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-nteirls , with deep Hue eyes , * " * ^ whi * offer early flowers , An ^ ato" o ' er this paradise ; ^ a » ^^ uentfeudal towers Abo ^ n leaves left their walls of gray , ^ " ^ arock whieh steeply lowers , ^ Lob leaH & ui prouu u ^ a , ' w fc o ' er tins vale of vmtage-bowers ; r ° one thing want these banks of Hhine , — t clasp inmme !
^ ygentlehand o ^ -auielilies givea to ine , Tioffi b long before thy hand they touch , I tnow that they must wither * be , sat jet reject them not as such ; f Have cherish'd them as dear , - Because they yet may meet thine eye , ^ aa guide thy soul to mine even here , TThen tboubehold ' st them drooping nigh , jLnd kaow ' st them gather'd by the Rhine , And offer'd from my heart to thine !
lhe river nobly foams and flows , lhe charm of this enchanted ground , And aU its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round . ¦ The haughtiest m-east its wish might bound Through life to dweU delighted here ; jfor could on earth a spot be found Te nature and to me so dear . Could thy dear eyes , in following mine , Stfll sweeten more these banks of Bhine !
Against Rome
AGAINST ROME
The Mowing is a translation from a , furious German poem by Georg Herwegh . It appears in an jaflnvmous collection called Gedickte eines Zebendigen ( poems of a living one ) , which has attained immense popularity . Yes , I must give thee one curse more ; A corse upon thee , Peter's sou , Curse on thy clergy o ' er and o ' er , A corse on thy polluted throne . 'Twas only venom , Pope , and gafl , Which , from the poles to the equator , Xhou scatter'd'st o ' erthe nations all , With hyssop-dropping sceptre , traitor . Canaan of Europe , we to thee ,
Who once the world a Brutus show'd , And now thy slavish coward knee , Before a Vatican hast bowM . Thou hast impal'd the flesh of man , Once birth-place of Rienzi Cola , Since Luther felt the Papal ban , And none seem'd loyal but Loyola . . The soil that once pure honey gave Only with tears of sorrow flows . Since Henry in his shirt *—the slave-Stood in the Papal yard and froze . Then charnel-like its incense burn'd , The Eden chang ed to a Zahara ; And to Italia's shroud was turn'd lhe many-colour ' d , bright tiara .
But , haughty Home , repress thy pride , — A limit to thy course is set . A . stream thou art—exhausted—dried , — An infant's lip thou can ' st not wet . Thou art a deeply fallen land , Nought but a newly-fashioned Babel . Fraud—fraud alone is thy right hand ; Thy only sword is lie and fable . Though many slaves thou ma / st enlist Throughout the world , thou stiU must fade ; The Holy Spirit can exist , Without a priestly prince's aid . Thou despot in the hellish pool , J have one greeting more , — -receive it , — In Peter ' s chair thou boldest rule , Peter was like thee—I believe it , — . Who , when his Lord was judg * d by men , Could feel no honest anger glow , And when he was condemn'd—ay ,
then—ExclahuM , " The man I do not know ;"Who , when the globe with anguish shook , And felt its very core was shatter'd , Btfwe the are his station took , And with the judge ' s damsels chattered . In weakness only art thou like—A rock , like him , thou can'st not stand ; The breeze of morn thy realm will strike . And scatter it about like sand . The thinkers wfll at last awake , Pastor of lies , thy power to humble ; The age ' s tvrath wiU o ' er thee break—The last of its tormentors crumble .
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pbisojj Hhxsie k Tes Books . By Thomas Cooper , the Clartist , London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-atreet . ( Contimiedfrom the Star of Oct . 2 Sth . J . The "Eighth" isasplendid "Book . "_ The opening of an organ in the gaol chapel , which adjoined lis " day-room " apportioned for Mr . Cooper and bis Moiv-offenders in Stafford Prison , gave birth to the openinjr stanzas of this "Book . " The poet hears lie "Old Hundredth" pealing , and the solemn sonnd calls up thoughts of the great Ltjihes , and the other kindred and mighty spirits , who , bursting the fetters of Rome , won for men the inestimable " right ol private judgment . " In the following stanzas it niU be seen that the poet does not limit his homage to such as Lutueb , but as well , boldly , and nobly , pays his homage to such as Palye , Godwin , Spinoza , RotssEAC , Voltaiue , and Owe ? , who have carried to its legitimate ends the right conquered from " Peter ' s son " by Lcthee : —
Hark ! 'tis the grand "OldHundredth" that now peals Its solemn glory through the tranced soul ! That matchless marshalry of chords reveals , LuthcrJ thy freebsru majesty : they roll So boldly , gravely foil—that man ' s control , We feeL befits not the thew'd mind upgrown Winch g-enns such thoajrht-soonds . Term ye me a thrall ! How , thcn , upwakes the Saxon with each tone , Witlaa me ! Nay !—I feel true freedom still my own ! Tain arc your fetters , tyrants * for the mind J Tb y championship , bravestripliug , proved them vain , — What time thou didst so fearlessly unbind Old Europe from the triple tyrant ' s chain , — Enthroning Ueason the soul ' s suzerain : — Beason the jud-eo'th'book . True warrior Jor aU men's right to think nnawed by man , — » Hiat though mirk Superstifion on the shore t . Jlind stfll lingers ?—She shaU raise her throne no
more . " oyenterprize is speeding , and hath sped : — 1 care not that thou didst not comprehend Its ultimate : it may be , wholesome dread Of irild excess Xature doth sagely blend With courage in great souls ; and , that the end Of noblest change must gradnaUy be sought , — . And Season ' s heroes with Hind ' s foes contend From step to step , —yea , victory for Thought -oy y ears of struggling toil be stably , fully wrought . I care not though some weaknesses were thine : — Who shares thy giaut strength ? None but the high And mighty mental lineage who divine , Prom age to age , the ground whereon to ply At vantage their souls' sinews , and rely On their own strength in trath for rid ory . ^ artourown , great Saxon ! wedescry * 5 ^ " I 7 iddiff e ' a ^ estoredinthee ; Andcfaimtheefor ourhonouredland ofLoUardy !
Honour , aU honour to ye , glorious band Who broke the bondage of the Priest of Rome ! Sires of our common Saxon fatherland , — England and Germany , —a glorious home Teleftns , —i / wettiR . ' —amidthegloom " Lbjbting a candle " by your noble Hves And martyred deaths that quenchless , shall illume Our land for aye ! Oh , that death-vaunt stiU gires w strength ; and with i ^ brave one , thy great deed re vjresj "Wh at though those words , like oracles of old , ^ ere sealed , in their full meaning , to the seer Who uttered them !—The future shaU behold Theh-splendid verity : nay , perhaps , 'tis near ! Then—hononrto eachstalwartpioneer Of mental freedom , —Wickliffe , Jerome , Huss , Luther , Melancthqn , Cobham , ladmer ! Honeurto all wlw dared the flame , soorn , loss , — JliiO spurned tolive mere spirit-thralls inglorious !—
0 thrice-blestcnildren of that age of light And love , which now , from the far future beams ; Toyon it win pertain to place aright In truth ' s great lemp le whom herself esteems Hertmedisciples . Te when the dim dreams Of Time's weak youth are fled , and Knowledge pure Hath given the topstoneto Truth ' s fane , —like gems Ingold , shaUplaceeachdazding portraiture £ tt its eterna ^ niche : —our hands were premature t
The Purgatory Of Suicides. A Pbisojj Hhx...
