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iSTKJCITI OF HtEEDOM . BT WIUUM CUIXEX BHTAXT . ,, re old tree 3 , tall oaks and gnarled pines , jj fL . stream with grey grown mosses ; here the * ground rfU never ffenched by spade , and flowers spring up rtrtiwn , anSdieungathered . Itis sweet a liver here , among the flitting birds » nd ieV S l uirrels » wand ' ring brooks and -winds , chat shaketbe leases , and scatter as they pass , t fr agnnce from the cedars thickly Bet kith p ^ Ic klae berries . In these peaceful shades—> e . ifeful , unpruned , immeasurably old—• j ^ k to the earliest days of Mberty . »»!«« -s
Oh , freedom ! thou art not , a 3 poets dream , £ fair young girl , with light and delicate limbs , £ od wavy tresse 3 gashing from the cap frith which the Koman ' master crowned his slave , ¦ jf hen he took off thejgjyes . a bearded man , Armed " io th ' e tecflj , art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps ihe broad shield , and one the sword ; thy brow , . Glorious ia . B&fflly . thtf it be , isscarr'd filth toi « n 3 of old wars ; tby . massive limba Aje eitong \ f \ til- Struggling . Power at thee has lannch d """
His bolts , and with hia lightnings smitten thee ! Ticy could not quench " the fife thou hast fr « m heaven , - Merciless power has dug thy dungeon deep , And his swart armourers , by a thousandths , Have forged thy chains ; yet , while he deems thee hound , The links are shivered , and the prison walls Tall outward ; terrible thou spring ' st forth , As springs the flame above a burning pile , And shoutest Co the nations , who return Thy shoutings ; while the pale oppressor flies .
Thy birthright was not g iven by human hands » Thou wert . twin-born with man . ' : In pleasant fields , 'While yet qae race . was' few , thou " sat ' st with him To tend the quiet flock , and watch the stars , And teach the reed to utter simple airs . Thou by his side , ainid ^ tbe tan gled wood 3 ) idst wjir ' iiponthe panther and the wolf , Your onlyfoes ; . and thou with him did ' st draw The earliest furrows on the mountain side , Soft with the deluge . Tyranny himself ,: iba enemy , " although of reverend look . Jloary with many years and far obeyed , Is later bom than thou ; and as he meets The grave defiance of thine elder eye , The usurper trembles in his fastnesses .
Thou sbalt wax stronger wiih the lapse of years , Sat he shall fade into a feebler agefeebler , yet subtler ; he shall weave his snares . And spring them on thy careless steps , and clap Sis withered hands , and from their ambush call 3 Iishorde 3 to fall upon thee . He shall send Quaint maskers , forms of fair and gallant mien , To catch thy gaze , and uttering graceful words , To . charm . thine ear ; while bis sly imps , hy stealth , Twine around thee threads of steel , light thread on thread That srow to fetters ; er binds down thy anna
"With chains concealed in chaplets . Oh ! not yet Jfay ' st thou unbrace thy corselet , or lay by Thy sword ; not yet , 0 Freedom ! close thy lids In slumber ; for thine enemy never sleeps , And thou must watch and combat , till the day Of the new earth and heaven . But would ' st thou rest A while from tumult and the frauds of men , These old and friendly solitudes invite Tby visit . They , whileyet the forest trees . Were yonnjj upon the unviolated earth . And yet the moss stains on the rock were new , Upheld thy glorious childhood and rejoiced .
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Everard Ttatslatt : a Tale of the Kaffir Wars . By Thomas Forester . Twovols . Benfley . The author of "Hambles among the Fjields and Fjiords of ^ Norway" offers an agreeable addition to our Colonial Library in this interesting novel . He " spent some"time among the frontier Farmers , Batch as well a 8 English , in the interval between the two great Kaffir wars" of 1834-35 and 18 iG . He also
undertook a journey into Kaffirland , in spite of earnings and predictions . The result of the observations he then made on the mode of life and character of the Dutch-descended Boers and English settlers , as well as on the native tribes , the country , and the parties among the colonists , he has thrown into the form of a novel , which will , no doubt , be read -Kith peculiar interest in consequence of the very similar state of aflairs in Kaffirland at the present moment .
The plan is well designed to embrace the manners and habits of the colonists from Cape Town to the extreme frontier , as veil as to introduce descriptions of the scenery and to exhibit Kaffir warfare . The hero , Everard TunstaQ , is the son of an English country gentleman , who died leaving very little surplus alter all Ms debts -were paid . Colonel Hamilton , the father of Julia , Everard ' s betrothed , breaks off the engagement on the plea of fortune , bnt in reality as doubting the young man ' s steadiness and energy . Everard emigrates to the Cape , and by the influence
of Mr . Forbes , a merchant there , engages as a kiud of manager "with Van Axneveld , a frontier Boer of large possessions bat embarrassed fortunes . The fact is , the Boer is a scheming Colonial politician , and his mind is engaged on other matters than his own business . He is dissatisfied with the British Government , more especially withthe management , of the frontier ; he Intrigues for the movement ° ? &e Batch Boers which eventually took place to Natal Bay ; he negotiates with the Kaffir chiefs , supplying them -with arms ,- and'instigating the invasion of 1834 , on the promise that his property shall lie spared , and hoping that in the confusion something -will torn up to his advantage .
