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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . XD .-V . , '" eSGI , ' ECGUSH BiEDS AXD SCOTCH nEVIEWEBS . " v is mat is matter of notoriety to all men that Braox ' s v work , work , the "Hoars of Idleness , " was mercilessly iclcised icised in the pages of the Edinburgh Review , at i i timci time ( lSt ) 8 ) the censor-in-chief of the literary Idld , andld , and the most dreaded , as the most powerful of t critieacritical journals . In criticising the "Hours of : r : ncss , " : ness , " the rcriewer thus commenced : — " The >\> y of iy of this young lord-belongs to the class which tithcr softer gods nor men aresaid to permit . Indeed , we nnot rccnot recollect to have seen a quantity of verse with f few difew deviations from that exact standard . Uis isisions isions arc spread over a dead flat , and can no
nrc get re get above or below the level than if they were i much much stagnant water . " The whole article was iiittcu Ifttcn in the same sarcastic and eontcmptuous ' stylc , ;; rents reviewer advising Uraox to " forthwith abandon ;| jtrv , a > trv , and tarn his talents , which are considerable , Id his i his opportunities , which ate great , to better jcoant- ^ oont . " The entire article will be found in Mcnrr s onv ' s one volume edition of the poet ' s works . Ifhe EThe Edinburgh reviewers little imagined , however , mt soiat sort of man they had U > deal with . Their mcrccss cress critique roused hira to rage and resistance , and reta ! retaliated witta a force and purpose that fairly ttiwwedrowed dovrn these who had hitherto held a despotic ray o-ay over the public mind . " lie produced his lEngliEnglish Bards and Scotch Reviewers , " aiid the
vwld jrld immediately and rightly pronounced himipotl . potl . Though" causing—asA justly—a wondrous aLcitenxitemcntatthetiineof its publication , this satire iixitesicites now comparatively little attention . This v . ises rises partly from the fact that Brno . v himself lived 11 mot modify , or altogether change , most of the views nereiaerein expressed of the writers he assailed ; and 3 irtly irtly because the personalities which made the satire spie ; spicy , " and therefore keenly relished at the time , I re nore no longer interesting to the public—most of the sssailssailed , like the assailant , being longVmee wtthirawirawn from the stage of life . Still , as a piece of iigorugorous writing , for—shadowing the mighty things I he she author was destined to accomplish , "English j jardjards and Scotch Reviewers" will always hold a > iromtromincnt place in the poet ' s works .
Ou Our selections from this poem will lie lint few , and : he { he portions selected will he mostly of a general cha-^ actcactcr . For the personalities of the satire , wc must refercfer the i * cader to the poem itself . Ti The following Hues ouca the poem - . — S Still must I hear ? * * * * * * # * * * ¦ A And I not sing , lest haply , Scotch reviews S Sfaould dub me scribbler , and denounce my nurse 1 I Prepare for rhyme—I'll publish right or wrong : I Pools are my thema , let satire be my song .
t Oh I nature s noblest gift— my grey goose quill ! i Slave of my thoughts , obedient to my will , ' Tom Irom thy parent bird to form a pen , * That mighty instrument of little men ! ' The pun' loredoomM to aid the mental tlirocs « Of brains that labour , bis with verse or prost , Though nymphs forsake , aud critics may deride , The lover ' s solace , and the author's pride . What wits ! what poets dost thou daily raise ! 3 Iow frequent is thy use , how small thy praise ! Condcinu'd at length to be forgotten quite , With all tlie pages which 'twas thine to write . Hut tlion , at least , mine own especial pell ! Once laid aside , but now assumed again , Oar task complete , like Haulier ' s shall be free :
Though spurn d by others , yet beloved by ine : Then lex us soar to-day ; no common theme , 3 o eastern vision , no disiemperM dream . Inspires—our path , though full of thorns , is plain ; Smuoili be tlie verse , and easy be the strain . When lice triumphant holds her soy ' reiga sway ¦ Obey'd hy all who nought beside obey ; When Folly , frequent harbinger of crime , Bedecks her cap with bells of every clime ; When knaves and fools combined o ' er all prevail , . And weigh their justice in a goldcu scale ; E ' en then the boldest start from public sneers , Afraid of shame , unknown to other fears , More darkly sin , by satire kept in awe , And shrink from ridicule , thosgh not from law .
Such is the force of wit ! but not belong To me tlie arrows of satiric song ; The royal vices of our age demand , A keener weapon , and a mightier hand . Still there are follies , e ' en for me to chase ; And yield at bast amusement in the race : laugh when I laugh , ' ! seek no other fame ; The cry is up , and scribblers are my game . Speed , Pegasus 2— -ye strains of great and small , Ode , epic , elegy , have at you all 1 I too can scrawl , and once upon a time I poniM along ihe tt-wu a flood of rhyme , A school-boy freak , unworthy praise or blame ; I printed—older children do the same . ¦ ' TIS-pleasant , sure , to see one ' s name in print , A book ' s a book , although there's nothing in't .
3 foved by the great example , I pursue The self-same road bat make ray own review 3 Cotscek great Jeffrey's , yet like iiim will be Self-constituted judge of poesy .
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( From the Tgste Xcrcurt / . ) THE HODJ OP GLEXCALTIE . - " . When ye uiafce maur prayers , I -mil not hear : your hands lire full of Wood 5 Learn to a « well j relieve the -oppressed , judge the fatherless , plead for the widow . Isaiah . "We lmeel upon the bleak lull side ; AH other shelter is denied ; 25 o stay , no refuge now we see : Our only hope , oh J iord , is thee ! Upon thy holy name we call ; Thou did ' st create us " Brethren" all ; Tat forth tlrinc arm—for we are thrust—Ev ' n by our "brethren "—in the dust !
Thou Last still bid us , Lord , " to do To all as we'd be done unto . " Weliail the covenant , oh , TAtril As written iu thy holy irord . "We never made the widow cry ; 2 ior thrust the aged forth to die : lint had -we mixed in such a scene , "We know what our deserts had been ! "We snow , oh , God ! that thou wilt hless The hand that helps tlie fatherless ; That raisttli tlie poor sons ot toil , JUid In their irotmus poors halm and OS , Will not thy vengeance simt the door On those who dare to starve thy poor , And plough up their forefathers' hones , And dash their babes against the stones ? T . B
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DOUGLAS JEROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE . Acgcst . Loudon : Punch Office , 02 , Fleet-street . The contents of this number are , with the exception of the poetry , unexccptionably good . A good purpose is contained also in the poetry , but the purpose JS not well carried out—in plain words the poetry so called , is not the genuine thing ; hut we must not grumble—genuine poetry is a thing not to he had every day .
