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      - - ~ iEAUHES OF BYBON . SO . XWL -cmtDZ BiZOVD * * 7 ^ following Hnes addreBsed to his sister , P ^ 188 ^ -THE BHBEB . -. ipacrag ofDrachenfds ^ t ^ thT wideana winding Bhme , Tr 0 i ^ it of waters Droadly swells trJK ^ 7 bank 3 which beartfceTine , ^ Srich ^ th WosBom'd trees , ^ Srwhich P ""* corn " * * infl »» = ' -fies crowning these , ^^ ft ^ wMte walls along them shine , SSSSw- ** - * - *' ' ifS ^^^' ^ ahand ^ r ^ paraajse . of

      Ateve , " ^ leaves left their walls gray , ^ rt 0 £ % ^ w * which steeply lowers , AnS earcbtoP ronadecay > Jto tfc WleofTiiitase-bowers ; _ J /) ° ^^ w ^ i these fcmks of Bhine ,-Sat *^ fleianato clasp in mine ! Jly £ *^ 3 ffi ! £ SSSv Wii « 5 i-t » Bc ^ ^ SW ^ nstmther'ate , ifrttieiecttfcem not as such ; ^ Wcherish'dthem as aear , dJLge they yet may meet thine eye , iSi CfflSetJiy sonl to mine even here , , ^ tbonhehoia ' stthem orooping nigh , 1 nfiiBOw ' st them gather'd by the BMne , ^ Ta ggefa from my heart to thine 1

      aeri « r nobly foams aaaflows , r ue clann of this enchanted ground , ] Lj all its thousand turns disclose aane fresher beauty varying round . Tfce naug htiest oreast Its wish might bound Taioos h life to dweU adlghiea here 5 > or « onH on earlh a spot be found 7 » nEtnre ana to me so dear . Coda thy dear eyes , in following mine , ^ 3 jffeeten more these banks of Shine J »

      AGAINST ROMS . r ^ e following is a translation from a furious Get-^• wx m by Georg Jlerwegh . It appears in an ^ iious collection called Gediclilc aim Lebendigen Z-&S of » living one ) , which has attained immense -sjalsritl-Yes , I must give thee one curse more ; A curse tipon thee , Peter ' s son , Dniae on thy clergy o ' er anfl o ' er , A corse on thy polluted throne . - * Twas only venom , Pope , and gall , "Which , from the poles to the egnatcr , Iboa scatterVi ' st o ' er the naaons all , UJith bysaop-dropping sceptre , traitorT Canaan of Europe , we to thee ,

      Xho once the world a Brutus show'd , Aa 4 »<> w mJ slavish coward knee , Before a Vatican hast bow * d . 5 >} , 6 uta 5 iimpal'd the flesh of man , On ceterih-place of Rienza Cola , Sincelnther felt the Papal ban , . And none seem'd loyal bnt Loyola . The soil that once pure honey gane Outy with tears of sorrow flows . Since Henry in his shirt *—the slave—Stood in the Papal yard and froze . Ihsn enamel-like its incense bnrn'd , The Eden chang'd to a Zahara ; AnS to Italia ' s shroud was tum'd The many-colour'd , bright tiara .

      Bat , haughty Borne , Tepress thy pride , — A limit to thy course is set . A stream thou art—exhausted—dried , — Ah infant's lip thou can ' stnot wet . Thou art a deeply fallen land , Sought bat a newly-fashioned Babel . Trana—fraua alone is thy light lana ; Thy only sword is lie and fable . Though many slaves thou may ' s ! enlist Throughout the woria , thou still must fa . de j—The Holy Spirit can exist , Without a priestly prince ' s aid . Thou despot in the hellish pool , J have one greeting more , —reeerreit , — In Peter ^ chair thouholdest rale , Peter was like thee—I believe it , —

      "Who , when Ms lord was jndg'd by men , Conld feel no honest anger glow , And when he was condemned—ay , then—Eidaim'd , "The man I do not Snow ;?—Tfho , when the globe with nngmcTt shook , And felt its very core was shatter'd , Before the fire his station took , lad with the judge ' s damsels chatter'd . In weakness only art thou like—A roct , like him , thou can'stnot stand ; the fcreeze of morn thy realm will strike , ' And scatter it about like sand . The thinkers wDl at last awake , Faster of lies , thy power to humble ; The age's wrath will o'er thee break—The last of its tormentors crumble .

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      THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pmsos £ hijii : is Tex Books . By Thomas Coopeh . the ttsrj&t , London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-street , ( Continued from the Star of Oct . 23 th . J lk"Eightli"i 3 a 8 plendid"Book . " Theopenir of an organ in the gaol chapel , which adjoined 2 » "dav-rooai" apportioned for JJr . Cooper and his stw-offenileR in Stafford Prison , g ave birth to the jpaiing stanzas of this "Book . " The poet hears 2 b "Old Hundredth" pealing , and the solemn sand calls up thoughts of the great Luiheb , and the tlfer kindred and mighty spirits , who , bursting the hereof Kome , won for men the inestunable " right G private judgment . " In the following stanzas it * 3 be seen that the poet does not limit his homage < 5 Si 2 eaasLuxHEB , bat as well , boldly , andnobly , pays Is homage to such as Fuse , Godwin , Spjxozj , 2 vS 5 eatj , Voujuse , and Owes , yrho have carried feits legitimate ends the light conquered from "Peter ' s son " by Luthek : —

      Hatk ! 'fis the grand " OldHundredtt" tBat now peale Its solemn glory through the tranced son ! J TLatoatchless marshalry of chords reveals , Inlherl % freeb « rnmqjesly : they Toll So boiaiy , gravely fall—that man ' s control , "We feel , befits not the the w'd mind upgrown Tfhich germs such thought-sounds . Term ye me a ihran ! Bow ,, flien , apjvakesilie Saxon with each tone , ffitirin me . ' Say !—I feel true freedom still my own ! Tain are your fetters , tyrants , for the mind ! ^ champioBship , brave stripling , proved themTain , — what time thou didst so fearlessly Bnbind Old Europe from the triple tyrant ' s chain , — Enthroning Season the soul ' s suzerain ;—Season the judge o ' th'book . Trne warrior i or all men's r ight to think unawed by man , — what though mirk Snpersfition on ihe shore w JGnS still lingers ?—She shall raise her throne no

      more . % enterpriiB is speeding , ana hath sped : — i care not that thou didst not comprehend lteTflnmate : it may b ^ wholesome areaa W wld megs Kature doth sagely blend mth courage in great souls ; and , that the end W noMest change must gradually be sought , — ™ Season ' s heroes with Hind ' s foes contend * im step to step , —yea , victory for Thought RJ years of struggling toU be stably , fully wrought . I care not though some weaknesses were thine : — Wlw share , thy giant strength ? Xone bnt the high Ana mighty mental lineage who divine , from age to age , the ground whereon to ply At vantage their souls ' sinews , ana rely On then- own strength in trath &r vielory . Thou art our own , great SaxonJ'we descry OnrbraveoiaWicklifie ' ssoul restoreainthee-Ina claim thee for our honoured W of loHarav J

