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THE BLTJEJSTED JCJGEL . ( rsox tee rxrscB of bi 3 a > gke . ) Xa 3 v , jottr charms a loftier Terse demand I Then Ms revolted angels braved the Lord , ind , crushed , confounded , "by his red right-hand , Their hanghlj foreheads-quailed beneath Ms ward la ihat discomfiture , one gentle jonth , Jiaple yetiair , a bright consoler bore . * "I-was his sweet harp , his soul ' s remorse to soothe—Sm 3 e on me , Uue- € jred angel , evermore 2 Th' infernal pit -Kith hideous lsachter TOai'd ,
"When , loathing - all tliat proud and impions i 2 rron £ , The -weeping anjrel ionefaed the trembling chord , TThUe heart-felt penitence inspired his song . God heard ; and snatched Mm from that noisome den . And bade him on the gjobe Ms mnsie "Dour , 3 b srrief-and Jot to charm the sons of meng -mil p on me , blne-eved aneel , erermore I To 11 = ie Ssvf , and -waved his raSed -wings , lite the vexM plumage of some sionE-drench'd bird O ' er earth , entranced , the new-born music rings , By ¦ wondering nations each sweet strain is heard . XrHrioa's voice "wasmusic ; everv nind Io heaven ' s ear the pious accents bore ; Tfc = altars flame by genius -was refined—^> n- He on at , Wne-ered aTlgd . « amore !
As 3 boutlt-ssJy did Leu , -with jealous ra ^ e , PnrsTie fhi < angel rescued from his fell ; To savage -mq-n hebronght the golden age , And bearded tyrants in their gilded hall . And -while earth smiles -with joj where ' er lie flies , Tainins -with love ih' inhospitable shore , God rhriTiTce him ibr each tearfnl eje he fiiies—Smile on me , blne-eved angd , evermore 2 0 ! who * an tell me vrhere he last was seen ? Or has kind heaven the exile's doom repealed ? Lady , whose voice has my consoler been , In you that blessed angel is revealed ; rresh-bnddingflow ^ ets grace your youth ' s bright spring
And beauty clothes you from its precious store ; T 6 r a high flight von spread a -rirorous "wing Smile on me , blue-eyed angel , evermore ! ^ Z'S ' ifoirgh TTeeJAy tt&nster .
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^ S 05 G OP 7 EE CHEAP erSTOiEER . Hurrah for cheap clothing . ' 1 want not to know How the work or material was got ; 3 : the article ' s good and the figure is low , For the v&erqore I care not a jot . ilaie me out to encourage oppression and rice , On mv beggarly meanness enlarge;—Ha' 1 get a whole snit at one hah" of the price A respectable tailor wonld charge . Hurrah for the Saiony coat superfine , -Which ! buy for about two pounds ten ' If Theii furnished the cloth , 'tis no business of mine , 3 i Starvation the stitching . —what rben ? Hurrah £ > -r the trousers of brst kersevmere , And th * gay satin vest at thirteen . ' To employ any tradesman , although he is dear ,
AH because he is ionest , —how green ! And harrah for the shirt for whose purchase 1 pay From a couple of shillings to "three , "W rvaghi by famishing 5 eed at a farthing a da ^ ; "HTiat on earth can that matter to me ? Ail I want is to dress at the smallest expense , In a » . «• tylish a way as I can , Li ' k-t a practical , straightforward , plain , common sens * , Economical , j-roTidcnt man . ThrtT z *> clothe me Hi- ? < 3 cin 5 inr &H'i '^ sriznl i ~ T combine , 1 > a Kiel 1 don ' t ponder ilx . ut . An . 1 that th ' - 'iisaT'li in CTmsrer and ivreu-ieilness pine . 1 rr-sur'l zh ? ir rmpl-. > yer «*! . » -ik--at Tv ]' rt > rurr all my c-. od" at tbr ! o » w ofsh ' . 'ps 1 :- thr our-- tha ! 1 nirna ! ¦¦; ur- 'Jr : Ttrij hurrah v-t iow Tail--r- lr-l ~ r-Ilrrr "i si" !** ' £ *¦ -h-. - n-atbt-n . it « r » -r . vr , » -w ' ¦¦
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CuNISGSBT : or , THE NEW OE-XERATIOX Bt B . I / IsE-jsu ^ I-P . London : toiburn , Great Marlboroasii-streei . ( C ontinued from the y-jrthem Star ( Dec . 7 th " i . Chapter vli . of Conincsl-y -opens with some apposite reSections on the course pursned by " the Lhike " in taking office , under the hopeless circumstances ¦ srhith . surrounded Kim * r-K and party in the " crisis " treek of 1 S 32 . The efforts of the " Duke savoured t- raiher of restlessness than of enerev , " and "
terminaied under cxreumstanees "which "were Tnrtnfliring to the CnnsTi , and painfully significant of the israre poatiozz of the House of hords in the new consiitutional scheme . " On these reflections Mr . Disraeli grounds an estimate of the "Waterloo victor w - « niy flattering to Ms Grace ' s character as a statesman . " It is remarkable , " * says our author , " that Bt-n celebrated for military prudence are often found to W headstrons statesmen . " Of the truth of this , 3 Ir . D * Israeli holds the Duke to be a remarkable Es-tration .
XXTC 3 O-S Or TTTT " 1 ! TTT " . » T 1 1 Tht- HtjijTrQ p&rtX i trholiad been raihta- stcpified than ipj > al : rd by the accepted mission of the Dnke of Wellington , collected their scattered senses , and rallied their forcts . The ajitaiors harangued , the mobi hooted . The CI ? y ofLondon , as if the King had again tried to seize the irvr mttcbcTS , appointed a permanent committee of the C-jnimoa CoacaJ to -watch ihsr forrone-s of ih « - " great nati-TTia ] iKt-asure-, "' and to report daily . Brookes ' , which ¦* i > the on ]\ place that at first was really frightened and lilkrd of vrmpromise , grew valiatit again ; while young "K"iar herc > e > jumped upon club tables , and delivered fiery is .- -rctive ? . Emboldened by these demonstrations , the * Ev 3 . ~ - of Ciamnons satt ia great force , and passed a vote , ¦ jtiich ftracli , iritcODt disjniise , a : si } ri-val pe-wcrs in the 5 tit ^ : vi rf-nniH- announced its suprtmacv : revealed the ijrivra pyrftion of the House of Lords tinder the new irrdnceinmt : and seemed so lav t \ r evrr ihv fluttt-rine
jr . iir -. jni vi resal prerogative . * * Fr > . n 3 ihat moment power -passed from the House o L- ' . t-I * to Biioiher assembly . But if the peers have ceaset : ¦ :. It magnincues . may it not also haj-pen . that the Sove .-rei ^ s njaT r « i 5 r to be a Doge ? It is not impossible tha ' tbr j-s 4 iti « i ] morements of our time , which set-m on ths rrriiCe to have a tendency to democracy , have in realiti £ ?¦ ¦ sarti 5 cal bias . JRTiat evidence Mr . D'Israeli may be in possessioi of . on which to ground the faneif p l opinion that pre sect political movements "iaTe in reafityamonar thical bias , ^ we know not . Bnt , jadpng of thes < movfements with our own -anderstairdins , we cannoi fcn . come to an opinion , the opposite of that put fortl by Mr . li'Israeli . Certainly , -srhile the history o tie last rsrelye rears has exhibited the povrerlessnes
OJ the Lords , no erent "which has occurred duringthat p > eriod has shown an increase of power on the part of the Sovereign . The monarch , heretofore the tool of the Peers , is aow the puppet of the ( so called ) Cominon ? , stripped of eyery xestige of power and independence . * The " Bed-chamber Plot" of 1835 , it is sow known , -jras not the "work of the Sovereign , but ' cf the Whigs ; and that afiair , instead of strength- j esine , most seriously damaged the position of the ' " an-rust personage "so unscrupulonsly made use of j by a base and characterless faction . "VVe beg to assure j Mr . D'israfcli that "the political movements of our tone « tend to democracy . " Teneration of hereditary ' irands is fast disappearing , and the dav Is coming vhen the abortions produced by the hereditary printiple must give "way to the men of mind , the offspring W the
demoeraev" "When sense an * worth o ' er a' the earth 5 hall bear the gree an' a' that . " Ad < 3 vain will be the efforts of even the " new generation" to prevent the coming of that day . Mr . DT .= raeli ' s ideas on the R . eform question de-S ? rve quoting : ro ? rxii si ? iz = rsTiTios . Oe car iiaxid it Tras maintained , that xm'ler the old lystem tbt- people were virtually represented ; while , on tfcr other , it wa * trinmphanily urged , that if the principle 1 t * conceded , the people should not be virtually , but ae- , tsaBy represented . But who are the people ? Andj where ar ? tod io dra-nr a line ? And whv shonld there be I * EJ ? It was urged thai a contribution to the taxes was j ¦ &t constitutional qualification for the suffrage . Bnt we h » ve established a svstem of taxation in this conntrv of so
xem&rkable a nature , that the beggar who chews his quid * s he sweeps a crossing , is contributing to the imposts . Is he to have a vote i He is one of the people , and he yields las quota to the public burthens . I Here are truths enunciated which xhe factions * iD not be pleased to hear . Our readers are not -Skdy to disagree "with the following .
