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      F ebruary 22 , 1845 . mTT ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ' THE NOR ^ & EiR N ST ^ R ! U ; ^„^ . ^„~„_^ . ^~^

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      THE HOLY ALLIANCE OF NATIONS ., . ~" aOTATED FEOXI BEHASGEB . j osapaie War his bloody wings unfurled , And fled the ndds his demon hands had torn , And heaven-born Peace descended on the world , THnguig around her flowers and ears of corn . « 0 f said the goddess , " hear , ye nations , hear ! Eng lish , French , German—aR contending lands— . form an alliance holy and sincere , And join , join hands ! « o rasa ! poor lump of sanguinary mud ; ' Open your csyes , and be no longer blind ; ¦ flij should ye rage and shed each other ' s Wood , Because some tyrant thinks his realm confined ' < Why , when he mounts his chariot should ye cheer , E ' en though his hot wheels crush the trodden lands S form an alliance holy and sincere ,

      And join , join hands . ' .. Lo I ' moug *&« corn , now oruised and trampled down , Ten thousand soldiers breathed their dying groans ; ^ , 3 at each border , fort , and frontier town Xcehamen son grows rich with human bones The lurid war-torch , blazing far and near , Bas fiRed with terror all the suffering lands , jorm an alliance holy and sincere , And join , join hands ! « Snottldmulions perish in their cursed strife , Still monarchs think their battles cheaply won ; What do they care for wasting human life ! They gain a province and the thing is done 1 yhen ap to heaven their haughty heads they rear , And prate of glory to the bleeding lands . Jerm an alliance holy and sincere , And join , join hands ' .

      » Why should your glory , founded on your woe , Daisle your eyes , and yoke yon to their ear 9 Are ye the gainers oy their warlike shaw * Fools that ye * ve heen , short-sighted that ye are , Why should these tyrants trouble thus your sphere , And with their quarrels decimate the lauds ? ? orm an alliance holy and sincere , And join , join hands ' ! 'Tes , free and happy let the world repose-Sheathed be the sword—and he the cannon dumb And let the memory of your former woes ^ Make you the wiser in the days to come . Then shaR ripe corn-fields aR your labours cheer , And the red vintage gladden all the lands . Form an alliance holy and sincere , And join , join hands ! Thus to the nations spoke the seraW-peace—

      -The vintage ripened and the ricMorngrew—Men hade their struggles and their warfare cease , And youths and maidens danced upon the dew . Then hear , ye nations ! hear , ye peoples , hear ! Freedom and wealth shaR gladden all your lands , When that aRiance , holy and sincere , Has joined all hands

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      SEVER GIVE Tjp . Sever give up ! it is -wiser and better Always to hope than once to despair : Fling off the load of Boubfs cankering fetter , And break the dark spell of tyrannical care ; Sever give up ! or the burden may sink yon-Providence Mnoly has mingled the cup , And , in all trials or troubles , bethink you , The watchword of life must be , Never give up ! Never give up ! there are chances and changes Helping thebopefol a hundred to one , And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success—if you'll only hope on : 3 ? evcr give up ! for the wildest is boldest , Knowing that Providence mingles the cup ; And of all maxims the best , as the oldest , Is the true-watchword of Jferer give up !

      Sever give up !—tho' ihe grape-shot may rattle , Or the mil thunder-cloud over yon burst , - Stand like a rock , —and the storm or the battle Little shall harm jon , though doing their worst Sever give up ! if adversityjpresses , Providence wisely has mingled the cup , And the best counsel , in all jour distresses , Is the stout watchword of Xever give up !

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      Conlvgsby; Or, The Jsew Generation. Br B...

      CONLVGSBY ; or , THE JSEW GENERATION . Br B . D'Issaeu , Esq ., 1 LP . —London : Colours , Great' Marlborough-strect . { Continued from the Northern Star of February 1 st . J The opening chapters of the second volume exhibited CosiscsBT arrived at Manchester , whither he has been led by curiosity to see ihe wonders of the capital of manufactures , Mr . D'lamELi paints the manufacturing system so <» u ? cur de rose , thatweapprchend both employers and employed will be astonished at his descriptions . Theformer will he mightily surprised to learn that they are One good and amiable masters represented ; while the latter will wonder how Mr . D'IsnjEU ever came to dream of such happiness being their lot as he has depicted . According to Air

      I ) Israeli , the female weavers , working a thousand or fiftcenjhnndred together in a room , arc decked iu " coral ^ aecklaces , " ^" some " pretty , some pert , some gratt'Vuiandjoeund , someabsorbedin thelroccopaiion ; alittlc serious seme , few sad , " Again , in describing the locale of the elder AfaxEAXK , we have pictured a " green valley , " " a . broad meadow land , " " and-very old elm trees ; " and here stands the mill of Osw . ui ¦ MnTrayg . The workers at this mill live in a- " picturesque village" close by , which village has its "lecture room , " "library , " and " reading halL " The « i « atmillowner , itappeais , had built " churches , schools , and institutes , " for the benefit of his workers . He had also built for them "houses

      and cottages on a new system , of ventilaiion , " had provided them with " garden allotmente . " 2 nd established " singing classes . " This "happy valley" is situated three miles from Bolton , but -hetlicr north , east , south , west , or which of the intermediate points of the compass , Comnns & y saith not A voyage of discovery , an expedition in search of this region of the blessedj would surely be worth * be whileof others besides Mr . D'Iskaeij . Should any of our Bolton readers be disposed to make the trial , we hone they will let us know the result of their labours . The discovery of the mneh-sought northwest passage , would he nothing to the discovery of ifr . Disraeli ' s Lancashire Eden . Alas' for this

      gentleman ' s fanciful pictures , the stern realities of the manufacturing system are too well known to need Tecapindating in opposition to Mr . D'Ishaeli ' s baseless visions . Before thai gentleman again ventures a description of Lancashire life , we advise him to apply v > Lord Ashiet for a few useful facts ; and instead of Hentimentalising at the Manchester Athenaeum with Cobdes and Co ., let him apply himself to the ^ Manchester workers , visit their homes , and learn from their lips , male and female , the workings of the system he so mistakingly lauds .

