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THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BIG BRITAIN—versus L...
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Febbuaky 10, 1849. The Northern Star. M ...
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A Word To Kings. Bt W, C. De5set. Here A...
A WORD TO KINGS . BT W , C . DE 5 SET . Here as I by my fireside sit , And meditate my raj ™* *** Across mv busy brain will flit The tiding j ofthe times ; And as along my memory runs The news each moment bring ; ' * , Irom out the whirl of thought is spun This counsel unto kings : Beware ! kings , beware ! Heed the game ye play : Kings , the world is moving ; Stand out from the way .
At List from Prussia ' s royal _lipj , let honest truth be heard—A-people tire of paltry knaves , Who break too oft their word ; The perjured faith of duped " fifteen Must pass with " forty-eight ;" The future holds more Marches yet _. If wisdom eome too late . " Beware ! kings , beware ! Heed the game ye play ; Kings , the world is moving ; "Stand from out the way .
Weak Austria , plant on swords your throne , Play out your bloody game , Your triumphs Freedom laughs to scorn ; The end is bnt the same , Each time the sybil comes for more ; Denied her present due , "Vienna yet will have her rights , And kings her vengeance too . - Beware ' , Kings , beware I Heed the game ye play , Kings , the world is moving , Stand from out the way .
Ton Hapsburghs and yon Brandenburgh * -, Are _things we prize ! no doubt , Force not the world to find such things _. It well can do without ; Gagged tongues and censor-shackled thoughts So longer now von role ; Be wise , and see that these are times When rulers must to school . Beware ! kings , beware I Heed tbe game ye play ; Kings , the world is moving , Stand from out the way .
Bourbon of Naples , when shall time Tour bloody rule forget ? And dream you there shall come no hour To pay Messina ' s debt ? ¦ Hate reapeth hate—blood cries for blood Shall not that cry endure ? The avenging furies on the track , Or swift , or slow , are sure . Beware ! kings , beware ! Heed the game ye play ; Kings , the world is moving , Stand from out the way .
The tunes are gone when history By Kings alone was made ; The present has some parts , 'tis plain , By nations to be played . Woe , woe to those by whom their path—Their feted path—is crossed j A scaffold once & Bourbon trod—A head a Staart lost . BewareJ kings , beware ! Heed tlie game ye play ; Kings , the world is moving _. Stand "from out the way . ¦ —Birmingham Mercury
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TEE KIRKDALE PRISONERS . "Shall wt , the heirs of Freedom , now repine , _Though cast like pearls before a herd of swine ? Though lingering in a dungeon , yet shall we Yield np one jot ? _NoJShade of Liberty , Deign still to guard , inspire , and warm our hearts That we may nobly seal perform onr parts , Asd may we bravely 3 > rove in after years , * I 9 iat tyrants' chains tor us contain no fears _. But that we may oentinue firm and true , And show there stiE exists a " faithful few , "
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_PERIODICALS . Con Cregan , tke Irish Gil Bias . Lesion : "W _* S . Orr , and Co ., Amen-corner ? Dublin J . _M-Glashaa . In a prefemEary address , from the author of tbis -work to the public , he _remarks that "His _naSvefeshfulness , and other things of ihe kind , slight have deterred , lika from giving these papers 4 o the world ? -or , at least , like his dd * fi * _iesd Talleyrand , "the publication might have -been delayed tEfl long after his demise ; _Smthe has been converted from these intefi _^ _ns-byTeinarking _thatTnsdesty _iB abo _^ t
as mnch cultivated now as astrology ; _and-tfcat as a *" B 3 _ater- _*« f memoirs is _-cextasa of _heing-at tacked , * v 22 £ ed , and , to _"ase-a'heautiful native _expresaon , _hally-ragged , "' _} hythe press , itis _juifcas we ! that he - " should ibe to 'the _^ fere , ' to -attack , _walify , and ** bally-Tag' in his tern . " " This is < candid and-sensible . The _wo _* _3 _¦" _isto _•^ _BaT _! _m-monthl _y pa _* rts , and as , np _= t » _4 his time , -we-have only _sc-cm the-first _part- ' _^* e'Can-E 0 tas . 7 et .-say much about Gon and : _Ks < _eonfeasions—* " barring" "that he -seems to ( possess "the Ti g ht .-stuff for a -story-teller . Tojgwe our * readers-adaste of Con _\ guality , we _hawe ex- ; ¦ _fcractedanest of the * fest chapter , from which _3 > hey-wi ] l ( learn
_HOW-UOK ' S FATHER _5 _EEFI HBHSELF A 1 ZC & CT ! _liwas-bom in a little-cabin < on tbe borders of SfeathandiEing ' s County !* . it - -stood ona _^ smalltri- " _-aBj * nlar bit of ground , beside _« cross -road ; and although : _iha place was -surveyed- everyrten _^ rears or -bo , . _thoy-were never able -to say-to _whrehcounty we hslonged , _* therebeing past _the-aEmennmbe *; of _ar-^ _ument"r . far the on e -side-as -Tor-the-other ; a circumstance , _cnany _belieped , -that _deciik _# . n *** -father in his original choicc < ef -the -residence : ; : for wh . , nnder : _the" " . disputed baanda ? _y-gHestion ,: he paid no rates -or . eoaaty cess , die-always made . a -point of " _-joting-atlboSh county elections : ! This may .-seem to indicate that my parent was-of-a naturally acute habit : ; andindeed the _wey he : beeame possessed of the _bit-olgroond will co * _mrm * tlia ± impression . "
A . neighbouring fanner- —Harry M'Cabedies without-a will . Of -two-sons _thevysunger had'listed , . and gone te India . On * the night of _ttbeold-fersner'sdearuh _,-the-eldcstson , Peter M'Cabe , jronsed np Coa ' -s . father to seel :: bis assi _^ anee to . constructtwill -in the name of the deceased . In the following extract it is the E _* ad Peter M'Cabe w & o-speaks in the first _paragraph ;* - — n listen . to _me-eow , Cornv , _I-waniye to help me
in this-business ;; .-aid here ' s ire _^ gttiaeas m _^ -aald , if ye _ds what I fed ye . Ye know ahat ye . were always _asekoned -the image of - * _ny-fatll * £ r , _andbofare he took i _& ye-were mistaken for -each other every day of ths week . " _"AnaaS" said _-hk * father : _forShetsras gettiijg -fri ghtened -at tthe _jJttion , without - * sell knowing ¦ why . *¦ Well , what _I-waafcis , for ye to _eomssesrer to thei house , and get into . the bed . " j "Sot beside -the « jrpse ? " said my father , trembling . 1
" By no means—but _& y yourself ; and yea -re to -pretend to be my _iafher / _and that ye want iomake jer will before ye die ; asd then Til send & r the nei g hbours , and Billy _-Sennlan the schoolmaster , and ye ' ll tell him what to srrite , laving all the firm and everything to me—ye asderstand . And as the neighbours wUl see ye , and bear yer voice , it will never be believed bnt it was himself that did it . " " The room must be veiy da ** , " says my father . " To be sure it will , but have no fear I _Sobody will dare to come nigh the bed ; and ye'll only have to make a cross with yer pen under the name . " "And the priest ? " said my father . " My father quarrelled with bun last week about
the Easter dues ; and Father Tom eaid he'd not give him the rites ; ' and that ' s lucky now ! Come along now , quick ; for we ' ve no time to lose ; it must be all finished before the day breaks . " My father did not lose much time at his toilet , for he just wrapped bis big coat ' round him , and _slip-S in < r on his brogues left the house . I sat np in the asket and listened till they were gone some minutes ; and then , in a costume as light as my parent ' s set out after them , to wateh the course of the adventure . I thought to take a short cut and be before them ; but by bad luck I fell into a bog hole , and only escaped being drowned by a chance . As it was , when I reached the house , the performance had already began . I think I see the whole scene this instant before
my eyes , as I eat on a little window with one pane , and that a broken one , and surveyedthe proceedms . It was a large room , at one end of which was a bed , and beside it a table , with physic bottles and spoons , aud tea-cups ; a little farther off was another table , at which sat Billy Scanlan , with . _-Ul manner of writing materials before him . The _country people sat two , sometimes three , deep round the wans , au . intently eager and anxious for the _coming'event . Peter himself went from p lace to place , _trying ' ° another his grief , and occasionally hel p ing the _company to whisky—which was supp lied with more than accustomed liberality . AU my consciousness of the deceit and trickery
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could not dep rive the scene of a certain solemnity . The misty distance of the half-lighted room ; the highl y-wrought expression of the country people ' s faces , never more intensely excited than at some moment of this kind ; the low deep-drawn breathings , unbroken save by a sigh or a sob—the tribute of affectionate sorrow to some lost friend , whose memory was thus forcibly brought back ;—these , I repeat it , were all so real , that as I looked a _thrillinosense of awe came over me , and I actually shoo ! _, with fear . A low faint cough , from the dark corner where the bed stood , seemed to cause even a dee *) er stillness ; and _thenSn a silence where the buzzino- of a fly would have been heard , my father said , " "Wlere' s Billy Scanlan ? I want to make my will !" , _i . i * . __^ : _„ . . . ... e _-x • .
