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THE BLUE . IHB AK&EL . (¦ &OX . THZ TKESCS O 7 BEB . ASGEX . ) iadr , roar charms a loftier Terse demand ITfhen Hj revolted angels brarred -the Lord , . And , crashed , confonndBd , by Ins red risbt-hand , Their banghirforeheads quailed beneath his word Xn that discomfitnr ^ one gentle youth , Fragile yet fair , a bright consoler bore : ^ -srasMs s wset harp , iis soul ' s remorse to sooths—Smile on me , bite-eyed angel , evermore ! Xh' infernal pit * siili hideons laiisliter Toar ' il
vvjien . loaTnTng ail thar-procd aad impious TfcrOHg , Xbe Tret-ping angel touched the trembling chord , TThSr heart-felt penitence inspired Ms son ? . God heard ; and snatched him from that noisome den , An' 1 bade him on the globe his music pour , In crief and Jot to charm the sons of men—Smile on me , blue-eyed sngreL erermore ; To us he fle-vr , and wared Ms raffled wings , like tie ver tl plumage of some storm-drench' ^ bird O'er earth , entranced , "the new-born music rings , Bj"wond " iin : r nations eaeb street strain is beard . TU-Ssion ' s "voice was "music : evemtind
To heaven s ear the pions accents bore ; The altar ' s Sme l > v i renins was refined—Smile -.-a me . biue-eyed iingeL evermore I And bootless ! ; did helL with jealous rage . Pursue this angtrl rescued from his fell : To sarare man he bronchi the golden age . And bearded tyrants ^ n their gilded hall . And Trhile earth smiles with joy where ' er he flies Taming frith lore t * T mhospltable snore , God thanks tim for eaci tearful eye be dries—Smile on me . Woe-eyed angel , evermore ! 0 - who can tell me where he last was seen !
Or lias Vmri heaven the exile ' s doom repealed ? lady , whose voice has my consoler been , Ii > yon that blessed -angel is revealed ; Fresb-bodfiiag floir'rets grace your youth's "bright spring , And lx-anty clothes you from its precious store ; - Pot a high flight yon spread a rigorous "wing—Snille on me , blue-eyed augel , tvennore ! — EjiTtinirah Weildv JSecister .
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>? - SO 5 G OF THE CHEAP CUSTOMER . Scrrai for cheap clothing : I \ rant not to know How the work or material was goi ; If tht article ' s good and tlie figure is low , Por the therefore I care not a jot . Make ins out to encourage oppression and vice , On my beggarly meanness enlarge ;—HaI I get a "whole suit at one half of the price A respectable tailor would charge . Hurrah Sor the SaxonT coal snperfiae .
"Which I buy for about two pounds ten 1 If Theft furnished the cloth , ' tis no business of mine , If Starvation the stitching , —what then ! Hurrah for the trousers of best kerseymere , And the gay satin rest at thirteen 1 To employ any tradesman , although he is dear , A 2 because he is honest , —ho * r green ' And hurrah for the shirt for whose purchase I pay From a conple of shillings to three . "Wrought "b y Stmlshlng ?» eed at a farthing a day ; "• That on earth can that matter to me ?
All I -want is to dress at the smallest expense , In as stylisha . way as I can , Like a practical , straiehrforward , plain , common sense , Economical , provident man . TV-af » o clotbe me Trie ^ Vrrvfirn- aad ' swiadler combine , Is a fact 1 5 i > n * t ponder about , And thai thousands in hunirer 3 nd wretchedness pine , 3 regard their employcrs' l-jok-out To procure = U my goods at the lowest of shops 13 the course that I mean topnrsne ; Thf-n hurrah for low tailors aad sellers of slops I Be they Heathen , or Ciristia-i , t . r Jew : -P&rii .
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CONCsGSBT ; or , THE XEW GENERATION . Et E . D"IssASii , iLP . London : Colbnrn , Great 3 Isrlboroiigh-5 treet . ( Continued from The Sorthern Star ( Dec , 7 th ) . Chapter tIL of Coningsby opens with some apposite refleerions on the course pursned by "the . Duke " In taking ofSee Tinder the hopeless circumstances ¦ which surrounded himself and party in the " . crisis " ireek of 1 S 32 . The efforts of the " Duke savoured " rather of restlessnes than of energy , " and "
ter-TniTiatp rt under eireumstanees "which were humiliating to the Crown , and painfully significant of the future position of the House of Lonls in the new constitutional scheme . " On these reflections Mr . Claaeii groupds an estimate of the "Waterloo -victor BO "way flattering to Ms -Grace ' s character as a statesman . " " It is remarkable , " says our author , 4 i that men celebrated for military prndenee are often found to he headstrong statesmen . " Of the truth of this , ilr . D'Israeli holds the Duke to be a remarkable illustration .
xsirxPH or tee " BrLL " -auf . : Tee Seform party , who had been rather stupified than appalled by the accepted mission of the Pake of "Wellington , collected their scattered senses , ana rallied their forces . The agitators harangued , the mobs hooted . The City t » fl » ondon . as if the £ in ? had a ? ain tried to seize the Sre members , appointed a permanent committee of the Common -Council to watch the fortunes of the " great national measure , " and to report daily . Brookes ' , which was the on v J'lace tiiat at irrst was reallv fii ^ btenBd and talked of compromise , greiv valiant again ; "while young "Whig heroes jumped up : > n dub tables , and delivered fiery inTrcnres . Emboldened ~ bj these demonstrations , -the House of Commons met in great force , and passed a vote , ¦ winch struck , wirhont disguise , at all rival powers in the State ; virtually announced its supremacy : revealed the forlorn r « 32 ou of rite 5 Ton ^» of" T-i-rrfl « nndsr rhe neTv
arrangement : and seemed to lay for ever the fluttering ¦ phastiim of regal prerogative . * * Prorn that moment power passed irom the House of Lords to another assembly . Bnt if the peers hare Ct-ased to b ? magniacoes , may it not also happen that the Sovereign may cease to be a Doge ! It is not impossible that the poritjeal movements- of our time , which seem onthe EnrfiiCe to hav * - a tendencT to democracy , hare in nealiir a monarchical bias . ^ Tiat evidence Mr . D'Israeli may be in possession of , on "which to ground the fanciful opinion that present political movements "hare in reality a monarchical bias , " we know not . But , judging of these movements "witli our own "understanding , we cannot but come to an opinion , the opposite of that put £ arik ot 3 Jr . DTsraeh . CertainlT , while the history of
the last twelve years has exhibited the powerlessness Hi the lords , no erent which Tias occurred during that period has shown an increase of power on the part of the Soverei gn . The monarch , heretofore the tool of the Peers , is now the puppet of the ( so called ) Commons , stripped of every Testige of power and indBpendence . The " Bed-chamber Plot" of 18 : 35 , it is now known , was not the work of the Sovereign , but oi the Whip ; and that , affair , instead of strengthening , most seriously damaged the position of the ' august personage" so unscrupulously made use of iy a base and eharact eriess faction . TTe beg to assure Mr . I ) 'lsraeli that * - ' the political movements of our iiffle do teed to democracr . " Veneration of hereditary fraud * is fast disappearing , and the day is coming " ^ hen the abortions produced by the hereditary principle must give way to the men " of mind , the oifepriDg oTthe
democraev—* ' when sense an' worth o ' * the earth Shall bear the gree an' a * that . " And -rain -trill be the eirorts of eTen the "newgenera tion" to prevent the coming of that day . Mr . D'lsraeli ' s ideas on the Reform question de-Serve quotinff :
POPriAB iXPiESXXTATIO >" . On one h ^ Lnd it was maintained , tlial xusdex tlie old system the people were virtually represented : while , on the other , it was triumphantly urged , that if the principle be conceded , the j > eople should not be "rirtnally , biit actuaH ; represtnted . But who are the people ! And where are yon to draw a line I And whv should there be sny i li -sras urged thai a contribution to the taxes was the constitutional onalification for the suffrage . But we "ave fcsltblished a system of taxation in this country of . so remarkable a nature , that the beggar who chews his quid as be sweeps a crossing , is contributing to the imposts . Is he VjiareaTu ^ ? He is one of "the people , and he yields iis quota to the public burthens . Here are truths enunciated which th , e fections ^ lJ not be pleased to hear . Our readers are not aseiy to disagree with the followine .