Besides these elements for Colonial exposition , there are others of a more romantic cast . Clu Clu ^ Eaffir chief with English blood in his veins-find English training under the missionaries , is , of course , hopeless , in love with Johanna , Van Arnevald ' s young sister ; she in her turn falls in love with Everard , not knowing of his engagement . And ont of all Uiese materials springs ihe action of the tale . The matter of ihe book is obviously drawn from actual observation ; the vrriter , as the saying is , " knows what he is talking about . " The habits of living and the state of society at Cape Town—the difficulties of travel through a South African desert in a drought—the economy of the frontier settlements—the condition and customs of the Kaffirs—the assault
and defence of a farm , and the incidents of Kaffir warfare—are all naturally interwoven with the story , and exhibited at large . The following adventure introduces Everard to Colonel Hamilton on African ground . The hero , in command of a Hottentot troop , is carrying despatches , and threading his way th rough a difficult country , anticipating an ambush at every Btep . . After proceeding thus for the best part of an tour , a period of apparently interminable suspense , scots were heard in advance , intermingled with fearful cries and shouts . The troop pushed rapidly
OU ; thonga Tanstall Still held them -well in hand , and the advance was made in perfect order . The s ene that now opened upon them , as they rounded a thicket whichhad hitherto , intercepted their view , ^ as sufficiently startling . : Alon . j the road appeared a train of white-tilted * 2 gons , which had been brought to a sudden stand , the oxen and drivers appearing in a state of ws utmost confusion . ' la front was seen a party ° ' horsemen , the * dttaced guard of the convoy , ~* ia « r arrav broken , and strnerelinc with a cloud
« Kaffirs , who , hurling flights of assegais , and « abbuig ^ th their shortened spears / were bearing ws'hiteTnenbaek , -with frantic yells , on the line £ Ijirpns .. Many of the party—a squad of the ¦ "ft Elizabeth ywmanry—were lying dead and 'oqnded on the road . Their leader , a fine young WMi , in plumed hat , a pistol in his breast , with a «» Mueuvone handaaaa eword in the other , wa 3 ^ his best to rally hia troop . Bnt they were vastly outnumbered , and the issue must h&ye been most < Hs * stroB 3 but for the unexpected aid that "ffajiiear
-™ ae Kaffirs wera ' sointent upon following up the a dvantage they had gained , that amidst the confusion of the fight , and the din of their horrid cries , "Ky were not aware of ~ tfce approach of a new enemy , until a volley from the Hottentot troopers , Reeled into line sctobs the roadt told with deadly effect on the rear of the b ' and ^—a compact mass ? reamg ^ ith brandiihed spears to'the support ot theirforemost warriors , who were closely engaged TOth the yeomanry . •' -- ; . ' . - ; ~ v Tha latter , encouraged by this anlobked-for di «
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V ersion in their favour , renewed their efforts tn «Jisengage themselves from the enemy- on Those fl ankandmr Tunstall , still holding ^ rooMn hand and firing by sections , continued to now so Se of ° the 2 SP * H * to «**• S £ ri : n % ; douffir ' mthatquarter at ieast >« - But it had not escaped the observation of the ? h ° e nf , Captahl ** / miJar conflict SLgW at the otter exirenuQrol the extended line of waggons ; rplif f \? ° affalr 3 now tdmUted of his casing rehef to the rear-guard of yeomanry , who it wa 8 piam were there engased with another party of the n-at&rs . Things being in so favourable a position in front , he took this service on himself , with the leading division of his troop , leaving the other to support the yeomanry they had already reinforced ; with strict orders that they should be kept together , reserve their fire , and not luffer themselves " to be enfringled with the body of the enemy , who still made a show of resistance . . ' ersioa in their favour , renBgo ^ fofr cff . s » sft tt tcK : s
Then moving his own division byfile 3 to the right , and putting himself at its head , they charged through the now wavering flank of the Kaffirs , literally riding them down without expending a shot , and galloping along the line of vraggonsthe troopera being cheered as they passed by their coantrvmen , the drivers and voor-loopera of the convoy—a Tery few minutes brought them to tho new scene of action . i It was much the same a 3 that which had been presented at the other end of the line , only that the yeomanry , having been longer engaged without succour , were still more closely pressed . In the midst of the confusion , however , the attention of
Tuns tall instantly rested on one object . Where the fray was thickest , a single horseman , bareheaded- * for he had lost h " i 3 forage cap in the scufqe —was bravely struggling with a host of swarthy warriors , who hemmed him in on every side , while he was parrying with his sword the thrusts of their spears , charging some with his well-trained borso , and dealing heavy blows on the foremost of the assailants . His soldierly bearing and undress-frock , his Worn and sun-burnt features , and bis grey hairs , would have told to any one that hia experience of the work in hand , had been gained in many and far distant fields ; but in the gallant old officer Tunstall at once recognised Colonel Hamilton , the father of hi 3 Julia .
This mighT , indeed , have been the last of hia fjelds , for the conflict was very unequal , and two Kaffirs , of gigantic stature , were now pressing him hard , thrusting at him on either side with their spears , when as the intrepid veteran tuned to cut down one of them , Tunstall clave in sunder the head of the other—who wore the Colonel ' s own forage cap , which he had picked up in the early part of the fray—at the moment the savage was in the act of making a desperate lunge at the Colonel's unguarded side . - - -
" Well done , Everard ! " exclaimed the Colonel " you have spoiled my cap ; hut I believe that black fellow would have had my frock too . Come , my boy , let us give the rogues no time to rally . " Even while he spoke , the leading files of the Hottentot troop , men devotedly attached to their young commander , were in the melee , and firing their carbines at point-blank , disposed of the rest of the band which bad surrounded the Colonel , Side by side , the veteran , and the-young officer who was now winning his spurs , closely followed by his faithful Hottentots , charged dark masses of the enemy , with whom the yeomanry , who had suffered severely , were maintaining an unequal contest ; bat , struck with panic at the sudden arrival of fresh troops , and disheartened by the loss of their bravest warriors , the Kaffirs drew off . Some threw themselves into the wood ; a strong body which
retreated along the road -was pursued for Borne distance , and many were shot doirn by the Hottentot troopers . Tunstall , having prudently drawn them off , was trotting them back in good order towards the convoy , when , as they neared the rearmost of the long tram of waggons , a group of females was seen assembled under a tree which shot its branches over the road . Long before he could distinguish the features of any of the party- ^ -whicb , however , appeared to consist chiefly of coloured women—in one form , which stood out in strong relief from the rest , his heart told him be could not be mistaken . It bounded within his bosom for joy . It was Julia ! crowning blessing of that eventful day . Pereceiving that she quitted her companions , and was advancing towards him , he suffered his troops to pass on and flew to her side ; and having leapt to the ground , she fell on his breast , weeping !
