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THE THREE IMPOSTORS. Dundee: J. Mylcs, 2...
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IH E CHAETBB , AND NO S UK R EKDER ! The lords ofthe soil claim the poor man ' s toil ; Bis lahour to them is given Tor a crust of bread and a straw-roofed shed , Though _lileak as the winds of heaven . To sow and till , so that valley and nHl -May yield up their fertile store , Host " the toiler slave , and at last receive The husks , when his labour ' s o er . In the gloomy mine , where no light doth 3 hine Save the ray from the miner ' s lamp—There oppression ' s slave finds an early grave , Consum'd by the blighting damp . Bnt whatreckthe great for the sufferer ' s fete , Though they torture his life away ! Yfhcn their -victim bleeds , thus their conscience pleads" 0 , his was but vulgar _cl-ir . "
Then the _millocrat proud proclaims aloud That" bread should to all be given : ' - * Vet his slavish thrall must , aboce litem aU , For vengeance appeal to heaven . 0 God ! must the poor , wrongs like these endure At the hands of the pampcr'd few ? _Must they toil and bleed , and yet vainly plead For the right that to them is due ' . In a Christian land' must the million " - stand Enshrouded in pauper gloom , Till their hearts decay , and their soulless clay Is housed in the pauper ' s tomb ?
3 o ! let us once move , as in days of yore , By our Charter _-nrmly stand , like the rock as -firm , when it braves the storm That breaks ou our sea-girt strand "While a hope remains , let us cast our chains At the feet of thc tyrant band , And our watchword be " Man ' s equality _. And the right to our fatherland !" Stamford-street Leeds . David Boss
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SONNETS . " Man ' s inhumanity to man - Hakes countless thousands mourn . " —Burns . 1 stood ( a stranger ) in the City ' s mart , Where all the sons of toil and trade were met ; And there I saw , what my poor sicken'd heart , long as it throbs with life , will ne ' er forget . The storm was howling—darkness veil'd the skies—And there I saw , stand shivering in the storm , Toor human beings , lifting up their eyes For bread to succour famishM ones at home 1 The blind and lame came halting through the crowd-Youth , manhood , and " the man of hoary head . " Some _lohisper'd of their ills , some mourn'd aloud , And craved , for heaven ' s sake , a crust of oread ! 1 far . - the rich man pass unheeding by—Pnfelt by him their griefj unheard by him their cry . Is this , thought I , egualiiy and right ! Can _ench a system dignify our land ? is Uils the liberty for which we fight ! 0 , sheath your swords , and nerveless be each hand . Thou monster Man ! I blush to call thee brother . The reason which thou boast ' st of damns thee more : Pride , wealth , would even make thee scorn thy mother , And stain thy fingers with a brother ' s gore ! li cannot last for ever . Vengeance burns Around the tyrant , and his power shall fall ; When Justice to her ancient seat returns , And Truth ' s immortal light is shed on aU : Then tyrants' chains from Britons shall be _liurl'd , And _Justice , Love , and Truth shall govern all the world . Tate .
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G 09 I 5 GSBT ; or , THE NEW GENERATION . Bv B . _D'Iseaeli , Esq ., " LLP . —London : Colburn , Great Marlborough-street . f Continued from _theNortliern Star of January 25 th . ) Having attained his eighteenth year , Coningsby leaves Eton , and . Ms first visit is to Beaumanoir . On Lis way he makes the acquaintance of a mysterious personage at a wayside inn , whither lie IS driven for shelter by a sudden storm , while traversing on foot one of the ancient forests of the midland counties , where , in days of old , Norman kings hunted , and Saxon outlaws plundered . The scene is beautifully described , and the emotions of the hero of the story graphically pourtrayed . We give Coxixgsby _' s first interview with
SID 0 J _. -IA . Tfcewina howled , the branches of the forest stirred , and sent forth sounds like an incantation . Soon ' might he distinguished the various voices of the mighty trees , as they expressed their terror or their agony . The oak roared , the beech shrieked , the elm sent forth its deep and lo _££ -drawn groan ; while ever and anon , amid a momentary pause , the passion of the ash was heard in moans of thrjnlng anguish . Coningsby hurried on the forest became less close . A place of refuge was at hand : screened from his first glance by some elm trees , the ascending smoke now betrayed a roof which Coningsby reached before the tempest brake . Thc forest inn was also a farm-house . There was a comfortable-looking kitchen enough ; but the ingle nook was foil of smokers , and Coningsby was glad to avail himself of the only private room for the simple meal which they offered him . Only eggs and bacon ; "bnt very welcome to a pedestrian and a hungry one .
As lie stood at the window of his little apartment , watching the large drops that were the heralds of the coming hurricane , and waiting for his repast , a flash of lightning illumined the whole country , and a horseman at Ml speed , followed by his groom , galloped up to the door . The remarkable beauty of the animal so attracted _Goiungaby _' s attention , that it prevented him catching even a _s-Jimpse of the rider , who rapidly dismounted and enterefi the inn . The host shortly after came in and asked Coningsby whether he had any objection to a gentleman , who was driven there hy the storm , sharing lus room until it subsided . The consequence of the immediate assent of Coningsby was , that the landlord _Ifdreuj and soon returned , ushering in an individual , who though perhaps ten years older than Coningsby , was stffl , according to Hippocrates , in the period of lusty youth . He was above the middle height , and of a distinguished air and figure ; pale , with an impressive brow , and dark eyes of great intelligence .
