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THB SPI 2 IT OF THE "JXOBiJHERK STAB" O > ITS BEAIOTAL TO THE "GBEAT TVES . " Ha 3 ! Champion of pure Preedom ' s Cause , Deserving of the "world ' s applause , "STio . fearless of tyrannic laws , With Tx > ld transgression , Sati entered in the Terr jaws Of strong oppression . Spirit of iht Star . ' all hail to thefryor e » er may thy pages "be Tie source through which Truth shall decree . T <> all Trbo toD , That Labour ' s sons shall ret be free . Aiid share the . r . TI
Be thine die iasl * to jruard the poor , TTho all tbe ills of life endure , Jgain > : lie irr ^ ch who would aOarc ¦^¦ "ith "bribe dt knai err . Or artful lies , s , eek to secure The eh : viTi ; - of slavery : Be time the duty to disd « v Tbe f .-. l d-signs of Freedom * * foes : Ffeow u- all nations wh ^ nire arose :- -- - aiisK-cracj : AliX t-. ruiiivl . ss iKou Tbr ^^ c-W s ^ oes , V : imask hvpocrisv '
rr > xi- j- : the great tvrrcpted V > t-n , Indi ^ ii-. — ' ai the wtututs ofmen , Tlr j-atriutN s-ijvl' . Uiv pji't "? pt-a ! ^ iiidl ioxh eiuni ^ e Te JiurVs- die dt ~ pi > t \ - i > niKi ? t tiers , A ? : d v . toi !? a ^ saajre . Xtjc-ici- lihcns ' cr a patriot banil . A ^ aIt ; -: iiyusrii-r make- a -rand ; 9 ! •' ' -. ; . ui : il . Gaul , ^ r Pole , demand f : - ~ o ^ cr-.-d rizMs , H £ icl _ !<; iu ; content Jir-rJ SU ihe laj > 3 VTuh pure dtdights . Sjfaii of the Star !—2 * t : i 3 t ; . acain -Anvss rte broad Aiinntir main Be-ecbvr bark the el * . riun > strain TLvir Press duth bring ; And rrsf , [ ir > slander bites in vain—J X tn ?; 3 o ? sl ir-. « -. ri-c ^ -
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THE PHEASANTS EGGS , i T . yrr . v >? "rm <; . &iix un * s—rorsi > u ) os pact . "He was « .. / "jiinii-n thst the Oame-Laws -. vere a fertile source of cr * - ! £ i = J v > f cvn > eqatrnt expense and demoralization to tbi <• -.. luuiiiiy- * , Property in game ocsht cot u . i ; r pruttvitd as dihiT property , inasmuch a > Itisd not th ~ rx ~ = j « . aifi 2 l » ilirie * of oilier proj . r-rty . "'—^«« l ty 5 tr n&r )~ j ! ,,- df t « f /»' - --rl - . » 3 / i < Isin ; .. i . !; . ¦ ¦ Sr-fsioiii . " Poachiua ; -a . a ^ th e Conse- ^ aturr of game bcin ™ p-t- > tr \ i-d sn 3 precede . ! . "— / ... M ifW-... At earlj d ^ iMi i > rth fn . » ni iiis conie he nit .. Ted—If borne it nii ^ ht be call'd . where Pain and ^ an : Btid empire iVU . and i > a each ft » rm beiovrd Their b' -rriil itnpre ~ 5 plaor-d , all grim and ^ avuii . "T ^ ras hj a I-.-nilmu ' s pari his steps- hr Ihu ! : Kopnri .. ^ .- oj « mt « l in hi- heart ; Bat . deez ' :- i-. z ^ -iss . slu ^ i- oti fle wen t ,
¦ Whils t ' ! unu-rr jsincb'd him ¦ nitb prrpr-taal sciai " " How sa-I ( ili' . su ^ ht he > so inany suir > of toil Should i . a ii . ud i-f j » eaj .-e and plt-arj j > : ce . "PTalst Uit —iht ^ ealihj f ^ rners of the soil—In iaii .. % ' s Iiij > fron > t ! ai : - dai recline . ' Brooding ^ ' r ii !< like these hr stroiT' 1 alonp—Unhee « i ri Harare ' s heiutie * tvt-re di-= ]> laT'd . ¦ VThtn fjviu h--T nest a bird aari ? hte < 3 * pruns . Anfisousbi . Triri uoi . ^ iiiirlit . the " »*> . T-diiti ? -i > ii ^» l A pheAK 3 !> : ' CXii . •' j . rc . tr-ctsr ^'" 1 > T ihrr 13 TT HtTseif , her t ^ -ff ? , ht-r rirt ' u"d anu unde . i : "< j r . icr : But ifiia : --Mmifat ivJH a man oVratve . Waen rrirc > caria : 5 .. D s :.-r « -i him in tiir £ ace "' Her e-gg ? -- -uiii ? erre them i ' -r the ra < -rn ' 5 Tvpa =. t : Scr * j- v . n- tlicrr t- > inari !?>• 2 . boinfi ^ rard it- his rt'ita ^ e Tra « -s"d . And t ^ 1- hex "jnli T > . -fcoiE he lu ^ 'd fuiJ Vffll .
A " icrT- ^ livtr . acva . -:- _ alf d t <> the plait-. S-.-. -B nj :-- " ii the m ^ istrrr & .. Q th- 1 «» tt }\ d-.--i - . "R " ith pracii ^ . i AS 1 he did the j ~ : » acht-r trac--. Szid or ; -- lull clearlv did his crime af-.-st . Broi ? = n bid bet-n that law , br rith men made , Ttat I > : f ; . nniujuT ^ d ii' -av thrir sj « rts rei ^ in ; Ttai ca tl > > r l » - _ » sriis each season niaj b ^ lr .: d Birds v : ; : ; -i ; had fatten ed ' > d the j » i > jr n _; in ' - irraiji . Thi- Trn . < hi * i-rbDf—he rc » i » b'J the wild hir > j "> nt-r-i . THifn ' .-. i-li-Hke hnust-T- iV-A hi > kac a > -aii ; Anil for tils r-rii' * - hi .- scii ' enee "v » as tsj > i \ . ~ - " ii" Thrr-r iu-. u-hs" hard lab-. ur in tbt- wsiay : ; ira- 'l . " Srr Trt hi « ji- trd imprii- 'jiiriient eij-irv . l iHiua-U vas . u ^ aiie uj » -n Ms wife f <> r t ^ t . z . Anc f-aru- ^ i : v-v . ^ j > t-r . : iijl > t < jri ] j rt-quirrd . > Li- L . _ i . i thr claim , and passion then f . > und - . . at—B ^ c ^ rk iH-st-iiir unloosed H 35 Hoe ^ htV hnU \ . The Tesi'ltr «? :: ^ j » erii !^ nrved , "" i »« -vr : !_•? Lii « ,-,- t . " Mianiiii ^ i-ra :.. t ^ ht seirt-tl . in madne ?* K . i ' . JTi .- ^ n .-tLjr- ;« r hi -jhc ~ st her feet " Her ¦ 3 r- ^ ru - - - -- -ni ;! n . > r ItU : our ta-li ' s < --. Lnpii-: ^ . Tr * - G _*! ,- Lci-u- iiJ- = ? t > f ilU--& trmtrirl < - > urrr . Mat ¦ ' « ., -.- - ! .. in ; lir rt-uatf take their --at . Bit" ir ¦ n "U ; . = ta . mtr-l > - « > k this class-mad ^ r «; r *> -
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overcome bj his emotioris he sunk into a cLair am ' burst into tears . : Heretvasa business : If tjjej v « asanvthiii ^ - » hirh Tvould have made Lord ilonniouth trait- ] from London tv Xajjlt-s at fbiir-and-tTventj hours' * notice , it was to avoid a scene . Be hated scenes—he hated feelings . He saw instantly the mistake he had made in sending fur his grandchild . Ht-¦ was afraid that Coninirsdt was tender-hearted like his father . Another tender-hearted Coningsby ! Unfortunattfiunllj- ! Degenerate race ' . He decided in his mind that Goningsbj must be pro-rided for in the Church . * * * "" 'What can be die matter V said Mr . Rigby . * ' I was thinlxiiig , " said Coning » i » v . ' * of poor Tyip-rr ^ n ; " * *• Hush ! " said ilr . Kisrbj , " Lord Monmouth never likes to hear of people who are dead : so tou must take care ni- \ er !•• mention voui- mother or vour father . "
A GBEAT TBtTTH . The liarqness thought he could read characters by a gbince , and in general he was verr successful ; for his natural sagacity had been nurtured by great experience . His grandson was not to his taste : amiable , no doubt , but a spoonej . We arc too apt to belie % e that the character of a boy is easily read . Tis a mystery the most profound . Mark what blunders parents constantly make as to the nature of their own oflsprinsj , bred too undrr their eres , and
displaying i-i err h ^ ur their cliaracieristics . How often in the nur-ir > does the gtanins count s ± & a duuo * - l >« anss be is pensive ; -ivhilc a ratthng urchin is invested with almost supernal uxal qualities because Ids animal spirits make him impndt-nt p . nd flippant . ' The schotO-boy . abt > ve all other * , is not the simple being the world imagines . In that young bosom aiv often stirring passions a- strong as our own . dc-sires nut less violent , a \ uliuon not less supreme . h \ that young bv » si 3 m viliat burning lo \ e , what intense ambition , what avarice , what lust of power ; i-n \ y that fiends mi ^ 'ht emulate , hate that man niisrbt fear !
romnirsbv irailies at the dinner-table , and living evidences of 110 deficiency of "blood / ' therein conciliati-s hw grandfather . At dinner he makes the at-qnr . im . ince of one of Rijrby's wmv friends in tht ' person of Liu-ian Gar , b _ v wliom onr readers -wil ] understand is jneant ilie Inte at-complished , bin unhapj » y Theodore Llook , who" To party ? ave up lvhat was meant for mankind , " and liad for his reivaj-d a life of mental prostitution , and a death of penury and neglect .
