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AT THE "XEW SHOP" OPPOSITE THE " GREAT GOOSS INN / ' IN CH 1 CHESTEK , FROM NINE TILL FIVE , LYRICS FROM A " SUSSEX FARMER" NOT ONE HUNDRED MILES FROM GOODWOOD .
" Broadbrim , * " aoius , " solflcqniaing . * ' Here axe boob and baits for fl&tflah and gudgBona—¦ Well famish yon cheap , tot -we're deep curmudgeons ; Leave your gold here , you fooU , * U "all my eye , " Out paper ' s light &nd soft , and wont hurt joai thigh . Why , what the devil , do you think us cheat * ? ( Though , by the bye , we ought to " sweep the street * ; " > Enlarge the jail , for rogues XU much too small , " West H&ropoett Union" vould not hold them alL ' " Babbit-skin Jack' * and such , are honest men Compared to others that we all could name : yftB hairs upon yocr beads ve would not hurt , ( Although our motto ' s " rather rob than work I" ) Cobbett be d d , and his disciples too ; Hard cish ( and work ) for us will never do—Hstb we not got Great Wellington and Peel ? ¦ The advocates of paper and of steel ?
Consider , too , the toil of getting gold From oat the mines—it scarcely can be told—While the " cast-off smock" of a beggar wench will make Bank note * enough to tmy the Duke ' s estate ; + And the clout in which her ugly bat dotli squall Would pay off the black diamond dues , and all ! ! The parsons tell you not to « ovet gold—If yon dont heed them , can they save yonr aoul ? Paper ' s the thing , ye T&gabonda , d ' ye doubt it ? What could the " Surrey plough-boy" know about it ? How can you dare his " library ' to touch ? Bead Malthas , Marcus , Jdartineau , and such . The nation ' s overstocked— "Us quite a pest BaQ emigration , and the workhouse test ! . ' What happened in the town the other day ? ' Why ! " * ti » a d A affair , I can but say . "
( As Larder said to the Churchwarden mild , J WhBn he and then , met to " eat a child" )—But , be assured , tit bat a cine days' wonder—A penny ezacker to a clap of thunder—A little -wbixfrind to the hurricanes That sometimes sweep the lenrth and breadth of lands . . But don't let paper men hare all the blame , We hare " rogues in paper , " and "we have " rogues in grain I . ' . ' "
(" GOOGT MOORE , " &e oO&tfeifcer , listening . J ¦* ' Lay out a trifle , Sir , for I am bat poor , Tboajtb a descendant of old " Francis Moore ;" We M # ore * s were never nctieed for theology , "The " forte" of our family ' s astrology . I foretold , long ago , amongst my fellows , We should haTe broken banks" and " watery eel Ian " Before the coming year of " farty-two : " And I was right , by dad , my -words prore true " : gin * " Ca Ira , " and " Cock-a-doodle-doo I "
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* Babbit-skin Jack , a poor fellow in the j ail , confined for pttty larceny , t Dake of Richmond . ± Peter Pindar .
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PARLEY'S PENNY LIBRARY ; or , Treasury of Knowledge , Entertainment , and Delight . VoL 1 . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Flett Street ; Hobson , Leeds . Parley ' s Penny Library has been published in weekly numbers , and the first volume , neatly bound in doth , has just been completed . We gave a favourable notice of the work , at an early period of its issue , and , on the completion of the first volume , it gives us pleasure to be able to say that the hopes held out by the spirited projectors have been more than realised , though a alight deviation from the plan marked out in their original address , ha * been
made . There is perhaps less « f historical and classical lore ; but the CHrtaJment does not injure the volume or militate against its interest , for by it greater scope has been given for an analysis of the works of Charles Dickens , from whence the pith has been extracted , with sHch explanations , in a brief , witty , and conversational style , as tend not only to amuse , bat to instruct those for whom the wosk is more immediately intended . All classes , however , ought to possess Peter Parley . We give the follow-) Dg interesting extract from the Memoirs of Henry Masers de la Tude , a prisoner , for the long period of thirty years , in the French bastile , in order to show the capacities of that despised animal—the
hat : — The dungeons of the Bastile are octagonal ; the one in which I -was now confined had a loop-hole two feet and a half above the floor . On the inside it was two feet long , and about eighteen inches -wide ; but it gradually diminished toward ! the exterior , bo that on the outside wall it Bc&rcety exceeded three inches in size . From this loop-hole I derived the only light and air 1 was permitted to enjoy ; the stone which formed the basis of it served me also for chair and table . When tired of reclining on a foul and infected pallet , I dragged myself to the loop-hole to enjoy a Httle fresh air ; to lighten'the weight of my chains , I rested my elbows and arms on this horizontal stone . Being one day in this attitude , I saw a large rat appear at the other extremity of the loop-hole ; I called to him ; he looked
at me without manifesting any symptoms of fear ; I gently threw him a piece of bread , taking care not to frigkten him by any violent action . He approachedtook the bread—went to a little distance to eat it , and appeared to solicit a second piece . I flung him another , but at a less distance ; a third , still nearer ; and so on by degrees . This continued as long aa I bad bread to give him ; for , after satisfying his appetite , he carried off to a hole the fragments which he had not been able to devour . The following day he came again . I treated him with the same generosity , And added even a morsel of meat , which be appeared to find more palatable than the bread ; for this time he ate near to me , which before he had not done . The third day he became sufficiently familiar to take what I offered him from my fingers .
I had no idea where his dwelling-place was before , but he appeared inclined to change it , to approach nearer to me . He discovered on each side of the window a hole sufficiently large for his purpose ; he examined them both , and fixed his abode in the one to the right , which appeared to him the most convenient . On the firth day , for the flrtt time , he came to sleep there . The following morning he paid me a very early visit ; I gave him his breakfast : when he had eaten heartily he left me , and I saw him no more till the next day , when he came , according to his custom . I saw , aa soon as he issued from his hole , that he was not alone . I observed a female rat peeping from it , and apparently watching our proceedings . I tried to entice her
out by throwing her bread and meat ; she seemed much more timid than the other , and for some time refused to take them : however , at length she ventured out of the hole by degrees , and seized what I threw halfway towards her . Sometimes she quarrelled with the male ; and when she proved either stronger or more skilfnl , ran back to the hole , carrying with her what she had taken . When this happened , the male rat crept close to me for consolation ; and , to revenge himself on the other , ate what I gave him too far from the hole for her to venture to dispute it with him , but always pretending to exhibit his prize as if in bravado . He would then set himself on his haunches , holding the bread or meat between his fore paws like a monkey , and nibbling i > with an air of defiance .
