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10 THK SPIRIT OF T : HE "XORTHERX STAB" 05 ITS SZMOTAL TO THE " GBEA . T "WES . Bail ! Champion of pure Jreedom ' s Cau * e , DtBerring erf the tvoiia ' s applause , "JEko , feariess of tyrannic laWB , Vsiil * lx > ld iransgresaon , Bain entered in the Terr jaws Of strong-oppression . J ? pvit of fix Star 2 all hail to fhee—Jor erennaj thy pages be The source throngh "which Truth shall decrc ? e , Toall-wiio toil , Thai labour ' s sons shall yet be free . And share the sojL
Be thine the task to guard the poor . "Who aD the ills of life endure . Against the -wretch who would allure , % Vith bribe or Jaiarerj , &r artful lies , seek to secure Tile f >> giTic of slaverrl B * thine the < lciy to disclose Tke foci designs of Freedom ' s foes ; Skew to all nations -whence arose Base aristocracy ^ _ it * & , forward as than bravely ? oes , Unmask hypocrisr 1 3 "rom midsi the great corrupted TV en Indignant at the Trron ™ s of men , Thy patriot ' s soul' thy poet ' s pen ! Shall both tnsage " ?• pierce the despor "< imuosr den , - % zsd Trroa ? a > sna ; re .
lejoice whene'er a patriot band AgaiH 5 t"iiy iatice makts a stand : 0 ! Spaniard , GauL or Pole , demand Those sacred rights , Thich bring costeui and nil the land "With pure delLrhts . Sjirit of the Star : —again , again Across the broad Atlantic main Jte-echo back the clorions strain
Their Press doth bring ; jLni vsaonr ' s slander Wtes in Tainll h » s lost its snug . Tien , sons of Labour , cease to pine , Asd rouse for Idberrv drone ; toward to Freedom ' s glorious shrine—The path is gay ; Syrrix of the Star : thetas ^ be thine To lead tbe way I BxxJAsaii Stott
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THE PI 1 EASA ? TPS EGGS . 1 TUT OT THX GAMZ LAWS ? 0 rXDED OS PACT . " Ee was of opinion that the Game-La ws were a fertile source of crime , and of consequent expense and demorali zatita to tie romrsuninr . * * Property in gamr ought not to be protected as other property , inasmuch as it had not theresponrfbiliaes of other property . "—Spe&J Of Sir JSarrv Vicrasy at tat Bncij . JfidfHmmfr tHfnCn ! . ~ FoachingLwas the Cunswuenee of ijamebeing preserved And protected . "—hor-i £ Mok . Ai earl ; davm forth from his home he -movedif inane i ; iniriit be call'd . where Pain and Waal Held empire ieD . and on each form beloved Their horrid impress placed , all grim and gaunt . Tttcs by a lordlinz ' s park "his steps he brnt ; 5 o purpose operated in hii heart ; But , deeply musing , slowly on he went ,
" ^ Tfeflst Hunger linch'd him with perpetual smart . 11 How sad itkoughl he ) > o many soiis of toil Should in a land of peace and plenty pine , "Whilst they—ill- wealth ; , owners of the soilin Luxury ' s lap from diy to day recline' ' Brooding o ' er iEs like the ^ e tie rtroTTd alon : ;—CnKeeded -KaroreV beauties Trere ( Ssplay'd , TTbra from her nest a bird affrighted sprung . And sought , with noisy night , the woodland shade A pheasant ' twas , - " protected" bv the law—Herself her «^ rs , hrr ded ^ 'd and -unfled ^ 'd race ; But -tshat enacnnroi mil a man o ' erawe , * Si » ea 3 grim Srarrat 5 .: > n s ^ rres Trim in the face ? Her -eggs -srosid * erf e iliem for tbe morn ' s repast ; Sot eye was there to mark the deed , and tell ; H-r Scixed them , homeward to his cottage pass'd .. And told her onlv whom he lov'd mil vrell .
A keeper near , acenstom'd to the place , Soon nuss'd the treasure from the lowly nc ~; ; ~ J 5 " itb jir 3 cti = * d skin lie did tbe poacher trace . And laels fr'H dearly -did Lis crime artest . Broken had been that law . by rich men made . That they uniiijirr'd may their sports retain : Thai on their boards each season may be laid Birds which had fetten'd oa the poor man ' s zrain . This "Bras , i * is crime—tu- i-ol » l / i 3 t 3 ie ~ wi 3 d Mini's ae ^ t . ^ hen -wolf-like liursir ^ -r Jid hi = home assail ; And for tids crimr hir sentence was expTe »< "d" Thrt * moiitiis' hard labour in the common caol Ere j ethos hard inipri » xr . iiieBt expired I > em » nd was made np » m liis wife for rent . And pajraent was pcremptorilv requu-ed :
Sbe heard the claim , and passion then fonnd veni—Bj dark I > esjia 5 r unloosed was Honour ' s hold : Tive- T ^ m'ptKT + i LXyperrn ^ r ts ^ ed , * " EeT * riZ' «* is 5 Tt ^ .-rrt T * A fluninc brand ik- S ^ Lz ^ d . ia mafegs !>>} d" !> e cott 3 g ? lay in ashes- at her feet ! H ^ doom -we -nijl not tdl : our task ' s complete : Tie Game Laws are of ills a frariul sr > ures . May iLeT . srho hi tie senate take their scat , B . ot frum tht- statnte-bojk Thi ^ class-made cars * ' .
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CO ^ LSGSBT : or . TIJE > TW GE ^> : J 1 . AT ] O . \ . Bi B . I / lsHEAU . } vl _ P . LdxmIoh : Colbnro , Greai Mnrlboron £ rh-5 treet .
tC « a-traned from the y * rtfter > i £ t'ir ! Not , 5 I J . j Lord Monmoutk , "svho delected popular tumiiltj as Ernci as he di-spised public opinion , } iad heen lirins iii reiirejneEt in Italy durins the aritatins year oi 1 S 31 . but , roosed to attion by the approaehins ; success of me Kiibrm Bill , he had returned xo help in the dauia ^ lag of a measure , the triumph of -which in some aliaw- or other w-a » now inevitable . Conincsby was at rlion , frt > iu which place he had been bruudit by R is ^ y , to l > e ] iresented to the Maryaeti . Here is a description of an aristocrat ' s abode : — MoxxorTE sorsi . Tie gat ** were opened by a gigantic Swiss , and the carriage Tt > 2 rd into a huge court-yard . At its end , Coningrty brbeld a PaHadian palace , with wings and colonnades tBcircline the court .
A cunMe Ssrht of steps led into a circular and marble hsU . soarned with colossal busts of the CiEsars ; the stair-* 4 « in £ rzacw by Sir James ThornhilL breatbrd with the loves and wars of gods and heroes . It led into a TtstlbuH parr-ted in arabesq-nei hung with Vens-tian sirandoles , and locking into gardens . Opening a door in this ehamber , and proceeding some little -wzj doo-n a corridor , jir . - Rirbj aad liis cormpaxrion anrre *! ax the "basr of a pri-T ate SiairCaSf . Ascending a fe ^ v step * , th-et reached a
landiEg-plat-. ; - hung with tapestry . J > rawing this aside , Hr . Higby opened a door and ushered Coningsby throush » e antt-thaniber into a small saloon , of beautiful jiryj » or-Hoe . srd ftursL'hrd in a brilliant and delicate taste . * - » Thr wkll > « . ; ' The saloon , whieb were t-. jvered with li ^ ht blur satin , h- 'd in silver pannels portraits of beautiful " ^ OHicii , jKUnttni b _* UouchtT . C < jQC"h * = > and easv chairs- oi « vrry * iape invitr-u ia t-t ery qaarter to luxurion ^ rej > o ^ e . TiSie ¦ i ^ rin *«; : trnt v \ as afforded by tables covered with carica - --rci-jTtiii-n noi cAand endless niiniarorrs of fynisrj
. , - dsu ^ r ?? . pru ; v- » . -s * es , and = jjvereign ~ . * * * Tin-Srfradvur and rari ^ rr of the snrroundmj : objects soon Qi > tracted thv atttfntioii c * i tiitr txj % , fur tiie ttt- ^ t time in tCe paiace of his fathers- lie traversed saJ . jcn sifit-r *^ l' > iti iang T > "iih rare taj >* -sir ; and the srona-ous product' ¦>'•¦ forrtcii lv u . s ; filled wjui tioic- € - pictures and creations o : CTirioiis ar . : j-abinets tlrat s . > vcreisTis might envv . aud c ^ oisaJ rast ^ of malachite presented by £ mperor > . Cosinribv- aJz . ^ m . Trejv jnaze < 3 cp to eexiimre Rowing with CtAiur-iad unb-sroJA iia » l < 2 oTm uj «> ii carpets bright with ^ ii ^^ i > -3 ai ; d virid v . ith the tints of Aubussou and of Goiiingsbj was in a sad tremor at the prospect of raeetijig Ms grandfather .
