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BEAUTIES OF BTRON . SO . XXIV . " CWZDS H 4 B 01 D . " Intending to conclude our extracts from" Chihle Earold" this week , we think this a fitting opportunity to offer % few words in explanation of our motive in giving these extracts from the writings of Byros . The "age of cant" is not yet over , otherwise it wraldbeannecessary for us to tronble our readers with the following remarks , —remarks deprecatory of that canting spirit which , animating too many of our periodical writers , critics , and others , has given birth to those endless calumnies of which the author of " Ckilde Harold" has been the victim . We speak not only of those who , from first to last , have bellowed against "the irreligious and immoral ten-1
dencyoi the poet ' s works , but also of those candid , frfecraZ-minded gentlemen , who are professedly great admirersoftbe poet ' s genius , bat who ever accompany their grudging praise with the cry , " Look at this blemish—see that spot—mark , again , yon deformity!—oh , shocking ! " These Pharisees , too , can never give a good word to another poet but they must needs institute " odious comparisons" between the object of their praise and poor Biros . Thus one compares Buhxs with Bieox , and tries to exalt the one by labonring to debase the ether—as if there was not room enough for the exaltation of both ! Another , who has never had ihe modesty and sense to ask himself , " Who made thee a judge of fchy fellows , or rather , sitpcriors ?" paints an elaborate portraiture ( after his own fancy ) of the external features and appearance of Braos and Shelley , deducing , therefrom , that the former
was possessed witn tue devils of all evil passions , and the latter with virtues just the reverse of those passions . Again , a new poet is introduced to the world , and his eulogist praises him in no stinted terms , --good ; but the new poet is not all-perfect , he has , at least ,. some errors of a somewhat ultra-anti-orthodox nature as regardshis political andreligious views , ihese " errors" th& reviewer discountenances , but charitably adds , " They are not the engrained sins of that great poet , the brightness of whose genius yet jaade the world forget his spots . " Poor Bikox even the heterodox Burxs , the atheistic Shkllet . and the democratic Cooper , find their admirers ; but at you all the " unco guid" fling their pebbles . You are the Goliah , at which every self-conceited David Inrls his ding ' s ballet . They have one excuse— " a fool ' s bolt is soon shot "—and , perhaps , littleness of mind is as fairly chargeable against them as is meanness of heart
"We haTe not now to do with Btkox as a rjian , though we dare be sworn he was , as a human befeg , as good and as noble as the most of his species , and in some respects infinitely above the great mass of his fellow-men , his critics and revilers included . We and posterity have only to do with him as a poet ; by Ms works , not his mortal self , he must be judged . Jfow , what is the great and nnpardonable fault of his works ? Thntthcyreprcsentmanasheis . Other poets have represented man not as he is , but as they would have mm be ; but every day ' s experience shows their imaginings to be dreams indeed , having but little similitude with the realities of life . The traducers of BtRosknow his pictures of life to be veritable portraits , but they will not confess to the likeness . These morality-mongers pass through life masking themselves in such appearances as . best suit the world ' s hypocrisy , and they naturally execrate him who would unmask them .
Byros was not more immoral than his fellows , but he was more honest . His assailants are not purer than he , but they are hypocritical . In short , Btro . was a Mas , —his " moral" calumniators are Shams ! It has been charged against Byhox that he viewed all nature -with an " evil eye , " never omittirg to blend evil with good , and giving to the former the preponderance . His own lines have been quoted against him : — Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle , Are emblems of deeds that are done in their dime , Where the rage of the vulture , the love of the turtle , ' Sow melt into sorrow , bow madden to crime !
But what are these lines but a picture , a true picture , not only of the land of the East , but of Earth throughout its many lands ? Let the history of mankind be investigated , and the records of each and every nation will attest how greatly the evil has preponderated over the good . Witness the wars , pestilences , and famines , which have afflicted all countries , to which should be added the slavery and misery of the great mass of the people of all nations . Again , view men as individuals , and besides "the thousand natural ills which flesh is heir to , " have not thestrong preyed npon the weak , and the cunningupon the ignorant ? Hasnotthemostabsorbingandfiollest of passions , love—the noblest of virtues , patriotismteen productive of more misery to their devotees than
they ever have of happiness ? Whether the dreams 'which lore inspires were ever fully realised to any human beings , even the most- virtuous and most fortunate , we question ; while there can be no question that this passion has caused sorrows which no tongue ever gave full utterance to , no pen ever fully describe . Patriots have been victimised not only by tyrants , but also by the very slaves they have sought to redeem from bondage and misery ; aRd where one patriot can be named as having succeeded in his mission , mvriads might be named who have suffered and perished , victims to the fraud and force of the privileged few , and the ignorance and prejudices of the deluded many . The detractors of Bykos have charged against Mm that he holds
up" .. the name of Washington , To nuke maa Wnsh there was but one . " But we should be glad to see the assailants of the poet controvert his assertion . Ii they cannot do so , and they cannot , should titcy not hhisk ? and in truth man mav blush for the history of Ms kind , that it
is so . We remember an anonymous writer in " Tait ' s Magazine" winding up a savage attack on Byron by asking , " Whom have Ms works made better ? " We ¦ will answer that question by asking that writer another question : — * ' Does he consider Adam was the better for eating of the ' tree of knowledge of good and evil V" He was , certaiHly , the wiser , if not the happier . But who is liappy ? Certainly not the men of mind . "We know of none in this world who would have the ^ resumption to assert their happiness , save two classes—the selfish , who have no feeling for their fellow-creatures , and the ignorant dupes and slaves in soulwho boast their " contentment . " But what
, man with heart and brains in aim desires the happiness of either class ? If any man fancies himself happy , let him take a day ' s jplk through London , and , no matter how wise in thought , how equable in temper , how virtuous in action he may be , let him but walk with his eyes open , and his fancied happiness will be dispelled . If not—if he finish his walk unmoved—we shall at once comprehend his boasted happin « s 3 to be selfishness ; that self-imposed fraud , wMch makes the " "comfortable , " " respectable " denizens of this world , eat by day , and sleep by night , undisturbed by the cry of the famishing and the wail of the homeless .
