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_j - _^ _OTIATION . —AN OtD SONG TO A NEW TUNE _, _j-ife give the foUowmg song , extracted from _theXtferary _Gazettd _* 0 * the fun o' the thing . Porn true -view of « Repudiation /' we direct the attention of our readers to a letter in our first page , addressed to Fcargus O'Connor , Esq ., by the editor of the Sew Tort Work-Mn's Advocate . —Ed . N . S . " Yankee Dooik * Yankee Doodle borrows cash , Yankee Doodle spends it ; And then be snaps bis fingers at The jolly flat who lends it . Ask nun when he means to pay , He shews no hesitation , But says hell take the shortest way , Aud that ' s repudiation 1
Chorus : Yankee Boodle borrows cash , < fcc Yankee vows feat every state Is free and independent ; Aon if they paid each , other ' s debts , _There'd never be an endon't . They keep distinct tfll" settling" comes , Aud then throughout the natioa They all become " United States ' * To preach repudiation ! Chorus : Yankee Doodle , < tc . lending cash to Illinois , Or to Pennsylvania , Florida , or Mississippi , Once was quite a mania . Of all the States 'tis hard to say "Which makes the proudest show , sirs , Bat Yankee seems himself to like The state of O-I-Owe , sirs 1
Cliorus : Yankee Doodle , < tc The reverend joker of St . Paul ' s Dont relish much their plunder , And often at their knavish tricks - Has hurl'd his witty thunder . But Jonathan by nature wears A hide of tough est leather , "Winch braves tiie sharpest-pointed darts And canons put together ! Chorus : Yankee Boodle , & c Me tells ' em they are clapping on Their credit quite a stopper , And when they want to go to war They'll never raise a copper . If _thatfs the case , they coolly say , Just as if to spite us , They'd better stop our dividends , And hoard ' em up to fight us !
Chorus : Yankee Boodle , & c _Whatfs the use of money'd friends . If you mustn't bleed ' em ? Ours , I guess , says Jonathan , The country is of freedom ! And what does freedom mean , if not To whop your slaves at pleasure , And borrow money when you can , And pay it at your Insure ? Chorus : Yankee Boodle , < fcc . Gre .-it aud free Amerikee
With all the world is vying , That she ' s the "land _ofprOJ-wse " There is surely no . denying . _Unt be it known henceforth to all , Who hoW their I . O . XL , sirs , A Yankee Doodle promise is A Yankee Doodle do , sirs . ' Chorus : Yankee Doodle , < tc Cecil Habbottle
5055 Of Albion Wake To Glohi. F—¦ " R At...
5055 OF ALBION WAKE TO GLOHI . f—¦ " ATMon wake to glory , freedom ' s sun shines in the " - - - ir . v --r . eeai millions sounding , spnrhys allinglo-; i _.. _asr * si J iet your Uiuuers be _unfuri'd—think of glorious Bunnymede _. Where your sires , in bright armour ,- liberty or death decreed . Clarus . On for freedom ! be not daunted— . who would live and die a slave f _Swear your children shall be righted—heaven ever loves the brave . Hampden ' s spirit stiO is breathing , minstrel heroes strike _thelyxe ; String thdr nerves with manly ardour , dauntless as a wall of Are . See your noble-hearted brothers banished to a foreign land , Dragg'd from wives and children dear by abase tyrannic band . Rise in mil majestic glory , eome in all your power and might ; Grouch at tyrants' feet no longer ; be ye men , demand your right . Sous of Alteon sleep no longer , be ye virtuous , true , and brave ; Bend _yonr galling-fetters from you— -heaven hates the will ing slave . ' > Thomas Mus , Shoreditch .
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CONINGSBY ; or , THE NEW GENERATION BrB . _D'Israeu , Esq ., M . P . London : Colburn , Great Jlurlborongh-sfaeet . ( Continued from Hie Northern Star of January 18 th . ) We now come to the period of Earl Spencer ' s death , and the present Earl ' s ( Lord Aithobp ) eleva tion to the Upper House , followed by the break-up of the _TfTug Ministry and tie hasty re-cal of Sir R . Peel from Rome to assist the king in forming a new Ministry . Mr . D'lsraeli now . _introduces us to the noble _f-nnily of Lord Johs Massebs , of whose parents , tie Duke and Duchess of Beaumonoir ( Rutland ) and other relatives we have a very flattering account . The Duke Is represented as a good landlord , fond of field sports , and attached , from appaparently pure but _nvistaken motives , to the New P / wr Ton . nf -n-ii _' ol _. _"diE Whin- _Brni-fn-I-iw is
wro-resented as an out-and-out supporter , ThePuchess is pictured as dignified and amiable , the daughters as beautiful and good , and Lord John the paragon of tordlings . At Beaumonoir was assembled , at the period we speak of , a number of the expectants of the Tory party , among whom figure two creatures of Right ' s , Taper and Tadpole . Their discussions on the prospects of thc party , previous to the death of Earl Spexceb , are vastly amusing . The Earl ' s death , and the summoning of Peel from , the continent , sent the guests at Beaumonoir back to town in Quick time , where , _peadimrthe great man ' s arrival in England , __ each ofthe hangers-on was busied—on the principle of " every man for himself , and devil take the hindmost "—in scheming to get Ms share of the general plnnder under the new regime . We subjoin the following edifying conversation between
TAPER AND TADPOLE . The thing is done , said Mr . Tadpole . _Andjoowforour cry , said Jlr . Taper . It is not a Cabinet for a good cry , said Tadpole ; but then , on the other hand , it is a Cabinet that will sow _dissenfion in tue opposite Tanks , and prevent them having a good cry . Ancient institutions and modern improvements , I suppose , jir . Tadpole ! Ameliorations is the better word ; ameliorations .. No-Wy knows exactly what it means . w " e go strong on the Church ! saidHr . Taper . And no Repeal of fhe Malt Tar ; you were right , Taper . It can ' t be listened to for a moment . Something might be done with prerogative ; said Mr . Taper ; the Sing ' s constitutional choice . Kot too much , replied Mr . Tadpole . It is a raw time ftrprerogative .
Ah ! Tadpole , said Mr . Taper , getting _alittiemaudhn ; I often think , if the time should ever come , when you and I should be joint Secretaries ofthe Treasury ! We shall see , we shall Bee . All we have to do is to get into Parliament , work well together , and keep other _« n « u flown . We win do oar Best , said Taper . A _dissolution you hold inevitable ? Sow are you and I to get into Parliament , if there be not one S We must make it inevitable . I tell you what , _Sapa-, thelists must prove a dissolution inevitable . Tou "Understand me * If the present-Parliament goes on , 1 flBSr e shall wc be ! We shall have new men cropping up _^ _ayses a - oa . Trn _*> terribly true , said Mr . Taper . That we should a _& lire to see a Tory Cfovernment again ! We have " _^ _am to be very thankful .