"He s here , father , " said Peter , taking Billy by the hand , and leading him to the bedside . " Write what I bid ye , Billy , and be quick , for I hav _- n ' t a long time afore me here . I die a good Catholic , though Father _O'Rafferty won ' t give me the'rites . '" b A general chorus of muttered " Oh , musha , musha , " was now heard through the room ; but whether in grief over the sad fate of the dying man , or the -anflinching severity of the priest , is hard to say . " 1 die in peace witb all my neighbours , and all mankind !"
Another chorus of the company seemed to approve these charitable expressions . " I bequeath unto my son Peter , — -and never was there a better son , or a decenter boy !—have you that down ? I bequeath unto my son , Peter , the whole of my two farms of Killimundoonery and Knocksheboora , with the fallow meadows behind Lvnch ' s house ; the forge , and the right of . turf on th " e Dooran bog . I give him , and much good may it do him , lanty Cassara ' s acre , and the Luary field , with the lime-kiln : and that reminds me that my
mouth is just as dry ; let me taste what ye have in the jug . " Here the dy ing man took a hearty pull , and seemed considerably refreshed by it . " Where was I , Billy Scanlan ? " says ho * , " oh , I remember , at the lime-kiln : I leave him—that ' s Peter , I mean , —the two potato gardens at _Xbonan ' s Well ; and it is the elegant fine crops grows there . " " in ' t you gettin' -wake , father , dariin * ? says Peter , who began to be afraid " of my father ' s loquaciousness ; for , to say the truth , the punch got into his head , and he was greatly . disposed to
" 1 am , Peter , my son , " says he ' . " . 'lam getting wake ; } ust touch my lips a _^ ain with the jug , Ah , Peter , Peter , you watered the drink ?" " No , indeed , father ! but it ' s the taste is leavin * you , " says Peter ; and again alow chorus of compassionate pity murmured through the cabin . " Well , I ' m nearly done now , " says my father , "there ' s only one little plot of ground remaining ; and I put it on you , Peter—as ye wish to live a good man , and die with the same easy heart I do now—that ye mind my last words to ye here . Are ye _ligtenin' ? Are the neighbours Ustenin' \ Is Billy Scanlan listenin' ?"
"Yes , Sir . Yes , father . We ' re all minding , " chorused the audience . " Well , then , it is my last will and testament , and may— -give me over the jug "—here he took a long drink—" and may that blessedHquour be poison to me if Tm not as eager about this as every other other part of my will ; I say , then , I bequeath the little plot at the cress-roads to poor Con Cregan , for he has a heavy charge , and is as honest ana as hard-- _*« orking a man as ever Iknew;—Be a friend to hira , Peter , dear ; never let him want while ye have
it _yourself ; think on me on my death bed whenever he asks ye for any trifle . Is it down , BUly Scanlan 1 Thetwoacicsat the cross to Con Cregan , and his heirs in _secfo- seclorum . Ah , blessed be the saints ! but I feel my heart _* li ghter after that , " says he : " a good work makes " aneasy conscience ; and now I'll drink all the company ' s good health , and many happy teturns——" What he was going to add there ' s ae saying ; but Peter , who was sow terribly _frightesed at the lively tone the sick man was assuming , hurried all the people away iato another room , te let his father die
in peace . When they were all gone , Pete ? stepped back to my father , _tvho was putting _< ea his orogues iis a corner ? * _- € on , " says he " . ye did it all wdl ; but sure fsat was a joke about'tlie two acres atthe cross ?" " Of coarse it was , _Pet-sry says he ; * ' stae it was aU * _ajoke for the ma & e _* r 'ef that ; won't I make the neighbours laugh merry -to morrow wheE I tell them * aM about it ! " Foil would ' nt be mean 'cnought to betray me ?" says Peter , trembling with "Mght , ** ¦ Sure ye would ' nt bemean enough to go against yer _father ' s dying words- !* ' says my father , "the last --sentence ever he * s ; peke ; " and here he gave a Jew , wicked laugh , that made _^ myself -shake with fear .
' "• - { -ery we Con , " " _-sgys Peter , _holding out his hand * : " a bargain _^ rubargain ; yer a -deep fellow , _-thaf-sall ! " andsoiteniiea ; _andmyfefcherslipned quietly home over ; fhel * og , mighty _' Well _satisned ¦ with the legacy he 'had left himself , oflad thus we became the owners otShe little spot ; knewn to this day as -Con ' s Acre ; * 0 _^ which , more i hereafter .
