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      BEAUTIES OF BYROX . I . In carrying out cor promise of giving selections from lie works of limes [ see " -Feist of the Poets , " &i « - of June 23 ih ] , v . c ik-sirc to U&in at the begiauis ; :, and to that «; d purpose giving iwo or ilTroo specimens of tlic poet ' s earliest ( certainly not his best ) vork— " i' ?« ' liters « f luioufs . " However Imperfect xcay i > « the iifct productions of a wet ' s pen , they are always interesting—especially tie first ; and , Vhat may be a curiosity to . soise of our reader , we this ¦ week « ixc tl < c first ( priuie ;!) poetical composition iiroducca by the author of " VidtJe JhrobL" It was \ niiu-n by him at the a ^ c of four teen , on the occasion of the < l « uh of a favourite female relative whose less lie dcej . lv lamented . AVe cannot say anythias for its poetical merits—which indeed , like tlio ' sc of Erass ' last pkoe , " Jtovlsome 5-: U , " are »? 7 . TVe prefix the following extract from the poet ' s "Maru"ia relation to tkae lines ; -.

      S-j Srs ; uasti into poetry was as early as 1 S 00 . It was ike ebullition of a pusMou for my first cousia , Margaret Tarter ( daughter and granJ-uau ^ litcr of the two Admirals lVukcr ) , one of the most beautiful of evanescent Ikuisc . I have long forj&Ui-n tli « verse ? , * but It would Tje duTn-ult for tac to forg' -i lier—licr darli eyes—lier long eye-lashes—her completely Crc-eJ ; east of face and figare I tva = i 1 : vn al > ont tweire—she rather older , perhaps a -rear . She - ! icJ al » oui a vtar or tiro afterwards , in cohscqaence of a i ' all , which hijurtd her sj-iae , and induced consumption . Her sis ' x-r August : * ( by some thought still more beautiful ) , died of the same malady ; and it was , indeed , in atu-udiii 2 her that Margaret met with the

      accident which occasioned her iieaih . My sister told me , that when she went to sc . - her , shortly before her death , upon accidentally mentioning my name , Margaret coloured , throughout the paleness of her mortality , to the eyes , to the gr * -at ast « iiUl : nitat of my sister , who knew aothiiK * of our attachment , nor could she conceive why mv naiiie should aiTcc ; her at such a time . I knew nothing of her illness—Iran ? at Harrow—till she was gone . Some years aft .-r , I made an : tttea > . pt at an elegy—a very dull oiie-1 1 do not recollect scarcely anything equal to the transparent beauty of my cousin , or to the swaetness of her temper . She looked a- > if sfce had been made out of a rainbow—all beauty and peace . —[ Jlgr&iS D ' uiry , JS 21 . ]

      OX THE DEATH OF A YOUXG LADT , Cvii . 'w !¦> lie Av . 'J < or , ajid r-:. - ^ dear to / 7 « n . Ifcshsc are the wind ? , * tti i * iU tlic evening gloom , " ot e ' en a zephyr tnmtiers tiuv" ^ 1 G ' S ^ ve , TVhi ! = t I return to vitiv my Hai ^ an-Ps tu £ * Anastatitrfiowers on ihe Oust 1 love . TViU : in this narrow cell reciiUCS liCr ctoy , Ti : at day , where once such anuxadon beara'd : The King of Terrors seized her as his prey ; - i * ct worth , nor beauty , have her life rtdeem'd . 0 ! coald thai King of T i-rrors ] . ity feel , Or Heaven reverse the dread decrees of fate ! If et litre- the mourner would his grief reveal , Sot here the nmschtr virtues would relate . Tim wherefore weep ? Her matchless spirit soars Btyonil wl'tre spltiiuitl shiues the orb of day ; And weeping angt -5 leau her to those bowers ¦ Where endless jiieasm ;•* virtue ' s deeds repay . Ana tiall presuni ] ttuous moiials heaven arraign , And , : uadly , gcdliiie Providence accuse ? Ah ! no , far fly from me atit'inpts so va : s , — 111 ne ' er submission to lay God refuse . Yet is ren-. ensiirance of those virtues dear , Yet fresh the memory of that lieanteoas face ; Still lioy cail&rt 3 iu : ; xvzrzi anectiou ' stear , SvB i ^ my heart retain their wonted place . |

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      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZEXE—Jcit . London : ranch Office , 92 , Fleetstreet . This number opens the second rolume of this excellent periodical , and nve are happy to find the editor acloiovrledginij "the success that lias firmly established the' Shilling Magazine' as a public organ . " " It Isas made a sphere for itself . " That it will coniinnc xo -wiaen that sphere , and increase in popnlaatv . we cjuiuot doubt , judging by { he number before as .

      The iustory of " St . Giles and St . James" is continued , l ' cor St . Giles isarrestcd on the false charge of having robbed and murdered St . James , who has been found ly some smugglers in an apparently dying State . They carry tlie wonnded man to Dovisnest , iLe residence of a villanous old usurer , the husband Of ayoang and lovely woman , who—the case is a common one in " high life "—has been bought in the fashiossMc slave-market with the usurer ' s gold . It wuld appear that the money-lender ' s wife and St . James Live been lovers . Sni peton ( the usurer ) is absent from Lome , when St . James , in a state of uneonseioasness , is brought to the vulture ' s-ncst . The TCtum of Snipeton exhibits a scene the nature of which may be imagined . St . Giles is brought to Dovessest to be identified by the supposed dying man , but at ihemomeni of the expected recontre St . James is found to be gone . In describing the usurer , the author thus launches his thunder against the Moloch like gods of gold : —

      "THE OLD SAS ' 3 SWOM > . " Ebesszer Snineton , in all tvorcDjr dealings , held himself a match for any of the money-coimu ; sons of Adam . lie couia fence with a guinea—and sure we are guineaffincing is a far more delicate art ; is an exercise demanding a fcc-r touch , a readier sleight , than the mere twisting Of st « - foils : —he could fence , nay , with even the smallest current coin of the realm , and—no matter who stood against him—come off conqueror . " Gold , " aays Shelley , "isfe old man ' s sword . '" And most wickedly at times Will fcscrj ' . lxarded men , with blood as cold and thin as TOiter ia tlidr vein ; , hack and slash with it ! They know

      *~* e Srfm , palsied warriors ! how the weapon ivill cut f « rt-striag S ; tliey know what wounds it will inflict ; eut thin the wounds Meed inwardl y ; there is no outward ™ ^ 9 W 8 h urt to call for the coroner ; and so the vic tim ™* T ae . and show , as gossips have it , a Tery handsome sorpse Tv liiisthouiicidalavarice , with no drop of outward ^ et-r ou ] u si ] anas _ noaainnjiigsi ( ots seenby ^ ^ ori ^ ~~ T ^ e-wacsin the werld , a vary respectable old gecwtinsn wan wLo Lm & ffle rf receipts ^ show for ~ r * f ™ 1 ? Si a man who aCTer m 0 Tre a staHng ; and » ow aa , a wan who take * all tha good he gets as nothing ™ OWU . an aprqier pajmant for his exceeding rospactaw ^ r . jie is a pattern nwn ; ana for such men heaven f ^ nVpna 5 ^ S ™ ««« daj 3 the shower comes aown