Hash _; said Mr . Tadpole . The time has gone by for _* wj Governments - what the _co-mtryreguiresis a sound Ctn >* rratire Government _Asonnd Conservative Government , said Taper musingly . 1 _"nderstand : Torymen an 4 _"v 7 hig measures . _^ must follow up the above with the following _^ _ttlj exposition of
-, C 0 S 3 EEVATISH . _" _-Tamworth Manifesto' of 1834 was an attempt to _?** _- tta _piu-tv without principles ; its basis , therefore , " _** _us-essaruy Lantud _^ maxianism ; and Us inevitable _^ an ence has Wen _I ' olitical Infidelity . a " ep och of political perplexify and social alarm ¦ _^ nfederation was _convenient and was calculated by _^ _p-S- _niwito encourage tiie timid and confused . But _JejZ _** - _*¦ - perturbaaon was a litfle subsided , and men J _^^ t 0 _uiquire why they were banded together , the inJ _^ ° _* defining their purpose proved that the League ,
_J _oSeeaT- respectal - ' _™ not a party . The leaders p _^ _ftogfctproSt by their eminent position to obtain ¦ ajj _*< JT *<&• individual gratification , but it was imposhethe _^ _ITOa ' _^ fo 1 _Iow eret hat' _^ h _ieh » after alLmu 3 t _^ mes MMm Peuse . < rfa political party , tiie putting _The J " _" _- _* thtarophnons ; for they had none . they _jsjj _^ iadeed a considerable ; shouting about what _Stefioj _^ _Conservativei -princip les ; but the awkward _P _> vrogati _!^ _^ yarose--wliat wffl you conserve ! The ¦ _4 se ( l a-. _^ e Grown , provined they are not exerit isn _otaJ ° ' 3 > endence of tiie Souse of iords , provided ¦ _^ _^ _nlattaT _^ 5 the _Ewiksiastical estate , provided it is _**¦• - % tea * - com nussion of laymen . EveryQuhg , in aiact , * * _^ hea , asIongasitisaphra 6 e , andnot
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In- the meantime , whUe forms and phrases are reltgionsly cherished in order to make the semblance of a creed _^ _theruieof practice is to bend to the passion or combination ; of the l , our , Gonservatism assumes in theory that everything established should be maintained , but adopts in practice that everything that is established is indefensible . To reconcile this theory aid this practice they produce what they caU "the best bargain f some arrangement which bas no principle and no purpose except to obtain a temporary pause of agitation , until the mini of the Conservatives , without a guide and with _, out an aim—distracted , tempted , and bewildered—is prepared foranother arrangement , equally _statesmanlike with the preceding one ..
Conservatism was an attempt to ' cam- on aflalrs by substituting the fulfilment of the duties of office for the performance of the functions of government ; and to maintain this negative system by the mere influence of property , reputable conduct , and what ate called good connections . Conservatism discards prescription , shrinks from principle , disavows progress ; having rejected all respect for antiquity , it offers no redress for the present , and nukes no preparation for the future . It is obvious that for a time , under favourable circumstances , such a confederation might succeed ; but it is equaUy clear , that on the arrival of one of those critical conjunctures that will periodically occur in all states , and which such an unimpassioned system is even calculated ultimately to create , all power of resistance will be wanting : the barren curse of political infidelity will paralyze aU action ; and the _Conservative Constitution will be discovered to be a Caput Morhmm .
Before leaving Eton , Cojungsbv . had become a Eol itical thinker ; the stirring events of the time , is conversations with Mulbasx , and the inquiries of a naturally active mind , which mere readm 0 " had Med to satisfy , combined to fling him into a sea of doubts . He asked himself why Governments were hated and Religion despised ? Why loyalty was dead , and reverence only a galvanised corpse ? " Eager for information , and anxious to have his doubtings solved , he turned to his friend Mr . _Rronr . Mr . Rigby listened at first tothe inquiries of Coningsby , urged , as they ever were , with a modesty and deference which do not always characterise juvenile investigations , as if Coningsby were speaking to hhn of the unknown tongues . But Mr . Higby was not a man who ever confessed himself at fhult . He caught up something of the subject as our young friend proceeded , and was perfectly prepared , long before he had finished , to take the whole conversation into his own hands . Mr . Rigbv began by
_ascribing everything to the _Eeform Bill , and then referred to several of his own speeches on schedule A . Then he told Coningsby that want of reBgious faith was solely occasioned by want of churches ; aud want of loyalty , by-George TV . having shut himself up too much atthe Cottage in Vfinnsor « park , entirely against the advice of Mr . Rigby . He assured Coningsby that the Church Commission was operating wonders , and that with private benevolence ( he had himself subscribed £ 1 , 000 , for Lord Monmouth ) we should soon have churches enough . The great question now was their architecture . ., Had George TV . lived , all would have been right . They , would have been built on the model of the Buddhist pagoda . As for loyalty , if the present Xing went regularly to Ascot races / he had no doubt all would go right . Pinally , Mr . Bigby impressed on Coningsby to read the Quarterly Seciew -with great , attention ; and to make himself master of Mr . Wordy _' s History of the late War , in twenty volumes—a capital work , which proved that Providence was on the side of the Tories .
Of course Cos » "osbx did not apply to Mr . RlGuT again ; he applied himself toother sources of information , and the result was , that before he left Eton himself and circle of Mends had become impressed with the conviction that the state of feeling in matters both , civil and religious was not healthy ; that there BlUSt 1 » Substituted for the ex _^ mgktitudmarlanism , something sound and deep , frrvent , and well defined , find that the priests of this new faith must be found among the _New Generation .
The Chronicles Of The Bastile. - J. 0. X...
THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . - J . 0 . Xewby , 65 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishsquare . This historical romance , of which we have received the parts from I . to XI ., is intended to comprise the secret history of the famous "Bastiie St . Antoine , " from the period of its erection to that of its demolition . The work is well got up , each number containing two illustrations on steel by Robert Ckuiksuask , beautifully executed , and every way worthy of that gentleman ' s well-deserved reputation . Who has not heard of the famed Bastiie , the grim citadel of triumphant despotism , and the abode of the suffering victims of tyranny ? Who is there whose heart has not beat with a fearful yet joyous
pulsation , when reading the glorious tale of that Bastile ' s downfall , crushed and swept from the earth by \ h & strong right arms of an uprisen and victorious people ? The fall of the Bastiie was the first victory achieved in Europe against kingcraft and priestcraft ; the first conquest won in that combat which yet continues , and will continue till fraud and tyranny be trampled in the dust , and justice and freedom be finally triumphant . To have been one of "the conquerors of the Bastiie" was justly held at ihe time—and . while the love of right and liberty holds a place in tho breasts of men will continue to be held—a loftier distinction , a prouder honour , a greater glory , than all tho laurels achieved by kings and conquerors from Alexander downwards .
