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¦ -kw » ^ - > - " / . ; ¦ + ! , thp " narcas " of the Greek faiuS ^^^? . &^ i ? s ^ ssa ^« fr £ -+ ^ 1 Moreover , if the waves—time disciples of S ^^^ - ^ r j S Sfei ^^^ r Co 5 ffl £ ? bSdled to rest andtalked to sleep by ttat continuous and never-ending flow of words Like oil upon the troubled waves—like a Isermon on a siiuucr day , is the eloquence of GlaSno-the many-counselled , the mellifluous . Our anxieties , indeed , arise from the reflection , how in these d egenerate days , m our unromantic iS and amongst our xmclassical p opulation , we Si bestow a worthy welcome cm our returns hero . Surely , so irreat an event shotdd becelebrated by some appropriate ccrpnony _ With such a minister as the author of Ihe last Uajh of Pompeii" there can be no difficulty about compos & g a ^ roper pro-ranunc . Air . Cox . woul d , doubtfess , volunteer to supply the histonal allusions , . < md the services of Mr . Kcan . mig ht . be securcdm ordei to ensure everything being strictly classical and appropriate . ForWvown p ai-t , we would humbb /^ tigcest the revival of a Roman triump h . Hie coast of Deal—as being the scene of £ a ? sar landingwould be the most suitable locality for the disembarkation . The episode . . of the Kmnan standard-bearer mia-ht be repeated with eflect . borne devoted adherent — some follower quand meeme of tlie Ministry ( possibly the late Lord Mayor , _ fc » ir Robert G arden)—mig ht be induced to plunge into the sea , and , struggling through the : surf , to plant upon the beach tlie charter of the Ionian isles . As the boat , bearina ; the conqueror , approaches the shore , a jubilant anthem should be intoned , composed expressly for the occasion . On the words of " Vcni , vidi , vici , " with considerable variations , especially on the last paragraph . On landing , a chorus of wlnte-robed virgins— or , m default thereof , of the maids of Pantori-stre - et , sacred of yore to the memory of the hero ' s ^ u-tiie—should crown liiiu with the wreath of laurel , while a select troupe of Greek merchants , who could all show their certificates of bankruptcy , should bear him aloft cm aphalahx of shields richly studded with liirkish piastres , coined and cast exclusively by the hands of Grecian patriots . As the progress from our Ostia to the . Cap itol—from Deal to Westminsterwould be somewhat tedious , we fear that the anachronism must be committed of conveying the whole procession by rail in Roman cars . In order , however , to preserve the illusion , everything will bo conducted with the strictest accuracy of classical detail : the prices at the refreshment-stalls will be carefUlly calculated in obols and denarii , and even the buttons on the p olicemen ' s coats will be copied from coins of the later Empire . On arriving at the terminus , our " patres conscript ! — - the Aldermen and Sheriffs of the City _ of London—will be there to welcome , the citizen who has deserved well of tho commonwealth , and who in the day of doubt and danger did not despair , even of tho Ionian States . Ml ' . Gladstone will then ascend tlie triumphal- car , the procession will be re-arranged . Probably , for a consideration , Mr . Wellington Guernsey could be induced to enact the part of tho supp liant cnptive at the loot of his magnanimous conqueror ; while , for the post of tho buffoon who was placed besidethe triumphant huro in his oar , to remind him of tlie vanity of lame , we should hope that the claims of the member lor Midhui ' st would not be forgotten . Amidst tho ucchimationa of an operatic populaco , Iminyil exprcmsly for tho occasion to shout " Kvoo ! evoo 1 " the procession will proceed along our cloaca maxima—tho New-cut of Lnmbetli—ticrosri tho modern Tiber , tho sttorod lluimes , to tho HaUu of Westminster . There tho House of Commons , attirod in tho garb of Roman senators , would be ready for the reception . IJulwer Lytton , in tho character of Pdrtifex MnxunuH , would proclaim < , ho virtue * of his collonguo in classical and sonorous periods . He would toll how the modern Cinoinnatun had deserted his quiet homo and his learned leisure ) tor the good of the K-epublic-r-how he had braved tho perils of the oruel sea , and the still more eruel mosquitoes— - henr , from tho historic islos of Greece , ho had
driven forth the demon of discord and hatred , and satisfied everybody by promising everything--how , during his short reign ,, he had ^ emulated , if ^ not surpassed , the glories of Sancho Paiiza ' s dukedom —and how , at last , like a true and ^ ithfuT servant of tlie Trinity pf men ' s worship—the Good , the Beautiful , and the True—he had returne d home harbouring no ambitious designs against toe safety of the State , but really to resume the duties of a simple citizen . The proceedings would then terminate by a vote of the Senate proclaiming Mr . Gladstone to be " Pater Patrhe . " purely , in the words of Cicero , tluit one day would be worth an immortality . i- - - ? nv If some inveterate sceptic , without respect for . things sacred or profane , should suggest that ail thisiavours of burlesque , we should only answer ,. so much the better . The whole affair has been a burlesque from beginning to end . - Greek nation-¦ tility is