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BIB WALTEB BALEIGH'S LAST ADTENTURE . ** The Shepherd of the Ocean" is on bis own domain ! ( Jaily his pennon floats aloft -he steps the deck again . 2 is b eard is something grizzled , and his eye looks someihln * dim ; But lightning only slumbers theri , for Soul barns bright in him . inS in that massive " pile of brow sit Thought and Po-srer enshrinedjfce Will , the Firs , the Constancy , that makes th * abnigbty mind . An 3 * ti * it w- * a ***« cfeorus , from -voices frank ana Ixjld , »» Burra ! hurra ! right on we sail for CQory and for Goldi "
Toe poet , the historian , the soldier , statesman , sage , Tie first of dauntless » arioers—the wonder of his age , j % forth once more to trample on ths pride and power of Spain , Io iris the land of Light atd Gold where the Son and He shall reign , . ind te his gallant comrades every choicest bliss shall share—Ih e wine-cup eTer Cowing , the bright banquet » and the fair . &B& this it war the chorus , from voices frank and bolt , « Bnrra ! hurra ! right on we sail for Glory and for God f-
Ibe Es ^ la was a captive , but be spreads bis wings again , ¦ gis fligot is to the land of Light , fCTQH Glfl MuDding n » in , lie Waves wjoice beneath him , the Start their in-Jaenee shed , And JatB and Fortune own the power by which their might-la led . Sis eye is on that blazing sun to which onr course we steer , ¦ piih hope and heart uplifted high , and with no touch t > f fear . Aid this it was the chorns , from Toices frank and bold , « Horra ! hurra I light en we sail for Glory and lor Gold !"
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THE SABEil FAYOtRITE . I have silien couches , and gorgeous rooms , I moTe amid flowers and breathe perfcmea ; liiBthebo ^ t in the ^ heavens the turban I -wear ; like the stream lit wiib . * tara , is iay gem bedecked aair ; A » d the Peri ' s robes which are woven of light , Are less rich th » n my own and her cincture Ins bright O . ' the diamonds which gleam in the Indian mine , IheTuiies in Persian Tales that shine , Are gathered for me , and they try to eclipse The light in my eye and the hue on my lips . Then beantJ . ul slaves " round my musnnd stand , "JVbo know no lav cut my whispered command ; ¦ Wh o , when day ponrs his beams on city and wave , F ji my cheek with plumes or my hoS temples lave ; - Or . dreamy and soft . aa the far waters roll , With the music of lutes enchant wv tool .
As the Harem a bright Queen , I have this , all th's , Tet my foot knows n » freedom , my spirit no bliss : Daai joys of 1 DB heart , these walls never gave ; Thoueh the nrietrses of slaves , I myself am a slave 1 The Frank is permitted to bear , read , and see , But leaning ' s bright sun must not beam upon me . Though now I may daim the kisx and tie saile , 2 » m only ibe toy that enebsnts for »^ rtae-LsltlmB brush the down from the insect's bright wing , And Barken ths hues o ! tbs besntifo ) thing . And the torch of my lord " * frail passion will die ,
And a younger and fairer my place will snpply . J fefttus , do I hear , tis in lands ef the west ; TFomsD * destiny there , bow exalted and blest ; Han woci ig but one , whose love sever cloys , "Who shares in hia fortunes , his sorrows , and joys ; And when the sharp shaft of Azrad fiie * . Who shares with him still the delights of lh ~ does ; While we by the waters of crystal must rove , Pale , desolate spirits , without hope or love ; For wiJhisouries our lords , holy teachers say , "W 21 revd Eternity ' s ages away 1 y . Hiiehell
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THE GISLS OZS ASltEXATJON . Oar village maids all "row and ¦ swear It gives them great vexation To hew a " nice young man" declare le ' j not for anjtooXim-They ' re ill for wrion to a nan And 50 the whole for Texas , And say to all who-aint , ' git 00 ? I Tou never shall annex us !
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THE THREE PASTIES ; OH . THINGS AS THEY ARE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND . London : Mitchell , Red Lion Court . This pamphlei is an extract from the Rev , R . Montgomery ' s * Gospel before the lee , " a vrork which we have not seen , and jndgxng from the specimen before ns , we have no desire to see the sample here noticed being to ns more than EufSeient . The B Three Parries" lectured by Mr . Montgomery are—1 st , "The Paseyites f 2 nd , "The Sectarians , " <> r Evangelical Churchmen 5 and lastly , " The Catholic , or True Churchmen , " —to which party 31 r . Montgomery professes to belong . Here is the author ' s glorification of the Church of England : —
TrCbile , then , the plotting Bomanist , and his unnatural ally , tht political dissenter , in combination with a miscellaneous rabble of Deists , Socinians , philosophic Infidels ; Cfcartist * , Socialists , sn-i all vrbo - abhor the " tfciegs which belong unto Cswar" —while these are Bsltvolestly earaptared with the bars id * a of our Ccurch ' * downJal , her faithful son will behold her warfare with reverence , sympathy , and prayer . He has not read history in vain j and therefore cannot be blind to th * undsniable fact thattwr Chuich has ever been bound * p with the solid glories , the substantial interests , and the permanent welfare of the empire . To a gre&l exant tre B 3 ay » ay , that frith aU her allowed faD 7 f » , tni , and ic £ onsisl £ s « e * , * od after a candid and full tcsffcsaion of her manifold shor > cenings , declensions , and carnalities , yet has she been , on the whole , the peerless Wearing of onr country . For in so far as her
Jaerta fnncdons have been dnly exercised , and her spinfasal -apparatus successTuTIy applied , the Ghurch of Englaid has been the spring of national piety , the root of public moral * , the guardian of political liberty , the protector of social rights ., and the universal sancti&er of every home she has visited , and every heart where her doctrines have been prfsaitted to prevail It is not , thai , -tbai a loyal CkoTchr&an is ready to ssy , ¦ with 3 tfBf . James— " 2 fo Church , » o King ! " but more than tfca : he is convinced that if the Katiccal Church of ikese realms were overthrown , she would not be alone is her ruins j bnt around her prostratt-d -temples and fiemoliibed « hrine » would lie scattered in awful waste , public religion , mtioma ) taorality , private virtue , with JH the bland graces aad benignant charms of those Chriit-aa homes where " faith , hope , and cbaritr" now Jkboend .
