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The style of this work i3 exceedingly spirited and
graphic. The author is young and enthusiastic,
and possibly exhibits an Utopian spirit in some of
his views. He is connected with the reform party,
at present dominant in France; and was conspicu
ous for the part he took in the late Kevolution.
His work certainly affords evidence of original and
vigorous mental powers, and will be acceptable to
the reflecting reader, to whom we commend it.
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French Revolution in 1848. The Three Days of
February, 1848, with sketches of Lamartine Gui
zot, etc. By Percy B. St. John—l vol. pp. 246.
New York : George P. Putnam.
We have just received a copy of this narrative, by
an eye-witness, of the exciting scenes of the 20th,
21st, and 22d of February, in Paris, which resulted
in the sudden and violent overthrow of the Orleans
dynasty in France, and in the establishment of a Re
public upon its ruins. The narrative is one of sur
passing interest, if considered only with regard to
the events it chronicles. The style, moreover,
though bearing marks of haste, is perspicuous and
pleasing. We should like to present our readers
‘with various passages, but our space will not allow.
The book, moreover is cheap enough for all to pur
chase and read it.
The Sketches. Three Tales: I. WalterLorimer. i
11. The Emblems of Life. 111. The Lost Inheri
tance. By the author of “ Amy Herbert” etc. 1
vol. 12mo. pp. 240. New York: D. Appleton
& Cos.
This very beautiful volume has just reached us, and
we have barely time to announce.the fact. That it
is from the pen of Miss Sewell, will probably be a
sufficient commendation of it to those who have read
and admired her various pleasant and instructive sto
ries—all of which are intended to illustrate and por
tray the doctrines and practices of the Church of
England. They arc all characterized by a spirit of
piety. The volume under notice is illustrated by six
beautiful lithotint pictures, which are the foundation
of the •* Sketches.”
■Our Army at Monterey. By J. B. Thorpe. 1
vol. pp. 200. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart.
“ Our Army on the Rio Grande,” by Mr. Thorpe
met with a wide sale ; and in this book he has pur
sued his subject, and made a volume that for all lo
vers of military records, will possess much attraction.
It is illustrated, morever, with a map and a fine
view of the city of Monterey, among the most pic
turesque of Mexican towns.
Domestic Animals, —Their History, Description,
and, also, their Diseases and Remedies. By R.
L. Alj.en. 1 vol. pp. 227. New York: C. M.
Saxton.
We cannot do the farmer and stock-raiser a better
service than to commend this book to his attention.
It. is one of the most admirable compends of the kind i
we ever met with, including, as it does, all the infor
mation which can be desired on the subject it em
braces. It is a book for the farm emphatically, and
if ten thousand copies are called for in twelve months
it would not be surprising.
A Hand Book of Etiquette for Ladies. By an
American Lady.
A Hand Book of Etiquette for Gentlemen.— j
By an American Gentleman. Philadelphia: Geo. !
S. Appleton.
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Two very beautiful little volumes which we can
safely recommend to those who desire to know what
they ought, and what they ought not, to do in society, j
American iHontfjltcs.
Tiie Knickerbocker. New York: John Allen.
Welcome as ever, old Diedrick, in thy greyish
blue surtout, and seated in thy high-backed chair, !
with pen in one hand and pipe in the other ! The !
Knickerbocker is now in its thirty-first volume, !
which entitles it to the place of honor among our j
monthlies It has always been distinguished for me
chanical elegance and the variety of its contents,
among which the “ Editor’s Table” has been and
continues to be preeminent. In our next number j
ne shall afford our readers “ a taste of its quality;” ‘
and, meanwhile, we unhesitatingly say to those who
‘-ant an elegant, able and spicy Magazine of Amer- ;
iean Literature, take the “ Knickerbocker.”
Ihe Union Magazine. New York : Israel Post.
The May number of this elegant Monthly is not
a “ hit behind its predecessors, which is saying much,
for they have ever been the most beautiful issues of
the American Magazine Press. The “Union” has
some distinctive features, and among them is its
style of page Embellishments; exquisite little vig
nettes on w'ood, to illustrate a poem or a prose pas
age. In the present number,.there is a beautiful i
1 oem by our friend Simms, called the Prisoner of Pe
'ote, with three of these vignette pictures. The
-toel plates and the fashion plate are unexceptionable
a) their way. The letter-press is surpassingly neat,
and upon the whole, we no of know Magazine iu the
country better worth Three Dollars pea* annum, than
Biis.
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©ur .foreign Correspondence.
LONDON LETTERS-NO. 11.
London, April 21, 1848.
