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BEAUTIES OF BIRON . so . n . Brs- _****' _" * mother was Scotch—a Gordon , related to the house of Huntley . At two years of age Biros was removed , bj lus mother , from London ( wherehe -jras bora , in Holies-street , _O-cford-street ) to _Aberdeen . Heremained in Aberdeenshire until he was ten years of age , when , having succeeded to the _••" anifly title , lie was removed to Ncwstead Abler . His sojourn in _the north of Scotland was vividlv _imp-ffssed npon his memory , and subsequentlv insnired
" nislAwh _-oal-tarr , and other pieces . The lines on Lachin y Gair _, or , as it is pronounced , Loch na ¦ Garr , are too generaUy known to require repetition in these "selections ; " we give , however , what may be considered the companion piece to Loch na Garr ; sot so much for the prettiness of the lines—for they * are pretty—as for the following romantic story associated with them . It will be observed that the _Scottish _beaaty here described—ihe poet ' s "first love "is the " Mary" ofthe lines here given . Ia Bvron ' s "Diary for 1813 , hesays
;—I hare been thinking lately a good deal of Mary Buff . How Tery odd that I should have been so utterly , de-TOtedly fond of that girl , at an age when I could neither / eel _pas-aon nor "knoir tbe meaning of the word . And tbe effect ' . H . J mother used always to rally me about this childish amour ; and , at last , many years after , when I was sixteen , she told me oue day , " 01 Byron , I have had a letter from Edinburgh , from Miss Abercromby , and yonr old _s-neetheart , Mary Buff , is married to a Mr . Cockhvxo . " { Robert Cockburn , Esq ., of EdinhnrghJ And _-ithat was my answer 1 1 really cannot explain or account for ny feelings at that moment , but they nearly threw me into convulsions—to the horror of my mother and the astonishment of everybody . And it is a phenomenon in my existence ( for 1 was not eight years old ) , which has puzzled , and will puzzle me , to the latest hour of it . In January , 1815 , in a letter to his friend Captain Hay , the poet thus again speaks of his childish attachment : —
Fray tell me mere , or as much as yon like , of yonr « 0 * asSn Mary . I belief ft 1 told 3011 our story _someyea-ra ago . 1 was twenty-seven a few days ago , and I have never seen her since we were children , and young children too ; but I never forget her , nor ever can . You will oblige me with presenting her with my best respects , and ssB . good wishes . It may seem ridiculous , but it is at any ¦ f ate , 1 hope , not offensive to her nor her ' s , in me to pretend to recollect anything abouther , at so early a period -of both our Jives , almost , if not quite , in onr nurseries ; but it was a pleasant dream , which she must pardon me for remembering . Is she pretty still ! I have the most _perft-ct idea of her person , as a child , but Time , I suppose , "bas played tbe devil with ss both .
WHEN I _SO-TED A TOCSC _HIGHLANDES . " When 1 roved a young Highlander o ' er the dark heath , And climb'd thy steep summit , 0 , Morven * of snow I To gaze on the torrent that thunder'd beneath , Or ihe mist of the tempest that gather'd below , T / _ntutorM by science ; a stranger to fear , And rude as the rocks where my infancy grew , £ 0 feeling save one , to my bosom was dear ; Keed I say , my sweet Mary , 'twas centerM in you ! let it could not be love , for I knew not the name , — - "What passion can dwell in the heart of a child ? Bat still I perceive an emotion the same As I felt , when a hoy , on the _crag-coverM wild -. One image atone on my bosom impress'd , 1 loved my bleak regions , nor panted for new ; And few were my wants , for my wishes were bless'd _,
And pure were my thoughts , for my soul was with you . I arose with the dawn ; with my dog as my guide , From mountain to mountain I bounded along ; 1 breasted the billows of Jtee ' st rushing tide , And heard at a distance the Highlander ' s song : At ere , on my heatb-corer'd conch of repose , So dreams , save of Mary , were spread to my view ; And warm to the sides my deration arose , For the first of mv prayers was 3 blessing On you . 1 _ltfl my Meat home , and my Tisioas are gone ; The mountains are _vanish'd , my youth is no more ; As the last of my race I must wither alone , And delight bnt in days I have witness'd before : Ah 1 splendour has raised , hot embitter'd , my lot ; More dear were the scenes wluch my infancy knew : Though my hopes may haTe f _sil'd . yet they are not forgot _** Though cold is my heart , still it lingers with you .
mien I see some dark hill point Its crest to the sky , I think ofthe rocks that o'ershadow Colbleen ; % When . I see the soft blue of a love-speaking eye , I think of those eyes that endear'd the rude scene ; "When , haply , some light-waving locks 1 behold , That faintly resemble my Mary's in hue , I tbink on the long-flowing ringlets of gold , The locks that were sacred to beauty and you . Tet the day may arrive when ihe mountains once more Shall rise to my sight in their mantles of snow : I But while these soar above me , unchanged as before , Will Mary be there to receive me i Ah , no ! Adieu , then , ye hills , where my childhood was bred ! Thou sweet flowing Bee , to thy waters adieu ! Ko home in ihe forest shaR shelter my head , — - Ah ! Vary , what home conld be mine but with yon ?
Summer. Bg Oe Son. Itrs. Norton. This Is...
SUMMER . Bg Oe Son . itrs . Norton . This IS the time of _shaduw and of flowers _. When roads gleam white for many a winding ante ; mien gentle breezes fan the lazy honrs , And balmy Test o ' erpays the time of toil ; When purple hues and shifting beams beguile The tedious sameness of the heath grown moor ; When the old grandsire sees with placid smile The sunburnt children frolic round his door , And trcllised roses deck the cottage of the poor .
The time of pleasant evenings when the moon _Itiseth companioned by a single star , Aud rivals e ' ec the brilliant summer noon In the clear radiance which she pours afar ; So stormy winds her hour of peace to mar , Or stir the fleecy clouds wliich melt away Rt-neath the wheels " of her illumined car ; While many a river trembles in her ray , And silver gleam the sands round many an ocean bay ! 0 , then the heart lies hashed , afraid to beat , In tbe deep absence of all other sound ; And home is sought with loth and lingering feet , As though that shining tract of fairy ground ,
Once left and lost , might never more be found ! And happy seems the life that gipsies lead , Who make their rest where mossy banks abound , In nooks where nnplucked wild flowers shed their seed ; A canvas-spreading tent the only roof they need !