Butj ' when the toil of Mindhath wrought its aim;— " ... When later Faiths , like elder Phantasies , : Are reckoned with the past ;¦—when Han ' s high , name Is grander than . all titles ;—when all things' of lies i An' 4 Woodshed , —thrones and altars , —creeds , and i toys . " V * "' . '"" ' . ' * -. ' ' Of Priests and Kings , — Knowledge hath swept away;—Whan Wisdom hath outgrown the childish guise Of mythic story , and put on th'array
Of manhood;—in that boon , free , happy , brother-day , — It may be-T-that in Truth's eternal fane Enshrined ; each in his kindred niche of glory , He quaintly termed " rebellious needleman , '' * By thee , great age-fellow!— -with martyr gory , Of some old stout confessor of faith hoary , May stand , as right co-workers , equal , true , For Truth;—although the world ' s old bigot-story - Of man ' s mind-infancy did long misview " The scope of their twin-toil : scope that themselves scarce knew !
It may be that , around that temple's space , Splendoursmay wreath full many a doubter ' s brow As brilliantly as they illume the face Of philanthropic creed's-man . 'Hid the glow Of sculptured excellence , in shining row , Hobbes , Herbert , Mandeville , with Locke and Boyle , — Hume , Godwin , may , with Beattie , Butler , shew , — Statued with equal honour in Truth ' s aisle . — Lit with one ray , —^ how truly kindred was their toil ! Spinoza and Rousseau , Bajle and Voltaire , WithPenelon , Erasmus , Pascal , shrmed , ^ ^ Hay beam in brotherhood eternal there!——But for thy future children doth the mind ' Host fondly yearn , loved fatherland ! and find Its sweetest dreams & ow thence . 0 that some dream Would visit me revealing humankind > As the far future shall discover them , —
Living as they shall live on this loved ocean-gem !—What Howard , when the dungeon is forgot , — What Montague , when no man ' s blood is shed , — What Hale , when justice can be no more bought , — What Bernard Gilpin , when no poor lack bread , What Cartwright , when no tyrants on them tread , — What Clarkson , when the world hath not a slave , — "Wnat Owen , when free thought awakes no dread , — What Mathew , when there is no sot to save , — What Men shall grace our isles when Wrong hath found its grave ! 0 thrice blest children of that age of light And love which now the trustful spirit sees , — Though beaming from afar , —Ye will not slight Your noblest fathers , nor their memories ! But , tombing names of blood and pride that please The human patient , whom to drug and craze Guile , long , with Power , hath striven , —Ye to sweet
ease Of health , in heart and mind , restored , shall raise , With final hands , true trophies to your fathers' praise Bourse of the world wilt thou be , London , then f For stUl I turn with fondness to thy face , And doat upon thee , — though I , mournful , ken Too many a blemish there!—Wilt thou a grace Be , then , among Earth ' s cities ?—Or , shall race Arrive from some far clime , new emigrants To found a home , and find thy desart-space Renewed , my country!—howling forest-haunts
And wilds " peopled with wolves thy old inhabitants ?" Shall Gain forsake thy marts , great queen of Thames Thy merchant-navies-vanish!—and , where Pride , In famine-woven silks and blood-bought gems , Sow rollsher chariot , shall a dreary void Be found , and Silence with Decay divide . Rule o'er thy streets t—yea , there the badger peep Forth from sere weeds that half his grey head hide , Save when uplifted by the winds that sweep
'Hong chambers where thy pampered lords no longer sleep ? Or , shaU true grandeur deck thee , —bounding joy Of human hearts feeling their fathers' home , — That happy home , —renewed , —and thee the Eye Become of the wide werld ?—Gaol , " Bastile" -doom , Treadmill , whip , gallows , demon war's costume , And all his trophies and his engines gone : — No YilenesB robed , —no Worth in rags;—Health ' s 1 bloom On cheek of sturdy sire and manly son , — Proving what Secrets Science has from Nature won!— . Mind writ in every face;—books nuUion-fold Multiplied;—galleries with breath-shapes hung Raffaelle might worship , or Apelles old ;—Groupes from great Shakspeare's world , or Chaucer's
song , In bronzed or marbled life , seeming up-sprung Proin some new Phidkn realm of earth beneath To gem the populous squares;—Music's full tongue Telling to millions what Hozart in death Enraptured heard—but could not the boon-sounds bequeath ; And all—for all !—rank , class , distinction-badge , For ever gone!—Labour by Science made Brief recreation , —not by Privilege Avoided , nor its thrift in name of Trade Or commerce filched : —to give a brother ' s aid To brethren , and enlarge the general bliss From knowledge , virtue , health , —beyond parade Of pomp or gold affording joy . I wis , When Truth doth reign , —Earth shall be such ' a Paradise !—
The stanzas describing the renewal of the poets " vision" are rich in imagination ; we would gladly quote them but cannot afford room . The characters introduced in this "Book" are , Axricus , MENnnnmds , Visros , QuisirLros Varus , and M . bb Monialba , whose horrifieally interesting suicide occurred only a few years ago , and is narrated in the " notes " to this "Book . " For any further acquaintance with this portion of the Poem , we must refer the reader to the work itself . ( Tooecontinwd . )
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The Adventures Of Lord William Car1sdale...