Here it i 3 confessed that the Church has hex "faults , " " sins , " and ** inconsistencies ; " and it is teinowledged that £ he has been guilty of li inanjfold shtrt-comings , declensions , and carnalities ; ' " * t the &&me time with beanilful conaistemcy tbe frriur insists that this church has been the "peerless lUsting" © f ihe eoumrj ! S ' ae has been , sap « tr author , "theioot of public morals (!>—tise guardian of public liberty ( 1 )—» ud the projector of Boca ] rights V . y' When ! Where ? Was it under the mild regime of Queen Elizabeih ; Archbishop Lsnd , or Cnarles II . ! Was it when the ministers of ike church stimulated the ignorant , excited &e people of this country to a war -of extermination—a frsr of a qnarter of a centary ' s
duration—* win ? i ** x ' rencb principles P Did ihis Church Kand forth the "gnaidian of political liberty , " * ctn both national liberty and " social rights " Jftre trampled upon by bloody Casfiereagh and iiis gang of corrupt and brutal myrmidons ! Oi l in oar own daj , when " pnblio morab " ted " social rights" have been violated and destroyed bj the accursed Poor Law , has the Church Stood forward the champion of ehher \ Has it not li ^ jtr aided the State in the enactment and carryfcS tut of that law ! Asd at the present lime , when to * and women are famishiDg to death , or axe detetjiag ihcmEelTes rather than enter a Union
Bas" * ; when irant and misery , vice and i gnorance ^ Perabound ; whtn , according to lie Hon . and j *** . Baptist Hoe \ thonsandB are living ** withont « fci and -withoQl hope , "— what is the Chorch doing JPt tDe correction of these evils ? . Nothing I Hctdrg did we saj S Yes ; it is doing somsibing , — Eoffit vbing to mito miseij moTe misetaile and « f ^ sr « e meu more dtspexate , -when in tbe peiEonB cf its ministers it preades on the magisterial bench , *^ Q seeds the husband to th « gaol and the wife to the bas ; i ] e because a starving man attempts to en-^» e a hare 1 Verilj , Mr . Jlontgonwry , your Cbnrch shall be indeed by its works . -
Mr . Montgomery e&jb , " the scofinj ; democrat will ^} K his audacious t on gue * against the faults of the Church ; but we beg xo tell him he has saved the Ectiang de » otrat" jhat trouble . Bis own expo-Enr eof the discord and weakness reigning in the Jtrj bosom of tb » Grarch is all that ber biturset fpes could desire , Th « following extract will prove tnis ^ - ....- ; It is sot limply that tbe Bn ^ Esb Church is attadu 5 ^ b « S »*» sU foM TTilHOT ^ r : ttme , sy 1 fcs pace of *¦*} , agan and ajaim sh « aaa nobly and triumphantly tpell * d . Bit ha * own chxu > kkt appwur ready t * t « tr her unity , to violate hex chancUr , eotimwi bm * rticl » s . confass har doetzimesj to t »* oxm f » a * ot bar wuffi&ncet against Kootbat . Taontiag nickEamee of the lowest order ; motives * f « gDed cl the bum deicrijUon ; Iruculent penoaali oei ; avage iiony ; bitter aarcatms Ecattere-3 abroad by pamphlets and periodicals .
This is not all . Read the foBowing description-of 4 te intolerance and bigotry of the contending Tacfaoa ? - within and bjeton ^ icg to the Established taoicav—
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Instead of endeavouring to discover what disguised truth and precious elsuieni of catholic doctrine may- lurk under an opponent ' s theory or principle , when _ wronaly put forth , each man is determined te morcopolise all truth tado Tiiviself , and outlaw his adversary j if not from a future heaven , at least from all that grace and bollness which are considered to prepare us for its inheritance . TicToaiotJS pasty , and not Christian PBra-Cjpmj , is that which is most desired ; and thus a loyal attachment to truth , for . its own mighty anil majestic take , apart from partisanship or sect , is rarely allowed to exbibit its effects . These are melancholy e ^ ns ; and not only forborfe bv 2 lor ike present , but indicatd . a state ot spiritual ontoandness and a declension from all vital godliness , out 01 which no righUous improvement can be expected to proceed . Petty well , this ! No need for the scofflrig democrat * ' to " wag hiB andacions tongue" after this we opine ! - :
Mr Montgomery ib fiercely opposed to the Puseyites—and not less so to the decided opponents of that party . He lias the impudence to talk about " tbe ¦ priuted- offal of the Sunday press , ' but we ask whether anything the Sunday , press is capable of putting forth could be so offensive to the party denounced under the name of "Sectarians" as the diatribe con-ained in the following extract : — And indeed , it is a heart-distressing spectacle to observe what is now going on is the sectarian party . In order to silence their Romanistic adversaries , they resort to fierce assaults , personal charges , blind assertions , b&selesa 'arguments ; and with an intention of being what they c \ W " decided Protestant */* sometimes terminate in being Evangelical Chartists—whose Church if "I will "; whose Christianity , " 1 THlsx "; and whose creed , " I choose . "
The ChartistB will doubtless feel much obliged to Mr . M . for hiB kindly notice of them . We taie our leave of this gentleman by giving him the following bit of advice : when next he sets np as a censor , and a moderator of the passions of other parties , let him take heed that he avoids that intolerance of opinion and speech which , condemning in others , nevertheless shines so conspicuously throughout hiB present production .
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probably soon terminate at the gallowB : that , at tbe bt-Blj tbe casual pittance gained on the highway , wonld lafford but a precarious 1 subs ' stence ; but tbat if I Could Btrve iiim by a private assistance , more becoming bis appearance , he might further command my purse ; and at the same time I desired him to accept a card containing my address , and to call upon me , as be might tiuBt to my word forlifcsrty and life . He accepted my address , but I observed his voice faltered : it was late at night ; there was , however , sufficient star-light to enable me- to perc + ive , as I leaned towards him , on the window of the carriage , that his bosom was overwhelmed with conflicting passions ; at length , bending forward on hia hone , and recovering the power of speech , be affect * iagly said , I thank ¦ you for your kind offer , —Ambrican affairs have rained me;—I will , dear Sir , wait upm you . "
- The man kept hia word ; and Lettaom finding , on enquiry , tbe account he gave of himself to be correct , after making an -unsuccessful application in his behalf to the Commissioners for relieving the American Bufferers , presented a memorial on the subject to the Queen , who it is said , procured the man a commission in the army ; and hi * name subsequently appeared on two occasions in tbe Gazciltj tot promotion , on account of good conduct .
LBTTSOH ' S BELIGIOK . In religion , Dr . Lettaom was of the persuasion of the Quakers . It is not to be thought though , tbat he , any more than any other man of large and I enevolent understanding , wm bigoted to his creed . He himself baa given s very brief , but very graphical account of the ¦ giotrOi of his mind [ npon this sabjecti "I was born , " be says , " a Quake ' r ; and , what was still more strange , I was born so within the tropics . 1 was brought up in notions which encouraged ideas of a favourite people ; of a little remnant ; of a chosen few , and such like narrow princples . As I loved reading , I acquired the
power of thinking ; and considering that all our society together , compared to the universal creation , was in less proportion than a grain of sand to tbe great globe , I entertained more ample notions of the universal parent * Had not his mind Uken this bappy and liberal bias in bis youth , how much of tbe good wherewith he afterwards benefitted the world would have l > een lost , is a question : worth solving . And how many are turned from the contemplation and adoption of a course of universal benevolence and good-will towards men , by tbe influence of a beggarly prejudice in favour of a few intrinsically unimportant © pinions , ia worth thinking of also .
The large circulation and increasing popularity of the Medical Times is its be&t recommendation ; bat we may be permitted to add that it has our hearty good word , and to our readers both medical and non-medical , we cordially recommend it .