The Editor ' sstory , " St . Giles and St . James , " is continued , aud contains several striking scenes , enriched with those reflections on the iiionstrosotics of onr social system which hare made the name of JerkoId famous . In the previons number , the story described the arrest o f St . Giles on a charge of murder , from that awfid charge he had been released by the fact that the roan was not murdered , though wounded , but not by St . Giles . The writer thus pictures
THE CM 3 H 3 OF TOVEBTT . * And now ' , thinks the reader , ' St . Giles is free . There is no charge against him ; he is not tlie murderer , men , in his wretchedness , took him for . St . James , with his injuries upon him , has mthdrawnhinisolfjand once again tlie world lies wide Before St Giles . ' Sot so . There still remains , to his confusion , a hard accuser . St . Giles is destitute . In the teeming , luxurious county of Sent , amidst God ' sproniise of plenty toman , heisaguilty interloper . Ik may not grasp a handful of tlie soil ; he -cannot purchase one blade of wheat ; he is a pauper and j a vagrant ; a foul presence in flie world ' s garden , and j amst , fherefore , bepunisliedforliisintrusion . Every rag Jfi carriesis an accusing tongue : he is destitute and wander an he has strayed into the paradise of the well-to-do , j * "d must be sharply reproved for his whereabout . And , ; wwtfore , St . Giles will be committed for a season to the
¦ county gaol as a rogue and vagabond . The roguery is ! -sot proved upon him , but it has been shown that whilst / . t 1 iI people have goose-beds and weather-proof cham- J ' bers , J . ^ at the best , has straw and a barn . It is , too , ; ^ ade a misdemeanour against mother Earth to sleep * jP > her naked breast , with only the heavens above the j sleeper ; and as St . Giles has often so offended—he could ^ M deny the ini quity—he was , we say , committed to gaol , MT Justice Wattles , as a rogue and vagabond ^ Sow , to , ; paiiidi a man for having nothing , is surelsa sport in-: ^ fed b y Beelzebub for the pleasure of , fto rich , yes , to japarascsl forhisragsistopay flattering homage to ^ " * tf gold . Sotting wasprweds against St . Giles but pro ^* » heinghigh treason against the majesty of fJiyr . mat large offg « co mig ht he reascaahVy sopwffl iJ f 0 ntain weiyftfter . ' Sometwajr , I ' ve nodoubt , aemS r ^ W ** Km , ' said Justice Matties ; 'in ^^ uuine j - us if 5 n & cojmjjitfca as a rogue and vaga , ,
A ttutoer , however , lad been committed though i ^ « « ae ? was not the -victim , nor St . Giles the slayer , ^ "eiollowing portr ait of a . lawyer—a barrister em-3 2 j * t defend * e accused , will be readily recogr hfr- S ° y * leading features the portrait r * « 'f iweness of more than one felon ' s friend . One ^»» feature , however , sufficiently points out the ^ al to be lEr . Applepip What ' sltis-wiM?—wt ltr—krcisthefortrail of
A 1 AWIEB , Uappy was the evil-doer , whose means might pBrchase -good offices of Mr . Montecute Crawley ! There was
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ne man at ; the bar ^ who could so completely extract the stain of blood from a muxderer . Had he defended Sawnv Bean , dipped a hundred times in infanticide , he would nave presented him to-the bar as a shepherd with the bloom andfragranceof Arcady upon him ! Worthy man what a constitution had Mr . Montecute Crawley , to stand the wear and tear . of his own feelings , racked , agonised , as they always were , for his innocent , his much-persecuted client , the homicide or Mgriwayman at the . bar ! I £ appiW , nU etnoXwuVias always so very natural , and so very intense , that again and again it touched the bosoms of the jury , who could not—simple creatures !—but believe so eloquent , so earnest a gentleman , when he not only vouched lor the innocence of the unfortunate accused , but wept a shower of tears in testimon v thereof . Tear * -,
in fact , were ilr . Montecute Crawley's great weapons but he had too true a notion of their value to use them save on extraordinary occasions . With all his teildciness , hc hail groat powers of self-restraint ; and , therefore , never dropt a tear upon any brief that brought him less than live hundred guineas . " lie had heard of "the luxury of woe ; " and was determined that . with him at least the luxury should bear its proper price . His coarse and stony-he . ir : ed brethren at the bar , had , in the envy and brutality of their souls , nicknamed ilr . Montecute Crawley , the watering-pot . But he—good , Silver-tongued man—heeded not the miserable jest . lie talked and wept , and wept and talked , as though he felt assured that all the world believed his words and tears , aud that only the angels knew thein to be false .
The same lawyer is the bull y in the following : — SCENE IS A CB 1 M 1 SAI . coubt . The trial began . One witness swore that in the evening of the murder he heard a gun fired ; and immediately he saw the prisoner at the bar rush from tlie direction of Cow Meadow . The ball had been extracted from the murdered man , and found to fit a gun , theprisonev ' sproperty . suhsequeiitly discovered in the farm-house . Every face in the court—even tlie face of Mr . Montecute Crawley—fell , darkened at the direct , straightforward evidence of the witness . He was then handed over to be dealt with by the prisoner ' s counsel . Wins awful meaning possessed his features , irlien he rose to turn inside out the witness ! ' What
lightning iu his eye ^—what a weight of scorn at Ins lip —> what thunder in his voice , terrifying and confounding the simple man who had spoken a simple truth , l'oor fellow I in a few minutes he knew not what he had spoken : his senses were distraught , lost : lie would scarcely to himself answer for his ownconsciousuess , so much was he bewildeted , flung about , made nothing of by that tremendous man , Mr . Jlonteeute Crawley . — " Answer ine , sir , " thundered the indignant counsel ; " were you never in gaol for felony ! Answer , sir . "—The man paused for a moment . . He never had been' in gaol for felony—Mr . Crawley knew that well enough—nevertheless the qvwstwtv was imt with such vehement confidence , that , honest man as he was , the witness was for a time unable to answer . At length he ventured to reply that
he never had been so imprisoned , which reply he again and again repeated , warned by Iris counsel—as by the trumpet of judgment—that he was upon his oath . " Aud you ' ve never been caught poaching—come , I shall get somedalngoutofyou * Speak up , sir ! Uponyout oatll —have you never- bee-u caught setting-wires for hares 1 " roared llr . Crawley . — " Sever , sir , " stammered the witness . "Ifever caught in my life . "— "Ma ' you ' vebeen lucky , then , my line fellow , " said the counsel , " You haven't been caught , that ' s what you mean , eh V And at this humourous distinction , Mr . Montecute Crawley laughed—the prisoner , out of gratitude to his champion , laughed—all men in ihe court laughed , and the pretty ladies gigg'ed . Assuredly there is no place in which the very smallest joke goes so far as in a court of justice .
There , a farthing ' s worth of nit is often taken as though it were an ingot . And , accepted after such value , Mr . Montecute Crawley was a tremendous wit— "I believe , sir , " he continued , —" come , sir , leave off twiddling your thumbs , and look at me—I believe you ' ve hem mixed up a little in smuggling ! Come , you don ' t think there ' s much harm in that ? You fcno whow to run a tub or tiio , I suppose !"— "So , I don't , " answered the witness , with newcoufidence . — "Bless me , " cried Mr . Crawley , " you ' re a very innocent gentleman—very innocent , indeed . " And then , with much indignation at the unspotted character of the witness , lie thundered , "Get down , sir ! " Xow this seeming uncliaritablencss was , it may be hoped , very repulsive to the kindly nature of Mr . Crawley ; bat what
he did , he did for the benefit of his client . To serve his client it was—lie held the obligation as his forensic creed —it was Ms duty to paint every witness against him the blackest black , that the suffering ill-used man at the bar might stand out in candid relief to tlie moral darkness frowning' against him . Poor Mr . Crawley I In his heart of hearts it was to hira a great sorrow that—for the interest of his client—lie was sometimes compelled to wear his gown , the solemn robe of tlie champion of truth , as the privileged garment , holding safe the coward and the bully . Me was a gentleman—a most perfect gentleman—with an almost effeminate sense of honour when —his gown was off . But when he robed himself , heknew that there might be dirty work to do , and if it must be done , why he did it as though he loved it .