We will tell the detractore of Byros what his works have done for us . They have uttered for us what we have not the voice to give utterance to ourselves . They are a protest against the "fitness of things" in tMs " best of all possible worlds "—a protest wMch the hearts of thousands , perhaps millions , accord with . Byros ' s works vindicate " free thought . " and that is the all-important considera tion . lie is not tbat hopeful of the future that Shelley is , but time only can decide whether he or Ms noble brother bard is right . For ourselves , although we regard the past much in the light that Biros regarded it , yet , as respects the future , we cling to the beliet in man ' s progress , and trust and believe with Shelley , that
" A brighter morn awaits the human day . " 2 ? ext to the defending of those great principles which men nave agreed to personify by the words "Truth" and "Justice , " and the succouring the afflicted , defending the innocent , and aiding the oppressed ; next to tlie ? e sacred duties , surely no duty can be more binding on man than that of vindicating the memories of the departed great , against the slanders of iimorantand interested calumniators . But we do not aspire to be the defenders of Byros . Did Ms memory need an advocate , weare too conscious of onrinabmtyto presumetotakeuponourselvessuchan office ; fortunately , however , no defender js wanted 3 that is necessary is , that the poej should be Permitted to vindicate Mmself . With that end in ^ wVcomnienced giving the extracts ^ romthe in thB
p ^ fs works wMch Re appeared paperunder the head "Beauties of Byron . " We believed that notwithstanding the comparative low price at which Braox ' s works are now published by Air . Muhray , that thousands of the working class-the class this piper is specially addressed to-knew little or notMng of to . Cheap and illegitimate editions of Von Juan , Cain , and the Vision of Judgment | have been circulated to some considerable extent , bat the rest of the Doetf s works are almost entirely unknown to the millions . To let our readers know something of the beauties of the poetry they have been used to
hear so much denounced by the puritanical aud hypocritical , ana to inspire them with the desire to cultivate a knowledge of the works of oue of their greatest countrvmen , has been our object . Of course no reader of the Sortittm Star wiil rest satisfied with the mere extracts we give in these columns : on the contrarv , each will naturally be desirous to possess the poet ' s works in full , and set about obtaining them , unless absolutely prevented by poverty . \\ c Jiave no piratical view ' of transferring Byros's works to our columns , on the contrary , our object is to promote their legitimate circulation amongst that class which hitherto lias not known them at all , or known
fhem . imperfectly . Brao . v has not only vindicated free thonght ; he has also , in lanpage most iu-ierbly poetical , denounced tyisnts and their tyranny ; the curse and crimes of warr an ^ n anv ner enormities committed by niau upon *» f-llow-man - In " theugbts Sat brcatiie and -jwwls tuat tara , " hs has glorified
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patriotism , whether triumphant or , fallen . He hai Btrngof beauty and of love with ' a seraph * tswr and the very eloquence of woe has recorded his Vb sorrows in immortal verse . To that verse we commit the vmmcatiop of his name and memun . u < , * . fearing that the voice of the people will do W ^ i him and to Ms enemies . 7 To fullr comprehend . and enjoy -the $ «*«*> oi BrK 0 . v , the reader must readereryline thaW * h £ left us . Our extracts necessarUy give a ? % Jsr but a mere glimpse of those " Beauties . - StS ; the title being the most appropriate we' conU have chosen , will , we doubt not , be deemed suJuchmi SSE £ ^ f ^^ exp lanatory remarks , wenowproceed to give the foUoJn BeWludhifc extracts from Childe Harold . " Next week , we dull introduce to our readers " The Giaour " natriotism . whptllt'P trinmnimT . * "^ .. r _ n . — tt .
NAP 01 EOJJ . —wouWbe all or nothing-nor could wait For the sure grave to level him ; few years Had fix'd him with the Caesars in his fate , On whom we tread : For ffits the conqueror rear * The arch of triumph J and for this the tear * And Wood of earth flow on as they hare floWd , An universal deluge , which appears Without an ark for wretched man ' s abode , And ebbs but to re-flow!—Renew thy rainbow , God !
TTBASSY . What from this barren being do we reap ? Our senses narrow , and our reason frail , Life short , and truth a gem which loves the deep , And all things weighed in custom ' s falsest scale ; Opinion and Omnipotence , —whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness , until right And wrong are accidents , and men grow pale lest their own judgments should become too bright , And their free thoughts be crimes , and earth have too much light .
And thus they plot in sluggish misery , Rotting from sire to son , and age to age , Proud of their trampled nature , and so die , Bequeathing their hereditary rage To the new race of inborn slaves , who wage War for their chains ., and rather than be free , Bleed gladiator-like , and still engage Within the same arena where they 6 ee Their fellows fall before , like leaves of the same tree , I speak not of men ' s creeds—they rest between if an and Ms maker—but of things allaw'd , Averr'd and known , —and daily , hourly seen—The joke that is upon us doubly bow'd , And the intent of tyranny avowM , The edict of Earth ' s rulers who are grown The apes of him who humbled once the proud , And shook them from their slumbers on the throne Too glorious , were thisall his mighty arm had done .
WASHINGTON . Can tyrants but by tyrants conquw'd be , And Frtedom find no champion and no child Such as Columbia saw arise when she Sprung forth a Pallas , arm'd and undefiled ! Or must such minds be nourished in the wild , Beep in the unpruned forest , ' midst the roar f cataracts , where nursing Nature smiled On infant Washington « Has Earth no more Such seeds within her breast , or Europe no such shore !
IREEDOH . Yet , Freedom ! yet thy banner , torn , but flying , Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind ; Thy trumpet voice , though broken now and dying The loudest still the tempest leaves behind ; Thy true hath lost its blossoms , and the rind , Chopp'd by the axe , looks rough and little worth , But the sap lasts , —and still the seed we find , Sown deep , even in the bosom of the North ; So shall a better spring less bitter seed bring forth .
SATDBZ—SOMTODE . Oh ! thtt the desert were my dwelling place , With one fair Spirit for my minister , That I might all forget the human race . And , hating no one , love but only her ! Ye Elements . '—in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted—Can ye not Accord me such a being ! Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot ? Though with them to converse can rarely be our lot There is a pleasure in the pathless woods , There is s rapture in the lonely shore , There is society where none intrudes , By the deep Sea , and music in its roar : I love not Man the less , but Nature more ! From these eur interviews , in which I steal From all I may be , or have been before , To mingle with the Universe , and feel What I can ne ' er express , yet cannot all conceal .
