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"" The Rogues Are Met. N^S To The Tactic...
"" THE ROGUES ARE MET . n ^ s to the tactics likely to be pursued in Parliament j ^ tneripreienfatrres of wealth , from certain apeecfles , kH ^ and publications ftathave recently appeared , and „ j ] ich leave little doubt on my mind , no time should be lost by the -working classes to prepare for a bold and ^ rons s tand . "— -letter of T , S . Ihtneonibe , £$ q ., to Mr ^ ofShtfM . Ye tolling millions of the land , "Who honestly your living get , 5 ow firmly stand , a faithful band : The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! A selfish , cruel , sotdless set ; Then bravely stand , a faithful band—The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! * ' Peace , order , law ! " your motto be , And molish strife let all forget ; And watch and work with ,
energy—The rogues are met , the rogues are met The rogues are met , the rogues are met I A selfish , cruel , soulless set , Then bravel y stand , a faithful band ; The rogues axe met , the rogues are met ! For danger dire is hovering near , Vfitb toils and snares yonll be beset , 0 ! honest men have cause to fear When rogues are met , when rogues are met The rogues are met ; the rogues are met . ' A selfish , cruel , soulless set ; Then bravely stand , a faithful band .
The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! To bind the poor man ' s helpless hands To mesh mm hi a legal net—To forge for Labour stronger bands—The rogues are met , ihe rogues are met ! The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! A selfish , cruel , soulless set ; Then bravely stand , a faithful band—The rogues aie met , the rogues ace-met 1 But faithful , firm , and true remain , And sure as yon bright sue shall set , Right yet shall reign o ' er might again , Tho' rogues are met , tho' rogues are met Tho * rogues are met , tho * rogues are met , A . selfish , cruel , soulless set , Right yet shall reign o ' er might again , Tho' rogues are met , tho * rogues are met . A Sebf
VISION OF THE FUTBBE . Br J . G . Pkikce . 1 see no splendid tyrant on a throne , Extorting homage with a bauble rod ; jso Senate , heedless of a people ' s moan , tardus tlte produce of the fertile tod ; So sensual priest , withpainper'd pride o ' erblown , Shielding oppression in the name of God 1 No pensioned concubine—no pauper peer , To scorn the widow ' s or the orphan ' s tear . 1 see no bondsman at his brother ' s feet , The weak one fearing what the strong one saith-, 5 o Massed wealth upon the judgment seat , Urging its victims to disgrace or death ; Xo venal © leaders , privileged to cheat .
With truth and falsehood in ihe selfsame breath ; Xo dungeon glooms—no prisons for the poor—So partial laws to render power secure .
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TACT'S MAGAZINE—FimEL-ABr . Ihe present month's number calls for no particular remark . " Celts and Saxons , " a tale , by Mrs . Johnstone , we have not read , having as yet not ^ ecn the commencement , tlielastthreeKos . of the Magazine not having reached us ; but ihe title is an attractive one , and the writer is every way competent to produce a talc of stirring interest . * The article " On Poor Laws , " by George Piamsay , M . A ., we may notice lereaftcr ; the subject of the ScotchPoor Law System is one that requires to be brought before the English
Siple , and we hope to bring it before them shortly , e notices of new works are , as usual with this Magazine , not the least interesting feature of the number The reviews of "Walpole ' s "Memoirs of George III ., " and Serjeant Talfourd' s " Vacation Rambles , " will he found a rare treat , and will give the reader a faithful impression of ihe works themselves . " Letters from Maples , " by Madame WoLFEXsnEBGEn / aremost interesting , and detail Neapolitan life and manners most thoroughly , and we believe truly , though wc are sorry we cannot add agreeably . Here is a description of
THE BEGGARS OF NAPI £ S . The whole road actually swarmed vritb beggars . If jqu carrieda sack of coin , it vravild wot sufiice-for the thousands of miserable wretches who besiege yos with their clamour , and make a spectacle of their infirmities . TVherever you go you are sure to be tlrus surrounded—iu the streets of the city , in the country , and , above alL hi the churches . Tlie crippled , the blind , the maimed , anil diseases are permitted to throng the temples of the DivinUy , and to pursue the derotee , or the stranger , to the very foot of the altar with their importunate petitions for tbaritj ; whilst tiiepriests . in garments of lace , fine linen ,
and precious embroidery , pass them by , as if blind to their misery and deaf to their petitions . The children have absolutely nothing else to do than to beg , and every where foUow the stranger by dozens , with the same mournful whine . But though thepoverry is frightful and real , wc soon found that it was impossible to give alms to one or two without drawing on ourselves the almost distracting pursuit of a crowd of clamorous miserable wretches , who seem obstinately determined to take no Senial . . for is it to the lowest ranks that begging is con-£ nei it has been said , no man in Naples is too proud to be ? : ii .-w are too noble to steal . To cheat is the universal
proiession . Here is a revolting description of the population of the ancient city of Puteoli ( near Naples ) , now
called POZZOOLO . The Market-place of the town , from tlie earliest dawn of day , is crowded with frutt-seners and idlers . Bobouy f rCuTS , 0 do anything but talk and gesticulate . Priests , fishermen , jieasants , children , and women , are there lounging and talkies , morning , noon , and night Every b-jdvexcejn the v riests loots poor ; and yet nobody seems to do anything , except those behind the fruit stalls who STv roasting ehesnu's , or the girls turning their spindles . Tin-createst part of the population here , as in Jfaplcs , etideatly pass their days iu the street , and their houses We such iUlhy dens , it is 110 wonder they are glad to e * Ci ; - ; Srom thein into tlie open air , TllC WOUldl Wash , tolVwjfc , and clean their children in the public eye ; and the istri lounge about with their red or brown nightcaps on thrariu-ads , and their jackets bung on their shoulders ,
Without even taking the trouble to insert their arms in * c sleeves . In rainy weather they are defended by a sick , open on one side , the angle of which forms a kind efhood , by which this rude habiliment haugs suspended from their head . Diseased eyes is a common malady of ttssc Ttnetched bsings , whom suffering renders prematurely old . To those who take anyinterest in the welfare of their fellow-creatures , it is a most painful spectacle to whoia them thus degraded , and destitute of everything ^ fcich tends either to diminish the physical sufferings , or ameliorate the moral condition of man . In health , 30 i JOUth , and fine neither , they are gay and light Of hear : ; bat when these , or the means of gaining a scanty hvehbood fail , there is no provision for the poor , no charifctle dercy , or higher class near , to succour or to console . Ihey die as they hive lived . Unpitiedand anassisted ; and * sy are lhrown into a hole , as we had already witnessed , uocoffined , by dozens together , to rot , and be forgotten .
