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r j ,, 0 _. i _» mM _* _*~* r- _< > _| p " BEAUTIES OF BYRON . so . it . B * B * kk * mother was Scotch—a Gordon , related to the 1 the house of Huntley . At two years of age Biros * _£ £ _; was remoTed _, by lis mother , from London ( where he was was born , in Holies-street- Oxford-street ) to Aber deen deen- He remained in AbCTdeenshire until he was ten ten _-fears of age , when , having succeeded to the fani fam ily tide , he was removed to Newstead Abbey His His sojourn in tiie north of Scotland was Tiviily imnrs _nressed upon his memory , and subsequently inspired
his his Loch na barr _, and other pieces . The lines on Lac _Laehin y Gair , or , as it is pronounced , Loch na Gai Garr , are too generally known to require repetition int in these " selections ; - " vre give , however , what may be i be considered the companion piece to Loch na Garrj not not to much , for ihe prettiness of the lines—for they are are _pretty—» for tne following romantic story _asso cia dated with them . It will be observed that the Scottisl fish beauty here described—the poet ' s " first love "isl isthe * ' 3 dary ,, _oftheEnes here given . In Bteok ' s Pi _JjiaiJ tot 1813 , hesays : —
] ihave been thinking lately a good deal of Mary Doff * , Bo Bow very odd that I should have been so utterly , detoI TOtcdly fond of that girl , at an age when I could neither fee fed passion nor know -die meaning of the word . And thi the effect ! My mother used always to rally me about this ch childish amour ; and , at last , many years after , when I vra was _suteen , she told me one day , " 0 ! Byron , I havehad a a letter from Edinburgh , from Miss Abercromby , and yo yonr old sweetheart , MaryDnS _^ is married to a Mr . Cock-Ihj hnrn . " [ Kohert Cockhurn , Esq ., of Edinhurgh . ] And wJ what was my answer ? I really cannot explain or acce count for my feelings at that moment , hut they nearly tb threw me into convulsions—to the horror of my mother aj and the astonishment of everybody . And it is a phe-¦ w aomenon in my existence ( for I was not eight years old ) , k which has puzzled , and will puzzle me , to the latest hour o . of it . In January , 1315 , in a letter to his friend Captain it in * i iji
*» *» _r „„ _»« _o . ;_ _ . . _ x 1 Hay , the poet thus again speafcs of his childish att tadnment :--Pray tell me more , or as mnch as yon like , of your c cousin Mary . I believe I told you our story some years i ago , I was twenty-seven a few days ago , and I have i never seen her since we were children , and young children 1 toe ; but I never forget her , nor ever can . Ton will 4 oblige me with presenting her with my best respects , and 1 all good wishes . _Itmayseeniridic'alous _. hutitisatimj - rate , I hope , not offensive to her nor her's , in me to pre-1 tend to recollect anything about her , at so early a period < of both our fives , almost , if not quits , in onr nurseries ; 1 bnt it was a pleasant dream , which she must pardon me : for remembering . Is she pretty still ! I have the most perfect idea of her person , as a child , bnt Time , I suppose , has played the devil with ns both .
WHEN I KOVED A yOUKG HICHI . AND £ _ . When I roved a young Highlander o ' er the dark heath , And climb'd thy steep summit , 0 , Morven * of snowl To gaze on the torrent ihat _thunder'd beneath , ( h - the m « t of the t _^ mp _^ t that gather'd below , Tntotoi- * a by science , a stranger to fear , And rude as the rocks where my infancy grew , Ko feeling save one , to my bosom was dear ; i ' eed I say , my sweet Kary , 'twas center'd in yon ? Yet it could not be love , for I knew not the name , — What pulsion can dwell in tbe heart of a child ! Bat still I perceive an emotion the same As I fdt , when a boy , on the crag-cover *! wild : Oneimage alone on my bosom impressM , 1 loved my bleak regions , nor panted for new ; And few were my wants , for my wishes were bless'd , And pure were my thoughts , for my soul was with you I arose with the dawn ; with my dog as my guide ,
From mountain to mountain I bounded along ; I breasted the billows of Dee ' s t rushing tide , And heard at a distance tbe Highlander ' s song ' At ere , on my heath-cover'd couch of repose , Xo dreams , save of Kary , were spread to my view ; ABd warm to the skies my devotion arose , for the first of my piajers -was a blessing on you . I left my bleak home , and tny noons are gone ; The mountains are vanish' _^ my youth is no more ; ' As the last ofmy race I must wither alone , - And delight but in days I have _witness'd before : Ah ! splendour has raised , bnt _erubitter'd , my lot ; More dear were tbe scenes which my infancy knew : Though my hopesmay have _fail'd , yet they arenotforgot ; Though cold is my heart , still it lingers with you . When I see some dark MI point its crest to the sky , I think ofthe rocks that o'erahadow Colbken- } "When I see the soft blue ofa love-speaking eye ,
I think of those eyes that endear'd the rude scene j When , haply , some light-waving locks I behold , That faintly resemble my Mary ' s in hne , I flunk on the long-flowing ringlets of gold , The lochs ihat were sacred to beauty and yon . Tet the day may arrive when the mountains once more ShaU rise to my sight in their mantles of saow ; § Bnt while these soar above me , unchanged as before , "Win Mary be there to recei re me ! Ah , no ! Adieu , then , ye hills , where my ehildhood was bred 1 Thou sweet flowing Dee , to thy waters adieu ! Ko home in the forest shall shelter my head , — Ah ] Maiy , wMt home coidd be jnine but with yon t
SCHUER . - By tke Hon . Mrs . Norton . This is the time of shadow and of flowers , _TVThen roads gleam white for many a winding _mOe * Yfhen gentle breezes fan fhe lazy hours , And balmy rest o ' erpays the time of toil ; "When purple hues and shifting / beams beguile The tedious sameness of the heath grown Tnoor ; 'When the old grandsire sees with placid smile The sunburnt children frolic round his door , And tndfised roses deck the cottage of the poor .
The time of pleasant evenings ! when the moon Eiseth companioned by a single star , And rivals e ' en the brilliant summer noon In the clear radiance which she pours afar ; No stonnjwindsherliourof peaceto mar , ,... _ .,. Or stir the fleecy clouds wlucli melt _atray Biaefllhthewh _^ _ofherM-amined i _^ ar ; While many a river trembles in her ray , And direr gleam the sands round many an ocean bay 1 0 , then the heart lies hashed , afraid fo beat , In the deep absence of all other sound ; And home is sought with loth and lingering feet , As though that shining tract of fairy ground , Once left and lost , might never more be found f And happy seems the life that gipsies lead ,
Tfho make their rest where mossy banks abound , In nooks where nnnlncked wild flowers shed their seed ; "" A canvas-spreading tent lhe only roof thoy need !