t-3 Tiiagsby sprang forwanl "aith that desperation which fee 5-xifold rtc-uires . His face was pale ; his hand was 2 i"tst ; hislitrart beat with tumult . He had occ-iisionallv ** vn si ^ tnnonpd bv Dr . Seat * ; that too wus awfal v . ork , l »* eoii ; pan ^; -iriih the present , a morning visit . Music , Ttni-ry , the roar of cannon , and the blare of trumpets , ^ fcSJ urge a aian on to a forlorn hope ; ambition , ' one ' s consn-ruenls , iheheJl of prt-rjous feiha-f , may prevail on tisto Uoa m-jrc despvrate thing—speak in the House of C-snmons - . b-ut tbtre are some situations in life , > uc-h fur lastaace as mt ^ rins the room of a dentist , when the jTt >~ - * ation of the liervous rvstem is absolute .
itr . iyisrit-li speaks feeliujrly in his allur-ions to &P "' tesperste thins'' of speaking in the House of Commons after the hell of previous failure , " as all ^ ffl uBdemarjd who remember Mr . D'liraeli ' a ovrn K ^ k-doTm in that house some years a ^ ro , and the texase yelpimrs of the press-ganc , "who exulted in his «* aster . Here is a portrait of "
LOED HOSHQCTR . 1- < it& MorunotKii was in height above the middle size bat somewhat pardy and cprpulcut . His ctjUIltenaiico ' ^ stron ^ Jy niarked ; sagacity on the brow , sensuality in ^ tiDDr : ibai ; a jaw . His head was bald , but ihere were ranaiL 3 of the rich brown locks on which he once prided ^ ffiseV . Dis large deep blue eye , iu 3 didandyet piercing , -sbowiefi thai the secretions of his brain were apportioned , half to iclcpriiousiiESs , "hsVf to connnon sense . Bn ± his
seaera : mitn -nas truly grand : full of a Tiatnral nolaliiy ^' whirli no oce was more sensible . Lord if oamouth was * x > i is EshabiDe : on the contrarj , his costume was exact , * h 5 eres carefuL Rising as "we have mentioned when ^* jrand ^ n entered , and ifaTirng with bis left hand on his ivory tane , he made Coningsby gnrh a bow as Louis Wartorze ndght have bestowed on the ambassador of the C rated Provinces . Then extending his Dg h * iand , which ** ^ qytreiB"bIuiglj tonchea , lord Monmouth said , " How «» yon lOse Eton T , ^ Hs coldj reception , so -unlike aD that Goningsby * aa hoped for > Dd dreamed of , stupified him , and
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oyeroome b y his emetitms , he sunk into a chair-ani burst into tears . Here w ^ s a business I If there was anything which would hare made Lord Monmouth travel from London to Naples atfonr-and-twenly hours' notice , it was to avoid a scene . lie hated scenes—he hatedieelings . He saw instantly the mistake he had made in sending for > iis grandchild- He was afraid that Coningsby was t * mder-hearted like his father . Another tender-hearted Coningsby J Unfortunate family ! Degenerate race ! He decided in his mind that Goningsby must be provided for in the Church . * * . * " What can be the matter f" said Mr . Rigby . " I was thinking . " said Coaingsby . " of poor mama !" " *• Hush I" said Mr . fiigby , Lord Moamoutb never likes to hear of people who are dead : so you must take cart ireT-er to mention vuur mother or ^ our father . "
A GXEAT TSCTB . The Marquess thought he could read characters by a glance , and in general he wa > wry successful : for his natural sagacity had been nurtured by great experience . His grandson was not to bis taste : amiable , no doubt , but a spooney . We are too apt to believe that the character of a boy is easily read . 3 Tis a mTstery the most profound . Mark what blunders parents constantly make as to the nature of their own offspring , bred too under their eves , and
displaying every hour their characteristics . How often in the nursery does the genius count as a dunce because he is pensive ; while a rattling urchin is invested with-almost supernatural qualities because his animal spirits make him impudent and fiippant : The school-boy , above all Others , is not the simple being the world imagines . In that young bosom are often stirring passions as strong as our own , desires not less violent , a volition not less supreme . In that j oung bosom what burning lo * e . what intense ambition , what as ^ rice , ivhat lu > t of j « oiver ; « avv that iietid * might emulate , hate tbat man mi ? ht fear ' .
{? oningsby rallies at the dinner-table , and giving evidences of no deficiency of "blood , " thereby conciliates his grandfather . ' At dinner he makes the acquaintance of one of Rights witty friends in the person of Lucian Gay , l > y whom our readers will understand is meant the late accomplished , but unhappy Theodore Hook , who—* ' To party gave up -what -sras . meant for mairkind , " and had for his reward a life of mental prostitution , and a death of penury and neglect .