THE ADVENTURES OF LORD WILLIAM CAR 1 SDALE IN ICARIA ; descripiivb op a Model Republic , and illustrating the Social axd PoirriCAL Regeneration of Society . Translated from the French of M . Cabei . London ; H . Hetherington , 40 , flolywell-street , Strand . Equality ! glorious and inspiring theme of the enthusiast's dreams , how many in the simplicity , hopefulness , and leal-heartedness of youth have believed in thy reality , and thy speedy coming to bless the nations , how few , when manhood ' s experience and selfishness have taken the place of youth ' s enthusiasm and disinterestedness , cling to that belief ! The hope of youth , thou art the believed " impracticability " of manhood , and the scorn of experienced age . Tet
still do-thy votaries exist , and even increase in number , nor are they wholly confined to inexperienced dreamers ; there are some whom no toil , however seemingly fruitless—no persecution , however fieryno disappointment , however keen , can be induced to give up their belief in thy coming triumph . 'Like the Coisican they follow the " phantom , " theugb . continually it eludes their grasp . The last century witnessed a magnificent event , when sages andheros assembled to free the " new world" from the domination of the old , declared that " aR men are born free and equal . " That declaration followed up by a comnlete victory over European kingcraft , and the establishment of political institutions , which guaranteed , at least nominally , equal
rights to all , was hailed by the friends of . the human race as the commencement of a veritable state of equality . Experience has dissipated the dream . Social equality—the only " equality" which can ensure a veritable and lasting "liberty" —exists in the States no more than in Great Britain . True , the Americans have neither "kings , " nor "lords , " nor " establishad church priests ; " true ; it is , ' , that they possess , generally , the franchise of political citizenship ; yet it is not less true , that the men of property rule , idle , and enjoy , while the men of labour are ruled , toil ,, and suffer . We pass by the undisguised , shameless , and disgusting slavery of the black-population , we speak only of the free whites ; we see them at the mercy of the men of wealth ,
driven to labour for a miserable pittance , and constrained to hold to this life of toil under pain of starvation , the fear of which is more potent than the planter ' s whip . All the causes that have produced the misery and degradation of : the working classes of Great Britain are at full work in the States , rapidly producing similar results . The public and private immoralities produced by the European systems of social life , are , under the likesystem in the States , rapidly germinating , and bid fair to attain a gigantic growth . Passing by the immoralities of private life , the filth of those pestiferous excrescences , commercial towns and huge cities , passing by these , we beg the thinking man to note the spirit of brigandage which everywhere pervades the American Union ; which , under the guise of " extending re publican institutions , " aims at universal conquest and spoliation . This baleful spirit is not the result of Renublican institutions , for Great Britain ,
France , and other nionarehial states have" exhibited , and do yet exhibit the same spirit ; the cause of this wholesale and unbloshing selfishness is to be found in the fact , that the social institutions of tiie States are precisely similar to those of the old European countries . The holders of properly , their cupidity boundless , their avarice never satisfied , not con s ent with plundering their own countrymen of the fruits of their labour , greedily turn their eyes towards other nations ; from retail they naturally advance to wholesale brigandage . The helplessness of the working classes makes them the ready tools of the proper ty-holde : s . The working men have nothing in their own country ;; when they have toiled for seven , " or twenty , or forty years ,- they see they are as helpless as when they began , hence they , too , turn their eyes to other countries ; having been robbed at home they will av « nge themselves by robbing abroad . " Of course they do not avow this , they try to cheat them-
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* Thomas ; Eaims . — "' ? Rebellions needleman . I find I am slightly mistaken in the phrase , which I quoted from memory , without means ' of correction . . Here is the emphatic pasnge from Hr . ' Carlyle ' s magnificent unrhymed , unmatured Epic : — 'Nor is onr Englandwithouther missionaries . •' ¦ She has her Paine . : ^ rebcUious stay ^ maker ; unkempt ; . whoieeli that he , a single needleman ,- ^ id by bis Common jSk « e ^ ampale £ freelamerica—thathe can and will free' all this world ; perhaps even the other . ' Carlyle's « French Revolution . '"
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selves , or at least ,, to cover , their ofience , with the l y higphrases ) " national glory , " " extension of Repubhcan institutions , " < fcc .,- and so the two classes comhine to rob whole ; nations at once , the property * holders taking care , with their usual cunning , that although the poor devils of moneyless , homeless adventurers , from New York , Philadelphia , and New Orleans , who make up the bulk of the brigand forces , shall have more than their , fair share of the toil , suffering , and perils of the enterprise , they ( the property-men ) will have the lion's share of the plunder . This has been precisely the case in Texas , where a few scoundrelly adventurers of the moneygrubbing class , have contrived to appropriate to themselves nearly the whole of that magnificent' bit of
robbery . In the United States there exists nominally a Republic , or more properly a confederation of Republics , but the liberty , existing is the liberty of the powerful to plunder the weak , and the equality proclaimed by the declaration of independence , is in the eyes of the cent and dollar loving Republicans , a chimera to be " repudiated" and laughed at . The revolution of ' 76 freed America from the domination of the English aristocracy , but it will require another and a mightier revolution to free Americans from the tyranny of their preperfyJords , and carry out the principles of the ' Declaration of Independence . " The closing years of the last century witnessed a still more memorable and important struggle than even the American war ; we , of course , alluae to the
great French Revolution . Still more emphatic' , was the declaration in favour of equality made by the French revolutionists . . "We desire an order of things in which distinctions shall spring but from equality itself ; in which the citizen shall be subject to the magistrate , the magistrate to the people , and the people to justice ; in which the country shall ensure the prosperity of every individual ; and in which each individual shall enjoy with pride the prosperity and glory of his country . " And , again , "Let Europe learn that you will no longer suffer that there be one indigent wretch , nor one oppressor on the French territory . " Such were thesentiments of the few purely honest and truly great men of the . Revolution . Nor were the people behind their
leaders in responding to those sentiments , as their well-remembered demands testify : — "Bread , steel , and equality . " Yet all was in vain . Acts of national heroism and national sacrifice of the . most magnificent order were fruitless of the great end . desired . The equality demanded and hoped for proved but a delusion . War and assassination destroyed the flower of the people and their leaders , until the last of the latter , the famous " conspirators , " who designed a Republic in which all should equally labour and equallv enjoy , were hewed down by the axe of tyranny , and the Revolution terminated—at least its first act—in leaving the people still the prey of the rich—still slaves , with only a change of
masters . The second act of that Revolution ( 1830 ) —the third has yet to come—witnessed tho people a ° ain offer themselves an heroic sacrifice for . the common" good , but again deceived and defrauded . The result was merely the changing of a few of the leading characters on the political stage , and consolidating the power of the pitiless enemies of equality . ¦; Hitherto the people have suffered , sacrificed , and combatted in vain . At the present time the very word Equality is proscribed in France ; and if yet men cling , to the ideas of the past , hoping for their realization in the future , they are constrained , in France at least , to give no utterance to their aspirations , or , if uttered , the utterance must be in secret .
Nor has this country been without its worshippers of the principle of Equality . To say nothing of the political Reformers who , demanding the right of citizenship for all men , avow that tney regard that right merely as a means to an end , the end being the Equality of all members of the commonwealth ; besides these , there has for many years past existed a : party who , rejecting the means advocated by the political Reformers , desired to attain the wished-fbr end by what they deemed : much shorter and better means . More than twelve years ago the leader of that party proclaimed that society was ripe for the change he demanded—a change which should guarantee Equality , freedom , and happiness to all men . Thelst of May , 1833 , was solemnlyannounced as the first day of the " millenium , founded on
rational principles and consistent practice , " Yet now , after a lapse of twelve years—after some years ' trial of an " experiment" which was to . prove the truth of the announcement proclaimed with such sincerity and confidence on the above-named day—we find that " experiment" a failure , the party divided , and their leader disappointed and disgusted with the result . The followers of Robert Owen have proved what all men knew before—that Equality is a theory , but that it can be reduced to practice they , or some party for them , have yet to prove . Yet despite these failures in America , France , and England , Equality's disciples are more numerous than ever—we speak of the world at large—more enthusiastic , more assured of the nltimate triumph of their belief .
