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SGBAPS FOB BADIGALS . Ko-XTII . BT I- T . CLJJiCY . ¦ 0 * Solder ' Bride , or La Heroine de Francaia . iflhsa ! to the bride -with a free-born soul And mind disdaining base contronl ; ^ fB offer the meed of our jost applause « To the Heroine of the holy cause -sfbsi the sweet Marseilles hymn was song , ind the eagle sped , ana the Tocsin rang , cba placed herself by the cannon's side , yorbalfl was the heart of the Soldieri Bride
ijasl byihe fates and the Iceman ' s balls , isidst the fray ta soldier falls ; She glanced , ske sighed , i > ut a moment more vna her s 3 gh was last in the cannon ' s roar ; yar seizing the match from his palsied hand she fired the train "with the deadly brand , istoiisaing th 8 foe-with the crimson tide 33 al flowed from life by the Soldier's Bride ! ro 3 the eagle soared to victory ' s sun , ^ jja tbe victors hailed the deeds she ' d done ; jjta did she forget feer soldier brave , j $ ni a "willow planted o ' er his crave , rial blooms with verdure &J Ihe tear OlloYe ^ -which she lays it ev * ry year , ffhilB the sonscf Freedom hai ] with pride ¦ gacli nuptial day of the Soldier ' s Bride !
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FALL OF "WABSAT 7 . svm . ¦^ riT Europe should have slumbered 5 one bui the base can tell , -flTicD Patriots unnumbered Xeath Freedom ' s banner felL trhere "was a Sine when France "With tricolour unfurled , Would to her aid advance 2 nd stay the northern "world . * j 3 jb e ^ ethat-coiild gtzs ffith dauntless steady eye "Cpontbe sims bright rays , TjgBfcs in the nether sty .
33 jg i ssrJs that once could pour Xbe torrent of their might , jjibsj could not secure Would check the Muscovite . Sot yet ihe Poles may check , Tito' spread in wilds sfsr , Tet may Tetum and "wreck Their vengeance ob the Czar !
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THE STEAM KING . ET KD"WAB . D P . UEiD , OF BIX 5 IIXGH _ LH . Ibers is a King , anfi a ruthless King , 2 fot a Eng of the poet ' s dream ; 3 $ a $ s tyrant fell , siats sIstps know well , And that ruthless King is Steam . Ee hath an arm , an iron arm , And tko' he frith bnt one , Id that mighty arm there is a charm , Ibat millions hath undone . like the ancient Moloch grim , his sire jn Hiiamon's Tsla that stood , Sis bowels are of Bring fire , And chiMren are his food .
Bis priesthood srs a hunzry band , Blood-thirsty , preud , and bold ; 15 s they direct his giant hand , In turning blood to gold . Tot filthy gain , in their senile chain AS natures rights they bind ; Tbej jaock at loTely wcm : m * s pain , Ana to manly tears are blind . lie sgh 3 ana groans of Labour ' s sons Are music in their ear , And tha skeleton shades , of Iad 3 and maids , Id the Steam King ' s hells appear .
Those htfls ¦ upon earth , since the Steun King ' s birth HaTB seatter'd around despair ; For the human mind for H = av * n dcagn'd , "With the body , is murdered there . ! Tben down -wifh the King , ths jJoloch King , Ye ¦ woriing minions ali ; Q f h * "i fin > viA ot our saiiTe land Is da&t'd bj him to falL And Ms Satraps abhor'd each proud Mill : Lord , If oir gorg * d --with gold and 'bloc }; Must be put put -down by the nation's frown , As "well as thttr monster GitL
Ihe cheap bread crew -will nroxtier you , By bludgeon , hall , or brand ; Then your Charter gain and the power mil be Tain 01 the Steam King ' s bloody band . Hbandown -with the King , the Moloch King , And the satraps of his might ; Xet right prevail , then Freedom haD . ' "When might shall stoop to right !
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PBAISE TO THE DEITT . 1 Sank my Gad wife truth and zsal , Ihai he hath made my soul to feel Sweet Poesy and Lave . That He unto my niind hath given A foretaste of Himself and Beaven , And joys that reign above . Oh that my fervent tongce couid tell , The "wUchsry of that charming spell , That prompts me to adore Satnre ' sfirst cause > the Irons God ; TThose breath doth bless the fe ' rtile sod , Whose throne I kneel before 2 blrsa him with a prayer sincere , That he hath made nrv voiea to cheer
The crush d and breaking heart , I K « s Him for that hoij fire , "Which doth my ardent soul inspire , To plead oppression ' s part . ¦ 57 hsie * er I look abroad on earth , A joy esiatic springy birtn "Within my bumble breast At mom , when day is first begun , At noon , or whea the setting sun Sinks in the gulden west In calm and meditative night , "B'ben myriad Etara hare lent their light , And hacg like gems on high ; V 7 when msjeEtic clouds carter -before the moon that shines eo clear In the expsnsrre sky .
^ erery time , in every place , -JWSa my inraptured Tison trace The beantiful and true . Ja grafitnae and love I raise ^ 7 Toice to 33 g His glorious praiss . To whom all praiss is due JkDow &atHfedolh io -y to Bee Sis inage happy , fau , 33 a free , _ And merciful and "wise . I a&w Jisat jnea ^ jjo ^ mj 3 as are pnre , V , no shield ths weak and btlp the poer , Fiad fa"ri . ur in his eyes . Tbei blessed be Thy name for era , «» at Gyd of life and iigcl -jje siyer ,
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CHI ^ t ITS SCENERY , ARCHITECTURE , SOCIAL HABITS , &c , ILLUSTRi ^ TED ! London : Fisheb , Sou , & Co . AxeaUy splendid work ! evincing great enteipriBe , TrtuchwetrnBtTrinbe rewarded -witn tkat amount of ^ Qbho appi eciation it so richly merits . The work , consists of a series of Tiews displaying tae scenery , architectnre , and social habita of the ancient and exclnsire Empire of China ; rendered flonbly interesting to nsfrom the recent occurrences in that empire with which -wehaTe been sounenyiably conneeted ; and by the new treaty of amity and peace just eongluded by out Goreroment with a people the mo 3 t extraordinary and the least known of ju > y npon
earth . These-views are accompanied with historical and descriptive notices , which render the " riewg " mtenigiole to all ; and impart information respecting the habits and enstoms , Ihe powers and capabilities , of a people who ha-re learned how to keep and feed a population of 300 , 010 , 000 without having to deem tbe working portion of it gorplns I" or to devise plans for ** getting rid" of it ! It is published in Monthly parts , in a qnarto form ; and each part contains four engraved views , " got op" in the first style of the art . The letter-press accompaniment is also first-rate : it is indeed beautiful ; an excellent specimen of the perfection to which this branch of art has arrived .
