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WHAT IS ' UOBLE ? ¦» . . 4 . ., . * ¦ -. ;; •¦ . .. ¦ : • • BT . CniBLpSS . WAIS ., ¦ ¦ ffh » t is n 6 Ue ? i to inherit ^ . Wealth , estate , and proud degree ?—There must be gome-other merit Hig her yet than . these for me !—- Something ' greiter . far must enter Into life ' s majestic * pan ; fitted to create and centre True nobility in man ! . "What . is noble ? . ! tia the finer Portion of our mind and ieartj linked to something still diviner - Than mere language can impart : Ever prompting—ever seeing - Some improvement yet to plan ; To uplift our fellow-being-And , like man to feel for Man ! What is noble ? 13 the sabre Xobler than the humble spade ? There ' s a dignity in laboor . Truer than e er " pomp aiTay'd ! He wha seeks the Mind ' s improvement Aids the world—in aiding Mind !—Every great commanding movement Serves not one—but all mankind . O ' er the Forge ' s heat and ashes—O ' er the Engine ' s ironhead— , . Where the rapid shuttle flashes , And theipmdle whirls its thread ; There is Labour lowly tending Each requirement of the hour—There is . geuius still extending Science—and its world of power ! 'Mid the dust , and speed , and clamour Of the loom-shed and the mill ; . - 'Midst the clink of wheel and hammer Great resnlts are growing still ! Though , too oft , by fashion ' s creatures . Work and workers may be blamed ; Commerce need not bide its features ! Industry ig not ashamed ! What ia noble ? That which places Truth ia its enfranchised-will !¦ Leaving steps- —like angel-traces—That mankind may follow still 1 E ' en though Scorn ' s malignant glances Prove him -poorest of his clan , He ' s the Xbble— -who advances Freedom , and the Ganse of Man ! WHAT IB I 01 TL 1 S . I , / . -
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Dahomey and the Dahomans . B y Fbederick E . Fobbes , Commander B . N . Two Vols . London , Longman and Co . Atiee the late Mr . Danean returned from liis successful expedition to the Kong Mountains , he was appointed Vice-Consul at the court of his former Mend the King of Dahomey . Consular bnsinesa could only turn up at the Dahoman port of Wh ydab , and that with British Enbjects supplying goods to the slavers ; hut Mr . Duncan was directed to proceed to the
capital , charged with somemissionabouttheslavetrade . When the Consul arrived upon the coast , he wished a naval officer to accompany lihh to court . Captain Forbes had been Ion ging for the jburney . ' he volunteered his services , and was permitted to join . From Wh ydah to Ahomey , the capital , isonly a few days' journey , aiid / by jrQvidiiig relays of bearers , it may be done in fourteen hours . Under royal patronage , the mission reached Abpmey comfortably enough ; and there they were hospitably entertained ; made their presents , which were gracionsly received ; ' accepted an invitation to
te present at the King ' s Customs , or national fetes and games , in the spring of 1850 ; when his Majesty said he should lie able to get up a palaver , and . give aa answer to the proposition . On the return of the mission , Mr . Duncan was taken ill .. He was got on board with Eome difficult y on reaching "Wh ydah , and died soon afterwards , of aliVercomplaint , caused , no doubt , by his African exposure in the Buston Niger . expediflon ,. andhis various travels ia Dahomey . To the jCnistoms , therefore , Captain Forbes : returned alone , and as sole envoy . His Tolumes contain an account of his
two jourmes to Abomey , and of what he saw there ; a description of the features ami productions of the country , as well as of the manners and customs of the people , together with sketches of the history of Dahomey . An appendix contains some illustrative details , chiefly statistical , with extracts from previous scjourners in the country : { he * author ' s own ideas npon the African slave-trade , and the various vexed questions connected therewith , in
a ^ e expounded various places . There is something in fhe almost childish nature of the African mind , which renders it devoid of strength of character—so that social descriptions or personal portraits furnish little variety or interest : one is a type of all . But , notwithstanding this , the social institutions of this part of Africa appear worthy of a more philosophical observation than they have yet received by rnaa whose forte is action rather than speculation , and whose sole medium of
communication is an interpreter with feeble intelligence' and imperfect language . The Datomans , like many other barbarous people , have not only the germs of a xegnlar , but even of a constitutional government The King is despotic enough in the power of tailing life ; but this is the custom of the country . Every great man has slaves slaughtered on Mb death , like our Scandinavian ancestor of vore *
anovhis favourite wife is . expected to commit suicide ... No quarter is given to enemies , unless a profit can be niade qf them as slaves ; and war is a constant craving with monarch and people , as it was in the middle ages of Europe , and from much the same stimulantslove of gain and glory . Justice is prompt , and often doubtless worics as much , wrong as dalay elsewhere ; and punishments are bloody : but great allowances are to be made for the
savage mind , which looks npon mildness as weakness aadcan only be controlled by fear . Theskulls that surround the palaces and figure in the heraldry of the Dahomans , are barbarous to . our notions ; but Europe had something like it formerly , and Oriental nations as lo ng as they remained powerful . To count the victims who are annually sacrificed by loyal command at the Customs , " watering » e graves " as it is technically termed , the h-mg would seem a blood y barbarian ; but , despot as he is , he cannot help it . Captain Forbes could , only save the lives of three Ti etims by buyJng them o $ and the King dared riot . ' sell' him any more ; it was " as
much as his place was worth . "; According to « Uquette , his . two chief Ministers ( one of yhbm , b y the by , is royal executioner ) grovel jji the dust before him , but the two ,-united nave more power than the King . The postponement of the business of the Mission on its « r » t arrival might originate in a di plomatic ^; but there is no doubt that the power of ^ chiefs k ' " palaver "is very great ; in ta ci , nothing can with safety be ventured upon a gainst their opinion , or without it in any new Matter . The Bong , in short , is despotic for popular evn " , powerless for good . Givehun an order for any number of slaves , and it will be Promptly executed : ask him io" abolish the
- 'aje-trade , and the absolute monarch would * * his power" slip away . Unluckily , while " » emonarch is [ different or at best diplomati-*« % dri ) , hisgreat inen are all engaged intfie "QSiness , .-. .. J ^ nayo caBed . He is a little old man i wi th tn * «? features , nolhine of the Segro , about 4 , '« T eyeafsof age , and a confirmed slave-^ - j . / 1 " forefathers were , and he has been such 3 to , We . -Here is a difficulty - . the power of the k . d ^ . Tety Sreat ; the monareh dare not enter itri / ty "Pk * * e K&g * 1 'be mayo co-* &w i , ! njie g > a ma » « f forty , is also a slave-« ir ny descent ; as also are the camboodee and i-J ** . oo t ?* b , reaninor all the benefits and deriving
