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BEAUTIES OF BTRON . xo . is . "ctm . DE HAHOtD . " The poet thus sinss of the beauties and tSeroimUies of " ° insinxiA . * Oh , Christ ! it is a goodly sight to see "What Heaven hath done for this delicious land ! "What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree ! " What goodly prosj > ects o ' er the hills cspand ' . But man would mar them vnXU an impious hand : Ana when tlie Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge
'Gainst those who most transgress his high command , "With treble vengeance will his hot shafts urge G axil ' s locust liost , and earth from fclkstfoemen purge . "What beauties < 3 oth lisboa f first unfold ! 3 U-r image floating on that noble tide , "Which posts vainly pave with sands of oM , 35 ut no » r whereon a t ! iousam \ kcciS did lido Of inigutjr strength , since Albion was allied , And to lie lusiaus did her aid afford : A nation swoln with iguurance and pride "Wuolitl : vetioathe the hand that wares the sword To safe them from die wnttli of Gaul ' s unsparing lori . t
Toor ] ialtry slaves ! jet born midst nohlest scenes"Why , Xaturs , waste tliy wonders on such men ? Xo . Cintra ' s } glorious Eden intervenes In variegated maze of mount and jjlen . Ah , me 3 "hat hand can pencil guide , or pen , To follow half on which the eye dilates Through views more dazzling unto mortal ken Than those whereof such things the bard relates , "Who to tile awe-Struck world unloek'd Elysium ' s gates 1 Tlie liorrid crags , uy toppling convent erowu'J , The cork-trees hoar Uiat clothe tlie shaggy steep , The mountain-moss by scorching ; skies imbrown'd , Tiie sunken glen , whose sunless shrubs must weep , The tender azure of the unruffled deep , T . ' ie orange tints that gild ths greenest bough , Tlie torrents that from cliff to valley leap , Tlie riiie on high , the willow branch below , Uix'd in one jnighty scene , with , varied beauty glow .
Then slowly climb the many-winding way , And frequent turn to linger as you go , rrom loftier rocks new loveliness survey , And rest ye at "Our lady's house of woe ;" Where frugal monks tlieir little relics show , And sundry legends to the stranger tell : Here isnywns wenTiave punish'd been , and lo ! Deep in yon cave Honorius long did dwell , In bope to mtrit heavcu by making earth a helL And here ana there , as tip the crags you spring , Mark many rude-carved crosses nwir the path : Yet deem not these devotion ' s cfl ' tring—These are memorials frail of murderous wrath : Por whereso ' er tlie shrieking victim hath Four ' . l forth his blood beneath the assassin ' s knife , Some hand erects a crojs of mouldering lath ; And grove and glen with thousand such are rife Throughout this purple laud , where law secures not life
Tet Mafra shall one moment claim delay , "Where dwelt of yore the Xusian ' s luckless queen ; And church and court did mingle tlieir array , Aad mass and revel were alternate seen ! l , <> r < llings and freres—ill-sorted fry 1 ween . Unt here the Babylonian whore hath built H A dwiie , -tvliere flaunts she in such glorious sheen , That men forget the blood winch she hath spilt , And bo-iv tlie knee to romp that loves to varnish guilt . O' « r vales that teem with fruits , romantic hills , ( Oil , that such hills ujilield a free-born race !) "WlHTeon to gaze tbe eye n-itli jorauce fills , Cliil-Je Harold irends through many a pleasant place , Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase , And marvel men should quit their easy chair , Tlie toilsome way , and long , long league , to trace , Oh ! thera is sweetness in the mountain air , And life , that bloated Ease can never hope to share .
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* "Lttsitania , the ancient name of Portugal . 1 The ancient name of tlie capital was Ulisipo , or lispo ; hcuc « the l ' ortugese lisboa , the Trench lisbonne , and < jur Lisbon . t This was written during the heat of the WIT with Xajxdeou , in July , 1 S 09 . } The riUaire of Cintra , fifteen milesfrom Lisbon , is pevliajfs tlie most delightful place in Europe—teeming with bauties natural and artificial—rocks , cataracts , precil&ts , gaTdeus , palaces , convents , magnificent sea-view , Ac . , v < - - j In 1-309 assassination was a common occurrence in tbe streets of Lisbon . JJjroalihnselfhadanarroweseape from tlie knifo . 5 "Tlie extent of JIflfra is prodigious—it contains a palace , convent , and most superb church . " " Writing to his mother , the poet says : — " About ten miles to the right of Gutra is the palace of 3 Iafra , the boast of Portugal , as it might 1 » of any country , in point of magnificence without elegance . There is a convent annexed : the UonUs asksd we if the English l « d < tny looks in their ¦ wmiitri '"
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TEE I'UllGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Ithymc , in Ten Eoaks . By Thomas Cooper , tltc Vicari ' st . London : J . How , 133 , Fleet-street . Our readers are already familiar with the title of tiiis work , from tlie repeated announcements which lave a ji [ eared in this paper ; and , we doubt not , that tlieir curiosity lias been considerably excited as to tlie sort of ti-ork tlm J ' wya . viry of Suicides -would prove to be . Jf ilr . GoorER ( who is nut ashamed to own Ms i « HUo : mexiou with tlie " gentle craft" ) had announced faiuiself as a maker of new fittings for our readers' mi < krstaudings t sxic \ x an announcement would Lave caused no surf rise ; and our readers "would naturally have anticipated tliat in advertising the
products of his labour , Mr . CooraB must have Lad some couiidencc in the worth , of his workmanship ; and although tlie making of substantial shoes by an aristocrat ( were such a thing possible ) would certainly excite some wonder , the like work on tbe part of one of tiic useful tlass would create no surprise . On tlie Oilier li-iuu when one of that class comes before the TTdrM as a hook-maker , it but seldom happens that lis labour is justly appreciated by any class . The jriviJejed classes refuse to acknowledge , or even inve > li . ' .-ite the merits of the daring asnirer ; and the
I'rok-iariaus , educated in the accursed belief of the natural and necessary inferiority of their order , smile iiitmluii . usly when " told that John Smith , the waver , or llobert Brown , the shoemaker , lias written a look which the parson of the parish could not have written . That Smith could weave good cloth , and liro-. rn make gcod shoes , they can believe ; but that i-itk-r cjald write philosophy or poetry by the volume tfyy think all bat impossible . They have been educate ] to deem themselves the "inferior order , " and ce . -4 »;; e the examples of 1 ' mse and Bukss and a host of oilier * , custom chains them to the slavish belief .
