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A. POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT KAIL N...
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THE PRACTICAL COTTON SPIXSER. A. Fullait...
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THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE-Mat. Two years ...
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THE LATE THOMAS HOOD. In the last number...
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A VOICE FROM THE PAUPER UNION A sad and aching heart , A hot and throbbing head , And a palsied hand , as gaunt , and lank , And yellow as the dead : Toning like a drudge In the stark and grizzly dawn , In the sultry noon , and the dismal eve , When the dusk creeps on the lawn . Death on the midnight sea ; Death in the battle's strife , When fighting in my country's cause , Staking life to life : Death by thelnrid blight Of the ghastly lightning ' s shock ; Death on the shore of the hungry sea , 'Neath the crush of the beetling rock . 01 an ; end would seem
A pleasant thing to me , However dark—however dread The pangs of it might be ; To snatch me from this dearth Of sympathy or care—The God-horn lore that the Hon hath In its grim and bloody lair . The weary , weary pulse That heats upon my hrow , Like the nervous blow of an iron hand , Is bounding faster now : For I look upon my breast , And , with burning eye , behold The leaden badge of want and woe That makes my heart so cold . For it tells me of the time
When I had home and wife , And my blood thrilled up in the morning air As I plied my hedging-knife ; And it brings me back the days When I earned from the stubborn soil The food that nourished those I loved By sturdy honest toil . It tempts me in my dreams To stray in bygone years , TBI I wake with sobs on my trembling- lip , And bathed in hitter tears . For cruel hands have torn away The loved one from my side , And severed those whom God hath said , " Let bo man e'er divide . " A sad and aching heart ,
A hot and throbbing head , And a palsied hand , as gaunt , and lank , And yellow as the dead ; Toiling like a drudge In the stark and grizzly dawn , In the sultry noon , and the dismal eve , When the dusk creeps on the lawn . GrealGv . ru THE SMALL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RICH AND POOR !
The poor man ' s sins are glaring ; In the face of ghostly warning , He is caught in the fact , Of an overt act—Buying greens on Sunday morning . The rich man's sins are hidden In the pomp of wealth and station ; And escape the sight Of the children of light , Who are wise in their generation . The rich man has a kitchen , And cooks to dress his dinner ; The poor who would roast To the baker ' s must post , And thus becomes a sinner .
The rich man has a . cellar , And a ready butler by him ; The poor most steer For his pint of beer , Where the saint can't choose but spy him The rich man's painted windows Hide the concerts of the quality ; The poor can but share A crackM fiddle in the air , Which offends all sound morality . The rich man is invisible
In the crowd of his gay society ; Bat the poor man ' s delight Is a sore in the sight , And a stench in the nose of piety . Joe -Witter the Younger
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The People's Charter: A Bui To Provide F...
THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER : a BUI to Provide for the just Representation of the People of Great Britain and Ireland , in the Commons House of Parliament . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . This is one of the most beautiful specimens of defcorative printing that it has been our good fortune to tee : it reflects credit on all concerned in its produciion . On alargesheet of paper , of tlio most beautiful ierfnre , in letters of red and blue , surroundedand embellished with borders and letters of gold , is given the entire of tAat < £ ocument which has embodied within itself the people ' s mode of making the " third estate of the realm" what its designation shows it onght to be—and which document is surelydestined , and at no
disiant period cither , to become the "law of the -and . " It thus forms a most tasteful " picture of wit "—one that would impart grace to the drawingiwun , and will be a splendid ornament to the cottage . Wc have seen nothing in typography so veil deserving cf preservation as tins " Decorated People ' s Charieb : and wc say this as much in relation to the lawk of execution as to the intrinsic nature of the document itself . Wc advise all who can spare the amount of exist , —only oneshSTing , —to'possess themselves of it . Thev wfll find that our description of Hedreu in which the Charter appears is far from team overdrawn .
A. Popular History Of Priestcraft Kail N...
A . POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT KAIL NATIONS . By Wm . Howrrr . Seventh fifth *! . London : Chapman , Newgate-street . A screak edition of this deservedly popular work has just issued from the press : a work which ought to be in every one ' s hands , as an antidote to the poisonous influence of superstition and priestly domination , which , though somewhat crushed , still struggle for the resumption of its full and unfettered * aj . The demon still lives ; and , if nntethered , would again prosecute its hellish campaign against die peace and happiness of society , Bigofayand intomnec are not jet annihilated . Fanaticism still Solo ' s dominion over thousandsand tens of thousands : « nd the same devilish spirit actuates the pseudosaints of the present time , that impelled the jsacerdo-W monsters of by-gone days to the commission of ° « ds at which human nature shudders .
We find fault with no man's creed . We repu-™? te the idea of interposing between a man's con-Wence and his God—with his mode of belief or jwde of worship , we ( meaning society ) have nothffigto do ; but we have to do with the effects of rehsjous , or rather irreligious rivalry , priestly rule , tkrical rapacity , and surpliced delinquency . The Volume before us exhibits these effects too palpably to induce us to desire our country to be accursed by the Perpetuation of such evils ; and we trust that the taorted author of the " History of Priestaaft" will
Ke to sec his desire realised in the total destruction tfthe" craft . " As a sample of the style of the work , and of the § ood service the author has conferred on his race by compiling a history of the baleful doings of those who We turned the earth into a charnal-house , and drenched the world in blood and tears . Our extract * H 1 be useful just now , when it is a contest between the minister and the people whether we shall endow the priests of the Romish Church with the public Sstrney . From it they will learn something of the sature and pretensions of Romanism : —
Christ appeared—the career of Paganism was checked ; " * 4 bfr fate of Judaism was sealed . A character and a s < % ion were placed before the eyes of men hitherto in-^ 'Wfitablein the beauty and philanthropy of their na-?* t tnlike all other founders of a religious faith , ° * vhad not any selfishness—not any desire of domi-T ? * > *< snd his system , unlike all other systems of wor ^ ft ** s bloodless , boundlessly beneficent , inexpressibly l ^ . ana , most marvellous of all , went to break all bonds a and soul ; and to cast down every temporal and ** ° f JJ'irimal tyranny . It was a system calculated for . ?** * wide universe . One would have thought ' < from this epoch , the arm of priestcraft would hare * ; broken : that it would never more have dared to j " * its htad ;— -but it is a principle of shameless avidity * M andacitr , ^ j t jj exactly from this time that we ^ ti * most amazing career of its delusions and atrori"y ° ^ * o the verv day of our own existence . —
