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VOLTAIRE A 5 D G 1 BBOS . Xaoisnne I and Parnay ye bars been the abodes Of n » me » which unto you bequeatb'd a name 1 SoTtals , vib » sought and found , try dangerous roads , . A path to perpetuity oKame : They were gigantic minds , and their steep aim -fTai , Titan-JUte , on flaring doubts to pile Thoug hts which should call down thunder , and the flame Of Heaven , again assailed , if Heaven the while On man . man ' s research could deign do more than smile . Tbe one was fire and fickleness , a child Host mutable in wishes , but in mind
A wit as various , — -gay , grave , sage , or wild , — . Historian , hard , philosopher , combined ; . lie multiplied himself among mankind , The Proteus of their talents . But his own Breathed most in ridicole , which , as the wind , Blew were it Bsteth , lajing all things prone , Sow to e '« rtnrow a fool , and now to shake a throne The other deep and slow , exhausting thought , And hiving wisdom with each studious year , In meditatian dwelt , with learning wrought , And shaped his iveEpon-Tfith aa ed ge severe , Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer ; af
Thelordirony , —that master-spell , Which stung his foes to wrath , which graw from fear , And doom'dhim to the Eealotfs ready heU , -Winch answer , to all doubts so eloquentl y weB . let , peace be with their ashes—for by them , If merited , the penalt y is . paid ; It is not ours to judge—far less condemn ; The hour must come when such things shall be made m . Xaewa unto all—or hope _ and dread allay'd By slumber , on one pillow—in the dost , "Which , thus much we are-sore , must Be decay'd ; And when it shall revive , as is our trust , : I will be to he forgiven , or safer what is just .
The following stanzas , descriptive of a Swiss night . scene , are magnificent . It is the hush af night , and all between Thy margin * and the mountains , dask , yet dear , HellowM andrrarigling , jet dU & uctVj BWO , Save darken'd Jura , whose capt haights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near , There braaths a living fragrance from the shore , OfJloners jet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Props the light drip of the supended oar , Or chirps tha grasshopper one rood-night carol more :
Seas an evening reveller , who makes His life an infancy , and rings his fa j At intervals , some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment , then is still . There seems a floating whisper . on the hill , But that his fancy , for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil , ¦ Weeping themselves away , till they infuse IUep into Suture ' s breast the spirit « f her hues . Ye stars ! -which are tha poetry of heaven ! If in jour bright leaves we would lead the fata Of men and empires , —' t is to be forgiven , That in our aspirations to he great , Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state And claim a kindred with yon ; for je are Abtawry and amystery , and create la as such lore and reverence from afar , Tkat fortune , fame , power , life , have named themselves star .
Kot vainly did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o ' ergazing mountains , and thus . take A fit and nnwall'd temple , there to seek The Spirit , in whose honour shrines are weak , Cprear 'd of human hands . Come , and compare Columns and idol-dwellings , Goth or Greek , With Nature ' s realms of worship , earth and air , Hot fix on fond abodes tatircumscribe thy prayer 1 The sky is changed . '—and such a change . ' Oh ni ght , And storm , and darkneas , ye are wond'rons strong , Tet lovely in your strength , as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Par along from peak to peak , the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Sot from one lone cloud , - Bat every mountain now hath found a tongue , And Jura answers , through her misty shroud . Back to the joyous Alps , who call to her aloud !
And this is in the night : —most glorious night I Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight , — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! Howthelitlake shines , a phosphoric sea , Aad the big rain comes dancing to the earth : And now again ' tis black , —and now , tbe glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth , As if they did rejoice e ' er a young earthquake ' s birth , * * * at
Sky , mountains , rivers , winds , lakes , lightnings ! ye With night , and clouds , and thunder , and a soul To make these felt and feeling , well may be Things that have made me watchful ; the far rell Of your departing voices , is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless , —if I res ^ But where of ye , oh tempests ! is the gaol ? Are ye like those within the human breast f Or do ye find , at length , like eagles , some high nest !
Could 1 embody and unbosom now That which is most within me , —could I wreak ! y thoughts upon expression , and thus throw Soul , heart , mind , passions , feelings , strong or weak , All that I would have sought , and aU I seek , Bear , know , feel , and yet breathe—into one word , And that one word were Lightning , I would speak ; Bat as it is , I live and die unheard , With a most voiceless thought , sheathing it as a sword . We are sorry , that we are compelled , by want of rum , to omit " tbe beautiful and affecting stanzas terminating ibis canto , addressed by tbe poet to bis daughter- We conclude our extracts from Canto III . with the fallowing noble protest : —
1 have notloved the world , nor the world me 1 have not flattered its rank breath , nor bowM To its idolatries a patient knee , — Nor eoin'd my cheeks to smiles , —nor cried aloud In worship of an echo ; in the crowd They could not deem me one of such ; I stood Among them , bet not of tnem ; in a shroud Of thoughts which were not their thoughts , and stiD could , Bad I not filed my mind , which thus itself subdued . 1 have not loved the warld , nor the world me , — Bntlet us" part fair foes ; I do believe , Though Ibave found Jhem not , that there may be "Voids which are things , —hopes which willnotdsceive , And virtues which are merciful , nor weave Snares for the failing : I would also deem O ' er Others' griefs that some sincerely grieve ; That two , or one , are almost what they seem ; That goodness is no name , and happiness no dream .