      Honour , all honour to ye , glorious bana Who breie the Iwnaage of the Priest of Home ' Sires of our common Saxon fatherlana — England and Germany , —a glorious home Teleftns , —if ux tciH . '—amid the gloom " luting a candle " by your noble lives And martyred deaths that unenchless , shaH aiume Our land for aje ! Oh , that dea th-wunt sBU rives Vs Btrengtfa ; and with it , brave one , thy great aeea rerives ! 'What though those words , like oracles of old , Were sealed , in their foil meaning , to the Beer Who uttered them ?—The future shall behold Their splendid verity : nay , perhaps , ' tis near ! Then—honour to each stalwart pioneer Of mental freedom , —Wiekliffe , Jer ome , Huss , lutherjMelancthon , Cobham , latuner ! Honeurto an who dared the flame , scorn , loss — IJho spurned to live merespirit-thralls inglorious '

      D thrice-blest children of that age of light Ana lore , which now , from the far fhtare beams * Toyooit willrjertain to place aright ' In truth ' s great temple whom herself esteems Her true disciples . Ye when the dnn dreams Of Time's weak youth are flea , ana Knowledge pure Hath given thetopstoneto Truth ' s fane , —like gems Ingold , shallplaeeeach dazzlingportraiture tails eternal niche : —our hands werepremature !

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      But , when the toil ofiEndhatb-wroughtitsaimj—When later Faiths , like older Phantasies , '" Are reckoned with the past;—when . Man's high name Is grander than all titles;—when all things ' of lies .. And biooashea ;—thrones and altars , —creeds , and toys Of Priests ana Kings , — Knowledge hath swept away;—When "Wisdom hath outgrown the childish guise Of mythic story , and put on th ' array Of manhood;—in that boon , free , happy , brother-day , —

      Itmay be—that in Truth's eternal fane Enshrined ; each in his kindred niche of glory , He quaintly termed " rebellious needleman , " * By thee , great age-fellow!—with martyr gory , Of some old stout confessor of faith hoary , Hay stand , as right co-workers , equal , true , . For Truth;—although the world ' s oldbigot-storj Of man ' s mind-infancy did long misview . The scope of their twin-toil : scopethat themselves scarce knew ! It may be that , around that temple's space , Splendours may wreath full many a doubter's brow Aa brilliantly as they illume the face - Of philanthropic creed ' s-man . 'Mid the glow Of sculptured excellence , in shining row , Hofcbes , Herbert , ilanderille , with Locke and Boyle , — Some , Godwin , may , with BeatKe , Butler , shew , — Statned with eqnal honour in Truth ' s aisle . — lit with one ray , —how truly kindred was their toil !

      Spinoza ana Rousseau , Bayle and Voltaire , WithPenelon , Erasmus , Pascal , shrined , — May beam in brotherhood eternal there !——* Bnt for thy future children doth the mind Host fondly yearn , loved fatherland ! ana find Its sweetest dreams flow thence . 0 that some dream "Would visit me revealing humankind As the far fature shall discover them , — Living as they shall live on this loved ocean-gem!—"What Howard , when the dungeon is forgot , — . What Montague , when no man ' s blood is shed , — * What Hale , when justice can be no more bought , — "What Bernard Gilpin , when no poor lack bread ,

      "What Cartwright , when no tyrants on them tread , — "What Clarkson , when the world hath not a slave , — "What Owen , when free thought awakes no dread , — What Mathew , when there is no sot to save , — "What 3 Ien shall grace our isles when Wrong hath found its grave ! 0 thrice blest children of that age of light AnS love which now the trustfbl spirit sees , — Though beaming from afar , —Ye will not slight Tour noblest fathers , nor their memories ! But , tombing names of blood and pride that please The human patient , whom to drug and craze Guile , long , with Power , hath striven , —Ye to sweet

      ease Of health , in heart and mind , restored , shall raise , With filial hands , true trophies to your fathers' praise Bourse of the world wilt thou be , London , then ? For still I turn with fondness to thy face , And doat upon thee , —though I , mournful , ken Too many a blemish there 1— "Wilt thou a grace Be , then , among Earth ' s cities!—Or , shall race Arrive from some far clime , new emigrants To found a home , and find thy desart-space Renewed , my country J—howling forest-haunts Ana wilds " peopled with wolves thy old inhabitants !"

      Shall Gain forsake thy marts , great queen of Thames ? Thy merchant-navies vanish % —and , where Pride , In famine-woven silks and blood-bought gems , Sow rollsher chariot , shaU a dreary void Befouna , and Silence with Decay divide Rule o ' er thy streets I—yea , there the badger peep .: Perth from sere weeds that half his grey head hide , Save when uplifted by the winds that sweep ^ Hong chambers where thy pampered lords no longer sleep % ¦ ' Or , shall true grandeur deck thee , —bounding joy Of human hearts feeling their fathers'home , —

      That happy home , —renewed , —ana thee the Xye Become of the wide world S—Gaol , " Bastile " -doom , Treadmill , whip , gallows , demon war ' s costume , -And all fric trophies and his engines gone : — 2 Io Tfleness robed , —no "Worth in rags j—Health ' s bloom On cheek of sturdy sire and manly son , — Proving what Secrets Science has from Nature won!—Ifind writ in every face;—books million-fold Multiplied;—galleries with breath-shapes hung Kaffaelle might worship , or Apdles old j—Gronpes from great Shakspeare ' s world , or Chaucer ' s

      seng , In bronzed or marbled life , seeming up-sprung From some new Phidian realm of earth beneath To gem the populous squares;—Music ' s full tongue Telling to millions what Mozart in death Enraptured heard—hut could not the boon-sounds bequeath ; And all—for all !—rank , class , distinction-badge , Por ever gone '—Labour by Science made Brief recreation , —not by Privilege Avoided , nor its thrift in name of Trade . Or commerce niched : —to give a brother ' s aid To brethren , and enlarge the general bliss From knowledge , virtue , health , —beyona parade Of pomp or gold affordiag joy . I wis , "When "Truth doth reign , —Earth shaVL be Gucb ' a

      Paradise!—The stanzas describing the renewal of the poet's " vision" are rich in imagination ; we would gladly qaote them but cannot afford room . The characters introduced in this " Boot" are , Amcus , MENEnEjios , Vibtos , Quisimus Vabus , and M . de Montalba , whose horrifically interesting suicide occurred only a few years ago , and is narrated in the " notes " to thiB "iook . " For any further acquaintance ¦ witiithis portion of the Poem , we must refer the reader to the work itself . fTolecontinued . J

