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A VOICE FROM THE PAUPER VVWS . A sad and aching heart , A hot and throbbing head , And a palsied hand , as gaunt , and lank , And yellow as the dead : Toiling like a drudge In the stark and grizzly dawn , In the sultry noon , and the dismal eve , "Vfhen the dusk creeps on the lawn . Peath on the midnight sea ; Death in the battle ' s strife , When fighting in r ay country ' s cause Staking life to life : Peath by the lurid blight
Of the ghastly lightning ' s shock ; Death on the shore of the hungry gea , ¦ Xtath the crush of the beetling rock 01 any end would seem - A pleasant thing to me , However dark—however dread The pangs of it mi ght be ; To snatch me from this dearth Of sympathy or care—The K-. d-boin love that the lion hath In its grim and bloody lair . The weary , weary pulsa That beats upon my brow , Like the nervous blow of an iron hand , Is bounding faster n » w : For I look upon my breast , And , with burning eye , behold The leaden badge of want and woe That makes my heart so cold .
Fur it tells me of the time When / had home and wife , And my blood thrilled up in the morning air As I plied my hedging-knife ; And it brings me back the days When I earned from the stubborn soil The f < x > a that nourished those 1 loved By sturdy honest toil . It tempts me in my dreams To stray in bygone years , Till I wake with sobs on my trembling lip , And bathed in bitter tears . For cruel hands have torn away The loved one from my side , Aud severed those whom God hath said , " Let no man e'er divide . " A sad and : ichin : r heart .
A hot aud throbbing head , And a palsied hand , as gaunt , and lank , And yellow as the dead ; Toiling like a drudge In the stark and grizzly dawn , In the sultry noon , and the dismal eve , ¦ When the dusk creeps on the lawn . GrealGun
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torrents over the superannuated states of Europe seat j tt $ ttmss = £ ^ s ^ ss ^ sr ^ s spmt 01 priestcraft in Rome . and assu . nedaUiU ^ and mflau-d chums . As if the devil , stricken with malice at the promulgate of Christianity , which threatened to aniahuate his power , had watched the opportunitv to infl . ct on it the most fatal wour . d , aud had found no ' instrument so favourable to his purpuso as a priest-such a glorious and si gnal triumph r . ever yet was his from the create of the world Had he devised a svster . i tor himself , he could cot have pitched upon one like poptrv _ T ™ ' llretcU ( Un ° ' »" oe * fc « of Christ , suppesHd the B : ble , extinguished knowledge-, locked u : » the human itima . amused it w ? t * i tha mn .- ' ; ... i : ¦ .. . wv i 13 l iuuiuruua
_ ...... . . U O . tUOl 1 *> ai !* i granted official licenses to commit all species of crin-es and impunity . Satan Mmselt became enthroned on tV » Seven Hills in the habit of a priest , aud grinned his broadest delight amidst ihe public and universal rei-n of ignorance , hypocrisy , venality , and lust . ° As if the popes had studied the pagan hierarchies thev brought mto concentrated exercise all their various en gmes of power , deception , and corruption . Thev could not , indeed , assert , as the pagan priesthood had done that they were of a higher origin than the rest of mankind ; and _ therefore entitled to sit as kings , to choose all kings , and rule over Ml kings ; for it was necessarv to preserve some public allegiance to the doctrines of Christianity ; hut they took ground quite as effective . Thev declared themselves the authorised vicegerents of heavenmaking Christ's words to Peter their charter : — " On tl . U
rock I will build my church ; " hence asserting themselves to be the only true church , though they never could shew that St . Peter ever was at Rome at all . On this ground , however—euougli for th « simple warriors of the timethey proceeded to rule over nations and kings . On this ground they proclaimed the infallibility of the Pope and his conclave of Cardinals , and thus excluded all dissent . Their first act , baring once taken this station , was that which had been the practice of priests in all countri s , to shut up the true knowledge amongst themselves . As the priests ot Egypt and Greece enclosed it in mysteries , thev xvraptthe simple truths of the Gospel in mysteries too " ; as the Brahmins forbid any except their own order to read the sacred Vedas , they shut up the Bible—the very book given to eniighten the world ; the very book which
declared of its own contents , that " they were so clear that lie who ran might read them , " that they taught a way of life so perspicuous that "the wayfaring man , though a fool , could not err therein . " This \ vas the most daring and audacious act the world had then seen ; but this act once successful , the whole earth was in their power . The people were ignorant : they taught them what they pleased . They delivered all sorts of ludicrous and pernicious dogmas as Scri pture : and who could contradict them ? So great became the ignorance of even then- own order , under this system , so completely became the Bible a strange book , that when , in after ages , men began to enquire and to expose their delusions , a monk warned his audience to beware of these heretics , who had invented a new language , called Greek , and had written
itin a book called the New Testament , full of the most damnable doctrines . By every act of insinuation , intimidation , forgery , and fraud , they i : ot only raised themselves to the rank of temporal princes , but lorded it over the greatest kings with insolent impunity . The Has , which ' . ye have seen employed by the priests of Odin in the novtli , they adopted , aud made its terrors felt throughout the whole Christian world . Was a king refractory ; did lie refuse the pontifical demand of money ; had he an opinion of his own ; a repugnance to comply with papal influence in liis affairs ! the thunders of the Vatican were launched against him ; his kingdom was laid under the Ban ; all people were forbidden , on pain of eternal damnation , to trade with his subjects ; all churches were shut ; the nation was of a sudden deprived of all exterior exercise of its religion ; the altars were despoiled of their ornaments ; the crosses , the relics , the images , the statues of the
saints , were laid on the ground ; and , as if the air itself were profaned and might pollute them by its contact , tha priests carefully covered them up , even from their own approach and veneration . The use of bells entirely ceased in all churches , the bells themselves were removed from the steeples and laid on the ground with the other sacred utensils . Mass was celebrated with shut doors , and none but the priests were admitted to the holy institution . The clergy reftjsed to marry , baptize , or bury ; the dead were obliged to ba cast into ditches , or lay p ' utrifying on tile ground , till the superstitious people looking on their children who died without baptism as gone to perdition , and those dead without burial amid the ceremonies of the church and in consecrated ground as seized on by the devil , rose in rebellious fury , and obliged the priuce to submit aud humble himself before the proud priest of Rome .
