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BEAUTIES OF BTROX . .: ' ' " , % ' . ' » .. xxl .. ""¦ ¦ ' ¦ . " ¦ ¦ . ¦ "CHI 1 BI H 4 B « I > . " "• Canto . 'IV . opens with the Mowing magnificent sjanBSon . Yenice . I t -tood in Venice on tlie UriJgc of Sighs ; ^ pa lace and a prison on each band ; Isawi > om out fliewaveierstrnctares rise L As from J 0 » estroke of the enchanter'swand A thousand ' veaTS ^^ el ° ndj brings expand Arouname / ai . " a a ^ "S ory smiles O ' er the far tim ' eJ- ) vhen many a subject land LooVd to the vring \ . d Mon ' s marble piles , " TVlitre Vonicesat in stau > throne ! on her hundred isles ! She looks a sea Cvbtle J frb . ' * from Ocean ,
"Rising with l « er * & ** of proW * towers At every distance , with majestk' motion , A ruler of the waters and their po > rers And such she was ; her daughters hi . 'd their dowers from spoils of nations , and the exhaub tless East ronr * d in her lap all gems in sparkling suovrers . In purple was she robed , and of her feast jlonarchs partook , and deem'd their dignity increased In Venice Tasso ' sechocsarenomore , And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore , &ud music meets not always now the car : Itosc aass are gone—tout Beauty still is here . States fall , arts fade—hut Nature doth net die , lior vet forget how Venice once was dear , The " pleasantplace of allfesthrity , The revel of the earth , the mast of Italy !
. But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story , and her long array Of mighty shadows , who » e dim forms disposed Above the dojjcless city's Tanish'dsway ; Oars is a trophy which will not decay TVith thellialto ; SlijlockandtlieJIoor , And Pierre , can not be swept or worn away . The keystones of the arch I though all were o'er , for us re-peopled were the solitary shore . The beings of the mind are not of day ; Essentially immortal , they cseate And multiply in us a brighter ray And more beloved existence : that which Fate Prohibits to dull life , in this our state Of mortal bondage , by these spirits supplied , Erst exiles , flifen i-eplaees what tve hate . . ¦ Watering the heart whose early flowers have died , And with a fresher growth replenishing the veld .
The spouseless Adriatic Eiourns herlord ; And annual marriage now no more renewM , The Bucnrtaur Kesrottingunrestored , JTeslected garment of bar widowhood ! St Mark yet sees his Lion where h ? stood Stand , but lu mockery of hi » roUier'fi power , Over the proud place where an Emperor sued , And monarchs gazed and envied in the hoar TVhen Venice wis a queen with an uneguall'd dower , The Suabian sued , and now th « Austrian r eigns—An Emperor tramples wliere an Emperor knelt ; Kingdoms are shrunk to provinces , and chains Clank over sceptred cities : nations melt
From power ' s high pinnacle , when the ; have left The sunshine for a while , and downward go Like lauwine loosen'd from the mountain ' s belt ; Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo 1 Th' Octogenarian chia £ Byzantian's conquering foe , Bifore St . Hark' stai glow his steeds of brass , Their gilded collars glittering in the sun ; Bat is not Dona ' s menace come to pass ! AretheynotorKifcd/—Venice lost and won , Her tUrlcen hundred years of freedom done , Slate , like a lea-wesd , into whence she rose ! ™ Better be whalm'd beneath the waves' and shun , Even in destruction ' s depth her foreign foes , Txcm whom submission wrings an infamous repose .
Statues of glass—aHshirerti—the long file Of her dead Doges are declined to dust ; But where they dwelt , the vast and sumptuons pile Bespeaks the pageant of their splendid trust ; Tlieir sceptre broken , and their sword in rust , Have yielded to the stranger ; empty halls , Tula streets , and f jreign aspects , such as most Too oft remind her who and what enthrals , Have flung a desolate cloud o ' er Venice's lovely walls * . * * - * Thus , Venice , if no stronger claim were thiae , Were all thy proud historic deeds forgot , Thy choral memory of the Bard divine , ' Thy love of Tasso , should have cut the knot "Which ties thee to thy tyrants ; and thy lot So shameful to the nations——most of all Albion ! to thee : the Ocean Queen should not Abandon Ocean ' s chudren ; in the fall Of Venice think of thine , despite thy watery wall !
I loved herfrom my boyhood—she to me TVm as a fairy city of the heart , . Rising like water-columns from the sea , Of joy the sojourn , and of wealth the mart , And Oivraj , Radcliffe , Schiller , Shakspeare ' s art , Had stainp'd her image in me , and even so , Althoigh I found her thus , we did not part , ' Perchance even dearer in her day of woe , Tiian when she was a boast , a marvel and a show .
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pjusos . Rhyme ix Tss Books . Bt Thomas Coopzr , the Giortist . London : J . How , 133 , Fleet-street . ( Continued from the Star of Ifov . loth . / I dreamt again—bnt 'twas a gladsome dream : A dream of portents beatifical : A dream where the prophetic brain did teem . "With glorious visions of high festival la sculptured aisle , and dome , and rainbowed hall : A festival of Brotherhood and . Mind , Iy suicidal spirits held , from thrall Of Hvll freed—ana mystically designed To' adumbrate future bliss for Earth and hnmanidnd . A 3 where the way to some hoar fane of Ifile—« Curnac , or Luxor , or fair Ibsambonl—Xay through an imaged path , for many a mile , Of sphinxes huge or lions , so that lull \? ith abject awe and fitted for the rule Of priests the worshipper approached—thus seemed The aisle fit path to fill with beautiful Expectancies the ghostly throng that streamed Along its wilderness of sculptures , as I dreamed .
And when the dome we raught , our ecstacy Of hope ripened to rapturous orerbliss "With what the spiritual sense did hear and see Beneath that span colossal : Music ' s roiee A sweetness gushed fit to emparadise The plastic forms of wisdom and of worth Tliat there in mystic apotiieosis Of etatued life reposed : forms of oldEarth They were—th « best , the noblest children of her birth ,, Kange above range rose many > fashione 3 niche —> - A caverned space as wonderful and vast As that weird city which few travellers reach—Iilumoeaa Pelra , in the dangerous waste ; Aad in such order were the worthies placed That they , though mute , the world ' s progressive story Of spirit-toil revealed , from first to last—And how the spark , first caught by sages hoary Frjm Nature's fire , Hind nurtured to aflame of glory .
From ancient Orient to ths late-born West- * Sard , thinker , devotee of enterprise , ** Philanthropist and patriot , soul of quest Por Nature ' s secrets , child In whose wrapt eyes She glows so lovely that his spirit plies Ira powers to imitate her forms—the gems Prom Earth ' s clay gathered—in immortal guise Seem there enshrined—beings whose very names Shed splendour more ineffable than diadems . A . spiritual Pantheon of the Good , The Free , the Tireless , and the truly Great , It was : a mansion of soul-sanctitude Tiat IieJd the visitant spirit in a state Of ecstasied entrancMnent—all-elate "With love and wonder , and yet hushed with awe ; And Mind seemed sounds symphonious to create Thatheigutenea bliss , pondering on what it saw—So that our thoughts genaed . musfc , by soms unknown law .
