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BEAUTIES OF BYRON _, so . _xxtv . " CHttDE HA-WID . " _Inl Intending to conclude onr extracts from" ChUde _Jhre _jhrold" this week , we think this a fitting opportunity jrity to offer a few words in explanation of onr molive fire in giving these extracts fiiiom the writings of BtbBtbos . . Tl The " age of cant - is not yet over , otherwise it won would be unnecessary for us to trouble our readers ¦ wit ! with the following remarks , —remarks deprecatory of thai that canting spirit which , animating too many of our peri periodical writers , critics , and others , has given birth to . 10 those endless calumnies of which thc author of "C " Childe Harold" has been the victim . We speak pot not only of those who , from first to last , have
hello ** lowed against "the irreligious and unmoral tender dency" ofthe poet ' s works , but also of those candid , _libc // _foftJ-rainded gentlemen who are professedly great adi admirers of tbe poet ' s genius , but who ever accompai pany their { nudging praise with the cry , " Look at thi this blemish—see that spot—mark , again , yon defoi formity!—oh , shocking ! " These Pharisees , too , cu cm never give a good word to another poet but thej jai jaostueeds institute " odious comparisons" between thi the object of their praise and poor Biaos . Thus one es compares Brass with Btros _, and tries to exalt th the one by labouring to debase the ether—as if th there was not room enough for the exaltation of of both ! Another , who has never had the mode desty and sense to ask himself , "Who made tl thee a judge of thy fellows , or rather , superiors ?" p . paints an elaborate portraiture ;( after his own fancy ) oi of the external features and appearance of __ Bt __ o . ai and Shellet , deducing , therefrom , that the former
w was possessed with the devils of all evil passions , and tl the latter with virtues _josfc the reverse of those p passions . Again , a new poet is introduced to the w world , andh * iseulogi _ _rtpraises himinnostlntedtenns . —good ; but the new poet is not all-perfect , he has , a at least , some errors of a somewhat ultra-anti-ortho i _doxnatureas regards his political andreligious views , 1 these " errors" the reviewer discountenances , bnt ( charitably adds , " They are not the engrained sins of 1 that great poet , ihe brightness of whose genius yet _; made the world forpt his spots . " Poor Btrox ! , even the heterodox _Borxs , the atheistic Shellet . ; and the democratic Cooper , find their admirers ; but i at you all the ** unco guid" fling their pebbles . You : are the Goliah _, at which eveiy self-conceited David Larls his sling ' s bullet . They have one excuse— "a fool ' s bolt is soon shot "—and , perhaps , littleness of mind is aa fairly chargeable against them as is meanness of heart .
We have not now to do -with Byron as a man , though we dare be sworn he was , as a human being , as good and as noble as the most of his species , and in some respects infinitely above the great mass of his fellow-men , his critics and revilers included . We and posterity have only to do with him as a poet ; by his works , not his mortal self , he must be judged . " Sow , what is the great and unpardonable fault ofhis works ! _Tlmttlicyrepresentmanasheis . Other poets have represented man not as he is , but as they would hare him be ; but every day ' s experience shows their imaginings to be dreams indeed , having but little similitude with the realities of life . The traducers of _Biaosknow his pictures of life to be veritable portraits , but they will not confess to the likeness . These morality-mongers pass through life masking themselves in such appearances as . best suit the world ' s hypocrisy , and they naturally execrate him who would unmask them .
Btbos was not more immoral than his fellows , but he was more honest . His assailants are not purer than he , but theyare hypocritical . In short , Brno . *; was a Max , —his " moral" calumniators are Shams I It has been charged against Bison that he viewed all nature with an " evil eye , " never omitting to blend evil with good , and giving to the former the preponderance . His own lines have been quoted _30811181 him : — Know ye the land where the _impress and myrtle _^ Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime , "ffhere the rage of the vulture , the love of the turtle , ' Sow melt into sorrow , sow madden to crime !
But what are these lines but a picture , a true picture , not only of the land of the East , but of Earth throughout its many lands ? Let the history of mankind be investigated , and the records ef each and every nation will attest how greatly the evil has preponderated over the good . Witness the wars , pestilences , and famines , which have afflicted all countries , to which should be added the slavery and misery of tiie great mass of the people of all nations . Again , view men as individuals , and besides "the thousand natural ills which flesh is heir to , " havenot thestrongpreyed upon the weak , and the cunningupon the ignorant ? _fiasnotthemostabsorbingaudhoUest of passions , love—the noblest of virtues , patriotismbeen productive of more misery to their devotees than
thev ever have of happiness ? Whether the dreams which lore inspires were ever fully realised to any human beings , even the most virtuous and most fortunate , we question ; while there can be no question that this passion has caused sorrows which no tongue ever gave full utterance to , no pen ever fully describe . Patriots have been victimised not only by tvrants , but also by the very slaves they have sought to redeem from bondage and misery ; and where one patriot can be named as having succeeded in his mission , myriads might be named who have suffered and perished , victims to the fraud and force ofthe privileged few , and the ignorance and prejudices of the deluded many . The detractors of Biros have _charged against him that he holds up—<< __ the name of Washington ,
To make mam Wash there was hut one . But we should be glad to see the assailants of the poet controvert his assertion . Ii they cannot do so , and they cannot , should they not blush ? and in truth man m ay blush for the history of his kind , that it
so . We remember an anonymous writer in " Tait ' s Magazine" winding up a savage attack on _Btkos by asking , " Whom have his works made better V We mil answer that question by asking that writer another question**— " Does he consider Adam was the better for eating of the' tree of knowledge tf good and evil T " He was , certainly , the wiser , if not the happier . Bnt who is happy ? Certainly not the men of mind . We know of none in this world who would have the presumption to assert their happiness , save two classes—the selfish , who have no feeling for their _feUow-ereatures , and the ignorant dupes and slaves in soul , who boast their " contentment . " Bnt what mnn with heart and brains in Mm desires the
happmes 3 of either class ? If any man fancies himself happy , let him take a day ' s polk through London , and , no matter how wise in _thought , how equable in temper , how virtuous in action he may be , let him but walk with his eyes open , and his fancied happiness w 2 I be dispelled . If not—if he fetish his walk unmoved—we shall at once comprehend his boasted happiness to be selfishness ; that self-imposed fraud , which makes the " comfortable , " " respectable " denizens of this world , eat by day , and sleep by night , undisturbed by the cry of the famishing and the wail of the homeless . We will tell the detractors of Btsos what his