The above simple will impart to the reader some notion of the manner in which Mr . Howitt has executed his task . The whole work abounds with uncompromising denunciations of the system by which the priests of mammon and corrunt power " have their living . " It is characterised throughout by fearless discussion , and honest independence . Mr . Ilowitt spares no branch of the system . lie takes it up in its origin , traces its toory ' throujih all its phases , down even to our own times , speaking as freely , as boldly , and as truly of the priestcraft of the
t-ngusit vhwrch , as ot the priesthood of the " religions out of fashion . " To the edition just issued a vast quantity of new matter has been added . The advertisement prefixed to it states , that "it contains several entirely new chapters , and that , the whole work has been so got up as to present three times the original information at a considerable reduced price . " What stronger recommendation of the work can we offer ihan the mention of that fact , and the other fact , that this is the seventh edition of a work that truly deserves to be popular . "
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TUE PEOPLE'S CHARTER : a Bill to Provide for the just Representation of the People of Great Britain and Ireland , in the Commons House of Parliament . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . This is one of the most beautiful specimens of decorative printing that it has been out good fortune to see : it reflects credit on all concerned in its production . On a largesheet of pajier , of the most beautiful texture , in letters of red and blue , surrounded and embellished with borders and letters of gold , is given the entire of that document which has embodiedwitlnu itself the people ' s mode of making the " third estate of ihe realm" what its designation shows it ounlvt to
be—and which document is surely destined , and at no distant period either , to become the "law of the land . " It thus forms a most tasteful " picture of right "—one that would impart grace to the drawing room , and will be a splendid ornament to the cottage . We hare seen nothing in typography so well deserving cf preservation as this " Decorated People ' s Ciun . tek : " and we say this as much in relation to the mode of execution as to the intmisic nature of the document ibeif . We advise all who can spare the amount of cost , —only one shilling , —tojiosscss themselves of it . They will find that our description of the . / ws in which the Charter appears is far from whig overiwn .
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A POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT , ' IN ALL NATIONS . By Wm . Howitt . Seventh > Ettitioii . London : Chapman , Newgate-street . j A seventh edition of this deservedly popular work ; has just is-iicd from the press : a work which ought I to be in every one ' s hands , as an antidote to the j poisonous influence of superstition and priestly domination , wVu-li , though somewhat crushed , still struggle for ii : e resumption of its full and unfettered j swa Tin- demon still lives ; and , if untethered , j would api-n prosecute its hellish campaign against j the peace aa «\ happiness of society . Bigotry and in- i tolerance are not yet annihilated . Fanaticism still holds dominion over thousands and tens of thousands : 2 nd the sanie devilish spirit actuates the
nseudosarats of the present time , that impelled the sacerdojalmonsters of by-gone days to the commission of deeds at which human nature shudders . We find _ fault with no man ' s creed . We repudiate the idea of interposing between a man ' s conaoencc and his God—with his mode of belief or mode of worship , we ( meaning society ) have notuing to do ; but we have to do with the effects of religious , or rather irreligious rivalry , priestlv rule , clerical rapacity , and surpliced delinqucucv * The volume before us exhibits these effects too palpably to induce us U desire our country to be accursed by the pcrnetuatiim of such , evils ; and we trust that the
talented author of the " History of Priestcraft" will hve to sec his desire realised in the total destruction of the " craft . " As a sample of the style of the work , and of the good service the author has conferred on Ids race by compiling a history of the baleful doings of those who nave turned the earth into a charnal-house , and drenched the world in blood and tears . Our extract will be useful just now , when it is a contest between the minister and the people whether we shall endow the priests of the Romish Church with the public money . From it they will learn something of the nature awl pretensions of Romanism : —
Christ appeared—the career of Paganism ivas checked ; —the fate « f Judaism was sealed . A character aud a religion were placed before the eyes of men hitherto inconceivable in the beauty and philanthropy of their nature . Unlike all other founders of a religious faith , Christ had not any selfishness—not any desire of dominance : ami iris system , unlike all other systems of wor-^> 'I ' . Hoodies , boundlessly beneficent , inexpressibly V « r « , and , most marvellous of all , went to break all bonds ° - boa j and soul ; and to cast down every temporal and j ^ 43 ? lirhaal tyranny . It was a system calculated for «>* wh « lv . . ide universe One would have thought | "M , from tiiis epoch , the arm of priestcraft would have . " bft'kiii : that it would never more have dared to w < 5 e its brad;—but it is a principle of shameless avidity f ™ "oaaefc y . and it is exactly from this time that we ° ** the most amazing career of its delusions and atroeies . duwn to the very day of our own existence .
• ho is not familiar with the horrors and arrogant assm » puons « f « he papal church ! Scarcely had the persecutions of the pagan emperors ceased , when the Christian Hmh v ^ caaie undated with corruptions and supersti-?* ev ery kind . Constantine embraced Christianity ; ^ almost the whole world embraced it nominally with TC rrom a conversion of such a kind , the work of w ^* sample and popular interested hopes , what effects R < , * t 0 H 8 ** P £ cted ? The martial tyranny of ancient end ' 'in ^ a (* subdued the world , was coining to an stri ' i i WWl'altl 1 of wnidl a thousand states had been Wo » llai 1 Iurncd t 0 poison in her bosom , aud brought w" ! steni mistress of bloodshed and tears that rctrijjj .. —• " * ui » uos OI IMOOUauca anu tears mat
itrui-. ev-nt ™ ii ° wl " cn natK > nal rapine and injustice never potistoi ** ape . But , as if the ghost of departed desfresh boa cred . over fhe Seven HiDs ' and £ 0 U S llt 0 il 3 J' me need i " l ° " ** ™ a WMrse shape , a new tyranny coniana j ^ ™ ~ form of priestcraft , ten time * more terrible to subju- tl ' ** " > becauseit was one which sought 6 ° isli tam i " merd J the persons of men , hut to extintoe limna ' tocrn « n in * 0 everlasting childishness teries a ^ lmnd ^ ^ d to rale i ^ in its fatuity , with tnysw tne * ? rms- The iimes favoured the attempt fitottjl power of flle Homan empire , science and trollM « , ^ ^^ PP " ^ . A licentious army conaad thefi «^ ofadebaudledandefFemiliatcapeople ; oaac and Hunnish nations , rushing in immense
