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Aran . ™ ° ' He mourneth day by day Thathisv onth doth pass away like the Wossoms on the tree , Sure a n Ap ril-fool must be : yot the blossoms fade and die That the tree may fruit supply ; c o voudifled , we e ' er should find f ruitful wisdom left behind . Be who lives togarntr gold , Selling what should ne ' er be sold , Bartering peace for dross , -why he Sure an April-fool must be ; Many who'd have mourn'd his end - ^ 21 * rejoice that they may spend ; y « r the ingots lie may save , None wRl bury in his grave .
He who spurns the horny hand , Throwing loom or tilling land , Treating labour scornfuBy—Sure an April-fool is he 2 Were theloom of toil bereft Spider would weave warp auil weft ; Earth and labour are allied—Thriftless groom mikes thriftless bride . He who thinks that Time hath done All for which Time was begun , Xor lis onward course doth see , Such an April-fool must be J ^ fig ht hut slowly melts away , Daylight cometh ray by ray ; . Time must work creation ' s plan , And Mas be victor over lUu . JcrroWs Shilling Magazine
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DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE—April . Bravely is the promise to make every article in this Magazine "breathe with a purpose" fulfilled by the editor and Ms clever assistant contributors There is not a solitary page of this publication that does not fully redeem the pledges given in the prospectus , and realise all the expectations which were entertained by the most sanguine of its friends . Li the story of " St Giles and St . James" we have this month a continuation of the progress of the Hog-lane hero , who from petty larceny has made a stride to the more Turpin-like " exploit of horse-stealing , which st the age of fourteen brings him under sentence of death . Much beautiful Avriting— " thoughts that
breathe and words that burn "—such as Douglas fciuiOLn alone could vrrite is to be found in this story . The " Cat and Fiddle Moralities , " by the Editor , give promise of rare entertainment ; the " Tale of a Tker , " contained in the first of these " Moralities , " is made the medium of enforcing the moral " never to ucdect and ill-use a poor relation . For however ]<« and helpless he may seem , the day may come * hcn he shall have about him the strength of a -kcr . " "Holidays for the People" is an excellent article , tlie purport of which may be inferred from hfiitlc . The writer suggests that the 3 rd of April , : he real or presumed birth-day of William ShakrTEMir ., should henceforth be the great national kolinftv of the people of this country . Leaving St .
George to the contempt or oblivion he so richly merits . St . George ' s day must still be tlie day of an Endisliman ' s festival year , it being Shakseeahe ' s birtii-dav . The writer goes on to give a fancy picture of the way this holiday will be kept in years hence . Would that liis rosy dreams were realised ! The suggestion of this writer is a most excellent one , and we ' think something should at once be done to earrr it as far as possible into practical effect . To achieve the full realisation of this writer ' s ideas the Dublic mind requires further enlightenment , and the public taste needs that wise direction wliich the few must impart , and to effect this the concerted action of the few is needed . Why not commence tltc national festival this near ? It would be perhaps the few only
" who wonldat first take part in it ; no matter , " Rome was not built in a day ; " but the sooner the good work is begun , the sooner will it arrive at a glorious perfection . "A history for Young England" is a iaost valuable paper , containing historical truths not 10 he found in any of the common compilations of English history we have seen . The period embraced in tlie present chapter is the terrible seven years of ihe Nomian conquest from 1060 to 1073 . The character of the Royal bastard is painted with a master ' s hand , and the butcheries perpetrated by the Normans , and flic horrible sufferings of the Saxon-English , are described with thrilling fidelity . Several other articles in prose and poetry are to he found in the present number . From the admirable "Hedgehog letters" we give the following : — 3 © StMUEL HEDGEHOG , CAXXAXTEE SHOWMAN , EATCUFFE
H 1 GBWAT . Peae Sam , —I ' m just come home from Hampstead ; and so , while the matter ' s fresh in my mind , I sit down : o write you a few lines . Tou have heard of the awful amrder—of course . —Well , I don't know : murder ' s a shoddng thing to be sure ; nobody can say it isu't j aud v « after what Tve seen to-day—Sunday , mind—it does almost seem to me as if people took a sort of pleasure in i ! . Bless you 5 if you'd only seen the hundreds and hundreds of follcs figged out in their very best to enjoy a sight of ihe place where a man had been butchered , —you'd have thought Haverstoch field , stained and cursed as it is Toil ) UosJ—a second Vauxhall at tlie least , rill sure I ' ve seen people going to Greenwich Fair , with not half : he pleasure in their faces . However , 111 teU you all fcbout it .
I lias called off tlie stand about eight o ' clock this mornmr by a seuilemau and lady , dressed as I thought for rfcsrd ) . They ' re a little early , thought I , but that ' s - . S ;« rbnanessr " Taieusto Ilampstead / ' said the gentle-¦ > xm ; " and mind-, as near to the murder as possible /' i- Do , my good man / ' said the lady—bless you ! to have looked at her you'd have thought she'd have faulted at -Jie sound of murder— " do my good man , said she , and make haste ; for I wouldn ' t be too late for anything . Take care cf these , " said she to the gentleman , giving hiw a basket , " and mind they don ' t break . " Well , it ' s my business to drive a cab ; so 1 said nothing but started for Hampstead , Mess you ! before I'd got half up Totienham-coun-road , it was no easy driving , I can tell you . The road swarmed ! Upand down the Xew-road , through
Canidqn Town , and right to Haverstock-hill—I never saw anything like it , except perhaps on Hie day they run for : ae Derby . —Everybody seemed turned out to enjoy themselves—determined to have a holiday and no mistake . Well , I drove as near as I could to the place : and then 1 got a boy to hold the horse , and got down and went along with my fare . If it didn ' t make me savage and ack , Sam , to see hundreds of fellows—well-dressed gentry , mind you!—gaping and lounging about , aud now and then poking the grass with their sticks , as if it was something precious because blood had been shed upon it —and now breaking bits off the trees about the place , I suppose to make tooth-picks and cribbage-pegs of . And then there were fathers—precious fools!—bringing their children with thorn , boys and girls , as though they'd
brought ' em to a stall of gingerbread nuts , where they might fill their bellies aud be happy ! But the worst of all , Sam , was to see the women . Lots of ' em nice , young , iair creatures , tender as if they were made of best was , — there they were running along , and looking at the bushes , 2 nd the grass , and talking of the blood , and the deathstruggle—just as if they were looking at and talking of ihe monkeys at the * Loglcal Gardens . Well , the handsomest of ' em after a time looked to me no better than young witches , —and that ' s the truth . Every minute I tspected some of ' em to do a polka , they did after a time { fein so to enjoy themselves . Well , all of a sudden , I missed my fare . Looking ibout , I saw my gentleman go up to the brick watt . Then £ C took a heavy hammer out of his pocket , and knocking
away , split a brick , and then knocked it out of the waU . " This is something like , " said he to me . twinkling his eye ; " something to remember the murder by . " And men he carefully wrapt the pieces of brick in a silk handkerchief and put'em in his breast pocket , as if they'd been lumps of diamonds . I said nothing—but ! could nave kicked him . However , he hadn't done yet— -for cring to apart of the field , he said to his wife—for so sie p-ovea to be— "This is the place , Arabella ; the - try place ; Where ' s the pots V Then the lady took three garden-pots from a basket , and then her husband , dropping upon his knees , turned up the earth with a large tHaspiiufe , and when he'd filled the pots , he dug up two or three daisy roots , and set ' em ; his wife smiling and jookhig as happy all the while as if she'd got a new gown , or a new bonnet , or both . " Come , " said tlie gentleman ,
soumting at the daisy roots , and twisting one of the pots in Ms hand— "this is what I caH worth coming for . As 3 say , this is something torecsHect a murder by . Humph !" and then he jauseda bit , and looKcd very wishfully at the siile— "Humph ! I should like a walking-stick out € 8 that ; but the police are so particular , I suppose they wouldn ' t suffer it . Come along , Arabella ; ' and securing ihe broken brick and the daisv roots in the pots , my gentleman went back to the cab . * " Xow drive as fest as you can to the ehurcli / lie said ; " I wouldn't but be there for any money . " Well , 1 never did drive through such a crowd , but at last I managed it ; and at last , —but no ; I navtn't parlcuee enough to write any more npoa this part of it . There was nothing wantediu and about the churchyard to make it a fair , except a few stalls and sueh like . It made me sick , Sam , to look upon this murder ' s holidav .
