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sr rssEST WHES . ^^• Sourcoloan . true ! ^^ I ^ vonr hearts' deiiring , W gKSSS « td , »« rt : Thn . ngh . " *^ nffh oW prejudice ana folly , ^ end the tmth-c-ys deadening volley , "" Stretdl * TeU-nplifdng hand—„ Throogn " the aansers , that teset you In the taTerni solace rein : -lavai <> n the t ^ 681 ' 014 met * ' Vteeaom beckons OHt again !
„ Tbrongh " the false foes weak ensnarmg « Tbwngn " the chains of foul desire , Hearts of hope ! ana souls of daring ! Burst , like a consuming fire ! « Through the battened wall , if need be , Spite the cannon bristling o ' er ; Thongh a million ' s death decreea De , freedom ' s worth it all , and more ! wjjjt , if dangers do surround ns ! They can bring no sadder doom , Thau tne one in which they found us , At the plough and at the loom . * not living bosoms bleeding ? ' ire not factories living graresi He , who lives one day of freedom lives a thousand days of slaves !
-Vnio would shun the cannon ' s rattle , Or the bayonet ' s deadly blow ! Better sudden death in battle . Than by famine cure and slow ! TVeare men of peace and order , But , if power abuse ttSTuight , \ 7 e can chastise a marauder , And the smiter we can smite ! Tieir ' s the fault , if battles take us , On t , from slavery ' s abyss ; If they fina us trial they make us , They must Name tixmsdves for this ! What is peace , thafs base and knavish ? What is law , that ' s raised on lies ! What is life , that ' s tame and slavish .
Bat a thing that crawls and dies ; So recoiling ! no retreating ! Every soldier take his post , ¦ Jfhile the mnster-droms are beating Truth ' s alarms to Freedom's boat ! Warriors ! for the fight preparing ! Freemen ! to your colours true ! Hearts of hops I and souls of daring ! Hark ! The watchword's given : Thbough !
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TAirS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . November . Edinburgh : W . Tait . Prince ' s Street . London —Simpfein andf Marshall . " lis artiele headed "Passages in the life of a Literary Blackguard , " will disappoint those who U » v ea « ct to find in its columns revelations of any &tor recent celebrities . The" Blackguard " jjsposedis onePietro Aretino , who , in the sixteenth hentniT , contrived to gain an eminence he ill defeed . Mrs . Gore ' s " Temptation and Atonement " IT continued . "The principal reviews are " Brown's tames « n Ethics , " aud Dr . Alexander ' s " Swit-Uland and the Swiss Churches . " "We are glad to
lam from Dr . " Alexanders book that the gloomy ( inaticisni called Calvinism is exploded in its birthplace , Geneva , and is at a - iseount throughout Switxadanl An Edinburgh paper recently remarked , milmoch tenth , that "Protestantism { as the Reformation fixed it ) has lost its hold on the masses gnonslont Enrope . Whether we look to Austria « ttf France , whether we search the street * of Berlin , of GeneTa , of London , or of Edinbnrgh , the Qgtant we look beneath the surface , we find that tie operative classes have swung loose from their old jschorage . " We take the following extract from jfe Doctor ' s book : —
A SWISS GUIDE . ¦ ffe haS the disadvantage , in maMng our ascent of the Wajera Alp , to have to do it under the scorching heat of she tea , whose rays not only beat on us directly , bnt rat rfflf cted from the sides of the bent , along the face of nEch we had to move . For the first hoar the toil was almost orerpoweringi mud though we had denuded onrjiJrtsofaH garments but such as were indispensaUe , fcepetsjnrafion streamed from every pore . The first part of the ascent , hotrever . isimmeasureablvthe wont ; | rfierthat , the path lies along a comparatively gentle jflspe , where there is little climbing . Having gained this User path , we had Hme to snrvej the grand scene "which ra spread before us , and having now a little breath to hare we could indulge in conversation . Here we fonnd of
^ adcantageagui- ' e like Hichele , who could talk 5 the hem , or be as silent as au automaton , according snemskei . We found him perfectly femTiar with ( ay spot in the vast ' panorama spread before us ; and needing !; communicative even on points relative to his in afaire and circumstances . He was a great patriot iMswj—a sort of village Winkelried—had been out irtjsrin the assault upon Lucerne , and was occupied snthnaflj during bis spare hours in practising with the & , « ith-which he could perform an endless multitude f marrellons exploits , such as bitting a half franc piece . tooifGotliow for of £ snuffing a candle without extin . rishh ? it , and for aught I can tell , hitting an apple off
& ton ' s head without touching a hair . There was a jathofthegascon in him that was exceedingly racy ; iTOginle sure the patriots wonld take Lucerne as Boa as lie harvest was over . |' WhjaottaVethelongdayfor it , Miehele , I said , 'mi settle the affair now , so that we travellers may have te » feacuon of seeing one , at least , of your perpetual wolntions at an end ?' 'Ah ! Monsieur knows we must be prudent , we must jet onr crops secured first . * 'Amost commendable course certainly , for as you are are to be beaten , it is well to have something to comfort ferawhen jon come home , if you are lucky enough to Nope with Tourlives /
"Beaten , JMonsieur I bah I e ' est impossible i ITo , we iallmarch into lucerne in a week from the time we fSia our campaign . It was all a mistake last year . Men ! bah ! Monsieur doesn't know the brave B * -rnois . ' ! ad MicitJe raised his shoulders , on which Tested onr jjapacks , and strutted enmflifatre for a few paces , and p »« rntkthe point of life baton into the turf , and re-Ndinmself by exclaiming , ' A bas les Jesuits ! HonsranxpatriotesLncernois ! Vengeance vengeance !' IfcwrJSclele ; with aU his good-heartedness , and all
pIJJtMO ' of tie Jesnits , we soon found that in reward to j ^ TMriect conceptions of spiritual religion , he was comp / t dyin She dark . He was a Protestant , and in profes-*¦ " » at itast , a believer in revelation ; but bis real posi-P » M one of ntter infidelity or indiffentism . His wife , p ^ dms , was a Catholic , but he assured us they got on P *^ toget her , for she was a good woman , and he UnolSgot : 'Indeed , ' said be , « 1 of ten go to chapel pate ; not that I care for it , but it pleases her . » efl , and does she ever go to your church with
"Oh . no , Monsieur ; she is very good , but she would ¦/ Tben it appears that sbe is much more attached to ¦^ rdigidn than you are to yours . " ¦ ^ suis derate , Monsieur ; the poor woman is a *** , bat as for me , I thank G od I am more free . ' B ^ . '&ieoatere took him up , and endeavoured to ira-¦^ apra liim the necessity of sincerity and earnestness I ^ don ; but he appeared to make little impre ssion ¦ TOeS ght heart of JBchele . ¦ ^ T ^' ee , Mousifcur , " exclaimed the latter , after some Kf ^ auemptsto reason the matter with my friend , ¦ -l ! fta Protestant , and my wife is a Catholic , Ifs all ¦ j ^ e great God does not trouble himself with our V * inferences ( le grand Sieu ne s'embarrasse pas de fffc differences ) , "
