, make
b u t u t terly un soun d t o d u pon , an db him o—Report , p 4 1
.

y
stem of
.

v emm en t ,
.

almos t u n worth to b e reasoned on at 2 E ver

.

all Wh y is th is
. we hav e said t o our th erefore, wh ic in volves t e idea ofin
sel ves more than once T here is h ere dividual reward or un ishmen t , praise
b y b d
.

a glit t erin g promi se, an d n o od cares or lame, is foun de on prin ciples n u

b i — y
th e th eor of a syst em, an d j i h m l d i i
b y b
a ou t t u s t h t e se v e s , a n n c o n s s t en t
n o od kn ows a ou t it — its professed with h uman nature Th rough this
b y y
.

”
ract ice, an d n o od p e n e t ra t es it I t scien ce, that , n amel , ofthe i n fluen ce
p .

18 plain th at the in st in ctiv e common of circumst an ces over h um an n at ure,

sen se of th e w orl d is agai n s t th e t hin n ew men t al o w e rs w il l b e creat ed,
g p
b u t is it on th is occasion well foun d which will place all tho se circumstan
ed, or is th ere in deed ore at th e bot ces t h at determin e t h e mise or h ap
t om of this shaft, al th ou gh superficial m m
“

i f d h i
b y p n e ss o a n u n e r t e a t e co n
o serv ers will no t sta to pick it up ? troul of th e presen t popu lation of th e
On th e occasio n to which we h ave world, an d en tirel supersede all n e y
allu ded, al th ough withou t oth er in tro cessi t
y f r t he l i i l y
y y o p r ese n t tr u r r a t o n a
duction than our curiosit , we had the s st em of in dividual rewards an d u
p
hon our t o art ake of Mr Owen s ge n ishmen ts a syst em which has ever
’

p
y
n eral h ospi tal it , an d th e v ery great b een opposed t o th e mos t o vious di c b
leasure of con v ersing with hi m free tat es of common sen se and h umani t , y
p y du ring n earl t h e whole of a pret t
long evening a
y an d will n o lon ger b e
while men con tin ue un enligh ten ed an d
p e rm i t te d th an

e are desirous, th ere

.

fore, o f commen ting on his s stem, y b a rb a r o u s

”
— P 32. . .

with t h e u tmost deferen ce t owards 3 Th ere is n o inh eren t imperfec

.

himself personal] bu t fin ding th at tion in man s con stitu t ion, h is vices in

’

he has j ust sen t orth a n ew ook on b times past h ave een excl usivel owi nb y
b y
t he su j ec t, which therefore we deem to th e viciou s forms of societ in wh ic y g
it our du t to review, an d con siderin g
b b
he has een laced L et th ese be b u t .

also th e greater n um er ofhis position s j u d ic io u l c n e d n d h e i p a

s
y a
g , a s ca
t o be ext ravagan t in th e greatest pos ble ofrecei vin g u n lim ited improv em en t
b
si le degree, w e can n ot comprom ise an d kn owledge, an d, in con sequ en ce,

th e en tireness ofour dissen t from th em ofexperiencin g su ch u n in t erru p t ed en

on any su ch consideration s We sh all m h h h i l if ill b
b y
.
j y
o e n t t r ou g t s e, as w es t
firs t, th erefore, riefl state his pri n re are him f f i
b p p or a n a te r ex s t e n ce - .

ci les, a stract ed from all such de P 42

y by
. .

ls as are acciden tal merel to them, 4 In particular, the prej udice

.

n ot in tegral (t hi s w e sh a ll d e em s u f which men have been hitherto led to

 Owen s Report tothe County o
’

f L a n a rk 0 1
y
.

main tain acertain in dividualit offeel 6 Th e whole population sh ould also

y
.

own in terest s, be made to eat t et her as one famil ,

t o t heir neigh h aving their fo ggd for them
p p
b
r e a re
in on e es ta lishmen t
y Various oh
by
excrescen ce on .

an d no t onl h
y j e c t io n s av e ee n u r g ed a g a i n s t t h i s
easil may be, prac tice, b ut t he h av e comefrom t hose
overcome .

5 I n like man n er t h e division of la

y
on l , w h o, wh atev er m a e t h eir o ther yb
.
p r e t e n s io n s , ar e m e r e c h il d r e n i n the
bour, which h as hith ert o been deemed kno wledg e of the p rin ciples a nd economy
a source o f power in art s an d manu fac of
b
soc ia l P 3 5 .
.

mres, is, in tru th , detrimen tal to oth 7 T hey sh ould all b e dressed alike,
b
. .

E m y man shou ld kn ow a lit tle of an d th e Roman or H ighlan d gar is re

ever thing
y . b
I t h as een a pop ular commen ded in preferen ce to an y ot h er .

o ini on to recommen d a min u t e divi T he advan tages of th is part of the

p
l on of labour an d in t erests I t will l ill i
b
y
.
p a n w p r o v e t o e s o g r e a t n p r ac
] h h h
b h
p r es en t a pp e ar , o w e v er , t a t t i s t ice , t a t fas hi o ns w ill e x i st f or a Ver
min ute vision ofla our, an d di vision sh ort p eriod, an d th en on ly amon g
'

at interests, are onl o ther t erm s for y t h e m ost w ea k a n d silly pa rt o

p o ve rt y g, i n o ran ce ,
w as t
universal op osi tio n th rou gh out so cie
e o f e v e r
y ki n d ,
c r e a t io n — N o t h u
sume, b u t n on descri t s, wh o m n o
.m a n e in g s , w
f
e p
t
r b
h
e
e

p
y b y b p
-

t y, crime, mi ser , an d great odil an d com ina tion of circumstan ces could
b y
men tal de ilit — P 4 4, t o th e en d of materially improv e — P 37
”

b
. . . .

the ragraph 8 Th e children of t hese es ta lish

g
. .

6 . hs e arran gemen t th en ofso men t s are also t o b e comm on good, and

d oty is to divide t he wh ole coun try in to all edu ca t ed togeth er u n der gen eral in
distric ts, rem ovi ng th e old lan d marks, spection T wo sch oo ls are t o b e ro
b
-
.

abandon ing t he old h a it atio n s, an d v ided for t h em , on e receivin in an ts

y
'

const ruct ing n ew villages or t o wn ships from 2 to 6 ears o fage, the o t or those
in their s tead, on a certain defin ite from 6 t o 12 ; an d in t h ese schools th e y
as traced by
M r Owen himself are t o be lodged, fed, an d taugh t . .

of t h ese shou ld con t ain aecom E ach chil d will recei ve a gen eral edu
n odat ion for a populat ion av eragin g
t h e proper pu rpo ses o f so ciet y, make
y
cation earl in life t h at will fi t h im for
8 or 1 2 00, bu t v aryin g according t o
circumst an ces from 300 t o 2 000 an d hi m t h e most u sefu l to it, an d m ost ca
to each shoul d b e an n exed farms, in b l e of enj o in y f h
y
i
y p a g i t B e or e e . s 1 2
l ike manner var in g from 1 5 0 t o 8000 ears old, h e m ay wi th ease b e train

sta tute acres in ex ten t, t o b e cul tiva i ed t o a correct view of t he ou tlin es

by y
-

t ed t he wh ole co mmu n it in s tri ct of a ll the kno wled e wh ich men have

g
ro tation Spade cul ti vation is recom
.
y e t at tain ed B y t h i s. m e an s h e w ill
mended in referen ce to u sin t he early learn what h e is, in relation t o
l h d l i — h i d i hi h h
y
p o u g , an e r e s u t i s g v en , p g
a e ea t a g e s t o t e p e r o n w c e

of some ver i i — h
'

i cu ms tan ces in which

b
n te er s t n g e x p e r i v e s t o t e c r

men ts on t h is su j t i n t it u t e d b h e is
p l ace d — t o t h e i n d i v id u a l s a ro u n d
ec , s
y a
n d eman o f th e n ame of Fall s , n ear him, and t o fu ture ev en t s H e will
g y
.

'
Bu t th e whole produ ce, th en on l h av e an y pret en sion s t o th e
ewcas tle .

accordi ng to th e plan , mus t b e st ored n ame of a ration al ein g

”
— P 45b
b y
. . .

in t he pu lic gran aries, an d issu ed t o T h e pec uliar m ode of gov ern

9
b
.

individual s on l as required ; in like in g th ese esta lishmen ts w ill li d

manner as the roceeds arisin g from on t he art ies wh o form th em T ose
p d
.

h h our in all o t er depart men ts mu st foun de b y lan d own ers an d cap ital
be common go od I t were t o en cou
. b
is ts, pu lic co mpan ies, parish es or coun
rage individuali t y of feelin g t o su fi er ties, will be u n der t he directio n of
‘

an in di vidual t o retain t o h imself th e t he in di vidu als wh o m th ose p owers

p r o d u ce of his own la o u r — bP 4 9 .
,
m a y pp
. a o in t t o su p e r i
will , of course, b e su j ect t o t he rules
n t en d t h e m
b
, a n d
« p ass .

’
Mr Falla ’
s at t en tion , it s eems, has b een tu rn ed t o this j
su b ect for n earl y eigh teen

y s, an d
ear he stat es his resu l t t o b e, t h at t h e exp ence o f cul tiv at in g an acre o f l an d b y
the spade is os more t h an t hat b y t he plough , whil e t he excess of pro fit is above
on ly .

£ 12 This seems worth inquirin abo ut, certainly ; and we should b e v ery glad if any
.
g
p ar ties ! or theoretical agricul turm w ou ld f
a vo ur us with his opinion on th e sub j ect .
 Owen s Rep ort to the Coun ty q o aarlc Kp h
A
’
r i
.

an d regulation s lai d down b y th eir weal t h, th eir ign oran ce f or kn o wled e,

foun ders Th ose form ed

. t h e mid by
th eir an ger for kin dn ess, th eir divi
g

dle an d working classes u p on a com sion f or u n ion ; ef fectin g this ch ange

y
lete reciprocit of in t erests, should too, wit hou t su j ec ting a single in di
v idual ev en to t em orar
b
e ov ern ed b y th emsel v es up on prin i
p i
b b
y n co n v e n
g
cip es t h at wil l preven t division s, op en ce
”
(P T h e in credi le
. . li nd
i ti f in t res ts, j eal ou sies, or an n ess of man t o th e limi ts of his own
p os o n o e
y
of th e common an d vul gar passion s rs, t h e worth of his o wn in v en

b
p o w e
i — Bu t we sh all n ot trou le ou r
which a con ten tion for power is sure t n s
y
o

T h eir affairs sh ou ld b e readers with an y form al commen tar on

t o gen erat e
con du ct ed by b
.

a commit t ee, composed it ; in v er t ru t h, as we h av e alread

in t imat ed, we could n ot say any t hin g
y y
of all t he mem ers of t h e association
b et ween certain a es ; f i an ce, of wh ich coul d ear half so hard on it
b b y
b b
g o r n s t
t ho se etween 35 an d 45 , or etween as t h is riefan d u nvarnish ed sum mar

4 0 an d 5 0, & c — P 4 8 . . . of it, couch ed almost ever where in y

1 0 By th ese commit t ees accordin g its au t h or s own words We shall
’

y
. .

l y, n ot onl are all mat ters of in tern al pass on rath er to consider th e cau ses
y
econ om to be arran ged, b u t t hose al so at on ce ofth e sort of m ster in wh ich
i t h as ever, an d still is, in some de
y y
ofex ch an ge ofsurplu s ofprodu ce wi th
o t h er societ ies, an d of ext ern al in ter i l d h f l
y oh
g r e e , n v o v e t o t e ey e o cas u a
serv ers, an d o f t he in difieren ce with
'

course gen erall The . cipl e, how

ev er, accordi n g to w ich th es e ex which, spite of its pret ensions, it con
ch an ges are t o b e ef fect ed, ifwe u nder tin u es for t h e mo st part to be receiv ed
stan d it at all , of which we are n ot An d in th e first place it has een b .

y
ver certain , is a n ovel one Val u es overlooked, ecau se n othin
.

more opposite to it th an
bcan b e
are t o b e estimated n ot accordin g to
’
r O wen s

con v en tional sign , n or an y re own i i m h h

t t t
b
i t
an p ra c ce n so u c a
y ,

lat i on t o rarit y of produ ction , or a were even impossi le from examinin

b
m oun t of capital em arked in raisin g th at to surmise it I t may as ton is h
y
.

it, b u t solely b y th e labour which th e our readers, p erhaps, after what th e

articl e t o be valu ed may h av e cost h ave j us t read, b u t we can assure
.

T h e n atural standard of value is in t hem that N ew L an ark is reall y a

rin ciple h uman la our, or t he com b y
in t eresting spectacle, a pat t ern
b
ver

g
-

in ed man ual an d men tal powers of for man u facturing esta lish men ts
men called in t s ti n On h e an d we can n ot express t he leasu re
bh p fg t
.

i i l i i l w i h h h h h
b
i d
b
p r n c p e w l c t l e av er ag p i
e t w c w e t e r e co n t er n p t e t e
sical w er f h orses is o tai n ed, th t ss of its l i
t t
b
, in

y
p o s u c ce e n e v o en p p
r o r e o r
of m en m ay al so b e learn t ; an d as it disseminatin h a its of in du str , an d
forms th e essen ce of all weal th , its va con t en ted c earful n ess amon
y
lue in ever article of produ ce may al l d h
t he

b
w i i
y
g r o n p p
o u a t o n u n e r s e,
so be ascertained, an d i ts exchang ea le and a plication an d stu d amon g t e
v alue wit h all o t h er valu e fi xed accord fi ne c ildren , wh ose educa t ion , almos t
ingl y, th e wh ole t o b e perman en t for ste b y step, h e superin t en ds I t were
a giv en period b
H um an la our would we ‘for th e cou n try at large, an d mos t p
.

b
.

t hu s ac uire its n atu ral or in tri n sic hon oura le t o h um an n atu re, if th e
tl
v al ue, v rich woul d in crease as scien ce example h e t hu s sets were imitated b
adv an ced : an d t his is, in fact , t h e on l y
oth er great man ufact u rers, an d t h e
y

reall y u sef b
u l o j ect of scien ce
b T he b
on d of kin dn ess an d con siderat ion ,
b
.

deman d for h u man la our would he n ow so m u ch in t errup ted, et ween the

g
b
o l on ger su j ec t t o ca rice,
p
”
& c & c h ig h e r an d lower classes of so lar e a
. .

i f
y l i
7. r
p p o or t o n o o u r p o a a t o n , u s
An d t his th en is Mr Owen s s stem Bu t t en M r Owen
’
ag ai n ren ewed .

t h is tissu e, we m u st call it , of all th at was th e practical con du ctor of an es

is dis tempered in fan cy, u n foun ded in tablishmen t like N ew L anark long
fac t, rash in assu mp tion , in con clusi ve
b efore h e was a th eorist in b p o li t ica l
in reason in g, u n at tain a le in rac econ om an d t h e tact wh ich h e t hu s
t ice, is, wit h th e addition of a t t le ac uire i n early life, adh eres t o him
'

sin gin g an d dan cin g, t h e far famed sti amids t all th e mis t with wh ich
-

sys tem wh ich is t o ren ew th e fair face his later s tu dies hav e en veloped him .

of h uman it y, lost for so man y ages H ere accordin gl y we fin d n on e of th ose

an d in th e words of the roj ector him h h
y
i i d d i
y
p e x tr a v a g g
a n e s n t ro u ce , w c s o
self h m l
’
f b d t d i fi h i
‘

, t o ex c a n ge e n s p ov e rt o r a u n a n s g u re s p p
a e r s y s
 ’
1 02 133 Owen s Repod to the County ofL anark
y
.

tern : on th e con trar , a great t wo th irds of h is own an d fi mil s

’
-

most ben evolen t an d ben eficen t , th ou g wages b u t it is a sale store, an d i t s

y
not ver n ovel , views are con sisten t l
y p y
rofi ts con stit ut e a lar e rtion o f th e
an d j udiciousl redu ced to prac tice sch ool fu n ds L as tl
y t . l l n ar e t h ere . i
For in st an ce, in stead of maxims and certain l b rough t Wl thin t he v erge of
opin ion s opposed to th ose of our faith, sch ool c mci line so earl
y as t w o eayrs
‘

we find at New L an ark, as elsewh ere o f age, an it may be t hat t h is as a

b y af
bb
in this C h ristian coun tr , Sa ath prosp ectiv e view t owards wean in g the
fect io n of th eir aren ts from t h em ;
evening sch ools, an d li eral sub scrip
tions, en coura ed by
th e example of b u t th en again t are n ei th er fed y
t he p
g '

b b
et or, in aid ofBi le Soc ieties n or lod ed at school — th e are mere
g . y
of man ein g co nsidered an ir 1 th ere a few h ours a day, eigh t , we
I ns
b b
responsi le ein g, j ournals are kep t in t n k, or t en during a portion of
y
ev er apartmen t of th e con du ct , good whi ch , h owever, t he are eit h er at y
or b ad, of t h eOple emplo ed in it , l
p y y
a , or learn in t d in m e
zp
g o ance , or so
and we are w l persu aded, al th ough o th er wa en a ed, con duciv e t o th eir
y g g
we do t kn ow it , t hat, i of h eal th an d st ren t h A ll m st excel
p e
s y
cas
a
p g o .

flagran t elin ( u en c reproo wou b e l en t : we repeat it, it is scarcel pos

l {
administered i pou b e sh owin g of th e si le t o accord t oo mu ch
p b
raise t o n ear

ledger, even b y t h e good th eorist h im l y all we see don e at N ew L anark ;

self Again , so far from th e co t ton amo o th er th in s we m a b
.

spin n ers ofNew L an ark, ein g in vit ed bb

th at
g
th ou gh th ese children s educa
tio n is certain l much etter, an d m ore
y o se r ve ,

y b
’

to legislate for th emselves et ween an y

t wo ven ages, we are su re M r Owen ext en ded th an th at o f m ost o th ers of
'

g
m u con sider even an offered advice t h eir ran k, it is yet chiefly ou t of th e
fi o m an y of th em a mo st un warran t Bible an d o rdin ar C oll ect io n s t h at y
able in trusion , an d wou ld mubh rat h er th e are ta y
h t , an d n o t ev en a pre
legislate h imsel ffor all th e world, th an ten ce is ma e of givin g th em efore b
sti ller an y on e to in terfere with h im in th ey are t welv e ears of ag e, a cor y
his own peculiar charge at h ome Fur rec t vie w oft h e outlin e of a ll tire kno w

y
.

”
th er, th ere is precisel t h e same divi ledg e which men have y et atta in ed

—
b
sion of la our at th ese mill s as at an y Bu t , amidst all this, wh ere is M r Owen s
syst em , or ho w is it b
.

oth er, n ot a rood of lan d is attach ed p o ssi le th at an

to them for an urposes of eith er gar on seeing this sho ul d h ave surmise d
den ing or hu s — hdh
dryf n o eatin g in it :
common , th ough we elieve th at isb I n t he second place, h owever, th is
in ten ded, n o communit of goods y y
s s tem sets ou t on su ch ex traordi n ar y
y b
-

bu t on th e con trar , savings an ks for assu mptions, an d reaso n s on th em aft er

the accumulation of in dividual gai n s, wards so loosel an d in co n cl usivel y, th at y
b b
an d M r Owen oastin g th at t h ese were
yit h as remain ed in ob scurit ; an d we y
es tablished efo re t h e were in trod u
y can n ot b e su rprised at it , ecau se man
y b yy
ced generall b act of parliamen t , an d h ave th ough t th e could n ot possib l
that sev eral of s workmen have a ov e u n derstan d it , wh en
'

b erh ap s th e
y
L 100 vested in them, en couraged t o did, at th e same time t at th e t oo
such accumulation by
his liberalit in lit tle or n o in terest in clearin g u p th eir
allowing th em fiv e per cen t on t eir dou ts We con fess that th is h as een
. b . b
hig hest as well as th eir lowest deposits, in a good degree the cas e wi th our
in opp osition to th e prin cipl e i n th e selves ; we hav e een in possession of b
b
n at ional an ks, which h e ch aracterizes our resen t views on th e su j ec t almos t b
as sordid, by
which t hat rate of in t e
p
a year, b u t al th ough t ol erab l
b
cou vin

res t is limited t o su ms u nder L 1 0 ced of t h eir accuracy, for we (1 een

b b
. .

Again , at New L anark th ere is n o dou t at con sidera le pain s in drawin g M r

by
a pu li c store, an d ever workman h as y Owen ou t an d soun din g hi s real depth ,
y
a weekl credit open ed at it u n der M r y et w e al wa s fel t af r a i d t o co mm it
Owen s own han d, to the amoun t of ou rselv es to prin t con cern in g hi s sys
’

T his we are in deed rather sorry for W e are persuaded, that were it po ssib l e in all
.

manufactofi es to give each workman , th e head o f a family, a sep arate h ou se, and a litt le
s of
in
ad vantage
m
i nd annexed to it su f ficien t to employ h is leisure, renov at e his health, an d
hab its of neatness an d order in his h ousehold economy , it woul d b e a great
B ut, we fear, this is impossib l e in almost all cases
. .
 [ p ,
’
90 Ol sen s Rep ort to the County q anark . A r ll -

t em t ill his own litera scripts appeared An d las t] for it cannot b e n ecessary
b
to eat us ou t in our representations t o go t o len gth on th is h ead, th at y
of i t We wai ted, i t is t rue, wit h reat
i
.

f h h
g
y p o
h
s i t i
m
o n , t h a t it
d
i s p
l
o s si l e t o d b
e p r i v e
d f ll f
b
p a t e n ce , o r w e t on t v e r li t t le a u an in iv i u a o a eelin g of
a ou t t h e mat ter at b u t th is is indivi dualit y, t o make him love an
j u s t a n o t h er fe at u re o f r
t ween u s an d t h e man y o serv ers t o
es em la n cebbb e or ra t h e r ev e r o t hy e r s in
’
terest , c g
advan cemen t , as well as his
‘
sprin g,
wh om we h ave advert ed Perh aps it o wn ; an d th at all th is may b e effec t
b .

may b e ad visa le, h owever, t o n otice a ed b y a mere commu ni t of goods, a y

p o in t o r y
t wo in th e s s tem, such as may b
common t a l e, an in timatel con n ec t
—
y
j i f y h i h i d l W h l
i d i d ff
y i
u st t s es ta t o n an n i er en ce e p n b. c i n te r e s t a t co u d w e
For in st an ce th en , let u s take th e v er say t o th is, con t radi ct ed as it is b
fi rst posit ion lai d down in it , viz
T h at man is in n o degree an acc ou n t
p r i v
. a t e h is t o r o f eyv

st it u tion , in which , fro m t he wan t o f

er m o n y
as ti
y
c
t
i
h
n
e

b
a le agen t, b u t is t h e slave o f t h e c ir of rin g , th ere must h av e b
st anc es in which h e is p laced, combin ed n it e
w ith his o wn na tural disposition s We mus t exist in gen eral societ h owever
.
y
less s cope for selfis h feelin g than
een in fi

marked these last words wh en we framed, an d where, n ot wi t stan di ng,

d h m f m l y
d ll m d m b
b
q u o t e t e o r er , an w e n o w a i t s os t n o x i o u s p r o u c t i on s l oo
mark th em agai n , ecause t h ey al on e ed fresh an d fair even as in th e wilder
redeem th e sen t en ce from ext rava an ce o fth e reat world— what coul d w e

b
g n e s s g
alt ogeth er an d if t o na tu ral h ad een sa , we re eat, t o t hi s, b u t ust h
y p j t e r e
added ac uired dis osit ions, an d t h e m b m m i k h ere, M r Owen

b
q p u s t e so e s t a e
first clau se of th e prop osition een en n ever coul d mean th is ; bu t it is o f n o
tirely wit h drawn , an d th e seco n d m o g re a t c o n se n c n oc , l e t n s p a s s on .

difi ed a l it tl e in u n iversalit y o fexpres Bu t in t e t hird place, M r Owen s

y b b
’

sion , im ortan t ch an ges at t h e same s stem has een n l ect ed, ecause t h e
p
t ime we mu st con fess, we sh ou ld n ot
have had mu ch h esitation in sub scri
world must alwa
ev er tru th t here mi h t b e in hi
y
av e fel t that wh at

b in t o it . As it stan ds, i t is opposed sump tions, or pro abili

g
b in his con
s as

b ot to reason and t o rev elation b u t clusion s, h e was in n o eu cien t degree

t h at is n o t all ,—l et u s n ot iceM r Owen s l ifi d i h f m i
’

y q u a e , e t e r ro ex p e r en ce o r
in con sist en c in it .H e here admit s personal ch aracter, to reason on t he
that circumstan ces , ov er which h e may on e or con du ct t o the o th er, in t h e

operat ion wi t h disposit ion s, o ver wh ich

b
have con troul , are com in ed in th eir dogmatical man ner wh ich h e has u ni
y
forml assumed at least we are sure,
h e h as n on e an d yet in ever follow
y y t hat wh eth er th e indifieren ce with
ing sen t en ce of h is th eor he assumes, c hich h is speculation s h ave een recei
'

b
t h at ch an ofcircum stan ces alon e will ved, h as arisen in an
y g d r e e f ro m t hi s
work al l e marvellou s ch an ges which source or n ot , it was certain ly well
h e con templates Again , let u s take merit ed u pon this score I t is painful
b
. .

his seco nd position , th at , ecau se man to u s to exp ress oursel ves in th is man
is th u s trammelled b y circumstan ces, n er ain ful, b
ec au se in his place we
y
for alread even h e h as forgot ten dis really ave a high res h t for M rOwen,
p o si t i on s, th erefore, ev er s sty y
em o f b u t we n ever eith er n ew or heard of
overnmen t which in volv es th e idea of p ret en sion s so mag n ifi cen t as h is, so
g
mdi vidual rewards or pn nish men ts, ver in adetlnately orn e ou t M rOwen
m
y b —
.

m i h i lf h i
i b l i il j t
p
y i i t i
u e s se o n
p ra se o r a e ,
s n e cess ar y u n u s q s ex p e r en ce s
an d un n atu ral as if, gran ti n g even i n tru th ver limited, he has on l h d
y
his own premises, th ese ver acciden ts it in his po wer to make on e experi
y a

h ad n ot as good a claim to a place as men t on h uman n ature, an d ev en that ,

links in our fet ters, circu mstances by
as we hav e seen , is n ot th e experimen t
which we are to be con trolled, as an y on which h e reason s An d as to his
.

of Mr Owen s o wn arrangemen t s o hical talen t s, gran tin h

’

p h il.o s p g a ll i s

We ough t h ere to notice, h owev er, th at this particu lar h eight of improv em en t , in
difi eren ce to ou r own children , will n o t b e found adverted to in t h e report from whi ch
’

we have taken almost every ot her part o f ou r representation o f this syst em The fact is, .

it wou ld not p rint , it is reall y too monstrous B ut it is a l egitimat e an d n ecessary con

. -

se u ence of th e remafi er, an d we assert , n ost ro p eri culo, th at in conversation M r Owen

q
s tat es it as su ch .
 Gem Rep ort as mlc.
’
s to the County q -
a
m aniacs unassailabl e, what can we say
of t hose of on e wh o leaps at his con
b
has een at New L anark must kno w
that Mr Owen s life is passed at his
’

d anians in the man ner h e does, with mills, an d that in superi n ten di ng their
o ut looking to h t or to left, or ma details, dis ayi t hese to visitors, and
kin g a single a o wan ce for derange caressin
g e c ‘ ldg pg
re n at his school ,
men t o f an y sort , expecting for exam scarcel
y all th e hours of the day n o
l h fl i l h i h i m suf ficien t for him And we re mt
y
t t w t n
—
p e o a ve oa n g ea s co

p
.
,

mon wealths, yet n o desire in an y to ap t he sen timen t happ and en via ’is,
at e it ,—diversities ofcharacter in an d in n ocen t an d u seful
'

y , an d even

m
subj ects, yet precisel th e same ef
i
V rt uou s, are t h e hours thu s s en t
m
m
on al l by t h e same ex
— legislative an d
.
b
h i s en ev olen t feeli ngs gratified, his
su ccess, an d he is ver successf
p ;

y
—
circu stan ces,
execut ive ass em lies, yet n o dif b y feren ces j o yed,
— his ho p u tbb
on all
with ou t let or mo es tation But mean n
i t
ul, enp
s paces
of opin ion n o rivalr , n o co llis ion be
b y
, . -

t ween their mem ers ? We do not whil e, where is h is t heor , or where

wish to woun d Mr Owen s feelin gs, b u t he arg umen ts by which, no t in con
’

tu
we can not b u t say , t hat so far from j n ction with t hat succes s, b ut in op .

feeling disposed to pin ou r faith to his i i to it , he is to recommen d it to

y
pos t o n

M wh en h e advances proposit ions o th ers — h . j ust where the “1 1“

W y
y
like t hu s, th e go far to in dispose us, t o be, -
ih obh vion
; wh ence, it is true,
we hav e now for a momen t sough t to
8

and t hey must h av e indisposed t he

“ 1d at large, again st every th in g h e draw t hem, b u t Whi ther we can not but
migh t brin g forward al ong with th em th ink tha t the sooner th e are a ai n
an d that himself when serio usl y ad an d

th e
for ever
y g
consigned, th e b et ter an d
van cin th e m w e can compare t o n o wiser
g
—The world has
.

We conclude
.

thi more exactl y than an in experi t hen

gg marmer adrift on a first vo age b i
,

righ t in n eglecting Mr
y
'

een qu te

of discovery, an d settin g down as aa d y Owen s system an d ever at tem t like

’

in his chart ever fog an k wh ich rises y b - that whi ch we have learn t, with e ual
sur rise and con cern is at
p
q
wi thin his horizon Or still more n early
p er h a p ,
s a r a w an d r a sh
.

m ec h an ic , ca l
p
p
,
t h e con te m lation ofhis coun t r n ei h
b
p rese n t in
g y
ours, to dra it f m h h
cIIlatin g the power of a first supposed
inven tion, an d n ot on l la ing ou t of y y g ro
even pet itio n Parliamen t in its ehalf
y
is n o t merel wro ng— it is ridiculo us
t e s ad e , an d

,
b
view every al lowan ce for fri c tion or .

oth er impedimen t , b u t actu all y decom H ave th ese gen tlemen forgot ten Sir
m h m W D e Crespign y s failure in the same ’

p os in g in i agi na t ion t e a t e rial s

b
.

m
with which he pro poses to work, an d cause ? th e receden t h ad een worth
p
h i iu m su ch e their adv ertiu to, even for th eir o wn
ga gg
g t o t e r ( l ,

sakes Bu t e tru th we in charit

p pro e r t i es l y on p o sse ss i n
b y y
.

t ime t o come and n o o th er, for such el ieve to b e, that t h e have n o dis

and such on l y
w ill s uit my p urposes tinct idea of wh at th e wish to recom
b
an d ena le me t o at ta in my en ds An d men d : t hey h ave 100 ad at New L a
n ark,
al though I reason n ot upon experimen t, ( a s ed uc tio n t o w h ic h th e one
b ut rath er in its defian ce, yet let me dissen tien t speaker among t hem, L ord
bu t b ring forward my own s tool t o Belhaven , seems sin larly enough
stan d on , an d I am read to demon a y - n ever t o have ex hi mself, ) and
by b y
stra ta, like t he Al ch ymists of old, th at unaccu stome d, l l se
y t o
y
p ro a , an a
experi men t and experien ce are alike min u tel what t h e read, t he h ave
wron g , an d ought to have een diffe
”
b t aken or gran ted
saw t here was also in t he ook, so me
t hat what they
b
y b
ren t.
L as tl , Mr Owen s theory h as een where sto wed away amid the decla
’

o verlooked an d n eglect ed b y t he world, mation wit h whi ch it is ch iefly filled

b b
.

t: much ecau se it h as een n o t An d t h eir h earts, n at urall y enou gh

a orgot ten b y h imself We hav e warm ed b y t h e sigh t, h ave carried
y
.

alread shewn t hat his prac t ice is qui te t h eir h eads alon g wi th th em Bu t .

different : b u t that is not all his h eart i i ot t oo late t o ret race

y ,
ev en
y et t s n

is in that practice on l , an d h is syst em t h eir st eps, even et t h eir m on stro us

is amo ng t he least o f all his t h ough ts, i i m

y
a b e stran l ed in i ts h b
y p e t t o n
y g ir t
excepting on l as associated in his ima an d still t he m a ta k N ew L anark
y y e

i i w i h i pposed an d re for t heir pat tern and th eir guide We

y
g na t on t certa n su .

mote consequen ces E ver on e who . would h ave all mm go t here in deed,
Vo L IX . . M
 Owen s Report to the County q a na rk. C p ,
A il
’
92 r

b
le elusion s at wh ich th e su sequen tl y b y
wh o are po ssessed of ev en
re son in g powers ; an d wh o, as prop rie
a
t olera
arrive, —th at it is n ot em ark
n tic sch emes, n o t b
by b
t ors of great estates , ex ten sive mer ing in i
gg a y con

ch an ts, man ufactu rers , m ast ers offami templat in g violen t ch an ges, no t b y
lies, sch ools, or in an y oth erwe possess meddling wi th t h e forms of societ , y
eith er direct au th ority, or in es t in ( h ll i f m h i f m i
b
t o s e c r
y sta n e o r s, t eu n o r t y
of which , in all ages an d cou n t ries ,
fluen ceover con siderab le odies ofth eir
fel low m en in th e lo wer ran ks of life . demon strat es th at t he are reg ulat ed
b y
We woul d have th em go, h owever, n ot af fin ities in heren t in our nat ure an d
t o liste n , b u t to l ook n ot to h ave t heir by
0 cou rse e on d ou r con t rou l, ) n ot b y

faith pervert ed, or th eir imagin ations b

cast in g dou t on t he first prin ciples of

b eg uil ed b y M r Owen s f
’
an cies, but -
th e Ch ristian religion — th e religion of
t h e age, h ad it ev en n o o th er recom
th eir u nderstan dings en ligh t en ed, an d
t h eir afi ection s kin dled b y t h e realities
'
men dation ,— n ot b y su st itu tin g for
its views ofh uman n atu re th rough time
b
wh ich heh as created arou nd him Amid
y
.

t h ese th e will fi n d mu ch t hat is val ua an d through et ern it , th e visions of a

b le to l earn , ev en wh ile t h e rej ect th ey by

y
dis tempered imagination ; n ot , in a word,
t ru stin g th e rein s to M r Owen even
t rash wit h wh ich it is su rrou n ded ; for
y
in st an ce the will see it demon strated, for on e momen t , h owev er th ey may
suf fer, an d ev en than k him, t o pio
t h at h owever fall en in n ature or su n k
in circu mstan ces, th ere is stil l m uch n eer th e road b efore th em not we sa ,

moral good in man —

th at th at good will by an y, or all of th ese m odes, t hat
, y

y
be mu ch morecertain l an d ext en sively th ey can serve their coun tr or t h eir y
elicit ed bykin dn ess th an severit , th e y kin d — Bu t, b y un itin g in a series of
mi n ut e en deavou rs t o purif an d im y
exp ression ofin t erest t h an n eglec t, edu
cat ion th an ign oran ce, in ev ery case
fi nally, for t h eir own encouragemen t ,
p r o v e
y t h e s u
coun tr , th at kin d, morall
b
s tan ce o f w h ic h
k
t h a t

y p s ea i n g,
t h at in depen den tl y ofall th e comman ds
o f religion , or t h e h opes of fu tu rit y,
th ere is mu ch worldly wisdom, ev en , in
are com o sed,
p
eliciti n g t h eir kin dl
ed
yu ca ti n g
feelings,
t in g th eir relig iou s impression s, t igh t
t h
w o
tive
m,

a spirit ofac tive ben eficen ce in prac tice en in g t h u s th e silken cords which b ind
it is gen erall y su ccessful , h owever th eo with ou t fett erin mankin d, discher
retically mistaken
y b
in feelin g it is al
wa s h appy, in example alwa s re y g gi n ev e y
r m a n o w n d u ti e s , so c ia l
an d domestic, in his own place, ch e
ta le an d praisewort h y
An d wh en
. rishin
g an d pat ron izin g hi s ow n de
t ey h ave t h us got t h eir lesson ,_let
th em carr
b y b
it h o me, n ot t o prate
p e n d a n t s,

ursuin g h is ow n
l o v i n g
bhis o w n

es t in t erests
ch ild
b
r e n
o th
,

a ou t it at pu lic m eetin gs, n or yet ere an d h ereafter ; whi ch , wh en

st ill less t o n egl ect an d forget i t, righ t l y u n derstood, wh ateverMr Owen ,
as so man ot h ers hav e don e while or t h e freeh olders ofL an ark may th ink
y y
th e th ong l t it in separab l con n ect ed of it, a wise an d kin d Prov iden ce h as
hb
wit a su rdities at which th eir reason O
alread y su fii cien tl iden tified with
rev ol ted, b u t t o in t erweav e it with th ose of t h e w orl at large, in con

p r inc ipl es d er iv ed from a far hi h er

b
est h uman spe
g j u n c tio n w i th t h e b
es t an d s tr o n g e s t
source t h an even th e feelin gs of our common n atu re, with
culat ion s, an d redu ce it patien tl an d
y y y o ut its b eing n ecessar yfor th em t o
s stematicall to practice, each within en deav our t o cemen t t h e un ion , al
his own lo cality , his own s h ere L ay th ough, in truth , certain in su ch case
y
.

ing down , at all even ts, e follo win g to do wh at may lay in them to destro
as fu n damen tal axioms ofpolitical ex
y
it, by ‘

th eir reachb .

p e d ien c , w h a t ever t h e p art icul ar co n

 L ard By ron s D og s ofr
’
m . 98

m an m cx
’
nr n o x s n o e s o r v r

T m : E din b Reviewers, in th eir

urgh .
Th e s tor ymL ord B mn has
of which
zby
ton e of self com lacen cy, said, h i self is, we thin fa r
—
- "

when th e first cant os 0 Ch ild H arold t h e finer o f th e two, an d we sa

pu lish b
ed, th at t h e
p
fhturs excellen ce h el d ou t b y t h ese
romise o f s essed, ecause we b elieve h e has ad
h ered al m ost to the let ter of th e tran s
b yp s o

a n tos was
“
ll i y m fi ” action s as th e reall y
t ook place
y
b
u t rtable In
y
rea ec o .

We t rust we n ever ave een, an d are

.

t he b e nn in g of t e l ath cen tur ,

'

q u i t e su re w e n ev er sh a ll b e g uil t f wh en t e win ged l ion ofS t Mark soar

,
y o
t al kin g in t erms of such con t emp ti b le ed o ver th e Adriat ic in all his
p ri d e
ig noran ce and irrev eren ce con cernin o f place, an old fierce warrior, whose

an on e wh o has vindicat ed to h imse valo ur had t wice sav ed all b u t t he ex

y
y
as L ord B ron h ad most ef fectuall y isten ce of h is coun t r , was, in his own
b
a sen ce, an d wit h ou t solicitation , in
y
y b
on e b iv en score of s tan zas in
y yg
an

h is Ch i l d H arold) the ch aract er of a v ested wi th th e du cal dign it T h e se

y
.

truly n ervous, man l , an d classical n ate, ev er j ealou s an d ever am itiou s,

writer of th e E nglish ton gu e But we curtail h is prerogati ve at the ou tset,
b
must orrow so far t h e spirit of Mr
.

b u t h e does h is du t y rav el an d wisel b y

Jefi ey s dictum, an d say , t h at n othing
’
T h eir ealon sy h as cut him 06; indee ,
‘

d
has for a lon g wh ile afforded us so from t e private pleasures in wh ich h e
much pleasure as t he rich promise of h ad h ith ert o foun d th e est solace ofhis
— b m
b
drama tic excellenc e u n folded in th is n ew p u li c t oil s t h e in t i at e co m p an i on
sh i of frien ds n o lon ger h is equ als
n o on er, in th eir patrician j ealous y
g
of th eir prin ce, willing to b e trea t ed
h im as h is equals B ut for th ese de
by
y b
.

are sufi cien t f f h ri vetion s, an d for ever il

b y i d
t resen t ex
p r o e ev e
h
o o p s e,

is ten ce of dramat ic power somewher e e fi n ds a un dan t compen sati on in th e

'

he migh t wit h great p ropriet h av e affections ofa oun g, a beau tiful, a high
added to this list t h e n am e 0 th e spirit ed, an d yet a most gen tle wife
”
y
Cen ci, a ver powerfull y con ceived Sh e h ad een equ eath ed t o hi m as a
y b b
l egac b y h er fath er, t h e dearest frien d
.

and powerfull execu ted t rage dy which

was 1 lish b las t ear y by M r P B o fhis you t h She loves him with a love
l;
. . .

Sh el Bu t perh aps h is L o rdship was whi ch is n o t t h e less dear to him, be

wi th held h om men t ion in g th at work, cau se it partakes so mewh at of t h e re
'

as we oursel ves w ere from reviewin g it v eren ce offi lial lo ve, wh ile h e, again ,
b b
-

at the time wh en it ap peared, b h ot h lov es h er as h is ride, an d che

ver di y y t e
rish es h er like a dau gh t er h
y
stin n atu re o fit s su bj ect T i
g er e s .

th ose extrav a an ces, n amel , of somet hi n irel d l h

by b b
g y g en t n ew a n a t o g et er
rricide an d in cest , r et ual re admira le in t he m an n er of rin in
p a p pe g g
i i i f h i h f m h h h m i i f h
b
p t t o n s o w c , o r o so e t in g o f o u t t e s e c a r n g var e ti es o t e co n
th e same ki n d, we egin to fear it is j ugal passio n Alas ! th at h e wh o h as
y
.

M r Sh ell s mad resolu tion t o destroy don e t h is should h av e ev er prostit uted

’

th e efl ect o f all h is gen ius, an d last

'
b
his pen to ain t, record, o r foster th e
m
all th e harvest of his fame B u t L ord ll
y y
i
y
.
p o u t o n o w o an
’
B ron s o wn t raged is in fi n itely su T h e lov ely an d inn ocen t oun g wife
”
p e ri or t o t h e C e n ci , ev e n in t h e o f t h e o l d w a rr io r d o e s n o t , h o w e ver,
merit s of vigorou s con ception , an d vi escape t h e wou n d of evil ton gues

go r o u s di c t io n ; w h ile i t h a s t h
b e h i o u n g p a tryic i a n b y n a m M ic h
A
el
.

p
h
a , e
n ess t o b e distin uish ed o t h from t at d i h d cal
i
b
g S te n o , a res t o n s cr b e t e u
an d f rom t oo rn an of t h eproduc t ion s of t hrone itself with a v ile li el u on
y p
h is L ordship s ow n gen iu s, b y un iform h er ) urit y H e is detec t ed— an d th e
’

i y f h h d W h f h h h
.

y
b by
p ur t o t ou g t a n p pu r ose i t .w ra o t e a u g t P ri n c e o f V e n ic e
o ut usat ion , n o su ch t rage d as t h is k n ows n o u n d H i t i d t h
y o s e s
”
r
. e e
of arin o Fal iero h as app ea red in C ou n cil o f t he Fort , a nd fo u n d
y
E n glish since t he day wh en Ot way also gu il t y—an d h e is con demn ed— to a
was in spired to his mas ter p iece b y t he m on t h s imprison men t
’

y
-
.

in teres ts of a Ven etian stor and a T h e D o e, wh o con cei ves h im self to

Venetian con spirac y . be insul te alike as a man , a soldier, a

Merino Faliero
D oge o f V enice, an H is torical T rag edy, in Five A cts , with Not es
, .

Th e Prophecy of Dant e, a Poem By L ord Byron 8vo M urray, L ondon , 182 1

. . . .
 L ow} By ron s D ogs q emoe C A M
' '

94
b by
.

n o le, and a sov ereign, this inade A s hadow o n th y fancy of a thing

q u a te pu n is h m en t in fl ic ted o n t h e ri W h ic h w ou l d no t ha v e t h ee m o u rn it , b ut

bal d Sten o is t emp ted, at th e critical rememb er

y
.

momen t w en his assions are in th eir Su ch is th e sim le outlin e of the sto r

h ighest state of e ervescen ce, first by
of M arine Faliero
p
As th e Tragedy .

th e artful con dolen ces, and th en b y the mus t b e in the han ds almost of all ou r
n o less art ful solicita t ion s, ofon e I srael
readers, we shall be co n ten ted wi t h
Betruccio, a Ven etian cit izen , wh o is
y oting a v er few 8 ens of its y
at th e head of a l o t recen t l
by b formed
y
the common s o th e ci t again st th e t in choosin
Sp
alogue, and we shall
'

v e no di en l m
u n oun ded an d in tol era le in so len ce of b y g specimen s t hat can n o t

b
t he n o les Faliero en ters in to th e de
b e read too often
Perhaps th e fin est scen e in th e whole
.

y
.

si n s of these men , and, th ough n ot

g s th at in which t h e D oge firs t
w i thou t man y
”
in gs, he persist s in acti
com un ctious v isi t
p
as th eir
p
m
la
ee ts
i
h i s w ife a ft er h e h a s e e n ad e b m
leader y
E ver thing un der is dirce
acquain ted wit h the sen ten ce of S ten o,

b
an d has listen ed to the commun icatio n
.

tion is prepared for an in stan t lo w

b
of t he con spirator Bertuccio Th e
.
.

A t dawn of day the grea t ell of St character of t he calm

, pure sp irit ed
M artin s Church is to b e rung ; t hat An iolin a is dev elo ed in it most ad
’

bell can be soun ded on l com y by g

y
p
mirabl — the great differen ce et ween
man d of th e D oge, and at t he sound of her tem er an d that of h er fier h u s
by
y
it ever Ven etian n o l e must h as ten to b p
b
an d is v ividl y pou rt a d — b u t n ot y
y b
r e ,
t he Coun cil H all The con spired le
b b y
l ess vividl tou ch ed is that strong on d
.

eian ands are on this occasio n t o o

t h e same si n al : t he are to rush from
y g y y of th eir u nion which exists in th e com
b
mo n no leness of t heir deeper natures
y
.

ev er distri ct or t h e cit , an d occu p

t h e great ace o f S t Mark, y
T h ere is n o spark of j ealous in the
—
y old man s h h h d
’
t o u g t s, e oe s n o t e x
t hen , sa s t e D oge,
ec t t h e fervours of oa th f ul passion in
All th e P atricians flocking to th e Coun cil , a wife, n or doesg e find t hem : b u t
(Whichth ey dare not refuse, at the dread h e fin ds what is far et ter,—t he fear
818m l
b
less confiden ce of on e, wh o b ein g to
Peeling from out their patron Sain t s proud
’

th e heart s core in n ocen t, can scarcel

’
y
to wer)
Will then b egathered in un to theharvest , b e a b
eliever in t he exi sten ce of su ch
e fin ds every charm
An d we will reap them with the sword for a th in g a s guil t H .

wh ich gratitude, respect, an xious an d

deep seated affect ion can ive to the
g
-

T h e reat hell does soun d, and all

g confi den tial language of a ovel y, an d
Ven ice 18 alarmed ; b u t in th e in terim
b et ween th e framin g an d t h e execu tion
a modest, an d a pio us woman
b
She
y b by
.

of t h e des
by th e wh ole h as een b e
'

t e virtu e or th e vice of on e
b
has een extremel trou led
servanc e of th e trou l ed coun ten an ce
her oh
b
tra ed
an d gesture oft he D oge, ever sin ce t he
of e con spirat ors, wh o could n ot per
mit his own frien d an d kind patron to
discover of St en o s y t ; an d she
him from his
’

does all sh e can to soo

share in t he destined fate o f all th e
Venetian no ili t b y
Th e h an.d is ar p r o u d irritation

sciousn ess of purit , she has

S trong in h er con .

t y b
rested after it h as stru ck b u t a few
b lows upon th e hell of St Mark s T h e
—
h erself t o regard without an ger
in
’

su
.

l t o fi ere d t o h er se l f
'

, an d t h é y e
e
t
D ogc is seized in his alace h e is
tried - "
b
he is eh eaded i mmedi atel
p
m
y
un corrected in stin ct of a n obl e heart
akes her try to persuade her lord, as
an d in lace ofhis picture in th e great
she i s h ers e lf p er s ua d e d t h a t S t e n o ,
Coun ci H all, wh ere all his predeces ,

whatever he the sent en ce ofhis j es,

sors and all his successors are repre
—
sen ted, t h ere is a lank space cov ered b m ust hs punish e d moreeven than ey
b
with a sa le veil , over which still re
would wish l inl t o be l) th e secret
l us own g\ lt y con sci l '
-

y
b
‘

t ion s 0
Zhgli
g e
main s th e g or i in a l in scripti n
o H eic
l h f h i i
e t h e d e e p u s e s o s p r v a
a t low : M a rim Falet ro decap itati p ro
’

h i h D i d i
th y b
”
T h e D u chess seeks re
A t t s t e og e e x p e r e n ce n
crimin ibus
b
,

e wa s oth of good and ev il men ,

.

fuge in a cloist er, th ere, dou t less, to

smiles com assionately upon Angio
do more than her modest old lord re
li na She t en goes on t hus
f h r in th ese fin e words
.
t
I
q u es s o e

W h I was Ang ioltna H ta ven b ids us to forgiV0 Oll l

’

h en a m no thing , l et that whic .

Be still sometimes a name on thy sweet lips,

 D og e of Venice
’
L ord By ron s . 96
B g e D om heaven forg vo her o wn 2 I s To make my dowry equal to th e rank
’
-
.

Satan aa v d O f augh t in Ven ice, and forego all claim

’

Prom wrath et ern al ! My father s last inj unction gave you

’
.

Aug D o not sp eak thus wil dl y

. D og e T hus ,
.

Heaven will alike forgiv e you and you T was not a foolish dotard s vil e caprice,
’ ’

W e Amen 1 may h eaven f

. or ive th em
g . Nor the false edg e of aged ap etite,
p
Which made me covetous of girlish b eauty
c Yes, when th ey are in heaven And a youn g b ride for in my fireiest youth
'

e.
A" An d not till th en I swey d such passion s ; nor was this my
’
.

Wha’ t matt ers my forgiven ess ?

g“
Do an
gd
s. a
m an s, I nfect with th at leprosy ofl ust
Worn out , scorn
d, apura ’ ’
d, abused ; what Which taints the hoariest years of vicious
m a tters th en men ,
M’ pardon more than my resentment ? both Making th an ran sack t o th e very last
Being t rack and worthless I have lived T he dreg s of pleasure for their vanish d
’

too Joys ;
But l et a s chan ge th e argum ent M y child ! . Or b u y in selfish marriage some young vic
My injured wife, the child of L oridano , t im,
fl l ebrave, th echivalrous —howlittl edeem d T oo h elpl ess t o refuse a state that s hones t,
' ’ ’

T hy fath er, weddin g th e un to his frien d, T oo feelin g n ot to kno w h ers elf a wret ch .

That he was linking thee to shame ! A las ! Our wedlock was not of this sort, y ou had
Shame withou t sin, for thou art faul tless . Freedom from m e to choose, and urged in
H ad st thou
’
an s wer

m
'

But had a difieren t hu sb an d, an y hu sban d You r father s choice

’
.

I n V sav e t h e D og s , t his b l igh t, thi s A ug I did so ; I woul d do so

.

I n face of earth an d h eaven ; for I have

T his blasph emy h ad n ev er fall n up on th ee
’
. n ev er

80 young, so b eau tiful , so good, so pure, Rep en ted for my sake sometimes for
T o suflhr th is, an d y et b e un avenged y ou rs,

Ang I am too well avenged, for you I n p on derin g o er your late disquiet udes
’
. .

still l ov e me, D ag e I kn ew my heart would nev er

.

And trust, an d honour me ; an d all men t reat yo u harshly

know I knew my days cou ld n ot disturb you lon g
That yo u are j ust, and I am tru e : What A n d th en th e daught er ofmy earliest frien d,
more H is worthier daughter, free to ch oose again ,
Could I r uire, or y ou comman d ? V eal th ier an d wiser in th e ripest b loom
V

D og e is well ,
. Of womanh ood, more skilful to sel ect
A nd m y b e b et ter b ut whate er b et ide,
’
B y passin g th ese prob ation ary years ;
Be thou at l eas t kind to my memory I nh erit ing a p rin ce s name and rich es,
’
.

Aug Why speak you th u s

. S ecu red b y th e short penan ce of en during
D og e I t is no matt er why ,
. A n old man for some summers, against all
But I would still , whatever others think, T hat l w s chicane or en vious kinsman
’

a
Have yOurrespect bo th no w and in my grav e .

Aug Why sho uld you do ub t it —

. has it p H ave urged again st her right ; my b est
ever f ail d friend s chil d
’ ’

D og e Come hither, chil d, I woul d a

. Would choose more fitly in respect of
word with yo u .
y ears ,

at h er was my f
o ur f rien d, un e u al f
q ort u n e A n d not less truly in a faith ful hem .

Mada him my deb tor for som e court esies A ug M y lord, I look d b ut to my fa
.
’

Which bind th e good more firmly when,

'

th er s wish es ,
’

H all o w d b y his last words, and to my heart

’

prss t
With las t malady, he will d o ur un ion ,
’
For do ing all its duties, and replying
I t was n ot to rep ay me, lon g repaid With faith to him with whom I was afi
Before b y his great loyal ty in frien dship
H is obj ect was t o place your orphan b eau t y Amb itious hOpes n e er cross d my dreams,
’ ’

I n honourab le safety from th e perils , an d sh oul d

W
hich, in this scorpion n est o f vice, ass ail Th e hour you speak o fcome, it will b e seen
A lonely an d undo w rcd maid I did no t
’
s0
o . .

Think with him, b ut would not oppose th e D og s I do b eliev e you, and I know you .

though t true ;
W
hich aoo th d his death b ed
’
For love, romantic love, which , in my youth
- .

Awg I hav e no t forgot I knew to b e ill usion , an d ne er saw

’
.

The nob len ess with which you b ade me L asting, b ut often fatal , it had b een
speak. No lure for me in m y most passionate days,
If y m mfi heart held an y preferen ce A nd co uld not b e so no w, did such exist
Which w d have made me happier ; nor Bu t such respect, an d mil dly paid regard
.

w lf d
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you r ofl e r A s a true feeling for you r e are, an

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move tno thus

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m
A free co p i
l wi h ll h wi h I t i t St wb could
—
an ce t a onest s es, s no en o o

A kin dness t o your virtues, watchfulness H ad it b een so, he shoul d b ut let t h at

Not shown , b ut shado wing o er such little
’
p ass.

failings A ug . What is t you feel so deepl y

’
, th en ,
ev n n o w
’
As youth is ap t in , so as not to check t
i
R ashl y, b ut win you from them ere you D og e T h e vi olated ma] esty of Venice,
.

kn ew
b
A t o n ce insul ted in her lord an d laws .

You ha d b een won , b ut thought the chan ge An other no l y con ceived scen e is
y ou r cho ice ; t h at at t h e open i n g of th e th ird act ,
A Pride n °t in your b eau ty, b ut 00m wh ere t h e old D oge is in trodu ced as
th e ,
}
A " u“ m W“, Pam ch‘l
waitin g by
himself in t he t wiligh t for
Bert uccio, wh o is at t hat h ou r to con
A n d “Oi “ 1063 8 “mag" ; friendship faith ’ du ct h im in to th e presen ce of the as
S ‘mh “ 6m m“ in your eyes as th e“
sem led conspirato rs b T he ren dez
M
b
.

figzfi fing ;
d fo
vou s is on th e space et ween th e os
r d u er
D og e I thi n k so For th e difl w ee m m l
‘
a n d th e ch u rch di S a n Gi ova n ni
h h h h
S P l I
b
a n a o o n t at c u rc rep os e t e
—
.
ou r cars,

You kn e j ,v t c hoosii
n
g m e,
an d ch ose 1 as h e s
.
o f a l l t h e F a lie ri, a n d ef o re it s

trust ed t
g , g
a e ri h t o v e r a g ai n st w h ere t h e e x

Not t o my qualities, n or woul d hav e faith pectin g prin ce h as taken h is stan d, ap

I n such , nor ou t ward orn amen ts of natu re, e uestrian statu e erec t ed
WereI Sfinia five 8 n d twepfieth spring ; on g ago
3 an q
b
t h e sen ate, to on e of hi s
b
- -

I “ fl ed t o th e “00“°f L on dan o , an cestry, w o cen tu ries efore, filled,

P ure in you r v eins ; I m at ed to the SW ]
u n der b et ter au spices , th e du cal ch air
6 od gave you—t o th e tru ths your fath er
of Ven ice A gon dola lies at some dis
.

h
fi g i
‘

To g fie; f h eav en —to your mild

ten ce o n h e can al
t T he D oge al n e,
an d disgui sed, stan ds b y th e water Si de,
o .

vim “

T o your own faith an d hon ou , for my own

r an d t h l s l s.
h m
A ng You hav e don e well
. I thank you
. - D og e, sola r I am b efore th e hour, th e .

for t h at t rust , h ou r wh ose vo ice,

Wh ich I hav e n ev er for on e momen t ceased P eeling in to the arch o fn igh t, might strike
T o h on our yo u the more for . Th ese pal aces with ominou s t ot tering,
D og e . Wh ere is honour, A n d rock th eir m arb l es t o th e com er ston e, -

I nnate and precept strength en d, tis th e

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’ ’
Waking the sleepers from some hideous
ro ck

O ffaith conn ub ial ; where it is not —wh ere Ofindistin ct , b ut awful augury
L ight t hou gh ts are lu rking , or th e van ities O f that which will b efal th em Yes, p roud .

O f worldly pleasure ran kl e in th e h eart , city

O r s ensual th rob s con vuls e it , well I kno w T hou mu st b e cl ean sed o f th e b lack b lood
T were hopel ess for h umanity to dream which makes th ee
’

O fh on esty in such in fect ed b lood, A lazar hou se of tyrann y th e t ask

-

A lthough t were wed to him it cov ets most I s forced upon me, I h av e sou ght it n ot ;
’

A n in carnation o fth e poet s god A nd th erefore was I punish d, seeing th is

’ ’

I n all his marb l e chis ell d b eauty , or

U
P atrician p estilen ce sp read on an d on ,
’
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T he demi deit y , A l cides , in

-
n til , at l en gth , it smot e m e in my sl um
H is maj esty of superhuman manh ood, b ers ,
Would not su ffice to b in d where virtue is An d I am tain ted, an d m u st wash away
n ot . Th e plag ue spo ts in th e healin g wave Fall
- .

I t is cons is ten cy which forms an d p roves it

'

fan e
V ice can not fix , an d virtu e can not chan ge . Where sleep my fath ers, whose dim statu es
T h e onc e fall n woman mu st for ever fall ;
’
shadow
H er vice m ust hav e variety , whil e virtue Th e floor which doth di vide us from th e
S tands like th e sun , and all which rolls dead,
aroun d Where all th e pregnant h earts of our bold
D rinks life, and light , an d glory, fro m her b lood,
asp ect . Mo ul der d int o a mite of ash es, hold
’

A ug
An d seein g , feeling th u s this tru th
.
I n on e shrun k h eap what on ce m ade man y
in
others, h ero es .
(I pray you pardon m e,) b ut wh erefore When what is no w a handful , shook th e
y ield you earth
T o th e most fierce offatal p assions, and Fan s of th e tutelar sain ts who guard o ur
D isquiet your great tho ugh ts with restless house !
hate Vaul t , where t wo d0ges rest my sires—
Of such a thing as Sten o ? who died,
You mistake me .
T he o n e o f toil , t h e o th er in th e fiel d,
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.

With a lotig race of other lin eal chiefs D Oga We Wa l —n o mat ter—you have
.

A nd whose great labours, wounds, d th e right ,

earn
’

T o talk of era — Bu t to the point —If this

_
st ate,
I have inherited, let t he graves gape,- A ttempt succeeds, and Ven ice, ren der d free ’

Till all thin e aisles b e peopled with t he A n d flourishing, wh en we are in our graves,
Conducts her gen eration s to ou r tombs ,
And pour th em from th y portal s to gaz e on And makes her children with th eir litt le
han ds
I call them up, and th em and th ee to wit
’
Strew flowers o er h er deliverers ash es
’

ness then
W hat it hath b een which put m e to this The con sequen ce will san ctify the deed,
task A n d we shall b e like t he t wo Bruti in
Their pure high b lood, th eir b lazon roll of T h e an n als of h ereaft er ; b ut if n o t,
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l o i I f w e shoul d fail , em lo in b l d m
g r es, p y g o o y ean s
Their mighty n ame dishonour d all i n me, And secret plot, although to a good en d,
’

Not by me, bu t b y th e un grateful n obl es Still we are traito rs , hon es t I srael — t hou
We fou ht to make our equ al s, not our No l ess than h e who was thy sov ereign
g Six h ours ago , and n o w th y b roth er reb el .

An d chiefly those, Ordelafo th e b rave, I s B er T is n o t th e mom en t to con sider

’
. .

Who pcrish ’d in t he field, wh ere I since

’
th u s,
con qu er d,
at Z
ara, did th e h ecato mb s
E ls e I could answen

Of thine an d Venice foes, th ere ofl er d 9 p Or we may b e ob served in lin gerin g h ere

’ ‘
’
in g,
L ct u s to th e meet -

By thy de scen dan t, merit “ Ch D og e We ar e ob serv ed, an d h ave b een

. .

ance I s B er W e ob serv ed
. .

S piri ts ! smile do wn upon me for my L et m e discov er— an d th is steel . .

D og e P u t u p .

I t 1m m. in all life now can b e o f yours 7 -

H ere are n o human witn es ses look there
Your fu n e, you r name, all min gled u p m Wh at see you 9
min e, I s B er On ly a t all warrior s stat u e
. .
’

And in the future fortu n es of our race B est ridin g a prou d st eed, in th e dim ligh t
L et me b ut prosp er, an d I make this city Of th e dull moon .

Free, and immo rtal, an d o ur h ouse s n ame

’
D og e Th at warrior was t h e sire
.

Worthier of what you were, n ow and here O f my sire s fathers, an d that statue was ’

af ter D ecreed t o him b y th e t wice rescu ed city

Th in k you that h e looks do wn on u s, o r n o
E n ter I S R A E L B E R T U C C I ° °

I s B er M y lord, th ese are mere ph an

. .

I s .B e r W g
. h o o e s th e re ta s ie s ; t h e r e are

A f i d V i N 0 e es in m arb l e
D go e . r en t o e n ce .
y .

I s B er T i h D g e B u t there are in death

’
. . s e .
o . .

We c m , y
l m m lo rd ,
— y ou are b ef o r e t h e I t e ll t h e e , m a n , t h ere is a sp irit in

time . Su ch thin gs , that acts an d sees, unseen ,

m d h h f el t ;
D g o e I
. a r ea y t o p ro ce ed t o
y o u r
t g o u

asse m bl y . A n d i f th ere b e a s ell t o st ir th e dead

p ,
T is in such deeds as we are n 0w upon
’
I s B er H av e with you
. . I am prou d
. .

D eem st th ou th e soul s o f su ch a race as

’

and pleased to see

S u ch c o n fi d e n t a la c r i t y Y o
. u r d o u b ts m m e

S inc l m i th ll d i C t wh h t h ei r last descendant

n
s
gi
s t ee t n en a e n e
e o u r a g ar e a s ,
’e}a
, ,

M
d
’
l
p
l
a
Not so b m I have set my littl e Stan ds plotting on the b rink o f their pure
-

rav es
g
Oflife it n t hi s cas t th e di e w as t h ro wn “ '
it h st u n
gp l e b e ia n s

W ha t I t list en d to yo u r treason—Start
’
I s B er I t h ad b een as well
. .

T o have pon der d this b efore,—ere you em

’

not 1
b ark d
’
Tltd is th e word ; I can n ot shape my
m8 “ I n o u r g eat en terpriz e D o you repen t
r .

T o sylh b le b lack deeds in to smooth n am es, Th ereis a great deal more ofthe same
I b e wrou gh t on t o commit th em
e“
11atu ral stru
.

b
orn an dh au h
gg l ei n t h e r eas t o f t h eh ig h b
D oge b et ween th ere
I heard you tempt your sov em gn ’ an d
sen tmen t wit w fi
ch h e u rn s o n th e on e
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h
T ha
m
d t o rim“, I b ea m han d, an d the relucta n ce with which h e
’

g
e o
q ; iz ui fi mpnc g n o w you ma ; con si ders th e mean n ess ofth e associ ates
With whom h e h as lea ed hims lf, on
I fit so please you , do as mu ch b y m e .
gu e
I s B er Strange words, m y lord, an d
. . t h e o th er T h e con sp i ri n g D oge i s n ot ,
.

most unmerit ed w e thin k, mean t to b eam b itiou s for him

I am no spy, and neither are we traitors . self, but heis stern l , roudl ,aVenetian
yp y
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A il
b
.
r
No le, and it is impossible fbr him to A s we went forth to take our around
tear from his bosom the soorn for ev ery T he isles wmng from the f s u shama
i
th g p l i b w h i h h i m b l
b
n a e e n a t ta n ;
n e e a c s p n
A d “ 1 hem dabbled o er with blood ?
’
ed t here b y ir t h , e d u ca t i on , a n d a lo n
g
n in 800 t
E ach “ ab Of th a n will ”a n m id fi
li fe of rin ce l y c o mm an d T h e r.e ar e y {M e
I s B er D oge D 08° this vacillation is
o th er ou gh ts too, an d of a gen tler
. .

un worth
kin do which cross fro m t me to time
i y
b
hi s pert ur ed 3pm “ H e remem ers, Call back ur n rve
— he cann ot en tirel forget— til da s y byA chil d ; i f on are n ot in secon d chi ldhood,
y e g
s to q o ur o wn pu rp ose,

an d nig h t s of old com niousl ip, : y n or

T hu s w e y mmelfand me B heavens
which he h ad lon een bun d t o t hose i
l d rathei f y .

whose sen tence e h as con sen ted t o Forego even now, or fail in you r in ten t ,
seal .

f m —
b
H e h as himself een declaiming T han see the man I v en erat e subside
d F rom hi h resol v es into such shall ow weak
h f ll
again s t t
y y g
e o o er c y, a n ar u
y g
i g
n v ali an tl t h e n ece ss i t o f t o t al e x 11 08 8 !
s tir ation , an d that too, in t h e teeth
Y ou have seen b lood m b attle sh ed i t b o th
p
ev en of so me ofthe ple eian con spira b . ,

t ors th emselves t t h t with

y p From a few a mp“m “m“ °f ho“ ? vain
e e o e ,

f u n d in sigh t in to th e h uman h eart,

p ro o .

makes him shudder w hen h is own im

p e t u
o si ty h as

who h ear h im to th e rink

b
rough t h imsel f an d all
b H e can
Who
fi m " h“ a”! have dram d

b y 1) 8 Bear with me ! Step b y m P’ and

.
,

n ot look upon t h e lood resolu tion ,

n o not ev en after he himself has een b on b lo w,
I will di vide with you think not I waver ;
the ch ief in st rumen t of its formation A h n o ; it is th e certai n ty of all
.

I srael Bermccio say o s t hi m , p e rc ei t . h I m ust do doth make me trembl e

vmg the al t erati on m his 100k

th u s .

B ut l et th ese last an d lin erin thou hts

g g g
Why stan d you wrapt have way,
A momen t haClt , an d were all i mp a To “ m
i
wh ch you only
yo u and the ai d can .

y
sci ou s ,

He mak es his repl , s tartin g as if And b°i h resfl dlm When the lmur ar
rives,
from some dream
T is min e to sound th e kn ell, and strike the
’

D og e An d is it then decided P must

l8gmun people many palaces
Whl g
. ov

t h ey die P ,
I s B er Who
. . A n d how th e highest genealogic trees
D og e M y own frien ds b y b lood an d D o wn to th e earth , strew d Wit h their ’
.

cou rt esy , bl eedin fruit,

A n d m a n y d eeds an d day s — th e Sen ators A n d cru sh eir b l o ssoms in to b arrenn es s ;

I r B er You pass d th eir sen ten ce, and Th is w ill I—m ust I — hav e I sworn t do ,
’
. .
q
it is a j ust on e . Nor ough t can turn m e from my destin y
D og e Ay, so it seems, an d so it is to B ut still I quiver to b ehold what I
.

M ust b e, an d thin k what I have b een

You are a patriot , a pleb eian Gracchus B ear with me
—
.

The reb el s o racl e t he p eople s trib un e

’ ’
I a B er Re man your b reast ; I f
. eel no
. -

I b lame you n ot, you act in your vocation ; su ch remorse,

They smot e you, and oppress d you , and I un derstan d it not why should you
’

despised you ; chang e

So th ey have me b ut y ou n e er spake with You acted, an d yo u act on y our free will

’

th em D og e A y , th ere it ia —y ou feel no t, no r
.

You never broke their b read, nor shared do I ,

their salt E l se I shoul d stab th ee on the sp ot, to sav e
You n ever had th eir win e cup at your lip s ; A thousand lives, an d, kill ing, do no mur
- .

You grew n ot up with them, nor laugh d, ’

der ;
no r wep t, You feel not —y ou go to this b utcher work -

Nor held a revel in th eir company As if th ese high bo rn men were steers for -

No er smil d to see th em smile, nor claim d

' ’ ’
shambl es

When all is over, you ll be free and merry, ’

I n social in terch ange for your s, nor trusted, A n d calmly wash th ose b an ds incarnadin e
’

Nor wore them in your heart of hearts, as I B u t I , ou tg oing th ee and all thy fello ws
have ; I n this su rprisin g massacre, sh all b e,
T hese heirs of mine are grey , an d so are S hall see, and feel—oh God oh G od -

’
t heir s, t is true,
’

The elders of the coun cil ; I remember And thou dost well to answer that it was
W hen all o ur locks were like t he raven s ’
My o wn free will and act and y et yo u
wings, err,
 L am By ron s mge q
’

rene
' '
ce .

For l wmdo this ! Doub t not—te ar not , l Shall he succeeded by a b right millh l um
m
.

Will b e your most unmercifiil accom lice ! Doge Dan dalo survived t o ninety sum ers
And yst l aet no more on my free T o vanquish empires, and refuse their
Nor u own feelings—b oth cod cro wn ;
z
b k8 I will resign a crown , and make th e state
But dtc e h hell within me, and amun d, Renew it s freedom “ oh 1 by what
And like the demon who believes and trem ma ns
Th e nobl e and rn ust j rmtify th em What .

Must I ab hor and do Away ! awa.

y Are a few drop ofhuman blood ? tis fsln .

’

G et th ee unto thy fell ows, I will hi e me T he bl ood ot tyn nts is not human : they,
‘

To gntha the retainers of my house L ike to incarn ate Moloehs, feed on our 3,
’
.

Doub t not, Saint Mark s great b ell

’
Un til tis time t o give them to th e tombs
’

wake all Venice, Which the have made so popul ous Oh

y
.

E xcept her d augh ter d senate : ere th e sun world

’
.

3 0 broad upon th e Adriatic, there Oh men what are ye, mi d our bu t de

.

Shan a voice o f weep ing, which shall

:
a wn T hat we must work b y cri me to punish
The roar of waters in th e cry of blood !
I am resol v d—come on A nd slay, if D eath had but as.
’
. as one

At last the momen t arrives when When a few years wo uld make the sword
fire ball is to be s ou n ded, an d t h e wh ole
of t h e conspiring b
an ds are wat ch in g And I,
perfi
u
uo u

p
s
on the verge o f the unknown

m83:
in impatien ce for t he s al T h e ne
'

.
real m,
of th e D oge an d t c h eir of h is Yet sen d so many heralds on b efore me
1 h e is ch ildless) leaves Fa I must not ponder this ( A ymara ) .

k H ark was th ere not

liero in p alace, an d g oe s t o stri e
.

with his own h an d th e fatal summons A murmur as of distan t voices, an d

Th e tramp o f feet in mamal unison P
. '

The Doge i. I ft alon e fl nd E ngl ish

y i } What hantoms even of mand our wishs
-

p oet r , w e t i) ir k con tain s ew passages p

supc ior to that which fol lows :
I t m ot M e si nal hath not
'

f
M Why au sos it ? n y nephew s messenger
D og e h ohu He
'
’

3
3
8
.

And on “ 1 ; a litie .
’
Tis Shoul b e upon his way to me, an d he
H imself, perhaps, even now draws grating
No w th e destroying angel hov ers o er
’
b ack
Vm ieg and pauses ere he pours th e vial , rous hing e the stee tower
p
E ven as the eagl e o verlooks his prey ,
And, for a momen t , pois d in middle air,
’
the sull en, huge oracular
M s the mot ion o f his mighty wiI)
m swoops with his unen in g b eak T s fib
Which never knells but for a princel y
da
T hat I n d y walk st thc waters !
‘
arch O r for a smte in peril, poali ng forth
marsh a l ! T remendou s b odem ents ; l et it do its oifice,
I would not smite l the dark, b ut rather A nd b e this peal its awfull est and last .

Soun d till th e st ro ng t ower rock l—Wh at !

That no st roke errs And you , y e bl ue sea
. sil ent still ?
waves ! I woul d go forth , b u t that my post is h ere,
I have seen yo u dyed ere now, an d deeply T o b e th e centre of re union to -

mo’ Th e oft discordant elements which form

With Gwenoese, Saracen , and Hunnish gore, L eagues ofthis nature, and t o keep compact
While that of Ven ice dow d to o, b ut victo The wavering or the weak, in case
’

i con flict
No w thou must wear an unmi x d crimson ; For it they shoul d do b attle, twill b e here,
’ '

Within th e palace, that the strife will

Barb ie bl ood can reconcil e us now
Th en here must be my station, as becomes
_
I nt o tin t horribl e incarnadin e,
B ut friend or foe will roll in civic slaughter Th e nu star mover H ark ! he comes
. -

And have I lir d to fourscore years for th is he comes,

_
’

I , who wss nu ned Preserver of th e C it y ? My neph ew, b raveBertuccro s messenger

I , ct whose name the million s caps were What tidings
’
I s h e march ing P hath he
is ed
l
They rere —a ll is lost —yet will I make i
an ellbrt .

E nter a S ig nor of the N ig ht , with

G uards, &c .

any 9 I arrest thee of high

But as. day, black within th e calendar,
Vo n IX . .
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D og e Me ! Of seamen t o the surge z l would not take

Thy t ince of treason P—Wh o are they A life etern al, gran ted at the hands
.

h
t at dare Of wret ches, from whose monst ro us vil
Cloak their own treason under such an
order I sou gh t t o free t he groaning n ations

Th e drama, which is in deed full of D oge,

A word with thee, and with this nobl e lady,
uniformly sust ain ed in t erest from b e
°

un in g to en d, an d which h as t h e -
Wh om I have grievo usly offen ded Would .

Sorro w, or shame, or penance on my part ,

igh merit so u n common in modern
orman ces, of em od in g no episc b y Could ca n cel th e in exorabl e past !

y
ical deformit whatever— n ow h urries
Bu t sin ce that cann o t b e, as Christians l et u s
Say farewell, an d in peace : with full
in full career to its cl ose E ve1 thing con trition
de
.

is dis pat ch ed with th e st ern

y cision
y
'

I crav e, not pardon , b ut compassion from

of a t ran n ical aris tocrac
n o h ope of m erc y
T here is
on an y side,— th ere
. ou
y ,
An d giv e, h owever weali , my pray ers fo r
is n o petition ,— nay, th ere is n o wish b oth
y b
.

for merc E ven t he ple eian con

.
Ang S ag e B enintende, now chiefj udge
.

o f Ven ice,
irators h av e t oo m u ch Ven etian
g cod in th em to b e eith er scared
t he approach , or sh aken in t he mo
by I speak to th ee i n an swer t o yon signer
I nform th e ribal d S ten o , th at his words
.

Ne er weig h d in min d with L oredan o a

’ ’ ’

men t o fdeath ; an d as for th e D oge,

o f sixt
b yy
h e ears him self as ecomes a warrior b y
daughter,
Furth er th an t o create a momen t s p ity
’

ears, an d a deepl insu l ted For su ch as h e 1s : would that oth ers had
rin ce At th e momen t , h owever, which D espised him as I pity ! I prefer
p .

immediat ely precedes th e pron ou n cin My hon our to a thou sand lives, could such
of t h e sen ten ce, admissio n is aske g B e multiplied m m in e, b ut woul d not have
b
an d o tain ed, b y on e f rom wh om less A sin le life of oth ers lost for that
Wh io nothing human can impugn— th e
of t he Spartan firmn ess migh t hav e
b een expect ed T h is is An giolin a
y
sen se
. .

O f virtue, looking n ot to what is call d

’

She in deed hazards one ferv en t pra er

b
t o the un en din g Sen at e ; b ut sh e sees
A good n ame for reward, b ut to itself .

U
T o me th e scorn er s words were as the wind
’

in a momen t th at it is in vain, an d n to th e rock : b u t as th ere are, al as !

sh e reco v ers h erself on t h e in stan t ;
Spirits more sensitive, on which such thing s
an d t urn in g to h er l ord, wh o stan ds L ight as th e whirlwin d on th e waters ; souls
calm an d coll ect ed at t h e foo t of t he

b y T o whom dishonou r s shado w is a sub stance

’

cou n cil ta le, Speaks words wort h of Moret errible than death here an d h ereaft er ;
hi m an d of h erself N othin g can b e Men whose vice is to start at vice s scofi n
b
’

d
.

more u n ex t ed , or more eau t iful An d who, tho ugh proof again st all blan
t h an t he b e aviour of th e oun g Pa y ishments
O f leasu re, an d all pan gs of rn , arefeeblc,
trician , wh o in terrupt s t heir conv er
sation .
en th e roud n ame on w
p ch E
at h eyp in a

“:l
B en in mzde L ady, it can not b e
. .
Th eir hopes is b reath ed on , j ealou s as th e
Aug ( T urn ing to the D og e ) Then die,
. .
1
Faliero ! sin ce it must b e so ; Of h er hig h aiery ; l et what we now
B ut with t h e spirit of my fath er s frien d
’
.
B eh old, an d feel , an d suffer, b e a lesson
T hou hast b een guilty of a great offen ce, T o wretch es h ow th ey tamwr in their spleen
H alf can cell d b y th e rashn ess ofth ese m en With b eings of a higher order I nsects
’
-
.

I woul d hav e sued to th em—h ave pray d

.
’
H av e made the lion m ad ere now a shah
to I th e h eel o erthrew th eb ravest oftheb rave
’ ’

H ave begg d as famish d men dican ts for

’ ’
A wife s dishonou r was the b ane of T roy
’

b read .
.
A wife s dishon o ur un king d Rom e for ever,
’ ’

H av e wep t as th ey will cry un to th eir God An inj ured husband b rought the Ganls to
Formercy , an d b ean swer d as th ey
’
Clusium ,
H ad it b een fittin g for th y n ame or min e, And then ce t o Rome, which perish d for a’

An d if th e cruel ty in th eir cold eyes

H ad not announ ced the h eartless wrath An ob scen e gesture cost Caligul a
H is life, while earth yet b ore his cru el ties
T hen , as a p rin ce, address th ee to th y A virgin 8 wron g made Sp ain a Moorish
’

doom ro vin ce
p
D og e I hav eliv ed too long not to kno w A n d en d s lie, con ch d m two wort hless
’

Et
.

how to die ! xes ,

T h y suing to th ese men were b ut th e H ath decimated Venice, put in peril
bleating A sen ate which hath stood eight hundred
Of the lamb to the b utcher, or the cry
y ears ,
 ’
L ord By ro n s D og e off en ice . 101
scen e of his triumph s an d his sorrows
bj
D iaero wn d a prince, cut of his crownless
’
.

head, T h e p resent a ec t con diti on of

h er
And forged new fet ters for a groaning p eo th at on ce did h old th e or eous E ast

Let e
p oo
e
r wret ch , like t o th e C ourtesan ,
b b g g
in fee — th e ar arian sway u n der
”

which sh e is bowed down to th e dust

Who fired P ersepol s , b e proud of this, i the profligacy of man n ers, which
If it so please him— twere a pride fit for
b
-
’

ou gh t rath er, perh aps, t o h ave een

re resen ted as th e cau se th an t h e con
But l et him n ot in sul t th e lost hours of
H im, who, whate er he no w is, was a hero ,
’

—
p
seq u en ce ofth eloss ofVen et ian li ert ;
all th ese to pics are h andled—and
b y
the intrusion ofhis very p rayers ;
of ood can come f
g rom su ch a so urce, h an dled as n o livin g wri ter b u t B ron
c oul d h ave dared t o han dle t hem We
y
Nor woul d we augh t with him, nor n ow ,
"

n or ever sh all uo t e t h e greater part o f th e pe

q
We leave him to himself that lowest depth , n ul t scen e, an d t he wh ole of the last .

Of human b asen ess P ardon is for man , .

And not forreptil es—wehavenon eforSteno , B en H ast th ou more

.

And n o resen tment : things like him m ust T o ut ter or to do

D og e M ay I sp eak
A nd hig er b 8in18
e11 gh
3
s sufl er tis th e ch arter
'
’
.

B en Th ou may st ;
.
’

Of life The man who dies b y th e adder s

’

B u t recoll ect th e p eople are withou t,

'

.
.

Beyon d the compass of th e human voice

M ay have th e crawler crush d,
.

b ut feels no
’

m
D og e I speak t o Time and t o E ternity,
.

Of which I gro w a rtion , not to man

worm me men
.

an d so
’
’
T s natu re
Ye elemen ts in w eh to b e resol ved
'

In aon
tombs
h more th
.
an t h e living things of
U
I h asten , let my voice b e as a spirit
p on you
b ann er,
y e b l u e wav es ,
w hich b ore my
D og e (to B en in ten de ) Signor ! complet e
.

Ye win ds ! which flutt er d o er, as if you

’ ’

that which y ou deem y our dut y,

lov ed it ,
B en Before we can pro ceed upon th at
.
And fill d my swelling sails as th ey were
’

We
w w
‘
diihi n est the P rin cess t o withdraw,
wafted
T o man y a triumph Thou, my native
’
T will move er t oo mu ch to b e witn es s earth ,
t o it .

I know it will , and yet I must en

Which I have bled for, and t hou foreign
A earth ,
a re it ,
Which drank this willing blood from many
For t is a part of mine ; I will not quit,
’
a woun d
E xcept by force, my husband s side P ra
’

Ye stones, in which my gore will not sink,

.

b ut
Nay , fear n ot eith er sh riek, or si h
g , or
Reek up to H eav en Ye s kies, which will
mt
m y h e
1
art b urst , it shal l b e sil en t .
receive it

T hou sun which shin est on these things,

an d T hou
.

I hav that within which shall

’
master
Wh o kindlest, and who quen ch est suns
i
o er
‘
att es t

The sen ten ce is pronoun ced ; a rief I

I i h b t
b
am not inn ocen t —b ut are th ese g uil tless l
e d far ages
'

hour1s peI nit tedfor the last dev ot ions, Fl oat u from th e ab ss of ti;m e to b e,
er s u n o r u n a ve n g
p ,

and th en , — s t ill rob ed in his du cal own , p y

A nd sh ow these eyes, b efore th ey cl ose, th
snd wearin g t h e di a dem —p re ced w i th
,
doom
all the pomp ofhis station , f rom wh ich d I l m
O f thi s p r o u d c it y, a n eav e y cu rs e
he to to be degraded in th e momen t On her and h ers for ever
yb b Yes, th e hours -

onl efore t h e lo w b e s tru c k,

— M a A re silen tl y engen derin g o fth e day,
rinn Faliero is led solemn l y t o th e W il A l b l ’
'
h en sh e , w h o b u t g a in s t tt i a a u

G ian t s st air case, at th e summit of

’

b
-
wark ,
which he h ad een crown ed On t h at Shall y .
i el d ,
an d b l oo d l ess l y, a n d b as el y

z
ot he 18 to ex iat e h is of
y
fen ce again st
e maj est of t e Venetian s ta t e His
S
y ie l

h eddin g so
d
n to a b astard A t tila, With ou t
m
.

u c h b l ood
Uin h er la s t d ef en ce
wife st ruggles to accompan y him t o
A s th es e old veins, oft drain d in shreldmg
’

th e dreadful spot , b u t sh e fai n ts, an d

h e leaves h er on t e mar le pav em en t , h b
forbidding them t o rai se h er u n til all A n d sold an d b e an a an a e to th ose
b y b ,
h ad een accomplish ed wit h h im self Who sh all des is her
p e
pp
S h
g
e sh all sleep to
.
-

L ord B ron reaks ou t with all his be

ow er in th e cu rse with which h e A i for an emp ire, pett y t own
p p ro v n c e

makes this old man ta e eave of e In lieu o cap ,

k l th f it al with s la ve s fo r sena t es,
 Byron s D oge of rabies
’

102 L on i .

Slave, do thine ofi ee !
Strike as I have struck the foe ! Strike as
I would
H ave struck those t yran ts strike deep as
his ! my curse !
When t their b itter b read
g p?“
clans
y
In narr sv t and th eir shm eful The D og s th rows himself up on hi s
n eed k nees, and as the ex ecu t ioner ra ise:

m
“ th eir nob ilit y iss (hr pity ! his sword the scene closes ) .

m . 'h " a" k " a

““ i
s ” h
M
i“ m “
sc m mxv _m P iazz a and P iaz zat a of
orM “M W —
f S t M ark m The p eop le in crowd:
’

W m “ 8" thered rouud the g rated g o tec qfthe u

cal P alace, which a re sh ut .

th ey swey d
’
ss

First Cit .I have d t he gut s, and

’

th ey slew th eir can discern th e en ,

sovereign, Rob ed in thd rgowm of m
n ng ed round

Proud of some n ame they have disgraced, the D oge .

or sprun g S econ d C it I cannot reach thee with

.

From an adul tress, b oastful ofher guilt,

With some large gondolier or foreign sol How is it ? let us hu r at h o u since
diera Is thus prohib ited un to th e people,
Shell hear ab out th eir b ast ard in triunmh E xcept the occupiers orth ose ben
To the third s e nous gener
p
Thy m are l the lowest scale of end now they strq
’

'
Slaves turu d o er to the vanquish d b y
’ ’
Th e D ucal b onn et from his heed en d n ow —
victot l H e ralsu his keen eyes t o heeven t I see
,
d b y cowards for great er cowardice,
'
T hem glitter, and his lips move H ush —
An scorn d even b y the v icious f
’
or such —
hush i no,
’
T wss b ut a murmur Curse upon the —
As the monstrous grasp of their con
i
n distance !

D ef yT “
codes to image or to name th em ;
Then , when of C yprus, n ow thy subject
H is words are inarticul ate, b ut the vo ice
Swell up like mutter d thunder ; would
’

kmsdom. B ut gather a sol e sen tence !

All thine inh eri tance shall be h er shame, S econd Ci t H ush ! we perhaps
. may
E nu il d on thy less virtuous daughters.
’
catch th e sound .

gro wn
A wider for worse prost itution ;
roverb I cannot hear him How his hoary H r
p
-

Wh en 'n tli e ills of conquer d states shall

’
S treams on th e win d like foam upon the
tll ee’ wave !
Vice wl out splendour, sin without relief, Now—n ow— he kn eels and now t hey —
E ven from the oflove to smooth it o a ,
’ '

But in its com e l usts of habitude, Roun d him, and all is hidden —h ut I see
Prun en t yet passionl ess, cold studied lewd —
The lifi ed sword in eir Ah ! hark ! it fell s !
n e s,
s ( Thep eop le w arm e r .

D vmg n ature s frailt y to an art Th ird C it T hen they have murdered

’
.

en these and more are heav him, who would have freed us
y on thee, .

Fourth Ci t fl e w a kin d man t o the

.

Smiles without mirth , and

pasti mes with out
le-sure, did to keep their
i
Yout without honour, age
Mem ness an d weaknes s, th ey were
P M
Gain st whieh theu wilt not strive, snd
’
E re we were summon d h ere, we wo uld
’

dar st not murmu r,

’
have b rought
Have made thee last and worst ofp eopled Weapons, and forced them ! '
S ix th C it Are you sure he s dead
.

Then , in t he l ast gasp of thine a n First C it I saw the sword

g
g{i
.

Amidst th y man y murders think f vtae what have we here P

Thou den of drunh uds with the blood of
-

E n ter on the balcony Qf

wh ich fronts S t M ark s P lace, a
’

c u rs e o r T H E r a n , wit h a
bloody w ord. H e wave: it th rice

( H ere the D og e t un a and addre

ssee the Justice hath dealt u on the mighty
p
executioner
) .
miter !
 ’
L ord Byro n s D og e of Ven ice . 108
( The g ate: are Op ened the p ap a L ion o f S t Mark, yet floating there
“ ’
laeeruah i s towardc the Giant s o a ainst th e sea s nd th e sk
” g y T ur n so .

S taircase, where the ex ecution the old ch urch, with all its gilded cu
has taken p lace The foremost
.

p ola s, a n d M o s a ic co v er e d walls, and

-

m cla ims t o th ose beh ind,

of t h e ex
t wisted pillars , an d orien tal windows ;
The go r h ead rolls down th e Giant s an d, last of all, turn t owards th e two
’

St eps y
[Th t m f alis
flag staffs, an d o serv e et ween th em
-
b b
some hun dred or t wo white coat ed
e c u r a

b b
.
-

We earnestly advise our E din urgh lack gaitered Austrians, drawn up to -

readers who have n o t yet seen t he pa the sound of fife an d drum b the side
nersm s of V e n i
y t
ce, a pr see

ed in th is cit , to go forth wit h and

n t e x h ib it o f a fi eld p iec e — L
- o o k a
. t
ful pic ture, and th en read on ce again
th
y
i s e au ti b
see it I t is the finest piece of t h e t he curse of t he D ogs Marina Faliero
hin d we ever saw—not even excepting
. .

T he presen t volu me con tain s also

”
th e fi n est we that of Serin Th e Prophec of Dan te, of which
y
g p
a a ts m . I t e sp ec t at or a t w e h ave , at t h i s m om e n t , n o tim e t o
on ce in t he dat of all th e moulder say an thin g more th an th at it seems
y
but yet visib le magnificen ce of t he to be quite worth ofits au thor, so far
”
y
Cybelle Th e piazza ofSt Mar as the spirit of it goes b ut t hat it b y
y
.

tin lies at our f eet , all surroun ded no mean s recon ciles our ear to t he me
wi th the finest of the rims term in E nglish
y
.

however, may be merel the

b '

lazin g with t apes tries efi ect of its nov elt y

We are not, in
y
.

win dow full of deed, quit e su re that even th e L au

flowers ever y
ev er
roof cro wded wi th reate s at tempt to in troduce t h e eu 3
’
-

min es and laughin g s T h e whol e

. cien t hexameter in to our
y ’
b W J
of th e immen se area b e ow sh ews like ought to b e en tirel ated Ve .

the beam ideal of Van ity fair Th ere do not think, that , in e en eral, Mr

b y g
- .

are mounte anks, apes, bufloons, pro Southe makes uite so much of that
'
.
q
ce- i n s, pimps, scufl es, merrimen t, measure as h e mi h t have don e ; but
o
dn a , glitter endless and ou nd b in spite of all ex trav cc of
E I t is the vain afiected extrava
'
T he Vision of Judgmen t,
”
must

m of self in dicted degradation

b
-

where around t he em race o fthe b

b e n o v ery worshipful critic who has
.

t o th e lue sea, which meets n ot discov ered in t ha t

t deal both of true poeu y an d of
b
-

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MON TH L Y RE GI ST E R .

C OMME RCI AL RE PORT —9th Ap ril, 182 1 .

demand for sugar has continued very steady, and prices rather on the
advan ce f or fin er qualities The descriptions suited for refining are scarce, and much
.

wan t ed The d . for foreign sugars has b een dull ; b ut the prices have not mat e
rially given way Th e spring trade has not now th e same effect upon th e
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ket that it formerl had, as the demand from this coun try is great ly In su red th e
direct t rade carri on between E uropean contin ental ports, and the colonies of filreigu
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tremely b risk, the sales extensive, and at an advance on price The demand has, how .

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th e real wan ts of the t rade The quan tity o cotto n which con tin ues to b e import ad
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into L iverpool is astonishingly great, an d is so adequate for even th e increased m m
that we cannot see room for any material improvemen t in this article. C oi n T he : — fi
mand for coffee con tinues v fis t, an d the rices rath er on th e decline The quantity
p .

o f cofibe that is now ir o po dinect in to van ous ports of Cen tin en tal E urOp e is so great
as to take away, in a great measure, th e trade from the merch an ts o f Great B rit-h ; nor
is th ere any h Ope or prospect Of Obt aining th e command Of th at trade again R uns . .

T h e deman d for rum con tin ues extremel y dull, and rices are sunk to a rate which i
p
al togeth er ruinou s t o the planter and imp rt er I n P i men to there has been an increased .

deman d, from the scarcity oftb e article Flax seed has declined in .Oils run ain
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n earl y station ary Tob acco has b een rather in more request, b ut
.
p r ic es are rath er

declin ed Some b usin ess has been done in Quercitron bark

. Th e market for Fruit is .

very heavy On Bohea an d low Congou teas there has been a small advance The
. . ,

silk market remain s st eady , and rices Of some kin ds a shade hig her A great and t a
h
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p i d ad van ce h a s tak en place on t e p rices o f spi rits of t u tine , in co n s eq u en ce o f th e

v ery mall st ock The Corn Market remain s dull B on ed wheat and American flour
s . .

are m more demand, and a triflin d l

.

g ad van ce h as tak en pl a ce in p rice s a cc or i ngy .

 12 R eg ister .
—Commerrial Repo rt. Ep ,
A ril
rancan the manufactures of France are referred to ours. Before the revolutionary
mmen ced, t he French
co t rade up the editerranean was as follows, viz .

E xports . I mports .

francs
C anaan,
C aramania and Satalia, surplus

C yprus,
A leppo an d Al ex an dria,
T ri oli an d S yria,
S ey e and it s dependencies,
E gyp t ,
making t ogeth er about half a million sterling in exports, and in im
N earl y an equal amoun t, if n ot more, mu st hav e b een cut off from our t rade, we
must also take into account the trade which the I t alian states had with th ese plaws , and
which was lost to th em during th e war .H ence it is not difficul t to perceive how th e
markets in th e M editerranean would b ecome glutt ed with our goods , and our m ercan til e
t ran sactions t o th ese pl aces b ecome v ery disadvantageous On th e other h and, a more
.

lib eral tem of commerce and int ercourse with th e M ahomm edan states, on both sides o f
th e M terran ean , is graduall y ext en din g itself, an d our t rade in t hat quart er mu st
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continu e t o recov er, perhaps exten d itself in all t h ese places ; b ut it mu st al ways b e
h om e in mind, th at th e trade of Fran ce an d the I talian states will extend in a similar
manner, and perhaps in a greater ratio .

Th e trade to th e E ast I ndies h as considerabl y increased sin ce it was t hrown open

b ut we b eliev e the exports have b een more than what was n ecessary , an d th e imports a
l osh g con cern A s yet that trade has don e no good to t hose en gaged in it, b ut as there
.

is every app earan ce of a desire for our man ufactures exten din g in I n dia, so th ere i s a
rospect t hat th e t rade may at last rove reatl y b en efi cial to th e in t erests of this cou n
p g
t ry b ut th e progress mu st b e gradu al— it cannot b e forced Th e p rosperit y oft h e co
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l on ies of New H olland and Van D i- en s L an d co nt inu es t o in crease, an d will, are

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l ong, form an important b ran ch of British commerce Th e discovery of immen se .

rivers in th e in terior of th e former, an d th e great rob ab ilit t h at th ese communi cate

p y
with th e ocean , in t h e great bay in th e south west side of t h e con tin ent , and b n aviga
y
-

b le est uaries, offer a gran d prosp ect of ext en ding colonization in t h e fine lands m t he in .

t erior of th e coun try . The C ap e of Good H ope conti nues to flourish , an d, b y degrees,
must b ecome an important commercial colony .

Th e t rade with South America , in all its branches, con tinues in an unset tled stat e .

Some improvement certainl y has oflate ta ken place b ut whil e civil war and internal com
motions continu e t o agitat e th ese countries, as is at presen t th e case, it is evident that no
reat im rov emen t can b e ex ect ed in an b h f mm A h wever, is
g p p y r a n c o co erce s
pe
. ace , o
restored, and lib eral
g overnm en ts es t ab lis h ed , a n d th e p op u l ati on in cre ases , co mm er ce
must greatly ext en d it self in t hose important region s o f th e world, and of which i m
rovemen t we will come in for ou r full sh are Th e markets in Jamaica having b een
p .

d y cleared of their superabun dant stock, an d th e low priced goods having come into
e mar ket, con siderabl e sal es h av e lat ely been effected for th e Span ish colonies But
.

t h e scarcity of bills has rendered th e exchan ge so much again st th e merchant remit tin&

U
t hat mu ch of his profit is in this way lost, whil e specie h as b ecome a still worse remit
tan ce I f that specie is trans mi tted to th e nited S tat es of America, and there in vested
.

in cotton , that tends t o keep u th e price of that articl e so high , that when it reaches t his
.

p
coun try , there is a certain loss in curred, f rom th e great depreciation in valu e h ere T he .

merchant is thus b es et with difficul ties ; b ut as the demand for goods continues, and is
on the in crease, so it is t o b e h o ed th at th ese thin gs will graduall y et t o t h eir pro er
p g p
channel , and th e b u sin ess amply remun erat e all who are engaged in i t .

T he situ ation of our sugar colon ies is at th is momen t ev en more dist ressing than the
state of th e agricultu rists at home Th e price of all articl es of colonial produ ce is sunk
.

t o a rat e unprecedent edly an d ruinously low, and from which state th ere appears to b e
b ut a small chance of th eir revivin g again Th e cause of this is to b e sought in th e con
.

tin uation of th e Slave T rade b y foreign n ation s , an d th e great extension , b y this means,
Of th e cultiv ation of colonia l rodu ce in th ese colonies Th e prices at which they raise
p .

it are reatly b el ow what th e W est I n dia plan ters can possib l y afford, and t he immense
g
uant ties produ ced serve t o su
pp y l an d g l u t a l m o st e v e ry market, o f which t his countr
y
some t ime ago almost t h e ex clu sive su l T ill t h Sl v e T rade is com let el
pp y . e a p y
stopp ed, th erefore, the West I n dia plant ers can expect n o relief, while, if t h e system is
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much longer continu ed, ev en th e steppage of it will ren der him no servi ce, b ecause all
t h e foreign colonies will b e filled with slaves sufficien t t o man ufacture sugar for ev ery
coun try which does not o f its e lf p roduce th at article T h e un ited efforts of the civiliz ed
.

world will, upon the present system, be found altogether inadequate to arrest the pro
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re- of the Slave Trade with Africa I t has in crcased the amount, and aggravated all
g .

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Th e same causes which operated with such distressing efiects upon th e commercial
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and agri cul tural int erests in this country , op erat ed in th e nit ed States of Am erica to a
s till severer degree . H en ce the commerce with those Stat es h as of lat e b een peculiarly
u nproductive but, as amongst ourselves, so amongst th em, th e severe operation of
these causes is gradually ceasing, commerce is, accordin gly ,
T
an
g to rear her
head again , an d we may anticipate a p rogressiv e improvemen t in o ur commercial in .

eard rum with these Stat es From various reason s, howev er, it is not at all probable
.

that our commercial relations with that qu arter of th e worl d can ever b e so adv an tageous
as these at reviou s
p eriod s h av e b een .

Our N American colonies have felt , an d are at presen t feeling th eir share of the
eral commercial an d agricul tural misfortu n es which have visit ed th e world T he ad
g
. .

onal dut y also which, it seems , is no w determin ed to b e laid on th eir timb er, and th e
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reduction of the duty upon that articl e import ed into Great B ritai n f rom th e n orth of

E urope will, we fear, greatly retard th e impro vemen t of th ese possessions, an d serv e to
continue the dif ficul ties un der which th ey at presen t lab our, an d which were arrived at
th at p oint from which gradual melioration might fairly have b een an ti cipated The .

i t ofthese val uab le possessions is n ow b ecome of th e first con sequ en ce, n ot onl
p pr os a y y
t o the moth er coun try, b u t al so to th e West I n dia colonies Th e exi st en ce of the lat ter,
.

in a t measure, depends upon the prosperi ty and extension of cul tivation of our
N American provinces
«
.

Wh ile the discoveries of Captain P arry, last summer, have tended to elu cidate ’a great
hical question , th ese have also t en ded to ext en d th e fiel d for th e D avis Strait
cry , a b ran ch of commerce of no m ean importan ce to G reat Britain I n the
m
.

a hemisphere a wide and rich fiel d for similar pursuits is laid Op en , b y the exa
minatitm of the coasts of New South Sh etlan d, south west from the S traits of M agellan
-
.

The fisheries on that coast will certainl y prov e most produ ctive, and we are happy to
1m that th een t erprizing merchan ts of L iverpool have already eagerly and extens ively

p
w
m v m
il l the fisheries in that quarter

t
.

we may (if p eace is contin u ed t o th e worl d) confiden tl y expect a gradual im

of our trade with foreign nations, y et we mu st not loo k for, or exp ect that it
.

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reach, in an y of the ol d markets , th e sam e b en eficial exten t that it on ce did
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We .

must expect and allow all oth er civilized n ations to come in for th eir share o f the trade

m
—
U
(If th e world, and also exp ect that every nat ion will en courage th eir int ern al trade an d ma
n der t h ese circumstan ces it is our olic to look f
p y or n ew markets f

t i de new markets in countries wh ere no compet i ti on in n ative skill, man ufactures, and
o r our

is at all , or, at least , for ages, lik ely to com e in competition with, or inj ure the
for ours. Su ch markets may y et b e found Thro h th e wide extent of the
.

“ Indian Archipelago there is a great field ; b ut , above it is t o Africa that we

«l ight t o t urn our att en tion Th ere is a field o fvast magnitude—a fiel d which at present we
.

make exclusiv ely our own Th ere is no longer an y room to doub t, b u t that in the Bights
.

d and Biafra th e great river Niger en ters th e Atlantic Ocean b y several n avigab le
Q u eries, and that, b y means of that nob le river and its t rib utary streams, th e whole
m eal parts of th e north ern quarter of t hat great contin en t are laid readily open to the
operation of commerce . Th ese coun tries are all pop ul ous, and th e el emen ts of com
merce are most abun dant, and also of th e most val uab le kinds T h e p roductions of .

th u s places are th ose of which we are most in wan t, an d every thin g which th ey requ ire
are almost excl usiv ely th e productions of our indust ry and skill H en ce th e advan tages
.

d a t rade with these parts b ecomes very eviden t , while planting, and exten ding l egitimate
« I nmercc in to th e b osom o fA frica, is th e most effectual way to b en efit our West I ndia
colonies, and the onl y way b y which we ever can pu t an end either to t h e ex tern al Slave
T rade, or slavery in A frica Onl y sh ew her princes and h er population th at we will
.

an d that th ey can ob tain more for th e produ ctions of th eir soil , an d th e labour of
slaves, in A frica , than for th e sl ave himself, an d th e work is done T he Slave .

M would be unheard of, and troubl e us no more All this is in our po wer A set
. .

t l ement on the I sland of Fernando P o , and inl and on th e united stream of the Niger,
would place the whole within the n d un der th e controul of Great B ritain
p a .

The follo wing are the prin cip articl es imwrt ed into Great Britain during the last

S U G AR — B R I T I S H P L AN T AT I ON.
t s.
imported, 1 82 0
stock last year

for home u se and ex o rt

p

stock on hand, 1st Jan uary, 182 1 .

1 M —
iria m Commercial Rep ort .
[ d 11

r o a m s ) : s u o a n s rx r o n T xn , 182 0 . .

boxes H avannah
chests Brazils
b E ast Indies

imp rtatxons of foreig n sugars, particularly from the E ast Indies and H avan
'

nah , have considerably increased T he export ofs ugar from Great Britain to th e Con
.

intent of E urope has greatly decreased I n 1818 the value ofrefined sugar exported was
.

2 ,403,98 1L , in 1819, and, o n the ear a i ding the 5 th 82 0,

I ,5 2 7 ,B2 2 L, and the exports for the year endin g 5th January, 182 1
ing to these places receiving th eir supplies direct from foreign colonies
m11 1 .

casks imp rted, 182 0,

b eing an increase of rather more than 4000 pun cheon s .

C O T T O N.
bags import ed in 182 0,
making an increase of bags The comsumpt last y ear was
. bags, b ein¢
at th e r of week The consumption m 1815 was only at the rate of
?
er
p .

p er woe
C O FFE E .
cash . barrels and bags,
or tons. There was taken for homc u se or exportation
tons, and f

c o c oa .
barrels and bags imported in 182 0,
ofwhich there have been taken for home use 30, and for export barrels and b gs.

T O B AC C O .

import ed into L iverpool

ditto into L ondon
9 13 and 5 02 b al es into Glasgow
o f which th ere were taken out of bond, f or home use, at L ondon an d Liver ool, viz
p
L on don , hhds at Liv . 1, h hds an d at .

lbs an d froni the t wo

. er, for e rt , hhds .

G RA I N , 18 0 .

I mported into L ondon, rs wh eat , do b arley,

. do mal t, . .

do oats, . do rye, 7 ,633 do b eans,

. do peace, . do tat es, . .

do linseed,
. (10 ra eseed,
p .
do b ra n k , do m us t ard, d o . . .

of various seeds , sacks, and barrels flour .

For the year ending th e 5th Jul y 1819, there was taken ou t Ofbond for E ngland,
Galls . D uti es
.

B randy an d Geneva, 19 0
B urn , 7 11
French Win es, 14 7
All other Wines (Foreign) 6 a
A nd t uns C a e Win e
p .

w OO L .

I mported, in 1 819, lbs .

Cloth milled, do .
yds .

E xported, in 182 0, from th e

ds I i h lin en s
U
L I N E N M A N U FA C T u n E s
n it ed Kingdom of Irish
.

an d Scotch lin ens,

y r s .

do British do of all sorts . .

do B ritish sail cl oth . -

.

Scotch and I rish linen s exported from Ireland,

y ds C an vas .

do Coloured .

do P lain white
On th e 3oth Sept ember, 1819, th e shipping regist ered of th e nited
th e plant ation s was vessels , to n s, and navigat ed 17
. .

U
E xports an d imports of Great Britain and I relan
Year ending 5 th Jann ary , 182 0,—import s, 3 1
making a decrease o f
Year ending 5 th Jan uary, 182 0, —exports
Produce and man u factu res Of nited Kingdom,
Foreign and colonial ,
U .

9 5
1 1 10

Official val ue. 1 3

 Hy man - Gam ma Report . 1 15
m king a decrease of l o, 17 2 ,000 This is exclusive of th e trade between Grest
.

t aln and l reland . The declared value ofexports stands as under, via :
Brass an d per manufactures,
00m m e 0 a a e e

Cott on , t wist, and yarn

GM and m en m e
-
,
d e I
e
’ ,396
a a e
m
Hardware and cutlery,
Iron and steel , wrought and un wrought,
1m m M M “ , 0 e 0

a a o e e 0

S ugar, British , refined,

ww nen 6 00118, e 0

All other articles,

T otal declared value,

goods o f 000L, and in
000,000L, from

Y ear ending
T RA D E o r I R E L AN D o
5th January , 182 0,—imports, 17 5 §
15 7
12 2

T018 1 Omani value, a

7 10;

I n pu ts in to I reland, 89 6d —E xports, 5 5 8,2 61 1 103 9d , nati ve pro

—
. . . . .

duce ; and 1 13 1014 colonial and foreign

. . Total, 5 84 ,2 101 2 3 7 1d . . .

Sundries imwrted into Great Britain, 182 0,

Al b a , barrels, Oil, seal, cash ,

Bu nk , tons, Olive Oil , casks,

“ “ “
2 59 ?
gi
s
33
a
9 a
P1 barr l and bags,
,

Quercet bark, casks,

.

Rice, to n s,
wm m 311d Sal t petre, a e e e a

L emon Juice, gallons, Sheep s wool, packages,

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li e and
’
645
Sh umac, b ags,
M adder roots, bales, Seed, flax, quarters,
Tallow, t on s,

North Of E urope, feet

Briti sh North America, do .

5i
1
2i 72 1 i 72 1 i 69 1 70
83
1
31061 1 1091 1 104 1 5
7 02
2 2 9} 30
— bmdsm m m w 44 42 pr . 45
’

5 3 pr . 5 p r.
p r.

t 7 31 2 1 7 31
73
5
 1 16 Reg is ter s - Comm ie! Report .
[ApriL
E xchang e, Ap ril 8 - Amst erdam, 12 : 14 C F Dit to at sight, . . . .

Ro t terdam, 12 : 15 Antwerp, H amb urgh,. Alton a, 38 : 8 P aris, 3 .

d sight, 2 5 : 80 D itto
. Bo urdeaux,
. Frankfort on th e Main e, 1565 .

P et ersb uigh , 3 U Vienna, 10 : 2 0 Efi j lo T rieste, 10 : 2 0 Ej l flo Madrid,

. . . ”
Cadiz, 35 2 B ilboa, 3551 Barcelona, 35
. S eville, Gib raltar, 30}
. L eghorn , .

4 61 G en oa, 431 Venice, 2 7 : 60 Mal ta,

. . Naples, 385 Palermo, 115 5 . .

bon , 4 9 1 Oporto, . Janeiro, 49 Bahia, 55 D ublin, 8 per cent : . .

Co rk , 8 per cen t .

P rices of G old a nd S il v er, p er Oz —For ld

g ,
o 111 b rs £ 3 17 : 10k] ew N
?
a , : . .

Dollars, 4s 10d S ilver 11] bars, stand 4s 1

. . . .

E D I NB U RG H —A r o n . 1 1.

Wheat . B arl ey . Oats . P ease 8c Beans. .

1st, 0d 0d. . 0d 0d
.

31 3 .2 d, 2 03 0d
0d . . . 2 d, 17 s 0d 2 d,
.
cd
. .

3d, 188 0d 3d, 14 s 0d 3d, 153 od!

"
0d . . . . . . .

A verage of Wheat , £ 1 10 10 6- 2 th s , p er boll . .

T uesday , M arch 7 .

Beef a7 3 oa per lb ) os . od to os . 8d .
Q uart ern L oaf os . si n us es .

Mutt on (id to 8d P otatoes (2 8 lb ) os 8d to os: 0d

’

. . Os . . . . .

L amb , per quart er 0d Frésh Butter, per lb l s 4d to 1s

'

(id to
'
88
'

6s . . . . . . . . 6d
0d Salt ditto, per ston e 18s 0d to 2 l s
°

Veal 0a d . . ls . . . . . 0t1
08 6d to os 8d Ditto, per l b ls 2 d to l ar 4d
' '

Po rk . . . . . . . ,

Tallow, per sto ne 8s (id t o 0d E ggs , per dozen 7 d to os 0d

‘

. . 9s . . os . . .

6 .

Wheat . B P ease . Beans .

h t, 318 M l at . u 6d
. as.

6d . 135 . 0d
.

6d . 3d 0d
. 011
.

Averag e P rices ofC am in E ng land and Wales, from the Returns received i n the Week
ended 3l st M arch .

m
.
sa adp ny“sea m—Bu 2 4s 1 d . . —
B u , d3l -1&b
ig. 0s. 0d
,

Berr a .

L ondon, C orn E xchang e, Ap ril 2 .

Fine . n ew P olan ddit to

Seeds, Ap ril 2
6:
& c. .

o n 65 0
K idd] . m o” a o
st art Brown, a to 1 0
wmw
.

m
?m n ew to g 2 0is Nour. for Seed 56 to S ides “ 0 ” rh
i
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T urni ps, b1 h. 1 6 to
— 20
Red & green l 7 to
—Yello w new36 to 40 -
White
C araway im 7 6 to 84 rI
,

, . C orian de
C ann y, qr 46 t 0 48 Trel otl
. n

a, Seed, P" M , e ”
 R g istere .
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i rt s, h Marri ag es , and D eaths . 12 1

B I RT H S, M ARRI AG E S, AND DE AT HS .

Bi R T H S . 10 L ieutenan t C o lo n el James Jo h ns to ne C od i
. -

At S t Th o mas s Mo un t, Madras , i 3t h Oc to ber,

’
ran e, o f t h e 5d r men t o f uar to ( ln rlo tte,
‘

1 82 0, th e lad y o f Maj o r L i mmo n d , H on o u rab le daugh t r o f J i l ts li ire,

e
sq S ho ck erwiclt
. .

In dia C o m pan s Art illery , o f a daug h t er ho use

'
. .

Feb 2 1 T h e Bi g t Hon o urab le Harri et l ’aget , 1 2 At S t Jo h n s C h u rch , B orel y Do wn , L on

'
. . .

o f a da b t ar . don , Mr J ames B S co tt , b rewer, L ei th , to Jane, .

24 rs Jam es C ampb ell , North umberlan d

. eldes t daug h ter of John D onaldson
, E sq o f Tho
S treet , of a daugh ter . mas S t reet .

2 8. At Fort wuliam, Mrs T homas Macdo nald, 16 At G ilmore P lace, Mr R obert Gilmo ur, to
.

ofa ter . E li zabet h Beatson , daugh ter of D avid Boswell

More 1 Mrs. C. T erro t, West Nich olson s
.
’
B eat son , E sq lat e o f th e North G lassmount , and
.

m
S treet . of a son. reb et to D r O Flahart , late of the island o f S t
’

Q
y
2 At . in g keil, the lad y ofLieu tenant Co lo n el E ust atia.
Sir Joh n ero n Max well , Bart of a son 19 At ueen S treet , George Au ust us Berth
. . .
g
3. At L ev enside h o use, Mrs Blackb urn, o f - Wi ck , M D to Janet , daug h ter ofGeor e Kin near
. .
g ,
Killu rn , of a so n . E s q ban ker
. .

4 . Mrs John Menzi es, Salisbu ry S treet , of a 2 1 At O at ridge, th e Rev Joh n Geddes on e of
.
,
.

th e min is ters of P 8 181 , t o D o ra, eldes t dau h ter

6 At Auchenard, th e lady of Maj or Als ton , of
. o f t h e late Mr James ho mson , o s
g
?
2 3 At In v erness , L ieu tenan t Co lo n A Mack
gh
a dau t er . . -
.

London. th e lad y of David C has Guthrie, intosh , H E I C S t o An na, eldest dau h ter of
. . .
g . . .

l i q d a daugh ter th e late D av id S heriff. E s

q
1 ; At
. .

, tl w lad o f Capta in Ch asd i o p e At E di n bu rgh , Mr Wi lliam Jamieso n , build

.
y er, to H elen , da u h ter o f Mr Alexan der A
ad d. ofhis
’
esty s sh i p D ri v er, o f a so n .
g ber
12 A: 2 5 , Gayfleid Sq uare, Mrs A T h omso n , n eth , farmer, Wes tside
. . y .

(1 a son. 2 4 At C harlo tte S uare, Maj o rWilliam P o wer

.
,
15. Mrs Corrie, Queen S treet , o fa dau h ter . o f his Maj est y s 7 th
’
r oo n g uards , t o M iss An n
1 7 At Bo n Ban k , Mrs Wy ld, o a so n H o m er, ou ugest dan g t er o f Joh n H o m er, E s
k q
. .
.

At E dinbur Mrs S peid, S t John S treet, o f 2 6 At . en mo re Cast le, Mr J Mait land E din
,
.

l son. b urgh , t o Franw s, eldest h ter of the late

18. At 6, Park Street , Mrs Hogg , Altriv e L ak e, James B al sall. E sq o f Barrier .

d a son . 2 9 At E din b urgh , Wil liam Yo ung , M D to

.
.

Mar et, daugh ter of the late Mr R. Wh ite, ll a

.

T he y if John M Anstruth er Thomson , E sq .

d Ch arlat on , of a da h ter . mil ean .

19. At 2 9, No rt h u m rland S treet, th e lady o f 5 0 Mr T h omas Hardy , surgeo n and den tist
.

W . M
,
ou ld , M D o f Balys h ear, o fa dau gh ter . . . D uk e S treet, t o Rosab ina, da ter o f Ro b ert
Mrs D i i glas, D ru mmo n d P lace, o f a s on Forrester, E sq treas urer of the of Scot land.
o
. .

so. T h e h cly of Jo hn Watso n , E sq of Up per .

M i l d h ee, [m on t D E AT H S
'

g g fig
.

l“ , t e J une, 2 1, 182 0 At Hydrabad, C ap tai n P rin le,

ts
t n Go rdon . E sq
d g
o 0 .

of Oi l Ba i Fraser, 7 t h r m en t nat i ve i nfan try aged 83 ya m ,

'

S treet , L o n o n , o f a dau gh ter

3 3W
.

, the lad o f Arno ld T ho mso n E sq . eldes t so n o f e la te Rev Jo hn Fraser li bb erton

,
.

“
,
regimen t, a daugh ter . L anarks hire .

2 1. At S t An drews, Mrs L ee, o fa dau h t er J ul 2 4 At Many e, on th e N

”
fron tier, Major
r
. .

2 2 . At P aris, th e Coun tess o f Air y , of a es P et er H ay , of t h e 2 2 regi men t, Ber

tsr
Mrs Mo wb ray , Ho we S treet, o f a so n . in fantry , commanding th e C hamparur li ht
an t ry .
g g!
8 . l n George S t reet, th e lady ot Jo hn Man s Au
‘
.

field. E sq of a daugh ter . . do wa yo ungest so n of th e lat e 11 D Maedo w

all of Wa lkin shaw, E sq
. . .

Mrs Joh n Scot land. of a daugh ter

'

fi
. .

81. Mrs Riehard Mack enz ie, o fa son 2 7 At D e i L ieu tenan t Charles Geor e Con

w
g
. .

At Edinb urgh , Mrs Macleod, Jun of Cadboil , stab le, u tan t t o the l at batmlron 2 6th re i men
'

t
n .
.
g
( i a son . n at i v e i en try, m uch regret t ed
ma y
.

. Mrs M C u iloch , S handwielt P lace,

’
of a Srp l 3 At C alcu
. . Robert Campb ell, E s of
q .

t h e civ il departm en t t ere .

At Kev , th e lady of C ap tain Archibald 1 1 At Baroch e. Mrs Campb ell , wife “ C a t a n

p
i;
.

nud ism , R N
. . of a so n . A C ampb ell , o f th e Art illery, an d C o
.

S to res, on t he Bo mba lsa tablish men t , b e

‘

MAR R IAG E S .
g i v e n b irth to a so n o n t ‘e y
Feb 2 1 At Wigton Mr (Jam es T h omson sur
. . , ,
1 2 At C alc utta, Walter Dav idson,
.
of th e
m , Newt on S tewart , to Miss Janet P arker, firm of Hague, Dav idson , Rob ertso n,
g Co
-
.

Oct 8 At Ch i t tag ong, East In dies, L ieu tenan t

. .

At S pott house, Capta in Al exander B en to n James E wart , of th e Bengal arti llery son of Mr
’
-

t o ai navy , C B to C ath eri ne, eldest . . E wart , clerk in C hancery .

Ro b ert H ay , B “ S po tt Nov. 2 0 At P o rt Maria, Jamai ca, C tain James

K
t er . .

Marat 1 At Aberdecn , the .v P atrick Ch

. . e, . Gordo n , lat e o f th e Ab erdeenshire mi tia .

min u s of S t Jo h n s E pisco pal C hapel, to E isa,

m
Dec 1 7 At S t Helena, Robert Grant, E s R N
’

q
. .
. . .

ii i h ter of the deeeased Jo hn Annand of seco n d so n o f th e late Francis Gran t, E s . of Kil

‘ ag 87 a t om
q
At Glasgo w, Mr D ugal d Maclach lan , mer 2 6 At Berbi ce, Miss Margaret Jo hnston, eldest
.

chan t , T o b erm to Miss C ath erin e Macdonald , daug h ter o f th e la te D r Archibald Jo hn ston of

m ay daugh ter
va.
the late Cap tai n Macdo nald, t h at c olo n y.
Feb 3 182 1 At L ucia , in th e 5oth yearo fh is

m
. . .

e At G w, Mr Ch arles Ken i edy , su Jo h n M t all , E sq late P residen t o f th e C o nn er in

‘ ‘

é
. .
,

E din b urgh lsabella, o ungest a“8txter t hat island, second so n o f th e late Jo h n M ‘Call
‘
e
,
late Rev Mr G ilbert D c so n
. . merchant in G lasgow .

At Leith , Mr Tho mas Hardic , merchan t , At t heir ho use, near P in kie, Mi ss Jean 3 an d
L eith , t o Ann , ter o f Mr Wi ll iam God dard . o n t h e 2 8th , Miss Ann , h er sister, dau h ters of
g
9 At S t Pat rick
. uare, L ieute n an t G ran t , late th e deceased Mr Main .

9 zd regimen t, to Mary Ann , eldest daugh ter of 16 At York P lac e, Edi nbu rgh , Edward . t h e
.

th e lat a C ap tain Watson .

y o u nges t , an d o n th e 2 6th Wi lliam, aged 2 0, the
eldest son o f Mr P eter L o runer, b ui lder .
 BL A C KWO OD S
’

E D I N B U R G H M AG A Z I N E .

No L . . MAY , 1 82 1 . Von I X . .

ma s sa c re n o u s
’
v a n n s an s c x s n s

Or, the Tenacity ofN atural A

fi
’

ctzon .

Oo n ship, after t ouching at th e Cape, ring what he was looking at, he would
an d soon losing sigh t T hey th ere
'

wen t out ve n o defini te answer

b b
.

of the T a e M oun tain, egan t o be ore wen t also to th e ows , an d ap

s m il ed b y th e impetu ous at tacks of red startled, an d at first said n o

the sea, whi ch is well kn own t o b e

b
p
th
ee

in
g
Bu t
.

p resen tl
Willi am, go call th e watc
y
on e of th em
more formida le there than in most cri
of th e kn own ocean Th e day
y
. T h e seamen , havin g een asl eep in
their h ammocks, murmured at this
b
w d ull an d h az , an d t he
g r o n
breeze, which had formerl lown yb b
un seasona le summons, an d call ed to

fi eah , now sometimes su sided almost

'
b know h ow it looked u on deck
which Tom Willis reph ed,
p To .

en tire] an d then recovering it s Come up

f h h im d h an d see What we ar”e minding is not
t
b
s ren t o r a s or t t e an c n
g , , a .

in i ts direction , l ew wit h temporary on deck, b u t a h ead

g
y
-
.

vi cc, an d di l v y again , as if On hearing t his, th e ran u p with

exercm ng a me n caprice a:flq A ou t put tin g on th eir j ackets, an d when
b b
'

o
g
.

h ee swell egan t o e m c f rom th e th e cam e t o th e o ws t here was a

y
east- Ou r sails fiapped agai n st
. whi sperin
th e masts, an d th e sh ip rolled from One oft em asked, Wh ere is she ?
I
f‘

l ide to aide, as h eavil y as if sh e had do n ot see h er T o whi ch another

.

b een water logged Th ere was so little

- . replied, Th e last flash of ligh tning
wind that sh e would n ot steer . sh ewed th ere was not a reef in on e of

At two r M we h ad a squall, s e h er sail s ; b ut we, who know h er his

by y
. .

cmnpanied th un der an d rain Th e . t or , kn ow t hat all h er can vass will

seamen , owing restl ess, l ooked an xi n ever carry h er in t o port .

ously a cad T hey said we wou ld By th is time, th e t alking of t he sea

y
.

hav e a dirt n igh t of it , an d that it b

men h ad roug ht some of th e passen
Th e could see n oth ing,
would n ot b e worth while t o turn in ers on deck .

to th eir h ammocks As th e secon d owever, for th e 8 ip was su rrou n ded

b
.

mate was describ in g a gale h e h ad en b y th ick darkness, an d t h e n oise o f

cou n tered of ? Cape Race, N ewfou n d th e dashing waters, an th e seamen
land, we were su dden l y taken all a evaded th e u estion s th at were put to
back, an d th e las t ca me u pon us fu b
riousl y We con tin u ed t o sen d u n der a
t h em .
q

At t h is j u n ctu re th e chaplain came

b
.

dou le reefed main sail an d foret opsail o n deck H e was a man of grave an d
.

till d b u t, as t h e sea ran h igh, th e modest demean our, an d was mu ch liked

ca tai n th ough t it safest to
p rin g h er b am on g t h c seamen, wh o call ed h im Gen
to Th e watch on deck con sisted of t le Geo r e H e ov erheard on e of the
.
g .

four men, on e of whom was appoin ted men aski n an other, I f he h ad ever
t o keep a look ou t a h ead, for th e g
seen th e F yi ng D u tchm an efo re, an d b
y b
- -

weath er was so haz , that we could if h e kn ew th e stor a ou t h er To

n ot see t wo ca l es len gth from th e b ’ y
which th e o th er re li ed, h ave heard a I
man , whose n ame was of her b
eating a ut in t h ese seas,
wen t frequen tl to th e What 18 the reason sh e n ever reach es
ho n , as if to o serve sometlun ; an d
when th e oth ers called to him, i n qu i
b
y
g p ort
T h e firs t speaker replied,
V o t IX . .
Q
 Vanderdecken : M essag e Home
'
12 8

b
.

i di fie f i b m Th e lamp at th e inn acl e bein g re

y y
g v e ren t rea s on s or t , u t y
stor is t his : Sh e was an Amsterdam ligh ted, th e erceived th at th e shi
vessel, d sailed from th at lay closer to e win d than sh e ha s
y
rt se
ven t y ago H er maste 8 name
. hithert o done, an d the spirits of the
was Van derdecken H e was a staun ch .
p as se ngers w ere so m ew h at rev iv ed .

seaman , an d would have h is own wa ,

in spite of th e devil For all that, n e
ver a sail or u n der him had reason to
complain th ough h ow it is on oard
with th em n ow, n o o dy kn ows ; the
s tor is this , th at in do u lin
h C
y
y g t
t h e were a long da tr in g to weather
b
th e Ta le Bay, w ic
mornin g H owever, th e win d h eaded
we saw thi s
y Nevert heless, n eith er th e tempestu
. ou s state of t he atmosph ere, n or t he
th un der h ad ceased ; an d soon a vivid
b flash of ligh tn in g sh ewed the waves
b
bb t um lin g arou nd us, an d, in th e dis
tan ce, th e Fl yin D u t chman scu dding
e ape,
furiously before e wind, under a press
of can vass
men ta
Th e sigh t was bu t mo
.

b u t it was suflieien t to re
b
.

th em, an d wen t again st th em more an d move dou t from th e min ds of the

more, an d Van derdecken walked the On e of th e men cn ed a
'

assen gers
p
.

deck, swearin g at t h e win d Jus t after . ou d, T here she goes, top gallan ts -

su n set , a vessel s oke h im, asking if an d all

p
b
.

h e did n ot mean t o go in to th e Ba T he ch aplain h ad rough t up his

t h at nigh t Van derdecken repli y b ook, in order th at h e might
I I g
ra er -

be etern all y d—d if

.

Ma do, raw from t hen ce somethi ng to f orti

th oug I sh ould h eat a ou t h ere till th e
day of j udgmen t !
”
b fy an d tran quillize th e mi n ds of th e
An d t o b e sure, Th erefore, t akin his seat n ear
b
rest.

Van derdecken n ever did go in to that
bb
bay ; for it is eliev ed th at h e con ti
nu es t o h eat a ou t in th ese seas still,
an d will do so l on g en ough Th is ves
th e inn acl e, so that t e ligh t sh one
up on th e white l eaves of th e ook, h e,
in a solemn ton e, read ou t t he service
b
. for th ose distressed at sea T he sailors .

sel is n ever seen b ut with foul weath er stood roun d with f ol ded arms, an d
”
along wi th h er . looked as if th e th ough t it would be
T o which an oth er re lied,
'P
W e of lit tl e use u t thi s served t o oc
.

must keep clear of h er I h ey say th at cup th e at ten tion of th ose on deck f

b or
.

h er cap tain man s his j olly oat, wh en a w le

’

.
0

a vessel comes in sigh t, an d t ries h ard I n th e mean time, the flash es of

t o get alon g side, t o p ut let ters on oard,
b ut n o good comes to t hem wh o h ave
b b
ligh tn in g eco min g less vivid, sh ewed
n othin g el se, far or n ear, b ut th e b il
”
commu n ication wi th hi m lows welterin g roun d th e v essel The
y
. .

T om Willis said, Th ere is su ch a sailors seemed to thin k that th e h ad

sea b et ween us at presen t, as
e from such v isits
”
n ot yet s een th e worst , b ut con fin ed
k u s saf . th eir remarks and prognostication s to
0 which th e oth er answered : We th eir own circle .

can n ot trust t o that , if Vanderdecken At t his t ime, t he cap tain , who had
sen ds ou t his men
”
. hitherto remai n ed in his irth, came on b
Some of this con versati on hav in g deck, an d, with a gay an d uncon cern ed
b een overh eard by the passen gers, t h ere
was a commotion among th em I n th e
air, in quired wh at was th e cause of
t he gen eral dread H e said h e th ought
mean time, th e n oise o f th e wav es
-
.

y y .

th e h ad alread seen t h e worst of t h e

again st th e vessel , could scarce] be wea th er, and won dered th at h is men
dist in guished from t h e sou n ds o th e h ad raised su ch a h u b u ab out 0 b b
m b
.

distan t thun der T h e win d had ex of win d M en t ion eing made

b ca
y
. .

tingu ish ed t he ligh t in th e in n acl e, of th e Fl in g D utchman , th e captain

wh ere th e com ass was, an d no on e laugh ed He said,
. h e w ould like '

coul d t ell wh io way th e ship s head v er m uch to see an v essel en m

’

y g
y
z
l ay T h e assen gers were afraid to ask
q u
.

es ti o p y
ns, es t th e sho ul d au m en t th e

secret sen sation of fear whi ch chilled

g gg
t op allan t sails in su ch a n igh t , or it
-

wo (I be a sigh t worth looking at

T he chaplain , takin g him b on e of
”
.

yy b
'

y
ever h eart , or learn an y more t han th e u t ton s ofhis coat, drew hi m aside,
t h e alread kn ew For whil e th ey an d appeared to en t er in to serious con
b
at tri ut ed t eir agitation of min d to
.

versation with him .

Wh ile they were talking ro

g
t h e stat e of th e weath er, it was sufli
b
cien tly percep ti le t hat th eir al arms the capt ai n wu heard to sa ,
“
er
u;
also arose from a cause which t he did y look to our own ship, a
such thin gs
not mind
an d accordingly, he sen t
not acknowledge .
 Vanderdecken? M essag e Home 12 9

b
.

a man aloft, to see if all was righ t a o ut n otice ofthis, an d Vanderdecken s b oat
'

th e foret op sail ard, which was chaf

- h aving come close along side, one of
m the mast wi a loud n oise th e men came u pon deck, an d a )pear
d
.

t was T om Willis who wen t up ; ed like a iii and weather ten

and wh en he came down, h e said that sea man, h ol n
g some let ters in his
all was tigh t, an d that h e h o ed it han d
p
y b
.

would soon get cl earer ; an d that th e Our sailors drew ack all The
woul d see n o more of what the were
most afraid of
y chaplain, however, lookin
g
u pon him, went forward a few ste s
st edf astl
.

y
.
p ,
Th e a ai n and first mat e were an d asked, W hat is the purpose of
heard laug ng loudl g ‘

eth er, whil e

b y t his visit ?
”

the ch aplain o served, t it would T he stranger replied, We have

b
b e etter to repress su ch unseason a le
t Th e secon d mate, a native of
b b
long een kept h ere foul weath er,
an d Van derdecken wish es to send th ese
by
”
d, wh ose name was D un can letters to his frien ds in E urOpe .

Saun derson, havin g at tended on e of th e Our ca tain now came forward, and
y
Universit classes at A erdeen , though t
b b said as rml
y as h e cou l d, I wish
himself too w ise t o elieve all th at t he Van derdecke nwould p ut his letters on
sailors said, an d took part with th e
cap tain H e j es tingl tol d T om Wil y bmoard of an
” y o th er v essel rath er than

b
. r n e.

lis, to orrow his grandam s spectacles

’
Th e stranger re l ied, We have
the n ext time h e was sen t wk e a look
ou t a h ead T om walked sul r y away,
-
. lil refuse our l etters
y
tried man a ship, ut most of them
”
.

mu ttering, that h e would n everth eless Upon which , T om Willis mu ttered,

trust t o h is own e es till morn ing, an d y by
I t will b e est for us if we do the
y
accordingl took h is stat ion at th e bow, same, for th e sa , th ere is sometimes
y
and appeared to watch as at ten tivel as y a sinkin g weigh t in
y
our paper
”
.

b efore . T he stran er took n o n otice of this,

T he so un d of talking soon ceased, b u t asked w ere we were from
for man returned to th eir irth s, an d
we h no th ing b ut th e clankin g of
b b eing told that we were from Ports
mou th , he said, as if with strong feel
On .

b b
the

;ég
u m b y
i cs u on th emasts, an d t he urst
p
th e ill ows a h ead, as th e v es
successivel t ook th e seas
-
in g, Would that you h ad rather een
from Amsterdam Oh that we saw
it a ain —We must see our friends
.

Bu t after a considera le in terval of

darkness, gleams of l igh tn in
b .

b
g ”
agai n . Wh en he u t t ered these words,
th e men who were in th e oat b b
egan t o elow,
reappear T om Willi s an d enl call wrung their h an ds, an d cried in a
Van derdecken, again yVan
.

ed out i i i h h h
D O
b we
p er c n g t on e n u t c t at
derdecken , a ain ! 1 see them let ting
, ,

saw it again We have een long h ere

down a oat
g b b b
eatin g a ou t : b u t we must see our

m
.

”
All who were on deck ran to the frien ds in .

hows T he n ex t flash of light ning Th e l i k d h

p a e t t
b
n
g
. n as e s r a er,
shone far an d wide ov er the ra i n g sea, H ow long h ave you een at sea
g
,

y y
.

and sh ewed us not on l th e Fl ing He lied, We have lost our

D utchman at a distan ce, but also a
b
or our al man ack was lown b
b
coun t
oat comin g from h er with fou r men oard Our shi , on see, is
b b
o v er
pi
. .

Th e oat was wit hin two ca les length th ere still ; so wh y s ol d you ask
b
’

of our sh ip s side h o w l ong we h ave een at sea ; for

’
.

The man wh o first saw her, ran to Van derdecken o nl wish es to write
th e captain, an d asked wh eth er th e
sh ould hail h er or n ot
y home an d comfort is frien ds
T o which th e ch aplain replied,
”
.

b T he captain ,
walking a ou t in great agitation, made
.

Y our l ett ers, I

fear, wou ld be of n o
y
no repl y
Th eflrs t mate cried, W ho s
.

ing to heave a rope to th at oat ?

”
b
' ’
u se in Amsterdam, even if th e were
deli vered, for th e perso n s to whom the y
Th e men looked at each o th er with ou t are addressed are ro a l b by
l
b p n o on g er
to b e foun d t here, excep t u n der ver
'
o flering to do an y thing Th e oat
had come v er n ear th e chai ns, wheny .

an cien t green turfin the ch urch ard

y -
y .

T om Willis call ed out, What do T he unwelcome stran er then wrun

y o u
h
w a n t
i
o r w
h
h at d e vil
”
h as l o w n b h is h an ds, an d appears to wee
re lied, i m ssi le b an ~

y ou r e n su w t h A i
b b b I t s i p
b y
e o e
c e a er p er .
p .

cing voice fi om th e oat, replied in n ot eliev e you We h ave een long

m
.

E ng h , ‘f
We wan t to speak with driving a out h ere, b ut coun tr n or
ct relation s can n ot b e so easily forgotte n
"

y o ur n Th e captain took no
. .
 Vanderdecken a M essag e H ome M
[ y,
’
130 . a

T here is no t a rain dro in th e air b u t much el oved and faith ful wife, whom - b
feels itself kin dred to t he rest, an d he l eft at a pleasan t summer dwelling,
b
t he fall ack in to the sea t o meet with on th e o rder of th e H aarlemer M er b
b
.

oth er again How th en, can She romised to have th e house eau
eac
b l b
.

kin dred lood b e made to forget where tiful y pai n ted and gilded efore he
b
it came from ? E ven ou r odies are came ack, an d t o get a new set of b
rt of th e gr o n d of Hollan d ; an d l ooking glasses for the
v u
y y
-

an derdecken sa s, if h e on ce were her, that sh e migh t see as man i mages

come to Amsterdam, h e would rath er of Vanderdecken , as if she h ad six

be ch an d in to a ston e
'

t, well fix h us an ds at on ce bTh ere has een

.

b
ed in to t e gr oun d, th an eav e it again ; Th e man re lied,
if that were t o die el sewhere Bu t in time enough or h er t o have h ad six
y
.

the mean t ime, we onl ask you to take husban ds sin ce th en b u t were sh e
'

”
these let ters . alive stil l, th ere is n o fear that Van der
T he ch aplain , l ooking at him with ecken would ever get h ome to dist urb
as tonish men t , said, T h is is th e in
”
g
y er .

On hearin this th e stranzer agam

’

sanit of n atural af fection, which re

bels again st all measures of t ime an d sh ed tears, n d said, if th
”
E
would y
e
distance . n ot take th e l et ters, h e woul d l eave
H ere is them an d lookin g aroun d h e ofler
'

Th e stran ger con tinued,

a l ett er from our secon d mate, t o h is cd the parcel to th e captain , ch aplain ,
y
dear an d on l remain in g frien d, h is an d to the rest of th e crew successive
b '

un cle, th e merchan t wh o lives in th e l y, b ut each drew ack as it was ofler

secon d h ouse on Stun cken ach t Y
cd, an d put his h an ds ehind his ack b b
y
.

”
Q u a . H e t h e n l a id th e le t t ers u p o n t h e d e c k ,

H e held forth the letter, b ut n o one an d iaced u on them a piece of iron ,

would a roach to take it
p
wh io l was 1 n g n ear, t o preven t th em p
T om (Q
.

illis raised his voice, an d from ein g lown awa b

H aving don e y
y
' .

said, On e o four men , here, sa s th at this, h e swung hi msel f over th e gan g

h e was in Amsterdam I at summer, way, an d wen t in to t he b es t
p
.

and he kn ows f or certai n , th at th e We h eard th e o thers speak to him,

s treet called Stu n cken Yach t Qua , y
b u t the rise of a sudden squall pre
was pulled down sixt ears ago, and yy v en ted us from dist inguishing his t e
b
‘

p ” g y
a w there is onl a lar e church at that p l y T h e oa t w as s.ee n t o
m
q u
m
i t t h e
f w
'

h d i
’

P ace . s ip s si d e , a n , n a e o e n ts,

Th e man from the Fl in g D u t ch there were n o more t races of h er th an

man , said,
b
y
I t i s imposa le, we can b
if sh e h ad n ever een th ere The sail b
bb y y b
.

eliev e you H ere is an oth er let ed t heir e es, as if dou t ing

y I
n ot . ors ru

ter from m self, in wh ich h ave sen t what th e h ad witn essed, b u t the par
ban k n ote to m d r sister, t o b u el s till l a u on deck, an d roved th e
y p
a -
y ea c y p
some a t l ace, to make h er a hig realit of all that h ad
”
h ead ess . D un can Saun derson , e Scotch mate,
T om Willis h earing this, said, It asked th e ca tain if h e should take
y
is most likel th at h er h ead n ow lies th em up, an pu t t hem in th e let ter
d r a tom b
st on e, which will ou t b ? R l h e w oul d
u e i i
b
n -
a g ec e v n
g n o r ep
last all th e chan ges ofthe fashion But hav e lift ed th em if it h een for
b
. n ot
on what h ouse is your an k n o te T om W illis, wh o pulled h im back, say
b y
-

Th e st ranger replied, On th e h ou se in g th at n o od sh ould tou ch th em .

of Van derbrucker an d C ompan I n th e mean t im e th e captain went

T he man , of whom T om W lis h ad down t o th e cabin , an d th e ch aplain
I
'

s oken , said, h re will n o w h i f ll d hi m f d h i m hi

b
p g u es s t e a v n g o o w e , ou n a t s
be som e discoun t u pon it, for that ot tle case, p ourin g ou t a lar e dram
b y g
-

bankin g h ouse was gone to destruct ion of ran d

?
the
y T he captain ,
-
.

fort d V d b k m h di d im m d i
w
y
ears a o
g an a n er ru c e r so e a t s co n c e rt e , e a
y
was a terwards amiss ing — But to re fered th e glass t o h im, sa in , H ere,
bb
mem er th ese thi
'
of
is like rakin g up Charters, is wh at is good i n a cold
”
g
the o t tom of an 0 d canal n igh t
. Th e chaplain declin ed drin k .

T he stran ger called ou t passion ate ing an y thin g, an d th e ca tain hav ing
l ,
y I t is impossi le We can n ot be b — swallowed th e u mper, e o th re b b
l i eve it ! I t is cruel t o sa such thin s
y g t u rn ed t o t h e d e ck , w h e re 1 f o u n d
to peo la in our con dition There is a th e seamen giving their opinions c on
h
.

letter em our captain himself, to his cerning what should he done with the
6
 Vanderdeckea s M essag e H ome
’
. 181
let ters . Tom Willis proposed to pick T h e carpen ter wen t to fetch his tools .

t hem up on a h arpoon, an d throw it D uring h is ab sen ce, the ship gave so

b
over oard violen t a itch, that the piece of iron
y
.

Anoth er speaker said, I have al sl id of

fth e et ters, an d th e were whirl
wy a s h eard i t ass ert ed th at i t is n ei
y
ed overb oard by
th e win d, like irds of b
th er safe to accep t th em vol un taril , evil omen wh irring th rough th e air
y
n or when the are left t o throw th em Th ere was a cry ofj oy amon the sail
.

out of the ship

”
.

L et no one t ouch th em, sai d the

ors, and the ascri ed the avourabl e
ch an e whi c
'

soon t ook place in the

b
T h e way to do with th e w es t er, t o our hav ing got qu it ofVan
carpen ter
y
.

let ters from th e Fl ing D u tchman is to derdecken We soon o t u n der wei it

case th em upon deck, nai lin by oards b again T he nigh t wat h
.

ein g set, t e gb
b
.

over th em, so that if h e sends ack for rest of th e crew retired t o their irths .
”
them, they are s till th ere to give him .

T A K I L I A B L E T T E R FR O M T H E A D J U T A N T , C ON T A I N I N G P R OJ E C T S, P R OM I S E S,
A N D I MI T A T I O N S

D s a a R rr , h e plu cked a leafoflaurel for his row b

I write this in the earnest h Ope of
y
Bu t we shall dro th e su j ect , as n ot
worth s eaking a ou t— con sciou s th at
b .

its fin din g you less molested by our

y
in veterate en em in th e great t oe an d
brimful ofth e deligh t, which our mo
desty and difli den ce can n ot prev en t
u feeling , in h ea rin g it ackn owledged
p
wh ere t l e glor of hi s cou n tr , an d y y
y the repu tation ofh is work is co n cern
ed, n o man will direct th e h elm with
a more in tre id s iri t, or m aul th e ln

hi m all quart ers, that ours is the most y p p

vaders with a moreun erring h an d, th an

excellen t work of its kind, which has l f h d d h i h b

y y o u rse , t e re ou te C r s t o
p er
appeared in an y co un t r sin ce th e in N orth, E squi re
y
.

v en tion of prin ting D o let me kn ow You asked me in our last, if I ever

y
.

what t he E dinbu rg h R ev iew people n ow a da s read an y ? an d if so, what

b b y
- -

are sa ing a ou t it, or, if th ey are at ooks occup m y at ten tion an d t ime
y
last fairl b
eat to a st an d still , an d se A question with a ven gean ce D o y ou
y
.

riousl t kin o f giving up th e con t hin k th at my kn owl edge comes t o me

g
I heard, i n deed, that a m eet ing b in t uition After h avin g written
cern .

b
of their con t ri u t ors has een latel b y h
s ove h alf a h un dred art icles t o y ou,

con ven ed, eith er for t hat purpose, o r in ev ery depart men t ofh uman kn ow
h aps for petition in ou t o make l e dge, you ask me if ev er I read an y
p er y .

y ou r j ou rn al a ge n er re cept acl e for Th at reminds me of th e t ower of Ba

tion s of all kin ds an d t h at, b el— you migh t as well ask it ifit rear
u s, su ch o f th em as were cap a l e, b ed it sel f Bu t, in wri tin g so, I dou t b
mig ht be tran sferred t o t he legion of
.

y
n o t you h ave on l m ade a Iap s us li ngww,

Blackwood, an d not u t terl cast desti y or at an y rate a j oke on m y mul tit udi
n ou s research es Allkin ds o f ooks come b
t ute . But th is is a mat ter, frien d .

North, on which I would advise you welcome en ough to me I h ave a ca a .

t o proceed with cau tious circu m spec digest ion rath er ostrich
eit of
b
c,
t ion —it migh t prov e like marriage z capa le of m an agin g a great far
y
an
alas ! t he day — to b e an d assimilatin g t h e same in t o
a step n o t eas
y
rago

remedie d Man y of our su pporters so lid nourishmen t I like th e drama

.

y yb
.

would fin d a delicac in making com ver much an d Alexan der M acpher

mon cause with t he gen eralit ofth ese son eing n ow in th e m iddl e of th e
folks, as they h ave u t t ered su c s qu an fifth ac t, will soon sh ew wh eth er or
y yb
tit ofunsoun d an d unsatisfactor s tu ff, y not th e gen ius of t h e dram a l oves me
”
.

in ever ran ch an d departmen t ofh u N ov els are an ap petite an d a feelin g

man kn owledge, an d ridicul ed ever y which I can not esis
n om
r t—
b Poli tical eco
et ter t h an 1 do some of
th ing worth of respect an d v en era y I li ke
i
tio n E z emfl gv a i ia , bu t that s a t rifl e,
’
it s p rofessors—Metaph ysics are ex cel
y b
'
.

there is ou r h um le serv an t , wh o len t food for me ; an d, o v er a t en

h our s mathematical prop osition , I am
’
could no t, with an y degree of honour,
act in con cert with men, who depre as cool as a cucum er ; b u t en tr e n ous,
is my favo ur
b y
ciated the la te glorious war, an d ever th olon
b y
con t rovers
e

b attle in it, mid w hose lood sh b ut do n t men tion th is, as

’

y
ite stud
y
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”
and under whose sulphrous can op th eRoman Cath olic cl erg like nothi ng
 132 Familiar L etterfrom the Acfiutaai .

bmetter th an to have a
in spit e of all
b mb
ull- aiting wi th of
il
merchants with spectacles
l k h i d h i b i
r eere, po nder
and goose
an d ,
y
e y assevera qu s stu c e n t e
tions an d rotestation s to th e con trar , ing over their ledgers ; ofawfully an
th
p
will i n sist that I am a little loose cient in st era, leering from eh in d b
hot in my moral an d relig ious rin th eir an s, an d l ooking un ut terabl e
ciples b u t I am th oroughl eon v m
y
p
ced ythings ofgrocers appren tices, san
th e sugar, watering the t obacco,
’

th at th e are wron g
y
.

When you see Westle, tell him I th en walking aloft to pra ers of the
have fou n d it qu ite out of my po wer lack a daisical exclarri ions o b oard
qg f
-

to b e over, according to promise, at th e in se ccl misses, an cl i e pet t fo g‘ng

’

hy d
-

walkin g ofth e Comm issioner; b ut h ope da d iam oflawy ers clerks,—an

’
et,
et t o h ave th at h on our alon g with him t h at th ese
p o t s i h ti li t t o i r
y e.
, n os y a
At all even ts, I am determin ed t o be o wn doctrines, should write of such
b
o v er at th e E din urgh races, as I h ave n atural person ages as a C orsair, with

g o t p o ss e ss i on of as fi n e a b i t of h o rs e o n e v ir t u e , a n d a t h o usan d cr i m e s
flesh as ev er pu t hoof to t urf ; an d I of a L ord L ara, wh o, seeing a h ost ,
would like t o kn ow wh at success Sala
man ca would have, in takin g a few spoke Gaelic or some oth er ou tlandish
b
roke ou t in t o a ers iration , an
p p t h e n

ro un ds for th e h u n ters plate I f h e b e to ngue ; of Coun t Man fred, ali as D r

’
.

su ccessfu l, it will b e a ood specul a Fau stus, j un wh o .

tion ; if n o t, I will sell m th e n ext

’

— saw more devils th an vast hell can hold

,

day at Wordsworth s ou t of pure vex Th e madman

’
.

Of th e Giaour, who turn ed an infidel

ation , al th ou gh I had him as a presen t
from a mili t frien of min e, who
d m onk, ecause h e ran awa b with an o y
rode him at t e b
at tle of Waterl oo th er man s wife, who was sewed up
H e h as n ot yet lost too th mark, an d in a sack, and thrown in to th e sea
’

y b
-

g all op s l ik e a fu r T h e . e s t o f i t is,
or o f such a true an d natural
p e r so n a s
”
t hat the longer h e ru n s h e con tinues Andes, Gian t of t he western star,
t o improve an d, if th ere b e a ove sit tin
g w bi t
t hree four mile h eats, I never saw the dext er han d, an d a flamb eau in h is left
h h is c h ee k re c li n e d on h is

h orse, mare, or geldin g, th at I would fis t, looking over in the dark from Ame
n ot b
ack h im again st, at co n sidera le r ica t o E u bm p e — o r o f a g e n tl e m
his master
a n o f
H e is a lit t le stiff for the fi rst th e secon d sigh t,
odds
b
-
.

mile or so after startin g ; b u t wh en he n o t to go to at tle, as e had a presen

b e in s t o warm,
g y ou n e v er

fi n er personification of th e fi n e idea, h orri e

eh e l d a b
t imen t th at he would b e mu ch safer a
oth er t hin gs,
well en cu et ry in m
which L ord Byron h as applied t o de
n ot e th e eau t b y an d swiftn ess of M a h um le o in ion bu t ha r g as sligh b g f
to

an applicat ion t o the practice oflife, as

zii z
zeppa s charger,
’

can well b e imagin ed Sir Wal ter

Wh o look d as t h ough the speed ofthought Scot t must imm at el y
.
’

edi send L ord

Were in his limb s .

y
Cran st oun s go lin page an errand to
I h av e h im in train in g alread , an d the Red Sea, an d l et him be for ever
’
b
h ope to show h im o ff in st le to you in
Ju l
y “ ”
lo st ! lost ! lost ! An d as for his re
I f I was n ot so len g th en ed in t h e doub ted n amesake, M ich ael, the flag
n et er ex tremi ties, I w ou ld n o t c are t ed from his
y ston e m u st b e n o more lif
mu ch to j ockey him m self; bu t th at, grav e — C ol eridge m u st tie th e Aun
to b e su re, is an after con siderat ion cien t M arin are to a stake, an d h ave a
D o giv e u s a paper fro m ou r edito y .

sho t at him wi th t h e cross bow, as h e

b
-

rial th e Pope an d Bowl es con so t reated t he harmless Al atross

b
p en o u
troversy I can n ot fath om what Cam d as for th e L ady C rista el, he
p
bb
.
a n -

bell an d Byro n would b e at L ord By must, wi th out delay, scri le four do

ron com ares th e oetr f P y .

f l i hi d
i fr i
y
p p o op e t o a z e n o e t t er s , n v it n g s e n s t o
Grecian temple, an d t h e poet ry writ
by b h er fu n eral, let him emplo a paten t -

t en C amp ell, Sco t t, Wast le, Sou cofli n , as she is rath er a restless an d
t hey, Words wort h , Ho g , C olerid e, u nrul
g g s u
h imself, my self, & c t o the tower o f disp at ch th e D anish Bo to t he lan d of
bj a c t — W o ryds w or t h m u s t

y y
.

Babel A rett comparison of a su re shadow — an d H o

p
y gg sh o u
yl d u r c h a se
.

ty b u t I t is all in my eye, Bett a pen n worth of saddl e ta s, an d, -

M art in , that men, like C ampbell an d wit h a trust y hammer, nail the ears of
B ron , should imagin e that th eessen ce th e Go ds Gre Catte t o his sta le y b
0 poet r con sisted in the m an n ers an d

y door, t o frigh ten awa the rat s, as she y

y
morals of societ in drawin g pictu res will n o lon ger b e a le t o ac t as gover b
 i m j . s w ear L etter fi om a. Ad
j utant
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. 133

n ess t o the Seven D augh ters him to tran smit it to you, that you
of the
L aird of Blair As for Miss Kilma migh t t ran smit it to the proper owner ?
.

when sh e eomes back at the en d of I t woul d not su rprise me much, though

pk ext seven ears, let him ve h e w m l
i ;
i
y
y o u er e ye t t o w t t t p
n y r e e a e er , r o

a fin lough, spec1fym g p rpet ua cavee fessing our en tire ign oran ce of the
°

—
M om Dr Southey d
h t to sen d a wh ole tran saction ; an d that you are
of a Petrified G n do veer to free to give ou r oath , that you had y
C ollege M useu m, ere the species not so much as th e smalles t s cion
b
’

y
becomes u tterl extin ct, th at fu t ure that th e memoran dum ook coul pos
b
y
-

uarian s may n ot b e completel sib ly elon g to m e D o ou think me in

an
b y
b
.

ed, if th eir ones b e foun d, like n ocen t en ough t o elieve an y stu f f of

th ose of th emammoth, in a fossil state; this sort ? Th o h I am n ot a H ighlan d
an d h e ough t t o giveth e witch M aimu n a er, I h ave enoug ofthe secon d si h t to
b
-

in Thala a, t hat was pe tuall y sing see clearl throu h trifles of t his d
'

g n .

ing, a half crown s wor of the most Bu t I wi waste n o more words on th e

’

b b
-

choice allads, t o set h er up in a decen t su j ect ; and, th ou h we are hun dreds

lin e of trade, an d have done with h er of miles apart, our h earts are alwa s
g
. y
Th omas Moore s Veiled Prophet, with together I can take a j o ke, an d can
’
.

out th e nose, sh ould get a roper certifi g i v e o n e so w e w ill shake h ands

cat e, an d b e sen t t o th e C el sea H os i an d forget the wh ole mat ter : I ndeed
p
b
tal ; and, on proper re resen tation ei ng I am almost sorr th at I mention ed it y
made, the Peri, who ad n eith er h ou se bu t don t give an y more extracts with
’

nor h old, may be received in to the Cha ou t m consen t .

rity Workh ouse D o, N orth , con T e ou r di van, th e first time you all
b b
- .

vince h oth Mr Cam b ell an d his L ord meet in Am rose s, to remem er me

’

ship, that th e wor d is t olerab l well y

in th eir pra ers ; as I am sure that I yy b
con ten ted with t h e poetr
y y y
the h ave n ever emp t a tum ler or t wo, soles,
y
foolishl th ough t prop er to gi ve it ; with out t oas t in g th em all al tern atel ;
b
t hat though M r Camp ell s criti cism an d, as I allow each a h umper, it some
’

b b
is sometimes a li ttle v apid, yet th at h is t imes o liges me to hav e a third rew
verses aregen eral l excellen t ; an d th at, yy ing L et th em kn ow, t h at I will see.

y
if L ord Byron s s stem of moral an d them all in Jul , an d th at I have a
b
’

y
et hical poet r b e after his old way, udget of famous an ecdo tes an d ren
that ia, if Bep po an d D on Juan, like con tres to en tertain t hem with ; some
th e brick of th e pedan t in Hierocles, o f th em ou t hec tor H ect or, an d the
o tes te, as M aturin
-
y
are specimens ofth e m aterials ofwh ich are all l i ”
y b
p erso n a , ,
it is to b e comws ed, we sh ould think, sa s But I shall drop th e su j ect, as .

t the world Wil] b e eor ten ted wi h I do n ot wish to promise T heres

’

fi i t b b .

a raw time comin g,

’
specun sua it li as al re‘ ‘i y enj o e‘ as th e deacon s
’

,
.

“
En ough is as good as a feas t
b
w ere son o serves .

ig noran ce is liss, tis foll to b e wise

an d, as I am tired of it ,
s ubj ect
’
What would you thin k of it, I have
will drop th e een amusin g my self with some imi
tat ions of th e living au th ors —it was
b

m
.

Friend North, I have a crow to pluck during the time I was confined to
with yom—You are as stran ge a fel room, f rom h avin g sprain ed my 1 t y
lo w as ever fell within the circle of my ankle, in leapin ov er a five bar gate
y
-

ac uain t ance, al wa s ex cep tin g M rs for a wager, an I in ten d t o make a

M q for sh e eats cockfigh t b
complete ca in et of t h em I h ave al b
y
.

in You will pretend, n ow, th at you read allowed H azli tt a complete ration
g
.

di not kn ow t o wh om th e memoran of epigram, an tit h esis, an d paradox

b y
.

dum book elon ged, o u t of which you Godwin sails in a parach ute of theor
y b
-

t reated our readers, or rat h er th e susp en ded to a all oon in flated with
world, for all th e world are our read y
sulphureted h drogen ; Co y bb
era, a m n t h or t wo ago y
Reall this an o fficial documen t, curren te cala mo,
et t writes

o
y
.

is provoki n and I do n ot take i t al with all th e courtier like dignit b e

g y y y
-

t ogether w our han ds Would coming a secretar t o her maj est ; an d

at
b b
.

it not have een more credi ta le to you, Charle Philips, with his fists tied in to
instead of creating a few smil es at my large adders, kn ocks argumen ts from b by
expence, to have writ ten t o t he wan of f th eir feet, repeated douces on ei
derin g sinner of a B an , in to wh ose t h er side ofth e ch 0ps, wi th his un ces
hands my book fell, t at you knew th e sing on e, twos I h ave, likewise, a com .

“q u i et er ; an d th at y ou w ou l d th an k p l et e se t of t h e p oe t s, g o o d, b a d , a n d
1 34 m eter L etter fim i the 4 .5 mm
y b
.

in difibren t The Cockn e s I foun d it To egin with t he tiest

y tage
. .

desperatel hard to imitate, as I could man of our age, do you t that

not make my genius t o descend so low
I do n ot kn ow, bu t that I hav e carica
t nred some of th em a li t tle ; b u t t his
y
was unin ten tional, as th e h av e fair
m
ly ha ed me in man particulars y
As you seem in t erested in m li te
y
rar doings, I will treat you wi t t wo
or three sh ort specimens, as I see
y b
. in the foll owing, I have caugh t the
chivalrous flow, the to n e of th e olden
y
time, th e grace, an d t h e harmon , and
th e strength, that ch aracterise th e
. of th e Ariost o of the N orth ?
he ay of th e I nst M in strel, an d
Marmion, form eras in the min d of
t rue livi ng of poetical
ev

y ou are al read in f or a dou le pos exce ence.

Th e h oun ds in the ken n el are elling loud, y

b
Th e h awks are oun e for flight ;
b
For th e sun hath urst from his eastern
An d th e sky is clear, with ou t a cloud,
An d th e steed for th e ch ase is digh t
y
Th e merr h un t smen , u in th e mom ,
Crack t he lon g whi p, an win d the h orn

y bb
L ord Timoth ru ed h is e es, and rose y
When h e h eard the merr crew ;
H e scarce took space t o don h is clot hes,
y
An d his n igh t cap quick h e threw
-

Back on t h e pill ow, an d down t he stair,

b
D isdain in g rush or com for hair,
W ith ligh t n ing speed h e flew ;
b
An d, in t he twinkling of a fan ,
With frock and cap, th e gallan t man,
Cap arison d all spick an d span,
’

Was wi th t he wait in g crew;

b b
Sir A rah am rode his on n gre ;
Sir An th on his lack y b y y
L ord H ector h at h moun ted his sprigh tl bay ; y
L ord T om , L ord Jack, an d all are awa ; y
C urv et , and demivol te, an d n eigh,
bb
M ark ou t th eir old an d risk arra ,
b
With u ckskin s righ t, an d onnets gay,
b b y
b
An d ugles at each ack b
y y
.

T he h ad h ardl ridden a mile, a

A mile b u t arel t en , b y
As each after each th e leaped a stile,
’
y
When their h eart play d it a pat the while, - -

T o see a troop of arm m en,

A troop of gall an t men at drill,
With well soap d locks, an d stifien d frill
’ ' ’

E ach in his gras p held spear or sword,

y
Read to mu rder at a word,
y
An d ghastl was each warrior s smile,
’

b
Ben eath h is arred aven ta le ;
b
Bu ff elts were girt aro each waist ;
Steel cui sses rou n d each thigh were raced ; b
Arou n d each kn ee were razen uckles ;
An d iron greaves to save their kn uckles ;
b b
’
-

T he casqu e, and dan cing morion ,

b
H igh o er each tin righ t helmet sh on e

Wh ich reach d to wh ere th e tailor sets,

’

On sh oul der, wooll en epaul et s ;

T h eir blades were of T oledo steel,
Fcrrara, or D amascus real ;
Yea ! h uman eye did never see,
Through all the da s of chivalr , y y
b
Men more edigh t from head to heel, &c
10
.
ran .
) m y” m m a. a w in

y b
L ad Alice she sits in t he t urret t ower,
A com in g her rav en h air ;
-

T he clock h ath tolled t he vesper h our,

y
Alread the sh adows of evenin g lower
T o veil the lan dscape fair .
,

T o the j et ty fringe of h er piercing eye

She raised her opera glass,
For she was an xio us t o esp
If h er wort h knigh t shoul d p ass
y .

L o ! on der e comes , — sh e sigh d a nd said,

’

y
T h en Wi th a ru eful shake of h ead

’
b
Sh all I m y h us an d n e er discover
Tis b u t th e white cow eatin g clover !
”
’

Sh e looked again , Sure on is b e,

T h at gallops so fas t al ong t e lea !
’
y
Alas ! tis on l a chesn ut t ree
S tan din g as still as still can b e
Come h ith er, come hith er, my lit tl e foot pag e,
An d dan ce my anguish t o assuage
An d b e it j ig, or wal tz, or reel,
I care not , so it dot h con ceal
T he gh osts, t h at of a th ou san d d es, y
b
Float ev ermore efore mine e es ;
An d I , t o make thee foo t it gay,
y
b
W ith nim le fi nger, b y my fay,
b
Upon t he tam ourine will pla ! &c
”
y .

Bu t I mu st n ot giv e you too mu ch of it , as it will spoil th e in terest of the

work, which will shortly appear in th ree o ctavo v olumes, prin ted un ifo rml ,
an d wit h portrait s someth in m
y
h
’

g l i k e P et er 8 L et ters T e i i t a t ion ex t en ds t o
.

t h ree can tos , t oget h er wit h an in trodu ct o ep ist le t o m frien d D r Scot t

U n der t he head of Coleridge, y ou will fin t h e con tin ua on of Crista el , an d b .

t h e Au n cien t Waggon ere ;

y b
o th of wh ich were ush ered in to pu lic n otice b by
our deli h tf
g u l an d dis crimin a t in g w o rk ,
to ge th e r w it h t h e fo ll o win g

A dand y , on a v elocipede,
in a vision sweet,
y
I saw
Along th e h igh wa making speed,
W ith h is alternate feet
b
Of a right an d celestial hue
.

b
Gleam d eau teou sl his l ue surt out ;
’
y b
y
Whil e ivor bu t ton s, in a row,
Sho w d l ike th e win ter s cavern d sn ow,
’ ’ ’

W hich-the reez North

D rives sweepin g forth ,
b y
T o lodge in th e cav e elow b
’
b
On tario s eaver, withou t demur,
T o form h is hat did lend it s fur
H is frill was of th e cam ric fi n e,
An d h is n eckcloth starch d, an d aquiline ;
b ’

An d oh , t h e e e wi th pleasure dwells
y
On h is wh ite j ean in descri a les ; bb
An d h e thro w s the locks from his foreh ead fitir,
An d h e pan ts, an d pan ts, and an ts for air ;
What is the reason I cann ot t e
T here is a cau se— I kn ow it well
T oo fi rml yb
ou n d— too tig h tl
The corsets grasp his spider wais t,
raced, yb
Vo t IX. .
m '

m m m m um
Till his coat t ails are mada to fly
E ven from the ack th ey glorif b y .

L ook again, he is n ot t here

Van ish d in to the mist air !
’
y
L ook a ain —do e see him at ?
g
Ah n o t he ail i h ath sei b him for
An d, t o an d fro, like a rest less ghos t,
When peace with in the grave is lost,
H e aces as far, as far h e sh oul d,
h b
Wit i n th e ounds of H ol rood ! y
H is L ordship of Byron , I have n ot h an dl ed ro hly enough ; I cann o t yet
b —
.

forget t h e t ower of Ba el wh at a speech as we were a parcel of j ack

asses ! I sh all et h av e at h im f
or it What do you think of The Galiongee,
.

A fragmen t 0 a T urkish T ale ?

rn s c a n o n s “ ,
'

A Fragm en t ofa T r u th Tale .

Advertisement —The Author of this tale b egs to inform the public, that th e scatt ered
fragmen ts which it pres en ts were coll ected from an improvisatore, who
t he time that the author drank his fifth cu p of Mocha with that civillest of all gen tlemen ,
Al i P acha
.

The Pacha sat in his div an,

With silver sheath ed ataghan
-

An d call d t o h im a Galiongee,
’

y
C ome lat el from the E u xine Sea
T o Stambo ul ; ch ain s were on his feet,
An d fet ters on h is h an ds were seen,
Becaus e he was a N azarene
When, dul making reverence meet,
With haug ty glan ce on th at divan,
And curling lip, h e t h us egan b .

By b Phin gan a sil ver light,

road
Wh en sailin g at the n oon of n ight,
Bismillah ! whom did we descr
B u t dark corsairs, wh o, en t on spoil, b y
Ath wart th e deep sea ever t oil

Th e C apitan h e call d, eli ke,

b
W e knew th eir loo’d red flag s on high -

b
With gest ure proud, to bid us strike,
An d told his Sonbachis to spare
Of n ot on e scalp a single h air,

b b
T hou gh gar s o f green shew d E mir: there I
I t oo ts n ot , Pach a, t o relate
’

Wh at souls were sen t t o E lis thrond, b

H ow Azrael s arrows scat ter d fate,
’ ’

H ow wild, wet , wearied, an d alon e,

When all my crew were dren ch d in lood,
Or float ed lifeless on th e flood,
’
b
’
I fou gh t u n awed, n or e er t h ough t I
T o sh ou t Amaun , the craven s cry
’ ’
.

I t ook my han dkerchief to wipe

b b
M y urn ing row, and then I took,
With placid hand, my long chibougue,
That is to say, my T urkish pi
An d h aving clapp d it in my c eek,
’

Disdaining e er a word t o speak,

’

I shouted t o t he pirate, N ow,

Y ’
ou ve fairl yb
eat me, I allow, & c.
asst } m m m mm w
Perhaps, —as
I kn ow th at Childe Harold s Pilgrima is on e of your first
’

—
favourites, you will fin d an accou nt of his step bro er, Childe Padd s “ g y ’

y
-

h nishmen t t o New Hollan d, more to our taste This is the commen cemen t . .

