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"A feast of nectar *! sweets \ There no crude surfeit reigni . " EAHT II . We commence the second part of our "Feast " With the
BEAUTIES OF BYRON . SO . XII . " CHILDE HAKOLD . " We hare now to introduce the reader to the second canto of " Clrilde Harold , " which opens with the following magnificent stanzas , as sublime as poet erer penned : — Come , blws-cjca mala of niawn !—but thou , alas J Bidet never jet one mortal songinspirt Goddess of "VTudoni ! h » re thy Umple va 3 , And is , despite of war and wasting fire , And j » ars , that bade thy woFdiipio « xpire : Bat -n-orae than steal , ana flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptr » # nd dominion dire Of man who never felt the sacred glow That thoughts of the * and thiue on polish'd breasts bestow .
Ancient of daji ! August Atbena ! where , Where are thy men of might f thy grattd in SGul ! Gone—glimmering throuili the dream of things that were : First iu the race that led to Glory ' * goal They won , and pass'd away—is this the whole ? A scliool-fcoy ' s tale , the wonder ot an hour ! The warrior '* -weapon and the sophist ' s Stole Are sought in vain , *« d o ' tr each mouldering tower , Dim with the mist of years , gr » y flits the shade of power .
Son of the morning , rise ! approach you here !' Come—but molsst not yon defenceless urn : look on this spot—a naliou's « epulchre ! ' ¦ Abode of gods , whole shrines no longer burn . Evtn gods must yiehl—religions take their turn : * Tw * s Jove ' f— 'tis Mahoni « i ' s—and other creeds "Will risi with other years , till man * ball lwarn Vainly liis incama soars , liis victim bleeds ; Poor child of Doubt and Death , whoss hops is built on reeds :
Bound to th * Mrth , he lifts his eye io heaven—Is ' t not enough , unhappy thing ! to linow Thou art ? Is this boon so Jdndhr given , That being , thou would ' st b » ag » in , and go , Thou know'st not , reck ' it not to what region , so On earth no more , but mingled with the skies 1 k Still wilt thou dream on futurtjoy and woe ? Regard and weigh you duet befor * it flies : That little urn saitli mor » tuan thousand homilies . Or burst tile vanish'd hero ' s lofty mound ; Par on the solitary shore he sleeps : He fell , and falling nations mouru'd around ; But now not one of saddening thousands weeps , Xor warlike worshipper his vigil ks » ps "Wlier * demi-gods ppear'd as records ttll . Itemove yon skull from out flic eattei'd heaps : Is that a temple where a God may dwell ? "Why ev'n the worm at last disdiiins her shattered cell !
Look on its broken arch , its ruin'd wall , Its chambers desolate and portals foul : Tes , this w «« once Aiubitiou ' s airy hall , The dome of Thought , th » palace of the Soul : Behold through mv \\ l » ck-lustre , t-ycless hole , The gay receis of Wisdom and of AVJt , And l ' assnm ' s host , that never brooVd control : Can all taint , sage , or sophist ever writ , People this lonely toivw , this tenement refit * "Well dUTst thou speak , Atheim ' s wisest son ! All that we know is , nothing can be known : "Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun ? Bach ] : « th his pang , hut feeble suffer * : groan With brain-horn dreams of evil all their own .
Pursue what Olimce or Fate procluiniith best ; Peace " waits ns on the shore ? of Acharon : There no forced banquet claims the sated guest , But Silence spreads the couch of ever welcome rest . Yet if , as holiest men have deem'd there be A ^ land nf souls beyond that sable shore , To shame the doctrine of the Sadducee Aid sophists , madly vaiii of dubious lore ; Hour sweet it were in conctrt to adors Tilth those who mad « our mortal labours light ! 16 hear c-acli voice we fear'd to he » r no more ! ~ ISjhold each mightT shad * revcal'd to siglit .
TlieEactrian , Samiau sage , and all who taught the right ; Iu the original MS ., instead of the stanza just given , was the following : — Trown not upon me , churlish Triest ! ihnt I ' Zoolt not for life , where life may never be ; lam no sn « arcr at thy phaitasy : Thou pitiest n : e—alas 2 I envy thee , Thou bold discoverer in an unknown sra , Of happy isles and happier tenants there ; 1 ask thee not to proveaSadduee *; Still dream of 1 ' aiadise , thou know ' t not wherej But lov ' st too well to bid thine erring brother share .
"W e had purposed offering sonic remarks respecting onr object in print-in ? these selections from I 3 thox : "want of space , however , forbids us doing so at this time . We defer , tlicrcfor » , our intended remarks xuitil we ceme to ihe conclusion of our extracts from "Childc Harold . " "We now proceed to the continuation oLpur extracts from *
THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rhxme , iu 'Jen Books . Br Thomas Coomb , the C'kmUt * In the thinl book , from which we extracted the address to the Sun , given in last Saturday ' s Star , the reader Is introduced to those two notorious char acters ,
Damned to everlasting fame , Jpdas and Castlekeagh . Awful is the picture of the first of these traitors : — Tongue cannot syllable tee tliglithig curse Stamped on th _» t d « rn and desolate countenance : Tor mastery—despair , wrath , shame , Tcmorse , Contended , in each petrifying glance , — And still thtir contest burning sustenance Brew evermore from the consuming blaze "Within I— "iljr being's ceasdt-ss lieritnnee Isag-imjr—seamed written in flint gaze—¦ In letters not a universe of joy could raze :
It was a look unique in wretchedness : Such as , in land uf penance , could be worn ]! v none but him Who—in his btarl ' fi excess Of ill—Jjis just for guilt , entrained , inborn- — ]} ttravefl to iliaiiuful death , and rilest scorn Of bntdiering priests , the Being who only sought To bless mankind and die . ' The look of lorn KemsdiUss woe with which that face was fraught Needed uj speech to tell—it tuaiktd Iseariot , 2 iext— Iscariot rauaht
A space circled with snakes in deatlily array Upieim-a—pointing with forked tongues , where smote His breast , as on the rocky floor ho lay In speechless agony—the suicide of Cray . Xearlv &c frliole of this book is occup ied with ihe crLninatkms and recriminations of the *™ t ™ ^ ous suicides . Thus Judas commences , and Casilebeach replies in the two following stanzas : — Til » panaar to the pomp-blown , lust-swoln Guelph ; Arise , I say , —avauut!—betake tlit-elieucej I will ' be iaioir to Hell ' s inmost « Jf—Bather than thc « , with all thy guile prepense , — Thou donHc-dcaliriu each mean pretence Tor fonriiiz fetters to thy fatherland IHer cu . H . r ion-fh-stl-antl then-true subsequence Of falsehood I tool , her slavery that planned , And for Iris guKry ™ S « str . tcl . ea his guilty hand .