?* Scotch parson calls his Swigs guide an " i « mo-3 peasant . " afHicted with " a miserable and irragl ind ifference to all religions distinctions . " It r that fte good Swiss is a much more sensig *» ijian his Scotch critic . If aU felt like honest P * le there would be no religions persecution , no t ^ Soitterness . According to our view , a more Pfned and trnly noble idea was never expressed Waltnan than that enunciated by the Swiss feZ ,. rile Great God does not tronble himself P «» httle difFerences . " It is trne Michele ^ n « s readiness to fight against the Jesuits , but t" ^ becausethe Jesuits are Catholics , bnt k ? j lJare conspirators against the rights of P *« the freedam of nations . In support of this fenTrT * " V ote the following simple enumeffl facts from Dr . Alexander ' s book : —
I _ TB £ JESUITS . Ns ^ 6 lUal S 0 nrce of disturbance in Switzerland ?*> n theBn P ^ nacy ef the Jesuits in certain of kite jTV" ^ their mcessant attempts to procure ia-N « ri « rt , These bola » restle 8 S » and unscrapBlous ^ t ^ j fiome effected a settlement in Switzerland Ntv * ** * ^ teenth century , not without great ' ^ "( r he &ce of mttch opposition from the h nsmii then * ^^ nist 0 I 7 * " tb ' country has SewT 1 tteir history in most other parts of ¦ 'W f have had setUements . It has verified k ^ p ' ° I * eticdeclarafion of the third general of ^ esB , i " * of Sorp * , — " ^ e shaU insinuate * i as om ? -r > ana B ° vern ! & wolves ; men shaU " ' Umih P do S » ° nt like the eagle , -we shall renew k ^ fett o CT tte most plausible disguises , and by l Bt Tjj * ? nloiiB means , they have effected an en . Ka $ l jj ""^ ncu which seemed the most firmly barred I'M . . J and 1 C'fif > Mn »<* M 4 'l . A .. 1 ... * . n A «» av < u 1 filovfiatJA fcl ¦¦¦¦¦
"Jl ' JJJrl " .. na W 1 CJT IUIIC CUWl * ' !* " » VJ — ^ isea ned tlleir careerof intoleranee ana s € US 2 * S \ nl ^ J ai' ^ sain and again Sob the popular iu-St 5 s mtar l ° at aSaias * them , and driven them from J . and as ofteaasthejaaYe heeneroefledthey
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have retnrned to attempt new aggressions upon human liberty , and uerpatrate new audacities against the dearest rights of the people . Their principal seat of power is Freyturg , where they have a college , and where they reign with unquestioned supremacy . In Soleure , Schwitz aud Haut Yalais , they also exist in considerable strength ' . From Freyburgh , as their centre , they Bend forth mis . sionuries whose duty it is to preambnlate thelwhole country , and by all means in their power promote the olijeots of the party ? What these objects are they do not conceal . The entire extirpation of Protestantism , the complete triumph , of Ulira-montanism in the Catholic church , the overthrew of political liberty , and the appropriation by their order of the entire work of education : these are the objects to which the Jesuits of Switzerland are at present devoting their vast resources and untiring energies . ¦ " . ' ^
In 1843 , a great association was formed under Jesuit influence , which took the name of "The Catholic League' ( Eatholisches Bund . ) This was instituted after the Reaction party , as the Jesuits adherents are called , had sustained a defeat in the Diet upon the question of penniting monasteries and nunneries to be re-established in Switzerland . No sooner was this decision given than a meeting was called of the canons of Lucerne , Uri , Schweitz , Unterwalden , Zug , and Freyburg , at Lucerne , and there , on the 13 th of September , 1843 , was originated this Catholic association . So strong was the feeling pervading its members , that it wa « even proposed that they should make a repeal of the Helvetic confederacy their
war-cry , or , at any rate , seek the seperation of the associated cantons from the rest . From this league , aa a centre , has proceeded all the reactionary effort which , of late years , has kept Switzerland in a perpetual ferment . The great objects proposed by the Catholic League , as in the firet instance to be secured , were the following : — 1 . The e . tablishment of a bishopric in St . Gall , in the hope of bringing that canton entirely under ultramontane influence ; 2 . The overthrow and annihilation of the liberal party in Talais ; and 3 . The accomplishment Of an old project , the recall of the Jesuits into Lucerne—a project which the League held to be , of all the rest , the most important .
In a country where so much intelligence and love of liberty exists among the people , as is the case in Switzerland , it is not to be supposed that schemes like th se cool'i be carried on without much opposition and leading to much popular excitement . Accordingly , wherever the Je 3 uits and the Catholic League have attempted to carry out their projects , the consequence has been civil commotion , and in seme cases , civil war . They have thrown St . Gall , heretofore one of the most quiet cantons , into fierce contention ; in Talais and Lucerne they have been the sols causes of the late insurrections and bloodshed ; and even in some of the Protestant cantons , they have not remotely led to much of the disorder of of which these cantons have been * the scene . It is imof wmen tnese cantons nave tieenme sceneii is
im-, , possible to observe the workings of this mischievous body iu Switzerland without fully assenting to the following remarks of a Swiss writer : " The Jesuits are the enemies of Switzerland , because they hate and would obliterate Swiss feeling and Swiss nationality . They are the enemies of Switzerland , because they detest and aim at Overthrowing our freedom . They are the enemies of Switzerland , b cause wherever they are they try to appropriate the rrril power , to abrogate free institutions , and to degrade the Swiss people into a condition of slaves under a priestocracy . In fine , they are the enemies ot Srtiuerlsnd , because they oppose all true intellectual education , aad would put chains on men ' s minds , that they might the more easily enslave their persons . " Every honest man , every friend to progress , every lover of libertv , will cry with honest Michele , "AbasluJeiuitsl "
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SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Novbmbeb . London : Simmsnds and Ward , Barge Yard , Bacidesbury . There are a ^ number of valuable articles in this number on the "Fisheries of New Brunswick ; " the " Trade and Commerce of Bengal ; " ihe " Revenue of New South Wales ; " and a very important article by the Editor , urging the propriety and showing the necessity of tne colonies appointing agents in London to represent their interests . Tbere are several oiher well writteu articles of a lighter character , to wit , "A Tisitto Coies'sGave , Barbadoes ; " "The Emirant , a tale of Australia ( concluded ); " " Reminiscences of Cuba ; " and an account of an " Exploring Expedition in New Zealand . " We extract the foiling interesting announcement from the Editor ' s " Note-Book : " - KB . BICHABDSOS ' 8 ANTI-SLAYERT MISSION TO THE GREAT DESERT .
