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. . SEAUTIES OF BYRON . j . so . xa . ; . " cma > zBaoto . '' TheeteuMonRowgBiTj / giTea in our last will b * most appropriately succeeded by the following on ' TOLTAIRJE ijnj GIBBON . lansannel andPerneyi ye hare b « en the abodes Of n « n « g which unto you bequeath'd a name-Mortalf , who sought and found , by dAngerous ' roads A path to perpetuity of fame : ¦ ' ¦ The / -were gigantic minds , and their steep aim Wa , Etan-Hke , on daring doubts to pile Thoughts which ghould call &om thunder , and the flame .-Of Heaven , again assailed , if Heaven tht while On man , and man's research could deign do more than smile .
The one was fire and fickleness , a efcild , Most mutable in wishes , bnt in mind A wit as Tarious , —gay , grate , sage , or wild , — Historian , hard , philosopher , combined He multiplied himself among mankind , ' The Proteus of their talents . But his own Breathed most in ridicule , which , as the wind , Blew were it listeth , laying all things prone , Aow to o ' erthrow a fool , and now to shake a throne . The other deep ana slow , exhausting thought , And hiving wisdom with each studious year , In meditation dwelt , with learning wrought , And shaped his weapon with an edge severe , Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer ; The lord of irony , —that master-spell , "Which stung his foes to wrath , which grew from fear . And doom'd him to the zealot ' s ready hell , "Which answeri te all doubts so eloquently well
Tet , peace t » with their ashes—for by them , If mtrited , the penalty is paid ; It is not ours to judge—far less condemn ; The hoar must come when such things Ehall be made Hn » wn nnto all—or hope and dread allay'd By dumber , on one pillow—in the dust , "Which , thus much we are sure , must lie decajM ; And when it shall revive , as is our trust , Twill be to fee forgiven , « r suffer what is just . The following stanzas , descriptive of a Swiss night scene , are magnificent .
It is the hush « f night , and all between Thy margin * andthe mountains , dusk , yet dear . Mellow'daiidmingling , jet distinctly eeen , Save daxken'd Jura , whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near , There Breaths a living fragrance from the shore , Of flowers jet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the supended oar , Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol morej He is an evening rereller , who makes Sis life an infancy , and dn * s his £ 11 ; At intervals , some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment , then is still . There seems a floating whisper on the hill , Bnt that his fancy , for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil , "Weeping themselves away , till they infuse Beep into Nature ' s breast the spirit of her hues .
Te stars I which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires , — 't is to he forgiven , That in our aspirations to be great , Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state And claim a Idndred with yon ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery , and create In us such lore and reverence from afar , That fortune , fame , power , life , have named themselves a star . ** *** Uot vainly did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o ' ergazing mountains , aud thus take A fit aud unwalTd temple , there to seek The Spirit , in whose henour shrines are weak , UprearM of human hands . Come , and compare Columns and idol-dwellings , Goth or Greek , "With Nature's realms of worship , earth and air , J « or fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer !
The sky is ehanged . '—and such a change ! Oh ni ght . And storm , and darkneas , ye are wond ' rous strong , Tet lovely in your strength , as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along Prom peak to peak , the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Ifot from cue lone cloud , But every mountain now hath fouad a tongue , Aad Jura answers , through her misty shroud , Sack to the joyous Alps , who call to her aloud ! And this is in the night : —most glorious night J Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me he A sharer in thy fierce and far delight , — A portion of the tempest and of thee . ' How the lit lake shines , a phosphoric sea , Aad the big ram comes dancing to the earth : And sow again ' tis black , —and now , the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth , As if they did rejoice o ' er a joucg earthquake ' s birth ,
Sky , mountains , rivers , winds , lakes , lightnings ! ye 'With night , and clonds , and thunder , and a soul To make these felt and feeling , well may be Things that have made me watchful ; the far roll Of your departing voices , is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless , —if I rest , But where of ye , oh tempests ! is the gaol ! Are ye like those within the human breast ? Or do ye find , at length , like eagles , some high nest \ Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me , —eould I wreak Uy thoughts upon expression , and thus throw Soul , heart , mind , passions , feelings , strong or weak . All that I would have sought , and all I seek , Bear , Ir aow , fed , and yet breathe—into one word , And that one word were lightning , I would speak - Bnt as it is , I live and die unheard , "With a most voiceless thought , sheathing it as a sword ,
We are sorry that we are compelled , by want of room , to omit the beautiful and affecting stanzas terminating this canto , addressed by the poet to Ms daughter . We conclude our extracts from Canto m . with the following noble protest : — I have not loved the world , nor the world me ; I have not flattered its rank breath , nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee , — Nor coin'd my cheeks to smiles , —nor cried aloud In worship of an echo ; in the crowd They eould not deem me one of such ; I stood Among them , bat not of tnem ; in a shroud Of thoughts which were not their thoughts , and still eould , Hail not filed my mind , which thus itself subdued .
I have notloved the world , nor the world me , — But let us part fair foes ; I do believe , Though Ihave found them not , that there may be "Words which are things , —hopes which willnotd ' ece ive ^ And virtues which are merciful , nor weaTe Snares for the failing : I would also deem O ' er others' griefe that some sincerely grieve ; That two , or one , are almost what they seem ; That goodness is no name , and happiness no dream .
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Psisoif Rhtmk k Ten Books . By Thomas Coopsb , the ClartUu London : J . How , 132 , Fieet-street . ( Continued from the Star ofJlbv . &h J Tvenow come to the Tenthand last "Book" of the Poem , which , opens with the following fine address
to liberty : — HaiL holiest Liberty ! who hast thy shrine Beep in the faithful patriot ' s soul recess'd , — Diguane from thy visage light divine That glads the dungeon ' s gloom and drear unrest , Until it beams with visage overhlest Of Bight triumphant over hoary Wrong , And Truth victorious over Fraud contest , And new-born nations joining choral song O'er earth—become one temple for thy taether-throng . H « n , simJjii s htMlKrty 3 lafe-sooree of TaruUv"Withont whom Knowledge waxeth , sere , and fills Into her aotage ; while vrilh lusty youth Thou sinewest Season till she disenthrals Her essence of Time ' s dreams , nor basely crawl » At eld Authority ' s decrepidfeet , — But to the toil of search caltny upcalls Her vigour , and full soon each plausive cheat Detects , and winnoweth Folly ' s chaff from Wisdom ' s wheat ,
Tkou great palladium of the moral man ,: — If thee by sloth self-treasonens he lose , Or foiled by force , or duped by charlatan , — Howso ©» the serfisih spirit doth diffuse Its influence through blood , and . hones , and thews—Until his "rery form , his brow , his look , Forfeit their grandeur , —and each gesture shews . . Ere the low whine follows his lord ' s rebuke , "What d ^> th of insult , now , his slavish soul can brook . Bttti garbed in humblest gear , if his birthright Be yet unbartersd , unpurloined , unstained , — If still his forhead bear thy sigil bright , — Hownobleis his mien , —how unconstrained He stands a witness for the troth , unfeigned , Or champion for the right , —o'erawing king * And lordly powers , who feel as if arraigned Stfore their culprit , —aud with homagings Are fain to bow , and own themselves but mtantr things
With dignity so godlike , stood the sage Of Abdera , at Nicocreon ' s throne , Toiling the Cyprian tjrant in his rage So stood the Caledonian captive one , — Crand in his chains , —and from the Boman won Generous regain : so gaaeu , with brow undent , On vengeful EdwarJ , Scotia ' slater son : So while base Gesler shook , magnificent , Stood Tell the peerless peasant , in hishardiment . _ * la ke Ismail .
