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SONG OF THE KIEGS OP GOLD Oms all an marble halls , Amid untrodden grovpg , "Where music ever calls , Where faintest perfume roves ; And thoussndi toiling moan , That foigeooi robes ma ; fold The hangbty tcaraa alone 01 us , tbe Kings of Gold . We eaimot count ooz slaves , Nothing bounds our sway , On * will destroys and saves ; , We let . we create , we alay .
Ha , ha ! whoaxegeds ? Purple , and crimson , and blue , Jewels , and sflks , and pearl , All splendours of form and foe , Our charmed existence furl ; When dared shadow dim The glow in our wine-cups rolled ! Whsa drooped G » fetnsueV-aymn . Baised for the Kings of Gold 2 We cannot count our slaves , &c . The earth , the earth . Is oars : 2 ti corn , ita fruits , its wine , Its son , its lain , its flowers , Obts , all , all . '—cannot shine One sunlight ray , bat where Oar nighty titles hold ; "Wherever life is , there Possess the Kina of Gold !
We cannot count our slaves , Jet , And all on earth that lives , Woman , and man , and child , Us trembling bemage gives : Ay , trampled , sporWeflled , Kong dsrets raise on * frown , Or slightest questioning held ; Our scorn bat strikes them dows To adore the Kings of Gold . We cannot count our slaves , fcc . On beds of azure down , In lulls of torturing light , Our poisoned harlots moan , And , burning , toss to sight . ' They are ours—for us they fcnm ; They are ours— -to reject , to hold ; TTa taste—we exalt—we spurn—Tor we are the Kings of Gold .
We cannot count oar slaves , 4 s . The father wrftheB a smSe , As we seiss his red-lipped girl , Bis white-loined"wife : ay , while Fierce millions » uro to hurl Kocks on ott regal brows , Knives in oar hearts to hold , ! They , pale , prepsre them bows At the step of the "Kings of Gold . We cannot cout our slaves .
Set-In a glorious sea of hate Eternal rocks we stand : Our joy is oar lonely state , And our trust our own right hand ; We frown , and nations shrine ; They cane , but our swords are old ; And the wine of their rage deep drink Tht dasstlesa Sings of Gold . We cannot ceunt obi slaves , &c . Ebenestr Jones
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THE FIRST VALENTINE Bl FRANCES BE 0 W 5 . Ths matron brought a caaket fair , To shew the laughing girls j Ber early jewels , treasured there , And all her bridal pearls . Bat much they marvelled , one and all , "What wondrons ^ frf " <*«> h «) placed , Among such precious thiagB , a scroll By youfhfnl fingers traced . Ponnany a quaint and fair device IHmn'd that fairy page , That well mighv charm a maiden ' s eyes , But not the glance of age . And yet , the natron said , " Tho' rare The gems that round it shi ^ p , They ne ' er can claim such love and care As tl . j first Yal engine .
* It was the hand of love and faith That penn ed the gentle words , Whose music woke , like Summer ' s breath , My young heart ! hidden chords , But , 01 the world ' s gold parted us , For , is my kindred' s view , It made all lovely furrowed brows , And gray looks , golden too . The curls were dark , and long , that Won My youth ' s enchanted gaze ; But nose « yi tell what fortune shone Upon thsir after days . Yet sow , when yooth and Jove are o ' er , And age hath silvered mine , life hath no treaiure valued more Then my first Talectine .
«• For still , it seems the only wreck Of aD my perished yonth , That brings nnchang * d , nnbligfcted , back , Its early love and truth . And oft from friendship , false or chlD , Prom many wastes or case , 2 Iv soul hath tom'd , to find a rill Of psrerwaten there . O ! blessed be the saving art , That keeps mtarnUhed still The hiddes jewels of the heart ,
Through years of change and ill ! For oft our best affections round Such fraa memorials twine . With memory * brightest tendrils bound , lake my first Talentine V Rood ' s Maoazijte
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ST . PAUL'S DAY . Tie following lines composed and sung on occasion of the annual anniversary of " Saint Paul , " celebrated by the journeymen upholsterers of London , Dublin , Edln-Jjcrgh , -3 nd elsewhere , "fam ^ fameraniiY on tfi « 25 th of -Jannary , the day of the apostle ' s conversion . — " St . ' Psal was a maker of tents . "—Acts .
Tutstb—Old England on the lea . GittD winters blast , has brought at last Our annual festive scene ; And sent us here to hail and cheer , Beneath oar flag of green . On nights like these long may it wave O ' er joyful hearts like these , The true , the kind , the free , the brave , Or grace the noonday brecz * . Then followers all of great Saint Paul , Met here to celebrate His birth and worth to-night , let ' s all A bumper dedicate . Some bards may sing of lanscapes green , Of women witching fair ;
A nobler theme is mine I ween , Our ancient craft se rare . A crsft that gives the peasant's cot , And princely halls a charm ; That decks the bower , the bed , the grot With hangings rich and warm . Then followers all , &c E ' en monarch ' s proud our mystery own , Awj court oar friendly aid ; What were the palace—what the throne ! Unless by ns arrayed . To rich and poor , to high and low , Oar blessings we dispense ; Here kindly comforts we bestow ; There matchless elegance . Then followers alL &c .
The stately ship that o ' er the deep Bounds beautiful and fast , Holds "nesib . Ita qjriYdng mast so steep , A magic temple vast Each glided room , each gsy saloon , Bears impress of our might : And splendour beams in silv ry streams , Suffused in golden light . Then followers all , it On battle field , ' mid strife and storm , The snow-white tent we rear ; The gaudy bridal coach we form , Or clothe the mournful Ker . The pulpit , altar , bench , deck we , The gorgeous senate hall ; Then sing with me , who wculd not be A sos of great Saint Paul ? Then followers all . &c James Thorn .
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THE ILLUMINATED M AGAZINE—February . * Better late then never . " The present number only reached as last week , at a time / when jt . was impoi able-for us even io look into it : hence we 3 ind ourselves about ** OD 8 month after date" with ihiB notice . The present number contains some excellent matter . The opening article , " Tie British Museum , " is one of great merit , and will , we Tentnre io say , be a powerful stimulus to all country readers io pay the Great Metropolis" a rfeit , were it only io see the wondrons sightB of its famed cmseom . We cordially agree with the concluding zenazks of Has Tery tttrex writer s— ..