      The elder Millbaxk , even with all 3 fr . © 'Israeli ' s "Varnish , stands oat the unniistakeable representative of his " order . " . Envious of the landed aristocracy ills not their exclusive privileges he wars against , but against the tact of his own exclusion from a parih-ipation in those privileges . He denounces as ridiculous and monstrous that dukes and earls who are not "richer than we ( the millocrats ) are" should be law-makers for the nation . He is not , however , opposed to an aristocracy , but is for what he calls " a real , a natural one " : — * A HILMCEAT ' S 1 BEAS OF A *' SATCBAIr' AS 1 STOCBACT . "And where will you find your natural aristocracy I " a & ed Coniuffsbv .

      ' Among those men whom a nation recognises as ihe most eminent for virtue , talents , and property , and if you pfcase , birth and standing in the land . They guide opision ; and therefore they govern . I am no leveller ; I iook upon an artificial equality as equally pernicious with a factitious aristocracy ; both depressing the energies , and thtcking ihe enterprise of a nation . 1 like man to he *« : reallv tree ; free in his industry 95 Well 83 his btiv . s Thc reader will observe that the most eminent for £ *?»> # , Urtk , and standing , are to be the aristocrats <* the ' { cotton lord ' s ) new regime . True , " virtue " ^ " talents" are not omitted , but these , we suspect , ]* p , as heretofore , stand but a poor chance of ennow « ncut when unaccompanied by " property . " We ^ om two more specimens of a milloerat ' s political

      TOE SOJ 3 CES OF TBI EXCUSE PJEEHAOE . 'Vhen ll « . n-v vii . caHcdhis first Tarliament , there were - twenty-Mine temporal peers to he found , and even » me of thcm took their seats illegally , for they had heen Efa 5 at « l . Of those twenty-nine not five remain , and they ^ Hie Howards for instance , are not Xorman nobility . owe the English peerage to three sources : the spolia-JOn of * he church ; the open and flagrant sale of its hoa ^ u- ? iy the elder Stuarts ; and the Doroughmongering ® * Ur own times . Those are the three main sources of listing peerage of England , and , in my opinion , dis-Pafeful ones

      WCrjUTT OFA SECOUB iEGlSLATTVE CHAMBER . * by shun ] d apopnlar assembly elected by thetiotver of z BESon , hi , precipitate ? If precipitate , what senate f ™ stay an assembly so chosen ? So , no , no ; the thing 5 * 5 been tn ^ a over ^ 0 Ter agajn ; the idea of restrain-^ be powtrml by the weak is an absurdity ; ihe ques-Z ? IS 5 en M . If w wanted a fresh illustration , weneed r ? took to the present state of our own House of Lords . . ^^ iaates nothing ; it has , in fact , announced itself as a ln * r « Court of Rejdstraiion of the decrees of your ^ W ^ mnions . ^ m . ^ jaunted antinnitv of the "hereditary

      incura-*** , * adorably smashed , as Brother Jonathan « £ " $ * » 4 e first of these extracts . Bat , in fe j ^ o , ihe mfflocrat is made to prove too much for Tj ^ anoit . He proves the utter , nselessness of a S ^ legislative order j and the Democrat wdl w " stronger argument to prove the ntter worth-^ p-liot to say immense evil—of any aristocracy , " jww composed of land-lords or mffl-lords , . I ^ L !> use « f b « father , CosKCisnT ' encounters ^ , the daughter of the elder WaJBis ^ : Ol ftis SX . ^ & tnre " ^ ye-love" of cot hero , the ^ Wso llhear ' TOoreanon . "

      ^S^P 8 Op . The Bastile. T. C. Riewby, M...

      ^ S ^ P OP . THE BASTILE . T . C . riewby , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square : ( Continued from Hit Northern Ska- of MruaryVikj e ^ xtr ^ T ^ V ? ^ tViC iiwflmtary exfSm If ^ - ^ , J this most excclIen * ^ ork . n ~ h v ™ } * ™ Sgle , deadly the strife , the com-Tt f ^& ^ ' ^ traction of the hated uastile ; but though many a deed of horror was perpetrated mthat Revolution which the lovers of liberty must ever deplore , few conversant with the previous state of France will be found , we think , who will not regard tha ., change as . the happiest event winch the human race has yet witnessed . We hear much of tlie horrors of the " reign of terror ? but lot ftnv one read this work , and then spa- whotW iW t ,, ™ ,.- ^ , „„ „

      not unavoidable , and the necessary consequence of the Uamnable despotism which preceded the Revolution . Histonans have counted the victims of the Hevohi tionary Tribunal ; but they have-mostly been altogether silent as to the number of victims who year b v year , for centuries , had been silently sacrificed in this accursed den ; their only offence that they had incurred the dislike of the reigning tyrant , or some royal courtesan or minister . Men were seized on the authority of a Uure-de- < athet , and without being acquainted with their alleged offence were immured in this horrible dungeon , where they ramamedduringthe will of their persecutors . If their death was deemed more necessary than their continued incarceration , they were either secretly disnatehed . or nut int / ithn

