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enigma . j jmthe frfr'g of the innermost thought T ^ Ith -which Jiia mini of man can be fraught , ¦ jEben the lips sre loek'd in revenge or griefi ^ 2 ^ tiia heart 5 b panting to find relief ; jIt Brrone mnit be levell'd , my power uptom , Sre bslm can enter tte heart forlorn . T 5 a I irho , at eve , an my chariot sweep Ob mine airy ¦ wing oler the shunbering deep . 25 a 1 Trhoinhabii each mountain or glen , Ere Ihs cry ^> f the screech owl xe-echos again , ^ ntnapt in taj power o ' er the field of Uie dead , Triers peace is the motto , -where , turmoil has flat jTo goand dais intrude on the stall of the night—2 To motionsavBtbat ofsome -wandering spritej j&rt these are my nurselings—each matterless thing Jlngl tadUf bend to the nod of their ting . m « many a bosom , big -with earnest lore ,
BBS pin'd in sorrow ^ zieath my potent sway , fox I can -vield the fate of those "who more Ensconced within this fading form of day ; ind thoogh life ' s passions load and clamorous prove , gtiU mortals woo me at the closing day , "BTbeB beatti * s chin threads are o'er their senses wove And fate in-rites them to complete their stay , j ^ j sentient bemgs on this mortal stage , 2 Bwoth taeir pillow -where no storms can rage . T ^ cen the thunders ileep in their airy deep , Axtd calm and rmmoTed is the sky , ind tha silvery moon ctr beams hath strewn Prom herheautifnl palace on highj I tsriy awhile by each hoary pile , And slumber among the trees ; Sal s ^ iin I must more , -when the oats of the grors Ate rock'd by the -whistling breexa .
1 isre stood by the side of omnipotent trnfh ^ otnlfaiaehood hafli strode is Its might ; jj ^ ye been "with the victims of tyrannous power , 321 onager dwrei » tience to flight . ^ eb Hlandert venom aims its poisoned dart At vestal innocence Bnstain'd by hate—£ s& jiloatsin secret t )* er a blasted heart With ^ empn ^ joy—3 pard tbebreM * by virtue ' s star adorned , And still the ToiceTrith deadliest malice fraught Tar 1 am potent , and have often scorned Bate's loadesi tlamonr as a thing of nonght 1 meet the braggart and the rafler ' s Toice "With distot pnde and calm dispassion . ed . mein : I £ y &eipbce where debauchees rejoice , And seldom in the busy world am seen .
A last , not least , the schoolboy looks aghast , ± si plsys his vision o " er Jjhe toilsome page , Tffienin his ear , like some lond fitf nl blast jjy name resounds portentous of rage . Ihooghmo existence I can rightly daim , yo aortal breathing , and no mortal frame ; Yet I am raefnl whm the irorJd ' s loud -war H&th ernsh'd a spirit ' neaih malignant star ; Aud all that lives , that Tfgetates , that grows I erst hare cradled in nnmix'd repose . 21 . K . Arhwath , Jan . IDSh , 1813 .
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WR MISER'S DAUGHTER , a tale , by Wh , Haebbos Aesswoeih , with illustrations by Geo . Cnnksh&nk . Second edition , London : Cmmnigham and Mortimer , Adelaide-street , Trafalgar-square . These volumes do much credit io Mr . Ainsworth ' s jaKEsher . They are Ter y handsomely got up . The tjpeand the paper are both good . Of the illustrates , it might be enough So say that they are ij George Craishank ; but some of them deserve fpea&l Botice ; the first , parMealarly , repre 3 enting 3 » mtrodnctionof B » idulp&-Crew toSearve . The jBserable , skinny , long Iimb 3 of lie old miser seated * t iis sapper of bread and theese on the Thatched bdme table , partially corered inth a Tasged tables f
tloSi , and haiiDg-beore him & snipped earihern traaier , wMle Ms Btrong box "is under ifie table "dose ij his feet j the < pzernloas hard lines of the nld miser ' s csre-worn comatecaace j his Bhriyellsd ireoiMmg Inats , and tie gaunt form of Jacob the sarlf porter , contrasting -well vn& the fine figure aad handsome , yonthfiii , open , and gcnerons face of Bindolph . The scene of Mr . Cripps , and his enamorataj the sly-widow , cneorauerigg his master in llarjlebone ^ aidenSjirhilefiill dressed in his master ' lichffit cloflje 3 , aad tie after scene of the spori-^ offing ^ by themopportnne entrance of Mr . YflHers » Mhi 3 « Hapany , 3 X ! s $ iatiffie to make racsts at Mr Cra ps ' s tredding , are admirably hit ofil They areujjr te Tolnznes that teB their own story , eyen thoogh BO story should accompany them .
ThejiOTel of flie 3 E 3 er s 2 ) aashteris , - srepreauDe , by fids time AmDiar to mostreadera ; and can gain little froairhaJ-ire might say of it . ^ hose -rrho ha-e not rod jt , weiaayTentiire to assiire , will experience a iS | h treat in doing so , if ihey Iotb trorks of Scsion ; cdire BhaJl ^ iot mar their pleasure hv anticipating Ballot or points of the work . They will find the fanc iers moradrrerafied , and exhibiting a Etronger fictest tian is nsHal in sack worfa , while yet they tn ill duwn and sustained with conaderable Tigotffiiid preciaon , andmth much less of theun-Ji tDralaad OTerstrained , than usually cffsnd 3 the Ji ^ dons taste in works of this eharaci er . Had Mr . Anffiworih written no other work than this , he WraM haye established for hiicself a place among fisrsy few writers of ictidoos narratiTe whose worn and names are likely to descend to posterity TOaiacreaang reputation .
