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< rr *~ - . »*/ - •"" ~ ' " ¦¦ " * W h When , shortly after the commencement of the precent : cent year , we announced our intention to give at trijnont iaofitbiJ'intervals aseries ofpoeticalselections , under thc t ! ^ c ti tle of " The Feast of the Poets , " we proposed hx s hv so doing to give a helping hand to those of our ffien friends who , contributing to the " Feast , " nrieht give give evidence of ability worthy- of encouragement Onr < inr proposition we had the satisfaction of knowing was : was approved of by many valued friends . We therefore fore had hoped that at . each succeeding period wc hoi « hpnH have been supported by such a number of COntrib faibutors as would at loasl hare Imparted a spice of the
* rig originality t ° "least . " We regret ^ however , to say , say , that now that we have reached the second stage of " ' ofthe experiment , we find our expectations disappoij pointed . The original pieces wc have received are Jrai bat few , and most of them " original" with a vengea geancc ! As we have no wish to see any of our frit iriends figuring in a second "Dunciad , " should a J a Pope arise to confer upon them such an unew enviable immortality , we must decline giving inscriio tion to most of the lavours alluded to . We trust we an are not uncharitable ; nevertheless we must refuse to to ¦ to turn this paper into a " Refuge for the Destitute , " -ffl -ffhicb . certainly it would become were its COluuluS to afi afford space for poetry {?) f which we arc sure could
ge get admission into no other publication in Britain . "J . P ., Glasgow , " sends us a piece , entitled « " We ' re a' ae Mithcrs' Bairns "—the idea good , the e execution as common-ulacc and fajulty as it well c ( could lie . "J . P . ' s" contribution to cur former fe feast was well worthy the publicitv it received . His pi presentfailurethereforemustnot dishearten him . He e must try again . Others ofthe " rejected" must e excuse us noticing them individually : in mercy we f ( forbear .
William Jokes , of Leicester , whom wc are always j gJad to hear from—for , judging him by his pen , We 1 take him to be a true man—sends us a piece which ¦ » we have decided on inserting , though not without f some doubts as to the propriety of so doing . In an : accompanying note , the writer says— " Flowery poei try , thoughj . Jcasing , is riotnliraystbejHOstnsefnl . As Ihave no doubt you will receive enough of that sort for ; your June Feast , I have chosen a subject of an op' poate character—namelv , thedeatiiofa fin-ant ; into
whose coffin I have not even thrown a sprig of rose mary . " Wc certainly have no objection to the " useful" even in poetry : nor arc we very squeamish as to ihe particular language employed in describing those who " grind the faces ofthe poor : " but we must object to the ruthless spirit pervading every line and word of Mr . Joxes poetry . He will see that we ha ve omitted one verse which exceeded all the rest in the blackness of its colouring . We hope Mr . Joxes will for the future give us something more cheering than the grim and unlovable sketch of
THE TTBiSl ' s J > ££ TH . The tyrant is dead 1—he is dead 1 The nntsbcmaeled soul—it is lied ! They have' laid linn cold and deep , Where the slaves he murdered sleep , And the poor their c u rses hea p On his head ! Each mom , havitij read a short prayer From the altar , like tlic panther from his lalrj He rnsii'd to his hell of mills , Where sweat , like rain , distils , And sorrow flows in rills Of despair . As . Etna ont-hreathinjr red vomit , Or balvfnl , creation-scathing comer , Mc awed poor fools ; his nod "Was their law : where ' er he trod Earth nionrnM ; till heaven's high God Swept him from it !
Frond laid on velvet couch , quaffing nectar , Phrasing to crush fee poor , who've no protector : Athwart Death grimly gUd—He , starting , madly bid A golden pyramid 1 Laughed the spectre . * * * # His captions tongue , that ne'er spake with joyance , Is hush'd ; his blighting eye ' s fierce defiance Is qnench'd ; the spectre ' s grasp Hath stopp'd his simoom gasp ; Sepulchral arms now clasp The annoyance ! The following sweet piece entitles the author to our best thanks : —
NATOM ADD FBEEDOH . Bj I > . Wrigkt , of -Aberdeen . There is a sweet charm in the valley sac glowin ' "Wi' a * the bright flowerets blended in bloom ; The dew hangs sae pare on the breast o * the gowan , . And bright are the tassels that wave on the broom . : ' 0 ! saft are the breezes , wi ' sweet odours flying , The birds sing sae bonny frae broken and tree , ! And reason responds to their melody , sighing—01 that men , like the birds , were a' happy and free ! There is a wild charm where the eagle is soaring O ' er mountains where wildness aud grandeur combine "Where heather is blooming and torrents are pouring , Resistless in might , through the craggy ravine . And we gaze on the torrents with thrilling emotion . That dash o ' er the rocks and glide on to the sea , And reason responds to the roar of the
ocean—O ! that men , like tha billows , were mighty and free 1 0 ! sweet is the ebarm when the morning is breaking , Sae bright iu its beauty , unvcihng the sun ; The dew-studded flowers , which the zephyr is shaking , Unfolds a' their beauty , and day is begun ! A * the sweets o' the earth , a' the beauties o' nature , And a' that the wisest iu wisdom could gic , the Creator gies for the wants o" the creature , And man might be happy if men were a' free ! Borne of our " rejected" friends have favoured us with songs and o ; her poetical pieces on "The land . " We can only say we hope when , they get on the land they will be ' able to handle the spade ^ better than they have handled the pen . As a specimen of tiie sort of spirit their Land-songs ought to have , we give the following from the Agrarian songs oftlte American Kcformcrs : —
BOWS WITH TEE IASDMBDS , Start from the dream of ages , Bowed , ragged sons of toiL Rouse , rouse ye . Hero sages Once , once redeemed your soil . Foreign foes—domestic traitors , Cleared out from bill and plain . lAXD-lords , aad speculators Call us to the field again-Come from your Mils and valleys , Come from your ocean-tide—Come from your lanes and alleys , Come from your forests wide . Come , come , ye hardy toilers , Come in unbroken , band ; Down , down upon the spoilers , Drive , drive them from the LAXD Armed with their " legal tender , "
Piled gold or pictured rags ; Shouting on ns to surrender Behind our Cotton Bags ; " The soil , sun , dew and seasons , Here ' s gold we'll buy them all , * Crush , crush tho sordid treason , Drive the traitors to the wall . "Hosier Dickey , " " Harry , Bifly , " «• JSssy Bella / 1 " CarolineI " One halfstupid , 'tother silly , Shall they rule by " right divine V Rule oar children and enslave them , Trample out their altar fires-Freedom thdr GEASD-siresgave them , Shall they lose it by their sires 1 Ho , no 1—never , never ! Brothers ! freemen heart and hand , Stand bv ! Guard for ever ,
Freedom ' s latest hope—The Lisn . Guard it , and bequeath it , I \ ot to a race of slaves—Sleep 1 sleep ! underneath it , FBEE SOU . ABOVE TOOK GBAVES . While we are with onr American brethren , wc Onnot do better than give a few more of their patriotic songs : — freedom ' s caix . —177-5 . It brofce on the hush of mom-It startled the dull midnight , lake the stirring peal of a battle horn , It summoned them forth to fight ; It »« e oVr the swelling-lull . By the meadows green it was heard , Cal & ig out for the strength ofthe freeman ' s wiB ,
And the might of the freeman ' s sword J The rivers beard the noise—And the valleys rung it out , And every heart leapt high at the voice Of that thrilling battle shook I'hey sprang from the bridal bed , — - From the pallet of labour ' s rest , And they hurried away to tliefield of the dead , like a tardy marriage guest . They left the plough in the corn , — Theylefe the steer in the yoke . And away from mother andchildtbatmorn
And the maiden ' s first kiss tbey broke . In the shower of the deadly shotj In the lurid van of the war , Sternly they stood , but they answered not To the hireling ' s wild hurra ! But still as the brooding storm , Ere it lashes ocean to foam—Tbe strength ofthe free was in every arm , And every heart on its home . Of then-pleasant homes they thought , — They prayed to thdr father ' G od , — And forward they neat till their dear blood IWUgtrt The broad free land they trod .