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      THE ADVENTURES OF LORD WILLIAM CARISDALE IN ICARIA ; descriptive of a Model Republic , and illustrating the Social and Poliihui . Regeneration of Society . Translated from the French of M . Cabet . London : H . Eetherington , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand . Equality ! glorious and inspiring theme of the enthusiast' s dreams , how many in the simplicity , hopeiulness , and leal-hearfcedness of youth have believed in thy reality , and thy speedy coming to bless the nations , how few , when manhood ' s experience and selfishness have taken the place of youth ' s enthusiasm and disinterestedness , cling to that belief ! The hope of youth , thon art the believed " impracticability " of manhood , and the scorn of experienced age . Yet still do thy votaries exist , and even increase in

      number , nor are they wholly confined to inexperienced dreamers ; there are some whom no toil , however seemingly fraitless—no persecution i however fieryno disappointment , however been , can be induced to give up their belief in thy coming triumph . Like the Coraican they follow the " phantom / ' theugh continually it eludes their grasp . The last century witnessed a magnificent event , when sages andheros assembled to free the " new world" from the domination of the old , declared that " ail men are bom free and egwd . " That declara tion followed up by a complete victory over European Mngcraft , and the establishment of political institutions , which guaranteed , at least , nominally , equal rights to all , was hailed by the friends of . the human race as the commencement of a veritable state of

      equality . Experience has dissipated the dream . Social equality—the only " equality" which can ensure a veritable and lasting "liberty "—exists in the States no more than in Great Britain . True , the Americans have neither " kings , " nor "lords , " nor " establishad charch priests ; " true , it is , too , that they possess , generally , the franchise of politics citizenship ; yet it is not less true , that the men ol property rule , idle , and enjoy , while the men of labour are ruled , toil , and suffer . Jlte pass by the undisguised , shameless , and disgusting slavery of the black population , we apeak only of the free whites ; we see them at the mercy , of the men of wealth , driven to labour for a miserable pittance , and constrained to hold to this life of toil under pain of starvation , the fear of which is more potent than the

      planter ' s whip . All the causes that have produced the misery and degradation of the working classes of Great Britain are at full work in the States , rapidly producing similar results . The public and private immoralities produced by the European systems of social life , are , under the like system in the States , rapidly germinating , and bid fair to attain a gigantic growth . Passing by the immoralities of private life , the filth of thosepesjaferous excrescences , commercial towns and huge cities , passing ^ by these , we beg the thinking man to note the spirit of brigandage which everywhere pervades the American Union ; which , under the guise of "extending republican institutions , " aims at universal conquest and spoliation . This baleful spirit is not the result of Republican institutions , for Great Britain , France , and other monarchial states have exhibited ,

      and do yet exhibit the same spirit ; the cause of this wholesale and unblushing selfishness is to be found in the feet , that the social institutions of . the States are precisely similar to tho * s of the old European countries . The holders of property , their cupidity boundless , their avarice never satisfied , not consent with plundering their own countrymen of the frmts of their labour , greedily turn their eyes towards other nations ; from retail they n aturally advance to wholesale brigandage . The helplessness of the working classes makes them the ready tools of theprpperiy-holdeis . The working men have nothing in their own country ; wnen they nave toiled for seven , or twenty , " or forty years , they see they are ashelDless a 3 when they began , hence they , too , turn their eyes to other countries ; having been robbed at home they will avenge themselves by robbing abroad . Of course they do not avow this , they try to cheat them-

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      selves , or at least , .. to cover their offence with-the yingphrases , "national glory , " " extension of Repubican institutions , " « fec , and so the two classes coin-> ine to , rob whole nations at once , the propertyholders taking care , with their usual cunning , that although the poor devils of moneyless , homeless adventurers , from New York , Philadelphia ; and New Orleans , who make up the bulk of the brigand forces , shall have more than their fair share of-the toil , suffering , ' and perils of the enterprise , they ( the property-men ) will have the lion's share of the plunder . This has been precisely the case in Texas , where a few . scoundrelly adventurers of the moneygrubbing class have contrived to appropriate to themselves nearly the whole of that magnificent bit of

      robbery . : In the United States there exists nominally a Republic , or more properly a confederation of Republics , but the liberty existing is the liberty of the powerful to plunder the weak , and the equality proclaimed by the declaration of independence , is in the eyes of the cent and . dollar loving Republicans , a chimera to be " repudiated" and laughed at . The revolution of ' 76 freed America from the domination of the English aristocracy , but it will require another and a mightier revolution to free Americans from the tyranny of their property-lords , and carry out the principles of the " Declaration of Independence . " The closing years of the last century witnessed a still more memorable and important struggle than

      even the American war ; we , of course , allude to the great French Revolution . Still more emphatic was the declaration in favour of equality made by the French revolutionists . "We desire an order of things in which distinctions shall spring but from equality itself ; in which the citizen shall be subject to the magistrate , the magistrate to the people , and the people to justice ; in which the country shall ensure the prosperity of every individual ; and in which each individual shall enjoy with pride the prosperity and glory of his country . " And , again , ' Let Europe learn that you will no longer suffer that there be one indigent wretch , nor one oppressor on the French territory . " Such were the sentiments of the few purelv honest and truly great men of the

      Revolution . Nor were the people behind their leaders in responding to those sentiments , as their weiUremembered demands testify : — " Bread , steel , and equality . " Yet all was in vain . Acts of national heroism and national sacrifice of the most magnificent order _ were fruitless of the great end debut a delusion . War and assassination destroyed the flower of the people and their leaders , until the last of the latter , the famous " conspirators , " who designed a Republic in which all should equally labour and equally enjoy , were hewed down by the axe of tyranny , and the Revolution terminated—at least itsiirst act—in leaving the people still the prey of the rich—still slaves , with" only a change of

      masters . The second act of that Revolution ( 1830 ) —the third has yet to come—mtnessed the people again offer themselves an heroic sacrifice for the common good , but again deceived and defrauded . The result was merely the changing of a few of the leading characters on the political stage , and consolidating the power of the pitiless enemies of equality . Hitherto the people have suffered , sacrificed , and combatted in vain . At the present time the very word Equality is proscribed in France ; and if yet men cling to the ideas of the past , hoping for their realization in the future , they are constrained , in France at least , to give no utterance to their aspirafwns , or , if uttered , the utterance must be in secret .