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CHROXICLES OF THE BASTJLE _.-Panrs 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 . London : T . C . Newby , 12 , llorthner-street , Cavendish-square . The first series of these thrilling Chronicles isicompleted , and safely we may assert that a better work of its elass never issued from the British press . We defer , for the present , any faither remarks we may have to make , and confine ourselves , for this week , to the giving of _*^ Mowbgextractefromp _* u-tsl 5 , IC , and 17-To explain the following it is necessary to state that Bwm _' ce , the sister of Jacques , the hero of the story , had been seduced by the Duke of Chartrcs , and _feeing abandoned by Mm had sought an asylum in a Convent Finding herself in an unhappy position , and dreading the discovery of her shame , she fed from the convent , and proceeded to Paris to seek her lover whom she only knew by his christum name of Philippe . Palling in her search , and driven to despair , she attempts tiie commission of
SUICIDE . _"VTbydid she retire to Moret ! _Vere not the sisters ¦ certain to discover her position ? Erery day that she remained with them , increased therisk ! She would lose no time ! All was ready ! How surprised they wouldbe On tbe morning to find her gone I She Ithew where to V' U was not far to Paris ! She would ask fhe first _iwsonshemetif he knew her Philippe *? No ! Well ! there were more people to ask the question of ! Never ¦ anaa that laugh ! She is not crazed , although she Jas _talked up from Fontaincblean t * Paris to find her lover ,
having B 0 0 _^ dae _^ him . _„„ that hie name is _« _- . % * huw people 5 . _^ . and point at her ! she slews what they mean ! Hard-hearted fcoffers ! Some _^ _f she has escaped firam a mad-house ! But no ! she is not mad ; only tired , and hungry ; and very , very ill ! Tis nsdess threatening her with thename of D'Argenson ! "Aliois he ! _Ishe _caUedriullppe ! Another loud and _-nockinglaugh ! Crndinoh ! Bat they have let her go asam , and she _wM remain in her dark hiding-place till _tught—and then—then—she knows a spot where the water runs so dark , ana cold , and deep ! It is only a _riunge _. andaUis over ! Howthelightsdance ! andhow
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cold theirind strikes ! : la death so cold ! There is the bridge ! She marked tho place " when she passed inthe morning , as she fled from the mob ! -H 6 W lonely it is ! Soir ! Thereisnoone by ! : Hark ! a step ! Another moment and it wiU be too late ! She will be discovered ! If that foot-step should be Philippe ' s ! 'Tisgone ! Conrage ! One look at the bright moon—and at the brilliant stars—and at the deep blue _slty ! How quiet they seem in their beauty J Bnt the moon is cold though bright ! and the stars , though brilliant are cheerless , andthe deep blue slty smacks of the frigidity ofthe grave ! Oh ! for oneray of sunlight ! only one ! Yet why ! The sunlight and the broad noon are for the happy ! Night asd itc darkness for fhe wretched and miserable 1 Why should she hesitate any longer i How fearful to look down into that deep , cold gloom beneath , with Death returning the
gaze ! Courage ! Forgme ' _tmunhappy wretch , Great God ! Phili ppe ! Philippe ! Thou could ' ttsave me . Down ! Down ! Down ! ' 'Tis dose ! OI the horrid -consciousness of an unnatural death ! Kohonenow ! Ha ! A straw ! What strength to grasp it ! How rapidly and buoyantly it rises to the surface ! Again the keen air—and the bright moon— -and the brilliant stars—and the deep , blue sky ! Horror ! Horror ! She has clutched the wheel ! Higher it rises , and higher still ; now siaks again ! Lower , and lower , and lower ! Again the hoarse plash—andthe cold plunge—and the deafening rush ofthe gelid waters—and the stiU colder darkness—and the fiery , bursting brainand the choking throat ! Then this awful , awful stillness ! Tes ! this is death ! And Philippe , her' lover , meets her amongst the dead ! 'Tis Ids warm arm encircles her , and bears her rapidly—whither she knows not—baton—onon ! All is suddenly blank—and dark !
The following description ofthe reflections of Julie de St . Auney , a prisoner in one of the cells of the stronghold of despotism , pictures with painful truth the
HOBE 0 KS OF TIIE BASTIXT . Uncertain now as to her ultimate destiny , overwhelmed with grief at tbe melancholy position of her father , whom not even the sacrifice of her liberty had been able to save , looking forward to a change , from day to day , only to be daily disappointed , and from this state of suspense _gatheringthegloomiest forebodings , the poor girl's health began rapidly to decline , nor could the well-meant , though common-place condolences and comforting assurances of Sister Bridget succeed in raising her drooping spirits . It became too apparent to her thatshe and her father had fallen victims to the odious machinations of D'Argenson , whose name she had from childhood never heard without a shudder , so constantly had he been mixed up with the calamities that had within her recollection befallen her
parent , and she sickened at the thought of their being perhaps doomed to pass the remainder of their days within those loathsome walls , without the possibility of exchanging one word of consolation , one kiss of affection , though so near to each other . Her sister too ! Was she fated no more to see her ? no more to hear her endearing voice calling her by mane i no more to feel her warm loss npon her cheek ? no' more to ramble with her' amongst the flowery meads of their native home * "Were they then no more to live together ? to smile , together ! to weep—to feel—to sympathise together , but thus be suddenly cat off from that sweet Interch ' ange ' of thought and sisterly love that had hi . tt . ertd been to them so replete with felicity ? The thought was bitter in the extreme !
And her lover ! her betrothed ! Had she then heard his voice for the last time ! . Was it for the last time they had exchanged vows ? Was that bright day-dream of bliss which had up to that time formed a part of her existence , and to the realisation of wluch she had looked forward as the consummation of her earthly happiness , was it to fade only as a dream , and be numbered with the shadows of the past , instead of shedding ite remlgwce upon the future ? Was it , indeed , true that she should never see him more t—never . ' never . ' never ! The thought was maddening ! Aad must she bid adieu to the world ! Tothe werld
so full of charms for her ! To all that she loved dearest in it ! She , so young % Would the pure air of heaven never again fan her cheek ! Nor her eyes again be gladdened by the sight of the transparent firmament with its golden orb by day , and its silver moon and spangled vault by night , and its azure sky , and fleecy clouds swift _travellingon the wings of the wind ! No spring ? No summer ! So autumn 1 No _winter 1 Ho morn ! No day 1 but night _always ? Ko green fields * Ho sweet-smelling flowers ! No crystal streamlets ! No birds twittering cheerfully on the dewy spray ! No relative or friend to cheer her solitude ? No hand of affection to smooth the pillow that supports her heated temples ! No voice save her gaoler ' s to respond to her dying call ! Mutt all tins come to pass ! and she to foresee all and live ! The thought was death !
In Chapter 52 is anaecountoftheendof the wretch Euenne Quinault , the notary ofthe Rue VielJedu Temple , and the accomplice and tool of D ' _-Aroouen , the infernal chief of the ' poliee . Quinault has been betrayed by D'Argenson _^ * who comes to arrest him . The notary charges the Lieutenant of Police with treachery , who saj 8 :-- ¦ " Thou hadst no cause to suspect my sincerity . _- ** r-r " _AndCtiamillart'sJefter . " _excliirmedQ-auia-ttlt . —" Sorae secret enemy of thine , friend _Etienhe , against whom thou shouldst hasten to place thyself on thy guard . "—"' Tis thou—thou who art the secret enemy , '' replied the notary with fearful energy . "I know it—I have received certain information that ' tis ttou . Proofs—palpable proofs too . Didst think I could always be thy fool—toy dupe 1 Did I erer have reason to doubt thy sincerity , sayest thou ! Yes ,
often . Trne thou didst perform one of thy promises ,-but it was because thou hadst jetfoul work to dot Even so lately as three months since , thou didst partly bribe , ' partly force me to—to forge a murdered man's signature to a deed intended to benefit thee alone ; then , thou didst rob me of sixty-five thousand crowns ; then , finding me grow irksome , thon didst betray me , thinking thus to rid thyself of me for ever ! But no , Ihave had time to recall everjthvn ;; , to think upon eyerjthirig , and to determine . Anhour ago I wasa _coward—Ifelt afraid to die ! Since then I have made atonement for a few of my misdeeds ; I am now once more a man . ' A man such as I was , Sieur D'Argenson , before crime had weighed down my soul —a man such as thou wilt never-be , for cr ime was born in thee ! Thon hast deceived me ; I will have revenge for thy treachery , tiiough I dieforit _?"— "What— -what