1 wish you'd have seen the Yorkshire Grey , public house ! Xo sooner did they open the doors , than there was as much seraniblin-asat any p h ^ hou se on boxingmghi Well , the landlord didn't make a little by his gin that day ! Harder jawed a good customer to bun ! And then to seethe hundreds and hundreds struggling and pushing to get to the bar—to hear ' em laughing and shouting—and seeing ' em tossing off their liquor—upon my life , Sam , there was a mob of well-dressed , well-to-do Xnglishmen , that , considering what had brought them there , wasn't half so decent as a crowd of Zealand savages . Cricheting ' s an English sport—so is sing le-stick—so are bowls—so are nine-pins—and after what I ' vc _ seen io-day- ^ so , I ' m sure of It , is murder . For my " part , it does seem a little hard to hang the murderer himself , when it appears that he gives by his wickedness so much enjoyment to his fellow-subjects . Well , Sam , I ' m now come to the marrow of my letter , and ifs ihi * . J do think , if you win only rake paras , a n < :
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have all the murders of the year rucely got tip , you maymake a capital penn ' orth of tlie lot with your show at Christmas . When lords and ladies make a scrimmage for it at police-courts , aud respectable , pious people take in newspapers fov the very best likenesses of prisoners and tui-throts , — I ' m sure you'd get custom—if the thing was well done—ay , " of the nobility , gentry , and public in general . " Xow , do , Sam , take my advice . Depend upon it , the poplar taste sets in for blood : and so , instead on winter ' s nights a going about with your old-fashioned cry of " Gallantee-Show "—sing out "Mur—Qer , " and your fortune ' s made . And so no more from Your cousin and well-wisher , JUNIrEK IlEDGEUOG . .
Air. George Cruikshaxk's Tablebook.—Afki...
AIR . GEORGE CRUIKSHAXK'S TABLEBOOK . —Afkil . " Tlie Dream of the London Season , " by the Editor , is a pleasant conceit in verse , magnificently illustrated with a splendid steel engraving , by Mr . Gruikshank . The other illustrations are all excellent . The best of the literary contents is " Betty Morrison ' s rocket-Book "—a pleasing and simple story of a good and fortunate servant girl . The lines "To Rosalie , with a pair of Scissors , '" are very pretty , but too lengthy to transfer to our columns .
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine—Awux. With The...
TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE—Awux . With the present month ' s number we have to acknowledge the receipt of the numbers for iVovcniber , December , and January last ; wc shall now be in a position to make ourselves acquainted with Mrs . Johnstone ' s tale of " The Goldsmith ' s Daughter " from the commencement . JSFext month our readers shall have our opinion thereon . The present number of Tait opens with an article on the glorious German Poet , Fkeiligrath ; his " Poems and Politics . " Of tliis article we shall have something to say in our forthcoming " Feast of the Poets . "
We are glad to meet Box Gacltier again ; though Xo . 4 of " lights in the Martello" is not near so good as its predecessors . The views therein respecting Dickens , we beg to enter our protest against . We are glad to find Box Gacltier making favourable mention of an old friend of ours , and political coadjutor , Mr . William M'Dowall , of Dumfries , who , it appears , haspubUshedavolumcof poetry , entitled , " The Man of the Woods . " A specimen isgiven from a poem entitled , "The Martyr of Erromanga , " . the subject being the death of Williams , the missionary . We have not room for the lines , but wc agree with tlie writer in Tait that they are " beautiful . " From Madame Woxfensbebger ' s delightful " Letters from Naples" w-e give the following notice of
THE JESUITS IN TIIE VALLEY OF S 0 UHESTO . The Jesuits ouly a few years ago for tlie first time ibsed themselves in tliis delicious valley . At the commencement they were only four or five in number , and pur . chased a smaU house overhanging tlie sea ; others joined them ; they required more accommodation , and they enlarged their dwelling . The further increase of tlieir numbers obliged them to add a wing to the building , which was now become a seminary . Its ( inhabitants are every day extending their power . Yet all this is going on quietly and silently ; no one Knows what is passing behind the high walls that surround their garden and dwelling : but their influence is daily felt more and more , though those they seek to govern are unconscious whence it proceeds , llut it is excereised for no good purpose . Satisfied that tlie ignorance of the people is the best foundation for their authority , they make no efforts so dispel it , and the poor children of the valley are still as ignorant and neglected as before the pious fraternity became tlie inhabitants of their shores .
Several reviews of new works , and a continuation of the " Life and Correspondence of Niebuhh , the Historian of Rome , " complete the very excellent , number of Tait for April .
Wade's London Heview-Apiul. London Orr A...