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THB Ii&Y OF THE IiASOUBEB . BT THOMAS HOOD . bIisert opt o » Town . —it was a gloomy evening . The sun had set , angry and threatening , l ighting np the horison with lurid flame and flakes of Wood-red , slowly quenched by plants of distant rain , dense and dark as segments of ttie old deluge . At last the whole sky was black * except the low driving grey scud , amidst which faint streaks of lightning wandered capriciously towards their appointed aim , like young fire fiends playing on their errands .
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"There will be a storm ! " whispered Nature herself , as tbe crisp falleasesv « s of aututna started up with a hollow rash , and bejjua danctng a wild roau ^ i , with a wirlwind of dust , like some frontfc orgy ushering in a revolution . * ' £ here will be a storm I" I echoed , instinctively looking round , for the nearest shelter , and making towards it at siy best pace . At such time the proudest beads will bow to very low lintels ; and setting dignity against a ducking . I very willingly condescended to stoop Into " The Plough . " _» . „ It was a small hedge alehouse , too humble for the refinement of a separate parlour . On © large tap-room served for alt comew , gentle or simple , if gentlefolks , except from stress of leather , ever sought such a place
of entertainment < ts « canty acoommodattons were even meaner than usual : the Pltngh had suffer ad from the hardness of the times , and exhibited tbe bareness of a house recently unfurnished by the broker . The aspect of the public room was cold and cheerless . There was a mere glimmer of fire in th 6 grate , end a single unsnoSed candle stood guttering over the neck of the stone bottle in which it WM stuck , in the middle of the plain deal table . The tow ceijing blackened by smoke , hung overhead liks a canopy of gloomy clouds ; the walls were stain « d with damp , and patobes of the plaster had peeled off from tbe naked lathi . Ornament there was none , except a solitary print , gamdily daubed in body-colours , and formerly glasadaa hinted
, by a small triangle of glass in one corner of the black frame . The subject , "The Shipwrecked Mariner , " Whose corpse , jscketted in bright sky-bine , rolled on a still brighter ; slip Of yellow ahimle , between two graas-gteen wheat-aheaves with white ears—but intended for foaming ' billows . Above all , the customary odours were wanting ; the faint smell of beer and ale , the strong scent of spirits ; th * fuinea of tobacco ; none ; of them agreeable to a nice sense , but decidedly missed with a feeling akin to disappointment . Bank or vapid , they belonged to the place , representing , though in an inSnitely lower key , the boquet ef Burgundy , the uroma of choice liguers—iha breath of social enjoy meat .
Yet there was no lack of company . Ten or twelve men , some young , but th * majority of tbe middle age , and one or two advanced in years , were seated at the sordid board . . Aa many glasses and jugs of various patterns stood before them ; but mostly empty , as was the tin tankard from which they had been replenished . Only a few of the party in the neighbourhood of a brown eartbenware pitcher had full cups bat of tbe very small ale , called Adam ' s . Their coin and credit exhausted , they were keeping up the forms of drinking and good fellowship with plain water . From the same canse , a bundle of naw clay pipes lay idly 911 the table , unsoiled by the Indian We « d .
A glance sufficed to show that the company were of the Jabonrlpg class—men with tanned , furrowed faces , and hairy , freckled hand *—who smelt " of the earth , earthy , " and were clad in fustian and leather , in velveteen and corduroy , glossy with wear or wet , soiled by brown clay and green mrgi , scratched and torn by brambles , wrinkled , warp .-d , and threadbare with age , and variously patched— -garments for need and decency , not ebow ; for If , amidst the prevailing russets , drabs and olives , theie was a gayer scrap of green , blue , or red , it was a tribute not to vanity but expediency—some fragment of military broadcloth or livery plush .
As I entered , tbe w hole party turned their eyes u » xm me , and having satisfied themselves by a brief scrutiny that my face and person wereunknowu to them , thenctforward took no more notice of me than of their OWn shadows on the wall . I cnald have fancied myself invisible ; they resumed tbi ir conversation with so little reserve . The topics , such aa poor , men discuss amongst themselves : —tbe dearness of bread , the shortness of work , ths long hours of l&bour , thu lowness of wages , the badness of the weather , the sieklinees of tbe season , the Bigns of a baid winder , tbe ; general evils of want , poverty , and disease ; but accompanied by such particular reve ! a » ion 8 , such minute details , and frank disclosures , as should only have come from persona talking in their sleep ! The vulgar indelicacy , methcught , with which tb * 7 gosstpped before me of family matters—the brutal calloasQess with which they exposed their private offers , thb whole history and mystery of bed , board , and hearth , the secrets of home I
Sat a little more listening and reaction eonvertad my diaguBt into pity and concern . Alas I I bad forgotten that the lives of certain cl-flies of our species have been laid almost as bare and open as those of the beaBtB of tbe field 1 Tbe pro' men bad no domestic secrets—no private affairs 1 Ail were public—matters of notoriety—friend and foe concurring in the advertisement . The Law had ferretted tbeir huts , and scheduled their three-legged tables and bottomless chairs . Statistical Groses had taken note , aad printed them , of every hole in their coats . Politcal reporters had calculated tbeir incomings and oat-gpings down to fraction * of pence , and half-ounces of tea ; and bad supplied the minutH » of their domestic economy'for paragraphs and leading articles . Charity , arm in arm with Curiosity , and clerical Philanthropy , linked perhaps with a religious Inquisitor ; bad taken an inventory of their defects moral and spiritual ; whilst medical . visitors bad inspected and recorded their physical sorei , cancerous or scrofulous , tbeif humours , &Dd tbuiT tnnionrs .
Society , like a policeman , had turned upon them tbe full bltza of its bull ' s eye—exploring the shadiest recesses of their privacy , till their means , food , habits , anri modes of axisteDte were at minutely familiar as those of the animalcule exhibited in Regent-street by the solar microscope . They bad no longer any decent appearances to keep up—any shabby ones to mask with a better face—any petty shifts to slur over—any household struggles to conceal . Their circumstances were known intimately , not merely to next door neighbours , and kith and kin , bnt to tbe whole parish , tbe whole county , the whole country . It was one of tbeir last few privileges to discuss , in common with the Parliament , the Press and the Public , the deplorable details of their own affairs . Their destitution was a naked Great , and they talked of it like proclaimed Bankrupts , as they were , in tbe wide world's Ga&dtte .