We cannot transfer to oar paees one of the lovely " views" whh which this work abounds ; or we would gladly do so : but we can give a specimpn of the " Historical and Descriptive Notices , " which may serve to show , in some part , the nature and Bcope of the undertaking . We select for this purpose ihe following account of the
GKKAT TFALL OP CHINA . " A rude state of society . the wandering habits of uncivilized nations , and s wrong estimate of the quality of vengeance , may have rendered defensive military achitectnre both necessary ai * d * ffectual in tbe eariy ages of mankind . Simpl earth-works for such objects still survive in many countries , the annals of whose primitive people have become either confused or extinct , besides , have not the Medes , Syrians , Egyptians . Romans , Piets , and Welsh , left abiding evidence of the confidence which they placed in mural protection ? Eastward of the Caspian sea a boundary wall was built by one of the successors of Alexander the Great ; and Tamerhine , too , did not despise the security which such structures afforded . These two latter lines of
separation and defence , like the great wall of the Celestial Empire , were drawn , to restrain the sudden irruptions of nomade Tartars . In all instances , howeve , in "which the anthors of these great rt-cGrds of past time can b « determined with certainty , the painfnl fact is presented , that in the mo 3 t abject slavery , such structures had their origin , and reduces the investigation to tbe motive which actuated some barbarian conqueror , who had snecedeed in trampling upon the liberties of millions . Voltaire views the Pyramids of Egypt as so many monuments ol slavery , under the weight of which , like the tomb of King Mausolus , the country long continued to groan . And is he not justified in his conclusion , if the story toki by Herodotus be true ? In one of tbe
pyramitlsof Gizrh , ' says this ancient historian , ' are entombed the bones of Cheops ; in another , of his brother , Cephrenes . One hundred thousand men -wtre ejaployt d dnring twenty years in raising the greatest 0 / these w . urniiiH works ; and from that period tbe memory of Cheops has been held in the ntmost detestation by the Ezyptians . ' Such alno are the feelings and recoUt-ctiens associated with the formation of tbe Chinrse waJL It is said that every third man in the empire "was drafted , and obliged to assist in the buildim!—that , being scantily supplied -snth food , fonr hundred thousand died of hunger , nj-nssce . and exeessive
fatigue ; ana , the Chinese sentence which commemorates tlies-e niiEeries , thsracttrz s ihe work itself as ' the anaShibirion f-f one generation , bnt the salvationjof a thousand . * Nor can the slavery of the Esyptiars , iii constructing the pyramids , be compared wi ; hthat of the Chinese in obeying the commands of their imperial taskmaster , if the quantity of matter raised , and put together by manual labour in t-aca case , be admitted as the -criterion : for , 'the materials of ali the dwelliiij :-hocses in Grear Britain , all owing them to average on tbe whole two tLonsand cnbie ft ^ t of masonry , -would be barely equivalent to the solid contents of tbe Chinese wall . '
" Before the Mantchoo Tartars subjugated China Prpptr , the Great Wall , one of the most gigantic , yet perhaps ODe of the noft senseless conceptions that ever eccnpied the human intellect , was the northern boundary of the empire ; and it owes its foundation to Chi-Hoang-Ti . ' cf the fourth Tsin dynasty , who ascended the throDe two hundred and thirty-seven years before the birth 6 i Christ and was the first universal monarch of China . Finding the pt-tty princes of Tartary troublesome to his frontier subjects , he sent an army against the former , and drove them into the recesses of tbe
mountains , and employed the latter , during this interval of rest , in buildinj ? a rampart to exclude all freebooters for the fulure . Some Cainese historians who abhor the meaory of this Seres despot , deny him even the unenviable merit of bei ; -g the sole projector of this vast work , asserting t ' uat fee only built tbe portion that bounds the province ef Chen-si , ths other parts being raised by the different potentates whose respective kingdoms they enclosed . This opinion , however , is not sufficiently supported , asd history now conted ^ a to Chi-Hoang-Ti the undisputed authorship of this ' wonder of of tBe world . '
*• It might 3 lso be arjued , from the general character of this fiery ptince , thai he was , most probably , the real originator of this collosal project . Tbe quality of his ambition , as well as of the chief actions by which he is remembered , lend an air of probability to tbe statement . Having put all the Tartar princes of the neighbouring territories , and all their male relatives to a erne ] death , with tbe exception of tbe king of Tsi , whom he enclosed within a pine grove and left there to perish , te united their dominions to bis own . His next grtst public act was colonizing of the Japan islands , by sending thither SOD young men and -women , under the conduct of a gallant uaval officer , who soan , however , threw tff his allegiance , and made
himself sovereign lord of the territory . Tbe construction of the Great Wall would have been more than sufficient to have perpetuated this monarch's fame , and most tyrants would have been content with such a stupendous monument : but , such was the insatiable ambition of Chi-Hoang-Ti , that be resolved not only on imnjortal zing his own name , but on annihilating those of his predecessors . To effect this must ungeperous object by a single blow , he caused all the books in which the lives and actions of former emperors were recorded , to be committed to the flames , with a degree of infamy unparalleled perhaps in history , except in the instance of the Alexandrian library , which th > j Caliph Omar is said to have destroyed in a similar manner .
" The eastern end of Chi-Hoang ' s wall extends into the Gulf of Lea ou-tong , in the same la-titude nearly as Peking . It consists of hngh blocks of granite , resting on piles or ptdestals supposed to be composed of the hulks of ships filled with iron , wbicb the emperor caustd to be sunk in the sea as a secure foundation . Extending westward , its fronts are finished with the most perfect accuracy , the workmen having been warned , on pain of death , to close the joints with such exactitude that a nail could not be driven bstweea them . Therfyle of bnilding resembles that exhibited in the walls of Peking , and of other f' -rtified catits , the dimensions , however , being considerably greater . Its average height is twenty ft * t , including five fett of parapet rising from the pJalform or rampart , which is
fifteen from the ground-ltveL The thicCTess at the base is twenty-five feet , and on the platform fifteen . The structure consists of two front or retaining wails , two feet in tbicSntss , tbe interval bein g filled up with earth , rabble-stone , or other loose material . To the height of six fett , the fronts are of hewn gTauite ; the upper part entirely uf sun-dried brick of a blue colour . The platform , which is paved with brick , is approached by stairs of the same material , or of stone , ascending so gradually that horses do not refuse to tread them . In the province of PccMli , the wall is terraced , and cased with brick ; as it enters Chensi it begins to be of inferior workmanship , semetiines only of earth ; but , on
the side of Cha-hou-keou , to which the Muscovite mtrchants come direct from Sclicguko in Siberia , it is &g £ in of stoce and brick , with large and strong towers sJ ^ sys garrisoned . From this point southward military posts are ertcted along the banks ef tht Hoangho , in which guards are maintained , to keep the boundary-between the neighbouring p ; ovincea of Cnan-si snd Chens-si , and prevent tbe navigation of the river by hostile tribes . Passing tbe Hoang-ho into tht province of Chensi , the will is generally of earth , in come places quite obliterated , but , in remarkable j-assts it is dtfeded by either towers or large towns , where military mandarins , with a strong force , are usually stationed .
