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- THE BOGUES ARE MET . As te the tactics likely to he pursued in Fariiaiuimt - _j _= die _representatives of wealth , from certain speeches , _liters , and publications that have recentl y appeared , and _riach leave little doubt on my mind , no tirae should he _loS hj * h e _w _ r ? _ting classes to prepare for a bold aud r igorous stand . "—Letter of T , S . DuneonA » . Esq ., to Mr _fwn ' _. c / Shefiiild . Te toiling millions of tiie land , Who honestly yonr living get , Sow firmly stand , a fiuthful hand : The rogues are met , the rogues are-net I Tbe rogues are met , the rogues are met 1 A selfish , cruel , soulless set ; This * , bravely stana , a faithful band—The rogues arc met , the rogues are met : « ' Peace , order , law V your motto bo , And toolish strife let all forget - And watch and work _wtfli
_enenrv—The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! fhe rogues arc met , the rogues are met ! A selnsls , cruel , soulless set , Then bravely stand , a _fiiitbful _band ; Tbe rogues are met , the rogues are _mti . ' Por Sanger dire is hoVCling near , With toils and snares you'll be _beset , 0 ! honest men hare- cause io fear When rogues are met , when rogues are met The _replies are met , the rogues arc met ' . A selfish , cruel , soulless - - ! et _; Then bravely stand , a faithful baud _. The rogues are met , tiie rogues art tact ' . Io bind ta <* poor man ' s helpless Lands—To iues ! = liim in a legal net—To forge for . Labour stronger
hancs—The rogues arc met , the _rogGti _:-:: t- km ' . Tht- _rogues art met , tbe rogues art met ! A _sehl-li , craci , soulless set : Theu bravely stand , a faithful baudtht _rustics -at- met , the rogues are met I Bui , nuihfal , iinn , and tnie remain , And sure as yon bright sun shall s » :. Eight yei shall reign o ' er wight again , Tho' _rogues 3 re met , tho * rogues arc-met . Tho' rogues arc met , tho ' _rogues are n ? ef , A selfish , cruel , soulless set , _fticnx yet _diall reign _o'ermight- _agtuc . Tho' _rt-gues are met , tho' rogues are _met . \ Hrr . _v
—•*>¦ _VUSIOS OF TIIE FUTUfiB . fir J . C . _Pjunce . I sceuo splendid tyrant on a throne , Extorting homage with a bauble rod ; f . ' o senate , heedless of a people ' s-moan , _Curaag the produce of the fertile sod ; rfo sensual priest , withpampcr'd pride o _v erblown , _SMeWing oi > _pressMHi in the ' . _khhc of Cod . ' _Sopeosiontsl concubine—no pauper peer , To scorn ihe widow ' s or the orphan ' s tear . I see ne- bondsman at his brother's feet , The weak one fearing what the strong 02 c _saitii ; _?' _o biassed wealth npon the judgment seat , Urging its victims to disgrace or death : _ _fo _tcioI _plcsJors . _pririlesea to cheat , "Willi truth _asdlalsehood in the selfsame breath ; So dungeon glooms—no prisons for the poor—? _Io partial laws to reader power secure ..
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TAIT'S _SIAGAZINE—Fbbbmbv . fee present isonth _' s number calls for no particular _rasafk . " Celts and Saxons " a tale , by-Mrs . _Jolinctoiic , we- have not Mail , having as yet not seen tbe »; amcnccment , _tlielastihree _Nos . ofthe Magazine not having reached * us : but tiie title is an _attractive one , ami the-writer is every way competent to produce a tale of stirring interest . Tbe -article ,: On Poor Laws , " by George Ramsay , M . A ., wc may notice hereafter * ; the subject ofthe Scotch Poor Law System is one that it-quires to be brought before the English people , and we hope to bring it before them shortly .
The notices of sew works arc , as usual with this Magazine _, _notthelessi interesting ieature of the number . The reviews of _Walpole _' s "Memoirs of George III ., " asd Seocant Talfourd' s " Vacation Rambles , " will be ibund a rare treat , and willgive the reader a £ uthral impression of tbe works themselves . " Letters from _Naples / ' by Madame "R ou _* £ XSBE _* GEn / ai _* eniosi bt cresting , ; md detail _Neapolitan life and manncrs most thoroughly , and we believe truly , though we a » sorry we canaot add agreeably , flere is a de-• _wripfion of
THE BEGGABS OF NAPLES . The -whole _Tsad actually swarmed _tvHii l > eg * _5 _ars . If jos canicda sack of coin , it would not suffice for _tlnihoasandsSf miserable wretches who besiege yoa wills their clamour , and make a spectacle of theu- _iofirujitiss . Wherever yon j *> yon are sure to he thus _susrouEdea—ia ihe streets of the city , in the country , aud , above all , in air churches . The crippled , the blind , the maimed , and diseased are . _permitted to throng the temples of the _aivfciitj , and to pursue thedevotee , or the _siraiig-er . lo tlie * ri 7 fo 6 i of the altar with their importuuate petitions for « srjt ?; wMlft the priests , in garments of _lacsi . fine linen _.
asu pr _« uous -si-broidery , pass them hy , as if "blind to _iheir misery and deaf to their petitions . " The children b _.- > T £ absolutely _nothing else to do than to beg , and ev » i-y » h £ r- follow _&« stranger by dozens , with the same _-coarafiil _whhi-j . !> ut though thepoverry is frightful and rial , _jrasooufoswl that it wasimposdbie to give alms to oa _?« _r two without drawing on ourselves the almost _districtag' pursuit of a crowd of clamorous miseiable _"TCTfhes _, who scan obstinatel y determined to take no _"baiai . _Xor is it to the lowest ranks that begging is _con-Satd . Jt lifts heen said , no man in _If-iples Is too proud t <> te :: few are too noble to steal . To cheat is the ui . ivc ; sal
_proftslon . Here is a revolting description of tbe populal ! oii w the _aneici't cifv * t » f Puteoli ( near . Naples ) , i ; mv © lied
_TOZZVOLO . Tie _n-atiet-niiu-e of the town , from the earliest dawn of < _lit-, is crowded with fruit-sellers and iiliers . 2 fdlH « : y _Kesif lo do anything hut talk , and gesticulate . Priests . iUhenafn , peasants , cliildren , and ironicn , are therc-¦ _twmgifcgaad taltriEt ' , " morning , noon , and night Every "Mv _esctpt the priests loohs poor ; and yet nobody seems _*> anything , « . cqit those "behind tlie _fnit stalls who _** « _roastin'T _chesuuts , or the girls _turain-j their spindles . thr greatest -oart « f the population here , as ift Xa _* , \ l _* c 5 , _^ _-ir-iily pass their days in the street , and their houses ar « sash filthy dens , it is no wonder they are glad to ¦ _"lapsi-oin them into the open air . The women wash , as * " cook , and dean their children in the public eye ; _ac-: l _a- ; _nr ! _t 3 iii , ai _^ al » nt-withtheirTeftor \ _irow-n nighteaps on ¦ _fea-Beads , ana their jackets hung ou their shoulders , * _itbsat jBr _» _u tating tlK" trouble to insert their arms in
_&?? fee _? es . In rainy weather they are defended hy a _« _: £ . « pea on one side , the angle of which forms a Wad _Wloofi , hy which tlife rade habiliment hangs snspeuded _h-OE _uisariiead . Diseased eyes is a common malady of _* -=- _-s _sretehed biangs , whom suffering renders _preiuatoz " _- ~ _t olfl . To those who take anyinferest in the welfare _M _^| 3 _i-fenow-ereatures , itisamo 5 t panful spectacle to t _at ! lein tb , ls degraded , aud destitute of everything _*• -- _$ : » _uds _either to dimiiush the physical sufferings , 01 _Meliorate the moral condition of man . In health _, sac _^ otsih , nod 5 nc- weather , they are gar and light of _^ 2 ' untTC » 5 _Pn Oiesc , or the means of gaining a scanty _^ _—st-od fiul _, there is no _pro- _« ision for the poor , no _ehari-** _£ _- _*• - _; _clersy , or higher dass near ,-tosueeonr or to console . 4 - ' - dia a * they have lired . nnjdtlcd and unassisted _: and _^ 7 f * { 1 , rowu i _^ to a bole , as we had already _ivUiH-i _« d , _^• aSraa _, _ty _dozeus together , to rot , and he forgotten .