I / CTIAS GAT . rfafure had intended Lucian Gay for a scholar and a wit ; necessity fhis own folly !] had made him a scribbler and a buffoon . He had distinguished himself at the university ; but he had no patrimony , nor those powers of perseverance which success jd any learned profession requires . Hi- was good-looking , had great animal spirits , and 3 keen sense of enjoyment , and could not drudsre . Moreover , he had a fine voice , and sang his own song . * with considerable taste^—accomplishments which madihis "fortune in society , and completed his ruin . In lhntime he extricated himself from the bench , and merseil into journalism , by means of which be chanced to bec «» iu « - acquainted with Mr . Risrbv . That -northy individual was not Jow in detecting the treasure he had alighted on—u ¦ nit . a readv and happ > writrr , a jovous and tractable behl £ . with the education , and still the feelings and manners of a gentleman . Frequent the Simdav dinners wliirh found
bay a guest at Mr . Risrbi ' s villa ; numerous the airy pasquinades he left behind , and which made the fortune ui his patron . Flattered bv tin- familiar acquaintax-i ..- < . ¦ : ' a man of station , aud sanguine thai he hail fuuud the- link which would sooner or later restore him to the polisht- < l wurM that he had forfeited , Gay lulwured in lii .-. vocati .-n OTth enthusiasm and suwes .-. Wiujn ^ Jy ivould Ri ^ by have kept hi < treasure to himself ; and truly he Imardud it for a long time , but it oozed out . Risb % loi ed the rejiutation if possessing the t-omjilete art of s »« ci \ -ry . Hi- dinner > wert- celebrated at least { -it tlu-ir gut- - -t . > . Ureat intoJlrcrual fllnstrations % \ ere found there blended with rank and high station . Kigb ; loved to ] istrom .--e ; to jilay thimini > tcr uxibenciiojr . and seeking relief iroai the cari-s vi Council in tht * 5 . ' >* . * ift . \ * . *! autln-r ^ . artiste and nacu oj ^ ient-e . IIt liked duke ? Xo dint- with him . and hear him scatter his audacious criticism to Sir Thomas or Sir Humphrey . They went awa \ astounded by the { lowers of their host , who had he not unfortunate !* devoted
thoMp-jweTi to their parrs , must aj . parfnt ! ^ have r ivalled Vandyke , or discovered the safety kunp . >' ovs , in these dhiners LiiriaJi 'ray , ivho had brilliaii ! conversational p « jwtrs , and who possessed all the n-» uuroe * » f bc > -jn cuiupaninn .-hip .-n ould be an invaluablv ally . He was , therefore , admitl ! -d , and inspired botli \>\ the prfSrnt eDJoyn ; eDt and tht- future to-nlaclj it migh : lead , hi > exertions were untiring , various , mo-t succe ^^ - fijl . I 5 iirbv s dinners heeanse still more celt-bn \ te < l . * * * One thins Riirbv was reTsoifed <> u : Gay shoulii nt'Vcr Jet into MonniouQi-hoiii , e . That was an enj ]> yre ; ui too high fyr his win : ; to soar in . Uigby kfpt that -hh ial n > 3 Unpolv di > -anctiitlv to mark the relation that « uli ^ isi . t ; bernt-en them as patron and client . It was something r .-sivasger ab > jut when th > -v were together after their -ec . ii ! bottle of flaret . Ri ~ b . "i kejii his resolution for lonir jkits . « hich the frefjueut ami ] iroi >> nged ab > i-nre of tinmarquess rendered not ^ -rv diiticult . But i » e art X ) u crr titTTTrS of i ircumstantv-. ; at least the Rigbr race
tiartic-ularly . Lord ilonraouth rerurne'l to Eng ] an « i . ¦«<• ji-: ir . and wanted to be amasnl lit- wanted a jester : 3 man about Jiim who would make him—not laujrh . for that « . iimjios ^ i ble . but smile inure frequently , tell good stories , sav good things , and ims nun anJ then , espetially Frentb songs . Earh in Jifr R « : ij K . iuld havt . attenijited all tlii > . thouirb he had neither fun . \<> iee _ out ear . * * * It was a rule with Kign \ tliat no on ,-, if j ~ - ~ ibl » -. sboul . l ¦!¦• anyiliiu - for Lord Monmouth but himself : and as a jester must be found , he * t as determined t » al lii * lordship sliou ^ l have the be ^ : in the market , air ! Thai he should have the iT < Hii : <> f funiishiiig tin : irTi . le . A > a reward , therefor-. for malJ . i J > . i ? f s-rsice > . an-1 a fresh elaini !•> hi > futur . c-it-rtioi .--.. Ki ^ -bj- on- < i ^ ij iir « - » kt- T « . liy-v iliat tht- h-iur h : i « i at Icilgtii arn \ ed when tile > . i ;>> .- ^; objeet < it his reasuilaiir ambition on his part , au-I the fulfilment of Jti- ^ bV- l « n > u cherished and dearest hope-., were alike to be realis- 'L liav w : i > to Ik- pjvseutrd !<¦ L >> ni Moinii'juth and diiu ;;; ! Monmontb .
-h-iTiStTJie acquaintance w : ts a * u—i- *\« sful orjr- ; verv agrees ' ' to both parries . ^» ay ! -- » ca 3 ie a : i l . al-iruaJ ; ru < -sr of Lor Monin- » utb whtu his j » : itj-,. n was \ u Eu ^ la ? id : and in bi absence received frrqufiit and subilantial marks ••) ' ) ii kind recollection , for L--rU M < jnui <> ut ) i wa > srunerou .- those who amused hini . ( !¦> i-ieoi . iii . ifi . )
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THE ILLUMINATED ! kLArj . \ ZLNE . —Decempek . Tiii- ^ number is , at least in the literary department , an improvement on the last number . " r atlrerland / 'hv Craven , is continued , and increases in interest . "Tin ' Philosophy of Theatres'" Ls one of Angus R . cach "> amusing sketches , with the philosophy of which we cordially concur . " Yonng England and C > uld Ireland" contains some sood chit-chat , enunciating truths which Tounc Enghind will be all the letter for studying . Bnt the E <* m of the present number is a continuation of Luke Roden ' s " Travel and Talk . " the subject of his present remarks being Italy . From these delightful reminiscences we have selected a few extracts .
We pass over the author ' s voyage to Civha-Yecchia . "where having arrived he was immediately subjected to the plundering system which the " natives" seem to regard as the most indispensable of duties when an EusHJunan is the object ot their rapine . For eljrht francs he had his right packages duly earned from the boat to the office of the diligence ; here , however , the services of his franc-a-piece porters ended . The luinraire was bromrht to the office , but not a « iiil would lend a helping hand to place it on the dilijrence -without being asain paid . In this dilemma the diligence starts , leaving our traveller I > ehind , with the additional mortification of beinir oxpos-wl to a perfect Scotch 4 ( A <> n- ) "jur of rain , and the pleasing reflection that he had paid for his conveyance by tbv diligence which had left him in the lurch . At JenirtJi another carriajre wa > prot-urfd . and here lei us give a ^ t > ecinjeis of
T 5 . iVIl . LlSO ! N JTALTf . C > ff w- v . eiit —>> ein ™ pr ' imise ' J to arri \ e in six hours : > t mo- » . ; t I « dn : r v \ r thret o ' chu-k . We a-jreed to lie *} - lrairli ; i ! lin ! a :. ] _ T ihn . uu'i ) t ) i .- lirtl . « i : ) . J .. ii . it tlii K-. rk . f the t-nrria = e _ for -rev b ^ vtb tVit isuir . ii-rtaiu "f d < lrtvnrfall . Rain , v . ind . liahtning : such rain :.- I th «» nsbt was oni ; to be louii'J sDion ; fh <> tnijiic--.. Ir canif in at all jiart .-. and we Nit in a j > u < i < u-. The vrin > l" \ vs wunl'l neither sbm nor op * -n . That to \ rindv-aru soon smashed itself ti > atoms , and we took it bv turn * to holil up a cloak to tin ojienin ? . In the niidst fif rlelu ^ e and darkness , cra .-3 i . lam ) .. > jilu > h . Ji > wn cunu- all out heavy lu ^ gaue into tue road , and the uoi > c of tlit eif-ments rendered it almoiri imj ^ i ^ -il'le tij make- tiit }«»> tilit . n un < lerstand tli e accidem . but a farmer in his ran just biliind uk turobleu over the trunks , aud at last made him hear . Pleasant catastro } ili < - this ; the unititl strength of postilion and farmer cpuli ) not lift the trunks a ^ ain . and our on ! v resource was to stan > l in tht roa < i and lawi till siraif chance passeujrer
. shoulfl come to our assistance . At last some labouring njen « -anie tix . ur aid , ami , In the hel ]> of flashes of UphiuiniT . irp irere f-nal » 3 ed Ttj setr hyw to replace the lag ^ t ^ r * -. but 1 U- lifld nothing to fasten i ! with . -. > one of Uiem . -n-a : y . nt l > eiiind the farnier * > ' -art . anJ one behind our own vehicle , and the men v . aiked after them to hold them u ]> . This j >] easant promenade lasted about two miles , thtdelust- c-mtinuin ? with unaliatefl vinlwice . and the darkness rather increasing than ffiminL-hbig . 'We arrived at Jast at what would be called in England , a hedge alehouse , on entering which . : i frenf j > re . * entcil jtself . sntOi as we sometime ? see in paintings . A great nun-. ber of -mpn -R-itb tlie re ^ ralar me 3 < r . li-ama hi ^ h-crowneU h : its « and short jaeketi , were < l « - } -lv enfra-rtrri , some at eardf , sOP . lv at iloro , all vociferating with a fury as if they were on the point of cutting one another ' s throat ; . A blazing fire of vine branches threw a jilurc of light over a large barn-like room , and brought out in strong relief some groups that v . onld have been worthy of tlie pencil of "Wilkie . 1 did not half like jnv comnanv .