One day the pride of the female conquered her shyness ; she sprang out , and seized between her teeth the morsel which the other was beginning to munch . Neither would let go , and they rolled orer each other to the hole , into which the female , who was nearest to it , dragged the male aft-r her . This extraordinary spectacle relieved by contrast the monotooy of my ordinary aoSerings and recollections . In the bustle of the world , it is difficult to conceive the pleasure I derived from such a trifling source ; but there are sensitive minds who will readily understand it .
When my dinner was brought in , I called my companions ; the male ran to me immediately , the female , according to custom , came slowly and timidly , but at length approached close to me , and ventured to tike what I offered her from my hand . Some time after , a third appeared , which was much less ceremonious than my first acquaintances . After his seeond visit , he constituted himself one of the family , and made himself so perfectly at home , ta&t he resolved to introduce his comrades . The next day he came , accompanied by two others , who , in the course of the week , "brought five more ; and thus , in less than a fortnight , our family circle consisted of ten large rats and myself . I gave each of them names , which they learned to distinguish . When I called them , they came to eat with me from
the dish , or off the plate ; but I found this unpleasant , and was soon forced to find them a dish for themselves , on account of their slovenly habits . They became so tame as to allow me to scratch their necks , and appt-ared pleased wbeo I did so ; but they would never permit me to touch them on the back . Sometimes I amused myself by making them play , and joined in their gambols . Occasionally I threw them a piece of meat scalding hot : the most eager ran to seize it , burned themselves , cried ont , and left it ; whilst tie \ tbs greedy , who had waited patiently , took it when it was cold , and escaped into a comer , where they divided their prise . Sometimes I made them jump up by holding a piece of me * t or bread / suspended in the air .
There was among them a female -whom I had christened Rapino-Hirozdelle , on account of her agility ; I took great pleasure in makiag her jump , and so conscious was she of her superiority over all the others , that she never condescended to take what I held up for them , She plactd herself in the attitude of a dog pointing game—allowed one of the rats to spring at the Bcond morsel offered to him—and , at the moment -when he seized it , would dart forward and snatch it out of his month . It was unlucky for him if she missed her spring , for then she invariably seized him by the neck with her teeth as sharp as needles ; the other , yellin ? with pain , would leave his prey at the mercy of Rapino-Hironddle , and creep into a corner to cure the wound she had inflicted on him .
"With these simple and innocent occupations , I continued for two years to divert my mind frsm constin . ly brooding over my miseries ; and now and then I surprised my 8 « lf in a sensation uf positive enjoyment I myself in the midfit of a family -who loved and interested me ; why then should I wish to transport myself into another hemisphere , -where I had met with nothing but assassins and executioners ? One day when my straw had been changed , I found among what had been newly brought p . piece of elder , which had helped to tie it This discovery caused an emotion I cannot describe . I conceived the idea of
converting it into a flageolet , and the thought transported me . Hitherto I had heard no sounds within my dungeon bnt those of bolts and chains ; I couid now vary teem by a sweet and touching melody , and thus accelerate , in some degree , the tardy steps of time . What a fertile source of consolation . ' But how coultt I construct this flageolet ? My hands -were confined within two iron-rings , fixed to a bar of the Bsme metal ; I could only move them by a most painful exertion , and I had no instrument to assist me . My gaolers would have refused me even a morsel of wood , bad I been able to offer them treasures in exch . \ nge .
I contrived to take off the buckle which confined the ¦ waistband of my small-clothes . I used the uods on my Jegs to prepare it , and to bend tbe fork into a kind of small chisel ; but it proved bo ineffective , that it was with the ntmost difficulty I could cut the branch of elder , take ont the pith , and shape it as 1 required . At last , after many attempts , and several months' labonr , I had the happiness to succeed . I call it happiness , for it truly was bo ; I enjoy it to this hour with increasing interest Thirty-four years have elapsed since I construtted this liuie instrument , and during that time it has never been a moment out of my possession . It formerly served to dissipate my cares , it now enhances my enjoyments .
The time occupied by these important labours in tome degree distracted me from my domestic cares , and caused me to neglect my little family ; during this interval , it had considerably augmented , and in less than a year it amounted to twenty-six . 1 was not certain there were no strangers among them ; those who attempted to gain admittance were received with hostility , and compelled to fight with the first , who encountered them . These battles afforded me s most amusing spectacle . As soon as the two champions placed themselves in position , they appeared at once to estimate their respective force before a blow was struck Tbt stronger gnashed his teeth , while the weaker uttered
cries , and retreated slowly without turning bia back , aa if fearful lest his adversary should spring upon him and destroy him On the other hand , the stronger never attacks in front , which would expose him to the danger of having his eyes torn out ! the method he adopts is « 4 ngni&r and « nniong : he places his head between his fow paws , and rolls head ovtr heels two or three times , until be comes in contact with his enemy ' s nose . Tfce latter attempts to fly ; the former selects that moment to sei » e him ; he grasp * him at once , and sometimes they fight most toriouily . If any other rats are present , they remain passive spectators of the combat , and never join two against one .
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The Late Mtjbdee . —St . Helen ' s , Thursday afternoon . — Various witnesses having been examined , the inquest was closed , and the jury after about twenty minutes' deliberation returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Isaac Jacques , Robert Woods , and Thomas Moljneux . The prisoners all deuiea any participation in the crime , but were committed , under the coroner ' s wan ant , to take their trial at the next assizes .
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The expences to be , incurred in the christening of the Prince of Wales will exceed , it is ! said , a hundred thousand pounds . This will be bread , and meat too , for the ttarving millions in the country King Ebnest ' s Hatred op Songs . — Ad rices from Hanover state that a seisure of a collection of political songs , termed "Songs of a Cosmopolite , " has just been made in the capital by order of govern ^ ment . — Galignani . " The man who hath not music in his soul , Is fit for treason , stratagem , and spoils . " Shakspkabb .
Unexpected Good Fobtone . —A singular idstaace of good fortune has , within the last few days , happened to a poor man named George Peters , with a numerous family , who followed the occupation of a journeyman baker , and resides in aa obscure street at Camberweil . It appears that a distant relative , residing at Bath , and from whom no expectations were ever entertained , has recently died , bequeathing to the wife of Peters large funded property amounting to near £ 50 , 000 . Peters has for Borne time been working at his trade in this city .
FOKGEBIES AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE , BRISTOL , DEC . 17 . —Much anxiety has been felt by the commercial world here in consequence of a gentleman holding a high situation in the Custom-house having absconded j and who it is alleged has committed forgeries to the amount of about £ sfiOO or £ 9 , 000 ; about £ 7 , 500 of forged acceptances having been already ascertained , one or two of which , it ia said , are held by the branch of the Bank of England . The individual is very highly connected , and the acceptances , it is said , purport to be those of a distinguished and gallant officer of high rank in the army .