" What matters T" said a grey-headed man , in fustian in answer to a warning nudge and whisper from his neighbour . "If walls has ears , they are welcome to what they can ketch—ay , and the straager to boot—if so be d j n't know all about ns already—for it ' s all in print . What we yam , and what we spend—what we eat and what we drink—what we wear , and the cost of it from top to toe—where we sleep , and how many on us lie in a bed—our concarns are as common as waste land . " " And as many geese and donkeys turned on to them , I do think I" cried a young fellow in velveteens— "to
bear how folk cackle arid bray abont onr states . And then tbe queer -remedies &b is prescribed , like , for a starving man I A Bible , says one—a Reading made Eisy , says another—a Temperance Medal , says another —or may be a Hagricultaral Prica . But what is be to Bat , I ax ? Why , aaya one , a Corkaoaian Jew—says another , —a cricket ball says another—a May-pole , says another—and tbe " Wen us bound for Horsetrailye . " "As if idle hands and empty pockets , " said the grey-headed man , did not make signs of themselves , for work aud wages—and a hungry belly for bread and cheese . "
" That ' s true , any bow , " said one of the waterdrinkers . " I only wish a doctor would come at thiB minute , and listen with his ( tte $ cope on my stomach , and be would bear it a-talking as plain as our magpie , and saying , I wn » ts wittles . " There was a general peal of mirth at this speech , but brief and ending abruptly , as laughter does , when extorted by the odd treatment of a serious subject—a flash followed by deeper gloom . Tbe conversation tben assumed a graver tone ; each rran in turn recounting the trials , privations , and visitations of himself , his wife , and children , or his neighbours—not mentioned with fierceness , intermingling oaths and threats , nor , with bitterness— some few allusions excepted to harsh overseers or miserly masters—but aa soldiers or sailors
describe the hardships and sufferings they have had to encounter in their rough vocation , and evidently endured in tbeir own persons with a manly fortitude . If th * speaker's voice faltered , or hia eyes moistened , it was only when he painted the sharp bones showing through the fikin , tbe skin through the rags , of the wife of his bosom ; or how the traditional Wolf , no longer to be kept from the door , bad rushed in and fastened on his young ones . What a revelation it was ! Fathers , with more children than shillings per week —» oth * rs travailing literally in the straw—infants starting before th * parents' eyes with cold , and famishing for food I Human creatures , male and female , old aud young , n * t gnawed and torn by single woes , but worried at once bj winter , disease , and want , as by that triple-headed dog , whelpad in the realm of torments !
My ears tingled , and my cheeks flashed with selfreproach , remembering my fretful impatience mnder my own inflictions , no light ones either , till compared with the heavy complications of anguish , moral and physical , experienced by thoie poor men . My heart swelled with indignation , my soul sickened with disgust , to reoal the sobs , sighs , tears , and hysterics—the lamentations and imprecations bestowed by pampered Sellshneas on a sick bird or beast , a aore finger , a swelled toe , a lost rubber , a missing luxury , an Ill-made garment—a culinary failure!—to think of the cold looks and harsh
words cast by the same eyes nd lips , eloquent in s « lfindulgence , on nakedness , starvation , and poverty ; Wealth , with his own million of money , pointing to tbe new half-farthings as fitting money for the million ; Gluttony , gorged with dainties , washed dowa by iced champagne , complacently commending his humble brethren to the brook of Elisha and the salads of N * bucbsdnuBir ; and Fashion , in furs and velvet , comfortably beholding her squalid sisters shivering In robes de ¦ epbyr , woven by winter Itself , with tb « warp of a north , and the woof of an * ost wind !
" The Job up at Bosely ii finished , " * ald on * of tit * tniddl * aged men . " I have enjoyed bat tore * days ' work in the last fortnight , and God above knows wh * a I abftU get aaothar , even at asbUling a day . And nine mouttn ia feed , big aad llttl *—and alne backs to « loth « —with the winter a setting in and the rant , behindhand—and nev « r a bed to He on , an * my good woman , poor soul , ready to—— " —achoking sound and a hasty gnlph of water smothered the r ** t of the sentence . " There must be something done for us—there must , " he added , with an emphatic slap of his broad , brown , barky band , that made the glasses jingle and the idle pipes clatter on the board . And' every voice in tbe room echoed there must / ' my own involuntarily ¦ welling the chorus ,
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5 ¦ . -isat " Ay , thare muse , and tha ; full soon . " said thejgreyhevi < 3 < 1 tnauin fustian , withan uowardappealingjlook , as if tt . r > us ? b . tba smoky clo ' uds of the ceiling to Gvd hiQHijtf for conQ niratvon of the necessity . " But cooie , lads , time ' s up , ao lot ' s ' aave < ur chant , and then squander . The company immediately stood up ; and one of the elders with a e ' eap bass voice , and to a slow , sad air , be ^ an a rude song , the composition probably of some provincial post of his own class , the rest of the party joining ; occasionally in a verse that served for the burden . i I . i ¦ S
" »««« A spade ! a rake ! a hoe , ! « & . A pickaxe , or a bill ! ¦' A hook to reap , or a scythe to mow , A fhil , or whit ye will—And here ' s a ready hatnf To ply the needful tool , And skttVd enough , by leesona rough , In Labour ' s rugged school . To hedge , or dig the dlt ^ h , To ! op or fell the treei To lay the swarth on the sultry field , Or plough the stubbc * a lea ; Tbe harvest stack to bind , Tbe wbeaten rick to thatch , And Dt 7 er fear in my pouch te find The tinder or the match .
To a finning barn or farm , My fancies nover ro » m ; Tfce fire I yearn to kindle and burn Is on tbe hearth at Home ; Where children huddle and crouch , Through dark long winter days , Where starving children huddle and crouch , To aes the cheerful rays , A glowing on tbe haggard cheek . And not in the haggard ' s bias 1 ! To Him who sends a drought To parch tbe fields forlorn , The rain to flood tbe meadows with mad . The blight to blast the ! corn ; To Him I leave to guide ! The bolt in its etoobed path ; To strike the miner ' s rick , and show The skies blood-rad with wrath .
A Bpade ! a rake ! a bee ! A pteksxe . or a bill ! \ A book to reap , or a scythe to mow , A flail or what ye will-f-The corn to thratii , or the hedge to plash , The market team to drive , Or mend the fence by the cover side , And leave the gsHie alive . Ay , only give me work , ; And Chen yoa need not ; fear That I shall snare his worship ' s hare , Or kill his grace ' s deer ; Break into his lordship ' s house , To steal tbe plate so rich ; Or leave tht > yeoman that had a purse lo welter in a ditch .
Wherever Nature needs , ; Wherever Labour calls , No job 1 * 11 shirk of the hardest work , To shun the workhouse walls ; Where savage laws begrudge The pauper babe its breath . And doom a wife to a widow ' s life , Before iisi partner ' s death , My only claim is this , With labour stiff and stark , By lawful turn , my living | eara , Between the light and dark ; My daily bread , aud nightly feed , My bacon , and drop of beer—But all from tbe hand that holds the laud , And none from the overseer f No parish money , or loaf ,
No pauper badges for me , A son of the soil , by right ! of toil Entitled to my fee . | No alms I ask—give me tbe task : Hew are the arm , the leg , The strength , the sinews of a Man , Tc > work , and not to beg . Still ose of Adam's heirs . Though doom'd by chance of birth To dress so mean , and to eat the lean , Instead of tba fat of the earth ; To make such humble meals As honest labour can—\ A bone and a crust , with a ( trace to God , Aud little thanks to maul
A spade 1 a rake . ' a boe 1 j A pickaxe , or a bill 1 A hook to reap , or a scythe to mow , A fliil , ot what ye willi—Whatever tbe tool to ply , j Here is a willing dxudge , With muscle aud limb , aud woe to him Who does their pay begracige ! Who every weekly score I Docks labour ' s little mite . Bestows on tbe poor at temple door , But robb'd them over-night . Tbe very shilling be hoped to save , As health and morals fail , Shall visit me in the New BastUe , The Spital , or the Gaol !