Traitor — : hat sold his country for a price Traitor ' ;—a price . '—the prostrate shape outburst ;—Did I betray in ? Master , with device Of a false Wss . ' uuto the foes athirst Tor his most precious blood ,-n . y lit-art endorsed , Th- while , ^ tfc setdeaieut of black receipt—The thirty silver pieces 1— ^ ^^ . __ I } etortedJu ^ a 3 , ^ -ih 5 nk not here to cheat ThySul : my deed was foretold by the Paraclete 1 Jcdas palliates his crime on thegi-ound that he was the child of destiny : —
God did appoint my scul to sin -Cnto Ms Irish tore * I bow : drudge 7-, m nisinirposc answtred—l shad win *} £ i ££ 2 v * «* - wliere beaul uie r nn ilw ntherhand Castleiieach labours to excuse m ^ m ^ m He tells tlie f * ' - ; ° J * , S . wof an ancient castle to him once » Vw ^ £ d a £ Sn in the llouso-of l ^^ slSCi pgSSife-BSsass dirty tool CJsnj * i : AOE : -
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Bestow its unctuous Tirtua on his head , — And laughed to see the gew-gaw placed thereon , — The grown child ' s gew-gaw !_ whUe , in pomp outspread , Peers , prostitutes , pimps , prelates , round his throne Knelt blasphen ; ousl . v hoiugiug ihe o ' ergrown Monster of vice , —their -: i : iiidei ! r fed , the while , With tears of starving ihousauds ! In the following stanzas Judas is addressing Castltjreaoii , recalling to the latter his hideous earthly career : ¦ —
H « h ! how aloof Thou stood ' st from mercy , while on e » rth ! Disproof That millions starved « nd . sufTtred , thy falso tongue Porgert , daily ; not a tew-drop in behoof Of lufferingfrom thy stony eyes was wrung For on » of all ths thouwnds tit * thy tr . achwy stung ! ¦\ Yilt tbou denj that flIere is suffering—now ! Xow ?—while the worm of conscience thou dost feel % Th' undjing wona 1 Why , what is th » w . ak woe Thy coward » oul c « n bear , —though Hell unseal H « quintts » enc 3 r of tortur *? 'Twill be w « al , Compared with aggrcgats of woe thy heart , Kcmorselesi , wrung from millions whose appeal To Kight was vain . '—millions of sires whosi part Of woe though first , was least : th « T left nn after-smart
For whom ! For millions of their starveling sons Aud ftmished daughters , —who still pine and moil By law : mire akin-and-bon »* utom « ions ! Oh ! serpents—how my spirit ' s tide doth boll Against such yiperousniig as thine ! * * * * Hah ! how they shouted whila thy mangled clay "Was borne unto its burial!—the hw men Whom bloed of their « ld fathers , for one day . Stirred into more than slaves ! Oh ! it was thsn TV'iile terror quelled ev « n th * iron ken Of thy « Urn f * llovr-lizard , who his clair Held up , » nd breathed » n idiot' hush ! ' 'tw » 3 then Thy waking victims should have-filled Death's maw With tilt whole vtr urin brood that human vitals gnaw 1 * * * # A hypocr it » tliou wert in life ; in death A coward * * *
* n hat wonder , —though the Guelph ¦ Oft epat upon thee , —tbat thou , still , th » p « th Didst keep of fawning ! Meanest , vilest elf , T&at ever played the tyrant , —loath * thy abortiro self ! Most of this portion of the poem is powerfully written , but it strikes us that there is a too frequent repetition of "hell , " " snakes , " "tortures , " &e . The speeches put into the mouth of Judas we tiink would have been more telling if somewhat curtailed , and more simple in their structure . We quote the conclusion of the book in which Castlkreagu , in the height of histgonies , imagines he sees again the "RadiantBoy , " no longer in the guise of a messenger of glory , but as a mocking iiend . Tkese stanzas are awfully beautiful , and excite the thrilling interest of the reador . Castlere * gh giving utterance to his agony at the sight of the iicrnl , Judas exclaims : — False minion , hold . ' — -i this region is exempt
From Earth ' s old dreams : nought s * eet thou , but hast so ! d Thyself to falsehood till thy heart is bold To forge wild frauds ev ' n here ! Castleheach replies : — Curst Judas , cease Thy taunts!—• I come / itsaith— 'thy heaven t ' unfold' Thy ancient hea »' n—the haggard , thought-worn face Of Pitt : that thou mayst dream , old dreams of power and place •' Perditioned Jew!—seest not the portraiture The fiend hath raised t—List what he saith!— 'Now
' The magic eye , once more , which cleft th' obscure ' Opaqu * of thy dull clay—liis fit tool knew'Accepted thy m « ek oft ' ers to eschew ' Rash , youthful promises—and cheered with smiles , Trurient with place , the recreant to pursue ' ilis snaky course of patricide J Hccoils ' Thy spirit from such Tision of its patriot toils ? Dost think it would recal the withering sueers ' Of Ponsonby—or Grattan ' s lightning glance' Till thou wouldst quail with sense of ancient fears ? ' Courage ! thou thing of cut-throat puissance ! T 7 hat of their sarcasm ' s empty fulminance ? ' Thou wast a victor—' spite of all their gibes ! ' Thy country's suicide was won!—Perchance ' Thy owu for smallest fin Hibernia ' s tribes 'Will count—the hosts thou sold'st to Pitt for traitor bribes !'
Tile Jew ! why dost thou scoff with hellish glee ? ITaiki— 'tis the Fiend , again— ' Would'st gazs 1 On Uriindreth ' s gory head ?—I'll bring it thee , ' Fresh recking Irom the scaffold , with the glaze ' Of death still in its eyes ! Hah ! thou » halt craze ' Vfitu joy , gloating thy fill upon that throat' The mangled throat of Thistle wood !—Pourtrays 'It thy own wound ?— Stifle the troublous thought'And once , again , upon thy spy-trapped victim gloat I ' The Fiend's fierce eyes—how gleefully and fell Thvyglisttr—like the eyes of Earth ' s tile things That hunt for Wood ! Again it saitli , llow well The eyes oi Castlsa and their glisterings' Edwards' and Oliver ' s—o ' er trafiickings Of Wood for gold—thou dost remember !—Start ' 2 Cot now;—for , snift ,- tliy Radiant angel's wings ' Shall toil to bring—that thou maystmock its smart « With life's old relish—Caroline ' s lorn broken heart !
' Gloat—gloat thy fill upon oach torturous pang ! ' Dost shrink ?—Courage I—they were her dyingmoans ! ' The music thickens . —' tis ttie sabres' clang Mingles with shrieks ;—and , now , a peal of greans ' Conies up from Peterloo ! What , though the stones ' Would rise and curse—were thy vile image there !—' Thou shalt have joy in listening to the tones , 'Renewed in Hell , of Hunger ' s loud despair!——* 'Hark ! what wild choir breaks forth in anthem debonair Behold—thy Radiant angel hath called up 1 Thy bread-taxed victims , in their lank array ; ' Am 5 , with the hunger-bitten weavers' troop , ' Thy fatherland ' s crushed children leave decay 1 AH lise—and hymn thy glorious deed at Gray !'Hell-Fiend , avaunt!— And forth the minion fled—Shrieking with horrid madness ! Me , dismay And terror woke ; and , from soul-quelling dread Set free , I blessed the movn , upon my prison-bed .