Cork Workhouse . —Influx of poor Irish . — Owing principally , to the influx of paupers brought by the steamer Jupiter , from England , the number « f pauper inmates for whom , by dint of exertionthe creatures lying four and five in a bed—accommodation conld be made in our workhouse on Thursday night , was nine hundred aud eighty-six ! —a mass of destitution never before crowded within the walls of any Institution in this city . — Cork Reporter . Tub Nkw Yobk packet-ship , Jtosoius , whioh has
arrived at Liverpool , fell in , on the 7 th , with the wreck of the Erin-go-Bragh , Sumpton , master , of Liverpool , homeward bound from Quebec . The wreck was in a sinking state . Mr , Collins , the commander of the Roscius , took the master of the Erin go-Brsgh , nineteen of the crew , and Mr . J . W . Merrit , a passenger , on board the packet , and conveyed them in safety to Liverpool . So immir ent was the peril , that not an article belonging to any individaal was saved from the ship , which Bank immediately after the Roscius quitted her .
Ferocious Brutality . —To the catalogue of daring crimes described in the public prints during the last few monthB , we have to add the perpetration of an outrage committed a short time since at Cheddar , which , for the atrocity of the act and the savage barbarity with which it was accompanied , surpasses m extent of wanton cruelty anything which it has for a long time been our office to record . A poor woman returning from market , after nightfall , to her home , was suddenly accosted by three footpad ? , who fiercely demanded her money . The poor creature
instantly delivered up the whole of her little treasure , the produce of her market transactions ; but whether the ruffians were disappointed by the Bmallness of the amount , and were resolved on rifling all her under-gurments , or whether they were solely influenced by the promptings of diabolical ferocity , we know not , but they literally stripped her of every particle of clothing , and left her , in that state of dreadful destitution , to the ohauce of casual oharity , or to perish by the way side , under the complicated agonies of terror , cold , and tortured modesty .
Matsimonial Adventurers . —At Samarang , the second town in the island of Java , there exists a species of matrimonial lottery , whioh gives rise to many singular speculations . Orphan children , rieh as well as poor , are all brought up in a public establishment The m » st profound si ' ence as to the fortunes of these children is enjoined to every person employed in or about the institution . These fortunes are placed under the management of persons at Batavia , ou whom a similar injunction of secrecy is imposed . The female orphans are kept in the
establishment until their marriage . Every man possessing an annual income oi 730 florins , or two florins a day , is at liberty to choose a wife from among them , but the amount of her fortune ia not made known to him till several days after the marriage . A servant of the military hospital at Samarang lately selected one of these damsels with a fortune of 65 , 000 norius . Since his good luck , the applications for wives from the asylum have become very orgeat ; for a report has got abroad that there is a marriageable jjirl still left , who will bring with her a prize of 200 , 000 florins .
Anti-Malthcjsux—The followers of Mr . Malthus must be horror-struck at some recent circumstances in the pariah of Christchurch , Hants , where within the lest three weeks two women have been confined with three children each , and within three mouths , ten women have each borne twin children . f h * former are the wife of John Troke , who gave birth to three boys , two of whom are living ; and the wife of William Morley , three boys since dead . Execution op Job J . Waild . —The punishment of deaih was on Monday morning inflicted ou Job John Ward , who was convicted at the last November Sebsions of the Central Criminal Court of the wilful murder of Timothy Ested , his illegitimate son , aged only one year and nine months . The culprit .
who was in the prime of life , his age being only twenty-eight year ? , has ever since his condemnation suffered the most acute mental anguish , and on Sunday , during the condemned sermon , he fainted away in the chapel of Newgate , and the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour in consequence . Shortly before eight o ' clock the Reverend Ordinary , the Sheriffs , and other officers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his cell . Mr . Carver asked him whether he admitted the justice of his sentence , and he replied , " Oh dear , yes . " Mr . Sheriff Magnay then asked him whether he would now wish to state anything as to the manner in which the child was killed ; he replied that the child was lying in the bed and he struck it with his
fist twice ; he added , that when he did so , he had not the least idea or intention to kill it , and he concluded by declaring positively that he never made uso of the hammer . The Sheriff then asked him whether it was true that he was intoxicated at th' time , to which he replied that he was , and li « at the same time said he hoped that all working men would refrain from drink , for that had been the means of placing him in his present dreadful situation . Upon another occasion he told the Ordinary that it was drink which put the idea of striking ine child into his head , and that he wished liquor had been a guinea a quart on that day , as it would havo prevented the unfortunate occurrence taking place . The Sheriff then asked the prisoner whether it was not possible that the head of the child mi ^ ht have come in contact with the chair or bed-post , but he replied that that could not be , and again repeated , that the only injury inflicted
upon the child were the blows with his fist , adding that at the time he had not the slightest intention of killing it , but as those blows ware the cause of death , he acknowledged that he was justly charged with the murder , a . i \ d he was , therefore , liable to the punishment he was about to suffer . When the prisoner was pinioned he expressed a wish to shake hands with the Sheriffs and Ordinary , and having done so , be exclaimed " God bless you , I thank you all for your kindness . " The usual hour , eight o ' clock , having arrived the culprit was led to the scaffold , with the usual procession . He appeared very faint , and was supported by one of the turnkeys and Mr . Holding , one of the 6 urgeons . The appearance of the wretched man on the scaffold was the signal for a burst of cheers , mingled with groans , from the assembled crowd . He appeared to struggle Tor about a minute before life was extinct . At nine o ' clock the body was cut down , and interred by the side of Biakesley .
Extensive Fraud on the Bank of Engiand at Liverpool . — During the last week a fraud to the extent of £ 1 , 330 was committed upon the above csiabhshmeai , by means of forged checks npon a Belgian bank , known by the title of " Societe' General pour favoriser 1 'Industrie Nationale . " The giii ty party is a foreigner named Rapyier , between 35 aud 40 yeais of age . His height is five feet four ii . clies ; he has a florid complexion , and reddish hair . He speaka bad Engli&h , and but indifferent French . He is supposed to have arrived in Liverpool since the 1 st instant , in order to embark for
America . The following is a description of the notes obtained : —One . £ 300 , dated the 3 d February , 1841 , No . 47 , 312 ; six £ 100 , dated tbo 5 th Februay , 1841 , No . 79 , 366 to No . 79 , 371 ; five £ 50 , dated the 6 th of October . 1841 , No . 13 . 363 to No . 13 . 367 ; two £ 40 , ( fated the 7 ih of June . 1841 , No . 40 , 575 and No . 43 , 961 ; five £ 10 , dated the 10 th of September , 1841 , No 70 , 010 to No . 70 , 014 ; ten £ 5 , dated the 12 ihof October , 1841 , No . 74 , 837 to No . 74 , 846 . A confederate of Ranyier ' s was supposed to have gone to Leeds on Friday Be'nnight , and the police-officers were on the alert to secure him . Their efforts , however , if he did enter the town , were unsmcces / iful . ¦
The Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestioa , or -from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all L > . uggist 8 , and at the Northern : Star office . It is onl ' y necessary to see that the stamp had "Dr . Joo / a Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it In whtoj letters * and to let no one pat you off with any otKer pills . tf . B— The Pills ia the boxeB enclosed . in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a ' very mild aperient , and are particularly and univp . rsally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval sm " , military men ; as the ; contain no morcury or eaJ omel , and require neither confinement to the kat&j , aor restraint in diet .