For the result of the trial , in which St . Giles was a witness , we must refer our readers to the Magazine , wherein they will also learn of an improved turn in / % . Giles ' s fortunes . In this number is contained the first of a series of articles entitled "The Englishman in Prussia , " containing some very interestiu * particulars of the people of the Rhenish provinces , their mode of life , and degrading superstition . The famous " Holy Coat o 5 Treves" is spoken of in fitting terms by the writer , who , judging by his first article , gives promise of some important revelations of the state of Prussian Germany , \ ie shall watch his contributions , and , if worthy , will give them prominent notice in this paper . The "Hedgehog Letters" comment this month , on Mr . Moxcktox Milses ' s Bill for private
hangings , and tne Jews Disabilities Removal Bill . The recent horrible atrocity committed by the French in Algeria—the burninjrof the eight hundred Arabs inthecaveof Dalwa—iscoimnCnteu upon in severe terms in a short article on that eternally infamous act . "A History for Young England" traces the leading facts of the reigns of Stehiex and Matilda . The reviews of new works have but one fault—their brevity . Much as we think of most of the articles in this number , we could have dispensed with some of them to have had a more extended review of il . AhcnEMT ' s important work on "Priests , Women , and Families . " We arc glad to sec that the Editor of this-Magazine lias taken his stand againstthose priestly conspirators and mind-destroying intriguers —the Jesuits . Reviewing the Memoirs of So }) lda Dorotftca , Consort of George I ., the reviewer says : —
If nothing else were gained by its perusal , a hearty hatred of the monarchy of the day might be gained , for Europe seems to have been horribly " monarchsd , " in the last century . With George the Firsts who was accused by his son of destroying two wills made , and who himself quietly took possession of his father ' s and pocketed all the legacies ; and who also sought to debauch a young lady of great beauty and worth—one of the maids of honour , Miss Sellenden — by bribing her with a few guineas . In Prussia , Frederick ^ Y ^ lliam played such pranks " as make tlie angels weep : " nearly starving two of his children , and " spitting in the dishes to . prevent their eating . " The King of Poland , previously Elector
of Saxony , left three hundred and fifty-four children by innumerable mistresses , and expended upwards of fifteen millions sterling- in absurd entertaininests . Whilst Denmark was kinged by Christian the Seventh , a young man of weak mind , debauched habits , and unprepossessing appearance , who was completely in the hands of a little coterie of female relatives . As these northern potentates can be well matched by tlie debauched Louis the XVfh and other Southern monarchs , who can wonder there was a fearful uprising of common human nature against such domination , and that a revolutionary- savage should ask for the heads of 300 , 000 aristocrats , to destroy for ever the possibilities of such , outrageous misgovernment of millions ?
What wonder , indeed ? The " revolutionary savage here spoken of is Maiut , of whom , by the by , all that ' s told must not be believed ; but supposing he did make such a demand as that imputed to him , we cannot regard it as very savage or very shocking . The sacrifice of three hundred thousand human beings—even aristocrats—is no doubt dreadful to contemplate ; but it is still , more dreadful to think of , not the thousands , hat the millions whom aristocrats have slaughtered and caused to be slaughtered , and will do again—the victims , too , not privileged plunderers and brigands—but the hard-toiling helpless masses . Had the fearful remedy suggested by Maiut been tried , it might have saved the lives of the nufttoiu destroyed subsequently by Napoleon * , and his antagonists . Be it understood , we would not choke even an aristocrat , unless he came at us full-mouthed like a mad dojr . and then . We believe , with the
conductors of Jerrolds Magazine , that the pcu is mightier than the sword ; and to the means of which the pen is the symbol , wc look for the deliverance of mankind . Nevertheless , the destruction of 300 , 000 aristocrats would have hecn . a cheap price to have paid for the deliverance of nations , provided that means would have accomplished the desired end . It would not , however , have done so . Tyrants may be exterminated , but unless , the masses themselves can be regenerated mentally and morally , they will he no better for the mere annihilation of their © oppressors , as other oppressors will , by cajolery first , and force afterwards , assuredly take the places of those destroyed . That mental and moral regeneration of the masses is now going on in England , and in that regeneration is sown the seeds of the sure and certain enfranchisement and laMing freedom of the British working people ,
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TSS TRAVELLER'S MAGAZINE -- Accost . London : T . C . Newby , t 2 , Mortimer-street , 0 a * vendish-squarc . We like this number better than its predecessoss The articles , though fewer , are lengthier , and more complete . Wehave been much , amusedby tne tfluov s very entertaining "First Pilgrimage ana Last Tear . " The oddities he encountered in bit German peregrinations are admirably hit off , and we cannot decide whether to laugh most at bis pencil or hum - * and ink sketches ; both are admirable Thoughin , " * P * * 331 to " continuations , " we hope the Vaitor ' s « „ encilling 8 by the way" m » y I » long " conUnued ^^^ ' ^^ i ^ ' ^^ Tr ^
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a specimen of the delights of travelling ^ . Prussia ,, with a capital anecdote appended : — At the second post we were overtaken by ' a Prussian courier , and his leathern bag of letters , Jris sword andi person was quickl y introduced into our . carriage ; he oo ^ copied the seat . opposite mine , and presently begaa . to . load his pipe , the bowl of which was about tlie sisa o £ apistol-barrei , with some of the vilest tobacco I have ever had tiiB misfortune—aotindeed to smoke—but to swallow and inhale the smoke , coming , as it did , through . the decaying teeth , and frowsy yellow" moustache of tire courier , right into my face , at every puff ; and yet he had the faee to tell . iae it was very good tobacco—light and Holhuulish > —there he sat , this blue-eoated , silver-buttoaed ,. deiuimitttery , half-civil smoker ; his face of a uniform , . brickdusty , rcd-Vealisli colour , tainting tb 6 ' puie *» rwith his vile pipe—the very essence of selfishness personified . Presently the Pole awoke ; lie bethought him of his pipe and bag of tobacco also , and the pair eschanged ^ ival
whifsj . andkeptup a perpetual spitting ' and hawking , to match ; how I longed for a pipeful of assafctida , erFfir . " such vile smelling drug , that at the risk of being smothered I might choke the courier and annihilate the Pole with a single whit' . 1 ouce heard an anecdote relatedtby . one of the ——th , concerning the gl . wlcus exploits of some brothers in arms . They occupied five of the sis places inside an Irish stage coach , the sixfh . being possessed by a squeamish-looking individual—a stranger —who fell asleep , while these viiliaut men produced . their cigar boxes and cases , shut up tlie windows , and resolved to smoke the stranger out : They smoked ( or a . considerabia time without producing the desired cfii'ct ,. andat last when they were half-ehokcd with their owu > smoke , the stranger awoke , and looking round him plaeidly observed iaa Yankee nasal voice , " Well , now , I thought I did smell tobacco , " and forthwith producing a short pipe ; he began to smoke some of the vilest Sluiidungus , the stench of which quickly compelled the officers , to open the windows at once .