to bT m * ^ t oi TCnict tbe y bavenot sense te ?^ , , * ¥ nowora . In conversation , the nunis-^ complamed that British goods could not be bad » e same quality as those sold in former years ; the ir ? cm a iece half ? Uk half cotton , he said * 4 i ^ i * ' nadittwentyyears , and had directed piaiiuS > . we COtt ^* procure more . Having excbirf i " 01 that ^ bonest-m-nded British mer-S " eh , w dn «> t trade with slave-dealers , and that goodlL-1 trade w&i not be expected to offer t 0 ? al * Hi we T romised to make a note - of the
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Mr , Beeoroft ,, 8 h 8 we 4 ; him ;; 8 ome s , UkVhandkeri chiefs , such , as . are bartered on the rivers Mdiold T * L W ? . ? * explained to' him the i Kwition ? n £ ? + h ^ K "' thO 8 ® - ' 5 btotri « ««»* baFrelin qu « hed the barbarous , infamous , alavMrade , - and tAlv 'HtH ^ ^ - "tercoprse with hqwat traders and the all-cudising powers of , trade : but fjar * ol ™ e . Purpose . Pocketingtwo gold rings and a , handkerchief , he bid us good-bye , explaining tnat the slave trade was very lucrative , and it would take some time to grow the palm-trees . "' The Customs ; ' where the coiortfers , ihe anny , and vaat numbers of the people were aU assembled together , to be present at th ' 4 " waterings , " to join in arid witness the reviews and processionsand to partake of the King s # 1 laif ^ ... ;; _ ^; a ^^ iig ^ . ^^ ft ?^ j ^ - ^ J «^ M > 4 l ^ m
, « r - ——» > -vv ^^ v «*^ * ^ . u hospitality , or whatever might be going oh supply some novelty . At . a review , his Majesty himself bore a part iu the ceremony , in a manner contrary to oar ideas of fitness : — - The king took his seat under a canopy of umbrellas , and placed us oa his right . About the royal person were ' the ministers and high military officers ; at the foot of the throne sat the too-noonoo ; and now in the distance , ready at call ; appeared the mae-hae-pah , a soldier , too . . , As soon as the king was seated , the troops , male and female , marched past in quick time ; seventy ^ sev en banners a « d one hundred and sixty huge umbrellas enlivening the scene ; while fifty-five discordant bandstand the shouts of the soldiers as they hailed the king en passant , almost-deafened the observers . ¦¦¦ :,.
Theroyalm » leregiments , Eeparatingiromthemam body , headed by an emblem of a leopard on a staff , skirmished towards the royal canopy , keeping up a constant independent fire . In advance was a band of blunderbusa-men in long green graBS cloaks , for bush service .. Halting in front , they . held aloft their muskets with one band , -while with the other they rattled a small metal bell , which each soldier carried , and yelled and shouted . Some haying light ornamental pieces , flung them into the air to catch them again . This is the Dahoman salute : and in
answer to it , his Majesty left his war-stool , and , placing himtelf at their head , danced a war-dance . First , he received a musket and fired if ; then danced , advanced , and retired ; he then crept cautiously forward , and standing on tiptoe , reconnoitered ; this he did several times , dancing each time a retreat : at last , making certain of the position of the enemy , he received and fired a musket ; and this was the signal for all , with a war-cry , to rush on and recommence firing . On their recall , having again saluted , the king returned to his tent , and told us he had been to war . ' , ' ¦'¦
After much firing , the amazons took position to the left , and having formed a canopy ; in the centre fortheir , officers , who sat on stools , . squatted on their hams . In this undignified but usual position , with their long Banish muskets standing up like a forestf , they remained observers of the remainder of the operation . This now became a sort of military levee , at which each chief prostrated before the king , introduced his officers , and reported the number of bis retainers . Having taken ground at the further end of the field , one at a time , the squadrons enfiladed between two fetish houses , and commenced . ' an independent open fire , and deploying into line ,-passed to the right of the royal stool , while ! the officers came up at double quick time , prostrated
themselves , danced , fired muskets ,. and then received each as a mark of favour a bottle of jum ; ' After the cabooceers had thus passed ; the '; ministers , ' perr formed the same ceremony . Among them was Senorlgnatio DaSouza , the slave-dealer- and cabooceerjat the head of his brother the cha-cha ' s levies . As they danced down towards the royal seat , the King left his throne and went out and danced with him . - •' . ¦ - •• . '< A regiment advanced guarding the idols of the military fetishes ; the King again left his stool , and poured some rum on black puddings of human blood , which were carried by the fetjah priCSta .. ; At seven the last bod y had passed , that of the mayo ' s company . of three hundred men , which ended the review . . . : .. .:
Order and . discipline were observable throughout , ' uniforms and good accoutrements general ; and , except in the most civilised countries in the world , aud even there , as regarded the order of the multitude , no review could have gone off . better . There was no delay , no awkwardnesas , no accident : aidesde-camp were rushing about with orders ; it was noble and extremely interesting ... Every-facility was offered us towards acquiring information , and , except an exaggeration in numbers , truly given . The King has great pride in his army , and often turned to us with an inquiring eye as the amazons went through their evolutions : ho is justly proud oi these female guards ,, who appear in every , way to rival the male .
Captain Forbes has his schemes for abolishing the slave-trade . He speaks of " education and moral means ,, and undervalues coercion , as useless in putting a complete stop , to the trade ,. and therefore as aggravating . its horrors ; yet he has a project for a still more extensive blockade by means of decked boate , and contemplates more forts , and an attack upon those European residents , or their agents at Whydah , whom he alleges to be concerned in the trade . The blockade , however , is only intended to be partial ; and there is consequently the risk , if not the certainty , of the trade breaking out afresh . If it be true , as
Captain Forbes states , that the slave-dealers will turnout of a barracoon , as "dangerous , " any man who can read , it is possible that if all Africa were educated the slave-trade might be put an end to ; but it might not , any more than work was pnt an end to ( as some of our forefathers predicted it would bo ) when the " lower classes " were taught reading and writing . But who is to bell the cat ? The climate is a bar to Europeans , and the author's own pictures of many liberated Africans do not promise much from them . , Liberia , from which such great results were expected , is not altogether a country of the free . .
