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"A feastof nectar'd sweets . Where no crude surfeit reigns 1 " As a me ans of clearing off the accumulations of poetical contributions ana extraftts which come into our possession , bat which the ordinary channel ( our « Poet ' s corner" ) is inadequate to dispose of , we announce ^ In Febraaiy last , our intention of giving , every quarter , a selection of original and extracted nieces under the above head . It was intended that the selection should have appeared some time in March . Unfavourable circumstances prevented this , and we can only offer our very sincere apology for the unavoidable delay .
The announcement just alluded to , caused , as -we ejected , the transmission to us of as much poetry ( so called ) in manuscript , as would , almost for six months to come , have supplied us-with the very useful article called waste paper , had we been fortunate « nons h * ° have dealt in -those very necessary commodities , butter and cheese . If writing paper , formerly sold in the neighbourhood of Clare market and similar classical localities at " six sheets for a penny , " las not greatly advanced in price , we can assure our readers it is no fault of our poetical correspondents . And If we have not become stone-blind in performing our arduous task of poring over and endeavouring to arrive at the meaning of the lucubration& ^ -we take it for granted that all poets "burn the midnight taper "—with which wehave been favoured , why , at any rate , we have not improved our organs o vision ; and should the result be thai we should fin <
It necessary to multiply our optics , we shall look to the poets to furnish us with the necessary helps—to provide us with a due quantum of " second sight . " At length we have struggled through this almost Interminable mass of " thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " Whatablessingwe ' renotmadeof touchwood , otherwise , surrounded with such a mass of paper , the conflagration which would have necessarily ensued would have been frightful . Phaetons predicament , when he set the world on fire , iveuld have been nothing to ours ! We have finished our task ; and , —alas ! for the vanity of human expectations , —of all the " original" productions with which we have been favoured , we dare only—stretching our editorial charity to the uttermost—present to our readers the somehalf-dozenspecimcns , which will be found below . The rejected effusions , of " poetry , " are poetry " of a sort : ' bntsuch a sort as " neither gods nor men permit . "
The " favoured few" who have found admission to the "feast" must not deceive themselves . Their productions are cerfainlynet void of merit ; for , had they been so , they would not have appeared in these columns ; but we should only deceive them were we to omit telling them that ) although they may have reached the base of Parnassus , they have a long journey before them if they would reach its summit . If such is the aim of their ambition , they wiUneedto put forth all their strength to attain the wished-for goal . Abhorring , as we do , the brutal and baneful spirit by which the song-writers of the Nation appear to be actuated , we must , nevertheless , accord to them the
possession of talent , energy , and the right poetic inspiration . Of the poets of the Nation it has been well said , that their songs " stir the heart like the sound of a trumpet : ; " and while we would have our Iriends eschew the rancorous partisanship and barbarous " nationality" of the Nation men , we would gladly see them competing with the Irish lyrists in a generous rivalship , not for the triumph , of class and sectional interests , but for the universal liberty of mankind . Let our poetical friends reflect on this . " England expects every man to do his duty !" The subject of the following warrants us accordin 2 to it the precedence : —
THE POETS' FEAST . BT W . C ., GLASGOW . Hail ! hail ! totliee , thou joyful day , Which care , winch grief far drives away , And earth . illumines with a ray , ¦ Reminding us of heaven ; Tis not to greet the conqueror proud , Or eourtly , fawning , titled crowd , That flows so rich ! that swells so loud , Strains bold , and freely given : Ah no ! si nobler , purer lay , The Bard doth sing upon this day . So st . ife , no vain and clam'rous mirth At Socsj ^ s rich feast hath birth , But all that flora endear the earth And make it worthy man ; That shows for th beauties to the eye , Implanting feelings ne ' er to die , Our souls lead soaring Sar on high .
Jew beauties there to scan : And stiU to truth and -virtue ' s praise , Sweet songs with cheerful voice to raise . le-sons of Poesy , than swell The chorus , from hill , rale , and dell , In Freedom's tone ninj forth the knell Of tyrant and of slave : Onril the yet dim eye doth light ; OntU iJic- irroug-dhare gain'd their right ; Till tyranny hath set in nig ht , . And found an endless grave : Then proud and free may stand the least Who ihushadijoin'd ihe Poet ' s Feast .
"We are grateful to Mr . Ross for informing us of the glories and beauties we may hope for when Spring docs conic ; but we can assure him , that excepting the redoubtable Tom Spktxg , we have , as yet , seen no Spring in this part of the world . "We have been as chill and cheerless in the " great wen , " as if , instead of coquettish April , suicidal November had heen in ilie ascendant . It is fortunate that Peel has contrived , with his Maynooth Bill , to get us all into hot water , otherwise we should have been tempted to have followed Mr . Etzleb to the tropics . But here is our northern Mend's
ODE TO SPRWG . BT DAVID SOS 3 , LEED 3 . "What anecstacj wakes in the mind , TVhen the Spring , like a spirit of light , Spreads her nianCc of verdure , all blooming and blight , O ' er meadow and moun tai n , and daisy-crowned height , "W here roaincth the zephyry wind . VFhat raptures awake with the morn , " When the lark leaves its heathery bed , And its lay o ' er the landscape is merrily borne , "While diamond den drops bespangle each thorn , And the flowers with fresh fragrance are fed . Trom eternity ' s iremh , as the Spring Bushesforth to delight us again "With her smile of enchantment , she waketh the bloom , And the flowerets burst forth from their winf ry tomb . And with grandeur embellish the plain .
Then the primrose embroiders the grass , And the daisies bespangle the lawn . While the zephyrs breathe fragrance as onward they pass , And the lambkins in frolic each other surpass As they wake to new life with the dawn . The streamlets now tranquilly glide , And plaintively murmur around , "While Flora , enamoured , comes forth as a bride , All radiant with beauty , of nature the pride , As she scatters her treasures around , The honeybees wake at her call , And joyfully follow her train , Tfll , cumber'd with sweets , they return to their hall To lay up their treasures in catacombs small , Lest Winter should threaten again .
All nature is lovely to view , On the earth , or the fathomless main ; The skies are all chid in etherial blue—All matter seems quicken'd and glad , to renew Its joyful existence again . lake a herald of promise she comes To tell us ihat Summer is near , When the treasures of earth from its bosom shall rise , As Apollo , in glory , looks down from toe sides , To welcome the bride of the year . Either ihe author of the followinglines attempts too much in overlaying his subject with fine words , -Or , we are incompetent to do him justice . In all -Sinceritr , we sav , we hope that the latter is the fact . If heheatruepoet ^ hich . a further ac-Quaintaneeship will prove , no one will be more ready than us to do him justice—no one will more heartily rejoice in his success .