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Psisoa Hhtme is Tea Books . By Thomas Cootbb , the Chartist . London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-street . ( Continuedfrtm the Star of Nov . Sth . ) We new come to the Tenthand last" Book" of the Poem , which opens with the following fine address
Jo Liberty : — Haft , honest Liberty ! wno hast thy shrine Beep in the faithful patriot ' s soul recess ' a , — Diffusing from thy visage light divine That glads the dungeon ' s gloom and drear unrtst , Bnta it beams with visage overblest Of Bight triumphant over hoary Wrong , And Truth victorioas over Fraud confestj And new-born nations joining choral song O ' tr earth—heeomo one temple for thy brether-throng Hga , sra- ] bright Liberty ! lift-source of Truth , — Without whom Knowledge waxeth , sere , and falls Into her dotage ; while with lusty yonth Thou linewest Reason till she disenthrals
Her ** ser > e « of Time ' s dreams , nor basely crawla At eld Authority ' s decrepid feet , — Bat to the toil of search calmy upcaUs Bier vigour , and fall soon each plaufive cheat Detects , and winnoweth Polly's chaff from WiioWa wheat , Then great palladium of the moral man , — If thee by sloth self-treason » us he lose , Or foiled by force , or duped by charlatan , — How saon the serfish spirit doth diffusa Its influence through blood , and bones , and thews—Until bis very form , his brow , his look ,
For feit their grandeur , —and each gesture shews , Brethe low whine follows his lord ' s rebuke , "What depth of insult , now , his slavish soul can brook . - But , garbed in humblest gear , if his birthright Be jetunbartered ^ nnpnTloined , unstained , — If sfiU his forhead bear thy sj ^ I bright , — - Hownoble is His mien , —how nnconstrained He standsa witness for the truth , unfeigned , Or champion for the right , —o ' erawing Jongs And lordly powers , who fed as if arraigntl Before their culprit , —aud with homagings ArStobo ^ andownthemselvas but maaner things
Ifitti dignity to godlike , stood the sage Of Abdera , at Sicocreon's throne , FoBing the Cyprian tyrant in his rage Ho « tood the Caledonian captive one , — c tain his chains , — and from the Boman won S 225 ff » n « 4 ^ th hrowunbleut , V „ while base Gesler shoot , magnificent , ^ ^ Serless p easant , inhishardiment . __
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Or what if Deaf * , with grisffiest tenors , scowl On thy brave offspring « —They can gaze and smile ! So , in our age of grandest man , with seal Unpiereed , ; thatipMtuniveriatile . ' Untiring Raleigh , at the axe could amile , — Passing hie . finger calmly o ' er the -edge , And deping it a mea ' cma sharp , the while , But most remedial sickness to assuage , —^ Conscious Death could not mar his fame ' s high heritage So smiled our bravest , truest , martyred sira , -PeU Superstition ' s victim , who could cheer . With heart that veritably quelled the fire , His brother sufferer , and more frail compeer , — -Breathing those death-words that will fill the ear
And thew the heart of England , through all time , — -Until her clildren a rainu-rampart rear Shall foil the Jesuit ' s crafr , and save our clime Prom witnessing , again , the Priest ' s bold deeds of crime . So smiled thy own , thy darling champion , A true-born Briton names not without pride That thrills the soul—our noble Algernon , — Who gloried at the scaffold xhat he died For thine—the Good Old Cause , —nor falsified The promise of his youth . When , from thy womb , 3 Iy country ! shall such men be multi plied ? 0 Liberty J o ' er England ' s germs resume Thy quickening power , —or wake our fathers from . tha tomb !
wa are become a servile , sordid crew : The grandeur of oar lineage is forgot ; We crawl as if nor peer nor franklin knew -His fathers walked erect , and parleyed not With Patience ere their swords the tyrant smote Orhnmbied him to meekness : wene ' er turn . Unto the page where their great deeds are wrote , And read , andponder , till our bosoms burn To think , the yake they spurned , so l ong our necks have worn ! . Every poor man , every one of England ' s wronged and insulted sons and daughters , will heartily join in the following bitter apostrophe to that combina tion of traitor and mountebank , Brougham . Mr . Cooper expresses only what millions feel : —
Our man of promise ara a recreant horda i EVn ha who bears that glorious patriot name . For which the friend of Sydney a record , Gold-writ , hath won on England's roll of fame , Starts , like an actor who hath oped the drame , Sack from his part , a £ eard to play it through : And he , the golden-tongued—a thing of shame ' , . Made by his whims—to self-respect untrue—- What will he next—the spaniel of old Waterloa ! Oh \ baste to hide thee in the enamel grave— ' Thou narlequin-Damosthenes!—are change Shall leave thee not a semblant speck to save Of that rich monument which thou , with strange . Fatuity , has toiled to disarrange As hotly as to carve ! Give up thy strife To mar it more—and list the White ' s revenge-Friend of the Black!— 'tiviU cleave to thee through lift—The "Bastile " -curse—from man severed from child and wife !
Arch-traitor to thy kind—scaurge of the poor—A word from thee had dashed their poison-cup To atoms ; but thou , wantonly didst more Prefer to their lean lips to hold it up—Aye , wast to thine own vanity the dupe SofuUy , as to claim that thou sbouldst bear The dread weight of the crime ! Would thou might ' tt * Up For ages of that chance ! " BastuV ' -f are , Perchance , a med'eine were thy reason to repair . Beshrew thy heart ! but it was bold , as well As villainous—responsibility To court—so foully , darkly damnable . 'Head-robber of the savage band to be Should perpetrate upon humanity A theft-so daring as would make recoil The sternest heart of ancient tyranny—Of Nature ' s rights the hapless wretch to spoil—Who hath so bread , because his lords refuse him toil .
And dost thou , scouted changeling ! madly dream This lawless law will save "their lordships' land t " Or , that to gaol and eunuch men the stream Of discontent can stop—and misery ' s band Convert to sneaking slavas lords may command At will ! As surely as thy head grows gray In this thy monstrous sin—if not by brand , By mightier means , the poor will win their way To right—and shout when . worms hold riot in thy clay . 0 ! not by changeling , tyrant , tool , or knave , Thy march , blest Liberty ! can now be stayed , — The wand of Guttemberg—behold it wave ! The spell is burst!—the dark enchantsments fade Of wrinkled Ignorance!—' twas she betrayed Thy first-born children , —and so oft threw do-- ^ n The mounds of Freedom . Lo ! the Book its aid Hath brought!—the feudal serf—though stifl a clown , Both read;—and , where his sires gavs homage , paysa frown :
The sinewy artisan , —the weaver lean , — The shrunken stockinger , —the miner swarth , — Bead , think , and feel ; and in their eyes the sheen Of barning thought betokens thy young birth Within their souls , blythe liberty < That earth Would thus be kindled from the humble spark Ye caught from him of 31 entz , and scattered forth , — Fanst , Koster , C & xton!—not " the clerk , " HimspBj could prophecy in your own mid-age dark ! And yet , 0 Liberty ! these humble toilers The true foundation for thy reign begun , — Aye , and while throne-craft decks Kan ' s murdered spoilers , While feverous Power moths the weary sun
"With steed-throned effigies of Wellington , And columned piles to Nelson , —Labour ' s child Turns from their haughty forms , to muse npon The page by their blood-chronicle defiled;—Then , bending o ' er his toil , weighs well the record vrild Aye , they are thinking , —at the frame , and loom , At bench , and forge , and in the bowelled mine ;—And when the scanty hour of rest is come , Again they read , —to think , and to divine How it hath come to pass that Toil must pine While sloth doth revel;—how the game of blood Hath served their tyrants;—how the scheme malign Of priests hath crushed them ; and resolve doth bud To band , —and to bring back the primal Brotherhood .
Oh ! might 1 see that triumph ere I die—The poor , oppressed , contemned , andhunger'd throng Hold festival for Labour ' s victory O ' Mammon , Pride , and Sloth , —for Right o ' er Wrong : Oh ! might I hear them swell the choral song" The Toilers' Rights are won ! our Fatherland "Is fully free ! " —with joy to rest among The solemn dead , at Nature ' s high command , I'd haste : nor ask to stay the speed of one life-sand ! 27 or selfish is the wish , —however vain : From boyhood , Greece , and our old Commonweal I worshipped ; but 'twas gnawing hunger ' s pais I saw your lank and fainting forms reveal-Poor trampled stockingers!—that made me feel 'Twas time to be in earnest , —nor regard Man ' s freedom merely as a theme for seal In hours of emulous converse , or for bard Weaving rapt fancies in pursuit of Fame ' s reward .
