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THE BLUE-EYED A 3 GEL . ( ZXOX TEE X&r 5 CH OT BrfcASGO- ) ' Lady , jtmr charms a loffier Terse demand!—"Rlien Msjevolted angels braved the Lord , And , craved , confounded , by his red right-hand , Their haughty foreheads quailed beneath his -word In that discomfiture , one gentle Touth , TragQfi yet fair , a bright consoler bore : Ttvas his sweet harp , Mb soul ' s remorse to soothe—SiE 3 e on me , blue-eyed angel , evermore ! Th * iufemal pit -with bideons lsaehter roarVL
TThsn , loathing all that proud and impious throng , The weeping angel tonched the trembling chord , "Wills heart-fell peimeace inspired his son ? . GodlEard ; and snatched hitr . from that noisome den . JLnd bade him on the jlobe Ms music pour , In grief and jot to charm the sons of men— . SmDe on me , blue-eyed angel , erermore I To n 5 be flew , and -rraved his ruffled wings , like the vex'd plumage -of some stbrm-drenchM bird O ' er- ^ arth . entranced , the new-born music rings , By ¦ wpnd ' itn ^ nations each srreet strain is beard . Eeiirion ' s voice -was music ; every wind To beaTen's ear the jaocs accents bore : The altar's flaiae by genitzs "was refined— . &T , w . on me , blne-eTed anirti , evermore !
And bood ?** lv did hell , -with jealoas rage , Pursue this an ~ el rescued -from his fell ; To ss-ra « re man be bronght the golden age . And bearded tyrants in their gilded halL And while earth smiles with jot where ' er be flies , Taming tnth love th * inhospitable shore , God t&auis Mm -for each tearful eye be dries—Smll ? on me , bine-eyed angel , . evermore ! 0 - ^ 20 ran tell me -where he last was seen ! Or has kind heaven the exile ' s doom repealed ? La-iy . "whose voice has my tvnsoler been , In yon that blessed angel is revealed : i ^ esh- "badara 5 3 overeffi gracejouTTonth ' S bright spring , And be-autv clotHes ycra frova its precious store - Por a big-h flight tod spread a Timorous wing—Sanle on me , bine-eyed angel , evermore I Edvr& urgl Wttih , Regisier .
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!> UXG OP THE CHEAP CVSTO 1 EER . Hnrraii for cheap clothing ! I want not to know Hut » the ¦ work or material was go : ; If tLr article ' s sood and the figure is low . Tot the wktrefart I care not a jot . ilake me out to encourage oppression and vice , On my begsariy meanness enlarge : Ha ' 1 get a whole suit st one half of the price A -respectable tailor ttonlfl charg-e-Hnrrah . for the Saxony coat superfine , Vhich I buy for about two pounds ten ' If Their farnlshed the cloth , ' tis no business of mine , If Starvation the stitching , —what then ? Hurrah for the trousers of best iersevmere , And the gay satin rest at thirteen To employ any tradesman , although he is dear , ' - All beca-ase he is honest , —bow crcea !
And hurrali 2 < jt the shirt for whose purchase 1 pay From a couple of sMIlings to three , "Wrought by landshing Xeed at a iarthimr a day ; TTtai on earth can that matter to me ? - * T ! 2 -ratal is : o ib-sss o . t ihe saallesi expense , 1 e a ? stylish a way as 1 can , Ink ? -a practical , itraigbtf-jrirard , plain , common sense , Economical , pryriden : man . That to elothr me the skinfiizu and Vnindler combine , Is a act 1 don ' t ponder about , And thai thousands in hunger and wretchedness pine . I regard rheir employers * ft » i-oni . To procure all my goods at the lowest of shops Is the course that 1 mean to pursue ; Then hurrah ior low tailors and sellers of skips * Be they Heathen , or Chrisiia- _ u or Jew :
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CO ^ IS GSBI ; or , THE XEW GENERATION . Ut B . D'Isrvet j , M . P . London : Colburn , Great Marlborongii-street . { Continued from the Sorthem Star { Dec . 7 th ) . Chapi-er t 5 L of Coninpsby opens frith some apposite . reflections on tlie course pursued by " the Imke " in taking office -under the hopeless circumstances ¦ which surrounded himself and partr- in the " crisis " week of 1 S 32 . The efforts of the " Duke savoured " rather of restlessness lhan of energr " and "
terxainaiea under circumstances which "were humiliating to the Crown , and X' ^ infuUy significant of the future position of the llouse of Lords in the new -constitutional scheme . " On these reflections Mr . D * Israeli grounds an estimate of the "Waterloo Tictor bo -way flattering to his Grace ' s character as a statesman . "It is remarkable , " says our author , "that men celebrated for military prudence are often-found to be headstrong statesmen . " Of the truth of this , 3 Ir . jyisraen . 'holds the Duke to be a remarkable ilkistraition .
xsnrscPB oi thx ' bill -mix . The Hefonn party , who had been rather stupified than appaErd by the accepted mission of th _ - Duke of WeDington , collected their < cattcr < rd senses , and rallied their , / orcss . Ihe agiiaiors harangued , the mobs hilled- The ; dry cf London , as if the King had again tried to seize the j £ ve mtobtrs , appointed a permaneai committee of the j Coalman Council to watch the fortunes of the " great I T ^ nona ! measure , " and to report daBy . Brookes ' , which j was the only place ibat at first was really frightened and 1 talked of compromise , grew valiant agai ™ ; while joong j TTh % heroes jumped upon club tables , and delivered fiery ' iavecirres . Emboldened by these demonstrations , the j Eonse vi Commons n » et in great force , and passed a vote , which ftmck , witbotii disguise , it all riTal powers in' the ; State ; Tirtualtv ianounced it » suc-remacv : revealed the
lorloii position of the House of Lords Tmripr the new " arr 37 Tg * mf 77 i ; and seemed Tv lay iur erer the fluit ¦ ' ig phsntoH : of 2 ~ csra 3 prerogatzve . ¦* * Frtr * that nionieni powtr passed from the House oi Lords Ui another assembly . But if th- peers have ceased to be Ti . agniacogs . may it not also happen that the SoTerr : igi » itay cease t < _ > ht a l > o ? r ? It is not impossible that thr p-. iitical inovemests of < - * vr tirce , iviiich seen ; on the Farfecv to ; m- » a tendt-Tjej to democracy , have in reality a monarchical bias . What evidence Mr . D'Israeli may be in possession < ii , on irhich to ground the fanciful opinion that present political movements "hare in reality a monarchical bias , " ire know not . But , judging of these movements -with our own understanding , we cannot but «> me to an opinion , the opposite of that put forth by ilr . IFIsraeli . CertainlT , while the history of
the last twelve years has exhibited the powerlessness of the Lords , no event "which na $ ocenrred during that period hss sijown an increase of power on the part of the Soverei fn . The monarch , heretofore the tool of ihe Peer ? , is now the puppet of the { so called ) Commons , stripped of everv vestige of power and independence . The "Bed ^ chamher Flat" of 3835 , it is now known , - was not ihe work of the Sovereign , but of the "HTags ; asd that aSair , instead of strengthening , most seriously damaged the position of the " anjrust personage " so unscrupukmsly made use of by a ~ b ase and characterless faction . TVe beg to assure Mr . B'lsraeli that " the political movements of our time do tertl to democracv- "' Teneration of hereditary fe . uds is fast disappearing , and the day is coming Traen zhe ab'jrtions- produced by the hereditary principle must invx- way to the men of mind , the offspring of the
democracr" vHien sens * an' worth o ' * the earth Shall bear the grec an * a ' that . " And vais will be the efforts of even the " rew generation" Xo prvrejit the coming of tbat day-. ilr . D I'rafcliS ideas on the Rtfonn question ^ e-Berre cTiot ' r . w -
TOPCLAS XXPEXST . STA . T 1 OS . Oc rjzw hand it was maintained , that under the old systtiT : tte people were virtually represented ; while ,. *> n itr odier , i : was rriair . plianily irrged , tltat if ihe principle be Conceded , the peuplc should nor be iij-mally , but actuall y represented . But who are the people ? And wiert iTijouto * ira- « a line f And why should there be an ; ' it \ ius urged that a contribution to the taxes was ite * uasti : uiional qualification for xhe suSrage . But we biT £ tstab ) i ? bed a system of taxation in this country of so leniarkajjlt a ¦ ni . rj-n- , thai tht beggar who chew ? Ms qnid « = he 5 Trc-tj , 5 a crussLig , is contributing to the imposts . Is he to hive a vote ; Be is t > ne oi zhc pet'pls , and he yields ii =- quota to the pubSe burthens . Here are truths enunciated which the factions ¦ " 21 not be pleased to hear . Our readers are not likely xo disagree with the followins .
