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FOR ROME , Jose , 1849 . ( From the Democratic Review for . August . ) "For Home J for Rome I" That shone iath sped To earth's extremest bound ; And every hope by honour led Repeats the glorious sound . Tor Rome \ for Rome ! let patriots now , "Where ' er they draw their breath , Re-echo back Mazzini' s vow"Free Rome , or Roman death . "
Tor Borne ! for Home ! ay , for the world ! Our quarrel is the same , "Where ' er a flag may he unfurl'd , Or beacon-summons flame . Beneath the gleam of Kossuth ' s sword , Or in our darken'd streets , J Tis Freedom's sacred battle word , Our cry , our hope repeats . For Rome ! for Rome I for human right j For liberty and growth ! Out words foredoom Oppression ' s might : Our lives fulfil that oath . "For Rome ! for Borne ! " Come weal or woe , Jlaintain the Roman cry ' ,
And every heart be Roman now JWe Tffill he free or die . Spakiacds
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w WE ARE MANY , OUR TYRANTS ARE FEW Behold ! the morn breaking above , boys , Bathing earth in a warm rosy shower ; Heaven seemeth o ' erflowing ; with love , boys , And light kisseth the lowliest flower . As bright as on proud princely home , boys , The sun smiles on the povertied Thrall ; Oh ! thus in a day that shall come , boys , Mind will light the soul-chambers of all . Oh ! look for the noble in soul , boys , And grasp ye the hand of the true , Then on 5 or the glorious goal , boys , We arc many , our tyrants are jew .
Courage I keep heart for awhile , boys , A holy and brotherly hand , Have sworn that the children of toil , boys , Shall hreak their oppressors' dark wand ;—They have sworn by the souls of the brave , hoys , "Whom the despots' red faulchion set free ; By the wounds on the back of the slave , hoys , To battle for dear liberty .
H Keep heart with the noble in soul , boys , jl Keep hand -with , the good and the true , g § Then on for the glorious goal , hoys , p § We are many , our tyrants are few . pig Disdain with a noble scorn , boys , Up ; The bugbears that priestcraft hath wrought ; Hf They'll vanish like phantoms , forlorn , boys , § Sf In the morning-light of thought . IU Sever fear , though men curse , and upraid us , | Xever wince ' neath the false hireling gibe ; If They'dfiatter , and lawn , ay , and aid us , gJS "Were we gold-cursed enough to bribe ! 8 But , look for the noble in soul , boys , ijl And grasp ye the hand of the true ; m Then on for the glorious goal , boys ,
IP We are many , our tyrants are Jew . m The flag of the free shall wave out , hoys , If O ' er the dark-ruin'd towers of Wrong ; B And the people shall wake with a shout , hoys , 1 And the poor man ' s heart break into song . m Truth ' s garb of sunlight shall bedeck them , I "Who rule—in our hearts enthroned ; And the crown of their victor-brows make thein Peerless 1—among peers birth-renowned . Eeep heart with the noble in soul , hoys , Keep hand with the dauntless and true I And on ! on ! for the glorious goal , boys ! We are mamt , our tyrants are few ' Massey .
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P 3 TE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OP m BRITISH AND FOREIGN POLIg TICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE B Edited by < x . Julian HuncEr . 2 * o . IEL , Hi August . London : E . Mackenzie , 5 , Wine B Office-court , Elect-street . pJoMTARED with the two preceding numbers of | | h 3 s publication we observe a -vast hnprove-|| aent in the appearance of this number . In ijpaper , type , and press-work the Bemocratic pRerteicmay now challenge comparison with Ifts most aristoeratic and high-priced contemiporaries . m The editor ' s address "To the Working
IgClasses "—chiefly on Italian and Hungarian ilflairs—is followed by an elaborate exposition of || ne Hungarian question , showing the rise and Iprogress of the mighty conflict which at present labsorbs the attention of Europe . This article jpvill commend itself to every one anxious to be pufbrmed of the rights and wrongs of tbe Meroie Magyars . Prom tbe third letter of p | Terrigenous , " advocating the right of all to m & ui land , we give the following extract : —
THE 14 XD C 03 IM 0 X PKOPERTT . W & It does not at all matter for our present discusison how or by what means Adam , or any other in-^ uividual , came on the Earth at first , one iota . It is ffinifiicicrit for us that he breathed the breath of life Won it—that it was in existence " before him , and cxgisting necessarily for him . " What Right bad Adam Ipo dcccPT—Possess—IsnEHii—iiiE Eauth ! That W ~ -that—is the question ! lip The answer again can be summed up in one word , pud that word is — EXISTENCE !! That was foiBixi ' s Right and Title-deed I—thehighesiand only gone which man can possess or point to , for as
HThomas Paixe has forcibly remarked , — " The Creagffjbr of the Universe did not open a Xand-oflSce from iwbenceike first Title-deeds should issue . " |§ f Existence was the right hy which Adam inherited HiheEartb . Isay . "Why ? you ask . Simply because , Hi n the vera fact of existing Jie was compelled to occupy | PJie Earth , " is the answer . The Earth was man's Splace of residence—the place on which he was to Ibttlive , move , and liavc lis being ! " Therefore he flbuld not fail to occupy it , for without this Earth , ihp w could man have managed to have existed himiielf ? He found himself upon it , anyway , and could moot well manage to get away from it !
