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TEB HARP THAT OKCB THBOUGH TARA ' S HALLS , ST THOKAS HOOK . Tfce harp that once tbreugh T » r »' g halls The tool of music 6 b e $ , Kow hangi u mute on Tw& '« walls , ^ As if tbat soul were fled ;—So sleeps the pride of former days , S 0 gl 0 Ij '» tfcfUlis 6 ' ef ; Asd ktttts tfa * t snt » beat high for praise , Now feel tfeat polie b o more ! No more to chiefs and ladles bri ght Tio fe « rp of Tar * ftreliB ; The chord alone that breaks at night . Its tale of ruin tell * v—That Freedors now loseldem wakes , The only throb she gives , Is when « ome heart indignant breaks , To ifeow that EfiU sheUves .
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ANALOGIES AND CONTRASTS , OR , COM . PARA . TIVS SKETCHES OF FRANCE AND ENGLAlvD . By the Author of The Revelation of Russia' London : T . C . Newby , 72 , Mortimerstreet . Carenditli'sqaare .
{ Continuedfrom our last . ) The aaihor of this work contends for the sound sad generous polioy of abstaining from interference in any political moyemsnt which , not calculated to weaken England , might conduce to tha advantage of Frews . He sees do objection to France annexing to her province of Algeria anj portion of Morocco which a fair casus bdli taigfet gire her a fair claim to . He argoes for the extension of Ftanea to the Rhine , and ejen to the Scheldt , proTided the inhabitsate of these territories are willine to become
French ; and fee would willingly §<» Franco the possessor of the Balearic Wand ? , if legitimately purcitted from Spain . rrencbamWion directed to 8 practical object would no longer intrigne for & barren su premacy in the court of Spain , or the casmcils of Greece , Tarkey , and Egjpt ; and hostile malitafeOtt with Great Britain in China and in Polynesia , vould be abandoned for more profitable employment . In the present * tate of the world 'jealousy of French aggrandisement and power can only arue from cow-. Si&ce , isBoraaee , or folly , cr originate in an inndiotzs prejudice which no Englishman would dars to
5 T 0 W . The wcoui Tolome of these * Sketches' opens with ID account Of LoEK Phiuppb ' i parentage , education , life , and character . We extract the following notice of the celebrated ease of
K ** U STUM . the tnetaoira of Hwla Stella hava Veen declared libel-Ions and suppressed , bat aerer confuted . It is wellknowB that she claims to be the child of to fceitttl of ? f&tkii *!» { vtho t » a previously on l y gtrea birth to femalas ) by the Dake of CasxtxM , ( afterwards E $ » lUa ) her haeband , who fa his amWtfoos anxiety far a sale htir , had prepare * a bey to substitute for the ohlld l&ont to b » Itflsa , lo cs « 8 it sbooid not prove a male . This changeling , the son of OhiapplnU the execution * sad jailor , the astsor asserts to be Louis Phlllppt—hergelf the daughter of Egalits .
The&cttbatthe « wtreatoo » ttrae thirteen iadrri * insU , e * eh dsissias *« be the Dauphin , son Of Louis tie Sixteenth , supposed to hare periiaed In the Teaple , asd that \ h . e pr « en . tiQ » ot mort of thim » u tnpporte tj a strong lfeeneii to the Bjorboa family , which probably suggested the iepostsre , readered it esty to throw dlKKdit oa the story ef Haria Stella , and reduced to tlSsht importanea her-pewoasl reiemblanceto tho family with which she clalsed kindred . The utter dissimilitude of LonU Phflfppa in feature ao « la character to mrj bMBoh end csw&W o ! the Bourtoo family—the failure of bis partisan * to ntet aad exposs the fallacy of If aria Stella ' * charge—ere far bom BirB ^ eaut features of the case . *
lot tiiMS waoiits ¥ *»» * 6 saslom » & to regard her dilms as no better fonnded-tkas the pretensions of the thirteen impersanaiors of Louis the Serenteenth , it may not be uainteresting to leata that ih » obt « intd , notwithitanaiBg the aaergelie oppoHtlon of Louis Philfpp * , a dediicm in her farow from b nttire ttlbunal . la Jane , 1324 , by a decree vt the Episcopal coart of Fatnza , to which Lad y Kewfeorou ^ h Stembttg had midi e ^ Kcstioa , tie entry to tt » btpfitmal regii'ir ef tht priory church of St Stephen , pop * and martyr , at Hodigliana , bsarin ; date the 17 sh of April , 1773 , end dedsrisg Karia SteUa Petromll * to baiebwn tbe diaga . « er of Lawrence Chiippial and of TiceEiia Dillgesti , was formally altered , and the was therein inscribed Instead , « child of the Count and Couofssof Jolnrilic , the name under whica E ? iiii& ( tken Dae ie Charts *) saihla pricce&l travelkd . Wegit 6 some farther qootatioBs froa this chipfer :-
lOnU . ^ HJlJM'fi XXX > CBAXXXTS . Domonrler , with trhom Louis Philippe escaped to the Aastrisn bead quarters at Jfcms . fired on by Strsost ' s bittalion as heSed , was istriguing to raise him to the thrcss , Ss hsd writtsa to propois him at tcntttign of Fritce , to the soa of ( ha ez-prirateertiaan , the eoontry . fctlemsa and Vendeaa chief Cbtietie . The nncomproaldat CbaretU , who entered Nantes with the white p- ! = e wsTmg fron his hat , to treat from t ^ usl to eqaal with tba rerolutienary asihorities , who had scattered like cbsa the tosti of the Bronswicks , Coburgi , and Dikes of York , —Cfearette , who haTiBg only taiiteen foU lown , Itftlie 4 mllllosi to gire ap the eonUjt—replied feat to tha reaegade commander , — Saiate PlaiTe de » Loops , 2 l 6 tKor ., 1785 . Diax Dr « ocxnrB , ' 1 T « 31 the ton ol 2 gaKt # ftj be 4- i , ( Signed ) ' CHrvALita CH * aiTTE . ' Kjuis-rarLiws ' a to 0 thffl iktxigces .
¦? Thea hl » brothers and mother were remoxed beyond ta « power « f his countrymen he was not only willing bnt tsxions te bear arms against them . In August , IS' 8 , i . s l £ nded at Gibraltar , to ghre miUtary » ssistance to ? rince Leopold of SaplM , as rtgmt of Spate again ** th e TKiidi . In 1309 . he set on foot UtrSgues yrith tie riew u ^ iag teat with a Cstalooian army , a ) Btgnit ef Sptin . to invade the French territory . On the 31 st of tfij , 1 S 1 D , siisr W « marriage with the Princtss &m « Ha d Ktp ' . ES . be landed at Tarragons for that purpose . But is-e he found that Lerids had fallen , and that the army of O ' Donnel ( Coont of L * bitcal , whon son was aft « r-Virds csptored aad thot , bj SassalftCarreyui in the CkTliit war , ) h ad been defeated . This would not suit Ulj g . » ei . Ha dld ' nt like i t . As a bioer » ph « r saj « , * fie
ringed lie temptation rf once more resuming his place st li » hsad oi a fcjflTS tftoy , tai 3 eeilnlng tbe /» T » ar , ie ,, K-tabarksd for Cadiz . ' At Cadiz , he was requested t » gait Spain , bat nigiog the invitation he Sad receive !} , & » 3 gh a Don Manuel Carserero , neglected this mjf tinon , snd after palltacioady- contending for three costbs for a cimmind s ^ aisst couoiryinea , pleaded his okb ci 3 € e at Che bsr of the Coitss , with so mscb doquace , that he was rewarded by a formal refusal , and obliged oa the 3 rd of Octobe * to return to Palermo . Froia Louis the Eighteenth he accepted the mission to « jmbat the tricolour undrr the white cockaae—a mission which the rapid deftctfon of tbs r « jal troopi to Napo-W » , ndt&edissr&ccfalfugbtof Lonb , cioiedhlm to t ' - ^ ioa . His incIiHitlon prompted him to oppose the lapsriflllsU , —his judgment to retire to TwicktBnajn .
