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ENIGMA . T kh Sib Jang of * ° innermost tbcmght d « q , -winch tba mind of man can be frsoglit , ^ jjeu tbe lips are loei'd in revenge or grief , I ^ a tbeisart is panting to find Jelief ; trytfirone nrnsi be levelTd , my power npiom , fjre &sto can enter the fceart forlorn . ^ I -sho , at eTe , Id my chariot sweep n ,, nuae airy wing o ' er the Btambenng deep . JjjI-whoiiibaWt each mountain or glen , "foe tbe cry of tha screech owl re-echos again . "Emnspt in 2 ) J power o ' er the field of the dead , ffkejepetsca is the motto , where turmoil has fled . Tio sonna dare intrude on the still of the nighty 0 motion save that of some -wandering sprite ; Tjal tbess are my nurselings —« ach matterless thing Mast tadfl ^ bend to the nod of their iing .
flow cany a bosom , big -with earnest Iotb , ^ as pin'd in Borrow ' neathmy potent sway , Tor 1 can wield the fate of those -who move Easconced within thia fading form of clay ; 13 , 3 though life ' s passions JouS and clamorous prove , g afl mortals woo me st the closing day , n ^ Qj o . rath * B dull tcreads are o ' er their senses wove ina £ & ? Snvises thsm to complete their atay , jj ssulient beings on this mortal stage , I Bntoth tiarpIQow where no storms can rage , ¦ $% & . the thunders sleep in their airy deep , j ^ jjfl pdm and nnmoTed is the sty , £$ & jha * 3 very moon her beams hath strotra jxomher beautiful palace on high ; 1 tarry awhile by each hoary pile , _ £ aS fitambei among the trees ; 3 hi jgun I must more , when the oaks of the £ iove i « rocked by the wMBtlicg breeze .
¦ j fcsTe & * & *> y ^ ° * on ^ Pptent trnth ¦^ joi falsehood h&th strode in its might ; 1 laTsbsen with the victims of tyrannous power , jjlfca ^ er drovepatience to flight . jfjso dauflert venom aims 5 t » poisoned dart * i veial inDocesce xmstaJn'd by batei ^ Sposlsis . secret o ' er a blasted heart With demon ' s joyj gusri ihe breast ij TOtne ' s star adorned , And * 5 D the Toice with deadliest malice fraught Per I sm potent , snd have often scorned fisted loudest dsmoer as a thing of nought . I meet tha braggart * nd the raSer * s -voice With duisct pnde and calm dispassioned mein : I £ y the place where debauchees rejoice , And seldom is ihe busy world am seen .
An 3 last , not least , the schoolboy loots aghast , And plays his vision o ' er the toilsome p 3 ge , ¦ j StEuia Ms ear , liie somB lond fitf al blast Tjj-TmTnB resounds portentous of lage . Hiosgi . no existence I can rigb » Iy claim , 2 io EHJrtal breathing , and no mortal frame ; 7 ct I sm useful when the world ' s loud war JbXh « msh'da Bpirit * neath malignant star ; Ana aB that fires , that vegetates , that gr ows 1 eat feave cradled in ¦ nnmix'd repose . M . K . Atbrcaih . Jan . 10 th , 1 S 43 .
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THE MISER'S DAUGHTER , a tale , by ^ s . HiEBBOs Ajesworxh , with illustrations by Gk > . Cruikshank . Second edition . London : CmiTitTtgn . sm and Mortimer , Adelaide-street , IrifaJgarrSgoare . liseTolnmes do much credit to Mr . Ainsworin ' 3 jaMidier . Thty are very handsomely got op . The jtj * xna lie paper are both good . Of the illastraikas , it might be enough , to saj tliat they are ij Gasrge Croishaink : but some of thein deserve 5 pedal notice j the first , particalarly , representin &mtrodnction of "Randolph Crew io Ssarre , The Baserable , skinnj , long Lmbs of the old miser seated ai Ms Kipper of bread and cheese on ibe -wretched loBime table , partially coTered with a Tagged
tableeSoib , and harag r-e'cre him a snipped earthern trencher , "whfle hi 3 strong box is under -ihe table tkse by his feefc 5 the qnernloss hard lines of the < Ai miser ' s eare-worn conntecanee ; hia shriTeH » d feoj&ling limbs , and tie gaunt form of Jacob the saly porter , contrasting well -with the fine ifignre aid handsome , yomkfal , open , and generoos face of Baafinlph . The scenB of Mr . Gripps , and his en-Ambrata , the sly -sndovr , encawaiensg his master in MarylBbons gsrdEn 3 , wMlefnll ^ ir ^ sed in his master ' s richest clothe , and the after scene of the FportspoUiag by the inopportune entrance of Mr . Yilliers and his eomnapj , just in time to make gHesis at Mr 1 Crppe ' s Treddinjf , are admirably hit off . They are * smieyolnmes thai ten their own story , eren thon ^ h \ 20 story should accompany them . i
SienoTB ] of * hfrMiser * sDangbter is , -n-e pTe 5 nme , by SaUaneiaffliliar to most readers ; and can # ain little fea what we might say of it . Those who have not iaA 5 , sre may venture 10 assure , -wili experience a Bgkfcailn doing so , if ihey love works of fiction ; xaiRihall not mar their pleasore by anticipating 2 a plK or points of the work . Tiey will find the tkuisQS mop drrersified , and exhibiting a stronger ttaSnSlianis nsaal in snch work 3 , while yet they stt 0 drawn and snstained with ionaderable T ^ rawad preciaon , and with much less of the nnaKinl&sd overstrained , than nsnalJy offends , the jsSriws tastein woris of this character . Had Mr . AaswcrA wriiten no other work than this , he TOaiiiaTe established for himself a place among ihe tbj few writers of ficiitions narratiTe whose inafc » ad names are likely to descend to posterity ¦ siskincmang repniarion .
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THE BALL ROOM ANNUAL , TOR 1843 . London , H . G . Glark < k Co ., 66 , Old BaUey . Writing , as we do , for a circulation among the poorest , ii may be thought that a ball room annual would be a little out of place in onr colnnms . We think differently . We can discover no reason -why the graces and elegances of civilization shooldnot be familiar to those from whom all its r&lae is derired We know no reason why fine taste and graoefnl habits should be confined to the drones of society ,
nor why the bees shonld not enjoy some of the pleasures and relaxations of the hire . Hence , we conceive that io these , as well as . the more opulent , the Ball Room Annual may be an acceptable little offering . B iB a ^ ery bijou of elegance ; and it contains a sketch of theBistory of the An of Dancing , a Dissertation on Ball Room Ettiqueltej a Glossary of technicalties and map of information , as to various Mnds of dances , which will be best estimated by adopting the accomplishment to which we make no pretensions . .
