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BEAUTIES OF BYRON , so . xv . " CIIIIDE HAHOLD . " Jn the notes to the third canto of this immortal geem [ see Murray ' s one volume cditioj )} we find the following from the pen of Sir Waltjsk Scott;—The first and second cantos of " Ciiilde Harold ' s Pil-: grimage" produced , ou their appearance in 1812 , an effect -upon the public , at least equal to any work which has appearedwttlfmtliis or tlic last century , ami placed at once upon Lord Bvron ' s head the garland for which other men of genius have toiled long , and which they have gained late , lie was placed pre-eminent amung the literary men of his country by general acclamation . It was amidst such feelings of admiration that he entered tlie public stage . Everything in Ins manner , person , and
conversation , tended to maintain the charm which his genius had fluiy around him ; and those admitted to his com-ersatiou , far ii-oiu iindin- that the inspired iioet sunk into ordinary mortality , felt tlnmisolves attached to him , not only by many neble qualities , but by the interest of a mysterious , undefined , and almost painful curiosity . A countenance exquisitely modelled to the expression of feeling and passion , and exliibitin" the remarkable contrast of verj dark hair and eyebrows with light and expressive ejes , jirescutcd to . tlio physiognomist the most interesting subject for the exercise of his art . 'flic predominating expression was that of deep and habitual thought , which jjare way to the most rapid plav of f «»
-turcs when he engaged iu interesting discussion ; so that a brother poet compared them to the sculpture of a beautiful alabaster vase , only seen to perfection when lighted up from within . The Hashes of mirth , gaiety , indignation , or satirical dislike , which frequently animated -Lord Byron ' s " countenance , might , during an evening ' s comer , satlon , he mistaken , by a stranger , fur the habitual expression , so easily anil so happily was it formed for them all ; but those who had an opportunity of studying his features for a length of time , and upon various occasions , both of rest and emotion , will agree that their proper language was that of melancholy . Sometimes f hades of tins gloom interrupted even his gavest and most happv
moments . The following stanzas form the opening of the third canto : — Is thy fair face like thy mother's , my fair child ' . Ada 2 sole daughter of my house and heart ? * When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smiled , And then we pitted—not as now we part , 3 Jut with a hope . — Awaking with a start , The waters heave around me , and on high The winds lift uii their voices : I depart .
"Whither I know not ; f but the hour ' s gone by , When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye . Once more upon the waters ' . yet once more ! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider . 'Welcome to their roar ! Swift be their guidance whereso ' cr it lead ! Though the strained : nast should quiver as a reed , And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale , Still must I on ; for 1 am as a weed , Tlung from the rock , on Ocean ' s foam to . tail Where ' er the sur ^ s m : ir sweep , the tempest ' s breath
prevail . » « # # He , who grown aged iu this world of woe , In deed ? , not years , piercing the depths of lif- - ' , So that no wonder waits him ; nor below Can love , or sorrow , fame , ambition , strife , Cut to his hesrt again with the keen kaife Of silent , sharp endurance : he can tell Why thought seelcs refuge in lone caves , yet rife With airy images , and shapes -. vhich dwell Still unimpaired though old , in the soui ' s hauuted coll "Tis to create aud in creating love A being more intense , iiiat ivc uiiiloiv With form our fancy , gaining as we give The life we image , even as 1 < lu now .
AVhat am 1 ? Xoilsuu ; : but not so art tbou . Soul of my thought ! with whom 1 traverse earth , Invisible but g . iziug , as 1 glow Jlix'd with thy spirit , blended with thy birth , Aud felling stiil wilh thee in my crusliM feelings' dearth Yet must I think less wildly : —I hare thought Too long and darkly , till ipy brain became , In its own eddy boiling a : ui o ' crivr . mght A whirling gulj'U of phantasy aud ilume : And thus , untaught i : i y « utii « iy heart to tamp 31 j springs of lire were poisoned . 'Tis too late 1 Yet am 1 changed ; though still enough the same Iu strength to bear what time can not abate And feed on bitter fruits without accusiu- ' Pate .
In the stanzas following the above , tne poet , " adopting more < listiut : liy ihc character of Ciiiidc Harold than in the orkiual poem , assigns the cause why he has resumed his Pilgrim ' s staif , when it was Loped he had sat doivu for Ihe a dciibteii of Jus liative country . " That cause was his domestic uiihappiness , which we shall not now further aiiude to . We cannot give the whole oftiieaiaiiz .-js , hat selvct the following in which the poet , speakiiijj of the " Childe , " describes himself : — "Where rose the mountains , there to him were friends ; "Where roll'd the ocean , thereon was his home ; AVhsre a blue sky , ami glowing clime , extends , lie had the passion and the power to roam ; The desert , forest , cavern , breaker ' s foam , "Were unto him eomi * unio : ishi ; i ; they sjiaUe A mutual language , clearer than the toue Of his land's tongue , which . lie would oft forsake
For nature ' s pages glasi'd by sunbeams on the lake , iike the Chaldean , he could watc ' . i the stars Till he ha <* pi .-oided them wilh beings bright As their own beams - , and earth , and earth-born javs , Aud human frailties , were iurgotun quite : Could he have kept h ' . s spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but tl . is clay will sink Its spark immortal , envying it the li ^ hl lo winch it mounts , ; is if t « break tiie link That keeps its from yon heaven which woo = us to its brink But in man ' s dwellings he became a thing Restless and worn , and stem and wearisome , Droop'd . as a wiltl-born falcon with dipt wing , To whom the boundless uir alone Were home : Then came his IK x ' o- » "i which tu u ' crcoiue , As eagerly tin- barrM up bird will beat llis breast and beak agaiuit his why dome Till the blood tinge his plumage , so the heat Of his impeded soul woald through his bosom eat .
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THE JFATiJ O" liKrOJiMEllS . [ From " The Ocean I'loweiv' J ' . y T . M . Hughes . ] O 3 Isn 2 tiiou art the mystery of the world , A compound of the vile : n : d the sublime , A fine creation all to chaos hurled , A thing of opposite * , of pe . irl and slime I The g lorious likeness of a God is there , Uut , aii , the mirror blurred and broken lies , Distornng every feature—jet Iiow fcir—Worm of the Earth aud : uigel of tlie Skies ! Thv life through error ' s maze uoth wildcring pasr , Tliy truths most precious doubt encirch / s round ; Thv judgments , singuhir and in tlie mass , Arc feeble , wavering , prejudiced , unsound . And they who labour most in thy behoof Are victims of thy persecuiKn most ; Thou euviest . hatest , iecrest , stand's ! aloof
l ' roin those who liil discovery ' s loremost post . ~ Sv \ f a ^' ° tlltm J uslicc ' TJl 0 U » ' Dost stone thy benefactors—veiwiutd Sloth - , Yet moved this planet round , ' mid worldly strife , With Galileo aud his jailors both ! A . rt thon indeed , tlien , worthy of the toil , The mental anguish , and the nervous shock , Of those who , Earth to enlig hten , drudge and moilt Prometheus , answer , chained upon thy rock ! Answer , great Hercules , thy labours done , liewarUed wilh the Centaur ' s poisoned robe ; Give answer , Theseus , all thy laurels won , Consigned to torture " neath the passive Globe ; And answer all th = t went before their time Amassing knowledge and diffusing light ; The branded Pariahs of every
clime—The dungeoned victims of a keener sight ; Whose mighty souls seemed formed for higher orbs , And casual dropt upon this humbler earth ; Tea , answer He whose grief all grief absorbs , Diviue " disturber" nailed for Sion's mivlh I Answer , tbou Globe , aud show beneath thy sod , Upturned and smiling in eternal youth , The bones of all the martyred saints of God , And butchered worshippers of Freedom , Truth I Proscribed , maligned , reviled , and hunted by The thing miscalkd Society , a tear Slight dim , but all in vain , the martyr's eye ; A conscience pure transcends all human fear .
