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SIR : CH 5 RISST 7 OOD am ) HIS-BUDGE IV ygjameariberiof tbi . Oxford Farmers' Club . ) tB a room alone in-Downing-street : . gir . Charles with his papers pat , ; . . - ABd he scratch'diiw Bead and bit Ms nails , 2 fot knowing what to l > e at ; ... -Per he'd a Budget to concoct , Which pozzled him more and more . -For soon as he commenced , some one Kept knocking at the . < loor . :
*« ffho ' sthatknoekingatthe door ' " said he , And a man , brimful of hope , ¦ ffit . h face half wash'd , said " Fve dropp'd in To beg for » Wt of soap . " -nut Sir Charles replied , in a merry tone , " The dirt must on yon stick , ¦ Thongh soap -would make yoa clean and sweet 211 I ' ve to give is a brick " v fhen he heard a weak but lengthy rap , ^ nd a woman , in high glee , Kjjd " I am come to demand my right , JL cheap , strong cnp of tea . " Said he , " Though tea you poor folks loTe , The tax on that must stick ; But as I vrisn to relieve your class , I be" yon'U accept a brick . "
-With a thand ' riDg knock in walks a man , ffno'd not a moment halt , Tor he bang'd the table , and cried out « I'm come to claim my malt . " gir Charles , sith a smile , said "Don ' t , my friend , To "ticn delusions stick ; U at as I know your badly off , rou're welcome te a brick . " -The firmer stamp'd again and said , » Your brick won't do for me ; -Jon said that we should bare free-trade—So let my malt be free . 3 Jr all is buried in the soil , And there ' tis like to stick ; jtod joh deserve , you log of wood , To * be there with your brick . "
In stepp'd a man , with tidj look , Bnt pale and Tery thin , And beeg'd that Heav ' n ' s light and air In his dwelling might come in . But Sir Charles replied , " What Heay * n gives I will to taxing stick , So ask no more for light or air , " JJnt be content with a brick . " 5 ext came a little dapper man , "Whowore a " wide-awake , " And begg'd the tax off newspapers Sir Charles at once would take . Uut , says he , " For freedom of the press , Thongh I always talk and stick , For man that ' s only made of clay , "There ' s nothing like a brick . "
A lawyer then stepp'd in and said , " Sir Charles , take off our tax , -Or lawyers soon will be extinct , So wrongfully it acts . " Sir Charles replied , " "Tis my belief You are by half too thick ; So to help you as you're sinking , The beat thing is a brick . " A timber merchant told Sir Charles Fellow feeling should do good , And on that ground he should repeal The dnties upon wood . -Sir Charles replied , " I'm quite resolTed " By came and place to stick , So I can't think of low ' ring wood , But will let down the brick . "
"Then Cobden came , and wheH his job He saw Sir Charles would shirk , He said " Just hand the pen to me , Jjid I will do your work . " Says he , " The only plan I know To help you in this fix , And aid my wholesale freehold more , Is to take the tax off bricks . And next upon conveyances The tax we low must keep , Tor in my freehold movement Conveyance must be cheap . " Sir Charles cried " Bravo ! to this plan like mortar we will stick ; And none shall have the chance to say Wood was not true to hid-. "
The time came on , the house was still , Attentive every man , Sir Charles unfolded in high glee Bis noted hrid : dint plan . Laughter and jokes from every side Fell round Sir Charles so thick , And every place throughout the hind Hurled back at him his brick . Oxford Journal
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW OF BRITISH AXD FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , AND LITERATURE . Edited by G-. Julian Harsey . 2 fo . XL April . London ; J , "Watson , 3 S Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-row . This number of the Democratic Review contains a fonrth letter from the editor , exposing the injustice and evil influence of the Taxes on Knowledge , The recent electoral straggle in France is the theme of an energetic article
headed with the striking title— " March of the Bed Republic . " Part 2 of " Revelations of the Building Trades / ' and Part 3 of "A Glance at History , " are followed by Louis Blanc ' s second lecture on "The History of Socialism " —a defence of " Democracy , " in reply to the "Latter Day" ravings of Thomas Carlyle ; and a reproduction of Dr . Marx's valuable historical review of the revolutionary straggles of 3848-49 . Some stirring poetry , and excellent letters from France and America , will also be found in this number . We select the
following extracts : — CICERO AXB THE GRACCHI . Notwithstanding the example of the illustrious Gracchi , who a century before Cicero ' s time were basely assassinated in their attempt to revive the Agrarian law , the eloquence of Cicero was called forth in three orations that are still extant , urging the senate against its revival . This Agrarian law was enacted at a verr early period of the Roman republic —limiting each citizen to the possession of only a small number of acres ; but this fair and judicious
enactment was ultimately disregarded—the land was monopolised , and the immense possessions illegally acquired by the rich , led to those accumulations of wealth which plunged the great bod y of the population into the most wretched destitution . To protect the Roman people from the grinding oppression of the cruel and heartless aristocracy , was the aim of Tiberins and Cains Graccbns . They lost then * Jives la the noble attempt , but theirnarees shall berevered to the latest posteritv ; whilst in future generations , when tenth shall prevail , that of Cicero shall be detested .