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Corner-stone , on which was xesfd liberty's triumphal dome , When her glorious form appeared 'Midst our own green mountain home } Purchas'd by as noble blood As in mortal veins e'er run , By the toil of those who stood By the side of Washington—By the hearts that met the foe On their native battle plain , IPhere the arm that strikes the Wow Xever needs to strike again ! Where ' s the craven that would Jar © JSar it Willi polluted breath I Scorned and eurs'd , be his to share Tho traitor ' s shame , the traitor ' s death let his faithless heart be torn ,
From his reckless bosom riven , And upo « the whirlwind home , To the carrion kite be given ! Guard ir , freemen ! guard it well ! Spotless as your maidens' fame ! Sever let your children tell Of your weakness—of your shamel That their fathers basely sold , What was bought with blood and toil , That you bartered right forgold , Here on Freedom ' s sacred soil I Let yonr eagle ' s quenchless eye , Fixed , unstrung , sleepless , bright , Watch , when danger hovers nigh . From bis lofty mountain height : While the stripes and stars shall wave O ' er this treasure pure and free ; The laud ' s Palladium , it shall fare The home and shrine of liberty .
By the bye , we have never seen the famous national American song , the " Star-spangled Banner . " Could onr friends of Young America help us to it ? No matter even if it be not very complimentary to England we shall not quarrel with the " braggadocio" of Uncle Sam , bearing in mind the example set in that line by his old dad John Bull . Here is an anti-slavery
hymn—THE TBIOHPU OF FBEEOOJf . -By If ra . Ztoj / i Garrtso * . God speed the year of jubilee . The wide world o'er ! When from their galling chains set free , Th' oppressed shall vilely bend the knee , And wear the yoke of tyranny , like brutes , no more : — That year will come , and freedom ' s reign To man his plundered rights again Restore .
God speed the day when human blood Shall cease to flow ! In every dime be understood The claims of human brotherhood , And each return for evB , good—If ot blow for blow : — That day will come , oil feuds to end , And change into a faithful friend Bach foe . God speed the hour , the glorious hour When noue on earth Shall exercise a lordly power , 3 for in a tyrant ' s presence cower , But all to manhood ' s statue tower , By equal birth 1—That hour will come , to each , to all . And from his prison-house the thrall Go forth .
Futil that year , day , hour arrive—If life be given—With head and heart and hand 111 strive To break the rod , and rend the gyve , The spoiler of his prey deprive-So witness Heaves ! And never from my chosen post , Whate ' cr the peril or the cost , Be driven . And here , from the pen of Jon * Gbbejjieap WinrnER , whose poems wc quoted from in our last "feast , " we give the followingnoblelines , written on the occasion of the author reading an account of a slave auction at New Orleans , at which the auctioneer recommended the woman on the stand as a " good Christian !"
THE CHRISTIAN SLAVS . A Christian ! going , gone ! Who bids for God's own image!—for His grace Which that poor victim of tho market-place Hath in her suffering won ? My God ! can such things be ? Hast Thou not said that whatsoe ' er is done Unto Thy weaker and Thy humblest one , Is even done to Ihee % In that sad victim , then , Child of Thy pitying love , I sea thee stand-Once more the jest-word of a mocking band , Bound , sold , and scourged again !
A Christian up for sale ! Wet with her blood your whips—o ' ertask her frame , Make her life loathsome with your wrong and shame , Her patience shall not fail ! A leatlitn band -might deal Back on your heads the gathered wrong of years , But her low , broken prayer and nightly tears , Te neither heed nor feel . Con well thy lesson o ' er , Thouprtidcnt teacher—tell the toil ' ng slave , Ho dangerous tale of Him who came to seek and save The outcast and the poor . But wisely shut the ray Of God ' s free Gospel from her simple heart , And to her darkened mind alone impart One stern command— " Obev . "
So shalt thou deftly raise The market price of human flesh ; and while Ou thee , their pampered guest , the planters smile , Thy rhurc-h shall praise . Grave reverend men shall tell From northern pulpits how thy work was blest , While in that vile south Sodom , first and best , Thy poor disciples sell ! Oh , shame ! the Moslem thrall , Who , with bis master , to the prophet kneels . While turning to the sacred Kebla , feels His fetters break and fall . Cheers for the turbaned Bey Of robber-peopled Tunis ! he bath torn The dark slave dungeons open , and hath borne Their inmates into day .