vsiTttSAi srrrEAGs . la treating the House of the Third Estate as the House Kii the Peiipic , tnd not as the Tionse of a pririieged class , tbt Ministrr and Parliament of 1 S 31 Tirtually conceded tie prindrpi of Universal Suffrage . In this point of view ihe ten ^ K > imd ftttncMse was an arbitrary , irrational , and in > oliiic qualification . It had , indeed , the merit of simplicity , and so had the constitutions of Abbe Sieves . But its nmnediite and inevitable result was Chartism .
But how would Mr . T / Israeli treat the question ? He objects to the principle conceded by the Whigs ; he is , Therefore , not likely to join the * Chartists in their attempt to carrv out that principle .
THE J-OCB ISTATXa . TThen the crowned Northman consnlted on the welfare " of Hsiiageum , lie assembled the Estates of his realm . Xftw an estate is a « -i ?« of a nation invested with political rights . There appeared the estate of the clergy , of ttfc barons , of other classes . In the Scandinavian kingdoms io iKU aflyj the estate of ihe peasants sends its re-JfestiSatiTes to the Diet . In England , onder the Korttans , theCharti aod ihe Baxctoage . ^ rea-e invoked , togetter TOlli the estate of the Coranmnitj-, a term winch then Probably described the inferior holders of land , whose tenure wa * not immediaie of the Crown . This Third Estate , ^ as so mrmerous , that convenience suggested its * Ppearajiee by representation j while the oSiers , more limJiea , appMred , and stiH appear , personally . The : Third Xstate -iras reconstructed as cireumBtances developed themselves . It iras a Eeform of Parliament when ; lbs towns were summoned . -i
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On thiffprmtTple Mr . D'lsraeli-would hare reconstructed toe Tiiird Estate . This , we know , is a favourite idea with more than one well-meaning public character . Mr . Oastler , than whom a truer friend of the working man exists not , clings to this idea . He would have the nobles , the clergy , the middle class , and the working order , each directly represented in the National Assembly . " We admit , that were it possible Io reconcile ourselves to the prt-K ; nt distinctions of caste , and existing class interests , this scheme is , in our burnblp opinion , the best adapted to do ( as far as that were possible ) under such asocial
system justice to all . But Mr . D'Israeli and Mr . Oastler forget that a system which might L > e admirably adapted to the " days of feudalism , is ah-jgether inapplicable to present wants , and wtmhl U monstrously out of place hi the approaching future . Mr . D'Israeli shoulu know that the system he Thinks the perfection of wisdom , has l > eeii in existence for centuries in Sweden ; > nd Vtere the " order of the peasants" are , as cur readers know , clamorous for its abolition , and are just now in a state of " Chartist agitation" for the obtainment of democratic institutions , assimilating to those already existing in Norway , and which , sooner or later , will undoubtedly i > e established in this countrv .
The besetting sin of the " ! New Generation" is , that they will persist in looking backward instead of forward for measures of public amelioration . There hare , doubtless , existed many institutions and customs , which , salutary in their ' day , people regret the lo « 3 of , because their loss has not been supplied by institutions necessary for present exigencies , and in accordance with the advance of civilization . But it is not to the vaunted " wisdom of our ancestors" we must look for political or social remedies for present wrons > and svtfferinos . The " good old days" are a pleasing illusion ; nothing more . It is equality , not feudalism , that is the hope of the many ; and though that hope will not be all at once accomplished , onward we must march . The " golden age" is before , not behind us : and onlv through the triumph of democracy may w-e hope to hasten its reign .
But to return to Coninasbv . Our hero , having become reconciled to his grandsire , returns to Kiou . Bis associates there were Lord Henry Sydney . ( Lord John Manners ) , the son of the Duke of Beaumanoir ; Lord Tere , the son of a Whig Minister ; Sir Charles Buckhurst ; and . subsequently another , of whom we shall have something' to say hereafter . Of course-, Coningsby had much to recount to his youne friend * of his grandsire , Lord Monmouth . and ' the wonders of the family mansion . Being all assembled at breakfast , in Buckhurst ' s room , the conversation naturally turns on the exciting political topics of the day , and here we have an account of WHAT THE ITO 5 BOH TSOVGHT OP THE BEFOKM BIL 1 . " Bj the bye , " said Buckhurst . when the hubbub bad a little subsided , " I am afraid you will not half likt it , Coningsby ; but . old ft-Ilow , I had no idea you would be back this morning : 1 have asked ilillbank to breakfast here . "
A cloud stole over the clear brow of Coninjrsby . '" It was my fault . " said the amiable Henry Sydney -. " but I really wanted to be civil to MiUbank ; and , as yim were not here , 1 put Buckhurst up to ask him . " . " "WtlL" said Coningsby , as if sullenly resigned , " never mind ; but why you should ask an infernal manufacturer . "' " ^ V"by , the Duke nlways wished me to pay him sume attention , " said Lord Henry , mildly . " His family wmso civil to us when w « were at Manchester . " . ~ . Manchester , indeed V said Coningsby . "If y . u knew what 1 did about Manchester ' . A pretty statt «• have been in in London this week past with your Manclu- » ters and Birmin ^ hams . ' " " Come , come , Conin ^ sbT . " said Lord Vere . diesim" ' a T ^ hig Minister , - I am all for Mamhest « -r and 15 irmingbam . " " It is all up with the country . 1 can tell you , " s . iid Cv . ningsby , with the air of i > ne who was in the secret .