      _ THE ESCIEB ASB IIS TOCSO W 1 FB . tttffczer Snii « ton , ire say , had a high and therefore ****» Me opinion of himself ; for th « la ^ er tho man ' s Saf * B «; m tlie surer i $ ha of putting it off in tha world ' s Inal ^ The small dealer in conceit may wait from the Qttninj to the closing of the market , and not a eonl shall ^ Kaway his little pennyworth : now the large holder » rafcir . of a quick diaiand &r Ml his stock . Men are ta *« I ff its estcnt , and dose with bin immediately . If , WMMvyan wauted to buy one single egg , would you pur-•* asej =: £ t one egg of the poor , rascal dsalnr , who had only iae tjg t 0 senj Auswsr us truly . Behold the modes :-. rautsman . Ha stands shrinkingly , with one leg Orawn -cr auJ hU ten finger , interlaced lackadaisically , the wh 3 e his soul , in itsmora than ' maiden baahfolness , would retreat , get away , escaps any how from its eonsaouestss . And so he stands , all but hopelsss behind Iae one egg . He feds a blush crawl ovar his fac»—for

      fliece are blushes that do crawl as yon pass t > j Mm , for I > ass Kai you do . It is true you want but one egg - , neverthtltg , io bring only oue ess to martat sbows a mUery . a

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      • '»» £ - ; 1 ¦ meanness ja tha man , that , in tha generous haat of your hearts Wood , you most manfully despise . And , therefore , you straddle on to the tradc-jro :: !! who stands behind a little mountain of eggs ; and timidly asking for osc ^ -it is so very poor , so n-rutched a bit of lmc&steria ? , you are Jishanudtobeceinatit—you t : i ' .: e the first vgs " offered yon , and humbly laying dorai your halfpenny fanhin ™ , vanish straight away . ' As it is ivnii CL' -s , so in tl : e worldmarkof , is it iiiUi lianjaa preteisicss . The man with a saiall , single conceit is shunned , a siilv , mUciaWe A . l ! ow-Irat The bravo , wholesale dealer—the ' man ot * a thousand pretension ? , is bosi-t i-y buyers . Xow , Ebeiu-zer was one of your merchants of t&n thonsand eggs—and though to others they Ii : ! d proved addied , they had never theless been gold to iiiin . And yet , sV : d Ebenezers wife—his rip ? , rcd-lippc-l . «] . o : ;? e of two-and-tweutv somehow ^ " ' " ¦ "

      touchher LuAand > nth a strange , a painful humility . He had sixty iron winters—and every one of them plain as an iron bar—in his fcce . Time had u « d his visage as Robinson Crusoe used his wooden calendar , notching every day in it . And wlist was worse , though Time had kept an honest account—and what , indeed , so honest , so terribly honest as Time S—nevertheless , lie had so mariied tl ; c countenance—it is a shabby , shameless trick Time has with some faces—that every mark to the thoughtless eye counted well nigh double . And Suipcton knew this . He know , too , that upon his nose—half-way , like a sentinel m tlie middle of a bridge—there was a wait very much bigger than a pea , with bristles , sticking like Mack pins in it . Sow , this wart Ehenczer in his bachelor days had thought of like a iihitesojmer ; tl-at is , he liad ' uevcr thought about it . Xay , his Jioiievrcioon had almost ivaned into the cold , real moor , that was ever after to !> liiii ; Ujion his marriage life , ere Ebcneaer thought of his wrinkled pouch-like checks ; of his more terrible wart . And then did every bristle bum in it , as though it was turned to

      red hot wire ; then was he plagued , tormented by the thought of the wart , as by some avenging imp . * He seemed to have become all wart : to be one unsightly excrescence . The pauper world envied the happiness of Ebenezer Snipeton—with such wealth , with such a wife , oh , what a blessed man ! JJut the world knew not the toniiL-. iis of the wart I And wherefore was Ebenezer thus suddenly mortified ? We have said he had taken a wife as young , and fresh , and beautiful as spring . And therefore , after a short season , was Ebimczcr in misery . He looked at his wife ' s beauty , aad then he thought of liis withered face—that felon wart ! la her vtrv loveliness—Kke a satyr drinking at a crystal fount—he saw Iris own deformity . Was it possible she could love him ! Tlie self . put question—a : nl lie could not but -usk it—with her , alone , ia b » d ; at l >(> iU'i—U « at toiineatiug question still would wins . ** , snake-vok-u ! n M- ** - «* l $ ? Jw . luin j Xni ins lit-art—his hear : thai heretofore Htf been tv . u and liloutlcd like a fisii—woul « l slirluk snd tremble , a : nl llai'e ; : ot acswor . True it was . she was obedient : too

      obedient . She did his L : udu : g i ' . ronipliy , humbly , as though he had bought her for his slave . And so , in truth , he had : and there I ad bee ; : a grave man of the church , grave witnesses , too , to I' ""* bargain . Verily , he had bought her ; and on her siu" » H wliite finger—it was plain to ail who saw her—she wore '' : c manacle of her purchaser . _ " The Misanthrope , " by an Optimist , is a good article , breathing a hoiy and cheering belief in the progress of the human race f ; om evil to good . "The Town Poor of Scotland" is a useful article at ihe present juncture , lending tomato ? more widely known the suSerings otthe Scottish poor . " Unfashionable llovenicnts" will Ijc found well worthy of perusal , much more so than the movements of tlic " fashionable world . " " The lledi-ehog Letters" cmbmce the

      main political subjects of the month , dealing with them in that spirit of caustic truth for which Douolas J £ ki : old is so famed . "My TeiuDtations , " by a Poor Man , is a sterling article ] truthfully describing the sufferings and temptations to which the working classes are . subject . Of the poetry in this month ' s number we cannot say anythiua ; commendatory : to our mind " The Corn-Lord ' s Tragedy" is neither probable in its story nor poetical in its composition . " A History for Youns England" details the leading facts of the reign of lieiny I . This "history , " though brief , is very instructive . Some excellent " reviews close the number . The present opportunity—tlic commencement of a new volume—is a favourable one for new subscribers commencing their patronage of this truly-national publication . " A word to the vise suScetL "

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      GEORGE CRUIKSHAXK'S TABLE BOOKJuly . London : Punch Office , 02 , Fleet-street . From beginning to end this month ' s number of the Table Booh claims our warmest praise . The opening article is on " Social Zoology , " accompanied by two splendid illustrations , the subjects being " a horrible lore in ihe company , " and " the lion of the party . " The letter-press descriptions by the editor arc excellent . Here is a specimen : — It often happens that the naturalist is puzzled to discriminate between an animal and a plant , as in the wclliaiOWll Case Of tbesjxw ^ e .- and the social zoologist finds himself iu tlie same difficulty , for the sponge is certainly a diuicg-out animal , and yet he has the properties of the plant , for he plants himself on those whom ho designs to

      victimise . * * # The female bore is chiefly remarkable for her numerous progeny . She will appear surrounded by an extensive litter of little ones , who will sometimes be exceedingly frolicsome . They will jump up into your lap , put theirpaws into jour x > late , and play all sorts of autks , if you give them tlm least encouragement . Literary bores , who are for the most part females , are usually called blue , and it is believed that an intellectual ladies' society used formerly to assemble at the Blue Boar , in Xlolborn . " A Legend of the Rhine , " an excellent burlesque , is the best romance we have read for many a day . " The Lover ' s Sacrifice , " a tale of the Court Hall , describes the sacrifice of adavliug pair of whiskers which okc Hugh de Holboru was tempted to make to appear at the Queen ' s fancy dress ball . The sacrifice

      nearly pr- ^ ved a fatal one , the hero ' s ladye-lovc being " regularly flabeisastcd" at tlic loss of licr swain ' s whiskers . Macassar Oil , however , provided a remedy —love did the rest ; the happy pair were made one , and Hugh tie Ilolboni took for iiis family arms the motto of " Cut and Come Again ! " "Dissolving Views , " and " The Stage Prince , " are both capital . The concluding article is from the pen of George Cruikshauk himself , and is highly honourable alike to his head and heart . The subject is " The Preservation of Life , " and suggests plans for the preservation of human life in cases of Sro and shipwrecks . We tolly agree with Mr . Cruikshauk , that " the legislature that compels the formation of party-walls and sewers , ought to make the erection of some simple and

      cnvctivc fire-escape compulsory upon the landlord of every house in the metropolis . " It would be useless for us to transfer the article to our columns unless we could transfer along with it its illustrations . We may , however , state that Mr . Ckuiusuaxk ' s principal scheme for saving life in case of h ' re is , tlic erection of a continuous balcony in front of the upper windows ( of each floor ) of every house . The apprehended evils of , and objections to , this simple contrivance are answered by Mr . Cbciksuask most ' satisfactorily . Other contrivances for guarding against the ignition of the clothing of females when engaged in their household duties , and for saving life in case of shipwreck , are suggested and explained , aud altogether the article is one of a most useful and interesting character .