The Liberian people are doubtless held up as an example to the general state of the African , but I prefer not / instancing that state further than to prove I have not overlooked it . For in Liberia there 1 b as much , if not more , domestic slaverythat is , the buying and selling of God ' s'image—as in the parent States of America , over which flaunts the flag of Liberty (?) It is difficult to Bee the necessity , or the justice , of the Nepro who escapes from slavery ori . one side , crossing the Atlantic ito enslave his sable prototype on the other ; yet such
is tne case : and so long as it lasts , notwithstanding the attractive reports that emanate from this new Republic , it cannot be held as an example of future good , but . if possible , stould be remodelled , ey , en if at the expense of internal revolution , ' or even total annihilation . I doubt if many benevolent Christians in this country are aware , that the Model Republic is , in reality , a new name and form - for slavery in enslaved Africa , and , until the system be altered totally undeserving of the hi gh support and liberal charity it receives from the benevolence of Englishmen .
The English residents , according , to Captain Forbes , are not much better ; and his assertions lead to the question , whether , in a state of society where slavery has long existed , any service can be procured or work be performed without a power of coercion ? The system of domestic ' slavery is by no means confined to the Liberian portion of civilised Africa . Pawns ( as the fashion terms the slaves on the Gold Coast ) are received and held by Englishmen indirectly , and are to all intents and purposes their slaves , The plan adopted is this . The merchant takes unto himself a femma du pays , and she manages hi ? establishment . Nordoeshe inquire how she hires his servants . Her mode is to , accept
pawns , i . e . purchase slaves , by receiving man , woman , and child , in liquidation . of debt—in other words , selling goods to native merchants , who for convenience leave slaves in payment . These pawns axe as directl y slaves to their , master as any slaves in the United States , but cannot be sold out of . the country / I myself am aware of oho femme dupays of a British merchant being the owner of forty pawns , who perform the . household aud other services of the master , and are except in name , his slaves . His money purchased them ; and they obey his commands " en pain of corporal punishment , and draw him to aud fro in his carriage when taking exercise . How far is this removed from actual slavery ? . '¦ " . ' . •';
Captain Forbes adduces the Bonny , as an example of what can be done by legitimate trade ; for there the merchant-kings import silks , &c , and drink champagne ; but his instance is not conclusive . Bonny is the focus of a great water communication , and has for years been the head-quarters of a commerce which grew up naturally , though the blockade may have given it artificial encouragement .
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A Trip to Mexico ; or Recolkclions of a Ten Months' Ramble in 1849 5 p . By a BarristebV Smith , Elder , and Co . Wb miss in this work the lively and graphic pen , ' combined with quick perception , which characterised the recently published worko Mr . Bayard Taylor , on California and
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Mexico . , ; The writer , ^ indeeoy confesses' tbit ^ ^ omposed thW work frbmrecbLrion - and urges , as'an excuse fi * its imperfections friends" ^ apoI ^" the ¦ «*« " * . !? < What the writer did seehe tells in a ' very readabtestyUvbut he has yet-to acquire the traveller seye . Meantime we give a specimen or two of his manner , and a glimpse of Mexico : ^ ' . ¦ > ¦ -:- •• :. ; .:..: ¦ u ; :- * -..- ; * >\ . ' - . " T ^ exii 6 iif x ^ i was unable to gain admission ' to one of the litter , ifmrs wearing gowns of all colours ' ' are swarming f ll day in the . streets , and the incessant ' din of bells is very unpleasant . , The . Host is perpetually perambulating theto . wn j and toastr thisceremony
anger is the-, most" disagreeable . I khowi . All . persons within sound ofthe warning bell are" expeoted to kneel , m the mud or otherwise , as the case may be , and , remain , in . that posture 'until the sound 'dies away , even ifvhe is two streets off , and does not see the actual precession at > ll . On my first arrival I took alarm at every bell I Heard , and many , a water-carrier . With his tinkling mutebell has put me to fullflighti AfterwardB . I learnt to distinguish the true tone , and , if possible , took refuge in a shop till the cortege had passed : It is dangerous not to comply with the custom of kneeling , as I have heard of knives being used to force people to compliance . . 1 once got haRdsomely abused myself for only taking off ray hit . .
The chief deli ghts and amusements of the Jrfexicans of : the ; upper class are ! the theatre and the Paseo or , carriage , promenade . : The latter is thronged every , day , between -five and . six , with carriages and riders ; the carriages , " many of ^ bem , very good , and well-appointed , but drawn mostly ' by mule 8 , and , except on Sundays and feast-days , rendered ridiculous . by the blackguard aspect of the servants . I have actually , seen < a handsome carnage , containing elegantly-dressed ladies , with a dirty rascal behind . wearing , a jabket , and / with trowsersembellished bya ' vast aperturain the most conspicuous part of them . ' -On the days Ihave mentioned , however , all' the servants come out in hveryt ^ butfrom , not knowing how to put it ; on or it clean
keep , , their appearance is not greatly improved . The Paseo might , with a little care , be made a pleasant place enough ; but to reach lib one has to pass some horridly-odoriferous refuse heaps ' and the drive itself is either . drowned in mud or ankle ; deep in dust . , The watering part is done by convicts , whom I have seen chained together by the half dozen , ; slnicingjthe road ' with water , from buckets , as if it were thedeckof a ship . " In addition- to the Paseo , there is a pretty Alameda , containing many ; fine trees and shady walks , and with alarge , fountain suppliedvby the aqueduct m its centre , ; but nobody appears to take the slightest trouble in keeping it in order , and it is generally so lull of drunken leperos that ladies never think of walking there . ' '
The theatre is large and ; very neatly decorated not so big : as either of the Opera houses in London but as large as any theatre , in Paris ; . the entrancehall , however , is very dirty and odoriferous . -. There are no private boxes , as itf England . cldsed upwith curtains- . -but though every box is really private , each circle , Jrom the lowness of the partitions < between them , appears as . if entirely open . The fronts of the boxes are very low , not higher than the knees , and . display the . ladies' dresses , to the best advantage . ' Each proprietor furnishes his own box ; a circumstance which adds much to ' -the beauty of the house 'the furniture being of varied colour and pattern , and generally very splendid and luxurious . The pit is entirely divided into stalls , and the aspect of thehouse on benefit or feast-dav nishts
would be very beautiful from the splendid dresses and jewellery of the ladies , were it not for the cloud of blue incense ascending from the pit , \ where smoking 'fpuros ' . 'is allowed to any extent ; : Each box has . attached to : it a little room where the ladies retire" between the . acts to smoke their papelillO 3 . ' All ladies in Mexico smoke more or less but the younger part of the community seldom in public . Theacting , whilst I was in Mexico . was good , and once a year they generally manage to get an opera company , from Havannah . y ¦• ;' ., ¦ ¦ • .. The ladies in Mexico have a very curious method of acknowledging the presence of their friends either in the theatre / paseb , or street , which consists in shaking the fan slightly open for a minute or so looking at the Bame time in the direction of the person they wish to acknowledge .