Of rosng this does not apply to all of the proletarian cia « f . The . Democratic party—the advanced guard of ihat c ] . ss>—Lave Jrarned a different doctrine , and that doctrine cLuJy gathers converts . Still , if any of uurivaikrs have been somewhat incredulous as to 5 Ir . Cvi . rrjfs 1 'oeticril talents , they may be excused . 1 wis arc ins ] ii . ide every day . It is , we fancy , no very djiLcuJt- ta » k to string together a few verses not to ? f ; , i : iiviurhpue , audnotabsoiutcly outrageous ss iv ¥ snis , -ciiscjuud thiK cunsritutfi oneVsel / a " i . oet ;" «
auu w such jioets" there is in our day no lack . It is , liov . tvcr , a very different thing to produce a work like .. Ir . Cuoriu ' s " IVison RUymc . " ccmpvisinH well on io a thousand stanzas . Such a worlc , if well esci-uirt , if bearing the genuine poDtical stiunp , js a grt-at 1 T ( i , K , ; iUU i sconcv ov later , its autlior must iKij . to * ^ l reward . v . ; : ou : | l ; u ; vofo !! rrcadeisharecnteifainedmisgivings « istu . M .- . L ' cerr-n ' s poetical tiilents , we must confess lo liavmg scared those misdviucs . To essay to «« w ilw y , al ] , , ) f SpexCeh and " Brno . v was a bold
•*~ K-iiuii . ij r > CoortK has , however , essayed to do i 0 ^ r . p- ^ aiia to be seen with what success . , { \ u / - ' ' olui ' ° ffwan opinion as to the merits ' "*' " v - ^ TJs ' s 2 > ocm , for a very good reason , — j * K * ^ v Lave lfsd only a very small portion of it . e rtuil ail bot . ks befoi-e we review them . Ik wjiK-j , X y iw jCTCj ve pl { icr fma somc cf our hlQtUer-J'i \ T lb ° l i ! fes . who review without reading ai fiw « iv « ' e 0 Vtr ' Wc lirol «» se to extract pretty freely tm * r t r' °° ln ' tllas aff 01 ( 1 ouv nailas « n ° PP - Kwfl *" - of judging for themselves . « h ; i ~ J lllew wk as a whole we shall defer it . liave «» eh « feil our intended extracts . \ Vi . - """' - « " >« iiiienui-u uAinicis . 0 tt ! the entire
vnh ^ T ?^ « El « n of the &a& to ^ lr CaM ^ t 0 do tuis botlx ' WrtJ , V- ^ ^ 00 I > E 1 ! ' Chartist , and more S « :: ? - f J ^ to that unjustlv expatriated ^ SiVJof ^" ' ? JUUM Elus - * S «« s t 0 ^ of .- >• Couren wiU , we truit , help wiSTLSJ * ^ ) alhy in Lelialt ' ot tliat olibatsn ., H f ' ~ at tllls iBonient hi urgent need ta »« e lint „ y 1 , , r ^ etieal shape—and also to * ai « S - . f f ? laciBa " w > -simple justice which ^ s ' s laisek- ' sUortci"ns the durationof poor s oaaace — ttiII S : - " ^ M-Itbjme , "— V <><" an historical fuj . U- , _ L a Sf f ^ of simple tales , —and a smaU Hebrew t miiuo ^ ., lVui « < if two years and eleven « eeJ : s > Almna C I " . * teir «« Gaol . The first idea of creating * lmti » 3 > . i - ' * " •¦""« ^ aw . ihe first idea of creating
, 4 «« ri Vc on- * SJ > i " Of snic 3 des dlould be Ule lw a r ::, _ ] . j ! , ^ tl 5 Crs ' av 0 SIJ lu mv miud ten years ago;—^ l' ^ iwaiul u ^ Uevw have been composed except for my hrea ciir : ,. !" VT" ™ « iei . o ] itical strife in whichlhavl ta fti ; i » is : 1 iij ,, 5 f scenvillly S" ' 131 a form ana colour to CirjiUi ^/ j ^ J '" -h lli t-v e ouWuot hare worn had niy con-^ "iuliolcii- r"ll 5 caat an earlier pirioa . An indiri-^'¦ aiir ^ q , ' *^ ttcItf «* and wielded tiic aid till three and v ai'iu ; ? . ' S' waibsVfeakliealdi and deprivation , ^ a « tT ' !?" li < i 2 * oi 3 a « ., aseS l —and whose esuerl ^ 'vrt-if a :. ., * > Vas > at first , limited to the humble tfaJi * c- «< >^ * , " asler « ^ never tnlargedheyond that ^• aatd a f i - ° new spai > er , could scarcely have *'*¦* * & ce ^ . ™ ^^ embodying more thau a few * * \ : ^ 1 UeS ' M JP « Mcntow hare , at least , the I - ^—iU "T ? t 0 « Ive a more rvibust DliaTaetw ! o my rt " - ¦ •" ¦^ .. f , °££ asstt « dl . \ owe llien , no lore for the , r * - * & « t ! S li ° " Ca ' 1 Und fr 0 nl ntar : iJ S ' ^ - - Ib . - a ? , klluw " « whatever torments , —oo-: * * 5 < - * i . ^ f llps * ^ fill Scdl . «*> ea to the generally - " «•«« cfimjrSsmnneBi .
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I have not the slightest wisn to enlarge on the circma-Btances of suffering under which my verses have been strung together : and onl y deprecate tliat severity of criticism which a Chartist rhymer must expect to encounter—by observing that I am painfully conseious my took contains many passages correspondingly fcebkwitn tie debihtatcft state in which I often strove to urge on the completion of my design . Por reasons that involve Oie fate of others , as weU as my own , I cannot omit to add a few remarks in this preface relative to the causes of our imprisonment .
The firstsix stanzas of thefoUowingpoem may ho considered as embod ying a speech I delivered to the Colliers on strike , in the Staffordshire Potteries , on the 15 th of August , m-2 . Without cither purposing , aiding and abetting , or even knowing of an outbreak till it had occurred , —I regret to add tliat my address was followed by the demolition and owning of several houses , and by other acts of violence . I , and others , were appruhcuded and tried . Jly first trial was for the most falsely alleged crime of burning and demolishing , or assisting to burn and demolish . Sir Win . Pollett , —then Solicitor-General , —used every endeavour to procure a conviction . I pleaded my own cause , —a number of respectable working-men proved rny alibi , —and Ju « 3 ge Timlulintimateuhis conviction that the evidence uid not prove I was guilty . The jury returned a verdict in my favour , —ana 1 was thus saved from transportation , —perhaps for the term of rny natural life , but was remanded for trial on two other indietinents .
InafowminutDS Iinot melanehol yproofof the extreme peril in which I had just been placed ; for , on being taken hack to the dungeon beneath tUeCouvt-Uovise—a filthy , stiiiing cell to which prisoners are brought from the gaol on the day of trial , and which , in the language of the degraded beings ivlio usually occupy it , is culled' the glorvhole '—I found William Mis walking about tW tdoto , and on taking his hand and speaking to him for the first timu in my life , I learned thatftc had just been sentenced to tweuty-one years' transportation for a like alleged Qfteuce to that for which I had been tried and acquitted . Yet he assured me , in the most solemn manner , that he
was utterly innocent , .-u : dn-as asleep inhis bed at Burslcm at the time it had been sworn he was on the scene of the £ re at llanley . The aged woman with whom he and his wife lodged made ouih to tbe truth of this ; but iu spite of corroborative proofs of his innocence , —he was convicted on the strange testimony ofoneman , who said that he first saw a tall figure with its back towards him , at the firts ;—that ho then , for a few moments , saw the shlcfitcc , V / icied , of this figure;—and that he could swear it was Ellis ! On tlie talse evidence of this man alone , has poor Eilis been banished from his country , —leaving his wifu and children to the bitterest contumely and insult from his enemies . Yet—he had committed a crime—and it
was 50 indelibly chronicled in Uiu memorius of the Staffordshire magnates that the gova-nor of Stafford Gaol reminded him of it as soon as he was brought to prison : —he had been guilty , of an act of discourtesy to the lord Lieutenant of the county ! At a county meeting a cullcd to cougratulate the Queen on the birth of the Prince of Wales , Ellis , at the head of the Chartists of the Potteries and the democratic shoemakers of Stafford , opposed the grandee when named as president of tlie meeting , succeeded in getting a working-man into the chair by an overwhelming show of hands , and the intended " congratulation" ended in uuught . Such was poorEllis ' s real crime . Did it deserve tweuty-one years' transportation ? let his bitterest enemies answer , —for even they are now professing their belief that Ellis was not at the fires .
I am , then , not the heaviest sufferer by false accusation ; —yet I feel I have great ca use to complain of the crookedness of their procedures ou tlie part of our pvosecuturs ; aud , though it may subject me to a sneer for squeamish taste , I cannot help observing that I could havesubmitteil to imprisonmeutwithout giving theiawyers much trouble , if the proctedings against myself and others had been less crooked . When the third indictment against me was read , —for " sedition" simply , —I fold the Judge that I would at once plead' ' guilty , " and give tbe court no further trouble , if he would , as a lawyer , assure me that it was sedition to advise men'to " cease labour until tlie People ' s Charter became the law of the land , " —for that I hadso advised the Colliers in tlie I ' ottcries , asd WOUld not deny it : but Sir . Nicholas Tiudal said he could not assure me that it was sedition !