gjf § It is very evident , then , brother Owners , that HAiwm naturally was the Occupant—the Owner—the Igiliheritor—of the land—of the Earth , and it is just gas evident that scripturally he was in the same posiftion . " Be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the § Eartb , and subdue it , " ihe Creator is made to say to Ipur first parents in the 2 ? th verse of the first chap-Slier of Genesis , " and have dominion over the fish of BOie sea , and over the fowl of the air , and over every ( living thing that movcth upon tho waters . —And gGod said , Behold I have given you every herb bearping seed which is upon the face of all the Earth , and IpTery tree , in the which is the fruit of a tree yieldlilBgseed ; to vou it shall be for meat . —And to every
ipteast of the Earth , and to every fowl of the Air , and Ipo everything that creepeth upon theEarth , wherein lijUre is life , ihave given every green herb for . meat , gland it was so . " p | Thus it is obvious , it is undeniable , that the act of Ipnheriting the Earth was no voluntary one on the lljjart of our first parent , hut an imperative law of his Ipa lure , a pari and parcel of his being . It was Wffirce < l upon him ; he existed in the world , thai jparorld was the means by which his existence was to Ipe carried forward , and mere instinct would na-^ nally lead , while natural requirements would Ipb nipel , him to obtain , and to use , all that he might Iplnd necessary for that purpose . . The Earth , Air , Slight , and "Water , and all the products of the world ,
'animal , vegetable , and mineral , were necessary to Mprolong and perpetuate that existence , and over leach and all these things did he exercise ownerphip , dominion , and control , iu the simple fact of flifs existence iu the world J This is clear , simple , | snd indisputable . "'»'> ,-UlSo much for our first parent , Adam . -Sow for Iiis Snldren aud their descendants , even down to us of iSie present age . Ah ! let . us understand tfeirposiy | on , and also our position . fSTvell ! had not they , and have not we ,, the same gflght ? If existence in the -world gave the light to llinu , would it not confer upon Cm and Abel , and m then living , the liko right ? The question cansuch
gjibt he discussed : it does not admit of any iPoing , for it answers itself . As I have before said , mm the very fact of existing , the immediate descendants of ADAMmust , as he had himself , necessarily mSectipy the Earth , and occupation then was possessing it , and exercising dominion over it 1 Thus they ^ fere joint occupants and joint proprietors OI the llSoil , and all things therein and thereon . And by IgllEtue of the same law , and for the same reasons , § S | e we of the present day in the same position . llipiJanY sceptic attempt to prove the contrary . I ^ challenge him to the task . W tSihiis , then , and itisimpossible that it could le other-W & wisC all men who have lived—all men -who do livellliifjHai vJio shall live—possessed , possess , and i shall mpbtsesf , a similar FiigMin tlds respect ! The Laxd ^^ IrnEIRS . COMMOSAliX AXD JOIXTLT ^ - IT IS lilfHEIR NATURAL JNnERITAyCE —A 3 fD
fHEY ARE ITS LEGITIMATE K 1 IERIEpRS !!! & An able and eloquently written article by " One of ' Thellen oi theFntuie '" invites artier extract ;—
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iabour ' s WROXGS . The many remediable evils which afflict mankind , and which are clearly traceable to human causes invite serious reflection . Around us we behold the elements of physical and mental enjoyment in abundance , by a proper combination , or adjustment of which , nine-tenths of human misery might be for ever banished from society . The earth teems ' ¦ with all things necessary to the comfort and luxury of man , and the mighty developments of modem science together with the wonderful applicatiea-of steam power , have extended man ' s dominion over the raw material of nature to an almost incalculable extent giving us at the same time a means of transit by sea and land , which enables the inhabitants of the most ™ 1 A ^ ° . , ' H ***??^ . '
remote regions to hold frequent communications and exchange the commodities peculiar to each country with mutual advantage . Viewing the progress of modern civilisation in this light , we must be struck with wonder , and feel an inward exultation , when thus contemplating the stupendous achievments of human intellect . Great Britain contains within itself the means of producing the solid necessaries and comforts of life , both in agriculture and manufactares to a far greater extent than the requirements of its population . How is it that with all * nese advantages , gaunt misery stalks through the l mi ? cannot be imputed to want of genius , ekdl , or iqdBStry , The immense wealth by which we are surrounded hears testimony to the contrary . From whence then arises the anomalous condition of society , not only in these countries , but throughout
the civilised world ? - 'Wealth heaped up , and overflowing , on the one hand ; hopeless poverty , wretch edness , and extreme privation on the ether . In England , notwithstanding the immensity of our manufacturing powers of production , we find the mass of the operatives crowded in filthy lanes and alleys , and breathing the very air of pestilence , whilst through the cupidity of the owners of those stately mansionswhich abound in the environs of these pandemoniums , they are reduced to the smallest modicum capable of sustaining existence , until premature death , as proved by parliamentary returns , puts an end to their sufferings . In the agricultural districts extreme poverty is the rule so far as the labourer is concerned , and this , too , whilst the recipients of the fruits of his toil keep princely palaces , and hire troops of livened lackeys . to administer to their vanity and ostentatious extravagance .
To whom , then , shall we apply for a satisfactory definition of the cause of this injustice , and whole sale murder ? To the Tory politician ? No . lie stands firmly by the doctrine of , what he terms , " Divine Right , " and the irrevocability of the text which says , ** The poor shall never cease out of the laud , " and acts accordingly . Shall we consult the Whig , or Political Economist ? Surely they can solve the mystery . Worsestill . They insist that tbe existinginequality of society is a component part of the natural order ofthings—that capital is the primary or originating cause of production ; and labouralias , human beings—a secondary consideration ; that it is necessary for the development of
civilisation that some men should be possessed of great wealth , that they may thereby be enabled to employ labour , and finally , that the state of privation which we have been describing , is the inevitable result of a high state of civilisation . ' . ' . ' Hard , cruel fate ! Is this , then , the inexorable decree of our enlightened rulers ? Are we for ever excluded from the realisation of the sunnc dream of youth , and mercilessly debarred that which our nature craves , our noblest impulses pant for , and which the evidence of our senses proves we can create in such abundance ? Yes , this is the decision to which these immaculate politicians have arrived . They have all agreed that "the system works well , " and there they leave ustherefore , from them there is no hope .
But are there no other teachers , no other doctrines ? Yes , there are other teachers , who clearly show that the doctrines of the parties above enumerated are founded on falsehood , fraud , and selfishness : and who clearly point out the mode by which mankind may elevate themselves from the mire of slavery and ignorance into which they have been plunged . Of these teachers , and their teachings , more hereafter . Future numbers of this Review will elucidate the doctrines , and proclaim the hopes and aims of The Democratic Propaganda .
The admirable article by " A Proletarian Sufferer for tbe Charter , " on the " Ten Hours Bill , " we have not room to give entire , and it Avould be a sin to mutilate it ; its reprint for distribution in the manufacturing districts could not fail to be productive of tbe best results . " Social Keform '' is the title of the first of a series of articles intended to explain and elucidate the principles and projects of Louis Biaxc . The Editor thus speaks of
LOUIS BLASC AXD HIS ENEMIES . Among the present advocates of Societarian progress , no one has won for himself , more popularity amongst the oppressed and suffering classes , or been exposed to more bitter calumny and relentless persecution , than the illustrious exile Louis Blanc . Tet the ex-President of the Luxembourg is by no means a violent , or even sweeping revolutionist . Looking at the schemes of popular amelioration suggested by him to the delegates of the ouvriers , we are surprised at the moderation , rather than the radicalism of his aims . Communist he is not ; and if it be proper to designate him a Socialist , certainly his Socialism is of the mildest kind . Let it be understood that in attributing moderation to Louis Blanc ,
we do not attribute to him the policy of those political impostors who conceal beneath the guise of moderation the most selfish passions , and heartless designs against their fellow-nien . We mean that in tbe face of the terrible evils he has made it his mission to confront , he appears to us to be , as _ a reformer , gentle and moderate indeed . But his moderation has availed him nothing : had he been the fiercest of revolutionists , he could not have encountered more of persecution and misrepresentation than it has been his lot to suffer . Honesty is Ids crime ! The privileged classes know him to lie sincere in his advocacy of the cause of the poor , and , therefore , they and their minions persecute and revile him . But the people will award him the crovn of a well deserved and imperishable fame .
