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      " ¦ BEAUTIES OF BYRON . so . XVIII . " CHttDE aABOtO . " *» flv from , need not be to hate , mankind : luZe notfit with them to stir and toil , rr j _ it discontent to keep the mind ^ ep in itefunntain . lestitover-boa rXhotth rong , where we become the spoil ^ onrinfection , tilltoolate andlo » g « em » y dep lore and struggle with the coil , to wretched interchange of wrong for wrong contentions worldstriving where

      nrast » , none are strong . There in » moment , we may plunge our years Tn fatal penitence , and in the blight Of oor ova soal , turn all our Wood to tears , Xnd colour things to come with hues of Night ; The race of life becomes a hopeless flight To those that want in darkness : on the sea , Tha holdeststeer but where there ports invite , t jj ^ re are wanderers o'er Eternity most hark drives on and on , and anchofd ne ' er shall

      tj it not setter , then , to be alone , jpj love earth only for its earthly sake ! Br tne Hue rushing of the arrowy Rhone , Or the pare bason ofjits nursing lake , Which feeds it as a mother who doth make A fair but froward Infant her own care . Kissing its cries away as these awake ;—Is it not better thus our lives to wear , Ites join the crushing crowd , daomU to inflict on . hear 1 live not inmyself , but I become Portion of thataround me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling , bat the hum Of human cities torture : I can see

      Nothing to loathe in nature , save to be A link reluctant in a fleshly chain , Oass'd among creatures , when the soul can flee . And with the sky , the peak , the heaving plain Of ocean , or the stars , mingle , and not in vain . And thus I am absorb'd and this is life : I look upon the peopled desert past , As on a place of agony and strife , Where , for some sin , to sorrow I was cast . To act and suffer , but remount at last With a fresh pinion ; which I fed to spring , Though young , yet waking vigorous , as the blast Which it would cope with , en delighted wing , Spurning the clay-cold bonds which round our being

      And when at length , the mmd shall be all free Prom what it hates in this degraded form , Reft of its carnal life save what shall be Existent happier in the fly and worm , —• "When elements to elements conform , And dust is as it should he , shall I not Peel an I see , less dazzling , but more warm ; The bodiless thought ! The Spirit of each spot ? Of which , even now , I share at times the immortal lot ! Jijre not the mountains , -wares , and skies , a part Of me and of my soul , as I or them ! Is not the love of these days in my heart With a pure passion % Should I not contemn All objects if compared with these f and stem A tide of suffering , rather than forgo Such feeling for the hard and worldly phlegm Of those whose eyes are only turn'd below , Gazing upon the ground , with thoughts which dare not glow ?

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      ROUSSEAU . Here the self-torturing sophist , wild Rousseau , Tb ? apostle of affliction , he who threw Enchantment over passion , and from woe 'Wrong overwhelming eloquence , £ rst drew The breath which made him wretched ; yet he knew llow to make madness beautiful , and cast O ' er erring deeds aud thoughts a heavenly hue Of words like sunbeams , dazzling as they past The ejes , wnich o ' er them shed tears feelingly and fast , Ills love was passion's essence—as a tree

      On fire hy lightning ; with etheral flame Kindled he was , and blasted ; for to be Thus , and enamourtt were in Mm the same . But his was not the lore of living dame , Nor of the dead who rise upon our dreams , But of ideal beauty , which became In him existence , and o ' erfiowing teems Along his burning page , distemper'd though it seems This breathed itself to life in Julie , Vtis Invested her with all that ' s wild and sweet ; Thishallow * d , too , the inemorablekiss "Which every morn his fever'd lip would greet

      Prom hers , who hut with friendship his would meet ; But to that gentle touch , through brain and breast Flash'd the thrilled spirits love devouring heat ; In that absorbing sigh perchance more blest Than vulgar minds may be with all they seek possest . His life was one long war with self-sought foes , On friends by him self-banish'd ; for his mind Had grown supicion's sanctuary , and chose lor its own cruel sacrifice the kind , 'Gainst whom he raged Kith fary strange and blind . But he was phrensied , —wherefore , who may know t

      Since cause might be which skill could never find - Bathe was phrensied by disease or woe To that worst pitch of aU , which wears a reasoning show , for then he was inspired , and from Mm came As from we Fy ( Man ' s mystic cave of yore . Those oracles which set the world on flame , Kor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more : Did he not this for France ? which lay before BoWd to the inborn tyranny of years S Broken and trembling to the yoke she bore , Till by the voice of him and his compeers , Boused up to too much wrath , which follows o ' ergrown fears 1

      They made themselves a fearful monument ! The wreck of old opinions—things which grew , Breathed from the breath of time ; the veil they rent , And what behind it lay , all earth shall view . But good with ill they also overthrew , leaving but ruins , wherewith to rebuild Upon the same foundation , and renew Dungeons and thrones , which the same hour refill'd , As heretofore because ambition was self-will'd . But this will not endure , nor be endured ! Mankind have felt their strength , and made it felt , They might have used it better , but , allured By their new vigour , sternly have they dealt On one another ; pity ceased to melt ¦ ffith her once natural charities . But they "Who in oppression ' s darkness caved have dwelt , They were not eagle ' s , nonrish'd with the day ; "What marvel then at times , if they mistook then-prey !

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      The Purgatory Of Suicides. A Pkisox Rhym...

      THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pkisox Rhyme is Ten Books . By Thomas Cooper , the Chartist . London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-street .

      ( Continued from the Star of Nov . 1 st . ) The "Ninth Book" is brief , consisting of but some fifty stanzas . The characters who figure therein are exclusively female , —Pobcia , Abkia , the wife of Asmhtbal , the Carthaginian , Sophboxia , and Bardxa , the Jewess . The "Book" opens with a prison scene , in which a woman , with an infant child , tonics to bid farewell to her " felon" husband . 'Tis Woman ' s voice!—woman in wailful grief , Joined by her babe's scarce conscious sympathy . — Thy wife hath come to take her farewell brief , Gaunt felon!—hrief and hitter must it be Por thv babe's mother—since the wide salt sea

      Must roll , for life , its deep , dark golph between Thee , convict—and that form of agony ! Poor wretched thing I weU may she wail , I ween , And wring her hands , and wish that she had never been " Let me have one last kiss of my poor babe !" Hesaith , and clingeth to the grate . Oh ! how The turnkey ' s answer wiU his bosom stab!—"Away!—we open not the bars I "—and , lo ! They posh him rodely back!—he may not hnow What baleful bliss it gives to clasp a child Or wife , ere one must yield them to life ' s woe . Ah ! little had that kiss his grief beguiled—Bat , rather , filled his soul with after-throes more wild .