" Notwithstanding the frail character of the materials in Sbvtral places , this great national work , fifteen hundred miles in extent , baa undoubtedly endured for two thousand y ^ nrs , with but indifferent care and little restoration ; in fact , the union of the countries xm different sides of the wall , nnder the same dynasty , has rendered its aid no longer necessary , end occasioned , therefore , its total neglect . There was a time when a million of ecimetars glittered along its length from east to west , but all fear of invasion having subsided , government is now content with guarding the chief
passes that communicate with foreign countries Wherever a river waa to be passed , an arch or arches d solid masoni } was thrown across prstected by irongrating , that dipped a little into the waters , and effectually obstructed navigation , or rather ingren ; -where mountains occurred , the wall was made to climb their most ragged fronts , and in one instance reaches an . elevation of five thousand feet above the » ea » Wherever the nature of the ground rendered invasion easy , there the wall is double , treble , or as manifold as the necessity of the case would appear to demand .
• " The pr iucJpal gates are fortified only on the side of China , and then protected by large flanking towers ; at intervals of every hundred yardB along the wail stand embattled towers , forty feet sqnare at the baBe , thirty at the height of the platform of the wall , and having somttinies one , sometimes two stones above it . Ths first gate , or first towards the £ &a-teraiination of ths
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wall , is called Chang-hat-keoa . It is beautifully situated on any extensive plain , and memorable in history for the perfidy of its commaadant , who was the first to invite the Tartars of Lea-oo-iong to invade his eountry . The other Tamarkable entrances are Hif » ng-keou , Tou-che-keou , Tebang-kia-kedn , the two latter the accustomed rentes of the Tartars » ho visit Peking , and Kou-pe-keou , through which the emperor Kang-hi generally passed to his summer-palace , at Zehol in Tartary , and by which the embassy under Lord Macartney had the good fortune of being conducted to tbe same imperial residence .
" Two views of the Great Wall have been carefully taken by European travellers : the one at Koo-pe-koo , ( Kon-pe-keon . ) which is given in tbe accompanying illustration ; the other by the draughtsmen who attended the Dutch embasBay nnder Isbrand Ydes in tbe year 1705 . These embassies , representing different foreign courts , could not bav # conspired to deceive their respective countries in describing their colossal labonr : and , even if they had , we have still the evidence of the French missionaries , who brought home a sketch of the whole line of vallation . Tail mass of evidence , this concurring testimony of different men in different ageB , is mere than sufficient to overturn the vain suspicions of Borne literary sceptics , who would conclude , from Marco Polo ' s silence , that no such work as the Great Wall of China ever had a real existence . But tbe
following extract , from an ambassadorial jonrnal , effords an a priori proof that Marce PoIo ' b silence is not to be ascribed to the non-existence of the wall , but to a very different cause—his never having travelled so far north . 'A copy of Marco Polo ' s route to China , taken from the Doge's library at Venice , is sufficient to decide this question . By this route it appears that this traveller did not pass through Tartary to Pekio . 'but that after having followed the usual track of tbe caravans 38 far to the eastward from Europe as Samarcand and Cashgar , he bent his course south-east across the river Ganges to Bengal ; and , keeping to the southward of the Thibet mountains , reached the Chinese province of Chen-si , and through the adjoining province of Chan-si to the capital , without interfering with the line ef the Great Wall . '"
Most heartily do we commend this work to the favour of the public . It is deserving of an extensive patronage . We trust it will receive it ; and bave no doubt but that such will be tbe fact , if it maintains the character imparted to it by the first four numbers now published . We shall notice the other parts as th ( y appear .
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the Charter were tben the constant subjects of bis eulogy . No wonder that O'Connor was enamoured of the enthusiastic Quaker . " That election waa lost ; there , however , O'Conno * and Sturge were brought into friendly union—thus one great point was gained . It also succeeded in deluding the Nottingham masses , and thus gave promise of a successful general diversion in fayour of the Leaguers . " These two points having been secured , ihe Leaguers were in high spirits . True , the Nottingham contest had drawn largely from their funds ; but having bucceeded in entangling O'Conrwr in their net , they hoped , without much difficulty , to be able to strangle him . Having made a lodgment amongst the English masses , they expected soou to secure their undivided support , and tbns arm the League with the popular influence which they bo much courted . Thus they ceased to regret the lavish expenses of that contest , and entirely congratulated themselves on . their success .
" , ail their cunning was employed , all their efforts were used , to secure the ground they had gained . ' O'Connor must begot rid of , ' the people must be bewildered , and , in that uiist , O'Connell reinstated as 1 Counsel of tha English Working Ciassea . ' " O'Connor is as offensive to the Leaguers as the Corn Laws themselves ;—rather than acknowledge him as a leader , they would retain the Corn Laws with all their fancied horrors . O'Connell , not O'Connor , is the man of their choice . ' " These new circumstances required another solemn consultation . It was heJd .
" The Leaguers were aware that a meeting of Chartist delegates was adveitised to be bolden in Manchester on some given day in August last . They knew that OConnor had pledged himself to attend that meeting , and that many of the Chartist leaders ( the five composing the Executive Council among tbe resti would be there . They the :: resolved to induce a turn out among their Workpeople just previous to tho Chartist meeting of delegates in , Manchester . ' ¦ It wa 9 s esclved that the wages of some mills should bo lowered , and that an universal reduction of wages ( and that frequently ) should bo threatened . Three lowferings before Christmas were announced . " Some of tbe most enthusiastic Aahton Chartists wova engaged by the Leaguers to traverse Lancashire and Yorkshire , in order to excile the minrta of the working classes against the reduction of wages . One of the Lecujuers was named as leader of the Asbton ' turn-outa ' upon Manchester .