After being at liberty some time , on bail , I was tried before Judge JJrskine , for a " seditous conspiracy" with William Ellis , John ltidiards , and Joseph Capper . Again , I felt discontent at the crookedness of the law or custom that rendered it possible for me to stand indicted for a conspiracy with the poor exile , whom I had never seen nor communicated with in my life till we became prisoners . My discontent rose to stern resolve , however , as soon as I found , by the opening speech of counsel , that it was intended , —by what I considered most villauous unfairness , —to revive all the old charges of" aiding to bnrn and demolish" in this second trial , —although under an indictment for conspiracy onl v . -My Judge acted worthily
for one who bears tlie honoured name of Erskine , and allowed me all the fair-play an Englishman could desire who had to plead his own cause , without lawyer or coun-Sd , against four regular gownsmen with horse-hair wigs . The sti uggle lasted ten days ; and the county papers made testy complaints of " the insolent daring of a Chartist , who had thrown the whole county business of Staftbrdshire , and Shropshire , an i Herefordshire into disorder ;" but they were , of course , quite blind to the mean-spirited injustice which had girt me to light against it . We were found " guilty , " as a matter of course ; but theresult was to me a victory : tori so completely succeeded in laying bare the falsehood of the witnesses who affirmed I had been seen
in the immediate neighbourhood of theiires , that the jury told the judge they did not wish to have that part of his lordship's notesread tothem which contained the evidence of the said witnesses , hut preferred that his lordship should write " mistake" thereon instead . My aged friend John Richards , and myself , were called up for judgment in tJiii Court of Queen ' s Bench some weeks after ; and LordDcnm-. n , Sir John Patteson , and Sir John Williams theic read out the word " mistake , " as inserted in Judge Erskine ' s notes ; and thus openly proclaimed tlie fact that my oiemies had failed iu their attempt to fix the brand of felonv upon me .
I make no doubt but tliat many will be disposed still to think and sar , that however far I might ba from intending to excite to violence , since violence followed my address , it is but just that 1 have suffered for it . I beg to say , however , ' ihat I Isold a very contrary opinion . If an Englishman excites his wronged fellow-countrymen to a l < -g : d aud constitutional course , ( and Lord Chief Justice Tindnl told the Stafford jury that now the old Combination Act was abolished , it teas perfectly legal and constitutional for men to agree to cease labour until the PeO > pic ' s Charter became law , } it surely is not the person who so excites slicin thai ought to be held responsible for the violence they may commit ur . do : ' an enraged sense oi wrong , but the Government who urongs them . I appeal to Englishmen of all sUailes of politics whether this is not the judgment we pass on all the fo rtunate revolutions that have occurred iu our history .
Yc-t Sir William f olictt , who again used his decaying strength , the hour before judgment was passed upon us in the Uench , pointed to me with an austere look , and said , "Thisman is tht > chief autlior of tlie violence that occurred ; and I conjure your lordships to pass a severe sentence on the prisoner Cooper . " S . arcely tlirei : years have p . 'isscd , and the great lawyer is no more . He wronged me ; but I think of him with no vindictive feeling , for my imprisonment has opened to me a nobler source of satisfaction than / iccouid ever derive from all his honours . He amassed wealth ; but the Times , alluding to the " frequvnt unhappy disappointments " Occasioned by Sir Willium Pollen ' s non-attendance on cases he undertook to pleao " , says— " So Often did lliev occur , that solicitors anil clients , in the agony of disaster and defeat , were in the habit of saying that Sir William often took briefs when he must have known that lie
could iiot attend in court : and as barristers never return fees , the suUor sometimes found tliat lie lost liisnione ) and inisii'il his advocate at a moment when he could badly spare either . " 1 am poor , and have been plunged into more than two hundred pounds' debt by the persecution of my enemies ; but 1 have the consolation to know that my course was dictated by heartfelt zeal to relieve the sufferings aiiu opprtrssi' us of iny fellow-men . He was entombed with pomp , and a host of titLd great ones , of evwy shade of party , attended the laying of his clay in the grave ; aud they purpose now to erect a monument to his mi-mory . Let them build it : the self-educated shoemaker has also reared his ; and , despite its imperfections , he has a ealui confididici ! that , though the product of jiovcrly , ai < d suiri-ring , and wrong , it will outlast the posthumous stone-block that may he erected to perpetuate the memory of tlie titled lawyer .
The following arc the first eight stanzes of the poem , all we can find room for tills week : — Slaves , toil no more !— 'Wiry delve , and moil , andpine , To glut the tyrant-forgers of your chain ? Slaves , toil no more ! Up , from the midnight mine , Summon your swarthy thousands to the plain ;—Beneath the bright sun marshalled , swell the strain Of Liberty !—and , while the lordlings view Your banded ho . « ts , with stricken heart and brain , — Shout , as one man , — " Toil we no more renew , < Until the . Many cease their slavery to the Pew !"
" We'll crouch , and toil , and weave , no more—to weep I " Exclaim your brothers from the weary loom : — Yea , now , they swear , with one resolve , dread , deep" We'll toil no more—to win a pauper ' s doom ! And , while the millions swear , fell Famine's gloom Spreads iro .-n tlieir haggard faces , like a cloud B 15 with ihc fear and darkness of the tcmb ; How , ' neath its terrors , are the tyrants bowed ! Slaves , toil no more—to starve!—Go forth , aud tame the Proud !" And why not tame them all I—Of more than clay Do your high lords proclaim themselves t—Of blood IHu ^ rious boast they ?—or , that reason ' s ray lleams from the brows of Hollo ' s robber-brood Jlore brightly than from yours ? Let them make good Thfcir vuunt of nobleness—ov ww confess The majesty of Alt ! liaise t ( 5 the feud—Kot , like their sires , to murder and possess * , — But for unbounded power to gladden and to bless .
What say ye , —that the priests proclaim content ! So taught their Master , —who the hungry fed As well as taught , —who wept with men , —and bent , Ii ! gentleness and love , o ' er bier and bed V here wretchedness was found , until it fled ? » Jlebuked He not the false ones , till his zeal L'rew down their hellish i age upon his head ?—And who , that yearns for world-spread human weal , Do h not , ere long , the weight of priestly vengeance feel
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Away !—the howl of wolves in sheep ' s disguise Why suffer ye to fill your ears ?—their prido Why suffer ye to stalk before your eyes ? Behold , in pomp , the purple prelate ride , — And , on the beggar by his chariot ' side Frown sullenly , —although in rags and shame ilts brother cries for food ! Up , swell the tide Of retribution , till ye end the game Lo : « g practised by sleek priests in old Religion ' s name . Slaves , toil no more!—Despite their boast , ev ' n kings Must cease to sit in prido , —without your toil : Spite of tlieir sanctity , —the surpliced things Who , through all time , have thirsted to embroil Man with his neighbour , and pollute the soil Of holiest mother Earth , with brother ' s gore , — Join but to fold your hands , aud ye willfoil To utter helplessness , —yea , to the core Strike their pale craft with paler death !—Slaves , toil no more ! -
For tliat these words of truth I boldly spake To Labour's children in their agony Oi want aud insult , —and , like men awake After drugg'd slumbers , they did wildly ilee To do they knew not what , —until , With glee , The cellar of a Christian priest they found , And with its poison fired their misery To mad revenge , —swift hurling to the ground . Aud flames—bed , cassock , wine-cups of the tippler gowned : Por that I boldly spake these words of truth , And the starved multitude , —to fury wrought By sense of injury , and void of ruth , — Kushed forth to deeds of recklessness , —but nought Achieved of freedom , —since , nor plan , nor thought Tlieir might directed : for tills treason foul Gamst evil tyrants , 1 was hither brought A captive , —' mid the vain derisive howl Of some who thought the iron now should pierce my soul . ( To he continued ) .