We are happy to announce the arrival in London of our friend , Mr . J . Kichardsou , from Central Africa . Mr . Bicbardson has made a tour during the last 12 months of some 2 , 500 miles through the heart of the Great Desert , and besides visited all the great cities of Northern Africa . His principal object was to collect statistics on the traffic in slaves , in which he bas completely succeeded . He has also collected amass of geographical and political knowledge on the hitherto unexplored regions of the Central Sahara . In his arduous mission , Mr . Bichardson had no assistance frcm any Consul or Government . He travelled alone with a runaway slave ! The French
Scientific Missions hare employed ten years in exploring Northern Africa and the GreatDesert ; they were bached by all the power and patronage of their Government , and had a corps of officer * to aid them , and yet they have failed to obtain that new and correct information which is in possession of the English tourist , obtained by him alone , and an unsheltered wanderer in the wilds of the Great African Wilderness of stone and sand . " We unfeignedly hope that Mr . Kichardson will , atleast , receive sufficient patronage from the British public to enable him to publish his researches , with a profit that will indemnify him for the personal expenses of bis tour , —aU , we believe , that he requires from bis countrymen ,
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- ^ INDIGESTION FAMILIARLY TREATED , WITH REFERENCE TO ITS PREVENTION AS WELL AS CURE . By Jacob Diion , Surgeon . &e . London : Sherwood , Gilbert , and Piper , Paternoster-row . We must pronounce this one of the best medical boohs we ever read ; because , so far as we can see , entirely free from quackery . The great majority of medical books , while describing the symptoms and causes of disease , give but little information as to tbe means of cure or prevention ; the reader coming to the end of his book with the impression that if he would learn ought of either cure or prevention , he must betake himself to the doctor ( the author of the work he has been reading ) , tu obtain the wished
for desideratum—of course on the '' usual . terms . " Inclined , therefore , to view medical works in the light of "decoy ducks , " we are not predisposed to indiscriminately praise them ; the work before us ii , however , an exception , and well worthy of our best recommendation . The disease treated of" in this little book is so widely spread , and is productive of so much misery , that any faithful exposition of its nature and the remedies which , in all but special cases ma ; be safely resorted to , must be considered as a boon to thousands . Such an exposition the reader will find in the work under notice . We have but too good reason to entertain a " fellow feeling" for the victims of clvspepsla , ] snd WO Biul 90 . / ess that Dr . Dixon ' s work has afforded us intormation which we hope to nrotit . by .
We bare always considered it a most strange oversight on the part of medical authors to omit a glossary of the anatomical and medical terms employed by them . The werk before us contains bnt few technicalities , nevertheless those few will be stumblingblocks to some readera ; and we advise that a glossary attached to a second edition , be given in explanation . With this recommendation to the author , we heartily recommend his book to our readers .
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THE LONDON ORACLE ALMANACK FOR THE TEAR 1847 . London ; B . D . Cousins , 10 , Duke-street , Lineolns-inn-fields . In addition to the usual contents of an almanack , the London Oracle contains a deal of useful and interesting information , entitling it to an extensive sale .
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MACKENZIE'S , HISTORY OF ENGLAND . No . 1 . London : E . Mackenzie , No . Ill , Fleet Street . This is the first number of a new penny portable edition of the History of England , intended to be completed in about twenty-five numbers , and which will contain a faithful summary of the Monarchy , Aristocracy , and People ; with a chronological list of eminent and learned men , of the principal memorable events , naval and military battles , discoveries , inventions&c 4 c . &c . This is a work intended for
, , , the people , and , judging by the first number , we think will be worthy of the people ' s patronage . ^ In this number " we have an account of the "Ancient Britons , " the "Druids , " a sketch of the Roman invasions and conquests , " a " chronological list of remarkable events" from the e arliest record , to the end of the Roman power in Britain ; and " general remarks" on the state ef-Britain before and during the Roman supremacy . As a specimen of the truth-telling propensities of the author we quoted his notice of
. GEORGE . a . d . 290 Afbii 23 rd . —St . George beheaded at Lyddia . This is the tutelar saint of the English nation , the patron of arms , chivalry , and of the garter . St , George was born at Epiphania , ia Cilicia , in a fuller ' s shop . By servile arts , he became high in the Christian church . By patronage , he procured the lucrative appointment of serving the Reman army with bacon . Ha accumulated vast wealth 5 but his fraud aud corruption compelled him to fly from jastice ; and he concealed his wealth and person until his crimes were overlooked . He joined the
Arian faction of the church , and by his riches became Bishop of Alexandria . His tyranny , in compelling conversions from Heathenism , aroused the mob , who killed him , dragged bis body through the streets , and afterwards burnt it . He was made a martyr , a saint' and a Christian hero , by tbe Allans . A legendary fable of his heroism in lolling a nondescrip" animal , called a " dragon , " to save the life of a princess ,. is only put forth to give fame to bis name , and excuse to those bearing the honouredbadge of his order . We cordially recommend this work to our readers .