"It was h « ped , by these means , that such consternation might be created as should induce Ministers to call Parliament together in a fright , and instantly repeal tbe Corn Laws . If that failed , it was expected that tha Chartist delegates would , daring the disturb . ances intended tf > be created , place tQemselves in such a position as to become parties to ( he insurrection , and thus , at all events , O'Connor and his nisst influential friends would be got rid of by a Government proBecution . A deeper , a more dastardly plot , was never concocted . " The insurrection did fail . OConnor and his friends were sez « it , aud , for awbile , the Leaguers were satisfied .
" Tue Leaguers , however , soon ascertained that it was not possible that O'Connor and bis friends could ba tried without the exposure of their own guilt . They kuew that if the Chartist deleentes were guilty of sedition , they ( the Leaguers ) had been guilty of treason . Thia they knew would be proveu on the tiial ; so by somo means , known U > yourself and not hidden from me , the trial of OConnor and the Chartist delegates has bfen postponed . It was now expe-ted , tha * . whenever it might take place , even if found guilty , the punishment would only be nominal . The Leaguers have therefore been obliged to resort to other inta . ua in order to break up the Chartist body , and gtt rid of Feartus O'Connor .
" Friend Sturge was again put m requisition . He was directed to call a Parliament of the middle and working cb . ises , to he assembled in Birmingham , for the ostetisib ' e purpose of obtaining Cowpleto Suffrage , but for the real object of betraying O'Connor , replacing O Connell carrying the total repeal of the Corn Laws , and reinstating the Whigs in office . Lecturers from the Chartist runks were immediately ecgagt d , at very high salaries . Their object wa-i to prove to the Chartists that Complete Suffrage was Universal Suffrage
— that the name waa only changed to catcii the middle chiBBfts , who had taken offence at the violence of aoina of the Cnavtists . Whether the lecturers intended or not , tbe result of their labours was a great disunion and bickering amongst the Chartists . Their leaders were accused of many crimes ; and just previous to the meeting of th'j Complete Suffrage Parliament , it was more than probable that Chartism would die by the hands of its apostles . Tbe Leaguers were delighted with that disunion among the Cnattists—they impatiently awaited thu meeting of the Sturgeite Conference .
" Everything was arranged to secure the defeat of the Chartists in that assembly . A list of tbe obnoxious members was drawn up by Sturge and his Committee , fi / i the purpose of excluding the most sincere Cbartiats 6 c / ore the Conference entered upon business . Special orders were given to Stuj-ge , that ' if he could not 8 tcur 8 the rejection of those members , aud of the ' People's Charter , ' he and his party must instantly separate from tue rest , aud continue the movement oil their own nccoimt . ' "It was also arranged by the Leaguers , that O'Connell should join the Birmingham Parliament , if they succeeded in defeating the Chartists .
" That Parliament met O'Connell , in a letter to tha President , expressed his willingness to attend , if they would promise to be civil . It ended in the total overthrow of the sectiou of the Leaguers—it exhibited to tbe working classes the implacable tyranny , the unrivalled duplicity of the Complete Suffrage f-tction . Never before were such unreasonable , such unaccountable propositions made to a deliberate assembly , as those which were there proposed by ihe organs of ths Leaguers . One of them , more honest tban the rest , let out the Leaguers' secret . We want to get rid of the Chartist leaders , ' exclaimed one of tbe Sturgeites , pointing directly at O'Connor .
> " The meeting of that Parliament served to demonstrate to the masses that the Leaguers and the Complete 1 Suffragists are all one and tbe same party , seemingly ; divided , but merely so to enable them tbe more easily i to betray their expected dupes , the working classes of ! England . OConnor appears to have gained ,
O'Connell to bave lost , by this expensive exhibition at Birmingham . " Nothing could exceed the disappointment which was felt and expressed by tbe Leaguers at the deplorable failure of their friends in Birmingham . " They remembered how they had been urged by their parliamentary leaders to get the mosses excited and pressed iuto action before the next session of Parliament—they had spent large sums of money in tbe Nottingham election , the insurrection , the Complete Suffrage lectures , and the Birmingham Conference . Every arrangement waa made to hold public meetings , under the auapices of Daniel O Connell , for Complete Suffrage and Cheap Bread—O Connor ' s political coffin was uiade—O'Connell was engaged to officiate at his funeral , when lo ! the sturdy working men in the Sturgeite Parliament , without hesitation or ceremony , dispelled all these pleasing visions of success , and forced the Leaguers once more to fall back on their own
resources . " Again solemn deliberation was resorted to . Now for tbe kernel of my nut . " They resolved for the present to abandon the plan of public meetings , and get their petitions signed at bo much a thousand in private , asbtfure ; while , by the inn lence of a popular organ in tbe press , ( aided by a few Chartist lecturers , ) they hope , in time , to remove the clouds from tbe ej es of the ignorant masses , and thus induce them at length to follow in the wake of O'Connell and the Leaguers .
" You are acquainted with Mr . Francis Place . You know that when you were among the Whigs , it was their custom to apply for his assistance whenever they wished to obtain the support of the masses . I need not remind you on how many occasions they bave sought bis aid . The last time that his services were brought into requisition was when I was annoying them so much by my efforts to obtain the repeal of the odious and accursed New Poor Law . " On that occasion he succeeded in establishing the Chartist movement , of which Mr . Feargus O'Connor became the great champion . I was expelled from my home , banished , and imprisoned—the Anti-New-Poor-L&w agitation was checked ; and the masses , finding they were unable to change tho obnoxious law , very naturally sought to change the law-mu . ke . rs ~ hence the agitation for the Charter . Let others blame the working classes , I cannot .
"Be the Chartist movement right or wrong , it has succeeded in entirely removing the masses from tha guidance of tha Whigs . Well , then , tho Leaguers , who , like yourself , are really Whigs at heart , having been totally routed by the ChattUts in the Birmingham Parliament , very naturaliy applied to their old friend Place , and consulted with him as to the best meanB of regaiaing the favour of the masses . " Next week we shall have other extracts from the succeeding Fleeter , npoa this subject . At the present our space is full .
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Dabikg Attempts at Assassination . —Thmsday's Government Police Gazette contains information of the three following daring and desperate attempts at assassination having bet n made in the counties of York and Derby within the previous fourteen day a , On the night of the 2 lat ult ., at Spondon , in in the county of Derby , some evil-disposed persons feloniously and maliciously fired a shot frem a fowling-piece or pistol at Joseph Field , the constable of that place . Between one and two o ' clock in the morning of the % 2 n 4 alt ., the farmhouse of Mr .