Tbe ftct of LooU-Fhliippfe ' s at ? w having beme arms i |» ic « hU eonntrjnun , so pompouily set forth fa 1880 , * U tcerefote due at halt as nnch to the prudence ci S ' . bt-s es to hit om pstriotiiin cr foresight . Ic 1803 , be actually cemphincd to tbs Eecretary fit wit , tktt 5 ir Hugh Daltimple bed thwarted all his proj « « in 5 p * ia . CoDingwcoi wrote to him , that those Trlncej who have borne arsis Egainst their country bare Mliom betn hspp ; ia their object ; * end the Dake of ¦ W ellington cot only diisu&ded him from that it * p , bnt «> cctoally iastrumeutil in jsreTeating htta fiem obts-cinr i ccmassd against the Frecch in Spain .
Tiere caa be no doubtof Louis PaniFfs ' a oonipliaity in Didikk ' s coBspiracy . HIb treaton and ingratitude to Charles X . cannot be questioned . The 3 *! i- ? inatioaof the Dake < Je Bern excited iEspicioni 4 ^ inrt him which wereieTtr wholly dispelled ; and the suicide or murder of the Prince de Conde affixed a silin to his repafation which has not , nor neTer on beeSac&d . LODII . rSilim ' 8 iTAilCE . Thejoung prince , whose lavish generosity had been fostered by an ambitious father and preceptress , who mf in prodigality , ame&B 8 * f popalaritj—baving w > b-
tfaed in Germtay , wbeTe rosd-sWenotices f / rbade ' tb-? rsntt and unigrants to tarry mere than a quarter of an ionr , '_ tbence iato . Swltialand , wb « B » be moDi& t . » ~ t Si Gothard refaied him admittsnea on seeonnt of fc j « iuiiiie atare , aad whtre absolute poTtrty oblued j »» a to ati . a livelihood as ttecher—instead of acqalrio ^ n tuch a fc-hool s practical kaowledge of the miseries * Meh ike diitribuSon of wealth may alleviats , snd the S " ^ ex P niiiture at which all eajojmtnts , not ?^ f « l y itaspcarj , may be procured—learned only to war . ** ? - rs hii God , the gnid b y whose priTation he had "lacrea , mfl raoe > wkea , j ,, richest men 1 b Ecrope , to
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unite , { a tim » the afarloe of tha raissr to the money lander * * aridity . LODlt-rHItlfPI AHD UXniiUlW COSHiWT . Beajamla ConiUit , incurably addloted to gaming , 4 Ud almott In actual privation—driren shortly previous to his death , amidst signs of external epaUnee , actually to break his fast ob a dry cruet and water . Advantage wa « taken of his penury to pr « BS on him , through bis Udy , by the inf trnsent&lity of the Qaeen of the French , the sum of £ 6 . 000 as a present from the civil list . Benjtmiu Constant gs far forgot what was owing to himself SI t « aCCept . undtr ths promise of tecreer , from a
political adversary that gratuity , bnt sot tnnicUntly what was due to his country , to allow the gift to inflaence his political conduct . He took for an aot of magnanimity wb . lt LouU-PUiippe only Intended 68 a brib « , ssd that eorerelgn , stung to fiad tba conditions not complied with , wbicb , in his view of the case , the acceptance of hit largesse implied , caused it to bs published , to the world , tacked to tbs calumny that It was tbe price stipulated by Benjamin Cjmtant for the abandonment of priadpUs tmdeviatinjly snststned in the face of strong tesptatloH daring a long life . This disclotnie wa » the d » && ot Benjamin Constant , who never afterwards held up his head .
POKTK 4 IT OF tO 0 I » -PniLIPfI . Unlike all the Bourbons , Laule . Phlllpp * in person ia said to resemble the family of Ghiappini . Middle sized , aud now oieie , his aspect is Strikiagly plebeian' —his physiognomy rather intelligeot than iatellectaal , thatls to i « y , more iodlcstive cf penetration than ef the combi . nstien of percEptife and r « fleotif s pawer . Its exprtnlon—if not flattered by the painter—was in former years men noble than at present , though per . haps eren now the oaeeasing caricature of which be has been thE Ofjeet letdt oae te imagine , i n the deepening liaes of age , tbe sigas of self-complacent gaile , which perhaps hare no existence bat in atsaciatloa or fancy . The reiiabSanca of fell face aiidbead to a pear , and the ingenloni nse made of that likenesB in a celebrated trial , are well knows popnluly to fa&re earned for him the nickrame of' La poire . '
The * Political Comedy of the Spanish Marriages ' is an amtuing chapter—another illustration that ' troth is itnnge , stranger than fiction . ' A chapter on The Swiw Q , ae 5 Uon' ia folloKed bj one on' It& . lisa Aifiirj ; ' passing by these we come to the chapter on ' Pablic Men and Political Parties in Francs . ' This pertion of tbe work exhibits the celebrities of , Fra . no «} as they were , or u they &ppesred to he , before tbe revolution of February . GmnT , Thiers , Bzbrteb , Lamartike , Odillok Baebot , Lbdro ReLLRi . LiMENKiis , Lops Blakc , and others who hate recently lost or acquired power ,
are described in this * chapter . The portraits of Thiers and Hmsvi are powerfully drawn , particularly that of GyjitOT . Th « dweription of Gtjizot is a masterpiece of writing . It i « singular that oar author should have prophesied the present poiition of Tnaas . 'When , ' says he , * those erents take place , of whiob , if the writer mistakes not , a little bird sings just now , it is possible that Tbierj is the only ene of the fonr { the other three are Gtnzot , Mots , and Ds Breglib , ] who stands more chance Of fi ? arice Igiva in pnb' . ie life than the surrlving ministers of Charle § X . ' We transfer to our colames the 'fall-length portraits' of
CDIZJT AJtD TBIEas . Soti ere tutorians , boUi orators , both refU ! lBg to participate is ths struggle of July , both inbseqaent !; profitkjg by It , both ministers , both party leaders , both wriurs for & paper founded in the interest of lh § Ofleaas dynasry , and now deroted to its downfall , both instrameatal in tbe rise of their royal master , both in tarn doped by him—the one—Guitot , » hQrt sad slight of . nature , tbe othtj , ThU ? s , harily reaching with hit shoulder the muble of tha tribune . Suixot at Ghent doriog the hundred day * . Gnlzot in the three dsjs of Jaly , at Auiry de Poyrareau ' s , who boldly flnng ihejaoatletla the fee * of monarchy , readinf the draught of m protest in which he proposed to sign that they ' were toenden by their duty to the king ( Charles X . ) ' Thiin , finring thU time , rsfn ^ e-taklng at Usaame de Conrehampi , in the Talley of Host . morency .
Soizot , sicca the death of Perrler , notoriously the moit steady aad nnSlflchicg advocate of the eucreschments of power . Tbe attribstioQ to him of the stern precept—Sojex inpltojablej ! Be raereiloas ! if no better authenticated than the ' up guards aad at them * of the Duke of Welliagton , 'la garde mturt mats ne te rend pas ' of Csmbronue , or the 'Dub d'Orli&ns U nvri % « r < cC « Ktpv&Iigutj ' _ of Lafayette—Is characteristic of his repaution . ' La travail est un frein , ' Lsbaar is a bridle , is another of the harsh apothegms which it is less doubtful that he attend .