Here is- a custom which must be Tather puzzlingto strangers when making morning calls : — . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ - .. ¦ Some of the domestic arrangements ar 6 / bowever , enrious . One goes , say to . pay a morning visit , and ,. in place ; of finding a . bell-rope with a servant , at . the end of . itjdiscoyerS ; thafc . it is necessary to mount the stairs , . ¦ pad explore each , rooni individually ^ until he . either stumbles upon some servant who can give him information , or find the lady , or gentleman whom he came : to seek . All Mexicans—Iadie 3 ' especially— have a :-wonderful aptitude for sitting in their bed-rooms * and it is often necessary , for . an , intimate acquaintance to walkthrough half the rooms in the house , ladies ' bed-rooms and all , before he meets ' with anybody . ¦ . Oysters on trees sound , somewhat ^' apocryphal , and yet they' do grow in Mexico : — to
On my second ^ visit San Bias I . remained a whole week , arid bad thus time to see something of the country . The immediate neighbourhood , with the exception of the . hill before mentioned , is all marBh , covered by an impenetrable thicket of mangrove and acacia bushes . On the former of these , curious to relate ,. are borne that well known and favourite fruit the oyster , which is considered to be in perfection at San Bias . These mangroves overhang the eateroa , and their branches drop into the water , ; to these during the flood tide the oysters adhere , -and when the water ebbs the " branches with their living burdens are left high and dry j . ' sp that a hungry man in a canoe , at the right time oi tide , may gather any quantity of this sort of fruit hepleaseB . ¦ .
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A Popular Narrative of the Origin ,. History , Progress , and Prospects of the Great Industrial Exhibition , By Peter Berlyn . J . Gilbert . ¦ ¦ - ... - . The Palace of Industry ; its Construction , Machinery , and Statistics .. By "V 7 . J . B . Satjhdbes ; Effihgham . Wilson . T 7 HATEYER : differences of opinion may exist as to the economical , and social results of the approaching . Exhibition , there can ; be none whatever as to the marvellous rapidity with
which the Industrial Palace has been constructed—the novelty of the principle—and the profound knowledge of science which has been exhibited in every section of its multitudinous details . It is not going too far to say , that it has commenced a new era in architectural art . Already , it is said , America and Russia are preparing to copy tne Glass Palace ; and the application of glass and iron to extensive structures for purposes of utility , seems likely to spread in this country with great rapidity , i >
The two works at the head of tHis notice are conjointly necessary to an . understanding of the origin , growth , and completion of this marvellous edifice . Mr . Berlyn ' s book is all it professes to be . It contains an ample and popular narrative of the circumstances connected with the inception and ultimate realisation of the idea ; and incidentally throws much light npon the progress and effects of similar Exhibitions ' abroad . If the authoV can Jay little claim to originality intheprdduetion of such a work , he deserves the greatest credit for the lively , interesting , and accurate manner in which he has recorded all the
leading events connected with the Exhibition . In doing this , we are happy to perceive also . that he has the manliness to do justice to those who first introduced the idea of such Exhibitions into this country , and who had to struggle with all the difficulties which usually dog the footsteps of innovators . and inventors . The first Exhibitions had to encounter prejudice and apathy , and the funds for carrying them , out were comparatively small , and dimcult to be procured ; they had not the prestige of princely and titled names , to give them acceptance with the vulgar herd , who eagerly copy the fashion set' by the ' great . Th § y were the production of a pure love of art , and science , '
and industry , and a desire to promote the improvement of public taste and skill . One of the first promoters " of the plan of-National Expositions ,, similar , to those on the Continent , " was Mr . George Wallis , formerly mas-, ter of the Manchester School of Design ; . of whose exertions Mr . Berlyn makes honourable mention . "We have had the' pleasure of that gentleman ' s friendship for many years , during which' we * have ever found him foremost when anything practical could be done to promote . the intellectual and' social improvement of his fellow men ; and . we are happy to find that his initiatory and valuable efforts have not been overlooked in
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^^^ ^"'^;^ r - - th . wnfttiyei before ^ r 77 **^ *"" ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; ,. ' •' , - interesting % uMW ^> h W ^ edingly the gvad&i % ^| WW ^ At , ,,. yiew , , thW lkstrySffi thatPriric / i ^ SfT ? & ' ;^ - ^ Eear ^?! ' &hibknSv | a ! S fe / " ^ S ^ i & >< vincial , orSff ^^ * $ & ^ P «> - S 4 f SI - ' - - W *«> ^ Prince Consort ^ hi-v ' r , ^ S / 5 ' ^ ft : ldea , Pf Restructure . i 111 --
b ^ oide ^ ^ SS ^ ^ ^ ^ ¦ kfihjhofffi ^ * P ^ P ^ . r ^ ead more like a sii pJisi iipasssH May , none will be so marvellous as the structurein . which they a ,-e collected ; " and we con . fidently commend Mr , Berlyn ' s . book as , an agreeable companion and .. guide to every Tj atof ; as well as a record bfthegiwth ofthe Exhibition , well deserving of preservation : 6 n account of its intrinsic merits and historical value . ¦¦ . ¦¦ -.
