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AT THE "NEW SHOP" OPPOSITE THE " GKEAT GOOSB IKS , " IN CHICHESrER , FBOM VINE TILL FITS , LYRICS FBOM A "SUSSEX FARMER" NOT ONE HUNDRED MILES FROM GOODWOOD .
" Bboadbeih , " " Abu , " aoliloqaiaing . « ' Hen an books and baits tor flatfish and gudgeons—Well furnish 70 a cheap , fox -we're daep enrmudseoni ; LasTe youigpld bere , jon fool * . "Jaa " all my eye , " Oqi paper ' s tight sad Boft , and wont nurt jour * hi £ h Whj , what the devil , do yon think na cheats ? ( Though , by the bjevwe ought to" sweep the streets ;") Enlarge the jail , for rogues tia much too small , *• West HampneK Union" would not hold them alL " Rabbit-Kkin Jack * ? and eueh , are honest mea Compared to others that we all could name : The hairs upon yoar heads -we would not hurt , { Although our motto's " r&ther rob than work . '" ) Cobbett be d d , and his disciples too ; Bard cish ( and wotk ) for us will never do—Have we not got Great Wellington and Peel ? The advocates of paper and of steel ?
Consider , too , the toil of getting gold From out th « mines—it scarcely can be told—While the " castroff smock" or a beggar -wench will make Bank notes enough to boy the Date ' s estate ; + And the clout in which her ug ? y brat doth squall Would pay off the black diamond dues , and all !! The parsons ttll you not to eovet gold—If you doat heed them , can they save your soul ? Paper's the thing , ye vagabonds , d'ye donbt it ? What conld the " Surrey ploughfeoy" know about it ? How can yon dare his " library ' to toacb ? Read Mallhus , Marcus , Martineau , and such . The nation ' s overstocked—tis quite a pest—Hail emigration , and the workhouse test . ' What happened in the town the other day ? "Why ! "'tis a d d affair , I can . but say . "
{ As Larder said to the Churchwarden mild , J When he and then , met to " eat a child" )—Bat , be assured , 'tis but a nine days' wonder—A penny cracker ta a clap of thunder—A little whirlwind to the hurricanes That sometimes sweep the lentth and breadth of lands . But dont let paper men have all the blame , We have " rogues in paper , ' * and vre have " rogues in grain ::: "
(" Goggt Mooee , " thebillsticker , listening . J * ' Lay out a trifle , Sir , for I am bnt poor , Though a descendant of old •¦ Francis Moore ;" We Ideore ' s were never noticed for theology , The " forte" of our family ' s astrology . I foretold , long ago , amongst my fellows , We should have ' « broken banks" and " watery eel lira " Before the coming year of " forty-two : " And I was right , by dad , my words prove true : Sing " Ca Ira , " and " Cock-a-doodle-doo !"
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K&bb : t-Ekin Jact , a poor fellow in the jaQ , confined for petty laxceny . f Dike of Richmond . ± Peter Pindar .
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THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TRADES UNIONS . By G . Jacob Holtoake . Published by request . London : J . Cleave ; Hobson , Leeds ; Heywood , iianchester ; and all Booksellers . This little work contains much important matter , which shonld be known and deeply considered by alL When working men can accumulate by small payments such enormous sums as hare been worse than wasted in unsuccessful contests with capital , it is quite clear that their praiseworthy efforts have not yet received a right direction . We think no one cm read this little tract without feeling convinced that the working classes cannot be prosperous until they get the power to use the land for their own benefit and that of the whole commonwealth .
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PARLEY'S PENNY LIBRARY ; or , Treasnry of Knowledge , Enteit&inment , and Delight . Vol . 1 . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street ; Hobson , Leeds . Parley * * Penny Library has been published in weekly numbers , and the first volume , neatly bound in cloth , has just been completed . We gave a favourable notice of the work , at an early period of its issue , and , on the completion of the first volume , it Rives us pleasure to be able to Bay that the hopes held out by the spirited projectors nave been more than realised , though a Blight deviation from the plan marked out in their original address , has been
made . There ia perhaps less ef historical and classical lore ; but the cartaiment does not injure the volume or militate against its interest , for by it greater scope has been given for an analysis of the works of Charles Dickens from whence the pith hu been extracted , with much explanations , in a brief , witty , and conversational style , as tend sot only to amuse but to instruct those for whom the work is more immediately intended . All classes , however , ought to possess Peter Parley . We give the follow , ing interesting extract from the Memoirs of Henry Masers de la Tude , a prisoner , for the long period of thirty years , in the French bastile , in order to show the capacities of that despised animal—the
rat : — The dungeons ef the Bastile are octagonal ; the one in which I was now confined had a loop-hole two feet and a half above the floor . On the inside it was two feet long , and about eighteen inches wide ; but it gradually diminished towards the exterior , so that on the outside wall it scarcely exceeded three inches in sire From this loop-hole I derived the only light and air I was permitted to enjoy ; the stone which formed the basis of it served me also for chair and table . When tired of reclining on a foul and infected pallet , I dragged myself to the loop-hole to enjoy a little fresh air j to lighten the weight of my chains , I rested my elbaws and arms on this horizontal stone . Being one day in this attitude , I saw a large rat appear at the other extremity of the loop-hole ; I called to b > m he looked
at me without manifesting any symptoms of fear ; I gently threw him a piece of bread , taking care not to frighten him by any violent action . He approaehedtook the bread—went to a little distance to eat it , and appeared to solicit a second piece . I flung him another , but at a less distance ; a third , still nearer ; and so on by degrees . This continued as long as I had bread to give him ; for , after satisfying his appetite , he carried off to a hole the fragments which be bad not been able to derour . The following day be came again . I treated him with the same generosity , and added even a morsel of meat , which he appeared to find more palatable than the bread ; for this time he ate near to me , which before he had not done . The third day he became sufficiently f « n » i « -p to take what I offered hi ™ from my fingers .
I had no idea where his dwelling-place was before , but he appeared inclined to change it , to approach nearer to me . He discovered on each side of the window a hole sufficientJy large for his purpose ; be examined them both , and fixed his abode in the one to the right , which appeared to him the most convenient . On the fifth day , for the first time , he came to sleep there . The following morning he paid me a very early visit ; I gave him his breakfast : when be had eaten heartily he left me , and I saw him no more till the next day , when he came , according to his custom . I saw , as Boen as he iasued from his hole , that he was not alone . I observed a female rat peeping from it , and apparently watching our proceedings . I tried to entice her
out by throwing her bread and meat ; she seemed much more timid than the other , and for some time refused to take them : however , at length she ventured out of the hole by degrees , and seized what I threw halfway towards her . Sometimes she quarrelled with the male ; and when she proved either stronger or more Ekilfnl , ran back to the hole , carrying with her what she had taken . When this happened , the male rat crept close to Be for consolation ; and , to revenge himself on the other , ate what I gave him toa far from the hole for her to venture to dispute it with him , but always pretending to exhibit his priza as if In bravado . He would then set himself on his h&unches , holding the bread or meat between his fore paws like a monkey , and nibbling it with an air of defiance .