u-t „ - w » * "V " " — - , " r w DOt femihar with the horrors and arrogant as-^ POsns of the papal church ? Scarcely had the perse-^ j ^ 'jf the pagan emperors ceased , when the Christian ^ cn Wame inundated with corruptions and supersti-^ of every kind . Constantine embraced Christianity can . p " 51 * e wnt , 'e world embraced it noiniiially with j ^^ Jroni a conversion of such a kind , the work of ^^ mple and popular interested hopes , what effects * wnt v * xpscted The martial tyranny of ancient ea dT ^ ft ' , ia 4 subdued the world , was coming to an stripp ^ Wealt h wnidl a tnousand states had been Q ft tuniea t 0 poison in her bosom , and brought button f San mistress of bloodshed and tears that retri-** ent n * bich national rapine and injustice never totisaiT e * eaPe- But , as if the ghost of departed des-S ^ . T ' CPed over the Seven Hills , and sought only a Sta— . Yiv to arise in a worse sfaane . a newtvrannv
comt ° ihkM , f " tum rfPriestcraft , ten times more terrible t <> snbinTT **** ola . becanseit was one which sought | ^ 9 ° S » e not merel y the persons of men , but to extinthehw , ed 6 e 5 to crash into everlasting childishness teries T ? " * 14- . and to tale i ^ in its fatuity , with mys-^ 4 the • f ° ' The emes loured fte attempt ^ stnre P ° ^ * Koman empire , science and rftafedftel 2 Lffisappearmg- A licentious army con-* ta the Gnlv y ° f a de ^^ ed and effeminated people ; " otnic and Hunnish nations , rushing in immense
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torrents over the superannuated states of Europe , scattered , for a time , desolation , poverty , and ignorance . At ftis crisis , while it had to deal with hordes of rough warriors , who , strong in body and boisterous in manner , had yet minds not destitute of great energies , and many traditional maxims of moral and judicious excellence , but clothed in all the simple credulity of children , up rose the spirit of priestcraft in Rome , aud assumed all its ancient and inflated claims . As if the devil , stricken with malice at the promulgation of Christianity , which threatened to annihilate his power , had watched the opportunity to inflict on it the most fatal wound , and had found no
instrument so favourable to his purpose as a priest—such a glorious and signal triumph never yet was his from the creation of the world ! Had lie devised a system for himself , he could not have pitched upon one like popery—a system which , pretending to be that of Christ , suppressed the Bible , extinguished knowledge , locked up the human mind , amused it with the most ludicrous baubles , and granted official licenses to commit all species of crimes and impunity . Satan himself became enthroned on the Seven Hills in the habit of a priest , and grinned his broadest delight amidst the public and universal reign of ignorance , hypocrisy , venality , and lust .
As if the popes had studied the pagan hierarchies , they brought into concentrated exercise all their various engines of power , deception , and corruption . They could not , indeed , assert , as the pagan priesthood had done , that they were of a higher origin than the rest of mankind - , aud therefore entitled to sit as kings , to choose all kings , and rule over all kings ; for it was necessary to preserve some public allegiance to the doctrines of Christianity ; but they took ground quite as effective . They declared themselves the authorised vicegerents of heaven ; making Christ ' s words to Peter their charter : — " On this rock I will build my church ; " hence asserting themselves to he the only true church , though they never could shew that St . Peter ever was at Borne at all . On this ground , however—enough for the simple warriors of the
timethey proceeded to rule over nations and kings . On this ground they proclaimed the infallibility of the Pope and his conclave of Cardinals , and thus excluded all dissent . Their first act , having once taken this station , was that which had been tliepracSee of priests in all countries , to shut up the true knowledge amongst themselves . As the priests of Egypt and Greece enclosed it inmysteries , they wrapt the simple troths of the Gospel in mysteries too ; as the Brahmins forbid any except their own order to read the sacred Tedas , they shut up the Bible—the very hook given to enlighten the world ; the very book which declared of its own contents , that "they were so clear that he who ran might read them ; " that they taught a way of life so perspicuous that " the wayfaring man , though a fool could not err therein . " This was the most
daring and audacious act the world had then seen ; but this act once successful , the whole earth was in their power . The people were ignorant ; they taught them what they pleased . They delivered all sorts of ludicrous and pernicious dogmas as Scripture ; and who could contradict them ? So great became the ignorance of even their own order , under this system , so completely became the Bible a strange book , that when , in after ages , men began to enquire and to expose their delusions , a monk warned his audience to beware of these heretics , who had invented a new language , called Greek , and flad written it in a look called the Sew Testament , full of the most damnable doctrines . By every act of insinuation , intimidation , forgery , and fraud , they not only raised themselves to the rank of temporal princes , but lorded it over the
greatest kings with insolent impunity . The Ban , which we hare seen employed by the priests of Odin in fhenorth , they adopted , and made its terrors felt throughout the whole Christian world . Was a king refractory ; did he refuse the pontifical demand of money ; bad he an opinion of his own ; a repugnance to comply with papal influence in his aflairs ? the thunders of the Vatican were launched against him ; his kingdom was laid under the Ban ; all people were forbidden , on pain of eternal damnation , to trade with his subjects ; all churches were shut ; the nation was of a sudden deprived of all exterior exercise of its religion ; the altars were despoiled of their ornaments ; the crosses , the relics , the images , the statues of the saints , were laid on the ground ; and , as if the air itself were profaned and might pollute them by its contact
the priests carefully covered them up , even from their own approach and veneration . The use of hells entirely ceased in all churches , the bells themselves were removed from the steeples and laid on the ground with the other sacred utensils . Mass was celebrated with shut doors , and none but the priests were admitted to the holy institution . The clergy refased to marry , baptize , or bury ; the dead were obliged to be cast into ditches , or lay putrifying on the ground , till the superstitious people looking on their children who died without baptism as gone to perdition , and those dead without burial amid the ceremonies of the church and in consecrated ground as seized on by the devil , rose in rebellious fury , and obliged the prince to submit and humble himself before the proud priest of Rome .
The above sample will impart to the reader some notion of the manner in which Mr . Howitt has executed Ids task . The whole work abounds with uncompromising denunciations of the system by which the priests of mammon and corrupt power "liave their living . " It is characterised throughout by fearless discussion , and honest independence . Mr . Howitt spares no branch of the system . He takes it up in its origin , traces its history through all its phases , down even to our own times , speaking as freely , as boldly , and as truly of the priestcraft of the
English Church , as of the priesthood of the religions out of fashion . " To the edition just issued a vast quantity of new matter has been added . The adver tisement prefixed to it states , that' * it contains several entirely new chapters , and that , the whole work has been so got up as to present three times the original information at . a considerable reduced price . " What stronger recommendation of the work can we offer than the mention of that fact , and the other fact , that this is the seventlt edition of a work that truly deserves to be popular . "
The Practical Cotton Spixser. A. Fullait...