And these are the descendants of the once proud Rasters of the world ! But ihe main canse of this degradation is sufficiently evident— "Everybody , e die priests , looks poor ! " These locusts fatten * 3 the people starve ; these vampires flourish ^ as Wtions wither ; and their prosperity is the sure sign * a nation ' s misery and slavery . This is evidently Review taken by Madame "Wolfensberoeb , in the wJowing exposure of y THE P 8 IE 3 I 3 . Aaa ¦ dug is a Christian land , a professedly religious Jf , Tvhere Catholic ministers absolutely swarm ; yet * °° U £ n they draw a rich subsistence thence , and are 5 f Br appropriating more and more of the property of the
™ S « . ai , a t ^ jjy j , y tjjjjj , opej , exactions , but by the a legacies of devotees , who are wrought on to make *** ans their heirs , to the ruin of their relatives , what ^""^ ^ othty make to the people , save to encourage *"> m their idleness , and their delusions , and the j gnoof ^ ' **» tiiei r des truction ? TVhat can we think ood yofma ^ o , with gm ^ vast power in their aad ' * ' cIei = y possess in the Mnedom of Kaples , Pressing fliemseltes the servants " of Heaven , yet l £ ljf M »* of their authority for the benefit of their tt 4 Jr ** r € atarfS ; bnt rufller strive , by every means in £ , ^ > prevent She progress of knowledge , which , irj tane to time , breaks in from more enlightened couni * thri on 5 nfte barriers of superstition they consider or sole b usiness to defend *
j TJe materials evidently east insufficient abnndastmJ p ] es io S" " * o another Massaxieu . 0 the fend ** the "Wnmnthe shall declare himself ; for aav ^ se , 7 0 f the people must render them riper for . ui ange-as no change conld possibly make their of th 7 f WOree ihaa a »• But » alas ! if the misery jj ^ nia sseg Would ensure the triumph of a MassacnjjZ ' , F " ; brutal ignorance would not ihe less ij on \? h 3 equentfalL The curse of priestcraft never * ; " A ration , the slave of priests , can d on , T ^ or winning , can never preserve itsfreeth ^ j ^^ P'es ftere isno fieedom of thought , no Stagnant I' ^ ne naman mind is corrupted and Ji ^^"" Pro gress is unknown . Madame Wo » - Wsste ^ Saj 8 » "Nothing progresses , save the ^^ nS ^ *****^ *** « fen « te « " tf " 0 eTeiy *&¦ ¦** tf Bmnbera andtheorpower . " Alas , poor Italy !
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J « aS BI l TALES , conducted by Mrs . I « kIo ^ Tan ^ EdmbuTghjCliapmanandHall , j ^ SSJ of ti " 86 "Tales" was welcomed ' * a &? ^^ epopular literature of the *<* % of the sunpoVt 0 f the public . Wc
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m * Xt ^ fi j H &»* monthly part , and wo vSvSu t ? - ^ ^ " MoW of promise" is IS Wfcg ? ! ° . m "fr « it of Perform-+ fc » ; lbSpart conta " » two complete talcs , and the commencement of a third .. The first of these , loong Mr . Roberts three Christmas dinners , " while convepg an excellent moral winch airwomen , but especial y young wives , mav studv with advantage , is not less amusing than it is instructive . The description of the second Christmas dinner , in which the shabby gentceT' is exhibited to perfection , is ludicrous m the extremeWe regret cannot
. wc anord room for the kitchen sicne , with the accompaniment of Biddy tJuisrenan ' s eloquence . The second piece , * "Mary Anne ' s Hair , " is a beautiful tale of woman ' s love . The onlv fault we have to find with this tale is , that the conclusion is so obscure that we deem it exceedingly likely that one half who read it will mistake the most important point of the conclusion . This is a pity , as the denouement , if told m somewhat plainer words , would have added to , instead of depreciated the interest-of the storv . From this tale we give the following graphic picture of
OLD BAILET JUSTICE . Who that lias once seen tlie general aspect , and watched the proceedings of that yawning mouth of Avenius can ever forget ttl 'Wh y have we not moral as well as historical painters ? Hogarth has left us some striking lessons , and Cruiksliauk has done something : —the Old Bailey alone , every day of the Sessions , might have furnished numbers without number . It was about ten o ' clock when I entered the court . Before eleven I had seen at least six cases tried , and as many juvenile thieves found guilty , and left ready , at a future day , to be sentenced in the lump . I mean , in one day , or rather one hour , to be condemned by the score to the hulks , transportation , whipping , or imprisonment . There wa ' s comjilete division of labour here . I endeavoured to ascertain
what cases stood nest to come on . No one could tell . Probably no one there distinctly knew . It seemed all matter of accidentor caprice ; and all was crowd , hurry , buzz , hustle , and contusion . 1 was at a loss whether to remain where I was , or at once repair to Xewgate , when my resolution was fixed h y themumbled callfor a prisoner / whose name , at least to my fancy , resembled " Lyndsay Boyle ;" and the young man himself was brought forward , escorted iu the usual manner , —changed , indeed , from what I had seen him some months before . I could not look upon the poor youth without deep interest and compassion . His case appeared to excite considerable curiosity . The court became crowded aud choked up by all kinds of people . I was pushed back , and , from the noise , confusion , and hubbuh on every side , it was impossible , from the place where I stood at last jammed in , to hear one word distinctly of the trial proceeding before me in dumb show . I looked on the unfortunate culprit , aud the
pantomime of justice performing before me , with a swell of indignant feeling which I shall not describe . The attorney , with whom I knew poor Mary Anne had left her hard-earned money , was visible in the croud , but distant from the bewildered prisoner , gesticulating violently , as if calling , or pretending to call , to the officers of the court to get forward his witnesses—searching , or pretending to search , for the counsel who held the brief , and who could not ha found , The bench naturally grumbled . I was afterwards told that very unusual patience and indulgence had been shown to the prisoner . It was indeed fourteen minutes by my watch from the time he was placed at the bar till the thrilling shriek of a female voice followed the awful guilty ; and in the gallery , to which I now first looked , I saw a green gauze veil falling with the sinking head . The shriek of woman ' s agony was in those days not so rare in that court as to produce any very marked sensation .
Remote Vie woman . ' was but a customary official mandate . I pressed forward to take my goddaughter from the officers who hastened to conduct , or carry her out . He is sold—the poor fellow is sold ! were the indignant whispers and exclamations of the respectable persons around me , in whom free notions of the rights of property , aud the habit of thieving , had by no means ohliterated all sense of natural justice , whatever the virtuous may think . Their sympathy with Boyle was lively and intense . Many of the poor wretches had probably passed through the same ordeal , or were liable t © it . As I pushed through the crowd , I came upon the attorney , who had been apparently in hot pursuit of the counsel , now first found . Bless my soul ! cried the attorney , but this is really unlucky . —Has that man a SOUlbj which to bless himself ? Ha ! the case closed , replied the . counsel , wheeling round , and , flirting his bundled briefs , involving the fortune sof probably some other half dozen wretches , he scampered off to another court .