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Enviable Subscribers . —The Ttpperary Free Press in a " cctomercial and monetary article , " makes the following classification of ite readers : — ' Mark , we do not complain of having a limited number of readers—our complaint is that we have too many ! The superabundant number may be placed under three heads . First , ihethaic begging or penny an hour readers / in Oonmel ( we except those who cannot afford to subscribe ); secondly , those who haunt our subscribers' houses ill order te '¦ oorrpw the paper , ' and they are a most numerous class of robbers ; But the greatest scoundrels are those who subscribe and never pay—these fellows should be transported for taking property under ' falsepretenoes ! - "' - . •„ ¦ .
Artificial Ice for Skating .- —Our readers will doubtless utter a note of admiration , signifying absolute incredulity' m regard to the import of these words—nevertheless ' tis true ; and true it i& vtithqnt any occasion for pity , that a newvmarvellous feat ' of science ia added to those by which this era has been already distinguished , in the discovery of a chemical compound having all the appearance of ice-capable of being deposited in the % heet ' , and offsririg ^ to tlhe skater a surface muoh more agreeable for -the pur ? ' poBeaof his graceful exercise than that ordinarily su pplied bythe winter operations of nature upon oar park waters . The gentleman whb'Has achieved itjiis victory over the elements of chemistry , Mr . Henry Kirk , now exhibits the results of his aomefira years ' labonr to that end at a building on the grounds of Mr . Jenkins , ia the New-road , near to Dorset-square .
The floor of the apartment , 24 feet by 14 , is covered with an apparent icy integument—not quite as clear as crystal , but like congelation after a white frost , upon which a considerable number of members of the skating club indulged in their evolutions , and r My tested itspretensions . This substance , seveneighths of an inch thick , in this instance , lies close upon the floor of the room , and cannot be broken by any concussion short of that by a sledge-hammer , and its endurance under the abrasion of the skate is also most remarkable , Heat up to 100 degrees has also no effect upon it . In , a word it oan be created and used as readily in summer asm winter , and we may therefore make up our minds to have as good skating in the dog-days as at Christmas . Mr . Kirk projects an extensive ice-ground , surrounded by and set off with scenes of winter , executed by the best artists in that line .
The Prince of Wales . —Rational beings , or persons capable of the slightest pretence to rationality , cannot reul the Gazette which proclaims the patent creation of Prince of Wales , without surprise that such Gothic barbarities and absurdities should be still persevered in . A child of a few weeks old is created Prince of Wales , and yet as he is not 'born * Prince of Wales , his elevation to the rank might as well be postponed until he is able to comprehend what it means , and to understand even what nominal functions he has to perform or execute . Precedent is the plea for these tom-fooleries ; but the age has arrived when we are to estimate precedentB by their rationality and utility , and not by their antiquity . The older the precedent the greater
is the presumption that it ia absurd , ridiculous , or pernicious . If our barbarous , ignorant , superstitious , and priest-ridden ancestors made fools of themselves , is that any reason why we should follow their example ? There must be an end to stupid precedents at one time or another : they are not eternal , and we are just as capable of destroying them now as our successors can be . This infant in its long clethes , upon being created Prince of Wales ( what a quiz upon poor Taffy ) , is girt with a sword , which he cannot distinguish from a spoon , bodkin , or tweezer ; he has then a ooronefc placed on his head , a gold ring put on his finger , and a gold rod put in his hand , in order that he may '' direct and defend those parts" the borders of England and Wales , there
having been no such borders to defend since the reign of Queen Elizabeth , when border warfare ceased , and a baby in long clothes not being exactly the most fit person to enter into border warfare . It is quite time that suoh disgraceful nonsense should be removed from the sight of a rational people . The bishops , always most prominent where ceremonies are the most disgraceful , are active on this occasion , and it is a bishop that begirts the baby with the sword .. By a parity or consistency it ought to be a generator an admiral that places the mifcre on the Head , and the crosier in the hand of a bishop at his Episcopal creation . After this comes a worship proclamation , from the Queen , as " defender of the faith . " May we not inquire what faith is meant i The British Empire comprises every faith under the sun , and as a Sovereign is in theory and in principle ,
an impartial and equal defender of all parties , it follows that our Queen is . not the defender of the faith , whatever it maybe , but the defender of « 11 faiths . Though , if a faith cannot defend itself , it is not worth defending . Well , her Majesty , as defender of the faith , forsooth , orders a new edition of the prayer-book , and in which we freeborn and rational Englishmen are ordered to pray for the Prince of Wales , after Prince Albert . Falstaff would not bare even reason on compulsion ; nor do we like prayers upon royal command . We would pray for the Prince of Wales after or before Prince Albert , or pray for only ore or neither , as it suited us , and in no case would pray upon compulsion . If the present Prinoe of Walts should be like the last Prince of Wales , we would heartily pray for his happiness , its locality being in the other world . :
The Boy Jonbs . —This extraordinary lad , whose repeated visits to Buckingham Palace caused so much alarm some time ago , and who afcer being released from prison was sent out to sea in a merchant ship , has lately returned to England , and is now at Liverpool . His case is likely to come under the notice of the authorities , for it appears he was sent away without the concurrence of his father , an old man of good character , who is living in Bellyard , York-street , Westminster , and who . not knowing tne destination of his son , was labouring under great anxiety about him until he received a letter from him a few day ? ago , stating that the ship in which he had been induced to leave England had returned to Liverpool , and that he had been
subjected to much ill-usage on board . There appears u > have been some irregularity in the mode of getting rid of this troublesome lad , and a good deal of money unnecessarily expended by a tradesman named James , roeidingiu Westminster , and a Thames Police inspector , named Evans , who , after travel ' ling about with him in England and Ireland for a month , eventually procured him a berth in a Liverpool ship , and not at Cork , as wus stated some time ago . The lad is anxious to return to London , and hay written to bis father for the means of doing so ; but his f » t her is too poor to defray the necessary expences of providing him with a passage to London . Several of his neighbours have promised to assist him , and there is no doubt he will soon reach home .