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BHADFOBD . Ancient Obpsb op the Goldbh Ftss . cs .. —A Lodge of this flourishing Order was opened at ibB house of Mi . James Batty , Royal Oak Inn , Bradford , on Saturday the 21 st inst ., when about forty members sat down to an excellent repast , after which they were initiated into the order , and the evening was fpent in the moEt harmomons manner . This Lodge promises to become very strong in numbers , to which ail weil-meanmg men , of proper agej aie arfJiedi __ .
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CARLISLE . —Fbawlist ! t Affair—A Warning to Chartists . —Some time previous to tee late strike , a person came into thiB locality to live . During the great excitement at the strike , he put himself forward as a Stirling Chartist and democrat , and took every means in his power to persuade the people to strike work . He ion justly denounced the leading members of the Conacil of the Chartist Association , because they wished the people to remain at their worfe . He went about propagating all sorts of falsehoods and base insinuations against them % and finally succeeded in bringing some of them into disrepute with the people , whom they had long and faithfully served , and who were very thamable in thus listening to and confiding in a
stranger , who had nothing to recommend him to them , but his violence . He and others finally bucoeeded in perenading the people to strike work , got himself elevated as chairman of the trades' delegates , the whole of wh om he would have caused to e arrested , bnfc for the caution and shrewdness of some of the more active members of the Council ; who , seeing the danger that his ignorance and violence were likely to involve them in , very wisely prevented it . At the last quarterly meeting of the members of the Chartist Association , he impudently came forward , and in a most foolish and violent speech , charged many , indeed the whole of the members of the Council with pocketing and misapplying the people ' s money . Tnis base and false charge was completely upset , by the balance sheet , which gave a faithfnl account of the ineorae and expenditure . He then made other charges against
some members of the Council , all of which were proved to be equally groundless with the one to which we have just alluded * In consequmce of some of the membeis attaching themselves to this fellow , nearly the whole of the old members of the Council retired , after having served the people for many years . A new Council was then chosen , of which this same individual was a member , and in this capacity persuaded a number of his dupes to allow him a certain sum of money and he would supply them with the Northern Star . This he did for a _ nnmber of weeks , bnt seeing no opportunity of obtaining a larger sum , he absconded with upwards of £ 1 belonging to a number of poor hard-working men , who had subscribed it fox the purpose of getting the Northern Star . Had they adhered to its advice , they would not have thus placed confidence in a stranger .
SHEFFIELD . The Basks . —We having nothing particular to communicate this week . It 18 stated that the liabilities oT Messrs . Parker and Shore's Bank amount to £ 650 , 000 , and thattnereis about £ 700 , 600 due to the bank , be 3 ide 3 available property belonging to the partners , to the amount of about £ 200 , 000 ; but the question arises , how many of the parties indebted to the bank will be able to make good in full the demands that will be made upon them ? We are of opinion taking into consideration the present state of the town , that a ^ reat maoy of the parties , we are inclined to think a majority . will , when called upon , be found to be insolvent . It now appears that Messrs . Parker and Co ., all but stopped payment
two months ago , at which time they refused payment of a check for £ 1 , 800 which had been given by the overseers of the poor , on account of the county rate , the canse of such refasal is of course well understood riow . Among the many evils already produced by the stoppage of the Old Bank , we may mention that a married woman , whose name we omit to give , who had been told by her husband to withdraw some hundreds of pounds they had in—from the ban i i , and had neglected to do so , was so excited on learning of the stoppage as to be induced to take poison ; happily medical assistance was procured in lime and ihe woman recovered . We understand thai one or two works have already closed and that others are expected to close in consequence of the stoppage .
HxTRESmnxiox of Sheffield . —It is rumoured that Mr . John Parker , our liberal and bullet-loving M . P-i son of Mr . Hugh Parker , one of the principal partners in the Old Bank , is likly to retire from Parliament . The stoppage of the Bank and his acceptance of the office of steward of tbe Court of Requests , conferred upon him by the Duke of Norfolk , are matters likely to cut short his future career as a legislator . To be forewarned is to be forearmed , and should a vacancy in the representation occur , wo hope the Shtf&eld Chartists will be on the alert , and prove to the Editor of the Independent and his patrons , that the Chanists are not the M dormant" party he takes them to he .
Catun's Lectures . — Mr . Catlin , tbe famous North American traveller , has been lecturing in Sheffield for some weeks past , on the condition and customs of the North American Indians . We heard him on the evenings of Thursday and Friday last , Jan , W and 20 . His first lecture was on the history , religion , and warlike customs of the " Red men of the Prairies . " His second lecture was on their social condition , habits , &c . Having spent eight years among , and in tho course of that time made hinwelf fully acquainted with the character and mode of life of this interesting people , he could speak confidently in praise of this race so much abused by living writers , as being barbarous , treacherous and bloodthirsty savages . He showed that the real
savages were the Europeans and Anglo Americans , that under the guise of civilization and Christianity the white men had Introduced crime , rapine , disease and death among the unsuspecting tribes of the Prairies . His descriptions of the annihilation of whole tribes by the introduction of small ptx and other diseases among them by tbe white men , excited tbe liveliest feelings of pity ; while his description of the misery and crime wrought by those incarnate devils call ' ng themselves Christians—the rum and whiskey sellers , called up corresponding feelings of disgust ; and indignation . The lectures were illustrated at different poiuts bj the introduction on the stage of living characters clad in the splendid and classical dresses worn by the different tribes inhabiting the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains . Each lecture was
followed by a series of magnificent tableaux vivanls illustrating their mode of warfare and social life customs . The enthusiastic applause of the audience each evening testified their approval and delight . Mr . Catlin is at present lecturing in Derby ; from there he is expected te proceed to Leeds , and we are informed purposes visiting the principal towns in the North of England and Scotland . We hope that wherever class legislation has left the working classes the means of procuring amusement—{ blended in this instance with instruction ) , they will not fail to afford to Mr . Catlin their patronage ; we assure them they will be delighted with the entertainment . Mr . Catlin ' s lectures breathe the very essence , and pure spirit of truth and freedom , and should be heard and studied by all who love their fellow men , and would " mak the warld better yet . '
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Sheffield . —A Startling Fact . —As an instance of the extraordinary depreciation in the value of property , we are enabled to state that a grinding wheel erected in this neighbourhood within the last twenty years , at a cost of £ 5 , 300 , was lately sold for £ 1 , 000 I—Sheffield Iris . The Weather uj Wales . —Even on the hills we have not had twenty-four hours frost . Frequently June and July have not been so mild . Snow has totally disappeared before the rays of the sun . — Monmouthshire Merlin .