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THE PRACTICAL COTTON SPINNER . A . Fullarton and Co ., iOO , Newgate-street , London . A work to impart to the young Cotton Spinner a practical knowledge of the calculations and other minute but necessary knowledge appertaining to his craft , is indeed much needed . The parties who possess this knowledge are as tenacious of it , and as secret and exclusive with it , as ever the priests of old were with the information they locked up from the Jay portion of mankind . Itis only some favoured ' . elative , or attunes a fortvmate "friend , " that can get initiated into the nivstery of " wheels and p » ilies , " to be able to produce from the spinnins-mule the exact quantity and qualityof thread or " twist" required and such are mostly made to pave the wav with
gold , before allowed to enter the temple of cotton-spinniug-calculation . Aplain and practical work on the art , therefore , would be a boon to parties who aspire to situations in which a knowlege of the quantity or quality of the "twist , " or the length of a given weight of cotton when spun into " twist , " is required . The work before us is an attempt to supply this deficiency ; and so far as the intention of the author goes , the effort is a laudable one . Unfortunately for those who stand in need of a teacher , the author does not possess either practical or theoretical knowledge sufficient to make his teachings plain to the mind ofapersondesirous of becomingone of the "initiated , " who cannot avail himself of the instruction of a tutor . At all events the author has had so little practice" in " book making , " that he cannot impart instruction by that means . We will give reasons for | these assertions . In his calculation of the " lap , " or a
certain length or weight of cotton prepared for feeding the card-machiue , he assumes that eighteen feet long wckhs IB ) ., and then asks , " ^ Tiat is the proportion of eighteen feet to one hank , allowing a hauk to weigh 1 B > . V "What does he mean ? what proportion does he want ? If a " lap" eighteen feet long weighs lib ., and if a hank weighs lib ., then eighteen feet of a lap will make a hank of " twist ; " but if he means what proportion does the length of the lap , eighteen feet long , bear to the length of a hank of twist , both weighing lft . ( and his solution of his question leads to this inference ) , why does he not say so ? Then , in his solution to the question , he commences by saying : "Eighteen hanks in lib ., " while the question gives only one hank to llfc . Either he knows very little of the subject on which he writes , or the compositors have put his " copy" through the " deviling machine , " or " willow , " and so bedeviled it , that they have knocked all the stusc out of it . In the answer to his
question he says : "Eighteen feet is the one-hundredaud-forticth part of a hank . " Then , if eighteen feet of a " lap" weighs lib ., and eighteen Jcet of a " lap" is the one-hunurcd-aud-forticth part of a hank , then a hank weighs 140 fl > .: while the question stipulates that a hank shall weigh lib ., not HOB ) . Really the " Practical Cotton Spinner" is a very impracticable affair . There cannot be a doubt but that the author means thateighteen feet of lap wants spinning into one hundred-and-forty threads , each eighteen feet long ; or into one thread 2 , 520 feet long ; and that eighteen feet of twist is the
one-huudred-andfortieth nart ol a hank : or , in other words , that the " lap" eighteen feet long wants dravAng in the various processes to one hundred-and-forty times its own length , before it becomes twist of acertain count , one hank of which shall weigh 1 ft . Whether that twist when spun will be as fine as sewing thread , or as coarse as a rope , we do not pretend to say : we leave that point for the author to explain ; for as the weight of the " lap" and the weight of the hank are both assumed , we have not auy reason to quarrel with him on this point : but we may hint that we think his twist would be " ivhcelbands . "
j We shall next follow our author to the carding engine , where he finds that the draught of the card is j twenty-eight : i . e ., if one foot Ion ? of the " lap" be 1 put into the " card , " it will come out in a " sliver of twenty-eight feet long . Our author ' s mode of calj culating this is correct . Indeed it is almost the only mode in use . We may here state , that in all the questions our author has * adopted the proper method of calculating the " draught ; " but the statement of his questions , and the names given to the results , arc very incorrect , and require a person to be practically acquainted with cotton spinning before he can find out what the writer intended to say . For instance , after finding the " draught" of the card to be twentyeight , he wants "to find the grist of the end , after passing through the carding engine : and he gives as a rule , " multiply the draught of the carding engine by one one-huttdred-aud-fortieth , the proportion
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" S found of a pound of cotton to a hank " Now is we before showed one pound of cotton is not the S hundred-and-lortieth part of a lnnk lliif j i accordingto his own ShtaSi . &JSSToKe * fi ! tats ? . a ^ themore the statement or ru ! e ought to have S nTw n 1 y th d ? ! ht of the " carding engine by one oiie-liundred-aml-tbrtioth , the pro-Efa ? toSU ° tU n W " a l ) Ouml flf cott 0 ^ »' £ lnni ! If ¦ 3 t r ° th , ° same P ° uml of cotto » in wff "' * ' i Insteaii »/ P « w » dingthu 8 , which he ought to have done according to iiis own data , our aut or gives us a * the result of the operation , " twownths ot a hn » k grist Ol W What does hemean ' 1 eput in mepomdotmton , which lie called the onc-Iiundred-and-iortieth part of a hank : and h-
mums out a pound of cotton , which he calls twotewtus ot a uank " . ami ye- a hank of twist weighs one pound , or takes one pound of cotton to ! r , 1 «« ' » ? Vie m T l t 0 sa - v was > tlmt tlie length ot the 'lap , ' eighteen feet , wastheone-huiulred-andtprtieth part of the length of a hank of twist 2 520 teet long ; and when the " lap" had been drawn in the card to twenty-eight times its original length it would come out in a " sliver" five hundred and four feet long , or tvvo-tentlis ov one-fifth , of Ihe length of the hank of twist . At the twent y-fifth pa « c we find a statement of the m * to of the whole K ™« w
through the various processes ; and our author shows that thirteen teet six niches of a "lap" weiehine nett thirteen and a half ounces , produce llSibet 0 inches in length , or 4 Si hanks of twist . But if l-ii ouncesof cotton produces 481 hanks of twist , then one pound of cotton will give 64 i hanks ; and yet , in commencing our author gives , as data , " one hank of twist weighing one pound . " He was either spinning ropes in the commencement of his book , or cobwebs at page 2 C . We fear his work has got a wrong name . It is anything but a Practical Coiiox Spixxer lor the spinner who should onl y rely on its directions aud rules would make sorrv practice indeed
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THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZIXE-Mtt . Two years have elapsed since the first appearance ? ^ fi " ^" ? an with the completion of the ourth half-yearly volume , the first series has been brought to a close . The Illuminated appears this month in the new and portable shape 6 f a bound volume , and carries with it a look of compactness and durability quite novel to the class of publications to which it belongs . Ihe experiment is a bold one , and will , we hope , succeed , not only for the sake of the proprietors , whose enterprise deserves success , but a , so ior the sake ot the public , who will , we think be gainers by the change . The change in the outward appearance of the Illuminated is , we are inclined to believe , indicative of a change for the better within