There is not a land on the face o f the earth where the story of this " Castle Despair" is not more or less known . There is not a country of all the nations of the human family , where the history of this hated fortress is not told of , read of , or listened to , without its appalling story exciting the greatest horror ; and the history of its fall the greatest delight ; Such a theme , must be a most fortunate one in the hands . of a clever writer , and the author of these " Chronicles " appears to us , as far as we have read him , not unequal to his task . To contemplate the dark and secret workings of despotism must naturally inspire the contemplator with a more intense hatred ofthe cause
of so much misery to the human race , and with a not less intense love of liberty . Advocates of liberty , and relentless haters of despotism ourselves , we cannot hesitate to recommend this work to our readers . This we do most heartily , trusting it may have that _(^ _naire circulation it so well deserves . In Part IL , vre have a most mteresting historical account of the origin of , and continued additions to , this accursed fortress ; besides which , there is an elaborate account of its exterior and interior , disclosing its damnable uses and contrivances for torturing the hapless inmates thereof . From this portion of the work we give the iollowing description of
THE BLACK HOLES . The dungeons called _cachoU ( black holes ) were the lowermost prisons , being nineteen feet below the level of the court , and only five above that of the bottom of the ditch . True , that the latter was generally dry , except when the Seine overflowed ; bat at such periods the water nearly filled the dungeons , rushing in through their only aperture — a narrow barbican —hy which scarcely air , but no light , could penetrate ; the atmosphere within was , consequently , horribly unwholesome ; andhorror uponborror—the soil and the walls swarmed with spiders , toads , and rats , Iu three of these _cochote , viz ,, of the Toiir 'du Puits , of the Tour du Coin , and of the Tour du Tresor , existed cages , one in each tower , constructed of beams covered with iron-plates , and of dimensions so small , that within them a man could neither sit , stand , nor lie down .
A Bishop ot Verdun , the inventor of these horrid places of torture , was one of the first victims [ just retribution !] : fhe Cardinal de la Bahie was put up in one for eleven years ; one of the Princes of Armagnac , too , after many years of protracted suffering , died raving mad in one of them . There were originally eight , constructed for the basement story of each tower of the bastiie . Subsequently , three were removed- —one to the dungeon of Tincennes , and two by Lonis Onze , to the Chateau de Plessisles-Tours . Cardinal Richelieu placed a fourth in one of the oubliettes of his hotel ; a fifth disappeared ; and . the _fenaining three remained in the dungeons of the towers already designated , until within a few years of the destruction of the Bastiie . The earliest mention mads of them is in 1475 . We shall return to this most interesting work next week ; in the meantime , we close with the following extract : —
A SCESE IN THE BASTIIE . St Marc was a dumnutive old man , now eighty years of age . TTic complexion , naturally saUow , had been scorched by a southern sun into the colour of ochre , and the dying glare of the still-blazing log , as he held his head three quarters averted from it , imparted to . his face the appearance of _^ a live coal of overgrown dimensions , with two spots in the upper part , burning more fiercely than the rest . Cruelty—innate cruelty and cunning , were imprinted in the deep furrows of his brow , so puckered up and benrrinkled , that the low , compressed , retreating
forehead , resembling a strip of parchment dividing his - eyes from his hair ; the latter , hardly grizzled , grew thick and strong , and fell in a queue behind . .. His shrivelled hands extended over the glowing embers—his elbows resting on his toees—his head sunken between his bowed shoulders —he sat gazing intently at his nephew , who , in a similar position , his arms folded on his lap , his feet propped up on the bearth , his face nearly touching that of the governor , was making some communication of sufficient importance to render them both unaware ofthe gloom which enveloped them . ¦ .. _- ¦ .
likewise cast in a dwarfish mould , but ill-formed , and of ameagrethough sinewy frame , Corbe formed a fitting pendant to " his uncle ; his repulsive features were rendered still more hideous by their peculiar expression , embodying every vice , without a _glimpseipf one redeeming _vii-rue ; am as sof . re dhair feUin lanky shocks over his fece and shoulders ' ; while his deep sunken grey eyes , shot with blood , glowed like those of a ferret . j To these were entrusted the supreme directions of the government ofthe Bastiie , and the fate ofthe unfortunate prisoners . . r _';'" _-l As be refuses Ms rood , observed Corbe of St Hare , i ordered Bu to leave him to his humour , and give him np
more . , > Thou did _' st well , _j-esponded St Mare . Said ' st thou two _daysiT ..,.-. ., _, : ¦/ . ¦'¦ .: ' ¦ ¦ - _--- ¦ ' j _^ This is the third , worthy uncle , that nothing has _passeu his lips . . ' What was tiie purport of the letter of anticipation concerning him ! asked St . Marc .
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To allow him the ordinary ofthe chateau , replied Corbe . " '"'"" ¦ "' ' " *• _--r-.:-- _( ¦¦ - ••• -. " - _:---- -r __ _'Tis too much for these prisoners , growled St . Marc . Nephew ! wemu 3 t retrench the expenditure . From tomorrow , place them on half-allowance of wine ; since they will not drink it , they cannot want it ; and . he exchanged a chuckle with his nephew . •'¦ ¦ ¦ - '• ¦ ' ¦ ¦' - '< ¦¦¦ That , observed the latter , will save ten bottles a day , uncle -, and at the end of a year , put four thousand livres in our pocket ;• shall we not commence to-night « . . Thou art ever reckoning tiie gains , retorted thei uncle , with a half flattering smile ; but art thou sure that No . 2 Ia Bertaudiere will not take his food ! „ So sure , that if he hold out two days longer , we shall have to send him to St Paul ' s by night , chuckled Corbe . Hum I grunted St . Mare , shaking his head ; what a fool for his pains ! Hastgone thy rounds , Corbe ? - Didst ever know me fail in my duty , uncle ? I said not that ,- but hast thou seen tothe scaffolding on the towers , and assured thyself of its safety _?
I have withdrawn the solid traverse planks , uncle ; and placed sawn ones in their stead ; 'tis only ninety feet to the bottom ! Here he grinned in the old man ' s face , and rubbed his hands with exultation at his scheme , for trapping any prisoner who might attempt escape that way . Corbe , _BBid the governor , thou art above _^ price ! Thou _descrvest favour at the hands of majesty itself . Here he stopped ; after a short pause , he looked around suspiciously , drew nearer to his nephew , and in a hollow whisper , continued , with trepidation : Deserve my confidence , nephew , and thou shalt learn the secret of No . 2 la Bertaudiere ! "What ? exclaimed the lieutenant-governor , half rising from his seat : the secret of the Iron-Mask ?
Hush ! chut ! hurriedly interposed St . Marc , Ustening anxiously : I heard the draw-bridge fall ; and in confirmation of his assertion , the opening of doors became audible ; the clank of arms echoed distinctly from without , accompanied by the heavy tramp of soldiery ; the next minute the muskets were grounded , the door of the council-chambers flew open , and , unannounced , entered _D'Argenson . _Tonneire dieu / Sieur Governor , exclaimed he , unceremoniously advancing : ' tis surely dark enough for a lamp . St . Mark and Corbe slowly rose , as D'Argenson ' _s figure became distinct in the gloom , and boning to hini with a mixture of respect and fear , the former hesitatingly responded : Pardon us , Monsegneur ' . but my nephew and I were absorbed in conversation , and did not perceive the fall ot day ; we will , however , call for lights .
