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^ V ""— ¦•¦••• THE EOGUES ARE MET . "As to the tactics likely to be pursued in Parliament by the representatives of wealth , from certain speeches , letters , and publications that have recently appeared , and which leave little donbt on my mind , bo time should be tost by the working classes to prepare for a bold and ^ rous stand . "—Letter of T , S . Duncmbe , Esq ., to Mr Dairy , ofSheffidd . Ye toiling millions of the land , ¦ Who honesty your living get , Sow firmly stand , a faithful band : The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! The rogues are met , the rogues are met I A selfish , cruel , soulless set - Then bravely stand ,
afeithmlbaaa—The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! " " Peace , order , law !» your motto he , And toolish Etrife let all forget ; Ana watch and work with energy—The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! Therogues are met , the rogues are met ! A selfish , cruel , soulless set , Then bravely stand , a faithful band ; The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! Por danger dire is hovering near , With toils and snares you'll be beset , 0 ! honest men have cause to fear "When rogues are met , when rogues are met The rogues are met , the rogues arc met ! A ( elfish , cruel , soulless set ; Then bravely stand , a faithful band ,
The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! To bind the poor man ' s helpless hands To mesh Mm in a legal net—To forge for Labour stronger bands—The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! The Topics are met , the rogues are met ! A Sel&sh , cruel , sonlless set ; Then bravely stand , a faithful baud—The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! But faithful , firm , and true remain , And sure as jou bright sun shall set , Kiqbt yet shall reign o ' er might again , Tho' TOgues are met , tho * rogues are met Tho' rogues are met , tho' rogues arc met , A selfish , cruel , soulless set , Richt yet shall reign o'er might again , Tho' rogues are met , tho' rogues are met . A Sebf
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TAIT'S MAGAZINE—Febotabt . fhe present month ' s number calls for no particular remark . " Celts and Saxons , " a tale , Dy Mrs . Jollll stone , we have not read , having as yet not seen the commencement , thelastthreeNos . of the Magazine not having reached us ; but the title is an attractive one , and the writer is every way competent to produce a tale of stirring interest .. The article " On Poor Ltwre , " by George Ramsay , M . A ., \ re may notice hereafter ; the subject of the Scotch Poor Law System is one that requires to be brought before the English
people , and we hope to bring it before them shortly . "The notices of new works are , as usual mththis Magasne , Mot tile least interesting feature of the number The reviews of Walpole's "Memoirs of George III ., " and Serjeant TalfourdV " Vacation Rambles , " will be found a rare treat , and will give the reader a faithful impression of the works themselves . " Letters irom Naples , " fay Madame Wolfessbkroeh , " are most interesting , and detail Neapolitan life and manners most thoroughly , and -we believe truly , though we are sorry we cannot add agreeably . Here is a description of
THE SE 6 CAS 3 OF NAPLES . The whole road actually swarmed with beggars . If _ you carried a sack of coin , it would not suffice for the thousands of miserable wretches who besiege you with their elamonr , and make a spectacle of their infirmities . " Wherever you go you are sure to be thus surrounded—in fhe streets of thecity , in the country , and , above all , in -the churches . The crippled , the blind , the maimed , and diseased are permitted to throng the temples of the VDiriniiy , and to pursue the devotee , or the stranger , to the very foot of the altar with , their importunate petitions for charity ; whilst the priests , in garments of lace , fine linen , and precious embroidery , pass them by , as if blind to their misery and deaf to their petitions . The children
hare absolutely nothing else to do than to beg , and every where follow the stranger by dozens , with the some mournful triune . But though the poverty is frightful and real , we soon found that it was impossible to give alms to -one or two without drawing on ourselves the almost distracting pursuit of a crowd of clamorous miserable wretches , who seem obstinately determined to take no denial . Nor is it to the lowest ranks that begging is confined . It has been said , no man in Naples is too proud to beg : feware too noble to steal . To cheatis the universal profession . Here is a revolting description of the population of the ancient city of Puteoli ( near Naples ) , now called
pozznoto . The market-place of the town , from the earliest dawn of day , is crowded with fruit-sellers and idlers . Nobody seems to do anything but talk and gesticulate . Priests , fishermen , peasants , children , and women , are there lounging and talking , morning , noon and night . Every body except fhe priests looks poor ; and yet nobody seems to do anything , except those behind the ' fruit stalls who are roasting chesnuts , or the girls turning their spindles . The greatest part of the population here , as in Naples , evidently pass their days in the street , and their bouses Ate suck filthy dens , it is no wonder tttey are glad to escape from them into the open air . The women wash , andjeook , and clean their children in the public eye ; and themen lounge about with their red or brown nightcaps on their heads , and their jackets hung on their shoulders , without even taking the trouble to insert their arms in
the sleeve * . In rainy weather they are defended by a sack , open on one side , the angle of which forms a kind Of hood , by which this rude habiliment bangs suspended from then-head . Diseased eyes is a common malady of these wretched beings , whom suffering renders prematurely old . To those who take anyinterest in the welfare of their fellow-creatures , it is a most painful spectacle to behold them thus degraded , and destitute of everything which tends either to diminish the physical sufferings , or ameliorate the moral condition of man . -In health , and youth , and fine weather , they are gay and light of heart ; but when these , or the means of gaining a scanty livelihood fan , there is no provision for the poor , no charitable clergy , or higher class near , to succour or to console . They die as they have lived , unpitied and unassisted ; and they are thrown into a hole , as we bad already witnessed , uncoffined , by dozens together , to rot . and be forgotten .
And these are the descendants of the once proud wasters of the world ! But the main cause of this degradation is sufficiently evident— "Everybody , except ike priests , looks poor ! " These locusts fatten 83 the people starve ; these vampires flourish as nations wither ; and their prosperity is the sure sign of a nation ' s misery and slavery . This is evidently the view taken by Madame Wolfessbebgeb , in the following exposure of
PBIEgTS . y- And this is a Christian land , a professedly relig ious land , where Catholic ministers absolutely swarm ; yet . thongh they draw a rich subsistence thence , and are daily appropriating more and more of the property of the Ungdom , not only by their open exactions , but by the rich legacies of devotees , who are wrought on to make the Jesuits their heirs , to the ruin of their relatives , what ^ j-torn do they make to the people , save to encourage them in their idleness , and their delusions , and the igno-™ ° « , which is their destruction 1 What can we think ° * 3 body of men , wbo , with such a vast power in their fcandfias toe clergy possess in the kingdom of Naples , * ° * professing themselves the servants of Heaven , yet maie nouse of their authority for the benefit of their fellow-creatures ; but rather strive , by eFery means in *•** power , to prevent the progress of knowledge , which , wnn time to time , breaks in frommore enlightened counts , through the barriers of superstition they consider « their sole business to defend !