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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . N 0 . XU 1 I . THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . We have not room to notice many more of Southey ' s "blasphemies ; " the following ia said of George III . - Lift up your heads , ye Gates ; and je everlasting portals , Be ye life up ! for Iol a glorified Monarch approachetfa , One whoinrighteousness reigned , and religiously govern'd his people . He next lumps together " Nassau the Deliverer , " and the Stuart who "bowed his anointed head beneath the axe of rebellion . " Strange conjunction ! Amongst the " elder worthies" Southey generously allows the " rebel" Milton a place in heaven , but represents him as no longer hostile to kings and hierarchs ! - _
Hilton ' s severer shade I saw , and in reverence humbled Gazed on that soulaubh ' ne , of passion now as of blindness Healed , and so longer here to kings and hierarchi hostile He was assoil'd from tait of the fatal fruit ; and in Eden , Not again to be loBt , consorted an equal with Angels . But we must have done with this rubbish ; and now for thia " rancorous ienigaio ' s" appearance in Byron ' s "Vision . " The concluding stanza of the extract given in our last , represented the company assembled to try King George , as being interrupted by an unlocked for arrival : — At length with jostling ,-elbowing , and the aid Of cherubim appointed to that post . The devil Asmodous of tbe circle made
His way , and looked as if his journey cost Some trouble . Whea his burden down he laid , ' What ' s this f ( cried Michael , ) why , 'Us not a ghost !" " I know it , " quoth the incubus , '" but he Shall be one , if you leave tbe affair to me . Confound tbe Renegado 1 I have sprained Hy left wing , he's so heavy ; one would think Some of his works about his neck were chained . But to the point ; while hovering o'er tbe brink Of Skiddaw , ( where as usual it still rained ) , I saw a taper , far below me , wink , And stooping , caught this fellow at ; i libel—No less on history than on the Hoi / Bible . Tie former is the devil ' s scripture , and The latter yours , good Michael ; so the affair Belongs to all of us you understand , Isnatch'd him up just as you see him there , And brought him off for sentence out of hand ;
I ' ve scarcely been ten minutes ia the air—At least a quarter it can hardly be ; I dare say that his wife is still at tea . " Hero Satan said , " I know this man of old . And have expected him far some time here : A sillier fellow you will scarce behold , Or more conceited in his petty sphere ; But surely it was not worth while to fold Such wash below your wing , ABmodeus dear ! We aad the poor wretch safe ( without being bored With carriage ) coming of his own accord . < But since he ' s here , let ' s see what he has done , " "Done 1 " criedAsmodeuj , "he anticipates The very business you are now upon , And scribbles as if head-clerk to the Fates . Who knows to what bis ribaldry may run , When such an ass as this , like Balaam ' s prates , " Let ' s hear , " quoth Michael , " what he hag to say , You know we ' re bound to that in every way . ' * # * * *
The varlet was not an ill-favoured knave ; A good deal like a vulture in the face , With a hook nose and a hawk ' s eye , which gave A smart and sharper looking sort of grace To his whole aspect , which , though rather grave , Was by no means eo ugly as his case ; But that indeed was hopeless as can bo , Q jite a poetic felony ' de se . " , * * * He said—( I only give thee heads )—he said , He meant no harm in scribbling ; ' twashis way Upon all topics ; ' twas , besides , his bread . Of which he buttered both sides ; ' twould delay Too long the assembly ( be waB pleased to dread ) And take up rather more time than a day , To name bis works—he would but cite a few-Wat Tyler—Rhymes on Blenheim—Waterloo . He had written praises of a regicide ; He had written praises of all kings whatever ; He had written for republics far and wide , And then against them bitterer than ever ; For pantisocracy he once had cried Aloud , a scheme less moral than 'twas clever ; Then grew a hearty anti-jacobin—Had turn'd his coat , and would have turned his skin . Ha had sung against all battle , and again In their high praise and glory ; behadcall'd Reviewing " the ungentle craft , " and then Become as base a critic as e ' er trawl'd—Fed , paid , and pamper'd by the very men By whom his muse and morals had been maul'd ; He had written much blank Terse , and blanker prose . And more of both than any body knows . He had written Welsey ' s life;—here turning round To Satan , " Sir , I ' m ready to write yours , In two octavo volumes , nicely bound , With notes and preface , all that most allures The pious purchaser ; and there's no ground
For fear , for I can choose my own reviewers ; So let me have the proper documents , That I may add you to my other saints . " Satan bow'd and was silent . " Well , if yoa , With amiable modesty , decline My offer , what says Michael ! There are few Whose memoirs cou : d be render'd more divine , Mine is a pen of all work ; not so new' ' As it was once , but I would make you shine Like your own trumpet ; by the way , my own Has more of brass in it , sud is aa well blown . But talking about trumpets , here's my Vision ! Sovr you shall judge nil people ; yes , you shall Judge with my judgment ! and by my decision Be guided who shall enter heaven or fall ! I settle all these things by intuition , Times present , past , to come , heaven , hell , and all Like King Alfonso . When I see thus double , I save the Deity some worlds of trouble . "
He ceased , and drew forth an MS . ; and no Persuasion on the part of devils , or saints , Or angels , now could stop the torrent ; so He read the first three lines of the contents ; But at the fourth , tbe whole spiritual show Had vanish'd , with variety of scents , Ambrosial and sulphureous , ' as he sprang , Like lightning , off from his " melodious twang . " Those grand heroics acted as a spell : The angels stopp'd their ears and plied their pinions ; The devils ran howling , deafen'd , down to hell ; The ghosts fled , gibbering , for tkeir own do * minions—( For ' tis not yet decided where they dwel ^ , And I leave every man to hie opinions ;) Michael took refuge in hit trump—but lo ; His teeth were set on edge , he could not blow . Saint Peter , who has hitherto been known
For an impetuous saint , upraised his keys , And at the fifth line knock'd the Poebdowu ; Who fell like Phaeton , but more at ease , Into his lake , for there he did not drown , A different web being by the Destinies Woven for the Laureate ' s final wreath , when'er Reform shall happen cither here or there . He first sunk to the bottom—like his works , But soon rose to the surface—like himself ; For all corrupted thing are buoy'd , like corks , By their own rottenness , light as an elf , Or wisp that flits o ' er a morass ; he lurks , It may be , still , like dull books on a shelf , In his own den , to scrawl some " Life" or " Vision , " As Welborn says— "thedevil turn'd precisian , " As for the rest , to come to the conclusion Of this true dream , the telescope is gone Which kept my opticb free from all delusion . And Bhow'd me what I in my turn have shown : All I saw farther in the last confusion , Was that King George slipp'd into heaven for one . And when the tumult dwindled to a calm , I left him practising the hundredth psalm . We conclude with the following extract from Byron ' s " Notes" to his " Vision : "Mr . Southey , with a cowardly ferocity , exults over the anticipated'death-bed repentance' of tho objects of his dislike ; and indulges himself in a pleasant 'Vision of Judgment , 'in prose as well as verse , full of impious impvdenee . What Mr . Southney ' s sensations oroura may be in tbe awful moment of liaving this state of existence , neither he nor we can pretend to decide . In
common , I presume , with most men of any reflection , I have not waited for a death-bed to repent of many of my actions , notwithstanding the 'diabolical pride' which this pitifnl reaegadoin his rancour would impute to those who scorn him . Whether upon the whole tbe good or evil of my deeds may preponderate is not for me to ascertain ; but as my means and oppsrtunities have been greater , I shall limit my present defence to an assertion , [ easily proved , if necessary , J that I . 'in my degree , 'have done more real good in any one given year , since I eras twenty , than Mr . Southne ; in the whole course of his shifting and turncoat existence
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A Whalb at IIuix ;—A whale measuring 61 feel has been captured in the Humber by the crew of a fishing vessel . It was sold for £ 40 . Sir Robkrt Peel . —We understand that the right hon . baronet Las been suffering from an attack of gout . A Donkey got his Thistle . —We understand that the Earl of Stair has got the Green Ribbon of the most ancient Order of the Thistle , vacant by the death of the Marquis of Ailsa . Opbniso op the London Homoeopathic Hoarmi .. On Monday the above hospital , situated at No . 11 , Hanover-square , was publicly opened for the recep . tion of gratuitous in-patients suffering under acute disorders .