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Wke Haunted Druggist . By B _8 Z . London : * W . Strange _,-Pjttarnoster-row . A burlesque _online latest . ( would that we were sure we might say the test , ) volume > 6 t cteash coined from the muddled brains -of -Mckens . _The-foHowing is a vary fair imatatien—Ave can h _# r < lly say _csJasatwe—of tfhe commencement _c-fiihe Haunted Man : — What _evety-one -says _oughtcto be true ; What ! every one says-may he true ; Wfeat every one-says , mig ht be true ;* What every one _sa-ys should be * _true : _;' VWhat every oae-says is true ; What every one > si ) , ys . mast be true- ' . And every one dM say that : hewasi a Haunted -. Chemist and Druggfet . Every body 1 . knew . it ; every body said it ; every body _taeughfc , lit . You should have seen him in his back parlour , ; alone , staring _intcthe fire , _—thaagh what = he ex-• pected to fincrthere , always was _;< aad will bea mys-. tery , —his feet _onzthe fender anii . his _ledgerAefore . him . You should have seen hint-alone in that back . parlour . When the _.-twiligat duskenedrround that reoom . \ When shade & ef . departed _patientsglimmeredioufe on
the wall ; When bias pills becamevblue devils , Jblack doses black -demons , and cast * - ? oil assumed . the form of gentleness : When the ( Chemist ' s bottles began to shine , _"inaking the passer-by now blue , Jiow tea , now yellow , . and now green _^ _-a . face of prismatic colours ; When : tfce [ prentice boy packed up _thehot-i ties and the pill-boxes in the basket for his nightly ronnd , and blessed bis lucky .-stars and empty pockets that he ! was-not doomed tie take _theineohtents ; When the-stseets began-to _« darken and . day-: light to vanish- ; _iWhen the old . « _tt started on _ats evening ramble ; * iWhen the munla-hoy commenced : hisctinKling _wahtaoiUenvied the toasting beforejthe fire-fthathis _nuifims would undergo ; Whea ; -the : actor , muffled un , _ihastened _thHHjgh lanes that '
seemed to lead nowhere , and vanished through .-a door ithat closed hy . a dead weight and pufley . ; When genteel comedy slunk _thBoiigh back slums with . e hand-box ainder her _shawls When crowds _congi-e _^ ate at the gallerj * door ; When / playbills arei thrusi in your _IsAC-eii When lampihghters , like Will-d _^ ihe-wisps . glide here , there , and every-j where , -with long ladders , through ifirowds , and never Jostle any one-: S ? hen _milhnei-s' girls , who have toiled all day _overifinery they are mat to wear , wend their way with large baskets to -large houses they are net to enter ; _^ hen trampers knack at the Workhouse door ; When bakers do sit down and do cast up _aeosunts ; "Whea ; i * _hopboj-s _begin-io take advantage ef the early-closiag movement- ; When
weary oute & _ets of a sunny . clime totter -beneath jtheir heavy < _g _* gans ; When the Chelsea steamer is _jiaoored ' for ths night ; _When-fiooks with _la-rge basksis are _seentsmerging from ; _g * jea-steps , and _jpolicem gn are lookhig round the eoaaers ; When odd boys ride _quickly on _tfdd horses to ihe Sun _Newspaper _Offise ; When tie blurred Sua goes down and the curd Moon comae up : When sao a- falls on tbe -tips of nosgs and the Jashes ofthe ems ; When sailors sail on and _sea-setpents glide o er ihe deep ; When fishing * macks dot _* 4 be sea , _intes-t on cultivating the acquaintance of tke finny tribe , md light-houses stand like the police * nan at llerne JJay—solitary and watchful : and bird- * strike _agains _"; tne electne wires on a railway and / all dean : —When , when , when !
Oh J Then—then—then , you should save seen this Chemist in his back parlour—alone—staring into the fire—alone ! He was a sight ! The above , if it had been written "by Charles Dickens "—and something very like the above was very lately written by that author—would be pronounced " fine writing " by some folks . From such authors and their admirers , Good Sense deliver us .
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The Cotton Manufacturers ' , Managers ' , and Spinners' New Pocket Guide . By John Moss . London : W . Strange ,
Paternosterrow . This little volume contains examples of the various calculations connected with the machinery of a Cotton Mill , through all its operations , from the raw material to the loom ; together-with rules whereby to find the speed of any shaft , drum -wheel , spindle , or roller connected with machinery .
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE . BIG BRITAIN—versus LITTLE BRITONS " - '
A rRBKCHXUN ' S VIEW OF _ENGLAND ' S 6 OCIAI 1 _STSnSM . ( From iHchelet ' s History ofthe French Revolution . ) The British Empire is indeed a grand world ! But what is an empire ? An harmony of nations . Itis & thing slowly , wisely , and firmly founded , on necessary relations , and founded especially , if it is to be lasting , on the benefits conferred by the conquerors . Such was the great Roman empire , which has covered the world with its monuments , and left everywhere high roads and laws for nations . Such were not the settlements of the Venetians , Portuguese , and Dutch ; those glorious little nations , which with nothing did such immense things , have nevertheless been unable to found anything ' . You have , I know well , what they had not , your triplicity of powers , —agricultural , industrial , and
naval . These are certainly very powerful means . And yet how does it happen that , having them , you have succeeded so little in taking root . In no part ( execnting the United States , founded at a different perioa , under a relig ious influence ) in no part nave you taken deep root in the earth . I see you everywhere on the surface ofthe globo ; but firmly rooted , —nowhere . The reason is that you have been everywhere , gathering and sucking the substance of the earth , but implanting nothing , no sympathy , no thought . Having brought no moral idea with you , vou nave founded nowhere . ¦ ¦ Your India , for instance , one of thc finest empires thatthe sun has seen , —what have you _doncTJith it 1 It has withered in your hands . You remain exterior to it ; you are a parasite body that will be cast off to-morrow . You found that marvellous country provided with commerce and agriculture . . . Yet what now remains to be exported , except
opium ? ... But of aU the English countries , the one that has suffered the most is assuredly England herself ! Hero , the bankers will laugh , and so will _. the lords perhaps , and with them a few hundred thousand men , —the vampires of England . . . Yes , but twenty millions of men are weeping , and those men are England herself ! . There is no instance of a people so indefatigable and industrious , having , after the most desperate efforts , maintained for fifty years , purchased only _missry and famine . It was the opinion of Europe in 1789 , and one that Burke publicly professed : " That in England property was divided more equally than in France ;" and one of . the best informed members of the
_Constituent Assembly observed , that at that period " most ofthe Enflrli ' _-h are land-owners . " This was , pemaps , an exaggeration . But , what is certain , is , that small landed-proprietors were then innumerable ; that one met everywhere with the modest and quiet cottage , that humble yet charming habitation , which , exhibited to na so many times in novels and engravings , had made us all in love with England ; add , more « ver , the affecting _j-ccessories ofa quiet , homely , moral , and laborious life , the Bible read in the family circle , the virgin vine and the rose-tree overhanging the _^ low porch , the handsome yet serious girl spinning on the threshold amidst her young brothers , and the sports of those line children , vying in colour with the carnation ,
and full of life . Oh ! many years ago , 1 still saw something like this in the best preserved districts of England , and I was so affected by it as ib forgei our wars , and , I confess , to rejoice that the invasion had not taken place , nor gone to trouble that peaceful world . . . Ithanked the wean ! I was wrong . The invasion would have saved England . It would at least have forced her to stop and reflect on the brink ef thc terrible abyss into which she has blindly plunged . It would have forced the aristocracy to grant something to the people , to relax somewhat of their barbarous _obstinacy . Let us add one _Xford to make this more evident . Landed property , entirely arhtocratical , as We know , contributed in 1700 one-sixth ofthe public expenditure , -owe-ninth in 1703 , but only or . j twenty-fourth froni 1816 to 1842 ! The rich paid less and less , a _* ad the poor more and more , and
slaved more and more . At tho peace , strange to say , the aristocracy granted relief only to itself , none to the people who had so heroically laboured , and supplied uy their mortal labour the forty billions requirci by the long war . What a terrible tax on hatred , pride , and the mad spirit of rivalry ! Go on , John Bull , keep up the game , thy honour is staked not to g ive it up . . Work , pay , and double thy stakes , thou obstinate gamester . Rule , Britannia , rule ! s . . Work—work thyself to the bone ! Rule , Britannia ! And add to thy wt frk two hours more , —four hours , nay meal time , and th e hours of Test ! Friend , add , moreover , thy wife and children , and , by way ef loan , add also the work of thy children unborn ; and who will be born poor and bent double withdebts . ' . % Rolfe , Britannia ! and-die , all of you , in order thai _IVfince may die !