One day the pride of the female conquered her shyness ; Bfae sprang out , and seized between her teeth the morsel which the other was beginning to munch . Neither would let go , and they rolled over each otheT to the hole , into which the female , who was nearest to it , dragged the male after her . This extraordinary spectacle relieved by contrast the monotony of my ordinary sufferings and recollections . In the bustle of the world , it is difficult to conceive Ihe pleasure I derived from such a trifling source ; but there are sensitive minds who will readily understand it .
When my dinner was brought in , I called my companions ; the male ran to me immediately , tht female , according to custom , came slowly and timidly , but at length approached close to me , and ventured to take what I offered her from my band . Some time after , a third appeared , which was much lesa ceremonious than my first acquaintances . After his second visit , he constituted himself one of the family , and made himself so perfectly at home , that be resolved to introdnce his comrades . The next day he came , accompanied by two others , who , in the course of the week , brought five more ; and thus , in less than a fortnight , our family circle consisted of ten large rats and myself . I gave each of them names , which they learned to distinguish . When I called them , they came to eat with me from
the dish , or off tne plate ; bat I found thU unpleasant , and was soon forced to find them a dish for themtelves , on account of their Blovenly habits . They becama so tame as to allow me to scratch their necks , and appeared pleased when I did so ; but they would never permit me to touch them on the back . Sometimes I amused myself by making them play , and joined in their gambols . Occasionally I threw them a pieoe of meat scalding hot : the most eager ran to seize it , burned themselves , cried out , and left it ; whilst the less greedy , who bad waited patiently , took it when it ¦ was cold , and escaped into a corner , where they divided their prize . Sometimes I made them Jnmp up by holding a piece of ineit or bread ^ suspended in the air .
There was among them a female whom I had christened Rapino-Hiro * deUe , on account of her agility ; I took great pleasure in makiiig her jamp , and so con-Bcions was she of her gnpsriority over all the others , that ahe never condescended to tika what I held up for them , She placed herself in the attitude of a dog pointing game—allowed one of the rats to spring at the scond morsel offered to him—and , at toe moment when he seized it , would dart forward awi snatch it out of his mouth . It was unlucky for him if she missed her spring , for then she invariably seized him by the neck with her teeth as sharp as needles ; the other , yelling with pain , -would leaTe his prey at the mercy of Itapino-HirondrJle , and creep into a corner to cure the wound ahe had inflicted on him .
With these simple and innocent occupations , I continued for two years to divert my mind fr ? m constantly brooding over my miseries ; and now and then I surprised myself in a sensation uf positive enjoyment . I myself in the midst of a family who loved and interested me ; why then should I wish to transport myself into another hemisphere , where I had met with nothing bnt assassins and executioners ? One day when my straw had been changed , I foEnd among what had be « n newly brought a piece of elder , which had helped to tie it . This discovery caused an emotion I cannot describe . I conceived the idea of
conveiting it into a flageolet , and the thought transported ma . Hitherto I bad heard no sounds within my dungeon but those of bolts and chains ; I could now vary tfcem by a sweet and touching melody , and thus accelerate , in some degree , the tardy steps of time . What a fertile source of consolation . ' But how could I construct this flageolet ? My hands were confined within two iron-rings , fixed to a bar of the same metal ; I could only move them by a most painful exertion , and I had no instrument to assist me . My gaolers would have refused me even a morsel of wood , had I been able to offer them treasures in exctnnge .
I contriTed to take off the buckle which confined the waistband of my small-clothes . I used the irons on my legs to prepare it , and to bend the fork into a kind of small chisel ; but it proved so ineffective , that it was with the ntmost difficulty I conld cut the branch of elder , take out the pith , and shape it aa I nquired . At last , after many attempts , and several months" labour , I had the happiness to succeed . I call it hsppiness , for it truly was so ; I enjoy it to this hour with increasing interest . Thirty-four years have elapsed since I constructed this little instrument , and during that time it has never been a moment out of my possession . It formerly served to dissipate my cares , it now enhances enjoyments t
my , , „ , _ The time occupied by these important labours in some degree distracted me from my domestic cares , and caused me to neglect my little family ; during thia interval , it had considerably augmented , and in less t | nn a year it amounted to twenty-six . I was not certain there were no strangers among them ; those who attempted to gain admittance were received with hostility , and compelled to fight with the first who encountered them . These battles afforded me a most amusing spectacle . As soon as the two champions placed themselves in position , they appeared at once to estimate their respective force before a blow was strnck Tht stronger gnashed his teeth , while the weaker uttered without his back
cries , and retreated slowly tnrning , u if fearful lest his adversary abonld spring upon him and destroy him On the other band , the stronger never attacks in front , which would expose him to the danger of having bis eyes torn out ! the method h » adopU is singular and amusing : be places bis bead Utweeabi . fore pawi , and rolls bead ovtr heels two or three times , until he comes in contact with hit enemy's nose . The latter attempts to fly ; tbe former selects that moment to aefce him ; be gmp « him at aace , and eometfrnea they fight most furiously . If any other i » U are pretest , they remain pawiv * spectator * of the combat , and neter j « la two against one .
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Thi Late Mubdkb . —St . Helen ' s , Thursday afternoon . —Various witnesses having been examined , the inquest was closed , and the jury after about twenty minutes deliberation returned a verdict of " Wilfal murder" against Isaac Jacques , Robert Woods , and Thomas Moljneux . The prisoners all dewed any participation in the crime , but were committed , under the coroner ' s warrant , to take their trial at the nest assizes .
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The expbkcfs to be incurred in the christening of the Prince of Wales will exoeed , it is said , a hundred thousand pounds . This will be bread , and meat too , for the starving millions in the country ! Kikg Ernest ' s Haibbd of Songs . — Advices from Hanover Btate that a seisure of a collection of political songs , termed "Songs of a Cosmopolite , " has just been made in the capital by order of government . —Galiffnani . - - 11 The man who hath not music in his soul , Is fit for treason , stratagem , and spoils . ' Shakspeark .
Unexpected Good Fobttjuk . —A singular idstance of good for tune . has , within the last few days , happened to a poor man named George Peters , with a numerous family , who followed the occupation of a journeyman baker , and resides in aaobsoure street at Camberwell . it appears that a distant relative , residing at Bath , and lrem whom no expectations were ever entertained , has recently died , bequeathing to the wife of Peters large funded property amounting to near £ 50 , 000 . Peters has for some time been working at his trade in this city .