Wb are enabled to state that Mr . Fox Maule has a bill in reference to the Kirk question , ready to bring in on the opening of tbe new season . Its precise character has not yet transpired , but if it is in accordance with the opinions which Mr . Maule has hitherto professed in the matter , there need be no doubt a 9 to its fate . —Fife Herald . Railway Expedition . —Previous to the opening of the railways in the north , a letter posted in Aberdeen wonld reach Hull on the second day , at twelve o ' clock ; now , a letter posted there at three in the afternoon , does not reach Hull until ten in the mernine of the third day . —Hull Packet .
The Bet of Tuios has issued a proclamation declaring that all children of slaves , born in that Regency , shall be free from their birth . This act of humanity is said to have been brought about ty the representations of M . de Lugde , the Consul-General of Franee . If so , it is most honourable both to him and the Bey . A Fatal Draught- —Ann Salisbury , a servant woman in the employ of Mr . William Coward , publican , Wapping , took an opportunity , afforded , on Thursday , by the absence of her mistress , of drinking three gills of whiskey , which bad been left in a jug . The result was that she died on Saturday ,
Affray between the Wreckers and the Coast Guard . —A letter received at Lloyds , states that about 11 ) 0 wreckers , engaged in p lundering the Jessie Logan at Boseasile , attacked the revenue officers and coast guard , bnt were beaten off , and nine of the ringleaders secured . —Globe . Mr . Townsekd , Recorder of Macclesfielu * , is about to produce a ** History of the House of Commons , from the Convention of 1688 to the passing of the Reform Bill . " ; The Brussels journals state that such a quantity of b now has fallen in the province of Luxemburg that the roads are become impassible , and that
the diligence from Metz to Brussels was ; on its last journey se impeded by snow that it was necessary for a part of the route to have twelve horses . Lobs John Russell , it seems , still assumes , asd is allowed , the post of "leader of the Opposition ;" he has issued tbe following ex-official circular summons to the Opposition Membera— "January 1843 . " Lord John Russell presents his compliments to , and takes the liberty of informing him that questions of importance affecting the- state of the country will be brought forward at the commencement of the session , which opens on Thursday 2 nd of February ,
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Hono-Ko ng Post-office . —A large nnmber of letters passed through the- Falmouth post-office on the arrival of the last overland mail , bearing tbe Hong-Kong Po . ^ -office stamp . The stamp was of an oval form , rn ' th the Royal Arms . Around the edge of the stan ^ p were the words " Hong-Kong Post-office . " The stamp was of a red colour and without any date . t Pulling a Lady ' s Kosb . —The only case heard at the county petty session * , on Saturday , was a comp'aint lodged by a dam ^ in humble life , against one Webster , a labourer on the railway , the gist of which was , that the defendant iiad pulled her nose to Euch a degree that she could sot wipe it comfortably for a week . jThe only defence was tbe old abomination , drunkenness ; and , considering that the assault was a very cowardly one , th « magistrates faned the defendant in' 223 . 6 d ., including costs , which he was required to pay in a week , er goto iheireadmiJJ . —Lancaster Gazette .
Bigotry —A correspondent states that a young Fusey parson , having lately to administer the sacrament to a poor man , who was ill , and is since dead , and having gone through the holy rite , informed his wife that the plate on which the bread had been placed , and ; the cup on whioh the wine had been drank , were made sacred in consequence , and must never more be U 3 ed for any other purpose ; and , in order to enforce obedience to this dogma , ho broke in pieces both , without making the poor woman any recompence for the loss of her property —[ This man ought to be prosecuted . ]—Western Times .
A Maternal RETREAT . —Captain Nowlan , a guardian of the South Dublin Union , states that a man , holding a high station in society , has allowed his mother to remain , a pauper in the workhouse . He had lately called and paid for her support , but still left her there , with the intention of using the institution " as a cheap boarding-house for his old mother . " It has been also ascertained , that the mothers of five other substantial citizens are in the house ; and Captain Nowlan threatens to parade them all in an open carriage through the town , and leave them at the dcors of their unfeeling children . i
Melancholy Incident . —On the 21 at of October , when the Clmha , front Greeaoek , for Bombay , was in latitude two deg . 50 mjn . south , longitude 65 deg . east , one of the boys fell from the bowsprit into the sea . Captain Nainsmith , the commandet , who witnessed the accident , instantly leaped overboard , taking with him a rope made fast to the ship . He caught the boy , but unfortunately , at the same time , let go the rope . The vessel , which had considerable way on her at the same time , soon drifted past . A boat was launched , however , and , on reaching the spot , thu boy was found floating , apparently lifeless , but the captain had disappeared . The boy was taken on board , and , after considerable exertions , was restored to consciousness . The first words he uttered were exclamations of grief for the fate of his master , who had saved his life at the expence of his owu . Captain Nainsmith , who was a native of Port Glasgow , was a most promising young seaman . — Greenock paper .
Conversion . —Some sensation has been created amongst the dissenting sects of Rochdale by the recent conversion of Mr . Phelp , the minister of the Unitarian chapel , Blackivater-street , to the Church of England . It would seem that Mr . Phelp was engaged upon a work in opposition to the doctrines of the Trinity , and that , iu the course of his researches , instead of meeting with the evidence to support the Unitarian belief , his convictions were opened to the truth of the Trinity . At length , finding that he could doubt no longer , he sought the spiritual advice and assistance of the worthy vicar , and has ended by renouncing his former errors , and publicly avow . int ! himself a convert to the doctrines of the church . We understand that Mr . Phelp purposeB preparing and duly offering himself as a candidate for holy orders in the church .
Dangerous Courtship . —At the Shropshire county petty sessions , Thomas Davies charged John James and William Jones with assaulting and ducking him in a pond . From the evidence it appeared that Thomas Davis is paying his addresses to a Miss Ann Jones , and that he bad been admitted into the house , where he remained , to the great disappointment of the other candidates fot' the smiles of the fair nymph ; and the enamoured T . Davis having boasted ofthe . favourable reception he received CMised his rivals to be jealous , and watching the said Thomas , when he was making another visit to his fair , they threw
him into a pool near the Corve . Miss Ann in a great measure corroborated the statement , and said she was quite pleased with her dear Thomas , and did not want to have anything to do with tbe " other chaps" —she should not think of " sich a thing ;" Thomas was the man for her ; and if he did boast of the favourable reception she gave him , he had a right to do so . and she did not like him a bit the worse for that . The case caused considerable laughter . The defendants were mulcted in the costs , and Thomas Davies and the fair Ana Jones left the court together qnito happy , to the great mortiBoation of the unfortunate rivals . —Wolverhampton Chronicle .