ADDRESS TO THE OCEAN . BT THE AUTHOR OF " THE VOICE OF NATURE . "
" And I have loved thee , Ocean . "—BraoN . 0 ! who may know how fondly I have gazed Upon thy mighty waters , stretching fer In Boundless freedom , when the radiant morn IUnmed thy bosom with it ' s golden beams—And when the Sun , throned in the zenith , shone Upon ihy lambent waves , 0 ! Ihave jo / d Onta the feelings of my g lad heart glow'd With all the ardent eloquence of youth . I ' ve stood upon the mountain ' * lofty brow , And view'd the shining deep , when summer skies , To hathe their silvet ' d azure , slept beneath Thy sun-robed flood ; while , stretching free and far , The lucent waters laved their sounding shores , Ana nurmur'd round the isles that proudly rear
Their towering forms like guardians of the deep , Awaking tones of plaintive harmony , Sweet as the fabled strains the mermaid sings , VSjiffly melodious . And I have gazed Tin lowering clouds vett'd noon ' s triumphal blaze , While underneath the growing arch of heaven The thunder burst . Then rush'd the angry storm Upon the pinions of ihe hurricane Fleet o ' er thy troubled waters , till the waves Woke from their sleep , and , foaming , roll'd along la awful grandeur . Then my bosom sweU'd , Unffl my heart gWa with a wild delight ; AnS , while the tempest revell'd in it ' s might , My spirit , wrapt in awe , survey'd the scene , And , soaring high to majesty divine , Adored Omnipotence ,
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I loved to gaze on thee when evening hung Her deepening shadows in the twilight hour ; When through the sapphire portals of the night Deep darkness rush'd anon , while , one by one , The stars came forth all beautiful and fair As gems that dazzle in celestial crowns , Shedding their light upon thy wavelets sheen " That , flashing back the radiance of their rays , With stUly murmurs softly kiss'd thy shores , To sing a requiem for the dead who sleep Beneath thy waters , by the storm entomb'd , ¦ Within the graves of thy unfathomM depths .
And , Ocean , 0 ! how vast are thy domains . Mysterious . and immense I Thy waves roll on O ' er scenes where yet the prying eye of man Hath never been ; scenes that may be portray'd " In all the vast magnificence of thought , " Until the mind , uprearing fancy , sinks Beneath conceptions towering and sublime . Nor shall the hidden secrets of thy womb Look on the light , until the dreadful day When aged Time shall lean his hoary head Upon the bosom of eternity ; When , robed in majesty , the great I iK ,
Who holds within the hollow of his hand Thy mighty waters , shall , with power , come forth To judge the world . Then , cleft asunder at the high behest Of throned Omnipotence , thy floods will raise On high their liquid walls , as on the day "When Israel , trusting in Jehovah , fled From Fharoah ' s ire . ere yet thy surges burst To quell the daring of the Memphian host . Then from thy depths the dead will all arise , The while ten thousand thunders wake around , A n d ea r t h s h all pass away , and Death shall die , And time shall be no more !
The following needs no other introduction than the name of the author , whose simple but sweet lyrics have often graced our columns . It is only fair to state that we consider this not the happiest of his effusions . Still , g o lively a love-ditty cannot fail to be welcome to our readers . ' So here ' s a cheer—we should have no objection if , instead of a cheer , it were a kiss —for
FANNY WILLIAMSON . BT J . ' M ' KOWEN . Bonny Fanny Willia m son , Charming Fanny William son , There ' s ne ' er a truer hearted one , Than bonny Fanny Williamson . Nurs'd upon misfortune ' s breast , Sore by poverty oppress'd , Mother's eye ne'er watch'd the rest , Of bonny Fanny Williamson , Like th' snow-drop ' s lonely flower , That cometh hi the wint ' ry hour , To bide the blast and sleety shower , Was bonny Fanny Williamson . As the snow-drop on the lea A type of spring-time seems to be , Her infant face oft told to me
The future Fanny Williamson . Could ye see her—now sixteen , Modng in her Sunday sheen , Human eye hath seldom seen , The like of Fanny Williamson . Free from stain and free from guile , Peerless in her own green isle , Nor hath the swan upon loch Foyie , The grace of Fanny Williamson . In her presence all is gay , Cankering care flies swift away , Time e ' en pauses on his way . To gaze on Fanny Williamson . One so artless and so young , Beedeth not her praises sung , But 0 I 'twould baffle pen and tongue , To tell of Fanny Williamson . We beg to introduce to our readers a sterling
HYMN OF LIBERTY . BT JAHE 3 EM 8 HE DUNCAN . The heart of man is burning , The chains of ages spurning , Ah ' , yes , a glorious morning Is breaking on him now . See , see ! its rays are gleaming , In bright effulgence streaming , In joy and glory beaming , Upon his god-like brow ! Long has his soul been panting , Long , long , his spirit wanting-, What heaven at length is granting—To flee from woe and shame .
Then rouse ye from your slumbers . And throng in countless numbers , And fan the glowing embers Now bursting into flame ! 0 burst the bands that bind ye , 0 spurn the mists that blind ye , And leave the paths behind ye , Of hate and infamy . To wroug no longer pander , But snap your chains asunder , And shout in voice of thunder , The Truth has set us free !
The following simple but energetic lines , written by one of the sons of toil , breathes a bitterness of heart , and a fierceness of sou ! , that speaks volumes on the " Condition-of-Engkad question . " What an abominable systeik must that bo , which , changing the " milk of human kindness" into jpll and wormwood , compels the oppressed but intelligent men of England to speak out in such words of bitter scorn as the
following!—TOIL OS . BT WILLIAM JONES , LEICESTER . Ye reckon it a boon , Unrecompeused to toil-Toil on , then , till your forms are strewn , Lean , lifeless , o ' er the soil . Toil all the six days through , Then on the seventh behind Some God-condemned oppressors pew , Go crouch , mean , ' sham'd and pined . Toil— " not for treasures where Corrode the moth and rust ;" But toil and claim that better share" Religion an ^ crus ^ •'" Toil for the grades that hate You , and your babes and wires ; The ruthless vampires of the State , That drain your very lives . Toil on—contented toil
For heroes , murderers , knaves ; And sing to cheer your hearts the while" Britons shall ne ' er be slaves !" No time for books allow , Season for food or sleep ; Toil till cold sweat rains froin your brow , Fault tremblings o ' er you creep . Toil , t ill your shrunken brains To idiotey are brought ; Forget for aye the ennobling strains Our patriots true have taught . Toil , while your children mourn ; Toil , tillyourselves wax blind ; let Tyranny take half you earn , Or aU—toil , never mind i Toil , tiU ye can no more—Till toil itself grows scant ; Then , while wealth ' s nectar'd cup flows o ' er , Die maddened with keen want .