I threw me in the gap , defying scorn , Threats , hatred , poisons tongues—tofrontyour foes And this hath come of it—that I have worn The fetter for your sake . "Yet , now the close Of this captivity is near , no throes Of anger , sorrow , or regret , are mine For aught that I have suffered ; but your woes—Poor victims 1 who by grinding tricksters pine , — Breed thoughts that with my hopes their tortures inter Ttnnp
_ ? ? * * Here , then , 0 holiest Liberty ! my heart Ilayuponthine altar , —undismayed , Unswerving , unsubdued : the afterpart Of life it aims to play with healthier aid Of wisdom , —but no guilty thoughts upbraid : It asks but to be kept from sordid stain As free as now : let consciousness pervade Each pulse through Bfe that still by gold or gain Unbougbt it beats , —and it shall shun no toil , no pain 0 welcome , even if its blood be shed For thee , blest Freedom!—only keep it pure 1 Welcome , theBving death more deeply dread Of calumny , by evil shapes obscure That haunt the patriot darkling , and secure Front Truth ' s Ithuriel spear , their poisons vend : Welcome , that keenest heart-ache—forfeiture Of friendship true : welcome , all pangs that rend The heart—if pure unto the grave It may descend ! ( Tobecontimud . )
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DOUGLASJERROLD-SSHILLINGMAGAZKE . Novemueb . London : Punch Office , 92 , Fleet-T ^ is an excellent number of this very excellent Magazine . We have but one c 0 " ?^ , ! 0 ? , ^! ' and that is . that the Editor ' s beantiiul stpry oi St . GUes ^ and St . James ' s" « doled out m portions iS toTemall : tbe quality is ^ so first-rate , that we wouHfain have an increase in the quantity . . The re-S mufinxSaker , Capsticifc , shinesin all his cynical SSt % ™ montb : "V ^** ]** couched in the true Jerboid vein of satire , we give the following : — , » ID XDJiH Z 1 T EGGS ! "ThinVyou / ' said the visitor , chipping an egg-shell , i" thinkW that Adambefore the fall , ate eggs !
. , "I can't say , " said Capstick ; " but recollecting the things 1 have read , the question would make a very pretty hook . * Tis a pity tha matter wasn't stirred two or three hundred years ago . How many thousand throats migh . have been cut upon it ! How many men and women roasted like Bve oysters ! For the wisdom of humanity , 'tis a great miss . How popes might have thundered about it ! What Te Veums have been chanted ; what maledictions—and all with the melted-butter voice of a Christian—pronounced ! The world has had a great loss—a very great loss . " And Capstick sighed . " I can hardly see that , " says Jem . " It seems to me that this blessed world will never want something to quarrel about , so long as there ' s two straws upon it . "
" Why , there have been the Battles of the Straws , " observed Capstick , " although for certain purposes they ' ve been caned after other names . "
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- ' - . - HEDGEHOGS AND 'CATS . For a time the breakfast was silently continued ; -when suddenly Capstick cried out , "Beast that I am ; Ihave fargotten Velvet !^ .. . - " Velvet ! Who is he ? " asked the visitor . " An excellent fellow , Master Kingcup , ' saidUapstiek . " A worthy icreature after my own heart . We became acquainted last frost ; it was a roadside meeting , and I brought him here to the Tub . Yo ( i would hardly thinit it ; hut though I saved ' him from a wintry deatbj and have comforted him like my own £ esh and -blood "— ' " He isn't a bit like it , " cried Jem .
" lake my own flesh and blood , " repeated Capstick , with , a reproving look . "He has neither bitten n'br . slandered me , nor lifted my latch to midnight thieves ; nor , in fact , done anything that a friend you have benefited should do . " At . these words St . Giles , forgetful , of the misanthropic drolling ' of his host , shifted somewhat uneasily in his seat . He thought of the m ' ulSns Bestowed upon his hoyhaod , aud of the discomfort he had afterwards inflicted on his benefactor . "Here , Velvet-Velvet , " cried Cupstick ; . and Bright Jem sat with agrave smile , enjoying the expectation of Mr . Kingcup . " With all the coaxing bestowed upon him , ' tis such a humble soul , " said Capstick . " He never puts himself forward— - never . I'd wager ye , now one of these egg-shells , " and Capstick rose and looked about him , " that I shall find him quietly curled up in a corner . I knew it ; there heig , " With this Capstick took two steps from his chair , stooped , and in a moment returning to his seat , placed a hedgehog on the table .
" Humph ! " said Kingcup ; " ' tis an odd creature for a bosom friend . " " Give me all bosom friends like him , " cried Capstick ; "for there ' s no deceit in ' em ; you see the worst of ' em at the beginning . Now , look at this fine honest fellow . What plain , straightforward truths he hears about him . y / ou see at once that he is a living pin-cushion , with the pins ' points upwards , and instantly you treat him after his open nature . Tou know he ' s not to be played at ball with . You take in with a glance all that his exterior means , and ought to love him for his . frankness . Poor wretch ! ' tis a thousand and a thousand times the ruin of him . He has , it is true , an outside of thorns—heaven
made him with them—but a heart of honey . A-meek , patient thing . And yet , because of his covering , the world casts all sorts of slanders upon him—accuses him of wicKednesshecouldnot , iffce would , commit . And so is he lucked and cudgelled , and made the crudest sport of , his persecutors aU the while thinking themselves the best of people for their worst of treatment . He bears a . plain exterior . He shows so many pricking truths to the WWld , that the world , In revenge , couples every out-Side point with an interior devil . He is made a martyr f jr this iniquity—he hides nothing . Poor Velvet ! " and Capstick very gently stroked the hedgehog , and profiered it a-slice of apple and a piece of bread .
" 'Tis a pity , " said Kingcup , "that all hedgehogs arn ' t translated after yeur fashion . " " What a better world 'twould make of it , " answered the . eynic . " But no , sir , no ; that ' s the sort of thing the world loves , " and Capstick pointed to a handsome tortoise-shell cat , stretcced at her fullest length upon the hearth . " What a meek , cosy face she has —? a placid , quiet sort of grandmother look—may all grandmothers forgive me . Then , to see her lap milk j > vhy 1 you'd think a drop of blood of any sort would poison her . The wretch . ! ' twas only last week she killed and ate one of my doves , and afterwards sat wiping her whiskws with her lef t paw , as ^ comfortably as any dowager a : a tea party . I nurBed her before she had any « yes to look at her benefactor ,, and she has sat and purred npon my knee , as though she knew all she owed me , and was trying to pay the debt with her belt singing . And for all this , look here , this is what she did only yesterday f and Capstick showed three long fine scratches on his right baud .