Nay , nay , Sieur St . Mare ; since thy humour is to sit in darkness , I _wUl conform to it : only throw on another log , for the night is chilly , and thy apartment strikes damp , as though it were not often aired . Suiting the action to the word , he at once threw upon the embers two heavy pieces of wood , which soon catching fire , commenced casting out a volume of flame and smoke , and a bright glare into thc chamber ; he then took possession of the chair just vacated by Corbe , and beckoning tothe governor to re-seat himself , continued : If thou hast done talking with thy nephew , Sieur Governor , I would hold some private conversation with thee . Corbe , said St . Marc , I wiU see thee presently : but ere the words had left his uncle ' s lips , Corbe had disappeared . Fentreolctt . ' ejaculated D'Argenson ; thy nephew hath a notion of breeding , Sieur St . Marc ; he is not so slow of apprehension as he looks ! aud he drew bis chair closer up to the governor ' s
ilonsegnieur is complimentary , -growled St , Marc , but he has only to look , and he is obeyed . Thou liest , Sieur Governor , deliberately retorted D'Argenson , glaring into the face of the astounded and half-fiighted St . Marc—I tell thee thou liest ; and thou knowest it . Hast not thou a prisoner in No . 2 , La Bertaudieurel We have , Lieutenant , responded the governor , filltcri _° o- - How-tares he , Sieur-Governor ? asked D'Argenson . . St . Marc troniMed as _ tkeJieutenant of poHee guesi turned feim thus closely , respecting » man whom he expected would , within a few . days , die of stavvatiqu . Fearful of encountering the lynx-like gaze of his interrogator , he averted his head , as he hesitatively responded : ' Monsegnieur ! he refuses his food ; no kind of nourishment tempts him ; yet , the _, ordinary of the chateauwhich according to our letter of
anticipation—• The ordinary of the chateau ! vociferated D'Argenson , interrupting him , and emphasizing the word ; I know all , Sieur Governor ! Thou hast . wilfully misinterpreted the purport of this letter . He is rated at fifteen livres a day , and yet thou pratest tome of the ordinary'Twere wasting his majesty ' s food , to give it where it Is not needed , lieutenant ; hastily observed St . Marc , in turn , interrupting D'Argenson . ¦ _, ' , And wasting his majesty ' s gold , retorted the latter , to bury it in a pouch wluch already overflows , Seiur Gover . nor ! But ,, heaken , St . Marc ! It is my pleasure that
thOU treat NO . 2 La Beriauuieure , with all the liberalitjthou canst boast of ; and that thou allow him the best that the bastiie affords . He must not die ; sang dieu . ' Here he arose , and casting a withering glance upon the pallid and trembling governor , continued : Beware how thou disobeyest my commands , or I will crush thee , tonnerre dieu ! as thou didst the Duke de Lauzun ' s spider and turning on his heel , he abruptly quitted the chamber . St . Marc , without daring to utter a word in reply , tottered to the gate , and having seen him over the bridge , returned to his apartment .
The Lokbon Entertaining Magazine, Parts ...
THE LOKBON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE , Parts 1 , 2 . B . D . Cousins , Duke-street , _Lincoln's-Inn-fielcls . In this age of cheap literature we have ceased to be astonished at almost anything in the way of printers' marvels ; but really we cannot but express our wonderment at the appearance of this Magazine ; the mass of matter it contains for the Erice charged ia perfectly astonishing . The pubsher in the prospectus statesthat he considers he has hit on' " a happy combination of subject , form , and price , " and we think few will be those who subscribe to the work but will be of the same
opinion . As to the matter of the work , the principal subject of __ the parts before' us , in accordance with the universal rage at the present time , is from the pen ofthe great magician , of France , Eugene Sue . "Matilda ; or , theAIemoirs of a Toung Wormn , " was ( we are told ) the work which established the reputa ; tion-of this celebrated writer . The tale abounds with deep , thrilling , and tragic incidents ; it is a hideous , but striking picture of French society—true to nature , though clothed in rich and lnghly-coloured drapery . Thc principal " male character , __ . Lugarto , represents a Russian nobleman , who married a near
relation of the Emperor Napoleon ; and Matilda , the principal heroine , is the beautiful and accomplished Madame * * * . Indeed every character in the work is said to represent some remarkable person well known in the Parisian circles ; and the whole is an index . of fashionable life and the impurities which spring from it—of society as it is , not as it should be . : - Of course Eugene Site ' s novel forms only one ( though the , principal ) of the attractions of this rightly named Entertaining Magazine , but on the other contents we have not- space to remark , indeed vre cannot afford room for the mere list of the varied attractions with wliich each number and part ifl
filled . The reader ' _should-understandthatftheJSntertafmno Magazine may be had in monthly parts , as well as weekly penny numbers .
Therese; Or, The Manor House Of Treff-Ha...
THERESE ; OR , THE MANOR HOUSE OF TREFF-HARTLOG . Bt Eugene Sue . Parts 1 and 2 . Oleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . Of all the translations of Eugene Sue's novels we have yet seen , we can truly assert that this reprint of his famed Therm will bear comparison , for elegance and cheapness combined , with the best of the London editions . Ofthe work itself , having only read what is contained in the parts before us , we can only speak as far as we know , and thus far can we say , that though generally " averse to novel reading , we have been compelled by " the force of _attraction , " having read one chapter , to read on ; and few indeed are the works which have so much interested us : we shall wait the appearance of the nest part with no small impatience . Though we cannot of ourselves speak
of tins work as a whole , we may give the opinion of a competent critic , whose word will be considered lib mean authority , the Editor of the National ( P _^ ris paper ) , who says , in speaking of this work , " This , is the most original of all the admirable hovels m Eugene Sue . The scenes lie principally in ' - 'the heart of the French metropolis ; and all the gay . and glittering pursuits of men of elegance and fashion are sraphicallv described . The dramatic attractions of this novefare as great as its romantic interest . " The hand which drew aside the curtain and displayed the wonderful on-goings of Parisian life in the , '• Mysteries of Paris , ' is constantly exhibited in 'Therese Dunoyer . '" To add aught to this is unnecessary and would be altogether superfluous . We give an extract : — -
THE CHARMED _JIOTOEE . Although objects of art were rare at Trcff-Hartlog , there was in Ewen's chamber an old painting half destroyed , which represented a female of rare beauty . The _palefeatutes _, the colouring of _v-lnchhad been much defaced , stood out from an almost black ground ; a red tunic , of which scarcely a vestige was left , covered the shoulders ; a few ringlets of brown hair fell round the temples , but the rest of the head dress was hidden by the obscurity of the hack ground . . Thc sole uninjured parts of this portrait were the forehead and eyes ; the forehead high ana prima ; white and pure as marble ; the eyes large , black , and admirably beautiful , notwithstanding 'their wicked and bold expression—the contour ofthe nose ; the mouth , and chin , were more guessed at than seen . This picture
produced a curious impression . At first nothing was perceived but the whiteforehead and two large black eyes , but' afterwards a _oraiH of beauty , as it were , grew out—the left eyebrow became distinguishable . The rest of the face was _^ insensibly effaced iu the shadows and darkness of the back ground . At night when he retired to * _esU-ln the mo rning , when he awoke , Bwen ever turned _hh # f aze on those two large black eyes , on that white , and marble face . . In the _dis _^ position of mind in which ' the master of _Treff-Hartlog was , the least singularity appeared to assume to him a mysterious , almost supernatural character . Whether it
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_was-jthatihe had only ; lately remarked this picture , or whetiier it _j had been placed in _. _hla chamber , without his knowledge , Ewen"believed' that . he had nerer seen the painting during the lif ? of his father ; and yet he could not precisely teU when it had been placed : in his apart : mem \ _Jn 7 . « dn did he interrogate _Les _^ eu-Goch and Ann-Jann ; the two servants , could give him no information on the _Rubjdct , and their ' replies ' even increased his uneasiness and curiosity . " * '• - ' * < _*¦? - ' - Good God ! but ' . what . do I see ? , suddenly _lexclaimed . the A be j _^ rou _?^ an > i breaking off his tone of raillery , and gazing with stupor upon the half-defaced portrait which Ewen had placed in a chair near him , the better to see it . Jesu- ' -Great God , repeated the Abbe , how came this por . trait here ? - Jsit possible t What do you mean , asked Ewen , his heart beating with emotion .