rsivxxsAX srrriiG £ . la treating the House of the Third Estate as the Houa d the People , and not as the Bouse of a privileged elass ^ e iEniytr ; and Parliament of 1 S 31 virtually concedec *^ principle of Universal SnSrsge . In this ; point of vie ? «» : ten ^ Kmnd franchise "was an arbitrary , irratioiial , an ( II 2 > olitic gualification . It had , indeed , the merit of sim Ifir ity , and so had the constitutions of Abbe Sieves . Bu 33 launediate and inevitable result was Chartism . But how would Mr . D'Israeli treat the question He objects to the principle conceded by the Whip f s is , therefore , not likely to join the Chartists u "leir attempt to cam out that principle .
THXFOrS XST . 13 XS . ^ Then the crowned Korthman consnlted on the welfar ti Us ki ngdom , he assembled the Estates of his realm Sow ^ negtjrte is a class" of a . nation invested with politi «* ^ 3 ghtE . There appeared tbe estate of the clergr , o ht barons , of other classes . In the Scandinavian king floras to this day , the estate of the peasants sends its re J ^ ssentatives to the Diet . In England , -under the 2 f or ^ as . the Church and the Baronage were invoked , toge * "er -Kith the estate of the Community , a term which thei J * t > bably described the inferior Tiolders of land , "ffhosf tea wag not immediate of the Crown . This Third Es * was so numerous , that convenience suggested iti ^ I * arafcce by representation ; while the others , mon ^^^^ 4 speared , and Etni appear , personally . Th « ^ nrd Xstate -was reconstructed as circumstances deve-^ PfcdthemselTBs . It -was a Beform of Parliament whei » e tenms -were summoned .
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pn tMs principle Mr . D'Israeli would hare reconstructed the Third Estate . This , we know , is a favourite idea with more than one well-meaning public character . Mr . Oastler , than whom a truerMend of the -werking man exists not . cliiiirs to this idea . He would have the nobles , the clergy , the middle class , and the "working order , each directly represented in the National Assembly . We admit , that were it possible to reconcile ourselves to the present distinctions of caste , and existing class interests , this scheme is , in our humble opinion , the best adapted to do ( as far as that -were possible ) under such a social system justice to all . But Mr . D'Israeli and Mr . Oastler forget that a system which might be admirably adapted to the days oi" feudalism , is altogether inapplicabif to present wants , and would be monstrously out of place in the approaching future . Mr . D'Israeli should know that the system he thinks the perfection of wisdom , has been " in existence for
centuries ^ m bweden ; > nd tAere the " order of the peasants" are , as our readers know , clamorous for its abolition , and are just now in a state of " Chartist agitation" for the obtainment of democratic institutions , assimilating to those already existing in ^ sorway , and which , sooner or later , will undoubtedly be established in this country . The besetting sin of the " ? vew Generation" is , that theywill persist in looking backward instead of forward for measures of public amelioration . There have , doubtless , existed many institutions and customs , "which , salutary fai their day , people reeret the loss of .
because their loss has not been supplied by institutions necessary for present exigencies , and in accordance with the advance of civilization . But it is not to the vaunted " -wisdom of our ancestors" we must look for political or social remedies for present "wronjrs and sufferings . The " good old days" are a pleasing illusion ; nothing more . It is equality , not feudalism , that is the hope of the many : and though that hope "will not be all at once accomplished , onward we must march . The " golden age" Is before , not behind us ; and onlv through the triumph of democracy may "we hope to hasten its reicn .