"We have ia Plutarch a fine specimen of the eloquence ofTiberius Gracchus when pleading for the poor , in his efforts to revive the Agrarian law—the language truly bearing the impress of hnmasity ; but the patrician senators dreaded such appeals , and like all aristocrats usurping popular rights , the only argument that was offered to this friend of his country WB JtfSASSiSATiojf . " The wild beasts of Italy , ' he exclaims , "have their dens to retire to , places of refegeand repose ; but the brave men who shed their blood in the cause of their country , have nothing left
bat fresh sir and sunshiae . Without houses or settled habitations , they wander from place to place , With their wives and children ; and their commanders ant mock them when , at the hs * d of their armies , they exhort the soldiers to firM for thar sspnlchres » nd altars . For among such numbers , not one Roman it to be fonnd who has an altar which belonged to his ancestors , or a tomb in which their a ? hea repose . The private soldiers fight and die to increase the wealth and luxury of the great ; and they are styled rolwsof the world , -white they fcwe not a foot of ground which they can call their own . "
THE PHOPJiE AJJD THEIB BULERS . No man ever governed any country , by the will of its own people—ltovj expressed matters not—unless he were the organ chosen by the spirit of the age , the exponent or the Idea which governed that particular epoch , manifesting itself in the whole civilisation of that people . If the governors express the Idea of ifeir age , there » no need of coercion , everything goes on smoothly , in obedience to a natural law . Society follows its chiefs as gladly as the Crusaders did Baldwin or Peter the Hermit . But if the governois nand in direct opposition to the sjirit of their a 2 e—t . e ., to the tli : Eg which the soul of the world , « s universal reason incarnate in man , is tending to <«> at a given historical epoch— society refuses to
folww its governors , and we have an epoch of disorgani sation and revolution . An epoch where coercion , is the necessary condition for the existence of these shain governors "—who are not the exponents of any troth , but the representatives of the ghosts of old , cead , fc-mulas ; i . ot the legitimate leaders of society , but charlatans and humbug whoonghtto be kicked indefinrtely mto infinite space- bevond creation , if 2 ?< SSL PrartjcaUe . The present epoch is sneb a VZ I ^^^ on « d rebellion . Society is pullug one w-y ^ its pretended chiefs another way . lam freetoconfessthat , for ffie , the mostjoyful of all spectoctes , possible m these times , is the one over which Mr . Carlyle laments ; one which I enjoyed extremely at Vienna , inMareb . lolS , i . e ., aiuni
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Reynolds ' s Political Instructor . Edited by G-. W . M . Keynolds . —Part V . London J . Dicks , 7 , Wellington-etfeet North , Strand . . Portkaits of " Robert Owen , " "Walter Cooper , " " Ernest Jones , " and " Bronterre O'Brien , " are contained in this part of the Political Instructor . The several articles , by tbe editor and his assistants , are of the usual character—earnestly democratic , and vigorously written . We extract the following able and admirable appeal to the working classes in support of
THE CHARTIST AGITATION . The resuscitated movement in favour of the Charter is daily and hourly gaining ground . In all the cities and principal towns of Gre . it Britain the staunch friends of the cause are rallying around their old standard , and are evincing a glorious determination to do their duty . The banner is once morefiung forth to the breeze ; and the people , if true to themselves , will soon be as free as the air which their flag thus woos . The new combination of the Provisional- Committee promises to work well ; and it is the resolution of its members to adopt a firm and vigorous policy . They will not only take tbe necessary steps to conduct the agitation for the Charter to a successful issue along the paths of
peace and order , but they will likewise adopt measures to inculcate the necessity and point out the nature of those social reforms which must be proclaimed simultaneously with the demand for political justice . The Charter alone would be comparatively of little avail ; it would give political rights ; but something more is needed . The whole social system is corrupt and rotten to its very core ; and poverty , mendicity , and crime will never disappear rom the land nntil the Tery framework of society be remodelled . Of those truths the members of the Provisional Committee are we ]] aware ; and that knowledge is suggestive of their duties , as well as indicative of their experience , in the important task of fulfillinc them .
An announcement in the advertising columns of the Instructor informs the public that an Office has been taken for the business of the National Charter Association . The Provisional Committee is unpaid ; but its secretary—who will be in frequent attendance at head-quarters , must receive a salary for his services . At the commencement this remuneration will necessarily he small ; and all the details of the administration will he conducted with a view to the strictest economy . But still there are expenses which must be met every Saturday night . The people ' s work will be done cheaply , but cannot be done for nothing . The rent of the office , the salary of the secretary , the printing that is requisite , the cost of public meetings—in fine , all the little liabilities contingent to the administrative procedure—these must be regularly and punctually
settled . The cause is the people s own ; and tbe people are , therefore , called upon to support it . A good spirit must be shown at once in taking out the cards of membership . These may he had from the gpneral secretary by the local committees , upon terms of limited credit ; but the proceeds should be sent up to head-quarters as soon and as frequently as possible . If the local committees were only to bestir themselves properly , the cards of membership shonld alone produce a sufficiency oi money to earry on the Association , without actual donations towards a fund for the purpose of aiding the movement . At the same time , where the pecuniary means of individuals will allow them to make sach donations , apart from the mere enrolment of membership , the tribute will necessarily he received as a proof of earnest zeal and staunch sincerity in the furtherance of the good cause .
