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_August 23, 1845. The Northern Star. 3
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BEAUTIES OF BYR 02 J . SO . VH . " _esciish n . « sns jlxp scotch _Beviewebs . " In the following lines the poet lashes the fashion _able aud vicious ofhis own " order : "There the hired eunuch , thc Hesperian choir , The melting lute , the soft lascivious lyre , The song from _Ita'r , the step from France , trie _inidiiiglit orgy , and the mazy dunce , The smile of beauty , and the flush of urine , for fopS _) fools , gamesters , knaves , and lords combine : Each to bis humour— Comus all allows ; Champagne , dice , music , or your neighbour ' s spouse .
Talft not to us , ye starving sons of trade ! Of piteous ruin , winch ourselves have made ; In Plenty ' s _sunsliiuePortui . e _' s minions bask , Sor think of poverty , except " « u masque , " When for the night some lately titled ass Appears the lieggar ivhk-h his _grainlrfrc was . The cur tain _dropp'd , the gay burlc-tta o ' er , The audience take their turn upon the floor ; 2 ? ow round the room the circling _cWgers sweep , _Koiv in loose waltz thc thin-clad daughters leap ; The first in lengthwi'd line majestic swim , The last _display the free uafettei'd limb ! Those for IIii > eniia ' _s lusty sons repair With art the charms which nature could not snare ; These after husbands wing their eager flight , ifor leave much mystery for thc nuptial night .
Oh ' . blest retreats of infamy and case , Where , all forgotten but the power to please , -Each maid may gfre a louse to gonial thought , -Each swain may teach _iicit-systi-ais , or he taught : There the blithe youngster , just _rctuni'd from Spain , -Cuts thc light pack , or calls the rattling main ; The jovial _eastern set , and seven ' s thc nick , ¦ Or—done!—a thousand ou the coming trick ' If mad with less , existence ' gins to tiiv , And all your hope or wish is to expire , Here ' s Powell ' s pistol ready for your life , -Aud , kinder still , two _Pagt-ts fur your wife ; -Fit consummation of an earthly race , . Begun in fyjj y , ended in _ilisgiaci !; While none but menials o ' er _llic _bt-d of death , Wash thy red wounds , or watch thy _wavering breath ; Traduced by liars , and forgot ll . V all , The nian . _j lt-il viciim of a drunken brawl , To live lite Clodius , ami like Falkland fall . *
Truth _; rouse some genuine hard , and guide his hand , To drivethis pestilence from out thc land ! E ' en 1—least _thinking ot a thoughtless throng , Just _sklll'd to knou- the right aud choose the wrong , _Frce'd at that agv when reason ' s shield is lost , To fight my course through _padsiuii ' . s countless host , J Whom every path of _pleasure ' s flowery nay lias lured in turn , ami all have led astray . E ' en 1 _uiastraisuiny voice , _eV-n I must led Such scenes , such men , destroy the public weal ; Although some kind , censorious friend will say , " What art thou better , meddling fool , } than they ?" And every brother rake will smile to see That miracle , a moralist in inc . With the following lines—the conclusion of the poem—wc close our extracts from English Bards and Scotch Jleviewers : —
Thus for I ' ve told nvy _undisturb'd career , Prepared for rancour , stctl'd ' gainst selfish fear : This thing of rhyme 1 ne ' er disdain'd to own , Tbon . _sh not obtrusive , yet not quite unknown : Jly voice was heard again , though not so loud , 3 Iy page , though nameless , never _disavowal ; And now at ouce I tear thc veil away ! Cheer on the pack ; Hie quarry stands at bay , Uuscared by all the diu of Melbourne House , By lambe _' s resentment , or by Holland's spouse , _lij 3 _efhei " s harmless pisu _. 1 _, llallam _' s rage , Edina _' s brawny sons and brimstone page . Our _iiu-u in buckram shall have blows enough , And feel tlicy too " are penetrable stuff : " And though I hope not thence unscathed to go , Who conquers mc shall find a stubborn foe . The time hath been , _-wlitn no harsh sound -would fall
Troin lips that now may seem imbued with gall ; Kor fools nor follies tempt mc to despise The meanest thing that crawl'd beneath my eyes : But now , so callous grown , so changed since youth , I ' ve leara'd to think , and sternly speak the truth ; _leani'd to deride tbe critic ' _s starch decree , And break bim on the -wheel lie meant for nie ; To spurn tlie rod a scribbler bids mc kiss , ~ K or care if courts aud crowds applaud or hiss : Aay , more , though all my rival rhymesters frown , I , too , can hunt a poetaster down ; And , arni'd in proof , the gauntlet cast at once To Scotch marauder and to southern dunce . Thus much I ' ve dared ; if my incondite lay Hath wrong'd these righteous times , let others say : This , let the world , which , knows not how to spare , Yet rarAy blames unjustly , now declare .
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* "l knew die lata ; Lord Falkland well . On Sunday night I beheld liiui presiding ut his own taWe , in all thc liwiest pride of hospitality ; on Wednesday morning , at three o ' clock , I _saiv stretched before me all that remained of _courage , feeling ' , and a host of passions . " —Bycou . I" Lord Falkland was hilled iu a duel hy a ilr . l _' owell in _IijOII . it was not hy words only tliat Lord Byron gave proof of si-ini > atUy oa tlie ujelam-lioly occasion . _Tliougli ins < _m-u difficulties- pressed « n Win at thc time , he contrived to administer relief to the widow and eliildren of his friend . *] I" Yes : aud a precious chase they led nie . " —Byron , 1 S _10 . t" Foal enough , certainly , then , and no wiser siuce . "Bgroti , _ISlS .
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_COMMON SENSE , Addressed loinElxruBrmTs ofAmemc _* . Br Thomas _Paixe . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' _s-inn-fields . Amongst the excellent works advertised in this paper hy Mr . Gocsixs , the writings of thc _celebrated Thomas Paixe occupy a prominent position , and claim a few words from us in introducing them to our readers . Wc hope to speak of Thomas Pake ' s productions , or , at least , thc chief of them , seriatim ; for the present wc shall confine ourselves to a few words on his Common Sense , the fivst-writtcn of his political works , and though by no means thc best , yet thc most important in its results . Of course wc speak of results yet seen . His celebrated Fights of Man is yet performing its mission ; and the mighty results which it has helped to sow the seeds of , have yet in their fulness to be produced , hut produced they will be .
_Tliis'little tract , Common Sense , is now somewhat out of date—it vtas written for a special purpose , and well it served that purpose , tliat of inducing the Americans to throw off the British yoke . Consisting for the most part of reflections on the then state of American affairs ( 1776 ) . and arguments showing the necessity and practicability of independence—it is chiefly valuable as an historical document , and its Take in that respect cannot he over-estimated . In centuries to come , when the historian shall set himself to thc task of describing the birth of the great republic of the West , _thismodest little pamphlet will be his first- thought , aud its contents the choicest of thc stores from which to gather the materials for his historv .