j ftis ! you _unfortnrate , obstinate people , much good have you done . yourselves with yoiiV natye & _'jaid ¦ sewn ; and all _that'Oa the word ofy « iv enemiies * nd 'OUSTS . . . __ I have wept bitter tears over the " miseries'oTour _^ enemies . Indeed , -hew can we fee _' lp - weeping _vhen we seethe _bestjm't'of _England , her moral treasure , 'the family , aonmilated ! I sneak fio't of those monstrous Babels 'of _musnufactories , _Mtfeere prostitution has ceased frtfm 'vory exhausthm . I _^ allu ' deiothe : _a-gricultura _* l _districts . What > is more lamEntable * _ifoan to meet , ' _-infihc fields , on _4 he " richest 'estates in the world , _rtnosemendicant _labourers , -woflang in a : 3 ress-coat , -wxiringthe _cast-eff-dzothes _dfr-thorich ; * _te _meeton'iheroaas crowds'df children , _fSOld and ¦ hired , transported from one * eo * mty to -another hi
'harvest time , to \ work the 'ground by theday , —all together -pell-mell , girls anu Sboys , " a _^ 'filfhy troop , lmiserably _^ _lcd'up in waggon _^! This -warfare _gainst in-fenny is atroftiens ! Yet -such is-the seectocle now 'presented : by England . The _burden"Wi » eb .-wcnt _oiVfilUip . w front tire rich upon _rtaepooT , < from raan to woman , -Mis from her upon rthe child . " Theehild , _worn'OUS and cerrupted be- ; rfore his -eiistcnee , cannot Hive . Under this _lugu--'brious- " 3 pe _*** a releof _^ uveniteniisery arid , : promiscuousi _^ intercourse , -there is a terrible- sentence , rmore than ; the _end'dila-society—the ' _cxtermination'of a race . I Nb ; remeuy 'wilkcure this . 'Englaridwilineither be willing * nor : aWe rfco alter . FElcctoral _; reform has mademo - _'dEFerencc ; neither Sfcas _'tbellacome Tax ; _anElFree Trade --will not _" -su * ce < 5 ed "any * better ; food ¦ ¦ _ivill-heeome cheaper , _but'wagie 3 _"will '' l *« rer .
_'Eow-shoilid-tiheimatehal--cn » nge ? Tfhe soul has remained ever _the-same . Far from -diminishing by _^ the _. exeess . of misery , the natiooal _malaldy _, that sa _4 taniedl _spirit of _pfuie , does but increase . Not one ¦ _ofithem-would wishifor _equality * : ; theya _** e all aris-¦ toeratical , in ftieart . 'This _proiitgieusl-hajjd-hearted nessiis _a-terrible spectacle . Wealth is ever _igoing on . « _oacentrath 2 g itself in fewer hands . _Thesprogi-essivogiminutionofwages _v and ; the dearness o'f -provision- * , : go < on-prolonging work ,. _excluding'the _* means . ot- « aving ,:: acd depriving : the workman- Of- the short leisure moiHents which : ailowefi some a *» _rAlie _* lbiurc , ; mi « kt -raise 'him from his . _degradation ,-epen'mr him the : path _* t © distinc-i : tion , 'ihe road to -political pow _« _s-,: aaditue right to . _that-pawer .
What means _featiimmenseandridieillousdistriibutionof Bibles _to-aipeo-jiewhonoSongeiiread , have ino longer any time _^ : and ( Ojlen no "longer . any power tio . read : ? Their Bible , * _3 hs ! in these days , it is in -She . _corrodve liquor < _w ? hidh restores ; hi * h ? 1 era mo-¦ _Ei ent , _intos-icate 8 ham , ; antl procures * liim < dblivion . Stead ' . ! -mark ! learn ' . ! Qlhese are < emptj _* , odious words :: -he-wants to BamSin iignorant . _IThexWhulehopeoftihe-asifitocracy tt , _* that those _nations . of ancn who : are . _tijiri { r , and _fl-rtio-ftrereplaaed . onlyi _^ y dying cWlcu _* en , wiH die at least in silease ., -peaceably , and -wsHheut any _disturbance . _Thatnqpulatfen , itis tree , having never _Sbeonwery warm * -aince ihe fifteenth ( OeKfaary , but _wihich formerly boasted , not without sEeaeon , of _itflgjhyffical
strengjii , now feels itself -feeble , attenuated , -and worn oaeb in _hody and souL I here allude : te the manu _& etuaing _** opuIst 5 icmfin particular * As fer the strong aad intelligent cwQiikmen , whom England still possesses in great _aumbers , two things sre contending against them :: — j First , they receive oo moral culture , ao light fromj without ; the _elergy _, even on their < o \ wn lands , neg- , lect them entirely- ; andthe radicals , who comma .- ! nicated with them : ten years ago , have now sepa-i rated from them , and , { through fear , have joined the Conservative party . Secondly , these workmen are unable to nnd any impulse within themselves ; there being , as I have said , no time for reading and re _& ction _.
There is another cause of decline which deserves to be examined . England ' s superiority long proceeded from this cause : tbat tbe men of the different classes were there less specialised than on the continent ; the gentleman , by his strong p lain food , and violent exercise , was akin to , and often stronger than the workman ; and the latter , by his biblical culture , and the interest he took in public affairs , was not far removed from the gentleman . In the English navy , even at the present day , among the buuders , pilots , and first-class sailors , you will find very often these two men in one—a complete impersonation of the two classes in equilibrium , who , without being a scientific scholar ( like the French
engineer ) , has much practical knowledge , and at the same time a workman ' s energy . This happens only in the navy , and in workmen of a superior order ; but the bulk of the working classes , that _Erodi giously numerous multitude , ever increasing , as entered a different path . The complete man , the mental and physical equilibrium , formerly common in that class of people , is becoming more scarce every day . The extreme division of labour has specialised the workman , and penned him up in tliis or that narrow sphere , and made him a thing isolated in his action and capacity , as impotent m itself ,.. if separated from the whole , as a wheel apart from a machine . They are no longer men , but portions of men , who
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link their action together , and work like a single engine . This continuing , has gradually created strange classes of men , sickening to the sight , because one perceives in them at the first glance , the ugly i mpress of a narrow speciality of work ; that is to say , the complete subjection of personality to some miserable detail of industry ; and from these fixed and perpetuated deformities result races , no longer the fine strong races of Britons and Saxons , out tribes of pale cotton-spinners , races of humpbacked blacksmiths , and , in the diversities of the blacksmith , secondary races , sadly characterised .