THE OCEAN . Roll on , thou deep and dark blue Ocean—roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep orer thee in vain ; Man marks the eaith with ruin—his control Stops witbrthe shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A shadow of mau ' s ravage , sore his own , When , for a moment , like a drop of rain , He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan , Without a grave , unknell'd , uncoffin'd and unknown . His steps are not upon thy paths , —thy fields Are not a spoil for him , —thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the eril strength he wields For earth ' s destruction thou dost all despise , Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies , And send'st him , shivering in thy playful spray And howling to his Gods , where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay ,
And dashest him again to earth : —there let him lay . The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities , bidding nations quake , And monarchs tremble in their capitals , The oak leviathans , whase huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee , aud arbiter of war ; These are thy toys , and , as the snowy flake , ' They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride , or spoils of Trafalgar . Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee—As * yria , Greece , Home , Carthage , what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free , And many a tyrant since ; these shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : —not so thou , Unchangeable save to thy wild waves play—Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow—Such as creation's dawn beheld , thou rollest now .
Thoa glorious mirror , where the Almighty ' s form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time , Calm or convulsed—in breeze , or gale , or storm , Icing the pole , or io the torrid clime Dark-heaving;—boundless , endless , and sublimt—The image of Eternity—the throue Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; tbou goest fortb , dread , fathomless , alone * * # * * *
1 A > YE . Oh love ! no habitant of Earth thou art—An unseen seraph , we believe in thee , A faith whose martyrs are the broken heart , But never yet hath seen , nor e ' er shall see , The naked eve , toy form , as it should be ; The mind hath made thee , as it peopled heaven , Even with its own devising phantasy , And to a thought such shape and image given , As haunts the unqaenched soul—jparch'd—weariedwrung—and riven .
LIFE . Our life is a false nature—' tis not in The harmony of things , —this hard decree , This uneradicable taint of sin , This boundless upas , this all-blasting tree , Whose root is earth , whose leaves and branches be The skies which rain their plagues on men like dew-Disease , death , bondage—all the woes we see—And worse , the woes we see not—which" throb through The immedicable soul , with heart-aches ever new . Yet let ub ponder boldly—' tis a base Abandonment of reason to resign Our right of thought—our last and only place Of refuge ; thus , at least , shall still be mine : Though from our birth the faculty dirine Is cliain'd and tortured—cabin'd , cribb'd , confin'd , And bred in darkness , lest tue truth should shine Too brightly on the unprepared mind , The beam pours in , for time and skill will couch the blind
the cobie ! Oh Time ! thebeautifier of the dead , Adorner of the ruin , comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled—Time ! the corrector where our judgments err , The test of truth , love , —sole philosopher , For all beside are sophists , fromtiiy thrift , Which never loses though it doth defer— ' Time , the avenger ! unto thee I lift My hands , and eyes , and heart , and crave of thee a gift * * « * * * f And if my voice break forth , 't is not tbat now I shrink fr « m what is suffer'd : let him speak Who hath beheld decline upon my brow ,
Or seen my mind ' s convulsion leave it weak ; Hut in thispage a record will 1 seek . Hot in the air shall these my words disperse . Though I be ashes ; a far hour shall wreak The deep prophetic fulness of this verse , And pile on human heads the mountain of my curse ! That curse shall be Forgiveness—Have I not—Hear me , my mother Earth ! behold it , Heaven . — Have I not had to wrestle with my lot % Hare I not suffer ed things to be forgiven ! Have I not had my brain sear'd , my heart riven , Hopes sapped , name blighted , Life's life lied away And only not to despsration driven , Bteause not altogether of such clay As rots into the souls of those whom I survey .
From mighty wrongs to petty perfidy ILiTe I uot seen what human things could do ! From the loud roar of foaming calumny To the small whisper of the as paltry few , And subtler venom of ihe reptile crew The J ^ nus glance of whose significant eye , Learning to lie with silence , would seem true , And without utterance , save the shrug or sigh , Deal round to happy fools its speechless obloquy .
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t Three stanzas of great power arid beauty are omitted here ; th « y are stauzas exxxi ., exxxis , and cxxxui .-Cituto iv .
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Hut T hare lived , and have not lived in vain : My wind may loseltff ^ fmy Wood its ' fire , And my frumo perish even in conquering pain Bt ; t tficrr is that . wittiin me which shall tire Torture « ndTimi and breathe ' wiien I expire . Sow wiing unearthly , which they deem not of , Lv *> the reniember'd tone of a mute lyre , Siiaii on tlsoir softened spirits sink ; and move i :: hearts all rock y now the late remorse of love . « . "_ . ' ,. * ' "t ~ V ? ¦•"'"¦¦ - '•• ' ' : ' : '" '" " " . '
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THE OONSOKSEUR ^ J Jb ^ ri ^ Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The sccotiJ volume of the " Connoisseur" opens with great spirit . The present month ' s number , . ^ fs ^ n ^ inir Many excellent articles , is em-, belhshed with a lithographic engraving of Vandycr , from a portrait by himself . Ia this exquisite engraving Mr ., MAauittE has exceeded all his former triumphs . In the editorial address commencing the present number , the writer takes high ground in vindicating true , and exposing false , criticism . He promises that what the " Connoisseur" has been hitherto , it shall continue to be , the honest encourager ot talent , and the uncoinoromisinrr onnn «> r nf
quackery ; " a singularity of purpose alone sufficient to excuse its intrusion on the public . " " Music as an Art is an abl y written article ; and although the writer makes some novel , and indeed startling , assertions , his arguments insupportof those assertions are , we think , not easily to be answered . An article is devoted to a criticism on Mr . Wallaces acting , m which the writer does justice to that veteran performer s excellent , and , in the present day , unrivalled personation of logo ; " A Concert of Amateurs" lets the uninitiated into a few secrets of how these things are managed , which will make them laugh . This numberalsocontaiusartieleson "Musical Criticism , " « £ ? A Academ y of M « sic King ' s Scholarships , " 'The Decorative Art Society , " and the usual notices of the dramatic aud musical performances of the past month , which , as usual , are very interesting .
