Thy haunts are winter-bare,
The leaves in which thou didst so lately keep Are being trodden to a miry heap;
But thou art void of care,
And singest not the less, or rather thou Hast kept thy best and boldest notes till now.
Thou art so bold to sing
Thy sweetest music in the saddest hour, Because thy trust is in the love and power, Which can bring back the spring, Which can array the naked groves again, And paint with seasonable flowers the plain.
But we are merely sad, When as for us this earthly life has shed The leaves that once arrayed it; and instead Of rich boughs, foliage-clad,
A few bare sticks and twigs stand nakedly, Frouting against the cold and angry sky.
Yet would we only see
That hope and joy, the growth of lower earth, Fall from us, that another truer birth Of the same things may be ;-
That the new buds are travelling up behind, Though hid as yet beneath the naked rind,
We should not then resign
All gladness, when spring promises depart, But 'mid our wintriest bareness should find heart To join our songs with thine, Strong to fulfil, in spirit and in voice, That hardest of all precepts-to rejoice.
To feel that we are homeless exiles here, To listen to the world's discordant tone, As to a private discord of our own, `- To know that we are fallen from a sphere Of higher being, pure, serene, and clear, Into the darkness of this dim estate-
This thought may sometimes make us desolate, For this we may shed many a secret tear,
But to mistake our dungeon for a throne, Our place of exile for our native land, To hear no discord in the universe, To find no matter over which to groan, This (oh that men would rightly understand!) This seeming better, were indeed far worse.
How thick the wild-flowers blow about our feet, Thick-strewn and unregarded, which, if rare, We should take note how beautiful they were, How delicately wrought, of scent how sweet. And mercies which do everywhere us meet, Whose very commonness should win more praise, Do for that very cause less wonder raise, And these with slighter thankfulness we greet." Yet pause thou often on life's onward way, Pause time enough to stoop and gather one 197 Of these sweet wild-flowers-time enough to tell Its beauty over-this when thou hast done, And marked it duly, then if thou canst lay It wet, with thankful tears into thy bosom, well!
[N.B. The figures within crotchets refer to the History.]
ABDUCTION, case of, 142 Accident on the Serpentine River, 12; from a gale of wind, 42 Action for slander, 112
Acts, general, list of, 256; local and personal, 261; private, 266 Affray in Lancashire, 78
American verdict on a duellist, 73 Arson (Miers), 53
Assassination, attempted, of the " Duke of Normandy," 160 Assault by two soldiers, 151 Auchterarder case, decison of the Ge- neral Assembly, 88
AUSTRIA:-Expulsion of the Protest ants from the Ziller-thal; the Monte- negrins and Transylvanians, [469]; treaty with Great Britain, [470]; Russian policy; free navigation of the Danube, [471]; Coronation of the Emperor at Milan, 139
BADEN:-Protest of the Chambers against the proceedings of the King of Hanover, [466] Bankrupts, table of, 271 BARBADOES: Working of the Appren ticeship system, [345];
Bear, escape of one from a menagerie, 147
BELGIUM:-State of the Hollando- Belgic question; aggressions of the King of Holland, [451]; the King of Holland accepts the 24 Articles; Belgium refuses to give up Luxem- burgh, [452]; the Belgian flag hoisted at Strassen; opening of the Chambers; the King's speech, [453]; address of the Deputies, [454]; the Belgian army; treaty of commerce with France; failure of the bank, [455]
Bigamy, cases of, 20, 122
BOLIVIA:-Insurrection in the northern provinces, [499]; see PERU. BRAZIL: Suppression of insurrection at Bahia ; insurrection in Rio Grande, [502]; aggressions of the French; Lima chosen regent, [503]
British association; meeting at New- castle, 129
British Queen steamer, launch of the, 79
BRUNSWICK, NEW :-Harmony of the
Executive with the Legislature, [336]; loyalty of the Legislature, [338]
BUENOS AYRES :- Dispute with France, [500]; correspondence with the French Admiral, blockade; meet- ing of the House of Representatives, [501]
Burdett, Sir Francis, his Conservative tour, [310]
Burglaries, 30, 159, 163
Bursting of steam boilers, 64, 141 Butcher's meat, average prices of, 270
Cambridge University examinations, 274
CANADA:-General remarks on the in- surrection, [1]; constitutional his- tory of Lower Canada, [2]; dis- putes concerning the appropriation of the revenue, [3]; tenures and law of property, [7]; concessions of the British Government, [8]; factious proceedings of the Assembly, [9]; spreading of the revolt, [10]; attack on St. Denis and St. Charles, [10]; murder of Lieutenant Weir, 1; de- feat of the insurgents at St. Eustache, [11]; proceedings in Upper Canada, [12]; affair at Toronto, [14]; flight of Mackenzie, [16]; Navy Island taken possession of by the insur gents; aflair of the Caroline, [17]; evacuation of Navy Island; defeat of the "Patriots" at Point Pele Island, 2 C