" That ' s nothing , " said * JIr . Kingcup . " You tnow that cats will scratch . " "To be sure I do , " replied Capstick ; " and all the world knows it ; but the world don ' t think the worse-oi ' em for it ; and for . this reason , they can , when they like , so well hide their claws . Now , poor little Velvet henspoor vermin martyr—he can't disguise what he has ; and so he's hunted and worried for being , as I may say , plainspoken , when puss is petted , and may sleep all daylong at the fire , because , in faith , she ' s so glossy , and looks so innocent . And all the while has she not murderous teeth and claws ?"
" The Englbmman in Prussia" is a continuation of the articles we have before quoted into this paper , we shall quote from the present its soon as we can find room . It lias been the custom to laud the Prussian system as the perfection of paternal government ; but the articles publishing in Jerrold ' s Magazine , together with the extraordinary revelation of our own German correspondent , are letting iu a flood of light upon that system , which will completely unmask the hideous deformities of the infamous and doomed thing . Aye ! doomed ! its hour is drawing nigh ! Hurrah for its speedy downfal J "The Countryman in St . Paul's" is a humourous and laughable slap at the holy showmen , who inveigle the . " gentle public " into their show by charging " tuppence" at the door , and then half-a-erdwn to see this , eighteen-pence
to see that , and a variety of "tuppences more to see other things . Really this holy show , is a nuisance and disgrace to the country . The article entitled "A Eighte Goode FeUowe , " though'brief , contains some " righto goode" sense . " The Man and bis age , " by an Ofxbiist , contains matter for reflection . '' The Price of a Garter and . the Price of a Life" is an excellent article , commenting . on two choice morsels of the Government " miscellaneous estimates and contingences , placed , side . by side in the original account , as though wooing observation and criticism ; tliey are , 1 st :. "The amount issued to pay rewards to the crews of the boats Earl Grey , Po , Sparrow , Duke of York , and Caroline , for saving the lives of the crew of the Shepherdess , wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , £ 53 . " 2 nd : " Fees paid to the Officers of the Order of the Garter , upon the installation of his Majesty the King of the French as Knight Companion , £ 439 3 s . 4 d . " These disgraceful items form the foundation of a scoureine commentary , lor
which we return the writer our hearty thanks . We must notice the descriptive talent of this writer , which is of a very high order ; his picture of a night storm in the Channel is truly sublime . We had marked a lengthy extract for quotation , but have been compelled to omit it through want of room . ' the Decline of the Drama" is a well written and inr teresting article . " The Egotism of Aristocracy" is apapero f . tbe right sort , by "A . B . R . " Is this Akous B . Reach ? If so , " more power to him . " Surely the days of aristocratic domination and royal tomfoolery are drawing to a close , when such articles as this find publicity in one of our monthly magazines , and when thousands read and echo the sentiments 01 the writer . , "A History for Young England" "de ^ scribes the fierce struggle between Henry the 2 nd and TnoMAs a'Bbckeit , and shows the King to . advantage as compared with the hypocritical , grasping , and tyrannical churchman . The " Rewiews" have the fault of being somewhat too brief , but are otherwise unexceptionable .
Slmmonds' Colonial Magazine.- November. ...
SlMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE .- November . London : Simmonds and Ward , 38 , Cornhill . . The opening article of this month ' s number is a continuation of the interesting papers by Drl G . M'Henrt , on the " Liberated African Establishment at St . - Helena . " The description of the miseries of the unfortunate Africans . is exceedingly painful . " The Serpent of Martinique and St . Lucia" is a translation of an article from the French , by Dr . Rin ? 2 , originally published in lis Antilles , ^ Martinique newspaper . The article gives a somewhat dry account of the various species of snake existing in . the above-named islands . The trigonscephdlus , or spearheaded serpent , appears to be tbe most dreaded . " More fortunate than the Carib Indian , the . serpent
has obliged the colonists to surrender its native wiios and forests—all that is uninhabited by man ; and , save when it shows itself upon cultivated ground , no attempt is ever made to trouble or molest it . The spear-headed serpent renders a country life dangerous , and the terror which it inspires prevents the inhabitants of Martinique from enjoying the shade of a tree , or a reverie in the fields . " That ' , ' truth is stranger than fiction" is proved by the singular adventures and hair-breadth escapes narrated in the interesting "Memoirs of an American Royalist .-These " Memoirs " , afford an additional proof ; of , the utter baseness of that infamous Government which the Royalist lost his all to support . He was severely punished for bis folly ; and a man who , despite-the lessons of history and the experience of ages , clinga to the degrading belief of the " divine right of kuigs ; fully deserves the ill treatment whichhe of old had doubtless experienced who penned the emphatic
warning , "Put not your trust in princes . " INotes on the Sandwich Islands" give some interesting particulars of the progress of a young but rising people , who , if they can only escape the withering influence of European and American ambition and cupidity , may yet become a race of importance in the list ot civilised nations . There is a good deal of laboured attempt at " fun" in the " Reminiscences oi the Island of Cuba , " and also in " Tbe Emigrant : a lale of Australia ; " but we confess we cannot discover the wit in either . "Colonial Railways and their Prospects , " by the editor , is a Jengthy and awy digested article , containing much valuable information to " parties having an interest in railway matters . Weestracfcthefollowing"Ad venturewith a Boa . Constrictor . " "We" should premise that the " adventurer" is described as a Captain C ——i ° ' her Majesty ' s S 4 th Foot , a great sportsman in the Indian jungle . He is in pursuit of a large cheetul , or spotted deer , when : —
After procoeding about a mile through very dense jungle , and being as the villager supposed near the spot where the cheetul had laid down , Captain C- . — of a . sudden missed his dog , and hearing a rustling in the bushes about ten yards off , accompanied by at wimpering noise , he turned in that direction , and Saw what he at the first glance took for a tiger , from its colour , a mixture of black and brown , but soon discovered what the monster really was , an enormous boa constrictor , which had seized his poor Juno , and was at the moment crushing her to atoms in its terrible coils . The native who was with him saw what it was likewise , and immediately fled .