Aristotle , in his politics , says , as a calculating naturalist , noting exterior signs : " The slave is an Ugly man ; " ahd doubtless that slave of antiquity was ugly , bent , and often made hump-backed by his burden ; but yet , with all that , he varied his labour , exercised his different physical faculties , preserved in them a certain equilibrium , and remained man : lie was the slave of a man . But what , alas ! shall we say of him , who , bound down to some minute occupation , the same andthe same for ever the serf of a miserable product of manufacture , is the slave ofa pin , the slave of a ball of cotton , & c , < fcc . And then how many slaves , moreover , has this single pin , in its different parts , head , shank , point , & c ., who , doing but one single thing , must confine their activity and their mind to that measure ! Such is the great and terrible difference between the Englishman and the Frenchman . The Englishman is a part of a man . This part may be sometimes an admirable
workman , of singular utility and efficacy ; no matter , it is still only a part . Whatever he may do , he is relative ; he exists by relation to one common action , —a machine—a thing . This is a life of things , not a life of man . Man , personality ( except the voluntary relations Which it gives itself and chooses for itself ) , is an absolute being—a God . Society , far from being an education for the Englishman , or adding qualities to his nature , has even taken from him . that basis which bears qualities , and forms their substratum—the integrity of being . For the Frenchman , on the contrary , it has strengthened the fundamental unity ; and , through all our misfortunes , moral miseries , and others , it has constantly endowed , augmented , and strengthened him , as a complete man . The French peasant , as a soldier , a small landed proprietor , under various denominations , has become man more and more .
" Chartist Tkacts For The Times."-— "We ...
" Chartist Tkacts for the Times . " - — "We understand that No . I . of a series of Chartist Tracts for the Times , edited by Geor g e White , John West , and James Leach , at present confined in Kirkdale gaol , is in the press and will be published b y _^ the latter end of this month . No . I . is entitled : "Why are we poor ? What do the Chartists want ? " We anticipate that these tracts will deserve and command an immense circulation .
The Cj/Ergt In Im* Om>En Tixr**,-—A Youn...
The _Cj / ERgt in im * Om > en Tixr _** _,- —A young Lcvite—such was the phrase then in use—might be had for his board , a small garret , and - £ 10 a year , and might not only perform his own professional functions , might not onl y be the most patient of butts and of listeners , might not only be always read y in fine weather for bowls , and in rainy weather for shovelboa rd , but might always save the expense of a gardener or a groom . Sometimes the reverend man nailed up the apricots , and sometimes ho curried the coach-horses . He cast up the farrier ' s bills . He walked ten miles with a message or parcel . If he was permitted to dine with the family , he was expected to content himself with the plainest fare . He mig ht fill himself witli the corned beef and the carrots , but as soon as the tarts and cheesecakes
made their appearance , he quitted his seat and stood aloof till he wus summoned to return thanks for the repast , from a great portion of which he had been excluded . _T-erhaps , after some years' service , he was presented with a living sufficient to support him , but he often found it necessary to purchase his preferment by a species of simony , which furnished an inexhaustible subject of pleasantry to three or four generations of scoffers . With his cure he was expected to take a wife . The wife had ordinarily been in the patron ' s service ; and it was well if she was not not suspected of standing too high in the patron ' s favour . Indeed , the nature of the matrimonial alliance connexions which the clergymen of that age wore in the habit of forming , is tne most
certain indication of the place which the order held in the social system . At Oxonian , writing a few sionths after the death of Charles II , complained bitterly that not onlv the country attorney and thc country apothecary , looked down with disdain on thc country gentlemen , but that one of the lessons most earnestly inculcated on every girl of honourable family , was no give no encouragement to a lover in orders , and that if any young lady forgot this precept , she was almost as much disgraced as by an illicit _amout _. Clarendon , whe assuredly bore no ill will to the _< o " a _* urch , mentions it as a sign of thc confusion of "patniks which thc great _sretiellion had produced , that -some damsels of irrobJe families had besiowed _themselves on divines . A waiting-woman
was gener 8 _J % considered -as the ! saost _suitawe helpmate for parson , "Queen Elizabeth , as tbe head of _tfee-dlitiKch , had given _< what .-seemed to be a formal _-aiBidtiion to this "prqjudiofe , by _issuing "peeiaV orders liho & no clergj « _man"sho */ ld presume to _"Kiaitry a _soi' VKnt . girl witho _* # t the consent of Iks * master Or : mistress . During several-generations , "f tceeirdHigly _tho'rdlBSions between _iprieste and han _^ Rtaiidons 'ivies ; _ailhomcfor endless 4 Jest , " 'nor would it % 3 'eitsy : to find ; in _;* jhe-comedy of < _she _seydrtieenth _coiJiruTy _-a-fiinglei instant ** - of a _clerggnian _^ _vho wins a spouse _; abore thi _* j ntiik'dfa cook . _13 venao ' _'ktte as _thciiiime'ctf _^ eor-g , Si , 'the _keenest '* pf allobstrvers of'i _% and * mEnnor * , _' himsnh _* " a priest , _i _remulHsfrl , that in a -great _houae-i hOldtthc chaplain was -tha resourceKif _a'kdy ' simrtld
_•*^ ho ** ccharaGt *** _"had'feB _6 & blown Upon , _lan'dvwho _' _-vfse _> th _« _rCoreforceU _to- _^ vyc up _hopeE-Of < 6 & t * 4 hing _itke ¦ steward . —Maccvidcty s _> Bistory of'England . JIbe BOHO _*** _eu -os iEarwicb . —At "the _'eleetwa _"• w & _i-jih took _jpiace ; in 1837 , the three - . _candidates , " -Messrs . -Ellicc , _Herrie _* -, and ' --lower , ifcad i polled -satenty-four votes each at hdlf _^ st _< _tm''M'd _^ elockiin _; _thesafternoOIl _; _: _. there '• "was - only-one -voter Heft tie pclj , _. and _howTthis- 'casting _vote-was-obkihediis ; thus _dessribed by-ldr _.- ' Joseph _IBarkes : — "ITfeere " was , " _s-jys * he , ' ' _*> aa intention of ; pet _& ioriing iin 1837 , by _Mi _' . 'Tower ; .-and r _) iaow : thab «« 3 manhad ' _-ZSWfor 'Vie- casting vote at ihAtreleeiion' ! _Ivknow-it'hfWibeen -- * ifi % red : to . ' ' 3 fr"Tewe _**« and ! re & seid : _byihi" _* i , _= arid _t tiat half the-voter- _hailSieen l * oua-kt > on _cach-side'fon the
; _twsittingi members , _andll tore' reason to _bclisve rthat _^ the ; man hsd - £ 500 '' --- " * £ ithenlmOTe nor _. _fess . ¦ Thsis it > _was ( continues ithe -News ) , * -that ? _-MesE » c . Herries and'EMce _wwere _dulyieiecteu-by a _majority ¦ of «« ne _voteioverMir . Tower . iBut ? this was-. _aimere trifle . It was ; aot - until : 1841 -that Lferibcry . really _Sbegan in Harwich , 'When-they-. disdained hundreds , _-and-counted-en-nothing less ! t & an -ihowwds ! -rS—l ithey got _thesmoneyjtoo . — -Daily News . TEue _Irvi-whtes . —The ' _ibc'd y _> of .-reli g ionists ai , "I «* 8- £ on popilkrly " "known .-as _tfrvingitcs ( a title . -. : be _*** ever , whidhiheyiindignantlj- repudiate , _although ; rthey-rcvere _theimemory of rEd _** rard'Ii _** ring ) , are :, afj . _this-iuoment veKy . aefcve . _Withinithe ! bounds of the ! Bietrcnolis thejihate seven n & urcbes—a sort <> $
limitation of the -seven _apocalyptic . churches ; and Newman-street , -Where Mr . _Ii-vrngiusedtfe ) preach , is _a-sorfcof _Jerusatlem . Here , once -. a ; month , representatives from itfaese seven -churches -assemble ; _ani & alfhough the reputation of {" -he . _p-wiy is associated -. with ideas _eiifanaticism -and .-absurdity , the _psoeeedkigs of the -managers aad ileader-s are characterised _bymuebfltaewdness and worldly wisdom . Mi % _iDuummond , _formerly of the 'banking firm of _Drummond and Co ., hut now a _coKBtisy -gentleman , and . _Qneiuf the _membassifor West _Smsrey , lis understood ito he still cOnneetad with the hody , ( which is actively 'endeavouring -to increase _iss influence by the aebessiosi of other muses of _repii-te _^— ' [("" he person heste -mentioned is iihe cranky geiajiiis \ wiha , last