The materials evidently exist insufficient abundaftce in Naples to give to another Massasiello the * Kendaney the moment lie shall declare himself ; for sae misery of the people must render them ripe for ^ J change—as no change could possibly make their co ndition worse than it la . But , alas ! if the misery 01 tte masses would ensure the triumph of a Massa-^ w , their brutal ignorance would not the less ? ° ^ his subsequent filL The curse of priestcraft 13 on them ! A nation , the slave of priests , can jj ^ ep win , or winning , can never preserve itsfree-*»" . In Naples there is no freedom of thought , no wonght itself . The human mind is corrupted and f-SBant , and progress is unknown . Madame Wolf-**? BQGEB says , "Nothing progresses , save the ¥ *** ! more especially the Jesuits , who every day add ra Men- numbers and their power . " Alas , poor Italy !
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^ J ^ INBlJRGH TALES , conducted by Mrs 1 ^ -jsto sE . Tait , Edinburgh ; Chapmanand Hall , . The first number of these "Tales " - was welcomed v . as as an addition to the popular literature of the ' * el 1 worthy of the support of the public . We
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S £ J ? 7 ** S" ! ' *? m firafc montMy Part - ami we are glad to find that the "blossom of promise" is anS ^ 'ov * "Pf kto the full "fruit of performtw «™ partcontains tw 0 complete tales , and •^ W ^ TW $ H The fire * <> & «* . loung Ifr .-Robert s three Christmas dinners , " while conveying an excellent moral which all women , but especiall y young wives , may study with advantage , is not leas amusingthan it is instructive . The description of the second Christmas dinner , in which the shabby genteel ! ' is exhibited to perfectionis
, I WOT 8 m th « extreme . We regret we cannot attord room for the Mtchen scene , with the accompaniment of Biddy Duigenan ' s eloquence . The second piece , "Man-Anne ' s Hair , " is a beautiful tale of woman ' s love . The only fault we have to find with tlus . iale is , that the conclusion is SO obscure that we deem it exceedingly likely that one half who tead . it will mistake the most important point of the conclusion .. This is a pity , as tho denouement , if told in somewhat plainer words , would have added to , instead of depreciated the interest of the story ¦ From this tale we give ihe following graphic picture of
OlD BAILET JUSTICE . Who that has once seen the general aspect , and watched the proceedings of that yawning mouth of Avernus can ever forget it ? "Wiry have we not moral as well as historical painters ? Hogarth has left us some striking lessons , and Cruikshank has done something : the Old Bailey alone , every day of the Sessions , might have furnished numbers without number . It was about ten o ' clock when I entered the court . Before eleven I bad seen at leasf ^ six cases tried , and as many juvenile thieves found guilty , and left ready , at a future day , to be sentenced in the lump . I mean , in-one day , or rather one
hour , to be condemned by the score to the hulks , transportation , whipping , or imprisonment . There was complete division of labour here . I endeavoured to ascertain what cases stood next to come on . No one could tell . Probably no one there distinctl y knew . It seemed all matter of accident or caprice ; and all was crowd , hurry , 0 U 2 Z , hustle , and confusion . I was at a loss whether to remain where I was , or at once repair to Newgate , when my resolution was fixed by the mumbled callfor a prisoner , whose name , at least to my fancy , resembled " Lyndsay Boyle ;" and the young man himself was brought forward , es . corted In the usual manner , —changed , indeed , from what I had seen him some months before . I could not look
upou the poor youth without deep interest and compassion . His case appeared to excite considerable curiosity . The court became crowded and choked up by all kinds of people . I was pushed back , and , from the noise , confusion , and hubbub ou every side , it was impossible , from the place where I stood at last jammed in , to hear one word distinctly of the trial proceeding before me ia dumb show . I looked on the unfortunate culprit , and the pantomime of justice performing before me , with a swell of indignant feeling which I shall not describe . The attorney , with whom I knew poor Mary Anne had left her hard-earned money , was visible in the crowd , but distant from the Irewildered prisoner , gesticulating violently , as
if calling , or pretending to call , to the officers of the court to get forward his witnesses—searching , or pretending to search , for the counsel who held the brief , and who could not be found . The bench naturally grumbled . I ¦ was afterwards told that very unusual patience and indulgence had been shown to the prisoner . It was indeed fourteen minutes by my watch from the time he was placed at the bar till the thrilling shriek of a female voice followed the awful ptttji ; and in the gallery , to which 1 now first looked , I ' saw a green gauze veil falling with the sinking head . The shriek of woman ' s agony was in those days-not so rare in that court as to produce any very marked sensation .
Remove fhe woman , ' was but a customary official mandate . I pressed forward to take my goddaughter from the officers who hastened to conduct , or carry her out . He is sold—the poor fellow is soldi were the indignant whispers and exclamations of the respectable persons around me , in whom free notions of the rights of property , and the habit of thieving , had by no means obliterated all sense of natural justice , whatever the virtuous may think . Their sympathy with Boyle was lively and intense . Many of the poor wretches had probably passed through the same ordeal , or were liable te it . As I pushed through the crowd , I came upon the attorney , who had been apparently in hot pursuit of the counsel , now first found . Bless my soul ! cried the attorney , but this is really unlucky . —Has that man a soul by which to bless himself ? Ha ! the case closed , replied the counsel , wheeling round , ana , flirting Ms bundled briefs , involving the fortune sof probably some other half dozen wretches , he scampered off to another court .
And is my evidence to be wholly useless ?—not to be heard , sir ? said a decent-looking young tradesman , who now found the attorney that had been in search of him . I have waited here every day this week , and this is Thursday , to give evidence , which I am morally certain would have cleared Mr . Lyndsay Boyle . We must now see what can be done through the Partton Yower , said the attorney . If he has friends , the * e is no fear of him yet . But if he have none % said the witness . The attorney shrugged his shoulders . I have a dozen cases here to-day—good bye , sir—write to his friends , if you wish him weU , to move the Pardon Power—even that takes cash : —make way for the lady—fainted , poor thing !
We have much pleasure in recommending this work to our readers ; it is one of the very best of the current publications ; and we hope will have a circulation equal to its merits .