As the last ominous word ceased ringing , the candle wick suddenly dropped into the neck of tbe atone bbttle , and all was darkness an-1 silence . ? * * The vision is dispelled—the Fiction is gone—but a Fact and Figure remain . j \ One of the last acts of Lord Abinger ' s life was the sentencing a yeuth named Gilford White to transportation for life for sending a threatening letter . In the article from I which we have taken the above extracts , Mr . Hood makes a stirring appeal for a reversal of this sentence ; in the course of which he gives the following ; picture of himself and hia circumstances—by way of reproof , we suppose , to all whom it may concern ;—]
As my works testify , I am of the working class myself , and in my bumble sphere famish employment for many bands , including paper-makers , draughtsmen , engravers , compositors , pressmen , binders , folders , and stitchers—and critics—all receiving a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s Work . My gains consequently are limited—not nearly so enormous as have been realised upon shirtB , slops , shawls , &c . —curiously illustrating bow & man or woman might be 'clothed with curses as with a garment . ' My fortune has been expressed without a long row of those ciphers—those O ' s , at once significant of hundreds of thousands of pounds , and as many ejaculations of pain and \ sorrow from dependant eUves . My wealth might all be ta » arded , if I were miserly , in a gallipot or a tin « noffbox . My guineas ,
placed edge to edge , instead of extending from the Minoriss to G ) lden-sqaaro , would barely reach from home to Bread-street . My riches would hardly allow me t * roll ia them , even if turned into the new copper mites . But then , thank Chid ! not one reproach clings to my coin . No tears or blood clogs the meshes ; no hair , plucked in desperation , is knitted with the silk of my lean purse . No consumptive sempstress can point at me her bony forefinger , and Bay , ' For thee , tewino in forma pauperism , I am become ] this Living Skeleton I * or hold np to me trer fatal needle , as one through the eye of which the scriptural camel mnst pass ere I may
hope to enter heaven . No j withered workwoman , shaking at me her suicidal locks , can cry , in a piercing voice , ' For thee , and for six poor pence , I embroidered igbty flowers on this veil , —literally a veil of tears . No famishing labourer , his joints racked with toil , holds oat to me in the palm of his broad hard hand seven miserable shillings , and mutters , ' For these , and a parish loaf , tot six long long days , from dawn till dusk , through hot and cold , through wet and dry , I tilled thy land ! ' My short sleeps are peaceful ; my dreams untroubled . No ghastly phantoms with repioftcbfui faceB , and silence more terrible than Bpeech , b&wnt my quiet pillow . :
[ Well would it be for England if the «• Faasters , " whether at agricultural , or Lord Mayor ' s " Shows , '' eomld join glorious Hood in bis withering disclaimer . As it is , every stiver they possess is a curse steeped in brine an * blood !] :
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MADAME D'ARUSMQNT . Mr . Myles , of Dundee , has favoured us with the following letter , addressed to himself from Madame D'Armsmont . It will be seen that tbat lady promises a renewal of her correspondence with this p * per . We scarcely need add her letters will be welcome , affording as they no doubt will , a faithful account ol tbe working of the Democratic principle in America . New Tori , 6 th October , 1844 . Dear SIR , —I thank you for jyour letter of tbe 18 th September , with its enclosures . \ Permit me to Bay , and this in the . most perfect good humour , that it recalls to me the fable of the old man and . bis ass , wh « , in doing bis best to please every body , pleased nobody . On opening •« The Biography" some bad expected more than th * y found ; some bad expected altogether a different thing ; while all demand , as a sort of matter of right , tbe continuation of a memoir which I had but little disposition to commence , acknowledge , still less to resume , and for which at the present I anticipate no suitable leisure . !
The truth is I never executed a task in my life whUh went more against the grain" tiian that of talking to the public about myself . It had , too , all the awkwardness of novelty j for Mlf , is moat certainly tha subject that has engrossed wy attention leas tbaaany oth * r . Ton may perhaps , air , team the reluctance with which I ntefed npoa it 1 and which led me to throw tolht tery do * of » y stay In D » nd * e tb « ralfllment of * proaiM which , having mad * , 1 Wt myielf bon » d to honour to ke * p . B «» you will ©*« J ? * M . ? £ kept it mr $ than to thtldfr . If yoi . wiO'Mkn to the
content * of tha publUtwr t nofr /* ¦ p p ** a * d by yo » rselit to the " Biography , " you will find that I promised only " a sketch of my parentage ,- family connections , and early years . " It seems tbat I have given enough of this to incur , from one quarter , ! the charge 0 ! aristocratic predilections . The critic here forgot that , even as there ate soldiers of suffioienUy approved bravery to permit their refusal of a dual , so are there champions of freedom and truth of sufficiently tried principle , to stand above all apprehensions of any poBtibl © mistrust ot their motivM , J
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After a youth pniJiTiaturity of siit ! fe seff-. ibnesation ; ? J : gurae ot devotion to busnaa liberty aad progress not nuliko that of tha sworn devotee to his ( So ; i ,- after a voluntary renunciation of all that existing men most priza , and all this to follow out alone , from very childhood , unthanked , unrequited , and uacpmprehended , a labour of love of which the fruits were all in futurity , and for futurity ; after all this , I could well afford , oa she verge of forty-nine , not only to satisfy the public that I had not failaa from tba nwoa , but to tell it precisely f roiu whence I did fail . And I COOM ( Jo this without the rew ? : est thought that any coald suspect my solitary , and , parbaps , too proud spirit , of finding a gratification of vanity in tba detail of names and alliances . Many doubtless will have seen to read tha motives which , at a moment when I was pointing anxiously and earnescly ( through tbe columns of the
Nortnem Star ) to a union of the more honest and intol * ligent among all classes , and to a csmpsct between the three powete ot land , mosey , and labour many will have seea to read the inotivea which led rae , for the first time , to advert to" isy equal descent front the two former iaterests , while neither hemisphere has to learn my devotion to the interests of tbe latter . The name of Frances Wright will never be suspicious in tbe ears of a people ; nor will they ever apprehend , in any counsel she may give , an arriert pensSe , which may be translated . « rotting one viay while she look * another . Nor , she believes , on the other band , will any hooest and honsnrable member of tbe more fiToured dosses of -society associate her name with the spirit of the demagogue or the anarchist ; or apprehend that , in an hour of crisis , her voice would not be raised , and her influence thrown , upon-the weaker side , whichever that might be .