And this shall be your late till ends the world , Ye who would be Ifeformevs ! would expose Error or rice , Truth ' s sunlit uag unfurled , Aud fearlessly defy her cruel foes . Yet , oh , despair not , great and generous souls , But bold pursue your tasks of human love - , To thankless mortals multiply your doles , And trust for vour reward from powers above
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7 niTR RG \ T 6 RY " " siJiciLbES . A Piusox 1 ivTes Books . By Thomas Cooper , tie SX London : J . flow , 132 , He * , reet . ( Continued from the Star of Octoler UA . ) The " Sixth Book" is a wonderful and . pe ^ t p «^ ^ ccrSdefytuemost captiously-inclmedcutic ta
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find a fault in it , unless indeed he should be a religious bigot , in which case itfwlTnofbc short oi matter on which to ground his' cavillings . As to " beauties , " the puzzle is not to find ifoem , the puzzle is to select a few stanzas out of the hundred and thirty—all beautiful , contained in the "Bock , " which shall give the reader something liko an idea of this portion of the poem . We give the following from the " notes , " as a necessary introduction to the opening stanzas : — Six human being 3 underwent capital punishmenS in front of Stafford Gaol , during ihe two years I remained in it . Tlie entire procedure in any one instance , 0 * course , I could not witness : on one occasion , only , when , on ascount of the early hour and season of the year , I had not been removed from my night-cell , I beheld the grim preface to the legal butchery . Without repeating the testimonies of reflecting men who have
attended executions , as to the hardening dlcct of those savage spectacles—I will just observe that while the sound of the death-bell for the first execution filled me and my fellow-prisoners with paroxysms of distress , on tlie second , third , and fourth occasions , WC beCiWlC Comparatively unconcerned . And , when I was left a solitary prisoner , the ^ Jind of the death-tell , for the last time , created a . fen * bitter thoughts of the abhorrent and uncivilized nature of the impending tragedy ; but a kind of careless disgust followed , from the instant reflection that all my dislike of the brutal transaction was vain . And , within ten minutes after the death-bell had ceased , I actually caught myself humming "Ye Itanks and Braes o' lionny Doon ! " Sow , a more sensitive and excitable human creature than mysi-lf , perhaps , does not exist : but there is the honest fact—such as startled me by its strangeness , at the time : —let the advocates for the usefulness of capital punishments as " impressive moral lessons'' make what they can of it .
Hood ! blood!—lc human hull-hounds , — when , oh 1 -when Will ye have had your iill ? The ha 2 y mom Hath scarcely dawned upon this gr isly , den Of demon l ' ower , ere yon poor wretch forlorn Is led to slaughter : —led 1—nay , fainting , borne Unto the ladder ' s fcot ! Murder by law , Iu lieu of med'einc till his wits return , And pity , for a creature whose brain-flaw Urged him , ev ' n while he wept , to lay his infant low ! It is the death-toll : there ! they bear him on ! I climb to read the lesson through my bars . — Hah ! curso upon thee , priest !—is it well done , That thoii , a peace-robed herald pattering prayers , Iiost head the dead-march 1 Trow ' st thou not it jars
Yi'ith that sky-message which proclaimed , thou say ' st , " 1 ' eace and Goodwill to Man" ?—aye , that it mars The face of mercy to behold tliee placed There , in grim state , ' tween spears with crape , in mockery , graced ! 'Tis passed , —the bloody cavalcade : Farewell , Poor pale , weak , fellow-worm ! 'twill soon be o ' er , — Thy tearful pilgrimage . 'Tis done : —the knell , Ceases ; and though I , happ'Jy , see no wore Of the fell tragedy , —the sullen roar Of groans and execrations , pierces through ilv dungeon-grating , —for the gazers pour
The heart's involuntary curse on you , Ye hireling butchers who now " give the law its due" ! Addressing the priest * , the poet says : — What tyjpints leave unvauquished in the mind By threat of chains , the gallons , llamc , or sword , — Ye humble by your Hell J— AVas I not blind—To judge yu inconsistent I T rue accord Subsists between your nzw and elder " word . " Ye throw away no part : it is because , — With cunning shrewder than the simple horde 0 ' th' laity , —ye ken the penal clause Blends in one spirit fierce the old and late Jews' laws ,-
Hell-fire—cocivio ;!—for the ingi ate hard Who will not love the Uod set forth as high , Vast , indescribable , in his Lore ' s regard For Men ! " Love him—or II « will magnify "His glory by consigning tlice to die "In ceaselessilames an ever-Hviiig death I " 0 Christ ! how can I love what diilli outvie All tyrannies iu horriblcncss of wrath—This monstrous Thing derived from an old monster Taith ' Thine , Galilean , is of all earth ' s creeds The greatest marvel ! Wonder at thy toil Of tears , self-sacrifice , and love succeeds Each step we tread with thee—till this dread foil Unto thy moral beauty doth despoil The yearning heart oi' its impassioned hope : Death-stricken , blighted , doth tlic soul recoil From its tempestuous wish to love thee : droop It must in doubt : —and to its nourne in darkness grope
Alas ! thy repetition of that most Enslaving of all slavish thoughts—a Hell Wherewith the Priest may threat to tame the ghost Of him who dares in mortal life rebel 'Gainst Faith or Kings—restrains the heart's love swell Hushing to centre in thee , and reveals To Reason that thou eouldst not burst the spell Of Circumstance—which ev ' n the mh f litic . it seals In impotence : we do but net :-. s she impels . Ill the jaidst of his reveries the pout is startled by observing the destroying arts oi the spider ; this painful sight induces some startling but perfectly rational reflections on thu priast-tjiughl dogma of a universal Providence unchangeably just and good : which dogma appears to thu poet to bo exceedingly questionable . Ilnh' murO . evons siridey S—when I watched thee spread
Thy cobweb yestermorn , it did relieve A dreary prison-hour to mark each thread l ' rom thee , t !; ou magic artisan , receive Its faery texture : while I saw thes weave That dwdal miracle , tins poison-thought llo £ e not tliut now Impi-lluth me to grieve Much more than to admira— to grieve and doubt , . \ s , in a torment-web , like thy pour victim , caught ! Tik'St : dost thou smile , beholding how the web Of thought , involves , at length , its devotee , And lays him , helpless us a limber babe . At Mystery's fee ; ? Oh : 1 "ill slander thee " So more : if >' auirc hath a Deity , Tlie Bible doth not slanderously limn His portraiture : Author of agony The living book doth , hourly , picture Him : The written—thrums a Slaughterer ' tween the Cheru
bun I 'Tis clear ; who tries tltc Frith by Nature's test , — 0 modern Stagyritc!—between tby creed And Her must own " Analogy" contest . ' -Submit theo , then , vain doubt . r!—since decreed ' It is that life consists of things of greed ' Aud tilings to be their prey , —submit and bow ' To Him who m-xic them tluis : buck , that may lead ' Thee to the Faith in which , thou dost allow , The Deity is drawn with Xature ' s girded brow !' Priest ! I will answer thee with that fivo soul These bolts and bars have only served to thew . — Forty short summers towards my earthly goal Have I now journeyed , —and , fur me , but few More summers can remain : Wrong to eschew , And Right to choose , with heartfelt earnestness , How cau I lack dispose , —while , to my view , The grave is yawning in its cold duresse To close what tyrants leave of my clay ' s feebleness ?