lor some months past there has been an evident talhug-off in the ability which at the outset characterised this magazine , and we have had some reason lor complaining of its deficiencies in that respect , » c are glad , therefore , to bear testimony to considerable literary superiority in the first volume of the new series . Several old contributors make their reappearance in this month ' s number , the contents of which are mostly unexceptionable , though one or two articles are somewhat too brief to satisfy us The opening tale is a love-sketch entitled " The Roman Architect , " m which the serious and the burlesque are made to very nappily mingle . " Old Scenes and « ™ ' " !> ? . thc R < v Rl JoXES ' is a Phasing paper . " Ihe Rights and Wrongs of the Poor . " & Lira
Kodek , M . U ., is but the introduction to an intended dissertation on the great question of the present time . We have so repeatedly commented on the productions of this kindly-hearted , but often wrong-headed writer , as to render it unnecessary for us to do more than remark that his dissertation gives promise of containing a fair share of the errors % vc have before combatted with . For instance , in the article before us , he asserts two tilings . First that in this country , "there is , except in the comparatively rare instances of dishonest gains , absolutely no other source of accumulated wealth than invention or economy . " Second , that" the great object of English legislation is the education , health , and wellbeing of the poor , and their protection against the avarice and cunning of the rich : and that the courts
of law , the press , and other channels are open to the humblest for the publication of their wrongs , if they have any , and the obtaimnent ofjustice . " It is not necessary that we should occupy space in refutin » assertions like the above , so notoriously the reverse of true . We believe Luke Rodex to be fullv convinced in Iris own mind of the fidelity of the picture he has drawn of England as it is ; but never was a public writer more mistaken . The productions of Angus B . Reach we are always pleased with , and his ' Voice from the Bedroom" is no exception to our usual satisfaction . " The Two Mav Alornings" is an interesting story . " Tootee , the Dancing Girl , " by Louisa Stuaiit Costello , is a love-tale of thc East , prettily told , and will be read with aviditv b \ all subject to thc influence of " '
" tove's young dream . " " Lunatic Asylums" is a well written article on a most important subject . " My Uncle , Captain Anthony Bygrave , " is one of Mrs . Caroline White ' s pleasing sketches . "The Past , the Present , and the Possible , " a continuation of articles from the former series , glvCs a vivid descri ption of South American hie : we shall be glad to hear more of the author ' s experiences . "The Last Day of the Honeymoon " is by Richard Brlvslev Kxowi . es , son of the distinguished Sheridan Kxowi . es ; it will be found well worthy perusal . Lastly , of the prose articles , we have a delightful little sketch from the pen of James Smith , one of the best writers in this magazine ; the only fault of this sketch is its brevity . There is an abundant supply of poetry , some of it passable , and sonic of it poor stuff : we except one piece , " The Wife ' s Tragedy , " by Ciuiu . es Whitehbad , a beautiful poem , from wliich we select a few stanzas . The following is the portrait of the " Wife " : —
Sim was not beautiful : yet how to trace Worthier perfections which my power defy t Tliiit decency of mien transcending grace ; That gentleness which was veiled dignity ; That sweet serenity of air and face , Which of her inward heaven was the sky ; That purity of a plain heart , made wise By nature , beaming from her Sahbath eyes . These picture not , nor praise her ; but suggest , Perchance , some being , many a wretch , forlorn Of friends and hope , once imaged in hi 3 breast , Has ever after in his bosom worn , Some dear partaker of a murmuring nest , More safe , more secret , built amid the thorn-Some constant partner of his joys aud woes , Living , to bless his eyes—dying to close . Some one to love , and to be loved ; to make All sorrow ' s tender sufferings still endeared , Enriched , almost to rapture , for the sake
Of her whose smile the desert household cheered . Such was Louisa , who could only wake Equable peace , in fortune ' s centre sphered ; But in adversity ' s fell round , had shone Peace , upward-pointing llope , and joy in one . Yes , lovelier far than beauty is tile glow Of goodness , radiant on a brow serene ; Goodness that timidly itself doth show , Like a church-spire amid thc foliage seen , Holy , with God ' s work round it ; that can throw Its faith before affliction , like a screen ; That can to gathering clouds a softness lend , And sees the rainbow ere the storm descend . And here is the more glowing picture of the " wife ' s " cousin , who in an evil hour comes to reside with her : —
She came : in truth there was rare beauty here . Behold the dark complexion of the south , The broad black eye , as moonlit water clear , The arch audacity of the rich mouth , Whose lips capricious , playfully severe , Now staid as age , now flexible as youth , Aye-varied loveliness , had still their cue From one who all their fascination knew . She seemed as one born amid fruits aad trees , An out-door child of Nature ' s dear regard ; Flowers for her couch , her lullaby of bees , The morning ' s heiress , aud the fairies' ward ; Health had been lent her by the odorous breeze , Her bounding step by the elastic sward , Her grace by motion , by the skies her looks , Her cheerfulness by the fresh running brooks . And then to see her smile , and hear her laugh , 'Twas as a peal of bells in sunshine heard ; Half was thc melody of mirth , and half
Brightness , that on her cheeks and brow appeared The beggar would have paused upon his staff To bless her from his heart , his heart new cheered To the old man that voice , that joyous eye , Would have recalled the Jisppy times gone by . A creature full of impulse , frank and blithe , Her heart as fair and open as her hand , Before her rigid Time , grown young and lithe , Danced as she listed , flew ; . - her command , And bound with variegated v .: -.-. { hs his scythe , Or filled his lucid glass with -parkling sand . Even such her power , so :. !' . who loved her deemed—Even such she was ?—If . -. , iven such she seemed .
There are some illust ; -tions , the best of which is an etching by " Phiz . " it' we may be permitted a word of advice , it would . that a little more margin , even at the sacrifice of a b aH quantity of type , would be an improvement : a t ¦ : se-cut page will make any book look stunted aud sh : : > by , especially one of small form . We think too tli ; t the title on the back , as well as on the side covi :. and the leaves gilt-edged instead of plain , would give . . ihishto the appearance of the % 'olume . For ourselves , we are very well satisfied with the Illuminate d as it stands A neatlybound volume of nearly two hundred and fifty pages , containing the good things , the titles of which we have detailed , purchaseable for the sum of eighteenpence , is a novelty in the literary world atonce so cheap and entertaining as to be fairly entitled to the most extensive patronage . Such patronage we hope the proprietors will meet with .