The following is from tbe pen of Louis Blanc : —
EVILS OF UNLIMITED COMFEriTTOJi " . Let us suppose , fo ^ a moment , that inventive genius Lad risen to so grand an elevation as to supersede all human toil by the action of machinery ; and let us trace the consequences of such a discovery , first under the associate system , then under the existing competitive regime . Under the former system , excluding as it does tbe very idea of privilege , of monopoly , of patent , and dividing wealth amongst all , the general substitution of mechanical for manual toil would have but one result ; that , namely , of conferring upon all men equally emancipation from muscular toil , leisure for the culture of their intelligence , and opportunity for the enjoyments of science and letters , of poetry and the arts .
Under the competitive system , on the contrary , which abandons every one to his own unaided force , which bears on its standard these savage inscriptions , " Success to the rich and skilful ! Ruin to the vanquished ! " and which makes every discovery the exclusive property-of One , or of a few monopolists , what would be the consequence of superseding human labour by machinery ? The ; consequence ? I shudder to contemplate it ; three-fourths of the population would perish by starvation ! Yet , considered in itself , the invention of a maT chine calculated to diminish or facilitate human top is an incommensurable benefit . How happens it then that , under the present system , the discovery of an improved process sometimes reduces thousands of operatives to sudden destitution ? Is it the fault of science , of genius , of machinery , which would subordinate the powers of Mature to humanity ? Ifo .
It is the fault of a system so absurd , so vicious , that it perverts in their developement the germs of good , or chokes them amidst a rank undergrowth of evil . —Could it be thus under a law of universal association ? Can genius be conceived as a source of disquietude in a society governed by the principle of general solidarity ? Genius ! ah , its very grandeur consists in its devotion to entire humanity ; and ; if now it descends to furnish arms , of combat to the cupidity of monopolists , it is because a . false principle of society has debased and perverted it . In explaining how competition engenders poverty , Imi » ht have exhibited it condemning rival workmen to dispute with each other an insufficient employment , and to sell their labour at' a discount in order to obtain the preference ; thus depressing wages and restricting- consumption , at the , same time that It stimulates production to a disorderly and excessive activity .
But this lamentable picture would want its darkest shades should I forget to add that , in creating miserv , competition also engenders immorality . For who , " indeed , would venture to deny that misery is the cause of theft ; that misery , engrafted , on i ^ norancej hatred , and despair , nerves the assassin ' s arm ; that misery drives into the streets those legions of miserable women , who drive a hideous traffic in simulated love ? And thus we behold the -very constitution of society engendering hatred—violence—envy ; and placing nations in this , deplorable - alternative , either to submit to oppression from above , or to' be perpetually disturbed by assailants from beloir . <
Kossuth ' s latest proclamation , calling the Hungarians to ^ one and all—take up arms in the Ajiti-Cossack crusade , " most worthily finds a place in this publication " . Finally , a notice of the late GiAitEXCE Maxgax , the Irish Poet , ( including specimens of Ms poetry , ) closes this . number of the Democratic Review . " .
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The Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom . Conducted by Working Men . ' No . 5 . August . London : "Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . This eloquent apostle of Ultra-Democracy continues its good course ; its vigour growing with its . growth . The present number . contains a letter from "William Howitx , in which he expresses his pleasure at seeing " working men thus ably and eloquently advocating thenown rights . " A pithy article on the " Press , " is followed by an address " To the Men who , like ourselves , toil upwards of fourteen hours daily , " from which we give the following extract : — Thp . TTrhv ; j ,, » B ^~ : * - * ' i ?—j ~ . ru „ , Wnd
Brothers , we call our journal " Tho Spirit of Freedom , " but what freedom can wo bring you ? after fifteen hours hard work , what can we accomplish to set you free ? the spirit that burns and effervesces within us , is exhausted in feeding the physical energies ; the soul seems drowned ; the mind is unbent ; and he we sit striving and writhing , far in the midnight , with throbbing heart and burning brain \ "We would speak words of hope and courage to you for whom our hearts bleeds ; we would strike tyranny to the heart mid its palaced magnificence ; but ah ! brothers , this overtoil is crushing the best impulses of our nature , and we feel that clay is rotting . away and taking the place of soul , day by day . And what shall spring from all this toil ? surely what we sow
in tears , our offspring shall reap in joy ? Not at all they will put on the harness of life , and we . ir it till it cuts into their heart-strings , and perish in bastiles , prisons , penal settlements , even as we shall erelong ! * * * Well may that Ultima Thulo of political charlatanship , Russell , exclaim , "the aristocracy have a firm hold on the affections of the English people 1 " yes , my lord , tJieir teeth are in our hearts xvitk the gripe of Blood-Jiomids , and they call us " freeborn Britons !' . ' aha brave freemen are we !—and does the world believe this horrible lie ? Free ? we who are used up , bought , sold , destroyed , damned before birth , —we , the 6 , 000 , 000 who have no political existence at all , free ?—we are the veriest slaves on earth , ignorant , coward slaves ; coward because ignorant ;• but , were you of our mind , brothers , this should endure no longer !
Plain speaking , and no mistake ! The next article by John Rymill of Northampton , headed with tbe significant question ; "Why are we poor V partakes of the same sledgehammer character ; witness the following : —
THE POOR AND THE RICH . England ' s true nobles are poor . They have coined the wealth of England with their sweat and blood , their labour has freighted our ships with wealth , they man our ships , they navigate every sea , they plough the land , sow the seed , and gather in the harvest ; and yet these nobles of their country dragon a miserable existence on starvation diet , or perish in Union Bastiles ; millions have actually died of want \ "While this is the terrible fact , working men , shall peace reign in the mansion of the rich and profusion still crown then-boards with plentj ? shall their halls be filled with lordly guests
and echo with the drunken shouts and ribald jests of their midnight revels ? shall they fatten in the sunny smiles of fortune , and their lives glide serenely on without a moment ' s care or cloud ? Ifo ! by heavens ! this must not be ! There shall be no peace in the palace while poverty , starvation , and death , remain the poor man ' s guests!—for every poor man pale with want , there shall be a rich one pale with fear ! Working men , the true nobles of our land must no longer be poor , —and , if there he any persons starve , it shall be the fat idle drones ; they will not work , neither shall they eat—they deserve to die !