      The recent dreadful calamity ia Dover-street must convince all classes of the necessity of some means being adopted to provide for the saving of human life iu case of fire . House-proprietors in general are too avaricious to care one jot for the lives of their tenants ; their only thought is for their property , the value of which may ta secured-to them by the insurance oifices . Their culpable indifference should not however be tolerated , b y tho legislature , and if the latter are equally indifferent * the public must , by a wholesome " pressure from without , " enforce legislation on this all-important matter . To Mr . Ckciksilvsk we return our grateful thanks for callin * public attention to this subject , and we earnestly hope that , through the medium of his delightful Table Hook , his excellent article will be read far and wide .

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      TI 1 E TRAVELLER'S MAGAZINE-Jutr . Lon . don : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . This well-conceived Magazine fully bears out in its second , the promise contained in its first number . The articles are all entertaining , the only fault fairly chargeable against them being that nearly every one is a continuation " to be continued . " " My First Pilgrimage and Last Tour , " by the Editor , is extremely amusing , the amusement being considerably heightened by the humourous cuts , representing some of the droll characters with whom the author came in contact " up the Rhine . " " Narrative of a Voyage along the Eastern Coast of Arabia , " by Cuables Johsstos , is interesting , but too brief . "The Magic Lanthorn , " bv T . A . Thollopk , gives a startling tale of Italian life . "Life and Sports in the

      Wild Bush of Australia" lets the reader into the secret of hunting and catching kangaroos . " Scenes in Western Louisiana" a also interesting . Reviews of new works , Correspondence , &c , clos » the number . From the " Magic Lanthorn" we give the following extract—we should premise that an English travelling party has arrived at the banks ot an It * . Han river—the Toce , the bridge over which had broken down , i . e ., had fallen down through decay , its repair having beon utterly neglected . Only one ferry-boat existed to transport the passengers , their carriages , Ac , to thcother « ide ; the conscauencc was , that although the boat was worked unceasinsly , there was a continued accumulation of carriage , waggons , carts , and vehicles of every description , with their passengers and attendants , waiting turn to be ferried over , The extract affords an illustration of the universal Italian Tirtue (!) : —

      PiZIEWZA . Here was another most characteristically Italian scene for the contemplation and instruction of the English party . They got out of their carriage ; and finding seats on some of tho scattered timbers of the broVen bridge , they applied their impatient English minds , as best they might , to the practice of that eminently Italian virtue " patiensa , " so constantly heard as an exhortation from an Italian mouth—so nnwersaUy necossaiy in the conduct of oil Italian affairs—and , to be fair , so vcrygenorally practised by the Italians on occasions of every sort .

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      They amused tliKiisciye . s ' 5 l 0 wsver » ns well as they , could , by observing the scene a . ' ounl 1 them , during the period —noS apparentl y uestinc-a t 0 btt VC 1 'J' short—which they were doomed to pass on ti > e ' ' ° * ' ' s Lombard Styx . The bridge had fallen down at < out a wccls previously , i » inwdiately afttr the diligence 1 . a ' P assC ( 1 ovel > 5 t > No cause of storm , tempest . ' or sw .-fl , II watc « , had brought about its destruction . It h-d ia . le ! 1 simply because it was rotten , and could stand JE > Ion 3 cr- T / l « t w » s eminent ! v characteristic of Italy , ftiiu ' " s : n 0 l ' ° ^ mana o - ins its affairs . It is to be hoped thaHi f mJ " bo " ot onl . characteristic , but tvjiical of the fate- * if ouc or tlv 0 t ! lin ° - t

      in Italy . In the next place , a week had elapsed . and t ! le ru ! nct ! tiaibcrs of the old brid-e had not jot bea 3 cle : ! rcd . ^ wa i ' - That was cajinently characteristic of Italy , "l'iizionza !" In the third place , one- single ferry-boat , * ' 'J , lr ' suft ! - cient for the purpose of transporting all the tea . '•' ° ' tlle ro : id , in botli directions from one bank to the » ' X cl " ' ' ! il 1 ' been supplied for the purpose of kefping up tiio Ci nl ! lnunicatiun till tlie new briUgo should bo built . Tlti . \ wa . exceediii ^ y characteristic of Italy aud Italian aat ' lor ' " ties . " l * azienza !" acain .

      In the fourth place , it was hoped that with great eit tion the uriage—a were timber struaturc—mi ght be- re paired in two years ! 77 mJ was characteristic enough at Italy . Once more " 1 ' azicnza "' Hut there was another cireuuistancc attendant on the management of the ferry , which would have been to an Englishman ' s feelings iufiniteli- more irritating and g « Hi"S than ail tl « c v « t , ; ma which nnhapiiily was more peculiarly clwactcvis'dc of Italy than all tho rest . Peasants , with their carts of agricultural produce , had been waiting there for hours ; Lut every time

      a carnage came up , it took precedence of them ; usuiped their turn , and added another half hour to their detention . Yet this , too , was borne with perfect good humour . Poor Italy ! to bear , has been the hard lesson tau-ht lier in all kinds of various ways for many a long day past . It is a lesson which she has but too well learnt . And if here and there an independent spirit , unfortunate enough to have its lot cast on Italian soil in the nineteenth century , should not have learned the duty of universal suppliancy , the unbending one must break;—and is broken ! Here , and at every turn , pWi'i-Iqc , caste , legal preferences !

      \\ e agree with , the writer of the abow , and earnestly pray that the break-down of the rotten bridge of the Toco may be typical of the speedy break-down and total destruction of the rotten Governments , political and religions , which have for centuries cursed ,. and yet continue to curse , that beautiful but unhapnyi ^ Again , we recommend this Magazine to our venders . The idea on which it is founded is an excellent one ; thus tar , that idea lias b : cn spiritedly carried oat , ami we trust that the public ' s s"pport will not be wanting to crown tlie project with complete success .