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CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE .-Parts 15 , IC , 17 / 18 , 19 , 20 . London : T , C . Newby , 12 , Mortimer-street , Gavendisu-square . The first series of these thrilling Chronicles is completed , and safely tve may assert that a better work of its class never issued from tne British , press . We defer , for the present , any further remarks we may have to make , and confine ourselves , for this -week , tc the giving ofthe following extracts from parts 15 , 16 , and 17 . To explain the followim * it is necessary to state Hat Beatrice , the sister of Jacques , the Hero of thi story , had been seduced by the Duke of Chartres , anc _being abandoned bj him had sought an asylum in •* Convent Finding herself in an unhappy position and dreading the discovery of her shame , she flee from the convent , aud proceeded to Paris to seek hei lover whom she only knew by his christian _nami of Philippe . Failing in hersearch , and driven to des pair , she attempts the commission of
suicide . _"Wh y did she retire to Morel ? Were not the sisters certain to discover her position' ! Every day tbat she " _remakied wilh than , increased therisk ! She would lose HO time ! All was ready J How surprised they would be onthe -morning to find her gone I She knew " -there to s ° - itwasnotfar to Paris ! She would ask the first person she-att if he knew her Philippe 1 Xo ! Well ! there were more people to ask the question of ! Never mind that laugh ! She is not crazed , although she has _Ta _^ _^ _km . tmfaiw && BUAU Paris to find bet lover ,
mving 1 , 0 on .,, dne to j _^ tnan fat his name is _p-hppe ! now people stare ; and point at ber ! she « iews what they mean ! _H-ud-heartedscoffers ! Some Bay _shehas _tsrapedftonia mad-house 1 But _nol _shetB not mad "; only fired , _^ _d hungry ; and very , very itt ! _*» nsdess threatening her with tliename of D'Argenson ! Who is he ! fa he caUed ttulippe ! Another loud and _muckin-iangi , ! Gruel mob ! But they h ave" let her go _*&*» , and she will remain in her dark hiding-place _tiB _n-Kht—and then—then—she knows a spot where the _Werrnas sodari , and cold , and deep ! It is only a Unnge , and aU is over ! How the lights dance ! and how
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coldthe wind strikes' Is death so cold ! There is the onoge ! She _markedlthe place when she passed in the mornin g , as she fled from the mob ! How lonely it is ! _iow ! There is no one by ! Hark ! a step ! Another _momentand it will be too late ! She will he discovered ! If that foot-step should be Philippe ' s ! 'Tis goue ! Cc-urage ! One look at the bright moon—and at thebrilliant stars—and at the deep blue sky ! How quiet they seem m their beauty ! But the moon is cold though bright ! and thestars , though brilliant are cheerless , and the deep _blue-ky smacks of the frigidity of the grave ! Oh ! for onerayofsunlight _' onlyone ! Yet why ! The sunlight and the broad noon are for the happy ! Night and its darkness for the wretched and miserable ! Why should she heatateanylonger * Howfearful to look down into that deep , cold gloom beneath , with Death returning the
gaze ! Courage ! Forgive an unhappy wretch , Great God . ' PhUippe . ' Philippe ! Thou coidd ' it _save me . Down ! Down ! Down ! 'Tisdone ! 0 : the horrid consciousness of an unnatural death ! No hope now ! IU ! A straw ! What strength to grasp it ! How rapidly and buoyantly it rises to the surface ! Again the keen air—and the bright moon—and the brilliant stars—and the deep , blue sky ! Horror > Horror ! She has clutched the wheel ! Higher it rises , and higher still ; now sinks again ! Lower , and lowenand lower . ' Again the bourse plash—¦ and the cold plunge—and the deafening rush of the gelid waters—and the Still colder darkness—and _thefierr , bursting brainand the choking throat i Then this awful , _an-ftil stillness . ' Tes ! this is death ! And Philippe , her lover , meets her amongst the dead ! 'Tis his warm arm encircles her , and bears her rapidly—whither sheknows not—but on—onon ! AU is suddenly blank- —and dark !
The following description ofthe reflections of Julie de St . Auney , a prisoner in one of the cells of tbe stronghold of despotism , pictures with painful truth the
nOBSOBS OF TUE BASTH . _T . Uncertain now as to her ultimate destiny , overwhelmed with grief at the melancholy position of her father , whom not cren the sacrifice ofher liberty bad been able to tare , looking forward to % change , from day to day , only to be daily disappointed , anil from this state of suspense gatheringthegloomiest forebodings , the poor girl ' s health began rapidly to decline , nor conld the well-meant ; though common-place condolences and comforting assurances of Sister Dridget succeed in raising her drooping spirits . It became too apparent to her _thatshe and her father had fallen victinis to the odious machinations of D'Argenson , whose name she had from childhood never heard without a shudder , so constantly had be been mixed up with tbe calamities tbat bad within her recollection befallen her
parent , and she sickened at the thought of their being perhaps doomed to pass the remainder of their days within those loathsome walls , without the possibility of exchanging one word of consolation , one kiss Of affection , though so near to each other . Her sister too ! Was she fated no more to see her t no more to hear her endearing roice calling her by name ! no more to feel her warm kiss upon her cheek ! no more to ramble with her amongst the flowery meads of their native home f Were they then no more to live together ? to smile together ? to weep—to feel— -to sympathise together , but thus be suddenly cut off from that sweet interchange of thought and sisterly love that had hitlerto been to them so replete with felicity ? The thought was bitter in the extreme !
And her lover ! her betiothed ! Had she then heard lis voice for the last time * Was it for the last time they had exchanged vows ? Was that bright day-dream of bliss which had up to that time formed a part of her existence , and to the realisation of which she had looked forward as the consummation of her earthly happiness , was it to fade only as a dream , and be numbered with the shadows of the past , instead of shedding its refulgence upon tbe future ? Was it , indeed , true that she should never see him more I—never ! never ! never ! The thought was maddening ! Aud must she bid adieu to the world ? To the world
so full of charms for her 1 To all tbat she loved dearest in it * She , so young % Would the pure air of heaven never again fan ber cheek ! Nor her eyes again be gladdened by the sight of the transparent firmament with its golden orb by day , and its silver moon and spangled vault by night , and its azure sky , and fleecy clouds swift _invveUing on the wings of the wind 1 So spring * Ko summer * No autumn * No whiter ; Mo in or ut Noday ? bnt night always f No green fields ? No sweet-smelling dowers t No crystal streamlets ? No birds twittering cheerfully on the dewy spray ! No relative or friend to cheer her solitude ? No hand of affection to smooth the pillow that supports her heated temples i No roice save her gaoler ' s to respond to her dying call 1 Must all this come to pass ? and she to foresee all and lire f The thought was death !