The stranger belonged to that faith "the Apostles professed before they followed their Master ; " he therefore conrteonsly declined to assist Comngsbt in the demolishing of a dish of eggs and bacon . Conversation was , however , heartily engaged in by both p arties , and _CoMNosmrTrasencnantcabytheastonish _lmjinformatioii , and original thought , of his companion . The age needs great men ; and , according to Sidonia , they exist not , or have not as yet shown themselves ; " the age does not believe in great men , because it does not possess any : the spirit ofthe age is the very thing that a great man changes . " The stranger asserts that almost everything great that ias been done , has been done by youth . In proof of this he eloquently runs over the
_ACHIEVEHEiTS OF XOCKG MEN , Don John , of Austria , won Iiepauto at tiventy-five , — the greatest bat Qe of modern time : —had it not been for the jealousy of Philip , the next year he would have been Emperor of MauritanL Gaston de _Fois was only twentytwo" when he stood a victor on the plain of Kavenna . Every one remembers Conde , andRoeroy at thesame age . Gustams Adolphus _uietl at thirty-eight . look at his Captains : that wonderful Duke of "W eimar , only _thirtyeii- whei he died . Banier himself , with all lus miracles , died 3 t- _" orly--5 ve . Cortes was little more than thirty whan he gassed upon the golden cupolas of Mexico . - When Maurice of Saxony died at thirty-two aU Europe acknowledged the loss of the greatest Captain and profoundest Statesman ofthe age . Then there is Nelson , Clive—but
these axe warriors , and perhaps you may think there are greater things than war . I do not ; I worship the Lord ef Hosts . Bnt take the most illustrious achievements of civil prudence . Innocent IIL , the greatest of the Popes , was the despot of Christendom at thirty-seven ; John de Medici was a Cardinal at fifteen , and _Guicciaroini tells _tk , baffled with bis state-craft Ferdinand of Arragon himself _, lie was Pope , as LeoX ., at thirty-seven ; Luther robbed even him of his richest province at thirty-five . Take "Ignatius Loyola and John Wesley , they worked with _yoacg brains . Ignatius was only thirty when he made ins pagrimage , and wrote the " Spiritual Exercises . " _Pascal wrote a great work at sixteen , the greatest of _frenchmen , and died at thirty-seven Ah ! that fetal thirty-seven , which reminds me of Byron , greater even as
a than a writer . "Was it experience that guided the percH of Raphael when he painted the palaces of Heine ? He died , too , at thirty-seven . Richelieu was Secretary of State at thirty-one . VVeH , then , there arc _Bolinglsroke and Pitt , "both Ministers "before other men leave o £ * cricket . Groiins was in great practice at _seventfttJj aid Attorney-General at twenty-four . And _Acgua-^ _ira—Acquaviva was General of the Jesuits , ruled every _cabhnit in Europe , and colonized America _nefore he was " _-hirty-sfiven . But it is needless to multiply instances . The iirtorjr of heroes is fhe "history of youth . To whom might be added the giants ofthe French _itevomiion—mi ghty , whether for good or evil : — aIochs ; the conqueror of the Austrians , the pacifi-?? tor of La Vendee , the rival of _Kapoleoj-j died at j
thirty-three years of age . Napoleon himself had wormed Toulouse , won tie battles of Lodi and the _xyraniids ; achieved the first eonsulship of the _re-Wiblic : destroyed that Republic and made himself Janperor of thc Gauls ; placed Ms brothers onthe thrones of Europe ; surpassed ILlvxibal ; and gained - _^ crownin g victory on the plains of Ansterlitz , o « befoi _* ehe wastnu * ty-sevenyearsofage . Nor should we forget fhe legislative chiefs of that revolution : — _??* a £ 4 U » the wonder of Ms age , who died at _forty-™ _« _rfieterrible Dakios , who died at thirty-four ; l « e brilliant , but unfortunate , Camiixe ItesMocLn-s , whose reply to the Revolutionary Tribunal , when _reqmreato state hisage , wfflnot be forgotten— " _Thirty-M ? p , » e _? 9 e ° f _* h < i _Sans-cvMote Jews Christ , when he am ; tor-must to omit the name ofthe fiery ,
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heroic , and eloquent apostle of equalitv , Si . Just , who gave up Ms life for the many at * the age of twenty-six . And last , not least , the mightiest _tm-opean man of his day , " Robespierre , thc incorruptible ; who , before he was thirty-five vears of ace , had achieved the _dictotoivdiip of France , ' and aname which is yet , and will for ever be , the hate and terror of aristocrats . Tlic stranger and _Coxixgsbv part , but first—I long to see your mare again , said Coningsbv . She seemed to me so beautiful .
She is not only of pure- race , said the stranger , but of the highest and rarest breed in Arabia . Her name is " The Daughter ofthe Star . " She is a foal of that famous mare which belonged to the Prince of the Wahahees ; and to possess which , I believe , was one of the principal causes Of war between that tribe and the Egyptians . The Pacha of Egypt gave her to me , and I would not change her for her statue in pure gold , even carved by Lysippus . Come round to the stable and see her . The . Daughteroftlie Star bounded awav with the "Wandering Jew , " as if she scented the air of the desert from wliieh she and her rider had alike sprang . The day after his adventure at the Forest Inn , CastsGsss arrived at Beaumauoii _* . He had not visited the family of his friend for some vcai-s , and
now experienced a most affectionate reception . At the dinner table of the noble hostile encounters a Mr . Eustace Lyle , a Roman Catholic , and the richest commoner in the county . After dinner , when the ladies had withdrawn , and the usual political conversation had commenced , the New Poor Law was the principal subject of discourse . We have before intimated that the Duke ( Rutland ) . was a supporter of the New Poor Law , though not harshly so ; on tho other hand , Ms "Whig son-in-law , Lord Everingham , a clear-headed , cold-blooded man , looked upon the New-Poor Law as another Magna Charta . Opposed to this last , was Lord Henri / , son of the Duke ( Lord John Manners ) , who would not Men to the Statistics , Dietary Tables , and Commissioners' Reports . He went fiir higher than his father ; for deeper than
his brother-in-law . He represented to the Duke that the order of the Peasantry was as ancient , legal , and rccognisedan order as the order of the Nobility : that it had distinct rights and privileges , though for centuries they had been invaded and violated , and permitted to fell into desuetude . He impressed upon the Duke that the parochial constitution of this country was more important than its political constitution ; that it was more ancient , _moreiiniversal in its influence ; and that this parochial constitution had already been shaken to its centre by the New Poor Law . He assured his father that it would never be well for England until this order of the Peasantry was restored to its pristine condition : not merely in physical comfort , for that must vary according to the economical circumstances of the time , like that of every class ; but to its condition in all those moral attributes which make a
recognised rank ia a nation ; and which , m a great degree , are independent of economies , manners , customs , ceremonies , rights , and privileges . Henry thinks , said Lord Everingham , that the people are to be fed by dancing round a May-pole . But ivill the people be more fed because they do not dance round a May-pole ? urged Lord Henry . Obsolete customs ; said Lord Everingham . And why should dancing round a May-pole be more obsolete than holding a Chapter of the Garter ? asked LordHeury . The Duke , who was a blue ribbon , felt this a home thrust . I must say , said his Grace , that I , for one , deeply regret that our popular customs have been permitted to foil so into desuetude . The spirit of the age is against such things , said Lord Everingham . And what is the spirit of theage ? asked Coningsby . The spirit of utility , said Lord Everingham .
And you think , then , that ceremony is not useful ? urged Coningsby , mildly . It depends upon circumstances , said Lord Everingham . There are some ceremonies , no doubt , that are very proper , and , of course , very useful . But the be 5 t thing WC can do for the labouring classes is to provide them with work . But what do you mean by the labouring classes , Everingham ? asked Lord Henry . Lawyers are a labouring class , for instance ; and , by the bye , sufficiently provided with work . But would you approve of Westminster Hall being denuded of all its ceremonies ? And the long vacation being abolished 1 added Coningsby . Theresa brings me terrible accounts of the sufferings of the poor about us , said the Duke , shaking his head . "Women think everything to be suffering ! said Lord Everingham .