. The . work of Mr . Saunders ; isalao valuable , though on a different account . , It is a careful and . scientific , but . popularly , written account of the mode ; in which , the ' building was con-Strutted , from the , laying out of the ground to its , final , . completion . By , ., the . aid of . Mr . Saiinders , the . reader ; is enabled ; to- proceed , sfep by . step , with the . workmen engaged in the various departments ; of / the , edifice , to comprebend the truly scientific principles arid profound constructive Bkill exhibited in every one of its details , and to form an accurate idea of
the wonderful and . varied machinery by which its completkn ^ yras . ; so much , 'facilitated , ; To use hii own words : . V The natural succession of the , various operations hasjibeen followed as closely as is compatible with clearness . The irori ; frame , work of the edifice , and allthe preliminary matters upon which its security depends , are first taken ; then the carpentry and cdnstruction , of the roof -and , lastly , the glass and miscellaneous , subjects . ' '; Mechanics , engineers , and all engaged in the . constructive arts , will find the work of . Mr . Saunders a
mine of valuable information ,, and to many , still more valuable suggestions . Both works are ^ pp ropriately illustrated .
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The Wanderer and his Homes by M .- De Lamartine . ( Parlour Library . ) Simms ¦ and M'lhtyre . ' , The , theatrical elementa df French nature were . never ; more glaringly displayed than in this autobiography of M . Lamartine . A painful sense of unreality , ' glitter , ' show , varnish , and acting , impresses the leader in every page . The characters are no . more like real human beings than a / figure in a poses ptas-% Me—a « itragedy queen-in her mimic robes and tinsel crown , or a ballet dancer iu the
midst of . scenery ^ supplied expressly by the scene painter . ^ Had rio ^ M . Lamartine achieved renown by his connexion ' with the Revolution of 1848 , ; a ; work like this would : have been received with universal ridicule ; but though his political conduct has not been without faults ,, he did in the hour of trial develope genius and . capacities of the loftiest kind . A great crisis found him ; equal to its demands ; and for . Jthe sake ; of . the earnestness and the greatness he then displayed , we are content to
wink ; at the foibles and the . artificiality . of his lf Confidences . " . In spite of- 't he improbable aspectand glowingcolouringhe ; has given to the . episode > of . the . P , rincess Regina , there is much in ; the narratiye ; to arrest . and enchain the attention of the reader ; and though most of the sketches of French-society and of individuals , are . too much idealised , and too ; much colen ? derosei'fovour taste , yetthey . are not devoid of attraction , resulting .., from the rhetorical and poetic style of the writer ,
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A Dialogue ' on Competition ; by-S . Ml Kydd . This constitutes Tract No . 7 ; . issued by tlie " Political and -Social' Tr ' antf Society , Johnstreet , Fitzrby-square , " and contains in a short space , much Bound and valuable truth on the important subject of which it treats . "We are happy to find that the Society continues its good . work of sending out these silent ihstructorsi Jt is a method of diffusing political arid social information among the masses , , which is too much neglected . An' exaniple should
be taken from the sects , who / vvar so fiercely witfi each other . about their respective dogmas , —their zeal'in the distribution of tracts , and the " large ; sums annuall y expended m that mode of propagating their . opinions , stand out in sad contrast to the apathy of the socalled Reformers of this , country . ' A comparatively small sum-yeariy , placed at the disposal of the John-street Society , would enable it to give an immense' accession to the ranks , the power and the energy of the democratic , party .
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Don't 'Bum , Vs ! or , ithe State ' - Church and the Catholics , By LV Tynman . London : , Strange " . ' ' This brochure is compiled very ; much on the well known , principle so pithily indorsed on the back of the . counsel's brief— "No case : abuse the plaintiff's attorney . " It . professes to be " a Catholic appeal , " , ; but the merit ' s of the question are entirely kept out of Bight , and the staple of its pages are the tyrannical and sensual character , of . ; the ; founder . of the State Churchy-his , plunder ; of the Roman Catholic Monasteries and ChurohEstatea ; and partition of them amonghis fayourit ies—the persecutions inflicted . by the , State Church ' upon Papists , when it was struggling , to : establish ! itself—its
exclusiveness ; since—the selfishness / and , cupidiiy of its digmtaries , and the obstacles they , have always thrown in , the way of every liberal measure , including the education of , tho people ; - Now supposing that every statement made by the . writer , was ; true to the letter—and we think it would not be difficult either to detect exaggerations , or . suggest palliations—what does it all amount to ? ' , ' Two blacks do not make a white . " The Anglican Church may be a Pandemomum , and-its Bishops Devils , if you please ; but is that a 8 Uffioient reasoii for , making Pandemonium worse , and
banishing our present devils for a legion of fiends infinitely more wicked , and adverse to popular liberty and enlightenment ? The-question of Church Reform , or of Voluntary Churchism , is one by itself . It is ah important one , too , that requires to be kept apart from other matters which might confuse and bewilder the public . ¦ ¦ " One at a time " in such cases , we say , ' '_ ' is good fishing . " First let us settle the questions which arise out of the recent policy of the Vatican , and then we shall be all the more prepared to de al with spiritual domination in high places at home ; It' is / however , quite right that ' a warning should be given to the people ; against running into the mistake of propping up a diseased and unjust Ecclesiastical
system , iff their endeavour to avoid ' a worse tyranny ; and whoever is curious as to the mannepiin which ; our great 'territorial familiea acquired the Gatates dnd titles , which now give them a monopoly of government in this country—whoever wishes to know how the enormous revenues' of the Church of England are absorbed by its dignitaries , themselves frequently , connected with the great hereditary families , may usefully consult this pamphlet . , The writer , would have suceeded hetter , however , in his main object ; if he had been less of a ' partisan . " . The' reference to Alfred , and English Catholidisni in past times , cannot for a . moment impose on anybody who knows what the state of education and public freedom now is , in countries purely CatixoUc .