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WADE'S LONDON REVIEW-FEBRUABr . This magazine is the Nno Edinburgh re-christened , and we think very judiciously so . At ihe oufaefc we Objected to the title , suggesting that London would be a much more appropriate name than Eduiburgh Review . Others of our contemporaries raised the like objection ; and the Editor , in compliance with the general wish of his friends , has thrown off the imitative guise , and boldly taken his stand on his own merits , which we think quite sufficient to ensure him success with Ms literary venture . The first , second , and third numbers of this Review have already been noticed in the Star , but the fourth number we have not received . This is unfortunate , for we miss the second article of the series on "
Religious Changes , " by far the most able and interesting articles which have appeared in this publication . The third article under this head , embracing the history of the origin and settlement of the " Church of England , " is contained in the present number . How far the " Reformers , " as they nave been called , were really friends to religious liberty , may be gathered from Cranmer ' s revision of the canon law , m which denial of the truth of Christianity was made punish able with death ! Fortunately this atrocious code never became the law of the land , it never having obtained the sanction of toyal authority . Queen Elizabeth annears to have been but an indifferent
Protestant on her first assuming regal power ; the changes , however , that she deemed requisite she enforced vigorously . Of the ten thousand ecclesiastics who had been sworn Catholics in the preceding reign only ahoutonehundred gave uptheirbencfices , rather than conform to the new order of things ; so that the famed " Vicar of Bray" was by no means the first of his order who , regarduig Christianity as a " nose of wax , " have shaped and * twisted it to suit their own ends . We have in this article an amusing sketch o £ that sublime ass , the "High and Mighty Prince James , " as the state-bible-mongers style him . From this valuable article we give the following extract : —
BEION OF JAMES FIBST . —BESPITS OF BIBLEISSf . That the age was rude is notorious ; one of royal favouritism and courtly licentiousness—of hypocrisy , treachery , and espionage ; of secret poisonings , bloody executions , and savage murders . It was an age of one booka very good one undoubtedly , but not commensurate to the diversified exigencies of society . The manual of life , all that men reasoned , argued , and quarrelled concerning , was the Bible and its conflicting interpretatione ; it formed the sole cyclopedia of science , ethics , natural philosophy , ecclesiastical and political government . It was from this armoury all weapons of controversy were derived ; all authorities deduced ; all perplexing and mystifying texts quoted . In such a limited field , with such stinted intellectual resources , it was impossible men could advance in
knowledge , unanimity , or toleration . They were a prey to fhe conceits , fancies , and fluctuating impulses of narrow and half-literate guides , and the questions which occupied them were seldom more important or cogently supported than those of the Muscovite doctors . In a controversy of these northern sages , when the question was" Whether the practice of smoking tobacco was a sin ?" the respondent maintained that it was lawful to get drunk with brandy , but not to smoke ; because the Holy Scripture saith , "that which proceedeth out of the mouth defileth a man , while that which entereth into it doth not defile him . " It is understood that there is hardly any
puerility , idolatry , Jesuitism , or extravagance , from Atheism to Diabolism , that a little perverse ingenuity may not bless with some equivocal translation of textual authority Even the perdition creed of St . Athanasius is not -wholly unaccredited , and the late Archbishop Mageeused to refer to the 16 th chapter of St . Mark , as the divine authority for its eternal maledictions . A precious picture of the workings of the " blessed book . " "It was an age of one booh , " says the writer , and the fruits of the teachings of that book were , "licentiousness , hypocrisy , treachery , espionage , setret poisonings , bloodv executions , and savage murders . "By their fruiti ye shall know them ! " Our next extract exhibits the
" DAMNABIE D 0 CTBINE 8 " OF CALVINISM . Worse than sorcery or witchcraft ^ in the first Stuarfs reign , the whole island , from the land ' s End to John-o ' - Groafs , was overshadowed with the deadly nightshade of Calvinism . Thuggism would be a more suitable name ; for it is only in the sanguinary delusions of the assassins of the east , who pervert horrid crimes into consecrated Tirtues , that a fit parallel can be founa to the extremes of the Geneva school , which in place of divine beneficence plants a macerated demon-, blind , truculent , and iadiscriuunative . Frightful as is the creed of the Calvius , Knoxes , andMelvillesinitsrigonr , itmuBtberemembered as a feature of the period , that ninety assembled divines ( fire of them deputies of King James ) , having the fear of God before their eyes and the holy Scriptures in their hands , after some months' deliberation at Port , among other equally pious and plausible matter , declared , " that God , bv an absolute decree , hath elected to salvation a very srnaM , number of men , without any regard to their fidth or obedience whatever , and excluded from saving
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P ^ e aU tlK rest'of ^ nfc'Mtf ; arid ^ appointed them by the same decree to eternal damnation , without any regard to theic infidelity or impenitency . " Even up to the present time , m the formularies of Scotland , it is affirmed that they who having never heard the gospel know not Jegus Christ , andbeUeve not in him , cannot be saved , be they ever so diligent to frame their iives according to the light of nature , or the laws of that religion which they possess . " This article concludes with the following remarks on
BSUOIOK . The general and final conclusion from our comparative view , it is likely , will be , that religion has ever been the first handmaid of civilization , but that it does not advance with advancing intelligence ; that it is quickly corrupted by power , becomes intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , and imnidral ; that It is uncqu . il to the supreme government of a refined people , and its first mission fulfilled to barbarous or half-civilized men , its next appropriate place is subordination to the civil authority , and its crude and stunted dogmas to the interpretation of an ever expanding litera . ture , science , and philosophv .
If religion is " corrupted by power , " is "intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , and immoral ; " if its " crude and stunted dogmas" require to be ruled by "literature , science , and philosoph y , " why should the evil be permitted to exist at all ? Or , rather—for so long as knaves can find dupes upon whom to practise their arts , religion will continue to exist—why should not every effort be made by the enlightened to free the minds of the many from the grovelling superstitions which have hitherto kept them " priest-led slaves , " and made them the victims of every fraud and wrong ? Until this be accomplished , the freedom of the human race is unattainable . There are some very able reviews of new works in this month ' s number , including Gregg ' s " Commerce of the Prairies ; " Mr . Johnston ' s "Travels in Abysinia ; " and "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation . " From the review of Johnston ' s " Travels " We give the following picture of
iBYSSIIUAN CHBTSTIANB . The manners and the superstitions of the Shoan population , as described both by Major Harris and Mr . Johnston , after nearly eighteen centuries of firmly established Christianity , might suggest a lesson to a large class of people in this country , who fancy they are doing all that is needful towards promoting the cause of religion and humanity by the mere fact of causing savages to profess their favourite creed . No people fulfil more rigorously than the Shoans all the external forms of religion . The power of the priesthood is immense : it alone is strong enough to control the will of the despot who rules them ; yet , according to Major Harris , a more bloodthirsty and cruel , filthy , false , and rapacious people titan these Christians of Shoa can hardly exist . As their king said of them to his English visitors , " they " are bad . "
The Autobiography of the Editor is continued , and is most instructive and interesting . On the whole , we like the appearance of this number much . If continued in the like spirit , and with the same ability , Trade ' s London Review must and will succeed .