His father states that there ia no reason for believing that his son will ever repeat the foolish freaks he has been guilty of , and that long before he waa sent out of the country he repented of his conduct , and was anxious to obtain employment , which was offered him by several persons , who found the lad to be very intelligent . It appears that after the boy ' s liberation from the Westminster Bridewell he was taken in hand by Mr . James , his father ' s landlord , who keepa the Bell public-house , in Bell-yard , Yorkstreet , Westminster , and James Christopher Evans , jun ., an Inspector of Thames Police , who acted from instructions conveyed from the Home-ofSce . Evans represented himself to the father and his son as the agent of a ship in the London Docks , who would , on
the recommendation , of Mr . James , provide young Jones with a berth on board the Diamond , the Captain of which was stated to be a friend of Mr . James . The Diamond had , however , left the London Docks when the parties arrived there , and Mr . James , the Police Inspector , and the boy hastened to Cork ; but for reasons stated in a letter from the boy to his father , he was not shipped . After visiting Plymouth and several other places , during which the lad was treated with the greatest kindness , he was ultimately conveyed to Liverpool , and there shipped , upon what voyage has not been ascertained , nor has the boy in his letters mentioned the name of the vessel or the voyage . The affair has been badly managed ; for the boy , after all the
expense and trouble which has been taken about him , is again in England , after a fire moutos' absence , and heartily sick of a seafaring life , for which , it appears , ha never entertained a predileetion . The same money , judiciously expended ,, would have procured him a good situation , and paid bis passage to a distant colony ,, to which his father would not have objected , and where he could have given , no more uneasiness to the authorities here , Oa Saturday , in consequence of its having come t « the knowledge of the father of the boy Jones that the New Police had something to do with the shipment of his son , he attended at the Thames Police Court for the purpose of waiting upon the Magistrate , and obtaining information on the subject . He saw Evans , jun .,
whom he recognised as the very person who was introduced to him six months ago as the agent of a shi p in whioh his son was to bo sent to sea . Evans said he was the agent of a particular ship at that time , and all that had been done for hja son was done for his benefit . Mr . Jones expressed his surprise that a police officer should represent himself as the agent of a ship , and said that he ought to have been consulted on the subject * and informed of the destination of the boy previous to his leaving the country . Evans said the boy ' s interests would kave been materially affeetedif his destination had been made known , and spoke in high terms of the boy s intalKirannA and flood conduct while he Was with
him " Mr . Jones then said he wished to-speak to the Magistrate on the subject , and was afraid his boy would be trepanned and sent away to eea again without bia concurrence ; but hewaa . informed , the Magistrate would not be able to interfere in the matter , and after some further conversation he left the Court . The poor man is labouring under great anxiety about hk son , and has been unable to follow his ttaual occupation during the last week , owing to his distress of mind . He intends to communicate with the authorities at Liverpool , and request them not to allow bis son to be trepanned into another voyago , which there ia reason to fear may be attempted ..
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Interesting Anatomical Examination of a Female Chimpanzee . —In July last a very fine pair of chimpanzees were purchased by the Committee of the Bristol and Clifton Zoological Gardens , they having been brought direct from Africa to this port . During the summer and autumn these rare animals attracted the attention of visitors from all parts . From the circumstance of no specimen' having been preserved in this country for a longer period than a few months , as they have generally died of consumption , more than ordinary care and . attention wore bestowed upon them by the keeper ; for as they were a pair—a very unusual thing—the Committee set a very high Value upon them : but it was" of no avail , as far as relates to the female , for she died on the
5 th instant , though not ( as it has subsequently been found ) of the usual disease , consumption , put of dysentery , to which she had * in fact , been subject on her voyage , and continued to suffer from it iillher death . Indeed , there was no remedy , for it was found impossible to administer any medicine . The keeper was in the habit of masticating her food , and feeding her from his mouth ; but the moment any kind of medicine , was attempted to be introduced she rejected it , and even after it had been forced down her throat she wpald throw it off her stomaoh . The body . 'having been presented to the Bristol Philosophic Institution , Was opened by Dr . FairJbrother , ia the presence of some pf the members . On being anatomically examined , its great similarity to the human frame was surprisingly apparent . The brain , lungs , heart , stomach , liver , spleen , kidneys ,
intestines , &p ., were in form and shape almost exactly the ccunterparfc of those in a human being ; the heart , in particular , presented a peculiarity never found in any other of the monkey tribe—that is , it had nearly the same obliquity and rested oh the midriff in the same manner as in the human body ; indeed , the only striking exception was in the organs of the voice , there being on the upper part of the ventricles of the larynx two small membranous baga or sacks , i&to which part of the air must pass from the lungs during respiration ; so that the column of air is divided and diminished , and , consequently , the vibrations produced by its passage through the glottis are weakened , and the voice becomes inarticulate . If it were not for this singular provision , it is supposed that the chimpanzee would be capable of giving utferance to , its feelings and wants in the same manner that man does . —Bristol . Standard .
Four Vessels Run Down at Sea—Within the last two or three days the underwriters at Lloyd's have received intelligence of four vessels having been run down during the late dreadful gales from the north-w 0 Bt , unhappily attended with loss of life . The vessels in question aTe the schooner Eliza , belonging to Ipswich , the Defiance , of Greenwich , the sohooner Nancy , belonging to Yarmouth , and the brig Queen , of Newcastle . It appears that the Eliza , whioh was a fast-sailing vessel , was run down on the night of the 5 th inst ., between ten and eleven , near Harwich , by a brig called the Conudon , of Stookton , and it was a miracle that the crew , many of whom were asleep in their berths , were hot carried down with the vessel , for she sank in a few minutes
after the collision . Fortuately they got on board of the brig , but were not able to save any property . The vessel is supposed to be insured . The Nancy was lost on the same night , and the account given of her Io 3 s is , that she was in the roads off the eastern coast , making for Yarmouth , when the Jean and Mary , of Whitby , came athwart her bows with such tremendous violence that she almost immediately sank , and it was with the utmost difficulty that the other vessel was prevented from sinking , her starboard quarter being completely driven in . The master , Mr . Todd , and the crew sav « d themselves by jumping into the long boat , and landed the following morning at Yarmouth very much exhausted . The Jean and Mary has since been run ashore to save
her . Both vessels are insured . As regards the Defiance , she was loBt on the 10 th inst ., off Cromer Lighthouse . She was at anchor at the time , and the vessel that caused her destruction was the schooner Alert , of Whitby . The master , who is theowner of the vessel , is unfortunately not insured . On the morning of the 11 th , Saturday week , the Queen , on her voyage to London from Shields , laden deeply with coals , when off Scarborough , was run down by a barque , name unknown , and three of the crew sank with the ship . The remaining portion of the crew sprang into the jollyboat just as she was sinking , and Were picked up about four hours after by a fishing smack , and landed at Flamborough . The vessel was valued at £ 2 , 00 9 *
Dreadful Earthquake . —The following account has been received from a resident at San Jose , Costa Rica , ou the Isthmus of Darien , dated September 14 , 1841 .: — " We have had lately some shocks of earthquake which have caused great consternation , but happily * in . this place , have not been attended with fatal effects . A little after six in the morning of the 2 nd instant the first shock took place . I was dressing at the moment , and immediately rushed to the door , some woodwork from the top of which , falling down , smashed to atoms my washhandbasin , and gave me & slight blow on the leg . However , I soon found my way to the square , where I encountered a motley assemblage , some en chemise , others with blankets round their shoulders , women screaming , dogs howling , and every sign of confusion and dismay . This was an awful moment . The louses though much shaken , had not fallen , and we were every instant expecting another shock . The
next was less violent , and fortunately did no damage ; but for nine days and nights we were kept in continual alarm by slighter tremblings of the earth . We passed the nights in our clothes , with the doors open to the street , to favour our escape , if it should be necessary . My house is so much damaged that I have not ventured to sleep in it since , and I understand it will be taken down . I have probably mentioned in my former letters that the houses here are only from twelve to fifteen feet in height , as some precaution against the danger of earthquakes ; but , as I live opposite to a church , I did not view , without apprehension , the tower , whioh i ? one hundred feet high . In Cartago , five league * hence , the effects were dreadful in the extreme . In less time than I can write it , a city of ten thousand souls was laid in ruins . What are all the evils of war compared to such tremendous devastation ? It seems wondtrful how so few lives should be lost .