-od tuese arc the descendants of the once _pj-oml _« s _* _t € » s of tbe world ! But tbe _nsain cause of this _iiZtaikAhn h sufficiently evident— " _Everidody , _v _-i *< k _priitts _, _lootejm ?] " These locusts fall-en * - pe people starve ; these -vampires flourish as ¦ _^ _acia wither : said their prosperity is tbe sure sign _«« ' - nation ' s iuis _«* y and slavery . This is _evidently * r _* " _^ _fu- taken by Madame _TTolnESSBEi ' . GEr . j in t ' . ; i ' " _' ' - _-4 " _^ _gesj «> surc of
-THE parESTS . . j _*? ' _* _^ _^ s Christian land , a _prafesedly rehgious f ~' _- ' ' - where _Catholic ministers absc-3 * iitly _sirajin ; yet . 7 l _!'^~ _^ lfJ" dra w a rich subsistence thence , and arc jK' _api'tspriatitigiaorc and more of the properly of the _^~ ' _?™' . _^ b" by their open exactions , but by the _tfJ ? _?^ ' _* 'h- _'U'tees , wj . 0 are _wrought on to make T ? i _^ _A _~*! , drn * todieruinofthcirrcLitives , what « _~~ _V _^ - n ! ahe to tiie people , save to _encor-ragc _f-. f n t , l . iil ! ea _E _55 , aud their dduaons , and Sic _ignoe'TT' . f _* Vh is { , ! destruction ? What can we thiuh II" "J * _- _" * _- ? 0 * usen , who , with such a vast power in their i _^ - as tLe c 3 ci _? y possess" in the kingdom of _Naples , __ - ; _prsfessing theiaselvcs the _serrants of Heaven , yet 1 _" - -OU 5 _C Of _i'lr-l-r _nnitn _^ h . «» * 1 . n _l ...,. _o « _f tj" H , ~ t _,. " ~ 0 U 5 _COT -har authority for the benefit of then
f _^ : _w . . ; * 7 _"crDatwe-S ; but rather strive , hy ex-cry means in h _^ _? _- _' Xo . _»' r < : r « Mt the progress of knowledge , which , « V _'J ! ' oiil , ie i _breaks _infrtimmorc cuhghtcned couu-* rt _^^ ' a _? uti ! ' - _*! , arriersof superstition thev considei _*«•« sole business Jo defend * _^ _H _^^* crilIentl _? e _*« in sufficient _abundast-i . _' 1 , Ies to Sive to another ' 3 fass ! wiELLO the _&& _" ** V _^^ _entbe shall declare himself ; for as .. J _^ sei _? ° f the people most render them ripe for co _? . _^ : ~ as "o _cuange could possibly _inake their of tho WMSe _*&>& _» _«• _5 _"t . alas I if the miacrr _n _^ , ; _^ _? ould ensure the triumph of a _JIassatss _^ 'i .- , brutal ignorance -would not the less * on" _| _^ bse < _i Bcllt _ftH- Tbe _c _™^ of priestcraft r e ? x £ _* ' _^ nation , the date of priests , can W Y ' .. " _winning , can never preserve its _free-^ _Wit it _^ _ws _tberc is no freedom of thought , no _stss 2 an _* i _^ buman mind is con _* _upted and t _\? Ez _ZL _' _Pffigress is unknown . ! Madame _Wolttttsts Sa _^ _» _"Nothing progresses , save the _^ fh _» V _^^ tp { daa y _*• Jesuits , who every day add " - _'a- immbers _andthdrpower . " Alas , poor Italy ;
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_^ _JS a _^ a - « F ? ,. _^* niontW - nvt , and we are glad to find that the " blossom of promise" is _^ ery _IM _, _*? P » to- _^ e full"fruit of perfonnth _™« pan C 03 lfc , U 13 _tw ; complete tales , and the _convmeneeuieiit « f a third ., The first of _tbese , loung Mr . . Roberts tliree Christmas dinners , " while conveying an excellent moral wliich all women , but _egieciaJlr young wives , may studv with advantage , is not less amusing tlian it is instructive . - The description of tlie second Christmas dinner , in which the shoMy gentetT' is exhibited to perfection , is
ludicrous in the extreme . We regret -we cannot afford room for tlie kitchen scene , with the accompaniment of-Biddy Uuiticnan ' s eloquence The second piece "Mary Anne ' s Hair , " is a beautiful tale of woman ' s love . - The only fault we have to find with this tale is , that the conclusion is so obscure that we _deemit exceedingly likely that one half who read it will mistake the most important point ofthe conclusion . This Is a pity / as the denouement , if told in somewhat plainer words , would have added to , instead of depreciated theiutercst ofthe _storv . From this tale we give the following graphic picture of
_01 I > BAlhET JUSTICE . V > ho that has once seen the general aspect , and watched the proceedings of that yawning mouth of Avernus can ever forget it ? Why have we not moral as well as historical painters 1 Hogarth Las left us some striking legsons , aud Cruikshanh has done something : —the Old Bailey alone , every day of the Sessions , might have fur . nibbed numbers without number . It was about ten o ' clock when I entered the court . Uefore eleven I had seen at least six cases tried , and as many juvenile thieves found guilty , and left ready , at a future day , to be senteuced in the lamp . I mean , in one dav , or rather ont
hour , to be condemned hy the score to the hulks transportation , whipping , or imprisonment . There was complete division ot labour here . I endeavoured to ascertain what cases stw >& nest to come on . So one could tell . I _' robably no one there distinctl y knew . It seemed air-mat ter of accident or caprice ; and all was crowd , hurry , buzz , hus'k _* , and confusion . I was at a loss whether to remain where I was , or at _oiu-e _repair to Newgate , when my resolution was fixedly the mumbled call tor a prisoner , whose name , at least to my fancy , resembled "lyndsay Uoyle ;" and the- jouug mau himself was brought forward , escorted in the usual manner , _—changed , indeed , from what I had seen him some months before . I could not look
UpOU tllC pool'yOUtll Without deep interest and compassion _, liis case appeared to excite considerable curiosity . Tlie court became crowded aud choked up hy all -kinds of people . I was pushed back , and , from the noise , confusion , and hubbub on ever * ; ' side , It was vuvj > ossibk > , _fvoitt the place where I stood at last jammed hi , to hear one word distinctly ofthe trial proceeding before me in dumb show . I looked on the unfortunate culprit , and the pantomime of justice performing before me , with a swell of indignant _fueling which 1 shall not describe . The attorney , with whom I knew poor Mary Anne had left her hard-earned money , was risible in the crowd , but distant
from the » ewildeied prisoner , gesticulating violently , as if calling , or pretendiug to call , to the officers of the court to get forward his witnesses—searching , or pretending to search , for the counsel who held the brief , and who could not be found . The bench naturally grumbled . I Wiia afterwards told that very unusual patience and indulgence had been shown to the prisoner . It was indeed fourteen minutes by my watch from tbe time he was placed at the bar till the thrilling shriek of a female voice fiiiiowca the awmi guuty ; and in the gallery , to which I now first looked , I saw a green gauze veil falling with the sinking head . The shriek of woman ' s agony was in those days not so rare in that court as to produce any very
marked sensation . Remove the woman ! was but a customary official man . date . I pressed forward to take my goddaughter from the oflicers who hastened to conduct , or carry _lu-r out . He is sold—the poor fellow is sold i were the indignant whispers and exclamations of tl-e respectable persons around me , iu whom free notions ofthe rights of property , and the habit of thieving , had by no means obliterated all sense of natural justice , whatever the virtuous may flunk . Their sympathy with Boyle was lively and intense . Many of the poor wretches had probably passed through the same ordeal , or were liable te it . As I pushed through the crowd , I came upon the attorney , who had been apparently in hot pursuit of the counsel , now first found .