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THE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXI . —Biggs , 421 , Strand . Of all the cheap miscellanies combining information and amusement for the " million , " we know none worthier of appr . qvaltb . an the Family moJA . Rightly it is named Family ; its contents rendering it a most fitting companion for the family circle . We have facts and philosophy for gentlemen ; hints and entertainment for ladies ; questions and diversion for youth ; and recreation and harmless pastime for all . In the words of the motto on the cover of this publication , it will be found , "interesting to all—offensive to none . " In common with several other publications , the- Herald contains a translation of Euobnk Sue ' s famous work , " The Wandering Jew . " But beyond this , the Herald contains an immense mass
of reading which but very few of the cheap publications can compete with . Indeed the Herald will advantageously Dear comparison with not a few of the dear-priced periodicals . One most interesting feature of the HtraU is the editorial articles of its principal conductor . Ranking in our opinion with Thomas Cabltle as one of the most original thinkers of the present time , we have reason to believe that in the pages of this publication he is read by some thousands , with , an interest not easily described . Our belief of this is grounded on the individual instances that have come under our notice ; and when we state that the Family Herald circulates something like
jljty tliousand copies weekly , the actual readers probably amounting to at least four times that number , the reader will see that we have good ground for our belief . The present Part contains excellent articles from the pen of the Editor on the followingsubjects : — " Symbolical Clething ; or the Surplice and Gown analogically considered . " "North and South ; or Mental and Moral Magnetism . " "Temper ; good and bad tempers , and their respective uses . " " Credulity and Incredulity , Superstition , and Science ;" and "The Movements , Political and Domestic . " We g _ ive the following extracts , all we can find room for , irom the article on " Credulity and Incredulity . "
CONTINUED EXISTENCE OH PAGANISH . When Christianity came into heathen lands , it had an immense work of destruction before it , and'that is yet far from being accomplished . Yet the process of the invasion of heathen practices has been conducted with wonderful method and propriety . Instead of suppressing them en * tirely , it partly adopted them . It converted-the image of Jupiter into the statue of St . Peter—it imitated the rituals , vestments , fasts , and festivals of Paganism , and destroyed their profimity by consecrating them anew , and baptising them anew . It thus succeeded in changing the old names—and by building splendid cathedrals , and
ordaining splendid ceremonies , and founding new orders— : the old religions went out , whilst the old national superstitions practically remained . This was all that Romanism could do ; and when it had accomplished -this its mission , something more was required . Even to this day the peasants of Spain will turn round the image of the Virgin that stands on their mantel-piece , when they proceed to do anything which they fear wiU offend her delicacy . This is a remnant of Paganism which contains some little moral beauty to atone for its absurdity ; hut stillit is a remnant which Romanism does not oppose , and cannot extinguish .
A SIXPENNY WIND . Sir Walter Scott , in bis notes to the Pirate , describes an old woman of Stromness , whom he visited , whose name was Bessie Millie , and who lived by selling winds to the sailors . " He was a venturous master of a vessel , " says Sir Walter , " who left the roadstead of Stromness without paying his offering to propitiate Bessie Millie . " Her charges were very moderate , only sixpence for a favourable wind , and the sailors paid it with a look between jest and earnest . For this sixpence , she boiled her kettle , and prayed for the vessel that paid it , and she said the wind was sure to come sooner or later . . She was nearly a hundred years old when Sir Walter saw her , and there is no reason to doubt that the old kimmer believed in her own influence .
A WOBD FOB SHAK 9 PEARE AND THE FAIBIES . A dark and gloomy superstition is one that is not likely to gain or keep ground in an age like this ; and it is only such a superstition that can prove detrimental to our temper , our morals , or our understanding . We care not how much the people believe in fairies and men of peace—the dunshee of the Scottish Highlanders . The faith wffl do them little harm , so that it does not enslave them , but supplies them with interesting topics of song and of thought . The rigid censure of scientific matter-of-fact incredulity we do not much admire ; and we felt very little respect for the understanding of a scientific regenerator , who , in a public lecture , at which we formed one of the audience , declared that such poets as ShakBpenre and
Milton , who spoke of fairies and ghosts , and other bug-abears , as matters-of-fact , tended more to debase than to cultivate the human mind ; and concluded by a singular expression of hope , that the day would soon come when we would have a Shakspeare of our own , who would affirm nothing but what was in strict conformity with the demonstrations of science ! A mathematical dramatist ! a geological Shakspeare ! a physiological MiltonJ Why , the very beauty of poetry is its non-sense , and the charm of an innocent fairy superstition is its absurdity . Hake it too rational and it proves injurious . Its mystery and unintelligibility are not the least of its recommendations . The beautiful may be within our reach , but the grand and suhhme are beyond it .
Immense as is the present sale of the Family Herald , we hope still to see it increase and multiply , and to that end advise all who have not hitherto made its acquaintance to make it forthwith , and judge of its merits for themselves .
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THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . T . C Newby , 12 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishrsquare . We continue our extracts from thfe excellent work Pressed for room , we must defer further comment We shall return to the subject next week .
THE CIIAMBZK OF TOBTCBE . —* HE BOOT . For the last tune , said he , I ask thee , Baron do 8 t . Auney , to confess thy crime and thy accomplice . Here is the paper : wilt thou sign it ? The baron waved his hand negatively—for his anguish was too intense to permit him to speak—and tremblingly awaited the result . D'Argensqn no sooner understood the sign , than he leaped from ' his chair , and striking the table with his clenched hand , exclaimed , with a frightful oath , that made even the hardened assistants shudder : By heaven thou shalt sign it ! A few glances were now interchanged between the parties : St . Marc took D'Argenson ' s place , whilst ** advanced with Corbe and Riquelet to the ipot where the baron was standing ; beckoning the soldiers , the latter placed their muskets against the wall , and leized their unfortunate victim .
The calmness of the baron at this juncture was frightful to behold - , it was CTidenUhat be maurtatoea it only at the expense of an immense effort ; large drops of cold perspiration streamed down his cheek , from every pore ; his teeth were firmly set together , and Mb lips compressed , but though his countenance was pallid , it indicated no irresolution : when they laid hands upon him , he turned his eyes to heaven , hi 3 lips moved , and a tear fell from bis eyeB : here all outward emotion ceased . Bind him yonder , said D'Argenson , pointing to the wooden post at the other end of the chamber ; Ru , to thy office .
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^¦ "Tfiis functibnary'immedlatelycast'Off his jerklnrand Daring his arms , bound , the baron ' s to the wooden pillar , so that he could not move , whilst the lieutenant of police Signed to Corbe and Riquelet to fetch the boot , which was very ponderous . They then proceeded to strip their unfortunate victim ' s legs and feet , and to place one of them in _ the machine , Uu holding it the while ; when everything was prepared , D'Argenson again asked the baron to sign the paper , but he again refused , and in the most peremptory manner .. Screw ! exclaimed JD'Argenson : Ru looked up at him irresolute . Ventre Men ! dost hear me ? reiterated he . Thus admonished , the fOvteMfs began very slowly turning a small pivot with a hand-winch , that , by a simple piece of mechanism , caused b . v the iron plates and springs of > vtii « U the . boot" wa 3 constructed , U collapse gradually together until , from the knee downwards , the wretched victim ' s leg was completely encased therein still he did not flinch : . ' .