Without repl ying to him , the vector seised the picture , and carried it to the window . Ewen followed thc priest ' s motions with increasing interest , anxious to comprehend this new mystery . Yes—yes , it is the same , said the rector , regarding the portrait with the most searching attention . Is it , then , a dream ?—ilo my eyes deceive me 1 . No , they do notit is the same , Here arc the words , scarcely legible , written in red , in this corner , near the frame—November . Yes , it is the same . Really I am confounded . It is incomprehensible . My reason refuses to give credence to what I see , and yet what I do see reaUy exists . Upon mj word , this niystery perplexes me , added the abbe , throwing- the picture upon the chair , with a gesture of terror .
The contrast between the first and last part of the abbe ' s discourse was most whimsical . He had just been expressing his indignation against those who were sufficiently fond of the marvellous to believe in impossibilities and supernatural events ; and then , upon observing the portrait , ho exclaimed , It ' s incomprehensible . My reason refuses to give credence to what I see ; and yet , what I do see really exists .. This mystery perplexes me . The effect which this remarkable contradiction between the words and the impressions of a man so firm , so sensible , so respectable , as the Abbe KeroueHan had upon the mind of Ewen , may be easily conceived . Once more—how came this picture in your chamber , Ewen ? said the rector . I do not know , Abbe . I was awaiting your return to ask you whose portrait it was ; but will you , in your turn ,. tell me the cause of your astonishment iu finding it here ?
My astonishment is very natural . Six years since I and your father burned that very portraitr-in this very fire-place . . . You saw that portrait burnt a year before my father ' s death ? exclaimed Ewen . I saw it with my own eyes burnt a year before your father's death . But it is impossible , Abbe . I do not say that it is not ; but I repeat that I saw it burnt . Since my father ' s death you have been in this very room twenty times , and that portrait was therebetween the two windows . I did not remark it ; or if so my astonishment would then have been as great as now . But why was this portrait burnt ? When was it ? How is it that I did not know of the circumstance ?
Because there was no necessity to inform you of the matter—you were at the time , I believe , hunting in the neighbourhood of Lesneven . _. But why was the picture burnt ? .. .. Your father had requested me to assist him in searching for some documents relative to the claims he had upon the Jewish banker , Monsieur Achille Dunoyer . Monsieur Achffle Dunoyer , the banker , with whom my money is placed , and whom you were to have seen before you returned from Paris ? The same—but I did not see him ; I will tell you about that bye-and-bye . let me finish the history of this
devilish portrait . In seeking for these papers , which your father believed to be lost , we moved a large press , behind wluch this half-effaced portrait had many years before , no doubt , _fiJlen : Upon seeing it your poor father turned pale , and exclaimed : Here Is , then , the picture whicli I sought for so much after my father ' s death , that I might -lestroy the odious features which recall to me such unpleasant recollections . Look , abbe , said your father _to-me ,- thero should be a date—a date fatal—always fatal—to our iarailv , written in some corner . Vf e sought for , and found these words : _•—Movc-mber 17—the rest had disappeared . .
The word November is still legible , said Ewen , attentively examining the picture ; but the damp has destroyed the figures . And who is tho fetnalo represented in this picture ? , I do not know ; only your father exclaimed , pointing at the same time to the picture , Thou hast been the evil genius of my race long enough ! Thou hast , thank heaven , disappeared from the earth : no trace shaU remain of thine infernal image . -. With these words your father tore the canvas from the frame to which it was fastened , and as there was no fire in the room in the tower where we were , he came here ; there was a good fire , and before me he burnt this portrait . : I assure you that this is true ,
on my word of honour and my faith as a priest . Of this mysterious portrait more mysterious things are told ; but we cannot reprint the novel : to it , therefore , we must refer our readers ; not doubting but that they will be as much interested as we have been . . _- . , . _, ' The work , ; we repeat , ' is elegantly got up , printed in large octavo , double columns , with clear and beautiful type ; the illustrations , too , are excellent ; and the work cannot fail , if once known , to have a large circulation . It is at the option of the reader to take the work either in penny weekly numbers or monthly parts .
The National Temperance Heralddeoember, ...
THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE HERALDDeoember , January . The number for the . present month of this publi cation contains an additional specimen of the accursed Russian despotism , under wliich Poland ( fin the present ) groans ,- ; in the shape of a semi-imperial ukase putting down the Temperance Societies , and forbidding the agitation of the temperance question .
The National Diet Roll ; Or An Improved ...
THE NATIONAL DIET ROLL ; or an Improved Method ot Insuring to the Lower Ranks of People a due Supplyof Food . By D . O . _Edward , Surgeon . John Miland , 35 , Cliapoktreet , _Belgrave-square . : The greater part of this pamphlet is taken up with an account of the distressed condition of the labouring classes , gleaned- from various speeches , reports , newspapers , & c . It contains some sensible observations on our present manufacturing system , of which the author takes a clear and correct view . We regret to add that his scheme for relieving the misery so f eelingly described by him ,, falls far short of the remedy necessary for . evils so vast ; indeed / we Question whether Ms scheme wquld . be found beneficial at all . After exhibiting the waste arid loss in every working man ' s house , consequent on the injudicious catering and unskilful cooking of the housewives , the author says ;— , _, _. _,
_Myiiiim is to devise such a scheme as shall yield the greatest quantity of nutriment in exchange for the consumer ' s money . I _; recommend ; therefore , every poor family ( and I _trustivery' many of them wiU attend to my advice ) to give upjts Independent _cuwiikj , and to gubscribe to " an ordinary district table . " The principlo of combination supplies us with the means of success . Wo ride cheaply in the omnibus and the steam-boat ; read our newspaper , containing information from all quarters of the globe ; and enjoy . an exquisite theatrical treat for . a trifling sum , because many unite to pay the expenses . Then why hot resort to the same " principle to supply ourselves with cheap and plentiful repasts ? In fact , we find the principle already partially put in force in the conti . ¦ neWtai table d'hote , the military mess , and the "West-end
club . We apprehend this reasoning will ' not convince many of those to whom it is addressed . " One cause , undoubtedly , of , the slow progress of _^ Communist principles in this country _, arises . from-the fact , that _Englishnieri ' geherally _' are averse to any other mode of life than that which is emphatically expressed in the old English boast ,, " My , house is my . castle !' , ' . If , in comfortable circumstances , the Englishman prizes his own fireside , ' and is never-so happy as when "cozy" within his own _domicile—^ if his circumstances be the reverse , heelings to his hovel where he canbest hide his wretch _edtiess , andkeep his . hungerand rags ; unknown to the public . The love of home is ( at least under the present system ) innate in ah Englishman , arid ho _matterhowmiserablethat home , Mr . EDWAHDSmay