But our poor slave iu vain Turns to the Christian shrine his aching eyes-Its rites will only swell Ids market-price , And livet on his chain . * God of aU right ! how long Shall priestly robbers at Thine altar stand , lifting in prayer to Thee the bloody band , And haughty brow of wrong ! Oh , from the fields of cane , From the low rice-swamp , from the trader ' s cell—From the black slave-ship ' s foul and loathsome hell , And coffle ' s weary chain-Hoarse , horrible , and strong Bises to Heaven that agonizing cry , Filling the arches of the hollow sky , How long—on ! God , now long t
In a late number of the Tgne Mercury we observed what appeared to be one of a series of patriotic son ^ s entitled " Mob Melodies . " The initials appended to the song , together with the genuine poetical ability of the composition , leaves us no room to doubt the identity of the author . He is , if we mistake not , a gentleman to whose enlarged ^ syinpathies , consistent patriotism , and intellectual greatness , the people of England are no little indebted for the progress towards freedom they have already made , and that certain triumph over their aristocratic oppressors which assuredly awaits them . Of course , in transferring thefollowrag " melody " , to our column ? , we cxpressthercby our concurrence witb the principles therein vindicated , but we do so with a reservation . If by the new world regenerating the of libera
old , T . D . means thatan American " army - tion" would be welcomed to this country to put down the English aristocracy , we must be permitted to differ with him . When Thomas Paise grayed that " the New World might regenerate the Old , he meant , we conceive , to express his hope that the KcpubVican principlespracticall y established m America mi « ht so operate there for the happinessof theniany , as to excite throughoot Europe such a knowledge and love of those principlesas would induce the people of the European states to imitate the example ofthe Americans in casting off the yoke of ¦ ' kings , and nriests , and lords ; " and in this sense we think there feeverv prospect of Pake's hope and -grayer being realised . In this sense , too , « t hope " that the New World may regenerate the Old ; " but never , we trust , will a foreign hostile band , no matter under what cuise or pretence , be permitted to desecrate the than
soil of England . The world has seen more Sagh of "liberatingarmies ; " and the . FrenchJmye afforded to all other nations a lesson that Eagbdthaving to contend merely with a domestic oppressor £$ & " liberate themselves ^ "TSfiZ ? tte English people will be slow , but it wil be sure . Tlmt emaMi & isnowgoing ^^ cipation of the masses is in IwgW ^ J ^ " Honly sure foundation of &* ri T ^ - !* to £ *** cani we fancy , will find quite enough to do to liberad « themselves from the tyranny of buuMordsand nsurers-priests and lawyers may be added . When they have folly secured their own libemtion . ^ fte example of the New World will , we doubtn <* . be quite sufficient to cause the regeneration of the Old , wituout any " army of liberation . " The Anenctift io ^ ever , must look quick , orT ^ P * ** £ ? W ; may come from this side . It strikes xa th * t if there was DniTereal Sufiraga -in this country , the i-ngbsn
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working men could put their American friends " up " to a thing or two , of which the latter seem hardly to have thought of yet . With these introductory remarks we give the following specimen of ihe Tym Mercury ' s HOB HEIODIES . " That the New World may regenerate the Old , Is the prayer of , Sir , your humble servant , Thomas Paine . "Letter to Washington , 1793 .
Tc . ve— 0 blame not the bard . 01 deem not , altho' with war ' s ensigns we come , And shoulder the musket ami flourish tllC brailtl . That we iore not the fields of our primitive home , Or would strike nt the heart of our oini father-land . No ! her groves and her valleys are dear to us still , As they were ere her tyrants had made them their prey ; Or ere fell Aristocracy work'd out his will / And drove us , beyond the Atlantic , away 1 01 how could wc hate those dim valleys , so green ; Or those streams , by whose margin our forefathers rov'd ? There ' s a charm on the soil where onr parents liavo been What was dear to the sires , by the sons must be lov'd . O ' er yon smooth swelling downs , 'twas their flocks gave the fleece ; Yea ; theirs were the fields , where the harvest now
waves ; And if now we could strike—e ' en in rage—at their peace , Our fathers , in anger , would start from their graves . "So ! 'tis not the village we come to alarm—Xor the Sabbath , whose bells calls the toiler to prayer ; We strike not the cot , nor the cottager harm—Where innocence is there's no prey for us there : But wc strike at the halls and the domes of the proud . The Avenger is come—ay ! tho' late—of that day , When fell Aristocracy , lofty and loud , Compeli'd us , beyond the Atlantic , away ! They deem'd we were gone—and gone ne ' er to return : That God was a name , aud his vengeance a joke ; That Liberty , strangled , lay safe in her urn ; That the chain was secure , and eternal the yoke ! They deem'd not an Eye still could reach to the soil
Where the sires of their exiles lay low in their graves ; That an Ear could yet listen the woe and the toil ; And that England had friends cross the desert of waves ! We watched them ! We saw their reign had its time , Tho' Justice was trampled , and Mercy exiled , Tho' Poverty's cravings were scourg'd for a crime ; And tho' e'en in its cradle they'd mortgag'd the child ! Tho' Virtue was shain'd with an atheist sneer , And Charity prostrate , and Mammon sublime ; We watched them—and felt that their downfall was near ; We watched them—and saw that their reign had its fc ' me . Then deem not , altho' with war ' s ensigns we come , And carry the musket and carry the brand , That we love not the fields of our primitive home , Or would strike at the breast of our own father-land . No ! we come but to punish the treason of those
y ^ ho have corer'd her bosom with anguish and shame ; Who have render'd our England the scoff of her foes ; Her valour a mockery—her glory a name ! As the mail ofthe spoiler assists 1 lit to draw On the head of the robber the sulphureous levin ; And the armour of Wrong , by omnipotent law , But serves to conduct the red vengeance of heaven . So the foes of our England shall fall in a war , Thatin guilt and in guile they conld only have known , And perish , consum'd in a flame from afar , That their crimes and their falsehood have kindled
alone . T . 1 ) . In the May number of the Dublin University Magazine , appeared an article entitled , "Personal Recollections of Thomas CjMrnKii . "~ one of the most atrocious productions that ever disgraced the pages of any publication . The writer pretends to having met and been introduced to Campbell at one of the annual Polish Balls . He represents Campbell as amisanthropical , selfish , scurrilous , drunkard ; drinking brandy to intoxication , and habitually using language the most depraved and disgusting in describing mankind in gcnQyal , and his eminent contemporaries iu particular . This writer makes Campbell call Brno . v a " ruffian ; " Sir Thomas Chastmjy "an infernal scoundrel ; " and Allax Cunningham
" the most infernalliarthatevcrleft Scotland . " He represents Campbell as speaking of the Poles as "expatriated rascals , " and sneering at "theirimmortal demigod , Kosciusko . "' These veracious ( . ' ) "recollections" of the "Bard of Hope" were continued in the Junenumber ofthe University Magazine ; and in tho continuation the writer makes Campbcll call IIazliit " a false , vain , selfish , blackguard ""ablackguard penny-a-liner ; " Noimicoris , " aconceitcd old booby ; " Swift , " an abominable ruffian ;" Byrox ( again ) , " a blackguard and a liar ; " Shelley , " a filthy atheist ; " Gray ( query Gat ) , " a selfish scoundrel ; " Dr . Johnson , " a coarse brute and tyrant ; " and Mrnios , "a savage-minded wretch . " Was there ever before such an accumulation of filthy