And is my evidence to be wholly useless f—not to be heard , sir ! said a decent-looking young tradesman , who now found the attorney that had been in search of him . I have waited here every day this week , and this is Thursday , to give evidence , which I am morally certain would have cleared Uv . Lyadsay Boyle . We must now see what can be done through the Pardon Power , said the attorney . If he has friends , mere is no fear of Win yet . But if he have none ? said the witness . The attorney shrugged bis shoulders . I have a dozen cases here to-day—good bye , sir—write to his friends , if you wish him well , to move the Pardon Power—even that takes cash : —make way for the lady—fainted , poor thing !
We have much pleasure in recommending this work to our readers ; it is one of the very best of the current publications ; and we hope will have a circulation equal to its merits .
Wade's London Review—February. This Maga...
WADE'S LONDON REVIEW—February . This magazine is the New Edinburgh re-christened , and we think very judiciously so . At the outset we objected to the title , suggesting that London would be a much more appropriate name than Edinburgh Re view . Others of our contemporaries raised tho like ejection ; and the Editor , in compliance with the general wish of his friends , has thrown off the imitative ^ guise , and boldly taken his stand on his own merits , which we think quite sufficient to ensure him success with his literarv venture .
The first , second , and third numbers of tlrs Review have already been noticed in the Star , but the fourth number we have not received . This is unfortunate , tor we miss the second article of the series on "Religious Changes , " by far the most able and interesting articles which have appeared in this publication . The third article under this head , embracing the history of the origin and settlement of the " Church of England , " is contained in the present number . Dow far the " Reformers , " as they have been called , were really friends to religious liberty , may be gathered from Ci-anmer ' s revision of the canon law , in which denial of the truth of Christianity was made punishable with deatli ! Fortunately this atrocious code never became the law of the land , it never having
obtained the sanction of royal authority . Queen Elizabeth appears to have been but an indifferent Protestant on her first assuming regal power ; the changes , however , that she deemed requisite she enforced vigorously . Of the ten thousand ecclesiastics who had " been sworn Catholics in the preceding reign only about onehundred gave up their benefices , rather than conform to the new order of things ; su that the famed " Vicar of Bray" was by no means the first of his order who , regarding Christianity as a " nose of wax , " have shaped and twisted it to suit their own ends . We have in this article an amusing sketch of that sublime ass , the "High and Mighty Prince James , " as the state-bible-mongers style hini . From tills valuable article we give the following ext * act : —
SEICV OP JAMTS FIBST . BESCT / TS OF BIBtEISST . That the age was rude is notorious ; -one of royal favouritism and courtly licentiousness—of hypocrisy , treachery , and espionage ; of secret poisonings , bloody executions , and savage minders . It was an age of one looka very good one undoubtedly , but not commensurate to the diversified exigencies of society . The manual of life , all that men reasoned , argued , and quarrelled concerning , was the Bible and its conflicting interpretations ; it formed the sole cyclopedia of science , ethics , natural philosophy , ecclesiastical and political government . It was from this armoury all weapons of controversy were derived ; all authorities deduced ; all perplexing and mystifying texts quoted . Tn such a limited field , with such stinted intellectual resources , it was impossible men could advance in
knowledge , unanimity , or toleration . They were a prey to the conceits , fancies , and fluctuating impulses of narrow and half-literate guides , and the questions which occupied them were seldom more important or cogently supported than those of the Muscovite doctors . In a controversy of these northern sages , when the question was" Whether the practice of smoking tobacco was a sin ?" the respondent maintained that it was lawful to get drunk with brandy , but not to smoke ; because tlie Holy Scripture saith , "that which proceedeth out of the mouth defileth a man , while that which entcretli into it doth not defile him . " It is understood that there is hardly any puerility , idolatrv , Jesuitism , or extravagance , from
Atheism to Diabolism , that a little perverse ingenuity may not bless with some equivocal translation of textual authority . Even the perdition creed of St . Athanasiusis not wholly unaccredited , and the late Archbishop Magee used to refer to the 16 ffi chapter of St . Mark , as the divine authority for its eternal maledictions . A precious picture of the workings of the " blessed book . " " It was an age of one book , " says the writer , and ihe fruits of the teachings of that book were , "licentiousness , hypocrisy , treachery , espionage , secret jyotsoninas , bloodii executions , and savage murders . " "By their fruits ye shall know them ! " Our next extract exhibits the
" PAMNABLE DOCTRINES" OF CALVINISM . Worse than sorcery ov witchcraft , in the first Smart ' s reign , the whole island , from the land ' s End to Jolm-o-Groat ' s , was overshadowed with the deadly nightshade of Calvinism . Thuggism would be a more suitable name ; for it is only in the sanguinary delusions of the assassins of the east , who pervert horrid crimes into consecrated virtues , that a fit parallel can be found to the extremes of the Geneva school which in place of divine beneficence plants a macerated demon ; blind , truculent , and indiscrinrinative . Frightful as is the creed of the Calrins , Knoxes , and Melvilles in its rigour , it must be remembered as a feature of the period , that ninety assembled divines ( five of them deputies of King James ; , having the fear of God before their eyes and the holy Scriptures in their hands , after some months' deliberation at Dort , among other emiallv pious and plausible matter , declared , "that God , by an absolute decree , hath elected to salvation a very sinoH number of men , without any regard to their faith or obedience whatever , and excluded from saving
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grace all the rest of mankind , and appointed them by the same decree to eternal damnation , without any regard'to their infidelity or impeuitencv . " Even up to the present time , m the formularies ot Scotland , it is affirmed that they who having never hoard thegospel know not Jesus Christ , and believe not iu 1 dm , carfnot be saved , be they ever so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature , or the laws of that reli gion which they possess . " This article concludes with the following remarks on °
BELIOION . The general and final conclusion from our comparative view , it is likely , will be , that religion has ever been the tost handmaid of civilization , but that it does not advance with advancing intelli gence ; that it is quickly corrupted by power , becomes intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , ' and immoral ; that it is unequal to the supreme government of a refined people , and its first mission fulfilled to barbarous or half-civilized men , iu next appropriate place is subordwatiou to the civil authority , and its crude and stunted dogmas to the interpretation of an ever expanding literature , science , and philosophy .