Lrrns . Ifaturi" liad intended Lucian ii-.: \ for a si-lsolar and a i ^ ii n . rT > -i ;_ : his .. un ft ill \ ' : ' ¦ ha- ? made him a scnMih-r and a bu ; Tt"Ti . He had tlisthisniishe'l himself at the university : but he had n . > ]» atrinu > ny , nor those powers ol perse \ erance which success in any learned profession rcquirr ^ . He w :: > C'xid-looking , Isad jrreat ai : iuial spirits ^ di ] d k ~ en seii-e ttf eni «»^ DK-j . t . an » J rould not tiruilcr , M'tr ^ jwr . b < -ba * J n nne loire , and sm ^ his own ?«» Ilg ^ with ( -. T } -= i' 3 frab ? r taste—ai-ronij > li > limeDts ivliieli lund . bis fortune in society . ai : n completed hi- ruin . In dut time he extricated himseif from the bench , and ini-iyi-l into jnurualisiu . _\ means of wbii-h be chanred lo be <* LO ;] - acquainted with Mr . Kijrby . That worthy i : nli \ idual wanut sl . 'W in detPcrinsr the ir . : i = :: r < - he bad ali- 'bti-d on— : i
wit . r \ rva-iy anil happy writer , a joyous nnd tractable bein : ; . wiib the education , and still th > - fit-linjrs and manners of a gentleman . Frequent the S ^ unda ; . dinners which fouinl liay a ^ "j < -sl . it 3 Ir . Rijrby ' s \ illa ; nunn - ou > tlie airy pasquinadt-s be left brhinc ' . and which m : ule the fortune of hi * patron . Flattered b y the familiar acf } ii ; . intai :.-f : if :, mm "f station . ai > d sansroinf- Th : i 1 he had found the link whit-h woidd ^¦ out i » r later restore him lo the polishei ' world that he had forfeited , Ga \ labounJ in his \ oi ~ atiou witli ¦ n thn ^ iasm and » uocr >< WiHinjrl y would Iliirby hare ke }>! hi > Treasure ii > )> jnj . « £ - }/; . -iiid trvi } hr hoarded it for a lon ^ : tim e , but it oozed on ? . Rijjhv lovt »« l the reputation "t pt > ss : —sini ; the complete art of soriety . His dh > n < rwere oclel > ratfl at least for Their jruests . treat inteJi-.-nuiil illustr : itiouj were IoUli'i there blv ' . l-k-u with rank
uud bijrh station . liigby io > eu to p . iti-on :-v ; tu j . lay the minisu-r unbending , ami « eekins relief from the c : tr « -s of council in the -. ^ iety of ambor * . arrists and men o ; science He hked iiukes to ihne with him . and hear him .-. atter his auilacioos critieisin to Sir Thomas nr Sn Humphrey . They went away a-to-jnjed bv the J'owcrs i > 1 their h" > t . wh-. h ; iij he not unfortunately dciotcd tli -se jiower * t » - t ! i .-ir }> art > . must a ;> j > arently Lvv r ^ ali .-il Vandyke , or di-i-i « ered the safer * l : iin ]> . N > n . ]' . < !)) t-se hi . u * -r > Lucian 'jay . wlj <> had brilliajir i- - 'i ; vt-r-at : l . iiaJ |»> at-r * , and «} n > i » ' ) --i- >>; - (] , il ! the n ¦ - liirrr- of V . iMiD i-tiij ) pau " n « n » iii p . w ..-: ! d be .- ill inialu .-sblt - : il ! y . Hr w-a-. therefore . a-lnii : r . , 1 . ami m-j . ir .-d b-, tb 1 >> ibe 5 > re > e : ; l e ; u . > v : i : nt and t ! i- K . tiirv !•» wl : i « -h it Ini- ^ li ! Ir . tii . lu- ^ eirrn-His were untinn-v varit > u » . most - ucce- ^ -
lul . iii ^ ln > . iutuerj Kx-im . .-n ! i ni' . r . < eltl < rat « cl * ' * » «' . ' . r thint- Ui . l . y war- r<— -hed ••; , . i ; aj shouhi ne » t * r ~ e' ; ti :. > M-rmi . niiJ-liou-r . Thri ^ » i ; i ~ aniinpyr an ••> o hi : rh f . > r i t = win :. - to -.. ar in . ] Ji ? by kept that s . « -ia mnL" . ;> . It di- 'i : ^ tiveh ;¦• mark th < rela : i > -n that » ut > -iati-. ' 3 * erw - ^*_ -u tii ^ -nj ^^ ;^ irr *> u . -ujj-riit-rir . It v * vi > --omi-rhin ^ " : ^ " . va ^^ er aK . ut « h- _ : i Ui- \ H , rt- t . ^ --di « r uft « -r tJn ir -ai «' l * . trj ~ ,. { <¦!; ,:-,- ? Ri .- ! -. ki-j .: his r .-olution i " .. r so- » - years , v . 'i . h ; h {<• ., yj , .. ' . in . 1 ; . r-. ' "T : ^ -d al>— -ne .- of l ! .-m-. rqiir-si t—7 > , ! -r-. f n--: . ery dif ti-uli . But we ur-- therr-arnres of t-tr .-uni ^ fanres at least the Ri « rbr r ; ice p .-. r ticuUirly . L--ru M- < i !< ci"Ut ]] returned ti > England --ne year . a : al w :-. 3 * t-il ;•> 5 > c amu-M .-il . lie wanted a jester ; a m : > ' : al » . ui him wli > . w .. u ' :. ] n-. ake him— : iot lauch . for that w . i--inij « r . * iWr . but -nii ] .- nsore freipi . ntli . t « U -jood itoii .--> a _ T " i- nttl ihirTir-. .-in-1 -inc now .-jn' 1 then . ( - < j > ecjil ] v Kreii' h
s .. n ^ s . Early in | j ; e IJi-j-hv would have . itt .-mpt .-d all thiiboujL 1 . ¦• hai ii' -irh ' -r fun . \ oiee , nor ear * * * 1 > e . as ; i l-. l : < - with I !_ l- \ Tljal > k- . i : ie . if J ^ . xi !> le . -houUl < 1-aiivthi-j- for L .-r-i M <> . i : n- > ut ] i but him-eif . and a- a ^ i > : •¦¦ n .- 'i-t )> - •" •• ! -i . ) . };•• v ..-i- . ! • .,-riiiiiiri ! rh .-. r } : N i T-J-hij . -li--nl ' h .- ! -.- the l-. ^ t iTi the i ; :: irV .-r . ; , n-1 That Iv- -1 .-t ;! ' lw <» e 1 h-• —fii- -. f funi' -ht- j - •" ,- .-. r :-. ' ' ,-. A- ; i r- 'wunl . ih' -rr : " "n l * -r many jiasl -cm-.-. an . J m fit ~ h rbn .-i !¦• in- luiurei-rrit > n-, K :. rby on- . ' j _ i br .-ke ;•• iJay lh . it : ! .. li .. ur ha- ! a * Ie ? i 4 fr ' : . ' irri * - . ^» h . : ' : \ t _ 'h » -r .. iy . « -t ••! *) « - r ^ : i-- > . ' :. i ) i )< am ' .-iti-. ii v » n V , i- ] -:. i " . : i- > -l Tin- fu ! tibn .-Ti 1 "f iii ; - '' iV J >< ir . i ' ieri- ! i < -i am ! ¦]¦ --lr- - * ! . " ]• - --. « .-r- u ' . ik' - rc > l « - r-ali ^ e- ! < iay w :-. r ! ¦ !» } . r- -vuifi : > - Lon I > l-- ! ii ; ,--iri > a'i'l dine ; i Mon : nfj : ii-b- > usr . T ' ie 3- ¦ ja : il !;" . - il--f * - >' .:- a < U < -r < --fli ] i . ne ; > .-rt :,. T | - ' - ; i ! . '' i to b- > th parties . '> :. \ h-raine au habjTii : J yu-i-t . < f !• •»?•• t
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THK ll . l . VMlNATKl ) MAGAZINK . —Dr . « r . MP . r . i : Tlii > number i > . at K-a < t in thcliieran department , au imjipjvt-ment tm the ! . i < i uunjlx-r . " i " iiiherla ! i < l , "l ^ ( raven , is continued , and inoreaso in int . re ^ t . '" Tli > PliiJosophy of Theatr >~ " i > one of Anyus Reach' - amusiT !|; sketches , witli the philosophy of which wi cordially eont-ur . * ' Young England and Ould lv < - bind" contains some £ f > od fliit-rhat , enunciaiin ^ trutL * which Youns Kn ^ land will \> e all the Lettn for si-udyine . ]> ui the L'fjjj of ilie ]» iv > piit nuiubtT i > a continuation of Luke Iltwlen ' s '" Travel and Talk . ' the subject of hi * pn-M-nt remarks Ix-mx Iuih . From these deliditful rcminiscenees we have Sflt-cted a
e-. We pa > s over the authors v ., _ ra ^ e to Civitsi-Vtvehia , where having arrm-dhe wa- hnmediately subjected to the plundering -vstt-m wliit-Ji the- * " natives " M'eJii to re-sartl as- tlie luost ii « li- * j » ti } S 4 » l > lt * of duties when an Ei ) L ] L-bn 3 an i- th » ulnvct of their mpine . For eii . ) n franr-s he had hi- , t-itrlit packam-s duly carried frv . jn the h > o <' : t to tl ; - ' - office of the diligence : here , hf » wf-Yfr . tin- xTviii s of 1 ji > fmnr-a-piec < - jiorte > -s endi-d . The luL ' - 'auc was brouirht to the office , nut not a .- < ml -. voujd !< :, d a hi Iphm baud to place it on the diligence without Wing a ^ aiu jiaid- In thi- < dileiiini : ) tlie dilii « -Ece > t ; in > , leaving our traveller K-hiiid . wish tLe miditiiiual nniriiiiraiuni ot ' iH-int ; ex ]» o * ed to ji iicr I ' et-t Sc »; rh ¦>' " -n-j ~ -t'r of rain , ami the j >]< -a > Jnir : "' ¦ - ri . ftion t ' hat he liad paid for his eoim-yaiii-e by t ! : i ilii :.- ! ic-e which had left him in the luivh . At length anotlit .-r eani .-i ^ e « a-. j . nxurt-d , ; md h < re let us uiv « a >] .- ( ( i-u . ! i of