      Nor has this country been without its worshippers of the principle of Equality . To say nothing of the political Reformers who , demanding the right of citizenship for : all men , avow that they regard that right merely as a means to an end , the end being the Equality of all members of the commonwealth ; besides these , there has for many years- past existed a party who , rejecting the means advocated by the political Reformers , desired to attain the wished-for end by what they deemed much shorter and better means . More than twelve years ago the leader of that party proclaimed that society was ripe for the change he demanded—a change which should guarantee Equality , freedom , and happiness to all men . The 1 st of May , 1833 , was solemnly announced as the first day of- the " millenium , founded on rational principles and consistent practice . " Yet now , after a lapse of twelve years—after some years ' trial of an " experiment" which was to prove the

      truth of the announcement proclaimed' with such sincerity and confidence on the above-named day—we find that" experiment" a failure , the party / divided and their leader disappointed and disgusted with the result . The followers of Robert Owen have proved what all men knew before—that Equality is a theory , but that it can be reduced to practice they , or some party for them , have yet to prove . Yet despite these failures in America , France , and England , Equality ' s disciples are more numerous than ever—we speak of the world at large—more enthusiastic , more assured of the alternate triumph of their belief . . And in truth ' - 'it were a consummation devoutly to be wished" that that triumph should come . But we must hold for the present . We have started a subject which it is impossible we can dispose of in the limits we must necessarily confine ourselves to in this " notice . " For this week we must conclude , by introducing M . Cabet ' s work to our readers , by the following extract from the translator ' s " introductory preface : "— ;

      The following work is written by M . Cabet , after the mannerof Chancellor Hore ' sUtopia : — '¦; ¦ The author supposes an English nobleman to become acquainted with Icaria , and to be so much interested with the description afford him by . a friend , that lie undertakes a journey , with the view of becoming fully acquainted with its government , institutions , and customs . M . Cabet represents a nation practising a community of goods , on the largest scale . He supplies a desideratum long wished for in similar productions , -viz . —perfect democratic equality . This is a feature peculiarly interesting at the present moment , and becomes doubly so

      when we take into consideration the talents , position , and sound views of this distinguished foreigner , whose mental qualifications would , if employed on the side of Government , hare entitled him to fill the highest office in the State . M . Cabet has relinquished office , station , and fortune , to advocate the cause of the oppressed , and so far has he practised that which he preached , that , although a gentleman by profession and rank , he did not hesitate to give the hand of his own daughter to an amiable and deserving working man , This act alone speaks volumes for the sincerity of the man , and the philosophy of his mind , whilst the work itself will prove the clear intellect and grasping genius of the writer .

      Many men of literary talents have attempted to confute the work , but most of them hare ended by- convincing themselves of the truth of the doctrine , promulgated . Others who hare tried to improve it , have candidly confessed that they experienced as much difficulty in improving , as in objecting , whilst the greatest triumph of all has been the adhesion of such writers as Pierre Xeroux , Proudnon , TillegardeUe , Louis Blanc , George Sand , and Eugene Sue . Everything proves the talent of the work , the progress of its principles in France , and the necessity for its publication in England . ' CTobeeoniinwdJ

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      ARABIN ; on , the Adventures of a Colonist jn New Sooth Waees . ' - 'Wixh an Essat on thb Aborigines of Australia—Bi Thomas M'Combie . London : Simmonds and Ward , 18 , Cornhill . Mr . M'Combie is known to our readers as the iuthor of' 'Australian Sketches" in Simmond' t Colonial Magazine , aai Taxis Edinburgh Magazine . His present work is , in our humble opinion , no improvement on his former productions , but rather the reverse . His " sketches , " particularly those published in Tait ' t Magazine , were vigorous and' life-like pictures of Australian scenes , which is more than we can say of " Aralin" The best portion of the book- is the "Essay on the Aborigines . " He describes the native Australian as being in height about five feet and

      a half , the colour of the American Indian , an expemnced hunter and fish-catcher , and no mean enemy at the spear , boomerang , or waddie . He is an excellentrider , a first-rate shot , and exhibits great cunning , patience , and perseverance in the pursuit ofan object . In childnood and youth the Aborigine is not illfavoured in personal appearance , but generally he looks old and ugly at thirty , and at forty he seems snpernaturally aged—few or none are long-livers . The constitution of the Aborigine appears to be peculiarly delicate , and few either young or old enjoy good health . Cutaneous diseases , low fevers , rheumatism , and rheumatic fevers , prevail amongst the Aborigines / whose knowledge of the "healing art " appears te be very slight indeed . Their huts or

      encampments are very simpleand not very comfortable . Polygamy is allowed ; the chiefs and elders generally possess themselves of the finest young women in the tribe , this causes intrigue ou the part of the young men , and daily feuds are the consequence . Their form of government is very simple , merely consisting in a chief or leader to each tribe , who , however , does not fare tetter than any other man . "There is a great chief on the Goulburn . in Anstralia Felix , named Billy Hamilton : he , however , has to hunt , fish , and provide for his belly , the same as the meanest man in the tribe . " Remembering what our " Billv Hamilton ' s" cost us

      such as the "Iron Duke , " and Prince Albert , we blush for our lack of sense compared with the sense evidently possessed by those " savages . " As to religion , they acknowledge theexistenee of the "dibble , dibble , or spirit of . evil , but of a God they know nothing , In disposition the different tribes vary much —in some parts they are peaceful and give no trouble —in others they are veryferocious , and charged with bemg addicted to eannibalism . Notwithstanding individual and partial success , Mr . M'Combie evidently looks upon the civilization of the Aborigines as hopeless ; he considers them a doomed race—arace that , m all probability , within a century will be

      wtinct . :. - .. ' As a tale , Aralin a but poor , but incidentally the work imparts Bomeinformationconcerning Australia , and Australian life and manners ; and our readers , who may desire to know something of the sayings an <

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      CAN SngP ^ Y SHOW'THEIR RIGHT TO t ™ ES BY AN APPEAL TO THE BIBLE . By Edward Walter , Liverpool : J . Shepherd , 132 , Scotland-road , London ; Watson , Pauls-alley . ' On the subject indicated by the title we expected to'have . found something sensible in this pamphlet ; but . we findlt . a nonsensical rhapsody from beginning to end . The only good thing we can discern about it is , one ot the mottog on the title-page , extracted from the writings of Emerson : — It seems to ' me / that with the lights which are now gleaming in the eyes of all men , residence in England becomes degradation to any man not employed to revolutionizeit .. - , < . . . Amen ! Mr . Walter means well we are sure ; but we advise him not to persevere in phamphleteering ; it is clearly not his vocation .

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      AN EXPOSITION OF THE INSECURE NATURE , AND PRINCIPLES OF THE DAVY AND OTHER LAMPS , AS APPLIED TO COAL MINING . Newcastle : Miners' Advocate Office . This pampMet is a compilation of the evidence heard before the Parliamentary Committee in 1836 , appointed . to investigate into the causes of coal-pit explosions . The evidence given before the committee waB conclusive , and demonstrative of the insecurity of the Davy Lamp , even under the ordinary circumstances that may , and does daily arise , in coal mines .

      ° ! % S ? W ^ -r 7 lS OF THE SK 1 N-THEIR VARIOUS CAUSES AND CURE .. The result of Twenty Years Observation and Practice . —By Dr . J . De Prati . London : Brilliere , 219 , Regent-Btreet . ;/; , „_ .- .:, , . . - ¦ . - .. ¦ . . . - ¦ , ¦ . ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ This little work is written by a man who evidently understands his subject . The intbrniation concerning herbal medicines chiefly employed by the author in curing cutaneous disorders is valuable . The work is worth perusing .