And in truth "it were a consummation devoutly to be wished" that that triumph should come . But we must hold for the present . We have started a subject which it is impossible we can dispose of in the limits we must necessarily confine ourselves to in this " notice . " . For . this week we must conclude , by introducing M . Cabet's work to our readers , by the following extract from the translator ' s " introductory preface : "The foUowlag work is written by H . CabE * , after the manner of Chancellor Moire's Utopia : —
The author supposes an English , nobleman to become acquainted with Icaria , and to be so much interested with the description afford him by a friend , that-he undertakes a journey , with the view of becoming fully acquainted with its government , institutions , and customs . M . Cabet represents a nation practising a community of goods , on the largest scale . He supplies a desideratum long wished for in similar productions , viz . —perfect democratic equality , This is a feature peculiarly interesting at the present moment , and becomes doubly so when we take into consideration the talents , position , and
sound views of this distinguished foreigner , whose mental qualifications would , if employed on . the side of Government , have entitled him to fill the highest office in the State . M . Gabethas relinquished office , station , aii ' d fortune , to advocate the cause of the oppressed , and so far has he practised that which he preached , that , although a gentleman by profession and rank , he did not hesitate to give the hand of his own daughter to an amiable and deserving working man . This act alone speaks volumes for the sincerity of the man , and the ; philosophy of bis mind , whilst the work itself will prove the clear inteUect and grasping genius of the writer .
' Many men of literary talents have attempted to confute the work , bat most or them hare ended by convincing themselves of the truth of the doctrine promulgated . Others who have tried to improve it , have candidly confessed that ' they experienced as much difficulty in improving , as in objecting , whilst the greatest triumph of all has been the ; adhesion of such writers as Pierre Leroux , Proudhon , Villegardelle , Louis Blanc , George Sand , and Eugene Sue . Everything proves the talent of the work , the' progress of its principles in France , and the necessity for Us publication in England . ( To be contimicd J , .
Arabin; Oh, The , Adventures Op A Cowkis...
ARABIN ; oh , the , Adventures op a Cowkist in New South Wales . Wmi an Essay on the Aborigines of Australia—Bt Thomas M'Combie . London : Simmonds and Ward , 18 , Cornhill . Jfr ! -M'Combie is known to ; our readers as the author of' ! Auslralian Sketches" in Simmond's Colonial Magazine , and Tail's Edinburgh Magazine . His present work is , in bur humble opinion , no improvement on his former productions , but rather the reverse . His sketches , " particularly those published in Tail ' s Magazine , were vigorous and life-like pictures of Australian scenes , which is . more than we can say of " Arabin . " The best portion of the book is the " Essay on the Aborigines ; " He describes the native Australian as being in height about five feet and
a half , the colour of the American- Indian , an experienced hunter and fish-catcher , and no mean enemy at the spear , boomerang , or waddie ^ He is an excellentrider , afirst-rateshot , and exhibits great cunning , patience , and perseverance in the pursuit ofan object . In childhood and youth the Aborigine is not illfavoured in personal appearance , " but generally he looks old and ugly at thirty , and at forty he seems supernaturally aged—few or " none are long-livers . The constitution of the Aborigine appears to be peculiarly delicate , and few either young or old enjoy good health . Cutaneous diseases , low fevers , rheumatism , and rheumatic fevers , prevail amongst the Aborigines , whose knowledge of the "heading art " appears te be very slight indeed . Their huts or
encampments are very simpleand hot very comfortable . Polygamy is allowed ; the chiefs and elders generally possess themselves of the finest young women in the tribe , this causes intrigue on the part of the young men , and daily feuds are the consequence . Their form of > government ' : is' very simple , merely consisting : in- a chief or leader to each tribe , who , however , does not fare better than any other man . " There is a great chief on the Goulburn . in Australia Felix , named Billy Hamilton : he , however , has to hunt , fish , and provide for his belly , the same as the meanest man in the tribe . " Remembering what our " Billy Hamilton's" cost us , such as the "Iron Duke , " and Prince Albert ,, we blush for our lack of sense compared with the sense
evidently possessed by those " savages . " As to religion , they acknowledge the existence of the "dibble , dibble , " or spiritof evil , but of a God they know nothing . In disposition the different tribes vary much —in some parts they are peaceful and give no trouble —inothera , they are very ferocious , and charged with bemg ^ addicted to carinibalisrn . Notwithstanding individual' and partial success , ; Mr . ' M'Combie " evidently looks upon . the civilization of the Aborigines as hopeless ; heconsiders themadoomedrace- ^ arace that , in all probability / within a century will be extinct . ~ - " : " "" ¦ , ' As a tale / Amttn b but pwr ; hut incidentally the work . imparte some mfoni » tioncbhoermng r AuitMliaj and Australian life and manners ; and our leaders who may desire to knovrsomething of the sayings ana
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doings of ttfeirqueerish " relations ' at the antioodes , will do well to turn to . this , volume ; . / ..-.. * ,
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^ ffi Ti 8 LS £ ERGY SHOW -THEIR RIGHT ; TOSHES , BY AN APPEAL TO THE maLp . By Edward Walter , Liverpool : J . Shepherd , 132 , Scotland-road , London ; Watson , Pauls-alley . . ' . -.., On the subject indicated by the title we expected to have _ found something sensible in this pamphlet ; but we find it a nonsensi cal rhapsody from beginning to end . ' _ The only good thing we can discern about it is , one of the mottos on the title-page , extracted from the writings of Emerson : — It seems i to me ,: that with the lights which are now gleaming in the eyes of aU men , residence in England becomesdegradation to auy nian ' not employed to revolu . tionizeit .. ; Amen ! Mr . Walter means well we are sure ; _ but we advise him not to persevere in phamphleteering ; it is clearly not his vocation .
An Exposition Of The Insecure Nature, An...
AN EXPOSITION OF THE INSECURE NATURE , AND PRINCIPLES OF THE DAVY AND OTHER . LAMPS , AS APPLIED TO COAL MINING . Newcastle ; , Miners' Advocate Office . This pamphlet is a compilation of the evidence heard before the Parliamentary Committee in 1835 , appointed to investigate into the causes of coal-pit explosions . The evidence given before the committee was conclusive , and demonstrative of the insecurity of the Davy Lamp , even under the ordinary circumstances that may , and does daily arise , in coal mines .
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CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE SKIN-THEIR VARIOUS CAUSES AND CURE . The result of Twenty Years Observation and Practice . —By Dr . J . De Prati . London : Brilliere , 219 , Regentstreet . - This little work is written by a man who evidently understands his subject . The information concerning herbal medicines chiefly employed by the author in curing cutaneous disorders is valuable . The work is worth perusing . ..