'' iJy father says i : will all go right now , " rejoiiii-J Lord Xere . ' I hai a letter from my sister yestirdav . " " They say we shall all lose our estates : though , " sai > I Buckhurst , *• I know 1 shall not g-irc up mine without a Spit . Shirley was besieged , you knuw , iu the civil wars . and the rebels got infernally licked . ' ' ' I think that all the peojile about Peaumanoir liquid stand by the Duke . " said Lord llenry . pensiwlj . -- Well . Ten may dcprnil \ iyon it , you will have it \ vr \ soon , " said Coningsby . - 1 kno « it from the tiesl authv rity . - " It depends whether lny father remaiyi * in . " ? uiil L <> nJ Tere . *• He is the onh man that can lovt-rn the c < i \ iiiti- _\ now . All sav that . "
At this moment ilillbank came in . He wsis a ™ , k « 1 . looking bo ; , somewhat shy , and yet with a sincen- « - > .-pression in his countenance . He was cudt-ntly n ..-eitreinely intimate with those who were now his c- ' . npanions . Buckhurst . Henry Sydney , and Vere , « t-1-comed him cordially . lie lucked at Coninpsby nub some constraint , and th ^ n said— "You hav > - bet-n i :-. London , Coningsby " — " Yv- * . I have been thvTc duii : ^ all the row . " ¦ * " Ton must have had a rare lark . "— " Yj-s , if ha \ in 2 your windows broken by a raob be a rare lark . Tht ^ could not break my grandfather ' s , thoujrh . Moamou ;)! House is in a court-yard . All noblemen ' s house * « Tlt > uii 3 be in court-vards . "
** I was g-bid to see i : all endfd Tery well , " said Millbank . — " It has not be < nm y < -t , " * aid Cwiiinffsby . " VVuai ? " said Millbank . — " Why . the revolution . ' " " The Beform Bill nill prevent a remlntion , my fath- r says , '" said Millbaak . — "By Jv \ e ' . here ' s the oose . " -ai-5 Buckimr ^ t , ~ i To W C \» itirine > i . )
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mons rowels are not ineant for goading the horse , bu as his stirrup is made , so small as to admit only of his great toe , he sticks them into the hides which form his saddle , to enable him to keep his seat . All liis accoutrements , bia bridle , and bis whip , are made of hide , cut very tl : in , and plaited into small cords ; his saddle , being farmed of numbers of hides strapped together , at ni ^ ht furms his bed , while his " poncho " servts for a blanket . And t . s his occupation is always with cattle , he is provided with a lasso , which is a long rope formed of plaited hide , and of course very strong , and having a ri : ; - ; w- _ -ll fastened to one end of it . This '" lasso" is tis ^ J to eutangle the horns and the feet of the
lvjlW-k * when the \ v . ant to catch them , and from their bein- < trained to it from their youth , they can throw it with jrivat tlsSLirriry , :. 'ivin ^ a coil of it a few turns roun d their ht . il . and throning it over the Imrus of the animal even ¦ ul . iie at full gallop . As soon as the gaucho has thrown it , the horse on which be ri'les stands perfectly still , prepared to receive the shock which the sudden jerking of the bullock will give it . He then rides up , and either drags it into an enclosure made for the purpose of confining them , or , as is not unfrequently the custom , cuts through the bams , thus preventing the animal from moving from the spot ; he will then ride away after others , leaving them one by one thus writhing in pain for days together till the Peons are ready to kill them and take off their hides .
The regular gaueho will eat nothing but beef , and of xhat only the ri < .-sh on the ribs , to dress which he lias many peculiar modes , <> ne Of whicli is called " came ton cuero , " which consists of the flesh about the ribs cut off vath the hide and rolled upon it , and thus toasted on a fire made on the ground . The advantage gained by this process is , that the hide prevents the fire from touching the meat , and keeps in the gravy . When dressed , it is eaten without the accompaniment of either bread or vegetables . The horses of the country are extremely plentiful , and though fine in appearance , are of small size ; and as it is considered a disgrace to ri > le a mare , these latter are kilk-d for tlie sake of tbeiv hides , anu the flesh is eaten
and preferred by the Indians to beef . So plentiful are the hor ^ s , that parties of cavalry , when on the march , are accompanied by droves ut' led-horses to the number sometimes yf four to each man . This makes the cavalry of this country , which is composed of gauchos , very swift in their movements , and when seen at a distance appear much stronger than they really are . The Indian women , on account of their dexterity in the management of horses , as well as their hardihood , are generally selected by the jjauchos for wi \ es ; and when they take tlie field as cavalry , their iviv ^ s are armed vrirh carbine and lance , and are in dress and manner of riding similar to their husbands .
Wbat will the Concordists say to the gaucho ' s diet ? In faith we ' re almost tempted to try . the '' carne con cuero . " The account given by the writer of the origin and progress of the war between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres we shall , for the information of our readers , endeavour to find room for in a tuture liumfxr of this paper . We have good news for our readers : this year has seen " Pino-apples for the Million" imported into this country , and sold in the " great metropolis" at a " penny a slice : " but what will our friends think of * ' Turtle for thf Million { "" Heretofore the importation of turtle lias l «? en comparatively small , and thu trade ha < beep monopolised by a few parties who have realised immense incomes bv their monopoly .
Hitherto '" real turtle soup " ' lias sold at something like a guinea per quart (!;; but in this , us well as tiic pine-apple monopoly , we are likely to see a chanuo for the tatter , as ^ iniuiomh' M « a < ' ; in < informs us tlsat a Mr . ( iunter , a merchant of Honduras , has conio forward to supply the home market extensively and cheaply with a very superior article in the shape of putted ^ turtle , after die manner of preserved meats for shipping . The import lias already been large , and the stock in the Docks is stated to be very considerable . Christmas approaching , we don't think we could better close our notice of this magazine than by thus helping ; to circulate this " great fact , " hoping , as we do , most heartily , that the time is not far distant when "turtle for the million" will be the order of the dav .
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THE WESTERN AGRICULTURIST , AM ) FARMER'S JOURNAL . Glasgow : Neilson and Murray . Buchanan-street . This is a numthly journal , devoted , as its title bespeaks , io agricultural topics . The first number ifor Nov . ) is before u » ( the second number ha- * not vet reached um , and we have much pleasure in recommendinir it to our agricultural friends . Our readers ' will lie able to furm some idea of the 'juality of the H "( . * & ¦« - « A < iri >~ uhur i . < t by a perusal of rht- able article in our . Wrieultural column , headed " CmmistiT and Vegetable IMivsioloirv . "
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CHA . MBERS'S EDIXIH'R'al JOURNAL . Part XI . We have not bad an opportunity of reading through this mouth ' s part , but . glancing at the contents we lighted-on the following account of France and Freedom ' s Poet , BriiANoEU . No apology , we art * sure , is nor-f-ssnT-y for introducing this interesting sketch to the rentiers of the Sorthern ~ Star .