      helhsh cages , where death after a time relieved them of their sufferings . Within forty-six years , thenumberof prisoners who mysteriously disappeared from theUastde , without any vestige remaining to attest then * fate , amounted to two thousand ; these being over and above the number of prisoners who during that time were liberated , or who died a " natural death . " it is fortunate for Captain "Waiwer that he was not born a Frenchman—a Frenchman , we mean , of a century back ; had he been so unfortunate , his blowing-up discoveries would assuredly have blown him into the Bastfle . In the reign of Loots Qtjisze , an individual named Bkbx db Coxdamixe having invented a kind of exploding outlet , communicated his discovery to Monsieur de Sakiines , then Lieutenant of Police , in hopes of inducing the Government to purchase the secret , but instead of which he was

      shortly afterwards arrested and conveyed to the Bastile . Hence , he attempted to escape , and had succeeded in lowering himself from the parapet of the towers , when unfortunatelv the cord broke by which he hung suspended , and he fell into the ditch ; the sentinel fired at and wounded him , ' and brought him before the Governor , De Lapnet , who ordered him to be cast into the dungeon of the ditch for eight days , and to he fed only on half allewancc of bread and -water . The register does not state whether this unfortunate man was liberated ; the probability is , therefore , that he . was either secretly murdered , or succumbed under the tortures to which he was subjected . This same Governor De Launey was on the storming of the Bastfle , on the lift of My , 1789 , hewed inpieces by the triumphant people . Righteous retribution ! So perish all the accursed agents of tyranny !

      In the limits we are necessarily confined io , we have found it impossible to detail the plot of the Chronicles , we have therefore been compelled to leave it to the reader to judge of the" work by the specimens we have from time to time given . In our last number we gave an extract descriptive of one of the modes of torture to which the unhappy prisoners were sometimes subjected . The following extract describes a successful attempt at escape from this accursed edifice ; an attempt but rarely made , or at least bnt rarelv successful : —

      THE ESCAPE OF ST . 1 XV TROM 1 KB nASTTLE . Judging of the height of the towers from that of his cell , from the number of stories , and the space between each , he cakujjted upon reguiring about a hundred and twenty feet of rope , but great was his dismay when he discovered that every available article of wearing apparel that he possessed , added to the sheets and blankets of his hed , would not , when twisted into strands Of the requisite strength , make np more than half the necessary quantity ; still , he wrought on , with increasing assiduity , until he had no more materials to work with , save Ins outward

      garments , the sacking of his hed , the slight cords that held it together , and the bed-clothes themselves . In tins dilemma , he feigned indisposition , in order to have a show of excuse for not getting up , and so far imposed upon Ru , as to induce ibis individual to supply him with an additional blanket and a coverlet ; these rapidly shared the fete of the others , so that on the fifth day from the commencement of his task , he had , by weaving all these articles together in strips , into what is , by sailors , called " tuticelaid" completed a rope of tolerable strength , and of fourteen lengths , each length averaging about five feet . # * #

      As the only materials he now had at hand , to finish the rope , could not he used without attracting Eu ' s attention to their disappearance , St . Leu found it necessary to fix upon a night for making the contemplated attempt , purposing tO attain the platform by means of the chimney and thence , with the assistance of the rope , todecend into the great ditch , and gain the Seine through the small moatby which the former was fed . He had no time to wait for a / aoourdole opportunity wherefore as the nights at that season were very long , and very dark , he chose the following , evening—the sixth after his interview with June—though the difficulties that threatened him were materially augmented by the feet of a large quantity of snow having fallen , rendering a discovery by the sentinels more to-be apprehended : the die , however , was cast ; he had gone too far to recede , and delay might prove fetal to his project J

      That day fled , but slowly ; the night came ,. and waned but more slowly still ! Would to-morrow never dawn ? oh yesl the morrow came , and with it , snow and wind ! noon-tide too passed , and still the suow fell , and the wind blew ; night succeeded , with more snow and more wind ! St . Leu watched the white flakes as they descended , and listened to the howling of the storm ! the sound pleased him 1 Seven o ' clock struck ; his heart leaped : the time he had so anxiously looked forward to had arrived . As soon as Ru had paid him his last visit , St . Leu took out the rope and examined it , length by length , subjecting it to the heaviest strain he was capable of , with a view to test its strength ; the result proved satisfactory : to complete it was his next task , and to this he applied himself

      with an earnestness and an energy of purpose that tlie emergency increased tenfold . Every article in the cell , available as a substitute for yarn , now came into requisition : the sacking of his wretched couch—the old , and half-rotten green serge of the same that served for curtains—all that remained of his bedding , even to the tick ofthemattrass—his own outer garments—coat—waisi coat—neckerchief—every shred of raiment , was turned to account * He stationed himself near the narrow window of his cell , and listened as he worked to the chimes that marked the fleeting hours ! eight o ' clock—nineten ! still his task remained incomplete ! eleven struckthen midnight ! another half hour and all would be ready . ' at last his work was done ! _ Z