Bnt to return to Conin-jsby . Our hero , having become reconciled to his grandsire , returns to Eton . His associates there were " Lord Henry Sydney ( Lord John Manners ) , the son of the Duke of Beanmanoir ; Lord Vere , the son of a Whig Minister ; Sir Charles Buekhurst ; and subsequently another , of -whom we shall have something to say hereafter . Of course , Coningsby had much to recount to his young friends of his erandsire , Lord Monmouth , and the wonders of the familv mansion . Being all assembled at breakfast , in BnckhursVs room , the conversation naturally turns on the exciting political topics of the day , anil here we have an account of WHAT THI XTOX EffTS THOrGHT OP THE BEFOBM BILL . " By the bye , '" said Bucihnrst . when the hubbub had a little subsided , "lam afraid you will not half like ii , Coningsby ; but . old fellow . I had no idea you would be baet this morniiis : 1 have asked MUlbank to breakfast here . "
A cloud stole over the clear brow of Coningsby . ' It was my fault . " said the amiable Henrv Sydney : " but I really wanted to be chil to Millbank : and , as ™ u were not here . I put Buekhurst up to ask him . " WeU . 7 = aid Coningiby , as if sullenly resigned , " never mind : but wh y you should ask an infernal manufacturer T " " Why . the Duke always wished me to pay him some attention , " said Lc-rd lleiiry , mildiy . ' His family wt-ie s ^ c ivil tons when v . e -n ere at ilanehester . " " Manchester , indeed ' . " said Coningsby . If \ nu knew what I did about Manchester' A pretty state «< haie been in in London this week ] iast with your Mam-hi-s-X ^ 7 ~? - ^ iDfi BijTminsrfcn ??}* ""
"' ( m « - •¦ ne , <_ omnp # by , " said L \ -r < J Vt-r--. Thi S' < n " 1 a Wlu- Mini-i .-r . 1 am : dl < .-r Manchester and I 3 ir JTimzhj ui . " - It i > all * : ;• -nr . h ti ) .- country . 1 < -: ui tt-11 y ... u _ " -ai-l (' .. ningiby . v , ; th th- air : •¦ n < - wh .. «' i- in tin- secret . -M y iaiLT ? : ii- it will all l-o riL-ht n < . n . "' r .-j .-ine . L-. j-d v ^ . - j _ v ^ 3 ,-rtr-r D-i'i : i m } > i-tt-r yesterda % " Tb--r 53 tt i \> - ^ nall all ) -j * e >> ur estaTes : though . " >' ah ] Burkhurst . " 1 knun 1 shall n ^ -t jrive up mine vitlmu : a DrbT . >> liiriey na * N-sie ^ ed . you kni > v ., in the fivii « aranvi the re \> el > u . _ .: iiiiVmally lirk-- ' \ . " — I think that all the people al > > ut Bt-aumauoir « ' > a } ii > tand by the l > uk » . "" said Lord Henry , pensively . ^ tll . you may » i ? -t » t-nd iipon it . \ yu -v \ t 11 have ii mt \ > ove , ~ said Coaiug ^ 'v . " I know it frciin the l « -st auth- , ' - rity . " " It depends waither my father rvmains in , " said Lord Terr . " He is the only man tliat can jroM-rn the country now . AH sar that . "
At this moment Millbank came in . He was a iiuodlooking bt . y , some-nhai shy , and yet with a sincere espivssion in bis countenance . He was evidently nut extremely intiniate with those who were siow his companions . Buckhurst , Henry Sydney , and Vcre , welcomed him cordially . He louked ai Coninjrsby with some constraint , and then said— ' You have been in London . Coningsby V— " Yes , 1 have been there during all the row ¦* "Ton must have }; ad a rait lark . "— ' ¦ Yt ~ , if having your windows broken by a mob be a rare lark . They could not break my grandfather " * , though . Monmoutli House is in a court-yard . All noblemen ' s houses should be in court-yards . " " " 1 was jrlad to set it all ended very wel ] , said ilillbank . — - I : has nut begun } et , " said Coningsbv .
• ' "hat r said Millbank . — •¦ « hy , the revolution . " The Refurm Bill will prevent a revolution , my father says , " said Milibaiik . — Bv Jo \ e : here ' s the goose , " said Buekhurst . ( Tv U ContiwudA
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SIMMOXDS-S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . ( December . ) This number i ;* rej . lete with information , both solid and entertaining- A \ < e have first a continuation of the valuable series of statistical papers on " Australia } Past , Present , and Future . " Then follows a " IU--port on the Nova Scotia Fisheries . " An article entitled " Monte Video and the River 1 late" comes most opportune at a time when all feeling and interest in the progress of nations , or a detestation of war , are watching with painful interest the sanguinary
strife ¦ which for the last lew years has wen the scourge of the " Banda Oriental . " " A Trip do \ vn the St . Lawrence" give > a brief but interesting account of the present state of Montreal , which , it appeal's , is fast becoming one of the finest cities in America . The " Journal of a Voyage to Port Philip" is continued , and gives an admirable description of all the doings of that world in miniature , the interior of a ship on a long sea vovage . "The Natural Features ana Productions of the Island of Ceylon" is an interesting article ; as is also " A Skt-tch of Newfoundland . " From the article on Monte Video we give the followine extracts : —
TBX 1 AI > I £ S Of 3 JOXTE VIDEO . Its . inhabitants are , from its commercial connexions , of a very mixed nature , composed of various nations , among which Spanish , Indian , Sardinian , and French blood is very abundant . There axe besides many English and other foreigners residing' in the town for the purpose of commerce . Those that are of Spanish origin are very handsome , and the women , when young , though small in stature , are extremely well and elegantly shaped . Threir movements are very graceful at all times , and whether it be when walking in the street , or dancing in the Galla , their figures appear uncommonly well-formed ; and their eajrriajr * -, -which is an important part oi" their education , is in every way suited to set oft their fine persons , aided bv their larce dark eyes , and their luxuriant well plaited black hair , in the dressing of which the Spanish ladies vtrj much excel . They are under tuition generally till the age of fourteen or fifteen , when they are prepared by the priest , and receive the sacrament , and
make their first confession on Easter Sunday ; after which they are considered marriageable , and are allowed to attend mass morning and evening , accompanied only by a black servant , who carries behind them a piece of carpet , on which they kneel at church . In the street they look very imposing , with their mantilla , which is ? omcximes fastened over the bead , and brougiix down close under th ^ chin , at other timts thrown grracefuny over tlie shoulders ; in the summer time it is made of black lace , and in the winter a beautifully ornamented and worked shawl , accompanied with a large and handsome fan , ¦ w hich , besides its general use , at times serves to screen the face and head from the rays of the sun , as they wear no bonnet ot head-dress even in the street . It is considered an act of indecorum for a young ladj to appear Alone with a gentleman , either when walking or at home , go that , even when engaged , they never see their future husband except in the presence of an elderly lady ; this , though inconvenient on such occasions , is strictly adhered to bv the natives .
TTTT GAtTCHO . In the neighbourhood of the town there are many " saiideros , ' "' in which the hides of the bullocks are salted for exportation ; in some of these from the number of persons engaged , and the division of labour , as many as 300 bullocks are killed in one day . There is hardly a part of the carcase which cannot be made available for some purpose . The hide is salted and sent to England for leather , the interior of the horns and hoofs is strained of their internal case , the fat is collected for tallowthe meat of the ribs is dried for jerked beef , and the bones and remainder of the carcase are stewed for the sake of the marrow and fat for candles : thus no part is lost . The an » Tnals are caught by a person called in their language a " gancho , " , from the life he leads , being in the dav-time mostly on horseback , and at night sleeping on the " grass in the open fields , is at once a very hardj person and an excellent horseman . His dress , which is
peculiar , requires a little description . His trousers are of linen made very loose , with frills at the bottom of the legs ; his waist is encircled by a woollen cloth of some bright colour , about three feet long and two broad , which is wrapped between his leg-s , and brought again to his waist , and fastened there by two dollars or doubloons , according to his wealth ; his shoulders are covered with a " poncho , " which in summer is made of some light material , in winter of woollen—it covers his back and body as low as his knees , and is quite open at the sides to give his arms freedom of action ; he wears a white bat with a red ribbon round it , and has a wide leather belt round his waist worked in grass by the Indians , and in this he sticks a yery large and sharp-pointed knife , which he uses for all purposes ; his feet , which are bare , having neither shoes nor stockings , are armed with large and ponderons spurs , occasionally of massive silver , with rowels sometimes three inches in diameter ; these enor-
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mous rowels are not meant for goading the horse , bu * as his stirrup is made so small as to admit only of his great toe , he sticks them into the hides which form his saddle , to enable him to keep his seat . All his accoutrements , his bridle , and his whip , are made of hide , cut very thin , and plaited into small cords ; his saddle , being formed of numbers of hides strapped together , at night forms his bed , while his " poncho " serves for a blanket . And as his occupation is always with cattle , he is provided with a lasso , which is a long rope formed of plaited hide , and of course very strong , and having a ring well fastened to one end of it . This " lasso" is used to entangle the horns and the feet of the
bullocks when they want to catch them , and from thenbeing trained to it from their youth , they can throw it with great dexterity , giving a coil of it a few turns round their head , and throwing it over the- horns of the animal even while at full gallop . As soon as the gaucho has thrown it , the horse on which he rides stands perfectly still , prepared to receive the shock which the sudden jerking of the bullock will give it . He then rides up , and either drags it into an enclosure made for the purpose of confining them , or , as is not unfrequently the custom , cuts through the hams , thus preventing the animal from moving from the spot ; he will then ride away after others , leaving them one b y one thus writhing in pain for days together till the Peons are ready to kill them and take off their hides .