Bless my soul ! cried , tlie attorney , but this is really unlucfcy . —Has that " man a soul by which to bless himself ? Ha ! the case closed , replied the counsel , wheeling round , and , flirting lus bundled briefs , involving the fortune sof probably some other half dozen wretches , he scampered oif to another court And is my evidence to be wholly useless !—not to be heard , sir 1 said a decent-looking young tradesman , who now found the " attorney that had been in search of him . I have waited here every day this week , and this is Thursday , to give evidence , which I am morally certain would have cleared Mr . Lyndsay Boyle . We must now see what can be done through the Pardon Power , said the attorney . If he has friends , there is no fear of him yet . But if he have none 1 said the witness .
The attorney shrugged his shoulders . I have a dozen cases here to-day—good bye , sir—write to liis friends , if you wish him well , to lnovie the Pardon Power—even that takes cash : —make way for the lady—fainted , poor tlung ! We . have much pleasure in recommending this work to our readers ; it is one of tho veiy best of the current publications ; and we hope will have acirculation equal to its merits .
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WADE'S LONDOK REVIEW—Febku -aki-. This magazine is the New Edinburgh re-christened , and we think very judiciously so . At the outset we objected to the title , suggesting that London would be a much more appropriate name than ' Edinburgh _Rcr view . Others of our contemporaries raised the like _yi-jection ; and tlie Editor , in compliance with the g < mer » l _wsh of his friends , has thrown off the _imitative guise , and boldl taken his stand on his own merits , which we think quite sufficient to ensure him success with Ms literaw venture .
The first , second , and third numbers of tlrs Review have already been noticed in the Star , but the fourth number we have not received . This is unfortunate , for we miss the second article of the scries on " Rcii . 5 _Jons Changes , " by far the most able and interesting articles which have appeared in this . publication . The third article under this iiead , embracing the history of the origiu and settlement of . the " CJhurch of England , " is contained in the _presentnumber . How far the " Reformers , " as they have been called , were really friends to religious liberty , may be gathered from Craniner ' s revision of the canon law , in which denial ofthe truth _, of Christianity was made punishvM $ with , _dentil ! . Fortunately this atrocious code never became the law of the land , it never having
obtained the sanction of royal authority . Queen Elizabeth appears to bave been but an indifferent Protestant on her first assuming regal power ; the ehan » es , bow _* ever , that she deemed requisite . she enforced vigorously . Of the ten thousand ecclesiastics who bad . been sworn Catholics in tliepreceding reign only about one hundred gave up their _wsnefices , rather than conform to the new . order of " things ; so that the famed ""Vicar of Bray" was by no means the first of his order who , regarding Christianity as a " nose of wax , " -have shaped and twisted it to suit then * own ends . We have in this article an amusing sketch of tliat sublime as 3 , the' "High-aud Mighty Prince -lames , " as the state-bible-mongers style liim . From this valuable article we give the following extract : —
BEIGN Of JAMES _HRST . —BB 81 ILT 8 OS BIBLEISM . That the age was rude is notorious ; one of royal favouritism and courtly licentiousne _** 3—of hypocrisy , treachery _, and espionage ; of secret poisonings , bloody executions , and savage murders . It was an age of _onebook- — a very good oue undoubtedly , hut not commensurate to the diversified exigencies _c-f society . The manual of life , all that men reasoned , argued , and quarrelled concerning , v . - ; is the Bible and its conflicting interpretations ; it formed the sole _cyclopadiaof science , ethics , natural philosophy , _tcclesi _. _-utical and ' - political government . It was from this _arasoary si ! weapons of controversy were derived : all _authorities deduced : all perplexing and mystifying tests 'inoted . Ia such" a limited field , with such stinted _intellectual resources , it was impossible men could advance in
_InioViltdge , * dr . ? -nimity , or toleration . They were a prey to _fiie _concc ; ts , fancies , * ind fluctuating impulses of narrow aud half-literate guides , and tlie quesQous which occupied them were seldom more important or cogently supported than those of the Muscovite doctors . Ill a controversy of these northern sages , when thr question was" Whether tiie practice of smoking tobacco was a sinf the r « spo « _£ « . ' t- maintained that it was lawful to get drunk with brandy , _hiu-aot to smoke ; heeause tlie Holy Scri pture saith , "that which proceedeth out of the mouth _deiileth a _m-u _:. while tliat which entcreth iuto it doth not dcSlt-him . " It is understood that there is hardly any puerilitv , id ' . datrj _" , Jesuitism , or extravagance , from
Atheism to Piabc _> l !? in , that a little perverse ingenuity _mjiy not hies ? with _smi ; _- ; equivocal translation of textual authority . Even tho perdition creed of St . Alhanasius is not wholly unaccredited , and the late _Ardibishop _Jfageeused to . refer to the JC £ h chapter of St . Mark , as the divine authority for its eternal maledictions . A precious picture of the workings of the * ' blessed back- " " It was an age of ow book , " says the -writer , and the _fi-aits of the teachings of that book were , " _Hcentiountcn ! , hypocrisy , treachery , espionage , secret _jxtisoiri ngs , bloody _executions , and savage murders . " "By tlieir fruits ye shall know them ! '' Onr next extract exhibits the
' ' _lUKXABLE » 0 CT 3 It « -V' OF _CAiVIWSM . "Worse than sorcery or witchcraft , in the first Stuart's reign , the whole island , from the laud ' s End to John-o - Groaf s , ivas overshadowed with the deadly nightshade of _Calviniein . Thuggism would be a more suitable name ; for it is only io the sanguinary delusions of tbe assassins of the east , who pervert horrid crimes into consecrated virtues , that " a ' iit parallel can be found tothe extremes of the Geneva school , which in place of divine beneficence plants a macerated demon ; blind , truculent , and _indis-. criminative . Frightful as is the creed of the Calyins , Knoxcs , and Melvilles in its rigour , it must be remembered as a feature of the period , that ninety assembled divines { five of them deputies of King James ) , having the fear of Cod ! before their ; eyes and : the holy Scriptures in their hands , after some months' deliberation at Dort , among other equally pious and plausible matter , " declared , " that God , ' by . an absolute decree , hath elected to salvation a very : small number of men , without ; any regard to their faith or obedience whatever , and excluded from saving
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grace all the rest of mankind , and appointed them bv the same decree to eternal damnation , without any regard to their infidelity or impenttency . " Even up to the _pi'iseiit hme , in the formularies . of Scotland , it is affirmed tliat " they who having never" heard the gospel know , not Jesus Christ , aud believe not in him , cannot be saved , fee they ever so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature , or the laws of that religion which they possess . " This article concludes with the _following remarks on ' . - .. ° ¦ ¦ - ; ..-¦
_BXlilOION . -.,, ; . . .. , . The general and final conclusion from our comparative view , it is likely , will bo , that religion has ever been the first handmaid of ciyilizatioYi , but that it does notadvahce with advancing intelligence that it is quickly corrupted by power , becomes intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , and immoral ; that it is unequal to the supreme government of a refined people , and its first mission fulfilled to barbarous or half-civilized men , its next appropriate place is subordination ! to the civil authority , and it ' s crude and stunted dogmas to the interpretation of an ever expanding literature , Science , and philosophy . If religion is " _eon-upted by power , " is "intolerant , cruel arbitrary and immoral ; " if its ' - crude and stunted dogmas require to lie ruled bv "literature ,
science , and philosophy , " why should the evil be permitted to exist at all ? Or , rather—for so long as knaves can find dupes upon whom to practise their arts , religion will continue to exist—why should not every effort be made by the enlightened to free the minds oi the many fi-om the grovelling ' superstitions which have hitherto kept them " priest-led slaves , " and made them the victims of every fraud and wrong ? Until this be accomplished , tlie freedom of the human race is unattainable . There are some very able reviews of new works in this month ' s number , including Gregg ' s "Commerce of the Prairies ; " Mr . Johnston ' s "travels in Abvsmia ; " and "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation . " From the review of Johnston ' s Travels " we give the following picture of
_ABTSSlN'lAN CHRISTIANS . . The maimers and the superstitions of the Shoau population , as described both by Major Harris and Jlr . Johnston , after nearly eighteen centuries of firmly ' established Christianity , might suggest a lesson to a large class of people in this country , who fancy they are doing all that is needful towards promoting the cause of religion and humanity by the mere fact of causing savages to profess their favourite creed . So people fulfil more rigorously than the _Sho-tns all the external forms of religion . The power of the priesthood is immense ' . it alone Is strong enough to control the will of the despot who rules them ; yet , according to Major Harris , a more bloodthirsty and cruel , filthy , false , and rapacious peoplo than these Christians of _Shou can hardly exist . As then' Icing said of them to his English visitors , ' * they are bad . "
The Autobiography ofthe Editor is continued , and is most instructive and interesting . On the whole , wo like the appearance of tliis number much . If continued in the like spirit , and _vvitji the same ability , Wade _' s London Review must and will succeed .
