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THE THEATRES. OLYMPIC. The now Comedy en...
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A GLEA 51 OF SUNSHINE . . Ai At the moment when I arrived with my guard on the platrnnrni , a division of ot & mavy detenus were repairing to their xjrmrmitory . We stopped to allow them to pass . This circum-: s : an ( ance caused a little event , which , although puerile in itself , aas , a ' s , nevertheless , left such a pleasing remembrance , that I iinnnnot resist the pleasure of mentioning it , be it only to show oowow a thousand little sensations arc capable of distracting the liiimind of a sentimental prisoner . I was , " as I have said , waiting m ti the ^ aut-Gauthicr , to allow the ordinary detenus to pass .
fifatfaturally I turned to the side on wliich I could see the land , rndnd mounted upon the parapet to enjoy the beautiful prospect rrhi'hich this place offers . What was my surprise when , my conontemplation being broken by a slight rustling beside me , I jjuDiind myself , on turning round , face to face with a heautiful ; i ; ir } irl , who was seated , within a foot of me , on the parapet . Her 33 t 3 t black hair , her dark and sparkling eyes , with a complexion ilk « ke that of a Spaniard , and a bright and supple figure , formed
ca h her person mi ensemble full of resolution , and which , never-Iheheless , did not exclude an air of gracefulness and reserve . » h & e wore a blue gown with white dots . A red silk neckerchief covered her shoulders , and from her neck was hung a , little gold arcross . She saluted me , and accompanied her salute with a iiiimnile so sympathetic , 'that , had it not been for fear of appearing nroresumptuous , I would have begged her—was it only tor the imncredibility of the thing , in the midst of our cenobitical
life—;; o ; o allow me to imprint a kiss upon each of her beautiful eyes . SBHowever , I confined ' myself , with a smile , to compliment her , urmd to thank her for her bravery in thus daring to approach a ( ErfEriffhtfal pr isoner like me . I ' returned distracted to my cell , uvwithout failing to ask my guard who that beantiful girl was . SSShe was , he told | me , a villager . I did not ask hini her name , saas I preferred giving her one borrowed from the colour of her jggown . She still bears that name ; and although one little ppleasing in its euphony , it forms one of the most picturesque oof neologisms , which , 1 am sure , she will never feel burden-: s « ome
We conclude our extracts with the following samples of MONARCHICAL ATROCITY . ' Noel Martin and Bondil suffered more than any of the others , ihi consequence of their extreme youth , from the fatal effects of s solitude , the want of exercise , and the insufficiency and uniwholesomeness of the prison diet . To all these tortures , which ^ were the objects of their protestations and curses everyday , -was added a crownin < r act of indiffnitv . Noel Martin had
found means of making known to Barbes tnat he was m want of a small sum of money . Barbes , always so fraternal , hastened to satisfy this request , by causing , by a written order , the sum to be placed on the register of our young companion . Under pretence of his instructions , which forbad any communication between any of us . the director , Theruier , had the impudence to cause to be inscribed on the service book that sum as coming in the shape of a loan from him . Noel Martin did not notice the alteration of the name until after having signed it . Immediately , however , he tore up the leaf on which ho had put his
signature , saying that he was the debtor of Barbes , but that at any price ho ' would not appear to be the debtor of his jailor . This act of legitimate susceptibility rendered Noel Martin liable to I know not what disciplinary punishment . This only caused farther recrinmations oiC his part . Meanwhile arrived the chaplain , who , in a voice at once persuasive and menacing , said to Noel Martin that there were chains and dungeons for him , if lie didnotlmow liow to respecthis chiefs . At the word chiefs , employed to designate his jailors , and accompanied by menaces , Noel could no longer contain himself . " If you had come here , " said he to the chaplain , " with the sentiments of a true
minister of religion ; if you had come to bring to me—to me , who am still so young—words of consolation and patience , I should certainly have listened to you , if not with entire deference , at least with all possible attention . But when , forgetting the duties of your ministry , you come here with a threat in your mouth—when you constitute yourself the interpreter of my executioners , 1 reply to you : Assassin of the inquisition , respect a soldier of the cause of the people ; hence , disciple of Loyola ! You dishonour Christ , if the religion of Christ could