The regular gaucho will eat nothing but beef , and of that only the flesh on the ribs , to dress which he has many peculiar modes , one of which is called " carne eon cuero , " which consists of the flesh about the ribs cut off with the hide and rolled upon it , and thus toasted on a lire made on the ground . The advantage gained by this process is , that the hide prevents the fire from touching the meat , and keeps in the gravy . When dressed , it is eaten without the accompaniment of either bread or vegetables . The horses of the country are extremely plentiful , and though fine in appearance , are of small size ; and as it is considered a disgrace to ride a mare , these latter are killed for the sake of their hides , and the flesh is eaten
and preferred by the Indians to beef . So plentiful are the horses , that parties of cavalry , when on the march , are accompanied by droves of led-horses to the number sometimes of four to each man . This makes the cavalry of this country , which is composed of gauchos , very swift in their movements , and when seen at a distance appear much stronger than they really arc . The Indian women . oh account of their dexterity in the management of horses , as well as their hardihood , are generally selected by the jranchos for wives ; and when thej take the field as cavalry , their wives are armed with carbine and lance , and are in dress and manner of riding similar Io their husbands .
What will the Concordists say to the gaucho ' s diet { In faith we ' re almost tempted to try the '" carne con cuero . " The account given by the writer of the origin and progress of the war between Monte Video and liuenos Ayres we shall , for the information of our readers , endeavour to find room for in a iuture number of this paper . We have good news for our readers : this year has seen '" Pine-apples for the Million" imported into this country , and sold in the " great metropolis" at a '" penny a slice : " but what will our friends think of '" Turtle for the Million ? " Heretofore the importalioii of turtle has been comparatively small , and the tnitle has been monopolized by a few parties who liave realised immense incomes bv their monopoly .
Hitherto "real turtle soup" has sold at something like a guinea per quail (!); but in this , as well as the pine-apple monopoly , wo are likely to see a change Sur the better , as Simnwrnh' Magazine informs \ ts that a Mr . Gunter , a merchant of Honduras , has come jorward to supply the home market extensively ami rlicajjy with a wry superior article i » tin . shape of putu-d turtle , after the manner of preserved meats for shipping . The import- has already been large , and the > toek in the l > ocks is stated to be very considerable . Christmas approachinc , we don ' t think we niuld U-tter vIum- t » ur notice of this magazine than by : ) iu > iifljiini : t <> i-m-ulale tliin " great fact , " hoping , .-ir- we < lo . liioT-t ln-arti ! v , that tlic time Ls not far < Ai * - umt when '" turtle fur the million ' will be the order of ihe dav .
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THE WESTERN A ^ iUCULTURIST . A . ND FARMER ' S JOURNAL . Glasgow : Neiison and Murray , Bucbanan-street . This is a monthly journal , devoted , as its title l > e-* peaks , to agricultural topics . The first number ¦ for Nov . ) is before us ( the second number has not vet reached u « t , and we have much pleasure in recommending it to our agricultural friends . Our readers will }> e able to form some idea of the quality of the Wi -. 'Um Jyricahurist by a perusal ol the able article in our Agricultural column , headed "" Chemistry and Vegetable Physiology . ' '
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CHAMBERS' * EDINBURGH JOURNAL . Part XL We have not had an opportunity of reading tlirough this month ' s part , but glancing at the contents we lighted on the following account of France and Freedom ' s Poet , Bkraxger . No apology , we are sure , is necessary for introducing this interesting sketch to the readers of the yvrth'rn Star .
A VISIT TO BEBAJSGEB . 1 account it no small honour to have enjoyed a tete-atete , of an hour ' s length , with the first of the French lyrical poets—even Berangcr himself , who has been wellnamed the Burns of France , and of whom his country is a > j'roud as is Scotland of her own immortal bard . * After being tifrht or ten days in Paris , I wrote a note to Bei-anger , stating that I had attempted the translation of ^> arr of hi « works into English , and would feel honoured by havinjr an interview accorded me when it might answer hi > convenience to grant it . The return of post brought me a polite reply , ajijiointin ^ -. the following Monday at ten • '¦ ¦ lock for the meeting , and regretting that he could not ulinAv me to choose my own time , as he was obliged very -oi . m to go into the country . When Monday came , 1 got
into an omnibus after breakfast , and enjoyed a pleasant ride to ra . ssy , a village on the river side , within three or four miles of Paris , and where Birranger has for some lime resided . It wanted a quarter to ten when I arriM-d , so 1 had sufficient time to climb the hill on which l * a ** y stands , ami t <> inquire for the Rue Vineuse , No . ^ ' 1 . —the residence of the jwjet . A country youth showed iin- the bouse , which is a neat little mansion of two stories , having a sort of bronze iloor , and the Yenetian-blindl'Kifcing outside wiutlon-sliutter everywhere to be met with in France . It was altogether such a dwelling as 1 had imagined a tnan of Beranger ' s simple taste likely to inhabit , and 1 felt a degree of reverence as 1 knocked at the gate . My summons was answered bv an elderK servant-maid , who , on iu \ desiring to
see Beranger , told me to follow her up stairs , which I 'hu , catching a glimpse , as 1 crossed the lobby , of a wellarranged flower-garden behind the house . On reaching tin- top of the uppermost stair , she ^ opened a door , and said politely , " Entrez , monsieur , s 'il vous plait , " when 1 at once found myself in the presence of the French bard . He rose to receive me , on my entrance , with the politeness so natural to his nation , and at the same time with a degree of pleasant jocularity well calculated to put a stranger at his ease , and begged me to be seated on the easy chair which he had just left . When I wished to take another seat , Beranger intercepted me , placing his hands on my shoulder , and pressed me back into his own , replying , laughingly , to the acknowledgment of the honour he had done me in granting me the interview— " Ah , my dear sir , don't speak of it there ' s little enough honour in being received by a pour fellow of an old bachelor like me—sit down then , I beg of vou . " This was of course said in
French , in which language all our conversation was conducted , as he scarcely understands a word of English . He then drew his seat close in front of mine , with so goodnatured a look , that 1 felt under no more constraint than if I had known him for years . Should this meet the eye of any one-who has enjoyed the privilege of intercourse with Beranger , he ¦ will recognise the poet ' s unaffected kindness in this little scene . Beranger ' s " studio " presented to the eye as little of the " pomp and circumstance " of literature , in which souls of inferior calibre are apt to please tliemst-lves / as Diaj- well be imagined . An attic room with a bow-window—a bod with plain blu « check curtains at the one end of the apartment—a small table having a mahogany desk on it at the other—a couple of chairs—at most half-a-dozen volumes— " voila tout "— " behold all . " The . first song-writer of France needed no artificial circumstance to give interest to his name or to his residence . As he himself says of his great
Emperor"They will tell of all his glory round the earth fur many a day . " Beranger is a little man , 1 should say five feet five iiiches in height , about sixty-five years of age , of a firm make , and apparently robust and healthy . He has an intellectmal forehead , regular and rather handsome features , and a clear black eye . The principal expression of his face is , I think , that of kiiulness and shrewdness ; and I at once set him down as a man of large and noble heart , as became a poet . He wore a grey dressing-gown and a black silk cap ; and the window of his room was darkened a little ; so 1 suppose his sight is not very strong . The pictures we have of Beranger are , without exception , kni ; the only good lfkenees which I could meet with being a little stucco cast , a copy of which 1 brought home
with me , and which 1 shall be happy to show to any admirer of the original . But to return to our interview Beranger expressed his regret that he could nottalk much with me about the English poets , from his being unac-< juaiuted -with the language , and so few of them being translated into French . He said it was remarkable that , after his own character as an au ' . ' ior had been established for many years , his countrymi 'i Btill persisted in considering him less as a poet tha as a " chansonnier" ( a writer of songs ) ; and that it wa' in Scotland his claim to the title of poet was first recognised , in an article in the Ediritmrgh Beview . 1 told him that he was considered , by those who knew his writings in * iny native land , the