Oh ! mortal man h ow varied is th y lot,

Th y ecst asies o fj oy and sorrow, how
Chill d, sunk, an d servile art th ou, or how hot
’

Flashes in dig nan t eau t from th y row !

y
Times change, and empi res fall ; the gods
b b
Brief space for human con templation, an d
b
A ove all partial dict ates disav ow
Unequal love ; how can we, at their hand,
For in dividual fat e a gentler boon demand !

y
Childe Padd parted from h is father s cot ;
I t was n ot cast le prou d, n or palace h igh,
’

E xtraneous s mms y
h ere gli tter d not,
b
’

But turf uil t w an d fi lt h did meet t he eye ;

b y
-

L oud was t he grumph an d gru m le from h og st e ; -

Sv ms gleam d eman h
’

ke
h re, as on t
g
ut goose an ( no h , fam
L ; i
pp
,

ior nbb h l g cry, g; '

With quack, quack, qu , did make t e roofs to shake, fi i

Till in their u tmost h oles the won derin g rats did

fath er, wh om h e loved, and left ;

of mother, at h er oomin g wheel ; b
sist er, of his care ereft, b
b
of rethren dear ; and, to con ceal

p an gs th at o er his rain
As through the val e his pen sive way he took,
did reel,
’
b
For fear his on ward pu would congeal,
H e su n g, while ri gh t forward look .
'

y
n g wi -

”
Sweet Kitt 0 Coleraine, an d Fair of D onabrooke !

I re oice
j th at our p p
ro h ec
y
, T ales, has
as to t h e
een p p
o ul ari t y of H ogg s
’
b
ab un dan tl v eri ed Natura er an d genius will figh t th eir way, in spite
y
of opposi ti on , and disdain
.

of h elp or h in dran ce I dou t no t that his . b

b et ter halfh as had a h an d in t he p urgat ion of th e n ew edition Give my com .

limen ts to h im ; t ell him I shall n ever forget t he kin dness I experien ced at
b
lt riv e L ake an d, a ov e all, ask h im h ow h e likes the followin g s tan z as, th e
b
open in g o f a allad, as long as
”
Kirkmabreck, that cele rated modern Timon, b
a rat her she or woman hater .

The Bron nie ofle mucle faime

wals
’
e an e
T tte ussit t oo cumme too ane aulde fairme housse,
An de evir the maydes fro th e re eddes came, y b
y
Alle th e re werke wals dun e, soo cann ye an d

T he caup s wure clean it ; th e yern e wals spun ne,

’

Ande t e parritche a e maide forre t he oulde guidman,

Th e k e wure milki t, e ill wal s run n e,
y
An e shinin ge l ke gou e wal s th e o uld rasse pan b .

An de mickl e the won derit, y

mair the s t hoch t,
Bu t n eivir an e wu rde too t he e m in n spake th eye,
an d y
Theye lnkit aye too t h e b rass
'
eye had e cofl t,
b y
T oo uske t he re ha re, an d to maike th eme ga e y y .

’
I t was first writtcn “ Chilc addy, b ut I i ng
v as s fi aid of anger tt ot

fia
'
an.
 b
Ofun digested iscuit , mingled with
The sou r and miserab le commixture of
H ot aquavit s , with t h e moun tain l mph, y
yy
I f cit water h aply be so call d,
Th e l m ph of Foun t ain well, hard th e sho
,
’

by
b
-

Where seeds an d roots are sold, a ove whose oor

b y
T h e lack e ed eagle spreads his golden wings
-
.

H ard is the lot ofhim, who m evil fates

H ave destin ed to a way of life unmeet :
Wh ose genius an d in tern al st rength are clogg d ’

y
B y drudger , an d t he ru s of common men b .

Bu t I have gazed upon t hee, Nath an Goose,

Gazed o n th e workin of th y in ward soul
H ail d with deligh t t y planet in th e sky,
’

And mid t he constellation s planted th ee ! &c.

are on e o f th e ri
p me admirers of th e L yrical Ball ads, as wh o, with th e
smalk st i t o poetical tas te, does n ot ackno wledge mos t of th em to be
y y y
p ret en s on s

extremel fin e, an d studded over with th e ver pearl s o f — h

y b b I
po et r , av e co
o v er for you a l rical allad of th e true reed I do n o t kn ow b ut that you
.

like it almost as well as th e Waggoner, or Peter Bell .

BI L L Y B L I N N.

I kn ew a man t h at died for love,

H is n am e, I ween , was Bil l Blin n y
b
H is ack was hump d , h is h air was gre
And, on a sul tr su mmer day,
’
y ,

We foun d im floating in the linnh .

On ce as h e stood efore his door b

Smokin g, and wondering wh o should pass,
Then t ru n dling past h im in a cart
C ame Susan Fo y, sh e won h is
Sh e was a gallant lass .

y
An d Bill Blin n conceal d t he flame
’

b
T hat uru d, and scorch d his ver
’

Bu t often was h e heard to si h ,

’
y
And wit h h is sleeve b e wipe his eye, d
In a dej ected mood .

A part y of recruiters came

T o wile our co ttars, man an d b oy
Th eir coats were red, th eir cuffs were lue,
b
And ol dl , with ou t more ado ,
b
y
Off Wi th th e tr00p wen t Susan Foy !

Wh en Bill h eard t he n ews,

poor old y y
H e tore hi s hairs so t hin an d gre ;
b
H e eat th e h ump u pon h is back,
An d ev er di d h e cry, Alack,
Oh on, oh me — al as a day ! -

H is h ts were spen t in slee l essn ess,

ni
g
y
Hi s da s in sorrow an d espair,
I t coul d n ot las t—th is in ward st rife
p
 At length, twas on a moonligh t eve,
’

The skies were lue, th e win ds were b

H e wander d from his wretched h ut,
’

An d, though h e left th e door unshut,

H e sough t th e lon el hill y .

’
H e look d upon th e lov el oon ,
H e look d upon t h e t win klin g stars
’
ym
”
H o w peaceful all is th ere, h e said,
y
N o n ois tumul t there is red,
”
b
And no intestin e wars .

overcame
his heart,
For was waste and war within
An d rushing forward with a leap,
O er crags a hundred fat homs steep,
’

H e plu nged in to t he linn .

We found him when th e mornin g

b y
Shone righ tl from th e eastern sky ;
b
Upon his ack he was afloat
sun

H is hat was sailin g like a oat

-
b
His staffwas foun d on high .

Oh woman , Susan Foy,

reckl ess
T o leave th e poor, old, loving man,
An d wit h a soldier, oun g an d gay,
T h us harl ot lik e to run away
-
y
To In dia or Japan .

Poor Bill y
Blin n, with h air so white,
y
P oor Bill Blinn was st iffan d cold
Will Adze he made a coffin n eat,
We placed him in it h ead and feet,
An d laid him in t he mould !

I dare say you will suppose th at th ere is no en d to my prosing Bu t hold

my pen
b
For th e presen t I am determin ed to have don e As to South e ,
-

y
L am , M ilman , Crole , Shelley, Wast le, Wilson , Camp ell, H unt , Mon tgo b
.
.

y
D r Scott , Frere, Rogers, Bloomfield, H er ert , T hurlo w, Wil
ou sh all have more of th em in m n ex t ; an d mean time b e
b
lieve me, more t n ever has een yet professed
y
b by
Y ours, &c
.

Mo ao a n On o na ar r .

Coleraiae, Red Co w I n a,Ap ril 30 .

L E T T E R FR O M D R P E T E R.

S I R, writers of that pestilen t sch ool I have

by
.

I N a let ter writ ten me some time sin ce learn ed, with u n af fec ted pain,
ag o, an d wh ich circumst an ces n ot as y
that t he were writ ten by
Mr L am , b
cessary t o b e men tion ed, h av e made a gen tleman wh ose avowed writin gs I
rath er con spicuous, I h ad occasion t o have al wa s y
ru sed wit h th e u tmost
y
ad vert to a series of articles in a con lea sur I 0 n ot know an where a
p e .

t empt ible magazine, which were mark more deli h t ful T ale th an h is Rosa
ed b y t h e sign ature E lia y
mon d ; an man of his smaller pieces
y I said t hat
b b
.

t he were fill ed with unj ustifia le per a oun d with th e most b eti c to uch es
son al it ies, an d applied t o th eir wri ter of simple an d natural ’ u ty pzOf hig .
y bb
.

t h e ti tle of a Cockne Scri ler . Joh n Woodville, will you suffer me to

Su ch h e appeared to me, from his speak in the lan uage ot an article,
y
st le, mat ter, and connec tion with the
g
which the wit of i ts gay, and the elm
.

m ij Letterfi om D r P etre. in
uence of its graver portio n s, ren der co me from t he au thor of Rosamon d
most at tractiv e paper that h as ever an d Joh n Woodville ?
t h e pages ofa magazine : Th is Th e societ with wh ich we mix,
t tle co mposit ion M r L am s trage
'

b ’
must ‘r n al y im art to us its tin e
d y) glisten s with t e mos t vivid an d an d i i l
tr i
ittle wo der t h at t he e n big
— b
.

b eaut iful nature keeps givin g ou n d u i n t h e same cover with H az

b y
t ry p
hi nts of erself t h rough out all its lit t, an d oth ers of th at deplora le set
scen es —n ow in all th at qu ain t n ess, o fm en , shou ld con tamin at e T h e ver .

Wh ich th at i h u man life,

d f l f h i l
by
at p er o o p er u sa o t e r w ri t in g s , u n ess i t b e
she m ore p ec uliarl y lov ed— an d n ow accom an ied f l i b t t h
p an
y ee n
g s u ose
”
in t h at u n iv ersal lan guage, in w hich , of ad miration , is n oxiou s T h e fl y, .

wi th ou t referen ce to t im e or place, sh e sa s old H erb ert ,

y
w an ton s fort h in h er stron g an d rej oi T hat feeds on dirt is col ou red th ereb y
—
.

t h ere, passion is sim P rov iden ce h as indeed dimin ish ed th eir

ci g

p l
n
e as
ex
t
is

h
t en ce

e ligh t of day, or v ar iou s as

p
ower o f in u r , b
j y
y d en i
y g n t h e m t a
t he co ruscation s of th e n orth ern ligh ts en t , an d su f ferin g th em t o fil l t h em
—there, tru t hs so o viou s as to com b sel v es w ith s tu id an d ridicu lous va

y
mon e es ev en to seem dull an d trivial, n it y
p
b u t if a gen tleman sh ould n u
b ec o m e a ffec t in g
— ev en s u
th eir con nection wit h profou n dest t e
lim e, b by fortu n atel y per mit h imsel f t o overlook
th eir glaring defects, an d con n ect him
flect ion s, an d most woful cat as trophes self with t h em in an k
y
y u n d er t a ing
—there, charact er apparen tly artless whatev er, we mu s t con fess th at t he
ormed , y et rises u p like what st ill ca n in ure, an d on l y
an d u n f j
t heir v ic tim , in sen si l e of his db r e g t t hat
re

we see con flic tin g, su fferin g, enj oyin g,

y
d in g, in t his o u r ev ery da y wo rld - t io n , sh ould ofn ecessi t gradu al
t o th eir lev el
y ada
sin k y
ao th at when all is shu t u p u n osten tat i I t is t h e sad condition
.

ously at last, we feel the gran deu r of
th e po wers, an d t he awfuln ess of t h e
destinies of o ur h u man nat ure, in th at
simple pict ure of hum le b u t h igh h u
ofour n at ure we are al l docile en ou h
g
i n imitatin g th e wicked an d depraved,
wheth er in th e real ever day world, y
b or th e world of au thorshi

b
wi th Mr L am an d the C ockn e s he
p So it is
.

y
mani t y, more mou rn fu lly and also more
”
all ied himself t o them
“
esticall y than wh en th e curtain falls culpa v acuu s,
'

”
b
re th e dead odies of con qu erors or ( t o u se t h e words of Sallu st ) bu t it is
t o b e feared, th at u nl ess h e a an dons b
a ki ngs
.

b
.

Agreei ng with t his eloquen t tri u te th e disgracefu l conn exion , he will be

ren dere d i d i ill
o f applau se on on e o f his works, an d
y b q u ot an o u su a t qu e e ce

feeling a stron g at tach ment to man ris f acile ar similis ue ce t eris d

p q an ,

o ther of his perf orman ces, it was, as I in deed, th e s m f im il i

b p t o s o ass at o n
said efore, wi th un af are t oo man est alread
'

fected pain I dis

c overed that such an au t h or was th e Th ere was a time w e n M r L amb
y
man, wh ose anon mous writin gs h ad was classed with n o ler associates
men mis
b by
drawn from me so con tumelious an ded in deed the en thu
’

epithet and I am st ill more sorr t o

fi n d that a more at ten ti ve perus al of
y ht
sis am, w i h at th e day n ot unn at u
rall y seiz ed u pon the warm min ds of

his magazin e art icles has on l co n firm y y ou thful poets, gl owi n g f ro m th e con

ed me i n my opin ion o f th eir repreh en t emplation of the vision s of ideal per

s ib le nat ure L ook, for exam le, at fec tion ; t h e creat ures o f t h eir vivid
b
.

his ri al d t reatmen t of G D on e of . . imagin ation s, an d fresh from the per

t he most inoffen siv e men on t h e face usal o fth e in spirin g writ in gs ofG reece
of th e eart h ) of whi ch, to b e sure, h e an d Rome, wh ile t h ey were n o t et oa
y p
h ad afterwards grace en ough to be sessed of ex rien ce suf ficien t to a ply
ashamed ; or tu rn (to take on e in with t ru e p losOph y the lesso ns
'

tiquit y to modern da s y
An ti j aco in
an
b
stance o ut of a h un dred
) to his sn eer
b
. -

o n Middleton , Bisho p o f Calcu t t a, for as I am , an d as I ever hav e een , an d

h is conduct in the Orien tal Church, or t ru st ever shall con tinue, I wonder not
th at such min ds should hav e con tem
p lated th e eb
g inn
revolu t ion , w ith th e f
in g o f t h e F ren h
c
eelin gs so di
y
vin cl pain ted by
W ordsworth .

Oh times
In which the meagre stal e forb idding ways
 At length , twas on a moonl igh t ev e,
’

b
The skies were lue, t h e win ds were
H e wan der d from his wretched h ut,
’

An d, th ough h e left the door un shut,

H e sough t th e lon el hill y .

’
H e look d upon th e lov el oon , ym
H e look d upon t h e t win klin g stars
’

”
H o w peaceful all is th ere, h e said,
y
N o n ois tumul t t h ere is red,
”
b
An d n o in testin e wars .

An d rushing forward with a l eap,

O er crags a hun dred fathoms steep,
’

H e plunged in to th e lin n .

We found him when th e morni ng

b y
Shone righ t l from the eastern sky ;
b
sun

Upon his ack he was afloat

B is h at was sailin g like a oat
H is staffwas foun d on high
b .

Oh reckless woman , Susan Foy,

T o l eave the poor, old, lovin g man,
And with a soldier, ou ng an d gay,
T h us harlot lik e to run away
-
y
T o I ndia or Japan .

Poor Bill y y
Blin n, with hair so
Blin n was stiff an d cold
P oor Bil l
Will Adze h e made a coffin n eat,
We placed him in it head an d feet,
An d laid him in th e mould !

I dare say you will suppose th at th ere is n o en d to my pausing But hold

y
.

my pen —For t he presen t I am determin ed to have done As to South e ,

b y b
.

L am , M ilman , Croley, Shell e , Wastle, Wilson , Camp ell, H unt, Mon tgo
D r Scott , Frere, Rogers, Bloomfield, H er ert, T hurlow, Wil
ou sh all have m ore of th em in my n ext ; and mean time be
b
lieve me, more t ever has b
een yet professed
Y by
ours, &c
.

MORG A N On o nn a r r .

Coleraiae, Red Co w I n a, Ap ril 30 .

L E T T E R FR O M D R P E T B E

Si n , wri ters of that pestil en t sch ool I h ave

by
.

I N a let ter writ ten me some t ime sin ce learn ed, with unaffected pain,
ag o, an d wh ich circumst an ces n ot ne that t h e were written Mr L am , y by b
cessary t o b e men tion ed, hav e made a gen tleman wh ose avowed writin gs I
rath er con spicu o us, I h ad occasion t o have alwa s ru sed with th e u t most y
advert to a series of art icl es in a con l I 0 n ot kn ow an where a y
b ea sure
p .

t emp ti le magazine, which were mark more deli h t ful Tale th an h is Rosa
ed byy
t h e sign ature E lia I said that m on d an man of his smaller pieces y
b m
.

t he were filled wit h unj ustifiable per a oun d with th e most h etic touch es
son alities, an d a
of a
pp lied t o t h
Cockne Scri ler
ei
y
r wri t er
”
bb
of sim p le an d na t ural u t
Joh n Woo vfll , will yo sufier me t o
y Of .

’
M
d
i z a
.

Such h e appeared t o me, from his speak i n t l e l n uage an article,

y g
st le, mat ter, and conn ection with the whicb the wit of i ts ga , and the d o
y
n ai l] L etterfi am D r P etre. in
uence of its graver portio n s, ren der co me from the author of Rosamon d
most at tractive paper that h as ever an d Joh n Woodville ?
t h e pages ofa magazine Th e societ with wh ich we mix,
'

t tle co mposition M r L am s t rage b ’

Th is
y
must gradual impart to us its tin ge ;
d y) glisten s with t e most vivid an d
b eautiful — k i i
. and it is l i ttle won der t h at t he
b ou n d u in th e same cover with H az
eing b
b y
et r na tu r
pp y p g
e ee s v n g p
hi nts of erself t h rou gh ou t all i ts lit t, an d oth ers of t hat deplora le set
scen es — now in all th at qu ain t n ess, o fmen , shou ld con tami n at e T h e v er .

Wh ich t h at d h u man life,

y
at p erio o f p er u sal o f t h eir w ri t in g s , u n l ess i t be
sh e m ore p eculiarl lov ed— an d n ow accom an ied b
p y an
y f eel in g s b u t t h ose
”
in t hat u n iv ersal lan guage, in which , of admiratio n , is n oxiou s Th e fl y,
.

wi th ou t referen ce to t ime or place, sh e sa s old H erb ert ,

y
wan ton s fort h in h er stron g an d rej oi T hat feeds on dirt is col ou red th ereb y
—
.

th ere, passion is sim P roviden ce h as indeed dimin ished th eir

cin g ex ist en ce

p le as t h e lig h t o f d a
y , or v ar io u s as
p
ower of in u r , b
j y y d en i
y g n t h e m t a
t he co ruscation s of th e n ort h ern ligh t s en t, an d su f ferin g th em t o fill t h em
—th ere, trut hs so o viou s as to com
y b
mon e es even to seem dull an d tri vial,
sel v es with s tu id an d ridicu lous v a
n it y
p
b u t if a gen tleman sh oul d u n
b ec o m e a ffec t in g
— ev en s u li
th eir con n ec tion wit h profoun dest t e
m e b by fort u n ately per mit h imsel f t o overlook
t h eir glaris defects, an d con n ect him
flect ion s, an d most woful cat as trophes self wi th t em in an d
—th ere, charact er apparen tly artless y
wh atev er, we mu st con fess th at t he
u n e rta k in g
y
ormed , y et rises u p like what still ca n in ure, an d on l
an d u n f j
b
t heir v ic tim , in sen si le 0 his de rada
r egret th at
we see con flicting, su fferin g, enj oyin g,
y
d in g, in this o u r every day world - t ion , sh oul d ofn ecessi t gradu al
t o th eir lev el
y sin k gy
ao t hat wh en all is shu t u p u n osten tati . It is th e and con dition
ou sly at last, we feel t he grandeu r of ofou r n ature we are al l docile en ou h
g
the po wers, an d t h e awfuln ess of th e in imitating th e wicked an d depraved,
destinies of o ur hu man nature, in t hat wheth er in th e real ev er day world, y
si mple picture of h u m le b u t high h u b or th e world of au tho rshi

b
wi t h Mr L am an d t he C ockn e s ; he
p S
. o it is
y
man it y, more mou rn fu lly and also more
”
maj esticall y th an when th e curtain falls all ied hi mself t o th em culpa v ac uu s,
b
b efore th e dead odies of conquerors or ( t o u se t h e w or ds of Sallus t ) b u t it is
b
“ kings ? t o b e feared, th at u nl ess h e a an dons

m a rng with th i s e1 uen t t ri u te

'

iig
b t h e disgraceful con n exion , he will be
ren dere d id
y b
o f applau se on on e of l works, an d q u o t ia n o u su a t qu e ille ce

feeling a stron at tach ment to man ris facile ar similis ue ce t eris d

p q an ,
o ther of his per orman ces, i t was, as I in deed, th e symp toms of assimilation
b
said efore, wit h u n af fected pain I dis are t oo m an ifest alread
Th ere was a time w e n M r L amb
c overed that such an au th or was th e
y
man , whose anon mous writin gs h ad was classed with no ler associates
men mis
b by
drawn h om me so con tumelious an
'

ded in deed t h e en thu

y
'

epith et and I am st ill more sorr to siasm, w ich at t he da n t u n aru

y o n
fi n d that a more at ten ti ve perusal of rall y seiz ed u on the warm min ds of

his magazin e art icles h as on ly con firm y ou t hful

p oe t
p
s , g l ow i n g fr

t emplation of th e vision s of ideal per

o m t h e c on
ed me i n my Opin ion of th eir reprehen
s ib le nat ure L o ok, for exam le, at fection ; t h e crea tures o f t h eir v ivid
b
.

his ri al d t reatm en t of G D on e of . . imagin ation s, an d fresh from th e per

t h e most inoffen siv e men on t he face u sal o f th e in spirin g writ in gs of Greece
of th e eart h ) of whi ch, to b e su re, he an d Rome, while th ey w ere n o t et os
y p
h ad afterwards grace en ou gh to b e sessed of ex crian ce suflicien t to a pl
y
ashamed ; or t urn (t o take on e in with t ru e p ilosoph y the lesso ns
stan ce out of a h un dred ) to his sn eer tiquit y to modern da s yAn ti j aco in
.

b
nu
- b
o n Middleton , Bisho p o f Calcu t t a, for as I am , an d as I ever h av e een , an d

his conduct in th e Orien tal Church, or t ru st ever shall con tin u e, I won der not
t hat such min ds should have con tem
p lat ed th e ebg inn in g o
revolu tion , with th e feelin gs so di
f t h e F re n c h

y
vin el pain ted by W ordsworth .

Oh times
In which the meagre stal e forb idding ways
1 49 L etter fi m D r P etre
'

W ‘ yr
y
.

Of custom, law, an d stat ute, took at once as mart rs to t heir at tach men t to t h e '

T h e at traction s of a coun try in roman ce .

in terest s of man kin d Th at would b e
O What temper at the prospect did degradation in deed : an d, even in a li
n ot wake terary poin t of v iew, what a difieren t
'

T o happin ess n a tho h t of T h e in ert

Were roused, and live y natures rapt away !
figure woul d th e n ame o f Mr L am
make, were we paro d in g Mr C an y b
T h ey who had fed th eir chil dhood upon ’
n ing s lin e, t o ran k h im with h is re
dreams, p
sen t fi ien ds, an d class t og ether
'

The playfel lows offan cy , who had m ade

All powers o f swiftn ess, sub tility , an d
H azlit t an d J an u s, W ebb an d L amb an d
Co
stren gth
.

— bu t wh y n eed I con tin ue 0h what fallin g off is th ere, from

y y
a
n otation s
Sou the Col eridge, L lo d, t o such as
fro m a poem wh ich is in t e h an ds, ,

th ese
an d sh ou l d b e in th e m emories o f all

t he readers in E n gl an d ? While th e y I am n o t so w eak as to imagin e th at

wh at I h av e sai d will h ave t h e effect
were yet u n der t h e in flu en ce of th e
day dreams, th e witt muse of Can
- y on M r L am , which I desireb b u t, I
t rust , a sen se of his o wn dig n it y will
n in g su n g of
soon er or later dissol v e h is part n ersh ip
South ey an d C ol eridge, L l oyd and
L amb , an d C o
” wit h th e Cockn e
y ro th erh o od, an db
—in derision in deed, b ut wh o, n um e
.

that I shall see h i m emerge fro m t he

b
rou s as t heir a errat ion s of th at p eriod
b
Slough of D esp on d, in whi ch h e is
n o w o v erwh elmed, earing b
were, would n ow b e ash amed of ein g
ran ked with su ch mas t er m in ds, ev en
No to ken of t h e sab l e streams,
A nd mo un t far off am ong th e s wan s of
in derision ? Th ese gift ed men h av e
b
long sin ce a an don ed th e u n h ol ran k y T hameSs o

for which th ey w ere t o o p ure I s it So mu ch h av e I deemed it n ecessa

b b b
.

i l h M r L am st ill remain s ? r t o say in m y def en ce, for makin

b
p o ss e t at
I s it possi le th at h e can st ill h ol d com y
t e ch arge on M r L am whi ch I did
g

munion with men , wh o, after th e n u

u t terab l e h orrors o f t h e Fren ch rev o
I h av e on ly t o add, ecause I u n der
b
een som e ab surd cri
b .

st an d t h ere h as
lut ion , after wi tn essing t he su ccession ticism on th e subj ect , that t h e n ame
b
of on e set of lood b oul t ered villain s-
I u se is fictitiou s ; th at I am inde ted b
after an oth er, ch aun tin th e praises of to M r N orth for my diploma of D D
g
by b
. .

freedom, an d enforcing i ts cau se th e that th o se wh o o j ect to so usual a t

kn ife or t h e guillo tin e, u n til it en ded art ic ularl y in magazines,
in t he sull en mili t ar despo tism of a
b
heartless an d l oody u s urper, can st ill
y p ractice, p
may go qu arrel wit h Ben tl e for usin g y
t he sign at ure of Phileleut herus L ip
h old u p t h at rev olu tion as th e strug
g le o f l i b y
e rt , an d th ese mon st ers, an d
sien sis, or D r P arr for using th at of
Phil opatris Varvicen sis and th at , if
t h eiriron sou led su ccesso r, as its ch am t hey do, I sh all consider t hem to be
y
-

i ? W h i m i h w h exac tl y wh at th e are, mos t sup erlative

b
p o n s o can s t g a t z e t ose o
overt hrew t hat sav age ch ief as t yran t s, l ockh eads — I am, & c
. .

an d can mou rn o v er h is slav ish sat el

lit es, wh ose on l merit was a lin d an d b OL I N T H U S P ar a s , D D . .

y
san uin ar obe en ce t o h is man dates,
g
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Tri nity Colleg e, D ublin,
M ay 1, 1 82 1 .
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M A T I L D A , Q UE E N O F D E N M A R K.

b y
C A R OL I N E

OF all th e accou n t s pu lish ed b y writ for th e t en deres t s m pathies ofh uman

ers of v a iou s n ati o ns respec t in g t he
r
n ature ; an d t h e D an es hailed her
arrival wit h en th usiasm Bu t some
u nh a p fat e ofth is u een, th e follow
p y q
b
.

i ng appears t o m e more affectin g an d wret ches, headed t h e qu een dowa

n earer t h e tru th th an an y t h at has yet e
g , r reg ar de d t he e au t eo us M atilda
with en viou s eyes T he could n o t
appeared in t he E n gli sh lan guage I
fel t in du ced, t h erefore, to tran slat e it ,
.

b ear th e lust re wh ich 8 e Sh e d on

.

an d t rust th at it may fi n d a D enmark, an d plan n ed the most in si

y p la
our ex cellen t M agazin e I t was wri t
ce in
b
dio u s ca als again st her, ecause she b
byMr August u s M ahlman n , a
.

bade fair t o gain t h e hearts of the peo

t en
G erman .
p l e by
h e b
r amia le dispos ition , at t he

Q ueen Carol in e M at ilda arriv ed in same time that h er men tal en dowmen ts
D en mark in th e l oom of ou th an d b y cou ld n ot b u t ac uire a decided m
y
b y g
e

eau t .Sh e possessed a soul formed fluen es over the ki ng. The soon suc
 m éj Caroline M atilda, Queen ofD enmark
'

bbi yby
.

m dcd in her of t h e kin g s af Bu t Struensee, led astra th e fort u

'

y
ro ng
fections ; th e withdrew from her the n ate t u rn h is fat e h ad t aken, aspired ,

admiration of t h e cou rt , an d even los t to h igh er o bj ect s H e rose from th e

b y
.

sigh t of t he res t due to h er ex al ted sit uation of od h i i d l

bb
p y s c an a n ec
rank Th us, wi ou t a frien d, wi thou t t urer to th e digni t y of a ca in et mi
by b
.

counsellor, surroun ded h at efu l n ister h e was en n o led, an d o tain ed,

b b
a
and despica le ei ngs, Mat ilda had no t ogeth er with M r Bran dt , th e title o f
thing to op t o her enemies bu t cou n t . T h ere can be n o dou t, t hat b
H er cart felt n o solace b u t in it was his serious in ten t ion to ren der
t ears .

her t en der care for h er onl an d dearly

Z
D en mark happ y
H e possessed th e
.

b elov ed chil d, the presen t l in g When . cou ra e an d acquiremen ts n ecessar to

g y
h e was inoculated with the s mall pox -
t h e p urpose b u t h e was des tit u te of
in the car ”7 0, sh e n ev er stirred from li rien ce, an d t hat ro viden t
p t i l p
b
o ca ex p e
his sh e n u rsed him h erself ; th e care which in tro duces th e est mea
t en derness of h er mat ern al care woul d su res with as mu ch cau tion an d pre
m m
'
n der n o stran ger t o a proach t h e dar t en t, as if t h e w
p p a ra o ry an a ge
y ere
ling of h er h eart th e ver worst Wit h t h e precipi tation
b y y
. .

St m en see, th e od ph sician , who an d ar ou r of an en th u sias t, h e in t ro

had, sin ce the king s retu rn from h is du ced reform in to all dep art men ts of
’

last foreign t ravels, occu pied on e of t h e state Salu tary, h o wever, as t h ose
b y
.

th e first p laces amon g t h e favou rites of measures were to t he pu lic, the pro
th e m on arch, h ad performed t h e Ope essiv e to in div idual s, w h o, in
b
ved o r
pp
ration ofin oculat ing th e cro wn prin ce, ecame his m ost im la

b
con se u ence,
q p
and h e atten ded him du rin g his illn ess ca le en emies S trn en see s admin is t ra
’

y by . .

M atil da, accustomed t o b e an n o ed t ion lasted scarcel a year an d a half,

all w ho possessed th e fav our of h er b u t it is in credi b e what h e effected
consort , had hit h erto disliked S truen in th at sh ort p eriod H e ch anged th e
y
.

l ee, alth ough h e h ad ev er t reated h er en t ire syst em of foreign pol ic h e re

with respect Bu t wh en th e du ties of sen ed t h e co u rt o f D en mark from th e
b y
.

his station rough t h im dail in t o th e degradin g depen den ce in wh ich i t had

q ue e n s a
’

p art
acquain ted with him
m en t , sh e ecam e b e tt er b b een so lon g h eld by
Russia, and es
Struen see p os . tablish ed a more in timate conn exion
cen ed a reat min d an d ext en sivekn ow with S weden an d Fran ce Russia in
g .

ledge, Wi th hi h cou an d resolu tion v ain tried all m ean s t o ef fect his ruin ;
D urin g th e -
ess oft e cro wn p rin ce,
he passed several h ou rs dail y with t he
.

b u t h e displayed equal oldness an d b

resol u tion Of dom estic af
. fairs, th e fi
l d n an ces part icu larly en gaged h is at ten
y k
q u e e n a one ; an t oo o ccasio n t o ex
hi s m pat h in h er situ ation tion , from t h e dilapidated s tate in t o
p
y b b
r es s s
h
.

The queen , who ad lon g sough t a which t he h ad een th rown the

fi end an d a osom i n to wh ich sh e
could
b wast eful s st em hi th erto pursu e He
“ fort h h er sorrow, acce ted th eexpen ditureofth e cou rt,
y b
ret ren ch
g
the ed e of his frien dship , made im dis con t in u ed m an pen sion s, a olished
her con fidan t, an d o tained from h im
th e pro mise that h e wo ul d cou n terac t
b sev eral
p u lic b boards, di s an ded th e b
L ife G uards, cu rtailed the privileges o f
h er en emies Struen see kep t h is word b
th e no ilit y , did awa man places of y y
b b
. .

H e rou gh t ack t h e kin g to the em th e court, in sh ort, h e in trodu ced eco

b races of his con sort , an d you ng C oun t n omy, w h erev er it was p ractica l e b
b
.

wh o h ad een th e chi ef cau se Bu t t hese m easures, h owev er excellen t,

of th e kin g s coldn ess , was remov ed
H is place was given t o Mr Bran dt,
. b y
ein g so rapidl carried in to execu tion ,
y
l d n u mb ers ou t o f emplo m en t,
p ac e
S trnensee s frien d T h is first step deci an d rai sed en em ies again st th eir au th or
’

ded every th ing T he kin g ein g ain

.

b am on g all classes o f t he c ple D is

y b
. .

c d, it was eas to remov e all ot ers, ecame gen eral,

y
co n ten t n t S truen see

who had sh ewn th emsel ves to b e th e ficien t en erg an d

q u e en en emies, an d t o give to h er
’
b
st ill possessed su f
y
oldn ess to der all h is en emies Fat e, .

o wn an d S truen see s frien ds all th e it w oul d seem, was u n willi ng to permit

b
’

infl uen ce th at coul d b e desired If . h is do wn fall, efore h e h ad carried a

matters had one no farth er, th e b orri reat an d b en efi cen t measu re in t o ex e

g
b le “ h ump e, which effected th e ruin
of Mat ilda, an d stained t h e soil of
g
c ti
a o n — b
th e a olit io n ofv assal age T h e .

y
lan ds were gran t ed to t he peas an t r in
Dm mn k with t he lood of two in n o b '

on , an d t he in du st rio u s po rtion
y
cent men, would never have occu rred . of th e people were reliev ed from a oke ,

Vo t I X . . S
1 44 Caroline M atilda, Queen ofD enmark .

th ey had hitherto groan

cd—person al service was laced with
she foun d h erself rob ed of the lov e of
whom she h ad once b u t by b
bb y a natio n
b
in moderate ounds e est a lish idolized
mb
’
. Struen see s co failed
.

men t o f the li ert of th e press was him an oppressive m owed

th e most in considerate of S truensee s down his mi nd, and deprived him of
’

m easures this was putting the readl all en er

g o f a ct io n H e t h r ew h im y
sel f .

est in st rumen t in to t he h an ds of his at th e ueen s feet, h e oured forth the

’

en emies t o enrage t h e whole nat ion

q
agon ies of his soul, he e
p
d m b
again st himself Th e fi rst works th at sion t o leave a coun t r w ere h e was
g e p e r is
y g
by b
.

appeared u n der the prot ection of t h e an inn umera le host of

b y surroun ded
li ert ofth epress, weredirected against en emies, an d where a dreadful fat e
y
E ver day satires an d li seemed to lead him on t o a most wret ch
b
Struen see .

els were pu t forth At first b e t e ed en d

b H e poin ted out to the queen
. .

g a rded t h ese pu lications with con t h a t t h e same impended over

t em pt Bu t wh en his en emies, in con
fdci
l d tli at his
b
'

el s n is sal would af
r
.

n en ce, grew older, an d n ot onl 0r th e onl mean s 0fesca i n it But

'

at
y p
g
.

tac ed h im, b u t even th e king an the all in vain ; his solici t ation s roduced
n , in th e mos t a usive term s, b o ef f h h
’

b t t
b t, she pos
q u ee n e c on e q u ee n s ear
len ce ecame n o longer possi le, and sessed a holder spirit than h e She .

sev ere pen al laws were en acted to en deavoured t o t ran qu illize his f
y
ut ears,
an en d t o su ch n uisan ces From t sh e . him so st a , sh e conjured
momen t S truen see s fall may b e dat ed h im, 8 e even t hreatened him T he
’

y
. .

T he writ ings, whi ch had appeared u n fortu nat e St ruen see ielded, he be
again st him h ad open ed his e es to t he
b y
h eld trem lingl his approaching fate, b y
n u m er of hi s en emies an d t o their an d staid
y
.

malign it ; h e saw himself an d the The plans ofth e queen dowager and
co urt exposed to th e scorn of th e mob
y
her creat ures had attain ed maturit. y
I n addit ion , a mu t in of th e seam en soon after th e commen cemen t of the
t ook place
y I t was foun d n ecessary to T he regimen t of Colonel y
y
. ear 1 7 7 2 .

ield to t heir deman ds, and a preb en Koller, th e most determined en em of

s ion s were en tert ain ed, that t e exam St ru en see, moun ted guard at the pa
p le m ig h t o c ca sion m or e scen es of a l ace on the 1 6th of Jan uar A a l l y . b
similar kin d Struen see s sit u ation was or the evenin g, f
’
. at court fixed f acilita

p e r ilo u s, an d h e fel t th e dan ger B ut t ed th e

p p
re ar a. tio n s m a k i ng f o r t h e
an ef fectu al resistan ce deman ded all infamous en terpris e of the conspira
y
'

th e en erg of his soul , an d that forsook

Trumpets and ket tledrums ushered
T o ret urn t o M atilda — L evit and in th e porten t ous day
. y Matilda, un .

in discretion , t he u sual compan ion s ofa co n cern ed, dan ced till midnigh t, n ot
careless an d ch eerf ul dis osition , were at all surmisin , th at th ose were the
y p g
th e on l faul ts with whi ch th e oun g last pleasura le h ou rs of her life The y b
q u e en could b e reproach ed Frien dship b all was over at a ou t on e o clock
.
A b ’
.

an d gratit udeat tach ed h ert o Struen see deathlike still n ess pervaded the palace
y b b
. .

Th e in timac su sistin g etween t he All slep t save the con spirators, b usied
n d S tru en see did n ot escap e th e i n preparin t h e work of treason h
q u e e n a
y g
Argus e ed courtiers Matilda was too clock stru ck three The rushed in to
T e
y
.

b y
- . .

fran k to dissem le, her levit ren dered t he kin s bed room The monarch
’

g
-
.

h er u nfit for intrigu e, an d Struen see was p an i c struck, an d the conspirators

by b
-

was irn pruden t Rumours were pro

. terrified h im still more, fa ricated
t ed amon g the popul ace, wh o de accoun t s of a dreadful in surrection .

t in noth in g so much as in listen H e was t old th at th e ulace were on

ing t o tales of what passes wit hin th e t h e int of stormin g e palace, that

h rum ours h w m im m i h h i
i
y
n c t s of courts T
by b
p re c ese . t e g er as os t n e n t , t a t s
i ed import an ce i d li fe was in j eopard , an d that he could
y by
g a n e n g re p eat e
at t h e cou rt of the queen do wager, onl save h imself sig nin g certain
M atilda s most implaca le en em
’

b y b By
p ers presen ted to him y . Under th e .

mean s of th e li ert of th e ress, th ese i mpression s of t error, the ki sail ed

rum ou rs were disseminate an d M a t he pen , bu t threw it in dignan y down
t ilda was represen ted as th e cau se of wh en he discovered the name of his
all the oppressions whi ch th e people
en dured H er honour an d her good
y
.

n ame fell a pre to her enemies, and

 Carolin e M atilda, Queen ofD enmark . 14 5

th ey declared him to beun done, unless t he ueen st ruggled an d resisted, her

be b by
su scri ed ; the
m Overwhel
be urged, t he ym dan n addin g her stren gth
stru ck th e first ofi cer down, who pre
to . She
sough t , the f o rced
’

y b
.

ed with ago n , deprived terror of sumed t o lay his trait orous hands u p
h is seam , t h e king sig ned t e wret ch on h er perso n Several ot hers t ha i
.

ed orders for the arrest of h is qu een , fell upon h er I n h er despair she at

.

St ruensee, Bran dt , an d all his fri en ds tem ted t o t hrow h erself ou t at the
Wit ho ut waiting for t he orders ein g b
.

win ow, b ut sh e was kept ack Her b

y
.

sign ed, C olon el Koller had alread stren gth was at las t exh au st ed Th e
y
.

h as tened t o Struen see s apartm en ts con spirators th en dressed h er qui ckl ,

’
.

H e pu lled him ou t of bed, an d treated an d pu t h er, deprived of all som e, in k

him wi th the coarsest rut alit
u n fort unate Struen see had n ot even
Th e b y . to a coach A captain of dragoons,
.

wi th a drawn sword, seated hi mself

th e presence of min d to ask for the or b eside h er Wh at a ridiculous pre
.

der for his arrest A man ] resistan ce cau tion again st a defenceless prin cess
b y yy b
.

would hav e rough t the o cers stand oftwen t ears ! A su altern, an d oneof
in g at t he door in to th e apartmen t, and h er maj es t s cham ermaids, occu ied
’
b
t he colonel, who had n o written or th e other places in t he carriage, w
der, would h ave een un mas ked Per ‘
b . was surrou n ded thirt dra oon s A
g by y .

haps th e whole en terprise might h ave
b een defeat ed, had Struen see shewn
an
R
n ce of min d
e most importan t part in th is
tragedy, t h e arrest of t he queen , was
secon d coach foll owed, con t ai nin g the
in fan t Prin cess L ouisa, with h er n urse,
. an d a m aid of ho n our All possi le . b
h ast e was made to reach the castle of
C ron erg b Th e queen sat sil en t , and
.

co mmit t ed t o Coun t Ran zan an d Cc lost in t hough t, n ear h er inhu man

lonel E ichs tadt Accompan ied by compan ion s Bu t when sh e espied t he
y
. se .

veral of fic ers, the en tered her M aj es fortress, she w as roused to a sen se of

t y s sn tichamb er M atilda awo ke an d h er dreadful situat ion “
0 , God ! I am
’
. .

”
called h er waiti n g women Pol e an d un don e ! sh e exclaimed Sh e fain ted
b y y
- .
.

t rem lin g the en t ered, an d in formed awa sev eral times, and was carried u p
y
her M aj est , t hat Ran zan wish ed to in to an apartm en t, where she was pla
sp eak with h er in th e kin g s name ced in an arm ch air T he n urse car
’
- .
.

” “
Ran san , exclaimed the u een , in ried h er daugh t er, t h e Prin cess L ouisa,
th e middl e oft he n igh t , in e n ame of t o th e qu een , wh en t he cries of th e
th e king Sb e immediately sen t a mes chi ld pierced h er matern al h eart Ma .

sage t o S truensee, bu t t he waitin g wo tilda experien ced th e comfort of th e

b
-

man , in roken accen ts, told her ma un fort u n ate —sh eshed tears Sh epress
y bb
.

h h d df l ed th e in n ocen t a e to h er h eart , she

j t t t w t D a u
b
e s , a e as arres e re .

surmises of ab omina le treason n o w ov erloaded it with kisses, an d drown ed

t o ok possession ofM atil da s min d ;
’
it in t ears T h e h ol feelin gs of ma y
b y
I .

am et ra ed, I am lost , all is lost ! tern al af fect ion ou tweighed th e sen se

sh e exclaimed , wri ngin g h er h an ds . of h er f ate .

Bu t h er co mposure return ed in an in Nin e commission ers were appoin ted

L et t he traitors come in , sh e to examin e an d try t h e prison ers in th e
stan t
said cal m]
”
.

I am prepared for th e city . T his was, h owever, merel done

y b yb
S e advan ced t o meet Ran zan, for form s sake t he h ad lon g ago een
’
worst .

as h e en tered H e read t o h er th e
. condemn ed Con sidera le ti me elap
.

kin s order, to which sh e lis ten ed sed in t he maki ng ou t of th e in dict

’

wi composure Sh e th en t ook the men t, the coun ts of which were mul

b b
.

o rder h erself, read it, an d threw it t iplied as mu ch as possi le, on e eing

with con tempt at Ranzan s feet Th e
’
b
more a surd t han an oth er The t wo
b b
. .

”
king s weakn ess h as een a used, she rs in misf ortu n e, Struen see an d
said, su ch orders are not to be o e ed by p art n e
Bran dt, were at last rough t forth from b
”
b y a qu een Ran zan v en tured to threa b
th eir horri le dungeon s, l in which th e y
y
‘ ‘

bu t th e ueen treated him with h ad l an gu ished for man weeks L oad

t en
q
y b
.

t he most sov erei gn co n t empt H e th en ed wi t h fet ters, th e appeared efore

b b b
.

ecame e rated , an d eckon ed his t he tri un al of th eir en emies M isfor

m y
.

T ey emplo ed force, b u t tun e h ad cow ed t he h eart of S truen

'

e eers .

Colonel Koller had to ld th e ofiicers of his regimen t, that h e had written orda s from '

the kmg. T his assuran ce induced them to . b ark in t he ent erpris e

'

1 C o u n t St ruen see having b een confined ab ove th ree mon ths, wh en h e fi rs t came o ut ,
”
t hough in view of a terrible death , excl aimed, 0 what a bleu ing is fresh air .

H on ard s S tate of P rison s, Vol I , p 7 7

' ’
. . .
1 46 Caroline M atilda, Queen o
f D enma rk .

see ; h e a p to b e o w e d d o w b
n , Schack th en seizin h er cold an d t rem
b
sin kin g n u er th e pressu re ofh is fate . ling han d, guide it, and th us at las t
What a triumph to his enemies ! Sure th e name of C aroline M atil da a p ear
l y h e migh t h av e cal culated, t hat h e ed u n der t he declaratio n , whic h er
had n o chan ce of eing sp ared, and b en emies h ad dictat ed T h e commis
b
b b
.

th at hi s deat h had een irrevoca l y t th e castle, certain of eing

determin ed u pon Yet he (my h eart
.
sion ers lef
rewarded for th eir vill ain at C open y
revol t s at wh at I am goin g t o writ e hagen . When t he queen recovered,
down ) su ffered h imself t o b e terrified sh e was t hrown in to a st ate which
by th reat s, an d to b e inveigled p ro by migh t have excited a prehen sio n s for
mises, int o a scandalous confession , re h er life, if an y person ad st ill fel t an y
spectin g his in t ercourse with th e qu een . con cern for th e life of th e u n f ort u n ate
L et th ose wh o can, pardon him Bu t
ever m anl y
h eart must despise h im
. su f ferer .

M r Uldahl , kin g s coun sel , was

’

g
.

‘ ith a composure of deportmen t charged with th e defen ce of the qu een

b y
. .

efi t tin g a qu een , Matilda received t h e T his was , however, an emp t form .

commission ers, who arrived at C ron Mr Uldahl made, in deed, a most mas
b erg on th e 9th ofM arch , for t he pur
y t erl y defen ce H e proved, to a demon
.

se of exam in in g her maj est h s tration , h ow little regard co ul d be

b y
p o S e .

replied wit h revi t , precision , an d di g h clarat ion s ex to rt ed, an d

n ity, t o all t h e uestion s pu t t o h er,
p a id to t e de
yb
surrep t itiousl o tai n ed, from Struen
h owev er cu n nin y y
th e were turn ed,
in order to en sn are h er Th e commis
see an d t h e qu een
y
H e poin ted o ut
.

. with en erg , h ow inj uriou s th e pro

sion ers at last came t o t h at p oin t in cess was to th e king s h o n our, an d
’

t he accusation , on which th e con fes made th e most powerful appeals to the

sion of th e cowardl
b y
Struen see had feelings of the j udges ; bu t h e failed
een extorted Baron Sch ack Rath lon , in m akin g an y impression on th ese
.

th e spokesman , read S tru en see s decl a

’
h eartless, in exora le ein gs b b On t he .

ration to t h e Sh e expressed 6th of April, t he sen ten ce of divorce

b y
ueen .

h er dou ts of e authen t icit of th e was pron ou n ced, an d on th e 9 th m ade

documen t, con ceiving it impossi le, b kn own to th e ueen She was alto
b
.

that S tru ensee sh ould h ave ehaved h b i f d su ff

y t h er e x au s
y gr e an er
g e
with su ch meann ess she den ied ev er in gs, an d heard it with calm resigna
t hing T h en is S truen see a mo st ab o
b tio n
. .

”
mina le c alumn iato r, replied Schack T he 2 5 th of April, 1 7 7 2 , is a da
h e deserves th e severest pun ishmen t
y b
in scri ed in t he an nals of D en mar
for havin g thu s o ffended maj est
ignomin iou s death must expiate h is
an b
with t he lood of t wo in n ocen t men .

Sen ten ce of death was th en ed on

”
crime . Th ese words overwh elmed th e two C oun ts, Struen see an Bran dt ,
th e u nfortu n ate u een sh e sh uddered an d pu t in execu tion on t h e followin g
at t h e th ough t 0 th e execu t ion of h er day With h eroic courage, an d a loft y
.

frien d H on our, pride, an d re ard con con sciou sn ess of h is in n ocen ce, Bran dt
y
.

tended for mas ter in her n ob e heart m ou n t ed the scafiold H e displayed

'

an d th ey t riu mph ed She asked,

“
Will th e reat es t composure, wh ile h e suf
b g
.

t h e u nfortun ate Stru ensee o tain for fere his righ t hand to b e cu t off; an d,
ven ess, if I
adm it the truth of h is wi th ou t heaving a sigh , h e laid his
b
'

”
Schack, wi th a frien d
ecl aration
y
h ead on th e lock Struen see w as ex
. .

l y mien , gav e her t o un derstan d, th at ceedin gl pusill animous it was foun d

b by
h e would pro a l b e pardon ed ; sh e y
to h old him b y the h air, in
t hen sacrific ed t o t h e o j ect of her b n ecessar
order t o infli ct th e mortal st roke
b
.

regard, wh o h ad acted so un worthily, Sin ce the pu lication of h er sen

her h ono u r, h er ood name, all, all, t ence, M atilda had een treated mo re b
o nl ythat sh e mi
life Sh e sig n ed er name
t sav e his recious . lsuisu tl y T h e triu mph of h er en e
.

— what more could

u t sh e mies was co p m
y l t
. . . e e
h ad n ot fi nish ed the word C arolin e, t h e wish for ? T he E n glish mini
wh en she looked up an d eh eld the b s ter, Keith , who had, with praisewor
u n masked monsters sit tin h b th y zeal, in t erested himself in eh alf b
y g
wit h greed , scornful, and misch ie
e f or e e r ,

of th e u n fortu nate sister of h is so ve

rmi t t ed to y
vous looks, trac in g th e lin es ofh er pen reign , was accordin gl
y p
. e

Y ou deceive me infamousl , sh e visit th e qu een , th at h e mi h t con sul t

exclaimed, suppressing her reat h an d b wit h h er maj est y er fu t ure
b
upon
att emp tin b l l f residen ce

b
g t o ge t u p u t , u n a e
p ace o .

t o s tan d, sh e fell motionless ack . On the 2 7 th of May, t wo E ngl ish

1a m; Caroline M atilda, Queen ofD en mark . 14 7

fi igat es and a sloop of war arrived off her, within th e walls of which h er de
'

E lsin ore On t h e 3oth, th e qu een left serted child wep t, seeking it s moth er
.

b
T h e last mo Ou t he followin g da h owev er, a fair
.

the castl e of Cron erg

b b
.

men ts p ved th e most p ainful t o h er reeze en a led t h e n glish vessels t o

y
‘

a
.

w to part with t h e onl com set sail M atilda stood on the quar
She was
b y
.

fort in h er misfortun e, t he dearest oh ter deck, an d eheld, slowl recedi n

b
-

of h er afi ection s,
'
— h eloved f rom h er v iew, th e lan d wh ich sh e ha
j ce t er

dau h ter An d sh e h ad t o leave her on ce en tered as a queen , an d n ow l eft,

g
by
.

L amas , alas ! in t he midst of h er en e t h e most h eart t en ding

depressed
y
-

mies, in th e midst of t h ose v er per anxieties, an d overwh el med w ith n u

y
-

son s wh o h ad so dreadf u ll ill treat ed merit ed suf ferin gs T h e E n glish sh ips .

the mot her M atil da w as goin g awa , sailed f or St ade, wh en ce M at ilda pro
when t h e child ori am She fiew b ac y
.

seeded t o Z ell Sh e resided th ere for

gi y y
-
.

ar n g to ll er t h e space of t h ree ears, in th e m ost se

'

ssed th e lit tle

p r
be
m b h h d : l d d hig i m l i d i h
yb
nixed oso ; u t s-
e a t o t ea r c u e re t r e e n t , o n o cc u
p e w t
— u ld n ot ! L i h d l d
b yb
self loose again h ll i f
t t t t rl
y e co e re c o e c o n s o e r e n e e o v e

eckon ed h er on ward
— mat er ch ildren , wh ose p ortrait s sh e h ad recei
ert
b
s

nsl afiect ion called h er ack h er h eart v ed from Copenh agen Shewas attacked
'
.
'

b d i i h l m l i h i h
h i i
y by
b le d ,
-
e r t e ars e n co p o u s w t a v o e n t co a n t ,
w c a c on

streams ! At len gt sh e was led awa s t it u tion , impairs in ten se su ffer

m by m d d d l d b y
l
y f i i i
a os t o rce . n g s n n a n o , co u n o t r e

E ver t hin g seemed to con sp ire to sist, an d sh e died in t h e t wen ty th ird

by y
m
-

vat e t he agon ies en dured th e ear of h er age, lamen ted b y all E u

M atil da on leavin g D en mark ro pe T he accou n t of h er dea th reach
ppy
b
. .

A con t rary win d p rev en ted th e E n g ed Copenh agen on th e day w h en a all

lis h v esse ls fr o m sa ili

h
n g , in c o u se n e
d
n ce
i
a t co u r t h a d e en fi x
d
e d
f
f or t h e even

d di d
b
d i i
h i
y
of w hi c h t e w re t c e p r n c es s n n g B u t t w as n o t e e
. rr e n o r

view, for a wh ole day, t h e coun tr in re h er death T h

b b
d l
y
e
an
y p ers o n ep o .

w h ic h sh e h a d e e n su j e ct e d t o m i C r o w n P r in c e o n l w a s p u t i n t-o sli g h t
seri es b e n d t h e power of lan guage mo urn ing
yg
.

to descri T h e fortress lay b efore

T WI L IG H T M US I N G S

b
.

H o w eau teous is this su mm er eve !

Remote, u pon th e wes tern sky,
Th e sun declines ; an d ro un d h im weave
T he clouds, a gorgeou s cano p y .

From fragran t fields, an d pastu res n igh ,

With gen tle murmur comes t he reeze, b
Just kissi ng , as it passes b y,
T h e shu t tin g flowers, an d lea f t rees ; y
h t gloom pervades t h e woo ds,
A tw
b y
'

T h roug all th eir l ue gre solitudes -

.

—
An d all is till except th e lay
s

b
Of Black ird, from th e n eigh ourin g grove, b
C lear h ymn ing forth th e dirge o f day,
I n t on es o f warm, spon t an eo u s lov e .

An d t ween its mar en ts, fio wer in wov e,

’

y
-

T he stream th a t gen murmurs on

Or rus tle of th e as s, a ove b
T he crimson t in ge sep u lch ral st on e ;
-

Th e sh ado ws of th e ch urch profou n d ,

O erspread th e east ward u rial groun d
’
b
b b
.

—b u t , m ore eaut iful,

How eau teou s
y
Th e da s of van ish d ears awake,
b
’
y
I n urn ing t in ts, th at ren der dull
Th e ch arm s of sky, an d woo d, an d lake .

T hough far remot e, yet I can slake

At memo s foun t my urn ing th irst ,
’

on earth can reak

b b
An d fee n o 8
The idol form I worshipp d firs t ;
’

N o secon d ties of love impart

Such rapt ure to the vacan t heart !
The moon is u lo vel nigh t ! y
y
A lovel nig t of former ears ; y
So fair th e lan dscape, th at its sigh t
y
Makes gen t le e es o erflow with tears ;
’

T he form, th at m side appears,

y by
I s all my own a h appi er lo t
N e er came t o qu ench a lover s fears,
’ '

b
Or ren der lest a poet s th ough t
y
’

The sum o f eart hl witch eries

Beside me, an d efore min e e es ! b y
Th en wou ld we roam, an d list en there,
Afar t h e wat ch dogs sullen bay, -

An d sou n ds th at, floating on th e air,

T old peace was near, an d man awa ; y
b
Th e small ird sta rtled from the spra , y
b
H alf sl um ering ; th e resounding woods ;
Th e ocean murmur from the ba
An d in lan d h um of tum lin g flo
Th e Star of L ove, with quiet eye,
! b o
Smil ed down upon us from t he sky !
Th e moon shon e o er us , as we stray d,
’ ’

An d I h ave gazed upon the face,

Wh ere, en tl lined, its eams betray d
g y
A wil( er, and more win n in g grace
’
b .

I t urn d from life, t hat idl e ch aos

’

y
-

Fo r fleetin g oys, an d empt good,

b
’

An d fel t at all, in H o e s em race,

’

p
Was at my side in solitude ;
D o ve of m y Ark ! that still woul d s t fi ee,
’

b y
T o ring j o s oliv e ough to me !
’
b
Years came, and wen t, and saw us such,
An d day su cceeded day in liss ; b
Un til d too mu ch
o erflo w
’ ’
our on
With goo for su ch a world as this ;
Were ours th e pure, th e guil tless kiss,
Th e arden t grasp of thrilling h an d,
An d all th e th ousan d witcheries
T h at n on e, save lovers, un ders tan d
An d which , like shot stars in the main ,
b
-

On ce quen ch d are ne er eh eld again !

’ ’

Where are ye n ow depart ed ?

A pictured leaf in memor s
,

y ’
scenes
!
y b
N o more our ri h tn ess in terven es,
p g
a e

’
y
L ife s drear du ess to assuage !
’
T is won derful t h e h eart can wage
g
With peace and j oy etern al strife
Y et, like t h e captive ird in cage,
L ive o n ward t o th e dregs ofl ife
b
y
Through ears of eing, wild an d waste,
L ike D ead Sea apples t o th e t aste !
b
Y et , th us it is an d mid th e owers
-

b
Wh ere I , so lest, h ave roam d efore
’
b b
’

Th ou gh all , except th e summer flowers,

Are ch an ged from wh at th ey were of
y
I stra , an d sil en tl deplore, y y ore,

y
T h at ou t h is like a run nin g stream
L ove bu t a shade that s talks efore b
An d life itself a waking dream
We call on Pleasure an d around
A mocking world repeats the sound !
—
8
 Biblical Sketches .

BI BL I CAL SKE T CHE S .

No I V . .

T H E D E A T H OF AB SA L O M .

THE b at tle s voice

waned fain ter but th e h eath
’

Re ech o d dismal t o th e groan s of death

’
-

M ore wi de the thinn d an d scatt er d le ons roam,

’ ’ '

More frequen t gallops past th e steed foam

y
The fier war h orse, la ourin g, an d ou t don e,
-
b -

H is ri der s taul ch ion glit terin g in the sun

’

b
The re el h ost is roken an d again b
Proud I srael triumph s on th e attle b
Th e heart of oab swel l d, elate to seeJ ’

H is plans su ccessful, an d th e rebel flee

H e gazed aroun d him from a cen tral spot ,
b
For A salom h e search d, b u t saw him n ot
And, th ough th e kin g h ad mandate given to spare,
’

H is spirit yearn d to fin d, an d sh y him there

’
.

Fair was th e son of D avid ; from his face

Beem d prin ce] maj est , an d fault less grace
’
y
Th e paragon 0 men , erect and t all,
In lin eamen t an d form transcen din g all
Rapidl y through th e thi ck an d sh ado w
Mean wh ile th e prin ce,
y wood,
wit h ou t th ursued
$2 p
, a ;
D ee grief was in his e e up on w md
H e card th e ab ou t of oes that spurr d ehind ;
Just was his ov ert hrow, severe, b ut j u st ,
’
b
The doom th at laid his impious sch emes in dust ;
An d, as com u n ctiou s gn awings woke with in ,
p
H e grieved o er all his foolish n ess an d sin
More n ear the soun ds approach d ; and faster
’

His sdcd mule, where er an open in led

’

y
'

h
H is elmet in th e fra was los t, an n ow
y
His ellow tresses flu tter d o er his row,
’ ’
b
An d stream d adown h is ack, n ow flow d eh ind,
’
b ’
b
N ow wan ton d forward in t he casual win d
’

y
And n ow t h e t win d aroun d an oaken bough
’

y
Firml —an d gallop d on t he mule elow
’

b b
Suspended th ere h u A salom —an d n ear
Were non e to rescue m—were non e to hear ! '

I nsul tin g triumph swells upon th e gal e,

An d stem l y now, en cased in glit terin g mail,
b
C ame ou nding to t he
b t, in full career,
The victor Joa on , wi t forward sp ear
b
Beh old th e re el son , elate h e cried,
Then pierced his side, an d smote him til l he died !
J b
Then oab lew th e t rumpet —an d aroun d
by
Qu ick thron g d th e warriors, summon d th e soun d
’ ’

b
In to a pi t t he no le form was th rown ,
y
An d read han ds iled o er the n ea t s t on e ;
’

Bu t t error smote em, when th e es d was don

y
The th ough t on t h e sire upon th e son —
Compun ct ion, e a spell , each Et
osom ren t, b
An d, awe struck, ever warrior sough t his ten t
- y .

No V . .

T a x Ou va Bo s o n
—the dove flew we t
.

T u x dove flew east s

Found not s spot whereon to rest ;
 Beh eld the waters far an d wide
Ou t stret chin g, and on eith er side
b
T h en ackward t o its prison fled,
With wearied wing, an d drooping head .

was sad—o er N oah s soul

’ ’
An d all
D ej ection s t ide egan to roll
—
’
b
H e g azed an d n ough t was seen aroun d
Bu t waters, an d th e skies th at oun d ; b
N o island court ed h uman foot,
An d a ll was w ild—an d was te an d mu te ! —
From Ararat s stupen do us
’

Again t h e dove flew forth , to seek

A spot, a res tin g place of green
At ev e, return in g sh e was seen
—
I n j oy th e oliv e ough did fill ,
y b b
With gloss leaves, h er little ill
b
A ray of sun shin e urstin g righ t, by
Wh en clouds are dark, with ros ligh t
b yb
A flo wer of eau t , loomin g fort h
Amid th e cold an d snow N orth y
b
Of H 0pe a eamin g, t o eguile b
D espair s worn features t o a smile
’
.

And Noah s heart , dilating, felt

’

Wh ere sorrow reign d, that pleasure dwelt

’

b
An d roodin g vision s died awa , y
An d D arkn ess gave the rein s t o D ay
An d H epe did triumph , an d D espair
N o lo nger fou n d a man sion th ere

No VI
. .

H AGA B IN TH E WI L D E RN E S S .

T m: wasdeclin ing on th e sky,

b
su n n ow
The reeze was silen t, an d th e sward was dry,
As H agar, wearied ou t wi th travel, sate
Ben eat h an al oes, pon deri on h er fate
A b ow sh o t distan t, mid t e sh ru wild,
’
bby
y
-

Y oun g I sh mael lay, a solitar child

b
For, wh en h er read was spen t, h er cruise was dry,
T h e mo ther could n ot ear to see h im die b
An d, m id Beersh eba s woods, th at silen t sl ep t,
’ ’

Sh e lifted up h er voice, an d lou dl wept ! y

Why doth sh e cease h er wail,— wh y st art appall d ?
’

Aga n
i — it was a voice from H eaven th at call d
’

”
H agar, arise ! t h e viewless Sp irit said,
y
Forget our griefs, exal t our droopin g head,
y yy
An d qu en ch in j o fulness our l ow despair ;
For God hath seen our griefs, an d h eard our pra
—
y y y er
h
T e bo sh all yet survive a mi h t y race,
E late, rom him, th eir origin shel trace ; f
An d wide spread nations, touch d wi th patri ot fire,
’

b
-

”
L ook ack t o him, and own him for th eir Sire !
y
Jo ful sh e rose ; and, on her listen in g ear,
Broke t h e sweet soun d of water murmurin g n ear ;
y
Sh e fill d h er t hirs t cruise, an d t o t h e bo y
’

b
'

Bro ht th e cool ev era c, wi t h a moth er s j oy

’

g
.

Aw e sh e wat ch d, m we t , at len gt h th e streak

’

Of crimson play d upon his

’
ch eek,
An d life an d sense returning t o th e child,
y
b b y
His right lack e es h e lifted up, an d smiled !
 Sketch“ qfScottish Character N o VI
’

. . . I5!

s xs r c u s s o r s c o r r rsn on a a a c r s a .

No VI . .

Pa s s on WI L L Y
y
.

We a r Gen tleman ret ired from cit n oise

’

H as made this n eat sn ug coun tr B oa: his choice y

A gen tleman in deed wit h knowin g leer,
Responds th e Boy no gen tleman lives here
Th is is the M am e, and stav ering o er t h e d ke,
’’

”
yy y
.

T here comes th e M inister, a surl t ke

’

T hus far the urchin —from our presen ce flew

.

What follows n ext, we from his M oth er drew ’

.

This Parson , in his years of studen t glee,

Wh ilst yet a Burgess son oflow degree,
’

H ad pledged in mu tual love, his h an d an d h eart ,

y
An d pla ed, th rou gh man a walk, th e lov er part,
b y
From loomin g hawth orn plu ck d th e flower with care,
’

”
An d fix d th e ch aplet in his Jeanie s hair
’

b
’

Born e her on heating reast o er dit ch an d s tyle,

’

S till an swering s n eeze with squ eeze, an d smile with smile

fl
.

I n dited v erses, fl l o f ov es an d stream s

Ban ks , lin n ets, s t ock ov es, twiligh t, an d moon eams
b
-
by
L ips, smiles, an d lushes, dimples, ch eeks, an d e es
H opes , fears, an d wish es, it ation s, sighs
p
—
T h isb es L avini as — Ari n es fair,
With a whole host of 83 an ct r— were there .

T he M agazin e of words, wh erewith t is common

’

T o con qu er in t o lov e—M an trustin g Woman -

.

”
A T u tor n ow, h e seeks the western sh ore,
I n Chi eftain H all , h is fortu n es t o explore,
With M ace an d M o thers” h olds in cessan t wier,
An d leads a Tu tor life from ear t o ear ; y y
Y et st ill th e frequ en t let ter, sen t with care,
”
Bespeaks h im to his Jean ie, con stan t, t here .

Mean tim e h mm h
’
i f w
’
J
b
, o er ean e s ace t e su er t ro s
Th e min glin g colou rs of th e lu shi n g rose,
Sh e ripen s in to woman hood, an d sees -

An h os t of lovers, pro strate at h er kn ees

H ears all t h e slan g a L aw er coul d adv an ce,
”
y
Bu t ch ecks h is t oo a milia r with a glan ce
Th e W ri ter, favour in his own elief,
b e rief; y b b
Sh e stop s amidst his t ale, an d sa s,
T h A th ecary s P ren tice leads in vain ,
’ ’

g:h im t ake
p— to cure h is pain ,
Sh e b i a doze
b
An d L airds pu t on th eir oo t s, an d moun t t heir horses
y
An d sport t h eir spu rs, an d sh ake th eir h eav purses
W h ilst E nglish Riders turn aside to view her,
An d t ry in vain , by
coax in g ,
—
”
t o u n do h er :
y
H e he t h W ill s h e can kn ow

b
r ar is w it h er

N o greater b liss th an Will y s love, elow !

'

H er fath er is a D eacon, votes are sough t

A Kirk is v acan t — Kirks are sometimes got
—
B y D eacon vo tes and learn d Professors too,
’

I l ave pro ved, at times, a D eacon s promise t rue

’

H er Will —Jean ie s W ll l comes at last,

y i
’
y—
An d Jeame s ev ery care 18 overpast ;
’

Vo L I X
. .
T he Kirk h er love secured —
him i t is clear
y
H ow Will n ow his aftercourse will steer
’
.

But Jeanie s face is alter d, and her dress

’

y
M igh t suit a lan dr maid of guid Queen Bess .

H er father is a weaver, could th ere be

A Brute more vu l more nnmuth than he
An d she a weaver a daugh ten w Twill not
’

A Minister to wed a Webster L am !

T here needs no furt her telling , all may

’
b
S weet Jeanie s grave en eath that weeping yew !
T h ere n eeds n o dolefu l weepin , all may see
g
A portion d dame, wh ere Jcame hoped t o he
’

b
T here n eeds no sudden olt that reast to sever,
For th ere t he vul ture conscience t ugs forever
b
.

Go speed th ee to the moun tain , Parson Will ,

An d court t he solitude of glen an d valle , y y
Adown the winding stream t h y way,
-
b
Wh ere noon day eams, m t dan cing waters pla
Profan e th e haun ts of nature with th y tred,
' ’
y
,

At th y approach th e moun tain flocks h ave fled

The Raven cm ses from his stun ted t ree
-

T he Wagtail, from his stone, den oun ces thee

T h e Grass h opper is mu t e at th y advan ce,
-

An d Sun flies close th eir win gs, an d cease to dan ce

Wh ilst sigh t revolting Ask, and crawling T oad,
y
-

All prematurel wake, and leave their sod !

Go with t he trading mob commix, and try

T o prig an d ch eapen , calculate and buy
Buy luck, an d prosper- e lse th y traflic cease
God says, dimin is - who sh all sa
y en crease r
Or shou ld it suit tb whim, let
T h y though ts, th y hour, an d
den care
leisu re sh are ;
D ig wit h th e mole, or rake the crum led eart h,
yb
Give all th ou can st t o Ca bages g ive birth
‘

Or pausing o er th y spade, th y H ives surve ,

’
b y
T hat u r their bus y
th ousands on t he da ,
y
Peep t rough their win dowed worksh op, hire a thief,
y
D escr in g secret s, th at exceed elief
Thy plan ts shall wi ther, and the
”
b .

b
shall f eed

b
On ever y g arden leaf t hat spria
T hy ees m mortal com at
Gru
of seed
b— .

con ten d,
An d in moth eaten wax thy hopes sh all end
- .

Th e festiv e
y b with visn ds fit is crown d,
oard
And compan to sui t th y taste is fou n d ;
’

A laugh ing, pu nning, def devouring uad,

b ba
-

With n o great previous trou le may nd

—
.

An d Porter too has passed t he win e has fled,

y
For all th e lo al toasts are gone to bed
Amidst th e tumul t of succeedin g mirt h,
”
.

b
T o wh ich a owl of wh isk pun ch
A th un der peal of h appiness
y
ves birth,
’
'

yb
'

-
tis t n e
T o own at ever u rst the curse divine ;
T o shrink in to reflection s laz stars,
’

y
And on l seem, by
start s, e g t o share .

Ascend t he Pul pit steps, suspend tb y hat,

Thy coat skirts see thou ores: not, look to that .
'
Ih rn up th e Peshu hoolt knowi n l , an d then
gy
-

G ive u s with em basis King D avi d a st rain ;

Psalm eighty eig t, or ninet four will do,
-
y
-

Se ure t fin d in ea h , a curse or t wo
p il p y
.

T l en fo ow u wi‘ l pra er, in composition,

All dove tail - in, from p ra ise: to pet ition .
N eat scri ture phrases, polish d up so nice I
’

N or wcr n or sen timen t repeated twice

—
.

Breat h e M oderat e doc trine n extp all st illy, street ,

T o lull th e conscience in to rest were most !
But Conscience will n ot rest —tis God s decree,
’ ’

L ike st rong man from his cups, hell dart on thee ;

’

Within his gian t clutch th y throat shall rat tle,

What day he sallies forth and comes to attle b .

Retired within th y stud , t ake s chair,

b y
Clear ou t the ri s, an d sw the hearth with care ;
Then from dry sh el ves with w a volume fi t,
With reason seasoned, or replet e with wit
Wh ere er t h y humour ha ly chance to drift,
’

Or Wat ts, or Rogers, ester, or Swift ;

Th e death click stuns t hy car, the flame uma pale, b
And fiill upon th ee curves the candl e ale
:p
.

T he Fien d of recollection makes th ee hl ver,

'

The curse is on thec Th ou art lasted ever b

Domestic ha iness, the alm of life, b
And chief of
b
domestic j o s a Wif y
e,
”

C om ined with lit tle Imps that love t o chat

Of all the wish t o know, or wonder s e
h
T hat spea th eir ignorance in sounth so pleasing,
Th at not th eir ce asel ess question in g is tearin g,
”
us w h en we comc from kirk or
pa
Pr red a kiss, or market store to share ;
Sn x b
h appiness elongs to men of truth,
Who kept the pligh ted promise of their youth
T hine is the with ered h e th e lasted b
b
The lossom, where n o t can ever be,
'

y
D omes tic solit ude, all drear, and lon el ;
For ever thou art searcd The curse is on th ee
’
.

Ye Studen ts, T utors, latel fledged D i

ym y b
Wh ose learning with our college sui t
”
co m ines ,

T o fix the h eart of wo an us e a whil e,

y y
Nor ield you captive t o win ning smile
—
.

T ime pla s and tricks a Patro n may be lost,

By foul caprice or death s dread message cross d,
’ ’

y
A kirk may cheat our grasp from ear to ear,
y
’y
Shift appear,
y
Y et nearer still wi th ever
Your tas m l — l m
y B i
te ay a ter r u ra e au t es a
y
I nto mere coun tr B umpkin sink away
—
.

But pledged and plight ed on ce Oh ! let my

Y our con du c t gu ide—your fut ure peace avail,
by
Parson Will s fate, y
Admonished thus,
’ "

Avoid thc error, ere it prove too ls te .

 Sketches ofS cottish Character . Na VI .

WI L L ! H a an ma s .

The Old Soldier .

y
P o o a Will H erdman , o er t hy Chilly Bier
’

Be mi ne, with b urstin g heart to drop a t ear,

T o sketch th e feat ures of th y h armless life,
Un stain d by
slander u n distu rb d
’
— strife,
’ ’
b
faults, n ot ch arit y, would de ;
'

’
thy failing : leau d to virtue s side
’
.

When i Calpé stood a to wer of frown ing rock,

b
‘ ‘

And of united squadrons rav ed th e sh ock

T was thin e, poor Soldier, of un noticed name,
’

T o speed th e fier yb
ol ts of Bri tain s ame,
f
’

By it led, through hissing wav es to go,

py
An ( from snrroun rui n wres t a foe ;
I n his own spite th e t ankless wretch to save,
And hear him, murm rin g curses, from t he wave
’
.

I t has b een remarked, that Anglers are, in general, good natured an d cheerfu l, and
,
-

we b eli eve there is a great deal oftruth in th e ob servation b ut it remains for u s to add,
”
t hat th ey are likewise not a l ittl e given t o Amplification An in experi en ced han d,
.

in deed, is l ess addicted to the influen ce of this fig ure of s as his want of address in
t h e sport b eing known , few will credit his st retcher an a very skilful fish er, su ch as

Will y, has n o reason for attemptin g the production of astonishment b y any accounts .

wide o f, or b eyond th e truth Bu t th ere lies b et wixt th ese t wo extrern e b oundaries, an

.

extensive common , occupied b y a vast variet y o f every day , or common rate A n gl ers, - -

who , b ecau se th ey are j ust within th e precinct s of th e credit , draw pret ty largel y upon
t h e credulity of o th ers Such fish ers are al ways sure t o hook T routs of a most interest
.

i n an d u n common size, which, as usual, after a certain amoun t of c apers and b oun ds,
set th eir escape .T hese feats, t oo, are related with all the circumstan tiality of truth .

I t was on such a day of a certain month, an d under a peculiar aspect of sky and
cloud, that th e miraculous even t took l ce T h e lin e ha d b e en so m a n y times laid
p a
—
.

across th e stream , or ool , withou t ad est , h h hi h w m

’

p w b e n on t e l as t t r o w w c as e a n t to
—
,
b e made, th e hook is suddenly nail ed to the bot tom a pull is made, an d, t o all appear
an ce, yo u are immoveabl f s t en e d u o n k o o d B u t a l l a t o n ce a n d w it h a n
y a p a r o c , r s .
,
astonishin w r, the monst er t akes th e flood— makes directl fo t h w ater, and
gp o e y r e

y o u , w ith o u t th e m ea n s o f saf e an d su cce s sf ul O

pp o sit io n , a l o n
g w i hi m Th
. e

p oo is so im m en s el y dee p, th a t th e t o p o f y ou r ro d is b r ou
g h t in t o c on ta ct w i th t h e w a
t er H e t ravels you al ong, in sub lime smooth n ess , from on e dark and retired recess to
.

an oth er— your lin e cuttin g th e water lik e a raz or—at times, h owever, h e moves his h ead
till you r rod t rembl es in your hand ; t ired at l engt h , however, ou t o f all his dep ths, h e
dash es furiousl y out to the lower extremity o f th e pool , shews fin and spot, sh oulder
an d tail , at th e water to , takes t wo or three most astonishin i n s sn ap s your lin e
p g ps r g ,
in t wo , and tumb les side foremost down , with a plung e into the n ext g ull et Obst a
ui rt etcrun t ue,
”
p q &c &c . .

1 G ib ral ta r—a t the si

e g e o f w hich
”
W il l y l os t a fi n g er H e u
. s ed to e n t e rt a in m e , on
our wa to an d rom
y f th e fi shi n g, w ith a n e c d o tes co n ce rn i n g t h is m em or a b l e d e fe n ce .

e g
. . Th e dreadful red hot b all firing from th e C a
-
stle had j ust commen ced ; E lliot
was employed in viewing throu gh a t el es cope th e effects which his p ills, as he t erm ’

ed th em , had u on th e st omach of th e enem w hil t so ldi t d h im in t h e a t

p y, s a e r s oo n e ar ,
tit ude of A tlas, with his face turn ed u wards, em t in , throu h th e b u n hol e int o his
p py g g g -

s to mach , th e remain s o f a ke , or cask o f ru m almost th e sole sub sisten ce of th e arri

g , g
son at th e time I n th e same in stant th e G en eral s t el esco e an d the soldier s cask were
’ ’
.
, p ,
carried of f b y a b all , or splin ter, b ut withou t injury to either in dividuals T h ey sto od .

for a momen t eyin g each oth er with somet hing of th at expression which a P riest o f the
G reek church exhibits, when th e L ord h as taken on e of th e chil dren h e is b ap tiz in g
’

un der th e ice o f the N eva to himself Blast my e es, an t please our h onour l
’ ’ ’
.

exclaim ed th e enrag ed soldi er at l ast, b ut t h ese fello ws ave more impu en ce th an good
manners , by half, and away he awun in full drive to his gun , to b e revenged, as he
" ’

ex ess d it, upon the mann erless escala, who coul d interru t entl emen at th eir
p e
r
stu ires
’’
p g

O
can] Willy H erdman . 1 65

Bu t Peace return in g, with h er smiling train

Ofj oys domestic, sen t th ee h om e ag ain
Gav e t hee t h y hou rs in oefui art s t o pass,
Nor grudged to soldier o d the soldi er s glass
’
.

Wh at pleasure mine wi h
by t t t t t
y
, t ruan s ep o s ray
At risin g morn , st reamlet far awa ,
With th ee at n oon, our fln n y dead to tell,
Amidst th e soli tu de of mou n tain dell !
Wh at tran sport min e,
b yb bycoolin g fou n t to lie
reath of sum mer sk ,
Ben eat h th e alm y
From pocket stored the oaten feast to b n n g ,
An d qu aff t he n ectar of th e n eigh ouring sprin g b .

b y
H ail lessed da s ! an d still more lessed j oy , b
T h at soo th s t h e cares of manh ood, leads th e bo y,
b
With eatin g, glowing, pan tin g, h eart to view
T he mou n tain at t, empearled o er wi th dew
’

Th at t o th e b an s of some far windin stream ,

Wh ere live th e dan cing waters in the am
Of summer sun sh in e draws h is s te s away
g
-

From school b o y revelmen t, an d b ars l er play,

-

T o solit u de an d God, at tun es t h e h eart ,

An d n erves th e b oy t o act the manl part ! y
b
H ail lessed source of inn ocen ce an d heal th l
by
Th ough oft th e fi shing h o ur was ain d steal th,
’

Th ough H orace su n g, an d L iv y p ed in vain ,

I n storied page, an d h eart assailin g strai n ,
b
-

Th o ugh man y a low in cu rr d, compelled a tear ;

’

Y et st ill thou wert , an d ev er sh all be, dear .

An d H e shall live Wi th in my h eart for aye,

y
Who stole of ore my truan t steps away,
T augh t me t o kn ow t h e season s an d th e place,
T o wile wi th practised skill t h e fi n n y race,
What flies to choose, an d how t he ai t prepare
Where fish wi th hurried step, and when with
b
m
Wh at tem ing ools to pass, an d where to try
T h e rushin g et, wi th di scern in g e e
y
Who taugh t me all th e secrets of his art
Shall li ve for ever in my grateful h eart .

”
T he wa er laid a frien d his word h ad given ,
g ”
Though o er th e pools th e b ee in g drift was driv en ,
That
”
T rou ts sh ould grace his oard
An d Will y sped t o gain th e bet — awa
on N ew ear s day,
y
-
y ’
-

y b
T o dark recess, an d m an a oil in g wiel,
b ”
An d rough t a din n er doz en in h is creel

Bu t oh th e nigh t was foul ! in win tr air y

Sat high en thron ed th e D emon o f despair .

I ll fated Will y left afr icn dless door,

-

”
Full half seas over, to ret urn n o more !
b g
-

From social oard he sou h t his homeward way,

C hoaked by b
t h e drift, a leach i n g corp s e h e lay !

H is be th e cu rse of bloo d av en gin g h eaven ,

-

D estruction s plough sh are o er hi s roof be driven ,

’

y
-

H is B acon soul by ever b ook b e ren t,

An d all his me al c ew t
n i o h — ll b e ser t ;
i
r

On passing win ds t h e dyin cries wh 0 l‘n ew’

f
Nor t hrough the drifting eath with timely su ccour flew .
15 6 Sketches ofScottish Character . N o VI
. .
E y,
B a

”
rnr a c u s a a s o an r .

P o o a fort yy a preach er child o f want,

”

b y
ears
Fit em lem of the church itin eran t ;
Wh ere ma st thou lodge, th is nigh t of cold and sleet 2
’ ‘

Within what Parsonage hast th ou a seat ?

I n all th y yearl Circuit, where t hy home,
y h
For man preac i ng Sa at hs yet to come bb
D ost th ou with fiddle on thy ack, east
'
b ?
T hrough M ofiht- dal e, t h ministerial “
b y
Or b y th e an ks of Nith s tran sparen t ti e, 5
M idst n ois Parson ro geny, abide ?
y
’

E ssa th ddle, j e ou s of t hy skill ,

E ye all e circle round, and lunder still ? b
By Gallovidian coast—dh st th ou displa y
T h y musket shoulder d in a martial way,
’

T o quell th e Radical s thou dared efore,

b b
Wh en fac tion raved the throne in nine - four ?
y
Or hapl , hast thou found a frien d an d
Fast b y the wooded anks of bonny! Ayr b
—
I h ear t hee, Geordy yet , in mon t y s ear,
’ '

bb
Th y loyal Sa ath rh apsodies I h ear ;
E ven in thy prayers, the kindlin accents fall
I n curses on the fact ions, on e a all.
y
Th e re n ot con tented, L ord, t o ven d their ware
’

Through all th e tain ted town s of L ancashire,

But down t o Scotland th e in troops repair, y
An d spread along our peaceful loy al coasts,
D efili n g caterpil lars vile locusts —
y
.

I m even t old the ve sped their doctri nes hi ther

’ ’

”
Good L ord, in wrath, confin ed them altog ether !

y y
Ob , L o alt , no virtue is more thir,
N o flaw deformity , when thou art there
v es t more than
dit?
T h ou
'

q—
race ever E
H er a su 1ying queens l p money !
'

hg
-

But t h en t u hast an ey e nd thou can st know d

Where to withhold, and where th ts b estow .

T o aid oor Geordy, who h as n aid

To clot e the naked, who in rags are clad
T o pen sion o ff th e fatherless and poor,
Were waste of favour ”
Impot en ce is sure ln
Y et I kn ew a lo alis t so
on ce
b p
. oor,

H is u tm ost efforts coul n ot read secure

e rdy ifth e following anecdot e s to be credited, is not the on ly b rothar ofthe cloth
ad de
g ‘

ct h
to t e b ow an d th e strmg
’

jk
i — Clergyman was reuu nmg hsma ead y uI
'

t h e S abbath morning, f rom where he had supped, an d amused the pu ty, :

d
rin
g th e eve ni n
g , w ith a tu n e o n hi s o w n fid d l e Th e
.
pro fa n e i ns t rum m t ha d been
up b en eath his coat as decen tl
y as p o d b l e ; and he was on his wa do wn
y alk ,
some time ab ou t one o clock in the when b e encount ered a d
u
’

q uite in th e h umour f o r f ro lic an d H avin g, in t h e c ou rse a

y it
l ut es upon the b ack an d shoul ders, come in to close quarters with the lur instru
men t, one of them in stantly gave the si nal of information ; a search ensued, fiddl e
g
was det ected an d p rodu ced, and, in spi te of all remonstran ce, played upon h o, t o the
tun e of Jacky T ar, t ill th e party were tired drawing
’
T he frolic hi ng M
.
pl ll hd ,
'

t h e perf ormer was dismissed with mm ben edicfio n s, and a handsome remuneratio in
money , to boot . y
T his mon ey, th e big l y respectab le clergymanj atill alive» w ry mt!
-

m
'

rall
y slip t in to t h e p l at e in
p as sin g , in t h e v er y sa c da y , to th e p ulp it . al fl u dfl li l fi
mily merry at the recital of the anecdote in the evening "
.
 Pn aeher Geordy . 1 57

the Member tried each n eigh houring

“
He t ri ed, -

To write th e Minister, -but n o w

H is 1 memorials and his ra ers procured y
Yet he wrot e, an d still is wan ts en dured
At length resolved, with one old oun d, to go b b
S traigh t to the th mae, and all the u tmost kn ow,
H e pen n d a letter, spelt and poin ted tigh t,
’

”
Directed T o th e King, to read at sigh t,
E xpre pm
r i va te
An d who migh t dare t o c
,
”
t ravell
’
d th e add
an express
ress,

An d no w, within th e Kir gate of D umfries,

H e lives on y y
t en goo d earl pou nds ! in peac
”

T hen , Geordy, take th e hin t —th y claims evince,

Within his breast a sire s heart a ides,

b
An d lay thy grievan ces efore th Prince ;
’

No poorer can st thou be, whate er etides

’ ’
b .

Jo v s s a u s Jum oa .

A D D I T I ON A L N O T I C E S OP G E ORD Y

I t is scarcel yp ble to st rike ou t a

ossi
liken ess ofGeordy in rh me; y in twelve mon ths
ted his revolu tion

full. was a subj ect of scien ce, rath er th an

we th erefore throw in to more ac of ph iloso phical conj ect ure, th rou gh all
cu n modating prose, and in t o t he past th e ts an d portion s of his circuit .

ten se, what we ourselves kno w, an d cle man he h on ou red with a

what amongst t he clerg of the sou th y visit , co d si t down quietl th e y by
ti Scot lan d is prett y gen erall kn own , y
side of his parlour fire, an d, from t h e
y
d this odd, b u t ver inoffensive cha da y of th e mon th , calcu late at least
racter .

Geosd moved like the great plan e

within a Sa ath , Geordy s approach
b
Th is ha it of re l larity con t ri u ted
bb ’

by
.

y
h ry b odies, t o whi ch , in some ot her great l t o ren der m so gen erall ao y fi
'

“! ofhis accessories, an d in partien ble, for, wh en Geordy was expect

E m of In ha itan ts, he bce

on Sat urda , M atth ew H enr , an d y y

b ore a stri in analo , in an orbit, D r MacKn igh t, were
'

t ted to re
a eldlepse, gy
which t e cen tral poin t for t h at week, at east At times,
b
.

ls somewhere etw ix t L eadhills and owever, f rom some cro ss an d coun ter
anlockhead S tartin g at E din urgh,
. b
ac tin g at tractions, which did n ot en
he took h is wa sou th ward as far as t er in to th e general average of all ow
Peshles, an d en crossin g o ver by
an ces, Geordy was a week too late in
I doflht, Dum fries, Castle D ouglas , and makin g his appearan ce—an d o n ce out,
Kirkcudb righ t , he was in fu ll sou thern al ways oat—so that, throu gh th e whole
Apogee wh en lodged wit h his wor remain in g po rtion of h is or it , sad de b
b
th y andvenera le namesake, th e late rangemen t t ook place
D r Coult er, minister of S tu n n er
”
Cauld kail .

were b et o er again , which di d n o t ex

’
.

actl y agree wi t h th e stomach of h ear

ers ; severe colds were perceiv ed, from
e uen t coug hi ng in th e pulpit , and su d
f q
r
tio n was exp erien ced out
'

den in di
o f it T ere was nothin bu t ridi n g
.

Through Ballan trae, wh ere an d run n in g from on e pari to an oth er,

”
“M flows mang muirs and mosses in quest of even so lat e
excha ng es,

bb
’

many 0 3 as t en o clock on th e Sa ath mom

" ’

ing One cler an l os t his character

.

en tirel y with is parishion ers, from

ein g compelled to b read an d an
oth er, who had f ormerl yb
p u lar f
een un po
rom th at h a it, was raised, b by
mean s of an externpore a ddress, t o th e
high est it ch of popularit y L ectures
b p
y
.

market, Edin urgh , where he gen e were deh vered from six an d fort ver - -

rall remained dorman t for a sea ces,—an d sermon s sh ot ou t in to seven

y, The of his ann ual re heads an d ten h orns One clerg man , . y
t urn, the earth, he cornple in particular contrived t o extend his
1 58 Sketches ofScottish Charac ter N o VI . M
E y, a
. .

lucubrations to the omin ous len gth of in gly, wh en Geordy took the road from
y y b
'
'

”
t wen t t woly , and yet he had o n l
-
E di n urgh , th e gude folks were admo
exh aus ted t wen t y on e min u tes three -
n ich ed o f t h e depart ure of win t er, an d
A n o ther, aft er readin g ou t h h i
b
q u art ers . t e a pp ro ac o f sp gr n I t w a s l i k e .

t he fi rs t v erse o f his lect u re, from t h e reaking u p of th e ice arou n d the

th e S econd E pistle of Paul th e Apostl e coast s o f Green lan d, it was as if th e -

of Jes us Chris t, a ddressed to t he in sn ow dmp had push ed up i ts virgin

b y b
-

h a itan ts of Cor in th, comm on ] an d in n ocen ce an d pu rit t hrou gh th e h oar

in Script ure lan guage, call ed e Co frost As he passed Pee les; th e sh .

”
t wi ce, y ea thr ice, very h erds m ade arrangemen ts for lam
y b
r in thi a n s ,
- -

l eisu rel ov er, was compell ed t o pu t time, an d the magistrates egan to

h is h an dkerchief to his mou th , an d sow
t o proceed t hu s Th e Apostle, my fi t
as M ofi at Well was regularl
.

ou t an d cleared for sum mer u se,

'

y
frien ds, my friends, t h e Apostle,
-
an d th e road to it n ew san ded an d
t h e Apo stle, m y frien ds, mean s,— h e edged wi t h t u rf from E tri ckst an e, on
mean s in the v erse wh ich h as j ust his arrival at th e M anse n
b —
.

d h
’
een read in u h ri t h A A t B u c s own
g ui T o w n t
y o r ea n g ; e r e , e
stle m ean s t o ex la in — in deed does a n cien t Burgh of L oc h m ab en , t h e
p
e ; an d n ow let u s ss on to t h e M i h d
’

p a a g s tra t es w er e c o se n , a n G o d s
” ”
A t hird clergym an , who Ven gean ce l m d
y i
y f l l
n ex t vers e roc a t
.
p e r ee o a on
h ad been recen t l married, felt t h e h is en tr Th e Farmers in th e imme
b
.

awkwardn ess— w e su f h i i di t n i h ou h o o d o f D u m fr i t
pp o s e o s s a e e g r es se
tua t ion in t he pulpit , so mu ch t h at b e up scare crows amidst th eir n ew so wn
b
- -
,

a solu tel f ain ted ou tri h t , an d l ift ed i d sh o t hedge s arrows, as an

y
y g g r a n , an p
-

u p h is e es from t h e su rf ace o f a grave an t idote again st t heir breeding on his

s ton e, u pon th e well kn o wn ph isiogno app roach T he servan t girls around
mies of his own elders, his Wife ha
b b
f in b yst
C ast le D ouglas were seen
side as Geord y moved on , ex tracting
.

th e way by
vin g een prev iou sl y orn e of
erics I t is scarcel
. y b
i le for any with great la our, an d lit tle success,
t h istle from th eir thumb ba lls At Kir
b
one wh o is u n in it ia in t o t he mys -
.

teries of Preachin g, t o con ceive t he cudbrigh t t urn ips were sown , an d po

q u a n tit an d exyt en t o f
which su ch a rare, an d t h erefore n u
d e rang emen t t at oe s p la n t ed , an d a t S
th e same crop s weredrill harrowed, and
t re a m er ag ain ,
-

foreseen o ccurren ce produ ced But b owed un der his auspices Au spice
—
.

”
at Ballan trae, the grain,
t h oug h n con ven ien ces, s u ch as weh ave Geo y,
sta ted,
i
resul t ed u nav oidab l
rd
y
from s uch as it was, l egan to whiten , an d
y b ’ '

G irv an , M a b ole, an d Ayr, a w t he

y
an occasion al deviat ion , t h ese were n u
i b l m ore t h an coun terbalan i f i l b — A ll n o t right

b
q u es t ona rea p g n a r y g e u n w as

ced b y t h e en efi t deriv ed from t he g e at G lasgo w, if t he harvest were not fi

n eral law of revolu tion I n th ose dis . n ish ed, an d the West I n dia fleet arrio
tricts th rough wh ich t h e li n e of h is v ed, ere Geordy left th em T he falls at
b
.

mov emen t lay, t h e in ha itan ts were L an ark echoed h is approach in theMar

b
en a led t o make arran gemen ts accord t in mas flood, an d th e G rass market
T h e An cien ts looked at th e again fel t h is arrival in acoldeast wind,
-

b
ingly .

with o ccasional snow I t is not , how

earin g o f part icular stars, or constel
yb
.

lation s, for direct ion in so wi n g an d ev er, m erel ecause he trav elled and
lan t in g Som e families in Scotlan d preached, that we have thu s ven tured
.

ve b een kn own t o han g o n t h eir din to in trodu ce him t o the not ice of our
n er potato es t o oil, b by
th e passi n g of a readers, n umerous, in telligen t , and n ot
y
y
D ivin it st u den t on his regu lar an d a lit tle fastidious as the are Geer
daily v isit to h is mis tress Accord dy had n o t onl y lo comotive an d on to
.
.

This is an all u sion t o G eordy s far famed P rayer for th e Magistracy of L ochmabm
’
- .

” ”
L o rd, said h e, remem b er th e M ag istrates of L ochmab en , su ch as they are .

”
G d A i of fish
’

1 V en dace an d D i cu V c n dacc , pro n.ou n ce d o s v en eance

g sp ec e .

so call ed, fou nd in o n e of t h e n um erou s L ochs which surro un d the b urgh ; an d i f we

“
m y credit t he report o f th e T o wn Co un cil , with th e ex cep tion of some lak e fi f
”
s reported of th is dab oute
.

abroad, an d on e in th e H i hlan ds,

g fou n d n o wh ere el se - I t i .

an d sin gq fish , th at wh en conv ey ed to an y oth er of th e lochs, or ev en wh en removed

t o an o th er quarter of th e sam e l och , it eith er can n ot, or will not, su rvive t he ex at ! “
p
tion The same story is told ab ou t th e remo val o f serp ents , an d other venomous animals,
.

to Irelan d
’
Twere well for Scotland, an d some other qu art ers ofthe world whi ch shall
.

b e nameless, were the compliment reciprocal .

5
 P reacher Geordy . 1 69

i s! were, b at was, in the fullest an d A pious old woman, who was sorely
in t ; b est acceptation of th e words, sean dalised at this un clerical dis la y
fl
an odd c haracter
”
H is professional
. of militar y
devotedness, t ook t o h er
p

ardour was of a peculiar descri pt ion ; staf f, an d, with h er plaid drawn do wn

whilst he was decidedl enth usiastic y over her f oreh ead, that h er eyes migh t
n o lon ger b e con tamin at ed w i
i in culcatin g what he termed moral see
”
M ine, h”e held allhypocritical can t in g , was in the act ofhi tchin g slow]
ing idiot s, as he was pleased to desig b u t quite resolutel , ou t at th e ch urc y y h
nat e gospel and doct rin al preach ers, door, wh en sh e was sudden l arrested
in corn plete cen tera H e was a M o by Gae wa , woman male b eat s,
’
—
— y
a

derate man that, i n deed, is n othing

’
an th e coun tr , as weel
’
and gas wa -

am as th e k irk, war rid 0 you, an d t he

’
ni on Bu t then , wh at is n ot
y
.

R a lly fou n d un der th is variet of e like o ou, there wad be mair peaoe in
’

t ical character, h e was altogether an t helan G ae heme an birsel aManks

’
-

enthusiast, and en t ered wi th t he same herri n g to your dinner, and that s th e

'

fl oor an d animation in to t he relative b est Frien o the peo le I ken

’

p
’

An other of Geordy s pecul iarities

’

dut ies of social an d civil life, with

which oth ers generall discuss the y con sisted in his t ast e for music ; o r,
highs an d more in terestin g doctri n es more prop erl y, in hi s at tachmen t to a
d t hO Cross H is preaching was a sys
. y
most un seeml com ination of wood b
t n of scoldi ng rat her th an of edmo an d t hairm, which h e called a fiddle .

nit ion ; yet there was so much truth With th is com on , duri ng th e win
b
'

and verisimilit ude in what h e said, ter even ings, e was in th e ha it of

that, whilst it sometimes excited a at temp ting t o h old sweet con verse bu t
smil e, it seldom failed t o carr con y it must he confessed all who knew by
viu ion , if not correction, al ong with th e es, t here was n othing recipro
'

it If an of hi s h earers slept, or were cal m t h e in t ercourse ; for the more

y b
.

l um en inat ten tive, h e would n o t landishmen t that Geordy called u

m p l dd h m — in t o his somewh at austere features, A
b
and sn u f f
N
a e t o a ress t e
mills he held in u tter a h orre n ce o . th e more det ermin ed ef fort th at he ex .

m did o t he make i t ap hib ited from th e sh oulders down wards

pf f z
o

p l au s e , m l e s mpe a ra m s o rn ,
’
; even to th e ex tremi ties of h is

n th - made case, th an h e den ou n

-
t h e lou der, an d th e harsh er, an the
d it with duger P ut u p you r more len gthen ed, were t h e t ones of
fi , ll h m — ’
opp ression an d m urder, which were re
y e en pu t it up ; if
y
o u s st a n
w l t urn ed t o him T h e (1 ng no t es of
'

y e ar o n as at t en tiv e t o ou r s ou ls .

”
t h ere wad b e less a So w u n der t h e han ds 0 a Bu tcher,
y
C t o your noses,
”
n us -b oxing amon g On a frost y e. or t h e risp in g of a saw u pon a rusty
fi bbu h too, b e com pared h is h earers n ail, were reall y mu sic i n comparison .

I t was n o small treat, an d n o a n com

“
af frosted po tatoes ; as
te a
b e h e ver properly o serv ed,
m almost sure to vitiate the sou n d
y b m on occurren ce, t o see Geord with his
fi ddleu n der, an d his m usket s u n g o ver,
was his ordinar st le of preach y y .

y bb
h is militar coat , t ravelling along to
which, wi thou t an y con sidera le
M oa n mition ort aste, stil l made
b wards his Sa ath destin ation , at once
th e M u sician , t h e Soldier, an d th e D i
p
“ derful 1m ression From a con sideration of this ra
Another of hi s peculiarities con sist
. v in e
.

t her in con gruous com inatio n ofquali b

d in the determin ed an d almost o u t ties in his character, several C lerg men , y
h is lo al t
cast of H ad h e y y . wh o h ad at on e time cor n t enan ced hi
i s;
fi n requested by th e king, or b y h is b egan lat ter] to scrap e respectin
ministry, to lay his head upon a lock, b ro rie
p p g
of ivin g him on Sa at th e
Bu t Geordy was
bb h
U to th rus t h is n eck in to t h e han g use of t eir pul pits .

. n s gmvat, with ou t h esita tion G ec r t oo high sp irit ed t o remain a depen

'

bb
-

dy would have complied D u ring the dan t visit or wh ere his Sa ath servi
m an d turb ulen t period of t h e
.

ces were n o t accepta le T he kn ow b y .

Revolution in France, this spirit was l edg e of this fact led man good h eart
y
-

ee ful l evinced ed Clerg men to permit him t o prea ch

H avin g t hrough
y y
-

g l
.

friend y aid of some more wealth t o th eir congregat ion s long after th e
h otb er pou essed himself of an un i y
were full con vin ced of th e impr Oprie

h i m, he was en rolled in to a Vola n

tu m , cu was seen , ev en in the
2
'

“ church militant garb .

In 1x .
1 00 Sketches ofScottish Cham ter . No VI. .
EM‘ Y s

aiding th e Precen tor, b means of the Geord several rath erconvin cing proofs
stringed instrumen t, i n raisin
y
th e of h i i — Geord coul d n ev er
b
s n n
g n oce ce
y
tun e O servin g some little tit t errng in
. h ear even an a llusion t o thi s afihir, with
t he congr gation , (for the vig ilan ce of an y degree of t emper, aft erwards
e .

hi s suspici on was unremitting,) h e took Bu t perhaps th e most n otorious, as

y
occasion in h is pra er, w here, as he of well as t h e most trul ridicul ous of all y
ten said, he foun d him self least strait y
his militar achievemen ts, t ook placein
c ued — had most u t tera ce t o express
n — t he imm ediate n eigh ou rhood of a lit b
himself in t h ese o r t he like terms
Good L ord, thy people—t hin e own dy had marched all day over t h at blac k
l h l f ld w an d dreary length of arrenn ess which b
b
p e cu ia rc os en p p
e o e o o , we re on t
t o raise th eewith ta or, an d with harp, separates N ewt on Stewart from Gl en
d b y
-
.

with sack u t, an d with psalter ; l uce, un der th e conviction th at so me

an
an d th y dou ce an d loy al serv an ts war wh ere in t he glen, n ear
lage, there was to be a vast turn out
th e vil by
seen dan cin an d skip ing, an d snap
y y y y
-

i h i raise, an d of dislo alt that ver evening, for the

y
p n t e r n ge rs t o t p
wee t h e war rewarded for t —But f m ili d N
’
i i li h
by
t i
Ex po se o ar y sc p n e g t .

days n ot i g will serve us but overtaken Geord h

i
l o
liiig
srg r an d
h n
n l g an d quealu t
y
as b e advan ced upon the susp ected
t e w ay , an d

an d h o wlin g l dgi? iir i

nal ps lm tun g roun d h i i i lan w an d fi lm

y
-
g s v g in
creased:
,

wi feet n ailed to th e ird, an d faces an The s ringing of a b lack

'

ell lan g, an d mu ckle disloy alty in our oock, or th e sud en wh eel an d scream
h earts after a Gif th y lessing reach
’ ’
b of a mire snipe, were suf
b
ficien t to
by
- -

us, it mau n he mair thy favour, than ring h is mu sket to h is sh oul der In .

”
ou r sin guid guidin g, I t row th is s tate of feeling , an d on approach
b
.

ing, with all N ble precau ti on , the

The riend: ofthe pea
.

y
th en in t e v er zen ith 0 th eir con
ein g
ver spot where th e t ressonable trans
y
ven t ion al an d pike makin specu la acti on s were supposed to be going for
d
-

t ion s, were t he mean s oflea in Gecr ward, a sudden an d earth b om noise,

y g b y
-

dy man a Will wi t he Wisp chace resem lin g t he h ollo w an d silen t t red

’

Bein g armed
m
by
t he au th orit of th e
f W
y
h
.

ofa compan of men march in g in close

order, attract ed his car
d i h d I t was but
y w
g o v er n e n t , an u r n s e i t e a .

ons n o t on l ofdefen ce b u t of at tack, t oo eviden t, from th e silen ce, as well

p e was ever am on gst th e v er f y
oremost as f rom t he trad, that his information
in creditin an d in circulating al arms
or in more in g, on th e sh ort est n otice,
b
had een well-founded So, placing
y
.

b
h is mu sket leisurel over a ston e uilt
b
-

t o quell mo s, or secure con in closure, an d poin ting it in the direc

'

rat ors .

T he fact is, th at h ad n ot t e L ord tion of th e n oise, h e roceeded, in th e

L ieu ten an t s, (or t heir clerks, of th e
differen t coun ties t hrough w l ich h e 2
p
mos t firm and audi le voice, - for b
Geordy s coura e was at leas t equal to
’

y y
”

— g
marched, favou red him in moreinstan his lo alt to i n cul cat e an immediate
w s t han on e, his zeal would un dou t b assuring t hem, at thesame
b dispersion
y
-

edly have rough t h im to mu ch trou time, th at if the h esitated to ob e he

ble H e on ce seized upon a lad, who
.

was occu pied by

n igh t , all u n wot tin
woul d in con tin en tl rin
g p yb o n em
;
,

g at a signal a whol e troop dragoons

of t reason , b y th e side of a h edge, in which h e had in wai hard by No .

court ship, and dragged him, u nder voice n or sou nd, save t e thunder of
b
fear of odi l inj ur , efore th e She
y yb y
m an feet , b ei returned, he t ow ed
rifl,—wh en i t came out, u o n in ves
'

p cd t o discher e is musket , an unfor s

fi tion , what th efi res an d th efl a mes t un at ely wit ef fect ; b ut whilst em
g
w ch b ad excited suspicion , an d call
'

ed forth th is m
p loy ed in re l oa di n g , a n d a re h e c o u ld
d i l f l cal culate t he n ature of th e danger, he
y t
y
p ro s a o
p p o y
al t , act u ll were ! On en o er occa was sudden l overpowered b y a couple
sion his 2 i zybrou h t hi m souce like a of I rish h orse dealers, who had him
g
y b b
-

kit e down u pon a poor E g ptian , who n ext day efore a Justice of th e peace,
was sit t in b y th e wa side, fa rica for woun din g an d maiming a th e
g gy y y
-

t ing n o t pi es, as Gec r ver natural ou ng h orse whi ch t he were forward

I supposed, b u t rem horn spoon s In -
.
y
i n g, alon g with man y
o thers, to the
i nstan ce, h owever, th e mat ter was D umfries midsummer market The .

settled withou t an y legal in terferen ce, mat ter was adj usted, b u t t he di g ress
as t he tinker thou attendan t u pon it drove Geordy t en
gh
t proper, or foun d
it con venien t, to t fl‘e the cause under miles in advance on his circuit
his own adjustment, and gave poor
 The Steam Boat - . No I II . . 161

w a s s u n s- s oa r ; o n, m e v o ra c s s a r m r na v s rs o r r u o u a s n ur s es ,

c L o r u - u s ac n a n r i n m s. s a n r - n u xs r o r a t a se o w .

N 0 . III .

Voy ag e First con cluded.

Wa rm I had ate my dinner an d dran k my teddy at th e pleasan t H otel ofHe

b
lensburgh , in which there are oth hot and cold aths for in valid person s, an d b
oth ers afl ict ed wi th th e rh eu mat ics, an d su ch like in comes, I wen t ou t again t o

take another walk, for I had plen t of time on my h ands , as the st eam oat y -
b
was not to sail for Glasgow till six o clock At first , it was my in ten t to take
’

y y
.

a surve of t h e coun t r an d agricu lt ure, an d to see what promise th ere was on

th e oun d of aharv est ; bu t in saun tering alon g th e road t owards th e H ill of

gr

Ardneve, I foregathered with M r an d M rs M Weft, an d four of their childer

‘

b b
.

Th ey had een for some time at Helen s urgh, for th e sal t water, th e gudeman
b b
having een trou led with so me inward complain t that set upon his sp irits, and
t urned all t o sou r th at h e etc or dran k
b y y
.

N o od could b e more glad t o see an old acquain tan ce th an the were to see
me, and Mrs M VVaft Was j ust in
‘
l it y t o t h ink that I coul d ever h av e
y by my
a p p
er ex

ven tured t o leave my sh op so lon g , an d come such a v o age self; b u t I

b ld her that I had een con strain ed b the wan t of h eal th , and that may b e by
b efore t he summer was don e she mi gh t see me again , for th at I had got a vas t
o f en tertain men t, an d was, moreover, appetised t o su ch a degree, that I had

made b din ner t h at day, and with a relish, than I h ad don e for ears
ett er y
y y
a

p ast , wh ich sh e was ver h a

pp to h ear, h o i
p g
n t h e like in time woul d b e t h e

lot of her gudeman , wh o was still in a declin ing way, t hough h e took t he salt
y y
water inwardl ever morn ing , an d th e warm ath ou t wardl ever o th er day b y y
b
.

T hus as we were stan din g in th e road, h oldin g a free an d easy, talkin g a ou t - -

o ur ails an d con cern s, an d th e ch il der were diverting t h em selves p u in g th e

’

g e m s and chasin g th e ees an d b ‘

b
u t terflies, M r M Waft said t hat I could do

b
n o less than go ack wi th th em an d take a glass of wine, an d insistin g kindl y
y
t h ereon , I found m self o l igated t o do so b
accordin gl , I turn ed wi th them, y
and wen t in to th e hou se wh ere th e h ad th eir sal t wat er quarters
”

y
b y
- .

I t was on e of the th acki t h ouses n ear th e urn , a v er sweet place, to be

m e, of its kin d ; bu t I could n ot h elp won derin g t o hear Mr M Waft ever
‘

b
expect ed t o grow etter in it , whi ch , compared with his own ein h ouse on th e b
sew n d flat of Paterson s lan , was o th damp an d vastl
’
in convenien t
’
b
T he y
b y y b
.

floor ofth e est room was cla , an d t o cover th e n aked walls th e h ad rough t
y
carpet s from h ome, which t h e hu ng roun d t h em like curt ains, ehind which b
carpets, all sorts of foul cloth es, sh oes, an d things to be kep t ou t of sight, I
c ould observe were huddled .

Mean while, Mrs M Waft had got out th e win e an d t h e glasses, an d a loaf
‘

b
of bread, th at was lue m oulded , from th e damp of th e h ouse ; an d I said t o

her, y
that surel th e cau se which h ad such an effect on th e read, must be of b
some consequen ce to the od b y
But th e sea an d coun tr air, replied Mr
.
”
y ”

M Waft, makes up for more t han all s uch sort of in con venien ces
”
‘
So we
b
.

dran k our wine an d con versed on divers su j ects, reh earsing in the way of a
b
,

sketch, th e st ories m my foregoing pages, whi ch oth th e mistress and

related

g udeman declared were as full of th e extraordinaries as any thing t he had ever y

ha rd of .

Mr M Waft, when in his good health,

‘
as all his acquain tance well know,
has a wonderful facetious talent at a stor , y and be was so much lightened with
we The Steam- Boat M
'

. N o 1 11 .
L y
s

b
.
,

my narrations, that after taking t wo glasses of the red port, he egan t o tell an
advent ure he on ce met with in goin g t o L ondon , on some matt er of h is musl in

busin ess, when one of t he great cot ton speculators, in t he 1 809, f

ell to th e pigs

an d whistles .

TALE I V.

I r happened, said he, that th ere b elow t o my b ed, she would come down
were in th e smack man passen gers , y an d sit in th e ca b
in , an d tell a th ou
and amon ot h ers a t alkati ve gen tle b
san d sto ries a out remedies for t he sea
woman n o great capaci t , sadl y b y sickn ess, for h er hus an d had b b
b
t ro u led with a weakn ess ofparts a ou t do ctor, an d had a great repu tation for
een a

her in tellectuals She was indeed a

.

I think I n ever met

skill . H e was a worth man , quo th y ’

real weak woman sh e, an d h ad a world of prac tice, so

with h er like for weakn ss s, j u s t as weak th at h e was seldom at h om e, an d I was
as water Oh b u t she was a weak crea
. b
o liged t o sit by y
m self for hours in
tu re as ev er the b and of th e L ord pu t t he day, with out a livin g creat ure to
b
t he rea th of life in , and from mom b
speak to, an d o liged t o make th e iro n
by
ing to n h t, even etween th e hock
'

b t ongs m compan ion s,

len ce an soli tude I fell in to lo w spi
wh ich si
ings of e sea sickn ess, sh e was aye
-

speaki n g ; us , for th at matt er, it s a rit s in th e en d, h owever, I b roke out

’

Go d s truth , that at th e dead h our of of th em, an d f rom that day t o this, I

’

midnigh t, wh en I he ned t o b e we have enj o yed what the doct or called a

kened b y a n oise on t e decks, I h eard
h er speaking to h erself for wan t of
ch eerf y
ul fecu ndit ofwords ; b u t when
was laid
h e, in the win ter followi
o th er compan ion s an d et for all th at , h h h fi h m
y u w it t t t y p i
y p e g ou , e s a e
sh e was vas t l en tertaini n g, and in h er rits , an d worked himself in t o such a
day h ad seen man a th ing that was y state of irritat ion a ain st my en dea
g
c urious, so that it was n o won der she vours to en tertai n h i m, that th e gou t
spoke a great deal , having seen so took his head, and h e wen t ou t of the
mu ch ; b ut she had n o comman d of world like a plu ffo f powth er, leavin
her j u dgmen t, so that h er min d was y
mea v er disconsolatewidow in wh ic
y
y
alwa s goin g rou n d an d rou n d an d con dit ion , i t is n ot ev er wom an who

p oin t in g t o n o t h i n g, l ik e a w ea th er can dema m h erself with t h e discretion

cock in a sq u all day t hat I have done Thanks b e, and
b
. .

”
i t s N A m, h m
h
uoth I to b er i h
by
‘
p ra se ow e v er, I a v e n ot ee n t e p t
i am grea y eu 1) rised at e on d my streng th ; for wh en M r
b y ed
on e ( ay ,
ou r a ilit in th e we of 2king
’
Pawkie, th e seceder min ister, came
y
.

u t I was well afllic for t e h yp o sh ort l aft er th e in t erment t o cat ch me

critical complim en t , for she t h en fas t w ith t e tear in my c c, I sa w th rough
’

en ed u on me, an d wh et h er it was at
p his exh ortation s, an d I t old him u pon
meal time or on th e deck, she would t h e spot t hat h e migh t refrain , for it
b
-

come an d si t eside me, an d talk as if was my in ten t to spen d th e remain der

sh e was tr in y h w m w y
ords h er of m d y
s in sorro w an d lamm tation
g o
b
an y a
t on g ue could u t ter without a sin gle for my dear dece ased hus an d D on t
’
.

g r ain o f se n se I was for a time as ci ou think , sir, it was a r

p po e r re
y
.

vil to h er as I could b e, but th e more uke to t he first pa td ortb of his

civilit y I showed, the more sh e talked, clov en foo t ? soon o ccasion
an d th e weather ein
sel made b u t lit tle w a
b g ca lm , t h e v es
Bu t I
t o fear t hat I migh t stand in need ofa
h male pro tect or for wh at could I , a
spect in a lon vo a e as I had
me l
g y g
y S
.u c a
e
p
f bro

ore simple women , do with t he doct or s

b 118 and o ther dos es,
’

o t tles an d pot s,
Seeiu that
g
civili” h d to say n oth ing of is razen pest le andb
y
iiiz
a )
daood m a v ext us eflect , I en
'

d: mort ar, which of itsel f was a thing of

voured t o sh un th e woman , b ut she v al ue, an d migh t b e coin ed, as I was
sin gled me ou t, an d even wh en I t old, in to a fi rl o t of fart h ings ; n ot
p re
t en ded to be overwh elmed with th e h owever t h at farth ings are n ow much
sickn ess, sh e would sit eside me, an d b in circulat ion , the pen nies an d n ew
never cease f rom talking If I wen t . baubies h ave quit e supplan ted th em,
 163
would ever take his nauseous medi
cines, wh ich he n ever could abide to
hear, for he had reat confidence in
y g
man of his prescri pt io ns, especiall a y
b
bolus of flour of rims to n e an d treacle
for the cold, on e o f the few of h is
thing wh ich I cann ot un der compoun ds I could ever take with an
a n , a
’
y
stand, an d far less than kfulness on p l eas u re .

M rt than of old, wh en alms were In this we said Mr M W aft,

‘

l
r pa
h a scan tier han d ; b u t this did that en d ess woman rain h er
g iv en w
b
i t
no dou t comes of t he spreadin g wick . words in to my ear, t ill I egan to fear b
ot the times D on t you th in k t ha t somethin g like a go u t wou ld al so
’
educ
’

y y
.

a , fi r P I t s a m ster that I can not take my head ; at last l fell on a de

’

fath om, for th ere was n ever a more vice, an d, l ing in bed, y b
eviden t passion for church b u ildin g with
eg an to sn ore
t vehemen ce, as if I had een b
b by b
-

than at presen t ; b ut I dou t there is soun asleep, which, for a t ime, I

g r ea t t ruth in t he old sayi n g, T h e g o t r id o f h er ; b u t e in g afrai d t o go
nearer th e kirk, the fart h er from grace, on deck les t sh e sh ou ld at ta ck me
’

which was well exemplified in t he case again , I con tin ued in bed, an d soon

o f Pro vost Pedigree of our t ow n , a de after fell asleep in earn est H o w long
.

a n t man in his extemals, and h e keep I h ad sl ep t I kno w not , b ut when I

it a hardware shop ; he was in deed awoke, t h ere was sh e chatterin h
a merchan t of a thin gs,
’ ’
from a steward, wh om sh e in st an tl
g t o t
left th e
e
y
b
needl e an d a th im le down t o a rat tle momen t sh e saw my eye open, an d Was
at me agai n
and a spade Poor man ! he ran at last N ev er was th ere such a
b
. .

a t am- race, an d was taken ef ore t h e l i d h m h

y b w
p g a u e nve n t e as t a t o an ; s e
Semion bu t I had alwa s a j ealousy a solu w worked me in to a state of
d him, for he u sed to say v er comi y despair, an d l fled from h er presen ce
as from a serpen t
cal thin gs to me in th e do ctor s life b ut she wo ul d pu r
’

time, no t that I gave h im an y en cou su e me u p an d down , b

ack an d fore,
rq ement farther t han in t h e way o f till ev er od yb y b
a oard was like t o die
wi th lau ghin g at u s, an d all th e t ime
an innocen t j oke, for h e was a j ocose
an d j ocular man , b u t h e n ever got t he sh e was as serious a n d polite as an
y
bet ter of that exploit with t he Session , l m l d well b e
y y g e n t ew o an co u .

an d dwinin g awa , died t h e ear fol When we go t to L on don , I was

l owing of a deca a disease for whic h terrified sh e w ould fast en h erselfon me
n y del r b
hus an d used to say there, an d th erefore t h e mom en t we .

no u tid actory remedy exist s in n a reach ed th e wharf, I lea t on shore,

t ure, except gen tle laxatives, efore it b an d ran as fas t as I coul

b d
for sh elter
h taken root ; b u t al th ough I hav e to a pu lic house, till the ste ward h ad
hem the wifa of a doct or, an d s n t disp atched h er in a hackn e Then I y
b bb y
.

i heat part of my life in the sme of reath ed at li ert — n ever was I so

? say th at I app ro ve of m ib of the lessing bef r an d I

d ld
I ca n no t
f i f i ma e l m o uain ta nce l ‘ h ve zf
é
e x c q u n
y o t
y
n
{i g z
a case ec e ss }
i to m e, the mu st be taker
'
; heartil at b torn bu t my trou l
: the doctor s skill to t ake was not en ded T wo nigh ts after, I
,

E .

m
us ; b u t man s word me
s W
E wen t t o see a trag edy, and w as seated
w usb n d had in an excell en t place, wh en I h eard her
o 1m
f z
ft er m t ongue goin g am on g a n um er of la b
e
a v

z
,

ction with t h e ypochon dria dies an d gen tlemen th at were comin

afi ct ion, f I was seized with a h orror, an
e
or I could nev er s wallo w in .

but alwa t h m h k would h av e fl ed, b ut a frien d that was

h g a v e e a c ec
g the teet , an d th eir t aste was with me h eld m e fast ; in that same
momen t sh e recognised me, and efore b
s
tha t I could n ot help spit
ou t . I t is in deed a great I could draw my rea th , she was at my b
t hat th e Facul ty can n ot make side, an d h er t on ue rat tlin i m
b g y
g n
noatn n n s more palata le, an d I lug T h is was more th an I cou ld wi th
.

t o tell the doc to r, when h e w as s tan d, so I go t u an d left th e play

l up doses for h is tien ts, t hat . y

h ouse Short l a ter, I was in v ited to
l h ow he coul expect sick dinn er, and amon g oth er gu ests, in
came that af flicting woman , for she
 IN The S team Boat . No I I I
. .

was a frien d of the famil

ff d
Oh L ord 1
— bu t the
y .

I t was t he wearythl woman ;coach .

su ch an af ternoon I su er e
worst was yet to happen an d before I had time t o come t o m
.
y
I wen t to St James s t o see th e sel , th e door was open ed , an d sh e was
’

drawing room o n the irt h day, an d

-
b in , chat ting awa at my side, t he coach
driving off
- y
among th e crowd I f ell in with h er .

n , wh en , t o make t h e mat t er com As it was dark, I resolved t o say

'

p et e, I f ou n d sh e h ad b
I am su re t h e h ad
n oth in g, b u t to slee on , an d n eva
een sep arated
h eed h er y
'

from h er fri en ds . Bu t we trav elled .

l eft: her t o shift for h erself; sh e t ook half a mile, wh en a gen tleman s car
’

h old of m y arm as an old a uain tan ce, riage goi ng with lam s, on e of them by
an d h uman it y
would not low me to
g l ea m ed o n m y fac e, a n
woman , with a great shou t ofgladn ess,
th e w e ar y fu l g
cast h er of f; b u t al tho ugh I staid till
t h e en d of t h e cerem onies, I sa discov ered h er victim
w no
y y
.

t hing I on l h eard th e con tin ual mu r For a time, I veril thou gh t that
m ur of her words like t he soun d of a my soul would have leapt ou t at the
m um river . m an of my h ead like a va ur ; and
en I go t h ome t o m y l odging, wh en we got to a turn o the med,
I was j ust li ke a demen ted man ; m y wh ere was a pu lic h ouse, I cried to
th e c oachman for H eaven s sake t o let
b
h ead was hizzing like a b eescap, an d I
’

could h ear of n oth in g b u t t h e b ir of me out, an d out I j umped Bu t O waes .

t hat wearyful woman s tongue I t was me ! T hat dccvil t hough t I was taken
’

b
.

t erri le ; an d I took so ill th at n h t, ill, an d as I was a stranger, t he mo

'

an d fel t su ch a loss 0 ap ti t s an dmen t I was ou t an d in the h ouse, out

k
’

o f sp iri t th e n ex t da , t at I was ad came she likewi se, an d came t alkin

v ised by y y
a frien d to take advice ; an d in to th e ki t ch en, in to which I had ran,
ash ion , I h
g

accordin gl , in th e L on don f p pe rs irin g w it v exa t ion .

“
wen t to a doctor s door t o do so, bu t At the sigh t, I ran back to the
’

j u s t a s I p u t u m
p y h a n d t o t h e kndoor, determin ed to prefer the wet and
oc k
er, th ere within was t he wearyfu l wo win d on th e ou tside of th e coach to
man ih the passage, talking away to the t he clat ter within But the coach was
by
.

servan t man T h e momen t I saw h er of f, an d far e ond cal l I could have

yb
-
. .

I was seized wi th a t error, an d ran off h ad th e heart , I veril elieve, to have

l ike on e that h as een it ten
dog, at t he sigh t an d t he soun ofrun
b b a wu d
q u en c h ed tbh e r eat h o
wearyful woman : for wh en sh e found
f li fe in t h a t b
I t is in deed n o to b e des t h e coach was of fwithou t us, her alarm
n in g water
cribed what I su f
.

fered from t ha t we
man ; an d I met h er so often , t hat I
was a perfect frenz , an d sh e fastw ed
on me worse t h an ever—I th ou h t m
y
b egan t o th in k sh e h ad een ordained b heart woul d have roken
g y
b
by
.

“
t o t ormen t me ; an d th e dread of her By and came another coach,
in con sequen ce so worked upon me, an d w e got in to it Fort un atel t wa y
y
.

th at I grew frigh ten ed to l eave my oun g L o n don lads, clerks or sik like,
lodgi ngs, an d I walked the st reets onl
yby
from n ecessit , an d t hen I was as a
were within Th e endured her tonguey
for a time, b u t at last the whispered
. y y
man hun t ed an evi l spiri t each oth er, and on e of th em m
’

.
p v i n g e
Bu t t he worst of all was to come a n odge or sign , t augh t me t o ex ect
.
p
I wen t ou t t o dine with a friend t hat t h e would try t o silence her
lives at a town t h e call Ri chmon d, cor ne th e oth er roke sudden l out
some six or ei h t mi as fro m L on don , i n to an immoderat edof f l k
'
Ao
b .

y
l h h
g
b y i e a u g t
ya t -

an d th ere ein g a pleasan t co mpan , was reall awful The mistress paused
y
.

a n d me n o in an r of th e wear f or a inin ute, won deri h t it could

y t er ro
ful woman, I sat wi th em as eas as b e at ; an on , h owever,
ou please, till t he sta e coach was
’

n der wa , an d of
y
h
w a
tong ue got
f w
y b t t
y u s e
g y en ; p r e se n
read t o take me ack to L on don ’gain t he oun ker ve an othm afi ,
ll g
h
.

When the stage coach came to the door, s i l more eadful t en th e first His
y
i t was empt , an d I got in it was a companion seeing t he effec t it produced
b
wet night , and th e wind lew strong, on M adam, sai d, don t b e apprehen
’
.

’
y
b ut toa wi what I had got ten , I laid sive, h e has onl
rn sel up in a corn er, an d soon f
een for some time
in a sort of damaged state, he is nits
yb
ell fas t
I kn ow no t how long I had harmless, I can assu re you This
’

by
as .

slu m but I was awaken ed the the desired ef fect, and h our that me
y
coach stopping, and presen tl I heard ment till I got her aafi ofl in ah ck
'
 The Steam B oat - . No I I I
. . 1 65
”
my from where the stage st op
coach trick the L on doners
’
0 I n sh ort, .

t therewaanae word out ofh er head, said Mr M aft, W

th e h my ad
g y
‘

; was as quiet as puss ,’ and cowered v en tures with the w woman is

in t o me in terriflcation o th e madman
I t hou h t it a soople
y
a stor n o w to laugh at, it was in it!
time nothing sh ort of a calami t y
b reaking out
"
.
g .

B r th e t ellin g of his adven ture, which h e act ed to th e life, Mrs M Waft ‘

i l , she had seen a b

et ter s ym p t om
his heal th than had efore kithed we
in b
y
n
M ore all agreed, that there was a wholesome j ocundit of spirit to b e airn
b
.

ed b y aea ng the warld, al th ough at th e same time there migh t b e oth peril
'

i nd hardship endured
b by
.

H aving een thus solaced th e win e an d adven t ures of Mr M Watt , I rose

‘

b
t o t ake my leave, the steam oat, with h er pin net of smoke, eing in sight b
y y
-
.

The mis tress woul d h ave me to sta and take an earl cup of tea, b ut I was
afi aid that I migh t lose my passag e ; so I had th em farewell ,—an d goin
'

down to t he shore, reach ed th e pier in time to get into th e j oll oat with the
g
yb
-

Th e vo y age fro m Helens b urgh to Greenock afforded us n o sort of adven tures

th e passengers were Glasgow folk, th e retour, and of co urse, th eir talk was
b b
on

all auen t t h emselves an d th eir n eigh ours, an d no th e est en t ertain men t to

y
a

strange ,
r wlii ch I thi n k must b e owin g t o th eir great n eglect o f edif in g com
b
-

munion —Bu t this is an

o serve th at I have m ade on th e in tell ectual state of

b
my fellow citizens sin ce I egan , in my vo ages and travels, t o m ess an d mell y
y
-

more with th e gen eralit of man kin d

y b y
.

Our passage to th e custom h ouse qua of Greenock con sumed a ou t t wen t

b
-

—
minutes, a space of time t hat in n o reason could be expected to ring forth
an y thing by
the common, unless the vessel had sprun g a leak, or t h e oiler b
horn blown in to the air ; or an y o ther peril of n avigation had efall en n a, b
fi a n all of which we were happil spared y
y
.

At Green ock we taiglet a luck h our, in wh ich I tyn t my patien ce, for the
’

m y
an in the ship was aye sa ing th e would b e afi in a minu te y ‘
b u t minu te
by
“ or minute trin tled , till the wh ole hour had rolled entirel awa H ad I y y
y y
.

k nown or foreseen that this was to ch an ce, I woul d have emplo ed m selfin
v iaitin g some of th e curiosities of th e town I t was, h owever, a n ew th in g to
b by
.

”
he in th e n um er of hon est travell ers sea an d land, an d th at, I su ppose,

was the cause which made me, wh ile we lay at th e custom h ouse qua of Green y
b
-

oclt, not al togeth er so well satisfied as I migh t otherwise h ave een .

At long and length , t h e man h aving t ru mpetted his last call, t h e vessel b e
, n to b est i h lf d d dl d w t w d Py t G l g w t o w n th t
y
r e rs e n s o r as o a a
a p a e a a o a r -
, ,

h as acquired some repute, as I have alread in timated, on accoun t of an im

p u t od th r ew in its o nl sy
t e ep le I n t
.h i s
passa g e, w h i ch t oo k u p a fu ll q u ar t er

cl an hour, we en coun tered n othin g particular ; b ut we had recei ved an aug

mentat ion of passengers, some of whom were folk elongin g to the Port , b ”

b b
n amingly credita le, well doing odies, b u t of an auld fash ion ed cut ; an d I
- -

j a k u l e x i t m t t h l th m h t I sa y n ot t his h ow ever,

b y
, no e ce ss v e c us o e r s o e c o er c a n -
,.

out of ony h ankering of min d ecause I h appen to be in that lin e m self, b ut

b
al tq ether as a natu ral o serve for a traveller to make upon them

b
.

Having lan ded th e Port Glasgow odies, I in spected my fellow passengers

y
-

with an in quisitive eye, in order t o discover who among th em was likel to

in e th e most in structive companion ; an d after a careful perusal of th eir ex
F
y
u nala, I made choice of a oung man , with a fair complexion , coarse hempen
'

hd r, a ronnd face, and eyes of a ligh t lue colour ; and I soon learnt b y hia b
m whidl waa a broken E nglish, that he wer e! a tbreign stock ; but not
1 66 The S team- Boat . No I I I
. . .
EM ”
,

mmer an d winter on this fact, I may j ust at once say that he was a Nors
y b
to su

man from N orwa , wh o h ad een at Green ock, to open a corresponden ce ab out

deals, an d h emp, an d iron, an d th e oth er commodi ties that a oun d, as he in b
formed me, in all the coun tries circunriacen t to the Baltic sea, from the Neva of
b
P eters urgh an d Riga, wh ere t h e alsam comes from, sogood for cu tted fingers b
and in ward b ruises .

At first we hel d a l oose kind of preliminar in terlocu to r concern ing the y y

y
v iews on t he Cl de arou n d u s, th e which h e declared were of a surpassing

b y
eau t ; an d reall y
it is n ot in t he power of nature to do more for an y lan ds
th an sh e di d th at pleasan t evening. Th e h eavens were hun g, it
b y
cape on as

were, with le gl or ; th e hill s were glowing like opal an d mn e

curtain s of visi

t h yst , an d th e sea, t hat we were sail ing, was as a lake of mol ten gold, ch ewing
b
within its osom an other h eav en and an oth er earth et ween an d which , the b
s tea m -
b oat was b like a migh t
earin g us alon g
”
yb
ird, through the t ran quillit y
o fthe m id ai r I h ave seen n oth in g like th is, said th e N orsman , sin ce I was
b
-
.

at Spit z ergen an d th en h e proceeded to relate to me th e f ollowin

g stor
y o f
h is adven tu res, in th at desart island,—all which I have set down, word for
word, as he spoke t he same to me

T w o ear gon e y t I h ad mu ch der cloud, which is like one balcon y

t ime an d n o thin g t o o, an d h aving an li t tl e angels t o look down upon
af fect ion for th e strange thin gs of n a
t ure, I v olu n t eered in my own min d,
us in th e steam
l f h i il
oat movin -
g bon th e

y y
g as s o t s s en t w ater .

t o go for pleasu res of t h e chase t o

Spit z ergenb For t his purpose I did
Ver well, we wen t awa vit the
t ide, an d we came to on e part ofSpits
b
.

hire a small ship, vit two mas t, at Got ergen , wh ere we saw th e reat rocks
g
tenb urgh , an d sailed vi t h er rou n d to of the coal .Th ere is t he coal for all
th e N orth C ape I t was the first week th e world, wh en you can fin d n o more
y
.

in Ju n e th en , an d we h ad su ch fine in th is coun tr ; and th ere is likewise

“
weat h er, th at t h e sea was all as one t h e t run ks o f trees which come in the
fi ld f m h il — I w c orren ts of t h e ocean , an d are il d
by b by
g r ea t e o s oo t o t as as .
p e u p
calm as ice . in th e a s th e paterage, that is
At th e Nort h Cape I wen t on sh ore what you ca th e l iftin g up of the
t o t h e lan d, wh ere th ere is p len t of y waves — M Got , what val ues ofwoods
b irds t o sh oo t , an d wh en I was gon e b e t here, al lbroken in th ese bays of
up th e hill vit my gon , th e tide wen t
awa an d left my shi p on a great s to n e,
Spi tz ergen b .

Very well, we sailed alongside the

y
b wh ich h er ot tom was mu ch woun db coast, an d th ere we came t o on e estu
e an d t he water ca me in
ors h owever, wh en I had come
Th e sail
ack,
.

b ary, open in g in to th e
lan d, an d I made th e sailors to navi
owels of the b
did n o t tell me of th is adversit y, bu t m
b i h d w in and in ,
y
g a te n t o t e sa e, an en t
m i d m il f i m ore th an sev en t fi ve mile, an d were
b
p er t te e t o sa or S p t z er
g en -

vit a h ole in t he o t tom, which was n o t arrived at th e sack end I t may

y
- .

very b ad o f t em for if the had n ot cu t th e co u n t to the o ther side, for I

don e so, I would have gon e to the do n ot kn ow t at i t does no t —there is
P ol e . By t he living h eav en s, sir, I n o corren
would h ave gon e t o th e P ole— th ere on e lit tle
was not hing to st op me for I saw from th e place
an high h ill in Spitzb er en , when we
were arri ved there, all e sea cl ear t o
y
m self it does n ot cu t th e coun t r t o
t h e o th er side, b u t is on e firth like this
y
t h e N ort 0 , so eau tiful it was
.

t h ere vas n o more to stop me from go

b wh erein we are n ow taking our plea

y b
su res .

ing to the P ole, than t here is n ow, if I Ver well, we came ack to an chor
had the wings, from fl ing up to yon y in that est uar y , under a rock, a l co l
7
 Sp itzberg en .

vet cd vit the lichen plan t ; it was as where there was no stream for the cider
b
-

if th e ston es v ere egin n in t o grow duck, n or any li t tle thing that makes
g
in t o th e civilization of a sel l, and to th e soun d on t he earth I t was a .

id d h f d h h
b h
y t e oo f or t e s e ep an d t e s trange s ilen ce to feel in t he su nshi n e
cows that go a ou t th e farms, makin
yg 0, it was a cold silence, an d it made
-

the fields so rian t an d merr vit life . me to cower in to myself, as if on e dead

Bu t no sheep nor co s rumin ate in man had come ou t of his niche in the
ta en , onl gran
su ch t ousan ds of th e cider
g
t roops oi rein yb
cla , an d pu t hi s han d of earth
my o som Bu t when it is th e ti me
.
on

ducks, no man can reckon what th ou to b e awake, th en t here is a n oise an d

u n ds b e there ofcider du cks ; an d then
It t h e sh ore in th e b
a s, th ere b e
charm in t he air— irds fi —th e ci
der du cks come in clouds — the rein
yb
y
th eir red e es, tam ru tes, h ow t h e
bb y
su ch n um er oft he morse, vit
y deer j u mp vit the gladn ess of ren ewed
stren g th , an d th e m orse on t h e sh ore
did roll their red eyes at me, when I — b
tam ru tes —op en t heir red e es
il
.

one day came in t o a creek wh ere they Very well , I must n ow t e you
were on th e sh ore, h u n dreds of th em of mine adven tu re, an d wh at made
all
row g
eth er I fired my gun , an d th ey
.

in to th e deep water—m Go t, y b
me t o say that this eau tifu l eveni ng

b
how th e tam rutes, vit their r e es,
did splash in t h e water
y On th e C l de is like th e lo vel y st il ln ess
that I saw in Spit z ergen b .

T h ey were
. I wen t vit my gu n t o sh oot t h e
like t hree th ousan d paddles of th e
b rein deer an d th e eider du ck, an d I

b y
-

steam -
oat , all goin g at on e t ime from was alone, an d n o od v it m e u po n
th e same mom en tu m I t woul d b e one
b th e sil en t h ill s an d I wen t u p to th e
.

rich thi n g to go to t h ese ays in Spit z t ap, th e crown of th e h ead of on e h igh

bergen , wh ere th e m orse sleeps, t am moun tai n , wh ich rose like a pyram id
b ru tes, an d close th em in on all sides
b
softl y, vit ou t distur ing th em in th eir
over m an y
o th er s teeple hills
from t hat place I saw th e ocean all
an d

comp osure . I h ave formed t h e fin e

t ion for goin g t h ere some on e
b
cl ear— n o t an ice erg in th e h orizon
all was o en towards th e pol e By t he
p
by
.

vit a con trivan ce th at I h av e made livin g heaven s, h ad th e ole een one

y ,

t h e idea of in m y rain , b
v ill kil l, in on e season , tree th ou san d
by
wh ich I
p
mast, I could have seen I t m self th at
day ; the air was so like n othing be
morse, ay more than t ree th ou san d t ween m e an d wh ere it is
b
morse, tam ru tes—h ow I would h ave y
Ver well : whil e I was sit tin g
m yself, like t h e last man of
.

t h e satisfact ion in killing tem all t h ere

b
.

But though th ere be mu ch game t he wor (1, all oth er men eing dead,

ft: the pleasures at Spit z ergen, it is b an d no mo tion stirrin g, an d sou n d b e

came dum b
as deat h , I t urn ed min e
one serious, on e grave place
yy
mean a church ard bu t, as you would
1 do n ot
.

b
eyes to on e li ttle creek elow, an d th ere

say, a coun t r so emp t

y y
m , th at it is on l fit for death, an d
o f li v in g n oi I discovered a sh ip at an chor I h ad
t he rej oicin g alpitat ion s in m ine h eart
.

n ot for lif e to b e Th ere was n o n igh t

. wh en I saw t at v essel h an d, leavin g

wh ile I was there ; b u t th e time t o be m medita tion s on the top ofth e moun
y
awake, an d th e t ime to b e asleep , w as tai n , I wen t down t owards h er b u t,
m arked ou t by
natu re in on e dreadf
manner ; more th rice dreadful it did
ul as I cam e n earer an d n earer, a s tran ge
fear cam e u pon m e, an d I co uld n o t
seem t o me th an is th e dark n igh t , v it th in k wh at t h e sh ip co uld b e doin g
Sh e h ad a wild appearan ce
t h e t hu nder i n th e clouds, an d the fire
s pou tin f m l b
k k h
th ere .

few of her ropes were f d— t he y

b
g ro a a c s y T .
e s u n as te e
n

went roun d a out t he h ill s, as if in hun g dan glin g like m en that are pu t
q u es t of a p la ce t o se t an d fo u n d n on e in to ch ains for j us t ice and h er sails
— ,

were lo ose an d full of h oles, like t he

th cn he did rise up again , wh en h e
was low down , almost at th e o ttom b old scu tch eo n s in the t om s of t he b
of the h ill T hat was t he poin t o f con
. D ukes of H ousen stadt in H u n garia .

m dm ce vid midn igh t , when th e so Bu t I made m y h eart b ig, an d

w en t on till I coul d see t hat th e ship
Iclnnit y of the ai r was
a t . One time wh en I n all en asleep
b le to min e
g b
had een an chored th ere a lon g time
—man years—all was so weather
.

on the rocks, I ha pen ed to awake at

that im — — sol itary b
w om a o ut h er H er se ms ga e d l i ke
y b y
t I w t i on a l
p
e
e as o n e
all b y m self—ia a dum
.

- valle , h un ger, and h or co rdage was ike th e

Vo n I X . . X
 I 68 The Steam Boat . No I II . . M
E y,
a

old trees that arefurred with th e lich en forcing open the door, entered it It .

was more dreadful than a sepul chre

plan t. As I was stan ding there, look
mg her, and thinking where all her for there lay the ones of a dead man b
at
seamen h ad gon e, I saw eleven li ttle H is head had een pull ed ofi b
the
‘
by .

moun ds on th e shore, an d at th e h ead tam foxes, and lay some distan ce fro m
for a what had een his od b Th ere was b y
y
of each th ere was a cross , set u
b
.

si t o sh ew th e were th e tom eds at h is side fou r, fi v e, seven m usket:

Ch rist ian peoples I was made cold

. loaded ; a pitch er vit rye meal in it,
b seeing th is, an d, lookin g round, I and anoth er pitcher vit some water
y
.

di scovered in t h e lea of a hollow rock While I was looking at this spect rum,
on e small b u t , almost in ruin Th e . there came some one ehin d me, and
”
b
faxes oft he moun tain had made a h ole laid his hand on my shoulder .

through t he roof I wen t t o it, and,

.

H ere the Norseman s tale was roken

’
b by
th e en gin e st opping We had reach
b
.

ed, wh ile h e was th us con v ersin g, Bowlin g Bay , where it eh oved h im, on afiitirs

b
of usin ess, t o l eave th e steam b
oat , b e h aving an expectation ofa vessel coming
-

through th e can al from Gran gemou th , with iron and deals from the Bal tic Fain
y
.

would I h ave h eard t he rest of his stor , but n o persuasion of mine could make
b
him come on t o Glasgow, so I was o ligated to su mit to the disappoin tment b
with as resigned a t emper as I could exercise an d I could n ot bu t on this oc
casion liken travelling in a stea m b oat to th e life of te mporal man, wh ere our
y y
-

j f in th e
o s are cu t of fru ition , an d adv ersit comes upon us like a clou d, or a

frost that n ips th e b ud in th e lowing b

So I sat in thi s frame of min d, pon
.

dering on th e u n certain pleasures of th is life, an d looking with an eye of com

sion on th e statel h y
ouses an d plan tat ion s th at our rin ci al merchan ts an d

b
p as p p
man ufacturers have uilt on h igh an d pleasan t places, thicker an d thicker, till
y
the are lost in t h e smoke an d con fusion of our T arshish ; for veril , from all y
t hat I can read, h ear, and un derstan d, th e cit of Glasgow is waxen like Tyr e y
of old, wh ere traders like prin ces
y
are .

o clock, I found m self safe an d soun d on ce more in

’
Bet ween ni n e an d t en
b
the comfort a le house ofMrs M acL ecket , in th e Sal t market , having been a sen t b
by
-

near to fift een h ours, in the mpass of which I had travelled full two
ym
co sea

an d- fort iles an d s o well pleased was I wit h what I had seen an d learnt,
th at I told th e mist ress it was my design t o make anoth er vo age, the which she y
y
highl approved, an d said th ere was a visi le su n urn t al t eration in my look b - b
that shewed h ow well travellin g agreed with my con stit ution We lmd then a
y
.

bit of supper in our won ted famil iarit t ogeth er, an d in due season retired to
our resp ective rests —S o en ds the accoun t an d j ourn al of m y first vo a e
y g .

H E N R Y s c u uu ‘
z z , A ND o r n s a ro s u s .

C s ar s m innovation s made that by in whi ch national charac

class of modern
ratives, seem to
oet s who write n ar
b st udiousl
b bro u y
y y
ve een produ ctiv e oth of which peculiarit ies a verse
e
of happ effects ; we more especiall men of t h e last age though t too u n dig
all ude t o t hat f
y
resh er sen se of v erisi n ified for poes Open to ridicule as
militude which the cast aroun d th eir the practice may be of est owing upon
y .

b
y b b by
hand works, inven tio an d w h y
g the person ages wh o fig ure m rh
ing pro a le n ames c t person s an d sort of real life tron ymic, an
by b ven
ir
-

l d i i i their descrip aptismal appel tia d t he wags

p
b
ac es, an g v n g n
t ions cert ain touch es of a still l e sort have not een slow t o seize u on the
if -
p

H enry Schultsc, a Tale ; The Savoyard, a h encb Republican

’
s St ory with o thc
P oems, 12 1110 0 and J Ollicr, L ondon ,
. . .
 H enry Schultze, and other P ot nu
-
I 6.
y—y b yb
.

it we trul elieve t hat me for m ) the poem might

b by
at u et a na
gr
ve ,

L eon ard E w an ks an d Bar ara h ave gained somet hmg i t Ofcours

e, .

h M
L ewth waites, t e atth ews and Ru th s, what we h ave said must n ot be taken
ofWordsworth , an d t hose o flater crea
bbb
t ion , t he Ph oe e D awson s an d Isaac
b
too stric l , for we do n ot go all the
y
z
lengt hs ‘ Tristram Shan d s father y
b
’

Ashfords of Cra e, have een of use
these nam es hav e not
about n ames ; we h ave een s eakin
een with ou t b of an inf
p
erior con st ituen t in fict itious
g

their share in making th ese poets pic histo

’

m
b u t still we advan ce t he asser
t ures o f man n ers more im ressive at t he use of act ual names has
r
f
o
hav e h elped to prin t t e in di vi t o im rov e costume in pt ms
y
e
ih h
g
.

ty o fthe ch aracters wi th ten times Man a va sii r would attribute od,

more power upon the memorv, t han
would t ake place if we listened to the
h on est, E ngl ish accessories, t o th e a ode
of a M ichael or a M ar aret , the
b
sameadven tu res, ifrelated ofa h oar
headed Alean der, or a
“
y. with su ch ordinar mat ter he wo d
g
y h

tearful L a
vinia
”
I f we have to detail th e lowl y scru la to
dw
'
p oll u
h
t e hi s d
M
ict ion , if t he
l
b
. n
g we re t a t of a en a cas o r a
lot an d hapless lo ves of a Celadon and M ysis Names of a natural sem lance
Amelia, the scenery a ou t them will b b .

set our recollec t ion s stirrin —we can

p e rf o rce assume t h e air of a

,

toral , for we can scarcel h ave th e

o o k p as -
b
still fi n d ourselve
y
esides more easil recur t o t hem, an d
g

s amon fellow- coun

g
h ardihood t o give a n ymp an d swain t men Welove to kn ow the real names
.

so denominated, a gen uin e E n gl ish t h se in wh om v c are in t m ated,

m , w it h p l
on th e wall
a t es o n t h e s h e
T he ver first
.
lf an d
y g tg
or
of t he
e
dea
are as muc lm t an
of them as t heir
a
nan ces, th eir v oices, or th eir at tire We
'

coun te
ip arcel

g “
of t h e n ames of D amon an d
b
ul
:
.

l are t erri l y pro voca tiv e of as
y
s ociation s wit h kids an d b aa lam s,
could, th erefore, b e well con tent to
-
b learn what was th e n ame ofShen ston e s
Sch oolmistress, knowin g so perfec tl , as
'

y
crooks an d garlan ds, scrips an d oat en
with an assort men t , moreo ver, we do, her loo ks, h er dress, h er chair,
love kn ots an d posies, carved on t he
-

b b
spin n ing wh eel an d Bi le, h er garden ,
rind of a t ree ; n or is a certai n dog, and t he green plot efore her door, n ot

w ith a ribba d roun d his n eck s o d nu for et ting t he qui v ering irch t ree b
fi g
-

s weri ng t o t e n ame of T ra altoge Wt b grew u po n it ; n or, in deed,

°

t her forgo t ten N o w most of th ese

.

y y y wo ul d we t u rn a deaf car, if th e sur

t hings ha ve ver few t pes amidst th e n am e of Beat tie s E dwin were
’

p ro

t l l t i f G reat Britain , n oun ced with in ou r reach of h eari ng

p a s ora p u a o n o .

among w eh (u nless un n at uraln ess be T he oth er improvemen t we adv erted

'

a presumption again st it th e said D a t o, (n ot a n ew on e indeed, b u t it is n ow

y by ) m
mon and Ph llis were, i n verses of a p erh a p s o re u n iv ersall
y fo llo wed , ) is
date a l it tle gon e ,
irn plied t o h ave t hat of accomm odat ing th eir descrip
a parochial set tl emen t For our parts tion s to th e accurate features of some
waliketh eground work ofpoetic story -
.

y
kn own cou n t r y
Bards do n ot now, as
.

“11 t o be somewh at nat ural, u n les s man did no l ong time since, set tle
ind 2 b
th e poet alloons us u in to th e th e men an d women creatures o f th eir

g idd y reg ion s of pure im

b
p
nation
e as man y
imagination , in a lan d of most h et ero
m aterials, wh ere t h e con comi
oth erwise, h eap a ou t th e g en e o u s

c accompamm en t s as you please, t an t s o f th e torrid and t emperat e zon es

'

b
t let the asis of some of its in terest are rife th roughou t all season s
litt le more circu mspection in poetical
By a .

rom its reflection of t ruth , or of

ari se f
y
w t ru th like Th e efi ect of h E l d i n ow so of

b
'
-
. eo
g g p ,r a n g an s n o t
F s Shipwreck, in which the t en made a mere land of owers and
actors are avowedl Brit ish marin ers , y by
flowers, an d purlin g streams, where
is in some respects dimin ish ed, h is t he meado ws allow of rural dances on
hav in given them su ch un real n ames th eir sod all th e live lon g ear Our
by
’
- .

as and Al ert Th e main in . n at ive lan d is con fessed to ve much

eiden t (wh ether trul or n ot ) is said cold weather, much wet and mist , so
b
t o have een suggest ed somethin g by as not to be al to ether in an ou t- o
g
’

similar whi ch h ap n ed t o h imsel f: door climate it is not con cealed that

now had he is own name also, its past oral districts are com tivel y m
'

ven
or one as to his hero, (for Wil
l iam Falmner wo uld n ot aow b e though t
b arren , an d that where the soil tea s
wit h fat ness, our swain s hav e made i t
m
either too fi miliar or to o unmelodious rather unroman ticall arable Southey y .
 17 0 H enry Schu ltae, and other P oem

y
.

is perh aps pre eminentl b e y in sei I n the work under notice, a well con tri
sp y
-

t y in h i s v ed st or is feig n ed t o accoun t for h is

'

z in g u pon o bjects of nation

landscap e s— look at L laian s dwellin g cruel det ermination of eing s o deli

— y
’

b b
in M adoc fort or fift years 0, no erat e a suicide ; an d t h e poem itself

on e wo uld h ave dar i n an eroic is supposed to con sist of extrac ts fi om '

m t o m en tion crooked appl e t rees, t h e j ourn al of th e hapless man T h is

p oe .

rough with their fieecy moss an d m is fi agmen tary mode gets rid of some of
”
scl toe, growin g in an orch ard, on a gre y
t h edifi cul ties ofmain taining una ated b
m oun tain slope, fen ced b
low ston e
by
in terest in t he con n ecting parts of a
y b
-

d h d — m h i
lin es of wall, a
bb b i
i t w j
—
n n e g u re a s to r u e u s t o ec t t a t t s
”
lit tle field of st u le flax Y et who not regular professional practice it is
—
.

does n ot accept it as a vivid an d natu an escape

p e r s altum t h e G o rdian
ral pictu re ofa secl uded spot in Wales kn ot is severed for the nen ce, n ot dis
W ordsworth ma again b e cit ed, for en tangled Not that we greatl care
h e fearlessl (an as we t hink, of t en h ow a
. y
felicitou sl y in trodu ces not on l cl osel y y t leases us, if h e does b u t

cop ied views ofh is n ativ e lake scen er

y
-
su c
y
in oin g so
with H enr Schul tze s relation y
’
Th e t ale .

his
in to h is poems, b u t their ver n ames court ship of Con stan ce .

ven us in th em an d certain We often rambled b the sea b each

'

are also
di
-

ly what e so presen ts t o us is th ere

by more clearly appreh en ded
Th e E ven ing Star, t he cot
”
Ai
At eve, wh en th e win breathed not,
. the tide,
though Outstret ched at giant la igt h, in deep rc -

ta e of old M ichael, be rased, yet t he P 05 8,

g L h d d ill i
sc te may b e
i t ra ced o u t in G ras m er e a y e a vi n g o n w a r , on w a r , t t ros e
I t th di t t bl d b h i h
S
Vale, at leas t our con cep tion is so n o e s a n u e, a n or e on g
S ail , mast, an d b ann er with it t o th e sky
like rea ity, th at we can seem t o do .

T h e frequen t seal shot up from o ut the

it , ) for it was on a plot ofrising groun d
deep
wh ere it
His smooth b l ack h ead, and from th e neigh
S tood sin gl e, with large prosp ect , nort h b ourin g steep
an d sou th ,
The sea mew l eap d t o skim b efore our
-
’

H igh in to E asedale u p to B anmail Raise -

th
.

p a
Now also, wh en our metrical wri Or screani above us her un heeded wrat h
y b yb
t ers la th eir scenes a road, th e are H ere arm in arm, we roam d all fl ea and - -
’
.

n ot qui te so ch ar of a local ha ita

b
lon e ;
y
tion and a name ; b u t if their usiness Cl imb d many a path and sat on many a
’

lies in Fran ce, t h e

n omination s of ee
yre are f
p o r u s de
S k
s to
t
n
h
e ,
f u ll h t t d
’
d
y
u
p p e a n d p la ce s,
i n p o e e e a r u n n o e , n rep re s s ,
A n d told the love that swell d in eith er
’

sou n ds appropriat el
sal, -

b yclat terin g or na
ifin German , appro riatel y gut
t ural an d l um ering, as I f t he s lla
p
b reast :

y
H ere woul d we linger, t ill th e star of even

b L ook d out upon us like an ey e in h eaven ;

’

les were a n eat

p os t w a gg
- on t ro t A n d saw u s still u on the ell ow san ds
” p y ,
ting in .
B reathin g soft vows, and pledging tran
I t is time, however, to pu t a sto t o bling han ds
our remarks, which are m ean t t o u s er An d wam d my vill age maid at last to
’

in our accou n t of th e first tale, in a flas

n eat an on ym ou s v olum e ofpoems late Home t hrough th e falling dews from night
b
ly pu lished b y M essrs Olliers I t pos
y bb
d m _ Pp l , 2
b
an e . . .
.

sess s n ot on l th e su ordin ate m erits T his is a eautiful appeal t o ou r s m

y
e

y
u po n wh ich we have een dilatin , a t h f r th e u i r d t i
g p o o n g p , a an i s
b u t also t he more importan t on es of wrough t up wi n o mean skill in m
s irit, taste, an d f
p e eli n g A . sli g h t sifi ca t i on A f t er .ta lki n g , h o w eve r , i n

p reface in f m u th t it w as f u d u r r f to m l m u h b u t
p
or s s a o n p e a r y re a r s s o c a o
i
, ,

ed on th e fact recorded in a German ccal pro riet , rl a

j o u rn a l, of a man b
roken down dis by
o j ect a l t d e tb i thb f
i
w e o u
g irg
sea aide stroll
h t t o
-

tresses, wh o carried in to effect his re has more of an E nglish than German

sol u tion of s tarv in
g h im se
tary place : t h e st ran ger part o f t he
lf i n a so li c o m l e x io n a o u
h art y at al l a maritime coun try
t it , fo r b G e r m an is
.

in ciden t is, th at h e was fou n d to have it pass— th e au thor may perhaps dc

daily recorded, in n o t s p en cilled in a fen d h imself b y sa ing, that the scene
memorandum b ook, th e bo dily sen sa
e

o f ac tion is laid u on the sea- coast of

y
p
t ions wh ich h e experien ced, t ill with in Sh akespeare s Bohemia, wh ere Perdita
’

a very short time revious to his deceasc w x d ! H i h u th r it th is t o

p as e p o se
.
g a o y ,
 On Vulg ar P re
j udice: a ainst
g L iterature . 1 13

O N V UL G A B P R E J UD I C E S A G A I N S T L I T E RA T U R E .

Yes, every poet is fool ;

a
B y demon stration , Ned can show it
H appy , could Ned s in verted rul e
’

P rove every fool t o be a poet .

Pa t o n .

T u nas is n othing more to be lamen t from th eir acquain tan ce of th ose wh o

ed, an d yet n oth i n g more t rue, than seei ng h im on the street,
“ ”
t hat th e p rofim um vul us, t he com E strang ed in heart, with quick averted
'

mon mass of mankind, ook on men tal g

sup eriorit y with a j ealous an d j au n
8 l an ce

P asa d on th e oth er side 2

’

diced c an d, as ifchagrin ed at th eir I t is natu ral for paren ts and frien ds to

3 eriorit y, or det ermin ed t o make
own i
up for it by tu l n ce, seem to feel,
rej oice at th e ex an din
p g blo
b
ssom
fi ne in t ellec t, an d o serving t h e h o
s o f a

b
p e a
a nd t o set from th e con v iction , t h at n ou rs o f school carried of
the an or gifts of th e Creator ough t
'

t o su j ect th e possessor t o th e derision

yy
wh om t h e have so powerful
f on e in
an in

b t eres t , th e ex t n o th in g e se th an
of soci ety, or to t he in solen t sneers o f
invidious malignit y I n deed, w e can
t hat, by
t heir ev elopem en t , a portion
of t h eir splen dour will b e reflec ted on
b
.

discern n o sit uation in hu man societ y t h em . An d, dou tless,—if t h ey co uld

more to b e pitied than th at of t he
th w h o is premat urel y
an d fatall
b e con ten t to wait for it T hey expect
b
h im to en ter, ody and sou l, in t o t h e
.

b
y o u y
m scious of the possession of superior
h len ts, and wh o fondl , b ut too fall ay ust le an d con t en tion of t h e world,
an d th ere f ollow up the su perio rit y of
cloud y an ticipat es th e distin ction th at
is to accrue t o h im from t heir dev e
y
h is earl y da s—b ut alas ! his a paren t
listlessn ess su rises th em T ey ex .

lo p men t ; wh os e h eart refuses t o fol h im to ex bit all t he ferv our o f

'

p ec t
low the t ide of th e world, an d wh ose commercial en ter rize an d s ecula
p p
t ion — an d 10 ! h e n either m akes h is
'

t hough ts, truan ts to t he passin g scene,

are ever wan derin g amid th e an ticipa idol o fpreciou s ston es n or o f fi n e gold .

t u l b rillian cies of his futu re career

b T hey ex ct h im t o treat Prefer
.

H ebeholds his less gifted rethren pur ”

m en t s p easan t path s, wh ereas h e
’

b
-

suing their various occup ations wit h a t urn s in to one eset w ith ro cks an d
l eal, an in dus try an d success, t hat
seems to refl ect discredit on th e ack b difficul ties, with th e ri ers and t he
th orn s o f disappoin tmen t
b a .

w ardness of his own fate, an d pu ts his

b
” dines! t o the lush Immersed in
shou ld they no t have kn own ,

b b I f the rich rain bow on th e mornin g cl ou d

.

t he common place routin e of usin ess,

-
R eflects its radiant dy es, th e husb andman
in in th e u rsuit of some fashion a le
t rifle, splen did foll , th e world y B eholds the ominous glo ry , an d foresees
I mp en din g sto rms —T hey augured hap
du dsin s t o sym thiz e with on e w ho il
'

p
is an alien t o that th e thin k, an d Th g
t t ou didst love each wild an d won
y y
.

d ron a tale
’

t o all that t h e do, wh e t he pal t r

'

W t, whose th ough ts never soar

Offaery fiction , an d th in e in fan t tongue
L isp d with delight th e godlike deeds of
’

the consideration of hi s o wn
G reece
d i sh interests, h is hopes of prefer
n ent , or th e u nh ol y
thirst for gold,
An d rising Rome therefore th ey deem d,
forsooth,
’

o n poin t th e finger of scorn as h e

by b y T hat thou should st tread P referment s
’ ’

as a n d w it h a l oo k t h at etra s l
g
, p easa n t
venom of h is heart, seem to mur
b y Ill j udg in g on es ! th ey let th little feet
-

”
mur, eh old th idler
e
H ow prou dl in h gnan t , yet ow
.
'
.

b S tra in th e pleasant paths 0 P oesy

A n when thou should st have prest amid
the crowd,
’

h alingl does Sou the in form us of

Th ere did st thou lo ve to lin ger out th e day ,
’

the cul ties h e ha t o en cou n ter,

L oitering b eneath th e lau rel s b arren shade
’

and th e prej udices he h ad to overcome,

.

S pirit of S pen ser was t he wan derer

even among th ose wh o on ce professed
wro ng
b len dshlp for him, b u t who now, oh
sa ving hi s mistaken con cep tion s an d b
All this has een su ffered a thou
san d times, and must be b
eu ducg were an xious to shake b im ofl orne ; b ut
1 12 H enry Schultze, and other P oems .

Th y perj ured soul away H is sword he

’
sav agen ess h eart wrm g‘l l g re en t
no
l
;
g
e
. -

an cedrives him to ofieran al iri ad

'
drew uate -

An d on him, like a h urricane, I flew ; recom n ce for t he miseries h e has

D ash d fro m his hand the feebl e steel , and
’

’
cause b u t all is in dolen t self satis -

clasp d,
faction , an d confiden t assu ran ce I t is
bb
.

And bore him headlon g to th e ground, an d not m ore impro a le, than discordan t
g rasp
’
d
M y dagg er n ext t o stab him as h e lay t o righ t feeling, t o make th e emplo
men t o f a h eretofore lood boul tered b y
B u t ere I rais ed it , h e was swoon d away
’ -
.

revolu tion ist , a cool proj ec toro fma d es

Al ready had my sab re l eft its trace, y
an d us illa des, t hat of sit tin i li l
D eep in th e wret ch s pale and mangl ed
y g n a t t e
’
.

face . lon E den, an d declaring that

A n eye was wren ch d from n eath his fore
’ ’

Amidst my crops offlowers

h ead grim,
I mu se away my vacan t hours ;
An d maim d, I deem for life, on e qui ver
’

A n d kn eel b en eath the open sky ,

in g limb ”
An d serve my God at liberty P 118
.

. -

B ase as h e was , I coul d not seal his fate,

. . .

Nor stoop to b u tcher him in such a state .

The author seems to have suspected
I rose, and tu rn d away , an d h omeward
’
someth in g of thi s, f or he makes an ex

A nd l eft him there to conscien ce, an d t o

cu se in his preface, where he sa s that
byn o mean s pledges himself f
y
he
G od
”
P 2 1
b
th e a solu te correctn ess of th e religi
or

b
. . .

H en ry s wife dies—ao do h is chil

”
o u s emo tio n s th ere exh i ited
’
.

dren — h e falls int o u t ter pen ury, an d Still t h ere is a good deal of striking
b
fails t o o tain employmen t or commi y
r in dif f n t places in the Savoy
by p t
o e ere
aerat ion , an d t h e star is woun d u p ard, an d t h e relation of his returning
t h e in form at ion of t ose wh o foun d recoll ect ion s oft h e piou s lesson s incul
h im exp iri n g in th e forest Th e quo by
his moth er in childhood is
ta tion s we h av e m ade will en a le our
readers t o see t hat t h e au t hor, whoev er
.

b os ted
well made, an d th e in cident is natural .

I n con firmatio n , word on word,

h eb e, is posses sed oftru e poetic powers,
Rose sweetl y too from mernory s store,
’

an d h as mu ch comm an d of lan ua e ;
g g T ruth s, which in oth er da ys I h eard,
some of h is e ith et s are n ew, an d
p pe B u t n ever kn ew th eir worth b efore .

culiar] h app y
y L o dged by a moth er s pious care
'
.

Sav o ard, th ough a longer

y
T I n th e youn g folds of thought and sal e,
”
m i i i L ike fire in flin t, t hey slumb er d there,
b
p oe , s n fe r or t o H en r S chu l t ze,
’

an d it ap pears t o u s t o h av e een wri t T ill an gui sh struck th em brigh t nu n

t en b efore it I t wan t s dist in ctn ess an d
. t h en ce .

force ; vagu en ess is it s chief faul t t he T h e b eacon ligh ts of holy writ,

sketch of the Fren ch Revolu tion in it T h ey on e b y on e u pon me stole
b
asses efore u s like so mev as t smo th er
T hrou gh winds and waves my pathway lit,
p
b
mg clou d, which ears neith er sha e n or And chased
y
featu re for th e m emor to lay h o (1 u
on , an d u n t il we com e to t h e dream i n
p be righ t th at Ha rry
If our guess
i w k l i l Sch ul t ze is th e latest written produc
y
p r son e t a e t t e erson al in terest in
, p
t h e adv en t ures o fth e Savo ard h imself . t ion oft his aut hor, his progressrs gra t ,
H is con solat ion too, at last, al th ough m f
h h
b i
y
a n d t e e r o c ea s u re a to a
h e looks to th e righ t source, is too fa ford th e e s t d isp la for is ta l en ts .

n at ical. T h e reader will n o t readil s e

y W e ha s ll h op e to m e e t w i th hi m a g ain ;
ommodate h ims elf to the sudden re h w d l fi r

y an d, as we o
e a ve
c a v e a vo
h gious tran quillit of on e whom h e l h di i lm h
h l
by
na mes , w e s a a ve n o s nc a o n
h as j ust seen embru in h is han ds in h w h i h w t d e

b t o l earn t at c e ar e o
g ,
lood on e, in wh om n o acti v e love to sign ate h i m a m o n g th e su cce u f u l p oe t!
man seems t o take lace of his former of th e presen t day
p .
 On Vulg ar P re d i e: ag ainst L iterat ure.
j u c 11 5
i n solemn conclave, determin e with s e b
ear what is reckoned a trifle b on e,
clamation that the ea le is lind
g
b b m
. ay occasion the mos t heart readin
Th ere is no dou t—an d it is not to anguish in another Wh en Socrates
y
g
-

b e den ied— that an other of the prin ci

l i i
h eard the sen ten ce of his an ish men t,
h i d h h h l
.

b
ld h
y
'

p a
p j
re ud i ces ag ai n s t le a rn o r g e s a t at t e w o e w o r w as is
n ates in a much more reason ab e way, coun tr , b u t Ovid sigh ed in his exile
an d from a f ar j us ter cause, — th e er for the scenes o f his nat ivit ; an d
while Cardin al de Retz amused him
y
ro ra that too f requen tl y spring up in
t h e consti t ut ion of gen ius I t is cu
rion s that th e soil mos t remarka le f
fertilit
,
.

or b
is denoted b y n othing more th e solitude of his dun geon
y
.

than b y the luxurian cy of its When we reflect th at education soft

correc
weeds . b
No dou t, the alienation of e
t he worl d already men tioned, and th e
ns th e mann ers an d refines t he feel

ap peten cy for ure deligh t, so fie E mollit mores, nec sinit ease feros ;
p
l d i m d h i
t t d t
y
so that on e of th e most prevail in cha
u r o r
q u en
y sa pp o e an e s p e
g
,

t emptation s af forded to a l iterar man, racterist ics of men of en ius is t h e

b
may b e rought in as a kin d of apol o
an d, if n ot as a proper excuse for
g

e error, at least in m itigation of it s

hein ous ness Bu t t o this we

. no by
mean s consen t T hat man that walks in , we will be more in clin ed t o s m
y
h:
.

as tray t hrough ig noran ce an d dark th ise with t hose wh om neglect

n ess, and f rail ty of in tellect, may be
tolerat ed and forgiven
sev en ti mes,
”
seven t
but he wh o walks astra
an d y y
driven to despair, or dies poin tmen t
en ticed in to t h e unhallow
-
an d h at e
fu l re ns of error Finding bu t sel
gr y
. .

in t he clear sun sh ine, an d against the dom t harmon an d felicit in mix

remonstran ces of th e m onitor within ,
richl y deserves, an d ough t to suf
ed societ which y e are pron e t o seek
fer all after, it is n ot at al marvellous that l
the odiu m of his guil t and foll y y
t he shoul d sometimes seek after it in
.