^ VgWJSCR ATED PENNY NOVELIST , a 7 ^ B «^ f JLSteiatnre and Science . Part L—^ tb , Sioe-iane , Heel-street . iaS ? 3 . ^ of ^ orf afte * cheapness . Each ^ i ^^^ w oeighbonr in the art of cheap pro ^^ IZr" ?? ^ °° d , cheap clothes , cheap furniture , ¦ ^^§»» ofall kind 8 , cheap labonr ^ hy which ' - ^ ia&i ^ ^ ^ procured , and cheap talent , - " ¦*« tisHT ® - *** absenM of *» Mf » e all the •« is iotli ^ r ? 1 * - ^ ni ong the rest , cheap literatnre r ^* ajS ^? . ad"ranc 8 S m the inarch of inteli-feammL ^ fsaon . And . eertainJv . of all the efforts
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BSJ&SPOSP . Akcibrt Obdee or zhb Goujsh Fiebce . —A Lodge of this flourishing Order was opened at Ihehonse of Mr . James Batly , Royal Oak Inn , Bradford , on Saturday the 21 st insu , wien about fortyr 3 nember 8 sat down to an excellent repast after wiich they were initiated into the order , and the eTening was spent in the most liarnionioas manner . This Lodge promises to become Terj strong in numbers , to which all well-meaning xaep . of proper age , axe invited . u
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CARUSIJE . —I ^ iDULWr Afpaib—A W ^ bsing to Chabhsis . —Some time previous to tte late strike , a person came into this locality to live . During the great excitement at the strike , he put himBelf forward as a Stirling Chartist and democrat , and took every means in his power to persuade the people to strike work . Hb unjustly denoanoed the leading members of the Council of tbe Chartist Association , because they wished the people to remain at their work . He went about propagating all sorts of falsehoods and base insinuations a&ainst them ; and finally succeeded in bringing some of them into disrepnte with the people , whom they had long and faithfully served , and who were very blamable' in thus listening to and confiding in a
stranger , who had nothing to recommend him to them , bat his violence . He and others finally succeeded in persuading the people to strike werk , got himself elevated as chairman of the trades' delegates , the whole of whom he would have caused to be arrested , but fox the caution and shrewdness of some of the more active ; members of the Council ; who , seeing the danger that his ignorance and violence were likely , to involve them in , very wisely prevented it . At tb ' e last quarterly meeting of the members of the Chartist Association , be impudently came forward , and in a most foolish and violent speech , charged many , indeed the whole of the members of the Council with pocketing and misapplying the people ' s money . This base and false charge was completely upset , by the balance Bheet , which gave a fanhful account of the income and expenditure . He then made other charges against
some members of the Council , all of which were proved to be equally groundless with the one to which we have just alluded . In consequtnee of some of the membeis attaching themselves to this fellow , nearly the whole of the old members of tnp Council retired , after having served the people for many years . A new Council was then chosen , of which this same individual was a member , and in this capacity persuaded a number of his dupes to allow him a certain sum of money and he would supply them with the Northern Star . This he did for a number of weeks , but sieeing no opportunity of obtaining a larger sum , he absconded with upwards of £ 1 belonging to a number of poor hard-working men , who had subscribed it for the purpose of getting the Northern Star . Had they adhered to its advice , they would not have thu 3 placed confidence in a stranger .
SHEFFIELD . The Bakks , —We having nothing particular to communicate this week . It is stated that the liabilities of Messrs . Parker and Shore ' s Bank amount to £ 650 , 000 , and that tnero is about £ 700 , 000 due to the bank , besides available property belonging to the partners , to the amount of about £ 200 , 000 ; but the question arises , how many of the parties indebted to the bank will be able to make good in full the demands that will be made upon them ? We are of opinion taking into consideration the present state of the town , that a great mary of the parties , we are inclined to think a majority , will , when called upon , be found to be insolvent . It now appears that Messrs . Parker and Co ., all but stopped payment two months ago , at which time they refused
payment of a check for £ 1 , 800 which had been given by the overseers of the poor , on accoimt of the county rate , the cause of Buch refusal is of course well understood now . Among the many evils already produced by the stoppage of the ? Old Bank , we may mention that a married woman , whose name we omit to give , who had been told by her husband to withdraw some hundreds of pounds they had in—from the bank , and had neg ? eeted to do so , was so excited on learning of the stoppage as to be induced to take poison ; happily medical assistance was procured in time and the woman recovered . We understand that one or two works have already closed and that others are expected to close in consequence of the stoppage .
"RsrsssactxTioy of Sheffield . —It is rumoured that Mr . John Parker , our liberal tad bullet-loving MJ > ., son of Mr . Hugh Parker , one of the prinoipal partners in the Old Bank , is likly to retire from Parliament . The stoppage of the Bank and his acceptance of the office of steward of the Court of Requests , conferred upon him by the Duke of Norfolk , are matters likely to cut short his future career as a legislator . To be forewarned is to be forearmed , and should a vacancy in the representation occur , wo hope the Sheffield € hartists will be on the alert , and prove to the Editor of the Independent and his patrons , that the Chartists are not the " dormant" party he takes them to be .
Catun ' s Lectures . — Mr . Gatlin , the famous North American traveller , has been lecturing in Sheffield for some weeks past , on the condition and customs of the North American Indians . We heard him on the evenings of Thursday and Friday last , Jan . 19 and 20 . His first lecture was on the hiBtory , religion , and warlike customs of the " Red men of the Prairies , " His second lecture was on their social condition , habits , Sec . Having spent eight years among , and ia the course of that time made himself fully acquainted with the character and modjIW life of this interesting people , he could speak conroehtly in praise of this race so much abused by living writers , as being barbarous , treacherous and bloodthirsty Bavages ; He showed that the real
savages were the Europeans and Anglo Americana , that under the guiae of civilization and Christianity the white men had introduced crime , rapine , disease and death among the unsuspecting tribes of the Prairies . His descriptions of the annihilation of whole tribes by the iutroduction of small pox and other diseases among them by the white men , excited the liveliest feelings of pity ; while his description of the misery and crime-wrought by those incarnate devils call ' ng themselves Christians—the rum and whiskey sellers , called up correapondicg feelings of dipgust and indignation . The lectures were illustrated at different points by the introduction on the stage of living characters clad in the splendid and classical dresses worn by the differest tribes inhabiting the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains . Each lecture was
followed by a series of magnificent tableaux vivanls illustrating their mode of warfare and social life customs . The enthusiastic applause of the audience each evening testified their approval and delight . Mr . Catlin is at present lecturing in Derby ; from there he is expected to proceed to Leeds , and we are informed purposes visiting the principal towns in tbe North of England and Scotland . We hope that wherever class legislation has left the working classes the means of procuring amusement— ( blended in this instance with instruction ) , they will not fail to afford to Mr . Catlin their patropage ; we a ? sure them they will be delighted with the entertainment Mr . Catlin ' s lectures breathe the very essence , and pure spirit of truth and freedom , and should be heard and studied by all who love their fellow men , and would mak the warld better yet . ''
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Sheffield . —A Stabtlxsg Fact . —As an mstaHce of the extraordinary depreciation in the value of property , we are enabled to state that a grinding wheel erected in this neighbourhood within the last twenty yeara , at a cost of £ 5 , 300 , was lately sold for £ 1 , 000 l—Shr&eld Iris . Thb Weatheb in Waxes . —Even on the hills we have not had twenty-four hours frost . Frequently June and July have sot been so mild ; Snow has totally disappeared before the rays of the snn . — Manmouiltshire Merlin .