Burns of France ; to "which he replied , that a pronder encomium could not be passed on him than was implied in that name ; adding , that although he could not read Burns , he revered his memory from what he had heard of his works by friends who could . He had been intimate with Sir J . Macintosh , whom he used to see often in Paris . Beranger does not consider Sir Walter Scott a great or correct writer . He complained of the errors to be found in " Quentin Durward" as to the life and character of Louis XI .. of France , and generally of historical blunders . He admitted , however , that his novels were grand panoramas , in which appear splendid and interesting groups , but with few characters perfectly
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well drawn ; and he remarked , that in all of the novels of Sir Walter Scott , the interest of the reader attaches itself naturally to some other individual rather than to the hero or heroine—which he considered a defect—instancing " Ivanhoe , " where Rebecca is the centre of interest , Ac . &c . His poetry ( Sir Walter ' s ) Beranger understood to be enchanting . He mentioned also that , of the older works offation , " The Monk , " by Lewis , and " CaJeb Williams , by Godwin , are most admired in France ; he considers them both fine works . * * * * We then talked for half an hour , when I rose to depart , but he made me sit down ag ain . Messages began to come in , however , so I bade him farewell , having first agreed to return in a few days to hear his opinipn of my translations . He accompanied me to the stair , shook me warmly by the hand , and so we parted ; and I left the amiable BeranRer , whose songs will have an existence co-equal with that of the language in which they are written .
Although Beranger has been little before the public of late , he still continues to write ; but his present productions , as he told me , will not appear until after his death . He smiled when I replied that I hoped in that case it might be long indeed ere we should see a new song of Beranger . It is difficult to conceive the power which this author has over the popular mind in France . There is no doubt that his " Chansons" had an immense influence in producing the revolution in 1830 , although he does not view the existing Government with approbation , and has refused everything in the shajre of boon or favour at its hands . At the funeral of his friend Lafitte , not long ago ,
which was attended by the king and princes , the royal carriages passed 021 unnoticed ; but when Beranger appeared , a burst of acclamation welcomed the poet of the people—his horses were unyoked , and hundreds strove for the honour of drawing him in triumph ; it was with difficulty he persuaded- them to desist . Beranger ' s retirement is far from being of a cynical or misanthropic character . He seems to have sought his " chimney-corner " from a desire of repose after a busy , and , latterly , not unrewarded life ; and to have carried to it , in its full strength , that generous susceptibility of friendship and patriotism which breathes in all his songs . He possesses a mighty lyre , one vibration of whose chords would still rouse a kingdom to attention .
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A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . The La . vt > lori >' s Fiuknd Society . —Early in the present week , thid . body—newly constituted in imitatntion of the Labourer ' s Friend Society—held its first meeting : though , strangely enough , no report of the proceedings has as yet appeared in the papers . The chair ( a three-legged stool ) was taken by Jacob Thatch , a gaunt , sallow-faced labourer , looking sixty , though in realitv but thirty-two . He briefly stated the objects of trie' society . lie said , it was very kindly meant of many gentlemen to meet and talk so much ' —for they never snared talk—about the condition of the labourer . lie himself had been at a good many of such meetings ; but , somehow or the other .
he always came away hungrier than he went . He now thought it was } the duty of the labourers to return the kindness of landlords ; and by meeting and talking over t / nir destitute condition—moral condition he believed wits the word—to see what could be done for them [ cheers ] . There could be no doubt that many of the landlords were in a desperate forlorn state , not knowing right from wrong ; and it was the duty of labourers as Christians—if he wasn't going too far in calling them Christians—to te ach them the proper path . It waa only due to their peace in this world , ana their happiness in the world to come . ( Cheers . )—Giles Acorn proposed the first resolution . He said he didn ' t wish to brag , but he believed Tie was rather a goodish player at put and
checkers . ( Hear . ) Well , he believed a good deal might be done among landlords by mixing oftener with them , and making more free like . To prove that he was in earnest , he had no objection to play a fevr games at put with the Duke of Marlborough , or any other such landlord : lie thought it would do the duke good . There was no knowing how his heart might be opened sitpttt , just as the gentlefolks did so much for the wants of the poor when they played at cricket with ' em . Hodge Sowthistle seconded the resolution . He didn't know much about dice ; that is , he didn ' t know the rigs of ' em ; he had raffled once in better days for a goose , ; and won it . He wouldn ' t at all mind , however , playing at haphazard—that's what he believed gentlefolks ealled it—with any landlord in
a destitute state of feeling for the labourer . He had heard a goodish deal of late of a little gentleman ealled Young England . Well , he wouldn't mind playing a game at ring-taw with the child , if he'd fairly knuckle down . The knuckling down , however , was what they wanted to catch the landlord at ( cheers ); whereas , with all their fine words , he believed there waa a great deal of funking . —Simon Clod moved the second resolution . He said , the whole of the fact wsis , they had too long neglected landlords as their fellow-creatures : they never went among ' em . Whereas — as having their good at
heart , and showing ' em that they thought em only men like themselves — they ought to go into their houses , to see what sort of oeds they slept upon—to see ' em at their dinners , and to teach 'em , what it ' s plain they didn't well undertand , the blessings of a good appetite , and the curse of hunger with nothing to satisfy it . It was plain that many landlords believed the labourer couldn't eat at all . Now they had only to undeceive 'em in their own larders to bring about a great blessing . Certain gentlefolks often came to the labourer ' s dwelling , and , never seeing nothing in the cupboard , in course believed that the labourers and their wives and children never
wanted food . They had only to dine at the landlords' houses to teach ' em the contrary . Although he'd rather have his bit of bacon at his own fireside — that is , where there ought to be a fire — he would , nevertheless , to assist ; the society , dine with as many landlords as was thought fit . Moreover , he had six children , and they should all go and dine along with him . ( Cheers . )—Zachary Chaff seconded the resolution . He said the last speaker had hit the nail upon the head . It was as plain as the Union , that most of the landlords believed that labourers never wanted to eat at all . That they were like the threshing-machines , that mig ht go on beating out the corn without ever wanting to taste it . They oughts-poor souls 1—to be taught the truth . He was sure all tliey wanted to learn was that the labourer was flesh and bloods—and , indeed , how few
of ' em present at that meeting looked anything like it—to treat ' em as such . For himself , he didn ' t know what a dinner was ; nevertheless , for the souls ' sake of the landlords—and he feared a lot of ' em was very dark indeed—he'd dine with twenty of ' em if the society thought it right . ( Cheers . )—These and other resolutions were unanimously passed , when the Chairman rose and said , the best part of the business was to come . They had to give out the prizes to certain landlords for their noble and feeling conduct towards the laboured—Hereupon LordFitawheedle was introduced , when the Chairman addressed him as follows : — " Lord Fitzwheedle , you have shown yourself tobethelabourer ' sfriend . You play at cricket capital . For a lord , your bowling is special good . You have this season , in the handsomest manner , played three games with nothing better than , as youoalTa m , < \ e sons of the [ soil ; and for this noble conduct bis
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society presents you with this piece of stick , upon which may be notched your future Jruns . We hope , my lord , that you will show this bit-of stick to all the Club folks in London . We hope that you will let this bit of stick go down , so that your sons' sons may have it—every one of ' em ; and that the world may for ever know that Lord Fitzwheedle was a good cricket-player , and therefore the labourer ' s friend . " ( Cheers . ) His lordship endeavoured to address the meeting . His feelings were too much for him . He merely said , " Bless—bless—bless the labourer ' . " then burst into tears , and pressed the stick to his heart . — The Duke of Smallborough was next introduced , and received a bunch of dried dandelions for being—of all landlords—the very best to stop . The Duke feturnod thanks in an affecting speech . After certain minor formalities , the meeting separated . !