WADE'S LONDON HEVIEW-Apiul . London Orr and Co ., Paternoster-row . This is a capital number of the London Review The opening article , on the "Relative Civilisation ol Ancient and Modern Nations , " is a most able contribution to , or lather review of , history . Such articles as this , and those on " Religious Changes" in the preceding numbers , stamp tliis Review as one of the most talented and fearless publications of the present time . We should have dearly liked to have transferred to these columns the brief biographical sketch of the immortal Rabelais , hut cannot possibly afford room to do so . Wc give the description of the
FIRST ArPEABASCE OF BABELAIS IS PABIS . More than three centuries have silently rolled away since onle Qaaidei Auguslins In Paris , opposite VHotci d'JIercule ( where Chancellor Duprat lived ) , there appeared one day a strange figure , dressed in a long green robe , with an Armenian cap and huge spectacles tied to it , and an enormous inkhoni at his girdle , and a mob of all tlie loungers behind Mm . Attracted by the noise of the crowd , the chancellor comes to the window , and , on seeing this strange being , demands who he is , and receives as answer , ' . ' Je suis ecorcheur des veaux . " Duprat is a son of Eve ; his curiosity is excited , and he sends a page to inquire further into the matter . The page advances ,
and ' receives a reply in Latin . Away he goes to fetch one who understands that language , and tlie stranger bursts forth into Greek . A Greek scholar appears , and is saluted in Spanish ; and every new interpreter hears a new language , till the mighty linguist has gone through Italian , German , and Hebrew , and perhaps Arabic , Dutch and Danish . The astonished chancellor then himself gives him an audience , and tlie stranger all at once addresses him in the vernacular tongue , and discovers his name and object , namely , that he has come on behalf of the privileges of tbe faculty of Montpelier , and that he had adopted tliis method of introduction after having in vain tried every other .
This odd being wosFbancois Rabelais , physician , and strange as his debut may appear , it is a fit presentment of the author of the Lives of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel . His life was grotesque throughout , and still more grotesque is the book in which , though dead , he still speaks to posterity . " Caligraphy and Character" is an amusing article ; but we suspect fancy has at least as much to do as fact in supporting the writer's theory . The " Cycle of Nations , " and articles on " Scottish Bankins , " and the "Board of Ordnance , " wc have not yet found time to read . Several reviews of new nooks are contained in the present number , which altogether is well calculated to render tliis periodical highly popular .
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TIIE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE . Part IV . Vol . I . —London : B . D . Cousins , Duke-street , Iancoln ' s-inn-fields . In addition to Eugene Sue's Matilda , this part contains the commencement and continuation of a new and interesting novel , entitled " Alida ; or , Town and Country . " Several other tales and sketches in prose and poetry , one from the pen of Thomas Hood , also appear in this part . Part IV . completes the first volume , ¦ which is novf before us , and we are bound to admit that the publisher has fully redeemed the promise lie set out with —that of producing a work which , from the novelty of its combination , the convenience of its size , and its trifling cost , would merit the patronage of all classes . And it appears that , judging from the
encouragement he has received , the publisher ' s endeavours to cater for the public have not been in vain . Grateful for this patronage , the same care , we are informed , will be taken to render future volumes of this little wonder of literature still farther deserving of popular support . 53 ooks in general have within a very few years been greatly . reduced in price , but the exceedingly small charge for this publication is without equal , even in these days of cheap literature . The volume , containing six hundred closely printed pages , elegantly bound , may be had , we understand , for three shillings . Wc may remind our readers that this Magazine may also be had in weekly penny numbers and monthlv parts .
A Journey Up The Mississippi River, From...
A JOURNEY UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER , FROM ITS MOUTH TO NAUVOO , THE CITY 0 £ THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS . By W . Aitkex , of Ashton-imder-Lyne . The author of tliis little book is well known to the Lancashire Chartists , as a man whose patriotism and abilities arc of a sterling and high order . He has suffered considerably from the persecution of the rampant enemies of man ' s rights , and to this cause , we believe , is to be attributed his American venture . His sojourn in the States appears to have been not of very long duration ; . and , judging by the work before us , his previous admiration of Transatlantic men and things appears , to say the least , not to have been strengthened . His out-spoken denunciations of
slavery are just what we should have expected from an honest man battling and suffering for freedom for all . His exposure of the Mormon fraud is an act of mercy to the dupes of the "latter-day" knaves yet remaining in England j it is to be hoped many of tliose will make themselves acquainted with the actual stat « of things at Nauvoo , and thus save themselves the misery of encountering the horrible reality endured by the victims of this wretched imposition . Mr . AiTKEs ' a visit to the States not being a trip of pleasure , but an act of necessity , and his business there being not booh but oread-making , his opportunities of seeing ihe country were necessarily very limited . His first point of landing was New Orleans
—a place which , according to Mr . Aitkex ' s account of it , we should have no desire to visit . From New Orleanshe sailed 1 , 500 miles np the Mississippi to St . Louis . Travelling was very cheap , but at St . Louis it was found that hundreds were out of employment , for whom subscriptions were being raised , and Whom it was proposed to transport to the Oregon . After considerable labour and suffering , Mr . Aitkex succeeded in obtaining a school-teacher ' s place in the State of Illinois , the cause of abandoning which is not stated . Before leaving the country he paid a visit to Nauvoo . The only fine building in the " Holy City" was the yet unfinished temple . Almost the only decent building was the prophet's house . The mass o £ the inhabitants were lodged in the most
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wretched hovels , suffering thorough destitution . Mr . Aitkes encountered the prophet , the notorious Joe Smith , who , as our readers are aware , has since been assassinated . He is described as a coarse , illiterate , brazen-faced impostor , with a tendency to swear like a Billingsgate fish-wife . Some account of the Mormon thuid is given : a more contemptible piece of jugglery never was attempted by the veriest mountebank . Mr . aitkes ' s descriptive powers are no way insignificant ,- « -c are , therefore , sorry that , instead of occupying space with , the- "lecture" and the " poetry , he did not give us some account of his life instead , and the customs of the inhabitants during his six months' teaching In Illinois . We should also have been glad to have had some particulars of his
journey back to England . The book has certainly an unfinished appearance , and that is its worst fault . We had marked several passages descriptive of the revolting state of the slaves of New Orleans for extract , but cannot afford room for them . Mr . . Aitkes ' s statements of the condition of the slaves , and the brutal ruffianism of their infamous Republican (!) masters , are truly shocking . Journeying up the Mississippi , Mr . Aitken had several opportunities of conversing with the plantation slaves . He describes their lot as anything but enviable , and their desire for liberty as universal . That portion of Mr . Polk ' s message ( given in our last ) relative to the abolitionists , cannot fail to excite the most intense disgust in the breasts of all who may read Mr . Aitke-Vs account of United States slavery .
Ml' . Aitkes ' s " Journey , " which is published for a shilling , is printed by Williamson , of Ashton-under-Lyne ; but we presume may also be had of the Manchester and London publishers . We cordially recommend it to our readers ; they will find in its contents much that is valuable , and interesting .
The Runaway Apprentice; Or, A Peep Into ...