CSmSSil STTFT 2 . AG 2 L . Is triatiag the House of the Third Estate as the House of the People , and not as the House of a privileged class , file ^ Ministry and Parliament of 1831 virtually conceded the principle of Universal Suffrage . In this point of view Hie len-posnd franchise was an arbitrary , irrational , and ^^ po Htic Qualification . l \ had , indeed , ~ tbe merit of ampach y , and eo had the constitutions of Abbe Sieves . But *** anmediaie and inevitable result was Chartism . " -But Low would 2 dr . TXIsraeli treat the qnestion ? ae Objects ^ the principle conceded by ihe Whks ; ™ is , therefore , not likely to join the Cbartisfcfin « H » r attempt to carrv out that principle .
TEE TOXTB . XBTAT . ES . * fifcn She crowned Northman consulted on the welfare « fbis kingaomj he assembled the Estates of his realm . ^"/^ ^ EEfie is aclass of a nation invested with polititel a ^ si * . There ap peared the estate of tne dergy , of ¦ » e barons , of other classes . In the Scandinavian kingwH&stothisday , the estate of the peasants sends its refrwsentatives to the Diet . In England , under the 2 for-? * * ae Chnreh and the Baronage were inroked , toge-* & » with the estate of the Communitr , a term which then ^ babiy eescribed the inferior holders of land , whose *«« n * was not " immediate of tie Crown . This Third Es-«>« was so numerous , that convenienee suggested its ^^ ar aoce by representation ; while the others , more ^ cd J appeared , and BtDl appearr personally . The hird Estate was reconstructed as drenmstanees deve-«>? ed themselves . It was a Befonn of Parliament when * - ^ iGtrcs were summoned .
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On this principle ilr . D'Israeli would have reconstructed the Third Estate . This , we . know , is a favourite idea with more than one well-meaning public character . Sir . Oastler , than whom a truerfriend of the working man exists not , clings to this Idea . He-would have the nobles , the clergy , the middle class , and the working order , each directly repre sented in the Jsational Assembly . We admit , that were it possible to reconcile ourselves to the present distinctions of caste , and existing class interests , this scheme is , in our humble opinion , the best adapted to do ( as far as that were possible ) under such a social system justice to alL But ilr . D'Israeli and ilr .
Oastler forget that a sj-steni which luiirht be admirably adapted to the days of feudalism , is altogether inapplicable to present wants , and would be monstrously out of place in the approaching future , ilr . D'Israeli should know that the system he thinks the perfection of vrLsiom , has been in existence for centuries in Sweden ; j&nd zJ . erc the " order of the peasants" are , as our readers know , clamorous for its abolition , and are just now in a state of " Chartist agitation" for the obtainnient of democratic institu tions , assimilating to those already existing in 2 s orway , and which , sooner or later , will undoubtedly be established in this country .
The besetting sin of the " New Generation" is , that theywill persist in looking backward instead of forward formea > uresof public amelioration . There have , doubtless , existed many institutions and customs , which , salutary in their day , people regret the loss of , because their loss has not been supplied by institutions necessary for present exigencies , and in accordance with' the advance of civilization . But it is not to the vaunted " wisdom of our ancestors" we must look for political or social remedies for present wrongs and sufferings . The ¦ " good old days" are a pleasing illusion ; nothing more . It is equality , not feudalism , that is the hope of the many ; and thouch that hope will not be all at once accomplished , onward we must march . The "golden age" is before , sot behind us ; and only through the triumph of democracy may we hope to hasten its reign .
But to return to Comngsbp . Our hero , having become reconciled to his grandsire , returns to Eton . His associates there were Lord Henry Sydney ( Lord John Manners ) , the son of the Duke of Beaumanoir ; Lord Yere , the son of a THiig Minister ; Sir Charles Buekhurst ; and subsequently another , of whom we shall have something to say hereafter . Of course , Coningsby had much ^ o recount to his young friends of his grandsire , Lord Monmouth , and the wonders of the femily mansion . Being all assembled at breakfast , in Buckhurst ' s room , the conversation naturally turns on the exciting political topics of the day , and here we have an account of
WHAT THE XTOli BOTS TBOrGHT OF THE £ ETOfcM BILL . " Bt the bye , * " said Buekhurst , when the hubbub had a little subsided , " 1 am afraid you will not half like it , Ooningsby ; but , old fellow , I had DO idea YOU would be back this morning ; I ha \ e asked Millbank to breakfa > t here . " A cloud stole over the clear brow of Coningsby . It was my fault , " said the amiable Henry Sydney " but I really wanted to be civil to Millbank ; and , as \ ou were not here , 1 put Buckhurst up to ask him . " " Well , " said Coningsbj , as if sullenly resigned , ** never mind , ; but why you should ask an infernal manufacturer !" '" Why . the Duke always nisht ^ J me to pav him sunuattention , " said Lord IlenrT , mildlv . " His fiunilv were so civil to us when w * were at Manchester . "
" ^ Manchester , indeed I"' said Coningsby . ' If yon knew what 1 did abuu ; Manchester ! A pretty state iwhiue been in in Londun this week past with your Mancht-s-Ters and BlrmiisijJianis I " fci Come , eomt ^ C-onin ^ sby , " saiJ l . urd Vere . the son *•' . a "Whi g Minister , - I am all for Manchi-ster and liir mingham . " . * " It is all up with the country , 1 can tell you , " said Coningsby , with the air of one who was in the secret . " My father says it will all go right now , " rejoim-d Lord Vere . " I had a lerter from inv sister vesterdav . "
" They say we shall all lose our estates ; though . " saM Buckiurst . " * I know I stall not give up mine without ti fight , Shirley was besie ^ etl , you know , in the civil "ivar > , and the rebels got inferaallv lii-ked " ¦ ' I think that all the jjeople alx > ut Bt-aumauoir would stand by the Duke , " said Lord Henry , pensively . * ' "Well , you maj depend upun it , you will kav « it ver > soon , " said Coningsby . *• 1 kno ^ n it from the best authority . " ' It depends whether my iather remains in , " said Lor'l Tere . " He is the onlj man that can govern the country now . All sav that _"
At this moment Millbank came in . lie was a goodlooking boy , somewhat shy . and yet with a sincere expression in his countenance . He was evidently not extremely intimate with those who were now his conipan 5 t > n& . Bnekhurst , Henry Sydney , and Tere , welcomed him cordially . He looked at Coninsrsby with some constraint , and then said—'" You have been In London , C-oningsby V—'" Yes , I have been there during all the row . " " Ton most have had a rare lark . "— " Tes , if having jour -windows broken trr a mob be a rare lark . They could not break my grandfathers , though . 3 Ionmonth House is in a court-yard . All noblemen's houses should be in court-yards . " 44 1 was clad to see it all ended \ erj well , " said Miilbank . — " It has not begun > et , " said Coningsbv .