a humbug—ministerial sympathy with the wrcm » s of the lonians is a humbug too ; . and the some-time commissioner extraordinary—then Lord Ili-h Governor , and now independent statesman , — is tie greatest humbug of the lot . The affair . was a political demonstration , of which nothing has come—nothing could come—and ^ nothing was meant to come . As Byron said of ^\ ilberforce these were " words , words , words , imd nothing but words . " Poor Sir John Young was unfortunate enough not to . ¦ ¦ take the joke , and was punished for bein" in earnest , by losing his appointment . We are Surprised that Mr , Gladstone shoixld have been able to play out the farce to . the end . TV by , even Mr . Arthur Gordon refused to foUow his leader . Since the days when Balaam ' s ass turned round and spoke , there has been ^ instance of a warnino- so remarkable and so unheeded , A \ e are driven to the supp osition that Mr . Gladstone , on his return , intends to drive Albert Smith out of the field , with the recital : of "A Comic Journey-to Corfu and back again , " interspersed with avariety of startling impersonations . W e had , ind eed , hoped better things of the oldest of ^ ir . -Robert Peel ' s disciples . AN'hen will he take the adyiee of the Thersites of Shakespeare and keeping - — ' ^ Where wit is stirring , leave the faction to fools .
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Foreign.Wines For The English Market. At...
FOREIGN . WINES FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET . At that north-western corner of the Mediterranean , where the blue waves of the Gulf of . Lyons beat upon the smiling shore of Langucdoc , stands the smiling and prosperous little town ot Cette . Itsharbour is convenient , and usually crowded with shipping , displaying the flags of many nations . A straJger is oAen at first sight pususled to determine whut may be the particular . branch of trade to which the inhabitants are indebted tor their wealth . -Llie warehouses are numerous , the stores commodious ; there are no beggars , and there is no appearance in any part of indigence or idleness . Among the crottsnien , perhaps , a . preponderance of coopers is observable ; vast indeed is the consumption ot staves and hoops . Logwood here . is also used largely , cider extensively , sugar not a little ; Cheropiga and Benicai-lo are imported in great quantities , but never leave Cette under their original names , io be brief , within the limits of this little Mediterranean seaport , and from the crude materials above enumerated , arc produced in enormous quantities imitations of every known vintage : Claret , Hockheimcr , Johanniaberg , Burgundy , Champagne , Moselle ( sparklmg or still ) , Madeira , Laehrynuu Christl , Const ant ui , humble Port , or imperial Tokay . It matters not how rare nor how choice the original sample may bo , so accurate is the palate , so nice tho skill ot this little colony of thrifty wine merchants , that they can , with inore than Chinese precision , imitate tho flavour and copy the colour of the required fluid ; nay , oven tho very form of tho bottle in which tho genuine wine is ordinarily mot with ; bo that an experienced iudiro is not untVequontly imposed upon . A bad vintage , or oven a succession of bad seasons , is rcirnnlecl there rather as a blessing than as a misfortune . Tho price of wine- naturally vises , but tho cost of the ingredients-used by tho manu facturer ¦ of Cotte remaining pretty nearly tho same , ho is enabled to supply his customers with increased advantage to himself . Little , therefore , does he pray for an abundance of grapes or a genial September sun . Lot but tho aiilor crop bo copious , ami the Uay ol Uunpocho yield liberally its useful stores , and ho will take care that tho cellars of England shall not lack replenishment with tho flnost Tort . ,,., * It is fluid that some time sinco this industrious city was roducod Xq tho greatest straits l ) y tho wrock of a long-oxpectod vessel with heavy consignments of bole do JJresil . But for a happy thought there would probably have been a fearful advance in the
price of Port here . Luckily , however , the beet that summer had been unusually prolific , and madder was obtainable at easy rates . The loss of the ill-fated ship sOon ceased to be bewailed , the honour of Cette was saved , and her profits even exceeded the average of former years ! . _ ' ' From- long practice the taste and requirement of each different market are perfectly known ; and the manufacturer , as he displays liis varied stores , knows in a moment , by the accent of his visitor , the precise flavour that will suit his palate . Little of these factitious wines find their Avay , however , into the hitenor of the country ; they are mostly despatched to distantmarkets The writer of an elaborate treatise on the art of wine-making , says , with amusing ingeiiuo ' usness : — ' ^ aissez . vqs liqueurs . factices , vos vms frclates si la jalouse Angletcrre , alasauyage biberie ; -nortez-les leur si voua etes satisfuits cl ' une clecouverte desastreuse ; niais , si vous restoz sur le sol sacrt-, sachcr le respecter , ne venez point desheriter vos coinpatriotes cl ' une production naturelie . — Daily News . ¦
The Historian Puescott. William Hicklijm...