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THE ALMANACK OP THE MONTH . A Review of Everything and Everybody . Edited by Gilbert A . a'Beckett . This is a rare sixpenny-worth of fun , the essenceat least the funny essence—of Punch squeezed into a fitting compass for the waistcoat pocket . First , we have " Some Account of January . " Spenser described January as " an old gentleman , wrapped well " In many weeds , to keep the cold away . " Now , we are of opinion that " weeds " must have been originally written" tweeds ; " for , putting out of the question the well known fact that there are no weeds in January—except widows' weeds , which an old man would not wear—it is very unlikely that Januarius would wrap himself up in such useless
and uncomfortable clothing . The term " wrapped well" bears us out in our supposition , for , although none of us ever heard of " vyeedish wrappers , " it is undeniable that "Tweedish wrappers" are articles we are all of us acquainted with . The " Great Event of the Month" is , of course , "The Ministerial Crisis , " which is appropriately treated as a panto mime . The " Exhibition of the Month " introduces us to the Smithfield Club Cattle Show . A poetical gem , entitled , "The Four Visite , " is excellent . The piece is signed "M . L . " Mark Lemon , we presume . The " Abuse of the Month" is a severely satirical comment the
on recent Woodstock Election The " Absurdity of the Month" cuts up those benevolent newspaper gentry , who , not content , as heretofere , to " give away" waste-paper supplements , are now scrambling " three-guinea globes , " and even " thousands of pounds sterling ! " The " Stage Passions" are treated of in an " Ode" by Mr . a'Beckett —how treated we need not say . These arc but a very few of the good things contained in this Almanack , which , by the bye , is not wanting in some oi the serious and useful information contained in other almanacks . It treats of everything risht humourously , and everybody who loves a joke should read it .
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PUNCH , Part L 1 V . London : Punch office , 92 , Fleet-street . The ancients had their "immortal Nine" whom poets and others have so often apostrophised , but we , the moderns , are still more fortunate in possessing the nine immortal volumes of Punch . The present Part concludes the Ninth Volume , which , if it be not superior , is at least equal to any of its predecessors . Amongst the principal subjects done j ustice to in this Part we notice our old friend Silk Bucxi . vgham and his I'Destitute . " He well deserves the merciless castigation administered to him . Of course Sir R . Peel is duly remembered , and here we have him figuring as " The Premier Navigator , " " The Knave of Spades , " &e . The "Iron Duke" is also dulv
honoured , as " The Army Tobacco-Stopper , " the nurse to the "Military Nursery , " and as the lo " tied to the leg of Peel . In this Part , too , Punch does fuir /' justiee to Ireland" b y his inimitable "illustration of " The Real Potatoe Blight , " exhibiting charlatan Dan in the form of an enormous rotten lumper . The "Diary" of the renowned "Jeanies , " formerly of Berkeley-square , is continued in this Part , and is what Jeamcs would call ' . ' wastly emusing . " But the gem of this Partis Punch ' s Almanack for 1846 , which is very superior to the one for 1845 . First , we have twelve " Railway Miseries , " illustrated by Leech ; next , " Songs of the Months , " each song being an imitation of some popular poet . Amongst others wo have imitations of Byron , MooreTennysonBarrt
, , Cornwall , Leigh Hunt , Macaulay , Eliza Cook , and , chief of all , the " Poet Buvn" ! Last , not least , this Almanack contains the sequel to the famous " Caudle Lectures , " showing how , after the death of Mrs . Caudle , —" sainted creature "—Caudle married Miss Prettyman , and how he " nagged her to death . " He had been a slave to his first wife , and so , to restore the balance , he became a tyrant to his second . It is impossible to describe the fantastic whims and conceits which profusely adorn each page , and which must be seen to be appreciated . We should state that the Almanack may be had separately at the price charged for a single number of Punch . That it will have an immense circulation is beyond doubt , and well it deserves it .
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THE TOM THUMB SONGSTER . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . Judging by the first and second numbers , this work will , when completed , be the best collection of songs published . What do our readers think , of more than fifty songs for a penny ! Each number contains that number of songs , selected from the best authors , containing , too , the newest and most popular lyrics of the day . The numbers are printed small pocket size , and the work bids fair to be the neatest , handiest , and best in the world .
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THE LONDON GENERAL RECITER . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . This is a companion work to the above , published in the same form , and at the same price . In addi . tion to sorae of the best pieces in proie and poetry , generally known as "Recitations" the numbers before us contain choice and beautiful selections from SHAKsrKARE , Byros , Mooiie , Campbeli , Borss , Barry Cornwall , and others . The third number contains also tlie ivhole oftfie celebrated Speech of the Martyred Patriot Robert Emmett . Truly this is an excellent work , and bath it and the Song Book ( noticed above ) cannot fail to have an immense circulation .
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THE TRICKS OF THE LEAGUE . ' : TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STiR . Sib , —With a great portion of my fallow-countrymen , 1 believe the Corn Laws are a branch of that upas-tree be neath whose deadly shade we have too long suffered , j am , therefore , no opponent to the abolition of those ob . noxious laws , if . their repeal is sought to be obtained by proper means , and the benefits resulting from such repeal Becured to the whole people , instead of flowing into the poefcets of greedy speculators and grasping profitmongers—a calamity which our old friend and brother Radical , Sir Charles Wolseley , opines will be the case ; and his opinion rests on no mean foundation .
I have said the Corn Laws are a branch of the political upas-tree . Will it be wise to } op off this single branch , and leave the root , ' trunk , and its multifarious branches untouched ? -: I trow not . Such was not the plan recommended byVJiajor Cartwright . In his opinion , the pruning of corruption ' s tree , would strengthen and inyigorate it ; while , to destroy it , the axe of Radical Reform must be applied to the root , and every vestige be thoroughly eradicated . Now , sir , if the League are really desirous to benefit the whole community , why do they not lay the axe , at once , to the root , whereby the object would be achieved ; as the mass would willingly enlist under their banner , and thus facilitate tlie work of political redemption . However , as the means they employ must result in tlie preservation and perpetuation of the great evil , it behoves
the working classes to stand aloof from their movement . If they connect good , sound , salutary , and essential principles with their dogma—such principles as those embodied in the document entitled the "People's Charter "—then , but not till then , ought the people to render them every possible support . They repudiate the idea of a " sliding scale , " and will hear of nothing but going the " whole hog" for their faTourite measure ; it is , therefore , ridiculous for them to expect us to retrace our steps and comply with their advancing backwards . If the League are justified in discountenancing half measures , surely the Chartists are no less justified in contending fov the whole measure of the People's Rights . The arguweiifs (?) the League use against us us " going too far " may be as cogently applied by the Protectionists against the League .