Curious Charge of Opening a Posted Letter . —At the Bristol sessions ,. Ma > y Crewe , a young woman employed in the post-ofhee receiving-house , at Cathay , was charged with having opened a letter in that office . The prosecutor , Mr . Geo . Brigges , an old gentleman , eighty-six years of age , stated that on the 31 st of October last , between nine and ten o ' clock at night , he put into the box a letter containing a money-order for his son at Merthyr , and that on afterwards looking through the window , he saw the prisoner moisten the wafer with her finger , open the letter , and read it . He then went in the office aud demanded the letter , which was olaced in his hand with the order in it , . The paper was then , he
said , quite moist . Mr . Smith , who appeared for the prisoner , called witnesses to show that the wafer of another letter , one brought by a young man from Mr . Hazell ' s , grocer , having started , the young woman wetted it with her finger , in order to refix it ; that the prisoner bad been in her situation since 1838 , bore an excellent character , and was very attentive to her duties . It was also stated by Mr . Brigges that his sight was not so good as it was forty years ago . After a powerful and affecting address from the learned counsel , the jury , who said they would not trouble the recorder ( Sir C . WethereH , ) to sum up , immediately returned a verdict Not guilty . " The prisoner fainted during tbe trial .
Burning of Devizes Mechanics' Institution , and Loss of Lifs , —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held , in the Town-hall , Devizes , before a Jury of eighteen respectable inhabitants of the town , on view of the body of Charles Brewer , aged twentyfour , who lost his life at the late dreadful fire which , on the morning of Saturday last , occasioned the total destruction orthe Mechanics' Institution , situate in New Park-street , besides other valuable property . The circumstances under ^ hich the deceased l ost his life were as follow : —During the morning , while the firemen were turning over the ruins , for the purpose of more effectually extinguishing the- fire , the basement gave way , and precipitated several persons
into the cellars beneath—all of whom , however , were soon extricated without receiving severe injuries , except the unfortunate deceased , who got buried up to his nick in red-hot bricks . In this deplorable condition be remained a length of time , no person venturing to go to bis assistance until his cries attracted the attention of two gentlemen , who instantly jumped iuto the cellar and hauled him out . He , however , was shockingly burnt—so much so that he died on Thursday . Tne Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of" Accidental death . " The amount of property consumed was estimated at from £ 2000 to £ 4000 , part of . which will fall on the Sun , Norwich Union , and another insurance offices .
New South Wales . —By a vessel arrived from Sydney we have dates to the 3 d of September , a few days later than previous advices . The 19 th report of the Commercial Banking Company had been published , from which it appeared , that though from the depressed condition of the colony the capital did not yield bo large an amount of profit as formerly , a lucrative business had , nevertheless , been transacted , returning a dividend for the half-year of about 6 per cent . To make this profit , stated at £ 13 , 942 , divisible among the proprietary at the rate of 6 per cent ., a sum of about £ 650 would have to be taken from the surplus funoV which would , however , be subsequently repaid in almost double proportion by the receipt of remittances from England
not expected to arrive in time to be included in the balance sheet then presented . This dividend had been declared , ana a reduction of 2 per cent , on the rate of discount to the public assented to , with the view of giving relief to the necessities of the colony . The Legislative Assembly was sitting , but the measures under discussion were not of any great importance . In some quarters it is alleged trade continued to improve , but the Sydney Gazette of the 3 d says—14 General business cannot be said to have exhibited a state of healthy activity yet , nor to have made a single step towards improvement . Speculation , through the long scarcity of money , has been , and is still , dull and stagnant ; the non-arrival of ships with merchandise from England has tended also greatly to keep speculators , as well as dealers , in a state of suspense and indecision . ; and consumers , country and town , finding tbafc English eupplies ,
whi-ch are in tbe market , were looking up , have been in / iuced rather to curtail tneir expenditure of many commodities , in the indulgence of which th « ir previous easiness of obtaining bad tempted them to give ordetB for freely . It appears clear , thiB state of thingB may not last longj unless teetotalism becomes more universal . One thing is , however , to be apprehended from the non-arrivals from England , —vessels for the conveyance of the approaching cljP £ *' v ? ool will be greater in demand than supply , and the freight for the conveyance to England of our staple produoemust consequently rise . "; 'Notwithstanding this asserted straitened supply of cash in the Australian settlements , companies , it appears , are organizing to carry out projected mineral researches , both there and in New Zealand . Copper of superior quality is stated to have been discovered in the la # V uuaed place ,
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The Rotterdamsthe Courant says : — " Private lettors just arrived inform us that a new and violent conflagration occurred on September 9 , at Sourabaya whereby 000 house . " , 400 of which were built oi stone , and covered with tiles , were reduced to ashes . The details are not yei known , but we have every reason to believe that the Commercial Company has sot sustained any loss from this fresh disaster . " ExTERMiNATieaf . —The Cork Examiner gives details of a case of extermination ! which recently occurred on the estate of Sir W ; Beecher in that coanty . The wife of the ejected jtenant has gone mad in consequence » f her misfortunes . We have authority for stating jthat Sir Charles Metealfe , whose long habits of coramand in India , and whost subsequent experience in the West Indies so amply qualify him for the © fiiepi , has been apporated Governor-General of India . —Times .
Thje Ceew of the . Jessie Logan . —The Lynx , which arrived at Cork on the 18 chiinst ., from Messina , had en board the erew of the Jessie Logan-, from Calcutta to Liverpool , which ? left the former port on the 4 th of September . She iwas struck by a heavy sea en the 13 th inst ,, whioh carried away ner poop , stove in her stern , ao& swept j decks , and was abandoned on the 15 th inst . ia lat 51 , long 5 > , having at that tirao 1 $ feet water in her hold . Rofal Marines . —A detachment iof the Chatham division rested in Woolwich the whole of Sunday , and proceeded on Monday morning to London , to be conveyed theneo to Bristol by railjvay . The men are intended to do duty at Pembroke-dockyard in consequence of a number of the Royal Marines recently doing daty there having been withdrawn to assist the authorities in Wales to check the . destruction of property which has taken place by parties kuown only under the designation of " Rebecca and her daughters . " i
Somewhat too Romantic—It seems there is a weeping willow in the garden at Walmer-castle , which « re w from a slip taken from the tree that overhangs Napoleon ' s grave at St . Helena . " The great coHqueror of that wonderful man -tsays a Kent paper ) cherisheth this tree with peculiar care . " The great conqueror has never been much reputed for sentiment . Neither he nor his friends cherishod Napoleon living , and a captive ; to assume a tenderness about his grave would be two bad . His iron highness is surely above it . ;
Increasing D / stress . —At the meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Stourbridge Union , held on Friday , so great was the number of applicants , that it was necessary to constitute two boards . It was , nevertheless , seven o'clock in the evening before all the cases were disposed of . Many of the applicants were table-bodied , some being persons usually employed at iron-works , blast furnaces , &o . ; but the majority were nailers , great numbers of whom are wholly unemployed . The number of new applicants of the able-bodied class , to whojn relief was afforded , was 219 . The bouse 13 full to an unprecedented degree , there being 263 inmates ; Such is the state of this district at present , with every prospect of its becoming worse .