A VISIT TO BEBi . VCEB . 1 account it no small honour to have enjoyed a tete-uletf . of an hour " s length , ivitli the first of tlie French hrirnl jki'K—i-M-n Bernnjjer Iiiiuself . who lia > bwn «(¦)) - lumu- 'l tlie Burn * of . Krani-t-. ; md <« f whom hi * country is : i > proud as is Scotland of her own immortal hard . * * After bfin ^ ' eif- 'ht <> r ten dais in Paris , ] wrote a noie Io iieraujjpr , statins lli . it I had attempted the translation of nart < it" liis works into En : jli < h , anil would feel honoured b'v haviiijr an interview anv > r « lril me when it mi ^ ht answer hi « i-oii \ eiiii-nce to £ rant it . The return of post brought me a polite rtj-lj , apjiointinv the followiuj ; Monday at ten « . Vl . » rk for the meeting , and regretting that lie could not al l- "" mi- to choose my own time , as he was obliged M'i-y < oon tn jro into the country . "When Monday came , I got infi . an <> mjiibu . ufter breakfast . And enjoyed a pleasant r «< l ( t" l ' as ^ y , a % illagr on the rivuv side , witlun threi- or f .. ur miivs i . f Piiris , ami where 15 eranger h ; is for collie tim . rt-sidt- 'l . It wanted ; i ijuartt-r to Ven when I arriii- < l . so 1 had sufhpier . t time to climb the hill on which
I ' a .- >; > taii « U . and to inquire fur the Hue » incuse , > o . - ] . —the resitli-nce of the jioet . A country yoiitli showi-d nit the house , vrhich is a iscat little mansion of two stories , having a Eort of bronze ilm-r , and the W-netian-bliudlooking outside window-shutter everywhere to be met with in France . It was altogether such a dwelling as / had imagined a ir . su of BerangwV simple taste ' ¦ . !\ to inhabit , and I felt a degree of reverence as knocked at the gate . My summons wa » - answered by an elderly servant-maid , who , on my desiring to see Berauger . told me to follow her up stairs , which I did , catching a glimpse , as 1 crossed the lobby , of a wellarranged flower -garden . behind the house . On reaching the tf . p of the uppermost stair , she opened a door , and said politeJv , "JEntrt-z , monsieur , s ' il vous plait , " when I at
once found myself in the- presence of the French bard . lie rose to receive me , on my entrance , with the politeness so natural to his nation , and at the same time with a degree of pleasant jocularity well calculated to put a stranger at Ids ease , and begged me to be seated on the easy chair which lie had just left . When I wished to take another seat , Keranger intercepted me , placing his hands on my shoulder , and pressed me back into his own , replying , laughingly , tu the acknowledgment of the honour lie had done me in granting me the interview— " Ah , my dear sir , don ' t speak of it—there ' s little enough honour in being recehert by a poor fellow of an old bachelor like me—sit down then , i beg of you . " This was of course said in French , in which language all our conversation was conducted , as be scarcely understands a word of English . He then drew his seat close in front of mine , with so
goodnatured a look , that I felt under no more constraint than if I had known him for years . Should this meet the eye of any one who has enjoyed the privilege of intercourse with Beranger , he will recognise the poet ' s unafl ' ected kindness in this little scene . Beranger ' s " Studio " presented to the eye as little of the " pomp and circumstance " of literature , in which souls of inferior calibre are apt to please themselves , as may well be imagined . An attic room with a bow-window—a bed with plain blue check curtains at the one end of the apartment—a small talik having a mahogany desk on it at the other—a couple of chairs—at most half-a-dozen volumes— " voila tout "— " behold all . " Thu first song-writer of France needed no artificial circumstance to give interest to his name or to his residence . As he himself says of his great
Emperor"They will tell of all his glory round tlie earth for mayfly a day . " Beranger is a little nan , I should say live feet five inches in height , about sixty-five years of age , of a firm make , and apparently robust and healthy . He has an intellectual forehead , regular and rather handsome features , and a clear hlaek eye . The principal expression of his face is , I think , that of kindness and shrewdness ; and I at once set him down as a man of large and noble heart , as became a poet . ; Be wore a grey dressing-gown and a black silk cap ; and the window of his room was darkened a little ; so 1 suppose his sight is not very strong . The pictures we have of Beranger are , without exception , IjcA ; the only good likeness which I could meet with being a little stucco cast , a copy of which I brought home
with me , and which f shall be happy to show to any admirer of the original . But to return to our interview . Beranger expressedhis regret that be could not talk much ¦ with me about the English poets , from his being unae-( juainted with the language , and so few of them being translated into French . De said it was remarkable that , after his own cliaracter as an author had been established for many years , his eouutrymen still persisted in considering him less as a poet than as a " chansonnier" ( a writer of songs ) ; and that it was in Scotland his claim to tlie title of poet was first recognised ,- in an article in the Edinburgh Review . I told him thatfhe was considered , bv those who knew his writings in # mv native land , the
Burns of France ; to which he replied , that a prouder encomium could not be passed on him than was implied in that name ; adding , ; that although he could not read Burns , he revered his memory from what he had heard of his works by friends who could . He had been intimate with Sir J . Macintosh , -whom he used to see often in Paris . Beranger does not consider Sir Walter Scott a great or correct ;¦ writer . He complained of the errors to be found in " Quentin Dnrward" as to the life , and character of Louis XL of Prance , and generally of historical blunders . He admitted , however , that his novels were grand panoramas , in which appear splendid and interesting groups , but with few characters perfectly
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well drawn arid he remarked , that in all of the novels of Sir Walter Scott , the interest of the reader attaches itself naturall y to some other individual rather than to the hero or heroine—which he considered a defect—instancing " Ivanhoe , " where Itebecea is tlie centre of interest , ic . ifce . His poetry ( Sir Walter ' s ) Beranger understood to be enchanting . He mentioned ulso that , of the older works of fiction , " The Slotik , " by Lewis , and " Caleb V \ illiams , " by Godwin , are most admired in France ; he considers them both fine works . # * * * We then talked for half an hour , when I rose to depart , but he made me sit down again . Messages began to come in , however , so I bade him farewell , having first agreed to return in a few days to hear his opinion of my translations . He accompanied me to the stair , shook me warmly by the hand , and so we parted ; and I left the amiable Beranger , whose songs will have an existence co-equal with that of the language in which they are written .
Although Beranger has been little before the public of late , he still continues to write ; but his present productions , as he told me , will not appear until after his death . He smiled when I replied that 1 hoped in that case it might ho long indeed ire we should see a new song of Beranger . It is difficult to conceive the power which this author has over the popular mind in Prance . There is no doubt that his " Chansons" hard an immense influence in producing the revolution in 1830 , although he does not view the existing Government with approbation , and has refused everything in the shape of boon or favour at its hands . At the funeral of his friend Lafitte , not long ago ,
which was attended by the king and princes , the royal carriages passed on unnoticed - . but " when Beranger appeared , a burst of acclamation welcomed the poet of the people—his horses were unyoked , and hundreds strove for the honour of drawing liim iu triumph ; it was with difficulty he persuaded them to desist , lleranger ' s retirement is far from being of a cynical or misanthropic character . He seems to have sought his " chimney-corner " from a desire of repose after a busy , and , latterly , not unrewarded life ; and to have carried to it , in its full Strength , that generous susceptibility of friendship and patriotism which breathes in all his songs . He possesses a mighty lyre , one vibration of whose chords would still rouse a kingdom to attention .
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THE&MEDIOAL TIMES . ' London : Cafrae , ¦ Essex-street , Strand . This month's pail of this excellent publication ( comprising the numbers published during November ) is filled with the most interesting , scientific , and medical information . It is impossible for us to name even a tithe of its contents ; we mast therefore content ourselves with heartily recommending tlie Medical Times to our readers , persuaded , as we are , that the general , as well as the medical reader , will find in its columns that which will be found instructive , entertaining , and useful . We subjoin two brief extracts : —
TIGHT-IACING . An i anecdote of a Scotch physiologist , some time ago , had almost put an end to tight-Wicing , from its placing in a very prominent point of view two of its most dreaded ill-effects . "Tight-lacing , " said he , ijuaiutly , " stinks the breath and reddens the nose . " The waist of well-formed women , of the . average height , varies in circumference from twenty-seven to twenty-nine inches ; and there is scarcely any difference , in its proportionnl size between mafe . and femnlc' Hut sueh is thi >
power of fashion , Hint the waist is seldom permitted to expand to the ( Uinehsiuns of twenty-five inches ;; the majority are within twenty-four ; thousands are compressed to twenty-two ; and some even to less than twenty inchesand by the aid of wood , whalebone , and steel , the capacity of the chest is very often reduced to less ; than one half . The penalties attending this infringement of the organic law , are as follows : —shortness of breath ^ palpitation and oppression of the heart ; cough , and paiii in the side ; headache , with a fet-Miig of weight at the vertex ; neuralgia of the face , and eruptions ; crdema of the iinclcs ; dyspepsia and chlorosis . The temperature of the body partakes of the extremes ! there is pr < -neral ! y a chilliness of the whole surface ; the viscera of the pelvis are liable to derangement ; and , in married women especially , prolapsus uteri occurs . The lateral curvature of the spine is a conseiiuc-nce , not uncommon , of this pernicious practice .