How do you find them about you , Mr . Lyle % continued the Duke . I have revived thc monastic custom at St . Genevieve , said tiie young man , blushing very much . There is an almsgiving twice a-week . Lord Henry objects to the working classes being called "labourers , " and insists that their rightful title is "the peasantry , " to deprive them of which is to wrong them . We dissent from this view . The name of " peasant" is associated with all that is
serfash and slavish in the tewial system . YV _lvnCSS the state ofthe peasantry of this country centuries ago ; those of France previous to the revolution ; and those of Russia in the present day . On the other hand , "labourer" is in our view an honourable title—a - view shared in by the great William Cobbeti ; who , when persecuted by the base Whigs , proudly claimed the appellation of "labom ei " ashisclass _^ lesignation . Mr . D'Israeu favours a return to the almsgiving system as a means of alleviating the wants of the poor . Here is a picture of " ~
THE ALMSGIVING AT ST . GENEVIEVE , Par as t iie eye could reach there spread before them a savage sylvan scene . It wanted perhaps undulation of _surfaeeT but that deficiency was greatlycompensated by the multitude and prodigious size of the trees ; they were the largest indeed that could be well met with in England , and there is no part of Europe where the timber is so huge . The broad mtewuinable glades , the vast avenues , the quantity of deer browsing or bounding in all directions , the thickets of yellow gorse and green fern , and the breeze that even in the stillness of summer was ever playing over this table land , all produced an animated and renovating scene . It was like suddenly visiting another country , living among other manners , and breathing another air . They stopped for a few minutes at a pavilion built for the purposes ofthe chase , and then returned , all gratified by this visit to what appeared to be the higher regions ofthe earth .
As they approached the brow of the lull , that hung over St . Genevieve , they heard the great bell sound . What is that ? asked the Duchess . It Is almsgiving- day , replied Mr , Lyle , looking a little embarrassed , andfor the first time blushing . The people of the parishes with which I am connected come to St . Genevieve twice a week at this hour . And what is your system ? inquired Lord Everingham , who had stopped , interested by the scene . What cheek have you ! The rectors of the different parishes grant certificates to those who in tbeir ' belief merit bounty according to the rules wliich I have established . These are again visited by my almoner , who countersigns the certificate , and then they present it at the postern-gate . The certificate explains the nature of their necessities , and my steward-acts on his discretion . Hamma , I see them , exclaimed Lady Theresa .
Perhaps your Grace may think that they might be relieved without all this ceremony , said Mr . Lyle , extremely confused . But I agree with Henry and Mr . Coningsby that ceremony is not , as too commonly supposed , an idle form ; I wish the people constantly and visibly to comprehend that property is their protector and their friend . My reason is with you , Mr . Lyle , said the Duchess , as well as my heart . They came along the valley , a procession of nature , whose groups an artist might have studied . The old
man , who loved the pilgrimage too much to avail himself ofthe privilege of a substitute accorded to his grey hairs : he came iu person with his grand-child and his staff . There also came the widow with her child at the breast , and others clinging to her form ; some sorrowful faces , and some pale ; many a serious one ; and now and then a frolic glance ; many a dame in her red cloak , and many a maiden with her light basket , curly-headed urchins with demure looks , and sometimes a stalwart form baffled for a time of the labour which he desired . But not a heart there that did not bless the bell that sounded from the
tower of St . Genevieve ! A beautiful picture is thc above , but when we have said that , that is all we can say . Pretty the thing reads in print—pretty would the scene be on canvas , but for a reality , the scheme—if it can be so dignified—would be a mockery to meet the end designed . Private benevolence is exemplary ; and so long as rich and poor exist , those of the former , who from their superfluities give aid to their unfortunate fellowcreatures , will naturally , and rightly command admiration for their good deeds . But to seriously recommend a system of almsgiving as a means of dealing with the " _Condition-of-England Question" is
preposterous . Besides , such a return to monastic mummeries as above pictured , is hardly in accordance with—need we say is utterly opposed to—the present enlightenment of the labouring classes . It is . not a return to the " good old times" when the baron and the priest , or the parson and the squire , werc the local gods in every town and hamlet , that is now wanted to regenerate England . _TYhat is needed ia a just recognition of the rights , social and _political , of the wealth-producers , guaranteeing to them the fruits of their toil . Too long have the working classes been the dupes and slaves of the system expressed in DiCKEXs' Chimes ;—*
" Oh , let us love our occupations , „ Bless the squire and his relations , Live upon our daily rations , And always keep our proper stations !" But the reign of that system is drawing to a close . ' The working classes—alreadypartially enlightened as to their real value in society , the causes of their -wrongs and the neeessary remedies—will not much longer submit to the brutalities of a Poor Law ; and Mr . _D'lsBAEumay be assured will be as little inclined to go back to the slavish , debasing system of monastic relief . Justice , not charitv , is the requirement of the present age . With these remarks we close tne first volume of Coningsby .
The Chronicles Of The Bastile. J. C. New...
THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . J . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . ( Continued from the Northern Star of January 25 . ) We resume our notice of this excellent " publication , which we find on further perusal to exceed our most sanguine expectations when reading the first number . The author , whoever he is , need not hesitate to assert his claims to popularity with the best writers ' of the day . His portraits are drawn with ' great ability ; indeed we know nothing superior to his pictures of D'Argeksox , the infernal Lieutenant of'Police to Louis XIV . ; . Jacques , the spy , the hero of the work ; Maitre Quixault , the blood-stained usurer ; Sr . Marc , the governor of the Bastiie ; and Madame de Maintexox , the consort and ruler of Lows Qua-TOnzE . Tho dialogue is pointed , and never slackens . The author is evidentlv well read in French _histoiy
and paints the Paris of the 17 th century , as though he were now an actor in the scenes he describes . Thc copious foot-notes will be found of Yalue _. to the student in history , while they serve to authenticate the frightful revelations of these " Chronicles . " The length of the two extracts given below leaves us no room for further comment this week , but we shall return to the work again . The following frightful scene is extracted from Part VII . J ulie de St . _Auney , daughter of the Baron be St . Acsey , imprisoned in the Bastiie by the monster D'Akgexsox , is taken bv Sr . Maiic , thc governor , and his nephew Corbe , to seo the ( liferent dungeons of the fortress , uo doubt with the view of terrifying her into compliance with the accursed designs entertained against her . She is taken to the dungeon of the ditch of one of the towers , where she beholds
THE MANIAC OF THE BASTIIE . It was an arched vault , about twelve feet square , reeking with niephitic vapours , with only the sinallestpossible aperture to admit air - , the stones under foot were covered with a layer of slime , half an inch thick : the walls , too , dripped with moisture , and large unsightly masses of fungiigreiv from-them , luxuriating in the unwholesome atmosphere , and mingling with it their own pestilential breath . He ' s only been here twenty-five years , observed Corbe , elevating his torch , and pointing with his finger to a certain part of the dungeon . Who ? ejaculated Julie , in a scarcely audible voice ; no one can live here ? He does , again remarked Corbe ; look yonder !