dost thon mean ! " . interrupted D'Argenson , quailing , he knew not why , before the decrepid old man . "Thou hast no proof that I have deceiv « d thee . "— "I hare it hero , "retorted the notary , striking his breast ; "" listhe presentiment of years fulfilled ! I know'tis truth , because I feel it . Thou art a liar and a cheat ! Thou hast wrought my destruction , andl will be revenged . Those papers are no longer in my possession . Ihave delivered them to cne who will make good use of them . " — " Thouliest ! "hissed D'Argenson " ; "thou sayest this to cheat me . But I am not to be thus duped . I will ransack thy closets , thy chests , ay , even to the walls wili I pull down but that I will find thein . ' Ho ! without there !"Immediately upon hearing the _signul , the door was thrust opeu _, and a party of soldiers , five in number , entered . — " Seize your prisoner , " _continued D'Argenson ,
rising from his seat and pointing to the notary ; "in the name of the king I arrest him . '' — . Whilst two ofthe picket advanced to apprehend Quinault - , the remainder drew up iu a line so as to . bar egress , by . the door ; however , before they could reach him , he withdrew from his pocket a small phial that he had abstracted from his desk whilst engaged in conversation with D'Argenson , and suddenly , carried it to his mouth ; but perceiving the movement , and anticipating his intention , the latter bounded to his side , and dashed the vessel from his hands ; the nest moment he -was struggling" in the grasp of the soldiers . — "Ha ! ha ! ha ! " shrieked the lieutenant of police , with savage delight ; " thou wilthangyet , " — "Uy heaviest curse upon thee ! " mutteredQuiuault , fiercely , making desperate efforts to break from his captors ; " thou wert the Himrdero ofthe Count de St _Angia ,
notL 'Twasthou didst give me tlie poison . Bat thy turn will come ere long . Uy revenge shall reach thee yet . ify _everlastings—^ - "— "Away with hiin , ' ' fools ! Mart dieu . ' Do you-intend to stand here all day * Tothe Bastile with him—I follow . _Tett _Sfc-Mawjto—— . " At this moment Quinault , who had continued to struggle , suddenly fdl back into the soldiers'' arms ; D'Argenson uttered a foiut exclamation of horror , and the men themselves shuddered and turned _theirj he-ids . Quinault , overcome by intense excitement , and bursting with rage , in consequence of finding himself foiled in his meditated suicide , had ruptured a blood-vessel ; and iras now literally weltering in his blood , which gushed from his mouth and nose in one large continuous stream . There ensued a fearful pause that Ia ' sted some three or four minutes , all the assistants being : _perfectly _' horrlfieo , D'Argenson
himself not excepted . The notary , slill conscious of all that had passed , and that his life was rapidly ebbing , made a dying effort to release himself from the soldiers , who no longer held him so firmly For a few seconds the purple tide ceased to flow ; and * the moribond reco-l vered himself sufficiently to stand erect ; fixing ' his eve * , fearfully distended , and gleaming , with the , unnatural light that belongs to them only wlicn they are about to close upon tiie world for ever , full upon D'Argenson , he raised his bony hands high over his head , aud uttered a few words , but so inarticulately they . could not : be understood ; then his amis dropped , and he once more staggered back , and would have fallen but for the soldiers ; his face now became awfully distorted , every muscle of it bring frightfully contracted ; again he writhed , again stood erectagain extended his shrivelled hand
menac-, ingly towards his persecutor ; twice he ga « pcd for breath , twice his jaw dropped , and a shudder passed through his fiame ; at last he exclaimed , ia a hollow . um-artl . lv _whisper , — " Cu-urse thee . '" It was a last _t-ft-rt ; ln » head fell upon his _breastr-his legs l > ent lK .-uc . it .. him , r wless-a gurgling noise was heard in his _tln-oul-tlii ) _Mmul once more rushed from his _moath and _nostrHo , Mtm »; ting his clothes , and tliose of the _soWh-ra who held liim _( he was dead . D'Argenson sunk Into a , chnh _nilng , bV the scene in silence .- " What . hall we do _wl-M'" _' ; monseigneur V asied one of the i .. e _« . _~ TJ . i . llMleMHil of police started . " Unve him tliem , " .. It _^ _vcml b" i " lay him down . Keturn yon to jour .-warier * ,. _«** Tlie _guards laid the dead man full . _« . _* _¦»¦¦• _« tm « " _B' _^ _""' * " tbeioal his own Wood had formed , and _ivlieilina _nhmil withdrew . As soon as tliey wcrtl fj 6 « o _HM rgMisvil tint *
and locked tlie do * r . " victims or tub _iuatit . tt . It was midnight ! "' ""'' ,.- '' . ¦ ... , Iu thc duu cou of the ditch of tho . _Ikrlawh' _-re owt U sat ' two human Mug ? , tho < m _< s nn _ohu ( _U-K ' _-r . _' / , '"• _' "' * with a Ion ;; hiatd . while »« _s" _»«* . i - fi _. _« _-ii « . a _hi'ir > . )>; -Mi' _-I 1 , H _w >< _-o ' v _.- ! r .. l _I .... II- . wli .. ** _««! ' " «' '' _»' - _- _''" " _!'! t _* , ' _--awiivrioui hi _^ _hum-h libm \ ' ? » ' »"• , ' " '' ''"' . _' " " ? " . ' •¦ _cmim-cl smc tlm _tliiw- ! 'i : *» . _»' *' ! h' * " \ * . """ . ; w ! o e _i-v _.-i _. wir ; _h .-lrc . - » . wht . ' _-f * _W _*** _^ _l _*" _1- _- _'"' _^ _. "" "
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whose limbs were paralysed ; the other , a mau in the full _p-rime and vigour of youth , with ' the sinews of _anbxj tie frameof an Hercules , the eyeof an eagle , and the courage of a Hon . „ . . :: . . _¦•¦ , _; .:,,,. _; , ¦ Five and twenty yeaw before , the ol d man had entered that den , the living prototyp e of the younger man ! - The former was reclining upon a stone—his couchupon which the younger had spread the clean straw given him to form his own bed ; he had cast his cloak about his aged companion , whose head rested upon his shoulder , and one arm upon his knee ! the gray light of a full moon streamed upon them through one long / narrow aperture , the only one by which air was admitted . The old man had not yet spoken to his co-mate ; but he had wept because he was kind , and fallen asleep upou his bosom , like a child !
Whilst the old man slept , the other watched , gazing upon his countenance the while , with the large tears rolling down his manly cheeks ! The two prisoners were Jacques and his father . In the month of June , 179 B , were buried in the cemetery , tbe bones of four persons found chained together in the dungeons of the Bastile . A monument was raised to their memory , bearing this inscription * . — " "Beneath the very stones themselves of the dungeons wherein they groaned , living , repose In peace four victims of despotism . Their bones , discovered and collected by theirfiree brethren , will not rise again until the day of Justice to confound their tyrants . ( To be continued . )
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TALES OF SHIPWRECKS AND ADVENTURES at _sea—Parns I . II . London : W . M .. _CJarlt . Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row . This is a highly-interesting publication , containing , as the title betokens , stirring tales , marvellous yet true , of battles , shipwrecks , discoveries , mutinies , encounters with pirates , hair-breadth escapes , funny adventures , and an endless variety of other matters illustrative of the wonders ofthe great deep , and the adventurous life of those who " go down to the sea in ships . " 1 In the parts : before us we have a history of the . faa . 0 u 8 " _Alutiny on board the Bounty , " . " The Bombardment of Algiers / 7 "The Arctic Discovery Expedition , " '' The . Loss of the Kent Indiaman , " an account of the "Dreadful Sufferings of Madame _Denoyre , " "; The Loss of the Wager , " in which is contained a narrative of . the five years' sufferings of r . „ i _n _ _nn « _'« m _^ . j _^ ii ... ii . « _... t . t—' x . j in .--.. t lAijjittui i _wicuinwu ruui
_. u . o _giiuiuiuuici _, uo . - weather Jack . " There is also an account of the "Robinson Crusoe of the Polar Begions , "¦ : whose wonderful story , did a Da Fob exist to , write it , would throw that of Alexander Sblkibe's far into the shade . We have named the above as some of the principal of the contents ; they give , however , but a very inadequate idea of the mass of matter contained in the pages before us . For cheapness , instruction , and entertainment , this work will bear comparison with any publication . These Tales are published in weekly penny numbers , and monthly sixpenny parts ; each number contains sixteen quarto pages , embellished with several excellent wood engravings . To the youth of our sea-girt Isle this work will be a treat of no ordinary character , and we have much pleasure in giving it our hearty recommendation .