-Thlers , * bitterly observes an adversary—and his fritndi cannot gainsay tfeeallegatlen , 'Thlers—has identified Us name with the state of siege of Paris , with tbe exploits of the See Trantnecain , with the incarcerations of Mont St Michel , with the laws on association , on street CrUnt oa the COniU » f ailizs , and on &e Joarnals , j ritb erery aeasnre which hac trammelled French liberties , Uniti to iegr * 6 e the press , to corrupt juries , to deci mate patriots , to dissolve the National Guard , to demoralise tbe nation . ' * Both hare b : en doubly inconsistent , but here all point of resemblance ceases , sad there remains no trace , in continuing their portraiture , only features ef disslmi . limdB . Short and slight So stature , Guis ) t is s 9 t nadtgnified in aspect .
The melancholy shadeelondtng & nobleforehead—the cola , dbdaiafal tmile of a drily chiselled lip , give to his features an habitually aoitere expression , which abashing eye derpsn « into energy . Grave ia deportment , hanh in manaer , peremptory in gesture , dogmatical in tone , be t « tmt in Toie » fall , clear , a £ 5 ra > aUve , aod devoid of modulation— -lees to ptrsuade than to icapose a conviction , or dictate an idea . Aged if not old— -ior tenura of office tercn times repwtei , and sow consecntirely continuiag in ics sixth
year , between a resolately-irilled master , insatiable ma * jori les , aad ft threatening people , does a&t rejuvenate —that stem , contemptaoKfly self-possessed , and cms . worn figure weild be more than dignlfiad . The pale and biliens countisance , contracted lip , ascetic sar . e » sm and dectrinal sententious speech , would conjar 8 up one of thoie fkaoni doctors of Gsners , who , after vindicating humsn thought ag&iast Rome , doomed 8 ervetus to the stake—if the schoolmaster and pedant were not mere forcibly presented to our tbonibts .
Biting , In fact , into notice as professor and polftical disciple of Boyer Collard , another professor , everything about Suzit—style , tlocutioa , and oratoryare r «( Jokn { of tba dlctatoribip of tbs pisfeuorUl onalr . There is , indeed , mora sf ths acerbity of the vindic tive pedagorue , irritated iato severity by scholars to whoa he has beea preaching patience and forbearance tfasn of the mlniiter ' s unscrupulous ambition , In that dereliction of prineipla by which , after strenuously upholding , flaring a whole life , representative forms , ha fcat sank into the officious tool of monarchical encroachment , If ea rat be tha pedagogue , Thlers is thoroughly thePrcnobmancf our old comedies and pepalarpnjadice—not impetuously earnest , as halt a century of revolution and reaction hare made the Frenchman
now , —tut es our playwrights csric&tured aim from the monarchy , —Icquaciout , frivolous , Temtlla , and vivecloufi * » * Thiers , far from exhibiting the deportment of the statesman , seldom riiss even to tilt dignity of tbe mis , The cstqueHi and Vmsc kouII befit him better than the toga . Bestless , ardent , volable , full of gesticulation , he i » tbe precise type of those Parisian boys over-Ibs posU , annoying paster * by , and ripe for all imaginable mischief , Guizoi plnmei himself opes the strict integrity of his private conduct . Disinterested amidst corruption end opportunity , no breath of suspicion Gas eve ? tainted his fair fame , end he derifes from offlea neither personal nor family advaatege .
Oittntationfly iECorrnpilbla—nllb Roman self-denial , be leavet hU nearest kindred placeltis end almost indigent—srjd he has never been benefitted in fortune by the immense patronage pasting tbrougb his bands daring toma twelve years he has etminetei or formed part of the adffiinfstretjon—s patronage of which in England ire can form no adequate Idea , but which , in a coaatry whose civil government Is carritd 9 n at five or six times ths cxptns § , aad with fi / teea or twenty tines the number of efficlals of that of Greet Britain , sometimes in a single year places tbree , four , fire , and e en Un thousand offices or promotions at the disposal of a minister .
Thiers , oa tbe contrary , has accumulated vast wealth , in which be luxuriates with the keen < CBSB of eDjojmeni of a new Fericlei in tfee modern Atbess . That fortune . of which the foundation was laid by the princely generality of lAfitte , he ha * the reputation of having swelled t » cobisal proportions by means illegitimate if usual amongst bis colleagues , Smp-ciouj predilection for tbe ciRaipalstlpn of secret service money , for control of the telegraph , and epecutotfcns oa the Stock Exchange , are held to account for the worldly prosperity of the statesman , * ? * A ministerial paper observed on a csrtaia occasion in 1839 , that Madame Thiers wore a diamoni necklace , worth sevsral thousand pounds , the gift of Queen Christina . Gnisot , on a subsequent occasion , rafased a ' most with reproof a Jimiler present from the Dey of Tunis .
Bat though Gaisot enjoys the reputation of snshsk 9 « able civil probity , * Dd though Thiers b » accounted anything but over-scrupulous , this dUtinotien is exactly reversed In their respective political charaotarJ . Guizot as a politician , l « profoundly dishonest , whilst with Thiers no self-abaMmes . t has ever sufficed whoily to extinguish , bat otdy to obscure hi » political lAlegrhf , Consistectinthe ierellctlon of his early convictions , or at least of tbe op inions he bad recorded—that is to say , in other words , persevering ; in dUhoDOor-Oaiio ! hMdoae » or « tin * all elker » ! nisUM pus tegethtfta render venal tba Chambers , ana corrupt tha electorej * YifconW 49 Carocaio ,
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body . Abandoning oonstttuaonal theories as the price or office , he has becooe ths willing and even zealous instrument of a policy aot only hostile to their develops meat , howavor gradual , but directed to their aotual frustratioa and eventual subversion . After reaching and preaching for so maay years the advantages of free gevernment , oalyfor l » s own sake to 06 limited or reitrloted—when driven to eleot between freedom in a different degree , and attaioad by another process than hlsown , or a return to arbitrary and wermeaten ejBttms nhlth h 8 bad taught to bs pernicious ana esponnde d to be unstable-Gulzot chose absolatUm , anatookup heBrtii 7 ltBtan ( leBC VaMa t 0 testt * in solved \ 9 govern at WfiU as te ^ Uo rJ 9 , bis wUI ^^ J ^! tolt ^ o '« v ro , , master . The
very glanoo of Gu ' rat , when he looks round him disdainfully , is that of one who has carefally weighed , tested and determined tho wise and the pries of adversarles and COlIeag a « , whose votes he ba » dene so much to render marketable . Hard , unt m preBaionable , and ceW , © ubot seemea difficult to btafl , at a barofetabborairoa . Toe supple Thiers cm vsd , on the contrary , like the pliant bow which a strong hand inclines . Step by step , with starched and grave eomposure , aim !) 8 t j mperc , ptlbly , the solemn uuizo s—whose samoar seamed incompatible with monar . ohies and courts , as the austirefiguraof JohB Knox with the pageantry surrounding Mary—declined Into the abjsot strvltor Of & dynasty from tbe lofty aliHude to which he baa raised his professorial chair , when aoc tonally lecturing , go to ssy , from cabinet and senate and practically developing , as minister or party leader , political views on which he had pbUo « opblc&ny theorised .
Thlers , the been appreciate of Danton , xho panegymtof the reign of terror , fell on tba first amlle of Louis Philippe at thefeetof thecltlzsnking . HisMajestyhad no courti » r mora servile , no servitor sore daring ly offl . fiaious ; the enemies of his government no mora for - mldable pefsecutor . Whether aotlng with military promptitude , striking with military severity , upholding arbisrsry lawe erganlslne the secret service , or imparting to tbe police an aotlvity unknown siaca the days of the EmDiia and of Ponohe , more devotion could not bo evinced .