But to reply to the < as it seems ) still unsatisfied curiosity of my kind countrymen , and perhaps of ray kind country women—to do a thing , and to do it well , we must be actuated by a suitable and sufficient motive . Now , my motives are not like those of other people . I do not work for money , nor for praise , nor for exciting wonderment , nor for the amusement of the public , nor , very often for my own For ? what tben ? Simply for public utility and for thb public instruction , or for some direct aud immediate object addressing itself to the intellect or the feel , ings , the sense of right , or the sense of justice . When I made the promise to which I adverted as having more than kept , propriety aad even utility seemed to demand of me tbat I should throw aside the reserve which I had
till tben worn . I made the effort as far as circumstances seemed to demand , or t ) ni 9 permitted ; and when the same may occur again , I will renew the effort and resume tbe narrative . At present the motive impulse is not npon me , and I tuuid make nothing of it » The witty Bsnjamin Constant was wont to say : — " Lay me on my back and I am a fooL I must be vertical to be good for anything . " My case differs a little from that of my old friarjd ; but I' have my velrj . too , as who has not that does not write by the line aud think &t command ? Without a strong motive or a pressing uraency I am a fool ; and I mast clearly
sae the use of wbat I do , to do any thing . And , afte * all , does not the nature of ray exertions , at and from , the period wfaea my narrative closes , sufficiently appear from tbe volume of Popular Lectures" with which tbe public are familiar ; and , as to tbeir effect , touch * ing which so many are carious , may it not be wiser to wait and' see that effect than to talk about it ? I do not say , howevur , far from it , that I will not , some dayor other , continue ent the sketch of a life which may very naturally possess som * interest fOf THJ fellow creatures , as having been—in its Tery impulse and every move—inspired by human love and devote ! to human service .
I feel disposed , however , Sir , to sit in judgment upon the peculiar character of tha curiosity you describe tome . "I tis corn plained that I have given too fewfacts about myself . " Frankly wy object was cot to amuse tha public with a biographical romance , a tale of personal adventures or a picturesque sketch of men , lit * ' , and things . Any bookseller can supply more of these than I should choose to read , and , Heaven knows ! to write . The outgoings and incomings of an individual should be of little moment to thinking humanity ; but the incidents which tend to form tha mind and feelings ; to arouse the energies and point then to one object ; to give the bent to character , and to decide the whole ? course of a life ; details such as these ' -are fraught with instruction , aud often with encouragement , for youth ;
and even , sometimes , with useful lessons for maturer age . Of such , I think my hasty sketch presents some not incurious ; aad , had I not written with the printer behind me , law papers on tbe table , business letters to answer , and heart affections—warm and few , and from which duty was about to sever me—at hand , I should probably have gives more . As It was , I wrote so hastily , and with my thoughts divided between so many things , tbat when , during my voyage , I came * to peruse the proof copy received from you , I found error without number , and some mis-readings conveying a different sense from that which I intended . You will find these corrected in the Americas edition * of which t send you a revised copy . You . will also find it in an additional note . You will please print from the copy now seat any future editions you may issue ..
But , yet a word on the regret expressed , it aaemson ail bands , tbat , in the sketch of my Ufa as penned for my native country , I should &ai [ e given so few per * senal details . I s it possible tbe reader should fail to distingisb that details respecting ourselves must for the most part , - and of necessity , involve more or less of the same respecting others ; and that , in such cases , reserve is at all times delicacy , and often forbearance t A life sach as mine most necessarily have given singular opportunity for detecting secret springs of action , together with the moral and alas ! too frequently , the immoral character of merrimen . Such have these opportunities bsen indeed aa effectually to disgnst me with existing society . The honest and
the honourable , the firm in principle , the pore in integrity , and the sincere in benevolence are the rare exceptions to a > comprehensive rale ; aad bat rarely , very rarely , found in or near the foreground of society . To > render tribute to these , whenever and wherever found , is indeed a yearning of tbe soul ; but when the reverse of all this crosses onr path it is better to turn from it our own eyes than to call towards it those of the public Justice to ourselves or to others will , most , and ought , en some occasions , to force from ns the troth ; ' but , unless * o driven to the wall , silence is both mercy and pro * prlety . And , again , with reference to the more private relations of our social existence , I do not conceive that pnblic characters have a right to drag forward front the shade of private life , names , and occurrences , individual habits , feelings , or defects , which but for their
gossipmg vanity , would have never challenged attention . Travellers and memoir compilers are but too frequently public and social pesta , who , for the sake of trumping up matter for the bookseller , or serving some purpose for the boar , care not bow many sensibilities , individual or national , they woucd ; now many base end a thsy serve , or , in general , how much decency and good breeding , no less than truth , they violate . The most distant approach to the style of such productions , all who respect themselves will shun . "Principles , not men , " , should , perhaps , be no less the rule of human converse than of political association ; and , indeed , . the study of principles has been so much the habit of my mind and the business of my life , ' that but few of my writings are likely to treat , directly or indirectly , of anything else .
I thank you for the Star . The course followed by tbat -paper appears to me the safe and the true one . I have at the moment a long and rapid journey , necessitated by private business , before me . In thirty days I hope to be again returned to this city from the West . When any observations of importance occur to me , and when I can find time to throw them on paper , I will not fail to address them to the Nvrthtm Star . In the meantime yon may forward to the Editor these linos , if you imagine them likely to possess any interest for the readers of that fearless organ of the popular interests . I have just received from the printer a copy of the first American edition of the Political Letters . I enclose it to you with the Biography . Yon will find it corrected in several readings , and somewhat enlarged both in tbe text and with notes ; more particularly in tbe seventh letter . Receive , dear Sir , my best wishes , and believe me , Respectfully , yours , F . W . IKABCSaiOHT . « -r-rr . ¦ -1 r ¦ m ^ b * a ¦ .
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THE MEDICAL TIMES . London : Carfrae , Essex-street . We have received ths eprrent part of this ably-CQndactfld periodical , containing the weekly numbers for the next month . Eaeh number is filled with reports of medical leotares , valuable pcientific communications , and accounts of the proceedings of medical and scientific bodies abroad and at home . The more important of the contents of this part are—1 st , A Series of novel papers , detailing discoveries aad inductions of startling scientific interest , on the etraeture and function ? of the brain ,
the nature , causes , and the treatment of mental diseases , by the celebrated Pixel , physician to the tvro national mad asylums of France , translated by Dr . CosxKixo . 2 . A course of clinical lectures on farmery . 3 . A BeJcct cottisa of twenty lectures on the most important points of the theory -and practice of medicine . 4 . A serie 3 Gf reports on uterine diseases , by Edwasd Rigby , M . D . Also " Lectures' ' by C . J . B . Williams , F . R . S ., on ihe nature and treatment of the diseases of the stomach , brain , and nervons system . And valuable contributions by W . B . CosteHo , M . D . and Dr . De Beaumont , Physician to the Spanish Embassy at Pans .
Among the contributions-10 this journal not noticed in the abore enumeration are a series oX ta PencillrnzB of eminent medical men , " by R . Bfinsley Knowles , - Btq ; From these interesting papers we give tbe following extracts . illustrative of the character of Dr . Lettsom , who rose , from being an apothecary ' s apprentice , to be one of the most eminent medical men of his day .