Depend upon it , sir , if the League were anxious to lay a "big l « af" on every labourer ' s Uble , they would turn their attention from one solitary bVanch of the national evil to the root itself , and alter their modus operandi from the getting up of peep-shows , and exhibiting grind-stones and circular saws to the ladies as " articles of vertti , " to something more sensible and better adapted to compass the object . But they have yet to give evidence that they contemplate the cemmon interest . Millowncrs , and those allied to them , are the main springs in the movement . It is well known that "times are so hard" that the said millowners can boast of their tens of thousands , purchase domains , erect palaces , and sport expensive equipages , while the little loaf grows lessen the workies table . If it be difficult for the camel to ' pass through the eye of a needle , it is evidently not very difficult . to draw n Mansion through the eye of a shuttle ; yet , notwithstanding the facility of accumulating theSe riches , it never enters the minds of theprofitmen to turn the table a little in favour nt the shuttle-driver .
As the existing system enables the pillars of the League to amass wealth with such amazing rapidity , and to give their thousands to achieve their pet measure , they ought , in all conscience , to demonstrate their sincerity in the cause of the poor (?) by extending their bounty towards those whose good tUy tay they seek , iu the shape of an additional sixpence per cut , and a little mow per week to the poor muleteers . This they can do , but they won'tthus proving the " great fact , " that self-interest and class aggrandisement are the objects sought under the guise of philanthropy .
Ona trick of the League demands the most public exposure . In their prints they blazon forth the " gbeat fact , " that a " uorking nxan"has subscribed £ 25 towards the fund now raising to prosecute their next campaign . Now , sir , if such was the case , their opponents might urge the " great fact"as a reason for their hostility to all change ; for , if a working man can afford to give that sum , the system must work well , and it would be dangerous to interfere therewith . Moreover , Cobden and Co . may advantage themselves by keeping this " great fact" in store for free trade purposes . Should the " total repeal" crown their Dis-interested efforts , they might say to Tim Bobbin , "Well
Tim , thew ' s browt thee cut in , and thinks thetv'l get moar . brass for't , knew az 'tKorn Laws are' nock'thov ; bud thew mun submit to a pull dewn , or goa bewt work ; fcr tliew mun understand we've them there forrin chaps to kumpeat with .- Thew kon getporritch fcrlesknew than afore ; an' caw to thee moind th' stmeunt we laid desvn to get th' hnbbolishon , which we mun hav back wit hinterest . An' see thee bud , dus't remember Jack o ' Sam ' s givin' twenty-five pounds fer't repeal . This shows ye worrant badly hofbefoar , though we wurfoarst to sa ' son to get wot we wanted . But I conna stond higglin we thee . Tuppence three-fardins is't first reduction uppo every cut : an' iv t& dust'ntloyke it , tfien got ewt o' me kewntin-hewse ; these plenty waitiu * fer ' t job ewtside . "
I am neither a prophet , nor yet the son of a prophet , yet , sir , I . venture to predict thM something approximating to the above will not be of unfrcqucnt occurrence , should the League rule the roast . A working man in this country , now under worse than the ancient Egyptian yoke ^ gives £ 25 to furthur League purposes !!! Impossible . The real "fact" is , the " working mun" is a reedmaker , employing several journeymen , besides apprentices . He is well to do—has a good business—is a kind and benevolent man , and worthy of better company than the League . It is not his firs ! donation . His object , I believe , is pure , but the League are making use of his name and kindness to subserve purposes which , I guess , the donor never contemplated . Yours , truly , William Rider , London , Jan . 7 , 1846 .
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The Poor of the "First Gitx Hf rrrK IVWid !" —On Monday a poor woman named Margaret Wright , aged upwards of seventy years , was brought before the Lord Mayor by Captain Kincaid , the governor of Bridewell Hospital . Captain Kincaid said that the old woman had been some time sinee committed to Bridewell for two months for having broken a window , and was sent , upon being discharged from that prison , to the City of London Union , in Cannonstreet , for the purpose of . being conveyed to her parish in the country . By her own account , after she had remained at the union-house at Peckham for a fortnight , she was discharged , although she was anxious to be allowed to remain in . that asylum . The Lord
Mayor : She did not discharge herself ? Captain Kincaid : She says she wished to stay there , for she was in a state of utter destitution , and that the authorities would not allow her to remain beyond Monday morning . The Lord Mayor : I must say it is very discreditable in the authorities of the large union of the City of London to have such complaints . They will not tf . ke tlie trouble to make inquiry into tlie cases brought before them , aud thus the poor are deeply afflicted , and an enormous increase of expenditure takes place . I have received an account of the mischief done in breaking of windows during the last year , by persons who came here in consequence , in most instances , of the defective system of the City of London Union . The following is the account alluded to by his lordship : —
From 1 st January to 31 st December , 1845 . Total number of persons charged before the Lord Mayor with breaking windows 140 Total number of panes ot glass broken by the above - 215 Total estimated value of the above £ 44 13 s . Of that number , persons charged with breaking windows at the Mansion-house 82 Number of panes broken at the Mansionhouse jog Value of glass destroyed at the
Mansionhouse £ 28 12 s . The Lord Mayor observed that the amount of the expense incurred , according to the list lie had read , would have diminished the expenses to which the City was subjected by the extraordinary conduct pursued by the authorities of the union . The Lord Mayor added that he would take care that the poor creature should be safely and comfortably conveyed to Cumberland . His lordship said ho could not take a better opportunity of returning his most grateful thankj to the press for tho able manner iTt wliieh they had responded to liis call for assistance in rendering service to the poor children who were to bo seen about the streets in a friendless and deplorable condition . He had received a great number of valuable communications upon the subject , and he had not the slightest doubt that a remedy would , in a short lira- , bj applied , and in all probability efficaciously , to the tremendous evil .
Attempikd Suicide of a Soldier . —On Tuesday a private in the 00 th Rifles , stationed in Dumbarton Castle , on being relieved from sentry at five in the morning , attempted to kill himself , by placing the muzzle of his gun to his head , under the chin , and then discharging it . Tho poor fellow was so far successful—he discharged his gun , but did not kill himself . The ball entered at the lower part of the face , but in place ongoing up through his head , as lie had intended , it came out above the nose , leaving the brain untouched . The victim of the rash act was therefore , left in life , but desperately wounded . Tin '
jaw , the greater part of the tongue , the nose , and indeed the whole face nearly , have been destroyed The poor sulferer has been brought to the barracks in Paisley , where the main part of the depot is stationed . He has a good character in the reeiment and is , supposed to bo one of the many who fall victims to the unnatural system of protracted life aarvice , winch- is peculiar to the Bi-itiali army Despoudency ^ regarding the state of his wife and three children , is supposed , in constquence of his inability to assist them , to have operated most directly on his mind . —Glasgow Saturday Post .