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POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . V Last week a lecture was delivered at this Institution by Thomas Beale Browne , ' Esq ., on the Cultivation of Flax , who , from his position in ' the ' agricultural world is one of . the most considerable growers of flax in this country . His observations were confined very jndicioual y . to the advantages of employing land for this purpose , . and he showed clearly that much ofthe surplus labouring population ; might reap benefits , from which tlie mere routine of general ; agriculture could not hold out hopes . He produced some very beautiful specimens of fabrics , kindly furnished by Aleasrs . Storar , of Cbeapside , and it wiis manifest that " , not only may
¦ we expect from its general ' cultivation , that the English grower may- furnish material for the mopt delicate manufactures , but that we may bo quite independent of Belgium and other foreign countries for an ample supply , thereby giving employmentto , the ' poor of airclassesandageH ... ' To prove . the many adva ntagos of flax growing in , this country' ; the directors of this establishment have determined to have a course of lectures on the bleaching ' and preparation of the flax crop , by their , chemical p ' rofessor , ' Ju \ JJ li ; Pepper , whowillfoUQw up the subject , and show the different methods for adapting it to purposes of general utility . ' The lecturer ' was attended by a large and highly respectable audience . ¦ .. : i " i ¦ . . ¦ , ¦ " ' . ,-:
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nf f , !! . ? v - 0 ) IlI > s ANJD T ^ ARMY .-There are upward * 5 Lords " connecled »•* 'be army in the House sit ' v ' vf , nn ; irf 6 ravitl ' ' has ' amid a 11 herimmen * Sard a ? ear no 8 Uch lavelywork as whea » ti > Parlifment estiSi ™ n - tbe Iand ^ interest in Curious DisciumoK . -A ' New ^ Orleans na « er adverti es a runaway negro as a " stout £ " X low-crowned hat , made to carry bricks ! " ~ . Extraordinary virtues are ever defamed bv ¦ nose wno want toe courage to imitate them . —Eli-a Cook s Journal . . .. . Baths and Lectures . —^ Ari 9 to used to eay , that neither a . bath nor aJecture did signify anything , unless they scoured and made men clean . Amrrican Parsing . -I court .-Court is a verb active indicative mood , i resent tense , and agrees ivith all the girls in the neighbourhood .
Christianity among thb Jews . —* ' More'Jews says Professor . Tholuck ) have been converted to Christianity during the latt twenty years , than during the seventeen centuries preceding . " Loyal \ Vab-Crt for Protectionists .- " Rail / round the Crow . i ;" -that is , round Five Shillings fixed duty on Corn . —Punch . , PARUAMENTARY . -TLe bill to legalise a marriage wuh the deceased wife ' i 8 ter has been rejected . by the llouse of Lords , ther ^ hy declaring that such marnases are of prohibited s . ffinitv . ufe- '' I- »» y . Dick , did you « e it done I " „« . ? " "' a wm not . ^ wi t » ess ,. but an ' edr wit * & » A T . 7 ltV ) e 83 and not a »** witneas ? rehcel" distinction without a diftV , Forums Passports .-TIio fee on Foreign Office EKISi u K - r n duoed t 0 7 s < 6 d - and theyat 8 now attainable by all who are personally known to the foreign secretary or recommended to him , or on the application of a London banking ' firm . An innocent youne soortaman . in ordnr tn eTin ^ ^
a squirrel on the top of a tall tree , climbed another one near by ; and on being asked his reason for sa foolish a freak , said that "he didn ' t want to strain his gun by . a long shot ! " - Machinkrt v . . Manuai , LABOUR . —The compositors are threatened with annihila'ion by a French genius , who proposes to send to the Exhibition a machine for composing and distributing type at the rate of ten thousand per hour . Amkrican Conundrum . —the New York Evening Post has the best conundrum that we have seen for many months :- " Why will Barnura and Jenny Lind never quarrel ?—Because she is always forgwing and he far-getting . . The iNQuisiiws . -When . the Spanishinquisitioii was tin-own open in 1820 , by order of the Cort « s of Mailrtd , tweil ( y-one prisoners were foundinit . not one of whom knew the name of the city in which he was confined , nor of what crime he was accused .
TRACTAitiAN Illumination . — ' Papa , ' ?' saida precocious boy to his literal papa , • • why do the Puseyites burn candles ? " "Why , Tom , " replied the matter-of-fact governor , "I suppose because they are in the dark . "—Punch . Pompous Funbrais . —Men think it . no shame to give handsome obsequies to those dead , whom living they had su'ftered ^ to starve unnoticed \ but ' the struggle ot shrinking poverty passes unseen in its corner ; the pompous trappings of death are witnessed by all the world .- Eliza . Cook ' s Journal .. :.
A Hint to Wodld-be Ports . —The iVeto York Wirror , ia noticing V a thin volumn of thin poetryvery poor and very pious , " says " no man should attempt to write poetry except from hinh internal pressure .- It is an article that can ' t be manufactured , any more than we can manufacture corn or grapes . " An Editor , ' summing up the virtues of a soapboiler ; lately deceased , concluded his eulogy with the usual phrase of " peace to his ashes ! " The remark gave great offence to the family , one of whom threatened tlie editor with personal violence . A Capacious Medicine-chest . —A navy surgeon loved to , prescribe , saltwater . He fell overboard one day : " Zounds , Will /' aays a sailor , " there ' s the doctor tumbled in / o \\ U own medicine chest . "Southey ' s Commonplace Book . '
. Buhu Burritt has found it preferable , in some countries , to . publish , his " Olive Leaves , " not inthe form of tracts , but as newspaper articles , paying a stipulated sum for their insertion . He thus brings them periodically before five hundred thousand continental newspaper readers at the rate of a crown per thousand . ... . ... ' Usefulness ' on Little Occasions . —^ He that canbe useful only on . great occasions ' may die without exerting his abilities , and siand a helpless spectator of a'thousand ; vexations which fret away happiness , and which nothing is required to remove bat a little dexterity of conduct and readiness of expedients . —Dr . / otason . ¦ ¦ :,
Floating JIpTBL . —\ y hear that an . intelligent and enterprising neighbour of ours ( a shipowner ) intends to fit out a vessel as a " floating hotel " to take passengers to the Exhibition , provide them the necessary accommodation whilst there on board his ship , and bring them home again , at highly reasonable charges .: This is as it ought to be . —Qatcshead Observer ... V ^ Boot and Shoe Clearer . —A newly invented machine for this purpose has been registered . It i » very simple in its . construction . A pair of circular brushes , mounted ori a spindle , are set in motion bv
a treadle , through the agency of a connecting band and pulley ; and thus the ' operations of brushing blacking , and polishing are rapidly performed . A Uonsecrated . Barrow . - ^ A man was one daywheeling a barrow across , a churchyard , not twentymiles , from Manchester , when he was threatened by a clergyman with a condign punishment , for his daring outra » e in polluting the consecrated ground by his wheel-barrow . The man , scratching hia head , 9 aid , ' . ' 1 did not know but the wheel-barrow was consecrated , too , for I borrowed it of the sexton . " . ,.-.:.