The Family Heuald. Part Xxi.-Bigos, 421,...
THE FAMILY HEUALD . Part XXI .-Bigos , 421 , Strand . Of all the cheap miscellanies corabining . informa tion and amusement for the " million , " _wetnownonc worthier of approval than the Family Herald . Rightly it is named Family ; its contents rendering it a most fitting companion for the family circle . We have facts and philosophy for gentlemen ; Mnts and entertainment for ladies ; questions and diversion for youth ; and recreation and harmless pastime for all . In the words of the motto on the cover of this publication , it will be found , " interesting to all—offensive to none . " In common with several other publications , the Herald contains a translation of Evgkse Sue ' s famous work , " Wandering Jew . " But
beyond __ this , the Herald contains an immense mass of reading which bnt'very few of the cheap publications can compete with . Indeed the Herald will advantageously hear comparison with not a few of the dear-priced periodicals . One most _interesting feature of the Herald is the editorial articles of its principal conductor . - Ranking in our ophnion with Thomas _Garltlk as one ofthe most original thinkers ofthe present timc we have reason to believe that in the pages of this publication he is read by some thousands , with an interest not easily described . Our belief of tliis is grounded on the individual instances that have come under our notice ; and when we state
that the Family Herald- circulates something like fifty thousand copies weekly , the actual readers probably amounting to at least four times that number , the reader will see that we have good ground for our belief . The present Part contains excellent articles from the pen of the Editor oh the following subjects : — "Symbolical Clothing ; or the Surplice and Gown analogically considered . " " North and South ; or Mental and Moral Magnetism . " " Temper ; good and bad tempers , and their respective uses . " , ¦¦ Credulity and Incredulity , Superstition , and Science ;" and "The Movements _^ Political and Domestic . " We give the following extracts , all we can find room for , from the article on " Credulity and Incredulity . "
CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF PAGANISH . "When Christianity came into h ' eatlieu lands , it had an immense work of destruction before it , and that is yet far from being accomplished . 1 * etthe . process ofthe invasion of heathen practices has been conducted with wonderful method and propriety , instead of suppressing them entirely , it partly adopted them .. It converted the image of Jupiter into the statue of St . Peter—it ; imitated the rituals , ' vestments , fasts , and festivals of Paganism , and destroyed their profanity by corisecratiiig . them anew , and baptising them anew . It thus succeeded in changing the old names—and by buildiug splendid cathedrals , and
ordaining splendid ceremonies , and founding new . orders- — the old religions went out . whilst the old _natidttai superstitions practically remained . Tliis was all that Romanism could do ; and when it had accomplished this its mission , something more , was required .. Even to this day tl \ epea ! sauts of S \ i & . u \ will tiiVft _vouwi _tte image of the Virgin that stands on their mantel-piece , when they pro . ceed to do anything which they fear will offend her delicacy . This is a remnant of Paganism which contains some little moral beauty to atone for ,-Us _absurutty '* but stillit is a remnant which Bomani 6 m does , not oppose , and cannot extinguish .
A S 1 XPENNT . WIND . . Sir Walter Scott , iu liis notes to-the Pirate , describes " an . old woman ., of _Stio-muess ,. whom _.- ! hei visited ;; whose name was Bessie Millie , and who lived by selling winds to the sailors . " He was a venturous master of a vessel , " says Sir Walter , "Who lef t the ' roadstead ' of Stromness without paying his offering to propitiate Bessie Millie . " Her charges wero very moderate , only sixpence for a favourable wind , and the sailors paid it with a look between Jest aud earnest . For this sixpence , she boiled her kettle , and jpraved for the vessel that paid-itj and she' said the wind was sure to come soouer or later . She . was _hearly a hundred years old when Sir "Walter saw her , and there is no reason to doubt that the old Mmmer believed in her own influence . ' * * ' " _* -
A WOBI > "FOR _BHAKSPEABE AND THE FAIRIES . A . dark and gloomy superstition is one that is not likely to gain or keep ground in an age like this ; and it is only sach a superstition that can prove detrimental to our temper , our moral * , or our understanding . We care not how much the people believe m . fairies and men-of peace—the duiishee of the Scottish Highlanders . The faith will do them little harm , so that it does not enslave them , but supplies them with interesting topics of song and of thought . The rigid censure of scientific roatter-of . fact incredulity we do not much admire ; and we felt very little respect for the understanding of a scientific regenerator , who , in a public lecture , at which we formed one of tlie audience , declared that such poets as Shakspeare and
Milton , who spoke of fairies and ghosts , and other bug-abears , as matters-of-fact , tended more to debase than to cultivate the human mind ; and concluded by a singular expression of hope , that the day would soon come when we would have a Shakspeare of our own , " who would affirm nothing but what was In strict conformity with the demonstrations of science ! A mathematical dramatist ! a geological Shakspeare ! a physiological Miltou ! Why , the very beauty of poetry is-its _wwi-sense _^ and the charm of animioceiit fairy superstition is its ' absurdity . Make it too rational and it proves . injurious . Its mystery and umutelligibility . are not the least of . its recommendations . The beautiful may be within our reach , hut the grand and sublime are beyond it .
Immense as ia the present salt * ofthe-f _«¦»» ' _&¦ Iterald , we hope still to see it increase and multiply , and to that end advise all who have not hitherto made , its acquaintance to make it forthwith , and judge of its merits for themselves .
The Cnronicles Of Tiie Bastile. T. 0 New...
THE CnRONICLES OF TIIE BASTILE . T . 0 _Newly / , ' 12 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . ' We continue our extracts from this excellent work Pressed for room , we must defer further comment We shall return to tiie . subiect next , week _.
THE _CHAMUEC OF TOBTPEE . — - _^ _THE BOOT . _l"OV the last time , said h _* , I ash thee , Baron de St . Auney , to confess , thy crime and thy accomplice . Here i * the paper : wilt thou sign it ? The baron " wared lus hand negatively—for his anguish was too intense to permit him to speak—and tremblingly awaited the result . D'Argenson no sooner understood the sign , than he leaped from his chair ,, and striking the table . with his clenched hand , exclaimed , with a frightful oath , that made even the hardened assistants shudder - . By heaven thou shalt sign it ! A . few glances were now interchanged between the parties : St . Marc took _D'Aiyenson ' s place , whilst he advanced with Corbe and _Riquelet . to the spot where the baron * was standing ; beckoning the soldiers , the latter placed their _, muskets against the wall , and seized theu * ' unfortunate victim .