" What V said Millbank . — " Why , the revolution . " " Tie Reform BUI will prevent a revolution , my father says , " said Millbank . —• ' By Jove ! here's the goose , ** saul Buckhurs :. ( To -e Conthvrd . )
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E 10 US rowels are not meant , for goading the horse , bu ' &s his stirrap is made so small as to admit only of his great toe , he sticks them into the hides which form his saddle , to enable him to keep his seat . All his accoutrements , his bridle , and his whip , are made of hide , cut very thin , and plaited into small cords ; his saddle , being formed of numbers of hides strapped together , at night forms his bed , while his " poncho " serves for a blanket . And as his occupation is always with cattle , he is provided with a lasso , which is a long rope formed of plaited hide , and of course very strong , and having a ring well fastened to one end of it . This " lasso" is used to entangle the horns and the feet of the
bollocks when they want to catch them , and from their being trained to it from their youth , they can throw it with great dexterity , giving a coil uf it a few turns round their head , and throwing it over the horns of the animal even while at full gallop . As soon as the gaucho has thrown it , the horse on which lie ridi-F stands perfectly still / prepared to receive the shock which the sudden jerking of the bullock will give it . He then rides up , and cither drags it into an enclosure made for the purpose of confining them , or , as is not unfrequently the custom , cuts through the hams , thus preventing the animal from morinj from the spot ; he will then ride away after others , leaving them one by one thus writhing in pain for days together till the Peons are readv to kill them and take uff their hides .
The regular gaueho will ea . t nothing but beef , and of that only the flesh un the ribs , to dress which hi ; lias many peculiar modes , one of which is called " carne con cnero , " which consists of the flesh about the ribs cut off with the hide and rolled upon it , and thus toasted on a tire made on the ground . The advantage gained by this process is , that the hide prevents the fire from touching die meat , and keeps in the gravy . "When ilrt-psed , it is eaten without the accompaniment of either bread or vegetable " . The horses of the country are extremely plentiful , and though fine in appearance , are of small size ; and a = it is considered a disgrace to ride a mare , these latter arc killed for the sake of their hides , and the flesh is eaten
and preferred by the Indians to beef . So plentiful are the horses , that parties of cavalry , when on the march , aro accompanied by droves of led-horses to the number sometimes of four to each man . This makes the cavalry oi this country , which is composed of gauchos , very swift in their movements , and when seen at a distance appear much stronger than they really are . The Indian women . on account of their dexterity in the management of horses , as well as their hardihood , are generally selected by the gauchos for wives ; and when they take the field as cavalry , their wives are armed with carbine and lance , and are in dress and manner of riding similar to their husbands .
"What will the Coneovdists say to the gaucho's diet ? In faith we ' re almost tempted to try the * ' carne con euero . " The account given by the writer of the origin and progress of the war between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres we shall , for the information of our readers , endeavour to find room for in a future number of this paper . We have good news for our readers : this year has seen "Pine-apples for the Million" imported into this country , and sold in the " great metropolis" at ti '" penny a slice : " but what will our friends think of * " Turtle for the Million ? " Heretofore the importation of turtle lias been comparatively small , and the tirade Las been monopolised by a lew parties who have realised immense incomes bv their monopoly .
Hitherto "real turtle soup" has sold at something like a guinea per quart .- (' . ) ; but in this , as well as tlupine-apple monopoly , we = are likely to see a change for the tatter , as . Sinunqn <> s' Magazine informs us that a Mr . Gunter , a merchant of Honduras , has com ? forward to supply the home market extensively and cheaply with a very superior article in the shape oi potted turtle , after the manner of preserved meats for shipping . The inipoit has already been large , and the stock in the Docks is stated to be very considerable . Christmas approaching , we don't think we could better close our notice of tliis magazine than by thus helping to circulate this " great fact , " hoping , as we do , most heartily , that the time is not far distant when " turtle for the million "' will be the ordei of the dav .
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THE WESTERN AGRICULTURIST , AND FARMER'S JOURNAL . Glasgow : Neilson and Murray , Buchanan-street . This is a monthly journal , devoted , as its title bespeaks , to agricultural topics . The firsfc number ( lor Nov . ) is before us ( the second number has not yet reached us ) , and we have much pleasure in recommending it to our agricultural friends . Our readers will be able to form some idea of the quality of the Wistcm Agriculturist by a perusal oi the able article in our Agricultural column , headed " Chemistry and Vegetable 1 'hysiology . "
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CIIAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL . Pakt XI . We have not bad an opportunity of reading through thi .- * month's part , but glancing at the contents we lighted on the following account of France and Freedom ' s Poet , Beiuxgeh . Ko apology , we are sure , is necessary for introducing this interesting sketch to the readers of the Northern Star .