Anon , this minstrelsy so wondrous ceased AnS , . with a groupe of spirits who stood ui gh—Gazing as if they would for ever feast On what they saw , yet never satisfy Their yearning souls—forthwith , methenght , that I Became consociate—hearing how they spoke Their glowing thoughts , by numbers that » wept by Still tjndistracli and srill witfi sateless look Scanning the sculptures as they were a priceless book The scene changes : — Anon , wofce thrilling sounds omnipotent . On earth , to nu ll an thoughts but such , as sprung Up armed in the brain while forth was lent The trumpet ' s peal—bnt snch as sought a tongue ,
Tet found it not , while horn and harp notes clung Unto each other ' s sweetness—or the heart Melted to faintness , with wrapt wailings wrung Of hautboy and bassoon . Such prelude , thwart . The dome pierongv seemed well-known signal to depart . Soon blent these brothers were with throngs that now Hock onward where , beyond the Tault ' s vast span , Isaw reTealeda aazzlins heaven-uixhtDOw , Grand bsyonaJikeness , and br wondronsplan TJnto the hall with roof cerulean Serving for gate-way ^ . Thither to speed , TRthupliftgaze . theBp ^ tcrowdbesaii"While to the prelude movement ! did succeed Cf all superbest sounds the sand Heroins with greed ,
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Full-pulsed tympanum and deep-toned string , - £ 9 ?' 3 ™ g teaie JPJSSd jmaruhiBg withthe . step Of stately joy to i 6 meTa 3 t gathering ^~ * " « - - - y > hile ,. ever , and anon , the triU and sweep ¦ Of flutes » nd viols caused the he * rt to leap . ... " With foretaste ^ ofits banciuet . Mind hatu known , Ev * nin its houBe of clay , raptnre ' as deep Froin Handel ' s giant pomps or organ blown , : .. ' ' ¦ While long cathedral aisles some pageant proud wi S strown . Bansath the wondrous arch of LcaTenly sheen , . I passed into the hall , when—lo ! no more * Monarchal thrones and monster shapes were seen Within but , from the middle of its floor Immense , shelved gently upward countless store Of sculptured seats 8 stendipg to the bound Of that ellipsis vast—and wisest lore By plastic art into e 2 ch seat seemed wound—So that the mind read deepest lessons all aroundi
;!• And , on the rim of the ellipse , where , erst , " Wild shapes reared iikingiy 7 as if To prop the rainboiyed roof—iu dread 'twould burst Upon their heads—stood images of life , ' " Dricrbl as the sun , their countenances rife With blended beauty , intellect , and love : Fair plumed wings they had—but ' twas a strife For mind to judge what it did best behove To say they were—such grace seemed in their forms enwove . And , as the myriad multitude swarmed in , Filling the spacious ampitheatre , In spirit-Trliispera some of seraphin And some of genii talked , and guessed these were ' Such mystic essences . Interpreter Koue needed long : the soul * gan soon perceive They were her own creations , which the stir Of glorious brother-thoughts had power t' enweave
To sensuous shapes—as if they did to sight upheave . With visages as bright , with looks as blest . - As kindly and intelligent , all beamed ' - ¦ : And smiled upon each other , while their rest They took upon the graven seats . ' None deemed ; Himself nobler than oihers : lione esteemed His brother meanly : pride , and rank , and state , : Had vanished—and , all equal , as beseemed A brother-throng , together Essence sate , la love , of humblest citizen and potentate . Aloft , o ' er all , the roof with splendour hued . Of bows celestial still was self-suspended . The regal forms whose blazoned pomp I viewed In earlier dreams , now sat with sages blended—Uncrowned , nnsceptred , all their haughtlooks ended—* With hards , andworters-oiit of human weal , And patriots who in lofty deed transcended Then- earthly fellows . Ghosts of erring zeal For faiths fantastic , creedi incomprehensible .
And cruel idol-worships , whom I saw > Climbing the Mount of Vanity—the wild Lone dweller in the cave , whose rage with awe I witnessed ' mong his snakes—the Foet-child . With his lamenting harp , who wept , . exiled To forest-solitude—the tuneful choir Of bards who walked the grove—the baud who toiled , For aye , to kindle the fierce tatal fire . , ; . Of soul wherewith France lit the devastating pyre Of liberty—a moiety of the ghosts Who idly lay along the beach i' th' land ¦ ;• ¦ Of Sloth and Desolation—Sorrow ' s hosts—And crowds of those fair forms who , hand-in T haud , - Sped o ' er the pasture-plain , with greetings bland , And garlanded with flowers—all sat arrayed
In simple yet attractive guise : a band Of happy souls innumerable : parade , Wealth , sorrow , guilt , for ever from their essence fled ! Soft consentaneous murmurs soon were heard , ¦ ¦ 'Hid which distinguishable grew the name ' * Of sage IiVcnrgtis—whereat claricord Aud viol , clarion , pipe , and drum became Mute as expectant listeners—and the claim ; Fraternal to receive his speech , with meek " Yet manly front , he rose to answer , llaim y o longer were the powers of voice : the Greek Did seem , and they that followed , with Earth's tongues to speak . Brother and sister spirits , to rehearse Our jov—he said—what rolumed tongue hath skill 1
Our happiiiess , like the etornal source From which it springs , doth ever overfill And over-run—so that our bliss we still Augment , commingling bliss . I triumph not To thinkme atrue seer ; too deep thethrill Of ecstacy doth move me that all doubt And guess are past , and this beatitude is raught Brothers , this blest reality hathswept Ths films of mystery from the general mind ; And he who doubted most now an adept Becomes in tracing Nature ' s progress : blind Where many , once : but how it was designed From earliest eld , that pain
corporeal—That hate , and all self-torture ; of the mind -. ~~ Should pass away , and brotherhood prevail And joy—all now perceive with vision spiritual . Te who , with opulence of speech endowed , Excel , begin the never-tiring theme— :. , What mighty influences did long enshroud Themselves from vulgar gaze , and vet did seem To Nature ' s true disciples with lbs beam Ot splendour ' s self-revealed—and sure to drown And overwhelm all . error , as a stream . Eesistless sweeps all human barriers down— Or as Light ' s genial smile o ' ercometh Wight ' s drear frorvn . .
How we now wonder , while our ken afar ' Travels from inese joy-seats—surveys the dome llesplendent with full many an exemplar Of human virtues—and enrapt doth roam Along the dazzling aisle where graces bloom Ineffable—how we now wonder Truth - ¦ - ¦ ; So long was hid 1 Ba thine th ' exordium , 0 Hitlu-idates ! to pourtray the growth Of Good , and how she vanquished all her foes uncouth !—The reply of Miihridates we must resorye for next week .