Toil on , —I tell ye toil , Poor uncomplaining slaves , TU 1 death—nor let a daisy ' s smile Deck your unhonour'd graves ! " Let Glasgow flourish ! " We have now to present a third purveyor to our feast , from the " Queen of the West . " We say third ; for , besides the lines b y W . C , the "Address to the Ocean" is also from Glasgow ; in addition to which we have received several other pieces ftom the same locality , which we hare been compelled to reject : so that there appeal's to be an overflowing number of the sons of the muses in Scotland's commercial capital . " Modern Athens" must look to her laurels ; for , if not wide awake , she has a fair chance of being eclipsed by her western sister . By a great number of our readers , we dare say , the following lines will not be the less appreciated because written m " guid braid Scotch" : —
SONG OF FREEDOM . BT JOHN PEACOCK , GLASGOW . 0 ! awa wi sic sangs as aft liae been sungr , The lyre to fond freedom has scarcely been strung ; The maist o' the sangs sung hi years that s awa , An' sung now a-days—a trows a—but a blaw . Weak pufls blawin praises baith empty an' vain . To favour the rich folk , an' court a big name ; Sae now strike the lyre , an' this sang gie to me , The sweetest o a' sangs that breathes o' the free . The bards o' langsyne sung loud praises to kings—To proud peers , an'princes , and sic pamper'd things ; Strung their lyres to the feme o' the walthy an' great , An' ranted awa about the Kirk an' the State . To Love , War , an' Wine , thev hae mony sangs glen—But few to sweet Freedom , their bosom ' s best frien' : 0 J now strike the lyre , an' this sang gie to me . The sweetest o' a' sangs that breathes o * the free .
The dark clouds o' error are vanislun . fast , In bodies who think we'll now shrink at the past ; The bright star o' reason begins to appear , Dispellin' the shadows o' horror an' fear . And Freedom—fair Freedom—the night o' our birth Smiles now like the simmer sun far o ' er the earth ; Sae now strike the lyre , an' this sang gie to me . The sweetest o' a' sangs—man yet will be free ! Now black superstition , wha ' s lang war * d wi' men , Sae like a foiled demon shrinks back to its den ; Proud emp ' rors and lungs totter now on their thrones ^ For truth is triumphin' in spite o' sic drones . Lang tired wi' the rants an' the _ sangs o' langsyae , Mankind sing the sangs o' a happier time ; "When nation an' nation as ane wiU agree , An the hale earth resound wi sangs 0 * the ( free .
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' ' - . Ti .:: •* MA- ¦ ' i---1- ' ¦ ¦ -, - ¦¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : To our friends whose contributions have been rejected we must offer a word of consolation . If they cannot write poetry , mayhap . they : might suceed in prose ; and to most of the rejected we would give the advice not to waste their time for the future in attempting what to them will doubtless ever be an impossibility , but stick to plain , common sense prose . Some of the rejected appear to be capable of better things than they have this time accomplished ; for the benefit ot ' such , therefore , and for the benefit of those who may not be inclined to take the advice offered above , we give the following definition of poetiy from the writings of Leigh Hunt : —
Poetry , strictly and artistically so called , that is to say , considered not merely as poetic feeling :, which is more or less shared by all the world , but as the operation of that f ee l ing , such as we see it in the poet ' s boo k , is the utterance of a passion for truth , beauty , and power embodying and illustrating its conceptions by imagination and fancy , and modulating its language on the principle of variety in uniformity . Its means are whatever the universe contains ; and its ends , pleasure and exaltation . Poetry stands between nature and convention , keeping alive among us the enjoyment of the external and the spiritual world : it has constituted the most enduring fame of nations ; and , next to Love and Beauty , which are its parents , is the greatest proof to man of the pleasure to be found in all things , and of the probable riches of infinitude .
We do not expect that all who essay the poet ' s delightful task will be able to accomplish to the full the requirements of the above ; but we do expect all such to make the attempt , and to approach , to some extent , the standard here indicated . Hoping our poetical friends will bear the above in mind , wo wish them good speed in their preparations for our next feast , in the "flowery month of June . " But we have not come to the conclusion of our present "Feast . " Wehaveaheapofselectednmtterbyws , which , to do anything like justice to , we must lay over till next week . We cannot , however , let pass the present opportunity , so favourable to the consideration of a subject to which we have before directed the attention of our readers . We allude to the exclusion from Westminster Abbey of Thorwaldskn ' s
statue of Byrox . It will be within the recollection of our readers that in the session of 1844 this subject attracted attention , and excited an interesting discussion in the House of Lords . On that occasion the Bishop of London defended the conduct of the Dean and Chapter in excluding the statue , alleging that as Lord Btron had shown himself in his life and writings the enemy of Christianity , regard for the national religion demanded that he should be denied the posthumous honours which , in a - Christian temple , Christians only . ire entitled to . Our readers may remember that we remarked at the time upon the beautiful consistency of the Bishop , and the Dean and Chapter , as exemplified in the exclusion of the statue , on the ground of the poet ' s irreligion and immorality ; when , at the same time and for years previously , the Dean and Chapter had been deriving no small share of their immense revenues from some thirty or forty houses of prostitution situated within
the " pale" of the Abbey , and under the very noses of these morality-mongering priests . " A great portion of the press cried shaine upon this exhibition of brazen hypocrisy : but it would be about as possible to extract blood from a stone , as to raise the blush of shame on the frontispiece of a state-gorged law-protected priest . The discussion , however , did this good : it drew public attention to the fact that this great work of Thorwaldsen ' s was in existence , and served to rouse the friends of the deceased poet from their long and shameful apathy . From that time rumour has been busy assigning a resting-place for the proscribed memorial . At one time it was stated , in very positive terms , that the statue would be erected in a conspicuous part of Kensal-green Cemetery . Again , it was said that Trinity College , Cambridge , was to be its locale . The latter statement appears to be correct , judging by the following article , which we extract from the Athnomm of Saturday last ;—
THOBWAID 8 EN ' S STATUE OF BYRON . This statue , the rejected of the Church—whose censure has been , it should seem , powerful enough to bear down the interest attaching to such names as Byron and Thorwaldsen , and consign , for more than a dozen years , a work of art , which records them both , to the cellars of the London Docks—has , at length , found a destination ; and , having revisited the glimpses of the moon , is now at Sir Richard Westmacott ' s , preparatory to its erection in the Library of Trinity Colle g e , Cambridge . For ourselves , we think the destination an appropriate one—though we may lament that no fit receptacle for it could be found in the capital . So much curiosity , however , has been recently excited about this work , that we would suggest , to those who have the control of its movements , the propriety of exhibiting it in tlie metropolis—at the National Gallery , or elsewhere—ere it is finally removed to its pedestal at Cambridge .