Forgeries at the Ccstok-house , Bristol , Dec . 17 . —Much anxiety has bean felt by the commercial world here in consequence of a gentleman holding a high situation in the Custom-house having absconded , and who it is alleged has committed forgeries lo the amount of about £ 8 , 000 or £ 9 , 000 ; about £ 7 , 500 of forged acceptances having been already ascertained , one or two of which , it is said , are held by the branch of the Bank of England . Tho individual is very highly connected , and the acceptances , it is said , purport to be those of a distinguished and gallant officer of high rank in the army .
Cork Workhouse . —Influx op poor Irish . — Owing principally , to the influx of paupers brought by the steamer Jupiter , from England , the number ef pauper inmates for whom , by dint of exertionthe creatures lying fohr and five in a bed—accommodation could be made in our workhouse on Thursday night , was nine hundred and eighty-six ! —a mass of destitution never before crowded within the walls of any Institution in this city . — Cork Reporter . The Nkw York packed-ship , Roscius . which has
arrived at Liverpool , fell in , on the 7 th , with the wreck of the Erin-go-Bragh , Sumpron , master , of Liverpool , homeward bound from Quebec . The wreck was in a sinki ng state . ? dr . Collins , the commander of the Roscius , took the master of the Erin go-Bragh , nineteen of the crew , and Mr . J . W . Merrit , a passenger , on board the packet , and conveyed them in safety to Liverpool . Soimmirent was the peril , that not an article belonging to any individaal was saved from the ship , which sank immediately after the Roecius quitted her .
Ferocious Brutality . —To the catalogue of daring crimes described in the public prints during the last few months , we havi : to add the perpetration of an outrage committed a short time since at Cheddar , wnich , for the atrocity of the aet and the savage barbarity with which it was accompanied , surpasses in extent of wanton cruelty anything which it has for a long time been our office to record . A poor woman returning from market , after nightfall , to her home , was suddenly accosted by three footpad ? , who fiercely demanded her money . The . poor creature
instantly delivered up the wV . ole of her little treasure , the produce of her market transactions ; but whocher the ruffians were disappointed by the smallness of tho amount , and were resolved on rifling all her under-garments , or whether they were solely maaenced by the promptings of diabolical ferocity , we know not , bnt they literally stripped her of every particle of clothing , and left her , in that state of dreadful destitution , to the chance of casual charity , or to perish by the way side , under the complicated agonies of terror , cold , and tortured modesty .
Matbimo . mal Adventubebs . —At Samaracg , tho second town in the island of Java , there exists a species of matrimonial lottery , which gives rise to many Bingular speculations . Orphan children , rich as well as poor , are all brought up in a public establishment The m « st profound si eace as to tho fortunes of these children is enjoined to every person employed in or about the institution . These tonunes are placed under the management of persons at Batavia , on whom a similar injunction of secrecy is imposed . The female orphans are kept in the
establishment until their marriage . Everyman possessing an annual income oi 730 florins , or two fljrins a day , is at liberty to choose a wifo from among them , but the amount of her fortune is not made known to him till several days after the marriage . A servant of the military hospital at Samarang la . ely selected one of these damsels with a fortune of 65 , 060 florins . Since his good luck , the applications for wives from the asylum have become very urgent ; for a report has got abroad that there is a marriageable girl still left , who will bring with her a prize of 200 , 000 florins .
Amti-Maltuusia * . —The followers of Mr . Malthus must be horror-struck at sorao recent circumstances in the parish of Christchnrch , Hants , where within the lest three weeks two women have been confined with three children each , and within three months , ten women have each borne twin children . The former ara the wife of John Troke , who give birth to three boy <> , two of whom arc living ; and the wife of William Morloy , three boys since dead . Execution of Job J . Ward . —Tho punishment of death was on Monday morning infiioted ou Job John Ward , who was convicted at the last November Sessions of tho Central Criminal Court of the wilful murder of Timothy Ested , b ) 8 illegitimate son , aged only one year and nine month ? . The culprit .
who was in the prime of hie , his age being only twenty-eight years , has ever since his condemnation suffered the most acute mental anguish , and on Sunday , daring the condemned sermon , he fainted away in the chapel of Newgate , and the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour in consequence . Shortly before eight o'clock the Reverend Ordinary , the Sheriffs , and other officers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his cell . Mr . Carver asked him whether he admitted tho justice of his sentence , and he replied , " Oh dear , yes . " Mr . Sheriff Maguay then asked him whether ho would now wish to state anything as to the manner in which the child was killed ; he replied that the child was lying in the bed and he 6 truck it with his
fist twice ; he added , that when ho did so , ho had not the least idea or intention to kill it , and he concluded by declaring positively that he never made use of the hammer . The Sheriff then asked him whether it was true that he was intoxicated at the time , to which he replied that he was , and he at the same time said he hoped that all working men would refrain from drink , for that had been the means of placing him in his present dreadful tituation . Upon another occasion he told the Ordinary that it was drink which put tho idea of striking the child into his head , and that he wished liquor had been a guinea a quart on that day , as it would have prevenud the uufortunato occurrence taking place . The Sheriff then asked tho prisoner whether it was not possible that ; the head of tho child might have come iu contact with the chair or bed-post , but he replied that that couid not be , and again repeated , that the only injury inflicted
upon the child were tho blows with his hot , adding that at the time be had not the slightest intention of killing it , but a ^ those blows were thn cause of death , he acknowledged that he was justly charged with the murder , and he was , therefore , liable to the punishment he was about to suffer . When the prisoner was pinioned he expressed a wish to shake hands with tho Sheriffs and Ordinary , snd having done so , he exclaimed " God bless you , I thank you all for your kindness . " The usual hour , eight o ' clock , having arrived the culprit wa 3 led to the scaffold , witn the usual proces * ion . He appeared very faint , and was supported by one of the turnkeys and Mr . Holding , one of the surgeons The appearance of tbe wretched man on the scaffold was the signal for a burst of cheers , mingled with groans , from the assembled crowd . He appeared to struggle for aboHt a minute before life waf extinct . At nine o'clock the body was cut down , and interred by the side of Blakesley .