      She fainteth!—yet awakes to moan andjweep !—How little didst thou think that smiling morn Thou didst , so early and so eager , peep Into thy mirror , and thy breast adorn With virgin rose—so soon the sorrow-thorn Would there have pierced 1—that thou , in two short

      years , "Wooldst see thy husband in that dress of scorn—And turn—a widowed bride—a thing of tears-Prom that stern grate , forlorn , to meet the world ' s rude jeers ! Poor sufferer ! how wilt thou the future brook!—To drudge from morn to eve for beggar ' s bread ;—To hear thy ragged child receive rebuke Poi his sire ' s sins—that on the exile ' s head Already faU full sore ;—to see him shed Tears when he asks for food , and thou hast none To stop his hunger ;—then , to make thy bed With him upon the heath or moorland lone—Unless , for infamy , thou tak ' st the rich man ' s boon !

      What misery—hadst thou never been a bride Thy heart had shunned!—Yet , thou wilt fondly cling Unto the memory of thy Iove ^—nor chide , 2 Jv * n by a thought , in deepest suffering , His error , who did thy young joy-bloom bring To desolation ! HI requited love "Was thine , ev ' n from the bridal-revelling—Yet , thon forgavest all , nor didst reprove -The wild excess which oft thee nigh to madness drove . — Yery beautiful is the following apostrophe to woman : — Oh , -woman ! how thy truest worth is slighted : — Thy tendernesE how oftea m »* with hate : — Thy fondest pnresthopes how often blighted : — How man , the tyrant , lords it o ' er thy fate , Yet f eigns for thy benija behest to wait ;—How jealously he gu * rdstty faithfulness , And forms a eensrfe on thy every slate—Thy chastity ten » s coldness , —thy caress Weak fooling , st «* 5 # orgrogser love ' s excess !

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      Oh , woman ! fairest , frailest , sweetest flour " Of Nature ' s garden , what rude storms thee bend ! " Thy heart—thou priceless , peerless , matchless dower Of Nature ' s treasury—what sufferings rend ! How meanly men , through selfishness , contend To pamper thee—how silkenly their lays Of love they lisp to gain their guilty end - , — How sensually man lauds thy beauty ' s blaze;— . How heartlessly deserte thee m its dimmer days ; Oh , woman ! what anxieties destroy The bliss thou dreamestnons can take away , When hushing thy soft care , thy cradled joy;—How Time the blessings thy fond hopes pour tray Oft turns to curses , and thy heart a prey To keenest woe becomes— -maternal woe That , like maternal love , the human clay Moves more intensely than severest throe , Or most ecstatic thrill that mortal bosoms know . "

      How thy best children , Woman , testify A mother ' s worth , —attributing their zest For enterprise , or love of good , to thy Exalting nurture ! 0 let him attest A mother ' s worth—that Titan of the West-Unequalled Washington ! And if such men , That dwarf princes , vigour from thy meek breast Now draw , Woman ! what will thy sons be when Han looks on thee no longer with the tyrant ' s ken ! When chivalry ' s false homage is forgot , — When eastern jealousy no more immures And renders thee a vernal idiot , — When thy young purity no villain-lures Are spread to blemish , —when thy mind matures In freedom , and thy soul can make its choice , Untrammelled , unconstrained , where heart assures The heart It is beloved , —shall not thy voice And loek restore to Earth its long-lost Paradise !

      That Mind is of no sex , —when thou art freed , Thy thought-deeds shall proclaim : our Edgeworth ' s sense , Our Baillie's truthful skill , Pelicia's meed Of grace with perfeptest mellifluence Of music joined , —or thy magnificence Of heart and reason , Seeker ' s glorious child \—Problems shall be no more : Woman ' s intense Inherent claim to mind-rank , when befoiled No more by Man , she will display with glow unsoiled . And when her c ' lildren see her-move in joy . And yet in truest dignity , —no more A slave , —no more a drudge , —no more a toy ' . — When from her lips of love her spirit ' s store Of high ennobling wisdom she doth pour Into her offspring's ears , —into their eyes , Ere speech he learnt , loolts Nature ' s purest lore Of truth and virtue , —shall not Man arise From error , —nurtured thus , —and loftiest good devise ! ( To be continued , J

      Tait'5 Edinburgh Magazine. November. Edi...

      TAIT' 5 EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . November . Edinburgh : TV . Tait . London : Simpkin and

      Marshall . All who desire to know the real character of the much-lauded JTelsoj . % will do well to read the excellent review of the "Dispatches and Letters" of that "hero , " which opens the present number of Tait . From these ¦ ' Dispatches , " & c , the reader will learn how small , indeed , are the claims of the victor of the Mle and Trafalgar to be enrolled in the list of England ' s worthies . His courage and skill as a great sea-captain cannot he questioned ; but as a negotiator he was contemptible , and he possessed none of the abilities requisite for a statesman . His hatred of the French was unbounded ; and , with regard to that nation , he was throughout his life actuated by the most ignorant , bigotted , and contemptible

      national prejudices . He was a besotted admirer of lan ^ s ; and no matter how despi cabl e or infamous a ting might be , fiusox would hare unhesitatingly shed the blood of myriads to preserve the power or glut the vengeance of his royal protegG . This he showed by his support of the infamous Neapolitan king and court . His murder of G & baccioii has left an eternal stain upon his name which all the lies and subterfuges of corrupt and lickspittle writers will fail to efface . Ilis disgraceful connection with the notorious Lady Hajoxtox reduced him to the lowest state of moral degradation in his public as well as private character . Yet to such a man are statues raised ! Forty years have only elapsed since Nelson

      fell , and his fame already wanes . We may safely predict that the end of another forty years will see his reputation at a very low ebb indeed . This number contains the commencement of an American romance by Colonel Johnson * ,- entitled "Jenny Basket , " a tele of the revolutionary war , and a welltold tale it promises to be . " The Life of Mozart " is an excellent review of Mr . Holmes ' s biography of that wonderful genius . "The Life of Mozart" is another chapter added to the melancholy record of the sufferings of Nature ' s nobles , and the cruelty , tyranny , and meanness of those usurpers who by birth , feree , and fraud , have acquired and held supremacy amongst men .