Gukot labouring , In his literary oareer with appsslte linglsnen of purpose , will never be pre-eminent . Thlers , if he had written in tbe slaoere spirit of the big . torian , might have beqieated a nonument to the ad . miratioa of posterity , but inspired rather b y tha motives of tha partisan and politician , he records the past as an advocate not as a jidge , and to ecqairs popularity has misapplied the genioa by which a lasting fame might k&vabe&n acblevad . Neither Thlers mor Coizot are remarkable as ora . torr , ner can either be termed positively ' elequent after such men as Berryer the advocate , or Lucordaire the preacher .
Gu ! zot , pedsntie , starched , and artificlel—even in tba inornate simplicity he effects—wontd ntver secure a listener er move an auditor , but for the praltijC of learning nich an assembly siBgalarly deficient , ( aUQOUgb exceptionally comprising oapaclty end knowledge so psalted)—bnt for the faith with which timid conservatism regards him as the Motes chosen to lead it thrtrajh toe howling wtldarness of innovation , and above all bnt for the party at his back and the interest * of which he Is the banner . Cold , decmattc , rational , he addresses the chamber OB the pedagogue his scholars , and generalising upoa factB , addresses but one argamsnt , false or trtfe , to the compreheailon of hli anditor , reproduced under innomtrabls forms end repeated till imprinted on their habitual inattention .
Thiera , perfectly natural , is perhaps the Ottly orator in the French chamber who spetks as he converses , Eatertsinlns end witty , brilliant mBBter of sophism and of argument—his speeches never weary , whilst not nnfrf quenlly ho itriket home to tha feelings of his auditors , and carries with him friends and adversaries . The Inflaence of G-afzot , more due to accident than to capacity , is in a great measure tbe result ef the onyielding exterior by which his pliancy has been masked and 6 t > Vttii . A kuot of placemen aad electors . dispeaslDg or enjoy *
ing the ruinous patronage of tbe state , constitute an oligarchy in dligalte , the natural accomplice of monarchy . Gaisot has been the casual link of their collu eion . 9 o extraordinary genluB is required , btcauso a oommon interest and a oemmon danger suffice to keep together that iBfiniteBiimal minority of theFnnoh people —tbemsjorlty oltbe French representatives and eleetors . Bnt though in thus far eph « merelly borne outthouKh csia » lly meeting with apparent confirmation , tbe rbeerlc 3 of Goizot were tlsajs of a nature essentially inexplicable to Francs la a permanent saannor .
Far from evincing genius in tkolr combination , he did not even gtvepreof of common sense . His judgment approached rather to that of children < vho build ap for Use morrow tiny houses of ebelU and saad on the aea beach still net with the receding tide , than to the forethought of a Richelieu devising the ex > tinctian of feudality , or the togacloa * daring of a Pitt adventuring sucowsfally on an appalling struggle , and coroprebendiag that it admitted of no compromise . ? » * Impractical in ' rfflwj , without fortitude to enBtafn them , wanting in forethought and deficient in will , what has he of the qualities , which for gecd or evil characterise the great minister , or make the statesman famous 1
Filant vrhere seemingly obdurate , intriguing where austere , infirm of purpose where apparently most unyielding , bo has descended step by stop from contltotional cenvietions to dynastic partisanship , from dynastic p&rtiaauBhlp Into senile ' agency , from sm » U& agency into infamous connivance , and through that csnntvance , int » the abdication even of the dignity of mans or by which he masked so long his gradual and utter subserviences . Whenever he passes from the pol / tical scene probably it will be into oblivion , unless in as far as h ! fi name may be preserved t > y connection with tbe magnitude of
tbs calamity which sweeps away the system with whiob he is identified . Perishing , « s politically bis credit mast , in the vain endeavour to stay and retrograde tbe irresistible advanca of progress—In the Insane attempt to check Hi march , by linking the right band of const ! - tutioual government la that of tottering ; afuolatism , be will be regarded , sot as a MUo crushed by the oak ' s rebound , but simply as the unscrupulous tool broken In the hand ] of a crafty and covetous old man , wbem tbe fracture of the Instrument on which he leans cannot fail Sfirlously and parhaps fatally te ipjure .
France will recall , that' for the sake of power Guizot abandoned those constitutional principles be understood si well and tasght so long , that be sacrificed to the interest ef tke house of Orleans tbose of France , and broke np that alliance with Great Britain of which he once appreciated sa keenly thg value . It will be rnatmbcred that he connived with Russia , Austria and Pruisls in the suppression of Cracow , with AustrU and the Jesuits against Swiss independence , that In opposition to tbe sympathies of a whole nation he supplied the anti-liberal party with money in Spain , wish arms in Switzerland , snd that in open chamber be discouraged the liberal conduct of the Fop * .
It will recall , that , Singing even tbe formal gravity aside by which he had once Imposed on friends and foes , he derogated into equivocation , trickery , and falsehood , until through each rent of tbs imposing garnunt in which he had twen robed so long , appeared to all men ' s eyes the mere Btriranct of 3 royal Macaire masquerading in tba mantle of a Cato . fluiiat i « not , in tbe eatimatlon of the Republicans , a man ol coursge . His most menacing expression is held rather to bs the padagogtie ' a severity than tha ateraness of the terrorist . Thiers , whose political principles have inconsistently oscillated between tbe democratic ( quality of tbe Re . public and the ' glorious despotism' of the empire , has based his politioal views on a foundation far more secure than Gatesl , trecauBe ia accordance with ths prejudice * of a large majority of the French people .
It is unquestionable , that soolal equalisation , with Republican forras and a war policy , have almost equal and quite Irresistible attractions for tho masses , It cannot fatrly be doubted by any one closely stndyin ; the French people that both will sooner or later be adopted . * * « To these military instincts Tbiers has always bees anxious to appeal . The guidance of victorious hoits has been amongst tbe most ardent of his politioal a « pirationi . He has evidently dreamed of seeing renowea the days when a commissioner , ucittcg In his person the wbole functions of an Aulle council , accompanied tbe Republican armies of the Satpbre , Rhine , and Memo lie emulates , no doubt , tht career of St Just , co legs energetic and daring at the military tribune than In the convention . Only tbat , farfram imitating the uncompromising integrity of the stern RtputUcan , Tblws would unqasstiontbly have purchased the opportunity of national and personal glory by subservience to any
system . Want of spaea has compelled the omission of a portion of the picture of Gdizot , and also certain re-[ lections , of our author , which shouk be read in connexion with his account of Thikbs . We have , however , quoted soffieient to justify the assertion tbat the portraiture of Guizoi is a masterpiece . As to Thurs , we think our author has over-rated that showy rather than brilliant scoundrel ; who , more fortunate than Guiiot , has not deserved hia better fortune . We cannot we that Twees haa anything in common with St Just . The immortal republican was tbo very antipodes of tbe living adventurer . St Jost was pare ; 'J ' hibrs is corrupt . Sl ] JD 3 i wm & hero Thixrs is a coward . Si Ju&t warred againBt kio gg , and proclaimed the great troth , that' to reign le t
is itself a crime ; ' Teieri betrayed the peop o exaita traitor kioff , and is now plotting to repeat his treason . St Just was tbe champion of tbe suffering end the oppressed , and terrible only to the oppresso r * and torturers of the people ; Tbibes nos baen terrible to the people whom he had betrayed , and hss ever shown himself the advocate of privilege , oppression , and legal rapacity and cruelty . 8 t Jost sacrificed his own repntalion aod bw hie in hta eiforts to sav » the multitude ; Tbibbs , heedless of reputation , still lives w nacrifioe the many to his own lust for plunder ar d pwrar . The memory of Si Jcsr , in spitft of bU traducM , ifl holy & » d honoured by tl lovers of justice ; the memory of 1 ' hiem , m spue of hia panegyrists , will be accursed and abhorred . This miew nUl b « ccKlwted u gut Best number
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The Pur gatory of Suicides . A Prison Rhyme in Ten Books . By Thumas Coopbr , the Chartist . Second Edition . London : J . Watson , 3 , Qaeon ' flhead Passage , Paternoster-row . Our estimate of this remarkable work is bo wellknown to the readers of this journal , that anything like S review of this new edition would be quiteanperflaous . 'Numerous nnartistio rhymes and other errors , as well as misprints , which are toba found ID . the first edition , ' have been corrected in this ; Which contains aUo a few additional notes
some intended for tbe instruction of tha reviewers of tbe first edition . No deubt the critics will feel mUCa Obliged to Mf Cebfrub . The prinoipal improvement of this edition on its predeoess r , is tbat it ia published at something less than half the original price . We do not mean to say that this poem was not worth theeeven ehillinea and sixpence charged for the first edition , oa the contrary , we think Hb worth was not , and is not to be eatinnied by mere ' aillei ; ' but our meaning is , that in its present
cheaper form , it will be more accessible to the working Olaasea . Perhaps it -will bs as well to add , that for popular convenience this work may be obtained in sixpenny parts , as well as in the shapein which it isbetore us - a neativ DOund voluma . Serious political differences with the author not prevent uh repeating good wighea for th lafaon of this wonderful poem ; whioh we earnestly recaramend to all our friendgand leaders , who may ap to tniB time be unpossessed of a oopy of the Pur . gatory of Suicides .