TTe at last procured cords and straps , aud when the trunks were once more fastened on 1 was assailed for money by half-a-duzen volunteers , as well as the farmer and the men who had accompanied us . The impudence with which eTery one fixed the amount of his own exorbitant reward , and the ferocity with which he insisted on compliance with his terms , made me again regret my want of Italian execrations . Kot having enough money in in y pockets to satisfy al 3 drtDanus , I gave the farmer ( who was foing to Rome ) a note to be presented at the hotel to which we had been recommended—not thinking it prntlent , in snch company , to open my desk and take out a roulean of Xapoleons .
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~ = Qn- * gate- » u f \ eat , t " ganrr-rglnTTaTST Torfents ^ ot water across the road , which almost took the horses off their feet . Such roads—heaven and earth ! even French roads are better . The Pope ( as some one remarks with more nit than reverence ) must be what he calls himself , frod ' s Vicegerent , for the road to Rome is so like the road to heaven—narrow , difficult , and full of obstacles . At length they reached the Eternal City , and after enduring all the miseries of a Custom-house examination , are permitted to seek shelter and repose . Our author ^ gives us a magnificent description of St . Peters , with an account of a gorgeous ceremonial sen-ice performed therein on the last day of the year . These we aw com-pelled to pass over , but vre cannot resist the temptation to give the following account of
THE COL 18 ECM . One of -these ancient structures , however — the Coliseum—so far from producing disappointment , greatly exceeded my expectations . I bad seen views of it in innumerable variety , and more than one cork model Uh » hgSt Of al i materials for giving a faithful representation oi caiopja afed buildings ) ; but when I actually entered the arena , ^ looked round on the stupendous mass , I was struck with an «^ tr , nighment approaching to awe . The level surface of the inte ., ;* .,- js covered with turf , und surrounded by a sort of small altars , called stations , each with a picture representing some passage Jh the life of Christ . These were erected to comtcratt the spot , and to prevent it from wanton
spoliation ; a wise and amiable feeling , which 1 was sorry to hear had been set at defiance by an English lady of high rank , who had brought a pic-nic party to dance Scotch reels in a place non dedicated to religion . This open defiance of the feelings of foreigners is of not very trnfrequent occurrence among the wealthy travellers from Great Britain . It causes a strong sentiment of disgust and humiliation among their countrymen of better regulated minds , and excites unbounded indignation in the Italians ; for evini those of them who have no belief whatever in Christianity ( and their name is Legion ) , still ftel it a national insult . The sincere Italians speak of it as we should speak of a similar exhibition by foreigners in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , or Westminster Abbey .
• The noble ruins of this vast amphitheatre nre stll ) SO perfect in parts that one has no difficulty in completing the building in the imagination . The broken steps and arches are in every stage of picturesque dilapidation , and are almost covered with the well-known flower so common on our old walls , but here arriving at a size and colour which gives a green and purple hue to the vvholu ma ^ o t-f ruins , and forms a very beautiful ornament . * * ' # * The circumference of this great oval is stated to be more than 000 yards US $ 0 feet English ) : and its height ! . <> ieet ; so that you niav iunn an idea of its magnitude ,
by considering that it is almo .-. t double the length of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , and higher than the gallery of the monument . It is said to have held a hundred and sixty thousand spectators . When Titus had completed this enormous amphitheatre ( begun bj his father , Vespasian ) , he gate a series of spectacles therein which occupied a hundred consecuthc tlay > , ami it is reported that OU this occasion two thousand gladiators and n \ e thousand wild beasts were sacririced . Allowing the greatest latitude for exaggeration , the min' 1 recoils -with horror at the contemplation of such a scene of slaughter .
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THE DEST 1 NT OF ITALY . The temporary oblivion in which it seems plunged appears to me but like the rcpuse of the giant , to refresh hiuisejf for still greater exertions . 1 cannot but think that it i > destined , at i < n distant period , to ad \ anee to a high place in the front rank of nations , and resume almoit its former influence . There is a mighty spirit at work then-, tempering the dav to iu : tkv great men : may it b > uti-KSsful ! * ¦ * » The Italians are one of Lhe noblest nitvs tlldt ever peopled tlie earth ; to me there seems more hope of tllt'ir ultimate triumph than that of any other nation not already advanced to the foremost rank in civilization . Physically and intellectually , they have the finest organisation ever bestowed bv nature . They arc fitting
thumselves lor the position which they are obviously destined to take , and nothing can interrupt , Uestroy . or delay tlie •' iiDSUlinnatiun but an attempt at revolution , above all a revolution after tlie fashion of France . Whenever the people arc called on to aid a revolution , it must clearly depend on the state of the people as to knowledge and lirtnc , whether the revolution shall be conducted to good r cmI . T ! i-- true friends of Italy arc steadily labouring t « spread the liU— - * in : j . s of education and political knun-! .- < l ^ -e , and in the foinrs * tjf time tlie fruit will be seen—it i * not distant , if the inisguided / . eal uf hot-headed entlmsi . ists can be restrained « ithin the bounds of common » ' -n « v-. It i ~ a gl"rii > . i 5 country , and worthy of the noble r . nv tlwt JilJs it . Tb- >* e . ' i »> H Jniuguili sec the full aei ' i > iiipli : Jtineiit of all that the Tiiost ardent friend of Jiru-^ res < desire ; let them but reform a . s fast as they can . a'id not attempt to reform a * fast as tiiev can't , and all
will W well . Il . ii ; .. a- , a writer in the Antologia expresses it . in the ! i ! ' -st ) - \ ijui > iie Italian that iiei honoured a printer ' s ' I" " - * ' thoujrh overrun by su rna ; n enemies—turn by .-o many cruel factions—devastated by so many horrid warsby Trca » on , Kapinr , and Conflagrations , still remains beautiful and interesting—an object of admiration to all . i > . It . Jians , " says he , " jirostratt- yourselves , ami kiss thi > s 3 in «]« irili : seek thereon the footsteps ofyour ancestor-, anil ! ' -arn to tr .-ad in them f " 1 ndi-r the iiea < l of " Fine Arts" is givt-n a sliort : ic-.- <> um ui' tbc jieo ])) e mu \ curiosities of Bolivia , one < "t " t-hi- South Aiuerifau Rf {> ul ) lics . Tlie article is HH » t iiiU'rcstins . hnt far tun l » riefto do justice to such : i sulycct . Therwiiaiiiiuir \> rii * o articles do not rc'juire any r «> ri < - « -. Kr »> m t ! if j «» otical contents we extract tlietoll'jvviiis , witb which we must conclude t ! i : ^ r / olicc : —
STATSS . STABS . > ' ..: r » ' . stuis ! 1 > i " iutit ul star .- ' i'lidhi ^ in radiance , thion-d in vjur ear-. o"h--ji ii ; iy dies in Ivanty . \ far . ¦'•¦ r the deep . V-. rwTie to your duty . Your 1-itie watch to keep . ] ]•»• -e your li ? ht ilancing o ' er r : w-r and Hoodl . iki Virtuv " " > existence , a- glue-yme a- gooJ . -tai > : star- ! beautiful star- ! I . izliring the I < mel \ night , southing its i : irr . U'hiJe gazing above me . Your soft lights apjje .-ir 1 / ikr- sweet eyes that low me . And watching tnc here . Eyes that haie left this cold world of despair , 15 ut now beam from heaven , and beckon me there
Si ; , rs ! s ? tar . - ! beautiful stars ; Watchins , till morning the day-gate unbars . In crowds how you cluster , Or singly ye go , still bending jour lustre To mortals below . IIoiv beautiful night isj a bride fond and warm , And ye hang like jewels about her fair form .