      'lis true'tis pity , and pity'tis'tis true . "Notes on Gilfillan ' s 'Gallery of Literary Portraits / " by Thomas Db Qbixcev , is an exceedingly interesting article . The subjects of the "Notes " this month are Godwin- ana Johm Foster . The latter appears to have been much overrated . We anticipate great pleasure from the continuation of these "Notes . " By-the-by , in looking through the list of the Gilfillan Portraits , we are surprised to find the omission of such names as Byron , Moore , Dickens , and Jerrold . Why is this ? Madame Wolfessberger ' s "Lettersfrom Naples" exhibit in startling colours the wretched and degraded state of the people of that country , caused mainly by the withering influence of the Catholic priesthood . Some lengthy extracts will be found from these " Letters " in our seventh page , under the head of "Foreign Movements ; " in addition to which we here insert the following illustrations of the deplorable

      SUPERSTITION" OF TBE'NEAPOLITAN FEA 8 ANTBT . The following adventure occurred last year to an Italian friend of ours , who himself recounted the particulars to us : — On the arrival of this gentleman with a friend on a sketching tour at the small village of Cerito , amidst the mountains behind Capua , he engaged two little boys to carry his portfolio and drawing materials , and at once set off , thus accompanied , in search of a subject for the exercise of his pencil . Some time elapsed before he decided on a point of view ; and , in order to do so , he made several circuits amongst the hills , which apparently excited suspicion to his disadvantage . Some hours passed away , and the mother of the boys , who was ignorant that they had left home with a stranger , began to he anxious at their unusually long absence , and ran about the village demanding news of her children from her different neighbours .

      At that moment a man arrived from the hills , who had been a witness of the artto ' s proceedings , and , in answer to her inquiries , he bluntly told her " that she might cease htr clamour , for her children were irretrievably lost . No efforts of hers could save them , " he added , " for they were in the power of a sorcerer , who had carried them off to murder them for the purposes of his incantations . He had seen him with the boys forming his mysterious circles ; and by this time , no doubt , it was all over with them . " The horror of the woman at this information , the truth of which she never doubted for an instant , surpassed all words . She called on her neighbours to revenge the death of her innocent babes ; she ran from house to house , summoning the peasantry to join her iu extirpating the monster from the land ; and the clamour for revenge spreading from cottage to cottage , like the extending circles around a stone cast into deep water , the whole population of the district was ere long in a state of insurrection .

      The gentleman , meanwhile , unconscious of tne tumult his movements had excited , was quietly making a drawing upon the mountain above the village . But however deeply engaged by his occupation , he could not fail at length to remark the increasing agitation of the country beneath . He saw the peasantry rushing from their dwellings , and forming together in bands ; -a murmur , as of so . enraged multitude , ascended even ttthe high point of rock on which he sat , and he could from time to time distinguish , that those who were assembling carried arms . Vainly he inquired of the children what was the meaning of this extraordinary commotion , nor was it till he saw the multitude closing around him on every side , and mounting the hills towards the spot where he was drawing , that a suspicion flashed on bis mind , that he was the object of the people ' s rage . Fortunately , understanding their dialect , he was warned of his danger , by distinguishing the word sorcerer , frequently repeated , united with threats of violence , as the crowd approached .

      He looked round for the children , considering that their safety would prove the best evidence of the innocence of his intentions , hut they had already disappeared ; and as huge stones , cast by those who had clambered to the rocks above , began to fall around him , and a countless throng of male and female peasants , in every variety of wild and ragged attire , drew nearer and nearer , some armed with guns , some with sticks and stones , andimplements of husbandry , and all uttering the most hideous yells and threats of vengeance , he , and the young friend who was his companion , thought there was no disgrace in at once taking to flight . Deserting portfolios , sketchbooks , and stools , they therefore ran off with the utmost rapidity . Most fortunately they tcok the road towards the village , for the people believing they would endeavour to escape in an opposite direction , togainthe interior of the country , had disposed themselves on the further side of the fain in an ambush , iato which , had our friends fallen , they would probably never have escaped alive .

      They had net fled far , before they met the magistrate ofthe village , withaparty of gens-d ' armes , proceeding to investigate the cause ofthe disturbance , and put it down by force , if necessary . They lost not a moment in claiming his protection against an attack , of the cause ofwhich they had only a vague suspicion . This was immediately and courteously granted , and the magistrate proceeded without delay to inquire the crime with which the stranger was charged . It was , however , in vain that he sought U convince the people of their error . Even after the return ofthe children , they obstinately persisted in the * , belief of the gentlema n ' s bad intentions ; and one 0 u woman , who had armed herself with a rusty fowlingpiece , was with difficulty prevented firing on them . Though the tumult was aUayed by the strong arm of uthority , it may readily be supposed , that our friend

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      made no more sketches in that neighbourhood , and lost no timein returning to a more civilized district , where , even , if the belief in incantations be still retained , it has not sufficient influence to excite the populace to insurrection and murder . In all his excursions since this adventure , he has lodged , when possible , in a monastery ; and for one or two days before he commenced sketching , has taken care to show himself in company with some of the holy fraternity , to put at rest all doubts of his sanctity . He has likewise procured a letter from the police in Naples , in virtue of which he can obtain an escort in all dangerous cases . !

      It is well that strangers should be made aware of such a state of things , for this is not a solitary instance of outrageous superstition amongst the peasantry . Avery short time has elapsed since an Englishman was attacked in a similar manner whilst sketching between Salerno and Paestum . He had enticed no children from their home ; no meditated murder could be brought to his charge ; and yet the people were as firmly convinced that he was a sorcerer , as if he bad called the whole mysterious science of necromancy into . action . Unfortunately , whilst be was engaged in sketching , it began to rain in : orrents , and the ignorant people at once accused him of bung the cause ofthe change of weather . The next day , at the samehour , the same thing occurred , and their murmurs were redoubled ; but when , on the third day , the stranger was compelled to pack up ids drawing materials by the fury ofthe storm , he found himself surrounded by an armed populaee , who threatened him with immediate

      des truction . Ignorant of their language , he understood not the cause of their clamour . For a while the people stood aloof , ftr they believed he bore a charmed life ; till atlength a woman , more furious than the rest other companions , flung a kind of axe at him , which wounded him severely about the hip . The mot ) no sooner saw that he was vulnerable , then the attack became general . Sticks , stones , and hatchets flew on every side : and it was with the utmost difficulty that he succeeded in dying a short distance before his infuriated pursuers . Finding the door of a house open , he rushed in for protection ; and most fortunately it was the residence of the p rincipal magistrate of the place . This person , being sufficiently wen informed to be aware of the injury done to the neighbourhood by such events , anxiously sought to repair the evil . About a dozen ofthe mob were immediately arrested , and brought into the presence of the wounded man ; and when questioned as to what had provoked their outrage , they all clamourously repeated the accusation of sorcery .

      George Cruikshank's Table-Booknovember. ...

      GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOKNovember . London : Punch Office , 92 , . Fleetstreet . This is an excellent number of the Table-Boole The opening article , by the Editor , on "Railway Calls , " is accompanied by two admirable illustrations . The first representing " Mr . John Bull in a quandary , or the anticipated effects of the Railway Calls . " The multitude of figures in this plate is trulv astonishing . John Bull is represented seated in liia arm-chair , perfectly overwhelmed with a multitude of railway imps , who have assailed him to make good their "calls . " One party are represented surrounding John ' s head and shoulders , and , with their open-stretched mouths , are screaming their demands into his ears . One imp lias taken

      possession of poor John ' s hat , another has his wig ; one imp is dragging John ' s glove off his right hand , another hisringoff his left ; one has got hold of John ' s neckcloth , another his pocket-book , and a third his handkerchief . Several imps are hard at work in extracting his watch and seals , and several more his purse . One posse are seen running off with his walking-stick , another are dragging his boots off . Two are engaged bearing off his decanter of port , and a whole army are running off with his strong box . Two railway engines are employed , the one in taking off John ' s cash box , the other in removing his plate . In the fore-ground are a number of lawyer-imps , busy over an oyster-tub , taking in the "natives , " very characteristically leaving the " shells" for poor Jons . To complete the picture ,

      there is , in one corner , a view of " Bull Lodge" for sale ; and a rascally-looking auctioneer is seen " knocking down" Mr . Bull ' s " effects . " Over the victim ' s head is ringing the * ' Railway Bell , " and the whole is crowned by the demon of destruction and despair , wh < v with the " Railway Times" in each hand , is proclaiming the end of Mr . Bull ' s " speculations . " The fright , agony , and despair of poor John is admirably depicted in his countenance , which really seems to be life itself . The second illustration represents Mr . John Bull , in Keeley ' s celebrated character of " "VVillibald , " in the extravaganza of the " Bottle Imp . " Of course the imp in the bottle is the railway imp , — "Scrip , " John is bawling out , " Who'll buy a bottle ? " " Oh ! do buy a bottle ! " The ludicrous figure he cuts is laughable beyond all description . In the excellent article , by the Editor , speaking of the probable

      situation of John Bull in a few months hence , the writer says : — " Calls will literally tear him to pieces , and there will not be an article he possesses that the great interests of locomotion will not carry away from him . A grand trunk will run away with his strong box , a junction of some kind or other will tear his coat in two ; some stupendous cutting will cut away with his cash-box : a tremendous tunnel will run through all he has ; and excavations on an extensive scale will empty all his pockets . " * * * " When this period arrives , instead of a struggle to get hold of scrip , there will bean eagerness to get rid of it . The last possessor will be the unhappy victim to all its liabilities , and every man will go about like the unfortunate individual who had bought the " Bottle Imp , " and could only transfer its horrid responsibilities by getting held of another purchaser . " The article concludes with the following

      i EPICBAH . The engineers who are retain'd , To make a survey of a bubble ; Now , the delusion is explained , May save themselves a world of trouble . Since knavish schemes have got a shake By their imposture being known-Levels there is no need to take , The railways having found their own . The Legend of the Rhine" is drawing to a conclusion , the chapter in this number is very good . The " Old English Gentleman in a New Light" does not exhibit that somewhat fabulous character in a very enviable light , but , on the contrary ,, in a very miserable plight . " Recreations in Natural History ' - give some amusing "travellers tales " of the Munchausen order . The remaining contents are readable .

      The Connoisseur: A Monthly Record Of The...

      THE CONNOISSEUR : A Monthly Record of the Fine Abis , Music , and ' the Drama—Novum bkr . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . This publication has one fault , which , if persevered in , will be very likely to produce a fatal result . The fault is neither the want of talent nor ignorance oi judicious literary arrangement . The illustrations are faultless , and the contents are ever unexceptionable : yet is there " ae wee faut" which marks and mars every number—mars it , at least , in the eyes oi many , —the Connoisseur is honest . ' The Connoisseur does not speak the language of a clique , or devote its

      columns to the glorifying of a few individuals , and the running down of others . The Connoisseur is not an advertising speculation , nor does it seek to win the patronage of artists , composers , musicians , dramatists , actors , managers , and publishers by servile puffing , miscalled criticism . The Connoisseur awards praise to to the humblest , where praise is felt to be due , and refuses it to the highest where truth and j ustice command silence or censure . This is honest ; but honesty is " a ragged virtue , " and much oftener finds its reward in " rags , " than in " purple and fine linen . " Honest criticism is distasteful to others

      besides composers , managers , publishers , & c , the reading public themselves do not take well to it . He who would succeed , must , as a general rule , go with the stream , and not seek to guide it ; if he pursues the opposite course the chances are a hundred to one that he is overwhelmed and lost . We do not despair that should the Connoisseur continue its struggle for a time , that surelj , though slowly , it would acquire a class of readers who would not fear to hear the . truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth ; and would give their hearty support to the truth-teller . We should be glad to know that that time had already come ; in the meanwhile the struggle must be a

      severe one . The principal articles in this month ' s number arc on , —1 st . " Amateur Criticism ;"—2 nd . " Holmes ' Life of Mozart ;"—3 d . " The return of Macready ;" —and 4 th . " The Modem Classical Drama in France . " These are all excellent ; we must , however , award our highest praise to the first and third . The critiques on the music and theatricals ofthe month are both interesting and instructive . The illustration , this month , is a portrait of Nicholas Poussin , from a picture by himself , drawn on stone by H . C . Maguibe : it is a magnificent print , and will form a fitting companion to the beautiful portrait of Mukillo , given in the previous number . By-thebye , if the initials do not mislead us , we must

      congratulate Mr . Maguire on his talent as a writer and critic , which is only second to his talent as an artist . This all readers of the Connoisseur will admit , who , like ourselves , read and enjoy the articles signeed H . C . M . We hope that the noble portrait gallery of celebrated painters , commenced in this publication , will be continued ; let us add , that a short sketch of the life and productions of the painter , accompanying his portrait , would be welcome . We hope the editor oi the Connoisseur will take the hint . . If our readers can appreciate a publication which in its every number proves itself " bold enough to be honest , and honest enough to be bold , "—if they can admire talent and independence , they will give their support to , and become readers of . the Connoisseur ,

      Wade's London Review—November. London; C...

      WADE'S LONDON REVIEW—November . London ; C , B . Christian , WMMriarVstreet , Fleetstreet . The contents of this Review are generally of a substantial and practical character . There is nothing very striking in the present number , the principal contents ofwhich are "A Traveller ' s Diary , " giving some interesting particulars concerning the famous Russian port , Odessa , a place , notwithstandin g its importance , but little known to the inhabitants of

      Wade's London Review—November. London; C...

