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      BEAUTIES OF BIROS ' . so . IV . ic folic following lines , which will remind thc reader otkI ' otk ' s " Universal Prayer , " though now inserted c "he "Ikurs of Idleness , " were not published in orig ordinal volume . Why they were not included , dilii difficult to conjecture , as they hear date Dcceuv Kitlii'Utli , 1 > 0 'J , and the volume of thc " Hours of teiZ-Mi / ' «' . is wot published until . March , ISO 7 . These ¦ wes were first published iu 1839—sixvears after the s Uifs death : —

      THE PRAYER OF NATURE . I Father of Light . ' great God of Heaven llcar ' st thou the accents of despair ? < Can guilt like man ' s he e ' er forgiven 1 Can vice atone for crimes by prayer ? 3 father of Light on tlii-e I call ! Thouseest my soul is dark wilhin ; Thou who canst mark tV . c sparrow ' s fall . Avert from me the death of sin . Ki » shrine I seek , to sects unknown ; Oh point to me the path of truth ! Thy dread omnipotence I own ; . Spare , yet amend , tlie faults of youth . Let bigots rear a gloomy fane , Let superstition hail the pile , Let priests , to spread their sable reign , Whb tales of mystic rites beguile . Shall min confine his Maker ' s

      sway-To Gothic domes of mouldering stoua ! Thy temple is tlie face of day ; Earth , ocean , heaven , thy boundless throne Shall man condemn his race to hell , Unless they bend in pompous form ? Tell us that all , for one who fell , Must perish iu the mighty storm i Shall each pretend to reach the skies . Yet doom k-s brother to expire , Wliose soul a different hope supplies , Or doctrines less severe inspire 1 Shall these by creeds they can ' t expound . Prepare a fancied bliss or woe ! Shall reptiles , grovelling on the ground , Their great Creator ' s purpose know 1 Shall those who live for self alone , Whose years float on iu daily crime-Shall they by faith for guilt atone , And live beyond the bounds of time !

      Father ! no prophet ' s laws I seek—Thy laws in 5 ature * 3 works appear—I « wi : myself corrupt anil weak , Yet will I pray , for thou wilt hear ! Thou who canst guide the wandering star-Through trackless realms of a-tlier ' s space ; Who calm ' st the elemental war , Whose hand from polo to pole I traco—Thou , who in wisdom placed me here . Who , when thou wilt , can take me hence , Ah ! whilst I tread this earthly sphere , Extend to me thy wide defence . To Thee , my God , to Thee I call ! Whatever weal or woe betide , Hy Thy command 1 rise or faU , In Tiiy protection I confide .

      If when tins dust to diisrs restored , My soul shall float on airy wing , How shall thy glorious name adored Inspire her feeble voice to sing ! J . ' uf , if this II eeting spirit share , With clay , the grave ' s eternal bed , While life jet throbs , I raise my prayer , Though doom'd no wore to quit the dead . To Thee I breathe my humble strain . Grateful for all thy Mercies past , Aud hope , my God , to Thee again This erring life may fly at last .

      A rHACMEST . "When , to their airy hall , my father ' s voice Shall call my spirit , joyful iu their choice , When poised upon the gale , my form shall ride ; Or , dark in mist , descend thc mountain ' s side ; Oh ! may my shade behold no sculptured urns To mark the spot where earth to earth returns ! JTo lengthen'd scroll , no praise-encumberM stone ; My epitaph shall be my name alone ; If (&< it with honour fail to crown my clay , Oh ! may no other fame my deeds repay ! Tl , at , only tftnC , shall single out the spot , Dv that rcinembcr'U , or with that forgot . 11803 ] , Thc nieces wc have given from the " Ifours of

      1-lb-uess" afford a fair sample of thc merits of this lirst { volume ) of thc poet ' s productions . We may here mention a circumstance , wc believe not generallv known , and which will be interesting to our London readers . Thc poet was sonic five years at Harrow School , before being sent to Cambridge . " They show a tomb in the churchyard at Harrow , commanding a view over Windsor , which was so well known to be his favourite resting-place , that the boys called it 'Byron's Tomb ; ' ana here , they say , he used to sit for hours , wrapt up in thought . " "We are indebted for this information to the notes contained uiMauuv ' s one volume edition of Byros ' s works . From thc same source Ave add thc following : —

      On losing his natural daughter , Allegra , in April , 1 S 22 , Lord JJyron sent her remains to be buried at Harrow , " where / " he says in 3 letter to Mr . Murray , " I once ho ] ied to have laid my own . There is a , spot in the cliurdyirJ , near the footpath , on thc brow of the hill , iotikiug towards Windsor , and a tomb under a large tree ( W-aiiiij the name of l'eachie , or l ' eacliey ) , where I used to sit fer hours and hours when a hoy . This was my favourite spot ; but as I wish to erect a tablet to her memory , tlic body had better be deposited in the efcurcft " —aud it was so accordingly .

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      Chronicles Of The Bastile—Pabts 15, 1«, ...

      CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE—Pabts 15 , 1 « , 17 , 1 $ , 19 , 20 . Loudon : T . G . Newby , 12 , Mortiiucr-strect , Cavendish-square . "Were wc captiously critical we should find fault with the way in which this work is brought to a close We confess , with all our admiration of thc work as a whole , wc arc somewhat disappointed with thc denouement . True , in accordance with the rules of poetical justice ( would that poets were dispensers Of the awards of fate ) several of the principal characters iu whom wc feel thc most interested are brought happily out of their troubles , and rescued from the meshes cast around them by their villanous enemies ; and in closing the Chronicles it is some satisfaction to find the JUir < M tie St . Aimeu relieved from the

      persecution of his infernal enemy ; aud his beautiful daughters Julie and Jeanne made happy by their union with their lovers at Hymen's altar . All this is well ; « -o too is the discomfiture of D'Anjenson as far as it goes ; but when wc lay down the book conscious that the miscreant , despite the exposure of his horrible crimes , is yet left iu full possession of his hateful office , with all its extensive powers , we feel that justice is -violated , aud that thc fates may be fairly -arraigned t « r their partiality in not having decreed his being torn to pieces hythemobatJ / t « V « Chopin s , or condemned to make his exit a la lanterne . This conies however of dealing with historical characters , whom the romancist cannot always despatch as to him seems best for thc sake of effect . A still more serious drawback is thc ignorance in which we are

      left as to the fortunes of Jacques ( thc hrapcror JuiMn of the LnUiUuu ) , the real hero of the story . Of llis history before his connection with VArgawn , or how that connection commenced , we arc informed nothing . Wc find him at thc head of a formidable secret society , pledged to destroy thc Bastile aud despotism , but of the upshot of this organization wc arc informed nothing . The author , however , promises , wc see , a second series of thc Chronicles , in which wc arc to hear something further of friend Jacques . So far to good ; but Jacuces is a character that should have figured in thc van of the popular forces on that glorious day whtn the Bastile was overthrown ; now that the author can hardly accomplish if he would confine his story within the limits of probability , as the Bastile was destroyed some eighty-eight or

      eightynine years alter thc period indicated in the termination of thc first series of these Chronicles . To make eUajcEs an actor in the destruction of the Bastile , or even existingat that time , would therefore make him nearly 1-20 years old ; and if Jacques is not made a participant iu thc victory over despotism , he leaves Ms mission unfulfilled , and his pledge to thc Lutetians is unredeemed . It is useless , however , for us to speculate as to what tho author will do : he is much letter fitted to act than wc are to advise him ; and , jud g ing by the first scries , there is no doubt of his ability to make the future series of this work perfectly adapted to work out thc proposed ends . in the above remarks we fiavo sufficiently indicated tlie denouement of the first series of the Chro-«« le * Of flic Bastile . The extracts we have from time to time given will have sufficiently enlightened our readers as to the beauties of the work , and our ow n comments accompanying those extracts have plainly dechrcd our hearty approval and admiration : lengthened