We abb enablxd to Btate that Mr . Fox Maule has a bill in reference to the Kirk question , ready to bring in on the opening of the new season . Its precise character has not yet transpired , but if it is in accordance with the opinions which Mr . Maule has hitherto professed in the matter , there need be no doubt as to its fate . —Fife Herald . RtixwAT Expedition . —Previous to the opening of tbe railways in the north , a letter postad in Aberdeen would reach Hull on the seoond day , at twelve o ' clock ; now , a letter posted there at three in the afternoon , does not reach Hull until ten in themerning of the third day . —Hull Packet .
Thb Bet of Trans has issued a proclamation declaring that all children of slaves , born in that Regency , shall be free from their births TMb act of humanity is said to have been brought about by the representations of M . de Lugde , the Consul- General of France . ; If so , it is most honourable : both to him and the Bey . A Fatal D&AtJSBT . —Ann Salisbury , a servant woman in the employ of Mr . William Coward , publican , Wapping , took an opportunity , afforded , on Thursday , by the absence of her mistress , of drinking three gills of whiskey , which had been left in a jug . The result was that she died on Saturday .
Affbay between the Wbickjsbs and the Coast Gxjabd . —A letter received at Lloyds , states that about 100 wreckers , engaged in plundering the Jessie Logan at Boscastle , attacked the revenue officers and coast guard , but were beaten off , and nine of the ringleaders secured . —Globe * Mb , Towwsend , Recorder of Macolesfield , is about to produce a HiBtory of the House of Commons , from the Convention of 1688 to the passing of the Reform Bill . *
Thb Bbcssels jotokals state that such a quantity of snow has fallen an ihe province of Luxem burg that the roads are become impassible , and that the diligence from M etz to Brussels was ! on its last jorirney s » impeded by enow that it was necessary for a part of thf , ronte to have twelve horses . Lobp John " Russell , it seems , still assumes , aad m aUowed itKe post of "leader of the Opposition ;" he has issued the following ex-official cirenlar B « . m mons to * ae Opposition Members— ; "January 1843 .
¦ Lord John Russell presents his compliments to ¦— -, and takes the liberty of informing him that ^ uf-stionB of importance affecting tbe ' state of the country will be brought forward at the commence ment of the session , which openB on Thursday 2 nd of February .
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Hong-Kong Post-office . —A large number of letters passed throngh ? | ha Falmouth post-office on the arrival of the last bVeTiand mail ,: beariBg t \ t > Hong-Kong Post -office stamp . The stamp was of an oval form , with , the BoyalAraw . Around the edge of the Etamp were the words * Hong-Kong Post-office . " The stamp was of a red colour and without any date . Pulling a Ladt ?! s Nosk . —The only case heard at the county petty session ? , on Saturday , was a complaint lodged by a dame , in humble life , against one Webster , a labourer on the railway , the gist of which was , that tbe defendant had pulled her nose to such a degree that she could not wipe it comfortably for a week ; The only defence was the old abomination , drunkenness ; and , considering that the assault was a very cowardly one , the magistrates fined the defendant in 22 a . 6 d ., including costs , which he was required to pay in a week , or go to the treadmill . —Lancaster Gazette . ¦ _ _ . _ . _
BiGOTBY .-iA . correspondent states that a young Pusey parson , having lately to administer the sacrament to a poor man , who was ill , and is since dead , and haying gone through the holy rite , informed hi 8 _ wife that the plate on which the bread bad been placed , and the cup on which the wine had been drank , were made sacred in consequence , and must never more be used for any other purpose and , in order to enforoe obedience to this dogma , he broke in pieces both , without making the poor woman any recompence for the loss of her property —[ This man ought to be prosecuted . ]—Western Times . :
A Maternal B , ETREAT . —Captam Nowlan , a guardian of the South Dublin Union , states that a man , holding a high station in society , has allowed his mother to remain a pauper in the workhouse . He had lately called and paid for her support , but still left her there , with the intention of using the institution " as a cheap boarding-house for his old mother . " It has been also ascertained , that the mothers of five other substantial citizens are in the house ; and Captain Nowlan threatens to parade them all in an open carriage through the town , and leave them at the doors of their unfeeling children . -
Melamcholt Incident . —On the 21 st of October , when the Clutha , from Greenook for Bombay , was in latitude two deg . SQ min . 6 outh , longitude 65 deg . east , one of the boys fell from the bowsprit into the sea . Captain Nainsmith , the oommandet , who witnessed the accident , instantly leaped overboard , taking with him a rope made fast to the ship . He caught the boy , but unfortunately , at the same time , let go the rope . The vessel , which had considerable way on her at the same time , soon drifted past . A boat was launched , however , and , on reaching the spot , the boy was found floating , apparently lifeless , but the captain had disappeared . The boy was taken on board , and , after considerable exertions , was restored to consciousness . The first words he
uttered were exclamations of grief for the fate of his master , who had saved his life at the expence of his own . Captain Nainsmith , who was a native of Port Glasgow , was a most promising young seaman . — Greenock paper . Conversion . —Some sensation has been created amongst the dissenting sects of Rochdale by the recent conversion of Mr . Phelp , the minister of the Unitarian chapel . Black water-street , to the Church of England . It would seem that Mr . Phelp was engaged upon a work in opposition to the dootrinee of the Trinity , and that , in the course of his re-Bearches , instead of meeting with the evidence to support the Unitarian belief , his convictions were opened to the truth of the Trinity . At length ,
finding that he could doubt , no longer , he sought the spiritual advice aud assistance of the worthy vicar , and has ended by renouncing his former errors , and publicly avowing himself a convert to the doctrines of the church . We understand that Mr . Phelp purposes preparing and duly offering himself as a candidate for holy Orders ia the church . Danoebocs CeuKTSHiP . —A . t the Shropshire county petty sessions , Thomas Davies charged John James and William Jones with assaulting and ducking him in a pond . From the evidence it appeared that Thomas Davis is paying his addresses to a Miss Ann Jones , and that he had been admitted into the house , where he remained , to the great disappointment of the other candidates for the smiles of tbe fair nymph ; aud the enamoured T . Davis having boasted
of tbe favourable reception he received caused hisrivals to be jealous , and watching the said Thomas ; when he was making another visit to his fair , they threw him into a pool near the Corve . Miss Ann in a great measure corroborated the statement , and said she was quite pleased with her dear Thomas , and did not want to have anything to do with the " other chaps "—she should not think of " sioh a thing ;" Thomas was the man for her ; and if he did boast of the favourable reception she gave him , he had a right to do so , and ahe did not like him a bit the worse for that . The case caused considerable laughter . The defendants were mulcted in the costs , and Thomas Davies and the fair Ann Jones loft the court together quite happy , to the great mortification of the unfortunate rivals . —Wolverhampton Chronicle *
Curious Charge of Opening a Posted Letter . —At the Bristol sessions , Ma ^ y Crewe , a young woman employed in the post-office receiving-house , at Cathay , was charged with having opened a letter in that office . The prosecutor , Mr . Geo . Brigges , an old gentleman , eighty-six years of age , stated that on tbe 31 st of October last , between nine and ten o ' clock at night , he put into the box a letter containing a money-order for bis son at Merthyr , and that on afterwards looking through the window , he saw the prisoner moisten the wafer with her finger , open the letter , and read it . He then went in the office aud demanded the letter , which was placed in his hand with the order in it . The paper was then , he
said , quite moist . Mr . Smith , who appeared for the pr isoner , called witnesses to show that the wafer of another letter , one brought by a young man from Mr . Hazell's , grocer , having started , the young woman wetted it with her finger , in order to refix it ; that the prisoner had been in her situation sinoe 1838 , bore an excellent chiraotec , and was very attentive to her duties . It was also stated by Mr . Brigges that his sight was not so good as it was forty years ago . After a powerful and affecting address from the learned counsel , the jury , who said they would not trouble the recorder ( Sir C . Wetherell , ) to sum up , immediately returned a verdict "Not guilty . " The prisoner fainted during the trial .