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Axother Extraordinary Cirej of Asthma bt IIoiaoway ' s Pills . —Patrick Casey presiding at Compton-place , Brunswick-square , had ! suffered from a chronic Asthma for more than three years . This poor man was so great a sufferer that he did not dare go to bed for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indeed , ne could not even lay his head upon a table for half an hour lest he should be suffocated . Nevertheless , this person is now labouring from jicorning to night , sleeps as well as ever he did in his life , and , in fact , is completely cured by the use of jllolloway ' s Pills . Sold ( also Holloway ' s Ointment ) jvt Professor Holloway ' s Establishment , 244 , Strand ( where advice may be had gratis ) , and by almost all respectable venders of medicine throughout the civilized world .
Tono . —A Blow Up . —In our obituary will be found the death of G . Durant , Esq ., of Tong Castle . In the year 1820 , Mr . Durant took ! legal proceedings against his first wife , and , in consequence of the jury having decided in his favour , he erected a monument on an eminence on his estate at Tong Knowle to commemorate the event . The monument was a conspicuous object from the road froin Shiffnal to Wolverhampton , and resembled a church tower . Immediately on his death being known to his family , two of his sons , accompanied by twenty-nine labourers , went to the place , and commenced excavating round it to the depth of six feet ; after which they made a hole in it , ana placed fifty pounds of gunpowder in a cask , and twenty-nine pounds in another package , under the monument , and at three o ' clock on the morning
of the 30 th a fusee was fixed to lit , and set fire to , and in a few minutes the monument was laid flat on the ground without any accident . jThe eldest son and heir to the estate died some years ago , and on his death-bed he requested the younger branches of the family that as soon as their father was dead they would cause the monument to be blown up , and that it might cease to exist with the founder , and the memory of the scandalous cause for which it was erected and he might perish together . The ruins were visited on Sunday last by large numbers of persons , many of whom came from a great distance . ! The Tong Castle estate goes into the hands of the executors of the late G . Dur ant , Esq ., jun ., who reside in Ireland , and will have the management of the property until the heir , who is now sixteen , attains his majority . — Eihlow ' s Shrewsbury Journal . )
ArpRorniATK Cjjastiseme . nt . —A few days ago , a well-dressed individual entered the shop of a saddler , in Paris , the wife of whom he addressed in a style of loose freedom , not perceiving that the husband was at hand . The saddler seized one o'f the largest of his horsewhips , and floirged the impertinent fellow through some of the most throned thoroughfares of Vnris . Voi'dict— . Served hiiti I ' mlit . The Dead Alive . —Some time atro . at Munich , a
Sirl , six years of age , was placed ; as dead in an open ( . ' ( itlin , in what is called in thatjemmtry the hallof death , preparatory to interment . \ On the following day she was foijnd ' pliiyinfr with the white rones which luid been strowed over her . The keepef of the hall took her in his arms , and curried ' her to her mother . In France ( says the frc .-r , which [ mentionsthis fact ) , where there is no precautionary measure of this kind , the child would have been buriedjalive . — ' . •' . ( h ' - jnoni ' s Messert'tcr . \
The Removal of Union Hail ; Police Office . — On Wednesday the removal of the official documents from Union Hall to the new office in Bliiekmnnstreet was commenced , and occupied several hours . It is now definitively arranged tljat the magistrates commence their sittings at the Stdnes ' -end , Borough , on the 23 rd instant . The other office , from Lambethstreet , in Kennington-road , will be opened the same day , and this will take tbe Brixtpn , Clapham , Lambeth , and part of some other districts . Royal Suiirey Zoological Gardens . —Another of those rare birds , the toucan , from the Brazils , with a rhea , or South American ostrich , was added to the collection on Friday week . The . ' gardens were much frequented last week to inspect ! the fresh arrivals , and the beautiful hike was crowded with skaitcrs on Sundav , the ice being in first-rate order .
Signs op a Hard Winter . —On Sundav much curiosity was excited by large flocks of wild-fowl , which made their appearance , and ali g hted on the banks of the river in Battersea-fields , in the neighbourhood of Fulham , and amongst the osier-beds opposite Wandsworth . The wild-ducks were quite plentiful , the sea-gulls were also numerous . The presence of wild-fowl at this early period is said by those accustomed to the water to be a sure sign of a long and severe winter . \ A Talk of Real Life . —Am 6 ng our Borough Assize intelligence will be found the case of Mrs . Burrell , the midwife charged with the manslaughter ot Sophia Stanley , and the judge ' s reiterated opinion as
to the un-called-for verdict of the coroner ' s jury ; but one or two points of interest we have reserved for separate mention . The deceased ¦! was the wife of a framework-knitter , living in Royal East-street , and had had twelve children before ; she was always weakly , and suffered much at every confinement , but she had full confidence in Mrs . jBurreU , and begged her not to hurry or think of sending for extra assistance—she should do very well . When , however , she found Mrs . Burrell sending word to her husband to go for Mr . Macauley , and the husband came up into her room to get his coat for thatjpurpose , she had by that time become sensible that per case was desperate . " She said she was dying , " the heart-broken
husband stated to Mr . Justice Patteson— " she would not let me go ; she begged me to stay by her , that she might hang upon my neck . " The poor fellow could not resist such an appeal , and he remained with her ; then it was that Mrs . Bui-rell , after entreating the poor woman to be easy "just for ten minutes , " started for Mr . Macauley ' s , and pent there and back in that time—no easy thing for a woman of G \ 5 to do . Before this , moreover , she had told the deceased never to mind about paying for tlie doctor , for that she ( Mrs . Burrell ) would be answerable for any expense so incurred . Well might Mr . Justice Patteson say .