In Mr . Jon . vsios ' s "Narrative of a Voyage along the Eastern Coast of Arabia , " is given an interesting account ot Aden , or rather of that place ' s past history aiid greatness . "Jose Itamon , the- l'iper of Araposta , " is a singularly impressive story , by . the author of Jonathan Sharp . Whether truthor fiction , we will not pretend to decide , but most assuredly , ii the latter , never . was romantic narrative penned with more seeming truth . The story is most interesting , and cleverly written . A few such contributions as "The Piper of Ampftsta" con'd not fail to ensure the success and establishment of this Magazine . The poetry , like most Magazine poetry , is rather flat ; the following , though not first-rate , is an exception : —
ABD-EL-KADER TO THE ARABS . Sons of the Desert ! guard yovw own , And round your white tents rally ; The drums are beat , the war . trumps blownj On every hill and valley . Shall scornful strangers lightly tell How we , the sons of Ishmael , Perisli'd before the infidel ? On ! shout Allah il Allah ! Sons of the Desert ! guard yom- own , Our foemeu lightly deeming , The Arabs , routed—blighted—strown , May fall while they are dreaming . Our brothers' bones unbiest remain On every hill , on every plain They cry , —aud shall they cry in vain . While Arab spears are gleaming ?
Sons of the Desert ! guard your own , Itepel the fierce invader—The faithful ne ' er shall be o'erthrown , "When Allah is their leader . Beneath this glorious star-lit dome , Our fathers humbled lofty Rome , — . On 1 let the desert he the tomb . Or throne , of Abd-el-Kader ! Travellers in this country , and travellers in foreign countries—those who have travelled , and those who intend to travel—and last , not least , tarry-at-hometravcllcrs—will all do well to become purchasers of this emporium of the experiences and wonders of travelling—the Traveller ' s Magazine .
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THE PANDORA : a Fashionable , Theatrical , Literary , and Artistic Journal . London : Joseph Cniidall , 12 , Old Bond-street . This periodica ! , which formerly appeared weekly , has since the 1 st of January last taken its place with the monthly publications . We have received the numbers from the 10 th of November last , and must say that in looking through their contents we have been agreeably occupied . Some of the talcs , particularly those by Madame De Ciiatelain , arc well written and very entertaining . There are some good articles under the heads "London viewed by a Foreigner , " and "Walks through London . " The " Recollections of Switzerland , by an Alpine Traveller , " arc also very interesting . But the best of the contents are the articles by the Editor ,
particularly those entitled "My Roman Tablets , " and the " Gallery of Contemporary French Writers . " In the ' llccollectious of Switzerland , we are informed by the author , that he spent twelve days in the convent of Alta Ripa ' [ Qautcrive ) in examining the archives for the purpose of ascertaining whether the . ' famous lovers Heloiso and Abeilarde left any child behind them . The result of his labours was , that he ascertained from the records of the convent , that "Astkalabe ( bom at Palct in 1110 ) , the son of Ileloise and Abeilarde , was the third Abbot of Jlauterivel" The same writer contributes a description of the College of Jesuits at Fribourg . We quite agree with this writer . When speaking of the Jesuits he says : — " If ever a crusade in favour of civilization
deserved to he preached , it would be one whoso aim should be to annul the underhand mischief which these hypocritical scourges of humanity are incessantly working . " The "Roman Tablets , " by ' the Editor , give some striking sketches of social life in modern Home . Wc can assure our readers that they may read many a book of travels , or fashionable tour , without learning half so much of Italian life as they will from a perusal of these unpretending articles . [ We had selected an extract from the July number , but are compelled to omit it through want of room . ] Equally good , though of another order , are the articles on " Contemporary French Writers . " The writers already described are Madame DEsnonnESVaUIOR , VlIXEMAIJ . ' , LaMAKTINE , BeIUXGEK , AlFIiED de Musset , and Jui . es Jasis .
The theatrical criticisms , though limited , arc well written , and appear to be impartial . The fashionable intelligence is most correct , and this department of The Pandora cannot fail to give full satisfaction to the fair sex . Wc have two faults to find . First , that one half or more of the last two or three numbers has been printed in French . This change has been made , it is stated , in compliance with the wishes of a number of thesubseribers . If thesesubscribersfoim the majority , well and good ; but of course such an arrangement will be utterly distasteful to all who cannot read French , and we think most tend to curtail , or at least confine , the circulation . At all events we think it
very bad policy to give the sketches of French writers in French , as is the case with that of Jules Janis . French readers and readers of French have plenty of sources from which to draw information respecting French authors ; the information to be worth anything , in an English periodical must be imparted in the common language of the English people . We object , too , to the tasteless heading which has been adopted for The Pandora since the 1 st of May last . The chaste and modest heading which previous to that time graced the first page was much more appropriate . Our second objection is much more serious . In the number of The Pandora for the 21 st of December last , in the sketch of M . Villemaik , the French author and statesman , the writer says : —
In his f villemain ' s ] fine biography of Byron , he has distinguished the poet from tho man , and carefully avoided touching upon the cOrruptum of luart disccrnable in the tatter , aud only attacks the license of his imagination , when a stricter investigation of such corruption , bid too well authenticated , would help , we think , to show some light on the unfathomed mysteries of genius , and the numerous anamoiies of the human mind , & c ., & c . The words we have marked in italics are those we object to . The assertion that Bvnos was corrupt in heart , and that thatcornijjtfonistfcKautficnticatea ' , wc pronounce to be as untrue as it is ungenerous . But we will not merely place our assertion against that of the edition of The Pandora ; we will call svidenceinto court , whose testimony we fancy , not even the Editor of The Pandora will attempt to gainsay . We summon Sir Wavteii Scott . On the news ot Brnox's death , Sir Walter wrote an article on the subject , which was published at the time in one of the Edinburgh papers . In that article the writer
says : — The errors of lord Byron . aroso neither from dspravity Of heart—for nature had not committed the ansmoly of uniting with such extraordinary talents an imperfectmoxal sense—nor from feelings dead to the admiration-of vitfxb-A ' o man had ever a kinder heart for sympathy , oramoreopen Itandforthe relief of . distress ; , and- no mind was ever more formed for the enthusiastic admiration of noble , actions , providing he was convinced , that the actorAhad : proceeded on disinterested principles . Not another woud : is necessary , we would hope , to convince the Editor of The Pandomol . Ms gricvious mistake . With these remarks , vwj , recommend The Pandwato our readers ; they will find that ladys " box '" Bwwih better stored than . ijiey would expect , judging of her bv the stories toid by the poets and w ^ stGsy-niongQrs of the olden &» e .
Memoirs Of An Umbrella, Br G. H^- Netti ...
MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA , Br G . H ^ - nEtti Rodwei . 1—Par j , London : E . Mackenzie , . Ill , Fleet-street , In the Star of July 19 th we gave an article , from 2 ^ ncft , envUl « d " FunchandthcPiekoMandSteal . ers , which article wo , in the main , approved of , otherwise it would not have found a plapf in on , r- columns unless accompanied by comis ^ nta setting forth , our objections . We say we approved of that article in its main points , but it did v < e $ altogether satisfy us : and a subsequent articloon tl \ e same subject which appeared in Punch , bojng in the like manner somewhat pb ^ efe tionable , we will hew explain what our Qfejectfofl 8 .