There have been , in the days of its seclusion , such different opinions given to the public of its merits as a work of art , by the privileged few who had caught a sight of it in the studio of the sculptor—and so many versions have been offered of the circumstances under which it lay bu r ied so long in the vaults of a commercial company—that we were anxious to judge for ourselves on the one head , and hare ta k en some pains to ascertain the facts of the other . The statue is , it appea r s , the property of a body of subscribers , the private friends and admirers of the deceased poet ; who contributed to the memorial with a zeal not adequately represented by the amount of their subscriptions—and offered the commission to Chantrey . That artist , however , declined a task so imperfectly remunerated ; and the committee , not seeming to know that there was any other sculptor in England , travelled to Home in search of a master . It has been stated , again and again , that Thorwaldsen executed this work gratuitously , in a spirit of enthusiastic admiration for the poet , and gratititude to England for the early patronage of one of her
sons , which laid the foundation of his fortunes . The assertion , without being literally true , has nevertheless enoug h of truth to h o n o u r the sculptor a n d e n hance the interest of his work . The sum subscribed , whatever might be its amount , was certainly paid to Thorwoldsen ; but it was no adequate price for his work—and the sculptor's answer is understood to have been to something like the following effect : — "Gentlemen , I cannot afford to give you the marble ; but 1 will take your money and execute the statue . " The refusal , on its arrival in this country , to admit the figure into the abbey , as unfit to associate with the selected company assembled there in marble , is sufficiently known : and since the death of Dr . Ireland , an attempt has been made to get the sentence of excommunication removed hj his successor . Whatever , however , might hare been Dr . Turton's decision , if the question had been originally submitted to him , he felt the inipi - o < priety of stigmatizing the judgment of his ecclesiastical predecessor ; and the statue has been lying in its packingcasts , merely for want of a home , till the doors of Trinity Library were opened to the rejected .
With regard to the statue itself , we believe that no man who looks at it in an artistic spirit will be disappointed . As the representation of a poet , and of the particular poet , it is a beautifully imagined and presented work—having , with much of the Danish artist ' s carelessness , and even coarseness , of execution , less than his accustomed severity of style . The fact is , that the work presents a picture , from whatever point of view it is regarded—and a picture raising ihe romantic as much as the classical associations . The bard is seated on a ruined fragment , which has been part of some ancient temple , and his foot restson the broken shaft of a fallen column , The sculptured ornaments on the shattered fragment , while they are supposed to have been the ancient carving of the stone itself , are skillfully selected as tributes to the poet—those on the right representing the Athenian owl , while on the left the dedication of the lyre to Apollo is symbolised . In his left hand the poet holds a volume , inscribed witli its title " Childe Harold ; " and the raised chin is lightly touched
with a stylus , or pencil , which he holds in his hand . The head is slightly lifted , and turned over the right shoulder —the eyes raised , but with no dramatic or determined air of inspiration . The look and attitude are both natural and unaffected expressions of thought . The beauty of the poefs hand and wrist , and the delicate forms of the throat and lower face are strikingly rendered : but in the aspect there is something more than mere thought—infinitely sad and touching , and which , to us , seems one of the triumphs of the work . The upper face tells a talc of pain and sorrow ; and a shadow from within gives a character of age to features that , in their material presentment , are obviously young . The costume is a ridingdress , with a cloak thrown loosely over , whose folds are among the sculptor ' s resources for composition and relief . In feeling and design , the work is a very fine one;—the genius , the character , and the fortunes of the wayward poet are all shadowed forth;—and Trinity wiU have , in this statue , anew object of great interest for the visitors
to her fine library . The execution of the figure—as in many anoth * r ot Thonvaldsen's—is far below the conception ; and here it is that the most unfriendly critics may have found the objections which have led them so greatly to underrate the work . Besides a general coarseness of handling , excepting about the head and in the modelling of the hand , there are faults of detail , which may furnish the mere critic with themes undeniable , and accusations to be answered only by an appeal to larger sympathies and artistic faith . No English sculptor , in view of the clamour he would draw about his head , dare venture to produce
to his public such lower extremities as Thorwaldsen has given to the bard : no British statue could stand on such feet . The right leg of the figure—which i 6 extended , to rest on a lower plane ( the left being raised on the broken shaft ) , is shapeless—its upper portion being rather femenine than that of a man . AU these defects the sculptor could have corrected , at will ; the wanting finish is an added charm which his chisel could have added at any time . We do not affect to underrate the graces of finish and execution , nor to justify their being withheld;— -but the thought embodied in this is intrinsically worth all the technicals which schools can teach or critics can
enforce . The thousands of our readers who wilJ , doubtless , for ever be debarred the pleasure of gazing on tlus magnificent pieceofsculpturedpoetry , will , we are sure , thank usfor transferring the above article to our columns . Itwill afford them the power of forming in theirmmd s eye , a vision—however imperfect—o f tne an out living marble . We beg to differ with the Athenaxtm .-we do not think the destination of this statue an appropriate one . " Certainly the p lace of the poet s education is not altogether inapprop rjate ' > Dut a
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statue of one of England ' s greatest poets , by one of Modern Europe ' s great sculptors , should never have been permitted to be locked up , out of the reach and sight of the entire of the poet ' s countrymen , with the exception of a privileged few . As regards the immense majority of the British people , the statue might just as well have remained in the vault ot the London Docks , as to be consigned to an aristocratical and exclusive nook in Trinity College , Cambridge It is true , that had it been placed in some one of the public buildings in the metropolis , or in Ivensall-green Cemetery , the majority of the people mi | ht still never have been able to visit the metropolis , and therefore would never have had the chance pt seeing the statue . But it at any rate would have been open to the two millions of the inhabitants of London ; and the thousands whoarecoutinuallycomine here from the country , and from Scotland , Wales " 1 \' <} land ' .. 5 11 l arts of * h . e world , would have had the