If religion is " corrupted by power , " is "Intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , and immoral , - " if its " crude and stunted dogmas" require to be ruled by "literature , science , and philosophy , " why should the evil be permitted to exist at all ? Or , rather—for so long as knaves can find-dupes upon whom to practise their arts , religion will continue to exist—why should not every effort be made by the enlightened to free the minds of the many from the grovelling superstitions wluch have hitherto kept them " priest-led slaves , " and made them tlie victims of every fraud and wrong ? Until this be accomplished , the freedom of the human i \ acc is unattainable . There are some very able reviews of new works in this month ' s number , including Gregg's " Commerce of the Prairies ; " Mr . Johnston ' s '" Travels in Abysmia ; " and " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation ! " Fromthe review of Johnston ' s " Travels " we give the following picture of
ABYSSINIAN CHRISTIANS . The manners and the superstitions of the Shoan population , as described both by Major Harris and Mr . Johnston , after nearly eighteen centuries of firmly established Cliristianity , might suggest a lesson to a large class of people in this country , who fancy they are doing all that is needful towards promoting the cause of religion and humanity by the mere fact of causing savages to profess their favourite creed . Xo people fulfil more rigorously than the Shoans all the external forms of religion . The power of the priesthood is immense : it alone is strong enough to control the will of the despot who rules them ; yet , according to Major Harris , a more bloodthirsty and cruel , filthy , false , and rapacious people than these Christians of Shoa can hardly exist . As their king said of them to his English visitors , " they ave had . "
The Autobiography of the Editor is continued , and is most Instructive and interesting . On the whole , we like the appearance of this number much . If continued in the like spirit , and with the same ability , Wade's London Review must and will succeed .
The Family Herald. Part Xxl—Bioos, 421, ...
THE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXL—Bioos , 421 , Strand . Of all the cheap miscellanies combining information and amusement for the " million , " weknownone worthier of approval than the Family Herald . Rightly it is named Family ; its contents rendering it a most fitting companion tbr the family circle . We have facts and philosophy for gentlemen ; hints and entertainment for ladies ; questions and diversion for youth ; and recreation and harmless pastime for all . In the words of the motto on the cover of this publication , it will be found , " interesting to all—offensive to none . " In common with several other publications , the Herald contains a translation of Euoene Sue's famous work , " -The Wandering Jew . " But
beyond this , the Herald contains an immense mass of reading which but very few of the cheap publications can compete with . Indeed the Herald will advantageously bear comparison with not a few of the dear-priced periodicals . One most interesting feature of the Herald is the editorial articles of its principal conductor . Ranking in our opinion with Thomas Carltle as one of the most original thinkers of the present time , wo have reason to believe that in the pages of this publication , he is read by some thousands , with an interest not easily described . Our belief ofcthis is grounded on the individual instances that have come under our notice ; and when we state
that the Family Herald circulates something like fifty Hiovsand copies weekly , the actual readers probably amounting to at least four times that number , the reader will see that we have good ground for our belief . The present Part contains excellent articles from the pen of the Editor on the following subjects : — " Symbolical Clothing ; or the Surplice and Gown analogically considered . " "North and South ; or Mental and Moral Magnetism . "' . "Temper ; good and bad tempers , and then- respective uses . " " Credulity and Incredulity , Superstition , and Science ;" and "The Movements , Political and Domestic . " Wc give the following extracts , all wo can find room for , from the article on " Credulity and Incredulity . "
CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF PAGANISM . When Christianity came into heathen lands , it had an immense work of destruction before it , and that is yet far from being accomplished . Tet the process of the invasion of heathen practices has been conducted with wonderful method and propriety . Instead of suppressing them entirely , it partly adopted them . It converted the image of Jupiter into the statue of St . Peter—it imitated the rituals , vestments , fasts , and festivals of Paganism , and destroyed their profanity by consecrating them anew , and baptising them anew . It thus succeeded in changing the old names—and by building splendid cathedrals , and
ordaining splendid ceremonies , and founding new ordersthe old religions went out , whilst the old national superstitions practically remained . This was all that Romanism could do ; aud when it had accomplished this its mission , something more was required . Even to this day the peasants of Spain will turn round the image of the Virgin that stands on their mantel-piece , when they proceed to do anything which they fear will offend her delicacy . This is a remnant of Paganism which contains some little moral beauty to atone for its absurdity ; but still it is a remnant which Ilomanism does not oppose , and cannot extinguish .
A SIXPEtfMT WIND . Sir Walter Scott , in his notes to the Pirate , describes an < old woman of Stromness , whom he visited , whose name was Bessie Millie , and who lived by selling winds to the sailors . " He was a venturous master of a vessel , " says Sir Walter , " who left the roadstead Of Stromness without paying his offering to propitiate Bessie Millie . " Her charges wen > very moderate , only sixpence for a favourable wind , and the sailors paid it with a look between jest and earnest . For this sixpence , she" boiled her kettle , and prayed for the vessel that paid it , and she said the wind was sure to come sooner or later . She was nearly a hundred years old wlieu Sir Walter saw her , and there is no reason to doubt that the old kirnmer believed in her own influence .
A W 0 CD FOIL SIIAKSP £ ABE AND THE FAIBIES . A dark and gloomy superstition is one that is not likely to gain or keep ground in an age like this ; and it is only such a superstition that can prove detrimental to our temper , our morals , or our understanding . We care not how much the people believe in fairies and men of peace ^—the dunshee of the Scottish Highlanders . The faith will do tliem little harm , so that it does not enslave them , but supplies them with inteieRting topics of song and of thought . The rigid censure of scientific matter-of-fact incredulity we do not much admire ; and we felt very little respect for the understanding of a scientific regenerator , who , in a public lecture , at which we formed one of the audience , declared that such poets as Shakspeare and
Milton , who spoke of fairies and ghosts , and other bug-abeara , as matters-of-fact , tended more to debase than to cultivate the human mind ; and concluded by a singular expression of hope , that the day would soon come when we would have a Shakspeare of our own , who would affirm nothing but what was in strict conformity with the demonstrations of science ! A mathematical dramatist ! a geological Shakspeare ! a physiological Milton ! Why , the very beauty of poetry is its non-sense , aud the charm of an innocent fairy superstition is its absurdity . Make it too rational and it proves injurious . Ita mystery ^ and unintelligibility are not the least of its recommendations . The beautiful may be within our reach , but the grand and sublime are beyond it .
Immense as is the present sale of the Family Herald , we hope still to see it increase and multiply , and to that end advise all who have not hitherto made its acquaintance to make it forthwith , and judge of its merits for themselves .
The Chronicles Of The Bastile. T. C Ncwb...
THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . T . C Ncwby , 12 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . We continue our extracts from this excellent work Pressed for room , we must defer further comment We shall return to-the subject next week .
THE CKAMDEB OF TOETURE . —THE BOOT . For the last time , said he , I ask thee , Baron de St . Auney , to confess thy crime and thy accomplice . Here is the paper : wilt thou sign it ? The baron waved his hand negatively—for his anguish was too intense to permit him to speak—and tremblingly awaited the result . D'Argensou no sooner understood the sign , tha n he leaped from his chair , aud striking the table with his clenched hand , exclaimed , with a frightful oath , that made even the hardened assistants shudder : By heaven thou shall sign it ! A few glances were now interchanged between the parties : St . Marc took D'Argenson ' s place , whilst he advanced with Corbe and Riquelct to the spot where tlie baron was standing ; beckoning the soldiers , the latter p laced their muskets against the wall , and seised their unfortunate victim .