Vriest ; I have felt by turns from earliest days , As well as calms , tlie tempest of the brain : Fervid devotion , and the wild rapt blaze Of ecstasy in prayer ; ascetic pain And fasting ; midnig ht book-toil to obtain The kev to facts—knowledge of tongues of old ; Wi'jghfns of evidence—grave ,-long , —again ; With constant watchings how Man doth unfold What is the impress true he bears from Xature ' s mould ;—And this , in humbleness I would declare , And yet with courage , is my only l ' aith : — Goodness alone , with its blest , yearning care , Is worshipful—for Goodness only hath Power to make good and happy things of breath And thought . If Man can be transformed Wholly to virtue , —jiuiiishmcnt aud wrath , — Taught by all priests that on the earth have swarmed , — -Must be untaught ; and ilan by Love to Kight be charmed .
Goodness alone is worshipful . —Sot what Gives life , but what gives happiness is good . 1 cannot worship what 1 own a Wot To be in my own nature—hasty flood Of feeling that with ireful hardihood Would rush to do what I would soon regret : Xor can I worship , priest ! thy Shapes of Ulood , Or Nature ' s cause ofl ' ain : —if to beget Love in the soul these fail—shall worship , there be met 1 I cannot worship what I cannot love . If this be vicious , priest ! shew me the way To virtue : 1 will own , —if thou dost prove My error : but , till then , I humbly say , I think the error thine . To resurvey , For proofs of Deity , great Xature ' s face ,
Drawn , ve : i impelled , unto Mind ' s latest day , 1 snail be by Her wouuevs - , —but—tU' embrace Of All-pervading Goodness , —shall I fiud It's trace ? I say not that there is no God : but that Iknow not . Dost thou know , or dost thou guess ?—Why should I ask thee , priest ? Darkness has sat With LWiton Nature , —Woe with Happiness—Since human worms crawled from their lauguagoless Imperfect embryons , and by signs essayed Tj picture their first thoughts . 'Tis but excess Of f ollv to attempt the great charade To solve ; and yet the irking wish must bo obeyed . The poet next re-introduces us to the assemblage of renowned suicidea . The following amongst other characters figure in this book— Demosthenes ,
Whose lightning tipped tongue Had made Greece glorious unto farthest time , Had Socrates ne ' er lived , nor Homer sung , Kor Marathon boen found beneath her clime ; TlIEMISTOCLES , Whose name with Salamis shall live Forave ; andDiius "the latest Greek . " Of Romans there are Cato , Caics Gracchus , Cvnnus , and JiRUius and Cassios . Besides these , there are Hasxibal , Photius , Satbu and several others ; together with many of fte characters describecUitv the previous books , Poor Ww quite wilUfi |^ g ivftup royal
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mockeries for the advancement of thegeneraygcod ; his only regret is , that , in his mortality , he was doomed to be a kin < r . In the three following stanza's from his speech , Bible-readers will find some rather toughish " nuts to crack - ""ft'lien Samuel , in my sight , to pieces hewed The royal Agag , whom I longed to 9 ave—I saw that when Jehovah Imtl ft ft'Ull With his poor human worm , He would not ware His claim to justice—but , upon the slave Who dared to step between His holy wrath And the doomed victim , He would vengMince have-Slow—signal—sure r The Everlasting ' s path Who can find out ?—who coinprehcndeth what Ho saith ?
His prophet did my hranblo head anoint , And said the Lord bad chosen me to rule : Exterminating war God did appoint On Amelcls , next : —His ways are wonderful ! When I besought , at His Divine footstool , l ' ardon for weakness , Agag ' s holy slayer Said God did not repent like man !—How dull Are our xiercoptions !—Did lie not declare JIg inoiiiiyt ' h , and repent 1—Ho who refused my pi'ayei ? AH—all is mystery ! I soujlit no thrones : — My father ' s asses , as I , following , roamed O ' er the wild wilderness—if on me shone Tlie cheering sun , or sterile Suture gloomed—A kingdom seemed to me : —but I was doomed To know the mockery of earthly bliss !—And is not Slieol mockery t—We are wombed In dread and doubt—fearing to do amiss—Anil to do well , lack power to burst our destiuics !
Mr . Cooi-ku ' s " notes" are very intercstimr , some of them being in themselves complete though briol Itistories or biographies of celebrated characters . Tlic following is a specimen : —
CLEANTIIES Is a noble Greek example of mind triumphing over Jimculties . He was at lirst a . "fisty-cull ' er "—as the old translators phrase it , in the edition of Diogenes I . aet'tius " made English by several hands : " KIOU— "but coming to Athens , with no more than four drachmas in his pockets , and meeting with Zono , ha betook himself most sedulously to the study of Philosophy , &c . " "By night ( says Knfield , who renders Lacrtius more elegantly ) he drew water as a common labourer in the publie gardens , that he might have leisure , in the day-time , to attend the schools of philosophy . The Athenian citizens observing that though he appeared strong and healthy , he had no visible means of subsistence , summoned him before the court of Areopagus , according to the custom of the city , to give an account of his manner of living , Upon this , he produced the gardener for whom he drew water , and a woman for whom he ground meal , as witnesses to prove
that he subsisted by thu honest 1 . bouv of his hands . The judges of the court were so struck with admiration ot this singular example of industry and perseverance , tl )» it they ordered ten vaxaas to be paid him out of the public treasury—which , however , Zeno would not suffer him to accept Glcnnthcs was for many years so poor , that he was obliged to write the heads of his master ' s lectures upon shells and bones , for want of money to buy paper . "—The suicide of this philosopher , at a very advanced aye , was singularly quiet and yet heroic . His physicians recommended fasting for some disease with which he was afflicted ; and having abstained from fund for two days , although lie had thus subdued hia disorder , he refused to cat again , saying that since he had travelled so far towards the cud of life he would not go back again—and , accordingly , tiled by voluntary ' total abstinence . ' —Tliu testimonies to the elevated morality of his life are abundant .