Burning of Devizes Mechanics' Institution , and Loss of Lifs . —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held , in the Town-hall , Devizes , before a Jury of eighteen respectable inhabitants of the town , on view of the body of Charles Brewer , aged twentyfour , who lost his life at the late dreadful fire which , on the morning of Saturday last , occasioned the total destruction of the Mechanics' Institution , situate in New PaTk-street , besides other valuable property The circumstances under which the deceased lost his life were as follow : —During the morning , while the firemen were turning over tho ruins , for the purpose of more effectually extinguishing the firo , the basement gave way , and precipitated several persons
into the cellars beneath —all of whom , however , were soon extricated without receiving severe injuries , except the unfortunate deceased , who got buried up to bis nick in red-hot bricks . In this deplorable condition he remained a length of time , no person venturing to go to his assistance until his cries attracted the attention of two gentlemen , who instantly jumped into the cellar and hauled him out . He , however , was shockingly burnt—so much so that he died on Thursday . Tne Jury , after a short consultation , returned a yerdict of " Accidental death . " The amount of property consumed was estimated at from £ 2000 to £ 4000 , part of which will fall on the Sun , Norwich Union , and another insurance offices .
New South Wales . — By & vessel arrived from Sydney we have dates to tbe 3 d of September , a few days later than previous advices . The 19 th report of the Commercial Banking Company had been published , from which it appeared , that though from the depressed condition of the colony the capital did not yield so large an amount of profit as formerly , a lucrative business had , nevertheless , been transacted , returning a dividend for the half-year of about 6 per cent . To make this profit , stated at £ 13 , 942 , divisible among the proprietary at the rate of 6 per cent ., a sura of about £ 650 would have to be taken from the surplus fund , which would , however , be subsequently repaid in almost double proportion by the receipt of remittances from England
not expected to arrive in time to be included in the balance sheet then presented . This dividend had been declared , and a reduction of 2 per cent , on the rate of discount to the public assented to , with the view of giving relief to the necessities of the colony . The Legislative Assembly eras sitting , but the measures under discussion were not of any great importance . In . some quarters it is alleged trade continued to improve , but the Sydney Gazette of the 3 d says" General business cannot be said to have exhibited aatateof healthy activity yet , nor to have made a single Btep towards , improvement . Speculation , through the long BcarcUy of money , baa been , and is still , dull and stagnant ; the non-arrival of ships with merchandise from > England has tended also greatly to keep speculators , as well as dealers , in a state of suspense audindecision ; and consumers , country and town , finding that English supplies
which are in the ' market , were looking up , have been induced rather to curtail their expenditure of many commodities , in the indulgence of which their previous easinsss of obtaining iiad tempted them to give orders for freely . It appears clear , this state of things ' may not fast long , unless teetotalism becomes more universal . One thing is , however , to be apprehended from the non-anivals from England , —vessels for the conveyance of the approaching clip of wool will be greater in demand than supply , and the freight for the conveyance to England of our staple produce must consequently rise . ' 1 Notwithstanding this asserted straitened supply of cash in the Aiu ^ ralian settlements , companies , it appears , are Organizing to carry out projected mineral researe > , eB , both there and in New Zealand . Copper of superior quality is stated to have been discovert , in the lastnamed place .
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- ¦ * " *«< ' * rP - ^ , " " ¦ ~ ' ?« rS Hh' ** 2 The Rolterdamsche Caurant ^ ays : —** Private ifitters just arrived iaform us that a new and violen t conflagration occurred on September 9 , at Soarabaya whereby 900 houses , 400 of ivhicb were built of stone , and covered with tiles ! were reduced to ashes . The details are not yet known , but we have every reason to believe that the Commercial Company has not sustained any loss from this fresh disaster . " j Extermination . —The Cork Examiner gives details of a case of extermination which recently occurred on the estate of Sir W . Beecher is that county . The wife of the ejected tenant has gone mad ia consequence of her misfortcnes . . - _ _ -.. _ __ ... - . ^ . _ i ^« rnw
We have authority for stating that Sir Charles Metcalfe , whose long habits of command in India , and whost subsequent experience in the West Indies so amply qualify him for the office , has been appointed Governor-General of India . —Times . The Crew of the Jessie IJogan . —The Lynx , which arrived at Cork on the 18 th inst ., from Messina , had on board the crew of the Jessie Logan , from Calcutta to Liverpool , which left the former port on the 4 th of September . She was struck by a heavy sea on the 13 th inst ., which ! carried away her poop , stove in her stern , aud swept decks , and was abandoned on the 15 th inst . in lat ] 51 , long 5 , having at that time 13 feet water in her hold .
Royal Marines . —A detachment of the Chatham division rested in Woolwich thejwhole of Sunday , and proceeded on Monday morning to London , to be conveyed thence to Bristol by railway . The men are intended to do duty at Pembroke-dockyard in consequence of a number of the ^ Royal Marines recently doing duty there b&viDg been withdrawn to assist the authorities in Wales to oheck the destruction of property which has taken place by parties known only under the designation of " Rebecca and her daughters . " i
Somewhat too Romantic—It seems there is a weeping willow in the garden at Walmer-castle , which grew from a slip taken , from tho tree that overhangs Napoleon's grave at St . Helena . " The great coBqueror of that wonderful man ( says a Kent paper ) cherisheth this tree with peculiar care . " The great conqueror has never been much reputed for sentiment . Neither he nor his friends cherished Napoleon living , and a captive ; to assume a tenderness about bis grave would be two ; bad . His iron highness is surely above it . ¦ .