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PUNCH . Part L . London : Punch OiBce , 92 , Fleet-street . The extracts that have appeared in our columns , during the Jast month , from the pages of our everfacetious , and right well beloved brother , Punch , leave us but Jittle room to say aught in the way of commendation of the part before us . The inhnitablG Csiudle Lectures continue as racy and as provocative ol mirth as ever . Amongst the humbugs of the day , Punch has not forgotten that prince of charlatans , Jiing Das , whom he thus apostrophises : —
too taxl nr A head . Mr , Daniel O'Connell , —Pray , sir , are you aware that you are a head taller than you have any right to be ? In the year 1843 you were pleased to promise that you would achieve repeal within six months , or else "lay your head ' upon the block . " Since then eighteen months have elapsed , whilst neither has the empire been dismembered , nor yourself decapitated . There you go , sir , with , your head on , in defiance of all that is trustworthy . You have thus disappointed Great Uritain on the one hand , and Ireland on the other . It is to be hoped that you keep your temperance pledge better than , you have kept , your pledge to intemperance . You still walk aud talk likevery like—onp lord Lovat ; whereas you ought to bear yourself , and your head , like St . Denis .
Your head must be more brazen than Friar Bacon ' s to remain where it is . True , is has diminished somewhat of late ; but no thanks to you for that . Hide your diminished head , if you will ; keep it instead of your word : otherwise , will you nill you , 1 will have it taken it off myself . I have an artist who will execute you at a moment ' s warrant ; and if you had ten thousand heads I should have as many blocks to bring them to . TOKcn . r . S . The nation is open to a compromise with you . Jf you wish to keep your head , would you object to parting with your tail ?
The illustrations are hardly so good this month ; but , if never worse , we shall have but little cause for grumbling . We again recommend this excellent publication to all who love wit aud wisdom .
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GEORGE CRUIKSHANIv'S TABLE-BOOKSeptumbeh . London : Punch Office , 92 , lvleetstrceL This , as regards its literary matter , is by far a better number than usual . " A Mouthful of Presh Air" is a capital quiz at fresh water sailors , and is capitally illustrated . That excellent burlesque , "A Legend of the Rhine , " is continued to the great amusement of ' the reader . Tlie continuation of the articles on "Social Zoology" is also good , and "Songs of the Sentiments" passable . "Orders for the Play" is one of the best things in the number , and although a caricature , contains too much of truth at bottom . The writer professes to be the Editor of a Sunday newspaper , and thus inveighs against the " editorial nuisance" of " orders " : —
I need not tell you an "Order" is the privilege a newspaper enjoys of sending to any theatre , or exhibition , a piece of paper , which admits the bearer free of expense . It generally franks two persons . An Editor , as you know , has the power of exercising this privilege regularly once a day . # * * I never had the patience to count the number of theatres and exhibitions tliat are open in London , but incluuhi ;; the dioramas , industrious cockchafers , infant Grimalclis , and the sixpenny theatres in the suburbs , there cannot be one less , I am sure , than one hundred . This makes one hundred orders the Editor has the power of disposing oi every day . Hence arises his gvcatest misery .
These ovic hundred orders are sure to bring two hundred letters;—to say nothing of the hundred persons win call on the Editor at all hours of the day : no matter whether he is in the agonies of compositiou or not . I myself am never free from these applications . * * * I cannot move out , or cuter a room , but I am driven into a corner for an order . * * * I cannot buy a pair of gloves , or have a tooth pulled out , or pay a bill , but the inquiry is certain to he , " You couldn ' t oblige me , sir , with au order V I say nothing of the injury these confounded orders do
to the theatres aud exh . unti . ons tlujy arc supposed to benefit—for , recollect , a person who has once tasted the pleasure of going to a theatre fov nothing , never thinks of paying again ; but I do inveigh most indignantly against the perpetual bore they are to an Editor ! He must , in . common civility , answer every one of his letters ; this makes two hunuveu letters a day . Those persons he docs not oblige—that is to say fifty out of every hundred—call him all sorts of complimentary names , and tell him , tlie firit opportunity , what they think of his "meanness . "
For the remainder of 1 he article we must refer ouv readers to the Tahlc-Booh itself . Tiic illustrations arc all excellent , as being by the inimitable George Ihey must of necessity be . Next to a good joint ot Old " English Lcef , we commend the Table-Booh for every table .
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THE OOKNOISSEUBS : a Monthly Record of the Fine Avis , Music , and the Dvama—Seivtembeii . London : E . Jilackunzie , 111 , Meet-street . The cm tents of this number are somewhat heavy , and not to much to our liking as the contents of the August i umber . The principal articles are , " The Historical Painter , " "The Conductor , " "The Decline of the Drama , " " The past Opera Season , '' " In-diu . ur . ation . of the Statue of Beethoven , " ami the nil hthly " Theatrical Summary . " The criticisms on theatricals are ably written , although severe where the writer believes severity to be deserved , and , " take them for all in all , " calculated to make this publication a first-rate authority with all who love the play . We ave glad lo sec ouv views as to the talented performances of Mrs . \ f aimer and Mr , 1 ' iiEi . rs , borne out by so competent a critic as the Editor of the Connoisseur . We do not remember to have noticed iu the papers the following curious / act : —
The Dkama . in Turkey . —The regular drama , although ill disgrace with us , has , it appears , been successful in other places . The pupils of tlie College Of JJebeck , in Constantinople , on the birth-day of their sujerior , ^ ave a representation of " the Merchant of Venice , " ir English , and the " Malacle Imaginaire , " in FrencJ ' , the performers being all Turks . The exhibition u-os received with such n-lish , that a series of performances in Turkish and modern Greek is said to hu in contemplation . The Turks will , HO doubt , find this an improvement on their
professional story-tellers , and cause to be dramatised , the Arabian Night ' s Entertainments . The present number contains an original ballad entitled " Sacred Sorrow . " the ^ words by E . G . WixnioBP , Esq .: the music by Kate Loser . The illustration to this number is a most beautiful specimen of lithographic art ; a copy from a cartoon oi large dimensions by Mr . II . J . Towxsexd . The subject is from Shakspcare ' s fairy play , the " Midsummer Night's Dream ; " and depicts the moment when i ' ucfcls about to disenchant Lysander . All connoisseurs will do well to make this publication their " guide , philosopher , aivdMewl . "
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THE BALLOON ; or , yErostatic Magazine . —Septkmbek . London : 13 . Steill , 20 , Paternoster Row . That the editor of this magazine ( Henry "WcBs , Esq .. ) is no mere enthusiastic theorist , is proved in nearly every page of the present month ' s number of the Balloon ; but particularly by the description given of his newly-invented waterproof car , to enable rcronauts to descend in safety into streams , rivers , or the sea itself , without fear of drowning . Such a car the editor has invented , and its utility , it appears , is soon to be put to the test by Mr .
Hampton , who is fast completing a splendid new balloon in Dublin . The present number contains al-so articles on several other subjects , including " The Destruction of tlie Albion Balloon , " and the "History of Mr . Hampton ' s Balloon . " There : \ rc also short accounts of the several ascents of Mr . Green during the past month . The editor has sobic faults of style which we could wish to see ¦ amended . The funny " (?) anecdote of the silly dohvgs oi" the country rustics at East Ham , on the ocea ' sion of the descent of Mr . Hampton ' s balloon , is neither -very witty , nor very probable : at any rate , if true , it is not worth the space it occupies . As ballooning has of late cxperie / , \ sci a revival , and again occupies public attention , t 0 gome extent ,
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the appearance of 'this- public . % 'ion is well-timed , and can hardly fail , we think to 'find ¦ numerous supporters . Ballooning has been ¦ hitherto but little better than child ' s play w& are ven uaded , however , that it mi » iit be turned to the i « ost . important uses ; and we shall be glad if this pi iblicat ion helps to produce so desirable a consummatk ' »• IF ib does not , it will not be through anv deficien ey of zeal on the part of the editor .