Ihe agitation against the " mother-country . " or rather _against the men and measures under * which thc coionists suffered , liad continued far years and even actual hostilities had gone on for some months before anyone seems to have thought of the only object worth _stragglingand fi ghting for , thc independence of the colonics ; at least if thought of , the thought was not avowed . Thus the colonists were in thc . inamolous position of subjects fi ghtiug against their ( yet acknowledged ) lawful soverc _' _mn . ill this position they were rebels , liable to militarv execution
if captured or conquered , aud shut out , if not from thc sympathies , at least from the hel p of other nations , who , while they might be disposed to assist an independent power in its war with Uritain , were not likely to give assistance to mere revolted subjects . This consideration alone was _stiih ' eicnt to induce Thomas i _' AiXEto take the side of independence ; he saw that there was no road to justice and safctv hut tbioiiih victory , and that to be victors the colonists must as a nation call forth their national resources , and challenge the sympathies of other states in their
behalf . Accordingly Th omas Take produced this little work . J iic powerful arguments be broucht forward insupport ofhis proposition that the colonists should sever ihcv connexion with Britain , were unanswerable auj unassailable ; and the fruits were speedily seen . I be lirst edition of the pamphlet bore date _w ! _i « - ' _ands _* _» PW . _Tvas the conversion of fiithiic opinion to the doctrine of independence , that mless than hyc months from the first appearance ! lu J am hlet ' , _? Continental Congress had _asambled and proclaimed ( on thc 4 th of Julv , 1776 ) the colonics tobe "Free and Independent States ;" the consequence of that declaration , nil men know . ' _ATd _* SpCehnm 0 r ivso of thc eloquence of this
THE TIME . The sun never shincd on a cause of greater worth . Itis not the aiuir of a city , a country , a province , or of _akirnt-TVT- ° ( _<*»*>«*—<»; at least , one-eighth part of we _iiabnable globe . It is not thc concern of a dav , a . ear ct an age ; posterity are involved in the contest , and the nrln , 0 v ° rICSS affeCtC ' ' eVea t 0 fte _«•* of _«™ > _"»" union f > , noW * So , r U tue scs «' -t"ne of continental belike , _nd h 0 n 0 ur - Tlle lcast _figure now , will _tenda- Tne * _nSK , T « I' * M » tne point of a pin on the the _tree-i i ° * _" oalt ' tIle wountI _^ enla , ' = e wi : u ' U ! u 1 *** " % read it in full-grown characters . So man _mcoxciuatiox . mvself li ' a , vanner wisher for reconciliation than the eveTof ' n _^ ° f _ApriI ' I ™ - * " * the moment harden * , ! * ,. a - , vas nlade known , I rejected the , „ , 77 . « _0-fewpered _I'haroah of England for ever , anu _disdmnea Wetch , that with the pretended title _slaJht a reovile ' can _unfeelinglv hear of their soul ? _composedly sleep with their Woodupon his FSEEDOSt ' s HEFC 6 E . _tk . £ 1 l 0 Ve _maniiBi 5 ie that dare oppose , not only _*& % _tyranny , bnt the tyrant , staod forth . eTny t of
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the old world is overrun with oppression . Freedom hath been hunted round _tlnjglobe . Asia an 1 Africahave long expelled her , Europe _regards her like a stranger , and England hath given hes warning to depart . 0 receive the fugitive ! and prepare in time an asylum for mankind .. Englishmen may be- justly proud that Thomas Paixe was a native of their fatherland , and a day will come when those honour * will be paid to Im name and memory , which , though long since due , never can be discharged until tiic many shall be tires-. We confess that our dislike of many things Americanis considerably strengthened hy the fact of the almost total disregard in which Paixe ' s name appears to be now held in the State * . In P . uxk ' s lifetime the American Congress was not _uni'i-atcf ul for his
services , and ot the return made by that body to the man who had so signally aided tlie country they represented , we complain not . What we complain of is , that while almost divine honours arc paid to the memories of Washington , JeiFerson , and others ofthe great spirits of the revolution , the name of Paixe is passed over with indiilorenee . Is it because he wasonly an adopted , not a ' native" citizen of the Republic ? Whatever be the cause , thc- injustice is evident , and for the sake of the American character is to bc deplored . Jn the two first chapters of Common Sense , there is mixed up with much that is excellent , something that is unsound . All thc writer ' s arguments against monarchy and hereditary succession arc perfectl y unexceptionable . Thc unsoundness we allude to is ,
where Paixe represents thc Crown as thc overbearing part of the English Constitution , and that the despotism existing in England owes its existence to the fact ofthe Crown having engrossed the Commons . To a certain extent this was perhaps true in Paixe ' s day , though even then the " overbearing" power ol tlie Crown could not have existed but for the corruption and baseness of the Commons . . The Commons before Paixe ' s time liad twice shown that their power far exceeded that of the Crown . First , they had deposed and put to death thc King , following that up by abolishing th ? House of Lords ; second , thoy deposed and expelled another _Kinir , and invited a foreigner to take his place . _Subsequently these " rascal Commons" passed a law to enable them to retain their scats for seven years , and for sixty years resisted ali attempts made from within or without to reform their constitution . Even in Paixe ' s time , therefore , the " preponderating influence of the
Crown" arose solely from tlie corruption of the Commons . - But in the _' prcsent day it would bc farcical te talk about the " preponderating influence of the Crown , " the Crown having , in reality , no influence at all . The monarch is now a mere gilded puppet , the Lords have degenerated into mere registrars of the edicts of tlie Commons , the . Ministers ( who for the time being , share the monarchy amongst them ) owe all their power to thc Commons . The House of Commons is England's real Government , and England's despotism . But , that house itself is but the creature of the electoral body , which body is , therefore , responsible for the existence of the present despotism , and all the crimes , and all tho wrongs of which that despotism is thc author and perpetrator . _Thepnyttocract / , the _X-ixy s of thc shops , are the real enemies of the peoples' rights , and the only class , whose power is i ' ormidabh ; , that stands between the manv and justice .
In reading Common Sense the reader must bear in mind that the ideas o the author , as a- political writer , were by no means matured at the time he penned this work : it is in his later productions that we must look for teaching more applicable to the present time , and times to come . The following extracts will , however , show that Common Sense is not deficient in useful instruction even for the present period : —
_SOCIETV AND COVEKSMESV . Some writers have so confounded Society with Government , as to leave little or no distinction between them ; whereas tlicy arc not only different , but have different origins . Society is produced hy our wants , and Government hy our wickedness ; the former promotes our happiness positively , hy uniting onr affections : the latter _neyaticcly , hy restratuiug our vices . The one encourages intercourse , the other creates distinctions , The first is a patron , the last a punisher . Society , in every state is a blessing , hut Government , even in its best state , is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state , an intolerable one ; for when we suffer , or arc exposed to the same miseries \> y a GocCTWmCnl , which WO might expect in a country wit / lout ( _rovcroincnt , our
calamity is heightened-by reflecting , that wc furnish the means by which we sutler . Government , like dress , is the badge of lost innocence ; the palaces of Kings are built on the ruins of thc bowers of 1 ' aradisc . For , were the impulses of conscience clear , uniform , and irrcsistibly obeyed , man would need no other lawgiver ; hut that not being the case , he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of thc rest ; and this he is induced to do by thc _s-. vme prudence which in every other case , advises liim out of two evils to choose the least , mere / ore security being thc true design and end of Government , it unanswerably follows , that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us with the least expense and greatest benefit , is preferable to all others .