Mij Deal’ i?., —What a bond of union be
tween our country and the mother-land is the
steam navigation of the Atlantic—bringing
the two into such regular and early commu
nion. Here now, ior instance, am I in re
ceipt of your letter, dated at your far interior
home, on the 2d of April, and mailed by our
friend H— at Boston, for the Caledonia. By
the way, this favorite vessel has made anoth
er brag passage, having steamed from port to
port in twelve days. This is “ Good Friday,”
as of course you know; but I mention it be
cause it is more generally and strikingly ob
served in this city and country, over which
the Church extends her authority, than in the
United States. The Easter holidays are kept
by the people with much of the old spirit—
and this day in particular is a festival day —
when public offices and places of business
are closed. You have not forgotten, I dare
say, the feature of the day most gratifying to
the juvenile portion of the community—the
“ Hot Cross Bunand it would have done
you good to have heard as I have done, this
morning, from London Bridge to Chelsea, the
old and popular refrain, by the street-hawkers,
“ Buns, Buns ! Hot Cross Buns,
One a penny buns ; two a penny buns!
One a penny —two a penny,
Hot cross Buns!”—
and to have seen the children, boys and girls,
eagerly exchanging their hoarded pennies
’ and half-pennies, for the bright and shining
bun, with its well defined cross indented upon
its surface, which is by the by, the most pop
ular symbol of the Roman Catholic religion
that remains in England.
But like all other old customs and obser
vances, this festival of the buns is rapidly get
ting into disuse. It is true, the bun-venders,
from the little urchin with his basket, to the
young women, two of whom carry between
them a wicker clothes-basket, with the hot
buns, carefully covered by green baize and a
white cloth, may be seen in scores, from the
very dawning of Good Friday until service-time
and again in the afternoon till sunset; but it
is now a source of gratification to the juve
niles only, and not as formerly, to all classes,
when the buns were eaten by all those w r ho
could provide them, at the morning meal,
and when two large rival bun-houses at
Chelsea, were thronged by hundreds of the
eager purchasers of “Royal Hot Cross Chel
sea Buns.” For my part, as a mere “ looker
on in Venice,” I regret to see this declension —
for I love old customs, especially when they
are pleasing and social. “Vive I‘antique,”
lam disposed to exclaim. lam told, that in
some parts of England, even to this day, a
bun, with the cross on it, is still kept “ hang
ing in some houses, ‘forluck,” especially, to
preserve the dwelling against fire!”
But I must not prate about local matters to
the exclusion of more important subjects. In
the w r eek that has elapsed since I wrote you
by the “America,” nothing of a very startling
nature has occurred, either in England or on !
the Continent. The failure of the great de
monstration on the 10th, has apparently quite
dampened the zeal of the Chartists. And
here let me say, that there are doubtless
many thousands of this name, who are utter
ly opposed to physical force movements —and
who desire only to have what they regard as
their reasonable demands upon the govern
ment duly considered. Were there no other
Chartists than these, it were indeed well for
all classes—for they would speedily secure
the hearing they claim. Even the Times ,
generally regarded as the government organ,
concedes that their demands are debateable.
There have been sundry gatherings of the
Chartists in different parts of the country.
A large meeting was held at Glasgow on the
17th, but it was entirely peaceable. At Ab-
erdeen, there are some manifestations of a
disposition to resort to extreme measures. In
some of the manufacturing districts of Great
Britain, there are apprehensions of distur
bance.
The Crown Security Bill, which has passed
the British Parliament by an overwhelming
majority, and is now a law, in force for two
years, is a rem arkable exhibition of the de
termined stand which the people have taken
against all sorts of treason, since it actually
makes “open and advised speaking” against
the Queen or her Ministers, “ a felony.”
This applies especially to Ireland; and the
chief opposition the Bill met with came, from
Irish members. Its almost unanimous pas
sage, at all events, at this crisis, is significant.
The condition of Ireland is alarming, and
even the most hopeful are disposed to fear
the results of her increasing disquietude.—
She is on the verge of war and bloodshed—
and I cannot see how they will be averted :
which, however, may Heaven grant! The
people are arming for desperate measures,
and every thing indicates that a crisis is at
hand. The O’Connells, the champions of the
moral force party, and Mitchell, the violent
leader of the physical force faction, are daily
withdrawing farther from common ground.
The former resolutely declare for only con
stitutional measures, while the latter incul
cates the principle of resistance to the death.
The attempt of Tom Steele, O’Connell’s bo
som friend, to commit suicide by throwing
himself off of Waterloo Bridge, has created
much excitement and regret. He is one of
the most pacific spirits of the Repeal party.
“Unhappy Ireland ! what will be thy fate,” is
the language of every benevolent heart. I
will hope, even against hope, that the horrors
of civil war will not desolate the green island
—but that better counsels will prevail over
the fierce passions of the excited leaders of
the “physical force repeal,”, and that those
who seek from the British Crown Constitu
tional redress will speedily realize all the re
lief that the present emergency demands.