session , _anai * -muck at the JNorihern Stat , hut only succeeded itn-making himself ridiculous . ] The Bcims Divorce Case . —Ph * saoe _* _- ** hiI 4 ., Jan . 22 . —A deeisioa has at _length been given in ihe Butler divorce ( eaae , by the ifedges of the Com * ef Common Pleas of the city and . county of Philadeljphia . The _decree of the Coi * _ft was delivered by ¦ _tfjjdge King , senior judge of the « ourt ; and that de-4 « onis in favour of Mrs . Butler , The document read by the Judge k of great length , but the whole may be summed up in the following briof sentence ; —• The court decrees that it will not give any final decision in relation to the divorce prayed by Pierce Butler against his wife , Francis Ann ( Fanny Kemble ) Butler ; and that the matter shall and may be sent before a jury in the Court of Common
Pleas , there to be tried , and final issue g iven . The decree has g iven evident satisfaction to the public of this city . Large Scythe Factory is America . —The scythe manufacturing establishment of Reuben B . Dunn , Esq ., at North Wane , in Maine , is the largest ofthe kind in the world . The establishment consists , besides warehouse , furnishing shops , -fee ., of three principal buildings for manufacturing , two of which are UA feet in length . Li these , and in departments connected with the establishment , are employed about 100 men , many of whom have families settled atthe place . A flourishingvillage has grown up within the last few years , and is rapidl y increasing : 12 , 000 dozen scythes are annually manufactured , to produce which are required 450 , 00 O 3 Ds . of iron , 75 , 600 _ftis . of steel , 1 , 200 tons of hard coal , 10 , 000 bushels of charcoal , 100 tons of grindstones , and half a ton of borax . This last article is used
in the process of welding . Mi-. Dunn is erecting additional works in the vicinity , which will be soon completed , when he will be enabled to turn out 17 , 000 dozen scythes annually . This establishment is now more than double thc extent of any other in the world—none even in England being found to compete with it , —New Tork Farmer and Mechanic
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Olympic. On Monday Night A Jjttje Piece,...
OLYMPIC . On Monday night a _JjttJe piece , described in the p lay-bill as a ' classical drama , ' was produced at this theatre , under the name of The Hemlock Draught . It is an adaption , by Mr . John Oxenford , from a French piece , originally produced some years ago at the Odeon , in Paris , and performed last year at the St . James ' s Theatre . The plot is simple enough . A young Athenian , Clinias , disgusted witb the world , has resolved to terminate his existence on the evening of the day in which the action of the piece occurs , by the fashionable means—& draught of hemlock . He bas lately become the possessor
of a beautiful find _high-souled slave , whom at first he holds but lightly , in consideration of her casteso _lightly as to make her tbe subject of a wager between two of his friends , Cleon and Paris , to be won by him who shall first win the lady ' s love . A keen encounter of wit ensues between the fair _slaYC and these reckless wagerers , iu the course of which they become really bo enamoured of her as to come even to blows , and her cries bring Clinias to stop the fray . Moved h y her story , he resolves to make her free , and restore her to her country and family ; but by this time he has become enamoured of her charms , Innocence , and virtue , while her gratitude for his generosity has assumed a warmer character . Still , however , he persists in his fatal purpose . Bidding her an eternal adieu , and uttering his wish that she may be happy
witb one whose heart is not wasted and withered like his . he is raising the poisoned cup to his lips , when her cry of agony , and passionate avowal o { her love , arrest his hand , and change at once the whole current of his feelings . At this juncture the two friends make their appearance to know the result of the lady ' s choice . _Cliniai tells thera that , being unable to choose either of them , she had been under the necessity of choosing him . The piece is weU put upon the stage , with a characteristic fixed scene , according to the approved notion of Athenian habits , and on the whole was exceedingly well acted . Mr . Benjamin Barnett afterwards made bis first appearance in the character of Monsieur Jacques . He was received in the most favourable manner , and recalled at the end by the undivided verdict of a very full house .
Colosseum. This Bas, Ever Since Our Firs...
COLOSSEUM . This bas , ever since our first visit , been with us a favourite place of resort . There is a fullness and completeness in the conception and execution of all we see , that renders a cbarm to the whole . The Cyclorama ot Lisbon , before and after tbe earthquake in 1755 , which is added to the establishment , is no exception to tbe general plan . It consists of a continuation of scenic representations ofthe ill-fated city , opening with a morning view of the sea at the moutb of the river Tagus—the waters , still and deep , with scarce a ripple on their surface , have a softness not to be met with on our more northern coasts .
The boats near the banks , aud the vessels in the distance , give the picture the air of life itself . The atmosphere is mild , and so beautifully are the lights and shades towards the horizon interwoven and tinged , that you watch them as earnestly as you would one oi our fine autumn sunsets over the lakes of Cumberland . Suddenly you command a view of tbe river filled witb merchantmen , and the houses and palaces on the banks , represent a delightfull y situated city , in all the enjoyment of commerce and luxury . Some of the churches and public buildings are of a noble and commanding appear _, ance ; and as you cast your eye over the city , ** u pay the artist ( Mr Brad well ) , a merited tribi _* . te 0 _-
respect , for his care in the arrangement ol 1 _^ _eioYita and distances ; the most minute objects ATe pr 0 . portioned with care . This we deem anim * _^ _pensable requisite for all paintings consisting o ' _' ; xe _(* , _o _^ jects . The artist , too , bas managed t * _^ _^ _^ houses and public edifices , a solid U _jundation*—you see them as if they were built , 4 ndnot _J _^ The scene in the Tagus during _&» ttem _ _r 0 f the earthquake , is fearfully grand . _f five _^^ vessels _srugghng for life , from the _momentarv inun . datum of some fifty feet of _^ rock _' from a subterranean and submarin
- e sh ( Jck f that r ( ? nds and closes walls m a breath , _RR . i buries a solid city in ' some six or seven minut tttt The desolation of ' the few remaining inhabits flts > who __ escaped with hfe only toknow desr _, a r , aad tlM . fuiuVolume < i fires burning red and le _ifim * _- , _^ _j { their work of destruction was finish _£ d , _whilst the few shattered and blackened waits , t' _fcjst mec _ _0 f Sunny _^ _n-jeut , give to the _spectat or to . impression to he reflected upon and _* mner jberrf , The late of Lisbon has comn « nd «* il _^ rma _{* - ; frem the pens-of _Montgoaery , Cole-¦ aage _, * a « a B yron , -and * we - surmise that tbe fine
, scentc _frepw . Seata 1 i-m , which we _cautrat describe , might "have _ueen-engoyea by _* allof thee . Tbe hall , from _which the / pamtingsare vie wedis chaste , varied , _andtbeaut i _. f ul . " 'She _Scbotf of Athene , ' « Apollo and the "Muses , ' pehtted by Sir . Horner ,: _* _nnd copied fttm 'tht _catteons ef _SLapb-tti , * enre a study . The re ** _aB _" s-sing portions ef _*& e € _<*• _* . _oas-juno , which we recently * eo'teed , remain « ancha > ige 8 . It is * with _satisfsoHon 'that we know thai o _* ar *" recommen _£ ation has cussed _ttotafew _ceuEtiy _ftiea-ns to visit the _Colossesmall of whom "have _BiHd'Vneir thnc ani money _werei never better -appropriated _,-and-wa again _saySe our : country _anfivfiown i eaders-- doifikewise .