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Or what if Death , with gristliest terrorg , geowl Ob th yJbrave offispring t—They can gaze and smile ! , So , in w ^ olgrandeitmeB / wittrioul-- ' ' — - * 4 - UopierciO , that if in t univeriatile .. ¦ . Un tiring Rai « igii , it the axe could tmile , — Passinghie'fihger eaiirily ^ o ' er the ' edge , "' And doping it a med ' eine sharp ) the whilej - Slit most remedial sickness to assuage , — ~ Conscious Death eoold not mar his fame ' s high heritage So smiled our bravest , truest , martyred sire , — Fell Suptrstition'STictim , who could ckeer , ' With heart that veritably quelled the fire ; His brother sufferer , and more frail compeer , Breathing those death-words that will fill the ear , And thew the heart of England , through all time , —* Until her clildren a inind-rampart rear ¦ Shall foil the Jesuit ' s craft , and save our dime From witnessing , again , the Priest ' s bold deeds of crime
So Smiled thy own , thy darling champion , A true-born Briton names not without pride That thrills the soul—our noble * Algernon , — Who gloried at the scaffold that he died For thine—the Good Old Cause , —nor falsified The promise of his youth . When , from thy womb , My country ! shall such men be multiplied ? 0 liberty ! o ' er England ' s germs resume Thy quickening power , —or wake our fathers from the tomb ! Wo are become a servile , strdid crew : The grandeur of our lineage is forgot : We crawl as if nor peer nor franklin knew His fathers walked erect , and parleyed not With Patience ere their swords the tyrant smote Or bumbled him to meekness : we ne ' er turn Unto the ' page where their great deeds ar « wrote , And read , and ponder , till our bosoms burn To think the yoke they spurned , so long our necks have worn !
Every poor man , every one of England ' s wronged and insulted sons and daughters , will heartily join in the following bitter apostrophe to that combination of traitor and mountebank , Brougham . Mr . Cooper expresses only what millions feel : — Our mtn of promise arc a recreant hordt : ' . EVn h « who bears that glorious patriot name For which the friend of Sydney a record , Gold-writj hath won on England ' s roll of fame , Starts , like an actor wb » hath oped the drame , Back from his part , afeard to play it through : And he , th « golden-tongued—a thing of shame Made by his whims—to self-respect untrue--What will he next—the spaniel of old-Waterl o * t '
Oh ! haste to hide thee in the charnel grave—Thou Harlequin-Demosthenes!—ere change Shall leave thee not a semblant speck to save Of that rich monument which thbu , with strange Fatuity , has toiled to disarrange As hotly as to carve i Cire up thy strife , To mar it more—and list the White ' s revenge-Friend of the Black!— 'twill cleave to theo through life— " The "Basti ! e " -curse—from man levered from child and wife !
Arch-traitor to thy kind—scturge of the poor—A word from thee had dashed their poison-cup To atoms ; but thou , wantonly didst more Prefer to their lean lips to hold it up—Aye , wast to thine own vanity the dupe So fully , as to claim that thou shouldst bear The dread weight of the crime 2 Would thou might ' st sup Forages of that chalice . ' " Bastile " -fare , Perchance , a med ' eine were thy reason to repair . Beshrew thy heart ! but it was bold , as well As villainous—responsibility To court—so foully , darkly damnable !—Head-robber of the savage band to b » Should perpetrate upon humanity A theft so daring as would make recoil The sternest heart of ancient tyranny—Of Nature ' s rights the hapless wretch to spoil—Who hath no bread , because his lords refuse him toil .
And dost thou , scouted changeling ! madly dream This lawless law will save " their lordships' land !" Or , that to gaol and eunuch men the stream Of discontent can stop—and misery ' s baud Convert to sneaking slaves lords may command At Trill ? As surely as thy head grows gray In this thy monstrous sin—if not by brand , By mightier means , the poor will win their way To right—and shout when worms hold riot in thy clay . 0 ! not by changeling , tyrant , tool , or knave , Thy march , blest Liberty < can now be stayed , — The wand of Guttemberg—behold it wave ! . The spell is burst!—the dark enchantsments fade Of wrinkled Ignorance!—' twas she betrayed Thy first-born children , —and so oft threw down The mounds of Freedom . Lo ! the Book its aid Hath brought!—the feudal serf—though still a clown , Doth read;—and , where his sires gave homage , pays —• a frown : '
The sinewy artisan , —the weaver lean , — The shrunken stockinger , —the miner swarth , — Bead , think , and feel ; and in their eyes the sheen Of burning thought betokens thy young birth Within their souls , blytfae liberty . ' That earth Would thus be kindled from the humble spark Te caught from him ofMentz , and scattered forth , — Faust , Koster , Caxton!—not "the clerk , " Himself , could prophecy iu your own mid-age dark 5 And jet , 0 Liberty ! these humble toilers The true foundation for thy reign begun , — ' - " Aye , aud while throae-craft decks Man ' s murderous spoilers , While feverous Power mock 6 the weary sun
With steed-throned efiigies of Wellington , And columned piles to Nelson , —Labour ' s child Turns from their haughty forms , to muse upon The page by their Wood-chronicle defiled;—Then , bending o ' er his toil , weighs well the record wild Aye , they are thinking , —at the frame , and loom , At bench , and forge , and in the bowelled mine ;—And when the scanty hour of rest is come , Again they read , —to thini , and to ( Urine How it hath come to pass that Toil must pine While sloth doth revel ;—how the game of blood ¦ Hath served their tyrants;—how the scherae malign Of priests hath crushed them ; and resolve doth bud To band , —and to bring back the primal Brotherhood .