_JIOJ _. AIICHT , _ASD _UEttEDITABV SUCCESSION . To tlie evil of Monarchy we have added that of Hereditary Succession ; and as the first is a degradation and lessening of ourselves , so the second , claimed as a matter of right , is au insult aud imposition on posterity . For all men being originally equals , no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to alt others for ever ; and though himself might deserve some decent degree of honours of his contemporaries , yet his descendants might be far too unworthy to inherit them . One of the strongest natubai . proofs of the folly of Hereditary right in Kings is , that nature disapproves it , otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule hy giving mankind an ass for a lion .
Secondly , as no man at first could possess any other public honours than were bestowed upon him , so the givers of those honours could have no right to giveaway the right of posterity . And though tlicy might say , " We choose yon for our head , " they could not , without manifest injustice to their children , say , " that your children , and your children's children , shall reign over ours for ever , " because such an unwise , unjust , unnatural compact might , perhaps , in the next succession , put them under thc government of a rogue or a fool . Most wise men , in their private sentiments , have ever treated Hereditary Right with contempt ; yet it is one of those evils which , when once established , is not easily removed ; many submit from fear , others from superstition , and the most powerful part shares with the King the plunder of the rest . # * # *
England , since thc conquest , hath known some few good Monarchs , but groaned beneath a much larger number of had ones , yet no man in his senses can say that tlieir claim under William the Conqueroris a very honourable one . A Trench bastard Iandiug with an anned banditti , and establishing _Uiutself King of England , against the consent of the natives , is , in plain terms , a very paltry , rascally original . It certainly hath no divinity in it . However , it is needless to spend much time in exposing the folly of Hereditary Right ; if there arc any so weak as to believe it , « t them promiscuously worship the ass and the lion , and -welcome ; I shall neither copy their lmunlitv nor disturb their devotion .
* * * * Another evil which attendshercditary succession is , that the throne is liable to be possessed by a minor at any age ; all which time the regency , acting under the cover of a king , have every opportunity and inducement to betray tlieir trust . Tho same national misfortune happens lrlien a king , worn out with age and infirmity , enters the last stage of human weakness . In both these cases the public becomes a prey to every miscreant who can tamper with the follies cither of age or infancy . The most plausible plea which hath ever been offered in favour of hereditary succession is , that it preserves a nation from civil wars ; and were this true , it would be weighty ; wbcreas , it is the most barefaced falsity ever imposed npon mankind . The whole History of England disowns thc fact Thirty kings and two minors have reigned in that distracted kingdom since tlie Conquest , in which time there have been ( including the _licrolutiou ) no less than eight civil wars and nineteen rebellions . Wherefore , instead of making for peace , it makes against it , and destroys the very foundation it seems to stand ou .
If wc inquire into the business of a king , WC shall find that in some countries they have none ; anil after sauntering away their lives without pleasure te themselves ov advantage to the nation , withdraw from the scene and leare their successors to tread thc same idle ground . In absolute monarchies the whole weight of business , civil and military , lies on the king ; the children of Israel , in tlieir request for a king , urged this pica , "that lie may judge us , and go out before us and fight our battles . " But in countries where he is neither a judge nor a general , a man would be puzzled to know what is his business . * # * * In England the king hath little more to do than to make , war and give away places ; which , in plain terms , is to impoverish the nation aud set it together by the cars . A pretty business , indeed , for a man to bc allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for , and worshipped into the bargain . Of more worth is one honest man to society , and in the sight of God , than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived .
Some of our old soldiers of freedom may think it superfluous to call attention in this 1345 to thc works of Paixe ; if so , we must be permitted to think otherwise . The boys of a few years ago are young men now , and these young men have , in all _probabilitv , an important part to perform in the future ; it is therefore , essential that tlieir minds sliould be well prepared against the day of conflict and the hour of victory . Thomas Paixe will not teach them all they must learn , but he is an excellent schoolmaster to begin with . So other apology can be necessary for these remarks , or for those we may oifer on future occasions when calling attention to the works of this great _Englishman . The price of this pamphlet our readers will see in ilr . Cousins' advertisement , and we hope that all who have not a copy by them , will exhibit their common sense by forthwith obtaining it .
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PUNCH—PartXLIX . London : Punch Office , 92 , Fleet-street . The contents of this part we generally excellent j _w must , howevp _prtvni * VoiIowinF ;— .
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_ANOTBES . -50 VXG O . VE . A new journal has been started at Xew York , called Young America . We believe thc principles it advocate * arc—universal repudiation , mint-juleps , no tares , and a tarnation thrashing to all the world . This is a sacrifice of truth to what , wc presume , is intended for wit , but the wit , if there be any , is too small for us to discover .. What thc principles of Young America really ava , Fundi may discover by merely taking the trouble to learn the principles of this paper . For further information , wo refer our friend of the hunch to tlie extracts from Young . _-titwrico ; in our seventh page .
The inimitable " Caudle Lectures , " now read throughout Europe and America , arc continued in this part , as rich and racy as ever . The articles on fhe fJaliara atrocity , and the infamous case _ofsoMici' - ilogging at Windsor , arc of priceless worth , and calculated to most materially serve the cause of humanity and progress . Well , remarks the writer of one these articles ('' The Ca t at Windsor " ) : — How very handsome is a regiment in all its flutter ami glory of flags and fine trappings : " Yet let us pick thc regiment to pieces—reduce it to units—and what a miserable _soul-and-body bartered creature is the son of glory who , if his manhood revolt at indignity , may be lashed like a brute . Thiuk of these matters—glory-loving youngster!—especially thiuk of them , when tlie recruiting serjeant may seek to tempt you with thc destroying shilling . '
The illustrations arc , as usual , excellent—the best in this part are " The Man wot plays several instruments at once , " and "Purifying Covent Garden Theatre . "
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VIVE LA GUERRE ! A WAB _SON'G _P 011 THE FSEMC 3 I IS ALCIEB 5 In Dahra ' s caverns hidden Hide the Arabs , and delay-To yield when they are bidden ; Bo cries brave Pclissier"Uring faggots of fierce fuel * frenchmen checked by Arab slaves . ' We'll have a vengeance cruel ! Roast them in their sacred caves ! We'll make their foml trust falter ' . Oast in faggots ! Let them Have , Till vengeance hath au altar Fitly furuishM ! Vic * _kt guerre . '" Hush the sparks in rap h _) fountains Up abroad into thc shy ! 1 ' i'om the bases of the mountains Leap the fork'd _flamc-s mountain-high . ' Thc flames , like devils thirsting ,
Lick the wind , where crackling spars Wage hellish warfare , worsting All the still , astonished stars ! My the furnace , fling the faggots ! lo , the flames writhe , rush , and tear ! And a thousand writhe like maggots In among them ! Vive la guerre . ' A mighty wind is blowing T ' wards the cavern ' s gaping mouth The clear , hot flames are flowing In and in , to glut its drouth ; Flames with winds roar , rave , and battle Wildly battle , rave , and roar ; And cries of men and cattle Through the turmoil sadly soar . We are pale ! What ! shall a trifle , A sad sound , onr bold hearts scare ? * Tis long before they stifle !