Thomas Carr , called HaU- moor , near Skelton , Yorkshire , w ^ as feloniously broken and entered by some persona unknown , who fired several shots at the said Thomas Carr , with intent to kill him . Abont half-past sis o ' cloek on the evening of the 23 rd ult ., as Mr . Richard Thompson , butcher , of Lockton , in the North Riding of the oounty of York , was returning from Pickering market , an attempt was made by two men to stop him , when one of them shot at him . A reward of £ 30 is offered in each of the cases for the tUsQ % vw : i * adi »| Pi ^ tlw n of the . villains , ^ ; £ nfn ft s ^^ a ^ S ^ A H L & i % ^» v ^ fi ^ ti ^ P ^ Sr ' ^ v 2 n § ic
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THE COLONIAL MAGAZINE , for February . London : Fisher , Son , and Co . We much regret that we have not been able to make an-earlier and more extensive acquaintance with this cleverl y conducted Monthly advocate for the " regeneration of our domestic trade , " the openiDg-np of " dcw markets for our mamifactures , " by means of a liberal and enlightened policy towards our Colonies and Colonisis : for it abounds with useful information , and is a judiciouslyarranged miscellany of intelligence and interest respecting that most important portion of British enterprise—our Colonial possessions .
The Jvumbtr before us opsns wirh an interesting article on " The Aborigines of ArjbTiuLASi . v , " abounding with important particulars r . 'srpectintc their numbers , their habits , their disposition ? , and their practices . It also reveals to tho Englishman at home , the atrocities that have been committed upon this " ignorant" and " savage ' people , by those of our countrymen , who have " settled" down in the lands of the nativ .-s , and tried to extirpate the former and rightful owners ; atrocities that make humanity sicken , and drive back the aspiring hope thai the time will surely arrive when
" Peace , good-viil , and social love Will Teign io every clime . " The WTiter truly remarks : — " The aborigines of these new countries—upon which ¦ we have intruded our redundant population , to which are have sent wealthy speculators , in search of higher interest for their capital than could be obtained in their native land ; needy ailventurt-rs , to search for labouT and existence ; and crhuinnls , whose presence was effensive to our nice sense of justice—are a % least entitled to the protection of their lives and preservation of their freedom , from us in return . Were we to look
back npon the history of conquered countries , wo should find that where the principle of humanity was Jost si ^ ht of by the invaders , a day of retaliation has inevitabiy amved ; and although the plea for neglect of the Australian Aborigines is ' insignificance of character and paucity of numbers , ' they might , in the bands of more civilizid enemies , be made apt instruments of mischief . Hatred of Spanish cruelty was as grten in the memory of the Mexicans at the period of the last revolution , as if the burning , torturing , and butchering of tbeir innocent progenitors had only recently occurred .
" Where the Romans colonised , they lnsututfed a code for the protection of the disposs-ssed , as well as for the regulation of the settlers ; the Americans found it politic to pursue similar ariangemeuts , and ultimately , found it more profitable and happy to treat with the Indians amicably for an exchange of lands , than to exterminate the tribes , and se > z- » their country . Algiers was not a barbarous stale without a form of Government ; tbe comparison therefore is less appropriate ; but the tribes beyond it aTe Bf-mi-barbarous , and with these France has determined upon incorporating her colonists by means the best catculatbd to ensure repose , and the least likely to kindle those vindictive feelings , which the semi-sava ? es of North Africa consider it noble to preserve arid fulfil , no matter bow distant the opportunity . Why then should British subjects , trained in a religion of meekness , forgiveness , anri charity , be more cruel , ungrateful , and unjust , than those of nations which they affect to contemn ?
" We have a !! ude < 3 to the heniousntssof the Spaniard in extirpating the Peruvian and the Mtx ' can races , but we have the public declaration of Australian journalists —tiiBmBelveB British-born , and themselves 6 njoying the blessings of wealth aud social happiness , in the land which the Supreme Being hid conferred up « n the plundered Aborigines—we have their solemn averment , that Spanish cruelty has never exceeded the atrocities committed npon the native population of Australasia Bad oui ecemie 8 poured forth the ' tale of calumny against our national character , what a burst of indignation would have met and repelled it ! Yet with bow much calmness aud indifference is the intelligence of murders , manslaughters , acd spoliations committed upon those guiltless creatures , and on their native soil , received both by the colonial txecutive , aud tbe supreme government itself ! When is a change to corns over this inhuman policy ! How can prosperity bless the efforts of a government or a people so insensible to the claims of justice and the solicitations of mercy !"
From another portion of the article we give the following interestingly simple narrative of an interview with the Aboiugixes , by a settler on the banks of the Clarence River . It shows that even * savages" are not proof against a well-directed kindly sympathy ; while it condemns , with a most heavy condt mnation , those who , with hearts more " savage , " and dispositions more brutish , have committed their " murders , manslaughters , and spoliations upon these guiltless creatures and their native soil . " " I am induced to send you an account of a rather interesting interview which I ba « J some days ago with a party of the aborigines npon the upper part of this river , being of opinion that the insertion ol the particulars in tbe columns of your -widely circulated paper may be productive of some good results , as far aa may ttrd to remove the btlifcf that these people are an utttrlyirreclsimable and ferocious set of beings , and throw light upon their real character and disposition—a tubjtct very little known er understood .