TIlVSLUN ., I . V IT 1 LV . i'n iii v . ni—1 wi j-roiniseil 1 " irrivi in six hour- a " "H" » --t . s ! : » -in ^ 11 n thre .- n ' cinlt . We a ^ rwl to k < - < ; '• va »« -h ; .: ! -TU 3 : i Ii iir-. U- 'h !>•< littl > wi ; ul"V . : it the back rhr cri 7 'n : i ^ 1- . f * -r \\* - b <» th f- It quite ri-rt : iin «> f a tlovnial ; H ^ in . » ' ; n'l . li ^ l . tninir : < : ieh rain a- I h-nvrht wa > only I" > t-f-. Tl ; -l ^ lijiii . ' th . tr .. jrie > ] t raffle in iit a !! j > artaTfl nc ' . "it in a ]>!;/> . ' , ' ( - T )(< - iiiixl' -n * » v »> n )« l lu- ' uh ^ r >} . •!;; or opt-n Turn !¦• ivin < lnar > ] s-uii sma-bt- ! it-- !; * ' . atoms , a :-. ! v .- took it by iar " t -, « to ]<¦•)•] ny a < ; onk to thi oj .- ^ ninc In t ! - > - midst of . l-. lu ^ e a-nl ditrkness . cra ?^ burr . p . ila-b . >' ... m i-arr . e al ! « " < ir l .-avj' lu- ^ iit ^> - iut «> t ! -.-rosrl . and ti :. i ..-i » . of the - !• nu-rrs render > d it ahin--iiv : jxj « -iMe To n .- ; . l »> - ' . '•¦ ]« i « tili' -u ijr . iii-r > -tan < l t ) 'e aci-idei- ' but a i-.: n-. i < -r '>? . ) 5 s i-arJ ju =: 1- 3 , hj > 3 : ik " umbliJ n » i-r lii-; n : nk-. n > i-1 at laf = T raadr hini hf-iir . Plea-anT eatastrop ! : this- : thi ^ 3 ; :: < 3 srr -n' . ih of r- " > iiii <> r 7 ami fernur roui > n -t lift the iniT-. l s . •!• _• :. >« . and our only resource was ;¦ stand in 'he roa-l mil \ m-nl tijj some ili .: nev p 2 £ > enp ' ¦
-h'ju'd ¦ - ¦ line to ' > ur . ^ --i-Jance . At last > ujih labmirii ) rn ^ n cmi . v to «>\ : t ai-1 . aT > . <\ . b \ ihe belji of f . E ^ bts of Ii'jrl . i n : ri £ ? . \ r < - u » -rr enabled to see J :-iw ! ' i-er >] . ' i <" ' - i ) : e logxa }!' 1 >" . ; - w-. K •' . n-- ; ii ; :- _ ' ; -i f :: >; en it wi ; h , sd ¦¦ Hi- of them wajj :: t l > -hii .-J the fcnu-j ' s cart , ami one Inliincl i-ar o" 1 vehit-le . arrd the ii' ( -a Avalk .-d after ihmi to bold thrvi " ] T ? : i > } . ] e .. saiu pr <» ii « nade lasted .-: b-iut tr . - n miles , tin ilf-lu ^ e cor-iD ! ii :: > - with unabated violinre . and the darK r ! t- !— . rather iiiiTeasing than iimi ! iis ?< :: i ^ . We arrived in ia-t at what would Ik- < -aIied in K : ij .- ! andL a i'edjre a ! ibc » u ^< -. ^»; i .-i > t * rim ; v . ou-h . a seent- jirts--ute ^ l itself , sue } as wp soinciinus see in jiaii-tinirs . A creat uuirclu-r . men . with the reinilar melodrama hiib-cre-wiied hat :- . iiu . short jackets , wire cK-eply eng ^ ajred . .-nine at cards , sf > m » at iloro . : < U vnrifrratinp with a fury as if they were on the point of cuttine one another ' s throats . A blazin ; Are of line br . 'iurb * -s lhn-n a glarr t >! light over a 1 ^ -rtri barn-like ro < inj . and brought out in strour relief sn ;; n « rrou ]> 5 that wr . uld have been v . oitly of tl ; c j-t-ncil 01 Wilkie . I nid i > i > t half like Tin con ; j :-r . T .
We ai last procured crm ' . s and strj !] iS . and wl : in the trunks -nere oner more fastened on 1 was assailed fur monev by half-a- < lozeii volunteers , as well as the farmer i . nd the roen who had accompanied us . The impudence with which every one fiied the aiuouW of his own exorbitant reward , and the ferocity with which he insisted on eompliaDce with his terms , made me again regret my want of Italian execrations . Ixot ha ^ ng enough money in mj pockets to satisfy all den ;« nds , 1 jrave the fanner ( who was poii : p to Borne ) a rote to be presented at the hotel to which we had been recoir . n ; tiidfcd—not thinking il ]> ru dent , in . « ucb corcpanj , to open my desk and takc out a rouleau of Kapoleons .
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On again we -nent . Rain , rain , rain . Torrents of water across the road , which almost took the horses off their fi-et . Such roads—heaven and earth 1 even Fi-ench roa > U art- better . The Pope ( as some one remarks with more wit than reverence ) must be what he calls himself , O' -d ' s Vireferent , for tlie road to Rome is so like the road to heaven—narrow , difficult , and full of obstacles . At length they reached the Eternal City , and after enduring all the miseries of a Custom-house examination , are permitted to seek shelter and repose . __ Our author gives us a magnificent description of St . Peter's , with an account of a gorgeous ceremonial service performed therein on the last day of the year . Tht ^ v wp are compelled to pass over , but we cannot resist the temptation to give the following account of '
THE C 0 L 1 SEFM . Out of these ancient structures , however — the Coliseum—so far from producing disappointment , sreatly exceeded ray expectations . 1 had seen views of it in innumerable variety , and more than one cork model ( the best of all materials for giving a faithful representation of dilapidated buildings ) : but when I actually entered the arena , and looked round on the stupendous mass , I was struck with an astonishment ajiproachinj ; to awe . The level surface of the interior is covered with turf , and surrounded by a sort of small altars , called stations , each with a picture representing some passage in the life of Christ . These were erected to cvnseeraU the spot , and to prevent it from wanton
spoliation ; a wise and amiable feeling , which I whs sorry to hear had been set at defiance by an English lady of hip-h rank , who had brought a pir-nie party to dance Scotch ret-Js in a piace now detliciited to religion . Thifopen defiance of tht feelings of foreigners is of not very ¦ infrequent occurrence among the wealthy travellers from l-n-at Britain . It causes a strong sentiment of disgust awl humiliation among their countrymen of better regulated minds , and excites unbounded indignation in the Italians : for ev « n those of them who have no belief whatever in Christianity ( and their name is Legion ) , still feel it u national insult . The sincere Italians speak of it as we should speak of a similar exhibition In foreigners in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , or Westminster Abbev .
The noble rums of this vast amphitheatre arc still so perfect in parts that one has no difficulty in completing the building in the imagination . The broken steps and arches an- in every stage of picturesque dilapidation , and art nlmo 3 l rwvcrtil with tht 1 Hell-known Houvr so common 011 our old walls , but hi re arriving at a size and colour which Sires a green and purple hue to the whole mas * ufruiu . s , and ft > nn » a vtry beautiful ornament . * * * ' # * Tiie circumference of this great o \ al is stated to lie un . re : h ; ui Olio yard * ( issn feet Knglisli ) : . mil its height I , Vi tiet ; £ 0 that \ ou mai f < -rm : ui iilea of its magnitude .