Neith er florid prose, nor hon ied lies of an erroneous path b u t these frail ties
rhime, are, in
Can b lazon evil deeds , or consecrate a in stances, the oflhpring n eith er ofcold
by
far th e greater num er of b
”& ’ t
n ess of heart, n or corru tion of ch a
p
Bu t the truth is, that j ustice is not racter : They are the delusive an d tem
often deal t ; this prej u di ce ofthe worl d
b orary sch emes to af b
fle aflliction, and
co mes et ween, an d hood winks t ruth -
py
far more prej udicial to th emselves
.

T he exon erat ing art of the plea is t han others, resorted to in th e hour of
p pu r o se l a yb
n d m a h
p
c io u s l y le ft o u t, an d s ufl er i n b u
'

t h a t ed an d lo a th e d a n d
t he culpa le shades wrapt in ten fold despi in th e cahn of men tal con
darkn ess Often h as the ver accusa
. y ten tplation an d serenit y
.

t ion of guilt led t o the con sequ en ces it We wish to make some distinction
deprecated ; nor is t here a surer me
th od of renderin g crimes general , than
b
etween errors of feolin
— b n d errors of
gz
slidings of
b y giv ing them pu licit y, and suppo b p ri n ci p le e t w een t h e
an u nguarded momen t an d t he in vet e
a k

sin g them to b e com mon ; for whatever

yy
is ver common , it is su pposed can not the stream may be eith er
rate p erversion of moral sensi ilit , as
u ted in
b y
b e ver wrong No woman ever fo un d, it s co urse, or sprin g sulli
. and m ud
or f an cied h erself a wit ch , till she was dy from its foun tain head We can
b y
- .

suspec ted of ein so What can be s mpathise with th e unfulfilled

.

more u n warran tab e than our meth od m ises of pleasure, with the rain w
o fdetermin in g th e ch aracter ofthe u n b b
h opes that eckon ed, an d eluded such
fortu n ate ? Th e exten t of th e tempt d l f i i d
y ift d
b d l o ty p s t
a n n o e a n r e
g e , ,
-

atio n is wh oll p u t ou t of view, and ein g s a s B u r n s an d B

y ro n W e can
.

th e deg ree of th e evil in curred is sup all o w ourselves to

p ar t i cipate in th eir

d o b e greater or less, according i h h l f i di d d

f
b
f
p os e t su er n g s, t o u g s e n c te-
, an
as it f alls f rom him from wh om et ter t o o ffer something in exten uation of
t hi might hav e een expected b I t t heir follies, for th e were n ot destined
. y
is as dom or n ever a mat ter of reflec for the dull rou tine of societ ibr
t ion ho w th e suf ferers are formed to y
the have not lo ved the wor nor
V on I X . . Y
17 4 On Vulg ar P rej udice: ag ains t L iterature M
E y,
a

y
.

let th e unfortunate devotee remem more fidelit

b er, t h at t h e world h as n ever, in a
sin gle in stan ce, refused t o con grat u
late su ccess, n or th e n o ler art of our b
n atu re to pay t he h omage
b
sert—t h eir tri u te to C a esar
an in gredien t in selfish an d grove]
lin y
in paltr m in ds alon e ; b ut th e
b
l
t ru y great an d h onoura le, when a
y accu rate
b t o nature, t han
t h e do th e la ourer at his t ask, or t he
clown in h is h ours of relaxat ion — the
p
cou n try girl at h er wh eel, or th e h
b by
ue t o de men dican t egging alms th e gddd
.E n vy is side ; a t hin g which could n o t b e ac
complished with ou t a complete drama
tic metamorphosis, for th e tim e, of th e
au th or in t o t he su bj ect of his delinea

g l or io u s e m u lation fails, do n ot h esi t ion , an d t h e to tal resi at ion of all

t ate t o m ake a gen erou s con fession , selfi sh t h o h ts,

an d, forget tin g all th e p et t y
trammels b an d
ings, an d t e a an don men t of ever
selfish feel
yy
of h ostili t y an d y
art sp irit , come f or t h ough t an d assum p tion of superiorit
in to the h an ds of our common n at ure
ward an d add t eir u n relu ctan t ap
au se t o th e gen eral acclamation s of y
I t is j us tl rem arked by .

b
p l Sou th ey, in
mankin d L et it b e rem em ered, that
. h is feelin an d pathetic L ife of Kiri:
t he overcomin g of dif ficu lt ies is on e of White, t t h e n ever kn ew an y on e,
t h e purest an d prin cipal sources ofgra di stin guished for gen ius an d su perior
tification ; that th e tran quillit wh ich men tal ac uiremen ts, wh o was n o t re
s ucceeds to a tempest is dou l y de b b
marka le or ashfu ln ess an d wan t of
ligh t ful, from th e con trast of th e mu t con fiden ce in h is earli er ears C icero
.

t erin g th u n der, an d gloom cloud, to h as also told u s, that w en h e saw a

th e whispers of th e gen tl e reeze, an d g y b
ou ng orat or em arrassed in th e com
th e azure of an un trou led sky ; an d
y b men cemen t of his speech , h e was sure
som eth i l
th at th e glor of achievemen t is exact oo d w t f ll ow f rom
zg g a s o o
ly commen surate to t h e hazard of th e h im v l en h un dreds of less cul tiva
.
r -

en terprize . L eo n idas, w it h h is h an d t ed an d acco mplish ed min ds, scattered

ful of patriots in the Straits of T h er arou n d t h eir rh etorical common l a
p -

mopylte, prov ed h imself su perior to c es with fort itu de an d assuran ce, the
X erxes wit h his h un dreds of th ou l h h
y
g e n t e, t e di g n ifi ed , t e cl assical Ad
san ds of in v aders ; an d th e retreat of diso n , with diffi cul t could overcome
Gen eral Moore, is a h igh er 8 ecimen h is modes t reluctan ce, th o h truth
of militar y mastership th an t e pur
p
oin ted h is remarks, an d e o u en ce
q
A general who, wel t u on h is t on gue, an d was often
suit of Bon aparte .

with a t hou san d men, would attack so mu c p overcome byth e deli cac of y
y
h is adv ersar at th e h ead of fiv e times
b
th at n u m er, an d b e defea ted, woul d
his feelings, as t o be almo st in capa le
of proceedin g
b
enj oy t h e repu t at ion of ein g a ver
f l b f h h
b y ren t ideas on t h e su
.

But th e mul titude have ver diffe

b y
h
y
g r ea t oo ; u t , i e app en ed t o b e j e c t T. e s il en ce
th e con queror, n o on e would dispu te o f a li terar man is con strued in to
his claim t o th e h on ours of a triumph con t empt , and h is temperan ce in t o a
I t would appear that on e ofth e vu l
d i i li m
.

g l oo m y an d m e t h odis tical unsociali

If h e speaks much , it is from th e pri e
b
g p j
ar re u ces a g a n st te r a ry e n or i
h h h of sh ewin g his a ilities ; if h e dresses
b
g ine te s in t e n o ti on t a t t e r g d
y
e a r
t hing aroun d them wit ' a su well, he is a con ceited coxcom
b b y b if he
ever
y
p e rci liou s disdain , as e in
g o f s m a ll h a its himself plain l , he is a careless
regard, in comparison with th e mo re sloven . Ev th in g dou tful in his
loft y proj ects, and t he more splen did con du ct is loo ed on in th e darkest o
y b y f
des us which occup t h eir atten tion ;
b b
i t s earings
m
'

i l
g
. E ver p s g t o
an d t h ear an d to promul ga
y
t in t han t heir n eigh ours, th ey are b
t ein g in quest o fa n o ler des evil r
ainst t h e aspiran t after dist in cti on ;
ort

un will in g to all ow th em t o ossess that

degree of ap reciation t o wh ich their
p :g e report of his foi les, like a by all b
more limi b
a ilities, n evert h eless,
rolled alon g a sn ow surface, grows
l arger as it proceeds ; an d, in its pass
u n qu est ion a l b y e n t it l e t h e m . N o w age f rom mou th t o mouth , is ma ni
g
t his, we do n ot h esitate to say , is an fied like my lan dlady s accoun t of the
’

erron eou s idea, wh oll

y
destit ute o f all fou n dat ion for Sh ake
i n co rr e c t , a n d
mad dog, or th e stor of th e Th ree
Black Crows of C heapside All are t e
y .

speare an d Sco tt , t wo of t h e mi h t iest i d di scov er h im tri i

g j ce t o pp n to
g
o ,
iu ses th at th e w orl d h as ever seen , m
g
y t h t h i t th f t l
e n o e o e a
p r v a e s n n e
do n o t pou rt ra th e ch aract er ofa king , mon ster th at th e world ne er saw
'

or a court ier, with

g r e a t er zes t , an d an d t he owls an d the ats of the world,
1
b
 On Vulg ar P re
in solemn conclave, determin e with s e
clamat ion that th e eagle is lin d
u dice: ag ainst L ia m
j 11 5
b b
ear what is reckon ed a trifle b on e,
may occasion the most heart rea ding
y

b
. -

Th ere is no dou t—an d it is n ot t o anguish in an other Wh en Socrates

he den ied— that an other of the princi
l i i
h eard th e sen ten ce of his an ishmen t ,
h id h h
.

b
d i h l
p p ej i i t l
b t t t
y w w l d w as his
a r u ce s a ns a rn n g o r g e sa a e o e or
g a e
nates in a much more reason a le way, coun tr , b u t Ovid sigh ed in his exile
an d from a far j us ter cause,—the sr for th e scenes o f his n ativit ; an d y
rors that too fre uen tl
q y ps ri n g u p in w h il e C ar di n a l d e R e t z a m u s e d h im
t h e cons tit ution of gen ius I t is en self with wri tin th e life ofhis gaoler,
rious th at t he soil most remarka le for
,
.

b g
T asso frett ed hi mself to madn ess in
fertili , is denoted b y n othing more the solit ude of his dun geon
tyy
.

than b y the lu xurian c y of its When we reflect th at education soft

corrcc
weeds . b
No dou t, the alienat ion of en s th e mann ers an d refines th e feel
the world already men tion ed, and the ings,
ap pet em for ure deligh t, so fi e E mollit mores, n ee sinit ease feros ;
'

q u en tl y g
sa
'

pp om
p
te d , an d t h e su p e r io r
so that on e of th e most prevail in cha
g
ta nptations afforded to a l iterary man, ract erist ics of men of en ius 18 t h e
b
may b e rough t in as a kind of apolo great exten t in the range of their lea
g
p
an d, if n ot as a proper excuse for surable an d pain ful associatio n s, their
error, at least in m itigation of its
hein ous ness Bu t to this we
. no by
in creased sen si it
with ou t, an d t o impul ses from with
b
t o impulses fro m

means con sen t T hat man th at walks in , we will be more in clin ed to s m

astra y .

t hrough ign oran ce an d dark thise wi th t hose whom n eglect

y
as
rail t y of in tellec t, may b e
ness, an d f
tolerat ed an d forgiven seven t and y y
-
driven to despair, or dies poin tmen t
en ticed in to t h e u nhallow an d h at e
l ev en ti mes, bu t h e wh o walks astra ful Fin din g b ut sel
'

on s o f error
y
.

in th e clear sun shin e, an d again st th e dom at harmon an d felicit in mix

mmon stran ces of th e monitor w it hin , ed societ which e are pron e to seek
y
richl deserves, an d ou gh t t o su f
y
fer all after, it is n ot at al marvell ous that l
the odiu m of his guil t and foll y .
y
t he sh ould sometimes seek after it in
Neither florid prose, nor honied lies of an erron eous path b ut th ese frailties
rhime, are, in
(len b lamn evil deeds , or consecrate a in stan ces, th e ofisprmg n eith er ofcold
by
far th e reater n um er of
g b
me ”
n ess of h eart, n or corruption of cha
y
.

Bu t the truth is, tha t j ustice is n ot reeter T he are th e delusive an d tem

often deal t ; this prej udice of th e world h m fl li i d
p o y s
by t b ffl t n n
r a r c e es o a e a c o , a
comes between , an d hood winks t ru th -
far more prej udicial to th emsel ves
.

T he exonerat in g part of th e plea is than oth ers, resorted to in the hou r of

p pu r o se l y
an d m ali ciou sl lef t yo u t , an d suf fering, b u t hated and loathed an d
t he cul pable sh ades wrap t in ten fold despised in th e calm of men tal con
darkness Often has th e ver accusa
. y templation an d seren it y
.

h on of guilt led to t he con sequ en ces it We wish t o make some distinction

'

deprecated ; nor is there a surer me

thod of ren ering ( mes general , than
b
etween errors of feelin
b an d errors of

g fi y
rin ciple et w n t h e k slidin gs of
p e e-

ving t em pu
' '

l cit , and suppo m m

2
d h i
d d
b y
9 an u n g u a r e o en t an t e n v e t e

5 m m to b e comm on ; for whatever r a t e p erv e rs io n o f m o ra l se ns i ilit , as

is very common , it is su ppo sed can not the stream m ay be eith er u ted in
b e very wro ng N o woman ever fo un d, its co urse, or spring sulli
. an d mud
or fan cied herself a witch , till sh e was dy from its foun tain h ead We can
y
-
.

suspect ed of b ein g so What can be s mpath ise with the un fulfilled t o

b
.

more u nwarran ta le than our meth od mises of pleasure, with th e rain w

ofdet ermin ing th e ch arac ter oft he n u hopes th at b eckon ed, an d el uded such
h t un ate ? Th e exten t of th e tempt
y g if t ed ,

b
an d n o l e , a nbd lo ft
W
s pi ri t eyd -

ation is wh oll p u t o u t o f v i w d i B u d B n e ca n
e , an e n g s as rn s an
y r o .

the deg ree of the evil in curred is sup all o w oursel ves t o
p a rt i cipate in t heir

d o b e greater or less, accordin g f f i h h l f i fl i t d d

w
p ose t s u er n s
g , t o u g s e n c e
-
, a n
him om wh om bet ter t o o ffer somet hing in exten uation of
u it
f
z
t h av e b e n expected I t t heir follies , for th e were n ot destined
. y
o r n ev er a mat ter of reflec for the du ll rou tine of societ tbr
tion h o w th e m flerers are formed to
'
y
the have not loved the wor nor
Von 1x . . Y
 Ou Vulg ar P re
j udice: ag a inst L iterat ure .

t h e world th em town, wh ile his tation as

b an d with all t he
b p t
re a oe

capa ilities o f th e most exalted, pu ri
fi ed, an d refi n ed pleas u rab le emo t ions,
fo u n d too often all t heir magic v isio n s
b u t a dream, an d all th eir expectatio ns
b
of ra ) t ure su sidin g t o th e dull su n
less g c om o f misery b u t fo r th e er
rora o f a p erv erted in t ell ec t, an d an
was a arrier, whic all th e stren u ous
ef forts h e made in his profession al ca
reer, were in su f fi cien t t o overcome
Ar ms t ron g shared the same fate
Blacks ton e, when h e et ook h imself
y bb
t o th e stu d of law, w as o liged t o b id
a farewell t o th e m u se ; so f ared it

un f eelin g h eart, we hav e n ot h in g to b e with L ord Man sfield, of whom P ope

sto w b u t con t em t an d ex ecratio n says,
p .

I t is fort un at e t h at t h e facal ies

“
H o w sweet en O vid was in Murray lost !
wh ich , whet h er from n at ural con st i D arwin , wi t h m ore u n poet ical ru
t u t io n or e du cat ion , predom inate in a den ce, con cealed his stu di es t il his
m an s m in d, are n o t easil turn ed
’

aside fro m t h eir pecul iar b en t

y m e dical repu tation was est a lish ed b
H ad it an d Home w as depriv ed of t h e aste
b p
.

een ot h erwise, we m igh t at t h is day ral care o f h is parish , for dari n g to

h ave h ad n o grou n dl ess cau se of com compose on e o f t h e n o bles t and m ost

p la in t
E u clid f
. T h e fa th e r of Pascal sh u t u p

rom h im , an d would, on n o
beau t iful tragedies in t he E nglish lan

accou n t , allo w h im t o a
pp y l h im selft o
u
g ga e.

S tran ge, that wh at forms the glor y

t he st ud of th e math ematics ; an d th e of o ur n atu re, an d as similates us to
fath er o Petrarch, observ in g thet urn of su perior orders of in telligen ce, sh ould
his son s min d t owards elegan t litera
’

t ure, en deavoured t o give a fin ish ing

b
be the o j ec t again st wh ich v ulgar pre
h arges its shafts !

b low t o th e propen sit y , by b bu rn in g his

j u d i ce di sc
th at th e essen ce an d fou n tain o f all
S t ran e,
g

library Sir Isaac N ewton was o liged moral rec titude, an d polit ical im rove
b .

t o etake himself t o s hay lo ft , t hat he

migh t p ursu e h is st udies wit h ou t mo
-
men t , sh ould be pollu ted with t e ve
n om of en v y S trange, that th e han d
les ta tion ; an d Benj amin H aydon , th e th at offers h appiness to virtue, and
i i h h h b l d i
b
g reatest
p a n te r a t p r e se n t n E u ro pe, p o in t s t e p a t of o n o ur a e is t n c
was th warted in an d again , b ut to t ion , should b e th rus t ack, as it were,
n o pur ose, in is dev otion s to h is f fill ed with serpen ts, or directed the
p
y
a
v ourite scien ce . I n the estimation of way to everlasting in fam . Socrates,
some
p p
eo l e, a m a n m a yg iv e u p h is Sir Wal ter Raleigh, an d Sir Thomas
leisure hours to an y fashionable am use M ore, were ted t o th e death
men t , h e may be addic ted to win e, h e for defen ding the cause of t ru th , and
may squander his mone at pla , he y y en deav ouring t o enlig h ten th eir f ellow
may be guilt y, in short, of almost an y
vice t hat can degrade the dign it , or y creatures ; b u t though t he f y eel it not,
y
it is soothin g to think that posterit
y b y
sul l the purit of ou r n atu re, an d
b e less o noxious t han h e who dev otes
y e t b
has een as gen erous as their con tem
h
p or ar i e s w er e u nj u s t, an d t a t th e t e
his leisu re to th e cultivat ion of his veren es which was denied to th eir per
men tal facult ies What a crime it was
. son s, is paid to their memories .

in Addison to laugh at ignoran ce, t o L ike t he fl y criticisi the cu pola of

ridicule im o liten ess, an d en deav our St Paul s, it is imposai Is for a con
b
’

p
to make learnin g fashion a le ! D oes t racted min d t o comprehend, fi r less
or does n ot h is m emory deserve the
execrat ion of os t erit ?
p y appreciate, th e v alue ofan exalted cha
rac ter . If you allude t o his powerful
—
I f th e scan dal o f literature is at l i f h h hi m
yb
g e ne r a za t io n o t o u g t , t o s a s
t ech ed to an y on e s n ame, it is do wn comman d over t he f eelings,— t o
’
t erl
righ t mu rder co mmit ted on h is re u
p h is u n ounded ran ge of imagination,
te tic a an d in terest an d if h is tempo u w ill b s wered with a P oo h l
y o e an
ral advan cem en t an d worldl wh at good are these to do to th e world
u
y
ss
y s cce
depen d on his profession al efforts, t he or himself ? are you in realit sp eak
v eries t du n ce, an d t he mos t ign o b
ing a ou t t he man whom I hav e seen
ran t preten der, h av e a greater chan ce
o f su ccess T he immorta l L oc ke, from
b
walking a ou t t he st reet s at least a
hun dred tim“ , the person wi th the
b
.

lookin g o n our in t ern al c on form ation lu e coa t an d t he shufflin g gait

”
wi th too p hilosophical an eye, was ac
co u n ted t oo great a
h i i k id
b
l ockhead to be a
d eit her
v er
Y es, if you an s wer,
yp e r so n to w h o m I a ll
that is the
u d e. A nd
A wh at is there in these to preven t his
b
p y s c an . en s e a t t rac t e n
respec t nor a dmirat ion in his n at iv e i th t t i t J ulius Ca
p os se ss n g e se a r u e s e
 On Vulg a r P rej udice: ag a inst L ik mture .
" 7
c ar had a bald head Alexan der th e h on ours lavished on th e dead an d the
G reat was a litt le man , an d Bon a man who was allo wed to roam the bar
p art e co u l d no t hav
a corpo ral o f g ren adiers
e passed mus ter for
”
T hen it will
ren h eat h of en u r
p ,
y
S corn d b y the world,
'
an d left without
.

a
be respo nded, All t hat may be v ery home,
t rue, b u t t hese men lived in o ther
b y y y
cou n tri es, and every od sa s t he are
an d to en coun ter i ting las ts of
disa poin t men t , has, wh en o fn o avail,
the b b
”
m
y
g r ea t e n
a sp en did mau soleum erec ted ov er h is
.

Talk t o a mo ne ch anger ofth e phi

-

ashes T o use th e wit t y words of th e

lsn th rop y o f H o ward—o f the perils h e
.

satirical Mat thew Prior

a cou n tered, and of th e dif fi cul ties he ,

H e asked for b read, and th ey have give n

o vercam e —o f t he coun tries he trav er ”
a ston e.
sed from th e ure an d un mingled lo ve
p But wh y a l l this lamen tation and
he here to his fello w c reatures, with
out th e regards arising fro m the ar
-

b it ter regret ? as if the possessio n of

y
tis lities o f cou n tr and kindre d, n ay,
fi equently in 0 p osi tion to t hem—Of
'
p
g en iu s were n o t of itself its o wn re
ward ; as if the weal th of Po tosi coul d,
the u nremi tt ing hours ofhis l ife, and for a momen t, be put in competi tion
of his death, worth o fsuch a lif
wi th it What fo rms the dign it of
e, an d
.

y man ? Wh at co n stit u tes h is ex

y o u sh all h ave a si nifica n t shake of
g
t he head, in respon se fro m t he oracle cy amon g t h e orders of ein ?
n o t th e com reh ensive soul th at em
g I
en
s i t b
as much as t o say
b
I can be et ter engaged
All very well, b u t
”
Speak to
.
b rac es in its
p

bg rasp th e ea
,

u tif
th e su lim e ? th e so ul , t hat kindl es
u l an d b
such a on e of the eloq uen ce of C halm
ers— o fh is pure dev ot ion al lesso n s —o f
with th e divin e glo w of en thusiasm ,
his ferv en t expos tulation s—o f h is con th at tu rn s in dign an t] fi om t he er
p
version s of error, an exu l t s, with a
v in cin an d overwhelmin m ts
g g ar gu en
us pride, in t he h opes o freli io n ,
g
y
e n ro
o f hl s
e
-
turn ye, tu rn ye, wh y wil l g
y e d ie an d yo u sh all h av e for an sw er
and in th e urit
p o f vir tue ? W h a t is
the weal th of a Crmsus to a herita e
,

that he is a high flier, a b igo t, an d an

— g
-

Speak of Othello o f the like this ? What are the dominions of

Psrhdise L ost—or o f the E xcursion C aesar, to th e in de endence and the
and you sh all be told that Shakespeare
o
p
p wer concen trated o na single osom
Well may we agree with L ord Bacon,
b
was a stage player, and a deer steal er
b
- -

t hat Milto n was lind, and a repub li t hat knowledge is power "
.

es u and t hat Wordswort h is a white: Then wh t ! the mi hty and the

a are
ye
g
ll vu ed watere drin ker, and a h ypocon
'
p rou d !
Ye rule b ut for an hour—b ut for an hour ;
o ur memories wither liket h e ello w l eaves,

m
Pure far , and unmingled respect,
m Y y
T he traces of your b ein g fade away ,
es, t h at , in a vast maj orit
y
ms , onl overhang the grave
Paltry opposition is th en ashamed of
y of
A n d weeds o ertop your ep ita h a uaread
W hat are ye, when a
. '

_cen tur
y t
'

h p ass d
’

its resist ance ; and con fo unded p rej u Th e haun ts o f gen iu s remain for
fi ce ofi en comes forward to exp ress ev er sacred— ahalo surrounds th em in
a mtritiou and repen t an ce When th e efl aceab le b m h e trees under
'

.
y ti e T .

st ruggle o f life is over, an d when , af which th e poet h as stra ed shed a con

ter “
th e fev er of lif
of death h an g h er
e,
”
t h e slum ers s
h m
b
ecrat ed gloom
h h
an d
m
e walls of th e
d h i d b
y d
n ; h n,
; aro u t e o e ,
w e re e erst a e s a o e,

and frequen tl n o t ti 1 t h en , th e mis ts are cl o th ed with a b orro wed m aj est y

of error begin to he dispelled, an d t he an d grace Th e t om of P atroclus is
.

rom its men t ion

b
st ruct ures of gen iu s appear in all th eir
n at ive maj est y an d b
et a hallo wed obj ect, f

th e b lin d old man of Scio s rock

’
y
shado ws t hat b eau t y ; like the
rood over a su m mer i s — H omer
lands a we, and wrap hill and valley, sough t after with a zeal an d industry,
T he site of Tro y is

and forest an d st ream, in wild con fu as if it co uld be restored to its origin al

sio n an d disorder, till th e go lden su n splen dou r or as if some great nation
rise dispels t he illu sion , an d t he h azi al b
lessings were to resul t from the
disco very or as ifit reflec ted discredit
like an an el s veil , slo w fo ld
’
n ess,
ed up to h eaven , leaves every t h ing o n th e h uman race to remain ign oran t
b
’

i n t he tru th o f n ativ e lo v elin ess T h e of its b ou n daries, or to give so cele ra

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n eglect b esto wed o n th e living, is en ted a name a local h abitation T he
by y
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deavoured to be co un h rb alanccd t he t raveller in I tal fin ds no t an obj ect,

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which, from th e influ ence of a thou Th an ks to the dif fusion of li eral

san d en dearin g as sociation s, h as great an d en li h ten e d rin ci les, an d to the
g p p
er at trac tion s, than the to mb wh ere th e g ene rosit
y o f t h e p rese n t ti m es, t he
ashes o f Virgil rep os e ; or t h e ru in s ca se is no w som ewh at al t ered, an d the

of th e Forum, wh ere th e ru lers of the evil allev iated Weal th n o longer .

world hu ng en tran ced over th e magic shrin ks fro m payin g deferen ce to wis
el oqu en ce tha t flowed f rom the lips of dom, an d th e firs t walks in t h e learn
ed profession s are filled b y men , emi

as from A rab ian trees n en t for th eir li terat ure Yet, with re .

” m d h i
y
Their medicinal gums .
g ret , i t u st b e o wn e , t a t n e very
d e art men t of civ il societ , t h ere are
Or, let u s ask, has Britain a greater
clai m to dis tin ction among the n ation s
p
sti l too man y, whom v iews are as nar
row, whose ideas are as con tract ed, an d
rom an on e ci rc um
of th e world f
s tan ce,
,

b
h owever cele rated it be in arts
y

b
an d arms, t han fro m i ts the
b b
ein
g
irth place ofSh akespeare ? An d I fth e
-

cele ration of th e an n iversary of Wa

t erloo be held in th e farth es t set tle
men ts of I ndia, so is th e an niversar
b b y
of t he irth of Ro ert Burns, the pas
toral poet of Scotlan d .

E n camped b y I ndian rivers wil d,

The soldier, resting on his arms,
I n Bum s a carrol sweet recalls
’

T he scen es that b lest him wh en a chil d,

A nd glows an d laddens at t h e charms
”
Of Scotia s w an d wat erfalls
’
.

Wh en kingdoms , an d states, an d ci
t ies pas s away, what th en ves to b e

th e m os t imperishab le of eir recor ds,

th e mos t durab le of th eir glories ? I s

it n ot th e lay o f the poet ? the elo
q u en ce of t h e patrio t ? t h e p g
a e of
h is torian ? I s it n ot th e genius of t he
th e
san d 9 th “ t ortuosmes, Whl h om we
f g b
nat ion , im prin ted on th ese, th e most
t o V911 th e m wnanw Of “s aw , and
t make law a trade A c ergym f
splen did of its an nals, an d tran smitted
as a legacy , an d a token of its v an ish ed
a
th is 01388 W111 con foun d our un r
“3 3 d
.

yy
shad ow “ 0 17 4
e
of

d
g l ory, t o t h e afte r ag es o f m
An d n ow, when the glories of Greece
an kin d
p e d an ti c
Wi th 8
0

b
opin i on s a ou t M al
Of

an d Rome are b u t shadows, does n ot g le an ed f ro m t h e v ol um es of ; a

schoolmen — b a m lti tude Of m s ti
our b lood stir within us at th e recital u
of th eir m igh t y
achievemen ts, an d of
y
cal n oti on s con cern i n
g m ora h t
by ,
y
H i d
th eir maj estic th ough ts ? Wh ich , b u t th e ten den cy Of H id 1118 131180
9
Of t he sc rlet woman W 0 fi m
for th e page of th e chronicler, woul d
b
have een long are n ow a lan k and b u n seven hm
a ” — l
An d a p h sician Ofy
y y
a v acan c 5 glor depart ed withou t a
e same stam
y p Wi ll en deavour to x
ou r as t n i shmen t b y the M
e
il l
by
ci te
trac e, or figures traced upon th e sand, o
an d washed awa y by
the returns ofth e Of some arti cular cu res ef
stomac n po
p fect ed 3

iz x
l er ofhis own n severe
tide .

“ Oh ! who ahall li htl sa tha t fame W °

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éhe r m i“ ho

i e l mi "

i; t mfl 0 1ml : of 31 ° er example of th e
n
W
n oth ing b u t an s p
hen , b ut for th ose, our m ty dead
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“h m “ Operati on. where C no e,
al most as good as t he old one, lost m
by t
An g ges pag t a b lm k wo d he,
Sun k in ob livion s murky bed,
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at tles at h ome or a road, was form
rom the skin of th e f
A desert b are , a shipless sea

Th ey are th e distan t objects t em ;

T he IOfl Ymarl“ P f Wh at hath b een
.

full y
ed, f
ed do wn , an d
p
orehead care
in n ed to the
side 0 the den u ded caviti es of the n os
Oh ! wh° “ha“l 'ghd y ”Yth at fame

m
t ril ; or b y some woul d b e ph il hi
y
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o dm‘g b
.

afi fizz g cal defen ceofGerman craniolog

’ fl ‘ e
m m y ffd cad
t mue o n topi cs h ke these, an d thei r
on .

T o earth worn pilgrims M u] ey e

’

screech owl eloquen ce will flow

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T h e b li gh t“ , rays of dum b, shed,

T hat point to immort ality .
g Al boundless as the waters ofthe deep “
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17 9

y
.

b u t touch on an y other su j ect ; let it b I t is more in p it than in an ger,

”

y
b e on philosoph , or histor , or general y th erefore, th at we lamen t over th e re
h
p
li terature, or even politi cs, an d the j di h l i
y
u ces t t t e v u g ar ret n a g ai n st
i
a a
”
scien ce and literature th ough , to o of
will s it with sad civilit , as stupi
as bats, and as silen t as P gmal ion s y ’
t en , th e professo rs o f ot h are totall
depen den t for all the comforts of e
b
wife .

Th e remark ofGol dsmith is exceed on th e dictu m of t h e ub lic What a

ing] j ust, that the useful part of an y ru eful mart yrolog , in deed, do th ey .

y
on , whatever th e professors may lives of ph ilosOphers and literar m en
'

y
s ay to th e con t rar , is easil y acqu ired ;
y p resen t !
y et w h a t a g lo
b
rio u s
a s plen di d assem la e of all th at is
h os t , w h a t
an d we sh all ven ture to add, as easil
There is n o excu se, th ere y g
l oft , an d magn ificen t, and su lime, b
ret ain ed .

fore, for ou r stopping here, as ifit were in human n atu re, do th e con stitu te
What generous h eart does no t echo
y
the as plus ultra of acquiremen t , eith er
o n th e score of suf ficien cy, or of n eces b ack the fi ne ej aculation of Words

y b
cit ; ecause it is an in con trov erti le b worth,
fi ct , that th e sphere of a man s use
’

“ Oh that my n ame were mingled among

ful ness is proportion at e, in a direct t a

b b
t io, to th e ext en t of is information
th eirs
H o w gladl wo ulq y u it this morta l spherel
in an y part icular ran cls of scien ce an‘i
y
'

art . I nt vers have seldom een so, b Blo t them ou t from the h istor o f the
world, an d wh a t would b e th e resul t
to the van cemen t of th eir own for
t unes bu t is it n ot a n oble con solat ion
w hat would remain eh ind bu t
iron mem ories of kin s an d con ue
b the

t o th ink, th at when we are n o more,

What have civi zation , an all
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our mem ories will b e regarded with

rors

that we will th e el egan cies of domest ic life, de

respect an d ven eration
he clau ed am the enef b
acto rs o f p en ded on , b u t t h
y
eir ag en cies
t hou gh man of th em closed their e es
? A n d
y
our species ; an d t, wh en ou r grave
s t ones are messed ov er, an d sprinkled
in death,
with the weather s ta in s of ages, we Wi th a sigh
bb to fin d
-

may receive the lessin gs of those who Th e u n willing gratitu de ofbase mankind
are reaping th e en efi ts of ou r indus
t ry I nno vators, moreespeciall ifth eir
.
y y
all th at is eith er worthless or
et t ime, wh o is th e
i
b est chron icler of

p ra se
least-ts run counter t o the approved
an d gen eral pract ices of societ , h ave
y y
wo rt h y , h as dispel led th e shadows
wh ich h overed arou n d them, an d fix
u niforml met with res istan ce ; an d
ed them in
t his resist an ce, in man y ins ta n ces , seems
eau t on th at rock, which
y
is seen of all , an d in th at ran k of es
b
t o have b een stron g or weak, in th e
t imation , wh ich t h eir merits deserve
direct
h as b een eveloped
n of the good which
N uma Pompi .
H ad Colum u s con ten ted himself
wit h eing a weaver, or Shakespeare bb b .

lius, wh ose mild hilosoph ical temper

was insuflicien t, y with ein g a wool s tapler, or C ap tain
n atural mean s, t o
C oo k with b ein g a ca in bo y, or John
-

b -

res train th e im et uo us temper oft isin

p L ocke with b ein g a surgeon , or Sir
Ba n e, was obh ged to feign n oct urn
in tercourse with th e goddess E geria,
Richard Ark wrigh t w ith ein g a h air b
and succeeded in his design s, t h us by
dresser, or Benj amin Fran klin with
b
ein g a prin t er, or James Ferg uso n
thro wing over th em the fact itious lu s
t re of a h ea venl adviser y with ein g a sh eph erd, we do n ot t hin k b
b Roger Da
y
t h at either scien ce or societ y would
.

con , who was orn a cen tu r too soo n ,

h av e h ad mu ch reaso n to rej oice
saw for his remature develo
.

P
ment of scien ce, m ein g suspece
an illici t in tercourse with th e E vil On e,
an d condemn ed for this mos t tru e an d
en cr ime, t o th e miser and the
h em of a cell And
bmac
ff
Gen iu s will assert i ts n ative supre
} y
an d let n o t t he ign oran t or t he
v u lgar suppose, th at an y ef fort of th eirs
y
w ill lo wer its t riumph in t he op in ion
of t h e wise an d good I t is like a ligh t .

set on a h igh h ill, wh ich can n o t be

.

T h e su rry Galil eo with his woes, h id Th e ligh t n in gs of en vy , an d the

b
.

is an awful lesson to u s of the ign o t h un ders o f malice, fl ash an d ru m le

ri nse an d perversion ofh uman n at u re, b
far elo w, leav in g it in t he pure et h er
operat in , s trugglin g again st, an d en o fh caven , en compas sed with t h e s l en .
g
deavourmg to an nul the discoveries of dours of beaut and maj es ty
p
y .

t he philosopher .
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at Wa shing ton , dye

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E y,
a

c a u r u o s s o r ru s n a rrxs u A R M Y A T
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W A S H I N G T O N, &C
c .

T H A T an y works wh ich n arrat e ev en ts We are caugh t n apping in t he momen t

o fsu ch in t rest an dimpo rtan ceas t h ose f d d y
by
e
o v i ct or
y , a n f ou n p e rf ec t l s tu p ifi e d '

o f t he late war sh oul d in

g e n e ra l b e so defeat T hedem o n ofdu n ess which ‘
.
i

in tolerab ly du ll, may appear at firs t h aun t s th eir works exercises perfiec t
sigh t ext raordin ar
ev er, we t ake to b e sim pl
y
T he cau se, h o w
. dom in io n o ver us an d at such times
we h ave eten det ected o urselv es cur
t his, th at
t h e writers are men o fn o t a en t s,chiefly
b y sin tr t h e Scots Gre s , an d w ish in g t he
l
'

y
elo n gin g t o t h e m ilitar p rofessio n , g a l a n t F o rt
y S e c o n d at t h e bo t t om f
l
o
an d of c ou rse j u s t as wel th e sea Certain we are, t hat ‘ all the
l fi d
b b
q u a i e t o
W
.

dissert on su ch subj ects, as a ch air man es t accoun ts of t h e con t in en t al

by ars,
by
-

t o explain th e won ders of th e p o la r t e h av e een w rit ten civil ians, n ot

g i o n s, o r a S c o t c h ca

T u rkish law S uch a writer is fo r ever

.
d ie t o e x p o u n d
b y
mil itar men T he lat ter have een .

eat en h ollo w on th eir o wn groun d,

b
h eralding th e ex i leite of his o wn lit tle an d n o w h ave n o t an in ch t o s tand
squad or b at io n , recoun tin his upon for ev en in n ovel w ri tin g the
ac h iev em en ts on ou t i women for excel th em, an d in
pq u e t a n di s
b
-
,

ti ng u s, w h o care n ot h in g a out n alian son gs we will mat ch W illison

im, with som e st ory of a rifiem an
b
sen ding a u ll et throu h h is thick legs ,
G lass, orthe co ler ofFalkirk, against
b
t h e est of th em, and b et Pompe s
bb
o r a lan cer b b illat i to a s tick of sealing wax on ' e g
reakin s sa re on his
y
i ' ’

g p
s till thicker scull .H is n arrative, t oo, i ssu e On e of th e mos t n o ted m ilitar
.

en erall y in terlarded, b works of t he presen t age, for in stan ce,

fi
way o fepi
e, wi th th e hair b readt is th e accoun t of th e E gyptian cam
escapes an d
yy by
-

mo vin g calamit ies of sun dr ou th s p a i g n S ir R ob er t W i ls o n I n a li .

u n k no wn to fame, t h e compan ion s of t erary poin t o f view, a mo re co n t empt

his toils an d dangers We are uite ible work n ever issued from the press
b . .

M We are con vin ced t here were man

b
read li h
y t o e ev e t a t aj o r D o
eh av ed w ell , an d C olon el Jac kson n on commission e dofi cers in Sir Belp
b y
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fough t like a lion A ercromb y s arm , who could have

’
b u t we real ly
g r u m b l e at fi n di n g a d o zen pages con writ ten quite as good a nam tive ofthe
su med in ex lai n in g t o u s h o w t he movemen ts of the t roops, an d have ex
former h ad t e misfortun e t o receive m l ves in much b et ter lan

a b u llet in h is b
reech , an d the lat t er
p
g g
r
u
es
a
s
e
e d
;
th
an
e
d
se
t h e d iffi cul t on l is ty y
o
t o lose h is righ t whisker an d t h ree of con ceiv e ho w an y man coul d so com
h is grin ders
m h
We elieve it requires
.

l
b p l e te l y su cceed as h e has done, in com
sin g a work of whi ch E g p t was the

b y b
q u i t e as u c ta en t t o d e s en he a p o y
ba tl e wel as t o p in t it on can v ass, su j ec t, con taining no on e s lla le of
r l
an l t h at t l e same l cc in p is n ecessary in formation in the least interest ing t o
in b o th b ut who, fo in a FE , cou ld t h e soldier, th e scholar, th e man of
for a momen t tolerate a picture ofWe scien ce, or th e ph ilosoph er No t m e .

t erloo , in which th e chief figure was of h is predecessors or su ccessors; little

L ieu ten an t M In t osh of th e 7 9th , or
‘
q u a l ifi ed as some of th em have b een,
C ap tain Aug u st us Po lidore Bumme o f b u t hav e added at least a trifl e t o the
y
t he Ro al S co t ch Fusileers ? Bu t ov er
b st ock o four k no wledge ; an d the work
b y
lookin g t h ese a surdities, it is in deed of Sir Ro ert Wil so n s tan ds singl in
q u it e w on d er fu l h o w g re
n ess of t h e n arrato r can de riv e o f all
a t l t h e d y
u l th e n aked ignoran ce ofits author a mo
n u men t , th ough an u nnecessar one, y
p
o f th at lit t len ess of un derst an ding an d
ex trinsic in t eres t t he great ev en t s which
h e reco rds Wh o is there that, in t he
. b lindn ess of in tellec t b
which his
b
wh ole aft er life h as een stin guisha l
'

h an ds o f these writers, h as no t awn

b
.

Th ese o servatio ns, h owev er, are by no

ed at t h e b riskes t ch ar e o f cav

b een lu lle din t o a profou n d slum er

g o
b b
r
b
mean s applica le t o th e ofi cers of the
y
t he mes t dreadfu l discharge ofartiller y Fren ch arm , an d in a smaller degree

A Narrativ e of th e C ampaign s of th e British A rmy at Washingt on an d New t Q

leans , u n der G en eral R oss, l aken h am , an d L amb ert, in t h e Y ears 18 14 an d 1815 s with
’

B y an O fficer, who served in the E xpedmm

o -

so me A cco un t of th e C o u n t ries visited .

.

L on don , Jo h n M u rray , M 2 1 .

1 A n a d mirab l e co m p arison , ado p t ed fro m a p rime arti cl e o f t h e 00 11a On the Ed i t

b et wixt Black Sam an d C hicken , lately foug ht at Ravelrig l loll
'
.
 Campa ig ns ofthe Br itish Army at Washing t on, dye 1 81

b
.

at l east te th ose ofoth er foreign n ation s th e first gen erals o f t h e age h as een
T o Fren ch officers, d rected Bu t somewha t too mu ch of
y b i
t h an t o ou r own . .

scien ce has, in man cases, een deep t is

y y
.

l y n deb t ed ; n or h as th e arm of th at We
h ave in deed some apolog t o
y yb
'

n at i on ever pen etrated in to an cou n tr of fer for th ese h ast o servat ions, in
in terest ing to E urop ean s, wit ou t re ap li ca le as th e
p b y ce r ta i n l y a re t o th e
b
m i xing with a rich s tore of valuable w ork, t o wh ich we are n o w a ou t to
infim nat ion ; and thus com nas t in g, call th e at ten t ion o f our readers This, .

in some at least, for t e evils o f t oo, is t h e pro duct ion o f a militar au

ci led am iti on ,
.

b b
con t rrb u t ing
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th or, b u t o f one whose talen ts an d s e

y

T
to ii
kn wledge, while ey enc roach compl ish men t s, we ta ke it , wou ld en
t itl e h im t o ap pear before th e u blic

m
c d on t he happiness of man kin T he
d
.

p e n c il o f m an, a s, n ever ] rew a

p in a mu ch h igh er ch aracter t han e has
more v ivid an d a ic t u f m i chosen t o assu me as th e n arrato r of the
p re o

sery than m y be f in L a Baum e s carnpaign s o fth e Bri t ish arm at Wash

’
oun
y
accoun t o f the fi rst Russian campaign ing to n an d N ew Orlean s
. A more .

We read it with all th e avidity w ith ent ertain in g vol u me we have sel dom

which we peruse a romanc e, an d with met with an d it is writ ten th roug h

a deeper int erest , arisin g from a kno w o u t with th e same s irit , el e an ce an d

led e of imtruth , than ever a ro mance

g y
v ivac it , w hich co n tri u tes to
p g
b ve so
'
.

excit ed Th is, however, is b u t on e of i t t o L o rd Bur ersh s

’
stro n n n t
.
g a er es

many , an d the eagern ess w it h which accou n t o f th e

p e n ins u l a r ca m p g
a i n s .

th es e works are t rans lat ed and read in T he work comm en ces with th e con clu
o ur lan is con vincin g an d mo r sion of t h e cam ai n s o f the British
p g
tifying en ce of the u t t er in ca aci arm i F n ce, m t he s rin f 1 81 4
p y n r a
p g o .

ty of our mili tar au th ors, sinc e we T he regimen t of ou r au t h or was t hen

are ohli m
y
d t o be i ndeb ted {hr the ou ordered t o em ark with sev eral o t h ers
for America, in order t o con stit u te a
b
tolerable records of o ur victories to
p e ns ofour en emies I
vulgar error to sup pos e, that militar
t. is a m er e
y
rior of th e Un ited S tat es
y
forcia to carr h os tilities in t o the in te

b
men , from ein g presen t on th e spo t, a
p l ea sa n t v o a g e a cry Th e had
oss t h e A an tic
.

pm tha efore bett er qualifi ed t o gi v e an to th e Bermu da I slan ds, wh ich , h o w

o

accura t e accoun t of the man oeu vres of ever, is deta iled to u s with som ewh at
too mu ch prol ixity , y
b an d th e after
-

wards, ein g ined b y a n av al force

u nder Adm ire M alcol m, sailed on the
expeditio n which f ormed th e chief ob

j e c t o f t h e ar m a m en t T he Ameri
.

can s O p osed n o resistan ce to th eir

p
sailing u t h C h k w h i h t h
p e e s a
p e a e c
d
, e
en tered on t h e 1 sth o f Au ust
on the mornin
g o f th
was lan ded, un der pro tec t ion o f th e
e 1 9 th
g
, th e
;
ar
an

m y
f h h h
y i w i ou t ex erien
y
g u n s o t e s t
p s, p
p en i n s ular w ar, t h e o ffi cers g e n era ll c in g an
y ppo o si t i o n T h e .
p r im ar o h
acquired t heir first kn owled e o f the j c et whic h G en eral Ross appears t o
g
mo vemen ts of th e differen t division s of hav e h ad in v iew , was th e cap tu re of
th eo rm fi om the E nglish n ewspapers ; 8 fl otilla of gun b oat s, which was s ta
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a n] in con fusio n ofan en em en t tion cd at N o t tin gham , an d which was

. veloped in smoke, an d wi th t eir at
y
t u i t ion full occu pied b y th e occurren
af terw ards lo wn u p b
D isappoin ted in some m easu re in th is,
by
th e en em y .

ces in t heir immediate neigh ou rhood, b b e n ext determ in ed t o pen etrate to

th y are in g s tat e of perfec t ign oran ce Wash ing ton , which he ef
d what is passin g in other parts o fth e l itt le loss, after ro utin g a considera le
'

field I t is no t to the hors e who dri ves b ody of the en em at Bladen sb urgh
. y
fec ted with
b
.

the mil l that we mu st look for an ex T he following accou n t of th e en t r of

p lan a t ion of th e m ec ha n ism of t h e m a t h e British ar m in to Was h in to n willy g ,
y

d rinery Nor is it from th ese humble shew th e treacherous character o f th e

y
.

t houg h useful in strum en ts of war, th at en em with whom we h ad t o deal

W m to expec t a th o rough co mp re S u ch b ein g th e in t en t ion o f G eneral
w of “ rh ‘d ’les Of O
m g z
u
fi l P Ross he did no t march t he t roo ps imme
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M
.

: by W e t itary conduct of diat ely in to the city, b ut hal ted them upon
 Camp aig n s ofthe Bri tish Army at Washing ton , 85s
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Washingt on Th ey were taken compl et e

.

u i n or could th e arrival ofthe

y r p r
g
s s e ;

M
every lace as th ey came wit h disma ood b e more u n exp ected to t h e n atives of
g n t himself thougll t of pt
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gth e an tedil u vian worl d, th an t h e arrival of

fi
esi .

his fety . Tll at gen tl eman , as th e B ritish army to th em Th e first 1m

.

I credib ly informed, h adugon e f orth in p u l se , o f co u r s e , t em p t e d th em t o fl y , a n d

morning with the army , and had conti th e streets were, in consequence, crowded
.

n a sd among his t roops t il l th mBritish for .wit h soldiers an d sen ators, men , women,
h m to mak e their appearance Wh e . an d children , h orses, carriages, an d carts

t h er the sigh t ofhis enemies cool ed his cm .l oaded with h ou seh old furniture, all hasten .

W .fl r ot , I cann ot say , b ut, accordin g in g to wards a wooden b ridge wh ich crosses

w my er, no soon er was th e gli t tering t h e P otomack T he confu sion th us occa
.

of our arms discernible, th an h e began to sion ed was t errib l e, an d th e crowd u pon the

M that his presence was more wan ted b ridge was su ch as to en dan ger its giving
h th e sm at e than with th e army ; and ha way . B ut Mr Maddison , h aving escaped
ving ridden th ro ugh the ran ks, and exhort amon th e firs t , was n o soon er safe on th e
g
ed every man t o do his dut y , h eh urried b ack opp os1t e b an k o f th e riv er, t h an h e gave or

t o his o wn h ouse, th at h e m igh t prep are a ders th at th e b ridg e should b e b roken down ,
,

M for th e entertainmen t of his officers, which b eing ob eyed, th e rest were ob liged

Cu m m o f t h es e d e t a il s I
when t hey should return victorious For t o ret urn , and t o tru st to th e cl emency of
w ill n o t b e an
.

t h e v ictors .

h umble ; b ut this much I kno w, th at th e I n this manner was the n ight passed
h i t was act ually prepared, though, instead b y b oth p arties ; an d at day b reak, next -

d b e i n
g d e v o u re d b y A m e ri can o ffi ce r s , i t m o rn i n g , th e li g h t b ri g a d e m oved in to th e

w en t t o s a t is f y th e l e ss d eli ca t e a
p e ti te s o f a c it y , w hil e t h e r ese r v e fe ll b ac k t o a h e i h
g , t
of E n glish soldiers . W en the de about half a mile 111 th e rear L it tl e, how .

t , sen t out t o destroy M r M addi ev er, n ow remain ed t o b e don e, b ecause

g u n
’
s h ou s e ,
en t er ed h i s di nin
g p
- a r l ou r ,
e ve r
y t hi n g m a r k ed o u t fo r d e st ru c tion w as

M found a din ner tab l e spread, an d co

f
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S
already con su med
everal kin ds o f t h e P residen t s
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l
Of th e Sen at e house,
.

h
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y ' l li d f o r o rty g u e s ts .
p a ace ,
t e b a r r a c k s, th e
wins, in handsome cut glass decant ers, dock yard & c noth in g coul d b e seen exc
g
- - .

m woling on th e side b o ard ; pla te h ol d

- - .h eap s of smoaking ruin s an d ev en e

C l st and by the fire place, fill ed with dish es

- b ridg e, a n ob l e structu re, upwards of a
l fl k i f k d w m il i l h w l m w h ll d m
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I l u t es ; n v e s , or s , an sp oo n s , e re e n e n
g t , as a o s t o y e o

for immediate use ; in short, ev e .lish ed . Th ere was , th erefore, n o fu rth er

m w s ready for th e en t ertainmen t of occasion to scatt er th e t roops, an d th ey were
y a
accordingly kept to er as mu ch as os
p
sibl e on the C a itol

y b
p
r i 3 5 g 2 3
Ha destro ed the ublic uild
m Spits l oaded with j oints W
2
respect
st ores in as n gt on , the
y
.

m sort s, turned l ef i o re th e fire ; p ots,

arm
a
t hen proceeded to Bal timore,
i nespans, and oth er culin ary u tensils , w h
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ere their operation s were n o t quite
h ood up on the grate ; an d all th e oth er
successf l n eral Ross was kill
t q uil im for an el egant an d sub stan tial re
by G
so u e .

h dies e d a s h o t f r m a r ifl e m a n in t i

m
hi i o a r
were exactl y in a s te t a w n
g fl i k i m i h d h i d d h
y
that h ad b e e n la te l y a n p r ec i p i n g s r s , a n a v n g e fe a te t e
Ameri can arm after a pret t y sm art
ufl
§
ed .

on will readily imagin e, that t hese en a emen t , o ur f

g g o rce was o li ed to
g b
w were b eheld b y a party ofhun
‘
retire, in con se uen ce ofan in t ima tion
An from the admiral, th at the river was
q
out liers, with no indifi eren t ey e

g
.

l ut dinn er, ev en th ou gh con siderab ly t oo sh allow to admit of th e co- 0pera

M a u d, was a lu xury to which few of
tion of th e fleet T h e foll owing l a th e
M , at least for some time b ack, had b een accoun t of th e melanch ol fate of Ge y
.

w ; an d w hi c h , a ft e r t h e d a n g e rs
n eral Ross, an of fi cer as mu ch respect

m
fi l g ues of th e day , appeared p eculiar
i
17 h Th t d o w t it t h e e f e d , a n d o f a s g re a t p r o m ise , as an y in
i . e y sa n o , r o r e ,
h i i h m

m
a n in the most orderly man er, b u t n t e B r t s ar y .

H avul rest ed fof th e l ace of an hour

$ 33
11 woul d not have
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n na -noes
a a part y 0 erm en at a ci vic g
we again rnoved fo rward, t t had not pro: hi
fi t ; al l ], having satisfied th eir appetites ceeded above a mil e, wh en a sharp fire of
'lfi fi v er coll apln n ts than would have pro musketry was h eard m front, an d shortly

m
b ll y am ped their rival g ourmands , and afterwards a mount ed officer came galloping
p r e tt y f r e e l y o f fl t e w in e s , th e y t o t h e r e a r , w h o d e si re d u s t o qu x ck en our

hy setting fire to the h ouse which pace, for th at th e advanced was en

u so M y e n t er t a i ned them .
g ga e d .A t th i s intellige nce e ranks were
“ But as I have ust ob served this was closed and the t roo s advan ced at a b risk
, j , , p
f m f n d sil ence T h fi ring
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_ c tli - na y to t h e i n h a b it a n ts of r a t e , a n d p r o o u e.

or. 1x. z
 186 Ca fl tpaigm ofthe B ritish Army at Washingi oa, dye .

st ill con tinued, thou h , from its runnin tt T t i b ved w h w

g g co ages o re re, uno ser ,
. as, o
and in lar so un d, 1t p romised little el se ever, impossibl e, b ecause the rustl in which
g
th an a s b ut whether it was k t I had m adeamong the trees drew therratten
u p b y detached parties alon e, or b e tion , an d th ey saw me, rob ab ly, before I
y p
ou t posts of a reg ular army , we could not
- had seen th em P erceivmg that their eyes
.

t ell ; b ecause, from the quan tity of wood were fixed on m e, I determined t o p ut a
wit h which the cou n try aboun ds, an d the b ol d face on th e matter, and calling aloud,
total ab sen ce of al l hills an d eminen ces, it as if for a
p y
a rt to halt, I advan ced , with
was impossibl e t o discern what was going my servan t, to wards them . T hey were
on at the distance ofhalfa mil e f rom where dressed in sailors j ackets and tro users, and
’

we stood ross on my a proach, takin g ofl their hata

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p
.

We were now drawin n ear the scene with much crvility On joining t hem, I .

of action , wh en an oth er 0 car came at f ull deman ded whether they were n ot E nglish
speed t o wards u s, with horror an d dism a
y m en , an d d e se r te rs fro m t h e fl e e t , s t atin g
in his coun ten an ce, an d called aloud for a t hat I was in search of t wo p erson s very
s ur eon
g . E v ery man fel t within himself m uch answering their descrip tion . They
t h at all was n ot ri ht, thoug h non e was assured me that th ey were A m ericans, and
g
willin g t o b elieve the w hispers of his own n o desert ers , b egging th at I would n ot take
t erro r. B u t what at first we could no t them away ; a request to which , after some
g ues s a t, b eca u s e we d rea ded it so m u c h , t im e , I ass e n te d T
. h ey t h en co n d u ct e d m e
was soon realiz ed, for th e aide de camp had in to th e house, where I foun d an o ld man
- -

scarcely p assed, wh en th e en eral s h orse, m h rt ain ed me with

’

g a n d t h re e w o e n , w o en te
with ou t its rider, an d with th e saddl e an d b read, cheese, an d new milk . W hile I
ho usings stain ed with b lood, came pl un was sit t ing there, a third you th , in the
ing on wards Nor was much time given dress of a lab ou rer, en tered, and whispered
g
.

or fearf ul sumrise, as to th e exten t of ou r to on e of th e sail ors, who imm ediat ely rose
misfortune I n a few momen ts we reach ed to go out, bu t I commanded him t o sit
.

th e groun d where th e skirmishin h ad t a t ill d ec l i n t h a t I w as n o t s a t isfied, and

g s , a r g
ken place, an d b eh el d poor Rom l aid, b y shoul d certa inly arrest him if he attempted
t h e side of th e ro ad, un der a cano y of t o escape T h e man sat do wn sulkil y, and
p .

b lankets, an d apparen tly in th e ago ni es of t he you ng lab ourer coming forward, b egged
death As soon as t h e firing be n , he had iasion to examine my gun
ga
. .

r den t o th e fron t, tha t h e mi m d

ig g t a sce rtain a re q u est w hi ch I did n o t u ch r eli ah , a n
f m wh en ce it o g 1ated, an d, mingh ng with which I , of course, refused to comply,
’
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with th e skirmis e hi:

was shot in th e side tellin the fellow that it was loaded, and
b y a rifleman T he woun d was mortal ; he that
. was un willing to trus t it o u t of my
fell in th e arms of his aide de camp, and o wn han d, on accoun t of a weakn ess in one
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li ved only long en o h t o n ame his wife, of the locks .

an d to commen d his amil t t h e t e I had no w kept up appearan ces as long

y o p ro c
tio n of his cou ntry H e was removed to
. as th ey coul d b e kep t up , an d, therefore,
.

wards th e fleet , b ut expired b efore his rose to withdraw ; a m easure to which I

”
b earers co ul d reach the b oats . was addi tionall y induced b y t he ap pearance
Our forces on ce m ore reimb arked, of t wo oth er coun trymen at the o
an d repaired t o Jamaica , which was e n d o f t h e h a m l e t I t
. h eref ore t ol d s ail

ors that if th ey would pledge themsel ves t o

app oin ted as a eneral ren dez vous f
g
a much larger arm , in t en ded for th e y o r
remain
q uietly at h ome, without j oining

attack of N ew Orl ean s Bu t efore ac

compan y ing t hem to th eir dest ination ,
. b t he A merican army , I wo uld n ot molest
th em ; warning them , at the same time,

b
we must lay efore our readers an ac
cou n t o f th e immin en t danger t o which
n o t to ven t ure b eyo n d the village, les t t hey
shoul d f all in to th e han ds of ot her p arties,

who were also in search of desert ers The .

ou r aut h or was exposed, an d from r o m ise th ey gave, b u t not with mu ch ala

p
whi ch he ap pears t o h ave ext rica ted crity , when I rose, and keeping m
himselfwith sin lar presen ceofmin d fixed upon th em , and my gun ready . ax:
T empted b y sho w o f uiet n ess, I ed in my han d, wal ked o ut, f ollo wed by
q
o ne da y cont in u ed m
y w alk to a g r ea te r m y s er v a n t .T h ey co n ducted us t o the

distan ce from t h e fleet than I had y et v en door, and stood st aring after us till we got
.

t u red to do My serv an t was with me, b ut

. to th e edg e of the wood, wh en I obsc ved
had no arms, and I was armed only with a th em movin g t owards their coun trymen ,
do uble b arrelled fo wling piece
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H avin g who also gazed upon us without either all
.

wearied mys elf with loo king for game, an d vancing or flying You will readily be
.

e n et ra t ed b eyond m y former land m ark, I li ev e, that as soon as we f oun d oursel ves

p -

cam e s uddenly upon a small haml et , occu

in i ce of cleared g ro und in th e very
y g p
h
a e
eart o f a thick wood With this, to con
.

fess t he truth , I was b y n o means deligh t

ed, more especiall as I perceived t wo sto u t
y
l ooking men sitting at the door ofone ofthe
 Campaig ns ofthe B ritish Army at Washi
n
g ton
&
c. 1 85

att e m t o follow, or not , l cannot tell. I f same momen t was to be attacked b y th e

t hey they took a wrong direction , for, in main of our army .

am eth ing more than an h onr I found my I n this manner was on e part o f the
.

aalf at th e edge of th e river, a littl e way force to act, whil e the rest were thus ap
ab ove th e shippin g, and return ed safel y on ted D ividin g his troo ps int o three
.

M fully rcsol ved not again to expose

”
n s, Sir E dward direct ed t hat G en eral
myself to such risks, without n ecessity Keane, at th e head of the 95 th , th e lig ht
y
.

The command ofth e arm was n ow m i f t h 2 1 t 4 th d 4 4th, toge

y
co p an e s o e s , , an
th er with the t wo b lack corp s, should make
assumed b Gen eral Kean e, a v er ac
y a demon stration , or sh am atta ck, u n th e
tive an d spiri ted officer, who was after
wards su rseded
p
by
th e arri val o f Sir
rig h t ; th at G en eral Gib bs, wi th e 4 th ,

E d w d pk h m f h m l
2 1st, 4 4 t h, an d 93d, shoul d force t h e ene
O
b
ar ac e n a . t e e a n
m s left, while G en eral L amb ert, with th e
‘

choly fate oft h is ofi cer it is impossi le an d 43d, remain ed in reserve, read

7 y
t o speak with ou t sorrow H e was, . r to act as circumstan ces might re u ire B u t
h apa, the man of all o th ers t o w om in storming an en tren ch ed posiuon , some q .

y
the arm l ooked up wit h con fiden ce thing more than b are co urage is requ ired
an d h ope Adorn ed with ever qualit
. y y
Scalin g ladders and fascin es had, t herefo re,
-
.

t o excit e esteem an d admirat ion , in th e b een prepared, with which to fill up the
im f m a h ood, a d i h a l on g di t h d m t th w ll d i
y b
p r e o n n w t c an o u n e a ; an , s n ce t o
carry th ese was a service of dan er, re ui
career of glor a x ren tly open efore g q
him, h e was m atr i;
in a momen t from
rin g a corps well worth o f de en dence, th e
y
44 th was for that purpo se sel ected, as a re
p
o ur wish es an d our hopes, in an un
g im e n t o f su flicien t n umerical s tren th
g
dertaking to t he accomplish men t of and alread accustomed to A merican war
y
,

y
whic h hi s mean s w ere decidedl ina fare T h us were all thin s arran ed o n .
g g
dequate H ad Gen eral Packen ham, th e n ight of th e 7 th , for the 8th was fix ed
M
.

over, met with th at h on oura le b

u pon as th e da decisive of th e fate ofNew
y
s upport wh ich h e was en titl ed t o ex
f m y i f h m y
Orlean s
W
.

by
p e t ro e v er
po rt on o is ar ,
hil e th e rest of t he arm , th eref
y o re,

much migh t h ave een don e fi om h is lay down to sleep till th ey should be roused
'

l i e -
em in en t m ilita r s ki ll, a n d fer t ili u p to fi g h t , C o l o n e l Th o r n to n , w i th t h e 85 th ,
an d a corp s o fmarines an d seam en , amou n t
of resou rce Bu t we regret t o stat e
.

ing in all t o 14 00 m en , moved do wn to t he

t the follo win g ex tract prov es th at
b rin k of th e riv er A s y et , ho wever, n o
he did not in a ll his officers discov er .

b oats had arrived ; hou r after ho ur elaps ed

that co e and promp ti tu de b y which
b efore th ey came an d when they did come,
British so diers are in gen eral dis tin t he mis fort un es which I hav e stated ab o ve
were discovered, for o u t ofall t hat had b een
The canal , as I have sta ted, b eing fi ordered u , onl f w m d t h e i
p y a e a e r a pp ea r

uiahcd on t he 6t h, it was rcsolv ed t o lose no an ce S till it was ab so lu t el n ecessary that

.

fi ne in making use of it Boats were ac

. t his p art of the plan shoul b e carried in to
“ dingly ordered up for the transporta t ion execution D ismissing, therefore, the rest .

11 1400 men ; and Col on el Thorn ton wit h o f his f oll o wers, t he Colon el
p u t h im self at

$ 0 85th regimm t , th e marines , and a party the head of his own regimen t, abou t fifi y
fl sailors, were appointed to cross th e river seamen , an d as man y marin es, and wit h
.

B ut a numb er of untoward acciden ts oc t his small force, con sisting of n o mo re than

a rrcd, to a a plan of op eratio n s as ac 340 m en , pu shed off B u t, u nfort un ately, .

fl ratsly do wn as an y in th e course o f th e l oss of time n othin g could repair . In

fl war The soil through wh ich t he can al st ead of reaching the opposite b m k, at
.

i l l dug , b eing soft , p art s of th e b an k gave lat est b y midn ight, dawn was b eg in n in g to
way, and, chokin g up th e chann el , p re appear b ef o re th e b oats
q u itt ed t h e can al .

I l l t cd t he heaviest of th e b oats from get I t was in vain th at they ro wed on in per

'

fi g b rward These again b lo cked up th e feet silen ce, an d with c ars muffl ed, gainin g
.

so that n on e of those which were t h e p oin t of deb arkation with ou t b eing per
could proceed, and th us, in st ead o f ceived I t was in vain that th ey made good
.

I » “ ha f or th e accommodation o f 1400 th eir lan din g, an d formed upon th e b each ,

mm, on ly a number of b oats su fficient to withou t position or alarm ; day had al
“ twin 860 was enabled to reach th eir des ready b ro e, an d th e sign al rocket was seen

“ t ion E ven these did not arrive at the in the air, while th ey were yet four miles
fi lm A ccording to th e precon from the b at teries, which ough t h ours ago
fi ted Colonel Thorn t on s detach men t to have b een t aken
'
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.

m b cro tho river immediately after it I n t h e mean time t h e main b ody

“

armed, an d mo ved f orward so me way in

fron t of the pi n ets T h ere t hey stood

th
.

m
waiti ng for day ig h t, an d lis tening wit h
th e greatest m ini the firing which
ought now to b e on the opposit e
 Camp aig n: ofthe B ritish Army at Washingt on 4s '
181

m
.
,

y entrench ed, a thick ra et,

p with the 85th dashing forward to their aid, th ey
coveri ng th eir f
ront , bat tery
w ea received a h eavy fire of musket ry , an d en

n pm t h eir l efl swept th e whol e position , deav oured to charge A smart firing was
.

and two field pieces commanded th e road now for a few minu tes kept u on b oth
- .
p
Of artill ery , the assailan ts p ossessed not a sides, b ut our peo l e had no time t o waste
p
single piece, nor an m ean s, b eyon d what in dist ant figh ting, and, accordin gl y, hu r
y
nat ure gave, of scali n g th e ram rt Yet , m . ried on to storm th e works, upon which , a

not hing daun t ed b y th e ob stacl es b efore an ic seized th e A merican s, t h ey lost th eir

p
th em, or b y th e immen se odds to which order, and fled, l eavin us in ossession of
p
th ey were op disposition s fo r an im th eir t en ts, an d of teen pi eces of can
”
mediate attac were made T h e 85 th , ex . non .

it s fil es, stret ched across th e entire We sh all n ow con cl ude. Th e ex

l ine th e en emy, th e sailors, in column , tracts we h ave given are of t hemsel ves
p pre ared t o st orm th e b at tery , whil e th e
marin es remained some little way in rear
b
th e est recommendation of th e work
and though we frequ en tl
y
can n ot co
ofthe cen tre as a reserv e y
incide in th e militar Opi n ion s which
.

These arrangemen ts b ein g compl eted,

th e aut h or is rath er t oo fon d of pro
our b u le soun ded, an d our troops advan
g mulgating, y et we can safel say, that y
cll l
h
. he sailors, raisin g a sh out, rush ed
ard, b u t were m et b y so h eavy dis
} n
y
in literar talen t an d amusin g detail,
charg e o f rape an d cann ist er, th at or a 2 this volume appears to u s very su
g th ing o f th e kin d th at
instan t th y pau sed Recovering th em
.

sd ves, h owever, they again push ed on , an d

rior
latel y
to an y
issued from th e press .

THE L E A FL E S S T RE E .

T m : sil v er moon careers a sky,

b
Wh ose reast is brigh t as eau t s eye
Th ough so mewh at of a paler h u e ;
b y ’

Th ough som ewh at Of a mil der lu e ;

While sweeps arou nd me, far an d fast,
b
b
With icy reath, the rumal last
An d lan ds an d lakes are whitel lost
b by
I n glistening sn ow, an d sparklin g th at

When last th y tru n k

b
me was seen ,
Th e loom was wh ite, th e leaf was green
by
Th e air was stirless, an d th e sun
H is summer circuit h ad egun ;
Whil e th rong d ab ou t th e flowers, an d
’
b
Th e singin g ird, and h ummi b bee ;
An d n eath th y b oughs t he cat e stray d,
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For sun shin e coul d n o t pierce th shade

y
.

Th e pla ful foals were g ather d t ere,

’

An d b reath d in h aste t h e sh aded air ;

’

Startled at ever mu rm ur b ye,

With risin g ears, an d kin dli eye,
y
’
P aw d wan tonl th eir cla e s ed,
y
y
And toss d th e forelock o er th e h ead
’
y
b b
.

N ow, irds, an d ees, an d cat t le, gon e,

Upon th e waste th ou stan d st alon e,
b
’

Bed de th ee, an d en eath th ee—n on e !

The fi uitage an d th e foliag e fled,
'

Th y naked an d un sh el ter d head

’

Uprears its straggling ough s on high ,

T o greet th e moonshin e an d th e sky
b .

How doth th y sil en ce speak, an d sh ow

The changefil l state o f thi ngs elow b
N o difleren ee may the eye surve
'
y
On prospects, ushered day day ; by
 y
Yet , when long ears have pass d et ween ,
’
b
An d th ese through th em remain d un seen ,
’

The n — th en , th e pausin g min d, awake

Beh olds t he chan ge t h at season s make
An d scans , on earth s di urn al sph ere,
’

T he wrecks of each rev olving ear ! y

Time circuit s on u nj arring wh eels ;
Below his viewless n cil steals,
An d traces o er all ing fall,
’
g
P erceiv ed by
none, an d f el t all by .

With b
arren , leafless b ough s, lon e tree,
Such ch ange present est thou to me ;
Th y fading leaf, an d fleetin g span ,
Remin d me of the fate of man !
Speechless, t o me tho u seem st to say,
’

All mortal thin gs l ike me deca , y

Partakin g, in a roun d like mine,
Their spring, th eir summer, and decline

Where Salem in her glor

T h e seat of wisdom, an d the good,
y stood,

A chaos worse than soli tude

Frown s dark, and pet t Agas swa y y
Th e realms that made th e E ast o e
H er rose is wither d,—n ou gh t is h ers
’
by ()
1

Bu t flat an d terraced sepul chres, (2 )

y
I n j o less languor, where reside
Th e ch ildren Of degraded pride .

Now lawless plunderers overwhelm

Ass a s solitar realm, (8
' ’

) y
An issue from th e shel termg rocks,
To reav e th e sh eph erd of his flocks
Y es ! wh ere Sennacherib Of yore (4)
Th e poten t sceptre swa d, and ore
H is mu ltitu des to ov
’
b
row,
An d lay revolting Judah low ;
Th en turu d h is e e, an d streteh d his hand,
’ ’

y
T o wards E thio is s tawn lan d, y y
And loosed his on s fro the oke, m
'

y
While E g pt shu dder d at the shock
N ow power hath fled, an d n ough t remain s
’

y
But ielding slaves, an d desert plain s

H ow high to soar, how low to fall,

Were th in e, Chaldea s capital !
y
’

T h y flo wer garden s h un on h igh ()

5
T h y palaces, that charm th e eye,
’

Wit h frost work of refulgen t gold

-

T h y girdin g walls of gian t mould

y
H av e p ass d awa , as do th th e win d,
’

T o leave n ot even a trace ehin d

An d sn akes —a v en om d rood—are gro wn
’
b b
The sovereign s o f Ba lon ! by
Alon e th e eamel d Ara has tes
T hrough T admor s proud, an d pillar d wastes,
’
’
b ’

’
b
T ween owers an d t em les overth ro wn ,
p
An d palaces with moss o ergrown
H e gallops through the ech oing streets,
Where nought he bears, and none he meets
 The L eaflet s Tree . 180
As smiles the set ting sun on plains
W here n ot a worshipper remains ! (6)
’ ’
On ce Carthage O er th e ocean sway d,
’
y
Bu t D ido s cit h ath decay d ! (7 )
’

G reece, learn in g s seat, th e patriot s h ome

’ ’

T he m igh t of E g p t —P ersy
i a—R o m e,

T h e ancien t empires of t he earth, (9 )

T hat ave t he wise an d warlike irth, b
L ike t em wh o rear d, have pasa d away
’ ’

B din t of arms, or slow deca

y
y
T e an cien t sages, wh ere are th e
Th e ten ets t h ey profesa d, and to d
’

T h e world, haVe like th em grown old ;

For o th ers, which like th em shall fade,
Rising, h av e t hro wn them in t o sh ade :
T wou ld al most seem, so strange the view,
’

T hat t ru th itself can var too ;

b y y
For th in gs t hat hav e een clearl proved,
By time are al ter d, changed, an d moved
’

An d maxims, which t he sage h ath sou gh t

T o suf fer for, are come to n ought
Y et on e remain s, th e favourite one
’
Of fall en Athen a s sapien t so n ,
T h e trues t e er pron ou n ced elow,
’
b
T hat mortal man can n othi ng kn ow (10)

T hough Wisdom ids me n ot repine, b

H ow like th y luckless lot is mine !
Sprin strew d th y widen in g o ughs with loom,
’
b b
Whio Summer ripen d to perfume, ’

Which Aut umn mellow d to deca ,

’

yy
An d Win ter sered, an d swept awa
T h us T ime presen ted pleasures n ew,
As if t o sn atch them from my view
An d sh ew, by
con t ras t, what dis tress,
b
Wh at lind and b lacken d drearin ess ’

by
Frown s o er the wide an d waste a ss
’

m
Of ha ed h opes, an d ruin d liss
’

b b
So mortal j oy an d eau t flee,
Bu t happier plan ets sm e on thee
'

For sp ring, with fav ourin h and, will shed

Revivin g verdu re roun d t h ead ;
b y
T h e flowers again will loom aroun d,
bb
An d ees t o sip th y sweets b e fou n d,
An d irds that sport on wan ton wing,
Amid th y sh elterin
bg ou gh s to sing b y .

Bu t ah th e osom s win tr s tate,

N o second spring can renovate ;
N o second summer can restore
T he happ y
ears th at n ow are O er ;
with all it s flower maze
’

y
C h ildh
Of artless th ough ts, an d sinl ess pla s ;
y y
Bo hood, devoid Of cares an d t ears,
Of sordid act s, an d selfish fears,
An d raising o er th e on ds of art,
’
b
Ardou r of th ough t, an d warmth of heart
Y
Or ou th , wh en brigh tl over all
L o ve read her rich an pu rple pal]
When e and mount, and sea and shore,
 “0 ”3 L wfl a ‘ Tree M
E ";
b
.

’
And visions pasa d efore the eyes,
Bri h t with the hues o fparadise
A g o from th e summer da
H ath s o wl sun k, and wan y awa ; (1 1 )
y y
A s len dour from th e st arr nigh t
p
H at pass d to n ough t, an d mock d th e sigh t
’ ’

For clo uds have gloom d, an d seii d et ween ,

b
’ ’
b
T o darken , an d edim t he scen e,
An d o er t h u n sh el ter d head h ath past,
’ ’ ’

W ith wailing soun d, M isfortu n e s las t

y
’
b .

T h e fon d, th e fai r dreams of Y outh

’
H av e van ish d at th e tou ch o f Truth
An d o er th e h eart, all seared an d riven ,
’

Th e ploughshare of th e World hath driven

by y
Th e pla mat es of our in fan t ears,
-

y y
Our o ish fri ends , an d oun g compeers,
Are some estranged in h eart an d th ough t,
By fortun e dark, or h app lot,
’
y
D ep ress d too low, or raised too high ,
By an guish or prosperit y
Are so me, by
man a wear mile, y y
b
T hou gh en t on h ome, rem oved t he while ;
Are some, who, chan ged wizard T by
E ven in a far and foreign clime,
b
L ov e est th e pleas ures ush er d las t,
’

An d, in th e presen t, lose th e past ;

Som e on th e wild, an d t ossin g wave,
Bu t man — y
most within t he grave !
Man h as in heart, in hope, in all,
L ike L ucifer, a fate an d fall ! (1 2 )

H O T E So

P etty Ag ar s way
Th e rea lm tha t ma de the E ast Obey .

Jeru sal em is at th e m ercy of an almost indep en dent vernor : he ma

y d o w ith im
u nity all t h e misch ief h e pl eas es , if h e b e n o t aft erwar call ed to accoun t f or it b y the
p
P asha . I t is well kn o wn , that in T urkey every sup erior h as a right to delegate his eu
thority to an in ferior ; an d this au thority ext en ds both to property and life Fo r a few .

u rs es, a Jan issary may becom e a p etty A ga, an d this A ga may , at his good p l easure,
p
eith er take aw y you r lif rmit y ou t o redeem it T h u s ex e utio -
m lti
a e, or
pe c n ers are u .

li d i every to wn of J udea T h e onl y t hin g ev er h eard in this count r f — t h n ly

p e n .
y e o

j u s tic e ev er t hou gh t of, is L e t hi m pa t en , t w en ty , t hirty p in -

ses. G i ve hi m fi v e
h undred strokes of th e bastin ado Cu t his h ead
. .

C n a r n a u s n ras n s Trav els, vol I L p 17 1

’
. . .

H ow p atheticall y does the P rophet Jeremiah give ven t to his dreary forebodin g of

Jerusalem s destin y
’
.

H ow doth th e city sit solit ary that was full OfpeOple ho w is she become as a widow
sh e that was great am on g th e n ations , an d prin cess amon g th e provinces, how is sh e be
come trib ut ary L amen tat iom
- .

Flat an d terraced sep ulchres .

T h e h ouses of Jerusal em are heavy square masses, very

windo ws th ey have flat t erraces or dom es on th e top , and l ook lik e prison s or sepulchres .

On b ehol ding th ese st on e b u il dings , en compassed b y a stony country, you we ready to

inquire if th ey are not th e confused monumen ts of a cemet ery in the mtdst of a desart .

C m r s a n nu u n , vol 2 d . .

Au y ria
’
s solitary real m .

For an A ssyria, s ide the first and second books of HI ddotns ; and
accoun t of an cien t
fo r the modern , s ide miscellaneous passages in Kinneir s Geographical u the
’

Persian E mpire ; also Niebuhr, T ravels , vol I I . .

9
 N otes —
Th L m e a as Tree . 191
(45 ) Where Sennache ib ofy o e r r
,
The p oten t scep tre swayed. e

Bennacherib , King of A ssyria, came up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and
took th em, & c . —
I saiah , xxxvi an d Chronicl es, I I Ch ap xxxii
. . . .

Thy flowery g arden s h ung on h ig h, & c.

Bab ylon, the glory of

W I saiah , saith
the b eauty of the Chal dees ex.
’

cal
halfm , shall b e as wh en G overth rew Sodom an d Gomorrah

n either shall it b e dwel t in f

I t shall n ev er be in
rom gen eration t o gen eration ; n eit her shall the

Arabian pitch his t ent there, n either shall the sh eph erds make their fold th ere But
.

.
.

wild b easts of th e desart sh all lie th ere : an d t heir houses shall b e full of doleful crea
tures, an d owls shall dwell t h ere, an d satyrs shall dance there And th e wil d beasts of .

shall cry in th eir desolat e houses , and dragons in th eir pl easant places
”
.

ver 19, & c —For a str

. . i king account of the fulfilment of Scripture prophecies
rd at ing to Bab ylon , v ide Rollin , An cient H istory , vol I I. .

A s smi les the setti ng su n on p la ins ,

Where not a worshipp er rema ins .

I t would appear that th ese magnificen t ruins are falling rapidly into
havin g b een removed b et ween th e tim e of th e visits of Wood and Voln ey T he .

er may consul t, for a description of t hese mon um en ts of splendour, Vol ney s Tra
’

vels in E gypt an d Syria, an d Pocock s T ravels, vol I I

’
. .

ha d decay ed
’
D ido s ci ty .

D evictae C arth agmis arces

P rocub uere, j acen t in fausto littore turres

U
E versaa Quan t um illa metus, quantum illa laborum
.

rb s dedit in sult an s L atio ct L aurentib us arvis !

Nunc passim m reliquias, vix nomina servans,
Obruitur propm s non agn oscenda ruiais .

the p atriot s home.

’
Greece, learn i ng s seat ,
’

We can all feel , im agorin e, t h e regret with which t h e ruin s of

d u npirea, are beh eld ; th e reflections suggested b y such obj ects are t oo t rite to require
m mlation But never did the littlen ess of man , and the vanity of his very best vir
m . .

ti es, of pat riot ism to exal t , an d of valo ur to defend his coun try , app ear more conspicuo
one than in the record of what Athens was, and the certainty of what sh e now is .

L oan B ure au .

The ancien t emp i res ofthe earth.

account of Modern E gyp t, v ide the T ravels ofD enon, Volney, and
v ide Kin n eir, and Sir Joh n Mal colm ; as t o R ome, vide E ustace
”
Rome in the Ninet een th C en tu ry H ow strikin g is the excla .

when lookin g on th e ruin s from th e C apitolin e hill Ut nunc .

prost rat e
j acet , instar gigantei cadaverrs corrupti a tq ue undiq ue
-

(l o )
. M ortal man can n othing kno w .

Well hast thou said, A th ena s wisest son 1

'

All that we know is, nothing can be known .

Ca n on Ha n o nn , Canto 2 . St . vii.

(I L ) A g lory from the summer da y ,

H ath slo wly sun k , a n d waned a wa
y .

There hath passed away a lo from the earth .”

g yr
Wo n n swo n r n .

(12 ) M an has in heart, in hOp e, i n all ,

L ike L ucifer, a f a te and
f a ll.

W hen he falls , he falls like L ucifer,

Sa m aritan , H enry 7 1 1 1 .

V on. 1x . 9 A
 l 92 Trans la tio nsfrom the less j b miliar L at in Classics .
[May ,

T R A N S L A rro n s r a o
'
m rH s LE S S P a u rt ra n L A T I N c as s src e.
'

No VI
. .

P R UD E N T I US .

C H R I S T O P H E R N ORT H , 12 8 0. Apoth eosi s rs a metaph ysical trea

t ise, in th e essen ce o f the
b
D E A R S I R, v erse, on

AUR E L I U S P R UD E N T I U S C L E M E N S 18, D eit t h e dou le nat ure ofChrist , an d

Ib eli eve, ch iefly dist in g uish ed as b e
in g t h e first Ch ristian poet , that is t o
t h e ivi sio n of perso n s in th e T rin it
”
H amsrt i n ia, or th eorigin ofevil, is
y .

s a , t h e fi rst Ch ris t ia n wh o applied

y
h l i A
an eq u all
”
y gp
less su j ect for a poet
P sych omac a, or con flicts of t he
b .

b
i
’

i
y
p o e t r
y t o is r e g o n u so.n u s, n o
dou t, professed Ch ristian it y, t h ough soul , is a su ccession of dul l an d h eav

h e n ever attemp ted t o recom men d it alleg ories, or rath er

by h is v erses H ad Pruden t ius n ever y p erson ifi
Th e h mn for sunrise, in t h e Kat he
ca tions .

at tem p ted to recommen d his v erses

y by ”
merin on , con tain s some poetical
h is Christ ian it , i t migh t perhaps hav e do on e or t wo more 0 the
b y
ages, as
een as well, as f ar as hi s oetr is con h ymn s un der th at ti tle Th e most
b p
b
.

cern ed T h e est descn pt ion of this reada le of his sin u lar d ti

pr
.
g o u c o n 8,
oet , erh aps, is t o say, i n sh o rt, th at h owev er, ap ears to me to e th e Pe
p e is t e L atin D r W at t s H is works, riste h an on
p M
b y p I t is a p oe ti ca l a rt y ro
. .

in th e aggregate, exh i it that s cies log .We hav e h ere some of th e most
o f failu re, wh ich seems to b e t e lot n oted l e en ds of the sain t s t old in me

y
o f ever p oet wh o at temp t s a religiou s
,
g
lodions v erse ; an d t h e won der is that
th em e, M ilto n an d on e or t wo o th ers some Roman Cat h olic, with zeal an d
y
al wa s ex cep t ed T h ey are apparen t y
, h as n o t given u s a tran slat ion

y
.
p o etr

l y th e p rodu ction s of a man o f s tron g ere n o w I n th e h mn on t h e mar

.

religiou s feelin gs, an d o f a g oo dtalen t t yrdom of St E ulalia, her su fferin s

g
for v ersifica tion H is lan guage, h ow an d death are commem orat ed wi th a
y
.

sim le b u t in ten se

y
ev er defi cien t in Augu s tan p urit , is
alwa s fl o win g, an d, wh en ev er his sub
p p a t h os
th e version , given elow, will, I fear,
, of whi ch

b .

d m i f i w o n derf ll d y y be fou n d to retain b ut li t tle Th e lin es

j
y
c et a ts o t , u eas a n .

i b u t h is poet ical fanc is on a Ba tism al Fon t are in a st l e t o

y y
u ou s
p per s c
y p
e is sm ooth an d
p oo r
yan d j ej u n e H tall differen t T he are repl ete with
. .

word , n ot imagin at iv e an d vigorous . t hat poin t an d an tith esis in wh ich the

With lan guage at comman d, h e seems lat ter ages more an d more delig h ted,
b
t o h av e een in dif feren t as t o t h e fit wh eth er in poetr or prose y I n the
y
.

n ess of t h e th eme upon which it was origin al th e t erms are so laconicall

y
t o b e emplo ed ; an d eith er to h ave stron g, an d th e j ux ta
p o si t
t h ete so artful, as to make it , t hou h
i on o f ep i
mistaken writing verses for writing
p y
o etr , or else to h av e th ough t that y
st led a h mn , lit tle more t han a st rin
g
g
ie of in ten tion made ample amen ds 0 serious e i rams
pg .

or uln ess of execu t ion Pru den t ius

.
I am, &c .

h as in vain en deav oured to ex tract

p oe t y
r ou t of polemical divin it H is y .

H a a r r an o m o r M
'
e E UL A LI A.

FI R M L Y she spoke, u n shrin kin g still,

N or sigh n or tear gave sign of pain ,
Wh ile from each woun d a trickling rill
Soil d h er pure lim s with cri mson stain
'
b .

At last th e closin g t orture came

b
Un trem ling yet from man y a woun d,
y
Stron l she met t h e cruel flame,
g
An felt it wrap h er roun d an d round .
 M ions fi m the lessj hmt lia r L a tin Classics
'

to see h er scen ted hair,

'
sad
T is
I ts last dark loss rin glet s sh ow y
g
And leave th at i v shoulder are, b
An d o er h er rn est osom flow
’
b .

T h e flame is feedin g on her charms

’
See o er her head the wavin g p re y
Oh ! see, sh e clasps it in her arms,
And drinks, with d ing lips, the fire y .

’
Tis — sh e sinks—sh e moves mor
y sudden t urn surroun din g e es
no
y
When ce came th at dove that flu tters o er,
’

T hen seeks on milk white wing -

t he skies ?

E ulalia— lo ved on e—t h ey who watch d,

’

b y
Th y od tu rn t o dust again ,
Beh eld thin e in n ocen t spirit sn at ch d
’

by
To realms e ond th e reach of pain

In vainflames red sp ires may righ ten ,

th e
y
Th e t rant may his rage increase,
’
b
T hine ashes roun d the stake m ay whiten ,
But th ou, sweet maiden, art at peace .

-
Th e T heard th e pinion s eat ,
nt
’
b
An d w en th at h ov ering dov e h e saw,
H e s tarted from his guil ty seat,
An d shrunk awa rn su dden awe y .

—An d now th e t earful scen e is over

Of fri en d
fun eral ereft, or
T he u re cold sn o ws h av e fall
b ’
n to cov er
A that is of E ul alia left .

Ben eath th e weepin h eav en s sh e lies,

Sepul tured in a w ter sh roud
'

Than falls to th ose, wh ose o sequies b

Are follow d
’
a gorgeous crowdby .

Y earshave g one o er—arou nd h er grave

A oodly c it n ow h ath grown yb
’

l
B eho d her t om , wh ere Ana s wave
’

S till strives t o kiss the sacred ston e .

T h ere is t he vir n a mar le ust,

E n circled oft
'

y
’
b b
yy y
dew e es
S nat ch d from t h at spot , t he h ol du st
’

y
I n man a pilgrim osom lies b .

T here, chased in gold is man y a wreath,

E n gemm d is man y a flow ret fair ;
’ ’

T hey sparkle st ill, and in cen se reath ,

As sum mer had h er palace th ere
b
.

’
But t was in win ter wh en sh e died,
An d win ter hath his flow rets t oo,
’

Oh ! luck t he crocus in his pride,

An on h er tom the vi lsta s trew b ’
 And virgin s weave the bard a wreath
m l fl w —for su ch are meet
’
Of si p
b
e o rs
An d h e a ch oral strain sh all reath e,
l —
Fearful, an d soft, an d ow y et sweet .

T hen th ou , E ulalia, sh al t l ook down ,

y
H apl from you lue h eav n th eb ’

y
An d see the earl chaplets st rewn ,
And smile a more an gelic smile .

O N A B A P T I S MA L P ON T

—
ON this sad spot here, wh ere th e con scious
b
Foul with th e lood of msrtyrs oft hath een, b
A n ever failing stream sh all sti ll b e foun d,
y
-

Whose stainless wave can clean se from ever sin .

L et him, wh ose hes soul earn s to mou n t ,

b
et
y
Wh ose h ot reas t urn s tor eaven, still seek this spot,
L et him b ut wash in th is et ern al fon t,
H is h ands are pure, and all th eir crimes forgot .

H ere, wh ere th e l igh ten d sin n ers th anks are reath ed,
’ ’
b
Of olden time were fearless mart rs crown d,
y y ’

Y ea, where th e h ol Warrior s h ead was wreath ed

’

b
B y trem ling h earts, is kin dl pardon found y .

y
Th e j o ful waters sparkle o er th e rim,
y
’
b
Wh ere mart rs woun ds on ce pour d a cri mson flood,
’ ’

b — b
An d lest are oth an d sacred st ill to H im,
Wh o shed for us that water and that blpod !
Ye who h av e had, wh en h ere, for grace, asked

An d fou n d th is h allow d spot a H eaven aflbrd,

'

b y
What oo ts it wh eth er, to our resting place, -

T he way was oped b y water or t h e sword P

M A R Y Q UE E N OF S C OT S 0

St a, to h ave wish ed to see cv pe m

gg
r
I n some historical research es, in aroun d h er ch eerful an d b a i
b y V n
y .

which I have een recen tly engag ed, di ctiveness an d cruelt were perfectly
my at ten tion was called to the mu ch stran gers t o h er : Sh e on e-
p ce d na tu
itated qu estion of th e participation ral go d sense, an d firmn ess Of m l
:g M ary Q ueen of Scot s, in t h e mur fi
b u t s e was too (ei l l a p ey to t ll é
der of th e E arl of D arn l e , h er h us art f ul ; too easil y srrr ded r ti d i
b an d .

riou s an d in teres ting topics

y
I t leads t o a mul ti tude of on sion s of attachment an d to o
in dulged in th e as irations of love
r
ugiy
'

py
On a ge . .

n eral v iew of it , so me circu ms tan ces, She was surrounded designing, un

erh a s n ot even f
fi l y i i l d d m l d
y
p p y et su ci en t c on p r n c p e , an r e or se e a ve rsa
sidered, appeared t o me to af ford st ron g ries , an d scarcel had a friend
l egitimate prej udices o th in her fa b T o E lizab t , it is impossible
.

v our an d again st h er (1en l zh h 3

y—
g r t t n t s g re a t stre n g t
i
. e a ,

I I n her fa vour, it may b e said, min i , great intrepidit , and in flexible

b y
.

T hat, a stract edl from this crime, s teadin ess of purpose y os not to ad
and th e circums tan ces immediatel y mit that she was selfish, envious, ms
con n ected with it, th e character of licious, an d vin dictive ; that the b
in ess of others, so far as x
p erselfwas in terested inwu indifi
to her ; and th at her jsslsusy d
’
rent
 M ary Queen w oofs . 1 95
the connubial j oys of others, an d wher h i m
ven tion of th em, wh en this was in
i l l h
T o o t er c
though t t o raise a reasona le
r c u st a n c e s
b
w f l h
w
y i
y
p o er , e r e s n g u a r y a t e u a g a n s t
. er .

m
Ky y p f h h i f h i h d li i l d h
b S y
-
ar t o t e st or o er r e g n 1 e oe s
. n o t ex p c t en er
ch em), th at t o ac complish an y o j ect, h h m f h
y l i
b
g u i t ,
e t e r at t e t i e o er ex ec u
a rtic ul arl th e ruin ofa p owerful en e t i on , or in h er l et ter to E liza et h
p .

my, th ere was n o wickedness to which Can t his be o therwise accoun ted for,
she would n ot resort ,
y
n o perfidy, n o
-
t han by y
h er u n willingn ess to plun ge
duplicit of which she was n o t capa int o eternit with an un tru th on h er
b
his ; an d th at, oth in E n glan d an d lips ? She appears to hav e died in great
Scotland, her min isters an d subordi sen timen ts ofreligion , an d con sequen t .

mt e agen ts cc Operated, with out an y ly with afear oft h eetern al fires which ,
by y
-

com un ct ious feelings, e on d a re u n der t h is im t sasion , sh e mu st h ave

to th eir own safet , in her de eliev ed woul b follow su ch a solemn ,
b
d gns, an d ecame active in stru men ts deli erate, an d persist ed in un truth b -
.

fir t h em in to execu tion What, t hen , b ut a consciou sn ess of

.

I t m ust added, that th rough out l d h ve wit hhel d her f m

b y u il t w
y
g o u a ro
th e con flict et ween M ar and E l iza p r oc l a im in g her in n ocen ce in h er d in
g
beth , an d durin g more t han a cen tury moments ?
af terwards , th e presses oth of Scot b y 2 James h ad mu ch in tercou rse with
.

land an d E nglan d were wholl at th e D enmark, and upon h is marriage with

comman d of E liza eth an d th e favourb An n , its prin cess ro al, 8 n t a wh ole -
y
an ofh er cause . win t er at Copenh agen ow, Both
.

This gen eral view of t he case raises well lived in cap t ivit y in th at cit y du
legit imateprej udices in favou r ofMary ring several years, b u t n o authen tic in
and again st E liza eth b Th e former is format ion fav oura le t o M ar , was b y
by b
.

in creased th is circumstan ce, t ha t ever o tained from D enmark

b
.

th ou h th e wh ole power of th e state I n an swer to th e firs t o servation ,

g
was m the possession of M ar s en e yy ’
it h as een said th at it was en eathb y b
mies,—u n d though immediatel aft er M ar to den su ch a crime ; b u t could
th e murder of Darnl e th e y yb
ecame t h e en ial ofit haveb een reall y en eath b
h
y
mas ters of several person s activel eu h er, u n der an circu mstan ces ? Was
ration oft h at crime, l m
d i d i
i
y
g g n t e r t t t e t u u t
p
r c r c
a e e p e so , u n e a a c s an c es
n on e of t ‘em criminat ed M ar of h er case ? S ome oft hese were cer
y e t
nor is a single fact , wh ich h as th e na
b tainl of a n ature to raise reasona le
y b
ture ofdirect eviden ce, rough t again s t susp1cion of h er guilt , an d therefore
her p l aced h er on th e defen sive
—
. .

II O h h h d Th e marriage I n an swer to th e secon d ob servation ,

y b
.n t e ot e r a n

of Mar with Bo t hwell, so soon after it h as een said th at James, in reality ,

the murder of D arn e , part icularl
l — y y
n ever did in terest h imself in th e cause
y
on accoun t of th e g eneral su spicion of o f M ar an d v er soon after th e tra

his havi con trived an d particip ated g i ca l e v en t t ook K

l ee, made h is t erms

in i t, of th e t wo ra id divorces w ith C ecil, an d er oth er adv ersaries

p .

wh ich accomanied it, ral ses a stron g Of th is in differen ce of James t o his

-

legi timate p re ud ice ag ains t her m h er an d t o h er ood n ame, t h ere

j . o t
Bu t we mu st make great allowan ce certa in l y is so e evi e ce m n — his com
i t th e efiect wh ich the bon d of t h e mun ication s with Cecil admit of n o
’

nobles, recommen din g th e marriage to dou t b

M , ( w h i ch on db H u m e j u s tl ca lls y
I I I T h e ex a m i
.

n
. a t ion s a t Yo rk a nd

a reproach to th e n at ion , ) mu st h av e Westminster, an d t he famous letters,

had on her mind, and for th e ex treme are subj ects which few have time to in
n eed in wh ich she stood of th e marital vest igat e
by
.

w
'
t of a powerful , active, an d at
nob leman Such she th ough t
.

an d certainl had so me reason to t h ink

On e circumstance is considered
Mr L ain g, in his Historical D iscus
si on on th e M urder of D arn l e , as y
l he fi nd in Both well I t is high l u n favoura le to M ar y b I n th e y
y b
- .

also observable, that on l a few mon th s first instan ce, sh e su mit ted h er cause
y
b affl e th e murder of Darnle , she had to th e decision of E lizabeth ; she af
y
fi n all y given her ro al con sen t to t he terwards, on grounds which that a le b
b
marriage ofBoth well H er su sequen t writer re resen ts as mere preten ces
union with him, to be effect ed
.

by
th e declin ed er um irage
p
.

l u l la d Damley, could not than have Bu t , ev en if t ris was th e case, may

b een in her contemplation . it not be excused ? Nothing can be
1 96 M ary Queen q cots .

more kin d, respect ful, or j di i f E li h b that she sh ould b e con

b
u c ous, o za et
t han th e professions of E liza eth t o fron t ed with her accu sers ; an d th at
h er cap ti ve relativ e M ar confided in
y
. y th e origin als oft h e let ters which form
t h em ever person must admit this ed th e prin cipal , if n ot th e sole proof
Su ch t he Di h er guilt, should be produced to
if
un wise .

sh Op of Ross, an d su ch L ord H arries,

y
er.
h er t wo onl real frien ds , t hough t it All were denied For the denial of
b b y
. .

the first, E liza eth could n ot b e j ustl

S uch , t oo, a er th e con ferences egan ,
y
Mar herse t hough t it Bu t it was blamed, if sh e had n ot admit ted t he
t hen too late t o retrac t directly t he pro
.

y
accusers of M ar in to th e most con fi
b
mise of su mission sh e was t h erefore den tial commun icat ion s with herself
an d h er min ist ers b ut no apol
driven to th e n ecessity of eludi it in
b
t he est mann er t he case allow offered, by ye t
th e apologists ofE liza eth ,
for h er refusals to all ow M ar t o e y b
I t is, h owev er, n eedless to plead this
From th e fi rst t o th e last , con fron t ed wit h h er accus ers, or t o
excu se
y
M ar in sisted on three t hings,—that
.

have her origin al let ters produced to

she sh ould b e admi t ted to the presen ce h er, is satisfact or y S . .

ma n c u s sr s a versus M AN C H E S T E R ro s r av .

r o c n ars r o rn s a x o a r n , e s 0
e

Ano o r half past six in t he evening

'
-
sh e sat in th e dark on the cellar head, -

of th e 3oth ul timo, I Was in dulgin g in an d h eard th e on eon s liqu or fiz zin g

a dee co i tation upon t he ch emi cal an d fi zzing thro the in terstices of
p
g
afiin itl es 0 whit e sugar and Boh ea, in
a anug li ttle wain scoated parlour in th e
b
t h e u ng, afi aid, poor soul , to v en t ure
'

down , an d give it a fri en dl tap with

v icin i t

b y
of Ch arl t on Row Th e day th e poker h ead, I was ra i run n ing y
b
-
.

'
h ad een in su fierabl hot : my lan d ov er th e con ten ts oft he cress id pu li
’
-
y
lad s t ea pot was drai n ed to th e dre s ;
g
th e l eaves th emselves were egi n b cat ion , from th e musk
’
y
visag d portrait-

ofGeorgieBu chanan , to th e specific im

y y y
an
n in g to deplo from it s capaciou s spout rimer of Jemm Ballan t ne T h e old
fl y y
. .

On e of th ese ) reci o us relics fell upon (1 had al read arrived at then ecessi t
d
t h e disordere tray, an d, on examinin
i t, I was con vin ced, t hat Jeffre an y of t tling her in compara le liquor to
r, when M an
b
b
his t ri e were as real tric ts, as th at
p rev en t it t

chester Poetr , p y so u
lack an d whi te,b
was a genuin e t ea lea Accum, tests, stared m e in t he face I t was th en be
y
-
.

i d di i t on ce rush ed on d th e h our for visitin on e ofthe

b
p o so n , an p er t o n , a
u pon th e imagin ation an d I imagin ed societies on th e plan of e E din ur h
t h e in fern al co mpoun d h ad alread y S eculativ e ; b ut a paramou n t cun o
g
commen ced its dem orali zing in flu en ce
p
y
si r to examin e t h is momen tou s n ot ice,
on my u n fort unate pan creas
forward I det ermined to order my tea
H en ce . y
overcame ever terror ofthe presiden t s
’

repriman d, or th e secre
’
s forfeit

”
“
from th e genu ine tea compan s ware y ’
bb ook . Can dles were order th e door
h ou se, an d al togeth er t o discard th e ol t ed, an d I drew my le s u pon the
er t ea ket tl e wh ich was nigh tl
by y comforta le sof b g
a, n o t dou ti ng I sh ould b
by
ce
pp
-

i b d f i m d still arriv e at th e aforesai d meetin g,

i
b
p o e to p e r e c t on
y n u s
trious h ost ess t he time one h alf its mem ers were
y
.

I t was th is last idea, con cern in g th e u to th e n eck in th e metaph sical bog

fon dn ess that man kin d ev in ce for ar p
o causat ion
y
.

t icl es of a bra zen complexion (th e as Un fortunatel , howev er, this was
sociat ion of ideas is li ) h h n ot t he case, an d a o ut half pas t nine b
y
p e cu ar w ic -

en gaged me, wh en a t l t i t I was sen t for in a great hurr (th e

g en e ap n er
ru ted m y rev eries, an d ush ered t h d h f allen aslee ) to a
p b i t d
by
ase
y p r e s e n a p pp e
de ectable pu licat ion to my h an ds a violen t u proar, occasioned
b
. a
Whilst the at ten t ive Mrs T a erwaist so n al al t ercation et ween two an
b
e
was removing th e remn an ts o the re search ers after trut h, who, f rom eing

p as t s ea so n in g h e r la our ever and b most hil os0phically en had pro

p
,

an on wi th som e dolef u exclamations ceede ‘ most scien tifi

’
to blows,
on th e awfu li h t n in
g
’

g t h e re h ad e en b p p
a l a by
l de m on s tra t in g e e xi ste n ce
t h at aftern oon , which h ad s o il ed h er of cau se an d ef fect [M y essay on the
p
b
.

a 13 -
gall on cask of small beer, whil st su j ect, which fills four reams of pa
 ”
M a nchester versus M anchester P oetry 19 1
y
.

closel written, will make Thomas fan s oath, as caused my D utch built
g y
-

own a complete fool I t s a pit h e s lan dlady (Mrs T aperwaist ) to j um

’ ’
.

n ot al ive t o read it At t he last meet three cu bic feet fi c m th e ch air on whio

y
-
.

ing of the ro al society, it was read, sh e was sit ting in th e n ext a art men t
p .

eceiv ed with th ree t im es three An d n ot with s tan di ng my en deavours

an d r
y
.

I ll sell th e cop righ t for a h an dsome to keep down my ch oler, during t he

by
’
-

m j i d h m m f di
i I
y h i l tility
s u soo n
q u e te t e e n p g
ro res s o r ea n g , t s v o a

t ion in g ou r at tack, an d telling t hem of ps irit, this

f or ci b le a n d i nd om itable
all t h eir sp eech es m ade at the las t meet acti on q fmind, this n ev er tiri n , cu rsed

by g (
-

ing, some fi fteen fifteen th s of wh ich fat iguin g t h e b e, ) a nd never weak

y y
- -

were copied from Bees s C cl ope dia,

’

ng
b
n tellectua l ener

bb yb
en in i t h i b d i
g gy , s o u n

were pu lish ed in Black wood s M aga

’

m
y
and u nceasin
”
g e n t a l ( o dil ) elas tic i

zin e T he scen eth at en sued was unique ty ver n ear] resem lin g at tledoor
h
.

in its kin d Rou gh drafts, ou tlin es, an d

. an d shu t tlecoc , so wearied, er lexed,
p p
heads o f speech es replies N os 1 , 2 , an d irritated me, th at I fairl w i h ed
.
y s

3 , and 4, as migh t b e requ ired ; writ th e au thor, essay, magaz in e, an d pub

b
t en on old ill s of parcels, t he acks of b y
lieb er,
b
ins tan ta neously con coc ted in to
let ters, an d ledger leav es of ever
b b chy le or Within a reaso n a l e dist an ce
-

”
si l e sh ade et ween a sullied wh ite o f th e
b
’

p o s boa cons trictor s hug e g ulp h .

an d a con fir med black, were tum led

from ever y ocket in t he room
w h m i —
On e
h
.
p
P op uh r hostility , ho wever, a s well as
riv a te ou ht to
g g
c ritic is m a n d a llo wa nce
i ve
p lac e t o c a nd id
b egged to e t e e et n
g w a t , a nd when ea

h ow mu ch , an d wh en ce, h e h ad ex erc is ed ag a i nst a deser vin

g su b
j ect, w ill

t racted his material s, solel y, wholl y, o n ly i n the en d r lect dis ra c e u on it

y
an d en tirel , t o direct , refec t, or select, l
se f ;
ef
or a n u n worth exerc ise
y
An al tho ugh th is good to wn may, in
g
ofp
p
o w e r .

h is o wn opinions An other was exceed .

in y l an x i ou s — t o — t o— ( th u m p in th e t he p rurien t im
’
a g in a ti o n o f a few
g
t a le) — t o sh ew h o —
w t hat is, t ere p u l lula tin
”
g ” w i t s o r t h e co m p la ce n t
—
,

w as n o cau se for th e ef fect produ ced ea co ita tions

g o f a se co n d D i og en e s ,

h r, I su ppose, — n o cau se b e, perh aps,

( lo u d la u g t e sham o f s ome
o f i ts

for—bu t I requ ested to be pu t in

-
”
s bea ms, it will a t len t h ex erien ce a
g p
eem ion of those documen ts, t o i n a ren ewa l o f its br i ht n ess, a n d recei ve its
g ”
t rate the an swer I was th en prepari merited due a t the ha n ds
I?
osterity
p .

t o the insolen t impu gn ers o f l oca I n th e firs t place, m y ear Christo

t alen t, an d of t heir s in part icul ar h m i d h
’
li i
y
.
p er , I a n c n e t o q u e s t o n t e
Whereupon the h eart t han ks of th e v erit oft h emissaries, n o t with st an d

meeting were v oted me an d t he trea

y
y
ing t on art so v er select in th eir ap
m
s urer direc ted to pu rch ase a h al f crown h d m h
y
i T f i
y i
-
p o n t en t e
. o g s a n s t s w ch
of Jack th e G ian t kill er, as a t o so closel en vel ope our n ativ e rave
cop
b b
-

ken o f their o ligation [At some fu . m ay have exercised t h eir su tle in -

t ure time, I ll sen d you a cop of th ese flu en ce on th ese gen tlemen s vision ,
’ ’

c urious docu men ts : th e en tirel y y y wh ich will accoun t for th e distorted

supersede H az li t t s parliamen tar elo rt rai t s tran sm it t ed to t h ee
’

b
p o .

“
uen ce ; and may be of in fin ite use to I elieve th ere is no w riting er ta n t,
q
ri sin g rh et oric ian s ] i n which the resp ectiv e merits ofthe li
Bu t t o ret urn to my sofa Wh en I
”
terary cha rac ters ofM an ch ester are
arrived at that part oft h y o servation s, b made the subj ect of compa ra tive eriti
”
which declares th y patronage of es etem, an d I t hi n k it would b e no
I moun ted up with the bril less di s gl eeab le to the dis tinguished
and m ity o f a sky rocket - amon gs lthat class, than nful to
’

an d though did not t hose of l ess con s icu ous

me sp i rit s and scintilla tions which en
scatter about
b p
I to pu lish an in v1dio us crit icism upon
en t, were

lightened the whole at mosphere 0 litera their in dividual produc tions, or to

y
I certainl u tt ered su c a pro thro w down t he apple of discord, that

I t may b e proper to men ti o n , t hat much o f th e l anguage of this rep1 is adopt ed

fl a n anelegant E ssay o n th e respective merits of W arb urton an d Johnson aub lish ed in
the D ecember n umber T he author will immediately perceive th e in t en tion ; and
.
,{
his good hu mour will in duce him readily to forgive so in n ocen t a larcen y ; sin ce it will
-

have the efiect o fint rodu cing that E ssay to more ge ral an d particular perusal Wh ere
'
n e
.

I tch libert ies have b een t aken , th e are print ed in I talics, that th e whole extent
d the obltgation may be apprecia
 ”
198 Mahchester versus M anchester P oetry . M
E y,
a

some Troj an boy migh t shew his skill evening. So that we are not with ou t
Besides , I inducemen t to lave our skulls in t h e
in the adj udication of it
b
knowas much a ou t chemistry, mecha
.

waters of H elicon, even th ough th ere

n ics, or medicin e, as a mole knows of were n one of th y Magazines to ur
—ligh t , and th erefore am n ot qa nli the oil an d win e of wisdom in t o eir Sp
gi recesses —I ndeed,
q

l t o be th e umpire in such a con test I am aston ish ed

b
.

Some gen eral o servation s, neverth e t hou shoul dst risk th e sale of 7 64 co
less, upon t he manifest inapplica il it
h
b y p ies o f t h y w
disposed of here,
ork, which I k
i
n ow t o b e
hby
h w i h t
y
f n cen su re as t ou as p y g
a n su c a
o s u c a s eep g
n ou nced u pon the tast e of the t own, sorr complimen t to the ninnies th at
p ro
a rt icula r delight in it : b ut
'

may not be without thez

b
ecause t h e vv l y
com pre qp Foll y loves the martyrdom of fame ;
bene fi t
y
h end, n ot on l th e worshipped lu mi A nd t h o u art j ealous of our talents —th at s
’

n aries of ou r in t ellectual sphere, b ut

also th ose who oppose thems elves to For t o say n othi of our skill in
t he standa rd corp s ofliterat ure, in the
ndividual po wer,
”
an d
t h e exal ted sc ience 0 b my m
elfr usic

fi d f i in t he surprisin g acu en of our

y
co n ence o or
t h ro ugh t h e telescopic ch an n el of a p i t an d gall er critics in th eatrical t ac
uill , discover n ew a ths in tics—o r t he dep th of ou r kn owing on es
g oo s e q ” p
-

le a rnin , an d at th e M an ch es ter T urf M —

ledg e
g y new v istas i n kn ow
t he will b e of use in di spla y.
ee
our great skill in prize dgb tin g, an d
t in g o r
-

in g ho wfa r it is p oss ible j b r ab ili race ru nning—t hou can st no t b e i

g
b y
-

t ies the mos t sp lendid, to seduce their n oran t of o ur unrivalled cel e rit m
p ossesso r to extravag anc e in th sea rch
e
- b
th orough ass singing, which is t he-

r origi na li ty , (th at is , caricat d isting uishin g feat ure of th e neigh

f
y y
o a

whole town , a ver o riginal idea, b ourhood C ouldst t ho u on ce hear an

.

my credit, ) an d ho w tra n sient and mo an th em at Prestwich chu rch , solo, duo,

menta ry is the fame q a rado r ical ia trio, an d all 0, t ho u woul d st ut terly
’

n uity , (all ud i n g to t he lau gh creat ed

y b y
discard th e n o ilit s an cien t con certs,
’

g th e form er article, an d t he disma

rodu ced h by
is an swer) when com
n or ref er to L avat er for the ph ysiog
n omy of th e h uman cou n te nan ce N e
.

b
p t .

ared with tha t whic h res ts on the im v er were such pain s t ak en to de ase
p
mobility ofestablished trut h
”
— Yes, the man s fron tispiece, or to rival th e mul
b
’
.

im mo— bi li t y o f es ta lish ed truth ! N ow this

y b t i lied distortions of lunac
p b y y
- - o
.

Certain l our M an ch ester ucks a oremen t ion ed cele rit take to be

were n ev er m uch cele rated for th eir b
n or perhaps
y b b b
wholl at t ri u ta le to th e enefi cial in
metrical propen sities fl uence of our cot ton factories, which
woul d it be advan t ageous t o exchange b
dou tless ac t as a ton ic t o the lungs ;
“
u n ds st erlin g, day bo o ks, an d bar or perh aps to some l urkin g particles
by
p o -

t er, for “00118 9 8, 8 3 8 W “ , and rh y o f t he cot ton , no t carried of f expec

ming diction aries ; or to enliven our wh ich impart t hat rou h ,
mul es and j en nies wit h t he Isle of y
t oratio n
depth to the voice, that en ure
g
Palms in stead oft he oil ofwhales Bu t .
rasp
l y su persedes th e n ecessit of as soons b
t h ese gen tlemen of th e n eck cloth can , an d serpen ts in our ch urc es an d cha
b
-

with few exception s, say th e L ord s some

’
en efi ts do accrue
y
Pra er, an d declin e hie ht ec hoc, ge
p e l s . So t h at
from these huge lazaret tos, th e smoke
n itive huj us an d may b e go t th rough an d fume o fwhich are so discon certing
some dozen sen timen talit ies from By t o t hy spies ; for if the preven t a clear
y
ron , or M oore But wh ere s the u se rception o f t h e poet i cal j in gle, they
’

p e
b
.

o f th eir in v oking t he M u ses, wh en con t ri u te t o t he in crease of h armon

y
t he are provoked b y droppings of in an d m usic an d try are said to
spiration f ro m a s tone, in wh ich t h e t win sisters hey in terce t, to be
‘
.
p ”
measure an d th e mean ing are most rain bo w bea mi ng ra y s,
y sure, th ose -

h appil profun dified ? so th at th at , wh ich flash upon t he aspiran ts for

t h at t hat n m ean s,
b
al k of mah ogan
”
is as tran s
y w orldly immort alit b ut psalmod y y
ass i m, divin e, with the simpl e, plain truth s
y y P
p ar en t a s a .

t he hav e v erses made in a passion at of S tern h old an d H opkins, have more

a rooker in M iddleton , a lit tle innig
b
.

nifi can t town in th en eigh ourh ood or wit, P ope s numb ers, PM
by
’
:
a few original stan zas, prepared a
m ercurial process, and v olun teered for With that fancy can invent t o l
b b y
all p ease .

the enefit of the clu s on a Saturda And we are to be unmercifully

7
 M anchester versus Manchester P oetry ”
.
ll ”
belsboured, too, because n ot understood, al thou h a certain
b our g t y doc
en r g
ito their owls of Falernian,
l mistook it for a st ring of serious
y
are part a t or
and do not make long hes in the h poth eses N ow it has struck me, .

m
3
l N w l h h h h i i h ed
b
y
p ac es o , a . o ug I av e t at t s g t cease t o e r
nigh forgotten my classical quo merel as an effort of wit , an d
b up
-

tation s, I think it has een th e prac li d m i

y y l d ages, if
p e t o so e p rac t ca a v an t
tice of ev er moon struck votar of t he author would ren der his theo
-
ih
the M uses, wh o has had his eye lids t elligible to common sense, an fa
b
-

touched with th e three livin drops, shion , in the al em ic ofh is in genuity ,

h om H omer an d Pin dar, own t o a set of ideas which woul d corres or
y ég
'

p
D ibdin, and our D olon in clusive, t o with the various members of a roast '

land the ten t effects of t hat most goose, (a dish h i bly in fashion h ere)
Christian e everage, wh ich often b or an y oth er u sua appen
makes men moralize, wh en sermon s For example, if I wish
ofa f east l .

to express
cannot l nd ed, the hd e h arge is an opin ion of an an ti M alt husian,
h c
dh
. -

wrong ; for t e gener t y o{ our po with ou t impedi men t to th e mastica

'

g
naw do n ot drink port , bu t sacri
most iou sly to Joh n y Barle
t ing process, I should clear the rains
y
from th e goose s head, h old th e skull
’
b
”
corn As to t e damn ing form, t hat on my fork, an d shake it at my n eigh
b
.

may b e correct en ough , sin ce su ch our : if h e t h ough t th e idea good, he

v eh emen t assev eration s are a distin would partiall smile, an d shake the
y y
i hi f i h i h m h h m W ( h
b
g u s ng ea tu re n t e r c ara ct er I t er r t oug t a t e. e, t at i s .

will be well if th y li eral rewards, nu M an ch ester b y pa era, for what with -

der the name o f salari es, do n o t lead dinn er parties, an taxes, I h ave run
y b
-

the zeal ofth y servan ts to outs tri t heir through my patrimon , an d am o li

discretion Whenever a man m a ged to li ve in lodgin gs ; N o 2 7 5 A,
y
. .

£0 coun tr visiteth me, I shall mi i f ou eve r call upon me are open

)
nu tel y examin e his ph siogn om , and
y
y
h earted, gen erous, an d hos ita le, an d
p b
mark his
'

l
ro t w ile I
n si ties y discard man of th e poli te i n novat ions
y
; es ,

be killin g or im th e fat ted calf, an d l comtbrt As Saginam

uncorking for h im my dou le rown b b
u pon E n g
”
y .

dite, exercise our grin ders, was t he

y y
cae
smut, he be merel a vagran t emissar sign al in former t i mes n ow, b e
”
of thine, taki ng note wheth er I wi l ay to, is th e token in t his Bu t w t .

my mouth b etbre I drin k, or eat moc elegan t refi n emen ts may not b e ex
turtle h om a fish plate M ost fi erce ed, n ow t h at this courtl y Mis cenas th
'
-
.

l y do our leading knigh t s of t he car un dert aken our polish, an d season ed

ver threaten th ee, sh oul d st thou ev er
’
b y
t h e men tal an d odil repasts of my
t ch th t en t so far sou th , for limit town sm en with th e savour of his At tic
'

th e om of t h eir feast s ; sin ce sal t ? T h y part ialit for lon g speech es,
seven courses migh t b e easil part aken y savours strongl y o whiggism Sure .

of m d three in t bot tles per man most ly, Christoph er, th ou art n ot an adv o
b
.

comtbrtably eposited, our presen t cate for that fawn in flat tering, loqua
laws, wi thou t on e in tero an ge of con cious van it whio is most at ease
T ake a lit tle more when its l s foot is drawn ack ; its b
ven ation , save
s ur fi ng, Jack
”
”
Stuffin g en ough,
. b
left h and in t h e osom its white bea
an d itself t wisted
th ank th ee ! Th ere is, h o wever, a v er in th e righ t
l bywh i h h l rious del i h ts y
an d t win ed in to ever at t itu de likel y
p a n ,

b c t e g o
of th e an qu et might still b e enj o ed
g
y t o at tract t he at t en tion of th e ga ing
unb roken, and yet some men tal ali Jeb usites, wh o are con ten t to s w ow
‘

men t be mingled with the repas t a lit tle un c tiou s mu mmer , an d t o be y

b y
.

Amongst th e pu lished p ap ers of that bespat tered, for h ours togeth er,”with
y
societ , which th ou sa est is gro win g y
th e holida an d lad terms th at y
old, and whi ch is a ou n cing f i b , sin ce b all
en rich t h e speciou s vocabular of mo y
y
- -

there are more ouths in it , t rain in g dern orators

in the way the sh ould go, th an in y An d dost th ou reall elieve, Chris b
z p arish w ork h ou se — w e ll , I say,
-
toph et , t hat we M ano ester folks, pas
amongst t hose pa rs, is on e on t he sion atel
y at tached as we are t o t h e
Signs of I deas, as a pestle and a drama, could swall ow Con scien ce at the
ma ter suggest the idea of an apothe
’
sug es tion of an y prin ter or prin ter s
an y whi ch is a most h umorou s an d devxl
g?
T h at we coul d reall give cre y
)
immcal satire upon the foll of theo y dence to a lecture u t terl disprovin g y
rll ing too deepl on su j ec ts that are
'
y b ”
the devil and all his works, whilst th e
Vo n I X . . 2 B
 M anchester versus M anchester P oetry . M
[ n
a

exist ence of such a b eing was proved, is impossi le to conj ecture This emis b .

b y the known residen ce of th emissary m y of t hine, and I, C hristopher, (for

amo t us ? T hat we 11
b
ser we are marvellousl old cron i es , h e sit y
mons, to ring us the refreshing com ting at my elbow whilst I write this,
forts of sleep, when we t ake Jefltey s tho ugh h e lit tle thinks what a smo
’

blue pill ev er quarter day y

r N orth, th ou has t not meas ured
- Christo king I am givin g h im, ) have had ma
n y a hard t ug at rou gh draugh t s of
p h e
our in tellec t by th e standard ga
b
deeds, an d smooth draught s ofporter
else wouldst th ou n ot have een I t o and he sh ould n ot forget The ma ny
”
such in con sisten cies nor, hadst thou coloured g ems qf g enius t hat sh in e in
measured our intellect
h h b
by
the stan dard the
h h
P rolog ue sp dken
e orma nce at M an ches
M ore a P rivat e

l d l
y b
g g a u e , w o u s t t o u a v e r o u g t t e T h e a t r ic a P rf
h ost ofPa n ter s muse, from th e t om
’
which said prol ogue I recited
g
y
i n wh ich we saw h er quietl inurned, for him, in a mann er th at woul d per
ter

b
t o dis tur our E aster revelries A fectly have astou n ded Kean or Y ou n g
b
. .

man who cannot uild up a hovel, Besi des which , n ot man mon ths ago,
ssys Samuel Johnso , n m a y p u ll d o w n w e sc t u a ll y v is i t e d o n e t h e se “ m i n or
”
a temple5 and even if th e general im societies con vin ced wheth er the
y
becility of Mr Pa n ter s pu lication deceit was amas ioned
’
b y the reverie:
were not in a degree pal lis t ed h the ofa fl rvid imag ination , or the ins in ua '

ins rt ificial t alen t with which it is writ

'
t ing dexterity of self love, - I can t
t ,en it ou g h t , n e v er t h el e ss , t o b e e x p re t e n d t o sa y ), t h a t w e s h o u l d soo n

e pm te d , in r t t o t h e m o t i v e w h i c h c u t a co n s p i c u o u s fi g u r e. S o m e h o w
led to it s pu cation, from that mer or other we did n ot succeed, n o twith
’

ciless species of criticism in which you, stan din g we set a v ery proper exam le
my dear fellow, have ind ed A in pert in aciousl adhering to L in ey .

y y
8 er to i ts un fort unat e an or, an d M urra ; b u t
li t tle ess than such to th e work itself,
G rammar in vain th e sons ofPriscian t each
I yet canno t approve that un conquer Good fi l cts are b etter than eight parts of
s ting and
able p rop ens ity for ad j u
f a
speech .

shion ing every thing according to the

decrees of som s e t an d a r d h yp o t h es i s I n s h o r t , w e w e r e li t tl e a t t e n d e d t o

h b d P d i i f t f w t i l t h t
l ik h of
and on whic , e t e e r o c r u s t e s a n p e r c e v n g . a e r a e r a s , a
,

sub ll H di d t m u f t
y o u rac k and torture j ect , ti e a v e n no e a n s or or a o rs ,

( h h i d w i h h m
l
b I
h a ve reduced t, by i a s d is a t o u g p rac t s e t t re e a r .

y o u p r o c es 0

m m i l m m u t h i h t f
f i n g
location, i n t o s o e c o n o r ty w t y o u r e s i n y o e v e r
y o r a
”
m h d h b d W
y
w
n
I n deed, f em y j d t t n t
yy
e n n
theories . i o n a u ge
o n , u n er e e se

b the spe c i m v
'

n t o t h u b li c In a r e s ig n a ti on w h i c h w a s t e l ac

E
e ns g e e ,

by u a n d th e M u se i n I ( e n e s s ce p t e d b u t w i th t h i s i n t im a ti o n t h a t

W
o r py
s , , ,

tw ga l en i u s a n d c a
p a b il it y i t a s w e h a d le f t t h e c a m p as d e s e r t e r s ,

erha be u f n a i r to c o mpa re i t w as h o p e d w e s h o u ld ne v er r e t u r n
pfor t e roduction s of th e on e h i h m
i
y l
them S
p 6 8 a v e s n ce t e n os t
p , , ,

to use h is o w n w or d s ,
“
a r e s u c h as sc r u p u l o u s l s t u c k t o t h e p a r c h m e n t ,
d i h i w
b
many a schoo b y l- o w o u ld b e a s h a m e d t o an d n e ve r v e n t u r e w t n t o s t r e e t s
i l l I w i h
f hi
y b
o wn an d t h e e ff o r t s o f th e l a t t e r a s o t s c o n t r o v e r s a t a e r n a c .e s ,
,

u lf h a e decla ed, r a r e c a l c u l a t ed m o s t s i nce re l m y ro t h e r o f th e q u il l

y o r se v ,

h f - men t oned
to excite an un iversal irit o em u f h a d a t t e n d e d t o t e a o r e i .

lation in the minds of I ; from the

lowest factor boy to the high est cot
ton spin ner
-
y .
-

k n o w n spy .

h
I n d e
m
e d ,

d d y
eve y r m o r
i
n i n
i
g
There are somepe so , w , h i h i w h I t u

y b
r n s c h t e r e n p a ss e r e s e r v o r , n
l w h d d
'

ov er w
- ee n i n g n a x i e t t o l u r ica t e a n d w h i c h o u r p oe t ic a n t e r sa t e ea
w h h h m i k f
d fl i
y
s wall ow the w o e poss e com t
h l f t t
b
- i a t u s o o g s o a n g, i c e s o o o r

satin cal w I t w m h e d l t I
su j e c t s , can n o t e v e n sp a r e s a n s ,
u r n a a y a , e s
d m d f i d D i k i hi
th i
y ff i h
b l d fi
b s
e r r e n c n
e r n e ar es t a e c t o n s , no r g r a n t a s o u n y a ,

d d i f h
l k
b
ar in dul n ce to th eir own pee S t t
l
y
a c a x o n coa s c u n g e o re e
p en ,

h d M i
w i d w i
y t
’

cadill oes . at torni es cl e r k s ar e t o n ,

t t a t c u r s e a g a z n e a o u
f m i il S l d I
b e umn e ci f ll l h d f w i i h i k
y
t n s n e c o r a a n -
sa or e o
r u y a s e o r r g r o .

f f hi f d if h
'

d l i f w i t
lg
o u e s a n sp e c u a t on s o n r ee -
t ea r o r s s a e ; a n , e e scs
p e

S heridan to B urke.
18312] Manchester versus M anchester P oetry 2 01
y y
.

with dife; I fear the will make him will mainl depend upon the
y b y
success
lake s draugh t of their M anchester u n animi t of ot h parties And with
'
.

respec t to th e Societ , I think I shall

Amongst other damnin g sins , we b e elected presiden t when th e presen t

are accused of orderin g our ooks o f b l m fi lli h i d
b y by i
g en t e a n n
g t at s t u at o n , a n
l d k f d some t wo or three of the vice resi
b
p ates an o o s o p at t ern car s , p-

the same conve an ce ; an d o f eing den ts are dead, an d therefore it would

even likel y b
t o vie wit h t h e el egan t , be impruden t in ever respec t I may,y .

learned, an d amia le his torian of L o n ev ert heless, assert , that amon

g th e
renzo dc M edicis I advise m fel
. recen tl
y u b lis h e d p a p er s o f t h a t S o
Ion:r townsmen t o take warning y my ciet y, an also amongst th ose wh ich

example, an d still to con ti nue thi s se b

have in deed een read, bu t which,
from the n ative modes t of gen uine y
t al en t, are withh eld f rom th e press,
y
t here are man th at exhi it the most b
b
forci le an d compreh en sive grasp of
u n derstandi ng, an d th e most ele an t,
b y
ia their true and envia le colours, the varied, an d refin ed en dowmen ts of
g

unosten tatious competenc of Brit ish min d, production s which will alike t e
merchan ts, with the mun ificen t patron sist the so his tries of genius an d the
p
age of the British arts ; an d th e plain , rav ages of time, an d remain admi red

new rhet oric of common sense,

i l
and fiorescen t , wh en th e essa s of th
most wit ty emissary are superseded an
y
with p lea si n g an d in s truc t v e a n

u
g g a e of sci en tifi c re search T h
. e same —
forgo tten M in e, too, Christopher ; I
immering of taste which in duces our don t exemp t my own productions
’

g b .

t iring man ufacturer to load his Bi le I t is bu t passin g a merited eulogium

and Psalt er with a profusion of M o on our poorer fellow t own smen to as
by b
-

rocco and gold, will, th e pruden ce sert, th at, for th e confin ed advan ta es
g
which I recommen d, en a l e h im, in his which h ave fallen to th eir l ot, t h ey
y
established prosperit , to fill th e shelves b
com in e most un equivocal sh rewdn ess
y
of his librar wi th wh atever is curious of in tellect with ver
men t upon gen eral topics ; an d that,
y correct j udg
an d amusin g ; and to lin e th e walls of
his mansion with the finest produ c b
wh en left t o th e so er curren t of th eir
by
tions o f genius and art I t is, in deed,
. own f eelin gs, an d u n pollut ed the
the far read repu tation of th is lite i d rin es of design in m
y
p o so n o u s oc t g e n ,

mry i n scien tific t own , whether t h e con st it u te a population at o n ce

firunded in error or t ru th availet h t h e pride an d ornamen t oft h eir coun
b
not, which rin gs ever li rar ofcon y b y t ry , and fi t an d deserving su j ects to b
n quence t o its mart , an d ever oh y a Kin g of E n glan d
t h e more gen erall educat ed, y
. An d, amon t
scare individual t o it s fost erin g pro
b b e
-

So that its in h a itan ts, n ot ors of commercial esta lish

tectio n .

wi thstandin g the u nspa ring ha nd of

p pr o r i e
—
t
b
men ts, th e mem ers of th e l earn ed
— d i l h
this relen tles s satiris t, whose portra its i
b b
f n n r t u arl t re
p r o es s o s, a p a c y e
en less rue res embla nces tha n v et ea d reth ren of th e esta lish ed an d
a re o ft of ” t
will b e fou n d, dissen tin g commun ities, the same na
y
rea l car icat ures,

the discharg e o f the soc ia l relatio ns of t ural advan tag es are emin en tl p os
3, to be e ual ly faultless a nd cr em sessed Indeed, this t own, like an y
197 3
n
q .

oth er, n o dou t, of

b b ual exten t, can
After this general commen dation , it oas t eve degree an shad e of talen t
would perb a s n ot b e well to partien in th e p pit, from the pure, pious,
ll rise indivi ual talen t, eith er in the eloquen t , an d ort hodox dissertations
body of the M an ch est er ople, o r in of our modern T illotson , to the lin sey
y
the L iterar and Philosop cal Societ fi '

y y b
woolse fa rics ofth e rude, th o h sin
of wh ich you have spoken so sligh t in g l l ki w l f
b g u ar y ac-u t e st oc n g -
e ave r , t e t
I For et ween you an d me, thoug h L oo ms and stockin gs in th e lu rch,
]
.

shou ld n ot like it t o go fo rt h t o th e A nd fell to mend and p atch th e church .

world, the Wh igs fan cy t hey have all T here is o ne other topic t o which I
would allude, ere my can dl e is com
t he talen t s ; and as I do n ot t hin k so,
it woukl be u nwise t o lose th e chan ce l l
y b
an d my n o le self mos t ir

b p et e y ou t,
wh ich I have of ecomin g the M em rcco v erab l y drows , that is, th e M an

her fo r th is to wn , in case t he elective ch ester u i b — Frien d Christo ph er,

by
s n es s

fi anchise b e extended to it, en dea I am as staun ch a friend to m King

vouri ng to prove the con trar , as my y y s
an d th e constitution as thou can st po
 M anchester versus M anchester P oetry M
"
.
[ Y
‘

b
’

si l be : I damn form, an d drink s ervan t again to be suspen ded—th e

h ths five fi thoms deep, u l on t he peaceful secu ri of our hamlets, an d
n at al day of our gallan t , an d a
uxom , th e accumula wealth of our t own s
b
an d eloved mo a c : h h h l h , God i d red —
bE the maj est yy
b
n r is e a t ag a n t o b e e n a
less h im ! is t h e first which I t oast at of our ci vil tri u an d t h e san ct it

b
my own ta le, an d a son g t o his pros
m
of our v en era l e esta lishmen ts again
—
b b
is th e las t h h li f d m d h h d
erit
b w ic en v e n s y t o b e p ro a n e a i t e o rr o r an
h h
,

um le oard I do n ot min d a b ro
. th e con fu sion , an d th e destruction , o f
ken h ead in defen ce of h is h onour, an d su ch a s ls, I sh ould recomm en d,
b
my purse h ath ever een un strung to as th e first offering to t he sa res of our b
asse ,r t b y eve r sa cr y
ifi ce
y
an d e x er ti on , g a l la n t so l di ers ,
— th e d o v e t ai l e d -
se n
the u nsullied dign it of h is th ron e t en ces, an d t he fiagitious wit ticims of
y
.

Bu t , wh ilst I most con scien tiousl th ese most fai r, most impartial , b u t ,
agree in t h e n ec essit y
of t h e in t er th an k H eav en , most impoten t and self
y
feren ce allu ded to, an d most firml
b elieve th at t h e sal vation of t he di s
by
trict w as ef
b fec ted it, I h old th at man Whilst nn ing the a ove remarks, b
t o b e en eath all ou temp t wh o would I th ou gh t
g
E b b
at t he es t disproof I coul d
fer of our men tal o t usen ess would
fiss
r
y
tu at e it s n u appy consequen ces,
t n fi n ued ribaldr , an d etern ize th e
of
be a specimen of my own v ers es, eing b
p a in fu l reco lle cti on s wit h which it is
An d h owever determi n ed
re d a n d b ro u g h t u p b
maliel, who is our parish schoolmaster
a t t h e fe e t o f Ga
associat ed
yb
. .

ly the leading characters of thi s ou r I h ad accordin gl een dot t in m

t own might cc — operate in th at in ter fin ger n ails, an d scratching my ead i t
feren ce, an d h owever un dau n tedly t he y
a fu ll h alf h our, to n o p urpose, wh en
h ave a ided b by
t h e con sequen ces of my most dear frien d, Mr M ich ael
t heir own in t repid execu tion of th e N apperskin was in troduced Without
y b M
m
.

laws, I kn ow th ere is n ot on e of them, utt erin g a s lla le, h e drew th

indepen den t, h on oura le, an d t rul by y
zin e from h is k d
y
y
p o c e t , o p e n e i t t o
E n glis h gen tlemen as th e are, wh ose leaffolded do wn at Manchester P oetr ,
eye does n ot drop a t ear for ever drop y an d, b
iting his lip most methodicall , y
b
of lood which was sh ed u pon th at oc asked, I s th at piece of impertin en t
casion , an d wh o would n ot rat her for
feit his fortun e or h is life, th an wit
flippan cy our writing ?
y
th e Gods m th e Pan t heon , respon ded
”
N o, all by
n ess such an oth er in surrect ion in t he T hen , I know whose it is, an d
v ery h eart of th is fav ou red cou n t r
I
y .

I ll answer it, con t inu ed h e

’
You
y b
. .

”
N or hath lan o n age force enough to ex may sav e ourself th e t rou le, quoth
b
ress th e a horren ce in wh ich ev er y
I , it s alread don e ; t here it is, read
”

bbb
’

yy
.

um an e an d patrio tic osom will h old

y
t hose anon mou s scri
H e according
lers, no mat ter b u t I coul d see
wh eth er Birch bot tom or Squ ib ,whet her phiz that it wasn t th e t hing
p erused t h e article,
by
th e in dexion s ofhis

by
’

dictated p rof ess io n al spleen or phi

y
losoph ical a ath , wh o have con tin ual
as li e ll ou s as
an d I will an swer it
b t h e o t
”
h e r ,
”
s a id
I ts
h e ,
.

I t will be
.

l y a plied e cau stic o f l ice n t iou s wit all to n o purpose, m y dear M ichael
”
t o t e festerin g sore in t h e min d of an N apperskin , I replied, for I hold
irritated popul ation , an d who, in th e
out curin gs ofth eir sen si ili t , kn ow b y et ween t wen t b an d thirt
t h e proprietors ip of that M agaz in e ;
shares in y
Ew
-

not o I hav e, in con sequen ce, a voice

an d
P ub lica privatis secern ere, sacra pro n tial as t he D uke s, so t h at m
’ ’

p o te
y
.

articl e is sure to h ave t he pref

y
eren ce .

I t may be, th e will n ev er see th is re Th is rath er staggered M ichael ; who

cord of in dividu al o pin ion , or, if th e
shou ld, t h at it will b u t serv e as ali
y
was ob liged t o con ten t himself with
suggestion s, several of which I h ave

m en t to feed th eir meretricio us pc pu in sen si l ad op ted Not wi th stan ding by

larity ; bu t fewer y ears of experien ce this scu rv t reatmen t, I hear thee no y .

t h an h ave ell owed t h e greenn ess of mal ice, an d am,

y y
my da s, Wl ll couve th e admon ition D ear Ch ristoph er,
h ome, an d con vin ce t em, th ou h late, T h in e assured friend,
t hat y
t h e h av e t h eir reward
g H I L D E B R A N D S n a rn n a s o n
b
y
. .

If, h owever, such a calamit again N B D o not forget to remem er me . .

f —
b e orced u pon n a if th e amen ities of to all m y frien ds at E dina If I .

social life are a ain to be in terru ted h ld h h b d

y y
g p s ou g o to t e n or t , e assu re
t h e reciprocal of fices of emplo er and t he will find me a prime one .
 m 1) . Anna
ls qfae P arish .

A NNA L S o r r u n r a n ran on m a c n ao m cu o r n a n n ar mn o .
‘

[ g
I n en eral n o thin g pp
a e rs m d b
than the in sertion in a periodical work
b
, a or e a sur

of an articl e conferring high i k own con tri u tor t o t hat work In

p
y
ra se on a n .

j ustifi cation of ou rselves on th e presen t occasion , we shall on l say, t hat the

”
thll owing review o f th e Ann als of th e Parish , h as een sen t u s b by
y
a perso n
s econ d to n on e in th e modern lit erature of t his coun tr —a wh m w
y b
per so n o e
ha ve not, and can scarcel h Ope ever to h ave, t h e hon our of n um erin m
b g
y
g a on
our regular con tri u tors —
an d who, fi n all , is al t o et her i n oran t even of the
g g
name of th e auth or wh ose work he crit ici zes —C .

I n the ti tle page, this volume giv es Scots inlan d village, from its compara
by y
-

i tself ou t to b e arran ged an d edi ted t iv ely u n improved st at e, in t h e ear

the Auth or of The Ay rshire L eg a 1 7 60, down t o th e modern period, th e
”
b
t ees , pu lish ed in several su ccessive modern mann ers, t he modern way of
nu mb ers of Blackwood s E din urgh
’
b y
livin g, in t he ear 1 809 an d, amids t
Ma azin e an d we think it w ill n ot at
all gerogate from, b u t rather in crease,
th ese, t he rev eren d writer pourtra s,
wit h perfec t sin cerit , those li t t le y y
t he reputation which th e acquired y ch an ges w hich t h e course of his own
y
.

Th ere is t he same n at ure in the cha ears, as well as t h e course of even ts,
te eters, — th e same idiomatic plain n ess rodu ced in himself H e n ever for et s,
g
—
.

in the man n l s an d th e la gu e, the

n owever, h is ben evolen ce or h is virt ue;
i
'

n me ’ stor l simplicit an d h is ch ari ty for t he failin gs ofo th ers,

hd
in e g c

p
'

r c i l
p p
a
st
old fa l i on ed cl er
m
-

erson o f t
ma i , who is
e ra m a
seribes t he vill ag e an d its in ha itan ts
I t e g .

b
z an d for th ose relaxation s of moral dis
cipline, which are perh aps in separa le
from a progressive state ofsociet , con
b
with th e same articul arit y as Mrs t in n es una at ed b by
y
th e prej udi ces of
H amil tcm s well n own
'
K
Cottag ers o f an cien t recollection ,
warml rey byy
t he zeal of a
ous cl erg man , or an ad
Glenbum ie an d th ough it does n ot
b
'

exhibit th em in qui te so sordid a gar h eren ce to e rigid p rin cipl es of Cal

as that pic ture does, y et it dresses th em msm
y y
vl .

in n o un natural or affected fi ner ; the L ike th e Vicar of Wakefield, Mr

have t heir ever day clo th es, only y y
-
M icah B alwhidder is th e historian of
clean er an d more t idi l h h is own fireside, an d th e various vicis
y b
p u t o n t an
Mrs Hamilton s T hat lad , indeed, sit udes o ft heir fortu n e Ofth ese th ere
’
. .

we are in clin ed to thi n k, wen t ack, are n o t , like t h ose of D r P rimrose, ih

for her rural picture, to a period con ciden ts to surprise or t o in terest , b
by
sidera l dist an t, wh en sh e l eft Scot th eir un common or ro man ti c n at ure, in
y

lan d and so, by

a certain an achron ism wh ich respect th e Vicar of Wakefield
has perhap s gon e somewh at e on d by
in man n ers, represen t ed th el ower ran ks
of Sco tsmen an d S cots women , of S cots th e limi ts of t h e pro a ilit even of
T h e simple an d almost uni
bb y
cot tages an d Scot s dairies , rath er as fict ion
y y
.

the were 4 0 or 5 0 ears ago, t han as form j ourn al of M r Balwh idder is so

they will n o w be foun d Besides, M rs lit tle ex traordin ar as to cl aim from

Hamil ton , writing t o reform a u ses an d

.

b us som ewh at of a elief in it s realit ; y

errors, has erh aps caricatu red th em an adv an t age wh ich b
elon gs to th ose

p
in a certain ( egres , o r rough t th em at b n arrati ves th at giv e the portrait of s e
tu al life, (su ch as th e works of Rich
lesst in t o a stron ger ligh t than t hat in
y
which th e are usu all seen , ev en y b ardso n ), wit h so lit tl e of wh at we may

t he most impartial e es an d b y sucy call, in a pain ter s lan g

’
e, relie in
f
means has , we kn ow, giv en some of t h e picture, as to appear at to some
fen ce to Scots people, wh o se patriot ism, rom an tic readers, b ut which have a

th ough n ot stronger t han tru th , is at f l h m f su ch as like to look

b
w
y p o er u c ar or

least n ot weaker t han their delicac on nat ure in it s n ati ve gar , with out
y
.

These Annals trace, we t hin k v er t he orn amen ts in wh ich fan cy or re

y
fairl , th e morals and manners of a finemen t deligh ts to dress it an d there

Annals of the P arish ; C hronicl e of D almailing ; D urin g th e Min istry of the

or th e
Ru Micah l whidder Written b y himself Arranged and E di ted b y the Author
—
. . .

”
of The Ayrshire c s tecs Blackwood, E dinburgh ; T Cadell, L ondon, 182 1
. . .
904 An nals ofthe P arish M
[ y,
. a

is, as in the works ofthat great pain t door of th e church, on the day of or
y y b by
.

dination , was arred up th e m a

er of ordinar life, an in dividual it l
an d min u teness in the descripti on of con t en t parishion ers, so th at t h e m
th e person s, an d in t he detail o f t h e n ister an d h is att endan t mem ers of
y
ter were o liged to go m by y b b
litt le inciden ts, wh ich, in t heir v er t h e pres
t edious n es s, h av e th e stron g im pres at a win dow A weaver of the n ame
y
.

sion o f tru th an d realit I n on e par of Thorl, t ook occas ion , f rom t his ir
.
c
ticular our worth er min ister is mu ch cu mstan ce, t o quo te Scrip t ure
th e rev erse o f D r P rimrose So ihr th e admission of Mr Balwhi der d
b
from ein g a monog a mis t, h e marries
.

y
Veril I say u n t o you, h e t hat en
successi vel t hree wi ves, in all ofwh om tereth no t t he door in t o t he sheep by b
y
b
h ein eet s w rth th ose v alua leh ou seh old fold, bu t clim eth up some o th er way,
bb
q u a lit ies wh i ch h is own virt ues as a t h e sam e is a t h ief an d a ro er b u t
h usban d deserve . t he sarcasm h ad n o ef fect on the mil d
I n its h umorou s pas es this work l y s ufiering temper of th e min ister
‘
- .

h as n o at tempt at t he b ri m y of wit, Thou gh my p eople received m e in this

or th e s tren gt h of caricatu re T h e unrul y mann er, I was resolved t o cul tivate
.

lin es of it s gro tesque are marked wit h civilit y amon g th em ; and th erefore, t he
no gl arin
g col o u r , b u t place efore us
th e figures as t hey are seen in ev er
b y
v ery n ex t

sitation s
morn ing I b egan
; b u t oh , it was a
a ro un d of vi
b rae that
v illage wi th which we are I had to climb , an d it n eeded a sto u t h eart.
an d in th e inh a itan ts of b
lages as we see th em at th eir doors or
u ain ted,
ose v il
For I found th e doors in some places barred
again st m e ; in oth ers, th e bairns, when
th cy saw me co , ran t o th eir mo
t h eir firesides T h ey look, an d sp eak,
thera, H ere s th e feckl ess ess J ohn
. ’
-

an d act , as is n atu ral t o th eir situa

t ion , an d are n o t forced in to at tit udes
eith er of th e p ictu r u e th at may at
t ract ad miration , or t e ludi cro us that
may excit e ridicul e . th eless, I walk ed ab out from door to door,
In the dis tresses wh ich th ese An
yy
nals oc casion all relat e, th e ath etic is
th at of ordi nar , n o t high é wro ugh t
p
feelin g, an d its lan gu age t h e n at ural
expression of afilict ion wit ho u t t h e
an d th en wh en I wen t in in to th e h ouses,
t heir p aren ts woul d no ask m e to sit down ,
b u t with a scorn ful way , said, H on est
m an , what s you r pl easure h ere
’
N ever
like a dej ected b eggar, till I go t thc almous
deed of a civil recep tion, and who would
hav e though t it, from no less a person than
th e sam e T homas T horl that was so b itt er
against me in t he kirk on th e foregoing

m en t
g y
s well of tra ed , or th e whi n e ofsen ti

T h e descrip t ion is n ev er 1a
day .

T homas was stan at th e door with

b h is green dufiie apron , his red Kilmar

.

o ured with e ith et , n or b rou h t for

p g n ock nigh tcap— I min d him as well as if it
ward b artifi cial ligh t s th rown u pon
it by y
t e skil l of t h e descri er ; it is b was b u t y est erday—4 1n d he had seen me

y
sim l

b p o f w h at h e se e
eliev e h e cou ld n o t b u t see
s, an d what we
g o in g f ro m h ou se to h ou se ,
manner I was rej ected, an d his b owels were
moved, an d h e said to me in a kin d man
a n d in w h a t

T h ough in a work of th e in artificial Com e in , sir, an d case yoursel ; this

b
n er,
will n ever do , the clergy are God s go t hics,
'
kin d, which the a ove gen eral charac

b
t er an n ou n ces, it is n o t eas to pick
ou t remarka l e or strikin
y an d for their M ast er s sake it b ehov es u s t o
res ect t h em
p . Th e
’

r e w as n o an e in th e
g p a ssa g ,
e s
whol e p arish mair again st you than mysel,
t h e p u rp urei pa n m which som e c u
'

p p b ut t his earl y visitation is a symptom of

lar performan ces afford, we will su b
mit to our readers a few ex tracts, by g ra ce t h a t I c oul dn a h av e ex p’e c ti t fr om a

y
whi ch th e may j u dge o f the merits of
th e work, and of t h e j ust n ess of t h e
b ird o u t th e n est of patronage
T homas, an d wen t in with him, and we
. I th anked

had some solid con versation together, and

ch aracter we h ave iven of it I tol d him that it was n ot so much th e
g .

T he accoun t o f t he writer s set tle

’
to r s duty to feed th e flock, as to herd
’

men t in th e parish ofD alma iling , (si well an d that al though there mi h t b e
g
t uated in t hat w estern di strict wh ere, some ab ler with th e head than me, there

to b e popul ar a minist er m ust be what, was us a he wi thin th e b oun ds of S cotland

in modern lan guag e, we migh t call an more willin to watch th e fold b y night and
b y day n d T h omas said h e had not
u ltra go spel min ist er , is
) i w i h
.
-
g v e n t
h eard a mair sou n d observe for some time,
f im i l d
y
p e r ec t par t a i t y a n w i th that an d t hat if I h eld t o that doctrin e in th e
,

m eekn ess of temper which t rul b e 00 it it w uld us b e l an t ill I w ou l d

p p , o
g
longs to th e gospel, t hough in th e
b I was mindit, uoth
’
work a chan ge
a use of th at word, t h e z eal of th e e
con re at ion fre uen tl f
g g q or y
ge ts it. Th e
h e, n ever t o set m
y oot within the
f
door whilc you were there ; but to tu tify ,
rsat j Annals ofthe P arish . sos
d no t o condemn without a trial , I ll b e faith in treats, and was just an oracl e of
’
al
M M I n rd s day , and egg my n eigh
’
sagacity at expoun ding dreams, an d b odes
of ev ery so rt an d descri tion — b esides, she
’
hours t o b e likewise, so ye ll no have t o
p
m h ust to the b are walls and the laird s was reckon ed one of t e b est howdies in
’

y.
j h er day ; b u t b y this time sh e was grown
The first change in th e man ners or frail an d feckless, an d sh e died the same
y ear o n H ll w
’
whi h m d e e er
own tion of th is inlan d parish , is
a o e en , c a v y
b ody won der, that it should have so fallen
in the followin g n atural ac
coun t or on e of th e o s oin g t o sea
g by o ut for h er to die on H allo we en

I n t racin g th e progressiv e popula

’ ”
.

y
.

H e was t he son of on e of i ts most ami

b
able inha itan ts, a M rs M alc olm, wh o
t ion , an d in creasin g emplo men t an d

b
had seen et ter da s, th e widow of a y b
weal th of a vi llage, the An nals mark
on e of those rev erses of which we have
Clyde sh i master, who h ad een lost
at sea, an left him with a familby y y y
lat el seen b u t t oo man examples, y
from too ext en siv e o r ill man aged eon -

1! children , whose onl su pport was

cern s A great cot ton mill, from wh ich -

the industr of th eir moth er

.

y .

its first own er h ad deriv ed great weal th,

I t was m this year that Charlie Mal
m u rs Malcol n s eldest son , was sen t
r
’ i
l
s af

e ss
terwards, in th e less fort unat e or
skilf u l ha n d s o f h is su ccesso r, so
t o he a cabin b oy m t he T obacco t rader, a
-

m h l i
mu wd ship, that sail bet i d
y t t
y
h cd w ee n P ort u c a o s n g a v e n u r e as o o c ca s o n
h m m T h
’
i
y
Gla g s o w an d V ir i n i a in A m e rica S h e t e co p an s s t o pp g p n a e n t e
g
.
.

fat al con se uen ces are strongl b u t

was commanded b y Captain Dielu s , an I r
y
'

ville man ; f o r at that time th e Clyde was simpl set orth in th e an nals o f th e
I m p li ed w ith t h e b est sail ors f rom our e ar w h n t hi h d T h m e l an
y e s a pp e n e e .

m at, the coal trade with I reland b eing a ch ol sp ectacle of a t hou sand poor
y
-

b etter trade for b ringin g up good mariners d l h f m

y b
p eo p , e s u d en t r ow n o u t o e
than the long voy ages in th e o pen sea l m d d d i
b i
p o en t a n e p r v e of s u s st en ce,
which was th e reason , as I often h eard said,
is set efore u s i n u n exaggerated bu t
wh the Clyde shipp in g got so man y of
y st rikin description T h e dreadfu l ef
tha t men from ou r coun try side T h e go
y
.
-

eet s o t h e disorder in on e famil , are

.

f
h lg to sea of Charlie Malcolm was, o n di
vars accoun ts, 9 v ery remarkab l e thin g to
.
t
.

h u s d es cr i ed i b
n a p as
b e giv en as a fair spec imen o fth at sim
s a g e w h ic h m ay
a s all , for h e was th e first th at ever wen t

E:
l our parish , in th e m emory of man , to l
p p e a t h e ti c w h
b
ic h I h
tion ed, as elonging to th is li t tle oo k
a v e a o v e m eb b
n
sailor, and every body was con cern ed .

I t it, and some though t it was a great ven A mong t he overseers, t here was a M r
t urs of his moth er to l et him , his fath er D win in g, an E n gl ishman from M an ches
having been lost at sea B ut what co uld t er, wh ere h e had seen b et ter days, having
.

the forlorn widow do She had fiv e wean s h ad himself t h ere ofhis o wn property , on ce
and little t o giv e them , an d, as sh e h erself as large a mill , acco rding t o report , as th e
s M aker,
l h e w as a ye in t h e h an d o f h i C a y enn e v ill e m ill H e w
. a s c er ta in l y man
a
w h e re h e migh t , an d th e will of G od ab ov e th e common , an d his wif w a lad
i e as
y
would b e don e i h spite of all earthl y wiles in every po in t ; b ut th ey h el d th emsel ves
m d devices to t h e con trary b y themsel ves , an d sh u nn ed all man n er o f
o

“ On the Monda mornin h Ch li i ili i

y g , w e n ar e c v ty g
, i v n
g p u t h ei r w h ol e a tt e n tio n t o

was to go away to meet th e I rvill e carrier th eir t wo lit tl e b oys, who were reall y like
a r the road, we were s ll up , an d I walked creatures of a et ter race than th e ca llans o f
b
b y myself from t he M an se in to t he cl ach an o ur clachan .

to bid him farewell , an d I met h im j ust O n th e fail ure of th e company, Mr

awnin from his mot her s doo r, as b lith e as
’
D wining was ob served b those who were
g
a bea. m lus ssilor a dress, with a stick, and
’
resen t , t o b e t ic u l ar di s tressed, h is
.
p p ar y
a b undlc ti d in a Barcelona silk h andker salary b ein g his all ; b ut h e said lit tle, and
e ’
di d .
o er his shoul der, an d his wen t thou ghtfull y h ome S om e days after .

h e was seen walking b y himself with a p ale

Kate and E fiie, loo king out from face, a h eavy ey e, an d a slo w p ace—all to
h
t e dom all b cgreeten ; b u t his moth er was kens of a so rro wful heart Soon after h e
.

the house, praymg to the L o rd t o pro was missed al to geth er ; nob ody saw him .

he orphan, as sh e afi erwards tol d m e T h e door of his ho use was h owever open,

.

the wcans of th e clach an were gathered an d his t wo pret ty bo s were as livel y as

kirk ard yet t to see him pass, and usual , on the green b ore the door I h ap
y
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gahrrn three great shouts as h e was pen ed to pass wh en th ey were th ere, an d I

ve
b ye , an d ev ery body was at th eir asked them ho w th eir fath er and moth er
l
and said somethin g en cou ragin t were T h ey said th ey were st ill in b ed,
i gz
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him ; b ut there was a great laugh w m an d woul d not waken , and the in nocen t
nuld hi ll y 8 well came hirplin with lamb s too k m e b y th e hand, to make me
g
f bachle a in hand, and fiun g i t after waken th eir paren ts I kn ow n ot what was
i E nude luck Mizy had a wonderful in it , but I trembled from head to foot, and
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I was led in b y the b ab ies, as if I h ad not Jamaica, h ad built a nest of affection in

p o wer t o resist Nev er sh all
. I for et what
g my h eart B ut , oh I the wicked wastry of
.

1 saw in that b ed life in war I n l ess th an a month aft er, th e

.

n ews came of a victor

y over the Fren ch
O l a a 0

I found a l ett er on the tab le ; an d I came fleet , an d b y th e same post I got a lett er
away , l ockin g th e door b ehin d m e, and took from M r H oward, th at w s th e midship
a
t h e l ovel y prat tling orphan s home I could
b ut shake my h ead an d weep , as
th em to th e care of M rs B al whidder, an d
.

g I
a ve
man who came to see us Wi th Charles, t ell
m g m e th a t p o o r C h ar l e s h
l y woun ded in th e ac tion , and had 8 M ?
ad been mortal

she was t errified, b ut said n ot hin g . I th en wards died of his woun ds H e was a hero.

I t was to sen d the b ri n e in th e engag emen t, said Mr H oward, ‘ and

’
read th e lett er .

to a gen tl eman , t heir un cl e, in L on don h e di ed as a ood an d a b rav e man sh ould ’

.
g .

O h it is a terrib l e ta l e, b ut th e win ding Th ese tl dmgs ave me on e of th e sorest

g
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sh eet an d the earth is ov er it .I sen t for h earts I ever suficred, an d it was long b e
t wo of m y elders . I relat ed what I had f ore I could
g a th er fo rtit ude to discl ose th e
T wo eoflin s were got , and th e bo ti dings to poor Charles s mo ther But the
’
seen . .

dies laid in them ; an d th e n ex t da wit h callants of the school had heard of th e vie.
o n e of th e f ath erl ess b airn s in each d, I wry , an d were go ing shouting ab out , and
foll owed th em t o th e grave, which was dug had set the st eepl e b ell a rin gin g, b y which -

in that part of th e kirk yard wh ere un - Mrs M al colm heard th e news ; and know
christ en ed b ab ies are l aid . We durst not ing that Charles s ship was with th e fleet,
’

t ake it u pon u s to do more ; b ut few knew sh e came o v er to the M anse in great anxie
the reason , an d some thou ght it was b e ty , to hear th e particulars, somebod tell
y
cause th e deceased were st ran ers , and had
g i ng her th at th ere had b een a f orei n l etter
g
no re ular lair t o me b th e os t man
g .
y p - .

I dressed the t wo bon ny orphans in the When I saw her I could n ot speak,
b est mournin g at my own cost, an d kept b ut loo ked at h er in pit y , and th e t ear flee
th em in the M an se till we should et an ing up in to my ey es, sh e guessed what had
g
an swer f rom th eir un cl e, t o whom I sen t happen ed After givin g a d eep an d sore
.

t h eir fath er s l et t er I t st un g him to the sig h, sh e in qu ired, H ow did h e b ehave P

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n ick, an d h e came down all t h e way f rom I h op e well , for he was aye a gallan t ladl
n don , an d took th e children away him die an d then sh e we t v er
p y b it t erly
m
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self . 0 he was a vext man , wh en th e H o wever, 8l° calmer, I read to h er

beau tiful bd rn s, on b ein g t old h e was th eir the l et t er, and when I had don e, she b eg .

u n cl e, ran in to his arm s, an d com lain ed

p g ed m e t o give it to h er to kee , sa in
p y g ,
I t s all that I have no w l eft of my prett
’
t h at th eir Papa an d mamm a had sl ept so
”
y
lon g , th at th ey woul d n ever waken . boy b u t it s mair preciou s to me than th e
’

”
An oth er example of t h e path etic, of weal th Of the I ndies i an d Sh e b egged me
a ten derer, b u t less sh ockin t ° return t hanks o th e L ord f ll h
y ki d w i l l t t
g n ,
m om an “mani f
, or a e

b e foun d in t h e t wen t third cha ter -

w
.
f o ld m ere! “ Wi th whi ch

Alth ou gh I h av e not b een part icu r in h er l ot h ad b een b lessed, sin ce the h our she

p u t h er W “m H m al on e an d that “
rom t ime to t im e, th ere h ad
n ot icin g it , f
w h
,

en sh e was lefi: a enn l ess wi dow wrth

,
Y
b een an occasion al going off, at fairs an d
h
p y ,
e five fa h efl m h m
o n mark et da s, of t h e lads o f t h e
-
y p arish },
I
i e :
t was yu st an edi ficatl on oft he “ m to
as sol diers , an d wh en C a tain M al cohn P b
p
see th e C hm m M
t th e comman d o f his ship no less th an Wofthis worth

g ar
y ou n
g m e n sa il ed with him f ro m t h e
w
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rm a
n M
a
rs B al whi dder was w f‘mn d
ard, t ere was
.

q
sorrow m seem
fi i
cl achan ; so t hat we were dee er and dee
p p
1
h
:g
t 1 e “ P n d Of her forti t ude than ton ue
g
er interested in th e roceedl n s of t h e dol e 8
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p g , g
could t ell
ful war, th at was raging in th e plan tation s .
.

B y on e post we h eard o f n o l ess th an three

b rav e fell o ws b elon g to u s b ein
g s l a in w alked

in on e bat tl e, for w ich th ere was a loud house, b l“ 1“ th e way we met wl ih 3 3°

I
H avin g taken a 815 53 Ofwin e With her,
to con duct h er to h er own
.

an d
g en er al l am en ta t ion .
V ? “ al A W
] the wea s were out ara
!
S h ort ly aft er this , I got a l etter from dmg “n th napki ns " 1d lu l l I’M “ on sti cks,
n -
p
Ch arl es M al cohn , a v ery prett y lett er it in l
re o cl n
g an d ni
u in t h e 8 M t idi n g s
deed was h e had h eard ofmy L ord E gl es 0 Vi ctor
» B e t w h en t h e y sa w m e an d Mn
ham s murder an d grieved for th e loss, Mal colm comma slowl y alone, th ey sw
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e
b o th b ecau se h is lo rdship was a man , ed what had happen ed, M d threw away thei r
m
b ann ers of y ; an d. standing all up m 8
o

an d b ecau se h e had b een su ch a frien d to

:
him and his famil y w. m t h mlen ce an d sadn ess. alon h
g t
’
B u t , said Charles , ra e

m
.

the b est way th at I can shew m y grati k rk yard wall as we ed, sh owed an m
g
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rov e m self sun et Of compasswn d m

.

t ude for his p atrona e, is t o p en e t ra t e t o y

g p y
00? mot her b l “ in”
d ffi m K i d V
l Th
’ 3 1 sou
3
a
g o o o c er t o y n
g an co u n t r
y . 7 e .

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Which I th ought a b rave sen timen t , an d fresh “fil m“ , an some Of thc bal rns rate
was pleased t h ereat ; fo r someho w Charl es, an audi b le weepmg ; and, s o nm
e a no
from the time h e b rought m e th e limes to t her b y th e hand, they followed “3 00 he?
make a bowl of pu n ch, in his pocket from door, hke mourners at a tuner-L News
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was such a sight seen in any town before .

The nd ghbours came to look at it, as we book Kno n this, I perceived that it
zi e
.

walked along, and the men turned aside woul d be of ! to handle much th e
to hide their faces, while the mothers press mysteries of the faith ; b ut as there was at
d their b abies, foudlier to th eir b osoms, the time a b ruit an d a soun d ab ou t u niver .

a d wat ered their innocen t face

s with th eir sal b en evol en ce, hilanthm
p u t ilit y an d
py , ,
all t he other dis uises with which an infi
g
“ I re ared a
p p su ita b l e s erm o n , t ak in g as d el p hi l osophy appropriated to its elf the
fi n words of my text, H owl, y e ship of charity, b rotherly lov e, and well doing in -

Tsu hish, for your strength is laid waste ’

.cul cated b y our hol reli ion, I set to
y g
But when I saw around m e so many of my t o task upon th ese h eads, and tho t it
clad in com limentar
p y m ou rn in g no rob ber to u se a little of th e strata
y a
the gallant Charl es M al co lm, and that emfl oyed a ainst C hrist s Kin dom, to
g
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g
even poordatt J en n Gaflaw, an d h erdau h m h
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y g p ro ote t e in te r es t s t h e r e o f in t h e h ear ts
t. had on an old black rib bon ; and when and understan din s of those wh ose cars
g
I t of him, the spirited laddie, co woul d have b een sealed t me, had I
ming home from Jamaica, with his parrot att empted to expound big er things Ac g .

u lna - boulder, and his limes for me, my cordingly, on one day it was my p ractice
hu rt filled full , d was ob liged t o sit t o sh ew what the n atu re of Christian cha
k m in the pulpit, and drop a tear . rity was, com arin
p g it t o th e lig h t a n d
After a pause, an d the L ord having warmth of the sun that shines impartiall y
m chsafed to compose me, I rose up , and on the j ust an d th e unjust shewin g that —
me ou t th at an them of t riumph, the 12 4th man , without th e sen se of it as a duty, was
g all! ) the singing of which b rought th e as t he beasts that perish, and that every
roun d to th emselves ; b ut still feeling of his nat ure was in timately selfish,
I I could not preach as I had mean t b ut that, when actu ated b y this divine im
to do, therefore, I only said a few words of pulse, h e rose ou t of himself an d b ecame
p ray er , an d sin i
g gn a n ot h er
p sa lm , di sm i ss as a
g od , z ea l ou s t o a b a t e th e s u f fer in g s o f
all thin s that liven —
”

y I
d the congregation .
g A n d , on t h e n e x t d ay,
T he od pasto r lamen ts th e part demonstrated that th e n ew b enevol ence
t
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g
ch t h e
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p olitical madn ess of which had come so much into vogue, was
i m m d l
te y foll owin g th e b u t an ot h e r v er s ion o f t hi s C h ris t ia n v irt u e
y e ar s e ia .

w Revolution produced in the I n like mann er I dealt with b rotherly

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“ h o
l ove, b ringing it home to the b usin ess and
b osoms of my hearers, th at the C hristianity
This ear had open ed in to all th e leafl
y of it was n eith er enlar ed n or b att ered b y
as. of mi dsummer b efore an thin me g
y b ein g b ap tized with th e Greek name o f
M able ha pen ed in t he parish , arther
p hi l n throp y W ith well doing , h owev er,

m
a
than that sad division of my p eo l e
. -

p I wen t more roun dl y to work I told my

vem men t men an d j acob ius was er
.

p
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p eopl e that I tho u h t the had more sense

This calamity , for I never could g y
consider such h eart b u rn in g amon n ei h
-

bours as any thing less th an a very heavy

g g U
t han to secede from Christian ity to b ecome
tilitarians, for that it would b e a confes
sion of i norance of the faith th e desert
C h arit y, was assuredl y occasion ed b faul ts g y
y ed, seeing that it was t he main duty incul
on b oth sides, b ut it mu st b e confessed that
cated b y our rel i ion to do al l in morals
th e gen try did nothing to win th e common g
an d mann ers, to which th e n ew f angled
ality fra n the errors of th eir wa
-

y A lit tl e doctrin e of u tilit

.

t d
more condescension on th eir part woul d y p ’r e e n

not have made t hin s worse and mi h t

M r Bal whidder s t olerati on of dif
g , g
have made th em b et ter ; b ut p ride in ter f e r en ce in religiou s opin ion s is in th e
m i i d h h
b
p a u l , a n d c au s ed th e m t o th in k that an y sa e sp r t, a n d a t te n ed w it t e
same enefi cial efiects, as his atien ce
‘
show of alf from th em would b e con
'

ab p
strued by th e emocrats in to a terror of wi th political dissen t ers . Aften m en
th u r power While th e democrats were t ion ing am on g other refin ements of
'

no less to b lame ; for h earin h w h ir modem luxur , th e recei t of a t urtle

by
g o t e
y p
from Glasgow, the proprietors of
th e cot to n mill, a descript ion, n at u
ral en ou h , o f his sur rise at the a
g p p
earan ce of t his new kind of fish , as
e calls it, an d the disa reemen t of
g
t h e dish es made o f it on h is st omach,
y
h e digresses t o a n ovelt of a differen t
kin d, a men tal diso rder wh ich was in
t roduced in to t h e parish
t h e Roman Cath olic workmen of t he
some of by
cot ton mill .