Sbere are , however , two points in eoasee&n with MrssMect which-we fee } to be deeerving of remark . 3 b * first is , that in spits of the proverbially misehie tob propensity of J-oba Ball the adrrriBrimt of the pAfic to the British Museum does not seem to can tfcets into exercise . The troth is , that the English people are grateful for trust reposelin them . They are ** prone to abuse a benefaction . It it only when a Hivikge is gmdgingly accorded to them , ; « y » hen they btain it by stealth , that they misemploy Ifc UDlataly ttvu the fashion to exclude the many from picture V&edes , museoms , gardens , conxsrvBtoriea , and the Pi »; and then , it is true , that when they chanced to
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gain admission to them , they were guilty of the conduct imputed to them . For this it is easy to account The fee ing of curiosity , on the one hand , was urging them to puD , pluck , and handle ; nor did their interest , nor their gratitude , for they bad nothing to be grateful for , induce them to restrain it . An eagle , in a public collection , placed within the reach of the visitors , would in the present day remain , till the hand of Time "had disfigured it , a Tery decent bird ; but we can imagine what a few days wonld have rendered it twenty years ago .
The second point to which we would advert , U the limited access to the Museum allowed to those pemns whom it would most benefit , —the commercial and labouring ^ **» £ * , For this , we know of no remedy but throwing it open on that day whereon they are disengaged . This might be done during the hours -which intervenes between the services . Taverns , and confectioner ' s , and cooks' , nay , even tobacconists' shops are accessible at those times ; nor can we see why the mind should be deprived ef its necessaries asd refreshments any more than the body . The "Broken-hearted dub" is continued , and furnishes as with a capital tale . Tie " Beans of
England" introduces us this month to the famed rake Wilmot , E * rl of Rochester ; and the more modern and decent , bnt not less famed Bean BrummelL"" " Sketches of Parisian Life , " beautifully describes the toils , pleasures , hardships , and pastimes of that most interesting of all French characters , tie Grisette . " We hope for a continuance of these sketches from the pen of the talented authoress . " The Thirteenth Chime , " a legend of Old London , though an improbable romance , has the rare merit of presenting Harry the Eighth to us in . the novel character of the sveager of thfi innocent and the pqnisher of the oppressor . From a valuable paper , entitled
" A PEW -WOBDS ABOUT TOBACCO , " we give the following extract : — We sow come to oar last and most important proposition . We have endeavoured , in plain language , to describe the mode in which tobacco acts upon the human system , and it now remains for us to show whether this action , when moderately excited , is productive of good or sviL Many of the most serious and dangerous maladies to which the human frame is subject , have at different times , and by various writers , been ascribed to the free ase of tobacco . Diseases of the longs and heart , apoplexy , paralysis , diarrboti , and dysentery have been especially distinguished . The physicians who have recorded such cases have not , however , offered any direct proof to substantiate their opinions . The patient perhaps has been known to be an inveterate smoker or snuff-taker , or he dates the earliest symptoms of his disease from the time when he first commenced his
regretted habit . This circumstance , nevertheless , should-not weigh too strongly in argument , lot there is no denying that the coincidence might have been perfectly accidental . At any rate , the matter could only be considered as one of grave suspicion , and it remained for future and more extended inquiries to dear away the doubt . These desirable investigations have been recently laid before the medical profession . They are most extended , most accurate , and mest incontrovertible . And we shall probably startle some few of omr readers , who from past remarks may not be prepared fcr the assertion , that no one of the diseases which we have mentioned can , with the slightest show of propriety , be referred to the influence of tobacco . On the contrary , they demonstrate beyond all doubt that the nse of the plant , in very many instances , exerts a power in warding eff the very maladies which it has been supposed to produce 1
Fox a long period nothing satisfactory conld be determined upon this subject , great difficulty was experienced in making snfficieuUy ample observations , and in accumulating sufficiently numerous statistics . But of late time the medical officers attached to the immense tobacco manufactories in varions parts of the continent—more especially at Paris , Strasbourg , Havre , and Bordeux , hive by direction of the authorities supplied the desideratum . We have now before us accurate reports of the state of health possessed by the hundreds and thousands ' of workpeople in these factories , who are constantly under medical inspection . They are exposed to the itflaence of tobacco in its most concentrated , and consequently in it most dangerous form—of coarse patting oat of the question
actual administration by swallowing . They receive the leaves in their dry and almost inodorous condition , for the fresh leaf has but little of the acridity possessed by that which has undergone manufacture . If the tobacco be intended fcr smoking , the first process consists in moistening the leaves , next in depriving them of their grosser parts , and lastly in catting or tearing them into shreds , and drying the mass upon heated plates . If snoff is to be made , the tobacco previously moistened , ton ! into shreds , and picked , is collected in immense heaps , and left for months to ferment . It is then ground to a powder , and again gathered into heaps , that the process of fermentation msy be repeated . In this way twenty-five thousand pounds weight are manufactured at a time !
It will bow be obvious , that every arcizan employed in these factories must have his system more fully exposed to the influence of tosacco than he could possibly have by any other mode of procedure ; he breathes an atmosphere loaded with thetmutia from the plant in a moist and also in a fermenting condition . Now -what is observed to result from all tfcis ? We will quote from the Lancet , which turns up the statistical reports , to which we have already alluded , in the following manner : — » The health of the workpeople is generally goodbetter , indeed , than that of the neighbouring population . There is no malady whatever , nervous or otherwise , from wh | ch they appear particularly to suffer . It is also remarked , that their lives appear to be quite as long as those of other work-people , and that they are generally able to work nntil age or accidental illness stops their labours . "
So mceh , therefore , for the general influences of tobacco . We observe , " there is no malady whatever , " which it appears to induce . Prom the somber of diseases which have been by many ascribed in certain cases to excess in tobaccosmoking , let as now specially select one , peculiarly interesting , because of its awful prevalence in this country . Who amongst as Is sot already too familiar with that insidious affection , which , whilst it bringeth bloom to the cheek , and beanty to the eye , and fire to the intellect , bringeth also a certain and lingering
death . Of coarse we allude to consumption , or , as the disease is professionally Earned , phthisis pulmcmcdit The climate of Prance is as variable , and consequently as consumptive-breeding as onrs can possibly be ; and a large number of the -work-people employed in the continental manufactories are young men and girls , who have reached the age at which the malady is most frequently developed . Here , therefore , we can at once decide tee question . Do we find the mortality from phthisis greater amongst this class of peeple than amongst other artizins employed elsewhere ?