      Having again assured himself of the strength of his rope , as far as thc . means for so doing would allow , he coiled it over his left arm , breathed a brief prayer , and with a firm heart commenced his perilous adventure . With some difficulty , he forced his way up the narrow chimney as far as the elbow , where tlie obstruction existed which he had cleared away , as related in a former chapter : here , over his head , an iron bar , similar to the one he had alread y bent aside , stopped his egress : however , lie at last succeeded in removing it also , and soot gained the aperture above , which was scarcely large enough to aftord his body a passage—indeed , had he retained his clothes , he could not have got through it . He was rejoiced to find that the storm continued with unabated violence , and that the wind , which blew most boisterously , came from the north-east , placing him to s , ' , '_ ' „ ! ^ ^ "

      leward of the sentinels . The night too was very black , though the snow that had fallen—and which stfll continued to ( Wftblipdingly in every direction , save straight down—rendered surrounding objects perfectly distinguishable , so that he could' even plainly see tlie sentry-boxes at the further end of the platform ; one of these stood not forty feet from the aperture lie lay concealed in , which , fortunately for him , was situated at tlie angle the tower of the Bertaudiere formed with the lnasanry that connected it witli the Bazmiere , so that he could reconnoitre unperceived : the unlooked-for circumstance startled him at first , but a few minutes sufficed to restore his courage , for he soon remarked that the sentinel had taken refnge within , leaving the road comparatively free : hardly daring to draw breath , he gradually emerged from his hiding-place , shivering and benumbed , and as the neighbouring clocks struck one , set his foot upon the platform : there was now no receding .

      With the stealthiuess of the cat , he crept on his hands and knees to the nearest embrasure , and , under cover of the piece of field-artillery with which it was furnished , proceeded to attach his rope to the wheel thereof , taking the precaution to cast the coil over the battlements , ready for use . This operation occupied some time , for his hands and limbs werenotonly chafed , swollen , andlacerated , but dead ened from the effects of cold , so that he could hardly use them : atlengtb , however , hecompletedhistaskin safely , and having ascertained that the rope was securely fastened , cautiously raised himself for the purpose of commencing his fearful descent , when tlie sentinel suddenly came out of his box and began parading the platform , passing backwards and mi-wards within twenty paces of the embrasure in which he now again lay crouched , a prey to the severest mental and bodily anguish that can he conceived .

      Twice , when the vigilant guardian ' s back was turned , did St Leu creep towards the embrasure , with the design of placing that barrier between them , and twice was he compelled to forego his intention ; for the soldier ' s walk was so short , his face might be said to have been turned almost always one way : but hesitation now was madness , for the success of his attempt depended upon his decision and firmness ; taking advantage therefore of the same favourable opportunity that had already twice offered itself , St . Leu bounded towards the battlement , when a fierce gust drove the blinding sleet and snow into the sentry ' s face , causing him to turn suddenly . round : he caught sight of the strange figure before him—the click of the musket—the oul-rite told St . Leu that he was discovered . Bashing forwards— -unarmed , I naked , as he was —he grasped the man by the throat—and a short hut desperate struggle ensued , during which the musket exploded : placing his foot in the middle of the soldier ' s body , he wrenched the weapon from his grasp , and swing-

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      ing it over his head , with the butt-end laid him senseless at his feet : the next moment ' he hung suspended in the air : he hart commenced his frightful descent ! Meamvliile , the other sentinels rushed to the succour of their . comrade , but stupificd by exposure to the inclement night , looked about for the fugitive in every directionsavethe right one—discharging their pieces in thc air , in order to rouse the garrison . The alarm now became general , though some time elapsed first , for the wind was so high , it drowned the vociferations of the soldiers on the towers—bawling out to their comrades on the roundaway—who knew not where to look , nor what to do , until one of them perceived a white % ure dangling in mid-way air , rapidly descending from the towers into flie ditch , and at which he levelled his musket , and fired , hut without effect , although it served to put his companions on the proper track .

      St . Leu had by this time descended more than halfway , but his position was frightful in the extreme ; having notiling to steady his descent , he was swinging about backwards and forwards , in imminent danger of being dashed to pieces against the massive stone-work , and owed his safety only to his presence of mind , which he still retained , even at that critical juncture . His sole aim ' was to reach the ditch beneath him , AVhich he saw was frozen over , for the snow laid thick upon the surface of the ice ; he therefore continued lowering himself , heedless of the uproar , or of the strife of the elements that raged above , and around , and on all sides of him , his only fear being as to the strength of the rope , upon which the strain increased every moment , causing it now and then to crack , and reminding him of the frail materials that it was composed of , so vividly , that his fingers seemed to interrogate each thread , as if to ascei-tain the safety of that particular one on which his life was at that preeise moment hung .

      He had yet a distance of some twenty-five or thirty feet to descend , when to Ids utter dismay , he came to the end of his rope— and atthe sameinstanthefelt that somebody was pulling it above : a moment ' s hesitation—only a moment ' s—but what a moment that !—he loosed his hold and dropped ! a rush of air—a suspension of breath—a stunning blow , a sensation of his bones being all broken at once—and the next instant he was immersed in water , and mud , and ice , and snow , and blinding darkness ! But life—life—was his only thought , notwithstanding ! He rose to the surface , and pushing aside the broken , jagged masses of ice , succeeded in gaining a footing upon a firmer part ; he had , however escaped one danger only to encounter another .