works have done for us . They have uttered for us what we have not the voice to give utterance to ourselves . They are a protest against the "fitness of things " in this " best of all possible worlds "—a protest which the hearts of thousands , perhaps millions , accord with . Btbos's works vindicate " fiee thought . " and that is the aU-importaut _considers tion . Ue is not that hopeful of the future that _Shuxet is , but time only can decide whether he or his noble brother bard is right . For ourselves , although we regard the past much in the light that Braos regarded it , yet , as respects the future , we cling to tiie belief in man's progress , and trust and believe with Shellet , that
" A . brighter mora awaits the human day . * Next to the defending of those great principles which men have agreed to personify by the words «« Truth" and "Justice . " and the succounmj the afflicted , defending tiie innocent ; and aiding the _oppressed ; next to these sacred duties , surely no duty Ean be more binding on man than that of vindicating the memories of tiie departed great , against the sjandere of ignorant and interested calumniators . But we do not aspire to be the defenders of Bikos . Did his memoiy need an advocate , weare too _consuious of our inabili _^ topresumetotake upon ourselves such an office ; fortunately , however , no defender _^ wanted —all that is necessary is , that the poet should be permitted to vindicate himself . With that end in view we commenced giving the extracts from the noet ' s works which have appeared in this paper under
thehead " Beauties of Byron . " We believed that notwithstanding the comparative low price at which _Braox ' s works are now published by . Mr . Mcbbat , that thousands of the working class—the class this papa * is specially addressed to—knew little or nothing of them . Cheap and illegitimate editions of Don Juan , Cain , and the Vision of Judgment , Ihave been circulated to some considerable extent , bat the rest of the poet ' s works are almost entirely unknown to the millions . To let onr readers know something ofthe beauties of the poetry they have been used to hear so much denounced by tiie puritanical and hypocritical , and to inspire them with the desire to cultivate a knowledge ofthe works of one of their greatest countrymen , has been our object . Of course no reader of the Northern Star will rest satisfied with
the mere extracts we give in these columns : on the contrary , each will naturally be desirous to possess the poet ' s works in full , and set about obtaining them , unless _absolutely prevented by poverty . We have no piratical view of transferring Btkox's works to our columns , on the contrary , our object is to promote their leg itimate eireulation amongst that class which hitherto has not known them at all , or known them but imperfectly . Btkov has not only vindicated free thought ; he has , also , in language imfct superbly poetical , denounced tvmnts and their tyranny ; die _eutse and crimes of war , and the _man . v _otaer _enomnucs committed bv man upon his fciJo-v-mm In " _timgu Hi * !*<* ' : _* : _a & i words that burn , " he has _gW-d
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patnotism , whether triumphant or fallen _TT « _f , 9 . « nngof beauty andof love ' with a _^ _S _££ and tiie very eloquence of woe has _recorded Ms o _™ _wirowsm . _inimortal veise . To that verse w" _^ nut the rmnation of his name and _memow mi feanng that the voice of the people will do jSX him and to his enemies . " » w justice so To fully comprehend _jand enjoy the Beauties of JK _^^^^^^ the _^ thas lelt us . Onr extracts necessarily gire the * _Sv « der but a mere glimp se of those _BeSE" I tnilhe _ehin _^ 4116 mos t _« _^ « SLfcS eW wdL we doubt not , be deemedI sufficient apology for _itsuse . With these explanatory remarks , _taSXff _& _Vff _^ f _foUowLTSutog _S tracts from Childe Harold . " Next week , we shall introduce to our readeK « The Giaour _^ _^ _Mu- _^ _... ... .
,, ,. SAPOIEOW . —would be all or nothing—nor could wait For the sure grave to level him ; few years Had _fct'd him with the Gesars in his fate _. On whom we tread : For this tbe conqueror rears The arch of triumph ! and for this the tean And Wood of earth flow on as they haveflow'd , Am universal deluge , whieh appears Without an ark for wretched man ' s abode , And ehbs but to re-flow . '—Renew thy rainbow , God !
_TIBAHNY . "What from thi * barren heing do we reap * Onr senses narrow , and our reason frail , life short , and truth a gem which loves the deep , And all things weighed iu custom's falsest scale ; Opinion and Omnipotence , —whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness , until right And wrong are accidents , and men grow pale Lest their own judgments should become too bright , And their free thoughts be crimes , and earth have too mnch light .
And thus they plot in sluggish misery , Rotting from sire to son , and age to age , Frond of their trampled nature , and so die , Bequeathing their hereditary rage To the new race of inborn slaves , who wage War for their chains , and rather than be free , Bleed gladiator-like , and still engage Within the same arena where they see Their fellows fall before , like leaves ofthe same tree . I speak not of men's creeds—tbey rest between Man and hie maker—but of things alio wM , _Averr'd and known , —and daily , hourly seen—The joke that is ufon us doubly bowM , And the intent of tyranny avow'd , The edict of Earth ' s rulers who are grown The apes of him who humbled once tiie proud , And shook them from their slumbers on the throne ; Too glorious , were this all his mighty arm had done _.
WASHINGTON . Can tyrants but by tyrants _conquer'd be , And Freedom find no champion and no child Such as Columbia saw arise when she Sprung forth a Pallas , arm'd and undefiled ? Or must such minds be nourished in the wild , Deep in the nnprnned forest , 'midst the roar © f cataracts , where nursing Nature smiled On in & nt Washington ? Has Earth no more Such seeds within her breast , or Europe no such shore !
. Yet , Freedom ! yet thy hanner , torn , but flying , Streams like the thunder-storm _egtintt the wind ; Thy trumpet voice , though broken no w and dying , The loudest still the tempest leaves behind ; Thy tree hath lost its blossoms , and the rind , _Chopp'd by the axe , looks rough and little worth , But the sap lasts , —and still the seed we find Sewn deep , even in the bosom of the North ; So shall a better spring less bitter seed bring forth .
XATUSE—SOLITUDE , Oh ! ih » t the desert were my dwelling place , With one fair Spirit for my minister , That I might all forget the human race , And , hating no one , love but only her ! Ye Elements!—in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted—Cau ye not Accord me sueh a being ? Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot % Though with them to converse can rarely he our lot _. There is a pleasure in the pathless woods , There is a rapture in the lonely shore , There is society where none intrudes , By the deep Sea , and music in its roar : I love not Man the less , but Nature more , From these our interviews , in which I steal From all I may bo , er have been before , To mingle with the Universe , and feel What I cau ne ' er express , jet cannot all conceal .