, . . likefacilityofgazingonthelilcenessoftheniightv bard If , however , the destination of this statue has been finally settled on , we would support and urge the recommendation of the Athcnceivm , that it should be " exhibited in the metropolis—at the National Gallery , or elsewhere—ere it is finally removed to its pedestal at Cambridge . " We are not amongst those apologists of the poet who have urged the introduction of his statue into Westminster Abbey , on the ground that his writings contained not more objectionable matter , or not even so much , as is to be iound in the writings of Sjiakspeare , Dryden , Jonson , Butler , Pbior , and others who are duly honoured with a niche in "Poet's Corner . " Indeed we would scorn to be ranked amongst the poet ' s mere " apologists "—for apology he needs none . From the days of Homer to the present time , we shall look in vain , amongst poets , or any other class of men , for that
" Faultless monster wliieh tins woriel ne ' er saw ;" and therefore , taking Byron with all his imperfections on his head , we say , do homage to his transcendant genius ; remember with sorrow his manifold wrongs and sufferings ; honour Ms dauntless and untiring defence of liberty and man ' s rights , and glory in his name and memory , that he was , 0 Englishmen , your countryman : " First of the free , and foremost of the brave . " It is not . because Boon ' s writings are more moral , or less moral , than those of Sjiaksfbarb or any other writer , nor on any such stupid grounds that we would demand for him the posthumous honours accorded to others . Byron was a national poet . His writings are amongst the greatest triumphs of the English language ; and therefore , if Westminster Abbey be a national temple , as of right it is , there should his statue be placed . A British Pantheon , having no connection with
the mummeries of priestcraft , has been suggested as the most fitting repository for the memorials of the mighty dead . The suggestion is a good one ; but in the present state of things is not likely to be realised . It has been said by one of our greatest poets that the coBt of the mere trappings of a monarchy would defray all the necessary expenses of a Republic ; and assuredly a more national , and , let us add , rational Government , than what we at present live under , must be seen in this country , before so national and so rational a work , as a British Pantheon , is likely to be accomplished . A short time ago there appeared in the Literary Gazette a review of a pamphlet , the authorship of which has been ascribed to Sir John Hobhouse , entitled "Remarks on the exclusion of Lord Byron ' s monument from Westminster Abbey . " From that pamphlet we give the following summary of the character of the poet : —
CHARACTER OP BYRON ' . i Lord Byron had failings—many failings , certainly , but he was untainted with any of the baser vices ; and his virtues—his good qualities—were all of the higher order . He was honourable and open in all his dealings—lie was generous , and he was kind . He was affected by the distress—and rarer still , he was pleased with the prosperity of others . Tender-hearted he was to a degree not usual with our sex—and he shrunk , with feminine sensibility , fro m the si ght of cruelty . He was true-spoken—he was affectionate—he was very brave , if that be any praisebut his courage was not the result of physical coolness or indifference to danger ; on the contrary , he entertained apprehension and adopted precautions , of which he made no secret , and was by no means ashamed . His calmness and presence of mind , in the hour of peril , were the
offspring of reflection , and of a fixed resolution to act becomingly and well . He was alive to every indication of good feeling in others—a generous or noble sentiment , a trait Of tenderness or devotion , not only in real , but In Imaginary characters , affected him deeply—even to tears . He was , both by his habits and his nature , incapable of any mean compliance , any undue submission towards those who command reverence and exact flattery from men of the highest genius ; and it will be the eternal praise of bisjwritings , as it was one of the merits of Ms conversation , that he threw no lustre on any exp l o it , however brilliant , any character , however exalted , which had not contributed to the happiness or welfare of mankind . Lord Byron was-totally free from envy and jealousy ; and , b o th in p u blic and in private , spoke of the literary merits of his contemporaries in terms which did justice to them , and honour to himself . He was well aware of his own
great reputation ; but he was neither vain-glorious nor overbearing ; nor attached to his productions even that value which was universally granted to them , and which they will , probably , for ever maintain . Of his lesser qualities very little need be said , because his most inveterate detractors have done justice to his powers of p leasing , and to the ir r esistible char m s o f his ge ne r al deportment . There was , indeed , something about him not to be definitely described , but almost universally felt , which captivated those around him , and impressed them , i n sp ite of occasional distrusts , with an attachment , not only friendly , but fixed . Part of this fascination may doubtless be ascribed to the entire self-abandonment , the ineautieus , it may be said , the dangerous sincerity of his private conversation ; but his very weaknesses were amiable ; and , as has been said of a portion of his virtues , w ere o f a feminine character—so that the affection felt for him was
as that for a favourite and sometimes froward sister . In mixed society , Lord Byron was not talkative , neither did he attempt to surprise by pointed-or by humorous remarks ; but in all companies he held his own , and that , too , without unbecoming rivalry with his seniors in age and reputation , and without any offensive condescension towards his inferior associates . In more familiar intercourse , he was a gay and a free companion , but he never transgressed the bounds of good breeding , even for a moment . Indeed he was , in the best sense of the word , a gentleman . To the above nothing need be added in vindication of the glorious bard , " Whose name will be A watchward , till the future shall be free . "
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THE LONDON JOURNAL-Pabt I . This is another of the weekly penny publications , similar in its arrangements to the New Parley Library a periodicalrepeatedly noticed in this paper . The Lon don Journal comprises iu . its contents history , topofaphy , romance , poetry , and reviews of new works , ach number is embellished with several spirited illustrations . We would recommend the conductors not to repeat tlie nauseous twaddle contained in the article entitled " England ' s Future King , " in the fifth number . The time for royal-baby worship is gone by .
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THE POPULAR RECORD OF MODERN SCIENCE : A JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY AND GENERAL INFORMATION . London 344 , Strand . The prospectus of this publication informs us that the plan of the work will embrace : Articles on General Science , by the Editor—Articles on Disputed Doctrines , such aa those of Phrenology , Mesmerism , and Homoaopathy , &c , from writers best qualified by investigation to state the claims of each—Short Letters from Correspondents—Notices of New Works on Science or Philosophy—and Selected Paragraphs , and Items of Intelligence . The editors take for their motto " Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good . " If this is faithfully carried out , the Popular Record will" do the State some service , " and will deserve to be popular in fact as well aa in name .