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      WADE'S LONlK ?? REVILW— July . London 1 , Wiiiteirkre 4 rcet Hcotwtocet . This review ] m changed Us iHnnnsi'u » J !^ ^ prc " sent number—the first of a new volume—bojugtnider new editorial direction . The new editor will excuse us , if we express our hope that his management mniy ire as satisfactory to his readers as that of his predecessor . For the present we are somewhat disappointed , the promises « iven in tlie preceding number not having been carried out in this numberorsit leastbut

      , , , partially . This , however , we must attribute to a misfortune , which we resret , namely , the illness of the authoress who was to have produced the romance promised m tlie June number . This romance will , however , we are assured , b q commenced shortly . A general titic-pagc and index to the first volume was promised in the preceding number , but we do not hnu it m this ; an omission which we hope will bo rectified m the next number . The present number opens with " a Greek talc " entitled "Ambition , " in which is the beginning of a full , true , and particular account of °

      "The fool who fired the Ephcsian dome . " The greatest portion of the number is taken up with reviews , the principal of which are , on Mr Osboissk ' s "Guide to Madeira , the Azores , British and Foreign West Indies , Mexico , &c ., " and Tmrns ' " History of the Consulate and Empire of France under Napoleon . " The first of these is a delightful piece of reading . As regards tke review of Thikrs , we cannot afford room to review the reviewer , otker wise we should question his characters of Robesrn . nr . K j Nai'ou-ox , and Tiiieiis , of whom we hold very different views . The following remarks , however , have our hcartv approbation : —

      MODERN WASrAltE Is a brute slaughter ; only disgusting , not inspiring . Ever since the days of the Chevalier Bayard , war has been becoming more of the nature of a tialCiic , a mechanical butchery on a large scale , by the united aid of balls , powder , and steam . The attacking column , by which most battles are won , is a battering-ram of human beings , almost as insensate , with just as little power of volition , affording just as little opening for the coward to flee , or the brave to reap distinction , as that ancient engine of destruction . There is no fascination , nothing for the imagination in this worn-out game of royalty ; it is a dull death's feast , and men will soon begin to revert to its dismal horrors with the same revolting feelings that they look back to cannibalism , human sacrifices , or other bloody rites of a dark and savage age .

      There is a short article on " Flirting and Coquetry , " which will be interesting to the student of female mysteries . The following sweet wee piece of poetry vrc have taken the liberty of extracting entire for the gratification of our rcadcis : —

      TIME AND 10 VE . Poets tell us that Time hath wings , And I think 'tis true , I think ' tis true ! lie is one of the fleetest fo . iiliercd things That ever flew , that ever flew ! For have I not loved ? and lravo I not ftlt How Love ' s sweet hours to moments raeit ? And swift with delight , Is day in its flight , And we chide the dawn that chases the night . Now when hath Time these rapid wings ? TSore ichm doth Time thus swiftly fly ? I hear a bird that sweetly sings , Anil to my soul glad answer brings" lite those tee love are nigh !"

      0 ! Time hath crutches as well as wings ! And oft no creeping thing except : lie is one of tho slowest creeping things That ever crept ! that ever crept ! For have I not loved , yet , day by day , Pelt moments creep like ages away » And over my head , "With feet of lead , Colfly , daihly , heavily trend ? Now when doth Time thu 3 lose his wings \ Now iita goes Time thus crawling on ? With other voice the sweet bird sings , And to my soul sad answer brings" When those tec love are gone !

      Tlie present number being the first of a new volume , affords a good opportunity for new subscribers making their acquaintance with this Riview .

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      S 1 MM 0 NDS * COLONIAL MAGAZINE—Jew . London : Simmonds and Ward , 18 , Cornhill . There are several valuable articles in this number of Simmouds' Magazine , of which the chief are on " The Progress of Wealth , Trade , and Population in Canada ; " "Notes on the Sandwicli Islands ; " " Port Philip compared with tlie Cape of Good Hope and other Colonies ; " and " The Agriculture of libidostan . " There arc also several articles of a lighter character , mixing entertainment with instruction . We have perused with much pleasure the portion here given of a " Narrative of a Stcam-Yovage from Southampton to St . Lucia ; " anil Captain ' Morton ' s article * ' On the Origin of Basaltic Columns . " The article entitled " Reminiscences of the Island of Cuba" is also entertaining , although the writer has as yet told nothing about Cuba , and in his sketchings is much more of a caricaturist than a painter . From his narrative we extract the following tit-bit J—

      JONAH AND THE WHALE . An English missionary , one of a set of humbugs who are as plentiful as carrion crows in distant parts—and what good they do , save gulling John Hull , and swindling him out of his cash , the Lord only knows ! for neitlier 1 nor sensible persons have ever yet been able to find it out . An English missionary , I said ( termed Mr . Sleekhead , no doubt becauss the hypocrite wore his hair gummed down upon his brow , to assume the most sanctified appearance ) one day called upon a Hack nigger ( for there are white ones in coal pits ) , and found him bent upon reading the bible . The blnck fellow , on hearing the approach of footsteps , raised his head , saying , "Morning , Massa Sleekhead ! top ob de day to you !" ; "Howdoyoudo , Mr . CastlereaghS" This was tho name the nigger had assumed : they always like grand names . " What are you reading about V " Mo reading Trout Massn Jonah . " " Ah , Jonah was a good , but an ill-used mnn . "

      " So Iiie see . Like yourself , ifassu SleekheMtl- Somo persons no believe de good you do . Massa Jonah de best wan in ( to world in dose days ; you in dese . So do wicked pick one grant quarr « l with him ; and has Massa Jonah no show de fight , dey toss him into dc scs . Don Jonah began to bewail , and d » big whalo <« Wng him called , he swallowed Jonah ; den Jonnh twallowed do whale , for Jonnh was iebilish fond obiisli ! The following sweet lines are 8 lso well worthy of extract : —

      DBEimKQ OF HOME . I am dreaming of the cabin where I was torn and brod , And of the time-worn Bible in which my mother read i As the birds among the lilacs wore nestling down to rest , And clouds of gold and violet lay melting iu th « west , And the winds among the roses and tho chirping of tho bird "Were making all the music my childhood ewer heard . I feel the print of sorrow grow deeper on my brow As long-lost friends coma round me as they are coming now ; But there are golden moments still o ' er my heart that glow . Though love ' s youns star set darkly in storms of long ngo ( k I see tlio winding pathway and the shadow on tli » liill i

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      ** " ~—"»—j ™»~ . " — — , / ' ¦"""'' ... aiw . M . i . iE . Mn Where we used to sit and listen to ihe singing of the I wonder if its j , i ! isi , ing is as lovely in tho lislit , Amiit the pebbles in it are as beautiful and brivlit , as they wore in thut glad morning I tun dreaming of to-ib y , Ere a shade of coming shadows ori my glowing future lay . 1 never wateh the sunset in summer's p ' leusaiit wos , ,, ' '" ' "' ant aim and misty unfolds hoi- stawy leave * , *•»« I seem to heai- the stirring of an angel ' s viewless vang , And a low voice by me singing as my mother used to sing ; I never feast in chambevs wrought cunningly hy art , l » ut that cabin with i » roses )« with m 0 in mvhCart | - MiouM the path us I trend onward grow rough beneath ¦ p . » .. viii . i . i .. . xn'a . Bii » Bn > inmm . ii » ii M^—

      And ^ w pulscs heavy , at so buc ; antly did Should enemies assail mo m shelter from tho strife . 1-iilns , the sweet oasis in the desert of my life . o uj suihcient to express our sense of its mori > -