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THE LATE THOMAS HOOD . fict tlnt '' 'lv ' mb r r ° f P ^ no « nced the S he deli f l 0 ? V the prince ot < Jcstera ' f *?„ nature , after a wasting illness of ovhll li-rf " ° s !' ' teiminatccl by months of V > om tLt / a " . sulferin B' dwerfully borne . Mh « nltttTu" , ! ^ uriay we extract the foil owing notice o Hood ' s lite and liteww labours joinii » etuiness . ^ hth the Athenmm , we sav that the S ^ iSSlf 00 "^ 1 ^^ ^ - ' ^ - ^^ SK ^ SJiSK published m Ilood ; own . He was , as hu there stat , 4 early placed " upon loft ,-. tool , iU Ml } . , chant's countniar-liouso ; but his commercial career w «
soon put an end toby his health , which began to fail and by the recommendation of the pliysic :: ms he was " shinned as per advice , in a Scotch smack , " to his father ' s relations in Duudee . There he made his first literary venture in the local journals : subsequently lie sent a paper to thc Dundee Magazine , the editor of which was kind enough , as Winifred Jenkins says , ' to wrap my bit of nonsense under his Honour ' s kiver , without charging for its insertion . " Literature , however , was then only thought of as an amusement ; for , on his return to London , he was , we be-Hove , apprenticed to an uncle as an engraver , and subsc-( jucntly transferred to one of thc Le Ke * ux . But though he always retained his early love for art , and had much
facility in drawing , as the numberless quaint illustrations to his works testif y , h " s tendencies wer * Hterarv , and when , on the death of Mr . John Scott , the London Mawzine passed into the hands of Messrs . Taylor and Hessev , Mr . Hood was installed in a sort of sub-editorsliip . From that time his career has been open and known to the puulie . The following is , we apprehend , something like a catalogue of Mr . Hood ' s works , dating from the period when Ins "Odes and Addresses , " written in conjunction with his brother-in-law , Mr . J , II . Reynolds , brought him prominently before the public : — " Whims and Oddities •" " National Tales ; " " The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies " ( a volume full of rich , imaginative poetry ); " The Comic Annuals , " subsequently reproduced with the addition of
new matter as "Hood ' s Own ; " "Tylney Hall ; " "Up the Rhine ; " and "Whimsicalities : a Periodical Gathering . " Nor must we forget one year ' s editorship of " The Gem , " since that included "Eugene Aram ' s Dream , " a ballad which we imagine will live as long as the language . Of later days Mr . Hood was an occasional contributor to Punch ' s casket of mirth aud benevolence ; and , perhaps , his last offering , " The Song of the Shirt , " was his besta poem of which the imitations have been countless , and the moral effect immeasurable . The secret of this effect , ' if analysed , would give the characteristics of one of the most original and powerful geniuses which ever was dropped by Faery into infant ' s cradle , and oddly nursed up by man into a treasure , quaint , special , cameleoncoloured in the changefulness of its tints , yet complete and self-consistent . Of allthehumourists , Hood was the most poetical . When dealing with the most familiar subjects , whether it might be a sweep bewailing the suppression of his cry , or a mother searching through St . Giles ' s for her
lost infant , or a Miss Killmansegg ' s golden childhoodthere was hardly averse in which some touches of heart , or some play of fancy , aid not beckon the laughing reader away into far other worlds than the jester ' s . It is true , that he was equally prone to vein and streak his noblest poems , on high and awful themes , with familiar allusions and grotesque similes ; and this union of what is near and tangible , with what soars high and sinks deep , wrought out in every capricious form which a gamesome invention could suggest , enabled him from time to time to strike home to the hearts of every one—the fastidious and the common-place—the man of wit and the man of dreamsof all , we should say ; except the bigot and the charlatan . To these Hood ' s genial sarcasms must have been gall aud wormwood , directed , as they were , to the noblestpurposes . His jokes pierced the deeper , too , inasmuch as they were poet ' s jokes—clear of grossness or vulgarity . The world will presently feel how much poorer it is for Hood ' s withdrawal ; and then there will be no lack of remembrancers and memorialists .
We add the following from the Literary Gazette of Saturday : — Thohas Hood died on Saturday morning . A spirit of true philanthropy has departed from its earthly tenement ; the light of a curious and peculiar wit has boon extinguished ; the feelings and pathos of a natural poet have descended into the grave ; and left those who knew , admired , and loved these qualities , to feel and deplore the loss of him in whom they were so pre-eminently united . Yet we can hardly say that we lament his death . Poor Hood ! his sportive humour , like the rays from a crackling fire in a dilapidated building , had long played among the fractures of a ruined constitution , and flashed upon the world through the flaws and rents of a shattered wreck . Yet , infirm as was the fabric , the equal mind
was never disturbed to the last . He contemplated the approach of death with a composed philosophy and a resigned soul . It had no terrors for him . A short while ago we sat for hours by his bed-side in general and cheerful conversation , as when in social and healthful intercourse . Then he spoke of the certain and unavoidable event about to take place with perfect unreserve , unruffled calmness ; and the lesson and example h ow to die was never given in a more impressive and consolatory manner than by Thomas Hood . His bodily sufferings had made no change in his mental character . He was the same as in Ids publications—at times lively and jocular , at times
serious and affecting and upon the one great subject of a death-bed hope , he declared himself , as throughout life , opposed to canters and hypocrites—a class he had always detested and written against ; while he set the highest price upon sincere Christianity , whose works of charity and mercy bore witness to the integrity aud purity of the faith professed . "Our common friend , " he said " "Mrs . E ' i I love ; for she is a truly religious , aud not a pions woman . " He seemed anxious that his sentiments on the momentous question should not be misrepresented ; and that his animosity against the pretended should not be misconstrued into a want of a' just estimation for the real .
Another subject upon wliich he dwelt with much earnestness and gratitude , was the grant of a pension of £ 100 a year to his wife . " There is , after all , " he observed , " much of good to counterbalance the bad in this world . I have now a better opinion of it than I once had , when pressed by wrongs and injuries" [ of these lie spoke , but they are not for public notice ] . Two autograph letters from Sir Robert L ' eel relating to this pension gave him iutense gratification , and were indeed most honourable to the heart of the writer , whose warmth in the expression of personal solicitude for himself and his family , aud of admiration for his productions ( with which Sir Robert seemed to be well acquainted ) , we firmly believe imparted more delight to the dying man than even the prospect that those so dear to him would not be left destitute .
W e have thought that these particulars might possess an interest for our readers , and that , at least at the present period , a list and notice of Hood ' s works , so well and so generally known , would not be expected . As they haye issued frem the press we have always fouud a pleasure in pointing out their various merits and beauties , the idiosyncracy of their humorous features , the touching tenderness of their more natural effusions . The smile and the sigh were ever blended together ; the laugh at the grotesque idea and whimsical imagination ( rarely seeing objects as other people saw them ) , and the tear which must flow over such pathetic narratives at Eugene Aram or thc Old Elm-Coffin . Without a parallel and as original as Hood was in the ludicrous , his more enduring fame will rest on the exquisitel y humane and simply compassionate . There was no force or affectation
in his efforts to serve his fellow-creatures they were spontaneous and passionate ; and all the artof picturesque and descriptive power bestowed upon them was but appropriute and congenial ornament , neither covering nor concealing the rich stream of benevolence which flowed in the depths below . His most cynical sparklings emanated from a kind heart ; they were fireworks which revolved in many a quaint and brilliant device , but burnt or injured none . He could help the droll conceit and dazzling sally ; but the love of kind predominated throughout and orer all .
Mr . Hood was the son of the respectable publisher and bookseller of that name , long a partner in the firm of Vernor and Hood , Poultry , which is seen inscribed on many a title-page , some forty or fifty years ago . He has left a widow and two children , a s » n and a daughter , both inheriting much of his talent ; aud likely , we trust , to be more prosperous in the world than all his genius could make their parent .