THE OCEAN . Roll on , thou deep and dark blue Ocean—roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in Tain ; Han marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A shadow of man ' s ravage , save his own , When , for a moment , like a drop of rain , He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan , Without a grave , unknell'd , uncottin'd and unknown . His step * are not upon thy paths , —thy fields Are not a spoil for him , —thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the eril strength he wields For earth ' s destruction thou dost all despise ,
Spurning him from thy besom to the skies _. And send ' st him , shivering in tby playful spray And howling to his Gods , where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay , And dashest him again to earth : —there let him lay The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities , bidding nations quake , And monarchs tremble in their capitals , The oak leviathans , _whese huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee , aud arbiter of war ; These are tby toys , and , as the snowy flake , They melt into tby yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride , or spoils of Trafalgar .
Thy shores are empires , changed in all save _thee—Assyria , Greece , Borne , Carthage , what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were free , And many a tyrant since ; these shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : —not so thou , _Uuchwgeablesave to thy wild waves play-Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow—Such as creation's dawn beheld , thou rollest now . Thon glorious mirror , where the Almighty ' s form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time , Calm or convulsed—in breeze , or gale , or storm , Icing the pole , or in the torrid clime Bark-heaving;—boundless , endless , and _sublims—The image of Eternity—the throne Of the Invisible ; even from ont thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee * , thou goest forth , dread , fathomless , alone ,
LOVE . Oh Lore ! no habitant of Earth thou art—An unseen seraph , we believe in thee , A faith whose martyrs are the broken heart , But never yet bath seeu , nor e ' er shall see The naked eye , thy form , as it should be ; The mind hath made thee , as it peopled heaven , Even nith its own derisingphantasy , And to a thought such shape and image given , As haunts the uuqienched _soul—jparchM—wearied wrung— and riven .
USE . Our life is a false nature— 'tis not in The harmony of things , —this hard decree , This aneradicable taint of sin _. This boundless upas , this all-blasting tree , Whose root is earth , whose leaves and branches bc The skies which run their plagues on men like dew-Disease , death , bondage—all tbe woes we see—And worse , the woes we set not—whieh throb through The immedicable soul , with heartaches ever new . Yet let us ponder boldly— 'tis a base Abandonment of reason to resign Our rigbt of thought—our last and only plaee Oi refuge -, tills , at least , shall still be mine : Though from onr birth the faculty divine Is _chain'd and tortured—cabinM , cribu'd , confin'd _, And bred in darkness , lest the truth sliould shine Too brightly on the unprepared mind , Tbe beam pours in , for time and skill will couch the blind
the crass ! Oh Time I the beautifier of the dead , Adorner of the rain , comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled—Time ! the corrector where our judgments err , The test of truth , love _^—sole phi _^ opher , For all beside are sophists , from tby thrift , Which never loses though it doth defer—Time , fhe avenger ! unto thee I lift Mv hands , and eyes , aadheart , andcrareof _fteea gift * ***** # t And if my voice break forth , 't is not that now I shrink from what is sufferM : let him speak Who hath beheld decline upon my brow ,
Or seen my mind ' s convulsion leave it weak ; But in this page a record will I seek . Not in the air shall these my words disperse . Though I be ashes ; a far hour shall wreak The deep prophetic fulness of this verse , And pile _sn human heads the mountain of my enrse ! That curse shall be ForgiveneB *—Have I not—Hear me , my mother Earth ' behold it , Heaven !—Have I not had to wrestle with my lot « Have I not suner * d things to be forgiven ? Have I not had my brain _seatM , my heart riven , Hopes sapped , name blighted , life's life lied away ? And only not to desperation driven , Because not altogether of such clay As rots into the souls of these whom I survey .
From mighty wrongs to petty perfidy Have I not seen what human things could do f From the loud roar of foaming calumny To the small whisper of the as paltry few , And subtler venom of the reptile crew The Janus glance of whose significant eye , Learning to lie nith silence , would seem true , And without utterance , save the slirug or sigh , Deal round to happy fools its speechless obloquy . t Three _rtaiwas of great _jKiivcr and beauty are omitted hue ; they arc _stisuzas cssxL , _csxjoi , and CXXXIU . — _Ctuito iv .
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But I have lived , and have not lived in vain : My mind may lose its force , mj blood Its fire , And my frame perish even in conquering pain : Bat there is that within me which shall tire Torture and Time , and breathe when I expire . Something unearthly , which they deem not of , Like the _rememher'd tone ofa mute lyre , Shall on their softened spirits sink , and move In hearts all rocky now the late remorse of lore .
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THE _CONNOISSEUR-JAHiunY . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The second volume of the " Connoisseur" opens with great spirit . The present month ' s number , besides containing many excellent articles , is embellished with a lithographic engraving of Vanbtck , from a portrait by himself . In this exquisite engraving Air . _MiouiRE has exceeded all his former triumphs . In the editorial address commencing the present number , the writer takes high ground in _vmditating true , and exposing false , criticism . He promises that what the "Connoisseur" has been hitherto , it shall continue to be , the honest encourager of talent , and the uncompromising opposes of quackery ; "a singularity of purpose alone sufficient
to excuse its intrusion on the public . " " Music as an Art , " is an ably written article ; and although tho writer makes some novel , and indeed startling , assertions , his arguments insupport of those assertions are , we think , not easily to be answered . An article is devoted to a criticism on Mr . \ Vai _ uck ' s acting , in wliich the writer doe 3 justice to that veteran performer ' s excellent , and , in the present day , unrivalled personation of lago , " A Concert of Amateurs" lets the uninitiated into a few secrets of how these things are managed , which will make them laugh . This number alsocontainsartic . es on " Musical Criticism , " "Royal Academy of Music King's Scholarships , " "lhe Decorative Art Society , " and the usual notices of the dramatic and musical performances of the past month , which , as usual , are very interesting .
The Almanack Of Tiie Month. A Review Op ...
THE ALMANACK OF TIIE MONTH . A Review op Everything ahd _Evuryboov . Edited by Gilbert A . _a'Beckeit . This is a rare sixpenny-worth of fun , tlie essenceat least the funny essence—of Punch squeezed into a fitting compass for the waistcoat pocket . First , we have " Some Account of January . " Sp _sxser described January as " an old gentleman , wrapped well
" In many weeds , to keep the cold away . " Now , we are of opinion that " weeds " must have been originally written "tweeds ; " for , putting out of the question the well known fact that there arc no weeds in January—except widows' weeds , wliich an old man would not wear—it hi very unlikely that Januarius would wrap himself up in such useless and uncomfortable clothing . The term " wrapped well" bears us out in our supposition , for , although none of us ever heard of " weedish wrappers , " it is undeniable that "Tweedish wrappers"are articles we are aU of us acquainted with . The " Great Event of the Month" is , of course , " The Ministerial Crisis , " which is appropriately treated as a , pantomime . The " Exhibition of the Month " introduces us to the Smithfield Club Cattle Show . A poetical
gem , entitled , "The Four Visits , is excellent . The piece is signed "M . L . " Mabk Lbuos , we presume . The " Abuse of the Month" is a severely _satirical comment on the recent Woodstock Election . The " Absurdity of the Month" cuts hd those benevolent newspaper gentry , who , not content , as heretofore , to "give away" waste-paper supplements , are . now scrambling " three-guinea globes , " and even " thousands of pounds sterling ! " The " Stage Passions" are treated of in an " Ode" by Mr . a'Bkckbii —how treated we need not say . These are but a very few of the good things contained in this Almanack , which , by the bye , is not wanting in some of the serious and useful information contained in other almanacks . It treats of everything right humourously , and everybody who loves a joke should read it .
