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      Beautiesof'syron. So. —7~ "Caithe. Hasot...

      _BEAUTIESOF'SYRON . so . —7 ~ _"CaitHE . _HASOtD . " : _.,-. Canto IV . opens with the following magnificent I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs ; . . _ _j ace _anda prison on each band j saw _fh > m ont the _waveher structures rise _^ sfrom t hestroke of the enchanter ' swand _^ thonsana yearstheir elondyvringsfacpana - '" Ajound me , and a dying Glory smiles . O ' er the far times , when many a subject land _^ ook'd to the tring * d Lion ' s marble piles , _ffjit-ra Venice sat in state , thronei on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea _Cybele , fresh from Ocean ,

      rosing with net tiara of proud towers _j _, t erery distance , with majestic motion , A . Tula ofthe waters and their powers : _jind such she was ; her daughters had their dowers i * ro ; n spoils of nations , and the eihaustless East pour _* d in her lap all gems in sparkling showers . In purple was she robed , and of her feast _jlooarchs partook , and deem'd their dignity increased _, jn Venice Tasso ' s echoes are no more , And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore , And music meets not always cow the ear : Those days are gone—but Beauty still is here .

      States fall , arts fade 4 —but Nature doth not die , _Koryet forget how Tenice once was dear , tbe pleasant place of all festivity , _jhe revel of the earth , the mask of Italy ! But unto us ( die hath a spell beyond gcr name in story , and her long array Of mighty shadows , whose dim forms disposed Above the dogeless city ' s _vanish'dsway ; _flnrs is a trophy which will not decay Wiih _thefi' talto ; Shylockandtbeiloor , And Pierre , can not he swept or . worn away . The keystones ofthe arch 1 though all were o ' er , for ns re-peopled were the solitary shore .

      • the beings ofthe mind are not of clay ; Essentially immortal , they create And multiply in us a brighter ray And mere beloved existence : that which Pate Prohibits to dull life , in this our state Ofmortal bondage , by these spirits supplied , lirst exiles , then replaces what we hate . Watering the heart whose early flowers bave died _. And with a fresher growth replenishing the v « d . * * . * The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord ; And annual marriage now no more renew _e d , The Bacnrtaur lies rotting nnrestored , Keglected garment of lier widonhood ' St . Hark yet sees his Lion where h ? stood

      Stand , bnt in mockery of lis wither d power , Over the proud place where an Emperor sued , And monarchs gazed and envied in the hour _ffiien Tenice w » s a queen with an unequnll'd dower , fhe _Soahian sued , and now the Austrian reigns—An Emperor tramples where an Emperor knelt ; Kingdoms are shrunk to provinces , and chains Clank over sceptred cities ; nations melt From power's liigh pinnacle , when they have left The sunshine for a while , and downward so Like lauwine loosen'd from the mountain ' s belt ;

      Oh for one hour of blind old __ D andolo ! Ti * Octogenarian chief , Byzantian ' s conquering foe . Before St . Mark still glow his steeds of brass _. Their gilded collars glittering in the sun ; Eat is not Dona ' s menace come to pass S Arc they not bridled . '— -Tenice lost and won , Her thirteen hundred years of freedom done , _Siaks , like a sea-weed , into whence _^ she rose ! " Setter be whelm'd beneath the waves' and shun , I _ _ven in destruction ' s depth her foreign foes , From whom submission wrings an infamous repose .

      Statues of glass—all shiverM—the long file Of her dead Doges are declined to dust ; But where tbey dwelt , the vast and sumptuous pile . Bespeaks tbe pageant of their splendid trust ; Thar sceptre broken , and their sword in rust , Have yielded to the stranger ; empty halls _. Thin streets , and foreign aspects , sneh as must Too oft remind her who and wliat enthrals , Hare flung a desolate cloud o ' er Tenice ' s lovely walls * ' * ' * * Thus , Tenice , if no stronger claim were thine , "Were all thy proud historic deeds forgot , Thy choral memory ofthe Bard divine , Thy lore of Tasso _, should have cut the knot "Which ties thee to thy tyrants ; and thy lot So shameful to the nations—most of all Albion ! to thee : the Ocean Queen should not Abandon Ocean ' s children ; in the fall Of Venice think of thine , despite thy watery wall I

      I loved her from my boyhood—she to me "Was as afaiiy city of the heart , _Siting like water-columns from the sea , Of joy the sojourn , nnd of wealth the mart , AudOtway , Radcliifc , Schiller , Shakspcare ' _s art , Had stamp'd her image iu me , and even so , Althoi _ gh I found her thus , we did not part , I ' _u-ehaucs even dearer in her day of woe , Than when she was a boast , a marvel and a show .

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      The Purgatory Of Suicides. A Pmsos Rhyme...

      THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pmsos Rhyme ix _Tjsk Books . By Thomas Coopj * b , the Chartist . London : J . How , 133 , Fleet-street .

      ( Continued from thc Star of Nov . loth J I dreamt again—but 'twas a gladsome dream : A aream of portents beatifical : A dream where tbe prophetic brain did _tnem " with g lorious visions of high festival In sculptured aisle , and dome , aud rainbowed ball : A festival of Brotherhood and Mind , By suicidal spirits held , from thrall Of Evil freed—and mystically designed To' adumbrate future bliss for Earth and humankind . As where the way to some hoar fane of Nile—Carnac , or Luxor , or fair _Ibsamboul—Xay through an imaged path , for many a mile , ©/ sphinxes Luge or lions , so that lull "With abject awe and fitted for the rule Of priests the worshipper approached—thus seemed The aisle fit path to fill with beautiful Expectancies the ghostly throng that streamed Along its wilderness of sculptures , as I dreamed .

      And when the dome we raught , our ecstacy Of hope ripened to rapturous orerbliss "With what the spiritual sense did hear and see __ E _2 r . tath that span colossal : Music ' s voice A sweetness gushed St to emparadise The plastic forms of wisdom and of worth Tliat there in mystic apotheosis Of statued life reposed : forms of old Earth Ihey were—the best , the noblest children of her birth , Range above range rose many-fashioned niche— * A cavemen space as wonderful and vast As that weird city which few travellers _reach—Idauioean Petra , in the dangerous waste ; Aad in such order were the worthies placed That they , _iliongh mute , the world ' s progressive stoiy Of spirit-toil revealed , from first to last—Aud how the spark , first caught by sages hoary Prom _Nature ' s fire , Mind nurtured to aflame of glory .

      From ancient Orient to the late-born West-Ear ;! , thinker , devotee of enterprise , Thilanthropist nnd patriot , soul of guest Tor _Sature ' s secrets , child in whose wrapt eyes She glows so lovely that his spirit plies Its powers to imitate her forms—the gems Trom Earth ' s clay gathered—in immortal guise Seem there enshrined—beings whose very names Shed splendour more ineffable than diadems . A spiritual Pantheon ofthe Good , The Free , the Tireless , and the truly Great , It was : a mansion of soul-sanctitnde That held the visitant spirit in a state Of ecstasied enhancement—all-elate "With love and wonder , and yet hushed with awe ; And Mind seemed sounds symphonious to create That heightened bliss , pondering on what it saw-So that onr thoughts germed music , hy some unknown law .