COPPEB IN THE HIMAN BODY . l ' roftissor Orfila savs , it may be » ak «\ . since copper exists in the normal state of the animal economy , and in certain aliments—will it not always be impossible for the chemist to say , whether that obtained is the result of crime , or not ? And , should not toxieologists give up the idea of pronouncing a positive decision In cases of this description ?—or , in other words , can it be recognised , whether the copper obtained is that contained in the normal state of the body , or owing to one of the salts of that metal having been administered as a remedy , nr given with a criminal design ; I at once reply to this question
in the affirmative , to far as the different orgunsare concerned ; and may state , that the cupper contained in the intestinal i-anal or any other viscus , and resulting from the administration of one of its compounds , whether as a romedj or as a puison , may be obtained by processes which would fail completely in disco \ ering the nomad copper contained in our organs ; al ) that is requisite , is to follow attentively the different methods of analysis , to be ; vl > l >< to artiriu whether the metal was given i \ s a remedy , as a- poison , or otherwise . ¦ The proof of this important conclusion will be shewn , beyond a doubt , by the species of processes * which must be employed to obtain the normal copper contained in the different organ . " .
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society presents you with this piece of stick , tipon which may be notched your { future runs . We hope , my lord , that you will show jtliis bit of stick to all tlie Club folks in London . We hope that you will let this bit of stick go down , so jtlmt your sous' sons may have it—every one of ' em ; iind that the world may for ever know that Lord fFitzwheedle was a good cricket-player , and therefore the labourer ' s friend . " ( Cheers . ) ' His lordship endeavoured to address the meeting . His feelings were ; too much for him . Ee merely said , " Bless—bless —[ bless the labourer ' . " then burst into tears , and pressed tlie stick to his heart . — The Duke of Smallboroiujh yvas next introduced , and received a bunch of drird dandelions for being—« f all landlords—the very best to stop . The Duke returned thanks in an affecting speech . After certain minor formalities , the meeting separated .
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Ah'OTHEB EXTRAORDINARY "! Cl'BE OF ASTHMA BY Hollowjlt ' s Pills . —Patrick Casey , residing at Compton-plaee , Brunswiek-squai'e , had suffered ffom a chronic Asthma for more than three years . This poor man was so great a sufferer that lie did not dare go to bed for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indepd , lie could not even lay his head upon a table for half an hour lest he should be suffocated . Nevertheless , this person is now labouring from Morning to night , sleeps as well as ever he did in his life , and , in fact , is completely cured by the ijise of Holloway ' s Pills . Sold ( also Holloway's Ointment ) at Professor Holloway ' s Establishment , 244 , Strand ( where advice may ' be had gratis ) , and by almost all respectable venders of medicine throughout the civilized world .
Toxo . —A Blow Up . —In \ our obituary will be found the death of G . Durant , Esq ., of Tong Castle . In the year 1820 , Mr . Durant took legal proceedings against his first wife , and , in consequence of the jury having" decided in his favour , he erected a monument on an eminence on his estate at Tong Knowle to commemorate the event . The 1 monument was a conspicuous object from the road from Shiffnal to Wolverhampton ,. and resembled i a church tower . Immediately on his death being known to his family , two of his sons , accompanied by twenty-nine labourers , went to the place , and commenced excavating round it to the depth , of six feet ; after which they made a hole in it , ana placed fifty pounds of gunpowder in a cask , and twenty-nine pounds in | another package , under the monument , and at three o ' clock on the morning of the 30 th a fusee was fixed to it , and set fire to , and in a few minutes the monument was laid flat on
the ground without any accident . The eldest son and heir to the estate died some years ago , and on liis death-bed he requested the ] younger branches of the family that as soon as their father was dead they would cause the monument jto be blown up , and that it might cease to exist with the founder , and the memory of the scandalous cause for which it was erected and he might perish together . The ruins were visited on Sunday last by large numbers of persons , many of whom came from a great distance . The Tong Castle estate goes into the hands ofjthe executors of the late G . Durant , Esq ., jun ., who reside in Ireland , and will have the management of the property until the heir , who is now sixteen , { attains his majority . — - Eilrfow ' s Shrewsbury Journal ^
Appropriate Ciiastisembst . —A few days ago , a well-dressed individual entered the shop of a saddlw , in Paris , the wife of whom he addressed in a style of loose freedom , not perceiving that the husband was at hand . The saddler seized one of the largest of his horsewhips , and flogged the impertinent fellow through some of the most thronged thoroughfares of Paris . Verdict—Served him right . The Dead Alive . —Some time ago , at Munich , a girl , six years of age , was placed as dead in an open coffin , in what is called in that country the hall of death , preparatory to interment . On the following clay she was found ' playing w ^ th the white roses which had been strewed over her ; The keeper of the hall took her in his arms , and carried her to her mother . In France ( says the I * re . «* e ., which mentions this fact ) , where there is no precautionary measure of this kind , the child would have been buried alive . —Galinnmii ' s Mesicnoer . i
Tne Removal of {" nion IIat . i . Police Office . — On Wednesday the removal pf the official documents from Union Hall to . the new office in Blackman-Htreet was commenced , and ^ occupied several hours . It is now definitively arranged that the magistrates commence their sittings at the Stones ' -end , Borough , on the 23 rd instant . The other ofHee , from LambetUstreet , in Kennington-road , will he opened the same day , and this will take tbe Brixton , Clapham , Lambeth , and part of some other districts . Rovai . Swkrey Zoological Gardens . —Another of those rare birds , the toucan , [ from the Brazils , with a rhoa , or South American ostriL-h , was added to the collection on Friday week . The gardens were much frequented last week to inspect the fresh arrivals , and the beautiful lake was crowded with skaitm on Sundav . the ice beins in tirst-rate order .