      He was yet separated from the small moat , which he sought to gain , by the whole width of the great ditch , into which he had fallen , and the space between the Bertaudiere and the Baziniere towers , a distance of nearly seventy yards , in traversing which his person would offer a sure mark to ' the sentinels on the round-away , who were now aware of his position ; fortunately , ' however , the biting wind blew direct in iheir face , driving- before'it a shower of tiny , frozen arrows , that nearly deprived them of vision , the intolerable pain diverting their attention from the fugitive to themselves . St , Leu scrambled forwards on all-fours—the ice cracking , and bending , and breaking under him , until he , reached the middle of the great ditch , when a shot from one of the sentinels—for he was now within twenty yards of the round-away—took effect on his person , passing obliquely through the fleshy part of his arm . Regardless of the anguish , and of the additional danger to which he was now exposed , he started to his feet , bounded forwards , and reached the small

      moat . This moat —which likewise formed the' outermost boundary of the gardens of the arsenal—communicated with the Seine , and was about forty feet wide , and of the same depth as the great ditch ; over it , at about fourteen or fifteen yards from its point of junction with thc lattpr , fell a triple draw-bridge , defended on the inner side by a corps-de-gardc . Hearing the shots and the shouts of their comrades , the soldiers on duty here lowered the bridge and rushed , in amass , to the first outer court , in

      order to learn the cause of the outcry ; they passed within twenty feet of the wounded and trembling fugitive , -who , the better to conceal himself , crouched down Into the snow ; he saw them run across the bridge , and heard their halloos to their comrades—he heard , too , the chains of the great draw-bridge clank , and its ponderous hinges grate—he could see the flash and nicker of their torches , and distinguish the hurried tramp of his pursuers' footsteps drawing every instant nearer and nearer ; then , a shout of exultation—they were on his track—the snow had betrayed the direction he had taken !

      Life—life—liberty—Julie ! and again he rushed onwards—gasping—exhausted ! Another shout ! they were nearer ! another effort , and he could place the massive outer wall of the Bastile between them and him ! On . on ! on ! over the rotting ice , or immersed in the gelid waters that it covered ! now wading through them—now scrambling over the unsafe masses on its surface—or leaping and running when a footing offered ; hut still on —on—on ! St . Leu had now gained that portion of . the smaUer moat where it was traversed by the outer wall of the Bastile , a small arch of about five feet in length—the thickness of the wall : —forming the junction between it and the moat of the arsenal gardens . But here—between

      lum and his liberty—a formidable barrier interposed itself , in the shape of a barrow . fjrmed grating , fixed into the arch and descending to witliin a foot of the water-mark , and at the bottom of which bristled a chevaux-de-frize : he hesitated : it was only for a moment : the voices , and the tramp of footsteps in his rear told him he was lost if he paused longer : he drew one long breath , burst through the rotten ice with his feet , and plunged ! a long halfminute followed ! a noise as of a thousand . drums beating aU ' at once , or of as many guns going off" all at the Same moment , filled his ears ! stnl he groped on beneath'the water , guiding himself by the bank . —then his head touched a substance ; with his last remnant of strength , he forced upwards—he breathed'again—the last barrier waspassed—hewasfree ! - - • : i ' ' ' '

      We believe some fourteen or fifteen numbers of this work are published , of which we have as yet received but eleven : when the remaining numbers come to hand they shall be duly noticed , In the meantime , we earnestly recommend the- Chronicles tO the reading , world in general , and to every lover of liberty in particular . 1 . '

      Punch's Complete Letter-Writer. By Dowla...

      PUNCH'S COMPLETE LETTER-WRITER . By Dowlas Jbkbold . Punch Office , Fleet-street . "It is an ill wind , " says the proverb , " that blows nobody good ; " meaning that most winds , however ill , do blow some good ; and of this we have an instance in the worJc before us . Too much of anything but good is , we fear , too chargeable to Sir James Graham ; and not the least of the odious acts which will cause Ids name to be held in disreputable remembrance long after his official career ; shall have ceased , will be his un-English and most infamous Post-office espionage . Atrocious and odious , however , as were the acts of the Minister in this particular matter , it is , we believe , to these malpractices , or at least the discovery of them , that the public are

      indebted for the excellent letters which , under tl above title , have been given to the world by Donoi Jebkold . , " ' ...-These letters originally appeared in Punch ,- bnt those who have read them in their original shape , v beg to intimate that their re-perusal in their prese form will be found a treat which might hardly be a ticipated ; for the fact is , that the Complete Lett Writer is now made really complete , its atttactibi being greatly increased by the letters being collect and placed together . Those who had not the pie sure of reading the letters as they appeared in Pane will do well to purchase the volume without deLa We promise them that their only regret when th come to the conclusion , will be that , instead of fif letters , there are not five hundred of thc like exc ( lent quality . Where all are excellent it is impossible to single oi

      particular letters for special praise . But as our readers will expect a specimen of the contents , we select the Mowing , by a guardian in reply to ayoung gentleman ( his ward ) , who has expressed his desire to enter the army . We cannot afford room for thc young gentleman ' s letter , but we should premise that the writer expresses himself as being passionately enamoured of a soldier ' s life . It is not , he alleges , the outward trappings that attract him , hut the abstract glory : his heart throbs at the achievements of conquerors ; the game of war is a pastime for gods : he exults in the idea of death , in the bed of glory , and a whole country weeping over his ashes ; he wishes to see the sublime spectacle of a German rcriew ; above nil , after the fury of battle is passed , how glorious the privilege of succouring the wounded and protecting the helpless . In reply to these ravings we give the