falsehoods I We say " falsehoods , " for though wc have no personal knowledge to the contrary of the portrait of Campbell , painted by the writer in the Dublin Magazine , yet are our convictions of the strongest , that it was impossible for a man like Iiiin to cherish the malignant feelings , or to give expression to those feelings in the filthy vituperative terms , ascribed to him by the Dublinscandal-monger . But were these anecdotes of Campbell as true as we believe them to be false , still the publishing of them would be not one whit the less diabolical . It is with Campbell ' s writings the public is concerned , nothis vices ( if he was . vicious ) , physical or mental ; and none but a bad-hearted man would have gloated over
and made public the ( alleged ) failings of such a lnan . We have repeatedly called attention to the yet lingering spirit of envious calumny which has for so many years sought to blast the name and wither the reputation of our great ^ English poet Byiion , but wc remember nothing so infamous as the abuse of tie author of " Childe Harold" put into the mouth ol Campbell by the writer in the Dublin Magazine . In addition to the quotations given above , Campbell is described as representing Btko . v as "in heart and soul a blackguard , immensely vain , vulgar , bullying , ignorant , and mendacious ; " and says , "if ever a man was inspired by diabolism , it was Byron . " He quotes from the " Prophecy of Dante " : —
Tis the doom Of spirits of my order to be rack'd In life ; to wear their hearts out , and consume Their days in endless strife , and die alone ; Then future thousands crowd around their tomb , And pilgrims come from climes where they have known The name of him , who now is but a name ; And wasting homage o ' er the sullen stone , Spread his , by him unheard , unheeded fame . And then adds , " Byron wrote these with a bottle of gin under his vest . " If Campbell really gave expression to these fiendish calumnies , he would be worthy of the bitterest execration ; but we repent , Wc believe him to be innocent of these odious imputations . . We have for some time past contemplated
adopting a measure which would tend to make our readershet-ter acquainted with the writings of Bvnos than probably some of them are at present , and we think Ave cannot do better than commence the carrying out of our project without further delay . Excepting the cheap editions of Don Juan , and the little collections entitled " Select Works , " usually consisting of his miscellaneous pieces , to which , perhaps , we should add Cain , and the Vision of Judgment , — excepting these , wc are convinced that his works are known but to very few indeed of the class we principally address . We propose , then . to give an extract of a few stanzas or Hues weekly , under the head of " Beauties of Byron , " which we hope will do something towards making more generally known the real
character of the man whose sublime ideas and faultless poetry has done so much to advance the freedom of thought , and sow the seeds of future arid lasting triumphs in Liberty ' s Cause . The papers contained a few days ago the usual account of the annual celebration of the Battle of Waterloo , now almost entirely eonftced to the inspection of troops at the Horse Guards . parade . St . James ' s Park , and "the Duke ' s" dinner at ^ sley House . As the writer of these vemarkR tojSR-diU , usual walk homeward along Piccadilly , on Wedncsuay week , he noticed leaning against a vail annexed to one of the entrance-gates of HydcTark , close'to the Duke ' s house , a Chelsea pensioner who in his dayhad evidently been a powerful man , but was now oldaiid had
frail . We saw bv his medal that the old , man been one of the ' Waterloo victors . He stood very near the Duke ' s house , whil & t we , halting also for a minute or two , looked on . Carriage after-carriage rolled Up to the Duke's gate— their , aristocratic freight . julent on offering their congratulations to "theDuKe . " This effected , they drove away . » e believe upwards of seven hundred carriages stopped at the Duke's gate in the course of-. Wednesday afternoon . The pensioner looked on , but—while wc stood there—no one of the high and haughty dames , or privileged drones , ' bestowed even a kindly glance or an approving word upon the shattered warrior whose medal mode him conspicuous to all who passed . This is thegratitude of the aristocracy ! . When will the
. many learn , that when at aristocratical feeds " the Army and the '¦ Jfary" is toasted , it is not the poor fellows who , in the ranks and in the rigging . " brave the battle and the breeze , " to whom homage is paid ; but to the officers , the cpauletieu gentry , the privileged caste of birth , wealth , and'political influence . The poor pensioner stood unheeded and unnoticed ; " noone cried God save him !" ¦ . We turned away with disgust . The Duke of Wellington , ; too , is as aristocratic and exclusive as his seven hundred carriage worshippers . This is proved by the damning fact , that while to his Waterloo banquets he invites heroes FieldMarshal Album
such as - (!) Pnnee —a warrior , who , except when at pheasant shooting or deer , slaughtering , ' never . ' smelled ,. and . probably , never will smclli ' an ounce of powder , he invites no one serjeanti cei'poraJ . ' oT private , - who shared . with hinj . and . had . by . far the largcstshave of the dangers of . Waterloo ,, . without rcapinE any corresponding quantum' of profit or " glory " ' thcrcfrbiu . Otu ; plain speaking " contemporary , the . THrpatcH , ' speaking 6 W this subject last Sunday says— "It is now the received , and no longer disputed conviction , that the Duke owed all his most dearly-bought and proimelyrewarded successes to the sturdy fortitude of his sol-
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diers . Breast to bayonet and bayonet to breast was the spirit of our brave infantry , and sabre to sabre was that of our cavalry . The Emperor Napoleon's artillery destroyed our lines , but devotedly rushed the rear ranks to the front , and filled the places of their slaughtered comrades . The victory of Waterloo was that of the common soldiers , and of their immediate officers ; " yet these arc the men whose place Field-Marshal Album usurps—these arc the men whom the sycophants of the Duke scorn to
notice" The broken tools that tyrants Cast away . " But what has this to do with Bybox ? This—that as we have decided commencing this week onr selections from his poems , we may as well select something appropriate . As Waterloo-day has only just gone by , we select , therefore , his inimitable u ' ictuvc ( from " Childe Harold " ) ofthe gathering and march of the British troops from Brussels the night before the battle : to this wc add the " Childe ' s" reflections on that field of " crowningcarnage Waterloo . " There was a sound of revelry by night , And Belgium ' s capital had gnther'd then Her beauty and her chivalry , and bright The lamps shone o ' er fair women and brave men ;
A thousand hearts Iwatlntppily ; and whan Music arose with its voluptuous swell , Soft eyeslook ' d love to eyes which spake again , And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell Did ye not hear it ? Ko ; 'twas biit the wind , On the car rattling o ' er the stony street . On with the dunce ' , let joy he unconmied ; No sleep till morn , when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet . But , hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more , As if the clouds its echo would Bepeat ; And nearer , clearer , deadlier than before ! Ann ! arm ! it is—it is—the cannon's opening roar !
Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro , And gathering tears , and tremblings of distress , And cheeks all pale , which hut an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ¦ And there were sudden partings , such as press The life from out young hearts , aud choking sighs AVhich ne ' er might he repeated ; who could guess If evermore should meet those mutual eyes , Since upon night so sweet such uwful morn could rise . And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed , The mustering squadron , and the clattering car , Went pouring forward with impetuous speed , And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near , the heat ofthe alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While throng'd the citizen : with terror dHtnb , Or whispering , with white lips— " The foe ! They come they come !
And wild and high the " Cameron ' s gathering" rose ! The war-note of Lochiel , which Albyn ' s hills Have heard , n d heard , too , have her Saxon foes ; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills , Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe , so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years , And Evan ' s , Donald ' s fame rings in each clansman ' s cars And Ardennes waves above thcih her green leaves , Dewy with nature ' s tear-drops , as they pass , Grieving , if aught inanimate e ' er grieves , Over the unrcturning brave—alas !
Ere evening to bo trodden like the grass Which now beneath them , hut above shall grow In its next verdure , when this fiery mass Of living valour rolling on the foe , And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low last noon beheld them full of lusty life , Last eve in beauty ' s circle proudly gay , The midnight brought the signal sound of strife , The morn the marshalling in arms , —the day Battle ' s magnificently—stern array The thunder-clouds close o'er it , which , wlvsn ICTlt The earth is covered thick with Other Clay , Which her own clay shall cover , heap'd and pent , Rider and horse , —friend , foe , —in one red burial blent
Stop 1—for thy tread is on an empire's dust ! i An earthquake ' s spoil is sepulchered below ! Is the spot mark'd with no colossal bust ? Nor column tropliied for triumphal show ? None ; but the moral's truth tells simpler so , As the ground was before , thus let it be;—How that red rain hath made the harvest grow ' . And is this all the world 1 ms gain'd by thee , Thou first and last of fields ! king-making Victory ? And Harold stands upon this place of skulls , The grave of France , the deadly Waterloo ! How in an hour the power which gave annuls Its gifts , transferring fame as fleeting too ! In " pride of place" here last the eagle flew , Then tore with bloody talon the rent plain , Pierced by the shaft of banded nations through ; Ambition ' s life and labours all were vain ; He wears the shattcr'd links of the world's broken chain
Fit retribution 1 Gaul may champ the bit And foam in fetters;—but is Earth more free ? Did nations combat to make One submit ; Or league to teach all kings true sovereignty 3 What ! shall reviving thraldom again he The pateh ' tl up idol of enlightened days ? Shall we , who struck the Lion down , shall wo Pay the Wolf homage ? Proffering lowly gaze And servile kuccs to thrones ! Ko ; pi-o « e before ye praise ] If not , o'er one fallen despot boast no more ! In vain fair cheeks were furrow'd with hot tears
For Europe ' s flowers long rooted up before The trampler of her vineyards ; in vain years Of death , depopulation , bondage , fenis , Have all been borne , and broken by the accord Of roused-up millions : all that most endears Glory , is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord . The address to "the Duke" at the opening of the ninth canto of Don Jw . m , which would appropriately coine in here , we must omit : it will keep for another Waterloo-day . '
*' Stout Of An Umnreli,A."—This Is The T...
* ' Stout of an UMnRELi , A . "—This is the title of a comic novel , . companion to " Punch , " announcedlto appear next week . The author , G . II . Rodwell , Esq ., is well known from the laughter-producing farces and songs he has given to the public , among the most popular of which is " Teddy the Tyler , " " My Wife ' s Out , " " Nix my Dolly , pals , " < fcc & e . He has called to his aid a kindred genius to give graphic delineations of his humourous conceptions—the well-known and admired " Phiz ! " Judging from the wit on the illustrated wrapper , and tne known talent of the author , we augur most favourably of having a rich " begone dull care" treat . It is announced to be published uniform in all respects with our delightful friend "Punch . "
A Prikge Committed Tor Forgery.—A Circum...
A Prikge Committed tor Forgery . —A circumstance has just occurred which has caused the greatest astonishment in the upper dr . cles of Paris . Prince de B— -, twenty-two years of age , married about eleven months buck to the daughter of a rich banker , was arrested on Thursday , and committed to prison on a charge of forgery , committed under the following circumstances : — 'f he Jockey Club , in order to facilitate the payments of racing and other debts , have been in the habit of using counters made of ivory , stained red , bearing the year on one side , and the signature of the secretary on the other—each representing 100 francs . Sometime back Princcdc 13—r-,
who is not a member of the club , handed over to his brother-in-law , also , a banker , ten of these counters , and asked him . to give him cash for them . This was done , and the banker sent them in the course of business to the club , wherenine were declared to be forgeries . Tiie secretary immediately proceeded to the banker's , and the Prince was sent for . He declared unhesitatingly that he had received them at the races of Chantilly , in payment of a bet , from a person on the course , whose name he believed to be Zarlutti ; an Italian , whose address he did not know . ' A complaint- Was lodged before M . St . Didier , Juge destruction , who at once instituted inquiries , and succeeded in discovering the man who had made the counters . This person declared he had received the order for them from a young man whom he had seen qnly . twicc , and whose , person lie could not well
describe , lie' delivered them , he said , as' he could prove by his books , op . May 24 . This deposition was in flat contradiction with the account / of Prince de B- —• , who had fixed May the 18 th as , the day CD which . he had received them at Ohantiily . The Prince then' declared that they had bc ' ch " handed to him by certain ' of . his friends ; hut these gentlemen denied in the most formal manner the truth of : tliis allegation . The maker of the counters and the Prince were then confronted , and fhe former at once recognised the latter as fhe person who had given him the order . The Prince then burst into tears , and avowed that it was he who had himself circulated the twenty-five counters , twenty-two of whichi had come into the club . He was at once committed to prison for forgery . What makes this case more extraordinary is , that the young man is not only rich , but was brought up most religiously . It is difiicidt to account for such an act , unless by supposing that his reason is affected .