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] Mn > KTA . "rcK or Stcdti . nu Gbasimah . —To those who lx » sjin and do not intend to jro on—a class of students which Punch tells us is very numerous—it would be in Vain to address arguments on this subject . Men who are not in earnest themselves seldom appreciate the earnestness of others ; but they who liave felt the dignity of improvement , will attentively regard a new effort for their benefit—and to them I speak . In the introduction to an old Oxford Latin Grammar , it iselejrantlysaid that " Grammar is the sacrist tiiat bears the key of knowledge , by whom alone admittance ran ) m Wad to the teni [>\ e of tJic muses and treasures of the arts . " Bishop Lowth , the father of English Grammar , styles it ** the basis on which all literature ousrht to rest . " Is it because difficulties present themselves that these assurances have no weight , that grammar is so little sought after and so seldom acquired f Let it be remembered , that he
who shrinks from difficulties in a nevis&iry pin-suit , i > ¦ waiitin ^ in vigour ami manliness . In our day the difficulties attending the study of grammar are so few as not to be worth enumeration . Sidney , in Ms " Defence of Poesy , " indeed , tells us that " it was a piece of the Tower of Babylon ' s curse , that a man should be put to school to learn his mother tongue . " But this was only true , when our language was in its infancy , and our learned men wrote in Latin , and constructed English Grammars for Latin scholars . Since then , tliey have practised that noble conde-?< -en ~ ioii which I > r . Johnson so justly praised , and have so simplified their high knowledge for tlie benefit of the young , the poor , and the ignorant , that no one of any pretensions to sense and industry can complain <» f inability to acquire grammar . When Theon asked of Epicurus— " Who can hope to rival Zeno ?" " You ! " answered the sage . " "Why should you not ? von have inmtf-encv—vou have sensibility—you have
enthusiasm—you have ambition . With what better promise could Zeno begin his career ? Courage , my son . Without confidence Homer had never written his Mlni'l—no , nor would Zeuo now be -worshipped in Iris portico . " No subject possesses greater facilities for study than grammar . If Lavater , Blunienbach , and Gall beheld their sciences in every face , and frame , and head , the grammarian is not less surrounded by the materials \> f his art ; for in privacy sentences issue from himself , and in public they fail on his ear .
>" o department of knowledge is like grammar . A person may conceal his ignorance of any other artbut every time he speaks , he publishes his ignorance of this . Other arts may be practiced occasionally , but the art of speaking must be practised continually . Is it not strange that what all must do hourly , few care to do correetlv ? There * can be no greater imputation on the intelligence of any man , than that he should talk from the cradle to the tomb , and never talk -well . What is more mortifying than to see persons with laudable pretensions , men of fine forms and sonorous Toic-es , incapable of constructing half-a-dozen sentences grammatically ? It is humiliating to reflect that they , for whom nature has done so much , should do so little for themselves . They resemble the fabled apples of Pandemonium—temp ' ting and fair to the sight , but bitter ashes on the taste . How severe is the reproach of Shelley , in the following passage in
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A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . Irish Feathers . —Lord Castlcreagh promises to be worthy of that father who has given to the world A Voyage to Constantinople ; for at a recent dinner to the Londonderry tenantry , he said , " the proudest feather in Lord LondondGiTv '« cap Was not the laurels he had won in the field , but the tenantry over whom he presided . " Truly , Mrs . Malaprop could not have made a prettier jumble of feathers and laurels . As for Punch , whenever he thinks of Londonderry ' s cap , he never dreams of feathers , but of bells .
The vvokkhoisk and thk Gaol . —What a wicket set are the poor' . Under the frivolous pretence of hunger , like animals ignorant of the rights of property , they rush into'bakers'shops , and , without one penny in their pockets , seize and devour a twist worth twice the amount' . Therefore , of course , they are sent to gaol . But this is their very object . Instead of meekly kissing the rod of Sir James Graham , and submitting , with resignation , to the just reward of their poverty , they craftily manage to exchange the workhouse for the milder horrors of the prison . With this unprincipled view , they actually go and break windows . The dallv police reports prove the fact . Now
destitution must be punished . The law , backed by a bishop , has said . so ; still , respectable people must not have their windows' broken . Tho good man's twopenny twist must be pr ^ ected . We see but one course to pursue . Justice must l > c sometimes sacrificed to expediency : ami iutinituly lower on the scale of morality as the nau per must be allowed to he tlum the convict , still theft must be put down . This can only lx > done by increased severity , and , accordingly , we recommend that the prisons and unions should respectively change their iiimates ; the poor being at once sent to gaol , and tho felons consigned to the workhouse . The alteration may boar rather hard upon tht thief ; but that cannot be helped .
One Tnni , will prove the Fact , —The town of Ko » ni < jsl > er ;* , In Germany , is without a censor of the press , as no one can he found to . iceept that inquisitorial office . Why don ' t they make a tempting offer to Sir Robert Peel for the services of Sir James Graham ? We are positive he would be found , on trial , to have <\ uite a genius for that sort of thing . Oi . r > Ksquxsd a . vd Yovxa Ea' . laxd . —Who can foil tolu > struck with the alteration * iu the fashions since tlie days of chivalry ! Then , steel turned up with leather was the prevailing material , ami a delicate trimming of spikes gave < i finish and fulness to the shoulder . Gloves , instead of being formed of the
flimsy kid , were regularly Birmingham manufacture ; and a grasp of the hand from a friendly knight was not a thing to joke about . The falchion has been superseded by the cane ; the crested saucepan for the head by the velvet-napped gossamer . We can fancy a tailor's window in the olden time , with its Froissart-like " stock , " and good old English labels . We think we soe a placard thus inscribed — " Lookke henrre ! Vese {' vane coatU's of luaille fytte for ye stouteste knyghte , onlie 1 and ( J . " Ye « , imagination paints to our heated vi .-ion a lot of greaves , with a-ticket announcing , " l ' yve thousandde naires " of them . ' Hut this is all over now , and the highlow has trodden down the knightlv what-do-ve-call-it .
Worthy thk attention of Ministers . —W anted , any place in the present Cabinet , for an active young man who has travelled in Egypt , Jerusalem , Syria , » tc . &c . His father is convinced that " lie never will bring disgrace on the high and influential name which he bears , and that ho will be found a useful and efficient servant . ' Anybody treated with . Address , the Man'jiiis of Londonderry , llnklernessc House . —X . H . The voting man has no objection to go abroad for the benefit of his countrv .
( 1 ' . - inn this wfik . i . \ autli ' -- }\ J l . LTTKn I'HOM a I ' kasant , i ' uii as Allotment or Lam ) Tii a Lamxiwnku . —N' » ioki \ ' < I i sV / - , —Hoping that you will be pleased to pardon the boldness of a poor man who wants to keep his wife and children , 1 take up my pen to write . And , honoured Sir , 1 hope you will forgive me , if 1 say that 1 feel a little happy that I am able to put a few word * to paper , it being a sort of comfort to a man , howsoever poor ho may oo . My boldness , honoured Sir , is this . It is , under your favour and consideration , to ask of your kindness , to let me have au acre ot' l ; u \ d ; or , if I am too bold in asking a whole aero , half uv a quarter of the same . 1 know that it may be thought a little high and daring in me , to ask for such a favour , seeing
that your estates are let out m large farms , it is , perhaps , a presumption , and—as I ' ve l > et-n told—a sort ot flying in the face of property , for u man who isn ' t rich enough to farm a thousand acres ; who hasn ' t money for cattle and bone-dust , arid all that , —to think of having a little slice of land-, just to grow a few things on for himself and children , land only !> eing for them who can have a lot of it , or none . Nevertheless , Sir , I hope for your kindness . I ' ve been all along used to go to church , though 1 hope I may be forgiven for it—I haven't been these two months , seeing that zny clothes are all in such rags that , as one of the churchwardens told me , they were quite a disgrace to a respectable congregation . Well , Sir , I say I used to go to church , but I never heard there
whether the Garden of Eden was twenty thousand acres or not—perhaps the gentlemen who set their faces against small allotments , know it to have been a very largo farm indeed , and so think they liave religion upon their side , when they refuse a poor man a little patch for his own spade . 1 know that it wa « made a part of the punishment of sin—a part of the curse of heaven , that man should eat his bread in the sweat of his face . That , however wicked he may have been , he should not on his own account ho . suffered to cat his bread at all , does seem to mo—and my heart is so full , 1 can ' t help saying it—very like a curse coming from the other place . I suppose , too , they who cat bread from the sweat of other people , have never sinned at < dl .