Oh ! might I see that triumph ere I die—The poor , oppressed , contemned , and hungerM throng Hold festival for Labour ' s victory O ' er Mammon , Pride , and Sloth , —for Right o ' er Wrong : Oh ! might I hear them swell the choral song" The Toilers' Rights are won ! our Fatherland "Is fully free ! " —with joy to rest among The solemn dead , at Nature ' s high command , I'd haste : nor ask to stay the speed of one life-sand ! If or selfish is the wish , —however vain : Prom boyhood , Greece , and our old Commonweal I worshipped ; but 'twas gnawing hunger ' s pain I saw your lank and fainting forms
reveal-Poor trampled stoddngers . '—that made me feel 'Twas time to be In earnest—nor regard ' Man ' s freedom merely as a theme for zeal . In hours of emulous convene , or for bard Weaving rapt fancies in pursuit of Fame's reward . - I threw me in the gap , defying scorn , Threats , hatred , pob ' nous tongues—to frontyour fo «» And this hath come of it—that I hsve worn The fetter for your sake . - Yet , now the close Of tkis captivity is near , no throes Of anger , sorrow , or regret , are mine For aught that I have suffered ; but your woes—Poor victims ! who by grinding tricksters pine , — Breed thoughts that with my hopes their tortures inter
twine . Here , ihen , 0 holiest liberty ! my heart I lay upon thine altar , —undismayed , Unswerving , unsubdued : the afterpart Of life it aims to plaj with healthier aid Of wisdom , —but no guilty thoughts upbraid : It asks but to be kept from sordid stain As free as now : let consciousness pervade Each pulse through life that still by gold or gain Unbough t it beats , —and it shall shun no toil , no pain O welcome , even if its blood be shed For thee , blest Freedoml—only keep it pure ! Welcome , the living death more deeply dread Of calumny , by evil shapes obscure That haunt the patriot darkling , and secure Prom Truth ' s Ithuriel spear , their poisons vend : ' Welceme , that keenest heart-ache—forfeiture Of friendship true : welcome , all pangs that rend Tfle heart if pure unto the grave it may descend ! ( To le continued . )
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DOUGLAS JERROLD'SSHILMNGMAGAZINE Noveubeb . London : lunch Office , 92 , Fleet
This is an excellent number of this very excellent Ma"azine We have but one complaint to make , and ' that is , that the Editor ' s beautiful story of " St . Giles ' s and St . James ' s" is doled out in portions much too small ; the quality is so first-rate , that w wraldfain have an increase in the quantity . The retired muffin-maker , Capstkh , shinesin all his cynical originality tbiainonth : asspecimensofhisphilosophy , couched in the true Jerbold vein of satire , we give the following ;— DIB ADAM EAT EGGS ? " Think jou , " said the visitor , chipping an egg-shell , " think jou that Adam , before the fall , ate eggs !" the
"I can ' t say , " said Capstick ; "bnt recollecting things 1 have read , the question would make a very pretty book . 'Xis a pity the matter wasn't stirred two or three hundred years ago . How many thousand throats might have been cut -upon it ! How many mea and women roasted like live oysters ! For the wisdom of humanity , 'fis & great misB . How popes might have thundered about it ! What Te Deum have been chanted ; what maledictions—and all with the melted-butter voice of a Christian—pronounced ! The world has had a great loss—a very great loss . " And Capstick sighed . " I can hardlj see that , " says Jam . "It seems to me that this blessed world will never want something to quarrel about , so long as there ' s two straws upon it . "
" Why , there have been the Battles of the Straws , " observed Capstick , " although for certain purposes they ' ve been called after other names , " .
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. HEDGEHOGS ANDtCATS . '¦;¦ ;_• y : rr For a time the breakfast was Vslently continued ; when suddeul / CapBtick ' cried out , Bea ' st that I am prime forgqtten Velvet ! " - Y ' " Velvet ! ' ' Who is he V asked the visitor . . "An excellent fellow , Master . Kingcup , " said Capstick . "A worthy creature after mj own heart . We became acquainted last frost ; it was a roadside meeting , and I brought him here to the Tub . You would hardly think it ; but though I saved him from a wintry death , and have comforted him like my own flesh and blood "— . " He isn't a bit like it , " cried Jera . " " Like my own flesh and blood , " repeated Capstick , with ! a reproving look . . '' He ^ has neither bitten . iior
slandered me , " nor lifted my latch to . midnight thieveB , nor , in fact , done anything that a friend you have benef fited should do . " At these words St . Giles , forgetful of the misanthropic drolling of his host , shifted somewhat uneasily in his seat . He thought of the muffins bestowed uponhi 6 boyh » od , aud of the discomfort he had after ! wards inflicted on his benefactor . " Here Veivetf-Velvet , " cried Capstick ; and Bright Jem sat with a gravq smile , enjoying the expectation of Mr . Kingcup . " With all the coaxing bestowed upon him , 'tis such a humble soul , " said Capstick . " He never puts himself forwardnever . IM wager ye , now , one of these egg-shells , " and Capstick rose and looked about him , " that I shall find him quietly curled up in a corner . I knew it ; there hei 8 .
With this Capstick took two steps from his chair , stooped , and ia a moment returning to his seat , placed a hedgehog on the table . "Humph ! " said Kingcup ; "' tis an eod creature for a bosom friend . " 11 Give me all bosom friends like him , " cried Capstick ; "for there ' s no deceit in 'em ; you see the worst of ' em at the beginning . Now , look at this fine honest fellow , What plain , straightforward truths he bears about him , You see at once that he is a living p in-cushion , with the pins ' points upwards ; and instantly you treat him- after his open nature . You know he's uot to be played at ball with . You take in with a glance all that his . exterior means and ought to love him for hig frankness , Poor
wretch ! ' tis a thousand and a thousand times the ruin of Mm . He has , it is true , an out 9 ide of thorns—heaven made him with them—but a heart of honey . A meek ; patient thing . And yet , because of his covering , . the world casts all sorts of slanders upon him—accuses him of wickedness he could not , if he ' would , ' commit . And so is he . kicked and cudgelled , and . made the crudest , sport of , his persecutors all the . while thinking themselves the best of people for their worst of treatment . '' He bears a plain exterior . He shows so many pricking truth * ft ) the world , that the world , in revenge , couples every outi side point with an interior devil . He is made a martyr fjr this iniquity—he hides nothing . . Poor Velvet J" and Capstick very gently stroked the' hedgehog , and profiered it a slice of apple and a piece of bread , ' :
" Tis a pity , " said Kingcup , "that all hedgehogs arn't translated after your fashion . " . . " What a better world 'twould make of it , " answered the eynic . "But no , sir , no ; that's the sort of thing the world loves , " and Capstick pointed to a handsome tortoise-shell cat , stretched at her fullest length upon the hearth . "What a meek , cosy face she has—a placid , quiet sort of grandmother look—may all grandmothers forgive me . Then , to see her lap milk ; why , you'd think a drop of blood of any sort would poison her . The wretch ! ' twas only last week she killed and . ate : onextf my doves , and afterwards sat wiping her whiskers with her left paw , as jcomfortably as any dowager at a tea party . I nursed her before she had any eyes to look at her benefactor , and she has sat and purred upon my knee , as though she knew all she owed me , and was trying to pay the debt with her belt singing . And for all this , look here , this is what she did only yesterday ; " and Capstick showed three long fine scratches on his right hand . • ¦ :