Punch, Part L1v. London: Punch Office, 9...
PUNCH , Part L 1 V . London : Punch office , 92 , Fleet-street . The ancients had their "immortal Nine" whom poets and others have so often apostrophised , but we , the moderns , are still more fortunate in possessing the nine immortal volumes of Punch . The present Part couoludes the Ninth Volume , which , if it be not superior , is at least equal to any of its predecessors Amongst the principal subjects done justice to in this Part we notice our old friend Silk Buckingham and his "Destitute . " He well deserves the merciless castigatien administered to him . Of course Sir R . Pkhl is duly remembered , and here we have him figuring as "The Premier Navigator , " "The Ktiave of Spades , " ix . The "Iron Duke" is also dulv
honoured , as " lhe Army Tobacco-Stopper , " the nurse to the " Military Nursery , " and as the log tied to the leg of Peel . In this Part , too , Punch does _mlC'justice to Ireland" by his inimitable'illustration of " The Real Potatoe Blight , " exhibiting charlatan Dan in the form of an enormous rotten Jumper . The "Diary" of the renowned _"Jeames _, " formerly of Berkeley-square , is continued in this Part , and is what Jeames would call" wastly emusing . " But the gem of this Partis Punch ' s _Alntanach for 1816 , which is very superior to the one for 1845 . First , we have twelve " Railwav Miseries , " illustrated by Leech ; next , "Songs of the Months , " each song being an imitation of some popular poet . Amongst others we have imitations of Btbon , Moore , _Texsysox , Barry
Cornwall , Leioh Hunt , Macaulay , Eliza Cook , and , chief of all , the " Poet B » vn" ! Last , not least , this Almanack contains the sequel to the famous " Caudle Lectures , " showing how , af ter the death of Mrs . Caudle , —" sainted creature "—Caudle married Miss Prettyman , and how he " nagged her to death . " He had beeu a slave to his first wife , and so , to restore the balance , he became a tyrant to his second . It is impossible to describe the fantastic whims and conceits which profusely adorn each page , and which must be seen to be appreciated . We should state that tlie Almanack may be had separately at thc price charged for a single number of Punch . That it will have an immense circulation is beyond doubt , and well it deserves it .
The Tom Thumb Songster. London Cleave, S...
THE TOM THUMB SONGSTER . London Cleave , Shoe-lane . Judging by the first and second numbers , this work will , when completed , bo the best collection of songs published . What do our readers think of more titan fifty songs for a penny ! Each number contains that number of songs , selected from the beat authors , containing , too , the newest aud most popular lyrics of tbe day . The numbers are printed small pocket shse , and the work bids fair to be the neatest , handiest , and best in the world .
The London General Reciter. London Cleav...
THE LONDON GENERAL RECITER . London Cleave , Shoe-lane . This is a companion work to the above , published in the same form , aud at the same price . In addition to some of the best pieces in prose and poetry , generally known as " Recitations . " the numbers before us contain choice and beautiful selections from Shakspeare , Btbox , Moore , Campbell , Burns , Barry Cornwall , and others . The third number contains also the whole ofthe celebrated Speech of tin Martyred Patriot Robert Emsibtt . Truly this is an excellent work , and both it and the Song Book ( noticed above ) cannot fail to have an immense circulation .
William Thom, The Poet Of Inverurt. "Wil...
WILLIAM _THOM , THE POET OF INVERURT . _"William Thom , the poet of Inverury , whose beautiful and pathetic " Rhymes and Recollections" have made his name famous from the Thames and the Tweed to the Ganges and the Mississippi , is , we understand , about to appear before the public in a new , but appropriate character . Associated with Mr . Sinclair , the celebrated Scotch vocalist , Mc . ' _Enou is about to commence a series of musical entertainments , in which his own lyrics , with the best ofthe sonss and ballads contained in . Scottish minstrelsy —an inexhaustible fount to draw front—will be provided for the public ; these will be interspersed with
Northern legends , historical narratives , local traditions , and illustrations of the manners , habits , customs , & c ., ofthe " guid folk" ofthe far North . Messrs . Thom and _Sutclair will , we understand , make their debut before a London audience in ahout two or three weeks' time . As one of " nature ' s nobles , " and an honour to the working class , Mr . Thom lias especial cjaims upon our good word , which wc give hira most heartily . "Wo hope our readers will be on the lookout for the commencement of tlie intended entertainments , for wo are quito confident they will be instructed and delighted by the performances of Messrs . Thom and Sinclair .
Cpoper, The Ciiartist.—Cooper, ^ The Lei...
Cpoper , the Ciiartist . —Cooper , _^ the Leicester Chartist orator , who figured conspicuously in the riots of 1843 , and who subsequently suffered imprisonment for sedition , has betaken himself to literature , with much success , lie lately published a lengthy poem entitled " The Purgatory of Suicides , " in which , tho professed critics being judges , there are some splendid passages . He has just published a two-volume book entitled ' Wise Saws and Modern Instances , " of which the Leicester Chroniclo says , "the volumes contain a number of sketches of
character , and delineations of scenes , drawn chiefly from humble life . They are well written and interesting . The extreme notions ,. andjsome of the unsound views , ofthe writer are occasionally introduced into them , but seldom , if ever , in an oiFensive manner . The stories contain some true and painful pictures of thc miserable condition of many of the poorest operatives ; while others of- them are ofa humorous description . " Another paper says that Cooper is now a contributor to some of the leading London magazines . _—Jfradford Observer .
A Sew Propeller For Steamers.—The Model ...
A sew Propeller for Steamers . —The model ofa new invention for nropelliug steamers , which is said to be well worthy of inspection and attention , niay I __ e seen at the ollicc of . Messrs . Wilhacr and Smith , Church-street . * *
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The Tricks Of The League. To Tue Editor ...