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TEE EDINBURGH TALES . Conducted by Mrs . Johsstoxb . Edinburgh : W . Tait , Prince ' s-street . London ; Chapman and Hall , Strand . The first and second parts of this work were noticed in this paper some months since , and we then warmly recommended the work to oar readers . Parts III ,, IV ., V .. VI ., and VII . we received some time ago , and would have noticed ere this , but that we have been waiting fora favourable opportunity to speak of them at some length , as we desired to . do . "We have waited in vaiu , and now that we proceed to give the long-deferred notice , we find oiirselres compelled , by press of matter , to make that notice as brief as ) ossib ! c . In the seventh part , the first volume is brought to a conclusion . This volume contains no less than
nineteen different talcs by the following talented and popular writers : —Mrs . JonxsioxE , Mrs . Fraser , Mrs . Gore , Miss J \ friF 6 ia > , Mrs . Crowe , Wiiaum Howiii , Edwakd Quilunan , Thomas CarltIiB , Mr . Fbasek Tytler , Colonel Jonxsox , and : Sir . Thomas Dick Laxder . It would be useless to , offer even a word as to the excellencies of the above writers , their names are sufficient surety for the worth of their productions , and form the best evidence it would be DOEsible for us to advance in proof of the high character of these " Tales . " We have before noticed the tales written by Mrs . Johnstone , we will , therefore , on the present occasion , give our readers a taste of Wnxriv Howitt's quality . In part VIL Is a story of the "Exploits of Johnny Darhyshire , a Primitive
Quaker . " This eccentric character was a farmer living in one of the most obscure parts of the country , on the borders of the Peak of Derbyshire . He was a Quaker , and never was there a man , from the first to the present day of the society , who so thoroughly exhibited that quality attributed to the Quaker , in the rhyming nursery alphabet— " Q was a Quaker and would not bow down . " The sayings and doings ! of this queer character are toldina ' most entertaining manner by "Mr . Howitt , who states that Johsst Djujbtshibe is no imaginary character , but a hom fide specimen . of the many instances to be found in country nooks , of . English
independence run to seed . "Never was there a more ¦ pigh eaded , arbitrary , positive , pugnacious fellow . He would argue anybody out of their opinions by the iiour he would * threep them down , ' as he called it , that ' is point blank , and with a loud voice , insist on ius own possession of the right , and of ^ the sound common sense of the matter / and if he could not convince them , would at least confound them with his obstreporou 3 din and violence of action . " The scenes between him and Diggort Drsox , the parish priest , are most diverting ; thus on one occasion Johxxt was present at a vestry-meeting , called to vote a church , rate when he held forth as follows : —
" If ow I'll tell you what , lads , " said Johnny ; " you ' ve made noise enough to frighten all the jackdaws out of the steeple , and there they ore flying all about with a pretty cawarring . Tou ' v * spun a yarn as long as all the posts and rails round my seven acres , and I dunnasee as you ' re yet ed"ed in so much as the th' owd wise men o Gotham aid and that ' s a cuckoo . I ' ve heard just one sensible word and that was to recommend a cast-iron pulpit , in preference to a wooden ' un . As to a- cburch-rate to repair th owd steeple-house , why , my advice is to pull th owd thing down , stick and stone , and mend your roads with it . It ' s a capital heap o ' stone in it , that one must allow ,-and your roads , are pestilent bad . Doim with the old daw-house , I say , and mend th' roads wi't , and set th ' parson here up fora guide-post . . Oh ! it ' s a rare > un" he'd make ; &r he ' s always pointing th' way to the folks , but I never see that he moves one inch himself . " Mr . Darbyshire , " exclaimed the clergyman , in high resentment " that is Very nndrilia my presence , to say
the least of it " " CivU or uncivil / ' returned Johnny ; "it ' s the truth , lad , and thou can take it just as thou likes . I did not come here to bandy complimants ; so I ' , may as well be hanged for an old sheep as for a lamb-r-we'll notmaKe two mouthfuls of a cherry ; my advice is then to have a cest-iron pulpit , by all means , arid ' whileyou . areaboutit , a cast-iron parson , too . It will do just as well as our neighbour Biggory Dyson here , and a plaguy deal cheaper , foritwHl require neither tithe 3 , glebe , Easter-dues , nor church-rates ! " ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ¦¦;¦ ¦ ' :
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aer 7 ants , is laughabl y ^ yi' % . I [ 6 > Erjr . ffijf must give pne , moi ; e . extract--i J ^ nN ? y ^^ had _ . got into trouble respecting '" a mare co . nmitted to his . charge by a gentleman . - s ^ Under Pv ^ culiar circumstances Johnny unfortunately caused , th e mare to break . qnie . of her legs , and the , ammalikad to be . desh'oyed : From this arose a law-suit , " in which Johnny was concerned , as defendant . The- ^ ase had proceeded on the part of the plaintiff , no law " v er appearingfor Johnny , and the judge was about to " t ' eclare the case decided against the defendant in deiai , ' ^ of Lls appearance , when . N > ! ^
There waa a hasty plucking off of a large h&i , whicL somebody had apparently walked into court with on ; and the moment afterwards a short man , in a Quaker drm , with his grizzled hair hanging in long locks on his shoulders , and smoothed close down on the forehead , stepped with a peculiar « ir of confidence and cunning , up to thebar . HistawnyjSunburntfeature ^ aDclsmalidarkeyes , twinliling with an expression ef much ' country subtlety , proclaimed him at once a character . At once a score of voices murmured—" There ' s Johnny Darbysliirehiinself !" :... He glanced , with a quick and peculiar look at the counsel , sitting at their table with their papers before them , who , on thoir part , did not fail to retnm his survey with a stare of mixed wonder and amazement . You could see it es plainly as possible written on thtirfaces , Who have we got here ? There 13 some fun brewing here to a certainty . "
But Johnny raised his eyes from them to the bench , where sat the judge , and sent them rapidly thence to the jury-box , where they seemed to rest with , a considerable satisfaction . "Is this a witness ! " inquired the judge . " If so , what is he doing there , or why does he appear at all , till we know whether the cause ig to be defended !" .. " Ay , Lord Judge , as they call thee , I reckon I am a witness , and the best witness too that can be had in the case , for I ' m the man himself ; I ' m John Dorbjsliire . ¦ I didn't mean , to have any thing to do with these chaps i ' their wigs arid gowns , with their long , dangling sleeTes ; and I dunna yet meau to have ony thing to do wi' ' em . But I just heard one of ' cm tell thee , that this cause was not going to be defended ; and that put my monkey up , and so , thinks I , I'll e'en up and tell ' em' that it will be defended though ; ay , and I reckon it will too ; Johnny Darbyshire . was never yet afraid of the face of any inan , or any set of men . " . . , . ; _ ..-:. . .. . ¦
• " If you are what you say , good man . V said the judge , "defendant in this case , you had better appoint counsel to state it for you . " ; ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦¦ . " Say , nay , Lord Judge , as they calltlice , —hold a bit ; I know better than that . Catch Johnny Darbyshire at niuging his money into a lawyer ' s bag ? No , no . I know them chaps wi wiga well enough . They ' ve tongues as long * 5 a besom steal , and fingers as long to poke after ' em . IJay , nay , I don't get my money so easily as to let them scrape it up by armfuls , I ' ve worked early and late , in heat and cold ) 'for * my lit ' o money , and long
enough too , before these smart chaps had left ' - their mother ' s apron-strings ; and let them ratcli a coiu of it , if they can . No ! I , know this case better than any other man can , and for why ? Because I was in it . * It ' was me that had the mare ' to summer ; itwas mo that rode her to the doctor ; I was in at th' breakingof the legj and , for that reason 1 can tell you exactly how it all happened . And what's any of those , counsellors , —sharp , and fine , and knowing as they look , with their tails and their powder , •—what are they to know about the . matter , except what somebody'dhaveto tell * em first ; I tell you , I saw it , I did it , and so there needs no twicetelling of the story . "
" "Bui are you going to produce evidence ? " inquired the counsel for the other side . .... "Evidence ? to be . sure I am . What does th 3 chap mean ? Evidence ? ' " why , I am defender and evidence andal !! " * ' : : ¦¦ , ' ¦ ' Therewas a good deal of merriment in the court , and at the bar , in which the judge himself joined . ,: " There wants no evidence besides me ; for , as I tell you , I uia it , and' I ' m not going to deny it . " " Stop ! " cried the judge , " this is singular . If Mr . Darbyshire means to plead his own cause , and to include in it his cvid . nce , he must be sworn . Let the oath be administered to him . " . - " . 'Nay , I reckon thou need put none of thy oaths' to me ! i £ y father never brought me up to cursing and swearing , and sucli like wickedness . He - left that to th' ragamufiins and rapscallions i' th' street . I ' m no swearer , nor liar neither , —thou may take my word safe enough . " "Let him take his affirmation ; if he bo a member of the Society of Friends . " . , ,
" Ay , now thou speakost sense , Lord Judge . Ay , I ' m a member , I wawant me . " Theclerkofthecoui't here took his affirmation , and then Johnny proceeded . - ' : ¦ " Well , 1 don'tfeel myself any better , or any honester now for making that affirmation , I was just going to tell the plain truth before , and I can only tell th ' same novr . - And , " I said , I ' m not going to deny what I've done . No ! Johnny Darbyshire's not the man that ever did a thing and then denied it . Can any of these chaps i'th ' wigs say as much * Ay ,.. now I reckon , " added he , shaking his head archly at the gentlemen of the bar , " now I reckon you'd like , a good many on you there , to be denying this thing stoutly forme ? You'd soon persuade a good many simple folks here that I never did ride the mare , never broke her leg , nay , never saw her that day at nil . " Wouldn ' t you , now ? wouldn't you ?"— - «¦ Here the laughter , on all sides , was loudly renewed .