Bring more faggots ! Vive la guerre ! With night began the burning ; Look where yonder comes thc day 1 Hark . ' signals for adjourning Our brave sport . Wc must obey ! But be sure the slaves are weary . 'As the short and sob-like sigh Of gusts on moorlands dreary-Float their sinking voices by;— - No sound comes now of shrieking ;—Let us show what Frenchmen dare ! Force the caves , through vapours recking Like a kitchen ! Vive la guerre ! What ' s this—and this ? Pah ! sick ' ning , Whether woman , man , or beast . Let us on . The fumes are
_thick'ning!—Ho 1 here ' s that hath shape at lcast . How its horny eyes are staring On that infant , seeking food From its broad brown breast , still bearing Smoke-dried stains of milk and blood ! At our work do any wonder , Saying , " Frenchmen love the fair" ? Such "fair" ? Ha ! ha ! they blunder Who thus twit us ! Y ' wc la guerre ! What ' s that , so tall and meagre ?—Nay , bold Frenchmen , do not shrink!—'lis a corpse , with features eager , _Jamm'd for air into a chink . Whence is thathvsteric sobbing _?—
Nay , bold Frenchmen , do not draw ! 'Tis an Arab ' s parch'd ttwoat throbbing Frenchmen love sweet Mercy's law :-Make way there ! Give him breathing ! How he smiles to feel the air ! His breath seems incense wreathing To sweet Mercy ! Vive la gnem ! And now , to crown our glory , Get we trophies , to display As vouchers for our story , And mementos of this day ! Once more , then , to the grottoes ! Gather each one all he can—Rlistcr'd blade with Arab mottoes , Spear-hcatl , bloody yataghan . Give room now to thc raven And the dog , who scent rich fare ; And let these words bft graven
Ou the rock-side— "Vice la guerre !' The trumpet sounds fov marching I On ! alike amid sweet meads , Morass , or desert parching , Whcreooe ' cr our captaiu leads ! To Pclissier sing praises ! Praises sing to bold Bugeaud ! Lit up by last wight ' s blazes To all time their names will show ! Cry " conquer , kill , and ravage !" Sever ask " who , \ v \ v _. vt , or wnereV f civilised , or savage , Never heed , hut—I 'he la guerre !
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Tub Duke asd the Ratcatcher . — ! he Duke of Buckingham has a fine eye for a happy peasantry . On a Vloyal visit to Stowe , his Grace can group a thousand tillers of the soil—in snowy smock frocks , washed expressly for tlie occasion—with the tasto of a ballet-master . The Duke is the farmer ' s friend ; and , therefore , descending a little in his benevolence , lie is the friend of the labourer . Nevertheless , his Grace is a greater friend to leverets , though they shall not be bigger than kittens . In tho cast there are asylums and hospitals for reptiles ; and the man who could with meekest serenity contemplate thc wants of his fellow biped , would feel the tendcrest pity for a cock roach or a lizard . And in this spirit do some of our gentlemen of England— " Merry
England , " as sometimes , with a knowing look and tougucs in tlieir checks , they call it—preserve tlieir game . Fine , imprison , grind to thc dust the peasant —but preserve thc game ! Heap hot coals upon the grey head of thc labourer—hut preserve the game ! lie deaf to the goodly reputation of forty years , and punish the dog in thc pauper master ( for they arc one and the same thing ) , but—preserve the game ! The Duke of Buckingham { represented by one of his gamekeepers ) appeared a few days since at the Buckingham petty sessions against a " venerable-looking man , " although a rat ratchcr , named William White . Fearful odds ! " The judges were rangeda terrible show ; " for they were three preachers of the word of God , " thc Rev . Messrs . Eyre , Andrews ,
and Bayncs . " The offender , White , had caught rats for forty years ; and in that time had never been cited before a magistrate , lie had a wile and live children to support ; and ( rat-catching was not the best of trades , the reverend magistrates themselves mig ht allow that ) at times it was a hard matter with him to get his crust in an honest way . He was crossing the public road , followed hy three dogs . One of them went into a ditch , and brought out and killed a "leveret as big as a . kitten , " whereupon the officer ofthe Duke of Buckingham—fhe labourer ' s friendcited thc dog ' s master before the bench . And then did these reverend men take counsel one with another : and , sympathising with thc wrongs ofthe coroneted owner of the leveret " as big as a kitten _.
they ordered William White to " pay 18 s ., and m default fourteen days' imprisonment . " William White handed in a written testimonial of good character , signed by mauv men of _good report ; and the reverend magistrates—what could they do?—looked at the document , and still the sentence was— " 18 s ., or fourteen days' imprisonment . " _Kot a shilling , not a . day was abated : but mercy was not wholly banished from the court ; time was given to the rat-catcher to earn the money . Thus , William White—h is ianiily , to bo sure , will be pinched a little for bread the while —may be enabled to discover how many rats make the value of one "leveret as big as a kitten . " He may also learn the true value of character ; may feci how worthless is the reputation of forty years ' honest
toil when his dog kills a leveret '' as big as a kitten . And thus at beer-houses , bv the way-side , and at thc cottage-hearth , will thc tale of the naughty . William White go round ; and , it is natural to suppose it , a universal love for the Duke of Buckingham in the individual , and reverence for aristocracy in thc abstract , will sink into thc hearts of thc storytellers . And thus will the reputation of the Duke of Buckingham descend . For though he may not mark his name in his country ' s councils—though , with the exception ofthe £ 50 clause , he may never be known as a legislator—still his name may travel from generation to generation of rustics , written in the blood of " leverets as big as kittens . " Yet is not all our sympathy for William White . No : we feel & touch of _compassioafbrhis reverend judges . Apostolical as they must he . we can imagine theirmoral struggles .
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theacuteness of their sufferings , when called upon to levy a crushing & ie- upon a venerable okl . man who has lived a life _ei honesty and toil , for that his dog has killed , »• _» , levsret as big as a kitten . " . ' Sure wo are tliat , with their peculiar caste of thought , tliev must now-and then , ask themselves whether leverets " , any more than- field-mice , were sent upon tdecarth to be ticketed as the sacred property of anv ohc owner . It . isimforuuiate th . it ,. when a game-law sentence « f peculiar cruelty is to- be pronounced , a clergyman is generally on the ' - beach to uttcrit . To besiire this mnv give _moi-e solemnity to the sacrifice , _as-in the ohien . day tlie vietim was always sacrificed by a priest . —Fundi .