The inhabitants wtre indebted for their preservation to their early rising . All the houses were levelled to the ground , and not moie than forty or fifty persons killed and wounded . You may imagine the distress of the survivors , without a roof to shelter them , and exposed to the mercy of the elements . They have pitched their tents in the streets and squares—miserable huts roofed with hides or leaves , a very slender protection when the rain is coming down in torrents for efght or ten hoars successively . Many of them will , no doubt , perish from levers . The poor will suffer much from the dearnesa of food ,
the chief article , maize , having been much damaged by the cattle getting into the fields , the enclosures having been destroyed by the earthquake . The cause of all these calamities has been an eruption of a volcano three leagues beyond Cartago . The last earthquake took place in the year 1822 , but the mischief was then confined to the destruction of a few houses . The people have , as yea may suppose , conducted themselves like good Catholics . Images of saints were carried in procession through the streets , public prayers were offered daily , and women wtro walking about , doing penance , by carrying huge stones on their heads . "
Borough Court of Requests , oaturdat . —The Dcstman ' 3 . Christening . —Joseph Brown , a regular dustman , summoned Charles Norton , a gentleman in tht ) same line of business , for £ 1 2 s . 6 d . Although the parties were in humble life , the case created no little degree of interest , numerous gentlemen being preBent with their "fantail shallows , " accompanied by their wives and darters , to hear , aa one of the young ladies expressed herself , the result of the"iuwegiBtation . " Complainant—It ' s rather a long story , bat I shall keep to the main pints of it . ( Laughter . ) Commissioneis—Thank you ; "Brevity is ' the soul of wit . " Complainant—You are ¦ wetry right , Sir ; my eldest daeter larnt that at school . ( Laughter . ) But to come te the pint , as I said afore ,
my old homan waB confined with a boy the same day as her Majesty—( loud laughter)—and me and Sal agreed as how we'd christen him Albert on the same day a » the Prince of Wales . I looked hevery day ; into tl » e Court Otrctt / aH ^ to-find out venthe hinteresting oexcmoBj was to bs performed , but , finding the affair was not to come off till Februrary , me » ud my vife- had a consultation , and , finally , ve agreed as ouir first boy should b » christened las » Monday . ( Laaghter . ) 1 inwiteda snug party to . have some supper and spend the hevening . I g » r my old houan a suvereign , aod a half wot I had saved up ; she bought two ribs of beef , which was Wt to the Jtekehonse , and a > lot of taters under it ; besides , we had two ham amd veal pies , a piece of the buttocks of
beef , &c . ; I got ia fear gallons of h * avy wet , two bottles of gin ,, a drop of brandy , aad lots of pipes , and tobacco . The defendant waa inwited , with his eld homan , and five » ther pals ; we all made a capital supper , except Bill Saunders , who happered rathw fresh whei , he first come . Arter the cloth was cleared , the usual loyal toasts were given and done due honour to , and Mrs . Norton sang the "ligbto f other days "—( laogbter)—and Jem Roberts , the M Stom " - ( laiighter . ) -BTrt little did I this * a storm wu brewing . ( Laughter . ) Joe Souther * then , proposed the health of Master Halbert Brown vicb waB about to be given from the ohewr . when
the defendant got up , and said as I belonged' to the Arittocratical party , and he would not drifik the toast ; l i as cheermaa , rose to demand an hexpJaaation , whea he ( defendant ) says , » I'll fight any mam in the room for five bob , " I got up to . put him oak of the room , when he seised ! me , and tare my uvtaK teen jacket all to pieces , and that ' s vat 1 summon ton for . ( Roars of laughter . ) Defendant—I don't dear it , Mr . Commissioner , but I hates royalty , ev « a V < the name . I did not wish to injure Mr . Bth » vr ' but if he had sot given hw feoy such a crack ' j&i word , this here affair could never have took f iace The defendant then paid the amount , ajty £ &ogen tlemeatoft the court .