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Captain fj ~ - afterwards described the appearance of the reptile , when thus coiled round his dog , as somewhat resembling a barrel , every portion in violent muscular motion , ; andhe distinctly , heard the ; bones of the poor animal crack in succession within its terrible embrace . At last the monster raised his head and fixed two . glaring eyes on Captain C -, who , in another moment , might perchance have been fascinated by their deadly gleam , but with unerring . aim he placed twoballsinits forehead . Their effect was not , howavtr , as he expected , fatal , and the snake , instantly uncoiling itself from its victim , came straight at Captain C — , who of c mrse took to flight ; but so thick' was the jungle ; " thaT bVfound the animal g ging on Mm , from the noise it- made amongst the bushes , and therefore sought shelter in a tree , re-loading his gun with all possible expedition . Whether the reptile followed him by sight or smell , he could not jud ge , but Captain C ——— was only just prepared for a second
discharge , whm the boa reached 4 he tree , and instantly twjsting itself ronnd the stem would have soon seized him , but fortunately atthe next shot he blew out both his eyes with a charge of B B ; yet though the snake appeared for a moment stunned , it still continued its efforts to reach him , until byrepeated shots it was incapacitated from rising , not though till Captain C- had completely emptied ' his powder flask , andhe even theii did not venture to descend , as . the reptile continued coiled round the tree , occasionally by a muscular movement showing that its vitatpowers were not yet wholly-extinct . At length , after some hour ' s solitary confinement on his perch and shouting -until ^ he was hoarse for aid , Captain v- ¦ had the satisfaction t ' o seea number " of villagors
arrive , . by whom ; the monstrous animal was seon completely . destroyed . ,. Captain C had no means of accuratel y measuring its length but by a piece of stick , ' which the nativessaid wasa ' tubit long , and he declared that it measured upwards of thirty . of these , and was much thicker than one of his own thighs , which were of a make that would have well' become , the leather jie-for-¦ shames ' ot any ' life Guardsman !' ., The head of the boa ^ . 0 -b « by his ordersj andswt ^ d theBon <\ ffi . \ Cble ; then Resident of Mysore , ' and ' Hs ehormouEJaws ^ Btlti-rnay possibl y be in ; existehc ' e atthe Mysore Residency * " ' I " tir "V 4 ' '» ! , ! Y "'•• -. ''"• •' ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ' " • - ' n .-i ' .- \ . - ; - '• ' ' w $ , juad , . almost iqrgotten . to mentiraVsoHie . fveiT beautifulgtanzas . by . Mrs . iSiGOU . RNEY , bh- '^ Indian na . es , |? the following beihgthemottoof the poem .: — - "Mayi ; earl the Jled Man bo forgotten , while so many
pi ^ ur states , and territories ^ bays , Jakes , and rivers , are indelibly stamped „ . by names of their giving ?" On theiwhole , this is a very good number ef this very useful magazine . '
Memoirs Of An Umbrella. By G. Herbert' R...
MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA . By G . Herbert' Rodwell . - . Part' IV . ' - London : ' K . Mackenzie ; HI , Fleet-street . "Fromgravetpgay , from lively to BCYcre , " ap . pears to be . the . motto ef'Mr . Rodweli ., and these " Memoirs of an Umbrella" form a very good illustration-of that oft-quoted sentence . This part concludes the . story , which may now be had in its complete form , and will , ; doubtless , find manv readers who . would . object to ; patronise it in its piecemeal character . iMessrs .. . Phiz and Lamhslls have afforded the author great assistance by their quaint .
beautiful , and mghlyrhnished illustrations . With all young ladies , —the best , patrons of an author , — this work cannot fail to be popular , and they will be glad to learn-that although the poor old Umbrella will , speak no more in his . own person , he has given a subject for a new , ' tale to Mr . Eodwma . It will appear in , shilling monthly parts , commencing on the 1 st of January next , and wiflbe entitled , "' Woman ' s Love , ' a Romance of Smiles and Tears . " We wish Mr . " Rodweli . success with his new venture , and , in the meantime , recommend the work now under notice to all who are not acquainted with it .
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COOPER'S NOVELS . —People ' s Edition . London Clark , Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row .. It is , now too late in the day to attempt to criticise the works of the great American novelist , Cooper , their immense popularity throughout Europe . ' asweil as America , is the best evidence of the estimation in which they are held , and " the Scott of America" is a title their author has fairly earned , and is likely to keep , no matter how great the talents of future American writers . Everybody reads Cooper ' s works who can procure them , and to Mr . Clark is due the credit of having printed an edition which , in price ,
enables the very poorest to become readers of these wonderful productions , This edition is rightly named the " people ' s . " In one large and handsome volume , consisting of nearly 1 , 000 , closely-printed pages , with about 200 engravings , the purchaser may have , " The Pilot , " " The Spy , " "Last of the Mohicans , " " Lionel Lincoln , " " The Pioneers , " " The Prairie , " " TheRed Rover , " and "The Water Witch , " all for—how much does the reader suppose ? Ten shillings ! These works were originally published at twelve gunieas ! This is not aU ; each novel , complete in itself , may be had for one shilling ! Verily , this is the age of cheap literature .
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TALES OF SHIPWRECKS , AND ADVEN TURES AT SEA . London : Clark , Warwick-, lane , Paternoster-row . ; - We noticed parts I and II of this work some time ago ; we have now before ua parts III . IV . V . and VI . Amongst the prominent contents of these parts , we notice the " Life and Adventures of the celebrated Captain DampieR ; " "Captain Ross's voyage in search of the Missing Whalers ; " " The Loss of the Antelope , with the true and interesting story Of Prince Lee Boo ; " " The Loss of the Royal George ;" " The ^ Extraordinary Adventures of John Cockborn , English mariner ; " "The Exploits of Grace Darling ; " . the horrible story . of . the "Loss of the Meduse , "' & c . The mass of information contained in any . ; one number of this publication is truly astonishing . ; The work is now half completed ; and , when finished , will be one of the cheapest works ever issued from the British press .
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0 ST .-We had prepared reviews of several publications , which , we are compelled to withhold for the present , through want of room .
German Literature. — The Following Statistical ¦Eturhs Show The Progress Of Literature In Germany
German Literature . — The following statistical ¦ eturhs show the progress of literature in Germany
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uuring tne last tnree centuries;—in me year too »( the number of works published was 362 ; in lG 17 j 37 l ,. ;< in lfl ? , 658 ; in 1780 , 2115 ; in 1831 , 6389 ; in 1840 J-9776 ; arid in 1844 , nearly 11 , 000 . Disease in Turnips . —We regret to learn that in many parts of the country the turnips are affected in the same way as the potatoes . The Tea Trade , Nov . 10 . —The consumption of tea continues very large . Last week it was 517 | 8061 b . The market is firm .
Magnificent Theatre . —A new and splendid theatre was opened at Lisbon , on the 29 th October . It occupies the whole of one side of the handsome square of theiRocio , and is built - on- the site of the former Inquisition . It is of native Lioz stone , which for fineness ef texture and purity of colour is nearly equal to marble . The theatre was commenced in the spring of 1843 , ; and has cost 450 , 000 . Tale of i pBE 8 S 3 NG . GOWN .-i . HiGOiNs v . Webster . — Bail Coubt , Monda v . —In this case Mr . Higgins appeared for the plai ntiff , artdMr . Bramwellfor the defendant . The action was brought to recover the sum of £ 15 , being the price of a dressing-gown which the plaintiff had made for the defendant . ' Oh tbe part of the plaintiff the sale and delivery of the" article in question was proved . —Mr .