A VISIT TO BEBANGER . 1 account it no small honour to have enjoyed a tete-atete , "i an hour ' s length , with the first of the French lyrical pi > .-ts—ef en Beranger himsvlf , who has beeu weilnaim-d the Burns of France , and of whom his country is a > proud as is Scotland uf her own immortal bard . * * After being eight or ten days in Paris , I wrote a note to Beranger , stating that I had attempted the translation of part of his works into Enjrli .- ^ i , and would feel honoured by having an interview accorded me when it miviht answer his convenience to grant it . The return of post brought me a polite reply , appointing tin- following Monday at ton o ' clock for the meeting , and regretting that he could not all-jw me to choose iny own time , as he was obliged very soon to ju into the country . When Monday came , I got
into an omnibus after breakfast , and enjoyed a pleasant ridf to Passy . a village on the riverside , within three or four mil " : of Faris , and where Ik-ranger has for ionic lime resided . It wanted a quarter to tun when I arrheil . -o 1 hail sufficient time to ciinib the hill on which Passy stands , and to inquire for the Kue Vim-use , No . 21 . —the residence of the poet . A country youth showed me the house , which is a neat little mansion of two stories , having a sort of bronze door , and the Vi-netian-blindiooking outside windon-shutter everywhere to be met with in France . It was altogether such a dwelling a ? I had imairinetl a man of Berangers simple taste likely to inhabit , and I felt a degree of reverence as I knocked at the gate . My summons was answered bv an elderly servant-maid , who . on my desiring to
see Beranger , told me to follow her up stairs , which I did , catchiug a glimpse , as I crossed the lobby , of a wellarranged flower-garden behind the house . On reaching the top of the uppermost stair , she opened a door , and said politely . " Entrez , monsieur , s 'il vous plait , " when 1 at once found myself in the presence of the French bard , lie rose to receive me , on my entrance , with the politeness ho natural to his nation , and at the same time with a degree of pleasant jocularity "well calculated to put a stranger at his ease , and begged me to be seated on the easy chair which he had just left . When I wished to take another seat , Beranger intercepted me , placing his hands on my shoulder , and pressed me back into bis own , replying , laughingly , to the acknowledgment of the honour he had done me in granting me the interview— " Ah , my dear sir , don ' t speak of it—there ' s little enough honour in being received "by a poor fellow of an old bachelor like me—sit down then , I beg of you . ' This was of course syid in
French , in which language all our conversation was eonducted , as be scarcely understands a word of English . He then drew his scat close in front of mine , with so goodnatured a look , that 1 felt under no more constraint than if 1 had known him for years . Should this meet the eye of any one who has enjoyed the privilege of intercourse with Beranger , he will recognise , the poet ' s unaffected kindness in this little scene . Beranger ' s " studio " presented to the eye as little of the '' pomp and circumstance " of literature , in which souls of inferior calibre are apt to please themselves , as may well be imagined . An attic room with a bo » -winduw—a bed with plain blue check curtains at the one end of the apartment—a small table having a mahogany desk on it at the other—a couple of chairs—at most half-a-dozen volumes— " voila tout "— behold all . '' The first song-writer of France needed no artificial circumsfance to give interest to his name or to his residence . As ht himself says of his great
Emperor"They will tell uf all hL glory round the earth for many a < lav . " Beranger is a little man , I should say five feet five iiii-hes in height , about sixty-five years of age , of a firm make , and apparently robust and healthy . He has an intellectual forehead , regular and rather handsome features , and a clear black eye . The principal expression of his face is , I think , that of kindness and shrewdness : and I at once set him down a ? a man of large and noble h ^ art , as became a poet . He wore a grey drtssing-gow ' n and a black silk cap ; and the window of his room was darkened a little ; so I suppose his sight is not very strong . The pictures we have of Beranger are . without exception , bad ; the onlv good likeness which 1 could meet with
being a little stucco east , a copy of which I brought home with me , and which 1 shall be happy to show to any admirer of the original . But to return to our interview . Beranger expressed his regret that he could not talk much with me about the English ;> oets , from his being unacquainted with the language , and so few of thern being translated into Freneh . He said it was remarkable that , after his own character as an author had been establishe ' d for many years , his countrymen still persisted in considering him less as a poet than as a " chansonnier" ( a writer of songs ) ; arid that if was in Scotland his claim to the title of poet was first recognised , in an article in the Edinburgh Beview . I told him that » he was considered ,
by those who knew his writings injlny native land , the Burns of France ; to which he replied , that a prouder encomium could not be passed on him than was implied in that name ; adding , that although he could not read Burns , he revered his memory from what he had heard of his-works by friends who could . He had been intimate with Sir J . Macintosh , whom he used to see often in Paris . Beranger does not consider Sir Walter Scott a great or correct "writer . He complained of the errors to be found in " Quentin Durward" as to the life and character of Louis XI . of France , and generally of historical blunders . He admitted , however , that his novels were grand panoramas , in "which appear splendid and interesting groups , but with few characters perfectly
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weil drawn ; and he remarked , that in all of the novels of Sir Walter Scott , the interest of the reader attaches itself naturally to some other individual rather than to the hero or heroine—which be considered a defect —instancing " Ivanhoe , " where Rebecca is the centre of interest , < tc . ic . His poetry ( Sir Walter ' s ) Beranger understood to be enchanting . He mentioned also that , of the older works oT fiction , " The Monk , " by Lewis , and " Caleb Williams , " by Godwin , are most admired in France ; ho considers them both fine works . * * # * We then talked for half an hour , when I rose to depart , but he made me sit down again . Messages began to covuu in , however , so I bade him farewell , having first agreed to return in a few days to hear his opinion of my translations . He accompanied me to the stair , shook me warmly by the hand , and so we parted ; and I left the amiable Beranger , whose songs will hare an existence co-equal with that ot the language in which the \ are written .
Although Berangdii has been little before the public of late , he still continues to write ; but his present productions , as he told me , will not appear until after his death , He smiled when 1 replied that I hoped in that case it might be long indeed ere we should see a new song of Heranger . It is difficult to conceive the power which this author has over the popular mind in France . There is no doubt that his " Chansons" had an immense influence h . producing the revolution in 1830 , although he dues 1 lot view tilt- existing Government with approbation , and has refused everything in the shape of boon or favour at its hamls . At the funeral of his friend Lafitte , not loni ? ago ,
which was attended by the king and princes , the royal carriages passed on unnoticed ; but when Beranger appeared , a burst of acclamation welcomed the poet of the people—his horses were unyoked , and hundreds strove for the honour of drawing him in triumph ; it was with difficulty he persuaded thorn to desist . Beranger's retirement is far from beiug of a cynical or misanthropic character . He seems to have sought Jiis " chimney -corner " from a desire of repose after a busy , and , latterly , not unrewarded life ; and to have carried to it , in its full strength , that generous susceptibility of friendship and patriotism which breathes in all his sungs . He posResses a mighty lyre , one vibration of whose chords would still rouse a kingdom to attention .
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THE MEDICAL TIMES . London : Cafrae , Essex-street , Strand . This month ' s part of this excellent publication ( comprising the numbers published during November ) is filled with the most interesting , scientific , and medi-Ciil information . It is impossible for us to name even a tithe of its contents ; we must therefore content ourselves with heartily recommending the . Medical Times to our readers , persuaded , a . s we are , that the general , as well as the medical reader , will find in its columns that which will be found instructive , entertaining , and useful . We subjoin two brief extracts -.
—TIGHT-LACING . An anecdote of a Scotch physiologist , some time ago , had almost put an end to tight-lacing , from its placing in a very prominent point of view two of its most dreaded ill-effects . " Tight-lacing , " said he , quaintly , " stinks the breath and reddens the nose . " The waist of well-formed women , of the average height , varies in circumference from twenty-seven to twenty-nine inches ; and there is scarcely any difference in its proportional size between miiie and female . But such is the power of fashion , that the waist is seldom permitted to expand to the dimensions of twenty-ti \ e inches ; the majority arc within twenty-four ; thousands art compressed
to twenty-two ; and some even to less than twenty inchesand by the aid uf wood , whalebone ,, and steel , the capacity of the chest is very often reduced to less than one half . The penalties attending tliis infringement of the organic law , arc as follows ;—shortness of breath ; palpitation and oppression of the heart ; cough , and pain in the side ; headache , with a fci . 'ing of weight at the vertex ; neuralgia of the luce , and eruptions ; crdema of the ancles ; dyspepsia and chlorosis . The temperature of the body partakes ot tlie extremes : there is generally a chilliness of the whole surface ; the viscera of the pelvis are liable to derangement ; and , in married women especially , jirolaysus uteri occurs . The lateral curvature of the spine is a conseauence , not uncommon , of this pernicious practice .