1 hope , honoured sir , you will forgive these words ; but my pen runs away with me like . When 1 ask , honoured Sir , . for this bit of land , 1 ineun , of course , to pay the I very highest price you can get for it . 1 know that land let out in little bits is always made to fetch more than when let by the lump . This , o < course , the poor must expect . It is so in all things . My wife jrivt-s more for Wr bit of soap ; md caudle ( when she can buy it ) , more for my bit of 'baceo , than if we could buy such tilings b y the pouud , like respectable people . And it isn ' t then to be expected that a great landlord , even though he may be a Duke to boot , will do otherwise than the keeper of a chandler ' s-shop . No , Sir , though my neighbours say I ' m a bold fellow , and liave strange nonsense running in my head , 1 don't expect that . If people wern ' t so foolish as to think otherwise , there
would never have been such a noise about a gentleman who said , "If he let a lug of land for fivepence when lie could get eightpence for it , he should be giving away threepence to the tenant . " The gentleman only said what was true—the gentleman only said what nearl y all the world do with one another every day of their lives . I was reading in a London newspaper that was lent me a day or two a ^ fo , where all sorts . of things were advertised to be sold one under the other ; coats , and "waistcoats , and trousers , for almost no money at all . Well , the people who buy ferasays it ' s no business of theirs how the things are made ; that ' s not their concern—all they want , as a duty to themselves and families , is to get a cheap penn ' orth ; as it were to wrap themselves comfortably up in a bargain and then go with their prayer-books to church to show it . If we covdd ever think that the time would come when folks wouldn't
bargain with folks , as though because they d money to buy , thev'd eat their fe-llow-eyeatur . es up—if it isn't , indeed , bold in me to say fellow-creatures—if we could ever hope for such a time , why , sir , then this world would be indeed much nearer heaven than , perhans , poor men have any right to expect . And yet , Sir , church has puzzled me now and then . When the parson has told us that wo are all made of earth , I have , I own it , now and then looked into a fine pew or two , and — if it ' s a sin , " I hope I may
be pardoned for it—and I have sometimes doubted it . To De sure , soil is so different ; the better sort of folks may be the rich and loamy , and the poor the cold stiff clay , only fit for draining . Still , Sir , folks say that things ate : brightening up for the poor . There are a good many signs of it . Only ljist autuma , I ' m told , three real lords played at cricket somewhere with some shopkeepers . A man in our village—who's reckoned to ' - "know something—has said it isn't unlikely that in less than twenty years a squire may now and then join in quoits or foot-ball with day-
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labourers . If ever this should jcome to pass , it must lead to good things . For of course the matter won't stop there . The squire , after making so familiar , will look in at the men's houses ; will talk with their wives and little ones about their food , and their clothes , and such like—giving them a kind word and a helping hand when they want it . This , of course , will come of the matter ; otherwise , for my part , I can't see such very great good in it . Politeness is a nice thing , and sometimes warms a poor man's heart more than he can tell it ; but ? politeness itself won't put a 'tatoe on the plate when there isn't one . Folks can't eat cmoits and foot-bails . And now , Sir , J hope you will be so good an to let me have
this bit ot land . It , will , I fejel , make quite a man of me . Yes , Sir , I mean that word and no other . As it is , Sir — I don ' t know how it can be — but somehow at times I don ' jt feel a man at all . I seem as if I'd no business in the world ; as if I was a sort of toad or slug upon the soil ; an interloper on the land , having no right evefi to make a footmark on it . The sun doesn't seeui to shine for me—nor the wheat to shoot—nor the hedge-flowers to blow . I feel sometimes as if poverty in this world was made the mark of Cain , ana was upon me ; with this hard difference , too , that any man j might smite me for it . And then , Sir , the temptations that fly and run about one ! I mean , the game , Sir . Many a time ,
when I ' ve heard the pheasant crow , it has somehow sounded—though not a bit like it—like one of my children crying for food , and then for a minute my brain has been in a blaze , and I'd have done anytuv « g When things are at the worst , and starvation is toi days m m-y cupboard , the devil—or something like him—ha » ^ ntkhe hares running about me , as though on purpose to t > e Xno ^ lced down with a > tick . It's a hard matter , Sir , to keep ono ' s hands off a dinner running at one ' s feet—a dinner that it ' s hard to think belongs to anybody in particular . And , therefore , honoured Sir , I dojhope for a bit of land .
If it ' s no bigger , one may say , than a lark ' s turf , like the lark I know I ca n whistle upon it and be happy . And so , honoured Sir , asking ; pardon for my boldness , as a poor man in thinking of such a thing , I remain , yours humbly to command , i AuEliWEKD . The Lakdlokd ' s Answek .-t-v 1 & ? £ Weed . —Had vou known anything of the true principles of political economy , you would never halve written such a letter to me , a landowner . Know , j that it is much better for you that you should not ; have even a quarter of an acre—that it is for the social good of all that you should remain as you are ;—Tkeophilus Canaan , Bart . !
f We aru sorry that we cannot give the Pictorial / Ititstra-( iona to this week's budget of Punch ' s " Complete Letterwriter ; " the ono preceding the labourer ' s respectful application , representing the lean , but upright mas , preferring his request to booted Big-Belly , reclining on the lap of l'lentv ; the other appropriately ] following Lokd Kadnoe's — ( we beg pardon—the Bart , ( landlord ' s)—cold philosophical "answer , " representing ; the labourer prostrate with the weighty and powerful leg and foot of "PRIVILEGE , "—the knee decorated with the Qarte ?—im his neck , crushing him into the earth . I . We could have liked to have been able to let the workers see how their claims are advocated , and rights defended , by the pencil , as well as the pen of Punch . ] '
Do obuoe us for once . —Parliament is announced to open on the 4 th of February . Really , it would be a favour , S , ir Robert , if you would put it off to tho 29 th . ' i Truth o . n doth Sides . —• Alderman Hughes ^ delivered himself last week at the Mansion-house of the sage observation , that " children and fools always speak the truth . " For tliej future , then , we shall always bdicve Alderman Hughes .
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American Whig Eloquence . — Thefollowing splendid specimen of American eloquence is extracted from a speech of one of Clay ' s supporters , during the recent contest for the American Presidency . It ' s well a Chartist didn't thus deliver himself : — " Americans This is a great country ~ wide—vast—and in / the southwest , unlimited . Our Republic is yet destined to re-annex all South America—to occupy the Russian possessions , and again to recover possession of those British provinces which the prowess of the old tnir * teen colonies won from the French on the plains of Abraham ; all ri ^ htfuUy ours to re-occupy . Ours is a great-and growing country * Faneuil Hae was its cradla ; but whar—whar will be found timber enough for its coffin ? Scoop all the water out of the Atlantic ocean , and its bed would not afford a grave sufficient
for its corpse . And yet America has scarcely grown out of the gristle of boyhood . Europe ? what is Europe ? She is no whar : nothing ; a circumstance ; a cypher ; a mere obsolete idea . We have faster steamboats , swifter locomotives , larger creeks , bigger plantations , better mill privileges , broader lakes , higher mountains , deeper cataracts , louder thunder , forkeder lightning , braver men , handsomer wctmeh , and more money than England dar have!—( thundering applause ) . Who is afraid ? If yonng America , then in the cradle , strangled the British lion , and afterwards bucked John Bull into the briny gulf of Mexico , with what ease can our country , now in the riant stremrth of manhood , plant its flag on the
shores of the Pacific , seize Quebec and Gibraltar , blockade the English Channel , and plant the stars and stripes upon the tower of London !—{ loud cheers ) . Americans ! Remember that your country was born in blood , baptized in gore , cradled in the war-whoop and I / red to the rifle and bowie knife . We havefowt our way up . First come the war of the revolution . The' colonies cut their way out of it , through blood and carnage and thunder . They tore their blanket wide oping . Once or twice it looked like a mighty slim chance ; but thev cut and seared and tore and slaughtered away like hell ' s blazes . —( cheering ) . They grappled John Bull like a pack of bull terriers . They tuck him' by the haunches ; they grappled his twinepipe , and at last they made him bellow like bloody thunder .