Bonding in Manchester .. — The first landing of goods at the wharf lately erected , connecting the Manchester Bonding Warehousing Company ' s warehouses , Salford , with the river Irwell , took place last week . More Food prom America . —A letter from Liverpool , ot Friday ' s date , says :- " Within the last two days , and in three vessels only , ' from America , we have the following imports : —50 , 500 bushels of wheat ; 6 , 400 barrels of flour ; 1 , 500 bushels of Indian corn : 600 casks of beef and pork ; 370 barrels of hams . Robbbrt op Plate . — On Saturday afternoon a large quantity of plate was stolen from the kitchen of the house of Mr . Fontyens , Clarendon VillaNotting
, Hill . A Lbaouer Silbnced . —John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., is now seriously indisposed , arising it is said , from an ulcerated throat . The Tories threaten to oppose Bright John at Manchester . During the nights of Saturday and Sunday sixteen prisonerswero lodged in the Birfcenbead Bridewell , out of which number there were no less than 15 Irishmen . Rural Post in France . —The Journal dela Somme gives the following curious instance of the mode in which the rural postal service is performed : — " The distance from Trevres to Famechon is about a quarter of anjhour ' a walk , but Trevres'belongs half to the department of the Somme , and half to that of
the Pas-de-Calais . Ihe latter is nearest Famechon , which also belongs to the Pas-de-Calais . Now , if a letter be written to a friend at Trievres-Somme , it performs the following circuit : —From Famechon it goes first to Pas , 1 kilometre ; from Pas to Labret , 10 ; from Labret to Arras , 16 : from Arras to Aliens , 60 ; from Amiens to Doullens , 28 ; from Poullens to Acheux , 16 ; andjrom Acheux to Thievres , 10 making a total of 141 kilometres , or thirtyfive leagues , for a service , the real length of which is a quarter of a league . " Consultation per Teltsgb ^ h . —The services of the electric telegraph between Norwich and Shoreditch were put into requisition on Thursday in a
novel manner , being made the means of communicalion between a physician in London and his patient in the former place . On Wednesday Dr . L , a celebrated obstetric physician , was sent for from London to attend a lady , lying there in a dangerous state : on hia return to town , he left instructions to the medical attendant to convey information of tho state of the patient the next morning by means of the telegraph . This was promptly done on Thursday morning , and the perscription was as promptly returned . This , it would appear , was repeated more than once , the services of the telegraph being continued for four boun , Unhappily the telegraph completed its com * munications by announcing the death of the lady . — Essex Herald .
The exportation of British gunpowder was formerly prohibited , but such restrictions has been discontinued for some years past , and at the present time a French bark is lying at Erith , in the river Thames , loading with this destructive material . It will take in a cargo of 4 , 000 barrels , which has been supplied by Messrs Hall , the gunpowder manufacturers of Davington , near Fayersham . Lokd Mayor ' s Day . —The line of the pageant will be from Guildhall alonz King Street . Cheapside , Poultry , Cornhill , Gracechurch Street , King William Street , Arthur Street , to Fishmongcr ' 3 Hall , London Bridge , when his Lordship and the civic authorities will embark and proceed to Westminster Hall , returning from thence to Black friars Bridge . Sis George Carroll , the Lord Mayor elect , will commence the proceedings at the Mansion House PoiicettCourt , every day during his mayoralty , at ten o ' clock instead of twelve , as at present .
Pnysic Gardens ai Chelsea . —The company of apothecaries have appointed Mr . Fortune as curator of their gardens at Chelsea , in room of the late Mr . Anderdon , F . L . S . Sir Henry Potiinoer Ins been appointed , in addition to the office of the Governor of the Cape ot Good Hope , the ; "Queen's High Coiums 3 sioner for settling and adjusting the affairs of the Eastern and North-eastern frontier of the colony . A Railway Example . —The second class railway carriages in France are well lined and padded , with cushioned seats , glass windows , ami lamps tor the tunnels , quite equal to many of the English first class . Sporting Pahsms . —The game list shows that 75 of the Yorkshire clergymen have taken out certificates to kill game .
1 he Famous Oak at Ribbesford , Worcestershire , was destroyed by the late equinoctial gales . It had been in existence about eight centuries . Sea-Gulls . — -During the prevalence of the equinoctial gales , several sea-gulls were shot in the ponds in Yorkshire far inland . Ripe RAsrcBiiiiiES . —There is now in the garden of Mr , Thompson , York , a fine crop of ripe raspberries . Rather Tall . —A chimney was finished at Wigan , last week , one hundred and forty yards high , and contains nearly a million of bricks Tait ' s Magazine . —It h not true , although reported by several of our contemporaries , that Tait ' s Magaziie lias been disposed of , and that the purchasers are Messrs , A . and C . Bkck ^ Edinbur gh Adver > User .
Sale at Ford Abbey , —The arras tapestry in the grand saloon at Ford Abbey , Dorsetshire , the seat ot the late Francis Gwyn , E * q ,, was s"ld on Wednesday last , by Mr . English , ol Bath , to Mr . George Miles , the purchaser of the Ford Abbey Estate , for £ 2 , 200 . A Night ox a Rock . —During the stormy weather last week , a clergyman at Scarborough set out with the intention of walking to Filcy by the sands and rocks . Having got a considerable distance , he found it impracticable to proceed further , and attempted to return ; but the tide bad flowed so high he could not succeed . He remained on the rock all night . The Hessians . —Great numbers of Hessians are at thepresont time in the United States in a starring condition .
A Gluttonous Brute . —A fellow named Evans , ontheoccasiouof the late election at CrahorcUard , Kentucky , in presence of all who were about the polls , made his dinner on fourteen chickens , drank forty cups of coffte , nine pints of whisky , and ate ginger cakes and other things in proportion , and called for more chickens . Significant !—It is said that Mr . Hudson recently entered into a contract to purchase an estate for £ 800 , 000 , but has preferred to pay a forfeit of something under £ 10 , 000 . The English Popess . —In a work sanctioned by the head ot the Church of England is described as at once a Queen and a Popess ( Papessa ) , The Chinese Collection . —This very curious collection will very shortly be removed from the metropolis , the proprietors being about to exhibit the contents in the various large towns and oitje ? of the country .
An Old Almanack . —There is in the British Museum on almanack , written on papyrus , nearly 3 . 000 years old , which , having been used hysnme Egyptinn of the olden time , was buried with him . A Set or Fools . —According to the Gloucester Journal , General Tom Thumb was nearly kissed and caressed to death by the gentle fair ones ot Str . uid . Consistent—Vkky !—The Philadelphians are rigid and vwy consistent ; oyster cellara are not allowed to be open on Sundays ; but any numbor of mob fights are permitted ; hence the inference that oysters are more dangerous than mobs .