Increasing Distress . —At tho meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Stoarbridge Union , held ou Friday , so great was tho number of applicants , that it was necessary to constitute jtwo boards . It was , nevertheless , seven o ' clock in th , e evening before all the cases were disposed of . Many of the applicants were t able-bodied , some being persons usually employed at iron-works , blast furnaces , « fco . ; but tbe majority were nailers , great numbers of whom are wholly unemployed . The number of new applicants of the able-bodied class , to whom relief was afforded , was 219 . The house is full ! to an unprecedented degree , there being 263 inmates . Such is the state of this district at present , with ! every prospect of its becoming worse .
Imprisoning Women fob Debt ;; —At the last meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society , a case was brought forward which painfully illustrated the operations of the law of imprisonment for debt . On that occasion Captain Dickson , the secretary , read a letter from Mrs . Pasemore , a prisoner in Whitecross-street . The letter 6 tated that Mrs . Passmore , who was in her 63 rd year , and whose father and three brothers fell fighting the battles of their country , was confined for a debt of £ 3 and £ 5 costs ; and that she was reduced to the lowest ebb of poverty . The gallant secretary said that England was the only country in which a woman beyond sixty years of age was confined for debt . The sooiety paid the debt , and released Mrs . Passmore from her imprisonment .
Foreign Cattle . —Sinoe the new tariff came into operation ( July last ) , the following cattle have been imported into Southampton : — From France 6 oxen , 180 cows , 13 calves ; Spain ( Vigo ) 564 ; oxen ; Hamburgh 10 oxen , 2 cows ; Stockholm 4 sheep ; Jersey and Guernsey ( free ofduty ) 5 oxen , 279 < jows , 6 calves , 6 goats . Total 585 oxen , 461 cows , 19 calves , 4 sheep , 6 goats . Arrangements are making for more extensive importations from Franca , and Spain during the ensuing spring and autamet . —Hampshire Independent . ' ;
PLVMOtTTH , Jan . 21 . —By a private letter jnst received here it appears that the transport Defiance , Captain R . W . Evatt , was struck by'lightning off Nankin on the 30 th of August last , between seven and eight p . m . The electric fluid shivered the mainmast from the truck to the keel , and was attracted by the chain cable from the hauseholes ] on deck to the chain-lockers below . Providentially no further damage was done . The Defiance had troops ou board , with Government stores , including gunpowder and rockets . Great consternation naturally prevailed . She is not provided with conductors , a precaution necessary in all parts , but more especially in a climate like that of China , were lightning is so prevalent . \
Mining on a labgb Scale . —Dover is . likely to be next week the scene of an explosion of gunpowder unparalleled in civil engineering . No less a quantity than 18 , 000 lbs ., in three distinot charges , will be fired by galvanic means in one moment , that being the extent of the enormous powerjabout to be used . It is expected that nearly 2 , 000 ^ 000 tons of material will be displaced by this one operation , saving several thousand pounds to the . company . The explosion will take place on Thursday next , at low water , from two to three o ' clock , p . m .
Accident in thb Catacombs at Paris . —Before the catacombs were finally closed , it is related that a geutlemaa having missed the guide , wandered in the immense labyrinth until he was lost | and compelled to seat himself on the damp ground ! at the risk of losing the use of his limbs . However ^ it struck him , that by anointing himself with an unguent , a box of which he had ia bis pocket , he might preserve himself from the noxious qualities of his horrid abode , and be enabled by increased vigour to continue shouting until some one came to his assistance . The unguent diffused a genial warmth , and the gentleman at length made himself heard ,- —was discovered and rescued . After such an escape , it may easily be conjectured that he will never forget Holloway ' s Ointment , the unguent alluded to ! Nor may it be unnecessary to mention that in gout , paralysis , rheumatism , cancer , scrofula , all wounds and external disorders generally , it is of singular efficacy , and should be universally patronized . j
The Queen ' s Visit to Ireland . —London , Saturday . —I have learned from a good source that her Majesty and her illustrious Consort have determined to visit Ireland during the next summer , and at an earlier period oF ftie season than their recent visit to Scotland . The Royal Victoria and Albert steam yatch , now ia a forward state in Pembroke dockyard , will , it is expected , be launched towards the end of March or beginning of April ; and her Majesty's first excursion in that splendid vessel will be to the Irish metropolis . The Queen , I havejleamed , has intimated her desire that her visit to Ireland should be a public one . The visit to Scotland was not so . —Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post .
The Perth Courier states that recently a man was advised by a female doctor ia the neighbourhood to rub his body with turpentine , before going ] to bed , and in the morning be would find himself pored of the rheumatism . Accordingly he obtained the assistance of his wife to rub the upper portion of his body , but while doing so , she accidentally ' allowed the lighted candle to come in contact with the turpentine which had been placed upon the body , consequently he became enveloped m name , in&eting serioas injury ; how easily might this alarming accident have been prevented , if , instead of using turpentine , he had taken that celebrated medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .
A bkrdeen . —Distressing Occurrence . —On Wednesday night , a sailor , who was m the Infirmary in a state of fever , considering that a conversation he heard about the death of a woman related ] to his wife , who was also a patient in the house , seized the opportunity of the nurse ' s momentary absence , and making a dash from- the bed on which he lay against the window , leaped through a pane of it , and was precipitated to the ground from the second floor . He was taken up in a dreadful state , and survived only half an hour . —Aberdeen Bannsr j
Murder of a Gamekeeper . — In our paper of the 31 st ult . we stated that a desperate affray had taken place in the grounds of Mr . J . B . Phillips , at Tean , between the keepers of that gentleman and four poachers , whom they met on the night of the 23 d ult . armed with guns , in pursuit of game , ! One of the keepers , named Robert Arnold , on catering a plantation from which the report of a gust had proceeded , immediately receiwd the contents of a waxx in his body , and from the effect of the shot and other injuries received on that occasion , he lingered , until Saturday last , the 14 th inst ,, when be died , leaving a wife and several children to lament his untimely death . On Tuesday last an adjourned inquest was held at Tean , before Mr . John Cattlow , coroner , on the body of the unfortunate man . It appeared ia evidence that deceased was employed by the gamekeeper of Mr . John Button Phillips , as a night
watcher , and that be and another man were out on the night in question . Hearing the report of aj gnn in a email plantation , Ihey both made for the jspot , and deceased bjkd no sooner entered the plantation , than he war , ehot by some person who warabout twelve or f / jurteen yards from him , aud received the greater port of the charge in his body . Immediately fcftetwr job he was struck with a gun , and a struggle ensued , but all the partiea effected their escape . i Th « jur y , after examining fifteen witnesses , returned a Verdict of "Wilful murder" against some person unknown as principal in the first degree , and against James Perry , William Byatt , and Samuel Robinson , as aiders and abettors . These man had previously been committed ou the charge of shooting at deceased with intent to murder him , and are mow detained under the coroner ' s warrant to answer the charge of murder at the next assizes . —Stafford d < t vertiser .