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      rAIT > S " aSfWr '" " - EdtataiBh : W . iait , 107 , Pwnce ' s-street . i ^ s ^ W ^ jaa done good service UH ^ SSJ 1 ^^^^ general enhgutoimei ^ by his ciuninnSS , S , thb causes and circumstances of Napoleon ' s foU T c yet lingering veneration amongst ' tho ig norant lS hose wholesale spoliators ami inurcK c ' il « heroes aided by a generous , but in this h toce is p laced sympathy for the fallen , has cauSu ^ cU to be cast over tho gigantic crimes of the Gallio despot and something like a halo of admiration to 2 . \

      and we thank Colonel Mitcukll for doing sranetWn " towards stripping this monstrous idol of his « audv and deceptive trappings . A worse traitor to free principlcs-a more selfish , arrogant despot-a more cold-blooded , brutal , blood-spillur , never existed than jNapgleox . "A Lockerbie Lick" is a capital IJordcv rhyme , which weionly regret is too lengthvto trajisfer to our columns . Madfime Wolfeksbcrokk ' s "Letters trom Naples are continued in this number , and untolil a most depraved anil shocking stato of things existing in that city . Tlic wor , fc feature of Neapolitan hte is the general idleness , filthincrs . and corruption of the women , high and low , rich and poor , ihe cause of this is , the debasing and withering influence of the priests . " Their oulv religion is a superstition , that tends to ( Icmleii all other liiculiies , without encouraging either sviyipaAlw w . tii thoir ldlow-creatures , or wquSrinsVir tno ,, - ,

      conou «» ™ a . : ™\ ?* riCv . The most bigotted women are neitiiei- better mothers nor wove faithful wives ; tiiey arc only the most exact observers oi ' forms , and devoted slaves of the priests , to the utmost point of obedience , often thus procuring the indulgence they require from their confessor " for their intrigues . " " Jephnah Wilkinson , the American Prophetess , " is an interesting account of a most singular being . There aw several reviews of new works , all , as is the wont with this Magazine , ably executed . " lhc Ophiions of Blanco White" is a critique on i work recently published , entitled " The Life of the Rev . Joseph Blanco White . " Blanco White , a Spaniard by birth , but of Irish descent , was educated in the Romish faith , and became a priest ot that communion ; hehoweversubsequentl"boxed

      , , y the compass" of nearly all the creeds and no-creeds of luirope—being at one time a Deist , then an Atheist , then a lligh-Chnrch-of-lSngland-nian , then an Evangelical Protestant , and , finally , some sort of a Unitarian . He appears in all tiicsc changes to have been perfectly honest and sincere , lie was a man of wonderful ability , and his knowledge of the crafts frauds , and crimes of the European priesthoods ot all denominations , was most extensive . With all his seeming inconsistencies , whatever ho believed to be the truth , that he fearlessly proclaimed , and the cause of free thought found in him a talented and zealous champion . Wo have culled from fait two or three specimens of his views , which just now arc significantly instructive .

      lUISn CATHOLICISM . I have arrived at the conclusion that , were it not for the Irish Church Establishment , the indirect influence of English civilization would have produced a tacit reformation on Irish Topery . I am , indeed , fully aware that tho Romanist system' is incapable of a real reform ; for its principle—submission to a priesthood—is essentially wrong and lnfetirievons . But had it not been for the constant irritation produced on both the priesthood and laity of Catholic Ireland , l > y the political ascendancy enjoyed and asserted by a small minority of Protestants ' , Irish Popery would by this time be but an empty name , for all the efficient intellect of Ireland . * # With respcut to the lower classes , ] and to the mass of the Irish Catholics , these controversial scenes must have an

      injurious result , they must attach them more and move to their Church . The Church of England inviUs the peopie with a mere fragment of Popery—as wron ;; in principle as Popery itself , and infinitely less attractive to the popular mind . I saw some weeks ago a quotation from Dr . Jebb , in which he declared that he found more devotion among tho Irish peasantry of the Romanist than of the Protestant persuasion . Such must be the case every where . That kind of devotion which tho above-mentioned bishop wished to see diffuse-. ! , cannot be promoted among the lower classes by the Protestantism of the Church of England : it requires a degree of

      entiiusifissn , which the dry and lame theory of doctrines preserved in the Thirty . nino Articles , " cannot raise . Hence the want which the English peasantry felt of what the Methodists gave them , at least for a time . The more , therefore , the English skeleton is brought out into direct comparison with the well dressed-up image of Popery , the greater will be the aversion of the lower classes to change ; the move their abhorrence of the name of Protestant . Popery cannot stand tha increase of in . tcllcctual light ; it must vanish before true knowledge and the effects of civilization ; but if ilhiim are sot against divines , those of Home will surely carry tho lower classes along with them .

      SCHOOLS FOR SLAVES . All the ancient Asiatic temples had an establishment of slaves , who belonged to the priesthood . —That custom has revived , in a spiritual shape , among us . I have just bsen luolung nt a long double row of girls and boys , walking slowly towards Mr . S ' s church . What a monstrous medley will the minds of those children present if they actually take in the instruction of their priest No one can form to himself an idea of such a state of mind , who does not know Mr , S . , one of tliB greatest luminaries of the Evangelicals . It is probatlo , however ,

      tii . it the children will keep very little of what they hear under the name of religion ; but , unfortunately , iu most cases , the mental distortion will continue through life , disabling tlie priestly slaves from all healthy and rigorous use of their faculties . —It is melancholy to consider the numbers who aro thus mentally crippled by the activity of the various priesthoods . Mr . S ' s school appears to me to consist of from two to three hundred children . —Does Sir . S and his compeers love education ?—Yes ; passionately—they love the education which produces slaves to their own priestly class .

      THE FATAL EKH 0 H . One of the oldest and most pernicbus errors of mankind , is that which supposes tlie necessity of forming a body of men who , in the name of Heaven , shall take the guidance of the religious principle of all the rest . Once grant that such bodies exist , for the benefit of orality , or much more , for tho salvation of tho eternal souls of men , and a most active encroaching principle is brought into existence , which must bo perpetually at vork upon society , to bring it completely under the ptwer of tho priesthood . TUe usurpations of Poperj are the natural result of the existence Of a priesthood , which , more than any other in the world , identifies its ownsupremacy with the highest concolvable interests of mankind . Hardly any of the ancient religions afforded such plausible pretexts to the ambition of its priesthood , as tlit priesthoods which have seized upon Chriifuurity ns their jeculiar domain , derive from tho doctrine 3 of tlie Gospel .

      In no patter whatever , needs a mnn be reminded of what he h'JJeves , except in religion . What a man believes he knows , and what he knows ho believes . Why should thepriestloodcometo us with an inventory of what wo believe ?—The priesthood do not oare about our belief ; what they vant is our assent ; so they make out a list of what we are to assent to , if we are to avoid the consequences- of their indignation ! The old Romish priesthood do not conceal this : according to thorn , any one who says , « I believe whatever the Mother Church believes , " has saving faith . Tho Protestant Churches desire to disguise their wishos , which ara tho samo as those of Itcmc , and minea the matter . Yet there ii 8 vcr was , nor ever will be , a priesthood guiltless of the dosign to tate all other won ' s minds into their keop ns .

      Ihe present number ia altogether a very interesting one , av . d will veil sustain the desorvel popularity of this firmly-established and cleverljr-eonducted Magazine .

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      MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA .. By G . Himbert Rodwell . London : Mackenzio , IU , Fleotstreet . A new and right worthy candidate for pnhlio patronage , which there can be little doubt the projectors will obtain . The Memoirs of an Umbrella is , in price , form , and outside appearance , similar to our excellent friend Punch ; with this difference , that the Umbrella , instead of being a raiscel ' ianeous collection of political , satirical , humourous , and other sketches and fragments , such as go to raako up the contents of Punch , is a noiel , a Continuous story , in which is blended eloquence , sat ' . re , wit , and pathos , broudit together , we doubt n ' ot , to work out some excellent moral , with which we shall become ac-I quaintcd in due time . We , give an extract , describ-

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      ing a place which must be well known to must oiVi London readers , the iUKTH-r&ACS OF THE L'MnitEU . V , Bo you know St . Mariin ' s-eouri (—of course you tlo , ov you have never known what It is to eat ham and beet ' i : j perfection . lieigho ! tiiils-iig of ham an « i beet naturally draws mv attention to the WGiidurful chansos " fk-sh h ht-ir to , " .-mil which have actuall y come to pass in that locality . There was a time when the ham imd beef shop of St . * Martin ' s , com t was known ail over Europe : * or , at least , all over London , which is almost synonymous . Its name ami fame , or rather its via «»>! s , were in every mouth . And , oh : what two glorious perambulating round .- ; of human beef were then to be seen rollii . jr , as it were , within the pound-shaped counter : they were a jrlorioussi i-ht * Peep , deep was he who placed those fat men there ; their ftjrms appoared the very incarnation of the phrase " cut and i-ome again . " It was a decoy : —but 'twas an honourable one . They formed the title-page of the work within , which seemed to say : "Dons we do!—eat this delicious food!—' tis here for sale—mid bo as fat as we !"

