7 OCTOBER 1837, Page 20

Election-Day is a correct and well-written description, in Hudi- brastic

verne, of the disgraceful scenes that, even under the Re- form I'M, still prevail at elections, to the scandal of all parties and the advantage of none but the publicans. As a satire, it is deficient in piquancy ; but as a picture, it deserves praise for its entire freedom from coarseness and exaggeration: the verse occa sionally rises to elegance.