COPPEB IS THE HUMAN BODY , Profissor Orfila . says , it may be asked , since copper exists in the normal state of the animal economy , and in certain aliments—will it not always be impossible for the chemist to say , whether that obtained is the result of crime , or not ? An J , should not toxicoiogists give up the idea of pronouncing a positive decision In cases of this description ?—or , in other words , can it be recognised , whether the copper obtained is that contained in tlie normal state of the body , or owing to one of the salts of that metal having been administered as a remedy , or given with a criminal dosign ? I at oiu ' c reply to this question
in the affirmative , so far as the different organs are concerned ; and may state , that the copper contained in the intestinal canal or any other viscus , and resulting from the administration of one of its compounds , whether as a remedy or as a poison , may be obtained by processes which would fail completely in discovering the normal copper contained in our organs ; all that is requisite , is to follow attentively the different methods of analysis , to be able to affirm whether the metal was given as a remedy , as a poison , or otherwise . The proof of this important conclusion will be shewn , beyond a doubt , by thu species of processes which must be employed to obtain the normal copper contained in the different organs .
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society presents you with this piece of stick , upon which may be notched your futurb runs . We hope , my lord , that you will show this bit of stick to all the Club folks in London . We hope that you will let this bit of stick go down , so that your sons' sons may have it—every one of ' em ; and tnat the world may for ever know that Lord Fitzwheedle was a good cricket-player , and therefore , the'labourer ' s friend . " ( Cheers . ) His lordship endeavoured to address the meeting . His feelings were too much for him . Me merely said , " Bless—bless—bless the labourer ! " then burst into tears ., and pressed the stick to his heart . — The Duke of Smallborough was next introduced , and wcvMved a bunch of dvvd dandelions fov being—of all kind'ords—the very best to . * u > p . jThe Duke returned thanks in an affecting speech . After certain minor formalities , the meeting separated .
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Another Extraordixart CuAe of Asthma by Hollow ay's Fills . —Patrick Casey , residing at Compton-place , Brunswick-square , had suffered from a chronic Asthma for more than ) three years . This popr man was so great a sufferer that he did not dare go to bed for fear of the phlegm- choking him ; indeed , he could not even lav his bend , tipon a table for half an hour lest he should be suffocated . Nevertheless , this person is now labouring from siornins to night , sleeps as well as ever he did in his life , and , in fact , is completely cured by the use of llollov . ay ' s Fills . Sold ( also llolloway' » Ointment ) at Professor Holloway's Establishment , 244 , Strand ( where advice may ' be had gratis ) , and by almost all respectable venders of medicine throughout the civilized world .
To . sg . —A Blow Up . —In our obituary will be found the death of G . Durant , Esq ., of Tong Castle . In the year 1820 , Mr . Durant took legal proceedings against Ids first wife , and , in consequence of the jury having decided in his favour , he erected a monument on an eminence on his estate at Tong Knowle to commemorate the event . The monument was a conspicuous object from the road from Shifmal to Woiverhanipton , and resembled a cliurch tower . Immediately on his death being known to his family , two of his sons , accompanied by twentyjnine labourers , went to the place , and commenced excavating round it to the depth of six feet ; after which they made a hole in it , and placed fifty pounds of gunpowder in a cask , and twenty-nine pounds in another package , under the monument , and at three o ' clock on the morning
of the 30 th a fusee was fixed to it , and set fire to , and in a few minutes the monunient was laid flat on the ground without any accident ; The eldest son and heir to the estate died some years ago , and on his death-bed he requested the younger branches of the family that as soon as their father was dead they would cause the monument to be blown up , and that it might cease to exist with the founder , and the memoiy of the scandalous cause forjwhich it was erected and he might perish together . The ruins were visited on Sunday last by large numbers ! of persons , many of whom came from a great distance . The Tong Castle estate goes into the hands of theiexecutors of the late G . Durant , Esq ., jun ., who reside in Ireland , and will have the management of the property until the heir , who is now sixteen , attains his majority . — KJ / lotii' . t SJtr&ivslruru Journal . i
AvpnorniATK Chastisement . -f-A few days ago , ' a well-dressed individual entered the shop of a saddler , in Paris , the wife of whom he addressed in a style of loose freedom , ' not perceiving that the husband was at hand . The saddler seized one of the largest of his horsewhips , and flogged the ! impertinent fellow through some of the most thronged thoroughfares of Paris . Verdict—Served him right . 1 j Tue Dead Alive . —Some time ago , at Munich , a
girl , six years of age , was placed as dead in an open coffin , in what is called in tkat country the hall of death , preparatory to interment . On the following day she was found ' playing with ithe white roses which had been strewed over her . The keeper of the hall took her in his arms , and carried her to her mother . In France ( says the Prense , which mentions this fact ) , where there is no preeautionaryfmeasure of this kind , the child would have been buried alive . — GaWmani ' s Me . " » e » oer . \
Tue Removal of Union Hall Police Office . — On Wednesddv the removal o £ the official documents from Union Ilall to the new ioffice in Blaekmanstrcot was commenced , and occupied several hours . It is now definitively-arranged Ithat the magistrates commence their sittings at tlie Stones ' -end , Borough , on the 23 rd instant . The other office , from Lambeihstr 6 et , in Kennington-road , will be opened the same day , and this will take tbe Brixton , ClapJjam , Lambeth , and par t of some other districts . Royal SrnrtET Zoological Gardens . — Another of those rare birds , the toucan , from the Brazils , with a rliea , or South American ostrich , was added to the collection on Friday week . The gardens were much frequented last week to inspect the fresh arrivals , and the beautiful lake was crowded with akaiters on Sundav , the ice being in first-rate order .