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•¦ Publications Received . — " Colonization on the principles of pure Christianism ;"' " The Miners ' Advocate , " September and October ; "Unhealthiness of Towns , its Causes and Remedies ; " " Eraser ' s Musical Reformer " « The Tom Thumb Songster . " ( Cleave , Shoe-lane . )
The Manchester Athenjeum.
THE MANCHESTER ATHENjEUM .
Eugene " Sue, Seboeamt Talfopd, Dodglas ...
EUGENE " SUE , SEBOEAMT TALFOpD , DODGLAS JEEEOLD , AHD SAMUEL LOVER . On Friday October , 24 th , the annual soiree of the Man-Chester . Athenamm , took place in the Pree Trade Hall . The demand , for tickets was enormous , nearly four thousand Were issued ; aud had the Free-trade Hall been twice as big as it is ,. four thousand more might have been disposed of . ' A day or two before the affair , tickets of admission rose to a premium , they became athing to speculate in , like stock and scrip ; a guinea was freely offered for the live shilling bit of pasteboard . The vast hall was full to overflowing . Ladles and gentlemen were present in about equal proportions . The chairman , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , and the principal notabilities , appeared about seven o'clock . To the right and left of thelearned sergeant we observed Mr . Douglas Jerrold . Mr . P . Phillipps , Mr . Cobden , M . P ., Mr , Milner Gibson , M . P ., Mr . Bright , M . P ., ; Mr . Brotherton , M . P ., Mr . Frank Stone , Mr . Lover , inc .
Mrl Charles Dickens was to have come , but was pre vented by the delicate state of Mrs . Dickens ' s health . The distinguished Fiench writer Eugene Sue had been also invited , to which invitation he sent an interesting reply . It is impossible to convey the spirit and elegance of the letter in a translation , but we annex one as nearly literal as possible : — . , .. = . " Sir , —I have received with the most profound and respectful gratitude the invitation which you have done me the honour to forward me / in the name of the directors of the Manchester Athemeum ; Unfortunately , a nervous-11111688 , which is attributed to overwork , and which requires incessant care in consequence of the pain which it gives me , precludes me . ( to my keenest regret ) from coming to England for the purpose of being present at the annual soiree of the Athenamm , ' Have the
goodness , sir , to-be my interpreter with the directors of the Athenaeum , and to , assure them how I am touched and impressed with the flattering distinction which they have deigned to accord me , for it would Have been to mo an honour as great as It was unhoped for , to have been associated with such eminent writers as Messrs . Dickens , Talfourd , Disraeli , Jerrold , Sinytke , & c , knowing , at the same time , sir , that I should only have owed this honour to the lively sympathies inspired by those ideas of social progress which I possess in common ( and I am doubly proud of it ) with these distinguished literary men ; as to my works , they are too imperfect to merit such a recompense . Will you have the goodness , sir , to assure the directors ofitho Athenamm that I shall never forget this proof of their friendly esteem and that I shaU always endeavour to remain worthy of it . Accept , sir , the assurance of my most distinguished
consideration . '•"" - ¦ "Eugene Sue . " M . Sue appears to have been highly gratified with this invitation , as wiU be seen by the following letter , addressed to the directors of theAthenamm , by Mr , Charles Dickens : — ' * . "Devonshire-terrace , Oct , 17 , 1845 . "Desr Sirs , —M . Eugene Sue has begged me to writeto you , and acknowledge with many heartfelt thanks the receipt of your nattering invitation . He requests me'to assure you of his high and unfeigned sense of the , honour you have done him , and : earnestly entreats me to add , that he is gratified by your recognition of him , a French
writer , in England—certainly beyond hispower of expression in a foreign language , and to an extent not at all easy of expression in his own , His state of health , however , does not admit of his attendingthesoiresat Manchester . He has been very unwell , and is enjoined to seek repose , in pur . suance of which advice he has already left Paris in search of temporary change and quiet . If ! could convey to you an adequate idea of M . Eugene Sue ' s anxiety that I should do my very best to thank you on his behalf , and to find ' strong words' for that purpose , you would feel with me that your remembrance ofhimhasmet with a sincere and quick response . —I have the honour to be , gentlemen , your faithful servant ,
"Chables Dickens . "To the Directors of the Athenaeum , Manchester . " The Chairman opened the proceedings of the evening in one of his peculiarly flowery orations , which we must compress into a much smaller space than , were we to follow the learned gentleman through all his rhetorical wreaths and garlands , we should be obliged to devote to it . He commenced by apologising for his own inefficiency to fill the post in which he found himself placed , an inefficiency , however , which he trusted would be overlooked in the dignity and interest of the occasion . The learned gentleman proceeded to congratulate the meeting upon what their institution had acccomplished—upon what had been accomplished , too , in Manchester , in a spirit kindred to the exertions of the institution whose
members he was addressing . He especially congratulated them on the boon which they had secured to the toiling thousands of " Manchester ,, the precious Saturday half-holiday—that boon alike precious to man as to boy —when manhood borrowed the endearing name from childhood ^ and sought to enrich it with all that remained of childhood ' s still-remembered feelings —( cheers)— precious in the impulse which it gave to labour , and most precious in its result , when , brightened and graced by those modesVhich this association indicated , it left body and mind more free for the service of earth and heaven ! ( Cheers . ) In considering tho benefits which the Manchester Athenamm was . likely to . be the source of to those among whom it was founded , he " would regard them not so much as affording a path by which a
few might rise above their station , as promising a means ' of adorning and gracing that sphere of action in which many must continue to move . It might be that some master mind might start into fame from their ranks ; and should such rare felicity ! be their lot , with hovvgreatpride . would they expatiate uponthatgreatness which they had watched in its dawn , and with how pure a satisfaction would they commemorate the achievements of their then illustrious townsman , when satiated with the applause of strangers ,- he would revert to those scenes among which his genius found its first expression , and . earned its first prize . But it was not in the culture of such rare . minds that he anticipated the happiest fruits of their peaceful victories . The talents which in darker
ages might have suggested the desire to guide the obscure but honourable sphere . of peaceful labour in quest of literary distinction , * could at present only be safely employed in adorning the path in which they originally moved . But if it were teo late to be ambitious , except on some rare occasions , for the , immortality . which earth could bestow , yet , for that true immortality of which time s longest duration was only a vivid symbol—for that immortality , the cultivation of wisdom and piety was as momentous now as ever . After alluding to . several other points , the learned gentleman concluded by urging forcibly upon the assemblage the duty of supporting strenuously and unweariedl y the institution whose anniversary they were met to celebrate .