THE PRACTICAL COTTON SPIXSER . A . Fullaiton and Co ., 106 , Newgate-street , London . A work to impart to the young Cotton Spinner a practical knowledge of the calculations and other minute but necessary knowledge appertaining to his craft , is indeed much needed . _ The parties who possess this knowledge are as tenacious of it , and as secret and exclusive with it , as ever the priests of old were with the information they locked up from the Jay portion of mankind . Itis only some favoured lelative , or at times a fortunate " friend , " that can get initiated into the mystery of " wheels and put lies , " to be * able to produce from the spinning-mule the exact quantity and qualityof thread or "twist" required and such are mostly made to pave the way with
gold , beforeallowcdto enter tbe temple of coitou-spmniBg-caleulation . A plain and practical work on the art , therefore , would be a boon toparties who aspire to situations in which a knowlege of the quantity or qnah'tyofthe "twist , " or thelength of a given weight of cotton when spun into "twist , " is required . The work before us is an attempt to supply this deficiency ; and so far as the intention of the author goes , the effort is a laudable one . Unfortunately for those who stand in need of a teacher , the author does not possess either practical or theoretical knowledge sufficient to make his teachings plain to the mind ofaperson desirous of becomingone of the "initiated , " who cannot avail himself of the instruction of a tutor . At all ' events the author has had so little practice in
"book making , " that he cannot impart instruction by that means . We will give reasons for [ these assertions . In his calculation of the "lap , " or a certain length or weight of cotton prepared for feeding the card-machine , he assumes that eighteen feet long weighs 1 ft ., and then asks , " What is the proportion of eighteen feet to one hank , allowing a hank to weigh Ifi . ? " What does he mean ? what proportion does he want ? If a " lap" eighteen feet long weighs 1 & ., and if a hank weighs IS ., then eighteen feet of a lap will make a hank of " twist ; " but if be means what proportion does the length of the Jap , eighteen feet long , bear to the length of a hank of twist , both weighing IB ) , ( and his solution of his question leads to this inference ) , why does he not say so ? Then , in
his selution to the question , he commences by saying : "Eighteen hanks in lib ., " while the question gives only me hank to lib . Either he knows very little of the subject on which he writes , or the compositors hare put his "^/' throo ghthe "deviling machine , " or " willow , " and so bedeviled it , that they have knocked all the sense out of it . In the answer to his question he says : "Eighteen feet is the one-hundredand-fortietb . part of a hank . " Then , if eighteen feet of a "lap" weighs lib ., and eighteen feet of a "lap" is the one-hundred-and-fortieth part of a hank , then a hank weighs 140 ft .: while the question stipulates that a hank shall weigh Jft ., not MOft . Really the " Practical Cotton Spinner" h a very impracticable affair . There cannot be a doubt but that the
author means tbateighteen feet of lap wants spinning into one hundred-and-forty threads , each eighteen feet long ; or into one thread 2 , 520 feet long ; and tbateighteen feet of twist is the one-hundreu-and forticth part of a hank : or , in other words , that the "lap" eighteen feet long wants drawing in the various processes to one hundred-and-forty times its own length , before it becomes twist of acertain count , one hank of which shall weigh lft . Whether that twist when spun will be asfineassewingthread , or as coarse as a rope , we do not pretend to say : we leave tliat point for the author to exp lain ; for as the weight of the "lap" and the weight ot the hank are both assumed , we have not any reason to quarrel with him on this point : but we may hint that we think his twist would be " ivheelbands . "
We shall next follow our author to the carding engine , where he finds that the draught of the cart is twenty-eight : i . c , if one foot long of the " lap be put into the " card , " it will come out m a' surer of twentv-eight feet long . Our author ' s mode ot calculating this is correct . Indeed it is almost the only mode in use . We may here state , that in all jne questions our author has adopted the proper method ot calculating the " draught ; " but the statement of his questions , and the names given to the resolte , areTery incorrect , and require a person to be practically acquainted with cotton spinning before he can nnd out what the writer intended to say . For instance , after finding the " draught" of the card to be twenty eight , he wants "to find the grist of the end , after passing through the carding engine : " and he gives as a rule , "multiply the draught of the carding engine by one one-hundred-and-fortieth , the proportion
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found of a pound of cotton to a hank . " Now , as we before showed , one pound of cotton is not the onchundred-and-fortieth part of a hank—but one « on ) fe , according to his own statement . The length of one pound of cotton in the " lap" is the one-hundred-andfortieth part of the length of the same pound of cotton when spun into a hank of "twist ; " and , therefore , the statement or rule ought to have been—multiply the draught of the carding engine by one one-hundred-and-fortieth , the proportion found of the length of a pound of cotton w the lap , to tfte length ot the same pound of cotton in the hank of twist . Instead of proceeding thus , which he ought to havo done according to his own data , our author gives us , as the result of the operation ,
"twotenths ot a hank grist of end . " What does he mean ? lie put in one pound of cotton , which lie called the ; one-hundred-and-foi-tieth part of a hank ; and he brings out a pound of cotton , which he calls twotenths of a hank ! and yet a hank of twist weighs one pound , or takesone pound of cotton to make it ! What he meant to say was , that the length of the "lap , " eighteen feet , was the one-hundred-andfortieth part of the length of a hank of twisty 2 , 520 feet long ; and when the " lap" had been drawn in the card to twenty-eight times its original length , it would come out in a " sliver" five hundred and four feel long , or two-tenths , or one-fifth , of the length of the hank of twist . At the twenty-fifth page , we find
a statement of the results of the whole , after passing through the various processes -, and our author shows that thirteen feet six inches of a " lap" weighing , nett , thirteen and a half ounces , produce 122 , 525 feet 6 inches in length , or 48 J hanks of twist . But if 13 J ounces of cotton produces 48 J hanks of twist , then one pound of cotton will give 64 $ hanks ; and yet , in commencing , our author gives , as data , " one hank of twist weiglung one pound . " He was either spinning ropes in the commencement of his book , or cobwebs at page 26 . We fear Ids work has got a wrong name . It is anything but a Pbactical Corro . v Spinner : for the spinner who should only rely on its directions and rules would make sorry practice indeed . '
The Illuminated Magazine-Mat. Two Years ...
THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE-Mat . Two years have elapsed since the first appearance of this magazine , and with the completion of the fourth half-yearly volume , the first series has been brought to a close . The Illuminated appears this month in the new and portable shape of a bound volume , and carries with it a look of compactness and durability quite novel to the class of publications to which it belongs . The experiment is a bold one , and will , we hope , succeed , not only for the sake of the proprietors , whose enterprise deserves success , but also for the sake of the public , who will , we think , be gainers by the change . The change in the outward appearance of the IKuminated is , we aro inclined to believe , indicative of a change for the better within . For some months past there has been an evident
falling-off in the ability which at the outset characterised this magazine , and we have had some reason for complaining of its deficiencies in that respect . We are glad , therefore , to bear testimony to considerable literary superiority in the first volume of the new series . Several old contributors make their reappearance in this month ' s number , the contents of which are mostly unexceptionable , though one or two articles are somewhat too brief to satisfy us . The opening tale is a love-sketch entitled "The Roman Architect , " in which the serious and the burlesque are made to very nappily mingle . " Old Scenes and New , " by the Rev . K . Jones , is a pleasing paper . " The Rights and Wrongs of the Poor , " by Luke Rooek , M . D ., is but the introduction to an
intended dissertation on the great question of the present time . We have so repeatedly commented on the productions of this kindly-hearted , but often wrong-headed writer , as to render it unnecessary for us to do more than remark that his dissertation gives promise of containing a fair share of the errors we have before combatted with . For instance , in the article before us , he asserts two things . First , that in this country , " there is , except in the comparatively rare instances of dishonest gains , absolutely no other source of accumulated wealth than invention or economy . " ( Second , that" the great object of English legislation is the education , health , and wellbeiugof the poor , and their protection against the avarice and cunning of the rich : and that the courts
ot Jaw , the press , and other channels are open to the humblest for the publication of their wrongs , if they have any , and the obtainment of justice . " Itis not necessary that we should occupy space in refuting assertions like the above , so notoriously the reverse of true . We believe Luke Rooex to be fully conr vinced in his own mind of the fidelity of the picture he has drawn of England as it is ; but never was a public writer more mistaken . The productions of Axons B . Reach we are always pleased with , and his "Voice from the Bedroom" is no exception to our usual satisfaction . " The Two May Mornings" is an interesting story . "Tootee , the Dancing Girl , " by Louisa Stiubt Costello , is a love-tale of the East , prettily told , and will be read with avidity by all subject to the influence of
" love's young dream . " " Lunatic Asylums" is a well written article on a most important subject . "My Uncle , Captain Anthony Bygravc , " is one of Mrs . Caroline White ' s pleasing sketches . " The Past , the Present , and the Possible , " a continuation of articles from the former series , gives a vivid description of South American life : we shall be glad to hear more of the author ' s experiences . " The Last Day of the Honeymoon " is by Richard Bhinslet Knowles , son of the distinguished Sheridax Kxowi . es ; it will be found well worthyperusal . Lastly , of the prose articles , we have a delightful little sketch from the pen of James Smith , one of the best writers in this magazine ; the only fault of this sketch is its brevity . There is an abundant supply of poetry , some of it passable , and SOUieOf it poor stuff ; we except one piece , "The Wife ' s Tragedy , " by Charles Whitehead , a beautiful poem , from which we select a few stanzas . The following is the portrait of the " Wife " : —
She was not beautiful : yet how to trace Worthier perfections which iny power defy 1 That decency of mien transcending grace ; That gentleness which was veiled dignity ; That sweet serenity of ah- aud face , "Which of her inward heaven was the sky ; That purity of a plain heart , made wise By nature , beaming from her Sabbath eyes . These picture not , nor praise her ; but suggest , Perchance , some being , many a wretch , forlorn Of friends and hope , once imaged in his breast , Has ever after in his bosom worn , Some dear partaker of a murmuring nestj Jlore safe , more secret , built amid the thorn—Some constant partner of his joys and woes , living , to bless his eyes—dying to close . Some one to love , and to he loved ; to make All sorrow ' s tender sufferings still endeared , Enriched , almost to rapture , for the sake
Of her whose smile the desert household cheered . Such was Louisa , who could only wake Equable peace , in fortune ' s centre sphered -, But in adversity ' s fell round , had shone Peace , upward-pointing Hope , and joy in one . Yes , lovelier far than beauty is the glow Of goodness , radiant on a brow serene ; Goodness that timidly itself doth show , Like a church-spire amid the foliage seen , Holy , with God ' s work round it ; that can throw Its faith before affliction , like a screen ; ' That can to gathering clouds a softness lend , And sees the rainbow ere the storm descend , And here is the more glowing picture of the " whVs " cousin , who in an evil hour comes to reside with her : —
She came : in truth there was rare beauty here . Behold the dark complexion of the south , The hroad black eye , as moonlit water clear , The arch audacity of the rich mouth , Whose lips capricious , playfully severe , Now staid as age , now flexible as youth , Aye-varied loveliness , had still their cue From one who all their fascination knew . She seemed as one born amid fruits and trees , An out-door child of Nature ' s dear regard ; flowers for her couch , her lullaby of bees , The morning ' s heiress , and the fairies' ward ; Health had been lent her by the odorous breeze , Her bounding step by the elastic sward , Her grace by motion , by the skies her looks , Her cheerfulness by the fresh running brooks . And then to see her smile , and hear her laugh , 'Twas as a peal of hells in sunshine heard ; Half was the melody of mirth , and half
Brightness , that on her cheeks and hrow appeared The beggar would have paused upon his staff To bless her from his heart , his heart new cheered To the eld man that voice , that joyous eye , "Would have recalled the happy times gone by . A creature full of impulse , frank and blithe , Her heart as fair and open as her band , Before her rigid Time , grown young and lithe , Danced as she listed , flew at her command , Aud bound with variegated wreaths his scythe , Or filled his lucid glass with sparkling sand . Even such her power , so all who loved her deemed— - Even such she was ?—No , even such she seemed .
There are some illustraiions , the best of which is an etching by " Phiz . " If we may be permitted a word of advice , it would lx- that a little more margin , even atthesacrificeof asntall quantity of type , would bean improvement : a close-cut page will make any book look stunted aud shabby , especially one of small form . We think too that the title on the back , as well as on the side cover , and the leaves gilt-edged instead of plain , would give a finishto the appearance of the Tolume . For ourselves , we are very well satisfied with the LUuminated as it stands . A neatly bound volume of near ! v two hundred and fifty pages , containing the good tnings , the titles of which we have detailed , parchaseable for the sum of eig hteenpence , isanbveltyintheliteraryworldatohcesocheap and entertaining as to be fairly entitled to the most extensive patronage . Such patronage we hope the proprietors will meet with .
The Late Thomas Hood. In The Last Number...
THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . In the last number of the # arwc announced the fact that- Tom Hood , " the prince of jesters , had pain the debt ' of nature , after a wasting illness of many years slow progress , teiminated by months of extreme debility and suffering , cheerfully borne . 1-ronniieAtfcncBKTO of Saturday wc extract the following notice of Hood ' s life and literary labours , joining the writer m his estimate of Hood ' s powers and usefulness . With the Athenmm , wc say that the world will assuredly soon feel that it is poorer for Hood s withdrawal : — Thomas Hood was the son of ilr . Hood , the bookseller , of the firm of Veroor and Hood . He gave to the public an outline of his early life in the " Literary Reminiscences , " published in Foods Own . Hewas ,, as he there states , early placed "upon lofty stool , at lofty desk . "in a
merchants counting-house ; hnt his commercial career was soon put aa end to by his health , which began to fail ; and by the recommendation of the physicians he was " shipped , as per advice , in a Scotch smack , " to his father ' s relations iu Dundee . There he made his first literary venture in the local journals ; subsequently he sent a pnper to the IHmdee Magazine , the editor of which was kind enough , as Winifred Jenkins says , "to wrap my bitof nonsense under his Honour ' s kiver , without charging for its insertion . " Literature , however , was then only thought of as an amusement ; for , on his return to London , he was , we believe , apprenticed to an uncle as an engraver , and subsequently transferred to one of the Le Eeux . But though he always retained his early love for art , and had much facility in drawing , as the numberless quaint illustration !
to his works testify , his tendencies were literary , and when , on the death of Mr . John Scott , the London Magazine passed into the hands of Messrs . Taylor and Hcssey , Mr . Hood was installed in a sort of sub-editorship . From that time his career has been open and known to the publie . The following is , we apprehend , something like a catalogue of Mr . Hood ' s works , dating from the period when his " Odes and Addresses , " written in conjunction with his brother-in-law , Mr . J . H . Reynolds , brought him prominently before the public : — " Whims and Oddities ;" " National Tales ; " « The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies " ( a volume full of rich , imaginative poetry ); "The Comic Annuals , " subsequently reproduced with the addition of newmatteras"Hood ' sOwn ; " "Tylney Hall ; " "Upthe Rhine ; " and "Whimsicalities : a Periodical Gathering . "
Nor must we forget one year's editorship of "The Gem , " since that included "Eugene Aram ' s Dream , " a ballad which we imagine will live as long as the language . Of later days Mr . Hood was an occasional contributor to Punch's casket of mirth and benevolence ; and , perhaps , his last offering , " The Song of the Shirt , " was his besta poem of which the imitations have been countless , and the moral effect immeasurable . The secret of this effect , if analysed , would give the characteristics of one of the most original and power ful geniuses which ever was dropped by Faery into infant ' s cradle , and oddly nursed up by man into a treasure , quaint , special , cameleoncoloured in the changefulness of its tints , yet complete and self-consistent . Of allthehumourists , Hood was themost poetical , ' "When dealing with the most familiar subjects , whether it might be a sweep bewailing the suppression of his cry , or a mother searching through St . Giles ' s for her lost infant , or a Miss Killmansegg ' s golden
childhoodthere was hardly a verse in which some touches of heart , or some play of fancy , did not beckon the laughing reader away into far other worlds than the jester ' s . It is true , that he was equally prone to vein and streak his noblest poems , on high and awful themes , with familiar allusions aud grotesque sivailes ; and this union of what is near and tangible , with what soars high and sinks deep , wrought out in every capricious form which a gamesome invention could suggest , enabled him from time to time to strike home to the hearts of every one—the fastidious and the common-place—the man of wit and the man of dreamsof all , we should say , except the bigot and the charlatan . To these Hood ' s genial sarcasms must have been gall and wormwood , directed , as they were , to the noblest purposes . His jokes pierced the deeper , too , inasmuch as they were poet's jokes—clear of gvossness or vulgarity . The wovld will presently feel how much poorer it is for Hood's withdrawal ; and then there will be no lack of remembrancers and memorialists .
We add the following from the literary Gazette of Saturday : — Thohas Hood died on Saturday morning . A spirit of true philanthropy has departed from its earthly tenement ; the light of a curious aud peculiar wit has been extinguished ; the feelings and pathos of a natural poet have descended into the grave ; and left those who knew , admired , and loved these qualities , to feel and deplore the loss of him in whom they were so pre-eminently united . Yet we can hardly say that we lament his death . Poor Hood ! his sportive humour , like the rays from a crackling fire in a dilapidated building , had long played among the fractures of a ruined constitution , and flashed upon the world through the flaws and rents of a shattered wreck . Yet , infirm as was the fabric , the equal mind
was never disturbed to the last . Ho contemplated the approach of death with a composed philosophy and a resigned soul . It had no terrors for hiuu A short while ago Ave sat for hours by his bed-side in general and cheerful conversation , as when in social and healthful inter , course . Then he spoke of the certain and unavoidable event about to take place with perfect unreserve , unruffled calmness ; and the lesson and example how to die was never given in a more impressive and consolatory manner than by Thomas Hood . ' His bodily sufferings had made no change in his mental character . He was the same as in his publications—at times lively and jocular , at times
serious and affecting ; and upon the one great subject of a death-bed hope , he declared himself , as throughout life , opposed to canters and hypocrites—a class he had always detested and written against ; while he set the highest price upon sincere Christianity , whose works of charity and mercy bore witness to the integrity and purity of the faith professed . "Our common friend , " he said , " Mrs . E—— , I love ; for she is a truly religious , and not a pious woman . " He seemed anxious that his sentiments on the momentous question should not he misrepresented ; and that IliS animosity agflinst the protended should not be misconstrued into a want of a just estimation for the real .
Another subject upon which he dwelt with much earnestness and gratitude , was the grant of a pension of £ 100 a year to his wife . " There is , after all , " he observed , " much of good to counterbalance the bad in this world . I have now a batter opinion of it than I once had , when pressed by wrongs and injuries" [ of these he spoke , but they are not for public notice ] . Two autograph letters from Sir Robert Peal relating to this pension gave hiiu intense gratification , and' were indeed most honourable to the heart of the writer , whose warmth in the expression of personal solicitude for himself and his family , and of admiration for his productions ( with which Sir Robert seemed to be well acquainted ) , we firmly believe imparted more delight to the dying man than even the prospect that those so dear to him would not be left destitute . ' .
We have thought that these particulars might possess an interest for our readers , and that , at least at the present period , a h * st and notice of Hood ' s works , so well and so generally known , would not be expected . As they have issued from the press we have always found a pleasure in pointing out their various merits and beauties , the idiosyncracy . of their humorous features , the touching tenderness of their more natural effusions . The smile aud the sigh were , ever blended together ; the laugh at the grotesque idea and whimsical imagination ( rarely seeing objects as other people saw thorn ) , and the tear which must flow over such pathetic narratives ai Eugene Aram or the Old Elm-Coffin , Without a parallel and
as original as Hood was in the ludicrous , his more enduring fame will rest on the exquisitely humane and simply compassionate . There was no force or affectation in his efforts to serve his fellow-creatures—they were spontaneous and passionate ; and all the attof picturesque and descriptive power bestowed upon them was but appropriate and congenial ornament , neither covering nor concealing the rich stream of benevolence which flowed in the depths below . His most cynical sparklings emanated from a kind , heart ; they were fireworks which revolved in many a quaint and brilliant device , but burnt or injured none . He could help the droll conceit and dazzling sally ; but the lore of kind predominated throughout and over all .