Our readers may guess tbe kind of answer to the question " What have the Clergy been doing ? " contained in the article so entitled . Mr . GrEiuiD Massey contributes two poems full of democratic fire ; one we have transferred to our "Poet's Corner . " A Ked Republican review of recent events on the Continent concludes this very excellent number of the Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom .
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The Progressionist . No . IV ., New Series . August . London : Watson , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternoster-row . "Rome , Hungary , and England , " is the title of a -withering denunciation ofthe Kussian , Austrian , and French tyrants , and a no less eloquent appeal to British sympathy in behalf of the Italians and Hungarians . The following extract will command the applause of our readers : —
THE GLOKIOUS SIGHT' IN HUNGARY . Gallant" Hungarians and heroic Poles have unfurled the banner of Republicanism , and are nobly fighting under its immortal standard . They have banished the tyrants of Hapsburg Lorraine for ever . They have thrown off the yoke of Austria , and as men determined to be free , they have flung to the winds their jealousies and fears , and fight the forces of Austria and Russia , and are gloriously successful . Yes , they are triumphant—they beat back the orthodox troops of the bloody old monster , Nicholas ; and I hope that the Hungarians will finally drive back the Cossack hordes of Russia , and annihilate the forces of Austria . But I must acknowledge that I
sometimes have my fears , and I ask you , my coun ^ trymen , whether the base , hypocritical , canting old devil of Russia shall be permitted to trample over the freedom and independence of Hungary as he has over that of Russia ? Shall he be allowed to lacerate the wounds and tear the bleeding heart of Hungary , as he has done with that of Poland , and that of Circassia ? Had I a million tongues , with every one of them I would still say , NO ! And if there be any faith , any love or courage in the heart of nations , they will , in tertns not to be mistaken , thunder—NO ! I have hopes of Hungary . What say you , my brethren , will you second the efforts of Kossuth , Bern , Dembinski , Georgey , and the gallant
Magyars , and cheer on your glorious Hungarian brethren in their struggles against the cut-throats of Russia and of Austria . Awake , arise ! be up and doing ! stand forth in your giant might—make common cause with your Roman and Hungarian brethrenassemble in your countless thousands—marshal your forces in every city , town , village , and hamlet in the kingdom—speak out like men , and let the thunder of your might shake the senate-house of Britain , and go forth with the speed of lightnin ? , ' and with a force surpassing that of the mighty avalanche annihilate for ever the leagued brigands of Hapsburg Lorraine and Russia . England should do
her duty ; she can do so by making common ciuse with Rome and Hungary . We could do them good service . We have ships rotting in our harbours , soldiers idle in their barracks , oceans of gunpowder and cartridges , plenty of mortars and howitzers and cannon , and tens of thousands of muskets , swords , and bayonets which we could employ against the darksouled tyrants that are in Rome and Hungary . Hurrah for Hungary ! May heaven defend her , and may the tyrants of Austria and Russia be for ever annihilated ! God grant it for'Thy mercy ' s sake . Amen ! John Rymill . Spring-gardensi Northampton . -
" Tho War ofPrinciples , " " State Churchism , " and "Lines to a Beloved One "—a very charming poem , by the indefatigable Gebald Massey /— are all worthy of this truly democratic and ably-written periodical .
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A Political Mountebank . —Our old Chartist chum , Henry Vincent , Esq ., (!!) is at present astonishing the natives of Wales . A correspondent of the Nonconformist , writing from Milford , says : — " Mr . Vincent arrived , and oh -Sunday evening , the 22 ndult . ' , attherequest of the I ' . ev . T . Lloyd , he preached in the Independent Chapsl to a-crowded congregation . . To the great surprise of many oi his hearers the gospel was preached /> : te purity , ar . d tnoy were bound to admit they were . Usapyomtcd ; that he was quite different to what they expected , aud to whht he had been represented . The flttonaance on the first lecture was-not so good as wo
positive of the removal of many prejudices—EpiscQpauans , ' Quakers , Independents , Baptists , Methodists , and Wesleyans ,-were there , and greeted him most enthusiastically . Mr , Vincent , on ooth occasions , acquitted himself in a masterly manner . Be a man ' s religious views what they may we are satisfied if they are' founded in sincerity ; but before we can give the Bcv . Henry Vincent credit for sincerity , we should like to know when it was that he recanted from tke'doctrines of Voltaire , Mirabauu , Yolney , ; Paine , and Palmer . VTe never heard of his recantation , and we are , therefore , strong ly impressed with the belief that when pious Harry puts oh a white choker , and turns up his eyes like a the
duck in a thunder storm " he is r playing " > " respectable , " " reverend , " " artful-dodger . " We detest'humbug , and cannot find words to adequately express our disgust ' at this spouter'spedlarisms . PaocDnox And the Imperial " . Special . " - —I find in my memorandum' book , under date of the 26 th of September , the following entry i— " September 26 . Visited Louis Buonaparte ; The man appears well-meaning—head and heart chivalrous ; more possessed with the glory of his uncle than , with any strong ambition au rcste , moderate abilities . I doubt much , when once observed closely and well known , he shall make great way . Mem . —To ^ mistrust him . Itisthe habit of every pretender to court the chiefs of parties . "
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; * . -a . iNJSTEENTH CEjNTUIU . , BY TD . 6 XUS MARTIN WHEELER , ' . . - . Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National Land Company . Chapter XVIII . Then dearest , mourn not o'er my early fate , It calls notfor thy pity . I have been Blest , and but grieve to leave thee desolate , But thou Wilt lfvo In many a vanished scene , JVor leel alone . Thou still wilt contemplate inese days of love though long years intervene , wo part not , dearest Arthur ! still my love-Warm—pure as now—shall bless thee from above . Beste . Strange and unfathomable are the transitions of the human heart—to-day all is calm and serene—tc morrow some unaccountable fantasy pervades our ieenngs , and we are uneasy and disturbed—a gloom is on our spirits and a thousand prognostications of
, ^ ft " 8 e f ) ° S ° » nd us—prognostications too often the forerunners of evil . Can the subtle ™ S * w ^ : the mind is composed receive impressions , and be subject to sympathies which the t b 3 u senscs ., art not cognisant of , though they £ 2 , ^ k > neath tuei 1 , influonco ? Will the 2 & ° l esmer > or the mavvols of Clairvoyance , tiL ™ Sn S ° , ystci : y of theso POsi « ve and nega l W ? Wec trlc atmosphere of the human StheLsi & f ^ ' oc ? Pied in hi 8 dailv dutiea X « m , ^? °° X h ! P loyer , or superintending «& 5 ? t fra . ent Pf his property in the inland po £ 5 l S ^ A * ' ™ fiVSfc "covering from the S nA ? hth , Cllam 8 of Lady Baldwm had cast around him ; her welfare was still dear to him , and t was with no , common feelings of resrret ' that , ho