Giund Mrxioah Aloe . —This raagnihcenfc plant , recently in flower at the Colosseum , has now upon it some thousand young aloes , each bud after flowering produced a new plant ; it may , therefore , be recurded as an extraordinary horticultural curiosity , differing in this respect from every species of aloe before known to flower in England , and it is presumed to be the only specimen of the sort ever brought from the South American wilderness to Europe . A Numerous Family . —The present Emperor of China has several hundred children , and tUe Peking Gazette , the court journal , occasionally containa accounts of riots and disturbances at the palace , aris ing from disputes among the heirs as to who shall be the next Emperor .
Somkthtng Wonderful . — The Impartial de Smyme , of the 10 th ult ., says : —A few days since a shark was caught near Ch&rae , weighing nearly twenty-six quintals . On opening the monster , the corpse of a man- unmutilated and dressed , was found in his belly . " Great Scullers' Match for Two IIuxdrred Pounks . —A match , which excites considerable interest in the aquatic circles , has been made between IleHry Clasper , the celebrated sculler , and Anthony Maddison , to row on the river Tyne , on the 16 th inst . Opposition to tub Proposed City Improykmbnts —The Farringdon-Withoutonians are " in arms " against the proposed outlay of the corperation funds in the formation of a new street .
The Most Extraordinary Passages on Record . —The new Clyde ship Deogaum , built by Messrs . W . Simon , and Co ., sailed from Greenock the 22 nd of September , 1815 ; arrived out in Calcutta in ninety days ; sailed again the 28 th of January , and arrived at Greenock the 19 th of May ; loft there again tho 13 th of June , and was out at Calcutta on the 12 th of September ; thus making the three pussages , including the time in port , in 355 days . _ Soss ov Iuiuuim Pacha at Worksop . —Two of
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the sons of Ibrahim Pacha are bow under the care of Dr . Heldenmaier , president of the PestaloKian sohool , at Worksop , ia Nottinghamshire . feBRTB him BioHi , —An officer in the Pacha ' s army was lately shot at Pompey ' s Pillar , for having mur-• ewete W ha " ging her for the 8 ake of lier ? f c ^ fi ^ T ! R ° T " ^"" WB—Eat them before they begin to decay - ( American paper . ) Prbth WBLL .-The " Nouvelliste , " of Marseilles , states that , a Jew days ago , a female of that city wa 3 safely delivered of a bay and three girls , who are with the mother , all doing well . > » » M ^ M ^^^ fc ^ w ^^^ B ^ t
Great Inundation in Sicily . —On the night of the 30 th of September , a tempest of wind and rain ravaged the Melazzo and Marsala . A terrible flood . ravaged the former town . The inhabitants were surprised in their sleep ; trees , sheds , and houses were carried away , and a hundred persons perished . Captain Warner's Long Ranoe . —Colonel Chalmers , R . A ., attended by Captain Warner , has just selected the range oCmarsh required for the purpose on the each side of the Essex coast , suitable to the occasion , where no danger can arise from such experiments . Pirates . —It is rumoured that seven large pirate vessels have been destroyed by an English man-ofwar coming from Singapore , and bound to Borneo . The Cholera . —Letters from Trebizonde to the 28 th Sept . state that the cholera had passed the line of the Russian quarantine en the Caspian , and was ravaging the districts of Salgan and Leukeran . Ia
the towns west of the Caspian the mortality was great , from dysentery and other diseases considered forerunners of she Asiatic cholery . The inhabitants of Teheran have been reduced from 80 , 000 to 60 , 000 by this dreadful scourge . Floods in Italy . —The heavy rains which have fallen lately have occasioned' in Italy and Piedmont , very disastrous inundations . In the Alps , the torrents have become suddenly so swollen as to prevent in several places all communication between France and Italy . According to a letter from Nice of the 20 th ult ., there had been heavy falls of vain tor several successive days which has caused the rivers to overflow , and several bridges to be demolished . Death ojp Mb . P . M . Stbwart , M . P . —This gentle * man expired at the residence of his mother . Lady Stewart Carnock , Falkirk , N . B ., oh Friday morning last , at eight o ' clock , after a painful and protracted illness .
Inundation in Switzerland , — The Rcuss has overflowed its banks , and inundated . the vast valley of Reuss , in which there are 11 villages The Celebrated Viennesk Danckrs . 48 in number , under the direction of Madame Weiss , sailed a few days ago in the packet-ship Yorkshire , Captain Bailey for New York , Great Trotting Match for £ 50 . —On Tuesday the match between Mr . Robson's grey horse and Mr . Baker ' 8 brown mare , to trot two miles in harness for £ 25 aside , came off at . Wimbledon Common , The mare won . The Ichabob Mummy . —After making the tour of Lancashire and Scotland , the relic of humanity lias found a resting place at the Cosmorama , Regentstreet .
Dbath of Marshall Bourmont . —Accounts have been received of the death of Marshall Bourraont , at his ^ chateau in Anjou . The Marshall was 73 years of age , Importation of Flour Duit Free . —Leopold , King of the Belgians , has decreed that till the 1 st of December , 18 d 6 , flour of all kinds originating in countries out of Europe are declared i ' reo from duty when imported into the kingdom . 4 The Chinbksg Gazbitb is the oldest paper in the world , and is supposed to have b"en commenced several hundred years before the discovery of printing in Europe . Cost of Cleanliness . —A writer in the" Builder " estimates the laundry expencea of the metropolis at five millions per annum , and proposes the formation , of an extensive washing company . ( What is to become of the laundresses ?)
1 'uncb ' s Statue . '—A Mr . Livington has opened a new inn at Hull , which he has called the " Punch , " Hotel . The town lias been greatly amused by s colossal and grotesque figure of Punch attended by his dog Toby , which has been erected oulsid e . A Startling Incident for the Great Novel * Grisdhr . —The celebrated French novelist , Alexander Dumas , who with his father and a party of friends , eight altogether , set off a few days since to visit Teledo and Aranjues , on their way to Andalusia , had a near escape from being robbed and probably murdered , on the road from Toledo to Aranjuez . Jewish Colonies . —A letter from Posen , of the 17 th , states that an association formed in that place , under the patronage of the King of Prussia , for establishing Jewish colonies , has purchased land to the value of 624 , 000 fr .
The Ipswich and Bury Railway is rapidly approaching completion . A Stbanob Visitor . —On Monday , one of those rare birds , the bittern , was shot on Wandswortb . Common . Fatal Accident is thb Reobnt ' s Canal . —On Tuesday , a lad about fourteen years of age was amusing himself by what is termed running the barges , near the Kentish Town lock , when he lost his footing , was precipitated into about twelve feet of water , and was drowned .