It must likewise be observed , that tue greater the support the Provisional Committee may experience , the more energetic will the movement be rendered , and the sooner will its triumph be ensured . If properly aided by funds , such an agitation may be got up as will indeed convince the ministry ^ the aristocracy , and the legislature , that the people are anxious to become possessed of their rights and privileges . It therefore behoves every man who loves democracy , and who advocates tbe Chartist principles , to contribute bis mite ; and the result is immediately brought within the range of prophecy .
The members of the Provisional Committee are full of hope and confidence . They have taken upon themselves a task which engages much of their time , makes certain demands upon their purse , and involves a considerable amount of personal responsibility . This position they have accepted in the full trust that they will be adequately supported . It would be a mest ignominious spectacle to behold the new movement perish through sheer inanition ; for such a catastrophe would indeed warrant the Prime Minister to take hia stand upon the assertion
that the people are indifferent to their rights . That assertion is now a calumny , a falsehood , and an insult . Let the Chartists beware how they suffer it to become a troth which theorgansand instruments of a selfish aristocracy may proclaim with all the triumph of characteristic insolence . What , then , must be done ? Every man who reads this article shonld be ready to give the response—aye , and answer it in a practical manner . If he be desirous of obtaining the Charter , let him contribute his mite to that fund by aid of which the movement can alone be condncted . Let him at
once take out his card of membership ; and when he has received it , let him show it to his friends , his neighbours , and fellow-workmen , and enjoin them to " go and do likewise . " If at the end of a year —when the parliament assembles in 1851—the Chartist register could prove to the House of Commons that many thousands of men had enrolled themselves as members of the Association , the argument would be a hundred-fold more cogent than all the petitions which might be poured into the l eg islative Assembly , with the same object in view . The register , if well filled with the names of paying members , would afford a far more practical proof of the anxiety and determination of the people to obtain their rights , than could nossiblv
je given by memorials to which signatures may be forged , or by public meetings at which cheering may be ascribed to an evanescent enthusiasm . Now , then—or never ! If the present movement should fail through want of funds , the people will deserve to remain serfs and slaves ; and they will have no right to complain hereafter . "Wages . $ oaay be better at present than they have recently been —employment may be more general than it lately was ; but these circumstances should not be permitted to engender apathy . On the contrary , it is precisely at the moment when individuals can afford to pay a shilling for the Chartist cause , that the shuliu" should be paid . Let do man say , " Oh ! there will be enough to give contributions without me ! " It is this reliance upon others doing "what
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each one ought to do , that often ruins a good cause . There are too many who reason in thafckcompjaj- ; sant style ; and thus , while - ' each ' - fancies he is ' 8 in | aiarMff * ddoptmgsuoh'an"excusefor"failin » ' -to do his duty ,: others are pursuing the same irrational and reprehensible , course . No man , ' . then j should trustto ' other 3 todo ' whait he himself is bound to perform'or assist in : every- one should look' upon his own individual endeavour as something too important to . ' be lost to the aggregate amount of work that is to be done . If there be apathy in struggling to obtain those rights which are now denied , tnere will be indifference in making use of them when they shall have been obtained ; and no individual is so unimportant anitemiinthe great 7
social mass as to allow a good causeto lose his succour and his support . , ¦ What , then , must be done" ?" ¦ I again ask . The reply is ready at hand , and easily comprehended . Local committees must' exert all their energj ; and individual- Chartists must manifest all their zeal . Each man should look upon his own effort as if the whole cause depended upon it . Each democrat must regard his own individual assistance as if the movement could not possibly be carried on without it . If such a spirit could be aroused—if such a feeling could he excited—the day of triumph would be approximated so closely as to promise a speedy reward for any temporary sacrifice in the shape of money , time , or trouble .
And now let me remind the working classes that the attainment of the Charter is hot a mere question of acquiring certain abstract rights and privileges—it is not a simple consideration of becoming endowed with the franchise . If it were only Ibis , it would be possible to understand the existence of apathy in many quarters with regard to tbe Charter . But it is a something far more important than the mere fact of exercising political rights ; it is a ivages' question—a labour question—a social improvement question . The enactment of the ~ People ' s Charter as the law of the land will lead to the adoption of measures calculated to place the industrious classes in a comfortable , prosperous , and happy condition . Those measures will give the workers and
toilers a fair share of all that they produce ; thosemeasures will banish pauperism , extinguish crime , and crush oppression ; those measures will make men ' s homes happy , and the cause smiles to supersede the traces of care and famine upon the countenances of their wives and little ones . This is whiit the Charter will do ; and now I ask whether it be not worth struggling for ? But I will put a still more practical question—a question which I will address to every worKingman individually . And this is the question : — " h the Charter worth a shilling to you ? " Look at yeur present position—and SGewhat it may become under the operation o _ f the Charter ; look at your present wages—and see to what an amount they may be raised under good institutions ; look at your wife and children , as they now are , with their pale faces , their scant clothing , their want of education , and their fears for the future—and see how happy they
may be rendered under a wise , beneficent , and enlightened system of government . Look at all this , I say—and then tell me whether you will give a shilling ( even though you may be scarcely able to afford it at the moment ) to obtain the People ' s Charter . Well , your answer is in the affirmative ; you can give no other response . As a man—as a husband—and as a father : as a member of society , and as one wishing well to" the cause of progress , asd having at heart the interests of your fellowcreatures—inall these capacities you could not say "Ho" to the question which I have put to you ; Then show your sincerity—you , as an individualby paying this shilling in aid of the movement which is set on foot to obtain for you that Charter wherein all your hopes and chances of earthly happiness are centred . Geoboe W . M . Reynolds .