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED CARPENTERS' SOCIETIES OF LONDON . This grand annual banquet came off on Mtmuay , May 12 , at the Highbury Barn Tavern , Islington . About 100 persons , amidst whom was a good sprinkling of the fair sex , sat down to a sumptuous repast , comprising most of the delicacies of the season . Mr . Jonas Wartnaby , a member ot' the King ' s Arms Society , Marylebone-strcct , was unanimously called to the chair , supported en his right by Feargus O Connor , Esq ., and on his left by — Bourne , Esq ., editor and proprietor of thc Artisan .
Ihe Chairman read a letter from T .. S . Duncombe , M . l \ , apologising for his non-attendance at the dinner , but promising to be present in the course of the attevn opn if his engagements would possibly permit . Ihe Chairman said their business on the ' present occasion was not to be confined to eating and drinking ; the Carpenters of London , he flattered himself , were possessed of some intelligence , and their good sense bid them take advantage of such gatherings for the advancement of the political , moral , and social
condition of their fellow-men . ( Cheers . ) The programme he held in his hand fully bore him out in this assertion ( hear , hear ) , awl . the attendance of so many of the loveliest portion of the creation at their festive board showed that the Carpenters of London belonged to the advanced guard of the great , moral , and social movement , and his wish was that they might long enjoy moral courage to maintain their exalted position . ( Loud cheers . ) He would now introduce Mr . Gotobcd to speak to the first sentiment , aa follows : —
The United Societies of Carpenters of Great Britain and Ireland , and may they have a just remuneration for their labour ! Mr . Gotoded said , having , as it were , from his cradle been engaged in the trade , he , with hearty good-will , proposed that sentiment . He could like to see thoiv trade societies more extended , although , as Carpenters , they had not much reason to complain , seeing that they had always been able by their union to overcome and vanquish their enemies —( cheers ); and sure he was , that it only required a more binding and general union of their several societie ? to effect a very great improvement in their condition . ( Cheers . ) He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . The toast was then drank with all the honours . Mr . Dobell rose to propose the second sentiment , as follows : —
The People—may they speedily obtain their just rights , and may the Government assist them in making the laws of the country bear equally ou tiie whole of those that have to obey them . Mr . Dobell said , it appeared to him no man could dissent from thc sentiment ho had proposed , but it followed that some steps must be taken , or those just rights and equal laws would not be obtained . ( Ilear , hear . ) The late Conference had pointed out some of the necessary steps . He could not help thinking that the committee had drawn up this toast in very mild terms ; more especially , when it was considered how dear those just ri ghts weve , and how long they had struggled to obtain them . ( Loiul cheers . ) Mi . O'Connor rose amid great applause , and said
there was no toast on thc whole programme that he would sooner speak to than the one he now submitted to them . He had always identified himself with the people , lie was one of them . He had done himself the honour to become a carpenter to-day . ( Laughter . ) He thought his struggles for and on behalf of the rights and liberties of the people , and his untiring efforts to obtain protection for labour , justly entitled him to rank himself among the working classes . ( Loud cheers . ) One of the previous speakers had said that the Carpenters had comparatively a fair remuneration for their labour . That accounted for their apathy , for , notwithstanding this numerous assemblage , apathetic the great body were , lie regretted that none of the members of Parliament were
present , especially that Mr . Duncomhe ' s engagements deprived him of the opportunity of being with them . Mr . Buncombe was the only man who really represented the interests ot the industrious millions in that house . ( Much cheering . ) He would sooner ( line with the operatives , than in any other society from thc Queen down to the officers' mess . Why ? Because they earned what they eat . ( Loud cheers . ) But how were the working men to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour ? There was a surplus of labour in the market , and that surplus must be removed —( hear , hear ) . They must banish distrust , envy , hatred , and jealousy fromamongst them , effect a cordial union , and their combined intelligence would point out the way —( hear , hear ) . Governments did not wage war For mere empty glory—no , they waged war to obtain the largest share of the produce of the people ' s labour . ( Loud cheers . ) He
congratulated the working classes on their increased intelligence . When ho spoke of liberty , he did ' not mean licentiousness ; he did not mean trafficing with the rights , liberties , and lives of other men ; but of liberty , tempered with reason and justice . ( Loud cheers . ) lie had come a considerable distance from the country to be present at their festival , and at any time when they called on him he should be most happy to obey the summons , and hoped that at no , distant day they would meet , not to mourn over their grievances , but to congratulate themselves on the obtaimuent of their just rights . Mr . O'Connor resumed his scat amidst great applause . Mr . Row , an operative Carpenter , then sung , in excellent style , " Oak and Ivy , " and was rapturously applauded . Mr . T . Bauratt , secretary to the National Society of Trades for the Protection of Industry , proposed the third sentiment , as follows : —
The late Trades' Conference : may its deliberations be crowned with success ; and may the ensuing Conference carry out the plans so well laid down b y its predecessor for the protection of labour . Mr . Baratt said he thought every right-thinking Englishman would . agree that it was highly desirable that a thorough union of all the trades should prevail for the effectual protection of their labour —( loud cheers ); and that it was only necessary for it to be generally known that T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., was at the head of that popular movement to ensure it the most triumphant success . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Goddard , an operative , then sung " The Bvavc Old Tree . " Mr . Barratt again rose , and said , as Mi . O'Connor was about to leave , he had much pleasure in proposing " Health and happiness to Feavgus O'Connor , Esq . "
Mr . Welsiier had much pleasure in supporting that sentiment . The toast was drunk amid the unanimous acclamation of the whole assembly . Mr . O'Connor rose amid renewed cheering , and said he duly appreciated the compliment they had just paid him , and should feel highly honoured at any time to mix in their society . ( Cheers . ) He had not intruded his political opinions on them today , but having been personally introduced , he did not suppose there was scarce a man amongst them but knew his sentiments . He was a thorough Democrat and a zealous advocate of the People ' s Charter . ( Great cheering . ) They might talk of charters , of incorporation , of Magna Charta , < fcc , but only mention the People ' s Charter—0 ! that was a terrible thing . ( Loud laughter . ) But he believed that any rational person who read and considered that document , would say the people ought to have their
Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He was not a leveller , he was an elevator . He did not ask that they should all ride in carrriages—on the contrary , he thought they were a devilish deal better looking fellows than those who did : exercise was good for their healtlis—( loud laughter ) , and he should not care if the Q , ucen lived in the clouds—( loud cheers ) , but what he required was , that the people , in return for their labour , should enjoy a fair snare of the comforts and blessings of this life . ( Loud cheers . ) Some members of the legislature were in favour of " cheap bread , high wages , and plenty of work ; " but what he wanted for them was less work and more wages . ( Great cheering . ) He could only thank them for their very kind and cordial reception , and respectfully bid them farewell . Mr . O'Connor then left the Hall , the whole assembly upstanding and uncovered , cheering him with deafening applause . Mr . Blewitt rose to propose thc next sentiment , as follows : —
The Representatives of Finsbury in Parliament , T . S . Duncombe , and T . Wakley , Esqrs ., and all friends of the working classes : may they continue to support the rights of their fellow men , and oppose all tyrannical inroads of any party in power upon the rights of the community . He said he thought , generally , members of Parliament were just what the people made them—m that respect he perfectly agreed with Mr . O'Connor ; if the people Knew their rights , and knowing , dared maintain them , there could not be any bad members of Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought Mr . O'Connor had been very diffident in introducing his political creed to them . He thought he need sot
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THE ORPHAN ; or , MEMOIRS OF MATILDA . By Eugene Sue . Parts VI . and VII . London : 1 . t . iSewb y , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishw JSL 7 f ndei , ' 1 work - Tll ° author exhibits a L an efe&f le CllJ H' ? j er ' , the h ™ heart . M ffi ? f ? - ? l aml certainl . "ever ex-SSi '« irfS r ? P ? by the P » Wisher in the getting up of this edition is worthy of all commendation , i lie demands on our space will not permit us "L S ? w one of the striklg scenes co » talned in the parts before us ; we must , therefore , content our-SelV f , lt n i S the m ° " S Sections on the conduct of husbands to their wives-attention to the S « « j which may contribute to the happiness of £ S iU 7 ° P . ? 80113 about t 0 many , " the following will be found invaluable :-ATTENTION TO " TRIFLES" ESSENTIAL TO CONNUBIAL
HAPPINESS . How many men , the day after marriage , suddenlv sub statute a careless and selfish negligence , for the attentions and ittle kindnesses of the day before ! Poor Ssthey know ,, * t of what enchanting pleasures they deprive themselves for ever , for the sake of escaping 8 OnJTof he sweet influences of love , for the sake of loving ? as th call it , wittmt constraint ! they do not unders andth ^ SKSTV r notonous ' coarse ' ^ oSS h ^ IX 1 Sie ' Cl Or thewalltoftl'atperpetuity . ofreftned that
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have been 90 , as the working classes at any rate were with him in theory , and his great exertions also merited that they should be , as he trusted they soon would be , witli him in practice also . ( Great cheerinir . ) He cordially proposed the tonst . Mr . Bariutt also supported the sentiment , which was ( Iruiik amidst loud applause . Mr . Kow then sung " Tubai Cain , " and was greeted with muoh applause . Mr . Blewitt again io . < c , ami in a very amusing speech gave " The Ladies , " which w . is drunk with great acclaim , the band playing " Here ' s a Health to all good Lasses !" "The Stewards , " ami "the Chairman , " were also given . The Chairman responded , and the Hall was then uicarcd for tiancins , which was continued witn great spirit to a late hour .
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The Latk Einr . of M oksixotos . —When the new Mint was erected on Tower lii !! , ilt an mom ons expense the high price of the precious " n ^ ZkZ '« te « SPr 08 p 0 CtS ° !' - t ! ie C 0 Untr - vraKdS oftcc ot the mnneyevs ior a cunsiuemMe tin ; ,. ,, . tcctlysinocure . -No gold or silver was brought to the coining press ; milling was confined to the pugilistsaud C 0 Yi \ -gvvnuei > , and paper usurped the post of cash . At , this period the Hon . Mr . Wellesley Pole was appointed Master of the Mint . Upon these circumstances , Mr . Curran observed , " I am lad to find an Irishman for once at the head of a monevmaking department ; it may afford an additional scene for the ' Beggar ' s Opera . For Mat o'thc Mint , we shall have Pat o'the Mint ; and as the new establishment is likely to coin nothing but rage , there can be no want of bullion during the reiqn ofbeaaatv . "
Comforts Complktkd . — An English sailor in Dublin , crossing ; the Coal Quay half tipsy , with a gallon measure of foaming porter to regale his ship , mates on board , passed through a crowd of coalheavers , not much more sober than himself , and in thc pride of his heart addressed them with , " Ilaii " your whiskey , you Irish lubbers , here ' s a gallon of good English beer—it is meat , drink , and clothe * " slapping the vessel with his hand . One of the fellow ' s affronted at this challenge , instantly knocked hini down into a large slough of water , adding , " You UaJ meat , drink , and clothes before , and there ' s making and lodging for you into the baraain , you thief " The fellow was proceeding to follow up ' his triumph bv kicking the fallen Briton , when another of the « ani interfered with " hlieramlov . mk , Larry , tlioug ] i ° you did give him washing and loitain . j , sure lie doesn't want mangling into thc bargain . " '
IsPALLiutE . —Try it . —What ' s the best way to stop a woman ' s cryins ! To dain ( n ) her eves , to be sure . AFoutuxatk Si . ir . —An Irishman , not long since digging for lead in the district of 1 > ubuqne , \ V iseonsin , tell through the bottom of his hole into a large cavern , and , on looking round , found the inside oi' thc cavern cover ed with very pure lead . It was one of the richest veins ever discovered , and the Irishman ' s fortune is made . The Cure works than the Disease . —An eastern caliph , being sorely afflicted with ennui , was advised that an exchange of shirts with a man that was perfeet y happy would cure him . After a Ion ? search lie discovered such a person , but was informed that thc happy fellow had no shirt .
True Civimsatiox . —Prosecutions have alreadv commenced against the press in Algeria . This is th ' o strongest proof we have yet heard of the colonv becoming every day more and more French . A Royal Bos Mot . —When the Queen visited the Koyal Academy , the fountains in Trafalgar-square were forced up to an unnuatural elevation of thirty , three feet . On her Majesty being asked what she thought of them , she merely replied that " she had no idea absurdity could be carried to such a height . " Nothing lire Leather . —In thc House of Lorda the other night , thc Bishop of London said , "My Lords , I am deeply convinced thc country wants ISqw Bishops ! " How odd the country didn't think ot this belore .
Oke Good Turn Deserves An-otaer . —When thc \\ lugs had possession of Downing-strcet , and got iu tho mire , Peel always ran to help them out , though }' was severely blamed by his party for so doing . Ihe Whigs are now returning the compliment . Suck extreme acts of kindness strongly illustrate the old saying of there being " Honour among thieves . " Time roil a Change . —Thc House of Commons is constantly ordering reports to be brought up and read ; but they never order the truth to be brought before them and spoken . If , therefore , they legislate upon mere reports , little good can be expected .