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Polttics for Workers The Reasons why John Dobson , the Weaver , had to send his child to bed withwta supper . London : W . Strange , Paternoster-row . Deoidedlj this is one of the most instructive publications we have seen for many a day . For one penny the working man may learn the causes , politioal and swiai , of the degradation of himself and hie olas ?; and wh y , in the expressive words of the title of this tract , he has' to send his child to bed without a supper . ' The lucid explanation of the papermoney and Joan-mongerin g system is truly Valuable , and calculated to workgce&t goodin the way of veri . table popular enlightenment . All' workers' will do well to make acquaintance with this very excellent ' tract for the times . '
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PERIODICALS . L-The Reasoner . Part 27 . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queea ' a-head-paesage , Paternoster-row . 2 . —The English Patriot and Irish Repealer . No . 2 , Manohoster : J . Leach ? 3 ( Rocadale-roadj S . ~ TAe truth Teller . No . 1 . Stelybridge : B . S . Treanor , Melbonrne-Btreet . 1 . —Mr Hol / oake has lately been ' lionising in tho provinces , ' delivering lectures in Lancashire and Yorkshire in illustration of his peculiar views oa theology , politics , « fco . One of his subjects appears to have been' Imperial Chartism , ' and although we haTB not a line of his lecture , it ie easy to divine its character from the comments it provoked on tbe part of some of his honest' whole hog'listeners . At
Rochdale , * one man , eayit Mr Holyoake , * whe eat before me , said to a friend before him , ' Yon chap ' s a Whig . ' Another remarked , ' Ton leoturer wonts to bring us over to the New Move , but ie won't do . ' A third said , 'I think he ' e paid by the goverment . ' Acquitting Mr Holyoake ef any connexion with ' the e qverment , ' we are not sorry to learn that the Roobdale lads wer « rather too for north for his ' new move' reasonings , Mr Holyoake omits no opportunity of lauding the half Chartist member for Oldham , or of having ' a M&p ' at the whole Chartist : member for Nottingham . When speaking of his visit t » Oldham , Mr Holyoake takes occasion to praise Mr Fox for bis boldness , before his election , in identifying himself with the
principles of the celebrated author « f the ' Rights of Man . ' Very goad . But . how ia it that Mr Fox has neglected opportunities of identifying his name with the ntiucipleaof Tnomaa P&uia sinea hia eleotion ? We have a distinct recollection that , on two or tbree occasions , Lord Arundel and Surrey , MrDrammond , and others , have brutally assailed the proprietor of this paper , for advertising : Thomas Psine ' s works . These opportunities should have been seizsd upon by the ex-oracle of the National Hall to prove his ewn courage and honesty , by lifting up bis voice in COSdamnation of theao to ward ! y assaults Upon the member for Nottingham . Such a come the membe ? for Oldham would have pursued , had he , in the wcrds of Paine , been 'boldeqongh to ba honest—and honest enough to be bold , '
As an instance of the pugnacious propensity cf our ' mildest , meekest man' to have' a slap' at Mr O'Cohnoe when opportunity offers , we select the following : — - Speaking of the ' mountain breezas' familiar to all who aie acquainted with Hebden-bridge and its romantio neighbourhood , Mr IL says : — ' I think the Hebden winds , O'Connor winds ,, or winds belonging to the late National Convention—they bluster to . ' This strikes us as rather more pitiful than witty ; bat taBtss differ . Tbe editor of the Rb 4-sonkr , who seems to hare bfien destined as a politician , to ' sing 8 ep . 11 / reminds us of that sentimental worthy who entering & placo of public refreshment ) desired that his favourite beverage wight be
supplied to him ' &S cool as a zephyr and as mild as milk , ' on which some 'National Conventionist'disgusted with this Biawhishness , blustered out : ' Watter , bring me a tumbler of brandy , an hot 88 h ~« - and as strong as d a V The ' Moral Remains of the Bible , ' and ' Rudiments of Rhetoric' by the editor , and the accounts of the' Rise and Progress of the Swiss Republics , ' by Mr CoiXEH . will well repay attentive perusal . But what does Mr Holyoake mean by introducing tbe chapters from Mill on ' Population , ' with a flourish of editorial approbation ? The damnable doctrines
propounded by the cold-blooded political economist , — Miix , entitle him to the execrations of the working classes , as we sball take an early opportunity of showing . What hallucination can have induced Mr Holtoake to applaud such doctrines we cannot imagiae . We do not say this to excite prejudice against him or tho Rbasonkr ; but we are surprised and Barry to see him coquetting , if not wone , with that vile creed of the Mammongorgera—Malthnrianism . We are obliged to the Rkasomer for tbe following translation of a letter from the pen of Gkoeoe Sand , published Borne time since in La Vhaie Rbpcjbliquk —(• The True RepHblio' ) .
IE PXBE COMMDNI » ME . * I do BDt complain of being persecuted , because tW would be very puerile , especially In a moment v > hen all Socialists are entrapped as state criminals ( many more Important than myself ); it appears toraesufficlsntly logical tbat tbe reaction aboold enfold me in its system of reprobation ; but the means employed ara so verled , so irregular , so Ingenious , that it Is proper to place them lo their historical light , aad gbere them with you , For example , here in B ; rry , eo romantio , so mild , so good , bo calm ; in this coun'ry I so tenderly love , and where I bare sufficiently proved to the poor and simple that I know my duty towards them , I am I above all others , ara looked npon ob the enemy of the human race ; « od if the republic has not performed It 8 promlus , It is evidently I who am the cause of it .
I have Bcarooly been able to comprehend how I could have played to great a part without BUSpeotln ; it myaelf . But at length it has been explained so sufficiently to me that I can no longer withhold my emnt to the evldi ace . Flrit , then , I am aoeociated in the conspiracies of as abominable old man whom we call Ix Paris Father Cmmunlsm , an j who has prevented tbe bourgtoiiie from continning to overwhelm tbe people with kindness sod beno . first , ThU miserable wretch having discovered that tbe pedplO were nearly famished , hit apon apian to diminish the public charges . It was this : to aloy all oblldren under three jear » , and all old men above sixty ; then he wishes that bo one should marry , bat that all should live after the faahion of the beasts of tbe field . So much for a begtnatog .