But th e story of the turtl e is nothing

%
to that ofthe Mass, w ch , with all its mum
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whidder, and with my cane ln my hand, exposed t o the censure of his

’

fl ked to our own pew, where I sat some ton ers, t o whose tem ral an eter
tim e, b ut o wing t o my deaf n ess, not b ein

able to hear, I have not sinc e gon e b ack to

g n al wel fi re h e was wa s awake y .

Amon g oth er practices which h e re

the ch urch . B ut my peopl e are fond of
having their weans still christen ed b y me, p b
ro at es with eco m in gb sev erit , a re y
smugglin g, th e immoderate use of spi
and the youn g folk, such as are of a seri
rit uous liqu ors, t h e n eglect of sacred
ous turn , come t o b e married at my h an ds,
b
duties, the esta lish men t of idl e or
believin g , as th ey say, that there is some
t hin g good in th e b lessing of an aged go s
.

b
un rofi ta le places of resort, th e rash
p ignoran t disc ussion of poli tics, the
p d m in is te r B u t e th i m n n t o f an

m
. v en s r e a
I must lay aside, for M rs B al irreveren t con t empt oflegal an d whole
some au thorit y H is Opinion s are al
y
is n ow and then obliged to step .

me in my prayers, as I sometimes wander wa s h on est, always di sin terested, an d

— pron o u nc in g th e b ap tism a

on a b ride an d b ridegroom, talking as if

l b l essin g p u
g e n erall j u s t H e .ce n su res g en
b u t fair y, th e in at ten t ion of cou n tr
tl , yy
they were already paren ts I am t h an kful,
en tl emen t o measures of gen eral or
b
.

h o w ev er
, th at I h a ve b een s
pa r ed w it h a
ocal improvemen t , wh en pu lic n o t
sound mind to write this book to th e en d ; rivate advan tage is ex ect ed t o b e
but it is my last task , an d, indeed, reall p p
t h e resul t ; an d gives its due imp ort
I hav e no more to say, saving o nly t o wis
a b l essing on all p eopl e from on H igh , an ce t o a f
b
rien dl y
an d cordial commu

feren t ran ks ofthe

wh ere I soon hope to b e, an d to meet th ere n ication et ween dif
com muni t y, wh ich may preserve t o
all t h e ol d and l on
g d ep art ed sh eep of my

b
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flock, especially th e first and secon d M rs ran k or weal th it s en efi cial infl uen ce,
”
Bal whidders . an d t o t h e lo wer o rders t h e respect
On the wh ole, we give our sincere

y
as amusin g, h igh l
b
an d cordial appro ation t o t h eseAnna ls,
an d at ten t io n wh ich are du e t o su pe
rior s tation , wh en i ts po wer an d in
not onl y am u sin
g flu en ce are exert d t o th e general ad
e

to su ch readers as are fon d of n at ure

y
and simplicit , b ut as in structive As
v an ta e
g .

On all these accoun ts, we sin cerel y

y
.

a R emembra ncer, t his little volu me

y
ma be ver useful We are very apt .

t h e origin of prac tices which

an d warml recommen d t h e
of t h ese Ann als t o th e mem ers o f b
to commu n ities in situ at ion s similar to
universal custom has n ow made u s
con sider as of est a lish ed adep t ion , b t h at of th e Parish of wh ich this ex
an h ad t h e charge ; by
th ough some of t h em have n o merit
b ut what p rescript ion confers, an d
cellen t cl er
su ch peru sa y
t he may b e caution ed

b
others are su j ect to cen su re wh ich h a
wh at nov elties to ado pt as u seful, or
discourage as pern icious ; an d thu s reap
y
bit onl in du ces us to withh old T he
clergym an n ever fail ed t o n o
.
th e ad van tage wh ich t h e Roman Classic

hy impu tes to the recollection o f past

wort
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ti ce l e in trodu ction in t o his parish

if such n o velties , wh ich his pul pit
even ts, b
making t he presen t ti mcz

m etimes, when n ecessar or proper, y t h e discip e o f th e former ;

D iscipulus prioris est posterior dies
b
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recommended t o th e appro at ion , or

[ Sin ce this was pu t to press, we have b een n ot a little struck

article
”
a by
Critique on Th e An n als, in the I n vern ess Courier Our good fri en ds at
b b
.

I n vem ess hav e een most fortunate in o taining su ch an E ditor for we do

not kn ow an y Provin cial Journal that is con du ct ed with more a b y
ilit than the
I n verness Courier I n proof of this, an d from our regard t o h on est M i cah, we
y
.

cann ot h elp giving t he following extract, which we h ope will gratif our read,

crap -C .

I r there be on e h eartless an d rain b th ou gh degree These three

n ot o fth at
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b
.

len mortal in the circleofE nglish read
en , who does not rememb er Parson
Abraham Adams, an d Dr Primrose, Vi
car of Wakefi el d, as t h e elo ve d o f h is
mem ers of th e sacred profession, h old
t h e same ran k amon g th e clerg y that
Sir Rog er de C ov erley, Baron Bradwar
b din e, an d Sir H u gh l yrold do among
y
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T hey take possession of t he

m la men
y o u
Am b —
th , l et hi n o t t ake u p t h e
h ecan n ever ecome a u sin t
P
b
a r ish .

h eart of th e reader through ev er aye y

ed wit h the Rev M icah Hul w idder, n ue, b y t he m ore force o f their gude
.

Doctor, as he was sometimes called, y

less and kin dl n atu res Wisdomwould .
9 10 Annals ofthe Parish .

not exclude them, and afi Scotlan d th rows The character of Micah

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y
n .

ever inlet wide open t o with t he three Mrs Balwhidders, is,

it them
int o the sanct uar y Micah has not, to
. oweve ,
g g3
a a rbordin te
3: i
vo ume, w ic is t o
of the
z
t o b e sure, th e learning or men tal vi esign f
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n Adams, n or th e t en der sen t a li vel record of th at ch any p r

;
g o u r o f P arso
n ess an d delicac of y —
b
t h e h us and of mann ers and n ation al character, w
s till h e is wor has within the las t sixt yy
one wi e, th e V
f icar ears wrought
t h y, in virtu e of their common good su ch miracles aroun d u s This task is
h eartedness an d pastoral affection s, to execu ted with th e min u t e fidelit and
We may bb
.

y
t ake his plac e b y their side ; an d h e is li vel y colou rin g of Cra e
b b by y
.

t he first esb yt er wh o h as een th us b e etter un derstood sa in g, that

dl
h on oure We h av e long hom e a sligh t M icah Balwh idder is amon g our mo
g r ud g e t o th G a t U kn o wn ,
”
fo r d er n h is to r ia ns w h at W ilki e i s a m o
llg
e re n

t hose prela tic limo ing s, as M icah migh t t h e Scot tish p ain ters ; an d we thi
say, which he has given of the Scot tish th at th e Statis tical Accoun t of Scot
cl erg y . M r Blat tergowl devouring in lan d will n ever be complete, till the
faith ful an n als of this h omel an d ve y
secret th e f ragmen ts of th e An ti
’
s
feast, an d courti n g Miss Griz z e
l
racious Ch ron icl er, are added t o the
y
or
T h e p erson al character of
’
cake an d puddi ng h eav an d cau ap en dix
p
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.

t iou s M r Pou n dex t s ale inspired stu Mi cah , with his patriarchal
’
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upe of
dies or M r M u cklewraith , wives, stan ds ou t in fi ne re f from
b b y
a wee
thing crackit , b u t a raw preach er for th e od of the com tion , an d the
'

m
”
ecclesias tical sketch es which bers l virtu es whic
’
a that, areZ cl uster arou nd
migh t h av e called down th e scourge of are enh an ced an d adorned b y the
y
Jerem Collier, were that fie mem lit tl e h armless peculiarities of a former
b er of t he ch urch militan t 8 in the stu den t of th e ort hodox Universit
b yod of Glasgo w, ecome t he grave b yy

y
. n ow
Th e au th or ofWaverl e has in deed pas tor of a quiet coun tr parish Mi .

resen t ed u s with M r M orton , b u t h e cah has n o claims to great t alen t , or

p
18 on e of t h ose self sufii cing charac -
what h e call s a kirk fillin elo -

”
t ers of perfect wisdom, an d un mingled q u e n ce , b u t with a heart ov e o w ing
g oo dn e ss ,
w h ich ar e w i t hi n t h e com w i th k in d ne ss an d t han kfu ln ess , h e
f di i d w h h ld h f hi w
y y
p ass o a n y o r nar y w r ter , a n o, o s o n t e e v en t enor o s a y
as th e h av e n o n eed of the reader s enj o ing the in n ocen t self im ort ance
’

b p
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in dul gence, o tain b u t a sligh t hold on of his sta tion, relish ing a qui et j oke,
his memor y I t was t herefore reser cherishing oodness, repressing vi ce,
b
.

ved for t he presen t writ er to us an d doing the ood in his power in

acquain ted with a charact er, of w eh his o wn lit tle circ e
'
”
g .

t he proto type is to be foun d in t h e me v a n n e s s C o m m i e,

y
mor or imagination of ever native of y M ay 10, 182 1 .

N A RRA T I V E o r T H E C H I N E S E E u n a ssv ro r m: KH AN o r r u n '

r o ua e o v r u

In preceding ages there to appears chiefly derived from the mik ionaries,
have existed as eat a desire t o elevate in common with e rest o t eir
ig th fg
w
t h e station whic th e Ch in ese ough t to sus, in telligen t, an in pi i re
°

gil
m
2
h old, in th e scale of civilized n ation s, t h ren , a r t o have w m t ed the
as th ere has b
een in lat er times to u sual far ( o use n o h arsh er t erm)
l ower th eir preten sions elow th e fair b y
t
ofmagnif in g th e power, con sequen ce,
level to which t he appear en ti tled ; y an d in t ell ect of th e nat ion s t he were y
b
an d oth mistakes seem to have ori i
g desirous of con vert ing, an d thereb of y
nated from th e same source wh en ce securing to themselves a propa tion of
ever y rej udice an d error arises a a plausean d fame, comme s
gpr g
at e wi

g t egree of ign oran ce of th e facts apparen t imp rt an ce he pe

re
y
z
a
upon which alon e an y rational o in ion con v erted, an d a
l e difl culfies rth
.
p
can b e groun ded I n earlier times th e
information respect in g th e institu tion s,
y
which t he had had t o cont en d I t is
te in the
.

customs, man n ers, an d polic of t his

y y to this disposition , t o
early h istories, th at must b e mainl y
an cien t and extraordin ar
p p
eo l e, we re b y
at tri u ted the ver high n otions f or

T ranslated from the Chinese, by Sir G T Staunton, B art L L D . . . . . . and E M

Octave Murray , L ondon, 182 1
. .
 Narrative ofthe Chinese E mbassy . 2 11

“ fly M ust] of th e Chinese ch a it may strike as at first sight Man

'

n cta and ym .

which, perhaps, has

li kind is ev er prone to extremes ; and
.

b
'

po c

m
,

h duced odern t ravell ers, from n o sooner do we ehold a ren t in the

fi e falsch ya
of such represen tation s,
to fall in to an opposite ex treme, an d t o
veil , t hat shrouds th e o j ect of our
b lin d admiration from accurate ehser
b
(Is l out the measure of t heir cen sure vation , than we fly in to an op site
with the same wan t ofdiscriminat ion , direction , an d as incon sidera y de
which dist ingu ishes the negyrics of e our fallen idol to th e lo west

g w ri t ers ; th on g w e p er f ect epth s of in dif feren ce an d con temp t .

a ree wi th Sir George St aun ton , in A n ew era, however, with respect to

g
admi tt ing, That t he o servation s of b th e C hin ese, seems, durin g th e last age,
t in latt er, as far as t heir opportunities
at ten ded, are, upon th e whole, est b t o b e dawn in g on ou r view ; wh en ,
from an in creasin g con n ect ion with
n t itled t o con fiden ce I t mu st , h ow . this sin gular peopl e, a more in t im ate
ever, be allowed, th at some of t h e mo acq u ain tan ce with its eculiarities an d
da n writers have la oured u n der great b y cu stoms, an d, a ov e b 1, from the la
b
'

disadvan tages, n ot on l from th e ours an d research es of su ch accom

eu parativel y n arrowed limits t o whi ch p li sh ed writ ers as th e mild, can did,
”
thd r inquiries were rest rict ed, b u t an d en ligh t en ed t ran slator o f t h e work
t h e h o rn some of t hem h avin g drawn
their con clu sion s from th e meagre ia
b efore u s, we may b e en a l ed t o ob b
tain n ew ligh ts upon th e subj ect, and
b
formation o tained t hrough a sligh t t o form j u stern otion s th an h avehi th er
w quain t an cewit h somemaritimeplaces
y b
t o een en tertain ed of a n at ion which
b
d t he emPire, wh ere t he simplicit appears t o h ave een alike mist e re
’

and charac ter of th e n atives h ad sen t ed by th e in discretion , rej u

b y by he
'

cc,
babl y een greatl w rrupted t ir an d ign oran ce of f rien ds an foes .

intercourse wit h E uropean traders, As far as we can j udge of th e Chi

from whose example and mann ers th e
y y n ese, from th e u n sat isfact ory informa
were n ot likel to b e tly con firmed tion formerl af forded, it seems im
b b y
.

in ha its ofcommon on est y or virtu e i le to en y that t he mus t have

The accoun t given of th e Chinese at
y
.

n civilized to a con sidera le degree,

y b
Cant on and it s vicinit , in th e n arra when ever state in E urope was su n k
tive ofLo rd Anson s vo age, represen ts
’
y y in com lete ar arism b b M ost of the
.

b
M as the mo st dastardl , in sin cere, scien ces appear to have
an d dish on es t of th e h uman race an d
’
art s an
known among th em in ve earl times
een
y
bl f h w an d th eir literat ure, at ese periods,
i
b by
riter s experi
-
y
p y, as a r as t e
en ce extended, h e was full j ustified was pro a l upon a lev el with that
in his st atemen t s ; b ut as Mr Barro w ofan y oth er nation in th e world Th eir

m
.

ustl arks, in his excellen t T rav els rn mten t t oo, laws an d domc tic
jm C t o decide upon the gen eral
g o
y
'
e
l h l i fi
b
'

t u n t n t t t
p g
ii
o l cy l o o e s
h l
,

chamet er ofthe Chin ese, from th e deal th e Chinese to old ti e first ran k
y
i
ings L ord Anson had with them in th e t h e scale of civili zed societ , n everth e
ort of Can ton, would be as un fair as less partake largel ofwisdom an d moy
p
I t would b e t hough t presump tu ous in y
t ali t ; and it will pro a l bby
ever re

a fl l ciguer t o draw t h e charact er of main the won der of mankind, th at a

u r i nation fl o o r a casual v isit to Fal y
s st em of go vern men t, so extended
b
mouth, Kill egs, or A erdeen T he b band so perfect in its kin d, coul d h ave
yyb
y
.

n i ne semu he sa s, a lies to other een so firml esta lished, in th e com

b
-

writers on the su j ect, w 0 nev er were tive in fan c o f th e world, as to

y by
5‘ fi ve hun dred ards e on d t he limits ve resisted t hrough su cceedin g ages
t h e s torms an d revolu tion s that have
i th e E uropean factories at Can ton
m discrepan c yb
etween t h e o ld an d
.

destroyed con tem rar nation s, an d

em m the thce of
th h te accou n t s of the Chin ese, if it long sin ce sw t
y
did not directl extinguish all curiosi . th e eart h . th e polic of the C hi y
t y wi th ru pect to the people an d their n ese, with respect to oth er stat es, it is
institu tions, had at least a great ten difficu lt for an E uropean to s eak w it h
dn ey to p romote that indifferen ce on impartialit y Ou r views an practice
.

y
p
fi l e an ect which we alm ost remem are so diametricall Opposed to th e ex
b y
’

hu ecome somewhat general clusive n at ure of th eir s stem, t hat we

7 a b ou t half a cen tur ag o —n or is a y by
must u n avoida l regard th em in this
“ eeling somewhat bor
,

of this nature so surprising as respect with a f

 2 12 Narrative ofthe Chinese E mbassy . M
( y;
a

wok the rm lut on ot

s x
m‘t ; bn t it o gh t to be th ese trib s,
dering on
re mem b
ered
con te
that it has
y b een g a strict
g in g
from is ‘ppression , an 0 f e
himsel an d his foll owers un f
adh eren ce to this polic , that t ey more
‘

t erin
b by
t han pro a l owe the preservat ion of der e protection of th e Czar of B us
y
T he were kin dl received y byy
th eir gov ern men t, laws, an d in depen sia .

den ce, an d even their existen ce as a n a that mon arch, and a t ract of co un tr
b
'

t ion H ad it n ot een for the ex clusive was assigned for th eir residen ce be
.

system to which t h have so u n iform] tween the ri ver aik, an d th e Wolga, J

adh ered, Ch in a wou d, in all like1ih in the n eigh ou rhood of t h e Caspian b
b b
have een lon g efore this period in Sea T ee van rabdan , th e chief of .
- -

with all his pro

th e sit uation of I ndia, and h ave seen th e E leu th s,
v in ces t rib ute t o China, so v er con
h er an cien t in stit utions, and govern
men t, sunk in the splen dour of foreign siderable a d eetion as th e tri e of ? y
b
us urpation With su ch an example th e T ourgouth s, appears t o have given
b .

efore h er e es an d immediatel y on
t h e threshol of the empire, it is n o t th e wisest and most
so me un easiness to Kan g H ee, on e of
warful of the
-

y san guin el y
t o b e expected, t hat C hin ese E mperors ; w o accordingl , y
v er
eith er from mo tives of in clin ati on or some

m
y
ears su sequen t to th e set tle b
p ru d e n ce , sh e w i ll r e la x in a s
y s t em en t o f t h e T ou r
g ou t h s u n d er th e ir
t hat has for ages proved the gran d n ew masters, th ough t it adviseable to
m ean s by y b
wh ich h er in tegrit h as een send an em ass t o A yu ke, un der
h f
b y i h
-

y
reserved S h h l i d f
y y d
p . e as o n g e x st e , a n t e p r e t e n ce o ar ra n g gn t e sa e r e
comparativel t urn t o his coun tr of a T ourgou th
scarcel y
n ations, an d sh e has
h appil exist ed, with
an y in tercourse with forei n
g rin ce, who had acciden tall

d li h hi m lf d
een oh
h
yb
p e rh a p s n o o t h e r g e t o t r o w se u n e r t e p r o
chan ce, in the t t t f t h t ection of the emperor T h e real mo
p r ese n s a e o e .

world, of retain in g h er n at ion al con se tiv e, h owever, for sen din g th e mission,
q u en ce , t
o f polic , whic
h
y
an p e rsb
i s t in g i n th a t li ne a

bpp
has hitherto en a led di stin ct o j ects in view
ear s t o h a v e h ad t wo oth er v er

b First, to
y
y b
.

h er to resist ever approach of exter so un d A u ke on th e su j ect of the

-

n al en croachmen t an d in n ovation — b T ourgou t s return ing t o th eir old al

u rsui n h h m
y
l i d dl if y
b i
y by
g su c a co u r se , s e a y , n e g an c e , an s ec o n , t o o p e n p os
eed, have een de rived of man of ssib le, indirect mean s, some com
t he advan tages an b
lessings, which mun icat ion wit h th e C z ar of Bus
have fallen to th e lot of other states, sia T he chief condu ct of th e em as
act ing on more li eral an d en lar ed b
.

i ed t o a M an darin of
b
g s w as n tr u st
v iews ; b u t i t mu st n ot b e for ott en m f li h i h h f
b T
g ,
t e n a e o u s n , t e a
-
u t o
- r o
that h er ch il dren h ave also een 8
red th e wars, th e ersecu tion s, t h e e
p
solation , an d th e loodshed, wh ich , in b ee n
si tuation
b a p e r so n
He
spite of th e cries of su flerin h uman i
g
'
t i v e,
g
t y, an d th e precep ts of th e mildes t an d in t erestin g accoun t of his famil , his
ivbyin
.

g a m o d e s t a n d n o t n u
y
most moral of religion s, have for ages own rise in the state, his disgrace, and
p v ed th e disgrace an d the sc ourge di smissal from pu lic service, and his b
y
r o
o f almost ev er high l civilized por su b se n en t reti remen t to L inn loo - .

tion of th e war (1 . H are e remain ed for seven ears, em

Bu t it is no w time to consider th e plo ed in the cultivation his farm,
b
work efore us, which, as it may be an t the service of his paren t s till
regarded as a kin d of uni ue rodu c l
y
en gth ,
”
h h b yi
—
y a t e o serves, w e n t
q p
t ion, is not on l in teresti n g on t hat was determin ed, in th e ear Pro tien,
b y y
-

accou n t, b u t also from th e remarka le ear of universal tran quillit an d

circu ms tan ces in whi ch th e em ass
i tself origin ated, and t h e sin ular abi
b y
a

p a ci
h
fi ca ti on , t o se n d a
e kin gdom of th e T ourgouth s, a
s p ec ia l m iss io n

g t o t
lity an d secrecy with whi ch th e real region remo te, an d e ond th e seas (or by
obj ect of t he mission was carried in to

y y h m
) l d d ressed a by
y
g r e a t w a t e r s I u a
ef fec t Some ears previou sl t o 1 7 1 2 , petit ion t o hi s Maj est , requesting to
.

it seems t h at A yu ke, t he Khan of b e employed on th e occasion , that I

~ ~

t h e T o urgou ths, on e of th e fou r divi migh t thus have an Opport unit y of

sio ns of th e E lcn th , or Calmu c T ar evin cin g the gratef ul sen se I en ter
t ars, con ceiving some disgust at l se tain ed of t he man favours I had at y
y
' ‘

vang rabdan, the

-
p ri n c ip a l c h i ef of f o r m e r p e r io d s e n j o e d u n d er th e im
1891 N arrat ive ofthe Chinese E mbassy . 2 13

go va m t ' ’
Being ad mit ted which you me at
upon th e service, to
5
n en .

rial t he im d h m
y
con 8 n en ce t o t i t t t be per
q p
g
pp
g
re r ese n a o n e , ere u s
na me, had a n t he m
’

g
p in es o f f ee t h a r o n a n d co n co rd amon st
g
witn essing t h e nign in u en ce, an d you ou mu st ref rai n from drin kin
excellen t eflects of th e sacred virt ues
‘

y
y
win e i mmoderatel , an d you mus t
y
g
y
of his M aj est B y his M aj est s gra
.

d ous favour, I was restored to my for

strictl
kin d amon
p r
’
o hi it a l l eyx ce sse s o by
f t his
our servan t s an d at t en
mer rank an d offices, an d further ho dants In t e course of our j ourn e ,
noured, with h is M aj esty s special
’
ll
. y y
y o u w i h a v e t o e n te r cer ta in dis tri ct s
comman ds to p ro ceed upon th e service of th e kingdom of Russia, wh ere t he
I had solicited
”
Ou t h e 2 7 t h ofM ay, mann ers an d customs are ex tremel
.
-

1 7 12 , he received t he imperial edict , corrupt , an d where there are man

yy
addressed to him an d his coll eagues,
an d on th e 2 3d of Ju n e followin g, set
immodest women
at ten dan ts mu st n ot he su f
ou r servan t s an d
fered on
. Y
ou t fi om Pekin on t h e expedition in th ese occasion s t o b e disorderly an d
y
'

the 5 1 st ear of Kan g H ee T h e edict licen tiou s ; an d at all t imes you must
-
.

ill elf is, fbr th e purposes it h ad in main tain stro n g disciplin e an d con trol
view, one of th e est an d most artfulb over th em I f while you are wit hin
l i ec e
i
s o
l
fdi
rl
p lo
i
m ac
h
, we h y
av e e v e r se
h
e n ; th e R u ssi a
“
n
h
t e rr
y
i t o ri es, y
.

o u s h
f
ou ld
h
b f i w i h l
y
p ar t c u a y n t at part o t c o u rse ve s c a n ce t o se e a n y o t e
relates t o the efo re men tion ed Khan women of th e coun t r , or t o witn ess
b
of th e E len th tri es, wh om it is pret an y o ccurren ce t h at may seem a su rd b
ty eviden t, from th e documen t itsel f, in y our e es, you are n evert h eless, y y y
as well as from th e acco u n t given by
t o preserv e alwa s y our gravit an d
y by
Mr Bell, h is imperial maj est mu st composu re, an d n o mean s to be
b
have con sidered rather a trou lesome lightl given t o sco frin g or ridicul e y
b
.

neigh our T he in struction s relating I f presen t s are offered t o you, you

b
.

t o an y in terview the am assadors may are n ot at on ce to accep t of t hem , bu t

hav e with t he C zar, are equ all y j udi t o excu se y ou rsel v es again an d again ,
d ons, and t he followin g directi on s as sa in g, Weh ave b rough t n ot hin g rich y b '

t o conduct an d gen eral eh aviou r, b or valu a le with u s t o offer to th e Ch a

l trike us as peculiarl ch aracteristic of
the Ch inese, thoug h of a n atu re some
y h an kh an ; h ow th en can we thin k of
-

accept in g su ch presen t s from h im In

what superior to an th in g th at coul d t h e ev en t, h owever, of t h eir eing v er b y
have been expec from a govern earn est an d pressin g, you may accep t

m m which we sh oul d previou sly of on e or t wo th in gs ; an d you are, in

,

have supposed, mu st have een v er b y b such case, t o produ ce th e pieces of em

y
defective m its kn owledge of th e cus roidered silks which you are to carr

t oms and man are of foreign n ation s . with you , an d to presen t th em to the
“
All th eRussia con tinues th e edict, Cha han kh an in retu rn , as in g, Be
- -

are of a v ain an d osten tat ious dis cau se of t h e great l en gt h 0 th e j our

y
tion, the will doub tless displa y b
n ey, we h ave rough t nothin g wi t h us
y
°

ore you , for y

our in formation , th e
several th ings th e possess y
On su ch
occasion s, yo u are n eith er to express
t h at is v er ex cell en t or val uab le
y
. th ese th in gs we on l of fer as a t rifling
mark o f our con sideration on th e oc
casion ofth e presen t m eetin g Sh ould
’

admiration , n or con t em pt an d are

y y
.

merel t o say, Wh eth er ou r coun tr y ou n o t be in vi ted t o an in t erview, and

on l y a m essen ger be sen t t o y ou, you
‘

s, or n o t , su ch t hin gs as t h ese,

lt is qui t e ou t o f ou r prov in ce t o de will still take o ccasion t o presen t t he

silk w h ich y ou will h ave
termine; Some thin g s in deed th ere
are which we have seen, an d o th ers b
p ie ces o f
ro u gh t with you an d y ou will say ,
y
have no t seen b u t th ere are o th er H avin g co me a v ery lon g j ourne ,
thirg s again wh ich oth ers h av e seen , we h av e n o thi n g in ou r p ossessio n o f
though we hav e n o t On th ese subj ect s v alu e ; b u t w e of fer you t h ese trifl cs,
by
.

therefore, we are n o m ean s su f fi as a mark of our c on siderat ion

y
.

cien tly informed I n ou r proceedin gs T h e laws an d reg ul ation s of t h e

’
.

I t might seem extraordin ary d th at de m

ficer sh oul d
ra ed of t l i it h
g a
p r es u e o so
c a

m
.

l ppointmant of this impo rt an t an d fi d l h b d t t f

c on en t i a c a ra ct er ; u t a i s a n o r e i g n
s
i s i on

5 a service so littl e desirab l e in the ey f C h i h i b m h h l m t u

es o a ne se , t a t t e ca e i g y e ri
o r io s

in any ofi cer of suitabl e ab il ities , to v l h i i h d t

t
o u n te er s se rv c es on e occ as io n , a n i a p
accordingly, that T n li- sh im s oflhr
’
w t on l im m ed i a te l y a cce p te d b u t t h at
as no
-
y ,

m himself entirel y restored to a f i c ns e u e n c e V i d a N o t e b y T ra n s l a t or

vo u r n o q
.
.
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[ ]
t ,

Russians are very severe an d rigorous ation of th e various districts of the

I n the event, th ere fore, of an y of our y
.

Russian empire visit ed t he embas

T h e original Chin ese map of the
by
servan ts or at ten dan ts committin a sy .

t rifling faul t, you must no t at on ce le g cou n tries trav elled th r Sir George
no un ce t hem in anger t o th e magis informs us , is remarks ls onl for its
rudeness an d inaccurac
"
T was y
trate of the di strict I n all y our pro
y
. .

ceedings, you must shew our clemen erh aps t o be exp ect ed, wh en th e v er

cy an d moderation , as we as our gra y p

i mperfect st ate of eograph ical kn ow
ledge in E uro
g
is con sidered, li ttle
vit y an d composure .

I f you are qu es tioned respecting more than h y i

y b y y
a cen t ur prev ous to
our own ran k an d of fices, you are to t he p eriod of t h e em ass an d we
say,
b y
We are onl officiatin g magi
b
can n ot h el p thin kin g it
T u li s in s accu rac
greatl

h y to the
h
elon gin g t o th e ou ter t ri u credit of
’

by b h b m
s trates, - -
, t at
n al s of go vern m en t , an d no mean s t h e rou te he descri es as een traced
eith er grea t of ficers of state, or imme y
with v er lit tl e ifl culty, on co pa d
diate at ten dan ts on t he person of his rin g it with the est aps of th e pre b m
M aj es t y.
’

b
T h e in h a itan ts f h R ss ani
sen t da
d
an d t he
i i —
latest discoveries
Bu t to return from
y
o t e u a n a n or t es .

territ or , its n at ural an d artificial pro t his digression We left our trav el
.

h d l l h i d m
ductions, its g
b f P ki
y y
p y a n g e n era e rs o n t e r e p a rtu r e ro e n .

so o j ec ts to which Ou t h e six th day of the j ourne , t he

appearance, are
due at ten tion is to be given iby d h w ll h f
y y y o u n cr osse t e g re a t a a t t e p a ss o
t h e cou rse of our j o — Respect Ch an g kia ken ; an d pursuing their
b
u rn e .
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t he a ove rou t e ov er th e ran e of moun tain s,

.

T h ese clear an d v er a le instruc yb called Kin g gan t i

g
en tered the dis
bby if y by
- -

t o h ave een u nders tood, t riet of T artars of

t ions a
an d w acted u po n, b
the am assa vision , an d were en tertai ned
; plain ell ow di
the
dors, at least so far as regarded [t he Man gou Tartar garrison o f Cha ha -

more importan t poin ts of the mission , eur, wh ich supplied them with eve
as it n o t onl y su cceeded in i ts profess
b b t h in g requ isi te for t h eir j ourn e , an y
ed o j ect , bu t also in esta lishing a de
h
en a led t h em t o sendb ack t o Pekin b
f d di i h T h d g ernmen t horses
y d
g ree o u n er s ta n n g w t t e ou r t e g u a r s a n o v
u tha, which appears ev en t uall to which had hitherto aecom t hem .

v e paved th e way for th e return of Con t in ui ng their rou te,

b
t h at tri e to its an cien t cou n t r and
y y yy
in ten da s, the district of e Kalkas,
With t e where the experien ced similar civili
e reach ed,

allegian ce in th e ear 1 7 7 1
b y
.

spect to th e m inor o j ec ts of th e em t ies, an d sh ort l aft er arrived at the

b assy , we do n o t quite agree in opin ion d f san d ; our au thor s se
’

y
g re a t e se r t o
with Sir George Stau n ton , as t o th e coun t of which diflers, in a ver t e
y y
'

meagre an d un sat isfactor

ofth e description s o f
”
nat ure
th e scen er an d
b
marka le man ner, frfi n th e one given
by y
M r Bell, wh o traversed the same
b b
remarka le o j ects on th e rou te We
”
waste onl a few years su sequen tl b y
y b
.

—
.

certa inl have perused the m w i h T he em assy, accordin g t o the for

y
t co n
siderab le pleasure, an d h ave receiv ed mer, spen t n o more than two da s
as mu ch in stru ction on t h ese t opics as in cro ssing the desert , which is descri
we coul d h av e expected from th e j our b ed as gen erall a oun din g with the yb
n al o f travell ers passin g t hrou gh a
y shru

so u n v aried an d so devoid of in g rem arka ly fertile, an

b
Ch ake ; an d in one s t , as be
b
b
cou n tr

b
o j ec ts t o at tract at t en tion W ith re tored by
several rivul ets — while the
well wa

y
.

s ect to t h e in h a it an t s, t h eir man n ers l h h d h i

y w
p a tt er s ta t es , t a t e a n s pa rt er e
and cu stoms, th e accou n t is certai n l y t wen t eigh t day s in traversing it,
-

flimsy en ough , t h ough great care ap withou t haltin g ; during which pe

p e ar s to h ave eb
e n t ak e n
t h e n arrat iv e, t o state with accurac
t h ro u gh ou t r io d , t
y
h e h a d
t ree, bus h, n or moun tain
yn e i th e r see
”
n r i v er ,

This dif .

t h e situ at ion of t h e dif feren t t own s feren ce in t he t wo accoun ts is the more

an d st ation s, th eir resp ecti v e di stan
ces, th e amoun t of th e in h a itan t s, b b
rem arka le, as Sir Geor e St au n t on
informs us in his preface, th e gen eral
g

th e variou s stren gt h o f th e garrison s, agreemen t foun d

b
th e n um er, size, an d direction , ofth e t ers, in wh ose views, feeli
etween two wri b
rin cipal ri vers, an d of alm ost ev er d p j y di h l d
hab its,
li l
; t tt
y
p a n r e u ce s e re co u so e
t hi n g t hat could t en d to th row ligh t in common , is certainl credit able to

m
”
on the geographical and militar situ b th O t h 3 o th f A the
y o n . e o
5
 N arrative ofthe Chinese E mbassy 2 15
b
.

embassy reach ed the Tu la, or Tola -

trou le an d in con venience of making
fl Bell; of which , an d the rivers in us t hese presen ts ? W
e beg, therefore,
b ym
-

In neigh urhood, a somewhat ela o with man th an ks, to return t hem to

’
t l t e accoun t is given,) an d proceedin g Ha i h owever, again
b you .
- -
sa- eur,

m its route in a ou t el even days ar his messen gers t o us to ) ress ou r

sen t
d
,

i d k h h fi acceptan ceofthep resen ts an th rough

r ve at See p u e t u t
be pass x
y y
- - -
,

ed fix t he oun dar of th e Russian these m essengers the furth er chaer

i nd Chin ese empires ; an d shortl af ved, y
We are in th e ha it of regu b
terwards came to th e first Ru ssian sta larl visiting th e Chin ese empire t o
tion, where a messen er was wai ting t r e, an d we have repea tedl experi y
in arrival , sen t by
e govern or o f en ced , for th ese man ears past, the yy
Salinginsky, to learn th e o bj ect of th e grea t kindn ess of your most excellen t
y
min im) Satisfactor re l ies h avin g emp eror : b u t th is is th e first t ime
b
.

b een o tain ed, a guard o offi cers an d t h at an y h eaven l y messengers have

b oots was sen t to con ve t h e
”
H ea yb
visited o ur cou n tr Sin ce we are n ow y .

venl y messen gers t o th e a o ve place, so fortu n ate as t o m eet with you at

where the were received b y th e go t his place, t h ere is h ardl an y t h in g y
Vern or wi y
ever mark of res pect an d we can do wh ich is su ffi cien t t o ex
(Roth a wever, t o l i
hp ld
Owin , p r t u t d d
lill
l ess o o n o r r
p e r g
g es c an e a r .

ba n o ged to wal t t l a repl y cor l Again an again, th erefore, we most

'

g a
b e 0 tained to t he dispatch he h d for earnes tl requ est th at on will accept y
warded to the C zar, acquain t in g him what we have o ffered T o this we .

with the arrival of th e C hin ese, an d replied, Sin ce H a mi sa eu r has th us

y
- - -

th e pu rport of t h eir j ou rn e , th e em spoken , we will accept of th e ea teb les

ln u y coul d n ot b e allo wed t o proceed h e has sen t us, and onl sen d back to
him th e fox skins : b u t you mu st at
y
on it s des ti nation though, from T u -

li Shin s o wn acco un t , n o u n n ecessa t h e same time in form H a m i sa eur,

’

y
- - - -

dela a pears im pu tab le t o t h e th at ou r C hin ese Imperial gov ern

un io ns, w 0, h e admi ts, u n iforml y
men t h as n ever allowed th e officers,
h eated h im and h is p art with t he or an y oth er person s, wh o m ay at an y
most res pectfu l at ten t ion urin a fiv e t ime b e emplo ed in execu tin g th e y
mon ths deten ti on at Sali ngin s y,—a emperor s comman ds, to accept of pre ’

recept ion t he more remarkab le, wh en sen ts, ev en of t h e small est v alu e At .

we consider the somewh at su spici a f u t ure day, h o wev er, w e sh all have
cm and equ ivocal n at u re of th eir mis man y Opportu n it ies o fmeetin g H a mi -

”
D urin g th eir stay at this place, sa eu r, an d it will th en b e quit e time
sion
b by y
-
.

t he am assadors were v is ited Ha en ou gh f or u s to testi f t h e reciprocal

mi- l a en , (the person ori n all y en sen timen t s wh ich we en t ertain f or each
y
'

trusted to art ‘ s wit h oth er ; b u t j ust n o w it is ab solut el

g o v er nm e n t th e sa fe co n du
e Ru ss ian
ct of t h e im p o ssi le f o r u s to accep t of an b
yp r e
th i- T om ) d n oth er Ru ssian mer sen t s o f v alue, an d we m u st th eref
b
an a ore

ch ant, oth on th eir way to P ekin , ret urn t h e fox skin s ; t h e dish es of
y
-

who presen t ed t h em with thirt fox fruit we h ave agreed to retai n , in or

l klns,
”
b
esides fru it an d similar art i der t o sh ew our sen se of h is civili t ies
At l engt h , on th e 8th of Fe ruar b y
.
’

elu .T he cerem on ies t hat took place

upon this occasion , are far from u n 1 7 13, dispat ch es w ere receiv ed from
an ul ing an d, as t h ey con t ain a pret t h e C zar, au th orizin g t h e adv an ce of
l ccurate represen tat ion ofwh at u n i t h e amb ass adors, who were immedi
z ml y occurs th rough out th e n arra at ely fu rn ish ed with 7 0 wh eel car
tive in similar circum stan ces, we sh all riages, an d ever necessar for th e fu y y
extu ct th e wh ole assage, for t he edi t ure accommodatio n of th eir j ou rn e y .

fi c t ion of our r A milita ry escort was al so appoin t ed to

ers .

Upon this we said, t hrough the at ten d t h em, an d t h e wh ole part set y
fi vour an d kin dness of h is Imperial ou t on th e l oth of Fe ruary from b
maj e st , ever y y
t hi ng we can use or Salin gin sky, amidst th e h igh es t h o
requi re upon o ur p resen t j ourn e y
is n ours th at could be con ferred on t h em .

already pro vided for na,— noth ing is A description follo ws, of t he dis tric t
“ cien t : wh th en sh ould you, wh o and to wn of Sal inginsky, wh ich woul d
z
n o travellers ke ourselves, be at t he be scarcel wort h n o tici ng, did i t n o t y
Am w ay the T unninkaita of Case, and the Saralgyn of Bed —T ranslator.

Vol II . . 2 D
2 16 N arrative (f the Chinese E mbassy .

serve to confir m th e au t h or s credibi Chin ese hist orian fhlls in to on every

’

li t y, from its singular coin ciden ce in occasio n in wh ich his sovereign or his
almost ever y i l i h h y are in an y wa
by b y
p ar t c u ar w t t e a c co un tr y co n c ern
coun t given of t he same place Mr On t h e 2 7 th of M a th e em ass
B ell I n t wo days j ou rn ey, t hey reach
.

U y
u it ted I rku tsky, an em arked on b
ed th e to w n of di nsky, chiefl re t e Angers , t he navigation of which
b
marka le from a sto n e, talc pro a l ) b by b
is descri ed as ext remel diflicul t and y
fou nd in th e n eighb ou r I ood, wh ich is S il w i h f f the
y p er o u s, o n g t o t e o r ce o
u sed in st ead o f glass or cr s tal , th e stream , t he dan gerou s nature of i ts

easemen ts in t h e win dows of all t h e ban ks, an d th e rapids and cataracts

Russian h ouses ein g fit ted with th is b with which it a ou n ds N othin g can b
y b
.

m aterial h ere th e were at ten tive] b e more magnificen t an d su lime t han

receiv ed b y t h e go v ern or, wh ose wi e t he sh ort descri tion s giv en o f t his
p
an d ch il dren farth er h on oured th em wild and roman ti c riv er, and th e su r
by da nc ing b
efore th em , an d pla ing y rou n di n g scen er yb
Proceeding on their
.

t he mu sical in stru men ts of vo yage, t h e am assadors arrived in 1 9

u pon
th e coun tr y
C on tin uin g th eir route y
da s at Yen eseik, where the received yy
y
.

t hrough a ver mou n tai n ous an d wood fro m th e go vernor t he customar civil
ed di stri ct , o ur travellers reached th e ities. I t is distan t from Irkut sky a ove b
sou t h an b k h
of t e Bay a L a k l k e ,
— t h e 3000 Ice
y an d is a confi derable place
I t is ver remarka le, that in desct i b .

following descrip tion ofwhich is drear

en ou gh T h e co un tr thron g th e an imals foun d in t he neigh our b
which we passed, still con t i n u ed ex
y
hood, th e foll o wing v er p art icular y
t remely moun tainou s, an d covered
with wood, b u t t h e grou n d imm edi
accou n t is given of the Si erian M am
mo th I n the v er coldest part s ofyy b
atel y on th e road side was cul tivated t h is no rth ern coun tr , a species of ani
b
.

H ere are t wo small villages, called mal is fou nd, wh ich u rrows un der the
T si yan g h ag an d O la ku en Th e eart h , an d which dies if it is at all ex
yb y
- - - - -
.

h ou ses are n o t closel uil t , an d are posed at an t ime to the sun an d air ;
b
in ha ited en tirel y by T he i t is of a great size, an d weighs ten
y Ru ssian s
by b y y
.

Ba kal L ake is surroun ded moun th o usan d kin s l

b I ts on es are ver
‘ ‘
.

t ain s ; its ank s are ov ergrown with wh ite an d shin in g like ivor I t is not
by
.

reeds ; and, upon it s su rface, th ick f l m l d i

i
y
n at u re a
p o w e r u an a , a n s
fogs an d n oxiou s vapours coll ect from th erefore n ot v er dangerous or fero
t he v ast forests an d desert s in th e vi cion s I t is foun d gen erall in the y
c in it y I t is a great expan se o f wa
‘
.

mu d u pon th e anks of rivers Th e b

b
. .

t ers, ex ten din g farth er th an th e eye Russian s collect t he on es of this ani

can reach an d i t s w av es are like t h ose mal, in order to make cups, saucers,
o f t he ocean
”
C rossin g t o th e n orth
b b
com s, an d other s art icles T he
y
. .

ban k of this lake, t h e am assadors fl esh of the animal is

b y y
a v er refi i
'

came on t he 1 9 th of Fe ru ar t o I r i l d
y b b y i
g e ra t n
g q ua it , a n s ea t en as a re
hu tsk , th efirst con sidera le place th ey med in fevers T h e foreign name of
.

had y et visited, con tai n ing a ou t 800 th is an imal is ma men to m va, we call - - -

it kee sh oo — T his accoun t , th e trans

”
families, with a garrison o f 5 00 men
y
-
.

h ere t h e were well received b y th e lator in forms us, n earl y corresp on ds

g o ver n o r ; b u t as t
w as rough an d dan gerous, t he were
h e ir ro u t e b y la n d
y
wit h th e on e giv en
same an imal, th ough
by
Mr Bell of the
that au tho r
b
o liged to awai t t h e reakin g u p oft h e b lifi b
b y o serving, t hat h e gives
y
q u a es i t
ice on th e River An gara for n early it as t h e report m erel of th e super
t hree mon th s efore t h ey could pro b stitio us an d t h e i noran t
g ”
M or e
ceed b y wat er Some curious con ver
. recen t discoveries, h o wever, con ti
sat io n s are recorded b et ween th e em n u es Sir G eor e, f they
g so ar as
bassadors an d th e Ru ssian au th orities, hav e gen e, h ave ten ded to confirm the
t oo lo n g for in sertion in t h is place,
furnishin g a g ood sp ecimen of Chin ese b
tru th o f th ese relation s, and not onl y
y
diplomac , t hough, as th e tran slator
b
o n es, b u t th e fl esh of th is extraordi

y
n ar an imal has lat el yb
een fou n d nu

j l h d m deca ed among th e snows in t hese

y
u s t y o serv e s t e r e a e r ay n at u
y
,

rall feel some impatien ce at t he v ain n ort l ern region s,

b y y y
N ot e p 7 1 After
- . .

oast ing an d cou rtl st le wh ich t h e waitin g t wo da s at Yen eseik, the am

A t en th o f a leag ue of three geographical miles .

1 A kin is on e third more than an E nglish pound .

 Narrative of the Chinese E mbassy . 2 17

bl u nders rsued their rou te on h orse Bell ) the governor n eral of Si eria, b
b ack t o e smal l vill ag e of M ak of wh o seems, t hro ou t t he wh ole o f
b y y
-

l ky On t he 2 8 th o f Jun e, em arked its residen ce in t is cit , t o h ave

.

o n th e river Ket , an d in t welve da s

N
st u diou sl av oided ev ery t h in g th at y
ru c h ed th e station o f arim, n ear t h e
wh ere Ket falls in to t he river
could give u m rage t o t h e C hin ese ;
b y h um ourin g t h em in all th eir pecu
b
b y, a dista n ce of 2 5 00 Ic e C on ti liarities, an d ex trav agan t p reten sion s
.
.

nu in g t h e v oyage down t h e lat t er riv er, T h e commu n ication s th at t ook place,

th e reac hed t he [ s tat ion o f Su rgut e,
th e n ex t day en coun tered a vio
len t gal e, wh ich greatl en dan g ered
b
et ween t h e t wo part ies, on t h e several
occasion s of t h eir meet in g, are h igh l y
y
amu sin , an d giv e a clearer in si h t

t h e who le part y
On t h is occasion ,
.
g
in to t h e cau tious ch aracter an d polic
g
y
t h e au t h or t akes t h e opport un it y o f of th e C h in ese, th an an y o th er acco un t
remarkin g t h at th e Ru ssian s , wh en we h av e yet met wit h t hough we
c orn pared wit h t h e C h in ese oat men , b by
y
are v er in ferior b o th in cou rage, an d
can n o t h elp ei ng a lit t l e scepti cal , as
t o th e v eracit of th e au th or, wh en h e
ess in t h e m an agem en t of t h eir d escri es Prin ce G agarin as v en tu rin g
T h e m o men t t h ere is an y t o con dem n his master, P eter th e Great,
b
vessels .

dan ger, h e says, t hey are h appy t o get an d to draw a som ewhat in vidi ou s
b
close to t h e an k of th e riv er
y
an d if com p arison et ween t h e go vern men t, b
t h e can retreat ou t of th e stream al of t hat able an d ex trao rdinar mo y
t ogeth er in t o some smal l creek, then n arch , and that of t he preceding Czar .

M y they beg in to b e a t eas e From A short accou n t follows of th e cit y o f

y
. .

Surgute, th e arrived at Samarofsky, T ob olsky, an d its v icin it y I t was .

and proceeded on t h e ri ver I rtish with ou t wall s, or fortifi cations, b u t ap

h ere t h eir course b
ein g again st t h e pears t o h av e b een a place o f con sider
y
s tream, t he were obliged t o b e t rack a le im portan ce, con tai n in g al t ogeth erb
b
ed b t h e T artar oatmen , t h e wh ole u p wards of t hree th ou san d families,
y
way t o D emian sky, a distan ce of 600 a ov e t wen t y Christian chu rch es, and b
b e, wh en ce in t w o day s t h ey depart ed a garrison of 2 000 m en On th e fifth
b b
.

fi r T obolsky, t h e capital of Si eria, o f Septemb er, t h e am assadors left

y
where the arrived o n t h e e4 th of Au T obolsky, escorted b y a R u ssian oth
g u st T
. h e recedin g town s, with t h e cer, an d a guard of six t soldiers for

I rku tsy an d Y en eseik, th eir pro tec tion , an d n it t in g t h e riv er

y
excep tion
b b
m ar to h av e

pla ce s
een v ery in con sider
n on e o ft h em are m en tion
I rt ish, th ey ascen d
p r o ceed ed du rin g t h e

ed b y our au t hor as fortifi ed wh en h e days, again st t h e st ream t o T umen ,

t h e T o ol, an d
s
p ace of n in e .

b
‘

Visited t hem in t h e year 1 7 12 13, an ein g again tracked t h e wh ole of th e

-

”
omissio n which is a lit tle rem ark way b y t h e T arta rs ; b u t , con tin u es
able, as M r Bell , wh o p assed th rou gh t h e au t h or,
y
the an ks of t h e riv er b
th e same places on l a few ears af w ere so o vergrown with w ood, th at
t a wards, particul ar
'
o serves t h at y b
th ere was n o trackin g p ath for th em,
several of th em were so m ewh at st ron g an d t h e were co n sequ en t l y ob liged to
ly defen ded with dit ches, all isades, wade t rough th e water an d mu d
h by
.

m d towers, a circumstan ce w ich coul d T h ey were cu t an d w oun ded often

y b
‘

scarc el have escaped t h e n o t ice ofou r t h e s to n es , an d t h e loo d w as ru nn in g

au th o r, if su ch fo rt ifi cation s h ad ex from t h eir l eg s an d feet u n der th e wa
b
isted at th e period o fth e em assy an d, t er bu t t h e Ru ssian soldi ers on l
y
h ps, th e on l y way of recon cilin g fl o gged an d urged th em on so m u c
z t wo accoun ts, is u po n t h e suppo th e m ore I could n o t ear th e sigh t, . b
l ition that t h e Russian G o v ern men t an d remon s trat ed w ith th em, u po n
”
h t have felt some lit tle disqu iet u de which th ey desisted From T um en ,
y
.

wi respect to th e safet of t h ese dis t h ey proceeded to E n tsh in , high er

b
.

ti n t possession s, from th e dou t ful u p t h e riv er ; h ere t e uit ted th eir

q
nature of the C h in ese M ission , an d b oats an d con tin ued t 18 11 rou te on y
b
‘

have een th en ce led to pu t th em in a h orseb ack to Vcrchatu ria, th e first

b
more respecta le st at e of defen ce dut station in Russia, in E urope, on which
y
fi ng the period t hat in terven ed b e accou n t th e were receiv ed b y the go
t ween o ur au th or s an d M r Bell s v isit
’
v ern or w ith m ore th an ordinar at
’

b y
b y
.

”
At T ob olsky, th e em ass was re ten tion s Th is t own is descri ed as
y
.

ceived with ev er mark o f dis t in ct ion , beau tifii ll y an d roman t icall y situat ed,
b y Ko ko li n, ( Prin ce G agarin of and the whole place as wearin g a live
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2 18 N arrative ofthe Chinese E mbau y .
[ m
M
l y an d pleasix a pearance, that some t ween Charles th e fi l th , and Peter
what recon éfi our trav ell ers t o th e Great, from its commencemen t to
t heir pas t fatigues an d hardsh ips Af th e defeat of t h e former at Pultowa,
y b
.

ter remain i t wo da s at this place, an d his su se uen t esca e in to T ur

th e yyproce ed t hrough d eep an d
q p
key, which h appen ed a ou t eigh t ears
rior t o t h e arrival of the em ass
b yb y
mir roads, and crossin g th e Oural .

M oun tain s, reach ed Sol ikamsky on t is sin gul ar, th at in T u li sh in s list

’

b y
- -

t h e 1 4 th of Oct o er I n j ourn e
. of t h e dif feren t E u ropean n ation s ly
ing hith er th ey m et with a h eavy fall in g w est of th e Russ ian E mp ire, n o
of snow, wh ich las t ed for sev eral men tion sh oul d be made of Great Bri
y
da s, an d gave th e wh ole coun try a at th at time, from the recen t
most m b
ifi cen t an d eau tiful ap e
di
t ain
su ccesses an d s len did ach iev emen ts of
p
rom Solikam sky th eir Kin g Will iam an d the D uke of M arl
b
an ce rect

rout e was b y water, down th e riv er orough , on e of t h e first n ations in

Kama, b u t th e sn ow still con tinu

in g, an d th e roads ein g impassa le,b b bb
E urope, oth in po wer an d repu tation,
an d u n do u tedl ll h
y w e kn o wn t o t e
t h e Russians woul d n o t allow th em Ru ssian s, from whom our au th or must,
t o advan ce t ill th e 1 4 th of N ovem of course, h ave derived hi s in forma
b er, wh en the groun d h avi n g ecome b t ion I n th e ab o ve list, h owever, t here
com pletely froz en , th e y
were su ffer
an d su c
.

appears th e n ame ofa cou n tr Sepen se y

ed t o proceed in fou r sled es key u pon t h e sign ification of wh ich,
cessiv el py ass in g th roug t h h
e t o wn s Sir George Staun ton says h e can of fer
Ka gored, Stob odskoi, Klin o f} Cazan , ms t o u s
b y
Sim irsk, t h e reach ed Saratof, on
j
n o con ec t ure, ex cept , as
th e v ery u n likely on e, th at Spain
it see
“
h as,
an
the Volga, b
th e esta lish ed place of
b b
b y mistake, een in clu ded t wice in the
in tercourse et ween t h e Ru ssian an d ca talogu e,
”
y
th at coun tr h avin g een b
”
T ourgou th n at ion s, on th e l st of Ja
At this place, t h e em
n amed
—
b
efore u n der th e t itl e of usi Y
l l h
b k
n uary, 1 7 1 4 .
p an ia . I t d o e s no t a pp ea r i e t a t
b assadors, owin t o th e eat rigour t he a ov e dissimilar n ames sh o d re
of th e se n , w ich ren ered it im late to th e same nat ion ; an d, with
p o ssi l b '

e fo a large part y t o proceed, g re a t d ef e re n ce t o S ir G eo r g e, w e

were detain ed for several mon th s, du woul d v en t ure to suggest th e perh s
rin g which period, no t with stan din g th e
y bb
less impro a le n o ti n , that under: e
o a
p
sev erit of t h e weath er, th e w ere su c n am e of Sepen seky, th e au thor may
cessi ve yy
en tertain ed b y t h e Ru ssian s, hav e in t en ded t o design ate G reat Bri
with feast s, an d wi th arties ofplea tain , in spite o f th e ab sen ce of all
p
sure, eith er for sh oo tin g with b o ws p l a u si l eba n al og y ,
u po n w hi c h su ch
an d arrows, ridin g or fi shing on t he a conj ect u re could b e form ed
b an ks ofth e riv er
”
A m essen ger, h o w
. t
re u rn — . On th e 1 7 th ofJun e, th e em
But to
.

ever, was despat ch ed wi th ou t delay to b assado rs quit ted Saratof, an d cross

A yan ke Khan , t o acquain t h im with
- -
ing th e Volga, arrived at the h ead
th e arrival of th e hea ven ly messeng ers , f h h h
b T
q u ar t er s o t e o u rg o u t s, on t e
at Sarat of, wh o received th e accou n t an ks of t h e L ake M a n u t o, on the
y
- -

with great satisfac tion , an d imm edi i s t of July, 1 7 1 4 , wh ere th e were re

at el y g av e direc tion s for pro v idin g ceived wi th ev er mark ofprof y ou n d re

t en ts, et s, clo th in g, & c for t h eir . spect an d ven eration . T he of ficers,

accomm ation , t o b e kep t in readin ess es ts, an d ch ief f h d i ff
b i
b
p r s , o t e ere n t
t o j oin t h e am assadors at Sarato f, t ribes, su j ect t o A yu ke, toget her
y
- -

whenev er th e sprin g was sufficien tl with t h eir follo wers, were drawn up
adv an ced t o allo w o f t h eir proceedin g . i n lin es on th e road w e th e com
At t his part o f t h e n arrative t h e au mon class of people came ou t t o meet
th or en ters more full y th an u sual in to th e C hin ese to a con sidera le distan ce, bb m
somewha of a gen eral descrip tion of ratin h m l f h
y
t
t p r o s t g t e se v es e o r e e ,

t h e Russian empire, its ex ten t, pro an d of ferin g th em ever mark of good

du ction s, clim ate, an d origin , toget her wil l an d kin dn ess
b
.

with a few remarks u pon t h e n ational On t h e foll o wing day, th e am assa

ch aract er of th e people, th eir law s, h a do rs had t h eir first au dien ce of A y II
b
‘
-

its, and cu stoms, wh ich , as far as ke, who is said to have recei ved the
th e y g , pp
o a
y ear t ol era l ac cu by
rat e, edict of th e em ror kn eeling , an d to

th ough v er meagre an d un satisfac tory h av e con du cted mself otherwme with

b
'

b
.

Th e au th or seems to have een well marked su mission circumstan ws in

'

in formed with respect to th e war be which we do no t ag ree with Sir George

1 82 153 N arrative ofthe Chinese E mbassy . 2 19

prewn ted as sh ewing th eutmost anxi-f

ety to con ciliate t he C hinese, b at
y
t en din g, in the most minute manner,
man y t o indu ce a suspi
reasons occur t o th eir sligh test requests, an d to ever y
cion that some secret un ders tan di n th ing t hat could con du ce to their com
c isted between t he T ourgouth s an y
fort an d securit , on th eir retu rn h ome
y
the Ch in ese, previo usl to th e depar In recordin th ese in terv iews, ho w
.

y
t ure of the embass from Pekin for, ev er, we
g
fearful our au thor h as in
are
dulged a lit tle in h is talen t for am pli
on any oth er su ppo sition , it is n ot eas y
to account for a govern m en t so dev oid fi cation , t hough h e falls v ery far sh ort,
of en t erprise as t hat of th e Ch in ese, in t h is in stan ce, of his after efiorts in
'

i an exten siv e an d h az ar t h e official report of th e proceedin gs of

ar
d o
g g g
n
n
s u
n
n de
i
r
n
t ak in g, m erely to a sc ert ain th e emb assy, giv en in a su sequ en t b
th e safest mode of returnin g a fugitiv e f h w k d w hich we parti
y p a r t o t e o r , a n
i t h is n at ive cou n tr I n deed, cul arl y recommen d t o t h e l f
p nt» o .
p er u sa o
tin t th e lat ter did n ot form th e real our readers, as th e ch oicest s ecimen o f
ofi ect of th e mission , is pret t ev iden t y serv ile adu lation an d orien tal om ast
p
b b
fi om th e various con feren ces t h at t ook an d in solen ce we h ave ev er encoun ter
b b y
'

l b w A k h m ed A ou t t he 2 s th of Jan uar , t h e
p c et d t
bb
a e e e n -
y u -
e an e a a s .

n don , all of which are ch aract erized am assadors t ook th eir fi nal l eav e of

b a sing ularinquis itiv en ess on th e p art T o olski an d i ts govern or, an d quit ting
J t he former,with resp ect t o man mi y
t h eir former road, proceeded o ver an
y
nu te particul ars relat in g t o t he act u al u n in terestin g an d t hin l in hab it ed
stat e o ft h e C hinese E m ire at th at pe y
coun tr , t hrough t h e t own s of Tara,
an d T o wsk , to Yen eseik, an d t h en ce
riod, for w i b it woul b e di f
m hp
“ g ani ‘‘ uate m ot iv e, exce t to
ficul t t o
sligh t l
y
y
deviating from th eir old tract,
an i n t en t on 0 again placin g h ir sel f ii
th e passed
ku tsky
y by
way of E limsky to Ir
and his follo wers, u n der t he pro t ect ion At t his place th ey again fell
.

i their an cient sovereign On th is sup in to t heir former ro u te, an d con tin uing
y
.

tion , the recep tion experien ced b y t h eir j ourn e , arriv ed wit hou t acciden t
ambassadors at t h eir first in terview at Pekin , on t h e 2 6t h of Ju n e, 1 7 15 ,

with th e Khan , is precisel t h e on e y after an a s en ce of somewh at m ore by

b
that migh t have een an ticipat ed an d
we u nn ot th erefore h elp t hin kin g , t hat
t h an three ears
At t h eir return , th e am assadors
.

b
Sit on t h is o ccasion , b w ere treated with great favour th e
y by
m ri y ears n u

h ard u pon th e veracit y o f

his autho r, wh en h e ch arges h im wi th
E mperor, wh o person all receiv ed th eir
re ort of t h e tran sact ion s, an d the re
”
giving the s uppos ed, rat her th an th e
real manner in which th e edic t was re
p
sul t of t he mission , an d est o wed u on
p b
th em some of t h e h igh est marks of his
appro at ion b T h e official report , t o
b
b
.

Afi er remaining a out a fortn igh t wh ich we hav e efore alluded, th en

wit h t he T ou rgou t hs, du ring t h e whole follows, togeth er with the imperial an
y
which period t h e appear t o h a ve swer, which we su j oin for its brevity b
b
b een treated in t he most amica le an d an d p ithzness, as a usefu l uide to th e
y
b
’

m fldsn tial man ner, t he am assadors fram ers of all fu ture rep es t o lo al g '

took th eir fin al leav e of t he Kh an , on addresses We un derstan d your ad

M u n, havin
y
t in 9 i th of Jul , an d set ou t on t h eir dress an d h av e referred it to t h e pro
bY our map we retain for
rev iou sl y, in t h e course er t ri u n al

y
gp p
.

if several b ig l am usi n g an d in teres t urt her examin ation .

conferen ces, on which our li mits T h e remain der ofth e n arrativ e com
not all ow us to dw ell, set tled, ap p r i se s a fe w p r iv a t e ev en ts re la ti v e to
t l t t h ti f i f ll t h t h r, t o eth er with some accoun t
p ren y o e sa s act on o a
par e a u o g
tim, the obj ect s of the mission On of a secon d mission , upon wh ich h e
b y
.

the 7 th of September, t h e am assa was em plo ed, to th e fron t iers of Rus

dou reached C azan , an d on the 1 1 th of sia, an d h is commun ication on th at
b
Decemb er, arrived at T o olski, wh ere occasion with Prince Gagarin, t he lat
th ey remain ed somewhat more t han a t er of wh ich is writ ten pret t mu ch in y
month, wai t in g t he return of Prin ce the same om as tical an d ridiculou s b b
then absen t on a visit to M os y
st l e t hat disti n uish es th e of fi i l
y
c te
g a
am On his arrival , several con feren b i h l m h
b w
.
p ,or t u t t a
pp ar en t a u c
i k l w h im d i l f h I w h
b
a g a n t oo p ac e e t een an g re a te r v o a t io n o tr u t n a t .

tin - M l ; in all of which he is re man n er th e a ove commun ication was

 N arrat ive ofthe Chinese E mbassy
b
.

received, we are n ot informed, th e nar n um er of th e Pekin Gazettes, many

ret ive con clu din g with T u li shin s
’
of which discov er a de ree of j us t ice,
g
- -

lett er to th e Ru ssian govern or rom pt itu de, an d decisi on of con du ct,

.

p
T o th e fore in g accoun t , Sir George i n t h e ex ecu tive admin istration of af

b
h as su j oin e a valua le appen dix,
b b
a stract of part of a
fairs, and an earnest desire t o in flu
en ce an d con ciliat e pu lic opin ion on b
con tainin g t h e
C hin ese n ov el , som e notices of Ch in ese stat e qu estion s, which if, h a pil for y
y
la s, an ex t ract from a C hin ese H er m an kin d, it were the n ature 0 govern
by
h al , an d a co llec tion o f miscell an eo us m en t s ev er t o profi t
y y
ex perience,

docum en ts , extracted from th e Pekin migh t possibl prove a salutar lesson

”
azett e, all ofwh ich will b e read with t o t h e rulers of som e oth er co un tries,
g y
i n terest , th o u gh w e are sorr t h at t h e wh o, in t h e plen itude of self compla
y
-

t ran sl at or sh oul d h av e con fi n ed his ex cen cy an d power, b lin dl at temp t to

t rac ts from th e C h in ese drama, t o t h e

”
y arrest by b coercion , t h e sl ow b u t st ead y
mere n ot ices of four pla s, which, march of pu lic opinion As a speci
b
.

at est , can giv e litt le or n o idea o f t h e men of t he G azet t es, we in sert t h e fol
stat e of t his b ran ch o f th eir li terat ure . lowin g, which we giv e with ou t s elec
We experien ced a similar disappoin t Imp erial E dict
”

b tion a .

men t in t he a stract from th e n ovel, N a yen t ch in g possesses in ou t

y
- -

an d are scarcel y e t reco n cil ed w it h ward appearan ce so me tal en t s, bu t is

Sir Geo rge, for tan talizing u s with t he defi cien t in j u dgm en t, an d is tardy and
sligh t lim pse he has afforded of a u n decisiv e w h en mat ters ofimp ort an ce
work w ich, from its n ature, promises are lai d b efore h im, an d et does not

mu ch en tertai nm en t, an d a con sidera atten d to t h e words of o t ers, b u t is

b le insigh t in t o t h e m an n ers an d do satisfi ed of t he propriet y

o f his own
b
meatic h a its ofth e Chinese I t is true, . opin ion . T he few 0d qu alities w hich
h e in forms h is readers th at he gav e up h e may b e allow to as, are in

th e idea of a complet e version of t he su f ficien t t o cover his misdeeds By a .

lat ter, from th e wan t of sufficien t in s trict execu t ion of t h e laws, h e sh ould

t eres t in t he se u el, t o in du ce him to b

h ave een depriv ed of all his dig n ities,
d fl f m ain cir b an ish ed to E ll e, as an exp iation
an d
b
p ro cee , as w e a s ro ce rt
cums tan ces in th e win din g u p of t h e of his ofit n w s ; b u t , ecause all th e
which migh t not altogether ac oth er relatives of A kowi h av e alread y
s to
? b b
-

cor with t h e feelings of th e presen t een sent in to an ish men t , durin g this
N evertheless, we cannot help
da y .

wishin g h e had persisted in his firs t can n ot pat ien t l y

last h alf y ear, for differen t cau ses, we
en dure t h e idea that
in ten tion , of gi vin g th e wh ole n ovel t o n ot on e should remain to perpet uate
b
t h e pu lic, n o t on l for th e reason s we t h e name an d famil of th at an cient y
hav e assigned, b ut ecau se i t is o viou s b an d f ai t hful min ister Bu t as N a .
y en -

fro m th e n ature of t he un dertakin g, t ch in g can n either a uit himselfwith

b
t hat t h e n um er of in div iduals m ust credi t or su ccess in e fi eld, or with

b e tri fling in deed, wh ose qualificatio n s i d i i i il h i

‘

p pro r e t y o r ec s on n co u n c , e s
an d exp erien ce could in any degree an u n profi tab le an d u seless serv an t of

ren der th em compet en t t o a tas k, th e stat e, wh om it is in dispen sib ly re

which we learn with deep regret, from rem ov e fr m
b
th e t otal a an don men t of h is C hi
q u i
y
si te t h at w e sh o u ld
fice an d employmen t ofimpor
o

n ese p ursu it s,
chan ce of our seein
th ere is n o lon er an y
accomp by
ev er of
y
tance ; we h ereb , t h erefore, deprive
ed him of his office as presiden t at one of
b
t h e sen si le an d b ig l y gifted t ran sla b
th e su preme tri un als, as a general in
tor of th e work efore u s b
Th e extrac t from th e Chin ese Her
. t h e army, an d as a dign itar
m
of the
k f
y
h
’

p ea co c k s fe a t er ; b u t ,
as a ar o
bal is a most curious specimen of th e ou r es cial grace an d favour, we grant
accurate an d min u te man n er in wh ich him th e ran k of a vice residen t of
t he b
Chin ese treat su j ects con n ected t he imperial college an d
y
h e conduct
b
with scien ce an d th e arts, and we h imself eigh t ears with ou t lame in
thin k, with Sir George Staun ton , cer t h at situ ation , we sh all permit him t o
t ainl y j ustifies t h e hope t hat some receive th e salar y
that is usuall at
b
valua le practical in format ion ma y et
b e drawn from some of th eir wor s of
t ech ed t o it .
y
T h e state an d efiicien of out
th is descri p tion by
far th e most y
militar force has een grea b im y
b b b
Bu t
.

remarka le art of t he a di x w il l ved of late a le odied men we

p pp e n -

be found in the extra cts gi ven from a been selected, and furnished with ade
was ] N arrative qf the Chinese E mban y .

y
m supplies of stores of ever
tang pas, an d t he other eXpen
-

m eed general s in w mman d, are full

d kin .

y
with t he Chinese people and
qu
vernmen t , than an
ga
ain t ed
y o t h er
ve ever erused, it woul d b e inj us
w ork w e

p
m pet en t to accomplish our design of tice to t he tran slator t o for ear n oti
b b
b in ging t h e war to a con clu sion in th e cing th e ver a le man n er in which h e
n urse of t he presen t campaign ; we a pears to
.

p ifi
ve surmou n ted t he va

M id, therefore, for the fu ture, an y n ous an d great d ifficulties of his un

civil or militaryofi cer, excep tin g t h ose dertakin g We can n ot, indeed, from
y by
.

arl distin guish ed the title of our ow n kn owledge, speak wit h cer
p
g
e
r
cu
ea
li
t o fi
f cers of state, to presen t t o us tain t y
as t o th e accurac w i t h w hi ch y
m y observat ions or remon stran ces on the origin al is ren dered, b ut t he whole
y
t he stat e of th e arm , and Operation s is writ t en with so mu ch sim licity,
y f
i th e campaign, as such commu nies i i d l h i
b y
p ersp c u t , an e ega n ce , s u r ex
t ion s have t h e effect of raising inj u its such in tern al evidence of fidelit ,
rious sus icion s an d erron eous ideas, t hat even were t h e rare acquirem en ts

w k
in tse
- .
et rim e n tal to t he cause ofSir George St au n ton , an d the soun d
n ess of his u n derstan din g less kn own

Much more migh t be said upon the to u s, we should feel lit tle hesitation
various topics the work em races, b u t b y in recommen di ng it t o th e at ten t ion of
we &ee confess our in abilit t o do our readers, n ot on l as on e o f t he
lfi m
yy
them t ‘ i if limi m riou s li t erar d
j
b i f
u s t ce , eve n ou r ts o c u p r o u c t on s o
did no t warn us to rin g ou r ob serva th e age, b ut also as a faith ful and
tions t o a close I n t akin g our leave b ighl in telligen t version of the origi
h
.

of t h is sin g ular an d in terest in g book, nal C in ese narrative

yb b
.

which certain l rin s u s

g et te r ac

E XT R A C T r n o u H E R OD OTU S
‘
.

is t o th e mplativeb y th e followin g argumen ts

opin ion
It an usin
t e seclusion o fhis stu d ,
con te
y
I do n o t t hin k t hat it is an y l on g
inhabi ts, as it were, a world ofh is own , er safe t o en trust th e supreme power
h trace hack to periods o f th e remotest of t h e stat e to t h e han ds of a sin gle
antiquity th e sam e t opics which st ill Y m m r t o wh at excess ’ b
b
rson e r e
p e e e .

fi rm th e su j ects of h ostile dispu te Camb yses wen t , an d to wh at degree of

t th e warrin g faction s o f t he in sol en ce w e h ave seen t he M agus ar
with out h im For the last half rive H ow can t h e stat e be well go
fi t
b
. .

em tnry the min ds of m en h av e een v ern ed i n a mon arch y, where a sin gle
y
t h at excl usivel en grossed with t h e m i d d hi y
y
i t t t t
‘

p er so n s p er e o o eve r n g
study of politics , and t his u n iversal according t o h is pl easure ? Au thorit
fi ver has called in to exis tence a race without a ch eck corrupts th e most vir -v

of p olit ical quacks, who h ave p repared tuou s man , an d depriv es him of h is
thei n ostrums acco rdin g t o th e p re est qual it ies b an d insolence
y
En
r .

vaili n g s mpt om s o f th e dist emp er rom presen t ric es an d prospe

But , after readin g all t h at h as een rit

arise f
b
.

y
an d all ot h er vices flow from
writ ten by t h ese con st itu t ion mon gers , t hese t wo, wh en a man is possessed of
y
bb y Jb
-

b orn th e A é Sie es, dow n t o ere ever t h in g Kin gs h ate virt uou s men .

m Ben th am, bo th in clusive, we dou t who Oppose th eir designs, b u t caress

w er we m ight n ot coll ect a cl earer t h e wicked who fav ou r t h em A sin le
b
.

View of th e su j ect from a few pages man can n ot see everything with
of t he great fat her of h istory—H ero own eyes h e often len ds a favoura le b
(lot us ; when he relates wh at passed ear t o b ad repo rts an d false accusa
in the coun cil of t he seven chiefs of t io n s ; h e su verts th e laws an d en s b
Persia, when t he go vern men t was a to ms o f t h e coun tr ; h e at tacks th e y
-
b
bu t to b e re sta lished after th e death h on our o f wom en , and p u ts th e inn o
b
of Cu nhyses, an d th e pu nish m en t o f cen t t o deat h h is caprice an d h is
who had us u d th e t hron e power When t e pl
. e h ave t h e go

the p retex t of ing Smerdis, vern ment in t h eir an ds, t h e equ alit y
u
the son of C rus y amon gst th e m em ers preven ts all t h ese b
b
.

Otsnes, on e of the assem l ed chiefs, evils T he magistrates are in th is case

by y
.

secon un srided t hat Persia sh ould b e chosen lo t th e ren der an accou n t

m e a rep u blic , a n d s u pported h is o f t h eir ad m in i st rat io n , a nd th e fo rm y
a s E rtmct fi om Herodotus '
.

all their resolutions in common wit h he is not entirely right

thin k, t hat .

th e people I am o f opin ion , th erefore, wh en h e prefers th e governmen t of a

.

that we ough t t o rej ect mon arch , an d y

s mall n u m er t o a mon arch b I t is y .

in troduce a opul ar govern men t , b e certain , t h at n ot hin g can be imagined

l
cause we sh a l b e more l ikel t o fin d y b
et t er or m ore perfect t h an t h e

th e advan tages we seek in man th an v em men t of a v irt uo us man Besi .

”
in a single person Such was e opi
. wh en a sin gle man is t h e master, it is
nion o f Otan es . more difficult for enemies to discover
Bu t M egab yses spoke in fav our of secret coun sels an d en terprises When
y I
.

”
approv e, sai d h e, of th e gov ern m en t is in t h e han ds of
aristocrac .

t h e opinion of Ota n es, with respect t o man , it is impossi le bu t en mit and y b y

ext ermin atin g m onarch , b u t y
elieve Ib
h atred must arise amon g t hem ; tbr
h h
he is wro n g in en deavou rin g to per i
y lly
w
'

as ever
y o ne a n t s t at s 0 n ion
suade us t o trust t h e govern men t t o sh ou ld be foll owed, th e gradua be
t he discret ion of t h e people, for it is come en emies E mulation an d se
y
’

cert ain , th at n o th in g can b e im agin ed lou s divide t hem, and then th eir
more foolish an d in solen t than the po trede run t o excess H en ce arise se .

p u lace . W h y s h o u l d w e rej ect t h e d i tio u s ; f rom s edi t io u s , m u r d ers ; a n d

sin gl e man, to deliver ou r f rom ni urders an d b lootl , we see a
p ow e r o f a
y y
selves u p t o t h e t ran n of a lin d and b
mon arcll ecome in sensibl n ecessar b y
y
disorderl mul titu de ? I f a kin g sets T hus th e govern men t al a fall s at g
.

b
a ou t an en terprizc , h e is at l east last in to th e han ds of a sin g e person
I n a popul ar state, th ere mus t uccea
.

capable o lis ten in g t o o th ers ; b u t t he

l s a b lin d mon s ter, equally des saril b d l f m l d
yy y
p p
e o e i y e a gr e at ea o a i ce an
t itu te of reason an d capaci ty Th e corrupt ion
. I t is true, equ al it ge
.

are u n acqu ain ted b o th wit h decen c , n erat es n o h atred, bu t i t fomen ts

virt ue, an d ev en t h eir o w n in teres t s frien dshi p amon gst th e wicked, who
y
.

Th e do every th in g with ou t j u dg sup po rt each o t h er, t ill so me man who

b y
-

men t, an d with ou t order, an d resem has ren dered hi mself agreea le to the
b le a rapid torren t , whi ch can h ave n o p eople, an d acquired an au th orit over
b ou n ds set to it I f t h erefore ye wish th e mul tit u de disco v rs th e ha n
b ? a ir d
.

t he m in of t h e Persian s, esta lish a an d exposes t } eir perfi T en sue ;

p op u lar g o v ern m en t am on g t h em A s a m an s h ew
. s h i m se lf a m onar ch ; y
for m self, I am of opin ion that we an d hen ce we may kn o w t hat mo
sh oul make choice of some virt uous n arch y is th e mos t n atural govern
men, an d l odge th e governmen t an d men t , sin e t he sedit ious
g
ari st ocra
t h e po wer in th eir h an ds
”
Such were c an d t e corrup t ions of emocracy, g o
i y
.

th e sen t imen ts of M egab yses h v e an equal t en den c t o make us

y
.

After h im, D arius spoke in th e fol h ave recourse t o th e un it of a eu

lowing t erms I am o f opinion, prem e power Th e 0 inion of D ari .

that th ere is a great deal o f j ustice in u s was approved, and t e gov ernment
t he speech which M egab yses h as made of Persia con tin ued monarchical ] .

again st a popular state ; bu t I al so

O N P A R L I A M E N T A R Y R E FO R M .

e oan has sun k lish

ed theme for in cipien t orat or , an d it
in to th e
y b
es ta t h e n at ure of his p olit ical virtues, and
t h e waste of h is time
b
h as een foun d th e mos t con ven ien t
of all disch arges for t h e accumulat ed
b .

T h e pu lic j ou rn als hav e alread

i n his tal e off il N th i l
g v e a u re o n g
. cou
common place o fpatri o tism fresh from b e more solemn than t h e preparative
Sch ool T wo at tempts at rin ging i t b for t his t ourn amen t of th e oun g Chi y
b y
.

in to n otice hav e een lately made On e

b
b M r L am t on , th e yo un g I u w s
y th e fall en empire of th e Foxites,
. valr of Opposition
an d m ore b Al l th e graver
.

at t ered ch amp ion s h ad lefi

o t h e fi eld clear, an d were pos ted at safe
who seems to h av e adop ted t he inj u ne
tion of his model with pious fidelit y distan ces t o exhilarat e th emselv es with
th e recoll ection o f t h e fi eld The .

t ru mpets so un ded, an d th e lists were

D iscs , puer, virtu tem ex me,—verumque
lab orem ”
.
l et down , an d Radicalism had alread
stoo ed its
y
p g r ac io us p resen ce t o cro wn
No man can follow example closer in th e conquerors, when it was discover
6
 0» P arliamentary Reform .

ad that the champions had disappear

ai in the crisis of the charge, and

mot ion, of course,fell to the ground ;

and it was no t honoured in its death, ish imitators . Wi what lofty scorn
f‘
801m rim tubule M r Can
. must the great detenu in Ilchester j ail
ning, the most admit and insidious o f see th e glories of Manch ester an d S a
all seam en , poin ted the House t o th e
l idieule of its desertion : and when its
fields, sullied
—
by
the t ouch of Opposi
t io n the sceptre ofthe Th underer, hot
p

c h eesie ret um ed, the ridicule was y

and heav as it was, thiev ed awa y by
not forg ott en
i nce been made
. Anoth er attempt has
by L ord John Bus y y
Mercur ! With what agon must the
mart rs who have expamated their
y
I I , on grounds more en tit led t o dis
H is motion was negatived
p b
s irits an d their ones for th e res ec
t i v e terms of seven and fourteen ears
p
y
g la n ce on that remot e coun tr of the
west, whose ret rm has ecome the
'

b y ,

y o
to of a group of gidd bo s, who, ac
eordin g t o the cus tom f th ir innocentg h
sn d h un r fi i i t d w for a
g y ga e , ng o n
bli i h d din ner T he spirit of G uy Faun cou ld
b
u c n terest , t at a oz en vo tes .

m a less, migh t have een thro wn n ot pu t on a darker frown

h from perfect nonchala nce Th ere

“ no expect ation of its psssin g ; an d
. on a fi f
his death d
t h of N ovem er, an d fin dingb
, at rising

lantern and matches

b y bb
-

till some such concep tion egi ns t o be in th e han ds of t e oun g ra le T he .

the serious feeling of th e res ult is, t hat even the

p p
o ul ac e are
case of Common s seldom t akes t he sick of th e eternal
j g
ar o n o f lia
msn t ry restoration And if ere is
y
'

a
.

an y mter n t hat the value be oml a

p ar a r
g la i i u t;
i
y
speech, it is
f
n a l s
un dou b edl of t hat so ki d alluded
y n
ta in the election commit tee a rcform
in the practice of t he last can didat es,
who gave nothing at all to t he vot ers,
b
wh ereas it had een the cust om to ve
th em a g uin ea a piece, an d upw
'

b
-

The unglin g of the Opposition has

actuall
Jackpud
y the reform trade The
has taken it upon h im
- .

b
self, in the Moun t e ank s a sen ce, to
’
b
harvest
b
distri u t e the potions, an d pla the
t ri cks ; an d the con sequ en ce is, th at
y
uladist urban ce A
E bb b
.

th e mon ths 0 the h u t he ra le hav e deserted th e ooth .

and wi their hu n ger has died eir T o an y man of can dour, th ere are b u t
din on ten t Bolts and dun geons h ave
. two poin ts ofview, in which the ques
fi rewall th e pat rio tic ur of th ose t ion o fa parliamen ref orm can pre
y
whose on l h unger an d irs t was na sen t itself—I t mus t
.

th e presen t power of th e C ommons,

as in creasing
volut ion ; an d th e rin cipal patriots

h ve fo und their
‘
ef emplo men t
'

y or chan gi ng t h e mode of its election .

in writing their memoirs, an d n urtu On th e first head, n o discu ssion has

ring their beards, occu pation s equall y b een raised T he H ouse of Co mmons
y b y
.

“ th y of them, an d equall import is powerful, perhaps, t o th e full ex ten t

m t t o the se o f li ert bof pu lic safety We pass over t he
t
y
gr ea ca u .

ro und th e glo Bu t if t h ose m en usual t0pics of th e n ec

can « at an eye from t h eir su lime oc b b
v ing a
e ssit of preser
alan ce of t he three E states
b
.

tions on t he litt le doings of t h e Bu t it is o viou s, that , even as a mere

a d ld h eir mos t co n expedien t f or gain in g th e time u
y
g u
ro n w or , t
t n ptuous and indignan t sn eer must sar to a soun d j udgmen t on great pub
2 2 4 On P arliamentary Reform M
( y,
a

by
.

l ic ques tions, th e power of de ate an d peers, mu st b e t he tyrant ofth e n at ion,

d ecision ou gh t t o ex ten d be ond th e an d fi n all y mus t eit her give it self up,
C o mm ons ; the will ofth e H ou se ou gh t b
o un d h an d an d foot , to despo tism, or

n o t t o b e au t hori ta tiv e, fin al , irrever excite th e fi i riou s and irresis ti le in b

b
s i le . I t is
m
by
n o mean s clear, th at
i w h i h
dign at ion th at makes it th e v ict im of
h l T h i i h i — h
t here are n ot c ircu s t an ces n c t e p po u a c e s s s t o t . e s u c

t h e popular po wer, concen trated in th e cessiv e steps may h av e a s ort er or a

H ou se, may n ot be too great for the lon ger in terval, b u t t h e su ccession is
p pe o l e T. he re h av e een con test s be b as sure as fro m in temperan ce t o deca , y
t ween t h e court s o f law an d t h e Com from open in g th e flood gate of demo
b ?
-

mon s, within t he latt er hal fof th e last cracz to ein awel t aw‘ y ) its t or
y
cen tu r , on in t erests seriou s en ough to from t rust i i g ou t or zh in t o a h i
b
i l
b
ren t
'
-

make a j ealous n ation trem le Th e powder magazin e, to eing flung up in .

w f im ri n m en t for con t emp t ,

p o er o p so

an d of sweepin g wit hin t hat imprison

men t a n u mb er ofin di viduals, ofwhom
but one may b e th e c rimin al, h as ex ou r ign oran t disafl ect ion h as rejo iced
'

ci ted s trong animadversion ef ore our b

with th e j oy of original it , have een
y b y b b
t ime p l a e d o ff a g es e f or e w e w e re o rn In
—
. .

T he second oin t th e composit ion 1 648, t he orators ofthe H ouse ofCom

p
of the H ouse, i s t h e gran d topic of all mon s persuaded it t o come to th efollow
t h e miscellan eou s orato r of patri ot y
in g resolution : Resolv ed, th at t htepeo
ism, fi om t hat which drivels from the ple are, u nder God, th e orig in al ofnll j ust
'

”
lip st eeped in M ichael An gelo T ay were T h e resolu ti on seems h arm
e, t o th at which b
ess an d u ndenia le
.

Bu t reform has b
b
’
lo r s urn s .

with t h e u n ited in sp iration o fgin an d een seldom satisfied wit h pausing in

despair . i t s progress, from a stract truth to vi b
I t is b u t j us tice t o th e Revolu tionist gorous practice A foll owin g resolu .

in j ail, or ou t , t o allow th at h e is th e t ion declared, T hat th e Comm ons

y con sisten t reformer H e woul d assem led in parliamen t, ein g chosen b b
on l
y by
.

s weep awa all at on ce H e wo ul d h ave . t he people, have th e supreme ontko

n o lit tle selfish lon ging to save on e f h h
b r it t i T fi l l
y o t e n a o n e n a reso u
fragmen t of th e uildin g to the over tion overt hrew the frame of th e state
t hro w of an other, ecause some small
y b an d laws a t a lo w, Resolved that b
famil in t erest has buil t its n est in the whatever is declared law
'

th e Com by
corn er to b e saved H e wou ld n ot pre
. mons, has t he force of law ; and all
serv ea f av ourite ditch ordoor t h e people of th is nation are in cluded
by
tu n
t h e groun d H is plough
. as e t igh
t h ere , although th e consen t and con
work h e so ws the tren ch with revol u currence of th e Kin g an d H ouse of
”
tionary sal t , an d curses all wh o w ould P eers be not had thereto Are we in .

dare to restore th e old sullen structure c lin ed to return to the hazsrds of

t hat so long frown ed over the 1 648
What h e would erect in plsce of its Bu t of th e moderate reformers
sh el ter, sull en as it was , has n o sh are th e H ouse) wh o is to recon cile
b
in his th ou ght s or t rou les H e takes opin ions E ver man of the hundred y y
.

it for gran ted t hat men will n ot s tand an d fif has his scheme
'

The pufi
g y
lon with ou t tr in g to raiseasome roof t heir po es wit h an en th usiasm, that
'
.

again st th e common shocks an d visits migh t do honour t o Corn hill , an d each

tions ofth e political season s Bu t what
con trivance th ey a re t o ado t , or h ow
man oast s of his infalli le way t o se
. b b b
y
t h e are to b e rot ected
cu re th e C a ital Priz e
t h e choice n o rational ope of an impro vemen t in
T here can e .

is ma de, whe er the are t o crowd th e formation of the H ouse, where the
th eir n aked an d unf sid es in to th e
arch it ecture of T u rk, or Sc t hian , or
g r o u
y
n d w or k is to
t hat will n ot learn, an d in
b e l a id in ig n or an ce
on , that
,
’

Saxon , or Roman , h e trust s to th e Pro can n ot u n derstan d ; in e v irulent

vi don ce to wh ich h e will trus t n ot hin h d f li i l d i
y b
g at r e o p o t ca opp o n e n t s, an n
th e pal tr am it ion of maki ng a name
els e
by
.

A H ouse of Common s chosen th e among th e rab ble .

n umerical power of th e nation , mu st I t is certainly t o be desired, that

he the hou se of th e populace, mu st be wh ere th e mos t important in terests d
'

t he slaves of th e populace, mu st be the E n glan d are t o meet t h eir mos t im

des troyers of t he t hron e an d of the portan t discussion, no mesnerinfluence
1
102 1 -
3 0 » P arliamentary R qfiarm. 98 6

N d take a share —that wh ere the T h at with st ron

g b eer and b eef, the
1133,
heu t omb is for th e state, n o cou n try
’

ven 3
W An d si nce th e Con quest, have b een
'
ev
an d ased oflering sh ould e
r
sh in th e altar If it were possi le to
. b f°°ls .

m vert the H ouse of Commo n s in to

b y I s it to b e cast out of th e accou n t of
—
-

an assem l of p ure in tegrit , an d

p rac tica l r es u l t s w h en a ll th a t i s
erfect m, it would b e eminen t must b e practical that almost wi ou t
p desirable But is it within th e con an excep tio n, the great luminaries and
b
.

t rivance of law an d reg ulation, t o ex leaders of the stat e have een the gift
d ndethe influen ce ofwealth, and birth,
y ofclose or b
o u h s ? T hat Ch atham, an d
g
Burke, an d Pi tt , and Fox, and a whole
an d au thorit ? Un der what dex teri
t y of exclusion will no t t wen t t hou
y yy h ost of illustrious names, were first
. n d ounds a ear in an y coun t , from
p
-
b
lifted efore th e public on t h ose steps
Dern ek to Sussex, or even from a more which t he axe of reform woul d hew
b —
” them oun dar if we migh t ven y awa ? y b
Th e su j ect is too exten sive
i i i b l for my aper or my time
b But, ad
fi ne t o a r eg on so n co rr u p t ch
n o t
p .

be fel t through the n eigh ourh ood ? mit t ing in the fullest degree, th e na
I . it n o th in g th a t t h e s y s t em o f un i cessit y of kee ing th e conscien ce of
,
p
vu u l suf frage would make our foo t arliamen t y h ut and pure, we must
b
’

m d h im w h y
ware of su erin g it to be guided on
b i
y by
en a n c n e y s e ep e r s t e ar

ter! of our li erties ? that th e s stem ly th e fan tastic reveries of t h e po

y y
m
G exclusive coun t represen tation
p ula c e, or t h e l oom an d in si di ou s
in un date th e H ouse, with the superstition of ose w h o see n o thin g
ulen ee offox hun t ers, and f d i h m l d h i
b y b
-
ar go o u t n t e se v es , an t e r

m s, and all th at well- fed class, lood and desperate resol ve of m in .

Ru va n w mn n.

S t a, by his father in to the fields to tend h is

by
T a x American tal e of Rip van win flock, oppressed th e h eat ofthe mid
b b
.

He s slee which has, day su n, quit ted the high road, an d

’
dou t, een
y
most of our readers, in yno
retiredin to th e sh ade ofa cav ern , wh ere
yb
Sket ch Book,
b ears so cl ose a
resem lan ce in its circu mst an ces t o
b he sl t for 5 7 ears Awaki ng from .

this eep, h e egan t o search for his

that related of E pimenides, that I sh eep, b u t coul d n ot fin d t h em an d
o n going out in to th e fiel ds, h e observ
cann ot b u t thin k t h e aut h or must
have had th e lat ter efore him I b . v ed, th at th e face of all t hi n gs was
b
will, therefore, desire you to in sert a chan ged, an d t h e lan ds n ow ecome the
translation ofpart ofth e life ofEpime ro ert
p p o f ay
n oth er mast er H e re .

nid es, from D i ogenes L aert esf which turn ed h ome con foun ded an d asto
will, I think, in duce you t o draw th e Arri ved at his o wn h ouse, he
n ish ed
was asked
.

by
th e com ier of it , wh o
YW ours, &c . he was wh en at l ast , ci
b
recog ni

M Ba m n ars c a zedb h is roth er, wh o was en grown

h
. .

old, e was in formed of th e t ru th of

E pimenides, b eing on e day sen t what had h appen ed
”
.

L I p 77
. . . . S ee also P liny , L VI I . . c 52 .
 L etter from Rio de Janet ro M
E sy,
‘

22 6
-
.

L E T T E R FR OM BI O D B J A N E I B O.

Rio de Janeiro, Jan 2 6, 1 82 1 see t h em carryi withou t re

it
glg
. . on
Ma st rain t, an d w e the import ers of
E n rr o n ,
D a J o n N s o n obse es, tl at ffi n d “
slav es con tin ue to con tri u te material by
r
z d yl
.

like Iove, is a stro e b ly to the wan ts of a n eed exch equ er,

shi
g
abs n ce, th ough it ma
on
in creas e s y
it is hardl to be expect ed that t he
by ’y
sh ort in termission s, and th e asser
yy Go vernmen t will t ake an y decisive
means to u t a stop th ereto, unl ess
tion is certain ] t rue A ver few
.

removal m m ivit h t hrough e remon stran ce of some

y y b
y e ar s y n at ave

est ran ged man of th ose recollec tions er th e are u n d to respect

p o w o
y
.

which I at on e time felt assured were B ritai n, example worth of h erself,

too deepl y en graven on my min d to was the first t o declare, (con trar to
y y
stan d in wan t ofany periodical reviv al th e in dividual interest of m an of h er
Y b
.

our M agazine is forwarded me f rom s ets ) her aversion t o this in human

y
’

su
L iverpool , as regularl as opportu n ities America, retain ing h er mat er
c
b y
.

will admit, an d still retain s i ts place in n al l ove of li ert , has ann oun ced it
my esteem ; indeed, I feel more anxi death for an y of her citizen s to b e con
et y on open ing on e of our nu m ers b n ect ed, directl y
or indirectl , th erein y .

three mon ths aft er it s pu llcation , th an Fran ce has declared it illegal, an d it is

I used t o do when , ng down to th e
'

y
th ere generall t reated with that ab
T rongat e, I had it elivered to me still horren ce it deserves I have j ust seen
.

wet from thepress, an dj ustlin g through an art icle in th e Rev ue E n cyl

the thorou ghfare with my n um er n u
der my arm, made th e est of m way b b ”
dique for August last, wh erein
b b
e
Parisian ress does li eral j u stice to
y p
to Portlan d st reet , where, (unmmdful
-
th e exerti on s of Britain in ehal f of
of th e lan d etions th at my th e African s h ad their emanei tion
b b bb
s an
tea cooled in e di g?
) applied my een com let e, it ecame
y I est er to
knife to t h e t op of our pages, withou t remain en t on the su eet of th ese
b b
’

i h d h exertion s ; b u t while su
i I
b b j
y
p er c e v n g t a t u t te re t e su ects an ex t ent
which you had ela oured of t h at un ha n t r still remains
y y cou
.
p
I am here the dail witness of an su b ect t o 18 cruel Oppression , she
'

in creasin g evil, the limiting of which oug t n ot to sit down in con tem lation
to th e sou th ern h emisph ere, h as remo of what she h as achieved, a i
b y g ve
v ed it further f rom the o servation of others an opportunit of overst epping
her in th e pursuit .

I f any of your able con trib ut ors

would take this su j ect in h and, it
mi h t meet the eye of some of our
b
p n t hro ic
sied in en eavouri
co un tr m en , y
w h o, b
to alleviate the
u

dis tresses underwhi Britain h as late

ly groaned, may have overlooked for a
wised h er exertions to
d l b li i thereofon
a ou t a b wh ile the more distan t complain ts of

b y
gra ua a o t on ose arts
p
of the Af rican coast , to which she still wh ose osoms still as keenl glo w the
retained a claim But to th is date have
. wish and determinati on to protect
them.
I am, with es teem,

espoused t h e cause ofhuman it

h ave st imulated th e Portuguese t o
y , see ms Y our obedien t servant,
to S .

a more active ursuit of the trade We

p .
i m] . L ord By ron and
“
P ope . as :

”
l

L o s n s r s o n A N D rors .

Wa wish y
that L ord B ron would con
y— if he
trou b
le to write ill, than it takes oth ers
to writ e well ; an d, t as mu ch as h e
y
p oetr or

write prose, we wish at least that his may, h e can n ot en tire di v est h imself
fi en ds would n ot be so eager t o pub of t h ose 8 len did ualifi es

lish it . This wish is di ctated th e by occasio n s

q
y b
reveal th emsel v es, ev en in

dn eerest admiration of h is gen ius , t he roduc tion efore u s For in st an ce, .

an d it is pain ful to u s to h av e our ad in t e descript ion of t he storm in t he

miration diminish ed I t is tru e t hat . Archipelago , we recognize th e glowing
Ka n sometimes con descen ds t o a n of th e first t f t h
g p e poe o e ag e .

in farce, bu t th en it is onl We are almost tired of th e Pope

y b
r

bang? an d an actor may per aps h b u t as it is our ou n den

y
con t rov ers
n ed for exposi h i m self on du t to follow th e fashion of th e h our,
he
an o casion , in or er to fill h is an d ch ase t h e n ew lown u le of b b bb
g
-

k t ut we can ’ rceive n o su ch th e da we mu st say a few words on

l
p
g
oc e s ;

excuse for th e exhib iti n of L ord By t he an j ect, th ough with n o h o of

in th e pa es of Pam hlets an d sett in stion at rest , wh io

b has
tu g a qu
g
e
es, in et ters whio woul d do een so lon g an d so artin aciousl a i

credit to an y writer, an d are wh oll y t ated L ord B

.

down some of e
p
n m ay h av e bowled
y g

of the illustriou s au th or o f
an
I
[ arold Th ere is, perh aps, in
y ’
.
p l
i n variable p rinci
es ofhis an tagon ist , ecau se, t hou h

righ t in th e main , M r Bowles s ex la

b g
all L ord B ron s writin
’
a too con
p
f m lf
'

— b nation s hav e n ot don e j ustice t o h is

i d
y
fl n t n tr o u cti on o se u t
this egot i sm, wh ich we can scarcel meaning ; yet w e think his L ordship
tolerate, even when en veloped in t h e h as n o t succeeded in hit ting th e wicket
M 1 folds of h is mu se s veil , b e
’
of tru th bu t t hat man of t h e posi y
ca nes ab solutel y nauseous an d di tion s in his let ter are qui te as erron eous
b
st

when o truded upon us in th e as t h ose which h e has with so mu ch

fi of plain sarcas tic sev eri t at tacked y

b b b
rose

p
. .

The letter whi d is the su j ec t of T h ere h as een, we t hin k, a great

resen t remarks is addressed t o waste o fwords on oth sides, in discus
our
p ( h i h i b
n g in terpret sin g wh eth er ima es derived from na
w
y
c e g
d , means Joh n M urra , ) on th e Rev ture or from art , are th e most poetical
y
. .

W I Bowles St ricturea o th e L ife

’
Mr Bowles sa s, I presu me it will
fi p
.

ritinga of Pepe I n he mo t to, readil b e gran ted that oll ima es drawn

?t y y y
b g
b
.

i lordship sa s, I will la at from what is eau tiful or su lime in

M bu t the progress of hi s l etter
p
t h e works of natu re, are more eauti
,

b b
ru m bles rather a game at S kitt les ful an d su lim e th an any imag es drawn
b y
.

He lays a out him in all directions as from art ; and that th e are therefore

m
”
he advan ces, hit ting to t h e righ t an d re more oetical M h
y t
p or e . an one
b the left ; or, as h e elegan tl ex th e dis ) u tes in t he world would
it himself, H av ing on ce he d
be preven te , if the con ten ding r
m m
’
lik I i h i w ties woul d onl b e at th e pain s o de
u I u
by
n n a r o
g , n a a n r s
”
a ,

an body s customer T he let ter, con wh at t ey mean

’
fi ni th e words
t
.

as a piece of comm sition , is, in w ch th eir sition s are propoun d

'

like all t hat he has writ ten , clever,

b b
cd . N ew, in t e case efore u s, what
by b
m art, tic, it ter, o scure b u t , is mean t p oetical I f i t i s i n t en d ed
unlike in that h e has writ ten , i t is t o mean that which we su pose, it does,
not « fly fiippan t, b ut t h e fiippan cy is t h e qu estion sh oul d ra er b e which
d the coarsest charact er, partakin g
rather of th e slang of th e po t h ouse, -
class of o j ects is
ligh t th e im
b b
est adap ted to de
tion , t o move t he
than the sallies of th e drawin g room heart , an d t o evate th e min d an d th e
yb b
-
.

We reall elieve, h owever, that it t h ough ts a ove t he dull prosaical de

must take L ord Byron more t ime an d tails of the world in which we live,

L atter t o b y the Righ t Hon L ord Byron . . L ondon ; Murray, 182 1

.
2 2 8 L ord By ron and P ope [May,
b b b b
.

an d reat h e, an d h ave ou r ein g I s it t hose sen tien t eings that ask in the
b b b
.

n ot eviden t th at efore we can det er ri h t n ess of h is

g e a m s ? o r what the
mine wh ich are t h e mos t poetical, we ch arm oft h e sil ver man tle of th e peer
w e mu st first agree wh at poetr is y
less Q ueen of n igh t, if we coul d con
Th e greatest of poets h as prayed for a ceiva b er wasting h er eaut in the
b
mu se of fi re t o ascen d t he righ t est in animate lan k ofan e eless u ni verse? b y b y
heaven of in ven tion an d some win gs T hat the works of art are n o less po
are n ecessary even to th e readers ot eti cal th an th ose of nat ure, Mr Cam

£2 3
6
52
wi thou t which we shall n ever b
ell has also most su ccessf
s trated in his ins tan ce of t h e
u l] demon
p

b un ch of
a
a ship an d his eau ti ful descri tion
To lift from earth our low desires . p
of th e association s which su ch a s ec
p
or b e fill ed with th ose ideal mu sin gs, tacle awakens in the min ds ofth e spec
el ev ated th ough ts, an d l ofi y aspira tato rs, sh ews th at h e uses th e word o
tion s, which it is th e provin ce ofpoetr y
etica l in the sen se th at we wish to at
p

y
Th at th e gran d works of ta ch to it H ow coul d L ord B ron,
t o in spire
b y
. .

n ature, awaken in g in u s, as th e do, wh ose writings reathe th e v er soul

associations wh ich lead our min 8 to of oetr , writ e su ch a sen t en ce as the

th e con templation ofth e Grea t Au th or fol o win g p yWe are asked, what
o f N ature, are, in our sen se o f th e makes the v en era le t owers of West b
y
word, emin en tl poet ical, n on e will de min ster A e more poetical, as oh
h h
-
bb y or th e manu
n y ; an d we can u n derst an d, h ow, un j f
y by
ec t s, t a n t e T o w er
der certain circu m stan ces, t h e mean est fact or of paten t shot, su rrou n ded
b
flower t hat lows may call u p th e sam e scen e
”
I will an swer, ar

it:
chitect ure at, is t an t iquit of
T houghts that do ofien lie t oo deep for
.

its 0n l n n othi n a—t

' '

kings
'

t
g g
”
t ears,
have heen crown a l in it, n othin g
th e heroes, t h e statesmen , t he poets,
th ough this ef
y
fect would, most assu
redl , n ever be produ ced b y on e of M r t he ph il os0ph ers, t hat are uried in it,
— hi — th e solemn services that
b
B owles s minu te descrip tion s b u t it n t n g
’
o

does n ot there or e follow, as M r Bo wles h ave h al lowed it, n othing

f
woul d rsu ade us, t h at all ima es
g I f this b e
drawn o m na tu re ar e m o r e p e
o ti cal Why th en the world, and all that s i n t, ’ ’

th an any deriv ed from art ; an d still is nothin g ! ”

less does it foll ow, according to t he

same Mr Bowl es, t h at t h e poet must
y
L ord B ron did n ot so think, an d so
feel, when he stood within the Coli
have an eye at ten tiv e t o, an d familiar
seum s wall
’

with , every extern al appearan ce th at

sh e m ay exh i it in ever b ych an ge of
season , ever
sh ade, ever
y
v ariatio n o f li h t an d

rock, ev er y t
g
ree, cv
B
W
Till the place
ecame Religio n , an d th e h eart ran o er

ith sil en t wo rship of the great o f ol d

’

y
leaf .
”
Th e L ord defen d u s from an T h e d ead , b u t sce p tr ed , Sov er ei
g ,
n w h o

a t ! We agree with Mr Camp still rul e

Our spiri ts from their urns
b th at su ch qu al ifications woul d on
.

M anfred
l y be essen tial t o a D utch flower pain t
.
-

er ; an d we en t irel oin cide with the — h

b B T
c u t to return t o P0 u
y e
q es
following eau t iful remarks ofth e same tion n o lon ger is, as Jo n tells us it
writer N at ure is th e poet s god
’
Whether P0pe is a poet
dess b u t
.

byn ature n o on e righ tl yonce was,

— b u t to ascert ain the order t o which
b
un
derstan ds h er m ere in an imate face he elon s, t hat we may assi him his
however cb armin g it may be—or t he proper p ce in the poeti calen dar
y
.

simple l an dscape ain tin g of t rees, L d ron, h owever, assures us, that
y
p
-
o r B
”
clou ds, precipices, an d flo wers Na all this f i l
b orderin
g o p os ts s p u re
.

t u re, in t h e wide an d pro r sense of ar i on the art of Mr Bowles,

p
th e t erm, mean s life in its circum that e poet i s al way s ranked ac
stan ces ,— n at ure moral, as well as ex
”
cording t o his execution , an d that
t ern al
”
. N othin g is more tru e, than th e poet wh o executes es t is the high
t hat th e gran des t scen es of n at ure est , whatever h is de artmen t, an d will
b
y
~

on l
’
ex ci te ou r in t erest or awaken ev er be so rated in e world s es
h b h m N h k h m
b
ou r 8 p a t y , y co n n ec t in t e o w w e t i n n o t i n
g o r e o u t ra g e
with u man feelin s an d a eet ion s l d h hi w d
b t
g o u s .
y a su r t an s as e v er a
Wh at woul d the glorious Sun h imself ven ced the b oldest assert or of para
b
he, a st racted from the though t s of doxes e do n ot kn ow what his
.
 L ord By ron a nd P op e . 22 9

L ordship s politics may be, bu t

’
his 0 Ut magus 3 ct modo me Th eb is modo ponit
”
radica l an d lev ellin g wit A t h en is
etics are a .

vengean ce No on e mean s to con t en d, Th ere is nothin g of this in P0

.

that excellen ce of execut ion in an in Shall we t ake our idea from S ake
h i or departmen t, will n o t con fer s eare
higher ran k th an mediocrit in a su
p
y
p
a lor b
ran ch of th e art T hus,
.
Th e poet s ey e, in a fine fren zy rolling ,
’

D o th glan ce from H eaven to earth , from

B li n k ey ed S usan may, perh aps,
-

earth t o H eaven ,
en titl e Ga t o a h igh er place t h an
” An d as th e imagin ation b odies forth
P rin ce rthur woul d con fer upon
y
’
The forms of things u n kn own , th e poet s
Bl ackmore, in spite of th e disparit of
th e sub j ect s,
— for a goo d son is a b et
u t sh all
p
Turn s them
en
to shap es, an d giv es t o airy

t er th in g than a b ad epic .
n o thin gs
we t h erefore say, that h e who at ta in s A l ocal hab itation an d a name .

excell en ce in th e tragic, the ep ic, an d

th e lyric, is n ot a greater poet an d Can this b e applied t o Pope ? We
by
s su li mer gen iu s, t h an h e wh o is think n ot H e is a moralist , a wit,
.

equall superemin en t in th e didac a criti c, an d a fi n e writer, m u ch m ore

tic , descriptive, t h e satirical, or th e T h ough we sel dom
ludicrous ; or, in oth er words, th at
t han h e is a poet
q
y
u o te t h e E din urgh Review wi th an y bb .

Shakes eare, M il ton , an d D r den , do marks of appro ation , yet th ere is n o

p
not b e on g t o a h igh er order of in rul e with ou t an ex ceptio n an d in th e

t el lect s, th an Pope an d T homso n , an d p resen t in stan ce, we are glad t o fi n d

Bu tl er and Anst ey As well migh t we
?
so stron a con fi rmation of our sen ti
my th at a pain ter is al so to b e ran ked men ts, m th e words of Mr Jefi rey
'

accordi ng t o h is execu ti on al on e, an d Speakin g of th e Rape of th e L ock, h e

that in pain tin g as in poetr , h e wh o y T here is n o fin er gem t h an
b
execu t es est is th e h igh est , what ev er
sa s
t hi s poem in all th e li gh ter treasures
may be his depart men t In this case,
however, ever od yb y
.

will perceiv e at
of E n glish fan c Compared with any y .

o t h er mock h eroic in our lan g uag e, i t

y
-

mice that it requires a h igh er order of sh i nes ou t in pure su premac for ele
facul ties to execu te th e
”
L a st J udg
” g an ce, compl et en ess, poin t, an d pla y
ma d and t he Tran s t ration , as I t is an epic poem in th at
have een execu b by
Raph ael
ful n ess .

deligh t ful min iature, whi ch diverts us

Mich ael An gelo, t h an could b e
y its mimicr ofby y
eat ness, an d y et

displa ed in an y excell en ce of ex ecu b

th e sau t of it s part s, y
tion i n th e in ferior walks o f l andscape
b y
ast on ish es u s
an d t h e fair righ tn ess of its om a y
o r cari ca t ure ; an d ev ery od , b u t men ts I n it s kin d it is mat chl ess
y y
L ord B ron , will surel admit , th at it
.

b ut still it is bu t a mock heroic, an d

b y
-

is impossi le t o displa as mu ch poe depen ds in some m easure for its effect,

tical power in a satire or a son g, or a on a l udicrou s referen ce in our o wn
mock h eroic, h owever excellen t th e m in ds, to th e v eri tab l e h eroics wh ose
execu tion , as mu st be ex ert ed in th e solemn it y it so wit til af f ct s H is
y —
y
e
.

aerial pu ppet s of divimt y, h is s l ph s

om es, — an d his pu ppet h eroes
an d
— h d ll b b
d i
b
an er o n e s, t e eau x an e e s
of high life — t equired rath er a su tle

th an a stron g han d t o g ui de t hem

th rough th e mazes of poetr Among y .

in ven tive po et s, this poem will place

h im high Bu t if our lan guage con
.

tain s an y t rue h eroic creation s offan

Pope L et us first en deav our to satis cy, th e ag en t s of S en ser s an d M il
’

fy ourselves with the defini tion of a t on s mach in er Wl ll alwa s claim a

y
’ p
y y
p os t. W h at is p o etr — an d
a poet ? Shall we list en to H orace ?
w h o is s u p er io r d ig”n i t t o th eir L illi p u ti y
a n

cou n terfeits .

1110 per exten tum fun eni mihi p osse A n d again W ithou t defi n in g th e
ll f l h i i
i w
y b
t u u a ee t a t t s a
videtur p c re s
q , e e

I re P oets, meum qui p ectu s inaniter an ch a r m in p oe tr s eld o m app li ca l e to

P ope I n vain sh all we search his

'

l m tat, mul cet , falais terroribus iin plet, Pas torals, or Windsor Forest, for sueh
2 30 L ord By ron and P ope . M
[ n a

a lan dscape as surroun ds th e Castle of t ru th Reli gion does no t make a part

b b
.

— the Bower of E den , or of my su j ec t ; it is somet hing eyond

In od l en e
c ,
b
t h e inimita le H ermi ta e of Beat tie
g
h uman
. wers, and h as fail ed in all
I n th e kn owledge an d eseriptio n of human an ds ex cep t M il ton s, and
’

refin ed life, Pepe was th e mirror of D an te s ; an d ev en D an t e s powers are

’ ’

his t imes . H e saw t hrough h um an in volved in his delin eatio n of h uman

character in t he living m an n ers ofhis p ass io ns , t h ou g h in a n m e te ral cir
age, with t h e e e of a j udge an d a as cu mst ances What m e Socrat es the
.

t irist . But w en we u se th e trite eates t of men ? H is moral t ruth

b rass o f Sh akespeare u n derst an ding s ethi cs What proved Jesus Christ
'

h y
.

u man n atu re, we mean someth in g t he son of Go d hardl less th an his

more exten siv e th an wh en we appl y
miracles ? H is moral pr cep ts A nd
e .

t h e same raise t o Pepe From the If ethics have made a phil osopher the
b
.

writ in gs o th e former, we learn th e firs t of men , an d h ave n o t een dis

secret s of th e h uman h eart, as it exist s dain ed b t he D ei himself, are we to
in all ages, in de n den t of th e form b e told t at ethi h po e t r , or y did ac tic
an d press ure o f t e t imes From Pope poe or b y what ever name you term
by b b
.

w e learn its foi les an d peculiarities m it, w ose o j ect is to make men etter
t h e 1 8th cen tur We have men and and wiser, is not the very fi rrt order if
b by by y
.

women descri ed Shakespeare :

0’
tr ?
p oe
Pope we h ave th e ladies an d en d s N ow we think the wh ole of this
men of E n lan d The stan dar of his passage, Passing over th e argumen t for
y
moralit is for ev er con a momen t—is m the worst possible
.

ridicu le an
o

n ec ted wi th t shzon an d polite lif as te, even if it had proceeded fl our

b
'

fi e t .

Amidst all his wit, it has een tb efeeling the pen of M r Bowles, wh o is a mini
o f man y y
in readin g h im, t hat we miss ster of t he ch urch —but how are we
th e sim pli cit of t h e poet in the smart to un derstan d it as comin from the
” g
n ess of th e gen tl ema n au th or o f D on Juan ? I s i t sarcasm ?
y
.

I s n ot th is cri ticism for th e most or iron —or are we to con sider it as

j u s t ? I s i t n o t t ru e, t h at Po pe is an ill u s tra ti o n o f t h e m a x im o f R oc h e ‘

t e poet of high life, of town life, of fou cault h h

y y
'

t
x
yp ocrt sy e o r
lit erar life — dealing li t tle in pictures which vice pa s t o v irtue I t is
.

o f gen eral n ature an d simpl e emo tion ? l edifying to meet with a passage like
Are n ot his characters, as John son t is in the ver same lett er in whichh y
would distin guish th em, characters of his L ordship in dulg es himself in the
“
ma n ners rat her th an of na ture I s foll owin inv ective Th e t ruth ls,
b
.

th ere n ot , in sh ort, et ween Sh akes that in t ese da s th e gran d

“
p r im
”
ar an d P ope, con sidered as pain ters m b i l in E n d is t ; can t p o
p e e o e n g ca s

o f charact er, as mu ch dif feren ce as be li tical, can t cal, can t reh gr

' '

t ween th e man wh o kn ew ho w t he can t moral ;

watch was made, and t h e man who plied t hrough all the vari eties of lid
u t al wa s cant, multi y oul

by
.

cou ld tell th e h our lookin g on the

Q u is t ul er it G m ch os & c .

dial plate P
-
,

We shoul d be ash amed of uttering Bu t to resume the argumen t L ord

y
.

su ch t ruisms, if it were no t for th e B ron h avin l d m agn if the

y
y g r es o v e t o
ex trav ag an t an d exagg erated praises
b li t tl e Go d of his idolatr , p roceeds
t ha t have een lat el lavish ed o n the t hrou h t h ick an d thin to the accom
little man of T wic enh am ; as if it plishmen t of his p
g
an d among
b b
were t h e o j ec t to exalt h im a o ve all t he first victim s h e o ers up at th eshrine
b
his rivals an d esta lish a sort ofP ope of his divinit is C y who is thus
dam in th e poeti cal, as in th e religiou s in ciden tall immolate in a parent he
y
world L ord B ron , with all th e zeal sis,
y
.
For Co is n o
o f a partisan , en deav ours t o support
th is n ew kin d of pa al su premac ysh ould hav e thou gh t his
own ob tions t o C owper,
t h ou gh we t hi n k t e argumen ts b e im a more respect ful men
uses sh ew lit t le more th an t h e s ea l of t ion th ou gh poets are n ot famous for
artisan B l hi s lordship Speak t heir ratitude t o on e anot h er h
b
a
p u t et g T u
. s
for himself Voltaire, after orrowing from Sh ak es
b y
.

I n my min d, the h ighes t Of all e, la oured most assiduou sl

i h i l y h hi h m — e a thief, as Ste
to

y b e reciat e h l ik
t t t i
b
p oe tr s e ca p oe tr a s e g es
. p ,

Of a earthl o j ects mus t be moral ven s said, wh o, af t er ro b ing a house,

m a L ord By ron as d P op e . 2 31
ou r it on fire, t o preven t the detection in its the
real rhdker, the
‘ ’

—
sen se,
ofthe stolen goods I t is but fair, how .
. c reators wh
y m u st t his mean t he
m , to say, that his L ordshi aft er ’
5 liar th e feign er, the tale- teller.
’

b
’
,

wards, when he sacrifices a who e heca A man may make

b and create etta
'

”
t om o f schools, at t he same altar does t hin s than these
”
m t spare himself Soon er, sa s he, . y g .

than a single leaf sh ould b e torn

fl a n his laurel, it were et ter th at al l b I f an y great national or natural
which th ese men , an d that I as on e of con vul sion could or sh ould overwh elm

t heir set, have ever written, sh ould y (

our it is t by
h is pronoun t hat L ord B
designates t he coun tr of himself and
.

y
y
.

f l ‘
i ne t runks, clothe spice, or fluttering
in a row,
h is fath ers) coun tr i n su ch sort, as
t o sw Great Britain from the king
y
”
Bd ringe th e rails ofBedlam or Soho
'
.
‘
dom s o th e earth, an d leave onl that,
His Lordshi adds There are th ose afterall th emost livin ofhuman t hin s
g g ,
who wil l b e eve t h is, an d th ose who
'

a dead Ia n to b e st udied an d read,

will not We have no reason to thin k
”
. and imita by
the wise of future
that th e poetical temperamen t h as an d fargen erations u

m
uch ch anged sin ce Cicero s time, wh o
dh uc n emin em cognovi
’
y
if our literat ure
l earning ofman kind, divested ofpart
n forei n sh ores
g
oul d ecome the b ;

t ells us
p ”
os t am q u i 31 i n on o tim u s v idere g
.

g
cabal s, t emporar f y
ashion s, an d nat ion
y

m S till we mus t u t call in u es al pride an d

.

dou his L ordsh ip s sin cerit here

’
y .
p rej u di
man, anxious t hat the posteri t of
c e ; an E n
g lish
y
h u neth in g con solin g and satisfact o s tran gers sh ould kn ow t hat th ere had

ry in the heroism of self devo tion

b b een su ch a thin
an d I raged , mi
as a Brit ish E ic
p
h rt we much dou t whether L o rd B y wish for th e pre
' '

g t

m
servation Shakespeare and Mil ton
me sen t en ce from an y o th er b u t th e surviving world would snatch
hF
t s sa
or ourselv es
we can sin cere P ope from th e wreck, and let the rest
i n y, t hat we sh oul d be mos t un wil sin k wi th th e ople H e is th e moral
.

to con sen t to t he terms of th e p oet of all civi ization , an d as su ch let

sacrifice, an d have n o h esitation in ex u s h ope t hat he will on e da b e the

y
o ur con viction , th at if L ord n ati on al poet of mankin d

m i li d w i N ow we sh ould have reall th l ht

b
.

y
yl
u n t u t t o r te,
y co n es o ve a n

and will on ab s tain f rom P amph lets i t impossi le for any person, wh gfi
and es, he will be placed
b by left sch ool seven ears, t o write seri y rd

y
”

m iv acclamation far a ove t h e ousl i h i m f h

y e E ssa on
y n t s an n er o t
fl ee t of h is p re s en t p a n eg r i c, a n d M an T here is more sublimr! morali
.

fi l m the fourth star of a gloriou s con t y, and more imwessive lesson s of life
stellation with Shakespeare, M il ton , an d con du ct , to be derived from on e
'

y
m d D r den But we forget that we .
p lay o f Shakespeare, than from all th e
sch ool b oy common places an d
have now to do with L ord Byron as a m
y p o
- ~

m
writer of prose an d it is in th e fol i m s ofPope s E ssa , o fwhi ch
’

b
p o u s t ru s
lcw tyle of fiippan t can t, an d h y t he mot to ou h t to hav e een , What
l h m d e, th at he wi nds oft was t b ou g t , b ut n e er so well ex
’

p sr r od o o n t a
up the climax of his adoration
’
d — W d van cin g an y
y
.
p r ess . e are n o t a
Ofhis ower in the passions, in de n ew opin ion an d if it be n ecessar t o
p
scri pt ion , m th e mock h eroic, I leave - call in th e ai d of au th orit , l et us turn
y
other! to descan t I t ake him upo n h is . to th e discrimin at ing cri ticism ofJohn

M d as an ethical t : in son as an an tidot e to th e u nm ean in

th e n on e ex ce l in t e m o ck rhapsod yb
of praise which we h ave
g

heroic an d th e eth ical, non e equal him ; d

y
q u o t e a o v e .

and in my min d the lat ter is t he h i b T he E ssa on M an , (says Joh n

’

est of all poet r , ecause it does

in verse, whio the greatest of m en y
b at son in his L if
l b e of Pope, was a work of
)
r an d lon g con sideration ,
y
g r ea t a o u
have wish ed to accomplish in prose b u t certainl n ot t he happiest of Pop e s
y b y
’
.

If the essence of poetr be a lie, t hro w f m h b

b y y T j t i
p er o r an c e s e su a s
. e c s p er

it t o th e dogs, or anish it from our r ; an d t e

y
n o t v er proper for t
p o e
-

republic as Plato would h ave don e f

fi m f h i
y b i l
y y
.
p oe t w as n o t s u c e n t as t er o s

He wh o can reon cile poetr with truth' su j ect metaph sical moralit was t o
I nd wisdom, is the onl
‘
true p oet y him a new st ud y w
h e as proud of
. Yo r I X . . 2 I
 2 39 L ord Byron and P op e [Mm
'

h is acquisitions, and supposin g him through the columns ofthis arti cle, to
self master of cat secret s, was in
h e had n ot leam
t urn, when t h e have concl uded it, to y
g
sate t o t each w Johnson s L ife o f P0 which might,
’

a we th ink, h ave sav

sion
b all th e in k that
h as een sin ce spilled in th is discus
We have al read quot ed so much
. y
t h at we may as well con cl ude as we
y
This E ssa affords an egre ou s i a
“
h ave b egun an d shall th erefore, give ,

stan ce o f t h e predomin an ce o geniu s , ou r o wn op in ion of Po e in t h e words

t h e daz zlin g Splen dour ofimagery , an d o f t h e au t hor of

valid
p
The D iar of an In
— a v olu me which with t he en
y
t h e sedu ctive pow ers of eloquen ce

v ul arit f
y
N ev er was pen u r o f kn owledge an d
sen t im en t so h a il d
.

t ertain m en t of a b oo k o f t rav el s , con

t ains m uch in ciden t al o serv ation on b
.

g y o pp is
m all su b ec t s h h
d l h
y
i d h rf i i f ll j T rac ter ofPo e s
’

g u s e T. e rea e e e s s n u ,
e c a.
p
t h ough he learn s n ot hi n g ; an d wh en p o e tr m ay b e well illustrated b
y one
h e meets it in its n ew array, n o lon ger of h is o wn l ines It .

kn o ws the ta lk of his mo ther a n d his

Plays rou nd th e head, b ut comes not
n urse . Wh en th ese won der working -
th e heart
’
.
near

so un ds sin k in t o sen se, an d t he doc

y
t rin e of t he E ssa , disro ed of its or
n amen ts, is left t o t h e po w ers o f its
n aked excellen ce, what shall we di sco
v er ? Th at we are, in com arison with
y
o ur Creat or, ver weak an d ignoran t
p
t hat we d o n o t u phold th e ch ain of
existen ce an d th at we could n o t make
b H e deligh ts us
y the fert ilit of his
y by
fan c , t he elegan ce of h is imagi nation ,
the po in t an d pleasan tn ess of his wit
,
th e keen di scrimin ation o f his s atire,
an d t h e moral ood sen se of hi s reason
g
ing z— b u t h e is seldom pat hetic , and
n ev er su blime I f E loisa to A elard
.

b e an ex cept ion to this obs ervation , it

b
on e ano th er w ith m ore skill th an we
are m ade We may learn yet more is a solitary e xcep tion , and exce tio
p
b
.

t hat th e arts o fh um an life were copied p roba t re ndu m ,M

g esides, i n t h at oem
p
-

from th e in stin cti ve operat ion s o fot h er t he s en t imen ts seem rath er ado ted
p ,
an imals ; t hat , if t he w orld b e made han the gen uine of fspring ofth e poet s
g
’

for man , it m ay b e sai d t hat man was eart .

made fo r geese T o th ese profoun d

. What that soul offeelin
g is, t hat
l l i l b y which alon e t h e poet
b
p rin c ip es o f n a t u ra k n ow led g e a re p o et ca n erve

added so me m oral in stru ct ion s e uall can rise to su limit and which P o e
n ew
s tood will
t hat s elf in terest w ell u n der
d
-

i l d
q

h
y
wan ted, w ill b e u n erstood at on ce
co mpari n his Ode on Mu sic wit h D
p
by
p ro u ce so c a co n c or t at g
men are mu tu al gain ers b y mut ual den s divin e effusion on t h e same so
’

b en efi ts ; t h at ev il is somet imes ba
by j His meri t even in v ersification,
b
n ce t.

l an ced oo d h t h u m d seem s to have een over rated Pope

g ; t a a n a r an -
.

tag es are u n stabl e an d fallacious, of may perhaps b e sai d to h ave don e for
u n certain durat ion an d dou t ful ef
feet ; t hat our t rue h on or is n o t to
b v erses what Arkwri h t did for s tock
g
ing s, by t he in v en t ion of a sort ofme
have a great part , bu t t o act it well cb an ieal i t h eir com osition
p roces s n
p .

t hat v irt ue on ly is our own H is couplets are as regular as if t he

happin ess is alway s in our po wer
S urely a ma n ofno v ery co mprehen
an d t h at

. b
h ad een made with the u nerri n
c isio n of a s inn in
gp re
y

y
p gj e n n .

si ve s ea rch, m ay v en ture to s ay tha t he Th is mech an ical process, h owever, did

has hea rd a ll this he fi i re

n ev er till n ow reco mmen ded b

b u t it was n ot, in P o e s case l i ht en th e la ours
p
o f t he w ork man
, g
’
b
b y su ch H is verses seem al
.

laze of emb ellishmen t s, or su ch w ays t o h av e come from hi m

b like
a
”
s w eet n ess o f m elod
y T h e v
. ig o r o u s ird lime from frieze
-
His were not .

con traction of some t h ou h t s, t h e l ux

g t he t hough ts
u rian t amplificat ion o f o t h ers, t h e in
V
'

l hich v oluntary move

c iden t al ill u s trat ion s, an d som etimes

y
t he d ign it , sometim es th e so ft n ess of
t h e v erses , en ch ain philos o h , sus
b ers ”
.

p y I nspi ra tion h ad li t tle to do with his

en d crit icism , an d O
pp ” j d m — l t if we trust to t he evi
p
ress u g en t t ry a t eas
—
,
w i l L i f f his man uscri pts in the Brit ish
y
y
o verp o er n u
g p eas r e .ve s
o e n ce o
t he P oet s M useum , wh ich sh ew us how lit erall
b
.

We earn estly recommen d these gen his verses may be said to h ave een
tl e readers who no w accompan us y
made with ha nds and with how much
 L ord By ron and P ope . 2 33

ey were worked Pop e

h -
that is his due
the praise e . W
up t o th eir present H is
p ol ish
et i . sit down to th e feas t of reason and t he
cal Opin ion s are m u ch wh at we s l o u ld flow offan cy wh ich h is works presen t to
h ave ex pected fro m readin g h is poems u s wi th perpet ual deligh t
. T he variet . y
Accordingly we learn from Spen ce, t hat o f h is po wers securin g us again st an y
h e th ought Ben Jon son s Works t a
’
feelin g o f sat iet , an d th e exqu isite y b
h en alt ogether are bu t trash an d tast e with wh ich h e em ellishes what
-

in th e n in e spirit h e pron ou n ces t hat ever h e touch es,

Shakes peare s dramatic st le is a bad
”
’
y
L eaving that b eau tiful which still was so ,
Again , he says in speaking of An d makin that which was not
o ne
yy
.

g ,
rh me, I h ave n othing t o say of
rh me, b ut th at I dou t wheth er a b v es to h is reader a l i
i
y i f
g p ec u ar sp ec es o

p o em can support itself with ou t it in e n j o m e n t wh i ch n o o t h e r p oet p er

o ur lan guag e, u n less it b e st iflbn ed wi t h haps ca n commu n icate I f h e does n ot .

such st ran ge words as are likely to de

y
o ur lan guage itself T h e h igh
s weep t h e strin gs o f t he h u man heart

with t hat master t ou ch , which b e

y
s tro
b y
. -

st l e that is af fec ted so mu ch in lan k longs excl usiv el to a hig her order of
verse woul d n ot hav e een hom e in
M ilton had n ot his su eet tu rn ed u p b'
bp o e ts,
h e kn ows how,

on sueh strangeo u t o tfti e world thin gs

- -
l -
T o wake th e so ul b y t ender strokes of
art ,
as i t does T h e man wh o could th us
"
.

an d can at on ce ch arm t he ear, deligh t

write of t he Paradise L ost, mus t su re
th e imagin ation , an d inform t h e u n
1 have wan ted some of the ( i lines
y
t are n ecessar to con s ti t ute e l sr
d
li f
a
r
ers tan din g T h ese are n o sligh t qu a
rca tio n s, an d t h ou h t h e m a
y not
.

y
fect ion of the po etical t emperamen t
b
.

b e s ufficien t to en t i e Pope to a place

Bu t whil e we are co m atin g t he ex
aggerated
ron
egy rics t hat h ave
o un ce u pon h im ; w e m u st t ake
een
i
b
n t he high es t ran k of poet s, will ever
cause h im to sh ine pre emin ent l in - y
p
a re th at we are not carried b y t he force
t h e secon d class,

o f react ion in to t h e oppo site ext rem e

L et us give to Pepe—elegan t sen si le b
Vel u t in ter ignes
.

”
L una minores .

[ Mr Bowl es h as j u s t pu b
lish e d a Pamphlet , th e title of wh ich we su j oin b .
‘

W e regret at m l l b
.

h h i h i t t
t w e av e n e t er s p ac e n o r t e t o n o
t l ce i t p ar l cu ar
y
L
u
rd
we to re co mm en d it t o o u r r ea d ers as a m o s t sa t i s fac t o r
y a n sw e r t o o

Byro n s ara d ox es , a n d as e v i nc in g th ro ug h o u t t h e s
p ir i t of th e sc h o lar an d
t he gen eman C N] . .

Righ t H onou rab l e L ord Byron , in A n swer to his L ordship ?

T wo L et ters to th e
“ m S i h L if d Vi
’
L B l
'

L ett er to o n t h e R e v . o w es s . t r
. c t u re s o n t e e a n ri

tingl of P ope ; more pa rtic u la r l y o n t h e

q u e s t ion , “ h c t h cr P oe t r y
'
b e m o re imm e

i h w k f N h w k
diately indebted to what is S u bli m e o r B ea u t ifu l n t e o r s o a t u re , o r t e o r s

o f A rt 9 B y the Re» L B o w l es H e t h a t p yla s a t B o w n s m u st ex

p e ct R U B
—
. . .

”
l l n s
”
O
. ld-P ro v erb N a t u ra
. m e x
p ella s F u rca
,
t am en u s q u e r e c u r re t H orace . .

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S ag an —T he dem an d for t h e su p erior n ew su gars con tinu es to b e t ol erab l y good, and

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- T h e l at ter claims a mon opol y of all t h eir labour,
.

an d of all th eir p rodu ce an d supplies ; an d, t h eref ore, a clos e at ten tio n to their int eresst
is required from h er in return t at ev er inj ures th ese col on ies mu s t e uall
.
q y jin u re
t h e in teres t s o f t h e moth er cou n try T h e A dmin istratio n , it is said, h av e it at p resent
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in contemplation t o l ay an addition al ta x u pon E ast I n dia sugars, which may afford

som e reli ef b u t n o p erman en t relief can b e exp ect ed, u nl ess th e foreign sl ave t rade is -

complet el y an d imm ediat el y p u t a st op to I f it is con tin u ed mu ch long er, th e colo nies .

o ff oreign po wers will b e so f ill ed with sl av es , th at th e qu an tity of Sugar, an d o ther 00

l ouisl pro du ce, raised in th ese places, will b e more than su fficien t for the supply o f all
E urope, upo n terms mu ch lo wer t ha n our colonies can afford it I n foreign col on ies, .

th e c ul tivator is amply remu nerat ed at 2 08 p er cwt T he expenses of producing it . .

costs th e W es t I n dia plan t ers as mu ch .

C of ce T h e market for codes may b e stat ed at 2 s high er for all descrip tions of
. - .

foreig n coffee On th e o th er han d, Jamaica coffee was for some time rath er on the
.

declin e ; b u t t h e mark et for it h as rather imp roved towards the close o f last week, and
for every desc ription of coffee th e deman d is con siderab l e, an d th e market firm .

C u tout — No t with stan di ng th e few arrival s of co t ton , still the market of late has b een
lang uid, an d p rices rath er on th e declin e Th is is the case with Bo weds, in which there .

h as , n ev erth el ess, b een a con siderabl e demand Other kinds remain with out alteration . .

T he purchases h ave b een con siderab le, an d th e deman d for t wist has b een extensive.
T h e m an ufacturers are all b u sy , an d th e workm en in full empl oymen t .

T he prices o f C ocoa co ntinu e exceedingly lo w an d declinin g Th ere is littl e do ing in .

Sp ices, except in P i men to, for which th e deman d is considerab le T he market for I n . .

dig o con tin u es firm, an d prices may b e stated at an advan ce of 2 d to 3d per lib
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T he . . .

h f T o b c co have f
o r some time past b een in considerable and chie fl con fi ed
p u rc ases o a , y n
189 1 Reg is ters —C mm o ercia l Report . 2 39
to parcels for home con sump tion R u m continues exceedingly lo w and depressed
. .

There are few sal es of Brandy, and Gen eva is without variation Fin e wheats have . .

bathe: advanc ed in rice E v ery oth er descri p t ion is dull

. B arley is scarce, an d an .

bdvan ce of l a has ta en pl ac e T he demand for c at s h as b een b risk, in consequ en ce o f

. .

h lim i d l Th h b n some in uir for b eef Th i f b i

t e te supp y ere . as e e q y e p r ce o acon s .

m i l d f i h i f i deman d T h re is a f m d
" ely no na ; an or I r s h b u t t er t ere s a a r e air d e an .

I n foreign tall ow H M p h as declin ed in price I n flax there is little alteration T h e

. . .

other articl es o f commerce require no p articul ar no tice .

The trade of th is country in general may b stated as progressivel y impro ving That e
.

to th e E ast I n dies is graduall y ext en din g ; an d from th e Report of th e H ouse of L ords

on the Foreign T rade of this cou n try , we are hap y to o b serve, that there is a prospect
p
I British subj ects b ein g admit ted to participate m th e T ea trade with Chin a, and al so
to ext end their exertio n s in dif feren t parts of th e E astern world, at presen t within th e
limin of th e E ast I ndia C omp an y s Chart er We also ob serve, from so me recent occur
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m ess, that the att en tion of t his coun t ry is directed to th at immense field for trade, which
the shores of th e P ers ian G ulph , A rab ia, th e Red S ea, and th e eas t coast o f A frica af
M A t no distant day we h op e to see a still more extensiv e field for B ritish commerce
lul l open in th e in terior ofth e African co ntin en t .

E D I NB U RG H .- MA Y 9 .

Wheat . Barl ey . Oats . P ease Beans .

6d
. l at 0d . 6d . 0d.
0d
. 2d 18s 0d . . 2 d, 16s . 0d . 2 d, 15 3 6d . .

Av erage
0d
. 0d
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.

9 z 8 3 l 2 th s-
0d
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,
. 3d,
per boll .
14s 0d . .

T ues day , M ay 8 .

” (I n oz . lb ) Os 5d t o
per . . . Os Rd
. .
Q uartern L o af Os . 9d 8 .

Os (id to . . os .
7d . P otatoes (2 8 1b ) . Os . 8d 8 .

I m b , per quart er 4 s 6d to . . 6s 0d
. . Fresh Butt er, p er lb . ls . 8d 8 .

Veal Os (id to . . os 10d

. . Sal t ditto, per st one 2 03 . 0d 8 .

os 6d t o . . os .
7d . Ditto , p er lb ls . . 4d 8 .

Tallow, per st on e 8s 6d to . . 93 6d
. . E ggs , per dozen os . 6d 8 .

HA D D I NGT O N . _MAY 4 .

Wheat . Barley Oats

. . P ease .

6d . 0d . l st ,
6d . 2d . . 13s . 0d . 2 d,
0d . 3d 3d, 1 1s . 0d .

l 2 ths .

AW P rice: f
o C o m i n E ng la nd an d Wales from , the Ret urns receiv ed in the Week
en ded Ap r il 2 8th .

m ak eup - n yc an 2 d —Bar] . . . zas rot . —c m . 17 s. 9d .

—Beans m ' 8d .

Bear er ig, 0s 0d. .

L ondon, C orn E xchang e, M ay 7 . L iv erp ool, M ay 1 .

d d. d
in
r. . a. a. s. .

. to 2 8 Wheat , 7 0 lb . Amer .

E ng o ld . 7 6 to 8 S weet . S 0 to 0
.

W at erford 7 7 Do in b ond 2 1 o w n
_m to w L imerick .
7 i to 7
.

S ou r do 2 6 0 to 2 7
. 0 .

D rogheda 7 0 to 7 Oatmeal, per 2 40 lb .

u b lm
p
scotch
6
7
9 00
6 to 8
7 E ngli sh
S cotch
2 4 0 t0 2 5 0
50 0 to 2 3 Q
l rrsh Old . 7 em 7 Irish 19 0 m
.
0 ”
ey, w B ufl f ’ a B CCfs é
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E ng . . 3 8 to 3 1
S cot ch . 3 2 to 3 d a
s to a Belfast mew 95 0 t0 98 0
0 t0 98 0
0 t0 90 0
C ork, 2 d, 90 0 m 98 0
85 0 m
Boef, p.
S eeds, 4 — Mess 1 1 2 6 t 0 1 15 0

Porh , p brl . .

— Middl 55 . 0 m 66 0
Bacon . cwt .

0 00 1 1 S hu t da i fl O to 47 0
Sides 41 o n: « 0
m a n si on 56 0
GM 0 85 . 0 10 36 0
M A M “:
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I . J . and Leadbit ter, E Gatesh ead, glass . n er.

M ann et s.
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M ussie, J D erb y , mercer
. .

I cott on s muera -
. Mu tch , J u een An n street, C av en dish sq uare.
.
- -

T la . t e 0 Ch ath am, hair d resser -

. u p h o l sterer .

I. l Spltalfields, hat man ufactu rer N ob le, H an d A Camb erwell, win e merch an ts
‘
-
. . . . .

P Al tri ham , C h ester, co rn dealer

.
-
. O v en den , E la t e o f Old Bo swell co urt , j eweller
.
-
.

a, Warnf street , T h rogmorto n street , P almer, J R ug ley , S tafi o rd, b utch er

'

g
- -
. .

W an t an d scriv en er. P almer, E T edfo rd, draper

m ic
. . .

G an d R L eed s , clothi ers

, . . . P eet, J Ash to n Wi thin , Mack erfield, L ancaster,
.

Ia, J. Vin e street , S pit al fi elds, si lk man

- -
. hinge man u fac tu rer .

V. l , white co o per . P hilip s, B T h readneedl e st reet , vin tri er

.
-
.

tat i on , S wan sea , m erch an t P ullen , D Birch in lan e, b roker

Q
-
. . .

I . St J Rich ardso n , G Mec klen b urgh sq uare, an d Vo kes,

'
s street , in n k eep er
’
- - -
. .

l Glou cest er, p at en t woo llen yarn man u

. T late o f G lo ucester street ,
. ueen square, - -

merchan ts .

J I Iull , ligh terman

.
-
. R itch i e, R D ep tford, b rewer
. .

I. J un L iv l, b ro k er Ru T H C rawford street , Mary lo bo ne,

g
. . . .
- - -
.

A. orwich , b o mb asme maker -

.
-
3 p er .

y, 0 B Lisso n G ro v e, m erchan t
. . . R ob erts, R G Min ories, ironmo nger
. . .

in , W N ew Mel to n , m erc h an t
. . S eaman , G Bi sh o te street , lin en draper
.
-
.

ry, T L i v 1, deal er
. . S edgewick , M L o n on , wareh o usem an . .

J Grea t Vm ch ester st reet , j eweller

.
-
. S h rap nell , P Broadfo rd , Wilts , clo th i er
. .

a M y fi ddler . S lo per, J Bath , bak er

l, W S to u rb rid e, cu rrier
. .

m
.
g . mi th , J L lat e o f Vauxhall walk , co al dealer.
. .
-

II, A. late o f M m cin e, m erc h an t S nape, W L itc h fi eld, mercer

fi
m
. . .

len. W and W S n u po n H u mber,

. . .
- -
8 , late o f Fo re st reet , merchan t -
.

S ey , I I Jack h o use with in, Oswald T wistle,

-
.

ID . J no w o r late o fBradley , H uddersfi eld, L an cas ter, whit st er

W Q
. .

il l an t dealer
e . S um t er, J Ch arlo tte s treet, Old st reet road, stone
.
- - -

g, ev o treat,
’
ueen s sq uarc, -
maso n .

m erch an t. T ay lor, J Sh effi eld , iron fo under

.
-
.

R. Nw ade u pon T y n e, merchan t - -

. T rah em e, J S t Martin s-street, L eicester Fields.
’
.

ain
v ict u aller
'

h -tal, ot rn tacto n
{z
.

v “Y: 3l ‘ P k eep er ‘
. T rinder, W J P ort sea, vi ct ualler
. . .

8 Bl rmln ham , v ictualler T rix, F S o uth Mo l to n , Dev on , tan n er

g
. . . .

J Learn ng wn , Warwi ck, drugg ist

. . T ro ugh ton , B an d J Wood street, L on don , and . .
-

ey , iro n master . O v ert o n , Pl an ts . si lk th ro wsters .

T P . armarth en , l men d raper

.
-
. Va h im, Mary , an d App leto n , Cath eri n e, la te o f
u h P late o f T on b ridge p lac e, New R oad ,
.
-
iv e l straw b o n n et man u fact u rers .

1 of Calais in Fran ce, m erch an t . Wade, J .Aid S u i lb lk , b ri ckmaker

’
.

set . W T o rto n st ree t , stock b ro k er, Walk er, J Up er ussell s treet , Bermondsey ,
s
- - -
. .

an c a, J o f P atern oster ro w, ribb on

.
-
parch men t ealer .

Ii lt man u facturers . Wain , D L iv erpoo l, plu mb er

. .

By , J Welb eck st reet , coach man u fac t urer

.
- -
. Wells, J L iv erpo ol , m erchan t
. .

ugh, T Ch esterfield, wi ne merchan t

. . Wh i te, T late o f Brinklo w, Warwick , innho ldsr
. .

J Cornhill, b oo t m aker
.
-
. White, J L ambet h road , m erchant
.
-
.

Hallh x, mercha n t . Wh i t tl e, S U l slin gto n , timb er merchant

. . .

II. J Gainsboro ugh , dru ggist

. . Wh i tt ley an d Maso n , L iver l .

J Li li nen drap er . Wi lkinson , J G rant D riflie coal merch ant.

.
-

T Der
w
ere“ Wi tch u rch , J Worship street , coach mast er -
. . . .

aw k cley street, P o rtman sq uare, Wrigh t, J Bermondsey street , S o uth wark, p rov i
n
- - -
.

sio n merchan t.

al l rrc a r '
L I S T of S c o r c n B a n x n v p r c m s , announced bet ween the 6th
. an d

2 8th A pril, 182 1, extract ed fro m th e E din b urgh G az et t e .

J mical manufactu rer P o rto bell o

, ch e ,
. C heyn e, Alex , so m etime merch an t in Lei th ; a
.

a corn merch an t D u n dee ,

. di v iden d 15t h May .

In. Joh n, merchan t an d u n derwriter, D un C raig, Jo h n , th e late, senior, leath er merchan t,

G o w ; a fi nal di v iden d 19 t h May .

Il l. Andrew, p laisterer an d lime merchant , E ld er, a v id , late merch an t, G lasg o w ; a fl u i d!

v rden d 2 9 t h May

m
.

H , sal t merchan t , S al tc oats . G rahame, T h omas . merchan t and man ufact urer
H d A
. an dea lers, G lasgo w . sp irit . in G o w ; a sec o n d di v iden d sth Ju ne .

It , D unu n , merch an t i n I n v erary Jeffrey , ames, a nd C o merc h an t s, E d in b urgh , .

Wm Jefi re an d Wm A 1
.

an d James J
‘

1, d , merchan t , I n v erary . . .

n, William, K n o w and h erri n g merch an t, k c n , as mdrv rdu a di v i den 3d June to th e

credit ors o f J Jef frey an d C o o f 2 3 b u t no di
. . .

w, John , haberdasher an d merchan t , G las vx den d fro m th e mdi n du al estate .

L aird , Joh n , and C o merch an t s, Green ock ; an d .

m James, prin ter an d writer, D un de L aird, William , an d C o merchan ts , L i v erpool .

l u m s, n ursery an d seedsman , Ed mbu r h

P . an eq ualiz m div i d en d o f se. per po und .

W writer, agen t, an d trad er in G Mac nab , Arch : d , an d C o. merch an t s an d co m

mission ag en ts , G lasg w a div iden d 2 oth May
f
.

Rob ert , distiller an d grain deal er at P en man , An drew, b oo seller, Glasgo w ; a second
r Mill , parish of Lo ch win no ch . div iden d 8th Jun e .

and Go rdo n , drapcrs an d merchants, D un Rox b u r h , Jo h n an d An drew, t man ufact u

rers , fi lmam oek ; a div iden d 2 June .

D I VI D E N D S . S co t t , II h , haberdash cr, G eenock ; a first divi .

I I and Bro wn , tanners, G lasgo w ; a seco n d den d , 8 Jun e .

an d ”d May . S mith . James . an d C o b ook sellers, P eterh ead ; a .

Alex , merch an t , In vcrk cith ing ; a second seco n d divrdcn d , 7 t h Ma

y
.

an d 15t h June . U rq uh art , H en ry , late r u mc r in Edin b u rgh ; a

tan J an d C o sugar refin ers, S t i rling fi nal di viden d, 2 4th ay .

ll di
.

2 2 d May . Y ou ng , Jo h n . an d C o merchan ts an d gen eral .

h and Wood b um , merchan ts in G o w, agen ts, Edin b urgh ; a di viden d, l oth May .

Jamaica ; a sceon d and fin dr

II May .
m R cM ern Cm mercia l Report -
. M
[ p
a

Weekly P rice of S tocks, from 2 d to 2 82 1: Ap ril, 182 1

2d . 9th .

3 per cen t reduced, .

3 per cen t con sols,.

34 p er cen t consols , .

4 p er cen t con sols ,

.

5 per cen t navy aim . .

I mperial 3 p er cen t arm . .

I ndia stock,

E xch equ er
Co n sols for acc . M W

Amer 3 per
.

Fren ch 5 per

C ourse of E x cha ng e, M ay 8 — Amsterdam, 12 : 14 C F Dit to at sigh t, 12 a l l

'
. . . . . .

Rott erdam, 12
d sight , 2 5
. z
15 A n t werp , 12 : 10 H amb urgh , 38 i 7 Altona, 38 ; 8
80 Dit to 2 6 ; 15 .
.

Bou rdeau x, 2 6 15 Frankfort on th e Maine, 156g

P et ersb urgh , 0} 3 U Vien n a, 10 : 2 0 Ej : fl o Trieste, 10 : 2 0 Kai /
.
P aris, 3
.

Io Madrid, 36
.

.
z .
.

.
.

C adiz , 36 Bil boa, 35 i Barcel on a, 35 S evill e, 3 g G ibraltar,

z L egho rn ,
5
. . .
.

47 . G eno a, 4 4 Venice, 2 7 60 M al ta , 45
. Napl es , 39g P alermo, 1 15 L is
. . . .

b on , 5 0 Oporto , 50
. Rio Jan eiro , 48 Bahia, 5 6 D u blin . 9} per cen t
. . . .

C ork, a; per cen t .

P rices of G old an d S ilv er, p er oz — F o reign gol d, in bars, £ 3 z 17

i d N ew . m .

D ollars, 4s 10d Sil ver in bars, sta nd 4 a 1 1d

. . . . .

Mn r a o a o r o c rc u . Tu n a , ex t racted fro m the Reg ister kep t at E dinbu rg h, in the

Observ atory , C ati on h ill - .

N il —The Oth erration s made t wice every day , at nin e o clock ,

'
a
-
are forenoon , and four o cloc k , al ter ’

first col umn , is taken hy the Register

‘
a noonf - T he sscon d Observatlon in the at ternoon, in t h e

Av erage of Rain , in ch es.

 fl ] Appointments, P ro motions, dye .

APPOINT M E N T S, P ROMOT I ON S, &c .

Dr 8 . . General W
Lo ftu s, to b e C o lo n el , vic e
.

Sir C Crawfurd, dead 2 d Apr 1 82 1

. . riron s.
O D on el, fro m 10 F v ice S u rg
’
S . .

Bat 12 th do . . Lieu t Gen Ja H a . L i Go v of T . . . .

W m o u t h an d C lifl ort , vice S 0 C

'

L Broo k e, Co rn et, h u rch rau

i
.
. . .

vice
C ret s . Mar . t urd , dead 2 d Apr 1831 .

L ord A on yngham, C orn et do v ice

R oy al M ili tary Asy l um
. .

Lo rd Co n yn gham cancelled .

£5 3
8 ?
2 I? 0 Cap t Go rdm . MaiOi , L1 ”
. 1 ‘
8 1 E ns Fai r, fro m 7 Vet. Bat Qua Mast
. . . .

way t s , dead, 2 2 d Mar .

v ice H ill , h p. 5th Apr 182 1 . .

L ieu t Kell , C a t . do . .

E ns n Wyse, do
'

g
eut . .

W o v e, E ns ig n do
Bt Maj M Ra, Dep Qua. Mast Gen
. . .
‘
10 S urg ou ng , fro m 7 Vet Bat S urg
. . . . .
. . . .

v ice O Don el , 4 D r
'
12 t h Ap r in th e Eas t Indies , with ran k ofLieut .

C 0 1 in th e army , v ic e S tanh ope, res

. .

11 t his Wo rsley , fro m 5 Vet. Bat Qu Mr . .

2 9th Mar l 82 1
. . . .

v ice E d wards, h p Bourb R

.

L t C ol T orrens , 65 P D ep Qua Mast

. . .

2 9th Mar . . . . .

Gen in the E ast In di es, v ice M Ra

. .
‘
Newenham, L ieut vi ce Bran n an .
.

12 th do
9th Aug 1 82 0
.

N ich olson , o f Arm D ep ot ,

.

J Watson , E nsign
. 2 2 d Mar 1 82 1 .
L t d: A .

15 As S u rg Badenneb , fro m 59 F S urg

. . . .
Isle o f i gh t, to hav e the of

vic e Dav y , S tafi

’ Cap t 15 th do
2 9th do . .
.

18 N R T omlinso n, Ens b y p ureh vrcs

A! ica l q men t
. . . .

rt
Birch , ret 2 2 d do
.
. .

h sign Wood, Lieu t v ice Ch eek , dead

E T 9 811“: i nsp of H ospitals
.
Bt In s
g
. ' . .

R B Martin, E nsign
in th Wcst Indies onl y
. .
2 5 th M‘ . I ? ”
L ieut Hilliard, from h p. (S F P a
vic e T omlin son , dead
.

22d ar
. .

S taffsurg Arth ur, P h y stcian to t e t o r

. h
ees , v ice T ay lo r, dead i 9th do.
.

31 Ga i t Cadet W S Moo rso m , fro m R

S urg D avy , from 15 F Surg to the P !
. . . .

Mil Coll E ns b y purch vice Jefiries, S

. . .

. . . .
0.
do
As surs t o t ho
.

Qua Mast H ol mes , fro m h

.

37 . 2 0 Dr . . .
Fo rces, vice Cav ehill , dead 5 th A r
Qua. Mas t v i ce Fox, h p —
.
P
B ochard, do do
. . . .

12 th Apr
. .

vice D avy , from 15 F 12 th do

.

t v1m
.
C
.

80 .
Assist S Th omso n , from 38 F Apo .
th do
’ .
el l, 7 5 P

w
t h ecary th e Forces, v ice L eeson ,
. .

H Bu rrell, As Sur Vi ce
dead do.
. . .

T p ro s u n: 1 d o
0 H ughes, H osp Assist to t h e Forces,
. .

Lieut Garner, C ap t b y pur v ice Phil

. . .

vice C o n way , dead

. . .

lips, ret 1st Mar

C P argeter, do do v ice Bi rrell.
. .
. . .
Clarke, L ieut do. do.
p ro m sth Ap r
.

R
. .

er, E do do
H osp Assis t M D crmot t , from h p
. . . ‘

M ieu t vi ce Wilson dead

. . . .

n Duk e,
H osp Assist to t he Forces, vice Bur
.
. .

2 8th July , 1 82 0
rell , 38 F 1 2 th do .

Bruce, do. do. do

1? Millar fro m 53 F
.

Assis t S u . , . S urg .
vic e Do ck hard do
vice R dead 1 2 t h Ap r e, .

48 L ieut Atkinson , fro m h 1 2 F L ieu t

. . . .
Ordna n ce D ep a rt ment
2 2 d Mar
.

vice T h o mso n , 9 Vet at . . .

E ris a: .Wild, ran k o f Lieut do . .

Roy Art Bt L ieut Co l Bull, Majo r of B
. . . a . .

t i L ieut can ell, fro m Rifie Briga ie, 2 7 th Feb

a in i relan d 82 1
.

Lieut vi ce Wilso n , dead

.

o Bt Maj Bates, fro m h Ca pt 2 d A

x
.

:
.
. . . .

Assist S urg G reig, fro m h p 2 2 D r l st L ieut G apper, 2 d

—
. . . . .
.

Assis t S u rg v ice Millar, 47 F. . .

Jag o , fro m h p 1st L ieu t . . .

12 th A r l st do.
p
as Ca Wh ite, fro m h p 1 4 F Ca t wi ce . . .
P almer, do —
do 2 d do . . .

orris, h 14 I is Mar do do
g 2 d L ieut S tok es, do
. .
. . . .

50 Su Au S ur S ievwrigh t , fro m 2 d Lieu t. do

g Bl do
fifi
. .
. .
,
tafi As S urg v‘ce Badenach , 15 F
‘

comb e, u aj or o f Brig.
'
. . .
Roy E ng Bt L t C o l.
. . . .

2 9 th d o .
vice H an dfi el d, dead 9th Jan.
‘
.

61 Lieut Keir, from h p 2 2 D r L i eut L ieu t Co l Gossett . from h p. L t ( o

s:
. . . . .
.
. . .

vic e E liot , res 1 7 t h July , 1 82 0 .

Q Bt Co l Bruce, fro m h p 5 9 I L ieut

"
. . . . . .
C ap t Jones, fro m h p C apt
. . . .

Co l vi ce D o ucspe, dead
.
i 8th No v 1 82 0 .

2 9th Mar .
1 st L ieut El li o t , 2 d C ap t . do . .

Dan iell , from 38 P C ap t v ice . .

D alto n , from h p 1 st L t . . .

h p New Bruns w I-en c

‘
. . . .
do .

2 d L ieu t Fraser, from h p. 2 d L ie i t.

i
. .

urg . Flannagan , m et. 11. S u

Q ;c
o ‘ o.
v ice
Halpin , h p 9 Vet Bn 12 6“ . . . .
L agden , 1st L ieut do . .

78 E ns Munro , L ieut v ice M ueen , dead

‘
l st L ieut Maison , 2 d Ca
pt
. .
.

2 9 th Mar .
-h Jan 182 1 .

A M t resso r, En sign do .
Burt , from h p 1st L t
“
. .

03 Lieut v ice M D o n n el l.
‘
.
2 d L ieut Bordes, 1st L ieut do
. . .

dead Walpole, from h p 2 d L

3
. . .

N 8 Christ ie, E nsi gn 0.

m
. .

“
z
l s I
dlg
Brig. H C lin to n , 2 d Lieu t vice
’

. .

ar. E
1 W l . R. J H P ick erin g, E nsi gn , Fo rd , de d
a
. . . v i ce
0. L ieu t. C o l P ell . from 1 6 Dr wit h Lieu t C o l E l . . .

i ceyl. R C« t C oop er, from h p N ew Bn msi p hinstone, 5 P

g
. . . . .

ene C ap t vim Dc ly , 5 8 I' 5 th Apr Bt L t 0 1 G ran t , fro m 56 F wi th Major Mon ta

$
. . . . .

}
. .

m }
Cd usrlal gu e 1
2 d Li eu t. Campbell, 1st L ieut . Bt. i f
o r Wood, fro m 4 D r rec di s: b et ween l ull . .

d f ll y Inf with Ca t Barlo w,

'

y a
.
v an u .
pa p . .

alth p 2 pr
. . .
2 “ App oint men ts and P romot ions, dye .

Bt M31 b yns, from 2 0 F with C ap t H arrison.

2; g
. . .

l“ p . R el m ta t cd
g
.

ackay , from 68 F with Capt Hewett, . .

Lieutenant Mitchell, 18 Dr .

h p 60
C apt ifern o n , from 1 8 D r rec diff
er b etween full . . .
D ea th s .

y troo p , an d full pay co mpan y, Wi th Cap ta in Gen . H E a rl o f C arhamp t on , M P 6 D r G L on

. . . . .

rett , h p 1 0 D r do n ,
. . .
2 5th Ap ril , 1 82 1
E v e] n , fro m 3 F G with C ap t D es Voeu x,
.

. . .
Colon el B ro ugh to n , R . Mar Flo rence
. ,
11 p 60 “
2 323
.
18 1 82 1
Jon es , from 5 7 F with C ap t S ta in to n , h p
.

. . . .
Lieu t C ol E v E yre ll p Indepen
. . 1o . .
York C h as
7 th Feb 18 1
.

L iei i t Bayley, from 2 D r G with L ieut Cu fi, h p.

' . .

. . . . .
Maj o r Fifi mayer, Roy Art L imerick , . .
2 aDr .
Qi st March , 1 82 1
C h risti e, from 2 1 F rec diff with L t C al d
.

.
C James, o f late R Art D riv Lo n don ,
. . .

well , h p 2 W l R
. . . .

. . . . .
1 4 th April
Ken n edy , fro m 2 3 F wi th L t Keit h , 89 F
.
. . .
D o ug las , late S co tch Brigade, Bo th well
D e L apast ure, fro m 38 F rec diii with
'
. . .
Bank, near H amilt on , 1 6th do
67 F
.

L ieu t H u sto n , h Fo lj amb e, h p 8 F Retfo rd , 1st do

m
. . .

Ti tt le, from 3 F rec di with L t S park es,

. . . .

H irtz, h alf pay D illo n s R eg t Fra

. . . ’

n
z?
-
.
h p R Afri can C o rps eb .

m
. . . .

T udo r, fro m 65 F rec diii with L t Bea ”no Gm

'
. . . .
n l‘ l . " 8
van , h p 5 7 F . .

Yates, from 7 2 F with L t Mark ham, C ape

.
h u de bi i .

G erm L eg H an o v er,
Ot to , h p 1
. .
. . use. . .

C o rpa .
4th March
( al li from 7 7 F rec din wi th L t C osb y ,
.
"

i g 6 F at sea,

Q
C ap t. T h urlo 8t li A ril , 1 82 1
gé;
. . . .
. .

h p O l b . 0 0
Barry ’ o n passage from t h e auritius,
Bruce, from 4 Dr with 2 d L t S t u intin,
.

CO
? sth
. .

2 ?
E n signM D ermo tt , from 1 1 F with En sig n D e
Falcon er h 9 2 1) r oo d cot . 3 W
i
. .

sm
‘
.
15th Sept .

rinzy , h p 1 2 F
.

. . .
Fallon, h p 87 F l relm d, 2 7 th Jan 182 1
Kno x , from 33 F with E na C ameron , h p
. . . . .

. . .
Kett ler, h p. 6 Line Germ L eg Verden , . . .

2 1st Feb.
Daly from 33 r with E nsign Riddel, b p L ieu t Jo h n so n , 5 F An
g
.
us.
. .
, . .

C h eek , 2 0 F Isle Wigh t, 9th Apr 182 1

from 91 F with E n sign Bu n b ury ,
. . .

nl C ampb ell, 7 3 F C eylon.

e an ,
h
g .
.

.
M Queen , 7 8 F
‘
2 2 d March , 1 82 1 . .

n spec. of H osp. Port eou s, with D ep l nspec . .

Macdon nell, 93 F .

rly , h p . .
Macfarlane, 7 R. Vet. Bri. Kenn
'

n,
St t S urg T h omson , with S ta ll S urg Arth ur,
a 22d F 1 82 1
. . .

Willock , R. Art Wo olwich,

.

6th A ril
from 2 W l R . wit h As S urg
. .

S . . . .
P almer, h p 33 F . an .

Kell
. .

h p . 1 R . . .
Fraser, h p 86 F Rypoo r. M Indies, . . .

eyo r Brad! rd , with D ep P u rv P rat t,

ipP
D . . .
19th A ril, 18 2 0 .

. 2 d L i eu t Williams, h p 3 C eylon R
. N rt . .

near Barnstab le, l l th cv 1 0.

R esig nat ion s an d Ret irements
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D u Moulin , h p. Wattevill e s Ra t P aris,
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C ap t P hillips, 40 F
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1th D ec
C aneel lor, Ro y E ast i nd Vol . . .
h p 38 F Ireland, . . .

L ieut E liot , 67 F
. .
1st A 182 1 .

Riddell , Roy E ast In d. Vol. .

Adj Henning, E ast and West L oth ian en e. Cav
. .

Dr 2 0th March , 1831

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nsi n ]? i r
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. Newfoun dls nd Fen . .

Jeii ries, 31 F
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b reklari d , I re 2 1st Feb 18 1 . .

T h orn to n, R oy E ast 1nd Vol . . . Muller, h . p 2 Hum. .

App
men ts C anc elled o in t . S u rgeo n Ridsdale, 47 F . .

B rev et Maj o r D e H avillan d 55 F , . Hosp As Moon , Jamaica.

. .

t. H a s I‘ Wilk ins, l oth March , 182 1.

C haplain . Meyer, h. p. Ger. Leg Auleben . .

L ord F . 6th No v. 182 0.

BI RTH S, M ARRI AGE S, AND D E AT HS .

B I RT H S
Aug 182 0 At C alcutta, Mrs T h omas Dingwall
. 13 T h e lad o f c L en o: Cumming 3h cs o
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R oseisl e an d h ei rd, o i a dang
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Fo rd cc , o fa so n 4 [ t Ki lgraston h ouse, th e h oii . es:

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31 At Madras, th e lady o f D avid H i ll ,

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E sq o fa so n t T o ueh H ouse th e lady of a. i a 0:

u
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Ma rch 2 9 182 1 At Carriden Manse, Mrs Fle . . E sq of S taffs , of a da gh t er.

.

ming , o f a son . Mrs Milner of Nunmonkton, nearY rk, of p

Ap ril 2 Mrs William Maxwell Lit tl e, Umon
. a so n.
S treet , 0! a daugh ter . 1 6. At 7 , Great King S treet , Mrs H eriot, of a
4 Mrs H oo d of S ton eridg e, of a son
. . (1a te r .

5 A t E dinb urgh , th e lad o f Cap ta in James

. 1 Mrs P atrick Robertson , H owe S treet, of a
H al dan e T ait , ro y al nav y , o a daug h ter .

7 At F6, G reat King S treet, Mrs James L ang,

. Mrs T h omas Hamil ton , Ho ward Place, of a
o f a dau gh ter . daugh ter .

1 0 At N ewbattle Manse, Mrs T h omso n, of a

. 19. At B uddingston Manse, Mrs Th omson of a
dau h ter
g
.

1 At Ruch law h Ouse, Mrs H awth orn , of a 2 1I n Burton Crescen t, L ondon , t h e lady of

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daugh ter . S ir James C Anderson , Bart. of a daugh t er

. .

At Bal b egn o C astle, th e lady o fC aptain Ram as Mrs R ob i nson , No 7 0,

. ueen S t reet , of a .

say , o f a so n .

12 At Hadd ing ton , Mrs Welsh , o f a so n

. . At E d inb urgh , Mrs Walt er Cook of s dsugh
15 At Freelan d h o use, l erth shire, th e h on
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u i s Hore, of a son . 2 5. At Edinb urgh , Mrs Math eson , Bell v ue Cres
Mrs Wyli e, 1 , Charlott e S treet, o f a daugh cen t , o f a so n .
At 2 5, Abercron ib y P lace, Lady a ul s M
Mrs Cleghorn, D ur d s S treet , of a ds u j i ter. L oek hai t , ofa daughter
ié
 R eg i stera —
M arrang es and D eaths . ”5
a At Neb on S h eet, Edinburgh , Mrs George 2 7 At L eith , Mr Nich olas Whiteh ead. n) Min
m
. .

, of a son . Elisab eth Kirk , da h ter o f th e la te Mr James

At S t David s S treet, Edin b u rgh , Mrs Jo h n
’
Kirk, t eac h er t h ere, o rmerl o f H awick .