To show the author ' s power of depicting the country and its inhabitants , we take the subjoined description of the dweliiDg of a Dutch-African farmer : — The country wan undulating , though without any marked elevation , and wa 3 entirel y destitute of trees , except where a fringe of willows and acacias marked out the line of the water-courses . The surface bad been covered with grass , affording excellent pasture for sheep , and cattle , but was now so burnt up by a long drought , that & stranger might have wondered how the large flocks which from time to time were seen . in the distance , as the travellers galloped over the arid and dusty plains , derived any sustenance from the withered and
meagre herbage . Farm-places also , from time to time appeared , at one of which Tan Arnevelddrcw bridle , and , after a brief halt to refresh the horses , again resumed his journey . It wanted an hour of noon when he reached the bank of a considerable river , just below its confluence , with a stream running from the north , and crossing a ford , he presently reached enclosures of tillage , in some of which the forage , or oat-hay , was already ripe for the scythe , and the red wheat gave promise of an early harvest Passing between these , and gently ascending , our traveller came among orchards of peach , apple , and pear-trees , whose blushing fruit were swelling into maturity . A green avenue of orange-trees , and a vineyard , mantling with its
leafy and clustered riches a gentle slope , in formal ridges , with trim fences of quince and pomogranate , all in perfect order , gave signs of wealth and abundance , and indicated the near approach to the place of a substantial Dutch-African farmer . A massive gate swung open , and gave admittance into avast area , boandedonone side by reed huts , sheds , and stabling , and on the' other side by the raised mounds of the cattle-kraals . A number of duskyakinned men and half-naked hoyswere idly lounging about the sheds , or basking or gambollin g in the sun , for it was Sunday , and a whole kennel of fierce dogs broke into a cry , and dogged the horses ' heel 3 , while Van Arneveld impatiently cantered across tho yard as one familiar with the place ,
regardless of everything , until his quick eye detected , with a glance of satisfaction , an unusual number of the long , narrow canvas-hooded waggons of the country , drawn up under a cluster of oak-trees , which , towering near the house , offered at once a grateful shade and a convenient shelter . Tan Arneveld pulled up sharply before the stoep , wuich , approached by three steps , and furnished with strong wooden seats , was raised in front of the dwelling-house , a low thatched building , commanding a view of the whole area . No one , as is usual on the clamour of the dogs giving notice , of a stranger ' s approach , coming out to receive him , he dismounted , and threw the rein to Adrian , who led tbepantinghorsestothe sheds , inwardly rejoicing in
appearances ; tor his eye bad marked the idle groups , which gave promise of frolic and fun . Our traveller pushed open the house door , when a scene presented itself , familiar enough to him , but of which a slight sketch , indicative of the patriarchal manners of a remote people , may not be uninteresting . The voor-huis or hall , at the tho threshold of which Tan Arneveld stood , was placed , as is the custom , in the centre of the house , and , in this instance , was of large dimensions ! The floor , though earthen , was perfectly smooth and hard , being composed of the clay from deserted ant-bills , which , finely powdered and then well pounded and beaten , forms a close and solid surface ; and it was now smeared with a compound of freih cow-dung and
water . The apartment was not ceiled , but was open to the reed thatch . From the rafters hung hams , biltong of deer ' s flesh , and tther dried meats , 3 kins of leopards and deer , ; and various spoils , as well as implements , of the chace ; ostrich-eggs , pumpkins , and calabashes , leather bags of dried fruit and roll 3 of tobacco , —a motley assemblage . Against the whitewashed walls were suspended a formidable range of long heavy guns , latge horns of powder , bamboos for . waggon whips , and thongs of the hippopotamus for riding ; and , for ornament , bunches of ostrich feathers , and a few Scripture prints in a quaint Flemish style . A tall cabinet of dark chestnut , containing in the upper
compartment a few books , and disclosing beneath neats of drawers , stored probably with quack medicines , of which the Africanders are ready consumers ; a small table of open filagree work , on which stood a bright brass kettle and' brazier and some china cups ; and a massive chest curiously carved in pannels- ^ -all relics of the Voder-land preserved with religions care , were disposed on different sides of the hall . A long table occupied the centre , and chairs were ranged against the walli which , with bench and stool , were now' occupied by a goodly company of both sexes ; and of all ages , who , with solemn and becoming demeanour , seemed deeply intent on the business of the hour—That" business" being family worsliip .
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nected and continuous narrative than has yet been pubhshed by friend or foe _ is V ^ Vb ITS 5 ° v . hero for many years " served under km in his earlier campjgns as a Republican general , and observed at £ great distance his Bubseqaent course from exile to a throne and from a throne back to exile . Ine result is b y no mean 8 favourable to the character of the late . King . Indeed , M . Alichaud allows him no single virtue , and connects him with some of the moat atrocious deeds of the last half century or more . - - ' ga * atri 5 am !! a =. g
M Michaud avows himself in the Preface a partisan of the elder branch of the Bourbon iamily : and as he expresses bis conviction that the members of that ; family are endowed by nature with a rare combination of amiability , frankness , and generosity , he feels bound to maintain that Louis Philippe is not a Bourbon . He adopts and tells the strange story of Marie Stella Petronilla , which , at onetime , made so much noise . The pith of this story is , that Philippe Egalite—whose character , unfortunately , affords no guarantee aeainst
the possibilit y of such an incident—exchanged hisinfant daughter for the son of a gaoler with whom he had formed an acquaiufance when travelling in Ital y , in order to preserve the family estates from lapsing to the Crown for want of heirs male . All the incidents connected with thig supposed exchange of infantB , and with the events of their after-lives , have the character of romance : — -the time , the scene , the chief actors , and the final issues . Here is the view M . Michaud takes of the transaction : —
Tho virtues of the duchess have been pointed to as a refutation of the charge of exchanging children . It hag also been alleged that no inducement existed for either the husband or the wife to porpetrato such a crime . We deny not the virtues of that illustrious I' ii $ , ° tel 1 how far her wishes were controlled by her husband ? We know that the greater part of their fortune consisted of demesnes ( appanages ) which , failing male issue , of necessity Tf 2 ^ i ° Crow " > and that at th »« y Period the duchess , after having been married four years had given birth to hut one child , and that a daughter still-born . Such was the state of affairs when the princess and her husband Bet out for
Italy , where , under the titles of Count and Countess de Joinvilb , they spent several months at a village named Modigliana , situated on tho top of the Apennmei . Here the duchess proved to bo in an interesting situation . The duke , who wag lond of mean society , formed an intimacy with a gaoler , named Chiappini , whose wife was similarly circumstanced . A bargain was entered into , that if the duchess a offspring should prove a daughter and the ; gaoler Bason , an interchange should be effected . Things turned out according to this anticipation , TL , 1 tSLms of tte engagement were mutually fu lnlled . The gaoler received a largo sum of money . His son , born atModigliana on the 17 th of April
, 1773 , was removed to Paris , and kept concealed till the 6 th of October , when the ceremony of private baptism was gone , through , as we have already seen ; while the Duchess ' s daughter remained in Chiappini ' s house , and was educated as his own child , under the name of Marie Stella Petronilla , supplies being secretly sent once n . year from France . According to the Memoirs of Marie Stella Petronilla , she continued long in this melancholy positipn ,, ignorantofhor high birth , and very illtreated by her supposed mother , who loved her not , and lamented that son whose fate was hidden from her . The father had . some idea of the truth ; bnt knowing the duko only as Count de Joinville .
never dreamed that he was a Prince of the Blood Royal of France . His reputed daughter excelled all his other children in beauty . Everything , indeed , about her indicated that she was of different blood . Her wit and precocity astonished every one . Before Bbe had completed her seventeenth year she so captivated Lord Kewburgh , a British nobleman , then travelling in Italy , that he made her his wife almost against her inclination , and conducted her to a home of splendour and magnificence on the banks of the Thames . By this marriase she
had several children , one of whom is now an Euglish Peer . On the death of Lord Newburghshe succeeded to a handsome jointure , but of this she afterwards forfeited a great pavt on her marriage with a Russian nobleman , the Baron de Sternberg . With him she lived for several years in great style in St . Petersburg !) . A son was there born to her , who , while yet young , accompanied her to Italy before the death of Chiappini , whom sVe still regarded as her father . Thia man bofore his death addressed a letter to her , which altered her whola destiny , and troubled the remainder of her days .
