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
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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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