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Some disturbances took place , on January 10 , in the prison of Epical . The prisoners being denied the US 8 of tobacco , began to cry out for it , vociferating , ** Tobacco or death 1 " The next day tjiey refused their food and broke the windows , aud vf \ . * re proceeding to other acts of violence , when tbt governor thought it advisable to call in the military , at whose appearance order was resto . ^ ed . ^ Ch& 4 ? Enjoyment . —At the Liverpool police * office o . i Friday , Mr . RsBhton , while adjudicating upon a ca * e involving the keeping of a disorderly bouse re , marked that it was M one of those houses which wi s known to him where a boy could procure a pipe , a ft ! ass of ale , and a game of cards , all for the small char * e of one penny . " --Liverpool Albion . F . XTRAOH 1 HNABr Privations . —One of the most extraordinar v instances . of a ship ' s crew supporting themselves in ' -bout water for twenty-one days has occurred durm 2 the late gales . On the IStbinst .
the Bxtorm fro . m Montrose to Newcastle , pat into Grimsby-roads . The master ( Follis ) states , that on the 2 lst of Decet iber last they left Montrose , and on the day follows og they were caught in a violent gale of wind , and were driven down oa the coast of Norway . Having- unfortunately lost their water , not falling in with any vessel , and being unable to make port , they cont inued up to the 10 th inst . without water . . On tl " tat day , when about twenty leagues from FJambo rou « h-head , they saw a vessel , which they signalled 5 it proved to be the Eliza Swain , Captain Reid ,, from Montrose , who immediately gave the Reform what water and provisions he could spare . For ei $ ; ht days longer the Reform continued to beat about , the coast without being able to prooure any more watt * r or provisions , and but for the providential appearaa oe of the Eliza Swain , Capt . FoIliB is fully of opinion that he and the crew maat have perished , as when boarded they were in a dreadful state of exhaustion i .
Death of a MrsER neai ' . Nottingham . —An old man , aged sixty-eight , named WilJiam Ashers , residing at the village of Costo ck , and well known ht the neighbourhood of Nottingham as a penurious , eccentric character , having gone some distance from his house on Saturday last to fetch coals in a- barrow , because he got . them a halfpenny cheaper than in the village , became so fatigued that be fbU down and died . The " villagers , knowing his miserly propensities , got into his house , searched it , but could find nothing . His nearest relations employed
Mr . Samuel Maples , a solicitor of Nottingham , to go over the house with them ; and the re 30 . lt of bis more careful search enabled him to find no Iess > than £ 1 , 300 worth of property in notes , securities-, plate , &c . To describe the singular spots in which property was secreted would be an endless task : asilver watch was found in a malt-mill mouth—av splendid silver tankard was hid in a beam—plate , jeweUivry , and money in holes aud crannies that would be passed even by Bow-street ofScers . Deeds , showing bis title to land , houses , &c , which he kept most secret , were found tolthe value of £ 2 , 600 .
Revolt of the Bots at Greenwich School . — Oa Friday , a very alarming disturbance broke out in the npper school of the Royal Asylum , Greenwich . It appears that Lieutenant Rouse , R . N ., one of the officers and directors of eymnastics , had ( it is said , without the sanction of the superior authorities ) restricted the intercourse between tho boys and their friends , which so irritated the pupils that they commenced a general row , smashing the windows with slates , rules , brickbats , and other missiles , and breaking upwards of 1 , 000 panes of glass . Five , of the ringleaderd of the disturbance have been placed in confinement . A strict investigation is going oa under the orders of the Governor , Admiral Sir Robert Stopford , K . C . B ., before Captain Huskisson , BN ,, one of the principal officers of the institution . There are nearly 800 boys , the sons of commission and warrant officers , in the upper school , and many of them are fifteen or sixteen years of age , who , on a former occasion , expelled tne police by a volley of stones , &o .
Amid all his public avocations the Premier has found time to maintain a controversy with tho currency-men of Birmingham , represented by the Chamber of Commerce of that town ; who publish the correspondence . It ia carried on by memorials and letters in the name of the Chamber on the one side , and in letters from Sir Robert Feel , addressed to Mr . G . F . Muntz , M . P ., and Mr . Richard Spooner . It began at the close of July last , with , resolutions passed by the Chamber , and transmitted to the Minister , calling his attention to the depressed state of trade and the condition of the people ; and the Chamber soon hint that the establishment of a new paper currency issued by the Government is the only remedy . Sir Robert at first seems to hold back from controversy ; but the legislator of 1813 cannot resist tbe opening made for palpable hits , and he is soon in full tilt . The Chamber are
voluminous in their essays : Sir Robert s replies are briefer , but comprehensive , frank , and very neataiming at essential points ; except that he is betrayed into a subordinate controversy as to what were the-opinions of Locke , whom he recommends the Chamber to study . Sir Robert's last letter is dated 12 th December , 1842 . In consenting to the publication of the correspondence , he requests bis antagonists to append to it a definition of the seaae in which the word " pound" will be used in their inconvertible paper—what it-will represent , to what it will be equivalent , and what it will imply 1 The Chamber comply , with more good faith than , success , by describing the peculiar kind of paper curreuoy which they recommend—issued b y Government aloue , a Jegal tender , receiveable in payment of taxes , and limited to £ 20 , 000 , 000 , about the amount which they consider requisite for purposes of trade .
Fatal Rencontre . —Newent , Gloucestershire . — ' ( From a Correspondent . J—I am sorry to have to communicate the particulars of a distressing event which occurred in the early part of last Sunday evening , in the sequostered parish of Tibberton , ia this county . Joseph Bevan , an agricultural labourer , aged 37 , is at this moment in custody at the policestation in this town , charged with having caused the death of his step-son , James Wilkes , aged 23 , by stabbing him in the breast with a claspknite . It appears that Bevan married the mother of the unfortunate deceased , a widow , several years ago—that he and his wife have had frequent quarrels for some years past—that on the evening of Friday last , the 20 th instant , Bevan . had words with his wife , which was of but too frequent occurrence , arising , as is stated , from an irritable and unhappy temper in the
woman , and from an excessive indulgence in the baneful practice of drinking on the part of the man —that whilst the man and his wife were engaged in this unseemly warfare , Wilkes took part with his mother , upon which a scuffle ensued , and several blows passed between Be . van and his son-in-law . Tbe result was , that Bevan , having drawn from his pocket a knife ( a large claspknife ) , struck his adversary on the breast , and inflicted a deadly wound , from the effects of-which he died almost instantly . An inquest was held on the body of Wilkes on Monday before Mr . Cooke , coroner , and the prisoner is in safe custody . Bevan is a strong , powerful man , and bears but a very indifferent character , being much addicted to poaching , drinking , and fighting . He is , notwithstanding , a man of tolerable education , can read and write well , and is considered one of the best farm labourers in the parish . —Times .