1 > . considering that it U almost double the length of St . 1 ' aui ' s Cathedral , ; u \ d lusher than the uuUi-r \ of the monument . It is said to have lit-ld a hundred and sixty thousand spectators . When Titus had completed this i-nuniifliis amphitheatre ( begun by his father , Vespasian ) , bi gave a series of spectacles therein which occupied a hundred consecutii e days , and it is reported that on this occasion two thousand gladiators and five thousand wild beasts were sacrificed . Allowing the greatest latitude for exaggeration , the mind recuils with horror at tht contemplation of such a scene of slaughter .
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THE DE 5 TIST OF ITALY . The temporary oblivion , in which it seems plunged aj > - j-ear ? to tut- but like the repose of the giant , to refresh hitusclf for still greater exertions . I cannot but thiuk that it is destined , at no distant period , to advance to a liijrli place in thefrtint rank of nations , and resume almost its former influence . Then' is a miffhty spirit at work there , tempering the clay to make gnat men : may it be successful * * * The Italian ? arc one of the noblest races that ever peopled the earth : to me there seems more hope of their ultimate triumph than that of any other nation not already advanced to the foremost rank in civilisation . Physically and intellectually , they have the finest organi-. " iriv : i i-vcr bestowed bv nature . TJicv arc fitting
thetn-- •¦! u- « f > r the position which they are >> b \ iouslv destined to take , and nothin ? can interrupt , destroy , or « lela \ the t onsunimation but an attempt at revolution , nbove all a l-iolution after the fashion of France . Whenever Ihr )•¦ ••)>\ v are caVied on to . aid a resolution , it must clearly depend "" the state of tin- jieojile as u > knowledge and > irtu .-. whither the rc » o 1 ution shall be conducted to good or eiil . The true friends of Italy arc -teadilv labouring t . > -j . r--ad the We < .-i : r ^ s < if education anil political know-K-d-jt . and in the fulness of time the fruit will bf seen—it ; - not distant , if the misguided / a ) of hot-headed en-?' m- ! : i = t » can hi r > - > traiiied witJiin lit bouMds of common - : i ~ . It i ~ a '' lori- > n > countrv . and worthy of tilt- noble
r ; , e- th . it tiil- it . Tho-e n ^>^ rniutr will see full jic-» -. jijij » hsliuit-ul « . l ail thut the most ardent fri' -Tid of ]> ro-, r . ~ - c ; v \ dc > ire ; Jet tin 111 but reform a » fast as tlie _\ can . lid ! i <>! attempt to refoiin a * fast a- > they can ' t , and ail « i . "l 1 . « ell . Jt ; ih . m-s a WTili-r in th .- Antolo ^ -ia exj i i- « ..- ~ f-. < : it , in the in- —t e \> juisite Italian that rii-r honoured a print < -r-¦ >}•• ¦> . " tliou ^ h overrun by so many cnemit-s ^ torn h . v so ; .: un » 1 nel facti-iiis—devastated by luniany liorrid yv ; u " s—• m Ti " - ; i — . 'ii , Hapifle , and Coiinagratioit . s , fctill remains ! l ; i ' i :: t « il and interesting—an object of admiration to all . it . lta ! i : LD . " says he , " prostrate yourselves , and kiss this -aiT' --i earth : seek thereon the footsteps of y , our ancestor--; ' .. ! f . .-irii to tre .-td in llii-ni ' " '
I ; - ! cr t ! ie lii-ad of "' l"ine - \ rt- '" is pi yen a short j « -i-- > iui < of tii ' j « -oj » le and cnrifi > itirs of Iluiivia . om o f t )! -- > "irrh Atnei-h-an ltvtiul > iii-s . Tin- article inio ~ t ir : T > -r>—1 in j ^ , lilt far flu brief to ilo justice to Mirli 1 -uli ' u-et . The lvmaininu prose artuies ilo not reiiiiii- ; : iiv iiotji-i-. From tlie poi-tieal contents yvt ¦ xtraei thvfollnwiuj : / with which we must conclude I i , i- notice : — .-TA-KS . " M . U .- ' "» t-. ir- ! « -tar > ' beautiful star- ' Ui-iini . ' in ratiiance . tbron » -d in jour ear .- , v . 'h--n day ilics iji b-auty Afar .- ' er the deep . \ eoiur lo y our duty . Vi . ur ! --m v .. it ^ -h to keep . 1 ! . \ -mr Yizlit / 5 ; i ! . iin : r o ' er rii' -r an'l «<>'"! — l . ik ^ irtu ' .- ' s fxistciire , as - 'lcesosm as C"t"l
-: ; ir » -tars ! b-.- 'iutiliil star- ! J-:- ^' itiii ^ tile lonely night , soothing it ' jar-NVhiK- gazing above me . Y .. ILT sst . l ' t limits ilppe ^ J I . ik ¦ sue » -t eyes thiit lmt nie . And i-. a : c Jting me ) ien" . F . y .-s that liiin- left this cold world of despair , i > ut » oyy beam from heavf-n , and beckon me there -i r .-ir- ; siar < : beautiful stars ! Watclsiiig . till morning the day-gate unbars Jn < rm \ - ! s linti you cluster . Ur ^ in ^ ly ye ^ -o , "^ till iH-ndinj ; your lu .-tre To mortals below . IJir . v lH-autiful night is . a bride fond and warm , And ye hang like jewels about her fair form .
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I . \ ipoitT . v . v ( e of . SrriiYi . NG -Giiammah . —To those who hcirin and do not intend to iro on—a class of students which J ' mirh tt-Us us is very mimprous—it would be in vain to address arirnnients on tin ' s subject . Men who are not in earnest themselves seldom appreciate the earne-tne ^ s of otbere ; l < ut tht-y who havi' felt the dimity ofiniprovcnirnt , will attentiM . lv lriraril anew rflbrt for tlicir hoiiclit—and to thoin 1 speak . In the introduction to an old Oxford Latin ( iraininar , it is ele ^ ajitlv . siid tliat " ( inunniar is the sacrist tiiat l > eai > tin- key of knowledge , l « y whimi alone adniittam-e can 1 « - ] ia * d to the temple of the muses and treasures of the arts . " Bishop Lowth , tin father of KnirJijih ciraininar , styles it " the has is on which : iU iitentturc ou- ht to rest . " Is it because dimcultics
/• resent iJiomsclves that thor assurances have no weight , tliat irninnnar is so little sought after and ho scliloin ai-i ) uin- ( l ' . Let it l > e rcmemhcri'd , that he \ y 110 shrinks from difficulties in a necessary jiumtit , is wantinir in visrmir and iiuinlines « . In our day the iijtivtiltics attending the study vi' ¦ . TSinimnr are so iVw as not to l > e worth-enumeration . Sidney , in bis " 1 ) i- }' l'U < v of I \ wsy , *? hith ' cd , telh w > that "it was a licce of the Tower of Hahylon ' s < -nrse , that a man Oiould W jiut to school to learn his mother tongue . " Dm this was only . true when our lancuaire was in its infancy , and our learned men -wrote in Latin , and - -onstrtirted EnL'li . sh Grammars for Latin scholars , ^ -ince then , they have practised that noble conde--rr-nsio )) whieli Dr . Johnson mi justly praised , and nave so simplified their high knowledge forth ' benefit
if the youn . ir , the poor , and the ignorant , that no one S any pretensions to sense and industry can complain f inability to acquire grammar . When Theon asked > f Epicui-us— "Who can hope to rival Zeno ?"' '" You ' . " answered the sage . '' Why should you not ' . ion hav * innocence—you have sensibility—you have nthiisiasm—you have ambition . With what better . ironiisi- c-otihf Zeno lx '< ru ] JiLs career ' i Coinage , my - - > n . Without confidence Homer had never written -i ! s Jfli-r'f—no , nor would Zeno now he worshipped in his portico . " \ o subject i--osses 5 cs greater facilities for s-tudy than grammar . If Lavater , Blumei ; liach , ami Gall beheld dieir sciences in every face , anil frame , anil head , the -Taniniarian is not less surrounded by tlie materials of his art : for in privacy sentences issue from himself , and iii public thev fall on his ear .
Xo department of knowledge is like grammar . A person may cornea ! his knorancc of any oil cr art—Inrt effry time he speaks , he publishes his imorance <» fthis . Oilier arts may be practised occasionally , but the art of speaking must be practised continually . Is it not strange that What all must do hourly , fewcare to do correctlv ? There can be no greater imputation on the intelligence ol' ; v ,: y man , than that he should talk from the cradle to the tomb , and never talk well . What is more mortifying- than to see persons with laudable pretensions , men of fine forms and sonorous voices , incapable of constructing half-a-dozen sentences grammatically ? It is humiliating to reflect that they , for Trliom nature has done ? o much , should do so little for themselves . They resemble the fabled apples of PandemoDiuni—tempting and fair to the sight , but bitter ashes on the taste . How severe is the reproach of Shelley , in the following passage in
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his letters from | tome— " I have seen women here of the highest beauty ; their brows and lips , and the moulding of the . face , modelled with sculptural exactness and the dark luxuriance of their hair floating over their fine complexions—and their lips—you must hear thf common-places which escape from than before they cease to be danger on * . " To acquire grammar , resolution is all that is wanted ; inot that vacillating thing made in one hour and forgotten the next—but a resolution possessing a httle persistency , a determination that cannot make excuses , and that miU not see difficulties . There is no art or science can baffle this . Tlie Rev . Mr . Cxillepsie , of America , in his "Lectures tn Young Men , on the . Formation of Character , " savx
very forcibly , " / can ' t do it' never did any thing" / ' «««/ has worked wonders—and " / udll doit " has performed ro-odigies . " The acquisition of grammar is indi ' spenimhle , and ought to be the first of all undertakings . It is a glorious advantage , and introduces its . possessor to thenoblest of all republics—tlie republic of literature . It would be false delicacy to conceal the truth , that the want of grammar is a perpetual reproach . Generally speaking , nothing atones for the deficiency . The wealthy and educated daily triumph over the iznorant and poor . Gi-ninraajr is defensive , and pives a man more useful armfe thah those which Magna Charta permits him to cam-. The battle of liberty is now fought with the tongue and the pen , and he puts in the strongest claim to freedom who is able to exjilain and defend it . He who has not enei-fry for the aciuircrneiit of grammar ought to suspect ' himself . It is a question of choice between present application and lasting incapacity between the industry of a few weeks and the blunders of a whole lifc ' —fMyoah ' .- I ' mrfinu ilramhwr .