The calmness of the baron at this juncture was frightful to behold ; it was evident that he maintained it only at the expense of an immense effort ; large drops of cold perspiration streamed down his cheek , from every pore ; his teeth were firmly set together , and hia lipi compressed , but though his countenance was pallid , it indicated no irresolution : when they laid hands upon him , he turned his eyes to heaven , hia lips moved , ' and a tear fell from his eyes : here all outward emotion ceased . Bind him yonder , said D'Anjenson , pointing to the woodenpost at the other end of the chamber ; Eu , to thy office . ;
The Chronicles Of The Bastile. T. C Ncwb...
This f unctionary immediatel y cast off his jerkin , and baring his arms / bound the baron ' s to the wooden pillar , so that . be could not move ,. whilst the lieutenant of police signed to Coihe and Riquelct to fetch the boot , which was very ponderous . They then proceeded to strip their unfortunate victim ' s legs and feet ,. and to place one of them in _ the machine , Bu holding it the while ; when everything . was prepared , D'Argenson again asked the baron to Sign the paper , but he again refused , and in the most peremptory manner ; Screw exclaimed D'Argenson : Ru looked up at him irresolute . Ventre Men . ' dost hear nvs ? reiterated he . Thus admonished , the porte-elefs began very slowly turning a small pivot with a hand-winch , that , by a aimpie piece of mechanism , caused by the iron plates and springs of which the boot was constructed , t » collapse gradually together until , from the knee downwards , the wretched victim' : ! leg-was ' compii-teiy encased therein ; still he did not flinch :
Harder ! harder ! vociferated the lieutenant of police ; sang dieu ' . ' - - The porte-clefs appeared to struggle very hard to get the winch to turn , becoming exceedingly purple in the face with the exertion , but the more he tried , the less the winch moved ; at last ho stopped , wiped his face on the back of his hand , and asked to be accommodated with a glass of wine . . Go on ! cried D'Argenson ; thou shalt have wine when we have done . But although Ru resumed his operations upon the winch , it obstinately refused to stir ! upon which , the lieutenant broke out into a voUey of execrations intermingled with throats of putting Ru himself to the torture if he did not do his duty . The screws are rusty , said that individual , and the springs too ! Let me try , exclaimed Corbe , pushing the other away ; I'll make it turn .
Seizing the winch with both hands , he turned it round twice or thrice with the greatest ease , much to the apparent astonishment of the porte ^ lefs ; the effect of this manipulation soon manifested itself ; the baron shuddered , and the hue of Ids complexion turned almost to the Uvidity of death ; still he spoke not . Wilt thou sign ? cried D'Argenson in his ear . Never ! replied De St . Auney , in a husky voice . Screw ! shouted the former ; and again Corbe applied himself to his hideous task . There goes the knee-pan ! observed Ru , as a slight report like that of a walnut being cracked , fell on his ear . Wilt thou sign the paper 1 demanded the lieutenant of police , trembling , and wiping the water from his forehead : the baron shook his head * . Screw ! screw ! Umnere dieu ! shouted his persecutor , and again Corbe resumed his work .
There succeeded a very brief pause , when a second small report was heard ; That ' s the ancle-bone , muttered the portejitffs . Wilt thou Sign now ? demanded D'Argensou again , in a hurried , anxious tone ; thy daughter shall go free ! I swear it , by St . Mare ! This was his patron saint . Give me the pen , said the baron , in an almost inaudible voice . D'Argenson snatched the pen from the hand of St . Jfarc—who had been taking minutes of the proceedings —and ordering Ru to loose the baron ' s arms from tlie leathern thongs that confined them , presented him the pen , converting tho crown of his beaver into a temporary writing-desk , and spreading out the paper upon it : it purported to be a confession made by the Baron de St . Auney , acknowledging himself guilty of the forgery of the bond ostensibly signed by the Sieur St . Angin . ~
The sufferer , with an effort to suppress any expression of the agony he endured , took the pen , and rapidly tracing the words False ! false ! at the foot of the document , appended his name thereto ; this done , his arras dropped , and he would have fallen down , had not one of the soldiers caught liim ; he had fainted . Mort dieu ! shouted the thunderstruck and enraged lieutenant , looking at the paper ; cheated ! Screw ! screw ! He can ' t bear any more now , observed Riquelet , who on these occasions officiated in the double capacity of confessor and surgeon ;
Unscrew him then , and take him to his cell , replied D'Argenson ; curses on him ! Tearing the document into fragments , he beckoned St . Marc to follow him , and quitted the horrid scene , venting his rage in execrations .
A Bowl Of "Punch" Freshrrewed
A BOWL OF "PUNCH" FRESHRREWED
We Advise Everybody To Buy And Read This...
We advise everybody to buy and read this week ' s Punch ; both its literary contents and illustrations are excellent . "The Valentines for 1845 " comprise—Graham , as "The Vegetable Pill Vendor ; " Sir Peter Laurie , as " The Penitent Knight" put down : Looia-PnitrrrE , as " Shakspeare ' s Nurse ;" Brougham , as " The Political Pirouettist ; " Gibbs , as "The Civic Jeremy Diddler ; " and Albert , as " The Prince of Sportsmen . " The idea of the principal illustrations is from Dickens' Chimes , " Bowley interrogating Trotty Veek . " The characters are Sir J . BovAev Sir R . Peel ; Lady Bowley Duke of
Wellington ; Trotty Vcck Lord John Russell ; Mr . Fish Sir James Graham . Anything better conceived and executed never appeared in our contemporary than these characters . The real of p olitical life , and the ideal of Dickens' book , are admirably combined . Of the literary contents , the article headed " The Health of the' Labourer , " by Q . [ Douglas Jehhold ] is by far the best . We' shall endeavour to find room for it next week . In the meantime , we repeat , buy this week ' s Punch ; buy Punch every week , and help to diffuse the truths of which he is the inimitable exponent .
TUB LABOURER ' S LOVE-80 NQ A plague upon thy head , thou dove U . I envy thee thy fate ; Like mito thee I have a love , But not , like thee , a mate . A plague upon my own fond heart That was not made of stone , Without a throb , without a smart , To go through life alone . What right have I aloft to gaze Upon the sunny skies , Whence , evermore , my fancy strays Unto a pair of eyes ? And wherefore should the rosy morn Remind me of a cheek 1 O ! I could laugh myself to scorn , For that I am so weak . Do I mistake myself , in truth ,
For sovno . grant lord or 'squire % What can a hind , a lout , forsooth , More than a brute , desire \ What , hath he passions , thoughts , and powers , More than a hog can foel ? Pshaw!—let me crush them , —like the flowers . Beneath mine iron heel . I , that can scarce my daily bread With bitter labour earn , Have I a tear for love to shed , A heart with love to burn ? What more than bacon needs a clown 1—
Would I'd enough of that!—Give him his beer ; and let him . drown Ht 3 passion in the vat . When yonder Church would lure thee on With visions of a bride , Turn thee , thou fool ! and think upon The building by its side . There stands the Wobkhoubb—look with awe Upon that place of dread , Where paupers go , who break the law Which says—Thou shalt not wed . toasts akd sentiments foe LANDLORDS M A 8 BICUL .