Let us again quote from the periodical beforenamed — "At the manufactories of Bordeux , Havre , Lille , Morlaix , and Strasbourg , phthisis is stated to be much less frequent among the werk-people than among other artizsns . " At Bordeux , the disease is very rarely found among them , and progresses much slower in that class than with the rest of the population . " At Havre , where phthisis is common , it is rare at the tobacco manufactory , that there has scarcely been a ease " observed . "At Morlaix , phthisis is always less violent in its progress , and less severe , when it attacks the manufactory people than with other artizins . " At Lille it is much less frequent than among those who work in cotton . " At Strasbourg the work-people have not presented a case of phthisis . "
Excess in &ny indulgence must invariably be hurtful . Excess in the ose of tobacco is , without doubt , no exception to this rule -, but we think that the arguments which wb have laid before the reader ( with certain others not mentioned , because scarcely suited to the pages of a popular periodical ) , justify as in concluding , that the moderate nse of tobacco is by no means injurious to heaitfe . And so strong do we consider the evidence in its favour , as a medicine exerting some happy influence in phthisis , thai we should not hesitate to recommend its nse in threatened cases of this
sad disease . We have purposely omitted mentioning the cream of this nnmber , Tiz . "Travel and Talk , " from the pen -of that talented and estimable writer , Lnke Roden , M . D . Next vfeek -we will favonr our readers with extracts from his delightful pencillings . There are several other articles , and the usual quantum of highly-finished illustrations ; of which ** Bachelor ' s Hall" is the gem of toe present nnmber . We see with pleasnre the announcement that DonglaB Jerrold will resume the active Editorship of thi 3 Magazine in the forthcoming nnmber for ilartb . In fnture the price will be slightly in- ' creased ; but t ' ais is to be more than compensated for , by the addition of sixteen pages of letter-press , and illaminated engravings to be given with all fnture numbers .
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Surely a better state of things is in store for England when snen bright stars of literature as Thomas Hood , Dooglas Jerrold , &c , devote their heavengifted talents to the defence of the oppressed , and the advocacy of the wrong ; Surely , the great wrongs of our social system are doomed , when men like these , instead of , as in past times , penning fulsome adulations to win the smiles and fitby lucre of the rich , date to plead the cause of tbe helpless and the poor , heedless of otght save their duty . Onward , ye true patriots 1 Faint not , bnt persevere in your glorious labours , in hastening the happy time when ignoranee and slavery , and the Bins born « f these , shall cease to be , and men forget the crimes which have so blotted the fair face of this might-be happy earth .
The principal articles this month , in prose , are 11 The Strange Student , " which is truly a BtraDge story . The Schoolmasters Dream , " by Mrs . Hall . " The Installation , " being a continuation of the series of tales told by ** Great Tons of Oxford" to his visitor , whose adventures we gave sonae account of in a former number of the Star . " A Vision of Past Times" is a beautiful fiction , in which the character of James 1 st . is excellently drawn . " A Child of Sorrow" conveys a holy moral . "The House of Mourning" is a capital hit at one of the latest London speculations , —the fashionable mourning establishments . " Phebe ' a Window , " a romance of Crooked Lane ! Who but Hood would think of finding or creating the romantio in such a quarter ! There is an excellent review of " Gautier ' s travels in Spain , followed by a notice of •» Fifty day's on board a Slaver . " We take our extracts , for the beautiful moral inculcated therein ,
from—THB SCHOOL MASTEB ' S DBEAM . " James O'Leary was a schoolmaster of great learning , and still greater repute ; - his school was tbe most crowded of any school within fifty miles of Killgubbin —yet he modestly designated it his " Small Collegs "and his pupils " his thrifle of boys . " O'Leary never considered | " tbe VulgarianB" —as he termed those who only learned Bogliab , writing , and arithmetic—worth counting . No boy , in his estimation , merited naming or notice until he entered Virgil ; be began his school catalogue with " the Vargils ; " but was so decidedly proud of the " Homarians , " that he often regretted he had no opportunity of "taking the shine out of thim ignorant chaps up at Dublin College '' by a display « f his •• Gradant- '— five or six clear-headed , intelligent boys , whose brogue * were on their tongue ; whose clothes hung npon then by a mystery ; and yei , poor fellows ! were as proud of their Greek , and as fond of capping Latin verses , as their master himself .
James O'Leary deserved bis reputation to a certain extent , as all do . who achieve one . In bis boyhood , he had been hinself a " poor scholar , " and travelled tbe country for his learning ; he had graduated at the best hedge school in tbe kicgdozn of Kerry , and atone time had an idea of entering Maynooth ; but fortunately or unfortunately , as it might be , he lost his vocation by falling in love and marrying M&ry Byrne , to whom , despite a certain quantity of hardness and pedantry , he always made a kind husband , although Mary , docile and intelligent in every other respect , never could achieve her A , B , C ; Mis be was fond of instancing as a proof of the inferiority of the fair stx . James looked with the greatest contempt at the system adepted by the National Schools , declaring that Latin was the foundation upon which all intellectual education should be raised , and that the man who had no Latin was not worthy of being considered a man at all .
* ? James ^ for many years after his establishment at Donnjbeg , was exceedingly kind to the itinerant class , of whose merits he was so bright an example ; fcr a long time his College was the refuge of every " poor scholar , " who received gratuitous instruction from "the Master , " and the attention and tenderness of a mother from " the Mistress . " This generosity on the part of James O'Leary increased his reputation , and won him a great many blessings from the poor , while paplls thronged to him from distant parts of the kingdomnot only the Itinerant scholar , but the sons of snug farmers , who boarded in his neighbourhood , and paid largely for toe classics , and all accomplishments . James increases in prosperity , but his good luck hardens bis heart ; and now he begins to ask himself" Wh y he should do good , and bother himself so much about those waodid no good to him !"
He had never ventured to say this aloud to any one , but be had at last whispered it so often to himself that one evening , seeing Mary busily occupied taming round some preparation . in a little iron pot , reserved for delicate stir-a-bout , gruel , or " a sup of troth , " which he knew on that particular occasion was intended for tbe " Grecian , " who bad been unwell for some days—after knocking the ashes out cf his pipe , and closing and clasping his well-thumbed Homer , he said , " Mary , cant ye ait still at the wheel , now that the day ' s amost done , and nature becomes soporific t—which signifies an inclination to repose . " "In a minute , dear ; it ' s for poo Aby—he 's sick entirely , and has no one to look to him—the place where he lodges has no eonvsyaiancft for a drop of whey—and if it had , they " ve » otbing to turn it with , and nothing to make it of—so I'll sit down at onct "
" Then why don't you sit down at onct ?"—[ A corruption of " at once , " means , at this moment—it is the present tense—now—instantly . } " Why do you sitwasting your time—to say nothing « f the aweet milkand the "—he was going to say "the sour , " but was ashamed , and so added , " other things—for one who does no good to as f Mary , however , sends the " sup of broth" to the poor sick scholar , and enters into a conversation with her husband , with the view of convincing him of tbe blessings attendant upon educating " poor scholars . "
" No good to as 2 " repeated Mary , as she poured off the whey , keeping the curd carefully back with a horn spoon . " No good to us , dear ?—why , it's for Aby-the-What is it you called him—Aby Gradus ? No ; Aby Grecian—your top boy , as used to be—he that his eld grandmother—( God help as 1 he had no other kith or kin)—walked ten miles , just to see him stand at tbe bead of his class , that she might die with an easy heart —it * for him , it is " " Well , ' replied tbe Master , " I know that—I know it ' s for him ; and I'll tell you what , Mary , we are growing—sot to say onld , but advancing to the region of middle life—past its meridian , indeed—and we can't afford to be throwing away oar substance on the like of Abj - ¦ " James 1 " exclaimed Mary , " Ay , indeed , Mary , we most come to a period—a full stop , I mesn , and "—he drew a deep breath , then added — " and take no mortpoor scholars !"