Bexefii of "Knowledge , a . \ d its Application * . —• The captain of a Spanish vessel making for the Cove of Cork in great distress , took a pilot on board at the mouth of the river , knowing that the course wag rather intricate , and being very timid , he questioned the pilot very closely as to his knowledge of the river . " Are you sure you know the course ? " said the captain . " Know ' it , is it ? " said Pat ; " every inch of it as well as I know my right hand . " " Are you sure you know all the rocks ? " asked the captain , anxiously , " The rocks , is it ?—every pebble . " "Well , now , take care , " continued the captain , " you don't appear steady . Are you sure you know the rocks ?" " By Jasus , every one of them , " replied Pat , when at the instant the vessel struck violently upon a rock . "There ' s one of them for you now , " said Pat , triumphantly , " didn ' t I tell you I knew them all ?"
La . vci'aoe with ax "I " oi-r . —The witty Curran was once in conversation with Charles James Fox , when an Irish client , whose neck Curran had saved from the gallows , happened to pass , and seeing Curran , accosted him with a leer , saying : " How are you , counsellor ! 0 , how's your honour ? " " Well , Mullagan , is that you ? What brought you here ?" " 0 , curositv , curosity , your honour ; " upon which Fox observed : " Weu \ Curran , how your countrymen do murder our language . " "Murder ! murder ! do you call it ? said Curran ; ' ' why he only knocked an " ' ; ' out of it . " Cheap Living—cheaper than the " Cheap Loaf . " —There is said to be an editor in Pennsylvania whom it costs nothing for board , as he subsists entirely by swallowing his own words .
The Ul'liso Passion . —It is impossible to avoid the use of terms of art . An author , while discussing the Corn-Law question , was heard to enquire what price bread was publislied at ; and a printer ' s boy just returned from delivering a letter , declared that he found the place out at last ; "but it was at the top of the house , and he had to open half a quire of doors before he got to it . " One T . oxgce Plenty . — A matron lady being asked why she did not learn the French language , replied that one tongue was sufficient for a woman . Blind anh Dumb . —The captain of a trading vessel having- some contraband coods on board , and which , he wished to land , said to an exciseman or wharfinger ( whom he knew ) , " If I were to put a sovereign upon eaeh of your eyes , could you see ? " The answer was , " No ; and if" I had another upon my mouth I could not speak . "
" Tue Times aint sow as TiiEr used to be . — Folks dont go to bed now-a-days—they " retire . " Nobody eats their dinner—people "take some refreshment . " Nobody goes to church , but " people attend divine service . " There is no Sunday—it is a " Sabba-th . " No one gets his tooth pulled—it is "extracted . " instead of drinking tea or coffee , the fashionable only " sip a little . " No one tears a hole in his pantaloons—but it is no rare thing _ that he "lacerates" -them . The ladies don't go a-visitingthey " only make calls . " Young men don't go a courting—they only " step in to pass the evening . " Cur grandmas used hard-backed chairs , but our k-lies "have stuffed backs to their seats .
THK SyDCiron-CrEXEBAL AND THE FoVRPEMY-BlT —Before the fourpenny pieces came into circulation , . Sir Frederick Thesiger , the present Solicitor-General , very frequently emraged the same cab to take him from Westminster Hall to Chancery-lane , and always gave the driver a shilling , but after the fourpenny pieces came out , he one morning presented the cabby with two " little ' uns" as his fare , when the cabman , looking reprovingly , said , " Dang it , counsellor , this baint liberal . " ' ' What , sir , " replied the Solicitorlieneral , " are you a Chartist-: " "Chartist , Chartist' . " responded cabby , " what ' s that ? " " Why are you for annual Parliaments , universal sum-age , and vote by ballot ? " " 0 ! I knows nothing about them ' ere animal Parliaments , universal sassages , and vote by ballads ; but damn them fourpenny-bits ; they ' re worse nor despotism . "
A- Waiter Diddled . —A rollicking set of youngsters , as light in pocket as head , once sallied forth for a spree , and having fared sumptuously at a tip-top tavern , they began to dispute who should pay the bill , each outvieing the other in hospitality , when one proposed , as all were anxious to pay , the waiter should be blindfolded , and whoever he caught should be dignified with the honour of being host , and that the others should pay the waiter a sovereign . Thia proposition seemed to tickle the waiter ' s fancy , and he immediately submitted his eves to be tightly bound , when the party removed the table and chairs , bustled about the room in good style , opened the door , and escaped one by one , the last taking care to blow out the candles and lock the door after him .
A Poser . —Why is Lorn Brougham like " Judy ^ in the puppet-show ( Because he can ' t agree with Punch . National Education . —An examiner was sen to the south of Ireland some time a ^ o , to examine a class of forty youths taught under tlie new education system . The schoolmaster- arranged his boys so that eacli should know his question and answer ; however , unfortunately for the anxious teacher , one of the clas 3 ( the fourth boy ) was taken ill , and could not attend ; whereupon his question fell to the fifth Ltd , and thus deranged the whole class . The master asked the boy what he believed in besides God the Father and God the Son ? To which he replied— " Nothing , your honour . " " Nothing ! why , you little scoundrel , don't you believe in the Holy Ghost < " " No , your honour , the boy that believes in the Holy Ghost is sick in bed , irone home with the measles . "
. IcDY , TrM , axd the Warm Plaister . —When the pour Irish feel want and hunger , they invariably complain of an impression upon the heart . Judy complained to the dispensary physician of a great impression upon her heart , for which the doctor gave her a fine large warm plaister , upon a piece of good sheep skin . In process of time the patient returned to thank the doctor , who asked her if the warm plaister had done her good , to which she replied— " Och I than , wisha , thank your honour , God knows it did me good , and Tim good too . " " Tim , " said the physician , "how-did it do him good ? " "Why , your honour , " replied Judy , " when it cured the impression upon my heart , it made a fine seat for Tim's breeches ' . "
The King and the Crier . —It is customary , after a town crier has made publication of "lost or mislaid , stolen orstrayed , " to conclude with " God save the King . " In the discharge of his office , the beUiaap of New Ross , in the county of Wexford , once advertised the loss . of a horse . "Lost or mislaid , stolen or strayed , from the Crook , outside Martin Doyle ' s public-house , on Saturday last , a bay gelding , five years old , two white hind legs below the hoof , a short inane , cocked tail , some white in his countenance , and answering to the name of Billy , and sure to start at a gun-shot . A reward of something shall be given to whoever shall restore the horse to the owner . God save the King , with an old saddle on his back ;" which last words the bellman had omitted to add to the description .
The Irishman and Sack of Potatoes . —An Irish , man once riding to the market with a sack of potatoes before him , discovered that the horse was getting tired , whereupon he dismounted , put : the potatoes on his own shoulders , and again mounted , saying , "it was better that he should carry the prates , as he was fresher than the poor baste . " The two Sailors axd the Wooden LEd—In those days when men were chargeable with their own misdeeds , a quarrel arose between two sailors , as to tie right of property in something promised to tlie .-world Words , rose high , and blows were about to ^ ensue , vfhen the morediscreet tar , whp happened'to iave a wooden leg , " shrewdly observed to bismal : " Well , Jack , I tell rou what ^ -if the child has a wooden leg it ' s mine ; if not , it ' s your ' s . " " Well , d- ^ r-nnie , that ' s fair enough , " was the reply . The child had not a wooden leg !