      Alas ! Time , even here , has bow . with his relentless evsr . ch « ng ini' glass . The shop still is!—the viands there i—but where those dear old rounds \ Ah ! where ? A { , 'host p . o-. v walks where thvy once hclit command . He does the office of the gone , aud cheerfully ; but , still lie ' s but n ghost of what has been . ¦ Apolosisinjj for this digression , know , gentle reader , tlmr St . Miutin-Woui-t , that Ittt ' . u passage bat great thorougl-. i ' . ire , which iearts from Crar . LvdvsVu . iillcyi or rather street , into St . Martijt ' s-lnne , was the spot of my nativity ! The very house in which I was produced to the world , and which , from that cirgiiiiBtauce , must henetforth become as celebrated as the . 'iisl ? butcher ' s shop a : Sfrntford-upon-Avon , still stands where it did—an I ' mtvella shop , a door or tin on the left-hand side oftU Court , MKuty jnm St . Mitrtbu ' -laiie .

      lou know it ?—do you not ?—but I ' m sure you do , and niso my two dearl y-beloved sponsors , who may still be seen standing one on each side the door . Thfiy arc old now ; but yet how sweet and pleasing arc their conntenances . ^ I ncvuv look at i ] mil { wQ ami . ib ] c fiit , but . « gh o trunk how unkind Nature has been in not allowmg all human beings to be ns handsome as thev ! Do , I . VM- . reader , when you pass that way a-ain , examine them minutely-it will well repay the trouble-and , as von walk away , I j , m sure you will scarcel y be able to ref-aS n trom ofiorins up a prayer , that , in your green old age , you may resemble them . I hope you may . Here are the Umbrella ' *

      REASONS Foil WRITING THE SIEMOISS . Xow , then , for one of my reasons for writing these memoirs . 1 believe it to 1 * ihe duty of wm 0 J , his station never so humble , should fate have placed him in a suwtion to observe the various positions ofrannklnd , — » say , I believe it to be his duty to record iho *<> . o ' . 'sci'v nosa , if not for the instruction , at Icnet at an attempt , at he amusement of the many who have not found the samo Vplwvtumtics to observe for themselves , I am aware , that those who write- rowdy to amuse are not ranked in the highest grade of intellectual labourers : this may or may not be just ; hut , had I my will , they should hold a pretty exalted situation in Fame ' s higlust temple . ' 1 lit- doctor and the surgeon may do much to relieve the body ' s pains ; but what physician has over " ministeivd to a mind diseased" with half the success of a Scott or Dickons ? How iv . v . ny aching heads , and aching hearts , too , have they not ro'ieved 1

      How many a tedious hour in sickness , care , and sorrow , have they have not made glide unperceived atvay ; and by enchanting ( ha mind out of Thought ' s then dismal home , led it on , if not to happiness , at least to Hope ! Who can rise from reading the " Carol , " and not feel Ii « has a healthier heart than when lie sat down ? Not

      many . Now , if ever the opportunities for observation be a reason for writing one ' s memoirs , who is likely to have greater than an Umbrella ' . Whether it he spread out cold , wet , and weeping in the servants' hall , or , dry and snug in the butler ' s room ; whether it bo enviously watching over the heads of two happy lovers ; or stuck almost upright , beneath the arm of the Honourable B . 13— : still they are all situations for observing human nature . I thought this—I felt this —and this is one of my reasons for writing the present work .

      I * or the commencement of the adventims of the Umbrella we must refer the reader to the work itself . Of course , we have but what may be considered as the introduction to tlie story in tlic number before us , still mysteries have already commenced , the desire to know the solution of which will , we dare say , bo sufficient to induce all purchasers of tho first number to read on . The work is illustrated by Lasdklls , from designs by Phiz , names which at once guarantee the respectability , nay , talent , of this department . We await impatiently the appearance of the second number .

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      " Joe Miller the Younger . "—So . 1 of a new series of this publication has just appeared , giving promise of a mirthful existence . A lengthy extract from Joe will bo found in one of our " leaders . "

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      A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED , /' APPEAL TO ROME !" When the Irish Colleges' Debate was coming on at tlic beginning of tlie week , the Chronicle kindly took the pains to consult Hansard for Mr . O'ConncH , and put before the old gentleman his early opinions upon the beauty and loveliness of mixed education . JJis arguments were very strong and his languanc Charmingly pathetic : — " Can you , who arc convinced of the truth of your church , dread the consequences of a fair

      development of the public mind by education ? I have heard a great many arguments against tills plan of education in common—bat it is a powerful argument , on the othev hand , that there is nothing more desirable than that the youth of this country , separated as they arc by twenty-five or twenty-six " leadin » persuasions , should , while the unsophisticated and affectionate feelings of youth arc warm in their bosoms , have the inestimable advantage of mixing together iu friendly and uinloubting intercourse , so that the angry and jealous passions which may afterwards come upon them may be assuaged by the gentle recollections of their youthful friendships . "Beautiful ! beautiful ! ii ' s as touching as the Sorrows of Wortci " . Dan must have been very much obliccd

      to the Chronicle for bringing these " gentle recollections" of his forward : though they may possibly have spoiled " a speech of remarkable power" in a different way . But if tho old Liberator could not speak , there was a young one at luind with tlie now doctrine —and a very pretty doctrine it is too—which , as we all know tho freedom of speech which the Liberator allows to his members , may be supposed to bo that of the devout papa as well as the godly son who propounds it . Because Mr . Wyse , of Watcrford , approves of the Irish Colleges Bill , Mr . John O'Conncll says , Wysc is a schismatic Catholic , and consigns him—never mind whither . The Irish Bishops don't approve of the Bill—every Catholic ought to listen to his Bishops—if lie refuses he is a schismatic , and tho

      end of schism is—never mind what . If you are dissatisfied with the Bishops , Mr . John says , you have one remedy—as appeal to Home . So Homo is to bo the mistress when the empire is disunited ; and Repeal means the supremacy' of the Pope iu Home 1 One can hardly believe the words , though they stare you in the face . —Mr . O'Connell said , — " He obeyed the prelaws of his Church ( hear ); for who were the ecclesiastical authorities for the Catholics of Ireland , but the bishops of Ireland ? He told the right lion , gentleman again , that he ought to look to Rome , and not to the House of Commons , for advice on this subject . Even if this house were composed wholly of Roman Catholics , it would be no tribunal to bring a ( Question before , which was between him and tho bishops of Ireland . Here was the

      declar ation of tho Catholic bishops—the authority which lie believed to be the supreme authority in Ire- land , controllable only by the Sovereign Pontiff , de- 1 daring this bill was dangerous to tho faith andJ morals of the Catholic people . " Look here , gentle-1 men Repealers , at the kind of freedom which your ! Liberator has in store for you . If people are to pay j , filial obedience to these ghostly fathers , there is no' end to the paternal homage they may seem fit to I , exact . If the bishops interfere about a lecturer on 1 anatomy or jurisprudence , why not about a family ! matter , a bargain , or . a lease ? They have a right to : choose your library : suppose they advance a right to ! contrail your ledger ? Suppose the bishops demand ; it , as a Catholic you must obey—always with tlie ' liberty of appealing to Home . Here is the O'Con- i nell creed in the nineteenth century : — "Down with ; tlie British , and on your knees to the Pope . Away with the Saxon , and put your trust in the Roman . " ; As we write this , we be ^ in to boil and foam over like i