Sio . vs of a Hard Wi . vter . s—On Sunday much curiosity was excited by large flocks of wild-fowl , which made their appearance , ' and alighted on the banks of the river in Batterse ' a-nelds , in the neighbourhood of Fulham , and anioiiMt the osier-beds opposite Wandsworth . Tlie wild-ducks were quite plentiful , the sea-gulls wore also numerous . The presence of wild-fowl at this early period is said b y those accustomed to the water ! to be a sure sign of a long and severe winter . j A Tale of Real Life . —Among our Borough Assize intelligence will be found the case of Mr * . Burrell , the midwife charged withj the manslaughter of Sophia Stanlev , and the judge's reiterated opinion as
to the un-called-for verdict of the coroner's jury ; but one or two points of interest we have reserved for se-Darate mention . The deceased was the wife of a framework-knitter , living in Royal East-street , and had had twelve children before ; she was always weakly , and suffered much at every confinement , but she had full confidence in Mrs . Iiurrell , and begged Iut not to hurrv or think of sending for extra assistance—she should do very well . ]¦ When , however , she found Mrs . Biirroll sending word to her husband to go for Mr . Macauley , and the husband came up into her room to get his coat for that purpose , she had by that time become sensible that her case was desperate . "She said siic was dying , " the heart-broken
husband stated to Mr . Justice Patteson— " she would not let mo go ; she bogged me to stay by her , that she might hang upon my neck . " 'The poor fellow could not resist such an appeal , arid he remained with her ; then it was that Mrs . Burrell , after entreating the poor woman to be easy " just for ten minutes , " started for Mr . Macauley ' s , and went there and back in that time- ^ no easy thing for a woman of 65 to do . Before this , moreover , she had told the deceased never to mind about paying for the doctor , for that she ( Mi's . Burrell ) would be answerable for any expense so incurred . Well might Mi . { Justice Patteson say , and repeat , that the coroner ' s jury had dealt hardly with Mrs . Burrell . But there are still one or two
points to Ik ? noticed . The husband , who seemed scarcely to know what passed around him , in whose eyes there was " no speculation ^ " in reply to a question , stated that he was receiving relief from the union—9 d . a day for eleven hours' work . His Lordship , and everybody in the coiirt , was astounded at the reply ; and ' one of the hamsters said , " Good God , and that is called relief ! " How many children the poor fellow had to keep out of tliis 9 d . per day did not come out . At the conclusion of his evidence , Mi's . Burrell wished him to be asked whether he did not think she had done all in her power for the safe delivery of his wife ? Mr . Justice Patteson ( who evidently had a struggle to conceal his emotion during a great part of the trial ) said he was sorry he could not
put the question in that shapp—he was very sorry . The poor man Stanley , however , had no such scruples to contend with ; and , in a voice rendered almost inarticulate by his tears , he begged his Lordship " to hurt Mre . BurreO , for she had done all she could . " " Your request is highly creditable to you , my good man—highly creditable , " replied his Lordship . In conclusion , we would suggest to the board of guardians the propriety of making speedy and kind inquiry into tliis poor man's case ; to depart { for a season from the strictness of their regulations , and grant relief without exacting work in return . ¦ ¦ A fellow-being thus heavil y visited with affliction should meet with commisseration and consideration . — Leicester Chronicle , i
Look to tour Skins . —A London furrier , advei Using his commodities , informs those ladies " who wish to have a real !;/ genuine article , " that he will be happy to make them muffs , boas , die , of "' their own skins ! " In another version he says , " Ladies wishing to have a really genuine article can select their own skins . " j The Quef-x ' s Temper . —Miss Davis , the daughter of the Bishop of Peterborough ; was married a few weeks ago . She is the young ; lady whose ears the Queen boxed on account of her having accidentally hit her Majesty with her eye-glass , which she had an awkward habit of twirling , and which the Queen liad begged her to discontinue , ) as she was fidgeted bv it . I
Thk New Banking Act . —We lately called the attention of the public to what appeared to be an evasion of the law of last session ^ oa the part of certain country bankers , by issuirig bills not stamped payable to themselves or order . \ We understand that this question has not escaped the : attention of her Majesty ' s Government , and that directions have been given for instituting legal proceedings against the parties who have so attemped to evade the law . — Times . I
New Royal Yacht . —The jVictoria and Albert yacht is prevented by the draught of water from approaching close to the coasts , Jso as to prevent a favourable view of spots that need to be seen at a short distance . The Queen has ordered a smaller vessel to be constructed , as a tender to the yacht , with a screw propeller . It will be 140 feet in length , twenty-two feet in breadth , andjis uotto draw more than four feet six inches of water . It will be fitted with a stage , that it may serve also as a binding boat . 1
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Wnio , Tort , asb Chartist . — A young red-hot American republican brought letters of introduction to Sheridan Kncjwles , the great dramatist , just as he was intent upon giving tbe finish to the splendid character of Constance in the " Love . Chase ; " when his young friend rushed into the room from the Crown and Anchor , where he had attended a public meeting at which the respective merits of Wing , Tory , and Chartist were discussed . " Knowles , " saixl the Yankee to the impatient author , " what ' s the difference between Whigs , Tories , and Chartists ? " " 0 ' . my good fellow , " replied the dramatist , "don't you know the Tories go to the boxes , the Wliigs to the pit , and the Chartists to the gallery . "
Changing a Guinea . —An Irish bishop , who was very much annoyed at the late hours kept by his sons , gave strict orders to John , a . faithful old butler , to lock the door every night at eleven o'clock , and not to open it after that time for any one . For some time the young gentlemen were punctual to the hour ; but one morning Master Tom wasn't bome till one , when , seeing a light in the hall , he tapped gently at the door , and the following dialogue took place between Master Tom and the butler : — " Who ' s there ?" ' It ' s I , John , it ' s Ir—open the door . " "I couldn't , Master Tom , 'twould be as much as my plaee is worth . " " O , for God's sake let me in , John . " " I
couldn ' t , indeed , Master Iohj , but have you a guinea in your pocket , Master Tom ? " " I have , John , I have . " "Put it in the keyhole , Master Tom , and 1 think it will open the door . " Master Tom did as he was told , and the door instantly opened . " Thank you , John—thank you , John . There's a good fellow , and -now-here ' s half-a-crown for you , and just run round to tlie stable with my horse . " " Yes , Master Tom ; " and upon John's return he found the door shut , and tapped for admission , when Master Tom played the butler ' s part over again , and told him that there was an alteration in the lock , but if" he'd put a guinea and a half-crown in theyj would open it . That was good tit for tat .
Rousseau an'D the Grocer's Boy . — Rousaean visited London for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the English character , and in his convivialities attached himself to the apprentice of a grocer in Fleet-street , in whom he discovered more natural taJent than he had ever met with in a person of the same class of society . The boy became equally ' attached to Rousseau , and all his spare hours were spent with the great novelist . However , as their intimacy increased , their hours of separation became irksome ; and the spare time not being sufficient , the apprentice , at the request of his companion , left the shop one evening in the absence of his master , for the purpose of spending a jolly evening with his friend .
After the conviviality of the evening , some qualms visited the lad , and he evinced a disinclination to face , his master alone , having nothing but his situationito depend upon . Rousseau accompanied him as far as the door , though the snow fell in clouds . When the lad entered , the grocer said—" Well , sir , lean dispense with your services ; how dare you leave my shop to the mercy of the rabble , you scoundrel ?; You ' shall be punished for it . " " You might punish me if 1 had absented myself without good cause , " replied the lad '; "but had it not been for me your property would have been destroyed . " "How ? " Rousseau listened , for no plan of defence had been concocted . "Why , " said the lad , " when the snow was heavy enough , the blackguards made snow-balls and pelted me , and the snow-balls fell all over the sugar and the other goods ; I pursued the offenders , thev charged
me on the -watch , and I was detained for some time before 1 could get my freedom . " " You lie , you scoundrel , " said the grocer : "I have stood behind this counter for thirty winters , and such a thing never happened to me—a snow-ball was never thrown at me . " The plan of the lad was not lost on Rousseau , who had provided himself with plenty of ammunition ^ and just as the grocer pronounced the words , " never thrown at me , " Rousseau hit him in the eye with a huge snow-ball . Another and another followed , until the shop was literally covered with snow . The lad ran to the door , and , with his brother offender , scampered down Fleet-street , the apprentice roaring , " Watch , watch ! " and , upon their arrival , Rousseau gave the boy in charge , who was brought back to the grocer in custody , Wiien the master gave security for his apprentice , begged his pardon , a—d the rascal , and raised his wages .