In this book eloquent and truly postie . il speeches in favour of equality arc put into the mouths of !>;• : MOSTIIE . VES , TlIEMISTOCLKS , & . KAXTHKS , CaIUS Glt . VUcnus , Ltouroi's , and others . The speech of Lycurgus concludes the book ; we give the following extracts therefrom : — Error , from human ignorance darkly sprang . As children misname things , and shout or shriek , From pleasure or affright—so mankind sang , In rhapsodies of joy , the <; olucn streak Of morn ; and , when they heard the thunder speak , IJowed down in awe , and wept . Infants in mind , They marvelled—and made gods of visage meek Or terrible , and , then , to them assigned Rule o ' er the sun and cloud , the sky , and sea , and w ' uvi .
Thrones , likewise , sprang l ' rom human ignorance : — Nature ' s rude elements presented war Tor Man : rocks , earth-lhunes , ocean ' s vast expanse , Storms , forests , savage beasts , were found to mar Man ' s easts or rest : on every side a bar Opposed itself , alike to further good , Or present peace : —tlicn , lit ) an exemplar Was held who overcame , by hardihood , Lion ov bear , horrors of eavcrn , llame , or flood . Such were old Earth ' s primeval monarchs : kings , Leaders , by courage—holding simple sway— . If . sway they held—\> y useful conwassings Of larger means for nourishing man ' s clay . 0 -Mithridates , when I heard thee say Some were bora natural leaders , unto these
I turned—the chiefs of patriarchal Jay—Coinpiirinj , ' them with Ignis Hut Earth now sees—The puny h'ldings man approaches on his knees ! Cities were built , and man subdued the soil : — But , now , Craft grew , and seized ou mystery—Iii /' c , dentil , sun , stars—all that the sons of toil Saw without comprehending ;—and with glee , . Secret but strong , saw Man a devotee 2 k-comr , credent and humble—reverent laud Hendcrinx unto the l ' riest as lowlily As to the gods this minister of fraud Saul lie heard speak—while men him listed , overawed Then , between Vricstand King grew contest rifts For mastership ; and Ganges and old Nile—Whose sacred servants foremost led the
strifelieheld the proof , in many a mighty pile That decked their marges , how completely Guilu Could triumph over Strength . 15 ut , in the end , Altar and Tin one felt it unworth the while To waste each othir—tincc , they shrewdly kenned The prey enough for both : —so King called Priest—his friend ! 7 . onjr , dreary , miserable years have fled—Since tlic foul compact first was ratified , ]! y Priestcraft placing on throned Kingship ' s head , With hands in reeking blood of victim dyed , The gaud of gold—the sign of kingly pride-Long , dreary , suffering , weeping , wailing years : — Oft have the bruised and trampled sulVevers tried To rise;—but the Priest ' s curse woltc inward fears , And thev bowed down again unto their toil with tears
Say ye , Itight ' s triumph , like a dream , shall fade , ' . Xeath swift rcwaking vigour of throned l'ower XMonarchs , bu not deceived ! Nig ht , now , hath aid Troni Knowledge—hid by priests in secret bower , Aud when thence ' scappd , caught , and to dungoon-towei By them condemned—yea , to the fiery flame- !—They knew not of her high immortal dov / er , The veritable Plicmiix—whom to tame , Or to destroy , will ever mock old priestly aim ! 1 . 0 ! she hath ta ' en young Freedom by the hand—And , in the strength and comeliness of youth , Supplanting Craft and Power in every land , And heralding the reign of Love and Truth , They go . Yet little reek they of the growth Of llight aud Knowledge , who the glorious pair Regard not : —the besotted shapes uncouth That dream , like age-cramped spiders in their lair , Their cobweb safe—though winds sport with it in the air
Ami , brothers , here we solemnly obtest The Sovereignties of Nature that the toil AVc will not end , till Men and spirits blest Hold general jubilee!— He said;—and , while He stretched aloft his hand—from motley pile And throne , great souls arose , and instant raised A hand aloft—each with * a godlike smile!—And light empyreal fvom each essence blazed , Until I woke—with the bright vision soul-bodazed ! ( To he Continued . )
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DOUGLAS JERUOLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE— Octobkh . London : J ' uncli OHice , 02 , Hect-itreefc . In chanter xviii . of the excellent story ot " St . Giles and St . James , " the reader is rc-introducedto that oddity , the misanthropic , benevolent mufhnmaker , dipstick , now retired fron ^ business , and the inmate of a country residence , which this would-be modern Diooknes " has christened with the name ot the " Tub . " Bright Jem , the kind-heartedlinkman , now an old and withered man , is hermit-companion of the ex-mulrinmakci ' . An accident brings to . Giles in contact with these two , though up to the close of the chapter he has not informed them who he is . This chapter is made the medium lor sonic of the most beautiful thoughts ever given birth to by any writer . '' Sorwug the People" is a good article , containing much wholesome truth , . "ihe l'icry Tongue" though not to be rated very high as a poem ,
, is amply redeemed from all imperfections by the excellent spirit and noble object of the author . U'omwell in tlio Sh . itles" " needs no ghost" to recommend the article . The article entitled " The l , ng ishman in Prussia" we gave in this paper of thn 4 th inst ., under the head of " The Prussian Despotism , ihe seventh chapter of a " History for \ oung England has for its subject "Early English Churchmen . The article is ablv written , and shows the writer to be intimately acquainted with the subject on which he writes . This " history" is the most valuable we have ever read , as regards England , and our only regret is , that the writer did not begin at the beginning , instead of commencing with tlic Lonqucror . Every youth should read this excellent history . " The Hedgehog Letters , " "The Philosop her Married , " " The Confessions of a Quack , " and . reviews" of several new works from the remaining contents of this number . We take the following
extract from the " Hedgehog Letters : — IUII / WAYS . There's nobody in town , and nothing in the paper&out plans of railways , that in a little time will cover al . 1 ingland like a spider ' s net } aud , as in the net , there will be a good many flies caught aud gobbled up ( by ftose who spin it . # * # And , isn't it a fine thing—I know you don't think so , W isn't it 3—to know that all that ' s been done , and all , that ' s to do , \ d }\ be done , because Englishmen have left off cuttinfi fttjiW awn ' s throats I That peace to . < te i' a 111 « * * %
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ODght *' t to set up a dove \ Vitti air oh ' ve branch at every railway terminus , I ' m an impostor .-1 * es ; -grandmother , peace has done it all ! Only think of thefit-on that had been melted inttv cannon and round stet ; and chain shot , and all the other sorts of shotthat the devils on a holiday play at bowk with . '—if the war had gone on—all the very same iron that ' s now peacenWy bill upon sleepers ! ' Think of the iron that had been fired into the sea , and banged through quiet people ' s houses , and sent mashing squares and squares of
men—God ' s likenesses in red , blue , and' green coats , hired to bu killed at so mnny pence a day—only think what would lmvi beeV this wicked , I will say " , this blasphemous wasts' of mctlil—that , as it is > has boon made into steam-engines ' . Very fine , indeed ; they say , is the roar of artillery ;"• but what is it to the roar of steam ? I never see an engine , with its red-hot coals and its clouds of steam and smoke , that it doesn't ssam tome like a tremendous dragon that has been tamed by man to carry all the blessings of civilisation to his fellow-creatures .
n ell , I Should liko the ghe&t of Buonaparte to gei up some morning , and take the Twit-sin his thin hands ,- If he wouldn't turn yellower tha » ercrhe was at St . Helena ! There he'd see plans for railways in France—leUy Franw , as I believe they call it—to be cariied out by Frenchmen and Englishmen . Yos ; he wouldn't see ' cm mixing bayonets , trying to poke ' em iii one another ' s bowels , that a feu- tons of blood might , as-they call it , water itslaurels —( how any man can wear'laurels at all , I can ' t tell , they must smell so of the slaughter-house !) he wouldn't set ! ' cm charging one anothoi on the battle-field , but quietly ranged , cheek-by-jowl , in-tbe list of directors 1 Not exchanging bulled , but clubbing together their hard cash .