      Pcbiications Received . —^' Colonization on the principles of pure Christianism ; " "The Miners ' Advocate , " September and October ; "Unhealthiness of Towns , its Causes and Remedies ; " " Fraser ' s Musical Reformer ;" .. " The Tom Thumb Songster . " ( Cleave , Shoe-lane . )

      . The Manchester Athen^Um. Edgene Bvs, 8eboeamt ^ Talfodbd , Douglas Jebb01b ,

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      : AND SAMCEL LOVEB . On Friday October , 24 thj the annual soiree of the Manchester Athenaeum , took place in the Free Trade Hall . The demand for tickets was enormous , nearly four thousand were issued ; and had the Free . trade Hall been twice as big as it is , four thousand more might hare been disposed of . A day or two Defore the affair , tickets of admissionrose to a premium , they became a thing to speculate in , like stock and scrip ; a guinea was freely offered for the five shilling bit of Pasteboard . The vast hall was full to overflowing . Ladies and gentlemen were present in about equal proportions . The chairman , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , and the principal notabilities , appeared about seven o ' clock . To the right and left of thelearned sergeant we observed Mr . Douglas Jerrold . Mr . F . Phillipps , Mr . Cobden , M . P ., Mr , Milher Gibson , M . P ., Mr . Bright , M . P .,.- Mr . Brothertou , M . P ., Mr , Frank Stone , Mr . Lover , dec . :

      Mr . Charles Dickens was to have come , but was prevented by the . delicate state of Mrs . Dickehs ' s health , j'he distinguished Flench writer Eugene Sue . had been also invited , to-which invitation he sent an interesting reply . It is impossible to convey the spirit and elegance of the letter ina translation , but we annex one as nearly literal as possible : — - "Sir , —I have received with the most profound and respectful gratitude the invitation which you have done me the honour to forward , me , in the name of the direts tors of the Manchester Athenaeum . Unfortunately , a nervous illness , which is attributed to overwork , and which " requires incessant care in consequence of the pain which it gives me , precludes me ( to my keenest regret ) from coming to England for the purpose of being present at the annual soiree of the Athenaum . Have the goodness , sir , to be my interpreter withthe"directorsofthe Athenaeum , and to assure them howl am touched and impressed with the flattering distinction which they have deigned to accord me , for it would have been to

      me an honour as great as if was unhoped for , to have been associated with such eminent Writers as Messrs , Dickens , Talfourd , Disraeli , Jerrold , Smythe , &c ., knowing , at the same time , sir , that I should onl y have owed this honour to tho lively sympathies inspired by tnoae ideaB of social progress which I possess in common ( and I am doubly proud of it ) with these distinguished literary men ; as to my works , they are too imperfect to merit such a recompense . Will you . have the goodness , sir , to assure-the directors of ' the A . thehreum that I shall never forget this proof of their friendly esteem and that I shall , always endeavour to remain worthy of it . Accept , sir , . the assurance of my most ' distinguished consideration . ¦'" .. ¦ "" . ; .. . ... . , ¦ - "I ' - ' . ; - " iL " ' "Eugene Sue . " II . Sue appears to have been highly gratified with this invitation , as will be seen by the following letter , addressed to the directors of the Athenjeum , by Mr . Charles Sickens : — ¦•• • ¦'" . "" '"' ... I ---. "Devonshire-terrace , Oct . 17 , 1845 .

      " De 6 r Sirs , —M . Eugene . Sue has begged me to write to you , and acknowledge with many heartfelt thanks the receipt of your nattering invitation . He requests me to assure you of his high and unfeigned sense of the honour you have done him , and earnestly entreats me to add , that he is gratified by your recognition of . him , a French writer , in England—certainly beyond his power of expression in a forelgnlangiiage , and to anextentnotatalleasy of expression in his own . His state of health , however , does not admit ofhis attending the soiree at Manchester . He has been very unwell , and is enjoined to seek repose , in pursuance of which advice he has already left Paris in search of temporary change and quiet . If I could convey to you an adequate idea of M , Eugene Sue's' anxiety that I should do my very best to thank you on his behalf , and to find ' strong words' for that purpose , you would feel with me that your remembrance of him has met with a sincere and quick response . —I have the' honour to be , gentlemen , your faithful servant ,

      "ChamebDickbnb . " To the Directors of the Athenseum , Manchester . " The Chairman opened the proceedings of the evening in one of his peculiarly flowery orations , which we must compress into a much smaller space than , were we to follow the learned gentleman through all his rhetorical wreaths and garlands , we should be ' obliged to devote to it , He commenced by apologising for his own inefficiency to fiu the post in which he found himself placed , an inefficiency , however , which he trusted would be overlooked in the dignity and interest of ' the occasion . The learned gentleman proceeded to congratulate the meeting upon what their institution had acccomplished—upon what bad been accomplished , too , in Manchester , in a spirit kindred to the exertions of the institution whose members he was addressing . He especially

      congratulated them on the boon which they had secured to the toiling thousands of Manchester , the precious Saturday half-holiday—that boon alike precious toman as to boy i-when manhood borrowed the endearing name from childhood , and sought to enrich it with all that remained of childhood ' s still-remembered feelings—( cheers)— precious in the impulse which it gave to labour , and most precious in its resulli when , brightened and graced by those modes ' whicb this association indicated , it left body and mind more free for the service of earth and heaven ! ( Cheers . ) In considering the benefits which the Manchester Athenaeum was likely . to be the source of to those among whom it was founded , he would regard them not so much as affording a path by which a few might rise above their station , as promising a means of adorning and gracing that sphere of

      action in which many must continue to move . It might be that some master mind might start into famu from their ranks ; and shouldsueh rare felicity be their lot , with howgreatpride would they expatiate upon that greatness which they had watched in its dawn , and with how pure a satisfaction would they commemorate the achievements of their then illustrious townsman , when satiated with the applause of strangers , he would revert to those scenes among wbi'di his genius found its first expression , and earned its first prize . But it was not in the culture of each rare minds that he anticipated the happiest fruits of their peaceful victories . The talents which in darker ages might have suggested the desire to guide the obscure

      bat honourable sphere of peaceful labour in quest of literary distinction , could at present only be safely employed in adorning the path in which they originally moved . . But if it were teo late to be ambitious , except on gome rare occasions , for the immortality which earth could bistow , yet , for that true immortality of which time s longest duration was only a vivid symbol—for that immortality , the cultivation of wisdom and piety was as momentous now as ever . After alluding to several other points , the learned gentleman concluded by urging forcibly upon the assemblage the duty of supporting strenuously and unweariedly the institution whose anniversary they were met to celebrate ,