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labourers . If ever this should jcome to pass , it must lead to good things . For of course the matter won ' t stop there . The squire , after making so familiar , will look in at the men ' s house *;; will talk with their wives and little ones about their food , and their clothes , and such like—giving them a kind word and a helping hand when they want it . This , of course , will come of the matter ; otherwise , for my part , I can't see such very great good in it . Politeness is a nice thing , and sometimes warms a poor man ' s heart more than he can tell it ; but ' politeness itself won't put a ' tatoe on the plate when there isn't one . Folks can't eat quoits and foot-balk . And now , Sir , I hope you will be so good as to let me have this bit of land . It , will , f feel , make quite a man
of me . Yes , Sir , I mean that word and no other . As it is , Sir—I don ' t know how it can be — but somehow at times I don't feel a man at all-. I seem aa if I'd no business in tlie world ; as if I was a sort of toad or slug upon the soil ; an interloper on the land , having no right even to make a footmark on it . The sun doesn't seen ) to shine for me—nor the wheat to shoot—nor the hed ^ e-flowei"s to blow . I feel sometimes as if poverty in this world was made the mark of Cain , and was upon me ; with this hard difference , too , that any man . fmisrht smite me for it . And then , Sir , the temptations , that fly and vun about one ' . I mean , the { . anie , Sir . Many a time , when I've heard the pheasant crow , it has somehow
sounded—though not a bit like it—like one of my children crying for food , ami then for a minute my brain has been in a blaze , and I'd have done anything . When things arc at the worst , and starv ; it \ ov » \ & fov i \;\ ys in mv c ' wjAwarA , the devil—or something like him—has sent ; t he hares running about me , as though on purpose to be knocked down with a stick . It ' s a hard matter , Sir , to keep one ' s hands off a dinner running at one ' s foot—a dinner that it ' s hard to think belongs to anybody in particular . And , therefore , honoured Sir , I rfolhope for a bit of land . 1 fit ' s m > bigger , one may savj than a lark ' s turf , like
the lark I know I can whistle upon it and be happy . And so , honoured Sir , asking pardon for my boldness , as a poor man in thinking of such a thing , I remain , yours humbly to command , ; Abel Wet ^ d . The Landlord ' s Answer .-j— -AbA Weed . —Had you known anything of the true principles of political economy , you would never have written such a letter to me ,, a landowner . Know , ! that it is much better for you that you should not have even a quarter ol an acre—that it is for the social good of all that you should remain as you are-. —TiiEorntLvs Canaan , Bart . I
[ W v arc sorry that we cannot }? ne t ^ u I'ivt Tllustraliu . is to this week's budget of I ' tmch ' s " Complete Letter-VW'iteT-, ' thuniHi proCL-diufi tlu-labourer ' s respectful application , representing the lean , hur upright man , preferrinj his request to booted Dig-Heliv , reclining on the lap of 1 'lcnty ; the other appropriately following Lokd Radnor ' s — ( we beg pardon—the Hart , j landlord ' s )—cold jihiloso - jihU-. il " answer , " representing the labourer prostrate with tlie weighty and powerful Ie ; j and foot of ' 1 ' eivii . e <; f ., "—the knee < k-i-oruted witli the Oartei nn his neck , ums-hiiig him into the earth . ¦ ' We could have liked tn lr . iM ! been able to let the workers see how their claims nrc advocated , and rights defended , by the pewit , as well as tilt- pen of Punch . ] I
I > o oisi-ioE rs foh oxce . —Parliament is announced to open on the 4 th of February . Really , it would he a favour , Kir Robert , if vou would put it off to the 2 Htll . * j Tut th on both Sjdes . - ~ Alderman Hujrhes delivered himself last week at the Mansion-house of the suge observation , that " children and fools always speak the truth . " For the future , then , we shall always hHicve Alderman Hughes .
Liability of Militaut Officers to Toll . —A case ira . s ivccnth brought before tlv Lecih magistrates , by Captain ' John St . Albanj of the 83 d , who claimed , exemption from tlie payment of toll at one oi the toll-bars . The exemption of officers of infantry regiments from the payment of ; toll for pa-ssiiig through tnnipike-bai-s on j / orseback hci ;)< r a question of some doubt , a communication was made to the War-office on the . subject , and the fojluwing answer has been received : — ' , : ' War-office , - Nov . 2 * .
• Sir , —I aui directed to 'acknowledgf the receipt of voiir letter of the T-td i-nst ., aiid to acquaint you , fof the iiitoi-niation of the magistrates of Leeds , tliat tlie lawnliictTS of the Crown have given their opinion that the words , of the Mutinj Act do exi-uipt , as thej were intended t . > exempt , all military ofticeri in uniform , dress or uuilie-s . and their hi > r » es , from ! the payment of toll when pa > siu ^ through tmupikc-gatoS or bridges erected h \ Uw authority of Parliament . This exemption extends to »> ilit : n- , .. rtii- « -r ^ . wlu-thi-r n- « iviir « sil l > _ \ her Majesty n regulations ( i . Li-t-p li ( -rs > -s for the public sen ice ur not , « u < l iifierr i ' . liliu . fur cxi-rcisc or recreation , as well as wh' -u travelling in the actual performance of an act of public duty : l . ' . i only condition >« -in ^ , that the ollicers must be in uni-! 'i"in , dress or undress . ,
' ¦ I am . A'e . ' " L . tifLLlvAX . ¦¦ To Robert Itarr . V . <>\ ., LejU-. " NontiiEUN VS ' ixTEU . —Tlid winter \ ra . s set in witli ii-irat severity at St . t'etersbur ! , ' . Ah jt siioi-LD he . —Sir LI . Verney has ^ iven his tenants leave to shoot ov .-r their respective ianns . Rhyai . 1 ' : UKsi : \ t . —Queen' \ i ,-toria has sent three eairia'je-doL's of sreat beauty as presents to King Fivdi-i iek William of l ' ru > -ia . i Uuru . Cimhitv . —The Kiuir of the French ha .-. M'Ut . C'J'if tt > be distributed this winter imvmg the poor of W itnlsof . j Tin ; Nkw . irni . K . —Mr . Erie is in bis -VJnd \ ear . md represmted Oxford in I ' jirliament Iron ) l ^ JT until IS 41 . ;
IIkwv Hark . — A white hare , wniiihinpr 9 lb . C > oz .. witliout the intestines , wasfkilled the other i \;\ y nv : iv (; ilthwiiiteriL % by the Kendal harriers . 1 ' nn . n Hauk , at Hill .- — Thv Town Council ot Hull have trranted £ •"><> " to make public baths adjoining the new Water Works , f . Novel Import . —l ) urin ^ r -i the last fortnight there h : ' . \ i' been several importations « f candles of Dutch ami Belgian manufacture , by way of Hamburgh . (¦' . vjcivoexi . OoMJ'UMV . ST . —It i-s ivVO \«> svhI to CVWt a lunatic asylum for Oumberland and Westmoreland , l . v way of a memorial to thii late Karl of Lonsdale . Clvdi ; Snii 1 BiiLinvi ,. —Of twenty-two s-tejun-vessi-l > built and building on . the Clyde this season , nil !) one is a wooden vessel , tlie rest being made of ]!•()] I . I
Jlow to CiiEt . ii ro . vciu . yo . — Recently C . Scarislirick , Ks () ., of Scari . sbrick-hall , and another t'ejitle man , killed upwards of ' . 'fMJ hares , all of which were presented to the tenants . ! Simckp tiik !' i , oi < : n . —Mr . Daniel Field , the champion of the plough , ha * ) > eenv challenged to a ploughing match by Mr . John Cornish , of Kenii , the winner of tlie silver cup at Exniiuster-. Mu . Row i .. v . nd llu . L . — 'J'he Ero > UMni * t stated that this gentleman ynve up a permanent appointment of tfiOi . fa your , at the reijuest of Government , to work Iii- » scheme of . penny postage . Ivni . vx Goverxmkxt . — lt | is stated tliat the Cabinet is meditating a complete change in the government of India , by iiitroiluei'm a iiveasure next session tantamount'to the extinction ! of the political power of the Court of Directors . )
Hiiekn Oi . n Age . —John ' Richards , who has atl . 'Miicd the remarkable at r e of' 11 !> yoars , is now stayiui ; at the Bricklayers' Arms . [ New ( Quebec-street , London . Ili » appearance is that of a hscle old man of scunty . Naivktk . —An advertiser of \ ery elu-ap slioes refc-nlJy l )] ilrtedoiit the real / truth in mistake , thus ;—" \ . \\ . Ladies wi > liiiiLT I ' nt ^ c chi' : ip shoes will do well f <> C . 'lil S 0 (»» , ( IS tht ' H nil . } nut l' » xt ft'tl ' J . " Profit \ hi . k I'nosM . VTisM . — The Rev . Moses Margolioth la converted . lew ) , lute of Liverpool , ban ln-en aj >)> ointi'd to the Jiving ofj ( ihiMie \ in by Uic Lord Uishop of Kildiire . i
. ' v ( . ' iiiM . c . Si . \< i :. — The two hundtvdth annnei-sui-y ot' the birthday of William 1 'emi , and the loOth of iiis laiuliits ; on ( he sliore- of tl \> . ' new world , was celebrated on the 2 / Hli ult ., at 'l'luhuU-lpIiia , with appropriate exercises . j Loud Ryiuin ' s STATVE .-flt is tvported that the statue of Lord livron . by Thonvalsden , excluded from Westminster Abbey , is to be put up'iu Kensal-gn-en Cemetery . An iinscription should recount the vicissitudes of the effigy . j No Voo is Wales . —AjWelshman has almost as little idea of a fog as a Japanese or torrid-zone man lias of ice . While London has Keen enveloped in fog , we have had here a clear blue skv , a bright sun , and altogether weather such asjwouhl convert the coldest utilitarian into ; i worshipper of nature , amidst the sec-new of South Wales . 1
Tin : Vam'e of a "Life . "—The Karl of El « lqn , it seems , has acted most liberally towards the biographer of his grandfather , having presented Mr . Horace Twlss not only with the copyright of all the Eldon [ tapers , but with a cheque i ' or ii 1 , 000 into the bargain . The American l ' KKfeiDENT . —Of Mr . Tyler , the retiriiiir President , an Aiiieriean paper says , " A tale niisht he told of intriguef and treachery , of bargain and sale of office , of betrayed friendships , of violated trusts , of foul aspersions of name and character , of corruptions and abominatiojns , as would make a jubilee in bell . I Xkw Appoixtme . vt . —Mr . G . W . Featherstonhaugh , of Scarborough , author of' ' An Excursion throuizh the . Slave States of America , has received the appointment of'British Consul at the French sea-port of liavre-de-drace . —SuindarJ .