.: Harder ! harder ! vociferated the lieutenant of police ; sang 4 it \( ! The porte-clefs appeared to struggle very hard to get the winch to turn , becoming exceedingly purple in the face with the exertion , but the more he tried , the less the winch moved ; at last he stopped , wiped his face on the back of his hand , and asked to be accommodated with a glass of wine . . . Go on ! cried D'Argenson ; thou shalt have wine when we have done , ¦ But although Ru resumed his operations upon the winch , it obstinately refused to stir ! upon which , the lieutenant broke out into a volley of execrations intermingled with threats of putting Ru himself to the torture if he did not do his duty . ? he screws are rusty , said that individual , and the springs too 1 let me try , exclaimed Corbe , pushing the other away ; [ ' 11 make it turn .
Seizing the winch with both hands , he turned it round twice or thrice with the greatest ease , much to the apparent astonishment o £ the porte-oUfs ; the effect of this manipulation soon manifested itself ; the baron shuddered , and the hue of his complexion turned almost to the lividity of death ; ' still he spoke not . - Wilt thou sign ? cried D'Argenson in his eari Never ! replied De St . Auney , in a husky voice . Screw ! shouted the former ; and again Cotbe applied himself to his hideous task . There goes the knee-pan . ' observed Bu , as a slight report like that of a walnut being cracked , fell on his ear . Wilt thou sign the paper ? demanded the lieutenant of police , trembling , and wiping the water from his forehead : the baron shook his head : Screw ! screw ! tonnere dieu ! shouted his persecutor , and again Corbe resumed his work .
There succeeded a very brief pause , when a second small report was heard : That ' s the ancle-bone , muttered the porte-clefs . Wilt thou sign now ? demanded D'Argenson again , in a hurried , anxious tone ; thy daughter shall go free ! I swear it , by St . Marc ! This was his patron saint . Give me the pen , said the baron , in an almost inaudible voice . D'Argenson snatched the pen from the Hand of St . Marc—who had been taking minutes of the proceedings —and ordering Ru to loose the baron's arms from the leathern thongs that confined them , presented him the pen , converting the crown of his heaver into a temporary writing-desk , and spreading out the paper upon it : it purported to be a confession made by the Baron de St , Auney , acknowledging himself guilty of the forgery of the bond ostensibly signed by the Sieur St . Anerin .
The sufferer , with an effort to suppress any expression of the agony he endured , took the pen , aM rapidly tracing the words False . ' false ! at the foot of the document , appended his name thereto ; this done , his arms dropped , and he would have fallen down , h ' ad not one of the soldiers caught him ; he had fainted . Marl dieu . ' shouted the thunderstruck and enraged lieutenant , looking at , the paper ; cheated ? Screw ! screw ! He can ' t bear any more now , observed Riquelet , who on these occasions officiated in the double capacity of confessor and surgeon .
Unscrew , him then , and take him to lus cell , replied D'Argenson ; curses on him ! Tearing the document into fragments , he beckoned St . Marc to follow him , and quitted the horrid scene , venting his rage in execrations /
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We advise everybody to buy and read this week's Punch ; hofk its literary contents and illustrations are excellent . "The Valentines for 1845 " comprise—Ghaham , as "The . Vegetable Pill Vendor ; " Sir Peter Laukik , as "The Penitent Knight" put down ; Louis-Philippe , as " Shakspeare'a Nurse ;" Brougham , as " The Political Pirouettist . ; " Gibbs , as The Civic Jeremy Diddler ; " and Albert , as " The Prince of Sportsmen . " The idea of the principal illustrations is from Dickers' Chimes , " Bowley interrogating Trotty Veck . " The characters are Sir
J . ¦ Botuley ...... Siv R . Peel ; Lady Bowley Duke of Weuahgtos ; Trotty Veck Lord John Russell ; Mr . Fish Sir James Graham . Anything better conceived and executed never appeared in our contemporary than these characters . The real of political life , and the ideal of Dickens' book , are admirably combined . Of the literary contents , the article headed "The Health of the Labourer , " by Q ,. IDouohAs Jerbohj ] is b y far the best . We shall endeavour to find room for it next week . In the meantime , we repeat , buy this week ' s Punch ; buy Punch every week , and help to diffuse the truths of which he is the inimitable exponent .
THE I-ABOUBER ' S COyE-SONd A plague upon thy head , thou dove . ' I envy thee thy fate ; Like unto thee I have a love , But not , like thee , a mate . A plague upon my own fond heart That was not made of stone , Without a throb , without a smart . To go through life alone . What right have I aloft to gaze - Upon the sunny skies , Whence , evermore , my fancy strays Unto a pair of eyes ? And wherefore should the rosy mom Remind me of a cheek % 0 ! I could laugh myself to scorn , For that t am so weak . Do I mistake myself , in truth ,
For some great lord or ' squire ? What can a hind , a lout , forsooth , More than a brute , desire 7 What , hath he passions , thoughts , and powers , More than a hog can feel ? Pshaw . '—let me crush them ,- —like the flowers , Beneath mine iron heel . I , that can scarce my daily bread With bitter labour earn , Have I a tear for love to shed , A heart with love to burn ? What more than bacon needs a clown 1—Would I'd enough of that !—Give him his beer ; and let him drown His passion hi the vat .
When yonder Church would lure thee ou With visions of a bride , Turn thee , thou fool ! and think upon The building by its side . There stands the Wobkhodse—look with awe Upon that place of dread , Where paupers go , who break the law Which says—Thou shalt hot wed . TOASTS AK& SKNTIHENT 8 FOR LANDL 0 BD 8 AT AOEICCL
TDBAL MEETINGS . The Agricultural Labourer!—at seven shillings a week . The Hobnailed Shoe!—and may the wearer never kick at starvation . The Smock Frock and its Tatters!—to which we ovre our rents . Success to the farmer ' . —and the benefit of it to the Landlord . the Landed Interest!—a thousand per cent , on the land ' s produce . Order , Economy , and the Workhouse ! The Preservation of Game , and the Gaol ! The Richmond Coronet . —At the Agricultural Protection gathering , the Duke of Richmond said the brightest jewel in his coronet was his care of the labourer . " The brightest jewel in a crown , " is an old phrase ; now , it comes down to the coronet . In like manner descending , some commoner landlord may declare that his treatment of the labourer is the deepest bit of black in his beaver .