Rural Police . —We learn from the best authority , that the iron-masters and coal-proprietors of Lanarkshire , taking advantage of the present unsettled state of the mining districts , the impoverished state of the country , and particularly a contemplated reduction of wages that is to be immediately attempted by the mining and coalmasters , have taken the usual means of convening a meeting of the county , on an early , day , for the purpose of raising a police force for the protection of property , in the neighbourhood of Airdrie , Coatbridge , &c , where the principal works are situate . We need scarcely inform our readers , that if the sanotiouof the county is once given for the purpose of raising a rural police force on any pretence
whatever , it will be next Jfco impossible to get it repealed . The tax-payew , therefore , in the county should be on the alert , if they wish to keep down a charge that will every year increase in amount , without ia the slightest degree affording nine-tenths of the ratepayers the slightest protection . In England * , where the rural police foree was first established , aud most extensively tried , the greatest dissatisfaction has been manifested towards the force , which , in addition to often acting in the most unconstitutional manner , has become quite intolerable- on account of its expense ; ¦ m several oases tabling what was at first thought sufficient , and ail this without affording any efficient additional protection . In some of the EMlifih counties the force has been
broken up and disbanded , and in others aetive measures are in progress for the same purpose . In short , the system in England has come to its b&ght . We believe we may have the same in regard fc © Scotland Lanarkshire , the most . populous county is it , has not yet had » single rural policeman -withi * its bauud 8 v and we trust sever mil . In eome of the neighbouring counties , where the force has been introduced * we are informed , on-undoubted authority , that a strong effort will be made at the nest annual meeting , on the 30 th of April , to have the force . disbanded The independent ratepayers of Lanarkshire have only , therefore , to be firm , and they are mure to prevent the introduction of this most useless and expensive force . , We intended to- dav to have said a
great deal more on this subject , bn . t will again refer to the matter . In the mean time we- may shortly state , that a police force , to be of the smallest use as a means of preventing crime , must in any county where it has been introduced into , be made ten times more numerous than -at present ,. And what Would be the consequence of this to th , e majority of the ratepayers ! Why , it wo ^ d be perfect ruin . It is all very well for proprietors ^ fpubiie works , and gentlemen who preserve their gamei to have a police force at their command , but what is this to the rate * payers who have neither public works nor game to preserve I It is nothing . 4 f * hmA police maat be had , let the parties who require them pay the expense themselves , and not burden tho already overtaxed small proprietora in \ h& oounty ,--Gw s ^ ow Journal .
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THE LADIES' HANDBOOK OF BABY LIKEN . By the Author of the "Lafies Hand Book of Fancy Needlework , Plain - fteedleffork , Knitting , Netting , and Crotchet . " ic . London , H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . Such is the title of a Tery elegani and useful little * wi , re 3 j > ectingwhicha lady , in our hearing , oba-rredib&titconld ssarcely be regarded otherwise Baa as an insult to the sex ; its directions were so anj&aad -plain , about things which were so com-Wahj nnderBtood , We beg our fairfxiend ' s pardon ; oaiyso seem-to those who hare had theadvan-« SB 01 education and maternal care and culture .
** a irao , in jnosi eases , have in ail these necessary ^ pssStient needful assistance to make np for tejddiaeneyin their own knowledge . To such , « e iiand Book of Baby Linen , containing plain « M imple instructions for he preparation of an * 2 aBfis wwdrobe / ' may seem a very ample and S * f »« fiJt But we happen-to know that in « a blessed land there are myriads of mothers whom « = M « nou 3 arrangements of class-deTonring eom-*™ have deprived of these advantages , and ^ wsmed to assnrae all the important responsi-« ras , to endure all the painful cares , and to per-» na tajme way or other all the grave-and serious "aesof arelasiousinpfonrhichtljey they have had
«* t $ s * preparationby previous habits and instruc-• Sr-s ^ J ^ - to * be daughters of toil , and of ' * £ ™® r s&ose sorrows are enhanced , and wiose grony b Biade more galling by their enforced w » ee , we recommend fins little u insult 1 ' for the jnrreason urged against it by our friend . ° Its ^ eaoBsareso am ple and so plain . " This is , in * « esfanasjon , flje best recommendation it can hare ; «« M » e know that it comes from one who is Tvell te » , < gtTeii > " ffe ^^ noi w * * J attempting to £ ™ fBH * , of oar own judgment , any opinion on ISSK m delicate . We give the book oar fair ^" n ^ rftendafion , andliaveno doubt that it is
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^^^ JggS TO A YOUNG LADY ON THB POSTAGES OF EARLY PIETY . Lon-^ B , G . Clarke , 66 , Old ^ ailey . oJSjrt'Were&d very few books from which we have fiSs V ^ 018 lively gratification than from this S , ^ S elegant * Tery appropriate , and rr" ™ iy Tauten volume . The earnestness of SSST ^ kfterly affection , are in every Kne fiteX ^ SL tbs Tfis&Hn and Undliness of deep ^^> ac"Te benevolence , and purely religions feel-^^ t > yraugfemaie ought to be permitted by her j ^ j" - * " grow up -mthont reading these letters , y ^ « e eatealaied to produce upon themasceptible la ^ SSf ^ as of ihe most benignant influence ¦ ""Jwag character .
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THE BALL KOOM ANNUAL , FOB 1843 . London , H . G . Glark & Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . Writing , as we do , for a circulation among the poorest , it may be thought that a ball room annual wonld-be a little ont of place in our eolnmns , We ihiiik differently . We can discover no reason why the graces and elegances of civilization shouldnot be familiar to those from whom all its value is derived . We inow no reason why fine taste and graceful habits should be confined to tie drones of society ,
nor why the bees should not enjoy some of the pleasures and relaxations of the hive . Hence , we conceivethatlo these , as well asShemore opulent , the Ball B / Oom Annual may be an acceptable little offering . It is a very Ujou of elegance ; and it contains a sketch of tie History of the Art of Dancing , aDissertetiononBallBoomEuiqTiette , a Glossary of iechzncalties and a ' mass of information , as to various kinds of dances , which will be best estimated by adepts in the accomplishment to which we make no pretenaonB .