THE TRICKS OF THE LEAGUE . TO TUE EDITOR OP THB _NOBTHEHN STAB . Sir , — "With a great portion of my fellow-countrymen , 1 believe the Corn Laws are a branch of that upas-tree beneath whtse deadly shade we have too long suffered , j am , therefore , no opponent to the abolition of those obnoxious laws , if their repeal is sought to he obtained by proper means , and the benefits resulting from such repeal secured tothe whole people , instead of flowing into the pockets of greedy speculators and grasping profitmongers—a calamity which our old friend and brother Radical , Sir Charles Wolseley , opines will be the case ; and his opinion rests on no mean foundation .
I have said the Com Laws are a branch of the political upas-tree . Will it be wise to lop off this single branch , and leave the root , trunk , and its multifarious branches untouched ? I trow not . Sueh was not the plan recommended by Major Cartwright . In his opinion , the pruning of corruption ' s tree , would strengthen and invigorate it ; while , to destroy it , the axe of Radical Reform must be applied to the root , and every vestige be thoroughly eradicated . Now , sir , if the league are really desirous to benefit the _lofcoZe coor . mut _ . ty , why do they not lay the axe , at onee , to the root , whereby the object would be achieved ; as the mass would willingly enlist under their banner , and thus facilitate the work of political redemption . However , as the means they employ must result in tlic preservation and perpetuation of the great evil , it behoves
the working classes to stand aloof from their movement . If they connect good , sound , salutary , and essential principles with their dogma—sueh principles as those embodied in the document entitled tlie "People ' s Charter "—then , but not till then , ought the people to render them every possible support . They repudiate the idea of a " sliding scale , " and will hear of nothing but going the "whole hog" for their favourite measure ; it is , therefore , ridiculous for them to expeet us to retrace our steps and comply with their advancing backwards . It' the League are justified in discountenancing half measures , sorely the Chartists are no less justified in contending for tbe whole measure of the People ' s Rights . The _argxtmeats (!) the League use against us as " going too far " may be as cogently applied by fhe Protectionists against the League .
Depend upon it , sir , if the League were anxious to lay a " big l » af" on every labourer's table , they would turn their attention from one solitary branch of the national evil to the root itself , and alter their modus operandi from the getting up of peep-shows , and exhibiting grind-stones and circular saws to the ladies as" articles of _uertK , " to something more _sensible and better adapted to compass the object . But they have yet to give evidence that they contemplate the cammon interest . Millowners , and those allied to them , are the main springs in the movement . It is well known that "times are to hard" that the said millowners can boast of their tens of thousands , purchase domains , erect palaces , and sport expensive equipages , while the little loaf grow ? _less _' on the tvorkies table . If it be difficult for the camel to pass through the eye of a needle , it is evidently not very difficult to draw a mansion through the eye of a shuttle ; yet , notwithstanding the _faeility of accumulating these riches , it never enters the minds of the profitmen to turn thc table a little in favour ot the shuttle-driver .
As the existing system enables the pillars of the League to amass wealth with such amazing rapidity , and to give their thousands to achieve their pet measure , they ought , in all conscience , to demonstrate their sincerity in the cause ef the poor (?) by extending their bounty towards those whose good they say they seek , in the shape of an additional sixpence per cut , and a little more per week to the poor muleteers . This they can do , but they won'tthus proving the ' great fact , " that self-interest and class aggrandisement are the objects sought under the guise _« f philanthropy .
One trick ofthe League demands the most public exposure . In their prints they blazon forth the " _geeat fact , " that a " uorking man"has subscribed £ 2 S towards the fund now raising to prosecute their next campaign . Now , sir , if such was the case , their opponents might urge the " 0 BEATFACT " a 8 a reason for their hostility to all change ; for , if a working man can afford to oi ve that sum , the system must work well , and it would be dangerous to interfere therewith . Moreover , Cobden and Co . may advantage themselves by keeping this " cheat fact" in store for free trade purposes . Should the " total repeal" erowu their _ms-interested efforts , they might say to Tim Bobbin , " Well .
Tim , thew ' s browt thee cut in , and thinks thew'l get _moar brass _for't , knew _az'tKora Laws are nock'thov * _, bud thew mun submit to a pull dewn , or goa bewt work ; fer thew mun _understand we've them there forrin chaps to kumpeat with . Thew kon get porritch _ferles knew than afore ; an' caw to thee moind th' ameunt we laid dewn to get th' habbolishon , which we muu hav back wit ' binterest . An' see thee bud , _dus'fc remember Jack o ' Sam ' s givin' _twenty-five pewnds fer ' t repeal . This shows ye worrant badly hofbefoar , though we wurfoarst to sa ' soa to get wot we wanted . But I conna stond higglln we thee . Tuppence three-fardinsis't first reduction uppo every cut : an' iv _tadust ' ntloykeit , then get ewto' me kewntin-hewse ; these plenty waitin'fer't job ewtside . "
I am neither a prophet , nor yet the son of a _proghet , yet , sir , I venture to . predict tint _something _approximating to the above will not be of _utifrequent occurrence _, should the League rule the roast , A working man in this country , now under worse than the ancient Egyptian yoke , pines £ 25 to further League purposes !!! Impossible . The real "fact" is , the " working _nmn" is a reetoaker , employing several journeymen , besides apprentices . He is well to do—has a good business—is a kind and benevolent man , and worthy of better company than the League . It is not his first donation . His object , I believe , is pure , but the League are making use of bis name and kindness to subserve purposes which , I guess , the donor never _coutetnpluted . Yours , truly , Wiiliam Rideb . London , Jan , 7 , 1816 ,
The Poor Of The "Riasi Citv In Thb Would...