Napoleon BoiVAPARTE .-i-His fate furnishes a remarkable instance of the instability ; qf human greatness , and there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take some simple remedy , he allowed disease to gain the ascendancy over his constitution , and death was the result . Thus it jis that persons cannot be too watchful of their statejof health , and being always provided with a safe and efficient medicine , such as " Frampton's Pill ef Health , " enioy the two greatest blessings of this world , health ana long life .
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America ? Whjg Eloquence . —The following splendid specimen of American eloquence is extracted from a speech of one of Clay ' s supporters , during the recent contest for the American Presidency , it ' s well a Chartist didn ' t thus deliver himself : — " Americans ! This is a great country—wide—vast—and in _ the southwest , unlimited . Our Republic is yet destined to re-un > iex all South America—to occupy the Russian possessions , and again to recover possession of those British provinces which the prowess of the old thirteen colonies won from the Irench on the plains of Abraham ; . « ill ri g htfully ours to re-occuptj . Ours is a great and growing country . Faneuil Hall was its cradle ; but whar—whar will be found timber enough
for its coffin ? Scoop all the water out of the Atlantic ocean , and its bed would not afford a grave sufficient for its corpse . And yet America has scarcely grown out of the gristle of boyhood . Europe ? what ia Europe I She is iu > whar : nothing ; a circumstance ; a cypher ; a mere obsolete idea . We have faster steamboats * , swifter locomotives , larger creeks , bigger plantations , better mill privileges , broader lakes , higher-mountains , deeper cataracts , louder thunder , forkeder Ji ^ htuinfr , braver men , handsomer iccemen , and more money than England dar have . ' —{ thundering applause ) . Who is afraid ? If young America , then in the cradle , strangled the British lion , and afterwards lucked John Bull into the briny gulf of Mexico , with what case i an our country , now in the giant strength of manhood , plant its flag on the
shoves of tke Pacific , seize Quebec and Gibraltar , blockade the English Channel , and plant the stars and stripes upon the tower of London I —( loud cheers ) . Americans . ' Kemember that your country was born in blood , baptized in gore , cradled in the war-whoop and bred to the rifle and bowie knife \ Ve havefowt our way up . Virst come the war of the revolution . The colonies cut then- way out of it , through blood and carnage and thunder . They tore their blanket wide oping . Uuce or twice it looked like a mighty slim chance ; but thev cut and seared and tore and slaughtered away like liell ' s blazes . —( cheering ) . They grappled John L'ull like a pack of bull terriers . ^ They tuck him . by the haunches ; they grappled his tumepipc , ami at hiot they made him "" bellow , like bloody thunder .
Be . vefit ok " Knowledge , a . vd its Application . — The captain of a Spanish vessel mailing for the Cove of Cork in great distress , took a pilot on board at the mouth of the river , knowing that the course was rather intricate , and being very timid , he questioned the'pilot very closely as to his knowledge of the river . " Are vou sure you know the course ( " said the captain . " " Know it , is it V said Fat ; " every inch of it as well as I know my right hand . " " Are you sure you know all the rocks !"' asked the captain , anxiously , " 7 lie rocks , is it ?—every pebble . " " Well , now , bike care , " continued the captain , " you don't appear steady . Are you sure you know the rocks' {" " By Jasus , " every one of them , " replied fat , when at the instant the vessel struck violently upon a rock . " There ' s one of them for you now , " said Pat , triumphantlv , " didn't I tell you I knew them all ?"
Language with a . v "I" on . —The witty Curran was once in conversation with Charles James Fox , when an Irish client , whose neck Curran . bad saved from the gallows , happened to pass , and seeing Curran , accosted him with a leer , saying : " How are you , counsellor 0 , how ' s your honour ? " "Well , Mullagan , is that you I What brought you here ?" " 0 , cimwitv , eurosity , your honour ; " upon which Fox observed : " Well , Curran , how vour countrymen do murder our language . " "Murder ! murder ' . do you call it ? said Cunan ; " why he only knocked an 'i' out of it . " Cheap Lrvr\«—cheaper thav tbb " Cheap Loaf . " —There is said to bean editor in Pennsylvania whom it posts nothing for board , as he subsists entirely by swallowlns his own words .
The 111 uxo Passion . —It is impossible to avoid the use . of terms of art . An author , while discussing the Corn-Law question , was heard to enquire what price bread was puUUfcd at ; and a printer ' s boy just returned from delivering a letter , declared that he found the place out at last ; " but it was at the top of the hiutse , and he had to open half a quire of doors before he got to it . " One Tongue Plenty . —A matron lady being asked why she did not learn the French language , replied that , one tongue was sufficient fora woman ,,
lVuNn and Dtmb . —The captain of a trading vessel having some contraband jroods on board , and which he wished to land , said to an exciseman or wharfinger ( whom he knew ) , ' If I were to put a sovereign upon <\ - « -h of your eyes , couM you see f The answer was , ' No ; ' and if I had another upon my mouth I could not speak . " " The Times aist sow as they used to be . "Folks dont go to bed now-a-days — they " retire . " Nnbodv eats their dinner—people " take some
refreshment / ' Nobody goes to church , but " people attend divine service . " There is no Sunday—it is a " Sabbath . " No one gets his tooth pulled—it ia " extracted . " Instead of drinking tea or coffee , the fashionable only " sip a little . " No one tears a hole in nis pantaloons—but it is no rare thing that he "lacerates" them . The Indies don ' t go a-visitingthey "only make calls . " Young men don't go a . • oin-tjjig—they unly " step in to pass the evening . " Our irrandniaV used hard-backed chairs , but our belles " have stuffed backs to their seats .
TflK S ( ILIfITOR- ( rE . \ ERAL AND THE I-OURPK . VNY-Bir . — -l&eforc the foiirpenny pieces came into circulation , Sir Frederick Thesiger , the present Solicitor-General , very frequently engaged the same cab to take him from Westminster Hall to Chancery-lane , and always , wve tbe driver a shilling , but after the fQUrpenny pivev ciinie ( mt , he otie morning presented the cabby with two " little ' tins" ns his tare , when the cabman , looking rcpt-ovtriply , said , '' Dang it , counsellor , this ijiiiit liberal . " ' ¦ What , sir , " replied the Solicitor-( ieneral . " are you a Chartist ( " "Chartist , Chartist ' . " responded cabby , " what ' s that ? " " Why are you for annual Parliaments , universal suffrage , and vote by ballot V " O ! I knows nothing about them ' ere animal ¦ Parliaments , universal sassiiges , and vote by ballads ; but damn them fourpenny-bits ; they ' re worse nor tlispotism . "
A Waiter Diddled . —A rollicking" set of youngsters , as light in pocket as head , once sallied forth for a spree , and having fared sumptuously at a tip-top tavern , they . began to dispute who should pay the bill , each outvieing the other in hospitality , when one proposed , as all were anxious to pay , the waiter should be blindfolded , and whoever he caught should Vie dignified with the honour of being host , and that the others should pay the waiter a sovereign . This proposition seemed to tickle the waiter ' s fancy , and he immediately submitted his eyes to be tightly bound , when Ttue party removed the table and chairs , bustled about the room in good style , opened the door , and escaped one by one , the last taking care to blow out the candles and lock the door after him .