This letter , supposing it to be real , revealed to the Baroness de Sternberg the secret of her birth . It ran as follows pi . My Ladt , —I am near the term . of my earthly existence , and now , for the first time , unfold the following secret , whioh very intimately concerns you i ^ . On the day that you were bom my wife gave birth' to a son . Your mother , who ia long dead , was a stranger to me . A proposal to exchange my boy for you was laid before me , and after repeated solicitations I wa 3 prevailed on to consult my worldly interests , for tae ternw ' nere highly
advantageous . You became a member of my family , while my son was received into that of the other party . Heaven , I perceive , has made up for my faults;—you have been raised to a condition superior to your father ' s , though his . rank also was noble ; and therefore I leave the world with some peace of mind . Keep this by you , as a testimony that I was not altogether deaf to the voice of conscience . In entreating you to pardon my crime , I beseech you to conceal it from mankind , that the world may never know what is now incapable of remedy . This letter will be forwarded to you after my death . ( Signed ) Latjreni Chiai » pini .
This epistle was forwarded to her by the sons of Chiappini;—though it is said they kept back some papers which mi ght have been of great use to her in recovering the lost traces of her parentage ; " "Words , " saysM . Michaud , " can hardly express the effect produced by such a discovery on the mind of Marie Stella . "Gifted with great energy and lofty sentiments , she passed at once from a position which had been excessively humiliating to a higher rank . Not a gaoler , but a great lord is her father . But who is the great lord ? Impatient to fathom this mystery —unwilling . to believe with the gaoler that the past evil admitted of no remedy , she made inquiries and sought evidence in every quarter . Her efforts procured her the knowledge that ber father was' the
Count de Joinville , & French nobleman , whose rank and fortune she was ignorant of . To learn all the truth on the subject , she set out in the beginning of the year 1823 for France , accompanied by her youngest child , Edward , son of Baron Sternberg . She found her way to the village of Joinville , of which her father had held tbe lordship . Here she learned tbat Joinville bad been part of the patrimony of the House of Orleans , and that the duke , who perhhed on the scaffold in 1793 , had sometimes travelled under that title . She next visited Paris , and there made several vain efforts to reach him who bad succeeded to tbe title and the wealth of that powerful family . She consulted many men of business , and became the dupe of sharpers and police officers , who received much money from her by way of payment , and robbed her of a good deal more . When her means failed she had ' recourse to
an artifice , which , considering her position and difficulties , was certainly very excusable ; She made known , through the public journals , that the Baronesg de Sternberg was in possession of a secret in whichtheheirsof the Countde Joinville ^ eremuch interested . Louis Philippe was not long in hearing of this ; his covetous disposition already rejoiced in the hope of some addition to his immense possessions . Be accordingly communicated with tbe baroneu through his natural uncle , the old Abbf of St . Phar , who thought that possibly he teo might derive some wordly benefit from the adventure ; but when the royal duke and hia associate found that the secret referred to restitution , and not
augmentation , the gates of the Palace Royal were hermetically closed jgainst the baroness . She made great efforts , but as she was a stranger in Pans , and all her motions were " watched by the police , then nothing better than the slaves of Louis Philippe , she became once more the prey of those dtsigning men with whom Paris Bwarms , who wer » probably tho agents of him whose interest it was above all to overthrow her pretensions . A distinguished writ e * , whose name sha does not give , put whom , from her deseription , w « readily identuy , vaiily endeavoured to make interest for her with theDnchtsiof Aneouleme . After beinff duped and
plundered thus , she . was obliged to return and r » new her reatarch in Italy . She returned from Italy afttr an absence of several months armed with fresh and important evidence , and oboTC all with a judgment pronounced by the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Faenza , on . the 29 th of May , 1 S 24 , whi « h fifed her rank , and proved that she was not Ckinppini'a but the Count de Jojnville ' s daug hter . * ? When we know that the Duke of Orleans was the only Frenchman who could then bear tlie the designation of tha Count de Joinville , and that at the veryperiod in question he really ' was travelling with his'duchess , thia evidence seems sufficient to settle the question . ' , . ¦ , ' : The additional evidence did not ' . " settle the quwtion" bo far as poor Maria Stella was
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toTeS oS t ¦ «* # 15 k « » ~* e tinues :- the Chapte f « ' M . . Michaud-con . evfdenctlheVa h roneL t ? f ira P ortant Pieces of and confident ; but ? J £ > W 8 ain ' ^^ find one honest ^ man ? n d " ™^ COU W not fell once more into th « . J "" / L eCt hor < She spent her money ° o no nurn ^ p ^ mft * and tionswere preaent ori I T - ? eouniai 7 temptamanner by WirPhiiinn > her mthe <» t hmdious all with a pridnruw SiW ' Mere-Wed that she was the danZm ? ° l T P' c ° ™ ced nothing short of a fn ? « ° v ° ^ ° u of OrIoans ' suoh would sa isfy her ^ " f her ri S ht manners evnn u 7 ¦ ' Hcr staturo , m en , and gSd '< s ^ r ^ , tified i ? this «*•* £ admiration her fi ^ PB ailtlaI " ? ] l tenod " ^ i iueu ¦ trss ^^ , ^ ^ - . ^ .