"That ' s nothing , " said Mr . Kingcup . "You know : that . cats will scratch . " "Xo be sure I do , " replied Capstick ; " and all the world knows it ; but the world don ' t think tlie worse Of ' tin for it ; and for this reason , they can , when'they like , so well hide their claws , Now , poor little Velvet herer-i poor vermin martyr—he can't disguise what he has ; and SO he ' s hunted and worried for being , as I may say , plainspoken , when puss is petted , and may sleep all day long ! at the fire , because ; in faith , she ' s so glossy , and looks-so . innocent . And all the while has she not murderousteeth and claws ! " '" ' ¦; i
" The Englishman in Prussia" is a continuation of the articles we have before quoted into this paper , we shall quote from the present as soon as we can find room . It has been the custom to laud the Prussian system as the perfection pf paternal government ; but the articles publishing in Jerrold ' s Magazine , together with the extraordinary revelation of our own German correspondent , are letting in a flood of light upon that system , which will completely unmask the hideous deformities of the infamous and doomed thing . Aye ! doomed ! its hour is drawing nigh ! Hurrah for its speedy downfal 1 " The Countryman in St . Paul ' s" is a humourous and laughable slap at the holy showmen , who inveigle the " gentle public " into their show by charging " tuppence" at the door , and ; then half-a-crown to Bee this , eighteen-pence
to see that , anda variety of "tuppences more to see other things . Really this holy show is a nuisance and disgrace to the country . The article entitled "A Righte Gdode Fellowe , " though brief , contains some " righte goode" sense . " The Man and his age , " , by an Optimist , contains matter for reflection . " "The Price of a Garter and the Price of a Life" is an excellent article , commenting' on two choice morsels of . the Government- " miscellaneous estimates and cpntingences , placed side by side : in the original account , as though wooing observation and criticism ; they are , 1 st : "The amount issued to pay rev ? ards to the crews of the boatB Earl Grey ,
Po , Sparrow , Duke of York , and Caroline , ; for saving the lives of the crew of the Shepherdess , wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , £ 53 . " 2 nd : " Fees paid to the Officers of the Order of the Garter , upon the installation ' of his Majesty the King of the French as Knight Companion , £ 439 3 s . 4 d . " These disgraceful items lorm the foundation of a scourging commentary , for which we return the writer our hearty thanks . We must notice the descriptive talent of this writer , which is of a very high order ; Ms picture of a night storm in the Channel is truly sublime . We had marked a lengthy extract for quotation , but have been compelled to omit it through want of room . ' The Decline of the Drama" is a well written and
interesting article . . The Egotism of Aristocracy" is apaperofthe right sort , by "A . B . It . ' \ Is this Angus B . Reilch ? If so , " more power to him . " Surely the days of aristocratic domination , and royal tomfoolery are drawing to a close , when such articles as this find publicity in one of our monthly magazines , ' and when thousands read and echo the sentiments of the writer . "A History for Young England "' dei scribes the fierce struggle between Henry the 2 n ] j and Thomas a'Beckett , and shows tlie Ring ti > ad-Vantage as compared with the hypocritical , grasping , and tyrannical churchman . The " Rewiews" have the fault of being somewhat too brief , but are otherwise unexceptionable .
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S 1 MM 0 NDS COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Novem beb . London : Simmonds and Ward , 18 , Corn
hill . The opening article of this month ' s number is a continuation of the interesting papers by Dr . G . M'Hkkrt , on the " Liberated African Establishment at St . Helena . " The description of the miseries of tlie unfortunate Africans is exceedingly painful . " The Serpent of Martinique and St . Lucia" is a translation of an article pmva . the French , by Dr . Rotz , originally published in Les Antilles , Martinique newspaper . The article gives a somewhat dry account of the various species of snake existing in the above-named islands . The trigonacephalus , or spearheaded serpent , appeais to be the most dreaded . " More fortunate than the Carib Indian , the serpent has obliged the colonists to surrender its natiYe wilds and
and forests—all that is uninhabited by man ; , save when it shows itself upon cultivated ground , no attempt is ever made to trouble or molest it . The spear-headed serpent renders a country life dangerous , and the terror which it inspires prevents the inhabitants of Martinique from enjoying the shade , of a tree , or a reverie in the fields . " That "truth is stranger than fiction" is proved by the singular adventures and hair-breadth escapes narrated _ in the interesting " Memoirs of an American Royalist : " These " Memoirs" afford an additional proof 0 IVthe utter baseness of that infamous Government which the Royalist lost his all to support . He was severely punished for his folly ; and a man who , despite , the lessons of history and the experience of agesl clings to the degrading belief of the " divine right of kings , fully deserves the ill treatment which he of old had doubtless experienced who penned the emphatic warning . " Put not . vtaw twist in nvinces . " " Notes
on the Sandwich Islands" give some interesting particulars of the progress of a young but rising people , who , if they can only escape the withering influence of European and American ambition and cupidity , may yet become a race of importance in the list ot civilised nations . There is a good dealoi labourea attempt at "fun" in the " Reminiscences of the Island of Cuba , " and also in " The Emigrant : _ a Tale of Australia ; " but we confess we cannot discover the . wit in either . "Colonial Railways and their Prospects , " by the editor , is a lengthy and ably digested article , containing much valuable information to all parties having an interest in railway matters . We extract the following " Adventure with a Boa Constrictor . " We should premise that the " adventurer" is described as a Captain C —T ' ' ?* her Majesty's 84 th Foot , a great sportsman m the Indian jungle . lie is in pursuit of a large cheetul , or spotted deer , when : — .-,. ¦?• . «•¦¦
After proceeding about a mile through very dense jungle , and being as the villager supposed near the spot where the cheetul had laid down , ' Captain C- '' : ;' r P f a sudden missed his dog , and hearing a rustling ; jh the bushes about ten yards off , accompanied by . a ^ -impp ing noise , heturned in that direction , and saw whathe . af : the fivsl glance took for a tiger , from its colour , a mixture of black and brown , but soon discovered what the monster really was , an enormous boa constrictor , which had seized his poor Juno , and was at the momen t cru shing her to atoms in its terrible coils . TJhe native who was with him saw what it was likewise , and immediately fied .