The Gbeat Britain Steambb . -- Faim ' outh , Jote 20 . —Tins evening , precisely at six o ' clock , the Great Britain steam-ship hove in sight on her voyage from Plymouth towards Dublin , and approached to within four miles of St . Anthony " Light-house . "When she had opened the harbour her steaming was eased , and she saluted the por ^; but without waiting , to communicate , her litadwas hove off for the . Manacles , and she proceeded under head ' sailsj 'jib , foresail , and forestaysail , and hcr > steam upnt full speed for Dm > lin . . The heights , ') particularly Pendennis , were crowded by thousands , of spectators , and some hundreds of boats were outside in the bay full of persons desirous of viewing this stupendous and magnificent ship . It was supposed that the Great Britain would have been brought into this port , as her commander is a native of Penryn , at which place his family and friends reside . The evening was haay , so that she was not long visible from hence ,
To The Chartist Body Generally, But More...
TO THE CHARTIST BODY GENERALLY , BUT MORE ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST LAND COOPERATIVE SOCIETY . Friends , —It seems to be the fate of every measure , whether great or small , designed to improve the people ' s condition , to meet with opposition ; not only the opposition of those in authority , whose sinister interests consist in upholding the present anomalous order of things , biit the opposition also of canting hypocrites , who arc continually whining over the sufferings of humanity without C'VCI taking a step to cftect their removal or alleviation . TllC puny opposition of such misanthropes would merit no other treatment than contempt , but that weak minds may be led into error by lying statements and plausible attempts at reasoning . It , therefore , behoves the promoters of every good measure to strike down with energy and promptitude the opposition by which their objects are sought to be frustrated .
The Chartist Conference , which recently assembled in Loudon to devise measures promotive of the political and social melioration of the working classes , has concocted and matured a plan , by tiie operation of which , land to a very great extent , upon comparatively easy terms , may be obtained by the proscribed , impoverished , anil degraded sons of toil . The project has been but a very short lime before the country , and already arc the busy curs ol" faction barking and growling their brutal opposition , l ' or . tions of the press too , that potent engine for good or evil , has been made the medium for conveying this insensate opposition to the world .
Being appointed by the Convention jm > tempore directors of the Cliartist Land Co-operative Society , wc deem it our duty to defend the plan which has been coniided to our management , and to expose the ignorance , stupidity , and falsehood of its assailants . We will first briefly explain the plan itself . Two thousand members are taken as tho basis on which our calculations arc made . The society , however , may consist of any greater number , for the more numerous Uie society the more extensive will be its sphere of operation . It is proposed tliat a capital of £ 5 , 000 shall be created by the members subscribing £ 2 10 s . each , which may be paid by instalments , at the option of the subscriber , ( it the rate of 3 d ., Cd ., 9 d ., or Is . per week . With the capital thus realised land
will be purchased and divided into allotments of two acres each ; cottages erected , and the sum of £ 15 IBs . 8 d . presented to the members entering upon occupationeacl \ membi > r to occupy , under a lease for ever , a tenement and two acres of land , at an annual rental of £ 5 . The estate , thus enhanced in value by improvements and buildings , is to be sold with the least possible delay ; and the original sum , together with the profit realised by the sale , expended in buying more land , erecting other cottages , and locating members : such land and cottages to be again sold , and thus the society propose to continue its operations until all its members are each ih possession of a cottage aud two acres of good land secured by a perpetual lease , at a yearly rent of £ 5 .
Here is a brief outline of our plan , the feasibility and practicability of which we are prepared to maintain by fair argument , in defiance of all opposition . We ha v e observed in Lloyd ' s Neuispapcr of the two last weeks , articles written ( not by tho Editor , but adopted by him ) to prove that our plan Is unworthy of public confidence or support . Having bestowed upon those articles an attentive perusal , wo can confidently affirm the impossibility of cramming into so small a space a greater quantity of stale jokes , sheer nonsense , gross ignorance , or wilful and deliberate misrepresentation . But , as we are desirous of construing as lightly as possible the errors of the writer , we are more inclined to ascribe them to the we « knc-ss of his head than to the virulence of his heart .
These articles , designed to crush in the bud the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , abound in miserable puns —the " gilt farthings" of wit about " Adam and Evo ;" "tho garden of Eden ; " " nine tailors making a man ;" the story of " Aiuaschav aud bis eggs , " vrti ' iclv arc too contemptible for further notice . The first objection of any weight is the impracticability of the project . The writer is as muih amazed nt the objects aimed at by this society , as were the old women of England when travelling by railway was projected ; and as the success ofthe railwnys has relaxed tlic wonderment of the old women , SO WC trust , hj the success ot our plan , to remove the doubts from the tnurky mind of our assailant . The writer deems the plan imj > raotmMc , Out lie rails to point out -vliei-i ! our machinery is defective . We ask , cannot land be bought
at twenty-five years' purchase s Certainly . Do we require it cheaper * No . Thus far the plan is practicable . Can from GO to 100 cottages , contiguous to one another , be completed at JE 30 each ? The opinion of experienced men decide the question in the affirmative . If the land is bought at twenty-five years' purchase , is it not likely to sell , with the itnprotismeiits , at twenty years' purchase ? Bo we ask more for it ! Cannot the residue of our means , after purchasing land and building cottages , he equally divided among those to whom the allotments are appropriated ? Surely there is here no insurmountable obstacle . These are briefly the operations of which the society guarantee ihe performance . . Where , we ask , are the impediments to their successful result ! But the Solon , whose lucubrations illume the readers of Lloyd's ,
and who is shortly to astound the world with a plan so transcendent ]} ' the superior of ours , that we must ever after bide our diminished heads , sneers at the advantages held out by the Chartist Land Society . A cottiige and two acres of land secured by a perpetual lease , at a rental of £ 5 a year , with the use of £ 15 lGs . 8 d ., and all obtained at tho trifling expense of £ 210 s ., are , in thefulmss of his benevolence , deemed unworthy the attention of the slaves of the " grinding capitalist ! " The occupiers , we are t > ld , would , in eight or nine years , pay , in the shape of rent , more than the value of their cottage . Has the writer forgotten that if they were not on the land , they would have to pay " rent" somewhere else ? Has it escaped the perspicacity of this wise man of the east , tliat more than the annual rent required
by the society for a residence , in which health , independence , and comparative competence may be enjoyed , is now paid for dark and dingy garrets in the filthy alleys of the metropolis / or ' the damp and dreary cellars of Liverpool , into which upwards of 40 , 000 human beings are crammed , a prey to those destructive disorders induc « d by filth and foul air ? Would not such a possession as this society purposes to realise for its numbers , be a blessing to myriads of toil-worn , care-worn slaves in the manufacturing district ; - ' whose very lives arc being sacrificed on the Moloch altars of capital ? ' The term " grinding capitalist , " which occurs in the book containing the rules of the society , docs not seem to accord with the fastidious taste of the writer ; They are iterated and reiterated by him , which , would lead us to conclude that ' in