      Anon , this minstrelsy so wondrous ceased ; And , with a groupe of spirits who stoodnigh—Gazing as if they would for ever feast On what they saw , yet never satisfy Their yearning souls—forthwith , methought , that I Became consociate—hearing how they spoke Their glowing thoughts , by numbers that swept by StiU undistract , and still with sateless look Scanning the sculptures as they were a priceless book , The scene changes : — , _ . Anon , woke thrilling sonnds omnipotent , © ri earth , to null all thoughts but such as sprung Up armed in tlie brain while forth was sent The tnraipet *' s peal—but such as sought a tongue ,

      Yet found it not , while horn and harp notes clung Unto each other ' s sweetness—or the heart Melted to faintness , with wrapt wailingg wrung Of hautboy and bassoon . Suck prelude , thwart _^ Ehe dome pieraag , seemed well-known signal to depart . Soon , Went these brothers were with throngs that now riock onward where , beyond the vault ' s vast span , I saw revealed a dazzling heaveii-dight bow , Grand beyond likeness , and by wondrous plan Unto theiall with roof cerulean Serving for gate-way-arch . Thither to speed , ¦ With uplift gaze , the spirit-crowd began—¦ \ rhils to the prelude movements did succeed Cf aU superbest sounds the mind devours with greed ,

      The Purgatory Of Suicides. A Pmsos Rhyme...

      _Fall-pnbea tympanum and _deep-toned string _?^ _^ . ed . _*^ j « jjyriads marching with the step Of stately joy _toiome _vast' _^ ffiefingp _^ - ' _^^^*'"" -- _^ _While , ever and anon , the trill and sweep ,.-, , i ... yt ? v Of flutes _andjiols caused the heart to leap """" * "Withforetaste _ofitslanquet . ' Mind _' hathknowii _;^ Ev'n in its housie of clay , rapture as deep * - * ,- ' From Handel ' s giant pomps ororgan blown , _ .. * < - ¦ While long cathedral aisles some pageant ; proud was strown . Beneath the wondrous arch of hcavinly Bheen , I passed into tlie hall , when—lo Iho more Monarchal thrones and monster shapes were seen v Within ; but , from the middle of its floor Immense , shelved gently upward countless store Of sculptured seats extending to the bound Of that ellipsis vast—and wisest lore ' By plastic art into each seat seemed wound-So that the mind read deepest lessons all around .

      _' AtfdjOntherimoftheeUip 3 e , where , CTst , _ Wild shapes reared irkingly , as if To prop the rainbowed roof—in dread 'twould burst - Upon their heads— -stood images of life , - Bright as the sun , their countenances rife " _VTith blended beauty , intellect , and love :. ; . . Fair plnmed wings they had—but ' twas a strife For mind to judge what it did best behove To say they were—such grace seemed in their forms

      enwore . And , as the myriad multitude swarmed in , Filling the spacious ampi theatre , In spirit-whispers some of seraphin And some of genii talked ; and guessed these were Such mystic essences . Interpreter None needed long : the soul ' gan soon perceive They were her own creations ,, which the stir Of glorious brother-thoughts had power t' enweave To sensuouB shapes—as if they did to sight upheave , With visages as bright , with looks as blest As kindly and intelligent , all beamed And smiled upon each other , while their rest They took upon tht graven seats . If one deemed

      Himself n _« blar than others : none esteemed His brother meanly : pride , aud rank , and state , Had vanished— -and , all equal , as beseemed A brother-throng , together Essence sate , In love , of humblest citizen and potentate . Aloft , o ' er all , the roof with splendour hued Of bows celestial still was self-suspended . The regal forms whose blazoned pomp I viewed ' In earlier dreams , now sat with sages blended—Uncrowned , unsceptred , all their haught looks ended"With bards , and workers-out of human weal , And patriots who in lofty deed transcended Their oarthly fellows . Ghosts of erring zeal For faiths fantastic , creed * incomprehensible ,

      And cruel idol-worships , whom I saw Climbing the Mount of Tanity—the wild Lone dwellerin the cave , whose rage with awe I witnessed ' _mong his snakes—the Poet-child , Witli his lamenting harp , who wept , exiled To forest-solitude—lhe tuneful choir Of bards who walked the grove—the band who _toilod , For aye , to kindle the fierce fatal fire Of soul wherewith France lit the devastating pyre Of Liberty—a moiety of the ghosts Who idly Jay along the beach i * th'land Of Sloth aud Desolation—Sorrow's hosts—And crowds of those fair forms who , hand-in-haud _, Sped o ' er the pasture-plain , with greetings bland , And garlanded with flowers—all Sat arrayed In simple yet attractive guise : a band Of happy souls iunnmerable : parade _. Wealth , sorrow , guilt , for ever from their essence fled !

      Soft consentaneous murmurs soon were heard , ' . Mid which distinguishable grew the name Of sage Lycurgus—whereat _claricnrd And viol , clarion , pipe , and drum became Mute as expectant listeners—and the claim Fraternal to receive his speech , with nieek Yet manly front , he rose to answer . _ Uaim Ko longer were the powers of voice : the Greek Bid seem , and they that followed , with Earth's tongues to speak . Brother and sister spirits , to rehearse Our joy—he said—what volumed tongue hath skill ? Our _happiaess , like the eternal source From which it springs , doth ever overfill And over-run—so that our bliss we still Augment , commingling bliss . I triumph not To think me a true seer : too deep the thrill Of ecstacy doth move me that all donbt And guess are past , and this beatitude is raught _.

      Brothers , this blest reality bath swept The films of mystery from the general mind ; And he who doubted most now an adept Becomes in tracing Nature ' s progress : blind Where many , once : but how it was designed From earliest eld , that pain corporeal—That hate , and all self-tortures of the mind Should pass away , and brotherhood prevail And joy—all now perceive with vision spiritual . Te who , with opulence of speech endowed , Excel , begin the never-tiring theme—What mighty influences did long enshroud Themselves from vulgar gaze , and yet did seem To Nature ' s true disciples with ths beam Of splendour ' s self-revealed—and sure to drown And overwhelm all error , as a stream Resistless sweeps all human barriers down— - Or as Light ' s genial smile o ercometh Night ' s drear frown .

      How we now wonder , while onr ken afar Travels from these joy-seats—surveys the dome Resplendent with full many an exemplar Of human virtues—and enrapt doth roam Along the dazzling aisle where graces bloom Ineffable—how we now wonder Truth So long was hid 1 Be thine th' exordium , - 0 Mithridatcs ! to _pourtrsy the growth Of Good , and bow she vanquished all her foes uncouth!—The reply of Mithriuates we must reserve for next

      The Edinburgh Tales. Conducted By Mrs. J...

      THE EDINBURGH TALES . Conducted by Mrs . Jonssio . _sE . Edinburgh : W . Tait , Prince _' s-street . London : Chapman and Hall , Strand . Tbe first and second parts of this work were noticed in this paper some monthssince , and we then warmly recommended the work to our readers . Parts III ., IV ., V .. VI ., aud VII , we received some time ago , and would have noticed ere this , but that we have been waiting for a favourable opportunity to speak ol them at some length , as we desired to do . TVe have waited in vain , ana now that we proceed to give the long-deferred notice , we find ourselves compelled , by press of matter , to make that notice as brief as possible . In the seventh pait , the first volume is brought to a conclusion . This volume contains no less than nineteen different talcs by tne following talented and popular writers : —Mrs . _Jouxstoxe , Mrs . Fiuser , Mrs . _Goue , Mis 3 Mitford , Mrs . Crowb , William Howrrr . _Enwitu ) _Qcixxmx _, Thomas Cam _, vlb , Mr .