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. ^ . ? . 1 'eartil y approve of . the * scourgin ^ tJiKA- has given the * pickers and stealers , " who roUhinv of Jus-protluetwds , and undersell Jam fii the-market with Ins own , wares . Tho stage-tlueves , and-the appropnatowof the . Caudle Lectures generally * deserve too , the worst flagellation , Punch can giva . thenu they are sneaks ; cheats , ' and . ' robbers ; andvto spaiio thenj would he ' mercy ; misapplied . " But , wo confess , wade- not see what / air . ground of complaint , -Punch , has in declaring war against those who merely . imitate him in outside form , whether sold at the same , or at a lower price . In animadverting on Joe Mler . , we saidnothing about the form in which Joe appears , or the price at which -Joe is sold ; nor do we thank-, thesematters fan ground of complaint . The ground we
opposed Joe Mller on was , that Joe began UVS << 18 , V <& Y by commencing a . war of scurrilous 'personalitiesabusing parties who for their nobie works sve- worthy of universal admiration ; and that , in sodning ,. he cave currency to doctrines most disgusting and damnable . As to Joe appearing in the sarasilQum as i "«) ieA , and selling for three-halfpence instead . of tUvcc-pcnce , of that wc said nothing ; and in . aUuding toit now , we must say , that although we are . no adlnirmol' the " cheap and ' nasty" system ,. still thveehalfpenceagainst three-penceis perfectly . legitiniate according to all the recognised rules of competitive society . Pwteh , too , is , if we mistake-not ,, something of a Fm-Tmdcr ; ho cannot , therefoEe , consistently find iault with any rival on- thei score oS " cheapness . "
As compared with Joe Miller , iWA-ha » still lessfair ground of complaint against this guAuicationthe J & nioirs o / aa Umbrella . True , in fsrmand price , this publication is similar to Punch , but- thei * all similarity ends . Neither without ( exef tut * in mere form ) nor within , is there any resemblance between the two ; and we do not think it just that the author of the Memoirs of an Umbrella shouldi be , classed with the " pickers and stealers . " . True , we believe , this publication , was , orig inall y advertised to appear " the same sire form , and price
as Punch ; " but there is nothing uncommon , in such announcements . We have had "cato ' inst , " ' -pocket , " and other " editions ! ' of the works of . our novelists and pools , repeatedly advertised as . "similar in size , forni , and price" to the " Waveriey . Novels ,. " or " the works of Byvon " & c , & c . ; and use confess we can see no " pickin ^ antl stealing" in this . We have the highest admiration of- # («< # , and that admiration we have often expressed in no . stinted terms ; but we love truth too well , npt to . object to our favourite , when wo believe him to be in the
wrong . To come now to tlie legitimate subject of this notice—27 ^ Memoirs of an Um hella- ^ of the lii-st number from which we gave some extracts , we expressed our approval , aud that approval of the three succeeding numbers we are bound , to . repeat . The story is good , and in some parts of more than average merit , and contains some well-drawn , though queer , characters—not wanting a spice of caricature in their composition—witness '' the benevolent bill-sticker . " In tho third number is a poweiullv-written , scene entitled "The Fatal Truth , " whioli we onlv regret
is too lengthy to transfer to our columns . The illustrations are excellent ; that in tho third number of Alice and Trevillian is truly beautiful . In the fourth numberisa picture—perfectly exact—of Listox's house facing llyde Park , on tho Knightsbridge-road . The arch of the bridge , with the black sky in the distance , the black waters underneath the arch , and the hand of the drowning suicide alone visible , as if making a last appeal to heaven against the deeds of earth , tire exceedingly striking , The first part contains in all twenty illustrations . The Memoirs of an Umbrella have our hearty recommendation .
The Balloon; Ou, Aerostatic Magaz1ne. No...
THE BALLOON ; ou , AEROSTATIC MAGAZ 1 NE . No . I . August . London : B . Stcill , 20 , Paternoster-row . The project of a monthly journal of Aerostation is certainly a novel one ; whether , however , it will be as successful as novel is questionable . The Editor { llcm-y Wells , Esq ., ^ appears to be an enthusiastic lover of the science of Aerostation , ami . to be , moreover a practical Aeronaut . He indulges in bright visions of the future triumphs of ballooning , predicting all sorts of important uses and purposes to which it will he applied—and that too , he thinks , at no very
distant day . The Editor's style is of the chit-ehatfree-an'd-casy sort , not very profound , but' on that account perhaps the more amusing , This number is . inosfcly occupied with ait account of Mr . Hampton ' s monster balloon , recently destroyed by fire in Dublin , There are also short reports of Mr . Green ' s recent aerial trips ; from lloxton and Chelsea , illustrated by two well executed engravings . The Balloon , wo arc told , is _ designed to prove instrumental in furthering the science of Aerostation , ' and giving publicity to the exploits of its votaries . All wc can say is , we hope the Balloon will "go up . "
The Education Of The Working Classes: An...
THE EDUCATION OF THE WORKING CLASSES : an address delivered by Dr . Smiles , to the members and friends of the Leeds Mutual Ivapvw & mtnt Society . Leeds : Uobson , 50 , Briggate . This little pamphlet , by the editor , of the Leeds Times , which we have been prevented noticing before this week , we have perused with much pleasure . The sentiments therein contained arc highly honourable to Dr . Smiles , and his ideas on- this all-important subject appear to US to be perfectly sound . A few extracts will illustrate this : —
NATIONAL EDUCATION . I have long been impressed with the conviction that the people of this country will not be educated unless they take up the question themselves ; and I do believe that especially the working classes will not be educated unless they bestir themselves in the matter . It is vain to look to Government—indeed I should be most jealous of any Government education . I fear that its education would be a servile one—not calculated to make men's minds free , but to keep them in quiet bondage . The Governments of the Continent have all employed education for this purpose ; and there seem already to be symptoms that the Government of England is but too ready to follow in their footsteps . Should we ever obtain a national system of education in England , it must be
under the control of the people , and not of the Government—under the management of districts and parishes , if you will , but not of centralised power—free and open to all , and not exclusive and sectarian , whether as regards teachers or taught . ' - I should deplore the day that saw the young mind of England put in the leading strings of any ascendant sect or party in Church or State . I should fear that then education would be employed as a kind of stereotyping process—to mould the public mind , through the intellect of childhood , in the dogmas of mere civil aud religious subserviency—to produce a Lethe-like torpor aud a non-resisting compliance with the demands , it might be , of arbitrary power , —as is Actually the case in Austria and China , the two " ucst . cduoated , " and yet among the most despotically governed , empires in the world !
POWEKor TUB PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES . It is not Governments , then , but the people who must educate the people ; otherwise education trill neither effect social progress nor mental freedom . And the people who have already been able to surround the whole earth with , the emblems of their power , —who have created the greatest commerce in the world , —who have embraced the globe iu a net-work of steam communication , and thrown up numerous lines of railroad far more wonderful as works of art than all the architectural wonders of antiquity—who have given liberty within our own day to 800 , 000 Slaves , and yearly send forth tmssvma-ries to convert the heathen in the remotest quarters of the globe , —surely , I say , the people , who have been able to do all this , are able also to furnish the means of education for themselves , and to educate every , even the humblest , member of their own community .