The calmness of the baron at this juncture was frigbtful to behold ; it was evident that , he maintained it only at the expense of an immense effort ; large drops of cold perspiration streamed down his cheek , from every pore ; his teeth were firmly get together , aud his lips _coihpresfeed ; but though his countenance . was pallid , it indicated no irresolution : when they laid hands upon him ,: he turned his eyes to heaven , ! his lips moved , and a tear fell from liis eyes : here all outward emotion ceased . Bind him yonder , said D'Argenson , pointing tothe , wooden post at the other end of the chamber ; Ru , to thy office .
The Cnronicles Of Tiie Bastile. T. 0 New...
This functionary immediately cast off his jerkin , and _pariughis arms , bound the baron ' s to thb . wooden _pillari so that he could not more , whilst the lieutenant of police signed to Corbe and _Ricpielet to fetch the boot , which was very , ponderous . They then proceeded to strip their unfortunatevictlm ' _Blegs andifeot , and to placcone of them in the machine , Bu holding , it the while ; when : everything was prepared , D'Argenson again asked the baron to sign the paper , but he again ' refused , and in ! the most peremptory manner . - ¦ _^ - Screw ' , exclaimed D'Argenson : Ru looked up at him irresolute . ¦ -Ventre bleu . ' dost hear me . ? reiterated he .. - Thus admonished , the _porte-c'i / s began very slowly turning a small ; pivot with a hand-winch , that , by a simple , piece of mechanism , caused by . the iron plates and spr ings of which the boot was constructed , to collapse gradually together until , fi-om the k ; : ee downwards , tiie wretched victim ' s leg _wiis-cftitipU-tely encased therein ; still he did not flinch :
Harder ! harder ! vociferated the . lieutenant of police ; sang dieu - ' . The porte-clefs appeared to struggle very hard to get the winch to turn , becoming exceedingly purple in the face with the exertion , but the moro he tried , the less the winch moved ; at hist ho stopped , wiped his face on the baelc of his _luind , and asked to bo accommodated with a g lass of wine , Go on ! cried D'Argenson ; thou shalt have wine when we have done . ! But although Ru resumed his operations , upon the * which , it obstinatel y refused to stir ! upon which , the lieutenant broke out into a volley of execrations intermingled with threats of putting Ru himself to the torture if he did not do his duty . ' The screws are rusty , said that individual / and ' the springs too ! ¦ Let rue try , exclaimed Corbe , pushing the other away I'll make it turn .
Seizing the which with both hands , he turned it round twice or thrice with the greatest ease , much to the apparent astonishment of _the ports-clefs ; the effeet of this manipulation soon manifested itself ; tlie baron shuddered , una the hue of his complexion turned almost to the lividity of death ; still he spoke not . Wilt thou sign *? cried D'Argenson in his ear . .. . Never ! replied . De St . Auuey , in ii husky voice .. . Screw ! shouted the former ; and again Corbe applied himself to his hideous task . There goes the knee-pan ! observed Ru , as a slight report like that of a walnut being , cracked , fell on his ear . Wilt thou sign tlie paper ? demanded the lieutenant of police , trembling , and wipfiig" the water from his forehead : the baron shook his head * . Screw . ' . - screw ! tomwc dieu ! shouted his persecutor , and again Corbe resumed his . work .
There succeeded a very brief pause , when a second small report was heard : That ' s the ancle-bone , muttered the porte-clefs . Wilt thou sign now ! demanded D'Argenson again , iii a hurried , anxious tone ; thy ' daughter shall go free ! I swear it , by St . Marc ! This was his patron saint . Give me the pen , said the baron , in an almost inaudible
voice . D'Argenson snatched the pen from tlie hand of St . Marc—who had been taking miuutes of the proceedings —and ordering Ru to loose the baron ' s amis from the leathern thongs that confined them , presented hint the pen , con _verting the ; crown , of _liia beaver into a temporal _^ _wTiting-deskj and spreading out tho paper upon it _: it purported to be a confession made by the Baron de St . Auney , acknowledging himself guilty of the forgery of the bond ostensibly _sigued by the Sieur St . Angin . The sufferer , with an . effort to suppress any expression of the agony he endured , took the pen , and rapidly tracing the words False . ' false ! at the foot of the document , appended his name thereto ; this done , his arms dropped , and he would have fallen down , had not ono ofthe soldiers caught lum ; lie had fainted . Mori dieu ! shouted tlie thunderstruck and enraged lieutenant , looking at the paper ; cheated ? - Screw ! screw ! ¦ ' '
He can t bear any more now , observed Riquelet , who on these occasions officiated inthe double capacity of _coufessor and surgeon . Unscrew him then , and take him to his cell , replied D'Argenson ; curses on him ! Tearing the document into fragments , lie beckoned St . Marc to follow him , and quitted the horrid scene , venting his rage in execrations .
A Bowl Of "Punch," Fresh Brewed
A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED
We advise everybody to buy and read this week ' s Punch ; both its literary contents and illustrations are excellent . "The Valentines for 1845 " comprise—Graham , as "The Vegetable Pill Vendor * " Sir Peter Laurie , as "The Penitent Knight" put down ; _Louis-PniupyjB , as . " _Sliakspeai'o ' s _. Nurso ;" Brougham ,. as "The PoliticalPirouettist ;" . Gibus , as " The Civic Jeremy Diddler ; " and Albert , as ' ! The Prince of Sportsmen . " The idea of the principal illustrations is from . _DiciLENs' Chimes , " Bowley interrogating Trotfcy Veck . " The characters are Sir J . Bowley Sir R . Peel ; Lady Bowky . Dukcoi
Wellinciox ; Trotly Veck ... 1 .. Lord . John Russell ; Mr . _Fish . v .... & h : James Graham . Anything' better conceived and executed never appeared in : our contemporary than these characters ... The , real of political life , and the ideal of Dickens' book , arc admirably combined . Of the literary ' contents , the . article headed "The Health of the Labourer , " bv Q ,. [ Douglas Jerrold ] is by : far the best ... We . shall endeavour to findroom for it next week . In the meantime , we repeat , biiy this . week ' s Punch ; buy Punch every ivcek , and help to diffuse the truths of which he is the ininutablcexponent . _.-. ¦¦ , ¦ 7
THE LABOURER ' S LOVE-SONG ., A plague ' upon thy head , thou dove ' . , I envy thee thy fate ; ' _''* \ Like unto thee I have a love , . ' But not , like , thee , a mate . ... _„* A plague upon my own fond heart * ' * * That was not made of stone , . *¦ Without a throb , without a smart , To go through life alone . ¦'¦ . What right have I aloft to gaze , . , Upon the , suuny skies , Whence , evermore , niy fancy strays 1 Unto a pair of eyes ? , " And wherefore should the rosy mora : llemind me of a cheek 2 * . _ ¦ . " 0 ' I could laugh myself to scorn , For that I am so weak _. Do I mistake myself , in truth , '
For sonie great lord or ' squire ? ' ' ' What can a hind , ! a lout , forsooth , More than a , brute , desire ? What , hath he passions , thoughts , and powers , More than a hog ' can feel ? Pshaw!—let me crush them , —like the flowers , Beneath mine iron heel . I , that can scarce my daily bread With bitter labour earn , Have I a tear for love to shed , A . heart with love to burn ' .
