PENRITH HERALD AND EAST CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND NEWS. No. 439. - Seventh Week in Quarter. Registered for Transmission Abroad. SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 14, 1874. PRICE 1D. MR. GLADSTONE ON ACHILLES SHIELD. The following is a good sample of MR. GLADSTONE on Achilles shield in the Contemporary Review: There he set a goodly vineyard, Laden with its grapes of gold; Silver-pales the pendant clusters Glossy-black all through uphold. Moat of bronze around the border. Round the moat a hedge of tin; One small path, at time of vintage, Lets the gatherers out and in. And the train of youths and maidens In the wicker-baskets brings, Blithe of thought, the luscious fruitage. Daintily a stripling sings To his clear-toned lyre, amongst them, So as Linos sung of yore: They too, frisking, shouting, singing, Stamp the time upon the floor. There a herd of kine he moulded, Some in tin, and some in gold, Lowing they, with horns uplifted, Rushed afield from out the fold, Where the wavy reed-bed quivered, Where the sounding river rolled. Golden herdsmen four attend them. Nine swift dogs behind. When lo ! Dread to see, a pair of lions, Mid the kine that foremost go Seized a bellowing bull, and dragged him Roaring. Dogs and men pursued. They, the huge hide tearing open, Lapped the bowels and the blood. While the herdsmen, void of purpose, Chid the swift hounds to the proof, These, as loth to grip the lions, Bayed at hand, yet held aloof.