      ^ W estem-Europe ^ - ' -TalehtTdr'the ' Stage " ; " " Observations on Language ;• ' a review of "Wakefield ' s Adventures in New Zealand ; " and « Prose versus roetry . , From 'the article on Odessa we give the following extracts : r ^; . ! Odessa lies about 2 , 000 feet above the level of the sea , upon a nearly perpendicular bank of reddish yellow ochreous and brittle lime , which extends far fnto the intenor . No other species of stone or mineral is to be seen far and wide in , the country ; and this material , the worst for building , is nevertheless the most commonly used fer walls , and flooring of the streets . All the palaces which have not yet received their coating of plaster look , on that account , as gloomy and melancholy as ancient Roman ruins ; all the streets are unpaved , and in the few instances of foot pavement , where such is the case , the holes and gaps caused by the dislocation of the material inconvenience the passenger still more than a total wantoi pavement . The fatal maxim of the Russian police , to

      build towns—for the prevention of infectious maladieswith streets enormously wide , and houses far off from each other , ' can nowhere be less applicable than in cold regions , and nas moreover the disadvantage , as here in Odessa , of rendering the proper pavement of the streets almost impracticable . In no place in Europe exists , therefore , such a terrible dust in the summer and such an unfathomable mud in the winter , as in Odessa . Strange as it may appear , it is nevertheless a fact , that even in the severe winter of 1830-1831 several waggons were literary sunk and buried with the men and horses in the deep dirt in the southern end ofthe town , and that the police had no other means to prevent a similar recurrence of the accident than to choke up altogether the access to that part of the town ! I saw a caricature of that fatal accident , representing in the fore-ground thosefaM waggons , and in the back-ground a Frenchman stuck fast over the knees in the mud , exclaiming : " Ma foi , je me fixe la !" ( " In truth , I am settling here ! " )

      There are hut few Englishmen at Odessa , but a super , abundance of Jews . The whole of a particular quarter is swarming with them . Their shy , sly , and wandering look , protruding from beneath a skin cap ( which many of them do not leave off even in the hot summer season ); their hair hanging down on both sides of the face in long curls , the long beard , the dirty apparel , the strikingly unhealthy blown appearance of their half-grown chUdren ; impress upon them the indelible stamp of their Oriental origin . Almost all of them speak a corrupted German patois , which is , however , so intermixed with words from nearly all languages that it is with the greatest difficulty one can understand them . Even among the Jews themselves there seem to exist several dialects , by which the Jews from . Erod y , > . g ., are distinguished from those of Podolia and Odessa . In their phraseology they always p ut the accusative immediately after the verb , which seems to be more derived from the Russian than the Latin .

      Nest to the Jew , the Russian attracts the notice ofthe stranger . Mostly short , round faces ; frequently turned up noses ; prominent cheek-bones ; a thick , commonly light or red , beard ; the hair of the head cut round horizontally above the neck , in the form of a round wig ; a low hat with a wide brim ; a sort of surtout reaching far down below the ancles , and tied round the stomach with a red woollen girdle ; wide and folded pantaloons , stuck into a pair of course half-boots ; a thick stick in hand . Such is the appearance of a genuine and national Russian . All porters , sailors , servants , waggoners , & c , wear this apparel . Even the hackney-coaches and the national droshkas seem to have been imported from the interior of Russia .

      The whole article is interesting and well worth perusal . The author sums np his description of Odessa in the following not very flattering words : — "Suchis Odessa ! The picture we have given is certainly not very inviting ; and yet so it is ! Dear , dull , dusty , or dirty ; it affords literally no other allurements but the opportunity of amassing wealth in a short time , and then depart thence as quickly , " ¦ We miss in . this number the continuation of "II Vagabondo ; " the authoress . of "Leaves torn from a Record of . Life , " is also wanting .

      Punch. ~ Part Xii. London; Punch Office,...

      PUNCH . ~ Part XII . London ; Punch office , 92 , Fleet-street . Inimitable as ever Punch is above all praise , and , therefore , it would be folly in us to attempt to describe our favourite ' s excellencies . Thanks — heartfelt thanks to Punch for the following : —

      KICH 0 T . iS ADD THE NUNS . By some singular illusion , when the Emperor Nicholas shed the lustre of his countenance on this country , it is well known that he was considered the very Apollo of potentates by the femaleportion of the English aristocracy . —Beautiful , yes , and good and gentle women , forgetting the atrocities of the man in what is thought the glories of an Emperor , crashed and crowded for an introduction to the tremendous creature , and if he smiled , or said a soft word or two , the happy lady felt her nature sublimated , raised far beyond mere mortal happiness by tie condescension . English ' wives and mothers forget the unmanly oppressor of Polish women—the child . stealer and

      the flogger . —We now take from the Journal des Debals —certainly not the least temperate of French journals as quoted in the Times—an account ofthe murder , and the worse than murder ,-of forty-seven Polish Catholic nuns , who dwelt in an ancient convent near the town of Minsk . Their duties were as those ofthe Sisters of Charity . " They instructed the children , provided for the widows and aged , and assisted the poorby the fruits of their labours . " But the Emperor Nicholas orders a religion for all his subjects , as he orders a uniform for his troops ; he is all for the Greek Church ; though indeed , it seems diabolic mockery to think of him in connexion with any church at aU . Well , the nuns would not apostatise ,

      Whereupon"During the night Cossacks surrounded the convent , seized the nuns with the most revolting brutality , bound them with cords , and conducted . them thus to Witebesk , nearly twenty leagues from Minsk , compelling them to walk the entire distance , " They were then confined in a convent of schismatical nuns , and remaining firm to their faith , they were forced to perform the most vile offices , and ( hear this , ladies of England ) " received regularly every Friday fifty lashes . " They were corsred with " wounds and sores . " They were subsequently compelled to work as labourers to the

      masons employed in constructing the episcopal palace Finally all , except three , sunk beneath their agonies . Three escaped , and one of them , says theDe & ctfs , "the venerable superior , is actually at present in Paris . " This being the case , ire put it to those high-born ladies who thronged and fluttered about the man , under whose rule such atrocities are acted , whether it would not be as well for them to invite over this aged nun to England . Having worshipped the tyrant , they would make some amends for the grievous error by showing the sympathy of true womanhood with one of his thousand woman victims . ¦ "' ' ¦ !

      Capital are the following imitations * . —

      ¦ TUB LAMENT OF THE STATUES . ¦ Previously to the determination of the Royal Commissioners to erect statues to the poets in the new Houses of Parliament , they might as well have consulted the feel , ings of those personages on the subject , which wo suspect would , with a slight difference of expression , be much like those embodied in the following lines . These we have had the imprudence to put in the mouths of the poets , and to imagine each speech inscribed , respectively , on the pedestals of their statues : — CHACCEK . Good sirs , I marvel what wo here maken , Crete folk , certes , be sometimes mistaken , We standen in this stound by much errour , Ne poet was in Parlement before ; We are fysh out of water , verily , I do not breathe well this air , perdy , Iu the Abbaye we weren well enoughe ; " To put us here in Farlement is stuffe .