rcrou . 01 thGlp inofi «/ . ol— •" "cwg resemblance to BaSSm ^ £° r , , strikin S while the features of L ? » ° ' . . duke ' a ™^> £ : rs ££ 9 Sf « . J 2 SifeJ ^ fe ^' c ^ incident &m- he ^ rones was exed by this who d ? d ill in tff ° ' * - * ere over on h « ^ ack , J ? her memoir ? h P T 1 ° P ™™»« fce circulation orUonme ^ t Tf e * tened her roP ° » tedly with im-XVIII and ' cL" v * tMin S m « " * Louis SSiSLnte ? ^ t onlconsented tobut
* -. ^ y , sfSS sf ^ sEs S ?? r =-f tf » St . Ws ,-firasr £ baroness 8 position more than ever difficult . She waa more than ouce desired to return to England . The intervention of the Ambassador shielded her from persecution ; but she was now alone . Tho Baroness de Sternberg had conducted her favourite son Edward to Russia , so that her courage and consciousness of the justice of her claim Wed
her only protection against the spies that surrounded her . Her memoirs having been seized , and the tribunals of justice closed against her by the ruling powers , whose tools they then were , they ended by pronouncing her mad ; the only pretext for this calumny being a peouliar fancy which she had for feeding some birds which flew to her windows from the gardens of the Tuillerios . We know , however , on irrefragable testimony , that to the last she retained full possession of her reasonin g
faculties , bhe never abandoned her claims , but always subscribed herself Baronosa de Sternberg , born Jomvillo . During the last five years of her life , a fear of being arrested in the street caused her to confine herself to her own house , where she knew she was safe through tho protection of the English ambassador . On tho night before her death , in lb 4 o , happening to hear the cannon anaovmce tho opening of the chambers , she called for the public journal that she mi ght read tho speech , of that brigand . She never spoke again .
It is a very curioug feature of the timecontrasting strangely with the clear publicity to which every event in high places seems devoted through the agency of the press—that family douhts and difficulties lie in tho way of all the royal dynasties in Prance . M . Michaud appears to consider the present Orleans family aB not Bourbon ? on the male side , — doubts have been often expressed as to the legitimacy of Louis Napoleon ,-iand the Count de Jtichemont claims the Crown as prior in blood to the Due do Bordeaux . Thus , the Republic-has not only three royallines to face , but in each line there are claims and counterclaims to settle . •
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Although during Passion week dramatic performances are in abeyance , most of the theatres are devoted to special entertainments of various descriptions . A Monsieur Sao , bi opened the St . James ' s Theatreon Wednesday evening with an « ntertainment which certainly has novelty to recommend it . ¦ The principle is very simple , being merely the varied application of a continuous jet of water rushft g ' from a huge syphon , standing upright in the ceritre . of ' the stage . By placing upon tha top ofthis machine perforated diihes , baskets , and other -mediae ? pf strange forms and patterns , the water is made io as « iVmft «
variety of shapes , Bomcttmes gratafuV ^ sbroetiinea grotesque , but always producing alpleasing . enect on the ipectator . Flower baskets , vases ,-umbrellas , and bird onges are in turn formedby the jet ; while sometimes the aid of fire is called in , " and an extraordinary effect produced , by the apparently barmonioui combSn » tM * M > f ¦ : the two hostile dements ' . Some grotesque figures are made to dance up and down on the jet , to-the huge delight of the children , and a good deal of fun , albeit somewhat of the broadest , is elicited from the evolutions of a sick l « dy , to whom this novel specias of hydropathy is applied . The entertainment , as will be seen from Ut foregoing observations , is merely an ingenious pphcation of-a well knownrexperiment ,-and bein " ^ 1 0 m ^^ ¦ - a la AhL — ¦ _ t _ ' _ b ~« __ 1— ' 11 ' A *¦ _ a ~ ~* ^ 7 also ~ gkorthot '
very j exceedingan hour in duration , is hardly sufficient , singly , to tntertain an audience , but as a plessinginterlude to the more potent magic of the mighty wizards ' who are to . bewitch the town " during Easter week it will be a variety , and no doubt fairly appreciated . At the Olympic Mr . Henry Russell came forward with a " vocal and pictorial entertainment , " entitled The Far West , the substance of which was ari Uluatrated account of the slate trade , from th » point atirhich the negroes are captured , in . the interior of Africa , to that . at which , apparently reconciled to their fate , they are disporting themselves with dancing and music at a plantation in Carolina . All the intervening scenos , including the horrors of the passage , the chase of the British
" preventives , " the arrival at the slave port , the auotion , and the sugar , cotton , and rice labour at the settlements—the luxuiy of the planter ' s mode of living , exemplified by a shining villa situated in the midst of a flourishing garden , being contrasted with , the wretchedness and poverty of those upon whose labour their wealth depends , &c—are introduced , the whole presented through the medium of a moving panorama , sketched with a good deal of rough fidelity ; and , though coarsely painted , not without some striking effects of coRtmt and colour . Meanwhile , Mr . Russell separates eaoh division of the panorama by a song , an anecdote , a philosophical reflection , or a joke , with interludes on Kirkman ' a " Amico di Piano , " to accompany
the scenic illusion . The audience seemed mi ghtily pleased , and applauded the songs arid sentiments , nono of which were remarkably new , although they were all appropriate and short , with vehement goodwill ; and as Mr . Russell declares his positive intention to carry this entertainment into the very heart of the slave States , setting consequences at defiance , tho Anti-Abolitionists may as well take warning , » nd be on their guard igainst so novel » nd formidable an enemy . The theatre was crowded . At . theAdelphi Madame Thillonand Mr . Hudson commenced a series of four evening performances . At the Haymarket Mr . 0 . H . Adams delivered hia annual lecture on astronomy , which derived further interest from the recent addition of " nine new 1
planets" tothe orrery ; and at the St . James ' s Mrs . Fanny Kemble Butler summoned her friends and admirers to a reading of Henry YI 1 I , Beyond the bridges , at the Surrey , a musical performance , supported by a host of talent , took place ; while in another direction , at the Marylebone , the first of Mr . Jarrett ' s series of grand " vocal and instrumental concerts" . drew an audience that completely filled the little theatre , the programme , one of the regular " monster " species , being supported by the talents of Herr Formes ( who was enoored in every thing ) , Signor Marchesi ( encored in " La D » nza" ) , AlexanderBillet . whoplayed one of the brilliant fantasias of Thalberg , and wai greatly applauded , Mr . Lazarus , Signor Cioffi ( encored in a solo on the trombone ) , Messrs . Viotti and Lindley Collins (
en-COrea in S 010 S on the violin and violinc » l ! o ); and ah army of singers , male and female , too numerous to mention . Add to these the performance of Mendelashon s Elijah , by the London Sacred Harmonic Society , at Exeter-hall ; the sixth Amateur concert in the Hanover-square Rooms ; tbe Of eratio concerts by Signor Montelli . ' at the Princess ' s Concert Rooms ; Mr . Howard Glover ' s concert at Sadler ' s Wells , at which' Ernst performed ; Mr . Newman ' s Ventriloquism atCrbsby . hall ; Mr . Jaoob ' s Wizardry at the Beaumont Institution ; nnd Dr . Darling ' s E eetro-bwlogy at Miss Kelly ' s Theatre in Soho ,-all of which took place with others that do not immediately recur to us—and it will hardly be denied that those who sought amusement have had a plentiful variety to choose from .