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DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING * MAGAZINE— SEPmtuiiR . London : i ' midt O&ke , 02 , Fleet-street . Amongst the contributors to this month ' s number of DouctAS Jekrold ' s excellent magazine , we are glad to announce the name of our friend— the poet of Chartism—Thomas Cooi » eii ; who contri bwtes-a simple tale under the title of "CJinrify be ' , iiw « it Home . " The following extract will be i . ts best recommendation : —
" CIIAB 1 TT BEGINS AT HOME . " All the world , in the village of Sturtun . le . StGonU ' . had said so , before the time Of Oid Dorothy fyeeroft ; but Dorothy dU \ not juin all the world in saying so . Stiu 'ton is a homely little place , situate in the pleasant shire of Nottingham , an . i lying within a couple of miles of t > e Trent , and old Lincolnshire ; and its church steeple forn . ' n pretty object iu tlie landscape which } ou view from th , "•' hills above Gatnsboro ' . Dorothy l ? yc « i-oft , iyDra tl ; e time that She was a child but the height of a table , went to Gaitisboro ' mavfcct with butter . ob'gs . or poultvy . as regularly as Tuesday returned in each week ; for the hearty old dame- used commonly to boast that she had never known what it was to have a day's illness in her life , although , ¦ it the season % ve are beginning to gossip about , she was full threescore-and-tcn . It was a bonny sight to see the
dame go tripping o ' er the charming lea which spreads its flowery riches from Sturton-le-Steeplo to the banks of noble Trent , by four of tlie clock on a gay summer ' s morning , with the clean milking l < ail under her arm , that was bare to the elbow . You would have thought , at a distance , she had been sonic blithe maiden iu her teens . And then the cheerful and clear tone in which she summoned her cows , calling to them as kindly as if they were her children—•• Come , my pratty creatures !' a call that was the signal for a treat of pleasing pastorial music to the enthusiastic early angler on tlie Trent : the rich , varied "low" of the cows—alto , tenov , and bassanswered that call , in changeful echo across the stream ; tnc angler ' s delighted ear caught a treble , heavenward , from themutin lark , to complete the "harmony ; " and even the cackling of rtic gtese , uttering their confused joy nt the sound of the dame ' s voice , seemed to mingle no
unpleusuig "discord" with the natural chorus . By the time that her morning ' s milking was over , the spoilt maidens of the viWage were only ¦ beginning to open iheir kitchen window-shutters ; and she usually passed the whota train of them , loitering and chattering about their sweethearts , on their way to tlie lea , as she returned tame , - with fliericli ioati upon her liead , and her anus fixed as properly a-kimbo as could he shown by the spvightliest lass that ever carried a milking-pail . Somc little sliamo was commonly felt among the loiterers as they passed the exemplary old woman—but it did not result in their reformation . Old Farmer Muxloe , who was always abroad at daybreak , and usually chatted a few moments with the dame just at the point where the footpath o-ossed the bridle-way over the lea , often commented in no very measured terms , on the decline Ol discipline among the milk-maids since the days when l . e was a lad .
"Ah , dame ! " he used to say , "there hate been some sore changes since you and I used to take a turn around the maypole ; I'm sure the world gets lazier and lazier , every day . " " Why , you see , neighbour , fashions Change , " the old dame would reply—for she ever loved to take the more charitable side of a question — " may he , things may change again , and folk may take to getting up earlior , after a few move years arc over . " " I'uiitli , I've little hope on ' t , " tlie o ) d former would reply , and shake his head , and smile ; "but there ' s nobody like thee , Dolly , for taking the kindest side . " " Why , neighbour , I always think it the best , " Dorothy would rejoin , with a benevolent smile ; " I never sa > i things grow better by harsh words and harsh thinkings , in i » y time . "
And then the old farmer would smile again , and say , " Yf ell , well , that ' s just like thee ! God bless tliee , Dolly , and good morning to thee ! " and nway he would turn Dobbin ' s head , and proceed on his usual morning ' s ride from field to field . The work of her little dairy , added to the care of a humble household , composed of nil infirm and helpless husband , and an equally infiim maiden-sister—with all and sundry , a stout- house-doit , two tivbliy cats , ; mu a fruitful poultry-yard—usually occupied Dorothy l ' yecrolt through the bustling forenoon of each day . And when there was no immediate call upon her skill and benevolence among sick neighbours—fol' She WAS the cleverest herb-woman in the village , and exercised her knowledge of the healing art without fco , or willing acceptance even of thanks—she would sit in hw polished high-backed chair , and work through the livelong afternoon at h « spinning-wheel , drowsing her two infirm companions into a salutary rest and lbrgetfulness with the humming monotony of her labour , but revolving within her own mind many ft useful and solemn thoughtiueuuwlule .
Dorothy sat absorl cd in this her favourite employ , one afternoon in autumn , when an itinerant pedlar made his customary call at the cottage door . The dame ' s mind was so deeply involved in the contrivance of one of her little plans of benevolence , that she did not recognise tlie face of this traveller until he had addressed her twice . " Any small wares for children ? any needles , pins , or thimbles ! " cried the pedlar , running through the list ol his articles with theglibness of frequent repetition . " No , Jonah , I want none , " replied the dame kindly ; "but , may be , you'll take a horn o' beer , and a crumb or two o' bread and cheese ?" The pedlar assented , well pleased ; and lowered the pack from his shoulders , ami set down the basket from his hand ; next , seating himself in a chair without the eu'emonial of asking , and in all the gladsome confidence of woli o : ne .
"'Vh ' . vnk you , thank you , dame , " ho said , and smacked Ilislips with pleasurable anticipation , as he took the horn of smiling beer and the piece of bread and cheese from the dame ' s hand . "You ' re welcome , Jonah , " replied the dame heartily . "Have you walked far tu-day , ami what luck have you had V " I ' ve come twenty miles , and have nevev taken Handsel yet , fimse , " answered Jonah , in a melancholy tone . "So , poor heart ! " - said Dorothy , very pitifully ; " 1 must buy a trifling dozen of needles of thee . however , before thou goest . Hear times are hard Jonah ; 1 hour many and grievous complaints , "
" Tunes are harder ihnn ever I know them to be , dame , I assure you , "' rcjuiued Jo \ r . \ li ; " and they that have a little money seem most determined to hold it fast . Sore murmurings are made about this by poor folk : but I don't wonder at it myself , " concluded tho worldly pedlar ; "for , iu such sore times as these , there's no knowing what a body may come to want ; aud , as the old saying goes , you know , dame , 'Charity begins iit home !' " ami Jonah buried his nose iu the ale-horn , thinking he had said something so wisely conclusive that it could not be contradicted . " They say it was a parson who first used that saying , ' observed Dorothy , glancing from her wheel , very keenly , towards the pedkv ; " but , for my part , Jouul ! , I s \ m very till- from thinking it such a . saying as a parson ought to use . " " Say you , dame ? " said Jonah , opening his eyes very wide . "Did chanty begin at home with their Master ? " saiil Dorothy , bv w ; iy of explanation .