Impelled by a feeling she could not resist , the aftrighted girl followed the direction of her guide ' s hand , but no sooner beheld the spectacle that presented itself than she uttered a suppressed scream of horror that ought to have touched the Governor ' s heart—hadhepossessedone—and covering her face with her hands attempted to reascend the stairs leading from the dungeon . Go ou further , exclaimed St . Marc , barring her egress ; he won't hurt thee . There was no alternative , for he advanced to the door
of the den , and effectually closed the passage against her . Thc light from Corbe ' s torch fell full upon an objecthuman in form—that sat huddled up , all of a heap , propping up his face with his hands , in a remote comer of the den ; two planks , placed transversely across a couple of iron bars cemented into the waU , served him for a bed : a litter of straw , wet and rotten , for a pillow ; an old rug for covering ; his fcet and legs were bare , as likewise liis arms , whilst the remainder of his body was enveloped iu a coarse blanket that scarcely served the purpose for whicl _^ it was intended .
He was an old man—with grey hair , which hung over his shoulders in long matted shocks , and his beard had grown to such a prodigious length that , as he sat , it reached the ground . His eyes were hollow , but brightalthough nearly concealed by the shaggy brows above them—and _remained fixed in one direction , notwithstanding the attempt Corbe made to attract his notice , by waving the torch so as to cast its light upon him . By his side stood a pitcher , and a lump of bread , on which a troop of rats had just been feasting , for two or three _stUl remained , in spite of the Governor , who in vain tried to scare them hy stamping his foot , and striking his cane upon the ground . Had he known they were the prisoner ' s daily companions—that he had accustomed to feed from his hand—he would have killed them outright —but he did not , and so they burrowed in the straw beneath their master .
The feeling now uppermost in Julio ' s breast was compassion , not horror ; she could even bear to look at that unfortunate , and the large tears fell from her eyes as she gazed upon his emaciated form . Tou may speak to him , said St . Marc ; he won't understand you ; he has not spoken to anybody for years : besides , he ' s mad . The man looked round , and his unearthly eyes flashed fire , hut that was all the notice he took of the group , until Julie , stepping forward , addressed him : - May God in his mercy , said she , forgive thy persecutors , and soon call thee to his bosom ! This shall be my prayer for thee . The man listened to the gentle tones that fell upon his ear , and two large tears rolled down his cheek ; he heaved a deep sigh , muttering in a voice that was awfully distinct , at the same time bending his gaze full upon Julie .
Heaven , then , has come at last ! 0 ! I have prayed for it night and day ! no ! aU _night—therfi ' s no day here ! Siveet fthgel ! God ' s messenger ! Back , back ! Don't come nearer ! I am of earth ! thou art of heaven ! a spirit from paradise ! Ah ! all ! ah ! they thought to keep me here for ever ! but I prayed to die ! and heaven has come at last ! Twenty-five years ! But I have notforgotten it ! They want to Mil mc , hut I won't die ! I have sometliing yet to tell ! 0 ! 0 ! a tale of blood ! my poor master ! But I know where they buried him ! Yes ! Old Jacques Morin knows!—ha ! ha ! ha ! _,
The state of surprise into which this unexpected speech threw both St . Mare and Corbe was probably the reason that neither attempted to stop him ; but perceiving that he was likely to make some awkward disclosures , the Governor took Julie by the arm , and pushed her out of the dungeon , leaving Corbe to close the door upon the old man , who was StUl inutterhis when they _Quitted his presence . d'abqexson and the spr—coming events cast their
SHADOWS _BEFOItE . I hear there is much discontent amongst the people , Jacques , remarked D'Argenson , after a pause ; hast thou heard or perceived anything of the sort ? I have , Monseigneur , replied the spy , sternly . Hast thou learnt the cause ? asked the lieutenant of police . There are many causes , Mnuseigueur , responded Jacques , elevating Ms voice heavy imposts—low wages —dear food—scarcity of employment—unequal lawsan over-bearing clergy—an oppressive aristocracy—Bah ! ejaculated D'Argenson , impatiently : it was the same years ago . And may be , for years to come , Monseigneur ; but it wiU have an end . * the people— ' The people ! reiterated the lieutenant of police contemptuously ; the people indeedl Bah ! You may affect to despise fhe people , Monseigneur ; but beware how you trample on their
feelinga—Bah ! again . ejaculated the former , apparently endeavouring to divest liimself of the idea that this portion of the community possessed sueh a commodity ; the scum ! Hold , Monseigneur ! exclaimed the spy , glowing with anger ; I am one of the people ; I am sprung from that very scum , and will not hear it debased in silence . ' This to aw , Sieur Jacques ! observed D'Argenson , astounded at that individual ' s boldness . Why not to thee ? resumed the latter with animation ; would ' st thou deny me freedom of thought and speech ? I have only told thee truth ! It is perhaps unwelcome , Monseigneur ; but 'tis truth notwithstanding . # # # * I have known the truth prove a sure passport to thc Bastiie , Sieur Jacques , said he ; mort _^ _ie _** . ' _Weftaue arrived at something indeed . '
lis _guite a matter of taste , retorted that unimpressionable individual * . the Bastiie , where one may speak the truth , to walls that can't hear it—or liberty , without the privilege of speaking it at all—or only to those that _jcou't . I don't think there ' s a pin to choose . This was said with an air intended to imply an opinion , on the part of the speaker , that the turn of the scale , if any , was rather in favour of the Bastiie , and his conviction that it was a very comfortable sort of place , of which he was perfectly ready to become an inmate , if it would at aU accommodate the views of the functionary in whose presence he stood . Not that he felt " any real desire that way—but he knew that by assuming an indifference to the fate with which he was indirectly menaced would have the effect of rendering his employer equally lukewarm to inflict it—a line of policy , whose efficacy he had tested on several critical occasions .
The theory propounded by Jacques startled D'Argenson , not less than his tacit defiance of a power which he wielded to the terror of all classes . * * # * But whatever were the feelings of D'Argenson on this latter score—and that they were bitter enough , the sequel will prove—he was too cunning to allow Jacques to perceive what passed within his mind—though even something of that might have been gathered by watching the convulsive _twitchings of his mouth and eyebrows—and for the present confined himself toremarking _. in answer to the _£ py ' s last observation , that , perhaps experience _ml-jht teach hini better . To this the spy retorted only by an expressive shrug of the shoulders . Well , well , Maitre Jacques , continued D'Argenson , we differ both in taste and political creed ; but I would caution thee not to make open confession of thine .