The Poor of the " _riasi Citv in thb Would !" —On Monday a poor woman named Margaret Wright , aged upwards of seventy years , was brought before the Lord Mayor by Captain Kincaid , the _governor of Bridewell Hospital . Captain Kincaid said that the old woman had been some time since committed to Bridewell for two months for having broken a window , and was sent , upon being discharged from that prison , to the City of London Union , in Cannonstreet , for the purpose of being conveyed to her parisli in the country . By her own account , after she had remained at the union-house at Peckham for a
fortnight , she was discharged , although sue was anxious to be allowed to remain in that asylum . Tho Lord Mayor : She did not discharge herself ? Captain Kincaid : She says she wished to stay there , for she was in a atate of utter destitution , and that thc authorities would not allow her to remain beyond Monday morning . The Lord Mayor : 1 must say it 3 s very discreditable in the authorities pf the largo union ofthe City of London to have such complaints . They will not take the trouble to make inquiry into the cases brought before them , and thus the poor are deeply afflicted , and an enormous increase of _expen diture takes place . I have received an account of the mischief done in breaking of windows during the last year , by persons who came here in consequence , in most instances , of the defective system of the City of London Union . The following is the account alluded to by his lordship : — From 1 st Jauuary to 31 st December , 1815 . Total number of persons charged before tho
Lord Mayor with breaking windows ...... HO Total number of panes of glass broken by the above 24 . 5 Total estimated value of the above < £ 4 i 13 s . Of that number , persons charged with breaking windows at the Mansion-house 82 Number of panes broken at tho Mansionhouse 103 Value of glass destroyed at the Mansionhouse £ 28 12 s . The Lord Mayor observed that the amount of the expense incurred , according to the list he had read , would have diminished the expenses to which thc City was subjected by the extraordinary conduct
pursued by the authorities of the union . The Lord Mayor added that he would take care that the poor creature should be safely and comfortably conveyed to Cumberland . His lordship said lie could not tako a better opportunity of returning his most grateful thanks to the press for the able manner ih wliieli they had responded to his call for assistance in rendering service to the poor children who were to bo seen about the street * , in a friendless and deplorable condition . He had received a great number of valuable communications upon the subject , and he had not tlic slightest doubt that a remedy would , in a short lini _' , be applied , and in all probability efficaciously , to the tremendous evil .
Attempted Suicide op a Soldier . —On Tuesday a private in the _GOth Rifles , _stationed in Pumhartoi . Castle , on being relieved from sentry at live in tlie morning , attempted to kill himself , by placing tho muzzle of his gun to his head , under tiie chin , and then discharging it . The poor fellow was so for successful—he discharged his gun , but did not kill himself . The ball entered at the lower part of the face , but in place of going up through his head , as he had intended , it came out abovo tho nose , leaving the brain untouched . The victim of the rash act was , therefore , left in life , but desperately wounded . The
jaw , the greater part of the tongue , the nose , and in . deed the whole face nearly , have been destroyed . The poor sufferer has been brought to the barracks in Paisley , where thc main part of the depot is stationed . He has a good character in the regiment , and is supposed to be one of tho many wiio fall victims to the unnatural system of protracted lifo service , which is peculiar to the British army . Despondency regarding the state of his wife and three children , is supposed , in consequence of his inability to assist them , to have operated most directly on his mind . —Glasgow Saturday Post .
Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills . —Debtors' prison Infirmary , "VVhitecross-strect . —Extraordinarycuro oi Scrofula by the use of one large pot of Ointment and a box of Pills . —Captain Jarvis , an inmate of the above prison , liad , for ten years past , several dreadful scrofulous ulcers on his legs and other parts of his body , which resisted every other kind of treatment . Ills case was so desperate as to confine him _( w several months to iho iii . irui . iry , until he was miraculously cured by these medicine ** .
Ten Hours' Bill.. Lord Morpeth And The D...
TEN HOURS' BILL . . LORD MORPETH AND THE DELEGATES FROM : THE SHORT TIME COMMITTEES . The death of Lord Wharncline , and the consequent elevation of the Hon . John Stuart Wortley , M . P ., to the Ilouse of Peers , having ' created a vacancy in the representation of the WeBt Riding , the central short time committees of Yorkshire resolved tbat the ten / tours' question should be promptly brought before such candidate or candidates as might offer themselves , and that the secretary should _solict an interview for adoptitation from each of the short time committees _otUus manufacturing districts of Yorkshire . °
On Saturday , December 21 , the Right Hon . Lord Viscount Morpeth having , in compliance with a numerously signed requisition of thc electors , offered himself as a candidate _, intimating , at the same time , lus intention of declining to visit thescvcrallarge towns as on former occasions , the secretary of the central short time committee immediately proceeded to Castle Howard , from whence his lordship ' s address tothe doctors was dated the day preVious , for the _purpose of soliciting an interview for a deputation irom all the short time committees of the West Riding on this important subject . He arrived at Castle Howard on Saturday evening , and was most courteously received by the noble lord ; who , in reply to hi » request on behalf of the short time committees , that
Lord Morpeth would fix a day upon which he might be pleased to meet the deputation from those bodies , expressed his readiness to meet them at York . His lordship , at the same time , stated that if the delegates thought proper to send lum . a written communication , he would give it thc same attention , and save the deputies and himself thc trouble ofa long journey . After some conversation on the factory question , in which the noble lord showed considerable interest for the improvement of the condition of the _workingclasses , the secretary returned , and on Monday summoned a meeting of the delegates at the New-inn , at Bradford , for Tuesday , the 30 th ult ., which was presided over by the Rev . William Morgan , B . D ., incumbent of Christ Church .
After considerable discussion it was decided that Lord Morpeth ' s suggestion should be acted upon , and the following memorial was unanimously adopted , to which his lordship's answer has been received this day ( Jan . Sth ) : —
MEMORIAL 0 _P THE DELEGATES 0 ? TKE SHOOT TIME COMMITTEE FOR TUE WEST BIDING OF T 0 RK 8 niItE . " To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Morpeth , " My Lord— "We , tbe delegates of the short time committee , deputed from all the large manufacturing towns of the West Riding , beg leave most respectfully to stale to your lerdship , that the existing act of Parliament allows the working of young persons in factories for twelve hours a day on live days of the week , and nine hours on Saturdays . That these hours of labour in factories are most epprcssive , and that the shortening thereof is absolutely essential to the well-being of the crowded population in the factory districts . That the large proportion of females and young persons employed in factories renders it the more necessary to lessen this unreasonable length of toil , and that the hours ef working should be from six in the morning to six in the evening , allowing proper intervals for meals .
" That a majority of the House of Commons , including most of the leading members of all parties , did , in the session hefore last , give their support to Lord Ashley ' s measure of ten hours working per day , but , in consequence of the opposition of the government to this just and necessary limitation , their decision was subsequently reversed . "That the _wctory system requires this term of daily labour to be enacted , for the purpose of giving to the working classes and their families the means of obtaining social comfort with moral and religious improvement . That this great question can never be settled until the claims of justice and humanity are conceded by a legislative prohibition of the destructive toil , which many hundreds of thousands of persons are now doomed to suffer in factories , inflicting upon these unoffending individuals two hours longer labour per day than is required from _ailults , who perform their daily labour at other trades out of factories .
" Your memorialists , therefore , most earnestly entreat your lordship ' s sympathy for their oppressed _condition ; and , in the event of your lordship being again called to take your seat in the House of Commons as the representative ofthe _VTejt Riding , that you will gratify the expectation entertained from your lordship ' s benevolent character , by giving your influence and [ support to the bill which will be introduced by Lord Ashley for the restriction of factory labour to ten hours a day for five days , and eight hours on Saturdays , Signed on behalf of the delegates of the Short Time Committees , IV . Mobgan , B . D ., Chairman . M . _Bauie , Secvatavy .