" Ah , dame ! " said the pedlar , quickly discerning Dorothy ' s meaning , " 1 fear but few parsons think ol" imitating their Master , now-a-days !" " That ' s more than I like to say , " observed the gentle Dorothy ; I think there are more good people in the world than some folk think for ; but I ' m sure , Jonah , we ali want a butter understanding of our duty towards each oilier . " " Right , Dame Dorothy , right!—that's the best sort of religion ; but there ' s the least of it in this world , " rejoined the pedlar , " Why , Jonah , " continued the good dame , " I tliinl : there might easily be >\ great dval more good in tho world than there is . Ewybodv ought to rcmcllibuv how many liwlc Uindnestes it is in tlieir power to perform i ' or otheis , without any hurt to themselves . " " Yes , a sight o' good might be done in that way , dame , " observed the pedlar , beginning very much to admire Dorothy ' s ranavks ; " and how much more happy tlm world would be then !"
« ' Just so ! " exclaimed Dorothy , —her aged face teaming with benevolence , — " that is the true way of making the J world liayvy ; tor all to be trying to do their feJlow-erea-l tures some kindness . And then , you see , Jonah , when onc : e the pleasure of thus acting began to be felt , there would soon be a pretty general willingness to make greater efforts , and even saeiiticcsof sclV-rnlerest , as it jj wrongly called , in order to experience greater pleasure , and likewise to increase tVie world ' s happiness . " " Truly , dame , " said the pedlar , " you do me good to hear >« u talk . I ' m but a poor scholar ; yet I can tell , without book / that you must be right . " " I 5 ut then , you see , Jonah / ' continued the dame , half unconscious of Jonah ' s last observation , "if everybody vrac to say , Charity begins at home , ' this general happi . ness would never begin . J like best , Jonah , to think of the example of the Blessed licing who came into the trorlil to do us all good . lie went about pitying tbe miserable ami afflicted , and healing and blessing thorn . Chai'i'y did . not begin at home with him , Jotiall ' . "
The tears were now hastening down Jonah ' s rough cheeks . How i ' oreiblc are lessons of goodness ! how irresistibly the heart owns their power ! Jonah could not suppovr the conversation further . Dorothy ' s plain and unaffected remarks sunk deep into his bosom ; ami whun he rose un , and buckled ou Ms p : \ el ; once more , and tdc aged tons save Mm " handsel , " or first money for the day , by urn-chasing a few pins ana needles , the poor pedlar bade her farewell in an accent that showed he felt more than common thankfulness for her kindness . A ! as ! this is a world where good impressions are , too oft ' -u , speedily tftaeeil Uy had ones . Jonah eiilled next at the jsitte of a wealthy squire , ami , with hat in hand , asked jbv leave to go \ i ]> to Die kitchen doof and expose his waves to tho stvvaiils . The squire refused- , and when Jon : i » pleauetl his poverty , and ventured to remonstrate , the sijuire fi-owninjrly threatened to set the dogs upon Him , ii" lie aid not instantly decamp j Jonah turned away
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arid bitterly cursed the unfeeling heart of the rich man , —avowing , : internally , that Dorothy Pyccroft was only a doting Old fool , —fovafterall , " Charity begunathome . " The entire tale , though brief , is too lengthy for our columns ; we may state , however , that Dame Dorothy next encounters the parson of tho parish , who , in roply to her expressed idea , that the rich might help the poor , replies tliat "though many may be better oft . titan . the poor , still , they have nothing to . give away— " charity begins at home . " The dame combats his reverence on this proverb , and the result is his much-needed " conversion . " The following tells the sequel of the story : —
His fine manners were laid-aside . Ha became a real pastor . 1 I « was , from that day , more frequently in the cottages of the poor , twenty times over , than in tll 8 houses Of tho rich . He distributed of his SllbslHllCB to relieve the want of others , and lived himself upon little , lie forgot creeds , to preach goodness , and pity , and niM-cy , and love . He preached till he wept , and his audiences wept with him . His life was an embodiment of the virtues he inculcated . And wlion , in the course of five short years , he laid down his body in the grave , —a victim to the earnest conviction of his heart , —the poor crowded around his hallowed restingplace with streaming eyes , and loving , but nttliuted heart * , wishing they . m ' urht be where ho was when they died , since they were sure iiis presence , they said , of itself would make a heaven !
The young clergyman interred Dorothy l ' yecvoft but half-a-ycar before his own departure ; and her last words were words of thankfulness that ever she had shown tlie young man the fallacy of the proverb— " Charity begin ? att homo . " We shall return to this magazine next week .
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Election i-oa Soothwark . —Why is Sir Wiihaitt Moleaworthau appropriate candidate for the borough of South wark ? Jieoausc , to » et into a borough is ail tliat a moles worth . —If the sheriff or hijjh bailiff take the show of hands in favour of Miall , what then ? " Why then , " answers a debtor from the Queen ' s Prison— " it will not bo the first time tliat a sheriff or a bailiff has taken vnj all !"—How arc tho Radicals pursuing Mr . Pi'dier in this borough ? They arc pursuing him with two strong candid hates , —What would be a numerical minority at this election ? It would be . i numerical minority if all tho voters were under age . —Wi-y will the Speaker ' s delay ii \ tUo issue of the writ greatfv fatigue whatever member may be returned ? Because he'll have to stand so lowj before he can take his seat . —Joe Miller . AonAijiAJf . —What lit would you put into the mouth of an Irish peasant to make him go quiet" ? The lit of land . —Ibid .
. ArraoriiiATE wish . " Prom your black looks you wish mo dead , " . Said Uroughaiu to Campbell , man of law ; " >' o , no , " said Jock , " 1 wish , instead , 1 ' ou merely had a stiff lock-jaw . " Gejimax Titles . —The IMo of Brunswick lately defended himself iii person in the action of libul brought against him by' his former solicitor , Air . Vnllnncc , at Croydou , and in course of the pvoccetUngs tho Duke complained of his being served with a wiifc in which ho v . 'fls described as : v person " commonly culled the Puke of Brunswick , " which he considered an insult , "for , " lie said , "in my country if a . Duke lias sixty sons they are all Dukes ( laughter ) , and if a Count has sixty sons they ave ali Counts . " No wonder that Dukes and Counts are so numerous in Germany .
Widowek Smith axd Widow Joxbs . —Widoweir ' Smith ' s waggon stopped one morning at Widow Jones's door , and he gave tlie usual country signal that he wanted somebody in the house , by dropping " his reins , and sitting double , with his elbows on hi * knees . Out tripped tho widow , as lirclvas a cricket , with a tremendous black ribbon on her snow-white cap . " Good morning" was scon said on both sides , and the widow waited for what ' was further to be said , l > "Well , ma ' am Jones , perhaps you don'fc want to sell one of your cows , nv how , for nothing , any way , do you ? " " Well , tlieye , Mr . Smith , you couldn ' t have spoken my nuY . d batter . A poor Tone widilar , like me , docs not Jnioir wJiafc to s with so many critters ; and I should bo "lad to trade if we
could $ x it . " So they adjourned to the meadow , l- ' armer Smith looked at Roan , an . l tlie-n at tho widow , nSthe Downing cow , ; iml at the widow a ^ ain ; and so oa tlu-ou » U the whole forty . The sniiifl call was made- every tlay for a . wei-k , but ferine ? Smith could not decide which cow he uanted . A-tlength , on Saturday , when widow Jones was in a-harrv to get tbrough with her baking for Sunday , aad ' had " ever so mueh" to do in the house , as a ' ll farmers ' wives and widows-lurre on Saturday , she was- ; vlittle impatient . Fanner Smith was asirr » soluto asever , " That ' ere Downing is a pretty fair oriltcr , but "he stopped to gknee ; tt the widow ' s Sice , ai d ; then walked round Jier—n « t the widow , but tl . o row .
ihaS ' ere short-horn Durham is not ifbnd-k'O&ing beast , k ^ it I don't know "—another look at-the widow , " The Downing cow I knew before the htis Mr . Jene j bought her .. " llei-e ho-sighed , at the allusion to tho late Mr . Jones ; . she sighed , « n < l both looked sit-each other , h was ii highly interesting woimifc ; "Old Roan is a iiiithful old milch , and so is Bviwllc- ; . bttfc 1 have known butter . " A long stare followed oach . speech ; the pause was gattiny : awkward ,, tviul at i : \ sfc Mrs . Jones broke out— " Lord . ' Mi-. Siaithj . if I ' m the ono you want , do say so I" TUu Intuitions ot widower- Smith and widow Jojics were dii ) v . > p . tiblisiied ( he next day , as is the law ami custom in ' Massnfhusetts ; and : i » soon as they were outpubHsk-d , they were married . *—American £ •«»<)* .