and repeat , that the coroner ' s jury had dealt hardly with Mi's . Burrell . But there jare still one or two points to be noticed . The husband , who seemed scarcely to know what passed around him , in whose eyes there was "no speculation , ? in reply to a question , stated that he was receiving relief from the union—9 d . a day for eleven hours' work . His Lordship , and everybody in the court , was astounded at the reply ; and one of the barristers said , " Good God , and that is called relief ! " How many children the poor fellow bad to keep out of this 9 d . per day did not come out . At the conclusion of his evidence , Mi ' s . Bun-ell wished him to be asked whether he did not
think she had done all in her power tor the safe delivery of his wife ? Mr . Justice Patteson ( who evidently had a struggle to conceal his emotion during a . great part of the trial ) said he was sorry he could not put the question in that shape *—he was very sorry . The poor man Stanley , howeverjhad no such scruples to contend with ; and , in a voice rendered almost inarticulate by his tears , he begged his Lordship " not to hurt Mrs . Burrell , for she had done all she could . " "Your request is highly creditable to you , my good man—highly creditable , " replied his Lordship . In conclusion , we would suggest to the board of guardians the propriety of making speedy and kind inquiry into this poor man ' s case ; to aepart for a season from the strictness of their regulations , and grant relief without exacting work in return . ] A fellow-being thus heavily visited with affliction j should meet with commisseration and consideration . —Leicester Chronicle . 1
Look to your Skins . —A London furrier , adver tising lu ' s commodities , informs those ladies " who wish to have a really genuine article , " that he will be happy to make them muffs , boas , ; « fcc , of ' titeir ows skins ! " In another version he j says , " Ladies wishing to have a really genuine article can select their own skins . " i The Queen ' s Temper . —MissiDavis , the daughter of the Bishop of Peterborough , ' was married a few weeks ago . She is the young lady whose ears the Queen boxed on account of her ; having accidentally hit her Mivjesty with her eye-glass , which » he had an awkward habit of twirling , and which the Queen had begged her to discontinue , jaa she was fidgeted bv it . i
The New Banking Act . — We lately called the attention of the public to what ; appeared to be an evasion of the law of last session j ojaTthe part of certain country bankers , by issuing ffils not stamped payable to themselves or order . jWe understand that this question has not escaped the ] attention of her Majesty ' s Government , and that directions have been given for instituting legal proceedings against the parties who have so attemped to evade the law . — Times . \ New Royal Yacht . '—The -Victoria and Albert yacht is prevented by the draught of water from approaching close to the coasts , so as to prevent a favourable view of spots that need to be seen at a short distance . The Queen has ordered a smaller vessel to be constructed , as a tender to the yacht , with a screw propeller . It will be 140 feet in length , twenty-two feet in breadth , and is uot to draw more than four feet six inches of water . It will be fitted with a stage , that it may serve also as a landingboat . I
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Whig , Tow , and Chartist . —A young red-hot American republican brought letters of introduction to Sheridan Knowles , the great dramatist , just as he was intent upon giving the finish to the splendid character of Constance in the " Love Chase ; " when his young friond rushed into the room from the Crown and Anchor , where he had attended a public meeting at which the respective merits of Whig , Tory , and Chartist were discussed . "Knowles , " said the Yankee to the impatient author , " what ' s the difference between Whigs , Tories , and Chartists ? " " O ! my good fellow , " replied the dramatist , " don't you know the Tories go to the boxes , the Whigs to the pit , and the Chartists to the gallerv . "
Changing a Guinea . —An Irish bishop , who was very much annoyed at the late hours kept by his sons , gave strict orders to John , a faithful old butler , to lock the door every night at eleven o ' clock , and not to open it after that time for any one . For some time the young gentlemen were punctual to the hour ; but one morning Master Tom wasn ' t home till one , when , seeing a light in the hall , he tapped gently at the door , and the following dialogue took place between Master Tom and the butler : — " Who ' s there r " " It ' s I , John , it ' s I—open the door . " " I couldn't , Master Tom , 'twould be as much as my place is worth . " '' 0 , for God ' s sake let me in , Jolin " " I
couldn ' t , indeed , Master Tom , but have you a guinea in your pocket , Master Tom ? " " I have , John , I have . " "Put it hi the key hole , Master Tom , and I think it will open the door . " Master Tom did as he was told , and the door instantly opened . " Thank you , John- *—thank you , John . There ' s a g od fellow , and now here ' s half-a-crown for you , and ju&t run round to the stable with my horse . " "Yes , Master Tom ;'' add upon John ' s return he found the door shut , and tapped for admission , when Master Tom played the butler ' s part over again , and told him that there was an alteration in the lock , but if he'd put a guinea and a half-crown in they would open ft . That was good tit for tat .
Rousseau and tde Grocer ' s Bot . — Rousseau visited London for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the English character , and in his convivialities attached himself to the apprentice of a grocer in Fleet-street , in whom he discovered more natural talent than he had ever met with in a person of the same elass of society . The boy became equally attached to Rousseau , and all his spare hours were spent with the great novelist . However , as their intimacy increased , their hours of- separation became irksome ; and the spare time not being sufficient , the apprentice , at the request df his companion , left the shop one evening in the absence of his master , for the purpose of spending a jolly evening with his friend .
After the conviviality of the evening , some qualms visited the lad , and be evinced a disinclination to face his master alone , having nothing but his situation to depend upon . Rousseau accompanied him as far as the door , though the snow fell in clouds . When the lad entered , the grocer said— " WeU , sir , I can dkpeiise with your services ; how dare you leave my shop to the mercv of the rabble , you scoundrel I You shall be punished for it . " " You might punish me if I had absented myself without good cause , " replied the Lad ; " but had it not been for me your property would have been destroyed . " " How { " Rousseau listened , for no plan of defence had been concocted . "Why , " said the lad , " when the snow was heavy enough , the blackguards made snow-balls and pelted
me , and the snow-balls fell all over the sugar i ' . nd the other goods ; I pursued the offenders , they charged me on the watch , and I was detained for some time before-1 could get my freedom . " "You lie , you scoundrel , '' said the grocer : " 1 have stood behind this counter for thirty winters , and such a thing never happened to me—a snow-ball was never thrown at me . " The plan of the lad was not lost on Rousseau , who had provided himself with plenty of
ammunition , and just as the grocer pronounced the wordsf " never thrown at me , " Rousseau hit him in the eye with a huge snow-ball . Another and another followed , untO the shop was literally covered v . ith snow . The lad ran to the door , and , with his brother ottender , scampered down Fleet-street , the apj-n-entice roaring , ' ¦ ' Watch , watch !' ' and , upon their arrival , Rousseau gave the boy in charge , who was brought back to the grocer in custody , when the master gave security for his apprentice , begged his pardon , d—d the raseal , and raised his wages .