his opinion they are a misnomer . Our experience , however , warrants the application' of the term grinding to the capitalists of this country . 'We know something of the grinding propensities of the millocrats of the northwretches who , in the majority , of cases , had it not been for the merciful interposition of the legislature , would , through the terrors of the whip , convert the sweat . of infants into gold , - to maintain their unhallowed Aggrandisement—remorseless beings , who would doom their toilers to ignorance , immorality , and decrepitude , induced by fourteen or fifteen , hours' labour daily , in tho enervating atmosphere of the factory , that they , the lords of labour , may slake their * raging thirst-for gain .- Such is the animus of your mammon-adoring capitalist : and yet wc are carped at for applying to them the term " grinding . "
The public are reminded by the scribe in . Lloyd ' s that the funds of , the society arc insecure ; that . there is no responsibility attached to the officers in consequence of the society not being enbolleo . ' To this we reply , that the rules of the society make ample provision for the security of the funds , and furthermore we say that there is no obstacle to enrolment , . A general meeting of the members will shortly be held in their respective localities , when tho question of enrolment will b'einooted ' ahd settled . < Friends , before we conclude this vindication of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , we must notice an impudent falsehood which is blazoned forth in Lloyd ' s with an effrontery , a recklessness , ' which , none but an adept could display . He says : — "Mr . O'Connor shows , that when £ 5000 shall have increased to £ 37 , 324 , 37 ii persons may have allotments and cottages : but he omits to deduct the 372 * times £ 15 IGs , 8 d ,, which is to be furnished to each individual for stock , & c . ; you have therefore to take £ 5000 as the original capital , and to deduct from
this 372 i times £ 15 IGs , 8 d ., namely , £ 5807 18 s . 4 d : according to Cocker the result would be 0 , minus £ 807 18 s . 4 d .: Mr . O'Connor , on the contrary , shows plus £ 37 , 324 . " Poor fellow ! we opine that his acquaintance with Cocker is just about as extensive as . his knowledge of the Land plan I Mr . O'Connor does not say that " when the property of the society is increased to £ 37 , 324 , 372 * persons will have cottages , & c . ; " but he does say "th « t " l 023 persons will be in possession of their -allotments . " The rules of the society assert the same , in language the most unequivocal . Mr . O'Connor has no necessity to deduct the sum given to each seller upon tho land from the original capital of £ 5000 , as these sums are supplied by the increase on each sale of tho society ' s property . These tbimjs are known to every man conversant with the rules : hence , while we despise the retailer of falsehood , we can well afford to laugh at the stupidity of the arithmetical solution which gives a minus quantity of £ 8 !) 718 s . 4 d „ instead of a plus of £ 37 , 324 .
. In conclusion , we would advise the opponents of this plan , before they make their appearance iu print a ^ ain , to endeavour to make themselves conversimt with the subject ; neglecting this salutary advice they may , like unto our adversary in Lloyd ' s , instead of writing down our plan , write themselves down "fools !" For the Directors of the Chartist Land Co-operative . Society , ,. -, > London , June 20 , 1845 .. T . M , W . heeler , Gen . Sec .
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TEtEGRArn over the A ' tuntic—A writer , ih the New York Tribune suggests a plan for bringing old England within a-gpeakingdistmce . He proposes to run a copper vviro , <\ vcll , covered , and as-.-large , as a ' p ipe stem , from Nova Scotia to the coast of Ireland ; This , lis is thought may be accomplished by winding the wire ' upon reels , and arranging it on hoard a steamerise as to be reeled off ; ns . fast as the boat ' goes , and dropped ; the whole width , 6 f the Atlantic .. The writer , sajs— - * ' Its gravity would sink it to the depth where ' wa * ter was so dense as to ; be of equal gravity , and of'eotrrse beyond the reach qf any kind of collision .- Bjegirmiugund ending upon a bold shore , beyond the reach of anchors , it / would be out of harm's ' way , and exposed biit to two kinds of accidents—viz ; ., from separation by its owii weight , and the lots ofthe coating with which the metal must be protected . The steamer Great Britain would cany more wive of this size than would extend to Europe , ' and ilscost , I think , would be less than a million of dollars . "
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Tun Peculiar Buruexs upon- Laxd . —Mr . Ward lately brought forward an unsuccessful motion for an inquiry into this subject . Wc quite agree with the majority that rejected it—there is no reason for any inquiry into the matter . Wc can save the house a blue-book ( so called from its effect upon the JooBa of hoit . members while- engaged in its perusal ) l > y , a KUew ' net Account of these " peculiar burdens"' fog each of the three divisions of the United Kingdom .
ENGLASD . imprimis , wc should say a very peculiar hurdel upon the laud iu Enirlatid i ' s—1 . A' sporting landlord , in whose eyes partridge * are of more consequence than paupers , and who ia all his schemes of amelioration spells " peasant" with a ph . " 2 . An ill-paid , overworked labourer , with a nuni as bare as his body , a doghole for a dwelling , and an union-house for a refuge , 3 . An ignorant tenautrv , with a confidence hi Sir Robert reel and a blind " dependence on protection and the landlord . 4 . A non-resident rector , with a taste for Cheltenham waters , and a notion that the working clergy arc composed of curates at £ 80 per annum .
IREUSD . 1 . An absentee proprietor , who considers liedgeshootiug the natural amusement of the Irish pisantry ; believes the only " genteel" residence for it msvnof taste to be an English watering-place ; and holds the duties of property to be all on the side of the tenant . 2 . A Protestant ascendancy parson , who looks on Orange lodges as a development of the Christian church ; " Eoync Water" as a hymn ; and a national school as a favourite parade-ground fortlic Evil One . 3 . Araelc-renting agent , whose favourite argument is a policeman ' s bayonet . SCOTtAXn .
1 . Highland landholder , with a preference Fo £ sheep-walks over small holdings , and a tendency to promote emigration on a largo scale by driving out forty families in one clearing . 2 . A population of paupers depending on what the heritors like to give them . Let England , Ireland , and Scotland rid themseirea of these burdens respectively , and we should nob despair of even more wonderful results than a repeal of tlic Corn Laws , a millennium in which the Duke of Buckingham should play in Mr . Cobdcn's drying grounds , and YHHors snort over Sir John TvrclTs
preserves ; when Sibthorpshould exchange the . kiss of peace with Bowring ; and Hume and Herbert ait chcck-hy-jowl on the Treasury bench , with the smile of brotherly love upon their faces , and their arms round one another ' s necks . —Punch . An Impudent Cohpant . —Amongst the advertisements in the papers wc perceive one headed " First > class Assurance Company . " We understand that O'Conncll , Roebuck , I ) 'Israeli , and Mike Gibbs am to be appointed managing directors of this new com * pany ;—we know of no men better fitted for conducting an establishment where " first-class assura / Joe' * is to he the capital .