Sinful Sabbath Oranges . —Daniel Crawley , a little boy , was charged at the Southwark Office before Mr . Trail with selling oranges on Sunday . Mr . Trail discharged the offender with an admonition , telling him that "by gelling fruit on Sunday he was breaking the Sabbath , and for which he was liable to be committed for anionth to gaol . " . This i » nothing but right . We have only to reflect upon the number of west-end fishmongers and confectioners at this Hio » ment m gaol for selling their goods on a Sunday , to feel that Daniel Crawley , the orange-boy , has had a veiy fortunate escape . A Notice op Motion . —The following notice , written on a little piece of paper , after the fashion of the memoranda left on the doors of barristers' chambers , ha » been suspended to the knocker of Mr . Leader ' s residence in Lowndes-square : —•
( St one to Cannes . Won ' t be back till next Election .
Thb Walbrook Pet . —It seems that the city of Lyons can boast of a Sir Peter Laurie , who is determined to put down " hissing , hooting , and all marks Of disapprobation Vft&tsoeverin tiaetheatre 1 " having issued a mayoral edict to that effect . By-the-by , a certain Lord Mayor would find a similar proclamation very useful in the city , providing he has the courage to attempt another 9 th of November . And tor * bsAR too !—The title of Due d'Isljr was offered to Marshal Bugeaud , but declined by him , at irst , as it involved an expense of 18 , 000 francs . The Duke of Marlborough says , " He wishes he had cnown this , as the Marshal might have had his title for one-half the amount . "
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Thb Bakuewni Vase . —The - celebrated Barbenni rase , broken in so singular a manner in the British Museum last week , was , for more than two Centuries , the principal ornament of the Barberini Palace . This vase was purchased of Sir Wm . Hamilton , considerably more than thirty years ago , for 1000 guineas , by the Duchess of Portland , since which period it has been generally known by the name of the Portland Vase . It wasffouhd about the middle of the sixteenth century , two miles and a half from Rome , in the road leading from Frascati . At the time of its'discovery the vase ' was enclosed iii a marble sarcophagus , within a sepulchral chamber , under the mount called Monte de Grano . The material of which the vase is tb ' . med is glass : the figures , which are executed in
relief , are of a beautiful opaque white , and the ground is ih p 6 ) rfect harmony with the figures , and of a dark transparent blue . The subject of these figures is extremely obscure , and'has not hitherto received a satisfactory elucidation ; but the design and the sculpture are both truly admirable . Without noticing any of the theories or conjectures that have been made about them , the following is an accountof the several figures : —In one compartment three exquisite figures are placed on a ruined columu , the capital of which is fallen , and lies at their feet , among other disjointed stones ; they sit under a tree on loose piles of stones . The middle figure is a female in a reclining and dying attitude , with an inverted torch in her left hand , the elbow of which supports her as she sinks , while
the right hand is raised and thrown over her drooping head . The figure on her right hand is a man , and that on the left a woman , both supporting themselves on their aims , and apparently thinking intensely . Their backs are to the dying figure , ana their faces are turned to her , but without an attempt to assist her . On another compartment of the vase is a figure coming through a portal , and going down with great timidity into a darker region , where he is received by a beautiful female , who stretches forth her hand to help him ; between her knees is a large and playful serperit . She sits with her feet towards an aged figure , having one foot sunk into the earth , and the other raised on a column , with his ehbi resting on his hand . Above the female figure is a cupid preceding the first figure , and beckoning him to advance . This first figure holds a cloak or garment , which he seems anxious to tring with him , but which adheres to
the side of the portal through which he has passed . In this compartment there are two trees , one of which bends over the female figure , and the other over the aged one . On the bottom of the vase there is another figure on a larger scale than the one we have already mentioned , but not so well finished nor so elevated . This figure points with its finger to its mouth . The dress appears to be curious and cumbersome , and above there is the foliage of a tree . On the head of the figure there is a Phrygian cap ; it is not easy to say whether this figure is male or female . On- the handles of the Vase are represented two aged heads , with the ears of a quadruped , and from the middle of the forehead rises a kind of tree without leaves ; these figures are in all probability ornaments , and have no connection with the reat of the figures , or the Story represented on tll 6 Vase . This superb specimen of Greek art was deposited in the British Museum , in 1810 , by his Grace the Duke of Portland .
The Elbctrio Telegraph . — The first trial of the electric telegraph from London to Southampton and Gosport was made on'Friday , Jan . 31 st , The telegraph was constructed by Messrs . Uooke and Wheatstone , the patentees , for the joint use of the Admiralty and the South Western Railway Company , between Nine Elms and Gosport , a distance of eighty-eight miles . Mr . Cooke left London by the three o ' clock train , and stopped . at Bishopstoke , soventy-two miles . He then proceeded by the next train , and an hour was occupied in carrying the wires into the office at Gosport , on the branch line ; so that it was only at a little before ten o'clock that , all things being ready , he dispatched the first signal to London . Four or five minutes of anxiety elapsed
before any reply was obtained , when his assistant in London excused his inattention on the ground of haying fallen asleep before the fire S The signals passed with the utmost precision , and a long conversation passed between his London correspondent over the intervening distance of eighty-eight miles . The perfection of the system of insulation was thus proved . The experiment had not been before tried until seventy-two miles were completed , when the apparatus was applied at Bishopstoke about a fortnight back . Directions to his London assistant to start for Gosport by the first morning ' s train closed the correspondence for the night . Professor Wheatstone joined , by appointment , at Nine Elms , about twelve next morning , and some thousand signals took their flight between London and Gosport . In Mr . Wheatstone ' s experiments no perceptible time was
occupied in transmission . Among many others the following inquiries and answers , preceded by the ringing of the alarum , occupying about four minutes , were made at the request of one of the company's officers : — " Have you any mackerel for to-night ' s goods train ? " " No , they cannot catch thenuvow . " " Why not 9 " " Because the nights are moonlight , and the fish see the net . " Other communications respecting the shipping took place . Subsequently the professor ' s new magneto-electric telegraph was brought into a long circuit of wire , and worked to perfection through . 288 miles . The apparatus dispenses with the batteries altogether , a steel magnet being the source of power . The Admiralty are to nQVA O TCOllt Af HiflOA IMQAninao nn /] t % vtniii *\ T \ V ! ioo +
* A . V I V tw ^ MVUKK Vi . VUbOV UtHUUUlVOi &VUU C * LSCV 1 . & VI 11 11 VC * V stone ' s pointing telegraphs , for their distinct use . For railway purposes Mr . Cooke prefers'liis twoneedle telegraph , " and in this opinion Professor Wheatstone agrees , as its rapid colloquial questionand-answer character is perfectly adapted for railway exigencies . There is a good deal of painting to to be done on the line , which will require fine weather and some days to complete . As soon as that is done the apparatus will again be worked , and two wires placed at the command of the Lords of the Admiralty ; the other two , with the branch telegraph to
Southampton , will remain m the company ' s hands for their own railway purposes and the use of the public . Mr . Cooke is prepared . to accept a challenge to lay down a telegraph from London to Falmouth , Liverpool , or Edinburgh , without any intermediate stages . The last practical difficulty is overcome by the present system of insulation . The entire cost of the telegraphbetween London and Portsmouth is £ 24 , 000 , to be paid in equal proportions by the Admiralty and the company ; and negotiations are being entered into with Government for laying down sections of it on the Chester and Holy head line , now in course of construction .