Bl uee of a daug h ter n b u r h , Mr rmstrong, to

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5 0 A t
. E di enry A
At H ou ston , Mrs S h ai o f a daug h t er . Mi ss G rah am , 48, ederick S treet .

2 7 At Nelson St reet, Mrs alry mple, o f a son.

. At Hawth o rn b ank , th e Rev James T rail] , .

mi nister of th e i300 ch urch , H addi n , to

MARR IAGE S . Margaret , eldest ug ter o f Rob ert Vei E sq .

S ep t 13. 1 82 0 At S t Joh n s C h u rch , T rich in o of Ha wt h o rn ban k

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fl y . A rch i b al d E wart , E sq o f th e Mad ras m edi . L a tel y At Edin b u rgh , Mr Charles James Fle
.

C I m ice, to S usan nah P et ro n ella , daugh ter o f mi oi Bewdley , Wo rce stersh ire, to Sarah , only
t h e lat e Arn old L un e], E sq form erl y chief secre chil of Mr Joh n Baxt er, S o u th Brid e
.
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to the D u t ch go v ern m en t at C ochin .

1 4, 182 1 At S t Bo tolp h s Ch urch , Alders D E AT H S

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St reet , L o n don , Mr Geo rge Web ster, m er Oct 2 2 182 0 At E sseer G bier, Ma or Gilbert
j . . .

in D un dee, to S arah , y o ung es t (1 li ter o f Grierson Maitlan d, o f th e E urop ean in fan t ry o f

th iat a Mr Ben iamin Ki ddell , o f th e C ncery th e Madras estab lish men t , o n ly remai nin son o f
g
on es. Bank o f E nglan d . th e late P elh am M ai tlan d, E sq .

2 8 At Floren ce, in th e h o use o f his E xcell en cy

. No v At C h i na, t h e H o n Val en tin e Gardn er, .

l u ll Burgh ersh , Vis co un t T u llamore, o n ly s on o f cap tai n o f h is Magest y s sh ip D au n tl ess ’

.

fl u E arl of Ch arlevrlle, to M iss Beauj o lis C amp 1 7 At hi s stati o n o n t h e so u th b ank s o f th e .

third daugh ter o f th e late C o lo n el C am b ell
of wdeld, an d n iece to th e D u k e o f Arg l
N erb u dda, in Bengal , Alexan der D ick Lindsa
p
E sq o f th e ci v il serv ice o f th e H o n E ast Indi a
fl
. .

M 4 At th e P alac e o f Cauin o , n ear o me,

. C ompan y, secon d so n of th e H o n Ro b ert Lindsa
y .

residence of L u cien Bonaparte.) T W se,

g
o f Ba lcarres . .

eldest so n o f T Wy se, E sq o f t h e l a Ja n 2 0 1 8 2 1 At D av is s C o v e, Jamaica, Ri

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. . . . . .

S t Joh n , near Waterford , I relan d, to L et itia, chard D ic k so n , E s

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q .

of L ucien Bo napart e, P rin ce o f C anin o Feb 6 At Jam ai ca, James Fraser, so n of Mr . . .

At Gu ernsey , Fitzh ub ert Macqueen , E sq to Fraser, S t James S u are, th e third so n h e h as lost

’
.

I ary Ch ris tiana, relict oi Ca ’

James D alrym in that island sin ce a las t .

an d t hird daugh ter o f ir James N asmyt h , At D emerara, Mr o b ert T h o mson , surgeon ,

‘

of New P osso second so n o f Mr T h o mas T h o mson , late to wn

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2 9. At S tock to n u pon T ees, G ilb ert Mun ro,

- - clerk , Musselb urgh .

b q. o f Brigh ton , Island o f S t Vin cen t , an d o f Ai 7 At u ebec, Mrs Ker, wife o f James Kerr, .

l- larle S treet, L o ndon , to Rach el So h is , daugh E sq udge o f th e C o u rt o f King s Bench , Vice Ad

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d th e lat e Jonathan An derso n L u o rd, M D mi r ty, & c & c pro v in ce o f L o wer C anada
. . . .

“ Warwick , & c Islan d o f Jamai ca

.

. 2 4 At M ad eira, T h om as L it t , E sq o f G lasgow
. . . .

At Ab erdeen , Mr William L o we, merch an t, Mar 2 On his passa h ome, James C arn egy,
ge
. .

fl Annald la, oun est daugh ter of th e lat e C ap E sq la te m erchan t in alacca , an d third son of
L
.

fi n Jo hn t of arrack , Ab erdeensh ire th e late P atrick Carn egy , E sq o f L o wer

. . .

Ap ril 5 At C iren cester, th e E arl o f Dartm ou th ,

. 3 At Madeira, C ap ta i n Joh n Murray, R. N . .

h l a dy Franees Ch arlot te C h et wy n d T alb ot . eld seco nd son of th e late William Murra , E s

y q of .

daugh t er o f h is E xcell ency E arl T albo t, Lo rd P olmaise

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t of Ireland . 1 0 At O rleans, C ap tain Co ll M ‘ D o ugall , late of .

At L ock h o use, his E xcellen cy C olo nel th e 4 2 d men t.

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n General an d Go vern or o f 1 7 At a logue sur Mer, D un can Monro, E s

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ph er s, & c & c to Miss of C ulcairn

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on ly daugh ter o f Lieutenan t C olo nel 1 8 At ueb ec, Ben j amin J

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h Fro bish er,
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of Gram Croft . E sq P ro vin cial L ieu ten an t C o lo n e an d Aide-de .

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0. At D ub lin, Ca tain Francis S t upart, o f th e C amp to his E xcellen cy th e E arl of D alh o usie,

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D rago o ns (S co ts G rey s, ) to Go v ern o r Gen eral of t he C anadas -
.

ol Jo h n Jameson , E 1 9 At T angwick , in S h etland , James Gh ey n

H
Alloa . .

William Mackenzie, Writer E e aged 84

W g;
.

b N h at, to Alice, adest daug h ter 0 An drew ‘ At Ro me, after a lingering ill ness, Mr Joh n
w -l chop e, E sq o f Niddrie Mariachall Keats, th e oet , s ied 2 5
a
. . .

At Al loa. Mr Geor e Y o ung, merchan t , 2 4 At n l oo d

, n ear B risto l , in th e 2 o
. th
t o Cat herine, seco n daugh ter o f Arch ibald y ear o f h is age, William H eav en E o n ly so n o f
m m an na, Es q o f Baleleisk
. .t h e late Ro b ert H eav en , E sq o f Bu wan , in Ben .

14. At S t George’s C h urch , Hano v er S q uare, th e 83 h

M W
illiam P egus, to the C oun tess o f L in d At C airni e, Fifesh ire, Mrs D al yell of L lngo .

s wklow of th e late, an d mo th er o f th e p resen t 2 5 At P aisle th e Rev D r Jo h n Fi n dlay , of . .

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i t he H i gh C h urc P aisley , in t h e 4 1st year o f h is
i s. At Edin rgb , Adam Ferguso n , E sq late m in is try D uring th e co urse of a lo
. an ac ti v e, .

“th regimen t of foot , to Mrs Mar et an d an u seful life, he was emin en tly tinguished
M t. daugh ter o f th e late Joh n S tewart, s b y h is rso n al religi o n—b y emin en t natu ral ta
l M al i, and widow o f Geo rge L yo n , E sq f l en ts , w ch were well cul ti v ated an d impro ved g
“
.

L o d an d b y th e conscien tio us fideli t y , and

a , n on .

31. Maxwell Gordon , Est to Jan e, y ou eat exactn es s , with which h e discharged all o fi eial
i5 zfi
T ier of D avi l S t euart, o f S teu arth an d relati v e du t ies . .

At Kirkald , M
r James
x
ait, po stmaster o f 2 6 At C rofthall, n ear G lasgow, Miss Helen
w
.

to tian , secon d daugh ter o f Mr P as ley , cd 2 2 , daugh t er o f th e lat e Joh n P asley,

' Illh n H eldrnm, head inn th ere E sq o f
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. n b u rg h . .

q S u dden l y, at Ran b y H all , near Retfo rd, Go

t o L ady Au ta neral C rawfo rd , b y wh o se dea th th e D o wager
th e arl o f Warwie
T
Graville, sister D u c h ess o f N e w ca s
t le b ecomes again a wido w .

At Cs m James Mon tei t h , E sq to Mar A t Mersth am h ouse, S u rre , t h e Righ t H o

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eldu t h ter o f Rob ert T h o mso n , E sq n o u rab l e L ad Ann S i m so n , reh ct o f John S imps
y p
.

d Can h lll so n , E sq o f l ran d] all, D u rh am

i
fl
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8 . St s ch urch , E v erton , L iv erpo o l, 2 7 At S h ack lewe l, o f a decli n e, in th e 2 6t h .

h Rev Joseph v ans Beau mo nt , o f Haddmgt on , y ear o f h er age, M i ss Jane Menzi es, o nl y daugh ter
.

in M m h , secon d daugh ter o f Jo h n Mo rto n , o f t h e late Mr Arch i bald Men zies . of Edin b urgh .

h . d Li v er p oo su rg eo n , lat e o f t h e R o y a l A r A t E di n b u r g h , a g e d 2 5 , M r W illia m M a ss on ,

an d sister t o Mrs D r Mo rriso n of C an t o n .

At Pitfo ur, James Hay , E sq of S egg i ed en , . At h is h o use, i n Frederick S treet, Lieu te

h “ Christian C raig ie S tewart , da ugh ter o fth e n an t-C o lo nel T h o mas Inglis
“
.

or ! James S tewart , E o f Urrard At Woo lwich , D av ido na Fran ces S tuart,

.

r At t he Manse o f D u m lan e, th e Rev T h o d h f M J h S t h l d S i

y o u n t u te o j o r o n u er an n
f
g es a r . a
l minister of the parish of Queensfer clair, R o y al rtillery .

g I h u ra G rie rs o n . 8 1 A t E di n b u r g h , M r s J oa n na P rgin. l e, re ll ct
l
At l ilin Mr Joh n L esslie Mac intosh , of Alexander H ay , E late of Mo rmngt on .

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ha t ofMr illiam D ry i W
M
i S u d d e n l y , in S tra t f or d P la c e, L o n d c n , rs
2 46 Reg is ter .
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D eatbs .

Ellist on , wi fe of Mr mm
of Drury L a ne At Charleton. al ter s n'‘ eri illness, which
Th eatre S he ret ired to rest , at her usual h o ur,
.

in b et ter apparen t h ealth than sh e had enjo y ed for

she b ore with t he utmost fb ti , Mrs S usan g
S co tt, relict of th e late Geo Carnegie, Esq
some time psst
.

S he had no t b een in b ed leng ,

. of P itarro w, in t h e 7 8t h ear her age l n an .

wh en sh e was attacked b y an h ysteric afiectio n , to

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n o un ci th e death
lady , we an nou nce th e of a
which , d uring th e last t wo y ears, sh e h ad b een su b death o one wh o will be lo n and most j u stly re
j ect, and in t en min u tes sh e expired .
memb ered in Mon t rose an d is n b o u rh ood.
A 1 At Edin burgh , G race E u h emia, T o befrien d th e wido w an d th e
p z
g
. u ng erless, to feed
h t er o f th e lat e Mr Joh n raser, ! i v es,
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a t the h un gr , an d to clo the t he nak ed t o assi st th e

S u th er dsh ire .

At B h to n , S ir Charles Edmons to ne o f
x
h on est an th e in d ustrio us in ti me o fneed , an d to
shield, the ut most exte n t of her in fluence, t he
by
.

D untreath , M P for t h e coun ty of S tir weak a[ un ot ected, ev er yi el ded h er th e high

g
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L ittle, merchan t , L awn mark et

Mr Joh n .
l At H awick , Mrs Bro wn , of the T ower In n
hamsh i re, 9 2 . Mrs
,
3 A t Carlton , N o tti
. th ere .

Mary N eedh am, relict 0 Mr Robert eedham, o f 1 7 At Sloane S t reet , L on do n , L ieu t enan t C olonel
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that p lace Geo rge Smith , of th e H on E as t India C o m an ’s

p y
.

At D rimnin H o use, Argyllshire, Jo hn Mac

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serv ice, ed 83
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lean , E sq , of Bo rers 1 9 At din b u rgh , S tuart , in fan t son of Mr Ro

y
.

At L on don , C mrlo tt e, secon d daugh ter o f b ert Watso n , I 4 , P itt S treet .

t he Righ t H o n S ir James Mansfield, Kn t
. .
2 1 At G eorge's S q uare, aged 96, Mrs Violet
.

m
At Gi lm ou r P lace, C h rist ian Fo rdy ce, eld es t P ring le, daugh ter o f t h e late L o rd Hain ing , an d
o f L ieu ten an t D avid Rob ert son , Ro yal sist er o f th e late L ord M emo re, both Senato rs o f

of J N Mac leod of Mac leod , E sq

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At No 8, ueen S treet , T orq uil, second son
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eldest son of
o f Jnatice
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in his 12 th year, John , th e
M Call, E sq of Maiden Hill,
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4 At S trat yrum, Fifeshire, Mr Jo h n Falcon er,

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C umberland

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a corr spon dmg memb er o f th e Caled o nh n Hort i 2 2 At Geo s So uare, E din bu r h , M

cal t u' l soci i , and nex t u pon th e li st of th at in
.

Julia, youn g
daugh ter o f Joh n 8
g ret
m
m
.

m
tutio n for o ica l ft r long service,
g ving been en er to ag
presen p roprlunr for z writer to th e sign et
2 3. At P reston ans, Francis Rad ian S ydsa 'f.
.

88 years. T . t he firs t death t hs t has hap pen

m in the cou rse of nearly thirty nine
E sq. collect or of t e c ustoms g
ed at Stra At Kilgrasto n Ho use, the Hon . Mrs Grant ot
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ears, th e mily consisting of ten b esides n

v e servan ts, in th e farm and with their 2 4 At Edin
. h , in his 13th R ob ert, el
families, in whieh th ere h av e been fifteen children , x
i f f
smm git?
o "
th irt een of wh om hav e arri v ed at the sge of msa o I! t ne
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2 At Raeb urn Place, Edinburgh , George, third
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in ea at as Col onel L e in
ww -o n &
mt
son of e and wss t h e opp on u i t of
polifl ca]
m
.

“ celeb rated Mr Wilk es , in th e memorable contrat

AE
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J , surgeon e on maps . a fo r the coun o f Middlesex, when t h e latt er was
n s servic e, son of th e late P at rl ck Macdougall, expelled th e o use of C ommons b y a vo t e of the
o f Gallan ach ho use H e was b ro th er t o the b u ufifu] Miss L ut
3
5 .

At Mo unt St uart, th e Most Noble Rob ert

.

trell, th e lat e Du chess of C umb erlsnd His L ord

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Marquis of Loudonder’ry ; an d on th e 9ih , in o be

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s hip succeed ed to h is t itles on the death of his h

dience to his L ordship s o wn ress desire, his re
th e h mil y vault
th er, in 1 7 87 H e h as left no issue, sad is
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maina were in terred, private]
at Newto nards H is L ordsh i wss t wice married
.
x fore succeed ed
co lon el of t h e
his b ro th er T h e lat e E arl w.
dragoon guards He stood tlfird
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.

fi rst to L ady S arah Frs nces, sist er to t h e Mar

m
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o n th e list of Gen erals th ose edlng u m
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&
ui s o f Hertford , b y wh om h e h ad issue, Viscoun t th e Marquis of Drogheda and l Harcourt gs
u th resgh , (wh o mc ceeds t o the marq uh t e. “
.

2 6 At Ambleside, Westmmelsndmn hh way to

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an d, seeondl t o L ady Frances, sister to th e Mar Matlock fo r th e rew very of his health . David
uis o f Cam , b y wh o m h e had issug L ord E rskin e D ewar, & q of Gilston Hom e, in the
g tewart , (the p resen t British amb assador to th e coi mt y of Fif e, eldest son of the lat a
.

w
C ou rt of Vien n a, ) an d other children
— ral D ewar of t hat place
.
.

At D alkeith , Mr Joh n D alaiel, son of the 2 8 At Edinb urgh , l l rs Euph emia Ch rk , sp ouse
.

lat e Alexander D alsiel, o f S kedb ush .

oe Bru n ner, solicitor of stam
At Coats C resceu
Co lonel Robert S win to n
burgh , Lieutenant L ately , at Bu enos A ur & m
.
sged 2 8 3 snd on th e 1 J la t , “ Hm
7 At Edinburgh . Miss Barbara Bradfute, aged
.
, S t Domingo , George, 2 4 i aa d at fi n e
73 o n th e 2 8tli a u' seas
A t A legirth , S ir Alexan der Jardine, Bart of th e late Mr Allan Fo wlis od mc eh am. Oh T
o
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1 1 At l th , Mr Joh n P almer, sh ipmaxer

go w
. .

At Edin bu r h , Mrs Ann Falconer, daugh ter

.

At C olinto n Main s, Elisab et h eld“ h

of th e late John uth erland of Wester .
of the lat e Rev D avid P ypar, “ .

12 At Bath , Alexander Oswald , E sq

mF m
. .

At E as ter Road , near L eith , Mrs Mo llison

Mai tland , wife of Mr Jonathan Wilson, gardener .
L a te! J
rie mo f
h Austin ,
g
e Ch ester M
u n ,
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1 4 A t E di n b u rgh , Jo h n, a ed 1 8 mon th s, so n c an d the last remain in g ast er
.
g h
o t Mr Alexander Go o dsir, Bri tish L inen Compa
.

"
n y s Ban k
Ch urch ill s Rosciad
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.

At H v er, A Hersch ell, h q fl l known h

At Edin burgh , Mr William T h omson, iron
R
. .

t h e mu woi ld as a aun d sn d eh p n t
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founder d bro th er t o it W H erschel],

g
.

At Warrist on Cresc en t, William, yo ungest

.

a rono mer
son of And rew d ens, so licito r .

At S o uth C harlo t te S treet , Ed in bu rgh , Miss

Marion H unter of H un terston .

P rinted b y Ja mes M anl y m an d ( o.

 BL A C KWO OD S
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E D I NBU RG H M AG AZ I NE .

No L I. . JU NE , 1 82 1 . VOL I X . .

m ms n No I
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s ri s n s a s B UD G E T . . .

T o C n a rsr o ru n a N o a m , E sa

M o sr Sm,
y
a s s rs c rs n
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Y ou are well acquain ted alread wi th the purport ofth e subj oin ed and forth
coming epistles, as well as wi th t h e hum le in dividual th at aforetime has had b
the hon our of writing u n to you Bu t th e worl d is a sh arp critic,
f‘
ravis cen
g
y
.

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sor, as th e old poet h ath it an d I am th eref ore called upon to sat isf th e
y
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scruples which it may feel on perusing th em An d assuredl the un advised .

disclosure of private letters, an d private con cern s, is wh at few can j ustify,

much less I, th at am a min ister of th e church , an d a staunch uph older of the
decencies of life T herefore, I think I can n ot sh ew such my disposition bet
by y y b
.

ter, th an l i l d t l d l i th m i whi h I m o s
p
y by
p a n an ru ec a r n g e an n er n c eca e

n ased of th ese curious docu men t s, an d t he au th orit which I n ow take

b
upon me t o pu lish th em Y et, I kn ow th ere are some acute persons th at will
y y
.

impugn my veraci t , b e it ever so v eraciousl asserted ; b u t, t o th em, and

par ticula rl t o t hya t h alf p y p
a ca ta in , w h o, i
-
n his P re face t o a Po p ish W o rk ,

I conj ect ure, called th e M on astery , is said t o ridicule th e idea of documen ts

being found in th e way th ese were actuall equeath ed u to m — to them Iyb
b y
n e, ‘

repl y, that th e su j oin ed facts are tru e, for an t hi th k w t t h

y
ng e n o o e con
y
trary ; an d y ou h ave full power from me t o certif t h em thereof If, n ever .

theless, they loo k for proof more posit iv e, or, t o use a favourite expression of

F Py
m
’
oe s great oppon en t in h is el egan t work D e Bell Gall lib t er p 2 7 5
, . . . . . .

E dit D elph 8v o 1 7 9 4 I mp rim L ugdun

. . . certior factus
. then , in such . .

case, I hid th em in quire for me, th e Reveren d Owen Owen Balderdash,

Mast er of Arts, an d Vicar of Caen gyll iwzlligul, in N o rth Wal es where
y
,

I will readil sh ew ma nuscrip ts, an d moreov er, welcome

th em t h e orig inal
them to a slice of excellen t mu tt on , an d ma e t o a stou t wh olesome glass of yb
b
Mrs Balderdash s est pun ch, or teddy, as I th in k you call it , provided I per
’

y
ceive that th e come for th e cl earin
g of th e said con sc ien tious dou ts, an d not b
of my mut ton , an d M rs Bal derdash s un ch , or tedd
’

p y
y
.

And n ow, Sir, I assever, u pon th e credit of my clo th , as vicar dul inducted
t o the living of Caeng l liwzlli u l, an d b th e h on oura le word of th e Balder
y g y b
dashes, that I was retu rn ing, on t h e 2 9th day of Jun e, ann o domini 1 82 0,
from my said church of Caen gylliwzlligul, a ou t fiv e o clock p m , where I b ’

y
. .

had been pa ing, v irtutc ofi cii, the last sad rites t o a respected old friend and
servant , Mr Job T urn sh ovel, th at had b sex ton of th e sai d church of
y y
een

Caengylliwzlligul sixt t wo ears an d a good deal more, an d was a man of

b y b
-

l ittlp leo hon est ha its, an d sorel lamen ted all th rou h out th e n eigh ourh ood
g .

Well, Sir, I though t , upon so dolorous an occasion, I should pay but a due
tribute to so worth a character, if I caused some little monumen t to be erect
y
Vo a. IX . 9 H
 The Fi sherm m
’
2 50 n s B udg et . No I EJ e

y b
. .
,

ed t o his memor seein g h e h ad een sexton of t he said church such an un

common p eriod
,

an d I was to y
m self, wh et h er I shoul d in dit e the
ruminatin g

same in prose or h examet er verse, or someth in g o f th at kin d, that wo uld read

h armon iou sly, wh en Mr Simon Simpert ree, wh o is a worth y draper, an d on e of

t h e church warden s o f t he said ch urch of Caengylliwzlligul, came ou t of his
y y
-

door, an d ver cou rt eou sl in sist ed u pon m y t akin g a di sh of t ea with him

and Mrs Simpertree, an d th e t wo M iss Simpert rees, wh o, h e said, h ad j ust

co me h ome from th e oardin g sch ool b So I all owed m yself t o b e persuaded ;

y
.

for in tru th I was n ot in over con ceit with m self or th e world, aft er parting
with old M r Job T urn sh ovel, who was a marvell ou s shrewd man T h e t ea
y
.

was ver pleasan t, al th ough I was grieved t o see h ow t h e Miss Simpertrees

were ch an ged by
th eir gen t eel schoolin g, for th e tossed th eir heads, an d con y
t radict ed t h eir fath er, an d wore t h eir frocks too low down on th eir sh oulders,
an d frequ en tl said, y ”
G ood L ord, pa, an d Good L ord, ma, till I felt my
self quit e an gry, an d so did M r Simpertree, I th ink, for h e is a staid, pious

kin d of man, an d looked at his dau gh ters with a stern eye Bu t, h owever,
y by
.

the seemed to b e ch ecked to wards th e last, my seriou s looks, an d the even

i gp sed off y y
ver pleasan tl upon t h e wh ole an d wh en I came awa , I h int y
y
n as

ed t o Mr Simpertree, th e n ecessit of ch eckin g su ch profan e expressions in

su ch young creatu res, an d b e th an ked me for t h e h in t, an d likewise egged I b
w ould ex cu se t he li ert b yh e was t akin g, in requ esting me to give th em a dis
bb
course th e next Sa ath, upon the death of th e lamen ted M r Job T urn shovel,
y
which I readil promised t o do N ow, as there was n t mu ch time for pu tting
’
,

b y
.

t oget her a discourse et ween th en an d th e n ex t Su n da , I th ough t I migh t as

b
well decide my though ts t o t he su j ect durin g th e remain der of my walk,
which was u pwards of three mil es ; th e Vicarage h ouse of Caen gylliwzll igul
b ein g a wearisome distan ce from t he ch urch of th at n ame So I e en deter
’

by b by
.

min ed to return home th e each, which I knew I should avoid t e ina

t h
by
t erruptions of th e o s taking off th eir h ats, an d th e girls curtse ing an d tell y
y y
.

in g me h ow much t h e h ad learn t of t h eir catechism ; an d parti cu larl old

b y
T homas Tum ler, th at wil l al wa s make me come in an d look at his pigeons,
which he takes a great pride an d delig h t in, an d wh ich I also like to do, be
y
cause h e alwa s sen ds M rs Balderdash t wo couple of fine on es, for a p ie on

E aster Sun da y
b
.

P erh aps, Mr North, you were never in t he n eigh ourhood of Gen gylli
y
wzlligul , which is a great pit , particul arl if you wished to writ e sermons, y
or epitaphs, or poet r y b y
for th e eau t of the coun tr , manifoldl in creased y y
y
b y its appropin qui t to th e I rish Chann el, doth so cau se th e moral ideas to
expan d, th at prose itself assumeth th e v er g ar o f p o etr A n d ,y bin d ee d, y .

M r North, often times wh en I have sauntered in an evening, along th e h uge

rocks, th at b
in d this part of t he coas t, an d wat ched the lue waves rolling, b
an d t ossin g, an d foamin g, as far as th e eye can reach , an d th e red sun j ust

b
dippin g his golden ase in th e waters th ereof, an d the distan t moun tain s of
b
E rin throwing a lacker an d larger sh ade across th e horiz on , as day ligh t -

wan ed in our h emisphere,— I say, Mr N orth , I have fel t th e t ears come in t o my

y
e es, an d my b
reas t t o h eave with un won t ed emot io n , an d m li h i
y y p s a v e n

v ol un taril mu rrnured my admiration of t h e Great Bein g th at h at h created

su ch a magn ifi cen t dwellin l f h w k d u h fi it t
g p ace or su c ea an s c n e c re a u res
-
.

An d I do n o t kn ow h ow it is, t h ough perh aps a person so gifted as yo u are

may esteem the idea t riflin g, b u t I n ever walk amon gst these ro cks, an d loolc
b
.

upon t hat prospect, an d feel t h ose sensation s of almost u n u t tera le rat itu de,

b
b u t my h eart feels h appier an d et ter, an d my min d ligh ter ; an d M r Simperg
g

y
-

tree says my language is more loft and scriptural, wh ich is the reason I film !
y
 L etter to Christop her North, E sq 2 51

y
.

wall: that way t o church, on a Sun da mornin g, t o prepare and regul ate my
feelings, an d al so th e reason wh y I say it is a pit th at you, who have, I sup y
y
ose, oft en t o write poetr , do n o t p ossess su ch a clarifier for the g ross an d
p
ear y
thl ideas wh ich must b e suggested 1 11 such a huge ci t as E din urgh But y b
y b
.

this prospec t h as led me awa from th e lett ers, an d I must tell how I ecame

p o m essed of th em I h ad th e t hough ts o f old J eb T urn sho v el sorel

. o n m
y y
mind ; an d I fan cied I saw him j ust dropping t he han dfu l of earth upon the
cofi n , as he did on th e v ery las t corpse t hat was laid t here efore himsel f I b .

am not used t o b e so despon din g n or weak min ded, M r N ort h ; b u t I con f

b y
-
ess

I felt rath er un comforta le, for the n ight was rapidl closin g in , an d th e win d
y
h owled rath er mourn full among th e ro cks, an d the thick lack clouds looked b
wilder and rougher than us ual ; an d ever n ow an d th en a l ou d scream issu ed y
b
fi om th e uildin g places of th e sea fowl t h at sh elter therea ou ts, and th e b
y
'
- -

waves reared deep er, an d ca me fu riousl lashin g against th e rocks, an d th en a

large dash of spray woul d catch me plump 1n th e face ; an d I egan to b e very b
y
chil l , an d I b
u tton ed m y top coat cl ose in to m n eck, an d I pu lled m wig
y
yb y
y
-

ove r my ears, an d I wh ist led, an d walked v er riskl , for I feared I sho uld

not reach the fish erman s hu t

’
ef b
ore it was qu ite dark N et that I dreaded
bb
.

ro ers, or evil sp irits, for I h ad n o mon ey t o t emp t t he one, an d I had th e

Christian armour of a good con scien ce t o frigh t away t h e oth er b ut th e road

amongs t t he rocks was narrow an d dan gerou s, an d I h ad h eard, moreover, th at

b
the smugglers a ou t th ese p arts were grown v er desperat e sin ce t he excise y
men came t o look after them an d th ey would feel n o scru ple at poppin g me
over h ead in the sal t water, if t h e fan cied I was a spy upon them
-
y H ow .

ever, I get safe an d so und to An drew Sal tfin s, th e fish erman , an d as I saw
’
.

h i t a t i n ligh t in th e place, I did not go righ t in, as was my custom, b ut

g m ht t ap at t h e doo r ; for I thou h t , ma h h d t w it hybth
y
av e a a r g e , e a o go e

W ing s tide, and was alread i n b ed So, as I said, I kn ocked at the deer,
'

b
.

and, in a momen t, it flew open , an d efore I could speak a word, Andrew 8

’

wife got her arms roun d my n eck, an d cried, an d laugh ed, an d h ugged me, till
I w il ton ied N v erth eless, I h ad li t tl e occasion to disen age h er

y b
r
as ve r y as e .
g
arms, for sh e imm edia tel perceived h er mist ake, and fell ack in t o t h e arm

chair in which An drew Sal tfin u suall y sat, an d covered her face wit h her
b
han ds, an d urst in to such a passion of grief, that ev en made me cry t o look
upon an d t wo li t tle lad s, th e eldest n ot ab o v e th ree ears of age, were in the y
b
cab in, an d one came an d stood efo re its m o th er, an d l ooked pi t eousl in h er y
b
h oe, as if t o in quire th e cau se of h er t rou le, an d th e oth er th at was un dress
ed an d upon t he bed, seemed t o wish to direct m y at t en tion t o its paren t s
’

y ief, by
re p e a t edl y po in t in
g w i th i t s fi n ger, an d cry gin ou t ma mm
”
I y .

took th e t wo ch ildren on my kn ee, an d after mu ch p ersuasion an d en deavours

to pacify th e poor creature, I foun d that h er h u s an d h ad een a sen t t wo b b b
days , and sh e made certain h e h ad perished in th e preceding n igh t s storm
for, said sh e, th ere s th e sure t idin gs o f some on e s wreck 111 t h at un dle
’ ’
b
y
which my lit tle T omm fou n d on th e each th is m orn ing T h e eldest ch ild, b ”

b
.

on hearing t his all usio n to th e u n dle, sl ipped from my kn ee, an d fet ched from
b
th e Opposit e side ofth e ca in a parcel, which was much wet an d torn , an d a ou t b
And, by the b ye, I wish to ask you , whil st sp eaking of t he smuggl ers, wh ether
i
St k p
- el “ did n o t all u d e t o th e ar t icl es w hich t h e
y f u rn is h , w h en h e m ad e O w en

Glon do wer (that wild ch ieftain whose castle l ay upon t his coast, and of whom, more
m , I m s de sc e n d an t ) ass er t t h a t h e co u l d call s
p i r i t s fr o m t h e vast deep A t all .

j u n ta . I ha ve n o t se e n t ha t i
s gn ifi c a ti o n p u t u
pon it b y an y o f t h e ill u strato rs of his

M u sh .
m m M ei man s Budg et
-
’
No r D une ;
b
. . .

which were some remn an ts of rown paper an d cord, al though the wh ole was
y by
completel soaked t he sal t water Several papers th at h ad dropped from it
y b b y
.

were l ing a out th e ca in , an d I ascertain ed in deed th e melan ch ol tru th ,

y
that th e were th e con ten ts of some mail packet, th at h ad mos t likel een -
yb
lost in th e fatal storm I was in th e act of examinin g th ese, and en deavour
. .

ing to comfort th e afflict ed moth er, when th e door was open ed, an d may I n ever
b
be elieved again , if it was n ot th e h appiest momen t th at I h ad ev er experien
ced, wh en I saw th e hon est Andrew clasped in th e arms of h is faithful and
'
afiection ate wife .

t o deta in you , Mr N orth , upon th e fi sh erman s case, I sh all n ext pre

’
N ot
b b
mise, th at his oat h ad een driven , spite ofall his exertion s, in t o a creek many
miles down th e coast where h e was compelled t o
th e n igh t ; an d, sure
b p
b
, ass

enough , b e confirmed my fore odin gs con cern in g th e packet et ween M an and

W hitehaven, for h e saw it wrecked with his own e es on th e Great H ead An y

y
.

drew Sal tfin would gladl h av e seen me safe t o th e Vicarage, bu t I th ough t it

'

was n ot ov er righ t t o take h im from h is dear lit tle home as soon as h e h ad set
soun d foot in it again , so I b
orrowed h is great coat an d a good l an t ern , and -

bun dling up the parcel oflet ters, I hid th e than kful couple good nigh t, an d was -

soon saf e in my own corn er, (where I h ave j u st fin ish ed smokin g m y pipe, ) t o

the no small j oy of th e timorou s Mrs Balderdash, my faithfu l an d most wor

Well Mr North I d t k w w h th M B l d d h I w m ost

b
, , o n o n o e er rs a er as or as

curiou s to examin e th e con t en t s of th e un dl e ; al th ough I may say th at sh e

was, if I may j udge by

h er earn est en treaties t o read me a lit tle of th e per

ticulers, whilst I was eatin g a rasher of h am t o my supper But Mrs Bel .

dardash is not ov er gift ed in deciph erin g, an d I assure you, it requ ired an

b
-

my sch olarship t o make either head or tail of the writin g, it had ecome so
b by
illegi le reason of th e sal t water an d in g again st th e sh ore bb
An d, ina
y
-
ru .

deed, you may b e sure I sh ould h ave in stan tl dispa t ch ed them t o Mrs H igh
flyer, that h as the care of th e pest efi ce of C aen gyll iwzll igul , t o be forwarded
y
-

b y h er t o th e unh app relatives, if so be th at an y th in g like a direction could

b e traced th ereon H owever, there was on e packet th at was so sealed, an d so
yb
.

covered with wrappers of thick paper, th at I veril eliev e th e documen t in cl o

sed migh t b e said t o b e fire as well as wat er proof an d well an d fortu n at e was

b y
-

it t hat such care h ad een taken ; for marv ell ousl did I ej aculate, an d wide
did Mrs Bal derdash open h er mou th th ereu pon , it ein g nothin g less t h an a b
b
last will an d t estamen t, dated Octo er th e 1 7 th An n D om 1 802 , an d convey
yb y
. . .

ing t o th e h eirs male, legall egot ten , th e sum of th irt th ou san d poun ds, of
y
-

b u t I am forget tin g m self I h ave n o righ t to t ell ot her peeple s se

’

y b y
.

cret s, an d th e will b e a un dan tl exposed in th e fort h comin g l etters H avin g

y
.

con sul ted with Mrs Bal derdash , wh o, hatin g h er prej u dices, is a worldl wise
woman , al th ough fon d ofthe clish ma clav er, as y ou call it, ofmu ch speaking ;
b
- -

well , I say, after such con sultation , it was j udged advisa le t o dispat ch a mes
senger th e n ex t morn in g, with a let ter t o th e n earest town t o Caen gylliwzlligul,

y
wh ere a weekl n ews is prin ted, givin g notice ofsu ch will an d test amen t ein g b
in possession of th e Rev Owen Owen Balderdash , Vicar of Caen gylliwzll igul,
y
.

in North Wal es Nearl a fortn igh t p assed over, h owever, an d n o application

b
.

was made for it ; so that I egan t o fear I sh oul d retain that in my h oldin g, the
y
wan t of which would cause miser an d sorrow t o some expect ing relatives
y y
.

Mrs Balderdash an d I regularl perused th e said t estamen t ever nigh t after

supper, for I was in hepes I sh oul d recoll ect some individual of t he name of

b
the t estator or legatee ; ecau se, al th ough I have n ot seen much of the wa ll!
since I took upon me the ministerial duties ofth e Vicars of Osmgylliwslli
m aj North, E sq
L etter to W .

g al, yet I knew a h os t of p p

eo le, wh en priv ate t utor to my L ord
mm on a foreign mission for the govern men t
b
.

I t was on th e thirteen th nigh t aft er the pu lication ofthe said documen t, that
Mrs Balderdash an d I werej ust in th e middle ofthe first codicil, which equeath b
ed th e clear an n ual ren tal of£ 5 00 to th e aforesaid E dward Bu t here I am
t ellin g secret s again Well, sir, Mrs Bal derdash was j u st wishing our in come was
b
.

half that sum, that sh e migh t lay ou t a part in a n ew sarsn et pelisse and on n et ,
w h n M y
oll , th at h as b
n in th e Vicarage 65 y
rs, whi ch in cludes some part

y b
e e e ea

o f t he min istr of th e late reveren d Vicar th at was Vicar efore me well, sir,
who should sh e usher in bu t a man in a riding coat, splash ed up to the sh oul ders,
y b
-

m d marvell ousl di scomposed in his dress, with lack hair and a pal e face, an d
h a v in g a l to g th t h m t u it i ti h i y
m t h t y w t m d
y
e e r e os n
p pr n gp s o g n o
o a a e v e r as s a p e

upon the human coun tenan ce N evertheless, h e was un comm onl civil an d
y
.

ca nplaisant ; an d, after apologizin g for his appearance at su ch an un timel

ha i r, was proceeding, I suppose, to advert t o th e will, wh en seein g it lie u pon

the table, h e t ook it up, an d, as I am a living man , with the greatest compo
sure stuf fed it in t o his pocket Such a piece of con summate assu ran ce com
y
.

p l t l t i h d m d w h il t I t d w i t h m t i m m th
b
e e y as o n s n oo s a r n
e e ; a s s
y e e s g , y ou

w e n , an d m y h a n d e x te n d e d t ow ar d s h im , a n d as y et u n a l e to e x p r e ss m y
fi t in words, he drew a small case from his pocket, somethin g like my leath er
tobacco pou ch, an d t ook a ten poun d n ote from it, wh ich h e placed in my
b
- -

hand M on ey hath ev er een a tou ch stone, an d the sigh t of it recall ed my

y
-
.

m en , which sh arpl reproach ed me for all owin g th e fellow to presume so far

n my corrupti ili ty b b
so I forced th e note ack u pon him, an d insisted u on a

c u plete exposit ion of his claims to that documen t efore h e left th e Vicarag e b p
.

H e se em e d , h o w e ve r, t o p y
a n o a t te n ti o n t o t hi s d em a n d , b u t t o b e ra t h er p re .

i f m i h m m h ld f l
’

p n g d l t h I t i t t t I
b
or o v n g ; a n a ou g s o e n g o o o o r a u ss e, y e

though t in a good cause I coul d stan d a ru sh , so I e en collared th e scoun drel,

’

and M rs Balderdash foreseeing th e issue, secon ded my ef forts, and after some
seam b
ing, fou n d her way to t he ot tom of th e pocket in wh ich he h ad deposited
the testamen t H ereupon th e fellow, findin g rough mean s would n ot answer,
y b
.

sudden l l owered h is key from ullyin g to crin gin g, an d proceeded, in su ch a

p l u ib l d t i h t f w b
rd man n er t o esta lish his claim, at tri u ting his b
yb b
a s e a n s r a g or a
-

un mann erl ehaviour t o h is earn est desire of o tainin g a documen t u pon

y
which the fortun es of his famil rested, an d th en t o apologize so largely for his
ruden ess to us, th at I reall yb
elieve h e w oul d h a v e o t ai n e d i t bi n t h e en d — n et

withstan ding Mrs Balderdas h an swered his n umerou s appeals to h er decision

and h er j us tice, b y an in credul ous, y e s, t o be su re ,
”
a n d su c h li k e — if, at
th e momen t, a carriage had n ot drov e up t o th e gat e, an d M rs Bal derdash pre
t mdin g t o in quire wh at it was (Oh ! I ve th ough t h er a foreknowing creat ure
’

I lnce th en , ) left t h e room an d sure en ough sh e t urn ed t h e lock upon th e door

and fasten ed us in y
Strangel did th e fellew s face v ary from its composure
’

b
.

during the few in tervals th at elapsed efore th e door again Open ed bu t wh en

b y
it did, an d two n o le lookin g ou ng men , on e in un iform , an d th e oth er in a
by y
-

n it ofmou rnin g, en tered it, h e darted p ast th em, an d n ot with stan din g th e
were after him like ligh tn ing, h e get t o th e gate, un tied h is h orse, an d was off
in a whifiey I wish I migh t tell you all th e particul ars of t his strange deli
'
.

m oo ; b ut it may n ot b e H owev er, the will get t o the right owner, an d

b
.

M golden guineas were laid upon th e ta le b y th ese gen erous lads, which, n e
y
m th el eu , I would n ot h old t o m self, for it was Andrew Saltfin the fisher
y yb y b
.

m , an d h is fa i t hf u l w if e, t o w h o m t h e r ig h t l e l on g e d , an d t h e h a ve een

1 m en ts for effecting, through the goodness of Providence,

.
 The Fisherman s B udg et No 1
’

2 54 . . .
[ June,

Caengylliwzlligul t ill the en dof my life, which I woul d n ot afl rm will b e the

cas e, n ew I have serv ed th is rich gen tleman ; b ut, h owev er, if I live t o b e Ri

sh op of St Asaph , I sh all n ev er forget th e la ughing an d j oking we h ad ever a

bowl of b y ran d an d water, or t eddy, as I th in k you call it, when readin g the

ep istles my possession an d th e end of it was, that t h e ag reed it

th at were in y
b
would be a good j oke t o pu lish th em, as th e all el on ged t o some of thei r y b
con nexion s, an d t h u s n ot on l p y
reserve a memorial of th e occurren ce, bu t , by
th e remu n eration which would b e given for t hem, a small addition m igh t be
y
made t o t h e fish erman s hon e fall An d he t o whom th e will elonged, and
’
b
b
-
.

th at was dressed in lack, said h e w oul d add t w o or t h ree lett ers t o the list,

b
which had een written and tran smit t ed in E n gland, an d which would b e na
cessary t o give a conn ected character to t h e su j ect, as th e related to th ose that b y
b
were su sequen tl foun d y by
me at the fi sh erman s hu t ; an d I was desired to
’

wri te the in troduction to th em, an d to explain how let ters writt en in E n glan d
sh oul d come t o b e amongst th ose th at were lost in th eir passage fro m t h e I sle

of M an .So, wh en I h ad done t his, and poli shed it up as it is n ow, I sen t the

wh ole series, at t h e recommen dation of M r Simpertree, t o th e E vangelical Mm
g a z in e, f o p b y
r u licat ion , b u t th e woul d h ave n othin g t o do with th e su j ect ; b
an d wh en I told th e Captai n, b e b id m e sen d t hem to you , wi th E n sign O
’

b
D oghert y s complimen ts, who, I elieve, is an old cron o fth e Cap t ain s I am
’
y ’

b
.

t old h e accompan ied y ou on a sh oo ti ng expedition , of wh ich y ou pu lished an

accoun t, u n der th e n ame of T h e T en t , an d that yo u were th e most j ovial not

h e ever met with ou t of his own mess room An d so, new you kn ow a good
b
-
.

deal a ou t th e letters, b u t n ot al l ; and I wish I migh t tell you what I did far
y b
t he oung gen t leman in lack, last Sun da morning, at the Church of Caen y
gy lli w y lli zu l, b u t I m u st n ot at presen t ; and ou ll k n o w all in g oo d tim e y ’
.

An d so I am, dear M r North,

our s at comman d, Y ’

0 BA L n xnn a sfi
. .

From E dward Ashby , E sq ofS t

’
. J ol ms, Ca mb ri dg e,
.

Frederick Ferrimon d, E sq .

an d which t o me would
assistan ce,
b b
M Y D E A R FRI E N D ,
T H E long expected trial is at last h ave een dou ly teful at the pre
t ermin ated, an d your lu ck frien d will y sen t momen t I s all remain , how
.

ev er, with m friends bu t a sh ort t ime

b e first w ran gler Our frien d Jon es y
y
.

is amon gst t h e senior Ops : E lworth t h is ev en ing ; an d, by risin g earl , and

h eads th e at fl ank er T h is ev en ing I. some exertion , I yet hope t o spen d a
din e with Professor Semers, an d he few h ours wi th on at Aldhame The .

h as in vited sev eral of my acqu ain tan ce g o ld m ed al, a n a fir st cla ss deg ,

re e
t o th e feast I am gratetu l for this will, I fear, Fred b u t li ttle adv an ce
—
. .

d m m h th e great an d I have in view ; n or can

’
ki d h l
y i t
g oo an s n n ess e s a os t e
onl one, sav in h m d F d I refer with mu ch satisfaction t o the
b y y
g t ee , y e ar r e .

wh ose frien dsh ip has een firm an d h app b ut inactive da s of my aca

u n deviat in g Y et, I could well have
.

dispen sed with i t s expression at t h is

demic life, sin ce th e h av e een pass
ed, n et in deed in an u n worth
y b y
momen t, sin ce th ere are man circum
sta nces co nn ected with m y resen t u n
y sui t, b u t in th at w hi ch can h ave no
pu r

conn exion with t h e first, th e dearest,

p
dertaking, th at deman d the u n ruflied an d t he most sacred o j ect of m
y fu b
refl ection of a few i h You, my dear friend,
y
q u e t ou rs S in . t ure ex ert ions .

cerel y do I regret t he cau se of our can ap reciate th e fervour of that

b
resen t a sen ce, n ot onl for the trou
y ou p
en th usiasm which is directed t o th e at
—
le in which it has in vo ve d you, but tainmen t ofparen ts and a home y ou
also f or the deprivation of that advice can estims te the solitsry singlsness of
 The Fisherman s Budg et No I
’
1 82 1. . . . 2 55

one that has had father t o foster d d I am as distan t as

al th ough
bb
no pen e ;
his exert ions, no moth er to all eviate ever from th e chief o j ect o f m
hu sorro w
'

that h as passed the green

-
y
an xiet — th e in dividual wh om
y

ness of h is childh ood, an d th e flower th ey are provided Surely t is capri

y y b b
.

of his ou t h , in m steriou s an ish ciou s, t his u n ac coun ta le appro ri

p
me nt from the cheerin g smile of kin at ion , wh ich at on ce pro vides fo r, an d

dredand offi iends an d th at has een , b en dan gers m y respecta ili t , securing b y
b b yy
'

and st ill is, in de ted t o th e oun t of me, indeed, again st the assaul ts of
m e un kno wn in dividual for th e ver wan t, yet perpet uall y in v olving me in
b
means of his su sisten ce N or is th e .

b
h az ardou s sus pici on s, can n ot b e the
information which I have hithert o een p rov ision o f p aren ta l care, n or t h e

able t o gat her at all eq ual t o my ex kin dly o ffering of paren t al fondn ess
tious, b u t in defi n ite an d v ague . y
Alread h ave I experien ced th e mis
fortu n e ef my lot in t h e mortifying
.

at I go in th e secret assuran ce of
success ; promoted, as it will b e, by ren co n t re at n or do I kn ew

every ex ertion th at h eal th, in t eres t, at th is momen t, u pon wh ich I reflect

and af fect ion can stim ulat e w ith th e greatest pai n , t he vivid re
y
N o th in g ver material was elicit ed
.

collec t ion s of th at most lov el y girl , or

on m y in terview with M r H eys, th e th e pet ulan t in temperan ce of h er over
ban ker, of E aglesh elme I fancied that b rot h er b
T e merrow, h ow
y
. earin g .
-

his court es was somewh at more ge ev er, will wit n ess a first en deavo ur t o
nial, wh en I p resen ted th e Professor s n ett ate t h e m ster ; a nd, in deed, I
'
’

y y
let ter I t appears, t hat b ou t fi ft en av e st ron g h opes o f ob tai n in g som e
a a
m
.

ym rs a pers on o f gen eman l y e happ y clue from the old couple th at

deposited six t h o usan d fi ve had th e care of my ch ildhood I h ave .

ed un ds wit h t he fi rm, th e in wri t t en t o ou r good D r Win t on , an d

mest which was t o b e regu larl y requ es ted h is com pan y in my in tended

M y fut ure plan s will

transmit ted to my respec ted ol d sch ool visit to th em

mast er, D r Win ton , at H epeferry, for y

mat erial l depen d on t he opin ion s
.

the main ten an ce an d educa tion of a wh ich h e en tertains M rooms are

m b
.

th t hen a out to b e placed w ith let to a ma n from Win e es t er ; an d

an d t hat, wh en such yo u th was b b .

my ooks an d pa rs lodged in Se
m era s li rary I s all requ est h im to
n ut t o th e Un iversit y, t h e issui ng in
’
.

come was to b e received b y h im The . let you h av e access to th em, wh en eu

invest men t was made in th e name of retu rn h it her n ex t t erm, an d I 8 all

an in d ividu al, with wh om t he an ker b y

b e glad if t he prove of an y service to
declared he had n o t the sligh test ac y on .

in tan ce n or sin ce th at p eriod, had B u t th e repeat ed sal u t es at th e Pro

a a erson ever commu n icated with
p fesser a door warn me t o prepare for
’

the cencern But t h e m ost curious p art my v isit ; an d, w ith an assuran ce of

b y
.

oft h e usin ess is, th at I am u n accou n s eedil h f m m i i

y p earin g ro e ag a n , n
tabl withh eld, on pain of it s dev ol case I am prev en ted visit in g you, b e
ving t o a l ocal ch ari t , from appro y lieve me t o b e,
D ear Fred
p ri t i it h w t t h
y
s n g

m
e r n e o
, e r a a n y o er .

ind, an d to an y p urpose whatsoev er, most sin cerel

rin cipal itsel f an d af fection atel yy
h i i
y h
p T e n
.
qu r as ours,
been so far satis factor , in asmuc as I
E D WA RD As n nr
am assured o f th e per et ui t f h
.

p y o t e
ch I have h it herto de Fred Ferrimen d, E sq
. .

From M rs R ebekah Verble to M rs Fru mbish .

D ug las , Oily Ma n . J une 2 4 1 8 1 9 . .

Mr D u nn M a s FB UMB I S H , p leasanast ait is

s n eith er so safe or so
As I cenj ec terd you wud b e an xus t o t he on e h orse sh andideredan : b ut as -

h ow me an d my usb an d is sin se th ere is n o o th er on th e rode j u st n ou,

we left m e, I take t h is h oport un it y of folks is like to make th e es t o f it t hey
ng
'

ou a few scrau ls con scm in g I ts a fereful h ellimen t ; an d as

b
y can .

the pernklers thereof, th e G et n ose g ren e as your b um b asin e pet t y cot T h e .

when th ey may rach e on I was, you sh ip we were t o rydc in, was called th e
rekollect , v er lo th y
alon
g t o cu m R o er Bru se
.

an d h an ker d at t he
by this here water carriage, msemuch sine ofthe Pere s Head We were tould
bb ’
’

.
 The Fis herman s Budget No L
’
2 56

b
.

y
.

to e ther by hate ;we swall ud our who is a ver civil mon, ond dou
e so ever,

p reckfas t i n a great urra ; an d aft er n ot ware a wep pon , or Wl flkefl ,

mu ch t rubble fou n d ou t th e plase b u t l ike th em in our t own, t oul me h e I n
it was h ard wu rk for em to get m e t o
’

h
call d th e stew h ard
for I saw him marvellus iss p ining
and ritel
’
en uf,
b y
b
t h b t b i g y u t l t h
g o, e o e e n , as o see, e en
y
of our ca b ag e garden fro m t h e rode h un ion s an d po tatas, an d maki ng snpa,
side al t ho t he wat u r was m arvillus an d b ilin s, t he rest 0 th e da .
’

b
10, eing wh at is call d t yed ou t
’
g fi
.
t te l
Oh ! M rs Frumb ish , y ou can n ot form
y

H owsumever th ey fas ten ed a han d t he remmo test h idea of t h e h ell

kerchif over my hiz e ; an d t oe pure ces an d kon vin n in ces of t his sed
fellows, wi th ou t sh u s an d stockin s, T h ere his eds with clen e shi ts and b
whipped me u p in th eir h arms, an d kou n t er pain s an d h ott er m m to do
carrid m e in to t he v eh icle L ord, M rs clin e u . n a nd mihogin y ta l es and b
Frumb ish, h ow my hart wen t b um luking an d chan t icleers, an d the
b um p , as t he salt see wen t splas , Specktatho r h
an d th e H o le D uti of

M an ; an d Pammilhah, an d a store of
s lash , u n dern eth e 0 my fete
’

p
t en t he b eta was as ricket as a cra
An d
y .

y
o t her godli ukes for t h ose h adicted to b
dle furst goin g to on e side an d t hen mediation .

t o th e o t her so th at I v erily t h ou t I After seein g all b ilh ow I wen t upon

sh u d never h eskape with m lif e T he deck an d i t was a mirkle t o see one
.

e l e is as h arden d as Bee z ibub man push su ch a b ig sh ip al on g

’
f
'

p p o r te
wh en I b asked on e o f t hem if th ere easy H e stu d at wh at t h ey ca the .

was water en u f t o drow n ab ody el m (th o i ts n ath in g like tha t in

he
sai d t h ere was 1 2 fete, w h ich m ay hap di ) h h h h i
’

g ar n I w a t c d o w e s te r . s
wud be soughfishen t, if I n el t down ku mpass an d h e kept ln ki ng at sum
t o it . t hin th at h e cali d n ort h I th in k I saw .

But th e most p erill ou s thing of all it onse, like a l arge white du ck in the
was get ti n g ou t of th e b ets on to t h e wh ater b u t I won t b e sh ure .

sh ip wh ich was dub b le t h e h ate o f T h ere was a site offolks on th e top ;

our aystack, an d n ot hin b u t a po tt erin an d wen I was tird of stan di n , I ask d
’

rope lader t o ass en d b y Wen , h ow th e stew h ard for a seat that pull d ’

y
ever, h im as th e call d th e kapt in , saw
’
.

o ut ; as t h ere was t wo or t h ree skore

t h e prikdikam en t I w as in , a harm aboarn H e laif d an d said, Ver v ell :
’
.

chare was let deun to is te m e u p an d ver v ell : an d b rou gh t on e, so I sat

an d wat ch d t h e c ash aw s over t h e sip

’
sure en u f I was gein very n isel y, wh en
b
h olin g to a n ast y ully t o wh ich the sh ide H e al wa s laff d wh en I spoke
ro e w as fas ten d, I s tu ck fast, in th e t h im h said t e were call ed guard
.
’

p o : e y
middle h air, an d al th o I m n one 0 th e in g stools In a few minuits, h owev er,
b
’ ’
.

l itest, I swun g ackwards an d forwards th ere was a gen eral constipation ; sum
li ke a cro s n est in a po ular tree An d cr in g ou t t h e were run nin g o n the
’
y y
wud y ou b ilh eave it, w ilst I was an g p an ks
.

b
w ich l th out was all a j oke
such h epes of
'

in g, for al l ex ten ts an d porp oises, be as t h e folks were payin

t ween th e h ev en an d th e h earth , t he mu n n y to t he b agen t, mt t h ere must s
impiden t kuhs were hi nj ey in g my shi h ave een a run on the an ks efore b b yb .

H owsomever it was a deal t ruth

t uation , an d cr ing ou t,
y 0 ye, O
y y
.

T h ere was su ch hu rr skurr , and

’
H eve ah ead ! Sh e s ageing an d
su ch like
l ilh
b
arb er u s exp ressen s
I h d b
an d n o more t hou ts of tikkets an d pay
h h i d f ll wi h
.

g o I ve r
yy b eave s u ; u t I T en t e t e a pu re e o t a ro pe
skrik d, an d vou d I w ud in vit e em for ou tside t e ship an d sure en uf I
y
’

murder, if I got down aliv e ; which in th ough t t he were goin to serve him
b
a m an er roil ed t h ere impet t in en ce like Joe N ash, an d make him swallow
Wh en I go t on th e deck, a felli as W ales for an haton emen t Bu t they
.

by b y
.

lack as H old em cole, su ch as him th at t ould m e it was onl E ve in the

r des eh in d M rs N oir s ch arrat , came
’
—
and t h e merryn er afore n amed
u p an d ask d me if I h ad a b irt h, an d l et down a fish ing lin e, and called out,
’

wu d have me go b ilhew to ch use a

’
By t he wack th ere s five upon
Bu t I fetch d h im a slap in the wich th e kap tin u t ter d a profan e oath,
’ ’
b ed
’

faise, an d t ould I wasn t su ch a sim an d bid h im coun t agen T hen h e

’
.

rom
’

p l etu n as t h at ; for I n ew a sh i
p f s h ou te d B y t h e wac k t h ere s seven
a l yin in h ospital
- -
T he kept in , h ow
. till at last h e coul d n ot make u p his

I t is presumed thq writer refers to heaving tht lead

13
 T he Fisherm No I
’
a n s B udg et . . . 2 57

mind how mcnny there was and the were ded : one ol d tleman In g
h i“ b id him let em go, an dwhen h e th e (I fet ch h im a y ’
t o set tle gf
d
'

il
ls
liue, it turned out fl h eirs ; d
‘

d h i fl h i anoth er asked t o b e
b y
e n o an
p u u
g
p s s
t here was n on e at a l t hrown over, an d t h en egan t o pre .

Some said we were sh ort of what er ; I h ad cen se enuf, h owever, t o hate my

which is vastl y h od, as n oth ing else mou th sh u t, sin ce t h ere was a u e
coul d b e seen bu t th is ship was drawn swarm of she ulls hovrin g a o ut t e b b h
y
-

b y what the cal l steming gin an d so sh ip, as th e said was wating for prey
y
man peple in g in it , acquir d a p our ers
o f boi1in g water ; as th e ket tles th em
’

Tordes nite, man could see t he

.

y
selves were as b ig as our kitgin an d Oil Man and mi u sban d kept lis y b
fin ed en u f to defl en on e I n ever will t ering me to luke, as I h ave a gude
’

y
.

t ravail in on e of t hese spiritous v essels site b u t th e ver men sh on of th e oil

agen for you kn o I m b ut u sed t o a completel revoked me ; so that I did
’

lit tle of a n igh t ; and th e foom of t he n ot see it till we lan ded, an d th en it

y
te sup erfined me t ill I fel t was p itch dark T o be sure some had
b y
.

as squeamish as if I h ad een takin an a tillersku , t h ro wh ich th e s ide it ,

h e metic A litil e b iskit kep t me qmat :
.
g
ef
p
o re it was in sit e b p
which is a ver y
neverth eles I h ad ferefu l misgi vin gs zingler p in on myman
b
.

an d uprisin gs ef ore di nn er was de Bu t I h ave n ow X heeded the cut of

n ou nced, as you m ay well suppose my shete ; and the bat is goin g t o
b
.

A out fore th e din n er was lade b u t t h e sale ; and th erefore I must con
I h ad wated and wated till I was past clude
h eatin g ; an d th e firs t of mu tton With no more at presen t,
chop set tled my hash oug hl The y . h orn yure dere fri en d,
kaptin an d stew h ard carried me b il B rnn n xxa V n aau
b
.

h ow where th ere was quite a h ospital P S -Th ewh ater a oiling, and my
’

y
. .

o f sick t ravailers Su m wish d the

.
g ood m an j ust cu m to h is t .

S ON G .

Here awa , there

’
Ara
I .

I is sweet on th e h ill top, when morn ing is shining,

" ‘

T o watch th e rich v al e as it righ t en s elow

y b b
I is sweet in the v all e , wh en day is declin in g,
" ‘

To mark th e far moun tain s, deep tin ed with its glow

g
But dearer t o me were on e momen t esi de th ee,
I n the wild o f th e desart, while love lit th in e eye ;
b
For in weal or in woe, or what ever etide thee,
Thou rt th e charm of my life, the mild star ofmy sky
’
b .

2 .

Then fly t o me h ere, while t h e n oon t ide is glowing

T h e greenwood is cool in th e dep th of its gloom s,
There I ve wove t hee a seat , where the wild flowers are
’

And t he roses th ou lov st shed their dearest perfumes

’

by
.

There we ll talk of past griefs, when ou r love was for idden ,

’

Wh en fortun e was adverse, an d friends woul d den

But my heart was still true, th ough its fervour was h idden
From the charm of my lifb, th e mild star of my sky .

b 3
y
.

Th en haste, my eloved, the momen ts are fl ing,

b
An d catch th e right fugitives ere th e de art,
p
That each its own portion of pl easure eu plymg,
y
May wake the mute rapt ure that d in the heart ;
And when age shall have temper d our warm glow of feel
’

Th ough our spirits are echerd, less arden t our j o

Our love shall en dure, t ho h youth s lustre is s
’

g
“ou tbo eham of my l e the mild star of my skygg .

LL B .

Von 1x . .
968 The S team-
Boat . N I V. [ g
Jun

T H E S TE A M- B OA T ; OR, T H E V O YA G B S A N D T R A V B L I OP T H OM A S D UP FI E ,

C L OT H - M RC H N
E A T I N T H E S A L T -
M A R KE T OF G L A S G OW .

NO I V 0 .

Voy ag e Second .

WH E N I had home th e space of four weeks, havin g mu ch sola

residen ted at

cin g of min d in refl ec t in g on t h e adven t ures of m y first vo age, I egan to feel y b

an on set to a n ew m o t ion workin g wi th in m e, which ev er da y gath ered strength, y
an d in t h e en d, cam e to a h ead in my goin g forth a secon d time from th e oh

scurities of t h e Sal t market, an d th e man ufact urin g sm okes an d smells of Glas

y
-

h h il i f h kli w at ers of t he su m mer sea an d the

w t j t t t
b b b
o o en o e ar y o e spar n g
g , ,

li th en ess of th e hills an d of all livin g thi n gs, in th e season a le ri gh tn ess and

glad n ess which was then shi ning from th e h eaven s an d glit t erin
g u pon the
eart h .

I th ough t I had n ow acquired an experien ce in voyagin g for pleasure, by

y
wh at I n oticed in my first plo of th at kin d, so I told M rs M L eckit tb at I
‘

by y
.

would go th e earliest steam- b oat in th e morn in g, and as th e Brit an nia

b
ver

was t o sail at six o cl ock, she n eed n ot rise ket tle, for it was m y in
’
to oil th e

t en t to en j y m
b y takin g my reakfast in
lf b t he steward s room wi th the
’

y
y by b
o se

o th er passen gers ; in deed I was ch iefl egged on t o do th is m y neig h our

M r Sweeties, wh o, u pon my exh ortation , h ad, soon my return , t aken his after '

diversion b y a v oyage t o Green ock likewise, an d partaken of a most comfbrta

ble meal in t h at way
‘
B u t th e progen of t h e sch em es of man are n ot in his
. y
o wn h an ds, an d th ou gh I h ad go t a degree of in sigh t as t o th e man n er of set

b b
t ing a ou t ah em arkation , I fou n d th at I h ad reall gon e ou t with t oo much y
con fi den ce in t h e stren gth of m y own knowl edge

b y
.

I t was su ch an earl
h r th at th e st eward, not coun t in d w t
b y o u n n
g o a y o an

in g t o reakfast till th ey w oul d reach Green ock, h ad made n o provision o f pro

ven der ; so th at wh en I wen t t o h im, as cag as a p et pickin g at a worm, to in y y
i when t h e j m
would b e m ti fi bti oiled,
t h th t u d e of

b
q u re eggs
y or ca o n o ear a g
t h ere was t o b e n o reakfasting th at morn in g ; whi ch disapp oin t ment y with the
n atu ral vapours of th e river s t ide, cau sed me t o rem emb er thej udicious o serve
’
b
o f M rs M L eckit, th at th ere was a dan ger in goin g on th e water with an em t
‘

stomach H owever I h ad pu t some gin ge read n u ts in my pocket, and

.
py
the -
b by
use of th em the win d was keepit of f my heart, an d I suflered less from t he ef
'

feet t h an m igh t hav e een ex pected b

y
.

Bu t t hough t his in its kin d was an adversit that I had n ot foreseen, I sus
stain ed an oth er, which , in m i i i i f Th m
t w t j
b
y p O n on , n s seaso n as ar g rea er e a or .

p u t oft h e p assen g h ad no t een acc usto med to rise so soon in the mornin g, and
b y
ers

some of th em h ad een u p lat e a on t t h e n igh t —ih short, we were all oorie,

an d scan t in in t ercou rse towards that for t he great er por

on e an oth er, so

b
our

tion of th e way th ere was li t tle commu n ion ract ica l e amon u s an d wh at was
p g ,
could n ot be said toh ave that cordiality with which I was in t he fain exp ecta
t ion of m eeting We h ad sailed in deed as far as Blith ewood s n ew h ouse be ’

yb b
.

fore an y kin d of an awaken ed socialit t o sprou t, an d I was egi n ni ng t o

y
egan

fear that an un dertakin at th e ou tset would aflord b u t small

’

g so unsatisfact or

pl e as u re in th e d b f d w ti i t h d H w at that
b Y
r
p o gre ss, an e o u n an n g n e en o e ver , .

p o in t th in gs t ook a tu rn t t h tt d I f ll i t t i n w i th a anky

y
o e e er, a n e n o co nv ersa o
.

man from America, that h ad been at Glasgow la ing in goods for his store in
y
th e ci t of Philadelphi a [H e was surel a ma n o f great 1
. an d experience y
in the world, according t o his own accoun t, an d from w t h e lid of the Uni
y
ted States, th e can be lit tle short of th e kin dom of heaven,
g sp t in th e M
ter of religion, of which I could discern, t at, tl ki
h
 The Steam- B oat . No I 7 . . 9 69

y
Americans have but a scan t sprinkling, and that n o of the soundest grace
b Y
.

I n deed anen t this I had h eard something efore, b ut the anky was a testiflca
t or by
his discourse to the veraci t of th e information y .

Our con versation was for a time of th at j oin tless an d purposeless kin d, th at
y b
is commonl th e egin ning of ac quaintance bu t it took a more set tled cours e -
.

a we proceeded on ward, an d at last ran in t o a regular stream, lik e a river t h at

‘

has its foun ta in h ead up among the moors an d mosses What chiefl occasion y
y b
-
.

ed this sedate curren c of th e Yan ky a words, w as an o serv e ofmin e regardin g

’

b y
the eaut of the prospects that th e h an d of N ature was set tin g efo re us at b
every turn f t h i t i — ll wh i h t h Am i m li h t d m
y y
o e n av ga on a c e er can an s g e as a co

modity in its kin d of n o v alu e ing, th at th e views in h is co un tr were of

yb
, sa

a more ex cellen t qu ali t , ein g t l an d h e laugh ed ou trigh t

b y
on a grea er sca e ;
when I directed his at ten tion t o th e Marc s T ail, that on n w at erfall n ear
’

Finlayston H ouse, which I sh ould h ave men tion ed in my first v oy age, h ad I

then not iced it T his drew on to som e accoun t of th in gs th at h e had seen an d
by
.

then he told me, t h at h e was well known th rough out all th e Stat es th e
l i me f D li f K t k — y
a t itle wh ich w as est owed u pon him in con b
b by
o eu ca on o en u c
'

of ein g th e sol e survivor of a t o wn t h at was wash ed away de

y b y
n qu en ce a

luge H is descrip tio n of th is calamit it ehov es m e to gi ve as n ea rl as pos

y y
.

i hle in his own words in deed, as I h ave alread said, I fin d m self p ossess
d of a felicit ou s fecu n di ty in writin g down th e recollection s of wh at I h eard,
but my pen is afl icted wi th a costive impedimen t wh en I try to eke or enlarge
upon t h e same An d it is thi s peculiar gift th at em oldens me, al on g wi th the
. b
stren uou s co u nselling of th at di scernin g man , M r Sweeties, t o sen d forth my
d t l i t hi m h
t o t e repu li f l tt —t h l t f b y
b y
voyages a n rav e s n s an n er c o e ers, e o n so r o

repu lic that I en t ert ain an y pu re res ect for, n o twi th stan ding the laudator

Y p
descent of the an ky man s on th at of th e St ates
' "
.

D E UC AL I ON OF KE N T UC KY .

T AL E V
y
.

My an dfath er was on e of th e h is prospects were certainl un denia

fl rs t se t e r a of K en tu ck H e w y
as , . by b le .

b
f i m ill er, an d b u il t a fl our I thin k it is n ot possi le th at I
p
b
ro es s o n , a
mill at a village in th at state I t was . sh all ev er see again a place h alfso eau
a l l ed Th yatira, aft er on e ofth e an cien t tiful as th e un fortu nate T h atira, an d
W e men tioned in th e Bible ; an d h e t h e v alley wh ich it ov erloo ed Th e
b
.

a n d his n eig h ours , th e foun ders, ex v alle was green , th e stream was clear,
med it would ecome a great city,b an d t e woods, t h at cloth ed th e moun
fi
r
t no t a ves o f it , n eith er of th e tain s, w ere of th e l oftiest kin d, an d
c h urch n or mil n o w remain s— et I th e rich est leaf! All is n ow desolate
b y .

remem er it all well I t was a h an d

. Sometimes of a n igh t , as I came across
m ine place, situ at ed at th e b ot tom of th e Atlan tic, I th ou gh t th e hell of th e
b
a ran ge of ills, wooded to t h e t op— a li ttl e wooden ch u rch , th at stood on t he
fi n e stream was hed th eir feet, an d t h e slo e ab ov e t h e vill age, m n g in my ear,
mill stood at th e side of a prett wa y an I h eard th e dogs, as it were, ark b
sartall again , an d t h e co cks crow ; b u t th e sh ip
y y
.

M y grandfath er left his propert would v e a lurch an d t u rn m

’

y e es
in o flourishing con di tion t o m fath er, d?
ou twar ) upo n t h e ocean w aters all
who was an en terprizin g c racter arou n d m e, as lon e an d wil d as th e
y
.

H e t ook an activ e part in th e war for deluge th at destro ed my n ativ e val

the in depen den ce, an d wh en th e peace l ey
b
.

was I n th e summ er, efore th e dreadful

'

usted, h e ret urn ed t o T h yat ira,

where e culat ed t h e old flour mill, y ell ow fev er b rokeou t in Ph iladelphia
y
-

and cons tructe an o th er for sawi n g th e I w as in that cit at th e time wh en th e

fin her, with which the n eigh ou rin g fever raged, which makes mc remember
i t so well,—my fath er was mu ch t rou
b led b y th e failure oft h e s tream wh ich
supplied h is mill The drou gh t dried .
960 The Stea m Boat , N o I 7
- .
[Jull v .

it up, an d his wheels stood still forwant was ead aroun d me The spirit d
'

b
s .

of wat er Some ofthe old neigh ours

. t he p h eld communion with mine,
h ad visited th e source of th e river in an d I was seized with an awful fore
th eir y
ou th I t was a lake far u p
. b odi ng . y
Tran quill it floated like a
among t he moun tain s, an d m fath er, corpse on t he water ; silen ce sat in the
b eing a bold an d en t erpriz ing racter, b
dum n ess of death on the mou n tains ;
t he woods seem ed, as th e ligh t faded,
t hough t, if h e coul d enlarge th e o n
b
ing at t he anks of th e lake, w ere t o t ake t he form o f h earse pl umes
b
-

t h e stream issu ed, h e would o tain an an d as I looked do wn t owards m n o

b
a u n dan ce of water tive village, I t hough t of th e v alle of
y
y
b
.

T he scheme was feasi le, an d he en Jehosh aphat, an d th e day ofj u dgment

b
.

g g
a ed a n u m e r o f m e n t o g o w i th h im Wh at cu rious sense oft he min d, keen
t o th e lake for th at purpose I was then er th an t he eye, an d qu icker th an the
y
.

ou th, f ond of an y adven ture, an d I ear, ve me in t h at ev enin t h f

a ga g e or e
accom panied th e h eroes ofth e ick axe t ast e of wh at was t o h app en
p
-

an d sh ov el We had a cheerful j our T he rest of t h e p art y s lept well , but

n ey thro
.

h th e woods ; we s tartled y
I du rs t n o t close my e es T h e momen t
b b y
.

sh o wers a eau tiful h u mmi n g irds ; I did so, t he ever restless facul t (1
b
-

t he were like appl e l ossoms scat ter my spirit discov ered t he o men s ofwhat
y
-

ed m th e win ds ; we slep t at n igh t in was to en sue, an d frigh ten ed me awake .

t h e woods, an d w e crossed sev eral an I t is amazin g ho w such th in gs h ap

cien t I n dian war tracks, which we — f m I h i k h m i d
by
-
p en or
y p art , t n t e n
knew th eir in script ions on th e n ever slee s, an d th at our dream s are
p
we saw also in th e forest art i b u t the me h orical medium of its
flcial moun ds, on whi ch trees of the reflect ions, w en th e fi ve ph sical y
oldest growth were
were the works of in ab itan ts efore
owin g The .

b y sen ses are shu t u

p D r ea m
.

say, are b u t th e m eta b ore in which

s , I w ould

t h e resen t race,— perh ap s th e were

luvian Sometimes I t hin k Ame
'
y reason thin ks But t e m
.

t h e kingdo m of th e 80111 are more dark

y
an .

rica is th e old world t hat was des tro an d profou n d t han t h ose o f all the
ed Bu t b e t h at as it may, it con tain s o th er king doms of n at ure ; an d I can
y
.

man remains of an an t iqu it that n ot ex po un d t h em

p h i lo so p h h ay
s n o t y et ex p
warfare bel ts of t h e I n dian s are hiero
lai n e T h e d . yb
At da reak m y father call ed us
.

ch eerily to work I kn ow n o t b y wh at
b
.

l h i l l T he E gyp tian s impulse I was act uated I h ad een

by
g yp ca ec tu r es
a s tran ge m an —a dee
. .

wro te in t h at langu e D id th ey t each . edu ca ted p

t h e I n dians Not , owever, to dwell classical sc h olar, wh o h ad set tled at
b
o n su ch a struse matters, I sh all T h yatira H e had been ro ugh t up b
j u st
b
.

say, t hat we reach ed on th e secon d da at Oxford, an db e ascri ed livin g owers

y p
t he lake wh ich supplied t he s tream I t to al l 0 an ized exis ten ces Th e woods
b
was a out some ten miles lon g, an d
.

were t o im en dowed wi th
.

ts, the
b b
'

fi ve road—a owl in the midst of se streams had in telligen ce, an th e rocks

veral hills I t was overlooked
.

woods and moun tains ; b u t towards

th e by t he memor of witn esses
h
timon y T ese fan cies came t his up
eari tes b
y
our valle , a vast em an kmen t av e i t
t he form of a dam, o ver t he middle of
bg
.

on me, an d I wen t t o m
y fa t h er , and

laid my hand on h is arm Forbear,

y
.

”
which t he st ream of T h atira flo wed fath er, said I t here may b e so me
I t was th e ev en in g wh en we reach ed
b
.

th in g u nh allo wed in distur in g th e an b

th e top of t h e em ankmen t ; we t oo k
some ref t esh men t, an d my fath er pro
cien t ch an n el oft hese soli tar wat ers
M y fat h er laugh ed, an d again st ru ck
”
y .

d h w h ld h is pick ax e in to t he mou n d I t was a

l
b
es for
p o se t a t e s ou res t o u rs e v -

t hat n igh t —th e wh ole usiness par

.

fatal s troke, for as h e pulled ou t the

t ook o f t he nat ure of a h un ting excur wea n , t he groun d gav e, as it were, a
sion — ou r en d was la our, b ut we
sweetened t h e mean s with
b sh u der, an d presen tl y
after a groan
was h eard, as if the whol e mou n d of
y
Accordin gl , aft er ou r repas t , t h e part
y
p l e a s u re
y
.

earth was b
reakin g u p
by
.

sev erall b etook th emselv es t o t h e M fath er, th e st roke ofhis pick

sports in which t h e
y m o st d e li g h t ed . axe, ad cleft asu nder an incrustat io n
I retired to a rock t hat ov erlooked the of san d, t h at formed, as i t were, the
lake, an d seat ed m self t o view t he b o w l o f t he lake T he water rushed
.

lan dscape, t hat in e lon e ma nifi

g t hrough and widened th e seam with
cence of moun tain, lake, and wood,
m t )
. The Steam-Boat, N o I 7
b
.

dau nted up the lake, had een formed m y sel f on

b
to Greenock, which is si
by a gradual accumulation of fallen t uated a out three mil es to th e west
ti mber The water through t he ren t
. ward T his determin ation, as it pro .

insinu ated itself among th e mass ; t he ved, was most j udicious on m

mud and sand etween the gatheredb for I foun d a comforta le house, and
y
y part ;
b
t runks were wash ed awa , an d the i vilit in t h e at ten dan ce, facin y
b
g r ea t c
g
mal l lost it s adhesion I n the course th e sh ippin g in the har our, with ex
by
. .

of a few min utes, H eav en kn ows cellen t warm rolls, i in h ot from the
what strange aptit ude, th e stu pen dou s
b
aker s, an d fresh
b
p g
b b ’
errin g t hat would
mo un d egan t o move I t ecame con ha ve een a t reat at an y time Judge
y
. .

v olead it roared with t he throes of t h en , co urteous reader, what the were

t earing asun der ; th e wat ers of t he t o me, appeteesed as I w as
b a vo
y
y by
h ke b oiled up from th e o ttom ; I ran age of n early t wen t miles wi thout
fi om t he spot ; m fath er an dh is frien ds
'
reakin
g m
b y fas t ? T b
r u l s ca ndalous y
st ood aghast an terrified ; i rds were is t he b y word t o say ,
b T h ere s no
’
-

”
w eanl in g from t he woods elo w ; I t h ing good in Po rt Glasgow -
.

fi ll ed to my fath er, an d to all, for Wh en, with th e h elp of the dain ties
God s sake t o follow me ; I looked to at t h e in n s, I h ad pacified the crav in
’

wards the lake i t seemed to me as if
-
its calm level surface was takin g the
abu e o f 810 in g glass ; I cau gh t h old
of s
e bran c of a t ree wh ich grew on
the rock wh ere I h ad con templat ed the
wan e the preceding even in g ; I felt as
b
it were t he glo e of th e world slidin g
g
of n ature within me, I walked ou t to
in spect t he cu riosities of th e place, and
t o make m y remarks on t h e in ha it b
an ts I can n ot , however, h on estl say,. y
t hat I saw a great deal t o occasion an
y
t h in g like an admiration T he waiter,
t o b e sure, as h is won t dou tless is
.

b
fi sm under my feet ; I exerted m y with al l strangers, direct ed my at ten
self; I reach ed th e rock ; ever t hin g t ion t o t he steeple, t elling me th at it
was reeling aroun d me; I saw t e hills was high er t han th e Green ock one ;
and woods movi awa I shu t my y
b ut we h av e so man handsome stee
. y
co verin g m y face l i G l i l d
eyes il l terror, an
y by
-
p es n as g o w , t co u n o t r eason
wit h my hands, stret ched m self on a l be ex ted that this o f th e
t he rock, as if I lay at the feet of th e P ort woul be regarded b y me as any
an gel of dest ruction I h eard a sou n d ver ex traordinar obj ec t One th ing, y y
y
. .

l ouder th an th un der ; m y sen ses w ere h owever, I ascertain ed completel to

h r at t ime stun n ed Wh at in th e mean my sat isfaction , wh ich is, t hat the
.

t ime h appen ed I kn ow n ot ; b u t wh en s tor of it s y

ein g crackit is n o t b
I had forti tu de en ough t o look aroun d, rest, al th ou gh, in th e mat ter o f th e

—
y
I foun d m self on t he ledge of an aw
b g e n e r al e d ifi ce , t
ation for t he report : t hat
h er e m a y b e a foun
b
a lack an d co zy v all ey, d
ful
ba g: pi ca
as a grave, where t h e lake ein g b
evelled to th e sh ape of t h e b
uildin
g

b
h ad een ; an d for th e moun d where I s t reet, an d erec ted in an aj ee style,
b
b
h ad left my fath er an d his la ourers, h as n o dou t given rise to t he misre
U
a h or ible chasm d ev astat ion h orrid p n t at ion p o n t h e w h ic h I w o uld
z
-
r e se .

al t h roarin g delu e was seen ragin s remark, t h at w e h av e, in th is i n stan ce,

g y a
.

d own th e v alley owards Th atir an example how careful an d precise.

T he soun d lessen ed as I looked, an d a t ravell ers sh oul d b e in pu lishing their b

s ilen ce su cceeded, su ch as th e raven of descrip tion s ; for it h as been a sore
N oah foun d upon t he earth , wh en sh e h eart to the worth y people of Port
wen t ibrt h, b anqu et tin g on the ab o G lasgow t o th in k it is a received Opi
l iahed races of th e old world n ion in th e great world, th at t heir
eau t if
.

b
ul s teeple is len t sho uldered,
Y y y
-

The ank man was mu ch affected wh en , in fac t, it is onl t he town

as he related this desolation an d in h ou se th at is capsided .

fi lin it , h is v oice h ad a fearful h aste Wh en I h ad satisfied my curiosity

y
th at urried on my fan c , till I was relat ive t o all t h e particulars con cern
almost a partaker in the griefan d con i ng th is ren own ed struct ure, I visited
sternation th at possessed his m em or y
t he dry dock, a ver u seful place for -
y
insomuch , th at I was th ankful when marit ime purposes o f v arious sorts,
the vessel reached th e qua of P ort especiall y for repairing vessels bo t y ’

Glasgow, when I wen t on shore to take t oms an d then I wen t to in vestigate

b
my “ fi st at an in n , ein g resolv ed that famous an tiquit , the old Castle y
b lan c h“ there, and to travel b y an d, in turning back t owards the ions
m The Steam- Boat, N o 1 7 . .
[June,

en try ; and not onl b

a ut h ar b
h er won t was, Mrs H illan ste pit home
our,
a short time efore h er gu eman , to b g
t o seek my way t o e Green ock road,

I saw several of th e in h ab itan ts at h ave th e tea masket

y
th e t ime b e by
t heir sh op doors, an d s ome el derl
- would come, an d as James was set
c h aracters stan din g foren en t th e inn s b ye t he tartan s an d plaidin gs t h at s
waiting for t h e L on don papers Upon at th e door ch eek for a sign an d sh ow,
.
-

t h e wh ole, th ey appeared t o b e a h ame a ki n tra wife dr w up t o b u y some

l y race ; and th e t own , li ke all small th in g

e
Co me i n , ou n g woman,
.

said James, for th at w as h is m an n er of

”
y
laces of lit t le n ote in t h e way ofb usi
p
n ess, seemed to have b u t few y oun g salu ta t ion t o all ages of th e female sex
y
.

”
men , an d wh at th e h ad were n ot of a C om e in , said h e, an d s teek t he
”
s ort calcu lated t o m ake a fi gure in de door, said h e, mean in g t he h alf d oor,
y
-

s cri tion As for th e h ouses, th ey are

. a con venien ce wh ich , like m an oth er

b ui t in variou s s t yles of archi tect ure, g o od o l d f a sh i on s , h as g o n e d o w n a n d

a n d a few of th em h av e b een erect ed ov er which , in h is sh ep, I h ave of ten
withi n the last t en or t wen t y years s t ood, t o see t h e lords comin i an d
g n ,

th e magistrates drin kin g t h e King s

'
s o th at it can n ot be said t h e t own h as
yfallen in t o a h ab it ude o fde h eal th , on th e irth day, at th e cross b
a c tuall
b
-
.

cay . Bu t I shou ld conj ect ure th at th e So in came th e cu st omer, b u t, n o ein g

l t i n n ot b e greatl y on th e acquai n tit with th e man n er of sh op
p p
o u a o n ca
mcrease . doors, as James was loo t in g d own he
By th e tim e I h ad gon e my rou n ds, h in d th e cou n t er, t o lift u w h at she
an d come back t o t h e inn s, th ere w as wan ted, sh e shu t th e mick e door up
y at t h e door, b
ou n d for th e on th em, an d t h ere t h ey w ere, th e t wo
a n odd
b
t own of Green ock so ein g somewh at in n ocen t souls, in th e dark b y t h em
”
H eh ! qu o th James, bu t it s
'

t ired wit h m y it in eran cy, I st epped sel v es

’
.

in to it, w h ere I fou n d a brav e you n g grown sudden l y dark— we m au n get a

lass goin g t h e sam e road At first th is can dl e . an d w ith t h at h e cam e roun d
m h h h h h
b a
y
g av e e n o co n cer n ; u t w en t e t e co u n te r to w ere t e ca w as
n oddy b egan t o m o v e, I rememb ered H ey ! wh at s th is, oun g
’

y
stan din

t h e stor of m y deceased wort h y old woman

b
n eigh our an d b
ro t her of t h e trade, sh u t th e door
cried h e wh at gart you
an d wi th t h at h e flew
Jam es H illan , wh o had h is sh 0p at t ill t , wi th a p an ting h eart , an d fou nd
’

t h e co rn er oft h e Salt market, en t erin g t h e lock b ol t was al most sh o t t en

b b b
- -
.

a oon th e Cross, T hin k w hat migh t hav e een t he

y
an d I egan t o
w i if i h d h
’

g ro , a s t w ere, u n e as . co n s e
q u en ce t a n e in a t e
i th er, an d me obli t t t h
T A L E VI g g o cr
y o e
n eigh bou rs, t o let me an d th e
.

ou n
J a n na H I L L A N A N D rn a Yo c n o w oman ou t of t h e dark sh o y sai
'

p,
WOM A N James, as h e u sed to tell th e tale in hi s
y y
.

James Hillan was a ver weal th cose mann er

b
man , oth creditab le, an d well respec
j o

y
.

t it, b u t of a kin dl y simp lici t of m an So I th ough t of t his sto

n er . I n h is time th ere was n ot su ch n oddin awa t o Green ock, eside th e
an orderl y fash ion in th e art of sh o
y
as I was

by by
p P o rt
y G as g o w la s s ; b u t a n d a n
-

keepin g as th ere is n ow a da s ; we o th er passen ger came in, and we arri

- -

n eit her fash ed ourselv es with

ces, n or wi th j ou rn al b p ren ti
ooks an d l ed
v e d s af e a n d sou n d
I ob served on th e road as we trav el
.

g e rs , bu t j u st h a d on
t ered all our c ou n t s of credit
e i n w h i ch w e en
an d
led alo n g, t hat th e
”
t h e po rt w ere all
oun g ladi es of y
in Green ock
when t h e cu stomers th at took on with w ard an d n o dou t t y ad reason s,
u s paid wh at t h ey w ere o wi n g , we well kn o wn to th em selves, for seekin
b hi
g
serapit ou t th e deb t In th is fashion that direct ion , dressed ou t in t h eir
b
.

Jam es, an d M rs H ill an , hi s wi fe, keep est ; an d I cou ld n ot av oid refl ec tin
it th eir clo th sh o p t h e which b ein g in th at th is trib u te o f h er eau ties w hic b
,

u n der t h e pillars th at were th en rou n d P ort G lasgow pa s t o Green ock is an

b
-

t h e b uildin gs o ft h e cross, h ad n o glass a solu t e ackn o wled m en t of h er in fe

y
y
win do w b u t on l an open do or, wh ich , riorit y an d it n atu rall led me t o ex
wh en James an d th e mistress wen t peet wh at , indeed, I found in realit ,
g
, y .

h o me t o th eir own hou se in the St ock

y
a v er dif y
feren t sort of a t own for in
y

w ell, at meal time, was alwa s lo cked Green ock t here is n ot on l a steeple, y
b
-
.

I t h appen ed one evening, that, as bu t likewise a ot tle cone, and a hell - .

8
m m) The Stems - Boat , No 1 7 .
so:
b bb
. .

har our esides th e place Bu t n o to dwell at o er great a length

’
also s new
y
the call t h e tail of th e ank , and th at on th e et tlin g of th e Green ockian s; I ll
y
’

statel edifi cial il h m m en tion a thin g that was told to

C j
by b
p e, t e u s t o u s t
house, with diverse ch urch es, sch ools, me a v ery credi ta le person th at

an d places of worship ; a T on tin e I n n , o Port Glasgow m am — After th e

y w
b b
as n

s P la h ouse, an d Assem ly Rooms,

-
built at a great cost o f t h ousan ds of
(18, fo r t h e purpo se of h av in g a
yb
ma e t hrice a car l ll cer
E din u rgh M usical Festi val, n ot hing
less wou ld serv e th e asp irin g peopl e of
Green ock t han an oratorio , for which
p pu r . o se th e made a wo n derfu l collec
’

y
tainl y n o go th e lengt of t h e Port t ion of precen ters, melodious weav ers,
Glasgo w man t h at came in u pon u s on an d tu n efu l cordwain ers, t ogeth er with
th e road, an d say th at th e t oom h ou se b
sack u t s an d p salteries, an d variou s
foi nen t th e T on t in e is a mon umen t of oth er sorts o f mu sical implemen t s of
y
'

the upset tin g v an it of the G reen ock sou n d an d th at no th in g fi t t in g migh t

folk Bu t it s surel a t yp e of th e en
.
’
y b e wan tin g , as t o place, t hey b orro wed
terprizin g s irit of th e place ; for it t h e oldest kirk in th e t own t he cold
should he owed th at th ey must h av e in wh ich prev en ted some of th e flu te
had great n otion s of th in gs, an d a p yla e rs, it is th ou h t , f
g r o m ro e rl y
sen se of prosperit y, t o proj ect crookin g th eir mout hs, wh ile t e mp
and b
ring t o a completion such n u made th e fi ddl e st rin s as soft as pud -

dertakings Bu t th ere was an et tlin g din g skin s ; so th at w en th e work be

.

b eyond discretion perhaps in th is for gan , th ere was n oth in g b u t din for
I town like Green ock is ov erl n ear t o
.

y t eeth
y
music, an d for quav ers a ch at terin of
Th e ou t er was so dreadf in
our great cit ev er t o hav e a gen teel
'

”
indepen den cy in it s o w n commu n i the ch oru s o f alleluj ah , th at it
m i i su ch esta lish men t s wi m b i h ll ll ed a h all eboloo nd
t
b b w
o a n ta n g t e e ca a
a suitable ravery An d so it h as, as I t here was a su spicion th at th e wh ole
y
.

was in form ed, k t hed ; for t he Assem af fair was a device of some paukie
b
bly room u ildings are in a mann er
-
y
ou n g doct ors, wh o at th e t im e were
desert ed in their purposes in somu ch, scan t of practice, an d th ough t th e cold
th at some folks are of an opin ion th at dam kirk migh t h elp th em .

by
f
wi
t he - gh t b e put to a worse u se th an
l g con verted in t o a kirk, as th e
W en I had seen the ou tlin es an d sel
vages of Green ock, an d m ade m y own
rem arks on th e s ru ce clerks, an d n o
p o ane c ir cu s in o u r t o wn
ed in to a tab ern acle of pray er
w as tr an s p
t iced a surprisin g apparition of eau ti
. b y
what I cou ld pick ou t of my ful M isses, I w en t to see my worth
ca npan ion s in t he n odd its a serious frien d an d cu stom er M r T artan , wh o,
olfiect with th e Port G asgo w folk t o - aft er some discou rse an en t th e cau se of
rival Green ock b u t th e Greeno ck peo t h e late fal lin g of f in th e deman d for
p le , lik e t h e co w in t h e m ead o w ,
re s u p e r fi n e s a m o n g h i s cor res p o n d en t s i n

g a rd l es s o f th e u ddock, ch ew t h e cu d t h e H i g h la n d s ,
i n v i t ed m e t o ta k e m y
of th eir own se f satisf n n er with h im at h is own h ou se,
'

ac tion in great
-

coulplacen y I t would, h owever, b e h ere I met wit h sev eral gen tlemen of
g
.

t oo crit ical orthe n at u re ofm y writ ings a p owerfu l acit y, in all m an n er of

'

cu larise all th e m an ifold m eri ts fairs Bu t w at took place is mat ter

'

af
b
to .

in stan ces of p u lic spirit among t hat mu st b e reserv ed to grace an d re

t he feuers, sub feuers, an d in hab i sh an ot h er ch ap t er L et it su f fi
l i
y
ce
p en
-
.

m mof Green ock Th ey have got, I for th e presen t, tha t it was reall a
.

believe, somethin g of ev ery kin d ofin won der t o h ear h o w th ey riddl ed th e

stit ution among th em, excep t a lu na merits of t hin s, proving on e an o th er s
’

tic ss um an d t h ey are lied u pon if op in ion s all c aff an d stour, a con tro
th ey yi
ve n o t some t hi n s t hat t h e
g v er s ica l s p y
ir i t b e g o t t en , a s M r T ar ta n
stand less in n eed of; for it was a wise told m e, o ut ofth e t own politics, ev ery
that I have h eard said of a daft od , feu ers, sub f b y euers, an d in habiu
b
a -

elon ng to Glasgow, wh en h e tan ts in g en eral, havin g all a sh are an d

'

was asked w at took him so o ften t o han dlin g in th e con cern s of t heir od b y
Green ock, I ts a fine lace, qu o
” ’
li i B
by m h i d by
y p o t c u t o an e n t t s a n
p
r e .
-

Ja nn , for a the folk t ere are j ust

’
.

like m ysel.
a“ B acc hus, or the P in k s .
D une,

s a ccn us, o n wa s n u n s.

D s a a C n ars r o ra s n ,
y
I send you a short Homeric h mn , translated in t o t h at l ric metre of whi ch y
y
Sir Wal ter Scott is t he migh t m as ter H ow I have succeeded, must of course
y
.

b e left to others t o determin e ; bu t I may say, that I am decidedl of opinion

that th e measu re migh t b e advan t ageou sl emplo ed in ren derin g sev eral pasy y
sages in th e roman t ic parts of th e classical poet s T h ere are a great man y
y p
y y
or .

t ion s of H omer part icularl , which are peculiarl fi t for it An d ever reader .

of taste mus t recoll ect with what grace an d spirit t wo of th e fin est odes of Pin

b
dar h ave een tra nslated in to t his metre a Quarterl by
Reviewer, a few ears y y
y
ago .

L ord Byron , in his dedication of th e Corsair, j ustl ob serves, th at n o one

b b
has een a le to manage with perfect success, th e dangerous facili t y of the
octos y blla ic v erse, b ut t he Ariosto N ort h I agree with h is l ordship
of the .

al toget her ; ev en in h is own h an ds, or th ose of M oore, it is b y no means

equall y m
well an aged Coleridge could give it its fullest and most ewi tching b
y y y
.

melod b u t I fear that we call on h im in v ain , an d I am sorr for it M an

y
.

p o e ts o f m o s t res
pectab l e p ow ers h av e fai led co m p l et el , w hich I men ti on t o

excuse m self, if I be j u d ed t o h ave f ll o w d th ir x m le

y g o e e e a p .

I fyou wish I shall send you a few more specimens .

I am,
D ea n C n ai sr o rn s a,

R F P . . .

D ublin, May 2 4, 1 82 1 .

[We hav e a mist y sort of recollection of a tran slation of this poem, by Mr

L H unt, wh ereof t he two first lines onl yh mained in memor y
y
. ave re our .

Th e are as follows

Of Bacchus l et me t ell a sparkling

T was b y th e sea side on a promon—tory
-
.

But the rest of the tran slation , an d how he cockn eyized at the expense of Ho
mer, is it not to be foun d in th e sh opuf th e trunk makers -

H omer, H y mn 5 ih .

[ a ov E u in e igu wdioc 54 3
’
l
'
Ap e A v
tar
q t. 9 . L
7, a
]
'
v

I S H A L L n ow a t ale relate,
Of Bacch u s, son of Semele ;
H o w 11 n a cliff h e sate,
Was d by
t he ev er arren sea
’
b
yb
A out h , scarce passin g from the ears
Of oyh ood, t he gay God ap pears
.

y
.

D ark wav ed th e t resses of his h ead,

An d roun d his eau teous form was spliced
A m an tle dip t in T rian dye
b y .

Wh en swift across the azure deep

A crew of T uscan pirat es sweep,
D riv en on evil destin by y
Who, when the see th e ou th di vine,
With many a secret n od and sign,
y y .

T o seize hun as a prey combine .

 M ac, or the B ra m . an

I nst ant they sprl u n t he land’

An d gr th e G 3 it
w h felon han d
T hen wit their capti ve, glad at h eart,
Q uick to their gall e the departy y
T h e crew were oyous, for th e though t
.

y
'

T hat t he a g an t rize had rough t, h

D eeming him, rom his regal air,
T h e offspring of a high orn King ;
An d soon, with cruel han ds, th e dare
-
b y
B ound him th e rigorous an ds to b
Th eyb oun d him, bu t the h ope was vain
T o h old t he God in serv ile ch ain ;
Th e fiexile with s, which th e had t win ed y
Rou n d h an d an d foot, self loosed un ind
U n shackled sat th e cu th—a smile
-
b
P lay d in h is dark
’
b
ue e e the while
T h e pilot mark d it ; at t e view
’
.

Awestruck, h e thu s address d t he crew

’

y
0 frien ds, u nh app frien ds, I fear
T hat you have seized a powerful God
Wo to ou r vessel,’ if it ear
Such cap tive o er the watr road
b y
.

King Ju piter he seems to be,

b
Or Ph oe us of the sil ver b ow,
Or N ep t une, mon arch of th e sea,
An d n ot a son of eart h elow
E v en from his form tis plain he comes
’
b .

y
From high Ol mp us h eavenl domes
’

H as te th en, companion s, and restore

y
T h e immortal stran ger to th e shore,
N or farth er efforts make
To hold him rison er, lest his wrath
Should wit h erce storms pu rsue our path,
”
Or b id the whirlwin d wake .

”
Fool ! t h e in dig n an t captain cried,
b
Fair lows th e w ind alon g th e t ide
T hen spread th e sail, arrange th e ard
y y
That is thy du t , ou r: t o guard
Th e ca tive we h ave ta en
’
.

H e goes wit us ; wh eth er we wend

T o E gypt, or t o C pru s end ; y b
Or farth er o er t he main ,
’

Reach th e cold re ion s of t he North .

At las t h e disclose his kin ,

And ran k, an d rich es ; by
his worth
We then sh all kn ow what price he ll win
'
.

S teer on ward fearless] for H eaven

”
His fate in to our han has given .

H e spoke— th e mas t was raised—the

b y
S read ell ing t o th e prosperous gal e
T e wen t—bu t won ders st ran ge an d new
.

b
E re on g arose efore t heir view
b
.

First roun d the sa le v essel s side

’

b bb
G ush d u ling forth a flood of wine,
’

b y
E xh alin g from it s al m tide
b
Am rosial perfume, scent divin e .

An ex ressive word, as it seems t o me, b u t I fear almost ob solete It is used b y

p .

m h
.

i d W
t h e tran slato rs of th e Bib le . A d S amso
n
”
n sa id u n t o her , if t ey b n
8
e

9
i t seven
h
g r een wi tl u, that were never dried, &c J g
u d es x
.v i 7 a nd aga in , ve rse s .
. . .

Vo n I X
. . 9 K
fl“ Bacchus, or the Pirates. D une,

With awe th
’
afli igh ted rovers stood,
'

G azin g upon th e magic flood .

T h en roun d th e sail, high over head

A vine its wan derin tendrils spread
D ee h ung wi clu sterin g fruit ;
p
I ts claspmg arms ab out th e mast
An ivy gemm d with erries cast
’

y b y
With man a flower shoot ;
y
An d ever rower s ben ch around
’
.

Was with a festal chaplet crown d ’

.

H as te, h aste, M ededes, gain th e sh ore,

L oud on the pilot was t heir cry
y y
.

—
Vain pra er that refuge the n o more
Are destined to esp y .

Ch anged was hi s for an d lo ! the m—

I n lion shape th e deck estrode,
With hideous roaring ; an d a ear
b b
Furr d in a rugged coat of hair
’

H e raised b y won derous sorcer y

I n th e mid vessel : wh ere, oh ! where
-

Sh all th e sad pirate s flee

b
T he ear 8 rung up —the lion dread
G lared a from the vessel s h ead,
’

Th e terror smit ten, t urn d an d fled,

’
-

An roun d th e u nfearing pil ot th ron g

Unfearin for h e did n o wron g .

On rush th e God in furious mood,

’

An d seized th e chieftai n of the and ; b

Th e rest, wh en his dire fate th e viewed,
—
Plu ged h eadlon g plun ed, in to the flood,
n
y
And swam to gai n land .

In vain th e God s resis tless force

’

C han ed th em to dolphin s in their

But e j ust pilot h e did less
With life, an’d flowing hap in sea
b
Th ou n eed st n ot fear
y
A migh t fri end in me has made
worth, he said, y
For I am Bacchus, son of Jove,
And Semele, his The an love
b
H ail, son of righ t -eyed Semele ; th praise
b .

Shall still b e sung me in t uneful ya. by

'
I think this b ear is rath er a superflums monster ; b ut a trs nslator must go througb
thick and th in with his au thor I suspect t he passage is interpolated, snd necomnr
. a d
th e H omeric hymns, to consider the p ropriety of st riking out the li nes

”
Agata ar iw‘tw n l a n
-
dxa s , c ap er s cpa mm
‘
Av 8 in s q
’
h fl u! d iw l c bl p a roc l ugs ,
’ ‘
’ '

Aw a y br ez a f
g l
’ ‘
r
oo
] at Yale s d sm
gp a s " ,
s r a
a w .
'
. .

There could be many obj ections made against the m elosed lines, which
le r ed resders if
tz
m‘ ly repeat t 6 m
é hha h
ny) w dism

46th If thm
, on
w
not hesitate to suike out what l have marked.
'
l
e
y
m
n m
M
s
S
rki
a
n
u
‘
th
t
o
h
r
a
n
t
y
tb
0
fl
an
t
y
h
h
l
’

p
fl k h lifl “
zgl film “
189 133 L etterfrom Christofl w. King o H
f ya ti . N1

c n arsr o rn s , s u re o r tu r n .

S ad quid
”
Turbo Rcmi 9 S equiturj brt unam, at t e mp er .

y
Sm c s th e fall of Christophe, King of Ha ti, it has een the fashion, (after the b
est ablished custom,) to rail at him as a compound ofall bad qualities ; with a

—
c gaus s, 03q d
ui mils! m air, amavi
H ome M m

y
If external testimon is to be relied upon , let Colon el Malenfan t s account
’

b
of L e Clerc s execra le expedition to St D omi ngo, in which that oflicer, (an
’

old pmprietor in th e islan d

) b
ore a art , be con sul ted on the su j ect Ej t d b
b by b
ec e
p .

from his plan tation s, an d opposed in arms to the lacks, wh om he h ad een

y
dispossessed, he assuredl was not likel to be influenced y
an y prej udices in by
their favour But a st ill more correct estimate may, perh aps, be formed from
b by
.

the su j oin ed lett er, addressed Christ Oph e himselft o a distinguished British
senat or, from whom I received it, coupled with the irresisti le inferen ce, th at, b
' ’
y
if it s writer deserved the n am e of t ran t, then was that name compatible
with the most earnest desire in a sovereign t o promote the improvemen t an d
”
happiness of his peopl e Th at h e had deep feelings, urn t in pro a l th e b b b y by
by by
.

ardours ofa tropical su n, and in flamed long suppression , is proved his

y
las t act ofguilt desperation With a temperamen t so irrita le, an d in a si tu b
b y
.

ation so critical, we ma admit him to have n a trul at man , an d yet

g
by
ee re
y
contemplate with out surprise th e issue of h is regal career Possi l , from h is
b
.

very earn estn ess t o advan ce th e pu lic welfare, h e migh t urge forward his
whole system of improvemen ts, political an d moral, too impetuousl for th e y
rough an d un hin ged con dition of his n ew subj ects We know with wh at dif .

”
ficult y en terprises of the u tmost it h d m m t wh th con idered in

y b
en e er s
p an o ,

the ligh t of in terest or in that ofdu t , (e g t h e a olition of th e slave trade, )

. .

are accomplished, even in more civiliz ed an d Ch rist ian real ms Th e immen se

y
.

arm likewise, which he was compelled t o main ta in , with perh aps n eedful . b ut

y
highl u npopular strictness of discipline, for th e purpose ofresisting the inva
sion menaced by y
Fran ce, and the h eav expenditure invaria l accompan ing by y
great militar y b
lishmen ts, would cause th e oke of governmen t to press
esta y
y
uneasil on th eir shoul ders Bu t th at h e was not con stit ution all ru tal, or yb
y b y y
.

habit uall prodigal, th e letter itself will a un dan tl testif I t proves th at the
y y
.

king of H a t i, if he could not write like an E uropean , certainl did not dictate
like a savage.

H is plan of providing schoolmasters, furnished with all the modern carapa u

die of E nglish education , of weaning the en tire populat ion ,
'

a rapid transi by
tion fl om the language and the religion ofFran ce, in order to link its in terests
~

in diu olub l y wi th th ose of Great Britain—h owever it may be pron ounced by

y
m e, a project rather hard than h opeful—sh ould secure to him, (if it were
but out of gratitude) an indulgen t censure from E nglish j udgments That he
ym
.

had not overrated th e ca acit ies of h is coun tr from the testimo

p
y
en , appears

ny of some of th e t each ers em lo ed O e of th ese in particul ar, after a resi

p n .

den ce of three or four mon ths, reported to h is E nglish pat ron the unexampled
s eal with which t he outh a
ppl ied t hyem selv es to th eir literar labours and y
”
d ried, th at their success surpassed all his former experien ce
y
.

If we would seek more specifi c causes of his unpopularit , it may be conce

 Chr istophe, King ofH ay h E
‘

9 68 L etterfi -
es: . Jnne,

ded perhaps, t hat he carried th e ision an d mp t itu de of t he soldier too

y y br y
ro
prec p
stren uousl in to ever an ch of h is civil au th orit d t h t h w al
b by yj
an a e as so,
, pro

l with ref to existing circu mstances, too s tern l u st . Bu t it ought

y by y
a , eren ce

to b e recollect ed, in his vin dication , th at on l th e compression of militar

by
disciplin e could h e reason a l expect t o keep within ounds th e passio n s of his b
self enfran ch ised an d impetuous commu n it ; an d it is not in em r o legi sla y by
y
-

t ors that we can h ope to fin d the delicate apportion ing of clemen c an d equi ty,
which preven t th e summum j us from ecomin g th e summa inj uria b
b
.

By some it has een asserted, th at h e did n ot pay his forces wh ile o th ers
af firm, that h e had pun ish ed, or t hreaten ed to punish , an officer to wh om the
troops were devotedl y
But it seems more likel , th at th ey had pro
at tach ed.
’
y
mised themsel v es a latitude of in dulgen ce, after th eir eman cipation , in con sist
en t wit h all civil govern men t while he, n ot impro a l wit h th e est of mo b by b
t ives, erred on the side of rigid restraint T h e had alread tasted th eg danger y y
b
.

ous sweets of insu ordin ation ; an d all th e rest followed of course

y
.

What has since taken l in that ill fated cou n tr , af

fords b ut t oo s tron a

y
p ac e g
-

contin uation of th e n ecessit of an efi cien t an d well ordered police T hrough

y b y y b
-
.

out H a t i , all is at presen t in sta ili t an d an arch E ven th e Cape h as een

b y y
.

at tackedb y parties of the dis an ded soldier T h e marriages, to th e san ctit

b y y
.

of wh ich Ch ristophe h ad con tri u t ed ev er in ;his power,

secu rit are almost

u n iversall y
dissolved ; an d t he inst itu t ion s at an end of edu cation are wh oll y
y y
.

In a word, ever thi ng see s rapidl h urryi ng in to ut ter an d irremediab le con

m
fusion
y b
.

Bu t our readers will egin t o be impatien t for the letter .

F W
Au P alms de San: Saucy 1 8m fo r: 13 de fl d m aw.
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H E N RY
Par la grace de Diet! L oi Constitu tion elle de I E tat Roi d H ai ty, &c , &c ,
'
et la
’
. .

Mem b re du P arlemen t Britan nique, & c &c . .

Mon
Ami, en au cu ne m an iare d aucun e aflhire po '
’

Je me sers de l occasion de M Chal

’
litique quelcon quede ma art , soi t ver
mers, homme simple et
.

p ’
b alemen t on par écrit ; s il n étoit pas
y i
"

qu e a
emplo é ii mon service dan s sa o s seul emen t porteur des dép éch es pour
'
p r e
’
sion , pendan t le sej our qu il a fai t a vous et mes am is, et que uisqu il n é
’ ’

H ai ty, pour v ou s addresser ma répon se t é oflicielle,

'

tait rev étu d aucune qu

’

a vos trois let tres priv ées c i con fiden c ommen t avai t il pu se permet tre de
-
-

tiell es sous l es dat tes des 14 et 2 0 Ao ut faire met tre en t ete du livre des pieces
du gou vern emen t H ai tien , qu il a fait
’
dernier J e l ai chargé dc vous remet
’ ‘

—
.

t re ma lettre en main propre, at co m imprim er, ces mo ts P ar Auton té, et

‘

me il compte incessammen t revenir a

’
de s arroger le titre d agen t du go uver
’

H ait y, il pourra m apporter celles que n emen t H ai tien Commen t avait il

’

v ou s au nez a m ecrire m re de pren dre et de sti

o

.
p u se r e t t
J ai deplorela man iere don t le Sieur m ec ces profes
’

p u l er e s en g ga e en s av
Prince San ders s est con duit en An scu rs ? si ce n était pas vous seul ue
’ ’

cc soin regardait ? car j ai vu dan s es

’
l l
’

g e ter re, e t es su j et s d e ch a rin

g u il
m arches, que c est lui qui a con tracté
’
vous a don n és car qu oi ue
q
cat esse vous n e vou s so ez pas plain t,
m
p ar eli
y les engagemens qui on t été pris , et que
ension s qui on t
j e s uis n éa n oin s i n st ru it de la m a p o u r at ten u er les pre t
n ie re lege re,[ in con sequen t e, v ani teuse, été fai tes, v ous les av ez sagemen t laissés
avec laquelle il s es t comport é en An a ma ratifi cation E nfin j e l ui ai de
’
.

l m e ; aussi a son arriv ée, en e man dé commen t avait il pu promettre

t
y
'

g e pr -

sen ce de M Murra et des au tres a un e in fin it e dea personn es de venir

’

p ro
fesseurs qui son t ven us , j e lui a1 t e a H aity, on elles auroien t été em
’

moignemon mécon ten tement et l ai oy ées par le gouvernemen t l ans l cm

’ ’

sommé do declarer, s il s volt été charge si elles peuvent on non mus

’
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dtrc de uel ue u tilité ; comme s il

’ ’
c es t
‘
dan s cet te lan guc que j e desire
était caps le e j uger de leu rs taleu s, q u e v o u s co n t in u ic z touj ours n corre
ct s il pou vait con naitre leu rs moeurs moi
’
spon dre av ec .

et leurs moralités C est v ou s seu l, que J ai dan s m a p ossession les let tres
’ ’
.

crimin eus es de P elt ier :

’
vais charge, et qu e j e ch arge en core,
'

j a Je n e vous
da l oin de m e procurer des maitres et marqu erai pas to ut es les épithetes

s
t oic-
’
sa ns , parceque j e suis ersuadé
avance, qu avan t d e m e les
’
dresser,
b
a omin a les qu 11 v ous
’
p ro dig u eb
, ain
u an os amis et t ou tes les in sin uation s
si
q
vo us vou s serez assu re de l eu rs talen a, rfides, m
’ ’
il
’

pe qu a fait es co n tre v ou s
d e leurs mceu rs , et de leurs moralites et n os amis T an t de méch ancetés
’

. .

m on t in spiré la plus gran de h orreur

’
C est ain si qu au lieu d un j ardin ier,
’ ’ ’

m m m
’

g i é éd t t i é l con t re lui : Voilace qui fait, qu ej e n e

E
a v a s p r c e e n e o gn s
d avoir a Boston , San ders a fait
’
v eux
p l us avoir aucun e corres on d
p
v enir in u til emen t M VJeth erley don t mpu
’
. an ce, et qu e j ai ro t otal emen t
h om me au ssi perv ers
’ '
noua n avo s pas b esoin , et qu e j en av ai s Vous
b bb
avec u n
n
.

m l m
’

p as d e an é p arce qu il n e peu t n ous p e n se z ie n qu e d e se l a les at ro

ét re d aucun e u tilité pour le momen t, ci tés, loin de faire su r mon es rit nu
’

et do n t j c this pa er l all er et le retour y ’

cun e iin pression défavora le con tre n os
amis, n e fon t au con t raire u e redon
p
. b
Vous devez pen ser, mon ami, qu il
’

aurait thllu que j e fu sse dépou rvu de ler l es time et la con sidérat ion ue j e
q
b ’

hon sens pour en v o er n u h omme l eu r port e : car il es t to fij ours on c

comme Sanders, qui n a pas les moy ens ra le d etre en bu t a la hain e et a la
calomnie des méch ans
b ’

ui la ca cit e requise pou r suivre au I ls n e m

’ '

fi
.

cune re politique : J e sais qu e le épargn en t pas plus que vou s Je vous .

t a ns n est pas en core ven u :Of l j e p ou r rle e i m

’
en
p a p a r e x p r en ce ; car j e e
rai faire cet te demarche, tell e n eces t rou ve sou ven t dan s le meme cas
’

aaire qu ell e serait d aill eurs pour moi : N éan moin s j e ressen s la plu s vive af
’ ’

ce serait com promet tre c i av ilir l au fliction , et j e partage ien sin ceremen t
’
b
t om ite que d en voyer n u agen t san s i l l
’
-
vos
p e n es , or sq u e j e v oi s e s d é sa g r e
ét re assures il serait recu en cet te qua men s qu e vous épro uvez pour avoir
’

lité, et que le gou vern emen t au quel j e em rassé et defen du la

p l u s
g r a n de et b
l au t ai addressé m en en verrait n u de la plus j uste des cau ses
’ ’
.

t on cote Je laisse a la sagesse et a l a

. J e go fi te parfaitemen t, mon ami,
discretion de mes amis a applan ir les v os idées l u mi n eu ses su r les
g ran d s

difi cul tés, et a m mst ruire lorsqu e j e i i d m

p
b t
J
r n u
c p es g o ve rn e e n
q u e v o u s

nora lemen t cet t e de m exp osez : e su is persuade de leur

’

h
i f i
b
’

p o u r ra a r e o
march e ef fi cacit e po ur le on h eur de mes con
’

Je veux croire que San ders n a pas cit oyen s

p ou r m o n

u isqu il n e se com ose

p p
r o
’
r e o n h eu r , b
agi par mechanceté mais il n éta it, il
’
d
’

der au tremen t e mes con cit o en s

p q u e
M on application
e ce l ui
S y
ne pourrait pas se r
y
.

q u e co m m e po rte ur es p q
a u et s p o u r con stan te sera de l es em l o er
p J c .

W et n os amis Vous pou vez étre ferai t ou t ce qu i sera en mon pouvoir

.

tranquille sur son comp te, il n e re p o u r u st ifi er la h au te c in ion

j q u e m es

t ournera pas en Angleterre J c l ai amis, et vou s en partie ier, av ez con

.
’
is
vec M r G ulli ver d m i i ré, mon ch er
’ ’

y é i ci a e n e o J e su s
.
p e n et .

o v ois av ec plaisir, m on ami, la W des sen timen s gén éreux et

maniére fran che, amical e qu e vou s ph ilan th ropiqu es que vous m expri
’

il e. dans n os commun ication s mez ; et j e serais in dign e de l amitie

’ '

a ga ru comme vous san s réserv e et ure u e vous m avez v ou ée si e no

.

' ’ '

g p q ,

mus verrez que j e suis dign e d en ten faisais t ou s mes efforts pour la m ter,
’ '

(Ire et de con nait re l a v erite Vou s en suiv an t les sages con seils que vou s
’

av e: vous reposer sur la discretion m e don n ez

g
.

mes secrétaires pour t ou tes les com Vou s voyez avec quelle sollicitu de
munications et les ouvertures qu e vous e m empresse a dor mer ls ienfait de
’
b
an riea a me faire L orsqu e v ou s au
. educat ion am es con cit o en s L a n ou i y .

m uel que ch ose d importan t ci de v elle méth ode me parait la plus sub
y
’

ti el ame faire part, v ous pou l ime u on puisse emplo er pour pré
’
al l
wea charger u n e person ne devouée de parer es ét udes e suis émerveillé des
’
. J
w t re depeche, et me l addresser direc efiets de cet te ex cellen te m éth ode : t ou s
’ ‘

h men t e f . J
erai solder religieu semen t
Isa &aia que ces dépen ses auron t cau
mes soin s seron t de l eten dre, et de lu i
don n er a Ii ai t y t ou te l exten sion et
’

b
‘

l en couragcmen t possi les

’

ata. Sanders vous a dit av ec raiso n ,

b
‘

m m i d
’

, j d i i
’
f i l i
’
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a e n t sn a pa r a te en t l A n g ais C es t en a
.
u ss o n n te n t o n e
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faire délivrer des prix aux eleves, qui p l u s h o n n ét e e t ls p lu s é cl a iré bien

se! seron t dist in gués : chaque école ou differen t en cela du clergé C ath olique
colle g e au ra ép q
o u e fi x ée p ou r la dis Romai n , don t la dissoluti on des mmurs
t rib u t ion des prix, comme cellede l I n est con n u e, l Aptitre st ls D efenseur de
’ ’

J
‘

depen dan ce, de ma Fet e, celle de la l E sclav age s leur ai f ait connaitre
’
.

Reine, de mes en fans, et celle dea au l enorme difference qu i exists en tre les
’

t res j ours mémora les de notre révolu b Anglais et les Fran coi s, com ien ces
derniers as sen t dégén érés et avilis ;
b
J me
'
il m a
suis eiiorcé, au tan t
’ ’
l
’
d i d e i
b
e u q u e o rs q u on v ou r a t s g n er u n
homme v il et faux, l on dev rait dire,
’
été possi le, de faire in cul quer p rin
”
cipes de religion et de morale parmi F
“
ans comme r m raa ga is J suis
f e .

mes con citoyen s mais, mon ami, son cepen dan t , que gén éralemcn t parlant,

g e z co m ien u n bp eu le n ou vellem en t

i gn oran ce et de
il y
a des h on n ét es gens dans t ons les
m l F i
sort i des t e n eb res de i
’

p y ;
a s a s p r es q u e t ou s e s r a n ga s
l esclavage, qui a éprouv é 2 5 an s de 36 s av ons eu occasion de con noi
’

cousses et de revolu t ion s, a esoin en
core de tems, de soin 5 , et d ef
b q u e n o u
tre us as son t pas mon trés an ous sous
fort s, pour
’
des couleurs plus favora les ; qu an b ’

n ir aéten dre les principes rel igeux con traire les Anglais adoren t l eur pa
p a rv e
c t morau x dan s tou tes les classes de la trie, qu il a son t si em rasés du pat ri o
’
b
L obj et de ma sollici tu de est tisme nation al , et qu e la trahison est si
’
societe
b
’

s chez eux , qu a
’
don c de les éten dre en core davan tag e ; a h orrés et det est e
mais n on pas les prin cipes de cet te ré i i m b re des
i
b b y
p e n e p e n t o n c-
t e r un
p e t t n o
l igion défigu rée par la fan at isme et la t raitres, com ien ils son t raves, lo aux,
su perstition , mais cette religion que
l sence et de
’
’

p h ila n t h rO p e s, r e lig ie u x
de leur parole, qu il suflirait an u An glais
o
’
se rv a t eu rs b
d
f in l
y b
v ou s
p r o essez , p e e e es
l hu man ité de son div in au t eu r 11 a de j urer sur la Bi le, pour étre cm
’

lon g tems qu e j e désire la voir éta lie a

.

b sur sa parole : qu on n av ait j amais en

’ ’

H ai t y d exampl e qu ils av aien t fau ssé leurs

’ ’
.

Par la con sideration et le respect aroles ou l eur af firmation s si solennel

don t j ai en to u ré les l ien s du M ariage,
’
p smen t don n ées q u o n ne p o u
’
va it pa s
m l m m en dire au tan t des Fran ais et des Os
’
a d
’ ’
l
j
y
e n a i q u e on er e e
p resse e n t g
de mes con cit o en s a les form er, et des th oliqu es Rom ains, qui faisaien t j our
h eureux résul tats qu ila on t pour la n ell emen t profan ation des ch oses repu
'

morale t ees les pl u s sain t es parmi eu x ; que ls

J
'
.

L a T oleran ce est établie aH aity sou v erain , qu i se qualifi e du fils ainé

rm et s a ch acun l a li ert e de servir

a D iv ini té aas m an ie
c
b ’
.

de l E glise, n a pas crain t ds laisser sig

’

n er par son ministre, san s pro vocation

’
re J eten drai, s il
’ ’
.

est n ecessai re, l es ef iet s de cet te t ole comme san s in sul ts , la mort ds 400
' ‘

ran ce, en lui don n an t l a lu s mill s de mes con cit oyens pour pourvoir
latit ude J p g r
e su is p en étré, et j e sen s la
a n d
’
e
a rep eupler notre pa s avec n os mal
y
.

n ecessit ede ch an ger ce qu el es man ie

b y h eureu x fréres tran sp an tés d Afrique
’
res
et les h a itu des de mes con cito en s di
'
i él
y
u u c u v erai n , u i se t s r i i ux
q e e s o q g e ,
v en t en core co nserv er de semb lab es s a env o é de v ils es ion s p our in tri uer,
p g
celle des Fran ais, et de les modell er semer l s t rou ble et la con fu sion dan s
c
s ur les mam erss et les h a itu des An b n o t re a s t ran quille ; u il n e trav aille
’

g l ai se s L a c u
. l t ur e de l a litt ératu re
A n glaise dan s n os écol es, dan s n os col
’
p y
u au réta lissem en t b
e l esclav age j usqu e méme dans son
’
es p rej u és et
g

l eges, fera prédomin erenfin , j e l espere,

’ ’

y
y
propre p a s.

l a lan gue An glaise sur la Fran gaise E n fi n, j e desire que mes con cito ens
ce st ls seu l mo en de con serv er n otre
’

y
in dépen dan ce, qu e de n av oir a solu
men t rien de com mu n avec u n e n ation
’
b p
p
u
ou
is

r
se
l
n
eu
t p
r
o ss éd
ro re
p p
e r l es
on h eu r b
v ert us des An lais
g
.

L es H ai tien s aimen t gén éral emen t

d on t n ou s av on s tan t an ou s plain dre, et les An glais c est ls seul peuple, avec
’

don t les proj et s n e t en den t qu a n otre m m m

’

q u i ils
p u isse n t i e u x co p at ir : es
destru ct ion 11 y a lon g tern s qu e j e dé
. con citoyen s f eron t tou t se que j e l eur
sire qu e la lan gu e An lai se so it l a lan con seillerai, car il s son t en ti srement
g
ion al e de mon a s J en ai t ou u e mes con seils n out
’ ’
ersuade
b
g u e n at p y o ur
p
s,
.
q p
j p é e mes co n ci toyen s Je leur
l J emplmerai
’
o u r s a r u t qu e leur on h eu r .

ai t ouj ou rs fait sen tir l a n ecessit ede mon in flu en ce, les legon s pui ssan tes de
’
n av oirab solu men t rie n de commu n av ec l exemple pour les amensr a co point
’

la n at ion Fran caise, d emb rasser la et j e suis d avance m ut e

’ ’
si désiré ,
religion An l ican s comme la
’

g p lu s s u q u il a se p or t e ron t a v ec j oie s cette

blime, etan t celle on You trou ve gen e d e f m d l m m
’

g ra n s r or s u a n t p s en a
ralemcn t lo cler e le lu s vert ueux le
q s e
c sst ad ue lors ue la connaia
’
arriv é
’

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l ance de la langue Anglaise sera répan le Sieur E vans Je souh aite ue vous
q .

dne dans une partie de la population accep tiez os age de mon aun tie avec
— g
l m d e
’
ce q u i n e sera p as o n gt e s apr s au t an t d e p l ai sir u
q ;e en ai on erece
la méthode de L encastre, et d apres les voir ls v otre, et que vou s puissiez les
’

heureux tions que mon tren t les con sidérer comme ceux de deux de vos
'

élévea qui s in t ruirsn t sous Mr Gulli p lu s si n ce res a m is .

J ai appris avec la plus gran ds pein e,

’

Je désire de tout mon cceur que les et j ai eté desappoin t é, qu e l s b u t pour

’ ’

aonhaits que vous faites pour ls b on lequel j avsis addressé ds r niéremen t

’

hem et l instruct ion des H aitiens puis

’
des confi t ures en A leterre a t otal e
m t se réaliser ! Puissiez v ous a v otre men t manqué par l in scretion deSan
’ '

to ur, 6 mon ami, vous enorgueillir des ders —no pouvan t con naitre a qu ell c
W et de la civilisation de ce peu pl e, somme se seroisn t élev és les droits
dont vous aurez été n u des b ienfaiteurs ! M r Strafford m avait cepen dant p romis
’ '

y
Cro ez , que leur re
et ern elle y
conn aisan ce sera
cro ez aussi, que ma pen
’

J
d écrire a set eflet
s vous prie, mon ami, de me f
‘

aire
’
aée sera sans cesse port ee vers l s gran d agreer dan s la Société de l I n stitu tion
' '

but pou r lequel vous désirez les voir
— b
éléver en eifet, com ien j e m es time
’
rai b eren x de les voir con trib uer a vos
Afriquain s, dan s celle de la Sociét é de
b
la Bi le Angl aise et E trangére, et dan s
celle de l E cole An glaise s t E tran gérs
’

si tou tefois il n y aurait pas d impossi

’ ’
vnes, en vous aidan t aperfection ner s t
amel iorer ls sort den os fréres d Afrlqu e
’ ’
. b ilit é —et alors vous l s feriez de la ma
J ai repu et sgrée, mon ami, avec
’

aensibili té, votre portrait , que v ou s m

’

avea addressé : il me tardai t de possé j e co mpte vous addresser, vous par.

der les traits (l un de nos plus vert ueux m res fiiire couvrir
’
viendron t, vous
-

po
amis dm i ssion aura n e
’
. E n ret our, s t d apres ls désir les frais , que cet t e a
m temoign é, j e v ous en
'

J
q u e v ou s av ez
voie ls mien , et celui de mon fils ls s suis et demeure to ut a vous,
y
Prince Ro al , que j ai fai t pein dre par
’
Votre Ami .

m
’
s n a n ra c s P L A I N T .

MY heart thro s b
from day o day
Mine e es the
t
y
on
n ever close m sl eep
I see my oved companion s gay,
Y et all my solac e is to weep ;
For, clothed in melan ch ol deep, y
My heart may well afflicted be,
Since T ime can ring b
Upon his win g
y
No earthl j oy t o me !

I fi while l sin
Th e lightnin g s wing
Should come t o set me free !

The ravens sit, a clamorous troop,

U n the moulderin g A e tower ;
er wh oop
bb
Hat as the owl sen ds forth
From (l anky vaul ts that form her ower ; b
Soon, at the silent mi h t h our,
Lone men shall mark, ami the gloom,
 The M an iac
’
P laral
'

: June,
yo bh !
.

Belo ved ut sin ce th ou art go ne,

N o h ope estirs my bosom, save,
Wh en dark existence all is flown ,
T o j oin thee in the qu iet grave ;
An d wh en th e wandering reez es wave
Th e forests in th e cold moon shine,
b
When all is still,
M y spirit will,
U n seen, con verse with thin e l

RURA L S E C L U S I ON .

A Sketch .

len didly ! with wh at a glorious ligh t,

y
H ow
B e on t h e summi ts of you forest deep,
T h e su n descen ds, t ingin its ough s with flame ! b
T he western ten t aroun d im glows, an d far
Up th e steep cope of h eaven ou tstret ch ing righ t, b
D art t h e red lines with soft decayin g glow .

H ow u t ter is the solitude arou n d !

H o w wild, an d how forlorn ! I t is a scen e,
Wh ich st ern Sal vator, with a kin dling eye,
M i h t lon g have gazed unsat ed, treasurmg u p
h
A t rong of omen s dark, an d desolate th ough ts
N or motion of on e livin g th i
b
T h e reathless an d u n stirrin
Is
oue in ess, fi b b
N or in sec t s hum, n or Vesper son g of ird,
’

N or soun d oflapsing stream ; t he evenin g reeze,

Si hin g al ou j u st passes o er the flowers
’

0 th e dark eather, an d su sides t o peace b

There is no trace of human step, no mark
Of m an s domin ion here ; th ese moss rocks,
’
y
’
T h ese lieb en d stones, all pu le tin ged and lue, b
b r
p y
-

T hese deep row d rocks, an th at dim weed pool,

’
-

M ayha from T ime s remot est ch ron icli

’

Un ton e d have lain, and un distu rb d an lone !

’ ’

T h e ptarmigan when win tr frosts were

i
y
An d ski es were h m ; may h ere have sun n d h erself,
b
’

Th e red deer taken u a n igh t s a ode,

’

Or t he lith e adder rol d ; it may have een ,

’
b
T h at in th e gloom of olden times au stere,
B en eath that arching rock, th e E remite,
Shu n n in g communion, may h ave dwel t alone,
T ill human speech was , to h is vacant ear,
L ike vision t o the lind, a thin g goneb by
Saw, o er you far ofi hills, th e wan in g ligh t
’ '
-

; t he last set ting su n ’that shone for him,

Of
I n lon elin ess ou tstret ch d h is with er d lim s,
’
b
An d, dyi ng, left his b ones to wh iten there
’
Or, it may b e, when Persecu tion s rage
Pu rsu ed th e ch ampion s of th e Coven an t,
I n ages less remote, on this lon e moun t,
b
A t earliest sunrise, or en eath th e stars,
y
T h e su ffering mart rs gath ered, from the looks
Of un repin ing zeal in each worn face,
—As each on each the
rekin dl ed
gazed with
here perho
searching e es y
T o glean our ;
—And san ctified if such th e s ot must
y
Kneelin g th e pray d ; for Scotl an d s h ills and doles,
’ p ’

P our d ou t their h earts, for li erty of soul,

’
b
And for serener times .
 M urmng Wall
’

The Spring
’

s “
91 3

mo u o un m c s
’
r u n s ra w a ns .

I g ths win ta is past, th e rain is over and gon e Th e flowcrs appear on tha carth ; the
.

t ime of th e singing of b irds is come, and th e voice of the t urtl e is heard in our
The flg trae put teth forth her green figs, and the vin es with the tender grape give a
-

g ood sm ell . S o ng o S olomo n cha

f , p 11 . .

T u r n s is somethin g in expressi l by The fields are clothed in a man tle

delight fitl in the aspect of a spring of delica te green , th e ou ng wheat y b
morning ; t o awake from refreshin g sh oo ts u
b
its t en der and exu eran t
slumb er, an d ehold t h e crimson sun
sh ine streamin g th ro ugh th e easemen t
b h
lades, t roug h t h e osom of t h e dark
mo u ld, moist with th e dews that hav e
b
in long oblique lin es , wh ere m yriads fallen durin g th e sil en t watch es of t he

y b
of mot es are o s erved dan cin g t o an d n igh t ; wh ile s till, u on t he distan t
p
fro in maz movemen t s, and lis t en t o loft ier grou n ds t h e slow motion of th e
th e brisket crow of chan ticleer from l h m b i ved, an d th e
y
p o u g s a
y e e r

p
ce
b en eath, an d t he flap of h is golden dark furro ws wh ic t he are leavin
wings Th e ch irpings an d n oisy ick
.

erings of the s arrows are h eard from

b b ehin d T h e hedge rows h ave n ow
.

assumed an emerald h ue, an d t he

-

bp
the neigh ou ri n g roofs ; an d, at in
t erval s, th e dis tan t voice of th e linn et
crows, issu in g from t he forest, ali ht
on th e t ops o f th e trees, an d fi ll the
g

breaks melodious l in , an d fills th e

f t h
y air with t h e soun d of t heir ceaseless
an d discordan t cries
p au s es o e co n ce r t . .

Bu t let us ou t t o th e m orn in g air ; What alteration does this landscape

let us s nj o th e freshn ess of t h e reeze, b resen t f rom what it was b u t a b
and th e ch eats warm th o f th e su n
b
shine let us ru sh th e dews o f morn
p
s ace ag o
p
ed o ver wi th th e
T h es e a n
u ddi n bb
ks, n ow green
ri ef

b
g r ia rs , an d
ing from th e grass, an d respire th e with t h e fin e leaves of the hawth orn,
v ery essen ce of h eal th in t h e cool sap forming a pleasan t con t rast wit h its
lubriou s air Forth from his cloud
.

b ondage the great Apollo h ath b urst

y b
dark ough s — n o w spo t ted wi th white
daisies, an d with yellow king cu ps,
y y
-

c d, a clear hu e perv ades ev er sur with dan delion s, an d a variet of wild

rounding ob ect ; b u t, as h flo werets, were frozen, an d cold, an d
b
'

y e t , a l ig t
veil of mist angs ov er t h e osom of b arren decorated h ere an d there with
,

the stream, an d en circles th e sides an d a few tu f t s o f tall ran k grass, set s an d

mmmi ts of th e far off hill s, as with a rus th n g in th e win d , an d with so me
coronal of u n illu min ed glor
y T h e. b l eak leafless bo ugh s droopin g and me
blades of th e young gras s gli t ter, an d lan ch oly, topped wi th th e fun eral ber
are gemmed with a t h ou san d tin y ries of t he dog rose Fro m t hese rocks
b
-
.

ls of dew ; while th e fresh uds dep en ded a t hou san d icicles

vs tha t
indica tes gl
u tin ou s ap earan ce, wh ich
p
sir v i our an d h eal th in ess
co urse of th e riv ulet from a ov e was
marked ou t b y a lon g whi te stripe,
'
T he
b .

g
y
H o w lo vel is th e appearan ce of a
.

w in di n g do wn t h e s t eep, an d edged
wi th a mul t it ude o f fan tastic figu res,
vernal wood a garlan d o fgreen seem s
to be wo ven ro u n d th e b ran ch es that wro ugh t wit h a m agical effect, and a
y
were latel so dark, an d arren , an d b y b
fairy rillian c y
Over th e surface of
.

the s tream, th e gian t Frost had ex tend

bare, through wh ich t h e win t r win d
b
whistled leak an d desolate , or which
bent beneath the b urth eu of th e fea
ed h is polar scep tre, an d taugh t
ice chain ed waters to sl um er on the
-
t he
b
”
thery sn ow s T h ere is someth ing
. sh ore . B u t n o w, wit h a gen tl e and
and deligh tful in th e sigh t ; m elodiou s ripple, th e gushin g st reams
somet hi ng that, in al most au di le lan b p a bb
ss do wn et ween th eirverdan t b an ks,

w ith a soft lue tinge on the surface,

u
g g a e spe a k s t o th e h eart o f t h e h o
p es
b
of ren vation somethin g th at t ells u s li h i l h d
i i
b
g t t er n g n t e e n a s u n s i n e ; a n
that t here m s t b e a triu mph ov er b roken h ere an d t ere b e enlargin g
den y somet g t huat
b
w h
ofthe departed l essings o fearl y days
is p e rs t o u s circles ca used b
y th e
t rou t , after th e ti n insects th at wan
i
p g
y
n o f ta
h e

somethin g, in sh ort, so con gen ial t o t on above .

t he feeling, as to form an an t idot e t o N ature, an imate and inanimate,

the cares that press upon th e spirit, seems to h av e taken of th e gen ial
an d t o the forebodings of glo om th at influ en ces o f e season The flocks
y b
.

“ an the prospects of fu turit are gam olling amid th

pa s tu re s a n d
e
.
,
Von IX . . 2
on The Spring M orni ng s
’
Walk D une,

y
.

each mother following its lam

h
,

l
b i
d
n i
with
t s d o
h
w
ril n w a
l
r d
h
p a t
f
h ,
d
a n
k
d is s w al
d
w
bb
h i w T
b
l w i
b
cos t a s t e a s sn o . e ca t t e a re o e n t e u
g p o a r n e s s an

lin g th e ten der h er age, an d o livion

some ni
ot h e rs r um in a t in g th e i r fo o d w it h li st H o w l o v e l , f r om
.

thi s y
e m i n e n ce ;
l ess pleasure . Some, wi th th eir faces looks th e far off surface of th e ocean
turn ed t oward th e shin in g day , and cah n as a l ake, an d ou t readin g its
some, reclin in g amid th e s tu mps of capacious osom to th e ra an ce of t h e b p
s '

a ed trees H ow gran dl does th at m om in sun T h e world o f w aters

y 5
y o u
g . .

magn i ficen t man sion et ock forth seems 80 t o ackn owledge th e in flu

amid i ts ruin s ov er t e wide ch ase, en c e of t he advan cin g ear, an d in t o y
b
on ce su j ect t o th ose, wh o t ook up ken of it s reveren ce stills it s ruffled
b
t h eir a ode within Alas
. T ime wat ers in to peace Th e rocks th at rise
”
b .

h ath wrough t stran ge al teration , an d from its osom still ap ar dark an d

t h e t empest s an d t h e su n shin e of cen frown in g, b u t t he casu a gleam of th e
b b
t uries h ave n ot eat an d urn ed upon sea irds win g poin ts th em ou t as n ot b
b y b
-

its roofs in v ain . Wh ere is n ow th e eing a j o less a ode .

p o m p, an d th e p”rid e, a n d t h e c ir c u m B u t , l e t u s t u rn fr o m t h e m i g h t in e ss

th e applian ces, an d wh ich h ath perish ed, t o th e con t em

s tan ce ofst ate,

t h e m ean s t o oot b th e retain ers th at pl ation of th e lowlin ess th at n ow pro s

t hron ged t he h all , t o wh ose wassail pers H ow ch eerful looks t h at ran ge
v oices th e vaul ted roofs oft en re ech oed o f th at ch ed cottages
-
.

th e lu e smoke b
at midn igh t ; t h e stagh ou n (13 th at su m itself, th at wreath es from th e ch imn ey ,
b ered t h e parlou r floor ? Where is th e
-
seems an em lem of th e dom estic com b
s teed th at n eigh ed in th e s tall , an d th e fort enj oyed within an d th e su n sh in e,
l ord th at rode h im to t h e fi eld All clot h in th e whi te wall s, an d t h e glit
h av epassed away likea m orn in g dream l
t erin g at t ice, adds a ch eerfu ln ess t o
an d t h es e l on e, an d b ars , an d desolate th e grace of t h e ex t erior T h e small .

wall s, over w hich t h e lon g g ass wav es, garden s b efore th e doors, free from
an d th e stalks oft h e gill y i wer sh oo t s
reen l y, remain a gigan t ic sepulch re
-
id weed an d ston e, espeak th e b
sl eep

g
o fth e m aj es t ofan cien t da s Shru s
b y .
l e ss h a
bn d o f in d u s
h ave alread sh ot t h eir t aper len gth s
tr y
y
T h e p ea se .

an d u sh es, ere an d t h ere, amid th e far ab ov e th e so il , an d th e n eatl t rim

scat t ered ru i n s of what w ere on ce eu
closures, l ift u p t h eir wild bran ch es,
m ed goose err b y b
u sh es h av e
b
s arlan ded wit h l eav es,
t h eir

p r i ck l y ra n c h e
roclaimin m di i l h w k h i i f i
b y
p g o re s t n c t y t e rec s an d s t u d d e d w i t t e n ci p e n t ru t .

an d t h e rava es of T im e— l ike f T h fl w l t w h i it i t
g ra
g e o e r
p o n o e x - s a v ar e
m en t s o f a perish ed v essel floatin g in of colo ur, an d emits a m in gl ed rich n ess
t h e b ou n dl ess deep after a t em pest o f p erfu m e . T h e crocus h ere open s a
.

T h e b u ds an d y ou n g leav es expan d ll w d t h re a b lu e calice T h e

y e o a n e .

in g on t h e ch esn u t t rees— th at on ce sn ow dro , t h e earl iest dau gh t er of

p
y
-

formed an av en u e t o th e b aron ial man th e sprin g, h as alread p assed th e m e

i — seem t o t ell t hat t h e works ofart
bb ridian of its b eau t , an d droop s like a
s o n
y
may ch an ge, b ut th at t h e eau ties of forsaken girl T h e wall flo wer already
'

b y
-
.

n atu re are of a m ore du ra le kin d egin s t o pro tru de it s rich el lo w

”
an d s readin h i b h es, as if in t in ged w it h iro n b ro wn
flo wers,
b
p g t e r r an c .

derision , form a m agn ifi cen t portico to T h e en tl e rimrose, like a eau t t oo

g p
a t emple, t h at h ath d w m
b
p a s se a a
y o d .e s t a n d d ifl ‘
id en t t o b e g a z e a t ,

I t is th e season of sprin g, th e season

of ren ewed b
eau t y, an d grace
en ds do w n to h ide it s sweets am id it s
T h e girdle of green leaves wh ile th e dark
y
.

sky h as assu med its v ern al azure th e

white stainless clouds sail gracefull
ath wart it s b
osom ; t h e su n shin es
;
y
0 ed violet , still more lowl , seeks t o
el ter it self en eath them b
H ere th e .

dark, stron g scen ted earmin t dif

- fu
with ren ovat ed splen dour, an d th e ses its erfumes an d t ere t h e n ev er
b b p
irds sin g i n e ullien ce o f h eart Bu t fadin t h m e stret ch es alon , formin g
y
,

g y g
b
.

all is still, an d st irless h ere

o f man is like a rain o w t hat ov er
arches t hefall o fa stream, an d throu h
b
; t h e glor an odo rif erou s order
P laced again st th e sun n wall s tan ds
.

g o n i t s
p l at fo r m t h e co n i ca h iv e , a li t
ou t the live long da looks in b eau t
b y t l k i d m li w i th t h e h u m f i t s
-

y e n g o , a v e o
an d rillian ce at th e l owi n su n
y g
ibdes awa as he sets, an d t h en sin ks
g b u t i n h a b i t a n t s, w h o ar e e n t e rin
g a n d
u ccession ,
d e

t i i d ig
b
p n n
a r
g n n e v e r e n s -

t o n othingness it is like t hat of a riflin g th e sw eets of ev er lossom ,

b y
-

shootin
y
g sta r , which lazes momen ta and la i ng up, with a pati en t in dus
i m j . The Spring M orning s Walk
'
. 2 15

m
try, and inde tlgable toil, th eir h o
nlod s tore
y
death dela ed so lo ng to wh ose him,
an d looked forward t o th is d
qu i
y
e t fi el
.

Oh ! who can gaze arou nd at s uch of graves, as t o the as lum, where all
a seas on as this, wh en t h e
by eau ties of b his sorrows were t o find repose
n ature, urstin g
their win tr sepul
h oen ix like from
expand in all
-

the grass, and the wild flowers, sti r

b
T he gen tle reeze wan ton s among
.

b b
-

t h e lov elin ess of rean imated eau ty ring t hem in to a

b eau t iful a tation

'

s nd th en can all o w th e b urden o f sel b u t all en eath is dark, an d s en t, an d

b b
'

fi sh misery to press upon the soul , u n lovel h

y T e sk y is
y r ig h t a o v e an
.
,

when t h e sun shines, an d th e lark d d l i b t

y
az u re can o u u
p , ee p an g o r o s ,

sin gs fi om th e clouds, wh en th e d ew th e sh adow of despon den c dwells be

b
'

l i h h h n eat h N ature rej oices in t h e ren o

t te rs n t e
by d t
g o gree n e r , an e .

snow like lossoms expan d on th e vation o f h er s weet s, t h e t rees b u d,

y b b
-
,

t ree, and ever sigh t an d ever soun d th e fl owers lo w, an d t he irds sin

h eath en h armon y an d h appiness t h e air re assumes it s vern al warmt
-

But, let us t urn our steps to th e an d th e waters th eir m h

y
ch urch ard, let us en ter t h e silen t
m y
g la ss
n ess ; b u t alas ! in this wor d at least,
t h ere is n o secon d s prin g in human
s oo t

p or c h , an d g az e on t h e ela n ch o l
N ot to quen ch th e pu re flame life L ike the water of a river, t hat
scene
b y
. .

of iritual ligh t, which vern al eau t flow s on amid th e pomp of forests an d

b
es in th e reast, b u t to shade its can fields, through lan dsca es of
in t mperan ce with a ten der an d a mo
e
n hz ing gloom Oh wh en sh all spring
.
h t , an d
b an deu r, an d
t h e rin k o a precipice, wh ere th
p
eaut , t o b y
s
a n imate the ash e of t he departed ! flash in the sun shin e, an d descen
1 ng, v an ish t o darkn ess for ever !
'

Oh, when shall morn dawn on the night

of th e grave
But far b e all despairin g though ts
from t h e con templat ion of a vernal
The shadow oft he h ouse ofpra er falls y lan dscape I f a man di e, shall he n ot
.

b
long an d dim o ver t h e green rise again ? o th n ature an d rev elat ion

b b
the white to m ston es, an d t e fu
-
aves,
declare th at h e sh all
v er t he
t h at h aving
b
u n daries of T im e s
’
w eal sh ru s, as ifit t ook th em all u n .
p as se d o o
finite empire, h e will take u p his ab ode
der its sil en t ro t ect ion an d, varyin g
p
con tin uall y Wi th t h ev aryin g day , covers in t h e man sion s o f E t erni t y .

them each in t urn with it s u n s ub stan I t is b u t n atu ral , h owever, t h at

wh en we cas t o u r eye ov er t h e renew
t ial wing, as it were th e spirit ofreligion
broodin g over, an d ren derin g pregn an t ed b eau t y
o f t h e m at erial world, t hat

with hOpe t he man sion s of t h e dead w e sh ould heave a sigh of reg ret for
of t hose wh o slu mber in h op e, an d t h ose wh o roam ed wit h u s th ro ugh th e
b
wh o will urs t forth t o ren ewed l ife woods, an d green meadows, wh en life
y
was oun g, an d every av en ue o f t he
at t he soun d of th e last t ru m et , wh en
t he voice of th e Archan gel s all pro h eart open t o t h e in flu en ce of pleasure
claim t hat T ime sh all b e n o more ab le feelings ; an d w h o are n ow scat
t ered far from u s ov er th e su rface of a
H ere all are ali ke, an d th e slav e is freed
from h is mas ter N o so rrow en t ers,
. wast e an d weary world H o w m an , . y
and n o care m olests alas ! t h at n o t iced w ith u s t h e first
h h
T h e o ld an d th e
.

m b app earan ce of t h e v ir in sn ow dro ,

y ou n g t e selfi s a n d t
y
h e a ia l e a
b
ll g p
-
, ,
”
that adds a dign it t o, an d estows a an d th e wan derin g v oice of th e
lust re on h uman n ature, with all th at cu ckoo, are n o w in t h e silen t grave,

debases, an d lo wers it down to th e le callou s alike t o t h e gl ories o f t h e year,

y
vel of poor mortali t , are h ere m et in o r th e icy rigo ur of th e win tr
F rom ou r sen sitive re ret f
t em y
on e common res tin p l a ce -
H ere re
.
p est .
g or

h h f t he past, ev en t h e recollection of de
p ose t e a s e
b
s o t o se , w
with t he rillian cies of h ope, looked
h o, fl u s h ed
p art ed y ears seems em almed with a b
fi forward do wn th e vista of h appy seren er, b u t a more assion ate, an d

y
'

da s, who said un t o care b e far warm er glo w, th an w at we n ow feel

”
fro m me, an d un to fear, I kno w an d p erceive ; we are ap t t o imagine
th ee n ot wh o forgot th e pas t in th e t h at th e ch an ge is in n ature, th at the
fi elds are less green , th at t h e summer
an t ici
th at
tion of th e fu tu re, and fel t
world was all efore t hem, b day is less gloriou s an d b righ t, th at
t h e murmur of th e riv er is less musi
wh ere t o ch oose an d h ere th e wretch,
who, b owed down by
t h e urth en of b cal , an d t h e n ot e of t h e n igh tin gale

M ums, and t he pelting of adver less replete with plain ti ve melanchol ; y

i t y o p t ileu storm, wondered why
’
n or think of fin ding th e ch ange, not
’
91 6 The Spri ng M orning
’
s Walk . [June
,

in ex ternal sigh ts and sounds, bu t in I have composed t he following stan zas,

our own b osoms. with which I
will con clude my wan
From th e impress on of this t ruth, derin g specul ation s
‘

Ob ! where, says the Spirit of L ife to my soul,

I s the ravage and wreck th ou deplorest
The sky spreads its azu re in t en der repo se,
st ream of t he mou n t ain in melod flows ; y
Th e sprin g m iles in ha n b , and summer estows y b
A wreath of green les ves on the forest .

T he lan dscape around t hee is rin kled with flowers

T he moun t ains are lue in b

e distan ce ; p
s
L ike a mote in the sun shin e the lurk flits awa 5
T he in sec ts, a numb erless host, are at pla , y y
And open ing their delicate wings t o the day,
Rej oice in the gift of existen ce .

Or look to the sea, and its emerald isles

y
All j o ous its flocks are in motion ;
Th e plovers their limitless march h ave egun , b
O er t h e san ds like a fi eld eaten arm the ru n,
’
- b y y
An d flashing the white of th eir wings to the sun ,
L ike arrows descen d to the ocean .

Were th e smiles of the universe ever more fair

N o som ethin g proclaims t o th ee—n ev er !

An d silen t ly steals link

b
Bu t Time l ooks en eath wit h a haugh t disdain ,
by
lin k from t h e chain
y
T is t hy h eart which h ath al ter d thou lookes t in
’ ’
vain
”
For th e chan ge, in what lasteth for ev er .

TH E C O I I N T H E G L E N.
' ’

n ot t he star of t he ev en in wppl l g
’ ’
tis
yb
'

On o er
With
fair righ t radian ce th e m azure l ill, di i
Th e green forests far up the wide valle slopil g’ y
T h e gleam of t he lake, o r t he sou n d of t h e ill , :
That tempt me at t wilight t o wan der th us lonel ,
So far from th e din and th e ustle of men b y
A magic, a mag ic, t hat charms for me onl , y
Su rrou n ds with its halo yon cot in the glen !

H ow sweet , far remote from all t umult and danger,

y
I t were, in th is valle to pas s the long ear, y
I n frien dship an d peace l ift t he latch t o th e stra er,
An d ch as e off th e anguish of pal e sorrow s t ear
’

T o roam ou t at morn , wh en t he ou n sun is shi ning, y

b
When irds are awake, an d flocks eat in the pen b
b
And to cat ch h is last eams, with my loved one reclin ing
b
In th e o wer, b y t he side of you cot in the glen .

M ary , th ou kn ow st
’
how often a pleasure
not
I n crow ds t h y soft image hath iven to my h eart !
b
L ike th e spirit t hat wanders esi( e u ried treasure, gb
M y s teps ever lead to the spot where thou art
h m h d m — i m e it will ever

b
O so on a y t e a
y co e f co
T h e b righ tes t an d est in fu t urity s ken,
’

“ hen fate may ordain us n o longer to sever,

’

Sweet girl of my heart, from the cot in the glen !

 W W N W s M
r n r sau n as. m us . as v s s rr.

B r no n

m
.

M m e eyes did never see a moonligh t

So purel yb
eaut if
Without a stain
ul ; th e skies m
t

t win kling brigh t,

of cloud, and,
The thin st ars wore n s escen t h u
i, an d 1 f o t e 1 ag g
all s li
b
I
Th eir hoary rows npresr d ; the A en t woods
’
g
W ithou t a soun d ou tsprasd their solitudes,
y
D arkl umb s ; th e descen ding rill s
fi tful ligh t it was a scene,
’
Glit ter d wi
So magical it look d, an d so seren e,
’

b
That rough t to min d old Fai r lan d eside y b
My lattice, with th e wood in e can opied, b
L ong did l si t an d gase, and th ough t fill ;
An d ere th e midnigh t chime the dews of
Fell not u pon my eyealids all was still,
An d, as I mused, I could not chuse b ut weep
As, throngin g in upon me righ t and fas t, b
Came, clo th ed in ligh t, the via ons of the past
'

b
.

Sleep oun d me in h is ch ains, and lo ! a dream

Came o er my heart with its fan tastic d es
’
y
d
All rai n b o w tincture , and the wh ole did seem
-

T o settle to a calm, bri h t paradise

Flowers emm d the pa
’

Ou tsp read t eir lu cid can op

an d o ver h ead lue skies
tall trees, y
-
b
T h e cedar, an d t h e ch esnu t, an d th e pal m,
y
Th eir migh t arms ex an ded, an d th e reeze
p
Kiss d them in passi ng, and an odorous alm
’
b b
b yb
From loom eds in rich varieties
L oaded th e gal e .

Meth ough t I st ood with thee,

Arm link d in arm, an d down a vista green
’

We gazed delighted, where far of were seen,

b y
Crown ing a ros kn oll with symmeti y,
bi y
A wood in ed cottage, w hile th e ligh t ue smoke
yb
M oun ted up tran qu ill , and wreathed awa
b
T o n othin g ness, an d far ehin d it roke,
Reddening the west, th e set ting orb ofday .

Th en did we t urn , an d gaze u pon t h e lake

b
Sl ee ing in all t he righ t an d gl owing h ues
p
b
Wh i ch the last eams of summer suns infuse
b
I n t o th e waters h ere th e swans di d reak
yb
With snow reas t its glassin ess ; and there
T he 1i lifted to th e wooing air
b
I ts white and azure eauties, and its stem
G irdl ed with leav es, almost as fair as them
T h e s wallow, with its shrill an d twittering note,
D arted alon g its surface, and t he trou t ,
After th e skimming insects l eaping out
From its cool home, made roun d a out it float b
A th ousand widenin g rings .

My heart was
T o surfeit in g of j oy, and I did look
y
I n to thine e es, an d on th cheek, and took
A draugh t of lo ve, for ought did ever cull
Some fancied charm, thou wert so eautiful b
 The S ummer N ig ht s Reveri e
’
.

Methought, that n on e for man a wear mil e y y

Were n ear n or augh t aroun des tro
bb
,
us t o
T h is seat of liss, th is paradise ofj oy ,
lo v e s golden smil e
’
Illumin d ever
b b
’

For us alon e t e righ t ough s blossom d roun d ;

’

For u s alone th e youn g fl owers p rank d th e grou nd ;

’

y
T he even in g shed i ts ros t in t s t he irds
y b y
Ch aun ted th eir h mns of30 fro m ever tree ;
For u s alon e th e n ev er idle ee b
T reasured its h oney d st ore our ver words
y
’
y
Savour d o flu xu r an d sweetn ess, more
’

T han speech can t ell to l ove, an d to adore

’
E ach o th er, an d u n check d to wan der free,
y
Our on l care an d dut seem d t o b e ! y ’

Meth ough t I pon der d on th e vanish d scen es

’ ’

y ,

Of n ois cities, an d t he haun ts of men ;

Of kn avish cun ning ; of th e fool wh o leans
y y
On san d piles of sin within its den ;
Of Jealous ; an d Grief th at walls aloud
Of Care that walks amid th e smilin g crowd
y
With heav h eart ; of Penur that pines y
In roofl ess h ovels, where the sh ower descen ds ;
Of pale D isease, whom P ain th e t ort urer rends,
I n ch after in ch , from life that slow declines
An d dark Remorse, with wild an d loodshot eye,
y by
C len chin g h is sin ew h an ds in agon
Shu dderin g I t uru d, an d saw thee at m y side,
’

Watchin g my looks —th ese ill s h ad pasa d awa ,

b
’
y
L ik e mists efore t h e gloriou s dawn of day,
An d left our h earts an d souls b eatified,
Without a care, with ou t a fear t o roam,
S cen es pregn an t w it h a most u n earthl j o , y g
Where grief could n ev er come, n or cares estro
With on e sad th ough t, th e lessings of our h ome b
T h ough t had n o en t ran ce h ere of ew t rees dark,
b y
-

Of church yards som re, an d o worm graves,

-

Of melan ch ol y vaul ts, an d drip in caves ;

b
An d on each row, where ou th l a set his mark,
M ethough t a gen tle silen tn ess did lie,
Y gd
Which spoke the vigour of eterni t
When 10 ! as
We stood a
g
mon a s il ve r cl ou
ng, from t he h eaven it came
'

L o wer an d lower, an d a t on e of flame

’
Glow d in its cen tre an d, at en g th, it how d
’

I ts v olume t o the earth, an d roader grew b

Th e cen tral ligh t ; while, from its in n er shrine,
Stepp d sh ining forth , with cou n te nan ce divin e,
’

A radiant Angel, an d he look d at me

’

As if in pit t hen h e t ook t h h and,

b h
An d ade t ee go with him
And the dim volumes of th e ch ariot cloud
e waved his wand,

b
-

C losed upon oth, con cealin g like a shroud

b y
H is radian ce, and th y eau t ; an d it rose
Maj estical, as doth th e e le dun,
b
When en t to drink the un tain s of the sun, fi
And rou n d its pat h un min gled splen dour glows
bb
T here, as with thro in g h eart , an d s tedfast gaz e,
.

I wat ch d its quick ascen t, meth ought it grew

’

A speck, wi thin the em yrean l ue, b

Fainter an d fain ter wen u n my
And mslted in thc lucid sr ofmght .
 The S ummer N igh t s Reverie
'
. 9

D isma d, disoomfited, I kept min e eye

'

y
Fix d on the space, wh ere I had seen th ee last ;
And, gazin g through th e dim an d em t y sky,
S tood statue like, al l sil en t, an d ag ast
b
-

S udden th e clouds roll d o er the emis h ere ;

’ ’

T he sun shine was no t and an in ky o s

Blot ted th e stars, an d h eaven s seren er lue
Th e lake rose up in madn ess loud an d drear,
’
b
L ashin g to foam its hu ge an d illow t ide,
H eaving and sin kin g, dark, and dim descried
b y
y
-

T he forest , wit h a m elan ch ol sou n d,

Waved to and fro its wide um rageous oughs,
Till t he tall oaks fell crash in g ; an d arou n d
b b
As if of time I saw th e fi n al cl ose
Brigh t flash d the ligh t n in gs, an d t h e th u n ders Spoke
’

Awfirlly d eep I trem led, an d awoke ! — b

ON T H E A L L E G E D D E C L I N E O F D RA M A T I C WR I T I N G .

I r we may be all owed t o j udge of th em down wi th an in creased t enden

the feelings of ot hers our own , t h e b t o t he same opinion , so mu ch th e
lovers of the drama w
leasure in the pu lication of M oore s
feel n o lit tl e
b
'

’
b
cy
et ter.
Takin g in to one view the whole
p dan
'
‘
I ts ver an n ou n cemen t
. y ran e of t h e Brit ish drama, it has al
g
was like a ray of sun sh in e throu gh a ways seemed t o me th at th e great and
cloud sky N or is th e sat isfact ion it inj uriou s ch an ge, (for ch ange there has
i b by b
.

s fi l rd much a ated t h e om ission een ) in t h is sp ecies of writin g, was

of the promised life I , for m y part,
would mu ch rath er read it u n con n ect
. a su dden on e I t was on e of the man
. y
ev il s, great an d small, w h ich flo wed in
ed with his works Sheridan is al rea
. a t th e Rest orat ion , an d one o f the
d a classi c and to see h is plays sim m os t in cu rab le I f th e Fren ch taste,
l
.

ll as well as t he Rom ish religion , co uld

py
p
co ec ted a n d
”
p ri n t ed
aper, with M r D avison s b est t ypes,
u pon go od
’
h ave b een sen t ack with James t he b
i s quite a fil lip, as old ladies say , t o S econ d to S t G ermain s, it woul d have
all wh o aresu f ferin g u n der a despon den b een of lit tle con sequ en ce Bu t t h e .

cy occasioned b y th e declin e o ft he dra C om m o n weal th w as an in ter regnu m -

ms Th e eatest croakers on t his score in t h e drama as w ell as in t h e mo

.

must, at east , make an ex cept io n in

fll v on r of Ri ch ard Brin sley Sh eri dan
n arch y an easy w ay w as prep ared by
. t h e fan at icism of t h e Pu ritan s, an d th e
H e may shin e, like Clau dian , p erh ap s, t h in g , wh en o n ce adopted, cou ld n ot
in the mids t o f an age of darkn ess b e dism issed again sa n s ceremon ia, like
but th at is anoth er t hin g an u n pop ul ar famil y, o r p ersecu ted in
H e is st ill
y
.

”
a colu mn in th e m el an ch ol wast e t o silen ce like an ob n ox io u s religion .

-
a st ray diam on d wash ed u p from T h e dram atic writ in gs of th e p erio d
the waters of ob livion u p on a sh ore o f b et ween E lizab eth an d Ch arles th e
b b l h h l b Secon d, are con fessed ly th e glor of y
y
p e es T .er e as , a fte r a l , een

too m uch wailin an d l amen t at ion th e li terat ure of this cou n tr T he

b
.

a ou t this impu tet dwin dlin g of dra are n o wh ere else t o be parallel
matic in tell ect I must own I have T h ey are u n ique Springing, as it
y y
. .

better ho es on th is h ea d th an man were, n atu rall ; th e in digen ou s an d

p
b
of my nei gh ours ; nor h as a cool con
sideration of th e question at all dimi
spo n t an eo u s grow t h o f t h e so il,— they
h ave all th e v igou r with t h e perfection
nish ed the force of th ese con solator
con clusions Sh ould th e readers, i f
y of N at ure T h e pl a s of Sh akespeare,
. y
. an d o f th e o th er ligh t s of th e ol den
any, of th e foll owing remarks, lay t ime, will b e fou n d, if criticall y ex

T h e D ramatic Works o f t h e Righ t H on R B S h eridan , n ew first coll ect ed an d . . .

d itsd. with a Preface, b y Thomas Moore, E sq 2 vols 8vo Murray , L ondon , 182 1 . . . .
2 80 On the alleg ed D acline ofD rama ! ic Wr iting .

amin ed, t o be writ ten on prin ciples co mpeti tion with t hose of th e period
h il osophical, an d yet simple, s t ri — sin ce th e accession of t he h ou se of

g, an d et reco n di t e I n t h eir t rea t . H an ov er T h e wit s of Ann e must

.

men t of t b e taken in to th e accoun t W ith this

'

which is its elf ele

e tra c,
b
.

rill ian t and ext en sive era, th e presen t

vated n ature, t at is t o say, a re re

scutat ion of even ts essen t iall ted y st ate of t he drama can n ot , I fear, b e
y
e

an d deepl in terest in g 5 t he poetical compared with ou t di sad van tag e I .

exaggeration is u n iforml y suppressed mus t v en tu re to con t end, h owever, that

an d ke t dow n, in complian ce with our th e comparison w ill n ot be fou n d to b e
p
common ideas o fth e nat ural T h e feel . of so t r i ng a nat ure as man
y p erso n s y
i ngs of th e reader, or s are in ch n ed t o su ppose
y
ctator, are at .

the stron Con trar to the Opinion of most cri

t rac ted an d en gaged
an d m ost famil iar lan guage, use
t
to y b
t ics, it will, I elieve, b e foun d, t h at it
con v ey t h e mos t poet ical th o ugh t s an d is in t ragic t alen t t h at t h e dramatic
b oldest m etaph ors T he nat ural ten li terature of th e presen t day is most
y yb b b
.

den e of traged t o om ast an d de defi cien t In fac t, th ere is a gen eral

.

clamation, is so ered b y th e admix t u re defi cien cy in t ragedy, from t h e t imes

o f th ough ts, an d phrases, an d words, o f t he Res torat io n bu t t o t h at p eriod,
which are common an d familiar L ear, which in clu des Ot way an d Sou th ern ,
b
.

t h e deserted an d po werl ess kin g, an d th e p repon deran ce must with ou t do u t

b roken h eart ed fath er, is t h rou gh ou t b e con ceded I f we go ov er th e list
y
- .

th e wh ole sub lim it o f his so rro ws ofworthi es, wh o wrot e durin g t h e life
st ill y
a v er foolish fon d ol d man t im e o f t h e m err mon arch an d his y
t hreescore an d u pwar H uman it y su ccessor, w e h av e first in n ame D ry
y ,

is n ever lost sigh t of I n th eir co me den , t hen L ee, Ot wa , Sh adwell , an d

y
.

dy, on th e con trary, th e ev en ts ofco m o th ers Of t h ese, if we excep t Ot wa ,

mon life are con tin u ally h eigh t en ed
by a j un c tion wi th t h e p oet ical an d re
scarcel
.

y
on e h as left a t raged
h as con tin u ed t o keep possession ofthe
wh ich y
man tic E ven th e melan ch ol an d sar
b y D ryden s rh ymin g pl a s, in y
y
’
. st age .

J u es, wh o a rup tl y quits Or spite of t h eir n erv ous poetr , an d fi ne

lan do wit a Go d b e wi you , an you of a surfeit
’
v ersificat ion , soon di ed

talk in b lan k v erse, is, for t h e m ost of bad tast e H is All for L ove was
b
.

made t o talk lank v erse h im lon g popu lar, an d is cert ainl a piece

b b yd
of fi n e oetical I t as n ot ,
p p e s .

I n th ese wholesome prin cipl es th e I eliev e, een playe for man cars .

Fren ch ifi ed wits of Ch arles th e Secon d Shadwell s D on Joh n was en ured

b
’

ef fected a radi cal ch an ge T h e roman or t h e sake of t h e excit e

y
ro b a l f
.
p y
tic was t ran sferred from comed to men ts of th e s tor of th at popul ar
y
t raged an d in comedy, mere w t or p rofli at e N at L ed s Alexan der, with
g . .

slan ces me t h e sub stitu t e for th e all i ts ex trav a an ce, is a favourite t o

g g
ti cal S in ce th at tim e i t h as b e t h e resen t h our h is oth er pieces are
p oe .

come a sort of sol ecism t o tal k of t h e mu c in ferior The most p owerful .