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The Cbowk Lands .-Wc understand . that the gre ater portion of the timber standing inHainault , Eppmg , and Waltham Forests , will becut down during the ensuing year , and the land will be enclosed , and either brought into cultivation or , disposed of : as the revenues arising from them , and some other Crown lands , are hardly sufficient to meet the expenses incidental to their management . —Chdmsford Chronicle . , ' Thb KoH-i ^ ooR DuMOKD .-Mr . ChuVV has been commissioned b y : the executive oomaittee of the ureat Jixhioition . to manufacture aa : apparatus ( according to a desi gn , sub mitted , by . him ) lorthe 9 » T ° ft of the Koh-Vdiamoud .. The , plan adopted , whilst providing f or tte complete security Syrbetad ° * ^*^^ lustroua
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; FATHER GAV / i « ZZTS ORATION ^ THE JESUITS—( FART II . ) Resuming his strictures on the doings of these In . defatigable disturbers of society , he would not defraud them of their due , but readily admit the large amount of cleverness they brought to the working of their scheme * , however questionable the means employed in furtherauce of objecis not less equivocal . The great mental movement of the 16 th century , and the onward impuhe which Europe felt thrilling throughout her remotest boundaries , were alarming nm , . »„ , ¦ . ,, » ,. r—
symptoms wbicb it became the business of tbe Order to clog and chain down . Limb by limb the giant of reform found himself entangled in the meshes of a legion of industrious pi gmiee , who silently and labonously plied their separate tasks and fastened tbe ligamen ) s of intellectual bondage with persevering and combined pertinacity . At Salamanca , at Coimbra , as at Prague and Ingoldatat , in Italy as in trance , the reticulated web of scholastic sophistry was rewoven ; these main members of the Eurooean community were put back Into their leading strings , fi l W ° ? , benuta' « n « influences silently e , tended over the whole . urface of society . With a 5 ES&SE ? W ^ W * »» EMm mono
BHSfctsM-S ference to the : annals of Ma own order ( the fiarna . Scolopians ( fathers of the pious schools ) the Theaiines of Italy , and tbe Oratoriaas of iriTwE 5 S ? ffi T lndi 8 nant kick ihe Philosophy of the 18 h century prostrated the rotten barriers , and entering on the hitherto reserved arena put to W . ?_* " *«* ooc « P «» t » » nnd care red in
triumph over the ground of science and UtrnWe . The , laboured long o ate years in France , through he fitting instrumentality of their tool Montalembert , to obtain in that country what they modestly entailed la Merte d ' enstignmmt . la what does that liberty , now that they have got it , actually consist ? In the rampant riding rough-shod over all teaching but their own ; in muzzling Michelet , and everv professor of eminence in the French University ; in striking terror through the ranks of the whole educational body , from the hi ghest occupant of scientific chairs to the lowest pedagogue of village instruction , restoring the manacle * of the mind and the slavery of the soul as far as they can venture on the forbear , ance of modern civilisation . But there is this
difference between the chances of such a system , and the odds in favour of infidelity . Unbelief soars in the open day , like the hawk , and pounces on its prey in the full meridian blaze of noon : Jeauitism hunts in tuedark , adopts the nocturnal habits of the owl and creeps under cover of kindred opacity on tbe vermin of its predilection . If they cramptd the wholesome development of the mind they were no less disastrousl y skilled in circumscribing within the narrow sphere of these unnatural restraints the expansion of the bumau heart , and under the pressure of their education of
Ihraldom were withered hot only the sacred familiar affections , but tbe more ennobling impulses of patriotism and national independence . It was a pompous boast of their apologists that tha generation which grew up during the interregnum oi their discontinuance from 1772 to 1790 , was there , by left to achieve all the atrocities of the French revolution . This statement he canvassed in its various bearings . The . chief actors in the more Ah . reputable scenes of that period were of an age to represent the youth of their colleges : but the glowing energies and vigorous resolves which shut .
tered tbe old superstructure of social decrepitude , and demolished despotism throughout the land it bad cumbered for ages , could never have been the work of Jesuitical training—fit but to suckle slaves ; while the wretched poltroons who fled into emigration , and made no stand for their rotten cause , were mostly of an age to have' been scholars of tbe Jesuits * ' . " It were absurd to expect from the tuition of-men , accomplices in all the tyrannies and participators in all the oppressions that ever crushed the hopes of
mankind , the daring and the determination requisite to rid the world of the foul and fraudulent imposition . Pedagogues of that sort may produce partiaans for Don Carlos or the Portuguese Caligula Don Miguel : they may try and teach the-youth of the Two Sicilies to obey Ferdinand of Naples , as they equally sought to uphold that other sanguinary idiot , Ferdinand of Spain . But constitutional monarchy is on its march : whether in that form , or in republican plentitude , the approach of freedom ia inevitable ; and the co-existence of Jesuitism with its emancipating advent being found utterl y impossible , that sinister society is doomed . ""
Talk of conspiracies and secret associations in the face of this permanent gang of hidden plotters against all individuals and '¦ national ! security . The foul term cannot touch us . For the recovery of its existence , a nation-needs not , does not , conspire . The hour of deliverance comes round in ' the appointed course of providential wisdom , and the breath of the people is the hurricane that sweeps in purifying blast over the face of the land . .. He ( tbe Father ) never joined any secret society in his youth , nqr | would , ha now in the maturity of manhood . He knew his fellow-exiles from Italy , arid could vouch for the feelings of friendly reverence they bore to the . institutions of thia glorious country , which had sheltered them from the hand of oppression . ( Cheers . ) - , He proceeded ' to stigmatise the Jesuit
conepiratora at Friburg and Lucerne . Nor was Switzerland the only free nation marked out for their intrigues find malignant activit y . The object and obvious drift of the late aggressive and insulting measures of the Pope revealed the same agency busily engaged in accomplishing here a similar work of discord ; into the details of this often thrashed argument ho entered with all the freshness ol indefatigable indignation , and wielded the flail of his unflagging eloquence , belabouring alternately the ¦ Austrian envoy at Rome ( Prince Esterhazy ) and the Westminster cardinal , whose alliance ! offensive and defensive with the Jesuits he exhibited aa a bargain mutually advantageous to the contracting parties , however disastrous to the interests of true religion , the peace of the country , and the integrity of the empire .