We have a word or two to say respecting certain remnants of " original pieces" not noticed in the first pfll't of OUl " Foast . " The lines " To Libeutv" would gladly hare given , if conscientiously we could have done- so , had it been only to encourage the writer—who professes to ho a " Manchester Millboy , "—to further elforts . The piece contains some good lines , and some poetic thoughts not # properly expressed ; bat it is too foul tvaa a whole to give publicity to . Let the " Mill-boy ' " 'try again . That "Music is tb » fool ot Lotc , " we will not attempt to dispute ; but certainly th * lines thus entitled are not fit food for our " Feast . " What we have said of the " Millboy ' s " poetry applies to the piece from Glasgow , entitled "The " Twilight . " The other piece , by the same author , is too tame on such a subject as " Freedom's Approach . " A . C , of Glasgow , sends us some lines in praiso of " Glasgow's bonny Green ; " and although that honoured snot is , wo beliivo , ehicflr famous as a "drying
ground" forauld wives' clacs , still wo would willingly have eiven it a chance of such fame as our columns may coaler , had "A . O . ' s" Hues been poetry , which unfortunately they art not . The lines are simple and correct , and repeated by a child at a family party would pass muster very well ; lint they are not of snftie ' ent merit to warrant their insertion in a public journal : "A . 0 . " must try again . We have rcceived smuc lines from Joax Peacock , of Povt-Glas gow , to tho memory-of ( hat genuine poet , but unhappy and unfortunate nifsn , Robert Taxxahill . Poetic the lines are not ; and our judgment bids us reject them ; but on the other hand , the writer ' s motives are so excellent , and our feelings avc so in unison with his own , that we find our judgment succumbing to our feelings—aud so , at the risk of displeasing the critical , we determine to give a few of Mr . Peacock ' s verses , hoping that the next piece he favours us with will be so far an improvement on his present production that we may be able to give it entire .
TO THE 1 EMORY OP EOBERT T ^ XXAniLL . 0 ! Scotland , thou lia-t blamed aud j ra's ^ d Thy native sous of genius ^ ar ; And sculpturM monuments 1-ave raised In pomp to men of blood and w : ir . Long thou hast twin'd th » laurel's wreath Around lhc image rork-carv'd bust Of many a hard , long locked in death , And mingled with their parent dust ! Jiut , all , no monument hath rcar'd To he whose deep impressive strains , In native language long endear'd , r . rcathcs swcetnrss o ' er the hills and plains . IK- v . ho hr . tJi long forgotten been ; Whose songs the breasts of all doth fill IVIth noLle feeiings , deep and keen—The lornr neglected Taunahill .
"When Scottish peasant , prince , and lord , Ccjijtiin'J io praise o !< I Cailas bird ; "To bards / ' the toast went round the board ; Tor Tannahill no voice was heard ; J care not though a poc-t "« worth Is Mazoncd not by cold carv'd stone '; Uut would his same have usherM forth , As one of nature ' s nobles gone . TO > . v , Scotland , hast thou honours paid To some en thy poetic list , Ttt sun ! : heueath a nameless shade Thy first and brightest melodist ? "When thy sons met at festive throng , . iriiy tlicl each lip rest mute and stiil , Asi'l seoi'u to name thy son of song—Thy d * ar ilefartcd Tannahill ? liis life was hut a fickle dream
Of sighs and smfli-s , of joy and ca : e ; Cf . sunk , by self-nurs'd feelings kec-r , Beneath tho grasp of wild despair . Alns ! Jie hut too keenly ftu The pangs of misery anil woe ; Until at last o'ercome , he knelt To self-destruction ' s reckless blow .
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¦ — ¦ ——^—— , , j — , Ho classic lore made fair his lot ; He owu'd no title , wealth , nor soil ; But born within a stranr thatch'd cot—Thasonofpeuury mid toil .. ¦ ShouU m > vain edifice be rear'd To his lo \ 'd naniij nnd uumory ? Still , sti . i , his mcloiliw eudcar'd , A lu . xliug monument will be . "We believe wo have now disposed of aUthe " original" pieces received from our friends and readers . It is a subject for congratulation that we have had a greater number of amateur poets competing for admission to this quarter ' s " Feast" than to the one preopdinrr . But if the quantity of poetry received has been { . Teaterwe cannot say that the
, quality cxiiibits a corresponding improvement . We wish our poets would try their hands at subjects more inspiriting than those they usually adopt . Ours is not the party , and this is not the paper , for lackadasical versifying . Wo want something patriotic : something to " stir the blood like the sound of a trumpet" in vindication of universal Liberty , and in furtherance of her good cause . In short , we want the Nation ' s poetry without the Action ' s bigotry . What say our friends—have they the spirit within them ? If so , let it have utterance . Let them read TnoMAS Cooper ' s Purgatory of Suicides , and take courage by his example . He is the first who has really given to the world Chartist poetry , worthy of the name ; we trust , however , that he will not stand alone .
We have spoken of Tnojus CoorBB as the only Chartist poet , and we have said this with the full recollection ot' the " Mob Mtlodies" of Thomas Doublej )* y , Esq ., editor of the Tyne Mercury ( formerly editor of the Northern Liberator ) , for these reasons ; first , that the " Mob Melodies" are , with one or two exceptions , decidedly less poetical than many of the same author ' s prose productions . In this T . Doubledat is not singular . Thomas Paine and Thomas Caiu , ylb are great examples of true poets , not rccognisod as such by the world , because their true poetry has net been set forth in tho form of verse . Secondly , the author of the "' Mob Melodies" shrinks—at least so it appears to us—from avowing himself to ' be , what formerly he hesitated riot to acknowledge himserf— a Chartist ; for we see he adopts that ridiculous and stupid designation of " Complete SuSragist . " Notwithstanding this , we feel calledI up ^ i to give a specimen or two-of Air . Doubledat ' s " Meladies : " '
THE FACTORY CHILD . " Twenty more . kill Vm ! " ; Every Man in hit £ TttmOur . TtTNE— " LANGOLEE . " When fint these younf ? fcyelids to nature wereopsn'd , They clostd in delight , as they opeu'dinjoj , The flower in the meadow—the tree in the forest—¦ All nature's luxuriance had charms for her boy . From grey mom to e ' en , ' raid the vall » yt I w&n . dei'd ; The streamlet I follow'd , or trarcrs'd tiie plain , And wondw'd ( bowaimple !) whatconld bo their meaning , Who talk'd of " the world , " and its " -sorrows and pain . " . .. '• . {• ¦ The song of the sky-lark to me then was music ,: As wildly lie carol' * aloft in the sky ; Or the throstle ' s , when , nun-like , she chanted her
vespers , In th » deep-wooded glen as the ev ' ning drew nigh . 'Twat music to me , the still voice of the streamlet , As , purling , it wended its way thro' the dale ; Xow , shrinking , in shade , from th * sun ' s noontide nr dour ; Now silvery-bright , in ths moon-beam so pale . Oh I days made of heav ' n , and all-heavenly tinctured With joys such as beings in Pnradite know ! Oh ! days made of heav ' n , all too soon to be shrouded . In mis ' rv ' s dim pall and tho dark veil of woe ! Oh ! days made of heav ' n , tho' now lost , not forgotten ;
Still ulierish'd , tlio * m '« r to be look'd on again : Since ye have departed , I now know their meaning , Who talked of "the World , " and its " sorrows and . pain . " My sun-shine is , now , the pale lamp , that with radiance MRe dentil , lights the task of an early despair . My music is , now , the h&vsh steam-engine ' s hissing , Tliat drives on the woof of my sorrow and care ; Ify flow ' rets are , now , the coarse tints that nre scattei- 'd Amid the vile thretdp pf the web that I weave ; My home is the gloom of that Factory Prison , Where childhood must pine , lest oppression should grieve .