      any commentary is therefore now unnecessary . We may briefly say , that of all the historical romances wehave read since the great Wizard of « ie > orih penned the last of his deathless produc-Hons , this—the Chronicle * ofittc Jktttiti—is the best . nfZlx * " * to say that no reader can take up ? z ! * i * "hout perusing it with anflagging in-Sf tLe dose , his only regret being that the SKS ? '""" d - Advocating theimperish-St oft ? f n , an oursc ta *> ™ ^ SW » to the Con nf . Z ^ tUttnk s for his eloquent Tindicatain ^ in h 1 ' "" 0 ^ 65 of equal right and justice con-S £ Zi , ?? » ^ d for the good seA-icehehas vriaTtt % ? . an * * uNan Progression in exwhtf / i „ . t in , u ? tl 0 n 8 of the past-abominations Sr r £ iho smt Frencl 1 Evolution , ^ J ^ \ lnan reau * flw two following short and Hfflpie ^ icis-. ij ot bits of romance , be it remembered , J » "t undeniable historical facts-and then say whelm ; 7 ! : , 1 ^• ou Sht not to rejoice at the great revo'"uonof sa ?

      Chronicles Of The Bastile—Pabts 15, 1«, ...

      raisosERs or the B . * sriLE . It often occurred that a brief delay , accidental or wilfal , entirel y changed the llltinatC fate of a captive , and tnattlie order for bis release , if procured under peculiar circumstances , was , in the interim , countermanded at tae instance of an opposing party : eases iuvmbtrless , many of them parallel with the following , might be quoted vn exemplification : — " A Madlle . d ' Arblai , a young Iadv of distinguished parentage , baring sought Louis XV . in order to beg he-r lover ' s release from the Jlusiile , in which he had been ncarcerated through the intrigues of one Madame du Trcmlilay , her rival in his affections and one of the

      , King ' s mistresses , consented to purchase his libertv at a shameful sacrifice of herself . As she quitted the monarch ' s apartment , she met Madame du Tremblay , and imprudently exhibited the letter of emancipation ; the consequence was , that when she went to thc Uastilc the next day she was informed by the Governor that an order i-ad just reached him commanding the young man ' s further detention during the King ' s pleasure , and cancelhng the mandate for his release then in her possession . The unfortunate girl returned home and poisoned herself . "—Memoirs of lltcJfcyency and of the Court of Louis the Fifteenth .

      THE OUBLIETTES . This word Oubliette is derived from thc Latin oMieio , whence the French verb oullier , to forget . An Oubliette was a deep dungeon of triangular form , dug into the ground , the walls whereof were of stone , the top wa * also of stone , forming a trap-door , upon which the prisoner was purposely made to step , and which opening beneath his feet , suddenly consigned him to a lingering death , without a possibility of his escaping from his horrid fate . Cardinal Jttcltlieu had two ouWicftes in his hotel ; the Archbishop's palace also contained two , and there were others in the temple . How many victims wero / or ^ oftoi In these frightful dens is a secret that will never be revealed .

      0 , it was a righteous retribution that doomed thc miscreants who were parlies to these atrocities to the overwhelming vengeance , the remembrance of which yet strikes with terror the privileged classes of Europe . May such be the fate of all , in all nations , who oppress their fellow-creatuvcs , and maintain their power by the bratah ' sation and slavery of the masses . Vive la Revolution . ' Appended to these Chronicles there is given , in the shape of an episode , an exciting story of that famed but mysterious character , thc " Man with the Ir on Mask . " The story as here given is but a fragment , but thc author promises that in thc next series of the

      Chronicles he will bring foiwird a mass of " incontrovertible evidence , " setting entirely at rest the iniestion as to the parentage , birth , and history ot the " Iron Mask . " That the author will attempt to prove this unfortunate man to hare been an elder brother of Louis XIV ., ; nl thc rightful heir to the French throne , is evident from the episode here given . Our author represents this cruelly-persecuted being as having been poisoned by the Governor of thc Bastile . in thc year 1703 . From the thirty pages of this most interesting episode , we can only afl ' ord room for the following extract describing the death of

      THE MAN WITH THE UION MASK . Having cast off the odious disguise which a most inhuman policy had condemned him to wear , his features were fully exposed , showing a countenance that once seen could never be forgotten ; it was indeed most noble and imposing ( though now distorted by anguish ) strikingly resembling that of Louis Quartorze , so much so , that the two might easily have he-en mistaken for each other ; each had the same contour , the same expression , the same aquiline nose , the same eye , the same full , voluptuous chin , the same broad , dark , well-defined brows , meeting in tiie middle between lliuevcs , and even thc samcswarttiy coniplcxion ; his face was closely shaven—an office that St . Mara performed for him every day—hut his hair , once so dark , time and trouble had turned nearly grey .

      "Isyour Highness ill ? " asked St . ilarc for the third time , with less trepidation than before . " Drink * Water V exclaimed he , in a faint voice . St . Muic { toured out some into a goblet and handed it to him ; he eagerly swallowed its contents . "More ! " cried ho . The Governor replenished tlie vessel a second time , and a second time the captive emptied it . " When was your Highness taken ill V inquired St . Mare . " Twas tlie irine ! " answered the other . St . Marc shuddered , and his teeth chattered , but instantly recovering himself , he echoed the prisoner ' s words with as much astonishment as his conscience—or that which held the place of it—would allow him to muster . " Yes , the wine ! " returned thc latter ; here he carried his hand to his temple , interrupting himself , and exclaiming ; " O , how it burns I "

      The unfortunate sufferer attempted to rise to his feet , hut his strength failed him , and he fell backwards upon tlie bed ; St . Marc immediately assisted him up , placing him in a sitting posture , and supporting him in his arms . " O , Sicur Governor , " gasped the captive , "I am very ill !" "Your Highness appears so ! " replied the Governor , huskily ; " what can I do S " "Send—send fcr—a—a confessor ! " was the almost inarticulate response , and at the same time the sufferer ' s head fell beavily upon St . Marc ' s shoulder , a spasmodic shudder convulsing his frame , hie hands being nervously clutched . The hoary gaoler did not attempt to move ; mechanically raising the captive ' s head , he fixed his eyes upon tlie distorted features , anxiously noting every change that passed over them .

      An awful pause of more than half a minute ensued , during which thc prisoner gasped for breath several times , renewing his cfibrts to speak , his gaze being riveted reproachfully upon St . Marc ; at length , recovering momentary energy , he suddenly disengaged liimself from his gaoler ' s grasp , and stood upright ; hut his eye was vacant and glassy , his mouth pinched up , and his lips were parched and white ; all at once his jaw dropped ; for a single second he remained motionless , then tottered , and with a deep gurgling groan , sunk heavily to thc ground . And tlius the Iron 3 I .-isk breathed his last . St . MsiVC Stood for a minute Or two gazing at the body , and having satisfied liimself that thc last spark of life had tied , stealthily quitted the apartment .