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Chinese PiRATKS , -Thefollowinginteresting para , graph is from the Friend of China .- - "About nine o clock on the morning of the 20 th of February , information was given at the police station , that some mandarin boats , having chased a fleet of pirates into the Bay of Aberdeen ( Shek pai-wan ) , were holdine a desperate engagement , and that the government officers were likely to have the worst of it , Mr . Superintendent May , without a moment ' s delay , marshalled a company of policemen , and within an hour arrived close on tbe field of action . Mr . Deputy Superintendent Caldwell , in the meantime , proceeded on board the war steamer Reynard , and that vessel ' s course w » a turned in the direction of the combatants . The town was indeed all alive ; but the steamer , the
police boat , the superintendent , his deputy , three in-» pectorB , and the very cream of the force were all too late . Mr . Mvleang-eng , a mandarin of the fifth class , with eight Teasels and 300 men , had won all the honours , and had succaeded in capturing four boats and nine out of the aggregate of their crews of a hundred . It appears that on the 19 th of February , about four p . m ., a boat proceeding from Hong Kong was boarded off Chung-chow by three piratical vessels and plundered hot only of the sum of 200 dollars , but of clothes and sundries to the value of 100 dollars more . There happened to be two Chinese officers on hoard the plundered boat , who when left to pursue their course , hastened to lay their hard case before the officer Ma , who chanced to be lying with two fast-sailing
vessels under the Island of Tung-chung , not far from Castle Peak Bay . That functionary immeditely got under weigh , picking up other vessels on his way towards the delinquents , who were descried about four o ' clock on the following morning . A little before six a . m . they entered Shekpai-wan- The pirates then anchored abreast of the town , and opened fire , which Commodore Ma gallantly returned , the shots , how ever , committing more mischief on shore than on the objecte to which they were directed . It was at this stage the messenger left for Victoria . Shortly afterwards the pirates left their vessels in a body , warmly pursued for some distance , and of the whole hundred only nine , were taken—we are wrong , six others were
afterwards captured by her Britanmo Majesty s police force , who , with the others , were in the course of the evening safely lodged in Victoria Gaol . " Guiso os the Isle op Mas . —Kear the Bound , of the Calf of Man many tons of guaao , probably ihe accumulation of centuries , have been discovered in a , sequestered place , supposed to be the resort of tea and other wild fowls , and probably of sheep . It is almost impossible to get to this retreat by land , consequently boats have to be employed in taking it to Port St . Mary and other oreeks , where quantitiei have already been landed , It is flftid to bo riot go heavy as ¦ foreign guan o , but there 18 little or no difference in its appearance . ..- .. - s , , Rent of -Land . —The grass parks in the vicinitv ofiklMrk have let this year . lonthewK K advance of about lo per cent .-tfcofcAmaB ,
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CeswDRUMs . -Wiiy . are geese like opera-dancers necause no ether animals can stand so long on onej 4 »^ - ^ Ensiisi - hafc l ^ B rS ^^ W aaS ^ 'Sffltw ^ ii ^ gwsaffia SLhT 23 ' ) 5 S 5 - Mti * « ^ $ * LiCBSTiousSESS .-The licentious never lovtfand where ever levity preponderates , there is seldom any pure and ardent passion .
_ A Nbw Discovbby . —M . Foueanlt , of Paris ,, has invented an ingenious yet simple machine , whicht by means of the pendulum , demonstrates ' indisputably the rotatory motion of the earth . Slavbs ix AiiEKicA .-It is estimated that the § ^ o nU , £ er of sIaves in the United State ? ia \ t ¦ ioi The increase in ten years has been at the rate of 18 J percent . (| -A « wHiiTios .- » Toin l what ' s monomany ?" - * ... " by , ' 3 [ ou see , Dick , when a poor feller steals , it is called larceny ; but when it ' s a rkh ' un , the i ? , " ?" .. nwnomany , and he can ' t help i ^ vnat s it * - - ' rJ \ t a ° \ '~ " ^ smaI 1 WanMy of vinegar will generally destroy immediately any insect that may " find kiCv in p , uk ? t 0 mch > and a little sa ! a ( 1 O" W » U a * rU « that may enter the ear . A OMB CUSTOMER .-A person mado avo . rv * -
, fo , theTi 8 nOr \ - ? filBnB UPlUe «» Sus papers pi e ^ &rcL North SMelds - w ¦ Goon for SoJiKTiiiNG . -When the Persian P oe 6 " ™ . > ed V ^ e philosopher Zenda what ha Lief » « ° lV "Plied . "Orwhut use is J Sm i A-flower is good to smell , " said the Philosopher . - " And I am goodto smell it , " said the AWeetch . —That wretch deserved to be bow * strung , who , being pressed to stay a tittle longer , replied- " I W , H . nfteen minutes will make B y ditterence , my wife is now as mad as she can be " * o » w .-A irecent return states the population of Rome at 170 , 824 . Jn which number there were thirtyfour prelates , 1 , 240 clergymen , 1 , 820 regular ecclesiastic 8 , l , 4 G 7 cloistered nuns , and 321 students foe the priesthood . Viinki T /*_««_ . /« % * « . . . _ _ _
r . r" ., 0 "T INeU ) w ) ll ) ls the girl 1 saw you waking with " - "Mi . s Hogg . " - "Ilogg , Hogg . well , ihe a to be pitied for having such a name . " -. feo I think , ' rejoined Ned ; "I pitied her so takeitso ' ed hCr mine and she s oingt <» Wahtkb a Rawiy—A Manchester paper contains the lollowing advertisement : — " Wanted , for the approaching Exhibition , as a great natural curiosity , a tailvjny company with its capital account closed , and paying honest dividends . Species being rare , price no object . Apply at 1851 , Capel " Chinese Thermometers . —Amissionary , writing hometrom China , says that the Chinese use little fire , and measure cold by tbe thickness of jackets . Inree jackets cold is moderately cool ; six jackets cold is keen ; and from ten to fifteen jackets cold is extremely severe .
Tub way to wealth is as plain rb the way to market . It depends chiefly on two words , industry and frugality ; that is , waste neither time nor money , but make the best use of both . Without industrr and frugality nothing will do , and with them everything . J Thb British miller has lost nothing and has gained a great deal by free-trade . He grinds more home corn than ever ; and he in addition groiind last year nearly four millions of quarters of foreign wheat alone , besides all the foreign oats and barley that were ground . —Scotchman .