Mr . Hood was the son of the respectable publisher and bookseller of that name , long a partner in the firm of Veraor and Hood , Poultry , which is seen inscribed oh many a title-page , some forty or fifty years ago . He has left a ividowand two children , a sen and a daughter , both inheriting much of his talent ; and likely , we trust , to be more prosperous in the world than all his genius could make their parent .
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THE ORPHAN ; or , MEMOIRS OF MATILDA . By Eugene Sue . Parts VI . and VII . London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishsquare . This is a wonderful work . The author exhibits a knowledge oi female character , and the human heart , to an extent rarely equalled , and certainly never excelled . The taste displayed by the publisher in the getting up of this edition is worthy of all commendation . The demands on our space will not permit us to extract any one of the striking scenes contained in the parts before us ; wc must , therefore , content ourselves with giving the following reflections on the conduct of husbands to their wives—attention to the moral of which may contribute to the happiness of thousands . " To persons about to marry , " the following will be found invaluable : — ATTENTION TO " TBIFIES" ESSENTIAL TO COXUVBUh
HiywsEss . How many men , the day after marriage , suddenly substitute a careless and selfish negligence , for the attentions and little kindnesses of the , day before ! Poor idiots ! they know net of what enchanting pleasures they deprive themselves for ever , for the sake of escaping some of the sweet influences of love , for the sake of loving , as they call it , without constraint ! they do ' not understand that marriage becomes a monotonous , coarse , and often intolerable existence , for the want of that perpetuity , of refined ention
att , graceful coquetry , and enchanting a ' ndmystenous delicacy ! They do not understand that on those very attentions , so futile in appearance , dependoften the happiness and the peace of life ! in ' a word , they do not feel to what heart-rending humiliation they reduce a woman frorathe daywhen theyforce her to ask herself if it is her name of wife / which causes this hasty disappearance of kindness . They do not feel with what a generous resignation that woman must be endowed who does not make a fatal comparison between the watchful attentions of strangers , and the neglect of hhn who ought
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to be all to her . Alas . ' I know the world reproaches women who feel thus acutely these little lights and shades of life , with attaching an exaggerated and ridiculous importance , to trifles , to mere nothings , and yet these nothings almost always suffice for the happiness of women . For those nothings they will blindly , proudly , joyously devote their whole existence ! Tor those nothings they often forget the privations , the sorrows , the great misfortunes which befal them ; for those nothings prove to them that they are valued—and loved , there is one thing which ever inflicts an incurable wound on the heart of woman , and that one thing is indifference or neglect . And then , after all , since men in their proud self-sufficiency , treat as childish , what to us is so important , is it generous on their part who are so wise , who are so strong , who are so powerful , to deny us a few poor attentions which would costthem so little , and which would be to ns a pretext , at least , for loving them to idolatry ?
Wc perceive that Mr . Newby is about to commence a new monthly periodical , under the title of " The Traveller ' s Magazine , and Review of British and Foreign Literature ; " through the pages of which " a new and direct line of communication between travellers abroad—travellers at home—the ' uttermost parts of the earth '—and our own firesides will be established . " Such a magazine should be successful
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED CARPENTERS'SOCIETIES OF LONDON , This grand annual banquet came off on Monday , May 12 , at the Highbury Barn Tavern , Islington . About 400 persons , amidst whom was a good sprinkling of the fair sex , sat down to a sumptuous repast , comprising most of the delicacies of the season . Mr . Jonas Wartnaby , a member of the King's Arms Society , Marylebone-street , was unanimously called to the chair , supported en his right by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ., and on his left by— Bourne , Esq ., editor and proprietor of the Artizan .
The Chairman read a letter from T . S . Buncombe , M . P ., apologising for , his non-attendance at the dinner , but promising to be present in the course of the afternoon if his engagements would possibly permit . The Chairman said their business on the present occasion was not to be confined to eating and drinking ; the Carpenters of London , he flattered himself , were possessed of some intelligence , and their good sense bid them take advantage of such gatherings for the advancement of the political , moral , and social
condition of their fellow-men . ( Cheers . ) The programme he held in his hand fully bore him out in this assertion { hear , hear ) , and the attendance of so many of the loveliest portion of the creation at their festive board showed that the Carpenters of London belonged to the advanced guard of the great , moral , and social movement , and his wish was that they might long enjoy moral courage to maintain their exalted position . ( Loud cheers . ) He would now introduce Mr . Gotobed to speak to the first sentiment , as follows : —
The United Societies of Carpenters of Great Britain and Ireland , and may they have a just remuneration for their labour ! Mr . Goiobed said , having , as it were , from his cradle been engaged in the trade , he , with hearty good-will , proposed that sentiment . He could like to see their trade societies move extended , although , as Carpenters , they had not much reason to complain , seeing that they had always been able by their union to overcome and vanquish their enemies —( cheers ); and sure he was , that it only required a more binding and general union of their several societies to effect a very greatimprovementin their condition . ( Cheers . ) He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . The toast was then drank witlv aU the honours . Mr . Dobell rose to propose the second sentiment , as Mows : —
The People—; may they speedily obtain their just rights , and may the Government assist them in making the laws of the country bear equally on the whole of those that have to obey them . n Mr . Dobell said , it appeared to him no man could dissent from the sentiment ho had proposed , but it followed that some steps must be taken , or those jnst rights and equal laws would not be obtained . ( Hear , hear . ) The late Conference had pointed out some of the necessary steps . He could not help thinking that tho committee had drawn up this toast in very mild terms ; more especially , when it was considered how dear those just rights were , and how long they had struggled to obtain them . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor rose amid sreat applause , and said ,
there was no toast on the whole programme that he would sooner speak to than the one he now submitted to them . He had , always identified himself with the people , he was one of them . He had done himself thehonourtobecomeacarpenterto-day . ( Laughter . ) He thought his struggles for and on behalf of the rights and liberties of the people , and his untiring efforts to obtain protection for labour , justly entitled him to rank himself among the working classes . ( Loud cheers . ) One of the previous speakers had said that the Carpenters had comparatively a fair remuneration for their labour . That accounted for their apathy , for , notwithstanding this numerous assemblage , apathetic the great body were . He regretted that none of the members of Parliament were
present , especially that Mr . Buncombe ' s engagements deprived him of the opportunity of being with them . Mr . Buncombe was the only man who really represented the interests of the industrious millions in that house . ( Much cheering . ) He would sooner dine with the operatives , than in any other society from the Queen down to the officers' mess . Why ? Because they earned what they eat . ( Loud cheers , ) But how were the working men to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour ? There was a surplus of labour in the market , and that surplus must be removed—( hear , hear ) . They must banish distrust , envy , hatred , and jealousy from amongst thorn , effect a cordial union , and their combined intelligence would point out the way —( hear , hear ) . Governments did not wage war for mere empty glory—no , they waged war to obtain the largest share of the produce of the people ' s labour . ( Loud cheers . ) He