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' BRITISH JUDGES will have the honour of appearing in turn ; so that there will he a constant succession orfirst-rate judicial talent , to give effect to the summinga up and to the passing of the sentences . In order to vary the nature of the entertainment ,
THE HOKOUIMBIiE MR . J . C 3 IICE MAUtE , the celebrated judicial buffo , will go through a round of his celebrated performances , and will appear iu a rapid succession of laughablo novelties . He will , early in an ensuing session , give his popular comic recitation , called "How to get a divorce , " which was received with so much applause at the recent assizes . The prices of admission will be announced in future bills , but persons taking places for a whole session will be considered as subscribers , and entitled to admission at all the trials . Stalls will be constructed in such a position as to enable the occupant to take snuff from the prisonera' box , a treat which was so much in reauest at Bow-street .
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Waookrv op the BE . vcn . —Justice " Mauled . "Justice Maule always had a pretty reputation for humour . Albeit his jokes were not so apt and piquant as the drollery of Mr . Apple-pip Ivelly , they nevertheless distinguished him as a counsel , possessing more than average fun—the wit of the Bar , as the reader must have observed , always going—for it quality and quantity—a very great way . Well , ha p pilv , the dignity of Judge has not , m the case o Maulc , overlaid the drollery of the advocate . His humour still oozes through the ermine . The recent Warwick Assizes supply a striking illustration of thi aerp . eaMo . truth . One Thomas Rollins , as poor a s
beggary , was arraigned as a bigamist , His first wife had lc ' fthim , and become no better than one of the wicked . Whereupon , Rollins took another helpmate ; and , for such violation of the law , found himself face to face with Justice Maule , who ,, aa it will appear , happened to be in one of his . pleasan . test humours . He told the culp rit , and we doubt not with a gravity of face worthy of the original My Laclcaday , " that the law was the same for Mm as it was for a rich man , and was equally open for him , through its aid , to afford relief . " In the like way that turbot and champagne are the same to Lazarua as to Dives ; if Lazarus . could only buy the taste of them . Beggar and rich man have Goth the same papillary organs , —a dignified truth for the outcast
wanting a dinner ! However , the droll Judge continued in his pleasantry : — " He ( Rollins ) should have brought an action against the man who was living in the way stated with his wife , and ho 9 liould have obtained damages , and then should have gone to the Ecclesiastical Court and obtained a divorce , which would have done what seemed to have been done already , and then he should have gone to the House of Lords , and , proving all his . ease and the preliminary proceedings , have obtained a full and complete divorce ; after wliick he might , if lie liked it , have married again . " There is a delicious vein of humour in this . It smacks of the grave , earnest fun of Swift . How the jest increases in volume aa we follow the pauper from court to court—tarry with him awhile in the House of Lords—and finally see
Mm " married again ! " And then the Judge , iu a sustained spirit of drollery , observes : — "The prisoner might perhaps object to this , that he had not the money to pay the expenses , which would amount to about £ 800 or £ . 800—perhaps he lifitl not so manypence—but this did not exempt him from paying the ienaltyfor committing a felony , of which he had > een convicted . " Of course not . Therefore , Thomas Rollins is in effect not punished for marrying a second wife , but for the turpitude of wanting " about £ 800 or £ 600 , " by means of which he might have rid himself " of his spouse . In England , the bonds of Hymen are only to cut with a golden axe . Assuredly there needs a slight alteration in the marriage service . " Whom God
has joined , let no man put asunder , " should be followed by these words , " Unless paid about £ 500 or £ 600 to ' separate them . " However we shall not easily forget Maule ' s irony to Rollins . We advise our readers—ho far as their limited powers may compass it—to copy its spirit ; and whenever solicited by a naked , starving wretch , to address him after the manner of Justice Maule ; saying , " My good man , you are naked and famishing . How can you be so Foolish ? Go directly to Stultz for a fit-out ; call at Storr and Mortimer ' s for watch and rings ; immediately open an account at Coutts ' s , and then , driving to the ' Clarendon , sit down to every table luxury of life . " And , when the tattered pauper staresvacantly at your humour , give Min a farewell nod of judicial gravity , and , after the manner of Justice Maule , tlll'USting your tongue in vour chcelc , walk vT-ith dignity away . Liston , it is true , is lost to the stage . Still , let the world take some comfort , —Maule is Ott
the bench . —Punch . Tue Dasce op Death . —It appears that on the day of Tawell ' s execution a large booth was erected close to the Chandos Amis , near the Aylesbury stationfor dancing in the evening . Considering the growing moral influence that hanging has upon the masses , we would advise M . Jullien immediately to compose a set of Gallows Quadrilles . He might fitly dedicate them to Mr . Oalcraft . —Bid . Captain Rous and the Ladies . —The Captain , speaking on the state of the navy question , advised that 5 , 000 seamen should be constantly afloat in frigates , corvettes , and brigs ; and that "their headquarters should be Cork , for he could assure the house by experience that no squadron could be kept in . ill good discipline at Portsmouth or Plymouth , xvken the teama ' s wives wen constantly on board . " Does the objection of the gallant member apply equally to the wives of captains , as to the helpmates of the common seamen ? We hope not . —Ibid .