Tolbration . —The Roman Catholics are just nowtalking much about toleration , and accusing England of not exercising it . . "We ( The Church and State Gazette ) . say , let Popery allow Father Gavazzi to preach . unmolested throughout Italy for a year . At the end ofthe time there would be some chance of « a Universal Church , for Popery would be defunct , and ; Christianity would have succeeded to it . " Ameeican-Sbniimekt . —Among the more parti * cularly patriotip sentiments offered at a late festival of American authors and publishers , was the following by General Georee P . Morris , of the -lime Journal : — "The American Union , a noble' folio work of thirty-one pages , by the best authors in the Republic of Letters—set up , stereotyped , printed
and bound in a form that will lust for ever . Addi * tions , not erasures may be made ; but follow the originalcopy—even "if it goes out of the window !" Wives Caught by Traps—It is said that the Winnebago Indians , catch their wives by setting traps for them , in other words , whenever a young In * ( han . takesa . faney .-to .-a young Bquaw , he leaves a steel trap in front of a lodge at ni ght . If this is taken in by the father , the squaw is not expected to " put her foot" in the matter at all , and the contract is considered settled ; if not , and the young man deem& the copper coloured fair one worth an extra trap , he leaves two , sometipaes three . Whenever the trap or traps are taken in , the marriage ceremony at onoe comes off . This is about the last way of catching a wife we should have thought of .
Woman ' s Will ;—Dip the Atlantic ocean dry with a teaspoon—twist ypur . heel into the toe qf yourTbbot ' —make postmasters perform their promises , and subscribers pay the printer—send up fishinghooks with balloons and fish , . for stars—get astride a gossamer and . chase a comet—when the rain is coming down , like the cataract of - Niagara , remember where you . left your umbrella—choke a mosquito with a brickbat —in short , prove all things hitherto considered impossible to be possible , but never attempt to , coax a woman to " say she will , when she has made up her IniniLtOjav . Sue . tUOJl ! L ^ imcnco ) ii aper . ¦ Mazzini and . . the Papal . Question . —Two years ago M . Mawini exhorted the ProteBtant people
of England as follows : — " The Roman question is far from beingsettled . Assemble yourselves , associate yourselves , organise a vast agitation for the religious and poli tipal independence of , the ^ people , and sayt » your government , that honour , duty , and the welfare of England , demand that her flag shall not hang . idly in Atheistic immobility amidst the continual violation of the principle which it represents , that Franoe has not the right . to dispose of the Roman States as she pleases , that the will of the Roman people ought to be expressed , and that it cannot be freely expressed while hostile armies are encamped upon its territories Call upon Francs to fulfil her promi ses . ' * —Weekly Newi . . ;„ ¦ ... ¦ .., . ,. . ,,: ¦
; On the Choice op Acquaintance . — Among other observations which 1 have made in the short period of life ( said the celebrated 'Sydonhanvi ' " this one thing appears to me particularl y deserving of notice ( and which I am anxious shouldbe mdstatronelv impressed on . the mind of my son ) -that theacquaintance of those who are distinguished by integrity and other graces ot .. character , has invariably turned to my profit and advantage- and , on the othw " hL ? SKikSW ^ ' m - vinueshouW n- 'trattrbe £ ! ¦ r ! "f " ' - ^ r even a co nju ra tion , than a J ™? « H although . they may neither have injured me euher . by word or look , has in Home way or Ser auengtU . done mischief or damage to me and my
A Daring'AErioNABT . —Ga % » a »» states . that an aeronaut , named , Grallon , is now ! exhibiting ' feats at mr . ' n lcl 1 tbtow tne 'adventurous . performance of . ¦| ylM .: Poitevin and Gale completely in ' the shade . Ihn gentleman ; when at-a consiaerable heigHtiii the air , left the car , and placing his feet in two iri > n rings suspended from the net % ork ; sudclehly flung himself head downwards , and remained in that position for several minutes . He afterwards recovered hia placa in the car , and descended safely .
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;!^^' '; DRURYLANB THEATRE . :-I Theperforina ' nc a ' s'bii Monday nighit commenced fiwjae , muBical farce of tho Turnpike Qatt , and notwithstanding the . advantages of railway speed owr . stheijog-trot , road ,, the toll of applause was ctieerfull ^ paid b y aorowded and delighted audience . Mr . Emery ably sustained the part of Crack , and Mr . Barret ^ as joe B ^' ndfast . was . to the life ; the SLrte- ^ n 8 > a ' is battlea o ' er again . " . InoeeaaU . the characters were well supported . But ¦ pi ? . ! SL eSy of - ^ eVenin * a patoameij bj u ?? ZhtT > ^ 9- i tlcd > Mrnin 9 <*»•• ¦ « a- i ' ™ W' sparkling , affair , full of the rattling wK ?« . V ^ 9 " »> Ston . ( Mr 8 . Nisbett ) a widow , who 13 . 1 ! determined not to marrv * mJ . ' Moni ™ o
a letter from a / enaale friend , informing '' her that her determination having been discussed at a certamclub , SirEdward Ardent ( Mr . Janies Anderson ) ner Sf ^ S 8 Um tha fc ' sh « BhouUI chaogi £ ^ «* = % JWS ? . S SBS ^ 'K S ^ EK frS ^ | ftaa »^ t fooln / nin ? Tnfv a tan 8 ent supposing she is until fhSov ^ l 8 manner the Play at loving , until ttiey love in earnest , and are married The ES ca&T ^ - Mra - ^ Sd K ABdmon came before the curtain , at the desire of S ? - ^ * n «? - MthM A . th 0 II * Pi > ato ' J ^» 3 snectaclo S ^ W » 8 plen ' ° P eratioal 2 SS 2 L wteS 6 ? rOdigalconcluded the enhmw continues to ' attraot crowded
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OLYMPIC THEATRE . . M ^^ i Aom ceiyed with somMayour . . Its subject is founded on thegallantnes of Charles : II ., who fiBures among r uS ' a ^ fiF-S lththeEarl of Roches ter' Sir tonties of that time . Charles King , the hero of thi 3 piece , is a sailor , the master of a trading vessel , who , m his trips to , the French coast , has fallen m . love with a little grisette , a fisherman ' s daughter , and has parried her off , to save her from a marriage into which she was ' about to be forced . He brings her home to his mother in WanmnV : an . l