IIouoway ' s Ointment and Pills . —Debtors' prison Infirmary , Whitecross-street .-Extraordinary cure of Scrofula by the use of one large pot of Ointment and a box of Pills .-Captam Jams , au itunate of the above prison , had , lor ten years past , several dreadful serotulous ulcers on his legs and other warts of his body which resisted every other kind of treatment . His case was so desperate as to confine him for several months to tho inhrraary , until ho was miraculously cured by these mi'thcmcs .
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• /¦< ¦ n TEN-HOURS ' BILL . ¦ L ORD MORPETH AND THE DELEGATES PROM TUB SHORT TIME COMMITTEES . The death of Lord Wharncliffe , and the consequent elevation of tho Hon . John Stuart Wnrfcley , M . P ., to the House of Peers , having created a vacancy in the representation of the West Riding , the central short time committees of Yorkshire resohed that the ten hours' question should be promptly brought before such candidate or candidates as might oner themselves , and that the secretary should solict an interview for a deputation from each of the short time committees of the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire .
On Saturday , December 27 , the Right Hon . Lord \ iscount Morpeth having , in compliance with a DU ! aerou 8 ty signed requisition of tlie electors , offered himself as a candidate . intimating , at the same time , Ins intention of declining to visit the several large towns as on former occasions , the secretary of the central short time committee immediately proceeded to Castle Howard , from whence his lordship ' s address to the electors was dated the day previous , for the purpose of soliciting an interview fora deputation trom all the short time committees of the West Riding on this important subject . He arrived at Castle Howard on Saturday evening , and was most courteously received by the noble lord ; who , in reply to hi * request on behalf of the short time committees , that Lord Morpeth would fix a day upon which he might be pleased to meet the deputation from those bodies , expressed his readiness to meet them at York . His
lordship , at the same time , stated that if the delegates thought proper to send him a written communication , lie would give it the same attention , and save tho deputies and himself the trouble of a long journey . # After some conversation on the factory question , m which tlie noble lord showed considerable interest for the improvement of the condition of the workin" . classes , the secretary returned , and on Monday summoned a meeting of the delegates at the New-inn , at Bradford , for Tuesday , tho 30 th ult ., which was presided over by the Rev . William Morgan , B . D ., incumbent of Christ Church . After considerable discussion it was decided that Lord Morpeth ' s suggestion should be acted upon , and the following memorial was unanimously adopted , to which his lordship ' s answer has been received this day ( Jan . 5 th ) : —
MEMOHIAL OF THE DELEGATES OF THE SHORT TIME COMMITTEE FOR TIIE WEST BIDING OF TORKSnlRE . " To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Morpeth . "My Lord—We , the delegates of the short time committee , deputed from all the large manufacturing towns of the West Riding , beg leave most respectfully to stale to your le .-dship , that the existing act of Parliament allows the working of young persons in factories for twelve hours a day on fire days of the week , and nine hours on Saturdays . That these hours of labour in factories are most ppressive , and that the shortening thereof is absolutely essential to the well-being of the crowded population in the factory districts . That the large proportion of females and young persons employed in factories renders it the more necessary to lessen this unreasonably length of toil , and that the hours of working should be from six in the morniug to . six in the evening , allowing proper intervals for meals .
" That a majority of the House of Commons , including most of the leading members of all parties , did , in the session before last , give their support to Lord Ashley ' s measure ef ten hours working per day , but , in consequence of the opposition of the government to this just and necessary limitation , their decision was subsequently reversed . " That the factory system requires this term of daily labour to be enacted , for the purpose of giving to the working classes and their families the means of obtaining social comfort with moral and religious improvement . That this great question can never be settled until the claims of justice and immunity » ro nonceded by a legislative prehibition of the destructive toil , which many hundreds of thousands of persons are now doomed to suffer in factories , inflicting upon these unoffending individuals two' hours longer labour per day than is required from aiults , who perform their daily labour at other trades out of factories .
" Your memorialists , therefore , most earnestly entreat your lordship's sympathy for their oppressed condition ; and , in the event of your lordship being again called to take your seat in the House of Commons as the representative of the West Riding , that you will gratify the expectation entertained from your lordship ' s benevolent character , by giving your influence and [ . support to the bill Which will be introduced by Lord Ashley for the restriction of factory labour to ten hours a day for five days , and eight hours on Saturdays . Signed on behalf of the delegates of the Short Time Committees , W . Morgan , B . D ., Chairman . M . 15 alme , Secretary .
I 0 BD MOBPJSTIl ' S BEPLT . Castle Howard , Jan . 3 , lSie . Gentlemen—I have been favoured with the Memorial of the delegates of the Short Time Committees of the West Riding of Yorkshire , I willingly promise to them the sympathy they request , with so much propriety and forbearance of language , for tlie whole body which they represent , and for their condition in life . If I now reenter Parliament , nfter the long interval of absence from its deliberations , and without having had the n ' muy important questions connected with factory labour especially brought under my notice , I must reserve to myself entire freedom to deal with tlie propositions which may be submitted for adoption ; but I shall bring to their consideration a keen feeling for tlie wants and wishes of the working classes , and a resolute determination to do my whole duty towards , them . —I have the honour to be , gentlemen , your most faithful servant , Mobpeth . The delegates of the Short Time Com . mittees of the West Riding .