Mr . Mark PhiUps , M . P ., followed , and in the course of the evening the company was also addressed by Messrs . Bright , M . P ., Milner Gibson , M . P . i andj Cobden , M . P . ; we will not , however , ; inflict their speeches on our readers / ; - . -. . - ; .. .. ¦ . The Chairman introduced to the meeting— -not only as an artist , but as a ' Manchester man—Mr . Frank Stone , painter ,, among other gems , of the " Heart ' s ' first misgiving . ? ' ¦ . "' ' .. " . '¦ ¦' ,. . ; . ' : - Mr . F ; Stone was received with great applause . : He spoke of the Athenaum as connected with ; the . development and . encouragement c-f ait in Manchester . The
assemblage he saw before him forcibly recalled to his mind what had been done , and what was doing in Manchester , for every species ; pf mental culture , since he was , himself a youthful seeker , after ^ ucli knowledge as might forward him in his onward course . " Had such an institution then existed , how many advantages would it- have' given him whichhehadtostruggle ; onwithout btaining . ;;( Hear . J He would have had its library , its , lecturesj ; the encouragement afforded ; bythe , aBSMiati ' on ah " d fellowship of its ' members ; the stimulatlng tafluenwaiMig from that association , and the inspiring , ennobling assurance , that at certain periods assemblages ma thU would meet toge-
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ther to do honour to imagination and intellectual pursuits , and their professors , and fp ch erish and promote a better understanding and more truthful appreciation both of art and artists . ( Cheers . ) v . yd \ pl & £ a ' Thd Chairman introduced ' to' the ' m ' eeting one , whose graver writings had been devoted in the most earnest and thoughtful manner to the great interests' of his fellowmen and whose lighter productions had always been characterised by mingled wit and wisdom ; and that , . whether these writings were represented before the curtain of a theatre , or behind a curtain of another description by a certain , Iady , a friend of Mr . Douglas Jerrold , whom he would now introduce to them .
Mr . Douglas Jerrold was received with long and loud bursts of cheering—the ; whole , assemblage rising as he stepped forward . When silence . was restored , he said—The high object of your institution—its many refining tendencies have been so . fully discussed—have been set forth with such varied and commanding eloquence by your distinguished chairman , that little indeed on such points is left for me to utter . And herein do I hold myself peculiarly fortunate . I congratulate myself , and I especially ' congratulate you upon the very subordinate part I must necessarily play in the drama of this evening . ( Cheers . ) I have , you will perceive , already touched upon the drama . { Hear , hear . ) ' I thought ,. before my present audience , I might venture to do so ; though I assure you that there are certain circles in the great city
which I quitted yesterday , in which I fear any such allusions would be considered very vulgar indeed .. But having alluded to the drama , and having your cordial welcome still ringing in my brain , I cannot but compare myself to one of the very many " walking gentlemen " with which the drama abounds . It is the great occasion on which they appear that allows to them anew the short passing attention—not to themselves , but to the principles with which they arc humbly connected—principles carried out by stronger , loftier agents—do th ' ey owe their presence on the scene ; and such , ladies and gentlemen , do I feel to be my position this evening . The merits of your admirable institution have been made so manifest to-night—the thanksgiving for its prosperity has , been so full and complete : its noble aims have
been so clearly analysed—that it is difficult to find anything new to praise , as it seems hopeless to attempt to discover aught to condemn . Indeed , did I selfishly wish for matter for a more lengthened speech , I should wish for the existence of some good old wholesome wrong —would desire tlic presence of one of those , bugbears . of the good old times—of one of those creatures of ignorance , that condemned knowledge for the like reason that the owl f lees the sun , it has not eyes , poor thing , to bear that light created for tho health and happiness of the meanest man that lives . ( Cheers ) . But here there is no such giant to fight , no such bugbear to grapple with . The lady , Knowledge , too long pent-up in her tower , guarded , not by giants , but , more " provoking still , by
dwarfs—and we have only to look back a few years—a very few years—to own there have been dwarfs as mischievous as any in fary tale . The lady , Knowledge , I say , is no longer a prisoner . We have killed the giants —slain her dwarfs—and how have we killed them ? Why , as Luther rebuked the devil , by throwing inkstands at him . ( Loud cheers . ) Music is no longer made the luxury of the few , but is acknowledged in the daily want of the many . It is a proud thing for you , People of Manchester , that you have erected this temple for her ; a temple wherein the humblest of your fellow-townsmen may come and listen to her , and feel his nature at once softened and elevated by the magic of her voice , To say that it offers to such the smallest consolation after their
day of toil , to say that it imparts so them a keener couscinusnesB of their dignity of their nature , to say that while teaching them their own rightful position in the world it makes them respect the rightful position of others , is only to translate into the merest common-place the oft repeated eloquence of gifted men . ( Hear , hear ) . These things are now truisms ; but human nature is ungrateful to truisms . For let us not forget how fortunate it is for ns that we live in an age when such things are truisms . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Truths , ladies and gentlemen , are like oaks of slow growth , and it is with the early truth as with the acorn . Show it to the merestignorance , and it cannot conceive how that little germ shall , hold within it a latent power , which duly developed shall breast the billow and defy the thunder . ( Cfieers . )
And so has truth grown , but with this sad difference ,-that it has been too often watered with the blood of those who have dared to plant it . ( Cheers ) . Happy then is it for us—and for the blessing ought we not to render up our most humble and hearty thanks ?—that we may to-nlghtbe gathered together under its branches —for your institution is a great truth—a truth that may be planted amid the fears of the timid , the misgivings of really well-meaning folks , who still thought that truth for the masses was Uke barley-sugar for children—they might have a little—just a very little—when very good , but to be allowed to have their fill of it would be risking a terrible derangement of the body social . ( Cheers and laughter ) . With the success of your institution made as apparent as the sun , it is amusing—it is more , it is instructive—to remember the prophecies of certain men , who predicted that the very light which would play about institutions such as yours , would only herald what to
thenrappeared the total destruction of what they considered the best foundations of society . Why these men remind me of a story I read in one of Captain Parry ' s voyages , of a certain bear . The poor beast had drifted upon a loose piece of ice into the sun , and as he was borne into a yet warmer and warmer latitude , he felt his footing melt and melt away , and then , the story says , he growled and roared as though heaven and earth were coming together . ( Laughter ) . And so was it with these menand the species is even now , I fear , not wholly extinctthey could not conceive that the very current of time that was carrying them yetnearer to thesun of knowledge was now . bearing them to distinction . But it is not so , for it is not with men as with bears . The tide that carries us on to knowledge—which is power—gives to us that best , that noblest , element of power , gentleness , which , in the fulness of its teaching , will bear all men to that happy end , of which institutions like yours are the hopeful beginning . ( Loud and long continued cheers ) .