"O , James , don't say tbe likes o * that , " said the gentle-hearted woman , " dont—a poor scholar never came into the boose that I did * nt feel as if he brought fresh air from beavtn with him—I never miss the bit I give them—my heart warms , to the soft homely sound of their bare feet on the floor , and the door a * most opens of itaelMoletthemin .-"I ' ve always thought aired head lucky , dear . " " The ancients valued the colour highly , " he answered . " Think of that , now ! And a boy I saw U-day had juBt such another lceky mcle as yourself under his left eya " " What boy V inquired the master .
" A poor fatherless and motherless crayttrar , with his Yosiers and little books slung In a strap at his back , and a party tidy second shate of clothes under his arm for Sunday . It pat me in mind of the way you tould mo you set off poor scbolaring yerself , darlin' 1—all as one as that poor little boy , barriri' tiie second suit of clothes . " " What did he want ? " Inquired O'Leary , resuming his bad temper , for Mary made a mistake in her second hit She judged of his character by her own . Prosperity bad rendered her more thoughtful snd anxious to dispense the blessings she enjoyed , but it had hardened her husband . " Just six months of your taching to make a man of him , that ' s alL " " Baa he money to pay for It ? " '
" I ' m sore I sever uked him . Tbe thrifle collected for a poor scholar is little enough to give him a bit to eat , without paying anything to a strong man like yer > self , James O'Leary ; only just the ase and contlntment it brings to one ' s Bleep by night , and one ' s work by day , to be afther doing a kind tarn to a fellow-Christian . " " Mary , " replied the schoolmaster , in a Blow and decided tone , "that ' s all botheration . " -Mary gave a start—she could hardly believe she heard correctly ; but there sat James O'Leary looking as hard as if he had been turned from a man of flesh into a man of stone . Under the impression that he was bewitched , Mary crossed herself ; but still he ' sat there looking , as she afterwards declared , '' like nothing . " " Father of Mercy ! " she exclaimed , " spake again , man alive . ' and tell us , is it yerself that's in it I "
James langhed ; not joyously or humorously , but by a little , dry , half starved Iaigh , lean and hungry—a niggardly laugh ; but before ha had time to reply , the door opened slowly and timidly , and a shock of rusty red hair , surmounting a pale acute face , entered , considerably in advance' of the body to which it belonged . " That's the boy I tould yon of , " said Mary . " Come in , ma bouchal ; the master himself ' s in . it , sow , and will talk to you , dear . * ' ... " The boy advanced his slight delicate form , bowed both by study and privation ,, and his keen penetrating eyes looking out from beneath the projecting brows which overshadowed them ; _ , : .. Mary told him to sty down ; but he continued standing , bis fingers twitching convulsively moid the leaves of & Latin book , in which he hoped to be examined . " What ' s your name?—and stand up I" said the master , graiiy . : ¦¦ ...... The boy told him his sane . waa Edward Moore .
"What do you fatowr * He said , "He knew English and Vorter— a trifle of Algeabra and Latinand the Greek letters—he hoped to be a priest in time and should be , " be added confidently , " if his honour would give him the run of the school , an odd lesson Bow and agio—and let him pick op as much as be coald . " "And what . " inquired O'Leary , will you give me In return ?" ? ' 1 have b » t little , Sir , " replied the boy , " for my mother has six of us , paying to one , whose face we never see , a heavy rent for ' the shed we starve under . My father's in heaven—my eldest sister a cripple—and but for tbe kindiesa of the neighbours , and the good-
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ness of one or two families at Christmas and Whitaaatide , and , above all , the blessing of God—which never laves os-j-we might turn oat npon the road—and beg . " "Just l « t me see what ye ' ve got , " said the schoolmaster . The boy drew forth from inside his waistcoat the remnant of a cotton night-cap , and held it towards the schoolmaster ' s extended hand ; but Mary stood between her husband , and his temptation . "Put it up , child , " she said ; " the nuwther doesn't want it , he only baa a mind to see if it was safe , "than aside te her busband-i" Let fall ye'r hand ,. James , its the devil ihaVs under ye ' r elbow keeping it oat , nibbling as the fishea do at the hook ; is It the Ihln shillings of a-widow ' a son you'd be afther taking ? It ' a not yorself that a In it at all ; "—then to the boy— " Put it up , dear , and come in the morning . " But the silver bad shone in themaster ' a eyes through the worn-out knitting , "thin shillings , " as Mary called them , and their chink aroused hiB avarice the moreSostandin
; , g up , he pnt aside his wife , as men ofteu do good council , with a strong arm , and declared that he would have all , o ? none , and that without pay he would receive no pnpil , Tho boy , thirsting for learning , almost without hesitation , agreed to give him all he possessed , only saying , that " the Lord above would rtee him up some friend who would give him a bit , a * ap , and a lock of straw to Bleep on . " Thns the bargain was struck , the penniless l ebild turned from the door , knowing that , at least , for that night , he would recelveshelter from some kind-hearted cotter , and perhaps give in exchange tuition to those who could not afford to go to the " great master , " while tbe dispenser of knowledge , chinking with the " tbinshllling 8 , " . » trode towards a well-heaped hoard to add thereto the mite of a fatherless boy . Maty crouched ovet the cheerful fire , rocking heraell backwards and forwards , In real Borrow , and determined to consult the priest as to tbe change that bad come over her husband , turning Urn out himself , inU something " not right , "
The Schoolmaster goes to bed but is tormented in his sleep . " So much so that this poor wife left off rocking , and taking out her beads , began praying for him as hard and fast as she could ; and she believed her prayers took effect , for he soon became tranquil and slept soundly : —but Mary went on praying . She WM accounted what was called the steadiest hand at prayers in the country ; but , on this pnticalar night , she prayed on without stopping ; until the grey cock , who always crowed at four , told bet what the time was , and > he thought she might as well sleep for a couple of hoars , for Mary could not only pray when she liked , but sleep when she pleased , which is frequentlythe case with tbe innocent-hearted . As boos , however , at she hunjj the beads on tbe tame nail that supported the holy water cross and enp , James gave a groan and a start , and called her— " Give me your hand , " he said , "that 1 may know it's yon that ' s in it" Mary did ao , and affectloaatiey bade God bless him .