I have , Monseigneur ; and do . I would not conceal my opinions , even from his most Christian Majesty . Maitre Jacques , thou art going too ' far , resumed D'Ar . genson , very rapidly noting the spy ' s words ; thou must keep that democratic spirit within bounds , or the worst of punishments , short of hanging , will ultimately be thine . And what may that be ? asked the spy , with an ironical smile . The Bastiie , Sieur Ja cquas _, the Bastiie ; sang dieu ! _ It has no terrors for me , Monseigneur ; I have nothing to lose . By the worst of punishments , I thought some _, thing even worse was in store for me ! Ah ! exclaimed the lieutenant of police ; worse than that ? worse than hanging , or than the Bastiie ! Worse _than-the Bastiie , Maitre Jaques ? ventre bleu ! Worse than either , Monseigueur ; worse than the one firstand the other after ,
, Ah . ' again ejaculated the other , in a tone that expressed great doubt as to their existing anything worse , and great curiosity to be made acquainted with the secret , in order , when the opportunity offered , of favouring Jacques
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with the benefit of his own'discovery : this , of course ; was a private resolution . : ; Well , Monseigneur , I know of two punishments , that to an honest man , are worse than either hanging or the ' Bastiie , He paused . . Name them ! name them ! exclaimed D'Argenson , impatiently . . The first , Monseigneur , is the being an honest man , and in the pay of . his most Christian Majesty ' s lieutenant of police ! The second—agaiu he . paused . ' Well , ' Sieur Jacques , observed D'Argenson , growing pale : and-the second ? - ¦' . . Is the being his most Christian Majesty ' s lieutenant of police , retorted Jacques , bowing ; aiid gathering his large cloak about him , slowly quitted the apartment , leaving his disconcerted employer foaming with indignation
This is too much , exclaimed the latter , as soon as he could command his feelings sufficiently to give them utterance ; but it will be mi / turn next . Thou shalt not beard me . with "impunity ; tonnerre dieu . ' Let us reflect ; let us reflect ; continued he , speaking to himself ; 'tis time I should act ! yes ! yes ! I'll not trust thee any longer , Maitre Jacques : thou art growing troublesome ! in league too with the baron ! oh ! I have not done with thee , yet ! hut—we must wait—we must wait ! The Bastiie is ' not bad enough for thee , eh ? . norhanging ! ah ! ah ! ah ! thou art difficult to please , sang dieu . ' but I have not done with _, thee yet ! and easing his mind , at . intervals , with such'exclamations as these , D'Argenson . ' resumed his labours , nor ceased them until long past the hour of midnight .
The Three Impostors. Dundee: J. Mylcs, 2...
THE THREE IMPOSTORS . Dundee : J . Mylcs , 201 , Overgate . London : Wat-son ,. Paul ' s-allcy . This is a translation from the French ; of a work published at Amsterdam in 17 _TC , but supposed to belong originally to a much earlier period . The question of its antiquity is . amply discussed in the body of the work , and constitutes one of its most interesting and attractive features . The publisher says ; " The edition from wluch the present is translated , was brought me _frorngParis by a distinguished defender of civil and religious liberty : and as my friend had an anxiety , from a thorough conviction of its interest and value , to see it published in the English language , I have , from like reelings , brought it before the public , as I am convinced that it is an excellent antidote to superstition and intolerance , and eminently calculated to promote the cause of freedom , justice , and morality . " We recommend tin ' s work to all free inquirers and searchers for the truth .
The World Within. B Y The Rev. J. E. Smi...
THE WORLD WITHIN . B y the Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . B . D . Cousin ' s , Duke-street , _Lincoln ' s-innfields . This little book professes to be a description of the interior of the earth , with its inhabitants , cities , temples , and basilicas , social and domestic institutions , with other curiosities never before heard of in this world without . The author narrates that when at Smyrna he resolved to visit the ruins of Ephesns , and that on hisjourney to the famous city of Diana he encountered a party of Turkish travellers , with whom he took up his quarters at a caravansary . After their repast the Turks commenced smoking and chewing opium , of which last enjoyment the author partook , ignorant of the nature and effects of that
remarkable stimulant . The consequence was , that he in a very short time swooned away , becoming dead to all mundane impressions , or rather the world became dead to him , he being as lively as ever , and as happy and frolicsome as if he had been transported to heaven itself . In this state lie finds himself transported to the interior ofthe earth , where he beholds the wonders wliich form the subject of these revelations . He is guided during lus visit by one of the female inhabitants , so beautiful that even Tom Moore could not adequately describe her charms ; the author adds , that compared with his subterranean guide , the Venus of Cleomexes was but a poor , ordinarylooking creature , and not fit to hold a basin of water to wash the fingers of the perfect-creature who officiated as his cicerone .
For the wonderful things shown and told by this more than Venus , we must refer our readers to the book itself . The name ofthe author is sufficient guarantee that what he has written lacks nothing in regard to originality , * and we may add that both instruction and amusement will be found likewise . 'Tis a pity for Mi * . Smith but that he had flourished in a less sceptical age than the present ; born a few hundred years ago , his visions would have been swallowed as gospel truth , and himself had a fair chance of rivalling the great Mahomet .
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THE MEDICAL ARGUS . Johnson , CO , St . Martin ' s-laHC . This is a new metropolitan weekly medical journal , intended to advocate the interests of the general practitioners of medicine , surgery , and midwifery . The first number contains articles on Sir James Graham ' s Medical Bill , and the financial accounts of tho Royal College of Surgeons . There are also reports of some most ' interesting medical cases and lectures , both at home and abroad . -
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THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH ; OR , A COMMONSENSE VINDICATION OF THE LAWS OF NATURE . This small tract contains an exposition of thc science of medical botany , as taught by Dr . Coffin , of Leeds , and detailed hi a series of lectures delivered by him in several parts of Yorkshire : also , answers to the objectors to the Doctor ' s theory . The tract may be had for a penny on application tothe Doctor , at 16 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds .
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THE TRUTH-SEEKER , AND TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE . This is a new monthly publication devoted to the advocacy of Total abstinence principles , and the Water Cure , under the management of Dr . F . R . Lees , late Editor of the National Temperance Herald . Thc subjects proposed to be discussed in this publication , besides Teetotalism and the Water Cure , are Education , Chemistry , Dietetics , Physiology , Social Economy , Intellectual and Moral Philososphy and Logic , Biblical Criticism and Christian Theology ; including defences of the latter from the objections of sceptics , and examinations of the most celebrated writers against Christianity . The first number contains several able articles , some from the pens of eminent men . The well-known talent of the editor is sufficient promise of the ability with which this publication will be conducted . Differ from him we do , widely , on many points ; but we cannot , on that account , withhold this just tribute to his merits .