What more than bacon needs a clown ?—• Would I'd enough of that !—Give him his beer ; and let him drown liis passion in the vat . When yonder Church would lure theis on With yi 8 kms ofabride , Turn thee , thou fool ! and think upon The building by its side . There stands the Wokkuoose— -look with _awa Upon that place of dread , Where paupers go , who break tho law ¦ Whieh says—Thoc shalt not web .
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS FOE LANDLORDS AT AOKICUL
TUBAL MEETINGS . The Agrieiiltui'al Labourer . '—at seven _ahiHitigs a week . The Hobnailed Shoe !•—and may the wearer never kick at starvation . The Smock Frock and its Tatters!—to which we owe our rents . Success to th ' o farmer I—and tho benefit of it to the landlord . ¦ ¦• ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ The Landed Interest!— -a thousand per cent , on the land's produce . ; ( : Order , Economy ; and " _thei Workhouse ! * The Preservation of Game ; _'iihd > tlieGaoM' * :. _'•*
The Richmond _Cokonet . —At ; tlie Agricultural Protection , gathering , ; : the-Duke of ! . Richmond . said the . brightest , jewel in his . coronet was . his care of the labourer . ' " The brightest jewel iu a crow _; n , " is aii old ! phrase ; now , it comes down to the coronet . Jn lilce manner descending , some commoner landlord may . declare , that his treatment ofthe labourer is the deepest bit of black in his beaver . . . _i ! Sisful . Sabbath . ! Guanoes . —Daniel Crawley , a little boy ,, wasi _chariged at the ' _South-wark Office b eforc Mr . Trail with selling -oranges on Sunday . "Mr : _* Traii discharged the offender with an admonitiou , telling himthat" by selling fruit on Sunday he was
breaking the baubath ; and ; for which he was liable , to be committed for a mdntti togaol . " This is nothing but right . Wehave only to reflect upon the number of West-end fishmoiigei's and confectioners at this -moment in gaol for selling thoir goods oh a Sunday , to feel that _panicl Crawley , the orange-boy , lias had a very fortunate . escape . A Notice of Motion . —The following notice , written on a little piece of paper , after the fashion of the memoranda left on ihe doors of barristers' chambers , has been suspended to the . knocker of Mr . Leader ' s residence in Lowndes-square :- —; . , ¦ © one to _Pamirs . 'Won ' t be back till next Election . Tins Walbrook , Pet . —It ,. seems , that the city of Lvons can . boast of a Sir Peter ; Laurie . ; who is detcrinihed to put uowri" hissing ; Kootirig , and all marks ) f disapprobation whatsoever _urthe theatre {" having _issued a ; mayoral edict to . ; that . effect . By-the-by , a ¦ ertaih , Lord . Mayor would find a Bimilav - yroclamation _TOiy . us _^ ful _in the city , providing he has the cour ag e to attemptanother : 9 th' _of-Novenibisr ; " Am _verykdear- _Too-J- _^ The title of Due d'Isly was ) ffered to Marshal Bugeaud , but ! declined by liim , at irst , _; as it involved ah expense of 18 , 000 francs . The Duke of ; Marlborough says ; "HeWishes he had mown this , as the _Mai-sh ' al ; might have had his title br one-half the amount . "
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The Barbkrini . Vase . —Tlie . _celebs-ated Bavbevini vase ,, broken'in so singular a * manner in the British Museum last wcek , ' _n _* as ,. for inpre than ' _stwo centuries , the principal ornament of the . Bavberini Palace . This vaso ., was purchased of Sir Wiii . Hamilton , considerably more ttiari' thirty years ago , for . iOOO guineas , by tlie Duchess ! pf Portland , since which _period * it has been generally' known by the name ofthcJPortland "Vase ! It wa _^ unmd about the middle , of the * sixteenth century , twb 7 inilds ! an'd a half from Rome , in the road leading froni FraScati . At the time , of its _. fliseoverv thc vase was _enclosed in a niiirble sarcophagus ; witliin a sepulchral !' _dluimbeiy-uiider-tlie . - mourit ; called Monte dc Grano . ' The material ofwhich the vase is
formed is , glass : ¦ the figures , which are executed in relief , are ofa beautiful opaque white , and the ground is in perfect ' harmony with the figures , nudof a dark transparent blue , The subject of these figures is extremely obscure , and has not . hitherto received a satisfactory elucidation ; But ' the design and the sculpture are both truly admirable .- Without noticing any of the theories or conjectm " cs th _.-it _imve beciunadc about them , the following is . in account of the several figures : —In one compartment three exquisite figures arc placed on a . ruined column , the capital of which is fallen , and lies at their , feet , among other disjointed stones ; they sit'under a tree on loose piles of stones . The middle figure is a female in arecliuing and dying attitude , with an inverted torch in her left hand ,
the elbow of which supports her as she sinks , while the right" hand is raised aud thrown over her drooping head . The figure on , her right hand is a man , and that on the left a . woman ; both supporting themselves on their arms , and apparently thinking intensely . Their backs are to the dying figure , and tlieir faces are turned to her , but without an attempt to assist her . On another compartment of the vase is a figure coming through ' : t porta / , and going down with great timidity into a darker region , whore ho is received by a beautiful female , who stretches forth her hand to help hiin : between her knees is a large and playful serpent . She sits with her i ' ect towards an aged figure , having one toot sunk into tho earth , aud the other raised on a column , with his chin resting on his hand . Above the female figure is a cupid preceding the first figure , and . bcukoning bim to advance . This first- figure holds a cloak or garment , whicli lie seems anxious to bring with liim , but which adheres to
thoside of the portal through which he has passed . In this compartment there are two trees , one of which _bends over the femnlo figure , and the other over the aged one . On the bottom ofthe vase there is another figure on a- larger scale than the one we have already mentioned , but not so . well finished nor so elevated . Tliis figure points with its linger to its mouth . The dress _appears * to bo curious and cumbersome , and above there is tbe-foliage of a tree . On the head of the figure there is a Phrygian cap ; it is not easy to say whether this figure is male or female . On the handles of the vase are represented two aged heads , with the ears of a quadruped , and from the middle of tlie . forehead rises a kind of tree without leaves * , these figures are in all probability ornaments , and have no connection with the rest of the flglll'CS _, 01 ' tllC story represented on the vase . Tliis superb specimen of Greek art was deposited in the British Miisctim , in 1810 , by his Grace the Duke of Portland .