Tue Navy Surgeon * and the Medicine Chest . — - A surgeon who was in the navy was in the habit of prescribing salt -water for the sick sailors . While angling upon a fine day he happened to fall overboard . The captain , who was at the time walking the deck , heard tne splash , and inquired of a sailor near him , what it was ? " Nothing , your honour , " replied Jack , " only _ the surgeon tumbled into his medicine chest . " The ¦ Kerry Max and the Limerick Man .- —A Coiintv of . Kerry man and a County of Limerick
man happened once upon a time to travel together , when a warm discussion arose as to the fertility of their respective counties ; upon which the Limerick man said , " Pooh , don't bother us about your horsestealing county , what is your land to ours ? " " Why , man alive , if you throw your walking siiokinto &fieuj of ours at night , you'd hardly see it in the morning , the grass grows so fast ? " « ' Ah ! " replied tbe Kerry man , " is that all , wisha by J . s , my jewel , if you throw a horse into a field of ours at ' night , you'd never see him again . "
The losKSHiREMAN and his Greyhoukd . —A gentleman 'once travelling in Yorkshire , met a servant with a mmdefcript animal ; he asked the man , what kind of a dog it was ? " " Why , " said the servant in Yorkshire dialect , "last vear , she was a grevhound and her name was Floy ( Fly ) , and master had to pay taxen ( taxes ) on her ; so this year he cut her ea ^ a and tail off and made a masten ( a mastiff ) on her , and now her name is Lion . " Tue Parson and iue Butcher . —In a remote country village in Ireland , there lived a Protestant curate , who f though generally liked , was in bad refiute with his butcher , who for some reason or other lad stopped the supplies ; while in this dilemma a friend unexpectedly visited his reverence , just as he
was starting for church ; the friend was invited to dinner , and immediately Thomas , the factotum , was started to the butcher , whose name was Matthew , with the following message and injunction : — " Tell Mat , that if he sendsjne a leg of mutton , or a sirloin of beef , or anything to-day , that , on my honour , I'll pay him to-morrow , and wherever I am let me know his answer . " His reverence was in the act of explaining part of his sermon by extracts from the Scriptures against false dealing , " Whdt , " said he , " says Mark ? What says Luke ? What says John ?—but what says Matthew ? " " 0 , " said the faithful Thomas , who heard the question just as he entered the church out of breath , "Matthew says hr won't give you another pound of meat till youpa \ off the old score . ""
A Labkinc Irish Sprigi who had just landed from the sister ' Isle , and walking down Parliament-street , saw a bill in a window announcing "dinnersand suppers always ready here . " His honour turned in about two o ' clock in the day and asked waiter , " What do you charge for dinner ? " "Three slullings , sir . " " And how much for supper V " A shilling , sir . " " 0 , by George then , let me have supper . " When the spark had feasted he walked over Westminster bridge , and was accosted b y a shoal of watermen with , " A boat , your honour ? boat , your honour ? A nice day ( or a row down the river . " " Well , " said Pat , " what do you charge ? " "Three shillings for the first hour , and one and sixpence for the second . " " Och , by Jove , then get . some other fool for the first , and I ' ll have the boat for the second hour . "
Why was Admiral Cotton the most successful naval ' officer that ever commanded ? Because he was never worsted . Who was the first person that introduced salt provisions into the navy ? Noah , when he took Ham into the Ark . Why is a pig in a garden like a house on fire ? Because it ought to be put out . When was B the first letter of the alphabet ? In the time of Noah —( No A ) Why is an elephant like a spider ? Because neither of them wear silk stockings . ( Shocking . ) What ' s the difference between outltrades ? said a farmer to a barber , while tying a cue for a customer , whom lie rallied upon the lowness of his calling . Tell me , said the farmer , in one word ? " Utility , " replied the barber —( You-till-I-tye . )
Colonel Bruen axd the Witty Mason . —The present member for the County of Carlow , Colonel Bruen , had in his employment " a very witty mason , with whom he was in the habit of consulting upon all matters of huilding . Upon one occasion the gallant gentleman mentioned his intention of undertaking a very heavy and expensive job ; and upon the mason being consulted , he replied " it never could be done . " " Pooh ! nonsense , " replied the colonel , " money will do anything . " "Except one , your honour , " was the answer . " What's that ? " said Bruen . " Why , " rejoined the mason , " All the money in Bruen ' s place Wouldn't put a handsome nose on Bruen ' s faceJ "
The AndLgR and the Lieutenants . —The first and second lieutenants of a man of * war—both great anglersrHii « : e disputed concerning the fly in season for a par ticular month ; one ^ rgumg thattthe horsefly was then hi season , the other replying that there was no sucli fly . At this moment an able sailor , who was also a skilful angler , passed , and the disputants agreed to leave the question to Jack . "' Jack , " said the first lieutenant , "Didyou ever see a horse fly ? " " No , your honour , " replied the tar , ' ^ but I have seen as curious a thing , I Save seen a cow jump down a precipice . " ' Precept and Example . — Tliompson , the author of "The Seasons , " wrote in bed his beautiful rhapsody on early rising , commencing , " Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ?"
Fiction axd Fact . —Why is a lady ' s bustle like an historical romance ?—Because it is fiction founded upon fact .