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MEMOIR OF EUGENE SUE . At a moment when the " Mysteries of Paris" and the "Wandering-Jew" are exciting so much interest in this country , our readers will be pleased to leam a few particulars of their author , wliich we find in a French publication , Le Courrier de VEurope : — Eugene Sue was born at Paris , the 10 th of December , 180 * 1 . The Empress Josephine and her son , Prince Eugene Beauharnois , were his godmother and godfather . The Sue family is very ancient , and . has been established for many years at Lacolme , near Cannes , in Provence . It is still represented there by M . Sue , a retired officer of high rank , and great uncle to the author . The great grandfather of Eugene Sue , Peter ; liis grandfather , Joseph ; and his father , Jean Joseph , were all surgeons and physicians of great
celebrity . Joseph bueleftextensiveanatomicalworks , and to him the French Medical School owes the introduction of the pathology of Gaubius _, which succeeded that of Boerhaave . Joseph and Jean Joseph both graduated at the Edinburgh University , and made known to their country , in numerous translations , the works of the Scotch School of Medicine . ' Our author ' s father also published numerous works , and made some curious researches into the punishment by decapitation , and upon the effects of galvanism . He was chief physician tothe Imperial Guard in the Russian campaign _.:,: After , the Restoration , he became physician to the king . He lived in intimate friendship witli'the Empress Josephine , Franklin , _Massena , Moreau , and all the great personages ofthe consulate
epoch . He made a generous bequest to the Academy of the Fine Arts of a magnificent collection of comparative anatomy and objects of natural histoiy , formed in his own family byfour generation ' s of physicians . This museum , of great value , constitutes a gallery in the Palace of the Fine Arts . Eugene Sue himself , according to the wishes of his father , entered upon a medical career . He was , in the quality of a surgeon , attached to the military suite of the king ; then to the staff of the army in Spain in 1823 ; then , lnthesamecampaip _. tothe Tth regiment of _artiheiy . He was present at the siege of Cadiz , at the taking of Trocadcvo , and at that' of Tarafa . In 1824 he quitted the land service for the naval . He made several voyages in the Atlantic : and after bavins
traversed the West Indies , he returned to the Mediterranean , visited Greece , and , in 1828 , was present , m the ship Breslau , at the battle of Navarino . . Returned from that campai gn , and . having . renounced the navy and medicine , which had no charms for him , he took up his abode at Paris , where , thanks to the handsome income which he enjoys as a paternal inheritance , he \ was enabled to lead a happy and brilliant life . His favourite occupation , alter the pursuit of pleasure " was at this time . paintihg , which he studied at his friend Gudin ' s . In 1830 an ' old comrade of the artillery remarked to M . Eugene Sue , " The romances of Cooper have made the sea popular- ; you ought to write us your recollections of the
sea , and create the maritime romance of France . " The idea pleased our author . ' He quitted the painting-brush , took up the pen , and published " Kernock the Pirate . " . Finding the tiling amusing , and encouraged b success , he continued to write , following a lively and fertile fancy . Thus appeared in succession numerous works , which may be put in _thefollowing order ¦ :- — : ¦ > -. . ¦ Sea _flomances . —Kernock the Pirate , Plick and Plock , Atar-Gall , the Salamander , the Watch of Koatwen . —Maritime History—Histoiy of the French Marine under-Louis IV ., Abridgment of the Military Marine of every people . —Historical Romances—La treaumont , Jean Cavalier , Letorieres , the . Commander _vf . Malta . —Rwwnees of _Mamm--Arthtu _* ,
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La Concaratcha , Dyleytar , _P-Hotd Lambert , Mathilde , & c . T-Dramas—Latrcaumont , the Pretendress , and several dramas of great effect , produced ' in concert with Messrs ! Diiinux and Logouve . — Philosophical- . and Social Romances—The Mysteries of Pans , and the Wandering Jew * . ' The earliest _w-orlcs of Eugene'Sue announce a spirit free fromprejiidice—an ardent ' ahd sympathising nature . In the midst ofthe fancies of the story-telleroften side by side with the paradoxes—we still detect the keen observer , wlib sees the evil around him and arrests the triumph of perfidy and of violence . ' In the thoughtless romancer , there is always a vague sentiment of social wrongs . At length , thc instinct of a generous sold inspired M . Eugene Sue with thc idea of his great , work—the Mysteries of Paris . M . Sue
has repeated a hundred times that he owed the first conception of that work to the counsels of a ' friendly criticism . This admission is a rare instance of nio ' - _desty and generosity . Thc fact is , that , from tho first chapter , before any voice had raised itself in praise of tho writer , he produced , in the analysis of the fall of the " Chourincur , " the proof of high nowers of criticism . Perhaps there is not , in thc whole of the work , a more profound study than that ; there is none which exposes more wisely the vice , of existing society , or wnich offers , a clearer indication ofthe true reform . At the moment when the author of the Wandering Jew is about to enter upon tlic question of the organization of labour , he will only have to place before him this first draught of thc figure ofthe Chourineur . M . Eugene Sue inhabits , in' the heights of
the Faubourg St . Honore , a little mansion covered with creeping plants and flowers , which over-arch the peristyle , His garden is laid out with thc cave of love —fresh and perfumed . A fountain plays in thc midst of rocks and sea plants . A long closed gallery , walled with sculpture and plants , leads from the house to a little outer gate—quite hidden under an artificial rock . The interior is composed of very small apait * ments , somewhat confined , and rendered obscure by the creepers and flowe * . * s hanging down the windows . The furniture is crimson , with golden nails ; the sleeping-chamber alone is lighter and of a blue colour . The furniture , very . numerous , is mixed , not without confusion , with _massivie drapery- There is a littlo of every style—Gothic , Renaissance , fantastic French .
The drawing-room is shelled . The walls are hid by works of art , paintings and sculpture , various curiosities , family portraits , master-pieces , works of modern artists , his friends . Precious vases , gifts of female friendship , cover the mantel-shelf . One of them is the respectful homage of a royal hand . Glorious names shine in every part : Delacroix , Gudin _, Isabey , Vernet , & c . In a frame , is seen a drawing of Madame de Lamartine , and some ' verses of thc illustrious poet . One picture occupies a privileged place , upon canvas , in the midst of the coquettries of the drawing-room . It is an anchorite of Isabey , of terrible effect , forming a remarkable contrast in that little temple of . luxury . On every side issues a sweet odour , in which mav be distinguished the
healthy smell of the Russian leather . Tho favourite horses and dogs of M . Eugene Sue ( pa ' uitcd by himself , or by M .. Alfred Dcdreux ) , keep him company who caressed them formerly , and recommended themselves to his friendly remembrance . In the vestibule , in the midst of the weapons and trophies ofthe chase , a stuffed wolf and a uird of prey , formerly tamed and loved , live again in the house of their master . At the end of the garden are lodged with care two magnificent beagles , the present of Lord Chesterfield , Beautiful pheasants and fowls walk freely upon the turf of the garden , and come
every night to roost under the garden window and under the balcony—winged guaruhuia of the put oh elegant and gentle friends of the house . __ In traversing this mansion , which the hand of a friend opened to us during the proprietor ' s absence , wc detected many traits of character ; a passion for luxury and strong emotions , with a re-action towards retirement and meditation ; an enlightened taste for the fine aits , a disposition for refined obscurities—thc love of animals and of plants . We were guided by a domestic , Laurent , who during fifteen years has not quitted M . Eugene Sue : perhaps an equal praise of thc man and of the master .
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The Poet Thom . —The following appears in a provincial paper : — " By the bye , you know Thom , the Inverary Poet , or , as Punch calls him , thc ' Weaver Bard . ' ' He is in London just now , and comes out in the first literary circles . The other night he was at the Countess of Blessington ' s _, and tins evening he goes to Mr . C . Hall ' s . I have had him dining here once already , and he is coming again to-morrow He sings an excellent song , and plays the flute remarkably well . His appearance has lost none of its eccentricity . "
A Bowl Of "Punch," Fresh Brewed.