      SPENSEB . Troth , brother Chaucer , I am of thy minde , In Parlement I do not feel at home , Where prating Dullness talks his hearer blinde , And dry Debate doth vainly froth and foam , Folly , not Fancy , from his theme doth roam , And greedy patriots rave for pence and place ; Poets are fashioned from another foam . Than heavy marie of Statesmen ' s crawling race , And to be here , in faith , me seemeth dire disgrace .

      SHAESPEABE . Grave Grandsire Chaucer , and good Father Spenser , The judgment your sweet worships have pronounced On the hard mandate , and right stern decree , Which , much misplacing us , hath placed us here , Doth jump withmy opinion , Here to 'bide Beneath the pelting of tho pitiless Brougham , To suffer Roebuck ' s petulance ; t ' endure The jokeless wit of Sibthorp , and to brook The specious eloquence of glozing Peel To any soul alive were Purgatory : — But to the poet ' s 'tis a worser doom . Oh that this monument were o ' er my tomb !

      HILTON . My sentence is for walking off , oh Bards ! Though we be marble . Doth not story old Record how statutes , erst , have breathed and walked , Instinct with life and motion ? Why relate Pygmalion ' s idol , and the wife of clay , Pandora , she by cunning Vulcan wrought For bold Prometheus ? Or , in modern days , The marble man that unto supper came To Seville's famous , hut immoral Don , Hight Giovanni ?; Could I here remain , Heavy debate to list with tortured ear , My Cromwell ' s absence would determine mine . Haste , then / and from your pedestals descend , To stalk abroad with me through London ' s streets , Dai'k'ning with dire alarm the heart of town .

      DBTOEN . All British Art Commissions Royal sway , And when they order , sculptors must obey , This poets find , whose effigies , like ours , Are called to Parliament by princely powers . Hard is pur fate , thus destined to remain Where Noise and Nonsense hold divided reign , Amid contending politicians' strife , — . Who ne'er were represented in our life . Oh , that I ne ' er the tuneftil lyre had strung t Was it for this , unlucky bard , I sung 1 Blackmore and Shadwell , after ages past , Rejoice ; your Injured ghosts are now avenged at last

      Punch. ~ Part Xii. London; Punch Office,...

      roK . . Curst , for ancestral sins , with parts and wit , ' The Muse inspired me , arid , alas ! I writ ; Oh ! had it been my happy fate to creep With thee , good Dennis , I with thee might sleep ; But immortality no slumber knows , And deathless . bards can never taste repose , E ' en though Joe Hume invoke the drowsy God , And Sibthorp bid five hundred heads to nod ; Though Plumptre lull tho House to rest profound , And Spooncr scatter all his poppies round ; And Palmerston compel the frequent wink , Our ears in vain their opiate words will drink . Ohl brother Sards , whom Sculpture hither brings , To mix with statesmen , and to herd . with Kings : Blend , sole relief I jour marble tears with mine : Would that we ne ' er had penn'd a single line ! The above extracts are specimens of the good things in prose and poetry to be found in this part . As to the illustrations , they are Punch ' s , —what more need be said to proclaim their excellence ?

      The Medical Times. It Is Now Some Time S...

      THE MEDICAL TIMES . It is now some time since we noticed this very useful and talented publication , which is more than ever deserving of public patronage . We refer our readers to a highly important article from a recent number , on the prevailing epidemic in potatoes , which will be found iu our sixth page .

      Publications Received.—Cooper's Novels (...

      Publications Received . —Cooper ' s Novels ( Clark , Warwick-lane ); The Wandering Jew , Parts 2 , 3 , 4 ( Clark ) j Tales of Shipwrecks , Parts 3 , 4 , 5 ,. ( 5 ( Clark ); Memoirs of an Umbrella , Part 4 ( Mackenzie , Fleet-street ); The Tom Thumb Songster , No . 2 ( Cleave , Shoe-lane ) National Temperance Advocate , November .

      The Andover Union.

      THE ANDOVER UNION .

      Andoveb, Monday, Nov. 3. Saturday Was A ...

      Andoveb , Monday , Nov . 3 . Saturday was a day of triumph to the Mends of the poor , and therefore one of signal defeat to their foes . At a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Andover , held some few days ago , it was resolved to return Mr . Westlake as a member of the towncouncil of the borough , as a compliment to him for his manly , honest , and disinterested conduct in connexion with the recent inquiry into the management ofthe Andover Union , in the face of the vilest and most dastardly attempts of some of the persons in authority to deter him from doing a public duty . Mr . Westlake waScompelled to beabsenlfrom Andover until Friday , for the purpose of making arrangements for having an interview with the Poor Law

      Commissioners , personally , to protest against the misrepresentations of his evidence given before their Assistant by that functionary . During his absence , however , the ratepayers of Andover were not idle , because their invitation to him to become a member of the town-council was not idly offered ; and , alter a contest severe and animated , Mr . Westlake was triumphantly returned , to the utter discomfiture of those guardians whose gross misconduct and neglect of duty rendered the recent inquiry , which he was the instrument of bringing about , both imperatively necessary and highly important . Though several of the guardians are not entitled to vote for town-councillors , they used all the inlluence and means they could command to prevent the return of Mr . Westlake . Amongst them were clergymen , whose conduct

      as guardians , whether ex officio or otherwise , was too well known to have much influence among _ the ratepayers , Bribery and treating were plentifully employed , and all the low scum ofthe town was brought into plav against Mr . Westlake . Even a certain noble Lord , who resides at Marlborough , and could have no right to interfere , was prevailed upon to come over to this town to put the screw upon a tenant in favour of the bone-gnawing starvation system . But all in vain . Mr . Westlake was returned by IIS votes , he being the only new candidate returned , and polling only 11 votes under tho . highest given for the one who ?? as at the head ofthe poll . Will not this event speak loudly in reply to the tergiversations ofthe Assistant and Chief Commissioners , and tho shuffling statements of the guardians , whose impotence and

      improprieties are the more confirmed by it ? Will any of those functionaries again dare to repeat the falsehood , that nine-tenths of the rate-payers were opposed to the inquiry , condemned Mr . Westlake , and supported the Poor Law system as carried out at Andover ? Why , Mr . Westlake has been re-elected to a new office which he never sought , by payers of the poor-rate , voluntarily , simultaneously , and alike honourablv to that gentleman and to themselves . Then , again , Mr . Hammond , the medical man whom the guardians arc attempting to ^ thrust into Mr . Westlake ' s post , was put up as a candidate upon this occasion , in opposition to that gentleman , and received one vote . M'Dougal was not a candidate , but he and his son-in-law Holly , were very busy , in company with a poor lieutenant and the clergy , in fruitless efforts to prevent the electors from exercising their right of putting Mr . Westlake in the

      towncouncil as one of their represetatives , desiring thereby to testify their high sense of his character and conduct as a public servant , and their unequivocal contempt ofthe clique which would rather tolerate profligacy , cruelty , and fraud than honour the man by whose instrumentalit y those offences have been at least exposed if not visited with the punishment they deserve . Another gratifying result of the recent inquiry is , that at the meeting of the guardians held on Saturday , the committee , which had been appointed to consider the dietarv table , recommended that in future the following additional allowances should be given , being of opinion that they were absolutely necessary : —2 oz . of bread daily ; doz . of bread on soup days ; meat three days in the week , instead of two only ; 111 b . of vegetables , instead of three quarters of a pound ; and suet puddings on Sundays . This recommendation was adopted .