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SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . ( iterntBEE . ) This number is replete -with information , both solid and entertaining . We have first a continuation of the valuable series of statistical papers on " Australia ; Past , Present , and Future . " Then follows a " Report on the Nova Scotia Fisheries . " An article entitled " Monte Video and the River Plate" comes most opportune at a time when all feeling and interest in-the progress of nations , or a detestation of war , are wattbin < r with painful interest the saneuinarv
strife which for the last few years has been the scourge of the " Banda Oriental . " " A Tr ip down the St . Lawrence" give ? a brief but interesting account ofnhe present state of Montreal , which , it appears is fast becoming one of the finest cities in America . The "" Journal of a Voyage to Port Philip" is continued , and cives an admirable description of all the doings of t £ at world in miniature , the interior of a ship on a long sea voyage . "The Natural Feature and Productions of the Island of Ceylon" is an interesting article ; as is also " A Sketch of Newfoundland . " Prom the article on Monte Video "we give the following extracts : —
TEE LADIXS OF MONTI VIDEO . Its inhabitants are , from its commercial connexions , of a Terr mixed nature , composed of various nations , among -which Spanish , Indian , Sardinian , and French "blood is tc tt abundant . There are besides many English £ nd other foreigners residing in the totrn for tie purpose of commerce . Those that are of Spanish origin iuv Terr handsome , 2 nd the tvomen , when joung , though small in stature , are extremely well and elegantlv shaped . Their movements are very graceful at all times , and whether it be when ivalldng in the street , or dancing in the Galla , their figure ? appear uncommonly -well-formed ; and ^ beir carriag-e , wiich is an important part of their education , is in every tray suited to set off their fine persons , aided by their large dark eyes , and their luxuriant wellplaited black hair , in the dressing of which the Spanish
ladies very much excel . They are under tuition generally till the ag-e of fourteen or fifteen , when they ar £ prepared by the priest , and receive the sacrament , and mati- their first confession on Easter Sundav ; after which they are considered marriageable , and are allowed to attend mass morning and evening , accompanied only by a black servant , who carries behind them a piece of carpet , on which they kneel at church . In the street they look very imposing , with their mantilla , which is sometimes fastened over the head , and brought down close tinder the chin , at other times thrown gracrftdly over the shoulders ; in the summer time it is made of black lace , and in the winter a beautifully ornamented and -worked shawl , accompanied frith a large and handsome fan , which , besides its general use , at times serves to screen the face and head from the rays of the sun , as they wear no bonnet or bead-dress even in the street . It is
considered an act of indecorum for a young lady to appear alone with a jrentleman , either when walking or at home , so that , even when engaged , thev never see their future husband except in tbe presence of an elderly Jady ; this , though inconvenient on such occasions , is strictly ndhcred to bv tbe native ? ,
c . * rrBo . In the neighbourhood of the town there are niaisy " salideros , " in which the hides of the bullocks are salti-d for exportation ; in some of these from the number » i persons engaged , and the division of labour , as many as 300-bullocks are killed in one day . There is hardly a part of the carcase which cannot be made available for some purpose . TLe hide is salted and sent to England for leather , the interior of the borns and hoofs is strained of their internal case , the fat is collected for tallowtbe meat trf the ribs is dried for jerked beef , and the bones and remainder of the carcase are stewed for the sake of the marrow and fat for candles : thus no part is lost . Tne ?» T » iTT > aT ^ axe czmgrht "bv a . person called in their language a " gaucho , " -who , from the life he leads , being in the dav-time mostly on horseback , and at night sleeping on the jprass in the open fields , is at once a very hardy person and an excellent horseman . His dress , which is
peculiar , requires a little description . His trousers are of linen made Tery loose , ivith frills at the bottom of the Jjn- ^ s .-1 ^ -waist is encircled by a woollen clofh of some 3 : got colour , about three feet long and two broad , which isTrrappea lerween Ms legs , and brought again to his ¦ waist , and fastened there by two dollars or doubloons , according to his wealth ; his shoulders are covered - with a " poncho , " irbich in summer is made of some light material , in -winter of -woollen—it covers his back and body as loir as his knees , and is quite open at the sides to give Ids arms freedom of action ; he wears a white hat -with a r * d ribbon round it , and has a wide leather belt round his Traist worked in grass by the Indians , and in this he sticks a verv large and sharp-pointed knife , which he uses for all purposes ; bis feet , -which sure fbare , having neither shoes nor stockings , are armed with large and ponderous spurs , occasionally of massive silver , with rowek sometimes three inches in diameter ; these enor-
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" . 1 BOWL OF" ITXCII , " FRESH BREWED , TriK Landlord ' s Friend Society . —Early in the present week , this body—newlv constituted in iinitatation of the Lalwurer ' s Friend Society—held its first meeting : though-, strangely enough , no report of the proceedings has n * yet appeared in the papers . The chair ( a three-legged stool ) was taken by Jacob Thatch , a gaunt ,-. sallow-faced labourer , looking sixty , though in reality but thirty-two . H ' e . brielly stated the objects of the society . He said , it was very kindly meant of many pent lemon to meet and talk so inucli—for they never spared talk—about tho condition of the labourer . lie himself had 'been at a good nianv of such meetings ; Imt , somehow or the other ,
ho always came awav hungrier than ho went . He now thought it was the duty of the labourers to return the kindness of landlords ; and by meeting and talking over their destitute condition—moral condition he believed was the word—to see' what could be ( lone for them [ cheers ] . There could be no doubt that many of the landlords were in a desperate forlorn state , not knowing right from wrong ; and it was the duty of labourers as Christians—if he wasn ' t going top far in calling them Christians—to teach them the proper path . It was only due to their peace in this world , ana their happiness in the world to come . ( Cheers . )—Giles Acorn proposed the first resolution . He said he didn't wish to brag , but he
believed he was rather a goodish p layer at put and checkers . ( Hear . ) Well , he believed a good deal might be done among landlords by mixing oftener with them , and making more free like . To prove that he was in earnest , he had no objection to play a few games at put with the Duke of Marlborough , or any other such landlord : he thought it would do the duke good . There was no knowing how his heart might be opened at put , just as ' the gentlefolks did so much for the wants of the poor when they plaved at cricket with ' em . —Ilodge Sowthistle seconded the resolution . He didn ' t know much about dice ; that is , he didn't know the rigs of ' em ; he had raffled once in better days for a goose , and won it . He wouldn ' t at all
mind , however , playing at haphazard—that ' s what he believed gentlefolks called it—with any landlord in a destitute state of feeling for the labourer . He had heard a goodish' deal of late of a little gentleman called Tuning England . Well , he wouldn ' t mind playing a game at ring-taw with the child , if he'd mirly knuckle down . The knuckling down , however , was what they wanted to catch the landlord at ( cheers ) ;; whereas , with all their fine words , he believed there ! was a great deal of funking . —Simon Clod moved the second resolution . He said , the whole of the fact was , they had too long neglected landlords as their fellow-creatures ; they never went among ' em . Whereas — as having their good at heart , and showing 'em that they thought ' em only
men like themselves — they ought to . go into their houses , to ace what sort of Deds they slept upon—to see ' em at their dinners , and to teach ' em , what it ' s plain they didn ' t well undertand , the blessings of a good appetite , and the curse of hunger with nothing to satisty it . It was plain that many landlords believed the labourer couldn't eat at all . Now they had onl y to undeceive ' em in their own larders to bring about a great blessing . Certain , gentlefolks often came to the labourer ' s dwelling , and , never seeing nothing in the cupboard , in course believed that the labourers and their wives and children never wanted food . They had only to dine at the landlords' houses to teach 'cm the contrary . Although he'd rather have his bit of bacon ' at his own
fireside — that is , -where there ought to be a fire — he would , nevertheless , to assist the society , dine with as many Landlords as was thought fit . Moreover , he had six children , and they should all go and dine along with him . ( Cheers . )— -Zaehary Chaff seconded the resolution . He said the last speaker had hit the nail upon the head . It was as plain as the Union , that most of the landlords believed that labourers never wanted to eat at all . That they were like the threshing-machines , that mi g ht go on boating out the corn without ever wanting to taste it . They ought—poor souls!—to be taught the truth . He was sure all they 'wanted to learn was that the labourer was flesh and blood—and , indeed , how few of ' em present at that meeting looked anything like it—to treat ' em as such . For himself , he didn't know what a dinner was : nevertheless , for the souls '
sake of the landlords-r-and ho feared a lot of ' em was very dark indeed—he'd dine with twenty of ' em if the society thought it tight . ( Cheers . )—These and other resolutions were unanimously passed , when the Chairman rose and said , the best part of the business was to come . They had to give out the ! prizes to certain landlords for their noble and feeling conduct towards the labourer . —Hereupon Lord Fitzwheedle was introduced , when the Chairman addressed him as follows : — " Lord Fitzwheedle , you have shown yourself to be the labourer ' s friend . You play atpricket capital . For a lord , your bowling is special good . You have this season , in the handsomest manner , played three games with notiiag better than , asyouoalT 9 in , A e sons of the ' soil ; - and for this noble conduct his j . .
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December 41 / 3 B 44 . ; THE NORTHERN STAR . j 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1293/page/3/
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