The Navy Surgeon and the Medicine Chest . — A surgeon who was in the navy was in the habit of prescribing salt water for the sick sailors . While angling upon -a fine day he happened to fall overboard . The captain , who was at the time walking the deck , heard the splash , and inquired of a sailor near him , what it was ? "Nothing , your honour , " replied Jack , " only the surgeon tumbled into his medicine chest . " The Kerry Man and Tin ; Limerick Max . —A County of Kerry man and a County of Limerick
man happened once upon a time to travel together , when a warm discussion arose as to the fertility of their respective counties ; upon which the Limerick man saidr " Pooh , don ' t bother us about your horsestealing county , what is your land to ours ? " " Why , man alive , if you throw your walking stick into a field of ours at night , you'd hardly see it in the morning ,, tbe grass grows so fast ? " " Ah ' . " replied the Kerry man , " is that all , wislia by J s , my jewel , if you . throw a horse into a field of ours at night , you'd never see him again . "
The YoRKsniREMAN axd his Greyhound . —A gentleman once travelling in Yorkshire , met a servant with a nondescript animal ; he asked the man , what kind of a dog it was ? " " Why , " said the servant in Yorkshire dialect , '' last year , she was a greyhound and her name was Floy ( fly ) , and master had to pay taxen ( taxes ) on her ; so this year he ciit her ears and tail off and made a masten ( a mastiff ) on her , and now her name is Lion . " The Parson axd the . Butciier . —In a remote country village in Ireland , there Jived a Protestant curate , who , though generally liked , was in bad repute with his butcher-, who for some reason or other had stopped the supplies ; while in this dilemma a friend unexpectedly visited his reverence , just as he
was starting for church ; the friend was invited to dinner , and immediately Thomas , the factotum , was started to the butcher , whose name was Matthew , With the following message and injunction : — " Tell Mat , that if he sends me a leg of mutton , or a sirloin of beef , or anything to-day , that , on my honour , I'll pay him to-morrow , and wherever I am let me know jiis answer . " His reverence was in the act of explaining part of his sermon by extracts from the Scriptures against false dealing , " Whritt , " said he , " says Mark ? What says Luke ? What says John ?—but what says Matthew ? " " 0 , " said the faithful Thomas , who heard the question just as he entered the church out of breath , " Matthew says he won't give you another pound of meat till you paj off the old score . " -
A Larrino Irish Sprig , who had just landed from the sister Isle , and walking down Parliament-street , saw a bill in a window announcing " dinners and suppers always ready here . " His honour turned in about two o ' clock in the day and asked waiter , " What do you charge for dinner ? " "Three shillings , sir . " "And how much for supper 1 " "A shilling , sir . " "O , by George then , let me have supper . " When the spark had feasted he walked over Westminster bridge , and was accosted by a shoal of watermen with , " A boat , your honour ? boat , your honour ? A nice day for a row down the river . " "Well , " said Pat , " what do yon charge ? " " Three shillings for the first hour , and one and sixpence for the second . " " Och , by Jove , then get some other fool for the first , and I'll have the boat for the second hour . "
Why was Admiral Cotton the most successful naval officer that ever commanded ? Because he was never worsted . Who was . the first person that introduced salt provisions into the navy ? Noah , when he took Ham into the Ark . Why is a pig in a garden like a house on fire ? Because it ought to be put out . When was B the first letter of the alphabet ? In the time of Noah—( No A ) Why ia an elephant like a spider ? Because neither of them wear silk stockings . ( Shocking . ) What ' s the difference between our | trades ? said a farmer to a barber , while tying a cue . for a customer , whom he rallied upon the lowness of his calling . Tell me , said the farmer , in one word ? " Utility , " replied the barber—( You-till-I-tye . )
Colonel Bruen and the Witty Mason . —The present member for the County of Cariow , Colonel Bruen , had in his employment a very witty mason , with whom he was in the habit of consulting upon all matters of building . Upon one occasion the gallant gentleman mentioned his intention of undertaking a very heavy and expensive job ; and upon the mason being consulted , he-replied " it never could be done . " " Pooh ! nonsense , " replied the colonel , "money will do anything . " " Except one , your honour , " was the answer . " What ' s that ? " said Bruen . " Why , " rejoined the mason , " All the money in Bruen ' s place Wouldn ' t put a handsome nose on Bruen ' s face . "
The Angler and the Lieutenants . —The first and second lieutenants of a man of war—both great anglers—once disputed concerning the fly in . season for a particular month ; one arguing that the horse fly was then in season , the other replying that there was no such fly At this moment an able sailor , who was also a skilful angler , passed , and the disputants agreed to leave the question to Jack . " Jack , " said the first lieutenant , " Did yoti ever see a horse fly ? " "No , your honour , " replied the tar , "but I have seen as curious a thing , I have seen a cow jump down a precipice . " Precept and Example . — Thompson , the author of "The Seasons , " wrote in bed his beautiful rhapsody on early rising , commencing , " Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ?"
Fiction and Fact . —Why is a lady ' s bustle like an historical romance ?—Because it is fiction founded upon fact .
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THE MEDICAL TIMES . London : Cafrae , Essex-street , Strand . This month's part of this excellent publication ( comprising the numbers published during November ) is filled with themosi interesting , iscientinc , And medical information . It is impossible for xis to name even a tithe of its contents ; we must therefore content ourselves with heartily recommending the Medical Times to our readers , persuaded , as we are , that the general , as well as the medical reader , will find in its columns that which will be found instructive , entertaining , and useful . We subjoin two brief extracts : —
TIGHT-LACING . An anecdote of a ^ cotch physiologist , some time ago , had almost put an end to tight-lacing , from its placing in a very prominent point ot view two of its most dreaded ill-effects . "Tight-lacing , " said he , quaintlv , " stinks the breath and reddens the nose . " The waist of well-formed women , of the average height , varies in circumference from twenty-seven to twenty-nine inches ; and there is scarcely any difference in its proportional size between male and female . But such is the power of fashion , that the waist is seldom permitted to expand to the dimensions of twenty-five inches ; the majoiirv are within twenty-four ; thousands arc compressed
to twenty-two ; and some even to less than twenty inchesand by tin aid of wood , whalebone , and steel , the cajnveity of the chest is very often reduced to less than one half . The penalties attending this infringement of the organic law , are as follows : —shortness uf oreutii ; palpitation ami oppression of th' heart ;• cough , and pain in the side ; hea ' darhe , » ith a f ' -t . 'iiiy of weight at the vertex ; " neuralgia 'it tin- face , anil -mptions ; ( edema of the ancles ; dyspe ] i . » . ia and elilorosi-. The temperature of the body partakes ol th-- < -. \ trt .-nif ! - : then- i } . ^ i in rally a eliillinos oi' tin- « hole Mirfiici *; tin- visi / crn of ihu- pel * is art * liable to ill ¦ rangeunlit ; and , in married women especially , prolapsus ut' -ri occurs . Tht- lateral ¦ cur \ ature of the ~ pine is a eonse-¦ iu « -ncc , not uncommon , of this pernicious practice .
COPPER IN THE niMA . V BODY . Professor Orflla says , it may be asked , since copper •• xists in the normal state of the animal economy , and in certain aliments—will it not always be impossible for the cl . emist to saj , whether that obtained is the result of crime , or not ? And , should not toxicologists give up the idea of pronouncing a positive decision In cases of this description ?—or , in other words , can it be recognised , whether the copper obtained is that contained in the normal state of the body , or lowing to one of the salts of that metal having been administered as a remedy , or given with a criminal design ' I at once reply to this question
in the affirmative , so far as 1 he < liffercnt organsare concerned ; nnd may state , that the copper contained in the intestinal canal or any other viscus , and resulting from the administration of one of its compounds , whether as a remedy or as a poison , may be obtained by processes which would fail completely in discovering the normal topper contained in our organs ; all that is requisite , is to follow attentively the different methods of analysis , to be able to affirm whether the metal Was given as a remedy , as a poison , or otherwise . The proof of this important conclusion will be shewn , beyond a doubt , by the species of processes which must be employed to obtain the normal copper contained in the different organs .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct686/page/3/
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