be responsible for your cruelties , and your crafty lies . " And unable to constrain himself , he repeated to Koudil , from the window , in a loud voice , the details of what had passed , naturally accompanying his recital with new protestations . Koudil took upon himself the consequences of the position of Noel Martin , by paraphrasing , in the same tone of voice , the words of his friend . The jailors concluded with their unique argument . Ah order of mise au cachet was given try the director . But nothing could daunt , or in the slightest degree intimidate our two young and brave companions . With right
and justice on their side , they resolved to resist , and to yield only to force . Accordingly , they barricaded their doors , which were , however , soon burst open . Until then , considering the merciless orders they had received from high quarters , and the fatality of their position , the conduct of our jailors could be easily comprehended . But it is here the horrible begins . When their entrenchment had been carried , and they possessed no longer any means of defence , Noel Martin still refused to £ 0 where they desired to conduct liim . Accordingly , they
dragged him away by main force . When they reached the chapel , which they were obliged to cross in their way to the part of the edifice in wliich " the dungeons are situated , the chief guardian , Turgot , who was particularly odious to all the prisoners , in consequence of his insolence and stupid vanity , would have amused himself at the expense of our young friends . Noel Martin shot , like an arrow , from the hands of his conductors , in the direction of this man . In a moment , ten blades were out of their scabbards , and Noel Martin was struck down by a blow from a sabre , which made a wound in his loins of more than eight inches in length . This wounding in the back
a young man exasperated and without defence , was all the more cowardly and barbarous that , whatever his intentions towards the man might have been , he certainly could not have done him the least harm , inasmuch as Turgot was incomparably stronger than him , and , besides , there were present ten guards , the weakest of whom could alone have paralysed all the movements ' of Noel Martin . Another atrocity followed . Drenched in his lilood , Noel Martin was dragged to a dungeon , where , instead of his state abating the rage of his persecutors , he was trampled upon and covered with bruises . He was then chained hand and foot : and it was in this state , on a little straw in the
corner ' of his dungeon , that his wound was dressed , of which he , nevertheless , recovered , thanks to his youth , and the natural strength of his constitution . Boudil and Noel Martin were in their dungeons . We were still ignorant of the horrible cercumsfance of the sabre-wound received by the latter , for it will be readily believed , that it was not from our jailors we received the intelligence . ^ The simple notification of their beingjmf in a place of punishment had given rise to a fermentation in our minds , and still painfully occupied them , when
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another graye event , which took place in pur own quarter , occurred to disturb anew our solitude . ' t have said , that in the short conversation we had at interval ' s through our doors , we were not always able to understand , or be understood by the Pole . For nearly a month' we had remarked a certain incoherance in his language ; but attributing the foolishness of his words to his difficulty of expressing himself in French , as well as to our distance from him , we did not at first attach to them any new and greater importance . Nevertheless , towards the beginning of February , wo ' began to be seriously alarmed on learning : that the Pole had fallen into an extraordinary silence ,
which he never broke except to complain of imaginary evils . Fearing ah attack of mental alienation , we immediately informed the director of our apprehensions ; and he replied that he would cause the physician to make an examination of the state of our companion . Things were thus , when on the 14 th of February our comrade Delsade , hearing a fall , which seemed to him extraordinary , called a guard , and bid him see what Austen was about . No sooner had this man entered the cell
than he rushed out again , informing us , in his trouble and agitation , that our unfortunate companion had stabbed himself in the breast with a ' knife , which , however , had fortunately glanced aside . This fact once known to us ., the director , who arrived " soon afterwards , followed by the inspector and the physician , could not , however much he mig ht desire it , conceal from us' the real state of affairs . The physician at length declared that he believed him to be labouring under the ' commencement ; of mental alienation . I would in vain attempt to paint the consternation that this frightful certainty caused us .