      At eight o ' clock on the evening of that day , a coach drove into tlic outer court of the chateau , from which alighted ll'Argcnson , who , having exchanged a few words with some person within , proceeded to the council-chamher , where he found St llarc and Covbe waiting to receive him ; without a word being said , the three at once directed their steps to the dead man ' s chamber , the Governor leading the way , Corbe coming last , bearing a torch and a large basket . At the foot of the Bertaudiere tower they were joined bytwo of the portc-clefs carrying a rudely constructed shell which they took up to the door of the cell and left there , Corbe and St . Marc dragging it in after the men had departed , the latter locking the do . or .

      D'Argcnson crossed over to the spot where thc body still lay—for it had not been removed—and taking the torch from Jiu * s hand , held it close to the face , considering it awhile without thc slightest alteration of feature ; not so St . Marc , who became fearfully agitated , though he strove to conceal his trepidation , whilst Corbe betrayed no symptom Of any emotion , save of curiosity gratified . All at once the Lieutenant of Police turned abruptly about , and bade Corbe light the lire , signing to St . Marc to strip the corpse the while , he himself going round the cell , and , by the aid of the torch , examining the walls , which the prisoner had covered with inscriptions of fearful import , and the various articles that were strewn about , casting all those that were combustible in a heap into thc middle of the floor .

      St . Marc having accomplished his onions task , now assisted IVArgenson in ransacking the btxesin which tlic prisoner ' s apparel was kept , the whole of which , to the very smallest object , was iu like manner . turned out in a heap , preparatory to being destroyed : but the most revolting part remains to be told . On a word from the Lieutenant of Police , Corbe took out from his basket , first , several large logs of wood , then a heavy hammer , a chisel , some nails , an adze , a large knife , aud lastly a quantity of quick-lime , a portion of which he emptied into the shell , then , with D'Argcnson

      standing over him the while , and St . Marc holding tho torch , began to mutilate thc dead body , severing it limb from limb , the head from the trunk , the hands and feet from their corresponding members , not leaving even a single feature recognisable , and , to crown all , cleaving the skull in two ; he afterwards crammed the mangled carcase into the shell , covering it with the remainder of the lime , and completed his hideous task by nailing down the lid , first taking the precaution of washing his hands and his arms , bared to above tlie elbow , and covered with Wood : this done , the Governor assisted him in conveying the corpse to the landing , where they left it .

      "Thou art sure , Sieur Governor , " said D'Argcnson , when they re-entered the cell , "that every article that belonged to the prisoner , or was used by him , is in this chamber !" "I am , Monseigneur ! " replied St . Marc ; "his linen , his plate , his book ? , evervthinjr is here !" " Then do thou , " resumed tlie Lieutenant of Police , addressing Gorhe , "see that every article be destroyed ; leave not a rag , not a vestige ; burn everything ; break up the plate and melt it ; let his bed and bedding be also burnt ; leave nothing but the have walls , and tat , Sicur Governor , see to have scraped , and whitened afterwards ; see , too , that this flooring be taken up and destroyed , and another put down in its place ; above all , let no one enter this cell till all lias been done ; I shall come to-morrow to sec how my orders have been executed ! And now , if thou art ready , thou cans't summon the soldiers to bear away the body . "

      St . Marc bowed and quitted the apartment , bu » soon returned to intimate that the men were waiting ; D'A rgenson immediately withdrew , followed by the Governor , who locked the door upon his nephew , leaving him occupied in thc work of destruction . Some pears elapsed before the fact of the death of " The Man with the Iron Mask" became currently known , so great were the precautions observed to conceal it ; indeed as much trouble \ ras taken to efface every trace of his existence after his death , as to enshroud him in mysterywhile he lived . When the Bastile was taken , a minute search was set on foot in order to discover some documentary evidence concerning bini , but on examining the Official * Register , in which the names of p risoners were usually entered , one folio was found wanting !

      Chronicles Of The Bastile—Pabts 15, 1«, ...

      It was the folio One Hundred and Ticenty , corresponding with the year 17 D 7 ! a further inquiry led to tho examination of the parish register of St . Paul ' s , in which , under the date above mentioned , was an entry si gned "D'Argcnson , '' and countersigned "Bcnigne d' Auvergne de St . Marc , and Michel de ChaniiUart ; " the name of the defunct was Mavchiah . his age seventy-seven ; and it was established , beyoiul the shadow of a doubt , that under this name the Man irith the Iron Mask was buried , his age corresponding with that Stated in the register . His remains were never found ! # Wc cannot quit this work without observins , that the illustrations by Mr . Roman CmjiKsiiAsk are deserving of every praise , and grcatlv embellish and add to thc interest of tlusc Chronicles .

      We again earnestly recommend this work to our readers . The Chronicles of tin Hostile luav be luul , Cither complete or in shilling parts . It is jjust such a work as we could wish to sec in thc hands of every man for thc enlightenment and entertainment ol himself and family . Tlie friends of liberty owe it to their cause to push the sale of this work in every way they possibly can . Thc second series of the Chronicles of the Bastile will appear , wc believe , almost immediately , under the title of" The iVutey ^ w th c Key to a Jli / Sterii . " We impatiently await its appearance to learn something more of thc noble Jacques .

      Chronicles Of The Bastile—Pabts 15, 1«, ...

      * IliS foregoLig filers are historical .

      A Practical Manual Of Photography, Or, P...

      A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY , OR , PHOTOGRAPHY MADE EASY . Rr a Practical Chemist . and Photographist . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street ; Cleave , I , SllOC-lanc ; Clark , 17 , Warwick-lane ; and all booksellers . Perhaps wc shall best show the intent and purpose of this work by copying thc contents of the title-page at full length : — A Practual Manual of Photography , containing full and plain directions for the Economical Production of really good Daguerreotype Portraits , and every other variety of Photographic Pictures , according to the latest improvements . Also the injustice and validity of the Patent considered , etc ., & e .

      The Daguerreotype process , or , photographic delineation of objects upon metallic plates , though perhaps thc most beautiful of modern discoveries , lias made but comparatively slow progress in this country , owing , first , to the fact that certain parties have been permitted to monopolise thc working of the process ; and second , that "Manuals of Photography , " called , have hither to been ** made" less with a view to teach the art , than , like tlic Jew pedlar ' s nuors , "to sell . " In explanation of the monopoly here alluded to , wc quote thc following extracts from this . Manual : —

      England is thc only country in the whole world ( the art having been distinctly and fairly presented by the French Government to the whole world ) where " such " exclusive right" exists . # * This " patent , " indeed , will not admit of any justifiation—it is , to say the least , but an " ill return" for the liberal reward so freely and so readily bestowed by the French Chamber of Deputies upon MM . Daguerre and Niepce—a reward which , in all probability , would never have been extended to them , and their families , had it been foreseen that it would have enabled them to exercise all future power over an invention thus purchased from them . M . Duchatel , Secretary of State , explicitly assigned as a reason for rewarding the discoverers with handsome pensions that " the invention did not admit of being secured by patent , for , as soon as published , all might avail themselves of its advantages ! " Most certainly the conduct of