1 ETT 50 H S RailUiTHBOrT . One of Lettsom * s first exploits , after commencing to practice in London , was the establishment of an institution , entitled . , " A Dispensary for th » Belief of the Sick and Kwossitous part of the Community . " This was tfee first ot tbe kind ever set on foot , and tkose which afterwards , and by its suggestion , arose , tooit this one . for their model , almost sniv » nally , and In every particular . For some time * , medical cases alone "were admitted , but nothing short of comprehensive good oculd arjsfy a mind so benevolent as LettsonrV . On his ^ presentation to the governors , tbe benefits of tbe society were conferred equally on those " sick and necessitous" persons who stood in need of surgical
assistance . In matters of this nature , in the establishing of societies for the aiding of the unfortunate , were the earlier y « ers &f Dr . L ? tfsom passed . Indeed , it rosy with truth be said of him , that however h » was employed , every act had this end in view . He gave money to tbe poor—be gave advice to the poor—established societies in tbeir favour—wrote pamphlets weplanatory of their necessities , and tbe way best calculated to relieve them—he practised amongst them—made his son , at a later period of his -life , a ^ vemor of several charities , xaore fully te promote his own views , as well as to r > i * e up f *> r them a champion of his own forming , who might work with Mm , and take his place whenprer he should leave it- -vacant . Tbe e&rnestness With
which he undertook this cause , tbe & » l with winch he maintained it , and the humane and noble trutas ha extracted from his experience , will he fully observed in tbefollowiag extract ; which may also serve in modern quarters of influence to mend an error or raise a blush-In his pamphlet , treating " of the improvement of Mediciae in London , on the baas of public good , " he says , " I have been too intimately , acquainted with the condition and manners of the poor to want facts in support of what I adrance .: If . I err , it will be in not doing sufficient justice to that industry and gratitude , which they exemplify in their general department Those who foTBJ their judgment from a superficial view of a few intoxicated objects who are found in tbe most frequented
places , are mueh mistaken with respect to the body of the laborious poor , wh » humbly seclude themselres In miserable courts and alleys . Tice is barefaced , and boldly exposes itself in the open streets ; but modest worth steals from the public eye , and frequents the most solitary avenues . . * * When I consider tha distress of the indigent , I rather admire tbat tbe instances of their misconduct should be so rare . When they behold the sflfcience , ease , and indulgence of tbeir superiors ; when in spite of their utmost industry , they can , with difficulty , support their families ; and when sickness and . disappointment supervene , it is not te be wondered at if some expressions of discontent should break forth against them . But such
only can properly jnige of these replnings who have sees & whole family that once experienced better days , consigned to one chamber and one solitary bed ; with sickness , with want , and a total incapacity to raise one penny . Let sacb try the experiment witbont XBunzmxiiig , before they form a ooitcluakm to the disadv&siig& of tbe sufferers . Daring tbe last three years , I haveattended nearly six thousand poor persons , into many of whose habitations I have entered , and been conversant with tbeir sufferings , and tseirresignation under them , in boVb of which they have exceeded many of tb « ir fellow-creatures , whose Jot has cast tkem In a superior station , and whose contentment under temporary miseries should ever be snatainad by this comparative reflection .
" What myriadi wiBh to be as bleas'd as L " A KOBLE ACT . In 1782 X he was sent for to visit an old gentleman seventy-four years of age , who resided in the county d ! BsMtx . This gentleman had been a great American merchant ; he had kept a princely bonse , and bis heart was literally made up of generosity . The American war ruined him ; bnt his creditors , valuing his upright character , permitted h * m to remain in his house in the country , with a genteel allowance , until his affairs could be settled . The protracted American war destroyed the prospect of retrieving bis affairs ; his allowance was therefore taken away . He fell sick and
consulted Dr . Lettsoai . When the Doctor visited him , tbe gentleman said to him , pointing to his garden , H Those tree * I planted , and have lived to see some of tlitm too old to bear fruit . They are part of my family ; and-my children , still dearer to me , must quit tkis residence , which was tbe delight of my youth and the hope of my old age . " The Doctor , npoa quitting Vheapartment , left , enclosed in a letter ,, a cheque to relieve bis immediate necessities . He also purchased the house—which was freehold—for £ 500 , and gave it him for life . The poor merchant ' s health was also restore *; his garden continued to be tbe object of his love , and a source of delight to his old age ; and he dally biassed his worthy benefactor . "
Bare are tbe examples of such chanty as this : done so completely ; with such delicacy . With what beauty this quality irradiates the character of man !
JOHJf A 3 TlVLT . It is not , however , to bs supposed tbat onr worthy Doctor was ignorant that severity is needful aow and then , and often ai a . positive ingredient of benevolence —It is related of him that ha was in the practice of carrying tbe produce of his fees carelessly , in his coatpocket . His footman , being aware of this , used to make free with a guinea occasionally , while tbe coat hung up in the passage . The Doctor , having repeatedly missed his gold , was suspicious of this footman , and took an opportunity of watching him . Ho
sneeseded in tbe detection , and , without even noticing it t © the otter servants , called him into his study , and coolly said to him , " Jobs , art thou in want of money 1 " " No , " replied John . " 01 then , why did ^ b thon make so free with my pockets ? And since Obit did * st not want money , and but told me a lie , I must part with thee . Now , say what situation tboa would ' st like abroad , and I will obtain it for thee 3 for I caaaot keep the * . I camnot recommiBd tbse : therefor * them must go . " Tb » Doctor proear » d John a situation abroad , and hswaaL - -
IHX HiaHWATXAJT . 14 wa * my lot a f * W years ago , " < D * . Xaeteoxn relates toe adreaMrt himself , ) " to be Attacked on the highway ky a genteel looking person , w » ll mounted , who demanded my money , at tbe same time placing ; pistol to my " breast I requested bun to remove the pistol , which he immediately did . I saw his agitation , from whence I coold perceive be had not been habituated to this haxudous practice 1 and I added that I had both gold and silver about me ; which 1 freely gave him ; but that I was very sorry to see a young gentleman risk jbis life in . vo unbecoming a aanaer , which would
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1 ^^ 1 , SARAH PARKER , " THE IRISH GIRL . " We have good news to impart to our readers respecting the improved fortunes and brightened prospects of "The Irish Girl , " several of whose poetical effusions have appeared in our columns within the last three months . Our first information ofthis pleasing matter came from , the Ayr Advertiser , the editor of which states that " Mrs . S . C . Hall , and Mr . R . Chambers , of Edinburgh , have for
some time past interested themselves in Miss Parker ' s welfare , both ef whom , in correspondence with hemrarm friend , Mr . Auld , Doonbrae Cottage , have expressed their anxiety to aid any judicious proposal whereby these could be advanced ; and Mrs . Hall tooted , that , if properly educated and trained , influence might be used to obtain for her a situation as teacher in some of the Irish National Schools . The little poetess bore thia glimpse' 0 / suoshine ; across her hitherto darkened prospects with great equanimity—gratified but not « lated ; nor yet much , cast down in contemplating the diEculty which presented itself in finding means or friends to enable her to qualify herself for the situation snggested . A brief interval , and generous assistance came from an unexpected and to her almost unknown hand . A veoerable gentleman , whose
name , in deference to . hid own feelings , we reluctantly withhold , but whose patronage of genius in other , quarters , ii not unknown , in his pilgrimage to the land' of Burns called on the subject of this notice : and , having b « en shown a copy of Mis ^ Ball ' s letter and proposal , with a liberality tbatxtfiecto honour on hia name , at onee proposed to defray the ezpence of educating and otherwise qualifying her for the duties of the appointment alluded to . For such an offer the humble poete& 9 could not feel too grateful : and , after consalting with her friends here , cordially accepted it . She has since received , from tbe same quarter , a handsome remittance to defray her expencesto London , and to-day she Bets out on hex journey , with references to respectable parties at almost every stage , and with suitable arrangements made for her on reaching the metropolis . "
Thus far the Ayr Advertiser .- but that paper neglects to give a little additional information , which , cf coarse gratifying to us , will we doubt not , be equally so to our ^ readers . In a letter received lapt week from a friend of Miss Parker , residing in Ayr , tbe writer says— ' *! am . happy to inform you that your comments on Miss Parker and the good wishes expressed by you , have been productive of the desired effect . " Our correspondent then proceeds to say , that the gentleman above spoken of , who belongs to Bristol , and whose name is in our possession , leading the comments of the
Northern Star on S- P ' s . poetry , was , by it , induced to visit Ayr , for the purpose of seeing the poetess , and acting in the manner already described . Our correspondent adds , that Mies Parker requested him to write to ns , expressing her thanks for our endeavours to assist her—endeavours which so far appear to be successful , and which success is all the thanks we wish for , affording us as it does nnbonded gratification . We may add that Miss Parker is now in the metropolis , under , we believe , tbe charge of Mrs . Hall . The following is the last poetical composition penned by her before leaving Ayr .