      Fbaser Ttilbb , Colonel Joilvso . v _, and Sir Thomas Dick Lander . It would be useless to offer even a word as to the excellencies ofthe above writers , their names are sufficient surety for the worth of their productions , and form the best evidence it would be possible for ns to advance in proof of . the high character of these " Tales . " We have before noticed the tales written by Mrs . Johnstone , we will , therefore , onthe present occasion , give our readers a teste of William _Howixr's quality . In part VII . is a story ofthe " Exploits of Johnny Darbysidre , a Primitive Quaker . " This eccentric character was a farmer living in one of the most obscure parts of the country , on the borders of the Peak of Derbyshire . He was a Quaker , and never was there a man , from the first to the present day of the society , who so thoroughly exhibited that quality attributed to the Quaker , in the rhyminc nursery alphabet— " Q was a Quaker and would not bow down . "

      The sayings and doings of this queer character are told in a most entertaining manner by Mr . Howitt , who states thai _Johxst _Bakui-shire is no imaginary character , but a bona fdc specimen of the many instances to be found in country nooks , of English independence run to seed . " Never was there a more pig-headed , arbitrary , positive , pugnacious fellow . He would argue anybody out of their opinions by the hour , he would * threep them down , * as he called it , that is , point blank , and with a loud voice , insist on his own possession ofthe right , and of the sound common sense of tbe matter , and if he could not convince them , would at least confound them with his _obstrcporous din _' and violence of astion . " The scenes between him and Diggort JDrsos , the parish priest , are most _diverting ; thus on one occasion Jonxsr was nresent at a vestrv-meeting , called to vote a

      churchrate , when lie held forth as follows _ — " Sow , I'll tell you what , lads , " said Johnny ; " you ' ve made * noise enough to frighten all the jackdaws out ofthe Steeple , and there theyare flying all about with a pretty cawarring . You've spun a yarn as long as all the posts and rails round my seven acres , and I _dunna see as you ' ve yet edged in so much as the th' owd wise men o' Gotham did , and that ' s a cuckoo . I ' ve heard just one sensible word , and that was to recommend a cast-iron pulpit , in preference to a wooden 'un . As to a church-rate to repair tlr * owd _steeple-house , why , my advice is to pull th ' owd thing down , stick and stone , and mend your roads with it . It ' s a capital heap o * stone in it , that one must allow , —and your roads are pestilent bad . Down with the old daw-house , I say , and mend th ' roads wi't , and set th' parson here up for a guide-post . Oh ! it ' s a rare * un he'd _malte : for he's always pointing th' way to the folks but I never see that he moves one inch himself . "

      , "Mr . Darbyshire , " exclaimed the clergyman , in high resentment , "that is very uncivil in my presence , to say the least of it . " " Civil or uncivil , returned Johnny ; "it ' s the truth , lad , and thou can take it just as thou likes . I did not come here to bandy compliments ; so I may aB well be hanged for an old sheep as for a lamb—we'll not make two mouthfuls of a cherry ; my advice is then to have a cest-iron pulpit , by all means , and while you are aboutit , a cast-iron parson , too . It -will do just as-well as our neighbour Diggory Dysonhere , and a plaguy deal cheaper , foritwiU require _neitfier tithes , glebe , Easter-dues , nor church-rates _l" - - ¦ -.-. The way _Jobxsv punished the" rapacious toll-gate keeper ; the * w _& y he courted hiswife ; ' and how he ruled that _w-je , and his man-servants , and his maid

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      servants , U * laughably told by Mr . Howiit . We must giveo _, _lemore extract . Johii _ rr \ h _ 5 a ' got into " trouble _rwpet * ting » . ma _^ by . _*» vgentteiu an _v Un «? r _pecoliaf- _gireumstances Johhriy uhfo ' rtui" ' * _^ caused the -mare- to-break one ' of her ' legs ,. _ahoi '¦> the . animal _•« had .: to _.-, be destroyed : From this * _roae > , a Ia > y-suiV . in which Johnny was concerned as defei . ' dar't . _^ The case ' " had proceeded on -the part of the m ' _vnt & i w lawyer _Appearing for Johnny ; and the judge was about to declare the case decided against the de /* 21 " !* * .- " in . default ofhis appearance , when \ _^

      There was ahasty _plucking off of a large hat , which somebody had apparently walk e . dinto court with on ; and the moment afterwards a short Man , in a Quaker dress , with ' his grizzled hair hanging in . long locks on his shoulders , and smoothed close down on _thefor . ehead , stepped with a peculiar air of confidence aid cuin . 'ing , up to the bar . Histawny , sunburntfeatures , andsinalla arlceyes , twinkling with an expression ef much country s . ubtlety , proclaimed him at once a character . At once a score of voices murmured— - " There ' * Johnny Darbyshire him * elf !" Hegluneed , with a qulckand peculiar look at the c 6 unsel , sitting at their table with their papers before th & n > , who , on thoir part , did not fail to return his survey with a stare of mixed wonder and amazement . You could see it as plainly as possible written on their faces , — "Who have we got her *! There is some fun brewing here to a I certainty . " ¦ \

      But Johnny _raised his eyes from them , to the bench , where sat the judge , and sent them rapidly thence to " thc jury-box , where they seemed to rest with a considerable satisfaction . " Is this a witness I" _inquirod the judge . "If so , what is hedoiDg thore , or why does he appear at all , till we know whether the cause is to be defended f " " Ay , lord Judge , as they call tliee , I reckon I am a witness , and the best witness too that can be had in the _cass , for I ' m the man himself ; I ' m John Darbyshire . I didn't mean to have any thing to do with these chaps i ' their wigs and gowns , ' with their long , dangling sleeves ; and I dunna yet mean to have ony thing to do wi"em . Butljustheard one of _'« m tell thee , that this cause was hot going ' to be defended ; and that put my monkey up , and s _» , thinks I , _l'U e ' en up and tell ' em that it will be defended though ; ay , and I reckon it will too ; Johnny Darbyshire , was never yet afraid of the face of any man , or any set of men . " ' '

      "If you are what yoa say , good man , " said fhe judge , "defendant in this'case , you had better appoint counsel to state it _fotr yon . " : "Nay , nay , Lord Judge , as they call thee , —hold a bit ; Iknow better than that . Catch Johnny Darbyshire at flinging bis money into a lawyer ' s bag ? No , no . I know them chaps wi ' wigs well enough . They ' ve tongues as long as a besom steal , and fingers as long to poke after ' em . Kay , nay , I don't get my money so' easily as to let them scrape it up by armfuls . I ' ve worked early and late , in heat and cold , for my tit * o money ,: and long

      enough too , before . these smart chaps had left their mother ' s apron-strings ; and let them catch a coin of it , if they can . No ! I know this case better than nny other man can , and for why V Because I was in it . It was me that had the mare to summer ; it was me that rode her to the doctor ; 1 was in at th' breakingof the leg , and , for that reason , I can tell you exactly how it all happened . Arid what's any of those counsellors , —sharp , nnd nne , and knowing as they look , with their tails and their powder , —what are-they to know about the matter , except what somebody'd have to tell ' em first ; I tell you , I saw it , I did it , and so there needs no twice telling of the story . "