TOBAZi MEETINaa , The Agricultural Labourer!—at seven shillings a week . The Hobnailed Shoe!—and may the wearer never kick at starvation . The Smock Frock and its Tatters!—to which we owe our rents . Success to the farmer t—and the benefit of it to the Landlord . The Landed Interest!—a thousand percent , on the land ' s produce . Order , Economy , and the Workhouse ! The Preservation of Game , and the Gaol !
The Richmond Coronet . —At the Agricultural Protection gathering , the Duke of Richmond said the brightest jewel in his coronet was his care of the labourer . " The brightest jewel in a crown , " is an old phrase ; now , it comes down to the coronet . In like manner descending , some commoner landlord may declare that his treatment of the labourer is the deepest bit of black in his beaver . Sinful Sabbath Oranges . —Daniel Crawley , a little boy , wa 8 charged at the Southwark Office before Mr . Trail with selling oranges on Sunday . Mr . Trail discharged the offender with an admonition , telling
him that by selling fruit on Sunday he was breaking the Sabbath , and for which he was liable to be committed for a month to gaol . " This ia nothing but right . We have only to reflect upon the number of West-end fishmongers and confectioners at this moment in gaol for selling their goods on aSlinday , to feel that Daniel Crawley , the orange-boy , has had a very fortunate escape . A Notice of Motion . —The following notice , written on a little piece of paper , after the fashion of the memoranda left on the doors of barristers' chambers , has been suspended to the knocker of Mr . Leader ' s residence in Lowndes-square : —
© one to Cannes . Won ' t be back till next Election
The Walbbook Pet . —It seems that the city of Lyons can boast of a Sir Peter Laurie , who is determined to put down "hissing , hooting , and all marks of disapprobation whatsoever in the theatre ! " having issued a mayoral edict to that effect . By-the-by , a certain Lord Mayor would find a similar proclamation very useful in the city , providing he has the courage to attempt another 9 th of November . And vbrv bear too . '—The title of Due d'Isly was offered to Marshal Bugeaud , but declined by him , at first , as it involved an expense of 18 , 000 francs . The Duke of Marlborough says , "He wishes he had known this , as the Marshall might have had his title for one-half the amount . "
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The Barberisi Vase.—The Celebrated Bavbe...
The Barberisi Vase . —The celebrated Bavberini vase , broken in so singular a manner in the British Museum last week , was , for more than two centuries , the principal > ornament of the Bavberini Palace . This vase was purchased of Sir Wm ; Hamilton , considerably more than thirty years ago , for 1000 guineas , by the Duchess of Portland , since which period it has been generally known by the name of the Portland Vase .- Itwaslfound about the middle of the sixteenth century , two miles and a half from Rome , in the road leading from Frascati . At the time of its'discovery the vase was enclosed in a marble sarcophagus * within a sepulchral chamber , under tho mount called Monte de Grano . The material of which the vase is
formed is glass : the figures , which arc executed in relief , are of a beautiful opaque white , and the ground is in perfect harmony with the figures , and of a dark transparent blue . The subject of those figures is extremely obscui'o , and has not ' -hitherto received a satisfactory elucidation ; but the design and the sculpture arc both truly admirable . Without noticing any of the theories or conjectures that have been made about them , the following is an account of the several figures : —In one compartment three exquisite figures are placed on a ruined column , the capital of which is fallen , and lies at their feet , among other disjointed stones ; they sit under a tree on loose piles of stones . The middle ' figure is a female in a reclining and dying attitude , with an inverted torch in her left hand ,
the elbow of which supports her as she sinks , while the right hand is raised and thrown over her drooping head . The figure on her right hand is a man , and that on the left a woman , both supporting themselves on their amis , and apparently thinking intensely . Their backs arc to the dying figure , and their faces are turned to her , but without an attempt to assist her . On another compartment of the vase is a figure coming through a portal , and going down with great timidity into a darker region , where he is received by a beautiM female , who stretches forth her hand to help him : between her knees is a large and playful serpent . She sits with her feet towards an aged figure , having ono foot sunk into the Cartll , and the other raised on a column , withjiis chin resting on his hand . Above the female figure is a cupid preceding the first figure , and beckoning him to advance . This first figure holds a cloak or garment , which he seems anxious to bring with him , but which adheres to
theside of the portal through which he has passed . In this compartment there arc two trees , one of which feends over the female figure , and the other over the aged one . On the bottom of the vase there is another figure on a larger scale than the one we have already mentioned , but not so well finished nor so elevated . This figure points with its finger to its mouth . Tho dress appears to be curious and cumbersome , and above there is the foliage of a tree . On the head of the figure there is a Phrygian cap ; it is not easy to say whether tin ' s figure is ' male or female . On the handles of the vase are represented two aged heads , with the ears of a quadruped , and from the middle of the forehead rises a kind of tree without leaves ; these figures arc in all probability ornaments , and have no connection with the rest of the figures , or the story represented on the vase . This superb specimen of Greek art was deposited in the British Museum , in 1810 , by his Grace the Duke of Portland .
Tnr . Electric Telegraph . —Tho first trial of the electric telegraph from London to Southampton and Gosport was made on Friday , Jan . 31 st . The telegraph was constructed by Messrs . Oooke and Wheatstone , the patentees , for the joint use of the Admiralty and the South Western Railway Company , between Nine Elms and Gosport , a distance of eighty-eight miles . Mr . Cooke left London by the three o ' clock train , and stopped at Bishopstoke , seventy-two miles . He then proceeded by the next train , and an hour was occupied in carrying the wires into the office at Gosport , on the branch line ; so that it was only at a little before ton o ' clock that , all things being ready , he dispatched the first signal to London . Four or five minutes of anxiety ehvpfied
before any reply was obtained , when his assistant in London excused his inattention on the ground of having fallen asleep before the fire ! The signals passed with the utmost precision , and a long conversation passed between hia London correspondent over the intervening distance of eighty-eight miles . The perfection of the system of insulation was thus proved . The experiment had not been before tried until seventy-two miles were completed , when the apparatus was applied at Bishopstoke about a fortnight back . Directions to Ills London assistant to start for Gosport by the first morning ' s train closed the correspondence for the night . Professor Wheatstone joined , by appointment , at Nine Elms , about twelve next morning , and some thousand signals took their flight between London and Gosport . In Mr .