THE CBAND OBSTACLE TO EDUCATION—TaiE IBIURE . It must be confessed , with deep regret , that there is one most serious obstacle to the education of the labouring classes in this country ; but it is one- which , I cannot help thinking , is at present in process of reformation . I allude to the long hours of labour . I say this is deeply to be deplored , as the working classes , during six days of the week , are so constantly occupied in toil , that it is with tho utmost difficulty they can snatch- a few bours for the purpose of mental improvement ; and on the seventh day the law and the custom of the land step in , and close the aveanes of instruction against them . Surely this cannot be the end of our boasted civilisation—to keep the mass of the people mere two-legged beasts of burden , toiling from day to day , and from yaar to year , for a bare
physical subsistence , and ! this ,, too , while the country is overflowing with all the elements of wealth . Is the sole end of civilised society to accumulate riches for a limited class ? Has man no- higher end than toil » . Is it the chief aim of cvvilisatkm to . multiply the productions of the loom , and to produce infinite quantities of hardware , toys , cotton cloth , and . other manufactures » ' Is it the triumph of our vaunted science and art that man should be the mere slave and drudge of the steam-engine '—that he shall be sacrificed- to it , and all his waking hours bo spent in watching the machines that it drives ? Surely no 1 It is not aninfmite multiplication of fabrics that is our highest desideratum , but leisure for the toiling classes to educate and improve themselves . What is the great idea that lias suvaou the mind o £ tn \» age 1 It is the gtawl idea of man—of tho importance of man as man ;; that every human ' . heing has a great mission to pcrfo * mr =-has noMe fapuflifiS to cultivate , great rights to assort ,, a vast
destiny tq . accomplish . And the idea has also , seized hold of thepublio mind , that '" every human beii ^» should have tbe . mpansand the opportunity of education—and of exer . cisjDg freely all the powers , faculties , and , affections of his . god-like nature . What signifies it th » $ cuv machines and our fabrics are improved and multiplied , if our men are not bettered in condition . ? . ' WUaVra & tteYS it how much steam-power we employ , ifij ^ keep man more than ever yoked to the car of toil ? , % , ' \ insist , ' has . a . right to leisure—for the imp ^ oyem ^' ot ; , his mind as well ag , these prervation of his h ^ , - rrleisure to think , lejjuaro to read , leisure to enjoy « . and the true , the benev . ^ ent , the humane , the Chr . is , t ) ft % application of Jajnes ^ att ' s stupendous discovery , of the steam-engine , ipildj be—to abridge , instead , of weveasing the toil , of ,-flip , labouring classes , nud enable them ; to employ ? : $ tji « Wt & us set free , in flie . CUltivattQft and enjoyment , # Ifte hottest faculties of their n ^ ure , This woul d fe ^ t ^ e ^ improvement of Jamw Watt ' s splendid gift ; te » an . i believe thitsucb .
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views s » thi » are now becoming diffused throughout the covmtjy . ; : ana I earnestly trust that ere long we may see tbieiH eamaetl into practical realisation .. : Coa » aent . on the above would be superfluous , as we agree- with ' every word . W & eamesily recommend this , tract to our friends , and shall , be glad to hear ot its being extensively circulated * .
The. Eordwainers' Oomi'anion-Ai-Ocst. Lo...
THE . eORDWAINERS' OOMI'ANION-Ai-ocst . London : Strange , Patcrnoetewow ; Cleave , Shoelane ^ la this number is a charming tafe by Linoii Hu . nt , enfcHl & d "The Shoemaker of . \ % yros . " The remaining contents consist of reports of meetings . and strikes , correspondence , ifcc ., in connsatioB with tllC boot and sh & er a & Vroe ; trade . Wc ararglad to sec that this number is entirely free from , party and personal squabbling ; that quite an improved feeling exists betwixt the Editor ami othsi's-of his craft with whom he was heretofore at war , isavideiitfrom the contents of ibis number . We recommend this publication to ali Qbrdwahws : they wilLiiud it an instructive and ea & ertainlng Companion ,
Toe Truth-Seeker. And Temperance. Advoca...
TOE TRUTH-SEEKER . AND TEMPERANCE . ADVOCATE . Wo have received the " extra number , " Parts I . ; and II ., of this publication dated July 30 th . ThesO ' J parts are mostly filled with ably-written controvee * ; sial articles , in which t !«? . doctrines contended for by ; tho Editor , Dr . Leks , are argued with much warmth and telling ; earnestness . It would appear to bcaft joke to have Dr . Lcts-Jur-an antagonist . * ' His very words * like Highland swords , Divide baitli joint and marrow , " and he lays about him with right good will . Our teetotal friends , and . indeed the public generally will find much iutorasjtng information in these parts of the Truth-Seeker .
Publication's Rsfteived.— « C'Ascs And O...
Publication's RsftEivED . — « c ' ascs and Ot-mwations on Spinal Deformity , " by Samuel Hare , surgeon .
Legal Triumph Of The Women Of Hyde.
LEGAL TRIUMPH OF THE WOMEN OF HYDE .
In A Recent Number Of The Star Wc Gave A...
In a recent number of the Star wc gave a short account of the doings of the Cheshire magistrates in llyde . Five-women , and tlie husbnniloi' one of them , were sent to-gaol for a month , with no other charge against thesa than , as expressed in the warrant of commitment , " walking up and dawn the highways and byeways in the town of Dukiuh ' eld aforesaid , and making a great noise and tumuli , to the great annoyance and molestation of divers of her Majesty ' s liege subjects . " There was no doubt whatever but that these poor women ( one of them was actually cangbfc dancing in the middle of the street ) had been rather excited , and "holloed" rather loudly as they walked " up and down the highways and byeways in the town of Dukinficld aforesaid . " They had gained
a victory at the petty sessions at Asliton , a lew miles off ; and the occurrence made them joyful and uproarious . The factory children came from their work about the same time , and they shouted ; and that , as one of the witnesses for the prosecution solemnly deposed upon oath , " made the noise louder . '" Poor things i What a sin ' . to dave to make a noise when let loose from their hell ! And so it happened that , while they were all shouting together , " divers of her . Maiesty ' s liege subjects" ( that ; is to say , Ashton and SiuouQttam , the magistrates ; Littb , the police inspector ; and Messrs . Swires and Lees , the coalmasters ) " became annoyed , aud felt molested as aforesaid ; and ordered the disturbers of the public peace into handenils and custody . A wan-ant was issued—a ' summons would hare appeared like " conniving at a breach of the peace . " 0 , yes ; a summons would have been " far too lenient a course . "
At the trial , Mr . Roberts for the defendants , concluded that the charge was not a legal offence . It might be unpleasant for parties to hear a noise who did not like it ; but the making a noise was no crime . There was no law against it . The reply was , " All ! but then wo ean do this , Mr . Roberts ; wc can do this , Mr . Roberts ; yes , that we can , and we will too we'll bind them over to keep the peace ! Then they must . pay the costs ; and if they dortt poy the costs we'll send 'em to prison for a month ! That'll teach ' em : that'll make ' cm know . " There was lots more
of it . At last tho women procured their . sureties and tendered them ; but they were told that they must also pay six rou . vns i-on costs . Mr . Roberts again made an indignant appeal for justice ; but it was of of no use . The women were sent to gaol at Knutsford Mr . Roberts followed them , and procured copies of their warrants ; and , thus prepared , immediately went to Stafford . There he brought tlie matter before the judges on the circuit , who immediately granted writs o f habeas corpus ; and on Monday week the question was argued at Shrewsbury . Mr . Huddlcston appeared for the women , and Mr . Serjeant Talfourd for the magistrates and the " divers ot' her Majesty ' s liege subjects ; and after a tough and hardfought contest , the judges decided that the magistrates had acted illegally , axd onDEnisn ihb immediate lib £ - HATI 0 N OF ALL THE PRISOXKUS .