Monstrous Case Of Culm. 00n. Croydon, Au...
MONSTROUS CASE OF CULM . 00 N . CROYDON , August 15 . ( Before Lord Chief Justice Tindalu-nda CommonJnry . ) _GOOllE V . WEIHEUELt , CLEBK . This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant . for criminal conversation w'th Ills wife .. The- case is of a most extraordinary character , and it , is said that the damages were laid at £ 50 , 000 . Mi _' . _Scijciint Shoe , Mr . Montagu Chambers ,. and Mr . buwm James were for the plain tiff ; Mr . Serjeant Clmnnell , Mr . _CliH'kson , and Mr . Lush , for tlie d . _eteiuknt ,
. Mr . Serjeant Shee opened the case , and said thc _plaintitt was Mr . John _Mynde Coolie , a young man , an attorney , who was very rcspcctablv connected , the son ot Mr . Cooke , of Capel Court , " Herefordshire , and he came into court to complain of the most serious injury that could bo inflicted b y one man upon _aiitothjsv _, an injury that bad embittered the morning of lus life , and which must deprive him of all happiness horeaftcr . The defendant was a man of fifty-five , a minister of the Church of England , and at present tlie rector of Uyfield _, in Northamptonshire , anil when he told them that he was charged with incest and adultery with his own daughter , ho was sure thejury would give liim credit for feeling the deep responsibility _, of his task , in having to lay such a case before them .. Ec would endeavour to lay tlie tacts of this
almost unexampled case bofore them with as much calmness as he could command , and would give tha jury that evidence which , in his opinion , made out a clear and ' unanswerable case on thc part of the plaintiff . The defendant was most respectably connected . He had married a daughter of a gentleman who atthe time filled the office of chief magistrate of the City of London , and through his influence he obtained the rectory of Byiicld , which was worth £ 1100 a year , and also had a fortune of £ 20 , 000 witli his wife , who , however , had the control over that sum , and she settled it upon her daughter , the lady , whose misconduct was that day the subject of their inquiry _, lit 1839 , after her mother ' s death , the young lady came of age , and the money was then transferred by the trustees to her name and came under her control ,
and it appeared that her father took a splendid mansion in Eaton-place , where he lived in a style of great splendour , and far beyond his means , and it would appear that with thc consen t of theyounglady _,, her fortune was by degrees drawn from the Hank of England , and eventually entirely squandered away within a little more than two years from tho period of the young lady coming of age . The p laintiff was introduced to the family of the defendant about this time . He was a young man of between one and two and twenty , lie had just been admitted an attorney , and was very successful in his profession , and having a fortune of his own to the extent of £ 8000 , the brightest prospects were before him . In the summer of 18-12 , he met Miss Wether-ell ; ho was pleased with her person , and he eventually offered her his hand ,
and was accepted . Mr . Cooke was sincerely attached to the young lady , but he would not deny that he did expect to receive some fortune with his wife . Iler father objected to the marriage , and thc terms of his refusal of Mr . Cooke were barely civil , and eventually they were married without his consent at St . George ' s Church , Hanover-square . Tho young couple went on a tour for a short time , and upon their return the father appeared to be friendly , and they went to pay him a visit-at his rectory at By field . ' Two or three days had hardly elapsed when a gentleman named _Nisbet made his appearance , and produced an acceptance of Miss Wetlierell ' s for £ 500 , and insisted Upon his right to look to the newly-married husband for payment . The-plaintiff was shocked at the news , and he felt that he hud been cruelly deceived both by
his wife and her father . He knew that he ivas legally liable tat- the debts of his wife , and he therefore felt that it was absolutely necessary for liim to ascertain the exact amount of " her liabilities and the real position of her affairs . Notwithstanding that at this moment the plaintiff felt that he was almost entirely ruined by the treachery of his wife and father-in-law , his conduct towards the former appeared to he o the kindest description , and ho read a letter from his wife to thc plaintiff , couched in the kindest terms , to bear out his statement . The result of thc inquiries made by the plaintiff satisfied him that his wife was dreadfully involved . All her fortune had been _squanueTcu , and sho had acceptances out to a very large amount , and he felt it only duo to himself to "insist that her father should give
an account of his stewardship , and that he should grant him an interview for that purpose . This took place , and the defendant then admitted that he had wasted his daughter ' s fortune , and that she had nothing left , and that the furniture , houses , and everything they had , had been made over by a bill of sale , or wan-ant of attorney , to different parties who had advanced money upon them . From this time Mr . Wethercll offered him every obstruction and opposition to obtaining his rights , and his wife invariably took the part of her father in resisting his wishes . After having coldly and unwillingly accompanied her husband to London , from Uyficld , she eventually returned to her father , and although the plaintiff repeatedly , in the mostcanicsfc and affectionate manner , entreated her to return to him , she invariably refused ,
and treated him with the utmost coldness and unkindness , and he believed he should he able to ' show that tlie defendant had made the most shameful charges against her husband , and he in time succeeded in entirely alienating her affections from him . There was , in f act , a total absence of everything like that kind of feeling which could bc expected to animate the breast of a young woman of one and twenty towards a man to whom she had been married only two months . ( The learned serjeant hero read some letters that had passed between the parties confirmatory of his statement , ) Mr . Cooke at length was compelled to take proceedings in Chancery , nnd eventually a deed was executed , by which tho defendant admitted that he was indebted to his daughter in a sum of £ 18 , 000 , and that large arrears of interest
were also due to her , and he undertook to repay the amount by yearly instalments of £ 500 , but to show that Mr . Cooke had acted in a perfectly disinterested manner , he did not take any interest under the deed , but the whole amount was placed under the control and appointment of his wife . Immediately after this deed was executed the . defendant wrote a letter to Mr . Cooke , forbidding him his house , orhavingany intercourse with his wife , and this was all the return Mr . Cooke received for what lie must call his most generous conduct . Thc learned serjeant then referred te some other proceedings that had taken place , and said that all along tbe plaintiffs wife had evinced the utmost hostility to him , and opposed him in every proceeding he adopted . The plaintiff could not account for such conduct , but at length he received
some information which induced thc most horrible suspicion upon his mind , and his subsequent inquiries led to the present charge being made against the defendant . The parties who gave the information had no interest in making such an odious charge against the defendant . They were persons of humble station certainly , but he believed of unblemished character , and thc result of the inquiries made by Mr . Cooke , through their information , left no doubt upon his mind that the defendant had been guilty of the dreadful crime of incest and adultery . He should call before thejury the servants in the house in Eatonsquare , and they would prove that they had always entertained a suspicion of the character of the intimacy between the defendant and his daughter , and that having watched , they were satisfied that thev
were in the habit of continually sleeping together as man and wife , and he should also prove that the _defendant was seen at all hours of the night in his daughter ' s bed-room . The learned serjeant then stated other facts of a similar character , which need not be further alluded to , but tbe eil _' cct of which he said was to satisfy all the servants that a most improper intimacy was being carried oil . The learned serjeant then proceeded to state that he sliould prove that , suspicion having been entertained that Mrs . Cooke was in the family way , from her stout appearance and other indications , she had gone into the country with her father , where miscarriage had
evidently taken place . After enumerating other circumstances , the learned serjeant concluded a very able address by observing that to talk ofthe amount ot damages in such a case as this was perfectly unnecessary _. If he made it out , he was sure iho jnrv would think no amount of damages too large , or that any sum could be a sufficient reparation to the plaintiff for the cruel injury lis had received . Witnesses were then called to bear out the learned counsel ' s statement .-At the close of the plaintiff ' s case , the- further proceedings were adjourned . _ . .. Crotdox , August 10 .