      ANSWER OF THE GUARDIAN TO THE TOUNCS GESTLEMM ., My Dear Arthuiv—I thought more highly of your discrimination . I believed that you knew me better than to make so foolish a proposition . My opinions on war and its instruments are , I know , not the opinions of the world ; it would save the world—I am vain enough to think—much guilt , much misery , if they were so . You , doubtless , believe your letter the result of an honest enthusiasm ; aud jet , to ' my faney . it is nothing more than the folly of a boy , who , unconscious of his prompter , writes with a fiend dictating at his elbow . Yes , my hoy , a fiend ; he is too often busy among us—one of the vilest aud most mischievous demons of all the brood of wickedness . To be sure , he visits men not in his own name—oh no ! he comes to them in the finest clothes and under the prettiest alias . HeiSClOthCd ill

      gay colours—has yards of gold trimming about him—a fine feather in his cap—silken flags fluttering over himmusic at his heels—and his lying , swindling name is—Glory . Strip the thing so cn !) ed , and how often will you find the abhorred nakedness of a demon . Be assured of it , fife and drum make the devil's choicest music . lie blows and beats—for , being a devil , lie can do this at the same time ^—and makes the destructive passions of men twist and wriggle in the hearts of even peaceful folk , and with the magic of his tattoo drives them on to mischief . You know , people say I have strange ^ violent thoughts . Well ! I think every sheep whose skin is turned into druri > parchment , has been sacrificed not to the gods but devils . You tell me that you are smitten with glory in thc abstract—with its nuked honour . Pooh ! like a poor-souled footman , you are content totake the Wows for the fineness of the livery ;;

      > ou say , that when you read the history of conquerors , you yearn to become a soldier . Well , I dispute it not ; there have been men made soldiers by tyranny and wrong , whose memories may , like the eternal stars , shine down upon us ; these men maybe envied . But I , to ' oi have read the lives of conquerors ; and , as I live , they no

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      more tempted me to ' emulate them , than the reading of the \ ewgate Calendar would make me yearn to turn footpad or house-breaker . . . -At best , soldiers are tlie evils of the . ' earth—the children of human wrong arid human weakness . Understand me ; I would not have men ground arms ; * and , with quaker-like submission , cry . " friend" to the invader . Nevertheless , do not let US prank up ft dire necessity with all sorts ^ of false ornament , and glorify wholesale homicide . You say war is the pastime of gods . Homer tells us as much . And pretty gods they were who played at the sport ! In my time , I have known many men who , for very humbly imitating them in some of their amusements , hare died on the gallows or withered on ' hoard the hulks . I trust the time will come when it will bring as great shame to men to mimic Mars , as it now deals upon the other sex to imitate Venus .

      You talk glibly enough of the bed of glory . What is it J A battle-field , with thousands blaspheming in agony about you ? Your last moments sweetened , it may be , with tlie thought that somewhere on the field lies a bleeding piece of your handiwork—a poor wretch in the death-grasp of torture ! Truly , that is ft bed of greater glory which is surrounded by loving hearts—by hands uplifted in deep , yet cheerful prayer . There are thoughts , too—it is my belief—better , sweeter far than thoughts of recent slaving , to help the struggling soul from out its tenement . , * l

      . You talk , too , Of the nation ' s tears ! In what museum does the nation keep her pocket-handkerchiefs ? Depend upon it , nations that love to fight , are not the nations that love to weep . I grant it , many a fine , simple fellow , has died in the belief of being wept over by his country , who has nevertheless been shamefully defrauded of his dues . My dear boy , never sell your life for imaginary drops of water . And then you rave about laurel—an accursed plant of fire and blood . Count up all the crowng of Cmsar , and for the honesty healthful service of man , are they worth one summer cabbage t

      You would wish to see the German review—you think it so noble a-sight ? Be assured , if you can teach your eyes to look through the spectacles of truth , there cannot be a sadder , a more rueful exhibition—one reflecting more upon the true dignity of human nature—one more accusatory of the wisdom and goodness of man—than thousands of men dressed . and harnessed , and nicely schooled fortlie destruction of their fellow-creatures . All their finery , all their trappings , ' are to me but the gimcrackery of the father of wickedness . In my time , I have seen thousands of soldiers drawn up ; with a bright sky shining above them ; and I ihave thought them a foul mass ^—a blot—a shameupon the beautiful earth—an affront to the beneficence . of heaven ! But then , I have odd thoughtsstrange opinions .

      You say it wfli be sweet , the battle over , to solace the wounded . My dear boy , it win be sweeter far not to begin tiiebattle at all . It may be very humane to apply the salve after you have dealt the gash—but surely it would be better wisdom , truer humanity , to inflict no hurt . And , in time , men . will learn this truth ; they < WC learning it ; and as I would not see you in a profession which I trust is speedily becoming bankrupt , you will never , with my consent , purchase into the army . Your affectionate friend , BeSJAMIS alirEACT .

      As a satirist of existing frauds and follies , few , if any , writers of the present day can compete with Douglas Jerrold . This volume is another added to the list of , his offerings at the shrine of truth , and will befpundan excellent promoter of the good cause of right ' agalnst wrong . The letters arc illustrated by . Kenny Meapows , whose cuts are admirably in keeping with the satire of the author . We earnestly recommend this work to our readers , and hope that it will have an extensive circulation .