"But III take precious good care ye dunna . ' No , no ! that ' s the very tiling that I've stepped up here for . It ' s to keep your consciences clear of a few more additional lies . Oh dear ! I am quite grieved for you , when'I think what falsities and deceit you'll one day have to answer for , as It IS . " ; . . . The gentlemen , thus complimented , appeared to enjoy the satire of Johnny Darbyshire ; and still moro was it relished in the body of the court . But again remarked the judge , "Mr . Darbyshire , I advise you to leave the counsel for the plaintiff to prove his case against you . " """ "I ' st niver oss I" exclaimed Johnny , with indignation . " I ' st niver oss ! " repeated the judge . " ¦ What does he mean?—I don't understand him , " and he looked inquiringly at the ban "He means , my lord , said a yiiung counsel , "that he shall never offer , —never attempt to do so . "
" That ' s a Darbyshire chap now , " said Johnny , turning confidentially towards the jury-box , where he saw some of his county farmers . "He understands good English . " For Je / iiiiM /' s . extraordinary defence , the result of the trial , and the strange consequences that ensued , we must refer our readers to . the work itself . The story is throughout most excellent . :, ; .. . . - ; . We have not room to say even a word concernieg the other " Tales , " but this we the less regret , seeing that the entire volume , consisting of upwards of 400 beautifully printed , double , columned pages , may be had ( we believe ) for a . trifle above four shillings ! This venture of Mr . Tait ' s has , we are informed , been eminently successful , and well ' it deserves to bo so . The Edinburgh Tales have our hearty recommendation . - .
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SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE . November London : T . B . Sharpe , 15 , Skinner-street , Snow
= . liill - .-. ., Tins publication is intended to supply the general reader with matter of an amusing and instructive character , at such a price as to include purchasers of every class . ; Ic will appear in weekly numbers and monthly parts ; but tie monthly parts will be issued at the commencement , instead of the end of the month . On the 1 st of a month the monthly subscriber will have his part , containing the four weekly numbers ( or five , as it may happen ) in . advance , while those who prefer to purchase by single numbers will receive them weekly in the ordinary way . This plan is a good one ; it constitutes this publication a monthly magazine ,. and also , a weekly periodical .
Each number is illustrated , so that there are several illustrations in the monthly part . Those in the present part are very good . We must especially distinguish , the ' . 'We ' ll of , St . Keyne" ( Southey ' s well known ballad ) , and the .. " Lost Hunter . " There . is some good readable matter in this part , and altogether the work promises well . We must except one article ; that entitled "America and her Slave States . " The spirit of this is most objectionable ; and we imagine the editor would find it somewhat difficult to reconcile the fierce anti-republican spirit of this article with the merit assumed by him *' of keeping his magazine " perfectly free from political and theological controversy . " "
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THE BALLOON ; OR , AEROSTATIC MAGAZINE . . October , November . London : Stecle , Paternoster-row . These numbers of the Balloon contain much interesting information respecting the past history and progress of aerostation . In the number for the present lflonth we obse rve the outline of si plan to connect aerostation with railway transit . TJw plan is a novel one , and certainly not more impracticable than many schemes to which the public have recently subscribed their money . For the present , ballooning being over for this year , this magazine is to be discontinued . On the first of May next it will be resumed ; and as the rage for ballooning is likely to increase next year , there can be little doubt but that the Balloon , when revived ; will be successful . Certainly the ability and zeal of the Editor entitle him to look for success . ¦
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PICTORIAL PENNY BALLADIST . Pakt I . London : J . C . Moore , 12 , Wellington-street , North Strand . . . This is an admirable work . The Ballad Poetry Of England has shed more true and enduring glory on the English name than all the victories gained undor the red-cross banner , from Agincourt t o-Waterloo ; yet , strange to say , this poetry is unknown , unless merely by name , to tens of thousands of thepresent generation of Englishmen . Perhaps the main cause of this woeful ignorance has been the high price ot
the works in which the old English ballads were enshrined , which prevented the masses from obtaining them . Whoever , " therefore , does what is P ™ to be done by the publisher of this wrk , perform « the part of a public benefactor . The ; Jhctontf baitadisthpublishing in p ™ ^ el « ° ? ^ ' Sj monthly parts . The first part contoins ^ st , the mmous old ballad of" Chevy Chase f who that has read this ballad in his boyhood can ever cease tore member it ? Right worthily is it placed at the commencement of tlie S ¦ m "Jh& / ut-Bromt
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'SJ X autlfuI m ** > whi « h . oncc ™*™ TfihZ . ^ » ? ottenrit ^ is a precious gem .-:--8 ri , " The uZ 2 l k 5 £ * > Le ^ ' ' -t « 7 beautiful . 4 th , \' J , tl - ° ' ' - " a hearty old ballad of arid coneern-Bs . " ? freebooter of Sherwood . 5 th , " iSSr" ?™ 9 htcr of Bcdnal Green ; " tondiiflustraH f r 'T crt ; "Each . ballad is tastefully commnnd Vi- ? h ailda 11 of our reade »' word-^^ ° " n tllIS work The poorest may somehow Sffi » Sf ?•" i' an ( 1 m n 0 bett 01 ' - v eouItl tlie P 0111 - ^ SJ ^ thau in Uw Pwvchase of the ttetonall ' enny Bullaclisi . ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ *
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. , ' : J ALMANACKS . The Miner ? Almanack for ISiC . Newcastle-upon-; . Tyno - . Miners'Advocate Office . Containing , besides the usual amount of information foii -nd in almanacks , tables for calculating wages , pr ; ces for hewing coals , either by the score " yard , or tcav ; market , weather , tide , and other tables ; accidents in mines , ventilation of coal mines , with tables sfeewin . e the speed of air currents , and a Mass of other useful information . " Th « Friend-m-&cd ' Almanack , for the year 1 S 16 . " Londsn : J . Shaw , 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East ..
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as tne day comes round when the grateful millions , whom you are making so wise , industrious , and happy , are clubbing their halfpence for your benefit , it becomes us all , denr Dan , to offer our quota of admiration to you ; and I hereby send you my connbution , in a coin with which you are yourself in the habit , of . relieving the necessitous—I mean a little slack jaw . In a case of necessity in your country , you are always the very first to- come down with a subscription of that sort .