      Mr . Mark Philips , M . P ., followed , and in the course of the evening the company was also addressed by Messrs . Bright ,- M . P ., MUner Gibson , M . P ., and ' Cobden , M . P . ; we TfiU not , however , inflict their speeches on our readers ^ The Chairman introduced to the meeting—not only as an artist , but as a Manchester man—Mr . Frank Stone , painter , among other gems , of the " Heart ' s first misgiving . " : Mr . F . Stone was received with great applause . Ha spoke of the Athenseum as connected with the development and encouragement of art in Manchester . The

      assemblage he saw before him forcibly recalled to his mind what had been done , and what was doing in Manchester , for every species of mental culture , since he was himself a youthful seeker after such knowledge as might forward him in his onward course . Had such an institution then existed , how many advantages would it have given him which he had to struggle on without obtaining . , ( Hear . ) He would hare had ita library , its lectures , the encoura gement afforded by the association arid fellowship of its members , the stimulating influence arising from that association , and the inspiring , ennobling assurance , that at certain periods assemblages like this would meet toge-

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      ther'to do honour to imagination ' and intellectual pursuits , and their professors , and to cherish and promote a better understanding and more truthful appreciation both of art and artists . ( Cheers . ) V ^ X ^ ' " Thd Chairman introduced to ^ th ' e ) meeting one , whose graver writings had been devoted in the-most earnest and thoughtful manner to the great interests 'of his fell&wmen , and whose lighter productions had always been characterised by mingled wit and wisdom ; and that , whether these writings were represented before the curtain of a theatre , or behind a cur ' tain of another description by a certain . lady , a friend of Mr . Douglas Jerrold , whom he would now introduce to them . . ' , "

      Mr . Douglas Jerrold was received with long and loud bursts of cheering—the whole assemblage rising as he stepped forward . When silence was restored , he saidr-The high object of your institution—its many refining tendencies have been so fully discussed—have been set forth with such varied and commanding eloquence by your distinguished chairman , that little indeed on such points is left for me to utter . And herein do I hold myself peculiarly fortunate , I congratulate myself , and I especially congratulate you upon the very subordinate part I must necessarily play in the drama of this evening . ( Cheers . ) I have , you will perceive , already touched upon the drama . ( Hear , hear . ) I thought , before my present audience , I might venture to do so ; though I assure you that there are certain circles in the great city which I quitted yesterday , in which I fear any such

      allusions would be considered very vulgar indeed . But having alluded to the drama , and having your cordial welcome still ringing in my brain , I cannot but compare myself to one of the very many " walking gentlemen " with which the drama abounds . It is the great occasion on which they appear that allows to them anew the short passing attention—not to themselves , but to the principles with which they are humbly connected—principles carried out by stronger , loftier agents—do they owe their presence on the scene ; and such , ladies and gentlemen , do I feel to be my position this evening . The merits of your admirable institution have been mane so manifest to-night—the thanksgiving for its prosperity has been so full and complete ; its noble aims have been so clearly analysed—that it is difficult , to find anything new to praise , as it seems hopeless to attempt

      to discover aught to condemn . Indeed , did I selfishly wish for matter for a more lengthened speech , I should wish for the existence of some good old wholesome wrong —would desire the presence of one of those bugbears of the good old times— -of one of those creatures of ignorance , that condemned knowledge for the like reason that the owl flees the suu , it has not eyes , poor thing , to bear that light created for the health , and happiness of the meanest man that lives . ( Cheers ) . But here there is no such giant to fight , no such bugbear tj > grapple with . The lady , Knowledge , too long pent-up in her tower , guarded , not by giants , but , more provoking still , by dwarfs—and we have only to look back a few years—a very few years—to own there have been , dwarfs as mischievous as any in fary tale . The lady , Knowledge , I say , is no longer a prisoner . We have killed the giants

      —slain her dwarfs—and how have we killed them ? Why , as Luther rebuked the devil , by throwing inkstands at him . ( Loud cheers . ) Music is no longer made the luxury of the few , but is acknowledged in the daily want of the many . It is a proud thing for you , People of Manchester , that you have erected this temple for her ; a temple wherein the humblest of your fellow-townsmen may come and listen to her , and feel his nature at once softened and elavated by the magic of her voice . To say that it offers to such the smallest consolation after their day of toil , to say that it imparts so them a keener consciousness of their dignity of their nature , to say that while teaching them their own rightful position in the world it makes them respect the rightful position of others , is only to translate into the merest common-place the oft repeated eloquence of gifted men . ( Hear , hear ) .

      These things are now truisms } but hunmn nature is ungrateful to truisms . Por let us not forget how fortunate it is for us that we live in an age when such things are truisms . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Truths , ladies and gentlemen , are like oaks of slow growth , and it is with the earl ; truth as with the acorn . Show it to the merestignorance , and it cannot conceive how that little germ shall hold within it ^ a latent power , which duly developed shall breast the billow and defy the thunder . ( Cheers . ) And . so has truth grown , but with this sad difference , that it haB been too often watered with the blood of those who have dared to plant it . ( Cheers ) . Happy then is it for us—and for the blessing ought we not to render up our most humble and hearty thanks!—that we may to-nightbe gathered together under its . branches —for your institution is a great truth—a truth that may

      be planted amid the fears of the timid , the misgivings of really well-meaning folks , who still thought that truth for'the masses was like barley-sugar for children—they might have a little- ^ just a very little—when very good , but to be allowed to have their fill of it would be risking a terrible derangement of the body social . ( Cheers and laughter ) . With the success of your institution made as apparent as the sun , it is amusing—it is more , it is instructive—to remember the prophecies of certain men , who predicted that the very light which would play about institutions such as yours , would only herald what to them appeared the total destruction of what they considered the best foundations of society . Why these men remind me of a s tory I read in one of Captain Parry ' s voyages , of a certain bear . The poor beast had drifted

      upon a loose piece of ice into the sun , and as he was borne- , into a yet warmer and warmer latitude , he felk his footing melt and melt away , and then , the story says , he growled and roared a b though 'heaven and earth were coming together . ( Laughter ) . And so was it with thesemen— - and the species is even , now , I fear , not wholly ex tinctthey ' could not conceive that the very current of time that was carrying themyetnearertotheeun of knowledge was now bearing them to distinction . But it is not so , for it is not with men as with bears . The tide that " carries us on to knowledge—which is power—gives to us that best , that noblest element of power , gentleness , which , in the fulness of its teaching , trill bear all men to that happy end , of which institutions like yours ave the hopeful beginning . ( Loud and long continued cheers ) . ¦