The Court sat at nine o ' clock , and the names of thejury having been _called over , tho cause proceeded _, it was stated that the reverend defendant had been in consultation with his counsel , Mr . Serjeant Olianncll , until a late hour on the previous night , and it was resolved that no witnesses should be called for the defence , although it was understood there were a good many in attendance . , Mr Serjeant Ghannell proceeded to address the jury for the defendant . lie said that tho evidence in support oi the plaintiffs case having been concluded , it was now _ioi-the jury to consider the effect of that evidence , and it became his duty to make some _observations respecting it , and he declared that having attentively considered the wholQ that _bMbcetl adduced to support the odious charge that was made ¦ against the defendant , he did not entertain any fear ' _butttat thejury _wouldfiad _axerdict ia favour of the
defendant . His learned friend had truly described the present proceeding as a prosecution— ' the defendant was not there toanswer with his life , certainly ; but thc effect of a verdict of guilty would be worse than death —it would render life of no value—there would be aiv end of all human happiness , everything that could make life _acrecable or desirable would be destroyed ,, and life would be a cu » se . A verdict of guilty would also entail a curse upon tho being to whom ' tlie defendant had given life , and would place her for the remainder of her days under the most odious icuominy , and would render her life a burden . When he considered these results that must inevitably follow an adverse verdict to the defendant , and looked ut the evidenco by which such a dreadful charge was sought to bc supported , he , however , felt
satisfied that the verdict must be for the defendant . He would remark to thejury that it was not because persons came forward * and swore positively to certain occurrences having taken place , tlicy were therefore , to take it for gran ted that they were ' true . In fi ' . tcli an awfulehnrge as the present , he contended that the jury ought to insist _uiion having clear and undoubted testimony before they returned au adverse decision to the party accused of such an odious and horrible offence . The _jm-yshould remember that thoy were not iiKiiiiring into the question whether the defendant had been guilty of folly and extravagance , or whether he had squandered his daughter ' s fortune . It might be very true that he bad done so , hut the jury had nothing to do with it . The main and only question for them to decide was , whether thedet '
endnnt was proved upon undoubted evidence to have been guilty of the foul crimes of incest and adultery ? n ith regard to the circumstances of the parties , ' he begged tlie jury to remember that there was nothing to show that the defendant and his daughter were not living happily , and in comfort , at tho time the plaintitt' was first intvodueeu in them , and under what circumstances did thc marriage take place ? After only live or six visits , thc plaintiff ' , no doubt , believing them to be persons of wealth , made an offer of marriage , but was refused by the defendant , and then , with the assistance of his friends , Captain Gosdcll _, Mr . Heed , and Mr . _SYaddy , he got thcyoung lady to leave her father ' s house , and to marry him without dev father ' s consent . It was not very " likely that tho defendantwonld at first be friendly with the man who
had acted in such a manner , but there was every reason to believe that the defendant did afterwards receive his son-in-law on friendly terms ; and it was evident , by his endeavouring . to let ln s house in Eaton-square , and thc other steps he took , that he was anxious to make what reparation he could for thc past extravagance , and that lie desired to raise a fund for the benefit-of his daughter . The defendant did not deny that he had made an improper use of- his daughter ' s fortune , and he was willing to make all the reparation lie could . Thc jury could sec the hostile feelings exhibited by the plaintiff all through tlie case . He most improperly took forcible possession ofthe house in Eaton-square , and when he was compelled to leave it through thc interference of thc magistrate , he went down to llvficld , no doubt , with
the samo object . The plaintiff then took his wife to lodgings in Welbcck-strcct , and after they had been there a short time he left her . He entreated the jury to read the letters that hail been written to him by his wife after this had taken place , most attentively , fov he considered they were a complete answer to the case , lie _wassure ihe jury would say it was impossible the woman who had written such letters , teeming with religion and virtue , and with expressions of love and kindness for her husband , notwithstanding his ill-usage , could be guilty ofthe foul crimes imputed to her . It was clear she had an affection for her husband , and it was equally clear that there was a something in his conduct towards her , which had not been explained , which rendered it impossible for her to live with him . It was not possible
tor human nature to bc so depraved as that a young woman could havo penned such letters to her husband when she . knew that she had been guilty of the crimes of incest and adultery . He entreated them to read the letters attentively , and then ask themselves whether such letters could be written by a foul , disgraced , and abandoned woman , such as the defendant ' s daughter was sought to be-made out to be by these proceeding ' s ? The learned counsel for the plaintiff had sought to make out that the plaintiff had acted very generously to ' Mr . Wethercll with regard to thc settlement dScd , and said that he had no interest under it . He ( Mr . Channel ]) thought the deed bore a very different complexion , for iu point of fact the effect and object of it was , to cotnptd tho defendant to repay , _byinstnlmeiits out of his Jiving , the
whole ofthe money of his daughter that he had improperly expended , and , of course , the plaintiff , as her husband , would have reaped all the benefit . The plaintiff sought to obtain the advantages of this deed by living with his wife ; and it was only when he failed , and found she was , for some reason which had not been explained , determined not to live with him , that this action was brought with a view to bring utter ruin and destruction upon both father and daughter . The learned counsel proceeded to make some remarks upon the evidence that had been brought forward to make out the horrid charge . If the evidence was to be credited , they were to believe not only that an incestuous intcrcousc was carried on between the defendant and his daughter , but that it was carried on under circumstances almost challenging exposure and detection . The charge ,
improbable and unnatural as it was in itself , was rendered a thousand times moro so by the circumstances under which it was alleged to have been committed . The learned serjeant then commented with great severity upon the conduct of the servants of the defendant who had been examined . He said , it could bc conceived that servants mig ht not take notice of any ordinary irregularities in the establishment of their masters , but here the witnesses admitted they had continued , without making remarks , for weeks and months , in a service where , if they told the truth , their master was openly , and almost _unblusliingly , carrying on an incestuous intercourse with his own daughter , that daughter heing a married woman , and ho himself a clergyman ! Could they place any reliance upon the evidence of such persons ? Would any one having the least regard for his credit or character have so acted , i f what they ,
stated had really occurred ? It was impossible , and he submitted to thejury that tlicy ought not to place any reliance upon the evidence that had been given . It was difficult , nay , almost impossible to contradict evidence of the description that had been given , but in his opinion there was abundant ground for the jury to entertain suspicion of thc whole case , and if this were so , their only safe course was to acquit the accused . The learned serjeant concluded by expressing his opinion that the case had not been made out , and he ivas satisfied thejury would find it impossible to return a verdict for the plaintiff . Lord Chief Justice Tindal summed up , and the jury having deliberated for a short time , expressed a wish to retire , and were absent about half an hour , when they returned into court with a verdict for thc plaintiff—Damages , £ 3000 .