Geological Cimiosnr . —Not the least curious and interesting of the phenomena which rank themselves underthc head of " geology" is the finding of live animals imbedded in stones at such depths beneath the surface of the earth as to render it extremely improbable that they had ever lived upon it , and make it probable that they must have existed since the beds m which they were found were formed , which in most cases may be reckoned by thousands of years . Frequent mention is made in geological works of the finding of animals under such circumstances ; but , until within the last few days , we never had an opportunity of seeing ' one . To the uninformed mind , the idea of an animal having been imbedded in solid matter for thousands of years appears so incredible
that they will , in preference , believe any absurdity ; but the finding of the present is attended by circumstances which make it less difficult to believe it true than to believe to the contrary . A few days ago , as a miner named William Ellis , and others , were working in the Penydarran mine works , at a depth from the surface of forty-five yards , one of them struck the point of his mandril into a piece of shale , and , to the surprise of all , a frog leaped out of the cleft thus made . When first observed , it appeared very weak , and , though a large-sized frog , could crawl only with great difficulty . On closer examination , several peculiarities were observed ; its eyes were full-sized , though it could not see , and does not now see , as upon touching the eyes it evinces no feeling . There ia a line
indicating where the mouth would have been , had it not been confined , but the mouth has never been opened . Several deformities were also observable ; and the spine , which has been forced to develope itself in an angular form , is a sufficient proof of its having grown in a very confined space , even if the hollow in the piece of shale , by corresponding to the shape of the back , did not place the matter beyond n reasonable doubt . It is a very handsome frog , and continues to increase in size and weight , though no food can be given to it ; and its vitality is preserved only bv breathing through the skin covering the lower jaw . which is very thin . Ellis has been unfolding a theory of its formation , whose chief merit consists Teas in its being accordantwitn probability , than in being as
original as Will himself . That the age of this frog must be the same as the bed in which it was'found is clear ; and that it entered tha ^ bed while in the process oi formation and solidification is equally so . How long that bed has been formed , and what size the fro {; might have been at its entrance , we cannot take upon us to state ; but it is very probable that the bed is very old , and it is very certain that the frog Iuib grown in the stone while it was soft and yielding , as its peculiarities are such as under no other circumstances could ( have been presented . If , by life , we mean muscular motion , and not organic development , we cannot suppose that this animal ever lived until the stone
air was admitted to it on the lifting of . This assertion of its having existed in a state which can neither be called life , nor death , will be denied by those who have not known that life is a state produced by alternate waste and Bupply . Where tWe could have been no oxygen , there could have been no combustion—no waste , and consequently no supply . It is possible , by the alternate action of great heat and intense cold , to produce a very torpid state of the human frame . To these views It has been more philosophically objected , that during the formation of the shale , the frog must have become shale also . When a piece of iron , dropped into dough , becomes bread , this will be rendered probable , and not before . —Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian .
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Curious Epitaph . Lord Wliarton is buried between his two wives ; his effigy represents him l y ing between them , his head resting upon his creat , which ia Lucifer , tl \ e Motnmg Star . Here I Thomas Wharton-do lye , With Iiucifer under my head ; And Netty my wife hard by , ' And Nanty as cold as lead : — O , how shall I speak without dread , Who can my aad fortune abide ; With one devil wider my head . And another laid close on each sicto .
As Illustrated Supfhr . —Last week , at Wmchester , a Mr . Sharp gave a lecture on the " philosophy of the kitchen , " to illustrate which a aupper was cooked on the lecture table by means of gasmat beef , mutton , fowls ; ham , gnskins . frjed sausages , snare-ribs , puddings , drc—all admirably cooked by the cooking apparatus . At this rate , the man who invented gas little thought it would fill the stomach as well as delight the eye . Let the Poor-law Commissioners permit Mr . Sharp to turn on his gaa , with culinary illustrations , in the union houses . An . illustrated lecture of this sort would delight the poor pauper much more than any other work in the " workhouse library . "— Satirist .
At me Repeal Association , the other day , O'Connellsaid that , " under any circumstances , he yras for the golden link of the Crown . " It was quite superfluous of Dan to tell the boys that , as by this time they must be pretty well aware that'the only link he cares a straw about is a golden . It would be a difficult ; thins to find a man more attached to the sovereign , in a sordid sense , that the great agitator . —Ibid . TnE Post reproachfully accuses the Times of betraying the Church " with a kiss . " Even , admitting this to be so , we are-far frem thinking that Mother Church has not been betrayed by the kiss of many others besides the Times . Jove descended into the lap ' of Danffi in a shower of gold , and if the "Thunderer" has really prevailed over the virtue of the Church , it is probable that the same means have been employed . The " old lady" has been always verv sensible to the influence of the precious metals .
—xUd . Thb Due ra Neuovbs is giving a lot of balls , which deserve to be mentioned among the doings of Paris . Everybody gets invitations to them Tha poor Prince , m . fact , is hardly put about to get people enough , sufficiently respectable , te fill his saloon ? . Rut evon those he has are no great shakes . An old English ex-sugar boiler , or ex-something from the City , was invited to the last ball . The old man stared with open mouth at the splendour of the furniture —the beautiful decorations of the ceiling and cornices , < fec , when some one lugging him suddenly by the arm , cried "Corao along ! come along ! I'll present you to the Prince ! " A minute after , behold the ex-sugar boiler bobbing in lowly humility before
the futuro Regent of France . Nemouw muttered something—the man can't for the life of him talk like a Christian—and bowed to the ex-sugar boiler : Down went the boiler ' s head again—down again—low —lower—whilst a certain other part of his form rose in a corresponding altitude—( " Corresponding altitude , —is that English ? I reall y don't know , mit it sounds well , so let it stand ) . The last bobbing of the head , however , was fatal . Crack ! crack ! The " Regent that shall be" turned his head , and on seeing what had happened , burst into a hearty fit of laughter . Everybody who saw what had happened laughed too—everybody—the ladies as well as the gentlemen—everybody but the sugar-boiler . He didn'fc laugh—no , poor man ! He had—spare my blushes , fair reader—Jie'had—split his breeches !—Ibid .