" Mary , my own darling , " he whispered , " I ' m a grate sinner , and all my learning is ' nt—is ' nt worths brass farthing . " Mary was really astonished to hear him say this . " It ' s quite in altnest I ; am , dear , and here ' s the key of my little box , nud go and bring out that poor scholar ' s night-cap , and take caro of his money , and as soon as day breaks intlrely , go find out where bs ' a stopping , and tell him I'll never touch cross nor coin belonging to him , nor one ef bis class , and give him back his coins of silver and his cob » of brass ; and Mary agra , if you ' ve the power , turn every boy in theparlBh Into a poor scholar , that I may have the satisfaction of taching them , for I ' ve bad a dream , Mary , and I'll tell it to you , who knows better than myself bow to be grateful for such a warning . There , praise the holy saintsi is a streek of daylight ; now listen , Mary , and don't interrupt me : —
" I suppose it is dead I was flrat , bat , any how , I thought I was floating about in a dark upaoe -and every minute I wanted ; to fly up , bnt something kept me down—I could not rise—and as I grow used to the darkness , you see , I saw a great many things floating about like myself—mighty carious shapes—one of them , with wings like a bat , came close up to me , and , after all , what was it but a Homer ; and I thought , may be , it would help me dp , but when I made a grab at it , it turned Into smoke ; then came a great white-faced owl , with red bothered eyes , and out of one of them glared a Voster , and out of the other a Gougb , and globes and inkhoma changed , Mary , in the sight of my two lookeyes into vivacious tadpoles , swimming here and there and making game of me as they passed- O , I thenght the time was a thousand years , and everything about me talking bad Latin and Greek that would bother a salrit , and I , without power to answer or to getaway . I ' m thinking it was ^ he schoolmaster ' s purgatory I was in . "
" May be so , " replied Mary . " particularly as they wouldn't let you correct the bad Latin , dear . " After passing a thousand or two years in the above condition , he gets a glimpse of heaven ; but there was a great golf between , him and it : eo he cried how he was to get there . " Well , before you could count twice ten , there stood before me seven poor scholars , those seven , dear , that I taught , and that have taken the vestments since . I knew them ail , ' and I knew them welL Many a bard day ' s work I bad gone through with them , just for that holy , blessed pay , the leve of God—there they stood , and Abel at their head . " " Oh yah moUtti think of that now , my poor Aby ; didn't I know- the good , pure drop was In him ? " interrupted Mary .
" * The only way for you to get to that happy place , maBther dear , 'they said , « is for you to make a ladder of us . ' " 'Is it a ladder of the * " Whisht , will ye , " i Interrupted the maBther . We are the stairs , * said they , 'that will lead you to that happy mansion—all your learning of whteh yon were so proud—all your examinations—all your disquisitions and knowledge—your algebra and mathematics—your Greek—ay , or even your Hebrew , if you bad that same , all are not worth a traneen . All the mighty fine doing , the greatness of man , or of man ' s learning , are not the value of a single blessing here ; but we , maBther jewel , ws atib yocb charities ; seven of ns poor boys , through your means , learned their duty —seven of ust and upon us you can walk up to the shining light , and be happy for ever . '
" I was not a bit bothered at tbe Idea of making » step ladder of the seven holy craturea , who , though they had been poor scholars , were far before myself where we were now ; but as they bent , I stept , first , on Abet , then on Paddy Blake , then on Billy Murphy ; but any howj when I got to the end of the seven , 1 found there were five or six mere wanting ; I tried to make a spring , and only for Abel I'd hsvo gone—I don't know where —he held me fast . O the Lord be merciful ! Is this the way with me afther all , " I said , " Boys—darlings ! can ye get me no more tban half way afther all ?" "' Sure there most be more of us to help you / makes answer Paddy Blake . 'Sure ye lived many years in the world after we left yoa , ' says Abel , * and , unless you hardened pour heart , it Isnt possible but yon
must have had a dale more of us to help you . Sure you were never content , having tasted the ever-Increasing sweetness of seven good deeds , to stop short and lave your task unfinished ? Oh , then , If you did , masther / said the poor fellow , « if you did , IVflmyaelf that ' s sorry for yon . ' Well , Mary , agra ! I thought my heart would burst open , when I remembered what came over me last night—and much more—arithmetical calculations—when 1 had full and pllaty , of what the little you gave and I taught came to—and every srfggard thought was like a sticking up dagger in my heart—and I looking at a glory I could never reach , because of my cramped heart , and just then I woke—I'm Bure I must have bad the prayers of some holy creature about me to cause each a warning . "
Mary made no reply—bat sank on her knees by the bed-side , weeping—tears of joy they were—she felt that prayers had been heard and answered . "And now , Mary , let us up and be stirring , for life is but short for the doing of our duties . We'll have tke poor scholars to breakfast—and darling , you'll look out for more of them . And , O ! but my heart's as light as the down of a thistle , and all through my blessed dream . " The Poetry of this Magazine is far superior to the average poetry of similar publications . In addition to the " Ladv ' a Dream , " published in our last , oar reader will find another specimen in our Poet ' 8 Corner , entitled "The First Valentine . " We close our extracts with the following beautiful lines t— '' ¦
THE BUND BRIDB . The following , Poem derives its origin from a Romance of Heal Life , the scene of which is in one of our midland counties . A young lady of great beauty and accomplishments was suddenly deprived , by an inflammation , of the sense of si ght * . Nevertheless , instead of sinking , pnder so heavy a dispensation , into listlessness and melancholy , with an admirable spirit she retained her cheerfulness , and continued all her former pursuits , as far as the privation would allow . She continued to play , sing , dance , walk , and even ride out on horseback—pre *
serving a bnght mind , amidst her darkness , and a happy countenance . Soon afterwards a gentleman returned from abroad , who had been the companion of her childhood—and her lover in his boyhood . Touched by the noble spirit with which she bore her calamity , and " still retaining his old attachment to her , ho offered his heart and hand for her acceptance—in spite of the urgent counsel of his friends ; and even the remonstrances of the lady herself . Bnt he remained firm to his purpose ; and the verses were composed , as if addressed by him to his Blind Bride . ; > Thou seest me not , my own dear bride ; Yet bright tby smile , my B « peranc # , As when we sported aid * by side , Or mingled in our playmat&s' dance—Thy step , as then , is light and free , Thy atlnrap firm and fearless still : Such power abides in constancy Of faith and hope , and steadfast WilL I lov'd thee , then ; by heart ' * flnt Joy , I love tbee now , and tenfold more Than when the saddened atrippllng bey Left thee and thlne ,-and England's shore . One lingering g » Ba behind I cast : Thy young eye watch'd me from the hill : — 0 had I deem'd that look thy last i—But here thou art . and dearer still .