      j . 1 . — C * i J . . i ntt \ K .. i \ it , * » t . I the Standard . There is Mr . Davis , of the Nation , j who pants for freedom , and would not mind a little blood-letting to procure it . Well , Mr . Davis , sup-i poso the Saxon done for , and see what comos . nextvoj » reign of Catholic bishops and the Pope supreme , Daro ytu preach against this as yon preach , agadnst English tyranny ? Dare you rebel against Dar » anil his suprome Pope , as you would against us opprwdom over tho water ? Do you men , who assume to be the leaders of the Liberal party in Ireland , » cknow . ledge tills doctrine ? acquiesce in a supremacy which has been triod in , and kicked out of , a ' . " i Europe ? It would seem as if you did . It would seem as if those ardent spirits that blustsr about cutting English throats are so cowed , that if O'Connell were to set up the Inquisition they daren't protest—and thcBO aro the men who shriek out for libevtv , and gasp for the freedom " for which Sarsficld bought , and Tono orga nised . "— -Punch .

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      llKADIXGS IX N . ITCR . VL UlSTORV . —TllE '" llOKmrcK . "— " Tho Roebuck , " says Goldsmith , " is the smallest of the deer kind known in our climate ;" ami it ni >" . o : irs to havs been growing " st !!;! il by degrees n : id lioiuitifuily loss , " till it is now one oflho ' most insipiiiennt animals to be met with even in the Con > Hwiis . This _ extraordinary animal sheds its horns , "id , indeed , it has been known sometimes to lose ifs !' , M , Particularly tluriu < r the sittiin ; of Parliament , ihe Roebuck , " continues Goldsmith , " withhumblo ambition , cotn-ts t ! ie risimr slope . " lc does not however , rise very high , though it once took a Imp at a xiv which astoni shed every one . Tim Roebuck ' s motions aro very easy , consisting chiefly ot muiicma « C course , which are tlie easiest of any . h is iios . « cs ? eil otinueh cunning , and is found to make a vw i , 'f-od retreat by its various wimlimss . The Roebuck is ' not

      a social animal , and though very easilv subdued , can nova- be thoroughly tnmal . It is subject to terror witjiont a cause , and , indeed , it seems seldom to have in view a cause of any kind . The Koebuck is never to be entirely relied on , for it has capricious fits of nereeness . 1 his annual is move appreciated in AuK'nea-particulari y iu Canada—tlmn it is in Europe . — Punch , Jm " - os ? S > ras-4 ! eni .. 6 r 3 in Em-Lwii , S i ^ TY 11 tlWw « arc nhv : ' . romnarin" ihe S f 7 ! Tltrira ? aml «> eirooinj , lain& arc w ? ' i lhnt Irom tlici ! " ™» alogsc 6 f faults , it wqmd wem to be , a < faP as tho number of eflMent sMps is Concerned , literally six on ouc si . le and 1 p' £ rt , f ? ° mi r ° ° , Uler - Lct lIS h ° i ' c lilis h so far n , o Umt it will be a long time before the * is known to S nnj real difference between them I-Hid . Glass Houses . -TIib newspapers contain an ancount of an importation of a thick description of «•;» ..

      « w--giaB intended for roofing . This ftind of rc « . ilcricc , Jiowcvcr , will never do for Mr . RoebucJ- aril -t ™ M nro in the llabit oflluo-rt-ing rfoncs . Qi-kkr WAST ^ Ptiplc whoadvertise in the Tinm ws itcurmus tlnnjp ^ nhncs . In the columnsof tt « T £ -r ° ) ^ V ° ; np | 1 C ; lm ! ftn • "Ivcrtfewncisfc ¦ u a ixH'Ci-table nngle woman , as tvet n «; re " lhero JS some novelty in the requisition at anv rate , eapocimly as it expressly stipulated that Micmu 4 have " a go « . character . " The advertiser must haw niwsof the milk oi human kindness tlmn usual , to be wihingto overlook the means by wliich . sin-le women occome < i / i ? . litied to fulfil the duty in question . AloisK Work ron Tin ; Post Orricii Si'V —Certain fe" ! ?' ( evidently not ! {;»

      .,. "'^^ « mW ,. grinUaiicc of thcouihlillflso uftftM , ) , havedhcctal a ' ¦• tl"'y . Sorrn her So ] ne «(/^ iv » Virt « t buildiii !? , to ! . « sad j'ki l upon the Post-ollico , and the Puneh-lVke hump ia «!» g eVfC-icd . 'When completed , we presume it will < k opened by the Home Secretary . « B is Fit i » on Somstiiiso . —Princa Albert has been again nut iu requisition for " laying the foundation stone" for a new buildim : —a fre .-li hospital for Marylclionc and Paddinglon . Tho willinsr . ess of his Hoyal llishness to accede to such applications unquestionably betokens a wish to make himself "c : ; craliy useful—always a laudable trait in prince or peasant . Luckily such duties as these require no great stretch of intellect , and without overtaskiiiirsncli mental attributes as ho possoss- > s , his Royal liiriincss cannot fail to feel himself quite at home .

      TUB MILITANT liIS ! lf >!\ Church iniUlonti , 'twill muuli ri-jnin > your heart . ? To know Ciiaihes Jambs , wlio di-crns himself no fool , Now boastsliiinsrif , amiast his vuriid p : u ts , Director of a mHttery school ! Settixc the " Ciiaxcklloii" at Dkfia . vce . —Dyeo Sombre is living at Brusst'ls very quietly , awl has : i " committee" of doctors , who daily visit him and report upon his " case . " No fewer than ^ iv , we hear , pay their periodical attention to him . This is truly a novel mode of determining sanity , but it may nevertheless be a very sound svst ' em in Iklsium .

      iaxkee CuTKXEiis . —Some time siiice , the Yankee seV . oonw Sulhi / Inn , wider command of one Captain Spooner , was boating up the Connecticut river . Mr . Comstock , the inato , was at his station forward . According to his notion of thinsrs , the schooner was setting rather too near certain flats which lay along tho larboard shore . So aft lie goes to the captain , and with his hat cocked on one side , says ; " Captain Spooner , you arc getting rather close to them arc flats ; hadn't you better go about ? " To which , Captain Spooner replied : "Mr . Comslock , do you go

      forward and attend to your part of the skuner : I'll attend to mine . " Air . Comstoek •' mizzled" forward in high dudgeon . " Boys , " said he , " sec that arc mud-hook all clear for ietthij : go . " " Ay , » r . Sir ; all clear . " " Lot go , " said ho . Down " went the anchor , out rattled tho chain , and like- a llaslv the Sally ihift came Ming into tho vsinu , ami t ' nea brought up _ all standing . Mr . Comslock walked aft , and touching his hat very cavalierly , " Captr . iu Spooner , " said he , " my part of the schooner is afc anchor !"

      CASISE IEOISI . ATI 0 N . Now that Liddell—f . m-. od siro of the ' dos-stealinj A-. 't , ' Tho power of transporting tho " yrigsev" whhuraws , Gbaxtliiy vows that the liou ' rablc meuibcr , iu fact , lias the measure ev . Ha . Hed of its most useful cUiv . sc . The Pmnce-Coxsokt ' 3 "Ams . " —Amongst t ! io favourite pieces of music , as we are informed by the Court Circular , frequently performed before her Majcaty by the Queen ' s private band , is a " Fantasia on airs by his Royal Highness Prince Albert . " Thus it will be seen , notwithstanding what some people may say to the contrary , that the Prince frequently p lucks up sufficient spirit absolutely to indulge in his airs before the Queen ! But whether her Majesty show 3 oi ? any of her own «?>••? in return , is a private matter with which we do not eliooso to meddle Thora aisi two sorts of chords in music—concord aud r fiVoitl .