The Chairman next . intoduced Mr . Lover , who . was warmly welcomed . In a short humorous speech , made still more amusing by his comic manner and , so to speak , acting , he excused himself from making a lengthened speech , on the ground of a severe cold in his head , observing that although he had heard of a saint—probably an Irish one—who was in the habit of carrying his head under his arm , he had never heard of a saint , or a sinner either , who could speak clearly with a cold'in it , ( Laughter . ) However , he was deeply gratified by the reception which he had received . His malady did not extend further down than his throat—his heart was all right . ( Cheers . ) Really , he looked upon a magnificent sight ! He could not , for the life of him , but look at it professionaUy . "Oh ! ladies and gentlemen , what a
beautiful six audiences you would make 2 " "( Loud laughter . ) But to leave badinage and come . to'facts . He would give them a fact . He knew that they liked facts in Manchester , and many a telHng one they had heard in that very hall . Well , now for his fact . He had traversed every county in England—he had addressed audiences in its every corner—and he could bear faithful evidence to the advantages of such institutions as that they were commemorating , in the obvious effect produced in manufacturing districts , where they were established , through their agency . No audience was so intelligent as a manufacturing audience . ( Cheer . ) How many a time , when before the titled auditory of Hanover-square , watching the effect of what he thought . a pleasant joke , had he wished he could change the cold simper of the reversed
seats for the ready sympathy—the hearty laugh—of the back benches of Manchester . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Oh , the circles of society were like the circles of the atmosphere , the higher you got the colder you got . ( Loud cheers . ) He regretted as much as any of them the absence of Mr . Dickens . They knew the interesting cause which compelled him to stay in London . ( Cheers . ) He ( Mr . Lover ) had been almost afraid that he might have been detained nominally at least , in a similar fashion , He hadjust come from the west of England , and in his journey he was detained so long that he feared he should be late for Manches ter , at a place rejoicing in the significantnamepf Babbicombe ( baby come ) . ( Lordlaughter . ) He was glad to hear that laugh ; and he would take ad . vantage of it , sit down , and leave them laughing . ( Cheers and laughter . ) As soon as the speechmaking was over dancing commenced , and was kept up to a late hour .
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Attempt at Murder in Tipperary . —A man of the name of Martin Morris ( who was in the employment of Mr . Nicholson , and overseer of the Ballinastick Colliery ) , was returning home on Monday nightweek , when , about the hour of six o'clock , and within a few perches of his own residence , he was waylaid by three assassins , who , on recognising his person , fired two shots at him from behind the ditch , and laid him prostrate on the ground . Three bullets were lodged in the unfortunate man ' s back , of which two passed up to the front and top of his shoulder . Intelligence of the affair being communicated to John
Langley , Esq ., J . P ., that gentleman despatched three messengers in order to summon the attendance of the police of the ^ surrounding districts—Mardyke , Ballinonty , and Newbirmingham . The police were immediately in attendance , but could lay no clue as to the ? assassins . Two of the bullets have been extracted . ! No cause has been assigned for the . commission ¦ of this horrible outrage . Morris was respected by all who knew him , and by none more than by his immediate neighbours . The country for some miles around is in a perfect state of consternation , and surely it is not to be wondered that it is .
Suspected Murder . —Great excitement prevails at Saltash , in consequence of the discovery of a man , named Joseph Clotwerthy , a boatman of that place , dead in Modition-lane , on Thursday afternoon week . The wife of the party who discovered it , found the body , toi be . that of her father . ' How he came by his death , is wrapped in' mystery , and 'ifisi feared that the poor fellow has been murdered . AIL that is knownis , that on the evenihg . of the previous day , two men , strangers to the place , dressed as . miners , hired him to wfeo them in his bpat ; from Saltash to Clothero ; he , was , never seen alive afterwards . . ^ His body bore mark ^ 'bf ' severe ^ bruises , andhiseyes were , blackened ' . ' The' boat was found at Hole's Hold , " the opposite ! side of the river ,, with one paddle and the deceased ' sjac ^ 'ifi ^ i "Amanwhowasineonmanj with" the two suspected individuals on Wednesday nf in custody , but nothing else throwing light on tail dark transaction has been elicited .
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Ceowem , AGAi . Y . ^ Th 6 se who object to Oliver Cromwell having a statue ' because he was merely the Protector , and not a monarch , ; must surely torgeB his last speech to the Parliament , ' when he inquireO "What ' s o ' clock ? " for he the evidently appeare * asking for the time . —JoeMiller , The Cnuncn is Danoer . —The EccIesiastieaLCom-. mission & rs and the church of St . Stephen , Walbrook , have simultaneously gone to decay . Age has cruelly perforated the roof of the latter , and the sacred edifice is ' absolutely more " holy" than " righteous . ,
We understand the parishioners intend petitioning Churchwarden Gibbs to present the building with a new "tile . " It sadly needs a covering , —Rid , '¦' . "V Zoolooicai .. —The latest novelty at the Surrey Gardens is that of a Polar bear climbing a bareipole . Indeed , such is the attraction weekly at these gardens , that it has resolved itself into Animal Mag netism . Had Miss Harriet Martineau promenaded ! that locality , she might probably have been cured of her complaint without the aid of quack mesmerists ¦ -
—Ibid . . ; . . ' " ; ,. ; , :: ¦' Eligible fob Invalids . —A new cemetery is . projected , east of the metropolis , the shareholders ^ itt which are tempted by the promise of a very flattering bonus , viz . " a grave for themselves !"—Z & td ! ! > . Good News;—Itisexpected that at the next meefc « ing of Parliament , thecetfpn Lords will bea ) I wwfflfr —Ibid . The Ex-Lord Mayor "Don ' t Dance . "—At the last entertainment at the Mansion House , Gibbs was asked to take part in a quadrille . His Lordship declined , remarking he had forgotten his steps , ana was by no means perfect in his figures , —Ibid , . CROMWELL ' S CHARACTER , TVasn't Cromwell a despot , ' we ' re asked , And a sensual debauchee , too % Since to answer this question we ' re tasked , WeUlsay—he was just ' twixt the two !
Tbk Statues for the New Houses of Parlia-i ment . —The commissioners on the Fine Arts have been groping about the new Houses of Parliament to find ' plaees to put statues in . Unfortunately , tha niches are all too little to admit great men , and twenty-four inches is the extreme width of a comfortableniche , so that the commissioners have been obliged to go through the " History of England " with a two-foot-rule , in order to find characters that can be brought within the prescribed limits , The dia * contented Barons are all to be cut down , and even the Sovereigns are obliged to submit to a general clipping . Considering the length to which the Barons went with lung John , we hardly see how it will be possible
to keep them sumeiently under to admit ot theus getting into the gothic niches . The sameness of their ; attitude is said to fit them for these narrow places ; and it is true they were sturdy fellows , who , having once taken up a position , were determined to stick to it . As to John of Gaunt , he must give uphis gauntness , if he expects any accommodation lit the new houses . The Venerable Bede is to haveam inside place ; and we should propose Old Parr going down toposlerity , with a box of " Life Pills" in his hand , as a companion-statue . Cowper is to have a statue ; but we must beg that b , e will wear adecenfc head-dress , and not make his appearance in that strangejack-towel-looking turban m which we have usually seen him in portraiture , Purcell is the only musician the listbut understand he will hav
on , we » a seal to his watch-chain engraved , with a small portrait of Balfe , upon whom Purcell made a strong impression . There is a rumour - that the writers of Punek are to have statues opposite the Barons who , signed " Magna Charta , " as having used their pens for the good of their country almost as much as the Barons , who , with a few dashes of their goose-quills , gave to posterity a boon that has only been equalled by a certain popular periodical which modesty wilt not allow us to name , but which the reader has at his fingers' ends at the present moment . —Punch . , Coming Events , cW . —As many as 11 , 000 newspapers have been found in the General Post-office with their covers burst . The reason of the newspapers bursting is accounted for by the ' fact that they contain so many railway bubbles . —Ibid ,.