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_THE 7 METE 0 R—Edited by J . L . Buckstonb-... Mat , Juke , and Jolt . London : Westerton _, _Knightslridgo ; Vickers _, _HolvweU-stnet . _.-. - This is a monthly sixpenny magazine , three numbers of which have appeared ; that it has not been noticed in this paper before the present time is not onr fault , as we only this week received the numbers for May , June , and July . We must confess that on looking through the first number , our " first impressions" of tho Meteor were anything but favourable . The second and-third
numbers , however , exhibit a decided improvement : both in matter and appearance these two numbers are far superior to their predecessor . Inthe second number is given a steel engraving of B . Websieb , Esq ., the talented and enterprising lessee of the Uaymarkct Theatre , together with a brief sketch of that gentleman ' s theatrical career . In the same number is also contained a " Memoir of the late Robert Strickland" of the _Haymarket Theatre : from this " - Memoir" we give the follow ing extracts : — _-. ¦
Mr . Bobert Strickland was born in November , 1601 ; his father was seal-bearer to Lord Eldon . Mr . Strickland , at an early age , was placedin the chambers ofa barrister , ' where he remained till his passion for the stage induced bim to try his success as an aetor in the provinces : after the usual probationary struggles of a youthful aspirant for theatrical honours , he wag engaged at the Tottenham ' Street Theatre , - then under-the management of Mr . Beverley . In a sword-fight with Mrs . II . Beverley , that lady , withher weapon , accidentally struck out several ofhis front teeth ] a circumstance that induced him to turn his attention to tbe study of old men : he shortly afterwards appeared at Sadler ' s Wells Theatre , then under the direction fo Mr . Egerton , of Covent Garden . At that period , Douglas Jen-old , then a very young man ; there produced
his first dramatic effort ,- " The Smoked Miser , * " itwas greatly successful , and gave excellent promise of better things , a promise which its author has since so well performed . It is a siDgular and melancholy coincidence that in that first effort _ofDouglas Jen-old , Mr . Strickland sustained the character of one of the old men ofthe dramatis persona ; , while the last original part that he performed was Professor Truffles , in Mr . Jerrold' 6 last' comedy of " Time'Works 'Wonders . " After his engagement at Sadler's Wells , Mr . Strickland considered , for the , better study ofhis art , that he should return to the provinces . At Liverpool , he fulfilled an engagement of many seasons at the Liver Theatre , where he became so ' great ' afavourite that the _managers of the Theatre Royal proposed that he should join their company , a proposal which he accepted .
At this promotion in his profession , a large party of gentlemen of the town of Liverpool presented him with a silver snuff-box , on which the names of all the parties who so honoured , him were inscribed . Mr . Stuart , of the Kaymarket Theatre , tten tho leading tragedian ofthe Theatre Royal , Liverpool , and bis very old acquaintance , was a gratified and active member of the committee on the occasion .. After some time , he returned to the metropolis , and appeared ait the Strand Theatre , in an Introductory piece -written by Mr . Leman Rede : here lie attracted the notice of Mr . Morris , the manager of the Haymarket Theatre , who , en the retirement of Mr . Gattie from tlie profession , engaged Mr . Strickland to supply that performer ' s place . He made his first appearance as Sir Walter WaVmM " Killing no Murder , " on tbe 4 th June 1832 ,
and continued a member of the Haymarket until the time of his death , yearly advancing in his art , admired by tlie public , and respected by all who knew him . During the vacations at the Haymarket , he entered into engagements at Covent Garden Theatre , and the St . James's ; at the latter house he greatly distinguished himself , by his excellent acting in "TheMiser ' s Daughter . " On Saturday , the ' 26 th" of April , 1845 , Mr . Jerroldproduced bis cemedy of " Time "Works ' \ Vonders , "in which Mr . Strickland admirably performed the character of Professor Truffles . He complained of being indisposed at the time , and a night or two afterwards his indisposition appeared greatly to increase ; though hone of his friends were alarmed , or at all apprehensive that his illness was of so serious a nature as it proved to be ; he continued acting the
till Saturday , 10 th of May : his _^ a nxiety that success . of the comedy should not be disturbed by his absence , was such , that / for " several nights , he left his dying bed , as it really was , to fulfil his duties at the theatre . : His friends were now . _an-tioas , that he should remain at home , and after leaving the theatre on Saturday , the 10 th of May , he _edstitiued to keep his bed till the Sunday _nighty " sight days afterwards , ' when ' lie expired . ' ¦ ' Only those who were present , could know fhe anxiety that prevailed amongst all his many friends and colleagues , and their bitter sorrow when they found he was nbinore . He was interred in the St . Pancras Cemetery , in the same grave with his mother , in accordance with his expressed wish tb that effect , followed by all . the members of thc Haymarket company , and . many perfoimers from the various theatres in the
metropolis and the provinces . ,, 'There are two or three good articles in the third number , the most striking ofwhich is a translation from the _. Frecoh , entitled : "The ; Life of Talma , ?' the celebrated French tragedian . . " Paris and . its People" is a good article ; there is also a humorous account of the eccentric " Gaptain Ackcrly , " and his original " Lectures in St . James ' s Park : "; In the three numbers is a "Story" by . Mr . Ci . _AnM-s _W-EsrenioN , entitled " Emily Morton ; or a Broken Heart , " which wc must confess we have not read , the title being quite sufficient for us ; we have , however , read two _others contributions by thersaine writer—the one ,, " . A visit to _Hever . Castle , Kent ;" tUiW . 1—VIIV V _« _av ) _,.:-. . _* . . _ J
the other , "The _ShatiiTight iii Ilyde l _* ark ; "bbjlIi good . : Tliere ; are _sonie - well-written theatrical notices ia . _tbel Meteor which , indeed , seems - to have for one of its principal objects the popularising of dramatic matters . Politicians , lawyers ,, churchmen , nrtists , soldiers , sailors , aiid nearly all classes have their respective organs in the press ; \ ve ¦ do riot see , therefore ; any , good reason why players should form an exception toother classes . No body of men have at their command a richer fund of entertainment for rcadcre in general than what maybe selected from Uic boundless stores of histrionic lore ; a judicious selection from which would , almost of itself , ciisttrc " the triumph of any pu blication . We must , however , in conscience add , that the Me teor mi . titsl . iito brighter than it has jet done to ensure
that . _-. " . Consummation devoutly to be wished _. _-miccow ; at the wime time , wc hope that the writers Uicivin will Im ' _t-ncoiinigcd to greater efforts by mo _pAlrnhngfl _- _nf tho public , who may lay out their sixpimc «« much worse than iu the purchase of the Me lon ' .
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yitwing the different qualities in yourself ; you may , trust her , for she knows the value of jour confidence ydu may consult her , for she is able to advise / and does ' so at once , with the _firmnese of reason and consideration of affection ; her love ig lasting , and it will not have been lightly won * _, for weak _minds are . not capable of , the loftiest grades of passion . " <¦ - ¦¦ - < A Theok , - or Love . —He knew that love , without a prospect of success , can never stand the tost of lengthened absence . The _rewatd which the futuve holds out keeps the flame alive , and our imagination cools when we know the object to be beyond reaeh . ' In order to retain our eagerness , we must be ever approaching , but never reaching the desired end , for ever as possession tames , so hopelessness crushes the _strongestpassiou . .
, A He a mm BecBEATioH . -- 'Among the pleasant employments which seem peculiarly congenial to the female sex , the culture' of flowers stands , conspicuous . The general superintendence of a garden has been repeatedly found favourable to health , by leading to frequent exercise in the open air , and that communion with nature which is equall y refreshing to the heart . The tending of flower * is a fitting care for the young and beautiful . They then dwell , as it were , among their own emblems , and many a voice of wisdom breathes on the ear from those brief blossoms , to which they apportion the dew and the sunbeam . - ¦ ,
Despair , —l 8 not grief without hope—is not regret for that which can never be restored—is not sorrowfor what is irrevocable—arc riot these despair ? " You shall listen to that voice , you shall behold that form no more ! " Is not this mandate in itself despair . A writer , more skilled , perhaps , than any other in the anatomy of passion and sorrow ( Madam de _StoeJ ) , has somewhere said , tbat in our language , these two words ko mobe ! possess , - in their very intonation ,-a greater , power of . mournfulness and gloom than any other expression that was known to her * And so , indeed , it is . The sense and . the sound mutually accord with each " other " ; tliey form " the knell of expiring hope , the befitting voice of despair . ¦ : ¦ _-. _¦ •¦
The London Entertaining Magazine is one of the cheapest and best publications of the day , and well worthy the public's patronage . , .