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^^" f TT ^ ?"'^ deBcrjbed tbe appearance of ^ i ^ P ™! 0 * henlth «^ coiled roun < hi 8 dog , as somewhat resembling ar barrel , " every portion jiT violeufmuscuiftr motion , and he distinctly heard . the bones of the poor animal crack in succession within its terrible eihhrace . At last the monster raised his head and fixed two glaring eyes on . Captain C?— - — , ^ ho , in another moment , might percbanceihave ., been fascinated by ; their ; deadly gleam , but with unerring aim he placed twoballsin its forehead . Their , effect was not , however , as he expected , - fatal , and the snahc , instantly uncoiling itself from its " victim , came straight at Captain C- , who ofoursetook tonight ; but so thick was the jungle , that he found the animal gaining on him , from the noise it made amongst tlie bUShes , and therefore sought shelter in a tree , re-loading his gun With all possible expedition , c . Whether the reptile followed him by sight or smell , he could not judge , but Captain C . was only juBt prepared for a second
discharge , when the boa reached ; the tree , and instantly twisting itself ronnd the stem would have soon seized him , but fortunately atthenext ^ shofcheblew out both his eyes , with & charge of B B . ; yet though the snake appaared for a moment stunned , it still continued its efforts to reach him , until byrepeated . shotg it was incapacitated from rising , not though till Captain C had completel y emptied his powder flask and he even then did not venture to descend ; as the reptile continued coiled round the triee , ' occasionally \ by ; a muscular .. movement showing thatife ^ tal powers , were not jet wholly extinct . At length , after some hours solitary confiuement on his peroh and shouting .: until he : wa 9 hoarse fer , aid , Captain G " _ ¦ ' had the satisfaction to see a number of villagers arrive ; by whom tbe ' nlotiBtroilg ' animal wag soon completel y destroyed . Captain Cr—~ had no means of
accurately measuring its length but by a piece of stick , which thejiatives said was a . cubit long , and he declared that it measured . upwards of . thirty , of these , and was much thictettiarioueofrnVown'thighs . - ' . which " were i * a make , tfaaf would have . well : 6 econie lhe ' leather ^ e- / orihamei of ranj Life " Guardsmanj " The ' head of the boa was cut qffbyhU ' o ' rdert , anaBaiit . totii ^ Hon . Mr . Cole , then Resident 6 f Mysore ; and ? ts enormous jaws still may possibly ' iwWe ^ sience at tne'fcfioreBesidencyi-r- - - . vye ( na 4 . aha «( 8 t .. forgotte » to . mention some Very beautiful ; stanzas , ( byvMrs .:, Stooci « 05 Yi :,. w '' Indian names , " thefcliowingbeing the motto of the poem : — " H&w . can : the , Red Alan be . forgotten , while so many of our , states / and .-territories , . bays ,, lakes ^ , and rivers , are lndeliblysstampedtby / names ^ t' their giving ?" On the whole , ; this js . a . very good number ef this very useful magazine . . = . . . . : ;
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MEMOIRS . OF . AN UMBRELLA . By G . Herbert Rodwbu ,. ' ' Part ' iy . London : " E . Mackenae ,. lli ; Fleetstreet : ; : . ; " > ¦ / . 'From graye . togay . ifroin lively to severe , " appea | 8 ; to ; mthe ;» iaW » . ot Mr . Rodwsll , and , these " Miemoirs of an Umbrella " , form . a : very , good illustration of that oft-quoted sentence . This part concludes the story , which may now be had in its complete f 6 rm , " ahd ~ will , "' doubtless , find many' readers who ; would ! object to patronise it in its : piecemeal Character . Messrs . Phiz and Landkllb have afforded the author great assistance by their auaint .
beautiful , " 3 nd- higbly-finished illustrations . With all ' young ladies , —the best'patrons of an author , — this work cannot fail to be popular , and they : will be glad to learn that although ' the poor old Umbrella will speak no more in his -own person ; he has given a subject for a new tale-to Mr . Rodwell , It will appear in shilling monthly parts , commencing on the 1 st of January next , and will be entitled , " 'Woman ' s Love , ' a Romance of Smiles and Tears . " We wish Mr . RoDWBii success with his new venture , and , in the meantime , recommend the - work now under notice to all who are not acquainted with it .
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COOPER'S NOVELS . —People ' s Edition . London : Clark , Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row . It is now too late in the day to attempt to criticise the works of the great American novelist , CoorBR , their immense popularity throughout Europe , as well as America , is the best evidence of the estimation in which they are held , and " the Scott of America" is a title their author has fairly earned , and is likely to keep , no matter'how great the-talents' of future American writers . Everybody reads Cooper ' s works who ' can procure them , and to Mr . Cure is due the credit of having printed an edition which , in price ,
enables the very-poorest to become readers of these Wonderful productions . This edition is rightly named the " people ' s . " In one large and handsome volume , consisting of nearly 1 , 000 closely-printed pages , with about 200 engravings , the purchaser may have , "The Pilot , " "The Spy , " '' Last of the Mohicans , " "Lionel Lincoln , " " The Pioneers , " " The Prairie , " "The Red Rover , " - and "The Water Witch , " all for—how much does the reader suppose ? Ten shillings ! These works were originally published at twelve gunieas ! This , is not all ; each novel , complete in itself , may be had for one shilling / Verily , this is the age of cheap literature .
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TALES OF SHIPWRECKS , AND ADYENTURES AT SEA . London : Clark , Warwicklane , Paternoster-row . We noticed-parts I and II of this work some time ago ; we have now . before us parts III . IV . V . and VI . Amongst iheprominent contents of these parts , we notice the "Life and Adventures of the celebrated Captain Dampier ; " " Captain Ross's voyage in search of the Missing Whalers ; " . '' The Loss of the Antelope , witli the true and interesting story of Prinee Lee Boo ; " " The Loss of the Royal George ;" " The Extraordinary . Adventures of John Cockbtjrn , English mariner ; " "The Exploits of Grace Darling ; " the' horrible storyi of the- '" Loss of the Meduse , " Ac . The mass of information contained in any one number of this publication is truly astonishing .. The work is now half completed ; and , when finished , will be one of the cheapest works ever issued from the British press .
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Absbxcb of Mind . —The promoter of the Great Hanpeatic , intending to drink a pint of beer , poured into his . stoniach the contents ofan inkstand . lie found out ;; hismistake when he . discovered his body breaking out all over with a new prospectus . SiBTHOEp ' s Latest . — The- anti-republican and enemy of railroads observes , that judging from the present mania , we shall soon have as many "locomotives" in England , as there are " loco-focos" in America . —Joe Miller . .: CASDID . ^ -Sir James Graham has been heard to declare , that the only earthly use to which he could apply 'the Seals of-Office , was to empower him to break event other seal , and that his own impression was , that there should be no other . The honourable (!) baronet further assured his confidant , that" what he said was " true to the letter . "—Rid .
Teetotausm . — " Arrah , Teddy , dear , will you tell me what is the meaning of teefwotalism ? Is it repale !" . Teddy took his' pipe out of his mouth , and deliberately said , "It'snot repale , Dennis ; but H ' b like it . Repale is dividing a sister from her mother . Teeiwotalism is ciitttng ' the heart out of a man , and sticking a lump of could water in its place . " Thk Dt'Auir op Lovb . —What a two-fold shape there is in love ! If we examine it coarsely , —if we look but on its fleshy ties—its enjoyment of a moment , —its turbulent fever and its dull reaction , how strange it seems that this passion should be the supreme , mover of ; the world—that it is this which has dictated . the greatest sacrifices ' and influenced
all societies and all times—that to this the loftiest and loveliest genius has ever consecrated its devotion-j-ttiat But fof * love there were no civilisationno Bausic , no poetry , no beauty , no life beyond the brutes . But exa ' nune it in its heavenlier snape-nta its utter abnegation of eelf—in its intimate connection with all that is-more delicate and subtle in the spirit— 'its power above all that is sordid in existence ~ -its mastery , over 4 he 'idols of the baser worshipits abliity to create a palace of the cottage , an oasis in the desert ,-a summer in the Iceland—when it breathes ,, and fertilises ; and glows ; and the wonder rather becomes how so few regard it in its holiest nature . —Buluier . - ; .