heard ot her increasing languor and debility , still no violent emotion raged in . his . heart ,-it was a calm and melancholy regret ; but suddenly his feelings experienced a complete revolution—his mind was racked with anxiety—nightly did he ride tothat he might inquire relative to her welfare—covertly was he compelled to do this to avoid the suspicions of Sir Jasper—with alarm he : heard of her voyage and removal to Mount Pinto . Restless and uneasy , he obtained a few days leave of absence , and morning ' s dawn saw him oh his way to the residence of Lady Baldwin ; he knew not his own motives or objects , but he longed to be near her , once more to gaze on her-features ere the cold hand of death for ever shrouded them from his view . His ride was through a lovely part of the high grounds of the
island ; the breeze from the seaward played deli ghtfully on his heated cheeks—the music of the birds and the murmurs of the waterfalls disturb not the current of Ms thoughts—hours rolled hy , and wrapped in his reverie he heeded not their flightthe sun beamed forth gloriously , and the breeze fainted away beneath its influence—the music of the birds was hushed , innumerable insects filled the air , and his horse gave evident signs of weariness , still Arthur rode on , indifferent alike to all around himfilled with uneasy forebodings that he could neither repress nor account for . His horse suddenly stopping at a sugar mill in the valley into which he had now descended , ' recalled him from his reverie , and the surgeon of the plantation , with whom he was slightly acauainted , received him as his guest until ¦
the rising of the sea breeze spread its delicious odours and welcome coolness around , and wooed him again to recommence his journey . Nightfall found him at Mount Pinto , passing by tho mansion of Sir Jasper ; he rode to the adjoining negro village , and prior to retiring to rest wrote the following note , which he despatched to Lady Baldwin in the morning : — " Dearest Ladt , —Impelled by feelings I cannot control , and alarmed by gloomy forebodings that I shall never again gaze on thy angelic face , I have come once more to worship the sun of my existence ere it for ever sets and leaves me in pitiable darkness . Pardon my presumption , heed not my forebodings , but admit to your presence the companion of your childhood . —Aninun Morton . "
Reclining oh pillows on an elegant sofa , in a small hut lofty apartment , lay Lady Baldwin . Oh how changed from the Julia North of former days ; her languishing eye , of Heaven ' s own azure , looked glazed and dim ; the rose and the lily no longer contended for mastership in her lovely cheeks , out an ashy paleness supplied their place : a sweet smile still lingered on her countenance , but like a rose blooming amid snow , it seemed to mark still more strongly the desolation by which it was surrounded . Two days have elapsed since Sir Jasper returned to his residence . She was perfectly unconscious of the hallucination she was labouring under during the voyage , and the physician had thought it imprudent yet to inform her of it ; her mind seemed calm , and to have recovered its former tone . Like the iEolian
harp , it was mute and passionless , now the breath of Heaven no longer played around it . She is not alone , two attendants are with her ; one is sprinkling the matted apartment with a decoction of orange and lime flowers ; tho other , an English girl , seated near her mistress ,. is reading aloud from a splendidly'bound book , it is a novel hy Washington Irving—she hears in a kind of trance , for though its appeals to the heart are beautiful and impressive , hers feels them not , it is preoccupied with tho romance of its own creation . A gentle tap is heard at the door , it is opened , and tho note of Arthur is presented by an attendant . Slightly , does the lady tremble as she recognises the hand ; for though his last letter was speedily sacrificed to a sense of duty , yet the characters are still present to her memory ; the contents of the note are quickly devoured—love and duty are harshly conflicting , but love assumes the mastery , and the attendant is dismissed with a note addressed to Arthur , containing the simple
words : — " Come and see me , and let me bless you ere I die . " What an impression did these words make on the sensitive spirits of Arthur Morton . With feelings of almost religious awe and , respect did hecnter that quiet room , —tho English servant still remained in attendance , —he rushed towards the fragile'form of the loved being before him , sunk at her teet and wept bitterly . " Weep not , dearest friend , " exclaimed Julia , " I am happy . Oh ! so happy . I hare had a long and fearful dream , but your presence has dispelled it , and I shalldie in peace . " "Dearest lady , talk not of dying . Live ! , oh live long ! to bless and cheer the hearts of your friends . My life is bound up with your own , I could not survive you . Oh ! think of the hours of happiness we have spent together in our native land ; think of tho years of happiness that are yet in store for you , — young , beauteous , and blessed with every virtue , you cannot , must not die 1 "
" Dearest Arthur , companion of my youth , why should I wish to live ? Life hath lost its every charm , —my parents are no longer near me , and my hrother hath treated me , oh ! how wrongly , —my husband is kind ^ very kind to me , but I cannot return his love as I could wish . The only good on earth I could crave fate has denied me , and I would fain sleep and he at rest .. Death hath no terrors forme . Ihave loved all mankind , and though I have been injured , yet do I forgive ; they meant kindly , may they be all more blessed and more happy than I have been . One only grievous wrong have I committed in allowing my heart to love another than my husband ; for , Arthur , Ihave loved you—dearly loved you . Woman ' s pride would fain have concealed it , but in these my last moments
love is stronger than pride , and your image and your thoughts mingle with - those of God and Heaven : " and she burst into a torrent of tears , while Arthur clasped her convulsively to his breast . " I know it is an error , " she resumed , " but it is an involuntary one , and one that I cannot regret , though I trust that Heaven will deal mercifully with it , and that no part of the punishment will be visited on you : " and she sunk overpowered and exhausted on the sofa . Arthur , gazing on the lovely wreck before him , was unable to give ' utterance'to his thoughts , —his heart was bursting with lovo—wild , passionate lo vewhich he felt it would be almost blasphemy to utter to the dy ing angel before him ; he sobbed audibly , and wildly pressed her hands to his heart ; slowly didhereeover his calmness ,, and Julia once more rousing herself , and casting . on him a ook such as a
dying mother mightgivoto a beloved child , said : "Dearest , Arthur , come , bidme farewell ; I know that I shall no move sec vou in this world , I fear my j = oas <« have , been wandering . lliit-I th .-j . oi > ' Oo' ) I have retained . consciousness to . sou . uiri bless . you ove I depart . 1 shall . confide wmy ' husband this our ) asr . inters-fcw , if l see' hirn ere ' l -die—ho ' cannot , will not , bljvnic us . Kiss ' me , . Arthur , —it is our first and last kiss ' of love ; may you be liapvy arid , prosperous an you deserve to he , ' am ] ' when sadness sl . nH cloud your soul sometimes think of mo ,- and it flit ; 'Fpirits of the departed can again revisit this ear tidy tphe . ro J will , in those moments , hover round . and ' .. c ' ' sple ''" ypu . Adieu i Adieu !" Wildly , passionately , did ArUmr pi-ess iiis heated lips ; to the icy- cold ones of his beloved , ivml with eyes blinded with'tear ? , and frame trembling with emotion ; he gazed his last on'his first love—the beauteous and lamented Julia North .