Consider it , grandmother , isn't it droll ? Here , in these very lists , you see English captains and colonels in company with French viscounts and barons , and I don't know what , planning to lay iron down- in France , to civilise and add to the prosperity of Frenchmen . * # The Prince Joinrillc is now and then looking about our coast to find out , it is said , which is the softest part of us , in the-case of a war , to put his foot upon < us . Poor fellow 1 h-5 ' a got the disease of glory ; only , as it sometimes happens with the small-pox , it has struck inwards ; it can t come out upon him . When we ' ve railwavs laid
down , as I say , like a spider's web all over the country , won't it be a little hard to catch us asleep ? For you see , just like- the spider ' s web , the electric telegraph ( inquire what sort of a thing it is , for Ihavn't time to tell you ) , the cleetrie telegraph will touch a line of the web , when down will come a tremendous spider in a red coat with all sorts of murder after him ! Hind , grandmother , let us hope this never may happen : but when folks who'd molest us , know it can come about , won ' t they let us alone ? Depend upon it , we ' re binding war over to keep thu peace , and the bonds are made of railway iron !
You'd hardly think it—you who used to talk to me about tlie beauty of glory ( I kuow you meant nothing but red coats and the fine epaulets ; for that , so often is women ' s notion Of glory , tho' blCiS ' em , they ' re among the first to nialci ! lint , and cry over the sons of glory , with gashes spoiling all their line feathers )—you'd hardly think it , but they're going to put up a statue to the man who first made boiling water to run upon a rail . It ' s quite true : ¦ I read it only a day or two ago . They ' re going to fix ' up a stnttio to George Stcphcnson , in Newcastle . How you will cast up your dear old eyes when you hear of tl . is ! You , who ' ve only thought that statues should bo put up to Queen Anne , and George the Third , and his nice son , George the Fourth , and such people ! I should only like a good many of the statues here in London , to be made to take a cheap train down to Newcastle , to see it . If , dirty as they are—and dirty as they were—they
wouldn't blush as red as a new copper halfpenny , why , those statues—especially when they've queens and kings in ' em—are the most unfeclingest of metal ! What a lot of mangled bodies , and misery , and house-breaking , and wickedness of all sorts , carried on and made quite lawful by a uniform , may we see—if we chose to see at ailabout the statue of what is called a conqueror ! What firing of houses , what shame , that because you're a woman , I won't more particularly write about—we might look upon under the statue , that is July so high because it has so much wickedness to stand upon ! If tlie statue could feel at all , wouldn ' t it put up its hands , and hide its face , although it was made of the bust bronze . When George the Fourth is made to hear the news —( fur kings are so very long before the truth comes to ' oin ) i—he'd like to gallop oft'to the first melter ' s , and go at once into the nothing that men think him .
Wo fc-ar that Douglas Jerrolu is over sanguine as to the moral and beneficial effects likely to How from tho union of . Hnirlisli ami French speculators in forming railroads in Franco . Still the above noble idens do honour to the heart of the writer . We need not say , that with the spirit of those ideas we cordially concur . In expressing our fears that Douglas Jnnnoi . u is over-sanguine in his belief in the continuance of peace , and the rapid progress of general union , we do not do so without cause . Wo have on former occasions commented on the dctcstablcspirit animating the war-jotirnaU of Franco , aud we now invite the reader s attention to tho following specimen oi Anglophobia on tne part of the National ;—
The French asp English Flags . — A very strange fact baa been pointed out to us , to which we call the attention of tlie public , for it pushes courtesy and Hie entente eordb . de a great deal too far . Travellers who pass by Jiiirnntin , near llouen , may see on the aqueduct ( the National , no doubt , means viaduct ) of tlie railway the English ilag raised by tlie side of the French ling . The Fiench flag , indeed , does not appear to be admitted at all excepting hy tolerance , for it occupies the left . It has also been remarked that at tho time of the llouen races the English flag was hoisted on all the booths occupied bv Englishmen . What is the meaning of this importation of English colours into the middle of France ? There has been , certainly , a great degree of cowardice on the part of the local authorities who could tolerate such
improprieties . Uy what right is an English ilajj displayed 7 On account of works dono in Fiance ? Is it because these works arc conducted to some extent by Englishmen ? We should like to know in that case if in England the French Hag is tolerated in the same way \ In pviiuiiilo , there is only the French Hag , and there can be no other in France . It is of little consequence whether the works iu mnsonrr be done by English or by Chinese . They ate made in France , and for France , and that is enough . It is to be hoped that the superior authorities will give orders to their subordinates to prevent this English ilag from coming to insult tlie susceptibilities of French nationality by its presence . This right de bunnicre , which the English thus abuse , is not an ailair of indifference . If it were , the English would not show themselves so persevering in their pretensions . —National .
The above is a specimen of French nationality run crazy . The National professes to be an advocate of " progress ; " its politics are , we believe , Republican , and " something more ; " but , judging by the above paragraph , we must consider the National as the organ of retrocession , rather than of progress . It would load the world bade to the " good old times " when nations savagely slaughtered each other for the honour of a , wretched rag of bunting , christened wilh tho title of "flair . " or "banner . " French
llcnublicanism teaches the abolition of nationalities and the substitution of fraternity instead ; but French Republicans , that is such Republicans as the writers in the National , would let _ loose the hell-hounds oi war , and cover the earth with carnage and tears for the purpose of exalting the French ilag ! The writer in the National evidently would make this exhibition in France of a bit of English bunting on the top ol a drinking booth a casus belli between the two nations ! Is this miserable barbarism a specimen of the much vaunted French civilisation ? If
so" 0 , shame to thee , land of the Gaul . " For ourselves , we earnestly desire the fraternity and common union of all nations , and it is because we desire this , that we protest against the rabid trash of the writer in the National .