No Sabbath to me brings its bright , liallow'd , morning ; The cliim * of no village-bell calls me to praj'r ; No peal rings for me , but the knell that still bids me To cursos and blasphemy—waiHngs and care ; Where tho hand of the task-master's ever in motion , Where the thread of a life is but measur'd and sold ; Where iron is all that should know and feel for us , And the heart ' s blood of childhood is barter'd for gold Oh ! liear me , ye flow ' rs , that first oped Oil my boyhood ! Oh . ' hear me ye streams , whose first music I heard ! Oh ! hear me , ye wild woods , where earliest I wanuer ' u ; All . all ye delislits that this bosom first stirr'd . One breath of your fragrance , ye flow ' rets , but seni me ; Ye streamlets , once more , be your melody nigh ; Ye wild woods I lov'd , for one moment wave o ' er irej And ' guile from my senses the Den wliero I die I T . D . THE POACnER .
• ' To push the priviliges of property beyond the limits of common sense , is to endanger the fabric by a vain attempt to exalt it . "—Reflections on the GameZaiM , Tvsr . — "bloiL Roe in tiil Mousing . " They feast , and they snore , whilst w » hunger and toil ; They rejoice in the title of " Lords of the Soil . " . Nay . as " ' Lords of the Soil , " not content with their share , They resolve to be " Princes of Powers of the air !" Not content with tlwir reign o'er the wet and the dry , Their dominion would have all that creep or that fly ; But their " High and Low" are no more than a name , And «• swear there shall always be " Jack and the Game !"
Sec the 1 'heasant rise stately , all glistening like gold ! See the Coiey , al-. rm'd , flush'd in fear from th-sir hold ; See the Woodcock , alone , from the well-head take wing ; From the grass-tangled bank see the Leveret spring . Who s tli » Hearer , the Tender , the Feeder of those ? 'Tis the Woodman who plants , and the Ploughman who sows , For here "High and Low" arc no more than a name , And a field there will always be , "Jack and the Game . " A " Poacher ' s" a title—a " Lord" is no more ; And both have been won by brave fullow * of yore ! The Mitre's tlie Bishop ' s—the Crorrn is the King '*; But who ever saw " goods and chattels" with wings ? Then scour out your barrel—your powder keep dry ; There can be no " Manorial Rights" in the sky : For there " High and Low" are no more than a name , And not half so well sounding , u " Jack and tlie ( lame !"
Do VC prt » cli up "the Peace ! " do ye threaten "tlie Law , " If a cover we heat , or a trigger we draw ? Remember tlie time , iu its ripeness , way conic , When your tars may bo stunu'd by the roll of the drum I To fight for your fields , shall it then be our will . Or to bleed for tlie birds we ' re forbidden to kill ? Jfotwhilu " High and Low" is insult ; more tliaii a name , And the lawyer dares stand betwixt "Jack and tlie Game . " When ye ' ve tied down the eagle with parchment and wax , And , by law , made- the wild swan his pinion relax ! When the crane and the wild duck ye stop on their way , And set up a turnpike , tlie woodcock to stay , — When this yo have done , \ v » shall yield , as we must , The privilege trut , and the heritage just ; But till then , " High Mid Low" shall be only in nnm » , Aud we swear , thorfi shall always be "Jack and the
Game . " T . D . Press of mattoi * compels xas to cut short our "Feast , " and omit several select pieces we had prepared for publication . Our n : xt " Feast" will be included in , and form part and parcel of , our " Christinas Garland . "
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THE PEOPLE'S GUARDIAN , AND LEEDS SANATORY JOURNAL . Leeds : W . Lonsdale , 37 , Nile-street ; Pontcy , Kirkgatc . We have received the 1 st and 2 nd numbers of this cheap and e . v ; el !* it publication , and woleul bound to award it our hearty commendation . Its getting up is highly , creditable to the editor , and nearly every . article evidences tlie genuine talent of the several contributors . "We notice amongst the other contents the first two of a series of letters on the Land , written bv a practical " Biniill-i ' arm" agriculturist , who ,
though not of the working class , is one of their most devoted frier . ris . The second title of this publication bespeaks its object , that of arousing attention to the present unwholesome and unhealthy state of Leeds , and obtaining a much needed sanatory reform . Excepting JirndTord , we know of no town more filthy in its streets and disgusting in its atmosphere . Agitation for a reform is therefore much needed ; and this little publication is well-timed and may do much good . We tnisttliat the men of Leeds will give tliciv support to the Guardian , and not only they , but the men of Yorkshire generally .
A Diskaskd Stomach . —Cure ExTnAonnmny nv Hollo-way ' s Pills !—Mrs . Aikins , widow of the late Captain Aikins , residing at Coniiaught-terrace , Eduware-ioud . This huly had been in India , where her liver and stomach had become diseased , SO much 50 thflt she could scarcely keep the slightest food on her stomach . She was very weak and debilitated , and . "• tillered continually from sick head-aches , besides a nervousness and fewness of spirits . In six weeks , however wonderful it may appear , she was restored to a high state of health by this unrivalled medicine , which "" i * a certain remedy in all liver , bilious , and stomach complaints , however bad tlie case may be .
A . IlASDTBii Of "riOTiiixo . "—It is valliov singular that hundreds of people boast of being shareholders iu various railway lines that arc at present only projected , and have not been before Parliament . We sliJuld like these parties to inform us how they can be fharchokhrs of what does not yet exist , and whether they consider their tenures Jinn ? Like Jhdcth and the dagger—their grasp is visionary . —if
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plans aud suggestions ; but the truth is , if this social disease is understood , none of the physicians—and they nre legion—pretend to have discovered a cure : th » y would merely administer febrifuges and opiates ; they want to compose tli * -patient ; and trust to'time ana tlie : natural lasticity of a prwttj strong , though siiwrol . t tried eonstitution , to tlirow oft'its impurities , am ! ie / iiin its ' vigour without medicine . Pew of them profess to Uiiow anything whatever of the origin or nature of the disease for which they would prescribe ; they do not pretend to have taken ii diagnosis , or to be in the least degree competent to do so ; but they wish to be serviceable . They are benevolent : it ' s a fashion now to be so , and ns well be out of the world as out of the fashion , as thu apothegm has it .