congratulated the working classes on their increased intelligence . When he spoke of liberty , he _ didjiot mean licentiousness ; he did not mean trafficing with the rights , liberties , and lives of other men ; but of liberty , tempered with reason and justice . ( Loud cheers . ) He had come a considerable distance from the country to be present at their festival , and at any time when they called on him he should be most happy to obey the summons , and hoped that at no distant day they would meet , not to mourn over their grievances , but to congratulate themselves on the obtainment of their just rights . Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amidst great applause . Mr . How , an operative Carpenter , then sung , in excellent style , " Oak and Ivy , " and was rapturously applauded . Mr . T . Baurait , secretary to the National Society of Tradesforthe Protection of Industry , proposed the third sentiment , as follows : —
The late Trades' Conference . - may its deliberations be crowned with success ; and may the ensuing Conference carry out the plans so well laid down by its predecessor for the protection of labour . Mr . Barratt said he thought every right-thinking Englishman would agree that it was highly desirable that a thorough union of all the trades should prevail for the effectual protection of their labour —( loud cheers ); and that it was only necessary for it to be generally known that T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., was at the head of that popular movement to ensure it the most triumphant success . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . GonnARD , an operative , then sung " The Brave Old Tree . " Mr . Barratt again rose , and said , as Mi * . O'Connor was about to leave , he had much pleasure in proposing " Health and happiness to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " Mr . Wi & sher had much pleasure in supporting that sentiment .
' The toast was drank amid the unanimous acclamation of the whole assembly . Mr . O'Connor rose amid renewed cheering , and said he duly appreciated the compliment they had just paid him , and should feel highly honoured at any time to mix in their society . ( Cheers . ) He had not intruded his political opinions on them today , but having been personally introduced , he did not suppose there was scarce a man amongst them but knew his sentiments . He was a thorough Democrat and a zealous advocate of the People's Charter . ( Great cheering . ) They might talk of charters , of incorporation , of Magna Charta , & c , but only mention the People ' s Charter—0 ! that was a terrible thing . ( Loud laughter . ) But he believed that any rational person who read and considered that document , would say the people ought to have their Charter . ( Loud cheers . \ He was not a leveller , ho
was an elevator . He did not ask that they should all ride in carrriages—on the contrary , he thought they were a devilish deal better looking fellows than those who did : exercise was good for their healths—( loud laughter ) , and he should not care if the Queen lived in the clouds- ( loud cheers ) , but what he required was , that the people , in return for their labour , should enjoy a . fair share of the comforts and blessings of this life :, ( Loud cheers . ) Some members of tlmlegislature were in favour of . " cheap bread , high wages ? and plcntyof work ;" ¦ but what lie wanted for them was less work and more wages ; ¦; ( Gnat cheerin « ) He conld only thank them for their very kind mS cordial reception , and respectfully b ! d them farewell Mr . O'Connor then left the Hall ; the whole assembly upstanding and . uncovered , cheering him with deafening applause .. . . ' Mr . Blewitt rose to propose the next sentiment , as
follow . — ' •'; ,. j . . .,. The Representatives of Finsbury in Parliament , T . S . Buncombe , and T . Wakley , Esqvs . faud all friendsof' J « working classes : may they continue -to support the rights of their fellow men , a « d oppose all tJ ™** " «« f of any party in power upon the rights of the community . Hesaidhe thought , generally , members of Parliair ipni were just what the people made them-in that SS perfectly agreed with Mr . O'Connor ; if th / peop leknew their , rights , and knowing , dared maintain them , there could not be any had members of Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought Mr . O'Connor had been very diffident in introducing his political creed to them . He thought he need not
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have been so , as the working classes at any rate ... re with him in theory , andhfe great exertions uko merited that they should . he , as he trusted they soon would be , with him in practice also . { Great cheering . ) lie cordially proposed the toast . Mr . Bariutt also supported the sentiment , which was drunk amidst loud applause . . Mr . Row then sung " Tubal Cain , " and was greeted with much applause . Mr . Blkwwt again rose , and in a very amusing speech gave " The Ladies , " which was drunk with great acclaim , the band playing " Here ' s a Health to all good Lasses !" " The Stewards , " and " the . Chairman , " were also piven . The Chairman responded , and the Hall was then cleaved i ' oi- dancing , wliicn was continued with great spirit to a late hour .
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Tub Late Eirl of Mousisoion . —When the new Mint was erected on Tower Hill , at an enormous expense , the high price of the precious metals ami the existing prospects of the country , rendered the office of the moneyers for a considerable tinv .-, . ,- - fectlysinccure . No gold or silver was brought m the coining press ; milling was confined to the pugilists and corn-grinders , and paper usurped the post of cash . At this period the Hon . Mr . Wellesley Pole was appointed Master of the Mint . Upon these circumstances , Mr . Curran observed , " I am ? lad to find an Irishman for once at the head of a moneymaking department ; it may afford an additional scene for the ' Beggar ' s Opera . ' For Mat o ' the Mint , we shall have Pat o'the Mint ; and as the new establishment is likely to coin nothing but rags , there can
be no wanfcof bullion during the reign of beggary . " Comforts Compieted . —An English sailor in Dublin , crossing the Coal Quay half tipsy , with a gallon measure of foaming porter to regale his shipmates on board , passed through a crowd of coalheavers , not much more sober than himself , and in the pride of his heart addressed them with , " Hang your whiskey , you Irish lubbers , here ' s a gallon of good English beer—it is meat , drink , and clothes , " slapping the vessel with his hand . One of the fellows , affronted at this challenge , instantly knocked him down into a large slough of water , adding , " You had meat , drink , and clothes before , and there's tuashing and lodging for you into the bargain , you thief . " The fellow was proceeding to follow up his triumph by kicking the fallen Briton , when another of the gang interfered with " Bhw midovmds , Larry , though you did give him tuashing and lodging , sure he doesn't Avant mangling into the bargain . "
Infaiaible . —Trt it . —What ' s the best way to stop a woman's crying ? To dam ( n ) her eyes , to be sure . A Fortunate Slip . —An L-isbman , not long since digging for lead in the district of Dubuque , Wisconsin , fell through thebottom ofhis hole into a large cavern , and , on looking round , found the inside of the cavern covered with very pure lead . It was one of the richest veins ever discovered , and the Irishman ' s fortune is made . The Cure worse than the Disease . —An eastern caliph , being sorely afflicted with , ennui , was advised that an exchange of shirts with a man that was perfectly happy would cure him . After a long search he discovered such a person , but was informed that the happy fellow had no shirt . True Civiusatiok . —Prosecutions have already commenced against the press in Algeria . This is the strongest proof wc have yet heard of the colony becoming every day more and more French .