In Chapter 52 is an account ofthe end ofthe wretch Euenne Quinault , the notary of tbe Rue Vielle du Temple , and the accomplice and tool of D'Argenson , the infernal chief of the police . Quinault has been betrayed by D'Argenson , who comes to arrest him . The notary charges the Lieutenant of Police with treachery , who says : — "' Thou hadst no cause to suspect my sincerity . ''" And Ciiamillart ' sletter I" exclaimed Quinault— " Some secret enemy of thine , friend Etienne , against whom thou shouldst hasten to place thyself on thy guard . "—"' Tis thou—thou who art the secret enemy , " replied the notary with fearful energy . " I know it—I have received certain information tbat ' tasfAou . Proofs—palpable proofs too . Didst think I could always be thy fool—thy dupe ! Did I ever have reason to doubt thy sincerity , say est thou 1 Yes ,
often . True thou didst perform one of thy promises , bnt it wag because thou hadst yet foul work to do ! Even so lately as three months since , thou didit partly bribe , partly force me to—to forge a murdered man ' s signature to a deed intended to benefit thee alone ; then , thou diist rob me of sixty-fire thousand crowns ; then , finding me grow irksome , thou didst betray me , thinking thus to rid thyself of me for ever ! But no , Ihave had time to recall everything , to think upon everything , and to determine . An hour ago I was a coward— ! felt afraid to die ! Since then I hare made atonement for a few of my misdeeds ; I am now once more a man . A man such as I was , Sieur D'Argenson , before crime had weighed down my soul —a man sneh as thou wilt never be , for crime was horn in thee ! Thon hast deceived me ; I will have revenge for thy treachery , though I die for if *— " What—what
dost thou mean ! " interrupted D'Argenson , quailing , he knew not why , before the decrepid old man . "Thou bast no proof that Ihave deceived thee . "— " I have it here , " retorted the notary , striking his breast ; " " tis the presentiment of years fulfilled ! I know 'tis truth , because I feel it . Thou art a liar and a cheat ! Thou hast wrought my destruction , and I will be revenged . Those papers are no longer in mj possession . I haTe delivered them to one who will malts good use ol them . " — - _fbouliestrhissed D'Argenson ; "thou sayest this to cheat me . But I am not to be thus duped . 1 will ransack thy closets , thy chests , ay , even to tbe walls will I pull down but that I will nnd them . Ho ! without there !"Immediately upon hearing the signal , the door was thrust open , and a party of soldiers , five in number , entered . — " Seize your prisoner , " continued D'Argenson ,
rising from liis seat and pointing to the notary ; "in the name of the king I arrest him . " — - "Whilst two ofthe picket advnuced to apprehend Quinault _,. the remainder drew up in a line so as to bar _egress by the door ; however , before they could rvach him , he withdrew from his pocket a small phial that he had abstracted from his de » k whilst engaged in conversation with D'Argenson , and suddenly carried it to his mouth ; but perceiving tiie movement , and anticipating bis intention , the latter bounded to his -tide , and dashed the vessel from his hands ; the next moment he was straggling in the grasp ofthe soldiers . — " Ha ! ba ! ha ! " shrieked the lieutenant of police , with savage delight ; "fhonwiltbangyet . " — " My heaviest curse upon thee ! " mattered Quinault , fiercely , making desperate efforts to break from Ms captors ; " thou wert thc murderer ofthe Count de St . Angin ,
noti . 'Twas thou didst give me the poison . But thy turn will come ere long . My revenge shall reach thee yet . My everlasting "—" Away with him , fools ' . Jfort dieu . ' Do you intend to stand here all day % To the Bastiie with him—I follow . Tell St . Marc to—— . " At this moment Quinault , who had continued to struggle , suddenly fell back into the soldiers' arms ; D'Argenson uttered a faint exclamation of horror , and the men themselves shuddered and turned their heads . Quinault , overcome by intense excitement , and bursting with rage , in consequence of finding himself foiled in his meditated suicide , had ruptured a blood-vessel , and was now literally weltering in his blood , which gushed from his mouth and nose in one large continuous stream . There ensued a fearful pause tbat lasted some three or four minutes , all thc assistants being perfectly horrified , D'Argenson
himself not excepted . The notary , still conscious of all that had passed , and that his life was rapidly ebbing , made a dying effort to release himself from the soldiers , who no longer held hhn so firmly . For afew seconds the purple tide ceased to flow , and the moribond recovered himself sufficiently to stand erect ; fixing his eye * , fearfully distended , and _gleamin- ; with the unnatural light that belongs to them only when they are about to close upon the world for ever , full upon D'Argenson , he raised his bony hands high over his head , and uttered a few words , bnt so inarticulately they could not be understood ; then his arms dropped , and he once more staggered back , and would have fallen but for the soldiers ; bis face now became awfully distorted , every muscle ofit being frightfully contracted ; again he writhed , again stood erectagain extended his shrivelled hand
menac-, ingly towards his persecutor ; twice he gasped for breath , twice his jaw dropped , and a shudder passed through his frame ; at last he exclaimed , in a hollow , unearthly whisper , — " Cu—nrse thee ! " It was a last effort ; his head fell upon his breast—his legs bent beneath him , powerless—a gurgling noise was heard inhis throat—the blood once more rushed from his mouth and nostrils , saturating bis clothes , and those of the soldiers who held him ; he was dead . D'Argenson sunk into a chair gazing at the scene in silence . —** What shall we do witli hun , _monsefenaui * fashed one ofthe men . — The Keatenant Of police started . " Leave him there , " answered he ; "lay n ' im down . Return you to _yeur quarters . —The guards laid tiie dead man full length upon the gronud , in the pool his own blood had formed , and wheeling about withdrew . As soon as they were gone D'Argenson arose
U 1 U . ncu _. VICTIMS OF THE _BASTItE . It was midnight ! In the dungeon of the ditch of fhe Bertaudiere tower , sat two human being * -, the one an old , decrepid tnan , Kith a long beatd , white as snow , rcaebtt . g half way down liis scarcely clad body , whose flesh and muscle had wasted away from * his bone ' s , fibre by fibre , until nothing now remained save the thread upon which his life hung : _M-ho-e eves were lustreless , whose voice was tuneless , and
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whose hnrta were paralysed ; the other , a man in the full prune and rigour of youth , with the sineWs of an ox , the frameof an Hercules , the eyeof an eagle , and tke courage of a hon . Five and twenty years before , the old man had entered that den , tho living prototype of the younger man 1 The former was _recliniog npon a stona—his couchupon which the younger had spread the clean straw given him to form his own bed ; he had cast his cloak about his aged companion , whose head rested upon his shoulder , and one arm npon his knee ! the gray light of a foil moon streamed upon them through one long , narrow aperture , the only one by which air was admitted . The old man had not yet spoken to his _co-mate ; but he had wept because he was kind , and fallen asleep upon his bosom , like a child 1
Whilst the old man slept , the other watched , gazing upon his countenance the while , with the large tears rolling down his manly cheeks ! The two prisoners were Jacques and his father . . * * - * ¦ * - In the month of June , 1796 , were buried in fbecemetery , the bones of four persons found chained together in the dungeons of the Bastiie . A monument was rcised to their memory , bearing this inscription : " Beneath the very stones themselves of thc dungeons wherein they groaned , living , repose in peace four victims of despotism . Tlieir bones , discovered and collected by their free brethren , will not rise again until the day of Justice to confound their tyrants . ( To be continued . )
Tales Of Shipwrecks And Adventures At Se...
TALES OF SHIPWRECKS AND ADVENTURES AT _SEA-Paktb I . II . London : W . M . Clark , Warivicfc-. _'ane , Paternoster-row . This is a hi ghly-interesting publication , containing , as the title betokens , stirring tales , marvellous yet true , of battles , shipwrecks , discoveries , mutinies , encounters with pirates , hair-breadth escapes , funny adventures , and an endless variety of other matters illustrative ofthe wonders ofthe great deep , and the adventurous life of those who " go down to the sea in ships . " In the parts before us we have a history of the famous "Mutiny on board the Bounty , " "The Bombardment of Algiers , " " The Arctic Discovery Expedition , " " The Loss of the Kent Indiaman _, " an account of the "Dreadful Sufferings of Madame Denovre , " " The Loss ofthe Wager , " in which is
contained a narrative of the five years'' sufferings ol Lord Biros ' s grandfather , the celebrated " Foulweather Jack . " There is also an account of the "Robinson Crusoe of the Polar Regions , " whose _K-onderfui story , did a De Foe exist to write it , would throw that of Alexander Selkirk ' s iar into the shade . We have named the above as some of the principal ofthe contents ; they give , however , but avery inadequate idea of the mass of matter contained in the pages before us . For cheapness , instruction , and entertainment , this work will bear COmpari' . Ojl with any publication . These Tata are published in weekly penny numbers , and monthly sixpenny parts ; each number contains sixteen quarto pages , embellished with several excellent wood engravings . Tu the youth of our sea-girt isle this work will be a treat of no ordinary character , and we have much pleasure in giving it oar hearty recommendation .