Imagine a host of physicians at the bed-sidi » of a patient , and that patient John Bull—the physicians are the political and social pill-makers of all characters , aud with various crotchets and pretensions . "Give him better quarters , " Bays one ; " Give him more air , " says another ; " Wa » h him , for God ' s sake , " cries a . third ; " He mus have two Bhivts a wcik , and a change of clothing , " cries it fourth ; "Give him a bath , " chimes iu a fifth ; " lie must come out of that dark damp house—pull it down ! " cries a dapper little gentleman to whose innocent imagination the thought never once occurred of lion- or where , except in the lilthy habitation hu wants pullud down , th » patient is to be placed . Now all these suggestions may be good enough in themselves , and valuable as mere sanatory recommendations , if the means existed to
rentier them practicable or effective ; but what but caviare can th <^ - b » to the patient f lie wants food chiefly provided him , with a sufficient svnd permanent supply—not tin intcrmtUenthunger-and-burst supply of th « Corn Law people , and you will have done something towards his reliuf—provide him with the means of mmoving , and h » will remove of liis own accord , ' and be verj happy to do so , iu amor * airy and comfortable abode . Do not credit the reports of his filthy habits—ftmrisli lnm with tlu » means , and you will find that he will , in a short time , and as if by magic , become as healthy , and cleanly , and respectable aiperson as you aft ' ectto wish him . Do all this , I would say to each and all of th » physicians , mid you hav » done something to entitle joorselves to tho patient ' s gratitude , jind to a character above that of the empiric .
a ou will perctfve by this concluding bit of metaphor that my notions and your own are not much akin regarding the floating reg ^ erativs plans of certain tea-supping philanthropists , the agreeable benevolent talk of men of « oft tongues , smooth frees , and hands as smooth . Such humanity is too wat « y—such philanthropy too cheap . There must be sacrifice and s » lf-d « i ( al , . at * which these . perfumed agitators and philanthropists would stare , before a tittl * of the wretcluAncss can b * removed , which lh « y afteut to deplore , Despite of all tiieir plmsant talk ami childish schemes , vice and misery , aud wretchedness ant ! ( Uttitution , will go on—the black volume of wave wtllgain in accumulative bulkAiid turbid foulness ceryUiy , until it rolls in desolation over the laud , if other men do not . make timely anil serious efforts to turn and stop tlie innumerable streams aud currents b y which this ITitVB is
fcil . Of all the empiricisms , however , that of theLcnguo , from its boldness aud magnitude , is the most apt to deceive , and is in all respects the most dang * ouo . I will consider its . nntensions in a future le ^ r . In the meantime I am , &c , Jacob Trusty .
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Deatii op a Ghax-cerv Prisoner . —On Monday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest in the (' iucen ' si Prison , Southwark , on John Lcadman , aged 70 , ; i prisoner therein . Deceased was a native of Bnrnslcr , in Yorkshire , and was committed in August , ISM , bv Vice-Chancellor K . Bruce , for contempt , in not putting in his answer in a suit in Chancery , he and other defendants not having th » means to do it . Ou bis admission he was > eak and low-spirited , he was immediately removed by the surgeon into the infirmary , where every nourishment was ailurded him , but he gradually sank under mental anxiety , and expired on Saturday . The deputy-governor stated , it was customary every three months for a Master in Chancery to visit the prison , to ascertain it' any Chancery prisoner , who had not the necessary means , wished for his discharge . If so , funds to sue in fonna patens were granted by tlie Lord Chancellor . Deceased had repeatedl y buen asked to avail himself of such to purge himself of his contempt , but he refused . —Globe .
inuNDER-sTOBM . —Piociiesteh , Skpt . 22 . —Testerday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , this neighbourhood was visited by a fearful storm , which fortunately was but of short duration . The vivid flashes of lightning were followed by thunder claps loud and deep , and accompanied by a heavy ah ower of hail and rain , during which a young man named Catt , a briekniak * , about twenty years of age , lost his life , lie left Strood at about the commencement of the storm , on liis way home to Cuxtono , a village on the bank of the Mcdway , about three miles above Rochestei ' - bmlgc , and before lie had proceeded one-third of the distance lost his life . The corpse was found early this morning by a labouring man in the employ of Mr . William Manclark , near whose farm the melancholy catastrophe occurred . The electric fluid appears to
hnvc struck the unfortunate man on his he ; ul , one side of tho faeo being much burnt , his hat and clothes rent open , and his shoes torn into shreds . Melancholy Acgidext . —On Thursday last , at one of the pits belonging to the Glangarnoek Iron Company , on the farm of Ryeholm , in tlie parish of Dairy , which they are at present sinking down to the ironstone , two men—a father and son—of the name of Muir , of the relative ages of forty-five and twenty years , after charging the shot , were ascending the shaft in a water bucket , when James Muir , the father , looked down to see if the straw would ignite , when tho mid partition took hold of tho back part of his head , and tore him out of the bucket ; . He foil to the bottom , and the shot exploding :, ho was killed on the spot . The son held on by tlie tow and was saved . — Scotsman .
Si'dde . v Death . —On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , the coroner for . Surrey , at the Duke of York , Swan-lane , Itothcrhithe , on the body of Mr . Charles Devincs , aged 55 , a timber measurer It appeared that , on Friday last , the deceased was employed in measuring the cargo of one of the Baltic vessels , mid appeared in cxcollenfc health nnd spirits ; suddenly he was observed to stagger and fail , and upon one of his assistants going to his aid , lie appeared wholly insensible . A surgeon was sent for , who immediately attended , but pronounced the deceased quite dead , probably from the rupUlVC of ¦ !\ blood vessel . The jury returned a rculict ill accordance with the medical evidence .
Suicide froh Affectiox for a IIonsE . —A municipal guard , in barracks at tlie Barriere u" Enter , was about a year back taking out his horse for exorcise , when the animal , being of a fractious temper , took the bifc between his teeth , and ran away . The videv endeavoured to pull him in , but in vain , and at last they both came down with violence . The man had his leg broken , and the horse was much injured in the back . Tlie former was , after a time , sent to Bonne for the benefit of his health , and the horso got so much worse that it was found advisable to shoot him , The man returned after some months , and was seized with the most lively grief when he found that tlie horse , for which lie had a great affection , was dead , ilis own life became , in conscqnonce , a burden to liim . and a lew clays a < jo he went down to the stall where the animal used to stand , and , putting a pistol to his head , blew out his brains .