Reader , hast -thou ever loved ? Hast thou through sorrow and bitterness remained true to thy heart's first devotion fandwhen the blest consciousness has burst upon you that your love has been reciprocated , have your , hopes been dashedto , despair by the hand of death—the ciip . pf joy turned into bitterness , and its very dregs ' poured into your soul ? if thou hast experienced this , theft canst thou , comprehend the feelings of Avthur = Mortoh . ! . True , his love was unhallowed ; neither religion nor custom would , have sanctioned its ; indulgence ; hut when did . love succumb to earthly ties—opposition , hut rivets its chain—it needs not'the world ' s approbation to fan it into- ' flame—it lives on its own elements , and burns the fiercer the more it is frowned upon . The enemies of Ohartism . asserttthat : it . is a coarse and vulgar dpetrine , and . that its . advocates . are destitute of refined feelings or , imaginations ; poor ' . slav 6 s . of prejudice , they know hot what thev assert . Chartism is the offspring of imagination ; the feelings mu . b aroused before reason will summons judg-
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ment to its assistance , and never was a cause more hallowed by refined feelings , by chivalrous devotion , ami disinterested purity , than the Chartist cause , these feelings are the true essence of love ; Arthur Morton is a type , a representative of his class—inheriting all their enthusiasm , inspired . by all their devotion , and partaking ofall their errors—wonder not , then , at his love , or that his love was unfortunate . ( To be continued . ) ... .. _
Destructive Fires. Destructivei Fire At ...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Destructivei Fire at BnocKWELL-nAM , , Brixton . —On feunday forenoon a fire , which continued to burn most furiously for upwards of eight hours broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr ' Joshua Blackburn , known as Brockwell-hnll ' Water-lane , -Brixton . The flames commenced in one of the newly-erected ricks in the homestead which contained upwards of fifty loads of hay . The head gardener , it appears , was tho first person to make the discovery by seeing smoke pouring forth from tho centre of the stack . In order to satisfy ' himself that the property -was on fire this person descended what is technically termed the " . manhole , " where he found tho heat so intense as to nearly overpower him . He , however , managed to crawl through the middle of the burning property , and had just succeeded in gaining the grand park when immense bodies of flames shot forth from various
portions of the rick , whence the work of devastation extended to an adjoining rick containing about twenty loads . The highly inflammable character of the material caused the flames to travel with surprising rapidity , and before information could be forwarded to town for the assistance of the engines the flames were mounting so high into the air as to be distinctly visible at Norwood , Dulirich , and Kingston . An express having been sent to London for assistance with all possible expedition , the enof the
gines Bri gade and the West of England Company attended , as well as that belonging to the parish of Camberwell . Plenty of water having been obtained from a pond in the park , the engines were set to work , hut , in spite of the utmost exevtions of the firemen , upwards of eight hourselapsed ere the flames could be mastered , and not until a serious destruction of property had taken place . Whether or not Mr . Blackburn was insured could not be ascertained , in consequence of that gentleman being with his wife and family out of town . Alar
ming Fire at a-Tavern . —The family of Mr . 0 . Saycr , of the Horse-shoe and Wheatsheaf Tavern , Melina-street , Western-street , Southwark , had a narrow escape from being destroyed' by fire on Tuesday morning . Shortly before two o'clock smoke was seen issuing from the lower part of the tavern , and an alarm was given , but on the inmates attempting to descend the stairs they found thorn on fire , and the smoke was rolling upwards in such bodies as to drive them back . Having made their appearance at an upper window some ladders were procured , when , with the assistance of two persons working on the railway and the police , the whole of the ; parties ' were safely rescued . The engines of the . parish and London brigade were remarkably early in arriving , and the flames were soon extinguished , but not until considerable damage was done to the whole of the premises and their contents . How the disaster originated is unknown .
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Btmxixa . of a Ship . —A postenpt of the Bombay Times of the 25 th of June , contains the following account : —A little before ten o'clock last night the report of guns in the harbour led to the belief that the overland mail had arrived . It turned out that these were signals that the ship Lowjee Family was on fire . Boats from the different steamers and merchant vessels around immediately put off to the assistance of the burning ship : but notwithstanding the exertion ' s of their crews , by midnight the flames had made rapid progress in the work of destruction . By two o ' clock she was nearly one mass of flames , and it became evident that all hope of saving her was past . She was accordingly left to her fate . The middle and after part of the ship
continued to burn with great fury , and shortly after two tho flames reached the forecastle , when the unfortunate vessel presented one of the grandest sights imaginable . She was in flames from stem to stern , immense columns of smoke rising from , the burning mass , and the whole sky was illuminated for a considerable distance around . A little before three the ' upper portion of her poop fell in , and added increased brilliancy to the flames . A few minutes after thathour her mizen-mast wont over the stern , and was followed almost immediately by the mainmast . At four , when we went to press , the foremast had just fallen over tho lee bow—the bowsprit appeared untouched . The hull near the stern and amidships was burnt down to within a few feet of the water ' s
edge ; the sea was apparently making its way into the vessel at the stern , and the flames wove rapidly consuming the fore part of the ship . It is likely she will continue to burn yet for some hours , unless a sufficiency of water gets into her to sink her—which is not unlikely . The Lowjee Family belonged to Messrs . Forbes and Co ., and Messrs . B . and A . Hormusiee . She was of 1 , 070 tons burden , and was built at Bombay in 1701 , being ^ thus fifty-eight years old . She was to have sailed for Calcutta on the' 1 st of July , with a cargo of salt , and from thence to the Mauritius . We could not . learn how the fire originated ; it was first discovered in the orlop dock ; her crew are , of course , Lascars ; they had received , it Is said , four months' wages in advance a few days since .