LOUD _MOBPETH'S BEPLT , Castle Howard , Jan . 3 , 1846 . Gentlemen—I have been favoured with the Memorial of the delegates of the Short Time Committees of the West Riding of Yorkshire , I willingly promise to them the sympathy they request , with so much propriety and forbearance of language , for the whole body which they ' represent , and for their condition in life . If 1 now reenter Parliament , after the long interval of absence from its deliberations , and without having had the many important questions connected with factory labour especially brought under my notice , I must reserve to myself entire freedom to deal with the propositions which may be _submitted for adoption ; hut I shall bring to their consideration a keen feeling for the wants and wishes of the working classes , and a resolute determination to do my whole duty towards them , —I have the honour to be , gentlemen , your most faithful servant , Mobpeth . The delegates of the Short Time Com . mittces ofthe West Riding . '
Scicide.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, Held...
_SciciDE . —Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , held an inquest at the sign of the Red Lion , near Hammersmith Suspension-bridge , on the body of Anne Pearman , aged sixteen years , who was found in the river , having , as it was supposed , committed suicide , owing to the threats ol her late mistress to have her brought before a magistrate for some theft with which she was charged . The deceased , however , protested that she was innocent , but exhibited tho utmost dread of the proceedings with which she was threatened . Mr . Wakley remarked on the harshness of the measures adopted towards so young a person . Verdict , " Found drowned . "
The Late Boiler _Explosion . —Another Death . —About eight o ' clock on Sunday morning another death , making the total number fifteen , was added to the list of victims by the late calamitous explosion at the mill of Messrs . Rottwell and Kitts . The doceased was a little girl , named Ann Hardman , aged eight years , who was crossing the factory yard , and had got to the door of the houBe where she lived when the explosion took place . —Manchester Guardian , Darixg Railway Robber ? . —Leicester , _Jiif . 7 . — At the Leicester Epiphany sessions , held before C . W . Packe , Esq ., M . P . at the Castle at Leicester , to-day , Alfred Pencvaine and Josephine Marie _Htiismans were charged with stealing a portmanteau , the
property of S . Cooper , from the station of the Midland Counties Railway Company , at Leicester . The prisoners wereof French extraction . Theprosecutor is a tradesman , residing in Kerby-street , Hattongarden . On the Sth ult . he arrived at Leicester by the railway , and took his portmanteau into the booking-office , where he gave it in cliarge of a porter , intending to call for it on his return from the town , but upon his returning to the office ho found the portmanteau had been taken away , and being unable to obtain any tidings of it , he pursued liis journey to Nottingham , where he gave information to the police , who at Nottingham ascertained that the two prisoners had offered various articles of Dlate to different individuals for sale , and they were
ultimately taken into custody , and the portmanteau in question , with its contents , was found in their possession . From inquiries that were subsequently made , it appeared that the prisoners were waiting at the Leicester station when Mr . Cooper arrived by the train , and as his portmanteau happened to be placed close by their luggage , the female prisoner gave directions to oneof the station porters to convey that , together with their own luggage , to the carriage in which they were about to take their seats . Upon arriving at Syston , a station about five miles from Leicester , they left the train , and remained till tlie arrival of thc next , by which they proceeded to
Loughborough , about six miles further on , where they remained all night , and went on to Nottingham tiio following day . Mr . Macaulay addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners , and iu the course _'bThis _, observations he made some very stringent reflections upon the gross negligence exhibited by the servants ofthe railway company , one of whomsaid _. in reply to a question put by Mr . Macaulay , that ""it was an every day occurrence tor other passengers luggage to bc taken away bv individuals to whom it did not belong . " Thejury , after a careful summing up ofthe case bv the chairman , returned a verdict of Guilty . Tho prisoner was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment with _hr . rd labour .
_Suodek Deaths . —Yesterday Mr . Bedford held two inquests on persons who had .. died in a sudden manner . Thc first case was held at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , on tho body of Caroline Saundcrson , aged 2 , 'J years . It appeared by the evidence that on Wednesday evening last the deceased had been at a Christmas party , she then appeared in her usual health and cheerfulness ; the next day she complained of pain in the chest . She was attended by Mr . Marshall , a surgeon , but she died on Friday
morning . From a post mortem examination it was found that there had been an ulcer in the stomach , which bursting had caused death . It might have been accelerated by dancing or other exertion . Verdict , Died from natural causes . The second case was hold at the Plough , Carey-street , on Jonathan Stockatti Ingram , aged 31 , a licensed waterman at the Spotted Dog , Strand , who was found on Saturday morning lying in bed quite dead ; a medical gentleman said ii'oiii _fl- 'i attack of apoplexy . Verdict accordingly .
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St. Paul's And Westminster Abbey. A Duet...
ST . PAUL'S AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY . A DUET . WESTMINSTER AHBET . Ever since I was an abbey , or , so to speak , a little baby , I never knew anything so shabby , no , notex « cepting a superannuated tabby I st . paul ' _s . To whom are you alluding ? on what wrong may you be brooding ? thus on the silence of th- * night an remarkably an abrupt exclamation intruding .
WESTMINSTER _ABBET . To the dean and chapter ' s doing , to the course they ' ve been pursuing ; which if they don't abandon it , I fear will prove my utter ruin . st . Paul ' s . And pray how have they ill-used you ? mismanaged or abused you , disfigured you , or due repairs and fit and proper maintenance refused you ? WESTMINSTER ABBEY . Wh _)* , old fellow , don't you know that they ' ve made me quite a show , which is not at all the purpose I was built for long ago , and ia one that I consider mean and low ? sr . Paul ' s . You suffer not alone , your grievance is my own ; I , too , have to bemoan that like a curiosity-shop I am daily shown .
WESTMINSTER ABBEY . I ' m reduced to tlie condition ofthe Chinese Exhibition—though that will shortlv close , when I shall , goodness knows 5-or of the Egyptian Hall , which I don't like at all ; I feel , with deep dejection , that I ' m ° _^ _ins Pect }? _* _' . like Burford _' s Panorama , oc Madame Tussaud ' s collection . st . paul _' s . My case is just the same , and I say it is a shame ; I am like the Industrious Fleas , or any sight you please : and I ' m sure you will agree , a Cathedral Church like mo ought never to have been converted into a sort of Wombwell ' s menagerie . WESTMINSTER ABBEY . May I ask you , by the way , how much the publie pay to behold your various wonders , hear your whispering gallery ' s thunders , and listen to your verger ' s monstrous Cockneyismsand blunders ?