That of his death would have affected us less , for can there be anything more lamentable than t ' o be deprived of reason , and is not such a state to be at once a living being and a corpse ! Wc represented to ourselves , as for ever broken , the noble nature of that son of Poland , with liistall and graceful figure , his long , fair hair , pale and thoughtful features , and his blue eyes , sometimes depicting melancholy , and sometimes animated with a singular martial ardour . We recalled his heroism at the Grehetat barricade , where he fell pierced with twenty bayonets , an heroism acknowledged by our enemies themselves in their accounts of the combat of the l 2 tli of May , and the recital of
which moved even the judges of the Luxembourg , who , listen ing to his noble and manly language , half French , half Polish , could r iot hel p manifesting some interest in him . But what was never suspected was the treatment to which he was subjected . Under the pretext of giving him a cell lighter and more airy , he was subjected to a still more rigorous isolation , in order the better to assure themselves if his mental alienation ivas reed , or only f eigned . This so-called suspicion lasted seven months ; and it was only at the end of that time , when his disease had been aggravated by the prolongation of the cause which had produced it , that he was transferred to the lunatic asylum of Pontorsoh .
Phis Austen was a noble , soldier of the . cause of humanity . In 1831 , when hardly fourteen years of age , he took arms for the cause of his country . Wounded at Prague and at Ostrolenka , and having been one of those who escaped the battle and capture of Vars ' ovia , he at last reached France , after . suffering innumerable hardships . Accounts received subsequent to the period at which Martin Bernard ' s book was written represent his condition to have been considerably ameliorated by a residence of some years in his native land . It would be well for British Democracy if some of our
selfstyled " leaders" partook more of the high spirit of the nobleminded exile , who . has here given us an account of his long years of suffering , of his never-dying hopes for the future , and of his presages of the ultimate triumph of that holiest of causes to which he has devoted everything , " ease and competence /' and even life itself . If thev did , we would not have such need - ** J-V f \ AM / V Vt I C \ % -Ct j ~ l 4 * A- !¦» j- \ . M . ¦» - » i-l - {• 1-. < w *¦ n . 4- il-i « *¦ - !• % ...... ~ r . ^ . _ - . * « . - . ,- « .-I . — A . A . _ — -1 to lain of the athof the who
comp apy masses , arc discouraged by our cause having been cursed with unprincipled demagogues and the ignoble ambition of . selfish men . The issue ot part 2 of this work was prevented by Bonaparte ' s infamous coup d ' etat . We shall return to its interesting and ablywritten pages when the arrival of happier days for France enables the author to continue its publication .
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The Theatres. Olympic. The Now Comedy En...
THE THEATRES . OLYMPIC . The now Comedy entitled The Master Passion , fit this theatre , has met . with decided success . The plot , though not deep , is good , and the interest is sustained without flagging to the end . The scene opens in Bradford , in Yorkshire , in 1780 . Mildred Anstey , the daughter ' of a ' rich merchant's clerk , is about to to married to Caleb , another of the merchant ' s clerks .- Old Jacob , perceiving that his daughter does not love this Caleb , and suspecting the truth , that she has rather set her affections upon Randolph , the merchant's son , hurries forward her marriage , and gets Randolph sent on a mission until it shall have taken place . But the night previous to the marriage he returns , agonized at the thought of losing for ever Mildred , -ivho has' heen
brought up with Mm as a sister , aim who-si lie Amis he loves to distraction ; the jealous bridegroom discovers his secret visit , accuses him with improper intimacy with Mildred and departs , never to return . Randolph solicits the hand of Mildred , and , with the consent of the parents of either , they are married . The struggles between love and filial duty in the daughter , and pride and paternal affection on the part of old Jacob , were excellentl y pourtrayed . The acting of Mrs . Bartlett , Mr . Farren , and Miss Lucy Rafter , deserves especial mention . By the revival of Midas , the managers have brought the gods themselves to aid in providing amusement for the public . To the Master Passion unit Midas , add The Waterman , and the laughable farce of Fast Coach , and you have a hill of tare wliich niust satisfy even the most exacting . Miss Gordo . n as Tom . Tug was inimitable . That lady ' s singing alone will amply reward a visit to the Olympic .