THE RUNAWAY APPRENTICE ; OR , A PEEP INTO THE FACTORY SYSTEM . London : G . Berger , Holywell-strect . This is a curious little book , containing something of the life of one who appears to have endured some hard buffettings in the course of Ms mortal pilgrimage . The author is , we believe , a working man , born in France of English parents . Driven from that country by the revolutionary outbreak of 1789 , his parents took refuge in Holland . Here , on the arrival of the British army in 1793 , the author ' s father re-joined the military , - he had' previously served in America , under General Wolfe . In the deplorable retreat of 1795 , the author lost his father . The wretched man died of his wounds and cold ,
leavmg his two children whom he had with him , the author , then a boy nine years old , and his sister , a year older , to the tender mercies of his comrades . Two vUlainsofthe British army took charge of the children , but robbed them of their money left by their father , and finally deserted them at Bramilly , on the Rhine . Here , at first taken care of by a benevolent German famil y , they were subsequently transferred to the British Consul , aud by him sent to England . On their arrival in this country the orphans were taken to the Military Hospitsil at Chelsea , from there to the workhouse of that parish , and finally wore sold by the parish officers to a mill-owner in Lancashire of the name of Douglas , who had two mills near Castlemoorc , not far , we believe , from Eceles .
The hellish factory-system of that time , described by tlie author of this little book , must have been the most atrocious system of robbery , tyranny , and cruelty , that ever cursed the earth , After enduring and witnessing the most heart-rending brutalities , and after many futile attempts at escaping , the last cf these attempts was successful . He walked about 200 miles , and at length reached the metropolis . In London , he obtained employment as pot-boy , and after serving in tliis and a similar capacity in several public-houses , he at length obtained abetter situation m the house of a medical gentleman . He " subsequently lived in several families as a " gentleman ' s servant , " and seems to have considerably improved his circumstances at that time . The narrative abruptly concludes at the period of the author's twenty-fourth year .
It was only then that he became acquainted with the fate of his mother , who was 'in England at the time of his father ' s death . About the same time he recovered possession of Ms sister , whom he had been constrained to leave behind at the factory-hell . We had marked for extract several passages descriptive of the horrors of the factory-system , fifty years ago , but want of room compels us to withhold them . This little book has many faults of composition , but considering that the author passed his childhood and youth , without any one to guide him in the paths cf knowledge , that lie was twenty years old before he learned to read , and then was his own teacher : considering these tilings , we think it reflects great credit on him to be able to write at all , much more a book of any kind . We believe this . too . is not his -first
attempt , as we see lie describes liimself as the author of " Rambles with the British army in 1793-94-95 , " and " Life among the Spindles ; " but of these works , not having seen them , we can say nothing . It only remains for us to recommend this little book to our . readers , which we do most willingly . We had almost forgot to say , that the reminiscences of the author's " campaigning , " contained in the work before us , wc have perused " with much pleasure , on account of his humane and enlightened views on the subject of that scourge of the earth—War . We understand that he has published tho present narrative with the view of assisting himself and family ; and we sincerely hope that that view may be realized . Toward that end , we think , it not inadvisable to give the author ' s name and residence ;—Homy William Thompson , 1 , Oxford-place , Westminster-road .
Punch—Part Xlv. With Well-Sustained Wit ...
PUNCH—Part XLV . With well-sustained wit and talent in every department , Punch pursues his triumphant course . The part before us is brimful of fun-, with that due admixture of serious matter which has earned for Punch , as the friend of the oppressed and the punisher of the wrong-doer , a popularity unattained oy any similar publication . The illustrations in this part are all excellent , but we must specially single out " Peel ' s Banc and Antidote , " "Stand and Deliver , " "The Wellington Pet , " "Peel ' s Dirty Little Boy , " and " The Reconciliation . " This last is truly excellent ; it represents the reconciliation of the peer and the peasant—the former trampling down the hateful Game Laws , Poor Laws , ami other remnants of feudal despotism ; and the latter extinguishing under his foot the incendiary ' s torch . But this excellent picture must be seen to be appreciated , We take the following extract from " The Caudle Curtain Lectures , " at present publishing weekly in PwncA . - —
MB . CAUW . E HAS BEEN TO GREENWICH PAIR , Hem!—So , Mr . Caudle : I hope you enjoyed yourself at Greenwich . How do I Know you ' ve been at Greenwich ? I know it very well , sir : know all about it : know more than you think I know . I thought there was something in the wind , Yes , I was sure of it , when you went out of the house , to- ( fey . I knew it by the looks of you , though I didn't say anything . Upon my word ! And you call yourself a respectable man , and the father of a family ! Going to a fair amongst all sorts of people—at your time of life . Yes ; and never think of taking your wife with you . 0 no ! you can go and enjoy yourself out , with J don't know who : go out , and make yourself very pleasant , I dare say , Don't tell me ; I hear what a nice companion Mr . Caudle is : what a good-tempered person . Ha ! I only wish people could see you at home , that ' s all . But so it is with men . They can keep all their good temper for out-of-doors—their wives never see any of it . 0 dear ' . I ' m sure I don ' t know who'd be a poor woman !
' Sow , Caudle , I m not in an Ul temper ; not at all . 1 know I used to he a fool when we were first married : I used to worry and fret myself to death when you went out : hut I've got over that . I wouldn't put myself out of the way now for the hest man that ever trod . For what thanks does a poor woman get ? None at all . No : it ' s those who don't care for tlieir families , who are the best thought of , I only wish I could Bring myself not to care for mine . And why couldn't you say , like a man , you were going to Greenwich Fair when you went out ? It ' s no use your saying that , Mr , Caudle : don't tell me that you didn't think of going ; you'd made your mind np to it , and you know it . Pretty games you ' ve had , no doubt ! I should like to have been behind you , that ' s all . A man at your time of life . '
And I , of course , I never want to go out . O , no ! I may stay at home with the cat . You couldn ' t think of taking your wife and children , like any other decent man , to a fair . 0 , no '; you never care to he seen with us . I ' m sure many people don't know you ' re married : how can they ? Your wife ' s never seen with you . 0 , no ; anybody hut those hclonging to you ! . , ' Greenwich Fair , indeed ! Yes , —and of course you went up and down tlie hill , running and racing with nohody knows who . Don't tell me ; I know what you are when you're out . You don't suppese , Mr . "Caudle , I ' ve forgotten that pink bonnet , do you ? So ; I won't hold my tongue , and I ' m not a foolish woman . It ' s no matter , sir , if the pink bonnet was fifty years ago—if s all the same for that . No : if I liVe for fifty years to come , I never will leave » ff talking of it . You ought to be ashamed of yourself , Mr . Caudle . Ha ! few wives would have been what I ' ve been to you . I only wish my time was to come over again , that ' s all : I wouldn ' t be the fool I have been .