" I BAV A DBEAM , WB 1 CH VTA . S KOT ALL A DREAM . " By S . P ., "The Irish Girl " Ml dream it was of other hours , When lova , and life , and hope were young ; Ere I bad left my native bowers , Or heard ought bat my native tongue ; Or ere a sorrow-cloud o ' erspread My young horizon , bright and clear , Or ere my eye bad known to shed The bitter and tbe burning tear . Metbougbt I joyous stood once more With those the friends of love and truth—I mingled , &s in day * ot yoie , With the oompaniona of my youth . Through fair and fertile garden-ground
Methonght we wander'd , hind in band , And trod the vallies tbat surround My native home in Erin's land ; O ' er upland glens and sunny braes We rambl'd , in our boundless glee , As we were wont , in youthful days , When every heart beat light and free . And from tbe margin ef a stream , Soft quivering to the gentle breeze , Kow dancing in the sunny beam—Now darke ning ' neatb o ' er-arching trees How gliding on its level course , O ' er sanded bottom , smooth and grey : Tben murm ' ring , angry-like and hoarse . When jutting rocks impede its way , We gather'd newers of various hues , Aud wove festoon * to 4 eck our hair : For bounteous nature , all profuse ,
DLsptay'd her sweetest colours there . We linger'd long by that bright stream—It seemed a chosen fsiry spot , And each presented in ny dream—To me , tbe flower Forget-me-not . " And one w a * -there , a fair young boy , With gentle brow and ebon hair , Whose very smile imparted joy-Yes , he , methoagbt , be too was there ; I beard his voice , long silent now . And felt tba magic of his smile . And gsead upon his joyous brow , And O ! my heart felt glad the while . And then , when evening shades stole on , We gathsr'd round the cheerful hearth , And many a youthful voice , now gone , Join'd in our guileless , boundless mirth . Twas love and friendship forg'd each lint
Tbatseem'd to clasp ns heart to heart;—Then I awoke and wept to think Ibat scene * so fair sh > uld e ' er depart . Where are they now , those friends of truth-Companions of li fe ' s early morn ? Lite hopes that gild > poet ' s youth , Ttay ' re vanish'd , never to return : Gone—they are gout , just like the light With wkich the sunset rays illume The western wave , ere sombre night Has buried all in shade and gloom . Tet , recollection oft recalls Those hallow'd phantoms of tbe past—E ' en no , through memory ' s lonely balls , They flit , just as I saw them last .
fB * flow long will it be before those possessing the *• world ' s gear" will devote a little of it to the doing jnstiee to tb ' e daughter of Robkbt Burns Would that some kind-hterted philanthropist would bestir himself in her behalf . Why is the Press silent onlthis matter 1 " We will not be , we promise . We shall return to the Bibject again and again , till justice is done where justice is . dno .
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Cpre op HroaoPHOBiA . —The Frankfort Gazette says : — "A gentleman of Saratorf has discovered that the most efficacious remedy for the bite of rabid animals is the insect called tentania aurata , re ^ daced to powder , and given to the patient . Df . Wagner has tested the remedy , and met with most satisfactory results . " Pabticulablt Gheew . —An old maiden lady , named Simpson , residing at Snainton , near Nottingham , has such a penchant for green , that sha has painted her bonnet , shoes , house , furniture , fireirons , and even her lap-dog of that colour .
Repeal ot ? ths Malt TaA —The agitation of this question appears to have commenced iu- earnest . A most-powerful and active organization is . going on , and . a system of appeal to every pariah throughout Bagland is about to be : established , in order that it may be brought before Parliament as a question for grave consideration in the ensuing session .. Death o * a Celbbhatbd Chabaoteh . —Mr . Henry Morland , brother to George MorlancT , the distinguished painter , died ia London , on the 29 » h alt * , aged upwards of 80 years . He joined hia brother in carrying on the establishment called then and now " Morland ' a Hotel and Coffee House , * ' arid the abilities of the two brothera brought ^ auoh a Buperabundance of custom , ; 3 hai Henry ralizad wuuviuww caivu
" . uu , uuwover < enjueu- 'in too smuggling of a ^ eareo ot brandjjfrpm ^ aiiee the vessel was aeiaed and confls « aUd 1 and bavin * arWw * rdsloe * . tb © resonant ofbit fqrtoiit by » bnildinX waoalakOB , he was obliged to orwndei possession 6 / lh « b » t « l . Poor Harry had of lst « obtained precarious living by attending salts of pictures , books , &o . Of the merits of the former he Was considered an excellent judge , and purchased on commission for distinguished patrons . of art . I He had a most retentive' memory , could almost repeal M Burns ' sPoems" by heart , knew everybody ' snusitiesB and connections , and , although he appeared steeped to the chin in poverty , is said to have left bailing him piciares of rare talent , amongst which arestv—^ ...- / bis eweatfio brother George .
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Koteoes 16 ; 1844 . , , * ' ; THE NOBTH ^ B V 8 T AR . i 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1289/page/3/
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