STRAND . The " African Opera Troupe" continues to draw crowded houses . The enthusiastic applause received by the " sercnaders " is a good criterion of the satisfaction they give . The novelty of the week was the appearance of I ' cII as Lucj Loiaj , and lias sufficed to keep the Ivowse in convulsions . The managers announce a series of "Nigger Farces" which , wc - doubt not , will prove eminently successful .
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A Preacher Surprised . — -Last Sabbath there occurred rather a curious scene in the parish church of Campsie . The Rev . Mr . Park , of Cadder , proceeded to the pulpit to officiate for the llev . Thomas Mon . io , the minister of the parish . Mr . Park had gone through the usual routine of singing ' , prayer , & c . and had just given out the text , and was commencing * his discourse , when a woma . 11 got up , and , at the top of her voice , exclBimed— " Gae hamc Tvi ' ^ yon , sir , an * leani your lesson—( a slight pause )—gae hamc , 1 say , an' learn your sermon , afore ye come here . Wc re nae accustomed wi' a man read in' a sermon tae us—we can read ane at harhe ourscl ' s . Gae
hame—( londcj than before , accompanied with a stamp of the foot)—gae hame an' learn your lesson , like a skuleboy—gae hamc , sir . " She went on in this strain for some time , and It is said Mr . Park looked unutterable things .
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Louis Napoleon akd the fish-fags . —The editor of « Reformer of Hamburg has been fined 50 marks and costs fm cariacaturc of Louis Napoleon , representing his dominion a maintained by the fish wife ' s of the Halle . aa The Madcap who recently leapt from the Niagara Sllspei sion Bridge , and received some severe injuries , is nearl y ^ L vexed , and is determined to risk his life again by leaping th " , Niagara falls . °
An irritable tragedian was playing Macbeth , and rushed off to kill Duncan , wjien there , was no blood for the Thane to steei his hands in . " The . blood ! the blood ! " exclaimed he to tlio agitated property man , who had forgotten it . The actor however , not to disappoint the audience , clenched his fist , aiKj strijririg ' the property man a violent blow upon the nose , coolly washed his hands in the stream of gore that burst from it , and re-entered with ' tlie usual words— "I have done the deed . Dy 8 t thou not hear a noise ?"
A D ' balbrin Relics . —When Alexandre Dumas . v isitedFerflioy not long since , the porter exhibited the stick of Voltaire , which he said he had religously preserved since the death of the great man , hat now , " owing to the necessities of the times , " he feai . . ed he must part from the precious relic , and finally ended fay offering-it to the traveller for a louis . " I replied , " says Dumas " it was too dear , for eight years before he had ' sold the ditto of it to a friend of mine , for nine and twenty francs !" What did mauy say?—In one of the American courts lately there was ' a long audlearncd discussion as to whether a wittness should be allowed to answer the question , " What did 3 & irv saft ? " Three judges gave long and elaborate opinions in the affirmative , and the question being repeated , the answer wis
" Not a word . " A Definite Akswer .- — " Pray , my good man , " said a judge to an Irishman , who was a witness on a trial , " what did pass between you and the prisoner ? " " Och , thin , plase your worship , " says Pat' " sure I sees Phelim on the top of a wall . Padd y , ' says he—what says , f—what , says I—here , says he—where says I—whist I says he—hush says I ; and that is all I know about it plase your worship . " Paddy was dismissed . An old lady , remarkable for her confused ideas of meaning of of words , thus described a clear summer evening : — " It was a beautiful bright night—the moon made everything as light as a cork !"