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      THE PENNY NOVELIST , AND LIBRARY OF ROMANCE . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . . Have our readers seen this publication ? Doubtless some of them have , but in all probability not near so many as would have done had they been aware of its merits . The PeOni [ Novelist is no new experiment , the success of which is yet to he tested ; its success is already proven , as the four volumes alread y published sufficiently testify . The fifth volume is now ; in course of publication , and will be found fully equal , if hot superior , to its predecessors . The most important of the contents of the volumes already published are the translations of Eugene Sue's works , which are fully and faithfully rendered into English . Of this great writer ' s works the volumes contain — The

      Mysteries of Paris ; Paulia Monti , or , the Hotel Lambert ; The Salamander ; Arthur , or , The Journal of an Unknown ; and . The Wandering Jeiv . This last was commenced in the fourth volume . and is . continued in the fifth . , We should state that the Penny Novelist is so printed that , at the conclusion of a volume " The Wandering Jew" -may be separated from _ the rest of , tne publication , each part forming two distinct works . -This is a great advantage to those . who :. may > desire to have this singular romance separate from the miscellaneous tales of the , Novelist . < To attempt the' slightest sketch of the varied and entertaining contents of tho first four volumes , in addition to the works of Eugene Sue , is impossible , so numerous aire the romances , novels , tales . Ac ,, of this

      surprising work . The Novelist must be seen to be understood—once seen , it cannolj fail to , be read , and the reader commencing with it , will , we'are certain , never tire of its entertainments . We understand thatthe worlds ' stereotyped , and , therefore , that the whole of the numbers from ( wiocommencement may be had .- : To those who have not read , but who are desirous of reading : " -The Mysteries of Paris" the other works of Eugene Sue , we can confidently reebmmend ' thesc volumes , feeling assured that they will ' give unbounded satisfaction . While those who for the present are content to read the Wandering Jew , will . do well to procure the back and current numbers containing it . The four volumes already complete may he had , handsomely bound , pi * the publisher . ' . We shall returh ; to ' a further examination of tlie Penny Novelist as soon as we can afford room .

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      SIMMONDS ' S COLONIAL MAGAZINE-FED . We have received this Magazine so late in the month as to render it . inipOssiblc for us to do more than barely , notice it . The present month ' s number opens "" with , tf most ' important article " On the Manufacture of Sugar , '' being the prize essay by J . F . Cahoill , Esq ., to which was awarded thc premium of £ 100 , offered by the Earl of Elgin , Governor of Jamaica . . The fourth of the valuable essays on " The Whale and Whaling , " by Edwatu ) Wakefield , Esq ., is given in this ' number . The truly entertaining ' * Journal ' , of a "Voyage to Port Philip " is brought to a close ; it is with regret we bid farewell

      to so p leasing a writer , but wc hope yet to hear , through this Magazine , something of his experience as a colonial magistrate . " The remaining principal articles are , "Australia : Past , Present , and Future ;" " New Zealand Affairs ; " and Thc Annexation of Texas . " We should have much liked ; to have given some extracts from tlie article on" Upper California , " but our vevieWjpage this week was already occupied before the arrival of the Magazine . So far as we navo found , time to peruse the contents of the present uuinbeiyit appears to'be fully equal to the best of its predecessors , lacking nothing in talent and sound information ; and not destitute of that variety usually lobkfid for by the reader of the monthlies .

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      Evils' Resulting most the Game Laws , AnonESSEn to Young Enolaxd—The National Temperance AnvocATE—The Communist Chronicle . These are each good in their way , and each worthy of perusal . The Communist Chronicle is" a monthly publication , edited by Goodwin Barmst- , aud published by B . D . Cousins , No . 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields . Publications & eckived . —The Christian Mythology Unveiled—The London Entertaining Magasine , part 3 —The Dungeon . Harp—Good . ' a . , Proposition on the National Debt— -The Atrocities of the Dictator Rosas .

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      A BOWL ' OF " PUNCH" FRESH BREWED

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      ^ TIIE HEALTH OF THE LAhOUEEE . " The great social difficulty that has beset us in the amelioration of . the condition of the labourer , is at length solved . To the'Duke of Richmond , we believe , is to be attributed the happy discovery . Doubtless , when ; the full success of the plan is made manifest ; when , throughout the length and breadth of Englandi its wondrous agency is turning the huts of the labouring poor into abiding-places of substantial comfortwhen it is calling smiles into the labourer ' s cheek , and putting flesh upon his bones , and giving him the

      erect bearing and independent look of God ' s primest work—Man ; then , we doubt it not , other claimants of the discover *^ will rise up , contesting ' with the Noble Duke of Richmond the originality of that stroke of philanthropic genius which has worked such blessed wonders . It has been so with the iiyrcntftv of printing ; with the discoverer of the motive principle of steam . Be it then our rewarding task at once to claim for Riclvmond his inalienable right to thc gratitude of England's labourers . He has discovered the infallible remedy for all their social ills . It is simply this ;' ' it is to drink their health .

      Mr . Lane tells us , that the Egyptian magicians enact their greatest wonders with , merely a bowl of water . The Duke of Richmond performs his benevolent homs-pocus with a glass of wine ! 0 , it is soothing to the soul , wearied and desponding from , a contemplation of the crushing ills that press thc very manhood out of thousands , 'to see a nobleman—philanthropic as Prometheus—rise in a tavern hall ; and with a voice melodious as ten silver trumpets , give— "The Health of the Labourer !" There is no mistaking the look , the nrcsence of the

      man . He is rapt , sublimated by the greatness of his mission ; by the almost divine power of his discovery : " The Health of the Labourer !" Magical are the : syllables ! Whatare they , in truth , but as . tlnr words- of , some sph'it-compelling wizard—some political Prospero—that are no sooner dropped from theilips : of the speaker than they arOuse a swarm of genii—working vassals of' benevolence !—and away theyny to carry-on their win ^ s a healing balm to thousands and thousands ! - So . mighty is-the necromancy of the toast , that when uttered , it is easy for imagination to behold a very cloud of Ariels