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Suicide . —Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , held an inquest at the sign of the Red Lion , near Hammersmith Suspension-bridge , on the body of Anne Pearman , aged sixteen years , who was found in the river , having , as it was supposed , committed suicide , owing to the threats of her Jate mistress to have her brought before a magistrate for some theft with which she was charged . The deceased , however , protested that she was innocent , but exhibited tho utmost dread of the proceedings with which she was threatened . Mr . Wakley remarked on the harshness of , the measures adopted towards so young a person . Verdict , "Found drowned . "
The Late Boiler Explosion . —Another Death . —About eight o ' clock on Sunday morning another death , making the total number fifteen , was added to the list of victims by the late calamitous explosion at the mill of Messrs . Itottwell and Kifcts . The deceased was a little girl , named Ann Hardman , aged eight years , who was crossing the lactory yard , and had got to the door of the house where sho lived when the explosion took place . —Manchester Guardian . Daring Railway Robbery . —Leicester Jan . 7 . — At the Leicester Epiphany sessions , held before 0 . W . Packe , Esq ., M . P . at the , Castle at Leicester , to-day , Alfred Pencvaine and Josephine Marie Huismans were charged with stealing a portmanteau , the
property of S . Cooper , from the station ot the Midland Counties Railway Company , at Leieestor . The prisoners were of French extraction . The prosecutor is a tradesman , residing in Kerby-street , Hattongarden . On the 5 th ult . he arrived at Leicester by the railway , and took his portmanteau into the booking-office , where he gave it in charge of a porter , intending to call for it on his return from the town , but upon his returning to the office he found the portmanteau had been taken away , and being unable to obtain any tidings of it , he pursued his journoy to Nottingham , where lie gave information to the police , who at Nottingham ascertained that the two prisoners had oftercd various articles of plate to different individuals for sale , aud they were
ultimately takon into custody , and the portmanteau in question , with its contents , was found in their possession . From inquiries that were subsequently made , it appeared that the prisoners were waiting at the Leicester station when Mr . Cooper arrived by the train , and as his portmanteau happened to be placed close by their luggage , the female prisoner gave directions to one of the station porters to convey that , together with their own luggage , to the carriage in which they were about to take their seats , Upon arriving at Syston , a station about five miles from Leicester , they left tho train , and remained till the arrival of the next , by which tliey proceeded to
Loughborough , about six miles further on , where they remained all night , and went on to Nottingham ' the following day . Mr . Macaulay addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners , and in tlie course of his observations he made some very stringent reflections upon the gross negligence exhibited by the servants of the . railway company , one of whom said , in reply to a question put by Mr . Macaulay , that " it wa 3 an every day occurrence for other passengers' luggage to be taken away by individuals to whom it did not belong . " The jury , after a careful summing up of the case by the chairman , returned a verdict of Guilty . The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hiird labour .
Sudden Deaths . —Yesterday Mr . Bedford held two inquests on . persons who had . died in a sudden manner . The first case was held at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , on the body of Caroline Saunderaon , aged 23 years . It appeared by tho evidence that on Wednesday evening last the deceased had boon at a Christmas party , she then appeared in her usual health and cheerfulness ; the next day she complained of pain in the chest . She was attended by Mr . Marshall , a surgeon , but she died on Friday
morning . From a post mortem examination it was found that there had been an ulcer in the stomach , which bursting had caused death . It might have been accelerated by dancing or other exertion . Verdict , Died from natural causes . The second case was held at the Plough , Carey-street , on Jonathan Stockam Ingram , aged 51 , a licensed waterman at the Spotted Dog , Strand , who was found on Saturday morning lying in bed quite dead ; a medical gentleman said from » u attack of apoplexy . Verdict accordingly ,
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A sew Propeller for Steamers . —The model of a new invention for propelling steamers , which is said to be well worthy of inspection and attention , may be seen at the office of Messrs . Willnier and Smith , Church-street .
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Cpoper , me Chartist . —Cooper , the Leicester Chartist orator , who figured conspicuously in the riots of 18 i 2 , and who subsequently suffered imprisonment for sedition , has betaken himself to literature , with much success . He lately published a lengthy poem entitled " The Purgatory of Suicides , " in which , the professed critics being judges , there are some splendid passages , lie lias just published a two-volume book entitled '" Wise Saws and Modern Instances , " of which the Leicester Chronicle says , " the volumes contain a number of sketches of character , and delineations of scenes , drawn chiefly from humble life . They are well written and interesting . The extreme notions , amTsorae of the unsound views , of the writer arc occasionally introduced into them , but seldom , if ever , in an offensive manner . The stories contain some true and painful pictures of the miserable condition of many of the poorest operatives ; while others of them are of a humorous description . " Another paper says that Cooper is now a contributor to some ot the leading London magazines . —Bradford Observer .
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WILLIAM TUOM , THE POET OF INVERURY . William Thom , the poet of Inverury , whose beautiful and pathetic " Rhymes and Recollections" have made his name famous from the Thames and the Tweed to the Ganges and the Mississippi , is , we understand , about to appear before the public in a new , but appropriate character . Associated with Mr . Sinclair , the celebrated Scotch vocalist , Mr . Tiiom is about to commence a series of musical entertainments , in which his own lyrics , with the best of the songs and ballads contained in . Scottish minstrelsy —an inexhaustible fount to draw from—will be
provided for the public ; these -will be interspersed with Northern legends , historical narratives , local traditions , and illustrations of tlie manners , habits , customs , < fcc ., ofthe " guid folk" of thefar North . Messrs . Tuom and Siscl . uk will , we understand , make their debut before a London audience in aliout two or three weeks' time . As one of " nature ' s nobles , " and an honour to the working class , Mr . Tuom has especial claims upon our geod word , which we give him most heartily . We hope our readers will be on the lookout for the commencement of the intended entertainments , for we are quite confident they will be instructed and delighted by the performances of Messrs . Tuom and Sinclair .
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Why , old fellow , don't you know that they ' ve * made me quite a show , which is not at all the purpose I was built for long ago , and is one that I consider mean and low ? ST . TADl 8 . You suffer not alone , your grievance is my own ; I , too , have to bemoan that like a curiosity-shop I am daily shown . WESTMINSTER ABBEY . I ' m reduced to the condition of the Chinese Exhibition—though that will shortly close , when I shall , goodness knows!—or of the Egyptian Hall , which I ( lon'ilikeat all ; I feel , with deep dejection , that I ' m open for inspection , like Burford ' s Panorama , or Madame Tussaud ' s collection .
ST . PAUL'S AND WESTMINSTER ~ ABBEYr A DUET . WESTMINSTER ABBEY . i-ver since I was an abbey , or , so to speak , a little baby , I never knew anything so shabby , no , not excepting a superannuated tabby ! „ . st . paul ' s . l 0 . whom are youalluding ? on what wrong may you be brooding ? thus on the silence of the night so remarkably an abrupt exclamation intruding . WESTMINSTER ABBEY . Io the dean and chapter ' s doing , to the course hey ye been pursuing ; which if they don't abandon it , I iear mil prove my utter ruin . st : paul ' s . And pray how have they ill-used you ? migmanaged or abused you , disfigured you , or due repairs and fit and proper maintenance refused you ? WESTMINSTER ABBEY .
st . paul ' s . My case is just the same , and I say it is a shame ; I am like the Industrious Fleas , or any sight you Pjease : and I ' m sure you will agree , a Cathedral Uiurch like me ought never to have been converted vnto a sort ot Wombwell ' s menagerie . ¦ WESTMINSTER ABBEY . May I ask you , by tlie way , how much the public pay to behold yourvarious wonders , hear yourwhispenng gallery ' s thunders , and listen to your verger ' s monstrous Oockneyianis and blunders ? st . paul ' s . Four-and-six , or thereabout , to see me out-andout , is the sum the showfolks charge ye—by them I mean the clergy—a price my visitors may justly groan at . Now , in return , tell me what are you shown at ? ' . . . WESTMINSTER ABBEY .