A VESSEL FOUND IN THF BRISTOL CHANNEL WIM the Cke \ v all Dead . —A few days ago a vessel was discovered in the Bristol Channel , near Cardiff , and , when boarded , the crow , consistingof four men , were discovered to be dead . The vessel turned out to be the Voyageur , of Kernie , Captain Lemeur , bound from Bordeaux to Roscoffand Morlaix , with a cargo of wine and brandy . ' Beyond these particulars , which we g ive from the French paper Le Commerce , there exists not a single clue cither as to how the vessel got into the Bristol Channel , or as to the cause of death . The conjecture is that thoy were poisoned by eating fish , while another opinion has been thrown , out , that they may have been suffocated by the vapour from a wood or charcoal fire . — Monmouth Merlin ,
Recovery op a vessel Sunk in the River . — Some weeks hack a sloop , called the Providence , of Rochester , whilst riding about half a mile below the Mouse Light , wag run into by a steamer called the London Merchant , and sunk , since which time several attempts have been made by the Sheerness boatmen to recover tho hull , in which they succeeded on Wednesday , and she now lies much damaged on the hard ground near the pier . A Boundary Brook . —At the bottom of a wood , at Knowlton , in Flintshire , is a rill of water , which empties itself into the River Dec , and when a person strides across it ho is in the kingdom of England and the principality of Wales , in the provinces of Canterbury and York , the dioceses of Chester , Lichfield , and Coventry , in the counties of Flint and Salop , and in two townships .
A Precocious Bride . —Delays are Daxcerous . —On Saturday morning last a couple , apparently farm servants ; arrived in Carlisle , by one of the east trains , on their way to Gretna , intent on being enrolled in "Hymen ' s bonds . " Upon arriving in Botchergate , however , the bride was suddenly seized with illness , and , accompanied by her husband inprospectu , repaired to an inn to partake of refreshment . They had not sat long . before the worthy hostess ( an experienced matron ) was fully convinced ' that the lady was in the state that 1 ladies wish . to bo who love their lords , "—in short , close upon her confinement ; . and by her directions the ailing lady was forthwith removed to a neighbouring lodging-house ;; where to the utter astonishment of the bridegroom , the expectant bride in less than ten minutes gave birth to a fine male child .
• Mazzini is now in Switzerland . In a letter to the Daily News , Douglas Jcrrold suggests , " that a committee should be formed to receive subscriptions , that a medal _ be struck ' commemorative of . English sympathy , with the cause of the Romans , and of admiration of tho character , and genius of Joseph Mazzihi . : . ; . '' , ; .. ... The Hungarian Refugees left England by . the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Sultan , which sailed from Southampton on Monday afternoon for the IVt . -ick Sea . ¦ ¦ - - Tin : TnHei states that iho Roman Catholic Bishop Wiseman has act the example of toasting the . rope ' s ' health , at public dinners , before the Quceii . ' 9 .. .- 'At an eutcrcainmentgivoii for the benefit of the- Tt ; v-Ihn ? , -says our contemporary , tho Bishop first " broke " through the v . uiutjipy awem into which' wo havounhappily-faJlcn , "
An AssociATiax-hflS be « Vii foriued . and-a subscription commenced ,-in Vaa lHotrtcn ' s T .: in ( i to raise a fund for sending convict * , whoso senlonees have expired , . back to ' E /! gh » J . This prowis' . - - ' : ! to be-apretty trade in 'transportation and / return cargo ??! But thc . Tasmanians seem resolute to . resent , as .-far as in them lies ,. the application of the system to their rising colony . - Two children were poisoned lately at Chichester by eating some leavesTof the savin or male cypress tree , which-was growing in the churchyard of that place . ; ' /"; The system has been adopted by young thieves in T . # \«/ lAn r \ f ( allniyiniY V l * nol .-nt A-f nvnnnrno l . orm » n flmm 111 UM 01 HU V iJ
JJUUU . « . . '"••• Of" 6 " . .. u . c .. , v ..., w ~ . > - „ . y ,..., and pressing it against persons in < the street , their hands beingwleft free underneath-to pick their pockets . % : ' ' ' : -.- ';• -- — ' : ¦' : ' ... "• ' .:.,. ' . : ' V-, , Bowix Complaints mat be cubed by IIolioiva ' y ' sTills . — Persons suffering from diarrhoia . . or any affection of . the bowels , should have recourse to Holloway ' s 1 'iils , as tlicy are tho safest and most certain'remedy to'obviate or remove the morbid' and irritating causes of the disorder , by which ' means tho'impaired tone of-the stomach becomes perfectly restored . An inordinate secretion of bile is frequently the primary instigation of these troublesome complaints , ' and . shou ' ul be'guarded against by takin g timely doses of these inestimable Pills , which arc acknowledged to be the best medicine ever known for disorders of the bowels , liver , bile , audindiyestion ,- '; »""
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. ? S- I . ' Stkoj' 0 in Dsaih . —Tho understanding may be so perfect and mechanical as to ™ nc CV i !" Cmory i 1 , tsl ! lf - Wewiu S ™ two instances . De Bagny tho mathematician , had been two days m a deep lethargy , and Lad ' not kno ^ even his own children . Maupertuis abruptly , and , with a loud voice , asked him what was the '« ouara of twelve ? « One hundred and fortv-four » ffid a feeble lingering remain of tho expmim intellect The celebrated physician Chirac was much in the same state , and without any power of recollecting those near his death-bed . His ri ght hand mechahw callylaid hold of his left , and feeling his pulse , he exclaimed , " They have called me too late . The patient should not have been bled . He is a dead man . " Tho prognostic was soon after verified .
The Bomiiardment ov Rome . — The infamous " Algerines" were bade conquer , and that command they obeyed , utterly unscrupulous as to the means of effecting their work of JFhairicide . " Cry ' conquer , kill , and ravage !' Iferer ask ' who , what , or where ?' If civilised , or savage , Never heed , but—Vive la guerre !" The " curses of hate and tho hisses of scorn , " bo their doom now and evermore [—Democratic Review A Greek Church . —The new building in
Londonwall , erected for the solemnisation of Divine worship according to the ri ghts of the Greek Church , is just completed , and will be consecrated , with con . siderabJe pomp / earlyin August . Tho design ofthe building , which is of the Corinthian- order , is considered very chaste . This is the first Greek Church erected in the United Kingdom . The Population of Hungary , it is stated , includes 7 , 000 , 000 ltoman Catholics , 3 , 300 , 000 Protestants , 3 , 600 , 000 of the Greek Church , 400 , 000 Jews , and 150 , 000 Unitarians . , Kossuth , Georgey , and about half the mir-istry , are Protestants .
Elopement . —A lady , formerly of this city , but more recently residing with her sisters about ' seyen miles distant , has eloped with her servant boy , and the pair are , it is supposed , secreted somewh ' ere in the neighbourhood of Bristol . The lady is said to be upwards of thirty years of ace , and the partner oHicr flight about seventeen . The event , wo need not say , has caused much distress to the family . — Bristol Mirror . Why does a 'shoemaker finish his shoe at the beginning ? Hccause ho commences at the last , applies his thread , and there ' s an end to it . John Boll ' s Sagacity . —John vindicates to the world that he estimates fiery-footed destruction at its proper value , by piling some half-dozen monuments and columns to "Wellington , and onlv one to
commemorate the great fire of London ! Serve the fire of London right ! that only swept away a few thousand houses , whereas this cut-threat son of murder , this incendiary on God's property , "Wellington , he helped to slay four millions ' , of our fellow creatures ! / / But , how comes it that wo have no nionum entai trophies , of the great plague ? perhaps John kCCps this generation of vipers—our vampirearistocracy—in being , as a living monument of plague , destruction , and death 1 Sagacious John Bull ! be this ' as it may , we shall have annihilated them long before the hand of time shall have crushed the st rong piles of marble into the dust !—Uxbridge Spirit of freedom . A has started a paper in Maine to be issued occasionally , which is a great deal oftencr , the editor thinks , than he will bo able to get his pay for it .