Signs of a Hard Winter . —On Sunday much curiosity was excited by large flocks of wild-fowl , which made their appearance , and ali g hted on the banks of the river in Battersea-fields , in the neighbourhood of Fulham , and ] amongst the osier-beds opposite Wandsworth . The wild-ducks were quite plentiful , the sea-gulls wore also numerous . Tlie presence of wild-fowl at thife early period is said by those accustomed to the water to be a sure xign of a long and severe winter . I A Tal ? of Real Life . —Among our Borough Assize intelligence will be found the ca . se of Mrs . Buri * i * ll , the midwife charged with the manslaughter of Sophia Stanley , and the judge ' s reiterated opinion as to the un-called-for verdict of the coroner ' s jurv ; but
one or two points of interest j we have reserved for separate mention . The deceased was the wife of a framework-knitter , living in ; Royal East-street , and had had twelve children before ; she was always weakly , and suffered much at even' confinement , but she had full confidence in Mrs . BtirreU , and begged her not to hurry or think of ] sending for extra assistance—she should do very well . When , however , she found Mvs . Burrell sending word to her husband to go for Mr . Macauley , and the husband came up into her room to get liis coat tor that purpose , she had by that time become sensible that her case was desperate . "She said she was dying , " the heart-broken husband stated to Mr . Justice Patteson— " she would not let me go ; she begged me ; to stay by her , that she
might hang upon my neck . ' ] The poor fellow could not resist such an appeal , and he remained with her ; then it was that Mrs . ! Burrell , after entreating the poor woman to be easy '' j ust for ten minutes , " started for Mr . Macauley ' s , and went there and back in that time—no easy thing for a woman of 65 to do . Before this , moreover , she [ had told the deceased nevevto mind about paying for the doctor , for that she ( Mrs . Burrell ) would be ansVrerable for any expense so incurred . Well might MY . Justice Patteson say and repeat , that the coroner ' s jury had dealt hardly with Mi-s . . Burrell , But there are still one or two points to be noticed . The 1 husband , who seemed scarcely to know what passed around him , in whose eyes there was " no speculation , " in reply to a
question , stated that he was receiving relief from tlie union —? d . a day for eleven lioui-s' work . His Lordsliip , and everybody in the court , was astounded at the reply land one of the hamsters said , " Good God , and that is called relief ! "' llow niany children the poor fellow had to keep out ofl this 9 d . per day did not come out . At tlie conclusion of his evidence , Mrs . Burrell wished him to be asked whether he did not think she had done all in her power for the safe delivery of his wife ? Mr . Justice Patteson ( who evidently had « i straggle to conceal his emotion during- a great part of tlie trial ) said b « j was sorry he could not put the question in that shape—he was very sorrv .
The pooi- man Stanley , however , had no such scruples to contend with : and , in a voice rendered almost inarticulate by his tears , he begged his Lordship " not to hurt Mrs . " Burrell , for she had done all she could /' " Your request is highly creditable to you , my good man—highly creditable , " replied his Lordship . In conclusion , we would suggest to the board of guardians the propriety of making speedy and kind inquiry into this poor man's case ; to depart for a season from the strictness of their regulation ^ , and grant relief without exacting work in return . A fellow-being thus heavily visited with affliction should meet with comnusseration and consideration . — Ldc-Hcr Chrottirle . !
Look io yoi : r Skins . —A { London furrier , adver tising his commodities , informs those ladies " who wish to have a really genuine Article , " that he will be happy to make them muffs , boas , &c ., of ¦ ' their own skins ! " In another version he says , " Ladies wishing to have a really genuine article can select their own skins . " J The Queen ' s Temper . —Miss Davis , the daughter of the Bishop of Peterborough , was married a few weeks ago . She is the young lady whose ears the Qiieen boxed on account of her having accidentally hit her Majesty with her eye-glass , which she had an awkward habit of twirling , j and which the Queen had begged her to discontinue , as she was fidgeted by it . i
The New Banicikg Act . —We lately called the attention of the public to what appeared to be an evasion of the law of last session , on the part of certaiu country bankers , by issuing OTls not stamped payable to themselves or order j we understand that this question has not escaped tfie attention of her Mar jesty ' s Government , and that } directions have been given for instituting legal proceedings against the parties who have so attenaped to evade tlie law . — Times . i j-^
New Royal Yacht . —The | Victoria and Albert yacht is prevented by the draught of water from approaching close to the coasts ; so as to prevent a favourable view of spots that need to be seen at a short distance . The Queen lias ordered a smaller vessel to be constructed , as al tender to the yacht , with a screw propeller . It will be 140 feet in length , twenty-two feet in breadth , anii is uot to draw more tnan four feet six inches of water . It will be fitted with a stage , that it may serve also as a landingboat . ' I j p f ! s v v t t h
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Wurc , Tom : a . v » Chartist . —A young red-hot American republican brought letters of introduction to Sheridan Knowles , the-great dramatist , just ashe was Intent upon giving the finish to the splendid character of Constance in the " Love Chase ; " when his young friend rushed into the room from the Crown and Anchor , where lie had attended > ¦ > . piii'Iic meeting at which the respective merits of V . * l ; is . , Tory , and Chartist were discussed . " Knowles , " said the Yankee to the impatient author , " whsU's the difference between Whigs , Tories , and Chartists ? " " 0 my good fellow , " , replied the dramatist , "don ' t you know the Tories go to the boxes , the WhlgS to the \ nt , and the Chartists to the gallery . "
Changing a Gtinea . —An Irish bishop , who was very much annoyed at the late hours kept by his sons , gave strict orders to John , a faithful old butler , to lock the door every night at eleven o'clock , and not to Open it alter that time for any one . For some time the young gentlemen were punctual to the hour ; but one morning Master Tom wasn ' t home till onef when ,, seeing a light in the hall , he tapped gently at the door , and the following dialogue took place between Master Tom and the butler : — " Who ' s tin . iv . " It ' s I , . ! ohn , it's I—open the door . " " I couldn ' t , Master Tom , 'twoukl be as much as my place is worth . " " 0 , for God ' s sake let me in , John . " " I
couldn ' t , indeed , Master Tom , but have you a guinea in your pocket , Master Tom ? " " I have , Jolin , I have . " "Put it in the keyhole , Master Tom , and I think it will open the door . " Master Tom did as he was told , and the door instantly opened . " Thank you , John—thank you , John . There ' s a good fellow , and now here's half-a-crown for you , and just run round to the stable with my horse . " " Yes , Master Tom ; " and upon John ' s return he found the door shut , and tapped for admission , when Master Tom played the butler ' s pa it over again , and told him that there was an alteration in the lock , but if he'd put a guinea and a half-crown in they would open it . That was good tit for tat .
Rousseau and the Grocer ' s Bot . — Rousseau visited London for' the purpose of making himself acquainted with the English character , and in liis convivialities attached himself to the apprentice , of a grocer in Fleet-street , in whom he discovered more natural talent than he had ever met with in a person of the same class of society . The boy became equally attached to Rousseau , and all his spare hours were spent with the great novelist . However , as their intimacy increased , their hours of separation , became irksome ; and the spare time not being sufficient , the apprentice ,- at the request of his companion , left the shop one evening in the absence of his master , for the purpose of spending a jolly evening with his friend .
After the conviviality of the evening , some qualms visited the hid , and he evinced a disinclination to face his master alone , having nothing but his situation to depend upon . Rousseau accompanied him as far as the door , though the snow fell in clouds . When the lad entered , the grocer said— " Well , sir , I can dispense with your services ; how dare you leave my shop to the mercy of the rabble , you scoundrel ? You shall be punished for it . " " You might punish me if I had absented myself without good cause , " replied the lad ; '' but had it not been for me your property wouJd have been destroyed . " " ilow V Rousseau listened , for no plan of defence had been concocted . "Why , " said the lad , " when the snow was heavy enough , the blackguards made snow-balls and pelted me , and the snow-balls fell all ovev the sugar and the other coods ; i pursued the offenders , they charged
me on the watch , and I was detained for some time before 1 ' could get my freedom . " "You lie , you scoundrel , " said the grocer : " 1 have stood behind tliis counter for thirty winters , and such a thing never happened to me—a snow-ball was never thrown at me . " The plan of the lad was not lost on Rousseau , who had provided Himself with plenty of ammunition , and just as the grocer pronounced the words , " never thrown at me , " Rousseau hit him in the eye with a huge . snow-ball . Another and another followed , until the shop was literallv covered with snow . The lad ran to the door , and , with his brother offender , scampered down Fleet-street , the apprentice roaring , " Watch , watch I" and , upon their arrival , Rousseau gave the boy in charge , who was brought back to the grocer in custody , wnen the master gave security for his apprentice , begged his pardon , d—d the . rascal , and raised his wages .