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THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE—October . London : J . Clayton , 320 , Strand . Of " Tlie Dead Guest , " continued in this number , we can say nothing , as not having seen the first and second numbers of this ( tkc new ) series , and , therefore , not having seen the commencement of the story , we have not read any portion of it . " Faith above all things" evidences i ] ccp thought anil sound sense on tlie part of the writer , combined with a hopeful belief in human progress . In saying this , we speak of the article generally ; there are exceptional }' passages we cannot accord with ; the beau ideal of " a reformer , sketched in this article , is hardly to our liking ; it strikes us that a true reformer " should be made of sterner stuff . " The " Sketches of Indian . Sports" is capital , and has but one fault ; it is too brief ; it would take aloiiff storv indeed to tire us if
written by the author of these " Sketches . " '' The Widow of Lyons , " is a short but pleasing story , chiefly valuable for the beautiful illustration heading it . " The l ' oorhousc Fugitive , " being a sequel to Boh Thin , " in the September number , is most tastefully and beautifully illustrated . "Tlie Fast , the Present , and the Possible , " is continued , and it the narrative of tho writer is really a history of his own experiences , then , indeed , is " truth stranger than fiction ; " but whether truth or fiction , the story of our cosmopolitan friend is verv interesting . " Mr . Zigzag" continues his delightful " Reereations . " Chap . xi . gives an account of "Saves Court ,. Deptford , " the residence of the celebrated "Eveitcs ; " ami ohap . xii . describes " Qrcen-Arbour Court , " sometime the London residence of tho goou-hcartcd Oliver Golds ^ hth : —
" For shortness ealled Noll , Who wrote like an angel , and talk ' cUike poor Poll . " This is a charming chapter . The notices of tlie ] ife and eccentricities of our beloved Oliver aro most interesting , and we are strongly tempted to quote the entire chapter ; we must , however , content ourselves with the following extracts : —
OLIVJi GOLDSMITH . The career of Goldsmith was marked , not only by the vicissitude * Incidental to the life of an author subsisting by his pen , but its fluctuations wero likewise aggravated , by the waywavd tendencies of an unsettled and xomajrtlc disposition , When a boy , •« The History of . '«! j . o HogUM antt ¦ ftapna . rees / ' and the lives of pirate * , rojjbe ^ and
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smugglers , received a greater share of liia attention than the more regular sources of instruction ; and during the period of his" desultory studies at Trinity College , Dublin , he gave but little indication of character , save such tokens n » appertain to- that of a good-hearted , worthless fellow ; and , although tlic professions of divinity , law , and mediciiie . were successively set before liim , neither of them was found suited to a genius which would have its own time and its own way . The former proved a course for wliish he had no vocation ; ' and sKch was his modesty and ingenuity in- that particular , that
when , in after life , he happened to be nslced to pray at it friend ' s house , he declined the ofliec on tho plea of not being good enough . Thelsgal profession appeared too expensive a venture to the friends of the improvident scapegrace ; and some skill in throwing the sledge-hammer , and a pretty regular course of tippling at the inn of Ballyinahoii , constituted , at tl ^ time , the chief proficiency of Master Noll , who was now dedicated to the studies preparatory to a degree in s ! ie healing art . The scrapes , disgraces , and other dilemoas that distinguished tliis period of his life wcro mingle , ! with many circumstanees which manifested the native warmth and
humanity ot lus disposition , and certain ethers which foreshadowed the nature of his future career : for , when ]« t to the shifts for the means of paying a tavern score , he would write a ballad and carry it to the s ^ ii of ( lie Iteitldi-er , in Montnith-sJreet , where the Dublin Catnaeh of the time was always ready to * furnish him with the amount of five shillings in payment for such a production . Green Arbouv-court was the iivst settled London abmlu of Goldsmith . Having passed tno yciirs in Ik study of medicine under the older Monro , at Edinburgh , , where lie failed to take a degree , and another year at Leydcn , with the like ill success , he proceeded over a considerable portion of the Continsnt r at one time travelling from one convent to another , earning his night ' s entertainment , after the manner ot" a vovina student of thu
iitteenlh century , by the exhibition of his scholarship ; at another , piping merrily f ,. v Ms supper at the humble doer of some cottage in the sunny and music-loving land of Italy . The wanderer had landed at Dover , forlorn-and destitute , and was pzestmtly engaged in that most melancholy of all pursuits—the search for employment in London . This may be supposed tD have been tlic most tiying period of Goldsmith ' s whole life ; and when , about ten years afterwards , he began a story , to the surprise of a brilliant party at tin ; house of Sir Joshua lleynolds , with " When I lived among the beggars of Axelane , " it was probably u reminiscence of the very time when he wandered from one druggist's shop to another , humbly soliciting employment of any description . An obscuve chemist had at length taken compassion on him ,
and the result had l-ccn a brief sojourn at the corner of Bell-yawl , near the Monument . Ths next transition had been an essay in the character of a physician on the Danksiilc , Suuthwnrk , upon the strength of the degree of bachelor in medicine , supposed to have been obtained at Louvain , and by the help of Sleigh , a former fellowstudent at Edinburgh .. But Esculapius was not propitious to this erratic disc- ' ; and , in spite of the suit of green velvet and gold , bought at -second hand , to enhance the dignity or' his professional appearance , ani although , in consequence of a patch which was discovered iu the coat after the bargain was concluded , the hat of the physician was invariably held so as to cover the left breast during a consultation , still the lack of patients ov fees had induced a speedy termination of this adventure , and thus probably saved the livus and constitutions of some of the King ' s Vu gc subjects . This was
followed by an attempt to fulfil thu duties of an usher to a school at PecUham ; hut the tricks of the young gentlemen , "the drudgery by day , and last , not least , the misery of being obliged to sleep on the same pillow with a Frenchman , who stunk him ( - ! ead with rancid pomatums , " had completed the disgust of the- doctor , and finally drove him to Green Arhour-court , and the daily drudgery of a literary life . It was here that Jlalone found the doctor , " employed in writing his ' Inquiry into Polite Learning , ' in a wretchedly dirty room in which there was but one chair ; and when , from civility , this was offered to his visitant , he himself was obliged to sit in the window . While they wero conversing , some one gently rapped at ( lie door , » ml , on being desired to come in , a poor ragged little gii-1 of very deeenl behaviour entered , who , dropping a curtsey , said , ' My mamma sends her compliments , and bi'gs the favoiu' of you to lend her a chamber-pot ittll of coals . '"
No ouc had ever mot poverty and toil with a . manlier spirit than Goldsmith did ; the immense catalogue of his obscure productions , ranging from the history of empires even to that of "Goody Two Shoos , " attest his indefatigable industry and patient umhirauci : of unworthy toil . JJiitsuuli exertion win nroilni'o : i reaction . The mind of the author had lost its elasticity : the spirit oi the man flagged ; and the buoyant disposition that had carried him through so many trials was not of sitflicicnt tension to urge the last l \' . \ v steps towards the goal , in sight of which he fell . Uut , if tho spirit lla-jged , tiie
heart remained true and tender to the last . He still played with the children , aud " taught the ' . ! ug to beg ;" and it is told of him , that , being at a dinner-party , he suddenly ran out into the street to give all he had in his pocket to a pour ballad-singer . " Some of the company observed and remarked on his lavish bountifulness . ' Oil , ' said ho , ' you wev « all saying she suns sweetly , Irat you did not perceive the misery of her notes . '" lie only , who had felt the thorn in his own breast , could detect the sorrowful secret in the sont ; of the wounded nijjlitiiigiile /
On the 14-th of April , 1778 , Oliver Goldsmith departed from a life of many sorrows , with some bright glimpses of fame , and a few brief intervals of enjoyment . His mind had begun to prey upon itself , and the : od , y suffered ill the striigglo . His last act as a physician was a fatal one ; for his iinal prostration was hastened by an overdose of a powerful medicine of his own prescription . He was buried in the Temple Church , and his monument is in Westminster Abbey ; but thousands who have never sc . n it have a better in their own hearts when they reeal those scenes of virtue , without nll ' octntion of pathos , without extravagance , and of wit and humour without offence or license , which embellish his works , of whom the great moralist has said , he " left scarcely any kind of writing untouched , and touched uouo but wluit he adorned . " This number of the Illuminated contains . also a review of Mr . Coormi ' s " l ' lirgntory of Suicides . " Tlic notice is a favourable one .