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Thy mind's a kingdom all my own ; And like tbe lark , in morning air , Thy playful voice , whose minstrel tone Can charm away my every care . Tby peace which pure high thoughts Impart , The scents , the sounds of jocund Earth , Are thine—and more than all , a heart That heats for tbee and feels thy worth . What though alike unmark'd by thee The moonbeam and the noontide ray , Tls mind , and heart , and converse free , Tarn , gloom to joy , and night to day . Then cheer thee , love ; where ' er we go , My step , my thought , shall wait on thine : Thy spirit , tried in weal and woe . My EspetancB , shall strengthen mine . Success to Tom Hood ! " May his shadow never grow less . " !
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Dublin , Feb . 22 . —About seven o ' clock on Sunday evening , an incendiary fire was committed at Tyne-park , near Dunlavin , the residence of Tynte Pratt , Esq . The haggard of that gentleman was set on fire , and 160 barrels of oats , and a mare and foal were destroyed . The premises and a quantity of hay were saved only by the exertions of the country people , who locked : in from all quarters , and remained up all night in preventing the extension of the fire . It is supposed that the outrage was ihe result of private malice . 1
Incendiarism in Monaghan . —In this northern county incendiarism has appeared . On Saturday night three large stacks of corn were consumed in the haggard of the Rev . Mr . Afcwell , rector of Clonoe . Furious Affrat . —The following rather serious occurrence is reported in a X ) erry paper : — " The Excise officers , on special service in Derry , accompanied by Messrs . M'Cann and Wallace , discovered on Thursday , the 15 th instant , in the mountains of Enniihowen , an illicit still , which they destroyed , and a short distance from it they found a copper worm , which they proceeded ; to take with them . Having advanced a short way with it , they perceived the nei g hbouring hills covered with people , armed with sticks , pitchforks , stones , & . © ., who followed after them in the direction of Quigley ' s Point , and when the officers were proceeding down the
mountain the peasantry commenced a most furious attack with Btones , keeping about twenty yards off . They were repeatedly told to dot .-ft , or abide the consequences—that they would most undoubtedly be fired on . They dared the officers to do so , and rushing on in a body , there commenced a most , desperate anray . One of the officers } ( Mr . Wilson ) was was knocked quite senseless , \ when a savage came running at him with a pitchfork , but two of the party fired at him , and , though apparently bit , he still persisted , until it was wrested from him . The affray about this time having lasted near an hour , and the numbers now becoming appalling , tho little band were at length obliged to retreat , having two men badly wounded—the smugglers still pursuing and keeping up a most murderous firo of stones , until the party at length found shelter at Quigley ' a Point . " !
Outbade ant > Gallant Resistance . —On the night of Saturday week stven men entered the house of a farmer named Mullampy , near this town , for the purpose of forcibly carrying away a young woman called Margaret Ryan , his sister-in-law . They extinguished the lights and attacked tbe family , consisting of Mullampy , tbe girl ' s father , an old man of seventy years , a servant-maid ; and the girl herself . The young woman seized hold of a kitchen chair and knocked down the first of the ruffians who approached her ; she then fled to an inner room and took shelter tinder a bed . Three men pursued her , and attacked her father , who opposed their entrance , struck him upon the head with some sharp instrument , and inflicted several dangerous wounds upon
his head , face , and hands , which were hacked in a frightful manner . They then seized the girl , who elung to the bed-post , and attempted to drag her away , but finding it difficult to get her hand ' s free , one of the demons proposed to cut off her fingers ; ehe immediately disengaged herself ; was carried through the kitchen into the farm-yard , and across two fields 16 the high road , where a car was waiting to receive her . It appears that a young man named John Ryan , living at the old turnpike in this town , got some intimation of what was going on ; he and another man ran in the direction of Muliampy ' a house , and reached the road just as the car was about to start , guarded by the gang . Ryan attacked the horse , knocked ihim down , and then
assaulted the seven ruffians , while his comrade seized the girl and freed her . The party made some resistance , and after a sharp conflict , were put to flight by those two brave and intrepid men . They conveyed the girl back to her house , and remained there daring the night . Tho perpetrators of this brutal attack are all well known ; two of them are already in custody , and little ! doubt is entertained but the rest will have been discovered before many days . The most appalling circumstance connected with this scene remains yet [ to be told . One of the villains seized an interesting child , about three years old , and flung her into a large fire which burned in the kitchen , from which her father , Mullampy , at the risk of his life , succeeded in rescuing her . —Nenagh Vindicator .