he assured that it will be . a difficult matter to get the _W $ . ] _$ _* _$° _^ ea ve his home , to seat himself at the " ordinary district table . " ' ' '" ' _"'"' : ' _ii Wchave ho room to follow Mc . - E » _wards ia his scheme _. _'Qther _. than by observing that to become recipients of . the . advantagcs . of the . common mess tables , the ; subscribers will be" charged " aa follows : —Single males , 5 s . weekly ; single females , * 3 s . 'Cd . ; married couples , 7 s . ; youths of both sexes , from twelve to sixteen years old , 3 s . ; children , from six to twelve years . old , 2 s . ; and infants , from . birth to six years old , Is , od , At these charges , moderate as they are , thousands of families in this metropolis would be unable to avail themselves of the ¦ supposed benefits We say supposed , for it must . be borne in mind that the subscribers to the ' mess-table would not occupy the house ; at the close of their meals they would lMYs to return home , where fires would have to be re-kindled , and numerous other : inconveniences experienced not unattended by expense , which would
go tar to nullify the intended benefits . Add to this , what are the unemployed to do ? What is to become of the thousands who are , futterly destitute : of the means of subscribing to the . _'Idistrict-table ? " Por the . evils _afljieting them Mr . Edwards ' s scheme ia ' clearly no remedy at all . : We might saymuch niore , but objecting to the principle of ; the plan ; there is no use m enlarging on our ejections . to its details ; It has , all the _disMYantagcs of the common _tablo ofthe _Communists , without those advantages which the Communist system is calculated ' to afford . Like the public washhouse scheme _. _-it is calculated to humiliate and annoy the poor , rather than really : benefit them . Before we have public washho ' uses let the people have clpthing _toyashjahd _before' ' a return to the customs of bparta is gravel y . proposed as a ' remedy for'the wrongs of :. the . ! working , cIasses _,-let ; them first have a " iair day s wage for afair day ' s work , " affording them the means of comfortable and Enalith living in theil own homesteads , "
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THE UNKNOWN ; a Miscellany of Instruction ' and r ,-r _-.-.- Amusement . Strange , Paternoster-row . ' . Li It is now two years since the ' _appearance of this publication , which was favourabl y noticed- at _^ the time in more than one number of ' this paper . The Nos . of " The ; _Vhknown'yare' now- collected by _^ . the Editor , and enclosed in a neat ¦ wra pper , ' forming a thin octavo volume , the -contents of which ' will be found pleasing , and not unprofitable reading , to those who were hot subscribers to' the work at'the time of its ' weekly _Publication . " ' ' ¦' :... .,,:.. ; The Editor of " The Unknovm" is , or'was , keeper of a small-shop in an obscure country town . 'Nothing daunted by the failure of his first literary attempt , he set about writing a work of fiction ; in three volumes ,
which he completed m nine months . He placed his work in the hands of a leading London publisher , who returned it , with the intimation that the author , being & poor , instead of a " g reat _uS-know . v , " he ( the publisher ) must decline the printing of the work . He next tried the Magazines . By the Editors of these he was complimented , but at the same time told , that " a _nowe and friends" were indispensable to his public appearance in that quarter . Thus docs the system work to keep down the talents of the gifted poor , and prevent nature ' s aristocracy from asserting their rightful position . And thus will it
ever be till the present accursed political and social System is uptorn , branch and root . " The Editor of "The Unknown" ascribing its failure to its expression of " ultra opinions , " thinks , that to ensure the success of any smular publication , thc avoidance of the cause of " The Unknown ' s" failure must not be lost sight of . That is , '' the expression of ultra feelinp in general must be avoided . " _^ Such a reconimendation does not surprise us ; still it has not our approval . If " ultra opinions" be the truth , the truth must be proclaimed , despite the martyrdom of the truth-tellers . No other course is open to those who sincerely desire the extinction ot ignorance , fraud , and tyranny .
Guide To Employment In London. Second Ed...
GUIDE TO EMPLOYMENT IN LONDON . Second Edition . Mitchell , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet . The _object of this littlo work is sufficiently stated by its title ; it contains a mass of information respecting the obtaining of _emplojinentin all the avocations followed in the great metropolis , which , to a ( at all times ) too numerous class , may be found very useful . There are certain views and opinions set forth and expressed by the getter-up of this work from which we altogether dissent , but the objectionable matter does not at all affect the practical information which forms the chief contents of the book . Wo do not say to any one wanting employment , buy this book and you will obtain your object ; but we do say that considerable information may be gleaned from its pages ; information which might be of service to many wanting an occupation .
The Authority Of Scripture ; Or, The Bib...
THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE ; or , the Bible a Revelation of Divine Truth to all Men . — Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . This work , by the author of The Unknown , is a curious production ; its object . being to reconcilc . tho discordant parties divided by their various views of Christianity and the Bible . ' The spirit actuating tho author is of the most liberal arid kindly character , and the manner in which he has executed his task is higlily . creditable to Mm . The abilities of The Unknown are , evidently of a superior order ; and we should be glad to see him successful in his literary speculations . From some things contained in this work we must dissent ; , but we cannot _refviae it our approbation as a whole . ' We fear , however , that the attempt to reconcile men on this much " vexed question , "
though . a laudable one , will fail ; men ever have been disunited on matters theological , and we are persuaded ever will be , wh'le priestcraft continues to exist . We therefore fear The . _Vnknovmhasattempted a work , compared with which , washing a blackamoor white would be an easy task . Still we recommend the pamphlet to our readers : its dissection of Scripture authority being so good that they can hardly fail to arrive at the conclusion ( a conclusion tho opposite of the ostensible purposes of the author , ) that the shortest way to banish religious discords is to put away the cause of those discords . We know how difficult it is to overthrow superstition , and how distant tho day is yet when priestcraft shall be finally destroyed •;; " but-difficult as is the one and distant the other , they are easy and . certain compared with the hopeless task of attempting to make creeds harmonize and sectarians unite . ' ' - ¦ ¦¦
The' Tribune; And Journal- Of The Rights...
THE' TRIBUNE ; and Journal- of the Rights of Industry . Hetherington , 40 , H . olywe ) _l-strec 4 . This is a new weekly twopenny unstamped paper devoted to the advocacy of the interests of the Working Classes , political and social . The first number contains articles onthe Game Laws ; Trades Unions , Emigration ; the Land , < fcc . ;—besides a considerable quantity of selected matter of . an interesting character ; Our main objection to this publication is , that it is too tame—lackB fire and spirit . Every allowance , nowever , must be made for a first number ; the future numbers may perhaps show improvement ; .
.- The Great Gun. ¦ > There Is Decided I...
.- THE GREAT GUN . ¦ There is decided improvement visible in this publication : still there is room for much more . This remark ddes not apply to its pictorial embellishments , whieh _, besides being profuse , are mostly unexceptionable ;; we allude rather to the literary contents , which , in our humble opinion , have not been of a character sufficiently earnest to meet the demands of the present times . Satire , with a noble purpose in view ; is an engine of good , which cannot be too highly appreciated ; but . mere punning ,: if earned to any length , soon becomes intolerable . There has " been too much of the latter , and too little , of the former , in the Great Gun hitherto . Something more in the spirit of the following just and excellent lines would speedily redeem this publication from the objection we have spoken of : — , _..,.,.