Travellers are fond of giving very wonderful accounts of the gorges of the Alps , the Apennines , & c ., but what are the goi ^ cs of all the mountains in the world to the " gorges" of the civic authorities of London ? A countryman , passing over the Pont " Seuf at Paris , and seeing among a number of shops full oi merchandise that of a banker , in which there was nothing but a man sitting at a table with pen and ink , had the curiosity to go in and inquire what it was lie sold . "Asses' heads , " replied the banker . " They must be in great request , " said the countryman ; " since you have only your own left . "
The Ninth Commanoment , —At the examination of the children of the Windsor Infant School , on Wednesday last , a little boy was asked to explain his idea of " hearing false witness against your neighbour . " After hesitating , he said it was " telling tales . " On which tho worthy and reverend examiner said , " That is not exactly an answer . What do you say V addressing a little givl who stood next , when she immediately replied , " It was when nobody did nothing , and somebody went and told of it . " "Quite right , " said the examiner , amidst irrepressible roars of laughter , in which he could not help joining , the gravity of the whole proceeding being completely upset .
THE WRECK OF ROYAL GEORGI ( After 'Cowpcr . ) Toll for a knave ! A knave whose day is o ' er ' . All sunk—with those who gave Their- cash till they'd no more Shareholders grumbled aloud , Directors wroth did get—Down went the Royal George , With all his lines , complete . ' Toll for the knave ! The Royal George is gone ; His last account is . cook'd ; His work of doing , done ! It was not in the panic , Ilia credit felt no shock ; The House at Albert Gate Stood firm as Albert Rock . Clerks still drew bated breath ;
And moved obedient pen , When the Royal George went down Never to float again . Cast the tott ' le up , See how the money goes : And reckon , railway puppets , how much England owes . The Royal George is gone , His iron rule is o ' er—And he and his Directors ; Shall break the lines no more!—Punch , The air of heaven was given man to breathe , the land for him to live upon : such is God ' s behest to all his creatures . The air with equal reason , as the land , ' might be claimed by a powerful minority . — Democratic Jtevieiv .
A rather curious incident lately occurred at the Liverpool Theatre , during the performance of Othello . A'gentleman hi the upper boxes , who paid great attention to the play , seemed extremely astonished at the apparent blindness of tho Moor , and was mightily indignant at the treachery of Iago . Ho gave vent to his feelings , at times , by clenching his fist , and audibly hurling imprecations ujion the " false friend . " He appeared to be wound up to the highest pitch of excitement in the scene where Othello seizes Iago by the throat , and in the ecstacy of-delight , the spectator started up and exclaimed , loud enough for all around to hear , " Choke the devil—choke him !"
Nothing like Perseverance . —" Haveyou ground all the tools right , as 1 told you this morning when 1 went away 1 said a carpenter to a rather green lad whom he had taken for an apprentice . "All hut the handsaw , sir , " replied the lad promptly ; " I couldn't quite get all the gf . ps out of that . " •• A lady wrote with a diamond on a pane of glass : " God did at first make man upright ; but he—" to which a gentleman added , " Most surely had continued so ; but she—" A Paradise for Servants . —If tho master call and the servant answer boldly , "lam eating , " he need not conic : so if the former say , " Call me such
a one , " and the messenger comes back with the report that the man he wants is asleep , the master lets him quietly take his siesta , whatever hour of the day it may be . —Expedition to discover the Source of the ' White ' Me . . A Despairing Lover . — Mv . dame Duthe having lost one of her lovers , for whom she affected a great devotion , a gentleman calling on her soon after , foundher . playing the harp , and exclaimed with surprise , "MoiiDieu ! I thought I should have found you plunged in the very depths of despair !" ' "Ah , " replied she , in tho most pathetic tone , "I was yesterday , and you should have seen me then . ' "
. Animal Transformations , —A young gentleman who had for some time pestered a young lady by protestations of love , ' and annoyed her by following tier wherever she went , remarked to a friend ono day , that he thought tho only way to win her would be" to become Ivir tige ? , and woo her in that disguise , " x > . s , " rej . wki-d his fn ^ nd ; " and the change would not lie ao •' ' ; ¦ ^ u- it is well known ih ^ . t at present you ar . V " . ; ; r u \' Kovhi . ty is ilAii . w . Vc .-v . . •> . ¦ -, ;< . —The Lanca-. ^ . h-o i ' .. ri < l Yoi-Ksiilre ' . ' .: ^ --: -. ' v :-: \ v , flnyr in oi-iUtr to miAivagt ! . ii'iiveili .-. •; -v ...-. 'I . nio , iisuti delesmiticii on eliarginp . '• . - ¦¦;•* - ¦ ? ¦ •• : o . Mldio . o , iurms , tho summer months , - ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ " - ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - It" ! ' : believed H the directors ; lv . t Hi ,. : ¦¦ -.- < - ¦ - ¦ ' be a h . rgt- aiMitio . " .. to the p .-issori ^ oi' traffic , ina-ii ; . : U ns wives will now compcl thcir ' - 'hu . ? i ) : ini . l > i to '' 'ea t shem-rcives ami families much more frequently than they did beforo to excursions by railway . J
Slave Population in the World . —The slaye population in various parts of tho world , allowing for the manumission which has taken place inthe South -American' republics , may bo estimated at ' about seven millions and a half , or equal to the . population of Ireland , thus appropriated : —Tho United States , 3 , 096 , 000 ; Brazil , 3 , 250 , 000 ; Spanish colonics , 900 , 000 ; Dutch colonies , 85 , 200 ; South American republics , 140 , 000 '; . African 'settlements , 30 , 000 .. In all seven millions and'a-half ! Ooou Anvfcii Returned ;—A " -preacher , who advised a drowsy hearer to take , a pinch of sniiff occasionally at service , to keep him awake , was advised in return to nut the snuff in his sermon .
Tiirnr . ib ; v society in Glasgow that distributes prizes to those housewives who , for three months , keen the cleanest houses in dirty localities .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 4, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04081849/page/3/
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