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EASTER MONDAY IN LONDON . Easter Monday—the great holiday of the labouring classes of the London population—displayed its usual features . Workshops were camparitiyely empty , and places of amusement inordinately full . The public exhibitions , the steam boats , the railway excursion 'trains , the taverns and the theatres , had all an abundance of patrons . The British Museum was visited by upwards of 20 , 000 persons ; the Tower , St . Paul's , Westminster Abbey , the Thames Tunnel , Burford ' s Panorama , the Polytechnic Institution , the New Gallery of Illustration , the Diorama , and the Colosseum , being each also most attractive places of resort . The United Service Institution , in Scotlandyard , was another point of attraction .
GREENWICH FAIR . The annual Easter fair was held at Greenwich on the vacant plot of ground leading from the church to Deptford Creek , where the usual motley assemblage of booths , shows , and exhibitions were congregated . Upwards of 50 , 000 persons are supposed to have been in the fair and park during the day . In the course of the evening , several females were seriously injured by the pressure from the crowd , and numerous robberies were committed . A strong body of police were in attendance , who apprehended a great many pickpockets . Richardson supported the legitimate and illegitimate drama almost single-handed . His company appeared in unusual spirits , and enacted the tragedy of " The Moor ' s Revenge" with great
iclat , in the astonishing space of five minutes , the chief incident being the apparition of a mysterious ghost , quite unconnected , so far as we could perceive , with the subject of the piece , and a homicide by " the Moor , " which we may pronounce to have been justifiable on the averment of that individual that " Halonzo sleyw—baasely sleyw me fa-a-tber . " Then came a comic song which affec ( ed a sailor in the pit to tears , aim a pantomime of a highly lugubrions and unintelligible description , and a general " turn out , " which was resisted by several persons on the ground tbat they had not got enough for their money . Besides Greenwich fair , there were similar revels at Battersea , Wandsworth , and Chalk Farm . The an * nouneement of the revival of the Enpine hunt , and
that a red deer would be uncarted at Buckhurst Hill , induced a large number of Cockney Nimrods to mount their hunters and follow the hounds sans pour of accident by flood or field . At Blackheatk the most animated donkey and pony races took place throughout the day for imaginary sweepstakes , and with no particular starling or winning post . Archery , too , was highly favoured , though a stranger might think , from the specimens of our skill exhibited there , tbat we had sadly fallen away from our ancient repute in the days of Cressy . The railways were well occupied in providing holiday accommodation . The Greenwich railway , as usual , carried its fair-going multitudes every ten and fifteen minutes , against the competition of the river
steamers who reduced their fares to 4 d . and 6 d . A longer time for staying in and out of town was given by nearly all the companies than was the case last year . ^ The return tickets issued by the Great Western enabled passengers to stay five days , including Sunday . Those on the Eastern Counties gave four days , and those on the South Western four . The London and Brighton took passengers to and fro to Brighton at 10 s , 8 s ., and 5 s . The London and North Western issued tickets on return terms , and ran traines from Liverpool and Birkenbead with sight-seers , to the celebrated " Britannia Bridge . " The two Paris excursion trains by the South Western Railway , were not so successful as last year , neither of them containing more than twenty or thirty continental excursionists .
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DRTJRY LANE ; The tragedy of Jane Shore was played on Monday night in the dumb show until the last act , when the excellent performance of Miss Vandenhoff in the death scene arrested * moment ' s attention . The ostensible cause of disturbance was ; the crowded state of the house . A new spectable followed , called the Devil ' s Ring , or Earth , Mr , Fire , and Water . -
HATMARKET . Sir Walter Scott ' a Ivanhoe is the subject of the Easter offering at this theatre , and wasproduced in the shape of a burlesque by the Brothers Brough , who have wisely acknowledged in the play-buls that they have made Scot-free with the original . The main features of the story have been very « renuly followed , and a great portion of the fun , upon which the tmriesque depends , is produced by a series ot anachronisms such as are not often met with even in pieces of this description . All the leading characters of the novel have been ingeniously introduced , and the authors have contrived so to distribute tneir favours as to bring together all the comic actora attached to the theatre .
PRINCESS'S . This theatre contributed its quota to the Easter amusementg , in the shape of a new extravaganza , called The Queen of the Rosses , or the Sorcerer o } Candahar . The piece was got up for stage effects . Some of these were very striking , the machinery worked well for the first time of acting , and the facility with which the ta ^ " ! Jf "* fected drew forth the applause of a well filled house .