The _Ehsctbic Telegraph . —The first trial of the electric telegraph froiu . London to Southampton ami Gosporfc was made on Friday , Jan . 31 st . The telegraph was constructed by Messrs . Oooke and Wheatstone , the patentees , for the joint use of the Admiralty and the South Western Railway Company , between Wine Elms and Gosporfc , a distance of eighty-eight miles . Mr . Cooke left London by the three o ' clock train , and stopped at Bishopstoke , seventy-two miles . He then proceeded by tho next train , __ and an hour was occupied in carrying the wires into the office at Gosport , on the branch line ; so / that it was only at a little before ten o ' clock that , all thing ? being ready , he dispatched the first signal to London . Four or five minutes of anxiety elapsed
before any reply was obtained , when his assistant in London excused his inattention on the ground oi having fallen ' asleep before ' tho firoi The signals passed with the utmost precision , and a long conversation passed between his London correspondent over the intervening - distance of eighty-eight miles . The perfection , of the system of insulation was thus proved .. The experiment had not been before tried until seventy-two miles wore completed , when the apparatus was applied at Bishopstoke about a fortnight back . Directions to his London assistant to start for Gosport b y the first morning ' s train closed the correspondence . for the night . Professor Wheatstone joined , by appointment , at Nine Elms , about twelve next morning , and some thousand signals took their flight between London and Gosport . In Mr . Wheatstohe ' s experiments no perceptible time was
occupied in'transmission . Among- ' - many ' others the following _injuries and answers , preceded by tbe ringing of the alarum , occupying about four minutes , were made at the request of one of the . company ' s officers : — "Hare you any mackerel for to-night's goods train ? " " No , they cannot catch them now . " " "Why not ? " . " Because the nights are moonlight , and the fish sec the net . " Other communications respecting the shipping took place . . Subsequently the professor ' s new magneto-electric telcgrapliwns brought into a long circuit of wire , and worked to perfection through 288 . miles .,. The apparatus-dispenses-with the batteries altogether , a steel magnet being tlie source of power .. The Admiralty lire to have a pair of these machines , and . a pair of Wheatatonc ' s pointing telegraphs , for then-distinct use . For railway purposes Mr . Cooke _prefeiy his twoneedle telegraph , " and in this opinion Professor Wbeatstone agrees , as its rapid colloquial
questionand-answer character is , perfectly adapted [ for railway exigencies . There is a good deal of painting to to be clone on the line , which-will require fine weather and some "days to complete . As soon as that is done the apparatus will again bo worked , and two wire .- ; placed at the command . of the Lords ofthe Admiralty ; the other two , with tho _. brancb telegraph . to . Southampton , will remain iii the company ' s bands for their own railway purposes and the use ofthe public . Mr , Cooke is prepared . to accept , a challenge to lay dowii a telegraph from ' toiidon to Falmouth , Liverpoo ! , - or Edinburgh , " without airy iiiterniediatc stages . Thclast practical difficulty is overcome by the present _, system _of-. v insqlation , - . - . The .: entire cost of . the telegraph between London and Portsmouth is . £ 24 , 000 , to be paid in _cciiiiil proportions by tlie Admiralty aiid the company ;¦ and negotiations are being entered into with Government for laying dowm sections of ; it on the ' Chester and Holyhead line , noiv in course of
,. Geological Cuhiosm _* -. '—Not the least curious and interesting of the _phenomena-whiell rank themselves under tlie head of" geology' * is the finding , of live animals imbedded in stones at such depths beneath the surface of the earth as to render it . extremely improbable that they had ever lived upon it , and make it probable that they must havo ¦ existed since the beds in which they were found were formed , which in most cases may be reckoned by thousands of years . Frequent mention is made iu geological ' works , ofthe finding of animals under , such circumstances ; but , until within the last , lew days , we never had airoppbrtunity of seeing one . To the uninformed mind , the idea of ah animal having been imbedded in solid
matter for . thousands of years " appears so incredible that they will , _iiDproforeii _' _ctVB-slieW'any" absurdity ; bat the finding . ofthe present is * _attoudecf-. by circumstances which make it less dim ' ciilt to believe it true than to believe to the contrary . A few days ago , cs a miner named William' Ellis , and others , were' working in the Pcnydarran mine works , at a depth from the surface of forty-five yards , one of them struck -the point of his mandril iiito a piece of _aliale , and , to the surprise of ail , a frog leaped out of the cleft thus made . When first observed ,- it-appeared very weak , and , though a large-sized frog , could crawl onlywith great difficulty . On doscr examination , several peculiarities were observed ; its eyes were _fulbsized , though it eould not see ,-and does not now see , as upon
touching'the eyes it evinces no feeling . There is a lino indicating where the mouth would liave- been , bad it not been confined , but the mouth has never been opened . Several deformities were also observable : and the spine , whieh has been forced to dovclopc it self in an angular form , is a sufficient proof of its _having grown in a very confined space , even If the hollow in the piece of shale , by corresponding to the shape of the back , did not plr . eo the matter beyond a reasonable doubt ! ' 'It is a very handsome frog , and continues to increase'in size and weight / though ho food can be given to it ; and its vitality is preserved only by breathing through the skin covering the lower jaw . which is very thin . Ellis has been ' unfolding a theory Of its formation , whose chief merit consists less in it . «
beiriir _accortlantwith probability , than in being as original as Will himself . That tiie age of this frog must be tbe Same as the bed in which it was found is clear ; and that it entered that bed while in the _process o _( -formation _and-solidification is equally so . How long that ; bed has been formed , and what size the frog might have been at its entrance , wc cannot take upon _, us to state ; but it is very probable that the bed is very ! old , and it is very certain that the frog has grown in the stone while it _wassol ' t and yielding , as its peculiarities are such as under , no other , circumstau _^ _-ss could bwre been presented . If , by _jite > y _>!« fi _mea-p muscular motion , and liofc organic development , we cannot suppose that this animal ever lived until of the stone
aii * was admitted to it on the lifting ' . This assertion of -its having existed in a state wluch can neither be called life , nor death , will be denied by those who have not 'known that life is a state produce I bv alternate-waste aud supply . Where there could have been , nq , oxygen , there could have been no _eomllustiou-no waste , and consequently no supply . It is ) 0 S 8 ible , -bf the alternate action of great heat and inteise cold ; to ' produce a very torpid state , of the hum in frame ; To these views it has been more pbilosoph cally objeeted , that during the formation of the shah , the frog must have become shale also . , ! When a pic _: e of iron , dropped into dough , becomes bread , this will be rendered probable , and not before . — _-ftirdi ( f and Merthyr Guardian ,
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Curaoua ' ' ' _Ermrn .- —Lord Wharton is -buried between liis two wives ; his effigy represents hun lying between them * , his head resting upon lus crest , which _, is Lucifer , the Moraing Star . = ! _'¦*'• ' Here I Thomas ' W harton do lye , ' ' . With Lucifer under my head ; - ¦ ' Anil Nelly my wife _hard . by , And Nancy as cold as lead .: — O , how shall Ispeak without dread , . Who can my sad fortune abide ; .. With one devil under my head , __ . . And another , laid < sloie oil each side .
Ax _Ilmjstrati'd Suffer . —Last week , at Winchester , a Mv . Sharp gave a . lecture on the 'philosophy of the kitchen , " to illustrate which a supper was cooked on the lecture table by means of g « js--roust beef , mutton , fowls , ham , griskiiw , fried sausages , snare-ribs , puddings , & c—all admirably cooked by the cooking apparatus . At tliis rate , the man who invented gas little thought it would fill the stomach as well as delight the eye . Let the Poor Jaw Commissioners permit Mr . Sharp to turn on his as , with culinary illustrations , in the union house . '' . An illustrated lecture of this sort would delight . _' . tho _. _podr pauper much more than any other work in the ' * workhouse library . ' . '—Satirist .
At the Repual Association , the other day , O'Connell said that , " under any circumstances , he was for the aolden link of the Crown . " It ivas quite superfluous of Dan lo tell the boys that , as by this timo they must be . pretty well aware that the only link he cares a straw about is & golden . It would be a difficult tiling to find a man more attached to the sovereign , in a sordid sense , that the great agitator . —Ibid . Tub Post reproachfully accuses the , . _-Timff M betraying tho Church "with a kiss . ' . " liven admitting this to be so , wc are far from thinking _tliafc'Motlier Church has not been betrayed by the _kissof mauy othcra besides the Times . Jove descended into the lap of Dana * in a skewer of gold , and if tho " Thunderer" has really prevailed over tin ; virtue of the Church , it is probable that tha same means have been employed . The " old lady '' ' lias been always vcrv sensible to the influence ofthe precious metals .
