And crushed and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay.

Ho! strike the flag-staff deep, sir knight: ho! scatter flowers, fair maids :

Ho! gunners, fire a loud salute: ho! gallants, draw your blades:

Thou sun, shine on her joyously-ye breezes waft her wide;

Our glorious SEMPER EADEM-the banner of our pride.

The freshening breeze of eve unfurled that banner's massy fold,

The parting gleam of sunshine kissed that haughty scroll of gold;

Night sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea,

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor e'er again shall be.

From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay,

That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day;

For swift to east and swift to west the warning radiance spread;

High on St. Michael's Mount it shone-it shone on Beechy Head.

Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire,

Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire;

The fisher left his skiff to rock on Tamar's glittering waves,

The rugged miners poured to war from Mendip's sunless caves.

O'er Longleat's towers, o'er Cranbourne's oaks, the fiery herald flew ;

He roused the shepherds of Stonehenge, the rangers of Beaulieu.

Right sharp and quick the bells all night rang out from Bristol town,

And ere the day three hundred horse had met on Clifton down.

The sentinel on Whitehall Gate looked forth into the night,

And saw, o'erhanging Richmond Hill, the streak of blood-red light.

Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the death-like silence broke,

And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.

At once on all her stately gates arose the answering fires;

At once the wild alarum clashed from all her reeling spires;

From all the batteries of the Tower pealed loud the voice of fear;

And all the thousand masts of Thames sent back a louder cheer:

And from the farthest wards was heard the rush of hurrying feet,

And the broad streams of flags and pikes dashed down each roaring street:

And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din,

As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in:

And eastward straight, from wild Blackheath, the warlike errand went,

And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant 'squires of Kent.

Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright couriers forth;

High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north;

And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still,

All night from tower to tower they sprang-they sprang from hill to hill,

Till the proud Peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales

Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales

Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height

Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light

Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane,

And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain;

Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent,

And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent;

Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burnt on Gaunt's embattled pile,

And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers

of Carlisle.

MACAULAY.

VISITS TO ST. GILES'.

No. II.

PERSONAL Courtesy is so deeply appreciated, so rarely experienced, by these proud and sensitive people, the poor Irish, that the effect of a little goodhumoured cordiality is like magic. I know them well; I studied them in their own lovely island: I saw and felt the fervency of their hospitality in many a turf cabin on their native bogs; and running in among them with the same secure feeling and looks of affection, I find them Irish to the heart's core, in the darkest cellars of St. Giles'; and this was evidenced by the effect of such visits. I noticed not their filth, nor showed the least disgust, but took all as I found it; this soothed them, and gradually I saw an improvement where I dared not even to hope it; cleanliness and order began to prevail in the places which I visited; and we were welcomed with smiles of twofold satisfaction, through the consciousness that we should not be disgusted. Why are the Irish in England savage? Because they are supposed to be so, treated as being so, and thereby made so. It is the policy of the Romish priesthood to foster every bad feeling of their impetuous natures, and to arm them against the English, whom they are taught to regard as oppressors, and usurpers of their own beloved land. To this is added all the fury of

religious bigotry, the same English being represented as spoliators of the true church, and profaners of the Lord's sanctuary. When a poor Irishman, thus primed with hatred and vindictive indignation, finds himself shunned, despised, and left to perish, in the midst of England's luxury, who can wonder that his spirit is ready to explode in violence, on a slight occasion? Who can wonder that, fearing to commit open outrage, he has recourse to cunning, and every species of deception, to gain his ends? Is not his religion a lie? Does he not believe and worship a lie? Is not his hope a lie? And do we expect truth from his lips, and uprightness in his dealings? Then the bramble may indeed bear grapes, and the thorn figs.

But we approach him with the message of reconciliation he hates it-for he hates the language in which it is conveyed, and the faith of those who proclaim it; and he will inwardly curse the teaching, even when outwardly seeming to give ear to it. God has shown us what he will have us to do, by the manner in which he empowered his apostles to preach to the nations at Jerusalem. We expect no gift of tongues for the purpose now; but we lay hold on the help of those who fluently speak the Irish language, and we never find it to fail in the desired end, in disarming prejudice, quelling passion, and forcing its way to the heart of the poor exile. They have most ardent feelings-let us touch the masterkey, and all will be right; God blesses it, and we need no farther sanction.

Ellen D-- was a friendless Irish girl, who lived as servant in the family of a London tradesman. Her health beginning to decline, her master advised her