The Meteor-Edited By J. L. Buckstosk-Mat...
THE METEOR-Edited by J . L . Buckstosk-Mat , Jnxi * . and _Jca-. r . London : _Wcsterton _, _Knightslril _' _, ©; _Vickeii-, nolyw » _U-striei . This is a monthly sixpenny magazine , three numbers of which have appeared ; that it has not been noticed in this paper before the present time is not our fault , as we only this week received the numbers for May , June , and July . We must confess that on looking through thc first number , our _"firat impressions" of the Meteor werc anything but favourable . The second and third
numbers , _however , Ndiibit a decided improvement : both in matter and appearance these two numbers are far superior to their predecessor . In the second number is given a steel engraving of B . Webster , Esc-., the talented and enterprising lessee of the Uas'tuarkefc Theatre , together with a brief sketch of that gentleman ' s theatrical career . In the same number is also contained a " Memoir of the late Robert Strickland" of the Haymarket Theatre : from this "Memoir" we give the following extracts : —
Mr . _Jiobert Strickland was born in November , tSOl ; his father was seal-bearer to lord Eldon . Mr . Strickland , a t an early age , was placed in the chambers of a barrister , where he remained till bis passion for the Stage induced him to try his success as an aetor in the provinces : after the usual probationary struggles of a youthful aspirant for theatrical honours , he was engaged at the Tottenham Street Theatre , then under the management of Mr . Beverley . In a sword-fight with "Mrs . II . Beverley , that lady , withher weapon , accidentally struck out several ofhis front teeth , a circumstance that induced him to turn his attention to the study of old men -. be shortly after wards appeared at Sadler's _VTells Theatre , then under the direction fo Mr . Egerton , of Covent Garden . At that period , Douglas Jerrold , then a very young man , there produced his first dramatic effort , " The Smoked Miser ; " itwas
greatly successful , and gave excellent promise of better things , a promise which its author has since so well performed . It is a singular and melancholy coincidence Ihat in that first effort of Douglas Jerrold , Mr . Strickland sustained the character of one of the old men ofthe dramatis persona ? , while tbe last original part that lie performed was Professor Truffles , in Mr . Jerrold's last eotnedy of " Tta _» e Works Wonders . " Attar his engagement at Sadler ' s "Wells , Mr . Strickland considered , for the better study ofhis art , that he should return to the provinces . At Liverpool , be fulfilled an engagement of many seasons at the Liver Theatre , where he became so great afavourite that the managers of the Theatre Royal proposed that he should join their company , a proposal which he accepted . At tins promotion in his profession , a large party of gentlemen of the town oftirerpool presen ted liim with a silver
snuff-box , on which the names of all the parties who so honoured him were inscribed . Mr . Stuart , ofthe Haymarket Theatre , then the leading tragedian ofthe Theatre Royal , Liverpool , and his •» erj old acquaintance , was a gratified and active member of the committee on thc occasion . After some time , he returned to the metropolis , and appeared at the Strand Theatre , in an introductory piece written hy Mr . Li-man Rede : hero he attracted the notice of Mr . Mortis , the manager of the Haymarket Theatre , who , on the retirement of Mr . Gattie from the profession , engaged Mr . Strickland to supply that performer ' s place . He made his first appearance as Sir Walter lmtoxx , in "KilUug no Murder , " onthe 4 th June 1833 , and continued a member of the Haymarket until the time of his death , yearly advancing in his art , admired by the public , and respected by till who knew him . During the
vacations at the Haymarket , he entered into engagements at Covent Garden Theatre , and the St . James's ; at the latter house he greatly distinguished himself , by his excellent acting in " TheMiser's Daughter . " On Saturday , the _Stifh of April , 1815 , Mr . _Jerroldprodnctdhis comedy of " Time Works Wonders , " in whicli Mr . Strickland admirably performed the character of Professor Truffles . He complained ofbeing indisposed at the time , and a night or two afterwards his indisposition appeared greatly to increase , though none of his friends were alarmed , or at all apprehensive that his illness was of so serious a nature as it proved to be ; he continued acting till Saturday , 10 th of May : his'anxiety that tlte success of
the comedy should not be disturbed by his absence , was such , that , for several nights , he left his dying bed , as it really was , to fulfil his duties at the theatre . His friends were now anxious that he should remain at home , and after leaving the theatre on Saturday , the 10 th of May , he _coatinued to keep his bed till the Sunday night , eight days afterwards , when he expired , Only those who wcre present could know thc anxiety that prevailed amongst all his many friends and colleagues , and their bitter sorrow when they found he was no more . He was interred in thc St . Pancras Cemetery , in the same grave with his mother , in accordance with his expressed wish to that effect , followed by all the members of the Haymarket company , and many perfoimers from the various theatres iu tlte
metropolis and the provinces . There are two or three good articles in the third number , the most striking of whicli is a translation from the Freioh , entitled "The Life of Talma , " the celebrated French tragedian . " Paris and its People" is a good article ; there is also a humorous account of the eccentric " Captain Ackerly , " and his original " Lectures in St . James ' s Park . " In the three numbers is a " Story" by Mr . Ciunb-es Wtamaos , entitled " Emily Morton ; or a Broken Heart , " wliich we must confess wc have not read , the title being quite sufficient for us ; we have , however , read two other contributions by the same writer—the one , "A visit to Uever Castle , Kent ;" the other , " The Sham Fight in Hyde Park ; both theatrical
good . There are some well-written notices in the -Meteor , -which , indeed , seems to have for one of its principal objects the popularising of dramatic , matters . Politicians , lawyers , cliurciimen , artists , soldiers , sailors , and nearly all classes have their respective organs in the press ; we do not see , therefore , any good reason why p layers should form an exception to other classes . No body oi men have at their command a richer fund ol entertainment for readers in general than what may be selected from the boundless stores of histrionic lore ; a judicious selection from which would , almost ot itself , ensure the triumph of any publication , we must , however , in consc usnee add , that the Mtteor must shine brighter than it has yet done to ensure that
" Consummation devoutly to be wished -success ; at the same time , we hope thai , the writers therein wiil be encouraged to greater efforts oy tue patronage of the public , who may lay out tlieir sixpeucesmuch -worse than in the purDhas 6 0 l tua Meteor .
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TEE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE . I Part VII . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , -Dukestreet , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . This part of the Entertaining _Magarixxe brings to a conclusion Euoese Sen ' s celebrated " 3 htilda . There are abo several other excellent tales and romances contained in this part . A feature m tins publication is the giving in each number a page ot " Materials for Meditation , " consisting p i original »» " selected aphorisms and reflections on history , morals , and manners . We give two or three specimens : — Woman . — Shrink not from a woman of strong sense ; fov if she becomes attached to you , it is from seeing and
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viewing the differe-tt qualities w yourself ; you may tfll « t her , for she knows tft * value of your confidence ; you may consult her , for she is able to advise , and does so at once , with tho firmness of reason and consideration of affection ; her love is lasting , and it will not have been lightly won ; for weak minds ore not capable of the loftiest grades of passion A TiiEORr of _iovjs . —He knew that love , without a prospect of success , can never stand the test of lengthened absence . The reward which the future " , holds out keeps the flame alive , and our imagination cools when we know the object to be beyond reach . In order to retain our eagerness , we must be everapprdaching , ' but never reaching the desired end , for ever as possession tames , so hopelessness crushes the strongest passion .