LYCEOM . Dryden ' s . tale of ' tymon and IpMgenia . as remodelled from the text of Garrick by Mr . Planche , was brought forward in this theatre with decided succesi , and promises to be a favourite entertainment for the holidays . ADELPHI . The entertainments selected " at the Adel hi Theatre on Monday night , though varied , presented nothing novel—with the exception of a . vaudeville styled Pla ying Firtt Fiddle—to the playgoing public , the pieces throughout the evening consisted ol DouglasB Jerrold'sdrama The Mother ' s Dream ; ify Precious Betiev . and Tom Noddy ' s Secret .: : ¦ ¦ :
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STRAND . v ^ fl ^ f bjth ^ 'EiSter prbtrMiihiB of this little the-< $ •< ? J ^ M ^ P novel tfHtfi / esktedno inconsiderable aftraetion inlthlfmTpVW ' pleSeswKicFliaW alreaa T been favourablyvreceived , and of performers who h . *» T 8 ' ; bee » , long known ; aa amongst thjevnaost popular of" the day . : 'Me Vicar of Wakefield ; has been now Before the , public for . some timer yet was its iteration , for the ; twentiethtime on Monday night welcomed with-the relish arid freshness pf a svrcceasful novelty .- lh the hands of Mr . Farrea , Mrs . Wover , and gJrg . StirKng , its nathre beauty was sure to receive every decoration that experienced art nonldbpsfnw ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ .
; SADLER'S ' WELLS . . The performance ' s at this theatre were of the usual character , the only novelty consisting of an amusing interlude entitled , AVith ge Tale . The play waa Hhcbeth , which was produced for the second time this season . Mr . Plielps sustained the principal character with an ability and effect eminently entitling him to be considered one of the best Shakespearean representatives now upon the stage . He infused considerable power into the impassioned Bcenes . particularly in the third act . Miss Glynn played Lady Macbeth , and looked and dressed the character admirably . .
SURREY . The jjerforraancea at this theatre opened with a romantic drama , in three acts , by the author of The Secretary , entitled The Adventurer ; or , Plots in Spain . It consists of the attempts of Piquillo Alliaga ( Mr . Creswick ) , an adventurer , to discover his real father , lie is : thrown into most awkward situations , and at length becomes prime minister of Spain , having obtained the object of his wishes . The play was followed , for the amusement of the holiday folks . by a burlesque called T / w Three'Princes , which wai given out for repetition amidst boisterous applause . ' ¦ : ¦ .
ASTLEY'S . ; The ago of the chivalrous Charlemagne , whose very name is redolent of romance , affords many a fitting theme for the pen of the imaginative dramatist , and from it a something has been culled by the veteran Fitzball , which in the nomenclature of the bill is called The Four Sons ofAymon , or the Bays of Charlemagne :. ; - , and is further designated as a new grand equestrian spectacle of enchantment Charlemagne , the illustrious son of the equally illustrious Pepin the Small , has , when our tale commence ? , lost his only daughter , who , stolen from him in her youth , leads a virtuous but inglorious life as a peasant girl in the Valley of roses . There she is seen and loved by Roland , one of the sons of the Count
of Aymon , who is ignorant of her real condition and loves Iierfor herself alone . The only impediment to the happiness of the .. youthful pair appears to be the enmity of one Count Mangis , who , haying killed tbe father , has a natural antipathy to the sons , and , not content with human means , has recourse to the sorcerer s art , in which he is an adept , to prevent the consummation of their wishes . But the malicious Count is no match for the four sons , who are also aided by the powers of enchantment—for ; their mother was a powerful spirit — and are enabled to countervail all his horrible machinations . However , in a drama which endures through two acts it is not to be supposed thai ; either side gains the day in . a moment . There are many moving accidents by flood
and field , innumerable plots laid , but successfully counterplotted , divers snug schemes devised , but eventually rendered abortive . In fact , the sons cannot be vanquished by earth , air , fire , or water ; but they can- by their passions , — and , alas ! tbe demons of love , war , wine , and gambling , are at the command of the wily Count . The mention of this little circumstance may enable the reader to imgine the sort of perils the four gallant sons have to encounter . The malicious Mangis e * ven attempts to palm off his own daughter as the long-lost child of Charlemagne ; but the Emperor , who , we are told in his history , Was a great encourager of learning , ' although he probably could not write his own name , Dossessed some knowledge of the mystic , and had an
infallible ordeal before which all must go who claimed to be his daughter . This is no otber than a crown which strikes to death those who approach it with an untruthful intention . The fair damsel of the Valley of Roses , rescued from death in a thousand hideous shapes by the gallant Roland , son of Aymon , has already stood tbe test , and challenges Mangis and his daughter to follow her . They aceept the challenge , and , accompanied by their four familiars , are all at once despatched to Orcus . ¦ Odette is then acknowledged by Charlemagne ; Roland is received as her affianced , and in the Royal tent of . Charlemagne the triumph of the four sons of Aymon is accomplished amid a glorious' tableau . We have thus briefly sketched the history of the drama , and , paving a
tribute to the great splendour of the decorations , and the magnificence of the spectacle , we may safely recommend this production to the attention of the play-goers . Amongst the dramatis personal who most effectively sustained their voles were Mr . Crowther , Mr . Stirling , Miss Pearce , and Mrs . Brookes ; and the dancing of Mr . and Mrs . Ilarvey , in a little ballet , is deserving of commendation . Scenes in the circle followed ,: of which the novel and brilliant entree of the dames of the foxhunting chase pleased us most , but each scene had its admirers . Tlis reappearance of the Young Hernandez especially created an immense furor . On the whole Astley ' s , under Mr . Batty ' s management , sustains its wellearned reputation .