Bramwell , in addressing the jury on the part of the defendant , said that his client was . a gentleman of taste and fashion , and tfie reason why he refused to pay for the dressing-gown-was that it did not fit . him . He did not object to the amount of . the plaintiffs charge , indeed he was not a person likely to make an objection of that kind , for he had on a former occasion paid 100 guineas for three pocket handkerchiefs . He should call two fashionable tailors from the West-end , who would prove that the dressing-gown did not fit the defendant ; and the defendanthimsefl was in court , and would put on . the dressinggown , and give-the jury ocular proof that it did not fit him ; and ho trusted that having heard their evidence , the jury wouldreturn a verdict for the defendant . He then called Mr . George Andrews , a tailor in Cork-street ,
who stated that he was sent for to the Burlington Hotel , and there saw' the defendant try on the' dressing-gown , It did ' not nt him , ' and it was not an article which any gentleman would keep . —Mr , Goodman , a tailor , living in Great ' Marlborbu ' gh-street , gave similar evidence . The dressing-gown could not be altered so as to fit the defendant . —Mr . Crockett , a third tailor , gave it as his opinion that the dressing-gown had been made for some gentleman much shorter than the defendant . : Proofs were then given of the return of the article to the plaintiff . —The defendant himself then came forward , and , amidst roars of laughter from all parts of the court , divested himself of liis dress-coat and put on the dressing-gown . Having taken- his station on the floor of the court , be was surrounded by the three tailors who had been examined as
witnesses , each of whom pointed out to the jury the various defects in the garment in language which none but the trade eould understand . While this was going on the council on either . side were not idle . "When the defendant first put en the gown it was evident he was not anxious to set it off " to the best advantage , the collar stood « ut behind and appeared mncb too high ; the counsel for the plaintiff sought to remedy this by pulling it down , and declared it was an excellent fit on which the defendant's counsel recommended him -to purchase the article . One of the dealers next proceeded to show that the " vallance" was too short , and that the whole weight of the garment rested on the shoulder bonesf
which * made it' a very uncomfortable article for any gentleman to , wear . The unfortunate defendant was pulled about by tailors and lawyers until he was heartilyglad to divest himself of the objectionable garment , and resume the dress which he wore when he entered the court . " The scene altogether was of a most amusing description , and even the learned judge laughed heartily several times . —Mr . Higgias having replied to the evidence produced on the part of the defendant , Mr . Justice Patteson summed up the evidence . —The jury could not agree , and the court was cleared to enable them to consider their verdict , and , after a consultation of nearly an hour . ' they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed ,
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JhsEiccs op Mind . —The . promoter of the Great IlanseatiCj intending to dvink a bint of beer , poured into his stomach the contents of an inkstand . He found out his mistake when he discovered his body breaking out all over with a new prospectus . Sibthoup ' s Latest — The anti-republican and enemy of railroads observes , that judging fronrtlie present mania , we shall soon have as'many "locomotives" in England as there are " lcco-foeos" in America . —Joe Miller . • ¦ CANDlD .- ^ Sir James Graham lias been heard to declare , that the only earthly use to which he could apply the Seals of Office , was to empower him to ¦ break every oilier seal , and that his own impressiun was , that there should be no other . The honourable (!) baronet further assured his confidant , that what he said was " true to the letter . "—Ibid .
Teetotausu . — " Arrah , Teddy , dear , will you tell me what is the meaning of teeJicotalism ? Is it repale ! " Teddy took his pipe out of his mouth , and deliberately said , "It ' s not repale , Dennis , but it ' s like it . Repale is dividing a sister from her mother . Teetwotalism is cutttng the heart out of a man , and sticking a lump of could water in its place . " The Duality of Love . —What a two-fold shape there is in love ! If we examine it coarsely , —if we look but on its fleshy ties—its enjoyment of a moment , —its turbulent fever and its dull reaction , how strarige . it seems that this passion should be the supreme ! mover of the world—that it is this which has dictated the . greatest sacrifices , and influenced
all societies and all times—that to this the loftiest and loveliest genius has ever consecrated its devotion—that but for love there were no civilisationno music , no poetry , no beauty , ho life beyond the brutes . But examine it in its heavenlier shape—in its utter abnegation of self—in its intimate cornicetion with all that is more delicate and subtle in the spirit—its power above all that is sordid in existence —its mastery , over the idols of the baser worshipits ability to create a palace of the cottage , an oasis in the desert , a summer in the Iceland—when it breathes ; and fertilises , and glows ; and the wonder rather becomes how so few regard it In its holiest nature . — 'Buiwer .
As Usprosousceablb Name . —A Scotchman , named Alexander Finney , drowned himself in Cockneydeketiescreek , near Buffalo , OU the 12 th instant , while in a state of insanity . If he had tried to pronounce the name of the creek , it would have answered the purpose quite as well , by choking him . — Boston Bee . A New Way of taking the Change our op a Political Adversary . —There is a militia colonel in the United States , a Whig , who , in arranging the companies of his regiment , always puts the loco loco men on the wheeling flank , and his own political mends on the pivot one . Thus the loco focos . have to do all the walking and running in the hot " sun , which sweats them down considerably . . When we get to be colonel of militia " here in Canada , " won't we put a fat radical on the wheeling flank , that's all . —Montreal Courier .
Advice , Gbatis . —Never tread on the tail of a cat , or tell a woman she is not handsome , unless you are fond of music . An Old Story . —A Glasgow antiqarian recently visited Cathcart Castle , and asked one of the villagers « ' if he knew anything of an old story about the building ? " " Ay ! " said the rustic , "there was anither auld storey , but it fell down lang since . " Return under the Income Tax . —I , A . B ., do declare , I have but little money to spare—I have one little house ; 1 little maid ; 2 little boys ; 2 little trade ; 2 little land ; 2 little money at command ; rather 2 little is my little all , to supply with comfort my little squall ; and 2 little to pay taxes at all;—by this you- see , I have children 3 dependent on me , A . B . . Pope Perverted . —A Yankee schoolmaster , who had no faith in the " soothing system , " was in the habit of quoting Pope as is authority ; and using the rod , he made the line to suit it—thus : —
' Tis education forms the common mind , And with a twig you drive itin behind ! A Scurvy Saist . —A pious Irish saint , who settled in the island of Jona , and formed a society of recluses , had such an antipathy to the fair sex , that he would not suffer a cow to be kept within his district . " Wherever there is a . cow , ( said he , ) there must be a woman ; and wherever there is a woman , there must be mischief . "
JOHN BUIL ' S LOCOMOTIVE LEG . ( From Punch , ) I'll sing you a song of one John Bull , Who ate good beef and wore fine wool , And bragg'd each morn that none
said John , "Your plan my mind contents , I ' m sick and tired . of the Three per Cents . ; And don ' get enough by ray paltry rents ;" So he got hooked in by the Railway " gents , " Ri tooral , looral , & c . These arrant gamblers , it would seem , Had greenhorns made their stud y and theme They set their wits to work by steam , And they wheedled him into their swindling scheme Ri tooral , looral , & c , The fastest way to wealth , they said , Would be by steam to go ahead ; And thus by the noise their dupe was led , Till John was caught in the net they spread . Ri tooral , looral , & c .