Imprisoning Women for Debt—jAt the last meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society , a case was brought forward which painfully illustrated the operations of the law of imprisonment for debt . On that occasion Captain Dickson , the secretary , read a letter from Mrs . Passmore , a prisoner in Whitecross-street . The letter stated that Mrs . Passmore , who was in her 63 rd year , and whose fathor and three brothers fell fighting the battles of their country , was confined for a debt of £ 3 and £ 5 costs ; and that she was reduced to the lowest ebb of poverty . The gallant secretary said that England was the only country iu which a woman
beyond sixty years of age was confined for debt The society paid tho debt , and released Mrs . Passmore from her imprisonment . ' Foreign Cattle . —' Since the new tariff came into operation ( July last ) , tho following cattle have been imported into Southampton : —From France 6 oxen , 180 cows , 13 calves ; Spain ( Vjgo ) 564 oken ; Hamburgh 10 oxen , 2 cows ; Stockholm 4 sheep ; Jersey and Guernsey ( free of duty ) 5 oxen , 279 cows , 6 calves , 6 goats . Total 585 oxen , 461 cows , 19 calves , 4 sheep , 6 goats . Arrangements are making for more extensive importations from France and Spain during the ensuing spring and summer . —Hampshire Independent , i
Plyhouth , Jan . 21 . —By a private letter just received here it appears that the transport Defiance , Captain R . W . Evatt , was struck by lightning off Nankin on the 30 th of Augnst last , between seven and eight p . m . The electric fluid shivered the mainmast from the truck to the keel , and was attracted by the chain cable from the hauseholes on deck to the chain-lockers below . Providentiallyjno further damage was done . The Defiance had troops on board , with Government stores , including gunpowder and rockets . Great consternation naturally ; prevailed . She 18 not provided with conductors , a j precaution necessary in all parts , but more especially in a climate like that of China , were lightning is so prevalent . <
Mining on a large Scale . —Dover is likely to be next week the scene of an explosion of gunpowder unparalleled in civil engineering . No less a quantity than 18 , 000 lbs ., in three distinct charges , will be fired by galvanic means in one moment , that being the extent of the enormous power about to be used . It is expected that nearly 2 , 000 , 000 tons of mater ial will be displaced by this one ( Operation , saving several thousand pounds to the ( company . The explosion will take place on Thursday next , at low water , from two to three o ' clock , p . m .
Accident in the Catacombs at Paris . —Before the catacombs were finally closed , it is related that a gentleman having missed the guide , wandered in the immense labyrinth until he was lost , jand compelled to seat himself on the damp ground sit the risk ofiosing the use of his limbs . However , * it struck him , that by anointing himself with an unguent , a box of which he had in his pocket , he might preserve himself from the noxious qualities of his horrid abode , and be enabled by increased vigour to continue shouting until some one came to his assistance . The , unguent diffused a genial warmth , land the gentleman at length made himself heard , —was discovered and rescued . After such an escape , it may easily be conjectured that he will never forget Holloway ' s Ointment , the unguent alluded to ! Nor may it be unnecessary to mention that in gout , paralysis , rheumatism , cancer , scrofula , all wounds and external disorders generally , it is of singular efficacy , and should be universally patronized . *
The Queen's Visit to Ireland . —London , Sat ordav . —I nave learned from a good source that her Majesty and her illustrious Consort have determined to visit Ireland during the next summer , aud at an earlier period of the season than their recent visit to Scotland . The Royal Victoria and Albert steam yatoh , now in a forward state in Pembroke dockyard , will , it is expected , be launched towards the end of March or beginning of April ; and her Majesty ' s first excursion in that splendid vessel will be to the Irish metropolis . The Queen , I have learned , has intimated her desire that her visit to Ireland should be a public one . The visit to Scotland was not so . —Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post .
The Perth Courier states that recently a man was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub hiB body with turpentine , before going fa bed , and in the morning he would find himself cured of tbe rheumatism . Accordingly he obtained the assistance of his wife to' rub the upper portion of his body , but while doing so , she accidentally allowed the lighted candle to come in contact with the turpentine which had been placed upon the body , consequently he became enveloped in flame , inflating serious injury ; bow easily might this alkrmiDg accident have been prevented , if , instead of using turpentine , he had taken that celebrated medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills . '
Aberdeen . —Distressing Occurrence . —On Wednesday night , a sailor , who was in the Infirmary in a state of fever , considering that a conversation he heard about the death of a woman related ! to his wife , who was also a patient in the house , seized the opportunity of the nurse ' s momentary absence , and making a dash from the bed on which he lay against the window , leaped through a pane of it . and was precipitated to the ground from the second floor . He was taken up in a dreadful state , and survived only half an hour . —Aberdeen Banner )
Morder of a Gamekeeper . — In our paper- of the 31 st ult . we stated that » desperate affray bad taken place in tbe grounds of Mr . J . B . Phillips , at Tean , between the keepers of that gentleman and four poachers , whom they met on the night ef the 23 d nit ., armed with guns , in pursuit of game ,, ! One of the keepers , named Robert Arnold , on entering a plantation from which the report of a gun bad proceeded , immediately received the contents oJ a gun in his body , and from the effect of the shot sad other injuries received on that occasion , be lingered ] until Saturday last , the 14 th inst ., when he died , leaving a wife and several children to lament bis untimely death . On Tuesday last an adjourned inquest was held at Tean , before Mr . John Cattlow-, coroner , on the body of the unfortunate roan . It , appeared in evidence that deceased was employed by the gamekeeper of Mr . John Burton Phillies , as a night
watcher , and that he and another man were out on the night in question . Hearing the . report of aj gnu in a small plantation , they both made for the ' spot , and deceased had no sooBer entered the plantation than he was shot by some pevson who was about twelve or fourteen yards from Vum , and received the greater part of the charge in his body . Immediately afterwards he was struck with a gun , and a steugglo ensued , but all the parties effected their escaje . ] Ths jury , after examining fifteen witnesses , returned a verdict of M Wilful muydet" against sosie person unknown as principal in the first , degree , and against James Perry , William Byatt , and Samuel Robinson , as aiders and abettoiB . These man had previously been committed on the charge of shooticg at deceased with Mfctent to murder him , and are ( now detained under the coroner's warrant to answer the charge of murder at tbe next assizes , —Stafford Advertiser .