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THE LADIES HAND BOOK OF PLAIN NEEDLEWORK . London : —H . G . Clark and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . Tins is another little manual , neatly and beautifully got up by the * same author as the Hand-book of Baby Linen above noticed . Wo know not whether our fair friend might be inclined to regard it in a like light , but we feel disposed to regard this as an equally useful " insult" to the poor and neglected portion of *• God's fairest creatures" with its
babylinen mate ; while we doubt not that many a "ladyfair of high degree" may learn much from this mo 3 t nnpretendiBg little mannal of instruction , its chief merit is itB plainness and perspicuity , which are almost enough to initiate even a clumsy ° he creature" into all the mysteries of the gentle craft of shirt making , &c ., while its comprehensiveness omit no braneli or variety of the indispensable occupation on which it treats , and its precision brings the whole of its teachings within a very brief compass .
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AINSWOBTH'S MAGAZINE . To the-lovers of Romance this monthly visitor must be a welcome friend , ifweiaay judge by the Number now before ns . It is the one for January , and opens with the beginning of Book the Second of ** Wikdsob GisiLE , " by the Editor , Mr . Harrison AinBWorth , author of the "Miser ' s Daughter ? noticed in another part of this sheet . We have not seen the beginning of this " Historical Romance f for file Magazine , we regret to say , has not . been regularly forwarded to us ; bnt if we may venture on an expression of opinion from the Blight sample of the sack" we have seen , we should say that th'S
sober Romance of Mr . Ainsworth ' s , promises to be every whit as interesting and as vnsintcths as his justly famed * Tower of London . " Tne portion of the Romance given in tbe Nnmber before us is illustrated with two steel engravings , hj George Crnifc » hank j and by so less ftaa serea lovely wood cuts , representations of the several localities connected with Windsor Castle . In addition to thi 3 portionflf the new production from Mr . Ainsworth ' s prolific pen , we have a tolerably sprightly " dream , " by Leman Blanchard ; a sufficiently aveful" legend by the Baroness De Calabrella f a really humourous paper entitled "State and Prospects of the Legitimate Drama in China , " re-printed from Ainsworth ' s Magazine for January 1840 ia true itory of " the Monastery of L'Avernia "; and" Part
IIL of the EHiston Papers , edited by George Raymond . " There are besides " Part II . of a Venetian Romance , " and an interesting paper , entitled ** Three days lost in Tauruz , by Mr . Francis Hainsworth : " and several pieces of poetry , both humourous and serious . In fact , there is in this Magazine a rich fund of amnsement blended with instruction ; and both of an highly intellectual character . It is , in its way , the best that we have seen fox some time . We comrsend it strongly to the notice of the public , with whonr . we are glad to find , from an address prefixed to this , the opening number of a new vol ., it has become a favourite , and is rewarded with that share of patronage as to warrant it 3 conductors to use the term success when speaking of their undert » king . It richly deserves it .
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THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW ; or EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL . No . 27 . London : —Richard and John Taylor , Bed Lion Court , Fleet Street ; Paris : —Galig nani ; Berlin : —A finer . We regard this at the most talented of our quarterly periodicals . There is a depth of thought , a masterliness of dissection , and discrimination in its criticisms which are the evidence of mind such as is notnsnaUy occupied on periodical literature .
The present number contains two articles on the poetry and character of Wordsworth and Gre ' ibe , which in our estimation , strikingly exemplify and jnstify the opinion we have given . It has also valuable and lengthy papers on a variety of other subjects .
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TEE PRACTICAL BREAD BAKER , By G . Read . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street . This little book lets as into all the secrets of the an and mystery of London Bread Baking . It is the production of an operative workman of the craft and gives a minute description of all the several processes appertaining to this useful and necessary art . It also contains a graphic expose of the miseries endured by and the oppression practised ou the poor slaves by whom the work is done ; of whom the writer affirms that " there is no clas 3 of men bo completely drudged and so poorly paid . "
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS . Tbe degree « f perfection to which the art of wood engraving has arrived in this age of ** illustration" iB well evidenced in the weekly pages of this novel but spirited undertaking . The chief feature of the work , however $ s its ' colloseum print of London in 1812 . This is a magnificent work of art ; -and doe 3 honour both to the designer and the execntor .
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THE PULTENEY LIBRARY , Part 28 , December , 1842 . The Works of Defoe . London ; Clements , Poltenej-street . The works of this justly celebrated man are much too little known . We trust that this publication of them in a cheap and inviting form will introducethem to more general notice . The present Part contains his verse satires Tte True-born Englishman" and " The Dlvins Right of Kings , " with all the valuable notes of-the author . There is much in these satires eminently suited to ihe present times , and which should be constantly kept in mind by all men .
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THE ENGLISH WIFE-A MANUAL OF HOME DUTIES . By the Author of the " English Maiden , " &c . London , Clarke , Old Bailey . We have had this book a long time by us . But many circumstances have combined to prevent our being able to read it with that amount of careful attention which we hold to be the duty of all who read for the purpose of writing an opinion of what they read . We have at last read it carefully , and it has well repaid us . It is , indeed , as it elaims to
be , " A' Masaal of Home Duties" for that interesting portion of Society to whom it is addressed . No wife should lack it . Its instructions are at once grave and | ober , but cheerfully and pleasantly conveyed : while it contains on almost every subject that involves the happiness and duty of a wife and mother , a large fund of most valuable information , expressed in clear , simple , and yet elegant language , and breathing throughout a spirit of genuine philanthrophyand Christian feeling . We hive never read a book which we can more cordially and conscientioHsly recommend to general perusal .
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THE AFFLICTED MUSE -, by James Veenon . Sonthmolton : printed for the Author , by B . Dunn , Market-place . This & small collection of original poem ? , by a young man , whom the heavy band of paralysis has , for a long series of years , deprived of all the ordinary enjoymaQts , and precluded from all the ordinary occupations of life j while poverty has tended to enhance the weight of misery entailed by affliction . The composition of these little pieces has served the poor invalid to wile away the heavy
hours , and they have , we believe , remained unwritten until the friendly aid of some neighbour , as an amanuensis , could be obtained ; the paralytic being himself unable to write . These circumstances shoald alone form the passport of these poems to tiie patronage of ihe benevolent . But they are not destitute of poetic merit ; and though they perhaps seldom rise above mediocrity , we iave seen much worse stuff than anything here to be found , most unconscionably puffed and praised by reviews . The pieces generally are " tinged with sombre hue , " which , considering the writer's circumstances , is not wonderfuL
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