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_IIvDnopnohiA . —On the 20 th of last month a young man , the son of a fisherman of tho name of Arkden , residing in Barking-creels , whilst in a field in thc rear of his father ' s house , was bitten in the leg by a puppy of the mastiff breed ; thc lad took but little notice of tho place , and a few days afterwards it healed up . On Thursday morning he for the first time complained of a pain in the thigh , which increased until it reached the right side , accompanied by vomiting to an extent that compelled him to go home , and he was put to bed . In ' , the morning lie complained of severe pains in the head , thirst , and a feeling as if being strangled . Ii is parents sent for Mr . Henderson , the nearest medical practitioner ,
and in the interim the mother desired her son to wash his face , but upon bringing some water he exhibited the most intense agony , dashing it from him , and fainting . In that state ho was found " by Mr . Henderson , who immediately declared it to he a case of hydrophobia . The usual remedies were applied , but with little effect . At one time it required the united efforts of four men ( although he was hut seventeen years of age ) to hold him down . He was finally fastened to the bed , and at his own request his eyes were covered , as even thc shutting of a door , or the passage of any one across the room , creating the slightest air , affected him in a most frightful manner . He expired on Sunday morning . —Globe .
Sf . vgi / 'lak . Return op Stolen' PnoranTy . — The shop of Mr . G . Da vies , of Dolgclly , in the county of Merioneth , was burglariously robbed , and a very large quantity of watches and jewellery stolen , on the morning of thc ith of January . In June last , a man named Jonathan Jones was apprehended as being one concerned in the robbery , and four of . the watches were found by Mr . Hill , the active superintendent of police at Chester , in a box belonging to the prisoner . Jones was tried at the last assizes and transported for fifteen years . The report of the trial appeared in the Times under thc head of " North Wales Circuit . It was strongly suspected that a man residing at Chester , named Philip Dixon , was an accomplice ( it was on his information Jones was apprehended ) , but no evidence could be adduced against him . On tho morning of Saturday , the 16 th hist ., a box arrived for MivDavics by the Chester carrier , which , on opening , he was most agreeably
surprised to find filled with the proceeds of the robbery , there being ninety-six watches , and a large quantity of rings , Ac . —in fact , all that he recollected to Iw y o lost , except the four watches abovc-mentioued . The box was accompanied by a small brown paper parcel , in which was a letter dwected to Mr . Davies ( not signed , of course ) , which was written badly , and saying , that "herbegtorcturnhimhis property . " All that the carrier knows is , that the box aud parcel wore brought to thc waggon by a man , small in size and unknown to him . 'iho aflair , as may be imagined , has caused a great stir m tins quiet town , and all ave glad of the happy return , as Mr . Davies is a man much respected , and was very much sympathised with by every one _ - ¦ , The " Dakk Ages . " - ' * Tne boy atthe head ofthe class will state what were the cfarft « je 3 of tho world . Boy hesitates . " Next—Master Jones , can t you tell ns what the dark ages were ! " Boy- " I guess they t were tho ages before spectacles wo invented . Go i to _vour sent . "
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_Kvictki ! Haw . Lvsolvkxt . —Sir Culling Lardlcy Smith , John Dean Paul , and James Lord , _lespcctivclv the ' chairman , treasurer , and secretary' ot a body ' which styles itself the _Aiifi-AlaynootA . Committee , have issued a circular , slating , that in their efforts to oppose thc Maynootli Endowment Hill that Association lias contracted debts to the amount of £ Tol Ms . lid ., which it is unable to defray , and demanding assistance , in order to discharge tiic ' m . The _Anti-Mavnooth Committee has
manifestly committed itself ; but how can people havo the conscience to nsk charitv of others who have so little of it themselves ? In stirring up the fires of religious animosity , thc Eseter-Halliti's have burnt their own . lingers , and arc deservedly smarting in consequence . Let us hone that the burnt children—for childish _, enough they are—will dread the lire . We shall not he sorry to see an execution put into their hall , and their platform and other properties sold up . May no misplaced sympathy avert that most devoutly-to-be wished consummation \—Punch .
I _' l-nuc Sake-TV . —Accidents are becoming so plentiful on thc railways that wc seriously propose that an Act of Parliament should bo passed next session , making it penal for any railway to start without one or more directors in each train . When their own lives are in jeopardy , wc are sure the railway autocrats will see the necessity of the greatest caution being used by cvevy one employed on tho line , to guard the public against injury . —Ml . _Chanok if Diet . —Wc sec Mr . Forbes Mackenzie was amongst the number ol * guests at the Ministerial white-bait dinner . We hope the lion , member was provided with something better than his own words to cat ; for really nothing else scorns to have passed Mr . Mackenzie ' s lips since he has joined the mess of Ministers . —ibid .
Jjkgix at iioMi :. —John Adams , cx-prcsidentot the United States , being called upon for a contribution for foreign missions , said , " I have nothing to give for that purpose ; but there are here iu this vicinity six ministers , not one of whom will preach in the other ' s pulpit . Now , I will give as much ov more than any one else to civilise these clergymen . " _Pkoi'eu IsqiniiY . —A lady reading that a man had been sentenced to six months' hard labour for _doysfwiling , observed to a friend , with a shudder , " Gracious ! my love , what would certain of our sex have to endure for entrapping jmppies !"