cney are going , to-be married , when , walking with her lover in the park , she attracts the King ' s attention . His unscrupulous Majesty gets rid of the lover by making hia attendants involve him in a quarrel , and drag him to prison for fi ghting in the park , while the girl , after resisting the honeyed words of the seducer , is carried to a petite maison of the king s . In this state of durance she is discovered by iell Gwynne , wKb hears her story and becomes interested in her behalf .- The denouement 18 rather clumsy . The girl ' s father , years before had saved the king from being taken inliia narrow escape , toFrance , who had given him a ring in token of his gratitude . This ring she now uses in appealing to the king ' s generosity and honr . ni .. Tn
resist such an appeal is of oourse out of the question : the king instantl y abandons his criminal pursuit , and rostores the girl to' her lover . '' The success of the . piece ( such as it was ) was mainly owing m th | A ver a ( ? & > of the Principal character Mrs . Stirling waa as piquant a . little grisette as oan be imagined ; and Air . WHiam ' Farren , ' juh .. acted the sailor lover with a hearty bluffness that was -very , agreeable . Mr . Henry Farren looked and dressed the merry monarch very well , but he lacked-ease , and was somewhat iormal and stately . Mr . Leigh Murray b y his capital . making-up and quamt . acting as a Dutch seaman , enlivened several scenes ^ whioh otherwise would have been heavy enough . ¦ . . ¦¦• .. *
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purpose j and . it . is this ¦ earnestness of purpose which is the grand element of promise in Mr . Wallacks acting ., The . elocutionary perfection by which every word can be rendered distinct , and the thorough command of . faco and gesture he lias not yet attained , but he is evidently serious about his : art , and : he does- not utter a single speech that does not bear , the mauk of deliberate thought . In the character , of Lad y Macbeth ,- Miss Laura Addison likewise discovers a most laudable desire to realise the author ' s meaning . She enters into the . situation of the character , she- gives her interpretation with force , and it is this very desire to speak foroiblythat . makes her too liberal with neremphasis . Some of . tho attitudes with which she accompanied the murder of Duncan , were remarkable for their picturesque effect . The manly , kindly Macduff , finds its usual representative in tlie most hear ty of actors , Mr . James Wallack .
. ; , . HaVmARKET THEATRE . The Jfac&et / iofMr . J . W . Wallack should by . no means disappoint those who witnessed hi 3 Othello There is much that , is crude , much that is odd in his performance / but- the intelli gence and carefulness which he displays , more than counterbalance defectsm thedetails , pf execution . The sensation of mental horror prior to the murder of Duncan could not have . been more profoundl y conceived than by this young actor , and when he deadened , the effect it was through over-zeal to make the most ofthe ' situation , ¦ The pause that preceded the dagger speech was . too long ; the goneral delivery : was too slow ; but the dreamy , state of mind was aptly represented ,, and . the . weightof apprehension could be perfectly appreciated by those , who , beheld the sufferer . In the banquet scene ' the terror at Bariqiio ' s ghost was expressed with the saiho earnestness of
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• ' ; . PRINCESS'S THEATRE . ' : : ., : A . three-act meiodrama , entitled Pauline , adapted from the French of Dumas , by Mv . Oxenford , was produced af this theatre on Monday ni ^ ht . ' The Count Horace de . Beaupve ( Mr . Charles fiean ) , the representative ofa decayed and noble family , who has just returned from . India , broken in fortune , meets at . the , chateau of a Madame do Nerval Pauline , her , niece . ( Mrs . .. Charles . Kean ) , . with whom be ha 3 previously formed an acquaintance in India . By a sort of mystical power he induces her . to marry him } although she has a preference for her cousin , Mona . Lucien deNerval ( Mr . James Vining ) The second act reveals to us this strange couple at their ruined chateau
, whither the Countess has fol . lowed her husband , without . his . assent , for in truth he is but a chieftain of a gang of brigands . " The melodramatic interest of the piece now conimences i andit consists of a series of perilous situations in which the Countess is placed . ,, -The finds an old acquamtanee of ber own ; an English girl ,, Harriet Morand ( MiSS Carlotta Leclerq ) , in . the ' hands of the brigands , who is shot before her face for recognising the Count de Beaupre . Pauline betrays herself by her emotion , and falls apparently lifeless amongst ,. tho enraged br . igands . The . third act opens . with the supposed death of . Pauline , and the contemplated marriage of the bri gand Count to her cousin , who inherits the fortune of his first wife , These nuptials are , however , frustrated bv
thehrnther of the intended bride , whereupon a deadly French duel , wherein there is only one bullet and two pistols , the selection of which is made a matter of chance by . taking them from under the table cover , ensues . Dr . amatic justice awards the loaded pistol to tho hands of the better man , and the scoundrel is dispatched , to the . infinite relief of the audience , who have by this . time got wo . iry of his French ruffianism . . This violent piece is cleverly contrived and constructed ; but all its ingenuity can hardly reconcile an English audience to so much gratuitous bloodshed and villany . The acting of Mi-, and Mrs .-Charles Kean was that of excellent me ' iodrame ; and the . piece must be . pronounced successful , though not triumphantly so .
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. . QUEEN'S THEATRE . . ' .: . . . A new niiutic ' al drama has , been produced , called Life ' s Helm and Hope ' s Ahtho ^ The piece is full of romantic adventure , critical situations , terrific combats , Ac , and is well put upon the stage . The principal character . ( Tom Starboard ) was ably supported by Mr . E . Green . Wo were sorry to learn that Mr . Dean had met : with a serious accident , which would probably prevent his appearance for some time . The extravaganza of Brown , Jones , and Robinson followed , and the entertainments concluded with 2 he Camp Follower , in which lUrs . C . Boyce appeared as the heroine , Marianne . ' . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 22, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1618/page/3/
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