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Some disturbances took place , on January 10 , in the prison of Epin&l . The prisoners being denied the use of tobacco , began to cry out for it , vociferating , " Tobacco or death I" The next day they refused their food and broke the windows , and were proceedio ^ to other acts of violence , vrhea the governor thought it advisable to call in the military , at wbose appearance order was restored . Cheap Enjoyment . —At the Liverpool policeoffice on Friday , Mr . Rashton , while adjudicating npoa » ease involving the keeping of a disorderly house , remarked tha $ it was " one of those houses which wa * known to him where a boy could procure a pipe , a glass of ale , and a game of cards , all for the small charge of one penny . " —Liverpool Albion .
Fxtraobhsart Privations—One of the most extraordinary instances of a ship ' s crew supporting themselves without water for twenty-one days has occurred duriHK the late gale 3 . On the Ifiihinst . tho Reform , from Montrose to Newcastle , put into Grimsby-road 3 . The-master ( Follis ) states , that on the 21 st of December last they left Montrose , and on the . day following 1 they were caught in a violent gale of wind , and were driven down on the coast of Norway . Having unfortunately lost their water , not falling in with any vessel , and being unable to make port , they continued up to the 10 th inst .
without water . On that day , when abeat twenty leagues from Flameorou < h-head , they saw a vessel , whieb they signalled '; it proved to be the Eliza Swavn , Captain Reid , from Montrose , who immediately gave the Reform- whaS water and provisions he could spare . For eight days longer the Reform continued to beat about the coast without being able to procure any more water or provisions , and but for the providential appearanoe of the Eliza Swaia , Capt . Foilis is fully of opinion that he and the crew musfc have perished , as when boarded they were in a dreadful state of exhaustion .
Death © f a Miser nea » Nottingham . —An old man , aged sixty-eight , named William Asbe * s , residing at the village of Costoek , and well known ia the neighbourhood of Nottingham as a penurious , eccentric character , having gone some distance from his house oq Saturday last to feteh coals in a barrow , because he got them a halfpenny cheaper than in the village , became so-fatigued , that he fell devvn and died . The villagers * knowing his miserly propensities , got into his house , searched it , but could find nothing . His nearest relations employed Mr . Samuel Maples , a solicitor of Nottingham , to go over the house with them , * a > pd > the result of his more careful search enabled him to find no less
than , £ 1 , 300 worth of property , in notes , securities , plate , &c . To describe the singular spots in which property was secreted would be au endless task : a silver watch was found in a malt-mill mouth—a splendid Bilver tankard was hid in a , beam—plate , jewellery , and money in holes and crannies that would be passed even by Bow-street officers . Deeds , showing his title to land , hoases , &c , which he kept most secret , were found tojthe value of £ 2 , 000 . Revolt of the Boys at Greenwich School . —' On Friday , a very alarming disturbance broke out in the upper school of the Royal Asylum , Greenwich . It appears that Lieutenant Rouse , R . N ., one of the officers and directors of cymnastics , had ( it is said , without the sanction of the superior
authorities ) restricted the intercourse between the boys and their friends , which so irritated the pupils that they commenced a general row , smashing the windows with slates , rules , brickbats , and other missiles , and breaking upwards of 1 , 000 panes of glass . Five of the ringleader « of the disturbance have been placed in confinement . A strict investigation is going on under the orders of the Governor , Admiral Sir Robert Stopford , K . C . B ., before Captain Huakisson , R . N ., one of the principal officers of the institution . There are nearly 800 boys , the sons of commission and warrant officers , in the upper school , and many of them are fifteen or sixteen years of age , who , on a former occasion , expelled the police by a volley of stones , &o .
Amid all his public avocations the Premier has found time to maintain a controversy with the curreucy-men of Birmingham , represented by the Chamber of Commerce of that town ; who publish the correspondence . It is carried on by memorials and letters in the name of the Chamber on the one side , and in letters from Sir Robert Peel , addressed to Mr . G . Fi . Muntz , M . P ., and Mr . Richard Spooner . It began at the close of July last , with resolutions passed by the Chamber , and transmitted to the Minister , calling his attention to the depressed state of trade and the condition of the people ; and the Chamber soon hint that the establishment of a new paper currency issued by the Government ia the only remedy . -Sir Robert at first seems to hold back from controversy ; but the legislator of 1819 cannot resist the opening made for palpable hits , and he is soon in full tih . The Chamber are
voluminous in their essays : Sir Robert ' s replies are briefer , but comprehensive , frank , and very neataiming at essential points ; except that he is betrayed into a subordinate controversy as to what were the opinions of Locke , whom he recommends the Chamber to study . Sir Robert ' s last letter is dated 12 th December , 1842 . In consenting to the publication of the correspondence , he requests his antagonists to append to it a definition of the sense in which the word " pound" will be used in their inconvertible paper—what it will represent , to what it will be equivalent , and what it will imply ? The Chamber comply , with more good faith than success , by describing the peouliar kind of paper currency which they recommend—issued by Government aloae , a legal tender , receiveable in payment of taxes , and limited to £ 20 , 000 , 000 , about the amount which they consider requisite for purposes of trade .
Fatal Rencontre . —Newent , Gloucestershire . —( From a Correspondent . J—I am sorry to have to communicate the particulars of a distressing event which occurred in the early part of last Sunday evening , in the sequsstered parish of Tibberton , ia this county . Joseph Bevan , an agricultural labourer , aged 37 , is at this moment in custody at the policestation in this towD , charged with having caused the death of his step-son , James Wilkes , aged 23 , by stabbing him in the breast with a claspknife . It appears that Bevan married the mother of the unfortunate deceased , a widow , several years ago—that he and his wife have had frequent quarrels for some years past—that on the evening of Friday last , the 20 th instant , Bevan had words with his wife , which was of but too frequent occurrence , arising , as 19 stated , from an irritable and unhappy temper in the
woman , and from an excessive indulgence in the baneful practice of drinking on the part of the man —that whilst the man and his wife were engaged in this unseemly warfare , Wilkes took part with his mother , upon which a scuffle ensued , aud several blows passed between Bevan and his son-in-law . T ' ue result was , that Bevan , having drawn from his pocket a knife ( a large claspknife ) , struck his adversary on the breast , and inflicted a deadly wound , from the effects of which he died almost instantly . An inquest was held on the body of Wilkes on Monday before Mr . Cooko , coroner , and the prisoner is in safe custody . Bevan is a strong , powerful man , aud bears but a very indifferent character , being much addicted to poaching , drinking , and fighting . He is , notwithstanding , a man of tolerable education , can read and write well , and is considered one of the best farm labourers ia the parish . —Times .