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Tiie I.A.Vd. Tho Land Ov Earth In Any Co...
TIIE I . A . VD . Tho land ov earth in any country or neighbour _, hood , with every thing in or on the same , or pertaining thereto , belongs at all times to the living inhabitants ofthe said country or neighbourhood in an equal manner . For , there is no " living but on land , and its productions , consequently , what wc cannot live without , we have the same property in as in our lives . —Thomas Spence . The earth is the habitation , the natural inheritance , of all mankind , of ages present and to come ; » . habitation belonging to no maw in pavtieukv , but to every man ; and onc in which all have an equal right to dwell . —John Gray . Confession . —Be not ashamed to confess that you have been in the _tvi-oh" _-. It is but ownin" - what you need not be aBhamed of , _tluit you now navo more sense than you had before to see your error ; more humility to acknowledge it ; and moro grace to
correct it . Huma >* _Bubulks . —People who endeavour to attract that attention by dress whieh they cannot obtain by their intrinsic worth , resemble thc soap balloons blown by children ; the thinnest bubbles are invested with thc bri g htest colours . Tarnation Ciieaf I—The Leeds Intelligencer says : — " We learn from the United States that an American newspaper is about to publish Macaulay ' s Bistort / of England in two numbers ofthe paper , at the cost of 3 d . The book is published here at 32 s . Immortality . —Some ot tlie houses in Edinburgh
are eleven stories high , and in one of these , near that exquisite green slope from tlie castle esplanade , Johnson visited Boswell ; and here , also , David Hume , tho historian and philosopher , resided for many years , UU he removed into the oldest square of the new town . A recent traveller , toiling up tho stairs , asked an old woman who was conveying a p itcher of water to her aerial domicile in the building , whether she could tell him in which story David llumo lodged ? " Dawvid Hume ! Dawvid Hume ! " replied the old woman , " I hae been here this cchtcen year , and never mind sic a name . Dawvid Hume is no on this stair . "
" Mother , " said a little boy , the other day , " _-why aro orphans the happiest children on earth 1 " " They are not , my child ; why do you ask that question ?"— " Because they have no mothers to spank ' em . " " So you would not take me to bo twenty ! " said a young lad y to her partner , while dancing the polka a few evenings ago , * " what would you take me for , then ?— " For better , for worse ! " replied he . An attorney , ( says Sterne , ) is to a barrister what aw apothecary is to a physician ; with this ditfevence , however , that your lawyer does not deal in scruples . Imsu Tongues Wanted . — Amomrst the latest commercial news from thc West Inuies is the
following startling announcement : — " Tongues . Irish are wanted , there bem-- none of this description in the market . [ Tho O'Connclls should export their tongues , there being no further demand for them in tlie home market . ] SiiAKsrEARE Americanised . —An American paper translates a passage of Richard the Third into th _* j Yankee tongue , thus ' . — Ncow is the winta uv cour discontent Med / rlorious summa hy this son o' Yock , . _/* _, An' all thc cleouds thet Icowrcd upon eour " _hg _fluse
In the deep buzzum o ' the oshin buried , - _, v - _* ¦ _-. _Neow air eour brows beound 'ith - victorious wreaths , Eour breused arms hung up fer _m ' _^ _nimunce , Eour starn alarums changed to * j _^ y _mcetins , Eour dreffle marches to delight-V _^ _g nieasures ; Grim . vi 8 . _lgodwarhethsTncutb _^ hiswrinkled front An' ncow , insteado nio _* int > _^ - _^ _a steeds , To fright the souls o fern _edversaries , He capers nimly in a _lady ' s chamber , To the lascivious plea' j n ' .- « -- - _&¦ loot .
The _B-smsSO TAM _'/ _u System seems to be gaining ground in England . . The good and respectable title of " Reporter" _U being rapidly merged in " Rcpr . scntativc of tbe Press , and it was only last woek that the _deni h ofa traveller for a soda water m . _inufafitovy w ? . s announced aa that of a " representative" bf the firm .. Sensible People . —A public meeting of the principal inhabitants of Cape Town has petitioned the Queen against the project of sending convict " exiles" from _EugWUo tlv * - Ca _$ < i of Good _llo-je . ' On the Picture of a Nun . —( On the picture ofa . very young Nun—not reading a devotional book , and not contemplating a crucifix placed beside her . ) Sa young—too young—consign'd to cloistral shade , Untimely wedded—Wedded , yet a maid ! Aad hast thou left no thought , no wish behind , No sweet employment for the wandering mind , — Who would be proud to waft a sigh from thee , Sweeter than aught he steals from Araby ?
Thau wert ifemur'd—poor maiden—as I guess In the blank childhood of thy simp lcncss ; To'o young te -doubt , too pure to be ashamed , Thou gave * H » God-what God had never claimeu , And didst -ttn _*" , _* eeting sign away thine all Of earthly-good—a guiltless prodigal ; The large tc version of thine unborn love Was soM _^ bo purchase an estate above . Yet _bytthv hands upon thy bosom presfc I think ir . de _' ed thou art not quite at rest ; _That-Chi'ist that hangs upon the sculptured cross _Is-no-i'the Jesus to reaeemthy loss _;—is-or-wiri that book , whate ' er its page contain , Convince thee that the world is false and vain . Even now there is a something at thy heart _Tlxtt-would be off , —but may not , dare not starr . Y _* es , _* _vcs , —thv face , thine eyes , thy closed lips provi 1 ihoa wcrt created to bo loved , and love .. _—^ Hartley Coleridge
, The Electric Telegraph ,- _^! heard an old and new ioke cut upon the _subject of the . electric tcK graph t ' other morning . The old one was , that was a _ahaeki _/ ng affair ; but the new one , uttered by TOung lady „ p leased me hettf _^ Sh ? .- siu < - » A don _^ Eke tne idc -a of intelligence Wag _communicated T _~*^ fee agency of sparks . Sparks have' no tim , to c -nilge secrets . The next thing they will do wi ' ll I _"i-o kiss and tell . " An _Iraih dragoon , on hearing that his widow--mother had been married since he quitted _Irclan . _ _* exclaimed , " Miirther ! I hope she won't have a <•< oulder than me , if she does I shall lose tho estate ' What is the difference between thc Guard of Coach and the Guard of a Harem ?—One takes cm ¦ of the Mails , and the other of the Females ¦
A Possible Result of Study . —A man may stud a thing till he believes it . Creech died a tueretian Burcknart and Browne were Mohammedans Sal . the translator ofthe Koran , was suspected of _b- * in an Islamite . —Byron . Writing for the Press .-O ye poets and _protei _* . ' who aspire to write m the miscellanies ,- and aho * all , O ye palpitating untried , who meditate tlie offc of your maiden essays to establish . ' periodica l s ¦ t ' ak care , pray yc take care to cultivate a good plaii bold , round text . Set up Tomkins as well as Por or Dryden for a model , and have an eve to vour pohooks . Some persons hold thatthe host writers ar those who write thc best hands , and I have know the conductor of a magazine to be converted "* hv crabbled MS . to tho samo opinion . Of all thing ! therefore , be legible ; and to that end practise ner