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TSH ^ rsTron ^ uie ^'' t seen women here of the highest beauty ; their brows and lips , and the moulding of the face , modelled with sculptural exactness , and the dark luxuriance of their hair floating over their fine complexions—and their lips—you must hear the common-places tchicA escape from , them before they cease to be dangerous . " To acquire grammar , resolution is all that is wanted ; not that vacillating thing made in one hour and forgotten the next—but a resolution possessing a little persistency , a determination that cannot make excuses , and that tvill not see difficulties . Thei'e ia no art or science ean baffle this . The Rev . Mr . GUlepsie , of America , in Ms "Lectures to Young Men , on the Formation of Character , " says very forcibly , ' < I can ' t do it" never did
anvthing" rn try" has worked wonders—and "Twin doit " has performed prodigies . " The acqiiisitlpn of grammar is indispensable , and ought to be the first of all undertakings . It isa glorious advantage , and introduces its possessor to the noblest of all republics—the republic of literature . It would be false delicacy to conceal the truth , that the want of grammar is a perpetual reproach . Generally speakinsr , nothing atones for the deficiency . The ' wealthy and educated daily triumph over the ignorant and poor . Grammar is defensive , and gives a man more u ofnl arms than those which Magna Charta permits him to can-.. The battle of liberty is now fought with the tangne and the pen , ^ he puts in the strongest claim to freedom who is aWiu cKViain and detend it . He who has not energy for the acquirement ol grammar ought to . suspect himself . It is a question of choice between present application and lasting incapacity between tho industry of a few weeks ami the blunders of a whole ] ik . ' - ~ lluluoake ' s Practical ( jrawnw-r .
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Liability of Military Officers to Toll . —A case was recently brought before j tho Leeds magistrates , by Captain John St . Alban , iof the 83 d , who claimed exemption from the payment of toll at one of the toll-bars . The exemption of { officers of infantry regiments from the payment of toll for passing through turnpike-bars on horseback being a question of some doubt , a communication was made to the War-office on the subject , and the following answer h / i * been received : — > I "War-office , Nov . 28 .
" Sir , — I am directed to acknowledge th « receipt of your letter of the 23 d inst ., and to acquaint you . for the information of the magistrates of Leeds , that the lawofficers of tlie Crown have given their opinion tiiat the words of the Slutiny Act Jo exempt , as they were intended to exempt , all military officers ! in uniform , dress or unuruss , and their horses , from the payment of toll when passiiiK through turnpike-gates ; or bridges erected by the authority of Parliament . This- exemption extends to military officers , whether required by her Majesty ' s regulations t » keep horses for tht iiublic service or not , a-nd when riilinjr fur exi-i-uisi ; or recreation , as well as when travelling in tlu- uvtiuil performance of an art of public duty ; tl » - only condition being , that tlie officers must be in uniform , dress i >\ - undress . i "lam , Ac ! " L . Sullivan . " To Robert Harr , Esq ., Lecd ,-,. "
Northern Winter . —The iwinter has set in with great severity at St . Petei-sbiirg . As it should be . —Sir II ; Verney has given his tenants leave to shoot over- tlieii respective lurms . Royai > J ' keskxt . — Queen jVictoria has sent three carriage-dogs ot ' groat beautyjas presents to King Frederick William of Prussia . ; Roval OiiAiUTv . — The K iris of the French has sent . £ 200 to be distributed this \ v | nter among the poor of Windsor . : The Sv . w Jii > i ; e . —Mr . Krle is in liis 5 ' 2 m \ year , and represented Oxford iu Parliament from LS' ) 7 until 1841 . ! Heavy Hare . —A white hare , weighing ( Jib . (> oz ., without the intestines , was Willed the other day near < iilthwaiti * ri"s ; , bv the Kendal harriers .
Pcblk- Baths at Uvi . l . —jTho Town Council of llxill have granted £ ¦ * >()< > to mjxk * ' public baths adjoining the new Water Works . \ Novel Import . —During the last fortnight there Itiive been several Importations of candles of Dutch and Jiclgian manufacture , by . jway of Hamburgh . Equivocal Compumknt . —It is proposed to erect a lunatic asylum for Ciunberland and Westmoreland , by way of a memorial to the late Earl of Lonsdale . Clyde Ship Building . ^— Of twenty-two steaui-veiisels built and building on the Clyde this season , only one is a wooden vessel , ^ the rest being made of iron . ? How to Chkck Poaching . ; —Recently C . Scambrick , Esq ., of Scarisbrick-hall , and another gentleman , killed upwards of 000 Hares , all of which were presented to tlie tenants .
Speed the Plocgii . —Mr . Daniel Field , the champion of the plough , has been challenged to a ploughing match by Mr . John Cornish , of Kemi , the winner of the silver cup at Exniinster . Mr . Rowland Hill . —The ; Economist states that this gentleman gave up a permanent appointment of £ 500 a year , at the request of Government , to work his scheme of penny postage . \ Indian Government . —It is ! stated that the Cabinet is meditating a com p lete change in the government of India , by introducing a measure next session tantamount to the extinction of the political power of the Court of Directors .
Okeen Old Aoe . —John Richards , who has attained the remarkable age of 110 years , is now staying at the Bricklayers' Arms , New Quebec-street , London . His appearance is that of a hale old man of seventy . I Naivete . —An advertiser of very cheap shoes recently blurted out the real truth in mistake , thus : — " N . B . Ladies wishing tlio . se cheap shoos will do well to call soon , < ts they luill not last Lmg . " Profitable PiiosKLYTisM .-j-The Tl v . Moses Margolioth ( a converted Jew ) , late of Liverpool , has been appointed to the living of Gflasnevin by the Lord Bishop of Kildnrc . i
A -Change . Since . —The two hundredth anniversary of the birthday of William Penn , and the KJOth of liis landing on the shores of the new world , was celebrated on the 25 th nit ., at Philadelphia , with appropriate exercises . ' Lord Btron ' s Statve . —It is reported that the statue of Lord Byron , by Tho ^ walsdcn , exeluded from Westminster Abbey , is to belput up in Keiml-green Cemetery . An inscription should recount the vicissitudes of the effigy . ! No Fog is Wales . —A Welshman has almost as little idea of a fog as a Japanese or torrid-zone man has of ice . While London has been enveloped in fog , we have had here a clear blue skv , a bright sun , and altogether weather such as would convert the coldest utilitarian into a worshippeii 1 of nature , amidst the scenery of South Wales . !
The Value of a " Life . "—The Earl of Eldon , it seems , has acted most liberall y towards the biographer of his grandfather , having [ presented Mr . Horace Twiss not only with the copyright of all the Eldon papere , but with a cheque for £ 1 , 000 into the bargain . The American President . —Of Mr . Tyler , the retiring President , an American paper says , " A tale might be told of intrigue and treachery , of bargain and sale of office , of betrayed friendships , of violated trusts , of . foul aspersions of tiame and character , of corruptions and abominations , as would make a jubilee iu hell . i New Appointment . — -Mr . Gc . W . Featherstonhaugh , of Scarborough , author of "! An Excursion through the Slave States of America , has received the appointment of British Consul at the French sea-port of Havre-de-Grace . —/ Standard .
Napoleon Bonaparte . —His fate furnishes a remarkable instance of the instability of human greatness , and . there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely caused bis early dissolution ; for rather than take some simple remedy , lie allowed disease to gam the ascenoi& % ovev' his { constitution , and death was the result Tfius 'it is that persons cannot be too watchful of their state of health , and being always prorided with a safe and efficient medicine , such as " Frampton ' s Pill ef Health , ! ' enjoy the two greatest blessings of this world , health and long life .
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December 7 , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR . j J _
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1292/page/3/
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