      The Chairman next intoduced Mr . Lover , who was warmly welcomed . In a short humorous speech , made still more amusing by his comic manner and , so to speak , acting , he excused , himself from making a lengthened speech , on the ground of a severe cold in his head , observing that although he had heard of a saint—probably an Irish one—who was in the habit of carrjing his head under his arm , he had never heard of a saint , or a sinner either , who could speak clearly with a cold in it . ( Laughter , ) Howeverj he was deeply gratified by the reception which he had received . His malady did not extend further down than his throat—his heart was all right . ( Cheers . ) . Really , hel « okeduppn a magnificent sight ! He could not , for the life of him , but look at it professionally . " Oh ! ladies and gentlemen , what a beautiful six audiences you would make ! " "( Loud

      laughter . ) But to leave badinage and come to facts . He would give them a fact . He knew that they liked facts in Manchester , and many a telling one they had heard in that very hall . Wei ] , now for his fact . He had : traversed every county in England—he had addressed audiences in its every corner—and he could bear faithful evidence to the advantages of such institutions as that they were commemorating , in the obvious effect produced in manufacturing districts , where they were established , through their agency . No audience was so intelligent as a manufacturing audience . ( Cheer . ) How many a time , when before the titled auditory of Hanover-square , watching the effect of what he thought a pleasant joke , had he wished he could change the cold simper of the reversed seats for the ready sympathy—the hearty laugh—of the

      back benches of Manchester . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Oh , the circles of society were like the circles , of the atmoBphere , the higher you got the colder you got . ( Loud cheers . ) He regretted as much as any of them the ab sence of Mr . Dickens . They knew the interesting cause which compelled him to stay in London . ( Cheers . ) He ( Mr . Lover ) had been almost afraid that he might have been detained nominally at least , in a similar fashion . He hadjust come from the west of England , and in his journey he was detained so long that he feared he should be late for Manches ter , at a place rejoicing in the significant name of Babbicombe ( baby come ) . ( Lord laughter . ) He was glad to hear . that laugh ; and he would take advantage of it , sit down , and leave them laughing . ( Cheers and laughter , ) As soon as the speechmaking was over dancing commenced , and was kept up to a late hour .

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      Cromwell Again . —Those who object to Olivet Cromwell having a statue . because he was jnereiy the Protector , and not a monarch , must surely forget his last speech to the Parliament , Twhen he inquired " ¦ ghat ' s -o ' clock ? " foi ^ he the evidently appearej ! aikiiigfofthetime . ^ oeMller . >"" . . ., ; . i : > l . ^ u : " -s The' ChuJujh iti ^ Danger : —The EccleSiasticaLConv missiphers and the church of St . Stephen , WalbrooK , havesimultaheduslv gone to decay . Age has cruelly

      perforated the roof of the latter , and the sacred edifice is absolutely more "holy" than ; "righteous . " We understand the parishioners intend petitioning Churchwarden Gibbs to present the building with a new " tile . " It sadly needs a covering . —Ibid . Zoological . —The latest novelty at the Surrey-Gardens is that of a Polar bear climbing a bare vole . Indeed , such .-is the attraction weekly at these gardens , that it has resolved itself into Animal Magnetimu Had Miss Harriet Martineau promenaded that locality , she might probably have been cured of her complaint without the aid of quack mesmerists . ¦ ¦¦ "

      —Ibid . : •; . . .. ,. .. ' . Eligible fob Invalids . —A new cemetery is projected , east of the metropolis , the snarelioldera in which are tempted by the promise of a very flattering bonus , viz . " a . ohave fob themselves !"—Bid Good News . —It isexpected that at the next meeting of Parliament , tbecowonLords will beallwrsta * . •—Ibid . . The Ex-Lord Mayor "Don ' t Dance . "—At the last entertainment at the Mansion House , Gibbs was asked to take part in a quadrille . His Lordship declined , remarking he had forgotten his steps , and was by no means perfect in hla figures . —Ibid . CBOMWELL ' S CHARACTER , "Wasn ' t Cromwell ' a despot , we ' re asked , . And a sensual debauchee , too 1 . . Since to answer this question we ' re tasked , We'U say—he was jcst ' twixt the two !

      The Statues . for the New Houses of PakIiIA .-mekt . —The commissioners on the Fine Arts ha / e been groping about the new Houses of Parliament to find places to put statues in . Unfortunately , the niches are all too little to admit great men , and twentj-four inches is the extreme width of a corafortableniche , so that the commissioners have beea obliged to go ' - through the " History of England " with-a two-foot-rule , in order to find characters that can be brought within the prescribed limits . The discontented Barons are all to be cut down , and even the Sovereigns are obliged to submit to a general clipping . Considering the length to which the Barons west with King John , we hardly seeliow it will be possible to keep them sufficiently under to admit of their

      getting into the gothic niches . The sameness of their attitude is said to fit them for these narrow places ; and it is true they were sturdy fellows , who , having once taken up a position , were determined to stick to it . As to John of Gaunt , he must give up his gauntness , if he expects any accommodation in . the new houses . The Venerable Bede is to have an inside place ; and we should propose Old Parr going down toposterity , with a box of " Life Pills" in his hand , as a companion-statue . Cowpei' is to have a statue ';; but we must beg that he will wear a decent head-dress , and not make his appearance in that strangejack-towel-looking turban in which we have usually seen him in portraiture . Purcell is the only musician on the list ; but we understand he will have

      a seal to his watch-chain engraved with a small portrait of Balfe , -upon whom Purcell made a strong impressien . There is a rumour that the writers of Punch are to have statues opposite the Barons who , signed " Magna Charta , " as having used their pens for the good of their country almost as much as the Barons , who , with a few dashes of their goose-quilJs , gave to posterity a boon that has only been equalled by a certain popular periodical which modesty will not allow us to name , but which the ' reader has at his fingers' ends at thepresentmoment . —Punch . Coming Events , < fcc—As many as 17 , 000 newspapers have been found in the General Post-office with their covers burst . The reason of the newspapers bursting is accounted for by the fact that they contain so many railway bubbles . —Ibid .

      edwin . —A Bothnia Ballad . The wind howled woefully , ; 'With a sad , a ghost-like tone ; And a youth wailed mournfully , For his hope of love was gone ! The dripping trees shed rain drops Upon the reeking ground And the youth's dim eyes were pouring Tear-torrents all around . ' The thunder roared right awfully , And the bright forked lightning flashed ; And a demon would his voice haveawed , And a fiend Ms glance abashed . Then he stalked as doth a hero , , As an oak-tree , proud and tall , . ' And lie said " I yieia submission , . I obey the spirit ' s call ! " ¦¦ ! He rushed into a dwelling , ¦ . ¦

      And with wild demoniac laugh , . He shouted , as he entered , — J " A glass of half-and-half !" A Stage Coach and an Editor . —After much fatigue we had only accomplished aJourney of 46 miles in twelve hours , between Genesep and JDansiville . We had fourliorses ; arid when I complained at one of the inns that our coachman seemed to take pleasure in driving rapidly over deep ruts and the roughest ground , it was explained to me that this was the first time in his life he had ever attempted to drive any vehicle , whether two or four-wheeled .