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THEMYSTERIESOFPARIS . ByEuoesbSue . Translated from"the revised -Paris edition , with explanatory ., notes ,: by IIexby ; Dowkes Milks . . London : W . M _., Clark , - Warwick-lane , Paternos' ter-fow . "' ¦ . ' This " People ' s Edition" ofthe famous Mysteries of Paris formi the first portion of Mri Clark ' s complete and uniform edition ; of _: the works of _EvoessSve , intended to ' , be published uniform , with "The People ' s edition or Cooper ' s Novels , " issued by tbe same publisher . ' * Without now _offerings word as to the merits ofthe work , on which wemay have something to say on another occasion , we must confess tbat this is the cheapest edition of , the ; Mysteries wo have yet seen . The entire * Volume--tlie _workcomplete—is sold for _half-a-crb _* wn 7 For the- convenience of the humblest it is also published in . numbers at
threehalfpence , containing sixteen closely printed pages , each number being embellished with it well-executed _wood-cut . : The mass ' of typo contained in one of these three-halfpenny numbers is trul y astonishing ; and although , of necessity , the letter _: is : exceedingly small , yet it is perfectly clear , and may be read without any trouble . Tlie text we believe to' be unexceptionable , the translation being'from - the most recent Paris edition , as revised and corrected by M . Eugene Sue himself . This edition contains also the explanatory and illustrative notes , so useful to the English reader ' . Indeed tlieaiTahgehientthroiigliout is such as to warrant us pronouncing this well worthy of the . title of "The People's Edition . " It is certain that if the public desire a cheap book , and publicspirited enterprise meets its reward ; this ' edition of the Mysteries of Paris will have an immense circulation . _• ¦ . -
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TIIE FAMILY HERALD .-P _^ rts 25 , ' _^ -London : G . Biggs , 421 ; Strand , These parts ( 28 , 20 . ) are the- firet two of thethird volume , and well sustain the character which thc preceding portions of tins publication . have . won for- it . The Family Herald has" commanded' success" by "deserving it . " and we are happy to learn '; from an editorial notice contained in the first : number of the new . volume , that ' . 'the Herald has attained the great distinction of being the highest in circulation of the English periodicals ; " We rejoice to'know this , because tho Herald is a publication every page of whicli must have a beneficial effect upon its readei-s . It is impossible for us to give even a catalogue of the excellent contents of these parts , arid as to , canvassing the merits of each particular number , ' that , with the limited space we have . at command , ' is out of' the question . The Family . Herald must be ' . seen and read to ¦ have its " merits appreciated , no description can do it justice . "" '" - ' *;" . _' "
There arc some admirable articles froni the pen of thc editor in these two parts , on " Art . and Nature ;" " The Religious Propagandas ; " " The Character of Woman ; " "Nationality—the good and the evil of it * , " "Superstition ; " "Friendship ' ;" - "SecularEducation ; " "Iloads ; their influence in . promoting the progress of society ; " and " National Independence . " Of course we do not agree with all the views of the editor of the Herald , —thai _isj we cannot see as he sees , —aud probably ; many ofhis renders will be in a like position ; still , all must admit that in thearticles we have named there is abounding , food for thought and meditation , upon subjects of the utmost importance to mankind individually and socially . We give two extracts , the first from the article on '" Nationality ,- " the . second from that on " Secular Education : " - ¦ ¦¦ _ ¦¦ ¦ . ;¦ , _- ¦ ;_ ' _,, ;_; ,... ;;; _.,,,:, : ¦; ' . ¦;
-- ' -- _HATIONAHTV . * ' "' * ' "' * '" . The evil of national law-making' becomes -more and more apparent daily , as civilisation advances , Wlien nations have little intercourse with one another , the evil is not perceptible . It is not perceptible ' 'in CKhia , ' for China is an empire which is complete in- itself . If is hot very perceptible in Russia , for a similar reason *; but in all kingdoms and , republics which cultivate social and commercial relationships ' with other kingdoms and republics it creates embarrassments for governments to which there seems no possible termination , except in the establishment of an imperial system—the promulgation , of an imperial code for all nations ., To legislate for Englishmen only is now an impossibility , because Englishmen arc how cosmopolites in spirit and adventure . - They aro denizens of France and of Spain , as wcllas ' of England . Tliey have
capital vested iu France and Spain ; thcyhave sympathies , relationships , with these ' andotlier countries which tlieir fathers had not ; oiid ' these new relationships'have ' so expatriated patriotism itself , ' so denationalised and expanded it , that we , are driven by necessity into a universality of legislation and a unity of authority ,. . The want of this universality and unity is ' already _seve rclyfelt in many particulars ; - We may mention that of copyright in _bobksas an example , v Whilst nationalism exists in its old-fashioned alien state , an English- book might be printed abroad jn so cheap a style . as . to destroy the author ' s chance of remuneration'in any other , country tnit his own . He writes for all nations , ' but lie is paid by one only . An imperial law would settle this' and all other similar questions . "We are opproacWiii * the . idea , of _^ _this in our police ' arrangements . A criminal may be puriiied
from one country to * auotlifcr ; but even this is ' clogged with so many formalities of transferences of power , ' tliata deh ' iKiuent in generalcon 6 idershimself-vci'v _^ safe when he has made his escape into another nation .,., This weakness of justice'is * aU ' the ' re ' snU ' . bf the want" o ' f iniperial union . 'An empire is " wanted to make nations one ; hot to destrey . _i'ihe . _relatireindiridiiidityofithe'natioris , lut to unite them by a common law and by , common interests , so that nationii shall seem rather toIbeprovincci of oiie great nation , ¦ or empire _^' thanindepehderit legislative power ' s . The onlypower tliat can legislate ivith propriety and with justice is , an hnperial ; povi _; er . _j With such a ; . power , iii society , France would not . be busying herself , Uke a madcap ; buUdingfortincn ' tionsVpassiiig Vote ' s' for the supply of armaments for walls' and detached _fortsVhor wbald
Great Britainbe _atrengiheniiig her navy , " and conciliating the . _Irish by puny grants , on purpose , to prepare for ofience aiid defence , in case of . a war with ] AVncrica abpiit a tract of uninhabited land . -- ' - ' Louis ' Pliiiippe has boasted that he would render it impossible that there could be another war , in Europi > -o . _jrainjboagt , _^ or a fortiricr . of cities . What is . the cause of , war but nationalism , or Gentilism f Destroy that cause , or subdue it by a power that is greater than _* 'its ' , _- ' mid ' yon destroy war -for ever . * But Louis l _» hl * ippe aas never even suggested ' the Idea of an imperial power—never , apparently , even thought __ Qf that whicli his own religion , if he ever ' studied it very seriously , ifiii ' gbt liave taught him . was tlie only possible , and _withal'thc predestinated mode of piittingan end to strife amongst the nations . -. ¦ i " ' . . ¦ . . _* . _-. _;; . ' .- ¦ ¦ - ' : / .. _. ' .-. ¦ _.. < ¦ ,. ,. • : , _>