Hatuku Douirmij ,. —A man at St . Eticnne 5 s said to have invented a ftve-bladcd carving instrument * which "being placed in a masted fowl , and a spring being pressed , tho blades will , in a second , separate the legs and wings , and divide the carcase" t Tbia is very ingenious , but wc defy him to invent anything that can " cut more ways at once" than the present British Cabinet . An Jxvetkrate Joker . —Mathews ' s attendant in hisjast illness intended to give the patient some medicine ; but a few moments after it was discovered that the medicine was nothing but ink , which bad been taken from the phial by mistake , and his friend exclaimed , " Good heavens , Mathews , Ihave'given you ink . " "Never—never mind , my boy—never
wind , said Mathews , faintly , •« I'll swallow » hit o £ blotting paper . " This was tho last joke Mathews ever made . Sydney Smith ' s Sketch op Loud John Russem . — *¦ xiifciu ia .. „ * » uw mm ! in . Enelandthan Lord John Russell , but his worst failure is tins : he m utterly ignorant of all moral fear ; there is nothing ; he would not undertake . I believe he would perform the operation for the stone—build St . Peters- * or assume ( with or without ten minutes' notice ) the command of the channel fleet , and no one would da * cover by his manner that the patient had died- * the church tumbled down—and the channel fleet been knocked to atoms . * * It is impossible to sleep soundly while he has the command of ihe watch . " To this he attached the following note :- "Another peculiarity of the KusseJls is , that they never alter their opinions . They are an excellent race , but they must be trepanned before they can be convinced . "
A "Natural" Inquiry . —A cockney youth ; on " being shown the apparatus for hatching eggs' by artificial heat , which most of our readers will recollect having seen at the Collegiate exhibition a year oc two ago , remarked that "the chickens would only die when they came out , for want of mothers to suckle them . " Illustrious Fishmongers . — Lord Brougham got awfully eloquent at the dinner given to Prince Albert by the Fishmongers' Company , and passed such a panegyric on fishmongers , as " must have gladdened the heart of Groves , and elevated Lynn , of Fleet * street , to a height in his own opinion that he other * wise never would have dreamed of . According to Brougham , the greatest glory a man can aspire to is keeping an oyster-shop , for hia Lordship declared that statesmen , warriors , and even princes had reason to be proud of being Fishmongers . We shouW suggest a new order as a sort of companion to the Golden Fleece , to be called the Silver Mackerel .
HINTS FOB THE NEXT STATE BALL . AVliy carry back a hundred years "Whigs , Tories , Commoners , and Peers , For dresses at a fancy ball ? How vain to go so very far—To what they were from what they are Would be disguise for nearly all . Take Brougham as the first ( for he First in his own esteem will bej , And as in " cighteen-tliirty" show him —* Down on his knees , suffused in tears , Pressing Reform upon the Peers;—Sure n ' obody on earth would know him * If in disguise you would conceal The great free-trader , Kobert Peel , How very easily ' tis done ; VThy go to George tho Second ' s reign!—He ' s only to appear again
As Peel of " eighteen forty-ono . " No powder'd wig they need prepare For Derby ' s son and natural hnir : Let him ( iBsump . a hearing manly , Proud and impetuous , as he Some ten years since was wont to he ; --How different from the preg « nt Stanley ] How easy 'twere to find disguise Of almost every sort and size , Accumulating now since 'thirty , In Graham ' s wardrobe ; though ' tis troo For fancy halls they'd scarcely do , Most of them are so « erg dirty . Reason , indignant , asks , " 0 , why Make gallant Wellington a Guy V It was not requisite at all . Resides , it scarcely was a change ; To him there could he nothing strange-He's used to powder and to ball .
He needed not the large peruke Of Cumberland ' s illustrious Dnke , Since Wellington need only range For the last twenty years or so Over his statesman ' s life to show A mist cxtrVdinary change . Now , if anotherball of state Her Majesty should contemplate , There'll be variety in plenty Of character and costume too , If politicians ii > ay renew Some year of the last ten or twenty
The JsEvf Houses opPARmmNT : —LordBroujgia » gB « i ( the antique , or antic—which the reader pleases ) , es ) , << the House of Lords , said "that Mr . Barry wa » n «» nii only a Gothic architect and a dilatory man , bat bat 11 Tvas delay itself . " How can two of a trade agfeegfet b This comes of Mr . Barry ' s endeavours to robLopLon Brougham of his Got hie character , Who KllDWStbiS thi u may not yet turn Vandals \ — Pohsh B . A 1 LUOAD . —It is stated that the Popei'Tipe'Tn " declared against the introduction of railways in ' tiin ' tt Papal States . " Perhaps his Holiness cohsiderfPff ^ IYl is running fast enough in that direction alrejtolrejttt According to the Exeter-hall people , Peel is eV « eVes thing but a sleeper on that road . The 'pRMr-ERAfccK Movement . —Another "JaiilYanl ]
captam lately emptied some casks of rum intd ( into s „ ¥ ^ toilers generally follow this examplemplj j shall shortly have the ocean converted into stiffgWgw and it will not then be so difficult a matter , as SJbb Shi spearemight Have supposed , to " call Bpiritsfromfronu y & stydeey . " i-Great Gun . . ' Ko 'Occasion fob the Net . — -Cardinal Sahrv ' ahri ,, superior of one of the richest , abbeys in FforetfioKis miring his earlier days , used to cause a net { net iii spread every day on the table of his apartiuent . tent . titi mind him , as . a poor fisherman ' s son , of hishniishdii origin . ' When the abbot died , this dissemblednbled . mility caused him to be appointed his suecegsor ^ BsorL '
subsequently chosen cardinal . He then left offft off f ceremonial , and began living in the ordinary atjry stij a luxurious churchman . A brother ( fcir & BiilwhMdi ! marked upon this change . "Kay , " replied Siod SS ' why should I perpetuate a . useless cewrMtfernoM have no further occasion for the net , for J have tftave m thejisk . Mrs . WooD .-men this favourite vocalisl ) ciuist 1 t 1 Lady Lennox , was representing PouTiSiSm Opera ) , at the Hayrnark , she fntfflj t ! U t 8 Dibdin that she' wished to sing «< A » k » C <{ ^ ^^ in ^ V * ww lino " and S « fi $ Um ' W " «¦• *»«<>* *»* jou U make the shilling one pound one . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28061845/page/3/
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