Going to a fair ! and I suppose you had your fortune told by the gypsies * You needn't have wasted your money . I ' m sure I can tell ? ou your fortune if you . go on as you do . Yes , the gaol wi . l be your & rtnne , afr . -eaudle . And it would be no matter—v . one at aU—if jour wife » nu children didn't suffer with you . - " - And then you must go riding upon donkeys- ^ J'OU didn't go riding . Upon donkius ? Yes ; It's very well for you to say so ; but I dare say you did . 1 tell you , Caudle , I know what , youare when you ' re out , 1 wouldn't trust any of you—you , especially , Caudle . Then you must go in the thick of the fan-, and have the girls scratching your coat with rattles ! You couldn't help it , if they did scratch jour coat ? Don't tell me ; people don't scratch coats unless they ' re encouraged to do it . And yon must go in a swing , too . You didn't go in a swing ? And I ' m a foolish woman to think so , am li "Well , if you didn ' t , it was no fault of yours ; you wished to go , I ' ve no doubt . " ' And then you must go Into the shows ? There —you don't deny that . You did go into a show What of 5-
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Mr . Caudle ? A good deal of it , sir . Sice crowding and squeezing in those shows , I know . Pretty places ! And you a married man and the father of a family . No , I won ' t hold my tongue . It's very well for you to threaten to get up . You ' re to go to Greenwich Fair , and race up and down tlie hill , and play at l-issin the ring . Pah . ' it ' s disgusting , Mr Caudle . 0 , 1 dare say you did play at it ; if you didn ' t , you'd have liked , and that ' s just as bad ;—and you can go into swings , and shows , ami roundabouts , IflWaSyOU , I Should hide m \ head under tilt clothes , and be ashamed of myself . And what is most selfish—most mean of you , Caudle—3-ou can go and enjoy yourself , and never so much as bring home for the poor children a gingerbread-nut . Don ' t teU me that your pocket was picked of a pound of nuts ! Nice company you must have been in to have your pocket picked .
But I dare say I shall hear all about it to-morrow . I ' ve no doubt , sir , you were dancing at the Crown and Anchor . I should like to liave seen you . } fo : I ' m not making myself ridiculous . It ' s you that ' s making yourself ridiculous ; and everybod y that knows you says so . Everybody knows what I have to put up with from you . Going to a fair , indeed ! At your time Here , says Caudle , I dosed off , hearing confusedly the words—liill—gypsies—rattles—roundabout—swingspink bonnet—nuts .
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LONDON . Cuautism ik jhe Tower Hamlets . — -A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Chartists of the above borough was held in the Hall of Science , Whitechapel , on Monday evening , March 31 st , at half-past eight o ' clock . Mr . Davis was called to the chair , and introduced Mr . Blackmore to move the first resolution . Mr . Blackmore said , he hoped this meeting might be considered as the commencement of a new era in this district . He believed that the working classes had in a very great measure to thank their own apathy for the miseries they endured . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Blackmore concluded by moving the following resolution : — "That this meeting views with extreme regret the present apathy and want of
union existing in the ranks of the working classes , and hereby pledge themselves individually and collectively to renewed exertions in the great and good cause of Chartism . " Mr . Mills , a veteran in the ranks of radical reform , cordially seconded the motion . Mr . John West , of Macclesfield , then rose to support the resolution , and was received with loud cheers . He said tlie condition of the working classes lor some time past had been so bad that he was astonished that apathy could prevail , and that thousands could endure pining want and starvation so quietly . ( Hear , hear . ) Yet h ' edid not despair . He thought from recent proceedings he was warranted in saying that the cause of Labour never had brighter prospects than at the present time . ( Cheers . ) The
working classes did not now take up their opinions in a moment of enthusiasm to lay tlicm down again the moment they grow cool . No ; their opinions now were the result of a calm and deliberate conviction . . ( Cheers . ) Parliament had said they could do nothing for the working classes , although they knew that thousands were in a state of destitution and misery . What a pretty set of legislators they must be ! . But if they really could do nothing for the welfare of the State , let them resign their places to better men , who had the good sense to know a remedy , and honesty and moral courage sufficient to apply that remedy . ( Cheers . ) Sir Robert Peel had made a bid far beyond that small man , Lord John Russell , and thus shut out the greatest enemies tlie
working ' classes , ever had—the Whigs , ( Cheers . ) There was now a sort of go-between party , Young England , who offered the working classes a little bit of a cabbage garden at the back of the house ; but be ( Mr . West ) demanded , on behalf of his order , as much land as would furnish them with all the requisites of life . Lord Egerton , too ^ -and by the way he ( Mr . West ) must say thathe ( Lord E . ) Was as good a man as was to be found in the ranks of the old feudal aristocracy—had found it necessary to cultivate a better understanding with the workers . Well , his son became of age . The heads of beer barrels were knocked in , and there was beef and mutton in abundance ; so that the poorworkers for the nonce might eat and drink to tlieir hearts ' content . At the
conclusion of this portion of the feast , her ladyship , like a fine old English gentlewoman , she must fleetl y lead the ball , and She invited the colliers' wives to dance the Polka . But , 0 ! the uncivilised brutes , they did not know how to dance the Polka . ( Laughter . ) What ! English colliers and their wives not know how to . dance the Polka ? Horrid barbarism !!! ( Roars of laughter . ) This was not to be endured ; so her ladyship had a saloon erected , and sent for tlirec French dancingmasters from London ; and—O , g lorious progress of civilisation!—colliers and tlieir wives can how dance the Polka !!! ( Loud laughter . ) Well , Lord Francis was not to be outdone by his good lady , so he immediately had portions of his immense estate cut out into half acres , three-quarters of an acre , and acre ,
and acre and a half allotments , to be cultivated by the poor ; and in order to give the full advantage , he allowed them to choose a cow from his well-bred Stock , paying for tho same by instalments , and yet allowing them the animals at far below the market value . ( Cheers . ) These things were good , as far as they went . ( Hear , hear . ) But such small amendments must not allure the working classes from their great object , the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not wish to take from the rich what they now possessed , but he did wish that his order should create wealth for themselves for the future . ( Hear , hear . ) We ( said Mr . West ) complain of the legislation of those fellows down at Westminster , and God knows not without reason , but tiie legislation of the
manufacturers of the north was infinitely worse , lor by their laws they not ^ unfrequently made a man work the whole week without wages , and pay for the privilege into the bargain ! Mr . West then ably went into the questions of capital and labour , supply and demand , and made an eloquent and touching appeal on behalf of the Hand-loom Weavers , on whose behalf he had come to London . He resumed his seat amidst the loudest applause . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . Pattenden . moved the second resolution as follows : — "That this meeting having carefully discussed the present condition of the working classes , feel confident that nothing short of a House of Commons elected on the principles of the People ' s Charter , will secure to them those rights
to which they are so justly entitled . Mr . Frazer , in an eloquent and very able speech , seconded the . resolution . He was greatly applauded . Mr . Bentole ( of Macclesfield ) said he could most cordially support the resolution , and felt the full force of the argument it contained . He recollected perfectly the great turn-out of 1842 , and from his experience , then obtained , he felt fully convinced that nothing short of a House of Commons elected by the whole people would do justice to society at large . ( Hear , hear . ) Trades' Unions might tend to alleviate their condition , but so long as class legislation existed , so long would there be privation , misery , and destitution . He therefore cordially supported the resolution , convinced as he was that until the neonle obtained their Charter never would they
be either contented , happy , or free . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Stout came forward and said a few words in opposition to the resolution , giving Socialism the preference over Chartism . Mr . West replied , evidently to-the satisfaction of the meeting . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . T . M . Wheeler moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , wliich w . is carried by acclamation , and the meetine was dissolved . Metropolitan District Council ^ Turnagain-lane , March 30 th , Mr . Mylnein the chair . —The rules of the Llewellyn Chartist hat-club were read by Mr . Wheeler , and highly approved of . Several persons enrolled their names as members . It was then moved , seconded , and earned unanimously , that the quarterly balance sheet be ready by next Sunday .