The scene of unbounded joy that followed beggars all description , and the " shouting" and "noise " wore louder than ever . ' We believe , however , that no fresh warrants have been issued by "divers ol her Majesty ' s liege subjects . "
Ksakesbonoooii Weavers.—These Men Arc St...
KsAKESBonoooii Weavers . —These men arc still on strike . The masters are still obstinate , and the men as determined as ever . This is the ninth week of tlie strike ; and , if they can get any support at all , they intend to stand as many months rather than yield . Wc trust that all friends who can render them any assistance will do so . They will have at least the thanks of the ill-used Weavers of Kiiaresborough . Meeti . yg of Miners . —A public meeting of tlie Miners of the Berwick district was held on
Saturday , August 2 nd , on Unthank Moor , which was addressed at great length by Mr . DanieJIs , on the advantages of Union and Restriction of Labour . After which the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That wc consider the Minors' Association eminently calculated to promote the interests and defend the rights of Miners ; therefore , wc pledge ourselves to stand by and assist to carry out the principles of the said Association . " Mr . D . has also addressed other meetings in tho district during tho week .
The MAxemsrat Srrssv . us . —This body of operatives are seeking for an advance of wages . To this end they have sent to each firm and employer the following circular , as the statement of their ease : — We trust you will pardon the liberty we take in thus addressing you , on the subject of another advance of wages . You cannot be surprised at this question being again brought before you , inasmuch as in times of depression of trade , wc have almost invariably to suffer reduction in our wages ; and it is but reasonable to expect that , in times of great commercial prosperity , we ought to reap some of its advantages . About nine months ago , in compliance with our urgent request , you advanced our wages ; and you are no donbfc aware , that a very many other towns ,
namely , Bolton , Chowbent , Tyldesloy , Leigh , Bedford , Astlcy-bridge , Chorley , and Blackburn , have already given a second advance , and several other towns are on the eve of obtaining it ; and wo do venture to hope that the employers of Manchester will manifest the same disposition . Again , when the duty was put upon cotton wool , our wages were materially reduced , and in a memorial sent by us , to Sir Robert Peel , some time since , wc stated , that we had long struggled to ameliorate our condition , but believed that tlwve were oilier causes , than the mere will of our employers , that operated against us , and the duty on cotton wool was one . Wc subjoin a paragraph front the said memorial , from which it will be seen that we believed that its repeal would materially
benefit us as a party : — " Some idea may be formed how heavily tins tax pressess upon this branch of our trade when it is understood that one spinner , working on an average size of Mules , produces no less than SOOlbs . of 40 s . ; TSiAbs . of 80 s . ; lOOOlbs . of 30 s . ; 2000 lbs . of 10 s . of yarn per week . Titus shewing that this ta . v did exceed in amount the actual . earnings of the operative-spinner upon tlie coarser yarns , which is equivalent to a bonus for the encouragement of manufactures in other countries . " The tax is now abolished , and w < $ > know that in consequence thereof , together with the improved state of the market , the late openings to . our commerce , the high price of yarns , and the- low price of cotton , that you can , and wc are willing to believe that you will , allow us
some shave- in the present prosperity of our trade . But there- arc other considerations which have induced us . to solicit an advance of wages , we allude to the growing scarcity of nicccrs , and the effect that such a sc & seiiy must have in raising the wages of this class of workers ; indeed , during the last twelve months , their wages have been considerably augmented , and there is no doubt kit that they will obtain still further advances , owing to tho facility with , which young persons ean obtain better pay , and equally accessible employment . Believe us , tho only way to ensure the respect of the labourer , anil make the employer and tbeemployedmove through life in harmony ( a circumstance alike desirable tobota ^ is , —First , by rewarding industry ; secondly , by _ cultivating a kind , generous , and sympathetic feeling towards each other , thus securing to yourselves , inviolate , the affections of the millions , who would stand around you and yours in the dark hour , of
peril ; and this would make peace and contentment dwell alike in the ' mansion and"the cottage , and capital and labour could rejoice together , In conclusion , we hope that this appeal will not be made in vain . Often has it been said that you , will not give us any increase of wages except by force ; we cannot , we will not , believe this . You . have often told vis thafv you wcreopposed to reductions , ' that if the state qf trade would afford it , you ; would much rather advance wages ; and believing that you now have , owing to the present state of . Wo , an opportunity of proving the sinceritv of your-assertions , wc- hope you will cheerfully , and , si , once , grant th ? reasonable request we now maJ ^ ' namcly , ten pev-ccnt . upon our present wages . W ^ iujusUhat tUfcpresenb amieable feeling which » os < . exists betwn you and to , may notnw % bcbrofcqn , butcemesibed ! the more hrmly . W $ are . ; jHNtfa , ; jnost obediently . Tniitan Muxe £$ jmkb & Ma Ssitf-AciiaB Winders ' -
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A Lbcbt SpECbLAion—Considerable « a > B <> t «» has beenexcitcdin the upper and lower-circles iwth * West End . by a startling piece ol good to ; tunc wincii has befallen James Plush , Esq ., lately lootmaninampcoAcd family in BcrkeJey-sqtiare , One my-m wcofc v Mr . James watted upon his master , who i »» banker in the citv ; and after a little blushing ana hesitation , said he had saved a littlomoneyin service ,-wns . anxiotts to retire , and to invest his savings toadvantage . His master ( we believe v * e may mention ; without offending delieany , the well-known name ot . Sir George Flimsy , of the house of Flimsy , Diddier , and Flash , ) smilingly asked Mr . James what was the » amount of'his saving " wondering considerably how , out of an income of thirty guineas—the main part of
which he spent in couquets , silk stockings , and perfumery—Mr . Plush could have managed to lay by anything . Mr . Plush , with some hesitation said he hail keen specidatiwjiu railroads , and stated his winnings to have been thirty thousand pounds . He had oommenccd his speculations with twenty , borrowed from a fellow-servant . He had dated his letters from the house in Berkeley-square , and humbly begged pardon of his master for not having instructed the Railway Secretaries who answered his applications to apply at the area-bell . Sir George , who was at breakfast instantly vosc and shook Mr , l'lush by the hand ; Lady Flimsy begged him to be seated , and partake of the breakfast which he laid on the table ; and has subsequently invited him to her erand dejeuner at
Richmond , where it was observed that Miss Emily Flimsy , her beautiful and accomplished seventh daughter , paid the lucky gentleman marfced attention . We hear it stated that Mr . Plush is of a very ancient family , ( Hugo do la Plnche came over with the Conqueror ) ; and the new Brougham which he has started , boars the ancient coat of bis race , He has taken apartments in the Albany , and is a director of thirty-three railroads . He purposes to stand for Parliament at the next general election on decidedly conservative principles , which have always been the politics of his family . Report says , that even in his
humble capacity Miss Emily Flimsy had remarked . Uis high demeanour . Well , ' none but the brave / say ' we , deserve the fair . "' This announcement will explain the following lines , which have been put into our box with a a Wcst-cml postmark . If , as we believe , they are written by the young woman from whom tlie Millionaire borrowed the sum on which he raised his fortune what heart will not molt with sympathy at her talc , and ' pity the sorrows which she expresses in such artless language ? If it be not too late ; if wealth have not rendered its possessor callous ; ifpoorMarvannctfls ^ V / o / w ; we trust , we trust , Mr . Plush will do her justice .