Sudden Death . —On Monday last an inquest was held at the Acorn Inn , Bramley , before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner for the borough of Leeds , on the body of Mr . Nathaniel Hardy ; butcher , of Bramley . The deceased was forty years of age ; he had been at Leeds on Saturday last , and on his way home in the afternoon he called at the Cardigan Arms , on the Kirkstall-road , at which place he had several glasses of ale , and some spirits . On leaving there he was somewhat intoxicated , and one of the waggons of Mr . Firth , Leeds and Bradford carrier passing at the time , he got in to ride ; home . No more was seen of him until the waggon reached the top of the hill , near to the Acorn Inn , ] when upon the waggoner stopping to set his passenger down , he found him quite dead . A post mortem examination of the
body was made , and the mirgeon gave it as his opinion that death had resulted from natural causes , but accelerated by excessive drinking , and the jury returned a verdict to that effect . Child Bubnt . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Leeds Court House , before Henry Nelson , Esq ., Deputy coroner , on the body of & little lad four years of age , named Joseph Heald , whose parentB reside in Mason-street , Leylands . The deceased was left at home by hiB mother , on Mond ay , while shejwent an errand , and during her absence he got some of his companions into the house . They were playing together , when by some means Heald ' s clothes got on fire , and ho was so severely burnt before the flames could be extinguished aa to cause his death oh Tuesday morning . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " ¦
Horse Stolek . —During the night of Monday last , a dark bay mare , rising four years old , with a long switch tail , and a mark from a cut on the inside of her thigh , was stolen from the stable of Mr . John Dalby , of Birkby , near Thorner . A reward of £ 10 is offered for such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the thief . Absaxilt and Alleged Robbert . —On Tuesday last , Thomas Stones , John Stanfield , Richard Appleyard , and Jane Pratt , the latter a notorious prostitute , were charged before I Messrs . Wright and Bramley , at the Court House , the woman with having stolen 24 s . from tho person of Joseph Wilson , a tallow chandler , residing on : Victoria Road , Leeds , and the three men with ha > ying assaulted him , after he had been robbed , and with aiding the escape of
the woman . It appeared from the statement of Wilson , that he met Pratt in Kirkgate , on Saturday night , and accompanied her to a house in Off-street , in the chamber of which she robbed him of his money , and whilst he was struggling with her , the three men entered the houab , assailed him very severely , and enabled the woman to escape . He swore positively to Pratt being the woman , and also to the prisoner Stones , but he could not so clearly identify the o > . her two prisoners , who were consequently discharged . No portion of the money of which he alleged be had been robbed could be traced ; and the magistrates , therefore , treated the ease as one of assault , and convicted Stones and Pratt in the penalty of £ 4 103 . and costs each , and in default of payment , sent them for two months to Wakefield . j Itk-uLuujuj jjf
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Hydrophobia—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Rising Sun public-house , Brooksby- street , Islington , en the body of Henry Baylis , a bricklayer , aged thirty-one , who died from hydrophobia . James Ba ' yliB , brother of the deceased , said that on Sunday evening last he complained of great pain : 'in his left arm and shoulder , On Monday he was unable to goto work , and on that evening he complained that tbe pains in his head were so great that he thought he should go mad . On the following day he was so ill , that Mr . Bateman , a surgeon , was sent for and prescribed for deceased . At half-past eight o ' clock that evening deceased became raving mad , perfectly furious , and made bo many attempts on his own life and tho lives of those about him that they were forced to place him
in a strait waistcoat . He continued in this state , with the exception of one or two lucid intervals , until eight o ' clock next morning , when he snddonly fell down dead . Another witness sfated that on the night of the 24 th of December last deceased came home , accompanied by a dog , which he said had followed him from the Albion Arms . The dog lay down by the fire till he went to bed , wbefi , in speaking to him , he flew up and bit deceased ' s finger . He immediately turned the dog out , and merely washed and fomented his finger . About a month ago the finger became vory sore , and a surgeon was called in . Mr . Bateman , of 9 , Church * row , Islington , said he was called to attend the deceased , and had no doubt that he died of hydro * phobia . Verdict accordingly .
Miraculous Escape . —The Star , arrived yesterday from New Orleans , fell in , thirty miles to the eastward of Charleston-bs . r , with Daniel Webber , one of the seamen of the Alexander Watson , Capt . Miller , from Savannah . Webber states that too schooner went ashore on Wednesday morning last , in attempting to cross the bar . Shortly after both masts went by the board , the vessel bilged and filled with water , leaving only the quarter-deck out of water ? , to which they all retreated . During theday they cut tbe stern-boat from the davits , and hauled her up alongside , to attempt to reach the shore , bat before they could get into her a heavy roller came and parted the boat ' s painter , and she broke adrift . They , were therefore compelled to remain on the
quarter-deck . In the afternoon the Genera Clinch hove in sight , when they expected to be taken off , but the weather was such as to prevent her rendering them any assistance . The steamer after havinf waited awile , proceeded on . About a half hoar after the General Clinch left , the Alexander Watsons ' s quarter-deck separated from the after part of the vessel , the captain and one of the crew taking one part , and the mate and himself taking another . The wind being off the land , they were shortly after driven from amocg the breakers to sea ; He thinks it was fully an hour and a half before night when tha quarter-deck separated from the vessel . He is of opinion that the captain sad tho other man were drowned shortly after leaving ; the wreck . The mate and himself drifted together at sea until Thursday night , when he fell asleep , and on waking he found that the mate was gone :
previous to this the mate was failing fast , and he was afraid he would not be able to hold out . On Saturday morning last the Star hove in sight ; he rose upon his feet and commenced waving his hat , which he had on ; previous to this the crew of the schooaer had seen him ; they promptly bore down and took him off , almost exhausted , having had nothing to eat or drink during the time . He had with him a leather sheath for his knife , which be was compelled to chew up . Tho cook , a negro man , died before leaving the wreck ; having lost his hold , he fell overboard , and was drowned . During all the time he was at seahope did not forsake him ; he thought some friendly hand would be extended to Bave ^ im- — iu this he was not disappointed . We have not beea able to ascertain correctly the names of the crew , The captain ' s name was John Smoller Miller ; that of the mate , Pennascy ; and the other man went bj the name of Jessie . —Charleston Tatrioi . Jaa . 22 ,
A Miraculous Charity . —Some say that * miracles will never cease , whilst - others maintain that they never were performed , and a third party holds the doctrine that they all ceased in the fourth century . This is an error ; for to our positive knowledge they are performed to the present day . Who has not heard of "the loaves and fishes , " of "the showers of manna , " and of " the rod of Moses " bringing waters from the rocks when his followers were perishing in the sandy deserts from : thirst . These things are not to be compared to the miraculous benevolence of her present Maje 3 ty , whose beauties are puffed in the papers to an extent thai might make an innocent man suppose that she had actually relieved even all the miseries of Ireland . Puffing can only bring Royalty into contempt ; and it is now carried on by the newspapers to an extent
beyond all precedent . ' What has the Queen done ! She has taken recently £ 80 , 000 to beautify her stables at Windsor , and a large sum to build and beautify a little chapel , or chaplet , a chapel of ease , at Buckingham Palace , so that she goes to prayers without exposing herself to the eyes of the vulgar . This is Christian humility ; and ^ et the Queens Elisabeth , Mary , and Anne used to go to prayers openly . ' Her present Majesty dips her very long fingers into the revenues of the Woods and Forests department , so aa impede , interrupt , and to prevent the improvements of the Metropolis . W hat has the Queen done to recompence the public for these , and a thousand other demands ? Has she built any alms-houses ? Has she endowed any already established ! Has . she visited the cottages of the poor , and seen their roofless miseries ? Has she told Sir Robert Peel that
she insisted npon the poor having more bread , or cheaper sugar ? No : nothing of the sort ; but her Majesty has declared that in future , the scraps , crumbs , and slices of the bread now wasted in her kitchen , shall in future be distributed amongst the alms-houses o f Windsor ! What an immensely beautiful Queen , and how grateful the Press is in bepraising her Majesty for her miraculous bounty . —Weekly Dispatch .