A _IlEiiTHr _Recbeatiow . —Among the pleasant employments wliich seem peculiarly congenial to the fomale S « _, the Culture of flowers stands conspicuous . The general superintendence of a garden has been repeatedly found favourable to health , by lending to freq-uent _mercisc in the open air , and that communion with nature ivhieh _xb equally refreshing to the heart . The tending of flowers is a fitting care for tho young and beautiful . They then dwell , as it were , among their own emblems , and many a voice of wisdom breathes on the ear from those brief blossoms , to wliich tliey apportion the dew and the sunbeam .
Despair . —Is not grief without hope—is not regret foi that which can never be restored—is not _sorrowfor what is irrevocable-are not these despair 1 " You shall listen to that voice , you shall behold that form no more ! " la not this mandate in itself despair 1 A writer , more skilled , perhaps , than any other in the anatomy of passion and sorrow ( Miidain de Stael ) , has somewhere said , that in our language , these two words ko houe ! possess , in their very intonation , a greater power of mournfulnesi and gloom than any other expression that was known to her . And so , indeed , it is . The sense nnd the sound mutually uccord with each other ; they form the knell of expiringhope , fhe befitting voice of despair .
-lheZon ( fo » - J _& i _*;« ffain % Magazine is one of the cheapest and best publications of the day , and well woitliy the public ' s patronage .
Tiie Mysteries Of Pakis. By Eugene Sub. ...
TIIE MYSTERIES OF PAKIS . By Eugene Sub . Translated from the revised Paris edition , with explanatory notes , by Henbt Dowses Mh . es . London : W . M . Clark , Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row . This " People ' s Edition" of the famous Mysteries of Paris forms the first portion of Mr . _Ciark ' s complete and uniform edition of the works of Euobim" Si / k , intended to be published uniform with " The People ' s edition ot Cooper ' s Novels , " issued . by the same publisher .. Without now offering a word as to the merits ofthe work , on which we may have something to say on another occasion , wc must confess that this is the cheapest edition of the Mysteries we have yet seen . The entire volume—the work complete—is sold for _half-a-crown . For the convenience of the humblest it is also published in numbers at
thveehalfpence , containing sixteen closely printed pages , each number being embellished with a well-executed wood-cut . Tho mass of type contained in one of these three-halfpenny numbeis is truly astonishing ; and although , of necessity , the letter is exceedingly small , yet it is perfectly clear , and may be read without any trouble . ' Tbe text we believe to be unexceptionable , the translation being from the most veceat Paris edition , as revised and corrected hy-M . Eugene Sue himself . This edition contains also the explanatory and illustrative notes , so useful to the English reader . Indeed the arrangement throughout is such as to warrant us pronouncing this well worthy of the title of " The People ' s Edition . " It is certain that if the public desire a cheap book , and publicsp irited enterprise meets its reward , this edition ol the Mysteries of Paris will have an immense circulation .
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TIIE FAMILY HERALD _.-Pahts 25 , 26 .-London : 6 . Biggs , 421 , Strand . These parts ( 2-5 , 26 , ) are the first two of the third volume , and well sustain the character which the preceding portions of this _pqbiication have won for it . The Family Herald has " commanded success" by "deserving it , " and we are happy to learn , from an editorial notice contained in the first number ofthe new volume , that" the Herald has attained the great distinction o being the highest in circulation of the English periodicals . " We rejoice to know this , because the Herald 19 ft publication every page of which must have a beneficial effect upon its readers . It is impossible for us to give even a catalogue of the excellent contents of these parts , and as to canvassing the merits of each particular number , that , with the limited space wc have at command , is out of the question . The Family Herald must be seen and read to have its merits appreciated , no description can do it justice .
There arc some admirable articles from the pen ol the editor in these two parts , on " Art and Nature ;" "The Religions Propagandas ;" . " The Character of Woman ; " " Nationality—the good and the evil of it ; " "Superstition ; " "Friendship ; " " SecularEducation ; " " Roads ; their influence in promoting the progress of society ; " and "National Independence . " Of course we do not agree with all the views of thc editor of the [ Herald , —that is , we cannot see as ho secs , * --and probably many ofhis readers will be in a like position ; still , all must admit that in the articles wo have named there is abounding food for thought and meditation , upon subjects of the utmost importance to mankind individually and socially . We give two extracts , the first from the article on "Nationality , " tho second from that on " Secular Education : "—
onaiity . The evil of national law-making becomes more and more apparent daily , as civilisation advances . When nations have little intercourse with one another , tho evil is not perceptible . It is not perceptible in China , for China is an empire which is complete in itself . It is not very perceptible in ltussia , for a similar reason ; but in all kingdoms and republics which cultivate social and commercial relationships with other kingdoms and republics it creates enibnrrassmentsfor governments to whicli there seems no possible termination , except in thc establishment of an imperial system—the promulgation of an imperial code for all nations . To legislate for Englishmen only i _> now an impossibility , because Englishmen are noiv cosmopolites in spirit and adventure . They are denizens of France and of Spain , as well as of England . Tliey have
capital vested in * Frnneo and Spain ; ihe _* _,-l . avesymp » tiiies , relationships , with these and other countries which their fathers had not ; and these new relationships have so expatriated patriotism itself , so denationalised and expanded it , that we are driven by necessity into a universality of legislation and a unity of authority . The want of this universality and unity is already severely felt in many particulars . * We may mention that of copyright in books as an example . "Whilst nationalism exists in Us old-fashioned alien state , an English book might be printed abroad in so cheap a . style as lo destroy the author's chance of remuneration in any other countiy but his own . He writes tor all nations , hut he is paid hy one only . An imperial law would settle this and all other similar questions . We are approaching the idea of this in our police arrangements . A eriminal may be pursued
from one country to another ; but even this is dogged with so many formalities of transferences of power , that a delinquent in general considers himself very safe when he has made his escape into another nation . This weakness of justice is all the result of the want ot imperial union . An empire is wanted to make nations one ; not to destroy the relative individuality of the natiotts , _lutto unite them by a common law and by common interests , so that nations shall seem rather to be provinces of one great nation , or empire , than independent legislative powers . The only power that can legislate with propriety and with justice is an imperial power . With such a power in society , Prance would hut be busying herself , like a madcap , building fortifications , passing votes for thc supply of armaments for walls and detached forts ; 'nor would
Great Britain be strengthening _Uer navy , and conciliating the Irish by puny grants , on purpose to prepare for offence aud defence , in case of a war with America about a tract of uninhabited land . Louis Philippe bas boasted that he would render it impossible that there could be another war in Europe—a vain boast for a fortifier of cities . What is the cause of war but nationalism , or Gentilism ? Destroy that cause , or subdue if by a power that is greater than itself , and you destroy war for ever . But Louis Philippe has never even suggested the idea of an imperial power—never , apparently , even thought of that which his own religion , if he ever studied it very seriously , might have taught him was the only possible , and withal the predestinated mode of putting an end tostrife amongst thc nations .