IHE IRISH . WARirBS . " The martyrs wore the uniform of the ' 82 Club . " We have received , and hasten to publish , the enclosed favour from Lady Morgan : — At Kilkenny King Dan and his Marthyrs Sat down to their platthers and jorums , In lovely green-coats and goold garthers— . Och sure they are sweet uniforums ! But there ' s martyrs besides those repaUers . Who on the occasion displayed them—The martyrs I mean are the tailors , The tailors at Dublin who made them . —Ibid :
Tawell ' s Clothes . —We are told by the Morning Post , that '' a gentleman ' went to Aylesbury the night before the execution to make a bargain with the hangman for the suit of clothes in which Tawell was to suffer . Anxious not" to lose one shred of that immortal man , " the gentleman offered £ 25 fift'tlio black coat and trousers and silk vest which , being worn by a murderer in his death-straggle , had , of course , " magic in their web . " It is a pity for the healthy moral tone of society , that the gentleman was disappointed in his mission ; the precious apparel being consigned to the consuming earth . " It was hinted that the clothes were required as an additional attraction for a certain public exhibition in the metropolis J" We have no doubt that they would have
made , according to play-bill flourish , " a tremendous hit . " How gentlemen , and tender , delicate ladiessensitive souls that squeal at a black beetle , or the " most monstrous mouse "—would have floekedto gaze on tlie buttonless wonder ! The real coronation robes of George the fourth would have been poor aa linsey-woolsey contrasted with the super-saxony of John Tawell . The murderer ' s raiment would have been interesting , curious as the skin of some newlydiscovered animal ; some terrible novelty of the carnivora . We would have had him exhibited with a phial in either hand : in one vessel , pruaaic acid ; and in the other M . Fitzroy Kelly ' s tears , preserved- ^ as CocUetop avouchers of the teauof Cleopatra—inspirits . It may . after this seem spiteful in us to rejoice at the
disappointment of those good people who lap blood as cats lap milk ; and never feel their morals so much strengthened and refreshed as when they feed upon murder . Nevertheless , we are glad that poor George the Fourth is not to be elbowed out of notice—de throned from even ordinaiy observation—by the waxen vera effigies and real habiliments of that rare , sleek black tiger , John Tawell . As we have aa exhibition , In which the vilest wretches" ave inada the most prominent subjects of attraction , we should like to have a rival show , in which should be exhibited resemblances of only the most virtuous of the earth . But no ; small chance of success would John Howard have against John Tawell . Mere virtue is unsalted water-gruel ; now , crime has in it a fine , fruity flavour . —Ibid .
How TO SAVE one ' s Bacon . — A gentleman near Limerick , a lineal descendant of Sir Boyle Roche , having heard that the newly-invented galvanic rings would cure anything , ordered a number of them to Be used as snout-rings for his pigs , expecting to have his bacon cured that way . —Great Gun , Ultra-blessed . — The reporter of the Stockport Chronicle , who is probably in a , state of" single blessedness , " gravely speaks of a married man , whose wife had " blessed him with fourteen clildren !" Young Stenography will probably write less coolly ou the subject , when he is himself surrounded with seven brace of clamorous "blessings !" Fkakks of Priestcraft . — Yirgihua , bishop of Saltzberg , having asserted that there existed antipodes , the Archbishop of Mentz declared him %
heretic , and consigned him to the flames ; ana we Abbot Frethenuus , who was fond of improving shorthand , or the art of secret writing , having published several curious works on this subject , they were condemned as works full of diabolical mystery : and Frederick , the Second Elector Palatine , ordered Frethemius' original work , which was in his library , to be publicly burnt . . A verv Singular Character died at Sti'atord-Ol Avon on Friday last . He was familiarly known as "the old shepherd , " his real name being Wilham Edwards , and had in his early life been shepherd to the late — Oldaker , Esq . For the last ten years ha had never put his clothes off or changed his linen , until a few days since , when illness attacked him , and they were then obliged to cut his miserable raiment from him . He arrived at the good old age of 80 years . —Worcester Journal .
Three Likes for One . —It is Pope who describes " a needless Alexandrine , " we believe . But here U one , which is longer than any Pope , could have ever heard in his day . — " Oh ! lady , hear thy lover sigh , No truer heart there is than mine ; I read compliance in your eye . Then why not say at once , " I ' ve kept you waiting a long time , and if you'll have natience till I can get a wedding dress made , I'll be thine . ' " TO SIR f——S G——M , " IN HIS MINISTERiai , CAPiClTt . " Brevity is the soul of wit .
Great Shakspeare says—and who 11 deny IT ? ie soul of wit is brevity : And if the poet we may heed , "The soul of wit" thou art , indeed ; > For , thanks to thee , one word will show , All that is base , and vile , and low : Meanness without a parallel , And perfidy as black as hell ; When , in a word , all these we'd name , Need we do more than mention—Gr ^—m ? t
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THE CB 1 MINAL DRAMA . We understand that in consequence of the growing taste of the public for witnessing the examination and trial of notorious criminals , it is in contemplation to apply to the Lord Chamberlain for a regulai * theatrical license for the Old Bailey and some of the principal police courts in the metropolis . The application will be backed by some members of the aristocracy , already distinguished for their patronage of the style of entertainment that will be presented to them . The following is suggested as a prospectus to be circulated among the admirers of the class of performance alluded to :- ~
THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY , Admirers of Atrocity , atid Connoisseurs of Criminal Matters , Are respectfully informed that it is intended to open the GREAT NATIONAL CRIMINAL THEATRE ROYAL ,
OLD BAILEY , Under the License of the Lord Chamberlain . The performances will consist of a series of the must exciting and interesting trials ; the principal characters in which will be sustained by the MOST CELEBRATED MURDERERS , supported by a powerful phalanx OF DISTINGUISHED BARRISTERS , aided by a numerous corps of jailors and turnkeys , with an unrivalled band of auxiliaries . In the course of the year the
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Stosehovse . — Moke Tvraa'ny . — Cases of the greatest hardship occur here . We consider they ought not to be-passed over without exposure in what we call "our" valuable journal , the Northern Star . Our unprincipled employer in this place buys a great number of sheep-skins . The wool is pulled from them by what is termed a " fellmonger . " This wool is sent to Leicester , where it is worked up by carding machinery for the hosiery trade . This wool , called skin wool , is preferable to fleece wool for this purpose ; for there is less dross in it , and it is less felted . For these reasons it will fetch a higher price than fleece wool . The fleece wool growM in Devon and Cornwall is , with little exception , all combed ,
and the tops sent into Yorkshire . For many months past the employer in question has ordered the best and f ' reeist of the fleece wool to be thrown out , and to be broken up in small pieces ; then mingled in a pile or heap together : then it is pulled , packed up , and sent off to Leicester : and further than this , lie has mixed scores of packs of short skin wool in this way ; and all called , and no doubt sold for " skin combing wool . " Now , this rascally and abominable fraud is not the worst part of it . The worst part of the fleece , theliard " cots" and locks , are left for us to comb , and we have combed it for months and months past , and should ( though galling ) have continued to do so till times improved , when we should have been able to better ourselves , had the worthy gentleman been pleased to stop here : bufc no ,