An UnFRONOBTfCBABiiB Name . — A Scotchman , named Alexander Finney , drowned himself in Cockneyocketiescreekinear Buffalo , on the 12 th instant , while in astate of insanity . If he had tried to pronounce the name : of the creek , it would have answered the pnrpose quite as well , by choking him . — Boston Bee . A ! New Way op tuam ibe Chasgb out op a Political Adversary . —There is a militia colonel in the United States , a Whig , who , in arranging the companies of his regiment , always puts the loco foco men . on the wheeling flank , and his own political friends on the pivot one . Thus the loco fooos . have to do all the walking and running in the hot sun , which sweats them down considerably . When we get to be colonel of militia " here in Canada , " won't we put a fat radical on the wheeling flank , that's all . —Montreal Courier . '
Advice , Gratis . —Never tread en the tail of a cat , or tell a woman she is not handsome , unless you are fond of music . . An Old Sionr . —A Glasgow antiqarian recently visited Cathcart Castle , and asked one of the villagers " if he knew anything of an old story aboHt the building ? " Ay ! " said the rustic , " there was anither auld srwey , but it fell down lang since . " ^ Retdr 5 ukder the Income Tax . —I , A . B ., do declare , I have but little money to spare—I have one little hoHse ; 1 little maid ; 2 little boys ; 2 little trade ; 2 little land ; 2 . little money at command ; rather 2 little is my little all , to supply with comfort my little squall ; arid 2 little to pay taxes at all ;—by this you see , I have children 3 dependent oh me , A . B .
Por-K . Perverted . —A Yankee schoolmaster , who had no faith in the " soothing system , " was in the habit of quoting Pope as is authority ; and using the rod , he made the line to suit it—thus : — ' Tis education forms the common mind , And with a twig you drive it in behind ! A Scurvy Saint . —A pioHs Irish saint , who settled Jn the island of Iona , and formed a society of recluses , had such an antipathy to the fair sex , that he would not suffer a cow to be kept within Ms district . " Wherever there is a cow , ( said he , ) there must be a woman ; and wherever there is a woman , there must be mischief . " .
JOHN BULL ' S LOCOMOTIVE LEG . ( From Punch , ) I'll sing you a song of one John Bull , Who ate good beef and wore fine wool , ¦ Anil bragg'd each morn that none could pull From his breeches pocket a purse more full . ¦ Ri tooral , looral , < &c . ; That purse he'd fill'd by honest pains , But , not content with bis lawful gains , To add to his store he rack'd his brains , To get more money and new domains . Ri tooral , looral , < tc . ' Some humbugs great in depredation , . . Came and made him a long oration ; They wanted a flat for victimisation , So they got him to dabble in speculation . Ri tooral , looral , &c .
Said John , ' - 'Your plan my mind contents , I ' m sick and tired of the Three per Cents . ; And don't get enough by my paltry rents ;" So he got hooked in by the Railway " gents , " Ri tooral , looral , < fcc . These airant gamblers , it would seem , Had greenhorns made their study and theme They set their wits to work by steam , . And they wheedled him into their swindling scheme Hi tooral , looral , die . The fastest way to wealth , they said , Would be by steam to go ahead ; And thus by the noise their dupe was led , Till John was caught in the net they spread , Ri tooral , looral j &c . They made him a hobby to ride upon , With a strong steam-power to move it on ; And all his sober senses gone , They bound thereto the foolish John . ' Ri tooral , looral , < fee .
But first before they bade him start , With wondrous craftand singular art , To lighten his weigat , they made him part With the money , that lay so near , his heart , Ri tooral , looral , dec , They filled the pockets of John the Sold With scrip aad shares instead of gold j The gull believed tlie tale they told ; So they over him came the soldier old , Ri tooral , looral , < te . ' On went John Bull , through thick and thin ; Through mess and hobble , out and in ; To see him caught like a rat in a gin , How all hi 8 foes did chuckle and grin ! Ri tooral , looral , « tc . On , on he flew , with speed intense , Fast all the bounds of common sense ; At last his fright became immense , And he shriek'd with fear for his darling pence . Ri tooral , looral , &c .
He roard out" Stop ! " and he roar'd out " Stay V > His face the picture of dire dismay ; He snatch'd at each straw that eross'd his way , But nothing could his course delay . Ri tooral , looial , &c . At last his pocket-buttons broke , And out flew scrip and shares like smoke , And his enemies made his case their joke , Whilst a panic rent his heart of oak f Ri tooral , looral , & , c . His weight and substance now more light , More rapid grew his engine ' s flight , Until it was'd tremendous quite , And John was quietly owt of sight . Ri tooral , looral , &c > O ' er land and sea , o ' er rock and shoal , Across'the line , beyond the pole , In short , to utter rtiin ' e . goal , Rusu'd mad John Bull ; alas , poor soul ! Ri tooral , looral , &c . ' MORAL We ' vc sung a song both free and plain , Now let a moral close « ur strain : All swindling practices disdain , Nor mis with rogues to share their gain , Ri tooral , looral , &e . Killing Time . —The Morning Herald , in the supplement of Monday , mentions the following ingenious method of tolling time : — "Prince Albert , the Earl of Hardwicke , Mr . G . E Anson , Colonels Bowles and Grey , took the diversion of shooting yesterday a /^« w > d » . " —Punch . A Great Title . — A witness examined before the committee on the Zealand question , stated incidentally that he knew a chief in New Zealand who maintained that he had a great title in his land , in asmueh as he had eaten the former owner !
The Season . —Thomson ' s "Seasons" have been superseded by an American poet , who dismisses the four quarters of the year in so many lines , thus—Spring—showery , flowery , bowery . Summer—hoppy , croppy , poppy . Autumn- 'whe . ezy , sneezy , freezy . Winter—slippy , drippy , nippy . Music Hath Chaiims . — " Those notes enliven me , " as the man said on receiving a remittance . A Wibb Son . —A monk , who had introduced himself to the bed-side of a dying nobleman , who was speechless , continued saying— " My Lord will you grant guch and guch things to our monastry V The sick man nodded his head . "You see , " said the monk to the Nobleman ' s son , " my Lord , your father assents . " " Father , " said the young man , " shall I kick this monk down stairs ? " —The nod was given , aad his reverence was sent down the stairs without delay .