• EDUCATIOK . in a national college at Rome , Roman theology may be taught , because there arc no sects in Rome to contend thc matter . In Constantinople also , Mahomedan theology may be taught , for a similar reason . Ia King's college , theology may be taught to Tory men and Churchmen . In a Westeyan or Baptist college , theology may be taught to VYesleyans or Baptists . But in a national college in such a country as ours , theology cannot be taught , for this very reason , that there is not a national theology . We cannot teach Protestant theology to Irish Catholics , we cannot teach Catholic theology to Irish Protestants , and there is no theology known which will suit them both , and no professor can be found to whom both would , listen ; nor would two professors , one for each party suffice . Each Protestant sect would then claim its professor , and justice could not , with propriety , say nay to such a demaud . Government , therefore , in feuuding a national college in these modern dissenting timen , must either exclude theology , or the _colli-go fails to possess the nationality which it bOHStS Of . # * * *
Education must be _impeifect , because man himself is imperfect . How can we teach until we bo taught _? How can the aged teach the younger , when the aged themselves so much require instruction 1 What can we toach nationally 1 Only that upon which we are nationally agreed . We are nationally agreed upon arithmetic , therefore we can teach arithmetic in a national institution . No party will find fault with this . This , is _ali-importnttt i to practical men . Wc vmvj also teach English reading and writing , for there is no dispute about these . _Iteaclin-r , vrit ' n ; -, imu arithmetic , tliese three , " them ' s" the things for a national education , The rest being particular , should be left to particular _iii'livisiniils . Some dispute the use of Latin and Greet . Old Cobbett would have none of them—the stout old _E'lelislt gentleman . As for botany _, i eonclwlogy _, mhieialogv , civil ' engineering , » nl all the
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Other mysteries of art and science , they ar » all professional . The three fundamental alone are unprofessional . But in order that a _unirenicy may be , in ' fact , something like wi'at it is in name , let all professional sciences be taught in it , if they can be taught . Civil engineering and mechanics can be taught—tliere are no sectarian divisions in these ; mineralogy can be taught—there is not a Protestant and Catholic , Episcopalian and Presbyterian " mineralogy . If there werc , it could not be taught . What can be taught nationally is very easy to determine . It is that which sectarianism has not _rcntintorags and tatters —that which retains its integrity , its totality—that wliich
all parties will be pleased to leam from him who ia skilled in it . That may be taught without offence . But eaeh sect , wbilstit objects not to tbis , wilt have something else taught to please itself , forgcMitlg flint in pleasing itse _* tf , itisdispUasin' ; others ; « iat i » consulting its own comfort , it is discomposing others . When men arrive at uniformity in faith , theology will take the very highest place in education . Bnt till that happy period ' of uniformity arrive , the independence of mind * ,, created by the liberty of private judgment , will overrule any attempt to establish new national institutions upo * partial principles _.
We again recommend the Family Herald to ODr readers ; its merits entitle it to universal patronage .
A Bowl Off ' "Punch," Fresh Brewed. As W...
A BOWL Off ' "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . As we have never taken an article , or even a single line from Punch without acknowledgment ,, we have no qualms of conscience in republishing ¦ the following article from the pages of our ill-usedT eontemporary . Wc have not only acknowledged all we have copied from Punch , but , with few exceptions , our selections from that publication have appeared in the Northern Star when _the"humbet * ot Ptmek from which they wero copied was a week old ( we have departed from this rule in the present instance * ) .
and when , therefore , it was impossible that any injury could be done to 'Punch , while at the same time . the selections copied were calculated toinstruct , improve , entertain , and delight our readers , many of whom , from their boloncing to tho worst-used and worst-paid sections of tho _working classes , hare it not in their power to Jay out even threepence weekly in the purchase of Punch . We may add , however , that wc know—and it is no small satisfaction to usthat our selections from . Punch have done much to extend the sale of . onr contemporary amongst the class of better-paid artisans who read the Star .
rUKCH AND THE " PICKERS AND SISALEBS . " Old Plutarch speaks of a little bird that lives by picking its daily morsels from the teeth of the alligator . Now Punch , though most unlike an alligator , has , who shall say how many , of these living toothpicks ? Not a tit-bit can he have in his mouth , but thievish birds—literary jays and magpies—clamour about bis jaws to carry the morsel off . True , in his charity for all mankind , it may be some consolation for him to know that these daily morsels aiford nourishment to many , who , _foreeoins the larceny , would necessnrilv
be doomed to the ignominy of honest lab-bur , Nevertheless , when a man ' s pooket is p icked of a ' guinea , the loser—unless most harmoniously touched by divine ' philosophy—finds little satisfaction in the thought that the thief can regale himself with rumpsteak and-pnrt by . means ofthe plunder . Punch is now little , better than four years old ; and never was any creature . ef that tender " age more barbarously stripped than he . Petty larceny quili-nibbers of all sorts have plucked at him . Even tho great Vidocq would be tasked to classify the foolscap thieves that have beset him .
Poremostin the rank are the pen-and-ink swindlers : the fellows wlm come before the town looking as much like Punch , in the cut of their page , and pattern of their cover , as they can , tbat they may obtain some _three-halfnences , under false pretence ; in fact , cheating and embezzling under tho guise of Punch . Alas ! as the song says , " they flutter and they die ! " Punch , though but four years old , may say with Nestor , "three generations of men ( grubs ) have I beheld on green Pylos . " It is a pity that tho present imperfect state of society does not afford us a literary police-court , whereat such offenders might be justly sentenced . Then might we see even Lards picking rags for paper ; aye , men of "high rank , " as the-gentle Ainsworth , " ever in the haunch" of his advertisement sings , doomed to manipulate printers' ink for the use and bcnelit of worthy pressmen . Every honest soul must- sigh for such a tribunal ; but then , how muoh has honesty to sigh for in this slippery world !
Thesccond class of robbers are those who , ' struggling for Punch yet reeking from the press , in a few hours afterwards oppose hiin on the mart with some of his choice articles . Honest this , isn't it ? to steal the golden pippins from a man ' s garden , and then , bringing tliem to market , to put them oil ; ' against their kindred apples at half price . But then , thieves can afford to undersell the folks they rob ; and there arc people who love a bargain so passionately , that they cannot nose in it any taint of moral felony , though strong enough to poison Newgate . The next class of forlorn criminals comprises those who weekly fill their columns from Punch , never naming their benefactor , but putting off their goods as their own peculiar make . Benighted men—besotted creatures ! And can ye—in thc low wriggling of your souls—can ye hope that the robbery passes undetected by the world ? If the bold Blood had made off with the regalia , would the magnificent thief have walked the streets with a crown on his head ,
insanely believing that men would think the glory his own private property ? And yet tliere are newspaper thieves who weekly crown themselves with our Caudle cup , and , in their forlornncss of intellect , hope the Cup will be taken as a thing of their own family . We now give them warning : if this wickedness continues , we shall gibbet the names of the robbers . Though we should as soon hope to call blushes into tho dust of Jonathan Wild aj to shame these people into truth , —nevertheless , for the sweetness oi our own private revenge , wc _u-iVigibbet them ! Wc find another sneaking class in those who , imitating the outside look of Punch , call him their " friend , " and modestly ask thc world to receive them also for tlieir "friend ' s " sake . Avamit * Clutch not hold of our robe ; seek not—monkey-like—the eminence of our hunch ! Punch loves to believe that he has friends ; men with honest laces , and plain hearty words of their own ; not gentry of the swell mob of letters—smashers worthy of a literary _TothiH
Fields . Again are we robbed and shamefully disfigured by the stage-thief ; bj ; the man who , scissors in hand , and his eye twinkling on paste-pot , watches the birth of the new book , clothing and feeding Himself , Hottentot-like , with its intestines . And this man has the same relation to the dramatist as Old Fagin has to Samuel Rogers , banker—stolen pockct-hauclkcrchieft to virgin bullion ! And thus , by this man , is chaste and decorous Mrs . Caudle—one lump of propriety as she is . '—belied and slandered at a playhouse in Oxford-street ! And Puxxck—save in the boundless sympathies of all honest men—has no redress . Nevertheless , wc kere declare war—inextinguishable war—against the " Pickers and Stealers . " We will erect a weekly pillory , and woe to the offenders . Punch dixit !