A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED .
A "Leader" Tost.. Lost, A Donkey Off Wes...
A "Leader" tost _.. Lost , a Donkey off Westminster Common—a kicker Whether going with saddle , cart , pannier , or pack : Is slow in his paces , was formerly quicker—Has a mark , very faint , of 1 ( , F , Oft iUS . hack , Is supposed to be stolen—for , lately , a lad With some chaff in his hat was seen trying to catch him ; The lad ' s out of place—is weU known , wears a plaid—And for cunning and mischief uobody can match him . If slray'd , it is hoped , before long he'll be found In good working condition , improved in bis paces , For his owners would like to be earning a pound ( Or , at least , hear him bray ) at next Westrainstei Races . ( Signed ) Jamb ? _QorroCK _, 28 th January . Westminster Crier
Murder lv Sponr . —From tho statement of Mr . Grantley Berkeley , it seems that the killing of game , on the part of anybody but the proprietor , IS nothing more nor less than murder . Could not the honourable gentleman take a rather more lenient view of the matter , and make it game-slaughter ? It would be rather hard to hang a poor labourer for shooting a hare , even though he committed the act with hunger prepense . Mr . Grantley Berkeley , we presume , will maintain that shooting at game with intent to lull , whether you hit it or not , is the next thing to murder . If so , and could his views become law , what a number of cockney sportsmen would be transported merelyfor wasting powder and shot ! We shouldlike to know whether Mr . Berkeley , considers a clerk , or
a _madical student , who dines oft jugged hare at an eating-house , an accessory after ' the fact '; and also , whether he looks in the same light at anybody who Sups on a poached egg-, l _' ovEuir REWARDKn . —• The Hampshire Telegraph boasts a paragraph which we have read with a delicious thrill of the heart-strings . One Ann Abraham , aged upwards of 90 , has received at the West of England Agricultural Meeting , as the reward of fifty years' faithful servitude , the sum of . £ 2—yes , forty shillings—a very handsome recompense , though certainly not at the rate of twelve-pence a year . She has , moreover , received— " A handsome testimonial from the society , bearing the signature of the Marquis of Lansdowne , and which , being framed and glazed , now forms an elegant decoration to her cottage . " Ann Abraham has not touched the fortv
_sliillings . No ; she has left the money " to provide for her burial , without burdening the parish . " . Really , there is a fine spirit of economy animating these rewarding societies . For instance , the poor man will keep out of the workhouse—will starve with a fine heroism for fifty yeaiis , so that at the end of the half century he may obtain thc rewarding forty shillings . lie obtain it ? No ; his corpse obtains it , for he does not touch the money , leaving it that it may save his remains from the' obloquy of parish deals . By such sweet bribes ( not forgetting the " handsome testimonial , framed and glazed , " ) the poor are not only tempted to starve through life , out to bury themselves when starving has done its worst . How must the father of hypocrisy have chuckled and rubbed his iniquitous hands , as he read the "handsome testimonial" made by Pharisaical benevolence to aged penury !
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Suicide _nr a Dog . —On Saturday last , a fine , handsome , and valuable black dog , of thc Newfoundland species , belonging to Mr . Floyd , solicitor , Holmfirth , committed suicide by drowning itself in the river wliich flows at the back of its owner ' s habitation . For some days previous the animal seemed less animated than usual , but on this particular occasion he was noticed to throw himself into the water and endeavour to sink by preserving perfect stillness of the legs and feet . Being dragged out of the stream , the dog was tied up for a time , but had no sooner been released than he again hastened to the water and again tried to sink , and was again got out . This occurred many times , until at length the
animal with repeated efforts appeared to get exhausted , and by dint of keeping his head determinedly under water for a few minutes , succeeded at last in obtaining his object , for when taken out this time he was indeed dead . The case is worth recording , as affording another proof of the general instinct and sagacity of the canine race . —Leeds Intelligencer . ¦ ; ¦¦ Something Wonderful . —We have been called upon by Mr . J . M . Edgar , of the Inch , in Cannobic , wno has left with us a crab , to be placed in the Carlisle Museum , being one of six which came into his possession under the . following singular circumstances : — A pig was slaughtered about four weeks ago on'tlic premises of Mr . Edgar , and its stomach' thrown into the dunghill . On the-day following . Mr . Edgar was removing a _portionjof-the heap , and _,. happened to turn
up the stomach of the pig with his gripe ; . in doing this he burst the skin or covering of the stomach , mid to his utter amazement out tumbled six small crab-fish , and one ortwo crab-shells _^ containingyoung ! Ihcse have all been carefully preserved , and have been a subject of wonder in the whole district , we have no doubt . * ' - How to account for the fact of the crab-fish finding' -their way into the . "bread-basket" of the poorgrunter _, at a place thirteen mite from salt water , we leave to . those who are . better initiated than ourselves into ! the mysteries of ichthyology and pork . Mr . Edgar is a highly respectable man , and speaks , we have no doubt , what he believes to be the truth ; and if the facts be as stated , certainly we are bound to agree with the poet that "truth is stranger than fiction . "—C ' wftsJc Journal ,
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: CURIOUS EPITAPHS . _EPilAI'H IS ST . MICHAEL ' S _CnURCn-TARD , CROOKED " LAKE . Here lietb _, wrapt in clay , The body of William Wray . I have no more to say , OX A 000 D WIFE . Here lies my poor wife , much lamented ; She ' s liappv , and I ' m contentod .
IX WADDIXOTOX CHURCH-YARD , YORKSHIRE . When I was like you , For years not a few , On the ocean I have toil'd . On the line I havebroU'd . In Greenland I ' ve shiver'd ; Now from hardships deliver'd , Capsized by old death , I ' ve _suvrcnderM my breath ; And now I lie snug , As a bug in a rug , Fuller , tlic well-known author of " British Worthies , " wrote his own epitaph , as it appeal's in Westminster Abbey . It consists of only four words , but speaks volumes : — Here licS Fuller's euvHi .
OX A TOJin-STOXE IX ESSEX . Here licth thc man Richard , And Mary his wife ; Tbisu * surname was Vrioh & rd . They lived without strife : And the reason is plain—They abounded in riches , They no care had , nor pain , And the wife wore the breeches . IX LLAI'MMIECK . CIIURCU-YARD , MONTGOMERYSHIRE Here lies John Thomas , * And his three children dear , Two buried at Owestry , And one here .
_Napieb axd _Caesar . —It is a common idea that the most laconic military dispatch ever issued was that sent by Csesar to the Horse Guards at Rome , containing the three memorable words , " Vcni , vidi , vici ; " and , perhaps , until our own day , no like instance of brevity has been found . The dispatch of Sir Charles Napier , after the capture of Scihde _, to Lord Ellenborough , both for brevity and truth , is , however far beyond it . The dispatch consisted of one emphatic word , " Peccavi , " "I have Scinde " ( sinned ) .