Edwin . —A Bathetic Ballad . The wind howled woefully , ¦ With a sad , a ghost-like tone ; And a youth wailed mournfully , For his hope of love was gone ! The dripping trees shed rain drops Upon the reeking ground And the youth ' s dim eyes were pouring Tear-torrents all around . The thunder roared right awfully , And the bright forked lightning flashed And a demon would Ms voice have awed , And a fiend Ms glance abashed , Then he stalked as doth a hero , As an oak-tree , proud and tall , And he said " I yield submission , I obey the spirit ' s call !"
He rushed into a dwelling , And with wild demoniac laugh , He shouted , as he entered , — "A glass of half-and-half !" A Stage Coach and an Editor . —After much fatigue we had only accomplished a journey of 4 S miles in twelve hours , between Geneseo and JDansi " ville . We had four horses ; and when I complained at one of the inns that our coachman seemed to take pleasure in driving rapidly over deep ruts and the roughest ground , it was explained to me that this was the first time in his life he had ever attempted
to drive any vehicle , whether two or four-wheeled The coolness and confidence with which everyone here is ready to try his hand at any craft is . truly amusing . A . few days afterwards I engaged a young man to drive me in a gig from Tioga to Blossberg . On the way , he pointed out , first , his father ' s property , and then a farm of his own , which he had lately purchased . . As he was not yet 20 years of age , I expressed surprise that he had gone oh so well ia the world , when he told me that he had been editor of the Tioga Democrat for several years , but had now sold his snare of the newspaper . — byell's Travels in Nortli America .
Odd Origins . —Moses was a shepherd—Noah was a farmer—Confucius was a carpenter—Mahomet , called the Prophet , was a driver of asses—Mehemefc Ali was a barber—the present negro Emperor of Morocco was a pawnbroker—Bernardotte , the late King of Sweden , was a surgeon in the garrison of Martinique when the English took that island—« Madame , Bernadotte was a washerwoman of Paris- * Napoleon , a descendont of an obscure family , of Corsica , was a majorwhen he married Josephine , the daughter of a tobacconist . Creole of Martinique—Franklin was a printer—President Boyer was a mu > latto barber—President John Tylpr was a captainof militia—Oliver Cromwell was orieinallv a brewer—*
President Polk , the Loco Foco King of the American States , was formerly an innkeeper—the stepfather of Isabella Qneen of Spain , husband of Q , ueen Ohristinai and brother-in-laWj Of the King of Naples j was once a bar-keeper of a coffee-room—General Espartero was a vestry clerk—King Christophe , of Hayti , was a slave of St . Kitt ' s—the reigning President of Hayti was also a negro slave—Bolivar was a druggist-General Paez was a cowkeeper—Vasco de Gama was a sailor—Columbus was a sailor—Astor , the richest man in the New world , before he became the proprietor of Astor-house , used to sell apples through the streets of New York—Joseph Bonaparte , before his
arrival at New York , with all the silver , gold , and jewels of : the Crown , of Spain that he was able to take with him from that country , was the King of Spain , < fec . !!—Louis Philippe was a teacher of the French tongues at Switzerland ,-Boston , and Savannah—Catherine , the Empress of Russia , was a camp grisette—Cincinnatus was ploughing his vineyards when the dictatorship of Rome was offered to himthe ^ present Governor of the island of Madeira was a tailor—and the actual Minister of Finance in Portugal- was a dealer in bottles of Madeira wine . There are at present in Portugal and Spain . several Dukes , Marquises , Counts , Viscounts , and Barons who for « merly were cooks , tailors , barbers , cobblers , sweepers , and muleteers . !
Blunders of Fkench Tbanslatohs . —The story is well known of the French translator , who came to a passage in which Swift says that the Duke of Mark borough broke an officer , and who , not knowing that the expression meant dismissing a person from the army , rendered the passage by the word roue * by which it was conveyed that Marlborough broke the poor man on the wheel . Another Frenchman gives a , not' rery delicate notion of Gibber ' s comedy of " Love's Last Shift , " by calling it La Verniere Chemise de V Amour . In like manner , a writer of Congreve ' s life , missing aletter in the tragedy of the "Mourning Bride , " translated it V Espouse du Matin . * The
Bride of the Morning . " But the most singular mistaking of a book-title is that mentioned by D'lsraieli , who declares that a modern French bibliopole placed Edgeworth's " Essays on Irish Bulls" in a catalogue of works of natural history , as if it had been a treatise on horned cattle . A series of blunders have been committed through a more pardonable ignorance of English idioms . < An , earl y French editor of Shakspeare ' s plays , not approving of bis- predecessor L Toumeur ' s paraphrastical version , boasted of giving a more faithful one . As one proof of his sapabilities for the task , he conveyed a most ridiculous notion of the following couplet in the Earl of Northumberland ' * celebrated speech in Henry IV . : —
"Even such amah , so faint , so inti . / ' ; ' . SodulJ , sodeadinlook , &^ The ; , last words . .. " were paraphrased douleur / vaifen ! ¦ which , re-translated si g hifiesf- * ' So , grief-7-be off with Sir Walter Scott ' s novels , that favourite "a ; Welsh rabbit , " is . ; .. mentioned translator renders it literally by ' the dupays ' de Oalles : adding in - note , rabTuts , of the Welsh mountains b ^ e flavour ; which makeathem to l » uu « throughout Great BrMn .-Cnam Journal , v t
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Bp ess , ^ .- — _ , jZmusj ^^^; ^ Wi ^ glign- ' Jou ^|^ p fa ( ol ; ^ uppier ^ Bh ^ . dth ^^^^ HCbj WrfeRtttfrffonv . ; Vffi ^ fie |> * wu 4 ; a ® ttEMj ^ fH > mn ^ B ^ lish & er ^^ 8 tt r # : ; N ^^ jpirxuesB ^ -j --- — -. ¦ be- gonfif ^ l ^ ii i miB ^ w ed 5 rlto > Enelish . ' mmwm "WPe ^ eVu - ™ Slftdty w * apJ 5 uMriy ^ fiMr , niSfrilM Kr'i & Mhburghr
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01111845/page/3/
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