A cloud came o'er the face Of Italy's rich heaven!-its crystal blue As with the wings of death !-in all his pow'r Such things have been of yore, And where the palms to spicy winds are waving Turn we to other climes! Far in the Druid-Isle a feast was spread, Were chaunted to the harp; and yellow mead But ere the giant fane Cast its broad shadows on the robe of even, Flash'd the keen Saxon daggers!-Blood was streaming, For they return'd no more, They that went forth at morn, with reckless heart, And the bright spears and bucklers of the walls Fear ye the festal hour! Aye, tremble when the cup of joy o'erflows! Have veil'd the sword!-Red wines have sparkled fast With fatal perfume through the revel's bow'r. Stonehenge, said by some traditions to have been erected to the memory of Ambrosius, an early British king; and by others, mentioned as a monumental record of the massacre of British chiefs here alluded to. What welcome cheers thee now? Dar'st thou lift thine eye to gaze around? But thy spirit is far away! Where a greeting waits thee in kindred eyes, Where the white Alps look through the sunny skies, With the low Senn cabins, and pastures free, And the sparkling blue of the Glacier-sea, Back, noble child of Tell! Back to the wild, and the silent glen, • See Note (1) to "The League of the Alps.” APPENDIX. No. I. TRIALS AND LAW PROCEEDINGS. STATE TRIALS. THE indictment charged, that the prisoners, with others, did unlawfully conspire, assemble, incite and stir up certain individuals against the Government and Constitution; that this took place at a meeting held near to Stockport, on the 1st of September last, at which from 3,000 to 4,000 people were assembled, under pretence of petitioning for a reform in the Commons' House of Parliament; and that the three prisoners having ascended a stage to harangue the people, derided the monarchy, recommended their going to obtain their demands with arms in their hands, suggested a National Convention, and stated, that if their petition was not attended to, the people ought to arm themselves against tyrants, and oppose force to force. William Bolton was the first wit ness called. He was at Stockport on the 1st of September last, and at3,000 or 4,000 persons were present; tended the meeting at Sandy Brow; a large stage had been erected, and witness saw five or six persons thereon. Bagueley and Drummond were on the stage. Witness reduced to writingwhat he had then heard. Harrison, who was chairman, spoke with great contempt of Government, and ended by making some religious quotations. Bagueley addressed them in favour of reform, blamed them for apathy, and eulogised Paine. "All the shopkeepers, he said, would be reformed, were the people only to make purchases from republicans." He recommended sending deputies and delegates from all parts of the kingdom, and rising in arms to repel force by force. "If you want a leader, (said he) I will lead you, and spend the last drop of my blood." He reprobated the people for abusing Buonaparte whom he eulogised, and declared he would lay down his life in the cause |