Extensive Fraud on the Bank op England at Livebpool . — During the last week a fraud to the extent of £ l , 3 S 0 was committed upon the above establishment , by means of forged checks upon a Belgian bank , known by the tiUo of " Societe General pour favoriser l'lndustne Rationale . " The guilty party is a foreigner named Ranyier , between 35 and 40 years of aee . His height ia five feet four inches ; he has a florid complexion , and reddish hair . He speaks bad Euglith , and but indiffoient French . He is supposed to have arrived in Liverpool since the 1 st instant , in order to embark for
America . Tha following is a description of the notes obtained : —One £ 300 , dated the 3 d February , 1841 . No . 47 , 312 ; eix £ 100 . dated the 5 th Februay , 1841 , No . 79 , 366 to No . 79 , 371 ; five £ 50 , dated the 6 th of October , 1841 , No . 13 363 to No . 13367 ; two £ 40 , dated tbe 7 th of June . 1841 , No . 40 , 575 and No . 43 , 961 ; fire £ 10 , dated the 10 th of September , 1841 , No . 70 010 to No . 70 , 014 ; ten £ 5 , dated the 12 th of October , 1841 , No . 74 , 837 to No . 74 , 846 . A confederate of Banyier ' s was supposed to have gone to Leeds on Friday se ' nnight , and the police-officers were on tbe alert to secure him . Their efforts , however , if he did enter the town , were unsiccessful .
Thb Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended aa an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestion , or from an Inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to M that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in tbe boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , and marked B ., are * a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and requite neitfiw confinement to the house , nor restraint ia diet .
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^ Enviable Sub ; cribebs . — The Ttpperarv Free Press m » " commercial and monetary article , " makes the following classification of its readers : — Mark , we do not complain of having a limited number of readers-ova complaint is that we have too manyj .. , The superabundant number may be « r ^ nn er l hree he ^ - ^ ir 8 t V the 9 hate Egging , vLJEFSd ? J 4 readers » in Cfonmel ( we except those who cannot afford to subscribe ) ; secondly , those who naant our subscribers' houses iu order W borrow the paper ^ nd they are a most numerons ti « £ it ° % * ' ^ t > o greatest Booundrels are M ° f ub 88 nbe ? ? never Pay-theee fellows f P ^ eJSB l ?" te ** - takiBg Pt 0 PeHy nnde *
Amifjcul Icb poa Skating . -Oo * readers will doubtless Htter a note ol admiration , signifying absolute incredulity in regard to the import of these words ^ -netertfleless ' tis true ; and true it is , without any occasion - for T » ity , that a new marvellous feat of ftS 'Si ^** * ifp ? e b * which this era has been ^ SA iJ $ aiBl >? dj i . ° discovery of a chemioa \ compound having all the appearance of ice—capable of being deposited in the sheet , and offering to the skater a surface muoh more agreeable for the purpose r ° i k a / "oeful :. exercise- than that ordinarily supplied by the winter operations of nature upon our park waters . The gentleman who has achieved ihia victory over the elements of chemistry , Mr . Henry Kirk , now exhibits the results of bis some five years ' labour to that end at a building on the grounds of £ « : ^ ' ^^ ? ° a ^ rV >^ Met . sqnare . ihe floor of the
apartment , 24 feet by 14 , is covered who an apparent icy integument—not quite as clear as orystal , but like congelation after a white frost , upon which a considerable number of members of the gating club indulged in their evolutions , and fully tested its pretensions . This ( substance , seveneighths of an inch thick , in this instance , lies olose upon the floor of the room , and cannot be broken by any concussion short wf that by a sledge-hammer , and its endurance under the abrasion of tbe Bkate is also most remarkable . Heat op to 100 decrees has also no effect upon it . In a word . it can be created and used as readily in summer as m winter , and we may therefore make up our minds tohaveascood skating in the dog-days as at Christmas . Mr / Kirk projects an extensive ice-ground , surrounded by and set off with scenes of winter , executed by the best artists in that line .
The Prince of Wales . —Rational beings , or persons capable of the slightest pretence to rationality , cannot read the Gazette whioh proolaims the patent creation of Prince of Wales , without ewprise that Such Gothic barbarities and absurdities should be Btill persevered in . A child of a few weeks old is created Prince of Wales , and yet as he is not 'born' Prince of Wales , his elevation to the rank might as well be postponed until he is able to comprehend what it means , and to understand even what nominal functions he has to perform or execute . Preced nt ia tho plea for these torn-fooleries ; but the a ^ e has arrived when we are to estimate precedents by their rationality and utility , and not by their antiquity . The older the precedent the greater
is the ^ presumption that it is absurd , ridiculous ,, or pernicious . If our barbarous , ignorant , superstitious , and priest-ridden ancestors made fools of themselves , is that any reason why we should follow their example } There must be an end to stupid precedents at one time or another : they are not eternal , and we are just as capable of destroying them now as our successors can be . This infant in its long clothes , upon being created Prince of Wales ( what a quiz upon poor Taffy ) , is girt with a sword , which he caunof ; distinguish from a spoon , bodkin , or twetztr ; he has then a coronet placed on his head , a gold ring put on his finger , and a gold rod put in his hand , in order that he may ¦?* direct and defend those parts " the borders of England and Wales , there
having been no such bordors to defend since the reign of Qaeea Elizabeth , when border warfare ceased , and a baby in long clothes not being exaptly tho most fit person to enter into border warfare . It is Quite time that Buch disgraceful nonsense should be ' removed from the sight of a rational people . Tho bishops , always most prominent where ceremonies are the most disgraceful , are active on this occasion , and it'is a bishop that begirts the baby with the sword . By a parity or consistency it ought to be a general or au admiral that places tho mitre on the head , and the crosier in the hand of a bishop at his Episcopal creation . After this comes a worship proclamation , from the Queen , as " defenderof the fuith . " May we not inquire what faith is meant ? The British Empire comprises every faith under the
sun , and as a Sovereign is in theory and in principle , an impartial and equal defender of all parties , it follows that our Queen is not the defender of the faith , whatever it may be , but the defender of all faiths . Though , if a faith cannot defend itself , it is not worth defending . Well , her Majesty , aa defender of the faith , forsooth , orders a new edition of the prayer-book , and in which we freeborn and rational Englishmen are ordered to pray for the Prince of Wales , after Prince Albert / Falstaff would not have even reason on compulsion ; nor do we like prayers upon royal command . We would pray for the Prince of Wales after or before Prince Albert , or pray for only one or neither , as it suited u * , and in no case would pray upon compulsion . If the present Prince of Walts should be like the last Prince of Wales , we would heartily pray for his happiness , i * . B locality beiug ia the other world .