      The coolness and confidence with which every one here is ready to try his hand at any craft is truly amusing . A few days afterwards I engaged a young man to drive me in a gig from Tioga to Blossberg , On the way , he pointed out , first , his father ' s p , « K perty , and then a farm of his own , which he had lately purchased . As he was not yet 20 years of age , I expressed surprise that he had gone oh so well iu the world , when he told me that he had been editpr of the Tloga Democrat for several years , but had now sold his share of the newspaper . —LyeWs Travels in Nor Hi America .

      Odd ' Origins . —Moses was a shepherd—Noah was a farmer—Confucius was a carpenter—Mahomet , called the Prophet , was a driver of asses—Mehomcfi All was a barber—the present negro Emperor' of Morocco was a pawnbroker—Bernardotte , the late King of Sweden , was a surgeon in the garrison of Martinique when the English took that island—Madame Bernadotte was a washerwoman of Paris—Napoleon , a descendant of an obscure family of Corsica , was a major when he married Josephine , the daughter of a tobacconist Creole of Martinique—Franklin was a printer—President Boyer was amu * latto barber—President John Tylor : was a captain of militia—Oliver Cromwell ' wag originally a brewer-js President Polk , the Loco Foco King of the American

      States , was formerly an innkeeper—the stepfather . oi Isabella Queen of Spain , husband of Queen Christina , and brother-in-law of the King of Naples , was once a . bar-keeper of a coffee-room—General Espariero was a vestry clerk—King Christophe , of Hayti , was a slave ol St . Kitt's—the reigning President of Hayti was also a negro slave—Bolivar was a druggist-General Paez was a cowkeeper—Vasco de Gama was a sailor—Columbus was a sailor—Astor , the richest man in the New world , before he became the proprietor of Astor-house , used to sell apples through the streets of New York—Joseph Bonaparte , before his arrival at New York with all the silver , gold ; a ' ad

      jewels of the Crown ot Spam that he was able to take with him from that country , was the King of Spain , &c . !!—Louis Philippe was a teacher of the French tongues &t Switzerland , Boston , and Havannah—Catherine , the Empress of Russia , was a camp grisette— Cincinnatus was ploughing his vineyards when the dictatorship of Home was offered to himthe " present Governor of the island of Madeira was a tailor—and the actual Minister of Finance in Portugal was a dealer in bottles of Madeira wine . Th ^ ie are at present in Portugal and Spain several Dukes , Marquises , Counts , Viscounts , and Barons who formerly were cooks , tailors , barbers , cobblers , sweepers , and muleteers .

      Blunders op French Translators . —The story is well known of the French translator , who came to a passage in which Swift says that the Duke of M&riborough broke an officer , and who , not knowing thai ; the expression meant dismissing a person from the ' army , rendered the passage by the word rouS , bjr which it was conveyed that Marlborough broke the poor man on the wheel . Another Frenchman gives a not very delicate notion of Cibber ' s comedy of " Love ' s Last Shift , " by calling it La Derniere Chemise de I' Amour . In like manner , a writer of Congreve ' s life , missing a letter in the tragedy of the . " Mourning Bride , " translated it I'Espouse du Matin . "The

      Bride of the Morning . " But the most singular mistaking of a book-title is that mentioned by D'Israeli , who declares that a modern French bibliopole placed Edgeworth ' s " Essays On Ii'isk Bulls" in a catalogue of works of natural history , as if it had been a treatise on horned cattle . A series of blunders havebeea committed through a more pardonable ignorance of English idioms . An early French editor ofShakspeare ' s plays , not approving of his predecessor L « Tourneursparaphrastical version , boasted of giving a more faithful one . As one proof of his « apabilitiea ior the task , he conveyed a most ridiculous notion of thefoiiowing couplet in the Earl of Northumberland' celebrated speech in Henry IV .: ' ,

      " Even such a man , so faint , so spiritless i So dull , so dead in look , eo woe-U-gone . " The hist words were paraphrased thus : —ainti , dpuleur ! vathn ! which , re-translated into English , signifies— " So , grief— be off with you ! " In onebt ' Sir Walter Scott ' snovels , that favourite supper-dish , - "a Welsh rabbit , " is mentioned . The Freacn ' translator renders it literally by the words zen layin ¦ dupaysdaQalles ! adding in note , that the ' . wild' ' rabbits of the WeMi mountains have a peculiarly-fine ' flavour , which makeBthemtobe uncommoHlyrelishe ' d - throughout Great Britain . —Chamber ' s Mhtiwgfr > Journal . '¦ ¦ '

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      * Thohas Paine . — "' Behellious needleman . ' I find I am slightly mistaken in the phrase , which I quoted from memory , without means of correction . Here is the emphatic passage from Mr . Cariyle ' s magnificent unrhjmed , unmatured Epic : — ' Nor is our England without her mu > siouaries . She has her Paine : rebellions stay-maker ; unkempt ; who feels that he , a single needleman , did by his Common Sense pamphlet , free America—that he can nd will free all this world ; perhaps even the other . ' Carlylefe' French Bevolution . "' .

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      Attempt at Murder in Tippebart . —A man of the name of Martin Morris ( who was in the employment of Mr . Nicholson , and overseer of the Balhnastick Colliery ) , was returning home on Monday nightweek , when , about the hour of six o'clock , and within a few perches of his own residence , lie was waylaid by three assassins , who , on recognising his person , fired two shots at him from behind the ditch , and laid him prostrate on the ground . Three bullets were lodged in the unfortunate man ' s back , of which two passed up to the front and top of his shoulder . Intelligence of the affair being communicated to John

      Langley , Esq ., J . P ., that gentleman despatched thre messengers in order to summon the attendance of the police of the Surrounding . districts—Mardyke , Ballinonty , and Newbirmingham . The police were immediately in attendance , but could lay no clue as to the assassins . Two of the bullets have been extracted . No cause haB been assigned for the commission of this horrible outrage . Morris was respected by all who knew him , and by none more than by his immediate neighbours . The country ior some miles around is in a perfect state of consternation , and surely it is not to be wondered that it is .

      Suspected Murder . —Great excitement prevails at Saltash , in consequence of the discovery of a man , named Joseph Clotwertby , a boatman of that place , dead in Modition-lane , on Thursday afternoon week . The wife of the party who discovered it , found the body to be that of her father . How he came by his death is wrapped in mystery , and it is feared that the poor fellow has been murdered . All that is known is , that on the evening of the previous day , two men , strangers to the place , dressed as m lners , hired him to take them in his boat from Saltash to Clothero ; he was never seen alive afterwards . His body bore marks of severe bruises , and his eyes were blackened . The boat was found at Hole'b Hold , the ofioosiie side of the riTcr , with one paddle and the deceased ' s jacket in it . A man who was in company with the two suspected individuals on Wednesday is in custody , but nothing else throwing light on thin dark transaction has been elicited .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1339/page/3/