Afterwardsss lam a disciple cf' Father Oommanism , ' I have obtained from II , lo duc f Rollio , tbat all tho vinei , ell the lands , all tha meadows ef my canton shall ba given to me , and tbat I intend to take posseieloa immediately . I shall establish there the oltlsen ' Communism , ' and when w « have killed the children and old men , when we have establtjUed in all families the law of the beasts , we shall give to each labourer six eons per day , and perhaps less , while they live a > they can and we make merry at their expense , Do not belltve that I exaggerate , or W . —this Is textual . It is better yet . Since tbe affair ef the IBih of May , when , as ovary one knows tbe esecutivo O 9 tnmi 88 lon bad proclaimed M . Cabet KlDg of Franco , I have caused the best deputies to be put into the Donjon of Vmconncs , and even my best friends ; go tbat a brave farmer for one of them deBlrfd , moreov&r , Bot for the first time , to bury me alive In a ditch .
I t Is thus , In fact , tbat our mild and goad peasants of the B ' ack Valley are taught politics . Ic might be imagined , if we dld . not know them , that all thrsa follies were born in their superstitious bralnn . But nobody knowo their good tense and intelligence better than I . Only they are credulous , like all who live nfur fr ^ m facts , and they add facts to those tWngs they are told . Who nrrivit&kea to teach tbeni « o faithfully , and give thorn all this moral and philosophical instruction f It would Beem to me easy to name theprofetsorsof tbis new social science ; for within tbe three days that I have rttarned Into the coantry , I know these faltaera of the paoplo , aad tbe oijecc of tnelrolvllUattontdpredications Bat it is of H "' consequence whether It be thU roan cr tbat . That which ii important Is , th it the fact is pro « daced at the same hour in all Trance , and that by an admirable manoeuvre of tbo dynastic bourgeoisie , tbe name explanation of Communism is spontaneously spread at tbe moment of the elections , itith the same accompaniment ofverECity and delicacy of b « nevoler . c « .
In 1789 there was a fantastic ttrror , which propagated Itself as an electric carrcnt from one end of Franoe to the olhor . Everywhere tho arrival of tr ! g » nili was onnounced—tba towns were barriOEdef—tho peasants hid them solveB among their corn . Hero , thty still call this tbe jsar of great fear , ' Tbe brigands were waited for __ they came not . VMl , lg ( 8 will have been a seeond Fathtr C 'tntnunlem . f A pervert lea of & name oi M , Irtdru RjHla ,
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year of f « sr , We htve dnamsd of Comraaalst aatbrc pophagl , and , what U bettor , seen them . Every candidate placed on tha indez by tbe « aotiwnoire » , if ha bolong to nny shade of republicanism , is transformed inte a Z ^ rl " ' ? , e eyeB of the B 08 « 1 population ! . We know Bftme rtpubHcans antl . soolall . ts , wbo were stranded as VornmoBlats ; some editors of the ATELieb ( Workshop ) who have been overtaken and convicted of Commani « m . A « the iu « l popnUUoni , ftudfivtn tho » 9 or ceruin towus hud never beard thia word pronouncad , it was necessary to explain it by some p « lp » ble fact . Thus citimm Sueh-a-one beats his wife . Barely no ! he would sooner cnt off his owe arm ,-0 b ! do not brfieva U h * flatter , her in publlo , but he makes a martjrofher In private . And good 8 od , nrhereforo doos ho this ?—Be .
cause he is a Gemmuaist . Another has devoured tht dowry of hit wife . Bat he is not married , and never has 000 n ! Eractly SO U was married , and he was nol ; he Is a C immunUt . —As to tbe third candidate , take care' . thia is a man of Ladca RilHo , who 1 « a Communist . — But tfae fifth is recommended from M , Lamartlne , So much the worse ; M . Lamartlno is a CommunlBt , all the prov « lon » l governtnent ib Oommualst ; select only tbosi men of the locality who have never set foot in Paris , sad consult ui again ; for there are a great many hidden who will be dlicovered by time . —But tbe sixth candidate , who is a workman , be will pleats us well . He is tbe worst of oil , he gets drunk from morning to sight , and leaves his family to die of starvation—be is in debt—he reads books and knows how to write—he is a threefold GommunUt . —
Whom then shall we trust ? Trn » t us only , for the Com msaist is everywhere . The Country is ia dnnger . If you do not take cara , one ef these mornings tbe divisi > n of land will be proclaimed—tbe six sous per head—jour wives and children will be seized , snd all this became you have voted badly . History will one day enreglster this carloan phsso of our Revolution . Posterity will soarcely be able to believ-It . From to-day , however , we oan call in testimony of it all tbe candidates elected or non . electsd in France . Soma have succeeded only by inventing and accrediting these vapid extravagances—others , because they have succeeded ia bifflln it them . Ths majority have b « oo forocd t « swear respect to fouVly and property , as » family and property had run b veritable dangsr . All the republicans who have succeeded oan say if the accusation of O mmnnlim has not been emplnyed to baffle them .
If this Imputation and the imbtclle calumnies attiiehsa to it nave served only to falsify tbe eleotlonof the n » . « e » al representation , tha evil would ba suffielcntlt great . But tbey have praduoed another which is not less . Tuey have bawildered , abased , spoiled , brotifii d In some sort the human speolcs . They have caused the entrance of fear , distrust , hate , inscl ' , menace , in the manners of the populations the most calm by temperament and the best disposed at tbe oateet of tbe Ravolutlon . Tbey have spoiled the spirit of the people of the provinces , at the moment when Its Intelllg . noe was about to develop and opah Ituilf ta tbe knowledge of its rljhlB , Taty hAve soiled and stained what God bas made tb > purest sad most beautiful , the conscience of the simple man ; they have troubled and hallucinated what be conserved as the most pootio and impwiiionibU , tbe imagination ef tba simple man ; they have saddened and demerallted that which God has blessed amosg those things tbe moat holy and the most rcspoc * . able , the life of the slmplo mm .
Astonish yourl&lves , hereafter , ye teachers , generous and candid , if , after having greatly insulted and menaced the republicans , the P « opla , disabused , turn Against yon tod » mand an account of lta reason and its dignity , of its right and its justice confiscated to year profit ! And if it be znde , whom natars has mode so patient—if it be brutal , who was so mild—If it be furious , who was 10 tfbbi—will you say tb » t t&Jsis the effect ef republican ideas and manners 1 Happily , tbe people is better than you , and will pardon you , but jou pl » y a heavy atoko with It , and ws f « w much having one day to defend you , yoa who now endeavour to unloose it against ns .
Behold where we are , my dear Thoie , A * Paris Wf are factions when we are socialist , In the provinces , we ore communist whsn we are republicans : and when we are BOBiallst-repubiicaBS , oh ! then we drink human blood , murder little children , beato » r wives—ara bankrupu , drnnb » rds , robberi—and wo risk being aiaassloBted , at tbe cornsr of a wood , by a peasant who celiere * yon run mad , booauso bis matter 1 fiwrgtoU ) , oz hit priest ( sure ) have set him bis lesson , Thus It goes in France , the first year of the democratic and seoial republic . We have davoted oar fortune , oar Ufa , and oar soul tO tblS People , whom th&y wish to load to treat as as wolves . 0 « o 3 ai Sand , U % y Q 4 ib , 1 S ± 3 .
Since the insurrection of June Li Vbaie Rzpob-LIQUn has beentuppreesed . and ita editor , tbo talented and democratic patriot Thobb , baa been for more than a month past the inmate of a dungeon ; one of the sad consequences of popular ignorance and the fatal' moderation' of the victors of February .
2 . —The editors of this publication csem determined to prove themselves ' bold enough to be honest —and honest enough to be bold . ' But in the bold course they are pursuing , will they be upheld by no puler support ? Unless they are , they will be saorificfxL The contents of this aecond number of the EK 0 II 6 B Pilf-ioT are intereating , and ably writtoB , and fully enforce the motto selected by tbe editors , viz : ' As Labour is the source of all wealth , bo is tbe juat distribution of its productions tha only true foundation of national greatnssa !'