manship . Ifyou havo never learned , take loseon : Be sure to buy the best paper , the best ink , the bes pens , and then sit down and do the best you can ; school boys do—nut out your tongue and take pain : So shall ye happily escape the rash ejection of jaded editor ; so having got into your hand , it i possible that your head may follow ; and , thoug last , not least , ye may fortunately avert those awfi mistakes of the press , which sometimes ruin a poet ' sublunest effusion by pantomimically transfbrmin his roses into noses , and his angels into- _an- 'lef and all his h appiness into pappine 5 s .- //( _" 0 _rf a There is a town in the West Riding of -Yorkshir remarkable for the singularl y hard names of inhabitants ..,. In onc street the brass- _* olate-on house door intimates that the dweller within is th proprietor of the name of Flint . The door-plate the next house is inscribed Harder
. JL _?• . _*«?/•••• Bisnop .-Joe naines , th comedian , who died 1701 , was no less celebrated fo hisfacetiousncss and wicked pranks than f or hi acting . He was arrested in tho street , for a debt ( 420 , hy a couple of bailiffs , as the Bishop of Ely wa E «* _- coacb - "Ah ! " said Joe to th bailiffs , "here s my cousin , the Bishop of Elv le me but speak to him , and he'll pay the debt » Th biukfiB thought they might venture , as they wer within three or four yards of him ; so up " oes Jo close to the coach , and _taking off his hit + fi _« h ; _J ordered the coach to stop . - * _5 £ _^* _StoRS head m at the window , said softly , My 3 Ir , are two poor men who have such groat Wy _scru Pies of conscience , that I fear they may han / _them
o the _WllftWs v the bish ° P' _^ _<*> " to tne Daiims , said , " You come to me _to-nvorro _,-morning , and I'll satisf y you . " The men boSan _, went away , and Joe , hugging himself with this fa lacious device was permVd to go free . £ th morning the bailiffs expecting the _^ debtandch _aris repaired to the bishop ' s , where being introduced ' "Well , said the bishop , " what are vour _acnirfS of conscience ? " " Scruples , " 3 d So £ K " we have no scruples ; we are _bSfe , mv ltd ' arrested your cousin , Joe Haines , for £ 20 . ' _Youj lordship promised 1 to satisf y us to-dav , and we hope your lordship will be as good as vour word . " The
bishop , reflecting that his honour and name would be compromised if ho refused to pay , was reluctantly obliged to discharge the debt and costs . ¦ i he Use and Abuse of Wit . —When wit is imperrerted , it lightens labour , makes thc very face ot care to shine , diffuses cheerfulness among men , multiplies the sources of harmless enjoyment , gilds the dark things of life , and heig htens the lustre of the brightest . If perverted , wit becomes an instrnmei ;(* of malevolence , * it gives a deceitful colouring to vice—it reflects a resemblance of truth upon errorj and distorts thc features of real truth by falsa lights .
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ROYAL -FOLI _.-TSCHNIC _» _INSTITWHSIH . _Duringstke past week , Br . yan has < heen engaged _iwuehveriiig' - * . lecture _» at the above named establishment on he * t , the laws of combustion , and the _besfrmade of _-ofetainrag artificial light * . — -Doctor Bacboffher is stilt e _^ jaged in * -his admirable lecture on thef'Etetricilji g _' Bt ,-and he-gill fears _it-cannot be brought ' ¦ within _^ _' _-feir amount of Al . _-s . 'd . —There are - _also- _^ orae additions _toithe _dissobacg vi ews , ' _more-partjcularly ..- *** ! authenticated view-of California , wbich has beet * , kindly allowed _to-be-copied _:-and exhibited by one > of our mast eminent i publishers , for who * £ itwa * drawn . It is said to . give fl very good _representatieo of _the-ne _** " _EKBoradc-rDocter _BachtnTaer , hewerfer , obsesveS _f -that too-much fpUh should cot be .. gitpsn tothe acconnts which are daily published _ttsotn the _Ameckan _papers , _ebfierung , that iti & ajot always gold that . glitters . "The institution has heencoastantly crowded sineei Christmas
A Jfewwwkpaptfe* Mentions .The -Arrival....
A _JfewWwkpaptfe * mentions . the -arrival . thereof an eno _* rmaES . _hQa-oanstrictoi _' ,. _tii _* _rty-feet . long , which was caught in _/ _AMes , in a rqpeenet , and , the capture _ofwhich-oesnpie . dil 26 negroes . seven hours . The showmejbef . America have had _^ a keen . contest far _ithis create . \ Van JLmburgh _Movni . 7 , 000 dollars _L-forit , but Ms , owner will not-toko less than 10 M 00 _ciiollars . Politeness . isilike ; an air-cushion—ihere may be ;» othing soliflin . it , bus it eases jaJjts wonderfully , The right _ihon .. Sir ill . L . Bub _** er , K . C . B ., who ¦ lately represented her Majesty in Spain , hasbeen apjiointed to . _«« Qceed * Sir 11 . Pakenhamas British _Jfinisterin the : TJnited States . Sir R . Paienha-n , _!* yho has long been . ft diplomatic servant ofthe CrQwn , will re & fce _ojpoa a well-earned pension It . is -understood that . the differences with Spain _whichiiave led to a .-suspension of _dinlomatie _i-pI . i .
tions : _are in _procea . of . _amicable adjustment . A _iCe-SSim-IUTE _POW _0 t _» IAN . > -C 0 UKT THE GO TS bbmrs ! tou Begw . —SChe Halifax new _borou-rli police have printed _insfciicjaons that their duty is to prevm . ciSsnces . One of ike body ( who , _though a teetotaller , is somewhat o a mm subject ) the other day earned out his instructions in a rather novel manner . Two drunken fellows weie quarrelling m the _street , and from words were proceeding to blows , « riben the gentleman in blue came up Without drawing oither _\ taff or snaps he marched up to the irate combatants , and , tapping one of them on the shoulder , said gravely , " You haven't either of you fourteen shiilings that you can spare , have you ? " This broad hint at " penalty and costs " brought the two to their senses , They remembered that they could not _nfford the luxury of a street row , and so they went away in peace . —Halifax Guardian .
How Courtship in China " Goes to Pot . "—Essau Ackum , a young Chinaman , now employed by Labrey , Scholes , and Co ., tea dealers , Manchester has furnished the Manchester Guardian with an account of a Chinese wedding . " If , " says he , " during your courtshi p any pot or earthen vessel is cracked or broken , it is considered a bad omen , and one that is never disregarded , Should the young gentleman , therefore , while in the house of the lady ' s parents , hear or see anything of her that is notto his mind , he generally manages ( byaccident , of course ) to break his tea cup—and so break off
, the match . " The " Expedient Stomach Warmer . " — This " new thing , " for such ( begging Solomon ' s pardon ) we venture to call it , is a sort of hollow breastplate for the belly ( don't laugh ) , with separate reservoirs for lime water ; and when you have a fancy for bringing the two together , you can enjoy a good warming ; even our temperance friends , " therefore , who repudiate " cold within , " may now indulge in " warm without ! " What a comical age it is IGateshead Observer .
Charcoal ground to powder is onc of tho best things ever discovered to clean knives , This is a late and valuable discovery ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10021849/page/3/
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