Wheatstone ' s experiments no perceptible time was occupied hi transmission . Among many others the following inquiries and answers , preceded by the ringing of the alarum , occupying about four minutes , were made at the request of one of the company ' s officers : — " Have you any mackerel for to-night ' s goods train ? " " No , they cannot catch them now . " " Why not V " Because ihe nights are moonlight , and the fish see the net . " Other communications respecting the shipping took place . Subsequently the professor ' s new magneto-electric telegraph was brought into a long circuit of wire , and worked to perfection through 288 miles . The apparatus dispenses with the batteries altogether , a steel magnet being the source of power . The Admiraltv are to
have a pair of these machines , and a pair of Wheatstone's pointing telegraphs , for their distinct use . For railway purposes Mr . Cooke prefers his twoneed le telegraph , " and in this opinion Professor Wheatstone agrees , as its rapid colloquial questionand-answer character is _ perfectly adapted for railway exigencies . There is a good deal of painting to to be done on the line , which will require fine weather and some days to complete . As soon as that is done the apparatus will again bo worked , and two wires placed at the command of the Lords of the Admiralty ; the other two , with the branch telegraph to
Southampton , will remain hi the company ' s hands for their own railway purposes and the use of the public . Mr . Cooke is prepared to accept a challenge to lay down a telegraph from London to Falmouth , Liverpool , ov Edinburgh , without any intermediate stages . The last practical difficulty is overcome by the present system of insulation . The entire cost of the telegraph between London and Portsmouth is £ 24 , 000 , to be paid in equal proportions by the Admiralty and the company ; and negotiations arc being entered into with Government for laying down sections of it on the Chester and Holyhead lino , now in course ol construction .
Geological Coniositv . —Not the least curious and interesting of the phenomena which rank themselves under the head of "geology" is the finding of live animals imbedded in stones at such depths Beneath the surface of the earth as to render it extremely improbable that they had ever lived upon it , and make it probable that they must have existed since the beds in which they were found were formed , which in most cases may be reckoned by _ thousands of years . Frequent mention is made in geological works of the finding of animals under such circumstances ; but , until within the last few days , we never had an opportunity of seeing one . To the uninformed mind , the idea of an animal having been imbedded in solid matter for thousands of years appears so incredible
that they will , in preference , believe any absurdity ; but the finding of the present is attended by circumstances which make it lees difficult to believe it true than to believe to the contrary . A few days-ago , as a miner named William Ellis , and others , were working in the Penydarran mine works , at a depth from the surface of forty-five yards , one of them struck . the point of his mandril into a piece of shale , and , to tho surprise of all , a frog leaped out of the cleft thus made . When first observed , it appeared very weak , and , though a large-sized frog , could crawl only with great difficulty . On closer examination , several peculiarities were observed ; its eyes were full-sized , though it could not see , and does not now see , as upon touching the eyes it evinces no feeling . There is a line
indicating where the mouth would have been , had it not been confined , but the mouth has never been opened . Several deformities were also observable ; and the spine , which has been forced to devebpe itself in an angular form , is a sufficient proof of its having grown in a very confined space , even if the hollow in the piece of shale , by corresponding to the shape of the back , did not place the matter beyond a reasonable doubt . It is a very handsome frog , and continues to increase in sbse and weight , though no food can he given to it ; and its vitality is preserved only by breathing "through the skin covering the lower jaw . which is very thin . Ellis has been unfolding a theory of its formation , whose chief merit consists less in its being accordaniwithprobability , than in being as
original as Will himself . That the age of this frog must be the same as the bed hi which it was found is clear ; and that it entered that bed while in the process x > formation and solidification is equally so . How long that bed has been formed , and what size the frog might have been at its entrance , wo cannot take upon us to state ; but it is very probable that the bed is very old , and it is very certain that the frog has gvowii in the stone while it was soft and yielding , as its peculiarities are such as under no other circumstances could have been presented . If , by life , wc mean muscular motion , and not organic development , we cannot suppose that this animal ever lived until th of the stone
air was admitted to it on e lifting . This assertion of its having existed in a state which can neither be called life , nor death , will be denied by those who have not known that life is a ^ state -produced by alternate waste and supply . Where there could have been no oxygen , there could have been no combustion—no waste , and consequently no supply . It is possible , by the alternat e action of great heat and intense cold , to produce a very torpid state of the human frame . To these views it has been more philosoplucally objected ; that during the formation of the shale , the ' frog'must have become shale also . When a piece of iron , dropped into dough , becomes bread , this will be rendered probable , and not before . —C ' ardiff and' Merthyr Guardian .
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Curious Enura-.-—Lord "Wharton Is Buried...
Curious Enura-.- —Lord "Wharton is buried between his two wives ; lu ' s effigy represents him l y ing between them , his head resting upon his crest , which is Lucifer , the "Morning Star . Here I Thomas Wharton do lye , Tyith Lucifer under my head ; And Kelly my wife hard by , And Nancy as cold as lead : — 0 , how shall I speak without dread , Who can my sad fortune abide ; With one devil under my head , And another laid close on each side .
ax Iux-stratko Supper , —Last week , at Winchester , a Mr . Sharp gave a lecture on the pkuosophy of the kitchen , " to illustrate which a supper was cooked on the lecture table by means of gas--roast beef , mutton , fowls , ham , griskins , tried sausages , spare-ribs , puddings , & C—all admirably cooked by the cooking apparatus . At this rate , the man who invented gas little thought it would fill the stomach as well as delight the eye . Let the Poor-law Commissioners permit Mr . Sharp to turn on his £ as , with culinary illustrations , in the union houses .. An illustrated lecture of this sort would delight the poor pauper much more than any other work in the " workhouse library . " —Satiriat .-
At TnE Repeal Association , tlie other day , O' Council said that , " under any circumstances , he was for the golden link of the Crown . " It was quite suuerfluous of Dan to tell the boys" that , as by this time they must be pretty well aware that the only link he cares a straw about is a golden . It would be a difficult thins to find a man more attached to tho sovereign , in a sordid sense , that the great agitator . —Ibid . The Post reproachfully accuses the Times of betraying the Church " with a kiss . " Even admitting this to be so , we are far from thinking that Mother Church baa not been betrayed by the kiss of many others besides tho Times . Jove descended into the Lip of Danm In a shower of gold , and if the " Thunderer" has really prevailed over the virtue of the Church , it is probable that the , same means have been employed . The " old lady" has been always very sensible to the influence of the precious metals . —ibid .