A I ' oser . —Why is Lord Brougham like "Judy" in the puppet show ' . Because ho can't agree with POnch . National Education . —An examiner was sen to the so , uth of Ireland some time ago , to examine a class of forty youths taught under the new education system . " The schoolmaster arranged his boys so that each should know hi- ; question and answer ; however , uufoi-tunately for the anxious teacher , one of the class ( the fourth boy ) was taken ill , and could not attend ; wjitreupon his question fell to the fifth lad , and thus deranged the whole class . The master asked the boy what he believed in besides ( . Jod the Father and God the Son ? To which be replied— "Nothing , your honour . " " Nothing . ' why . you little scoundrel , don't vim believe in the Holy Ghost ' . " " No , your honour , tbe boy that believes hi the Jioly Chwst is sick in bed , emu' homo with the measles . "
JCi > Y , Tim , and the harm- Plaister . —\ vhen the pi « ir Irish feel want and hunger , they invariably comjjliiin of an imprison upon the . heart . Judy complained to the dispensary physician of a great impression upon her heart , for which the doctor gave her a Jino large warm plaister , upon a piece of good sheep skin . In process of time the patient returned to thank the doctor , who asked her if the warm plaister had done her good , to which she replied— "Och ! titan , wisha , thank your honour , God knows it did me good , and Tim good too . " " Tim , " said the physician , "how did it do him good ? " "Why , your honour , " replied Judy , "when it cured thelinpresmoii \ ipon my heart , it -made a fine seat for Tint ' s breeches !"
inE King and the Crier . —It is customary , after a town crier has made publication of "last or mislaid , stolen or Mraved , " to conclude with "God save"the King . " In the discharge of his office , the bellman of New Ross , in the county of Wexford , once advertised the loss of a horse . "Lost or mislaid , stolen or strayed , from the Crook , outside Martin Doyle ' s public-house , on Saturday last , a bay gelding , five years old , two white hind legs below the hoof , a short mane , cocked tail , some white in his countenance , and answering to the name of Billy , and sure to start at a < nin-sbot . A reward of something shall be given to whoever shall restore the horse to the owner . God pave the King , with an old saddle on his back ;" which last words the bellman had omitted to add to the description .
T / i £ Irishman and Sack of Potatoes . —An Irishman once riding to the market with a sack of potatoes before him , discovered tired , whereupon he Ids own shoulders , and was better that he fresher than the poor TiiE two Sailors those days when men misdeeds , a quarrel arose right of property in Words rose high , and when the more discreet wooden leg , shrewdly Jack , I teU you
whatit ' s mine ; if not , it ' s vow ' s . " " Well * d—time , it ' s mine ; if not , it ' s vow ' s . " " Well * d—n me , that ' s fair enough / ' was the reply . The child had not a wooden leg ! vour ' s . " ' " WelL d—time .
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CO >~ JXG > HY - . or . THE NEW GE . NEKATif > N . Bt h- I )' i .-,: eau , MJ ' . London : Colbun :. ( mat Marlboro irL- ^ vrcet .
( I ••^ niinie-l f rom the JVV'rtA-j-ji Sr-- > r , Not . sij ., Lord MoEU'iuth , who Jetesr-ed popular tnmults a * mudh a ? he oc- ^ pised public opinion , had H- ? en livhisr ie n-tir- 'iatjit in Italy tliirin 2 the agitatinc ri-ar ol Is ' m . but , Tt'ii ^ i-ii to -i :-tk > ij by the approachiinr sncress ol tbv jlefo-rn Bill . Le ha * l ri-rurBt- < i to heh > in ibe daciaging w ' . i nitzi ^ ure , the rrinmph of-whieb in sumo sliars ? \> r o ' , h \ T tt ;^ now inevitaofe . I ' onin ^ by was ai Kiob . Ir < jTu irjiirh place he had been bronchi by Ricby . to 1-.- i : i-, ~ ei ; ted to the JA » r < y « ..-.- -. Here i "> a de = iTij . aion of an aristocrat ' s abude : — 2 iv > xsoirTS Eorsx . TLr i ^ ies Krr-r o ^> tutrd by a gigantic Swiss , and the csrriacr Ttiilta iaio a huge couri-Tard- . At jr . - emL C' / iiillggl 'J Li-iicrld a Pali ^ diaii palnce , with « in ^* and aP . i-iirjiOf ^ tmcirrlsij ' tbe court . uf
A dvTible r . i ^ ii : > teps itfl into a circular - ^ nd inarHe tall , 2 d ^ med -aiih j-t . l . issal buit ? - of tbe Ovsar * : the staircas ^ r ia frescot- "bv Sir James TburnhilL breatbt-d with the lt > irf acd -n-ars vi" gt « is and heroes . It led intu a T £ r ? -Ib ~ - £ s paiiittii in ariibes'jUf . bnu ^ wiili Vrai-aan iriraj ) - " ' - ' . ^ E ^ 1 'JvKi ;;^ into ^ ardiiss . C > ptEiD ^ a d ^> -. > r in rhi > rh .-iTnl >; j-, and yr' ^ r ^ -dlng some SrtJe war d'jirii u < - ¦ . rridor , l&i- Eia ' i ^ anil Lis cxunj-aidt'ii arrirt-d at tiir t > a ~ t - > f a juifu ' i iizsrczsc . Asrtuilinjr a it-vt strjis . tbej rcmhed . a lanii ^ r-jjlacv buiii \ vitb iavesTnr . l > ra"KT 2 > c ihis aside , " - - ^* r * 'J oiicneo a « lo"ir and lisfceivd Coainsi-l . T tbruarf ) » a an :-:-. iiaE ; ber in ! ' , a STEall . ^ Iwn , of beaunftil vr-: ]> t > rti * -ii , an'i fumisb-.-d-ia n brilliani and dciir-a ; V' t ^^ t . -. * * Tb * - nVi-- of ; ij . snli > -jii , -wliich « -er ? i- "V £ -rc--j v , izb li ^ J ^ : \ no ~ sa-. ^ . fc-i-i ; n ji ' vj-r pariiit-15 jc-rtraiir- <> f beautiful
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Ci > pi .. ^ 5 bj Tva 5 a sad t remor the ; --iv-pet-t of meeting his grandfather . C- 'nisg * bj > praa ^ 5 jnvard -nith that dr ^ - -r-.= ti- - > n ¦ nhirii ^ b ^ 51-a ^^ ldjviiii irt- ? . Iiis face was paJc : } ii > band iraia > i = T ; hjhear ; b ^ -at v . jih tumulL . IIf fat ] i . « -ca ^ i' » nal ; j t * Ks saiuiuoEeii lix V'f . lieatc ; ibat li'i > nas aiiTai work , bur cox ^ j- ^ iTtd-i - itli tl :- ^ j-restiii-a murnin ? % i : si ? . Mu > ic . STtSlcJ ^ . ibe T * jzr o / i ^ iXmon . ajitl tbe I'lsir ^ ox tj-umj > et = , Eii j crgt a t :: iii on to a f < jrlorn hoj > e ; aiai'iti > . n . oat ' s COEstitii-iiia ^ tin-liell of previous feiSuiv . liiav j'li-. ai ] on "C 5 *> . ¦ J :. j riwt < Ii .-sj > t-ratf lliinr—speak in the liouse » . > : Ct-nimc-i . ^ _ bu ; tberc art suiue siraaiitms in li ' ~ -. -ucb f- > r i 25 tai >~ r a- * cnttriu : the room of a dtrnti . < t . vtb- u th' jirc *^ tratior = - _ f the i » tr » i » u = ^> it-m i ~ abiK-5 oTt-.
* ir . I > "J 5 rErI : sj'caks feelinL'lv in li ~ r > ajla- ' . » n > lu the '" desperate tliinj" of sfjeaking in the llou-e >•; Conunens after iLt- " hel ] of previous failure . " y > all ¦* iQ lajderstand wh" remember }* Ir . ! . » ' ] .-raeli ' s own break-dem in that honse some ycui- < a . «<> , and the HTage jelplvzs of the jire < s-rgajag , wLo rsnlteu ia hi oiaaster . lime is a TK . rtrail of
tt > iD 2 io > - > iorTH . Lord 3 ^ oriroalh sias in beiirbt al : * ' ^ . ibt- ruddle = i / - * , ^ T" ' oat « oiDci ? l ! at portlv and corj'Ult-nt . lli ~ Co **;; U-mmej " ^ as itrou ^ lj iraiti-d ; sagaeitj on tbebrotv , st-nsnaiitv in ike month and iatr . His bead "was Laid , but there-wcrt raLairii of t ^ " rich lavwa 3 t > cis on -nbieh be .. cicv j . ridnl witsdf . Bis large defp Uae ere . icadid ana ; . c : jiiercinfr , SJJL'tved iiat ibe fefrt-tjons of his brain vtrc a ] . ;> ornoned , ** if to Toluptcoxisness , habf to comnu-D sense . Bnt bis feiicral irden tvss trnlj grand : toll of a natui al uobilitj , 0 ^ xiif-Ji no one -vras inore senable . Lord ilomnoutb -nm
^ ot aisbabiHt ; on the eontrarr , bis costume na < ciart , * id even careful . Siang as ive haft ineiirionrd-nben iis graiidam entered , an « l leaning Tritb bis Itft hand on ** ii 1 T 01 T cane ^ be -m a Af > -Ooninesbj sucb . a bc * "w as XAjub-Q nartorzc nnght hare-bestowed on the ambassadur of tbe tuiifcd Provinces . Then ertending-Ms right hand , which J * e "b qy tranbSmg l \ touched , Lord ifonznouih said , ' Hob «> Ton Me Eton f ? , ^ iis cd ^ reception , bo xmlike all thai roninssbv * " hoped for . and dreamed of , tfupified him , and
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A BOWL OF " I'UNCU , " FRESH BliEWEh . Iujsii Feathehs . —I ^ ord Csistlereagh promises to 1 " ' worthy of that father wlio has <; iven to the world A Voyfuje to Coiiftantinnpte ; for at a recent dinner to the Londonderry tenantry , he said , " the proudest feather in Lord Londonderry ' s cop was not tlie l > m ' reli he Ivad won in the field , hut the tenantry over whom ho presided . " Truly , Mrs . ifcfluprop could not have made a prettier jumble of feathers and laurel--. A-j for Pmt ' -li , whenever he thinks of Londonderry ' * cap , he never dreams of feathers , but of bell * .