THE COLOSSEUM . This attractive place of amusement had its usual number of visitors ; indeed , the variety of things to be seen furnishes something with which the diversity of tastes is gratified , and which is secure of obtaining the patronage of a number of persons . Since last we were here many alterations have been made , and by a scrupulous attention to the minuter details of the general collection the whole has been made as perfect as a public exhibition of numerous parts can be rendered . The view of Paris loses nothing by being seen three or four times ; indeed , it is impossible to form a oroper notion of-this enormous picture , or
panorama , by merely gazing upon it once . The view ofKetley Abbey is very clever , and great praise is due both to Mr . Danson and his son , the artists , and to Mr . Brown , the machinist , for their labours . It is unnecessary to denote particularly the collection ot sculptures and other-works of art , because they have been repeatedly described , and worthily praised . The Cycloran . a—which is a part of this exhibitionis very veil managed ; the view of Lisbon , the earthquake , < tc , all continue to attract : The musical performances are , of their class , entitled to praise . Mr . Jackson presides at the organ , and the Misses Collins , with whom the public are acquainted , are the instrumental performers .
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . As is usual on holidays , tbis" place was attended by a great number of persons , some in search of science , and others of amusement . There was enough of each of these things to instruct and delight both sections . The lecture delivered by Dr . Bachhoffner was the principal attraction , and was received with a due appreciation of the merits of the lecturer ; the subject , "• Optics , " was illustrated with large pictorial views , by which the nature of light and shade upon colours in painting , was shown and explained . The lecture was a very interesting one , and had the merit of developing what is new , Jo . at least , the majority of artists . The usual exhibitions of the diving bell , &c , were also displayed , and in a large building immediately adjoining the institution were exhibi'ed the series of Railway Views descriptive ot the route from London to the Britannia Tubular Bridge , by Mr . J . Allen .
BRITANNIA BRIDGE , REGENT-STREET . Pictcbesque Exhibition . —We have before noticed this interesting little theatre , and we are happy to hear that it has been visited by a large number of visitors , and continues to receive extensive patronage . Recently a view of'Snowden has been added , which precedes tho magnificent painting of the Britannia Bridge . The descriptive lecture on the tube is a bold and masterly point of'instruction , and . cannot fail to surprise and inform those who are unacquainted with the experiments conducted by Hodgkinson and Fnirbairn , under the superintendence oi Mr . E . Clarke , when this monstrous hieroglyphic of mechanical art was " void and without form '' .... . ..:-..
BURFORD'S'PANORAMA . - A good many persons availed themselves of . the leisure of a holiday to visit the Panoramas in Leicester-square , and more particularly to view , the paint ' ings ot the Arctic Regions , which form a portion of them . These pictures possess a good deal of interest , and at the present-moment are of more than common attraction . .
THE COSMORAMA . The contents of this gallery—209 , Regent-street , —are worth a visit , and they were amongst the things from which holiday-makers , and-the members of the rising gen-ration' derived amusement . What are called dioramic and panoramic effects are judiciously united , and , indeed , so well combined ; that some of the views represented almost appear like nature , and oan hardly be surpassed by any , scenic . effects whatever , Besides the views exhibited in the building there were other attractions , anjj , amongst them , the smallest infant , though the greatest wonder of the age . This and the remuining curiosities secured for the proprietors a share-of popular patronage , commensurate with their merits . ¦ . if ;
. THE BRITISH MUSEUM . ¦ There was a great influx of visitors to tbis ' national institution on Monday the number being 27 . 046 , showing an increase of 6 , Q 11 as compared with Easter Monday last year , when the- number was 21 , 005 . The rapid but orderly egress of the visitors near the close was remarkable , for no less than , 2 , 754 persons passed through the gate in a / quarter of an hournamely ; from ten minutes to four o ' clock until five minutes after that hour : Sixteen constables of the A division of police , under the , directions of Sergeant Neale , were , in attendance * ' * . ' . , ¦
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TSfmnn Discoveries . —Very ] ate and hiirhlv » a beevmmrtirom Mr ., I * ym | , . Assyria , giffi mtelhgeoM of n ? w and . importan t discoveries in tnf Nimroudvmopnd .. ; IIehas . made . frqsh and extensive excavatoona in parts of . the eminence not yet explored , and the result . hai been the finding of nothing- less thain the throne upon which the monarchy reigning about 300 O years ago , sat in his splendid palace . It is composed of metal and of ivory , Jthe metal being richly . wrought , and the ivory beautifully cprreoi It seems that the thr ) oiie was separated'from the state apartments by means of a large enrfcain ,. the- rings by which it was drawn and undrawn having been preserved ; No human remains have come to light , and everything indicates the destruction oAhe palacoiby fire . It is said that the throne has-been partially fused by the beat .-.- ¦
PBEDEanifATiofl ' . ' —The following is a pretty good commentary oh how far people ' s professions sometimes agree with their practice : — \ .. "Do you believe in predestination ? " said the captain of a Mississippi steamer to a Calvanistic clergyman who happened to be travelling with ; him . - " Certainly . " " And you also believe that what is to be , will bo ?"— « Certainly . " " Well , I am glad to hear it /' - " Wliy ?" " Because I intend to pass that boat ahead in fifteen consecutive minutes , if there be any virtue in pine , knots and loaded safety vvalves . So don t be alarmed , for if the bilers ain't to burst , they won t . "
Here the divine commenced putting on his hat , and bogan to look very much like backing out , which the captain seeing , he observed— " I thought you believed m predestination , and that what is to be , will be . " " So I do , but I prefer being a little nearer the stern when it takes place . " ' Tnuni will be uppermost one time or other , like cork , though kept down in the water . Little mokk than £ 20 , 000 has , as yet , been subscribed to meet the expenses of the Industrial Exhibition of 1851 , estimated nt £ 150000 .