Modern Martyrs . — " If the Maynooth Bill passes , " says Mr . Bickerstetb , " new Ridleys and Latime ' ra must bum ; " but , as . Mi * . Gftmesays . inlicrdirectioti to dress a have , "first catch your hare ; " so Mr . Bickcrsteth must first catch a bishop in the mind to be burnt before he can burn him , and this at the present day he will find a somewnat difficult task . The right reverend gentlemen luwe certainly been " pulled over the coals" and kept in "hot water " very much of late ; but it by no means follows that they must leave their stalls and walk like fatted oxen to be roasted in Smithfield . No , no ; Mr . Bickersteth may calm his fears : thc bench of bishops quite agree with Mr . Ward on that comfortable doctrine proiiounced by St . Paul , that" it is better to marrv than bum . "
Cocknet Justice . — " What are you beating that boy for . ? " said a gentleman to a young denizen of the Rookery , in St . Giles ' s ; " you are too big for him . What has he done ? " " Vy , he dropped his knife , I picked it up , and now he wants me to give it him back again ; ' coslvon't , he ' s savoy . " Mn . Justice Best ' s Great Mlvd . —The demise ot Lord Wyntord recalls to recollection an anecdote of . the style m which his name appears in an index to certain law reports . Under the title "Best" is " Mr . Justice—his great mind . " " ( See page 27 ) " Turning to the reference , we find , " Mr . Justice Best said he had a great mind to commit the prisoner . " The Irishman ' s Death . —A poor Irishman , who was on his death-bed , and who did not seem quite reconciled to the long journey he was going to take , was kindly consoled by a good-natured friend with the common reflection , that we must all die ones . "Why , my dear , now , " answered tho sick man "that is the very thing that vexes me ; if I could die half-a-dozen times I should not mind it . "
Latest Case of "Absence of Mind . "—A fellow , not long since , in a fit of abstraction , ran his hand into a ' neighbour ' s pocket instead of his own . He came to his senses upon drawing a heavy puree therofrom , and walked off in a hurry for fear of being laughed at . " What Plagues these Children are !"—At a recent examination of the scholars connected with a Methodist Sunday-school in the vicinity of Appleby , a knowing youth , who was being examined on that portion of scripture where it is related that Jesus cast seven devils out of Mary Magdalene , thus in his turn interrogated the master : — " How many devils are now supposed to exist ? " " One , " was the ready reply . " Then pray , sir , " again asked the bov , " what has become of the other six V No answer . '
Correct Etymology . —A young lady asked a gentleman thc meaning of the word Surrogate . "Itis , Miss , " replied he , " agate tlirough > vhic ! i parties pass on their way to get maraud . " "Then , 1 imagine , " said the lady , " that was a corruption of sorrow-gate . " " You ave right , Miss , " replied lie ; " as woman is an . abbreviation of wo to man . " County Elections may weil lie called county farces . The mockery of representation which occurred in Denbighshire the other day , beautifully illustrates this . SirWatkinW . Wynn . inaverycavalicrspecch , told the poor devils of Welsh serfs that lie should vote as he pleased , hurried over the ceremony , and jumped into his carriage , having had relays of horses on the road , and told his coachman to ' "drive away like blazes , " to get in time for the race for the cup in the Roodcc ! This gives us both an idea of the representation of the people , and the staple which senators are not untrequeutlr made of!—Satirist .
THE WIIITEHAU " DIM-EATER . " Graham again has had to cat his words , So oft he docs so , 'tis beyond a question , That certain proof it positive affords , Por stwfc a swallow , he ' s a prime digestion . —Ibid "advertising" lord joun . Of " resolutions" —what a string Have you prepared , my Lord ! But we forewarn you of one
thing'flic House wont give a ( a ) cord . —lord . A Ticklish Affair . — An Irishman going to be linked begged that the rope might be tied under his arms , instead of round the throat ; "for , "' said Pat , "I am so remarkably ticklish in the throat , that , if tied there , I'll certainly kill myself with laughter . " A Suoht Mistake . — ! he Duchess of B , meeting a Cambridge student , inquired what progress her nephew mmie ( " 0 ! " said thc student , " he sticks close to ivatherine Hall . " ( The name of a college there . ) " I thought as much , " replied her Grace , "for he had always a hankering after the wenches . "
Handsome Pay . —During the war of 1790 , a sailor went into a watchmaker ' s shop in the oity of- , and handing out a small French watch " to the ingenious artist , demanded how much the repairs would come to . The watchmaker , looking at it . said it would cost him more in repair than the original purchase . " 0 ' . if that is all , I don't mind that , " replied the sailor . " I will even give you double the original cost , for I have a veneration for thc watch . " " What might you have given for it ? " inquired the watchmaker . " Why , " said Jack , twitching his trousers I gave a French fellow a knock on the head forif and , if you'll repair it , I'll give vou two . " '
Floatixo Theatre .-A floating theatre , called the Temple of thc Muses , " has been built for the purpose of visiting the towns on the Hudson River , United State . The theatre is lighted with g £ manufactured abroad . B '
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THE SMALL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RICH AXD POOU ! The poor man ' s sins are glaring ; In tl : c face of ghostly warning , He is caught in the fact , fit an overt act—Bujing greons on Sunday morning . Thc rich man ' s sins are hidden In the i » . iinp of wealth and station ; And escape the sight Of the children of light , Who arc wise in their generation . The rich man has a kitchen , And cooks to dress his dinner ; The poor who would roast To the baker ' s must post , And thus becomes a sinner .
The rich man has a cellar . And a ready hutlcr by him ; The poor must steer For his jiint of beer . Where the saint can ' t choose but spy him . The rich man ' s painted windows Hide the concerts of the quality ; The jifior can bat share A crack'd fiddle iu the air , Which offends all sound morality . The rich man is invisible In the crowd of his gay society ; Rut the poor man's delight Is a sore in the sight , And a stench in the nose of piety . Joe MUler thc Younger
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* - ' ¦ to be all to her . Alas ' . I know the world reproaches women who feel thus acutely these little lights ami shadt ! 3 of life , with attaching an exaggerated and ridiculous importance , to trifles , to mere nothings , and yet these iMibings almost always sullice for the happiness of wonwr .. For those nothings they will blindly , proudly , jovously devote their whole existence ! For ' those nothiniu they often forget the privations , the sorrows , the great misfortunes which befal them ; for those nothings prove to t : i » : u that they are valued—and loved , there is i >;; > ih ' -n ^ which ever inflicts an incurable wound ou the hear : ot " " woman , and that one thing is indifference ur neglect . a . nd then , after all , sinco men in their proud stlt ' -sumelowv , treat as childish , what to us is so important , is it genei oils on their part who tire so wise , who are su strong , who are so powerful , to deny us a few poor attentions which would costtttfiii so little , and which would be to us a pretext , at Iwxt . fur loving them to iilolatrv ?
We perceive that Mr . Newiiv is about to commence ii new monthly periodical , under the title of " Tk ! Traveller ' s Magazine , and Review of Brithh and . Foreign Literature ; " through the pages of which " a now and direct line of communication between tra-. vcllers abroad—travellers at home—the ' uttermost parts of the earth '—and our own firesides will be established . " Such a magazine should be successful
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xnji JNUKTH May 171845 THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1315/page/3/
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