The Force of Conscience , we know , is wonderfully great , and numberless are the instances of its power in causing retribution ; but we should say the following public advertisement far surpasses any known case of " conscience" on record : — " Sir Robert Peel acknowledges the receipt of £ 16 12 s ., on account of ' unclaimed income-tax for eighteen months . '" Let this case be matched , we say , in tho realm ! If any one had told us that there existed an individual in the nation who , to relieve the sin upon his soul of not having for eighteen monthspaid an unclaimed income-tax , acted as above , we should have set it down as mauvaise plaisanteiie . But yet the Premier publicly avouches the fact ! A great man , verily , is this Peel—to touch the conscience of any man by any act , but especially by the Income-tax !—Ibid .
The Prince of Wales is , we see , put down in the list of subscribers " for repairing the Chester Cathedral . ' When his Royal Highness emerges from his nurse ' s care , no doubt he will be much surprised , on looking over his accounts , to see how generous he was in his infancy . The last Prince of Wales was more given to lavish , lus spare cash , on courtezans than cathedrals , a fact which supplies matter for a very spicy chapter in his history . —' Ibid . A Bbmse of Bikbb . —Tvfo ladies , named Pigeon and Lark , were charged with stealing three fowls
from a man named Aviary . The prisoners were detected in the act , and given into the custody of a constable named Parrot , who brought them to tho office , from which they were consigned to the cage . In BUij . STiLL Out . —Mr . J . E ., of Manchester , whose family were all going out to dine on Christmasday , was left alone at home , &&d , sfendlng across to lus sister ' s for his dinner , to save the trouble of cooking , accompanied it with the following character * istic note : — " Mrs . E . has gone out , and I am left in , and , however paradoxical it may appear , Mrs . E ,, though out , is in for a dinner , and though I'm in I ' m out . "
Habeas Corpus . — " May it please your honour , " said a lawyer the other day , addressing one of the city judges , "I brought the prisoner from the gaol on a habeas corpus . " There's a good one ! " said a fellow in an under tone , who stood in the rear of the court , "I ' m blowed if I hain't seen him come here in a cab . " A Domestic Drama . —A few days ago , says the Journal de V Aube , some gens d ' armes went to a village in that department , toarrest a man who had , for a slight offence , been condemned to a week ' s imprisonment , but had not surrendered .. They entered his
bedroom , where they saw his wife , who had just risen from bed . She declared that her husband was absent . The gensd'armes , however , perceiving that some person was in bed , turned down the clothes and found a man in the simple apparel of nature . " I am not tho husband , " said the man . " That story will not do , " said the gensd armes . They made him dress and go with them ; but on their arrival at the guard-house , they found that the man had told the truth ; for there they found the husband , who had just given himself up , and learned for the first time that he had a remplacant .
An Atrocious Wretch . —A farmer , who occasionally accommodated a neighbour with a flitch of bacon at a killing season , being applied to as usual , replied , " Hanna yet made up my moind whether I shall Ml myseV this year , or take a side ofmyfeyther . " Law and Equity . — " Pray , my lord , " said a gentle * man to a late respected and rather whimsical judge , •' what is the distinction between Law and Equity Courts ? " "Very little in the end , " replied his lordship : " they only differ so far as time is . concerned . At common law you are done for at once ; in equity you are not so easily disposed of . The former is a bullet , which is instantaneously and most charitably effective ; the latter is an angler ' s hook , which plays with its victim before it kills it . The one is prussic acid and the other laudanum . "
How to Get a Bit . — " Shall I cut this loin of mutton saddle < vay ? " said a host to his guest . " No , " replied the latter , "by all means cut itbridle-ivay , for then I may chance to get a bit in my mouth . " New DiNitro-ROOMS for the House op Commons . — Bellamy ' s having been pulled down , a new set of dining apartments are being fitted up for the members of the House of Commons , and a committee of the legislative body has been chosen to superintend the arrangements of the new cuisine , without respect to party or political character ; for instance : —Lord John Manners , Mr . Smythe , and Mr . D'Israeli , who do not go with the roast-beef-of- " Old-Engiand " party , have agreed to superintend the boiled veal or "YoungEngland" department . Mr . Daniel O'Connell and the repeal section promise to keep the members in a peirpetual" Irish stew . " Lord John Russell and
several distinguished Whigs have kindly undertaken to look after the cookery of the " plaices , " although they do not expect to partake of themfor a considerable time . Mr . Ferrand promises to see that the House shall be Veil supplied with " red hot" broils of every description . Mr . Hume engages to attend to the cheese-parings and the perquisites to the waiters . Sir Robert Peel , a&mitod ; hotel , takes upon himself to superintend the "measures" and present the " bills . " Serjeant Murphy will attend to " the bar . " Mr . Roebuck will feel himself quite at home in providing " sauce" of all kinds for the House . Mr . Cobden , who goes in on the cheap principle , guarantees that all the members shall have bread a discretion . Mr . Borthwick , whenever he makes a speech , warrants that it shall be—pickles . — Great Gun . . .
Marrieo . —On the 21 st inst ., at St . Pancras New-Church , George Bull , Esq ., Doctor of Medicine , to Henrietta , daughter of Ebenezer Pope , Esq . : — The " Bulls" of Rome subBervient are To Popes , of grace and learning full ; But here ' s a Pope , much stranger far , Who vows obedience to a Bull . —Ibid , Truly Affectionate , —The Court Circular says that at Strathfieldsaye , on Tuesday , "the dinner party embraced three officers of the Hampshire Yeonianry . "—Ibid . Star-Gazino . —The papers announced , on the same day ; Mr . Blunt ' s "Beauties of the Heavens , " and Mr . ¦ Heath ' s '' Beauties of the Opera . " The names don't accord with the volumes beneath ,
Each should borrow the other's , and stick it in front One can study astronomy well from a heath ; But one can't see the . Opera stars without blunt . ''
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VISION OF THE FUTURE . Br J . C . Pbince . I see no splendid tyrant on a throne , Extorting homage with a bauble rod ; Ho senate , needless of a people ' s moan , Cursing the produce of the fertile sod ; No sensual priest , with pamper'd pride o ' erblown , Shielding oppression in the name of God ! ~ So pensioned concubine—no pauper peer , To scorn the widow ' s or the orphan ' s tear . 1 see no bondsman at bis brother ' s feet , The weak one fearing -what the strong one saith ; No biassed wealth upon the judgment seat , Urging its victims to disgrace or death ; >" o Tenal Dleaders . privilege ^ to Cheat ,
"With truth and falsehood in fhe selfsame breath 3 fo dungeon glooms—no prisons for the poor—If o partial laws to render power secure .
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