" Since the hostile encounterswitb the blacks , which took place upon this river about a year ngo , in consequence ef the murders committed by them , tbty bave rarely shown themselves , but have kept among the mountains , and avoided all intercourse , al waysmaking off as fast as possible , if accidentally seen , though they bave occasionally crept unobserved upon the huts , and carried off the shepherds' blaufeete and axes , I had previously several times tried to find and bring them to a parley , to endeavour to establish a better understanding between them and ourselves , but always without success , until upon the occasion above mentioned , when having seen a smoke rising amongst tbe hills seme miles distant , my brother and myself mounted our horses , and set out to make another attempt . After
clambering about the hilla for some time , we entered a narrow valley , which we had not explored far , when we suddenly came in sight of a camp situated npon a small flat , sBrr-unded on three skies by a crttk , and backed by a mountain . Instxastiy setting spurs to out horses , we galloped across the creek intQ the camp ; we found it nntenanted , however , except by a woman with an infant at the breast , and a child apparently about four or -five years old . On our approach , they fled up the mountain , the woman carrying her child astride upon her neck . As we neared them , they cried out in fear , and npon our coming close , the woman took the infant from her sbouldeis , and clasping it to her bosom , threw herself upon her knees , and bowed her face to the ground , thus co : cealing and protecting her little one with her bodyj the other child crouched at her side , and hid its face in the grass . They now uttered no-sound , but their long-drawn respirations showed that they were in great terror . I dismounted ,
and taking the child by the shoulders , raised her face from the ground , but she set up such a terrible squalling , that I let go again , when she dropped quite stiff and stark into her former position , and was again silent I sat down near them , and having some knowledge of their language , which I gained from a young boy named Pondoon , whuwaa taken in one of the beforementioned encounters , and who has since remained with me—I addressed the woman , telling her not to fear , as we had no hostile intentions , and would not harm her , &c- &c . After a time she lifted her head , and looking stedfastly at me for a little while , resumed her former position , but she seemed to have been re-assured by the scrutiny , for she presently raited herself ivnd began to speak . She first asked if we were hostile or angry , and being agrtin assured that we were not , she said that she was afraid of the horses , ar d asked if they would not bite her . We told her that they were harmless , and livtd upon grass ; upon which she seenifcii to lose all fear , and became Quite chatty , aaswsiing all cur qnes-
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The FLEET PAPERS . London ** : Cleaver , Baker-streot , Portman square ; and Pavly , Holywdi-streer , Strand . For some weeks wo have neglected ,, our usual notices of " the King's" Little Fieetera ^ hich , with an industry as uuuiwk as liiri spirit is indomitable , Mr . Oastler continues 10 lay before the " Powers that be , " as well as bofore the public generally , by whom they are road whh an aviduythat shows how much a good man , oven iu bonds , is respected . Tha ' Fleeters " are now addressed to Sir James Graham , Her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary [ of State for the Home Department , and , truly , tyriuny whether in high places or low , is laid belore the minister in all its odious enormity . la a recent number the doings of the " League" have been brought under notice , and their desire to " get rid of Feargua" is shown in palpable colours . After enumerating the shifts to which tho " League" have been pat , and described the mode resorted to to obtain petitions , " said to emanate from the people , "; but which they themselves have got up , he thus proceeds : —
" I will now recall these facts to your attention , begging you , at the same time , t- > reinembw , that althauijh the working classes bad the wisdom to despise the efforts of the Leaguers , an J to turnja deaf ear to all their blusterings , Hit Robert Peel setnieit either to be won over by tbdr sophistry , or alarmed by their menaces ; anU , availing himself of the clroweiucsa of his supporters , succeeded in perau * diD « them , that where there was so much sound , there must ibe some cause of alarm—wtiere so much smoke some : fire . Then followed the hop , skip , and jump towards Free Trade , by tbe Corn Law and the Tariff . :
" The subsequent insurrection you cannot have forgotten ; its origin you are also acquainted with . You know that it was pl'uined by tbe Leaguers and carried on by their fuDda . You ateo know that , for some reason ot other , you ba . v « suffered thai ricli and guilty authors to escape , whilst you have punished without mercy , aye , wituvindxlive cruelty , many of their poor deluded dupes . " So much you know . There are other important matters ' of which you are not cognizant You shall not long remain ignorant .
" When Sir Kobert Peel was engaged in persuading his followers that something must bo done to appease the Leaguers , the representatives of that body in ' tbe House , ' feeling the weakness of tbeir party in tbe country , were constantly urging upon their constituents , whom they met in the lobby and its purlieus , ' that all their efforts would be unavailing—that neither long debates , wearisome speeches , raging dissenting ministers , bawling matrons , simpering misses , no , not even the almost interminable list of names attached to their thousand and one petitions , were of any use unless tlie masses could be induced to join in the movement , and , by their numerous assemblages at public meetings , prove to the aristocracy that they really vcere in earnest in this demand for Free Trade . " '
" Such were the grumblings of the Parliamentary leaders of the League . It was of no . use reminding them of the immense number of signatures to the petitions , to prove that the people were united on this question . ' Pooh , pooh , " exclaimed theyi ' do not build upon them ; tfce enemy knows how thay have been obtained as well as ourselves . We must have public meetings , or we shall be beaten . " "I need not rtmind you , Sir , how . i those numerous names were obtained to the anti-Corn Law petitions . You have been long enough amongst the Liberals to know all tbeir delusive tricks with regard to petitions and signatures .
" Every effort was made , every subterfuge resorted to , in order to arouse the masses during tbe session , but they would not move ; they were bent on ' tbe Charter '—nothing less would satisfy them . ' The Charter' was dreaded by noue so much as by the Leaguers — ' To give their slaves votes would be to destroy tukir own monopoly . What was to be i done ? Solemn councils were held—many plans suggested . " They had lingering hopes , notwithstanding the dogged obstinacy of the English operatives , who bad rejected the proffered services of O'Connell , when ithad been expected he would have bet-n able to wheedle himself again into their favour ( I allu < ie to the great Leeds Anti-Coru-Law meeting , in Mr . Marshall's huge mill ) , — I say , the Leaguers still fondly clung to the hope that , in the end , they could cajole the : masses—induce them to shake off O ' Connor , and once wore marsball themselves under the ' moral' force banner of ' The
Dtsath' 8 Head and Cross Bones . ' It was , however , they well knew , of no use to attempt another direct overture So , in this new move , Daniel was very prudently kept in the back ground , aud it was resolved that friend Sturge ( who , having very opportunely just dtclared his conversion to Chartism , wider another name ) . shouM take the lead of a great natisnal movement , avoK-ed ' y in favour of Complete Suffrage , which w * s the vir > name adopted by O ' Connell biuiself for Universal Suffrage , with the express purpose of breaking up tti ' . ' old Charter Union , an < i thus displacing jO'Connor . This Jittle circumstance exposed the cloven-foot , and led to the suspicion that Sturge was , whether knowingly 01 not , the mere puppet of ibx Leaguers , employed by them to reinstate OConnell at the head of the English operatives . O'Connell ' s letter to Sturge , the Prcsidtrt of the Birmingham Parliament , has since proved that that suspicion was founded on truth .