Comic Mu se T he greates t st ret ch of t ragedy, h ow ev er, of th at time, is per

y y
.

defi n it ion can h ardl in cl ude th e au h aps th e (E dipu s of L ee an d D

"

t h or of a modern com ed amon t th e den , a comp o sition of won der I

T h velis t h as a m u c s tren t h , b u t w hich , on accou n t of
p oe t b et
b
s. e n o g
t er righ t , an d Joe M iller al most as it s su j ect , modern fastidiousness has
g o o d a o n e I n t
. rag ed , t h e l
et n at ural ch arac ters of Sh akes eare,
oft , an yd y lo ng b
an ish ed from t h e stage In .

t rut h , after Ven ice Preserv ed, an d th e

y letcher, Marlo w, an d M assin ger, were
p
Orphan , u n til Sou th ern L ill e, an d
deserted for declamatory lo vers — lon g
win ded an d drawlin g composition s of
Congrev e h ad writ t en , t h e drama
b
n o mean s a o un ded in t al en t Th e
,

by
b b y
.

o m as t an d meta h sics— l adies an d Fatal M arriage, Oroon oko, Fatal C u

p
n tlem en w ith th eir m ou th s full of rio sit , an d t h en t h e Mourn ing Bride,
g e

erforman ces
b
u nin tel ligi le rofession s ofim ossi le
p
Th e amou r of comed
p by y
an d t h e Reven ge, an d Zara,
followed, together wi th th e pla s of
soon
y
p b y
.

ad ecome a wit t Row e, which last ough t n ot , h owever,

b p
seldom a ri ald licen t iou sn ess
rofli ac , an d n ot
g y
Such . t o be classed as fi rst rate T amerlan e, -
.

were th e dramat ic fruits of th e age of Jan e Sh ore, an d Calista, are most re

C harles the Seco nd Bu t it is n ot the
dramatists of th at and the su cceed
.

y b
marka le for t h eir smooth an d oft en
clo in g versifi catio n Their dict ion is
ing reign on l , that are to be put iny tumid, however, though correct , and
12
.
m aj On the alleg ed D ecline g D ram toe
’ ‘

Writing .
'

1 81
to class them with Philli Distrest maxims of the Fren ch School, and it
” Other, and Addison s ato, would
’
would seem t hat h e was so vain as
not perhaps be inj ustice to any of
th em
y
hardl t o con ceal h is referen ce of his
own son orou s b ut eclam at or
.
y an d
8m of the t ragedies of this period m
b p h t t h d i l f
y
o u
p o s sp eec es o e a o g u e o
“ i n to hav e een writt en with a view Shakespeare T he later pla s o f th e
b
.

t o th Shakespearian man n er of in last reign, h owever, ec om e more

e
at i n g prose dialogue, o f a l igh t an d more f ree from t h at ’ m on a

fl comic charac ter, in order t o re an d form al in terlo cu tion , an

p
moo th dZ
news th e tragic scen es Th e ill su c
. an d mon o to n ou s v ersification , which
a sl , or rath er th e v il e t aste wit h wh ich Rowe carried t o th e u tmost Dr .

fl it is in variabl don e, stron gly sh ews Joh n son s Irene is p erh aps t he last
y
’

the depravi t w ich t h en in fected t h e m

b
f h d h
yi
p e r ec t sp ec en o f t e o l sc ool o f
m Th e ri al with wh ich Ot t raged L ogan s Ru n n imede, D ou
’

W
.

ed u p cuice Preserved, l d h ll
’

g a s, a n G rea t ead s R e g en t , ar e a

:
le n ost t o th ose wh o are
ga
writ ten with eviden t stro gles after
ly s equi n
acted
”
wiz h th e pla as y t he freedom of th e earl ier amat is ts .

. Th e lat t er is especially so I remem

Shsdvmll s D on Joh n is as b ad, an d b er the Mon th ly Rev iew, which s eems
’

is inj ured by
an admixt ure t o h ave as v iol en t a horror of in n ova
m ewhat similar But t h e most pro t ion in poetr y
as t h e Q u art erl has y
by
.

”hing en of all is D Aven an t

’
in govern men t, is much sh ocked
jan d D gz
w n s alt eration of t he T em
'

i th an in con ceiva l e de en e b
some od b y in t his pla t elling an other y
F lt
.
g to
racy of tas te, th e exquisit e roman ce of
Go to th e hu ddl ed market place, and
“ a ware, which seems t o come as
-

t here
ou r poetical perfection as h uman in
fi n it y will permit, is dismem ered b D issect th y
bl es
h eart upon th e p ub l ic sh a m .

fi t the admission of n ew ch aracters,

b
more fashiona le dialogu e, an d a mode of expression
b coarse en ough ,

“he air ofthe en chan ted islan d ofPros dou t, for pers on s of weak nerves
no .

o an d hi s daugh ter in fec ted with T h e cu rren t h as con tin u ed some

g breath of th at C ov en t Garden wh at t o in crease as i t fl owed E ven .

M rs Y earsley th e milkwoman s tragic

’
d un g, which , more or less, t ain ted al
y y
most ever pla of the period s ecimen s, are b
p .
y n o m e an s mil k an d
w at er m at t ers OfM iss H an n ah M ore s
’
D uring th e su cceedi ng reigns of th e
y
.

m archs of l e Htmse of Han over, Perc perh aps th is can n ot b e said in

g
M bmg dcub ess, l‘as een ? redu ced
'

b deed M iss H an n ah h ersel f h as since

b
m
al l to the est t ra gedies of th e pre repen t ed o fh avin g wri tten it, in which
a m3
'

t here is n o great h arm, provide d it b e

h p! a p l a t h an C ay
Gu st avu s Vasa is per
to, an d th e fb r t h e rig h t reas o n M
b
is s B aillie
’
s .

Daugh t er of M urph y, an d admira le tragedies, th ough n o t in

Roman Father of Wh iteh ead, are er ten ded for th e stage, h ave don e much
l equal, an d more th an equ o reform t h e acted dram a ; an d th e
l p
n t o t
6 0 ink rior produc tions of Ot way, or increasin g editio n s of t he older drama
L ee, or L illo ; bu t th eir mast erpieces t ists afford ample proof, th at t he tide of
are still un match ed
“

by li b
s te is set t in g s tron gl y in th e
an y th in g th at
b
p u c t a

h ! succeeded th em T h e est praise righ t direction L amb s Joh n Wood

’
. .

vi], th e T ragedies of Messrs Ch en e

v ix and Gal t , an d likewise, Mr Barr y

Corn wall s scen es, are full ofhope and
’

m M r C oleridge, M r M at u rin ,
p ro ise
an d L o rd B
.

on mi h t do et ter th an b
t hey h av e on e T ere would b e n o .

con descen sion in taking a lesson f rom

Shakespeare .

T h e immediate time of th e Res to

rat ion was
ro lific o f
n o m ean s remarka ly
o medies A m
by b
p g oo d c on gs t .

th e actin g com edies of th e presen t day,

we fin d t he C ou n tr Wife an d th e Re y y
hearsal, al tered in to d Countr Girl,
9 i i
 0 9 the alleged Decline q ra matic W iting
r Di o n e

y
.
,

an d t he C rit ic. T he N onj a ro r, n ow al u n sat isfactor H is plots, in deed, are

y
.

t ered in to t h e H ypocrite, havin g itself inartifieially art ifi cial T he are loos e

b b
.

een man ufact u red b y Cibber from an d improb a le in th e

g e n er al c on
Moliere, an d others, was much later, du ct, wh ich is, perh aps, n o m igh t y
b
b u t may be m en tion ed, as h aving een mat ter of complain t ; b u t th en th e
b
oddly kep t alive the political an d re are j ust as impro a le in th e detai
y b b z
ligiou s feelin gs w ich t ook th eir rise as mu st al wa s b e th e case wh en t h e
from the seco n d expulsion of the St u ch aracters th emsel v es are i m ro a l e
p
T h e wi t o f t h ese comedi es h as carried
bb .

Of t he play writers in Charles Se th em t riu m h an tly th r h every

con d s time, E th erege w as for so me th in g L ike gures compo
’
ofgem s, qgg
b y
.

t ime a favo urit e, t hough th ere is oth t h e s arkle from t t b t t m

p o p o o o .

more wit an d m ore ower in Killi L o rd an d L ord s Gen tleman , M as ter

’

W h l d h d d mb F d F
y y
g w u
y pp n t e t a n an S v i n g n op
r e .

yc er s o , er a , an n o 0 p , sa
y
will con ti nu e t o b e read wh ils t E ng t heir good thin gs on ever occasion ,
lish comedy exist s T he comic v ein of an d in equal p rofu sion
. W ch erly .

D ryden was certa in l an y thin g b u t has more grossn ess, with n ot half th e
happy I n grossn ess e ou tdoes all h is w it an d eloqu en ce of C o ngreve Van
.

b
.

con temporaries Some on e h as said, u rgh , with l it tle less wit, an d m o re

y
.

that Sir George E th erege was t h e firs t h u mo ur, has in fin itel more orig in ali
wh o foun ded a comedy arefacedl up b y
t y of n atural ch aract er th an eith er
bb .

on t he sexu al p as sion b u t th e asser C i er h as character, an d a vivacit y

b
t ion may b e d ou t ed N o t hin g can b e wh ich, i tself n ev er flaggin g , n ev er
.

more o penl y an d u n lu sh in gly b ad w earies h is reader b T he com edies of

y
.

th an D r den s L itn b erh am, or t h e Van b urgh , from un itin g in th emselv es

’

Kin d Keeper Of Shadwell on e d oes th e greatest proportion of conj oin ed

.

n ot w ell kn ow wh at to thin k or t o wit an d n at ural charact er, will re a b

say . H is pieces, b o th t ragedy an d co bly be read more th an an y of e co
medy, are duller th an a C on cert o f mic p rodu ction s of th e tim e T he P ro .

v oked Wif
”
An t ien t M u sic, an d t wice as u n cou th e is a m as terpiece o f n at u
.

H e is des titu te of wit, b u t c on trives ral pain tin g, easy w it, an d h um orous
to suppl y i t s place w it h a stran g e reflec tion T h at it is a faith ful tran .

slang, an d a coarse j og trot kin d of scrip t of th e man n ers of t he ag e can

by b
-

h umou r H is ch aract ers are

. no n o t b e dou ted ; an d t h e pith in ess of
mea n s devoid of origin alit y, b u t th ey th e dialogu e h as n ot often b een equ al
are in variabl h eav y , an d smack of the l ed sin ce t h e days of Sh akespeare .

v ulg ar Per aps t h e b est descrip tion T h e Pro v oked H u sban d h as less w it,
.

b
o f Sh adwell s lays is t o say, with an d is ev ery way in ferior ; b u t th e
y
’

D og erry, T ey are m os t t olerab le, Con federac is an oth er st erlin com e

an d n o t t o b e en du red T h ey are pre dy, acc ording to t he taste of t e t ime
. .

cis ely t he prod uc t ic n s t o b e expected T h e Relapse, Sh eridan h as con descen d

from su ch a m an as D ryd en h as de c d to al ter, u n der t h e t itl e of A Tri
p
”
scribed 0 g t o be . t o Scarb orough ; t h o ugh , as h e h im self
T he p eriod fo llo wing th e ac cession is said to h av e o wn ed, n o t for th e b et
fords a splen I t was n o t, h o w ever, th e m os t
o fth e P rinc e ofOran g e af
y
t er .

did display ofcom ic gen iu s C on grev e, u n lu ck o fh is con descen sion s OfFar

. .

Van b urgh , Farquh ar, an d C ibb er, are quh ar, I can no t h elp thin kin g, t hat h e
a formidab le ph al an x Of th ese, Co n has een a lit tle o verrat ed ; tho u h,
.

r be i t from m e t o en deav our t o

b
rev e has th e h i h es t rep u ta t ion b u t f a
g g e

whet h er quite deservedly or n o t, may t rac t from th e real merit of s o me of

admit of a qu est ion h is air an d m os t agreeab le com edi es
H e was c ertain
y
b
. .

l y the man of t h e m ost ex tensiv e ge Cib er s Careless Hu sb an d is, p er

n ius . T o write th e M ourn in g B ride, ha s, b etter t h an an y t h in g of Far
f s excellen ce
’

and L ov e for L ove, w as n o work for q u ars O ne

p r oo f o i t

m
.

one ev en u n common m in d ; it p roves is, t h at Pope h as at te ed t o t hrow a

t he possession o f p ow ers of t he m ost dou t u p on it s au th or p b pt '

opposite desc rip ti on s H e exemplifies, .

H ad Ci b b cr s self th e C arel ess H usb an d

’

h o wever, m ost compl et el y, t h e ch an ge

wro t e
of tas te which had taken p lace in th is
ice of wri tin g H is p lo ts an d h is I f h e h ad n ot, h is w orks afiord toler
'

8
b y
.

c acters are equally artificial ; an d, abl e eviden ce of h is a ilit t o h ave

taken separately, t o say the trut h, done so S he woul d and She woul d .
 On a. alleg ed B eeline q
»
ra matzc
’

mew
—f
.

though inferior to the Careless —profligacy with feeling ast i

y bb
n ot, sen se
Husband, deservedl keeps firm pos diousn ess wit h oliten ess, an d th e
p
sessio n ofth e stage Ci er was a pil tin ts of th e d i fi ed an d th e ridicu
'

ferer, t o b e sure, bu t h e was an adroi t lou s cross, an min gle an d overshade

H is L ove makes a M an, or t he each o th er at ever m ovemen t
y y
one .
y ”
y
a e,
Fop s Fortune, is an edif ing specimen M
'
h
var in li k
yy t i I
eon n u r
g e e g .

of th e t aste of th e age
’
m an d old B
compoun ded a most sprigh t ly co med
o ut of t wo of Beau mon t an d Flet cher,
H e h as h ere
.

y p y
g r
h
o v
s

e ,
co
L a d
e d
J
, D
an
as
e a n
w
d
o o
L
d
a d B ell , a
y
re y
d
y all f tl fi i h d o rtrait s ; a n
p e r ec y n s e p
takin g care to extract ev er iota of t h e wh ole action is so n atu ral, as t o
oet ry wi th as lit tl e inj ur as possi le y b b
seem a so lu tel ran script of real
p
t o the marking of th e ch aracters an d
y
th e v ivaci t of th e ac tion — a process of
ev en ts, with scarcel
y a

T h e ch aract ers o f G ol smith an d o f

t
an y
h eigh t en ing .

which h e seems to h av e een com b Foot e are more farcica l, t h ough h i hl y

p l et el y m a st er .S till Ci er h as by bb b ori inal ;
g no r m u st T h e W h ee of
n o mean s h ad j u stice T he it ter eu Fort u n e an d T he W est I n dian of
y
.

mity of Pepe an d h is frien ds, like C umb erlan d b e forgot ten T he are .

that of Joh nson an d o th ers t o Foote, st erlin g com edies of ch arac ter .

has t hrown a las ti n g shade u pon h is I t is n eedless t o partieu larize fur

character as an aut h or T h e comedies
of St eele are of t w o classes
.

T h e Fu
t h er, sav e onl in on e in stan cey
dram at ic works of Sh eridan are n earl
T he .

y
b
neral is an exh i ition of l udicrou s an d
.

ficien t t o gi v e t h e p repon deran ce in

y
su f

extravagan t h um our, n ot easil to b e t his depart men t o f literature, t o th e

p a ra ll e led. T h e C o n s c io u s L o v ers is p e ri o d o f w h ic h h e w a s t h e or n a m en t .

b h m m With almost an un equ all ed power of

b y y
p e r a on e o f t e fi rs t s
y p t o s o f
what as een st led Sen t imen tal Co i i h d
y p o u r t r a in g o r g n a l c a rac t er , a n
med . This species seems t o h av e with a plen t iful s tore o f h umour of
been adopted as a sort of sub stitu te t h e m ost delicat e descrip t io n, th e sh eer
h r th e
y tical in co medy, an d was
first fair tried in th e Fals e D elicacy
wit o f his pieces h as n ever een sur
ssed h ridan b e compared to
b
p a . I f S e
of H ugh Kell y, a play o f great b u t Co n greve, h e will, I th in k, be found
transien t popul ari ty T he prin cip le,
. y
v er n earl
y t o eq ual h im , even in th at
however, upon whi ch it w as writt en , for wh ich h e is mo s t emin en t T he .

still sub sists u n der v ario u s mod ifica b rillian cies of Sh eri dan are less forced
tions, an d in man y an n o yin g variet ies . t h an th ose of C o n grev e T h e seem
. y
From t his period u p to t h e presen t, to fl o w m ore n at urall y fro m t he mou th
if th e comic mu se h as een less b ril b o f t h e s eaker T h ey are al wa s m ore y
b p
b
.

lian t, sh e has een more skilful in th e or less im ued w it h ch aract er

y
Con .

firs t and most gen u in e prov in ce o f co reve s dramat is p erson a: al wa s ap

y y
’

g
med , th e n icel depictin g origin al p ear t o b e act in g a art , an d n ev er
charac ters of co mmon li fe m ore so than wh en t ey are partien
tin of M urph y, t h e el der Colman ,
Go dsmi th , G arrick, Foo t e, H eadley,
T h e wri .

larly smart . T h is w as, n o dou t, in

h m f
b
p ar t , t h e r e a l a ir o f t e a n n e rs o
Morris, Mrs C owley, M rs I n chb ald, t h at day ; b u t it p erv ades h is play s
C umberland, an d o th ers, in ferior, as th rou gh ou t S heridan s wi t ticisms, o n
’

in
are, to th ose of t h eir predecessors y .

th e co n trar , sprin g from t h e occasion

”
y
existin g circu ms tan ces, as th e

p yla
e requisites of wit an d poin t , dis
i n fi n i te l m o f h t e , hu
an d
sa in
p arliam en t Wh en L a d T eazle, yy
y y
re o c ar ac r .

mour, and de l cate ddl ineation ofman fled L ad S neer

on h eari n g t he b af
b
'

Sheridan, amon gs t th e modern s, well s w ish, M a yo u r h us an d live

y yy
’
ners
y
.

su ds al on e Th e Kn o w ou r o wn t h ese fi ft ex cl aim s, Oh !
y
. ears ,
”
Min d of Murph , an d T he Clan
”
wh at a maliciou s creatu re ! it seems
est ine Ma t o b e a moo t poin t , wh ether or not th e
d o fC olman an d Gar
rick, in cl ude ch arac ters of t he most k i i on al, so n at urall , an d y
by j i
o e s n t e n t
ex uisite h umo ur an d admira l dis t h u morou sl y, does it arise out of
q y e s o
ting uish ed T h ose wh o t h e situ at io n T he scen es in wh ich
ities
y
. .

have r Farren th e scan dalou s co teri e h uddle j es t

by, in th e latter piece, may h ave a
p la L ord Ogle
u po n j es t, wi th su ch impassa le con
”
b
sam l ete in s igh t in to th e n iceties o f m n d o n e m ost strong] of
p
flin u iq e m le of n ob ilit y in —
ve an ce,
y r e i
t h ose of Con greve, ecau se t h ere t ey b
t n

ly; J et nat ural]

u sa
p
which the i nfirmiti es ofage so st ran ge eviden t l y st rain ever n erve t o be wit iy
mingle with the t y , an d s u cceed
y y y
.

g a ie t ie s o f o u t i — vanit with good T hat Sh eridan s wit is eviden tl

’
m o. m wey d n cd is e n ru matic Wri ting» [Jan ey

more eas
d
yby and nat ural,
more generall
its bi is in so me sort
y n either traged y nor comedy
th et ic
—neith er
forces —sn e
prove e ng rose nor verse pa
-

”
underst ood than that ofan y other dra hoc odra nus omne,
mas, et cer

matic writer When th e School for. tainly took its date om that unhappy
Scandal is acted, the pit chuckle, th e roduct ion S h eridan was un f rtu
p
b o
.

ll l h d h ] h m i f m eld
i
y b
g a e r es a u , a n e v e n t e ox e s n o t e t e p p r e t or o a n u n y
relish it T e hits tell all over th e l once, in which even his o wn
y p a
.

house Lord B ron informs us in the i nimita le productions could not b e

'

f F l h h h l h d d h d m l h
y b
t i t t t S t oo p e t o e p o y t e
p re a c e o a e ro , a e c oo e a r ; a n e s
for Scan dal is t he pla that has rough t scen e pain t er an d trum ter to h elp -
m
least mo n ey , a verag in the n umber of h im out I t was a sad fatality for the
t imes it has bee n a cted
ship p u t th e con clusion of th e sen
g H ad his lord . o lio b
H is theatre should h ave b een .
.

ess, or his pride greater .

t ence in i talics , it would have at on ce T o expect su ch a man as Sh eri dan

exp lained it self at least t o ever pla y y
once in a cen t ur would be foll an d y y
g o er . P ro a l b byH a m l e t or M a c e t h
”
t h e b
d r a m a ti c w riters of the present
m
w ld b M ibdi d f i ] i
y
d i
’
t D t tt t n g t o
p
o u e n e x on n a g er n n s e o r a n a e
a s a y, a
list of u n productiv e la s upon t h e imitate his wit, woul e l to re
average ; and some p h h h d h d l k f m d l
i
bi
w t t t p ,
s a n oo or o e s
a
, c a r a c e e r s e
th e g ood fort un e to be ( mned amo t th e old dramati c writers
an
y
.

o verflowi ng house, migh t, f or aug t I N ot t th e sh ould parrot their lan

k now, be first on the o ther side T he guage, b ut en deavour to cat ch some o f
fact is, th e comedy, from its ex trem e the inspiration of their poetr
.

I t is y
b
.

p p
o u lar i t y, h a s e co m e a f a vo u ri t e p la in , t h a t m e r e w i t , s e p ar at ed fr o m
managerial stop g ap , or forlorn It o e character, is n ot in itsel f sufi cien t to
y f
-

an d is con s tan tl acted to five pou id con stit ute the dramat ic ; for wh at is
b
-

h ouses, when an y o th er w ould pro a

bly produce empt y en ches b
y
I n ev er depart men t of dramat ic on l a small
.

on ? I t is uall
m
'

d
writ in wh ich h e h as attempted , Sh e
y n
lai n, that a me e t ran w i pt or c ru z
ridan as excelled His
”
C ritic h as d
elin eation of peculiarities of mann er
y
.

supplan ted th e Rehearsal is essen tiall prosaic, an d, what is

b an d t he
D uen na is the es t comic opera in the worse, in its nat ure transient and fa
lan guage, which, to be sure, is n o t ding I t is from their nat ural poetry, .

mu ch to say ; b ut it is an excellen t that the comedies of Shakespeare and

comic opera I n this com arison , how
.
p F le t c h e r w ill b e fre s h , a lm os t as o n
ever, must n ot be in clu ded t hat an o th eir first con cep tion , when the wit
malous effort of geniu s, th e Beggar s and slan g of more modern dramatists
’

Opera, which is n eith er more n or less will seem hard, an d an ti not ed, and
than a m oral satire i n the sh ape of an un prepossessing T he t of poetry .

opera N or must h is lig h t farce of is wan ted to make the mat ter savoury
. .

A no ted
’
St Patrick s D ay b e forgot ten I t is I t will n ot keep withou t it
b
as admira le in its wit an d droller , as
.

y
cri tic is filled with en t hu siasm the
.

by
it is sl igh t in other requisites H ad comedies of Q ueen Ann e s time, and
’

Sh eridan n ever writ ten Pizarro, he

wou ld have left h is dramatic fame as
.

earn s after t h e da s, when elles and y b

tt icoats and
ure as h is wit , an d as u n assail a le as b
ux, in hoop
wigs, fl u t tered t ough t he sta y hr
i m m m k h h
’
i h l P B
k
b by
p a tr o t s B u t t e. a na g p
er re w a s o f S t Ja e s s a r u t e as .

m
do inated for on ce over th e man of pro a l overlooked a prin cipd cause
t as te, an d he con descended t o go to of his own feelin s H e has forgot ten
g .

German y for materials for the drama, that the lapse oftune will con fer some»
and what was worse, to K h h m i nd of t he
hue I t was an un luck im rtation
go to o t ae
y t i n
g o f t e ro
t ical u pon that which original l
a n t c a
y
b b h
. .

H e had etter have roug t o ver a t hem not ; an d it is this, t ogether with
bale of cot ton , wi t h the plague in th e the wit an d good sense which t hey
'

middle of it T here is n o literar qua

ran t in e
.

an d i t is to b e feared, that in
y
em od , t h at has h el ped to en dear b y tion Th ese
these scenes to his i .

can b e l itt le doub t of Time is a

b ustle-l , sh ow , n oisy, prose run mad sort of Claude L oraine gla m , which
y b
- -

I ch have sin ce in u n da estows a b ri gh ter tin t u pon obj ects

ted the su e T he recen t downward seen through it L ord Foppingt on l s
r —
. .

ro ress 0 t he drama t hrou h

p g , g p y la s n o t n o w a m o r e f O
p a b ag w i g a n d -
u s e} 0: the alleg ed D ecline ofD rama tic Wri ting .

is to be h oped, t hat the admirable ma

ten sl s for dramas of th is descri nou,
'

b
which oth E nglish an d Scot ml his p
tor an d mann ers af
longer neglec ted
y ford, may be no
We see ever day y
y
th e pla wrigh ts ofthe minor theatru
-

man ufacture pleasin g, nay, in a sort

.

p o et ical , pie ce s o u t o f th e N o ve ls of
t h e Au th or of Wav erle an d o u r co

mic ets si t still an do noth i

Yet r Corn wall or M r Milman
n st as likel d m d
i
y t o su c ce e in a co e y,
ke All s well that ends well, or
'
’

T he M erch an t of Venice, as in at
The L over s Progress, in which t emptin g t o riv al Othello, or Romeo
’

”
the apparit ion of min e host ap an d Ju liet and it woul d b e a mu ch

m l . and mark the ef

el y of all gh ost s
fect of t his most more hopeful usiness for the author
of th e N ymph olep t to try th e same
b
y b yb
.

Th e Ho ne Moon of T o in , an d st le, th an t o writ e any more comedies

-

the Moun taineers of Colm an , are de T rade in th e West

”

m
e ed an d y a o ut
leasan t s mptom s of t he men of talen t on ce be n to turn their
L et
'
.

return o f ' e p etical comic drama at ten t ion t o t he some es, as well as to
“

p
po
y .

Thes e t wo la s, th ough n either of th e tragedies of Shakespeare, and his

than is wri t ten with h igh dramatic con temporaries, and th ere will soon

m y h ave con tin u ed t o b e popul ar

b
a s on ly b e at t ri u ted to th e plan
y
s pa r wh ich th e are cons tructed It
be li t tle reason to despise th e modern
drama
.
.

R E D I OC R I T Y

Ma tive from th e wan t ofcul ture, or from

E n rr o a,
11 is main tained by
ers on s affectin g t hat which is dest ru ctive of its prin ci
y
a su erior delicac
p
p
y
o1 tast e in th e el e
p le of life P oetr su fi ers griev ousl y
y y
.

n o n e b u t works of u n der it s t rann , an d ift h e other arts

'

t arts, that
a t aa lity can possi l b e t o by should somet imes escape, it is ecause b
by t wh o h ave a t rue feel
”
th eir prin ciples are less un derstood,
b y
n; fil l the production s of geniu s In an d ign oran ce et ra s the critic in to
i
“
.

M on of th is rule, it is assert ed occasion al can dour ; but when , as it

the excellen ce of such co mpo ll h y
en s, h e makes 11 i
dfitms is of a nat ure that admits of n o
g e n er a
b y
a
pp
oldn ess of an imadversion , his
n

cis n e ofskill, pain tin g an d her sisters

experien ce th e common fate of genius,
wh ich is to h ave nearl all th eir works y
y y b
declared worth onl of eing hated
or des ise d
p .

Bu t what is t his direful state, so

mu ch a horred b by
crit ics and dreaded
by rofessors ? M edi oc ri ty is common
h midd le point
i f l fi d
b b
y
u t t t t t t
p r y o a s e .
y e n e o e a

Thus after shimmin off what those et ween th e su perl ativ el g ood an d its

luminaries imagin e t o th e cream of op te ex trem e, wh ere t he h i h re

b
'

g
c a den ce, th e remain der, pronou n ced lis of eau t is so dilu ted, an d i ts efi
“ clean, is con demn ed in t he mass , feets are so c ast en ed as t o presen t no
0 d rendered eminen tl odiou s, in th at y t hin g t hat can b e eith er highl appro y
“ ofrep rob ation termed M ediocrity , v ed or h arshl cen su red possessing y
M , b the same aut h orit y , is de n eith er merits that ch arm, nor faults
h
fi n ed to ethe o rob rium of gen ius”, t hat o ffen d us
g
.

H ere, it is tru e, we h ave an idea of

and hateful d i to g o ds an d m en .

There is n o van dalism wh ich can M ediocrit y in th e a stract b u t , n u b

ascend this dogma in its most misch ie y
fo rt u nat el for th e definition , works
m si fl l f m f l d b by
i
y
i
b
u
n ue nce upon ta en t or t at o ge n u s so a an ce opp osi n
gq a

l ess not whether it ecomes uproduc litica exist onl in th e imaginati on of

2 88 M ediocrity .
[:Jun e,

t h e critic if such a union were I n fact P ee eminence an dM edzoc rity

bb by
'

or -

p o ss i l e ,
i t is n o t tr u e th a t , a l t e r in g are j us t wh at ever th e existing s tat e of
t h e alan ce, th e resul t w ould b e som e c ultivated tal en t ma chan ce t o deter

b
t hin g m ore estima le I t w ou ld su rel y y
min e T he ra turous produ ct io n s of
y
. .

b e ridiculous to assert in p lain term s, o n e a e are su i t i sipidi t b t h e

y
g n o n
that t h e excell en ce of a composit ion more advan ced art of an oth er, w ich ,
w ou ld b e improved b a mix t ure of as the ever mo vin eel rev olv es,

by y
w h
y g
-

defect s yet it is ac t ua ly on this pre eith er falls i ts ow n deca , or is ex

s u m t ion th at M ediocrit is con demn t in gui sh ed b y rival splen dour, m ore
ed as
p
p ecu liarl
y
'

averse, it is admi tted, t o com pou n d for

y
ofi en sive W e are n ot. b rillian t , b u t n ot more durab le

w orks of middle m erit in th e t im e of

Th e .

a few faul t s t o ob tain h igh er b eau ties, Raphael an d M ich ael An gelo were b e
b u t w e are n ot th erefore t o believe th at
b y on d all com parison hi gh er th an w h en
t h e b lem ish es con tri ut ed an y t hing G iotto an d C imab u e w ere at th e h ead
t o o ur adm irat ion . oft h eir pro f ession , or aft erwards, wh en

I f cri t icism w ou ld p ermit u s t o fol th e Rap hael of the da w as pro

l ow th e desires of our own h earts, we claim ed in th e erson of t e Ch evali er
p h
sh ou ld natu rall e most pleased wi th M en gs
y b
ym
.

t h ose works which to u s appeared t o Carlo M arat ti is u su all n am ed as

h ave th e great es t n u m er of agreea le b b an exam l e o f con fi r
p med ediocrit y ,

h l an d men wh ose ideas of excellen ce are

b
u alities T w u d b r bes t
q . e s e o e o u
an d imm edi at el el ow t h at high p oin t ad u sted to a h i h er scale, af f
y j g e ct t o con

o f p re em in en ce w e sh oul d perceiv e a
-
templ ate h is w orks with apath o r dis
series to com m en ce, in wh ich it s meri t g u s t . B u t t hi s c h aracter of t e art is t

w o uld b e graduall y dimin ish ed u n til is formed o n a comparison w ith h is

i t reach ed i t s lo west stage, an d, j u dg more emin en t predecessors — let their
in g reason ab l y an d fairl y, ou r app ro works b e an n ih ilat ed or forgot t en , and
b at ion w o u ld lo wer in th e sam e pro t h o se o f C arlo M arat ti will be di sco
g r ess i v e order b u t b y t h e s e n t en ce v ered t o
p o s se ss a v e ry large p
ro er

d h m M i t ion of posit iv e m erit Bein g t e b es t,

y
p r on o u n c e o n t e cr i e o f e d i o c r .

t y, we are led to supp ose t ha t th ere is th ey woul d b e declared b y ever v oice

somethin g somewh ere ab o u t t h e m id
way, bet ween th e bes t an d wars 1, wh ich
is sin gularly repulsive, an d so mu ch
to be feared an d sh un n ed, that it were
b et ter n ever t o adv en t ure in t h e art
most excellen t in wh ich case, t h ere
is n o preciou s qu alit y in art that wo uld
n o t b e seen in t h e div in e works of Car
lo M arat ti professors wou ld imitate,
an d con n oisseurs exclaim an d it migh t

than pau se at t h at ill fat ed spo t -

. b e again said— as on e great gen ius said
T o det ec t t he fo lly or affect at ion of of an o t her, — th at t o kiss th e h em of
t h is prin ciple, we h av e o n l y t o compare b
h is cloak woul d a u n dan tl satisf ev en
”
y y
i t wit h t h e p r a ctice of t h e critic ; for an ambitiou s man
b m
.

a l t hough h e pret en ds t o sh ri n k wit h Al th ou gh i t ma n ot be co pati le

w ou n ded sen sib ili ty from in feriorit y
i n ev ery shap e, n o te t h e his tory of h is
y
wit h t h e dign it o cri ticism t o alan ceb
th e co ns equ en ces o f i ts prin ciples with
n d h im t h eir tr uth, w h en th e t u t ors of in geni
p r ed i l e c t io n s, an d

h
y o u w i ll
e adorer of ev ery sh ade
fi
b y y
ore t h eir t ros t h e
y
su cc essiv el t ous o u th set f
y y e
fash ion an d h obgobl in o f M ediocrit t o s timul ate
o f ex cell en ce, an d ev er
y
-

q u a li t y o f a rt. I t is t h er e fo r e t h e m ere t h eir exertion s, th e sh o ul d con si der

rat t le of idl en ess t o sa h wh et h er an ob ect so fearfu l migh t no t
'

t t t e ta s te
p y a r u

can appro v e ofn oth in g b u t what is in rath er ch eck t an en cou rage th eir al a
t rin sicall y go od, an d comparati v ely cri t y ; an d al so, wh en t h e
b yvel pro
y
t h e b es t, sin ce it is ev iden t th at t h is n ou n ce M edio crit y t o e a t in g l at ed
t rue tas te is o f all th in gs t he mos t ac b o th b
yg o d s a n d m en ,
”
w h eth er t h ey
commoda t in g , an d can doat u on an
p y shoul d n o t first b e well assured of t he

t hin g an d ev ery thing in it s tu rn T he fact for th e cau se of tru th is n ot al

con n ois seur tribe, in all t imes an d
l s, forms t o i tself a cri terion of it s
.

b
ways est promoted by
in credi le evi b
p den ce
by b
a c e .

o wn , an d lay s do wn rul es o fj u dgm en t, T h at men ma b e moved n o ade

which , as th ey refer to no es t ablished q u a t e cau se to h
atred or ap ro at ion
p
an d perm an en t code, s ca rcel su rvi ve on ma t ters o f t as te, it will n ot b e dis
y
t h eir au t hors ; t h oug h time is con ti h h h m
b
d b h d
b b p u t e ; u t t at t e
g o s av e t e sa e

n uall y rush in awa th e u n pro fi ta le sen se of a horren ce f or t h is un fort u

b g
l a o urs in some n ew shape, the as
y
y n ate s tage of in feriorit is n ot e ual ly
q
con stan tl
y r cert ain If we may j u ge b y th eir own
ea pp e a r . .
 M ediocrity .
2 87
works, and co mpare th em with
b each is good in all it s degrees, an d n ot, b
ot h er as th e oth in an u n nat ural d
b i f d f
to u s, t t
y a r
p u rs u o e e c s , an

sh y siesl an d m te ec t u al n atu re, wh ere h a its o f eevish rej ec tion , leave it

e same variet y, t h e same radation s w ith scarce y an y o th er sen timen t t h an
y
b et ween b eaut an d deformity, b e
t ween mean ness an d magnifi cen ce, are
g
t h at ofav ersion B th e fas tidio us eri
y .

t ic we are placed 111 t h e situ a tion o f

n o l ess apparen t th an in th e produ c
t ions ofmen , it would seem th at , h ow
b
t h e great San ch o, efore a ta l e en d
in g u n der a load of su mpt uous vian ds
b b
ever i mmortals may feel w it h respec t re ared for his refresh m en t, wit h an

t o what is mos t excellen t, th ey can at

leas t b ehold with complacen cy th e n u
p p
of b
ficiou s doct or at h is el o w direc tin g
h is ch oice of food an d b y wh ose im
merou s ex amples which do n ot reach p e rt in en t solici tu de th e h on es t
g o v e r
t hat elev ated poin t T his ex t rao rdi n or, wi th an appetite for ever
b y t h i ng
.

nary delicac t hi s crit ical squ eamish efore h im , was well n i h f

g a m is h e d in
n eu , h as i eed n ot hin g of divi n ity in t h e midst o f wh at ap cared t o h is u n
it I t is neither roduced n or san ction
. s oph ist icat ed e e a
y u x u ri o u s a b u n
ed by the eds, ut is a creature o fh u dan ce H eav en s ! h ow differen t was
b
.

man gro k in g ofh u man in fir t hat s tat e of su dued taste an d elegan t

b
p ar ta

mity ; an d tho ugh elieved t o b e th e starv at ion from th e aradise o fGamma

M e of fine t aste, had ign oran ce an d

b rutal it yb yp b
— th e t e o f li era criticism— where
th e same il lu s triou s person age fou n d
een it s aren ts, it cou ld n o t
p
have b een more immical t o t he welfare h im self su rrou nded b y t h e fl esh p o ts -

of art Ifit b e th e effect ofrefin em en t, ofE gyp t , an d at ful l lib ert y t o ap rov e
.

y
it is a leth oric s mp tom in t h e cau se, an d enj o n d w h i lyd i
p
t t h
p
y a e r e , e n
g o e
an d in icates a sta te of viciou s ex cess ; e n rou s im u lse of h is n atu re, t o
g e p
fi t th e taste so h ighl y rectified is n ot m eet w ith equal pleasure th e kin d in
m
im o ved eit her in delicacy or in ten t en t ion s of th ose wh o en deav oured t o
d ty offeelin In s tead o fb ein g an en p l e se, b e real ized all t h at h is lu x u ri
g
. a
largemen t o th e capacit y of receiv in g o u s fa e could con ceiv e o f h u man fe
y
leasure from the operation s ofgen iu s, licit ? p
p t is in real it y a con t raction of th at b e “ ith th is impressive example b e
n evolen t revis ion in n ature,— a ower fore u s, o fth e vigorou s relish o fa sim
p
commun eated t o th e min d of circum l n d n at u ral tas te, we are com el

y p e a

s cribin
g it s o w n en j o m e n t s w h ereas l ed t o ackn o wledge, (w h erein we 3 all
t h e tast e which is free from th is v ice, b e san ct io n ed b y t h e Prin ce of P ro
h as more ample resources, an d can ex v erb s
) th a t a g oo d a
p p et i t e is b e t t er
”
t ract leasure from wo rks v ariou s in t han a delicat e tas t e B y th e on e we
a
.

t h eir ( grees ofmerit equ all y j u s t an d h av e ma ny sou rces of pleasure, b y th e

liberal in its percept ion s, it can distin o th er j e w . I f t he gen erali t y o f men
g u is h th e e x ce ll en ce wh ic h is a t t ain e d ,
can b e grat ified b
y im p erf ec t o r i n f e
an d t hat also wh ich was in t en ded, an d rior ro du c t ion s i n th e fin e art s, b e

discovers mo ti ves o f appro ation o th

in th e aim an d in th e p erforman ce
b b
I n tru th , th ere are few o f t he pro
.
p
cau se t h eir h igh er ex cellen cies are u h
kn o wn t o th em , it is b et ter th ey shou ld
co n t in u e so, t h an b y a su perfl u ou s re

ductions of gen iu s t h at rise to th e ele fi n em en t b e al mo st ex clu ded from su ch

v ation o f t he despised c h arac ter in enj o m en t s T h e pl easure diffused
y
.

i h h b y t l at h appy ig n oran ce, giv es, in its

y
q ue s t o n , w ic do n o t con ta in
q u it e

enoug h t o satis f t h e g en eral appet it e ch eerin g ef f c t, v ivacity an d stren g th

e

fir such thin gs , an d also th at of th e t o art, w hile th e o t her op erates u pon

y
majorit of th ose wh o assu me th e di
rect ion of pu blic tas t e, if t h ey did n o t
i t as a b ligh t An in gen iou s you th ,
.

wh o is certain of fi n din g admirers in

fi nd it mu ch more con v en ien t t o ac all th e st ages o f h is pro gress , will h av e

uire a kin d of im portan ce b y dispu ev ery mo ti ve t o pro ceed with v igou r,

th e clai ms o fmeri t in o th ers, th an an d c on se u en t l

q y e v er
y c h an ce o f u l

b y a fair competition to est ab l ish th eir t imat e su ccess b u t if w arn ed, t h a t

u n less h e reac h es t h e su mm it, co n t em p t
The arts are our legitim ate offs prin g, in st ead of p raise w ill certain ly b e th e
and n ature h as b
ou n d u s t o th e ch il
dren of ou r lov e T h e b u sin ess o f th e
.
o n l y reward of h is lab ou r, h e wi ll
sh rin k, at t h e o u t set , from an u n derta

critic sh ould th erefore b e t o s tren gth en k in g of su ch difficu l t y an d hazard .

this infection, b y en abl in th e m in d to I hav e n o w, lear n ed sir, expen ded

disarm , so d appreciate berally what all my sh afts, an d I h Ope n ot wi th ou t
as n ew . am
t ,

some efect th e refinemen t of public tast e mus t

“

b ut if on th ink th e ene
my st ill on the fiel
y y
seize our lanc e, pr ecede t he devel opem
sh ew t hat genius pu t f
ent of tal n t ;
e
orth i t s fai res t
I conj ure you , or trust broad s word
b
-
.

wh ich n one can wield with more skill l ossoms wh en men had no cri tics t o
and adroit n ess t han — an d at direc t their j udgmen t an d fi nally ,
one migh t y s troke
ou rs elf
us ofth at p est i
'
t hat it never t hrives in th e soil wh ere
ferous race of doctors , who, wh il e th ey
fees to r ulate an d amen d our t as te,
sg rive us oth of appetite an d food .

I n plain E nglish , sh ew t h e world, I

entreat yo u,
h
by argu men ts worth
i d
of
f
yy
y ou r pen , t e nic o us t en en c o
t hat h ypocritiea s pirit , which , forever
oorrec tin an d improving, is i tself th e
en emy o all improvemen t an d wh ich ,
ch illing with an icy breat h t he free an d also t o ex
b
current of pu lic feeling , deprives t he in sirnplicit y and
b
arts ofgen ius ofth eir est n ou rishmen t
an d most hon ourable reward Con fu te C A NN D 8 9 - .
.

by facts th e too prev alent opinion, that

l l A L IA .
' ’

Sro x o a z ,
P an u h e l a liberta di m darl e un Sonetto da me composto ullorch eia st an
i d ’
I li E il im h l i h a m
‘

p p
er a rt r e ts a .
pr o , p q
er ua n t a c e o u pp a, c e s tate c o

post o,
— o a lm en o, d ate all a l u ee d a n u B ri ta n n o,
’
d al t em p o feli oe in ct i fl e d
ls Poesia Inglese e scrisse il divin issimo Milt on Egli ci he lasciati pu ccell i .
'

Sonnetti in lingua Italians Forse v e ne sien o al tri da al tri poeti, ma adesso non
.

ru ne ricordo Bisogna che si scud no le im erfezioni del mio Sonnet t o e cio

.
p
si fn d considcrando che l impresa é difi cile per uno Seon
’
assai ardua e ese.

Mi credera,

Con tut to rispetto,

Suo divotiss ° sel vita e,
-

“
I
OON E I T O. ‘ '

As he] soggiorno in cui sonride Amoro -

Pas letto padron del mondo in tero

Al l paese del suo dol ee im ro
Si volgon gli oechi miei, si v0 e il core .

De passati miei di rammen t o l ore

' '

’
bb
S a assa il ciglio, ed il mesto pensiero
N el Fut ure si svia tor ido e n ero b
Provando del Destin tu t to il rigore .

—
Qn sorgau , tra t empeste e n e ia invol te,
i
l L atern e m ura dell Ausonia amats,
‘ ‘ ’ "
bb
U le speran ze mic lascio sepolte
’
.

D ecline il sol z—la N atura create

b
S im runa ; e coll: N ot te an cor pm folte
’

Divengon le om re dell alms aflannata b ’ ‘

E ecettus t o compt e l
’
orns tisd mo Signore Matthias .

fr L ’
et q ne
'
mura "
- cioé, le Alpi .
m l zj Captain P arry
’
s Voyag e . QB?

’ ‘
C A P T A I N ra n n r s v o r s a a .

C a rr a m Pa an v s vo age h as een
’
y b fewer than fourteen Green
r, n o

fi rm ul than C a tain B oss s, an d sh ips, with all the skill which we

’
n eccasf
d his book is proporti m i b
have h eard oaste d of as possessed by
y b
y or e n
fl a ting and satisfact or ot h cir their masters, were wrec ked And th e .

cu m s ances, however, we cann ot h elp secon d h e t h us f ar ac co m lish ed h

t
b p e -

thinki n in some degree at t ri u tab le n arro wed materiall y t he field of fur

t o the ;versig '

of sit uation in which th er in v estigation , shewed expressl y

t h ese ofi cers ave
y b
een p laced
t his dive rsit , therefore, we shall b eg
To . where a p
b l i ymi
e could n ot b e, where
b f h
y
p oss i t g t ye t e ou n d, w ere
m call th e atten tion of our read ers a aft er all he certa in l ough t himsel f to

W ant, before proceeding to th e ana h ave fou n d it, where n o difi cul ty or
b
l yi s ofthe work efore us ; con vinced, danger opposed t he discov er , bu t ap
at en tl y y
a we are, on the one han d, t ha t t he a wan t of s uf ficien t in terest
fl a gs h as alread
y
h eavil on Captai n Boss s h ead, an d
b
roken somewh at
’
p
i n th e in vest igation , t o hear hi m with
un dimin ish ed ardour through a series
ma or augh t we kn ow, he n ew again o fpreviou s disappoin tmen ts t o u ltimat e
agai n st h im wh ile, on th e
y y
su ccess.
o t her, t h at Cap tain Parr s m eri ts re Ca tain Parr s situation wh en b eleft
’

y
’

q u i re no o lst b
rin u
g p t n th x
’
p
E ng an d in 1 8 1 9 , was essen tiall dif

m
e a a o e r s e
ce, that, on th e con trat it is bo th feren t from all th is H e h ad on ce al rea
y
.

wish , repeatedl imp cd in h is dy pen et rated the ice in D avis Strait s,

'
’

work, an d his in teres t, t o stan d upon he felt con fiden t, accordin gl y, that h e
y
h is own groun d onl , an d hav e ample could do it again an d t he
wh ich, in doin g it, b e deriv ed from his
enefit b
j u sti ce d on e to h is l ess for t un ate f o re

ru nn er in the career of North ern D is p as t ex erien ce, h etakes an earl o

p y pp or
cel ery t un it y in his n arrat iv e o f expressin
.
g
In that career Captain Ross was th e in the terms wh ich will b e foun d in the
fi l t t o be employed in modern times n ot e l Th is, th erefore, was no o j ect
.
' '

b
an d on his appoin tmen t t wo several of his soli citu de, it did n ot fill hil

l
p i t
n“ m u t ha t d th m l m i n d a t all, i t ran ked merel m y
a g
e on
s v e
p r esen e se ves a
. mind as oi n ts of pursuit T he th e s eeialties ofh is un dertaking But
to
p
on e was, t o get i n to Bafiin s Bay at an y
’
.

b
esi es th is, wh en b e on d th is o stacle, y b .

b y
'

rat e, an o j ect onl on ce achieved b e he was n o t, like C ap tain Boss, adrift ,

fore, b y Baffin h imself, an d which h ad as it w ere, in an u n known see, wh ere
s ubs equen tl for s ) eriod oft wo h u n a passage m igh t equ all be foun d in y
l
dra l years, oiled al th e at temp ts, an d on e place as in an oth er ; he had not
b
t h ere had een man , wh ich h ad een y on l b y
a specific o j ect of ursuit , and
made to compass it T h e n ex t was, to t h at raised in h is es timation
p b by
he
b
.

l ee what he could fi n d wh en he was comin a first o j ec t, t o say not h ing of

th ere Now, of these, t he first h e most th e ad tion al impo rtan ce it mus t hav e
'

s um full attai n ed ; an d first an d in acquired from th e disappo in tmen t , an d

n fi t y, wit u t t h e assistan ce of axpe ev en in dign ation , expressed in E ng
ricuce or revious exam l e, pen et rated lan d at th e previou s failure in ascer
p
h
t hat h m er of ice whi c seems al most tain in g it , b u t also specifi c poin ts on
p e rm a n en tl y fi xe d in a d iag on a l ac ro ss w h ich t o l oo k for it Ad d t o a ll w hic h , .

an d along D avis s S trai ts ; in following h e foun d it at th e first search, and

’

h is track through which, th e following tasted ofn on e ofthat hope deferred,

Journal of a V oyage for th e discovery of a North -W est P assag e from the Atlantic
h the Pacific, performed in th e Y ears 1819—2 0, in H is M aj est y s Ships, H eels and
’

W m F m m f
gr
d th d f illi E d w d P R N R S d C d
?
3 un e r e or ers o a ar arry, an o an er o. . . .

With an Appendix 4to L ondon , Murray, 182 1 . . .

“ any p roof were wantin f th e v alu e oflocal kn o wledge in th e navigat ion ofthe
i S el l , it would be am y gp
w ish ed b y th e fact of our having n ow reach ed the en
trance of L an caster Soun a mon th earl ier th an we h ad don e in 18 18, s l thou
i n hfl l tha t sail ed a fortn igh t soon er T h is dif feren ce is t o b e attrib ut ed en tirely to
. c
a n dh e. which I fel t from th e experien ce gairied on th e former voyage, that an open
s ea ' m ld b e f oun d t o th e west ward o f th e b arrier o f ice which occupies th e middle of
 ’
2 90 Capta in P art y s Voy ag e .
[ Ju n e,

which makes th e h eart sick an d th e I n an al zin g th e presen t work, i t

spirits impati en t, in discov ery as in d
will b e di i cu l t for u s t o av o id som e
th in g else or t h rou gh ou t t h e wh ole
y
eve repetit ion s ; f

T
h
.

e m erits of t h e t wo of ficers in t ime th at th ese n orth ern v o ages h av e

q u est io n m u st n o t
appreciat ed, from t h eir dif
t h en b e t oo h a stil

feren t suc
y o ccu ied
p p u b li c a t t e n t
been so assidu ou s in pickin g up recen t
i o n , w e h av e

cess ; n either also ou gh t t h eir respec
b
tive oo ks t o b e est imat ed w ith ou t re
feren ce t o a similar diversit in th e si
tuatio n in wh ich each was composed
C aptain Ross kn ew that his con duct
was cen sured byhis superiors an d th e
in formatio n respect ing th eir progress,
y
fo r th e b en efi t o f our readers, an d so
fort un at e in ob tain in g it ac cu rat e an d
. min u te, w e find ourselv es n ow precise
l in th e situ ation wh ich det erred u s
m
o m examin in
g C a p
wh en it appeared—forestalled of our
ta i n B oss s work
’

l h h l
’

g
p b i is t o n t r t
p i
c e , e or e, a os
t l r s l out , is ap l geti l an d man mat ter ou t of o ur own mou th Refer
fi
of l e details m dt r i nb erin g, ego tisti z rin , h owev er, t o our 4 4 th N um er
g
fo r a more regular n arrat ive th an we
.

b
cal, an d hen Bu t wh en a man feels
that he is li el to b e def rauded of shall n ow of fer, an d to th e ch art pu b
what is strict l yh is du e on one poin t , lished in it for illustrat ion , we shall
b e n aturall swell s on all
y
were a b ars j u dge of h um an n ature
an d he y
merel con nect th e arts of th e wh ole
which seem t o u s t e most in t erest
y
wh o would too rigidl scan t he in fi r ing , an d con cl ude with a b rief an d po
mit y . y
Capta in Parr , on the ot her
han d, ret urn ed to reap the well earn ed -
p u lar n o tice of th e scien ti fic resul ts of

y
this v er rem arka le vo age b y .

rewards of suc cess, with in ciden ts t o T h e ex edit io n arrived in Sir James

tell of a roman tic and u n u sual charac
p
L an cas ter 8 Sou n d, or rather at t h e
ter, and talen ts for telling th em, wh ich , mou th o f Barrow s St raits, on t he 30th
y
’

in despite of h is modest excuses ab o u t Jul , 1 8 1 9, an d th e recogn ition of t h e

his edu cat io n , it is difficul t t o imagin e shore, and s till more o fth eir ow n fo o t

that h e sho uld n ot su spec t were re st e s on t h at shore, wh ich h ad su rvi

y
.

spectab le, for, in tru th , th e seem to t he win ter, and rem ain ed t o tes
y
v

us first rate Withou t a care or a fear,

-
. tify that tha t ear, at least , b u t li t tl e
t herefore, h e seems to have writ t en , sn ow had f allen , seems t o have excit ed
with singular facilit an d rec ision, th e feelir s, an d an imated th e en t h u
whatever came in or er, an to h ave d sis am o f g
z
e gallan t litt l e an d com po b
th us ven th e world a v olume cen si sin i i n o ordin ar degree y h
b
’

g t, n T e i
.r
dera atien ce was for some da s exercised
’
r than Captain B oss s,
py y b
y et y
replete wi in teres t almos t through co n trar win ds ; b u t on th e 3d
Au gu st, a fresh reez e spru n g up from
b
“i t s
And in making th eseo servation s, let t he east ward, and th e great discovery
it no t be supposed t hat we areseeking to was ach ieved From th e sth to the
.

make ou t a case for Captain Ross, and 1 9 th , du rin g all which time farth er
for this purpose are desirous of depre h d
y
w d
y p a ss a g e t o t e e st w a r w a s b a rr e by
ciatin g Captain Parr T he truth is, co n tin u ou s ice, the were em loyed in
y
.

we kn ow v er little of eith er officer ; explorin g Prin ce Re en t s I n et ; from

’

g
an d if we have an y prej udices at all, the mou th ofwhi ch , on th e 2 ot b , th ey
y
t he run in t he o ite direction , for again m ade a st art westerl y
alon g an d
b
we thin k ver big y
and are even eager to add to wh at we
Captain Parr , y t hrou h th e ice, which , oth n ow an d
y
the fo o wing ear, th e fou n d packed y
have said, th at by
h is con du ct t hrou h on it s west ern side On t h e 2 2 d t he y
y b
.

out , bu t chiefl su se uen t to th e is

q Open ed t wo fin e ch ann els, on e n am ed
co ver of a passage th h L an caster after th e D uke of Wellin g ton , t ren d
z
Scam be am ly deserve the su ccess in g N N W b etween C orn wallis I slan d
. . .

whic h had in a firs t instan ce at t en d an d N ort h D evon o f th e ch art , and

ed lrim in makin g it i l f as far as t he eye cou ld
P erhaps in deed
b
i
b
.
q u t e c ea r o ce
we may mom t o this su j ect, for it is reach , oth in 1 81 9 an d 1 82 0 th e
a thvourite on e w ith us Bu t mean. o t her n earl y
west, n ot so Open , n or in
b u t m ore
while, we lov e fair pla h owever it t h at respect so promisin
cut, and have an old fas ion ed school direc tl y in the course w ich it w as
b
-

injun ction, m um ca ique tribuito, still their o j ect t o pu rsue Th e las t ac

y
.

in our ears ; with wh ich, ho w cording l was preferred b y Cap tain

vin g thus complied, we pro P arr y and al thoug h detai n ed al m ost
ceed not to our principal task . a whole da at its mouth,
y th by
e 9 5 t h
 ’

Captain P arty s Voy ag e .

he had reach ed 99 west lon g itude,

°
H eels an dGriper to loo k ou t for win
’
almos t 2 0 be 0n d L an caster s Soun d, T hese h e was fort unate
y
°
ter quarters .

an d n ear th e on gitu de, as h e co n cei en o h t o find of excellen t qualit ,

ved fro m t h e ph enomena of variation , an d h h h ll
b
y t e 2 6 t w
3
e
3
as 8 ; a

of on e of th e magn etic poles I mme han ds, h owev er, eing previ
b y ex
.

diatel y a out him, in this run , was d f i in cutti n a

y y y
p o t t u
se o se ve re a g e
g
thickl stu dded with islan ds, on sev e can al 4080 ards, or nearl t wo mi les
ral o f which h e lan ded ; an d far to th e an d a third lon , throu h t he ou n
g
g y g
south ward w ere descried occasion al ice, n ow, on an average, seven i n ch es
at ch es of lan d, b u t wheth er also thick, b y wh ich the ships ent ered Win
p
i slan ds, orpoin ts in the adj oining con ter h ar ou r b
b y
.

t inen t, it was impossi le to determin e H ere th e la ten w h ole mon th s, a

y
.

On the soth, th e made th e SE poin t f h i d l ly whole

'

i f h
y
.
p a rt o ea c n v u a o t e

of Melvill e I slan d, with which the ear ; an d th e fi ve most in terestin

were destined to ecome afterwar

b b chap ters, to th e gen eral reader, of Ca
’
p
g

et ter acq uain ted an d on its south ern tain Part y s n arrative are devo ted t o
shore, on th e 4 t h Sep tem er, th e n ame b th is period We wish it were possi le
.

in deed to extract th e spirit of the

b
of Bou n t y C ape was given to a poin t
of lan d sit uate i n l ongitude 1 1 0 W
.

wh ole for his sake for reall this g al y

y
°

lati tu de 7 4 M N , the first in the

’
lan t oun g ofi cer oses half his fame, l
y by y
°
.

scale of parliamen tar rewards for dis wh en his exert ions, guided
cov eries wi thin th e Arctic Circl e ein g by sen se an d good f eeling, on this n ing
go od
'

here earn ed On the 6th , the an occasion, are n ot distinctl reciat ed

ytg
. .

cho red, for th e first time sin ce leavin Bu t we can only select, w x we shall
E n gland, in a b ay even t h en call do in his own words .

t he Bay of th e H eels an d Griper, bu t H avin n ow reached t he station ,

b y
whi ch su sequen tl acquired an addi wh ere in p ro a ili t w e bb y
w e re des
tion al claim to that appellation, t he tin ed to remain eigh t or n ine mon ths ,
harbourj n which th e passed t he win y during three of which we were no t
b
ter, eing a cove with in it
b
Some time efore this period, th e
. t o see the face of th e sun , my at ten
t ion was immediatel an d imperiously y
idea h ad occurred to Captain Parr of called to variou s im ortan t du ties,
making his way to the west ward,w en y
man of th em of a si n gular nature,
p
su ch as had for t he firs t ti me dev olved
the ice was n earl close ou t to sea , b y
creepin g along re with in th e mai n on an y of ficer in hi s M a est s nav ,
’
y y
b yod , which was gen erall foun d to y j
an d migh t in deed be con si dered ofrare

take th e ground some lit tle way of f

b
.

Th were n ow o liged to adopt this

me cd exclusivel , and during the y
remai nder of the season of 18 1 9, a
n , h o wever, of onl y
t went
r erils a nd anxieties in the
more y cern . A reg ular s s te ym m of go od order

y s, th ei p an d cleanlin ess, as ost condu cive to

f i d t he h eal th of th e crews during th e
ro u ti i t w x
y
p se c o n o e re e ces s v e, an

t heir success at the same time v long, dark, an d drear win ter, equall
y
small th e u tmos t distan ce to wh ic deman ded my at ten ti on
y
.

t he at tain ed th at ear not execs N o t a momen t was lost, there

fort miles from fore, in th e commencemen t of our ope
“

8 poin t T o ad
to eir perpl ex it ies, a part con is ing
ficer an d six men were missi n g ,
sty .

r tions
a T he wh ole of the mas t s were
.

o fan of di sman tled, ex cept th e lower on es, and

amid th e des olat ion ofth e surroun di ng th e H ecla s main topmast, which was
y
’
-

scen er , for th e greater part o f th ree kep t fidded for th e pu rpose of oom
days an d n igh ts the Griper, to wh ich sionall h oist ing u h e elect rometer
b elo nged, an d which seems
y t
chain , to try the e ect of atmosph eri
th ey
through out to have h ad th e lu ck to cal elec tri cit Th e lower y were
y b
.

ft constan tl a worse irth th an t he lash ed fore an d aft amid

'

p s at a
gi
, ,

ecla, was re tedly caugh t b y the suf ficien t height to an po rt the plan ks
ice, and hee
y over nearl to u pset y of th e h ousing in ten to b e erected
t ing ; and the oung ice seemed evi ov er t he sh ips, the lower ends o f
den tly kept from forming onl th e by which rested on the gun wale; and the
whole of this frame work was at
tempestuous st at e of the wes t er On
y
.

t h e S l at , Captain Parr gave u p the wards roofed over with a clo th

p oin t, an d mturned to the Bay of the
 ’
2 92 Cap ta in P arry : Voy ag e .
Di on e
y y
,

waggons are usuall covered Th e t ion Th e weath er was un fortu n at el

b
. .

b oats, spars, run n in gs rigging, an d sails,

- t oo clou dy to admit of o serv ation s
were removed on shore, in order t o for det ermin ing t he amou n t o f t h is, at
g i ve as m u c h room a s
bp ossi l e on our

deck, to ena l e t h e people t o

b t he then temperature of 6° b u t th e
were m ore su ccessful on th is h ead i n
y
u
e exercise on b
oard, wh en exer th e spring, when th e th ermometer stood

by
weath er should be t oo in clemen t for con sidera l lower Th e followin de
g.

walking on sh ore s cri tion of occu atio n an d seen

.

As soon as t h e sh ips were secured b p p

a ou t th is time, or a lit tle later, w
by
'

an d housed over, m y u n divided att en b e p erused , we t h in k , wit h in t erest

t ion was, in t h e n ex t place, directed t o al l classes of readers

th e comfort of t h e officers an d men , T h e o fficers an d qu art er mas ters -

an d to t h e preserv ation of t hat ext ra were divided in to four watch es, wh ich
y
ordin ar degree of h eal th , wh ich we
y
had hith ert o enj o ed in o th sh ips b
were regularl y kept as at sea, wh ile
th e remain der o f th e ships com
b b y
’
.

A few rief remarks on this su j ect b y i l l d h i

b
p an es w ere a o w e t o e nj o t e r
M r E dwards, to whose skill an d ad
’
n igh t s res t u n distur ed

vice, as well as human e an d u nremit

Th e h an ds
were t urn ed up at a quart er efore s ix ,
.

b
t ing atten tion to th e few sick o n all b
an d o th decks were well ru

b bb
occasions, I am m u ch in de t ed , I n eed
y
make n o apolog for in serti g
”
—
b
\Ve
st on es an d w arm san d ef
ed wi th
ore eigh t
o clock, at whic h t im e, as usual at sea,
’

b b
n .

cann o t, h owever, en ter on t his su j ec t oth o ffi c rs an d men wen t t o break

b
e

at len gth ; su f fice i t to o serv e, t h at fas t T hree quart ers o f an h o ur be

y b
.

Captain Parr t hu s omits n o opport u in g all owed after reakfast for t h e men

byb
n it y of rin gin g h is of
th ere
ficers in to n otice,
h on ouring h imself as well as
t o prepare th emselves for mu s ter, we
b eat t o di vision s u n ctu all at a
y q u ar
t hem ; an d th at t h eir u n ited exert ion s
b
t er I ast n in e, w n
d tt g
p
en eve ers on o
on th is poin t were crow n ed wi th su ch en ded on th e art er- d eck,
-
oar a c

success, th at , of n inet an d a s tri ct f h m

b
four -
t son a in spect ion o t e en t ook
a sen t eigh teen mon t s u n or th e l
y h i l l li
p a c e, as t o t e r p er so n a c ean n e ss ,

mos t t circu mstan ces, on l an d t h e ood con dition as well as sufii

died, an d e of a previousl formed

on e
y g
cien t warmt h of th eir clo thin
g
b
T h e .

in tern al complain t, th e ticulars o f re o rt s o f t he of

p ficers eing made to
which are given at len in corrob o m e, t he people were then allo wed to
ration of th e tinct .

Th e nex t cares were to con stru ct an

b
walk a ou t, or more n suall to run
ro u n d t h e up er deck, w I w
p e e n t
o ator ashore, a w ork o f reat la down to exam in e th e state of t hat be
b y
our, th e groun d havi n g
this time ex tremel y h ard an d th e
g
ecome b by lo w, accompan ied
an d Mr E dwards
by
L ieu t Beech e ,
Th e state of th rs
.
y .

cold in tense, t o lan d th e in stru men ts, deck may be said, in deed, to hav e
y
and fi n all rig a t emporar th eatre on y con stit u ted t he chief source o f ou r
by
board t he H ecla, in wh ich th e officers an xiet , an d t o h ave occu ied fi
b
exhi i t ed at in terv al s, th roughou t t h e
y
th e greater
p
t of our atten tion at thi s
m
r

win ter, th eir scenic po wers T he pro i d d

p
y
er o en r an a n ess
. . e v e y p a p
d h m
’
l h s was Captain P l h
d
y f
p o sa t o o t i s, p e ar e , o r, w a t o re re q u e n t a p
an d h e adds, I was readil secon ed en ed , an accumulation of ice had t a

in it by t he of
o ur first erforman ce was fi xed for th e
b
ficers of ot h ships, an d p y
en place durin
g t h
y
e p
th e n ecessar mean s were immediat e
rec e d i n n
g g , i h t
p
b
5 th N ov em er, to t he great del ight of
the ship s corn “u os I n these amuse
ado ted f
p
c m er case, usuall
o r r e m o vin g i t
y i
b y ru b in g t he
n t h e
b
y
’ '

ly
.

men ts, I glad took a part m self, wood with cloths, an d th en directin g
cons iderin th a t a n exa m le f cheer t h e warm air i e t oward s th e place
p
h
s
g p o
in th e lat ter, ff h
by
f llness , b d irec t co un tena n ce scra in o t i
u y a
y p g e ce ,

to every fl ung that co uld con t ribute to so as t o preven t i ts wet tin

g t h e d e c k
i t, am not the leas t essen tia l p a rt ofmy an y acciden tal i ncrease of tem erat ure
p .

duty , u nder the p eculia r c irc mmla nces I n this respect, th e b ed places were
y b
-

”
i n which we were pl a ced rticul arl u lesome h in ner
b
.
p a t ro t e
On the 4 th Novem er, th e su n de
' '
tion , or that nex t t he ship s side,
b
scended elow their horizon , n o t again ing almost un avoidably covered
t o rise till the 8th o f Fe ruar , al b y with more or less dampness or ice, na
b
though Visi le for some da s after and y
m e, throu h the ef
g ect of refr
f ac
 ’
Captain P an 3 s Voy ag e-
.

con venience h t to a g eat deg ee few ha mmocks were seen

fi by Z e
p t
b
ar s
h
a
have b een dd , suifici t t hro wn u p , somewhat a o ve the
uan ti ty of fuel t o kee up t wo oo d n eral level n or did t h e lan d 0 er
res on the lo wer dec
y
th e t wen t fou r hours But our st ock
throug ou t mu ch greater variet , eing almost
en tirel
y b
of coals would by .

no mean s permit
y co v ere d w i t h sn
h ere an d th ere a patch o f are groun d
o w
b
excep t

t his,
of ou r spen
in min d the p ossi ilit
'

n g a secon d win ter with

b y in some exposed situation , where the
wind h ad n ot allowed the sn ow to re
in the Arctic Circle 5 and th is comfort m ain When viewed from the sum
b
.

could on l therefore be allowed on a m its o fth e n eigh ouring hills, on o ne

y
fl aw occasi on s, du ring the most severe of th ose calm an d clear da s which

p a rt of th e w i n te r .

I n the cou rse of my examin ation

n ot u n frequen tl y
win ter, th e scen e was such as to in
y
occurred du ring th e

of fi e lower deck, I had al wa s an 0

h m
y du ce con templation s, wh ich had, per
h aps, more of melancholy t han of an y
i f i f w
b
p a
-
rt un t n t o w
y o se e
g se e en 0
were in th e sick hat, and of receiv in g o th er feelin
g N o.t an o j ec t was to
h um M r Edwards, a report o f th eir be seen , on which the eye could long
respective cases as also of con sul t in g rest wi th
p leas u re , u n less w h en dirac
that gen tleman as to the mean s ofim ted to t he spot where the ships la ,
y
m
y
t he warm th , ven ti lat ion , an d an d wh ere our little colon

oomf ort of the inh a ited arts b ed . The smoke wh ich there i ssued
from th e several fires, affording a cer
was lan t
p
o f the sh ip H aviug erform this
p
.

d uty, we ret urn ed to t e u per deck, tain in dication the resence man,
where I personal l inspec y the men f
g e a partral o eer n ess to t l s a t
'

pf
'

y
a v

o ther wh ich, the were sen t to walk ~

o f th e
p ro s ct a n d t h e so u m f fd
on shore, wh en th e weath er would voices, whio during the cold wea
m i ll h en th e retu rn y t her, co uld b e heard at a mu ch greater
t
b t i w
oo
p e r , n n ,

ed on oard to dinner Wh en th e day dista n ce t han usual, served n ow an d

was too in clemen t for th em to take
.

b
t hen t o reak the silen ce wh ich reig n
y
this exercise, th e were ordered to ru n ed aroun d us, a sil en ce far dif
b
from t hat peacea le composure, which
feren t
round an d roun d the deck, keepin g
step t o a t une on a b
arrel organ , or, charac terizes t he lan dsca

y of a cul ti
n ot un fi eq uen tl y, to a song o f their vated cou n tr ; i t was t e death e
y
'
-

Among th e men , were s til ln ess of th e most drear

o wn
a fiew w 0 did n ot a t first qui te li b tion , an d t he to tal a sen ce ofan imatedb desola

this systemat ic mode of takin exer exis ten ce Such , in deed, w as t h e wan t
b
.

cise ; b ut wh en th ey foun d at n o of o j ec ts to af ford relief to the eye,

i h f ill w as ad or amu semen t to t he min d, t hat a
x t t t
y y
n e ness
p , ce p a o ,

mit ted as an excuse, the n ot on l ston e of more than usual siz e, a

y
willingl an d ch eerfull com lied, b u t b
in g a o ve th e snow in th e direc tion
pp ea r

y
made rt th e occasion o mu humour in which we were goin immediat el
an d fi olic among th emsel ves
'
.
’
b ecame a mark, on w :ich ou r e es
y y
were u n con sciousl fixed, and towards
g y
The ofi cers who di n ed at two o
clock, were also ia the h a it of occu b wh ich we mechan icall advan ced
y .

im on e or t w o h ours in the middle D rear as such a scene must o s

g b
the day in ram ling on sh ore, even
cd, excep t wh en a
cess aril
said t o
be, it could n ot, howev er, be
y
wholl wan ting in in terest,
y
'

in our darkest
fl esh wind an sn ow drift confin ed especiall when associated in th e mind
y b
-

th em within th e h ousing of t he shi with th e peculiarit of our situ ation ;

I t may be well imagi ned that at t is b
t h e o j ec t which h ad roug h t us h i
th ere was b u t lit tle to be met t her, an d the h opes which th e least
with in on: walks on sh ore, wh ich san gu in e amon u s sometimes enter
“ “ “ tain ed, of f
’

n ng a
p ar t o ou r n x t
;
e

m If no t ex e mite
'

3 win t er in t e more genial climate of

dish t wo u il es,
es of one or g lest a th e Sou t h Sea I slands Perhaps, to o,
.

m “ W
hich often rises very th ugh n one of us ven tured t o confess
o
in ] should ’reven t our return , a it, b u r th ough ts woul d sometimes in
a
ed s l
idm b y to the dull an d tedi v olu n taril y
wan der h omewards, an d
y
ous monot on , which day aft er da in stitute a comparison et ween the b
u nter! itsel f T o the n ort h war rug ed f ace of nature in this desols te
p .
g
w th c sea, covered with an u nb ro
h l unf acs ofice, unif orm in i ts daz

nel s. except that

alias whit- m so me
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’

Captain P a rry s Voy ag e . Ju n g

We h ad frequent occasion i ed with i n of wh ich i t is

y a satisfac
t
, n o u r o

walks on sh ore, t o remark th e decep t o co n ceiv e t h e amou n t On t h e

tion which takes place in estimatin g
eas
l st of Ju n e, C ap tain Parr set offwith y .

th e distan ce an d magn it ude of obj ects, a part y

o f v olu n teers, to explore th e

when viewed un der an un varied sur in t erior of th e islan d .

face of sn ow I t was n ot u n common

. T he n arrat iv e of t h is excu rsion is
for u s t o direc t o ur steps t owards wh at not v ery in terest in g T he sn ow st ill .

we t ook to be a large mass of stone, at lay fo r th e m os t part t h ick u pon t h e

t he dist an ce of h alf a mile from us, an d al th o ugh h ere an d t h ere

b y
g r o u n d
b u t which we were a le to take u p in c leared awa , an d a little v egeta t ion
our han ds after on e min ut e s wal k commen ced , t h e few geograph i cal , m i
’

T his was more particularl th e case,

b y .

b
n eral o ical , an d o tan ical o serv at io ns,
g b
wh en ascen din g t h e row of a hill, which coul d b e made u n der su ch cir
nor did we fin d that th e decep tio n b e cu ms tan ces, cast b u t a m eagre in t eres t

came less on accou n t of th e frequen c over th e mon o ton ou s tran sac tion s of
with which we experien ced i ts effects su ch a j ou rn ey Th e portion o f th e
—
. .

wh ole, we readily own , wh ich w e o ur

Pp 12 3 12 5
b y b
. .

On th e 3d of Fe ru ar , th e refrac sel ves regard w it h most pleasu re, is

tion o f th e atmosphere aga in rou gh t the accou n t given of t he good h u -

th e su n in sigh t, n o t t h us so soon, mou red in ven ti ven ess of th e s amen ,

by b
e

h owev er, a day or t wo, as h ad een wh o spread a b lan ket u pon th eir cart
expected ; n or alth ou gh it v ery m u ch as a sail, to li h ten it s drag wh en t h e ,

dist orted the ou tline, particularly t h e win d was in t it favour V t n cu t

b
.

follo win g day, did th e o servation s t ing the canal for t h e sh ips t o en t er
g iv e i t a obve 1
°
2 4
"
a t t he a l t it u de Win ter H arb our, th e had h ad rc y
th e th ermometer at t he ti me course to a similar c on t riv an ce, t o as
of
stan di ng 38 b
elow zero , an d t he b a sist t h em in fl oati n h
b y y
’
g o u t o f t e
p as sa
g e
rometer at in ch es T he mean
b
refraction , per ta le, at th e same al ti
.

y
t h e lo cks ofice cu t aw a
tain Parr , who h as th e rare felic i t
an d C ap

tu de, an d u nder ordinar

b
circu m n ot t o b e a o ve lau h in b h en h e i s
y
b
w
g g
From this time am u sed, records ot h ci rcu ms tan ces ,
y
s tan ces, is a out
the da s lengthened so rapidl , th at , y an d in t rodu ces t he latter in t o o n e of
o n t h e 7 th ofApril, it was li h t en ough b
t h ose eau tiful plates, with wh ich h e
at midn igh t to read of f th e ermome
A variet y of Opt ical
by
h as at on ce em ellished an d ill u strated
ter with case his wo rk T h e are lit tle v agaries like
y
. .

and met eorological hen omen a n ow
p
their at ten ti on , parti cularl y
e
h as and parh elia of great eau t
But the weath er still con t in ued ia
y
t en sel cold, an d alth ough su ch h ad
been t he influen ce of th e sun wh en it
n ad onl on e de y g re e of m e ridian alti
tude, the thermometer in th e sh ade
b l
th ese, gen erall promo tin g, always ex
h ilaratin g, the service in which th ey are
b y . en gaged, which distin gu ish British sea
men wh en well treated an d co n du ct ed ,
y
an d rep a ing, as t h e al wa s do, su ch y y
t reat men t an d conduct , with con ti
den cc, at tach men t , an d good h u mou r
an d lon g, ver lon g may th ey b e
-

rose from 40 t 86 elow zero , wh en t hus their genera ch aract eristics !

b y
° o °

it remained 1 7 hours a ove th e h ori Du ring the whole sprin g, h u n tin g

zon it st ill f ell occasionall
M arks of thawing o n th e sh ore conti
to p a rties were ke t con s tant l
p o u t , with y
v ariou s su ccess, musk oxen , deer,
nuin g rare an d in distin ct
b
A out the middle of M ay, Captain
.

t
b
hares, ren t geese, (Anus bern icla ),
armigan , an d a few
-

l ov er, con s tr
p p
caused t he ice t o be cu t imme t uting the chief ret urn s T h ese fresh
diate roun d the shi wh en its ave
b stores were distri u t ed with the most b .

ckn ess t hro ou t th e h ar our rigorou s impartialit y, accordin g to re

’

b y
rage
was determ in ed t o et ween seven tion s facetiou sl called t h e G ame
”
and eigh t feet an d havin g th us got aws .G reat quan ti t ies of a species o f
t hem afloat, t he h ousin s were sorrel, (R umea dig yuan ) foun d in t h is
y y
-
g
remo and preparat ion s made to coun tr on l on the summits of t he
t ake in th e requisite quan tity of bal high est moun tains, were gath ered in
last, to make up for stores expen ded, th e immediate vicin it of t he sh ips, y
and t o rig them ou t On th e an d its use was en d as mu ch as
b
ain .

i sth of t he same mon a few drops

p oss i le O n. t h e w h o e, as we have
ofrain f ell, orWere said to have f allen, said, n othin g could be more sat isfac
on the Greenland master s face, while
’
y
t or than the gen eral heal th ofall, and
walking ou t and the report was hail their q ririts b ounded t o the prospect
 0.4mmP arry
'
s Voyag e .
996
d rom inact iv it
a speedy release f y . an d ds o ver against it, pla
are in t ru th islan ~

m mp tion of t heir perilou s exertio n s ccd in an Ar t ic, il net a Polar Sea, thr
‘

b
c
.

That iod at last arrived T he i t is mmemm xry t o quarrel a o ut mere

h tt er y
of Jul was aig nalizcd names
.

by
Of the g neral struct ure and .
e

dall encroach mcn ts made b y t he sea productions oft hese islands it is impoa
barrier of ice wh ich lo ked u p si le b ut that much also should have
b b
b
on o

the mouth o f th e har o ur, for some een learn t on th is occasion, for no t a
time af t er the outside was clear O n lit tle may b gleaned from an attent ive
y
e
.

the l st of Augus t t he s tarted , and p rusal even of the n arrative, on those

y
e

i d h w es t ward h i i i
g a n t t t T t B u
b
t t xtraordinar
n r

m
s o o o e o p o s s v e e
.
y .

eet for some t imc was t o lera ly t hat alt hough f re uen t allusions are

an d t he y t to the wes t end of made th mugh ou t , to articles in the

q

“d rills Islam but do rrived there A pendix expressl devo ted to such
of their putninl and ri ou s b ut no
~
an ects , n o suc h articles are t o be
’
y
rs r- thiling remarco o creeping alon g fou nd there This cannot be inad
y
.

film , Ca it ain Parr was soo n further vertence it must he intended to give ,

“ vil le“ that somewhere t o t he t hese t o the pu blic th roug h some other
“nth west of this an inuno vcab lc o b
- cha nnel at all even ts , th e in f ormation
d aclo must in terv ene, t o pr v en t the con tain ed in t hem can not b e los t
e
.

di s n ion of the ice in that direc tion Mean wh ile it may be observed, t hat
-

p
.

w th th at pro mpt it ude, th erefore, alt hough according to the s mena ,

'

which s eems one of th e mos t n omi of min erals b ro ugh t h ome

l t n t an d valuab le part s o f h is c wrac ding vo ag b y t apts in Rom it would
‘
t e prece
y e
,

ta , he bo re up on t he l ot h to t he ap ear t hat the wes tern shores of Baf

p
” war d, determined t o push to the tin s Bay are ch iefly o t primitive tbn na
’

m th ward ifh c cou ld tind an open ing tion , and from some fragmen ts of gra .

In this however he was no t succms n ite men tion ed amo! ( a i taiu Parry s
‘ ’
r

l
. .

h i, and in h is M W “ to t hc eas t ward collectio ns, th e neigh ur l

w e d Barro w s S t raits on th e 3 1st formation s may b inferred also to

'

byy
e
.

th eyes still lingering a tt cr furth er th e west ward ; yet e ond l a nes-ter

discoveries , h e coasted t hence to the Sou n d the asis is chiefl sand stone, b -

“ thward along th e wes t side o f Rat int rmixed with o ther secondary ma
‘
e

I a s Bay, sutlicicn t ly n ear t o come t rials, limes ton e madrelwri t , Hin ts ,

' e e
.

m h h f ld & I [ h f
‘

awdy w it h th e i p ress ion t a t t ere e s

p a r c t a n y o t t ese w er oun d , .
e

are oth er fl an ges in to Princ Regen t s to abo und in tos sil o rganic remains,
’ ‘

b
e

L an cas ter s and we have seen speci men s from Mel

’

Inlet, b esides t hat

Sou nd 3 and r t ur ned t ome full of v ille l sland and Barro w s Straits, of
'
e

that ardour t o ren ew h is in ves t iga p u tr ifi ed tahn , co rals an d s hells , all ,

M
fl ms,
Tg
am on ti l t o t riat rcwnl ds rro
w
hi h has s in ce met ith its of wh ich a d a tr opical aspec t T his
is certa in l a s triking fact when it is
.

i gi i i y
c
,

n otion in h s sf c tslon an d th e c nn rtw lleet u that the occur o ra cou n tr

y
I l n d of a new expedit ion . where the mean temperat ur o fth e at e

We wish that Captain l arrv on h is m ‘

osphere is ab o u t acre of F ahren h eit .

way book had examin ed Welling to n l hesan dst o neon bo th s ides ot Barrow a
' ‘ '

Channel , at leas t till the ice was scc n S t rait s is s t r atified horizon tal l in a
ec uliar man n r, illus trated in
y
at th o b ot tom ofit b u t s t ill n o t with
y
v ery
p
e
,

fi nding this , the onl omiss ion w hich a 8t l l t l of sketches b y L ieutena nt

y
‘ ‘ ‘

even the most j ealou s eye can detect Beech ; and in t he larger islands is
h the conduct o fth is cmwdit ion goo t a rro wed in to deep rav ines b y the
‘

l h loal scien ce stands more in dcb tcd spring torren t s An in t restin g obser
y
e

gg
.

than t o an y o t h er sin cc t he da s v at io n for his o wn pu mac, is made

1! Vancouver and ll rough ton An d b y C ap ta in l arr with re atio n to these
’
,

y
y
.

M t m ostl do we w is h that Mr rav ines v iz tha t wh er ver they occur e

m
, .

t w h m m h f it s suc a s mal l s i t o fsh oal or dr lan d, is un i

, o o s o u c o p y ,

ll owing, may c t b as s uccess th l ton n ly fo und to pre cet ra te t he sea,

‘ '

fl e

ll the int erior ot A cu as he has th us behind wh ich , o n ci er side as it b ap

y
‘ '

been on t he exterior ot North he was alwa s certain ofshelter

'

ll
ca I t is n ow dcnro ns t rat ml t hat
. from the ice In the in terior wherever . .

the Ba th east poin t of t his co n t inen t t her was a lit tle so il and shelter. s
bby
e
-

h neither so far north , nor pro a l so b riet b ut v ig oro us vegetation shewed

‘

“ ble as has b een supposed and itselt in su mmer : th e plan ts named in

‘

u b l d h i h h h i h h i id m m b
t w
b
a n s c av e t er to t e n a rra t ve are, e s es c o on
u an ddered s p rolon gation of it , g rass and mess in great a undan ce,
 [
’

2 96 Cap ra in P arry s Voy ag e . Ju ne

b
,

t h e dwarf w illow, sa ri/

-
rag a it i is to o tain a certain quan tit y or rate
o lza , first seen in fl ower on t e 2 d of correc t ion fo r t h e at t ract io n of t h e
f
y b
‘

ship s h ull, applica le t o all cases in a

’

Jun e, rumcx dig y am , po py, scurv

-

ven ratio to th e direction oft he sh ip s

’
rass, an d draba or whet ow grass A
b
’

g
- .

large p in e tree was foun d u ried in th e

- sad, an d t h e in t en sit ofth e magn etic

san d n ear t h e sou th en d of Mel ville at tract ion bf th e

’
s pole in dif fe

b
I sland, a o u t 300 b ards from the y ren t circumstan ces bu t then th is ra
b
each ; an oth er smaller on e on th e west t io was t o seek, an d it has sin ce een
alon g wh ich al so several pieces ascertain ed th at it is dif feren t in diffe
coast
t wood were fou n d scat tered N o
b
ren t sh ips N umerous o serv ation s b
ofdrif
bb
- . .

residen t in h a itan ts were an y wh ere were h owever made on oard t he H ecla

met with west ofL an cas ter Sou n d, b u t with a view to this o j ec t, compared
b y
o th in B am M artin an d M el ville with oth ers on t he sh ore an d on th e ice;
I slan d remain s of E sq uim au x h u ts an d again conn ec ted with o th ers on the

were discovered T hese co n sis ted of all made at t h e same time ; an d

y Di
.

s t on es ru del l d l alt o ugh some of th e resul ts may wan t

b y y by
p ace in a c irc u a r o r

rath er ellip ti cal form ; were from seven corro o ration , th e are all v er in te
t o ten feet diam eter ; t he road flat b y rest in g t o n au tical men
m m
First, . a

sides of th e ston es stan ding verticall , i i d

b w
g rea t an
y exp e r en ts t as p rov e
an d in all respec ts resem led th ose t hat th e cen tre o f at traction in th e
seen at H are I slan d th e p recedin g voy
”
bb
H eels , an d pro a l in all ships, was
forward an d amid s ips ; th at accord
age . E xcept wol ves, wh ite foxes, on -

which t h e former from some circu m in g] wh en h er h ead was du e n orth or

stan ces were con cl uded t o pre , an d t he y sou t here was n o devia tion , b u t t hat
M as H udsou im , n o animal s were seen th is was at its maximum wh en the
t h rou b ou t t h e win ter at M elv ille h ead was east or west S econ dly , Ca
i
I al an t T h e ret urn of spring rough t b tain Ro ss had said,
“
.

t hat wh en
o ver from the con tin en t musk oxen in
b
-
v ariation was co n sidera le, the dev ia b e

con sidera l e droves, rein deer, an d tion in c reases in n o set tled propor
y
-

Onl on e wh ite b ear was seen h t t his appears to be a mis

hares
y b tio n ;
g
.

t h e whole ear Th e catalogue of irds rom his n ot

l
. take, pro oab y arising f
is n umerou s, in cluding grou se, (p tar u si n g a stan iard compass Captain
y y
.

migan s, ) fi rst appearin g on t he 12 th P arr sa s, from th e t ime we en tered

b b
M ay, plovers , ren t geese, c ider an d -
L an cas ter Soun d the sin h n ess of
e amo un t
k ing ducks, an k swallo ws, (H ir undo th e compasses, as well as
y b
- -

R ipa rian) red ph alaro pe, th e fi rst of of th eir irregularit , produ ced t he
wh ich was seen on th e 2 d June, oat b at traction o f th e ship, had een c un d b
swains, (L estrzs P aras it ic us y
ra idl , b u t u n or ml i
b
'

l if y
raven s, p t o ncr e ase ;
o n e swan , t o th er wit h g u ls, kitti an d C aptai n Sa ine adds in th e Ap
g
wakes, and o er sea fowl, amon g th e
b p en dix, wh en ev er it could b e done,
-

ice A n u m er o f sh ells of th e Venus t he variation on a part icu lar cou rse

b by
.

tri e was fou n d in a ravine in Byam st eered was asce rtain ed act ual oh
M artin I slan d an d a h awl ofthe trawl servation ; b u t wh en th e cou rses were
of fth e mo uth ofan inlet , sou th ofL an
b y
man in th e t wen t fou r h ours, one
set of azimu th s wit
-

caster Soun d, called th e Cl de, rough t th e ship s h ead

’

up som e marin e in sects, w ich are pro n orth or sou t h to sh ew th e true vari
b by
a l qu ite n ew On l o n e wh ale, an d . y ation, an d a secon d set with h ead east
as it was supposed, on e seal, on e at a or wes t to shew th e ma ximum of dis
til n e t leas M elvi e turbance, were suf ficien t, with a very
ll by
ere seen al o
I slan —a g ig zpfi ‘

little practice, to ena le t he v ariation

b
'

t o
h
e n e1g
i
ai
b onrb ood o f an e es
T h e th eor of magn et ism is still a
g . to be assign ed for ev er
demon strating that the eviation was
in t
"
oth -

secret , b u t t is vo age h as added n ot

a lit t le t o th e previous st ock off
y n ot capricious And la s tly , n umerous
.

ob servations were made o th with th e b

t his in terestin g su j ect , an d h as the
b b
acts on
dippin g an d h orizon t al n eedl e, with a
y
merit esides of suggesting som e prac v iew to prov e the t h eor res ect in h
t ical h in ts in its em plo men t I t was y . in ten sit of
p
tie attrac tion at dif
g t e

Origin ally a su ggestion of th e late Ca foren t ps, an it was found to agree

'

tain Flin ders, t hat it was desira le m

p
b v er
y n earl y
in deed wi th th e fact
b on
all sh ips to have some place selec ted whi ch Ca tain Sa in e adds, I t may
where the same comp ass should b econ p er h ap s u se fu l to re m ar ki
, th a t
stan t l k d ll h d when th e ratio of the v ariation of th e
b b
y e p t, an a o t e rs u se . o n
oard ref erred to it The o j ect ofthis . magnetic force to the dip shall b e
 '
Captain Party s Voyag e Q 1

m
.

i wh ich th e are taken, for which onl

n ed b y e
b y
u certa en t
y y
meas ure of tferen ce ar it rar owances can be made
'

ea .

i n t he dip far more accurate in high T he ran ge of the th ermometer da

h t it udes than actu al o servation
”
b by ring the t ime t he expedition was west
of L an caster Sou n d, an d et ween “P b
the dippin g n eedle
T wo cl ocks elonging to the Ro al b
.

y an d 7 5 nort h latit ude, was on

°
oard b
Societ y of L ondon , an d which h ad ori t he maximum eing
th e min imum
b an d
all y gon e rou n d th e world with On shore, an d on
g p tain Cook, accompan ied this exp e t heice, t h emin imum was At the
dit i on , t oget her wit h a pen dulu m pre temperat ure o f — 2 4 th e smoke fro m
red b C rtain Kater, similar to th at
LyL
b
t h e fu n n els was o served scarcel at all y
E emp fi in his o wn experimen ts to ascen d, b u t to escape i n a horizon
al ong our coast With t hese in the .

y t al direction r an d su ch dif
bficult h ad y
fir m an d late v o age, fou r sets o f i t at th is time t o lend with t he at
observation s h ave een taken at dif b mosphere, it was on ce distin ctl smel t
in a cu rren t t wo miles distan t from th e
y
twen t h igh latitudes, with a view to
det ermine the ell ipticit of th e earth , y shi
p .T h e severe co ld h ere n o t ed was

n o t partic ularly disagreeab e in calm

a nd t h eir comparison wit h each other
is stated by
Captain Sa ine, as ivin g
g
b weat her b u t al th ough th e thermometer
y
m u n iformly rose wit h win d, ev en man
1 1 1
m d i , m
m , 31° 6, 0 f
degrees in a gale from th e S S E th e
the equatorial radiu s for th e com
p e- i n a t t h e ole s I n t h e Co n
ef fect produ ced by
t his agi tation of t he
. .

p a tm osph ere was qu it e overpowerin

r o .

”in d uce dea Tems , (Fren ch Nau ti A few in div iduals had t heir h an s d
cal Al manack) f
t
or 18 1 6, t h e mean o f a
y
man previous o servation s of b b y
frost i t t en , articul arl on on e ocea
-

b y
grea sion, wh en t e o servator on sh ore
the same nat ure is stated at
5
for th e
£ caugh t fi re, an d was with di f
saved
ficul ty
On e sailor s h an ds were th en
’

y
1
North ern H emi sph ere an d
.

5 176 so t h oroughl rat ed with cold,

y b
,
pe ne t
the Sou thern An d in l ike man n er, of
four considera le arcs, measured at
.

b when t he were immersed in water for

th e purpo se of ein g th awed, a fi lm of
M m “ i m i P F L ice was form ed on t he surface A fact
b
t es n eru ,
ran ce, a
p .

land, an d I ndia, a co mparison between wh ich we hav e efore seen s tated on the
the fi rst an d secon d ives be au th orit y ofM L arrey, su rgeon gen eral
g
-
.

t o th e Fren ch arrn y in t h eM osco w cam

t ween the first and th ird, 35 7 5
; 3 be
p aign, respectin g th e in flu en ce of se
v ere cold on t h e men tal facul ties, is
4
tween th e secon d an d th ird,

bet ween the secon d an d fourth,

30 15 ; an d
b
corro orat ed by
Captain Parr , p 108 y . .

T he se 8 h e, al ludin g t o some
whil e, from th e lu n ar m o tion s, preces men w o h a h db
een acciden tall ex o
p y
d on of t he eq u in oxes, an d o th er as sed to it, looked wild, spoke thi ck
tronomi cal
L a Place an d
data, it is
o thers , v ariousl
comp u ted

y , at J
by

5 14 ,
an d in dis tin c tly an d it was i

b le to draw from th em a rat io

swer t o an y of ou r qu est ions
ossi
an
Aft er
m
s
b
.

£3 an d
$ Th e men t of b ein g on oard for a sh ort time, t he
y
. n ear agree
, 4
men t al facul ties appeared graduall t o
then m ay perhaps b e b et ter
res ults
y
&c T h e on l o th er affect ion
a recia te d b y some readers, wh en
ppare t old t hat th e mos t rem o te of b
retu rn , .

esides th ese, wh ich was in duced b y

th em do n ot in v ol ve a do u t ev en o f a b t h e weath er, was sn ow lin dn ess, b

yy
-

single m ile, in t h e relat iv e len gt h s o f wh ich o n all o ccasion s readil ielded

the polar and equat orial diam eters of t o t h e remedies applied .

t he eart h An d t h eir differen ces seem T h e mean ofth e baromet er through

b
.

insepara le fro m t h e n atu re of t h e oh ou t t h e sam e period was in ches,

servat ion s on which th ey are fou n ded , t h e m aximum th e minimum
which are lia le t o b e af b
fected b y a I t wou ld appear, t hat as a
w eath er glass, th is in st rumen t is on l y
n fi et y of min ut e circumstan ces, even
th e nature of th e soil, an d sit uation in useful in medium tem peratures It .

0 m P arry in a note, tha t a simil ar ob serv ation was m ade at Y ork

u ain ts us

M g o deon s Bo
’ q
yf
m th e year 1 7 95 , b u t not till th e th ermomet er fell to an d

m ere]: at M el v ill e I sl an d, when th e air was prob ab l y al ready somewhat t ain ted
'

n
m s, th e smoke ascen ded p erp en dicul arl y at
'

by ex
Vo n I X. .
 C Voyag e [J
’
ess apta in P arry : une

is well known that in tro i l li m The h alos, with th eir accompan ing
y
ates
p ca c
its indication s are ver un certain, an d rh elia an d l n es, seen at I el
y pa parase e

tain Parr remarks, th at at Mel u su al in su ch

q
v i e Islan d it rath er accom anied than
p
vill eIsl an d, were, as
latitudes, exceedingl yb rill ian t ; but,
p r ed ic t e d ch an g e s o f w e a t h e r N o t . for th e mos t part , t h ey were regular,
an d n ot u n usu al in th eir form s Th e
w iths t an din g Ca tain B oss s fav our
y
’

b y
.

a le re ort o f A
p y e s S m p ies om et er, Aurore Boreales were fain t, gen erall
it does n o t up ear th at on e accompa seen in t h e so u th west qu art er, an d -

nied t his ex n ever af fect ed eith er t he electro m et c r

'

tion .

or t he compasses
Similar an omalies in kin d, al th
b
h
y
.

less in degree, were o served in e Captain Parr , in th e expedition

temperature of th e sea at dif feren t wh ich he is no w condu ctin g , is u n der
h rough H u d
dep th s, th is voyage as t he last s t ood to in t en d t o h
b
ln t
b
.
p u s

Win ter H ar ou r, at the dep th of five son s or C um erlan d S t rait s, an d t ry

’

fath oms, th e th ermomet er stood at h is fort un e in Repulse Bay, o r Sir

+ 3 1 0
, an d v er n e ary t h e s u p e rfi c ia l T homas Rae s Welcome
’

he can find a passage in ei er of t hem,

urposin g, if

ice at + 2 8 , wh ile in th e open air it

0

t o draw t o t he west ward alon g t he

was at — l fio ; an d as summer udv an
ced in 1 82 0, th e sh allow ban k which
main lan d of America, an d et w een it b
y
-

an d th e ice I n doing th is he an tici

immediatel skirted th e sh ore, could
y by b
.

ates some dif ficul ties an d ef ore

ever wh ere be traced t h e reat er
p gro re ss o f t h e ice t ow ards disso u tion g .
caving E n glan d, h e is said t o h ave ex
r d l ik w is m n h i d ir e
I n Bafiin s Bay, in like man n er, t he
’
p esse , e a e a , s es
t hat t h e bl ic sh ould be prepared to
t emperatu re for t h e fi rst 100 fathoms
was gen erall y a ou t by an d lo wer
h ear of em Y et we th in k t h at h e
.

will ul timatel succeed ; an d h av in gy

down it com m o n l f ell,

bu t on on e occasion , t wo differen t ex
as far a s 2 7 °
at tem ted, in t h e
p e gi n
art icle, to rob him of the v ul g ar m e
n i n g of t h is b
p e ri m en t s g a v e 8 3 °
at
while th e first 100 stood as usual a ou t
32 0 fa th o m s ,

b rit of his pas t su ccess, wh ich

“ I : claim, ho wev er, seems to u s, as
no by
I n hi h lat itudes it wou ld ap
ear probab e, that th e temperatures
f
we ave alread in timated, to elong y b
p
spend so mu ch on local circumstan ces
to Mr Barrow more th an t o an y o n e,

of un certain exis ten ce an d v er ditfi y we are most willing to say , n o w at t h e

cul t in v estigat ion , that n o t heor will
y y y con cl usion of it , t hat ou r hopes of his
fu tu re success are chiefl fo un ded on y
be foun d u niforml to appl
h imself H is plan seems an ex cellen t
.

I n one ofour qu o tat ions we h av e al

y y
.

on e, it is comp arativ el safe, i t is his

read adverted t o th e great distan ce at
o wn , an d a man is n ever so zealou s an d
which so un ds were h eard in the o en
p clear sigh ted, as wh en fol lowin
air, during th e in ten se co ld Th i s is g o u t
b
-

h is own plan s H e has now h ad a un

more rticul arl y n oticed, h owever, in .

dan t exper ience, his cou rage is u n

t h e fo w ing passage : W e h ave o f
q u e st iona b l e a n d h is ta c t in m ai n
t en heard th e peo ple dis tin ctl y con v er ,
tain ing t he disc iplin e, heal t h, spirit s,
sin g, ia a common t on e of voice, at t he
distan ce o fa mile an d to day, (1 1 t h
unan imit y, an d gen eral ef fi cien c of
y y y
b y
-

his cre ws, in ver tr in g circums tan

Fe ruar ) I h eard a man sin ging to
h imself as h e wal ke d along t he each,
”
b ces, is dem on strat ed
all t h ese we gath er f
Bu t more t han
rom a lit t le an ec
.

at even a great er dist an ce t h an th is

dote t hrus t in to a corn er of h is n arra
.

T his a paren tl y singular

P 148
y
-
. .

t ive, an d wh ich we take t he lib erty o f

ef fect was owin g to t e u n iform densit
wh ich th e air main tain ed durin g t h e '
art icularizin , ecause its value is n ot
g
ke t o b e appreciated b y th e gen eral
b
lon g nigh t of th is region ; t he same
rin ciple o n which H um oldt , in h is b read er Th e Gri r at o n e time pro
y
.

h
mu tiful E ssa on th e cataracts of th e
v oked him wit h er bad sailing , an d
he en tert ain ed serious though ts of re
Orinoco, explains t he in crease o f t h eir
n oise during t he n igh t, an d whose co n
moving her ship s compan y, a an don
ing h er, an d proceedin g on his mission
’
b
verse; in like man n er, accoun ts for that
b
remarka le deadn ess o f all sou n ds ,
in the H eela alon e As it happen ed ,
it prov ed unnecessar t o act o n t his
.

which it is said, acco mpan ies t he fi rst

‘
y
idea ; and perhaps, m the articu lar
.

s treamin gs of th e S irocco, or H armat

t an win d, and augmen ts th e t errors of
case, it was somewhat has ti
v ed Bu t it would never have been
con cei y
an impending hurrican e, or earth
y b by
.
.

ser i ousl deli erated o n, unless

quake .
 Cap ta in Pa rty
’
s Voyag e ”0
b y
.

t her dy in tent on his o j ec t, ot her, as must in

fl
on e th e often such a
full of service, ma
and perseveran ce an d
y w ell b e ex pected t o pos
daring, penetra ted with the sp irit of sess that happy indepen den ceofthough t
b
his mders, not solicitous a ou t t heir and ac tion, which may ena le him t o
'
b
letter, or the respon sib ilit y u n der unite th em an d succeed, where equal
y
which the were t o be atten ded to ; or even su perior talen ts, a little more
by b
a
, nd w h o , w hen ev er t h e ext remes of fet tered, migh t possi l succum .

p rud en ce an d rashness approach each

ON T H E C H E E T H A M L I B RA R Y

T u e causes which give us pl easure met with in L ondon —th e remains of

i n vislting an particu lar place, are
y King Rich ard s C ha 1, in Cros
’

h
by
various , and some imes v ery o posit e Co urt ; Surroun ded ; wareh ouses,
t
y
W e do no t exactl mean th at es sure
.

an d co u n tin g h ou ses, it self n o w con

ed by associat ion of
i ess , by v erted in to a packin g room this ve
y
ne

conn ection or relationsh ip of t he n erab le relic of an tiqui t , with it s

scenes we are en terin u on to former s tone stairs and Go thic win do w, s tru ck
g p
times, person s, or even ts, bu t that sa us with a force we shall nev er forget .

tisfac tion , wh ich arises from o th er We seemed in a second to hav e slip

train s of th ough t, more immediate an d d m m d ern t imes, t o the da s

b y
b p e f ro o
len a strac ted in th eir dedu ction I s . o f him, at wh ose irth the owl
there n ot, for in stan ce, in th e first s hrieked, th e n igh t crow crie -
d, a bod
i h f m in g luckless time An d the satis fac
’
S t P R
by
rg t o e t er s a t o e, apart .

from the eflec t produ ced

'

its s tri t ion we felt , was raised in pro tion

kin magn ifi cen ce, a deligh tful thrill t o our su rprise Such a revu ou in
y
'

g
.

of p easm e to m eet wi th su ch an edi th e curren t o f our ideas al wa s carries

fice, in su ch a sit uat io n Y et, what y
wi th it po ign an c an d relish We lose
y
.

infi n it h as St P et er s t o t h e temples or th e pleasure of expect at ion in in stan

y y
’

the Co lise um, or wh at h as th e dome tan eous enj o men t , which th at v er

of a ch ristian ch u rch t o do n ear t he loss makes more keen In sh ort , t o
.

Columns Traj an s , or the Arch ofCon kn o w what leasure is, we ough t t o

stan tin e ? I t is manifestl ou t of lace, meet with e t hing, wh ich, of all
'

y p
others, we mos t wan t, in th e place,
'

it awakes n o ideas assimilating to t hose

con nec ted with t h e ab sor ing in terest
of i ts cit y b wh ere, of all others, we least expect t o
fi n d it T he man , who after j ourne y
t s till, it s ef fect is n u
y e .

rfimin ished , in comm un icatin g t o th e

m d of the eholder, a th ro ing
in
sen sation of deli
ing ov er th e desart , fin ds at las t in
b bb its most arid track, a spri
water, an d our great Mo ist , after
of t esh i
t Th ere is som e
.

thing , in fact , of surprise an d u n ex meeting in an H ighlan d cot e with

ect edncss, in th e su dden ch an ge of Gats ker s Ih eatis e on L ots, wo (1 o th

’ '
b
p
y
'

obj ects, a surprise graduall con v ert ed conc ur in as surin g us, t hat life h as few

i pp
leas ure as we trace more in timate n ers, t han th e sudden

b
nt g re at er s w e e t

y l e r elation e t w ee n th e m , w h ich an d unan nou n ced possession of t h at

m
uses, quicken s, an d ch eers u s A n ew which is least expected, though most
y
.

vein of th ough t u n expec t edl crosses desired .

‘lld in t ermingles with t he old one, We were led in to these speculation s

a n
.

d in tr od u ces w i th it , fresh su j ec t s b b y a late visit to th e li rar foun ded

yb b y
for contemflation , an d n ew sources of by Hu mph re Ch eetham, in hi an ehes
en tert ain men t Th e mind cann o t dwell
. t er a v en era le an d praiseworth ih y
l stit ution , which is ren dered more stri
o n on an parti cu lar t rain oft h o u gh t ,
g y
wit o ut ex perien cing somewh at o fj a k g,
i n by its p r e se n t in g s om ew h a t o f
th e appearan ce of a coll e e, amidst
l
s de n tie t
y , an d t h e r e fo r e it i
by
s re fre sh
b g

m
ed and m vigorated approachin g th e h urr an d u siness t
y h are al
m
w yb ar e m
l l i d h d f f ways visib l e in a n uf act u ring
s o e r
t n u n o
p e or o u n g
t ain j y
o . 0 is no t d elig h te d t o to wn . I t is ple ng te pass from th e
n oise an d disso n an ce of a crowded
inset in a pl ace u tt erl

qmisi ng , with someth ing akin t o

'
arren an d u n
street , in to h e com
t p a ra tivel y
still an d

silen t co urt , o f a spaci ous an tique

is habits s pd con gen ial t o h is u r
0

snits ?
‘
W
e well emem er one o th e
r b m an sion ,
w it h l o w -
b
ro wed roofs, and

y
of t he
most plmsureable mo men ts ofour life, narro w win dows , apparen tl

was In a sudden rencontre we once a r ch ite c t u r e o f t h e t i m e of J am es t h e

sob The Ch emi st L ibra y r
[ June

yh
.
,

Fi rst, where the onl abitan ts see m D c L yra hm s dra-dml fm t ox enda,

t o be a li tt le population of o s, in
their grotesque liveries, acc ording well
by A114 the“ i
b u d“
? M
g
“b eh “
fP M
g
”

with t heir an cien t domicile T o feel

th at t h ere is such a place amidst ware
.
Mr Ur b
an , t he
le fath er of
M agazin es, h ere still ret ain s his place
venera b
h ouses, factories, an d sh ops, is so me from prescription , as al on e worth
satisf act ion , as it sh ews ou are n o t amon gs t riodicals t o en ter in t o an
complet e] im mersed in trade an d cal
culat io n,
y

u t t h at t h ere is still am idst

so ciet y e do n ot wi sh t o disp ossess
.

y
h im, but we reall th in k t hat B lack
wool sh 0ps, an d cot ton rooms, a lit tle
zoar set a b
rt for et ter t hin gs As
wood sh ould take h is station
Fat hers We admit h e is b u t a Neo t oric,
th e by
y
.
.

ou en ter t e door leading towards th e an d t otall u n worth of su ch worsh ip

y brary, from th e court on the left ,
'

ful n eigh ou rs ; yet surel th e erspi y

y
ou are struck with a s acion e an d
oft hall—whose a
p
m i d
eu ous v isa e of
g Georg Buc an an
”
y p
y sh oul d, of its elf , secure him ad mit
pp ea ra n c e r e n s
ou of an cien t f easts, an d old E n glish t an ce amongs t h is compeers
y ospitalit y—which is n ow a
pp p ro riat ed
I t con
s tit utes a talisman , wh ich, we are sure,
.

as t he din ing room of th e chi l dren ,

'

wh o are educated by b
th e oun t of
a sch olar like Mr Allen will hav e no

y bb y
spect to .

the founder Y ou proceed up a igh t

b y Th ere is somethin g ver su atan
.

ofston e s tairs t o th e li rar , wh ere th e

b ooks are dis osed in com artm en ts ,
tial in th e ap earan ce of a li rar
p
y
secured by p
wires from t h e en croach
p of this descri t i on
p E ver t h in
.
g e v i

ments of th e profane a ove an d

aroun d wh ich rocodiles,
b den tl y sh ews th at its con ten ts are m ore
for use t han show N o flaun tin g an d
.

i H d l d b i di m
g
b
r n c ar u u
g a co
-
o re n n g s a pe ar a on g
i d h m di im i
p e C i
y l the p ain , rown , an d q er like con
s , a n e ras r e , a ss a -

ting w o nderfu ll with t he oth er furni t en ts of its sh el ves Th e Platon ic lover

b
.

t ure of th e place . If you b e an xious o f ooks, t he admirer ofexteriors, mus t

t o l earn wh at th ese porten t ous thi n gs o elsewh ereforh is gratificat ion T h ere
g
b
.

are, an d t o b e made acquain ted wit h 18 too a l i n an e t w

p ea s n g co nso ee n
t he various curiosities of t he place, th e place an d its furnit ure e oaken .

ou m ust b e con t en t to list en ib

y u u ann els, an d lain wood work, wo uld
b
a r s
p p
-
”
p e tu lis t o th e d u l ce t m o d u l ati on o f i ll assort with morocco acks, an d ilt
,

o n e of th e ch ildren afores aid ; t hou h

g
edges, an d all th ose ou tward van it i es,
we should ourselves advi se o th er visi t
an ts , so far from em lo in y h
g
which make t h e ooks of the resen t b
p g t e se j u time appear like pain ted sepu ch res,
v enile n omen clators , to make u se of
th e precaution s of Ul ss es on en ter
ing t he place, b u t n ot exact] ibr th e
y from t he litt er with ou t , an d th e emp
h
ti neas wit in E uality reign s am ongs t
.

th e folios and uodecimos, an d h as

same reason
used, we b y
. D r Ferriar,
elieve, to recommen d th e
owever, cl ad the b
ooks with the same impar
tialit y t hat death h as levell ed th e eu
song of th ese ou n g siren s in certain
disorders of th e t m anum As on
alon h w
y ‘ p
i
.

l
t hors . No thin g in terpo ses to weaken
or destro the general eifect ofth e place
y .

y t e t
y All withi n it con tributes t o withdraw
g o ga e r es , p en
sto red with th e ph sic of the soul, us to th e past T h e mind is left h ere
.

to th e reading room, you cann ot b u t t o resig n i tself to its own fan cies wit h
p e r ce iv e , t h a t th
much similar to th ose of a modern
eir c on t en ts are n o t ou t b yeing recalled
incongruit to the recollect ion s of the
by
some st art ling

circulatin apper du odeci

'

h b D
b d f h
y
w hi h ik
rary
g .

p r esen t ; a n o r au g t c s t r e s
mos give place to the v en era le ma
j es t y f th f li I f y u l ook amon
us in t h e rapidit of a first impression ,
we might imagine i t th e spo t wh ere
y
o e o o o
.
g
th e sh elves, you will find, instead of Bacon was accu stomed to st ud , an d
t he Scotch novels, or An astasius, Wa Ral eigh deligh ted to muse

E
ensal s T ela I gn ea, or the works of
’

b y b
I t is impossi le to en ter a large li
.

ras mus . It is n ot the li rar of a

modern dilitan t i, but of an E n glish
b yrer , es eciall
p w h y
en in a
p n e e
so an ti ue as th e on e of whi c we are
sch olar of th e old sch ool, in which,
q
n ow wri ting, withou t f eelin g an in ward
Aquinas, an d D uns Scotus, may et
b e seen, an d
b rother D uran
b th em their wort
sen sation of reveren ce, an d with out
cat chin
g so m e s arks of no le emula
p b
us Bradwardine an t ion, from th e mass of min d wh ich is
scat tered around you. The very dull
m aj The mag num L am . Ml
“ and !”
i tell ecmal of th e sons of Oth ers we see. for which t heir writers ,
y
’
n
earth must be con sciou s of t he h igh t he mart rs of fame, h ave su f
an d ioft y societ y
in to wh ich h e is in men tal to rmen t, and odil macera
b b fered

t ion z
g
y
trudi t ; a societ which n o com in a
liv ing talen t can ev er h op e t o
b tion , an d all t o su sist li e H ippo
c ra tes s patien ts , an d Ach ill cs s h orses
’
k ’

”
Before su ch a t ribu n al, b e in H omer, u nder n aked n omin atio ns,
such a galax y o t in t ell ect an d learn
’

y
an d occup , u n t ouch ed an d n a
b y
in , the h augh t Arist arch h ims el f ed, a com er in a li rar Others which ,
g J
.

i n h t have doife wit h ou t degradation aft er ex perien cin g in t heir t ime a m eed

t e h at wh ich n ev er vailed t o h u man o f rig id in dif

b
f ren ce an d n eglec t , h ave
e

id
”
W f l v eren ce t h e n o w o tain ed " m u d u a n in t he ro lls
p r e
ye ee as w
.
, e re
migh t spirits aro un d u s, th at w e are of Fame an d o t hers t he deligh t an d
in some sort th eir ro th ers an d th e
h omage w hich we ay to t heir
b admirat ion of th eir c on tem
which no w remain b ut t o tea
raries ,

us th e
est ] is itself th e ho n of ou r alli in structive lesson , that
ance . Wh at a mole esides can b e
We are then where
b Wh en Fame s loud t rump hath blown her
’

more wonderfu
the h uman min d is displa ed in its y deep est b las t ,
Thou gh l oud th e sou nd, th e echo dies at

highes t fligh ts, an d in its weakes t i na l ast

nity ; n ow in all it s shades an d v aria f
A n d Gl o y, like the phoen ix midst h er fires,
tions of feeling or of s u til ty
i. wal ks through scien ce, an d th e cy
b
in all E xhales h er odours, b l az es, an d exp ires
M an y are
”

loft y an d grat if ing

th e y
.

cle o fits th ousand in t elligen ces t h ough t s an d con t em plat ion s wh ich a
in all its wide diffusion o v er th e p ro
vin w s an d p rin cipalit ies o f it s empire,
an d
visit t o a l i rar b y
will give rise to
is th ere where t h e m in d wakes in t o a
It .

calling in to act ion , an d ri n gin g forth

its power, l ike th e u n sh eathin g ofwea
b con sciou sn ess of its ow n powers and
ca ab ilities, an d b u rn s to m easure its
f m h d b p
s t ren gt h with t he heroes of literat ure,

y
p ons ro t eir s c a ba r s i n it s a cu t e
usu , sub tleizing to in fi nit in it s soli t he migh t y mas ters of scien ce I t is
.

i , laying fou n dat ion s of in durin g

dx
t here th at th e appet it e for knowledge,
b
- immovea l e stren g th in it s appre which , h o wever it may lie dormant
a wh ile, ca n n ever b e en t irel y ex t in
n , recei vin g al l t h e st ores of -

learning an d kn owledge in its pen e uish ed, sha n a an d in creas es in b e

t ration, din g with a glan ce t h e g oldin g th e t for wh ich it lon gs ,
i
wa lds o th ough t an d scien ce in it s an d p rep ares f or a f u ll an d leas ing
udity , divin g in t o dep th s for id b y
enj o men t of th e exhau stless
b
an u s t
g
an d denied t o it s n a tu re an d in ef ore it I t is t h ere th at t he 8 001 ex
.

its ima nat ion , creatin g, in v en t in g, d h sciousn ess o f t he tas k

'

p a n s wi t a co n

and p r noing in meas ure inexhau sti it h as t o o vercom e, an d t h e mat ter it

ble and un spen t ; n o w march ing on has t o grapple with ; and rises with
ward with p ro ud and triu mph an t s te , d d n fiden t su eriorit h
— bp y t t
p r o u an co p y o e
no w hal tin g in it s cou rse with fee e master o f kn owle dge in al l h er cells
—
.

t ardiness n o w deviatin g in to b eroads I t is t h ere t h at o ne feels a desire to shut

struck out b its o wn admirab e in ge ou t the w orld an d it s con cern s, and liv e
y
uni ty, et sti ll ev er great in its ex t ra like Magt iab eech i in the Vatican , urled
b
in ooks, to con t ract an in timacy with
b
vagan es, dign ifie d in i ts p erv ersion s,
b
memora le in i ts de asement Oth ers b . y
ever on e of t he th o usands of wri ters
—
may del h t edly visit in ven eration th e depos ited in its sh elves, poets, ora
b ?
t om s 0 au th ors, b ut t o u s th eir n o t ors, h isto rian s , philoso h ers, an d di
blest mausoleum appears to b e in a li vin es, and receiv e all t eir st ores o f

h ary wherethe are in shrin ed amon gst t hou gh t an d scien ce, th ough b u t as th e
a compan
souls .
of in dred an d c o n gen ial
y
T e one can b u t t es tify th eir
y
mortali t , b u t he wh o meet s t hem in
water wh ich pass es th ro h t h e urns of
t h e D an aides I t is th er . m
b y
at t h e ain

fu l feeling of th e i mpossi ilit of aa

p

t he o th er, will kno w t h ey are immor t isfyin g th e wish es of th e sou l is lat e

tal West mins ter Ab ey can presen t n o
. b
t hin so touch in g , yet so elevat in
g se
ly an d reluctan tly ackn owledged ; an d
it is t here we sh oul d b e almos t led,
-

inspi ring, yet so sad, as th e B eian . were i t n ot for th e h ope of th e fru ition
-

Thu s we see works wh ich hav e ou t ofour desires in a fu tu re s ta te, t o deem

lived monumen ts an d p yramids, s t ill t hat in explicable an d un assuagea le b
surviving to th e glo r of their au thors y crav in g after kn o wle dge, wh ich is im

in unspen t and u ndimin ished you th .

p l a n ted in our natures, to b e given us
13
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[Jun e

y b
,

b ut as a cruel mocker , an d tan talizing Over th e fire place, surmoun ted

-
his
coat o f arms is the portrai t of um
delu sion .

Bu t t o ret urn t o o ur su j ect mat ter

y b .
p h rey C h eet ha m
,

h i m se lf, th e ch ari

dealer in Man chester commo

O

Fro m th e lib rar yo u pass in to t he t able

g roo m, n ot , h o wev er, with o u t b
di ties, as he has een cal led, to wh ose
readin
b y
-

havin g to en cou nter a formida le arra ben eficen ce t his excellen t in stitu tion is
o fsigh ts an d mon st ers, more gro tes que Faahion s an d mann ers h av e
y
owin g .

even th an th ose wh ich appall ed t h e won derfull ch an ged What would

.

sto u t h eart of t he T roj an p ri nce in his t he spru ce and dapper wareh ousemen
descen t to h ell T here are seal s an d
. of t he presen t do t h in k of such an
hairy men , s akin g t rumpet s an d apparit ion , were t ey to see him
p a s s

s n akes , an d fi s es an d al lig ators, an d ing down C ann on St reet -

or what
”
such sm al l deer, n ot forgett ing ske would their mas ters, to h ear of a M an
let on s preserved in b ot tles, and Oliver ch es ter merch an t , wh o exerc ised h im

Crom well s s word T his last great ac self ih t he readin f dl di i

’
.
g o g o y v n es

q u i s it io n , n o w laid u
p in ace, ma ,
y H e appears, in deed, a marv ell ou s staid
in deed, excl aim t hat Time as made it p e rso n ag e, so m ewh at lik e th e o ld m an
ac u ain te d wi th stran e bed f
q g e llo w s -
. in T eren ce,
Y et it is con sidered a t roph y of n o
Cog/
idem , oat m
small co n se u en ce in t he lace M an y
q p
b T rirtis severi tas i nset in o utt a
.

a s tare of v acan t won dermen t h as een

direc ted t o it b y t h e rust ics , in t heir Th e win dows of this room are in
y
h olida visita t ion s, an d even th e j u ve
n ile st en t ors b
ore alluded to, in do
u n iso n with th e res t of it s st ruct u re,
y
an d th ough th e do n ot a so lu tel b
ef
b
ling o u t t he ead roll of th eir calami
t ies, at test its high import an ce, b y
-
clude th e ligh t ,
”
y
y
et th ere is a certain
ex

degree of dim n ess in it , which does n o t

i n at e exci tat io n of vo ice ill agree with the dark pan nels an d
by
a
p pro o rt o .

T hro ug h a door studded with n ails in b eams wh ich it is in cased an d ov er

t he an cien t fash ion , you pass in to th e hung At t he farther en d is a recess ,
b
.

readin g room, an an tique apartmen t ,

-
which ein g al most win do wed rou n d,
wit h oaken easement s, massive chairs is ren dered a lit tle ligh tsomer than th e
o f such h eavin ess an d con text ure, as o ther parts o f t h e room
y y
u tterl t o def all muscular ow er, an
tables of make an d workman ship trul
p
y
,
san t t o sit in t his sequestered nook,
I t is plea.

th e loc us benedict us o f this ancien t

i h l f hi h i l d i f m h e the gal
by b
p a tr ar c a , o ne o w c y ou ar e n p ace, an v e w ro t en c
formed d m d f l ery wit h it s sh el ves of ooks, sin king
as man y y o ur g ui
h
e , i s co pose o
by
y
i as t er are days in a degrees in to duskiness, or t o watch
p e ces e
car, 365 Aroun d are disposed dusk
. from t he windo w the li ttle cro wd b e
cokin g portraits of eminen t di vin es, low, perfor min g t heir evolu t ion s in n o
b b
who h ave een orn in o r n ear M an y
ver silen t key, an d to lis t en while th e
ch es ter, W hi taker, H owell,
and B radford, o f t h e lat ter of wh om
L at imer, h our st rikes on t h e oaken tab le efore
h h i m h ll
b
t f C i
b
y o u o t e c es o t e o eg at e
t h e facet io us Fu ller sait h , H e was a Ch urch , fallin‘ fu ll an d audi le on
most h ol y an d mortified man , who se l
t he ear S til l p easan t er is it to resign
.

c retl y in h is closet would so weep for the min d t o t h ose fan tasies, wh ich , in
h is sin s, on e would have tho ugh t he a place like t h is are won t t o rise an d
would n ever h ave smiled again , an d s teal u po n i t Wi th a soft b u t
t h en up
so harm easl
rin g in pu lic, he would b e
y b
easan t, o n e woul d thin k
fascination — an d to su ffer th e 1111 i
p ot en t

he had n ever w ept efore

pl
”
b
N o su ch
nat ion to raise u p it s visions of t e
wort hies of olden t ime T o emb od y
b y
. .

marks of celes tial en ign it are h ere an d imperso n ate ou r fo refat h ers, while
visible in his cou n ten an ce ; h e l oo ks
t rul y as grim visaged as Herod h im
-
y
we are tarr in g in th eir edifice, and
wh ile we are drin kin g at t h e p ure
”
self in t he M assacre of t he I nn ocen ts .
wells of E nglish u n defil ed, t o picture

I t is n ot , perha 8, generall y kn o wn , that we o we th e orig in al of bottled al e to th e

p ers on wh o co m pil th e fam ou s cat echism T h u s h o wever rel at et h on e o f his b io
gra

W
.
, ,

h era i t h ou t of
f en ce, it m ay b e rememb ered, that l eavin g a b ot tl e of al e, wh en
p
fishing, in th e gras s , h e fo un d it some days afterwards no b ottle b ut a n , su ch th e
”
so un d at th e Openin g t h ereo f A n d this is b elieved (C asualty is mother
. more in vcn .

ti ons t han I ndustry,) the origin of bot tl ed al e in E ngland

 h Ch ha m L ibrary
T e eet .

'
°

b ourd ves the

'

worthies wh o stood in g the deligh ts of volun tar solitari y

n ess , an d walkin g alo n e in some gro ve,
1 n d g uarded at its tb un tain To create
and call forth figures fo r our sport ,
.

b et wixt wood and water,

side, to meditat e u on some deli ht
a rook by b
th ose in the T empest, airy and p
some an d leasan t su bj ect , an d ear
i n substan t ial, c lad in ruf
blets, and passin g
fs and dou
by
us wi t h s tif f
p
h im declari n in ecstac , what an ih
b b y
mien and haugh t y stateliness intro com para le elight it is so to melan
y
ducing to o ur e es a su ccession of cho lize an d uild cas tl es in th e air
”
.

ma kin gs, mummeries, en tertain And last , t hough secon d to n one of his
men ts, j ub ilces, t ilt s an d tournamen ts, con tempo raries, we can b e witn ess t o

t mph ies, t riumph s, and plays,

”
y
t h e lonel musings o f h im , w ho u n
we cs n see t he who le court of E liza
t ill
tamed in war, an d indefatiga le in li b
b eth , an d t h e great mas ter of the t eratu re, as in e haus ti le in ideas as
exp loits, af x g
t er l eving rou h t a new
dance, th e graceful Sir Christoph er
Hs t ton, w orld t o ligh t, wrot e th e i s t or of
t he old in a prison
”
.
h y
L ead th e b rawls,
Of all h uman enj oymen ts, th e plea
W
We
hile seals an d maces dan ceb efore him .

su re o f in tercourse with an t i ui t
q is y
are tran rted visib l t o th e t he most complete T h e past 18 in it
.

times when th e h h A selfa t reasure T he same feelin g wh ich

b y
p u
u e s a n t e r .

cadia were the lig ht readin of maids l eads us ack to the pleasin g recollec
of honour, wh en queens arangu ed t io n s o f infan c , carries us sti ll fu rther
“livercities in L afin , an d kin s amu
-

l ed th emselves by
writin g of mono
al on g t he migh t y w aste of time T he .

in ten sen ess of pers on al acquain tan ce

logy an d t o acco b T he t heological can hardl yexceed t hat vivid realit y
byy by
.

tu nes aroun d us seem t o commun icat e which is produced the com in ation
someth in g o fth eir in fl uen ce to us, an d L ike oung
y
o f history an d fan c
b
.

”
to dip us five fath om deep in t he H arr Bertram, reathing the air of
con trov ersies of th e times We can
. E llangowan , we seem in our in ter
slniost j oin in alacrit in th e cru sade cou rse wit h an cien t t imes and person
against th e Beas t w 0 had filled t h e ages, to b e en tering upon a t heat re
world with h er a ominations, and b kn own to us in so me former stage of
y b
sall o ut with ish o s for our leaders,
p
and s p onderou s foho for our armou r
existen ce, an d it dawn s u pon u s with
t he dim, b u t deli tful shadowin ess of
of The works aroun d us natu ai n ta n ce T h
b b a lon g in ter o

y
p ac q u e .

ring th eir authors f re our readiness w it h wh ich we arra an d

y e o
W n see H ooker in h is i furn ish, with the in ciden ts of livin g
y b b
y
e e . e ca q u e t
eh oldi ng ein gs, t h e in h abitan t s of th e silen t
’
G od s
y
coun tr parson age,
hlem ngs sp ring ou t of his mo ther
’

ve, an d th e scarcel i bl
b t
g ra u es ona e
earth , an d eatin g his own read in air of life an d ex is ten ce, w ich we can

p e ac e an d p riva c y . W e ca n see S id t h ro w aroun d th eir ap pearan ce, would

ne amongs t th e sh ades of Pen shurst almost in du ce u s t o b el ieve t hat our

w
y
ri tin g on poetry, wit h all th e en t h u
si asm of a
imag in at ion s can h ardl be aseless
y by y b
an d empt , an d t h at t h e forms which

i i f l
oet , an d provin g, t h at
p f i b d are su ggested ou r fan c , mu st h ave y
p o es “ t i d
b y
e s o v r u ree
e , n g e
ligh tfuln ess, an d v oid of n o gift th at een cast origin all in t h e moulds of
o ugh t t o be in t h e n o le n ame of b memor y Our kn owledge, in truth ,
.

l eam ing
”
We can see Bacon in h is seems, accordin g t o t he Platon ic doc
yb
.

closet , con ceivin g in h is migh t min d t rine, b ut rememb ran ce, an d our n ew
b
the great es t irt h of time, an d un en t
by im pression s b ut t he colou rish in g of
by misfortu n e, an d u ndej ected o ld stamp s, which stood pale in th e
ill m h y
dis
b ”
T here is someth in g in
g rac e,

all the w
u ina tin gp h il o so p
h t of mat ter, worth o fsub
w i t h sou l efore
h ear an tiquit
.

y
it self wo nderfull y
”, soun ness of argumen t, life o”f M u ch it has of mild in t er
ii b byy
strikin g
ivention, and dep th of j udgmen t
.

. est , b u t more of awe an d su limit .

We can see Selden amidst b ulls , bre Th e al tern at ion of l igh t an d shade
vis ts, an t i ron ers, an d mon kish ma wh ich it is ch equ ered, like a lain ,
nfl l crip t s pz
i h f h wh ich in on e part glo ws wit t he
b
n
y g p u t e s t or es o is
vast learning, an d awaitin
g from
p e a eams of the sun , an d in an ot her is
t erit the rewards wh ich were den ied darken ed b y an in terposed clou d ; the
him ‘y a prej u diced cler
g
y “ e
. ca n
’
rollin g o f t he mig ht y c u rren t of ears , y
be pre-em wit h Burton, whilst enj oy mo u ldering and des troyin g empires
806 The Cha than: L ibrary
-
.
El a m ,

an d cit adels; th e dim in distinc tion in ten se, in contemplation most l n

wit h w h ich all th in gs are lapt in t he b lims ? T here is a pleasure, an in tele
bu n dle t ime ; lect ual zest , a high an d gen ial deligh t
of
wh ich t h e eye aches t o
t he vast distan ce
measure ; th e y
an d enj o men t in such a scene, w h ich
memorab le actio n s, achiev emen ts, per once con ceiv ed, we can n o t ev er permit
son s, an d places, wh ich i t has cov e ed
r t o b e forgot ten W hat are th e visions
.

as if wi t h a sh rou d ; th e won derfu l o f th e fut ure t o m edi tations so rodu

in term ix ture it p resen ts of sav agen ess eed ? T hey may in teres t o ur u man
an d refi nem en t, of b rut ali t y an d wis feel in gs more, b ut can th ey fil l , occu
dom, of atrocit y an d magnanimit , o f y d d h m i d l k h f
y py , an e xp a n t e n i e t o se o
h th e pas t ? Th e prospec ti ve creat ura
p o v ert an d sp len d o u r, o f
tion and grov elling deba sem en t, m ust
h ig a s
p ira
y may for a while float before
y
o f fan c

con trib u te to make it a pagean t varied , our e es, an d daz zle us wi t h th eir
magnifi cen t , an d im sing “ li h d l i b il li
I s there
y y
i
y
.
g t te r n g u es an g o w n g r a n c y;
no t somet h in g in n ames of b u t th e all die awa , decay an d va
by
e ver
N imrod an d C am ses, o f Bab ylon , nish b ef ore th at deeper, gran der, m os t
u s sp irit o f im agin
T e, an d Carth age, of Sidon an d d ffi
b
i
b p o t e n t an e c a c o

T e es, of Assaracu s, Herostratu s, n ati on , which roo ds o ver t h e magn i

an d Ach illes, wh ich s trikes the min d
with a sen satio n which n o words can
ex plain ? D o we n o t fe l , on seein g t he
e
ficenceofth epas t, whi ch resides am ids
t h e marb le wast es of T admor, an d t in
y
migh t n at ion s of t h e dead, which
”

a more v ivid
py ra m ids , arc h es , o b el is ks , an d m on u g iv es e ve n t o t h e fu t u re
men t s o f o th er t imes, a so mething lu stre from its reflection , an d wh ich is ,
which is inexp licab le and in communi in fin e, th at eternal an d in exhau s ti le
y b
cabl e, b u t c omp os ed, nev ert h el ess , of fo un tain , from which H ist or catc hes
all the n ob les t el emen ts of t h e soul , of
what in admirati on is most ferven t, in
her colouring, an d Poetr ligh ts ha y
flame
y y
.

p it m os t d eep , i n i m a g ina t ion m os t Bu t we have in volun taril strayed

Th e followin g c urious recapitul ation of the even ts of an cien t history is taken from
”
Ri chard C arpen t er s E xperien ce, H istory, an d D ivinitie I t is v ery striking, an d not ,
’
.

p er ha s
p g, en erall y k n own T h.e au t h or w a s t wice a
p ro t e s tan t, and t wice a papis t , and
en ded, we b el iev e, like G ib bo n , with b eing n ot hin g at all This world hath b in al
wayes a p asseng er ; for, it hath passed from e t o a e, th rou h so man h n d r e d e
g g y u g
n eration s, b y th em , an d fro m th em t o us A m liv ed a whil e, to eat an ap le, an d to
.
p
t each his pos terity to sin n e an d t o dye ; an d th e wo rld p as sed b y him C ame liv ed a
.

whil e, t o kill h is hon est b ro t h er A b el , an d to b ury him in th e san ds, as if G od coul d not
have found h im , or the win ds h ave disco vered what was don e, an d afterwards to b e
h au n ted with frigh t fu u apparitions ; an d t o b e t h e first vagab on d ; an d th e world passed
b y him . No ah l iv ed a whi le, t o see a great fiou d, an d the whol e world sink c un der
wat er to see th e wea ry b irds drop amon gs t t h e wav es, an d men st ifled on t h e t o ps o f
trees an d m o u n tain es an d th e wo rld p assed b y him D av id liv ed a whil e, t o b e caught
.

with a vain e represen t ation , an d t o commit adul tery ; to comman d murth er, an d aft er
wards to lamen t , an d call himselfe sin n er ; and wh en he h ad don e so , the worl d shu fled
‘

him off, an d passed b y h im S olo mon liv ed awhil e, to sit like a m an u po n his ro yal]
.

th rone, as it were g uarded with lyo n s ; an d to lo ve cou n terfeit p ict ures in the faces of
s trang e wom en an d wh il e h e was l oo kin
g b a b ies in t h e ir e e
y s , t he wor l d stol e away,
and p ass ed b y K in S olo mon , an d all h is l o r J u d li v ed a whil e, t o handl e a u rse
g g y a.s p ;
an d, as an ol d au th or writ es, to kill his fath er, t o m arr his mo ther, t o b et ra hi m as t er
y y s ,
an d to h an g h imself ; an d t h e world t u rn ed ro un d as wel as h e, an d as sed b t h e t
y
é
p ra
t or. T h e J ews l iv ed a wh il e, t o crucifie him wh o h ad chosen them for his o n ely p eo s
o u t o f all th e wo rl d an d quickl y after t h e worl d, weary of th em , p assed b
y t h em a nd
t h eir common weal th-
. T h e ol d Roman es lived a wh il e, t o worsh ip wood an d st ones ; to
t alk a lit tl e o f I u p it cr, A poll o , V en u s , M ercur , an d to az e u o n a e t s t tu e of
y g g r a a
H erc ul es , an d cry, h ee was a migh t y man ; an d wh ile th ey stoo gazing an d looking
an ot h er way , th e world p assed b t h em d th eir g reat empire T h e p ap ists live awhil e,
y an .

t o keep e time with droppin g h eads, o r, rath er to l o se it ; t o cl oath imag es , an d keepe

t hem warm an d t o tell m os t wo n derf ul] s to ries o f m iracles , which G od n ever thought
o f, b u t as h e f oresaw, an d f ou n d th em in t h eir fan cies, an d in the mids t of a stor , be
y
fo re it is m ade a compl eat l ye, th e wo rld p asses b y th em, and t u m es th em int o a story .

T he J es uit s liv e awhile, to be call ed religiou s men, an d holy fathers to frame a face,
to b e v ery g ood an d godl y in th e ou t s ide ; to vex an d dis u iet p rin ces ; to slan der all
q
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t h os e wh om t h ey cann o t, o r gain e, or recov er t o th eir faction ; an d th e world at

finding t h em to b e dissembl ers, dissembl es with th em also, and looking frimdly upon
”
t h em , p asses b y th em .
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m é aul ect, and i i w i m t h e Pharm ond to t hy corner mr thst

t
y
t s e
no
e
In us a» conclude If t hy footst eps . edi fing and moral work, Mat I nge .

lo s Bentivoglio an d Urania ; an d so
’

g oo d r ea d e r, to t h e v ene r
wh ich has an ted th ese needest t hou have no fear of bein g tco
mb flon n let us advise t ee to amuse
r yl clf wit h so m et h in g s
not inccn graoua with its ch aract er
u ita le, an d b
.

Then is a fi tn a s in all thin gs T here .

mzc
an ot her places for perusin g th e eph e
m fions of the daymirculap
li for novels, an d commer
raoms firr n ews a
p
ba t he food for whi c th y mind is
rs If t hese .
o ther udvan
H ow often
t hrough t he
do we feel, in perusing the Scotch n o
m You
soon.
can n ot get

moat disposed, to such places be th } vels, t h e un pleasan t reflection th at we

walks confin ed Bu t go n o t to t he Ii :
are gettin g n earer and nearer the en d
y b
.

ll ary ofHumphre C heetham,wit hou t

'
the en d of our ook, and the end of
own ing on e of th e t ime h on oured ou r p leasure H ere, however, the
b
-
.

”
M f l l m reader ma d
°

I l h di
’

fi bat by
c assi ca ea r g e y ran ge se c ur e , u n s tu r e
M y moat ti fyi n g to t h l i
y i i
y
t u u t t t ns
g? I e an s n easa n an c o
, c p p a .

lab down t Basil edit ion of H o Bu t i on th e con tra r , t hou visitest

race, wi th the n otes ofeigh t oommen
tat ess, an d read thro ugh th e oommen
y
t he Cheet ham L i rar as a men agerie, b y
spectacle, an d sh ow, as a collect ion of
-

“. on the first ode, tli ou wilt find sn akes, skelet ons, porpoises, and cro
t
i no easy or di spat cll a le mat ter
'

b
codiles ; or if t ho u en terest it in t he
zz
.

If di b e th rsuit , let on e of same man n er, an d f h m

y t
u u
y y or e sa p r
p
e
the compendious olios of Car l on poses, as thou wouldst en ter a loun
Job minister to th y amusemen t, an d in - room, or a fash io na le booksel
g
b
thus con duce t o th y at tain men t of t h at er 8 shop, th en, t hou h we will n ot
virtue of which Job was so emin en tl y g
wish u n to thee the s sa s ears of Midas,
the possessor I f Natural H ist ory pre or t h ose o th er calamities which are
.

m t ma e attractions to thee than clas men tion ed the eloqu en t defender by

y
'

”
of poetr , y et t hus much cu rse
mu st we send th ee on ehal f of the
y b
foun der, th at th ou ma st be con fin ed
amon gst th e produ c t ion s of t he M i
n erv a Press, and he kept on priso n
all owan ce t ill t hou h as t read them
studies be leas eeab l e t o t h ee th an through .

the at udy of t readin g, take with

A D V E N T UR E I N H A VA N A

I ru n not spen t more than a fortn igh t whatever At last, I lost all
aistance
I b
.

in Havana, w hen was seized wit h sen se o f ex ternal o j ec ts I dreamed

bb
.

the yellow fever T his disease prevails that I wen t on oard the vessel I had
b
.

fil ers, to a great deg ree, durin g su m een in quiring a out , an d t hat we sail
mer an d au tumn , an d m akes dreadful ed down th e har ou r with a f
y air win d b
y
.

ravages among foreign ers of ev er de Sudden l , from some cause or other,

l a iption I t sometimes at tacks people I fell o v erboard, an d sunk to a cousi
y
.

“a y suddenl an d almost without an y

,
derable dep t h When I regained th e .

m m
.

w surface, I saw th e vessel a lit tle wa

o u a
b y
r n
g
Wh'en first ta en ill, I was in a mer efore me, an d call ed loudl
y
for h elp,
d ll nt s warehouse, making inquiries bu t sh e swept along, u nder a pres s of
M a vw el in whi ch d I vass, an d n o on e in h er seemed to

y b
ro g o ca n
p s e
ing to theeastern extremity o ft e island hear, or th e least at ten tion to m y
.

As the owner was ou t, I determin ed to cries I coked ehin d me in despair,

b
.

wait until hecame h ome, an daccording to discover if an y oat was approach

ly m tcd myself on a bale of goods I ing to afford assistance, b ut , to my hor
.

d ll k i f f i h h h l f h h
t t t w t w f t
b
g r u
a
pq y s n n o a s a e o ev er s ro r, sa e o e su r ace o e ar

W
n udi ty during which I had an indis b our covered wit h the fioatin odies
tinct on of where I was, b ut of dead seamen t ied upon plan s The
it! “
Var l x .
.
y
nu rouse m self, ormake any t e vessels around seer ed deserted, rotten ,
2 l p
 306 Adventure in Ha vana .
EJu n é ,

and fallin g t o pieces, an d the most is provided with nu apartmen t

y
aw
'

pa son ,

fu l still n ess prevailed in ever dirce at ten dan ce, medicin es, an d diet , an d
t ion In my agonies I cau gh t h old of may send for an y ph sician h e ch o oses y
.

on e of th e co an d seated m self
u pon it The limb s an d mu scles of th e
.
y I n su mmer, h ou ses of t h is kin d are
full of E uropean s, wh o die ver su d y
.

dead m an were in st an taneo usly relax den ly, an d in great n umbers

cd— he u t tered a h orri le sh ou t , b urst b On e n igh t during m y con valescen ce,
.

t h e cords t at tied h im, an d caug h t m e

y h b
I was dist u r ed, after I h ad go n e t o
firml in h is ar ms We immediate ly bed , b y repeated groans and th e so u n d
b .

egan t o sin k, and th e strugg les I m ade of h ard b

reat hin g, which p roceeded
y
t o ex t ricate m self from h is grasp a wa
kened me
b b
from th e ch am er elo w min e I n ext
h eard some p erson wal kin g quickly
.

I con tin u ed for some time in as tat e b ackwards an d forwards , an d then a

o f o ver o werin
p g g
n ess ; and on recov erin
a i t at io n a

li
n
t
d
t l
g id d
r
i n oise of a h eav
fl oor
od yb y
fallin g on t he
e, p
e
g a .

ceived t ha t t here was n o on e in t h e As t h e people of th e h ouse w ere in

.

wareh ouse b ut an old Spaniard, to bed, 1 go t u p, t h at I migh t in qu ire if -

whom I could no t exp lain m y situa an y on e wan t ed assistan ce, an d wen t

‘
t ion, as h e did not un derst an d a word do wn t o th e door of th e apart m en t ,
o f E n g lish I t h erefore walked out ,
. wh ich was half open On l ooki n g in ,
.

an d en deavoured t o m ake m I saw a man dress ed in a bed g o wn ,

b y w a y t o
b
-

t h e oarding h ou se wh ere I lodged

-
p a c in g h u rried l y a o u t , a n d so m e t i m es
b u t my con fusion was su ch , t hat in mu t terin g a few words A lamp st ood .

sp ite of all m y ef fort s at recollect ion , I upon t h e tab le, an d wh en t he ligh t fell

g o t b ew ilde red , an d a t t h e sa m e t i me u pon h is co u n tenan ce, I

p e rce i v ed it

so f atigu ed, that I was obliged t o ta ke t o b e much fl u sh ed an d ag it at ed .

ref uge in a cof fee h ouse near th e ch urch

-
I en t ered th e room , saying I feared
of S t D o mingo h e was ill, and would call u p a n urse
.

H ere I sat upon a en ch , st un bb t o at t end h im

all a damn ed im osition
Ay, ay
. cried h e,
y
n ed b y t h e rat tli n g o f ill iards, and
by
’

p T h e ve .

u nh eeded the cro wds o f Span iards m h ere hard an d f ast, an d don t
’

y
g o t e
that h u stled arou n d I knew t hat care h ow it goes with me—Bu t t h e
y
.

I was at tacked b y th e ellow fever, won t make mu ch more ou t of m e,

’

an d I also kn ew t h at few of my age t hat s one comfort Oh , sir ! I m a

’ ’

b
.

or t em peramen t ev er reco vered fro m misera le man — I wan t to write a let

it. I was a frien dless stran ger in a ter— I wan t pen , in k, an d paper A -

”
foreign lan d But t h e th ou ght s of
. small sh eet will do .

all th is did n ot depress me I felt as . I en treat you to ret urn to b ed,

if I could die more calmly in a cou n said I
you shall h ave all th ese ar
t ry, an d amo n g a peo ple, wh ose lan t icles to m orro w morn in g
-
.

”
g g u a e I di d n ot ev en u n derst an d, th an T o morro w morn in g !
-
cried b e
at h ome, in th e midst off rien ds an d as with veh emen ce Y ou don t kn ow
’

sociat es . T he presen ce of t he lat ter

’
.

what you re tal kin g a ou t T he doc

t or t old m e to day— yes he did —th at
b .

would en dearlife, an d th eir griefwoul d

by
-

em it t er its t ermin at ion — b u t wh en I w ould n t li v e till th en— M a G od

’

ever t h in g arou n d was rev oltin g , af y

Alm igh t prove him a liar — I ve got
in to a wro ng port h ere —
y
Wh y th e h ell
fection less, an d gloomy, t h e wo rld h ad
'

didn t we all go to t he b ot tom last vo

’

no h old u pon t h e h eart , an d cou ld be

relin quish ed w ith ou t regret . age — T hi s is a dreadful cc t o e
'

T h ough excessiv el y weak, I imme in Fiv e dollars a day , con tin ued p

diat el y left the coffee room , an d soon b e, raisin g h is voice ; Wh at con

'

b
-

reached m y lo dgin gs, wh ich f ort u n ate foun ded sh arks t hey are — My irth
ly were n o t far distan t an d from th em h ere an t wort h th e t en th of t hat
’

I was rem ov ed, b y th e advice ofa me Well, well, when I m dead I hope my ’

dical man , to a sick h ou se

b
-
. corpse will rin g ab p gl a u e u p o n
yt h e
T h e esta lishmen t wh ich is kn own h o use, an d in fect ever on e th at comes
by th is n ame in H avan a, res em b les a
b
ein g in t en ded f
n ear it —M a
y e
b
v er
m eets my urial in th e st reet dro
S p a n ia r d y t h a t
r iv at e h ospital , it or
p
t he accommodat ion o fs t ran gers an d fo down dead, an d b e etem al ly damn ed
reign ers wh o are seized with th e fever, I was at Ramsay s fun eral th e o ther
’

an d who hav e no on e t o t ke ch arge of

a
day— T he coffin was h ardl y en o ugh

t hemdurin g t heir illness The sick . t o hold him an d what a — in g .

l 82 L j
- Adventure i n H a vana 307
b y
.

place The coffins are piled a ove

-
do, who h as enj o ed t heir del igh tful
on e an ot h er, an d t h eir c orners st ick climat e, and all th e t h ings which
th rou gh t h e groun d — T he carrion
c rows fl ew ab ou t , as if th e were glad
a
t h ey ab u n dan t l a 0rd
b egan to j oke wit h me a ou t m y fon d
y H e at last
b .

t o see u s in our lack clot es b — I ll b e

’
n ess f or m
y h h
n at iv e l w i h
y p a ce , c e
laid th ere b y an d b ye —L ord h elp
,

said, was on l fi t for th e h ab ita tion of

me Bu t I mu st writ e th at let ter
i

bears an d seals N o w it s so natural

’
-
. .

P erceiving t h at it wo uld be in v ain for a m an to lov e h is coup try , that

t o at t empt t o co mpo se h im, I wen t up n o ne b ut a wret ch wou ld tr

b y to a t
d
«

t o m y own room, an d rough t do wn him ou t of con ceit with it an I

,

“ ”
writ in g materials Ay, th at s righ t, sh ou ld n ot b e su r rised t o h ear ev en
’
.

p
said h e th an k you I mus t writ e on e of t h ese S amards sa , t hat this
? y
.

t o my w ife— Poo r youn g c reat ure, in fern al h ole 0 a to wn was th e fi n est

sh e s in t h e Ork n e s n o w— We could l th e world
y
i
’

y p a ce n

live t h ere for t wo w eeks o n the mo n ey Well , th is youn g fellow s railler

y y b
’

I m n ow pa in g for a day s bo ard an d wen t farth er ev er day, an d egan t o

’ ’

lodgin g I will tell h er th at I am w ell , c ut m e t o t he h eart I o ft en tossed ‘

. .

an d co min g h ome soo n for if sh e ab ou t in m b i t h f h t t h

y r on. o u r s og e e r,

sh e wou ld b reak th in kin g on h is s h a k

kn ew I was dyin
— y j o e s a n d w ish .
,

h er h eart T wo t ree da s ago , I h o in g to death t hat I ad t h e power of

h er again , b u t t h is h m
d h
b h f
t n ans werin t e w i t f t d h d
p e o av e see g e ec , an a n
in fern al fev er h as taken me a ack with ling h im as sev erel y as h e did m e ; for
”
a ven gean ce. h e was easy of speech , an d h ad a cool
master of some tem per b u t I was n ot gifted in eit her
y
I sup y ou are
”
ves sel in t e po rt, said I . of t h ese wa s .

N o, m aster, retu rn ed On e day at dinn er, wh en h e was

he
n o, n ot
m y days of ein g mast a were b '

g o in g on in h is us ual at le, I lost atien ce

p
o v er lon g ago, though I o n ce com al t ogeth er, an d calls h im a liar, an d
m en ded as n ice a sea b oat as ev er wen t -
t h rew my fork at h is h ead H e tu rn ed .

—
b efore t h e win d ho wsomever, th at s
’
as w hi te as t hat sheet of a er for a
p p
n eith er h ere n or t here n o w B u t I ll momen t , b u t so o n recov ered himself,
y
’
.

t ell yo u th e wh ole Abou t t w o ears

. an d did n ot of fer t o t ouch me I grew .

sin ce, I sailed a small v essel , and o wn more an d more p rovoked ; for 1 h ad
u r t rade lay chief h oped th at h e w oul d strike me, an d so
ed a
p a rt o f h er

b O .

l in con t ra an d goo ds ; an d well was ve m e a f

b
air reason for cl osin g u po n
’

y it ted for it , for no th ing on th e seas im, and ch okin g him or eatin g h is
y
8 ie f ,

with her Ay, man a life ou t But as I could not do t his

co uld keep 11

by .
.

t im e, wh en c as e d
’
a kin g s cu t ter, wit h an y sh o w o f j u st ice, I ordered
we th ough t it n o more th an play , b e h im forward among t h e seamen , fo r
cau se w e k n ew we co u ld

h er t he mom en t we h ad a m in d
g e t clear of b iddin h im , at th e sam e time, ever t o
.
ent er t e cab in ag ain .

Well, on e day as we were h aulin g H e obeye d so qu ietl y, t hat my min d

o u t o fa Fren ch p ort , a you n g man came

alon gs ide in a b oa t , an d en t reat ed h ard

b
u it e misgav e me a ou t wh at w ou ld b e
b
t e en d o fth e u sin ess for I kn ew h e
t o b e taken on bo ard N o w, you kn o w . was a lad ofspirit , an d n ever would for
s mu glers n ev er like to t ake p assen i t h d i raceful in su l t I h ad u t u
g g v e e s g p
fl l f d h on h im T h at aft ern oon I sen t m h is
'

g ers ; so I a t y re u se t o av e an
y .

t h in g t o do wit h h im H o wever, h e t ru n k, an d h e n ever afterwards came

b
.
0

to ld a rig marole s to r a ou t h is b ein g farth er aft th an t h e main mast H eused

b y
-
.

so sh ort of m oney , t at if h e was oh t o remain elow all day b ut gen erall

lige d t o rem ain an y lo n ger in Fran ce, made his appearan ce u pon deck wh en
h e wo u l d n o t h ave en ough to pay h is it got dark, an d sat th ere in dee
assa e h o me, an d said I migh t lan d t hou gh t
p g Often at n igh t , wh en 1
y
.

im in wh atever Bri t ish po rt I ch ose . w ere in th eir b irth s, except m self

W ell, I t oo k him on b oard, an d we an d t h e h elmsman , an d o th er t wo
s et sail At fi rst t h in gs wen t plea
. , h an ds, I have ob serv ed him gazin g
san t ly en ough b t ween u s ; for h e was st cdtast l upo n me for h ou rs togeth er
'
e
.

ou n g m an , an d h ad a world T h is he av iou r w oul d fill my min d

b
a clev er

o f kn o w e d I u ed o ften t o t al k wit h such fearfu l fore odin gs, as kept

g e . s
t o h im of th e Orkn ey I slan ds , ofwh ich me from sleep ing when my watch was
I was a n at ive, an d al ways spoke o f
y
t hem as part iall , as ev er one must y o ver
or
We go t in to port after a t olera
308 M eters is Harem .
EJune

y
,

bl
d p
r h
f
fair passage We had scarcel
e d
d by
an ch or
h
b
.

efo
b
re he mine to me,
i d r, and re
r
gz
z
r nge
I had taken such s
n ting th at
H e has on]
.

with wat er, though t

een chas
an d t he like
b m
a s s to o t e ca n oo
y
-

q u e s t ed t o k no w h o w m u ch h e owed happen s to man an honest seamen .

me for his passage ; adding, th at I Next mot uin t o my

hb
on goin

h d d hi m il l i h h d indo w vvh ich 100 o th e ar our,

s
n
p
u s e a
a se v ery ce
observé i
m it
,
h i h h i
'

n eve r y et said an y t w t t e n t a great crow of ls

t en tion of hurting my eelings in the thered rou n d somethi n bu d ):
least degree, These fair words threw h i w f h eads
se w t t i
y y bb
I
e a as o r e r .

me off my guard ; for after havi ng rew quite diz z , an d egan to trem
received f rom him die sum due me, I g le all over The soon egan to mor e
y b b
.

foolishl all owed him to go on shore . alon g the st reet el ow me I ran ack .

H e wen t direct t o the Custom h ouse, from the window, an d then to it again ,
by
-

and in formed against me heth er W four or fi ve times, impell ed

y y a dread
y
.

h e reall knew, or enl suspected, th at ful curiosit , which I feared equall

b
I had prohi ited arti es on oard, th e b to resist d to Yiel l to
b
devil perhaps kn ows est ; b u t be that ot a gii n
g
n pse as
I
h
y
t ey
.

o
as m
it may, t he e eers were alon gside §Ii hezid was
s sadl nxangled ; 1) “ n
in the course of half an hour The didn t do th at ,
’
. kn ow on .

short an d the lo of it was th is I was we con vinced that my

b oth the vessel an car 0 were seized only y
safet la in makin g odas fas t as
‘

“
b
T his was a terri le ow The own
.

Spy
asibl e ; an g
I em arked that v er
b b y
m
.

ers owed me a ood round sum O r

- in a sl oop ou n d for t he n orth of
n ey ; bu t so f ar rem expectin g th em to Scotlan d We had a mos t bafl in g t ime
p y ,
a i t I fel t co n vin ced tha t t he w ou l d
b
.

of it, and it appeared dou l so t o me, b yy

ow me in to wh en ever ecause I was con tinuall t hin king
ld o fme I ad set tled my wife on
ey got
b
what t erri le tidings I would rin g to b
y
.

a small place in the Orkn e s Part of . my wife and children, and how desti
its rice was paid an d the remain der tu te we would all be
n ow becom e d ue ; bu t th e seizure From the sloo I wen t on oard
.

b
of th e vessel at on ce deprived me of an other v esx l , wh i carried me to t h at
t hose means of making u the sum t of the C rime where m fam i g
y
-

that I had counted upon t was some N otwit standing dark

b
. were .

t ime before I quit e knew th e terri le weigh t th at lay upon a n min d, I fel t
ness of my misfortune bu t at last it a pleasan t ness ofheart , w en I saw my
burst upon me like a hurricane—as native place again I t almost set me a
y
.

sailin m e first in one d cr ing, an d I th ough t more of my

g
th en i n an o ther .
q u

At n igh t I wan dered a out the

ar t er, an

b coun tr y
than ever, when I reflected
b y
u o n what I had h m lf
byp ro u g t se to ,
streets, n o t kn owin wh at to do s tan din u in its defen ce
was dark, an d rain an d lew hard ; b
It .

gp
I soon ) ro ‘e the disastrous in t elli
.

b ut I did no t min d the weather In m f A w w i b

t wi
y y
g o er n
. en ce y e s e e . a
ssin g a door, where there was a ligh t,
saw th e ou n g m an who had etra b solu te overt , I fou n d it necessar to
p
ask reh effro m m y fath er in law T his
y y b
- -
.

ed me, wa kin g al o ng th e opposi te si was a tr ing usiness, for h e was a

of the way I follo wed h im, an d man
.

a t ime coul d hav e kn ocked h im over,

y hard t ran nical man , an d had j ust
marri a secon d wif e ; h owever, af
b
withou t eing seen by
an y one ; b ut ter a deal of parle ing an d a use, h e y b
I desisted, for I had not resol ved upon
what sort of reven ge I was t o ta ke
con sen ted t o take my f amil in to his
y y
. o wn h ouse, provided t he would make
Reven ge I determin ed to have, and th emsel ves useful As for me, he said,
y y
.

t hat ver nigh t t oo At last he went I must sh ift for m self By his reg
b
. .

along the pier— I looked round a mo commendat ion, I soon got a irt h on
men t—e very thing seemed uiet—I
b bYoard a small vessel oun d for N ew b
slipped ehi nd him, and
p u s e d h im ork From that port, I sailed in a
.

The tide was ust ship t o this here H avana A mercsn

'

in,
y
o ver . .

an d th e dashing of t e sea, an the tile h ouse latel of fered me th e charge

n oise of the wind, drowned his cri es, of a vessel, destin ed for a very u n
if h e u t tered an y I heard him plunge heal th y
ofthe West I ndies, wh ich
— y
.

that was en ough for me . I imm tel accepted, for I kn ew I

Th at igh t I slep t at a mean ta could make a voyage of it Bu t
n
m
.

vern . a xim u m 1 lay in bed,

. this accu sed ever hss rnoored me f ast,
e
rs i3- Adventure in Havana . 309

al l h th Will t hin s
.

gsoon make al l E arly next morning, the superia

Now I have told you all thi s tenden t of t h e house came into m
I would rather th e wh ole room, and in formed me, t hat a si

w ld
story
h d k wl i h h n tleman l w i h db i l y
y
or s ou n o t , t an t at I g e e o w s e a n x ou s t o
should die. Is there n o h elp ? Is th ere speak wit h me I immediatel s o
—
.

n o in hy s ie O h , i t w ould be co m p a n ie d h im t o t h e ap a r tm en t o f
d l— N o thing t he stranger, who took n o notice of us
y y
'

to o u n e r a t sea

with d ing in th is gloom when we entered, for h e had sunk in

te way Bu t I must
y egin b
t o a sort of l eth c slum er H is b
y
. .

w m
’ '
ri t in g , o n l I a f r ai d I ll n ot b e f a ce was deadl e , an d t h e sh

afi e to make out a con nected let ter,

’
n ess ofhis features indicat ed appr
I fyou insist u po n writing to our in g death M y at ten dant haviug roused y .

sfi d I , let me persuade you h im, and men tion ed the cause of my

y
to t ell her trul in wh at state you visit , lef t us together
”
.

I am in formed, said he, endea

N omen se, nonsense, cried he, vouring to raise h imselfu i n his bed,
I m no t such a wret ch
’
t hat you are of t h e me ical profess d
b I sup .

ou think, ecau se I push ed a evil sion an d I wish t o ask on e question,

y
mto the sea, I have no merc a ou t which, for the sake of a dyin g man, I
k w
yb —
ll Reve g i w w l h
co j I
b
n o at a . n e s s e e t , y
o u n o n u re on . t o an s er t r u y s t e
I like to give ev ery man his own gain, fever u n er wh ich I n ow la our infec,
be it good or evrl ; b u t I woul not tious a
h a r m a fl y, if it h a d n o t i n j u r ed m e A ss u r e dl
. n o t , re t u y
r n
”
e d I
I don t want to kill my wife I dare
’
n ever supposed it to be so
. .

sa , poor 1, h er ate moth er makes Th an k God exclaimed h e

y
h i h h er al h sh all f w m
y b
s y g
i n o en oug w t t e n I y e t e n j o a e o
ready . I will tell her I am ver well , men ts of comfort efore die Wh at .

md th e ho of seein g m e ain will a relief this inform ation is ! Poor Ma

”
keep alive er spiri ts Y ou ad bet ri a, u will still H h h k
y b y o e r e e s o o
b
.

ter go awa no w — I ll write est alon e

’
with tatio n , and tears egan to roll
.
’

After in vain en deavourin g to per down s cheeks

’

suade him to defer h is purpose till I owe ou an explanation of th is

y
m ning, I returned to my own apart behaviour, said h e, recoverin g him
'

m itt . self a li t tle sin ce on hav e remov ed

M y first tho h t, wh en I awaken ed an u ncertaint y whi has hitherto in

next day, was a u t this unfortu n ate creased th e di squiets of my death ed
I arrived here a few da s ago, from y b .

seaman , and I called u a negro man,

who b elonged to th e ouse, an d ia Baltimore I in tended to have oom

b
.

i d if h as still in l ife m en ced usiness in this to wn as a

q u r e e w
y—b
.

”
h e s merch an t , and accordin gl
’
No, retu rn ed th e n egro, rought
—
dead dead su re en ough ; I ve j ust alon with me a daugh ter an only
’

come f rom tellin g t h em to make his daug ter Bein g at tacked wit h th e
.

csfl n The coffin makers like to see fev er almost immediate] I was con
—
-
.

me I t to th em often, for white v ed to this house, for had not pro

g:
n am e i e ver fast now
'

y y
T he die vi ed any place of my o wn
. My .

so soon , t hat my ma vra can t make daugh ter lives at presen t wi th an

’

m y thing of them I f th e would all American lad y y

Sh e has come to see
b y
. .

d l l ik i m i i m m
b
t t t n t a n e y ou t t w g a t y x r e ss
g e e er ,

would answer ve fi ne
a s o
g , e ce , a
I asked at mands ; and I have ever sin ce een
.
n s e p co

what h ou r he di full of terror, lest she should have t e

Me n o kn o w that, an swered the ceived infection in the course of her
negro . b
Nobod was eside him ; visits But you t ell me this cann ot
—
.

[fi t it co u l d n o t e l o n g t im e s in c e b e t r u sting in suc h an assuran ce, I

—
,

for I h eard him figh ti g hard i h w ill d f h that I may see her
b
n w t se n o r e r
”
death , an d wished hi m far en ough , tb r again efore I die .
”
breaking my sleep I found h im qui te Th at you can do with out risk,
.

stifl t his morn ing , with a sheet of pa

'
.

said I ; b ut are you net too read to

y y
held so strong in his hand, that I ield to desponding tho h t s
E d some ado to pull it out He be bu N o, n o, n o, I something
sied this afternoo n ; b ut we n o kn ow
.
”
here, returned he, la ing his han d on y
b —
.

where his frien ds a e ; so mam will his

r a r eas ;t I k no w i t i s it must
st take him ou t to the g ave in a b e death Oh, t hat t hc Al mi h t y would
j
by
u
g
. .

r a l a n t a l one h im se lf
”
.
y g
e t r a n t m e a li tt l e ti m e “ 10 no t
 Adventure in H a va na
ask it for my own sake, bu t for her s Peace, cried the superin ten d
’
.

— T is hard to b e den ied, since t here

’ ‘

an t S ir, I en t r t yon o remain

‘

is no selfi sh n ess in m y pet i tion — b u t

ea t
h ere for m y sake, I f you W111 n o t for
rh a s I m mistaken h
’

p e
p O h , b e. w ar e y o u r ow n . T h e cr ed i t o f t h is ou se
ho w you con t rac t an y ties t h at will wo uld b e inj ured, if an y sick person
b in d yo ur h eart t o th is earth —o u r
i
l eft it before h e h ad perfectl recover
ed
y
p a r t n
g i s s ev e re en o u g h w i t h o u t
”
tb em . I am o f th at opin io n too, said I
H e tu rn ed h is face from m e In a . t o t h e you n g m an ; bu t you sh all
l itt le t im e I addressed him , b ut recei n ev er b e u n der o b li ation s
g y ou can
ved n o re l — f h w d d n o t can cel, wh ile i t is in m w to
py o r e a s e a .
yp o e r

One aft ern oon , while t akin g my assist A l m m

y
y o u . l o w e t o o ffe r y s e r
u s ual walk rou n d t h e cou rt , m vices in ext ricati n f m d
by t if
y a g y o u ro ou r
”
t en t ion was arrested t h e soun d of fi c ult ies .

T h e su perin t en dan t an d n urse, p er

b
rso n s s eakin
p i t
y f al t erca
e
p g n a o n e o
t io n an d en t reat I n a lit tl e t ime,
. cei vin g t hat h e h ad a an don ed h is in
t h e s uperin ten den t of t h e h ou se look t en ti on of immediat ely removin g, left
ed from t h e door of on e of t h e a art t h e room , an d I again asked if I cou ld
p
m en ts, an d asked m e to co me in b e u sefu l to h im in an y wa
On en terin g, I perceiv e d a youn g
m an ; seated o n a bed, h alf dressed,
.

A few days ago, said e,

f
f w l d h
"
our y
-
g e n ero u s o ers ou a v e p ro v ed v a
an d in t h e act of u t ti t h in ab le b eyon d all description ; an d I
p n
g on e re
m ain der of h is clo th es H e was m u ch woul d in s tan t l y h av e accepted of t h em
em aciat ed, an d so weak, t h at h e t rem
.

y
Bu t n ow th e are of no av ail, u n less
t h ey co uld b e made t he mean s of p ur
b led ex cessively b u t h is m an n er
evin ced a degree of resolu t ion an d im ch asin g life .Were that gran ted me,
p l t ien ee, wh ich seemed t o su
pp yl t h e I would so on h ave i t in my power t o
l f t n th A m u l t t w man st ep in to th e enJo men t o f f t
p ace o s re g . a o o y pe r e c
m h appin ess Bu t I will tell you my
h
y
s t ood loo kin t i w i th
g a an ex res
p .

sio n of as ton ishm en t an d un con cem

b
. u n fort u n ate s t or .

N o person in his sen ses wou ld I arri ved in t h is t own a o u t

t hin k of leavin g m h ou se, wh en in th ree weeks ago, from Ph iladel hia,
“

” p
s uch a state
,
sa id t e s u
p er i n te n da n t wh ere I have h it herto resided I was .

me b red t o th e m ercan t il e b u sin ess ; bu t as,

y
to .

I in quired if th e oung man was owin g to th e depressed state o f com

n ot deliriou s H e ov erheard m e, an d
. m ercc th at h as lately exis ted thro ugh
called o u t fiercel y, N o, sir, I am ou t America,
n o t deliriou s— I k n ow wh a t I m a ou t

an d am deter m
,
’
b I cou ld n o t procu re
eith er a situ at ion , or an
y
men t, I sp en t m y time in idl en ess,
em lo
p y
y
i n ed t o do as I pl ease .

I h ave iven reason s for my con du ct ell in lov e wit h a

alread y g
an d at last f
b
lady, w h o also ecame at tached t o
ou n
g

y
.

Rath er st ran ge on es, th ough ,

”
me . We wasted awa ou r h ours in
said th e su me
erin ten den t to each o t h ers compan wi thou t ever
p
y;
.