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London Corn Exchange , Mondat , F * b . 2 S . — Of Wheat fresh ap to-day the finest parcels commanded a steady sale , at prices fully equal to those of this day se'nnight . In the middling and inferior kinds only a moderate amount of business was transacted . Malting Barley at full quotations—grinding and distilling sort on easier terms . Iu Malt a trifling abatement in value was submitted to .. Oats at late rates . Beans , Peas , and Flour at barely stationary prices . London Smithfibld Cattle Market , Monday ,
Feb . 26 . —The scarcity of really prime Scots induced the salesmen to hold for improved rates . Although we cannot quote any actual advance in prices , they may be considered the turn higher ; yet the very highest figure realised for the above-mentioned breed did not exceed 4 s . per 81 bs . The Mutton trade may be considered steady , but by no means animated , as prices about equal to those obtained on Friday . A . fe « v very superior old Downs , realising 43 . 6 d , per 81 bs . Veal at about stationary prices . For Pigs late rates were well supported .
Borough Hop Market . —With the exception of Weald of Kents , iu pockets , having advanced 2 s , some parcels having produced £ 617 s per ewt , we have no variation whatever to notice in the quotations . The demand , however , is very steady , with , limited supplies on offer . " Borough and Seiialfields . —Prim * qualities of Potatoes are in demand at full prices ; but in other kinds very little is doing . Wool Market—By private contract , notwithstanding the supplies offering are large for the time of the year , the demand is active ^ at very full prices . . ¦ - . ;¦ Tallow—There is but little variation in this mark ' et since our last report . There is very little disposition to meddle with Tallow for the Auiamn . Town Tallow is plentiful , and the price 41 a" 6 d to 42 a net cash . ' " ''[¦' ,
Richmond , Feb . 24 . —We had a thin supply of Grain in our market today , which caused a little advance on last week's prices . Wheat sold from 6 s 9 d ' to 8 s ; Oats 2 6 d to 3 s 4 d ; Barley , 4 a to 43 3 d ; Beans , 43 9 d to 53 per bushel . Liverpool Cattle Market , Mondat , Feb . 26 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has not been , quite so large as last week , with a shadoof advance in price . A great number left unsold . Beef 5 d to 6 d , Mutton 5 £ d to 6 Jd per lb . Cattle Imported into ^ Liverpool .- —From the 19 fch to the 26 fch Feb . —Cows 427 ; Calves J 4 j , Sheep 1605 ; Lambs 43 : Pies 4407 ; and Horses 26 .
Manchester Corn Mabket , Saturday , Feb . 24 . —Thfr tirade throughout the Week has been extremely inactive , transactions in all articles having been confined to purchases made from actual necessity ; but in the absence of any desire on the part of faetora to press pales , prices must be considered as having undergone no change * At our n&rket this morning very little business was passing in any article o'f the trade ; buyers continued to bold aloof , whilst settlers evinced an equal indifference about effecting sales at reduced rates ; : ' ; ;•; Liverpool Corm Market , Momdat , F ^ b . , 2 $ . — During the last few days ; easterly w ^ d 3 toVe > cept arrivals from this port , jind . Jhe week ' s rappl | fs of Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal , are of moderate ataoiiht . Tuesday ' fl market was dull cenerallyi aadine rates
of the previous week : were , bwely . sustained for either Wheat or Flour . A few ehoiee mealnii ; 0 at 8 were sold to the mcalmea at 2 b . Sd . to 3 s . 9 Jd . per 45 lbs . ; one or two parcels of Oatmeal to ipeeulators at 23 s . 3 ^ . ; to ^ sV ^ pja 24 Wbs ^ -There has since been a moderate sale for Wheat , and the market for tha-t grain refining a firmeV tone , powhases Have been rather less easily effected . No change in the value of Oats , but few have been sold * ~ : j ? Jopr aad Oatmeal , upon a limited inquiry , have scarcely maintained previous rates / Beans and Peas have" fonnd buyers in small quantities at fuU priwgrjjBBlwtarly - part of the week a fpw hundr ^ JWtrlBwWKjiram Canal Flour were sold in l ^ nW ^^^ Wj No transactions are repor ^| g ^ r | p ^ ira » < ite'M * te * ta * g | raMjj |
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HOOD'S MAGAZINE AND COMIC MISCELLANY . February . This Magazine , too , only reached us last week . We predicted on the appearance of . the first No . that this was a publication which would tell and take . We have since seen that the press , metropolitan and proTiacial , have almost unanimously re * corded alike verdict ; aad now that this the seeend number exeeedi even the first in all the richness of wit and pathos for which the Editor is so renowned , no doubt can exist of the success and stability of this experiment . ! EKe present number , which , is enriched with two wood cute , opens with a poem by the Editor , entitled , * The Lady ' s Bream / ' We gave this in the last number of the Star , and our readers -will , we aresure . agreewith us that that beautiful poem is indeed worft . n- of the author of the immortal "Song of the Shirt . " With ihe author , our prayer ia"That many a dame Hay dream the Lady's Dream 1 "
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_ ... _ .. _ ^ . ^ ^ y ^^^ The Navy—The dockyard I at Deptford is to be re-established forthwith for the building and repairing steamers . The number of workmen to be employed is 350 . I Melancholy Death—A poor woman , plucking sea-weed off the rocks at KUkee , on Monday , was overwhelmed by a wa * e and" carried into the sea , which was greatly agitated , and there perished , in sight of her two daughters , who had nearly met the same melancholy fate with their parent . Triumph of Genius—An edition of the Italian poet Boceaccio , printed at Venice , in 1471 , has been purchased by Lord Spencer , at Rome , for the sum of £ 1 . 000 . ¦ I ¦
Nothing like the w Cratub . "—An aristooratic Irishman , speaking of his native country , said it was an , execrable place ; injfaofc , the only thing worth owning in ifc was the whi 9 key . " You mean to say , then / ' said a waggish friend , " that , with all her faults you love her alii / . " j Discovirt—A man , in digging a trench at Pagnyeur-Moselle , a few days back , struck on an earthern vase , containing 2 , 400 medals of the 13 th and 14 th centuries . j Revival of ObaKqejien—A meeting was held at Coleraine on Monday , the 12 ih , which was attended by upwards of 10 , 000 Orangemen , from the counties of Antrim and Dewy , for the purpose of reviving Orange clubs in Ireland , and resolutions to that effect were unanimously adoptedi
, One A . r a time—Henry tho ) Fourth of France was one day harr&ngued by a speaker in a small country town ; During his discourse an ass brayed at a distance . "One at a time , gentlemen , " said the king , "oneat a time . " !
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