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LivEnrooi , Corn Market , Mosdat , Sept . 22 . — The arrivals from Ireland of wheat , oats , ( lour , and oatmeal , arc to a fair amount during the week . Of foreign produce and manufacture , the imports consist chiefly Of about 20 , 000 brls . of flour from Canada , about S . OUO brls . from tkc United States , anil one cargo of Indian corn from the Black Sea . In the early part of the week the weather , which for three weeks previously had so favoured us , became broken , and we have since had an untoward time for the completion of harvest . It is estimated that nearly ono-foiu'lli oi' the grain crops of the United Kingdom yet remain to be secured . The business in this riiarkct during the week has been extensive , and prices generally have daily improved . The principal transactions have been on speculation ; middling quality of Baltic and Mediterranean wheat , in bond , which ,
ten Jays ago was sold at os . Gil . to 5 s . 9 d ., has since boon disposed of at 0 s . 3 d . to Gs . Od . per ? 0 lbs , ; United States flour , in bond , has also had a great share of attention , and i he late prices paid were 25 a . to 2 Gs . per brl , The c ' . go of Indian corn , reported above , hrschangedhai ' - ' - . it 25 s ., and 480 lbs . in bond . The Town ' s millers ai ;! dealers have taken to a moderate extent of boil vrheat and ilour , paj ing an advance on Tuesday ' s y : ices of 3 d . to 4 d . per busliel on old , and about 2 s . pur bushel on Irish new wheat . An improvement of 2 s . jTi' sack and brl . has been obtained on flour . Oats a ml oatmeal have each been in request ; the former has advanced 2 < 1 . per bushel , and weal about 2 d . per luad . The market has been well cleared of po . is , at aa advance of -is . to ( is . pev fir . Barley is held for higher prices , but the demand has been only limited . Beai . s and Indian corn have each commanded onlv 2 s . pev qr . more money .
MixciiKSTF . n Coitx Market , Saturday , Sept , 20 . —The weather during the wv k having been exceedingly wet and unfavourable 1 ' or securing the Intc harvest , caused an animated den :- ~ nd to be experienced for Hour , the stocks of which article in first hands being , in consequence , reduced to a narrow compass , factors wore enabled to rcaliw a material advance on the previous currency , For both oats ami oatmeal there was likewise a better inquiry , at improved rates . At our market tH * morning , tho weather having assumed a more . soUlcd appearance , there was kss exeitement in the irate . A fair amount of business , however , oec-ii : rctl in wheat , and nil descriptions must be noted 3 d . to -id . per 701 bs . dearer . Flour , continuing in steady request , commanded nn enhancement on the rules obtainable on this day se ' n night of 2 s . toljs . per saik on good middling qualities and is . to 2 s . on extra-supcriino sorts . Oats were held firmly for an advance of Id . ptr-lolbs . ; and oatmeal , meeting , i good inquiry , was fully ] , < j , no r load higher . '
Kiciimoxd Conx Market , Skpt . 20 .- —We ! ad a fair supply of grain in our market to-day Wheat sold from 1 * . to 8 s . Od . ; oats , 3 s . to -Is . ; barley , 4 =. to 4 s . Gd . ; beans , 5 s . 3 d . to os . ( 3 d , nor buslicJ .
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THE LETTERS OF A SEXAGENAUIAN TO HIS SON . . tiTTER . III , The totialaspecl of things . Men go Without food for day * now . They Jid not do so in m . v time . There are p .-uplc in furtil / mid populous culimi-js , buatlin- jin , i « -c-alti , j- communities , in thriving towns mid great aud opulent cities , w-Uo exist ' from yeas to year on food which , in point of quality , would have been deemed inferior , and in average quantity deficient , and wholl y uitde quateto the support of life , in the aliovt season of dearth and scarcity , to which I have alluded in a former letter , and which was th « the occasion of mobs Hlld murmurtngs , which readied the gates of tlie palace , iind alarmed the wealthy of the well-to-do of all grades . It would almost seem as if the familiarity with unexampled misery was increasing the power of eudurnnc * and inducing a cont < wit »< n «( fc unworthy of the English character , and not hitherto found in connection with extensive physical deprivations .
Kow this is greatly to be deplored ; and what does it all prove ? . Much . It shows that if there lias been progress iu some things , there has beau retrogression in more important things , If the present generation lias reason to be proud of soni » advantages , evils are working their effect * upon large numbers of tho people , which , in times within my memory , would have rendered the existence of society a problem , and been deemed too urgent and appalling to admit of an hour ' s delay in their condition . But it is unnecessary to insist upon the deteriorated social condition of the people . No one attempts to deny the notorious fact . It must be very obvious and alarming ind «« j to have arrested the attention of tlie legislature in the manner it has done of late . Be « ssurad ,. it is not because tlie privileged orders urn better disposed
towards the humbler classes , than thoy ever have been , that commissions ha ^ e been appointed to oviika inquiries touching their sanatory -condition . The independent attitude 'Of a portion of the press has doubtlass had xi large sbure in calling- attention to that condition ; but its sliosr * na naked hidcoussess ehicflj lias forced upon public attention a subject at no time welcome or attractive . The fact , however , that the commissions assert , aud the legislature all hut confess , their utter inability to administer a remedy , is suggestive of manj important consideration * . It would appear , by this tliat Government is simply an executive power , aud the admitted «*« tence of evils , which legislation eannot remedy , while it dispo »« s uf allclaim on th » part ef class legislation to be viewed as anything but impvtinence and tyranny ., points to the true source of all genuiiio . * uformation andjust authority—the people themselves .
a ins admission of tlio inability of all legislation to : reach a condition of things so unnatural , and altogether ' so portentous of danger , as has been disclosed by late : reports of parties who would willingly gloss it over if their fears would allow th em—this acknowledgment , of more than a tacit character , ofimbecility and impotence , of tho inadequacy of legislation to the . discharge of itsi proper functions , is n curious and significant satire upon ' a class-elected legislature , and cewainly forms the most ; cogent reason that ' could be urged for placing the electoral , pow » in the hands of the people . It is not at all ' wonderful—nothing else indeed could be expected that ; a government , appointed as the British Government * is , sliould be incapable of removing evils which lie
beyond the pala of its safe and legitimate action ; but that the legislature , the embodiment of a nation ' s sagacity and wisdom—the intellectual instrument , so to speak , whose peculiar province and object it is to contrive plans and means of securing tlie ends of society and the happiness of ttie people—that this body ' , or institution , or instrument , or whatever ' else . it may bo called , should be admitted to bi inadequate to its functions , and yet allowed to exist , fc one of thos ^ anomalies which may be defended by prescriptive reference and rule , but admits of no explanation , It is not , lloiverir , go incomprehensible , when we consider that no interests are understood or cared for in the British legislature , but those of the classes to which its members individually belong .
We anfthus brought to the political view of this subsubject . And here it . is obvious , even from their own acknowledgment , that no gorerhmont or legislature appointed under a restricted franchise , can do anjthing towards remedying the appalling social evils , whose existence is so notorious , and whose operation is so fearful , whether contemplated in reference to the everyday suffering endured , the injury to national character and morals , or the explosive materiel and power in process of accumulation at the bi-se of the social fabric . What boots tho affected sympathy of such men as Lord John Hussell 1 what is the value of his late-adopted
views , and his reluctant aud wheedling iteration of the fact that , the working man lias not hud liis fail- share of the advantages of increased aud ever-increasing wealth ? What would my Lord Itussell consider a fare shtire ; and how would he propose to secure that share ? Bah ! this man must know that he has not the capacity , even had he the desire—which he equally well knows lie has notto suggest a means of securing ii more equitable distribution of that wealth , whose inconceivable accumulation is only paralleled by the enormous aggregation of social misery and mischief which so remarkably keeps pace with it .