. ; EDUCATION ., ' ,:,., „ . .. ; , r ,.,. ; . , „ : In a national college at" rionie ; Roman theology _'* may be taught , because tliere arc no sects in Rome to contend the matter .. In Constantinople also , Malioroedan theology _, may be taught , for a ' similar reason : - 'la King ' s college , theology may be taught to JTory men and Churchmen . In a Weslcyaii or Baptist college , theology may be . taught to Weslcyans or Baptists ' . ' Butiii a national college in such a country as oufs , ; _tlieology cannot be tauglit _. ' for _' _-tbis very reason , that tliere ! is not a national theology . __ We cauuot teach Protestant- theology ¦ . to Irish-Catholics , we cannot teach , Catholie theology to Irish _ Frotestants _, and there ishd theology Unoivii which will suit them both , and no professor can be'found to whom ' - _ih ' oth ' would , listen ; nor , would two professors , . one for each party suffice . Each rrotostant sect would then claim its professor , and justice could not , witli propriety , say nay to such a demand . Government , therefore , in founding a national college iii ; these modern dissenting times , must either exclude theology , or the college fails to possess the nationality which it boasts of . " # ' " * * *
Education rii ' ust be imperfect , ' because' man himself is imperfect . How can we teach _unlil we be taught' ! " How can the aged teach the younger , when the aged _theinselves so much require instruction . What can wc , teach _nationitlly ? Only that upon wliich we are . _nationally agreed . " We are nationally agreed iipdh arithmetic , therefore we can teach arithmetic in a national institution . No party will find fault with this . This is all-important to practical men . . We may also , teach English reading and writing , for _. tncfc is no dispute about these ! _Itcading , writing , and arithmetic , ' these _thvee _, _' " them ' s" _the'ihWss for a nalioiiiil , education . The rest .: being . particular , should belci ' _l _topiirlieuliiriiidividiials . Some dispute . the us-. * of Latin am ! O ' rcok . OKI Cobbett would have none 0 : then * . —the _stous . _ol-. f lin _;; lhi : gentleman . " ' _As'fxv'hd ' taiiy . _conc ' iolosy , miiieraldgv , civil engineering , an 1 all the
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other mysteries of art and science , they are all professional . The thrcoTundafhental alone are unprofessional . But in order that a university may be , in tact , something like what itis in name , let all professional scieuces be taught in it , if they can be taught . ' Civil engineering and mechanics can be taught—there are ho sectarian divisions in these ; mineralogy can be _taught- _^ -there is not a Protestant and Catholic , Episcopalian and Presbyterian mineralogy . If there were , it could not be taught . What can bo taught nationally is very easy to determine , It is that which sectarianism has not rent into rags and tatters —that which retains its integrity , itstotality—tbat which
all parties will'be' pleased to _leai-ii from him who is skilled in it . Thatmay be 'taught withoutoffence . But each sect , whilstit objects notto _^ tills , will have something else taught to please itself , forgetting that in pleasing Itself , it is displeasiug others ; ihat in consulting its own comfort , it is discomposing Other *) . ' . When man arrive at _uniformity * in faith , theology will take the very highest place in education . But till that happy period of uniformity arrive , the independence _^ of mind , created by the liberty of private" judgment , will overrule any attempt to establish new national institutions upon partial principles . ;
Wc again recommend the 'Family Herald to 0111 readers ; its merits entitle it to universal patronage .
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A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . As we have , never taken an article , or even a single line from Punch without acknowledgment , we have no qualms of conscience in republishing the following article from the paws of our ill-used _contemporary . ., We liave not only , acknowledged all we have copied from _Punca , but , with few exceptions , our selections from that publication have appeared in the , Northern Startwhcn the number oi Punch from which they were copied was a . week old ( wo have departed from this rule in the m-csont instance ) .
and when , therefore , it was impossible that any injury could be done toJWicft , while at the same time the selections copied were calculated to instruct , improve , entertain , and delight our readers , many of whom , irom their belonging to the worst-used' and worst-paid sections ofthe working classes , have it not in their power to Jay but even threepence weekly in the purchase of i \ mcn . ' Wc may add , however , that we know—and it is no small satisfaction to usthat our selections from Punch" have done much to extend the sale of our contemporary amongst the class of tetter-paid artisans who read the Star . '
. pcsch Ani ) _iiia "mckekb amd siealerb . " ,., . Old . Plutarch speaks of a little bird that lives by picking its daily morsels from the teeth of the alligator . ..... . Now Punch , though most , unlike an alligator , has , who shall Bay how many , of . these living tooth p icks ? Not a tit-bit can ho have ih ! his mouth , but thievish _birdsr-literary jaysiand magpiesrrclamour about liis jaws to carry the morsel off . . . True , 'iri hia charityfor all mankind , ; it . maybe . some consolation for _llinhto know that'tliese daily inorsels . affbrd nourishment to niany , ' who , 'foregoing the ; 'l arceny , ; would : necessariiy be doomed to . ' _. the , ' ignominy of honest labour . Nevertheless ; ' when a man ' s _jaooket is . p icked of a guinea , the loser—unless most harmoniously : touched by divine philosophy---finds ' little satisfaction in the
thought that the thief can regale himself with rumpsteak and port by means of-. the plunder . i _' liiicAis now little better than .. four years . old ; and never waj aiiyj _^ rcature ojjthat tender age more barbarously strTppeiOliiiiihe . "P ettylarceny _qiiiil-nibbcrs of iall sorts have plucked * at him . Even the great Vidocq would be tasked to , classify , the foolscap thieves that have beset liim . - '* ' - ; Foremost in the raiiknro the pen-and-ink swindlers : the fellows who come before thc town looking as much like Punch ; in the cut of their page , and pattern of their cover , as they can , that they may obtain some three-lialfpences , under false pretence ; in fact , cheating ; and _cralrefcriing under the guise of -Punch .- -. Alas !• as the : song says , " they flutter
and they die ' . " _sPtmch , though but four years old , may * say with-Nestor , _: _" * three generations of men ( gi _* ubs ) have I beheld on greenPylos . " ¦ Itis aipitythat tlie present imperfect state of society docs" not' afford ns a literary police-court , whereat such-offenders might be-justly sentenced . Then might we see even Lords picking rags for paper ; aye , men of'" high rank , " - as the gentle Ainsworth , " ever in the naunch" of liis advertisement sings ,, doomed to manipulate printers'ink for the use and benefit o'f worthy pressmen . Every honest soul must sigh for such a tribunal but then , how muah has honesty to sigli for in this slippery world I . . . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ; :.. - ¦ Thcsecond class of robbers aro those who , struggling
for Punch yet recking . from the press , in a few . JlOlirs afterwards oppose him 011 the mart with some of liis choice articles . Honest this , isn't it ? to steal the golden pippins froni ' a man's garden , and then , bringing them to ' market , to put them off * against their kindred apples at half price : ' ' Biit then , thieves can afford tb underscW the folks they rob ; and there arc peopleWho love a bargain so . passionately , that they cannot nose in it any taint _'^ of moral felony , though strong enough to poisoii'Nc ' wgato ... ..... The next class of _fbrlornci'iminals comprises those who ' weekly fill their , " cqlu ' mns'from "Punch , . ' never naming theirbenefactor , but . ' putting off their goods as their own peculiar make ; Benighted men—besotted creatures ! . And can ye- _^ -in the' low wriggling of your souls—can _yehb p ' e'that the robbery passes undetected . by the world ? . " If the bold Blood had niadc off with the regalia ; would the 1 magnificent thief have walked the streets with a ' crown on his head ,