The Boy Jonbs . —Thfs extraordinary lad , whose ropeatod visits to Buckingham Palace caused so much alarm some time a ^ o , and who af . er being released from prison was sent out to sea in a merchau : ship , has lately returned to England , and is now at Liverpool . His case is likely to come under the notice of the authorities , for it appears he was sent away without the concurrence of his father , an old man of good c h aracter , who is living in Bellyard , York-strf et , Westminster , and who . not knowing the' destination of his son , was labouring under great anxiety about him until he received a letter from him a few day ago , stating that the ship in which he had been induced to leave England had returned to Liverpool , and that be had been
subjected to muoh ill-mage on board . There appears to have been some irregularity in the mode of getting rid of this troublesome lad , and a good deal of money unnecessarily expended by a tradesman named James , residingin Westminster , and a Thames Police inspector , named Evans , who , after travelling about with him in England and Ireland for a mouth , eventually procured him a berth in a Liver * pool ship , and not at Cork , aa was tt ited some time ago . The lad is anxious to return to London , and has written to his father for the means of doing so ; but his father is too poor to defray the necessary expences of providing him with a passage to London . Several of his neighbours have promised to assist him , and there is no doubt he will soon reach home .
His father states that there is no reason for believing that his son will ever repeat the foolish freaks he has been guilty of , and that long before he was sent out of tho country h « repented of his conduct , and was anxiousto obtain employment , which was offered him by several persons , who found the lad to be very intelligent . It appears that after the boy ' s liberation from the Westminster Bridewell be was taken in hand by Mr . James , his father ' s landlord , who keeps tha Bell public-house , in Bell-yard , Yorkstreet , Westminster , and James Christopher Evans , jun ., an Inspector of Thames Police , who acted from instructions conveyed from the Home-office . Evans represented himself to the father and his son as the atjent of a ship in the London Docks , who would , on
tho recommondaaon of Mr . James , provide young Jones with a berth on board the Diamond , the Captain of which was stated to be a friend of Mr . Jamea . The Diamond hai , however , left the London Docks when the parties arrived there , and Mr . James , the Police Inspector , and the boy hastened to Cork ; but ft > r reasons stated in a letter from the boy to his father , he was not shipped . After visiting Plymouth and several other places , during which the lad was treated with the greatest kindness , ho was ultimately conveyed to Liverpool , and there shipped , upon wnat voyage has not been ascertained , nor has the boy in his letters mentioned the itamo of the vessel or the voyage . The affair has beeu badly managed ; for the boy , after all the
expense aud trouble which has been taken about him , is again in England , after a five months' absence , and heartily sick of a seafaring life , for whioh , it appears , he never entertained a predilection . The same mouey , judiciously expended , would have procurod him a good situation , and paid his passage to a distant colony , to which his father would not have objected , and where he could have given no more uneasiness to the authorities here . On Saturday , in consequence of its having come to the knowledge of the father of the boy Jones that the New Police had something to do with the shipment of bis son , he attended at the Thames Police Court for the purpose of waiting upon the Magistrate , and obtaining information on the subject . He saw Evans , jun .,
whom he recognised as the-very peroon who was introduced to him eix montbs asp as the agent of a ship in whioh his son was tr ; be sent to sea . Evans said he was the agent of a particular ship at that time , and all that had ' jeendone for his son was done Sor his benefit . ^ Ir . Jones expressed bis surprise that a police on ? Cer should represent himself as the agent of a Bhi ' p , and said that he ought to have been consulted On the subject , and informed , of the destination of ' . he boy previous to his leaviBg the country . Evans r . | d the boy's interests wouldTiave been materially 1 effected if his destination bad been made known , » a < i Bpoke in high terms of the fcoys intelligence r . h aaaA r . onduot while be was with
him . Mr . Jr , neg then » id he wished to * W . ^ the Magtstr ate on the subject , and n » afraid Mm boy would be trepanned and «»* »*»! *» "e » » gm without ) , jjB concurrence ; but he wm informed the Magistrr ^ would pot be able to interfere In the matter , and after some further conversation he left theCr art . The poor man is labouring under « eat anxir ^ ty a bout his son , and has been unable tojouow his' usual occupation during the last week ^ owing to ««¦ distress of mind . He intends to communicate w ith the authorities at Liverpool , and request them ' uotto allow his son to be trepanned into another . voyage , whioh there is reason to fear may De I attempted .
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Interesting Anatomical Examination op a Female Chimp anzee . —In July Jast a very fine pair of chimpanzees were purchased by the Committee of the Bristol and € lifton Zoological Gardens , they having been brought direct from Africa to-this port . Poring the summer and autumn these rare animals attracted the attention of visitors from all parts . Frem the eiroinoBtance of no specimen having been preserved in this country for a longer period than a few . iaoiit . li 8 , as they have generally died of consumption , more than ordinary pare and attention were bestowed upon them by the keeper ; for as they were a pair —» very unusual thing— the- Committee set a very high vahra upon them : but it was of no avail , as far as relates to the female , for she died on the
stninstatrt , though not ( as it has subsequently been found ) of . the nsual disease , consumption , but of dysentery , to-which she had , in fact , been subject on her voyage , aad continued to suffer from it ;< II her death . Indeed , there was no remedy , for it was foand impossible to administer any medicine . The keeper was in the habit of masticating her food , anc feeding her from his mouth ; but the moment any kind of medicine was attempted to be introduced she rejected it , and even after it had been iorced down her throat she-would throw it off her stomach . The body having been presented to the Bristol Philosophic Institution , was opened by Dr . Fairbrother , in the presence of some of the members . On being anatomically examined , its great similarity to the human frame w « . b surprisingly apparent . The brain , lungs , heart , stomach , liver , spleen , kidneys ,
intestines , &c , were in form and shape almost exactly the counterpart of those in a human being ; the heart , in particular , presented a peculiarity never fonnd in any other of the monkey tribe—that is , it had nearly the same obliquity and rested oh the midriff in the same manner as in the human body ; indeed , the only striking exception was in the organs of the voice , there being on the upper part of the ventrjcles |© f the larynx two small membranous bags or sacks , into which part of the air must pass from the lungs during respiration ; so that the column of air is divided and diminished , and , consequently , the vibrations produced by its passage through the glottis are weakened , and the voice becomes inarticulatf . If it were not for this singular provision , it is supposed that the chimpanzee would be capable of giving utterance to its-feeling ' s and wants in the same manner that man does . —Bristol Standard .