Grenerat, Ponald M'Lkod. — A Corresponde...
_GrENERAt , Ponald M'Lkod . — A correspondent of the Pnffalo Commercial Advertiser says . — "This distinguished veteran , who took an active part'in the late Canadian rebellion , and who has been an exile in this country since 1837 , has received an unconditional pardon from Sir Charles Metcalfe , Governor of Canada , and is on his way to report himself to'the Canadian authorities nt Montreal . General M'Leod was one of the patriot leaders excluded from tlic benefits of the general _aiuuetty granted by Lord Durham in 1800 . During the _nLellion rewards wcre offered for his person , uy the Canadian authorities , to the amount of 10 , 000 dollars , besides a reward of 500 dollars , offered by Governor Marcy , of this state , for his apprehension for a violation of our neutrality laws . Alter the burning of the Robert Peel , hc was
pursued on this side from one end of thc frontier to the other , and , after many hair-breadth escapes , was arrested near Detroit , tried , and acquitted . General M'Leod was informed some two years ago , by the Canadian authorities , that he would be allowed to return on his asking permission to do so . This offer was rejected with disdain . During his exile , the General has published a history of the Canadian rebellion , in which he has given a brief and spirited view of thc causes wiiich led to it , the unfortunate events which caused its failure , and the sacrifices , loss oflife , and miseries endured by the people of Canada ( _liirinsr its _nrosress . A considerable portion of his
time has been spent in visiting the west , and preparing a work on the history , geology , topography , and natural resources of Wisconsin , whicli is now ready for the press , and wiil bo published in a few months . The pardon of General M ' Leod , unsolicited as it lias teen , will give universal satisfaction to thc Reformers of Canada , and will tiniloubtetlly . add much to the popularitv of Sir Charles Metcalfe . Tlio pardon will also bo gratifying to the General ' s numerous friends throughout the length and breadth of this frontier . The General will now return and obtain possession ef his extensive property , after having suffered much poverty and hardships during his exile . "
Uirkiniiead Market . —The new market-house at Birkenhead was opened on Saturday , and presented a most livelv scene . The building is one of the largest in the kingdom , and certainly superior to anything in its admirable arrangements and accommodations . Large quantities of eatables of all sorts were _tiisnlaved at the various stalls , and the _purchasesi made were such as to ensure success to the renters oi shops and stalls . The entire cost oftho building is _ahiut _l- _' _-H _DfiO and there can be but ono opinion as to the _fcfe S _skm _Sf « t « l in every department ot this valuable addition to the township .
Tin * Apolio . — The gratifying intelligence nf tl e _sifc _irrival of the Apollo troop ship at Que ee _. _tn the _l- 'th of June , was received at Lloyd ' s on [' _ritft-y , Julvllth .
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Pki . _ncklv PitKCAiiTiON . —It is rumoured that Louia | Philim e is in treaty with the proprietor of the Electric Gun for the purchase of the secret of _it-iconstruc * tion ; for , since the statement has been _published that it discharges 1 , 000 balls a minute , his Mnjcsty has been im . st anxious to get the gun into life own hands , lest its deidly powers should ever be tried upon sonic of the finest buildings in Prance . p * ar _*» ticulaily the _foitilications of Paris . Should tha secret be brought up , we advise his French _IV _' aje ity to have-boards set up the whole length of ' tIie <«« '« _M- _' .. < . < - » . - ttnitee _, with the inscrption of " Electric Gun set 0 B these premises . " It will cffcctunllv save his subjects the simme of any more " glorious" days of July . —
Legai , & ETMBimos . —Considerable sensation has been excited among that happily linn ' _-cd portion of the bar whieh comprises attorney , com eil , c _' rrk , and client , all i » one , by the nnceremo « _ioi , 8 disrobing of one of the c ? ew , which the Benchers of _Grav ' -- Inn have Tory _pr-jjerly resorted ter . ' I'he learned indtVl « duals who hang about the _cn-fcaldrti * of the * Old Bailey , extending tliewbags for briefs and l » tding out their wigs in thc hoje of getting fees thrown into * them , haye been subjected to a _heaiy Blow and great _discoiiragement . Self-instruction may be all very _vrell in an educational * sense , but when a council begins instructing _himsclfi- the transaction is swe to bo dubious . We are delighted a * the _detem-inatioirof thc Benchers , of Gray ' s Inntv keep * the _forer-sie bombazih unsullied , and the white cravat of ther Courte completel y spetiess . Thc wig ofthe _advocato ought not to be even suspected , let ** he bring down the ? local horse-hair in shame and sorrow to thc _* _graro . —• _.... _.- — 0— . ...
Ibid , Tuk Mosaic _Cromw-jiu — _ConsiteaBle sensation has been created throughout the country by tiie expected dissolution of tho * Parliament through ; the seizure of its goods and ohattcls . The celebrated passage in history which * describes- the- entrance Of Cromwell _andjiisjsoldiers into the House ofGommons-, when the Protector , pointing tothe Speaker ' s mace , bid them "take away that bauble !! ' is likely tO'find a parallel in the proceedings in-Howard v . Gossettthough the actors in the scono will be much moreignoble than those who took part in the affair that happened at the time of the-Commonwealth . Itis anticipated that the part of Gromwelland the soldiers will be personated by Officers of the SlieriJr _'* " and tho words , " Tnke away that brvuble ! "" will be used in tho sense of "Seize that nmcein execution- ! "' If the House of Commons should have all its- sticks seized , what on earth will become of SirTalentine Blake and a few others 1—lbid .
rBEMKNDOUS SUFFERINGS OF _JllB : _HoiJiSH'norD' _Baroaw _* . —The papers have the _following article r— " The ? Household Brigade . On the 1 st Mv the 1 st Life Guards will march from Regents Park to- Hyde Park ; the 2 nd Life Guards from- Hyde Park " to Windsor ; and the Royal Horse Guardb from Windsor to _Regent ' s Park . " Bless the gallant fellows , wherever they go f Every Briton ' s heart must kindle as he reads ot their heroic hardships _antf-wblmcK ' _airantry . —Ibid . ° Mikk Gibbs and _Biixv GmDs . —The Lord Mayor was placed in an awkward situation the other day by the lollowing burst of honest indignation Irom the _li-ra ' ul a policMiWii , at the _Mj- _'iiii-n-Jimiou * _ - _** -Wj . ' Lord , this Billy Gibbs is one of the worst characters
we arc acquainted with , and 1 should be glad to know whether I am not at liberty to apprehend him in this case . " Whether it was tenderness towards a namesake , or for some other cause , wc know not , bnt certain it is , that Mike Gibbs would not _sancfion the apprehension of Billy Gibbs : "for , " said the Lord Mayor , "I cannot see any ground for apprehending Billy Gibbs in the present ease : but , as ho is a person of such desperate character , he must in all probability soon fall into tho hands of the police , " Mike Gibbs thinks there is no occasion for Billy Gibbs tobe brought to book at present . His time ' will come some day or other , and so there is to lie no hurry . Mike Gibbs disapproves of Billy Gibbs boing called to account just at present . —Ibid .