The Due de Nemours is giving ! r lot of balls , which deserve to be mentioned among the doings ol Paris . Everybody gets invitations to them The poor Prince , in fact , is hardly put about to get people enough , sufficiently respectable , to fill his saloons . But even those he has are no groat shakes . An old English ex-sugar boiler , or ex-somcthing from the City , was invited to the last ball . The old man stared with open mouth at the splendour of the furniture —the beautiful decorations of the ceiling and cornices , Ac , when some one lugging him suddenly by the arm , cried "Come along ! come along ! I'll present you to the Prince ! " A minute after , behold the ex-sugar boiler bobbing in lowly humility before the future Regent of France . Nemours muttered
something—the man can't for the life ot him talk like a Christian—and bowed to the ex-sugar boiler ; Down went the boiler ' s head again—down again—low —lower—whilst a certain other part of his form rose in a corresponding altitude —( " Corresponding altitude , —is that English ? I really don't know , but it sounds well , so let it stand ) . The last bobbing of the head , however , was fatal . Crack ! crack ! The " Regent that shall be" turned his head , and on seeing what had happened , buret into a hearty fit of laughter . Everybody who saw what had happened laughed too—everybody—the ladies as well as the gentlemen—everybody but the sugar-boiler . He didn't laugh—no , poor man ! He had—spare my blushes , fair reader—he'had—split his breeches . '—Ibid .
Tub Force or Conscience , we know , is wonderfully groat , and numberless are the instances of its power in causing retribution ; but wo should say the following public advertisement far surpasses any known case of " conscience" on record : — "Sir Robert Peel acknowledges the receipt of £ 16 12 s ., on account of ' unclaimed income-tax for eighteen months . '" Let this ease be matched , wo say , in the renlm ' . If any one had told us that there existed an ' individual in the nation who , to relieve the sin upon his soul of not having for eighteen months paid an unclaimed income-tax , acted as above , wc should have set it down as mauvaise plaisantcrlc . But yet the Premier publicly avouches the fact ! A great man , verily , is this Peel—to touch the conscience of any man by any act , but especially by the Income-tax!—Ibid .
Tub Pkinck of Wales is , wc see , put down in the list of subscribers " for repairing the Chester Cathedral . " When his Royal Highness emerges from his nurse's care , no doubt ho will be much surprised , on looking over his accounts , to see how generous he was in his infancy . The last Prince of , Wales was more given to lavish his spare cash on courtezans than cathedrals , a fact which supplies matter for a , very spicy chapter in his history . — Ibid . A Brace op Birds . —Two ladies , named Pigeon and Lark , were charged with stealing three fowls from a man named Aviary . The prisoners were detected in the act , and given into the custody of a constable named Parrot , who brought them to the office , from which they were consigned to the cage .
In but still Out . —Mr . J . E ., of Manchester , whose family were all going out to dine on Christmasday , was left alone at home , and , sending across to his sister ' s for his dinner , to save the trouble of cooking , accompanied it with the following characteristic note ;— " Sirs . E . has gone out , and I am left in , and , however paradoxical it may appear , Mrs . E ., though out , is in for a dinner , and though I'm in I'm out . " Habeas Corpus . — " May it please your honour , " said a lawyer the other day , addressing one of the city judges , "I brought the prisoner from the gaol on a habeas corpus . " There ' s a good ono ! " said a fellow in an under tone , who stood in the' rear of the court , " I ' m blowed if I hain't seen him come here in a cab . "
A . Domestic Drama . — A few days ago , says the Journal de I' Aule , some gens d'armes went to a village in that department , to arrest a man who had , for a slight offence , been condemned to a week ' s imprisonment , but bad not surrendered . They entered his bedroom , whore they saw his wife , who had just risen from bed . She declared \ hat her husband was absent . The gensd ' armes , however , perceiving that some person was in bed , turned down the clothes and found a man in the simple apparel of nature . " I am not tllC husband , " said the man . " That stoyy will not do , " said the gensd amies . 'I'licy made him dress and go with them ; but on their arrival at the guard-house , they found that the man had told the truth ; for there they found the husband , who had just given himself up , and learned for the first time that ho had a reniplacant .
An Atrocious Wretch . —A farmer , who occasionally accommodated a neighbour with a flitch of bacon at a killing season , being applied to as usual , replied , " Hanna yet made up my moind whether I shall kill myseV this year , or take a sideofmyfeyther . " Law and Equity . — " L ' ray . my lord , " saidagontlemau to a late respected and rather whimsical judge , ' what is the distinction between Law and Equity Courts ? " "Very little in the end , " replied his lordship : " they only differ so far as time is concerned . At , common law you arc done for at once ; in equity you are not so easily disposed of . The former is a bullet , \ vhieh is instantaneously and most charitably effective ; the latter is an angler's hook , which plays with its victim before it kills it . The one is prussic acid and the other laudanum . " .
How to Get a Bit . — " Shall I cut this loin of mutton saddle-way ? " said a host to his guest . "No , " replied the latter , "by all means cut it bridle-way , for then I may chance to get a bit in my mouth . " New Dining-rooms for the House of Commons .- — Bellamy ' s having been pulled down , a new set of dining apartments are being fitted up for the members of the House of Commons , and a committee of the legislative body has been chosen to superintend the arrangements of the new cuisine , without respect to party or political character ; for instance -. —Lord John Manners , Mr , Smythe , and Mr . Disraeli , who do not go with the roasfr-beef-of- " Old-England " party , have agreed to superintend the boiled veal or "YoungEngland"department . Mr . Daniel O'Conneli and the repeal section promise to keep the members ir \ n r . < vjmAt , lnl ' * T , » inlS ntnnr * ' T M »\ Tnlm DllutiM ! AnA fUUUUi U 13 U OlUff ± julh "" ^
IU ( fc yUL ^ . . «« v « ooc- umm several distinguished Whigs have kindly undertaken te look after the cookery of the" plaices , " although they do not expect to partake of themfor a considerable time . Mr . Fcrrand promises to see that the House shall be well supplied with " red hot" broils of every description . Mr . Hume engages to attend to the checsc-pariugs and the perquisites to the waiters . Sir Robert Peel , as maitre d' hotel , takes upon himself to superintend the " measures" and present the " bills . " Scrjeant . Murphy will attend to " the bar . " Mr . Roebuck will feel himself quite at home in providing " sauce" of all kinds for the House . Mr . Cobden , who goes in on the cheap principle , guarantees that all the members shall nave bread a discretion . Mr . Bortbwick , whenever he makes a speech , warrants that it shall be—pickles . —Great Gun .
Married . —On the 21 st inst ., at St . Pancras New Church , George Bull , Esq ., Doctor of Medicine , to Henrietta , daughter of Ebcnezer Pope , Esq . : — The " Bulls" of Rome subservient are To . Popes , of grace and learning full ; But here ' s a Pope , much stranger far , Who vows obedience to a Bv . ll . —Ibid . Truly Affectionate . — The Court Circular says that at Strathfieldsaye , on Tuesday , "the dinner party embraced three officers of the Hampshire Yeomanry . "—Ibid . Star-Gazing . —The papers announced , on the same day , Mr . Blunt ' s " Beauties of the Heavens , " and Mr . Heath ' s " Beauties of the Opera . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15021845/page/3/
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