uelasfc month expressed our unqualified admiration of this Magazine , which we niiiv repent . The literary matter is of a healthy ami high-toned character ; tlic writers do not strain after cifect , but achieve ei /' eefc purely by the natural strai . fith of their literary ability . As regards its literary contents , this Magazine may compete with any similar publication cAtant ; but as regards its illustrations it is beyond comparison the byst- of all the monthlies . It is from the first pane to thu last a thing of pencilled poetry and artistic beautv . After a somewhat
Jengtliy career of unfortunate management , the Illuminated is now in good hands , and if the public will only give it a fair trial , it cannot fail to achieve more than even its former popularity . It is a pleasing labour to proclaim the merits of the " worthy , and . earnestly hoping that our Commendation may not be in vain , we warmly recommend this iMa » azine to the reading public .
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SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE-Octobkii . London : Simmomls and Ward , 18 , Gornliiil . This month ' s number contains such a variety of matter interesting to tlie general reader , as wel l as to the politician , the colonist , and the intending emigrant , that we have had some diliiculty in getting tlivcmgli the one hundred and twenty pages and upwards , contained in a single number of this magazine . Indeed , we must candidly confess that we have not read the entire of the contents of tiiis number , for that would bo a labour , though a pleasing and profitable one , greater than wo have time to tiovoto to . Most of the contents , however , wo have read , and , generally speaking , we must express our approbation and admiration of the articles we have perused . The
opening article is a continuation of the " Notes o }\ tbe Sandwich Islands , " by Rojii : iit Ckiohion Wyli . iej Esq . " The Missouri River" gives asuccinct account of that celebrated American stream . Kext follows a continuation of tho scries of valuable articles " Oii the Agriculture of llindostan . " This is followed by a continuation of the interesting articles on the " Liberated African Establishment at St . Helena . " From the pen of the intelli gent and talented editor of " The Mohan Town Courier , " wo have a highly interesting account of "An Excursion to the Wellington Falls , Van Woman ' s Land . " A valuable topographical and general description of " The Cape ot Good Hope , Cape Town , and its environs , " is given in this number . Comparatively speakin » , but little is known hi this country of this-least talked of , but most Nourishing and happy of all tlic British colonies ; the article , therefore , in this magazine will be of
good service in throwing li ght upon a land hitherto almost veiled from the denizens of the mother country . Perhaps the gem of the present number is tlie article entitled " The Crescent City , " by Ciiaiuks Hooios , Esq ., describing the principal features and characteristics of New Orleans aad its motley inhabitants ; the only fault we have to find is , that the article is too brief . New Orleans is already a great city—that it is destined to bs a still greater , no one can doubt . Articles on "The defenceless state of England , " " New Zealand , " " The Temples of the Ajunta , " " Statistics of Van Dieman ' s Land , " "The Island of Cuba , " " Bytovrn ( Canada ) aud its environs , " with some minor articles , form the remaining contents of this number , which cannot fail to add to the already widely extended popularity of Simmonds ' Colonial llitgazmc . AVe had marked several passages for extract but want of space pveventa us giving them .
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A . v Vati Customer . — 'flic most effective liolnndaccording , we believe , to Lord-Byron—for the Olivers of an abusive hiickne . v-eoaeliman is culling him an ugly fellow ! It is known to have bsen the boast pi Air ! O'Connell , that he could drive ft coaeli-and-six through an Act oH ' arlianient , nor is hh fluency m opprobriousness less notorious ; and in the terpittule which he attaches to the reproach of Ugliness , he shows a further affinit y with the brotherhood of the whip . In the course of an invective against the Times Commissioner the uther day at " Conciliation " Hal ) , he asked— " Did they { his hearers ) know what he ( the Commissioner ) said ' ?—that the Irish women were ugly , He really did . DitS lie really ? Wo believe not ;¦ but no matter . Tell that , or anv * thins else , to
Conciliation" Hall . A worse charge than that 9 t ugliness , we think , was once brought against the women of England : no matter fov thai cither . — " Ugly " would seem—though the fact is cert . iinlv otherwiseto be the worst word in the O'Connell dictionary . Mr . John O ' Connell , the Tydidcs of Erss , can find no more insulting epithet to apply to the Commissioner himself . Whether that gentleman is an- ugly man or not , we imagine that tlie A gitators , titilicr ' nml son > have found him an ugly customer . He fcis done not a little to spoil their trade ; still , we wonder that cither ol . thcm should have called him tiirly , since , by liis revelations of the iviefclieduess of the Msli peasantry , lVom whose luml hands is wrung the" llepeal Rent , " ho Im proved them both , O'C ' onncH Senior and Junior , to be very prettv fellows . —Puncil ' .-
A GitATuiToi ' . T Catiikdral . —A great pai «« , we understand , , has been occasioned amongst the clergy of St . Paul ' s Ijy an announcement which has gone the round of tlm unpeg , lo tiw tll ' M llml tlic Very Reverend the Dean of Winchester had caused the Cathedral of that city to be opened , a . certain time daily , to the public , gratis . Tbe clerical showmen , it appears , are afraid that they will be expected to do likewise , and are in the greatest alarm for their twopenccs . Twopence , they argue , is in itself a small sum ; but twopence every live minutes or so conies to a round one in the course of a dav . lleallv the Ticnn
of 'Winchester should have rellcctcd before acting as he as done , lie should have considered , that if he does not earc about money himself , there are other Deans who love it dearly , and to whom the slightest loss is heart-rending . J lo has evidently no ear for Cathedral music : that is t > say , the chink of cash . Uut he should have regarded other tastes than his own before endeavouring to abolish it , and to silence those silver-toned harmonies , than which to the feelings of certain churchmen , the "long-drawn aislo and fretted vault" can resound with no strains more sooth inc . —Ibid .