They made him a hobby to ride upon , With a strong steam-power to move it on ; And all his sober senses gone , They bound thereto tlie foolish John . Ri tooral , looral , & e . But first before they bade him start , With wondrous eraft and singular art , To lighten his weignt , they made him part With the money that lay so near his heart . Hi tooral , looral , & c . They filled the pockets of John the Sold With scrip and shares instead of gold ; The gull believed the tale they told ; So they over him came the soldier old . Ri tooral , looral , Ac .
On went John Bull , through thick and thin ; Through mess and hobble , out and in ; To see him caught like a rat in a gin , How all his foes did chuckle and grin ! Ri tooral , looral , & c . ' On , on he flew , with speed intense , Fast all the bounds of common sense ; At last his fright became immense , And he shriek'd with fear for his darling pence . Ri tooral , looral , ice . He roar'd out" Stop ! " and he roar'd out" StftJ i " His face the picture of dire dismay :
He snatch'd at each straw that cross'd his way , But nothing could his course delay . Ri tooral , looral , & c . At last his pocket-buttons broke , And out flew scrip and shares like smoke , And bis enemies made his case their joke , Whilst a panic rent his heart of oak f Ri tooral , looral , < fcc . His weight and substance now more light , More rapid grew his engine ' s flight , Until it wax'd tremendous quite , And John was quickly out of sight .
Ri tooral , looral , < kc . O ' er land and sea , o ' er rock and shoal , Across the line , beyond the pole , In short , to utter ruin ' s goal , Rush'd mad Jehn Bull ; alas , poor soul Ri tooral , looral , & c .
MOKAl . Wfe ' v « sung a fcong both free and plain , Now let a moral close « ur strain : AU swindling practices disdain , Nor mix with rogues to share their gain , Ri tooral , looral , Sic . Killino Time . —The Morning Herald , in the supplement of Monday , mentions the following ingeni » us method of killing time : — " Prince Albert , the Earl of Hardwicke ,. Mr . G . E Anson , Colonels Bowles and Grey , took the diversion of shootin g yesterday afternom , " - ' Bm « h , A Great Title . — A witness examined before the committee on the Zealand question , stated incidentall y that he knew a chief in New Zealand who maintained that lie had a great title in his land , inasmuch as kehad eaten the former owner !
Thb Season . —Thomson ' s " Seasons' have been superseded by an American poet , who dismisses the four quarters of the year in so many lines , thus—Spring—showery , flowery , bowery . Summer—hoppy , croppy , poppy . Autumn—wheezy , sneezy , freezy . Winter—slippy , drippy , nippy . Music Hath Charms . - " Those notes enliven me , " as the man said on receiving a remittance . A Wise Son . —A monk , who had introduced himself to the bed-side of a dying nobleman , who was speechless , continued saying- " My Lord will you grant such and such things to our monastry V ihe sick man nodded his head . " You see , " said the monk to the Nobleman's son , " my Lord , your father assents . " "Father , " said the young man , " shall I kick this monk down stairs V—The nod was given , and his reverence was sent dom the stall's without delay .
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London Corn Exchange , . Monday , nov . iu . -j . jic past week ' s arrivals df'Ehglish ' .. wheat ,: coastwise , were on a liberal scale , but , lor thei inest . part , owing to the prevailing damp weather ; .. somewhat outf Of condition . The fresh supply of barley of homepw ) - duce , as well as flour , was ; large , ; that ; . bf most other articles small , if we except that of peas . Fresh ) ip to : day only a moderate quantity of English ; wheat was received coastwise , and by lahdiearnage . and sample , yet the standsSvere' somawliat \ heavily ' supplied with last week's unsold qualities . Notwith . standing there was a full average number of buyers in attendance , the wheat trade was , on the whole , dull . However , the finest qualities of both red and white sold at about stationary prices ; but all other descriptions suffered a decline oi 1 ' rorh Is . to fully 2 s .
per quarter . At the close of the market , several parcels in bulk were unsold . Since ' our last scarcely any foreign wheat has been entered at the 15 s . duty , the importers ieeling confident tliat the late upward movement in the value oi' wheat must have the effect of producing a . lower impost . We had , therefore , today comparatively few samples on show , and for which full ' prices were demanded . This checked business , Which was principally confined to small parcels , which were mostly taken at a trifle below last Monday ' s currencies . Corn under lock was heavy , yet the holders would not reduce their demands . The additions to the stock have been very trifling during the last ten days . Of English barley we had a large quantity on offer , upwards of fiOOO quarters having come to hand in the week just concluded . The finest malting kinds were held at fully previous currencies , but the secondary qualities , as well as the grinding and distilling sorts , declined from Is ; . to 2 s . per quarter . Very little free foreign
barley was brought forward . The quantity of malt on snow was . tolerably good . The best parcels sold steadily at fulljr the prices paid on this day se ' nnight , but all other kinds nung on hand ; though they cannot be considered cheaper . From Ireland only about 2 , 000 quarters of oats liave come in since Monday , but from our own coasts an increased supply has reached us . The oat trade was in a very sluggish state , and the prices were from 6 d . to Is . per quarter lower than last advised ; though our accounts state that the shipments from the various ports continue small . The supply of beans was tolerably good , while the demand was somewhat inactive , at barely StatiOtt & fy prices . Having a large quantity of peas en offer , that description of grain ruled very dull , and to effect sales . a slight reduction took p lace in the quotations . A large quantity of flour being on offer , the trade was dull , at barely late rates . Linseed cakes and canary seed were in good request . Other seeds were heavy .