—ibid . Tin : Dec be _Nemo-cbs is giving a lot of balls , wliich deserve to be mentioned among the doings of Paris . Everybody gets invitations to them The poor Prince , m fact , is hardly put about to get people enwigh , sufficiently respectable , to fill his saloons . . But even those he has are no great shakes . An old English ex-sugar boiler , or ox-something frointhe City , was invited to the last ball . The old man stared with open mouth at the splendour of the furniture —the beautiful decorations ofthe ceiling and cornices , &¦(' ., when some one lugging him suddenly , by the arin , cried " Come along ! come along I PR present you to the Prince " A minute after , behold the ex-Rugiu * boiler bobbing in lowly humility before oi
the future itegent r ranee , ncmoura _mususreu something—the man can't for the life of hiiri talk _, like a Christian—and bowed to the ex-sugar boiler . Down went tho boiler ' s head again—down again—low lower—whilst a certain other part- of his form _TOSO ill a corresponding altitude— - ( " Corresponding altitude , —is that English ? I really don't know , but it sounds well , so let it stand ) . The last bobbing of the _hfiid , however , was fatal . Crack ! crack ! The "Regent that shall be" turned his head , and _, on seeing what had happened , burst into a hearty , fit , ' . of laughter . Everybody who saw what'bad happened laughed too—everybody—the ladies as well as the gentlemen—everybody . but the sugar-boiler . He didn't i .-iiigh—no , poor man ! He had—spare my blushes , fair reader—lie _. had—split his breeches !—Bid . ,
The Force of Conscience , we know , is wonderfully great , and numberless are the instances of its power in causing retribution ; but we should say the following public advertisement far surpasses any known case of " conscience" on record : — "Sir Robert Peel acknowledges the receipt of £ 16 12 s ., on account of ' unclaimed income-tax for eighteen months . '" Let this case be matched , we say , in the realm . ' If any oneliad told us that there existed an individual in the nation who , to relieve the sin upon his soul of not having for eighteen months paid an unclaimed income-tax , acted as abovc , we should have set it down as _mauvaisc plaisanteric . But yet- the Premier publicly avouches the fact ! A great man , verily , is this Peel—to touch the conscience of any inanbv any act , but especially by the Income-tax !—Ibid .
The rnuroB op Wales is , we see , put down m the list of subscribers " for repairing the Chester Cathedral . " When his Royal Highness emerges from his nurse ' s care , no doubt he will be . much surprised , on looking over lus , accounts , to see liow generous he was in his infancy . The last Prince of Wales was more given to lavish his spare cash on courtezans than cathedrals , a fact which supplies matter for a verv spicy chapter in his history . _^ - . Ibid , - A Biuce of Birds . —Two ladies , named Pigeonand Lark , were charged with stealing three fowls from a man named Aviary . The prisoners were
detected ia the-act * and given into the custody ot a , constable named 'Parrot , who brought them tothe office , from which they were consigned to the cage : ' I . \ but stili . Out . —Mi * . J . E ., of Manchester , whoso family were all going out to dine on _Christmag _- - tlay , was left alone at home , and ; sending across to liis sister's for his dinner , to save the "trouble ' of cooking , accompanied it with the following ' charactcristic note : — " Mrs . E . has gone out , and 1 an ! left in , and , llOWOVOl' paradoxical it may appear , Mr , E ,, though out , is » i for a ' dinner , and though I ' m w I ' m out . " - ... . . -
Habeas Cokpos . — "May it please your 'honour , " said a lawyer the Othor day , addressing one ofthe city judges , " I brought the prisoner from * the gaol on a habeas cdipus . "There ' s a good oiie !" saida fellow in ' an under tone , -who stood in the' rear of t'hccoui'i , _** "rm _* b ] o \ vedif I hain't seen him ' _como here in a cab . , A Domestic Drama . —A . few days ago , says the Journal de V Aube , some gens d _' _lirmcs went to a village in that department , _'ttfari'cst a man who had , for a alight offoiiee , baeu condemned to a week ' s imprisonment , but had hot " surrendered . They entered his
bedroom , where they saw his wife , who had just risen _, from bed . She declared that her husband was absent . The gohsd ' armes , however ; perceiving that some person was in bed , turned down the clothes and found a man' in the simp e apparel of nature . " I am not tbe husband , " said the man . '' . That story will not . do , " said : the gensd armes , They made him dress and go with them ; but on their arrival at the guard-house , they , found that the man had told the truth ; for there they found the husband , who had just given himself Up , ' and , learned for the first- time that he had a mmlmant . _] ,. . . / ••< - - ¦
•'• 'Ax Atrocious TVrbtcii . —A farmer , who occasionally * accommodated a neighbour with a flitch of bacon at a killing season , being applied to as usual , replied , "Hanna yet made up my mould . whether I shall Mil myseV this _yecy ; or lake a side ofmyfey ih ' er . " Law and Equitv . — " Pray , my lord , " said ' ageiitle * mar . ' to a late respected and rather whimsical jud ge , - ' what 'is the distinction between Law' and Equity * Courts ? " "Very little in the end , '" replied his loi _* ship * , "thoy only differ so far as time is concerned . At common law you arc done , for at oiice ; in equity yon are not so 'easily ! disposed of . . The former is a bullet , which is instantaneously and most charitably effective- ; ' the latter is an angler ' s hook , which plays with its victim before it kills it . The one is prussic . acid aiid'the other laudanum . "
How ro Get a Bit , — " Shall J out tliis loinofmut-. ton _sdddlc-ivdy '? . " . said a host to his guest . '[ No , . ' replied the latter , "by _^ all means cut it bridle-way ,. for then I may chance _target a bit in my mouth . " New Dining-rooms _for-hib House of Commons . — Bellamy's having been . pulled down , anew set of dining apartments are being fitted up for _theinembers ofthe House of-Commons , and a committee ofthe legislative body has been chosen to _^ superintendtbe ' arrangements of the _newcMj ' ssne , without respect to party or political character ; for instance : —Lord John Manners , Mr . Smythe , and Mr . D'is ' raeli ,: who do not go with the roast-beef-of- " Old-England . " party , have agreed to superintend the boiled veal or ' "Young England"department . Mr . Daniel O'Connell and the repeal section promise to keep the-members in ape / _"petual " Irish stew . " Lord _Jolih _. ltusselLand several distinguished Whigs have kindly undertaken
I to look after the cookery of the " plaices , ? ' although they do not expect to partake of them for a considera-I blctime . Mr . Ferrand promises to see that the I louse shall bo well supplied with "red hot" broils of every description . Mv . Hume engages to attend to the cheese-parings and the perquisites to the waiters-. Sir Robert Peel , as mcn ( re , d \ hotel , takes upon himself to superintend the '' measures " , and present the" bills . " Serjeant Murphy will attend to . "the bar . " . Mr . Roebuck will feel himself quite at home in pro- ; viding " sauce" of all kinds . for the House . Mr . Cobden , who goes in' on the . . cheap , , principlej guarantees . that all the membrra _shalbhave _-. _bi'ead , «! discretion .-, Mr . Borthwick , whenever he makes a _jpeechjj-warrants- that , it shall , be—pickles . _^ Grcat Gim _. ' ..:- ¦ ¦ . ' .::: ¦ " *' . ¦ ¦¦ ' - _" ' ; - 'Marmei > . —On the 21 st inst ., at St . Pancras New Ohiireh , George Bull , ' Esq ., Doctor , of Medicine , to Henrietta , -dauglitei" of Ebcnczcr Pope _} Esq . : —
" * 'The " , Bm ! s " ofI ! ome subservient are To Popes , of grace aud learning Ml * ,., . But here's a Pope , much stranger far , ' V ' . Who vows obedience to a Bxdl . ¦ —Ibid ' , ' .. ' _- . ' '¦¦' . " Truly Affkctiosatk . —The Court Circular says that at Strathfieldsave , on Tuesday , "the dinner party embraced three _/ _. flicers of the ' Hampshire Yeomanry . "—Ibid , Stau-Gazino . — -The papers announced , on the same day , Mr . Blunt ' s" Beauties of the Heavens , " and Mr . Heath ' s " Beauties of the Opera . " . . 7
The names don't accord with the volumes beneath , — Each should borrow the other ' s , aud stick it _tofront : One can study astronomy well from a heath ; But one can't see the Opera stars without blunt _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_15021845/page/3/
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