      "Dut areyou going to produce evidence ! ' inquired the counsel for the _oth- _^ r side . , "Evidence ? tobe sure I am . What does ths chap mean ! Evidence ? why , I am defender and evidence andall !" . There was a good deal of merriment in the court , and at the bar , ia which the judge himself joined . ; " There wants no " evidence besides me ; for , , as I tell you , I did it , and I ' m not going to deny it . " "Stop ! " cried the judge , "this is singular . If Mr . Darbyshire means to plead his own cause , and to include in it his evidence , he must be sworn . Let the oath be administered to him , " ; " Nay , I reckon thou need put none of thy oatbs to me ! My father never brought me up to cursing and swearing , and such like wickedness . He left that to th ' ragamuffins and rapscallions i' th' street . I'm no swearer , nor liar neither , —thou may take my word safe enough . " "Let him take his affirmation , if he be . a member of the Society of Friends . "

      " Ay , now thou speakest _sthse _, lord Judge . Ay , I'm a member , I warrant me . " ' . The clerk of tbe court here took his offiimation , and then Johnny proceeded . '¦ ,,.,. " Well , I don't feci myself any better , or any henester now for making that affirmation . I ' was just going to tell the plain truth before , and I can only tell th ' same now . And , as I said , I'm not going to deny wliat I ' ve done . No ! Johnny Darbyshire's not the man that ever did a thing and then denied it . Can"any of these chaps _ ' th' wigs say as much ? Ay , now I reckon , " added he , shaking his head archly at the gentlemen of the bar , " now . I reckon you'd like , a good many on you tliere , to be denyin _; this thing stoutly for trie ! You'd soon persuade n good many simple folks here that I never did ride the mare , never broke her leg , nay , never saw her that day at all . Wouldn ' t you , now ! wouldn't you V- Here thc _laughter , on all sides , was loudly renewed .

      "But I'll take precious good care ye dunna . 'No , no ! that's the very thing that I ' ve stepped tip here for . It ' s to keep your consciences clear of a few more additional lies . Oh dear ! I am quite grieved for you , when I think what falsities and deceit you'll one day have to answer for , as itis . " The gentlemen , thus complimented , appeared to enjoy the satire of Johnny Darbyshire ; and _stillmore was it relished in the body of the court . * But again remarked the judge , "Mr . Darbyshire , I ad . vise you to leave the counsel for the plaintiff to prove his case against you . . " I'st niver oss ! " exclaimed Johnny , with indignation . " I'st niver oss ! " repeated the judge . " What does he mean?—I don't understand him , " and he looked inquiringly at the bar . "He means , my lord , said a young counsel , "that he shall never offer , —never attempt to do so . "

      "That ' s a Darbyshire chap now , " said Johnny , turning confidentially towards the jnry-hox , where he saw some of his county farmers . " He understands good English . " For Johnny's extraordinary defence , the result of the trial , and the strange consequences that ensued , we must refer our readers to the work itself . The story is-throughout most excellent . We have not room to say even a word concernieg the other ** Tales , " but this we the less regret , seeing that the entire volume , consisting of upwards of 4 . 00 beautifully printed , double columned pages , may bo had ( we believe ) for a trifle above four shillings ! This venture of Mr . Tait's has , we are informed , been eminently successful , and well it deserves to bo so . The Edinburgh Tales have our hearty recommendation .

      Sharpe's London Magazine. Novembek. Lond...

      _SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE . _Novembek . London : T . B . Shafpe , 15 , Skinner-street , Snowhill . This publication is intended to supply the general reader with matter of an amusing and instructive character , at such a price as to include purchasers of every c \ a * ss . It will appear in weekly numbers and monthly parts ; but the monthly parts will be issued at the commencement , instead of the end of the month . On the 1 st ofa month the monthly subscriber will have his part , containing the four weekly numbers ( or five , as it may happen ) in advance , while those who prefer to purchase by single numbers will receive them weekly in the ordinary way . This plan is a good one ; it constitutes this publication a

      monthly magazine , and also a weekly periodical . Each number is illustrated , so that there are several illustrations in the monthly part . Those in the present partare very good . Wc must especially distinguish the "Well of St . Kejne" ( Southey ' s well known ballad ) , and the " Lost Hunter . " There is some good readable matter in this part , and altogether the work promises well . We must except one article , that entitled " America and her Slave States . " The spirit of this is most objectionable ; and we imagine thc editor would find it somewhat difficult to reconcile the fierce anti-republican spirit of this article with the merit assumed by him of keeping his magazine " perfectly free from political and theological controversy . "

      The Balloon; Or, Aerostatic Magazine. Oc...

      THE BALLOON ; OR , AEROSTATIC MAGAZINE . October , November . London : Steele , Paternoster-row . These numbers of the Balloon contain much interesting information respecting the past history and progress of aerostation . In the number for the present month we observe the outline of a plan to connect aerostation with railway transit , lhe plan is anovel one , and certainly not more impracticable than many schemes to which the public have recently subscribed their money . For the present , ballooning being over for this year , this magazine is to be discontinued . On the first of May next it will be resumed ; and as the rage for ballooning is likely to increase next year , there can be little doubt but tliat the Balloon , when revived , will be successful . Certainly the ability and zeal of the Editor entitle him to look for success .

      Pictorial Penny Balladist. Paut 1. Londo...

      PICTORIAL PENNY BALLADIST . _Paut 1 . London : J . C . Moore , 12 , Wellington-street , * North Strand . ,, „ . _ . This is an admirable work . The Ballad Poetry of England has shed more true and enduring glory on the English name than all the victories gained under the red-cross banner , from Agincourt to Waterloo ; yet , strange to sav , this poetry is unknown , unless merely by name , to tens of thousands of the present generation of Englishmen . Perhaps the mam cause of this woeful ignorance has been the high price ot

      the works in wbich the old English ballads were enshrined , which prevented the masses from obtaining them , Whoever , therefore , does what is promised to be done by the publisher of this work , pGriornis the part of a public benefactor , _'i'he . Pictorial . Builadist is publishing in penny weekly numbers , and monthly , parts . " The first part contains—1 st , the / famous old ballad of " Chevy Chase ; " who that ha ? _, read this ballad in his boyhood can ever cease to _remember it ? Right worthily is it placed at the co * a _> menceinent of the work . 2 nd , "Tlie _Nd- _^ " ¦ _•»«

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      _& _& _tJtr te _™ _Md ballad , which , once read , can C _^?^^?* _^^ _^" _oWgem . 3 rd , •¦ The _W _^&^ k _^ J _^ sm Very * beautiful . 4 th , , mm mod ; ' -a _heartyolii-BllarbTIM' cdncerTi ' _ingitfaeimm _^ rtal freebooter of Sherwood . * 5 th , "The mnd : Uggars-Daugh ter ' ' of Bechioll Green ;" - touch-! _ fil _? _t !!! i _£ " _* _Weet . -Each . ballad is tastefully _iSH _Vi- _^ anda 11 of »« r readers we recommend this work . The poorest may somehow _!? , ifi't _ n _* _i ' m _nobetter way could the pennies

      Tm «• . Almanacks. : The Miners'almanack...

      tm _«• . ALMANACKS . : The Miners ' Almanack for 184 C . : Newcastle-upon _ _- ' ' J 'iyxie . Miners'Advocate Office . _# Containing ,. besides the usual amount of information found iii _^ almanacks , ; . tables for calculating wages , prices for hewing coah , either by the score , yard , or tori ; market , weather , tide , and otlier tables ; accidents in mines , ventilation of coal mines , with tables showing the speed of air currents , and a mass of other useful information . " The _Friehd-in-Need Almanack , for the year 1846 . " _Londen :-J . Shaw , 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East . . .. . .