[18]; resignation of Sir F. Head; prorogation of the session, [19]; re- port of the Committee of the Assem- bly, [20]; discussion relative to hear- ing Mr. Roebuck, [38]; Mr. Roe- buck's address, [39]; Mr. Hume op- poses the committal of the bill; Sir G. Grey's speech, [40]; Lord F. Egerton, [41]; Mr. Leader; Mr. Pakington, [43]; Sir W. Molesworth, [44]; Mr. E. L. Bulwer, [47]; Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Gladstone, [48]; Sir R. Peel, [50]; Lord J. Russell, [52]; motion for going into commit. tee carried by a majority of 246, [53]; Mr. Warburton, [54]; Mr. Ellice, Lord J. Russell, [56]; Sir R. Peel, [57]; Lord J. Russell alters the preamble of the bill; Sir R. Peel's speech, [58]; Mr. D. W. Har- vey, [59]; Mr. Hume compliments Lord Howick; bill in committee, [60]; Sir W. Follett's amendments, [6]]; Bill read a third time, [62]; second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Brougham's opposition; Lord Melbourne's speech, [63]; Mr. Roebuck's address; Bill read a third time, and passed; substance of the bill, [64]; Sir F. Head's account of his appointment to the government of Upper Canada, [236]; account of Mr. Mackenzie, his reception at Downing-street, return to Upper Canada, [237]; Sir F. Head's inter- view with Mr. Mackenzie, [238]; Sir F. Head publishes his instructions; his quarrel with the executive coun- cil; dissolution of the Assembly, [239]; baronetcy conferred on him; his two memoranda on the Canadas, [240]; advises the removal of the troops from Lower Canada, [241]; disputes with the colonial office,[242]; resignation, [244]; observations on his character and conduct, [245]; Lord Durham's view of his policy, [246]; Sir G. Arthur appointed lieu- tenant-governor; execution of Lount and Matthews, [249]; hostilities on the border, burning of "The Sir Robert Peel;" Johnson, the pirate, [250]; capture of a party of provin- cial cavalry; execution of Morrow; alarm of the Canadians, [251]; pro- ceedings in Lower Canada; Sir J. Colborne provisional governor, [252]; disposal of the prisoners, [253]; land- ing of Lord Durham; new executive council; mission of Colonel Grey to Washington, [254]; Lord Durham's
ordinances, [256]; prisoners sent to the Bermudas, [257]; Crown Lands, [258]; tour of the governor-general, [259]; trial and acquittal of the mur- derers of Chartrand, [260], 288; Lord Glenelg's policy; instructions to Lord Durham, [261]; imperfect state of the Jury Law, [262]; Lord Glenelg's despatch containing the fate of the ordinances, [317]; Lord Durham de- termines to resign, [318]; Lord Gle- nelg requests Sir J. Colborne to re- main in Canada, [321]; Lord Durham proclaims the Act of Indemnity, [322]; addresses to Lord Durham; dinner of the Guards; departure from Quebec, and arrival at Plymouth ; [323]; observations on the treat- ment of Lord Durham, [325]; his report, [327]: renewal of the insur- rection, rising at Beauharnois, [329]; capture of Mr. E. Ellice; gallant conduct of the Indians at Caughna- waga; dispersion of the rebels at Napierville, [330]; release of Mr. Ellice; excesses of the loyalists; Ame- rican "sympathisers," [331]; affair at Prescott; surrender of the party; outrages at Sandwich, [332]; courts- martial on the prisoners; executions, [333]; release of the Bermuda exiles; application of the inhabitants of Os- wego in behalf of the American pri- soners, [334]; trial and execution of Von Schoultz, [335]. See PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Change of fortune, 112.
Chartist meetings, [310]; at Kersall Moor, [311].
CHILL-Expedition against Peru; cap- ture of Arica and Arequipa, [497]; treaty of Pancaparta, the government refuse to ratify it, [498]; capture of Lima and Callao, [500]. CHINA:-Quarrel with the Chinese rela- tive to the importation of opium [365] Church of Scotland, second centenary of, 168.
City, freedom of the, presented to Colonel Pasley, 158 Clover, average prices of, 270 Coach accidents, 144, 148. Coal-mine explosion, 149 Cock-fighting and subsequent riot, 60 Conspiracy, trials for, 50, 162 Corn, British, average prices of, 270 Coronation, The: -Preparations for, [135]; celebration of; exemplary be- haviour of the populace, [136], 96; order of the; cost, [137]; proces- sion, 97; public rejoicings, 106.
Chisholm, Alexander Wm. Esq. 224.
Hicks, Colonel John, 211. Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, 214.
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