"Therefore now, restore the carpets, With a forfeit twenty-fold; And a goodly tribute offer Of your treasure and your gold Sapienza and the islet Cervi, ye shall likewise cede, So the mighty gods have spoken, Thus hath Palmerston decreed! Ere the sunset, let an answer issue from your monarch's lips; In the mean time, I have orders to arrest your merchants' ships." X. Thus he spoke, and snatched a trumpet Swiftly from a soldier's hand, And therein he blew so shrilly, That along the rocky strand Rang the war-note, till the echoes From the distant hills replied, Hundred trumpets wildly wailing, Poured their blast on every side; And the loud and hearty shout of Britain rent the skies, "Three cheers for noble Palmerston! another cheer for Wyse!" XI. Gentles! I am very sorry That I can not yet relate, Of this gallant expedition, What has been the final fate. Whether Athens was bombarded For her Jew-coercing crimes, Hath not been as yet reported In the columns of the _Times_. But the last accounts assure us of some valuable spoil: Various coasting vessels, laden with tobacco, fruit, and oil. XII. Ancient chiefs! that sailed with Jason O'er the wild and stormy waves-- Let not sounds of later triumphs Stir you in your quiet graves! Other Argonauts have ventured To your old Hellenic shore, But they will not live in story Like the valiant men of yore. O! 'tis more than shame and sorrow thus to jest upon a theme That for Britain's fame and glory, all would wish to be dream! MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE will present monthly a digest of all Foreign Events, Incidents, and Opinions, that may seem to have either interest or value for the great body of American readers. Domestic intelligence reaches every one so much sooner through the Daily and Weekly Newspapers, that its repetition in the pages of a Monthly would be dull and profitless. We shall confine our summary, therefore, to the events and movements of foreign lands. * * * * *