insanely believing - that men'Would think the glory his own private property ? _. And yet there arc * newspaper thieves who weekly crown themselves with bur Caudle cup , and , in' their forlorimess of intellect , hope the Cup will be taken as ii thing of their own family . We now give ' tliein . waiiiihg ; j f this wickedness continues ; we shall gibbet the . nanies of tiie robbers . Though we should ; as sbon hope to call blushes into the dust of 'Jonathan ' Wild as to ' shame these people into truth , —nevertheless ,: 'for the ' swectness of our own private revenge , wc . _wiWgibbt't them ! . 77 . . We find another sneaking . class in those wlio , imitating the outside' look of i _' imi ;/ i ,., call him tlieir " friend , " andihbdestly _iislt the world to ' receive them also , for tlieir " friend's" sake . Avaunt ! ' Clutch not hold of our robe , * , seek hqt-- _* nioiikey-like—the eminence bf our huncli ' . Punch loves to believe that he _hi-sfriends '* men with _. honest faces , and plain hearty words , of their own ) ' hot' gentry of the swell mob of _lettei's--smashci's worthy of a literary Tothill
Fields . _, : . . _" Again ave we robbed end shamefully disfigured by the stage-thief ; by . tlie man , who , scissors in hand , and his eye twinkling _ohpastc-pot , watches the birth of the new book , clothing and feeding himself , Ilottentot-. _ilce , with its ' intestines . " 'Ana this man has the same relation to the dramatist as ; Old Fagin has to' Samuel Rogers , * _banker—stolenjbekct-handke ' rchiefs to virgin . bullion . . . And thus , 'by this man , is chaste and decorous Mrs . ' Caudle—one lump ' of . ' propriety as she is ' . -- _^ belied and slandered at Jinlayliouse in _Oxford- * strcet ! And I \ mch _^ $ u \ e in the boundless sympathios of all honest hien _*^ liis no redress . ' , 77 Neverthcless , ' we kere declare war—inextinguishable war—against the " Pickers and . Stealers . " Wo will brccV a weefily pilloi 7 , 'lihd ' ivoe to the offenders . Punch dixit ! '"'"'
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Genebal : Dokald _iM'tuon .. —A' correspondent of the Lnffalo Commercial Advertiser , says , * . — " This distinguished veteran , ' who '' took * ah active part in the late Canadian rebellion , and who has been an exile in this country since : 1837 , has received an unconditional pardon from Sir Charles Metcalfe , Governor of Canada , - and'is on his _way-to report himself to the . Canadian authorities . at Montreal . ;; G . eneral M'Leod was one of . the .. patriot _Jeadevs : excluded , from the benefits of fhe general aniiitsiy granted by Lord Durham in 1839 .- During tlio rcL'eUidn _' _rewardsJwere offered for his person , by . tliRCaiiadianauthoritiesi to the . amount ; of 10 , 000 . dollars , besides a , reward , of 500 dollars , . offered by . Gbyeriior . MaVey ; ' _bf this state , 'for his apprehension for a violation-of our neutrality
laws . -After the burning bf tlie Robert Peel , he was pursued : on this side . from . one . enil of the frontier-to the other , and , after many hair-breadth . escapes , was _arrestcilnear Petroit , tried , and aequittcd . . General M 'Leod Was informed some two years ' , ago ; by the Canadian ' authorities / -that he would be allowed to return-on his asking : _pcrniissian to do so . This offer was rejected ; , _* witb _; disdain .-, , During- his exile , the _General has published i _^ 'liis _^ b " ellidii , "ift wliich'hc ' lias' given - _a"bi-icf arid spirited view ofthe causes which led to it ; the unfortunate events which * caused its failure , undHie sacrifices , loss of ' . life , andniiseries endured bj * . the people of Canada . during its ¦ progress . _A" ' cmisiderabje poVtlon ' of-his
time has' been spent m visiting thc * west ; _-iind preparing a work on the hislory , geology , topography , and natural resources of Wisconsin ,, wliich is , " now ready for the press , and , will : be , published in . a few months . The pardon of General ' M'Leod , unsolicited as it has _bseri , will give _iiiiivei'sal ' _satisfactioh to the _Rcfovmcreof-Ganadai aiid willundoubtcdly add much to tlie popularity of ; Sir . Charles . Metcalfe . . Tho pardon wiil also be gratifying to tho General ' s numerous friends throughout , the , length ., and 'braadth _' of this 'frontier , " The General' will'riow return and obtain possession" of his extensive property , after having suffered much poverty and hardships during his exile . " . _¦ ¦ .....,, .-.:
.- ' _BmK-Esnv . AT- Makkw _*— 'fhe new market-howse at Birkenhead was opened on Saturday , aiid presented a most lively scene . The biiilding is * one of tlie largest in the kingdom , and -certainly superior to anything'in its admirable arrangements , and accommodations . Large _quantities-of eatables , of alU , sorts were displayed at thc various stalls , arid" the , purchases made we ' re siich as ' to _ensin'C " suceess to the _reritci's of shops and stalk The entire -cost ofthe building is about . _'•'• -i _OftO , and there cini he bnt : one opinion , as . to . the taste and skill manifested in every . department of this valuable addition to thc township .
_Tiv _Atollo . — The gntifying intelligence of tl 0 site _: rrival _tf the Ajio 0 troop ship at Que' ce , < 11 ihe nth oj ' _-Jvuc , wa _? received m i . _iord ' s on i ' _rid- ' j * , Jtilvllth .
Riu.Vcklr 1'Iiecavlios. —It Is Rumoured ...
_riu . _vcKLr 1 'iiECAVlios . —It is rumoured that Louis Phili pfe is in treaty with tho propriotor of the Elec tric Gun foi * the purchase of _thesccrctof _iteconstruc tion ; for , _*** since the statement has _hcci ! _publisueo that it discharges 1 , 000 balls a minute , his Majesty has been most anxious to feb tlie -run"into lus own hands , lest its deadly powers should ever be tried upon some of the finest buildings in . l- ' _raiico . particularly the foititications of Pari ? . Should tha secret be brought up , we advise his French _Majcity to have boards set up the _wholelcngthofiheiMwenfceotJw _fmiior _* , with the _inscription of "Electric Gun set oil these premises . " It will effectually save liis subjects the siiame of any more " glorious" davs of July . — _jPaiicft . ¦¦ ¦
_LsoAti RETmEv * iios . -. Consi ( lerab ! - ; sensation has been excited among that happily limited portion of the bar wliich comprises attorney , _co-.-icil . clerk , ana client , all in one , by tho uncevemoiuovs _iiisrobing o £ one of the crew , wliich the Benchers »• ' Gi'ay ' s Inn . have very properly resorted to . Th *; i . * anu' . l individuals who _linnp about the outskirts of ! ho Old Dailey , extending their bags for briefs and _hoMiusf out thciK wigs in the hope of getting fees _tht-iv _.- _u \ : ilo them , hare been subjected to a heavy blow nnd ¦ _i _ii-nt distcouragement . Self-instruction may U * -aU vcry _.-well in an educational sense , but wncn a _cunicil begins instructing : himself , thc transaction is sure to bo dubious . Wc are delighted _atthcilcii'i-iiiiiiationoJE the Benchers of Gray's Inn to keen the forensic uomu . izin unsullied , and the white _i-vayal of the Courts completely spotless . The wi » of tlio . ulvocato ought not to be even suspected , lest lie bring downtne leeal _horse-liair in shame and sorrow to'the grave . —
Ibid . The Mosaic _'CnouwEU .. _*~ Considev & _V . c ' . _cnsatio _* h has been created throughout the country by tho expected dissolution of the Parliament ! through the seizure-of . its goods and chattels . The celebrated passage 1 . in history whicli describes tlio entrance o £ Cromwell an < l . IiisJ 5 oIdi « i _* s into the . House of Commons , whentlioTrotector , pointingtotheS _*> e ;! 5 ; er | s , iiiace t bid tliein "'" take away ' that bauble 1 " ii _liitciy to fiiitl a parallel in the proceedings in Howard v . _... ossettthough the actors in the scene will he much more ignoble : than those who took part in tl-. e _ail ' air that happened at the timo ofthe Commonwealth . It is anticipated that the part of Cromwell am ! tlie soldiers will be personated by Officers of the Shcriii "; and the words , " Take away that bauble ! " will he used in the sense of * " Seize that mace in execution ' . " H the House of Commons should have . 1 )! Us sticks seized , what on earth will become 01 ' Sir Valentine Blake and a few others 1—Ibid .