      Alleged Exiusaivb Swindling.—Two Men Are...

      Alleged ExiusaivB Swindling . —Two men are at present in custody , under warrants from the sheriff of Lanarkshire , charged with various swindling transactions of a very extensive description . One of them calls himself Captain Pasl M'Gregor , of Seafleld House , Arran , and the other is George Inglis , a spirit-dealer , in King-street , Glasgow . The impositions with which the parties are charged embrace a great number of cases , and have reference to a multiplicity of articles ; but the following are the more important : —Captain Paul M'Gregor , it appears , in the character of the occupant of Seafield House , Arran ( of which , by the way , he is actually the tenant ) , ordered from Mr . Yellowlees , coach-builder , Edinburgh , a fine chariot , valued at £ 100 , which was

      received in Glasgow , and the vehicle , it is alleged , was forthwith taken to Salford , Manchester , and sold for £ 45 . By a similar order a bull and three cows , of the Alderney and Guernsey breed , were obtained from an agent in England , who , no doubt , entertained the belief that they were to form part of the fancy or ornamental stock of a landed proprietor in Arran ; but , after reaching Glasgow , they were taken to the cattle-market , and , as is alleged , sold for what they would bring . In the possession of one of the prisoners , among othe » papers which brought to light many of their transactions , was found the invoice of a second chariot from a house in London . Of this vehicle , which appears to have been of considerable value , no trace can be found ; and ,

      therefore , as far as has been ascertained , it has never entered the avenue of Seafield House . Several pianofortes , gold watches , and other articles of value , have also been ordered and received from London , besides other goods , of the most varied character , being ordered from Edinburgh , Liverpool , Manchester , and other towns . They have even dealt in guano , and quantities of this valuable article have been requested to be sent to Captain Paul M'Gregor , from Liverpool , but we have not ascertained whether the island of Arran has ever been benefitted in an agricultural point of view by its introduction there as a manure . In short , the transactions of the parties were so extraordinary that nothing which could be

      turned into ready money seems to nave escaped tueir notice , while they took care to pay nothing themselves , and the authorities having procured information , which led them to believe that the whole was a swindle , they are now in gaol to answer for their conduct . Captain Paul M'Gregor appears to have been the individual in whose name the goods were ordered ; but his coadjutor , Inglis , is charged as having been the party chiefly instrumental in disposing of them after they were received . So lar as is yet known they have not favoured Glasgow with any purchases , their transactions being wholly with towns at a distance , and these the sheriff ' s authorities are searching out with great care and assiduity . We may further state that many articles pawned or sold have already been discovered . — Glasgow Argus .

      Extensive Foroemes by a Liverpool Merchant . —On Saturday information was circulated throughout the divisions of the metropolitan and city police , that Mr . Lyon , an extensive merchant in Liverpool , in the Smyrna and American trade , _ has absconded from that city , having committed forgeries to a very large amount . Mr . Lyon is believed to have quitted Liverpool about Monday or Tuesday week ; but he was not missed until Thursday . It is supposed that he is in London , and that he intends to quit the country . He is described as about five feet ten inches high , sallow complexionblack bushy hair and whiskers , rather

      , prominent nose , dark eyes , thin face , ' prominent teeth , thin figure , and very upright ; dresses generally in a black frock coat , fig » " < J , ; . sllk waistcoat , light trowsers , and black hat , Wellington boots , and black stock , and wears a . large shirtpin , and several rings on his fingers—is fond ol smoking , and is well known in the sporting world .

      Highwav Rodbert . —Saturday morning , between two and three o ' clock , as Captain Watson , residing at No . 29 , Park-place , Peckam New Town , was returning home to his residence , he was attacked by three men in the Commerciakoad , Old Kenfc . road , who suddenly threw him down with great violence , and , while two of them held him down , the third rifled his pockets ,

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      Pomilsn-Bss Reciprocated.—A Criminal Was...

      PoMilsN-Bss Reciprocated . —A criminal was in tna county jail awaiting his trial for murder , withia re » . sonable prospect of conviction . The candidal foe the slirivalty called oiie . day to see him . whenj . the prisoner , wishing to compliment his visitor , , said to him : "If I should be condemned to be hanged , I know of no one by whom I would rather be hung than by you . " The visitor , acknowledging the compliment , with one of his blandest smiles , replied : tf And should I be elected sheriff , I know of no one I , would rather hang than you . " " :.. v i

      :,-¦•¦ Somnajibumsm . —An extraordinary case of sbmnanl * bulism occurred at Chatham Barracks , a few hlghta ago , Peter . Slight , a young Scotchman , rose from ha bed , by some means got into a drain , passed through it for a distance of five hundred feet , emerged from it , and , coming in contact with a post , fell down in a fit , in which state he was discovered , quite naked , and was conveyed to the military hospital . -This was the fourth time he had walked in his sleep . An Old SoNG . —The King of Denmark is selling one of his colonies , a newspaper paragraph says , ¦¦ ' ¦ ' fofi a mere song . " We have made inquiries in the city , and have ascertained that the song alluded tohiS " I ' ve no money . "—Punch .

      SONG OF THE RAILWAY MANIAC . ( FromPuncA . ' This is my left hand—this is my right ; These are my eyes , my nose , my mouth ; I can discern the day from night : There lies the north , ana there the south , Shake not the head , then—cry not" Hush !" lay not the finger on the lip : Away!—unhand me!—let me rush In quest of Railway shares and scrip . Ha ! ha ! 'Tis you are mad , I say , You talk to me of Three per Cents ., Consols ? pooh , . nonsense ! What are they ? You prate of mortgages and rents—I tell you there are no such things :

      —Nay , do not threaten chains and whip , — They ' ve flown away with paper wings , And leftus only shares and scrip . What ! Mind my business ? Fellow dear , You'll find yourself in Bedlam soon . Hark!—let me whisper in your ear ;—Look!—there is my business—in the moou ! That's where all occupation ' s fled ; Gone , presto ! with hop , jump , and skip ; How , now , then can I earn my bread , Except by railway shares and scrip ? Get in my debts ? Lo , how you rave I Who thinks of paying what he owes ? No , tell me not that he's a knave : In scrip and shares the money goes . Mark yonder man , he ' s a trustee ,