" Nothing could have been more unlucky than the adoption by Sturge of O'Conneirs term , ' Complete Suffrage . ' Under it O'Connell had j previously endeavoured to rally bis party against the English Chartists , whom he bad endeavoured to bully ! into submission —against whom he had levelled every abusive epithet which could be 1 umiBhed by tbe dames , of Billingsgate , As the leader Of the Complete Suffrage party , he hod poured out every invective against ] the Chartists " The Old Irish Gentleman had , however , made a great mistake—the bo ranch reviled Chartists were English , not Irish . His anathema was despised by the slandered millions , a'id his torrents of abuse fell— ¦
• Like dew-drops from the Lion ' s mane . ' When the meek Joseph assayed to prove the fierce Daniel ' s armour , it was unlikely that victory should crown his efforts . Fortune , however , in the onset , seemed to Bmile on him . ; " The Nottingham election was eagerly seized upon to entrap the masses , and to affjrd Sturge the opportunity , after kissing O'Connor , to betray him . There , Sturge said little about FieeTrade—the five points of
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tions , and saying a great deal more that we could not understand . We learned from her that the men were hu . ting upon the surrounding mountains , and after » great deal of shouting and calling , in which tbe Ifcdy joiued , ( though not till she had made me repeat several times that I was not an enemy , ) we heard an answering shout from a hill top ; all was then silent again for soina time , and , as we felt assured that the blacks were reconnoitering , we concealed our only guns in the grass ; and assuming as unwarlike an appearance as possible , we sat down upon the ground beside our feorses . We had not remained long thus , when we were roused by a sudden shout npon the mountain side , and as we got upon our feet , two men , armed , but perfectly naked , came into view , over the shoulder ef the hill , about
one hundred and fifty yards above us . One of them , a large , finely-proportioned man , immediately stood forward , and waving one arm in the direction of the river , in a most undaunted and uncompromising manner , told us to be gone . I called out to him that our intentions were friendly , that we were unarmed , and that I wanted to speak with him—but he talked so loudly himself , that he could not hear me . He also spoke so rapidly that I could but partially understand what he said , which was , however , something to this effect : Begone , begone I and take away your horses-Why do you come hither among the mountains to disturb us ? Return to your houses in the valley , —you have the river and the open country , and you ought to be content , aud leave the mountains to the black
people . Go back—keep the plains , and leave us the bills Go—go—begone ! —with a great deal more Jn the same strain . Having at length induced him to attend , I advanced some distance towards him , and after again assuring him that my intentions were net hostile , and calling upon him to observe that I was not armed , I said , ' Lay down your weapons and approach me . ' He rpgarded me for a moment , and then , with great deliberation , threw from him his spears and his boomerang , and came forward a few paces , retaining his partial ( or wallaby-stick ) in his hand . I told him to put that down also—he did bo with some reluctance , but would not consent to come any lower down the hill . I therefore slowly ascended towards him , keeping a sieady watch upon bis movements . As I approached ,
he seemed uneasy , and went behind a tree , but , as if ashamed of this , he soon stood out again . By this time I was near enough to distinguish bis features ; and feeling satisfied from his bold and open expression , that he might be trusted , Iwalked straight up to him and took him by the hand . He asked , Are we friendB ?' and spain I assured him that we had none but friendly intentions towards him . He appeared much delighted at finding me speaking his own language , and soon became quite at bis ease . 1 His companion , who bad tilt this time remained some distance in the rear , now threw down bis weapons , and joined us . They , however , still showed great fear of the horses , and would , on no account , consent to their being brought near ; my brother , therefore , fastened them to a tree , and came up
the bill , carrying in bis hand a tomahawk that we hid brought with ua , and which we presented to our tall friend , whose name we found to be Toolbiltibam : he was overjoyed at the gift , and leaped and shouted with delight We were now upon the best terms possible , and Toblbiliibaru began to shout loudly for the rest of his tribe , be saw , who were upon the surrounding mountains , to come in aud see ua . I now asked him if he knew anything of Pundoon . At bearing tho name his countenance brightened , laart , wilh great earnestness of manner , he told me that he was the boy ' s Becond father , or uncle , and that the father was at band amongst his companions , to bring him to me , he now redoubled bis shouting . In a snort time tive of them made their appearance , running along the mountain side towaids us . Toolbillibam called out to thorn , tolling them how matters stood—and they instantly
threw their weapons out of their hands . He pointed out one of them as Pundoon ' s fither , calling him by hiB name of Pundoonban . The old fellow , upon Toolbillibam calling out to him that be had news of his son , came running down , with outstretched arms , and coming first io my brother , gave him the full benefit of a most literally sw « = t embrace , as the old gentleman had evidently dined upon honey—and for want of a spoon , had ustd his finm-ra , besides having smeared his face and beard a good deal iu » re than was pleasant He asked many questions about bis son , much more quickly thsn they could be answered ; and , upon learning that he lived in a house , and ate bread , and wore clothes like ourselves , ami that tre would soon bring him bask to tbe river , and thut he should see him , the old MIow'b joy was unbounded . Having , by this time , eight or nine of the blacks about us , we told them to sit down in a row , and made them a regular harangue .
" We said that we bad made war upon them , because they had killed white people , but that now our argor was gon ; , and that Me wished to live in peace with them ; that we wanted nothing in their country but the grass , and would leave them their ka garoos , their oppossutns , ami tbeir Qsb . Toolbillibam here interposed , to know if we wculd not leave them the honey also . We assured him that it was quite at his service , and that be niiebt make himself perfectly easy about rats , bandicoots , grubs , and all other snuli « auie . All this appeared extremely satisfactory to our audience . We told them that if they would not rob or iigure our people , nur kill our sheep , that co person would barm them ; but on the contrary , wouki give them btead when they came to the stations ;
and we promised , that if they conducted themselves peaceabiy for a time , that we would give each of them a tomuhiwk . We pointed out to them the direction of al . our stations , and told them when they visited them , not to sneak from tree to tree , but to Walk up openly , and call out to give notice of thuir approach , nn < l to put tbeir weapons out of their hands—all this they promised to attend to . The sun was now sinkingtherefore , after distributing amongst them our pocketknives , our handkerchiefs , and such articles of our dress as we could spare , we told them we must go . They all rose , and accompanied U 3 to the camp , which lay in our route—Toolbillibam walked before , and , with much care , parted tbe long grass with his hands , and cleared away all obstacles from our path .