With a deteriorated social condition , then , endurinj tlio pi'esaui'e of greater-physical suffering tlifill , by universal admission , was knowi ^ to any former period , are the people at the present time iu a political position of greater advantage , or which can warrant a hope of better things , than the one in which they found themselves thirty or forty yeiirs ago ? They certainly are not . With a partially unshackled press m an extended franchise , a reformed parliament , what has biiii , or can be , done for those who toil for their daily bread % Worse than nothing . It was a grand error on th » part of the labouring population to assist the Whigs in their struggle for the Iteform Bill ; not only because theyiniglit have had the sagacity to perceirc tlltt that party had no aim or ambition unconnected with self-aggrandisement and the sweets of offic * , but because it l » fc a struggle to be renewed with a more inveterate cunning , and less open and honourable enemy , with resources extended by experience and the benefits of a course of legislation directed to the inh- » nuhm » nt of party interests and connexions in tho meantime .
How Aatnefully have the Whig party disappointed the expectations of the people : and yet , how foolish was it to c . tpect any good from tho infamous and contemptible l > aek of hucksterers ! How absurd to imagine that the ltgislatiou of men . appointed by tlvii wow productive would tend in ' any way to tlie benefit of the prodttctive classes . The clear , obvious , direct , and now painfully-felt effect of such legislation is , to depress nnd injure the workersthe labouring or productive classes . The cheap , unrestricted competitive system is unquestionably— and 1 may have an opportunity of proving this to JOU 1 ' satisfaction—the main cause of all the misery dfclurcd and duplored , and political potftr was , and is , only sought by the non-producers to procure for their favourite system and philosophy a larger sphere of optration .
Who , at this time of day , requires to be told that the landlord , the farmer , the merchant , the master tradesman , th » shopkeeper—die capitalists of all grades and distinctions—look alon » to enlarging their incomes by the only method really available or capabl * of answering tho end , tliat of reducing the value to the labourer of that labour whence all their incomes are truly derived , and upon which they are all contingent , and even dispensing with that labour altogether when they can conveniently do so , leaving those thus driven from the field of labour th * choice of star » ation or the workhouse ? And how , until the legislition of this class of people is entirely stopped , or boldly encounNfcd and checked , by the labourers acquiring the balance of representative power , can the devastating progress of physical suffering , moral depravity , and nil social evils be stayed A- turned ?
The natural t *>! ency uf this legislation is towards re . volution , by producing wider extremes of affluence and poverty , aud a larger aggregation of the varied evils which How from this prolific and polluted course . Ardour in the pursuit of wealth , tho d » 6 ire of gain am ! rapid accumulation , nve the most prominent of ail the characteristics of the English people- ; and at no period of our history lias such scope been given for their exercise as of late years ; aud the result is se « n iu the deteriorated condition of the people . This circumstance ought to excite reflections in tho minds of all . Wh : it may be tho
ulterior consequences of persisting in a caveer , which so certainly leads to mischief ; is a ([ Ucstiou not for statesmen alone . All the productive classes would do well to moderate their desires , and endeavour to procure for the working people a larger and more equitable share in the distribution of that wealth which , by being at present so unequally divided , makes this country the wondc-v and the reproach of nations . For their own takes—for the sake of the stability of the system , which gives tlietll ( lie lion ' s share , they ought to consider seriously how this might be done , but they will not .
Ihey h » ve become alarmed , however . They cannot shut their eyes to the palpable fact , that , with Ihe increase of productive power the deprivations of the people- liavo increased in a commensurate degree . Tho shrewdest among them perceive the tendency of things , and would fain conciliate and divert popular feeling and attention . They appear anxious to break the force of a catastrophe which their fears conjure up , looming like a storm in the distance , and which they Catinot hop * to avert . Pear , be assured , is in great part the origin of that solicitude and sympath y for those classes of tlie people who were erst designated as the swinish multitude , and by other
appellations equally graceful and creditable to those who uttered them . Who lias the t « ierity to apply such appellatives to any class of their fellow creatures now ? Ah ' . a crisis is too imminent at the btst , and too near at all times to render the use of such lnnguiige in any dtgree safe or prudent . It is not because the people have more political power , or that few men have the courage of Burke in these days , that such nppellatires are uncommon but neither ignorance noi boldness , intrenched-behind rank aud privilege , can now * tYord to be so foul-mouthed . The pressure of other than political evils and deprivations have shown the privileged orders that ihey stand upon a mine which trifling irritation might help to spring , and tlms involve them in utter and awful ruin .
Having referred , to tUc ltatnre , nnil indicated—msrcly indicated—tlie source of the afllictions of the people , let us consider the remedial plans and movements . It is to remedy a condition of unexampled social disorganization that so many nostrums have been concocted aiul gravely propounded of late . Viewed merely in vc-latiun to their variety , one might be warranted in sajing that tlie subject has received no small degree of attention . It has given rise to immtnse—but to a great extent very absurd speculation . All sorts of people have come with their fractional offers of aid , as expressed in their several
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To tub Bkutal asd Unfbinch'LED--a .. Oakd . —Any person desirous . or "ratifying liis brutal proncnsi : eS , earning , at tlio same tinio , a handsome niainteivai ce , lias now an opportunity of obtaining permanent employment as master of a union workhouse . I ecuiation within tolerably wide limits will be winked at , anil ovcry facility will be afforded to eludo detection , and , in case of Exposure , punishment . A handsome retainor is also offered to any barrister , expert m bullying and insulting witnesses , and ready , it cauca upon , to act in a judicial capacity , and to menu therewith his forensic function , according to tho jhstructions of his employers . Tor pa rticulars apply at a certain office , Somerset House . —Punch . .,
A Cipoi ) Day ' s SroiiT . —We understand soTcral of tlio civic companies have invited 1 ' rincu Albert to a day ' s sport in the city . They have offvml to collect in the area of the Stock Exchange all the bulls and bears that are in tho habit of prowling about thft neighbourhood . As soon as these arc ilwpatc-hcd , & number of desperate Staffs , that ll . WO been brought up expressly by the railways , will be driven l ' roni Capel-court into the interior , and his Royal Highness will be armed with unlimited power to hunt down » 9 . many as he ploases . The lanio ducks of tiie city will be reserved for the last , as an especial treat . The large room tit Lloyd ' s has been fitted up handsomely for tho occasion , so that his Uoyal Highness will be put to no inconvenience or fatigue , in firing ftt Ills lsisure from a magnificent throne erected at the largest window . Weippert's band will be in attendance . In fact , nothing has been neglected to make tliis " civic battue" worthy of the noblo guest for wliuiu it has beoii provided . —Ibid .
Bl'k . ni . nt . Apkica . —The French paper ? , published in Africa , hint very strongly that it is Marshal Bugeaud ' s ambition to be crowned Monarch of Algiers . As h « -will want a title , we suggest he will be callotl " tho Fire-King of Algeria . "
A DA 1 NTT DISH TO SIT BEFORE A QUEEN . Sing a song of Gotha—a pocket-full of rye , Eight-and-forty timid deer driven in to die ; When the sport was open'd , all bleeding they were seen—Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a llueeu 1 The'Qtiocn sat in her easy chair , and look'd as sweet as honey : Tho Priuco wns shooting at the deer , in weather bright and tunny ; The bands were playing Polkas , ilrcssM in green and golden clothes ; Tlie noblos cut the poor deer ' s throats , and that is al J ' unch knows !