The Navy Surgeon a . vd the MediciJiE Chest . — A surgeon who was in the navy was in the habit of prescribing salt water for the sick sailors . While angling upon a tine day he happened to fall overboard . The captain , who was at the time walking the deck , heard the splash , and inquired of a sailor near hini , what it was ? " Nothing , your honour , " replied Jack , " only the surgeon tumbled into hia medicine chest . " The Kerry Man and the Limerick Man . —A County of Kerry man and a Countv of Limerick
mail happened once upon a time to travel together , when a warm discussion arose as to the fertility of their respective counties ; upon which the Limerick man said , "Pooh , don't bother us about your horsestealing county , what is your land to ours V " Whv , man alive , if you throw your walking stick into a field of ours at night , you'd hardly see it in the morning , tbe grass grows so fast ? " " Ah '" replied the Kerry man , ' ¦* is that all , wisha by J s , my jewel , if you . throw . a horse into a field of ours at night , you'd never see him again . "
1 HE 1 OSKSHIREMA . V AXD HIS GREYHOUND . —A . gentlcman once travelling in Yorkshire , met a servant with a nondi script animal ; he asked the man , what kind of a dog it was ? " " Why , " said the sen-ant in Yorkshire dialect , "last year , she was a greyhound and her name was Floy ( rly ) , and master had to pay taxen ( taxes ) on her ; so this year he cut her ears and tail off and made a masten ( a mastiff ) on her , and now her name is Lion . " The P . AHS 0 N and the Bdtoheh . —In a remote country village in Ireland , there lived a Protestant curate , who , though generally liked , was in bad repute with Jus butcher , who for some reason or other had stopped the supplies ; while in this dilemma a friend" unexpectedly visited his reverence , just as he
was * starting for church ; the friend was invited to dinner , and immediately Thomas , the factotum , was started to the butcher , whose name was Matthew , with the following message and injunction : — " Tell Mat , that if he sends me a leg of mutton , or a sirloin of beef , or anythingto-day , that , on my honour , I'll pay him to-morrow , and wherever I am let me know his answer . " His reverence was in the act of explaining part of his sermon by extracts from the' Scriptures against false dealing , " Whdfc , " said he , " says Mark ? What says Luke ? What says John ?—but what says Matthew ? " " 0 , " said the faithful Thomas , who heard the question just as he entered the church out of breath , " Matthew says he won't give you another pound of meat till youp a > off the old score . "
A Larki . vo Irish Sprig ^ who had just landed from the sister Isle , and walking , ' down Parliament-street , saw a bill in a window announcing " dinners and suppers always ready here . " His honour turned in about two o ' clock in the day and aaked waiter , "What do you charge for dinner ? " "Three shillings , sir . " "And how much for supper ? " "A shilling , sir . " " 0 , by George then , let me have supper . " When the spark had feasted he walked over Westminster bridge , and was accosted bv a shoal of watermen with , " A boat , your honour ? boat , your honour ? A nice day for a row down the river . " , " Well , " said Pat , "what do you charge ? " "Three shillings for the . first hour , and one and sixpence for the second . " " Och , by Jove , then get some other fool for the first , and I ' ll have the boat for the second hour . " Why , was Admiral Cotton the most successful naval officer that ever commanded ? Because he was never worsted .
Who was the first person that introduced salt provisions into the navy 'i Noah , when he took Ham into the Ark . Why is a pig in a garden like a house on fire ? Because it ought to be put out . When was B the first letter of the alphabet ? In the time of Noah—( No A ) Why is an elephant like a spider ? Because neither of them wear silk stockings . ( Shocking . J What ' s the difference between our ) trades ? said a farmer to a barber , while tying a cue for a customer , whom he rallied upon the lowness of his calling . Tell me , said the fanner , in one word ? " Utility , " replied the barber—( You-till-I-tyc . )
Colonel Bruen and the Witty MASON .-r-The present member for the County of Carlow , Colonel Bruen , had in his employment " a very witty mason , with whom he was in the habit of consulting upon all matters of building . Upon one occasion the gallant gentleman mentioned his intention of undertaking a very heavy and expensive job ; and upon the mason being consulted , he replied " it never could be done . " "Pooh ! nonsense , " replied the colonel , " money will do anything . " "Except one , your honour , " was the answer . "What ' s that V * said Bruen . " Why , " rejoined the mason , " All the money in Bruen ' s place Wouldn't put a handsome uose on Bruen ' s face . "
The Angler asd the Lieutenants . —The first and second , lieutenants of a man . of war—(> oth- ' gce £ t anglers-rr-once disputed concerning the . . fly inseason for a particular month ; one arguing , that the horsefly was then in season , . the other replying that there was no such fly . At this moment an able sailor , who was also a skilful angler ; passed , and the disputants agreed to leave the qnestion " to Jack . " Jack , " said the first lieutenant , " Did you ever see a horse fly V \ " So , your honour , '' replied thetar , " but I have seen as curious a thing , I bave seen a cow . jump down a precipice . " , Precept asd Example . — Thompson , tie author of "The Seasons , " wrote m bedlus ' beautaMrnapsody on early rising , commencing , ' . "Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ?" Fiction and Fact . —Why is a lady ' s bustle like an historical romance ?—Because it ia fiction founded upon fact .
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Tbi * number is replete "with information , 5 joth - ^ olii ] and entertaining , "ft e have first a continimTion of tinvaluable series of stnti < tical papers on " Australia ; Past , Present , and Future . " Then follows a " Report on the Nova Scotia Fisheries . " An article entitled " Monte Video and the River Plate" connniost opportune at a time -when all feelina and inter « - > -i in the progress of nations , or a detestation of war . are watchins wiih painful interest tbe sanmiinan
atrife ¦ which for the last lew years has l » een tl : « scourge of the " Banda Oriental . " " A Trip down tin St . Lawrence" gives a brief but interesting ammm of the present state of Montreal , which , it appears , is &si -becoming one of the finest cities in America . The "' Journal of a Voyage to Port Philip" is continued , and gives an admirable description of all t ! doings of that world in miniature , the interior of . ship on a lomj sea vovage . "The Natural Pea tun - and Productions of tLe Island of Ceylon" is an interesting article ; as is also " A Sketch of Newfoundland . " From the article on Monte Video we give the following extracts : —
THE LADIES OF MONTE VIDEO . Its inhabitants are , from its commercial connexions . of a very mixed naimre , composed of Tarioos nations , among which Spanisl , Indian , Sardinian , and French blood is verv abundant . There are besides mant English and . other foreigners residing in tbe town for tbe purpose of commerce . Those that are of Spanish origin are very handsome . aDd the women , when voting , though small in starnrf , are extremely well and elegantly shapt-d . Their -movements are very grat-efal at all times , and whether It ~ bz when walking in the street , or dancing in the Galla , their figures appear uncommonly trell-fonned ; and their carriage , which is an important part of their education , is in every -tray sniti-d to set off their fine persons , sided by their large dark eyes , and their luxuriant wellplaited black hair , in the drt-ssing of which tlie Spani » h ladle ? verv much escel . They are under tuition generally till the ag-e of fourteen or fifteen , irben thev are prepared by the priest , and receive the sacrament , and
maie their first confession on Easter Sunday ; after which they are considered marriageable , and are allom-d to attend mass morning and evening , accompanied only br s black servant , who carrier behind them a piece of carpet , on tvhieh they kneel at church . In the street thvy lpoi rer \ imjtosing . ivith their mantilla , which is sometimes fastened over the head , and brought down close under the chin , ot other times thruvm gracefully over the shoulders : iu the summer time it is made of black lace , and in the -winter a beautifully ornamented and irorked sha-rr i , accompanied vrith a lar ^ e and handsome fan , yrhich , besides its gt-ueral use , at times -serves to screen the face snd head from thr rays of the sun , as they wear no bonnet or head-dress even in the street . It is considered an act of indecorum for a young lady to appear alone -with a gentleman , either -ivhen walking or at home . SO that , even -svben .-n ^ azed . they npyer se < - - tlieir future husband except in tbe prtsMWe of an tlJ ^ rly lady this , thoosh inconvenient on such occasions , is strictly adhered to bf the natives .