T his morm n g h e asked ho w mu ch th in kin g seriou sl y o ft e fu t ure Wh en .

h e o wed me fo r t h e time h e h ad my des ti t u te state h appen ed to fo rce

b een in t his ho u se W hen I sat is its elf up on m y min d, 1 smot hered th e
b b
.

fi ed him on t h is p oin t , h e said h e recollec t io n o f i t, b ldi

y y u i ng cas tles
must go away, as h e h ad scarcel m o in the air, and trying to elieve th at
h some ece of go od f
w h w l d
b i w i d
ne
y en o ug t o p y
a at as a re p or t u n e t
y
a a a e
du e ; n o w I v e j u st een tellin g h im
’

”
Say no m ore, in terru p ted t he
m
H owever, I was even tu all ro u y
y o u n g an ; I w il l n o t c on tr ac t se d t o e x er t io n , b y t h e de a t h o f m y
deb t s, wh en I h ave n o possibl e mean s dear on e s mo ther I n con sequ en ce o f
’
.

o f paying t h em A frien d o f min e t h is even t, sh e was obliged t o leave

b
.

h as a sh ip in th e har ou r— I will go Ph iladelphia, an d reside with a rich

on b oard o f h er, and die t here
”
roth er, wh o liv ed in the cou n t r b y
v in ,
W”
h y, it s n ot worth wh ile m o
’

said t he mu lat t o woman , f

W
h
.

e h ad no lon ger an y opport un i t

h d h d i
of y .

g or s ee in g e a c o t er ; an t e s t re ss I
t h e doc tor told me yo u cou ld no t liv e fered on t h is acco u n t , an d th e
y
su f
t wo days M y mas ter won t min d th e ex t h ough t s of th e miser wh ich m y eu
’
.

p e n c e o f ke e i
p gy n o u t h at t im e,
if yo u p in en ess w o u ld b e t h e m e a n s o f in fl ic t
can secure h im a ainst the char es of in u h r, made me determine to
g g g p o n e

y o u r fimera u h m f tu n e m w he r e b d
p s y o r so e a roa .
 Adventure in H a vdda . 31 1

M I underst ood some Spanish an d from me When I h ad lo st t o a large

’

could procure a few let ters o f recom am ou n t , we rose an d to ok leave, b ut

men dation to perso ns in H avan a, I b
ef ore some warm words t hat
b
not
p ass
soon decided u po n coming here ed et ween u s , made me ive h im , in
g
y
.

When ever I arrived, I hastened t o disdain , a promissor n o te for th e s um

“ t h ose people to whom I h ad b
g?
a I h ad orrowed .

in o n otion s T hey received me p o N ext mornin g, m y reflect ions w ere

y
.

litel en ough , an d promised t o forward n o t of th e mo s t agreeab le kin d, for m

m y views as mu ch as possi le, at the
same time en couragin g me wit h fl at
b fi n an ces co uld ill supp ort the en croach
m en t s which th e prec edin g n igh t s lay
y

b
’

t ering hOpes M y fi n an ces were low h ad made u p on th em After reak as t f

b
. .
,

when I reach ed th is cit y, an d t h e ril I went to th e coffee h ou se, an d t here

y
-

liant pros ects in wh ich I foolishl ia m et a gen t leman wh om I had seen at

p
dulged, di d n ot t en d t o make me eco b
t he all H e in quired in a ver si n i y
b g
.

n omical At las t , I egan t o perceive fi can t man n er fo r t h e ladies I had es

.

y b
the n ecessit of limiti ng my eXpen ces, corted t here On my requesting an
y
.

an d retired t o o scu re lodgin gs, wh ere explan ation , h e in form ed me th at t h e

I lived in th e narro west man n er pos were women ofn o rep u tation , an d t hat
sible y
t h e ou n Sp d h m
yb
b
. a n iar , w o I ca lled
I had made several agreea le ac m y frica was em plo ed b y th em t o
i h h h se an d d i h
t
yb i d
t t e n tra t
q ua n an ce s , ou g e su s
p en p s r a n g e rs , an r n g s u p es
anxiet I su ffered, made me in differ t o t heir house, t h at t h ey migh t ha v e
en t a out havi n g mu ch in tercou rse h m
b i
y
an o
pp o r t u n it y o f c ea t n g t h e a t
with t hem .H o wever, th ere was a cards, or o tain in g mon e f rom th em

y o u n g p S an ia rd , fo r whom I fel t a in a more licen t iou s way .

i l egard h T his in format ion wou n ded my

p ar t c u a r r O
called at my rooms, an d requ ested m e
n e
. ev en in g , e

p rid e as d e ep l as m y l o y
sses
drain ed my p urse an d I coul d n ot b u t
a t ca rd s h ad
to accotn pan y h im t o h is aun t s, th at
’

h e migh t in t roduce me to some o f h is b y

it terl repen t th at I had giv en a pro
y
.

coun tr women We wen t and took missory n ote to on e who so lit tle de
b
.

cofi ee with th e ladies, an d it served m

'
ein g a y con fi d en ce H o w e v e r , as .

M val of th e ch urch, it was agreed t hi ngs could no t b e ret rieved, I endea

that we should go t o t h e p u lic b all, b v ou red t o for et m
g y m isf or tu n es , a n d
th at takes place on su ch occas ions wen t to t he post office t o in qu ire if
b
-
.

I t was late wh en we left th e all t here were an y let t er for me I got .

room, an d frien d an d I aecom o n e, which I kn ew f rom the su per

p an ie d t h e se h o me
'

C on.t rar t o y scrip t ion to be from m

y el ov ed S h e
b b .

my ex tation , t h ey reques ted u s to in fo rmed me, th at h er ro ther h avin g

e h ouse, an d p res sed th e mat died sudden l h ad left h er t hirt y
al t er
y
t er so strong l th at we compli ed t housan d (101 are, an d con cluded b y
had not sat lon g, wh en cards were request in g , t hat I woul d ret urn t o

b u t I took alar m at th is, P h ila delphia immedia tel , as h er for

t une and herself were n o w at my dis
y
well aware of t he expert n ess of
the Spaniards in playin g games of
chan ce, an d of my own in a ilit tob y T h e perusal ofth is l ett er made me
b
cope with t hem, o n accoun t of m y t rem le wi th j o y E very thi ng aroun d .

imperfect acquain tan ce with their lan m e seemed deligh tful, an d I even b e
I h erefore p rotested again st d h m d
y
u
g g a e . t g an t o reg ar , wit so e egree of
remaining an y lon ger, b u t with ou t complacen c , m y p erfidiou s com a
p
avail, for my frien d an d the ladies op n ion , an d h is female associates

d ever thing I saidy I wou ld vin g learn ed from t he cof

b
Ha
fee house
.

r
. -

ve depart ed no t with stan din g all ooks t hat a vessel had j us t cl eared
this, bu t I did n ot know t he way ou t f or N ew Y ork, I imme diat e]

home, and feared to risk my life by b

wen t on oard of h er, an d agreed wi t
.

th e cap tai n for a ass age, which was

h
wandering al on e through th e streets of
Havana at midn ig ht . to cos t me n earl y e wh ole sum I h ad
We accordingly sat do wn to cards, in my po ssession
and I l ost s fas t hat l
q }
b
egan to have On my retu rn h ome, after h aving
.

m made t hese arrangemen ts, I suddenl y

’

ons o u n air I la I was soon

dg
of all t he m n y I h ad a ou t b recollected that t he ng S an iard
b
atn y o u p
me, ut my friend offered to be secu h ad a ill upon m e for such an amoun t ,
rit y h r whatever t he ladies should win t h at , if I paid h im, it would be im
312 Adventure in Havana .
(J une,

Y
m ble for me to go to New ork what a v illain ho w I had
I was, an d
y
’

s gon ies I fel t, o n recalling t h is at temp ted to run awa witho ut pa in g

circums tance, were su cceeded by b
my de ts As t he ha mast er had
b
a se«
y
-
.

vere s truggle et ween love an d h ono ur . n o accusation agains t me, he m erel

I f I left H avana, withou t dischar bade his men pu t m y trunks on th e

i
g g y
n m d e t , m b
y u n pr in cipled ass o wharf, and wen t awa When my y .

ciate would proclaim an d pro ve me a treacherous associat e percei ved t h is,

villain an d a fu ti ve ha t if I remain he advan ced to wards me, n d aft er
’

ad and answe his demands, I would usi ng some vel

y m
'

su lti la
nguage
n g
n ,

no t have it in my power to sail for the demanded payl en t of his no te My .

United S tates, un til I received remit feelings were at th at time t oo deep to

fences from my friends there ; and I
bbyy
sh ew t hemselves externall
m y port man teau, an d cou n ted out th e
y
I opened .

kn ew th at I could h on oura l dis

b
charge th e ond I had given , sen d su m in to h is hands, and havi call
h im the sum wh en l reach ed Phi ed a vola nto, drove t o t he
y
'

i ngs
elphia which I h ad fo rmerl occupied
.

Y ou may easil suppose how thisy At first, th e violen ce ofmy resen t

.

con flict en ded I wen t on oard th e

. b men t agai n st t he author of my cala
m ities in some degree preven t ed the
vessel, which was to sail that after
noon , an d en deavou red t o fin d a j us in vasion s of grief; and the cru el ex
tification of my conduct , in th e reflec p oe n t e o f m y co n d u c t , w h ic h h e h a d
tion , th at almost no rson in simil ar made t o sons wh o were ign oran t of

circumstan ces would ve act ed o th er my sit uation , an d who wou ld

wise The th ough ts of the hap in ess of course put t he worst con struction s
.

t hat awai t ed me, had lit tl e e ct in y

u on ever thin , st ung me ev en more
p g
t han th e disappoi n tmen t I h ad su ffered
shorten ing the hou rs t hat were t o
elapse ef b
ore we set sail At las t, to Next mormng I made i air at y
.

b
.

my great oy, th e seamen egan to th e coffee h ouse, and s t sev o t her

’

h eave up e an ch or I sat in the can laces, if an y vessel was soon expect

g
.

bin , coun ting t he turn s of the wind d to sail for t he Un it ed States, an d

lsss, and inhalin with deli h t th e fa learned that th ere would be one in less
b
vourab le reeze t at lew t b t he than a week . My n ext usiness was
t o raise mon ey t o pay ni passage
b
I
g
.

I n th e mids t of all this, th e cap tried various plan s wi‘ out success,
tain called me u pon deck When I till at last , overcome with fatig ue and
y
.

t th ere, I saw t he cus tom h ouse miser , I fell sick, an d having no one
gi y
-

s t l ing alo n gside, an d the har to at tend me at my lodg ings, was con
bour master, wh o stood in h er, im veyed to th is h ouse of dis ease I am
y —
-
.

mediatel demanded my passport I aware, that death will soon

p u t a p e
attempted t o an swer, b u t my alarm riod to my agon izing re rets, b ut
g on

was su ch, that I could n ot speak H e . may well suppose, that I am ttle
t hen addressed me in E nglish , and I d m h
y b t t i t th th i
p pre a re o ee e
; r a pp
so f ar recovered m self as to tell him, ness, which th e fatal inciden ts j ust
t hat I h ad n o passport, ein g ignoran t
y
related have ereft me of, a
m
b rs t o

that su ch a thing was n ecessar You w d m d

b y b li
.
g ro o re a n or e es ir a e as f e
”
mus t return ash ore th en , said h e, I eb s awa , an d I would refer the
must do my dut
”
y
I pleaded again st
.
p ossession of h er, whom I n e v e r
t his , bu t it was all in vain H e pro see again , t o an assuran ce
by
.

ba l considered my agitation an d dis hen ceforth abide in the corn psn y of

t ress as proofs of t an d terror, and b lessed an els
M y h th ein n o w b .

the es tain bimse seemed an xious to

g e t o f me M y t.ru n k
b b
s ein g low bb . ed , I lef t the sick use the f o llowin g
cred in to the oat , I was o liged to day . H owever, crion s to my de
follo w, and the har our mas ter order -
p a rt u r e, I w as in o r m e d o f t h e d e a t h
ed his men t o row t o t he wharf . of th is ou ng American , an d could n ot
On reaching it, we found a crowd b u t re ect, wi th gratit ude, upon my
ofpeople talkin g together, and amo i f m h d f
y t fi
y fle
y
p re s e rv a on ro t e n e c ts o a

t hem I recognized th e ou ng S an iar p es t il n ce w h i h d il m d m

g
e , c a a e so an

H e was telling t he others, in punish, p e rs o ns it s v ic t i m s .

 On H akmnll : Apology
' ’
. 13

’
o n n a xs w ru s a r o no s v .

T n a r the world is in its dotage, we was thought impossi le Consi bb

by b
v an ce .

are told that respecta le son of der, for in stan ce, our o wn pu li cation s,
Au tol cus, th e wort h old philoso
y y an d ab hoe diaoe omn ia

b Wh o did not .

y y
h m h W ld d eliev e it , ev en in its v er in f
i f k
bb
p er t e V car o a efie , a n an c , as
an axiom proceedin g f rom su ch au th o h aving attained t o perfection , as ein g
rit , o n e would t hin k, co ul d h ardl be
y y b b b
t he es t p ossi le M agazin e in this est
by
da tit ute offoun dation Y et, with all . of all po ssi le worlds, e on d whi ch
due deferen ce to that excell en t charac p gr o r es si on or improvemen t cou ld n ot
ter, we must say we are rath er u n wil ? W h di d n ot feel con vin ced, th at
b g o o
lir to elieve it, an d so we su ppose t he Star of Blackwood had reach ed its
ifi
w all th ose he who have b een in th e zeni th, an d m us t of n ecessi t for the y
zine
y
habit of con s tan tl readin g our Maga
We migh t in deed say, an d we
future wan e an d declin e ? An d yet
b
h ow agreea l , deligh tfull , an d eny y
.

should say, were we n ot res train ed b b y

ch an tin gl , h av e al l su ch ex ec t ations

b
ou in vin ci le modes t y, th at ou r wor
r
itsel f presen ts an in con testib le proof,
een disa poin ted
ow n go o p
sen se an d g
.
p
We ap al to th y
humour,
that th e world is as wise, an d as wit t ,
and as learn ed, an d as poetical, as ev er
g en t l y b
e re a d er , w h
een aston ish ed, an d, in f
e th e r t h o u h as t n ot
act, we h ave
its annal s exhi it it b
I f it h av e, l ike b een aston ish ed ourselves, at th e s till
b
.

other bodies, an d we elieve th is is in creasin lustre ofth e daz zlin Star

of E di
g L ike Aladdin in e cave, g
who foun d t he co n ten ts of each apart
men t to he su cceeded
h
oth ers more
d
by
i i l l d
i
b
p r e c o u s n t e n e x t , s v e r, g o , an

j ewels, in in termin a l e progression ,

th ou h ast discov ered in our M agazin e
a con tin ual sou rceofh ei h t eni n

N
g g tr an s

p o r t an d a d m i ra t io n E a c h n e w. uni
b er h as eclipsed th e former, an d rises
redecessors, like th e steps

b
ab o ve i ts
i n Jaco s adder, till th e world h as at
’

b
America has een disco vered, an d add
ed t o i ts domi nion s ; an d th e en iu s
leng th set i t down as an ackn owledged
axiom, th at Blackwood s M agazine
’

of the drama is n ow rou sin itse f li ke m u st of n ecessit f or ev er improve ;

l gian t fr o m its slu m er

g
b y
N ot a ear an d is so satisfi with respect t o this
b
.

w i h i h i i h h l d h f f m d b
i i
b
p a ss t ou t r n g gn w t t n e w n t , t a t, s o u t a t a r a e p u -

n ovels from th e in com ara le i h

cation ,
( i h f u rse it never can
y f
p p e n o w c o co
the Au th or of Wav erle , wh ose ih do, ) ev er deteriorate, we are con fiden t
ven tion seems as in exh au sti le as n a b th at th e p ub lic would sh u t t h eir e es y
ture i tself Su ch is th e ardour of in
. t o t h e con vic t io n Su ch is th e fate of
.

ou r w ork, an d what will b e t h e en d,

y
G od on l kn ows From this in stan ce, .

t h ou gh qu es tion less in an in ferior de

g r e e , t h e g r a d u al im p r o v e m en t an d
ro ression in all o th er departmen ts
p g
an d scien ces may b e j u dged of In .

fact , with t h e ex cep tion s of the Scots

man, which, like a dead
'
1, o fiensive
at o n ce t o th e e es an y
t h e n os tril s,
et ern all y stagn at es, an d o f th e E di n
b u rgh Review, which improves t he
—
wro g way, H ibern icé, grows down
b
n

ward,— an d has n ow eco me as dull

”
an d stu id as m y r n dmo th er, w e
p
g
a
m
scarcel k
y
y n ow an
y ‘ in g n o t i p r ov e

nation s We are every day ex ble, or li kel to improve The reader

. .

em lif in th d t rin e of f t ib i w ill at on ce ask, W ho is t his great

p y g e oc p er e c
lit and advan cin g, wh ere f urth er ad mas t er th at h ath done these t hings
v o r. . IX . Q Q
 On Hakewt ll s Apolog y
'

(
'

31 4 June

b
.
,

th at h ath in fused t his spirit of n ew impossi le no t to respect th em as mo

life an d vigour throu gh all th e in tel
lectual world th at h as commun icated
n u men t s of zeal , assidui t , an d kn ow y
l edge, wh ich modern writ ers h ave h ad
n ew impul ses t o scien ce, min d, an d t h e sen se t o make u se of, ifno t th e ge
mat ter, and sown th e seeds from which n erosit y t o praise .

t h e h arves t no w is risin g ; t h at h as Th e presen t work is on e of th e m ost

ven t o t he exh au st ed an d h b
reada l e of it s cl ass a nd th ose of
b
g i
pl ou g
worn fields of li teratu re, like th e in our readers, wh o were efore u n ac
cu rsion s of t h e N ile, n ew w ers, u a in t d w i th i t w ill w e ar e su r e
p o q e , , ,

rich n ess, an d fecu n dit , an d th row n o we u s th an ks for the in t rodu ction

y
y y
.

ou t li h ts wh ich h ave u ided so man I t is u n n ecessar , an d perh aps wo uld

g g
di scoverers on th eir way ? L au da le
y b n o t b e in terestin g, to give a m in u t e
ou gh t t o b e grat ified, an d as an d particular accoun t of t he con
b
cu riosit
we appreh en d few esides ou rselves
h i ll
ten ts of so ela orate a work b b I t is
t h e first
.

are in i f divided in to four ooks

y
p osse ss on o t e secr et , w e w
t ell h im . T his n ew M edea this treat s of t h e Pret en ded D eca in
migh ty Magi cian l et h im give due h h m
y l w i
-

g en e ra t og e t er t so e ra

credit t o our en erosit — was n o oth er

”
T h e secon o th e
g
b
t h an C on sta le s M agazin e !
’
y
tiv es t h ereun to .

D eca in t h e H eaven s an d E l em en
After h aving made t his exh i ition
by b b y y
t ar Bodies T h e third an d fou rth ,
o f ou r can dour, rin gin g modes t
y of th e
.

y
D eca in th e Age, S ta t ure,
in to n o t ice a t h in g we al wa s deligh t M in d, M an n ers, an d Virtu e of M an
”
in , w e w ill n ow address ou rselves t o T he au t hor dedicates h is work
t h e mat ter in h an d Th e work wh ich .
kin d .

b
T o h is amia le M other, th e famou s
”
we pu rpose to in troduce t o ou r read an d fl ou rish ing Uni versitie ofOx f ord,
ers, by th e few ex trac ts wh ich follow, a d ( b serves, Were I dest i te f
g p
is en titled An Apologie oft h e P ower p L t tl e
lly
a l ot er ar cu ta t o rov e t
and Provi den ce of God in th e Gov ern fig? an d pe
gs;y
w orld doth u n iv ers a
men t of th e World, or an E xamination tu all y declin e, t h is on e migh t
an d Cen sure of t h e commo n E rrour
tou ch ing Nat ure s perpetual D eca y suf fice for all, th at th ou , m v en era le b
mo th er, th ough tho u wax o d in regard
’

by G eorge H akewill L on d 1 62 7 , y
of ears, y et in th is latt er age, in re
b y
. .

”
folio I t is wri t ten , as th e title sh ews, of st ren gt h an d eau t , wax eth
y
g ar d
.

t o con fu te th e prin ci le of th e world s an d that so far art

’
oun g a ain e
g
deca y, an d is on e oft e most elaborate t hon from with ering an d wrin kles,
w orks of a most ela orat e time bTh e . tha t th ou art rath er ecome fairer an d b
ex ten t of th e g rou n d w hich th e au th or fresh er, an d, in th ese t imes, n o less
v er, h is ar um en t s em racin b y Before h e
y h app than heret ofore
b
s
p a ses o g g .

n o t on l th e decay in th e elem en tal en t ers upon hi s su j ect, h e con siders

mat ter, b u t also in man n ers an d min d,
y y y
it necessar t o prove, th at, taking th e
y
an d th e in du st r an d impart iali t world s su posed deca as a prin c le
'

b y he
y y
’

exhi its, are t ru l ex t raordin ar an d of gen eral el ief , t h e r e ar e m a n 0 e r

u n common Th e t ime h e lived in o in ion s equ all curren t with th e mul

p
y b by
.

was n o t on e for superfi cial dis uisi tion s o th ers

or fl im sy treat ises
b H e who t en took
ti tu de,
y
whio have een
manifestl convin ced, or at least were
y
.

”
a su j ec t in h an d, t ook u p th e mat ter l d f f alseh ood T h i
j u s t s u sp ec t e o s .

in ood earn est ; an d wh atever migh t h e do es to t h e len gth of several

y
es,
g
be is success in his examin ation , t h e en ou gh certai n l t o demon st rate t at
reader m igh t b e sure th at it w oul d
n o t b e u n con coc ted for w an t of cou si
h e is bn o mean s a man wh o t akes
H e th en en dea
th in gs or gran t ed
b
deration, or un su stan tial for wan t of
learn in g T o this is owin g th at satis
v oura to sh ew, h ow discou rag in g t o
”
.

is th e Opin ion
v irtu ou s en deav ou rs,
y
.
'

fyin g effect , th at appearan ce of solidi of t h e in equalit of m odern p ower .

ty, wh ich i s remarkab le in th e works T h e followin g passage will serve as a

of H akewill an d his con tem oraries sp ecimen ofhis s tyl e
p .

an d th ou gh m u ch of th eir mat erials

may at th e presen t time appear un n e
When ou r an cestors are forth p ain t ed
as gym ” n o t on ely in sta t ure an d st ren th
g ,
cessary an d u seless, an d mu ch Of t h e"
,

b u t in wit an d v ertu e, thou gh th e act s wee

argu men t, b y th e im rovem en t s ofth eir
su ccessors, or th e c an ges in su j ect s b fin d recorded of them , pl ease vs mm efl

ofdis u isition , ma have een falsified,

q b o u s wen, yet wee du rst not v en tu re, or so
mu ch as on ce thinke vpon th e mat ching of
or be no lon er n terestin ,
g g y e t it is them, b ecause we are taught and made t o
 ’

On H akewt ll s Apology
'

ssst. 315
'

y
.

“ q fi m
forsooth are b ut as pig t h e in feriorit of the modem s, in re
l l iu , ami dwarf es in regard o f th em ; and d f ren th and stature, t o th e

y
g ar o s t g
firs t it were as pou ibl e t o fit a child s shoes migh t men of old, an d adduces,
’

0 H ercul es foote, as for vs any way t o amon gst ot h er arg umen ts t o th e con
come neere th em, o r t o t race th eir stepp s,
the foll owing relat ion s from

m
trary,
y“, qu ia p osse v iden t u r Th ey can ,
Camerarius
.

so t h ey seeme they can

.

Genuin el y t he force of imagin ation is
wa lderfull, either t o beg et in v s an ab ilitie
fin th e doin g of th at which we appreh end
we can do, o r a disab ility for th e n ot doin g
d that which we con ceiu e we cann ot do
which was th e reason th at th e wisards an d
Grad es of th e Gen til es b eing con sult ed,
they ever returned eith er an hOpefull an
swer, or an amb iguo u s, su ch as b y a fa
vourab l e construction , might eith er incl ude
a at l eastwise n ot vtt erl y ex clu de h o e
p
.
Fran cis th e first, King ofFran ce, who
rei n ed ab ou t an
g hu ndred ears sin ce, b eing
desirou s t o kn o w the tru of th ose t hi n
which were common l y sp read tou chin g g;
stren th an d sta tu re of Ron lan d, n ephew
g
o f Charl em ain e, cau sed his se ul ch re to b e
p
o en ed, wherein h is bon es an d b o w were
p
foun d ro tten , b u t h is armour sou nd, th ou gh
cou ered with ru st , wh ich t h e kin
g com
maun din g t o b ee scoured off, an d pu tting
it vp on his o wn e b ody, foun d it so fit for

Agesilau s (as I rememb er) clapp ing is him . as th ereb y it appeared th at Ron land
b ad Won the al tar, and takin g it off exceeded h im li t tl e in b esse an d s tature
'

Q uins, by a cunning divice sh ewed t o his of b odie, th ou h h

'

g e w ere n o t ex ecs

waldicrg vich ry stamped vp on it, where siu e tall or b i

gg e .

by they were so en cou raged, and grew so “

I n a cu riou s ch apter on t h e sun
cm fiden t, th at, b eyond all exp ectation , they
b
dry fa ulou s form ation s of th e on es b
i nland efl ected that wh erof by this sl eigh t
b
’

they were formerl assu red P rognostica o fgian t like odi es digged u p or foun d
-

y .
”
in caves, h e gives us th e followin g
fin s an d p ro ph esi es o ft en h el ps to furth er
that wh ich they foret ell , an d to make m en st ories from dif feren t aut h ors
arch as th ey b eare th em in h an d they shal l O ur M almesb u rien sis likewise in his
ha nay , b y an vn avoydab le destinie must seco n d booke an d ; t hirteen th chap ter dc
has M a s, Marquesas ofS al uzze, yeeldes
'

.
g e rt i s R er um A n g lo r u m m en t io n eth th e
vs a memorabl e example in th is kind, wh o same, sto r sh all I call it, or fab l e, t elling
y
hi ng l ieut enant gen eral] t o Fran cis th e first
-
v s, that in th e e a e o f a c e 104 2 , an d in
y r
king of France, over all his forces which t h e reign e of S E dwar . the b ody of P a]
has t ha t had b eyon d th e mountain es in las th e sonn e o fE u an der, of whom Virgin
M y, a man y fa v ou red in all th e sp eakes , R omw re ert um est i lli ba t u m ia
p
mart, and infln
’

o blig ed t o t he king for m

g e n t i s t u
p ore om n i u q u ad t ot s w c u la i n
.

113 marquesit e, w eh his b rot h er had for

’

c orru t ion em m i s u eraui t was foun d at

-
p p ,
fi tad, suflercd himselfs t o b e so farr afrigh t
‘

Ro me in tire and soun d, to th e great ast o

G l a nd deluded, as it h ath sin ce b een ma n ishmen t of all men that b
, y t h e sp a c e o f
pe n n ed , b y p g
ro no s tica tions, (which so man es it h d t riumph ed o u er cor
y ga a
in 1: all E urope were g in su ou t ru tion d f t h t fi m th e t ru eth
p an ar er o co n r e
at t he advan tage o f the E mpemur Charles th ereof, he assures vs , that t h e gaping
m
M i i, and to theprej u dice ofth e Fren ch ,) widen esss of th e woun d which T urn us
On t h iring no occasio n o ffered, y ea his made in th e midst of his b reast, was foun d
owns aflectl ons contradict ing t he same, h ee
’

b y measure t o b e foure foo te an d an halfe,

hu t in secret to complain e t o his
‘

a lar e wou nd, an d th e weapo n which

g
p i ra t e f ri en ds o f the in evitab le miseries made it, we can n ot bu t con ceiu e as large ;
whi h hc fiiresawp rep ared hyth efat es again st
-
an d b y th e app ea ran ce of it at full , n ot
flh crowns of France A n d with in a while .
0 11e th e b on es and skinn e an d sin ewes,
d ! (this impression still working into him) b u t th e flesh t o remaine incorrupt ; a mat
ll. m t vnkindly revolted from his master, t er al toget h er in credib l e . B esides, h e sets
l i M a tu rn s coats t o t he em ero u r s
’
p vs down e h is epita th f oun d at th e same
-

t o the stonishmen t of all men , his

a time
Fili us E s an dri P alla ns quem lanced Tam i
M t ge to the Fren ch en t er riz e
p on
M ilitia occi di t more m o iacet h ie,
the oth er side I doub t no t b ut th at th e p ro W hich h imselfe knowes n o t well how t o
of Sananarola , as much assist ed cri m
g iu e credi t t oo , qu ad n on t u n e cred i d
the E ight t o t h e C o n quest of Na
a ct um, (sa th h e,) which I cann ot b el eeue
f
.

y
which he performed so sp eedily an d
was th en m ade, b ut b y E nnius, or some
y , as he seemed rath er with chal ke o th er of l at t er ag es : B ut I p ro ceede .

10 marks out his l odgings, th en with h is

” H erodotus in his first b ooke t el s vs,
sword t o winne th em
t hat th e body of Orest es b ein g taken up ,
.

After provin g th at n o deca h as

‘

was found t o be scaven cub it s ; b u t G ellius

taken place in the h eaven s an ele is bold t o b estow vpon him for his lab our
men tary bodies, or in the earth or its t he title o f H ome Fabu lator, a f or er of
g
M otion; he pro ceeds to exam i n e fab l es, rat h er in clining t o the opini on of
 are On Hakewzll s Apolog y
’ '
.

Varro, who h el d the vt most period of a t he del usion s of these spirits hau e vanish
man s growt h to b e seav en foote What
’
ed as a mist b ef ore th e sun ; th ou h their
g
.

would h e th en haue said to th e b od o f kin gdome b e n o t at an end, y et is t h eir

y
Ory on , wh ich P lin y makes fort y six cub its , - malice much restrain ed an d th eir po wer
or of M acros ris which T rallian u s makes ab a
y ,
an hu n dred cub its, or of tha t b od disco
y
n erad in a v ast ca n e n eere D re anu m in
p Amongs t the in s tan ces of modem s
S icilie, t hree of whose t eeth , if we may b e wh o h ave equ all ed t he an cien ts in
laen e Boccace, weigh ed an h u n dred oun ces, stren gth , if modern h e can b e cal l ed
,
and th e l eadde of his stafi e, a th ou san d an d
'

our au thor t ell s us,

fin e hun dred poun ds A n d th e b ody it
Was 41°
.

selfe, b th e ro ortion o fsom e oft h e b on es E n o her, borne “1 T u f

y p p ,
aw, a “ 1
t
was estimat ed to n o l esset han t wo hundred S 13 83 1“ S wears , wh o b ore arm es

cub its , whi ch makes th ree h un dred fad e, vn der Ch arl emai n e ; h e fell ed men as o n e
g
somewh at , I thinke, b e on d P aul s stee l e
’ woul d mo w hay , and sometimes b roac h ed
y p .

T h e m ore I wonder at S A u gustin , who a

g reat n um b er of th em V his p ike, an d
'

pzp
.

confiden tl es v s, that himsel f e with so carried them all v on h l d

y ass u r p s o u er, as

o th ers b ein h one woul d carr lit tl e b irds s itted v o n a

g on t e se a s
-h o re at V t ica , h e
”
y p p
there saw a mans iaw t oo th so b i st icke
-
that .

b eing cu t in to small p eeces, it wa d h au e Th is was a man of power in deed

made an hun dred such as th e men liuin g
in his ag e commonl y had, b y which com
T h e Ogres o f our in fan c woul d h ard
ly b e more formidab le For ou r o wn .
y .

p u tati on t h b d it l fe mu st likew ise in

e o y s e
pa rt , we h o
pe t o see n o su ch manifes t
reason hau e exceeded th e b odi es of his a e
g ation s of modern st rengt h
an hun dred times ; so that b ein m
.

co p red
g a
Our au thor n ex t examines t h e pre
with a b ody of six foot e, an d exceedin g it
on e h u n dred times, it will b e f oun d six
ten ded superiorit
arts an d scien ces
y
of th e an cien ts in
H e gives us th e
h u ndred foo te high, which is the j ust dou
b b
.

b l e to Boccace his gyan t ”

.
following 8 en s of th e ar arism
of the mid e a es
Aft erat tempting on differen t groun ds g .

to accoun t for th ese ex traordin ar ap y Z I t appeares, b y the rescript of P ope

an ces, h e resol v es th e ro lem in
e true sp irit of his ag e
p b ach arie to B on iface a G erman b ish o
,
t h at a priest in th ose part s b aptiz ed in t his
p,
.

forme, B ap t iz a to in n omin e P at ria , et

B ut that which I rath er ch oose to in Filia, et Sp iri t ua S ancta and b y E ras
sist vpon , is , that the b o dies o f such men mu s, that som e divines in his time would
were b ego tt en b y devill s , who th at th ey hau e take vpon th em t o p roou e, that heretiqu es
had carn all familiarity with women , is th e were to b e pu t t o death , b ecause th e apo stle
con sen t ofall an t iqu ity An d that th e b irth s
. saith , e ct ic u m homin em dev ita, whi ch
o fsu ch mon strous mix tures mu st n eedes b e it seemes th ey vnderstood as if h e had
mon stro us, T ostatus tru el y ob serveth : Ta said dc v ita t alle I haue som ewh ere read,
.

Iibm con cep t ibus rabust isrimi hamines at th at t wo fry ars, dis ting wh eth er G od
p rar e ri s rim i na sci solen t , o f su ch con ce
p made an y more worl then on e, t h e on e
tion s are wont t o b e b orn e th e stron gest an d wis ely all eadgin g that passage of th e go s
tall est ofmen : A nd Vallesius hauin g given hich were
’
p e ll t o uc hi n g t h e t en l ep ers w
th e reason h eereof at l arge, (which , for cl ean sed, A n nan decem act i m at m undi,
f
feare of offen ding chast cares, I list n ot as if G od had made t en ne worl ds ; the
heere to repeate) at las t con clu des, Rabm ti oth er lookin
g in to th e text , replies as wise
erg o ct g randee a t n asc eren t u r, y at em a t ly , with the words immediat el y fo llo wing,
i tar dw an es p rocura re T hu s th en th e S ed v bi aun t n ov em 3 b ut what is b ecome
devills might procure th at mighty huge of th e nin e ? so as f ram th en ce h ee would

gy an ts s h o ul d b e b or n e, w h os e b oth opinion p roo u e b u t o n e t o b e l e

.ft H e th at is dis

an d reasons h eerein are b oth ap roued and

p ed to mak e himselfe merry in
farther rou ed b y D elrio in his M de, may finde in H en ry St ev en s
’ ’
call
p
D is uisi tions . The euiden ce heereo will Apologie of H erodotus, a numb er of like
stufie ; I will onl y tou ch one or tw
‘
et t h if w id th t o of the
y a r e r a
pp ear e, e e co ns er, a
where God was l east kn o wn an d th e devill choisest . D u P rat, a b ishop and ch aun
most powerfully reign ed, there th ese im ce ll our of France, h auing receiu ed a l ett er
p ure ac ts w e re m o st fre u en tl
q y p ractis ed , from H enry th e eight king of E n gl an d, t o
which is th e reason , as I con ceiue, th at Fran cis the first of Fran ce, wh erein among
amon th e H eb rewes, t h e chosen peopl e of o th er thin s h e wrot e, mitt o t ibi d u odecem
g g
G od, wee reade of no su ch matter : n ay molasses, I sen d you t welue mastif e dags, ’

those gyan ts we find mention ed in holy th e chaun cellor, taking molasses t o signifie
writ were for th e most part of o th er n a mul es, made a journey of to th e
tion s. B u t since th e incarnation of the cou rt, t o b egge th em of e kin g ; wh o,

Sonne of God our blessed Saviour, who won at s nch a presen t to b e sen t him
came to dissolue the worker of th e dcvill , from E ngland, demsunded the sight of th e
l0
 ’
On H akewill s Apology .
311 .

latt e , an d smiling thereat, th e chauncellour r ti toit, t hen part of it B

hi
p e j ara u e un

i
.

finding himselfe t o b e deceiued, told him w ch m ean es they kept men so lon i i
g
that h ee mist ooke molassas for mul eto s , t h e po ch , th at t he t ad not in to th e
r y en r
and so hoping to mend th e mat ter, made house ti ll it was more then time to oe ou t
” g
it worse An oth er tale h e t els of a parish of it

y y b
. .

riest in Artois , who h ad h is p arish ion ers

p Of alch m he o serves, wit h so me
to aut o f or n ot pavin g the chu rch , an d th at
degree ofj ustice,
the charge th ereo flay vpon them, an d not
o him, he woul d prou e ou t o f th e 1 7 of We finde littl e men tion thereof in
g
an

p pro h e t I er em ie , P e ac oa t i ll i, n o n p a
. t iqu it y, n ot suspected of for er
g y b u t for
ves se rememb er Arch b ishop P arker, min e o wn part , I mu ch do ub t wh eth er an y
m ew ere in his An tiqu ates B ritann ica , su ch exp erimen t b e yet really fo un d or n o
makes relation of a Fren ch b ishop , who an d if it b e, wh eth er t h e o erat ion of it be

being t o ta ke his oath to th e A rchb ishop of n ot more dan erou s an d

'

flicult t h en th e
Canterbu rie, an d fin ding th e word met ro ef g
fect arisin g om it is or can b e advan ta
p fl t ic ce t h er e in , b e in g n o t a b l e to p ro
.
g io us . B u t of t his I am well assured
,
noun ce it , h e p assed it o u er with s al t p o ur t ha t as h e who digg ed in his vin e ard fo r
y
diet , let it b e as spoken an d wh en th e ol d miss ed it , b u t b op enin t h m t f
g g e a es o
In d most k n P ris cian s h t h e vin es th ereb y , o u a d t h eir f
’

y b r o e ruit e th e
being t aken in th e fact , their co mmon de n ex t
y eare w o rth more vn to him th en
g old ,

fence was those words of S G rego rie, N on so whil es men h au e lab ou red b t mu
. .
y r an s
l at es t verba caeles t is orac u li m bcssr reg u tatian of m et tals from on e sp ecies t o an o
lh D onat i, the words of th e h eaven l y t h er t o m ake gold, th e hau e fall en v o n
y p
u ncles ou ght not to b e subj ec t to t h e rul es t he distillation o f wat ers, ex tract ion s of
’ ”
of D onatu a oyl es , an d su ch lik e rare ex erimen ts vn
p
kn o wn t o t h e an cien ts , which are vn dou b t
In mparing the an cien t an d ma
dern
co
y
ts, h e sa s of Virgil, If I
adl y more ret ious fo r th e w e o fman th en
p
all the ol d of b o th th e I n dies
g
”
.

shoul match him with Ariosto or

Torquato T asso in I talian , Bartas in
Fren ch , or Spen cer in E n gli sh, I t h in k
I should not much wron g him Our
After goin g through th e circle of
arts an d scien ces, h e dilat es u on t he
p
.
m odern in v en tion s of prin tin g , gun s,
an d th e m arin er s com as s
’

au thor s zeal has carried h im ra

’
p H e t h en .

too far D u Bartne s t edi ous poem

.
’
p ro cee ds t o di sp r o v e t h e p re t en d e d de
cay i n t he v irtu e an d morals o f men
has ab ou t the same relation t o the
an d sh ew s in th e course of his reason
E n eid t hat Blackmore s P rince Ar
y
’

th ur has to Paradise L os t I t is, h ow .

in g a th orough kn owledge o fan t iquit .

ever, an epic, an d all epics migh t p er

H e examin es th e laws of Salon , L y
cu rgu s, P lat o, an d Aristotle, an d

mg
haps to our th eological doctor he alike .

ves th e h m
f
bb
p ro
g re a t t t t t
un ex t rav agan t is h is j udgmen t
es p a r o e o e
“ ” irrat ion al, u seless, an d a surd Th e
P il ip Sidn ey s Arcadia, which,
’
.

vices o f t h e an cien ts c om e n ex t bef ore

he observes, is in m y opin ion n o
h im , an d h e ex ses, in all th eir hi
thing inferior to th e ch oices t p iece
”
m gst th e an cien ts Of th ese mat .

l ux u r
pp
deous colours, t eir avarice, cruelt , y
tu a o ur auth or was ill calculated to
j g
ud
'

e .W hen h e com es to logic b e

p r odi
b
g a li t y , an

H is t es is ein g th us demo n strated,

d

h e con cludes b y a piou s exh orta tion

co rr u p ti on .

m e much more on h is own groun d .

”
t o all man n er of person s .

indeed is it, wh erein we are

e Th e ex tracts We have given from
M t o b e most defectiu e in regard of t his produ ction can give our readers
h ue: ages ; and it is true, that the n o idea o f th e exten t of learn in g, co
lu e-men had set t h eir stocke, th e vt
d l d
f
y b
g en c y o r ea s o n i n g a n g e n era g oo
m of their end a vours vp on this p art of
m
,

e
their wl ol e life b eing in a man
sen se which i t displa s
itself is too hackn ied to allo w us to
T h e su j ec t
.

else but a p erp et uall wran glin g

en ter in to th e discussion ofi t Bes ides,
and altercat ion , and th at many t imes ra
b
.

we eli ev e th e world has lon g sin ce

ther for victory and osten ta tion of wit, t h en
a sob er an d serious search of truth : so as made u p its min d a ou t it E lemen t
y by .

their m t rance b ein g vaine, th eir end was ary deca , philosoph h as lon g taugh t
likewh e fruitlesse Wh at hug e volum es u s it is ridiculou s to dread ; an d t h e
y
.

haue th ey comp iled of th e predicabl es and fear of in t ellectual deca woul d be

p od iu m - ts, as if in th em co n sis ted th e
ually childish in th e con temporaries
0 Wa r r e n S c a r r
o

' '
.
 Sketches q Chara
cter, N o 7 I I
'

318 eotl tch .

s x a r c n a s o r s c o r r rs u en a u c r s a.

N o VI I. .

Harvest H ome .

Assist me now, than C oils christau d muse, -

’

Wh o could st o er rustic b oard a charm difiii se

’ ’

A ssign to chieftain worth a chieftain pl ac e,

A n d raise to honou r meet th e P u dding race
A ssis t th e hard, who n e er in voked b efore,
’

”
Nor ev er shall again th is qfort o er
’
.

T u n rip en d grain in vites th e Reaper s h and,

’ ’

T he M aster musters forth h is h arvest and

y b
A j o ou s, frisk y , wit at tempti ng cho ir, -

S tan ds, rank and file, arou nd th e Farmer s door

’
.

With shin ing sickle o er their sh ou lders laid,

’

y
C ome s triplin g ou th, and three score ears old maid y
y
-
.

Th e cott ar Widow wit h her oun gest son,

M ost useful he on messages to run
h i — l — h b b
Pipe g li t t
y
-
n g co a to ri n g t e ag o scan
An d drain t he cooling cr stal in a pan,
”
Il is mot her s Rig t o hole with on ward haste,
’
-

Th at sh e may m ake, at in tervals, an d rest

by
.

T he merry Sutor t u cks his apro n ,

Th e T ailor s implemen ts unno ticed ly,

’

T h e Wrigh t h is wim les and h is planes foregoes, b ”

T he D itc her drop s his mat tocks an d h is h ose,
b
T he Smith h is ello ws and his an vil b lows -

E ach wife or daugh ter rtn er d, seeks t he field,

’

Prepared till lat est dus k t e b ook t o wiel d .

N or ion h an d with h eart com in es,

th e space, wh en b
’
h
And o er t e partn er d task con ten tmen t shin es
’

Bids L ad an d L ass th e R ig together driv e,

And keeps wi th cou ntry clash t he boon alive ;
b
Affords a reath ing time at dinn er h our,
y
-

Be on d t h e Ban dsman s, or the Mas t er s pow er

’ ’
.

”
Peat t ime is cheerful ; t h en th e ba rrow plies
-

T h e frequ ent lift , an d far th ej izel lies

’
O er dry , and h eathy tuft ; an d l ad wit h lass
E nj oy t he mid day pastim e on th e grass
y
-
.

Twas merry makin g on ce in da s of old,

’
-

When all th e ew es were pen t u p in the fold,

An d kilt ed maiden came, h er cog to fill,
And lambs , s pread m o therl ess alon g th e hill,
I n lain t respo n sive s pread, an d Sh eph erd j eer,
An b
ark o f dog , an d song of mai d were n ear
It still is p leasan t revel, o nce a ear,
.

When all the hous ehold meet t e sheep to shear ”

And st ools are set, an d sh arpen d scissars fly

’

y
Alon g the shagg fleece, wit h sou ndin g ply ;
Till peel d t o p erfect nakedn ess, each weth er
’ ”

b
Resu mes his legs, ou n ds OE, an d seeks th e h eath
With ab out , an d fruitl ess speed, pursues the boy,
y
Till ever smu t te d feat ure s well wi th j oy
’
E en h ay st ack
”
b
uil ding is a j oyou s work,
.

b
-

Wh en h an d with h eart com in es, an d fork with fork, ‘

And man a female foot al ong the stack

Backwar and forwards plies, th e hay to pack,
An d squall and scream, with mimic scold unite,
To check impert inence, the but invite y .
 “ a Ha rvest H ours . 819
Bu t I h ave seen such fio lic, harmless, free
b
Such readth of wit , ext ra n ee of glee
On h arvest field, so mu ch of mb an d tong ue,
'

’
Till dogs h av e b ark d, and to the skirts hav e clung
Of rompin matron , whose ungain l y mirth ,
To clap of an ds, and screaming shou t gave irth
Yes ! I h ave seen th e merr h earted L ass y -
b .

Beneath th e laid, with fav ou r d Partn er pass ;

’

p
Whilst roun ( th e waist th e mutual arm was flung,
b b
An d reast to reast in eatin g trans port cl
m —
b
N il d h
’

y
or s e, y p
e ro u n or frown , li d i
y pe o s a r,

As if ough t el se save decen c were there

y
You have our stolen glan ce, our pou ting airs, y
yy
Sin cerit an d warmth of h eart is theirs
You have ou r evening part b
all , or pla
Their harvest romp, and
y
a rvest H ome have the
y .

An d Harvest
And ever
”
y
h ook suspended the door,
”
H ome arri ves, a
ll la our o er,
b b ’

”
The core con tested H an dfii l d on high,
’

Deck d ou t in all the grace of knot and t ie,

’

To female form ad usted, t rim an d small,

'

And s cedin g all er m against the wall ;

pa
The w ten d barn m
'

w en ce sh e witness may,
’
- h
Th e even ing stime of th is fest iv e day
Nod to the fi dle s ear assa
’ °

n ote, -

And spread, in mimic dan ce, e straw made et ticoat

p
- .

The H arvest M oon h as brighten d in the east

’

That M oon , wh ich keeps h er h our, n in e n igh ts at

b
Ofla ouring Farmer mindfu l in her sphere,
She len ds h er li gh t, the stack ard work to cheer
Arou n d her co ngregate the sil ver clouds,
-
y -

Which else had slept, the nigh t in sa le shrouds,

y
To sickl radian ce, lesser stars declin e,
b
And Jove himself less splen di d seems t o shin e
The mou n tain s p ress th eir outlines on the sky,
”
An d far o er stouk clad ads d e s do w l
i izz s
’

d
-

Whl ls t deep en fl l d wi in eac r g m 1

'
’

fl gh ll
-

Full on th e ew h ng waters swe

'

Now Cow herd boy, he his creaking wain,

b
-

Deep la ouring with a load of season d grain ,

’

y y
E es ever len th en d sh adow in his way,
'

i
An d takes the ogle len with sad disma
g
H olds conv ersation Wl th th e st raining Bru te,
y
And cracks his whip, an d plies his ataekward rou t
Anon—n or C o wherd b oy, nor servan t lass,
.

- -

Have le glen , or haun ted ford, to pass

b b
.

The we u ilt stack,

-
eat in , wi t h fork, aroun d,
An d sn odded do w n , from t op— shave, to the ground
b
Believes t he la ourin g crew, an d ids prepare, b
For ev enin g frolic, an d for M a iden Fa re “
.

N o w preparation sits on ev er face,

— vemen ts chace b y
And h us t ling mov eme
”
n ts u s tlin g mo .

A prime fat weth er seeth es in on der po t,

H ere roasts the quarter of a B ig d stot ;
b
A ove that foam, t he o in g b aggies rises, b bb
Whil st puddin gs pla around of various sizes ; y
”
If the him is win b efore Michael mas it is called A Maiden ifnot till later,
”
it is termed a C arl‘s e (not Ca rol in e )
- .
 q cottreh Character, N o VI ) D m
‘

sso Sketches . .
,a

T he h orn sh eep h ead, arm d on eith er side,

’

b y
-

D rives , l i e a sword fish , t hro ugh t he rin tide,

b
-

With lustering h aggles wi elds un equal strife,

h —
m p und that withou t a knife
y
A n d c u ts i u .

Within t hat j oll C ask, the feast to crown

Sleeps wh at will rouse to energ an on
Giv e wit t o do tage, heels to rid y
y
ears -

T o silen ce give loquacit , to virtu e leers

Rel igion s trip of h alfh er sacred creed,
An d make t he onl foolish, fools indeed y .

b
Th e arn is clear d, th e ta le en ch is laced
’

Wi th ail, an d pot, an d knifeless trenc er graced

b b -

h
H ere s in es t h e b aggies in a cloud of steam,
Arou n d hi s orb th e plan et puddin m
T h e sh eep h ead rin s defian ce
g
-
g lea
ie side,
Through wh iten d t eeth, an d j aws exten ded wide
by f
b
.

Alon g th e ench , as if at ran dom tose d,

’

b
L ie l um erin g fragmen ts of th e oil an d roast
An d stew d o ta toes, h ere an d th ere prevail ,
’
b
p
S till part n er (1 a by b
rim ming cog of
Old Scotia s ba rley broth, commix d wi th
’ ’
kail,
”

g
y
-
reen s,
”
An d lith ed in to con sistenc with beans
T hus fared Kin g Bruce, an d saw his coun tr free,
An d th u s fare freemen still, our Scot tish peasan tr
y y
T hu s fare th e lads t o Al in s h on our true,
’

Wh ose v alour stood t he test at Waterloo,

b
Far o er th e h ostil e fi elds destruction sped,
’

An d fought like H eroes, for a H ero led .

” ”
N ow comes th e Old Fran cie s
’
task
b g c anon
ra e
H as een from an cien t times the grace to ask
An aged servan t h e—lon g kep t at ease,
Allow d t o w ork, or idle, if b e please
’
.

T h e serv an t lads to scold, th e maids t o ban,

Or scorn th em, wh en in humour, wit a M an ; 1
See all thi ngs righ t atten ded t o, an d th en ,
Before an d after m eal tim e, say t h Am en
’

y y
-

Give pra ers at n igh t an d morn in g through th e

b
Keep all the n eigh ourin g o s in constan t fear by ear

I n ill u stration o f th is , t h e foll o wi ng an ecdote, somewhat des criptive as it is o f coun

t ry mann ers, may b e addu ced An hon est woman was fa v ou red b y P rov iden ce with
an j deot son — for su ch un fort un at e in dividual s are accou n t ed b y t h e p easantry o f S cot
lan d a bless ing — whose n am e, accordin g to imm emorial use and wont , must of cou rse
hav e b een Jo ck T o Jock, then , on a Sab b ath da y , durin g h er ab sence at church , sh e
’
.

h ad committ ed th e sup erin t en dan c e of a b oilin g b roth pot —in which had b een co mpa
.

n ion ed a h orn h h e d w i th b ie J k w h w u it e e u a l to t h e t s k o n
y s eep a -
a agg s o c , o as q .
q a
o rdinar o ccasion s was not a littl e astonish ed an d n on l ussed, wh en, in th e ro r ess of
y , p p g
”
eb u lli tion , h e discovered t hat the h ead, which b y this time had b egun t o shew t eeth,
as well as h orn s, was in th e act o f makin th r an u nhan dsom e att ack u on his unre
g ra e p
sistin
g com p an ion H av in
.
g n o m e a n s o f s t em m in g t h e w ou n d , w hi ch , j u fro m th e
disch arge, seemed to b e con siderab l e, Jock hasten ed in u tter dismay to th e a rch, where
h e kn ew his moth er was of cou rse to b e found, with th e view ofgiving h er, at all hazards,
information o f th e l ate catastmph e After som e fruitl ess starin g al on th e areas, and
.

o v er th e seats , h e at l en th cau ht his moth er s e e, which was ea er d i l

’
an
g g y g y an x o u s y
em l o ed in win kin hi m i t il B t J k w t m h o se e d w i th t h e id e a o f
p y g n o s en ce u oc as . oo u c p s ss
the u n equ al warfare h e had j ust witnessed, an d with th e att itu de an d demonstration of
of fen ce assumed b y th e h ead, in particular, t o b e kept long in ch eck — Na, mi th er, n a, ‘ ’

says h e, in a t on e of v oice l ou d en ou h t o arrest the atten tion of M inister and con re a

g g g
t ion J Ye n eed us sit , winkin , an n oddin , an
-
g
’

g
’
g l u n chi ng th ere — Y e h ad mu ckl e b et
t er b e at hame, for H orn y face has stickit b ob b ing Bess, an they h ae qJ th eirj ack its,
’ ’
- -

’
an at it , an at it
’ ’

—
.

A H usb an d V i d e.J a m e so n .
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Announ ce the weath er with prophetic eye,

An d in th e evenin g read the morni sky
”
Assist the M is tress, when in m of h elp, g
Th e milk t o ch urn , th e we ward Imps to skelp ;
Bu ild u the peat stacks, i in win ter sh ot,-

’
An d coo with read care th o erboilin g o t ;
’

y
Surv e th e liggets, eep th e sn acks in or( er, p
D en ou n cing still all manner of disorder
T he D o ctor act , in case of in ward pain s
Most skilful he in b oils an d an kle sprain s
b
Th e at s to cure, t h e ring worm, an d th e s vie, -

An d even , in case that n eed were, h e can 8 ave ye

y
.

For th ese, an d t wen t other things of use,

”
Old Fran cie has h is liv er an d a h ouse y
H is eldin led—a b ed of fresh est chafi
A D od
”
y
Cow, each season rin gs a calf
—
b
A cast off coat a h alf worn air of sh oes,
y
- -

With all th e chan c win 8 of th e h ouse,

Besides a Beast t o market twice a car

No skittish co l t — th e mas ter s sad e mare
’
.

Francie n ow th e Master t uru d his face,

’
To
”
And su dden sil en ce u sher d in th e
’

b
T he an quet orison of tediou s draw],
G race .

Which proved, in fact, to b e n o Grace” at all ”

A scrip t ural de ate, an argued

b b b cau se,
A ou t or roken or n eglected laws ;
T his way or th at th e sinn er n eeds must fall ,
As man is n othin gn ess , or man is all .

D ivin e an d human , in an equ al sh are,

l H e sinks a toad, or soars an an gel fair
b
‘ ‘

”
Amen, that long h ad n ear d, an d th en had een
’

Far t hrough th e pra er expostulation seen y

y y
-

”
L ike Coun tr seat, to which we j ourn e u p,
In all th e impat ien t drive of din n er h ope
Th rough serp en ti n e ap r oach es — n ow
’
t i ni h
s g ,
An d n ow appears rece ng from th e eye
'

From si to side co ett mg T hu s th

d e — ’
Amen
”

C omes close within gp

eir grasp , an d flies agai n
’
.

Till all at on ce en trapp d in leadin g phrase,

Amidst th e en tanglemen ts of P o wer an d Praise,
The coy decei ver ields an d j aws amain, y
And han ds an d t eeth, their privilege regain
'
.

H ast th ou, good reader, ever seen a H orse,

All H om er paints him , fret tin g for th e course ;
With frequen t h oof th e tu rf in cessan t t earing,
y
Alread in h is h eart t h e con t est sh arin g
T ill lau n ch d at on c e in t o his u tmost speed,
’

”
Forth starts at t u ck of drum th e encron s steed ?
Or hast thou seen , ma hap, in Boyi s day, y y
The summer pool wh ere watch fu l min n o ws pl a ,
W inn owing with sil ver glan ce th e viewless ti de,
An d through th e li uid radian ce dartin g wide
Whils t n ot a curl t e pausin waters knew,
Nor curved on e waving pebb e t o the view .

1 See Ralph E rskine .

And with less equals to compare,

An ugly toad—an angel fair ”
.

Goop el S on nets .

Vor 1X
. .
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An d h aving drop t a Worm amidst the fry,

H ast seen th em all in one thick cl uster fly,
T o cat ch th eir din n er, emul ous of feeding,
An d all u n mark d courtesy or b reeding
’

by .

b
Th en can st th ou im e forth this H arvest and,
”
E ach with a Ram orn bran dish d in his h and,
’

Impat ien t for th e signal now descending -

I n one vast plu n ge, an d horn with h ow con t en din g

T h en can st th ou image forth each an qu eteer
”
b
Proclaimin g gain st Sir L oin in cessan t wier,
’

Cu t tin g , an d slash ing , t earing, ran din rivin g,

An d M aid with H nd, a nd H nd wit M aiden y y
N o servan t s lou n ge ehin d their mast ers chair, b ’

For dogs, expectan t of the on es, are there

H ere is n o n eed of cl oths
”
the crum s t o cat ch,
b b
y
T h e hun gr Ca rs are ev er on t he snat ch ;
Wh ate er you drop, the map, with eager j aws,
’
y by
Remin d you of th eir presence their ws
From face to face rev ol ve with watchf eye,
”
An d challen ge every bit that passes b y
" —
I is s len ce ll e en T ibb y s t on gu e is s till,
i
’ ’

y
‘
a

An d Jen n s too, though sore against her will

’
.

Amidst this pause expressive of dis etch,

Th e creekin g b arn door Opens
An d, elbo w d in , arms of ros h ue
’
a la
by
-
byy
Such D oric arms as Willy Wat tle kn ew
C omes th ere a
”
Pail u p orne in stead state,
by
an earth en sat elli te
’
b y
C Opartn er d
b
.

T h e shi eld of Aj ax ? N o — D o n Quixote s asin ?

’
.

( W e w aste ou r tim e simili tudes a chasin

g)
b
- .

I n so er phrase, for figures much we h ate,

I t was, good reader, an enormous Plate,
Or
”
mil k Cog, rather, varn ish d dee with rown,
-
’
b
An d striped with white al tern ate up an down
b
.

”
T h is vast T ureen su ch partn er migh t eseem,
b
An d bo th esuit ed well th e Cards a n d crea m
”

T he season s wholesome everag e, rich and roken,

’
b b
E ach in to o th er j um l ed the rocking b by .

”
L et M arohis i
Copia pressi L actis,
y y
ra se
D ry mu st c ease cu rd merel —L et th e racti ce
p
-

”
Of su ppin g h alf boil d
’
Sowens st ill prevail
-

T hrough E sk, t hrough An n an, an d th ro ugh N iddisdale .

L et Gal ov idian wiv es th eir stomachs cram

With eggs well scollop d up with acon ham,
Wh ilst A rsh ire men, to taste and nature true,
’
b
y
P refer t o am an d eggs the Irish stew .

L et Brax thro ugh th e H bl and glen s prevail,

'

Far n ote
”
Fife folk st deligh t in kail ifi
y
- -

”
L et h o t Ch po tch reek on ever L othian b oard,
b
-

An d rose with Lenn ox sto mach s well accord

L et Bamfl an d c
’

h live on sal ted h erring,

Su ch sapless di et to t e est preferring
”
hb
But o er th em all a feast of loftier name
’

L et latest t imes record t h e curds an d cream .

”
T h e festal b an quet D ru ids deign d to sh are,
y
’

M ay well wit h ever modern dish compare .

H er wal y n ieves like midden creel s a . - za.

r
”
-what must not th e arms hav e b een
‘

t crcs p aribus
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”
the shan , k
drouthy fhthers drarflt
of all ou r
T o speak
b
Aroun d th e paren t owl, ertpectan t st ill
yb
Th e emp t glasses crowded in to fi ll
’,

mi
.

An d t um lers t oo in modern de c “
b
Our rewing skill to prove, our
,

t o cheer;
E ach to his t ast e commixes 11 his t oddy,
Nor pin s his tas te t o sleeve 0 any b od y .

Old maids are fon d o f glasses long and narrow,

-

”
b
L ike sh eep sh an k on e di v ested of th e marrow
An d Fleur de lis mou th d well spread j ell y
’
- - -

D o well en ough for clown s an d coun try leases

A Po t th ere is of noted size an d fame,
C apacious, vast, th e mickle P ot
”
name b
b
.

An d wh ere t h e t ru e orn, h ome hr broth er Scot,

- -

W ho does not reco are the mickle P ot

b
Amidst th e roth er ood h e holds his place,
V ast M oderator of th e oili ng race
Wide o er his mon th an iron rainb ow ends,
’
b .

b
An d fasten d to each ear the owl ext ends
’
b
N o h ou semaid play thin this, to lift, an d hang
b
-

”
Upon t he b leezin ing e, with a an g ;

y y b
B u t read , allas
T wo H n ds can scarcel
with seet hing store,
ise him from the floor y
—
.

An d see h e comes l ami t each speaking eye

b
An t icipation eams in ecstac y
b b
With ack sore ent, and shoul ders on the spring,
b yy
T wo rawn outh s this am Is Pu n ch o wl
”
ring, b b
y
-

I n which each drou th Wi t may steep his soul,

g
S cornin g t he competen ce of ug or owl
An d sweet th e flavour whiol exhales aroun d j
b .

As down t he ladle sinks, the depths to soun d

b
Th at roth pot ladl e, sorel lipp ed, and riven , y
S erves yet to send full man a soul to H eaven
T rips u p th e con sonan ts in Geord s prose,
y .

Relu mes the carburl eles on Ti s n ose,

C h eers u p th e fi ddler on th e Gim el lid,
bb
y
An d makes the on l ch eerfltl, bles t in deed
y
G ives hon est , h omel hearts to sh ew th emselves,
And teaches more than all the Parson s shelves
’
.

b
Y e men of ooks—ye absen t, the‘ h tful men,
Oh, woul d you drop on e lit tle h our e pen ig
b
An d, st ead of o th ering our sicken d rain ,
’

I dea cat chin g , with in cessan t ain

y ’
b
C ompellin g still rel uctan cies to rise,
Wh ich fan cy, n ot ”eXperien ce, supplies
y
.

Oh — bu t I ch in vain awa m
y time,

Wasting on you admonit or rh l

E lse I h ad b i d you j oin a Vil g wedding,
” y fifi
Or, say you like my presen t theme, a M aiden —
There yo u m igh t see, what ooks may not con tain,
Nor second han d Reporter can
b .

-
exp
 Sketches qfScottish Cha racter, N o VI I . .

The h uman character, distinct and free,

From uniform, well red monot on b y
y
- .

Th en migh t you melt our t htfulness

y
Andb e as h app an d as waif as t he y .

Con trast with this the polish d social state,

’

Th e dull gentility that marks th e great

This room is h ot —h ow v er hot it is, y
.

y
b
M y L ad L o ster s rou t was n ough t t o this
’

l n deed, responds m lad in his arm,

’

m
”
I t is, my dear, in su erabl arm
y
.

Pra , madam, don t you t k the stage a

’

y
H ow v er loud these horrid creat ures roar !
An d th us Sir Simeon , and his lad still
Their fashiona le part in life b
y
From l a to rou t, from rout to all the go, b y
’
p
D ress in one everlasting D omino .

b
Bu t t um ling, rollin sprawlin g on h is way,
Comes in th e straw mas ker, Auld Glene ;
A len gth en d pole adorn s his et ter aw,
’

bb
Well swathed with ri on s, an d we wrapp d with straw,
’
b
L ike sh agg yb
ear h e h eaves his lim s al on g,
b b
An d drives, an d leaps, and ustles th rough the throng ;
y
Tries ever art th e youn r folks to
y
scar,
”

And on l j oin s th e reel, e sport t o mar ; gfi

up th e dan cer in his figure ace,
bb
Tri
p
An thrusts his stu le resen ce m each fape ;
y
With L iz foots the dro duett awa
An d capers to th e tun e of Auld G en ts
b y b
.

T hen win ds his unch arms her waist a out,

b
And ears aloft th e farmer s daugh t er ou t
”
’

And wha can this be n ow P each damsel cries

What ca”n he wan t wi L iz P each replies
’ ”
y .

Atweel, rej oins a third, sh e s n ae great prize !

’

But round th e stack ard ricks h as Ti

b
T o watch th e a sen t lovers, all al on e,
- y g one, bby
”
T o sp th e lov ers, or as ite mig ht say,
To e from ou t th e arn er b
Bu t T am h as oth er fish this n igh t to fr
”
T am awa : y .

Th e
”
Village T oast has earl caugh t is eye
With her he dances, an d with her h e drinks,
y
y
N or h eeds full man cough s an d kn owing winks
From j ealou s Tib , who ridl es up her h ead,
An d sits an d su lks upon t he gim el lid
b
T ossing h er h eels in an guish to and fro,
y
T o ever proflering partner, sayin g, N o
‘

T h en h urryin g t o th e door, wi t h ackward glance

’
D esign d to p ierce h er lover like a l an ce
b
y
.

”
Th e Village Beau t ch u ckles in h er h eart ,
y y
E ssa s with doub le care th e winn in art ;
y
H er pret t lit tle dimples pla th e w e, h '

An d p oin t with certain destin h er smile .

T he open in g n apkin h alf h er reast reveals,

An d h alf from rapt ured gaz e the sn ow con ceals
b
Whilst it ten in to scarlet —soft and pou ting,
H er part ed lips, like Charon uds , are s rou ting;
An d roun d her plump an d Ven us moul ed frame,
-
b
y
-

Th ere hangs a witcher that wants a name .

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y
H er tale tell e es, amidst th eir swimming P“de
'

y
-

O er all this armour of lov e preside ;

’

T ill crimson d o er, the lil of her cheeks

’ ’
y
At on ce her inn ocence an d t ri umph speaks
Th e Fiddler n ow h as h ad his q u an tum su f
f .

I n plain good E n lish , he h as had en ough

Or, if in Sco tch , is presen t state I drew,
I d sa at on ce, th e Fiddler he was fou
’
.

A tan ard st ill replenish d from the store,

’

An d em tied still , h ad still made way for

Till all is sen ses melted in to on e,
”
H e sat a m u sical Au tomaton .

From girn el lid un pau sing mu sic threw,

y
-

”
An d aye t h e bow t o D ain t D avie drew
Within th eir lids h is e es delight to dwell, y
T hos e mau
y
Or onl pee li ke o ster, from its sh ell
n li h t h w
y y m i
y
’

g gre e s
y ,
e t at n o are o st er
T h an an y Pan dore or N ewhaven o ster .

T h ere is n o au se, n o respite from the reel,

Still rou n d an rou n d th e L ads an d L asses wh eel
C lap wi th t h eir h an ds an d l oudl scream, an d sh ou t ,
B eat with t h eir h eels, an d l eap an d spin a ou t
y b
y y
.

Au n t An n h er cleek staff foregoes,

’

y
E en
Forget s her asthma, an d h er corn t oes ;
Spreads o u t h er pet t icoat, like peacock t ail,
An d up th e dan ce egin s t o set her sail b
y y
.

Old Au n t An n has seen th e Fort five,

y
-

th e Fort
’
An d e en to recollect can con trive
And yet so h ard th e fate of Au n t An n , y
Sh e n ever et h as part ner d een to
y
Report , in ( sed— bu t on e can n ot receive
man
’
b .

On e qu art er of t he worlds make eliev e

’
b
ll ort said so methin g on ce of lover old,
e p
v‘ o dared his passion , an d h is h 0pe un fold,
b
”
Address d a maiden h eart at
’
fort y t wo
b
-

’
Address d, assail d, secured, an d roke i t t oo
’

y
On e ear was s en t, th e dismal
p
I n all t h e an gui sh dream of miser
F ort
-
three,
”

y y -

B u t Time resumed h is tear repressing power,

y
-

As ten d er An n commen ced h r fort four

e
-

An d n ow t h e case sh e reason s as it stood,

I n e er was ma rried, bu t was onc e as g ood
’
.

H er lan guage sinc e, is full of moral worth ,

Sh e sigh s at marriages, lamen ts a irth ; b
Won ders full oft h ow folks can merr be,
Amidst a world o f sin an d treach
y
P it ies th e fool, wh o laugh s for laug n g sake
'

b
-

A ove all compu tat ion h ates a rake

b
Y et, at a ridal, or a maiden pot,
y
C an pla a part , look cadg , an d what n ot
I mmerge th e world s in grat it ude in pun ch ,
’
y
An d fes tal cat es with t oo thless j aw on e mun ch
With Fran cie eye th e merr h earted Rout, y
-
b
An d sometimes too with Fran cie sh ake h er foot .

Bu t Francie takes t he floor with widow Wat son ,

”
For Fran cie n ow h as got his sh oes and
y
s o ts on
p
The decen t Widow modestl refuses
y
But Aun t s glee a confiden ce infuses
’
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Sketches «
f Scottish Character, No VI I . .
L une,

y
And Arch T ait forget s his goblin story,
y
An d foo ts it through th e floor in all his glor ,
Sets t o th e Widow first, a war man
b Aun t Ann
”
y y
T hen wh eels, an d reast s it up , with
y
So on th e b ob , an d hob, and nob awa y
An d wh o so fi t to reel an d set as the ? y
b
A eam th e rafters inds from side to side,
”
b
es , l eg ast ride,
An d th ere Rob Pat on , fi
I n al l th e t op most pitch of es tive glor ,
b y
H it ch in al on g h is stran ge o serv atory ;
g
E yi n g wi th raptu re m eet this scen e o fj oy,
An d pla in g off, by
man a t rick, y
t h e Bo y
T ill , sa misch an ce ! t o fat e or whisk due,
P l ump from t h e j oist, h e tum les e a clue b
An d followi ng fast , come closel at h is ack y b
b
A race of flails, an d man a du st sac k
—
y .

T o fall is n o th in g an y on e may all,

An d n ev er ru e th e tumb le after all ;
B u t t h en t o s tir, t o look u n m oved arou n d,
b
Y our lub er li m b s still 3 n et ting on the ground,
U p on a sn eering, m isch ie lovin g an d, -
b
Requires, t o say th e leas t , some self comman d
y
-

T his fel t Rob Paton keenl , up h e started

y
An d qui ckl th rou h th e stack ward postern darted,
by
-

P lott ing so me misc ief still, method strange,

y
P osition onl al ter d b y th e change
’
.

N or lon g th e plot , t ill sh ouldering, grun t in g on,

b
S traigh t t hrough t he ob b in g crew h as Grumph gone y
I n reckless speed
Sh e fairl carries y M idst screaming an d disma ,
.

”
y y y
Au n t An n awa
As rode E uropa, so did Au n t ride, y .

An d each did sit th eir

'

ey, leg astrzde

T h e on e, Bull mou n t -
sou ht t he western shore,
g
Th e oth er, Sow supported, sough t th e door
b
-

Nor door, al as n or ou tlet foun d t he ru te,

By which to b ear h er m aiden rider ou t
So rou n d an d roun d th e b arn old Aun t drives,
With han d and h eel to keep h er seat con trives,
y
Fla s of her sowman sh ip t o sh akin g sides,
g
An through a ver stream of laugh ter rides ;y
Bu t Fran cie h as sli t ou t , amidst the fra , y
Resolv ed to dr a c prit from his la ;
p”
An d thi s th e fu ex ten t of Pat on s sin ,
y
’
T was h e th at drove th e fu riou s stran er in
On e sh ake is len t h im, Rob main tain his look,
’

And halfl in s smil ed —again old Fran cie sh ook

T he b e] less victim dure as wh in st on e rock,
Rob 5 remain d, at each su ccessiv e sh ock ;
’

Till shoo tin g like a pe le from a sli ng, bb

Rob _feel s the force of Fran cie s parting swing
’

Un seats th e widow in his wareless speed,

An d all in conscious proves a Frien d in n eed .

Th e music n ow is mu te, th e min strel l ow,

.

L i es stretch d at lengt h amidst the arl e mow

’
b y
me painters have given E uropa a different mere modemizcd posi
f
Thou h so and
-

it is all a oar ?
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I n n oise an d clamour s spite he see ks repose,
’

An d onl b
reath es
”
discordan ce from h is um ;
Y et b y motion s still, in mimic guise,
’
T h e tu n e h e h umours, an d th e how he plies .

Wh ilst sides an d arms th e giggling limmers

Or draw the t ickl in g corn straw o er his lip ;
’
-

T ill rou sed in to perce tion, u p he sprin gs,

An d wakes wit h fi en ergy th e strings .

y
N ow all the drou th Dons have gather d round
’

T h e m stie P ot , in wondermen t refou n d

T ale t er tal e succeeds of marve past,
An d stil l th e n ext more m arvell ous than th e las t
y
.

Of elf sh o t cows th e talk, an d l oss of grain ,

-

By win ds, or lon g con tin u ed rain ;

sh akin g -

Or sto rms of drift ed sn ow th at h eap d th e

’

y
T ill some misch an c packman with h is pack
Bun g d u p old Gran n s
’
y
L U M 1, h er onl y ligh t,
’ ‘

An d shu t th e view of h eaven from her sigh t.

Th e ran ks are th inn ing fast, as t wo

n ort h ern ligh t s
”
t wo
to view
by
T h e lo vers rush , t h e
An d wives an d widows urge t h e h omeward rou t ,
And coax, and drag, and push th eir part n ers out s}:

T his is no un u sual o ccu rren ce —

An ol d woman who occupies a seat immediately
under th e pul p it, an d Oppo sit e t o my p ew in th e church , is regularly emplo yed, ,during
t h e latt er part o f th e minister s sermon , which , to say the truth , is sometimes not a lit.
’

tle soporific, in
th read wi littl e di n
’
D rawing o ut a

Th ry ofth e P ackman is this D u rin g th e severe win t er, 17 39 4 0, a oor old

1 ’ e s t o -
p -

woman s co ttage, which sto od in th e midst of a n arro w gl en or sl ack, had b een com
l et el y drift ed u p , even to th e u pper ex tremit y or h ead of th e L um A packman
p
.

app enin g to b e t ravellin g in th e cou rse of a day or t wo , an d afi er th e snow had con soli .

dat ed, in th e direct ion of th e said lum , was su ddenl y en gulph ed, an d su spended from
his pack b y th e shou lders , with his feet playin g in full s wing o ver th e sooty myst eries
”
o f t h e ol d wo man s rann el t ree T heir mutual terror an d astonishmen t may be
’
.

more easily con ceived than described .

1: I n ill ust ration of the sta te to which this Scottish happ ily for th e mo
carni val, n ow, .

rul e of th e e opl e, fast fallin g in to dis u se, f requ en tl r d u ced t h o w h w

p y e se o ere
”
T ak afi, my guidwife there,
'

in it, th e follo win g an ecdotes are related

g u d em a n o f B u rn i w h is tl e , w h o , alo n
g with h i s b et t e r h al f, h ad b ee n e n j o yi ng , t o a lat e
h o ur, a n eighbouring farmer s H arvest H ome Kep do wn e re mistress, man ; an
U
’ ’ ’

l ay a sh ea f 0 corn afo re th e aul d mare or y e gang t o you r b

’
— pon in vestigation,
h owever, it was found that the g udewife of B urniwhistl e, who , al on g with h er use,
had immo ved her time during the evenin g , was amissin g Sh e had, in fact ,
. t of
from b eh ind her h u sb an d, unperceiv ed b y him and, as their homeward road lay fo r a
”
co nsiderab le way with in sea mark , th ere was nothing b ut ride an d run amo n s t al l
g
t he num erou s do mest ics of B u rniwhist le T he gudewife was happily fou n d at last, l in
.
y g
p recisel
y w h er e sh e ha d fa ll en , u p o n th e so ft b ea ch , an d u p t o t h e v er
y m o ut h in sal t
”
wat er . Na, were th e words of her soliloqu y, as each succeeding wave urged its way
more and more fo rcib ly in to h er mou th , N a, airs, saw an y body ever the like 0 that, ’

t o gang an change th e drink u po n u s at th is t ime 0 t h e n ig h t —Na, no anit her dra , I

’ ’

p
S n ufl that can dle th ere —a cloud havin g
”
t ell y e, gudeman , th ou gh th e h ouse war fu
’
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a t t his in stan t d i n an d th e f m S
‘

p a s se b e tw ix t h er v is o u ll oo n n u fi t h a t can dl e there ;
f it, callan t , an n o stan gaupin g in m y fac e like a gl ed o er gon e
’
can n a y e sn u f
’

A serv an t lad was ret u rn ing in p rett y good case from on e of th ese late orgies, wh en
h avin g to p ilot his cou rse amon gst a n um b er o f o ld, and in man y in stan ces , deep coal
its , t o his u tt er h o rror, an d imm ediat e restoration to his sen ses h e fou n d himself sud
p ,
den ly suspen ded b y the fingers an d n ail s, o ver, as h e con ceived it, an unfathomab le
ab ss
y . H ere he h u n g for hours, roaring lustily, h ut in vain , for assistan ce, and expect .
ses Sketches g
‘
Scottish mama s , No 7 1 1 . .
[June,

Confu sion n ow usurps th e seat of Fun,

As rou n d t h e floor in tips
’
n ads th e run , y y
D i sorder d dress, an d faces on fire
y
T he ver walls with p revelmen t perspire .

At las t it must , th e part ing hour

arri ve

At t wo, or h al f past two, or three, or four,

y
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N o m at t er wh en — th e j o ou s mi nu tes speed
On swallo w wing, t he sad are slow in deed
So Shakespeare sai d, and so said t h e Gu deman,
Who n’ ow to smell th e morning air egan b
Scou d from th e hollow pot on e t an kard more,
D ran h ealth and than ks to all, an d lock d th e door
’

J
.

O V E N A L I S, J unior .

ing every in stant, upon the giving way ofhis very in secure hold, to b e p recip itated to the
b ott om . T he very nails were pull ed from his fin gers, an d th e t ops were worn from his
sh oes, b y u en t an d inef fect u al effort s to relieve, in som e measure, h is h an ds b y
mean s of his ect . D ay ligh t , howev er, after a most dismal int erval, appeared at last,
-

an d discovered t o him t h e b ott om of th e pit , within an i n ch or t wo o f his feet .

A frien d o f min e, still alive, and in ev ery sen se of the word, an estimab le and resp ect
ab l e memb er of so ciet , b ein h i w t i i t ld u in t n ce, h ad fall en i n
y g pu o n s a y o v s a n o ac q a a
with a merry making of t he descrip tion I have en dea vou red t o sket ch
-
E n t erin g at
.

o n ce into th e humou r and t h e sp i ri t o f t h e meetin , in th e course of a few h ou rs h e b e

g
came as foolish an d as h app y as an y one of t h e comp any ; and wh en h e t ook his de
t u n der t h e darkn ess of a cl ou d n i h t, th ere were som e hints iv en b y the g ude
p ar u r e y g g
man, respecting th e propriet y of h is l odging wh ere h e was H owever, n o fools are so
.

p o si ti ve a n d h eads tro n
g as th o se w h o ar e s o, no t b y n a t u re, b u t b y a r t ; a n d o n t o wards
t h e t ermination of his j ou rn ey my frien d wou ld p ass, in sp it e of all th e deep m osses , an d
kitt le step s , and narro w p lan ks , which l ay in his way I n fact , t h e more difficul ties an d
.

dang ers were conj ured up to dissuade him, th e more resol ved was he to m eet an d sur
mount them all —a circumstan ce n o t at all un usu al in his sit uation A calf had that
.

v ery evenin g b een lost at th e farm t own , towards which , th ough en tirel y witho ut t h e
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knowl edge of any on e there, h e was j ourneying The .

; w h ol e f a m il y h ad t u rn ed o u t with

lantern an d with torch, in qu est o f th e st ray b east ; and aft er variou s unsu ccessful ef
forts, had b ent th eir st e s to wards wh at was call ed t h e D ominic s P ud a deep
’

p
ditch , or d an k, fil l ed wi th mud, over which a narrow an d el as tic foot path deal was laid - .

As they approached th is su spicious sp ot , a sudden and h eavy plush was h eard, followed
u p b y a suitab l e accomp an imen t o f floun cin g an d floun derin g amidst th e mu d Th e .

ligh t which th ey b ore b eing imm ediately tu rn ed u po n the qu art er wh en ce th e n oise pro
ceeded, th ey discovered wit h jo y wh at t h ey con ceived to b e t h e obj ect of th eir s earch
an d proceeded, with o u t loss of time, t o l en d th e n ecessary aid, in extricatin g th e help
l ess b rute from in t sufiocation A ain an d ag ain was th e sh apel ess l ump of defil e
’

g.

men t roll ed over, amidst t he lon g an d meado w grass, ere th e u nl oc ked for discovery of -

a human coun t en ance an d f o rm was made T o set up a scream of th e wild est dh may,
.

to dash down an d extinguish th e ligh ts , an d to escap e hom ewards with th e speed of

t hought , was, to t h e t error stru ck an d half distract ed part y , onl y th e work of an in stan t
- - .

I n vain did t h e obj ect of al arm gain his feet , an d l et l oo se his t on gue, wh ich t he mud,

had for some tim e sil en ced T h e faster h e ran , an d t h e lou der h e shou t ed, th e more
.

”
con vinced were th e p u rsu ed, th at t h e E nemy himself h ad a p lot u pon th em, an d was
extremel y solicito us to decoy t h em in to his u r o se A i n st his en try int o th e h ou se
p p .
g a
every door was barred, an d every win dow secured ; an d it was n ot t ill af t er rep eated as
suran ces of his personal iden ti ty , assu ran ces of h is b ein reall an d t rul y a m an , an d
g y
n eith er b east n or hob go blin , t h at h e was p ermitt ed, amidst lau gh t er in ext in guishab le, t o
m ter The gudewife, however, h ad taken t o h er bed ; and th e gudeman b ecame, in the
.

course of a few hours, th e father of his sev enth child, a mon th too soon .
 Voy ag er and Travel s of Columbus Sa undra .
ass

To C n a i s r o rn s n N o u n, E sq .

R s s rn c r s n S m ,—As I a m al most teaz ed t o death by the impertinencies of

p p
eo l e i n uirin g
q wh en th e secon d edition o f th e T aa n sa c r i o n s o r ru n Wo r

w a u S o c rs is to app ear ; and as I am mu ch taken up ot herwise, that it

y
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rv so

is impossible for me to correct th e p r s in f

fi i t h aste to sat isf their im
b y
e s s u c en

t i I for in t erim pu licat ion in our n ext M agazine, t hree

sen d u
y ,
o

b
pa en ce,

ch a t ers of th e secon d ook of th e Vo a es and Trav els of m frien d Colum

p yg y
—
b u s Secun dus th e wh ole of which in t erest ing work will appear in th at edi
tion Be so good, at same t ime, as requ est M r Blackwood to advertise it on
Y
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t h e cover n ex t mon th, for which purpose I inclose t itle page our di loma

y b by p
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as hon orar mem er will be delivered you a de u tation of the Societ

p .

I am,
Rs s rs c r an SI R,
Y our ver y h um le b servan t,

E din burg h, 4 th J une, 1 82 1 . T H O M A S T H U M B, S ec .

T H E V OYAG E S A N D T RAVE L S OP C OL UM B US S E C U ND U S . —P A RT I I.

E din a ! Scotia s darlin g seat !

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A ll hail thy palaces an d tow rs,

’

Where once b enea’ th a monarch s feet

’

S at L eg islation s sov ereign powers

Bu n rt s
Whil e I
.

retain re miniscence of smells,

O r cogitation of unpl easant odours,

J
I ll n e er forg et thee, Canongatian I nn
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D a SA M U E L o n x so x .

I n troduction
bb
.

I ru n n o soon er recovered from th e the west, to th e closes ofthe A

y
on e
fat igues of my last v o age, t han , like hi ll cow keepers on th e east —fro m
b b e
b
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Sin ad the Sailor, I egan to t hin k of Gran ge T oll t o Stock ridge Unlike
y
.

n ew adven t u res : an d co nsiderin that th e hast t ou rists from the sou th who
th e metropolis of Sco tlan d, for l t he y
occasion all visi t us, I have, no t with
learn ed men it con tai n s , has n ever yet
occupied th e at t en tion of an y v e
ou t con sidera le risk to m
an d often t o th e man ifest of
yb cl o th es,
fen ce o f
p h il os oph ical t rav ell er, I det ermin my organ s of smell an d sigh t, traced
t hat my n ext tour sh oul d b e through th e curv es of al most ev e close, th e

th e streets an d lan es of t his an cien t

ca ital
w avin of ever bo w , an pen e t ray
t ed r
y
y
. I n u rsuan ce of t his design, t h e i et s an d ou t lets of ever wy nd,
I av e peram ul ated from th e Water in th is seat of scien ce an d of art, for '

H ou se t o t he World s en d Close—from ormation , an d that of m

’
o r own in f
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y
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t he N eth er Bow t o th e Wat ergate fe lo w ci tizens

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from th e Co wfeeders lanes at L ochrin,

’

C H APTE R I.

y
I t may n at urall b e expected that I
shou ld co mm en ce t his ch a ter of m
comparat ive merits
Old T own or of
y
p y New T o wn , streets easterl or wes
T ravel lin g s w ith a det ail of th e lon gi t erl y, to t h o se wh o may fin d in terest
t u de an d lat it ude, th e b earin gs o f t h e in su ch p ursuits, h on estly declarin g,
s t reets , an d so forth an d t h at I sh ou ld t h at I hav e n o in t en tion of set tin g m y
t h en g o on to partieu larize all t h e pu b fello w citizen s b y t he cars, b y praising
b
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l ic edifices, erec ted for th is pu rpose or or laming either at th e expen ce of

t h at purpose, in du e order, an d with
«l ue en co miu ms on th e presen t an d
former n ardian a o f t he cit y pursc
B ut I eave th e task of moralizi n g
on s ton e an d mortar,
th e o th er.
I n my peramb ulat io n s t hrough
. mine own ro man t ic to wn , the firs t
thing th at stru ck me was th e diversit y

Vo r I X .
an d on t he of na m e: on th e sig n oards as I pass -

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Voy ag es and f C [ J
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330
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.
u n e .
,

ed alon g I t may b e a very proper an d perceive th e n ame ofFielding ov er

.

t h in g , for ough t I kn o w, for t h e own a sh 0p Wh ere secon d h an d fu rn itu re is

y
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er of ever ti u l f e t o hav e sol d, r th e l o ver of h ist rio n ic talen t

p a r c ar a c o -

h is a propriete den omin ation ; an d, t o see E dwa rd Quin design ate a re

p rev i ed t h e said den omin ation s do t ailer of old cl oth es in S t M ar s y ’

ere with priv il eged associ Wynd ; and h ow must th e pride of

n ot in t erf
ation s, l et th em wear t h em in peace a nati ve ofSco tlan d be hum led, wh en b
. b
for me I hav e n o p articular o j ection , h e fin ds th e h on oured name of G eorg e
b
for instan ce, t o J ohn G la sg ow deali ng B ucha n a n prefacin g t he sign oard of -

in groceries an d spirits at th e M ain a s tocking maker in t he C o wgate, -

Poin t, or Robert P a is ley keep in g th e an d th e rev ered on e of J ohn Kn ow a

b by
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West Kirk Session records of irths, pr0priat ed a coach hirer in Th is t e -

m arriages, an d death s to P eter Street

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.

S t irling let ting h orses to h ire in Rose Tho mas the Rhy mer may in deed
—
S tree , or R obei t L ithg o w dealin g in fin d th e law a more p rofi ta le em plo
t b y
su ars an d t eas in T h ist le S treet L et m en t t h an the making o f v erses an d
g .

t h e magistrates an d cou n cils of these M r Robert H ood, an d L ittlej ohn , may

ro al b u rgh s, if t h e
y y
see meet , as sert d eserve some credi t , th e on e for con
in th eir o wn way th e honour of th eir fin in g him self t o t he sale of Brit ish
B ut wh en I spirits, an d th e o th er t o t he man u fac
res ctiv e c orporation s
b
.

fi n th e n ame of J ol mD ry de n at tach t ure of ginger read an d muffins ; bu t

ed t o th e sign b
oard of a
-
b
l ock an d n o chan ge of circ umstances can recon
m m k r in L eit h , I can n ot th in k l h id ea of S olom on dealin g
p u p a e
o f th e h et erogen eou s co m i n atio n wibt h
c i e u
i j ewel e
n
s t
l
o
r
t e
in R o se S y
treet, — or M ose:
b
n ce an d I h ave oft en b een t empt a n d Aa ron repairin g u m rellas an d
p a ti e
ed to t ear down th e b
oard wh ich sug makin g sh oe lack in t he West P ort b
y b
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h d n u rgh N r do we thin k it is
g e s ts ass oc iat io ns so con t rar t o t os e o f E i
y y o
y
.

whi ch ev ery reader of E n gl ish poetr v er b eseemin g in M at thew to occu p

feels passing t hrough his min d on th e hi mself in the sale of stone ware in -

sigh t or m e h —
h on oured H a ove St ee , o r th at th e pt ofss
b
n tio n o f t is n r r t
n am e Bu t th is is n ot all sion of a irit dealer is ecomin g in
One can
y ?
. .

n o t walk t he streets with t h eir e es P aul an M ark can never h ope to

o pen wi t h ou t meetin g wi t h some s uch reco n cile us t o his l etting of f u rni sh ed
in con gruit y of n ame an d profession ; l od ngs in L ad L awson s W ! d,
'

y ’

an d were it n ot for t h e cart s an d car r L uke excuse himself t h:

riages, port ers, ch airm en , dogs, and
or

p o si n w oo ll e n dra er
p t o sale o n
ex
t h e y
g
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es, wh ich in t erru p t on e s wa , I N rid e

’
u
p pp i y t B
b
r g .

sol emn l retes t, t hat I sh ould rat h er M enela us ma h m l

refer w
y '

i h b
n da e ov er m m h l m
b e so
lf
u
h
e
i
as
'
n
m
ot

b
p n g w t a a g y u c t o v a u e se on t e c r cu
visu al organ s , t h an h ave m y earl stan ce of h is an cest or ein K i f
b
as
g a n g o
sociation s so ru dely disp ell ed, an th e Sparta, an d ro ther t o Agamemn on ,
n ames of t he dep art ed great b rough t an d, for augh t we kn ow, h e ma j u d e
do wn t o t he lev el ofordin ary life G ri wel l T he minist r in t he presen t de
. .
y
yg

y
m aldi may pract ise cl ock an d wat ch p ressed state of th e coun tr w ill c er
m akin g in Prin ce s Street, ifh e ch ooses, t ain ly n o t adv en tu re an oth er T roj an
’

t h ough I sh ou ld rath er prefer h is ex war, o n acco u n t of an y thing th at may

ertion s o n th e s tage, — an d ev en M rs h appen to t h e spouse ofan u ph olst erer,
M a ry Wolsto n ecroft m ay keep an eat ev en th ough J ohn P a ris, th e sh oema
in g h ou se at t h eb o t t om o fL eit h Walk, ker in t he Kirkgat e, were a lin eal de
-

if sh e feel so in clin ed b u t I can n ever scen dan t of th e ravisher o f H elen , an d

b
be rou gh t t o t hink th at it is proper though t h e u ph ol st erer h imself rept e
o r b ecomin g in a J ose h Add ison to sell
p
m eal an d b arley , for a M ilton t o de an cien t G reece
sen t ed in h is person all th e ro al t
y of y
b by
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.

vo te h is t ime to t h e h an gin g o f ell s, I n addi tion t o th ese, we hav e I .

for a N ewto n to degrade h ims elf Rey n o lds , in s tead of pain ting for mo
b
th e makin g o f sh o es, or b akin g read n ey, or fam e o r o th , keepin g stab les
for th e lieges,— o r fo r a L ocke to sell in t he C an dlemaker ro w
, b
Gay ma
b
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ap pl es in L eith Walk . kin g o ot s an d shoes in Rose S tree t

Wh at must an admirer of the n ovels J ames Thomso n betaking himself to
of T om Jon es Amelia, or Joseph t h e sp lit t in g o f lath in N ew St reet ,
,

An drew s feel, if h e chan ces t o walk ins t ead of sin g ng th e Season s as

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alo ng our st reet called the Cowgate, th ey ro ll Collins selling sil k Inch -
 Voy ag es a nd Travels qfColumbus Securi ties .

o ery, in fines of writ in Odes Sa q u i t e eviden t to t h e most casual

n g: &bricat ing b reec es in Rose sen er,
g that if the custo mers of t
S treet —S w§fl teach in g v ocal mu sic, l men woul d be con t en t t o go
b
gen t e
und, abo ve all , th e renown ed Wil with ou t read, cloth es, and a few other
y
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liam Wallac e retailin g spirits in th e articles, which, after all, are on l li ttle
t emporar con venien ces, and th e gen
y
t iemen t emsel ves turn t heir talen ts
rate th e splen did const ellation of cele to writing, th ere would be an en d, as
b rat ed names n ew t o be foun d in th e t o o th er n ation s, of all competition in
capital of Scotland ; an d it must b e art s, sc ien ces, an d literat ure .

C H A PT E R I I.

This is the wonderful lion from the wil es of A frica —the kin g of all handymal s—t en
feet five in ch es from t he poin t of th e n o se t o the tip of th e ta il , an d t en feet five inch es
fro m th e tail to the nose—o nl y five y ea rs ol d— th e most fin est h an d m al ever travell ed
y .

H e can carry off a b ull ock in his mo uth , as th of it wa r a lamb , an d are as gentl e as a
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M y s lap dog Geet oop, my fin e fell or
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S h owman

b b
. .

H avin
g d e m o n stra te d , in t h e p re is a ook in der, an d th e oth er fills t h e
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ocdm chapter, t hat our n ati ve cit

b i of fice o f surve or of ex cise
s
y .

te of n ames cele rat ed in Of K ing s, I m ean n o treaso n ) we

b b
not
literature an d scien ce, (and th e n am es can oast ofa good man y in E din u r h ,
g
in most instan ces are every t h ing , ) I bu t n on e, I am sorry fo r th eir kin g
p r o ce e d t o s h ow, t hat in o th er respects sh ips, wielding a h i h er sce t re th an
g p
we have n o reason t o com plain We t h e peel of th e b aker, or th e dun g fork
b b
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.

h ave L ambs and L io ns in con sidera le o f t h e st abler

num ersb S miths , Cooks, Webs ters,
Tailors, Clerks, an d Colliers, in g reat
'
A v ery respecta le fa
.

mily o f E a rls, an d a M a r ms , who is

eit h, com
y assist an t po rt su rvey or at
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i fi i deed an d as, in ever l h m

y l f i l d
q u an t es n
p et es t e cata ogu e o t t e n a es ;
, a mul tif
p po u l o u s c i t ariou s assort t hou h a good m an y in di vidual s are
men t of B lac ks as well as Whites T h e . g
foun n o twit hstan din g, wh o call th em
pr ism a t ic c o l ou rs of t h e celestial b ow selv es N oble .

ive name t o man y respectable in divi T h ere are n o t m an y in digen ous

s uals Young an d Old are in t h e u sual B irds in th e ca pital o f Scotlan d bu t
ti b t f w G n t les, an d on l specimen s occur o f S wa n s , D o ves , an d
p po o r o n s u e e y
one G ent lema n , are t o b e foun d h ere, Gro ws, t h ou gh n o t very plen tifull y .

m
al though th e ren ts of th e great er pro P eacocks, th ough orn ith olo ists may
u o f Scotlan d pass th rough t h e stare at th e assert ion , I am ( is osed to f
of t he professi o n al in h a itan t s b . con sider ast rul n ativ ean imals T h ou h
y
p
.

A numb er of H op es there are, b u t n ot t here are n umerou s R oses, o ur sou t

one is t o be fou n d wh o own s t he n ame b
ern n eigh o u rs will b e su rp rised t o
b b
of Fea r in this an cien t capital l earn th at I h av e n o t een a le to de
y
is preval en t ev er wh ere ; bu t J us t ice
. L aw
t eet a sin gl e Thi stle in E din b urgh ;
is con fin ed to th e man u factu re of b ats an d n o t wit h stan din e lo n g period

b
g t h
in th e Pleasan ce an d Vir tu e, I am C hristian it y h as een t h e religion of
to say i t, I h ave on l y fou n d in o u r islan d— n o t wi t h s ta n din g t he in

b
the um le dwellin g of a sta ler in b dustry of ou r clergy, an d th e existen ce
b
of n u merous Bi le an d M ission a
t he Grammarket , an d in a wors ted So
cho p in Un io n Place . cieties, I am afrai d I shall scarce y be
I t may start le th e fri en ds o f P res b elieved wh en I say, that in t he Scot
b yterian church govern men t, wh en I t ish Ath en s th ere still exists a famil y
b
m en tion that E din urgh su pports n o b
of v ery amia le P ag a ns
b
.

len than eight B ishop s, in depen den t B ein g in t he n eigh ourh ood of the
of th ose of the E piscopalian an d Ro sea, i t is n o t w on derful t h at th ere

mish churches ; b u t to cal m their fears sh oul d b e a good man Fishers in y

regardin g th e dan ger of t h e es ta lish
y b b
E din urgh b u t what wou ld L in
men s have sai d, if he had been told of
t , or th e n ecessit of an oth er na
tional leagu e an d coven an t, I b eg t o a Sa lmon livin g in H an over S treet,

mention, that of th ese dignitaries t wo o f a H addow b

ein g a ma nufac t urer in

b
keep st a les, an d fee co s, t wo s e
d w — th e L aw n market , — orh eard ofFlaund
commodat e stran gers with furn ish e d ers wh o were ab le to guard a mail

l odgings t o — w ar e to bacc s , o ne
o n i ts — coach,an d let lodgings in Can al Street ?
 ”2 Voy ag es and Trav els q mnbss Sec-sides
ol
D une.

b b y b
.

E din urgh has long een j ustl cc th at th e inh a itan ts o f that quarter of
leb rat ed for Bells of H orns th ere are y
the cit in dulge more in reveries t han
as f ew as can reason a ly b e expected
y b t h ose of other
b district s Th e mem
ers of th e Ast ron omical I ns t itu tion
.

amon g so man married peopl e Hu n

ters are ver n umerous y an d th ou h b by
will pro a l be a le to gi
ood reason for t wo M oon s
b
we h ave n o E n glish Fox es, yet e
g
an cien t capital o f Scotlan d af fords cc m t h e same hemisphere at
vers for a goo d man Tods , who, more y met hing like a truis m
over, may even b e seen walkin g in th e soun ds so
y
It
street s at n oon day withou t molesta
-
to as t hat t h ere are man S cotts in
B ulls t h ere are n on e ; th o h E din h an d it would savour of
tion .

B ullocks are o ccasion al ly met wi

Of G uns th ere
n at ion al van it
of th e f
y b
to oast mu ch eith er
ormer or resen t achiev emen t s
an d plen t y of H og s .
p
are a few bu t th e most timorous need of Scotsmen ; yet I h ope I sh all b e
n o t b e afi aid of th em as, t o in stan ce
p ar d on ed for rem a rki n g, that t h e ca
'

n o more, o n e feeds co ws in Thistl e p ital of Sco tlan d n ow possesses on e

S treet, in place of ex plodiu powder S cott, with whom n on e of th e kn igh ts

an d another, h avin g bid a ien to his of E n glan d are a le to b
reak a lan ce,
or all of t h em pu t together to equal in
b
murderou s profession , fi ts th e lieges
of t h e Canon ate with t h e n ecessar y th e Open fiel d .

articl es of clot in g I con clu de t his ch apt er with men

y
.

T hou h t h e M oon dail m eet s the t ionin g for t h e i n formati on of my j u

eye of t re passen ger in t h e great th e n ior readers, th at if t h e feel an
yp re y
rough fare of H an over St reet , sh inin g dilection for th e t en der passion th e
over t h e door of a ch in a m erch an t , may h ave th eir stomach s filled at L ov e s
y
b
-

y e t it h as n o t b een o served b
y ou r t avern on th e Sou th Bridge an d if
medical people, that th e residen ts in it b e con ven ien t for t h em to know
t h at s t reet, eith er sou th or n orth , are more, I will n ot withhold t h e n eces
less san e than in oth er st reet s, wh ere
it may be supposed th e influen ce of
sar y an d co n s u en t n otice, th at eu
ot her L ov e d
y
t hat luminar does n o t reach An d
in lit t le G races an d
Cupids, un der the apI ropn ate deno
’

i
.

t h ough an o th er M o on ligh ts th e sh op min ation of midwife, n Carrub ber s

'

of a grocer in Nelso n S treet, it h as n o t Close

b een stated on an y good au th orit , y .

C HAPTE R I I I .

O may I ,
When life s las t p rayer t rembles on my lips,
’

S in k to repose in cal m n nrufl ed p eace,

L ik e th e mild glory of th e settin g sun ;
An d wh en th e great change com es, may I awake
B righ t as th e orb o f day , when from the east
H e rises in his stren gth .

C h ristian H op e, a P oem .

The n ext obj ect wh ich attracted my haps that of th e pu lic ; bu t unfortua b
atten tion , was th e stat e of th e E din
b urgh eh urch yards After h earin g a
n atel m
b y yp o ck e t o ok an d
een left at h ome in my travelli n
p
-
enbc il h a d

y y g
.

ver worth gen tleman read h alf an

h our from a paperon e Su n da foren oon y j acket, an d I h ad n o o th er reso u
th ese circumst an ces, b ut t o pu t m y
r ce, i n

( I m ak e a
poin t of at t en din

reg ularl y —h ow o od we all on h t to

g ch u rch h an ds in m y reeches bket s, and

z y sau n ter alon g in deep an serious

b e h ere, i we wis to be happ g ere
M E D I T A T I ON T o ma s.
afte — in th e in t erval of the serv ice, I A M ON G r u n

b y
‘

r
'
took a walk th rou gh th e ur i n There is noth ing m
g ro u n d w h ich
o f t he Gre Friars
su rroun ds th e ch u rch es
y From t h e men u
g
a w alk in a ch urch
h w h
- y
ard, an d did t h e
o ma
d l d
f
b
.
g oo
p e o E in b ur g ,

men tal ston es which rose u p in a thon n age t e u lic af

p fa ir s o f t h eir fell ow
san d fan tastic sh apes on ev ery side, i t cit izen s, t hin k i t expedient , medi ta
'

was my in ten ti on to hav e made a se

lection ofin scription s, to impro ve m y
t ion s among t h e t om s might n ot be b
u n leasin
p g B u t a
.s t h in gs a re a t p ret
o wn t aste in epitaph making, an d per sen t arran ed, no one who has n ot
g
-
 l un g Voyages and Travels of Columbus Second“ .

flau n t to M u on th e most disgust accommoda ting man n ers ofa courtler P

p
i n g an d repulsi ve o j ects in nature b M igh t n o t a ca bba e or a caul
g g o wer
mpriat e v egeta le urn o ver b fl
'

w ith in difieren ce, will , as a matter of

'
raise an a

ch i n , visit an of t he E din urgh

e dead A late tra
b pp
th e g rave of an al derman
b
holly , orj icrze, etoken th e unapproach
— a bush
of
t ories of
'

b y
o f a law er — an d a y
.

M r W il lia m s , f ro m an ins pe c a le dormitor

t im of the cemet eries of o th er coun l f ll b, poin t ou t

y b
p a n t o h e e ore , or rh uba r

iris , has suggest ed t h e propriet of t h e re mains of a professor of th e heal

m e improvemen ts in our own an d ing art ? T he distin ctions of nations
I am y t o o se r b
ve, t hat several

who t h in k shru s an d b
h t even b e perpetuated aft er death ;
th ose wh o at tach ed val u e to su ch
in divid
y y
an

flowers are full as ornamen tal as rank distin ction s, could easil be gratifi ed .

g ra n ne tt les a n d h em l oc k h ave d re ss T he sha mrock migh t flourish over the

v e o f an Irish man—th e thistle rear
, , ,

a l u p the littl e spo t s in ten ded for their

yb g r a

lu t repose in a ver ecomin g man its h ead over t h e remai ns of a native of

ner .I would th erefore suggest, for Sco tlan d— an d th e lack raise i ts green
th e cm sideration of those who h av e p i l la r ov er t h e s lee in
p g p la ce of a

m m
-

th e p ower of carryin g i rov emen ts Welshman T h e dreams of t he ta

p ;
.

in t o execu t ion , t hat all e ch urch would thu s b e con verted in t o rea
sh ould b e caref y
ull levelled, an d b
an d t he fa led tran sformation s of mer
'

vided by
walks in to long dorm itories
b
tal s in to fl o wers, b e made eviden t to
t h e mos t u n let t ered imagin ation T h e
(f six or eigh t feet in readt h , edged
b b
.

with box or ot h er ornamen tal order ; roses an d t he lilies of eau t rema

and that the frien ds of th e deceased t urel y snatch ed awa woul

p
i n t his d,
l h oul d, for so man y
ears, have t h e li b
man n er, loom aft es in th e lilies an d
be ty of plan ting su shru s or fl o w b t he ros es wh ich decorated th e graves of
th e fair an d the repu tation of v irtues
a n over t he lit tle sp ots where t h eir
fi m were in t erred, as th e sh ould y or tal en ts, ex an d in
p peren nial lux u
rian ce o v er t h e sil en t beds ofth ose who
u d
j g p p e ro er .

Were this plan to be carried in to ex were distinguish ed for wi sdom or be

c at ion , in s tead of hillocks formed o f n efi een ce
y
.

li n en bones an d fragm en t s of coffi ns, m aware th at the space n ecessar

our cemet eries would presen t t h e ap
I a
b
for t he com forta le accomm odation of
th e dead would require t he providing
f a large garden , i n which
p ear a nce o
the con t emplat iv e migh t wal k an d pe ofaddi tion al grou n d but as th is is al
ruse th e let tered m o n u men ts wi th some read im riou sl d f h
b y p e
y re q u ir e o r t e
degree ofcomfort A laurel u sh migh t esen t po ulat ion , an d mus t b e
pr p
.

then mark to th e eye of th e passeng er ly pro cu red in so me sh ape or 0 er,

'

th e last resting place of a cele rat ed b b

t his o j ection to t he proposed plan is
y
-

charact er ; a n one ao et ty migh t b e easil d

b y
-
g o t o v er B
. esi e s , I see no
token th at the inh a itan t el ow was g re at h a r m , in t h e pr es en t p o ver t o f
not deficien t in person al ch arms a t he ci ty fu n ds, in mak in g th e o v er
s oli me tang ere, indicate t hat t h e lit tl e crowded po ulation of our chu rch
y y
-

spot wus sacred t o a maiden lad ; an d y ar d s p ya t e n e cessa r e x p en ce s of

a n arci ssus tell , more eloqu en t t h e n ew arran gemen t T he sale of th e .

ly a th ou san d words, t hat inno soil , to t h e de th of seven or eigh t

p
m ce and virt ue reposed there i npeace . feet, for th e purposes of th e farmer,
me not migh t mark the graves wou ld, at t h e same t ime th at it remo
of 0 most in tim at e an d dear frien ds ved a seriou s an d al armin g n uisan ce,
— th e p rimrose or t h e s no w drop , th e in crease t h e agricu l tural produ ce of
y y
-

earth cradles ofin fan cy an d ch ildh ood t h e coun t y for man y ears t o come ;
while a red an d w hite rose migh t
-
an d th e in decen c y or t h e violation of
in ” recal t o t he mem ory o f ch i] feelin g which su ch a measure migh t
gap g e virtu es , or t h e t en der ties b e th ou gh t t o in volv e, van ishes at on ce.
which had un ited th e h earts an d th e wh en it is con sidered h o w often th e soil
la nds o f th eir paren ts is du g o ver, th at th e ashes of on e in di
Farther migh t not th e regal co rolla
of an ir is poin t ou t t h e last b ed of a
.

v idu al ma cov er t he
y od y
T o t he patrio tic an d pub lic spirited,
b of a n o th er .

noble person age— a clu st er of t ulz ; s mor over, su ch violation of sepu lch ral
b by y
’
e

p per e t u at e t h e rem e m r an ce o f t re re o se comes reco mmen ded

p m an
fl orist and ermin e ofo f ficial ch aracters p o w e rfu l co n siderations T h.e s en d
p
h and th e iv
y m ar k t o t h e m in d t h e th rift and t he miser would th us b e
334 Voy ages and T l of Columbus Set-under
ra ve :

y b
.

me equall in in creasing the

useful , sale th e su pera un dant fl owers
b y
co to
su pp ly o f read com an d m an
-
a on e, which decked t h e graves of t h eir p a
wh o in h is life n ever did on e charita rish ion ers
y
.

ble deed, woul d b e forced to con tri Fin all , if a maj orit y of my fell o w
b u t e hi s mit e to th e raising of citizens ap rov e o f th e plan for ma
b
tatoca
o r cats for the poor P u li c .reda p
kin g o ur c u rch yards a more b ecom
tors would b e made t o refun d some of in g place for t heir last repose, th ey
t heir ill acqu ired gain s and th e circle y b by
y
- can ver easil ring a ou t i ts execu
o f h uman it woul d be ex t en ded, an d t ion Th ey av e on l to meet, an d
y y yb y
.

the du t of ch arit prac t icall ineul u nan imousl resol v e, n eith er t o die

cated, byt he in discrimi nate com ina

t ion of all to th e common welfare
n or to b e buried, t ill a
ph o
ared for t h eir rece tion , w hi ch m ay
e e p re b
b p
by p
.

T his violat ion , esides, can make i n di ca te, it s more decen t appear
bu t lit tle differen ce to th ose good peo an ce, an d modest orn amen t , t hat th e
di b
n urgh , wh o h ave b h l b l h y
l
y b b
p e in E ee n se g rav e is n o t t e fi na , u t on t e

cu st om ed to eat th e mu tton f at ten ed t emporar a ode of h uman ein gs

y
.

on th e graves of th eir fath ers, or to be T he wan t of t h e n ecessar profi ts,

served w ith t h e milk of ca t tl e, for
whom, w it h great er decen c , th e grass y y made b
the kirk sessions , an d th e -

ers, on t he rites o f sep u l tu re,

b
n ude
of th e ch urch yards is periodical l cu t ring th ese comm ercial
b
would soon
-
.

A spike of corn is certain ly a more de odies to reason An d, ev en t h h

b
.

lies t e mediu m for the tran sformation a su f ficien t n um er of citizen s sh d

of an imal mat t er th an th e stomach of n ot b e fou n d , w h o were in clin ed t o
a sh ee ; an d it s trikes me as less t e live longer on thi s accoun t, the mana
p
v ol tin , t o reap th e virt u es of our eu f m f th e di n t in ch a els
p
g
g g ers o so e o sse
castors in a field of corn , t han to n eed on l y to purchase apiece o grou nd,
swall ow th em in th e sh ape of fat mu t an d lay it ou t in th e man n er pro posed,
t on . T h e oppositi on of th e clergy to
t he m easure, which t h e loss of the
to b
reak th e mo op n o l — secure t o y
th emselves a sure an d in creasing fund,
rage would b e su re to in du ce,

b for th e purposes of charit , an d, b y y

b
p as t u .
-

m igh t b e compromised co, make it

p a y m en t in mon e ; or t e reveren d
m
y
an an n u al lessen ing t h e a surd e
n ot so serious a matter r a poor

g e n tle m e n ig h t b e allo wed t o e x po se to die .

SI CI L Y .

E din burg h, J une 6, 1 82 1 . o mit na mes—deli

Ma E n rro a, I was acquain ted wi
Am i) th e various accoun ts which
b
h ave een given to th e world, on th e
pl ead my p g
a ol o
The accoun ts of the revolu tion at
y
late even ts at N aples, I do not remem N aples—t he desertion of th e troops
ber to have seen , n ot to say a n arra
t ive, far l ess even an an ecdote, of those
b
in t o Cala ria—th e demand for a co n
stitu tion — the proclamat ion of one
which occurred last su mmer in S icily , an d th e King s ratificat ion , reached t he
’

an d which h ad th eir imm ediate ori in

in th e political chan ges at t he seat of
g capital of Sicil
b y at a time wh en ever
od s at ten tion was taken up wi
’
y
m h th e festi vities atten dan t on the cele
y
D rin i d
b
g ov e rn e n t u .
g t at p er o I re
sided in th e sou th of I tal , an d mu st
’

y
n atu rall h ave h ad man op
ofhearin g oc curren ces, whi
rt u n ities y ration of t heir nation al sain t s f
val (St Rosalia
) T h e g r
es ti
eat changes .

my cou n on th e Con t in en t appeared in n o way

trymen at h ome could no t b e su pposed whatever t o diminislfl he general j o y,
to h av e t he mean s of eing acquain t ed
with From on e gen tleman wh o was
b or restrain th e popul ace f rom paying
. due respect on t he su cceeding S un day ,
at Palermo durin g th e h orrors of th e which was t o be the day wh en t he
rev olu tion , I had man i statu e of t heir otectress wo uld b e
y n terestin de
tails of t h at even t ; an d if yo u eem hom e through t e streets wit h won t
th e followi n g acc oun t, whi ch is strict cd pomp Foreigners of all classes,
b
l y conforma le t o his narrative, at all
.

b u t more especiall E nglishmen , were y

y
worth a corn er in ou r valua le M a y b h d y
y y
as ton ish ed at this a

y
pp a ren t ap at , an

g a z in e, it is at our service I merel . ridicu led, with seemingl j ust saved

 Sicily . 335
th eir adv ersaries ret urn ed my
m at ed p p
eo le. T he were, h ow y b
frien d o serv ed , t h at every t ime on e
; an d

ever, deceived . Th is apparen t calm of t he lat ter fell , h e was, if woun ded ,

was b ut th e prelude to an un expected hom e t o the rear— if killed, had art

st orm ; and t hat st orm b u rs t fort h on of t h e regimen tals of the next cad
t h e m y day dedicated to th e most im soldi er th ro wn ov er h im, in order t o

o i t l of religion en cou rage th e idea, t h at t h e lat ter

p s ng ps e c a c es .

M fri en d, h is wife, an d daugh ter, were sufferin g th e most from t he con

b
h ad een in vited by
a gen tleman of flict I n fact, th e were fi n all 0i
. y y
t h eir acqu ain tance to his h ou se, in th e d fl E h k h i d
y g e t o y v e . c e c t o t e r e

morn ing of Sun da , for the purpose sires n ow remov th e m ob proceeded

b
o f et t in g a ett er view of th e proces to t he main o j ect of th eir mission b
g
y
.

s ion in hon our o f t h e sain t , t han t h e T his was t o pillage t h e h o tel of Gen e
c ould do elsewh ere T hey h ad sat a ral Ch urch , immediat el opposit e my y
y
.

con siderable time, in deed n earl to th e frien d s, like so man y locust s, en terin g
’

end of it, wh en t h ei r h ost , from cer at all rs , riflin ,

b l d i
qu art e g p u n er n g,
tai n indications in t h e mob , an d h is urn in g, an d n o t h esitatin g t o ex
claim, If th ey foun d t h e Gen eral ,
local knowledge of t h e people, added
t o some ru mours whispered abou t at y
t h e wou ld kill h im L u ckil for y
t he b egi nnin g of the parade, of an u n h im, b e effec ted h is escap e ; b u t a
expect ed tumul t , pulled m y frien d b y b
n um er ofgen tlemen , wh o w ere ch ief

the arm, an d b
egged h im, for an y 1 foreign ers, lost th eir all b y t he
h
d eadful rapacit o f th e m ob y Th e yy
l ake, t o retrea t to his h ot el , an d p ro
'
.

vide for th e securi t y of t he ladies For t hrew furn it ure, clo th es, mon e ev er
y b
.

m e time his anxiet to eh old t he t h in g ou t o f t he win dows ; das ed t he

c on tinuan ce of th e pagea n t , made h im b
mirrors an d glasses t o pieces
aligh t h is frien d s en treaties , t ill th is
’
sup er

wi t h t he mos t infat uated cru elt , strip

m y y
often soli cit u de, con firmed par d f h h f d
b p e an y o t e pers o n s t e o u n i n
tiall y b y own o servation s, h as t en ed t h e h ou se o f th e essen tial articles of
him h om the room Th e h ad b u t lit . y common cloth in g, scarcel y
v ailed u p on t o spare t hem t heir l iv es
ein g pre b
tle way to o, an d al though en cou n t ered
g .

by m ali ci ous loo rufli an s in th eir H av ing con su mm at ed t heir t riumph ,

yb
-

road, en tered th eir o tel , which was t h e at tacked t h e b u ildin wh ere all
hi th e Great Square, in safet
y
Scarce y . t h e p u lic archives an d v uahle docu
men t s of stat e were eserv ed T hese
I had the effect ed this, wh en a shou t
pr
.

the po an d a dis charge o f th ey coll ect ed in t o t e middle of the

fire-arms, to d t hat t h e religious cere square, an d formin g t h em in t o a h uge
monies were over I t was t he sign al
.
p yra m id , se t t h e w h ol e m ass on fi re .

for their cessation , an d th e commen ce All th is while t h e al arm of t h e n umer

mw t of th e rioting A wild cry di b
ou s in h a itan t s of th e square may b e
y
.

rected m frien d s regards to th e

’
T he u n certain t y of
b easil con ceiv ed .

u t e, w h e o served a p arcel of
fl b
fl n g efore t he mu l tit u de
’
t h e views of th e rio ters, an d t h e lit t le
h op e of th e m ilitar ein g ab le t o re yb
E
.

m
several at temp ts t o s tan d, s t ore tran uilli t , added t o th eir em

an d ined by
oth ers, b u t al ways
q y
b arrassmen t Th e dared n ot stir out y
b
.

b eaten T h e first at tack b y t he for fear of ein g murdered, an d to

ri m was on t h e j ail T h is t h e y remai n w ithin seemed e u all
b b q
bb y b ad
. .

ou tmoded i n reakin o d li As t h e most pro a le wa of tu rn in g

g p e n , an e
ratin g al l th e felon s T h ese w ret ch es, t h e enraged mu lt it u de, from wh om
y
.

cova ed wit h th eir red an d y ell o w rags, t h e ev e momen t dreaded an att ack
cut a fig ure, an d hasten ed eith er my frica an d t h e o th er E n glish man
t o hide emselv es am o n g t h e mob , in his h ot el collect ed all th eir t ru nks
who h ad n o w in creased t o imm en se
n umbers, or t o disen cu m er t h em b an d v al u a l es , an d h avinb g em p ti ed
t h eir co n ten t s on t h e floor, in dulg e dth e
selves of their i ns ig n ia in th e
men ts of t h ose wh o lay dead abou t
g ar h ope th at th e sem lan ce o f su bmission
migh t b e o f av ail
b
T h e ladies in t h e
.

th em, fro m t he fire of th e soldi ery h ou se th en remo ved t o an in n er apart

b b
.

One mon k, in th e gar of h is order, m en t , as remot e as possible from dan

came f orth wit h t his respec ta le crew, r, an d t h e si h t of wh at w as

y i
g e n
g g o g

M
his mat tras very cooll y on h is
b b
rs T hough eat en ack, t he mi
.
on . T h eir p oli c was n ot t ried : with
t h e expirin g fl ames of t h e con su m in g
ll t ary still continu ed th eir fire, which arc hives t h e mob retired Th e suc .
338 S icily .
D une ,

ceeding n igh t was dreadful : no sleep ; mentioning that ladies were in dis
b
on
b u t n o at tack M on day passed t ran tress, t h e gallan t man rowed ack, an d
b
.

u ill : t h e m ob w en t ab ou t , bu t com ade h im his master he was at h is

t ell
q y
mit t e dno exc esses ; several of th e lead service T o get the ladies secretl an d y
y b
.

in g au th orities of th e to wn thin kin g secu rel to th e oat was n ow t he oin t :

p
t h e whole bu t th e effect of a o pular it was n o time for com pli men ts This
feeling against G en eral Chu rc were p t h e h appil y ef fect ed by
kee in g clo se
.

in h op es th at peace an d o rder would t o t ewalls ofth e h ou ses, u n de

be again rest ored b
of t he road ext en di roofs
r shel t er

y t hough
.

M y frien d, h owever, determined th e ran immin en t

t o leav e a cit y
which was in such t hrice, from the croming sho t s of the
n ger t wice or

un set tled con dition T wo da s y skirmish ers, pursuin g each o th er from

b b
an .

efore t h e t umu lts, h e h ad in t en ded Th eir rav e pilo t , M r

by yy
street t o street .

t o soi l t h e N eapol itan packet to D was v er n ear losin g his life

N aples, an d had, fort unatel y , at that for his h uman it for, havin g pulled
time proc ured h is passport an d passage
y b
his oat ash ore t o await th eir com in g,
A ou n g E n glish man , wh o was to h ave
b een his companion , b u t wh o for ore, b
.

y
a fl in g t roo
p o f
down upon him, an d mistakin g him
va ga o n d s r u s b
h ed

from n egligen ce or some other cau se, for an I talian , from his dark com
t o take out his, b
it t erl y repen ted h is l i h ld h d
y bb b y i hi
p e x o n , e t e r a gg ers t o s
foll , an d wish ed to ri e some od th roat H is presence o f min d saved
.

t o make an at tem pt t o get him one him H e saw th eir mist ake, and as a
.

n ow ; b ut n o on e cou l d b e f ou n d to last resource, pron oun ced t he word

fi ce With th e ho pes,
”
u n dertake t he of I t was en ough t h e crowd
b
. I ng lese .

”
t herefore, o fget ting on o ard t he pack re ech oed it wit
-
Vis as, and passed
et, h e sallied ou t to th e water side ; bu t , on th eir way M y fi ien d an d h is part
b b y
- .

t o his in expressi le dis ap poin tmen t, d h h d ff

b t t u
g o o r e
o n a : e p s o , an
oat cou ld b e go t h old of, an d t hough t th emselves secure from dan
y
n ot a
t h e packet h ad u t ou t to sea, t o b e b h i d h d
b w i d
g e r ; u t t e p er ce ve , t re a ,

with ou t t h e reac of t he at teries H e . t h e rampart s in th e possession of th e

ret u rn ed to h is h ot el— his on l hop e u l c n d m s t d i t t h
y p p
o a e , a e n a n n g a e
o frelief, in succeedin tran uilh t i h m h i h i h d
b y
I w
yy
g q y n .
g u n s t a t c es n t e r an s .

t he mean while, the great od of th e Whether t he omit ted firing on t hem

t roops had sh u t themselv es wit hin th e for h u man it s sake, or whether t h e
’
y
b arracks , an d closed t h e ates, h avin
g
as yet taken n o part again st th e eo le ;
g b
were n o t o served, is u ncertain : th ey
reach ed th e Nea litan fri t e in safe
bu t, t o t he t error of ev ery on e, on
p p
y
T h e foun h er dec cro wded
y y y
ty
y
.

T uesda morn in g th e ma de a sall , with refu gees of ev er descript ion

an d commen ced an at tack on t h em y
Prin ces, law ers , divines,— in sh ort,
T he people h ad eviden tl y een aware
ofth eir in ten tion , for, in stead offl in ,
b .

y
ever on e who, dreadin g t h e p op ular
resen t men t , h ad een fort u n ate en ough b
y
'

y g
th e resis ted, an d a regular act ion com t o escape t o this vessel Among ot hers,
b
.

men ced I t raged lon g an d loody ; bu t

. I b eliev e, was th e comman der ln ch ief - -
.

by degrees waxin g fain t er in th e im T he D u chess of who would

b
‘

mediate n eigh ou rhood of my frien d s scarcel y h ave con descen ded a few weeks
b
’

residen ce, h e deemed it hi s du t , at all efore t o h av e cast eyes on Mrs B

m a il s, t o m ake ano th er at t em t to get

y
was n ow m ost h um l than kful for th e by
'

s wife an d dau h t er on
k
g
p
o ar d t h b
e loan of a few of th e meanest articles of
dress T he h eat was v ery great, an d
p ac et . H e sen t hi s s er v an t t o o ne .

t h eir decks extremel y cro wded ; b ut

q u art er, wh ile h e wen t in an oth er di
rec tion H is o wn a t tempt was u n su c
. ev er yb y
od su f f red with a good grace,
e

cessful t han kful t o Pro vidence the h ad esca

y
b u t his servan t had th e lu ck
m d h h f l
y
onar b an y
b b
an E n l ish l
t o es p n t n j u s t p e t e o r ro r s o a re v o u ti
h
g e e a
l eav in g th e eac , in h is oat , for t h e ditti .

same p u rpo se Il e t ol d his tale an d V t a ro a'

. .
” n o The W 500 .

TH ! C OB O N A T I O N. »

N orm “ could have occurred more was merel the pagean t of a mil itary y
in t he sha o f good fort u ne, for th att riumph , an d an in fraction of t he E u
M crow o f t he well dressed and ropean law of st ates ; it was the p ro
b b by
-

H ell bred, wh ose l ife an d reath is in claimin g of a re el I mp erat or, a

y
-

t i lt ing and Bond S treet, th an the eu

-
revol ted arm But t he u niversal .

n oun cemen t o f th e coron atio n eclipse has

All . assed ofl; an d men ma
y
t h e usual topics h ad failed, or were on n ow pu rs ue t eirold occupat ion s, wit h
t he poi n t of failing The impeach o u t bein g p erp lexed b y darkness, and
b b
.

ment of J ohn B ull efore the Com
m on s had served its day, an d the glor
o f M r Bennet t Bu t t he su j ect , lea
.
wo rse perplexed by th ose lin ding an d
y
fierce ligh ts of fan aticism and pass ion

p b
which Regicide and Am it ion waved
y b
s ant as it was to th e gossipry o i th e o ver ev er lan d b u t ou r own .

Via l E nd, an d perplexing as it m igh t T h e coron atio n is n ow fixed for the

b e t o the h on ourable in dividual in
i n , n o t withstan di n g th e fresh
q u es t o
l m rels which it had t win ed round his
b
i l li partial row, was n o lon ger t alka
1 s th of Jul , an d exten sive prepara y
tions are b eing urged in ev ery depart
men t con n ect ed wi th t h e ceremon y
Westminster H all will form an exhi
.

b le M r Hu me s sp eeches, too, h ad
.
’

run their course, and, amu sin g as it

b
itio u o f si n gular an d pict u resq u e
splen dou r I t is the in ten tion t o make .

I u , to see L o rd P a lmersto n forced

. a complet e represen ta tio n , o f t h e u t
u s of his tacit urn it y, an d t ortured most magnificen ce, of t h e H alls o f
y
i nt o perpetm l repl , even th is pas time C h i v al r y
— a r ealimt io n of t he bea n

hi d peri shed T he cro wning of the ideal of Go thic gran deur Imagin ation
y
. .

has come to in ter se bet ween is of course n ot easil sat isfied ; bu t

all th at can h e don e
conv ersati on is ts an an n ih ilation , a profusion of by by
and ever
. ym on th is n ow filled wi th
i nquiry, and ev ery rain on the stret chb ompous decoration , gu ided
bb con si
a le t as t e and kno wledge, wi ll n u
t p compass a ticket for Westmin ster Th e day will b e
or the A bb y dou tedl y b e don e
on e o f n o sl i h t to il to all th e part ies ,
.

e
l bby
.

There are those, however, w h o, for th ey wil pro a l b e occu pied

without necessity or appet ite for n ews, from dayl i h t till midnigh t Bu t the
y
.

am glad that this great ceremon isK ing w ill ave th e h eavies t share of

M
‘

t o take place, an d who loo k u p th e fat igu e ; for, as the p rin cipal, he
m it u among the eviden ces that quiet will h ave n o relaxa tion of ceremon y .

times have come, an d th e assuran ces H e is, ho wever, in excellen t h eal th .

I t is u n dersd th at th is st ate] dis

l l e eon f rmi t to
ll b
y
p y a w i e i n c o s o y e co
t on at ion of his late Ma j e s t , w h ich w as

arranged on th e preceden t of that of

James ] I We may thu s con ceive the fu .

t ure from the pas t In 1 7 61 , the firs t

y
s mptoms w ere adv ertisemen ts in th e
o rt h e hireofwin dows, and
.

n ewspapers f
seats on scaf folds, in view of th e pro
cession Th ere is gen erall a clau se
. y
in th e leases of th e h ouses in view, en
titlin g t he lan dlord to th eir use at th e
their glorious and flou rish ing land coron ation I n 1 7 61 some of th ese
e
.

M d fmm” their hearts, G o n sa v houses cleared from L 7 OO to L 1 000

z
. . .

u s lno . Grou n d for th e scaffolds was let, in

I t is said, that at presen t t h ere some situations, at three an d four g ui
i no m wned kin in E urope A list of th e prices of
I n eas a foot
b b
. .

have not leisure to ook in t o the se former t imes h as een pu lish ed,
curacy of this statemen t , b u t I can t e whi ch may lead us eith er t o t he val ue
y
m
collect no of t h eir mon e , or th e quan tit y of
’

n ning
coron ation sin ce th e
th e cen t an d t his is t h eir cu riosi t At E dward L s coro y .
’

i m e of th e s g roo fs o f n a t io n , th e d e m a n d fo r a sea t wa s ha
lf:
file b oundless confusion an dis tress a fo rthin
’
At E dward [L s th e
-

l h d l d eith er their weal t

b
y
e a u or
p o e

their passion for ro al shows ; for the

9 T
 The Coronation [
’
. Jun e

h ad risen to an en t ire f a rthzn b y th e scaffold makers t o raise rimen t

‘

rice g
p .
-

At E dward I I I 8 it was a ha lf t h eir prices, while t h e Jacob it es w ere so

’

p en ny

y
. .

At Ri ch ard I I s it was a p erm and full determin ed n ot t o see t h e seat s

’

h
.

t h e Chronicler seems t o th in k t at th e t h us con t in u ed at a cro wn J a cobit ism

y
.

sh ow was n ot worth t h e mon e was gradu all y givin g w ay durin g t h e

y At .

H en r I V s it was still a p en ny H en
’
re n of G eorge I , u n der a pro cess of
ig
. . .

ry V was po pular, an d t h e peopl e p aid

. e e, starv in amon th e H ighl an ds,
o r ch ain s i n t e E n g ish cast les
down t o t h e ex ten t of t wop ence, in t es
t imon o f th eir admirat ion H en ry at G eorge I I s coron ation , lo al t y
an d
y
y
’
. .

VI . whom Shakespeare sa s, t hat spoke ou t, an d b id u

p to h ol a
g a i n ea - -
-
.

”
he could n eith er figh t n or fl y, was n o T he coron ation of th e late in g fou n d
favourite, y et old E nglish liberalit E n lan d wi th ou t a distu rb er at h om e,
an with n o thin hu t t riu m h s ab road
y
revailed, an d gav e t wop en ce t o see g p
h
;
im cro wn ed Bu t coron ation s becam e th e prices accordin gl y sp ru n g u p t o
.

more fre u en t in h is t ime than was an ext ravagan ce u nparal lel ed T he .

or t e set t ers of win dows ; th e f ron t seat s in th e gall eries in W es t

g oo d f
b
-

m arket was ch oaked, an d the prices min ster Ab ey were let at t en gu in eas
dropped from t h eir o rigin al lo al ele y
an d u pwards each
were from on e gu in ea t o ten
Seat s in t h e st reet .

v at ion of t wopen ce t o a p en ny , th en ce

t o a h al fpenn , an d, in some disas y tile, from which a gli mpse o f yan d

y
ev er

t rous in stan ces, t h e g l o r of re g ali t h e p r oce s sion could b e h ad, w as a

mi ht be seen for n othin

g
Bet ter place of eager can vassin gan d exorb i
"
t
y
t i mes en cam e rou n d, an E dward t an t deman d .

I V saw th e price o f a seat t wop ence

. Wheth er th e cu stom of seein g th e
o nce more H ere it seem ed t o h ave gra
. milita sh o ws, wh ich occurred am on g
vi ta ted, an d t wopen ce w as t h e price u s wh e w e w ere a n at ion of sol diers,
’

at th e co ron ation s of Rich ard I I I an d may n o t h av e deaden ed t he gen eral

H en r VI I Bu t t h ose were days of curiosit , is on l to he decided
.
.

th e y y by
t ren h e, an d th e wisdom o f E n glish
b even t b u t large specul at ion s are ra
men was etter oc cupied in preservin g pidly ein g en t ered in t o in th is t raffic b
t h e few pen ce left t o th em b y t h e of seats
Y ork an d L an ca st er plun derin gs T h e
an d if t h e weath e
b le, t h e con fl ux of th e mul tit ude will
r is t ol era

y b y
.

co un tr rew opu len t an d cu rio u s ro abl ex ceed al l th at h as ever cro wd

p
g
again , an ( allo wed m r en ce f ed an d cru sh ed in E n lan d Th
y
r a View
’fi p o g e p e .

T he ried of th e ear is favourable

of H en ry VI I I s coron ation
y T he
. . .

same amou n t was u h el d in t h e da s last coron at io n was on th e 2 9 d of Sep

of E dw l VI , an cv n i th o e of temb er ; an d in con sequ ence, th e re
gg g p g bb
.

bl l sen M a r? w 0 l ad, ow t u rn of th e pro cession fro m th e A

ev gz
z b een pop u lar an d had ascen ded was n earl in th e dark, an d th e l uck
ey

y
her th ron e wit h an oa th to preserve l ess persons wh o h ad remai n ed in
p ro te s an tism
bb
t T h e n ation exu l ted in
. W e st min st er H al l, h ad

E liza eth s appearan ce, an d, in th eir h ou r b efore in a solu t e nigh t , from th e

’
e e n f or a n
bb b
d m
di h d h
y
l di
y
j y,
o s u rs e a s ix
p en c e T e p ro i
. n es s o f t e u i n g I t is e x p e c t .

g r ess o f li b eralit an d l o al t
y w ere e d t h at th e en t ire cerem on w i ll n o w
t hen ceforth rapi for J a mes I an d he con clu ded in dayligh t Bu t it m ust
b
. .

Cha rles 1 each rou h t a shillin b h d t h t t h i w ill n o t reclu de

.
g g e o p e , a s .
p
Cha rles I I fou n d t h e nat ion in a pa th e illu min at ion ofWes tmin ster H all
b b
.

rox sm of ab surd j oy, an d was

y eh eld f or n o thi n g can rin
g o u t i t s m a g n i
cen ce b u t artifi cial ligh t

y
a t t h e ex e n c e o f ha
y Z a c ro wn , th e -
fi -
I t w o ul d .

most rapi adv an ce o n record, an d to l ook comparativ el meagre ev en i n full

b e alt ogeth er att ribu ted t o th e rap tu re su n sh in e .

o f gett in g rid o f t h e Ro u n dh eads By an order in Coun cil ofth e 1 7 t h of

James I I ob t ain ed t he same price ; Sept em er, 1 7 61 , t he Peers an d P eer
.

for it is ob serv ab le, th at , b u t in t h e esses, were su mm on ed t o at t en d at

.

b
sin gle ins tan ce o f H en ry VI 33 t um ul W estmin st er in th eir ro es, b y eigh t b
t uous an d o verwh el med t ime, t h e o clock in t h e morn in g, an d a vast qu an
’

rices on ce raised o n popu lar foll ti t y of furt h er regul at ion was detail edy b
h ave nev er fidi en Willia m an d Queen for th e differen t ub lic odies Bu t
y
. .

An ne saw th e adv an ce Ita l a cro wn t h ere was on e b w hich defi ed th e

y
- -

more, an d the were worth i t T h e fulm in ation of th e order in C ou n cil . .

H ous e of Brun s wick came amon g u s T h e h ackn ey ch airmen an d coach men

wh en we were a div ided n at io n , an d h ad framed a tanf for their serv ices
‘

it was though t tooformidab le an expc

'

during the day, which t he L ords of

 The Co rona tion 830
b y
.

t he Priv Council thought exor itant me this day to do our homage,

z
. are co

A man ‘ l to was accordin gly issued, wil lin g t o do t he same

by
are on
enj oinin g their at ten dan ce on th e ub th e u n iversal
. y
lic h four in th e morn ing, wit ou t
T is was an swered
“
cry o f Go dsav e t he King
—
D ivineser .
a

an y rise in t heir f ares, u nder t hreat v ice f l

ol o edw th e sermon was preach
o f exern plary punish men t ed b y D oc t or D rumm on d, Bish o p of
i w bb d
T he cu l
h ili
.

y
Salisbu r , an d s oon afterArch ish op of b
Y
p r ts er e st u o rn , a n o s t ty
would lmve sh ewn itself in o rk, from 1 Kin s, x 9
g B ecau se
. .

mi dab le sh ape, b u t for t he in terferen ce th e L ord loved Israel for ev er, t h ere
of a p at rio tic ch air master, wh o did -
fo re made he th ee king, t o do j udga
”
w hat th e L ords could n ot do, and m en t an d j u stice At h alf past th ree
b y d
.

n ieted the repugn an ts b t h e Arch b i sh op of Can t er u r pl ace

t o trust to th e p ublic gen erosit
y
y advising
y Kin E dward s cro wn u on th e Kin g s
’

by
’
.

p
h es — th e assem l cri ed ou t,

ms
1 h is t h e did, an d made large sums, God
' ‘
-

ark an d
”
u n tl receiving a gui n ea for a save t he Kin , d h
.

g t
y
a r e .T o
‘

o b
v iat e rio t, some

regimen ts of h orse paraded t he t own ,

g a
T ower g un s were fired T h e n obilit
n t e P
. y
t h en p ut on t heir coron et s an d th eir
an d as a fi n al i sion th e n eares t diff ren t classes did h omage in su cces
p r o v
e

hospitals were repared for the recep sion , be in n in h h rch b ish o

t ion of t hose w 0 migh t suf

cidents in the crowd
p fer ac by . an d the
g
b g w it t
ish ops T h e Qu een s coron a
t ion was then commen ced, and con
.
e a p ’

T he arrang
b
.

men ts ap r to h ave een al t ogetli er du cted in a similar manner Th e de .

made, wi mu ch good sen se an d h u tail closed wi th th e throwin g of gold

manit y . I f th e had een adop ted at
t he marria e oft ela t e Kin g o fFran ce,
b an d silv er m edal s amon
t ors, with in an d with ou t t h e A
g t h e s pec ta
e bb y .

the h e ca tastroph e of t hat da T h is ceremo n y occupied six h ours,

h b On the 2 2 d
y
an d it was n earl y
sev en o clock when
’

y
b d
a v e e en e sca p e .

of Septem er, at n in e, the Kin

g a nd th e procession re en tered West minster -

Queen came in their ch airs, th rou h H all All th ere was costliness an d
the park to Westmin st er H al l
'
.

b
E arl T al o t, as st eward of th e
Peers an d Peeresses had een
hour ran ged in order T he Kin g an d .
T e
b by
t h at
. stat e .

h ouseh old, rode on his charger u p the

hall, at the head of t h e servitors, with
en tered th e H al l, an d took t he fi rst course ; an d t h e dexterit o f
y
seats at eleven T h e forms o f
. h is h o rseman sh ip was for a l ong ti me
bringin forward th e Regalia t o t he t h e su bj ec t o t con versation T he Cham
y
’

hun t th e th rone follo wed an d t h e i m k d i h i

bb p o n D o e r o e u p n t e n te r
d i h v al of th e first an d secon d co urses,

y A ey was ar
b
g ra n proce ss o n t o t e
ranged, the t hirt an d ch all en ed all dis u ters o f the

b
t wo aron s of t he
-
g p
Cirque p orts earin g t he can opies over King s t itle On t h echam pion s throw
’ ’
.

their M aj esties T h e platform, on

. in g down th e gau n tlet, a white glove
which t his splendid train marched, was flun from one of t he gall eries
“

d
.
,

Wu fou r feet from t he grou nd, an d T he in ci en t was trivial , b ut it was

y ,

nearl t wo t housan d feet lon g E ver

one was s truck with aston ishm en t
y . sub se uen tl ru moured that t h e Yo ung
q y
P retender h ad een in L on don at the b
when the great en tran ce o f th e A b ey
shewed th em th e ma n ificen ce within ,
b t ime, an d even presen t at th e corona
t ion , in a fem al e dress On th e ch am
g .

a grand vis ta of ta es trie d walls an d K

’
h s ti t les were
’

,
p , p io n s r e t u rn , t e i n g
l u flhldl co vered with scarlet, an d al
g p r o cla im e d in L a t in , F re n ch , a n d
Jeri“ filled to th e roof with the first E nglish T h us closed th e ceremon
families of t he land, in th e rich dresses
of that da of sil k an d em roider b y b .

A o u t ten t heir M aj esties had reti

. th e peers, 8. c followed soon after, and
.

After t e placing of th e Peers and at midn igh t t h e doors were, b y a cu s

Peereu es, their Maj esties en tered t h e to m much more h onou red in the
Ahhey at halfpu t one, theWest min ster
choir singin g Purcell s An them fro m
'

b reach than t he ob serv an ce, th ro wn

0 en to th e m u l tit ude, who filled th e
’

Pa lm “ xii, v erse I , & c

when the said un to me, L et us go
,

I was glad .
p a ce w i t h rio t , a n d t o r e a w a y e v er y
th in g t hat came with in th eir reach .

in to the ouse I t is to be presum ed, tha t a more con

hi; é
’’
t L or ( n th
w m e Ar lil) isi 0p o g
m
,
.

C he sea siderate pla n will b e a dop ted on th e

3 m p ro n ou n c e d t he R e co g
by p r ese n t oc cas i o n an d t h a t, in st ead o f
b
turning to the assem l , su f fering th e people to rutalize t hem

m
u
: here present to you Kin g sel v es, and t rampl e on each o th er in n
1 h I h ird, the undou ted king
’
b midnigh t t umul t , the doors wil l be
.

realm wherefore, all you who closed, and th e Hall an d t he A e bb y

340 T he Corona tion .
L nus,
i
th an in aufiering the
‘

kept in t he order o f the coronat ion , licence of th e

for t he indu lgen ce o f th e pu blic curi idd an d
drun ken rabble, an d tha t ,
g y
or a mon th t o com e T h ere will t oo , at an h o ur when riot m igh t b e
os it y f
b e a more g en uine an d gen eral grati
.

th e mos t u nman ag ea le an d th e m os t b
fication in t his mode o f adm issio n , ex t en siv e .

T H E nnl rl sn GA L L E EY

L on don, J un e 12
, 182 1 .
;
‘

ift h an
ot h w
an ger
er i se , th e ar e s t ill y
M a E n rr o n , '
more en titled t o compassio n n or
I N a for mer n umb er of our M aga would th eir opinion s b e wort h n o t i
z ine, I t ook t h e op por tu n i t
y
y
of sen d cin g at al l, i f i t w er n o t for th e in
cal cul a l e misch ief th e ma b
e

y
ing you a few re marks upon th e pro
du ct ion s ofsome o fou r m odern Artist s, u pon th e risin gen eration of art is ts ,
by
y p ro d u
g ce

b
th en exh i iting at t h e ab o ve N ation al
b
at t em tin g t o remov e from t h eir

y
v iew t he ew lan d marks t h at remain , p
I n stit u t io n , which h as su sequ en t l
y
-

xc Op en ed wit h a collection ofadmira

- to gu ide th e o u th ful studen t th ro ugh
b le pain tin gs, fi om th e pen cils o f ma th e in tricate and perilou s road to ex
b
ny of th e m ost cel e rat ed of th e old cellen ce T h e ill eff cts of su ch doc
M asters, t he con sideration o f which t rines are an n uall y ecomin g m ore
.
e

b
f orm b
s t h e prin cipal su j ect of m y re
p an d m ore apparen t , in t h e nu merou s
With respect to the pe exhi ition s with which t he metropol is b
sen t let ter
by y
‘

riod ann u ally ch osen t he directors is cro wded at t his season of t he ear,
'

b b
o f th e I n stit u tion , for an exhi it io n of an d t he evil will con t in ue to in crease
feren ce in pmpo rtion as ou r risin g pain t ers
th is n ature, a cons idera le dif
o f Opin ion exis ts amo n g th e public an d depart , in raetics , from t he examples
b y
t he great od of t h e Art ; man y p er o f t he b ig es t au th orit ies in a t
t his mischiefarises from th e pern icious
All .

son s im agin in g th at it is somewh at

y b
in vidious t owards m o dern artists t o h a it, too prev al en t among th e art ists
m y
o p en a Galler , co n tain in g t h e ch oicest of th e resen t da , o f servilel

s )ecimens of an cien t art , precisel

b b y at
p y
t in g t he works of some on e o f t h eir
i it a

h
t e period wh en th e exhi it ion of th e su ccessful eon temporaries , in s tead o f
y
Ro al Academ is open t o th e u lic ; ap l in h m l y h
y d
b
p g t e v e t o t u
p
se s
y e so rces a n

wln le others, an d perh aps wit more course of stud which ena led th e ia
b elieve that t h e selectio n of dividu al o j ect of t heir admiration t o b
reason ,
t he presen t period, b y
works of t he an cien t an d m cm A r
rin b
n g t he o tain his cel eb i
'

our dist in
b T h e i ns tan ce o f
n, Mr
'

p
l s ‘e u t
lh
g r
y
il
co n a
t ists in t o immediat e compariso n , may ilkie, forir s a complet e l l liis
b
’
tratio u
have a b en eficial effect upon the latter, of th e tru th of th e a ov e observation s
b stimulatin g t h em t o make t hose H is st yle is fou n ded on a deep stu d y.

e s wh ich are t he u n iform result of of n at ure, an d som e of t h e emin en t

a com t ition with great an d acknow M asters of the D ut ch an d Flemish

l excellen ce I say ackno wled ed,
.

y
sch ool s, an d ein b
a man of first rat e
t hou gh I am perfect l aware th at i i h f
y
ere g e n u s n is
p e e n ia r w a lk o t h e p r o
are some profession al men , it is to be fession , an dofgreat in dustr , cornplete
hoped for the credit of t he art th at th e s u ccess, at an earl y period of life, n a
n u mb er is t rifling, who f ro m m otiv es t urally crowned h is effo rts T h e con
u pon wh ich it is n ot n ecessar t o dwell , y sequ en ce is t h at h e h as an h ost of in
.

y
fect to den y t he superiorit of t he difieren t imitators, wh o , with ou t po s
'

af
old M ast ers over t he mo dem s, an d sessin g eit h er his ca acit , or erseve
p p y
wh o ev en go so far as to speak of th eir ran ce, copy the peculiarities of h is
p rod u c t io n s with a
pparen t in dif
f eren ce t o u c h a n d m an n e r , in s t ea d o fa d o t
p g in
an d co ntemp t I t is in deed lam en t t heprin ciples ofhis s t udy, an d t hreat en
b yb
.

a le, th at eu in dividu als can be so t o o verwh elm u s with an in un dat ion

s tupidl lin or so maliciou sl en y
of in dif feren t pictures, in a lin e of art
vion s, as to main tain such doctrines , which deriv es its chief valu e from its
an d st ill more so , t hat t he y y
fi delit t o n at ure, an d the mech an ical
b
n um er in th eir ran ks, n o t on l
sh ould
y
men graces of its execution S o far in deed
b
of con sidera le acqu iremen ts in t he is t h is cen surabl e pract ice carrie d, t hat
Art , b u t also some of its professors at I have several times n ot iced t he
National E sta lishmen t b liar man n er of Mr Wilkie in used
o ur great .

With su ch person s it is quite useless in to su j ects requiring a totally oppo

y b
t o arg ue If the s eak t heir real sen si te t reatmen t
.
p .

timen ts, they merit pit y much more An artist desirous of obtaining in
 The B nifich Gallery . { 34 1

m aial lydn the if her de th em, of what msible det riment can
p s nt men ts
p ?
ainting, s houl j oi n to t h ey -

men t an d
p rove to t p e en courage

t h e -M y of n at ure an d the an tique, a repu ta tio n ofthe modern erf

p orman c es ,

d u p moqm int ance wit h th e works of which are said so far to surpass t hem
t h e old M asters in t h at lin e o f art in real excell en ce ? while, on the other
w h ich he finds his gen ius an d in clin a h an d, if t heir meri ts are superior to
t ion impel him t o pursue T his has the produ ctions of the presen t day,
y
. .

b een zthe uniform practice ofever art h ow can it be inj urious to the practi
.

i st who has risen to great distin ction cal skill o i our risin g, or even es ta
i n this coun t i l l f h b li h d i have earl placed y y
b
p ar t t t t t
g
c u ar y o os e s e ar s s, o
w h ose day is eed, or wh ose s u n s are efore th em such a lar e collection of
r

s et t ing am idst n o in gloriou s eam s ; b g

spec imens in art , in ever res ect so
fic ul t t o wort h y of their stu dy an d imitation
p y
an d perhaps i t would b e dif
b
roduce right er examples of t he t ru th I f l
.

b
ame at tach es at all t o the In s tit u
p
by
~

of h is ob servation , t han is af f orded b y t ion , i t proba l arises from its afford

t .

b
t wo hist orical p ic tures exhi ited t his in g art ists a too dif
by fi cul t, rather than
y ear a t S om erset H ous e,

rt ist M r North cote

th e v eter

Pain ted, as
t oo eas
by y
an access to i ts exhi it ions

n o t allo win ra tuitous ad mission

,
b
an a g g
b
.

t hey have been, at a period of life t o al l th e st uden ts an d mem ers of the

when the creeping
.

y
han d of time
b y
”
y
Ro al Academy, or at an y rate, t o
b
m anl en feebles th e od , an d oh t hose artis ts who h ave con tri u ted,
,

scam the men tal fiacul ties, t he s tan d an d are con trib u t in , t o t h e exhi bi
‘

s
t h i s ig t heE xhihit ion , and c en ge,
g
t ion s of modern art at the Galler ,
'

y
k rigour ofcon ce t ion , colou r, t ru th, man y of wh om, and particularly those
w : p
an d be duces even of exe who are merel y egin n ing their pro b
a nion , t he mos t daring ef forts of more fession al career, may b e in circ um
compet itors I t wou ld n ot s ta n ces that ren der it incon v en ien t for
b
.

d ifi cnlt t o adduce, a mong our est t hem to visit t he coll ection so fi e

by
'
.

living t tists, other ins tan ces o f t he quen tl y as would en a le th em to reap

y
advantages accruing from a s t ud of a ll th e advan tages th e migh t des ire,
b y
t he old Mast ers bu t it is pro abl from its study , were the presen t re
”
.

m
w d w ll ic tions removed h
b f
a tc e at an great
y s t r T o t ose arther .

i l on a su j ect upon wh ich I advan ced in th eir p rofession , it would

have sup ed, t ill ver recen t y p ro abl b b y
e a mat ter of com arative
l y, there could gi
ve exis ted n o di f fer i n dif
p
feren ce ; still , however, i t migh t
.

b
o

of opin ion among conscien tious appear more l i eral in th e directors,

I l l m peten t j u dges Unquestion an d mo re con sonan t with th eir decla

.

b
th ena is a vast deal of tra sh ought re d views, if th e privilege were exr
l i d in this coun tr , un der the y ten ded to th e wh ole class of artists
b
m of the old M asters, for which we have a ove men tion ed I n short, .

M r E ditor, I am confiden t that the

more th e genuine works o fth e old Mas
t ers can b e broug h t
b
in to th e no tice o f
in ters, an d t he pu lic at large, t he
t ter chan ce t here will be for the
rodu c tion o f ood ori inal ic tures in
p g g p
th is co un try an d con seq uen tly , from
th e encral improv emen t of the na
tio n t aste, t he g reater will be the
en couragemen t a f forded to the eflorts
’

of n ati ve en iu s I n sa in t h i h ow
g y g. s ,

.
ever, I would n o t b e u n ders tood as
reco mmen din the mere c o i o fth e
py n g
w orks of the d, or an y o th er Mas ters ;
y
for cop ing, in th e rig ht sense of the
word, can be of little service to any
o n e, except the studen t an xious to ao

q u ire t h e v er fi rs t ruydim en t s o f h is
art ; an d even he s hould avoid, as
mu ch as possible, choosin g an y indi
vidual mas ter for h is g uide, h owever

g re a t h is ex c ell en c e T h e p o w . er o f
copy ing a ic tu re well, is a totally dis
p
 348 m British Ga llery .
EJuné ,

from st udy ing it well hav e mact Patrons of t he

the
t in ct th in g
b b
. no e on

T he former is pro ab l y w ithin th e I n stitu t ion in ducin g th em , in dis

reach of an y on e possessed with ia st , t o Wl th old from li b b
b b u
g u p c o ser

d u s try, a correc t eye, an d an o edien t vation t h ese in valuab le remains o fde

h an d b u t to dis cover t h e su tle p arted gen i u s .

p ri n c i le s u pon wh ich fi rst rate pic ~

Wi th respect t o th e species of en )
t ures v e been formed, an d t o in co r couragemen t hith erto afforded t o mo
rate th em w ith th e resu l t o fou r o wn dern art b y th e G overn ors of th e Bri
p e
o bserv ation s an d reflectio n s, is a talen t t ish I n stit u tion , it certainl y up are

o f an in fin i tel y high er and m o re u se in con sist en t wit h th eir own red

fu l clas s , an d is co mmon l at ten dan t y b

views on it s fi rst esta lis h men t, an d

is b y n o mean s calculated t o produ ce

u pon firs t rate gen iu s al on e On e of
b
-
.

t h e great est prerogat iv es of man , an d t h ose en efi cial ef fects u pon t h e mo

b
wh ich dis tin gui sh es h im a o ve t h e res t dern sch ool, wh ich were so an xiousl y
o f t h e creat io n , is th e power th at h as an ticipa ted Bu t h avin g dwel t u pon
.

b een bes to wed upon h im, of making th is t opic in a former l etter, I sh ou ld

u se, in all hum an p u rsuit s, of t h e la n ot again have allu ded to it , if I h ad
b
ou rs an d disco veri es o fprec edin g ge
y
I t is chiefl to t his qu alit y
n o t latel
y vi e w e d t h e
n emenou in art, n o w exh i it in g in
s in g ul
b
ar ph e

n erat ion s
y
.

t h at man is in deb ted for h is su periorit t h is met ropoli s, from t he pen cil o f M r
o v er t he res t of t h e an imal creat io n James Ward, rep resen ting an al o ri

an d let n ot th e you n g pain t er su ppose, cal commem orat ion of th e t rium p s of

t hat his art forms an ex cep tion t o thi s t h e D uke of Wellin gton at Wat erlom
h m h i I n t o t he merits ofth e pict u re, i t is n ot
b
g r a n d g e n e ra l ru le
. T e ore e s
a b le, if th e exp ressio n b e allowa le, t o my purpose to en ter, n o t onl from the
y
look ou t ofhimself, th e greater will b e regret I feel, in common wi th ot h ers,

his progress ; an d, h owev er paradoxi at seein g an artis t so u n fortu n at el

'

y
c al it may at fi rst sigh t ap pear, th e miscalculat e h is powers, b u t al so from
.

more origin al will hi s produ ction s b e t h e sin cere respect wh ich i t is impos
come . I t is t o t his mode of con sider si ble n ot to en tertain for th e great an d

in g t he great m on umen t s of art , th at v aried tal en t wh ich Mr Ward h as so

b
hav e een ach iev ed by y precedin g mas y
frequen t l displayed in som e ran ches
b b
t ers, t hat I woul d an xiousl direct t h e of t he i h
b y
p ro f es s on .T e a o v e ic tu r e
at ten tion o f ou r risin g artists . L et was espo ke, it is un derst ood, the
th em n o t b e afraid of fet terin g th eir D irectors of th e I n stit u tion , at the
n at t en tion t o th e rul es d
b
g en i u s b y a p ri ce o f a t h o u san g u i n eas , i n co n se
drawn from th e h igh est au th orities in h h
by y y
q u e n ce o f a sk e t c o f t e s u j ec t e x
Ru les , as Sir Josh ua h ibit ed M r Ward at the Galler
t h eir art for
b
Reyn olds w ell o serv es, an d he was t wo or t hree ears ago ; eing selec ted b
b
'

h im self a good in st an ce of th e t ru th of from a n u m ers o f others , pain ted b y

h is own position , are f et ters to m en differen t artis ts, wh o were an xious to
on l y o f n o g en iu s ; as t hat armou r,

w hich upon t h e st ron g is an orn amen t

ob tain th e commission that had
m l i
b een

b
p r o ise d f o r a ar e
g p c t u r e , to a n y
an d a def en ce, u pon the weak an d o n e wh o coul d roduce t h e es t desi n
b
m is sh apen ecomes a load, an d crip
b
p
in commemoration of the victor of y g

b
-

p le s t h e o d y w h i ch it w a s m a d e t o Waterloo That su ch a su j ec t sh ould

.

p r o t e c t . If s u c h w er e t h e op i n ions h ave been proposed by t he govern ors,

o f th is emin en t man , an d th e

opin ion s w h ich h e has u n iform

forced throu gh ou t the whole of h is

y
are
in
con sidering th e general feelin gs of en
t husiasm ex ci ted
is n ot surprising
by
that great ev en t ,
though , st rictly
in valuab le L ect u res, it woul d appear speaking , it ossesses n o reat er claims
th ere can b e n o great degree of dan
p
b
t o an historical su j ect , t h an a n ews
g

g e r l ik el y to a ris e t o th e p
ration of artis ts, from a j u di ciou s st udy
r ese n t g e n e p pa e r to a h is t o r
does appear unaccoun ta le, t hat, out
y b
b u t i t ce r ta i n yl

of th e works of t h e great mast ers,

which are annuall y so l iberall len t t o y of man y o ther sket ches of merit , the
el ection sh oul d have f all en o n one,
t he pu lic b byy th e direc tors o f t h e y
which eviden tl shewed its au t hor s
’

Bri tish Galler

y
an d i t is , t h erefore,

fo n dl to be h oped that th e sen seless

in capacit
b y to conceive or execu te a
su j ect of t his nature, ev en thou h he

clam our, raised by a f ew in t eres ted had confined himselfto matters of fact,
i n st ead of en tering, as h e has done
g

in dividuals, wh o appear to th in k th ere .

can be n o gain t hat does not con du ce in t o the wide and un in telligible field
to th eir o wn immediat e profi t , will . o f alle orical fict ion and abl uul it
g y .

14
m aj The B rit ish Gallery
y
.

m Dolce, fro m the collec tion of his

'

result has turned ou t exactl

y b as C
y y
.

th e gm t b od of artists, I eli ev e, an M a est , is a ver fine specimen of th e

t icipated, when the firs t h eard of th e st y e of t h is master T h e figure, ia
b
.

iq judicion s ch oice t t had een made ;
a n d w h ic h . it is sin cerel t o b e hoped,
w il l render t he directors more cautious,
on any fut ure occasion , in t h e m
deed, has more of the Sain t C ecilia in
y it th an t he ch aracter it was in tended
t o represen t , b u t th e delicacy o f th e
errpres sion , t h e
b b of t h e colour

5?
ects eau

M fer, an d in th e select ion

b wh om th ey are t o be ex ecu
r Ward is a first rate pain ter
t he in g, an d t he land an sweet effec t of
th e whole, perh aps, more t h an com
i ch a su bj ec t , an d
t ed t
y fi
.
-

p e n sa e, n s u y e

d M d h i l
l d en e in th e st ren gth an d prop et y
.

, a n as oc ca s o n a y p r o

(l aced some in gen iou s l an dscap es, aft er of th e con cept ion I n th e lower and
b by y
.

t h e man n er of Ru en s b ut e ond amu sin g st le of art, th ere are several

y by
this, it is p ret t ev iden t, fro m th e spe ex cell en t
p ic t ures J by
an S t een and

cimen af forded his sketch , as well T eniers, particu lar] T he effects of

as b t he picture n ow exh ib i t in g, n ei
”
I n temperance, b y t e former, elong b
ther p o w ers, nor t he limited n atu re in g to t he D uke of Welli ngton , an d
”
ofhis pro fession al education , will all ow T he I n terior, wi th figu res at cards,
him to proceed . b y the latter art ist, from th e co llec tion
With respect to the collection ofpic of W Wells , E sq t h e last of which is
b b
. .

ture! at presen t exh i it in g at th e Gal one of t he est produ ct io n s of th is

lery, it is scarcel y possi le to speak in b emin en t pain t er, an d a p erfect mo d el

adequate t erms ofadmiration , wh eth er in this line of art , for expression , cha
we con sider th ex cellen ceofin di vidual reeter, and feli cit ou s execu tion Be
fi
.

m sides t he foregoing, man y m ore in

l
y
i
y
p eu ra , o r t e v ario us sp e c en s it
M in almost ever departmen t of stan ces migh t be selected well wort h

th e art ; in deed th ere is scarcel an in

b y o f th e att en tion of u t era an d con
'

dfi erent o r dou tful pain tin g in the n oisseurs b ut th e s tail would be as

en dless , as it wou ld prov e u n in t erest
hi hest st les of art, h owy y
i n g to th e gen eralit of y our readers, a
g
ever, the co lect ion is cert ain l more y large report ion of wh om will pro
b by
“ tive than sev eral oth ers t hat h ave a l ave n o opport un it y of seeing
d d s th e few h ist orical , or t h e collection N or sho uld I h ave par
F u n e i t a
b
.
,

ot at es it af f tieul arized ev en t h e a ove, if I had n ot

'

p oe t
min us
i ca l ords, are b y n o
t h e first descrip tion a de y
felt it n ecessar t o n ot ice some few of
fid eney, n everth eless, th at is some t h e pictures, in j t stificat ion of t he
I h t w mpen sated b y th e admira le b warm eulogiu m I ll ‘ ve deemed it com
mon j ust ice onl y t o pass on an exh i
i
h url-rapes and sea pieces of Clau de,
y
-

G Pun -tin , Ru sdael, Both, Van de b ition which appears t o en title i ts

.

velds, Backnyst om, an d Van derh ei

‘

b by
con tri u t ors to t he
g rat eful

h . T he most remarka le amon g of ever real admirer of the

t h a n, are th e stor of N arcis su s, y art by .

M e, in th e ss ion ofSir George If, Mr E di tor, in t he foregoin g

“ m ont , an the lan dsca G p g
a e s, Ib h av e . e n de a v oured t o
po in t
y
M
my d g
, in t h e coll ec ti on 0 h is a o u t , so m ew h a t s tron gl , t h e e rr ors o f
j y b h h i h m m l i n dividu als, for wh ose ro f
5 b
u t ot 0 w c a i ab e p e ssion al t a

d i mples, an partie“ t l e l tt er, len ts I feel co n sidera le respec t, orhav e

b by
d t he possi ili t of un itin g th e uali v en t ured t o cen sure t h at wh ich a
p
t k s of wlour, readth , effect, an even peared to me inj udiciou s in t he pro
ceedin gs of th e di st in guish ed directors
o f th e I n st it ution , I trus t t h at their
can dour wi ll acquit me o f set t ing
'

do wn aught in malice an d th at t h e
will at tri u te m y remarks to th e real
mo tives which call ed th em forth — a
b y

sin cere l ove for the art , an d a desire

by
m l fi ne portrai t
fi
ville, which rival s th e
Guido, of th e t o remove every impedimen t that may
b b
din o, elon gin g to D r So
est works
arrest it s
p
in my n ati ve an d
ess t owards perfection
"
in t h-
e G a l le y
r , in t h is depart men t o f I am , s i r, ou rs , & c y
.

the art T he H erodias s D augh ter,

’
A C o n s o rs u ua
.

by
.

t ill ha d of John the Bapt ist,

 ss]. Gallery
The Bra .
(H
ans,

T l l B G L OV E .

rm
’

Freely imitatedfro m the Germa n grea/ " .

B ais d on a th ro n e, in feudal s ta te,

’

O erlooking h is menagerie,
’

Kin g Fran cis sat e ;

H is valian t peers, a sp ace elow, b
M in gled with dames of high degree,
P ran k d o u t in all t heir ravery
’
b
I n soo th , a gal lan t sh o w,
Whilst on t h e foss s ou ter wal l ’

St ood man y a squire an d yeo man tal l .

Kin g Fran cis waves his silver wand

An d s traigh t,
T he Beast Ward s ready hand
'

Ub
-

n ars th e grat e
y
.

Full leisurel , from ou t h is cell ,

'

S talks fo rth a lion fell !

Th e mo n ster views, with sullen glare,
T h e gazin g crowd, an d, yawn ing wide, 1 b are
H is mu rdero us fi mgs, (which , mids t t heir frig t ,
y y
T h e ladies en v , th e re so wh it , )
’
e

Once more h e glares aroun d,

Y awn s aga in,
b
Stretc h es his lim s, an d shakes h is mum ,
y
Then slowl spreads his t awn len gt h u pon t he grou n d ! y
Kin g Fran cis waves his wand an ew
I n to t he rin g,
With sudden sprin g,
y
A grisl t yger b urs ts u pon t he view
y
His shagg rival when the b ru te eheld, b
Righ t fearfull he yell d
’

y
His h uge ro un d eyes , h ke meteors, glan cing
Th en , warily advan cin g ,
He drops his tail, an d, like a sco u t,
Pac es th e lion ro un d ab ou t
(W ho, all t he w h ile, w it h st ern corn posure e
y d h im,
’

N ever st irring )
y
.

At length , he stops, an d, hoarsel purring,

b
-

Crouches es ide h im .

King Fran cis wav es his wand agam

’

And lo, a leopard an d an oun ce,

'

Screamin g amain ,
At on ce u on
p the t i er ou n ce !
g b
Scornn th eir Join t at t ack,
r g
Th e t
W
r, l'ml r
?l, g iv es eacll a
his broad paw, (j us rs
Would do a rat ,
t
g
y
And la s h im sprawli n on s b ack
'

n an em ] aroun d e lion th ro ws,

And t he four lie still in grim repose !

Now, from a
b
A milk whit e h an d, elo ngi n g to as white an arm,
-
b o ve,

M eaning n o harm,
All heedlessl I do an ass ,
(F h m i
by
or n ev er s a v ers e 0 ne
D are hi n t it could b e design, )
L et fall a love,
Which, flu ttering, sett ed on t he lion s nose
’

An d her faithful kn igh t, Cunigun da addrest ,

Sir Knigh t, I would fain t our vows to the test ;
'

If ev er you valued fair la y s ove,

’

Sir Knight, you would hasten to rescue my glove !

 No t
word Sir Gawain replies,
a
Bu t do wn to the scarp he flies,
And en tering t h e foss, b y a desperate leap;
H e a proaches th e lion with fearless step ;
p
W o, as t he glove he pran dl seizes,
L ifts his enormous h ead, an sneezes !
I n du mb amaz emen t (well the migh t ! )
b
T he n o les shu dder at the sigh t
y
,

An d yet, I ween ,
m y b
Full an a osom with j eal ousy uru d, b ’

b
As, earin g his tro ph , Sir Gawai n return d,y ’

Slo w, an d with t ran qu il mien

An d n ow h e gai ns th e ditch s mou n d ;
’

An d, from th e glit terin g t hron g aroun d,

L oud peals of wild applause resoun d
T h e L ady Cun igund, th e wh ile,
Radian t with vain deligh t,
T o receive h er kn igh t,
Gets ready h er soft est, sweetest smile
’
Bu t no t t o him tis sweet
So,
Bo win g l ow,
H e lays th e glove at her feet,
T hen , owing lo wer, b
T urns on h is h eel, an d n ever looks upon her more !

T H E L E G OF M U T T O N S C H O O L OF P OE T R Y .