      Punch's Tribute To O'Connell. As The Day...

      PUNCH'S TRIBUTE TO O'CONNELL . As the day comes round ' when the grateful millions , whom you are _? making so . wise , industrious , and happy , are clubbing their halfpence for your benefit , it becomes us all , dear Dan , to offer our quota ol admiration to' you ; arid I hereby send you my contribution , in a com with whieh you are yourself in the habit of relieving the necessitonsh-I mean a little slack jaw . In a ease of neeessity in your country , you are always the very first to come down with a subscription of that sort . And I wish to heaven that poor Paddv , who has no lack of the . commodit y , and takes it irom you so kindlyy would but pay you back , in tbis present hard season , m . the same circulating medium ; I am not averse to the subscription-box at most times . A good crowd—a- goodrattling scene between me and Judv .

      or me and . the devil—and ,.. " now ,, gentlemen and ladies , " my man goes round for ' the subscription _^ and the coppers come tumbling into the tin . I don't like that vulgar cant of calling it a begging-box : wo are worthy of our hire , both of us . _. But there are times and seasons to take the money from poor devils who are star ** ing . '—actually starving To be going round for money just now in Ireland—to take the last pence of the poor , ragged , kindly , hungry , foolish creatures—it turns my gorge somehow . You can't be going to accept the money . Do without this time . If you have none , go down to Derrynahe , and go . tick ;> butdon't take the poor devils' money . For the credit of us adventurers who live on the public , and who are said to be goodnatured aiid free-banded—rogues as we are—ston the

      collection of the coppers , just for this once . I know the old gag about "forsaking great professional emoluments , *; and so forth . But let them oft ' this time—the poor starving rogues—the good-natured simple Paddies , who roar at all your jokes , huzzay at all your lies , come leagues upon leagues to attend your show , and have paid their money so often ! " Dives and Lazarus" is bad enough , and the contrast ofthe poor man's sores and the rich man's purple . But put it that Dives absolutely begged the money : from Lazarus , and grows 1 ' at while the other starves , it will be even so if you take these folks ' money—but I am again growing too serious . ' Not that-I quarrel with a joke , my dear professional friend , or am jealous of yours ; but I think , of these latter davs , you havo been a trifle too facetious .

      That excessive good humour the which you have flung into the'discussion of the Starvation Question—or rather that airy ; gaiety . with wliich you have eluded it—hopping facetiously away from it when pressed upon you , and instead of talking about the means of preventing your countrymen ' s ruin , telling a story about the coolness of the Lord Lieutenant ' s rooms , or bavins a fling at the Saxon , or telling a lie about the Times ' , commissioner , struck me as rather out of place . A joke is a joke , and nothing can beniore pleasing ' than a lie ( we will call it a hoax ) in its proper place—but not always . -You wouldn't cut capers over a dead body , or be particularly boisterous and facetious in a chapel or a sick room ; and I think of late , dear sir , you have been allowing your humour to get the better of you on occasions almost as

      solemn .. For , isn't Hunger sacred ? _jsn't Starvation solemn ? And the Want of a nation is staring Daniel O'Connell in the face , and the Liberator replies with a grin and a jibe . AH the country is alarmed by the danger , and busy devising remedies to meet it . Tiie gentlemen of Kerry subscribe £ 8 , 000—the Liberator subscribes , the Advice that corn shall not be sent out of the country . The Lord Lieutenant does all that such a feeble , absurd ceremony as a Lord Lieutenant con do —gives a coremony of consolation ; sa _* . s . Government has employed scientific men , will send for others , and so forth . Dan sneers at the scientific men because they are Saxons , and fancies he covers his own astounding selfishness- and indifference by tin ' s brutal claptrap . The people come flocking to Conciliation Hall to know what Dan will do—what

      _Ae'Wpropose , God bless bim ! that ' s to get them oui ofthe scrape ? and he puts up Mr . Dillon Browne to indulge in ribald jokes against Agricultural Societies ; and he himself amuses the meeting with a piece ot lyine buffoonery about' the Times' commissioner . Hi * owns _* ifc is a lie ; boasts and chuckles over the lie . " If he wasn't turned put of the house , as I declared he was , he ought to have been turned out , " and all the audience roar . What an audience , and what ah orator ! Think ofthe state of mind of the poor fellows who have been got to likeandlisten to such matter ! who , perishing themselves with hunger , still feed and fatten him to whom in their extremity ( when every man with a heart in his breast is devising plans for their rescue ) the old cynic , who wallows in their bounty , docs not ofter a shilling ; but for

      all advice , jeers and belies their English " brethren who , by God ' s help , are able and willing to assist them , and for all consolation entertains them with lies and _laszis . I think it was the French newspapers * who called you the Irish Moses ; and now the people are _calling upon their deliverer , and behold , out comes Jack Pudding ! My _braz / en old brother buffoon ! If I had the ear of your Paddies in Conciliation Hall I would tell them a story : — " During the Consulship of Plancus , when I was green and young , I had a dear friend , who for some years made a very comfortable income out ol nie , by cheating mc at cards . lie was an exceedingly agreeable , generous , social fellow , and professed and felt , no doiibt , a warm regard for me ; lor he used always to win and I to pay with unalterable confidence

      and good humour . I-furnished his house for him , 1 paid his tailor ' s bills , I kept the worthy fellow in pocket-money . Win what lie would , ! wouldn ' t believe he was a cheat . At last , as I insisted on not discovering his practices , my jolly friend did not give himself tho trouble to hide tbcm ; and one day , when we wore playing a friendly game at ecarte together , I saw him with a selection of eight or nine trumps and court cards comfortably spread in his lap , from which he supplied his hand as lie wanted . " God save the Greens ! I leave thc amateurs of good jokes on the other side of'tho channel to determine the moral of this fable . Who are the green ones there ? and whoso confidence and blindness are so inconceivable , that the old sharper who takes their money scorns even to hide the jugglery by which he robs them . * Puxcu .

      Manslaughter By A Police Inspector. — Th...

      Manslaughter by a Police Inspector . — The town of Chipping Norton has been thrown into tlte "reatest excitement in consequence of a police inspector , named Nott , having on Wednesday week struck a prisoner whom be was conveying to the lock-up house on a charge of felony , and from which blow tlie poor man died on the following morning . So great was thc excitement during the holding of the inquest , that the mayor issued handbills calling upon the people to keep the peace , and stating that the fullest investigation should take place . -This document appeased the minds of the populace , who had before evinced an inclination to administer Lynchlaw upon the inspector . An inquest was held on Thursday , before Mr . Wcstall _, coroner for