      M . Daguerre and his associates in this affair is unworthy the liberal spirit which should actuate the follower of science or of art . # # That a monopoly does exist cannot be denied , and that it exists in a manner both unjust and injurious is equally apparent . # * It was clear that Daguerre had no property in the invention when this obnoxions ' patent was granted , as he had previously and entirely sold it to the French Government —and had engaged , in addition to what he then knew , to render public all his future improvements and discoveries in the art . "Wo deny , in the first place , that he had the power to sell his original discovery in this or any other country ; it only admits of a doubt whether he might fairly withhold the use of the after-improvements'from us until we had paid for them . Daguerre knows that France thoroughly purchased his secret , and that while she liberally rewarded him , she offered it freely ns a gift to the whole world—a boon to universal science—a

      donation to the arts—and that she nobly sought to open out a source of amusement and instruction to every class of society . That D-iouEnRE was really the discoverer of the process which bears his name is not true . " The discovery was made by B . utista Porta as far back as 1650 , and was subsequently used in tin ' s country by Wedge wood , Sir II . Daw , and Sir Anthony Caiii . 1 si , e , more than forty years ago . Again , in ISif , M . Niei'ce came to England , and communicated to the Royal Society an account of his experiments , together with several pictures on metal plates ( now in thc possession of Dr . It . Bkow . v , of the British Museum ) , spontaneously produced by the action of light in the camera obscura . Lastlv , Mr . Fox Tamjot may more

      justly than Daguekre lay claim to the actual discovery , not only of thc paper process , but of the metallic , as it was well known that in 1 S 3 S he had discovered a method of rendering a silver plate sensitive to light , by exposing it to iodine , and D . icuiiiimj ' s process was not known until August , 1839 , just twelve months afterwards . " Daguerre certainly may claim the merit of having eft ' ected a vast improvement on the original discover }' , for which he has been handsomely rewarded . But whatever may have been his improvements , tlicy do not justify the retention of tlic art in his own hands , or those of his

      agents , to the exclusion of thc public generally in this country , he having voluntarily given up his secret to tlie French Government , who generously gave it to the world at large . But this is not all : an attempt has been made by the patentee to prevent scientific men in this couutry tualviug use of the improvements effected by them on Dagueure ' s "discovery . " That attempt , " however , has failed ; thc injunction which had been procured against Mr . Eoertox to prohibit him selling the apparatus , was dissolved on the 2 nd of June last , and Mr . Beard , the monopoliser , condemned to pay thc costs on both sides .

      For much curious information connected with the monopoly of the Daguerreotype in this country , wc must refer the reader to thc work itself . That the patentee should cling to his monopoly is not to be wondered at , when it is considered ffhat are thc enormous profits made thereby . In a circular , written by the patentee , wherein he sets forth the many inducements for a person to buy a license to work thc process in the country , he gives the following scale of profits on the portraits : — - Charged one guinea—prqfd ISs . „ Thirty shillings „ ' 2-3 s . „ Two guineas „ 31 s . _ „ Four guineas , 70 s . exclusive of thc charge of 5 s . for colouring each portrait , the cost of which is not a penny '

      The Clltirc process of producing Daguerreotype portraits and Photographic pictures is fully developed in this work , and in such plain terms , that he who runs may read , and lie who reads must understand . Full directions arc also given as to where , and of whom the apparatus and necessary materials for thc process may be obtained . This little work is very " neatly printed , and sold at a price within tlic means of all . Wc vegavd the author as a public benefactor , and trust that his efforts to destroy the monopoly exposed by him may be successful . To that end wc have much pleasure in recommending this work to our readers .

      Punch And Tiie "Pickers And Stealers." V...

      PUNCH AND TIIE "PICKERS AND STEALERS . " VICE-CirA > "CEU 01 l'S COUItT . —Satcbdav , Jcm- 2 S . Jiefore Sir L . Shadwell . Mr . Bethcll ( with whom was Mr . Webster ) said that there had boon reserved for the dose of the proceedings ill this court two cases which liad been only now put into his hands . It was his duty to apply for two injunctions on behalf of a very distinguished individual who had been the delight of his honour ' s boyhood , and was now the solace of his more matured years , and he ( Mr . BetheJl ) felt certain , that his

      honour would grant Jthese injunctions with greater satisfaction than any he had granted for the last year . The individual for whom he appeared was no less than Punch hiniscif , who had been compelled to come into this court to vindicatc . his right . For along time Punch , like every other personage of pre-eminent merit , from Homer down , had been the subject of base and unworthy imitators ; hut so long as the misdocrs had confined themselves to imitating , Punch had been satisfied by gibbeting them ia his pages , and accordingly many of their plebeian countenances had been handed down to posterity like flies in amber . Punch had hitherto been satisfied to exclaim with Horace : —

      " 0 inntatores , servum pecus , ut mihi ssepo Bilem , s * pe jocum vestri movere tumultus , " assured that it would be easy to distinsuish the sterling gold from the base metal . At length , finding that the offenders were insensible to shame , it became necessary for Punch ' s protection to resort to weapons more ' suitable to meet them . Punch had latterly been assailed , not only by imitation , but by barefaced plundering , by which his inimitable productions were transferred word for word into thc pages of other periodicals without even the poor

      excuse of an acknowledgment of the source whence they were derived . His honour was well aware that , in the gallery of beings with which wc were acquainted , i'uncA had recently added to ideal personages , in the characters of the renowned Mr . and Mrs . Caudle , which would be handed down to posterity so long as matrimonial life should subsist . But already nad these distinguished individuals been clipped of their symmetrical proportions hy the ui > scrupulous shears of' authors of melo-dramas and scribblers in obscure periodicals ' , these celebrated lectures had adorned cverv publication ol ' thedav ; ' mit latterlv some per-

      Punch And Tiie "Pickers And Stealers." V...

      sons had become so hardened as i-o transfer them to their own columns just as thev wi tc published , as it t \« y were the authors , llis " horn mr know well tho eighth lecture delivered just after Mr . Caudle ' s return from his induction as a mason . The whole of that lecture , which his honour remembered too well to make repetition ncecssarv . had Ikioii cupied verbatim into the Ifcvfonlshire Time * , of tL \ e J'Jthof July . Again , the ninth lecture , delivered on fc /' ie occwion of . Mr . Uudlo S trip to Greenwich fair , had been transterral into the same journal , so that here wore the people ol Uerclbnl deluded , by this plebeian pubMitw , into believing that these inimitable illustrations of connubial tenderness were the production of a provincial newspaper . But tho matter liad not rested

      here , llis honour knew that as wc desire to have some resemblance of those bv whom wc have been delighted and charmed , ami also that there might be some memorial of the bright images of our time , Amc /< had lately published delineations of Mrs . and . Mr . Caudle , designed to convey to those who were not sufficiently imaginative in " themselves , the features of this celebrated pair . Here , Sir ( continued thc learned counsel with much animation)—here are the portraits of Mr . ami Mrs . Caudle . [ The sketch was handed up to his honour , amid peals of laughter . ] You may mark every feature—vou mav trace every lecture in eacli turn ami wrinkle " of her countenance , and particularly in her inimitable nose . There were the happy pair represented in the very place where the lectures

      were delivered . There , too was the spurious imitation as easily distinguishable , indeed , from the original as brass from gold , but still bearing such a resemblance as to demonstrate that it was a base and unworthy imitation , llis honour was well aware that these lectures emanated from Mr . Caudle ' s recollection of the dear departed ; but were she alive , and in . ' court , and beheld this base caricature of herself , his honour might imagine in what quarrels would Caudle be involved did he not execute summary vengeance upon thc offender . On these facts he ( Mr . llethell ) applied for two injunctions—one to restrain the piratical transfer of the literary compositions , and the other tho imitation of these original illustrations . No wonder , indeed , that these designs , so appreciated by the public , had tempted the culprits If you went to a watering place , and entered any respectable shop , to purchase paper to write home tii

      your lainily , you were greeted with a print of Mr . aud Mrs . Caudle . Every enterprising tradesman who sought to make a figure in the world , bv a striking card , left it with Mr . and Mrs . Caud ' le . Thc affidavits set forth that Messrs . Bradbury and Evans were the IHlWisliet'Sftf What they modestly . denominated a humorous publication , although without doubt his honour would be disposed to assign a far more honourable title toi '« ncA . One of the p irated articles , in which was represented that touching scene on the Margate packet , where Caudle was gazing on the funnel under thc reproving eyes of his wife , had appeared ill the 201 th number of Punch . Tiie individual whom Punch had selected for punishing , and hanging up as a scare-crow and bird of ill omen , to terrify tlie rest , were thc publishers of the Southpon Visitor . The injunction would be taken as prayed , except where the prayer was prospective .