. Bums or a -Feather «« V / flock _tooetubk . —Roebuck recently declared in his place in the House , that " perhaps with some / ialf-do ~ cn exceptions , the whole House were dabblers in railway shares . " Upon heaving this , Sibtborp threw a terrific somersault across the table , and pouncing upon thc little M . P . for Bath , exclaimed , " 1 never thought it would come to this , but I must shake vour hand , by G-d !" Each to ms Taste . —It was remarked at the Cabinet white-bait dinner that Bucclcucli _' s Duke stuck to that right royal fish thc sturgeon , Pod to gudgeon , and Graham to plaice . The rest of the ministcrials snapped up all the loaves and fishes that came to hand with every sign of an inordinate appetite . k Pact . —livery little lail in _Yorkshireluiowssullicicnt of scripture history to bc able to inform you who was saved when the world was drowned ; for if thc question bc put to him , " My lad , can you tell me who built thc ark ? " he will answer " Noa " . "
Speculation * _ExTiiAouniSAnv . —The Record of Tuesday last contains an advertisement calling the attention of " Christian Capitalists to a scheme for the _extension of Evangelical Truth , requiring an outlay of from £ 2000 to . £ -5000 , and insuring ten or fifteen per cent , on the sum expended !" IVlint , sell Vie troth !—wc tliink we hear the din , And _tfi'O . _'in ofKvniijyelical " O _, lies ;" Why sell your truth ? You'll make a heap of tin , ' With less hypocrisy , hy selling lies ! Oh ! why should _you—xmlh stock on hand to sell , Tell truth so badly , who tell lies so well . Joe MUtir . Names fou Railway Tjhw ) eiis . —Tho " Smasher 1 " the " Crusher ! " the " Grimier ! " and the " _In-at-thc-Death . "—JWd . A Reason . —Why was fhe Squireen murdered in Tippcrary . ?—Bekase he swore he'd bca white-boy , and he kept a black boy !—lbid .
TliK Citv oi ' . TiiE Faih . k . —Why did the King Ot Bokhara persecute the Graver Missionary ?—Because he went . is a " Wolff" in sheep ' s clothing . —Ibid . - _'Giiace as p Disoiiace . — "What arc the most disgraceful postures and positions?—iin-postwes and i » i-positions are the most dis-graceful . —Ibid . BnouoiuM and _Soi'iioclks . —Brougham called an Empress a Statesman—Sophocles , in his phvy-biil , has made one of his dramatis personw a blind Sea . Cambridge Canvassing . — A . Cambridge butcher being canvassed during tho late contest for Mr . Adair , by one of that _gentleman ' s friends , he pointed to a . log of mutton hanging in thc shop , and said , ' ¦ That ' s a line leg , sir . " " _les , it is , " was thc reply . " It weighs lOlbs ., " added the man in blue , " and its price is £ 5 per pound . " "Then , " said the canvasser , " it will suit Mr . Kelly ' s party ' s appetite better than Mr . Adair ' s , " and left thc shop .
An Equivocal _Declauatiok . —& . clca . nly-sluvvc'i gentleman inquired of a fair damoisellc , the other day , . " whether or no she admired moustachios ?" " 0 , " replied the charmer , with an arch look , " I invariably set my face against them . " Very shortly afterwards his upper lip betrayed symptoms of careful cultivation . A . v Amkwcan _Makvei .. —Thc ivedon _-ftcoisfcrstatcs , on fhe authority of a Mr . Woodward , ' of . _Warrea county , Ohio , " said to be a man of veracity , " that tho citizens of Lebanon lately proceeded lodisinfcr thc body of a Mrs . Irwin , with ii view to place it by the side of her husband ' s remains , and found it petrified . ' To complete the phenomenon , they were all " petrified—with astotiishinont . "
_PAitAtiiseREOAiKEn . —lhc (? o . _< i /> _rf /< fl )» n' > _' ( American paper ) says that a schooner , built a short time since at Eden , Hancock county , Maine , is called " The Garden . Of course she is the floating Garden of Eden , and so she is named upon her stern . Captain ; Adam . Will < ins is her master ; Abel Randall is mate ; and Mrs . £ vclino'Winnns _^ Captain Adam ' s wife ) is « ook . Moiib " Great Facts" for . " Little Folks . —A Yankee lad , whose father was a farmer , went into a barn to play a short time ago , and being detained a , prisoner by a thunderstorm , he fell asleep upon a bag of guano . The old gentleman , when the storm was over , went into the farm-yard to look for his son , and
met a giant , eight feet high , coming out of thc barn . " Hallo ! who arc you ? " he cried ; " what are you . doing here ? " " Wiiv , father , " squeaked thc Cioliah , " it ' s me ; don't you ' know Tommy ? " " You ' . " thc astonished parent ' exclaimed ; " why , Tom , how on airth did you get stretched out so long in so short a time ? " " Why , father , " replied the boy , looking down upon thc gaping old man , " 1 slept upon them bags of guano as you put in thc barn , and that and the lightning together just did the business !" A fair _Tjiadkr . —A widow of the name of llugg having taken a Mr . Price for her second husband , and being asked by a friend how she liked thc change , replied , " O , I have sold mv old Kiigg for a good Price . "
Good fob TnE Gander , Good ron _Tnn Goose . — The ladies of Springfield , TJ . S ., ave organising an opposition to the Odd Fellows , under the title of "Thc Independent Order of Strange Women ' . " Lbckv Bon . — " Come , Bob , tell us how much you have cleared by your speculation ? " said Bob ' s quizzical friend to him . the other day . " Cleared ! " replied Bob , with a frown , " why , you fool , I ' ve cleared my pockets . " Evii , _si'KAKiN « asd Backjutixg . — Much inquiry having been made concerning a gentleman who hail quitted a company where Dr . Johnson was , and no information being obtained , at last Johnson said , "I don't like to speak ill of any man behind his back , but I believe the gentleman is an attorney . " _, # Ganoid Acknowledgment . — Amongst the advertisements in a late London paper , we read that" T \ vc sisters want washing ; " and that a spinster , particularly fond of children , wishes for two or _thrw _, or any other employment }
" The likeliest _oe the two . "—Lord Brougham once said he hoped to see the day when every poor man would bc able to read and understand Bacon . Cobbett said it would be much more to the purpose if he could devise the means of enabling them to eat bacon .. . , Beatixo the Mail . — An Iowa editor _acknowledges the receipt of congressional documents "in advance ofthe mail , " in consequence of a flock of wolves and an old she bear chasing the post rider across the prairi 83 ' . Mesmeiuc _Ils . _voims _whems they avx xot Wanted . —The following letter lately _appcaveu in thc Times , from thc Librarian of thcAthenamm Club , who happens to bear thc same name as the Lecturer on Mesmerism _^—Sir , May I trespass npon your _lewdness for thc insertion of this letter ? It ' ismylasfc hope , my last chance of relief from sufferings caused by the reputation of another . You may remember
that in November last , Miss Martincau stated sJic had : been restored to health by mesmerism and Mr . Spencer Hall . Lectures in that name were subsequently advertised in your paper , . nnd the lecturer was in requisition . Unfortunately the public selected mc tobe the man . I denied it , —in vain ; I am still doomed to the inconvenienco of that most mistaken conviction . 1 have borne wit , that has sorely tried tho charity which enjoins you to consider your friends ' wit no evil . I havo suffered for opinions to an extent that should earn me a wood-cut and chapter in a book c-f martyrs . I have received visits with ' tho courtesy of tho afflicted , and the resignation of him . that hath no helper . But lam not the lecturer , and the wit wearies , the visits interfere With my duties _, and tho op inions _^ oppress like opiates . I know dothing of mesmerism , except that it induces sleep . I trust , after this denial , I may be allowed to exist in quiet . —I have the honour to be , sir , your obedient servant , _Spxmckr Hall , Librarian .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23081845/page/3/
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