Rural Policb . — -We learn from the best authority , that the iron-masters and coal-proprietors of Lanarkshire , taking advantage of the present unsettled state of the mining districts , the impoverished state of the country , and particularly a contemplated reduction of wages that is to be immediately attempted by the mining and coalmasters , have taken the nsual means of convening a meeting of the county ^ oa an early day , for the purpose of raising a police force for the protection of property , in the neighbourhood of Air ^ rie , Coatbridge , &c , where the principal works are situate . We need scarcely inform our readers , that if the sanction of the county ; is once given for the purpose of raising a rural police force on any pretence
whatever , it will be next to impossible to get it repealed . The tax-payers , therefore , in the county shonld be on the alert , if they wish to keep down a charge that will every year increase in amouat , without in the slightest degree affording nine-tenths of the ratepayers the slightest protection . In England ^ where the rural police force was fisst established , and most extensively tried , the greatest dissatisfaction has been manifested towards the force , which , in addition to often acting in the most unconstitutional manner , has become quite intolerable on account of its expense ; in several cases . tribling what was at first thought sufficient , and all this without affording any efficient additional protection . In some of the English counties the force has been
broken up and disbanded , andia others active measures are ia progress for the sacae purpose . In abort , the systeam England has coeq » to its height . We believe we may have the sanoa in regard to Scotland . Lanarkshire , the most populous county in it , has not yet bad a single rural policeman within its bs ' unds , and we trust never will . Ia some of the neighbouring couaties , whera the force has been introduced , we aie informed , on uadaubted authority * that a stroag effort will be made at the next annual meeting ,, on the 30 th of April ^ to- have the force disbanded The independent ratepayers of Lanarkshire have only ., therefore , to be- Srm , and they axe sue to prevent the introduction of this most useless and expensive force . We-intended to-day to have said a great deal more on . this subject , but will again refer
to the matter . ] fc the mean time , we may shortly sifcte , that a polie * force , to be of the smallest use as a means of preventing crime , must in an ; county where it haa been introduced into , be made ten times more numerous than at present . And what would be t » e eonsequenoe of this to the majority of the ratepayers I Why , it would be perfect rain . It is all very well for proprietors of public works , and gentlemen who preserve their game , to have a police force at their command , but what is thia to the ratepayers who have neither pahlio works nor game to preserve \ It is nothing . H rutal police must be had , let the parties who require them pay the expense themselves , and not burden the already overtaxed Bmall proprietors ia the county . —Glasgow 1 Journal ,
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THE ENGLISH WIFE-A MANUAL OF HOME DUTIES . By the Author of the " English Maiden / ' ecc . London , Clarke , Old Bailey . We have had this bcok a long time by us . But many circumstances have combined to prevent our being able to read it with that amount of careful attention which we hold to be the dnty of all who read for the pnrpose of writing an opinion of what they read . We have at last read it carefully , and it has well repaid ns . It i « , indeed , as it elaims to
be , " A Manual of Home Dalies" for that interesting portion of Society to whom it is addressed . No wife should lack it . Its instructions are at once grave and sober , but cheerfully and pleasantly conveyed ; while it contains vn almost every subject that involves the happiness and duty of a wife and mother , a kr ^ e fund of most valuable informationj expressed in clear , simple , and yet elegant language , and breathing throughout a spirit of genuine philanthropby and Christian feeling . We have never read a book whfch we can more cordially and conscientiensly recommend tD genera ] perusal
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THE PULTENEY LIBRARY , Part 28 , December , 1 & 42 . The Works of Defoe . London ; Clemeni 3 j Polteney-street . The works of this justly celebrated man are much too little known . We rrnst that this publication of them in a eheapand invitingf orm will introdnceihen ) to more general notice . The present Part contains his verse satires " The True-born Englishman" and " The Divins Right of Kings , " with all the valuable notes of the author . Taere is much in these satires eminently suited to the present times , and which should he constantly kept in mind by all men .
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THE ILLUSTRATED LO > T > ON NEWS . The degree of perfection to which the art of wood engraving has arrived in this age of " illusaration" is well evidenced in the weekly pages of this novel but spirited undertaking . The chief feature of the work , however ^ is its ^ colloseum print of London in 1842 . This is a magnificent work of art ; and does honour both to the designer and the execator .
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THE PRACTICAL BREAD BAKER . By G . Read . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street .
This little book lets us into all the secrets of the art and mystery of London Bread Baking . It is the production of an operative workman of the craft and gives a mhiute description of all the several processes appertaining to this nsefnl and necessary art . I ; also contains a graphic expose of tbe miseries endured by and the oppression practised on the poor slaves by whom tbe work is done j of whom the writer afiirmB that " there is no class of men so completely dnidgedand so poorly paid . "
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THE AFFLICTED MUSE ,- by James Vernon Sonthmolton : printed for the Author , by B . Dunn , Market-place . This a small collection of original poems , by a young man , whom the heavy hand of paralysis has , for a long series of years , deprived of all the ordinary enjoyments , and precluded from all the -ordinary occupations of life ; while poverty has tended to enhance ihe weight of miBery entailed by affliction . The composition of these litila pieces has served the poor invalid to wile away the heavy hours , and they have , we believe , remained
unwritten sQtil tbe friendly aid of some neighbour , as aa amanuensis , could be obtained ; the paralytic being himself unable to write . These circumstances should alone form the passport of these poemB to the patronage of the benevolent . But they are not desrimte of poetic merit ; and though they perhaps seldom rise above mediocrity , we have seen much worse sififf than anything here to be found , most unconscionably puffed and pTaised by reviews . Tbe pieces generally are ** tinged with sombre hue , " which , considering the writer ' s circumstances , is not wonderfuL
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THE BRITISB AND FOREIGN REVIEW ; or EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL . No . 27 . London ;—Richard and John Taylor , Red Lion Cfrnrt , Fleet Street j Paris : —Galig" nani ; Berlin : —Asher . We regard this at the most talented of our quarterly periodicals . There is a depth of thought , a masterliness of dissection , and discrimination in its criticisms which are the evidence of mind such as is not usually occupied on periodical literature . The present number contains two articles on the poetry and character of Wordsworth and Gceihe , which in onr estimation , strikingly exemplify and just ify tbe opinion we have given . It has also valuable and lengthy papers on a variety of other subjects .