, 1 iT 7 " heaven that poor Paddy , who has no ackot . thei commodity , and takes it from you . so kindly , would but pay you back , 111 this present hard seasoivm the same circulating medium . I am not averse to the subscription-box at most times . A good crovrd ~ a good rattling scene between me and Judy , or-me and the devil—and , " now , gentlemen ami ladies , my man goes round for the subscription , and the coppers come tumbling into the tin . I don't like that vulgar cant of calling it a begging-box : wo are worthy of our hire , both of us . " ,
But there are times and seasons to take the money from poor devils who are starv Ing!—actually starving To be going round for money just now in Ireland—to take the last pence of the poor , ragged , kind ]? , hungry , ^ foplish creatures— -it turns my gorge somehow . You can't be going to accept the money . Do without this time : If you have " none , go down to Derrynane , and . go tick . ; but don't take the poor devils' money . For the credit of us adventurers who IiTC on tlie public , and wlio are said to be goodnatured and free-handed—rogues as we are—stop the collection of the coppers , just for this once . I know the old gag about " forsaking great professional emoluments , '' and so forth . But let them off , this time—the poor starving rogues—the sobd-natured
simple Paddies , who roar at all your jokes / humy . at all your lies , come leagues uponleagnesito ^ ttend : your show , and have paid their money , so often ;! : ||^ : i ""* "" Dives andLa ' zarus" is bad cribugh j andjtli ^ tfo ^ trast of the poor man ' s sores aiid'the ^ Ticn ^ mln purple . But put . it that Dives absolutel * y ! beg ^| t £ ^ money from Lazarus , and grows-fa ^ t' ^ hjip ^ h ^^ tner ;' starves , it will be even so if you ' take ^ hesOTifoJJts ^ moficy—but lam again growingiiijoserwiH sf' ^ p ^ : Not that I quarrel with a joke , my dear professional : friend , or am jealous of . yours ; but I . think , of these latter , days , you have been a trifle too . facetiousl That excessive good humour the wJiichyou havefiling into the discussion of the Starvation Question— " or rather that airy gaiety with which you have eluded it—hopping facetiously away from it when pressed
upon you , and instead of talking about the means of preventing your countrymen ' s ruin , telling a story about the coolness of the . Lord Lieutenant ' s rooms , or havinir a . flingr at the Saxon , or telling a lie about the Jimes' commissioner , struck me as rather out of place . ¦ Ajoko is * a joke , . and nothing can be move pleasing than a lie ( we will call it a hoax ) in its proper place— -but not always . You wouldn't cut capers over a dead body , or be particularly boisterous and facetious in a chapel or a sick room ; and I think of late , dear sir , 3 ou have been allowing your humour to get the better . of you on occasions almost as solemn . For , isn ! t Hunger sacred ? isn't Starvation solemn ? And the Want of a nation is staring Daniel O'Connell in the face / and the Liberator replies with
a grin and a jibe .-All the country is alarmed by the danger , and busy devising remedies to meet it . Tho gentlemen . of Kerry subscribe £ 8 , 000—the Liberator subscribes , the Advice that corn shall not be sent out of the country . . The Lord Lieutenant does all that such a feeble , absurd ceremony as a Lord Lieutenant can do —gives a coremony of consolation ; sa > s . Government has employed scientific men , will send for others , and so forth . Dan sneers at the scientific men because they are Saxons , and fancies he oovovs his own astounding selfishness and indifference by this brutal claptrap . The people come flocking : to Conciliation Hall to know what Dnn will do—what he'll propose , God bless him ! that ' s to get them out of the scrape ? and he puts up Mr . Dillon Browne to
indulge inribald jokes against Agricultural Societies ; and he himself amuses tlie meeting with a piece o ! lying buffoonery about the Times commissioner . lie owns it is a . lie ; boasts and chuckles over the lie " If he -wasn ' tturaed out of thehouse , as I declared he was , he ought to have been turned out , " and all the audience roar . What an audience , and what an orator ! : Think of the state of mind of the poor fellows who have , been got to like and listen to . sucli matter ! . who , perishing themselves with hunger , still feed and fatten him to whom in their extremity ( when every man with a hciirfc in his breast is devising plans for tlieir rescue ) the old cynic , who wallows in then bounty , does not offer a shilJing ; but for all advice , "jeers and belies their English brethren who , by God ' s help , are able and willinjr to assist them , and for ; all consolation entertains , them with lies and lazzis . I think it was the Frenchnewspapers who called you the Irish Moses ; and now the people
are calling upon their deliverer , and behold , out conies Jack Pudding ! My brazen old brother buffoon ! If I had the ear of your Packliesin Conciliation Halllwould tell them a story ' : " During the Consulship . of Plancus , Wlicn I was green and youiijr , I had a dear friend , who for some yeara-made a Very comfortable income out of me , by cheating me at cards . He was an exceedingly agreeable , generous , social fellow , and professed ami felt , no doubt , a warm regard for me ; lor he used alway'S to win and I to jjay with unalterable confidence and good humour . I furnished his house for him , 1 paid his . tailor ' s bills , I kept the worthy fellow in pocket-money . Win what he woulil , I wouldn ' t bclip ye he was a cheat . At last ; as I insisted on not discovering his practices , my jolly friend did not give himself the-trouble to . hide them ; and one clay , when we were playing a friendly game at ecarte together , I saw him with a selection of eight or nine trumps and court cards comfortably spread in his lap , from which he supplied his hand as he wanted . "
God save the Greens ! I leave the amateurs . of goodjokeson the other side of the channel to determine the moral of this fable . Who are the green ones there ? and whoso confidence and blindness arc so inconceivable , that the old sharper who takes their money scorns even to hide the jugglery by which he robs them . Pusch .
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MAXSLAuc ' nrai by a Police Inspector . — The town of Chipping Norton has been thrown into the greatest excitement in consequence ' of a police inspector , named Nott , having on Wednesday week struck a prisoner whom he was conveying to the lock-up house on a charge of felony , and from which blow the poor man died on tho following morning . So great was the excitement ( luring the holding of tlie inquest , that the mayor issued handbills calling upon the people to keep the peace , and stating that the fullest investigation ' should take pkce . This document appeased the minds of the populace , who had before evinced , an inclination to administer . Lynehlaw upon -the inspector . An inquest was held on Thursday , before Mr . YVestall , coroner for
Oxfordshire , whon the followitig pni-ticuWs wove' elicited- : ¦ — Tho deceased , William Skttur , kept a horse in a stable near to tliatof Mr . Hall , and the latter having lost a quantity of chaff , charged tlie deceased , with ' having stoWit . . This he - denied , '' but eventual */ lsott , 'the polico inspector , was sent for , atad in- tie deceased ' s stable there was a quantity of chaff which Mr . Hall said he could swear to as being part of 4 hat stolen . Upon the latter trying to get tlaeliaii oiit of the manger , the deceased prevented lam as much as he could , saying that tho chaff was 3 ms- owa , awl never belonged to Mr . Hall , and that ac should jot have it . Nott , the inspector , said th * y would live the chaff , and added these word ' s : — " ¦ ill soon settle you , " upon which he drew from his right band uaeket
a thick stick , and struck deceased a vip ' ent Wow on the head , which caused him to str » ngeiv ' arid' deceased said , "You have . done a fine J i \ nng : no \ v for me . " Nott was repeating the blow , : > hen -Mr . UAH pulled his arm back and said , "For ftod ' ssake dfln't strike him any more ; there are plenty of pc-oplchere to assist .-you if it is rtquirci . " The . handcuffs were then placed on the dcceas ;>] , and he wns conveved to theloek-up house . On ' jjg-way there he complaineil how bad his nead was . This was about seven o ' clock in the . evening . TV ,, next . inorajng , on Nott ' going to the lock-up hpir ^ se found hi ^ prisoner dead . In eonseauenee of >' ti , e « ,. ftat exciteriwnt m ^ vm !!™ i »
the town . ii w ? vS thought proper tliatH . jpojit mortem examination should be made by a non-i cw } en £ ' -surgewi , and c onsequently'the inquest was aS \ j < m rn e (} , until Sato- raav . ' in " " order that the jury niighTw ] themselv ofthe services of W . ; Wingfield , Esq ., Sh . en"noa * - * i surgeon of Oxford , who promptly attended , ^¦?> cer making a post mortem examination , stated v ie jury that he had no doubt that death was ^ u' ied by the blow given deceased , on the , head by iNf ; and the jury without hesitation rctiinied-a v erdict of " Manslaughter , " and Nott vraaithe siime evening cent to Oxford Castle to take his trial at the ' next assizes , ""'"• ' ¦ ;
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LONDON . _ , , Metuopoiitan' Distuict Couxcii , > —The awe botlj met for tJie dispatch of business at tht Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , No . vembei' 10 th . Mr . John Mills was called to the chair , and rey . orled that the Chartists of the Tower Hamlets ? cre ahoxit tO convene a great public meeting , to take su' . eh sti > ps !« way conduce to the restoration of -our exiled p ' utriots . ^ Frost , Williams , and Jones . Several other localities reported that they- were taking similar stejvs . Other very promising and pleasing reports of the progress of the movement were made , and tho council adjourned . Natjmjal Victim Committee . —Thisconimittccmct in the JlalJ , Tunr . i 2 ain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , Novemhs * 16 th . Mr . Stailwood waa unanimously called to the cliair . The minutes of the previous meeting hsving been confirmed , Mr . Mylne , on behalf of Mr . Wheeler , stated that the £ 2 voted to Mr . Jolm llichasds , at tbe previous -meeting had been duly fonvaried . The chairman stated that Mr .
John Cleave had authorised him to state , that he was prepared to brad over an I- O "EJ for the balance of money he helc ? on behal / of the victim i ' imi r and further , that he would pay any order ; matieky tlie committee , to victims , from time to time , on aee&unfc of the same . It v ? as unanimously yesolvcd , . that Mr , Clcavc ' s oflar be accepted . A lettev waa vead iVom Mi . John Gray , ovlfioodharai , near JSuraley ,. relative to Thomas Tattcnnl , and it was ananiiiously yosolved , that thesuuvof £ 3 berawardccHto'Mr , Thomas Tattersa ] , and ttefr the secretary ( Mr . T .. M . H heeler ) he liereby empowcrsd' to draw the same fr . m the fund , and ibrward itinimediaitely . It was also unanimously resolved , that the seo ? et ; " ny be instructed to draw , upinn address-to-the { Hiblic . mi behalf of the " . National victim Coaiiuittee , " and prc sent the same at our next meeting .- It was their resolved , that this meeting , stand adjourned ) until thisday -fortnight , at half-pist four iu the alk'rno&i ,. the meeting then broke-up .