Extraordinary Scbnb . —At a meeting of the vestrymen of St . Pancras , held on Monday last , those " potent , grave , and reverend signors" amused themselves for tho space of an hour in investigating a charge against a man named Pike , of having " chucked" a vestryman's servant girl under the chin ! Ultimately the unfortunate Pike was acquitted . . Fatal Effects of British Cholera . —At Torhouse Moor , by Wigton , Cormick Flanigan had been confined to bed for about eighteen month * , when , in September , his family were attacked with British cholera , and himself and lour of them have since died . There are still four more of this family lingering under t . h \ 3 complaint . Nkw Opera . —Mr . Frederick Bowen Jesson , the celebrated pianist and composer , is at present engaged in producing an opera , founded on the story of Amy Robsart , the herione of Sir Walter Scott ' s Kenilworth .
Tns Cyclops Frigate , and Steam Ship Pottinger on Share . —These vossels grounded off Cowes , on Sunday morning last , during the fog . Both were got off again without damage . Military Pbnsioners . —On Saturday , the north division of the Chelsea oufc-pensioners , under the command of Captain Carr , completed their drill in Regent ' s Park . The expected field-day is postponed till the 13 th oi November , when , should the weather be favourable , all the divisions will be inspected in Hyde Park by the Commander-in-Chief . Ninb Hundred Poudns . —Stolen , or Lost , f » ora the coat-pocket of Mr . H . Aldhouse . of No . 37 , MarystreetM Kingsland-road , Shorcditeh , between that and Bishonsgate Church , Bishopsgate-street .
Public Batus and Washhouses in Liverpool . —On , Wednesday morning the new public batba and washhouse * , just completed by the wealthy corporation of Liverpool , for the benefit of the working classes , and for the improvement of the sanitary condition of the poor , were thrown open to the public for inspection . An Association for the Reduction of the Duties on Tea , is now fully organised . The Frkncii Government has decided that all its ' civil functionaries , i . « ., all its clerks and such people , shall wear a distinguishing uniform . Tub Glove Trade of Worcester has been reduced to a lower ebb durin ? tho past month than it has fjeen known to have reached for years .
Tub Exr . jisrATioN of British Gunpowder was formerly prohibited , but ; such restriction has been discontinued for tome years past , and at the present time a French barque is l ying at Evan , in the riyer Thames , loading with thia destructive Blah-rial . A New Park Entrance . —Workmen arc nployed in forming a new public entrance , leading from Gros * venor-place on to Constitution Hill , Green Park , at the north end ( if the private gardens of Buckingham Palace , and nearly opposite Tattursall ' s . The Carpet Trade of K'd'Jemiiister , which had somewhat revived dining the month of August and September , has declined again to so low an ebb that the first houses are now only working tour days aweck .
Railway Accidknt . —On Monday morning , the stoker of a lugsiage train , named Ilagan , on the Brighton and Chichester Railway , had his arm broken in a shocking manner by the wheel of the engine . Explosivk Invention . —A letter from Vienna states that Dr . Heller , of that city , has prepared tow in the same way as has been lately done for cotton , and that its explosive force is far more considerable , Putiiiv of Election . —The Bristol Times snys that the diuagrawnent between Lord Fitzliardinge and his brothers may be attributed to the influence of a fair and artful Delilah . A pretty state of things that allows fair and artful Delilahs to return county and city members ! Ank-Slivbry Lscturbs . — Messrs . Lloyd Garrison , George Thompson , and Frederick Dou-lass are expected m Iuverness , in the course of their antislavery mission .
Short Time Movement . —We observe that the hafc ters , drapers , and c « othiers of Ayr , have agreed to shut their places of business in the " evening at seven o ' clock . Atmospheric Railway betwixt Paisley and Glasgow . —It is proposed to construct a railway , to be workedon the atmospheric principle , between theabove cities . Silvio Pbllico , whose name is so well known in Europe , by tli < j account of his sufferings , is now on a visit to M . de Lamartinc , at his chateau in .. Burgundy . A Thikf Cauoht . —The clerk , Cowap , who absoonded Irora Wingate Colliery with a large sum of money belonging to Lord Howden , has been arrested at Ghent by the Belgian Consul here , with the property iu his possession .
AusnuMA . v Discoveries . —A supplement extraordinary of the Swan River News , published in London , mentions the discovery oi coal , and of a new port iu Western Australia .
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FlYE-SoYERrau Pieces—Some tive-sovereign pieces have lately been struck at the Royal Mint by Mr . Wyon the senior medalist , and though as yet but in the hands of a few of the authorities , and not consequently in public circulation , they stand as a portioao . fthe coin of the realm ; but whether they will be called out for general use immediately or otherwise , the government have not decided . In point of size it bears resemblance to a crown piece , but otherwise , irrespective of value , it is much neater
in detail . The obverse displays a representation of her majesty , and the reverse the figure of her Majesty as Una , so beautifully described by Spencer , guarded by the lion ( standard of England ) , and holding the sceptre . Mystery and Confusion . —A mother and daughter being together in this county ( Westmorland ) , were brought to bed on the same day , of each a son . In the bustle of the moment both babes were placed in a cradle , and , to the confusion of the mothere , when the youngsters were taken from the cradle , the nurses were unable to tell which was the mother s and which the daughter ' s son ! A matter which , of course , must for ever remain a mystery .
Shakespeare ' s HousE .-Dieel , October 23 d , at Stratford- ' 6 n-Avon , Mrs . Court , aged 15 ; forupwards of twenty years tho occupant and exhibitor of the house in which the immortal Shakspeare "firstsaw light . —By the death of Mrs . Court , tho owner of the house , that property will be disposed of ( according to the will of her late husband . ) In this celebrated house he was born and educated ; there he married his wife , Anne Hathaway , and spent the latter part of his days and was burried ( as is . universally known ) , in the chancel of his native parish church . Fortwate Discovery op Bank Notes Auountino to £ 300 . —During the last Newmarket Races , Mr . Samuels , the resident engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway , entered a first class carriage at the Cambridge station for the purpose of returning to
London , and on his journey he kicked his foot against something lying under one of the seats . On stooping to see what it was , he found that it was a pocket-book , containing Bank notes and cheques to the amount of £ 299 . From the name on thecheques , the _ owner was discovered , and on the arrival of the train in London , the book , with its . valuable contents , was restored to him by Mr . Samuels . Astonishino Fkat . —The Davenpoit Telegraph says : —On Thursday evening , one of the most extraordinary feats we ever remember to have witnessed , was performed by a man named Irvine . A rope was stretched from the lamp at Stonehouse Bridge to a pole on the opposite side , a distance of about 400 feet . The rope was about 80 feet from the water , and he engaged to walk across it , executing his task amidst the cheers of at least 2 . 000
SDeetators . A Funny Cancidatb for the Stirling BuRons . —As the fol ' ovfinc ; address to tne electors of the Stirling burghs , by Mr . Henderson , of Westerton , which is now going the round of the papers , is rather unique and out of the common run , we give a place — "Gentlemen—As there ia nothing like a good entry for the M . P . stakes , 1 have the pleasure of joinin the ruck with the sincerity of honest principlespolitical ? I hitherto have had none ; but being a new broom , I should try to sweep clean if I was intrusted with your many and valuable interest * , and only told from time to time , what you wanted . I should then , leave no stone unturned , by fair means , if possib ' e , to gain your point . It may be well to give a short sketch of one ' s life to inform
some of the electors . I then have the pleasure of stating that I have been studying men and manners , and things in general , in parts of three quarters of the world—in India , the Mediterranean , and Nova Scotia , ami also Home Stations , for twenty-one years and have now turned my bloodless sword into a ploughshare , or political new broom , as the case may be , and free of a )! prejudices and incumbrances , social or otherwise . But as there is nothing so bad as an empty compliment , I shall wait impatiently for your acknowledging this , my maiden address , before I fix on a scries of dinners in the district for us to arrange and discuss our political catechism , " A Hint to the Lnndloros . — " There is no foundation in nature or in natural law , why a set of words on parckment should convey the dominion of land . "—Blachtone .