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AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from the 5 th of November to the 12 th of November . " W / teatBarky Oats . , i ^ e . i feuns . i ' ms , „ , .. s . d . s . d . s . d . 6 . d . s . d . s . d . Week ending Sept . 27 , 1845 .. 53 2 30 2 22 2 33 1 42 5 38 . 9 Week ending Oct . 4 , 1843 .. 5 G 0 31 1 23 4 33 8 43 1 42 6 Week ending : Oct . 11 , 1845 .. 57 9 31 3 23 4 34 2 43 1 44 i Week ending . Oct . 18 , 1815 .. 08 2 32 0 23 5 34 5 44 5 43 0 Week ending Oct . 26 , 1845 .. 59 5 83 0 2411 34 6 45 5 44 1 Week ending Nov . 1 , 1845 .. 69 1 34 3 2 C 2 38 2 45 8 4 $ 10
Aggregate average of the last six weeks .. 57 5 3111 2311 33 10 43 11 42 0 London averages ( ending Nov . 4 , 1845 ) 65 10 38 4 27 10 89 7 43 2 49 0 Duties .. .. 15 0 7 0-5096 1019
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London Smithfield Cattle Mabkkt , Monday , Nov . 10 . —During the past week the imports of live stock into London from Rotterdam have been composed of 66 cows , 35 oxen , and 260 sheep ; and from Hamburg , ' 25 oxenj for the most part in excellent condition . To-day we had on offer 110 foreign beasts and 240 sheep , the whole of which found buyers ' at full rates of currency . At the out-ports 150 beasts and sheep have been received from the continent From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were considerably less than those reported on this day se ' nnight ; nevertheless , they were seasonably extensive . The attendance of both town and country buyers being large , the demand for the primest Scots , &c ,, ruled active , at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2 d .
per 81 bs . In other breeds , a full average amount of itisincss was doing , and the rates must be considered the turn higher . From the northern counties we received 1 , 600 shorthorns ; from the eastern districts , 300 Scots arid shorthorns ; . from the western and midland counties , 500 Herefords , Devons , runts , Ac . ; from other parts of England , 400 pf various breeds ; from Scotland , 150 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland , 350 beasts . The numbers of sheep , though not to say large , were more than adequate to meet the wants of the trade , hence the sale for that description of stock was heavy , at , in some instances , a deefine in the quotations of 2 d . per 8 lbs . The veal trade was very inactive , and the rates suffered an abatement of 2 d . per 8 lbs . In pigs only a moderate business was doing , yet the quotations were SUpported . . . _ ¦
By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . s . d . Inferior coarso beasts . , 2628 Second quality ! . 2 lo 3 2 Prime large oxen , , 3 4 3 10 Prime Scots , &c . , , 4 0 4 2 Coarse inferior sheep , , 3238 Second quality . , 3 10 4 4 Prime coarse woolled . . 4 ' 6 4 8 Prime Southdown . , 4 10 5 0 Large coarse calves . , 3844 Prime small . . . . 4 . 6 i 10 Suckling ealves , each . , 18 0 31 II Largehogs ... . 3 10 4 6 Neat small porkers . , 4852 Quarter-old store pigs , each 16 O 21 0 BEAD OF CATTLE ON BALE . BEAD OF CATTLE ON BALE .
( From the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 582-Sheep , 27 , 020-Calves , 97—Pigs , 310 . Richmond Corn Market , Nov . 8 . —We had a thin supply of grain in our market to-day , and the samples only moderate . Wheatsold from 5 s . to 10 g . ; oats , 2 s . lOd . to 4 s . ; barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 6 d . ; beans , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . Od . per bushel . ! ' Liverpool Corv Market , Nov . 10 . —The alteration in duties this week is Is . per quaater decline OH wheat , and Gd . per quavtev on peas . Oldwlieat was neglected , and the value stationary . Flour fully supported previous currency , ; Bonded wheat and flop continued to be held-with" firmness for late prices . In oats , Tuesday ' s prices have been paid . Peas have brought full prices . -Beans have had merely a retail sale . Oatmeal sold slowly .
German Literature. — The Following Statistical Returns Show, The Progress Of Literature In Germany
German Literature . — The following statistical returns show , the progress of literature in Germany
during the last three centuries : •—in the year low , the number of works published was 362 ; in 1617 , 371 , ; in 1717 , 658 ; in 1789 , 2115 ; in 1831 , 6389 ; in 1840 , 9776 ; and in 1844 , nearly ; il , 000 . Disease in TnaHips . —We regret to learn that in many parts of the country the turnips are affected in ; the same way as the potatoes . . . The Tba Trade ,. Nov . 10 . —The consumption of tea continues . very large . Last week it was 517 , 8001 b . ; The market is firm . . ¦
. Munificent Theatre . —A new and splendid theatre was opened at Lisbon , on the 29 th October . It occupies the whole of one side of the handsome square of the Rocio , and is built on the site of the former Inquisition . It is of native Lioz stone , which for fineness of texture " and purity of colour is nearly equal tomarble . The theatre was commenced in the spring of 1843 , and has cost £ 50 , 000 . . Tale op ADRESsiHG . aowH . '— . HiGdiNs ' v . Webster . — Bail Court , Monday . —In this case Mr . Higgine appeared for the p laintiff , and Mr . Bramwell for the defendant . The action was brought to recover the sum of £ 15 , being the price of a dressing-gown which the plaintiff had made for the defendant . , On the part of the plaintiff the sale and delivery of the article in question was proved . —Mr . Bramffell , in addressing the jury on the part of the defendant , said that his client was a gentlemaa of taste aud fashion , and the reason why he refused to pay for the dressuig-gown was that it did not fit him . _ He did not
object to the amount of the plaintiff ' s charge , indeed he was not a person likely toqaake an objection of that kind , for he had on a former occasion paid 100 guineas for three pocket handkerchiefs . He should call two fashionable tailors from the West-end , who would prove that the dressing-gown did not fit the defendant ; and the ( Men . danthirasefl was in court , and would put on thedressing . gown , and give the jury ocular proof that it did not fit him ; and he trusted that having heard their evidence , the jurrn-ould return a verdict for the defendant . He then called Mr . George Andrews , a tailor in Cork . street , who stated that he was sent for to the Burlington Hotel , and there eaw the defendant try on the dressing-gown . it did not fit him , and it was not an article which any gentleman would keep . —Mr . Goodman , a tailor , Hying in Great Marlborough-stte « t , gave similar , evidence . The dressing-gown could not be altered so as to lit the defendant . —Mr . Brockett , a third tailor , gave it as his opinion that the dressing-gown had been made for some gentle * man much shorter than the defendant . Proofs were then
given of the return of the article to the plaintiff . —The defendant himself then came forward , and , amidst roars of laughter from all partss of the court , divested himself of his dress-coat and put on the dressing-gown . Having taken his station on the floor of the court , he was surrounded by the three tailors who had been examined as witnesses , each of whom pointed out to the jury the Yarious defects in the garment in language which none hut the trade could understand . While this wa 6 going on the council on either side were not idle .. When the defendant first put on the gown it was evident he was not anxious to set it off to the best advantage , the collar stood out behind and appeared much too high ; the counsel for the plaintiff sought to remedy this by pulling it down , arid declared it was . an excellent fit ; on which the defendant ' s counsel recommended him to purchase