3— Another penny publication , with the significant and appropriate motto : — ' You shall know the truth , and the truth shall make you free . ' Thoroughly Chartist , » p d heartily contending for real justica to Ireland , tbis publication has claims upon the sup * port of both Enelish and Irish Ddmocrata . The article entitled ' Do the Working Classes want the Charter V ia a spirited appeal to the proletarians which we trust they will answer as their safety , happiness , and honour demand . Thia number also contains articles on the arrest of Dr M'Douall , Ireland , ilsc . < feo . We commend the Teuth-Telleb to all lovere of the trutb in Stalybridge , A eh ton , and tbe surrounding neighbourhood . The more such publications multiply the more rapidly will the principles of Democracy progress , ' conquering and to conquer . '
Brutal Buffoonery
BRUTAL BUFFOONERY
On a correspondent of the Daily News complaining ; of the charge of two shillings admission to the gallery of tbe Old Bailey during the late Chartist trials , Punch delivers himself of the following brutal jake : — THEATRE ROYAL , OLD BAILEY . TBe performers , both lo tbe Dock and oa the Bench , are eztremaly cosily to the country ; and as the principle of paying to enter Courts of Justice la , it appears , fully recognised , it should either ba abandoned altogether , or thoroughly carried ant . If followed up with skill and energy , 5 profit might be realised sufficient to pay tb * GDtt of criminal prosecationn , especially if the working ef this plan were intrusted to the parent of public eoonomy , Ms Hcjie . M antlme , we would modestly suggest that a programme of each day ' s performance should be published , ss at the other theatres ; something after this fonblon : —
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Immense Attraction ! Pirat Appearance of tbe LoBO CniKF Jcstics this Session !! Mr SekJEiNT Wilkinb lu twa new Pieces 11 ! Trltwipham success of the A ? toune ? . Qene » al !!!! The Performanco wUlcorameocs with a New Trial , to be entitled
SEDITION ; 01 , TBS C 1 BINBT MAKER OF CLB » KEMWal , L-9 BSEH . First Conspirator ... Ma Isevjeds Fosbei . ( Who Wll be assisted on tbU occasion by h ! s five Infant Prodigies , with real daggers , and new pinafores . ) Second Conspirator ... M » P . Liohet . Other Conspirators ... Mbbsss Vibmow , Wir , iuus Sdabi-s , &c . Ooansel for tho Froseonfioa Sib J , Jebvib , The part of Counsel for tbn Defence by 11 b Sebjsamt WllKlSt . rintjuflgo SiaTnoJUsWitDE . Sacond Judge M * Ba » o « P ^ beb . First Alderman V in full jMbSiohit . 2 od Alderman j costume ^ Si t G . Ciiuoix . Cleric of ArralgnB ... Ms STAAtoar . Crier UnHAasM . Polleemea , Witnesses , Pennya-lintra , &o , < to . ic .
APTE 3 WBICB , THE BATTLE OP BONNER' 3 FIELDS ; CB , THE CDAETBl AMD MO kPBBlNDSBl The Chsrtsr , bi ah ikvkible Psbfobhei . Ftrst R * nter U& Ekmkst Jokes . Tbe otber Cbaracurs as above . Gallery . 2 « . Ju * y-Iri . w » liln » ; Boxes , 4 s . ; Stalls , one Guinea each , to be t-ngHgcd at th » prlnelpal Polloe Stations . —N . B . No Half-price —Distinguished foreigners may secure B- 'ats on tbe Beneh { it tbe Season , 6 t twenty pounds a-pltets .
TO . M 0 EBOW , A OiflZ . 01 MURDER OP THRILLING INTEREST ] Of AM ENTIEBLT MEW OOMPAHT . Support ti . e British Drama J Cvma early !! We think Pukch must be » t hia wits end , wh&n he oonld find no other subject to jest wilh tban the sufferings of human beings , who—however much he may be oppoBed to their principles—are undergoing tbe law ' s nenalty for their ooiniosB . A charge tor ad . mission to publio courts of law in an abuise deserv . nfi the beenest satire and deepeat reprehension ; but when we reHect thot before trial Pus ? e ! l was grossly caricatured in order to ensure his conviction , we tbink there is no one possessing a calm and dispaaaionate jud 8 H » ent , but wonld lurn from the paragraph above qaotcd in diBgUBt at the morbid mind ot the writer
. .... _ .. _ . We find no fault in calling the Old Bailey a Theatre Royal . The proceedings ia court * of law too generally are little better than a farce .
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' We ei . llthe choicest . * DOW THB MOHBY OOBS . We are paying thousands a year to the drsoendants of the demireps and Moll Flagons who infeated and pslluUdthB court of ChaTles II . ; Is that r « ht ? W are also paying for the immoralities of William IV , Is that right ? We have been paying two thou . sand pounds a year , ever Bince 1798 , to the Prince ef Mecklenberg Strelifz What are hia cJaisas upon England What did he ever do for lm money ? We are paying a little , but a little too much , for the peccadilloes of the late Doke of Sussex . And who ia Augusta ArbutQQot that we should eren pay her
* 100 a year ? Or Arabella Bouverie . tbat she should have £ 3001 Or Augusta Brudanell , whe gets £ 202 snd why the odd two ? We have been paying £ 10 per annum to the Hon . G . A . F . Smythe tver sioca he was tea years old . Whst has he done for hfi country at those tender years , and wbat has he dons n e ? tr ^ ° ' Reil | y has £ 222 durine the life of UeleBft White granted by George IV , Why waa it not granted ( or his own life ? And who is Helena White { Some Schomberg , a Dutchman , gets £ 2 880 a year because he is lnoky enough to be the greatgreat-great nephew of a soldier of fortune who was killed when fighting for William III ., 160 years since . And thousand ? , and tens of thuusanda , and hundred * of thousands are regularly thrown away , year by year , in other abuseaof the same kind .
MBD CHATHAM OR RESISTANCE TO OPPRESSION . The liberty of the Bubjeet is invaded , my IordB » not only in our distant provinces , but at home . Tbj people are loud in their compMnlB ; they demand redress ; and until tbe irjuries tbey have re * oeived are redressed they will never return to a state of tranquillity . Nna oconr the ? for ia my judgment , my lorda , and I speak it boldly , better were it for themtoremh in a glerious contention for their rights , than to purchase a olavish tran * quillitv at the expanse of a single iota of tho Conatitutiorif
JOHN LITTLEJOHN . John LtttUj jhn was staunoh and strong , Upright fc&d downright , ccerning wrong J He gave good weight , and piid hlB way , He thought for himself , and be said bU gay . Whenever a rascal Struvo to pass , Instead of silver , money of fcrasB ; Ha took hti hammer , aui eaid , with a frown , ' The coin is spurious , nail ! t down . ' John Llttlfjohn « ras firm ' snd true , You couid not cheat hltn in * c < vo snd two ;' Tfiien foolish aogars , might and nmio , Darkened and twisted the clear aud plain , Eo saw through the mazes of their speech The simple troth beyond their reach ; And crashing their logio , satd , with a frowo , ' Yonr coin is spurious nail it dona , '
John Littlejohn malntaiaed the right , Through storm and iblne , in tbe world ' s despite ; When fools or quacks deaired bU vote , Doesd btm with irgumeuta , leavctd b roto , Or by ooaxlns , thrents , or prom ' se , t led To gain his tapport to tbe wiongfol side ; ' N » y , ney , ' ssid Jobn , ni h an nog ;; frowD , < Your cols is spurious , nail it donuu ' When told that kings bad a rlpht divrae , And that tho people were herds of swine , Tbat nobUs alone were &t to rale , That the poor were unimproved by school ,
That ce » s Jeas toil was the proper fata Of all but tho wealthy and tbe great ; John shook his bead and swor * , with a frorrp , ' The coin is tporloue , nail it < Jowd . ' When told that evsnti might juailf f A fftUeaad . orooked p liey , Tbat a decent kopa of fature good Might excuse departure from rectitude , That a Ho , ir white , was a Email offjnea To be forgi ? ea b > men d » t » to ; 1 Nay , n » y , ' said John , with a Bt & h and frown , 1 The coin Is spurious , nail It down . '
When told from tbe pulpit or the press That heaven w « i a plao of vzclnsivenesi , That none but tb » 29 could enter thtra , Who knelt nitb the ortbodox at prayer , And btld all Tir : ue » out of their pale as Idle works of no avail ; John ' s facegrsw dark , as he sworo , vrlih o frotrn , * Tbe coin is spurious , nail It down . ' Whenever the W 6 tld oar eyes would blind With false pftteaces of such a hind , With humbug , can » , nnd bigotry , Or a speoious , sham , philosophy , With wrong Pressed op in tbu guise of right , And darttneas passing Itself for light ; 1 st as imitate Jobn , and acclaim , with a frewn , 1 The coins are ipurious . nail them down . '
mnoniii pRosriRiir .-. ' Tbe peace and prosperity of a nation will always depend upon uniting , as far as possible , tho heads , hearts , ani binds of ihe whole people , and on improving , not debauching their morals . '—Lord BoUinghrohe . RoBBtPiEBRs ' a Aims . — ' BobeapierrVd doctrine was that the revolution ought to ohange altogether the material and moral condition of the labouring olasseB ; whereas , en the revolutionary aide of the Assembly the grand affair wai to transfer to the ricbi erafty , active Bhopocraey , the aothority hitherto usurped and monopolised bj the nobility and clergjV —BtWMirotti , SOUS INCIDENTS OF BALEIOb ' sSeZECDTION .