Ciifxsea . —The members of the Chelsea locality met at the Cheshire Cheese , on Sunday evening , for the purpose of hearing Mr . 0 . White deliver a lecture on " the rightsof man . ' - ' Mr . W . Matthews was called to the chair , and introduced Mr . White , who , in a masterly and interesting speech , proved that the rights and privileges of the working classes would never be ceded to them until the People ' s Charter become the law of the land . A gentleman addressed the meeting , and recommended the working classes to unite for the purpose of mutual co-operation . Mr . Corbett answered the objections raised , and Mr . White finally replied . All present seemed satisfied , and the meeting adjournal with a rote of thanks to the chairman .
LONGTON . Staffoitosiiire Pottf . uif . s . —A lecture was delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday evening last , March 30 th , by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , who addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour . The speaker was listened to throughout with the most marked attention , Mr . Dixon made an appeal on behalf of Mr . Cooper , who is to be liberated from her Majesty ' s college , at Stafford , on Saturday , May 3 rd , 1845 . A collection was made , which amounted to upwards of £ 1 Is .
On'Monday Evening Mr . Dixon delivered a second lecture in theaboveHall—subject , " Trades ' - Unions , as they are and as they ought to be . " The Hall was crowded in every part . The . lecturer was repeatedly cheered during his address . The thanks of the audience were ' given to that sterling veteran ; William Starkey , who occupied the chair , with three hearty cheers lor'the progress of union and organisation amongst the millions of this country . Splendid Tea Party and Bali ,. —The rate-payers of Longton and Lane End held a splendid tea party and ball , on . Tuesday evening , April 1 st , in celebration of tlie glorious victory achieved by Labour over the combined forces . Despite several unfavourable circumstances , upwards of 400 of the hardy sons of toil , with their wives , sat down to tea . Tbe chair was occupied by a workhigman , and the meeting addressed
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by the people ' s long-tried friend , "Old Daddy Richards , " who , upon appearing before them , was loudly cheered . Mr . Richards addressed the audience at great length , and was followed in a short speech by Mr , William Dixon , of Manchester . Dancing followed , and was kept up with great spirit until a late hour , nvhen all departed , highly gratified with tlie amusements of the evening . IIEBDEX BRIDGE . Two Lectures were delivered in tlie Democratic Chapel , at the above place , on Sunday last , by Mr . Thomas Tattersall , of Burnley ; one in the afternoon , on " England and her Institutions , " and one in the evening , on " The Charter as a remedy for National Evils . " A vote of thanks was given to tire lecturer , which he briefly acknowledged , and the meeting separated highly delighted with what they had heard .
VALE OF LEVEN . Mb . Philip M'Grath . — Tin ' s talented lecturer arrived in the Yale on Thursday , March . 27 th , and delivered a lecture the same evening , in Mr . Ritchie ' s large room , to a very respectable audience , chiefly Calico-Printers . The subject of tlie lecture was Trades' Unions . He spoke for upwards of an hour , addressing one of tiie most talented and commonsense lectures that it ever was our lot to listen to . Mr . M'Grath lectured again on Friday evening , 2 Sth , in the Odd Fellows' Hall , to the Chartists of the Vale . The hall was well filled by an intelligent ami attentive audience . The subject of the lecture was , " The Land and Chartism . " The lecturer prefaced
his lecture by taking a glance at the free trade humbug , in which he exposed the fallacies of the League and the opinion of its principal supporters . Mr . M'Grath then took a retrospective view of the misapplication of machinery , and its consequent effects on the working classes . He next directed the attention of his audience to the land and its capabilities , after which he gave a clear and forcible exposition of the People's Charter , shewing the justice of its principles and the absolute necessity that existed of its being made the law of the land . Mr . M'Grath was received in a very enthusiastic manner at both lectures , and much good will doubtless be the result of liis able exertions in this quarSer .
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Strange Story . — We find in the New Bedford Mercury ( American paper ) a long and minute account of a mutiny which occurred on board the whaling ship Sharon , in November , 1 S 42 , and of the manner in which the ship was retaken from the mutineers by a single person , Mr . Cloiujh , tlie third mate . Tiie Sharon , after a cruise near the Caroline Islands , had procured supplies at Ascension , and was preparing for the voyage , when eleven of hev crew deserted , and were not retaken . She shipped a new crew of seventeen , including six natives of the islands . On Sunday , November 6 , in latitude two degrees twenty seconds north , longitude 162 degrees east , both boats were lowered in chase of whales ; Captain Norris , a
Portuguese boy , w Tctcd asstcwavd , and three of the natives being left on board . Tlie boats soon captured . a whale , which the ship took alongside , and tlie boats went in pursuit of another . At three o ' clock p . m ., the boat of Mr . Smith , the mate , being . about a mile and a half from the ship , perceived a . signal flying , and pulled towards her . On coming within hailing distance , they were told by ihe boy , who was aloft , that the natives had killed Captain Norris , and were in possession of the ship . Just then , one of the natives , entirely naked , leaped upon tlietaffrail , and , brandishing a spear , dared the crew to eomc on board . An armed native stood guard at each side , and hammers , belaying pins , and other missiles had been collected for their use , and were hurled furiously at the boat , though without
much injury . The mate then waited for the other boat , and consulted as to the best method of retaking the ship . It was proposed that the boats should advance and board her , one upon each side , at the same time ; but Mr . Smith , the mate , who had become master by the captain ' s death , proposed that both crews should make tlie attack with one boat , and leave him in the other . This proposal was received with no favour , the men declaring they would sooner start for the nearest land and risk the chance of escape . Mr . dough , who had acted as Mr . Smith ' s steersman , had several times darted his lance at the savage on the taftrail ; but the distance was too great , and he requested to be rowed nearer . But Mr . Smith thought the danger
too great , and refused to approach tlie ship . Mr . Clough proposed several other devices , but , in default of aid from others , resolved to retake the ship himself , lie accordingly , after dark , was taken by the boat ahead of the ship at some distance , to avoid exciting suspicion , and taking a knife in his teeth to defend himself from sharks , which had been attracted by the whale , swam to the ship , after a hard struggle of an hour and a half , during which two sharks kept him company , but did not offer to molest him . Having reached the ship he dived under , seized the rudder at the heel , and climbed to the starboard cabin-window , through which he made his entry . Laying aside Ms clothes , and ascertaining that no suspicion existed of his being on board , he groped
about for arms , and found two cutlasses and two muskets , which he loaded . While loading one he hoard some one descending the stairs . Running thither he grasped a cutlass , and a struggle ensued . Mr . Clough succeeded in throwing Ids antagonist , thrust out one of his eyes , and left him for dead , having been severely wounded himself in tho contest . No sooner had he left his supposed victim , than he got up and furiously renewed the attack , but finally fell down from loss of blood . Mr . Clough , going again to the gangway , saw another person with a cutting spade : he shot him from below , through the heart ; but just as he fired the spade was thrown at him , and disabled his left arm . A thin person came to the gangway with another spade , but soon
went "forward . Mr . Clough then hailed the boats , which were very near , told them he had killed two of the mutineers , and was himself dangerously wounded , and urged them to come at once on board They refused , as they had heard but one discharge , feared only one had been killed , and they did not think it safe . After about half an hour , hearing no- noise , they came aboard , struck a light , and went into the cabin . The man with whom Mr . Clough had first contended was found on the transom , his eye hanging on his cheek , and Ills body covered with gore . He did not move , but merely groaned , whereupon Mr . Smith , the mate , fired a musket at him , and one of his men thrust him through with a cutting spade ; he was then thrown into the sea . The deck was tracked
with clotted blood ; the headless body of Captain Norris was found , with that of one of his murderers . The other mutineer jumped overboard , but returned , surrendered , and was taken to Sydney . The Sharon completed her voyage under Mr . Smith , Mr . Clough acting as second mate . This is an extraordinary narrative , and in some of its details almost incredible . If it be entirely true , it is difficult to tell whether most to admire the heroism and daring of Mr . Clough , or to despise the cowardice of Mr . Smith and the crew . The Mercury says that the owners of the Sharon have given Mr . Clough the command of a fine ship , which , if the narrative be true , he has well deserved . We believe the fact of this mutiny was reported some months ago , though its details have never before been so fully stated .