the article . One of the dealers next proceeded to show that the " vallanee" was too short , and that the whele weight of the garment rested on the 6 houlder bones , " which made it a very uncomfortable article for any gentleman to wear . The unfortunate defendant was pulled about by tailors and lawyers until he was heartily glad to . divest himself of the objectionable garment , and resume the dress which he wore when he entered the courk The scene altogether was of a most amusing description , and even the learned judge laughed heartily several times . —Mr . Higgins having replied to the evidence , produced on the part of the defendant , Mr . Justice Patteson summed up . the evidence . —The Jury could not agree , and the court was cleared to enable them to consider their verdict , and , after a consultation of nearly an hour , they returned a verdict for the plain tiff for the full amount claimed ,
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LonoN Cork Exchange , . Itom *^ JrtS past week ' s arrivals ' of . English ; wheat , coastwise were on a liberal scale , but , ibr the most part , mm to " the-prevailing damp weather / - wmewhat . ou ^ condition . Tlie fresh supply of Parley of homes produce , as well as -flour , was « Jarge , ' that of most other , articles sranll , if- we except that pew . . Fresh up to-day only a moderate quantity of English wheat was receired coastwise and by land carriage ana sample , yet the stands were somewhat-heavily supplied with last - week ' s unsold qualities ; Notwithstanding there was a full average number ot buyers in attendance , the wheat trade was , on the whole , dull . However , the finest qualities of both red and white sold at about stationary prices ; but . all other descriptions suffered a decline of from Is . to iulJy / 9 . iarketseveral
per quarter .- At the close of the n > ' parcels in bulk were unsold . Since our last scarcely any foreign wheat has been entered at * the 15 s ; duty , the importers feeling confident that the late upward movement in the value of wheat must hare the eflecfc of producing a lower impost : We had , ' therefore , today comparatively few samples on sh ow , aud ior which full prices were demanded . This checked business , which was principally , coafined to small parcels , . which were mostly taken at a trifle below ast Monday's currencies . Corn under lock was heavy , yet the , holders would not reduce their demandB , The additions to , the stock have been very trifling during the last ten days . Of English barley we had . a large quantity on offer , upwards of ftOW ) quarters having come to . hand in the , week just concluded . The . hnest maltingkinds were held at fully previous currencies , but the secondary qualities , as well as the grinding , and diatilHng eoits , declined from Is . to 2 s . per quarter . Very little free foreign
barley was brought forward . The quantity of malt on show was tolerably good ., The best parcels sold steadily at fully the prices paid on this day se ' nnight , but all other kinds hung on hand , though they canhot be considered cheaper . From Ireland only about 2 , 000 quarters of oats nave . come in since Monday , but from our own coasts an increased supply . has reached us . -The oat trade was in a very sluggish state , and the prkeswere from Gd . to Is . per quarter lower than last . advised , though our accounts state that the shipments from the various ports continue small .. ; The supply of beans was tolerably good , while the demand was somewhat inactive , at barely stationary prices . Having a large quantity of peas en offer , that description of grain ruled very dull , and to effect sales a slight reduction took place in the quotations . A large quantity of flour being on offer , the trade was dull , at barely late rates , Linseed cakes and canary seed were in ' good request . Other seeds were heavy . ¦
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED IN MARK-LANE . BRITISH GRAIN . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex & Kent , white , new .. 61 to 71 .. CC to 75 Ditto , red .. .. .. 57 67 .. 59 71 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 60 65 white 68 70 Lincoln and York , red .. CO CC white 65 70 Northumb . and Scotch .. . 60 C 8 Rye 29 32 Barley .. Malting 32 85 extra 37 — Distilling .. .. .. 29 34 Grinding .. .. .. . 26 29 XXl ^ UUtJlK ¦ ! » t t . *¦» —"
Malt .. Ship .. 53 37 Ware 59 61 Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , S 7 s . Od to 29 s Od ; potato , or short , 28 s Od to 32 s Od ; Poland , a 7 s 6 d to 82 s Od ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 30 s Od to 32 s Cd ; potato , 33 s Od to ? 4 s Od ; Irish feed , ' . 6 j Od to 28 s Od black , 2 Gs Od to 28 s Od ; potato , 27 s Od ' . o 30 s 6 d ; Galway , 2 Ds Od to 26 s Od . Beans .. Ticks .. 38 42 Harrow , small .. .. . oo ¦ «* Peas ,, "White „ „ „ , ,, 44 48 boilersS 0 Dt Gray and hog .. 40 43 Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 45 51 Town-made ( per sack of 2 S 01 bs 50 60 Buckwheat , or Brank .. .. .. 30 32
ENGLISH SEEDS , & . C . Red clover ( per cwt . ) .. .. •• 40 to 70 White clover . ( per cwt . ) 45 74 Rapeseed ( per last ) .. .. "¦ - ' .. . •• *» c B 8 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 3 s to los j white , 9 s Linseed ' cakes ( per 1000 of 31 b each } £ 11 to £ 12
FOREIGN GRAIN . Shillings per Quarter . Free , In Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and Konigsberg 70 extra 74 .. 57 — 62 Ditto ditto .. 65 - 68 .. S * —57 Pomeranian , &c ., Anhalt 63— 71 .. 54 — 59 Danish , Holstein , &c . .. 01 — 67 .. 52 — 57 Russian , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 00 — 63 .. 50 — 56 Spanish , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft ' .. .. 65 — 69 .. 55 — 59 Italian , Tuscan , &c , red — Ditto , -white .. .. 68 — 74 .. S 3 — 62 . OdesBa&Taganrogjhard — . , Ditto , soft .. . . . 58 — 63 ¦• 50 — 57 Canadian , hard .. . — Ditto , fine .. .. C 5 — 67 Rje . Russian , Prussian , &e . 28 — 80 Barle .. Grinding .. .. .. 26 — 31
Ditto , distilling .. .. 31 ~ 3 i .. SO - 28 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 26 ' — . 82 .. 20 — 27 Russian .. .. : r 26- — 30 .. 20 — 55 Danish & Mecklenburg 26 — 31 ... 20— 26 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 39 , small .. 37 — 44 .. 32 — 43 Egyptian .. ' .. .. ' 37 — 40 .. 35 — 39 Peas .. ' White , ii to 54 , gray .. 40 — 42 Flour .. Dantsic and Hamburgh i per ' barrel ) , fine 31 3 < S , superfine .. .. 32 — 38 ., 26 — 30 Canada , 3 * to 37 , United States .. .. .. 34 — 39 .. 28 — 33 Buckwheat .. ' . . .. 30 — 35 , ' , JOBEIGN SEEBS , &C . - ' . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petersburgh and Riga ( free of duty ) .. i ' i to 45 ¦ " Archangel , 40 to 43 , Memel and Koiiigs-¦ • berg .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 45 Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 46 49 Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per last ... .. £ 24 2 G H ' eu plover ( 10 s per ctvt . and 5 per cent , ou the
duty ) 40 G 2 White ditto .. 45 68 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 31 to 33 , large ., 4 0 — Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 8 Qs , £ 9 Os , French , pev ton £ 810 , £ 910 Rape cakes ( free of duty ) ... .. .. .. £ 3 0 £ 5 5
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1341/page/3/
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