THE HISTORIAN PUESCOTT . William Hicklijm * Pkescott is dead . There is no spot ou this earth where the English language is spokenindeed no one in which letters are valued—in which Iht intelligence will not fall with a saddening weight upon the heart . At 12 o ' clock on 28 th January he was hi his usual health ; at half-past 12 he to stricken with apoplexy , aud at 2 o ' clock he breathed his last . V Prescott belonged to a xVew England , family ot hiHihonour .- His grandfather , Colonel William Pres * cott as is well known , commanded the American forces -at the battle of- Bunker ' s Hill . His father Wdham Prescott , generally known and addressed m tin * community , during the later years of his life , as Judge Prescott was one of the best and wisest , men who have e ^ rm-ed and died among us . The historian was bom m Salem , Massachusetts , W 4 , 1798 , and resided there until his ' father ' s removal to Boston when he himself was 12 years old . He entered Harvard College m 1811 , and Graduated in 1814 . While in college he was deprived by fn accident of the use of one eye , and the sight of the other was so impaired as to prevent him from engagmK in any occupation in which the constant use of that organ should ^ be necessary . Soon after leaving college he went to Euro e ,. and spent two y ^ n /^ ex ? fSe joui-ney through England , France and . Italyvand at the end of-it ¦ ¦ returned home in excellent general healtn , but with no great improvement in the state of h ^ eyes . His marriage soon after took place ; ami from tins period Tis days flowed on in diligent and iinevetrtful Sevotibnto literary pursuits . He was never enabled to use his own eves but for a short time in the day but was c ^ ns ^^ i ^ bhged ^ o usetheeyesof otliers fbrlns ^^ dies and r - eSearche , s , as well as to record the results of them . His quiet perseverance and . continuous industry enabled him to triumph over this difficulty , and to achieve an amount of library production which is not mere y ^ most honourable to his intellectual powers , but conyejs a oble moral lesson to all who may be burdened with similar trials . His earliest literary efforts were contributions to the North American 2 i < : view , upon subjects drawn from Spanish , English , ¦ Amencan , and csp ^ ialW Italian literature . In I « a 8 he published his History rt the lieian of Ferdinand and Isabella the Cuthohc . It was 8 oon translated into l ' rench , Spanish , and German Its author was immediately elected a member of thy Roya ? Academy of Madrid . The popularity which it gained upon it * first publication it has since ; steadily k ^ tJi ^^^^ r & ^ i &^^ 0 U ffT ^ % SSff ? S . History of the Qmg j « j of JJenumdo Cortez ; and in IB 47 wiu . piAlighpd , m Jo volumes , the History oftheCajwuest af ffH <^ % Preliminary View of the Cleihzation f tholnena t ti work of . kindred and commensurate excellence to that of the Histon , of the Conquest of Mexico . Mr .. 1 ' ivscott . now ¦ divoted fiimai-lf witn unabated nnloiw to the preparation of a work of . wider rangc-tho //^ r // oj the lieitiiiofPhili )) II He had now become one of the glS i erary nmnes of the age , and found overpvhere nersona who were ready to give him assistance . Public co Sions and private archives were tl » rowji open to him . While preparing for this work ho visited 1 ™&^™' Ho took anip \ e f ^ imo ibr this task , which liu dc « t no to be the crowning work of his 1 fo . In tl jo latter p u t ol 1803 appeared the first two volumes of tills w « J K , uujloi tlio title of tho History of the Jtrh / n oj PItllj » 2 U icinn of Snain In dealing w th this more com nvlioncareful research , the same ooiiso out ous > n uiaint ot nuthorities , ' the snuiM calm and judicial tun p . , tl u jmo 5 iS " mZTAd upon to l ,, y tl . b tril . uto u | Km Ms 'II ' SS . 'ff JuWJ ^ S- -., ?! ' Ti ttSZSl ^^ Bit ^^ ^ S ^^ S !^ iaE " sii «« i"St . « = S £ » vfiuth ' ill irliw ami unlmutloa wluoli wuvy tho IbitmUi Sisj totks ^ aswsRitt' ¦ and a daughter . — Boston Courier .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19021859/page/19/
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