A . New Political Dictionary . —Advocate , from the Latin words ad , to , and vocarc , to call ; because au advocate is at tbe call of any one who needs his services . 'Die early Roman advocates professed to plead gratuitously , but some of them were soon detected in taking fees indirectly , by making no charge , but " leaving it to tho generosity" of their employers . Clients were " expected" to give something to the advocate , and wer » no doubt considered to JlciVC acted shabbily if they shirked it ; so * that at last a regular charge was made , awl some of t !\ c Roman barristers used to recoivo so much a head from as many-as chose to take shares in these joint-stock advocates . At length the gentlemen of the Roman , long-robe became greedy , and it . was found necessary
to limit their fees , tho maximum of wbieh was hxeu at ten thousand sestertii , which the classical student may at his leisure reduce to aix-and-eijjhtponces . The advocates w » re paid generally in asset , or brass ,, and they paid those asses their clients usually in the same metal . Tlie lets wsro always payable btiiwe tlie cause was pleaded ; and it was a rule that if tho advocate died , or did not , or could not , or vtoiiid not , attend to his duties , the sum lie liad received was in no case to bo given back at » in . " No money returned" was the motto of the Roman as well as of tho English banister . —Agent , is a-gent acting for another gent , and is derived from the Latin word agcris , doing , because an agent is often doing his principal . — —Agrarian Laws related to the public hinds ; and Spurius Cassius , who was called spurious to distinguish him fiom the genuine Cassius , wns tlie first poor man ' s friend who proposed an agrarian law ; foe
which piece of patriotism ho was tried , condemned , and put to denth in nn time . 'Subsequently , Scmpronius Gracchus , who was the Lord Ashley of his day , carried an agrarian law founded on the small allotment system ; and lie was murdered in an election row , as a reward for his good intentions . His brother , Caius Gracchus , who wished to sec tho poor settled on their own land , got Eottled himself , in a shindy , wiien putting up for the tribuneship . Other Roman radicals passed agrarian laws , but Radicalism was so untMliionnbic that its adherents got assatgi , uatcd very rapidly . The professed object of the agrarian law -was to divide the public land among the poor , so that every Roman should grow his own cabbage , ns the people of Cos rearod their own lettuces . —Ibid .
ArnioriuATK Decorations . — -A showy lino of weathercocks has been erected along the new Houses of Parliament . We detected " speaking likenesses" of particular members in many of them . In one wo perfectly traced the profile of Lord Brougham , aud in another the wig of the present Lord Giuuicelloi ' . This new style of portraiture is capitally adapted to such a building ; and as it is closely allied to the Gothic , it is perfectly in character with the other features that arc prominent in the decorations of the future St . Stephen's . —Ibid .
The Saxe-Gotha BuTcni : nT .--A bad excuse , say the expediency-mongers , is better than none at all . '' A slavish writer in tlie slavish Herald , " says . 1 contemporary , " sneskingly apologises for the conduct of our Queen , by saying that she was the guest of the chief slaughterman at Gotha , and mis * therefore obliged to oe present at the sport he had provided for her cntertainmrnt . " If we were invited to take a chop with Giblett , the butcher , surely we should not be expected to visit his slaughter-house ' .
THE ASBOVKIi POX GIOVANNI . s $ ene . —t frflfltf JimquUimj Hall in the Workhouse . —Bon Giovanni anil the Ladies of t he Court ( yard ) an disco * vend . Grand Chorus—Onmes . Merrily pass the thick soup round , Quaff the pump in sparkling measure , Lovo and sUillnjJulee abound , Give the night to joy and pleasure , IMest communion , Hen ' s the union , Such a master is a treasure , [ Ha Cavo .
Solo . —Don Giovanni-Come , place thy hand iu mine , lord And gently whisper " yes , " Those beauteous eyes divine , love , Were mount but nuuo to bless . No more the dull mop twirling , Or the greasy dishclout furling , With tho stvesms thus early purling , I my suit with rapture press ! Chonvt of i ' aujws ( without ) . Grind and grizzle and grizzlo find grind , Bones way nuhvs but » dinner they fcnil , We envy the win , fur that c ? n mizzle , "Whilst wi > sire doomed to jjrind and gvir / . U .
I { ceitaliee . —Giownii > In vain they pick and choose—I say , to joke ' em , They know they cannot choose but pick the oalium . Such jojs with my seraglio I sluire \ m , And nothing shall from this my hartiu scare Vni . Air . Ah ! what maatis this sudden darluioss , Sure soiuo daugev hovers new—Tes , my race I see is ended , Furies ' . esm thu truth appear ? ( Govj sounds . The l'ower of Investigation rites in a blaze . of hint fire awl red tape , with demon reporters in Ihi distance ) C'Aoiim of Demons . Bon Giovanni , get out , get out , T > cm Giovanni , get out . ( Grand Tableau , of I ' uUio iicjiosurc and General Indvjnation . J -foe- Miller .
Travkluxg ix "Less tha . v xoIimk . "—Her Majesty is apparently resolved , if , during her mania for travelling , she should ever visit tlio itesert , not to bo overtaken by the Simoon . At least wo should so conclude , judging from the announcement to the effect that hist Saturday tbe oiiening of " her Majesty ' s Railway took place at Gosuort . " This railway extends from the terminus of the South Western lino fit Gosport , to the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment , and is intended to facilitate tho Lloyal visits to the Isle of Wight . The vail passes throwih the fortifications , and is about six
hundred yards lung ! and it was kindly suggested by Prince Albert . Its cost is a mere trifle , ;/ £ 8000 !! After this we may not derail' of seeing ; i miniature railroad laid down in tho large imuqHeiing room of Buckingham i ' alace and Windsor Casclc , for the convenience of the Queen ' s children , in ovdtr to save the dreadful fatigue of a walk . We hoar—but can scarcely credit the rumour—that a tunnel similar to that of Mr . Brunei under the Thames , is in contcra « plation from Porkinouth harbour to Osbornc House ? , in the Isle of Wight direct ; and it is further said , that nothing but nature herself can " throw cold water" on the scheme . —Ibid .
A most Exciting JN ' kiv J"UB . w .. —Speedily « 'iii be published , No . 1 of a new daily paper , to be entitled , " Tho 1 ' oople ' s Illustrated Railway an Steam-boat Accident Chronicle . " This journal v be exclusively devoted to niatt « vs connected y accidants on railways or steam-boats in every p the globe ; and will contain the fullest and iiccounts of the latest catastrophes up to the of "oinn- to press ; tocelher with lives and of the killed aud woumled , and reports ott held on the former . It will bo published morning , profusely illustrated with c . woo . ! , representing tho latest collision * coatturing of limbs , boilings alive ,, oi trop bes on land or water ; and will closely-printed columns , a great piy being " expected . To friends of travoJ ! will be of the deepest interest , asaftV memorials of the Jast moments of tli *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1334/page/3/
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