      The Late Thomas Hood.—Let Ever}- One Who...

      The late Thomas Hood . —Let ever } - one who reverences "Cuius combined with high moral worth—let every one who comprehends and sympathises with the deep humanity of the "Song of thc Shirt , " and the " Bridge of Sighs , " those masterpieces of generous philosophy and poetic eloquence—let every one who relishes the wholesome wit , which smiles away in kindly fashion the foibles of our nature—the pungent satire , which , devoid of personality , aims its unerring shafts at vices and abuses—tlicjiccnperception of the beautiful—thc humour rich ami oliveilavoured—the flashes of merriment , dashed with the temlcrcst melancholy—in short , the hundred attributes of virtue , power , and beauty with which the

      departed poet was so prodigally endowed—let every one who loves and appreciates such rare and noble gifts seize cagoi-ly an occasion of manifesting his admiration of him in whom they were so gloriously combined . Let not the family who were beloved by one to whom humanity is so largely indebted , feci that his hiilueiicc was but of tho evanescent hour . Death has robbed the earth of one of its greatest ornaments , but the light of his surpassing spirit is not quenched . Hood , the man , has gone from us for ever—but Hood , the poet and philosopher—humanity ' s high priest , who enforced in burning clotracnce the precepts of eternal truth—still lives , and while

      virtue is revered and vice contemned , will continue to live in the hearts of men as a halo and a glory that cannot become dimmed by time or circumstance . We shall be asked what has all this to do with a purely musical journal?—to which we answer , that musicians arc men , and that poetry is for the whole world . Hood , tho poet , spoke to all—high and low , rich and poor , wise and simple—his Jossons wcro for the great fraternity of mankind , and not exclusively for particular classes . The family of Thomas Hood is as much an object of interest to the humblest scraper upon catgut as to the wealthiest noble of the laud . —Musical World .

      _ Wc are glad to lcavn that the subscription for thc family of this distinguished writer already exceeds one thousand pounds , and is still malting progress . Wc have observed also , with satisfaction , during tlie last few days , the influential names of Mr . Charles Dickens and Mr . Thomas Carlylc added to the committee list . Sanctioned by such eminent examples , and hitherto so liberally supported by the public , this excellent object can hardly fail to " meet with a complete success—such a success as will fitly express the public recognition of the poet ' s genius * and ensure to those whom he held dear an ample provision against future want . Wc call attention once more to the subject , as we understand that the subscription lists arc to be closed at the end of the current month . —Times .

      Cfjartts't Ftitdligcnce.

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      To The Members Op The Chartist Co-Operat...

      TO THE MEMBERS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Friends , —Despite the malignant efforts of interested scribblers , circumstances augur that success must crown our Land project . Indeed , thc opposition offered by the luminaries of Lloyd ' s has been productive of benefit instead of damage to tlie movement . It has aroused a spirit of inquiry which has discovered the excellency of the plan , as well as the ignorance or duplicity of its assailants . The rapid progress which the plan has already made in public estimation affords strong ground for hoping its ultimate success .

      The principles upon which thc plan is based are so simple ; tlie advantages which it guarantees arc so ample ; the cost at which such advantages arc to be realised arc so trifling , that it must commend itself to tlie favour of all thinking men . The puny opposition of Hill , Carpenter , Wutkins , & c ., has been torn to shreds by the conclusive reasoning of Mi' . O'Connor , lie has put these valiant knights of the quill completely hors de combat , except Maworin Watkius , who labours week after week to display his virulence and ignorance . But the opposition of this driveller , this assassin of honest men ' s characters , is too contemptible for serious notice . The matter of wonder is , how iiis turgid trash obtains insertion in thc columns even of *« cA a paper as Lloyd ' s , Let

      the lachrymose Walkms condole with his friends ( if he has any ) : let him mourn over the fact that mah / re all his endeavours at obstruction , progression , characterises the Land Society . It numbers upwards of 2 , 000 members , and has one thousand pounds safely lodged in its treasury . Watkins may just as well attempt to write common sense letters , as impede the progress of tho Land Society . It has within it the elements of durability ; its basis is sound ; its object just . Watkins liad better therefore direct his destructive genius against some object pervious to his puny attacks . Two thousand have honoured the project with their confidence ; and I venture to predict , that when Watkins and his opposition arc both consigned to thc tomb of the Capulets , myriads will

      bless the day on which was ushered into existence thc Chartist " Co-operative Land Association . There is a class of opponents who object to tlic Land plan from a pretended love of Chartism . They urge that it will detach from the Chartist ranks ' ; that it will divert thc people's attention from their political wrongs . For my part 1 cannot discover nnv force in this reasoning . It may be thus put in logical form : the people are socially wretched , but the people are politically enslaved ; therefore , the people should not attempt social melioration till their political grievances are redressed ! What vapid nonsense ! Nay , what positive cruelty ! Consider the myriads whose lives have been one monotonous scene of slavery ; whose health aud industry has been heaped as sacrifice upon the altars of Plutus ; and then say whether a societ y designed and calculated not only to mitigate the rigours of their condition , but to place them in circumstances of comfort and independence , is not entitled to popular confidence and

      support . \\ hy the business of life is thc promotion of our moral , mental , and physical welfare . There , then , is a project calculated to realise these ends—a project which may be carried out without the sacrifice of one iota or principle : and yet , men claiming thc character of philanthropists give it their determined opposition ! 1 yield to no man in devotion to the cause of Chartism , or in admiration of its sublime principles ; and yet I feel myself perfectly justified in advising my brother Chartists to seizo every circumstance which augurs an amelioration of their condition . Let up , by thc agency of own society endeavour to obtain as much laud as possible ; let us give to the world an undeniable proof of tlie blessings which the possession of the land would confer upan tlw people-, and tlras give a powerful stimulus to their efforts to gain th « e long lost rights , the want of which renders them the vietiuis of fund-lords , profitlords , and land-lords . Philip M'Cikatk .

      LEICESTER . The Lixn . —The Chartist Land Society is progressing . Meetings are held cverv Monday evening , at siren o ' clock , at No . ( i . Fleet-street ,

      To The Members Op The Chartist Co-Operat...