JEAMES OV IICCKLEV SQUARE . —A 1 IELIGT , Come all ye gents vot cleans the plate , Come all ye ladies maids so fair—Vile I a story vil relate Of cruel jbambs of Buckley Square . A tighter lad , it is contest , Ifeer valked villi powder iu his aiv , Or vore a nosegay in his breast , Than andsnm Jeames of Buckley Square . O Evnsl it vas the best of sights , Ueiiincl his Master's coach and pair , To see our Jeames in red plush tights , A driving holt * from Uueldey Square . He veil became his hagwiletts , He cocked his at with such a hair His calves and vi » kers ws such pets , That hall loved Jeames of Buckley Square
He pleased the hup-stnirs folks as veil , And o ! I vithered villi dispair , Hisses leoidd ring the parler bell , And call up Jeames in lluckley Square , Both beer and sperrits he abhord , ( Sperrits and beer I can'ta hear , ) You would have thought he vas a lord Down in our All in lluckley Square . Last year-he visper'd , " MAay Hank , Ven I've an under'd pound to spare , To take a public is my plan , And leave this hojous lluckley Squave . " O how my gentle heart did bound , To think that I his name should bear . " Dear Jeames , " says I , " I ' ve twenty jiound , " And gev them him in Buckley Square . Our master vas a City gent , His name ' s in railroads everywhere ; And lord , rot lots of letters vent
Betwigst his brokers and Buckley Square I My Jeames it was the letters took , And read ' em all , ( I think it ' s fair , ) And took a leaf from Master ' s book , As hothers do in Buckley Square . Encouraged with my twenty pound , Of which poor / was unavare , He wrote the Companies all round , And signed hisself from Buckley Square . And how Juun Pouter used to grin , As day by day , share after share , Came rnilvay letters pouring in , " J . Plush , Esquire , in Buckley Square . " Our servants' All was in a rage—Scrip , stock , curves , gradients , hull and beat Villi butler , coachman , groom , and page , Vas all the talk in Buckley Square . But O ! imagine vat I felt
last Vensdy veck as ever were ; I gits a letter , which I spelt "Mis M . A . IIocoiss , Buckley Square . " He sent me hack my money true—He sent me hack my lock of air , And Said , " My dear , I bid ajew 'fo Mart IIann and Buckley Square . Think not to marry , foolish Han . v , With people who your betters are ; James Plush is now a gentleman , And you—a cook in Buckley Square . " I ' ve thirty thousand guineas won , In six short months , by genus rare ; Yet little thought what Jsajies was on , Toor Maky Hann , in Buckley Square . I ' ve thirty thousand guineas net , Powder and plush I scorn to vear ; And so , Miss Mary Hann , forget For never Jeames , of Buckley Square .
TIms vest of the MS . is illegible , heing literary washed in a flood of tears . —Punch . The Duke and the Proverb . —The Italians say , " Every medal has its reverse . " The Iron Dukeseems resolved to illustrate the truth of the proverb . Hence , the Waterloo fighters have "the medal , " ' and the Peninsular veterans , " the reverse . "—Ibid , Makiuace is High Life , —Wc hear that a matrimonial alliance is on the tapis between Daniel O'Connell Esq ,, M . I \ , and Mrs . Molly Maguire , ot Maguire ' s Grove . The estates of the interesting couple arc contiguous ; and we hear there are t » be bonfires over the whole country in celebration of fu » event . —Ibid .
Do Sbsak Exowsir . —A medical witness win ? » w « lately examined in the Grown Conrfc , Milled tVat the prosecutor had sustained a compcrm )! . ' frafiicv of the lower jaw , and the bone was much einnmiiuiiod . ' 'he Judge— " You mean broken in small pimw ? " Witness— " Yes , my Lord several tciftli were detached . " ' The Judge—By which you mem the teeth were , knocked out ? Witness— "Yss , > my JLord . " Tim Judge then told the witness he had better ttfq . plain language , intimating , very properly , that medicalmen as well as others ought to give their testimony hi intelligible terms—in fact , that they were to speak English . Criticism ExiRAonnixAny . —A venerable lady , while reading our Inst notice of Pttbitffe ' s picture of
Adam and Eve , now exhibiting in Grey-street , hewcastle , observed thai , " if Adam had refused togsta the Devil with such a beautiful being as Eve-, he deserved to be kicked out of Paradise , ajylc orna apple !" Ax Ikisii FisiiMOxoEr .. —A householder , to whom an Irishman had sold some stinking mackavel , took him to task , oivthc occasion of his next call , for putting upon him . so foul an imposition . The man coolly replied that Uis customer had himself to blame for letting him cry the fish five days in succession before he bought them . Hion ; FRicE oi ? " Yabss " . —TheJl / anctaexGnar dian says that there is at present a considerable demand for yarns , and that they produce good prices .
It is aob only in Lancashire that this is too ease . O'Connell is traversing Ireland , and spinning yarns at every place of importance , and _ no one aan deny that he * receives a good price for his commodity . At Westminster the supply is somewhat greater than tho demand ; although , to judge from recent exposures ,, prices have been well kept up in that tmmaciohtse locality . However , asgrouse-shootkig commences on the 12 th of August , and , of course , the prorogation will previously take place for their ascommodation , since Honourable Members cannot be expected to attend to public business , however profitable , after that important time , wc may consider the yarn-mar ket as nearly over for the season .
PAntiAME . VTARY Pi'iioteciini £ & - " The Palmcrstoa Sessional Rocket will go up lvsxt week , about ten ; in St . Stephen ' s Chapel . It is expected , he will . as usual , make a very brilliant ascent , after which the " stick" will be seen to , drop . The Premier is rather nervous with respect to its effects , Lord Sianley on the contrary has got rid'of his gout out of delighfc at the anticipated treat , which he will view in . Sflr curity . Esolasd ' s Fondas Hope . —Should tho emergency ever arrive for calling out Peel ' s fifty thousand "halt and maimed , " thomost appropriate word of command would be , " Go it , you , cripples !" The " Goverxqs" no Govkrxor . — Frank Seymour familiarly calls Prince Albert , the " Governor . ' . * This coming toiheearsof the good-natured Prince Consort , he- took occasion to say , . " Ah ! Seymour ? my poy !; lj may be as you tink . do Gobernor , but de debilof lt-is , I hab to deal with tho Governess . ? S ^ ymonrshnddcred .
A $ *« to a r eauto Tradbsman . wA traveller over- tho Alns does no , * , find it needful to he incessantly contemplating the precipices or perils he sees around kim ; he keens his eye upon . tiotrWU & thiafceti irad proccetlb i » safety ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09081845/page/3/
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