ST . PAUL s . Four-and-six , or thereabout , to see me out-andout , is the sum the _showfolks charge ye—by them . I mean the clergy—a price my visitors may justly groan at . Now , in return , tell me what are you shown at ? _WESTMINBTER ABBEY . 'Tis but a sixpenny touch , but that sixpence is too much for workingmen and such ; the nation ' s church should be , like the British nation , free , for high and low , rich and poor , gentle and ( simple , without money , without price , without reward or _. fee . si . paul ' s . That ' s exactly what I say , 'tis a monstrous thing to pay to see a church , as if it were a concert or a play . How deplorable our state is' There ' s the National _Gallsry gratis : so is the British Museum : and here , arc we , no better than the ColoBseum !—Punch
A YANKEE TRADE . " I calculate I couldn't drive a trade with you to . day ? " said a true specimen ofthe Yankee pedlar , as he stood atthe door of a merchant in St . Louis . " I calculate you calculate about right , foryou cannot , " was the sneering reply . " Wal , I guess you needn't get huffy about it . Now , here ' s a dozen real genuine razor strops , worth two dollars and a half—you may have ' em for two dollars . " I tell you I don't want any of your trash ; so yon had better be going . " Wal , now , I declare ! I'll bet you five dollars if you make me an offer for them are straps , we'll have a trade yet . " _** " Done , " replied the merchant , nlaeine the money
in the hands ot a bystander . The Yankee deposited the like sum—when the merchant offered nim a picayune for the strops . " They're yourn , " said the Yankee , as he quietly fobbed the stakes . " But , " he added , with great apparent honesty , " I calculate a joke ' s a joke , and if you don't want them strops . I'll trade back . " The merchant ' s countenance brightened— "You are not so bad a chap , after all : here are the strops , give me the money . " " Thereit is , " said the Yankee , as he received the strops and passed over the picayune . "A trade ' s a trade—and now you ' re wide awake in airnest , I guess the next time you trade with that are pic , you'll do a little better than to buy razor strops . " Aud away walked the pedlar with his strops and his wager , amid the shouts ofthe laughing crowd .
YE PEASANTRY OF ENGLAND DEDICATED TO TBE DUKE OF NORFOLK , Ye peasantry of England , Who till your fertile leas , How little do you think a man May lire on , if he please ! Your weekly wages , it is plain , As far ngain would go , And keep you so cheap , ( For Norfolk ' s Duke says so ) If hunger rages fierce and strong , To curry you would go _.
This powder , hungry fathers , From all expense will save : For if your children eat thereof , No other foed they'll crave ; And any time that wages fall , ( As oft they fall , you know , ) 'Twill come cheap a pinch to steep In water—a pint or so ; And when hunger rages fierce and strong , To your curry powder go . Our labourers need no dainties , But something strong and cheap ; No steak from off tbe rump they crave , No chop from off the sheep : "With curry powder , thrice a week , "Warm into bed they'll stow , Nor ever roar out for
more—Their place so well they know ; But when hunger rages fierce and strong , To the curry powder go , _t The tato crops of England May all to grangrene turn , While Norfolk's Duke about your lot His wise head shall concern . Meanwhile , ye hardy labourers _. Your song of thanks should flow To the fame of his name Who tho powder made you know ; "Which , when hunger rages fierce and strong , Will set you in a glow . —Punch . Something in a Name . —The second title of the Norfolk family is that of Earl of Surrey . We understand the present head ofthe illustrious race intends to change Surrey into Currey ; for he insists that the latter waa the original title ; of which the former ia merely a corruption . —Ibid .
The "Times" and the Seasons . —Tho Times m England is for opening the ports ; but the Seasons in the north are generally for closing them . Death ot Rob Roy . —His death bed was in character with his life ; when confined to bed , a person with whom he was at enmity proposed to visit him . " Raise me up , " said Rob Roy to his attendants , " dress mo in my best olothes , tie on my arms , place me in my chair . " It shall never be said that Rob Roy Macgregor was seen defenceless and unarmed by an oncmy . " His wishes were executed , and he received his guest with haughty courtesy . When ho had departed the dying chief exclaimed , ' * It is all over now —put mo to bed—call in tho piper ; let him play Ha , til mi tulidh ( we return no moro ) as long as I breathe . "
He was obeyed ; he aieu , it is saw , wtorc ttio _atrge was finished . * * * When dying , he showed that he entertained a sense of tho practical part of Christianity , very consistent with his highland notions _, lie was exhorted by the clergyman who attended him toforgivo his enemies ; and that clause in the Lord ' s Prayer which enjoins such a state of mind was quoted . Rob Roy replied , "Ay , now ye hae gicn mo battli law and gospel for it . It ' s a hard law , but I ken it ' s gospel , ltob _, " he said turning to his son , " my sword and dirk lie there ; never draw tlicm without reason , nor put them up without honour . I forgive my enemies ; but see you to them , —or may— " —the words died away , and ho expired . —Memoirs of the Jacobites .
Policemen in Plmn Clothes . —Mr . Nathan , of the masquerade warehouse , begs to inform the commissioners , superintendents , and _inspectoi'sof police , that in consequence of tho prevailing practice of dressing up policemen in plain clothes , he has added to his wardrobe an cxtensivo stock of disguises , suited to every class of society . He undertakes to turn out any letter of tho alphabet , or any number in the numeration table , in the first-rate style , and at thc shortest notice . For the purposes of political spyiug , Mr . Nathan has a variety of fustian jacketsof all sizes , with working-men ' s apronB and brown _pa-jor caps en suite . Baskets of tools can also bo had if required _. The force may also be accommodated witli dross-coats , Young England white waistcoats , and _patont leather highlows , for political meetings , Sporting suits always ready for raco-grounds . N . B . —Twenty policemen can always bo got ready as Quakers at five minutes' notice . —Punch .
A SnAiip Witness . —During tho past week the following questions were put , ir . the Recorder's Court , by Mr . James , tho barrister , and the following . answers were returned bv a witness from Hccles : — * 'Do you smoke ?"— " I do . " "What , cigars ?" "No . " "Then what 'lo you smoke ? " " -Why , I anioko mv breath . " " Wei ! , you don't want a pipe for that-, " siirch * V " Yea , I do . " * What pipe do vou mean ? " " Whv , my ivindpipc , of course , i ho ' last answer caused much laughter , in which tho fellow seemed to chuckle more heartily than anybody else—Livenwl Mdl ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10011846/page/3/
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