¦ ¦ his greedy appetite , Like the devouring sea , is never gorged . On Monday morning week he gave orders that lie should reduce the prices of combing from 2 id ., 3 d ., and 3 id . per lb , ( the regular prices paid , with but little exception , all through the west ) to 2 id ., 2 * d ., and 3 d . Wigan\—Important Meeting of the Hand-loom Weavers . —On Monday afternoon last , according to . announcement by p lacard , a meetingof the Hand-loom Weavers of this district was held in the large room at the Buck i'fch Vine , to receive the report of the interviews that had taken place between the Earl of Dalhousie , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir George Clerk , and several other influential members
of Parliament , and the Hand-loom Weavers' delegates , who had recently attended the Trades' Conference in London . The meeting was very numerously attended , and at the hour appointed ( four o ' clock , p . m . ) Mr . John Lennegan was called onto preside , who , after reading the placard calling the meeting , introduced Mr . Lowe , the Weavers' delegate for this district , to the attention of the assembly . Mr . Lowe then proceeded to give a brief account of the respective interviews with Lord Liltbrd , Lord Ashley , Mr . Ward , Mr . Brocklehurst , and several other members of Parliament , the majority of whom were in favour of Local Boards of Trade formed on certain principles , which he detailed to the meeting . Mr . Ward , the member for Sheffield , was of opinion that Local Boards of Trade would be the best courts that could be established , as they would go far to prevent strikes , and would also have the effect of
restoring a better feeling between the employer and the employed . The speaker went on to detail the result of the interview , which had taken place with the members of her Majesty ' s Government . At the interview with the Earl of Dalhousie , ' Mr . Sherrard , one of the London delegates , had stated that some of the Spitalfields' Weavers were working seven days in the week , from absolute necessity ; and he ( Mr . Lowe ) had made a tour amongst them the Sunday following , and found such to be the fact . The situation of their families was truly miserable . Lord Lilford , he said , was expected to present the petition to the House of Lords on Monday night , and his Lordship had been requested to solicit a definitive answer from the President of the Board of Trade ; and Mr . Hindley , he believed , would bring the question of Local Boards of Trade before ihe House bi Commons at the first convenient opportunity .
Bubton Linen Weavers . —One of the best ; meet ings ever held in this village took placeinthe schoolroom on Tuesday night ; Mr . John Shaw was in the chair . Mr . Frank Mirfield spoke upwards of an hour on the sufferings of the linen weavers , and then pointed out the efficiency of Boards of Trade and National Union to redress their grievances . Mr . John Grimshaw next addressed the meeting , and in doing so explained the nature of Boards of Trade to the satisfaction of all present . In conclusion he exhorted the men of Burton to exert themselves in the endeavour to get local Boards of Trade , which would be a fulcrum on which to fix the mighty lever of National D nion , with which the working classes of this country must lift themselves out of their present state of poverty .
Halifax Miners . —We have received a short notice of a dinner holden by the Halifax Miners , at which seventy of the associated . Colliers were present , and the usual sentiments and speeches were delivered . Our correspondent has forgot to say tvlten or ivhere the dinner came off .
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VW ^ W ^/^^^ A ^^ WWI ^ S Failure at New York . —A failure to a large amount was announced in the street yesterday . The amount of the liabilities of the establishment are stated at 500 , 000 or 600 , 000 dollars . The house in question suspended in 1837 for a large amount , which has since been satisfactorily arranged . The business of the house was with the South , and a good part of i « was in Alabama . The notes held as security have been as good as any in market , and their misfortune is that their goods either remain unsold in the Southern markets , or that those sold have not been paid for . Other houses were reported yesterday to have failed , but from the hesitation with which they were spoken of , we hope the reports were un . founded . One suspension always gives rise to a hundred rumours . —New York Express .
Disaster at Sea . —The fine ship New Zealand , Captain Mackay , from Liverpool , bound for St . John ' s , New Brunswick , with a general cargo , was on the 26 th ulfc . found to be on fire . After great exertion , in which the captain lost a man and boy by suffocation in the hold , this port was happily reached on Friday evening , the 4 th inst . The cause of the fire could not be accurately ascertained ; but her valuable cargo , amounting to £ 20 , 000 , is in a great measure destroyed . We learn that both vessel and cargo are insured . —Deny Standard .
Swift Trains . —During the past week experiments were made on the London and Birmingham line , with a view to the acceleration of the trains , the distance between London and Birmingham , 112 miles , being accomplished with ease in the space of two hours and forty minutes , the trains , with four carriages , starting from the Euston station at ten minutes before one , and arriving , stoppages included , at Birmingham by twenty minutes before four . Spirited experiments like these excite surprise , particularly when it is remembered that a few years ago , under the old school of travelling , it took the best equipped coacnes twelve hours to run between London and Birmingham or Bristol . —Globe .
Pusbyism . — The Episcopal Church of Scotland does not appear to be free from the innovating spirit whld has established itself in this country . flie Scotch papers state that a Sunday or two ago the Minister of an Episcopal Congregation at Brechin intimated , at the close of his sermon , that he was ready to receive " Auricular Confessions" from all who chose to avail themselves of his offer .
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Douglas Jerbold . —Most of our readers must , we are sure , remember the very agreeable evening provided for them at the beginning of last year , by the care of the Committee of the Polytechnic Institution , at which Mr . Charles Dickons presided ; and they will , therefore , be much gratified to learn that the Committee have resolved upon holding a similar meeting in the early part of next month , when Douglas Jerrold , Esq ., will occupy the chair , then so well and agreeably filled by Mr . Dickens . We cordially trust that the same success will attend their present as their past exertions ; and that a full attendance will ensue , alike to do honour to a man of such literary eminence as Jerrold , and to aid in ensuring stability , to so excellent an Institution , as the Polytechnic . —Birmingham Advertiser .
The " Movement . "—At a meeting of the friends and subscribers of this paper , held at the Parthenium , St . Martin ' s-lane , April 15 th , Mr . Skelton in the chair ; the accounts of the second volume ( as far as it proceeded ) were presented , from which it appears that a balance of £ 25 is due to the conductors ; and it was resolved that— " that meeting holds itself in a great measure responsible for the same , agrees to enter into a subscription to repay it , and calls on the friends and subscribers generally to further that object . " There and then 44 8 s . were entered on the list , making nearly £ 10 already subscribed . Any communications on this subject are to be addressed to G . J . Holyoake , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand , London . A list of subscriptions will appear in the Monthly Circular of the Anti Persecution Union . On the motion of Mr . Powell a committee was
formed to make arrangements for a public tea party , on the occasion of Mr . Holyoake ' s departure for Scotland .
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