      Oxfordshire , when the following particulars were elicited : — The deceased , _^ i ' liain Skitter , kept a horse in a stable near to thatof Mr . Hall , and the latter having lost a quantity of chaft _^ charged tlie deceased with having stolen it . This he denied , but eventually Nott , tlie police inspector , wns sent for , and in the deceased's stable there was a quantity of chaif which Mr . Hall said he could swear to as being part of that stolen . Upon the latter trying to get thc chaff out of the manger , the deceased prevented him as much as he could , saying that the chaff was his own , a _» d never belonged to Mr . Hall , and tbat he should iwt have it . Nott , the inspector , said they weald have the chaff , and added these words : — " I'll soon settle you , " upon which he drew from his right hand _pct-ket

      a thick stick , and struck deceased : a violent blow on the head , which caused him to stagger , and deceased said , " You . have done a fino thing now for me . " Nott was repeating the _blov-j _* , when Mr . Hall pulled his arm back and said „ " Far God'ssake don't strike him any more ; there-are plenty of people here to assist you if it is _seijuived . " The handcuffs were then p laced on the decef _ sed , and be was conveyed to the lock-up house . On his way there he complained how bad his head , was . This was about seven o ' clock in the evening .. The next morning , on Nott going to the lock-up _hause , he found his prisoner dead . Iii consequence c & the great excitement prevailing in

      the ' town , it vas thought proper that a post mortem examination should be made by a non-resident surgeon , ' and ; _eonsrjqiiently the inquest was adjourned until _Saturday , in order that thejury might avail theraselves of the services of W . VVingfield , Esq ., an ea \ inciit surgeon of Oxford , who promptly attended , a ' . id suiter making apost niortem examination , stated ' io tiie jury that he had ho doubt that death was ca . osed by the . blow given deceased ori the head by Nott ; . aud . the jury without hesitation returned a _yerdiet of " . Manslaughter , " and Nott ' was the same j _uvenilis _»< mt to Oxford Castle to take his trial-at the ' next assizes /' - ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ _'¦*¦ :- - _* ' ¦¦;¦ _.-.. ., _= > _ _- ¦ -: •_ ..-

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      4 Mktbqpolitav District Council.—Tlie Ab...

      4 _Mktbqpolitav District Council . —Tlie above bodv met . lor the dispatch of Business ' at the Hall , 1 , Tern again-lane ; _iOiiirSunday _^ afternoon , November loth . Mr , John Mills _wasjcalled to tlie chaii _* , and reported that the ; Chartists ofthe Tower Hamlets were about to convene agreat public meetiug , to take such steps as may conduce to the _restoration of our exiled patriots , Frost , Williams , aiid Jones . Several " other localities reported that they were taking similar steps . Other very promising and pleasing reports of the progress of the movement were made , andthe council adjourned . ;

      National Victim Committee . _—Thiscommitteemet in the Hall , _Tunniiiain-lane , oh Sunday afternoon , November 10 th . Mr . Stallwood was unanimously called to the chair . The minutes * of the previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr . Mylne , on behalfof Mr . Wheeler , stated that the £ 2 voted to Mr . JohiiRichnrds , at the previous _mgeting , had been dply forwarded . The chairman ; stated that Mr . John Cleave had authorised him to state , thathewas _prepared'to hand over an 10 U for the balanco of money he held on behalf of the victim fund , and further , that he would pay any order , made by the committee , to victims , from time to time , on account of the sanie . It was unanimously resolved , that Mr . _Cleave ' _s offer bo accepted . A letter was read from Air . Jobn Gray , of Goodham , near Burnley , relative to Thomas Tattersa ] , and it was unanimously resolved , that the sum of _£% be awarded to Mr . Thomas Tattersa !/ and that the secretary ( Mr . T . M . j Wheeler ) be hereby empowered to draw the same |

      from the fund , and forward it immediately . Itwas also uhanimrasly resolved ,, that the secretary be instructed to _efraw up an address tothe public on behalf of the " _National Yictim Committee , " and picsent the same at our nest meeting _, " it was then resolved , that this meetizg stand adjonrae . l until tbis day fortnight , at half-fast low in the afternoon , the meeting then- broke up' Vjjieran _Patriots' a » d _Exass' Widows' and _Chilbrens' Fusdsk . —At tbe joint committee meeting of these two fiinds _, held at Mr .. _Hughes , 32 , Barbican , on Thursday night before last ,, 42 were again disbursed for the relief ef the sufferers . The committees meet again , jointly , next ; Monday night , at eight o ' clock , also at Mr . Hughes . I beg te-acknowledge the receipt of sixpenee from Mr . € r , Manifield , jun ., of Bradford , Wilts ; and shall be happy te receive more numerous contributions , knowing thedistressed condition of those for whom these funds were instituted . —Thomas Cooper , 134 , _Blae & friars-road ..

      Citv _Locautv . —Mr . Cooper ' s lectnre , last Sunday night , was not attended by much more than half ol his- ' usual audience , owing to the state of the weather , and the dirty condition of tho streets : the fair f : _u-i-.-which generally constitute a large part of the company were almost entirely wanting . Mr . Hughe . * , jun ., was chairman ; and , after one of the Peoplesongs had been sung , introduced the lecturer . Thi subject announced being " The diseovery of . _America , " Mr . C . prefaced it by some interesting remark * - on the navigation and commerce of the ancients . With the invention of the mariner ' s compass In Gioia , in 1302—an invention also claimed by thi Chinese—the lecturer ' s principal theme began , lit described , first , the voyages of discovery made by tht Portuguese along tlie coast of Africa , as fur ';¦ •• tl ;<

      " Cape of Storms , " or , as it was afterwards named : the "Cape of Good Hope ; " and then related thbirth and boyish _sailorship .. of Columbus , ' with his early assertion ofa belief that India might be reached by sailing directly to the west . His patronage bj Ferdinand and Isabella , and the circumstances of his first voyage , so full of breathless interest , were graphically described , with the brilliant occurrence oi his discovery of one of the Bahama Isles , on the 32 tl : of October , 1492 , alter a perilous navigation of 3 , 000 miles across thc trackless Atlantic . Tiic second , third , and fourth voyages of the ' immortal discoverer , and the degrading fact of his being carried home in chains to Spain , after the third voyage , —his high and unsubduable spirit , —and the many traits of generosity and nobleness which characterised him , were depicted in glowing colours . Tho voyage of

      Vasco do Gama , and his arrival at Calient , in the East Indies , by way of thc Cape of Good Hope ; and the philanthropic struggles of Bartholomew las C'asas , on behalf of thc enslaved natives of thi * New World , formed the next and not _learit interesting portion ol the'Jecture . The conquests of Mexico by _Cirtez , and of Peru by Pizarro , gave opportunity for highlycoloured and exciting descriptions ; and Mr . C . wound up his subject by recommending to refection Che great lessons to bc derived from a view of resolution triumphing over difficulties , as evinced in the iifc of the great Columbus , —of philanthropy as _displayed in the conduct of Las Casas , —of thc _hatefulness of war , as depicted in thc acts of Coi tez and Pizarro , —and of tlio abhorrent character of _priestcraft , as instanced in the part taken by the priest Valverde , who gave the signal to thc plundering _Spaniards for their massacre of thc confiding

      Peru-. MEHTIIYR TYDVIL . The Land . —' lhe shareholders of No . 1 Association met on Sunday evening last , when the following resolutions were adopted : —" That we are in favour of enrolment as recommended by counsel . " "That we are in favour of all the members becoming freeholders in preference to selling the estate . " " We are of opinion that it bc left to the discretion of each member whether he will havo two or four acres . " " That we earnestly impress on thc delegates to prevent any one having more than four acres . " . "We recommend that the new rules be printed uniform - . vith Air . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms . "— [ Vie have given the sense cf the resolutions _agit-ed to by our Merthyr friends ; but thc report was so badly written it was _im-jossible to _givw it in full . — En . N . S . l