The WonK-HorHE and the ~ , and , without one penny in their pockets , seize and devour -a twist worth twice the amount ! Therefore , of course , they are . sent to pa- » l . But this is their very object . Instead of meekly kissimr the rod of Sir James Graham , and submittiiur , with resignation , to the just reward of their poverty , they craftily manage to exchange the workhouse for the milder horrors of the prison . With this unprincipled vie * , they actually go and break windows . The daily police reports prove the fact . Now
destitution must be punished . The law , backed by a bishop , has said so ; still , respectable people must not have their windows broken . The good man ' s twopenny twist must hi , protected . We see but one course to puinue . Justice must Ite sometimes sacrificed to expediency ; and infinitely lower on the scale of morality as the pauper must be allowed to-ho than the convict , still theft must be put down . This can only Ik- done by increased seventy , and , accordingly , we recommend that the prisons a » d unions should respectively change their inmates ; the poor being at once sent to £ aol , and the felons consigned to the workhouse . The alteration ma ; - bear rather hav <\ upon the thief ; but that cannot be helped .
O . vk Trial will phove the Fact . —The town of Kcrnigsberg , in Germany , is without a censor of the press , as no one can be found to accept that inquisitorial office . Why do'i ' t they make a tempting offer to < ir Robert Peel for the " services of Sir . fames Graham i We are positive lie would he found , on trial , to have quite a genius for that sort of thing . Old K . vola . vd a , xi > Yi > r . v <; E \« j ,, \ . vi » . —Who can / ail to 1 > p struck with the alterations in the fashions since tii , Ways of chivalry ' ( Then , steel turned up witli leather was the prevailing material , and a delicate trimming of spikes gave a finish and fulness ti . the shoulder . Gloves , instead of being formed of the
flimsy kid , were regularly Birmingham manufacture ; and a grasp of the hand from a friendly knight was not a thing t » joke about . The falchion has been . superseded by tlie cane ; tiic crested sauce-pan tor the bead by the velvet-napped gossamer . We can fancy a tailor ' s window in the olden time , with its Frois-v . ii-t-liUe " stwk , " and jiood old Knglish labels . U'e think we see a placard tliu .- > inscribed " — " Lu'ikke lfeiUTc ' Vese fyniu '' coatte * of maille fytte for ye stouteste knyghte , onlii' 1 and ti . " Yes , imagination paints to our heated vNfon a lot of greaves with ; i ticket anuminciusr . " Kyve fchuusanddepniiW of them . " But this is all over now , and the highlow has trodden down the kniirhtlv whnt-do-ve-call-it .
Wohtiiy TifE attkxtion of Mi . vistek . s . —\\ anted , any piace in the present Cabinet , for an aetivr yotiug man who has travelled in Egypt , Jerusalem , Syria , itc . dtc . His father is convinced that " be never will bring disgrace on the high and influential jiajne which he bear .- , and that he will be fouud n iistiul and efficient servant . ' Anybody treated with . Address , ihe Marijiiis nf Londoiulei-ry , lloldenu-ssc House . —N . U . The voting nsan lias no objection to lt < ' al > n > iid for ( he benefit of lii-i country .
( From thif > r ,, X ' . t . Xiiii / h , r , ) Lettkk fuom a I'kxs . ynt , rou an Ai . i . otmiin r d Land ro a / . AVf > 0 « \ kh . — Honour , •/ Sir . — i / opiim that you will be pleased to pardon the boldnessol' a jioor man who wants to keep his wife and children , I take up my pen to write . And . honoured Sir , I ln > , > e you will forgive me , if I say that 1 feel a little happy that I am able to put a feu words to paper , it being a surt of comfintt to a man , howsoever poor be may be . Mi boldness ,, honoured Sir , is this . It is , under your favour and consideration , to ask of your kindness , to let me have an acre of laud ; or , id am too bold in asking a whole acre , half or a quarter of ?!;<" same . I know that it niav be thouulit a little hiirh
and daring in me , to a . sk for mi < -i ) . i l ; iv . > ur , sceini ; that your estates arc \ et out in large farms . It is , perhaps , a presumption , an < l—at I ' ve l > eeli told—a sort t ) f flying in the luce of { n-ojieity , tor a tu . ui wliti isn ' t rich enough to farm < i tltoti . sauij acres ; who hasn ' t money for cattle and bone-dust , and all that , —to think of having a little slice of land , just to grow a few things on for himself and children , land only being for them who cm have a lot of it , or none . Nevertheless , Sir , I hope for your kindness . I ' ve been all along used to so to church , though 1 hope I may be forgiveu for it— -I haven ' t been these two months ' , seeing that my clothes are all in such rags that , as one of the churchwardens told me , they were quite a disgrace to a respectable congregation . Well , Sir , I say j used to go to church , hut 1 never heard there whether the Ganlen of Eden was twenty thousand acres or not—^ perhaps the gentlemen who sot their faces against small allotments , know it to have been a very large farm indeed , and so think they have religion upon their side , when they refuse a poor man a little patch for bis own spade . I know that it was made a part of the punishment of sin—a part of ( lie curse of heaven , that man should eat his bread in the sweat of his face . That , liuwevor wicked lie may hav-p U-en , ho should not on his own account bo suffered-. to eat his bread at all . does seem to me—and niy heart is so full , 1 can ' t help saying it—very like a curse coming from the other place . 1 suppose , too , thev who eat bread from
the sweat of other people , have ne \ er sinned at all 1 hope , honoured sir , vuu will forgive these words ; but my pen runs away with me like . When 1 ask , honoured Sir , i \ iv this Mt of iaiul , I moan , oi' course , to pay tlu 1 very highest price you can tret for it . 1 know that land Jet out , in Jitf Jt- bits is always made to fetch more than when let by tlu * . lump . This , of coui-se , the poor must expect . It is so in all things . My wife gives more for her bit of soap and caudle ( wheu she can buy it \ , more for my bit nt"l >;\ oen , than if we could buy sucli tilings by the pound , like rcspectable people . And it isn ' t then to Ik' expected that a great landlord , even though lie may in : a Duke tn boot , will dw otherwise than the keeper of achand-Icr ' s-sjiop . No , Sir , though my neighbours say I ' m a bold fellow , and have strange nonsense running in my : head , I don't expect that . If people wcrn ' t so foolish as to think otherwise , tliere
would never have been such a noise about a gentleman who said , "li'he let a lujr of land ibr ftvepence wlwnv he . could get wightpeiu'c t ' it , \ w should be giving away threepence to tlie tenant . " The gentleman only said what was true—the gentleman only said what nearly all the world do with one another every day of their lives . 1 was reading in a London newspaper that was lent me a davor two ago , where- all sorts of things were advertised to be sold one under the other ; coats , and waistcoats , ami trousers , for almost no nionev at all . Well , Hie people who buy ' em ssvys it ' s no Wsuwss of theirs how the things are made ' ; that ' s not their concern- —all they want , as a duty to themselves and families , is to get a cheap penn ' orth ; as it were to wrap themselves comfortably up in a bargain and then go with their prayer-boolvs- to church to show it , If we could ever think that the time would come when folks wouldn't
bargain with folks , as though because they'd money to buy , thev'd eat their fellow-ereatures up—if it isn't , indeed , bold in me to say fellow-ereatures—if we could ever hope for sucli a time , why , sir , then tliis world would be indeed much nearer heaven than , perhaps , poor men liave any right to expect . And yet , Sir , church has puzzled-me now and then . When the parson has told us that we are all made of earth , i have , I own it , now and then looked into a fine pew or two , and — if it ' s a sin , 1 hope I may
be pardoned for it—and I-have sometimes doubted it . To be sure , goil is so different ; the better sort of folks may be the rich and loamy , and the poor the . cold stiff clar , only fit for draining . Still , Sir , folks say that things are brightening up for tho poor . There are a good nianv signs of it . Only last autumn , I ' m told , three real lords played at '' cricket somewhere with some shopkeepers . A man in our village—who ' s reckoned to know something — has said it isn't unlikely that in leap than twenty years a squire may now and then join in quoits or foot-ball with day-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct836/page/3/
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