Foua Vessels Run Down at Sea—Within the last two or three days the underwriters at Lloyd ' s have received intelligence of four vessels having been run down during the late dreadful gales from the north-west , unhappily attended with loss , of life . The vessels in question are the schooner Eliza , belonging to Ipswich , the Defiance , of Greenwich , the schooner Nancy , belonging to Yarmouth , and the brig Queen , of Newcastle . It appears that the Eliza , which was a fast-sailing vessel , was run down on the night of the 5 th inst ., between ten and eleven , near Harwich , by a brig called the Conudon , of Stockton , and it was a miracle that the crew , many of whom were asleep in their berths , were not carried down with the vessel , for she sank in a few minutes
after the collision . Fortuately they got on board of the brig , but were not able to save any property . The vessel is supposed to be insured . The Nancy was lost on the same night , and the account given of her Io 3 s is , that she was in the roads off the eastern coast , making for Yarmouth , when tho Jean and Mary , of Whitby , came athwart her bows with such tremendous violence that she almost immediately sank , and it was with the utmost difficulty that the other vessel was prevented from sinking , her starboard quarter being completely driven in . The piaster , Mr . Tedd , and the crew saved themselves by jumping into the longboat , and landed the following morning at Yarmouth very muoh exhausted . The Jean and Mary has since been run ashore to save
her . Both vessels are insured . As regards the Defiance , she was lost on the 10 th inst ., off Cromer Lighthouse . She was at anchor at the time , and the vessel that caused her destruction was the schooner Alert , of Wbitby . The master , who is the owner of the vessel , is unfortunately not insured . On the morning of the 11 th , Saturday week , the Queen , on her voyage to London from Shields , laden deeply with coals , when off Scarborough , was run down by a barque , name unknown , and three of the crew sank with the ship . The remaining portion of the crew sprang into the jolly boatjust as she was sinking , and were picked up about four hours after by a fishing smack , and landed at Flamborough . The vessel was valued at £ 2 , 000 .
DREADFUL Earthquake . —The following account has been received from a resident at San Jose , Costa Rica , on the Isthmus of Darien , dated September H , 1541 ¦;; : —¦ ' * Wo hava had lately some shocks ef earthquake which have caused great consternation , but happily , in this place , have not been attended with fatal effects . A little after six in the morning of the 2 nd instant the first shock took place . I was dressing at the moment , and immediately rushed to the door , some woodwork from the top of which , falling down , smashed to atoms my washhandbasin , and gave me a slight blow on the leg . However , I soon found my way to the square , where I encountered a motley assemblage , some en chemise , others with blankets round their shoulders , women
screaminir , dogs howling , and every sign of confu-Bion and dismay . This was an awful moment . The houses though much shaken , had not fallen , and we were every instant expecting another shock . The next was less violent , and fortunately did no damage ; but for nine days and nights we were kept in continual alarm by slighter tremblings of the earth . We passed the nights ia our clothes , with the doors open to the street , to favour our esoape , if it should be necessary . My house is so much damaged that I have ' not ventured to sleep in it since , and I understand it will be taken down . I have probably mentioned in my former letters that the houses here are only from twelve to fifteen feet in height , as some precaution against the danger of
earthquakes ; but , as I live opposite to a church , I did not view , without apprehension , the tower , which is one hundred feet high . In Cartago , five league ? hence , the effects were dreadful in the extreme . In less time than I can write it , a city of ten thousand souls was laid in ruins . What are all the _ evils of war compared to such tremendous devastation ? It seems wonderful how so few lives should be lost . The inhabitants were indebted for their preservation to their early rising . All the houses were levelled to the ground , and not more than forty or fifty persons killed and wounded- You may imagine the distress of the survivors , without a roof to shelter
them , and exposed to the mercy of the elements . They have pitched their tents in the streets and squares—miserable huts roofed with hides or leaves , a very slender protection when the rain is coming down in torrents for eight or ten hours successively . Many of them will , no doubt , perish from levers . The poor will suffer much from the dearness of food , the chief article , maizd , having been much damaged by the cattle getting into the fields , the enclosures having been destroyed by the earthquake . The cause of all these calamities has beeu an eruption of a volcano three leagues beyond Cartago . The last earthquake took place in the year 1822 , but the mischief was then confined to the destruction of a few
houses . The people have , as you may suppose , conduoted themselves like good Catholics . ImageB of saints were carried in procession through the streets , public prayers were offered daily , and women wtro walking about , doing penance , by carrying huge stones on their heads . " Borough Court of Requests , Saturday . —The Dustman ' s Christening . —Joseph Brown , a regular dastman , summoned Charles Norton , a gentleman in the same line of business , for £ 1 2 s . 6 d . Although the parties were in humble life , the case created n <> little degree ef interest , numerous gentlemen being present with their "fantail shallows , " accompanied by their wives and darters * to hear , » 3 one of the young ladies expressed herself , the result of
the"inwesistation . " Complainant—It s rather a long story , but I shall keep ta the main pints of it . ( Laughter . ) Commissioner—Thank you ; "Brevity is tbe soul of wit . " Complainant—You are werry right , Sir ; my eldest darter larnfc that at school . ( Laughter . ) But to come to the pint , as I said afore , my old homan was confined with a boy the same day as her Majesty —( load laiighte >>—and me and Sal agreed as how we'd christen him Albert on the same day as the Prince of Wales . I looked faevery day into the Court Circtrfcu \ to find out venthe hinteresting cercmoay was to be performed , but , finding the affair was not to come off till Februrary , me » nd my vife had a consultation , and , finally , ve agreed as our first boy should be christened last Monday .
( Laughter . ) 1 i » wit « d a . suur party to have some supper and spend the hevening . I guv my old homan asuvereign and a half wot I had saved up , ; she bought tw * ribs of beef , whioh was sent to the bakehouse , and a lot of taters under it : besides , we had two ham aad veal pies , a piece of the buttocks of beef , &c . ; I got in four gallons of heavy wet » two bottles of gin , a drop of brandy , and lots of pipes and tobacco . The defendant was inwited , with his old homanj and five otherpals ; we all made a capital supper , except Bill Saunders , who happered rather fresh when he first come . Arter the doth was cleared the usual loyal twsts were given and done due honour to , and Mrs . Norton BaBg the " light o ? other days "—( laughter)—aad Jem Roberts the H Stom ' - ( iaughter . ) -But little did I think a 1 00 bmithers
storm vnw brewing . i Laughter . ) J then proposed the health of Master Halbert Brown , Tich was about to be -given fronr the- cheer , when the defendant got up , and said as rbelonged tethe Aristocratieal party , * ad he would not drak the toast ; I , » s * heermMi , rode to demand an hexpla » a-UoB , when he ( defondaaOsays , 111 fight any man intk wo * foMi v * b « b . 1 goi up to pat him out of the room , when he aeiaed me , and tore mj tw / tceteen jacket aUtepieceB , and that ' s vot I summonium for . ( Roara of laughler . ) Defendant—I don't deny it . Mr . Commissioner , but I hates royalty , even by the » a « e . I did not wish to injure Mr . Brown ; bat if he had not given his boy such a crack jaw word , this here affair could never have took place . The defendant then paid the amount , and th « gentlemen left the court .