Veteran Patriots' , jssd ExiiiKr' Widows'" akd-Ciiii-DBEss' Fuxds . —At tliejoint cosamittee meeting of these , two funds , held at ? Mr . lluehes ; 32 , fipi'bican , in Thursday night bef ' ors" last , £ 2 ifere again disbursed for the relief of the cwfterevs . 'She committees meet again , jointly , next ; Monday ' night } ' at eight o ' clock , also at Mr . Hughesr- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of sixpence ii-om-Mr , ( J , Mansfield , jjm ., of Bradford , Wilts ; ? ind sliajl'be happy to receive more numerous contribution ;? , -. knowing tiiie distressed condition of those for whom- > these funds were instituted . — Thomas Coorun , lSi .-Blackfriararovd .
: Cur LocALiir . —Mr . Coopers ' lecture , last'Sunday night , was not attended by mvteh more tlton half of his usual audience , owing to the state of the weather , and the dirty condition of the streets : th (? iair faces winch generally constitute a largb part of the company were almost entirely wanting . , Air . Hughes , jun ., was chairman ; and , after one of the-Peoplesongs had been sung , introduced the leclv . rsr . The subject announced being " The discovery of A'lnevi-; ca , " * 'Mr . C . prefaced it by some interesting remarks 'bh ' / the ' navigation and commerce of the ancients . . With . ; thej ' inveiition of the mariner's- compass- by ¦ fiio iai- "; in . 1802—an invention also claimed by the . Chinese-ithe -lecturer ' s principal tlicme began- lie yescribed / 'fifet , the voyages of discovery made by the
tPortuguesb ' along the coast of Africa ; as far . as "tho i '( Cape : of : Storms , ' , ' pr , as it was . afterwards named . IKe ^' Cape of G 66 d Ilopc ; " and then related tho ; B 5 rtlij-and boyish snilorship . of Coiiimbu . l . with his early assertion of a belief that India mi ght be reached by " . sh'iliiig directly to the . west . His patronage by Ferdinand and Isabella , and thccireamstnncesof lii ' sfiretvbyage , sp full of breatliless interest , were graphically described , with the brilliant occurrence of his discovery of one of the Bahama Isles * on the 12 t ! i of October , 1492 , after a perilous navigation of 3 , 000 niiles across the trackless Atlantic . The second , third , and fourth voyages of the immortal discoverer ,, and the degrading fact of his being carried home in chains to Spain , after the third voyage , —his high and unsubduable spirit , —mid the . many traits of generosity and nobleness which characterised him , were depicted in glowing colours . The voyage ot
Vasco ile Gama , and his amyul at Calient , in the East Indies , by way of the Cape of Good Hope ; and the philantliropicstrujrglcs of Bartholomew las Casas , on behalf of the enslaved natives of the New World , formed the next and not least interesting portion of thc'lecture . The conquests of Mexico by Oirtez , and of Peru by Pizarro , gave opportunity for highlycoloured and exciting descriptions ; anil Mr . Cwound up his subject by recommending to reflection the great lessons to be derived from a view of resolution triumphing over difliculties , as evinced in the life of the great Columbus , —of philanthropy as displayed in the ' conduct of Las Casas , —of the liatefulitcss of war , as depicted in the acts of Cortez and Piziwro , —and of the abhorrent character of priestcraft , as instanced in the part taken by the priest Valverde , who- gave the signal to the plundering Spaniards for their massacre of tlie confiding Peruvians .
MEmiYR TYDYIL . The Lasd . —U'ho ' shareholders of Ko . 1 Association met on Sunday evening Inst , when the following resolutions were adopted : — " That we are in favour of enrolment as recommended by counsel . " " That we are in favour of all tha members becoming IVoeholdiTS in prcfertnee to selling the estate . " "We are of opinion that it be left to the discretion of each member whether lie will have two or four acres . " " That we earnestly impress on the delegates to prevent any one having more than four acres . " "We recommend that the new rules be printed uniform with Mr . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms . "—[ We have given the sense of tho resolutions agreed to by o « r Merthyr friends ; but the report wns so badl y written it was impossible to give it in full . — Ed . N . S . 1
GUEEKOOK . t Mr . M'Grath addressed two public meetings in tbe Hall ' of the Mechanics'Institution , on the evenings of-Tuesday and Wednesday , tho 11 th and 12 th . Ills first subject was the Land , which lie handled in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to hia audience . Mr . M'Grath commenced by showing statistically the extent and capabilities ^ ' the Land nf Great Britain tom-tintain the population . Heshowcd , in a clear and convincing manner , the whole people ' s right to the use of it , and concluded by giving an exposition of the princip le rules and regulations of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Mr . M'Grath was listened to with marked attention , intermingled with bursts of applause . His second subject was" The duty of the people at the present alarming crisis . "
VALE OF LEVEN . We have lately had a visit from ' that uncompromising patriot and advocate of democracy , Mr . . NI'Grath , who delivered an eloquent and instructive lecture oiv Thursday evening , tlie 13 th inst ., in Mrs . Moody ' s large hall , Bonhili , to an intelligent audience of working men . Subject of the Lecture , " Thr Land and its capabilities . " After speaking for the course of one hour and a half , rivetting the attention of his audience to the subject as he went along , lit
wound up one of the most splendid lectures that it was ever our lot to hear . On Friday evening , the 1-lth inst ., Mr . M'Grath lectured again in the Odd Follows' Hall , Alexandria , to a most respectable audience of intelligent working men . Subject of the lecture , t ( The Land , and how to get it . " He handled his subject in an admirable style , demonstrating to the entire satisfaction of his a ' ud&nee their natural right to the soil . At the close cS the lecture a number of rules were disposed of , and some cards of membership taken out .
BACUP . The Lasd . —On Sunday evening , Novembers ] 7 th , the members of the Bacnp branch of the ( Jbartist Co-operative Land Society held their weekly- meeting in the . Chartist-room , llochdale-road , when-a very interesting discussion took place on tin * present rules of the Land Society and the DewHbiigr resolutions . Tie following resolutions were agroail to unanimously i— " That it is the opinion of tli&iiiMtinithat th ? selection of occupant * bo takea , : is-theiis aisares are paid up instead of by ballot , as ft .-will gA-o a . greatsr- stimilus to the society . "—" . Ttoit the ' $$ h
Dcwsl / iiry resolution is calculated to thaaw a damp on tbb society ' s proceedings , and to injure the ? hsivact ^ f of the present directors of the Bbartirfa Cooperative Land SoKicty , inlestlingth ( r 5-s > lrtieio ^ lh ) k th / i they have been appropriating tha funds uf tho sai' 5 society to tlieir own aggvandisuiR * nt , " "Tiiivt if is the opinion of this mueting tk » t- . the present airectoi's are entitled to the best tha ^ hs of t ) , ie share * holder far the noblb and straightfcswnrd rsanncr h which they have performed tlieir Unties . " * — " Tliat tliis meeting stand adjourned to tbo- 2 i ) rtl w £ Noveaiber . " '• ... •
. ; .. Bi » llNSLEI . The' Laniv—On Monday ninfet * last we- toatl a full meeting of the members of the Land Sch&fiy , tonominate a member for the forthcoming Ooafei ' encv . Ths nomination unanimously fell « n Mrk John Yallancu for the Earnsley and Worsbo-jaugh ex « nraouV «; anche * Mr . Frank Mirficld , very warmly flofendeil the . conduct and chara ter of tho Board . V Bireetoi-s , anil remarked that he was surprised haw a » yniandave impeach tJio character of such worthy anil deserving men , and concluded by . Moving iho following- resohf . tion , which was seconded by Mr . Peter llciv , and unanimously carried amid tlio plaudits of tho )» eeting ;_ . " That jkhe thanks of the uwnibers of the Chartist Co-operative Land Sooiety ot . the Barnsley and Worsborough-CommoH branches are hereby given to the Board of Directors for their efficient and economical management of the society . *'•• =.