      III . ncki . by FiiAMEWona -Knittkbs . —At a public meeting of the operative Fi 'amework-Knitters , lately held in the borough of Hit ' cklcy , to read over different portions of Ihe " min "tes of evidence taken before the Commissioner for . 'inquiry into their condition , " tlic following resohitio . , s WC 1 ' ° carried without one dissenting voice—lleso lvci 1 : !• Proposed by John Bond , amrseconded bv I onathnn Uoddard . — That we , the Framcwork-kilittt is of this town and neighbourhood , hercbv tender © or grateful acknowledgments to It . M . M ' uageridgc , t sq ., her Majesty ' s Commissioner , for the honest and i ' mpartial manner in wliick that gentleman- lias cm , ducted the inquiry ; aud also for a copy of hiskwi l '> calm , clear , and OHiviiieinji rcnort . ' 2 ' . —Prooeiift ' by George

      Bass , aaid . seconded bv ( k'oi-se JsTit e—That this meeting returns thanks " to Messrs . KL Wilcmnn and Joshua dark ,. Manufacturers , ferfhe-tii Cil , u ' honest evidence ihe . v lave given , inasmuch as-iii . "orroboratcs all that ws have said and written orassM » 'cs on the subject of iiaune rents , and the causes-tin * t regulate wages in this locality . 3 . —Proposed by- i * wc Jennings , and secoiidtd" bv Charles- Clarke— ' ) ' 1 "lti 'he thanks of this- meeting are due to the followi ggentlcnicn i— Messes . T . S . Dotterel , surgeon . If * . \ '' au ' » T . Yann , W . Grimes-, T . S . Spencer ,. W . eh »' . w » C 1 '» <*<«¦ l ) aoe , and the l & ev . W . Salt , for the true , ! m » j * ; t » a »« l uiiristian-likc statements they have given , lin their evidence , as to the-conduct , soVi . il , physical ! , M , )) Ja ) . and moral condition of the Frainework-ktafttt rs » l ' this town , i . —Proposed bv John Grimlev , s * iid

      seconded by Amos Fo-xcn—That this meeting' 4 . » vc heard with serrow ami regret the following s . tNjir fusions from the evidence of the Hev . George Duotet , V , vicar ol this parish : — " ioii . ' In visiting i & e , hhouses from time to time , do you observe any ' j'jmii 7 that leads you to suppose that they arc not good » ad ' provident managers V ' 1 have frequently obscr-Ktil great want of providence in their niaiiagcnieal " lo-lo . ' Are they frequenters of public houses to any considerable extent ? ' 'To judge from the appearance of those public houses that I have frequently seen , I fhould say , yes . The public houses towards night being full of them . ' " Wo solemnly protest against this last assertion ; and in order tojustify oursclves in recording this protest , wc appeal to the most authentic documents , the Hinckley I ' olice

      Reports , where it will be found that for a poor bramevyork knitter to be arraigned before tho magistrates for being drunk and disorderly , is a circumstance that scarcely ever ocelli's . At the same time wc should feel tho greatest obligation to our " Spiritual Pastor and Master , " { inasmuch as ho is over " ready to communicate , " " given to hospitality , " " apt to teach , " itc ) if he would deliver a course of lectures upon the subject of Domestic Economy , which is so little understood and which is so desirable to learn , at the Town-Hall , Hinckley ( admission free ) , with " reserve seats for thc ladies . " We most respectfully suggest that the subject of thc first lecture should be " How to make both ends meet \ " ami to show how a man with his wife and four children can live and pav

      their rent , & c ., out of os . lid . per week net earnings ? And as our worthy vicar himself is a " pattern" of " all things to thc Church , " let him give ns the bene fit of'Jiis own experience upon these matters : let him give us a few of those valuable receipts that he has so frequently seen" adopted at home , that wc may be able to " go and do likewise . " Wc should be very grateful to our beloved minister also , if he would publish " a new domestic primer ; or , living made easy , " in short and easy lessons , for thc use of the poor of his flock ; and that it is the opinion of tin ' s meeting that a work of this kind is very much wanted , and would prove a most valuable present to all young couples , who on prcscntiiigthcmsclvcsattlie llymenial altar , would not fail to appreciate thc same . /> . —

      Proposed hy John Garucr , and seconded by John Wykcs—That it is the opinion of this meeting that the following extracts from thc evidence of Mrf Nicholas Ealcs , Pawnbroker , Tailor and Clothier , ol this town , area cruel , scandalous , and maliciousHbe upon the poor , especially as Mr . Ealcs has since expressed his determination to abide by them by saying " that there is not one word in them that lie would like to alter . " Tho following arc his own words : — " Wc frequently sec that thc money wc lend goes for ale . they make such an improvident use of their time ; they come out at breakfast-time , and count of having an hour ; when that hour is gone there is some little amusement takes place , and then they have two . The same at dinner-time , they have an

      hour , and they perhaps stop two . Thou at tea-time they have another hour . Some of them live comfortable , very comfortablcoutof their busincss ( Framcwork-knitting ); thoy must bo prudent and take care of the half-pence and pence . Thc public houses make them unlit for work tho next morning , and so they go at it again . There are a many charities given away in Hinckley (?) The poor arc frequently and generally ungrateful . 1 think indeed there is such a mass of them , there is not sufficient respectability in thc town to make them obedient 111 "—( See thc Appendix to tlic Report . ) We therefore mutually a' 41 'ce to have no dealings with the aforesaid Mr . Ealcs ( not that wc approve of the system of exclusive dealing ) , but solely as an act of self defence—13 e . vja . mix IIknshaw , Chairman .

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      BANKRUPTS . fTi-om Friday ' s Gazette , July 25 , 1815 J Edward rhilip Harding , Oraveseml , hosier—Thomas Brown and Donald Hrown , BiUUcv-strect , Citv , snip agents —Geoife Jaques , Tuthi / l-stivet , Westminster , plumber—John Nevill Dumbrill , jun ., Kasthouruc , linker—Thomas Valentine Holmes , Jiristol , corn-factor—Hiehard Nicholson , Stockton , bookseller —George James , Leamington Priors , Warwickshire , draper—Manning Allen , St . Helen ' s , Lancashire , butcher .

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazelle , July 29 $ , 1845 . ^ Michael Wrake , jun ., Canterbury , bricklayer—Isaac dc Joseph Ventura , White Hart-court , llisho ) i $ gnte-strcct , merchant—Uenjaniin Stephen Thomas Matthews , Cornwall-road , Lambeth , oilman—llalph Thompson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , watchmaker—William Smethm-st , Man-Chester , jaci | itaril-maehiiie-maker—John Dixon , Dcepeai ' , Yorkshire , innkeeper .

      DIVIDENDS . August 29 , \ Y . Thurnell , Leiidenlvall-stveet , upholsterer —August i'l , J . linn , OKI liroail-strcut , Cit , v , silk dealers—August ' . ' 1 , i , 3 , Y > ., and F . J . Xuivton , llotln .-rlmin , Yorkshire , spirinncrehuiits—August 21 , W , Thompson , ltawelen , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturer— August 21 , V . Cnmswiek , Ih'idlingten , Yorkshire , innkeeper—August 21 , J . liainbrid' ^ e , lllchmo . nd , Yorkshire , iroiifoimiler—August 21 , T . M , Monckmnn , Uradl ' ord , Yorkshire , tobacconist-August 21 , G . Fisher , liradfurd , Yorkshire , rmenivrcvper—August 28 , J . Wood , Sadillcivorth , Yorkshire , uicrcliimt—August 20 . J . A . Hick , Leeds , carver and gilder—August 2 » , W . S . lientall ami it , Farwell , Totncs , bankers . CfiitriFiCAT £ s to ho granted , unless causa be slwsvtt to the contrary on the day of meeting .