A Lady s Ack .- " Pray , sir , " add Lady Wallace to David Hume , " I am often asked what age I am : what answer should I make ? " Mr . Hume , immediately guessing her ladyship ' s meaning , said , — ' Madam , when you are asked that question again , answer that you are not yet come to the years of discretion . Lectures on Comic "Writers . —The Athenccum announces that it is Mr . Thackeray ' s intention , during the coming season , to deliver a course o £ biographical reminiscences of some of the comic writers of our country during the eighteenth century . The cowse will commence about the middle of May .
Tns Cehsusv-The Watwford Stws says , "We are informed that Thomas Cooke , one of tho police , when taking the Census in 1841 , asked a lady her age , Bhe told him she was twenty-oight years of age . ne , to hia great surprise , on inquiring her age ia 1851 was told by her Bhe was exactly twenty-seven , years of age , " Electro - Magnetic Motive Powkr . — Mr . Hjortli ' s engine formerly required four powerful magnets tojproduce a double stroke , but he has
succeeded m constructing a model of an engixe , which oy one hollow magnet , produces the same results , and which can be extended in diameter according to the required power . —Mining Journal . Tll ? , y ? Y R « Pl F 0 R CovBNTRT . -Mr . Geach , the new M . P . for Coventry , was formerly a clerk in the Bank of England , at a salary of £ 80 per annum . Ho was subsequently director of a banking establishment at Birmingham . . The hon . gentleman is now a large iron merchant , whose income has lately been returned at * 30 , 000 per annum .
< Military Model Lodging Houses . —Tbe attention of military men has been called , bv the United Service Gazette , to the adaptability of the model lodging home system to married soMlers , who might thus be lod ged in convenient proximity to their barracks , and derive the utmost possible benefit irora their late increase of lodging money , with profit to the government itself ; in place of being scattered , as now , through distant and unhealthy localities .
Profit and Loss . —The Hall Advertiser says , that a "gude man'' in Driffield , after having spent a year or two in th . 8 married state , had the misfortune , the other day , to lose his wife . No sooner was he bereft of the partner of his cares , than he consoled himself > vith a review of his wordly circumstances . " I had , " said he , " but a shilling in my pocket when I was married , and now that my wife js dead I have nineponce ; so that 1 have only lost three * pence . "
'J ' hb Wish-Bone . —A love-lorn swain broke a wish-bone with his" heart ' s queen , " somewhere np in New Hampshire . " Neow . whatdo you wish , Sally ? ' * demanded Jonathan , with a tender grin of expectation . " I wish I was handsome . " replied the fait damsel ; " handsomeas Queen Victory !"—" Jerru-salem ! what a wish 1 " replied Jonathan , " whea you ' re handsome ' nuff neow ! But I'll tell you what I wish Sally ; I wish you waBlocked inmy armB , and the key was lost !"
Land in thb Colonibs . In Australia or New Zealand 100 acreB of land cost £ 100 sterling ; in the Canterbury Settlement , ^ 300 . In Western Canada 109 acres of the best land in the empire can be bought foe £ 40 ; in Lower Canada for £ 20 . In New Brunswick , where there are still 11 , 000 , 000 of ungranted acres in the possession of the government , for £ 12 10 s . In Nova Scotia , where land is now , in many districts , as valuable as in any of the colonies , and , from the increase of commerce , soon will be in all , we give 10 ft acres of Crown land to an emigrant for £ 10 . —Sptech
of the Hon . J , Howe , Tub Dippkuencb bbtwbbn Common Law and Equitv . — " Pray , my lord , '' said a gentleman to a late respected and rather whimsical Judge , " what ia the distinction between the law and equity courts ? " Very little , in the end , " replied hia lordship ; ' they only differ eo far as time is concerned . At oommon law you are done for at once ; in equity , you are not so easily" disposed of . The former is a bullet , which is instantaneously and most charmingly effective ; tbe latter is an angler ' shoek , which playB with its viotira before it kills it , The one is prussic acid , the other laudanum . "
Wilkks and his ]? ATnBB . — " I had a father , a perfectly good humoured man , who loved laughing . He said to me , one day , ' Jack , nave you got a purae ? My answer waa , No , va . '— ' Iamaotry forit , Jack , " said my father ; ' if you had , 1 should have given you : some money to put in it . ' I got a purse ; and in two or three days my father asked me again , Jack , have you got a purse ? ' 'Yes , sir . '— 'I ' m glad of it , » said my father ; ' if you had not had a purse , I would have given you one . " This was mere fun in my father ; for he was exceeding ly generous , and gave me all I could wish . " — JJ '» 7 fce »' s ie ««« to hit Dawhttr .
Unpboduotivb Labour . —We went , some time ago , to inspoot the operations of a tread-mill , and observing a peculiar sullenness and fretfulness about the prisoners upon the wheel , at tha Hunt time that the machinery was moving with unusual ease and levity HSJZ ? Af ^ ' " % sir , " said the hey _ don t . hke it . Tbe magiatrates have got an idea that it s wrong to interfere with theregular millers and so they won ' t let us have any corn to grind S that always worries the men . " And the men were lfi ^ S tbey . 4 Uotmerelyth 9 nndisRuised sevemy ot the punishment , but they were conscious of the violation of an instinct which lead ug naturally to take pleasure in witnessing the efficacy and fruitfuln ?! ? , ? r to 51 ' cven wlien nt > t permitted to partake 0 fit .-WfeWj / iYftt « .
A Swindlb . —The other day , a lady living in Liverpool , purchased for five shillings , from a m » n ia the street , " a sweet little canary , " with tail-feather " radiated like a fan , " and , as she said , " of such a deep orange colour . " On examination , however , the supposed annary proved to be a hen sparrow dyed with saffron . It ' s Uil-ftathers were starched and curled !
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April 19 , 1851 . i ' T HE NORTHERN g&AR .. . ^•^ . — JU
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The Public and Private Life . of Louis Philippe of Orleans , ex-King vf ^ the . French , from kit Birth to the Close of his Reign . By L . G . . Michadi ) . Translated by Y . L . Chbmeey . Hamilton and Co 4 < : : M . MiCHAUD ' s "Life of Louis Philippe '?—a thick volume of -five hundred pages , going ¦ with much detail into the leading etents : of fhat prince ' s career , bo aa to form a more coa-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1622/page/3/
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