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Sihgular Circumstance . —There is at present in * ® possession of Mr . Robert Lyon , Cop Hall , Sessay , m the Nor th Riding , a hen whioh has for eix Bueeeffsiye years changed the colour of its plumage ; it is one year beautifully speckled , then the ensuing year completely white . « TRAVEixiwo' Extsa « rtosary . —Two wiseacres , residents of Petersfield , were last week neatly gulled by a man calling himself a sailor . He stated to those greenhorns that he had about seventy pounds prize money to receive , and that be bad drawn ten pounds at Portsmouth to convey him and pay bis expenses to London , but which he had unfortunatel y lost ; the'remaiaderhe was to receive at Somerset House immediately on bis arriving there , his papers
for which be bad forwarded to his sister at Ratcliffehighway . - He very generously offered the parties twenty pounds to convey him to London to some vehicle , which they did , and weieto pay alt travels ling expenses . The money was to be paid immediately on their arrival in London . The party lived gloriously on the road , sparing no expense , but on arriving in London Jack made a sudden bolt , leaving his companions to travel back to Petersfieldj and to bewail their unlucky fate in having to pay the piper out of their own pockets , instead of grasping twenty pounds for so slight a service rendered . —/ fampsAirtf Independent . ; Dublik—Cruel Tbbaimbut of thb Pooa , —The board of guardians for the Cork union intend retaliating upon the English Poor Law authorities for
transmitting to Cork & number of paupers who were properly chargeable upon that or other Irish onions ' , but not upon an English union . A number of the paapers , brought over in the ship Jupiter , applied for admission . The first applicant was a woman with three children . She was a native of Cork , bat her husband was a Welshman . Mr . Cantillor ( according to the Cork Constitution ) said that , although the woman had no claim on the union , they could not turn her out upon' the streets—Mr . McC arthy : Out with her—out with her—she is an Englishwoman . —Mr . Cantillor : Oh , oh ! What will become of her 1—M * . M'Carthy : Let her die in the streets , —Mr . Hackett : Oh , not so fust . —Yea ; she is an Englishwoman . Let her die in the streets
—it is merely a return for their kindness to our poor . ( Cries of "Shame ! shame V * y—The paupers were ordered to be turned out of the house , though the mother protested that she and her infants ; one of whom waa seven , another five , and the third three years of age , had no means of procuring shelter or a morsel of food . Several men , women , and children , were turned ont of doors , even though thef were natives of Ireland , because they had lived some years in England , and were considered by the guardians , as-properly chargeable upon English unions . The proceedings of the guardians , in reference to this matter , were long and stormy . Th * y ultimately decided upon applying to his excellency Earl de Grey , praying his interference with the secretary of
state for the home department to prevent the immense influx of paupers from the port of London to the port of Cork , without reference to the immediate union ir Ireland to which the said paupers may belong ; and further observing , that the transmission of Irish paupers from London io Cork was illegal . Death in the Queen s Bench Prison . —Ori Thursday " Mr . Le Pipre held an inquest in the Qaeen ' s Bench prison on the body of David Wild , aged 71 , * prisoner confined for debt , and formerly a linen draper . The jury consisted , as usual , of twelve prisoners , six being rnlers . Mr . Samuel Cooper , surgeon , said that he was first called to see deeeasea oa Monday afternoon last , and found him in his room , labouring under oppression of the chest , and
haying a very troublesome cough and pain in the region of the heart . He wore a plaster on the chest , whioh showed that it had been affected for some time . Witness offered to take him into the infirmary but deceased preferred his own room . Witness prescribed for him , and the next day , being urged to do so , deceased consented to go into tbe infirmary , in which he died on Wednesday last . Deceased had applied too late for medical succonr ; if he had applied sooner , he might have been bled , and received other treatment , which probably would have prolonged his life . Deceased said to a prisoner , on coming into the prison , that his heart was broken , and that a creditor had taken his property from him , and then cast him into prison . Deceased was
perfectly sane , but his circumstances must have preyed npon his mind He had been in prison a fortnight . He died of disease of the heart , combined with an affection of the chest . Charlotte Harris—I had been the deceased ' s housekeeper for the last seven years He was subject to gout , and had » long illness last Christmas . Deceased told me confinement wonld break his heart . He had no children , and had never been in prison before . The amount of the debt for which he was confined was about £ 40 * Verdict— ' Died of disease of tbe heart , which waa greatly accelerated by deceased ' s having been imprisoned at such an advanced age . " Accident bt Lightning . —On Friday , during » storm of hail and thunder , which raged about one
o ' clock , an alarming accident happened at the new printing and dying works erected for Messrs . Higginbotham and Co ., near Little Govan . Mr . Fleming , cashier of the works , and Mr . Bow , contractor for the brick building , were standing in one of the flats of the new mill , looking at the large stalk , and conversing as to the propriety of keeping on a fire to dry it , when Mr . Fleming observed a ball of flame strike the south-west side of the stalk , and darting forwards , the concussion having ocoasioned a noise like the explosion of a gun . Immediately after , it waa observed that the stalk was
shattered , and rent for the space of about twenty or thirty yardB . A labourer , who was employed in working lime at the foot of the stalk , was struck with the thunderbolt , and precipitated into a hole near to the place on which he was standing . On being lifted up , his arms and legs were powerless , and he appeared altogether debilitated for dome time , when he regained the use of his limbs , except one leg , the power of which , it is feared , be will not recover . The wall of a building erecting adjacent was also struck and broken . The stalk , which was recently finished , is 220 feet in height , and it measures seven feet in diameter at the top . — Glasgow Herald .
Fbightful and Fatal Accident on the London and Birmingham Railway . —On Saturday afternoon an accident of a frightful nature , and which terminated fatally , took place ! on the line of the London and Birmingham Railway , at a place called Chigington , a few miles below Aylesbury . The up third class , or goods' train , had arrived within a short distance of the station , and the train bad not yet stopped , when a man named William GiJley , foreman of the plate-layers of that division of the line , and who had come up aa a passenger , impruc . ently j omped out of the train . The unfortunate fell ow , not being aware that anything else was approach ing , instead of jumping off on the same side as the eM ition , did m > on that next the road , at whioh moi ient the York passenger train was coming up at th * ; rate of at least thirty miles an hoar . Before poor G illey could reach the ground he was caught in the b ' j ck by the buffer
of the engine by which the York train was being drawn , and with such fearful viola ice was the shock that his body was Been by the gu ards of the goods train apparently to il y to the extear ; of between thirty and forty yards . It had not reae hed the ground tbe second time before his body wai . again caught and hurled forward bythe front of tb . e engine , the driver of whieh endeavoured to stop ° the speed , but was wholly unable to do so before tl ie entire train , consisting of nearly thirty CMrisjj eS | had passed over him . The guards of the goods ' train instantly ran to the spot , at least sixty t ards from th » place whete the poor fellow had jun tped out , and notwithstanding the dreadfully shatf , ered appearance of his body in every part , lite war not quite then extinct , and he breathed for a feT r seconds after . The body of the unfortunate r ian , who was twentyeight year * of age , and sin ^ le , was conveyed by the goods' train on to AjleaT jury , where it awaits a Coroner ' s inquest .