      August 23 , w . Thurnell , LeadcuhaU street , City , wpholstci-er—Aitgu-it 21 , J . Codling , Gateshead Eel , Vurlmtti , carthenware-iniinufacturer— August 22 , W . L , lli-owu , Liverpool , merchant—August 21 , W . Astle , Wolverhani ] - ton , Stailbrilsliire , plumber—August ]!) , W . Davis , Compton , Staffordshire—August 30 , T . ltohson , juii ., Stoke-upon-Trcnt , Staffordshire , porter . merch . 'int—Augustiy , G . Umlman , ljvistul , nuisou— August VJ , Y . ( Jwi gues , Leicesterstreet , Leicester-siiuarc , hotel-keeper —August 1 !) , W . Woodward aud T . Morris , llurslein , StnlVoviWlm-e , drapers —August 19 , G . Hardy , Wisbeach St . Peter's , Cambridgeshire , grocer—August 19 , J . Jtichards , Dcptloi-d-eii-idge , plumber—August 1 !> , J . Y . lietts , Cardiil ' , Glamorganshire , grocer—August 1 !) , H , Thorp , Kensington , lineudraper—August 19 , li . Newnes , Ncivton by iiiddleivie-h , Cheshire , brewer .

      BECr . ARAtlOSS OF DIVIDENDS . T . L . Parker , second and final dividend of -J gtl . in the pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Christie , llirlnmgham . W . lliineks and 3 . B . l ' erry , Dirmingham , merchants , iiual dividend of -Id . and one-sixteenth of a penny in the pound , any Tuesday before August IS , and after October 4 , at the ollice of Mr . Vhitmore , lSirmiuyhnin . J . E . Warden and V . Wsinostrocht , Liverpool , merchants , further dividend of 2 s . in the pound , Friday , August 1 , and any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Mr . . Morgan , Liverpool . G . Jackson , Hertford , upholsterer , first dividend of Is . Oil . in the pound , Saturday next and two fvHuwilij , ' Satui'davs , at the ollice of Mr , Groom , Abcliurch-hinc , City . J . Crump , Stanway , Gloucestershire , corn-dealer , dividend of Is . "id , in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Huttoti , Bristol .

      W . and J . 0 . Carr , Sunderland , merchants , first dividend on new proofs only of Cd . and three-fifths of a penny iu the pound , any Saturday , at the ollice of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . \ V . Meek , Southampton , ironmonger , first dividend if 3 s , 4 d , in the pound , Wednesday , July 3 tt , and two following Wednesdays , at the ollice of Mr . Turuuand , Old Jewry . S . Bowlings aud C . \ V . YVisbey , George-yard , Loinbard . stvcet , City , bill-brokers , lirst dividend of Is . VI . in thc pound , WcdWday , July 30 , and two following Wednesdays , at the ottiee of Mr . Tuvflwand , Old Jewry . S . T . Watson , Skiimcr-street , City , woollen-warehouseman , first dividend of 20 s . hi the pound , Wednesday , July DO , and two following Wednesdays , at the office of Mr . Tuivitixad , Old Jewry .

      W . Byers , Sluuuer-stteet , City , woollen-warehousemen , first ilividend of !) s . Id . in the pound , Wednesday , July 30 , and two following Wednesdays , at thc office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . &* II . Baugknn ,. Suffolk-street , Pall-mall F , ast , army , awnt , first dividend of 3 s . U . in the pound , Wednesday , d-aly SO , and two following Wednesdays , at the ottice of Mr . Turuuand , Old Jewry . A . Thomson , Leadeiihall-street , merchant , third and final di « ide » u of 4 Jd . in the pound , Wednesday , July 30 , and two following W « ducsday 3 , at the othnc ot Mr . fur uuaail , Old Jewry .

      PABTSEBSJIIPS DISSOLVED . W Arnold and A . llirsch , Ilood-lane , City , merchant ! —J and H . W . Damsell , Newcnt , Gloucestershire , mercers _ C . Newbury and J . Wooflward , Lichfield , liiiendrapers-T Warren and W . Q . Barrett , Plymouth , bootmakew-H . Mlcklethwait and J . Newbound , Sheffield , stockbrokere-J . and T . Greaves , Manchester , veterinary surfeons-J . Brownrigg and T . Harrison , Backhaul , Lancashire . p »»\ - ters-T . Huberts and J . M'Clnmph * . lurfcta'O ^ sliive , builders-M . and A . Tucker , ltndport , Dorsctshne , booksellers—B . M . AM and II . A . Burstall , T « M * ook . street , Covent-gardea , nr nters-W . llobmson and J . W oou , street , Tottenlmu . . court . road , »''^ " f " rVlSn * and J . Turner , Halifax York * V ^ . T , WttlfehT Ipv 'ind T llam-cv . Flower and Beau-street , Sjj . itaintms , silk dvcrs-G Wl thread and L . Croson AmyttaU , H *' - t - vl-hhe curriers-W . and J . Sehleneker , Gravesend , f ^ er -F . '" ad It . Pnrry , OoldeuJanc OhUtrert St . LukeV iroufoumlers-T . S . Cowto , and G 1- Davidson , Kurtsou-upuii-Iltiil , merchants-J . ami h . OftfCiiaivay , uisboi > ssat « -5 treet-Yii ' . UJii | luvuevsi

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      . Tiik Cat At Windsor.— Within These Few...

      . Tiik Cat at Windsor . — Within these few days , two men of the Coldstream Guard .- ' , stationed at Windsor , have each received a hundred lashes . 1 lie crime of the men originated in their refusal to strip themselves with some sixty or seventy ot their comrades , to be inspected—in a crowd , like beasts—by the doctor . They were thereupon ordered to tlic black-note for what was considered a false ami finical delicacy . Tlie men turned restive , when—presto !—• a court-martial was instantly convened , and within two hours the men were " tried , sentenced , punished , and taken to thc hospital ! " Jf ' promotion in tlio army only came as quick as punishment ; The men . ( says the Chronicle ) are slated "to be exceedingly steady , and generally well-condtieled . " Hut

      wkerelorc , Henry Seyman ami William Lawrin , being : soldiers—wherefore endeavour to retain anv sense of decency—wherefore shrink from anv self-exposure ? JIave you not entered thc armv ; " sold voursclf as machines ; taken her Majesty ' s bounty to " render up not only your bodies but your souls to ' the discipline of the service ? What right have vou over vonr own naked flesh , any more than the horse that may bo trotted out to show its points , at the will ©? its owner ? " The men received their punishment with great fortitude , j ) i > t > villistoH

      Their comrades , who were drawn up in tlic square , looked on in sullen silence . The moment thev were sKsmiascd , they grrrc vent to one loud simultaneous Mas . how very- handsome is n regiment in all its Hotter and glory of flags ami Jmo " trappings ! Yet let us-pick tii ? regiment to pieces—reduce it to units —aad-. what » miserable , soul-andbody bartered creaSureis thesonof glory who , if his manhood revolt 135 huiignit 7 , may be lashed like a brute' Thiuk of these matters—glory-loving youngster I—especitdly think of thcx * whensaiver the recruiting servant nrey seek tc tempt y » u- with the destrovbg stilling f—Punch .