      Sthaxoh if Trvb . — " Well , if it ain't true I ' m " flumimixed ; 'twas on the banks of tho Potomac , afc the Fall—Hot of the river , stranger—but of the leafnot the leaf , though , of your Achilles , hem ' . Uncle Ben and I were out a gaming . No sport . Returning at evening we iirod off our charges in despair , when , jist at that moment , a noble stag , or bison , I forget which , appeared at tlic opposite bank , quenching his thirst . ' llcll and rattlesnakes ! ' said Uncle Ben , ' I'll walk into that ere warmhit . ' We both , charged our rifles and fired together . And what da you think , stranger ? I looked for Uncle Ben , and saw only his ram-rod stuck slantendicularly in the ground . I looked across the river , and there I saw nuticks on the b ' asto ' s horns . Ho tad ramm'd down himself instead of the ball , and went off memeriadltj . ' " ¦ A New "Way op Making Mosey . — Buy a two-amlsixpenny Gossamer , and you'll very soon get a crou . it out of it .

      Give ms Tims . —A Scotchman having hired him- ; . self to a . farmer , had . a ehoeio sot down before him , that he might help himself . His master said to him , : " Sandy , you take a long time to breakfast . " " Ia troth , master , " answered lie , " a cheese o' this size is nac sae soon eaten as ' ye may think . "

      DlFKKREXCK 11 ETWKKX " H Oi' . DS ASD " MOXEY . "King Chai'les II . having ordered a new suit of clothes to be made , just at a time when addresses were earning up to him from all parts of tho kingdom , Tom Killigrcw went to the tailor , and ordered him to make a very large pocket on one side of tlie coat , and one small one on the other , that tho King could hardly get his hand into it ; which seeming very odd , when they were brought home , he asked tlie meaning of it ; the tailor said , Mr . Killigrew ordered it so . Killigrcw being sent for and interrogated , said , one pocket waz for the addresses of his Majesty ' s subjects , and the other for the money they would give him .

      f i i Tacit , ofmorb than Excisn Omcsius . —The Commissioners in tho Excise Ofnce were offended at a Quaker , who answered yes and no to their questions , and asked him , '' Do you know for what we sit here ?" " Yea , " said Nathan , " some of you for £ 300 , and others for £ 1000 a year . Bad News jor the Fair Ski . — Railways have tended much to do away with romance , but tho " unkindest cut of all , " the coup cU grace has bsen dealt by that monstrosity of a . Lord , Henry Brougham , who ha * actually . introduced a bill into the House ot ' Peers , invalidating-all future Grotna Green espousals that may be solemnized subsequently to tlie ' first o £

      I next January . Runaway matches , hearts of linder , and Hymeneal chains , are to be all crushed Ixxicutli this avalanche of legislation , while s }> arfo and Hair . ea will scintillate no more around the blacksmith ' s forge . Oh ! ladies fair ! whilst Gretna Green is yet undeaccrated by act of Parliament , fly to that " city of refuge , " and give your tyrannical guardians the < foulle , oy making yourself one with the men you love ; and do ye , whom bolts , and bars , and slender purses keop at home , petition against a measure , which threatens to send Cupid packing back to Paphos , to render post-chaises not worth tho duty paid upon them , aud to mako everyone of ye cantankerous old maids 1

      \ j j ; ' . ¦ Ask ast Commutes Mas . —Did you ever know a Railway from a place no ono knows where to a ptoca . no ono ever heard of beforo with branches crcry where , i | of which the gradionts wero not oasy , tho cuttings , i few , tho tunnulling next to nothing , and the taatfic ¦ unmonaa l—Jhmth . i Pitch wo a Ttm too Hioh . —The highost we liav < 5 ' heard of a tune betas p itched was by tlic I&ulor at a ' camp meoting . He pitohed it so high that some Of ; ; tho singers could not reach the upper note 3 with a i ten foot pole . —American po ]* r . ! A Pious Pratkb . —Pittsburgh , tho Birming ham of the United States , having almoat suffered

      destruc-- tion from fire , tho Natwoo Neighbour , : v Mormon * ews « ' paper , devoutly praya : — * ' May God , who never errs , sprinkle upon overy man and city thatbdia the saints , { , as upon Pittsburgh , now and then , a hot duo ? ! " . ] TnosR Tkbbibuj VTiyHS!—VThen Mr . Bickerstetb ; : was at Bassia , in Africa , having h ' u wife ' s portrait with him , he showed it to a chief and his attendants , He was much amused by thair observations on it when they knew that it represented his wife . "She lives thero ' . " cried tho ohief . " He can say , ' it 13 my wife '— the jw trouble Aim—white man clerer—it is good us if he have her with liim ! " Even in Africa , iC i would appear , there a ; -o Mrs . Caudles , ^ %

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      AX IXV 1 TATIOX . VTiix tliou coiae to tlie dell There the irild flowc-K bloona , And scatter at random Tluar swecttst pt-ifmac ; AVhtre hades nifie-spreadinjf , Sy nature entwiasd , Tos ^ a a bower for lovers , So meet to the mind ? tnit thoa come to the dell Ere the flowrtis decay , Or thehright days of summer Have faded away ; Ere the leaf on the willow Turn yellow and sear , Proclaiming too truly That winter is near ? ¦^ Tiit tliou come to the Ml Where tlie wild fairy piulr , At the loot of the hawthorn , The night dew doth drink ; t" £ ere the wren iu the woodbine Balfliulden from siglrtj Si-is wch tlosins flower So sweetly "good Bight V Tr-lt thoa come when ihe daylight Grows dun hi the west , "Vfhen eve ' s dewy star Shows its silvery crest ; ^ i ^ n nature is silent Yeiseeins to rejoice , AvA notn ; ht meets the car Eat theivaterfali ' s voice ! "STilt ihou ctae v . hen the twilight _ . Ste ; ds over J ) c hill , Vi lien the breeztoa ihe upland Is silent and sti 3 . At that balmy hour ¦ W hen the late lies » . rest , Ar . iJ the mist seems a inaatle O ' erspreadips its Ireast i Wlicu the dew in ihemooshcan Is sparkUii" aud hrlght , TTieu the bell of the foxglove 15 shut for tl ; e night ; "STsen the pale aspen leaf Is at rest on the tree , O ! then in the dell Wilt thou wander with me ? J . H'Koweh .

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      r T ' " l n # In the cut of the two ' fnt men , the symbol of » ternltj is plsced between them , - ' to carry out the idea conceited bj the celebrated Fusoli , » , 'h 0 , alnraya seeing one of them cut . ting beof ns lio freo-dCntly passed tho shop , aud beltering him to ba nivray » tho sumo nmn , s ; tid : " tli « most perfect representation . - of eternity he had ever seen was , too mar cutting beet'rj St . Martin ' s-court . "

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      Pudlications Received . —Lord Camdalc ' s Adventures in lcaria , Noa . 1 to T— The Mysteries of Paris ( People ' s Edition)—Tulesof Shipwreck * , Vartsland 2 —Thicri RUtory of the Conndatc and Empire , Parts 1 and 2 .

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      ¦ July 12 , 184 * . __^ =: THE NORTHERN STAB . « ¦ . ¦¦ i "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1323/page/3/