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Singular Ciecumstarck . —There is at present ia the possession ofMr . Robert Lyon . Cot > Hall , Sessay , . in the North Riding , a hen which has " for six successiveyears changed the colour of its plumage * it ia one year beautifully speckled , then the ensuing year completely white . Tbavelukg Extraordinary . — Two wiseacres , residents of Petereficld , were last week neatly culled by a man calling himself a sailor . He stated to those greenhorn * that he had about seventy pounds prize money to receive , and that he had drawn tea pounds at Portsmouth to convey him and pay his expenses to London , bat which he had unfortunately lost ; the remainder he was to receive at Somerset House immediately on his arrivin g there , his caoera
for which he had forwarded to his sister at Ratcliffehighway . He very generously offered the parties twenty pounds to convey him to London in some vehicle , which they did , and were to pay all travelling expenses . Toe money was to be paid immediately on their arrival in London . The party lived gloriously on tbe road , sparing no expense , but on arriving in London Jack made a sudden bolt , leaving his companions to travel back to Petersfield , andto > bewail their unlucky fate in having to pay the piper out of their own poekets , instead of grasping twentypounds for so slight a service rendered . —Hampshire Independent . Duauw—Cruel Thbaimeht op the Poor . —The board of guardians for the Cork union intend retaliating upon the English Poor Law authorities for
transmitting to Cork a number of paupers who were properly chargeable upon that or other Irish union ? , but not upea an English union . A number of the paupers , brought over in the ship Jupiter , applied for admission . The first applicant was a woman , with three children . She was a native of Cork , but ber husband was a Welshman . Mr . Cantillor ( according to the Cork Constitution ) said that , although'the woman had no claim on the union , they could not turn her out upon the streets—Mr . M'Carthy r Out with her—out with her—she is an Englishwoman . —Mr . Cantillor : Oh , oh ! What will become of her J—Mr . M'Carthy : Let her die in the streets . —Mr . Hackett : Oh , not so fast . —Yes ; she is an Englishwoman . Let her die in the streets —it , is merely a return for their kindness to our poor . ( Cries of " Shame ! shame !")—The paapers were ordered to be turned out of the housethough
, the mother protested that she and her infants , one of whom was seven * another five , and the third three years of age , had no means of procuring shelter or a morsel of food . Several men , women , and children , were turned but of doors , even though they were natives of Ireland , becaase they had lived some years in England , and were considered by the guardians , as properly chargeable upon English unions . The proceedings of the guardians , in reference to tbia matter , were long and stormy . Th « y ultimately decided upon applying to his excellency Earl de Grey , praying his interference with the secretary of state for the home department to prevent the immense influx of paupers from the port of London to the port of Cork , without reference to the immediate union in Ireland to which the said paupers may belong ; and further observing , that the transmission of Irish paupers from London te Cork waB illegal .
Death iw the Queen s Bench Prison . —On Thnrsday Mr ; Le Pipre held an inquest in the Queen ' s Bench prison on the body of David Wild , aged 71 , a prisoner confined for debt , and formerly a linen draper . The jury consisted , as usual , of twelve prisoners , six being rulers . Mr . Samuel Cooper , surgeon ; said that he was first called to see- deceased on Monday afternoon last , and found him in his room , labouring under oppression of the chest , and having a very troublesome cough and pain in the region of the heart . He wore a plaster on the chest , which showed that it had been affected for some time . Witness offered to take him into the infirmary , but deceased preferred his own room . Witness prescribed for him , and the next day , being urged to do
SO , deceased consented to go into the infirmary , is which he died on Wednesday last . Deceased had applied too late for medical succour ; if he had applied sooner , he might have been bled , and received other treatment , which probably would have prolonged , his life . Deceased said to a prisoner , on . coming into the prison , that his heart was broken , and that a creditor had taken his property from him , and then cast him into prison . Deceased waa perfectly sane , but his circumstances must have preyed , upon bis mind He had been in prison a fortnight . Ho died of disease of the heart , combined with an affection of the chest . Charlotte Harris—I had been the deceased ' s housekeeper for the last seven years He was subject to gout , and had a
long illness last Christmas . Deceased told me confinement wonld break his heart . He had no children , and had never been in prison before . The amount of the debt for which he was confined was about £ 40 Verdict—'' Died of disease of the heart , which was greatly accelerated by deceased ' s having been imprisoned at such an advanced age . " Accident by Lightning . —On Friday , during a storm of hail and thunder , which raged about oho o ' clock , an alarming accident happened at the new printing and dying works erected for Messrs . Higginbotham and Co ., near Little Govan . Air Fleming , cashier of the works , and Mr . Bow , contractor for the brick building , were standing in one of tbe flats of tho new mill , looking at the large stalk , and conversing as to the propriety of keeping on a fire to dry it , when Mr . Fleming observed &-
ball of flame strike the south-west aide of the stallr , and darting forwards , the concussion having occasioned a no se like the explosion of a gun . Immediately after , it was observed that the stalk was shattered , and rent for the space of about twenty or thirty yards . A labourer , who was employed in working lime at the foot of the stalk , was struck with the thunderbolt , and . precipitated into a hole near to the place on which he was standing . On . being lifted up , his arms and legs were powerless , and he appeared altogether debilitated for some time , when he regained the use of his limbs , except one leg , the power of which , it is feared , he will sot recover . The wall of a building erecting adjacent was also struck and broken . The stalk , which was recently finished , is 220 feet in height , and it measures seven feet in diameter at the top . — Glasgow Herald .
Frightful and > Fatal Accident on the Londow and Birmingham Railway . —On Saturday afternoon an accident of a frightful nature , and which terminated- fatally , took place on tbe line of the London and 'Birmingham Railway , at a place called Chigington , a few miles below Aylesbury . The up third class , or goods' train , had arrived within a short distance of the station , and the train had not yet stopped , when a man named William Gilles , foreman of the plate-layers of that division of the line , and who had come up as a passeBger , imprudently jumped out of the train .. The unfortunate fellow , nut beingaware that any thine : else was approaching , instead of jumping off on the same side a 3 the station , did to on that next the road , at whioh moment the York passenger train was coming up at the rate of at least thirty miles an heur . Before poor Gilley could reach the ground he was caught in the back by the buffer of the engine by which the York train was being
drawn , and wife Buch . fearful violence vras the shook that his body was seen by the guards of the goods train apparently to fly to the extent of between thirty aad forty yards . It bad not reached the ground the second time before his body was again caught and hurled forward by the froas of the inline , the driver of which endeavoured to stop the speed , but was wholly unable to do s * before the entire train , consisting of near !/ thirty carriages , had passed over him . The guards of the goods' train instantly ran to the spot , at least sixty yards from tho place where the-poor fellow had jumped out , and notwithstanding the dreadfully shattered appearance of his body in every part , liJe was not qaite then extinct * and he breathed for a few secoiids after . 'She body of the unfortunate man , who was twentyeifiht years of age , and single , was conveyed by the goods' train on to- Aylesbury , where it awaits a Coroner ' s inquest .