Taking the Vr . n ,. —0 n Monday a young lady was invested with the holy habit and religious veil of a Sister of Mercy , at the Convent of Mercy , Bermondsey . The ceremony took place in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity , wliich adjoins the convent . The sacred edifice was crowded with spectators of the higher classes of society , who appeared to take the deepest interest in the imposing proceedings .. Miss Zimmer , the postulant , having communicated in the morning , first appeared in her seculiar dress at the ceremony . At the appointed hour ( noon ) all the religious assembled , put on their church cloaks , and lighted their candles . The following divines officiated : —the Right Rev . Dr . Griffiths , Revs . G . Foley , North , Butlar , Collingridge , Bowman , Cotter ,
Horrabin , Ringrove , Bambcr , and O'Nealc . Ihe postulant took hor place between tho Superioress of the convent and an assistant , and on her knees asked the blessing of the former and hev own religious name . At a given signal the choir sang the hvmn Gloriosa Virgimm . The hymn finished , the celebrant Bishop repeated , " Ora pro efi , sancta Dei Gcnetrix . " lie then blessed a wax candle , and placed it on the altar , and having put incense into the thuribles and blessed it , he sprinkled the candle with holy water , incensed it , and presented it li g hted to the postulant , saying" Accipe , filia chanssima , lumen corporale , in signum luminis interioris , ad repellendas omnes tcnebras ignorantise , vel erroris . " The Bishop next preached a sermon suitable to the occasion from these
words : — " Behold , wc have left all thincs , and have followed Thee . " The sermon ended , the Superioress and her assistant conducted the postulant to the grate of the altar , when , kneeling , she was . interrogated as follows : —Celebrant : " My child , what do you demand ?"—Postulant ; " The mercy of God and the holy habit of religion . ' -Celebrant : "Is it of your # n free will that you demand the holy habit of religion ?—Postulant : " Yes , myXord . " After some further questions and answers , and prayers , the parties arose , made a genuflection , and retired , - when , the postulant put off her secular dress , and the religious habits having been blessed by the Bishop , she was clad in them , as wellas in'the . blcssed , veu \ She then became a novice , and at the conclusion ot herwith
the initiatory rites the Bishop sprinkled _ . holy water ; theassistantdirectinghertorise ,. m ? iae with her a genuflection to the Holy Sacrament , ami conducted lier to the Superioress , to whom she kneeled . The latter raising her embraced ! her . _ ijw novice then embraced the other religious , to , wftom she bowed before and after the embrace , i he enoir SeiS thlMm «« Eccequani . hwa y rtgg iucandum habitare fratrcs in unmn . me psaim ended , ttie religious retired in the same orAe i- m which they entered . The Height op Impudence . —Alderman . Gibbs has elected himself again as churchwarden of St . Stephen ' s , Walbrook ! We should not be at all surprised to hear of his going down to Westminster ^ Abbey some fine morning , and crowning himself King of England . —Punch .
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Prussian Commandments . — After Frederick II . had taken possession of Silesia ; tlm Catholic peasants formed rather an unfavourable opinion ' of the new government . "Tlie Prussians , " they used to say , "have not ten but only three commandments , viz ., pay taxes , catch deserters , and don't reason . " Colloqu y in a Coal-Hole . —Sheridan once fell into a coal-ecllar , on his way home , after supping at Drury-lane ; and his abuse at tlie vendor for not hooping a light ; ii the cellar-door was warmly retorted by the man ' s wife . " Confound it , " . cried Sheridan ( who was not hurt ) , " do vou think I want to pocket your coal ? " "No , " returned the woman , " but your nose may set the coal-hole on fire . Enormous Kissixo . —General Tom Thumb calculates that he has kissed two millions of ladies .
TlIE J ^ n ' OsKB . —Which is the laziest class of persons ? 1 all people . Why ? Because they are always longer in bed than others . Humbug . — "Wc must define humbug , it is not naked untruth . A draper ' s assistant , who toils a !; uly that a dress will wash when it will not , docs not humbug—he merely cheats heiv But if he persuades her to buy a good-for-nothing muslin , by tolling W that he has sold such another to a Duchess , he humbugs her , whether he . speaks truly or not . He imposes an inference , in favour of his commodity , through her large vanity , upon her small mind . Humbug thus consists in making people deceive
themselves by supplying them with premises , true or false , from which , by reason of their ignorance weakness , or prejudices , thoydraw wrong conclusions . There is nothing essentially fraudulent in straight hair and rusty black ; but the vulgar associate these externals with sanctity : accordingly they are assii : ned by the Stiggins class of humbugs . Thus the owi , by his mere exterior—involuntary humbug ' . —passed with the ancients for the bird of Pallas ; thus is there , to the clown , wisdom m the wig which perhaps covers a numskull . And thus will professional costume cause a simpleton to be thought a Sydenham . —JerrohVs Shilling Magazine .