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED IN MARK-LANE . BB 1 TI 6 H GRAIN . Shillings per Quarter , Wheat .. Essex & Kent , white , new .. til to 71 .. CC to " 5 Ditto , red 67 fi 7 .. 59 71 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 60 65 white 68 70 Lincoln and York , red .. 60 CC white 65 ' 76 Northumb . and Scotch . . . 6 o 68 Rye .. .. 29 32 Barley .. Malting 32 85 extra 37
—Distilling 29 3 i Grinding « 28 29 Malt .. Ship . 53 57 tt are 59 61 Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , 27 s Od to 20 s Od-potato , or short , 28 s Od to S 2 s Od ; Poland , 27 s 6 d to 32 s Od ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 30 s Od to 92 s 0 d ; potato , 33 s Od to : 4 s Od ; Irish feed , ! 8 » Od to 28 s Od black , 26 s Od to 28 s Od ; potato , 27 s 0 d ) o SOs « d ; Galway , 25 s Od to 26 s Od . Beans .. Ticks .. .. .. .. 38 42
Harrow , small .. .. 38 44 Peas .. White H 48 boilers 50 54 Grayandhog .. .. ' 40 43 Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 45 51 Town-made ( per saclt of 2 S 01 bs 50 60 Buckwheat , or llrank . i .. .. 30 82 ' ¦ " ¦ ENCLISH SXEDS , A'C . Red clover ( per cwt . ) ., .. .. .. 40 to 70 White clover ( per cwt . ) 45 74 Rapeseed ( per last ) .. .. .. •¦ £ 26 28 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 9 s to 13 s ; white , Os tollF , Linseed cskes ( per 1000 of 31 b each ) £ 11 to £ 12
FOREIGN GBAIN , Shillings per Quarter . Free . Iu Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and Konigsberg 70 extra 74 .. 57 — 62 Ditto ditto .. 65 — 68 .. 54 — 57 Pomerar . ian , & c ., Anhalt 63 — 71 .. 54 — 59 Danish , Holstein , & c . .. 61 — 67 .. 5 i — 57 Russian , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 60 — 63 .. 50 — 56 Spanish , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 65 — 69 .. 55 — 59 Italian , Tuscan , « fcc ., red — Ditto , white .. .. 68 — 74 .. f 8 — 62 Odessa & Taganrog , hard — Ditto , soft .. .. 58 — 63 .. £ 0 — 57 Canadian , hard .-
—Ditto , fine .. .. 65 — 67 Rje . Russian , Prussian , & c . 28 — 30 Barle ,. Grinding 26 — ill Ditto , distiUing .. .. 31 — 34 „ 20 — 28 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 26 — 32 .. 20 — 27 Russian .. .. .. 26 — 30 .. 20 — S 5 Danish & Mecklenburg 26 - 31 .. 2 o — 26 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 39 , small .. 37 — 44 .. 32 — 43 Egyptian 37 — 40 .. 35 — 39 Peas . .. White , 44 to 54 , gray .. 40 — 42 Flour .. Dantsic and Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , iine 31 30 , superfine „ „ 32 — 38 .. 2 fi — 30 ' Canada , 34 to 37 , United ; ' ¦ ¦ States .. ' .. .. 34 '—39 .. 28 — 83 Buckwheat .. 39 — 35
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FOBEIQN SEEBS , '< 55 C •• ii-.- Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petersbnrgh and Riga ( free of duty ) ... 42 to 45 Archangel , 40 to 43 , Memel and Konigs'ber ** ' . . .. 40 ' ^ 45 Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 46 Is Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per last :. .. £ 24 26 HeU plover ( 10 s per cwt . and 5 per cent , on the duty ) .. .. .. 40 62 White ditto .. .. .. .. 45 , 68 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 31-to 33 , large ., 40 — Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 8 0 s , £ 9 0 s , French , per ton .. .. £ 510 , £ 910 Rnpe cakes ( free of duty ) £ 5 0 £ 5 5 AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from the 5 th of November to the l'ith of November . " Wheat ISaeUy Oats . liye . Ucuns Fcaa Woek ending s d- s d s A s- d- *• * " ^ Sept . 27 , 1845 .. . 53 2 30 2 22 2 33 1 42 5 33 9 Week ending Oct . 4 , 1843 .. 56 0 31 1 23 4 S 3 8 4 S 1 42 0 Week ending Oct . 11 , 1815 .. 57 9 31 3 23 4 84 2 43 1 44 4 Week ending Oct . 18 , 1815 .. 58 2 32 0 23 . 5 34 6 44 5 43 0 Week ending Oct . 25 , 1845 .. 59 5 S 3 6 24 11 34 6 45 0 U 1 Week ending Nov . 1 , ' . IMS .. 60 1 31 3 20 2 38 2 45 8 4 ! 10 Aggregate aver , age of theltfst six weeks .. 57 5 31 11 23 11 33 10 43 11 42 . 9 . London averages ( ending Nov . 4 , 1845 ) 65 10 38 4 27 10 89 7 43 2 49 6 Duties .. .. 15 0 7 0 5 0 9 6 1 0 1 -9
London Smithfield Catile Market, Monday,...
London Smithfield Catile Market , Monday , Nov . 10 . —During the past week the imports of live stock into London from Rotterdam have been composed of G 6 cows , 35 oxen , and 260 sheep ; and from Hamburg , 25 oxen , for the most part in excellent condition . To-day we had on offer ltO foreign beastfl and 240 sheep ,, the whole of which found buyers at full rates of currency . At the out-ports 150 beasts and sheep have been received from the continent . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were considerably less , than those reported on this day se'nnight r nevertheless , they were seasonably extensive . The attendance ot both town and country buyers being large , the de maud for the primest Scots , & c , ruled active , at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2 d .
per 8 lbs . In other breeds , a full average amount of business was doing , and the rates must be considered the turn higher . From the northern counties we received 1 , 600 shorthorns ; from the eastern districts , 300 Scots and shorthorns ; from , the western and midland counties , 500 Herefords , Devon ? , runts , & c .. j from other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland , 150 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland , 350 beasts . The numbers of sheep , though not to say large , were more than adequate to meet the wants of the trade , hence the sale for that description of stock was heavy , at , in some instances , a decline in the . quotations , of . 2 d . per 8 lbs . / The veal trade was very inactive , and the rates suffered anabatementol' 2 d . per 8 lbs . In pigsonly araoderate business was doing , yet the quotations were supported .
... ... By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s , d . s , d , Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 6 2 8 Second quality . . . 2 lo 3 2 Prime large oxen . , 3 4 3 10 Prime Scots , & C . . . . 40 42 Coarse inferior sheep . , 3238 Second quality , . , . 3 10 4 4 Prime cearse woolled , , 16 4 8 Prime Southdown , , 4 10 5 0 Large coarse calves . , 3844 Prime small . . . . 4 6 4 . lo Suckling calves , each , , 18 0 SO ° Largehog * ... , 3 10 * ;« . Neat small porkers .. . ,. 4 . 9 5 2 Quarter-old store pigs , each , 16 0 21 ft HEAD OP OATT 1 E « N 8 AIE . „ ( From the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) BeflgtS 3582-She 27020-Calves 97-Pigs . 310 .
, , ep , , , Richmond Corn Market , Nov . 8 . —We had a thin supply of grain in our market to-day , and the samples only moderate . Wheat sold from . 5 s . to 10 s . ; oats , 2 s . lOd . to 4 s . ; barley , 4 s . to 4 s * 6 d . ; beahs , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . 6 d . per bushel . Liverpool Corn Market , Nov . 10 . —The alteration in duties this week is Is . per quaater decline ba wheat , and Od . per quarter on peas . - Old wheat . was neglected , and the value stationary . Flour fully supported previous currency . Bonded wheat . and flour continued to be held with firmness . forilate prices . In oats , Tuesday ' s prices have been 'paid . Peas have bwrnght M prices . ' Beans have had merely a retail sale . Oatmeal sold slowly .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15111845/page/3/
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