Advantage or a " Fkjknd at Court /'—Tho-two police commissioners have hitherto received a salary of £ 1 , 200 each , and it i 3- rumoured tha& . Sir J , r . i ; es Graham is about to increase it to no les . s sisum tl nu . £ 1 , 000 . At present the JS ' etherby baronetaloes l . ofc contemplate r . ny increase in tl ; e dietary of . paupery .. A Refoeii Joke . —One of the best jokesof-the reform times was with the waiter . " All retuvtaevs here , waiter , 1 suppose ? " said .. 'in old Tciw ,. paying his bill . " Oil . ves , sir , all reformers Imve-, master and mistress am ! nlJ , sir . " " And you , John , are you a reformer ? " " Yes , I am very staunch ' " or reform , sir . " '_ ' Very well then , John ; I here ' s ' the bill , the ; whole bill , and nothing but the ; bill . " And sosayinjr , the gentleman laid doini . kU money . —Nuv Muntldi / Maaazine .
Sv . 'blim _ e PERcit . vnoN . — " Sirilce for tho green graves of your sires ! strike for your altars ,, your ; homes , and your hot , air furnaces !"—Enu l ' oik ¦ pajjers . lliiiTii Extraordinary . —The following is a literal copy of Jill aniiouneenient fi rwarded to us for iuscsv tion among the births of the week . It is-somcthing like Robinson Cmsce ' s iirbt night ' s lodging oa tho island of Juan Fernandes in a tree—rather a breezy berth : — " On Sunday Last at Is Residence Mrs * Of A Sim am ! Air . " '— leads Jntdli . jeuw . " The Dkvii , can qcote Sckivture . " —A . gcntlaman , having a remarkably long visage , lately pawiiyr a turnpike gate , overheard one Jail say to ' another " That gentleman ' s face is longer than his life , . " Struck with tlie singularity of tho rude observation , lie turned and requested an explanation ; . " Sir , " said the boy , "I read at school Umi man's lifo is but a span , i . nd I am sure your face is double ! iat Jcnj ; ti » . "
ANDOVElt DISGltACE . ] 5 onc-tlust liiiiy lie a prime manure , Anil most abundant cro |> s insure ; ]> ul human mouths wore iuAt Js-sijjncil To lie the mills tliose bones to giiiid ! Ladies asd Gentlemen . —1 asked Use . insid ' ovtis the inn at Coming , who was very attentive to-lu ' s guests , to find my coachman , lie immediately cried out in his bar-room , " Where is the gentleman tliab brought that wan here ? " A few days before ,, a farmer in Nun York had styled my wife tho " woman , " though tie called his ihutglitm ladies , and wouSsl , I believe , have freely extended that title to their maid- . servant . I was told of a witness in a late trial at Boston , who said , " While he and another gentleman were shovelling up Hind , " &e . —Lmll ' s Travels * .
SCE . VK IX TIIK ( S . U . 1 . ERY OF HUBI . IX TIIK . \ TI ! JK .. " Pat Mooney ! " shouts , i voice in Jlio gallery .. " Halloo ! " answers i'at front the oppositu-sids of the gallery . Voice . —Can yon see 'em , Pat V ( . Meaning the Lord and Lady Lieutenant . ) Pat Mooney . —loan . Voice . —Well , what's he like I Pat Mooney . —Oh , mighty liks-a graziers !; middleman . Anyway , he has got a good long j ; t : H > oJ" ) i ! s own . ( Loud laughter , in which his lordshi-y haarlily joins . ) Voice . —Is he clever , think you ? . Pat Mooney , —I'd bo sorry ' to laako liiiii , gir . eekcepcr . ( Laughter again . ) Voice . —Does he loci ? « oml-n ;\ turcd ? : Pat Mooney . —Weil , lie iloes , anil anjnys a juke , too . lleaveu bless him ! like a gentleman as lie is . Voice— 'i'iven we'll not have to seiiil-him back ?
Pat Mooney . —No , I don't think wi > sh « l ! . Wo may get worse , ( lloavs of laughter . ) They t-ay lu- 's mighty genvrous , and means to spend his mosey like a prince . Gallery . —Bravo ! bravo ¦! : "We'll keep him , then — we'll keep liim . Three dicers , lads—three cheers for the Lord Lieutenant . ( . Cheers and Innjihter . ) Voice . —Well , and what's she iike , Pat ? Pat Mooney . —Ob , Nothing particular . She'd not frighten a horse , ( : 1 Joans , licv tedyshiu joining . ) Voice Is . '• he tall ? . Pat Mooney . —Wait till she stands up . Voice . —May lie she's stout , Pat ? Put Mooney . — "Faix ! you may say tliat . It isn't tins iilccs of her lives on buttermilk . ( Ruavs . ) Voice . —D ' ye tliink sWs gouii-nahnvd ? Pat Mocme ' y . —Oh , Pll cu » a ^ e hhc is . She lias tl e rjKil blond in her , and there ' s plenty oi" it . ( Hoar ? ,, ¦ an d " Bravo ! " from the Gallery . ) Manv Voices . —Sbe'Jl do then . Pat ?
Pat Meoncy . —Ooh , she will—sko will . I'll engage . lw her ladyship . Voice . —Wo may keep licv , then , way we ? Pat Mooney . — ' Och 1 the lousier the better , tfce longer tho better . ( Hoars . ) It ' s her ladyship that'll speak the good word for the man that's in thrubMe , am ' , nevev let the dacent woman want that ' s in Ihc straw—God bless her . Gallevv , —3 Jrnvo ! bravo ! three dicers for her Ladyship . '—three cheers for the Lady Lieutenant I ( Cheers and laughter . ) _ _ , „ . ,.
Pat Mooney ( seeing the Lord Mayor ) . —My sowl to ye ! Dan Finnaga'h , is that you ? Gallery . —Ali ! ah 1 Is that you , Dan Finnagan ? —is that you ? ( 11 isscs and laugh tor . ) Tat Mooney . —Ftiix i it ' s good fov the likes of us to gee j'ott down among tlie ginlry there , Dan Finiir .-gan " ! ( Laughter , at which his Lordship did not seem particularly pleased . ) Och ! you needn ' t look upso sour at us ! Many ' s the gcod time you ' ve sat on here yourself;—you linow it is , yo old vinegar bottle I [ YiKtrs . ) Voice . —Sure the world ' s gone well wid you anyway , Dan Hnnagan . Yc hadn ' t them white Vt < l gloves— , ,, , Vat Mooney . —Ko , nor yet ihat grand cocked l « vt
there—Voice . —Iso , not tiroWVitewand , yc cormorant ! when you kept the chandler ' s shop , and cheated MikQ Kelly out of u Vnvdcn ' s worth oi' pipes , and—Gallery . —Ah ! all ! Who cheated Mike Kelly ? —who cheated Mike Kelly ? _( Great confusion , during which tlie orchestra strikes lip . )—Dcntley ' s ilisccllami , " What ' s i . v a Name ?"—One of the most singular surnames ever met with is that of a gentleman of Fortune in Kent . His family name was Bear , and as ho had maternal relatives of the name of Savage his parents gave him the Christian ( or rather uu-Chvisiwv \\) in \ Yne © tbavago . llciics he Giijoyccl tlie pleasing and amiable nniue of Savage Beav , Esq .