      With other's stock in guardianship ; Where is it ! Ha , my friend , you'll see—AU sunk in Railway shares and scrip . Stick to the shop ? What shop ? I ' ve none Defend me—how tho madman stares ! I tell you there's no shop hut one : The office where they sell you shares . You have a tailor , —want a coat Go , order it : you'll findaSnip , I'll bet you Sir a ten pound note , Will only measure you for scrip . I am not mad , I am not mad ; Sec where the shares on wirlwind fly : Off!—give me back the wings I had , To mount and catch them in the sky . Maniac , I say!—you torture me . !—

      \ ou crush me , in that Iron grip ; Madmen , away ! and leave me free To chase my railway shares and scrip . A Modest Speculator . —A " niceyoung man , " who probably wants a few hundreds with which to speculate in railways , advertises his readiness to give twenty pounds to any person having the ability to help him to " a pretty girl with two thousand pounds ' . ' * Escape from Qpackert . —A provincial contemporary informs us that James Webb , abrewer ' sdray * man , has had his " face saved from being eatat away by Holloway ' s ointment and pills . '" Holloway won't thank our brother , we should think , for the publication of so damaging a fact .

      "Pat , Pair , amo Fifteen . "— The young Queen of Spain is described as having an "immense" arm , a " redundant" bust , and ankles " solid enough t &> support the golden tower of Seville . " She " waddles " from " excessive corpulency ; " and perspires from tha fatigue of carrying so much " blubber . " At dinner she "swallows soup , an entire roast fowl , fish , pastry , sweetmeats , and preserves" ( her passion for " sweets ' being preposterous ) . Her education having-been neglected , her ignorance is as gross as her person . Bum . Maibimoxial . —An Irish gentleman , the other day , in the excess of his connubial affection , exclaimed , " Heaven forbid , my dear , that I should ever live to see you a widow !' - ' - -

      A Diabolical Doom . —A poor miser , arrrivmgon , the banks of the Styx , swam across , and cheated Charon , the ferryman , of his penny . He was sentenced , as a punishment , to return to the world , that ho might behold his spendthrift heirs squandering his money !

      JAQCES 1 H CAPEL-COPBTr ( FromPimcft . ) AU the world are stags ! Yea , all the men and women merely jobbers ! They have their brokers and their share-accounts , And one man in his time tries many lines , Theend being total ruin . Frst , the greenhorn , Dabbling and dealing in a lucky spec , ; And then the posperoui seller , with his profits And joyous winning face , buying like mad , Unwilling to sell out ; and then , the loser , Siglung like furnace , with a woful prospect Of the next settling day ! Then the director , Full of strange schemes , and lodged at the West-end , Keeping a can , and sudden growing rich , —

      Getting a bubble reputation Even iu Capel-court . And then the bankrupt , With is debts' schedule large ; and no assets : By aU his decent friends entirely cut , — Pull of bad scrip , and fertile of fresh schemes ; And so he plays his game . The sixth step sinks Into the low and herring-gutted stag , With spectacles on nose and list in hand ; His youthful gains all spent , the world too wide-Awake to be ta ' en in , and his long lino Of hapless creditors thatidly wait And whistle for their cash . Last scene of all , That ends this sad but common history , Is—Union pauperism , and oakum picking : Sans beer , sans beef , sans tea , sans everything .

      Positives an-d Comparatives . —A domestic cat is a tame beast , butVan Amburgh the lion king is a beast tamer . The imposition ofthe Income Tax on the public by Sir Robert is a cool trick , but a plunge into the Frozen Ocean is a cooler , India , from this country is far off , but a husband who runs awav from his children is a father off . ' Anything proper is fit , but if you call on Moses the tailor , you will find him a fitter . ( Some say he ' s an out and out-fitter . ) A retiring person is sh y , but an English county is a . shire . Lord Brougham ' s'attempt to observe political consistency is a lame business , but a kick on the shina with the shoe of a ploughman is a lamer . A n article without blemish is sound , but Prince Joinvillc , when lately off Brighton , was declared to be a sounder . — Joe Miller .

      Mrs . Caudle . —Why is Mrs . Caudle like Sampso of old ? Becauie she is able to jaw a thousand Philig * tines to death . ' " These are Stirring Times , " as the spoon said to the saucepan , , Fl & tiemng Resemblance . —A Southern Adonis , no way celebrated for his personal attractions , on completing a somewhat protracted toilet one morning turned to his servant and inquired— " How do I look , Csusar ? " "Plendid , massa , plendid ! " was ebony ' s } delighted answer . " Do you think I'll do , Caesar ? ' * ( giving him a piece of silver . ) " Guy , massa , neber see you look so fierce in all my life ; you look jist as bold as a lion . " *' Why , what do you know about -i a lion ? You never saw one Caesar . " "Nebber see a lion , massa ! Guy I see Massa Peyton ' s Jim rideona ober to the mill ebery day . " '' No , you fool , that ' s a donkey . " " Can't help aat , massa—you look jist Ufa him .

      The Collier at Kirk . —A collier entered the kirk of Lochgelly , the other Sunday , when the minister , in his sermon , made some : observations about tha capture of Jericho . The collier fell asleep until the kirk was going out ; when , on his way home , one of his neighbours called out , " Whaur ha ' e ye been the day , Archy ? " "Ah ! whaur do ye think ? but at the capture of Jericho . " " An' hoo did ye come on , Archy ? " " Ah , lad , I fell asleep ; and they had Jericho captured , and were singing and rejoicing when I awakened . ''—Fife Herald .

      A Mendicant Dog . — " I was travelling , " says M . Blaze , "in the diligence . At the place where we changed horses I saw a good-looking poodle ^ log ( ckUn caniche ) , which came to the eoacn door , and sat up on its two hind legs with the air of one begging foe something . " Give him a sou , " said the postilion to me , '' and you will see what he will do with it . " I threw to him the coin ; he picked it up , ran to the baker ' s and brought back a piece of bread , which he ate . This dog had belonged to a poor blind man , lately dead ; he had no master , and begged alms on his own account . " >; The Biter Bit . — "What for a shot ? " said a gunsman to an old farmer standing near a pond where ducks were swimming . " flalf-a-crown , " was the reply . The money was paid , the gun fired , and three ducks fell dead . " Well , old chap , how do you like that ? " said the sportsman . " Oh , well enough , " replied Hodge , " they are none of mine . "

      A Strange Religion . —A sador being to give his testimony before a court , v by the judge as to hig religious creed . Episcopalian ? " "No , sir . " " sir . " y-A Methodist ? " "No , sir , " you , then ? " ?• I am captain of the i

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 8, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08111845/page/3/