I said that nothing of special interest had
occurred on the Continent. I must except the
movement in Paris, which nearly resulted in
a revival of the “ Reign of Terror” in that
city. The Communists and Fourierites, head
ed by Ledru Rollin and a notorious character
of the name of Blanqui, attempted to carry
some of their radical doctrines into effect, and
of course came into collision with the Con
servative party of the Provisional Govern
ment ; and the latter was nobly sustained by
the National Guard and the people, who made
such a glorious “ demonstration” in favor of
the administration of Lamartine as to repress
effectually the anarchist movement of the
Communists, and to give ground for hope that
France may weather the storm that is now
threatening her with shipwreck. For the de
tails of this exciting emeute and its conse
quences I must refer you to the public jour
nals.
To return to London. Let me mention, en
passant, that our countrywoman Mrs. Mow
att, is engaged at the “ Olympic” for the whole
I season, and that Mr. Macready, (after an en
gagement at the Mary-le-bone,) will visit the
United States again. Miss Cushman does not
visit you as soon as was expected—probably ;
not until the winter.
Thalberg, the great pianist, is carrying j
away all hearts with his extraordinary per
formances. You have heard, doubtless,
Leopold DeMeyer and Herz, and, I presume,
wondered at their playing; but let me say to
you, wait until you have heard Thalberg, 1
who far excels either of them in his wonder
ful power over the chords of the Piano.
But I must hasten to put this letter in the
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post, or it will not leave Liverpool by the Brit
tania to-morrow, as I design. Wishing you
abuiTdant success, and your readers much j
gratification, I have the happiness to be,
Very truly yours, E. F. G.
TRE NEWS BY THE CAMBRIA.
The steamship Cambria, arrived at New
York on the 13th inst., and her intelligence
was brought to us very tardily by the Elec
tric Telegraph, barely anticipating the usual
time of the mail. The Cambria was fifteen
days from Liverpool, and brings papers of
the 29th ultimo, making her news about a
week later than that contained in the letter of
our London Correspondent. We shall barely
glance at the intelligence thus afforded us, of
affairs in Europe. In England, business is
represented as improving. The reports frohi
the manufacturing districts are gratifying. In
France, the Elections have passed off quietly.
The influence of Lamartine appears to have
controlled the nation, and things are quite
tranquil.
In Denmark there has been a severe battle,
which had resulted in the capture of the city
of Schleswig. The Prussians sustained a
loss of 3000, while the Danes lost nearly
four times that number, and all their artillery.
In Lombardy, war continues; and in Spain
there are indications of serious disturbances,
and indeed, apprehensions of a Revolution.
The same is true of Portugal, when the
Queen was expected to abdicate the throne
in favor of her son.
Our Charge d’Affairs had received a very
cordial welcome from his Holiness the Pope.
From the above items, it will be seen that
the tendencies of the Revolutionary spirit in
Europe are still in process of development,
and we must quietly abide the lapse of time
to know what the end of all these things will
be.
HOME INTELLIGENCE.
Captain Craig of the 3d Regiment of In
fantry, and who has served so efficiently in
the whole course of the Mexican war, has
returned to his family in this place, after an
absence of three years. The gallant Captain
was badly wounded in the battle of Contre
ras, where he distinguished himself for his
courage and military skill. He is warmly
welcomed by our citizens, many of whom
have resolved to tender him a congratulatory
dinner, in accordance with the noble senti
ment —“Honor to the brave.”
The Corner-Stone of the Great National
Monument to W ashington, is to be laid on
the 4th of July next; and the Committee ap
peal to the people of the United States to
make a grand “ demonstration” on the occa
sion. It is proposed to have a civic and mil
itary procession, composed of representatives
from every part of the country; and we
earnestly hope that a large concourse will as
semble to celebrate the ceremony of laying
the corner-stone of a Monument that shall
tell to the world, how the American people
venerate and hallow the noble and world
renowned Washington. We trust, moreo
ver, that Georgia, “ one of the old thirteen,”
will make early and efficient arrangements to
do honor to the day and the deed, by delega
tions of her sons, with suitable banners —and
that the military of our State will be repre
sented according to the general design of the
J Managers.
CLIPPINGS FROM DONKEY’S EARS.
Awful. —Why does a story concerning
liberty told on shipboard, remind you of the
Fourth of July ?•
Because it is a deck-relation of Indepen
dence.
Knowledge for the People. —We advise
all good Whigs to immediately purchase a
copy of Sargent’s Life of Clay, just pub
lished. Jt is a capital Eppie-tome of the life
and opinions of that distinguished statesman.
Alarming Treason. —The Councils at
Charleston have passed a resolution inviting
General Scott, “to take Charleston, on his
way to Washington.” This is very bad. —
After taking Vera Cruz and Mexico, the
South Carolinians want the General to carry
the war into his own country. Nullification
was nothing to this
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