Hands Off . —Kissing other people ' s wives is a hazardous business . We see by the Louisville papers that a reverend gentleman there has been held to bail in 500 dollars for kissing the wife of a pretty Frenchman , one of his tenants , when he went to receive his rent ; and a correspondent of the Boston Traveller , writing from Newbery-port , gives another illustration . Death of a Miser . — The * V ? w Orleans Time * mentions the death in that city of an Italian named Roscende , who had served as a city watchman there for the last 26 years . lie was a miser in his habits , and at his death left an estate of from 25 , 000 dollars to 30 , 000 dollars . . . Honesty its own Reward . —An American paper says : — " The man who lost his eyesight by reading a borrowed newspaper baa recovered it again since he became a subscriber . "
a oes of Leading Politicans . —The Duke of Wellinaton is 11 ; Lord Lyndhurst , ' 74 ; Daniel O'Connell . 9 * 2 ; Joseph Huiae , 70 ; the Duke of Rutland , 68 : Lord Brougham , 67 ; Colonel Thompson , 63 ; Earl Fitz-villiam , 60 ; Sir Robert Peel , 58 ; the Duke of Devonshire , 56 ; Sir James Graham , 54 ; Dr . Bowrinj ; , 53 ; the Duke of Richmond , 53 ; Lord Stanley . 46 ; Earl Grey , Lord Morpeth . and Lord George Bentinck , are each 44 ; Sir W . Moleaworth is 30 . Ladies' Bustles . —A committee of the Essex
county . New Jersey , Fair , it seems , has recommended to favourable notice , a certain India rubber lady ' s bustle , a new invention , intending to answer the double purpose of an article of dress and a life preserver ; and they pronounce the affair in their opinion worthy of a diploma . —A « iw York Express . ™ Beware !—Mias Fly , of Massachusetts , has recovered three hundred and sixty-three dollars of Mr . Frost , for a breach of promise of marriage . He courted her for one year , and the jury allowed a dollar per day .
The Best Yet . — ' My dear Polly , I am surprised at your taste in wearing another woman ' s hair on your head , ' said Mr . Smith to his wife . ' My dear Joe , I am equally astonished that you persist in wearing another sheep ' s wool on jour back . There now . Poor Smith sneaked . Thr Business of Nations is like the business of individuals ; it requires the employment of stipendaries to carry it on lor the good of the master and his family . That is the only objeofc and end of management ,, whether of a family or of a nation . — hampderis History of the Aristocracy of England . Indians visiting the American President . —The Union , noticing the arrival at Washington , of a delegation of Winnebago Indians , says : —They are twentv-three in number , and tbe finest-looking , best
and most appropriately dressed and painted bands of Indians we have ever seen . The President receivedand welcomed the delegation in his usual bland and courteous manner . Shaw-go-nik or Little Hill orator of the delegation , said , the Winnebagoes had heard the voice of their Great Father along dis tance off-that their Father , the governor of Iowa and their agent had informed them that their Great Father wished to see a delegation of their people on business—that the chiefs and braves now here were chosen to represent the Wihnebago nation—that the principal chief , "Wen-ne-shick , " was now very old and infirm , and could not accompany the delegation , but his brother was here in his place . Ihe agent ( Gen . Fletcher ) then announced that the brother of Wen-ne-shich , had brought a pipe from the old chief for the President * which he desired now to present .
Ah-hoozhib-kaw , a young chief , then rose , and after making a pertinent little speech , in which he called the pipe Ihe " emblem of peace and friendship , sent by the Great Spirit to the red map , " he presented it to the President . He had previously charged the pipe with their favourite Pin-ne-kin-icJr , and lighting it , desired the President to smoke . —The pipe was then passed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs , and to all the Indians , and in the circle around the room , each taking a whiff as a mark of good will . Magisterial Logic . —Magistrate to Gentleman . —Your offence , sir , is most atrocious , and cannot in any way be justified , You have nearly killed one man , and seriously injured another . Your conduct was moat brutal , and dererves to be reprobated with the strongest punishment . I shall , " therefore . " inflict upon you the penalty of five shillings . —Vide the paperd every day . —Punch .
Pedestrianhm Extraordinary . — On Monday young Mountjoy performed the following extraordinary fete within one hour , at the Northumberland Cricket Cilub Ground , in Newcastle : —Walked forward one mile , ran one mile , trundled a hoop half a mile , hopped on one leg 200 yards , ran backwards 200 yards , picked up with his mouth forty eggs , placed a yard apart , without touch in ? the ground with his knees , or ihe eggs with his hand * , and afterwards despositing them in a bucket of water without breaking any of them , and finally leaping over twenty hurdles placed ten yards apart . Nothing New under the Sun . — Professor Otto Von Fogginkopf , tho well-known Greek professor of Gottingen , has pointed out that the ancients were certainly acquainted with gun-cotton . The shirt of Nessus , which burnt poor Hercules to death ,, must evidently have been made of this combustible . — Punch .
A Good Man Gone . —From an American journal we recorded under this title last week the death by drowning of a man in whose pocket was found a receipt for payment of his newspaper ! It was a credit payment for a year past , and we have since ascertained that the breast pooket containing it was the first that floated . All the printers in our establishment taink that if he had had . another receipt for ayear in advance in the other breast pocket , he —might have floated as secure as a tub . The strictest orders have recently been given by her Majesty to all the royal servants , that if any one of the name of Louis Philippe should call , they are to be sure to say her Majesty ia " not at home . "Punch ^ Z ^ Z
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1391/page/3/
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