the Girrflo . In the neighbourhood ... f the to-ivn there are mauy ' salideros , " in which the lii-. k-s of the bullocks are salted for exportation ; in some of thest from the uumbt-r of persons engaged , and the division of labour , as many as 300 bullocks are killed in one day . There is hardly a part of the carcase which cannot be made available for some purpose . The de i ? salted and sent to England for leather , the interior of the horns and hoofs is strained of their internal case , the fat is collected for tallowthe meat of the ribs is dried for jerked beef , and the bones and remainder of the carcase are stewed for the -sake of the marrow and fat for candles : thus no part is lost . The animals are caught by a person called in their language a " gancho , " who , from the life he leads , being in ihe dav-time mostly on horseback , and at night sleeping on -the grass in the open fields , is at once a very hardy person and an excellent horseman . His dress , which is
peculiar , requires a little description . His trousers are of linen made very loose , with frills at the bottom of the legs ; bis -waist is encircled by a woollen cloth of some ¦ bri ght colo-ur , about three feet long and two broad , which is wrapped between bis legs , and brought again to his waist , and . fastened there by two dollars or doubloons , according to his wealth ; his shoulders are covered with a " poncho , " -which in summer is made of some light material , in -winter of woollen—it covers his back and ~ bodv as low as bis knees , and is quite open at the sides to give Ms arms freedom of action ; he wears a white hat with a red ribbon round it , and has a wide leather belt round his ¦ waist worked in grass by the Indians , and in this he sticks a verv large and sharp-pointed knife , which he oses for all ^ purposes ; his feet , which are bare , having neither shoes nor stockings , are armed with large and ponderons spurs , occasionally of massive silver , with rowels sometimes three inches in diameter ; these enor-
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, i innvL of " j ' . rxcn , " frksh biiewed . The La \ dlord ' s Kriexp Socjkty . —Earlv in thv present week , tliis body—nowly constituted in imitatatiou of the LalKHUvr ' s Friend Society—held its first meeting : though , strangely enough , no report « f the proceedings has as yet appeared in the papers . The chair ( a thrce-leirsied stool ) was taken by Jacob Thateh , a gaunt , sallow-faced labourer , lookiuij sixty , though in reality hut thirty-two ; lie briefly stated ( lie objects of t ) ie society . He said , it was very kindly nipant Of many gentlemen to : meet and talk so much—for tlioy never spared talk—about the condition of the labourer , lie himself had been at a good
many < 4 such meeting *; but , goiueliow w tue other , he always came away hungrier than he went , lie now thought it was the duty of the labourers , to return the kindness of landlords ; and by meeting and talking over thi-ir destitute condition—moral -condition , he believed was tbe word—to see wliat could be done for tlieni [ cheers ] . There could be no doubt that many of the landlords were in a desperate forlorn state , hot knowing right from wrong : and it was the duty of labourers as Christians—if he wasn ' t going too far in calling them Christians- —to teach them the proper path . It was only due to their peace in this world , and their happiness in the world to come . ( Cheers . )—Giles Acorn proposed the first resolution . He said he didn't wish to brag , but he
believed he was rather a goodish player at put and checkers . ( Hear . ) Well , he believed a good deal might be done among landlords by mixing oftener with them , and making more free like . To prove that he was in earnest , he had no objection to play a few games at put with the Duke of Marlborougli , or any other such landlord : he thought it would do the duke good . There was no knowing how his heart'might be opened at put , just as tlie gentlefolks did so mucli for the wants of the poor when they played at cricket with ' em . —Hodge Sowthistle seconded the resolution . He didn't know much about dice ; that is , he didn't know the rigs of 'em ; he had raffled once in better days for a goose , and won it . He wouldn ' t at all
mind , however , playing at haphazard—that ' s what he believed gentlefolks called it—with any landlord in a destitute state of feeling for the labourer . He had heard a goodish deal of late of a : littlc gentleman called ^ oung England . Well , he wouldn't mind p laying a game at ring-taw with the child , if ne'il fairly knuckle down . The knuckling down , however , was what they wanted to catch the landlord at ( cheers ); whereas , with all their fine words , he believed there was a great deal of funking . —Simon Clod moved the second resolution . He said , the whole of the fuct was , they had too long neglected landlords aa their fellow-creatures ; thev never went among ' em . "Whereas — as having their good at
heart , and showing ' em that they thought ' em only men like themselves — they ought to go into their houses , to see what sort of beds they slept upon—to see 'em at their dinners , and to teach 'em , what it ' s plain they didn ' t well undertand , the blessings of a good appetite , and the curse of hunger with nothing to satisfy it . It was plain that many landlords believed the labourer eouldn ' t eat at all . Now they had onlv to undeceive ' eni iii their own larders to bring about a great blessing . Ceiitain gentlefolks often came to . the labourer's dwelling , and , never seeing nothing in the cupboard , in course believed that the labourers and their wives and children never wanted food . They had only to dine at the landlords ' houses to teach ' em the contrary ; Although he'd rather have his bit of baeon at his own fireside — that is , where there ought to be a nre
— he would , nevertheless , to assist the society , dine with , as many landlords as was thought fit . . Moreover , he had six children , and they should all go and dine along with him . ( Cheers . )—Zachary Chaff seconded the resolution . He said the last speaker had hit the nail upon the head . It was as plain as the Union , that most of the landlords believed that labourers never wanted to eat at all . _ That they were like the threshing-machines , that might go on beating out the corn without ever wanting to taste it . They ought—poor souls!—to be taught the truth . He was " sure all they wanted to learn was that the labourer was flesh and blood—and , indeed , how few of ' em present at thai . meeting looked anything like it—to treat 'em as such . . For himself , he didn't know what a dinner was ; nevertheless , for the souls ' sake of the landlords—and he feared a lot of ' em was
very dark indeed—he'd dine with twenty of ' em if the society the-ughtit tight . ( Cheers . )— -These and other resolutions were , unanimously passed , when the Chair- j man rose and said , the best part of the business was I to come . They had to giye out the prizes to cer- tain landlords for their noble and feeling conduct to- wards the lal ) ourer . —Hereupon Lord Fitzwheedle was introduced , when the Chairman addressed him as fol- lows ' . - ** ' 'Lord Fitzwheedle ; you have ; shown yourself tobe thetelwuxer ' sfriend . Touplayatcricketcapital ., For a lord , ypuj ; bowlipg is special good . You have this season , in the handsonteat manner , played three games with nothing better than , asyouoalf « ia , iS e sons of the { soil , * and for this noble conduct his
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct837/page/3/
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