, Ciurles Fox and Mr . Hare , his friend , both over head-and ears in debt , were together in a hbus ' e , when seeing some very suspicious men about the door , they were afraid they were bailiffs in search of them . Not knowing which was in danger , and wishing to ascertain it , Fox opened the window , and calling to them , said , " Pray , gentlemen , are you Fox hunting or Hare hunting ?" The Ruling Pission . —The following is a laughable aneedoto told by Southoy , of the funeral of »
Bristol Alderman : — "As soon as he knew his case was desperate he called together all the persons to whom he was indebted in his mercantile concerns . ' Gentlemen , ' said he , ' I am going to die ; and my death will be an inconvenience to you , becauao it will be . some time before you can get your accounts settled with my executors . Now , if you will allow me a handsome discount I'll settle them myself at once . ' They oame into the proposal , and : the ' old alderman turned his death inlo nine hundred pounds profit . "
WEIGHTS iND MEASURES POlt THE MILLION . One pound of chalk makes two gallons of milk . Two twigs of birch broom—one ounce of tea . Three ounces of sand—half a pound of sugar . ., One stick of Spanish liquorice—two pots of porter . " Wrni knowledge sorrow increases , " as the flat said when he found that he had drawn a blank in a foreign lottery , ' Why is a good sermon like a kiss ? Do you give it up ?—Because it requires two heads and an application . '
Some person whom Qum had offonded stopped him in the street , and said , — " You have , I understand , sir , been taking away my name ! " " What have I said ,. sir , concerning you ? " " You—you called me a scoundrel , air ! " " Keep your name , " replied Quin ; "I should be very sorry to deprive you of one so appropriate . " From the proceedings in the police-court , Leeds , it appears that numerous letters have been received by the mayor of that town from parties in distant parts of the kingdom who have purchased shares ( some of them £ 2 2 s . each ) in estate lotteries which had their origin in that town , but the projectors of which have now vanished . TnE great comet which astonished the world in 12 C 4 , and is supposed to have returned in 1556 , has been expected to re-appear for sometime , the period of revolution round the sun averaging 293 years , or thereabouts .
A person , upon his cross-examination by Mr . Curran , was obliged to confess that he had made so free with a lady as to put his arm round her waist . " Then , sir , " said Curran , "I suppose you took that waist for a common . " - . ' . . ..-In order to see if anything be in a well , take a looking-glass when the sun shines bright , hold it nearly perpendicular over the well , so that it will reflect on the water , and you may see a straw or pin , or any small object at the bottom of any depth . The walls ot the Thames Tunnel are now ornamented with fresco paintings , views of English scenery .
The Southwabk police magistrate has decided that tan is a manure , and carts laden with it are , therefore , exempt from toll . "Man , " satjs Adam Smith , "is an animal that makes bargains . No other animal docs this—no dog exchanges bones with another . " He who thinks too much of himself will be in danger of being forgotten by the rest of the world . The Gazette of Cologne believes a great and general German revolution to be at hand . Aristocrat . — One who considers the respectability of his grandfather to be sufficient payment for his own debts . : Abstemious Man . —One who never tastes wine nor spirits—at home .
Apprentice . —A lad learning , by experience , the tyranny necessary to make him ; v master . - Balance of Power . —Gommcn sense . Laws . — Authority for publicly whipping tho wicked—poor . Nuisance , —The disturbance caused by your neighbour in making his fortune . Oversight . —To leave your old umbrella in a newsroom , and bring away a new one . Precocity . —The impertinence of your child , Remom . — The feelings of a pickpocket , caught in the fast . Reflective Turn . —To have your umbrella turned
inside out while turning a corner . Science . —To tie a canister to a dog ' s tail , and observe whether he runs east or west . Unfortunate Man . —One born with a conscience . Suggestion . — Advice given by a servant to his master . .. Young Man ' s Best Companion . — He who takes him home , when he cannot take himself home . Like "WnAT ?—A , is like the meridian—it is in the middle of Day . B , is like a hot iron—it makes oil boil . C , is like an old maid ' s wish—it puts age into a cage . . D , is like a fallen angel—add it to evil it makes
DEVIL . E , is like the end of time—it begins eternity . G , is like wisdom , it is the beginning of orkatnkss and goodness , H , is like the dying worda of Adam—it is the end of karth . ' J , is like the end of spring—it is the beginning of june . K , ia very like a pig ' s tail—it is the last end of fork . . L , is like giving away a sweetheart—it makes over a lover . A horse , twenty years old , lately died at Ayr , after being for twelve months unable to lie down , and on ' examination , a " dust ball , " as large as a cocoa-nut , was found in the intestinal canal . > Last week a hen , in Drury-lane , Liverpool , laid in the middle of the causeway two eggs joined together by a small cord . The eggs , though nearly of the ordinary size , were without shells .