LINES ON HEADING . OF . THE TDMOMUOUS CONDUCT OF THE PEA 8 ANTBT AT THIS LATE EAM OF ilMEMCK ' _fl _FUNEBAL , BT / AN _IRISHMAnV ' _- _"' ' '" ' ' ' No paradise lovely here _welcom'd the " Pebt , " * No chant was peal'd forth for his ashes' repose , _Montea-jle and Glentwoi'th _, sad , silent , and dreary , Now shrunk from that people they dare not oppose . But what was the cause of this fearful commotion ! .. . Why danced the rude boor O ' er his coffin with glee ! Why , demon-like , mar the last rites ' of devotion ? , 'Cause he lived from _his _. country a base Absentee 11 'Twas he , when that country , by traitors surrounded , " A prey to the wiles of a minister feU 7 '' Exclaim'd—like the death-croak of Erin it sounded —• "Thank God , I ' ve a country yet left metoseU !!! " \ '
Spring Rice , y < ju spalpeen ! fi « yourself , or yaui . ' _nou'd i ' _. t Tour coach , or your horses , I don ' t care a pin . ; , But had I been there , by this hand on my body , I woiildn't have left a whole bone in your skin I '"
* Pery Is The Family Name Of The Earls O...
* Pery is the family name of the Earls of Limerick . t . When others were boasting of their love of country at the time of _theuniouj and : declaring that nothing could tempt them to betray it , this was the language of the late patriotic nobleman . 'Tis wonderful , indeed , his very remains were not venerated by a grateful nation !' t Noddy . 18 the name . Of ( a species of Irishchar-a & anc , nearly out of use now . Lord Monteagle , in his . explanatory letter which appeared in the newspapers _^ pompously makes use of the expression . " my _^ carriage" no less than seven times . ...
Publications ' Received.—The Three" Impo...
Publications ' Received . —The Three" Impostors Twelve Reasons against taking away life as a _jjuiuVi ment . The World Within ; a _description of the interior of the earth , die . ¦ ¦;
A Bowl Of "Punch" Fresh Brewed
A BOWL OF "PUNCH" FRESH BREWED
A Divine Upon Dripping. Satirists, And S...
A DIVINE UPON DRIPPING . Satirists , and such loose bitter speakers have at times accused churchmen ' of a somewhat unseemly affection for the fat of the land ; and the Rev . John Rawes _, of Clifton , has of late a little justified such accusations , byhisextraordinaryattention to dripping . He seems to have bent all the energies of his divine mind to the consideration of his grease-pot . He has doubtless read , in the " . Arabian Nights , " that Solomon confined some of the mightiest spirits in brazen kettles ; and , therefore , thought it not beneath hia wisdom to haunt his own kitchen , keeping a vigilant
eye on his pahs . Like the Israelites of old , his heart was—despite of itself—ever busy with the flesh-pots . Now it happened , that on the 26 th of December last , the Rev . gentleman discovered , in his kitchen " two pounds of dripping" wrapped up , and furtively put away by his cook Sophia Edwards ; whom he caused to , be indicted before the Bristol jury , for the wicked felony . He had engaged the woman , with sin . " eight or ten years' character , " he knew not which . Had character been dripping , he ; doubtless , could have told . We subjoin , from the Bristol Mercury , a few extracts from the trial . The man , purloined of his dripping , is under examination " . —
Mr . Stone . —Do your clerical duties take you pretty frequently into the kitchen ? ' ' Witness . - _^ - , bid my domestic ones do . ' " ' ' - > - '• . ' _-. ' ; _- .: _ka " Mr . Stone . —The pantry ; now—do you visit that pretty often ? Witness , —No , not often ,: exceptI . _havJB jpason to suspect that anything is-amiss , there . . I do . not know whether the dripping is that of mutton , beef , ' or'pork j I cannot _say ' wliere itcame from ; I swear it was mine , because it was . on my premises ; there can be no other dripping on _iny , premises but mine . , . ,
The Court ' gaid there was evidently a difficulty _sweanhg _to'thgdripping ; and the case might as well be Stopped _at'o ' nce . _' Sv . _l -.. > . . ;; :.,:. ' . .. ; _' . - _Theiwoman was acquitted . , We sympathise with the Rev . John , Rawes . _. iWei : think he has . . been hardly used . He _, has evidently _^ roade dripping his most anxious study- _^ _-the absorbing -subject ot his life—ar id it was to pay great disrespect to his peculiar learning _s not . to take his . ; oath upon the matter ..,, We ave certain that he was as sure of his own dripping as of his own blood , both , we have no doubt , being equally dear to him . After all , when there is often
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-- ;;¦ . _* C ' _-jirt-Si ;' _:--- » - _/'' 5 _XT . _* . : ' - _JO-i !* - _su-. _'j- ;; _- _? . '! - ' _- _^ _t _^ v-i 8 uch _, ascramble _^ , for ,. _fat-tbrngs , who . can . wondervat John Rawes' clerical love for . mere dripping ? , _^" . '; . ' We know not which College claims the maternity of the Rev . * plaintiff : but doubtless he was reared > t Brazenhose , seeing that he bo boldly showed it in Court . His College _. too , may have been ungrateful to his merits :- ¦ nevertheless , 'he has grasped an honour despite of it ; for henceforth he may , in the teeth of envy add D . D . to his name , and go down to an _admiring posterity , as John Rawes , Doctor of Dripping .
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Afew Odd Lois Fbom Thb Cathoouk Of Costl...
AFEW ODD LOIS FBOM THB _CATHOOUK OF COSTLT CURIOSITIES OF AN _ANTIQUARIAN . " " _Se'er send commissions out to Greece aud Rom _» i—The best antiquities are made al home . " LOT TIIE FIRST . . A feather of one of the geese that cackled so capitally as to save the Roman Capitol ; a mm ' un to write , and recommended to Gibbs to balance his accounts with . An illuminated 1 MB . copy of the " tale" the Ghost of Hamlet ' s Father said "hccould unfold . " A large stone , that would have been used in the building of the Tower of Babel _. but was not discovered till after the fall of Jericho . Fore finger and thumb of a Grecian bricklayer , with a bit of Roman cement holding them together .
The wasp that stung the tip of Lord Brougham ' s nose when a boy , and while the youthful Harry was cheating at " all in the ring . " The right eye of a fish ( very like a whale's ) that saw Leander swim across the Hellespont . The Bodkin ( not the barrister ) that the Emperor Domitian lulled flies with . . . ' The identical pair of breeches which Bong Stephen thought too dear at a crown , and , it is supposed , he only paid founand sixpence for . The whipping-top that Tompey thc Great cried for when a little boy , and the lash with which he was beaten to keep him quiet . The hind leg of a patriotic bmebottle fly , that buzzed at , settled upon , and tickled _Caisar ' s nose when he landed in Britain . The " pilot's thumb " mentioned in Mr . William _Shakspere's tragedy of Macbeth . —Great Gun .