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LKOAtPjiKSPICtTrr . —In HwMock ' s Chancery , vol . I , pa « e \ -2 o , is tiie fallowing sfieeimen <> f lejjal botheiation and perspicuity : —U'hen a peivon is biitini ! to do a thing , and he does whatia-sy enable him to do tiie thing , he is supposed , in equity , to , do it with ihe view of doing what lie is bound to do . ; IvEEnxo the Uxities . —At a meeting of tlie Nottingham Protestant Operative Association and Re-. formation Society , held a short time ago , one of the * speakers declared that they " weuld make the walls of Some totter in Nottingham . "
A Yankee Puff . — " Christians and Jews , Catholics an'd Protestants , Mormons and Infidels , have all met on one common ground ; and , on one subject at least , ha . " become sp united as to give reason to believe that the time is near at hand when watchmen in Zion sha . 'l see eye to eye : —viz . they nil ndniit that Tice and Co .,-. ^ o . 0 , Bowery , will sell a 'beautiful and durable hat , n wrfo in the n ; o . st fashionable sfyJe , fora Jess price than uny other establishment in the city of Gotham . " Ubw "WuionTS y ' vsD Measures . —The monster r . ews * papers are now 11 . wd in many shops instfad of the usual weiglii * . l- ' o V supplement .- - , -. ve believe , go to & hundred weight . > Tl > e leaders , Jiowevor , are never used , as they arefoiuit ' to be much heavier dome days thau otheva . —i * u » eA . ¦ Vniy aot Because .- -Why is a person wlio never lays a wager as bad as j * . regular gambler ?—Beeausiy ie is no better .
" GbAPJEXTS J&ASY—Y'WUTAIZOS IJJJIE . V 3 E ! " — A typographical ernsr of a curious character cceitrred in on « of 4 he Loraiwn papers- of riiis week . In tho ndverfcieenisflt of flii * Stvangwand 'Hall , the letter E was substituted f ' onF in Ilulii- Tin * pruspectus went on : to 1 state , that M ' as the paasei . gor trainu from Swansea' to that lowSity was so cxtiMwiviMio doubt could' be entertainei ? tliat the 3 ne wOi . 'id prove mi / SC remunerative . ' * — -Canlirimi . JIO » SIEIOB I ^ . ¦ jjfrom t"fce' Time JUavxry ] . SHE GKM 3 TUI , H > TJl ! i { Ayaujig by Sir llolierr Sec ] . )
Tune— "JTcc kimed ! mid I ' ccyrattltd . " ' I ' t « liiss'il ami Pva-prattUMl -xhh fifty fefe- roai ^ s , : ihid changed tiicnr as ot ' t a » ye sea— - jl'te 3 ; js 5 etlai ) i 5 'KV-irpn > t ;! i-a > vj 5 ? i fifrr fscr aiaidg , ' . And chaiijjc . 1 them asott n ^ yt ' Ste ! On grnvii Motliei" G 5 i > . wdi , Cujiif Srst toolioiisjieroli ; I A ' smI at Oxfoj'd-1 taolc rey dfltste ; ' But 1 found her too- » lfl * an < l twjimucli oi ' a sccltlj ¦ AihI so cried ' " Tolsruaion " rss ek-, ; 3 Sa » mistiike : But ; old GirJ ,. " -Tlblera * ioi » " for i » :
But ei ? e I couhl fix , Piioistecal tricits Again-K « on allured 3 ie-5 o rove . " Tlie Sadyin scnrlet"'Iif * anil was no harlot ^ - 35 ut woj'tliy of " Prot « stti » t Jove . *" Though the cross-itmi | j ;»' t '! - » £ t 011 t'Aat beautifjl-breasV 'Twa-s still . i qnally vhstmong : u sss ; So <) iii " " Sniiuicip ; uion"'Btoo 5 i up my station—Tho " - "Pope and ' tlie Deril ^ foi me , So-mistttfi *! But tlio " Pope and the Bhvii t ' or me ! Oh ! wh 8-would not teaoh > ti ) e-i ! tnr lar-s tl ; at lie lov ^ s - Every grnco t ! i « t inny marKs-bcr divine ? And , as Cymon grew inrigltfYvhen iuve Itnt bis liglit , E ' en so-1 ilotwniined should mine . So I founibrt a ColU'ga to touch her that knowlecSgo , . Wliieli SKiet'su ' sn idoljih ^ i ..
'twas " Muynooth anu Eiitlawmtr . t , " Majnoolh ant 5 En--dowmsnt ; : " Mnynooth and Ehdownisrvtrfur n : e , NbnristoiU' ! But " Mayaooth and . Eiiriowmeat" for me . ' y ' ext , Tfound litiv fkimo in- aipjussiprural dame ; " Proti'ctionTsIie aaU'fl as a ln : t > n ! As ^ nllnnt as Hi'otor , 1 vo «' cl'tu " protect hsr "— - " ProtfCi ' licv I « li ( i to some tanc ! W * soon ftll to . pliklinj , ' . I foaatl s ! ie lov'd " slid-ns , " Hc-i' " scalt ! ** took in every do ; j ;« cc . So I wliispor'il my fail ' , she got " more tlsaa her share . " " And cried " Txudc iree . aa aW'for me , Kn mistake :: But rra ( 3 efi-C (> asaii l" i ' orn )(; ! .
Oh ! ' there ' s nothinc like rovinir to Ttecp . 1 : r . r . n lov I oftrn l ) ot ) i think it unil - " eel , Ami " Ul » o ( l « i ' T find—li&Wb ^ v femlfr and kiud-Mayyot st : mil hi iK'ed of ' « Repeal . " So whoevpi" wo (! s host sliall hare my bahast , AVhig , Tory , or Rail , tiimijtli slia hi . Fov a " Ti'sii ' e free ns aii , " tVn in love , I decisive j And- tliu wsirmest ami (• risker . t fo * rk-, Xo niistaUc f But this wavmast and briskest for nia-J '
J . V . Istasioxs oi f Ex&T .. vxi > . —Tlis !? a ^ oloo ! i Culuiiin , at Boulogne , hasjnst bcon compivtmi , sifter upwards of thirty yenra labour . The cnniulesioii ot * it has Intel ? been deiurrcrt out of coaipliment U ) tha l'riiife d * Juinvillc , wliofvltratiH'i * scmpiiloas about a nr . mument being ( hiisiied inhonoui-sit '^ hinvKsion that bail nevci" taken place . His consent ,, nowcviji , was at ] . " . st sained by t " ! i « prmnis" ti-. aj : i- siniilar column should be erceloil op-pnsite I > rkbton-. to eoHiiiioinowte a visit tlio warlike Prince pnii ! ihevo a short time back , —iVtfii
As Odd Fancy . —In the I 7 su- » or ¥ i : i < iiiy , tliore is an siilvertiseini'iit t ' nv an aui ' ive si > Miir wom .-ni who , amoiijj other qualifications , " a « d < fivjj . imis brig ht ; stoves . " She must hn a vcrv . infs ! i % i-i ; t jici-sihi to ba able to hiivc an isiitlewtaiulinj : wk-h a- l ; ri » ht Move ; for if w « were to study such sin article f ; -r ii Jiunith , we should : iot succeed iv . es ' sbli ^ Is-iajv : ; l ¦ S || rt of . syrsspatliy lu-tBTcn oi : r . > eivisami rk-ririi-jibcc . IVo prestimc ,. however , that tiii * J ; i );( i > vf nnt ! wsift ) : *!!! i ! r is pcrlpctly pvHcticablc , : un \ v . -i- think its very ' , K . ssibIo that ths -expression , " Sernso !* in stmics . " must be aiii'sprhit I ' m "Sermons in stovos , " 'A'hich Shakespesye proha . ' ily thunylifc « f , aiwl vvin < . - ! i ; ilso occurred 10 the person advertising for » lioi-senirwil wlio uiuieratnntls them when in a state o ' t bt-hilitiiess . —Ibid .