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TO THE UNITED TRADES . iFr . Li . ow' OralA 71 VES , —Where shall wo find a man amongst our political economists , or even in society , boW enough to say that industry does not deserve prate ction ; yet where is tiic man who will venture to aid rm thnS it is protected . My friends , there is a very . obvious reason fin- this state of things . The wealth and greatness of the natiosi is watclicd over , and proiecied by , the Government ; the interests of the capitalist or jnonied man is sewved by it also , and by Hie same power provision is made for the security Oi " all tangible property , as well as jot personal safety : but labour ,, which forms in itself tin only loua fide property of-more than twu-thirds oi '
the entire popiilaton , jsletS unprotected ,, unprovided for , and falls , like the- prey- vt' the jackali , into tlie lion ' s jaws . Arc we > then , toJook to ths capitalist for that protection to industry which the legislature refuses to give ? The present position of society proves how much we have to > expect fr » m < them " , lias not the Government hitherto afforded them every facility i ' or practising npoii . tlie rights of labour ? Nor lias any advantage been lost sight of by the competitive spirit of the age—they have been readily turned to account . Tiic price of lnbsur , whichougli ' t to regulate the price of every article of consumption , is being reduced daily , whilst ; that » f the principal necessaries of life , together with , our enormous fourthen of taxation , remains nearly the same . Thus , a
great portion of the industrious classes , who have to live by their labour alone , are absolutely reduced to a state of starvation ; they are Jiterallycrucified batween two thieves—the avarice of the capitalist on the one hand , and the demands of Government on the other . What , then , will ultimately be the condition of the working classes if those evils arc allowed t& go on tincheeked in their progress ? It 13 allov / sd Oil all hands , that competition is one of the principal causes of those reductions that take place on the price ol labour , and that it forms one of the leading features in every transaction of commerce , none will deny ; that the spirit of competition Sleeps pnee with the extension of our con merce is equal certain . What , then , have we to hope from the capitalist ? What , from the Government ? What , from anything save
out own csevtiona to secure the rights of industry ? From those we have much to hope—much may be done , but the result will be in accordance with the direction of our powers , and proportionate with our endeavours to emancipate ourselves- 'Die evils with which we ^ have to contend are great ; they are of long standing , therefore great and strenuous must be the exertions that will free us from thraldom , and raise us from our present deplorable condition . Yet shall we give up the pursuit of such nn object , simply because great exertions arc required for the accomplishment of the same ? Shall we tamely submit to the most appalling sufferings of poverty , and allow those who labour not at all to fat ten on our folly—to revel in ease and luxury on our sweat , and toil , without making a determined si aud against tlicii' unjust and unprincipled practices ?
Without any preconcert on the part of the employers of labour , tlie present system of competition is calculated to produce tbe greatest evils that can afflict the working classes ; for it is very clear that self-interest is tlie spring of action in all mercantile speculations . It follows , then , that the great bulk oi ouv merchants and manufacturers arc impelled by similar motives , and this produces a spontaneous unity of action , the natural tendency of which is to curtail the price of labour . To make this more clear , let us take , for example , any given branch of commerce- Tlie individuals following that species of commerce seek to promote their private interest as much as possible , and when , under a depression of trade , or other existing circumstances , this cannot be accomplished to their satisfaction , the man of business will tvy to veme-Jy llic evil—he must live by his capital , lie will , as far as possible , reduce the price of the raw material—vest , that of labour ; thus
tlie prime cost ot the mushed commodity is considerably lower than it has been heretofore . This enables him for a time to attract the attention of the market , or purchaser , and to amass wealth which be never would have done had this expedient not been adopted by him . But other . competitors having similar interests to promote , soon find that they must resort to similar practices , or they will be as a dead letter in the market . This is done . The impulse thus created soon subsides , and no sooner docs it lose its efficacy "by finding its own level , and begin ts vc-act upon the original progenitors of tiic same , than they make a fresh attack upon the viglits o ( industry . Thus the evil lias been gradually increasing , and will continue to increase , unless the working classes determine to place themselves in a position that will enable them to have full command over tin price of their labour , which may be done without injury to any party ,
JJtMv , then , is this great work to bo accomplished but by a wise direction of our power ? How , but by Slaving ono common centre which shall direct and control the movements of the multitude , and by bringing out- united efforts to bear upon any given undertaking , so as to secure the greatest possible iidvautayes ? Union is strenglJi , but discretion is the soul of this busiiu-s ? . . Truth is wholesome ; though it may be unpalabible . Past experience proves that it is but little use attempting sseetionally to gain any permanent advance on the price of labour , or even to withstand tV . e encroachments made upon it . If we intend to achieve any real "nod , we must be united in ono bouy—we must he wiso ant ) discreet in otu counsels : we must have a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether .
We must rebut the attack of , and make our descent , upon the enemy with tho perseverance of a Napoleon , and , lilcc him , conquer our foes by doing business under a new system . Let 113 show to the oppressors of labour Ihruughout the empire that that ingenuity and energy which liave so long been exercised for their aggrandisement , shall now be directed in the defence of our rights in obtaining ajnst remuneration for our labour . Let the Trades that liare not done so already , rally round the standard that 3 i ; is'becn so nobly uufuvlcd— " Tim Assoum : o > of ( Avitei ) Thades vou-tuk l u"Tyciiox of Industry . " Let { hem add to the numbers of ihis national movement , giving it their countenance and support , and the ia-iiiiti * of independence , planted upon U > e ruins of a declining power , shall yet be seen Wi'iviup h-iimiiihanlly over the heads of the brave socs oi Toil . * J ' Jszixib .
RioiiAni ) Oastlv . k . —We have hoard , from authority on which we have pretty good reason to rely , that LUehml Oastkv has msfe £ 3 ft , QM upon the Leeds Stock-Exchange , by legitimate business as a ' shavebvokev ; that , having in every instance exhibited , the strictest integrity , and on repeated occasions dis- ' playtd an . viwjsiftnUy nicety oi' honour , in handir-. g over to his employers profits that have generally be- > a retained by the broker , but to which Mr . OastlersiM not consider himself honestly entitled , iiis ihiuc spread ns a VaithM tlealw and an upright man ; ana his business increased accordingly .- Once , we arc told , he saved' to a speculator £ 3 , 000 or £ & , OG 0 , which , by the custom of the trade , might have gone into the broker ' s pocket . Ko -wonder Iliehard Oastier prospered ; and he deserved to do so for many
well-known veascms . lie is a in » a » - whoso -wcw ' are is f public import ; ami whether his honest gains be abo \ c ot below the swm stnteu , there ftvo thousands in this country who will rejoice as heartily at his success as they sincerely sympathized with him in the time of Iiis misfortunes . * To crown all , we are assured that Mr . Oastier contemplates entering Pavli&tawt , choosing iVom among the many interests thafc now have a voice in the national assembly , to represent the interests of humanity on the short-iimo question . And then what a contrast will be offered to the admiring gaze of weary poverty , or virtuous ambition sinking by the way , between Richard Oastlce , confined in tlse Plfofc Prison for debt , and Richard Oastier , " Esquire , " a man of wealth , and an able and influential member of Parliament l—Mladhim
Standard . Mb . Richard OiSTUvn . —An absurd statement respecting tUis gentleman nnd his gains m business as a share-broker appeared as a leading -article in tho Illa'Mnrn Siandiml of Wednesday last , and has since boon copied into the London journals . There is no foundation for the statement that Mr . Oastier is about to enter Parliament : and as to ti .-c amount ol his gains ; the statement adverted to exaggerates them ray w . \ xok . —Leeds Melligenctr .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1331/page/3/
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