" Before parting with our wild-looking friends , we remained a few moments to examine their household goods and utensils , which were in the camp . Hanging near each fire was a large bag , about the Bize of a two * bushel sack , very ingeniously fabricated of grass or mshes woven together , which appeared to contain ; ill their property . Some spears were piled against the treeB , and clubs , boomerangs , and shields , were scattered about . -Of oppossum cloaks they appear to have a very scanty supply , as I saw none but very old and well-worn ones ; but , as a kind of substitute , they bad 1
large bunches of the skinB of flying-squirrelstails tied together , which they use aa a covering at night . The blacks appeared uneasy at our taking so much notice of their valuables ; we , therefore , having in vain attempted to peiBUade some of them to accornpa y us home , took our leave . Toolbillibam , who was evidently tbe head of his tribe , again preceded us , clearing our path as before , until be had conducted us as far from his camp as was consistent with his notions of politeness . None of these people could speak or understand a single word of English , and some had possibly never seen a white man before . " *
The above extract gives us a tolerable idea of the customs , habits , and dispositions of this injured race . And , as the writer in the Magazine truly observes , it is an incontestible proof also of their amiable and forgiving character ; for near the ; scene of this interview many of . the friends and relatives of the " savages" had been slain by the civilized 11 white men" not many months before ! In anotker article , " Our Embarrassments—a surplus Population : our Remedies , in Fisheries and in Colonies , " some valuable information respecting the different Fisheries connected with England is given ; and somo hints and recommendations thrown out and enforced that are worthy of deep and serious consideration . We say this , irrespective of the
writer ' s peculiar notions on Political Economy ; or of his considering his hints and recommendations as remedial meajis to restore us once more to" prosperity . " The questions of encouraging the Fisheries , and the use of fish as a staple article of human food , are questions that will bear discussing on their own grounds . We beJieve ' it would tend much to our advantage to do both . Fibh is a wholesome article of diet when occasionally used . Its extensive use adds to our other staple fvods . Variety in diet is necessary to health and manly vigour . Keep the strongest man ycu caii fin 4 upon the strongest description of food continuously ; let him have nothing else ; and he will pine away , and become feeble and spiritless . But let him have variety ; let him have
coarse food with good ; and jou will preserve bis bodily vigour aud physical capabilities , if you do not even add to them . Or-e means of promoting a change or variety in t ^ e diet of our peopl e wheu they were in a position to afford to purchase a comparatively fair share of the comforts of life ,, wo have often reflected on , and much regretted its discontinuance . We mean the practice eDJoined by the Roman Church , of eating fish on Fridays and other Fusts . This practice was fouuded iu good policy . It caused the encouragement of Fisheries on our coasts , and the making'and keeping-up of large Fishponds inland . By this mearjs it added to the amount of national wealth , by adding to the stock of human food . One dinner , at least , out of every seven , of
fish , by all the peoplo , saved the beef and the mutton by one beventh : aud the custom promoted the health and strength of the people . It is clear that it was not deemed the best of food ; for the people were taught to fast on it : and we need only this one fact to prove to us that the people then lived far better than the people live now : for hundreds of thousands in our day would like to have the opportunity of being condemned to fast on a dinner of fish three or four times a week , instead of only once . For these reasons and considerations , we certainly think , with the writer in the Magazine , that much good would accrue to us from an encouragement of our Fisheries and the use of fish as an occasional article of diet .
There are several other articles in the Magazine which we have not space to particularise ; but which will amply repay perugal . We must , however , linger a roomeuD over an instructive paper " On Colonial Architecture , " by Alfred Bartholomew , E ^ q , architect . It evinces corit-c' taste , and a thorough appreciation of the useful . Showy giui ^ erbread erections , suoh at our degenerate age delights in , afford not pleasure to the writer ; and
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it is refreshing to find a practical man like this , doing his best to restore the architectural knowledge and taste which designed and formed the buildings of a former age , and which remain iu oar day but as monuments of our degeneracy both in mind to coneeira and power to execute . Tbe loliowing extract will serve to 6 how something 0 ^ the scope and nature of the article we have dwelt on with much pleasure ;— ! " But upon one subject we most earnestly request the asiktance- of our transmarine frieads , v ' t , the best aspects for buildingi , which can afeae be ascerta ined by the lecai courses of the prevailing ; winds and rains : from negligence in this particular even is the highly and artificially-civilised land of Britain , so » any
persons are fidgeted into the desire of quitting their habitations as soon aa they have tuken up tntir abode within them ; and set to the account of anjunwholesome climate merely the false placing of their residences , which , if planned properly , would have afforde & health , comfort , and recreation . In all tbe plans which -we propose bringing under the reader ' s notice , every side will be adapted correctly to tbe particular aspect : on the eoid , windy side , the apertures wil ! be few aad narrow ; on the moist , rainy side , tha kitchen and other chimneys constantly or frequently in use will invariably be p . aced , so as to keep always dry such walls as weuld otherwise ; be moist , and thus cause the adjacent apartments to be unwholesome . In designs for hot climates , we shall afford all possible
shelter to the sunny sides of our proposed dwellings , and shall endeavour to court the bre < Zj in all possible ways , to attemper the enervating effect of such climates , which , by tbeir scorching sevtriiy , render habitation scarcely bearable ; upon all these essentials we shall be most scrupulous , knowing , by fatuli experience , that nothing is more common than for houses to be marred , in moist climates , by having large bay-windows opening to the prevailing rain , and , in warm climates , by the heating effect of chimneys udded ! to the meridian rays of a torrid sun . When we see a homely-appearing house , destitute of the slightest exhibition of effort after taste , but correct in all these particulars , we esteem it highly ; and indeed we never bavei a thorough contempt for any piece of building , unless it be such an one
as is dizoned out ¦ with an exotic display of attached unnecessary Unery—such as gaWs without use ; multitudinous breaks to no purpose , and not : the natural result of conformation of plan ; or face-world . patched upon the other materials wilh the sole motive . of ornament , and without entering into and forming the construction Uself . We are no frienda to lacing a masonry or brick-built house with bargt-boards , which are a constant source of expense to repair and paint ; of our own free-will we should indeed never stucco a buiUing , ] except it were so old as to be incapable of repair in any other manner ; we should rather save the pert smartness of painting a bouse all over , and bestow tbe price of it upon the interior in some work of skill , Home painting of artistship , or in some series of volumes ; our most esteewied
maxim is 50 to build that edifices may as much us possible take care of the > nseives , and . even amid comparative external neglect , still remain sou > , d . hubCtuble , and wholesome : in fict , when we seu a man iu a kind of tever to remove from the outside of his frail , mean , plastered habitation , every rain- » p . > t , moss-tint ^ or litchen-stain , we are invariably led to imagine bow ridiculous would appear St . Paul ' s Cathedvnl or WimlBor Castle , or the Tower of London , if painted all over . with one uniform bue of oil-colcur ; indeed , the man who is for ever stuccoing , cleaning , painting , and colouring tbe outside of his house , generally s arves , as it were , his library , defrauds himself of pictures ,, nni other works of art , and is made unlwppy by a hail-storm or u shower of rain . The fancied blamishes which ho removes , from the very embroidery iu which the artist delights . "
In concluding this notice , we must accord our commendation both to tho manner and matter of this Magazine . It-matter is not of un ephemeral nature ; and the manner of putting it before the reader evinces talent a ? H judgment . To all who ^ re interested in Colonial aifairs , it is a work almost indispenMble .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1199/page/3/
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