      GREENOCK . Mr . M'Giiatii addressed two public _meetings in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institution , on thc evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday , the 11 th and 12 th . His _iirst subject was the Land , which he handled in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to his audience . Mr . M'Grath commenced by _siiov ing statistically the exttnt and capabilities of the Land of Great Britain to maintain the population , no bowed , in a clear and convincing manner , tiie whole ] cople ' s right to the use of it , and concluded by giving an exposition of thc principle rules and regulations of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Mr . M'Grath was listened to with marked attention , intermingled with bursts of applause . His second subject was"The duty ofthe people at the present alarming crisis . "

      VALE OF LEVEN . We have lately had a visit froni that uncompromising patriot and advocate of democracy , Mr . M ' Grath , who delivered an eloquent and instructive lecture on _Thui'sil-iy _evening , the Kith inst ., in Mrs . Moody's large hall , Bonhili , to an intelligent audience nf working men . Subject of tho Lecture , " Thc Land and its capabilities . " After speaking for thc course of one hour and a half , _rivctiing the attention of his audience to the subject as he went : along , he wound up one of the most splendid lectures that it was ever our lot to hear . On Friday evening , the 14 th inst ., Mr . M'Grath lectured again in thu " Odd Fellows' Hall , Alexandria , to a most respcct __ il _ lc audience of intelligent working men . Subject of the lecture , "The Eand , and how to get it . " lie handled his subject in an admirable style , demonstrating to the entire satisfaction of hi * nudi < ncc their natural right to thc noil . At tbe close of lhe lecture a number ol" rules were disposed of , and _soii . e cards of membership taken out .

      BACUP . # The Land . —On Sunday evening , November ! _ft-h . the members of the Bacup branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held tlieir weekly meeting "in the Chartist-room , Rod ) dale-road , wJiei . a very interesting discussion took place on the _puesent rules of the Land Society and the _Dfewsbary _^ 'solutions . The following resolutions were * agreed _io-unnnimously : — " That it is the opinion of this raoetim that the'selection of occupants be taken iw their shares are paid np instead of by ballfti ,. as it _vill give a greater _stimilus to the society . "— "That the Dili

      Dewsbury resolution is calculated in-throw a damp ' on tlic society ' s proceedings , and to injure tlio character of the present directors of She _Chfcastiht * _Cooperative Land Society , in _Icadingt & c publ . _u-to-t * hi _ 3 k that they have been appropriating the _fiu-ds-of hhe said society to their own _aggrandisement- "— _"Tkat it is the . opinion of thi ? meetiag that tho present directors- ' are entitled to the bes _* thanks sctlie _s & arclioldew for the noble and _straiwhtfonva _^' maiaer ir . whieh tbey have performed their dutiW— " That this meeting stand adjourned to the 23 * 1 of _November * . "

      BJRNSLEY . The Laso . —On Monday _nignt last we had a full meeting of the members of the Lani'iSboi ' e ' _ty , _tonon ) inate a member for thc forthcoming . Conference . The nomination unanimously fell on Mr . . 1 _<> hn _Vnllance for the Barnsley and Worsborougb _, ooi » : mon branches . Mr . Frank Mirfield very warmly _dea-mlcd the eonduct and chava . tcr of ihe _Boa- _^ fit Directors , and remarked that he was _sui-pri _***! how any man dare impeach the character of sue a worthy anil deseiving men , and conc _' udrd by moving the following resolution , which was seconded by . Mr . Peter Hocy , and unanimously carried amid .. the ' plaudits of the meeting : — " That the t hanks , of tiic members- of the C hartist Co-operntivo Land Society ot tlic Barnsley and Worsborongh-coinmoK branches are hereby eiveil to thc Board of Directors for their efficient and eeonoi niical manageme ' . it of the society .

      I Fbescii C'Jkvicts.—It Appears From A R...

      i Fbescii C ' jkvicts . —It appears from a recently published _acco- _. _int of the criminal statistics of _Fi- ; nee , that duri _* jg the _lasi eight years G , 00 Q convicts were _discharged ; -from the bulks ' at Brest , Toulon , and Itoclu'Vo ' rt ., Of . this number 1 , TOO have been brought to tri aland convicted again of new crimes within live yea ' _i-s after their liberation . During tuosamcf eriod oF ., 000 have been released from the central prist ns . Of . these . 16 , 000 .. have :. becn brought again to ' trial i within thesame space of tiye years _t ' or fresh oifonccs

      I Fbescii C'Jkvicts.—It Appears From A R...

      _^ LKOAU _' _JiBfW _^ page 125 , is the following specimen of legal botheration and _perspicuity :- _^ When a person is _btmndtodo . a thisg , and he does what may-enable '; hira to do the thing , he is supposed , in equityj . to , do it with tlw ; view of doing , what he isboun ' d >« fo . , ;„ . "¦ ' _Kebpixo ThE Unities . —At a meeting ; of the Nottingham Protestant Operative Association ; and . We * formation Society , held a short time ago , one of _tlrctr speakers declared that they " would make the wal l * of P . ome totter in Nottingham . "

      > A Yaskkk PuFi _* . —" . Christians and Jews , _Catholies and Protestants , Mormons and Infidels , have all met on oiic cbhiinon ground ; and , on one subject at least , have become so united as to give reason to believe that the time is near at hand when watchmen in Zion sMl see eye to eye ;—viz . they all admit that Tiee and Co ; , No . 9 , Bowery , will sell a beautiful and . durable kit , made in the most fashionable atyle _, for a less price than any other establishment in the city of _Gotisam . " Nu * - _WKiGnts axd-Measures . —The monster newspapers are now used in many shops instead of the usual weights . Four _sapplements , we believe , go to a hundred weighs . The leaders , however , are never used , aa ihey are found to be much heavier somedays than others . _—Punsh , WiiTANi ? BECAuaB . _—Wliy is a person who never lays a wa « _es as batf asa regular gambler ?—Because he is no better .

      '' _GiUDiEsra East— PomjuTioj * Immense V—A typographical ! error ofa-. curious character © ecurreit in one of the liondon papers of this week . In the advertisement ef the Swansea and Hull , the letter B was substituted for U in Hull .. The prospectus went on to state , tliat' " as the passenger tragic from Swansea to that locality was so extensive-, no doubt could be _entertaiaedthat the line * weuld prove mosfc remunerative . "— Sambrian .

      MOB MELODIES .. [ FronvtheTyne Mercury . ]; THB _QEiTEKAl 50 VUB _.-( As sung by Sir ltobert Beel . ) Tune— "I've leisscd ' and Fee prattled . " I ' ve - _ iss * c __ and I've prattffed with fifty fair maiils > And _chaaged them as _oftas-ye see—I ' ve liiSBed and I ' ve prattled _W-tHfifty fail * maids , And changed them as oft as yo see ! On grave Mother Church , Cupid first _tooh-his-perch ; And at Oxford I took my degree ; But I found her too old and too-much ofa scold , And so cried " Toleration "forme ,. No mistake ! But , old Girl , " Toleration " fer

      _melhut ere I could fix , Papistical tricks Again soon allured me to rove . '• The Lady in scarlet" I found was-no harlot , _llui worthy of " Protestant love . " Though the cross it might rest on that beautiful-breast , 'Twas still equally charming to seo ; . So on " Emancipation " I took up my station—The "Pope and thc Devil" for me , _ _Vo mistake J But the " Pope and the Devil" for me V

      Oh ! who would not teach the dear lass that he love * Every grace that may make her divine ? And , as Cymon grew bright when love lent liis light _. E'en so I determined should mine . So I founded a College to teach her that knowledge , . Which graces o'en idolatry . 'Twas "Maynooth and Endowment , "Maynooth and En < dowment ; " Maynooth and Endowment" for mc , No mistake ! But " Maynooth and Endowment" for me !