In csnclation he spabe and bebaved bimteif so , with ' out any show or fear el affectation , that be moved mac& commiseration , and all t ^ . at saw him confessed that hit end vras , as far as man can diecern , evi ry vray perfect . It will not be amiss to set down some few passages of diver * that I have heard . The morning that he went to exeoutiou there was a cup of excellent sack brought to him , and being asked how he Uk « d it , k \ tbe fellow / said be , ' tbat , drinking of St Giles ' s bc « l &s he nent to Tybuin , said , that w » j good drink if a t »» n mi ht « arr / by it . ' Athewenttrom Wes-. minBtir hull to tha gate * house , he spied Sir Hugh BoeUo- in tbe tbrong , and ctUlog on blm preyed h « would eeo him die to-norrowi Sir Hugh , to make suro work , got a letter Jrom 3 ecre > tary Lake to the sheriffs , to see him placed
cauvenitntly , ond , meeting them as they came near to the JCaffatd , delivered his letter , but tbe larter , by mishap , had left his speetae ' es mt boms , Bnd put tbe letter in bis pocket . Ia the msantlise , Sir Hugh bang thrust by , Sir Walter bade him farewell , and said , ' I know not vrbat shift you will make , but I am sure to here a place , ' When the hangman a-k « d his fofgivtneet , ho desired to see tbe axe ; end , fooling the e >' ge , he estd tbat it was a sharp medicine to care him of all his diseases and miseries . When be laid down some found fault tbat Us face was westward , and would have him turned , Wt . orupon rising , he said , ' It was no great mat . er which way a nun ' * h « ad stuod so his heart ) oy right , ' JJo bad given orders to tbe executioner that after some Bhuit mtdita .
tloD , when be stretched forth bis hands , ho should da patch iiim ; after once or twice putting forth bis hand « , the fellow , out of timoroutnesc ( or wbat other diiji ) , ( orbearlLg , be wat faia to bjid htm B ' . riRe , and BO , Dl two blows , bo took off bis head , chough be atined not a nhlt atttr th « first , Tho people wore much LffcOtouat the eight , iaeomuch that one was beard to saj , we htd aot such another head to cat off , Anotlir wished tfcti head snd breius to ba upon S . N . ' s shoolders . There was treat means made for bin life ; and I hear tb Que < a wrote vtry earnestly to the King as he t < t > . d < r . o h « r health to spare him , fer ( bat she bad r < ceiced great good by bis reoelpts . —John Chamberlain , Esq , to Dudley Carkton , London , Oct . 31 , 1 CI 8 .
He had the favour to di « a gentleman ' s death , and to bo buheadod . His ead was , by the general report of alt tbat were present , virv Ctxistian-like , and bo fail of revolution as to move all men to p'tj aad wonder , Ia geing Irom the prleon to the sosffuld , omou ^ st other * th&t throrg&d to * ee him , oro o ; d roan that was bald pressed forward , insomuch as Sir Walter llaliegb toolt notion of him acd asked him whether be would hava augbtof Rim , To whom the old man aoawtred , 'Notbln >; but to seo him , and to pray to God to havu mercy upon his eoul . ' « I tbank tbee good trlend , ' rv plied Sir Walter , ' and I am torry I have no betti r thing to give thee ; but take this nightcap' ( which n&s a very rioa one tbat be were , for he had had two fits of a fever ) 'for thou bast more n « td oi it now tfcsu I , —Ilev Thomas Larking to Sir Thmas 1 ' ueterivg London , ^ o » . 3 , 1619 ,
A Repboof cf Foppesy . — -Dean Swift was a gron * encoiy Wextruvaganto la dress , aud particularly to iba * dfcitructive OBtCB ' . » tlon in the middling cloB . e « , vthiuU led them to mukoan appearanoa aborothtir condition is life . Of his mode of reproving tfeia follj ia tbotr persons ( or whom he had an esteem , thv foilowiug Instance baa been recorded : —• Wnou Gaorgu Fuulkmr , tbu prluter , rcturotdfrom London , whtrobti I ' . ad bum % - > l citing aabscnptioQB for Us edition of the Denn ' s woiks , bs wtutto pay his respect to him , dressed in a laced wsls ' o < at , a bag wig , and other fopperies . Suite received bint with tho BSSao ceremony at It' ha bad been a stringer . ' An <* pray , sir , ' said he , ' wbat are your eemmasds with me \ ' 1 1 thought It w&s ray duty , fir , ' rep led George , ' to wait opob you immediately upon my ertival froio London . "
' P / i » y , Sl » , * vto a ? e you ! ' Gsor ^ B tVu ' . kocr , tbo printer , sir . ' 'You George Fauikatr , the pr ' nterl Why you are tbe mojt impudent , bare-tac . d soouu- ' . rol oi an impostor I ever met with \ George Faulkner is a plain , sober ol ^ z ; n , and would RCvei trlik J . imatlfout in iaoo and o her fopperies . Get jou gone , jou rascal , > rl villl immdistelj ? nnj yoa to tho H » u !> e ef Currtctloo . ' A « ay wtntQa ^ rge as J ' oat as be could , tai bavlnsr obnnged bia dress , roturned to the Ueirnry . n hereto n »» received with the | ire * te : t cordlclliy . ' ii ) f . i ' . nd , Qoor ^ e , ' snya the Dcsn , ' I om glaii to bte jru rc ' . uiaod gafi ) from London . Why , there has b . cn on ; r , ; mJtnt fellowalthmi' just now , rfressud in a lace waUtwat , aud ho «< nl 1 f * in pas * bimse f iff for you , bat I soon » eut him away with a ft-. a In his ear . '
Trnsw asd Slaves . —W ben a free people erot'oh , ! iko caci'U , to be loaded , the u * xt at band , nonvvtcr who , mounts them , and they soon fed the whip and the abu . ! of their tyrant ; for a lyranti whether pritica or minbter , resembles the tievil in many v-: mc . sparticitla If in this . IIo is often both ths timi >; cr and tormtn'or . He makes tfce eriminal , and ba PttBuUsa th « « t ' wa«»—W 4 BolbnghroU ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1482/page/3/
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