Refinement . —The other day a gentleman of the press , seeing his daughter writing to an old family connection , and being asked if ho had anything to say , replied , " 0 , yes ; tell him I still continue to waste the midnight oil . " The dear little creature instantly new-nibbed her pen , and wrote , in the most delicate hand , " Papa presents his kindest regards , and bids me say that he still continues to consume thc niid _« night camphino . " Hobson ' s Choice . — " Gentlemen and ladies , " said thc facetious Beau Nash , the then master of the ceremonies for Bath , introducing a most lovely woman into thc ball-room , " This is Afe . Hobson . I have often heard of Hobson ' s choice , but never had the pleasure to view it till now , and you must coiucidc with me that it reflects credit on his taste . "
Dhath from Excess of Joy . —Last week a poor woman , named Lucy xoiu . g , _ttI « . Uo * _~ _ii * tio _oUop in Eastbourne , and was behind in her payments , was so overjoyed at their settlement by Mrs . _Ilavies Gilbert , that she went into a fit and shortly expired . Fete for ihe Holy Garments . —Coblentz _, Ja _>* . 8 . Bishop Amelde has issued an ordinance to his clergy announcing that he is resolved to institute a special holiday in honour of the holy garments of our Saviour , and thc other valuable rebes , namely , the nails and the spear . That this fete shall be celebrated on the Wednesday following the third Sunday after Easter . Grammar for the Million . —A young lady afe school , engaged in the study of grammar , was asked if " kiss" was a common or proper noun . After some hesitation , she replied , "it is both common and proper . "
Above the reach of Calumny . —Mr . Porter , the United States Consul , at Guadalcupe , in Tobasco , in a letter lately laid before the _Congress _. says , in reference to a Mr . Patterson , that " he stands so high in thc estimation of the respectable portion of the community that lus cahiminators cannot touch him _witli a ten-foot pole ! . ' " . A . v Exiinguisher . ~ A young minister in a country parish , who prided _hunself on speaking the purest English , told his servant to extinguish the candle . " What ' s your will , sir V said Jenny . " Put out the candle , " said the minister . A few days afterwards , when he was entertaining some friends at dinner , Jenny asked if she should extinguish the cat . _Tmj Mormonites . — This singular sect of American fanatics have installed themselves in Theobald ' sroad , where on Sunday evening " Elder E . II . Davis , " styling himself companion and intimate friend ofthe late martyr , Joseph Smith , delivered the first of a course of lectures on their particular views and
opinions . , Ax American Editor remarks— " We might as well try to confine a thunderbolt in a quart cup as to cramp W genius j it ' s rising like a bowl of yeast . " . Good Advice . — A West Indian contemporary pub « lishes this pithy and unquestionable axiom : — The man that in this world would rise , Must take the news and advertise . " Foigh a Ballah . " —These words , whicli mean " clear the way , " were addressed to the 87 th Royal Irish Fusileers , by Major Sir Hugh Gough _. in 1811 , at the battle of Barossa . The French were making a furious onset , when the Major uttered this rally
ing cry , and the Fusileers reversing then * muskets ' , dashed in amongst their enemies , literally " clearing the way . " Our Allegiance . —A good deal of conversation has arisen on thc subject of our removal within the City , and it is asked in several quarters whether we shall pay our allegiance to Gibbs . We beg to say , once for all , that we respect the City sovereignty and to him who is , de facto , the Cockney King , we are prepared to render the homage that is due to him . We feel that we owe Gibbs something , and wg trust we know how to pay liim off . —Punch .
Elopement Extraordinary . —Mr . Smith ' s _cafc with Mr . Jones ' s dinner . — Punch . A Wife io " Look * cx » to . " —There is now resid « ing in Cinoinnati a young lady from Kentucky , whose height is six feet eleven inches . She is stout in proportion to her altitude . An "Appropriate Title . —A gentleman , of the name of Pepper had been several times thrown from a spirited young horse , and was relating the circumstance to a friend , atthe same time observing that he had never given his horse a name . "I think , " replied his friend , " you should call him Peppercaster . "
Method ik Mad . vess . —In George the Third ' s first illness , when . Willis , who was a clergyman , entered the room , the King asked him if he , who was a clergyman , was not ashamed of himself exercising such s _, profession ? "Sir , " said Willis , " our Saviour _himaolf went about healing the sick . " "Yes , " an . swercd the King , ' but he had not £ 700 a-yeac for it . " Anecdote of the Late Edmu . _nd Kea . v . —During the recess which followed Kcan ' s first triumphant season at Drury Lane , he accepted an offer to play at Portsmouth . He had then become the " Great Mr . Kean , " travelled in his own chariot , gave splendid dinners , and was an honoured guest at the board of every manager . On the morning of the
day on which he was to make his appearance at the Portsmouth theatre , the manager and two or thaee friends invited Mr . Kean to take a glass of Madcria and a biscuit , at one of the principal hotels . The party entered the hotel and seated tnemselves . The wine and biscuits were brought , and the landlord , " albeit a great man , " could not do less for such a guest as Mr . Kean , than wait upon him in person . Kean had no sooner perceived the . landlord , than darting upon him one of those soul-searching looks for which no was so celebrated , he exclaimed , " Stop —is not your name ?"— " Yes , sir , " . said the landlord , astonished at his looks , and at the tone in which he addressed him . " Then , " said Mr . Kean , " I will not eat nor drink in your house ; Eight
years ago I went into your coffee-room , and modestly requested a glass of ale ; you Biirveyed me from top to toe , and having done sb , I heard you give some directions to your waiter , who presented me with the glass in one hand , holding the other for the money ; I paid it , sir , and then lie relinquished liis hold of the glass . I am better dressed now—I can drink Maderia—I am waited upon by the landlord in person--but I am the same Edmund Kean as I-was then ; and bad not Edmund Kean then the same feelings ' that he has now ? Away with ypu , sir . A vaunt ! your sight pains me ! " And having said this he took his hat and hastily left the apartment . •¦ _•• ' Now , " said Kean , when they had quitted tlic house , " I will take you to an honest fellow , who
was kind to me in my days of misfortune . " They entered a third-rate house , and having ordered some wine , desired to see the landlord ; he came , but it was not the host of Kean _' s recollection : he was dead . There was , however , a sort of half-waiter , half-potboy , who __ had lived at the house when Kean frequented it , and was a great favourite of his master . Kean , with a tear in his eye , inquired about the family of the deceased landlord , and , on leaving the house , asked the waiter what o ' clock it was . " I will see , sir , - " running to the stairs , at the head of which stood a clock . " Have you no watch ?" said Kean . " No , sir . " "Take that and buy one , and whenever you look at it , think of your late master . " The noble hearted actor nut five pounds in ihe hands ofthe waiter , who remained mute _witk astonishment .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01021845/page/3/
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