      Next , I found new flame in a plump rural dame ; " Protection" she ask'd as n boon ! As gallant as Hector , I vow'd to " protect hor" _"—• " Protect" her I did to some tunc ! Wo soon fell to chiding . I found she lov'd " sliding , " ' lier " scale" took in every degree . SO 1 « lllbl . ci'il ni _^ - ruli _" _, oho got " mora _tlicra _lvo » a .. aro . ** And cried " Trade free as air" for me , No mistake ! But ¦ ' Trade free ns ' air" for me J Oh ! there ' s nothing like roving to keep a man loving ! 1 often both ' think it and feel , And " Unions" I find—howo _' cr tender nnd kind—May yet stand in need of " _Eepeal . " So whoever woos best shall have my behest , ¦ \ Vhi g , Tory , or Had , though she he . For a " Trade free as air , " e ' en in love , I declare ; And the warmest and briskest for nie , No mistake !

      But the warmest and briskest for me I T . D . Invasions of England . —The Napoleon Column , at Boulogne , has just been completed , after upwards of thirty years' labour . Thc completion of it has lately been deferred out of compliment to the Prince de Joinville , who felt rather scrupulous about a monument being finished in honour of an invasion that had never taken place . His consent , however , was at last gained by the promise that a similar column _, should be erected opposite _Brighton , to commemorate a visit the warlike Prince paid there a short time back . —Punch .

      An Odd Fancy . —In the Times of Friday , there is an advertisement for au active young woman who , among other qualifications , " understands brightstoves . " She must he a very intelligent person to be able to have an understanding with a bright ' stove ; for if we were to study such ah ' article for a month , we should net succeed in establishing a sort of sympathy between ourselves and the fire-place . _IVc presume , however , tbat this kinil of undcrstan _& _nj : is perfectly practicable , and we think it very possible that the expression , " Sermons in stones , " must be a misprint for " Sermons in stoves , " which Shakespeare probably thought of , and which also occurred to the person advertising for a housemaid who understands tliem when in a state of brightness . —Ibid .

      How to use Bad Potatoes . —Agreat deal has been said and written about what ought to be done with diseased potatoes . In Ireland , at least , they might , thoug h wc dare not hope they will , bc converted to a , vcrv useful purpose . The rotten potatoe is an effective , and at the same time not a dangerous missile _, and would serve admirably I ' m * pelting 11 imh . « 1 _agitators oft' their platforms . This is the use wiiiaii a good Vaddy would make of a good-for-nothing Murphy . — Ibid . No Smokinc Allowed . —Tlic Alleghany Methodist Conference lately resolved "That no minister shall bo admitted into this Conference who uses tobacco in any of its forms , except as medicine , and in that ease satisfactory evidence shall be given . " This decree will be likely to raise a smoke .

      _LxinAOiiniNARYDemand _ron Q ' s— " It is a fact , that the demand by the printers for thc little letter q is so great that the type-founders are doing nothing else but casting for it . So many esquires have fauna their way into print , that the printers have been thrown out of their calculations , and the supply isnot adequate to the demand . If , therefore , _gentlemen happen to find themselves dubbed plain Mv ; they will know the reason . " The Devil amo . \* o tiik _Tailoks . —Some time ngo _. a

      French teacher , resilient m _Oat ' onl , by-the name of Ducane , called on Mr . _"Whiekham , a _mereen ; . who lived opposite University College , for a waistcoat piece , but could not recollect tlte name ofthe material he wished for . lie sait > . he thought it was de English'ibr de diable . Mr . Whicl'luun aientioned the several names of his infernal hi » iine 3 a-,. _Fiieli aa Old Kick , _Belzcbnb _, & e . " Ss , no , it wa _^ iintdat . " was-the reply . At _length Mr . W . _thought oiVSntnn . " Oh , dat is vat I vant , " _s & id Ducane , " _-twant a ststan vmoat . _"

      "God made 3 _HE Gount & t , hut Mas . made tub Tow . v . "— " When I think oi ? the yuais ami years I lived in- _Sbort's-gardens , never _km-wbg which side 0 " the world the sun got up—never _sccisg him get up-—never- hearing a bird whistle except' in _= a ca » e—¦ thinking there-was hardly anything _v-pon th- eaitbv but l # icWay . era '' and ' carpenterss' woria-I , do feel it a blcs _? 5 ng in- si ? old age , thsA I can so * the trees of a . summer _mm-n-ing waving about me—I . do-feel happy with- all _flaugs-,. seeing thsm to be so-bright- _anul beau--titulv and brimming over with God ' s _goodaca _** . "i" '_ _£ hat' ' s- true , Jem—vary _truc _, _' said St . Giles j " and I ' m glad to see i & _, you look happy . " * — " As a butterfly , " cried Jem . " And , _L-jrd love _ysu ! when , X sometimes think what I wrs ia * liondon ; when I think o'the poor folks that's _thoio-not *~< the pool * creturs that ' s as fine as May-bags for . a year or so , and then tumble , as I may say , in the rend , and get

      trod on by any body , till they dio and ; aro _nc morethought on than poisoned rajs—well ,. E ' ani : _thankful that I ' ve been brought into _Vnis place , to feel myself , as I may say , somewhat cleaned _frosi . _kondiBn mud v and my heart opened by the sweet and pretty thinga about mo . "— " And you dadn ' t knew nothing of gar- * dening , Jem , when you list came- ? - " sal _<} St . Giles . — ' I tell you nota bit . But yo _* A _* c _no-iiought on'fe how soon a man with ths- will in kini _, learns . 5 shall never forget what Mr . Capstick said to me , when we first come , and I didn ' t _thiisk " Icow ' ii take to it , . ' Jem , ' says ho to n-. o , ' a _jrav , len is _;* . beautiful bo ;> k , writ by thc finger _t-f Gcd ; every slower and every leaf ' s a letter ; you ' ve only-to Icara ' em—and he's _i * . poor dunce that can't , it" ho will , do that—to Icara ' cm , and join ' cm , and then go on readme and reading , Mid _you'llfino yourself _ean-ied away-from tho earth to the skies by the be . _iiit'ftil story vou _' re going through . "'—Jerrold ' s Shilling Magazine . '

      _As' _^ _If _tijsi , Out or Joist . —A _gentU'man who had been snipping at an hotel within a hundred miles of Birkenhead , where during the ten days of his sojourn , the invariable reply to " John , what can I have for dinner ?" i _* ffas " Very nice chops and steaks , sir ;'*' at length sent for his landlord , and quietly told hira that " his was the stiij ' est hold he had ever stopped at . " " Indeed , sir ! the ... _$ ? .. _; , sir—how so , rii _*!" "Why , Ihave been herb , for ten days , oiul can bear witness that there ' s never a joint in it . " The land lord vanished . _"•¦ . '' _> _- _- . :. ¦ _-. . " .: ¦ -.- ;; .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22111845/page/3/