A s oon art icle is

like a b owl of Glas we can , rs a recipe from which an amu
g ow p un ch — s h a rp, sweet , an d s irit
p sin g art icle was n ever con coct ed, an d
from wh ich on e n ever will be con coct
ed . But tial as we con fess our
sel ves to t is deligh tful b ed to t h e en d o f t ime
b I t is erfec t
ev erage, n o .

man , we thin k, un fu rn ish ed with th e alm t o our soul s , t h erefore, w en , in

b owel s ofa Glasgo w magis trate, would y
t h e ordinar disc h arge of our du ties ,
sti ck et ern ally t o th e same liqu or For . we chan ce t o meet with a work so eu
our own p art, we co vet variet y in our rlativel w rt hl ess an d ab surd, as to
p e y o
tippling—a li t tle preli mina ry Sau tern e, en ab le u s to set all dis crimin ation at
a reason a le su f b fu sion o f Black strap , -
defi an ce, an d con scien tiously t o infl ict
b by
and a c0pious su pplem en t of Claret , th e severest pun ish men t admis si le
before we ven t ure, with out compass t h e laws of our profession Su ch a
b
.

uadran t, on th e magn u m mare work we h ave fort unat ely n o w efore

or
of e p unch owl -
b
At su ch times
.

y u s, in th e sh ape of a goodl qu art o, y

we derive con siderab le enj o men t from an d u n der t h e title of Fleu rs, a
”
apeppered spatch cock, or a devil d b is Poem in Fou r Books T he v ol ume
b
’
- .

cuit, which n o on e et ter t han our o wn r ort s, b y th e t itl e age, to b e rin t

p pu p
by p
-

cook kn ows h o w t o prep are? In perfect ed at N ewcastle, E dward Walker,

unison with our o wn ph sical tast e is y b r the au thor ; an d t o b e sold b W
the literary tas te of t h e pu lic No b .
f
liam Blackwood, E din u rgh , an t Bald b il

thing deligh ts ou r good n atured read win an d Co L on don W e b eg here, i n

y
-
. .

ers so much as a dev il d poet , or a t h e v er t hresh old of ou r ob servat ion s,

y
’

d li m t o correct an importan t in accurac

y
i l d
i
y by b I t is
p pp
e ere po t ca (econo s t an v e .

ril , we are t oo skilful res ta u rat eurs in deed ver prob a l t ru e th at t he work
not to u n derstan d h ow t o ca ter to th eir in qu estion was prin ted as a o v e stated,
taste T he tru th is, t h at cri ticism,
. at N ewcas tle, by b
E dward Walker, for
scion les anc iens reg les, is n eith er a th e au th or b u t we eliev e it t o b e
assin g prof
g
ession nor a t hrivin g on e con tradi cto r t o the fact , an d kn o w it
.
y
0 separate t he f aul ts an d merit s of a t o it most h bellou s t o th e good sen se
hook, an d administer to each a well of t he u b li c, to assume t h at even one
rtioned dose of raise and cen Fleurs has een sold b eith er by
p p
b bb
ro o p cop
s ur , is ofall tasks the moat dull
e
“
To . y
of t ,e respecta le i liopoles specified

p rai se w h r we may, be candid where in the title page I t i u npleasan t to

;
e e - .

VOL I X . . 2 t
356 L eg q ui ton School f
c P o try
e .
-
No I . .
[Jun g
b e c om lled to commence our stric th e con clusion of th is article, to make
y
tu res t us earl ; b u t we could no t y
th em p ret ty clearl un derstan d what
y
b rin g ourselv es to pass over so erro he is Widel difilerin g, as b e cert ain
.

n eou s a s tat emen t , withou t af fixin g to ly does , fro all th e p oets to wh om we

m
i t the stron ges t ex pression of our de h av e alluded, it must n ot b e su pposed
cided an d well fou n ded in cred uli
-

z
. t hat th e auth or of Fleu rs is a ard, b
We now go on to the preface in w ich , s ui
ge n eris, or a ra ra a v is o f some un

t h e au t h or v ery can didly in forms u s, kno wn species, deligh t in g th e w orld

t hat as t h e s ty le a n d p la n
”
of his ib r th e fi rst t im e w ith th e rilli anc
y b
m m con sidered so mewh at of his plum an d th e m usic ot hi s
p oe a
y b e
u n usua l, h e h as adopted t h em oth b song . H e is t on e of a v er n ume y
from th at j ustly celeb rated oem, rou s an d well fledged class of aut h ors,
p
-

L ewesdon H ill, b y M r C rowe Of wh ose works bu t seldom issu e from

’

M r Cro we or his works we profess to

.

the press, an d wh ose am ition is in

b b
kn ow n ot h in g ; but this we do know, al am ly gratified h i
by
g en er t e p ra s e
t hat if t h e sty le a n d
p lan of L ew es an d th e pu din g con ferr a m ore
don H ill are at all sim ilar to th e pre limit ed circulation T he chief con
.

sen t vo lu me, th e application to its me st ellations in thi s poet ical firmamen t,

“
rits of th e t erm
"
us tl celebrated, con sist o f l ed cap tains an d clerical
y J y
is exceedin gl grat mt ous H owever,we . han ers on , whose leasure an d wh ose
g
-

t hin k it would have required b ut a b us mess it is to ce ehrets in t u n eful

small ort ion of pen et ration in th e verse t he virt u es of so me an gelic
h ard 0 Fleu rs, t o p erceive, t hat if h is
”
are bad, th e woul d y tro n , who keeps a good ta le, an d as
in terest wit h th e arch ish op, or t h e b b
s t l e an d plan
y
n o t be on e whi t b
et ter, if, instead In dia H ouse Veril the h ave th eir
. y y
o f M r Cro we, h e h ad adop ted th em T h e an tici ted livin g falls
'
reward .

from Crown onh oton th ologos h imself; vacan t in due time,

by mu ch t h e greater man of th e t wo,
y
e son gets a pair

of colours , or is sen t ou t as a cadet , or

and mo re wort h of su ch an imita tor
We tru st this article will
. y
th e h app au th or succeeds in din ing
fiv e tim es a week on h ock an d veni
in g to him in future, not to Crow t il l son , at t he small of actin g a
h e is ou t of t h e wood . toad eater to t he w ole famil , from
-

b y
I t is th e fas hion of the presen t day my lord to the utler in clusiv e I t is
y— y
.

t o arrang e poets in to schools ; an d w e o wing to t he modest cert ai n l

y
n ot
h ave th e L ake School, the Cockn e to t he n umerical defi cien cy o ft hi s clan
Sch ool, the Sch ool of P0 th e Ballad y
o f writers, that th e hav e h ith erto oh
S ch ool, an d a dozen ot ers, well te t ain ed n o specifi c distin ction among
n an t ed wit h u pils With eith er of t he au th ors of t h e presen t day We
b y
. .

th ese, we thin our au thor has b u t thin k it in cum en t on us to remed

few claims to con san guin it We can this defect , an d, in the be tim e! font
n o t class h im w ith t he L a rs, for he of this our M agazin e, we och re, th at
b
wan ts th at n o le simplicit o f imagi in the po eti cal nomen clature, t h shall
n ation , th at familiar gran eur of con
cept ion , in which we are t emp t ed
in fu ture be kn own h the st y e and y
r ro x S c n o o m
b b tit le ofT H E L E G c e
b y
' '
.

somet imes to overlook th e su l im e, Al though this meritorious od h ave

our s tron g p erce tion of t h e n a b een less distin uished b y talen t, than
Th e Cockn evs wil have n oth ing to sa migh t reasons gy
have een ex pect ed b
t o h im, in thefi rst p lace, Because his
work con t ains n o thing in praise of in
y
b
from th eir n um ers, th e are n ot wit h
e L akers ma
o ut t h eir adv an t ages .
y
ces t ; an d seco ndl , Because h e is too
y sink amid t heir h o nou rs, an d h ave n o
s tu pid a man for their ur ose He is to t heir fame The t iny
p p
y b .
.

l ess ph ilosoph ical t han Wordswort h, star of the Cockn e s, o serv ed by the
l ess imagin ative th an Coleridge,less true cloud of in fi m , must set in t h e
y
an d n atut l han Cra be,—he wan ts the o men of con tain p t The sch ool of
y ;gdii b
a
'

energ 0f 1 n , t l e c m an d m Pope may dwindl e on without even a

n ifi cence of h t he
g
t e b au tifi i l
li cacy of Wil son , e tas te an d ten der
‘
de y
H a ley to support it Tb e pub lic t ast e.

b
must change, as the p u lic t as te has
y
n ess of L lo d T his, it is t rue, is b u t changed ; an d t h e Moore of this
b
.

a negative defi n itio n o f the

p oe tica l can at est be but t he Waller of
charac ter of t he Bard of Fleurs b ut if n ext E ven the Bard ofF leurs, scouted
y
our readers alread understan d what he
is not, we think we shall be able, before
.
I ‘l l -J t h an , a Poem . 341

u l ati on . But come what may, the never roaned under th eir present ia
b
-

f so o r M ur r o w S c n o o r will e ater t olerab

. gl e oad ; th en had the
of our aut hor nev er suf
fered his
y
had we een an d then b
y
poetr ;
th e cruel n ecessit of lamen tin hi
g s
impruden ce ! I n our exten ded com
merce with th e ven ders of literature,
we have often remarked with won der,
th e extraordin ary powers of adhesion
wh ich some works manifest t o the
ooksellers b
sh el ves
some t housan ds of ver t olera le ser
We have seen’
.

y b
mon s so tenacious of th eir pod tion,
as t o b afl e ever endeavou r to remove
th em, and wh ic still remain in th eir
original situation , t o t h e reat discom
g
fi xre 0th of t he au thor an d th e bi
o 1 bfi 2'

T e Bard of Fleurs is one of th on

l ouages an d nob lemen s at tic stories,
’

b y
in order that, eing dul magnified in o liging persons wh ose pen is at th e ser b
thei r lin eamen ts may vice of an y man i n h is n eigh ourh ood b
o u r t elesco
become visi le for th e first time to th e wit h a pipe in his cell ar, and a j oin t at

w e at large To be received as th e
.

of th is distin guish ed od , we
his fire ; an d h e makes it his pecul iar
b y
care, t h at tho se wh o possess ever o th er

flunk the claims of th e Bard of Fleurs luxur oflife shall n ot wan t for poetr y y y
t h ud pre emin en tl y high H e is mark
-
. T here is a deligh tful singul arit a ou t yb .

g d b a more t han usual p ortion ofth e him In his imagin ation, nature os
y p
b b
.

ties characteris tic o f t he L E G o r sesses nothing of su lime or eau ti ful,

e r ro rs S c n o o n ;
i by
m
by al l t h eir v ul
re th an all th eir
equ al t o a well decorat ed s it
od of his in s iration b an
p T h e .

y G d
g ar gn or a n ce o p u
, s s p en
d u ne servilit , th eir fawn in g adula ed from a h ook in th e er ; and
i
tion o wealth an d title, th eir han ker were h e to in voke a muse, he would
ing aft er th e flesh po ts, and all the by
in evita l hitch in something abou t a by
m
-

m
um s of an u t ter in capacity to h in d quarter, or a lo ng cork T o do .

s trai h t in t he presen ce of a h im j ustice, v r, he is not un

m
g W’
h ll h i h f l A g
b
g l u t an i t a t s too e te u in n er p ars t o
ih
.
, , . a e
a b ol ess an d an ambition al m
d
i i a en efi t which he can t ver suf
p u sse
tg ether un n own among l is sect fi cien tl y repa an d his ima ination y
y g
y
.

.N ,
st c on ten ted, like t h em to fin d his ab solut el gloats over the memor of
n l id reward in th e gratit ude of h is th e su m t uou s repasts of which he
m and the admiration o
”
a f ew h as art s an at Fleu rs Castle, with so
fi iends, he h as pu t forth his m uc sat isfac tion t o himself, an d de
b b b
'

on t h e waters, t o o th ligh t t o h is hospita le en tertainers

b rave
t he battle and th e reeze on a wider As h e writes, th e hosts of digested
g
b y
.

I nd more tempestuous ocean We fear h au n ch es, in all th eir pristine o esit ,

.

lfi courage can onl y b e prai sed at the arise in his prolific fan c ; bum s y
expen ce of his j udgmen t, an d lament n ow n o more, come f orth at his b id
b
i n t h e m ust n ow be in de ted to ex din g, from th eir u n consecrated graves,
b
m mcefor a con viction of the prover an d smoke again upon t he oard H e
’

truth of the maxim, that “

th e is haun ted spectres of murdered by .

m t of valour is discretion t urtles , an d apparition s of ph easants,

oh b
.

t th e Bard ofFleurs had een Joh n D or s, an d ducks, and green y

p ou s - ed of our kn owl ed e of th ose
g
mat ters ; that h e had consulted us b e
H i s o w el s t
is gas tric j uice is in a state of thr
b
rem le as he writes
; b
fore he ven tured on t he rash act o f men ta tion ; his liver ceases to b e tor
p id ; h i s p a l atal la n d s re
secretio ns ; an d t e ima in at ion of th e
do u l e th e i r b
y
m
g
a nd his t p es had reverted t o i i m h h h l
b b
p o e t s tr u
p a n t ov er t e w o e
more h um le and profita le em man
y
M wn t ofprin tin g lo t ter pufis, and We think we have now said quite
'

r Elk for the recove of stra enou h of the author to excite some
g
“ nu s -ad stolen goods Then ad in terest in his works ; and we shall
W y b
.

m of Blackwood and Baldwin accordingl proceed to lay efore our

350 pg e
qfM utton S chool .
E ne,
Ju

H ad he b u t fiourlsh d in remot er times,

f
P artly indeed extraneous ; q fi-ifit “ .

When Rome s dread P ontifi gave alike the tram d

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law Around the spacious walls, their cl ust ers

To art and science, as to rul es offaith,
A fat e like Galileo s had b een his
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By Buchan well preserved whi le near is —
view d
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Colossal Wall ace, on his airy h eight,

L ike residi n o er th e varied scen e
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p g .

Now, midst the walls wh ere H al ib urtons

”
He d emulate his
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arch
p oised high in air . rest
T heir weary limbs, is view d with mourn
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The fo wing hals tee to Lord Na

an d General Assem l but by ful awe
The future t omb of their descen dant
?
if
.

th e individual may b e wh o is dis Scott

t inguish e d b y the vague appella
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Whi e Buchan s b ust —and Buchan s sel f
lis
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Eastern An erson , we con

tion of
b y
fess our in a ilit t o discover Some .
An d B uch an ’
s tomb —with g ol den legen d
of our readers may perhaps b e more
An d may b e long survive, with patient zeal
I ts hi h mysterious import to expou n d
Midst “ ilton ’
wooded banks , and ver
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s
May c survive,— his heroes to record,
dan t Or literary, o r political,
With tasteful
-

art comb ined ; Napier s ’

te
Or paui otic, o r in scien ce skill d !
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“a t, H omer ; an d Washington ; T h omson

From r presen ting E ngland s ab sen t King
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an d Wat t ;
h
What mefl n sage assembled Council .

(Of spru ce Soho, in ru ral vicin age

rang ed’
O f Bi rmingham s aspirin g smoky cl ouds
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The P resbym of S cotia s Sister Realm

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Sidney ; an d Shakespeare ; Rumford

D eb ated high ofD iscipliner —an d Faith, B aillie ; Fox ;
Th e Nation s pie and moral s pure
’

d Socrates ; C icero ; an d Provost Creech ,

.

Now_ E astern A n erson there lives retired Of b ibliopolist fame —the E ttrick S wain ;
”
From sicklier Climes
.

.
Caesar ; Mozart ; with Frankl in ; N elson ;
Knox

samples enough of th e stufi of T he motley band t hu s aptl y grou d,

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q ui t e p -

which Fleurs is cow weed, an d t hat it I ween,

is n ow fnll time t o draw o ur article to T o show what various ware this world is
a con clu sion .Bu t we must reall giv e
—
y made of
An d m rk that B uchan has a heart, and
a
on e more extract ifwe wan ted an ex
cuse, we would fi n d on e in the su j ect
—
b mmd :
I ts worthi es to emb race of every class
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it relates to L ord Buchan Who

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o f it
b We hav e n ow don e in good earnest
.

is there that has visited th e eautiful

b y
A b e of D ryb urgh, bu t, like our eu
so riet
Fleu rs
it s au thor ; fbr there
with
is too much
in his madn ess
an d
b
th or, has dwel t with admiration on y
t o be longer en t ert ai n in g I t is possi
th e fin e taste of its
b possessor ! his
y b
.

tom an d its inscripti ons, h is b usts b le, merel possi le, we thin k, that
h e may h av e th e m “ ’
and his red Colossus of the woods ! g u t io n t o de
B ut it b elongs to a kindred spirit to rive some advan tage from th e resen t
p
sound h is melodious raise H h article ; an d we h o e th at t he d
p ear t e .
p g o o
Bard of Fleurs natu red ridicule Wi th which h e h as
.

—Now,—keeping T weda s course, ’ een a ssa il e d, m ay t e a chb h im th e

p ru
y
W p d f j i h h i li
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e as s Makerston , Littledean s lone en ce o e n

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o n g t e os p t a ty o f
t ower, Fleurs Cas tle in and q uiet
And Mertoun s amphith eatre of woodland n ess, an d leavi n g t e v irt ues o f the
b
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D uke an d D uch ess of Rox u rghe to

Soon
fax?z y b urg h rears h er lo vel y ra in d receive th eir es t reward in th e love
an d d h
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i f i d
b d
g r a t t u e o t e r ep e n en ts
E mbower d in woody —where B uchan A ove all we t rust it ma t each him
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hangs his path

, y
t o furn ish n o further occupat ion for
Aloft in air, to t emp t the willing feet
the t pes of William W al ker, N ew y
O fmodern P ilgrims to the erst h oll ow d
shrine
castle, an d t o keep his poetr , for t he y
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L ovely indeed the tranquil ruin shews, fi xtu re, in its proper place e sh a ll .

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S ag an — Notwithstan din g that th ere is b u t very few n ew sugars to sh ew, the market
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g g e n era e c on o p r .
,

t ho u gh p urch ases h ave b een made a shade l ower Brazil sugars con tin u e to b e offered .

o n ver l o w t erm s, which , h owever, does n ot facilitat e sales

y F r o m t hi s ti m e f o rw ar d , .

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C ot ton —O win g t o t h e un favourab le accoun ts from L i an d Man chest er, the

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manufac tu rers every wh ere are, we b elieve, in full activity .

C of fi — T he market for coffee h as o f lat e b een v ery mu ch depressed

n Prices have .

lat el y declin ed con siderab ly Th e market con tin ues v ery h eavy ; but no farther redue
.

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is sold at Mile 6d , an d even at 1 158 for . .

qu a li t y . .

C on — T he weather for som e time past as b een un usuall y backward, an d severe all
n

o v er th e kin dom
g y et , n ot wit hs ta n di n
g, t h e cr o ps i n g en er a l lo o k w e ll, a n d th e m a r
ket for grain may in gen eral b e stated to b e on th e decline Wh eat is ab u n dant, and .

sale dull O ats are heav

.
y at m a rk et ; b u t n o r ed u ct io n in p r ice B e a n s a n d pe a s w it h .

ou t an
y m at erial al t er t i on N o tw i th s ta n di n th e d e c lin e in r ice in t h e L on do n m ar
a g .
p
ket , considerab le quan tities remain undispo sed of I n ino the market con tin u es .

steady ; an d an im ro vem en t is ex ected n ot with stan din th e l te ar r iv a l s T h e r e ar e

p p , g a .

few pu rchases of tob acco ; for some time past , what has b een sold is chiefly for home
cons um ion m S pices remain with ou t alteration in price, and few art h-ses making
E
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T he tallo w market is in a depressed stat e, and purch ases made at wer rat es T he .

p rices of t ea remain at our quot ation s Fruit con tinues in a v limited demand
. .

G eneva remains with ou t alteration Rum is un commonl y . an d may b e

urchased 1d lower A t the p resen t prices, the plant er had b etter throw his molasw
p . .

mto the sea Bran dy is rath er looking up

. Th e accoun ts from Fran ce . resen t th e
l at e severe frosts to have don e grea t damage t o the vines T he fall in cattl e oflat e .

b een very considerable in every part of the country

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W a s Com
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m Report . 367
Tb m ub eturers an d lab ourers, however, are all in full employment, and, con si .

w On th e oth er han d, th e fall of L ima, con fiden tly anticipated, may give a
ex t en t .
i p i ng t o trade for th e momen t , as far as conn ect ed with th at qu arter o f the world An .

“ m i n of trade within the limits of th e E ast I ndia Compan y s C harter is t o take

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Th e silk trade of this coun try con tin ues to in crease greatl y ; an d, accordi ng to
r
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Marquis of L ansdown e s statemen t in the H ou se of L ords th e oth er day , exceeds

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fi rs t of F rance Th e latt er con sumes o nl y t wo million s an d h alf on l

.
y of t h e raw ma
Great Britain consum es an nuall y t wo million s and an h alf, which, when manu
red, is n i ed t o a valu e equal to t en milli on s .

E D I NB U RG H . —1 UNE 6 .

Wheat . B arley . Oats . P eace Beans .

0d
l st ,
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H A D D I NG T O N . J UNE 8
Oats .

l uv -“ 3 2 s 6d. . 6d .

6d . 0d .

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3
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A verag e P ric e: o j C om i n E ng lan d an d Wa les from the Retm a s received in

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Beer or Big, Os. 0d .

—O at meal, 1 83 5d . .

L ondon, C orn E xcha ng e, J W e 4 L i v erp ool, J u ne 5 .

t. d . s. d s. d
. s. d .

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D o in b o nd 2 1 O to 2 2
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7 7 S o ur do 8 0 0 t o 32
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E n gli sh 0
D ub O to 7 S co tch 90 0 t o 2 5 0
S co tch . 7 9 to 8 I rish 1 9 0 to 2 ! o
l n sh Old 7 2 to 7 Bran , p 2 4 lb . 1 0 to l
.
1
4 O to 5
60 1bs .
B u tter , B eef, Q
3 8 to 3 1 Bu t tcr,p cwt s . . .

5 Q to 3 Belfast , n ew 92 0
2 m m 3 N ewry 90 0
0
fi ns 0
0
7 to 2
0
per b rl . 65 0
Cs P o rk , p b rl . .

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Brown , 7 to l z 0 t 0 34 M033 58 0
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- 0 0 0 5 ” 8 Middl . 54 0
36 t o 42 Bacon . p. cwt .

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2 0 t0 2 4 S ho rt nu de. 4 3

to 0
to 7 2 0
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P RI CE S C U RRE NT J une 9
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Peteu h ug h , Clean.
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AL P H AB E T I C AL L rs r o f E s c n rsn a x n o p r c rn s, an nou n ced b etween th e 2 oth

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of A pril and th e 2 oth of May , 182 1, extracted f rom t he L ondon Gazette .

Adams J Stalnfo rd corn mercln nt

, . . Bl uns um W B S tamford grou t .

arsm E nd , na r wu u r
. . .
,
Bosher, ou ,
in timb er .
n
Brut on , G N Devi ses, ccaeh maker
. . .

But tery , S West Stock wit h , Notfl ngh mslfire.

.

maltster .

k er. C o n ey . T Scul t ho
. Norfol k, miller .

Blakey , J R. Liverpool . vh egar maker and mer o ’tand , S j unior, lsckh eath , vic tual ler
i
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chant. C o ri, N. Go lden-square, dealer in music, t o.

300 M ora —C MM O ! Report .
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Weekly P rice of S tocks, from 2 d to 2 3d M ay , 182 1 .

Bank ..k 2 2 3;
3 p er cent reduce m .
m m 72 ; Q 7 3} 2 2 g 7 4; 33
3 per cen t 00 t . 72 ; g 74 a; 4 75 4;
as per cent consols, . 81 ; 82 §
4 p er cent . 89 § 91;
5 p er cent n avy an n. . 108
I mp erial 3 p er cen t arm . .
70
I ndia stock, 2 30

E xch equ er b ill s,

Con sols for acc .

Amer 3 per cen t

.

French 5 p er cents .

Co urse of E x chan g e, J une 8 Amsterdam , 12 —

1 6 C F D itto at sigh t, 12 13 . . . .

Rott erdam , 12 17 An t werp, 12 l l H amb urgh , 38 : 9 Alt on a, 38 : 10 P aris, 3

. . . .

C adi z , 35 2
.

P et ersb u rgh , 9 : 3 U V ien n a, 10 2 1 Efl l fl o T riest e, 10 : 2 1

B ilb oa, 35 5 B arcelon a, 35
.
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.

y Mz
d sigh t , 2 5 : 80 D itt o 2 6 15 B ourdeaux, 2 6 : 15 Frankfort on the M ain e, 1 5 9
.

ad rid,

S evill e, 35 5 Gib raltar, 305 L egh orn

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36
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47 . G en oa, 4 4 Venice, 2 7
. 60 Mal ta , 4 5 Napl es, 40 P alermo, 1 1 6
. L is . . .

b on , 4 9g Oporto , 4 95
. Ri o Jan eiro , 49 B ahia, 59
. D ublin , 9 per cen t . . .

C ork , 81 p er cen t .

P ri ces of G old a n d S ilver, p er ce —Foreign gol d, in b ars, £ 3 17 3 i ds N ew m .

D ollars, Os 0d Sil ver in bars, stan d 4 8 10d

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ME T E OR OL OG I C A L T AB L E , ex t racted f ro m the Reg ister kep t at E dinburg h, in the

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Observ atory , ( a ltar - h il l.

ND —Th e Observations are made twice ev ery day , at nin e o clock , forencon, an d fo ur o d ock , alt er ’ ’

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um T he secon d O bsm ation in the afternooa t h e first col nmn , is taksn b y the Reg ister

Average of Rain , inch es.

 Amoiatm ts and P romotions, dye .
D ;
une

C apt Ryud, lat e I av anda, Breckn ock ,

. Cap t H ill , h p Y ork Fun
. . . .

31st Mar . 1 82 1 . Vogelly , h p H ompesch s Ri f

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R h am , h p Meu ro n s R egt 8th do. C o rnet C la to n , h p Q ueen s Amer Ra

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L ieu t D e L E tan g , 1 7 D r P oo rb under, on his

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. . Brunswi 1 st D ec. 1 819 .

way to Bo m b a 6th O c t 182 0 . . E nsign No rco tt , 89 F Xy ster, Mad ras . .

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30 F S ecun derab ad , Mad ras, . 1 5th Oct 1 82 0 . .

2 6th Aug 4 82 0. . GOTdOI l , h p m P oth “ 182 1

e a . 0 0

l eth Ap r 1 82 1
ss i 183} sm
a
Buck eri de, R E ng .
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D aniel Green , te In valids P o rts mo uth , o e . ’ near

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57 th Feb 1 82 1 . . elesfl eld, Apr 1 82 1 . .

Bo wsar, of late 1 2 V Bn 1sth do . . .

Qt Mast Kemp, 36 F t
. . e, 2 d Jan 182 1 . . .

Farr, h p 2 8 F 5 th D ec 1 82 0
. . . . . Harper, 49 F Ballin asloe, 711! May , .

Lo h 58 F 1 1th Oct 1 82 0 Murray , h p Manx F 1. 2 3d July , 1 82 0.

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Va y k e, p . Wagg o n T ra in , Fran ce .

1 7 th Mar 182 1. .

BI RT H S, M ARRIAGE S, AN D DE ATH S .

BI RT H S .

Dec 1 6, 1 82 0 At C al cutta, at th e h ouse of the

. .

R ev Mr T ho mson, th e lad y of A F Ramsay,

. . .

E u su rgeon in th e H ono urabl e Company s ser At Charlo tt e uare, the lad ot Major Ge
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Vi‘ Of a l m neral Balfo u r of Bal ot a su .

f ffar e rs i t Kingston Jamaica. th e ledy
e i o 2 5 At C harloae Sqm e, Mrs Alen nder Wood ,
.

o f th e H on William S h an d, o f a so n
. . “ a son .

2 5 At Mad eira, th e lady of R ob ert Wallas ,

.

2 7 At Young S treet , Ch aris a Square, m Mrs

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E o i a so n . .

1 On b oard th e L ord H ung erford , at sea, Joh n

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. , ot a son .

th e y o f C oll i n C amp bell E sq s urgeon of th e . Mrs ats o u, Melville Btred , of a son

h o rse b rigade on th e Bengal establish men t, of a
.

da h ter J ame l
mrth s
. .

At lkirk, th e lady of Capt ain Fulton , R 3 As Sea ‘

I n ven t -
house, th e H o n
m
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Mmkenfi e of sm
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N of a so n . Mrs S tew of a son .

2 1 At P etersburgh , S ult ana Kattegh erry of a

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daug h ter

m
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At Rom e, n ear Ayr, th e lady of Alexander

W H amilto n , E sq o f a da h ter
m
. . . adell.
2 3 At Aix , th e lady of ames Sk en e, E sq of i 2 th nati v e in fan M’
gsW
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R ubiesiaw, of a daugh ter . M0Bes

2 5 At Kilrav ock C astl e, th e lady of H ugh En Mains W
S
g,
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R ose, o f Kilrav ock , o f a da ter . arch 17 , 1 82 1 At S t Vin sent s, L iet s

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y of Jame t dra o m to

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t i en agh , I reland , th e (1 th e 2 2 d secon d
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D em ter, E sq M D of a daugh ter . . . . da h t er o f a utherlan d Mon trose .

2 8 At Gartin ore h ouse, Mrs C un ningham Gra 1 6 At “ James c m M D

m S a ]:
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m ogi da to et , sea md daug h ew

ab i h e n. w Brandling E sq or L0w fi T od, a s on s t;
m
y .
Gosfb rth , of a so n . 2 3 At Kan e,
. Mr James Girdwo od, sur
At Edin b urgh , th e lady of Lieutenan t Colo -
Mr
n el Wy lly , fusiliers, o f a son . Bo rt h m ck .

May 2 At S p ringfi el d, th e lady ofJames Inv er “

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. h er
arity , E sq o f a so n . . Ch elten h am , mE h , ds ugh h r oft he

3 At L och naw C astle, th e lady of Sir Andrew William Forb es of ’

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. ev ar.
Ag n ew, Bart of a so n . . At S t George s ureh, Hano ver S quare,
4 At S tirling, Mrs Ro b ert Balfo ur, R N of a L ondo n , th e E arl of A m
g v fi
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S o hia s Grev ill e, sister o ti ie E arl o

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p
son.
5 At th e Gro v e, Mrs Bo nar, of a daugh ter a At S t P s, Co v ent Gardm L on don , Sir
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William D ick , Bart to Carollne. relid of Lie'ute

.

7 At L eith , Mrs D r Macaulay , of a son

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At Kirk may h o use, th e lady of Rob ert In -

nan t C o lon el Alu s n der F
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rasc , h te of the l sth
g lis, E sq o f Ki rk may , o f a son
. . re of foot .

At H edge Gro v e, n ear Keswi ck , Cumb er At O ld Ab erdean , Arthnr Nich olson , E sq

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lan d, M rs Fo rb es of C ullo den , of a sun

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ot L och en d, to E lisa Jane, eldest d t er ot th e

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d
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8 At Melrose, Mrs D av id S pen ce, of a daug h R ev D Jack Prinelpd d th e ‘ U v u l it y and

z
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m
t er . s allege .

At Friern Ha tc h , Middl esex, th e lady of 2 A t th e Man se of M ‘

H en ry S t Geo r e T uck er, E sq o f a da h ter

g . . D o nal d, to Margaret Cra
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daugh r es fi
12 A t R uchi ll , th e lady of D un can ampb ell,
. t h e R ev Rob ert Smi th , minister of fl D gospel ,
.

m
E sq o f Barral di n e, of a daug h ter
. .

13 At G reat Kin g S treet, Mrs Craig, of a son

. . 30 At G lenom usto n , James Marjori
. j sq

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At D ubli n , th e lady of L i eu tenan tp C o lonel C romh all, Berwickshire, to ter of
L in dsay , C B co mman ding th e 7 8t h H ighlanders, t h e lat William H unt er . (1 01 M
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Ki lmam ock j l mel nals

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o f a dau gh ter “
T owerhill. to Miss L ilias si nidi ornuninm s
.

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M rs D o w, D uk e S treet , of a so n
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1 5 T h e lady o f Alexan der Fraser, E sq
n ti d
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T h av ies I nn , o f a so n th e p mm d
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1 6 At C raig leith ho use, Mrs William Fleming,

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of a daug h ter
m
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. At Bar al
g y, th e lad y of Joh n Mackie, E sq . S carb orough , Gibson , l i q.
cf a so n . merchan t i n E dinburgh , tn Mn M e, wido w
At h er fath er s (Gen eral Sir H ew D alrym of th e deceased T h omas Matg hie uf P lace,
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le) h o u se, in H ertfo rdshire, the lad y of C ap tain in t h e of Ken t, E sq .

R N of a daug h ter . . . James rien o n . surgeon , in th e service .

At h , Ireland, Mrs W C Clarke, of a of t h e H o no urab le E ast iia Com M .

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still bo rn chi l
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tero ‘‘ Ch a d ’

2 1 At No. 8, Union Street. Mrs P eter Scott, of

. son ,

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a son. At H awth o mbs nk , the Rev eren d James
2 2 At Williamficld, n ear S tirli n g, Mrs C ap
e
st e
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tain Forrester of C raigann et , o fa so n .

Mrs B enn y , Castle Street, of a daugh ter . Esq . o f Hawt h ornbank.

 BL A C KWOO D S
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E D I N B URG H MAGAZ I NE .

No L I I
. . J U L Y , 1 82 1 . Von I X
. .

N AP OL I O N .

T m : mi t y sun had j ust gon e down

b
e cham ers of th e deep
I n to
b
T he ocean irds had 11 ward flo wn ,
E ach in his cave to ep.

An d ml en t was the island shore,

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b
An d reathless all the road red
b b sea,
And motion less eside th e door
Our soli tar tree y .

y
Our onl tree, our ancien t palm,
Wh ose shadow sleeps our door beside,
Partook the un iversal calm,
When Buonaparte died .

An an cien t man,
b a statel yh m an ,
Came fort h en eath t e spreading tree,
H is silen t t hough ts I coul d n ot scan,
His tears I needs must see .

trembling hand h ad partl

Th e old man s wee ing coun tenan ce,
’
y cover d
’

p
Yet someth in g o er hi s sorrow h over d
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That spake of War and France ;

Something that spake of other da s,

When t rumpets pierced th e kindl ing air,
y
An d th e keen eye could firml gaze
b
T hrough at tle s crimson
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Said I , Perch an ce this faded h an d,

b
When L ife eat high, an d H ope
By L odi s wav e— on S ria s san d
’
y ’

b
T h e olt ofdeath hath flung .

Y Bu ona
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at tle t b
fi ii
oun
g
s
Per han ce h kmdled t l i old cheek ;
’

I t is n o sh ame t hat h e sh oul d sigh ,

V on IX
. .
H is heart is like to reak b .
 N apoleon .
E y
Jul :

b
He hath een with him, oung and old ;
H e climb d wi th him e Alpin e Sn ow ;
’

H e h eard th e cannon when the roll d y ’

Al on g the silver Po .

H is soul was as a sword, t o leap

fi t his accustom d leader s word ;
’ '

I love t o see th e old man weep,

H e kn ew n o oth er l ord .

As if it were bu t esternight , yb y
Th is man remem ers dark E lau ,
H is dreams are of th e E agle s fligh t,
’

Victorious lon g ago .

Th e memories ot wmser t ime

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Are all as shadows un to him ;

Fresh stan ds th e picture of his prime,
T he later t race is dim .

d, an d I saw h im lie
’
I en ter
b
Within th e ch am er, all alone,
y y
I drew n ear ver solemnl
T o dead N apoleon .

H e was n ot shrouded in a shroud,

H e lay n ot li ke th e vulgar dead,
Y et all of h a hty, stem , an d proud
b
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From his p row w as fled .

H e h ad pu t h arn ess on t o die,

Th e eagle s tar sh on e on his reas t,
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b . b
H is sword lay are h is ill ow n igh
Th e sword he liked t e est b .

Bu t cal m—most cahn was all h is face,

A solemn smil e was on his lip s,
y
H is e es were closed in en sive grace
p
A m ost serene eclipse

Ye would h ave said me sainted sprite

H ad left its passionl ess a ode,
so
b
Some man , wh ose pra er at mom
y y and night
H ad dul risen to God .

Wh at th ough ts h ad cal m d
his d in g breast
’

(F or calm h e died can n ot b e

) no wn ;
N or woul d I woun d a warrior s rest
’

Farewell, Napoleon !

No scul ptured
p il e our h ands sh all rear ;
T h y simple sod th e stream sh all
Th e native H oll s leaf severe y
Shall grace an d guard th y grave
’

Th e E agle sto oping from the sky

Sh all fold his win g an d rest h im
An d su nwards gaze with glowing eye
From Buon apart e s Bier
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S uggested by the u g h! ofsome late Autumn Flo wer:

T n o s s few pale au tumn flowers, L ast h ours with parting dear
b
H ow eau t iful th e are !
Th an all that wen t efore,
yb (T hat time th e fast est spen ds )
L ast t ears in sil ence sh ed,
Th an all the su mmer store, L as t words h al f u t tered,
H ow lovelier far ! L as t looks of d i ng fli en ds y .

And wh y —T hey are th e last ! Who b u t woul d fain compress

Th e las t ! t he las t ! th e last
by y
A life in to a day,
Oh that li t tle word, T h e last da spen t wi th on e
H ow man th ough ts are stirr d ;
’
Who, c er t e morrow s su n,
’ ’ ’

T hat sist er of the past M ust leave u s, an d for aye

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P ale fl owers ! pale perishin flowers ! Oh , recious, precious moments !

Y ’
e re t
of
s of recious t in s
p
ose itter momen ts, bg p
P a e flo wers ! e re t
T h e saddest ! sweet est
y
of th ose
5
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t flit like life s enj o m en ts,

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On rapid, rapid win gs

y carest !
Because, li ke those, th e n earest
. T o an etern al close .

Pale flowers ! pale perishin g flowers !

y
I woo ou r gen tle reat h b
I leave th e su mmer rose
y
For oun er, lith er ro ws ; b b
Te me of ch ange an d death .

C .

0 T O A D YI N G I N FA N T .

Su n , little a ! sleep ! b by Th y li ttl e mou th h alf open

No t in th y cradle b ed, T h e soft lip quiverin g,
t h mo th er s reast
’
b As if (hke su mmer air
Ru fi in g th e rose lea ves ) there
Hencefort sh all b e th y rest,
Bu t with the quiet dead . T h y soul were flutterin g .

—
Yes with the quiet dead, Moun t immortal essen ce !
by y Y
up,
Ba , th y rest shall be ou n s irit ! haste, de art
p p
An d is t is death —D read
.

Oh ! man a weary Wigh t,

y
Wear of life a nd light, If such t h y v isi ting,
Wo uld fain lie down b
H ow eautiful thou art !
Flee lit tle ten der n ursling ! Oh ! I coul d for ever
U gaze
Flee
to t h y grass y n est h f
b p o n t a t waxen a ce :
There the firs t flo wers sh all low, So passion less ! so pure !
The first p ure flake of sn ow T h e li t tle shrin e was sure
Shall fall u pon thyb reast . An Angel s dwelling place
’
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Peace peace ! th e li ttle oso

b .
b bm Th ou weep est, childl ess M oth er !
Aye, weep — t will ease th in e h eart
L a ours with sh ort n in reath
’ ’

P eace ! ace ! th at trem ou s si h

g H e was th y first b om Son, -

Speaks s depart ure n ig Th y first, thin e on l y on e,

’

Those are th e damp s of dea th Tis hard from him to part !

’

b
.

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Tis h ard to lay th y darlin g
’
I ve seen thee in th y eau t
A thin g all heal th an d g ee ; D eep in t he dam p cold earth
But nev er th en wert t h ou H is emp t cri t o see, y b
b
80 eaut iful, as n ow, H is silen t n urser , y
by
Ba ! thou seem st to me
’
On ce gladsome wi th

y by
.

Thine u t uru d e es glaz ed over, T o meet again in slum er

b
’

H is small mon th s ros k

’
L ike ells wet with dew ;
Al ready veil d an d hid T h en , waken d wi th a start
’ ’

By the convulsed lid, By thin e own th ro ing heart, bb m

Their pupils darkl lue yb . H is twinin g ar s to miss !
300 a l y ing I nfant E y,
Jul
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Th ou lt say My first born lessing

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T o feel
fi
why )
half con scious
A du l heart sin king weight, - I t almost roke my h eart b
T ill mem ry on th s oul
’
Wh en thou wert forced to go,
u whole,
Flash es the pain f l And yet , for th ee, I kn ow,
T was bet ter t o depart
’

That t hou art desolat e ! .

An d th t o lie and weep,

en Go d took thee in h is mercy,
A lamb , un task d, un t ried
’

An d think the l ive lon g ni gh t -

H e fough t th e figh t for th ee,

Feeding th in e o wn distress
ith accu rat e greedin ess) H e won th e vi ctor , y
Ofe va y past deligh t Ami tho u art n ncfifled !
'

Of all his win ning wa s,

y y I l ook aroun d, an d see
T he ev il ways of men ;
H is prett , pl ayful smiles,
H is J at si ht of th ee, An d, oh ! b eloved child !
t g
iih
H is t ks , h rs mimickry, I m more than recon ciled
’

And all h is litt le wiles ! Te th y dq artu e thdn .

T he li ttle arms that clasped

m
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Oh ! th ese are recollections

Rou nd moth ers heart s that cling T h e in nocen t [ that prest,
’

T hat m ingle with the t ears

y
Would th e have en as pure
T ill n ow, as wh en ofyore,
y
An d smiles of after ears,
With oft awakening . I l ufl d t hee on my reast
’
b
Bu t th ou wil t th en , fon d M oth er ! N ow (like a dew drop shrin ed
y b
-

Within a crystal stone)

b
I n after ears, look ack,
ime rin gs such won drous easing) Th ou rt safe in h eaven , m y dove !
’

g Safe with th e Source of L ove,

ith sadn ess n ot
E en on this gloom track
’
y . The E verlast ing One .

An d when the h our arrives

From fl esh t hat sets me free,

w a rs! wh o) ! -
n o c ro a S I L KY,
'

W hereas , l st J ay .
— My old fli end Mr O Fogarty h as directed me t o forward you th e in
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Sra
y
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closed j ou rn al, which h e has b een prepari n g for our Mngs n ne, toget her with
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t h e 5 th can to o f wh at h e calls h is bm li m —Sublime p m ” I t was

y
su e p oe .

h is in ten tion, h e hav e con tinu ed th e j ourn al during h is s tay in th is

to
b
sa s,

t f th t ry ; bu t, sir, ins tead of ein n ew en a ed in scramblin e

b
p a r o e c o u n g g g g o v r

m oun tain s, or trudg ing through ogs, amusemen ts my poor frien d is mu ch at

tached t o, he un fort unat el y lies on th e flat o f his ack at the mansion of a h os b
b
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it h le gen tl eman in th is n eigh ourh ood In deed, h e is a most unlu ck man ;

p y
b
s .

i t is no t lon g since he had a couple of fi n gers lown off at a shoot ing mat ch
y
an d h e i s o nl j ust n ow recoverin g from th e efl eets of a duck ing t hat h e go t in
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g o in g ou t p o llo oki ng with so m e o f th e wild oun gst ers of the w est Po or fell o w , y .

h e was t brown out o fh is line wit h all th e gl ee imaginable, when a yo ung gen
y
t leman , wh ose name I purposel con ceal, watchi n g h is o pportuni t , t umus d y
b
hon est Fogarty ov er oard H e sunk an d rose sev eral t imes, an d was ul t imate
by
.

ly saved t h e exert ion s of a fav ou rit e wat er span iel, wh o haul ed hi m to lan d
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by the ear, h is wig h av in g thilen of f at th e first immersion A fever was the

y
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consequen ce, an d h e is on l n ow, as I hav e already remarked, j ust recoverhi

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g .

I l e desired me to s ay, t ha t you sh aal d h av e had t he l ast can to of his poem b e

b
fore th is time, had it not een for t he misfort une thus stated, b nt t bat mo
1 m L etterfrom D octor S iam .
an
mont hs is ahle to put pen t o paper, it shall be concluded Between ourselves.
b
.

M r Nertb , you n oed n ot be very anxious a out that part of the business, for
sh ould Fogl rt y evm kick th e ucket , it is m determim ti on to finish the om
y p b
fil yon myself
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I do not see much to be praised, to the t ru th , in fil e
y y y b
. say

p oets y
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of it ; an d as t o t h e stor , th ere is scarcel on e s lla le of it t old cor.

ids-s o f his o wn in troduced 1 have h eard the st or fi ve h un dred timesfrom

. y
Parker Roch e, ( j
a o vial fell w wh t ll i t well, ) and t he devil a word at s fl
b
o , o e s

abou tmiles in a ch eese in it, or of there eing su ch good fbr noth ing fell ows
b y
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as L am ton , or Creev , or Bogh ouse in th e moon ; th is is all fiction of his

own, an d spoils the etory, throwing an air of doub t o ver the real truth . Very
M m fld indn ce me t o reco mpose fl ne whole poem, an d put it in so mehsml

fi eman, t old me was imported from Fran ce or Spai n, or some oth er foreign
gen

parts I would writ e it t o th e tun e of Black e ed Susan, or Cease rude y

y b y
. -

Boreas, t wo songs I am ver fond of, eing alwa s, t hough a do ct or, b red to
the ses ; and hsving served for a long time on oard t h e Beresford I will b .

tell you h ereafi er, if we c on ti nue good fri ends, someth ing that o ccmmd o neo '

b etween t he Beresford an d t he Wasp .

Take care, and do not let O Fogart y kn ow that I said an y th ing disrespect
’

fld of his p oem, as he is always boastin g of h is s tufl, and ho w i t travels all o ver

'

fi e world i n B lackwood s M agazine Burn the let ter for fear of accident s
’
.

and in tbrm mc, by a ret urn of post, what y ou think of my idea o f giving you

St a, with great respect ,

WIL L . S un , M . D.

m
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are o r o s s a r r s ro o uL
n.

Jane —
sm L eft Co k
a
"
r on is al ways ready for t he fi end, or the
mail to stran ger .

spend a few days wi th some of my s e Thursday , June 7 th R ose with the -

tan ces in th e west — M om in g lark, as fresh as a cucumb er Set an

. .

k an pin ch g
d i — Raised a sh oe h an ds to work t o ready for a fi sh
b
n
ml! h i m il h — More in g excursion e h ad assem led t o
t t
b
a e n n e e -
o u se .

—
W omb leM erit Breakfast at Ban t he num er of seven wh en I came
don, laid in three four cups of down stairs, wh ich , h th e time b reak
t ea, an d a t rifle ofcol
—
eef at Falvey s b y
fast was read , h ad i n creased t o nine
’
. y .

I ntended to look after t h e im rov e L on g dispu te whi ch lake t o steer

y
-

m e n ts at B an don , p a rti cu lar t h e t o ward s — K il kern d et ermin ed on . .

D uke of D evon sh ire s n ew h ot el and D emolish ed a few rolls and an idea of

’

t em , b u t staid t oo l on g at Falvey s, cold meat Set c d in prime order an d

’ ’

y b
-
.

” h to th e waiter s dela in oilin g a full pufl Memoran dum Hid a can

’
— ’

i k t tl
.

b
.

water for breakfas t

e of t een of pot h een in t h e o ttom of t he
secon e
y b
.

Dash ed on l
to C o n kil t — Stop ped to fi shin g asket — Bad s rt — Thi rteen
Q
a . .

visit hal f a dozen of t h e H un erfords wh appers mas sacred

by
etween us
y
'
g
- - .

my relat ion s th e m oth er s Si de, t ook Sh on e conspicu ou s] m s elf H ow do

’

la
.

’
a t rifling sn ack, an d pu sh ed on t o ligh tful to see t he ds, when h ook d,
S osscar An ived in t ime t o din t hrow up their speckled odies in the b
b
'
-

ner at my en d D ick s—damn d hun air, t hen dart t o th e o ttom of t h e wa

'
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— tasted some lam , an d tried a b y

t er —Killed on e fell ow 1 3; in ch es
long —L o ts of fun
.

er or t wo, and stowed awa a few Din ed at Mick

b b
-
.

t um lers (I forget th e n um er pre G al wa 8, wh o n ever sees a fish erman

i
c sel y) f h eal po h — at the but fieels un eas u n til he y
Pop
b
o t e r t een .

or was rath er carried, to ed at tw v e, th e sportsman legs snug un der

’

y
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ets s
I nd i spt soundl on th e pillow. that g s mahogany, and plant s him down
 M r O Fogurty s J ournal’ ’
37 2 .

to a cold coll ation, or

fell ow, a Bellow after
m
a smokin g h ot tl e of
mu ch giv en to slaugh ter I mean the
y
Ballin ascarth , my min d is n ot
din n er A pri e

y y
-
. .

m y own h eart what a pit h e does n ot slaugh t er of men , for I flat ter m sel f
live in B a e l rn — y
Sh ot a few rabb its in
. t here are n ot man men in t h e co un ty ,

y
ab le t o t u mb le a cock or a sni
’
L ord C arbery s warren in our way in b et
t er st yl e I n deed, I am call e
back
y u n iv er
. .

G ot Boxian a, 3d vol from Cork sally, in Blarn e , t h e kn owin sh o t ,

y g
. .

S ee mu ch in it relativ e to th e ever t o an app ellat ion en tirel owin g to m

y
-

b e lamen ted Sir D aniel D on n elly, co s in t h e fi eld

by
-
p ro w es B u .t t o r et u rn to

m k d — W s h t h ere th e b at tle T h e riv al warriors met

i ed f l
b
p
”
ro B ac w oo i . .

was some way of in formin g t h e pu lic ap o in t men t at a li t tle l ake in th e

p
h ow much Pierce E an , an d th e pub n ei gh b ou rh ood ofCon n au gh , as famous
'

l ic in gen eral , are in eb t ed t o D owden , as Fath er P o wer for t h e cu re of all di s

J en n in gs, H olt , an d Co in t hat t ri b

t em pers, from arren n ess t o t h e fallin g
b y b
-
.

u t e to his m emor ; for wh o c ould sickn ess All t h e n eigh ourin g h am

b
.

ha v e supp osed t hat E gan woul d h av e lets, villa es, an d ca in s poured forth
b eh aved so un ceremon iou sl , so u n y g
th eir mo t ey groups to wit n ess th e san
b
h an dsomel y, t o th e au th ors, as to h av e uin ary com at Old m en , an d tooth
b g y
.

p o st ed t h e ir produ ction s in his oo k,

ess wom en maids, oun g an d an ti
w ith ou t t he least ackn owledgmen t, at ed h h alt , an d t h e m aimed,

y q u t e
kno win g them t o be lads of th e fan c . an d t h e crooked, all lin ed th e n eigh
—Feel a great in clination t o write to b ou rin g di t ch es, an d h u ng on t h e fi el d
Pi erce on t h e su bj ect —D owden is so b
o f com at, li ke so man y y
y
scare crows, -

v exed at h is un gen tl eman l con duct wat chi ng t h e even t of t h e fra T he

b y
. .

Fr iday , 8th Wen t poll ockin g, got . D on ovan s advan ced riskl an d in
damn d s ick, came h ome, an d wen t t o m h h f
’
d d
y
g oo o r e r, a rc i n g t o t e t un e o
bed — Read t h e fourth can t o of m y P addy Care , which a stou t , t wo han d
o wn in imita le poem b D iscovered, for . ed dair y b oy whistled in proper time:
th e firs t t ime, a m ost egregious b lu n an d wi th du e discretion A sh o t was
.

d er — T h eprin term akes me sa D aniel fired in th e fi eld wh ere t h e lake was, as

y
.

”
ears ago in t e moon a s ign al of readiness an d a ch all en e t o
y
saw three
what I tol d m y readers alread occu rred t h e D onov ans, and D own wit h t em,
”
fi ft y ears ago Sh ockin g carelessn ess . do wn with t h em, was t h e u niversal
”
of e E ditor ! saw T h e Scarthas were n ot idl e H a
there y ears ago,
b y
cry . .

I wro te as plain as a pike staff, and vin g stat ion ed th e main od If t h eir
y b
-

st u ff i h i h arm y eh in d a risin g grou n d, th ey

I
p ret t t i s n o w : t s is t e w ay
a man s fame is fet tered
’
th ou gh t I sen t forward an advan ced guard to
said en ou gh on this su
I
I wish coul d correct t e p ress my
eet efore b b °

. y
meet t he en em , wh o rush ed with all
th e vigour of th eir an cien t si res i n
self: w hat will posterit say three or y th eir arms, t o overwh elm an d sla

b y
four h u ndred ears h en ce, wh en t h e y Bu t, alas ! th e fate of war T he l .

read t his lun der , it is n ot the prin er of th e Callaghan s fell at t h e first

b
-

t er will b e lamed — M ust write to on set ; an d t he t y, u n worth of th e

e ditio n
y
E b on to take care of it in his secon d n am e of C al lag an , tu rn ed th ei r b acks
up on th e en em , an d fled y
y
Th e od . b y
S aturday , 9 th —A glorious kick up
.

h h di h w h
b d b i d
b t i
y
p o s t e e n t e c , no r u s n g
t o day et ween t h e Scarth as an d th e from th eir am uscade u pon th e fl in g,
y b
-

Callag h an s Wh at are our Boxian a, th e slaugh ter ecame gen eral

y
. I can .

f eat s of u ilism , t o b e com ared n ot ex actl say h ow man y perish ed at

y bb b
y ou r
p g p
t o on e of our cou n t r turn u ps M ilk -
. o th sides, th e dis at ch es n ot
p avin
an d water figh t s; n o t deserv in h een yet completed, b u t it is su ppo
n ame of at t les
t he Callaghan s h ave
bT he Scarth as an d
.
g t e

b y
th e massacre was immense Th e dair . y
een stud in g b oy, wh o was taken prison er, reports to
t hese da s o n th e est meth od of get
y
t ing t h ei r h eads roke ; b u t I m ust
bb h av in g seen , on e old woman, a fiddler,
on e m an , an d t wo tailors, dead on th e
o wn , t h at al th ough my famil rede y Th e stan dard of vic
p
y b
scen e o f action .

cassora were all figh tin g m en , from m tor , a roo m stu ck up in the field, was
g re a t g r an df
-
a t h er ,

t h e ren own ed M arl oroug , t o my

w h o f o u h t u n
b
der
y

h
th en hom e of? in triu mph the con by
h d m lb l
b b
q u er o rs , w o sa t o w n to a co r ta e
el dest roth er, who was an E n si n in repast of t t s an d sour milk, an d
g p o a oe
t he militia, and was killed at the bat spen t the remainder of the evening eu
 m] Mr O Fogurty
’ ’

i . : J ournal .
37 3
c rificing to Bacch us the j oll God It y . D ined at home
- —Got to
was al together rather an amusing af t o be u
p
$ 115 match m the bay .

S un day , l oth —Wen t

to the Cath e t a

draL — Cam e home and read Grier s

’
0

b
new ook for th e remain der of th e day .

b
Su ch was th e a rupt termin ation to my friend s j ournal
’
I have continued
my
.

it self, an d will tran smit i t in due course .

W . S, . M . D .

’
D A N I E L o n oun x s

An E pic P oem, in S ix Cantos .

’
o r B L A RNE Y.
'
B r r oa a a r r o r o a a a rv ,
’
C A NT O V .

T H E G E E SE .

Who first found out the M an i the Moon, ’

That to th e ancien ts was un kn own

l C C C Q

Or does th e Man i th M oon l ook b ig,

’ ’

An d wear a h uger periwig Bur m a .

— p 3m m m
'
o n
' ‘

vaiv i3ms m m
Kari m
s ai 31 94 woeEw a n dy ah ni-
mm m t gdy tw m
B
.

T he Man of the Moon for ever !

T he Man of the Moon for ever !
We ll drink to him still
’

I n a merry cup of al e,
H ere s th e M an of t h e M oon for ever !
’

a o a o c

T h ere s Orion with his gol den belt,

’

A nd Mars, th at b urn in g mover ;

B u t of all th e lig hts
T hat rul e th e n igh ts,
The Man of th e Moon for ever !
Ja c o n rr n Ra m o s, collected by the Shep herd
f th barbarous surname
q e .

y
1 .

T H AT there are man wond rous things, I hold

’

b
From o servation of t his earthl roun d y
’
Tis won d rou s on a cra t ree t o ehold
’

b b - b b
Ch erries an d pl um s, in clu sters rich a o un d ;
’
Tis won d rous t o h ear sn uff oxes of gold
’
-
b
D iscourse sweet musi c, with melodious soun d
Tis wond rou s to see M un den s rich gri mace,
’ ’ ’

Math ews A t H o m e,
”
— or L iston s greas face
’
y .

2 .

Tis won d rous to perceiv e a silen t woman,

’ ’

Or in a h edge att om ey h on est -

y
To fin d a han gman that is n ot in human ;
Or a ph sician sn eezing at a fee
’ y
Tis wond rous to peruse a Sco tch review man,
b y
-

Wh en he a uses Wordsworth s poet r ’

y
.

Wond rous are th ese, as well as man more ;

’

But n on e so strange, as when , from out the door,

I n my friend s original l et ter to y ou , h e, b y mis take, said, there was to be only

’

five cant on. There are actually six Th e n ext is the pail ofwater
. .
3 4 M aw a III y,
- h l
a
I p l e t i ht the ct u o l m t e ll sg
’

i
An ug ’ pale-h ood bmwny uare b mlt flgnre
d
Cloth ed i a fashion that long has pastfi
D iminutive in size, (perh s not bigger
T ommy Moo ? rush a
pt
m
Th hrious as a bla
’
st,
fi d grumbhng g
hh a, wounded E or
mon th spread
'

T h e wind at E quin ox,

Gazed for a momen t at our frien d astride
. .

A sn ug warm coat, f le v elveteen ;

b
o
l eath er reech es, with soles quite flat,

0.
Good morrow, Dan ! what fort un e brough
T o ay a visit to rn realms to nigh t ?
’
p
I m l (1 to see yog i g
th ; bnt , much I fear,
ere s someth in
’
in ou t leoh that in M t
g
{
N ow that I look again, see quite clear,
(H ere D an was ah ua t dro
pp in g of with fi ght »)
That you w been lookin g at a merzy cup
’
.

”
But h ow the devil did you travel up i

B utl er ms b een sware mt he exist en ce and true appearance of th e Man

havo ’ ‘
see to
in th e Moon , when ’ in rifl cullng Sl dro hel s uackery and pretended kn owledge o f
'
’
p
astrology, h e makes him ossess an in strumen t
p at th

I t is ref
u shh g t o think that BMlG
, who aln fl w fq himself did not all o w
m
,

is gen ius to b e cramped and hie eye-sighl fi l kfl ld by the star- gu st s of th e

gy
’

n .

1
“ Ministers m l ik
not t a look on
e cro co d ilu v id l t heh h nn ds in th e ir b reech es
-

—
,
”
po cket s , d oin n othin
g Sp ee
.ch of m y L o r d C a st ler ea g h
I I t w o ul b e a pleasant qu esti on i n h
p y s ics , t o ca lc u lu s 0 8 p recis e d en sity o f th is

air, which was sn fliciant to su

pp o rt t h e m an in th e m o o n T he. P rofessor wo ul d, I
am sure, b e lad to obl i e one of E bon s cont ribut ors b
g g y
’
, y doin g it fo r m e w h en ever h e
has leisure .
 Dans : O N
'
ke
.

both got drunk,

’
don t kn ow ,

and so,

home .

9a
Well m
sir, d — h m f l I
I
b
, o un te u p t e ore o o
An d of? she flew, as nim le ” the wind,
’
An d n ev er stopp d till & r up in the sk ,
y
Upon this t sh e left me here behmd .

What sha ll l o ? Dan here began to cry,

For th ough ts of were flashing cross hs
'

y
I d gladl give a
’
t and half-a crown ,
”
-

To an y on e who help me to get downf

’
.

10
I often, quoth t he lunar lord supreme,
H av e watch d you, D an , when staggering home to
’

An d th ough I always feel a high esteem

For thoso who t end tl eir mass ; yet, I am led
To t ell you candidl , I cannot deem y
b y
A eas tl dmnkard, who has hither fled
From lower earth, c
80, D an dismount, m
n fit ibr me,
o
march home instantl
”
y .

l l.
“ March home, mys Dan ; Oh L ord ! I widx I “ could
But how in name of wonder can it be ?
Sure you don t think I m made of stone or wood,
’ ‘

T o fall from here

”
”
C ome, some, air, presen tl
.

Stop, sir, b e first so

y
Prepare to bounce .

T o let me see yo ur wife an d famil

y
There s no one h ere, but I, mysalt alone
’

But o n e, then damme, if I udge a bone b . .

19 .
Th e lun ar sovereign
And mm d upon h
’

H e ugh d as loud as las t of ugle h orn ,

’
m
a smil e of zoom ,
cely polish d heel
’

b b
.

H is eye flash d fire that made r D aniel

'

He oped and closed the portal forlorn

D an still clung close as seamen to the keel
’
Of upturn d boat, for life when re a "
st
c

The moonly monarchm ith s pd r of 1.

VOL. IX.
 ’
37 6 D aniel O Rourke .

13 .

Brandishin g th ese, an d raisin g high his tone

T o frigh t en D an , h e nick d him deepl ,
’
y
y
Th e os cocc gis j oin s t he sacral b one ;
b
An d oun ce wen t h e once more in to the air .

H is mode of travellin is b u t litt le kn own ,

An d therefore it b e oves me to t ake care
An d give m y readers, i c all th e n ation . .

Upon thi s h ead the clearest information .

14 .

Well th en
! Th i h i l
t D
y
, e spr n g t a an e gave,

H im from the m oon some t w en t ards or more

The force cent rifugal awhil e dela (1,

T h at call d cen t ripetal, (it is a ore,
’
b
bb y
T o u se su ch ulk words ) bu t an on , he 111
Some tum les such as stan din g on t he
We often see the porpoises
’

b
ng,

Or t um ler pigeon sporting in flying .

15 .

Oh L ord Oh L ord ! a n t I a luckless dog

’ ’

y
.

Oh I ll be dash d t o pieces ver soon ,

’ ’

’ ’
I t a n t enough t o fasten in a hog,
Be carried by a villian to th e moon
But n ow t o b e sen t tossing like a log,
D own t o t he grou nd, in t his fi ne mon th of June .

I ll n ev er see my Judy an y more,

’

Bu t crash my b on es against some foreign sh ore

16
b
.

Swift from rifle reads t he murderous all,

as
om t he warrior s b ow
’
Or arrow driven
Swift as th e Avalanche s thun derin g fall,
’

b
Th at ears destruction to th e vale elow ;
Swift as th e meteor th at old women call
b
y
A fl in g star ; or, if my reader kn ow
Ough t th at will fall more uickl to the ground,
(Jefl s
"
r
p po h eci es excep te t wi l b e foun d ds l ’

17 .

Th at Dan iel far ou tstripp d them all in speed,

’

b
T um lin g an d t ossin g in t he yieldin air ;
An d th ough t were sad to see h im n ic proceed
’
k
b
On eagle s ack aloft, I must dec
’

I t were en ough t o make w eb osom b leed,

y y
T o fan c on l h alf th e si n it were
b
b
To oun d from clo ud t o oud, an d pan t
No hope a ove b —b
elo w, a certain death .

18 .

”
Oh ! t hen if ever I get home again,
H e b lubber d forth , and wrung h is horny hands,
’

I ll t ake my oath to quit ould M ulshinan e,

’

Or an y oth er oath t he priest deman ds

’
But sure, tis all no use Oh th en ! Oh then !
b
.

I ll crack my n eck elow upon th e san ds,

’

y
Or u gl rocks, an d wan der t h ere a ghost ,
For he was moving fast towards the coast
”
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. D aniel o Ra u t e
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. an
19 .

Th at fli nges thee the far Atlan tic Sea . .

O ft have I wan der d on t hy rugged shore,

’

. b
E er th e right mom has b id the vap ours flee,
’

An d sta d to listen to thy waters roar ;

’

y
Or wan der d on in sadn ess silen tl , y
M arki ng th e tin t s th e ev ening sun eams were
Or idl y mu sin g, pick d th e
’
b
bb ly san d,
Or oull d th e sea weed on
’
lo vel strand
- y y .

b
Oft in the owels of some g ian t ro ck,
T h at dares the st orm, an d acorn s t h e t empest s
2 0 .

b
’

Bu t can n ot rav e t h e l on g con tin u ed shock

Of calmer waters,— h av e I ch ose m y path ,
An d somet imes sat b en eath t h e roofs th at mock
The h an d of art —Where is th e man t hat hath .

On ce seen t h ese wav e worn mon umen ts of thee

b
'
-

Wh o loves not ocean s oundless maj esty ’

.

2 1 .

OR t oo has wan dered with me t h ere,

An d t h en, i n deed, th e cav es, an d strand, an d sea,
y yy
An d ever earthl th in g seem d fresh an d fair,
’

For sh e was ever earthl y thin g t o me

Y es ! sh e was what a l ove sick swain wo uld dare
y
-

T o du b an an gel , or div in it ;
She s gon e
’
— bu t th in k n ot reader, t o th e tom b
’
y
S h e ran ofl latel with h er fath er s gro om
’
.

Bu t to m t ale —As D an iel t um led o n ,

b
Somew at a ou t three miles in ev r secon d,
b
b
’

An d a ou t midway from th e moon h a gon e,

T his is b ut guess, th e dist an ce was n ot reckon d, )
’

b
'

e m oon , st ill gay, upon so me o j ect s sh on e

b
With righ ter ligh t z H ere D an cried out an d beckon d,
’
—
steerin g u p fro m of a clou d capp d rock,
’

y
-

D an saw of geese, un tam d, a migh t flock

’
.

by y
2 3 .

milk white gan der, n o l led th e van ,

-
‘

Saili n g m estio on his down win g,

'

H is l ong n ec arch d as ) roudl y as the swan,

’

Of wh om you v e h ear th e poet Wordswort h

’
d
A migh t pret ty ird as an y on e
z
Woul wish t o see —in man an a ring
b y '

H e wh eel d, curv et ted, div ed, an d soar awa ,

’ ’
y
An d seem d to sport in j oy, or amorous pla
’
y .

2 4 .

Go od morrow, D an , h ow came you h ere my frien d ?

I n accen ts soft as h is u n rufl ed plume,
Th e goose egan b
I cann ot compreh en d
T he n ature of our visit,—I presume y
U po n my honour, th ere is here no personal allusion
men tion this , for th ere has b een rath er ab surd b awlin
to an y of ou r
b o u t liti
hig frien ds I
of l t e an d
W .

a
”
g a
”
perso n a es a ,
”
som e l a, when ever th ey ”
see t he
wor ass, a e, an der, b ullock, or
g
”
innocent ani mal , immediately T means Very ridiculous
r y es cry out, t us.
hm
an m ad a m .
[Jul y
Y ou re n ot accust om
’
d th us our time to spen d ;
’

Come tell e all ,

”
m
—
here-
egan t o fume b y
An d roar w ain , an d swear b oth lou d an d h eart
T ha t eagle, moon -
man , g oose, were all on e part y .

2 5 .

But still the gan der spoke so sweet and kin d,

Th at D an b egan to tell his pi teous tale,
H ow h e met Blake, an d ho w he got so li nd
y y b
With b ran d , meaning onl to tou ch ale
An d h ow an eagle, on the win gs of win d,
Bore h im aloft , and left h im with the pale
y
And ugl man who lives within th e moon ,
An d h o w t his rascal served him
”
Ver soon . y
2 6 .

I ll take you home, my friend, th e goose repli ed

’

Just seize me by
th is claw, an d ho ld i t strong
An d stret chin g out h is red l eg from his side,
M otion d t o D an iel h ow he d speed alon g
’ ’

Bu t h ere I th in k I ll lay my pen aside,

’

An d for t he presen t stop my ven turous song

For din n er s read y
B next m on t h we ll kno w
’ ’

b
-
.

H ow this kind ird he p d D an iel in his woe

’
.

E N D OF C A N T O FI FT H .

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r n s r rs n s n a n s aun a rr .
'

N o 1]
. .

T o C n s rs r o r n s a N o r m , E sa
’

E sr —
m a s nn Srn, I have een prevented, b
a ver grievous visit at ion , f
y ro m by
sen din g y ou the contin uation of the l etters, till a lat er period th an u su al T he
b
.

fact is simply th is : I was walking, a out a fortn ight ago, with Mr Ferrimon d,
discussin g some parts of E u clid s D ata, and th e even ing b ein g som ewh at ch il
’

ly, h e prop osed that we sh oul d as cend a newl rai sed h ay st ack et ween t h e y b
b
-

t op of which , an d th e sla ted roof, th ere was comfort a le sitt in g roo m Th e

b
- .

cap tain saw us m oun t , an d, ein g al wa ys at h is n on sen se, remo ved t h e l adder

b b
.

Not ein g awan e of th e ci rcumfi ance, and eing in earn est conv ersat ion wh en
“
'

I t urn ed to descen d, my foot had nothing t o rest on , and down I came, Sir, po
sit ive sh at tering my leg, an d crushing a h en with h er rood of chicken s to b
death In fact , th ere n ever was a more palpa le demonstration of th e laws of b
y y
.

g ra vit ; an d I t ru st i t will he a w ar nin g t o o ur a rg lm ten tatire read e rs, n ot t o

discuss mathematics on a hay s tack I am, - .

D ea n Sm,

0. 0 Ba w . s n n a sn .

Caengy lliwzlligu l, J uly 2 , 182 1 .

P . S —My
. Ch ristian na mes are Owen Owen Balderdgsh . In th e last Num
ber, you omi t ted on e 0 .

m om in ven u ; '
t o ma m z z w ro s , c n v m s r u p D BU G G I BT, o r c ru n
'

De
sp ai c ust G o s n s .
r- -

D oug las, I sle M an, J une 2 6 16 1 9 .

D ea n Ma Mrze ro lt, n othing b ut crosses and mi shaps si nce

mistake for peopl e t o Wh y,
’
Ir i I left Ch addert on
b I was
s a
'

gr evo us .

road f
o r pleasure I ve met wit h l
’

go a .
po si ti ve y arrest ed at L iv erpool, an d
 The Fisherman s Bad g er No I I 37 9
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t ears . .

kept a whole night in lim o I have eauti f bul soft carpet in g, an d difierent
. b e lookin
'

n ot pat ien ce t o partieul ariz e the cir kin ds of soap . and fin e

oumstan ces I t was all owing t o my glasses, an d all sorts ofh en
. ru shes
g
-
b
wearin g a snuff coloured waist coat , an d an d th e foo tman t ook the dus t from
b b
-

a cock an d p in ched hat M rs Ver le my coat, (as h e called rushin g) in so

y
.

m — sh e s n oth in g, t as t eful a m an n er, th at I am sure a

’

was n a p e
i r t t
as it were, at a pin ch
t a n t u
T he gou t has clo th must last dou le the length of b
b
'

been 11 g a ou t my left leg ever since. time to what it will as our wench
rg
e was as cold as a marl pit M olly uses it ; for sh e la s my cost on
Th e p
b
-
.

Th e cap tai n , my n eph ew, arrived t h e t h e kitch en dresser, an scru s an d

b
-

day after t his occurren ce, an d th ings rush es, as it were, t ill th ere is scarce

were t en t imes worse th en I h ad h ard l an y wool left By the b ye, wh ilst I

y b
.

work t o kee h im from throwing the t in k on t , govern men t is a out t o lay

’

ofiicer i to t e dock
n I n deed I n eve r. a n e w d u t o n p pp
e e r— i t s t o o h a d y ’

saw a lad wit h so much pitch an d t ow every day rej oices m e more th at I gave
in his disposit ion T h e mistake wo uld u p my concern in L on don at t he mo
b
.

een rem edi ed, b u t men t I did Wh en I wen t down stairs,

n ot so soon h av e
b
.

for m y n iece Th ere s n o accoun t ing I foun d th e famil seated in th e li ra

’
.

On co mmon occa ry, wh ich was fi ed all roun d with

for th ese th ings
’
sions, sh e s j u st, for all th e world, n o
.

ooks, in eau t iful golden b in din gs ; b b b

bb ett er than a ch icken and yet , in t h is an d t here w as likewise a pair ofglo es,
usi n ess, sh e sh ewed more fortit ude and a fiddle, an d oth er p hiloso ph ical
an d decision , as it were, t han an y of in strumen t s Th e cap tain was qu ite .

We shoul d have sailed last T u es taken up with h is sister an d her friend

us .

day for th is place, b u t M r Spell man , an d M rs Ver le was examin in g an d b

wh o go t m e ou t o f t he han ds of the praising a fin e gown th at Mrs Spell
Philis tin es, woul d hav e us spen d a day man h ad on so that M r Spellman an d
at his h ouse, for h is daugh ter is an old me was, as it were, left t o ourselves ;
school fell o w of M aria s an d I was quit e deligh ted w ith th e af
’
so we defer

b b
-

ed ou r em arkation , as it were, till the f a le m an n er th at he en tered in to dis

Frida y . course ; for he asked my opinion of
b
M r Spell man lives a out t wo miles the differen t t urn ike tru sts in our
b
-

fio m L i verpool, in a very splen did n eigh ourhood, an th e v al ue of canal

b
house, fi t for a no le gen tleman M rs sh ares, an d th e n ature of th e so il, an d

m b
.

Vmble would h ave u in a coach , wh at land ren ted for th e acre, an d such
which cost me four 8 like an d I th ough t Mrs Spellman was
'

es ides
b
n gs ,

turnpikes ; an d the captain , my n e li m

h d on h is h orse ack W h
q u i t e

lbas o
h
g gi
m
n t o
h
y
il
w if e , fo r sh
m
e
y
p ew ro e
bben k e p t a u g i n g os t e ar t a t h e r si
b
.
,

We go t to th e lo y door, or l i l l
’

p e
q u e s t o n s a o u t V a en t en e s a ce
they n o w call it , a gen tleman in mourn an d can t in g sh awls I th ou gh t M iss .

ing, with his h air po wdered, and in S man seemed the m ost un talkable
b lack silk st ockin gs, ran down th e steps
t o help m e from th e coach
e s rath er of a m elan ch ol cas t , as it
I wish ed w ere, like m y niece an d, esides, th at
.
’
yb
him good mot uin an d sh ook hands th e cap tain , m y n ephew, was tal kin g
with h im wh i was n ot exactl all kin ds ofharum scat um in a straigh t y
y
-

righ t , as I fou nd h e was only a foot forward sh ape an d t h e seemed quite

man Bu t it is surprising to see how con ten t to listen t o th e reech es an d b
b y
.

”
th e l ower clas ses ape our appearan ce am u scados which th e stage pla er -

no w, as it were Bet ween you and me, said, th e oth er n ig h t Q u een M ab made
b
.

Mrs Ver le was u n der the same mis soldiers dream of I should n ot be so
b
.

t ake, for sh e made him a marvell ous exact a ou t t hese here minu tie , only
low reveren ce Th ere was su ch kiss it shows t h oroughl wh at a orn tho!
b
.

ing etween my n iece and M iss Spell. t hat Mr Spleengi zzard is, that al ways
y b
man, and su ch civiln ess an d welcome in sist s, at our clu , on the pride an d ar
b
th e mas ter an d mistress, as rogan ce of th ese rich folks For here s
’
b
b
ness
—
.

q ui te l ig h t ed m e I fel t qu i t e a t m e , a s i t w er e ,
w h y , r es p ec t a l e eno u g h
home, as it were Th en my mistress t o be sure, amon g my own class ofgen
.

was sh ewn int o an oth er room, an d th e tlemen apot hecaries, b u t in compan y

f oo tman t ook me to h is master s dress
i n g room, and I washed m hands, an d
w
h
it h one far a ov e it, an d yet every
i
’

d
b
-
y t n g is c iv i l an d c u r te o u s , an g r ee t
w eighted my wig ; and there was sn ch forbearance, and as much difi dence of
380 The Fisherma ns Bridg et
’
No I I .
D ul y
b
. .
,

nd th ere was like

'

opinion as con descen sion in listen in g trou le, as it were a

to min e an d n o large t al kin g, n or at wise larg e green glasses full of wat er
t empt t o m ake on e feel on e s own in fe on th e o t h er side I rath er made a
’
.

riorit y, wh ilst , all th e t ime, the con mistake for, n ev er havin g seen th em
aciousn ess of it is qui t e to pmost, as it b efore, n or con siderin g th at t h ey w ere

were . y
cl ean l c on ven ien ces, I dran k m in e of f;
Well , we talked, an d t alked, till a 8 8 1 sh ou ld an y t hin g else, for I t h ou gh t

g r ea t b ell , b igg er t h an t
“
h at in C h ad it was, as ou r pres crip ti on s ru n ,
”
se

N o on e n ot iced it, as
derton chap el, run g fo r din n er an d
b
kion lo zdon eo
‘

- .

M r S pellman b owed t o m wife, an d I elieved b ut wh en t h e dessert w as

of
y
fered h er his arm b u t sh e s n o t mu ch b rou h t , an d M r S ell m an asked m e
g
u p to t h ese cerem on ies, an d said sh e wh at liqu or I wo (I drin k, & c m y
by
.

coul d do h erself, wh ich w as quite n eph ew said, M rVerb l e prefers fi n ger

wron g , for my n iece sa s it s th e com y ’
water, sir — Oh ! t he monkey, I coul d
”

h ave sh ook h im for it —it makes o n e

.

mon pu n ctilio on su ch occasion s T he

y
.

cap tain , ho wev er, seem s alwa s righ t look so foolish , as it were, Mr M izzl e
an d b ef o re I had made u p my min d
wh at t o do , h e t ook h is sister an d th e Th e ladies soon retired, an d we drew
y ou n g m iss on eith er arm so t h en I our ch airs closer together, an d M r
st epped u p to Mrs Spell man , and made Spellman commen tated o n the low poor
my rev eren ce, an d walked h er in t o t he rates in ou r parish , an d o ther s cien tific
di n in g room T h ere was a most su mp
-
.

M rs Spellman had a fin e
b
su j ec ts , and particu larl
h
w h at o u r
A nd
y
l
b id h Q
tus set ou t .
p p
eo e sa j
a ou t t e u een .

cod efore her. an d I sat on one side, th en h e conversed with m y n eph ew,
an d I n ev er saw an y s no w w h it er t han
th e cloth in which it was covered Sh e
b
a ou t t h e army an d it s con cern m en ts,
y
an d th e p resen t s stem of h al f p ay
b
-
-
.

an d migh t il y h e was pl eased, on h ear

egan t o cu t it wi th a large silv er kn ife,

b
v ery like a b ricksett er s t rowel
’
an d, in g that so ou n g a lad h ad b een so y
w ould you elieve it , m y n ep h ew t ook lon g with h is regimen t in t h e east ;
it fro m her han d, an d insisted on h elp an d h e asked a m u lt it ude of qu es tio n s
in g it h imself, t ho u h sh e was m istress b
a ou t t h e roads an d h ar ou r of Bom b
of th e h ouse Oh I sh ou ld h ave eat b ay, (for h e s in a large way th ere, )
’

b
.

my tongu e efore doin g su ch a t hin g and th e n avigation th eret o ; an d I was

I t was sM efully ill m an n ered sto n e surprised at my n eph ew s in for
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I .
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could no t describ e the v ariou s dish es mation u 11 th ese thin gs, which sh ews
b ut th ere was all kin d of melon gis, h e s h ad s e es ab ou t him, t h ough
y
’ '

an d frickasees an d wh en all was don e, h e s su ch a wil tear awa cha Th en,

’
l
p
-
.

as it were, t h ere was an o th er set on , t er m u ch p ressin g, m n ep ] ewf de

con sist in g of roasted h are, an d more
m
af
b
scri ed t h e variou s b ards ips th eir b ri
e h os tilities
g a e , & c T h e worst ofit was , I s oil
.
p g a d e u n derwen t durin t h
ed my green sprig waistcoat ; for t hin k wit h th e M ah rat tas ; t e wan t of pro
ing to save th e footman t rou le, I would b vision s , h eat , rain , fatig ue, & c an d I .

han d th e plat es he pulled the oth er cou ld n o t b u t won der at th e distin

way, an d so a great qu an tit of fi sh y g u i sh in g ch ar act er o f our E n gl ish lads,

b
sauce was u pset on m y clot hes an d t h at makes t h em ear al l in good p art,
'

when I came to feel for my t oo th pick, ch use wh ere th e devil th e are Mr y

y
- .

I drew a whole h an dful of cockles an d Sp ellman h as t wo ou n g gen t lem en

b
melt ed ut ter from my waistcoat n ow preparin g t o go ou t t o I n dia, an d
k h e s educating th em at h is o wn free
’

p o c e t.

y
M y n iece sa s, quietn ess is th e es cost an d ch arge, an d dou t s n o t t hey ll b ’

sence o f politen ess at a din n er ta le, b y

do, ifth e can stan d th e climate Well,
b
.

an d I elieve sh e s ri h t h from t his th ey talked of t h e m oral ef

’
T e n ew
g .

fan gled sil v er forks pot tered me exces feet of our in fluen ce in th at immen se
sivel y
th e re more like t h e wooden
’
tract of coun tr , an d th e un certain te y h
ha that are fas ten ed to ch il dren s m h d
b d i
’

n u r e o f ou r o n io n t er e an t en

dolls, th an in stru men ts for victu als . a ou t th e u se of t he n at ive or H in dos

I asked for on e of t h e old fash ion , an d t an ce ton gue an d, would you b eli ev e
.

th en I man aged to get m y din it, M r S llman an d my n eph ew go t

in to a t ig t argumen t on the m ean in g
'

T here was white t owels under ‘

h
, wh ich I f
’ of th e word g a rm poo j ah Mr Spell
Eli
’ '

an cied was t vvipe on e s

'

se g
- -

e and fork on, to save the servan t man insisti ng that it meant sugar in
 ] The Fisherma No I I
’
re t B udg et
s n s . . .

t h e can e, and my neph ew assertin g squeeze a lat e full of i t in to my spec

p -

t hat it implied mker en likure, or t acle case .

taeacl e h um
'
. I purposed steering h omewards di
I t ook advan tage of this disput e, to rec tl d m i d
b b y f
y a f t r te
e a, o r I w a s et e r n e

slip from t h e ta le, expectin g t o fin d n o t to pay four shillings, b esides t urn

t he ladies in t h e li rar b u t, b ein g p ik e s, a g a in , in on e d a
y b u t M r S p ell
disappoin ted, I got a n ew work on man would make u s tarry lon ger, an d
y
Cran ioscop , which you kn o w was a rom ised to sen d h is carriage with u s ;

y
fav ourite s tud wh en I was at l eisu re
p
so aft er walkin g t o an d fro a w hil e in
from th e sh o an d, sin ce I ca me h ere, t h e grou n ds, we ret u rn ed to th e t ea
I h ave picke u p several curiou s works room t o enj o a lit tle m u sic
y y I t seem.
y by
.

con n ec t ed wi th it, particularl cd th e mean t t o hav e a lau gh at m

on e
L u do vico D olci, on t he local it ofsom e y ex en ce, for m n eph ew said I pla
p y y
of t h e facul ties, which I sh all write like Orphu s, or someth in ofth at sort
b
a ou t in m n ext I sat down in a
b. b u t its a lon g t ime sin ce e h eard m e,
high ch air, n ed ack an d sides with an d I h av e stu ck very mu ch t o it late
'

morocco cush ion s ; an d, as lu ck woul d b

ly, so that I eliev e I surprised h im a
have it, the win e an d dinner made me lit tle . M y n iece t ook t he h arp, the
dosy, and in deed I sle t till th e foot cap tain the flute, M iss Spell man th e
y
’

m
i” m came an d wakene me, th ou h in d m l f h fi d dl d w
y i
p an o , an se t e e, a n e
th e mean time the b ad search managed Rousseau s D ream, with va
’
for
Inc far and n ear riation s, adap ted t o t h e fou r in stru
y b b
.

E ver thin g was super in the t ea m en t s, wit h con sidera le he clan, as

room an d t h ere was a eautiful h arp, b M r Spellman said I ve th ough t, for .
’

an d a gran d
p ian o f orte T h -
e w in . some t ime, th at mu sic is n ow t augh t
dows came down to the floor, an d th e on a wron g prin ciple : it s far dif
’
feren t
cen t re on e o en ed on a h an dsome ter
p from wh at it formerl was it s all exe y
’

race wh ich o v erlooked th e riv er, wi th cu tion th e lan age, or art iculation ,
th e shippin g u pon it , an d th e C hesh ire as it were, of t e mu sical sou n ds, is
b
lands, an d t he D en igh sh ire hills Se .
q u it b
e lost in a rillian t ratt le th is leads
v eral e s ires t oo, were ui te visi t o a neglect of th e great rul e of time,
q
b le alo n g t ep casan t an ks ofth eM er b an d makes sad discord wh en you are,
y
ney ; and th en m or rat h er sh ou ld b e, ) pla in g in con
y ou ig h t see th
t rains ofsmoke th at followed th e t racks
e lo n
g (
P erhaps th e n ew fan gl ed s stem y
b cert -
.

of the variou s steam oats th at plied

-
o fL ogier m a in some (1 ee, remove

bet ween th e differen t ferries All th ese . t h e defect ; th ough , in ot er respects,

it b e something li ke Mr Owen s Ian ,
’

fo r making a wh ole commu n it y u n

h m m m en t, an d all like
g y
r a t t e sa e o
th e same kin d of grav t o their po ta
b y y
t oes . Th e est of i t was, th e asked
me t o sin g, an d as I felt qui te at hom e,
windo w T hey give t h e tea, too, a great as it were, I gave th em t h e follo win
relish
.

al th oug h I don t like t he mo

’
y little sen timen tal piece, whic
y
ret t
dem gen teel cu stom of drin kin g our I r Sn ip th read, th e t ailor in Bon d
t ea from th e cup, wh ich ren ders t h e st reet , presen t ed m e with efore I lefi b
saucer a erfec t dead let ter, as it were,
p L on don : I think it will su it M rs
M iz zletoe s voice : it s to th e old t un
’
and etern al] causes ou t o scal d our
’

t hroat, whi
y
y
is v er b ad for th e in side,
u D r Buch an sa s in h is cha ter ony
y
of D own amang th e h eth er, lassie
p , p S O M E years ago , there liv ed a swain ,
h quids, an d, moreover, creat ing a most
un comforta le b p er
t ea, wh ich is en era l su
s ira tio n
ly
so t h a t
T h at vore a fu stian j acket , 0
A n d, as he tru dged al on g th e lan e,

b g pp d t o b H m i h D ll T h m 0
o se e t t so n
e e v o y o p ,
.

a coolin h di
g e g t w
y
H er ey es vere green ,— h er hair vas red,
ve r a e, a s, as i e re ,
rectl t h apposite ten den c An d
y e A n d ch armingly she squin t ed, 0
.

th en, as I am, that is, was an a othe

yb m
p A n d w e ry u ch , t h e e
p p o l e s aid .

car , i t wou ld make you ch ink t o see S h e liked h er vater porridg e, ( l

b y
.

th e read an d u tter, as t he call it An s t) it vas , v en B illy sp ied

g
.

Wh sir, I could take it in m y fin gers er clogs and scarl et flan n el , O ,

’ .

h l f h i h i
’
d h di d
b
and lowi t ik e a e at t s t n n e r St c
o k s till h e s too d , a n d v o u l - a v e e

t han a bank note, and d be o

- u n d to O f lo v e , b u t h e vas m a rr ie d , 0 - .

.
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’
B udg et . No I L .
[ Ju l y ,

H is eye-lids vink d, -h is h eart wen t pat, ladder, and get through th e wi n do w,

by
’

An d wery much h e tremb led, or t ake him escalade, as h e cal led

H e viped h is mou th —an d dofl d his hat,
"

it ; b u t did n ot like such an experi

A nd pu t his right l eg forwards, O
Vell , —as the wery
.
men t At l ast we got comforta l y roo st
. b
vords arose, cd , an d till I fell asl eep , I cou ld n o t
,

T hat his D o ll y, 0 ,
v ere t o v oo help refl ect in g on th e false idea wh ich
Sh e pu t h er vin ger t o h er no se, I with m an y o th ers had cogit at ed, t h at
An d p ull d a vace at B ill y , O
’
.
ex trav agan ce an d dissipation were t h e
u sual acc om an imen t s of w eal th , an d
Vat lo ve vill do , th ere s t ell , p
y
’
n on e can

B u t Bill y sadl y ro- a n —d, O t h at th ere is less real enj o men t amon g
g - -
e

Th en tu ru d his b aelt , rush d to a v ell,

’ ’
t he ri ch an d th e exalt ed, th an am ong
A nd jump d into th e b otto m, 0 th emiddl in g an d poorer clas ses, wh ere
’

as t h e da h ad alforded an exam le o f

I t was late wh en we got t o the in n , b y p

u n o u n ded lib eralit y,with out a drac hm
an d I was greatl rov oked at y b of profu sen ess ; displayin g likewise a
b
b
o li ed to reli nq u is
g
ein
my o wn b ed to a
g
eau tifu l in stan ce o f ceremon ial an d
s t upi d corn fac t or t h at h ad mistaken
-
fas h io n, with a t rain of in n ocent an d
t h e room, an d was sn orin g so t errifl rat ion al ualificat ion s, b ut q ualifi ca
y q
by
.

call , t hat all t h e th um in g of all t h e tion s in finit el en h an ced; th e t e

b p
c h am er m aids, an d the civ il en treat ies fi n ed tast e an cul tivat ed deport men t
b
-

of M rs Ver le, were of no n e ef fect I . of their promo t er, as it were I am, .

did n ot so much min d th e b ed, b u t we Dear M r M izzlet oe,

b
w ere o liged to orrow n igh t cap s an d b Y
our assured frien d,
y
-

ot h er necessar apparel from th e lan d. N r au z a a n s nn o n V r as u

y
.

lad M y nephew wan ted to have a

.

m o m en w a s n a s n s v , s ea o r s r J o a n s c o u rs e, c a n s a rn o n,
’
. .

r o m s m us s ] : r n s n s arc x r s a arn o x n , s ac .

Professor forms,—few in which such

MY n es
Y o u wou ld
s r a i s in ) ,

from y c omplet e enj o ymen t was regulat ed b

y
n at u rall expect,
t he teno r of m y last let ter, th at I such deco rou s ropriet ; i w h i
b by p n o
-

should ere t his hav e een comf orta l hu mour had so much latitu de wit h so
y
lodged in ou r an tiquated mansion at lit tle indelicac y
Yet, at this part ien
Aldhame b u t circumstan ces, t hat will lar period, compan , h owever fasci
.

y
p
by y
resen tl b e e x pl ain e d, ha v e un a v o id nat ing, was b ut irksome and u n lea
a l preven ted my visit , an d t o th em an d I was anxious to with aw

y san t -

I mu st refer you for my apolog . from a scene which had so litt le t o ia

At t he Professor s I fou nd some t erest m y feelin I therefore made
’

doaen of our men as sem l ed T h e b my escape at g

first o port uni ty ,
j e al ou s
y of com pe ti to r ship w as o v er ,
.

an d, as I though t , unn oti ced

p
the
y b
and all were v ehemen t in cong rat ul a Professor ; b ut I had scarcel c oecd
t in g me on th e da s suc cess T he din y ’
. the door, when I was requested a by
ner was excell en t , an d L eigh ton pro The Pro fes or was
y
servan t to retu rn .

no un ced t h e win es t o be p osit ivel in the small roo m on th e left side th e

elegan t Joe Beauclerc,
. t hat fellow p as sa g ,
e wh ere y o u a nd I , as th e sc h oo l
m
’
o f in fin i t e wit , scat tered h is j o kes in h h f k d H
fi
b p ra se goe s, a v e so o t en c e .

su ch ou n t iful profusion , t hat even th e t ook my han d as I en t ered, an d said,

mathematical p ropriet y of our h ost s
’
with a more kindl manner t han h e y
visage was somewhat discompo sed
Th ese are th e momen ts, my dear Fred
.

h m
b
had ever efore evin ced, Mr Ash b y ,
h h
.
y ou a v e d o n e e t e on our t o s e
in which th e h eart enlar es th e grasp q u ain t m e w i t h y ou r m o tive s i n r e

o f its af fection s, an d t e sparklin g resen t , your acade

y
signing , for the
liquor loses its lu stre in the righ ter b p
mical pursuits Sinc erel as I regret ,
: ’

curren t of fello wshi

p an
amon gst the variou s circles to which
d wit Bu t .

b
h e was pleased t o say,
.

the n ecessi t y
which o liges on to leave u s, I yet
my pursuits have in trodu ced me, I can n o t b u t app ud th e determin ati on
h ave foun d few th at are so peculiarl y wh ich in du ces you to do Go Your .

distinguished for mirth t hat aft er no lan e are prob ably determined upon
”
repeating draws as those which the ut th e heart y blessings ofan old man
 The F isherman s B ridge tt No I I 883
’
. .

wi ll b e no b u r d en to y o u r u n d er ta ki n g, cord in true fou r- in hand st le, tipped

r
m e a er i fican t wmk, an d swore b y
y
m
and if, i i
b b e i
b
t n
n s
p g
r o re s s, y o u ay
m Semcle Would eat me three miles
—
wa n t o f or e su s ta n t ia l ass u ra n c e s

of m f i d hi d no t d o n o t o n a trot I did not un deceive hi m

y r e n s p, o .

ocruple t o a l to me, Mr Aab b I d h f o r w ar d o n t h e s e a t

giil
a n e n g s

d
-
,
” l l m d l
’

m h w i w t
b
will n ot de e ra you I utte e s e n g s e a e s ca r e t coa e e
y
-
. r
d d d l w t th i m t
ll
y
b roken ackn owl cuts as w e as a n e x t e n e e o o e p r e s
”
F im d I d t a n d m k i v
ae r i t o f
I could ; but, in e r r on a v a n ag e , a n
g a

m
,
f d t h h l
y
little an ticipated such kindn es s I e x t e r o u s a n oe u vr es v n i s si ve r
—
.

d h T h w m
t h e bias of a part ial frien dship if th e h e a
w T
e
d lb
w i p
— W h
e
l
e r e
?
.

G
a s
d
p a n

unlooked for su ccour of a kin d h ea u z o o s e s o o ga r

r t n e i r
y
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l k h w h l
b
q l st ran ger, can excite su ch se nsa tio n s c l o ne , t o t u n o t e s e p a t g r a n .

ia the breas t wh at wh at h ave I o t fi ca t i o n s s o i n fi n i t e l y e n e a t h t d i

n it y of (in edu cated min d, an d so
rei gn to th e pu of an u n iversi t
e th e more h on ours i
y
life, can supe -

f i ll l i o o ur an d
l
b e exe r t i o n s o n te ec tu a v ,

m h f r t c en via
Ih e remnan t of the evening was t t
b
u u o
co n sa e e p r s e r

gp
'

f i h m
fi fi
y
.

fully occupied in m a n g th e various

'

b le S D C O D O e n g t e o s t 11 0
h h l m m i
w
y
l ppendages ofmy t rav in g apparatus, t o io u s as s i n t e o e c o u n t
y
r .

and in m ug th e n ecessar remem

h om es to m collegiate acquain tan ce;
A s
l e
I
I
s lo
sa
w
w
l
t h
r
a
o
t
d
V
e
V e
a
b
l o
c r
n g th
s n igh t ta
e q u a d
r
’

ra
pg
-
,
m m d m h k “
h
y
.

n or did I n ec t ere, for th e las t t ime, S h h g e r e t e 800 8

9 t t

b b
,

fii
w l mam peaceful edifice, to emxgmm
.

x w b
h
f
e

y m
h a
t
d
h
n
f
o t e
esti ve o ard
e n an e a
P
rl
,

oor \Ve er b
implore th e lessin g of Almigh t G od c o
e
y
.

r cost h i m mu ch can
.

on my exert ion s, an d t h e n ecessar

h i s r e a d i n g n e v e .

dan ce of h is Spirit t o direct me in

'
dl e h g h t 1 t
- h o u g h t .t h e h e a v y
l 8 n ever tu rn d 80 l
,

way An d l n ethin kg, my dear

.
O f S t J O h
h
I
d h
e h
s an ti uated
e a w y
h “
b
t t t t
Frederick, if there be an y fou n dation 0
}
1 e i n g e s , a n a i q
red h alf 3° venera le
for that moral superin t en dan ce wh ich P l
b y
a
l e n e v e r a
pp e

b
‘

f I f ear, I fear, my true P lades,

is at tri ut ed to our great Creator, th e e o r e .

e fortun at e t o m y heart s
’

obj ect t hat I h ave in view, emb racin g, t h t l t b

a e
!h e

as it does, on e of t h e most h ol an d c
b
o y
n t e n t 1 “
t t
t
h
h l s
t W
h
! u n dertaki n ,
g
cen trat e Wl thl h
most accepta le prin ciples of our im { 3 " 0 S p 0 a con

fect nature, m ay claim, in h umilit I t s o m y u c h h a pp i ness 80 t h

c
,
it spoken , th e especial protection p e t u r sa i sf acti on , as the q
cap ti vati n g cloi sters of th e
et,
elo ve d
mb
of his providence .

college .

I t was noon wh en I arrived at Dr

y
-

D ulcem elaborab unt “PM “ ; W

in ton s, and my worth friend was
’

an xious] ex ct in m e D o on kn o w
Somnum reducent ,
ii iili g
.

I was qu c d gh t d at th e acrity he
says our great h igh p riest, an d so in displa e d in th e serv ice o f an old pu y
deed I tbu nd it L o n g efore th e sun pil
. b After partakin g of some refresh
.

was peepin g from h is wi n dow of the men t , we set off in his old fash ion c d
y y
h

I was full accou tred for my gig for t h e pret t li ttle village of C ro x
j
cant ,
o u r n e . y A t fi ve, Ralph was at the t o n W h e n w .e g o t t o t h e fo o t o f t h e

door with my chesnu t t it, and I can walk that leads direstl through the
fe I was titled by
th e fri en dl ia g a r y
d e n , o l d A r t h u r A s h ry w a s s i t t i n g l
i crest whio even h e expressed in my at t h e door of his whi te wash ed cot -

welfare I accompan ied a heart y shake tage : on e han d rested upon the large
.

of the old man s hand wit h a small

’
famil Bi le which was spread upon y b
memorial ofmy than ks, an d was in th e his knees, an d h is pale forehead , o ver
act ofmo un tin g , wh en T om Fetter an d wh ich were sca t tered th e hoar em y
h is friend drov e past the h all in fi ne b l cms o f a good old age, reclined up
y
st le Lo rd B s long tal ked of match
. .
’
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on th e ot h er H is appearan ce .

was to be decided that morn ing an d sin gular] in terestin g ; and u n w illin g
l l such weigh t
most in Tom s class paper, he ima
’
y
subj ec ts a e u pper
r t o
i
(K n
l
u t h i m
i
a
l
r u p h
t l
o h is s ide
, w e

b
s b
t o le

l
a s y
y
q u e t y p a s o s s e t I a id .

g lu a l th a t I w s b ou d f or t h e sa m m h d t l u n h i m d
a n e
y a n g e n p o s ar , an
dent inati T om cracked his whip saub M d f ath er, I ho e v o u

pp
; y e a r
p
r
‘on 3 B
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’
s Kadg et '
. N0 11. .
[ J uly’

well I t would b e dif ficult to de ma n tr moment s wal

’
are at a an d
z igrg
.
l
t ermine wheth er surpri se or pleasure what t him was the most l
b b
r rend -

was most visi ly depic ted in th e old ing circu mstan ce, to leave ehin d him
man s coun tenan ce ! bu t, aft er tran si
’

y a b elo ved wif e, t hen a out t o give b

en tl surve in
y
h e ferven tly exclaimed
g m e f ro m h ea d to
God b e mer
foo t , b irth t o an infan t . T he sh ock of this
occurren ce, an d the grief which i t oc
ciful to t h ee, m

b y so n
may I dou t whether t h ou art in deed
t h o u gh s u re l y casion ed , b
roug h t on
p re m a
y
tu r e l the y
y
my son , seein g t he da s an d ears that y p a n o f l ab our, and
mo er expired at the momen t w
our unhapp

h ave elapsed sin ce th en cames t to t his ush ered you in to t h e world Mr Veil
p lac g
e, an d th e ch an es wh ich t h ese
eyes b eh old, n o w t h at t h e frail fi u re
y
t on, with whom our paren t had taken
.

refuge, cau sed inquiries to be made

o f th
y y o u t h h a t h y
s t ren th an d comelin ess of man h ood
iel d ed t o
g
t h
”
e a m
learn in t hat my wife had recen tly
y
on g t h e ten an tr on this es ta te, an d

g
i
.

T he rumour ofo ur greetin gs speedi b uried er infan t, he immediatel y de

l y reached t he ears of t he dame, who tarmined to place you under h er on e .

w as engaged in t h e cot ta ge ; nor do I H e had a deed prepared, in his pocket,

t h in k t h e expres sion s of h er j o y would b y which t his cottage, an d a smal l
y et h ave

y b een exh au sted, h ad n o t my p pro ortion of lan d, were th en cefor

frien dl D oc tor in terposed, an d men . ward set tled on me for life ; an d if

t ion ed t hat im port an t con cern s were y o u a t ta i n e d t he ag e o f se ve n ears, I
co n n ected w it h o u r visit We all
. was t hen direct ed to write to m for
'

t herefore adj o urn ed t o t h e h ouse, an d furt her in s tru ctions con cern ing you .

after hearin g testim on y t o t h e goodn ess An d sure en ough you did ; an d as good,
of m m or m o th er I an d gen ero us, an d fin e a lad, as ev er
’
h er s larder,
y
y ot f
mu s t ever call h er, ) an d t e ex cellen ce la ed u pon th e green , the j o of my
o f h er co wslip win e, I b
ri efl
y detailed p ife, an d t h e comfort of m o dame
y
t o old Art hur th e obj ec t th at I h ad in Bu t I kn ew th at I
y a dut
t here .

v iew . H is e es, whilst I spoke, were to perform, an d th ough I grieved sore

s tedf ast l y fi x ed u po n me, an d wh en I l y at th e th ough ts of parting with on,
dec lared my determination of seekin g f l h d l
y y
y e t I e t t a t o n w e re e s tin ed f u a
o u t m y paren t s, or assurin g m self of superior s tate n could f all t o ou r
t h eir fat e, a st rong feeling, as of sor lo t in t h is lace, and I therefore w ro te,
ro w, pervaded h is coun ten an ce This as direc to M r Veil ton In a short
y y y
. .

h owever shortl passed awa ; an d h e time I received instructions to

c o mplied with m y wis h es in n earl th e y o u w it h D r W in to n , an d i t w a s ke
'

wise in timated that fu nds were pro

fo llo win g words
I n deed, E d ward, I have long fore vided f or y
our su pport Th ere was
.

seen t hat thi s m om en t wou ld assu re dly o n e th i n everth el ess, that o ften
arrive, n o t wit hs tan din g I did n ot th in k disquiets th e dame an d me, and i t
i t m y du ty to dist urb th e eas t en our y was the inj un ct ion we received to call
by m
o f o ur life b y disclosu res wh ich could y o u o u r o w n n a e, an d n ever t o
y
n ot b u t b e pain fii l Y et t he task you h h l cum
y
acquain t w i i
y
.
y o u t t e r e a c r

h ave u ndertaken is a h ol an d a good stan ces of ou r b irth

b b y
But I cou ld not
.

o ne, n o r can th e ri ef remn an t of m rin g m self t o com l h h

d ays he more righ teo usl y emplo e d
t han in forwardin g its h appy ter m
y
y of my c arge
be pro u d t o have on can
p
fo r al th
w it t at part
I mig ht
cred as my
yy
in a
Abou t t wo an d t wen t o wn E dward, an be fearful of dis
b
t ion . ears
s in ce m t tag e was visit ed b y M r o ligin g on e t o whom I o we so mu ch,
y co
V eil ton , wh o is a member of t he legal et m y co n scien ce t old me th ere was a
y y
p ro f ess io n a t W hi te
w ise t h e o wn er o f th is estate
h

late in th e even ing when he arrived,

av e n , a n d li
I t was
.
k e

y
cart t h at woul d silen tl
o u as i t s o wn , an d that

o wn good ti me, woul d sa

earn u
o d , é
in m
an d an elderl y female who had t he
o n, accom an ied h im
vin ga l An d I can a
pp ea l W i th
its cra
s ile n t
care o f p H satisfact io to t h e records of m w n
e .
n y o
mind, sin ce I hav e faith full dischar
b
reques ter a privat e in terview with
me, a nd th e su j ect of h is dis cl osure g ed t h e t r u s t th a t w as c om m
y
i tt e d u n t o
was t his : t h at yo ur fath er, who was a me, an d can n o w lay my grey hairs
”
ret ired of fice r and a catholic, had un with hon our in th e grave .

happily b ecome co nn ected w ith t h e I n eed n ot tell you, my dear Fred

d is co n ten ted leaders in I relan d ; t hat
h e was co unselled to fl y from th e
b
with what reat hless an xiet y I lil t cucd
to t his n arrat ive : na , t he ood Doc
y g
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’
s B udg et . JVo I I 385

y
. .

t or himselfmigh t h ave b een personall t h eir ex t en sive h

y
'

v in b
ro pert
y a pg ee n
int erested in it ; whilst the sobs of the p ri vat el di s p o se d o f, an d t he proceeds

sfl eetions te dame were more or less tran smit t ed ab road

’

b B ut this Veil .

aud ibl e fi o m eh ind t he

kerchief with t on is a long heade d fellow, an d t he -

yW
which sh e covered h er face, as the cir u tmos t cau tion will b e si te Yo u
'

cumstan ces of my h istory remin ded mus t proceed direc tl h itehaven ,

h erofscen es gone When she fou n d,
h owever, th at Art o r h ad con cluded,
an d t h ere, if possi le, o tain so me t i
din gs of t he female that ro ugh t you
b bb
p
y
sh e shar l exclaimed , But the box, hith er an in fan t From h er yo u may .

the b ox and he as h as til y rej oined, h l earn wh eth er ou r aren t is

I p e ce
r c an
y p
Yes, yes ; how could forget t h e s till in exis t en ce, or, at all even ts, the
”
hon H e wen t to the o ther side of o rigin al place of his destin at ion Y et ,
y
. .

t he apart men t, and unlocking an oaken y en ca n n o t b e t oo w ar , m

y d e a r E d
a era toirs, took fi em it a small case
-
. ward, an d it will be b u t common pru
co vered wi th red morocco, an d secured den ce to assume a fic titious n ame .

”
b y a gold clasp T h ese, said h e, S uppose, th erefore, you take Ferri
y
.

I innst n ot forget ; the elderl female, mond s I am sure he will pardon th e

’

who I said scou np z nied M r Veilton , use ofit —or, or, wh n o t ta ke min e ?
h b
-

I fipp d t h em in t o m han d ere she left t he child of my sis ter as now t h e est
t he an d b i m e b e carefu l to claim to it , an d y ou can f my
, pa s s o r

W
”
Sh e ret urn ed with her at al l ev en t s, said h e,
y by cheerin
y
et son
g
mast er to Whitehaven , bu t shortl af l y, till l am o liged t o resign you t o ou r
”
t erwards withdrew from the place, an d father E v er th in g was speedily ar
b
.

I am t old, has never sin ce een h eard ran ged we ret urn ed t o the Vicarag e to
of
”
. Wh ilst Arthur was men tion din ner, and I leave this even in g b y t he
ing th ese addition al circums tan ces, the mail for I shall n ot rest till my
D octor was examin in g t h e con ten ts of b
dou ts are satisfied T he in terval I
y
.

the (2 8q Th ere were sev eral orn a hav e emplo ed in commun icating th ese
y
men ts ofj eweller , an d a small minia p ar t ic ul ar s t o y o u , an d k n o w in g , a s I d o ,

t ure, suspended fro m a go ld ch ain . t hat you wi ll con t in u e t o indul ge t he

But how shall I express my aston ish most an xiou s in terest in my proceed
ment on seein him start from his seat , in I shall regul arl writ e you a de
g
the mi niatu re for a momen t, t ai o f t h em, al th ou g
y
sarve u n der resen t
p
an d t en press it in ecst ac to his li ps . circum stances, it will b e most pru den t
”
“
M dear, dear boy, said he, look t o direct t o me, u n der cover, t o my
on t t liken es s : it is t h e portrait of n ewl y
acquired u n cl e
-

I n t h e mean time, I am, as ever,

.

nu blessed m o ther, m y long lost,

E y
-

li g lamen t ed sister T he t ru t h mu s t Sin cerel yours,

b
-
.

soon b e manifested I h ave een de E n w a nn As n s r, a lias e

ceived by
a stor of h er h avin aecom
g
. on .

p a n ie d y ou r fat er in h is fli h t, an d of
g Fred Ferrimond E sq .
, .

r a a u s xa r xo u s r a o m r u n
. w as r a m u a a u m : c c a s s xc s.

No VI I
. .

Gu n man .

T o C n m s r o ru s n N o a m , E sq .

D ea n S m , op en s th e poems of
C laudian in th e
—
I n o n o t kn ow wheth er or not it h as hope of discov erin g someth in g n early
b een favou rab le, upon th e wh ole, t o approachin g t h e b es t ef forts o f t h e
Au gustan age, will b e disappo in ted to
t he repu ta tion of C lau dian , th at h e
was t h e last of the classic poets, an d find an imi tator where he expec ted a
sh on e, like th e flame ofa l on ely watch rival T h e dic tion o f t his poet is, per
y
.

t ower, u pon th e ver v erge of an ocean h aps, his mos t remarkab le fea t u re
b
.

of dark ness I f h is meri ts h av e een L iv in g at a time wh en all el egan t li

yb
.

t erature was abou t to si nk in to t he

ov er rated, th is h as prob ab l een o n e
b b b
-

”
o f t h e cau s es o f th eir b ein g so I t is . dead sea of ar arous ver al me ta
n ev er u l timat el y th e in teres t o f an y h
p y sics , au d t h e in tol eran t
ph a n l as ies

p o t t b o i ed ; a nd h w h o of a dispu tatious t heology, h e emu

e o e ver
pr a s e
-
386 Transla tion: f ro m the lessfamilia r L at in Ch ariot .
E Y:
JuI
lates, with mean th e c or
decided whether or not he was a Chris
y y
no success,
an d melod an d sometimes t ian , unless an epigram or t wo, of v er
y
rec tn ess
simplicit , of Virgil
b b
,

y
H is st le, n o question a le au then ticit , are to b e b y b
.

dou t , exh i its some flagran t ex t aken for proofs, in defaul t of et t er .

amples of t h ose artificial tu rn s of Th e wan t of in t erest u n der which t h e

th ough t , which have een stigmati zed b su j ect s of most of h is pieces n ow n e b
as con ceits,
b b u t much fewer t h an cessaril y la our, is certain l a great b y
migh t h av e een expected from the disadv an tage to Claudian We can .

sera in wh ich h e wro te His lan guag e, take part with Achill es, or H ector, or
b y
.

h owever, is his est part H is st la, Caesar, or Pom

.
, or Bru t u s, or Octa

in t he exten ded sen se of th e wor is vius, but who n ews or cares an y t hing
mu ch more correct than origin al Th e a out t he fortunes of Stili ch o, or G il
.
.

do, or th e Bellum G et icum, or th e

”
b
stren gth of h is poetical talent is n ot in

t h e ratio o f his good tast e H e s ue dest ruct ion of Ruflnus, or the merit s
b
.

ceeds est in th e ligh t an d fan ciful, or demerits of E u trOpius th e eu nu ch

an d worst in these t hemes which re The concluding stan zas of th e tran sla
u ire po wer an d v igour H ence h is ion of th e Fesoena ina, at tem ted b e
q t
y
.

”
Raptus Proserpin e is perh aps his low, are onl a distan t parap sac of
h appiest poem, an d his least happ ef th e original For this you will hardl y y
y
.

fort t he fragmen t of t he G igan to require an apolog I n selection s like .

”
m achia T h e last men t ioned is, in t h e foregoing, it is often more diffi cu l t
.

t ru th , merel
d h
yb b
om astical common
”
t han may be at first imagin ed, t o fi n d
a piece which shall at on ce he a fair
lace, an t e ect {era derideran tur,
-
p
t h e common editorial n ote at t he con s ecimen of the poet, in terestin g to

elu sion of all such membra dis eta ,

"
eral reader, and fl t to be tran s p
h
e

is, in t his case, a most disq is poo

sition . He is so ela oratel classicalb y I am, &c .

as to have left it u n T D
i n o O

O H ON E WHO H A D N E V E R L E FT H I S H OME .

’
T m : fields; ch at were his earl j oy, y
S till please his eye, with age t hough
T h at home, hi s world while yet a b oy,
I s
s till— les lo
t t — b
a world to h im .

Y h ave roll d on , at Time s command,

ears
An d still h is lit tl e cot h ath smil ed,
’ ’

T h ough n ow his staff in den ts th e sand

On which he t ot ter d when a child
’
.

Con ten t , h e h eslfi n or fort une s chan ges,

’

N or fates of con querors, n or kings ;

O er n o un trodden realms he ranges,
’

H e drin ks of n o for idden springs b .

From weal th he draws

’
t reach rous eas no
H is p eace n o rumpet s clan g s h un s ;
’

Th e F oru m m eets —h e h ath no cau se ;

H armless he lives, an d free from harms .

Unkn owin augh t th at cities own,

f
Or gran eur s smil e, or mise s sigh ,
’ ’

b
Wh at oots it he hath etter own b
b
T he eau tiful of earth and sky .

N Con sulat es h is ears deal

o y
No calen dar compu tes his ours ?
B ut au tumn s ch ron icled in wine,
’

And pranksome springtime writ in flowers .

W iesefm the k u f miha
ar L atin a
’

un t s:
’

y
T he sturd oak, whose shade he loves,
H e well recal s a saplin g slim ;
He is coeval with the grov es,
An d feels his trees grow old with him .

b
T hrice lest ! T h h old Verona s
e t orrid zon e,
’

Be stra as is
’
And srn oo Benacus flow ry side,
’

As Pharaoh s sea, to thee, unknown

’
.

I f time n or ill nor sorrow ring, b

Small n eed hast thou of sigh ts like these,
Who see st thy childre s children ’cling,
’ ’

bb
An d clim a out their grandsire s knees .

r s s c s N Nl v n s ss s

On the Nup tiak of Honoriui .

I .

O Pru n es more fair than Ven us

’
-
star

Canst draw th e bow with guil eful

C an st wind th e fier steed at will,
With more than a Gelonian skill,
y
H ow shall t he poet praises find
b y
T o paint th y od and thy mind ?

L eda had rather suckled thee

T han Castor, star of chivalr ;
T hetis in th ee had fou nd m
y
y
‘

oy
Than in her own un con qu er d
’

;
D el os, wh en thee sh e on ce hath seen,
Shall worshi less her Ph ceb us mien ,
’

y
An d L dia eem thee more divine
T han e en her ros God of win e
’
y
For wh en, in exercise full pride,
’

Fearless th ou thread st the forest wide

’

An d th e wind wan tons in th y h air,

An d th e awed lion leaves hi s lair,
Y et seems a d in g ride to feely
When he hath sun eneath th y steel, b
Ven us, enslaved, forgets her truth,
P ledged to the hapless hun ter ou th ,
y
An d C n thia feels redou led pain , b y
More pale than for her Vir ius slain b .

When the da
’
heat and la our o er, b ’

by
, s
T hy langui lim s at res t are laid,
Beneath the arching s camore,
Or some sequester d cavern s shade
’ ’
 Translation: f m th
roe h asM 150 La tin CIau ico
'
.
D y
ul ,

An d th ou h ast no t fbrbid to creep

Upon th y lids th ofi cious sleep,
’

y
H ow man a watching nymph d u ll pine,
An d wish h er glance wa s met b y th ine ;
H ow man a N aiad steal th e liss b
T hat s hi den in a secret kiss !
’

What thian realms, af

'

though, in S ar,
T h e overawed bar rian bo w
And dr his impl emen ts of war
At sig t of that commandin g row, b
And, on h is un defen ded lains,

—
y
Resignedl receive th y s ins
Go if thy u nslsked courage wills,
’
y
M id win tr Caucasus hoar hill s,
Go where the frozen lain s ob e
-

Th e Amazon , more so -
than t ey ;
An d, careless of her Sire and Name,
At length th e ha‘ h ty dame,
T he roud H ypp te, h
dleld
p
T o t as h er yet un con quer shield,
’

An d, sighing—th ough the trumpet sound

C hOp her keen axe upon the gro un d
What violence could never mov e,
Shall mel t
— Ha , y
d
m
t

h
tfi
m of ove
tong ue 0 verse,
C o d she u t match in such a line
m
L
b
For lest is sh e, who call s t hee her s,
’

b
Thrice lest, when thou shalt call h er th ine .

Oh ! let the Spring. that was in hm w go,

Fly to retum , and gild this hsppy day ;
I n liquid music let the waters flo w,
And sweeter caden ce ring from every y m
Smile, ye L igurian plai ns- smile, festi ve Rome

y
Amid our Alpine
y
Y e hills, let sun n wreath s our bro ws insist s,
let roses l oom,
y b ,

And len d their ushes to th e virgin dnows .

O er Adige wave the coral measure floats,

' ’

An d M in cius, as his win stream h e leads,

I s listen ing to th e j oy re
y b
ng n otes,
-

An d scarcel whispers to his trem ling

s
do wn the el der- h inged Po
echoes
It
b
Old Ti er dan ces at the j o ous sound
yy y
And at h er lordl mast er s nuptials, lo !
’

Rome s statel towers with smiling chaplets d!

’ ’
crown

Le t th e far lan d, from when ce our hero sprun g

Th e fervid skies of wild an d distan t Spain
L e t th at famed hall, with early laurels hung,
H ear an d re ecb o the trimnphan t strain
- .

—
T hence came th y sire thy sire, when thou hast pl hted
'

Th y troth, sweet Bride—t hen ce, Prince, th y mo t er came ;

Now, like t wo streams that meet , long disuni ted,
Y
our race shall flow in on e con tinued fame .
 ]
ha l f M mb tiosrfi u m the “ fossils” L a tin Classics
b
.

Ye oves of Bre tis, smile a righ ter green

T on , T agus, roll in all th pride of gold ;
—
Kin g of you r lin e ben eath t 0 lue serene, yb
L et Ocean his paternal orgies hold.

Realms o f the West an d E ast our toils ibrget —y

L et win e an d mirt h our eves y
mm employ
{3
-

L et t bu s, from h is risi t ill 1 set ,

L augh to see n otlring on is way but j oy

An d th ou, rude North win d, wither not one wr

-
eath,
Be still t hou E as t —n or th en, 0 ! Sout h, arise,
y
Bu t let ou ng Z eph on l , dare to reathe, y b
b
l n reat h as gen as th e lov er s sighs
’
.

III .

Yea, St il icho, th whitening hair

y
I s wen t t he shini ng m q e to wear ;
Bu t lay t h y frown in g h e : et down , lh
An d pu t thee on a fes tive crown
N o lon er with the trumpets soun d
’

l ’
b y
T h e pa ace lazing arches ring ;
Th e to rch that H men loves to ring b
H ath sprin kled its land light aroun d
T hose ch arms, which erst t hou took s
b
yy
’

Again t h ou gi v at, t his hap

’
day,
—L et malice r p
b ut vai nl still
y
L et en v take w t hue she will
What erst Seren a was to t hee,
.

y
S hall M ar t o H onorius be .

H esper, bo w, to Ven us dear

Lo
y
H is silver sh in ing lamp he rears
-

H e marks the blushin g virgin s fear,

’

An d smiles t o see her maiden tears

Y es ; sooth her, ridegroom b

Well he kn ows,
T hough smiles for such an h our were meet er,
-
.

Th ese tears, like dew drops t o the rose, -

Sh all make her morning lip t he sweet er .

H e, of th e them heed, must take no

Who would not let the b ud go free ;
And h e, who w ould on ho n e feed,
M ust n ever mark th e angry bee
y
;

As, wh en the rain clouds make retreat ,

by
-

Th e sudden day seems dou l clear,

80, t here can b e no kiss so sweet
As one that s usher d
’

a t ear
’
by .

War I have known th ee, sh alt thou

b y
cr ,

Th e hum led foe—the vict or s b liss

,
’

But n ever flash d oun g warriors eye

’ ‘

For con quest so lest as t b

L ove, on th y couch , himself enthron es ;
Re eal
v him — for he made e on e
And hear her ton gue n in ton es
T hat silence self mig t dos t u pon
’

.
 Fridr Bacon .

FRI A R B A C O N .

I ru n a vision . —In dome

y an an ti ue
A hol man I saw, with cap an d gown
q

Aroun d t h e walls were man a ponderous t ome

With hasp and hinge, all schoolmen of
y
b b
Alem ics, cruci les , met allic ores,
And wond rous th in gs from air, and earth , an d sea,
’

Were hu ng on h igh or st rewn upon the floors ,

,

b
As if h e wish d com in ed with h im to be
’

All miracles of mat ter an d of min d

An d h e did s tudy wisdom t ill behin d
H is fello w m en w ere left an d t h en t hey kn ew
-

T hat h e h ad leagued with demons —kn ew it well

An d, fearin hi m, con demn d then, reckless, threw
’

g
H is aged 1mb s to wither in a cell !

T H E B RO KE N H E A R T .

An lit tle I th o ugh t , wh en , with t hrillin g deligh t ,

I watch d t he fon d gaze of t hin e eye,
’

That so soon t h ou woul d st fade l ike a dream fro m our sigh t,

b
’

H eart roken, t o linger an d die !

-

T was mourn ful t o sit

’
by
th y pillo w, and mark
T h e alen ess th at dwelt on th y ch eek
b
Th y co (1 m arb le row, with its ringlet s so dark
T hy patien ce so h oly an d meek .

T was awful t o list to th y mu sical v oice,

by
’

L ike a lut e h eard nigh t from th e wav e,

An d th in k th at t he t on es wh ich made o th ers re oice,
j
So soon should be quen ch d in th e grave !
’

rl, worn down t o a sh ade

I gi
saw th ee, sweet
H o w ch an ged from what th ou wert efore, b
All t he m agical glo w o f th y feat ures decay d, ’

L ike a rain bo w, when tempes ts are o er

’
.

Tis past th ou art laid in th e cold silen t t om

’

And often , wi th desolat e h eart ,

b
y
All lon ely I st ra in th e dim, t wiligh t gloom,
b
T o th e tu rf in whose osom th ou art .

T h y sorrow s are en ded th y pilgrimage o er ;

’

Th y cares an d t h y wishes hav e res t

bb
I n th e Sa ath of eace, mid t h e j o s of th at shore,
’

W here the s ess in spirit are est b .

But woe u n to h im, wh o could ask in the glow b

Of th y trusting an d inn ocen t h eart
b
C ould add b alm t o t h y lisses, partake in th y woe,
b
An d ecome of th y eing a part ! b
Wh o could t win e roun d the though ts of th y bosom so kind,
A n d t hen from th y presen ce coul d fl y
Wh o coul d t urn to another with muta le min d, b
An d leave thee, heart -
b roken, to die !

Vo n I X
. .
 E arly A
’

fi ctzon .

E A RL Y A FFE C T I O N»

b y
W H E N all th e j o s arise to min d ,

Wh ich we elo ved have shared together ;

,

An d Rec ollect ion looks ehin d

y
,

b y
T o ou th s seren e, an d sun n wea th er ;
’

—
N o w on der girt with gloom around
With frown ing clou ds of care an d sadness,
I f, while I t hi n k of t hee, my min d
H an gs o er the ver verge of madness !
’
y
b
T h e dream of liss t hat lull d u s then ,
’

By dark realit u n roken, y b

E re D isappoin tmen t proved h er den
Was earth, by b
man a itt er token,
Oft, as I pon der o er
’
e as t,
Awaken s in primev al ory,
g
Glowin g, magnifi cen t , o ercast
With splen dour, like an eastern stor y
b
Th e loom that han gs upon the tree
by
I s strewn t empest s in derision
The flower, th at open s t o the b ee,
y
I s on l for a passing season
E ven so th e spring tide of t he h eart,
-

An d lov e th at speaks of pleasures onl y,

L ike rain b ows gleam, an d so depart ,
With all th eir ligh t, to leave us lonel y .

Bu t th ou h as t ch an ged n ot—stedfas tl
Th y mi n d hath stood, and al
y
by
n ev er
An d storm s h ave pass d unh eeded
’

Unh eard, or disregarded ever

L ike cl ouds th at sail efore th e moon, b
With momen tar haze o scuring
I ts silver orb , bu t passing soon ,
y b
b y
T o leave it s eau t more allurin g .

T he happ y y da
b s th at once were ours,
Can n ever rise again efore u s,
m ym
N or Au tu n s sun n even in g hou rs
’

C ast su ch a lowing an tle o er us ;

b y
’

N or Su mm
er ower a eaut rou n d,

As ers t it sh ower d on fiel d an d meado w ;

y m
’

N or su ch a h ol cal b e foun d
I n E vening s dark delicious shado w
’
.

But come wh at may, earth can not be

T h e seat or scen e of h apless sorrow,
b
‘

T o h im, wh ose soul is en t from thee

I ts store of happin ess t o orrow b
I n all t hy woes t o b ear a ps rt ,
I n all thy pleasures t o att en d t hee,
An d feel t hat n ever from his heart
Can augh t th at ever h appen s ren d th ee .

An d still I would n o t give, my sweet .

One h ou r that fin ds me hang about thee,

For all t he treas ures at m feet
by
T hat worlds eside co d len d without t hee
y
So fon dl , firml , in tertwin ed
With thee, are all my dreams of pleasuro ;
t ees ] E a rly [ fi ction
T hou idol of my min d
art t he .

M y heart s desire, an d secret treasure

’
.

T hen come what may—th ou wil t not leaVe

My h eart in solit u de t o
lan guish ,
y
T O sadl pi ne, an d vain l grieve, y
Amid mankind, in lon el an guish
No, bu t t he eart h a ho me o f lo ve
y
Will surely b e to h im, wh o orrows b
From t hee, all fi ckle ch an e a ove,
h
b
A more than solace for is sorro ws .

A N E S S A Y O N T H E S E N T I M E N T S o r A T T R A C T I O N, A D A P T A T I ON,
A N D VA R I E T Y

b
Th e O j ect of t his E ssay is t o ill us t io ns Of th e will , which , al th ough
an d
trat e th e n ature of con t emplati ve sen
t imen t , as o ppos ed to sensat io n an d o wn
yb
th e are fel t with in t h e limit s Of it s
ein g, are n o
’

sensual percep tion I t is in t en ded to

. . n eit her is th e f
b
pa rt O f i t s n a
eelin g of th e a st ract
ture
b
define th e modes Of sen timen t , an d t o eau tif u l t o b e foun d in th e h az un a
y
-

ren der the dif feren t t en den cies of th ese certai n t y ofn atural feelin ; b u t i n t h e
modes percept i le,
b b by seeking for sy m b g
un chan gea le relation s of in t ellec tual
form Bu t th e metaph ysici an s Of t his
ols Of t h em in th e v isible creat ion . .

W e mean n ot , in this article, t o en cou n try h av e, for th e most part , sh ewn

t er in to crit icism, b u t o nl t o make y n o in clm ation t o recogn i se, b
b b
rin g in to
known to th e p u li c the pu rport of v iew, or con f ess su mission t o th ose an ;
th is sh ort met aph ysical disquisit ion ,
which is expressed in con cise an d ex
cien t t ru th s wh ich h av e een t he tra b
dition al, orien tal roo t of t rue philOsOa
act lan guage We sh all, t h erefore, ra h h h
y
.
p y , in all ag es, a n d w i t o u t w h ic
t h er make ex tracts from it , t h an take the stud Of meta ph ysics is b u t a la
b
th e trou le of g oin g o ver t h e s am e horions exercise Of Opin ion , with ou t
t hin g i n di f
of th in king
feren t words
b
ein g dif
H is mode
.

feren t from th at
b li
en
e ef , an d des ti tu te of mm
n g or
'

wh ich is exemplified in most Of t h e T he dif

feren t ten den cies of sen ti
metaphysical writin gs Of t his coun tr , y men t are b
est
n al t ran sparen c ofmin d
perceived by that in ter
t he wri ter Of th is E ssay uses some which l ts
b
resu
y
com in ation s of Ian nage, which may from t he lov e o f th e ideal, to which
soun d n ew, al th oug th ey are easil y ev er y
thin g in t h e E ssa we are a ou t y b
in tell igib le, an d fi t t ed to exten d t he to qu o te from, has more or less refer
ran ge of th ou ght amon g metaph ysica l en ce .H owever, th e in uir in to the
q y
in quirers B u t som e Of th e modes Of differen ces Ofcon templat l ve sen timen t,
b
.

ex ression u sed h ave referen ce t o th e is egu n from emo t ion Of love or he

p
p h dosO h
p y Of an tiq u i t y F or . in stan ce, n ev olen ce fel t t o wards particular exis
” ”
t he words idea an d ideal are t en oes T h is emot io n is spoken o f
.

us ed th ro ugh ou t, in t he an cien t sen se, u n der th e n am e of men tal at traction ,

th at is to as ) t o express, n o t an y ac t wh ich is al most t h e on l n ew t erm y
:
of th e min d or th e co n cep tion Or re
membrance of th e part icular, b u t onl y
bb
used in th e ook Bu t th e word . lo ve
”

would h ave een t oo i ndefi n it e, as it

y b
to sign if th e a stract forms kn o wn b y may either sign ify en ev olen ce in ge bb
. b b
in tell ec t T he es t eginn ing ofphilo
soph y is from a stron g f eelin o ft he con
neral , or t h e feelin g et ween th e sexes,

or even n atu ral af fection , or con socia

b b
‘

t rast et ween movea l e an particular ted at tach men t an d frien dship I t was
b y
.

ein g, an d th e fi xed quali ties of pure t herefore n ecessar t o ch use a word for
idea The min d s o wn natu re eing
’
b a stractedl b y
co n templative
b expressin
.

movea le an d particular, and destit ute emot ion el t t owards particular exis

y y
of c ert ain t in its n atural feelings, it
can on l fin d t he origin of moralit in y t en ces .

T he nature of con t a n plative emot ion

t he in ternal consciousness of ideas in
b
capable Of eing al tered by
t he opera
may easily b e discriminated from that of
vol un tary action a for acti ve po wer al ways

“ illiam H o wiso n l 2 mo B lackwood, Edin b urgh, 182 1

'
By . . .
sac, E ssay on the Senti ments qfAttra ction , Adaptatio n, a nd Va riety [:J u l , . y
t akes th e ori gi n o f its mo tion f ro m wit h in B u t if al l e m ot ions of att ra ction w er e to

th e mind ; b u t t emp t
l i f elin re w ar ds a ce n tre or to wa rds di fferen t ce n t re s
con a ve e g , ,

ceiv es th e origin of its movemen t wh en the th en th e ch aracter an d modes o f b ein g in

mind is drawn to wards what exist s b eyo n d individual exist en ces w o u l d n o t p rodu ce

itsel f T h erefore, in sp eaking

. o f th at f e e l an y co rr e s p on d i n g e m o t io n , an d t h e e m o

ing of co n t emplative love or b en e v o l en c e ,

t i o n o f l ove
,
f e l t t o w ar d s a l l O b j e c t s w o u l d
which draws fort h th e min t d o w a rd s O h b e a li k e , e x c e p t a s to u n i t y a n d p l ural it
y
.

rate f rom itsel f i w il l b m T h m t i n o f im i ta ti v e a t t ra c ti o n h o w

j ee ta s ep a , t e c o e e o o s ,

i
v enien t to call it th e sen timen t of m e n t a l ev e r , a r e f e l t t o h a v e re f e r e n ce t o e x t en s o n

attraction .
an d ch a r ac t e r .

T he sentimen t of sin gl e at trac t ion is as

in the h ead of the so ul , flyin g first , an d
stret chin g f oremost to wards t he o b j ec t con
A s material atoms, in ob eying attraction , t em lated T he s en timen t Ofv ariet , wh ich
p .
y
sh ew th em sel v es af fect ed b y exist en ces
tu rn s th e mi n d aside, is as in each sh o uld er .

wh ose activ e p ower is so far distan t th at it

B u t, the sen timen t of adap ta tion is as in
can ex ch an ge no impulses with th eirs, so
th e hair, which , b ein g mo v eab l e, flowin g ,
men tal attraction or l ove, exemplifies a si and easil y agita ted, feels im itat iv e at t rac
milar mov em en t , which implies no more t ion an d 8 ends out ac co rdin t o th e ex
g
than th e exist en ce o f th e Obj ect con tem
,

t en sion an charact er of wh at is con t em

l a t ed an d t h ere for e t h is s en ti m e n t e n ”

b
p ; l ated
p .

ab l es th e min d t o exp erien ce t h e in flu ence

F rom th ese O servat ions con cernin g
o f t h e un iverse, b y a con tin ued feelin g o f
t h e n atu re Of con t emplat iv e emo tio n
connect ion with exist en ces which stan d b e
f e l t t o w a rds parti cular exi s ten ces , a
on d t h e reach of cont rary act ion
y
.

Th e emotion of men tal attract ion is t r a n s i t i o n is m a d e t o t h e se n t i m e n t o f

n ot all o f on e kin d, b ut refers to t h e n a t u re h o p ,e o r t h e l o v e o f t h e i n fi n it e , a n

m l d d m b m t w h i h m i h t b f l t l t h u h
of t
h bj g
n e e a o
e o e ct s co n te p a t e , an a y e e o i o c g
discri mi nat ed in to t hree differen t modes of t h e min d were lef t qu ite alon e .

T h e first is, s ing le a t t ract ion, B esides th e sen timen ts of sin gl e at

l
fee in g .

whi ch au e co n emplati ve l ove t o t en d t o

'

t ract ion , adapt ation , an d variety , (wh ich

c ss t
wards i n di vi du ali ty, an d seek for a cen tre appl y onl y t o particul ar Ob j ects sep arate
or h eart in th e Obj ect wh ich is con templa from the mind,) th ere is fart h er, in h u m an
t ed T h e scco n d is adap ta t ion , or imitat ive n ature, a sentimen t of heigh t an d in crease,
.

feelin g , wh ich refers to th e movemen ts, ex which draws th e min d away fro m th e in
t ension , an d ch aracter of what is cont em flu en ce of limited an d art icul ar Obj ects ,
p l a t ed , a n d e n a b l es th e m in d t o f ee l a n a n d e x p a n d s i t w it h t h e ov e o f th e p e r m a

a reeab l e emo tion in accommodatin g itself n en t an d in fin ite

,

T h e relation of th is as
g .

t o t he n at u re of t he obj ect upon which its cen din g s en timent t o unity is rel igiou s sen
at ten tio n is fix ed Th e third is the sen t i
. t im en t b y nat ure, an d it s rel atio n to ext en
men t o v a riety , or th e feeling of differin g sion is t h e sen timen t of hOpe, or th e lov e
f orm or idea
attrac i on , which t urn s an d t ran sfers t h e o f th e in fin it e, an d o f ab st rac t f
t .

att en tio n of h e mi nd, an d makes it feel I n th e feelings of human n at ure, h eigh t

t
sepa ate part i cul r b ein Th e sen timen ts an d in crease are conjo in ed ; an d it is evi
r a .

o f sin gl e attracti o n an adap tat io n , b ein g den t that h o tends alo n g with t im e, and
clos ely conn ect e , b oth n aturally ap l
d p y ac co r d s n e i a s w it h t h e lov e of th e p ast,

m
th e selv es to u ni ty
vari et
But the sen timen t of n or with descen ding or dimin u tion
'
.

i s of a difleren t kind, and is ca ab l e ti m t f h e n ot rest u pon an y Of

. T he
y p s en e n o o p can
o f b ein felt al ong wi th the t wo first, b u t t h fi n i t e u an t it ies rceiv ed in obj ects
g o s e q
as subo rdin at e t o t hem . o f sen se, but is capab e Of bein g af fected ,
I n the mat erial world, all obj ects that th ro ugh the senses, b y obj ects ex pressin g
have u s e en ough to make them percep tibl e p mportions and tion s of qu an tit y
t o the sen ses , are of an aggre ated nat u re ; rom this, t he f eelin of th e b eau ty o f
F
and, f
g
bu t a existen ce is truly indivi dual when it ab s tract form, an d also O harmony , seems
n
con tai ns onl on e source of active
y p o w er t o
. a ri se . H ar m o n y, w h i c h d e p e n d s u p o n
Therefore, in dividuality is n ever distinctly th e fixed rOportions of fin ite uan tities,
q
h
“
sh wn , ex ce t in th e will of livin b i ( t t i f t h i ndividu al
e p g e n s
g , as u p o n e p o r o n o e
whi ch a m anifestation of active m
.

o w u l ti o n s in er cu t u sical t on es , ) car
p er p sa

p ro ce e d i ng f ro m a s in
g l e a n d s e
p a r a t e r ie s t h e m i n d o u t o f fi n i t e q u a n ti tie s , in

Th e E i curean philosoph y , b y erceiving their preportion ; as is als o fel t

.

so rc
ue
p p
.

fei gning th e mra to b e an aggregated an d i n seeing the proportions o f light in the

m
.

T h us, th e sen timen t of h ope,

o

o pl ex existen ce, den ied th e act io n s of rainb ow

c .

li v
m g b ei gs to b e manifestations of true which seeks after the infinite, produces al
in d mdu al i t
n
th d i e o f f e e li n a b s t ract and p er
y . s o e e s r g
But th e sen timen t Of single att raction man ent relation s .

which seeks alway s for a cen tre, or h eart , B u t the sentiments ofsin gl e attraction ,
is felt t o apply pro 1 to obj ects which adaptati on, and variety refer o nl y t o mo ve
are t ruly individ i
l ke living b eings abl e and particular sxi t cn css, sit uat ed bee
. i
ma j E m y on the se ntimm f: q ttracti ou, Adap tation , a nd Va riety
'
393 .
”

d th e min d T h e are, t h eref ore, out m in d, i n con templ atin extern al obj ects,
y on
i g
. .

ward affections, and f t he sentimen t of has a stron g feeling of istan ce an d retro

at traction b e as th e h ead of t he so ul , eessio n , it is a sign o f th e emoti on o f at
imitative emotion as th e hair, the sen t raction A ll egory con joins th e lo ve of th e
.

t iment o f hope which dep ends upon p urity finit e and particul ar with th e l ov e o f the in
an d b reath o f in tern al f et lin is as within finite, an d seeks t o mu lt ipl y ideal resem
"

t he ch est an d sh oulders, an th ere ex erts b lan ces of th e p arti cul ar, o r rath er seeks to
its l ifi in g t en den cy . esca e al togeth er
p from th e b oun ds o f the
From h Ope spring th e p owers of im .
pa rt ic ul ar in f
.ee lin
g its union with th e in

ag in ation , wh ich are t h e win gs of t h e soul , finite . T h is is th e p erfection of lo ve .

springing fr o m th e shoul ders I m ag in a

. Discrimin ative j udgmen t proceeds up
tion is not l ike love or at t rac tion , an atfec on t h e feelin g of sep arat e att raction b ut
tion fel t towards p articu lar o bj ects , b u t is an o ther mo vemen t o f th e j udging po wers is

rat her a sort of v olun t ary act ion , o r wavin g
of th e win gs , t h ro ugh which t h e soul seeks
to feel t he v aried fo rms o f th e ideal , b y
g m o t io n A s th e sen t imen t of hop e
.
wit, in which th ey are applied to j u dge o f
th e dif feren ce b et ween th e feelin g of th e
p art i cu la r, an d t h e id e as foun d b y t h e im

is th e lov e o f th e in fin ite, so t h e powers o f Anot her act of th e

j i
udging
s po wers

imagination are em lo yed in takin g a tem tracin g t he motion o f t h e sen timen t of

o rary hol d o f t h e ite ideal, an d t u rnin sin l e attraction , as it f ollo ws after on e ob
p g g
t h e mind b y th e t rans ien t con cept ion of j ect. T hi s is lik e p urs u in
g sa m en ess in to

what is not within its own b ein g . differen t circumstan ces, an d produces th at
I t may b e easil y p erceived, that ima con secu tiv en ess of opin ion wh ich sh ews
na tion , which feels after t h e ideal , is n o t reaso ns dedu ctiv el y, an d b y in f

gi
-
ern ee, or

a same as th e sen timen t o f v ariet y o f ai carr in m en ess in to dif feren t circum

y g sa
t raction , wh ich feels th e dif ferin g in fluen ces stan ces.
of mo veab le an d particul ar obj ects .

The lion , whose h ead is ins tin ctively

s wa e d d m ade to f oll o w aft er moveab l e
y an
T he relation of the min d t o obj ects
obj ects , i s t h e sy mbol of a tt ra ct ion , o r th e
o f sen se is o nl y a relation t o th eir exte
lov e of th e mov eab le an d p articul ar A n d rce tion s of the
rior w ; as th e
.
or
p o er p e p
t he an cien t s emb l ematicall y represen t ed
(which is th e sy mbol of touch an d res ist
L ove as ridin g upon a lion , n o t t o signify a n ce) a l o n ly to t he con tinuou s surf a ce
pp y
t hat L ov e sub du es all livin g creatu res, b u t
over whi ch it b ro wses
b emuse the lion is the symb ol of attraction
.

T h e sensation s receiv ed b y th e eyes

b et ween s arat e b eing .

an d the ears apply th em sel v es t o those

From e con sideration of th e con p er m an e n t an d a b st ract f o rms, which are
tem la tive sen t imen t , a t ran sit ion is kn o wn directl y b y th e min d, an d ren der
b
in to an oth er su j ect, which is them p ercep tib le, b y filling th em with oh
no t men tion ed in t h e ti tle page, n ame -

j ec
.
t iv e c a u se s o f f e eli n g T
. h e cause of

ly, opin ion , or t he ac tiv e po wer of feeling is moveab l e an d particular, b u t th e

j g
u d m e n t , as co n tr as t e d w i th a s t rb
ac t f
fi
o r m is o t h er w is e T .h e m
eld of v aca n t v is io n, wh ich it is capab e o f
i n d h as al w a s a

visio n .

Such b ein g th e modes o fat t raction , it k no w i n g, y b i ts o w n ex i st e n ce , w ith o u t an

f li f t ti n A n d th e min
is necessary next to speak of th e p owers of e e n g o con r a r y a c o .

m h h h d f l s b tr t l t io s b es t w i t h o u t s en sa
j g e e a r e n
u d en t , w h ic a re t e a n s o t h e s o u ,
s s a c a ,

t i t h ! ( w hi h i th m bo l of
the most mov eab le part , and cap ab le, as it on ; as e a re c s e s y
i t ellect ual v is io n ) sees b est in t h e dark
were, of b ein g tu rn ed b ack upon the min d, n .

i el y visib l e th e
to feel ho w it is af fected b y extern al causes B u .
t co lo u r ren d er s o b j e c t v

The relation s of ideal form are kn own f o r m s a n d m o d e s o f e x t e n si o n known b y

directl y b y singl e feeling , or abs tract vision , t h e m in d ; a n d t o n e r e n d ers objectivel y per

t i b l t h ti ti id l f orms o fdu
witho ut an y reflection of th e mind upon it ce p e e q u a n e s or e a

self But judgmen t or opin ion requires a

.
r a t io n , o f w hi c h th e m i n d is i n t e rn all y c o n
”
doubl e feelin g .A n d the serp en t , which , s e r o u s .

b y folding , can tou c h it se lf in m any dif . T h e f o ll o w i n g e x t r ac t r e f e rs t o t h e

fereat places at on ce, is th e symbol of p ru operat ion s o f j udgmen t , o r Opinion

da res .
p roceedin
g p u o n s e n sa t i o n .

The judging powers , proceedin upon Ju dgmen t concernin g form, is judg

g
the sentiment of single att ractio n , gi ve th e men t con sideri ng u pon th e f eeling of con
feelin of different things appro xim ating tin uous and extended touch , such as that of
g
An d h en ce comp arison s and si light upon the eye Wh en th e form is not
x
to n
ze
. .

mili s, and j udgmen t con cern iu th e shu t in , an d wh en th e extension viewed is

coincidence or app arent union of Open , th en the ud men t is al so free, and
ercut j g
obj ects Th ere can b e no union in th e moves con tinuousl y to opin e con cerning ls
s—bu t onl
.

resistin
g p o w e r o f ob j e ct y t h e c a l it y an d di s ta n ce J u
. d g m e n t co n c e rning

t ra d erence of resistin g power, when t hey separaten ess, or n umb er in obj ects of sense,
-

p r. ag i n st s c h ot h e r ; an d w h en t h e is j u d g m e n t p r o c e e di n g p u o n th e f ee lin g O f
 396 E ssay the S en timen ts q Z du p la t io n, [ y,
’

on ll racl son , a nd Vari ety . J ul

different or successive to uch , or resistan ce not imply th e p referen ce ofany thin g , to t he
fel t dividuousl y, and having order or col intern al feelin g of in dividual b eing When .

location, if perceiv ed simul taneousl y T he . t heobscure internal n atureoftb emin d s ar

’

p
sensat ion of divided an d numero u s t ou ch ticul ar b eing is con t rasted with t he kno w
may b e receiv ed in various ways ; b ut the l edge offixed idea, th e mind th en perceives
p ow er o fj udg ing con cern in
g t h e fe e lin g o f t h e dissimilarity b et ween its o wn mo v eab l e
s eparateness , is , t h e fin gers o f th e soul In . b ein g , and th ose perman en t rela tio ns wh ich
mu sical t on es, gravity an d acuten ess de cann o t b e al tered . A n d this con trariety is
en d upon t h e com arat ive l en th o f t h e felt as the sou rce of int ermediat e p ain ,
p p g
p uls at ion s in dif feren t t on es , and couse t hrou gh which , alon e, su ch con t rariet can
y
q ue n tl y p
u on t h e co m p arat iv e m u l tip lici ty b e recon cil ed . B u t, when t h e mind dis
of th e pul sat ions. I n grav e t on es, th e pul j o in s its e lf fro m i dea, th e nat ure of its
sation s are l arge an d few ; in acut e ton es, p o w e r is t h en ch a n
g e d fr o m in t ell e c tu a l
they are sho rt an d m an y Th erefore t he stedf astn es s, in to t h e m ore po wer of ar t i
.
p
erce t ion of m u s ical ro ti ns in so u n d cul ar b eing S elf lov e is a feeling rela tin g
p p p po r o . -

is from the po wers of j udgin g con cerning t o th e wh ol e of individual b ein g ; bu t pride

s ep arat en ess, fo r t h es e are th e m ean g b y is like th e sp ine or back of th e so ul : an d
which th e mind j u dg es o f t h e pro portion al th e ho rse may b e considered as t h e sy m bol

q u an t it y o f pulsatio n s in dif ferent t on es, o

fp r i d e , o r t h e st r en g th o f p a rt icular b e

an d dis criminat es th e chan g es of vib ration . in g , made to b e ridden upon , an d con t ro ul

I f red b e th e colou r which is gravest, or cd b y reason an d co n f orm it y to idea .

largest in th e p art s , an d if th e o t her six As th e desire of ap pro ba t io n reco n cil es

colo urs dimi n ish from it , in h armonica]
p mp ortion s , t h e proport ion s ofcolou rs mu st
b e al so p erceiv ed accordin g t o th e min d s
’
an d u n ites th e act ive po wer o f dif feren t in
di viduals, it p rodu ces , b et ween t h em, a
feel in g o f amity an d mu t ual pleas ure B u t .

po wer of dis tin gu ishin g separat en ess, b ut this is u nlike contempl ative l ove or at trae
”
a
pp lied t o a dif feren t feel in
g . t ion , in which th e mind feels o th er exis t
en ces, as drawin g Opp osite t o itsel f for th e
T h is marks ou t th e differen ce of th e
desire of app rob atio n m akes o th er ex ist
O erat ion s of opi n io n from modes o f
p en ce. b e f el t as collat eral A n d v an ity has
Si n gl e feel in g, such as all in t ern al con
b
sciou sn ess , a stract v ision ofideal form,
t ouch, an d emo tion s o f con t empl ativ e
n o obj ec tive vision , or sen se o f obj ec t ive
b ea uty ; b ut seeks onl y for correspo n den ce
of in t ern al feeling as t o moveab l e o w
p e r
.

lov e I t is also adap ted t o sh ew h ow

b I f pride b e th e spin e or b ack of th e so ul ,
.

Opin ion , as ein g a m ode of t h e mi n d s

’

y
v olu ntar act ion , sh ould h av e a con

n ect ion wi th th e self lov e an d p assion s

the desire o f approb ation is as th e ri bs
and dog s wh ich
j oi n i n th e cha se, an d

strain th eir l ps ed i n t h e sam e cou rse, ma

a y
-

of h u man n atu re . T h e remain der of b e considere as the sy mbols of soc ial ao

t h is E ss ay relates t o t h e will an d t o th e n ity , or commun it f f li t ct ion
y o ee n g as o a .

modes of ers on al feelin g T h e wolfish t enden cy of th e desire of ap

p .

p ro b atio n , is al wa s manifes t ed soon er or

y
A n d i n p ro ceedin g to consider th e
kin ds of active movemen t which are foun d later, wh en mankin d are ex cited t o act
in human n atu re, it is eviden t that the much togeth er, according t o th eir n atu ral
fi
‘

i T h i io n al so i i
'

p a s s o n s s a ec t g v e s r s e t o
n eares t to con t emplativ e sen timen t are those
.

an in terchan of th ough t in societ , which

kinds of action which refer to the ideal an d y
is n ot t hron g th e medium of intell ect ual
ermanen t A nd, first , stedfast n ess of will
p .

form, b u t according to community of na

i s th e relation of th e mind s act iv e ower to
’
p tural feeling, which is t h e sou rce o f cor
one erman en t form ; for th e n atu re o f the
p
min has not stedfastn ess in its el f, an d ou rup t modes of exp ression .

I n pride, t he internal n atu re of acti ve

ly attains t o it b y t h e union of its particu
w r is fel t as sin l e I th d i f
lar power with fixed idea An d j ustice is
. p o e
g . n e e s r e o
appro b ation it is fel t as s t e an d coll a
t he relation of action t o e u ality of idea
q .

t eral B ut th ere is also caut ion , wh ich is

But th ese modes of action are essen tial] .

differen t from th e sen timen t ofh o e, whic h a sort o f con ce tion of th e natu re o f con

t rary power
p
I t is a doub l e feelin g, like
is th e l ov e o f th e ideal , b eyon d e limits
.

of th e min d s exist en ce
’
T h e cont empla .
j n d en t ; and, ifj udgmen t b e th e han ds
of e soul , caution is like th e pressure of
t ive l ove of idea ma easil b e discrimina
y y th e arms again st th e sides , produ cing t h e
t ed from th e in ternal sen timen t of j ustice
and st edfastn ess of will
feelin g of con trary power, an d t en ding t o
.

re res s th e ou t oin f o e ofth e min d T h

An d, in p assin g from th ese to th e feel . p g g rc . e

ing of sel f lo ve, an ot her differen ce is easi

-
desire of approb ation or con curren ce, is th e
ly p erceiv ed ; for self love is pleasu re in
-
in t ermedia te feeling b etween p ride and cau
tion , an d con cil iat es th e mind t o the act ive
feeling t he in ternal n atu re of the mind s ’

moveab le power as such, and not as relative p o w ero f se p a ra t e b e in

g , w hi ch w o u l d o t h e r

wise b e co n trary
to idea S elf love, therefore, cann o t be
b
.
. -

called a sentiment , in the same mann er as One of the most remarka le things
j ustice or atedfastness of will ; for it does in th e above quotations ia the refbrence
12
m a] E ssay the S entiments q mactson
’
Adap ta tso n,
'

a nd
’
-
Variety
'
on , . 8 97
sf
"
m en t ment s
sent i to difieren t
‘

thetic feeling in th e spec tator ; or aim

of the h uman form T he forms at givin g h is min d somethin to do b
y
p arts
y
.
,

of t h e animals nk n tion ed as symboli excitin g an activi t o ft h ou

ml of th e differen t relation s wh ich t he gard to t he su j ect represen ted Th ese

g
b
t wit h re
.

mind is ca ble of havin g to other ex are wg ys of affecting t he mi nd withou t

b
'

“t ences, rd a more varied ex empli sh ewmg an .

th eorems of t he eau ti
fi cstion of th e same prin ciple . ful, and wit ou t causing an y t hi n to
g
h i i ll fi d m i d b een b h
y
T s E s sa y s w e t te t o re n pcr e s y t e in t ellect , T he want of .

t ons of refl ection , of th e importan ce of th e lov e of th e ideal in ph il osoph is

th e l ove o fthe ideal, as con t rast ed with st ill worse, for it chan ges metaph ysi
b
o pin ion , oth in philosoph y a nd th eart s cal specul ation into a t em orar c aer y
p
y
.

W ithou t a con tin ual referen ce to cise of men tal ac tivit , wit hou t con,
b b
r

manen t an d a s tract relation s, t ere viction T h e un ch angea le, is the

y
.

it y or purit of st yle in measure an d t est b y which the ua

can be no
th e arts ; an th e production s ofartists lit ice of changea le ein g are under
q
b b
must dwindl e, (as we see th em do at stood
y
.

n to mere a l o s mpa
p r esen t, ) i pp ea s t

P II I L O S O P H Y O F S E L F.

Cursed b e that selfi sh gn om e t hat ch ill d the

’
soul

O f cyn ic S wift , an d narro w Ro ch efou caul t

I hate th at n am e, sin c e firs t , in early y ou th ,
I lit up on that b oo k of too mu ch t ruth ,
P ored o er its p age, an d hal fin v ai n would try
’

”
T o prove each damn in g p rin cipl e a lie, & c

y b b
.

I t is ver remarka l e th at th e philo h im Tickl ed b y the desire

sh ado wed

y by
“
.

l Oph y wh ich , its empire ov er a shal o f n ovel t , rather t han excit ed

low an d weak ceded n at ion , was en

y th ron es an d al tars,
love of t ru t h, t he dived after para
doxes an d roposition s, to make sport
the
y
y
abled t o des tro
ever prin cipl e of h um an an d divin e wi t hal, an produ ced t h em sin gle and
righ t , an d at len gth it self, com men ced u n su p ort ed , each ofth eir 5 ecu lation s
p
its career with t h e p osit ion , t h at self con tain ed in t h e limits of ree lin es
W
.

was th e firs a d l — h
”
i h m
y
t n so e ps ri n g , t e
p r i t o n e
go o d po in t t h e ir a s t h at ic
mum mobile o fh u man ac t io n War reason was con ten ted,
.

an d in sidiou s, it s firs t at tack was u pon

T o b e sen t en tiou s first , then sage, their
thos e merely specu lativ e opin io n s, th e
destruc tion of which coul d ex cit e n o For sh allo w thou h ts look wise in a o
g p p
alarm an d wh en t he power ofridi cul e th egm
”
.

an d paradox were so far su ccess f ul , t h e

b
next st eps were o v ious an d eas ,—to y
N o thing cou ld b e more con ven ien t
b
l igion an d p oli tics N or was it a dith for t h e lazy, y et am itious thin kers,
'

cul t mat t er t o persu ade h im, wh o h ad th an t his sty le c oupe of Fren ch ph ilo
’

b een first con vin ced o f t h e u t t er worth so ph y I t carries an air of decision ,

.

less ness of h imsel f an d h is motiv es, as o c zo, as it w ere, t h at is m ost im

'
fi i
b
'

t hat th e ten ets an d esta lishmen ts of posin g ; an d, u n der th e preten ce ofcon

religion an d go vern men t were n o b et cisen ess, takes care t o ex lain as lit tle

ter as
p o ss i l e I ts m o d e b
0 re a
. so n in g is
I t is ast onish ing with what sligh t th e most impu den t an d an tilogical th at
bu t efectual effort s thi s migh t pro y
can b e con ceiv ed,— su pposin g on eself
st rafi on of moral ideas was
about T h ere was n o gran d system,
rou h t
g b
as a fair represen tat ive of t he human
race, an d t akin n s own feelings f
’
.
g o e o r
n o digested lan n o ch ain of reason u n iversal law s I f on e h alf of t h e pro
p
y
-
.

ing, nor con caten ation of solid an d posit ion b e t ru e, it completel an swers
h m
’
over owerin t h t t d i t t h t i t ti s, for,
p g ou g o p ro u c e e p re ce
.
p o n ge r s n en o n
-

H ere a court i er dou b t ed, th ere as sert with th e world, on e u art er of in ge

b
ed t—a l i ert in e sn eered, an d an oth er n u it will ou t weigh i ree qu art ers of il
epigrammat ized T o ile up a fa ric false ood An d, b den in g the exist by y
g y
. .

was be on d th eir cap cit ; each set en ce of all h on est an d gen erou s mo
about his own car house, an d tiv e, this Proteus of argumen t has a
'

b
-

und ermined the neigh our that over las t retreat from confutation, b y hint
~
8 ” t y’
Jll l
in , that whatever its Op onen ts m ay that of self, ifit can b e so called, ) th at
(
g
th i nk proper to allege, t ey are true i is an port ed by
such weapon s, leaves
b
c on verts to the opin ion in their h earts
y no n g es ta lished : it is in n iously
.

T o outh, n o doctrines can b e more cal culated to overturn, wit ou t t h e

fascin atin g, or more pernicious
smat terin g of Fren ch , that is so earl
Th e .

y b b y
capa ilit either of exist in itself, o r o f
g
F
y
an d un iv ersall acquired, open s at once
su sti tut in
g a n ot he
b
r or n o
can stan d an d ecome erman en t , t at
p
p r
.in ci l e

t o t he inquisitive s triplin g these con

y
is n o t a feelin g and t his is th e nega
venient t omes of ph ilosoph
lit tle vol ume of the Maxims, soon
The . tion of all feelin g
an d
I t fou n ds a li vel
.

fieeti n ex isten ce in discussion and

y
fal ls in t o th e han ds of on e addic ted
t o readin g, and few b
ooks he will
in tell ec
come, or
warfare :
by b havin g o ver by
eing n eglected, it ceases
ev er meet wi th , can produ ce su ch a
b
sen si le rev olu t ion in the t on e of sen
t o exis t, an d leaves a most u n comfort
b
a le vacuum —a total ebb o f t hou h t
g
t imen t an d feeli ng I ts sal f orms
And gon e is the sweet idl e to ngue of th e
.
‘

an era in t h e lif e of t o ugh t ; an d

y
‘

rill ,
man a man looks back w ith regret T he strea m is dried u and th e p eb bles
p ,
from the ag e of seared and worn out -

feeling, to th e time, when these t oo

wise precep ts u n dermin ed h is n atu ral I t may seem a dan gerou s, b u t it is
y
h opes an d earn in gs, an d cancelled th e
by n ot al together a f al se sen timen t, t h at
h appiest years ofhi s existence, b ad rin ciples are et ter than n on e b
b
con
p .

v ertin g h im in t o a prem at ure man of C on si s tency is th e true su lime in mo

t he worl d But t he formation o f a ral con du ct, an d fixed prin ciples, of
b
.

soun d m oral feelin g is n ot th e work of an ki nd, an d in an

y y e in g , c o m m an d
a mom en t ; th e con viction of reas on , respec t an d admiration Bu t mere n e
b
h owev er forci le an d conclus ive, fails
.

h y
y
a tion s are n o i i l t t k
g p r n c p es ; e a e
t o produce i t and men argue in vain , n o h old, an d th e stru ggle t o u su r
th at woul d cram prin ciples do wn our
Th e min d, however sh allow
the place of th ose, on wh ich t h e de
d h h
y y
p

t hroats d i h h
y w
y
w t d t
p en an c en
.
, e y e s ro ,

an d serv il e, is in trinsicall in depen d th e n ecessaril an n ih ilate th em selves .

en t , an d will be its own lawgiv er Su c are all th ose precociou s an d eph e

by by
.

H owever ruled d i h meral sects, which, the di n t of pa

b
, a n st o op g n t o t e

dogmas of o thers, these mu st ecome radox an d co n tradi ction , h av e started

n aturaliz ed, an d its o wn , by b
eing fel t, b
u p, an d ecome gian ts in an hou r
ere t hey
mot ives .
b
ecome erect ed in to act u atin g
A moral principl e m ust b e
th ese, the foremost (at l eas t to su ch as
me, wh o care no t for ch urch or sta te,
Of .

a waken ed an d dev eloped, n ot in tru ded an d arg ue b u t wit h min e own feelin s
an d th ose su dden revu lsion s , wh ich
y by
th e lov e of
m th e Philosoph of Self y
Th e foun der, or n omin al fou n der of
.
g )

are p roduced b y v anit ,

y
con trariet , or singularit y, do bu t dis th is system, was not, as migh t be su p
i — i l i b d d d i i
y
f d
orga n ze , serv n g t o o t er a t e, u n e r
p os e , a ar n g s cep t c o r
p ro o u n
th e pret ence oftracing ch aracters an ew l — h e was simpl a courtier
b b y
. spec u ator,

Th ere is mu ch difieren ce et ween an d a eau— on e who thou ht merel

'

erec tin g an d destroyin and et ween b to speak, and stru ck ou t n ov el ties to

g

th e requisites for eac h

E rudition , reliev e t he en n ui of conv ersation
y He
. .

m h h was a ladies philosoph er, an d discu ss

’

j g
u d en t , an d in t en sit o f t ou g t ,

are th erare produ cts ev en ofgen iu s an d ed t h e tOpics of t he t oil et an d th e h eart

t ime b u t ridi cule and paradox are with singular felicit th e fair were h is
b
t h e irth s of a minute,— n at ural im sch ool , an d the hon oir his porch He .

l ses t hat re uire n o prep arative, b ut fell in with the E picurean an d languid
p u
b q
an o j ect t o b e exercised upon T he y humour of h is t ime an d cou n t r , he y
y
.

are the n atural emplo men t s ofan idle came th e moral legislator of t h e beau
an d fiippan t min d, whose u tmos t exer
h
y
mon de, and destro ed th e existin g ge
—
hea t , as Mun
tion exten ds b u t t o th e smart repartee, n eron s laws o f t e r

or wh imsical crotch et T h ere is no la ch a m h w l f — b y t urn

b y
. u se n o ve rc a e t e o ,

ou r required ; the h av e b ut to fol . n ing t h em in side ou t And all this

.

lo w their n ature, an d consult t h eir h u was don e b y the way of amu semen t
y
.

mour, an d hence often at tai n a felicit Th e l ife of Roch efoucaul t gav e t he lie
o f con ception and exp ression , th at to h is doctrine ; and t he deifier of self
was an ardent friend an d en thusiastic
’

o verpowers a wh ole sorites of ar u

inentation But a philosoph , hke
.
g
y lover But folks received that as ster
.
 P hilorbp lcy q e y i m
ling, which he himself wen t bu t for
y are -
toe tb ph ilosoph , : thein
s ocial -
r
t hough ts run in t he ch an n el of conver
. y —
i nst ! th e saw n ot wit , b ut reason in
k , and themy was convert ed in to prac satio n , and h av ing proceeded a space,
y
-

t ice The empire of raillery was ac expec t a repl t o relieve an d set th em

—
. .

knowledged and acquiesc d i fo rward on th eirj ourney again Thongh t

b
e a ; sar . .

cam was all owed to parry accu sat ion ,
an d p o in t to b e an an swer to proof.
T h i s came the d nast of epigrams,
h as n o t een t he exercise o ftheir min d,
b u t its div ersion and with the excep
y t ion of Mon t esqu ieu, wh o se tesselated.
s stem man ifes ts t he
.

fi om whence t o t at of den u n ciation k,

’

y j oi n er s w or

I nd prescription was a sh o rt stride . with which it was pu t t ogeth er, t here

N o tepic could be more con venien t is scarce an example in t heir l iterat ure
o r deligh tful t o t h e female spaw ns and of a b
od
y o f r ea so n in g T h e d o n.o t y
M r mal e followers, th an th is inge u n derstan d, an d can n ot follo w th ose
b
fi lml h l bble a ou t l a mour, l a rrt o u
’

B usll 0
’

?
sp ecul ation s, wh ose lin k an d clu e in
—
fee ngs i n wh ich mul tifariou s sub
li
a e le clear, at res r it
gg g
.

unfortu n ate t erm were in t h eir j e c t s ar e b l en de d t og et h er b y t h e gl ow

t urn Viewed an d reviewed asserted at— in g p o wer of eloqu en ce an d imagin e
th e same time of a t hou san d dif
h —
feren t tion H en ce,
. by
t he Fren ch literati of
th e presen t day, D e Stael an d C hateau
and ncong
i i li d
b y
ruo u s t n g s s
p t a n t o r

t urod in t o sh ado ws I t is worth while . rian d are disown ed as com atrio ts

p
i t look for the explication s o f l esprit th c are n ot Fren ch in sp irit, an d
’
-

in Girard s sy n on imes , t o form an idea th e dev iat ion is n ot t o be forgi ven T o

’
.

of t he sufihrings o f th at u n lu cky sub ill ustrat e wri t ing b y sp eech , th ey were

m utive For my part, p u z zled a t fi rst too m uch soliloquizers for t h e gossi
.

t o know what it was, was pu zzled at I in g spirit o f their n ation , who, accor d
y
h i t to discover wh at it was n o t T he in g t o t he v ar idea, s et do wn ever

y y
.

ladies,»with all due deference, pla the o ne f o r m ad, w o mu t t ers with h imself

m deuce wit h words, wh en th e y

T h e were besides th e assertors of feel
.

m e t o t alk p h il os o h
p y T h ey ar e so
. in g , an d cast of f th e pedan tic trammels
fi na l in sent imen t, an d th eir p er of th e old sch ool T o say n o more o f
.

ception s admit of so man y sh ades, th at ei th er at

p resent , each of wh o m m erits

the C hinese th emselves would b e per a v olu me of su ch ill spu n criticism as

I
-

fi d l h m h co uld b estow, th ey o vert urn ed t h e

y
x e t o su p y t e w it e x p re s

i ons : four an t wen ty let ters can n e

- -
p h il os op h of s e lf .

Our neigh b ours, upon the wh ole,

was v o r a q s s n us r ax v s t s o r s o w n a u s s s c v x n v s ,

C HAP TE R I V .

T H E C RI B S O F E D I N B U R G H .

Attant e t o mak ye readers more bowsum an d atten t , we p romit faithfirllie to writ na

thing in this werk b ut allan erlie sik t hing as b en e mais t p at en t an d knawin t o we, o th ir be
«

d indu stry e, or elli s b e reh ers o f o th eris rych t t rew an d faith

en ce an d

ful mctomis '

. An th airfore gif th is our werk b e foun d pl esan d t o th e rcders , we sell
t ym m air ls rgelie of ot hir mataris , b aith to their eruditio un and pless is .

B ellendcn s T ransla tion qfB ecca

’

list en t o common place psosers) of -

cl osin t h e o rifi ces of my ears, or at

l east s ut tin g u p th e doors of my at
y
t en tion , on ever n oise b u t th at which
I wish t o h ear, the singulari t of th e
sou n ds from th is source h as f en n u
der th e cogn izance of my percep tiv e
5 ti
. m beeen a sou rc e o f m u ch am u se p owers w ith redou led force T h ou gh b .

went to lis ten to th eir varie d n otes as h aps n ot in such variety as th ose of
a i nin g and as I h ave ac quired on don , where Liven cat s meat an d

g
’

habit (a n ecessar requ isit e for y dog s meat fb rms an article of civ ic
'

{b u e d a “ o l iged in courtes to b y commerce, yet I

ho pe I do not err
v0 L i l . s .
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