Toe Forgeo . Exchequer Bill Appaiil . —The veil ihat was drawn over this atrocious business is beginning to b * seea through , and tha mystery which hung about it to be gradually giving way to tho enquiring eyes of the few . It is now rendered pretty evident that Baaumont Smith is not the principal in the agai » v alihough he has avowed himself to be so ; he is-the siaape-goat for the greater , more ©• salted knaves ; and his declaration of being " wholly and solely guilty , " was to throw dust in the eyes of the public as to the detection of the real culprits . It is-a joggle between the efficeraef the Crown ¦ and justiee , and is to be hushed up" with as little noise as possible . Smith will not bo transported , or if he iswill be seat out on a voyage of pleasure toNew
, South Wales , and re-shipped after a short time for the European Continent , where he will pass his life in luxary , provided for him by the greater rascals in the business . It is a juggle , we say , to gull that jackass John Bull ; and all the parade of legal bigwigs at Smith ' s trial , and the affected solemnity of the proceedings , was of the fashion of the Cardigan joggle in the House of Lords . It was known very well to the judge and the counsel on both sides , that Smith was to plead guilty , and Rapallq was to be let out of the bag in time enough to afford him the facility of esoape before any new mock proceedings were got up against him . If Kapallo were brought to trial he could , and perhaps would , implicate parties in tbe fraud at whom the finger of suspicion has net
yet pointed ; more than one nobleman is said to rest under the imputation of having xknowledg * ef the affair , and of having participated in the profits of the forgery . Of coarse the noblemen , being oa the '' morality" side of the question , would east a staia upon the jugglers who now direct the whirlwind of affairs # ad float in the political storm between place and perdition . The matter must be " hushted up , " the public defrauded , and the enlpriU shielded . Smith , we say , will be handsomely provided forwill be secured a provision for life ; and this for taking upon himself the guilt of more devout rascals —men who will pass to the grave in * ' monumental pride , " but who , if there existed an equitable administration of justice , would be paraded before the world in all the deformity of titled delinquency aad " moral" and political degradation , —ffoiirof .
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CLASS LEGISLATION EXPOSED , OR PRACTICAL ATHEISM IDENTIFIED WITH THE ADVOCATES OF PROPERTY QUALIFICATION , FOR LEGISLATIVE ENFRANCHISE tfENT . By R . T . Momiisos . London , John Green , 121 , Newgate-street ; Heywood , Manchester ; and T . Kirk , Nottingham , 1841 . This is an exceedingly clever turning of the tables upon the advocates of oppression and misrule . These
gentry , whenever they hear an honest man advocate Sm allty of righis immediately cry out infldeL Mr . orrison has certainly proved the claim of these soealled Christians , to tbe unenviable title they are on all occasions so ready to bestow . We sincerely hope the dose he has administered will work effectually . Tofisd themselves practically denying the existence of a God and the immortality of the soul , must afford singular satisfaction to the saintly hypocrites of the present day .
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THEiCOMMONWEALTHSMAN or CHARTIST ADVOCATE , Nos . 1 and 2 , published by Thos . Cooper , 11 , Church-gate , Leicester . This is a new Chartist print containing some good articles . It is both amusing and instructive , and we think calculated to effect much good .
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REASONS FOR A NEW EDITION OF SHAKSPERE'S WORKS ; containing notices of the defects of former impressions , and pointing out the latest acquired means of illustrafing the plays , poems , and biography of tbe Poet , by J . Patkb Collier , Esq .. F . S . A . London : Whitaker and Co ., Ave Maria Lane , 1841 . ConadBring the many editions and corrections of the text of Shakspere , which have appeared , many
ef them by men of eminent learning and ability , it appeared almost hopeless to expect any considerable improvement from the labours of future commentators : the pamphlet before us , however , gives ample proof of such a supposition being unfounded ; and should the promises held out by Mr . Collier be realized , the admirers of the bard of Avon will have the satisfaction of beholding him in a more correet and original form than any in which he has hiiberto been presented to their notice .
The pamphlet is well written , displaying a close acquaintance with the snbject , and contains mnch valuable atd interesting information . The aHther has had access to the inva ' uable collections of various editions of tbe works of our great dramatist in tfee possession of the Duke of Devonshire , Lord Francis EgertoB , and a large circle of private friends . We trast the -work will be a valuable addition to our dramatic literature .
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LESSONS ON WORDS AND OBJECTS ; or & First Book for Children : arranged for the purposes of Object Teaching , for the uso - of ; Private Families , or Schools , by Jobs Ellis . Second Edition . London : Effingham Wilson , 13 , Bishopgate-street , and J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Jlanchester , A . Heywood ; Glasgow , Paton \ and Love , Nelson-street ; Le « ds , J . Hobson . ' This edition is improved in many respects ; and ; if the teacher attends to the hints g iven in the pre-, face it may be made exceedingly useful in making : fim impressions bvth agreeable and permanent . In a thira edition , the auihor , if so disposed , may still . / , 1 . 1 * 11 . iuxmer laoouxs
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improve ms . ; GOVERNESSES ; OR , MODERN EDUCATION . By Madame B . Rioixet , Authoress of " Private Education . " Nov ., December , 1841 . London , T > ub ) isaed for , and to be had 0 ! , the Authoress , 22 , Newman-street , Oxford-street . This work , as far as we can judge of it , from the portions vthich we haTe seen , appears calculated to throw important light upon subjects connected with female education . We have only seen two or three numbers of the work , and this prevents us from forming a judgment upon it as a whole . The numbers now before us contain some EDglish articles of considerable interest . Two on the subject of obedience are of great merit , and cannot fail to excite the most serious attention of those parents and instructors who are really desirouB of promoting the interest of those committed to their charge . Besides those , there are excellent essays upon style , and also in reference to exercise . We sincerely hope the lair autkoress will receive that encouragement te which her important labours gives her so just a eliira .
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THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , No . 2 and 3 , « THE LAUD , ' the onlj remedy for national poverty asd impending national rain . How to get it and how to use it . By Fxabgu * O Coskok , E ? q . Second Edition . Leeds , J . Hobton ; Manchester , A . Heywood ; London , J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Beet-street . We are glad to perceive that this valuable tract has reached a second edition . Mr . O'Connor well toderetaidi the subject on which be writes ; bis reasonings are clear and unanswerable , and his conelusions logical and satisfactory . We hope all Chutists will unite in giving to thosn letters a nxiTersal circulation throughout the three kingdoms .
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THE NORTHERN STXr .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 24, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct579/page/3/
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