_Tbkmendous Sufferings of the _HocsKirou ) Brigade . _—Thcpapei-s have the _followingnrih-le : — " The Houseliold Brigade . On the 1 st July the 1 st Life Guards will march from Regent ' s I'avlv to Hyde Park ; the 2 nd Life Guards from Hyde I ' avk to Windsor * , and the lloyalllorscGuards from _Winilsot to Regent ' s Park . " Bless the gallant" 1 ' eUiws , wher ever tliey go ! Every Briton's heart _im-st kindle as he reads ofthcir heroic hardships and subluuc gallantry . — Ibid . ' 'Mike Gmns a _* sd Billt Gibbs . —Thb * Lord Mayor was placed in an awkward situation tlio otlier day " by the foUowing burst of lioncst _indignnlion from the lips ofa policeman , at thc _Mansioii-hoiise ' : — " My Lord , this Billy Gibbs is , 011 c of tlie _worc-k «! . ' : _ii'acteK
wc ave acquainted with , audi should be glad to know whether I am hot at liberty to apprehend hiiuin this case . " " Whether it was tenderness towards a namesake , or for somo other cause , wc know nnt _, but certain it , is , that Alike Gibbs would ' not F . _tnetion the apprehension of Billy Gibbs : "for , " said the LortI Mayor , "I . cannot sec any ground for apprehending Billy * Gibbs in the present case ; bnt , as he is a person'of sucli desperate character , he must in all probabilify soon fall into tlie hands of the police . " Mike Gibbs thinks thero is no occasion for Billy Gibbs to bo _bi'Oit ' ghfc to " book-rat present . " His timo'Will come some day or ' other , ami so there is to bo no hurry . Mike Gibbs ; disapproves of Billy Gibbs _beiujr called te account just at present . —J 6 i ' _tl .
Irish Correspoxoence . —Mr . Smith O'Brien will not attend the committee of any English railway To state this , he has written a very long letter . Thjs was certainly the most Hibernian method of informing the British public he wanted "to dvoo a few lincs . " -lbid .
_EPIOnAM On Dr . JRcid ' s being allowed to ventilate *•> Houses of Parliament by alternate blasts of hot and cold air . _Teel ' s patronage of Dr . livid Is very natural indeed , * ' - ¦ - ¦ For no one need be told Tho worthy scientific man Is acting on the Premier ' s plan Of blowing hot and cold . Everybody ! from the Thunderer , in l _' rinlii . _^' -liousesouave , down to the Cabinet of Catnach—from , the palace to the prison , if the truth were told , concurs 111 despising what Canning would have _allitoratively designated the execrable expediency of the miserable Minister .
, Dan ' s Borrowed Lights . —Thc Morning J ' ost has denuded Dan O'Connell pf all his acumen _tttid brilliancy as a public orator , by declaring oi'hiiu , in 1 x 7 fcrencc to his head Pacificator and his Conciliation Secretary , that he derived all his brightness from his Ray , ami all his sharpness from his Steele ! The Two Gueat Scotch Eats . —Forbes-Mackenzie , the new Treasury Lord , is admitted by all parties to ; be the largest rat that has been * impcWcd from Scotland since the memorable Sir George Warrcnder . Mackenzie's pedigree and performances arc" worthy of tlte attention of the curious . Some may be old enough to remember that Warrcnder , who had always been a great supporter of the Whig interest , all ofa
sudden went over to the Treasury benches , Castle rcngk being then at the height of liis power ; but the eonsisleney of Sir George Provender ' s conduct was in a few days _niwuntcd for , lie Laving accepted the appoiritment of one of the Lords of the Admiralty . When tlicAdmii'iiUy accounts came before , the House of Commons , which happened soon after Wat-render ' s appointment , ' one of . the items stated was a charge for killing ' rats , upon which Whitbread rose and proposed tliat a committee should be appointed to inquire into the propriety of the charge , ns " the largest rat had been left unMlleu . " Thc hon . baronet rose in a fury , and _oppressed a _forvent Hope that Whitbread meant nothing personal _.
_Reasonably Mad !—Thc authorities of the town of Greenwich have issued a proclamation fo thc local police to destroy all wandering dogs who may bo " suspected reasonably mad . " ' The matter being left to thojudgmontof tho policemen on duly , ami there being moreover so many strange dogs about Greenwich , and'the suburbs , tke question ot being reasonably mad becomes rather difficult « f solution . * A Few Is ew Words fob General _Cineounox . — Albertisc : To fail in design , to alter for . the worse . _llrovghamdicatc : To talk a great deal to little purpose ' . ' Bunnic-Verse : A ' term applied , to poetry , qr ' compositions , not understood ' , or if " understood , not worth understanding . . ' Eilenbrojcction ' . '; Tlie act of sending a' wanderer home to his friends against his own will . Ferrandie : Fabulous , very imaginative , Gibbsidious : Unaccountable . . Grakimitive :
Inquisitive about othcr ' _people's affairs . _OcohiitUizalion : Distraction , anarchy , confusion , discord , also leggary . Pieldric ' : ' ' . Ambiguous . _Pctlversotidiis : Given to turiiiiig , ' notto bedcpe ' nded upon . _" A . v _Lvtekkstisc Relic . —The coat which SirR . Peel turned _oir Catholic Emancipation was lately traced to the possession of a poor widow of a Jew c ) otliesiniin ,. wlib asked forit the sum of Cs . . 3 d . The liiithpi ; of thb Iraok _called'iSi ' r , Robert Peel ' s Opinions proposed to purchase it by subscript ion , and a list was conitiieiiced accordingly ; , but an exalted personage hearing ofthe circumstance . became the piirshhscr of it on the widow ' s tenns , and testified much feeling oh receiving the garment , which is to be deposited in a museum at Turnstile . There arc clear marks on the coat of the Premier ' s wear on . both aides , of it , and the trace is left of thc ' lte ' iicf Bill _ivl ' . _CH Sir Robert had it hidden in his sleeve . —Examiner .
. .. _The . Latjb Lamax Blaschabd . —Poor _BlaneLard had ever a read y wit—quick _scii-tiHuting sparks of talent and vivacity , ready to ily . out _:-. t every stroke from thc hammer of that Iii _ely blacksiuith . Conversation ., llowns . onc . of the . editors cf the : True Sun . newsp api - r . at . the fane that Grant and Bell were the proprietors- ; . and tie . latter , in spite , cf Sergeant ; Talfourd's . aid , and' Bell ' s , own powerful ¦ eloquence , , were mulcted in , thc pi nalty of imprisonm ' eut in the _s _Qaiocii ' s . Bench ... Thin teas for poli tkal libel ; and , , as far . as . their . conduct , was concerned , was deemed 1 by thc public honour , rather than . obloquy .- A boy , , of the name of Hull , was employed- by Mr . Bell to 0
run backwards and forwards " , from the _pr-ison tothe 5 oiiice ofthe paper .. ' -And from the . peculiarity ofa si physiognomy , in . which an ' cnormousiv large inouili Ii nearly swalk wed all the rest of the countenance , he le was called " Bull and Mouth . " Cne day this boy had id . lingered most provokingly on an errand ol'importancc , c , and returned to present liis message inst at tliemo- 0-ment when Mr . Bell- was surrounded by 11 bevv of of fvicndiy _. vjsitovs , of whom Blanchard . was one . ' Bell ell damn'd him _toundly ; and was only slopped in his lis _lingiiaV sweeps of indignation by the laughter which ch choked his utterance ,. at hearing _lihineharJ say 10 to the rest of tho company— - "I can ' t stand this mono- : _iopoiy _, by gad , —why , here's the junction of the two wo coach oiiiees , Bull and Mouth , mid Be ]] _-Savi : go !"
OldSaxox . —On _turning to the "Saxon _Glirnniele , " e , " and taking a'sentence from tlie . first . _pai'sa . KC wo wo meet with / we find nearly every word _assimilnting to r to 6 m- modern . English : —Briiicne hland is dla h : nd hnd _milaliing , ani twa huncl brad , c ; : id k < r sindon this this island'fif yethcode . The island liritlain is eight _ighfi hundred miles long , and two hundred bread , and hero . _vci-o arc in this island five nations . ' .... A Pk _* -ikaci , v . Conmisi _osdest . — -An American paper _apor * stales thatthe Emperor of China has written _ah-iicr-tier s : x -Vet long and three feet wide to tho I _' _l-iviiliiit oiV . t oi " till- _TJlliti'd Stiles . It is filled wiiU < _-s r . _--jl-. _'V . s ot ' _is of ; love aii : i _csleem . T _!* . c _docunient wns ot :: !¦ : •'¦•• , ¦•• _» , _¦•• ' si 1 ; case , Vr * hieh ivas _atj in _i'lsci ' _.-. _'d in _:: ¦ «< , •!;¦ . ' . ' . ' . ; ¦ - _«•'*'• • - _«•• •'•
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 19, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_19071845/page/3/
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