: "Women , so amiable in themselves , are never so amiable as when they are useful ; and as for beauty ^ though young men may fall in love with girls at play , there is nothing to make them stand to their love like seeing them at work . —Cobbttt . A New : Air Gun . — We were forcibly reminded the other day of some lines in one of Byron ' s poems , beginning . — This is tho patent age of new inventions , , For killing bodies , ifcc . by the inspection of a new and very ingenious airgun , which , if it does not possess the formidable power of the how Russian Zvnduadel-gewe&r , which kills people in a perfectly satisfactory manner at the distance of seven or ei g ht hundred yards , is still in point of cheapness , simplicity , and efficiency , greatly superior to the common air-gun . It is the invention of Mr . John Shaw , musical instrument maker , of Glossop . The great siagularity of tbe
new air-gun consists in thei entire absence of airpump , reservoir , and valvesj whi » h , in the common air-gun , are attended by no small amount of trcsble , and some personal danger , The air which , ? xpcls the ball is powerfully compressed , at the snoment of discharge , by a piston aciing within a cylinder , and moved with great foveo and rapidity by tho sudden contraction of a saving composed of a number of vulcanised india-rubber rings previously extended by hand in a yery simple and easy manner j and the hall is propelled with a force quite equal _ to that exerted in th » common air-gun , and with this groat advantago too , in addition to t hose we nave already named , that the forco exerted is always tho same ; wttilst . m the common air-gun , itdiminislres with every disoharge from . tho reservoir , wftumng tho aim to bo . constantly varying . . . W ry ° ™ g » is certainly a very ingenious adaptation of the groat elastic fovco of vulo !" ised J ^ £ 2 l& 2 £ , so much use has been made cf-tato .- «« w « wfflr [ Ouanlian . ' .-:. ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ .:. ..
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versal tumbling of impostors and impostures into the street . " For it just amounts to this , that men are d ' eterjwaedJtoJiiT ^ noJonger in lies , but to abolish them at whatever cost . Cd ira V" * "" •""» - ' - ¦ - ^ r >»?
-¦; :-: - : PROGHBSS OFUHD * lPUBUCANISM . -..-To perpetuate the slavery of the . nations , the ruling brigands , have hesitated at no crime , however base or bloody .: When' ; in " the spring of 1848 , the people arose , omnipotent in the might of their tight , kings , aristocr&ts . usurers , and'all the spawn of privilege and corruption , crouched in abject servility a £ the feef of the . victorious Proletarians . Fnding the people magnanimously merciful ( perhaps , we should Bay , inspired by a . spirit of foolish and fatal clemency , ) the oppressors and imposters took heart , and forthwilb commenced conspiring to reimpose their yoke
upon the necks of the millions . Cajolery was soon followed by perjury , only to be succeeded by persecution and massacre . At length , having made of the . French Republic " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare "—having dyed the streets of Paris , Frankfort , Vienna , and Rome , with the blood of democracy ' s defenders—having turned Sicily and Baden into theatres of murder , and Hungary into one vast field of carnage and deso ' ation—the triumphant traitors , and blood-stained brigand ? , mingled with the groans of dying and tortured patriots the exulting announcement—" the Revolution is ended "— " Order heigns
ik Europe . Glorious France , however , has taken the initiative in giving a practical refutation to this social and political foe . In this France has bnt given expression to the pervading , to the one great fact of Europe , that democratic-socialism is progressing . It could not be otherwise . The perjuries and cruelties of kings have converted the millions to republicanism The crimes of aristocrats have inspired the masses with a . thirst for democracy . The oppressions of capitalists have rallied the toilers to the banner of labour ' s emancipation—socialism . No longer this nor that national flag divides the peoples . They all rally around that dyed with the blood of the martyrs —the flag of the Red Republic .
BUECTIOH OF CARNOT , TIDAL , AND DE FLOIIK . Really this composition is significant ! It shews , that if the triumph of the red party is owing to the union of the small trading class with the proletarians , this union is based upon totally different terms to that momentary alliance which brought about the overthrow of monarchy . Then , it was the small trading class , the petty bourgeoisie , who , in the provisional government , and still more so in the constituent assembly , took the lead , and very soon set aside the influence of the proletarians . Now , on the contrary , the working men are the leaders of the
movement , and the petty bourgeoisie , equally pressed down and ruined by capital , and rewarded with bankruptcy for tteir services rendered in June , 1848 , are reduced to follow the revolutionary march ef the proletarians . The country farmers are in the same position , and thus the whole mass of those classes that now are opposed to the governmentand they form the vast majority of Frenchmen—are headed and led on by the proletarian class , and find themselves obliged to rely . for their own emancipation from the pressure of capital , upon the total and entire emancipation of the working men .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1568/page/3/
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