An English lady . on . arriving , at Calais , on her way to make a grand tour , was surprised and somewhat indignant at being termed for the first time in her life " ' a foreigner . " You mistake madam said she to the libeller with some pique , " it is you who are foriegners ; wc are English . ' ' AGekuisb Yankee Stout . —The " New Hampshire Telegraph , ' has an amusing aniificdote of a worthy D . D . of Massachusetts , who is wondrous fond of a joke . The choir of his church had recently purchased a bass viol , the use of which was not altogether agreeable to their pastor . One hot Sunday ahull got
into the church yard , and interspersed its meal with sundry hello wings . The clergyman paused , looked up at the singing-seats with a grave face , and said : — " I would thank the musicians not to tune their instruments , during , service time * , it annoys ma very much . " The people stared , and the minister went on . " Boo-woo-woo , " vrent the bull , as he passed to another green spot . The Doctor again addressed the choir— "I really do wish the singers would not tune their instruments while I am preaching , for , as I have already remarked , it annoys me very much . " The minister had hut proceeded far before another
Boo-woowoo-woo '' came from Mr . Bull , when the parson paused onco more , and exclaimed— " I have twice already requested the mu sicians in the gallery not to tune their instruments during sermon time I now particularly request Mr . Lefavor that he will not tune his double bass viol , while I am preaching . "
as Eastern . Stoev . —The Trieste Gazette says : -A remarkable affair has occupied public attention at Semlin within these few days . Upon the report that Fa / zli Pacha had left for Constantinople by the steamer , and that his harem would follow him , a young man came from Belgrade to Semlin , and made his appearance before the authorities , stating that he was a Bosnian ; that five years before his sister had been torn from her friends , Mahommedanized , and made the slave of Fazli Pacha , and was at that moment in his harem on board the steamer . The sister
at tne time of her seizure was seven years of age ; the father was stripped of his possessions and murdered ; the mother compelled , to conform to fslamism ; and he , the deponent , who refused to follow her example , was thrown into fetters , escaped , suffered great privation , reached Belgrade , and had since followed the trade of a smith . Subsequent inquiries enabled him to ascertain that his sister , who was now thirteen years of age , was a slave in Fazli Pacha ' s harem , and he now , ' therefore , craved the
assistance of the court . This was granted , and be was conducted l to the steamer , with adequate protection , for the purpose of iden- tifying iiis sister . The son of the Pacha , who accompanied the i harem , at first stoutly denied that the girl was there , and then i refused to give her up , and asserted the ' non-rcsponsibility of his s father for anything which happened in Bervia . In the * end a a commission was sent to Belgrade to Hurschid Pacha , to whom n the whole affair was represented . This ruler decided that the u
girl should be brought to Belgrade , and there abide the issue of if the ligitation . The Semlin authorities , however , seeing that tlie ie chances were that she would again fall into the hands of a a Moslem Pacha , determined to keep her in their citv until the re- eceipt of some superior order .
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GUIDE TO THE LECTU 2 E ROOM . Literary Institution , John Street , Fitzroy Square . Friday evening !! [ 3 ] [ $ ]] a Discussion , fccpt .- . 19 th [ 7 ^ , Peter Livingstone , ' Emigration i « Coi « ieciec ~ tion with the Gold Regions of the Earth . ' Hall of Science , City llontl .-Scpt . 19 th mi G . J . Kolyoake . ' Tho Futimwof Lreo Inquiry , with a-review of the present preparations for Organisatioi * io » o by the Secularists . ' National Kail , 242 , High Ilolborn .-Sept . 19 th , F 7 U P . W . Pcrfitt , vrilKvillll Lecture . x ' " South London Ilall , WcMwr Street , Blackfriars Road .-Sept . JOth , faW Charles feouthwell will Lecture . Social Institution , Charles Street , Old Gamtt , Manchester .-Sept . WW * [ 11 a . ra . j , a Lecture . East London Literary Institution , Bcthnal Green .-Sept . 20 th , plu r al " II . b . Evans , ' Emigration . ' Areopagus Coftce ami Reading Room , 59 , Church Lane , Whitcehapel .- * ! .-Evcry Sunday , Monday , and Wednesday ( 8 ) a Lecture or Discussion .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091852/page/14/
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