Umv xo i : sk BiD Foi-vrosa . — . tgrejvfc daal has been said nnd wit ten uboub what o ; : . v ! it to bi ; ilom : wiili disoaagil potatoes . In Ii't' ! : sn : ! , : ifc Joust , tlioy miuht , tlior . gii wo dare not lioj ;(! l !; c-y wiii , be eunvorted to a verv I'sc ' til purpose . The refctcn potasiji ! is an cii ' t'Ctive , and at tho fame time :: « trn-li .-uijft-M-vMrs miesije . and wnv . ld serve iidiuirablv for- ; . » . tins ; ; Xcjh : i 1 . •• j ; itntors off tlieir pbtibrnis-. TJiis-is the u ?« wliieh a ; . ocd l'addywowld make of ' svgood" -Jbr- » otliing . Murahy . — liiS .. No Sjioiiiyrj ¦ Allotved . — i' }) o Allegliaay . Methodist ConferciJCE lately resolved- " -That no-wiv . irter skill he fld ' inittcd'in-to Shis- Conference wlio n « s tobacco in ;» iy « i : its- fjiii'siis . except as-medichiv , aa / i- !!; that c ; ise satisfactory- evidence shaJi ! jo L ; ivcn . " Tliis decree will be likslv to inise a mnolc
li-STHAORBlSAKY J 7 KMAXD VOH Q . ' s-. — " -Jt is . 1 fiicl " , ; 'hat the demand by the printers foriho iittiu letter q ¦ . is so ' Si'Pii&that tbe tvps-ibv . ndeis arc doing jsothinj , - i else biia casting i '» r it .. So many c «/; cisiw have i '< mr . il their way in ' o print , tJiat Jhe j . u-inte-rri have boen : ; thrown : out ol' theii' ealeidtitioMs ,. ami the supply isinot . adaquatc to the dcinanil : If ,. t ! ir-iwforo . uentleimen happen tofind-theniEelves-dubbcdjijain Mr . they , \ vill" know the renson J ' . TibvDevii , amosci . the T . . « . oa 9 . —So ! nc time ago , a . i Freafli'teaebar , resii ' ent in t-Lvt ' uru . ' vjiy-. tiie nanso of : l ) ucanc , ciiilotl on Mr . "ffiiic-Ubairij ,: ! - iv . erecr , who Jived : opposite-Tj ) iivtT . * ity Giil ! ej ; t ' ,, Air a' waistcoat ; piece ,. but eouUl noc recoiled- i ! ic luwne of the mate-. ' rial ; he wished fin : lie s : iid in ; ic >< ii ;< i ! : t- it v ; as de |
: Eiiglis ! i for do dinble .. JMi ' .. " \ Vi ! i-aij himi i > K'iitif > ivcS ^?? ? . the K-vcrrJiiiames ( , f ha iiiJVrnj ;! itiuiuuw , M > shfas £ | B ¦ ' ¦ din Nici ^ BeJztl-rtib . it . i > . " Nn . i ; 3 ., it . was not da ^' s ^ i' ^ < viis-tbe reply . . Aft ! on » tli Mr . VS . ujpuuhl * of JjjtaijI ' tW " Oh , dat is vaJt ' Lvas-t / ' -said JiRcai-e ^ " I Waiit ^^ S ( Satanvfscoat . " ? z $ tfc £ ffi ~ y "¦ . " C !«; , d Maiuv tub Gou > : tst , i ; si ; Man k ^> t . TH . K . ; To ' . vx . " - ^ - " IVhen ifhii : k of ti ; i % yva's nm * years I , lived in-Show's-gavJetw ,. never l ; ii < iwi «^ \ v . 'iii ;! i ? i < l&- . o " tlic- world 'iiesiiiasot u ;>—mjveri-secinjr ban get up . —iicT-oK hearing : ' j b ' svd viuiistio oxuept \ n a eas ; e-=-. ihir . -Jnii" tlarni wftvliar-d / y . nnytliiiigiipon th eavtli lmtJirick ! a- 'Aer «' : \?) dcari ^! itJi < ! S ! v " w , irk—1 do feel it a-.
Wcss ' mg i-i wy oW \ ago , Vnat 1 t-nivsee xhz trots of tv . siwnmcr aioniin ? ¦» - a . vii ; g ftlioui me—1 (! o fool happy v « Ui all tlii ! i « : » s « uii ) g t-iiwii to he so bri ^ lt amV beau-. iihil , v .-ad briiamiiig sveu with . God ' s jioodness . "—• " Tha ^ tri ss . . kni—wvy ti-vie . " s :-, iil St . t 5 iW » ^ " and I ' m fMto kos- i , t ,. yo 5 j look ha . » py , " -r- " As a , l ) iitterfly , " c ? icd ili'S . '• ' Arid , T , ord iave ynu ; when Iso'sset&ncu think what li" * : > s in London ; . when I t ! iiv » lv o' t ^ e p oor folks tkit ' u tliese- now- ^ ihe poci " - cretvirs tVsat's as 2 » c as . M ^ y-bu Ks for iv yr , ir of so , a » d thejj tumbkv as I mqy . say , in , the imjij , and got t ? od on by any sod . y , til ! , they dU ami' as « - no mom thongUt on thnsi poi . « on ? d ra . f ' a—> y . ell , I &ni tiuwikfui that J \ c " been brought iato thUnlacc to feel inysdf , as I way say * soincwljat GJeftnwrfrom Loudmi W . id ,
ami ;> iy heart opciesj by t-Uu swcot axsif- pretty thin » a about me . "— " Anftyon d-kbit know nothing of « ais iiwnn « , M-m , when you iii-sb came ? sji-U Si . " Giles . — ' 1 toil yon not a bit ,, ] Jttt yoii ' vo no tl : oa ? ht on't how soon a man with tho will in 5 j » m loanr * . I *!! i *>! l never fcr-et what Mr . Capsifck « iM \ o m \ « lie » we first come , and 1 dub ' t think-1 could faike- to it , ' . "V S ' ? P 0 ° to 1 U 0 > ' S «» - « Jcn is a teayt-ifui M » , writ by tho finger oi GoU ; evw-y j » . Wcr a « si every ljat sa letter ; yo «> e only to learn * ein—raid , ie ' s a , poor dunce . thnt can't , if ho will , do tUnt-to fcara em , anujam cm , and then qo on icttiiin * . ' ji « d rrad . ni ? , and vou'llfiuo yowweir c » rried ™* y from the oaivh to the sk'es by t ! i « beautiful storv joii ' re uohis through . ' "—Jcrroui ' s Shilliny ihg ^ frc . '
Ax Hotel Oi ; t of Joint . —A gcntloniiin who had been stopping at nn lintel within " a hundred milts of iJli'lionhead ,-whore duriiii . ' tho foiML-iysofhis sojourn , tho invariable" reply to "John , what can 1 have for dinner ? " wns " Very nice chops and steak * , siv ;" at length sent for his landlord . : uul quietly told him that " his was the sti / ist hnicl hu hail everstoiMiCfl ftt . " '? Indeed , sir ! the stijjeti , sir—how so , r ' iv ' . ' * " Why , I have been hero for ten days , and can bear witness that there ' s never a ioint in it . " Thel-id . lord vanished .
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: French Convicts . —It appears from a recently published account of the criminal statistics . of France , ttiaj , during the'lasi ' eight years 6 , 000 convicts were aischar"ed from tho -hulks ' at Brest , Toulon , and RocUefSt ^ . Of this number l . tOO baye been bvovglvt to . trial and-convicted again of new crimes within live years after liitsir liberation . During the same i > ci iod 55 , 009 have been released irom tho central prisms . Of these 16 , 000 have been brought again to tral within thesarae spaw ol" 5 yo yeara for fresh offenc 8 ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1342/page/3/
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