Irish Conit > : sroNDKSCE . —Mr . Smith O'Brien will not attend the committee of any English railway . To state this , ho has written a very long letter . This was certainly the most Hibernian method of informing the British public hc wanted "to drop a few lines . "—Ml .
EPIonAM On Dr . Reid ' s being allowed to ventilate the Houses of Parliament hy _aliex-nate _blast-i of hot and cold air . Peel ' s patronage of Ilr . Itci _. 1 Is very natural indeed , For no one need be told The worthy scientific man Is acting on tbe Premier ' s plan Of blowing hot and cold . Everybody , from the Thunderer , in Printing-housesquare , down to tlic Cabinet of Catnach—froin tho palace to the prison , if the truth were told , concurs m despising what Canning would have alJitcratively _designated the execrable expediency of the miserable Minister .
DAS ' S _BORDOWKB LlOHTS . —The Morning Post Las denuded Dan O'Connell of all his acumen and brilliancy as a public orator , by declaring of him , in reference to his head Pacificator and his Conciliation Secretary , that he derived all his brightness from hia Kay , and all his sharpness from his Steele ! __ Tub Two _Giikat Scotch Rats . —Forbes Mackenzie , thc new Treasury Lord , is admitted by all parties to be thc largest rat that has been imported from Scotland since the memorable Sir George Warrender . Mackenzie ' s pedigree and performances arc worthy of the attention of the curious . Some may be old enough to remember that Warrender , who hud always been a great supporter of thc Whig interest , all ofa
sudden went over to the Tr easury _benclte . ' , Castlereagh being then at the height ofhis power ; but the _conSi ' _stcnew of Sir George Provender ' s conduct was in a few days accounted for , he liaving accepted the appointment of one of thc Lords of the Admiralty . When the Admiralty accounts came before ihe House of Commons , which happened soon after Warrender ' s appointment , one of the items stated was a charge for killing rats , UPOU which Whitbrcad rose and proposed that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the _prouri-ity cf the chftYgc , as " the largest rat hail been left unkilled . " The hon . baronet rose in a fury , and expressed a fervent hope that Whitbrcad meant nothing personal .
Reasonably Mad ' . —The authorities of tho town of ' Greenwich have issued a proclamation to the local . police to destroy all wandering dogs who may bo _. " suspected reasonably mad . " The matter being Icf 6 i to the judgment of the policemen on duty , mid thero ) being moreover so many strange dogs about Greenwich t and the suburbs , the question ot king reasonably _t mad becomes rather difficult of solution . A Few Nkw Words for _Gxnsral _Circulatios . — - _Albex-tise : To fail in design , to niter for the worse . . _* .
Broughamdicote : To talk a great deal to little e purpose . Bitnxiic-Verse : A term applied to poetry , _jr , or compositions , not understood , or if understood , d , not worth understanding . iJHen / irojcct / i-n . * The act ct of sending a wanderer home to his friends against his lis own will . Ferrandic : Fabulous , very imaginative , "e . _Cilbsidioxis : Unaccountable . _( _jrraAamiCive . * Inqui-. Usitive about other people ' s affairs . Oconnellization : i ; Distraction , anarchy , confusion , discord , also teggary . ry . Peeloric : Ambiguous . Peelversotious : Given to to turning , ' not to bedepended upon .
An _Intkiikstixc Rkiic—The coat which Sir R . R . Peel turned on Catholic Emancipation was latcly-. cly traced to the possession of a poor widow of a Jcwcw _clothesmaii , who asked for it thc sum of Cs . 3 d . Thel'lie author of the book called Sir Robert Peel ' s _O-ii ' moiisioits proposed to purchase it by subscription , and aiistwaswas commenced accordingly ; but an exalted _persc-nngungc hearing of the circumstance becamo the purshiiscr ofcr oi it on the widow ' s terms , and testified much fvelinelinf-j on receiving the garment , which is to be deposited irsd in a museum at Turnstile . There are clear marks oks oi the coat of the Premier ' s wear on both sides ofitafit ; and the trace is loft of the Relief Bill when Sin Sii Robert had it hidden in his sleeve . — _£ . v «» iin _*; r .
The Late Laman Blanchard . —Poor Blanchawhav had ever a ready wit—quick _sch-. tillating sparks » ks < i talent and vivacity , ready to fly out at every stroMrol ; from the hammer of that Ii \ ely blacksmith , Convcrsvcrs ; tion . He wa s one of the editors ofthe Tmc Sue S _> , newspaper , at the time that Grant and Bell wcre th * e til iiroprietnvs ; and tie 'after , in spite of Sergeargea , falfourd ' s aid , and Bel ' s own powerful _cloquentjuenc : were mulcted in the pi r . alty of imprisonment in t in t ; Queen ' s Bench . Thitiraiior pciitieal _l . bp ) ; ar ; ar : as far as their conduct wiw concerned , was _dcemleenn by tho public honour , rather than obloquy . _AluAlm oi ' thc name of Bull , was employed by Mr . Bell Bell run backwards and forwards , from the prison torn to
office ofthe paper . And from the peculiarity city oi physiognomy , in which an enormously _laroc _moe mon nearly swalli wed all the reBt ofthe eounteiiance , ance ,, was called " Bull and Mouth . " Oneday this boy j boy lingered most provokingly on an errand of importaportau and returned to present liis message just at the . the ment when Mr . Bell was surrounded by a bevn bev _;; friendly visitors , of whom Blanchard was ono . no . dsnm'd him soundly ; and was only stopped hied hm lingual sweeps of indignation by the laughter wter wr choked his utterance , at hearing Blanchard sard mj the rest of the company— " 1 can't stand this mlii _* . _wt poly , by gad , —why , here ' s thc junction of thaof thai ) coach offices , Bull and Mouth , and Bell-Savage ivnge
_Olu Saxon . —On turning to the " Saxon ChromJhronii and taking a sentence from thc first _jiassajjiassaj _*!* meet with , wc find nearly every word _.-js-similntimilntiii ouv modern English * . —Brittene izlr _^ d is ehlai ehlai milalang , awl twa . nima- brad , axul her _sindosindoi izland fif yethcode . The island "Brittain hundred miles long , and two hmiured are in tbis island five _nationi * . ADesirmjw . Cobrrsi o _** mi ** * —An states thatthe Emperor of China has s _* . x IV ct long and three feet wide to the thc United States . It is filled with Io _* . c ami _c-stcciu . Thc document was i . si k case , whicli was ag iu inserted in
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 19, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19071845/page/3/
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