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AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE . Toths levers of Romance this monthly visitor must be a welcome friend , if we may jndge by the Number now before U 3 . It is the one for January , and opens with the beginning of Book the Second of * Wetosor Castle , ' by the Editor , Mr . Harrison Ains-worth , author of the "Miser's Daughter ? noticed in another part of this sheet . We have not seen the beginning of this " Historical Romance f for the Magazine , we regret to Eay , has not . been regularly forwarded to us ; but if we may Tenture on an expression of opinion from the slight " sample of the sack" we have seen , we should say that th > s sober Romance of Mr . Ainsworth ' s , promises to be
every whit as interesting and as instructive as his jnstly famed " Tower of London . " Tae portion of the Romance given in tbe NumbeT before ns is illustrated with two steel engravings , by George Cruikshank ; and by no less than seven lovely wood cuts , representations of the several localities connected with Windsor Castle . In addition to this portion of the new production from Mr . Ainsworth' s prolific pen , we have a tolerably sprightly " dream , " by Leman Blanchard ; a sufficiently awful" legend by the Baroness De Calabrella f a really humourous paper entitled " State and Prospects of the Legitimate Drama in China , " re-printed from Ainswortfi ' s Magazine for January 1840 ; a trnB "story of "the Monastery of L'Averaia "; and ** Part
HI . of the Elliston Papers , edited by George Raymond . " There are besides Part IJ . of a Venetian Romance , and an interesting papeT , entitled v ' Three days lost in Tauruz , by Mr . Francis Hainsworth : " and several pieces of poetry , both humourous and serious . In fact , there is in this Magazine a rich fund of amusement blended with instruction ; and both of an highly intellectual character . It is , in its way , the best that we have Been for some time . We commend it strongly to the notice of the public , with whom we are glad to find , from an address prefixed to this , the opening nnmber of a new vol ., it has become a favourite , and is rewarded with that share of patronage as to warrant 113 conductors to use the term success when speaking of their undertiking . It richly deserves it .
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SHE LADIES' HANDBOOK OF BABYLL 5 ES . By the Author of the "Ladies ' Haad Book of Fancy Needlework , Plain Needlework , Enitfcng , Netting , and Crotchet , " &t . London , fl . G . Clarke " and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . Soei jsiie tide of a rery elegant and nsefhl little ¦*» Xj *< sp&cfcigwhIeha lady , in 4 > nr hearing , obs-ttm thatis could ssarcely be regarded otherwise e » isan icsnlt to the sex ; its directions were so SBple and plain , about things which were so com-? ralyatiderstood . We bej ? onr fair friend ' s pardon ; Saajsoseemto those who have had theadvan" £ s of ednc&iion and maternal care and culture , fca ift
« j in jnost cases , have in all these necessary Bag * Eifident needful assistance to make np for Ej&Iaencjin their own knowledge . To such , k Baud / Book of Baby Linen , containing plain ?« ample ^ instructions for ne preparation of an ^ ara wtrdrobe , " may seem a very ample and spsaaoas a 2 " air . But we happen to know that in ^ T 8 ^ imd taere sre myriads of mothers whom KKjBfenoDs arrangements of elass-devonring com-P ^ sua have deprived of these advantages , and £ |« Bmea io assume all the important responri-I ^ Bffi , to endure all the painful cares , and toper-|* a n some rnj or other all the grave and serious ^* sol a relationship for which they they have had S ^ jS preparation by previous habits and instrnc-*§ £ ¦ Xo ad these , —to the daughters of toil , and of ^ raoaj- ^ ose mTT 0 WS ^ q enhanced , and whos « |™ raj 33 made more galling by their enforced ^ w » e , ire recommend this little " insult" for the Ijfjrttamniged against it by onr friend . M It 3 5 f ^ are so ample and so plain . " This is , in fct ? *^?' * 6 be ^ recommendation it ean have ; ¦ gas we know that it comes from one who is well rjj- ^ p re it , we shall not mar it by attempting to -l * saee , of our own judgment , any opinion onf £ ** so delicate . We give ths book onr fair j ^^ menuataon , and have no doHbt that it is
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J §^ A YOUNG LADY ON THE AEVAMAGiS OF EARLY P 1 LTY . Lond ° aiH . G . Clarke , 66 , Old Bailey . J 5 >! "b read Tery few books from which we have gj ^ f ttore lively gratification than from this feSrJtw Terj elegant , Tery appropriate , and WnT T ^ en volume . The earnestness of &Sy a&d Jatherly tSiciion , arc in every line ^ Sy&LaH v £ e w ^ om aBO kindliness of deep ^¦ s ^ a ciiTe benevolence , and purely religions feelpUe T / on 2 £ female ought to be permitted by her ¦ s is , * . J ° & oyf np whhouj reading these letters , l MiffifiT «^ al £ d to ProdGce ^ Poa the s-usceptible ^ kSffieS ? ° ^ m 05 t ^"" ff" * * influence
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^ bSJw ^ TED PEN 2 ? Y NOVELIST , a ( SJr - ^ » atnre and Science , Part L—- = »* , Sb&e-laa ^ Fleet-street . tetati ^ ii ^ 6 of * £ b : rt * R * r cheapness . Each iBeSaj ^ ^^ a tos neighbour in the art of cbeap prottaxp-w . * P f « x 2 , cheap clothes , cheap furniture , ^ t ot ^ r «» U kinds , cheap labour , by which *^ si 3 ^^ a he procured , and cheap talent , •^ ^ fiTfiK ^ 1 ^ absence of talent , are all the f * kffi ?* - ^ OBg the rest , cheap literature « 2 ! 1 's advances in the march of intel-«»^ gS ¥ » . AnS , certainly , of all the efforts *> i it * W thfi ehftin annctUs trs iiin coo-n
Nfcl afeK tohis . Siity-four quarto pages * % h , dDgS » *> - ^ marvellous , and the miscella ^ Mio ss jjf ?^ ia Tery aaall type , and fifteen ^ jaKj ^ ace ! The : lordTWe mercj S 5 P " - - SS * - *?' BOTMT « shi '« more lor the ^ Mt ^ S ^* ^ we can » y but little . We ^ JBUro ^ f& ^ &e DesVonly an indifferent k ^^ orMt !^ ? ^ ' 1011 ^ time . But we fe ^^ prX ** the new-born intellects & ^^^ S ^ ^ eDii & tlteaiQent lc > ok out S ?®« 2 dj £ ^ l : T ° all snch we recommend ^! Jt * si « flSte £ ? M 0 T * » as cne of the cheapest **• jecCi *^ le tictt-TOsvers thai we hare
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THE LADIES HAND BOOK OF PLAIN NEEDLEWORK . London : —H . G . Clark and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . This is another little manual , neatly and be autifnllygot np by the same author as the Hand-book of Baby Linen above noticed . We know not whether onr fair friend might be inclined to regard it in a like light , but we feel disposed to regard this as an equally nsefnl M insult" to the poor and neglected portion of ' God ' s fairest creaturesi" with ite
babylinen mate ; while we doubt not that many a " ladyfair of high degree" may learn much from this most unpretendisg little , manual of instruction , its chief merit is its plainness and perspicuity , which are almost enongh to initiate even a clumsy w he creature" into all the mysteries of the gentle craft of shirt making , & . O ., where its comprehensiveness omit no branch or variety of the indispensable occupation on which it treats , and its precision brings the whole of its teachings within a very brief compass .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct920/page/3/
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