Thb Fobok » Excau ? , ueb Bill Affair .. —The veil thai was drawn ov < \ this atrocious business is beginning to be seen ' through , and the mystery which hung about ife to be gradually giving way to theeoqairiugeyesof ti , few . It is now rendered pretty , evident that Be / . umoot Smith is not the principal in . the aftaia ^ altf ough he has avowed himself to beso- ; he is thftset pe-goat for the greater , more exalted knaves- ; ai , d his declaration of being " wholly and soJely f ailty , " was to tkrow dust in the eyes of the puW « a i to the detection of the real culprits . Itiaa jpggjr between the officers of the Crown and jjastice , and v to be * bashed up" with as littlo noise as possiM * . f ^ th will not bo transported , or if be is * will B » 8 «» i ont On a voyage of pleasure to New
South Wales *» i re-shipped after a short time for the EuropeanO mtinent , where he will pas&hislife in . luxury > pw > T , ded for him by tbe greater rascals ia the business , it is a juggle , we say , to gall thai jackass Aohm Ball ; and all the parade of legal bigvngsat Saw ? Vs trial , and the affected solemnity of the procMd * iga , was of the fashion of the Cardigan juggle i » tk ,, House of Lords ; it was known very well tfttM judge and the counsel on both sides , thai r J" ? f to p **** guilty , and Rspallo was to be let oat ftm oag in time euough toafford him the facility of escape before any sew mock proeeedinga were « ot * p f jgwnst Um . If RapaUo wore brought to * " *» "f could , and perhaps would * implicate parties in *¦*? raod at whom the finger of suspicion has not y ^ , P * inteA ; more than bn » nobltman is said to rest v ~ 1 i ^^^ m * y mwm ^ rw w vvw ^ vw vb"V wm ^^^^ w ^ mwv »¦ v * V flMV ^ fe SWV
^ ^^ " raw ; the < imputation ^ of having a kiioteted ge of the ? 5 r V * nd of Having iwtidpatfid in the profits of " forgery . Of coarse tbe noUemen . * being oa the * iorality" Bide of the question ^ wooid ease a stain w > on the jugglers who now direct the whirlwind of ' fairs and float in the political storm between place and perdition . The matter most be "hoshted ap , " the public defrauded , and the culprits shielded Smith , we say , will be handsomely provided for—. will be secured a provision for life ; and this for . taking upon himself the guilt of more devout : rascals ' —men who will pass to the grave in * monumental pride , " but who , if there existed * n equitable adni' nistration of justice , would be paraded before the ' world in all the deformity of titled delinquency and " moral" and political degradation . —* a « ru / .
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THEfCOMMONWEALTHSMAN or CHARTIST ADTOCATE , Nos . 1 aad 2 , published by Thos . Cooper , 11 , Church-gate , Leicester . Thi 3 is a new Chartist print containing some good articles . Ii is both amusing and instructive , and we think calculated to effect much good .
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SEASONS FOR A NEW EDITION OF SHAKSPERE'S WORKS ; containing notices of the defects of former impressions , and pointing out the latest acquired means of illustrating the 5 lay ? , poems , and biography of the Poet , by . Patitb Collies , Esq .. F . S . A . London : Whitaker and Co ., Ave Maria Lane , 1841 . Considering the many editions and corrections of ¦ the text of Shakspere , which have appeared , many of them bv men of eminent learning and ability , it
appeared almost hopeless to expect any consider--able improvement from the labours of future commentators : the pamphlet before us , however , gives ample proof of such a supposition being unfounded ; and should the promises held out by Mr . Collier be realized , the admirers of the bard of Avon wiH have the satisfaction of beholding him in a more correet and original form than any in which he has hitherto been presented to their notice .
Tbe pamphlet is well written , displaying a close -acquaintance with the subject , and contains much ¦ valuable and interesting information . The aathor has had access to the invalnable collections-of various ¦ e ditions of tbe works of our great dramatist in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire , Lord "Francis Egerton , and a large circle of private friends . We bust the work will be a valuable addition to our dramatic literature .
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LESSONS ON WORDS AND OBJECTS ; or a First Book for Children : arranged foi the pniposes of Objec ; Teaching , for the use ef Private Families , or Schools , by Johu Ellis . Second Editiorj . London : F . ffiogham Wilson , 13 , B ^ hopgate-street , and J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Manchester , A . He j wood , Glasgow , Pafcon and Love , Nelson-street ; Leeds , J . Hobson .
This edition is improved in many respects ; and if tbe teacher attends to the hints given in the preface it may be made exceedingly useful in making first impressions both agreeable and permanent . In a third edition , the author , if so disposed , may still further improve his labours .
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GOVERNESSES ; OR , MODERN EDUCATION . By Madame B . Rjojsey , Anthoress of " Private Ecuc&tion . " Nov ., December , 1841 . London , published for , and to be had ot , the Authoress , 22 , Newman-street , Oxford-street . This work , as far as we can judge of it , from the Bortions which we have seen , appears calculated to
throw important light npon snbjects -connected witn female education . We have only Been two or three Eumbers of tbe work , and this prevents us from forming a judgment npon it as a whole . The numbers now before as contain some English articles of considerable interest . Two on tbe subject of obedience are of great merit , and eannot fad to excite the most serious attention of thosa parents and instructors who are really desirous of promotuig the interest of those committed to their charge . Besides ihose , there are excellent essays upon style , and also in reference to exerciBe . We sincerely hope the fair autfeoress wiil receive that encouragement to which her important labours gives her so just a 3 } lira .
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THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , No . 2 and 3 , ** THE LAND , ' the only remedy for national poTer tj and impending n * t « H >* l ruin . How to « t it and how to tuse it . Bj Fbabgc * O'Con-So * , E « i . Second Edition . Leeds , J . Hobson ; Manchester . A . Bey wood ; London , J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . We are glad to perceive that this valuable tract his reached a seeond edition . Mr . O'Connor well understands the subject on which he writes ; his reasonings are clear and unanswerable , and his conclusions logieal and satisfactory . We hope all Cbartistt will unite ih giving to those letters a nxiFersal circulation throngbont the three kingdoms .
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"THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TRADES UNIONS . By G . Jacob Holt-OAiE- Published by request . London : J . Cleave ; Hobson , Leeds ; Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers . This little work contains much important matter , which should be known and deeply considered by -alL When working men can accumulate by small payments such enormous sums as have been worse than wasted in unsuccessful contests with capital , it is quite dear that their praiseworthy efforts have not yet received a right direction . We think no one -can read this little tract without feeling convinced that the working classes cannot be prosperous until "they get the power to use the land for their own benefit and that of the whole commonwealth .
• CLASS LEGISLATION EXPOSED , OR PRACTICAL ATHEISM IDENTIFIED WITH THE ADVOCATES OF PROPERTY QUALIFICATION , FOR LEGISLATIVE ENFRANCHISEMENT . By R . T . Moejuson . London , Jshn Green , 121 , Newgate-street ; Heywood , Manchester ; and T . Kirk , Nottingham , 1 B 41 . This is an exceedingly clever tcrniBg of the tables * pon the advocates of oppression and misrule . These
. gentry , whenever they hear an honest man advocate -equality of righte immediately cry out infidel . Mr . Morrison has certainly proved the claim of these soealled Christians , to tbe nnenviable title they are on all occasions so ready 10 bestow . We sincerely hope the dose he has administered will work effectually . To flod themselves practically denying the existence -of a God and the immortality of the soul , must -afford singular satisfaction to the saintly hypocrites -of the present day .
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THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 24, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct874/page/3/
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