Board and Lodging Extraordinaby . —In a recent advertisement in a morning paper , headed " Grouse Shooting , " a gentleman " renting some of the best moors in Scotland , " notifies thathe " wishes to meet with two or three guns to board aud lodge in his house . " Wc wish he may get the guns , and we hope they may pay their shot . —Punch . Historical Parallel . —The Standard says that Sir Robert Peel administered to Ben D'Isvaeli " the most terrific castigation" ever delivered by man . The National says Soult thrashed Wellington dreadfully at Toulouse . —Ibid .
Veuv Consoltcg . —Dr . Rush , m a treatise on Sugar , maintains , that "in those countries where sugar is abundantly eaten , plagues are unknown . " So that if sugar were abundantly eaten in England , wc should get rid of the Polka . —Ibid . Away with Him . —It is an actual fact that the Government has sent out a ship , called " The Gra-7 iam , " to Sydney . "The Graham" Carries letters . Of course they will open themselves on the way . Every well-constituted mind would wish not only that this , but that other Grahams should go to Sydneyand the longer they staid the better . —Ibid .
Tim Temperance Movement . —Wc are happy to hear from a newspaper paragraph , that "the spots on the face of the sun arc considerably less this year . " This looks as if old Sol had been taking the pledge , and that this improvement was owing to \ m having entirely renounced the use of " mountain dew" and other alcohol . Let us hope , now , as he has turned teetotaller , he will get up somewhat earlier for the future , and endeavour to show his lace in London a little before one or two o ' clock in the day . —Ibid . Curiosities op Chop Houses . —Gcntlemav .: " Iz-t ' s have a boiled mackerel . " Waiter : "Biied , sir ' . Better have ' em briled , sir . If they ' re biled , thcy ' ra spiled , sir ' "—Ibid . Manly Sport . —Wc learn that a day or two ago a
couple of prize-ring heroes , known to fame as , oung Sambo and Jordan , fought at HooleyCommo :-. . The contest had peculiar attractions for the lovers of sport—manly sport . It appeal's that " Jordan , having exceeded the stipulated weight , was compelled to fight without shoes , his opponent figbtini ? ivilh spiked shoes , and availing himself of trending on the feet of Jordan and mutilating them exceedinyhi ; and £ 5 were offered by the friends of Jordan to be permitted to fight in shoes , but it was not accepted . " Of course not : the friends of Young Sambo—tiie lovers of manly snort—knew too well tlie value of
spiked shoes to forego the advantages for £ 5 . The Sun tells us— " They kept up the contest , both displaying great game ; Sambo conanuiug to tfirust tfte spiiea of his slices into the feet of his antagonist at every opportunity , notwithstanding the unanimous groans of the spectators . Frequent appeals were made to the umpires , but who deckled it fair , and within the rules of boxing . " And this is manly sport ! The Continental ruffian now and then earns his dinner by his knife : the British pugilist wins the stakes by the " spikes of his shoes . " Both deal in cold iron ; only in the latter case it is for the especial encouragement of manly English sport . —
Old , A Civic Solomox . —Horace Walpolc tells a story of a Lord Mayor of London , who , having heard that a friend had the smallpox twice , and died of it , asked if he died tlie first time or tlie second . The Vowels . —Is there a word in the English language that contains all the vowels ? There is , unquestfonabh / . _ Going ! Going ! Going !—The repeal of tlie auc < tion duty will enable young ladies to set themselves up to tiie highest bidder . Considerations of duty have hitherto restrained them .
The Mysterious Lady in Piccauillt . —This deceptive exemplification of " second sight" is to beconducted by Sir James Graham , who will allow r . w lady or gentleman to write a letter , seal it , and \ ¦ it in a box , " secured by Government . " Sir . ' ; will then , to the great amazement of the v . repeat the contents of Ins letter without any ] having seen him read it . — Great Gun . Duke of York ' s Columx . —Erom tho top ol column a fine view may bo obtained of St . Janus » - park , with a very distant prospect of the payment of liis late Royal Ilighncss ' s debts . —Ibid . Awful Spread of Poperv . —It is no less true than alarming that the Roman Catholic clergy are beginning to overspread this fine Protestant country . We ourselves saw no less than six cardinals in tie company of as many well-dressed ladies while" walking up Regent-street last Monday morning . —Hid .
Glory . — Near St . Sevier , there lives an old soldier with a false leg , a false arm , a glass eye , a complete set of false teeth , a nose of silver , covered with a substance resembling flesh , and a silver plate replacing part of his skull . He was a soldier under Napoleon , and these arc his trophies . Lois of Brass . —There is a dandy in St . Louis who has so much brass that a company of enterprising citizens talk of buying him up , and commencing a manufactory of cow-bells . Mothkb Oilmen . —Even the sublime service fcithe dead is doled out in some places on a sliding . scale of charges , proportioned to the means of the survivors At Coventry , the clergy have been in the habit of
charging an additional eight or ten shillings when the ivhole of the service is read ; the general rule being to cut it extremely short whenever the burials of the poor took place . Yet how constantly do wc hear the doctrine preached that rich and poor are equal in the sight of Heaven , which is , doubtless , very true ; it is not at all true , however , that they are equal in the sight of men , and especially there is . a wonderful distinction between them in the eyes of the clergy . A Coventry parson cannot even commit the poor to the dust without evincing his contempt for poverty by the curtailment of the service . Happy it is that the repose of the dead is incapable of being troubled by this detestable homage to the pride of tlie living . —Satirist .
Gibbs , wc arc told , was much struck with the answer made by Tawell to one of his friends who pressed him warmly to render a full account of the deed lie had done . " I am not prepared ! I ' m not prepared , " was the reply of the agomsed Quaker . The Lord Mayor thinks Tawell ' s answer an admirable one under the circumstances , and warmly condemns the principle of endeavouring to extract a confession before a man is prepared to give it . _ It was just such a reply , lie says , as he should have given himself , had he been ° -oing to be hanged instead of Tawell l—Ibtd
Lord Radnor ' s " Tenber " -ness to ms Tenants . —The Earl of Radnor has again been rendering himself conspicuous in his small way , by advocating the system of letting farms by tender . We should have thought that at the present . time , whennu organised and powerful opposition is in active operation , the landowners would at least exhibit a little more caution in their proceedings , and not strengthen that opposition by coercing their tenants into giving higher rents , especially now , when farm produce is considerably depreciated in value . T'he EarLof Radnor , however , appears to think diflerently . vve
shall merely advert to one assertion ot his lordship , but all the others are equally futile . His lordship says " that land , like every other commodity , should be open to competition . " In the profundity of his wisdom he does not perceive that in " every other , commodity" competition tends to reduce the price , inconsequence of the manufacture increasing , noi only according to , but in excess of the demand , whilst competition for farms , from the naturally limited supply , can only Increase the rental , while free trade in . corn , which he also advocates , would diminish thei price of the produce . —Hid ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦
Fise Feelings . —The recent suicide who was detected stealing some rihbon to prove that shame and "fine fe stronger in persons of her condition of " lady thieves . " The latin- seem the conclusion that the best v . ay is , to -Ibid , '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05041845/page/3/
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