      A SixoTHAit- Cast .. —A qnecr fellow ,. ?» ho- said his nan > ewas : SrooMj . wa !> chat'ged tvtth- having , given afalse written charactcrlio an iiu ' nvidtinl of the name of Kelly , ii ? order- that the latter might { jet into & Situation at Cambridge ; . Tdic a-nj : deliiK-ueiit , oii owns ; asked whnti he had ' to .-ay for hinndfj becamevery insolent , and dcolaroi he had a right ? to £ o or tosay anything l » tllOUgllf projlOP allOfSl lliiythisg . ami ever ; thing . Itiisvinif oecj / a » certeijis < l ( hat no ono attached any importance to ^ hat-wasssid or doncbythe defendant , the okf gentieman was- adinonhhotland discharged . —Ibidi

      Patriotic l KKtafo ,- ! -Thc fti ? - which-has- hrarod ' ( for three years ) tlyj breeze ,, vrithout ths battle , at-Buckingham Palace , was-torn So'i-ibbons last ; week-The accounts iu the newspaper- say it . Wi » tho wintlt that was the cause of this . We can assure our readers it was the fmo- spirit of natiouaHty .- that proved its destruction ; . for . the noble flag was ' so annoyed at seeing her Majesty , go iiv-3 times in one week to the Opera and the French playa—and ^ not once to a national theatre—that in . its rage-it actually lashed itself to nieces . —Ibid .

      A I ' rkxchman ' s Fats . —Biiring lliia-. month therohave been more prosecutions- against the press in > r ' ranco , more convictions ,, and , of course , more imprisonments and ( iocs . Tho invention of this-w . iy oi celebrating the " Fetes of July" belongs exclusively , to Louis Philippe , and as the merit of the thing isdecidedly his , wo hope no other country will show amean jealousy by imitating , it . Let us- leave the-French to their own way of enjoying themselves . — Ibid . A Certain Coxvkrt . —Lord ; Brougham , wrote ,, aday or two since , " No man in England hates Popery more than I do . " Wc may , therefore expect his lordship ' s conversion in about six months . —Ibid-.. % Miraculous Escape . —Mr . Kelly has been usturnod for Cambridge , although Lord Brougham gave hint an excellent character . —IbhL

      National and Axti-xatiox . u-. —When was Wellington a FvcnchviVAYi 1 When he was told at the battle of Waterloo , "Youdepart as » conqueror— Victor yougo !" --Joe Miller . Court Circular . —On Thursday , Mr . Always Cutand-run , of Never-stop Place , was unavoidably detained at home by his two pairs of trousers—tkcckult ones playing truant at the pawnbroker ' s , and the ducks at the wash . —Ibid . Wonii yon BuiiKE . —A puff of " Burke ' s Peerage " advertises , that it registers " every new creation !" Pleasant for naturalists and parish-uilicers . —feu / .

      A SIMILE , I saw gt-eeu Erin ' s harp by lightning strueli , Which broke each string , and melted every wire To find a simile I'd soon the

      luck—Ain'tDan 0 Council , too , " uUastcdlyre ? " —lbid . What is a Union Workhouse '—A house in which there is no union—where thc union between man and wife is abrogated , and between mother and children destroyed . A social treason , by which homes are dismembered , instead of empires . What is a Bastilk ?—In France it was the prison of crime—in England it is thc dungeon of poverty . — Why arc the British Bastiles built for the most part on thc Elizabethan order of architecture ? To mock thc sufferings they profess to shelter and to soothe , and ' . 'ccausc they are monuments of the destruction of the law of Elizabeth . —What is in-door relief ? Thc relief which the rich derive from not witnessing thc misery within . —What is out-door relief ? Tlie relief which the poor go without . — Ibid .

      What is ax Ausukoity ?—To place a notice of tho savings-bank at tho entrance to tiie union workhouse , as at Kingsland . Too BuoAn . —The dambroad is known to be the ordinary . Scotch way of describing what in English is termed a draft-board . A Scotch lady newly conic to London , and rather too familiar with her own country ' s mode of expression , inquired at a linen draper ' s shop for a table cloth of a dnmbroad pattern , meaning a chequered pattern . The cockney shopman was rather amazed at such a question being asked by a lady , and answered— " Why , ma am , we have patterns pretty broad , but—a—a—none i / HiW so brond as th « t . "

      Flowers or Ihuvureux Oratory . —As to Mr . Hocbuck , he had been complaisant enough not to attack him ( Mr . 0 'Council ) since he went overio London . Now , in truth , he cared as little for his abuse as for thc barking of a cur-dog , and he begged pardon of thc four-footed animal for tho comparison . That was all lie had to say about little Hoebuck . —Speech of Mr . 0 ' Council til Conciliation Hall . What ' s in a Namk ?—King Louis Philippe has received a letter from the Emperor of Brazil , notifying to his Majesty the birth of the Imperial Crown Priuee . who has been iiamedAlnhimsc-l ' cler-CIiristhui-Leopold - Philip - Eugene - Michael - Gabriel- Kaphael-Gonzague .

      Nkoko Eloqcenck . —A dandy black stepped into a pTovision-warehuiiso to miy some potatoes ; before purchasing tho article , he gave the following tray eloquent description of its nature : — " J > o later is inewitablv bad or inwcriibly good . Dare am no mediocrity iii dc combination ob de later . Lie exterior may appear remarkably exemplary and l-utcsome , while de interior is totally negative ; but , sir , if you wonds the articles 'pon your own rospon . sibil . ly , knowing you to be a man sagacity in all your translations , why , sir , widout further of circumlocution , I take ! a bushel . "

      How to Escape Singing . —A young man at a social partv was vehemently urged to sing a song . lie replied that he would liret tell a story , mid then , if they still persisted in their demand , he would endeavour to execute a song . When a boy , he said , he took lessons in singing , and on one Sunday morning he went up into the garret to practise alone . While in full crv , ho was- suddenly sent for by the old gentleman . ' " This ispretty conduct ! " said iho father , " pretty employment for the son of pious parent .- - , to be ' sawing boards in-the garret on a Sunday morning , loud cnoiudi to be-heard by all the neighbours . Sit down ami take your hook . " The young man was unanimously excused from , siugittg the promised song .

      A CoMi-iJMBNT . —JyQi ' s & v , in remarking , on a beauty spesk on the cheek of Lady Southampton , compared it to a gem on a rose leaf . " Tho compliment is nmisKheil , " observed her ladyship . " How can that that be , " rejoined the count , " when it is made ois the sport " " Twin without Mystery . "— A young buck of thc soap lock order , who wow _ » w ui » l » vcn face , because ivs he said , it looked » foreign" ately . accosteiU ' Yankee at one ol w » hotels » follows : —! say fellow , some individuals think lama l-rcnchman , and some take me for an Etalyene-nauw what do you thufcl am ?* " Why , I thiuk you ' re aiool , replied Jonathan .

      Irish "Treatmest" op In ? ummatiox . —The lata Mr Peter Van llomrigh , a very odd fish , who represented Ikoshcda in the Imperial Parliament , was seized with a complaint which gave more concern to his friends tiawi to lmwsolf . '' How do you treat your inflammation , Mr . Van llomrigh ? " said a sedate member fear one of the midland counties , bir , answered Peter with a lofty tone , " bir , I tratc it With SVKltigB COIlXCTnpv . " A Mo \ sinovs It . —Tho United States Journal , thai takes the place of the Madisonian , in » latenu mher has tho following :- " It will plant ite right tbot upon the northern verge of Oregon , and its eft upon tho Atlantic craig , and , waving stars and stripes m tho face of the once proud mistress of tho ocean , bid her , if sho

      dare—« ' Cry havoc ! and let slip tho —Wc should , without speculation on bo glad to know , says thc Concordia exact size of its unmentionables ; will be made at the expense of vatesubscription . —A ' cw Yvr . ' : Tribune Second Sight . —In N ' o . I . of the is a letter sipt'il " A . Co . \ sia . \ i H cash of tMrvoyance ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 2, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02081845/page/3/