A Royal Box Mot . —When the Queen visited the Royal Academy , the fountains in Trafalgar-square were forced up to an unnnatural elevation of thirtythree feet . On her Majesty being asked what she thought of them , she merely replied that' ' she had no idea absurdity could be carried to such a height . " Nothing like Leather . —In the House ot Lords the other night , the Bishop of London said , " My Lords , I am deeply convinced the country wants New Bishops . " How odd the country didn ' t think of this before . One Good Turn Deserves Asotaer . —When the Whigs had possession of Downing-strcct , ar . d got in the mire , Peel always ran to help them out , though he was severely blamed by his party for so doing . The Whigs are now returning the compliment . Such extreme acts of kindness strongly illustrate the old saying of there being " Honour among thieves . "
Time for a Change . —The House of Commons is constantly ordering reports to be brought up and read ; but they never order the truth to be brought before them and spoken . If , therefore , they legislate upon mere reports , little good can be expected . Modern Martyrs . — " If the Maynooth Bill passes , " says Mr . Bickcrstcth , " new llidleys and Latimevs must burn ; " but , an Mrs . Glasse says , in her direction to dress a hare , "first cateh your hare ,- " so Mr . Bickersteth must first catch a bishop in the mind to bo burnt before he can burn him , and this at the present day he will find a somewnat difficult task . The right reverend gentlemen havo certainly been " pulled over the coals" and kept in "hot water " very much of late ; but it by no means follows that they must leave their stalls and walk like fatted oxen to be roasted in Smithfield . No , no ; Mr . Bickersteth may calm his fears : the bench of bishops quite agree with Mr . Ward on that comfortable doctrine pronounced by St . Paul , that ' it is better to marry than bum . "
COCKNKT JUSTICK . — ' * Wll < lt RrC J'OU bOlltillg thftt boy for ? " said a gentleman to a young denizen of the Rookery , in St . Giles ' s ; " you arc too big for him . What has he done ? " " Vy , he dropped his knife , I picked it up , and now he wants mc to give it him back again ; ' cos I vou't , he ' s sarcy . " Mr . Justice Best ' s Great Mixd . —The demise of Lord Wynford recalls to recollection an anecdote of the style in which his name appears in an index to certain Jaw reports . Under the title " Best , " is " Mr . Justice—his great mind . " " ( See page 21 ) . " Turning to the reference , we find , "Mr . Justice Best said he had a great mind to commit the prisoner . " Tub Irishman ' s Death . —A poor Irishman , who was on his death- bed , and who did not seem quite reconciled to the long journey he was going to take , was kindly consoled by a good-natured friend with the common reflection , that we must all die once .
" Why , my dear , now , " answered the sick man , "that is the very thing that vexes me ; if I could die half-a-dozen times 1 should not mind it . " Latest Case of " Absence of Mixd . "—A fellow , not long since , in a fit of abstraction , ran his hand into a ' neighuour's pocket instead of his own . He came to his senses upon drawing a heavy purse therefrom , and walked off in a hurry for fear of being laughed at . " What Plagues these Ciuuhvkn are ' . "—At a recent examination of the scholars connected with a Methodist Sunday-school in the vicinity of Appleby , a knowing youth , who was being examined on that portion of scripture where it is related that Jesus cast seven devils out ot Mary Magdalene , thus in his turn interrogated the master- . — " How many devils are now supposed to exist ? " "One , " was the ready reply . " Then pray , sir , " again asked the boy , " what has become of the other six ? " Noanswer .
Correc t Etymology . —A young lady asked a gentleman the meaning of the word Surrogate . " It is , Miss , " replied he , " agate througajwkieh parties pass on their way to get married . " " Then , I imagine , " said the lady , "that was a corruption of sorrow-gate . " " You are right , Miss , " replied he ; " as woman is an abbreviation of wo to man . " County Elections may well be called county farces . The mockery of representation which occurred in Denbighshire the other day , beautifully illustrates this . Sir Watkin W . Wynn , in a very cavalier speech ,
told the poor devils of Welsh serfs that he should vote as he p leased , hurried over the ceremony , and jumped into lus carriage , having had relays of horses on the road , and told his coachman to " drive away like blazes , " to get in time for the race for the cup in the Roedec ! This gives us both an idea of the representation of the people , and the staple wliich senators are not unfrcqucntly made of!—Satirist . THE WHITEHALL " DIRT-EATEK . " Graham again has had to eat his words , — So oft he docs so , 'tis beyond a question , Tlv . it certain proof it positive affords , For sucft a swallow , he ' s a prime digestion . —Ibid .
" advertising" lokd JOHN . Of " resolutions "—what a string liave you prepared , my Lord ! But we forewarn you of one thing—The House won't give a ( a ) cord . —Ibid . A Ticklish Affair . —An Irishman goir . 2 to be hanged begged that the rope might be tied under his arms , instead of round the throat ; "for , " said Pat , "lam so remarkably ticklish in the throat , that , if tied there , I'll certainly kill myself with laughter . " A Slight Mistake . — ' 1 he Duchess of B , meeting a Cambridge student , inquired what progress her nephew made ' ? . "Ol" said the student , " he sticks close to Kathcrine Hall . " ( The name of a college there . ) "I tlfoiiclit as . much , " replied her Grace .
" for he had always a hankering after the wenches . " Handsome Pay . —During the war of 1706 , a sailor went into a watchmaker's shop in the city of ; and handing out a small French watch to the ingenious artist , demanded how much the repairs would come to . The watchmaker , looking at it , said it would cost him more in repair than the original purchase . " 01 if that is allj I don't mind that , " replied the sailor . "I willeven give you double the original cost , for Lhave a veneration for the watch . " " What might you have given ft * it ? " inquired the watchmaker . '' Why , " said Jack , twitching his trousers , "I gave a French fellow a fcnocfc on the head for it ; and , if you'll repair it , I'll give you . two
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17051845/page/3/
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