A Railway Panic—The Boulogne News emphatically calls upon the public to refrain from railway speculation , on the ground that many ^ chemes will be unfinished ibl * want of the necessary iron . To say the truth , we do not anticipate a stoppage from want of iron , though we expect Micro will some day or other be a frightful smash for want of tin . —Hid . A Sumuiu ; Aitoixtsikxt . —O'Connell is loud in his denunciation of the " Government Education " scheme . Could not 1 ' eel , to propitiate him , establish in one of the proposed Colleges a Professorship of Biiliiic-ygate , ami confer the appointment—with an adequate salary—on the learned and vituperative gentleman 1—lbid .
looit Pkixck A ., and ms Ueckst "Accident . — How are the mighty fallen 1 Un Saturday LIsay , give us a Jittle stimulant to help us through this melancholy story]— -On Saturday ( sniil ') the p-r-incc met a most hawftil haccident —[ More g-gin—gin is your only drink foryourtalc of sorrow]—a hawftil haccident ! ljeforc going up to town —| oh-woh !]—his highness was innocently a-eoming down stairs—Lit wasn t after dinner , or , if it was , " that makes no difference ] , lie was a-comiti' downstairs ( snilf , sniftV and oh-woh-woh ) . his dear little foot s-1-ipped and il-o-wn , down tumbled the Uoy .-il Sports-man like a L-ubboj'ly Kh ' . « ! Sta . irgovcil . 1111 ! extUinetilied , he was picked lip by himselfor the regal maid-ol-all-workuv . iid-of-iill-work—wlueli menus the luaiil \ v \ uvt dou't do no work wliatsomdevcr at all . lie was p-yicked up , aud—[ only to think—lend us your cotton wiper : oh-o-o-o-o-woh : |* -his blessed ancle was—out or . iei . nx —Joe Miller .
SiH'Kiiw . uous '—il ' . c Admiralty have lately been experimentalizing on some w . w blocks submitted to their notico at Portsmouth . We defy competition , however , against the " old blocks" presiding over our naval department ) ' although it ¦«• ¦ « . < said that the old ones were move likely lo be cracked than the new ones . — Ibid . A Daxcuuous Exemv . —We advise our naval commanders to be on the look-out , otherwise they aro likely to fall foul of an ugly customer . "\ Vu perceive that one of the French admirals just appointed to a . command , is Rear-Admiral ik-lkU ! Whoever encounters the ctitlc : ua 2 i may tUcroi'urc expect warm ¦ work , —Jbki , A Uskful 1 Jixt . —It may not be understood among tlie public ¦ gcnernWy , that anybody breaking windows , renders himself , liable to the " I ' ancs and l ' enalties Act . "—Ibid .
K . MicitATiox . —Kmigrntion is at a discount in the city . Tho Lord Mayor was asked tlic hthev day how ho should like to speculate in the colonies . Gibba replied that he should make " a very bad settler !" Some ai : u Lokx to Pat , otiiki .-s to Ricckive . — " lVnico Albert refuses to pay . € 200 , the rate and arrears of rate , duo i ' or his liirm at Windsor . "Timee . Since IViuce Albert refuses his rates-to defray , Alleging excuses which call forth oijr laughter , An overtaxed people who stillhnvc to . pay , "Will rate him— "t nothing—i ' or ever hereafter , AX ANDOVIMt IMTTV , pnDjrATr . D to mi . s . s ' . s . m : \ vis , niciiom . s , and head . ' I'll sing you a modern song That w ; is made hy a modern pate , Of tUvuo iollv eo \ nn \ Usionevs , ¦ .
IVI 10 lived on Hits poor ' s estate ; And cut and drank , and paid their way ¦ . With many a parish rate , M'hile a tlruulcc-n master ;;« ve relief To the paupers at their ;; ate ! ; Three elieers for thu three commissioners , " Kisgs " of tho modern time . Their hall so fine was hung around With 'Poor Law manifestoes , And rules anil regulations , For i ) itchiii £ into pauper foes ! And there their worships sat at case , With what consciences , heaven knows And inwardly pvayoi that the master would give Each pauper a bloody nose ! ]» iko three { cmfcr-hcnrtctl gentlemen , Ccuimissionurs of the modern tlnifc !
When winter old brought frost and cold They opened house to all ; With courses three they fed the great , With bones they fed the small ! Not' was thu houseless wanderer Ere driven from the door , Though , once within , he was twenty times Worse oil" than he was before ! All along of the three ' cominissioncrs Christians of the modern time ! But fraud , though sweet , must end at last , And sura the hour is nigh ; And every Poor Law case proclaims The olVieinl life must die ! They'll lay them dnwn reluctantly—Cive up oll'iee with a sigh , While paupers glad dance round their couch , Aud curse the charity Of the three I ' oor Law commissioners , S . imnritiins of tlic modern time !
Sow surely this were better far Than :: II the new parade Of oakum picking—crushing bonos—Ami starving what CSod made : And much more economical Since poor-rates must be paid To let them have the benefit For whom the rate was made , And not the three commissioners , Or any of their trade ! Positives and Gomparativks . —1 . A basin ol'Scotdi
oatmeal is thick , but the head of a fuol is thicker . 2 .. Anything tart is a sharp affair , but a churchwarden who steals the parish funds is a sharper . « . Juggcro naut is a very idol gentleman , but Dr . Johnson wrote for an Idler . " -1 . When the heat is at . "I Oft degrees , it is a warm , day , but old women of cooks will tell you that a saucepan is a warmer . 5 . A man who is losing his senses is a strange individual , but ive have seen Mr . Mac-ready act the part of a Srsamjcr . G . A Yarmouth bloater is . »«?« , ' but a , psalm-book is a , psalter . 7 . A chesnut horse is a bveu . ii animal , but a baker's oven is a browner . S . A puncheon of spirits is frequently a rum article but " a large glass is a
rummer . A Fact prom YAXKEK-LAm-r- 'i'hc following conversation is said to have taken place between Mrs . , of New York , and her- maid : — " Leah , bring ; me sonic water with the ciurl taken oil ' . " " Yes , ma'am , directly , " " Lcari , what on earth k «; ps you ? " " I ' ve been looking ever tincc for the chill , ma ' am , and I can't find it . "—This reminds us of-the boy sent to boil some- eggs soft ; when questioned what detained him , lie answered , " Rot the things , it aint no use , they won't boil soft ; I've beeis , at them more nor an hour , and tho more 1 biles ' em ihe harder they gets . "
A llEruDiA' / oii Extra . — A far-west man , who hail liis newspaper biH sent from Boston , veplicd , "I never ordered the paper ; and if I diUj 1 nave paid foe it ; and if I have not paid for it , I aever will , ' cos jt ' s now run out of date . " ¦ : ^ ,- € ? ' % & } " - - Give a Reason . —Phrases which did ^ ell-ehbwgV : l Y formerly , now only excite r . sneer : itdoejnot-36 to ; . i talk to the operatives aboiifc '• ' our puvc aadjap 6 stolical- : church , * ' and our " glorious constitution : tkey . baToSiV ? no rcspoet for either * but onp mus ^ t' ^ pfliglMsc ^» ground , and show t * at our object is notlanrcsevvg ^ particular institutions , so nmoh as to jophoifuvitenial ^ vT principles , which arc in groat danger / of @ih ^ iqtor > tt-k disrepute , because oi ' the vices of ttS ^ iiati ^; ^ which prQftg * to escwpiity thvra ,- ^^ r ^ s * f "p&v
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1337/page/3/
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