The Real a . vd the _Imagisart . — " Fray , Mr , Betterton , " asked the good Archbishop Sancroft of the celebrated actor , " can you inform me what is _; the reason you actors on the stage , speaking of things imaginary , affect your audiences as if they werc real ; while we in church speak of things real , which our congregations receive onl y as if they werc imaginary V " Why , really , my lord , " answered Betterton , "I don't know ; unless it is thatwe actors speak of things _imaginary as if they were real , while you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary . " . _KsowiiEDOE . — -There is a satiety of knowledge as of pleasure ; and though the latter is more common , it may be questioned if it be less bitter . Solomon ' s was of this kind when he exclaimed " All is vanity , " and Socrates , when he defined the perfection ot human knowledge to be that " wc know nothing . "
- : Tis true 'tis _pitv , and pity ' tis 'tis true . —The mo .-t pleasing picture in the world is a happy face . Pity that it is aafleeting as pleasing . ' f - _* Hate v . Eat . —In one ofthe fashionable regions of Merthyr , the keeper of a cook shop designates his establishment- " A Hateing House . "—Hereford Journal . Wonderful _Instihct . —A cat , having lost her kittens , follows a mutton-pie-man . —Punch . _., ; Early Intelligence . —The Court Journal says , that " a report is in circulation that the _Rbjal Family will be blessed with another increase early in the autumn" Seeing that the autumn is nine months off , this must be allowed to be'the most remarkable instance on record of early intelligence . —Great Gun . An Unsophisticated Witness . —During the sessions at Wakefield , a witness was asked if he was not a husbandman , when he hesitated for a moment , then coolly replied , amid the laughter ofthe court , " nay , sir ; I'se not married . "
Boots and Stockings . — At a north-country inn , the boots being called , a shrimp of a lad , in a rustic attire , presented himself . " Well , are you the boots ?" The youth , supposing , no doubt , that the gentleman was up to ajoke , repliedr ' No ! I ' m the stockings , sur . " The traveller , not exactly pleased with the answer , asked lum , " what he meant by such a reply . ? " " Wha , " repeated the boy , ina sort ofsimple laugh , "I ' m the stockings , sur . " ' Stockings ! What do you mean by stockings , you impertinent snanper , you ?" . "Wha ,. sur , " said the boy , with an ' unaltered countenance , "I ' m under the boots , so ha must be stockings , sur . "
Th » Best Timj * io _Fixd a Pouoeman . —When , you don't want one , Www you _tfo _, wait till you do not , and then you will foul plenty . Or , if your want be veiy . urgent , catch an old _appleumian , and place her three inches within the ., kerbstone , arid it is " ten . to one that a policeman will be there in a minute or two at the farthest . —Great Own . A Pro nr a Poke . —" Would you like to have a . hot crock in your bed this cauld night , mem ? " said a good-natured chambermaid of our town , to an English lady , who had lately arrived in Scotland for the first time in her life . . " A . what ? " said the lady . " A pig ; mem : —shall Iput a pig in your bed to keep you : warm ? " "Leave the room , young woman Your mistress shaMiear of your insolence . " " No
offence , I hope , mem . It was my mistress that bade me ask : and I'm . sure she meant it in all kindness . " The lady looked Grizzy in the face , and saw at a glance that no insult was intended ; butshewas quite at a loss to account for the proposal . She was aware that Irish children sleep with p igs on the earthern floors of their cabins ; but this was something far more astonishing . Her curiosity was now roused , ' aiid she said , In a milder tone , '' Is it common in this country , my girl , for ladies to have pigs in their beds ? " •' Anil gentlemen ha ' e them , too , mem , when the weather ' s cauld . " " But you would not ,
surely , put the pig between tho sheets ? " " If you please , mem ; it will do you maist good there . ' _\ "Between the sheets ! It would dirty them , girl . I could , never sleep with a pig between the sheets . " " Never fear _^ nem . ' ye'll sleep far mair comfortable . I'll _steek the mouth o't tightly , and tie it up in a poke . " "Do you sleep , with a pig yourself in cold weather ? " " No , mem . Pigs are only for gentles that lie on feather beds ; I sleep on cauf , with my neighbour-lass . " Calf ! I ) o you sleep with a calf between you ? " said tho Cockney lady . " No , mem , you ' re jokin' now , " said Grizzy , with a broad grin , " we lie on the top o't . "— Dumfries ; Herald .
Tub Last Act of Spanish Inconsistency . — A certain Marquis de Oasa Irugo has been / _orwarcfee-Jto this country as the new Spanish Minister to the court of St ; James ' s . Surely it would have been more in accordance with the character of the Narvaez Government to . have sent over General Bravo . '—Great Gun . : ¦ ¦ -:-:- - : _' _- >'! V- ¦ ; Not TO be' Quizzed . _—Psalmanazor endeavoured to impose onthe public by pretending to be a native of an island he called Formosa . One day , as he was enlarging upon its beauties , a gentleman who had no great rehsh for his flights of fancy , remarked to him
; " If this island be in the latitude you describe , tho sun must shine _perpendicularly down the chimneys , and put aU fires out . " "O , sir , " said Psalmanazor , "the inhabitants' are aware o f this inconvenience , and so all the chimneys are built obliquely /' TiiKAM _' ERicAN papers ' assert ; that the marriage of the Siamese Twins to two sisters is , although doubted by many , a fact . Lord Palmerston says that , if it be found to be true , he shall move for an injunction in the Chancery Court to restrain any such encroachment onhiscelebrated " QuadrupleAlliance . "—Great Gun : ¦'' . " - "" . * _( , ¦ . . " .
_LviHraiAJf ' CnuELTr . —An unfortunate individual was seized the , other day in Londonderry dockyard smuggling two bags of gunpowder from a Glasgow steamer . It is . generally _^ believed that neither . the culprit nor his powder w-as ultimately , discharged , although the former maintained tha _^ . he was merely endeavouring to preserve himself from starvation by so disposing of the illicit commodity as to have a " blow out" somehow or other . — Great Gun . ¦ "' . Chinese Maxim . —Whoever slanders ine . in secret , fears me ; whoever praises me to my face , despises mo . On Consequence . —When we look at a-field of com we find that those stalks wliich raise their heads highest are the emptiest . The same is the case with men ,- those who _assiune "the greatest consequence have generally the least share of judgment and ability . ' . ' . . " ... . " .
Modesty . —There is a young man in Cincinnati who is so modest that he wiU not " embrace an opportunity . "—He would make a good mate for the lady who fainted when she heard ofthe naked truth . Rev . Sydney 1 Smith . —The Rev . gentleman-gives the following description of himself in a letter to a correspondent of the New York American .- — " I am seventy-four years old ; and , being a canon of St . Paul's , in London , and rector of a parish ill the country , my time is equally divided between townjmd couritiy . _' ' . ' _"I am living amidst the best society in the meti 6 polisj ' 'iim at my ease in my circumstances , in tolerable'health , a mild Whig , A' tolerating churchman , an'dmuch given to talking , _laugeing-, and noise . I dunfwlth the rich in London , and physio the poor in the country ;! passim ; from the sauces of Dives to the sores of Lazarus : lam , upon the whole , a happy man , have found the world an entertaining worla , and am heartil y thankful to Providence'for the part allotted me in it . "
The Musical Tragedy at Covent _GauDEX . —• To the Editor ofthe Great Gun . —Sir , —I want to know hwitis that , when the heroine at Covent ' Garden is named Anne . Tiggany , her brother is named Polly Nisus . . That a man should be named 1 ' oily does not astonish ; me , for Webev's -name was Maria , and Maria means Polly _-biit the difference of the ' surnames in the members , ; of-one family : perplexes me . They tell us that the : music is by Dr . Mendel ' s son . Pray who is Dr . Mendel himself , and why cannot his son give his own name ? Truly , yours , Learned Thebax .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25011845/page/3/
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