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Review Of Literature, &C.
recreate ; and the country around affords delightful walks to the pedestrian , within whose range are many objects worthy of observation . The Guide is well written , elegantly produced , and has no less than thirtyseven engravings , describing views , buildings , a Roman villa , the ornithology , botany , & c , as connected with Hayling . To such invalids as may not prefer—or who may fear a trip to the Channel Islands , Hayling has peculiar claims ; and to all who prefer ease and quiet , it has all the charms which gentle breezes , pure air , and excellent bathing can afford .
Portrait of Thomas Brutton , Esq . ; twenty-one years Governor of Her Majesty ' s Castle , Stafford . Sheppard , Stafford . This print is a striking likeness , and does justice to the original painting Bro . Brutton—and equally proud are we of him as suchhas been a " governor" in the Craft for as long a period as he has been of Her Majesty ' s Castle ; fulfilling in both capacities , with most praiseworthy determination , his important duties . Look to the cell of the
criminal—the petition of the widow—the orphan ' s tear—or the Brother ' s wants ; and in all cases you will find the " governor" always an active friend—never the passive observer ; but Bro . Brutton also possesses a decision of character that makes him , in time of need , a most invaluable officer . His recent conduct when besieged in his castle by misguided insurgents , and beset within its walls by an overwhelming body of criminals prepared to revolt in combination , places him in the foremost
rank as a man " prepared" for any difficulty . The magistrates are proud of their " governor , " and well they may be . The portrait is a faithful and expressive likeness ; but we could not withhold also the expression of our own feelings .
The United Irishmen ; their Lives and Times . By R . R . Madden . M . D ., in 2 vols . J . Madden ancl Co . The toil and labour that must have accompanied the anxious and lengthened period which the author has devoted to this most eventful epoch of Ireland ' s history , can only be understood by those who have read , or may read , the volumes presented , after a lapse of more than forty years nave passed since the occurrences they record . Dr . Madden
well observes that " England can do justice to the reformers of 1794—can bear to have their merits shown , and their errors displayed ; that facts will survive in their original strength : and it is well that men of the present generation should know how few are the years which suffice to wither away the veil which corruption or venality has woven over delinquencies , and how soon the sons may be compelled to blush for their fathers' deeds . "
The historical introduction , for which Dr . Madden very frankly states he is indebted to a literary gentleman well acquainted with Irish history , is a brief but comprehensive digest of centuries , reduced to an analysis that enables the reader to glance at once on the fearful cause , and to map out the scene and circumstance of that dreadful time , when the reign of terror laid the finest country , and the noblest race of mankind , prostrate at the feet of a Machiavelian policy . How few Englishmen who have numbered fifty years , would have credited the declaration that such atrocities were perpetrated under the
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Review Of Literature, &C.
recreate ; and the country around affords delightful walks to the pedestrian , within whose range are many objects worthy of observation . The Guide is well written , elegantly produced , and has no less than thirtyseven engravings , describing views , buildings , a Roman villa , the ornithology , botany , & c , as connected with Hayling . To such invalids as may not prefer—or who may fear a trip to the Channel Islands , Hayling has peculiar claims ; and to all who prefer ease and quiet , it has all the charms which gentle breezes , pure air , and excellent bathing can afford .
Portrait of Thomas Brutton , Esq . ; twenty-one years Governor of Her Majesty ' s Castle , Stafford . Sheppard , Stafford . This print is a striking likeness , and does justice to the original painting Bro . Brutton—and equally proud are we of him as suchhas been a " governor" in the Craft for as long a period as he has been of Her Majesty ' s Castle ; fulfilling in both capacities , with most praiseworthy determination , his important duties . Look to the cell of the
criminal—the petition of the widow—the orphan ' s tear—or the Brother ' s wants ; and in all cases you will find the " governor" always an active friend—never the passive observer ; but Bro . Brutton also possesses a decision of character that makes him , in time of need , a most invaluable officer . His recent conduct when besieged in his castle by misguided insurgents , and beset within its walls by an overwhelming body of criminals prepared to revolt in combination , places him in the foremost
rank as a man " prepared" for any difficulty . The magistrates are proud of their " governor , " and well they may be . The portrait is a faithful and expressive likeness ; but we could not withhold also the expression of our own feelings .
The United Irishmen ; their Lives and Times . By R . R . Madden . M . D ., in 2 vols . J . Madden ancl Co . The toil and labour that must have accompanied the anxious and lengthened period which the author has devoted to this most eventful epoch of Ireland ' s history , can only be understood by those who have read , or may read , the volumes presented , after a lapse of more than forty years nave passed since the occurrences they record . Dr . Madden
well observes that " England can do justice to the reformers of 1794—can bear to have their merits shown , and their errors displayed ; that facts will survive in their original strength : and it is well that men of the present generation should know how few are the years which suffice to wither away the veil which corruption or venality has woven over delinquencies , and how soon the sons may be compelled to blush for their fathers' deeds . "
The historical introduction , for which Dr . Madden very frankly states he is indebted to a literary gentleman well acquainted with Irish history , is a brief but comprehensive digest of centuries , reduced to an analysis that enables the reader to glance at once on the fearful cause , and to map out the scene and circumstance of that dreadful time , when the reign of terror laid the finest country , and the noblest race of mankind , prostrate at the feet of a Machiavelian policy . How few Englishmen who have numbered fifty years , would have credited the declaration that such atrocities were perpetrated under the