Tis but a sixpenny touch , but that sixpence is too much lor workingmen and such ; the nation ' s church should be , like the British nation , free , for high and low , rich and poor , gentle and simple , without money without price , without reward or / ee . st . Paul ' s . That ' s exactly what I say , ' tis a monstrous thing to pay to see a church , as if it were a concert or a play . How deplorable our state is ; There ' s the National Gallery gratis : so is the British Museum : and here are we , no better than the ColoBseum !—Punch A YANKEE TRADE . " I calculate I couldn't drive a trade with you today ? " said a true specimen of the Yankee pedlar , as he stood at the door of a merchant in St . Louis . "I calculate you calculate about right , for you cannot , was the sneering reply .
"Wai , I guess you needn't get huffy about it . Now , nere s a dozen real genuine razor strops , worth two dollars and a half—you may have ' em for two dollars . " I tell you I don't want any of your trash ; so yoa had better be going . " Wai , now , I declare ! I'll bet you five dollars if you make me an offer for them are str jps , we'll have a trade yet . " ¦ l ° k ' j r ¥¥ the merchant , placing the money in the handsoi a bystander . The Yankee deposited the like sum-when the merchant offered Mm a picayune for the strops . " They ' re yourn , " said the Yankee , a 3 he quietly fobbed the stakes .
" But , he added , with great apparent honesty , " I calculate a joke ' s a joke , and if you don't want them strops , I'll trade back . " The merchant countenance brightened— "You are not so bad a chap , after all : here are the strops , give me the money . " " There it i 9 , " said the Yankee , as he received the strops and passed over the picayune . " A trade ' s a trade—and now you ' re wide awake in airnest , I guess the next time you trade with that are pic , you'll do a little better than to buy razor strops . " And away walked the pedlar with his strops and his wager , amid the shouts of the laughing crowd .
YE PEASANTRY OF ENGLAND . DEDICATED to THE DDKE OF NORrOlJ . Te peasantry of England , Who till your fertile leas , How little do you think a man May lire on , if he please ? Your weekly wages , it is plain , Ab far again would go , And keep you so cheap , . ( For Norfolk ' s Duke Bays 60 ) If hunger rages fierce and strong , To curry you would go . This powder , hungry fathers , From all expense will save : Por if your children eat thereof , No other foed they'll crave ; And any time that wages fall , ( As oft they fall , you know , ) 'Twill come cheap a pinch to steep In water—a pint or so ; And when hunger rages fierce and strong , To your curry powder go . Our labourers need no dainties , But something strong and cheap ; No steak from off the rump tbej crave , No chop from off the sheep : With curry powdar , thrice a week , AV » nn into bed they'll stow , Nor ever roar out for more—Their place so well they know ; Bui when hunger rages fierce and strong , To the curry powder go .
Tho 'tato crops of England May all to grangvene turn , While Norfolk ' s Duke about your lot His wise head shall concern . Meanwhile , ye hardy labourers . Your song of thank * should flow To the fame of his name Who the powder made you know ; Which , when hunger vajes fierce and stroag , Will set you in a glow . —Punch , Sometuin'o is a Name . —The second title of the Norfolk family is that of Earl of Surrey . We understand the present head of the illustrious race intends to change Surrey into Currey ; for he insists that the latter was the original title ; of which the former is merely a corruption . —Ibid . The "Times" Ays the Seasoss , —The limes in England is for opening the ports ; but the Seasons in the north are generally for closing them .
Death of Rob Roy . —His death bed was in character with his life ; when confinedto bed , a person with whom he was at enmity proposed to visit him . " Raiso me up , " said Rob Roy to his attendants , " dress me in my best clothes , tie on my arms , place me in ray chair . It shall never be said that Rob Roy Slacgreger was seen defenceless and unarmed by an enemy . " His wishes were executed , and he received his guest with haughty courtesy . When he had departed the dying chief exclaimed , " It is all over now —nut me to bed—call in the Diner ; let him play Ha
til mi ttdidh ( ve return nomore ) aslong as I breathe . " He was obeyed ; he died , it is said , before the dirge was finished . * * * When dying , he showed that he entertained a sense of tho practical part of Chi istianity , very consistent with his highland notions . He was exhorted by . tiie clergyman who attended him to'forgive his enemies ; and thafe clause in the Lord ' a Prayer which enjoins such a state of mind was quoted . Rob Roy replied , "Ay , now ye hae gien me baith law and gospel for it . It ' s a hard law , but I ken it ' s gospel . Rob , " he said turning to his son , " my sword and dirk lie there : never draw them without reason .
nor put them up without honour . Itorgive my enemies ; but see you to them , —or may—"—the words died away , and he expired . —Memoirs of the Jacobites , Policemen' in * Plain Clothes . —Mr . Nathan , of tho masquerade warehouse , begs to inform the commissioners , superintendents , and inspectorsot police , that in consequence of the prevailing practice of dressing up policemen in plain clothes , he has added to his wardrobe an extensive stock of disguises , suited to every class of societv . He undertakes to turn out
any letter of the alphabet , or any number in the numeration table , in the first-rate style , and at the shortest notice . For the purposes of political spying , Mr . Nathan has a variety of fustian jackets of nil sixes , with working-men ' s aprons and brown paper caps or suite . Baskets of tools can also be had if required . The force may also be accommodated with dress-coats , Young England white waistcoats , and patent leatherhighlows , {' or political meetings . Sporting siiits always ready for race-grounds . N . B . —Twenty policemen can always be got ready as Quakers a t five minutes' notice . —Punch .
A Suarf Witsess . —• During the past week the following questions were put , in the Recorder ' s Court , by Mr . James , the barrister , and the following answers were returned by a witness from Eccles : — "Do you smoke ?" - " I do . " "What , cigars ?" "No , " "Then what < W vou smoke ? " " Why , I smoke mv breath . " " Well , you don't waat a pipe for that-, " surely ? " " Yes , I do . " "What pipe do you moan V " Why , my windpipe , of course llw last answer caused much laug hter , in which the teilow seemed to chuckle wore heartily than an ) 0 < V .-else , — Liverpool Mv . il *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1349/page/3/
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