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      rising from the Freemasons' Tavern . East , west , noith , ' and-south they separate upon their glad mission . Some , carrying loaves—sonic , ; 'meat—some , kegs of nut-brown ale—some , new raiment- ^ and all of them alighting at the' labourer ' s fireless hearth ; and calling cheerfulness and hope into his face , and making his gaunt wife and pallid little OMS ShlilC at the miracle of sudden plenty . What benevolent magic lies in that little sentence , " The Health of the Labourer ! " It is thc " Open Sesame " to thc heart of the country . And even when the labourer fails to receive tho substantial sweetness of these faiiy gifts , it is plain he is largely benefitted , though all unconsciously , by the magical toast . Therefore , let him take heart . True it is , he may wither on seven shillings a week ; but then , does not a Duke drink his health ? and such condescension must more than double the miserable

      stipend . ' Consider this , 0 labourer It is possible that all day von have wanted food—at night yon need shelter and firing . There are sullen thoughts clouding your brain ; there is , too , a slow , withering heat at your vitals ; night is coming on , and you know not where to lay your head . This , it must be owned , is an uncomfortable plight ; nevertheless , you may shake off the misery like an ugly dream ; for know , you have been toasted in a London tavern . Yes ; at the Freemasons' the Duke of Richmond has given— " The Health of the Labourer !"

      You are breaking stones in a Union yard . Let the thought of the toast touch your brain withmuslc , and somehow try and hammer on the granite a grateful accompaniment to— " The : Health of the Labourer !" Well , labourer , you fall sick ; it may be in the parish of Ivor , in Buckinghamshire ; In the county of . "the farmer ' s friend . " . You are carted to Isleworth , anil yon ask for bread for yourself and wife . Yon cannot move ; but your wife , poor wretch ! has yet some strength , and so she is ordered to trudge from Hillingdon to Uxbridge—and from Uxbridge back to Isleworth , having walked in the cutting

      winter air , only one-and-twenty miles , before melting charity gives her an order for grocery , price three shillings ! It is very wearying , it is sickening to the heart , it is enough , to make you call upon death to take you from that despot , fellow-man ; it is Ivery wretched for you to wait the retui-nof your wife on her hard pilgrimage of three-and-twenty miles . But take heart ! Be of good cheer ! Disease and famine have . hold upon you ; but let tins thought make them powerless—all that can be done , it done for you ; for amidst hurrahs and cheering clamours , somewhere in London , they drink "The Health of the Labourer !"

      And , labourer , it : may be you are just turned in howling winter time from a comfortable gaol : You were , sent thither for straying in search of work , that you might take your wife and ofisprJng from the union ., You could not make out the offence ; but the magistrates , hawk-eyed , saw it , and you were sent to gaol . There , you slough your labourer ' s rags , and are warmly clothed . Your sentence is suffered , and you are discharged ; the warm convict clothing is taken from you , and your labourer ' s tatters restored . You shiver at the gaol ' s threshold ; for the icy wind makes you know the difference between the snug garments of a felon and the threadbare raiment of a working-man . Well , you trudge : on ; . but you have palpitation at the heart ; and it is sore travelling with

      you . At length you crawl into a wayside hovel ; and with one loaf , in withering December , you fightfaminc for three days ; your feet becoming gangrened with the . blighting cold ..... Terrible thoughts must visit you in that lone hovel ; you cannot hut hold awful communings with the midnight blast , howling , to your ears , like humanity about you . Nevertheless , you are not forgotten . No : wrong not JllUlianity—landlord humanity , and all its gushing impulses ; for though you are starving , perishing ; though you are a piece of numbed , mortified , human refuse—a Duke remembers you , and gives " The Health of the Labourer . ' " Awl , labowftVj - you crawl from youv hovel , and are

      taken tothe union . You die . Yon have been killed —murdered—by want and winter ' s cold . You are at length at peace ; and sleep the sweet sleep of death in a pauper ' s shell .- You are carried to the pauper ' s ground ; and whilst the priest utters the words that confound all things in one undistinguished heap of day—the pomp and the poverty of life , its emblazonments and its miseries ; while he utters " Ashes to ashes ,, dust to dust , " . let your spirit in its upward flight , be comforted for those of your earthly fellows you have left behind ; for still , still will be drank—" The Health of the Labourer ! " V ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ .

      ; As some ducal landlords drink the . health of thc labourer ' while living , so , to make the heartfelt solemnity complete , ' a Doctor Cantwell should . bury him when dead :

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      A New Engine of Destruction . —A Mr . Beming , of Jersey , has , we understand , after a lengthened period employed in constructing an electric gun , succeeded in completing his object , which he denominates a " siva . " He has exhibited it several times , and demonstrated its amazing effects , which are most destructlve . The continuous and rapid flight of balls discharged is scarcely credible . The simplicity of this wonderful work Of mechanical art , ' as a projectile , is such , that it can be easily removed from place to place . , It contains within itself the means of continuing to an indefinite period its power and capability of destruction .

      Moee . WoxnEnpUL than Credible . —Some time ago , a paragraph went the round of the papers mentioning , the discovery , by a Swedish doctor , of a means of preserving animals for ages in a : state of torpidity , from ^ which at any time they could be brought by certain applications again into active life . The following account , purporting to fee written by an eye-witness , we quote from an American periodical called the Magnet , where it is gravely set forth , without comment , under the head "Extraordinary Discovery : "—" . Professor Von Grusselbach , of Stockholm ,. has very lately brought to a state of perfection the art of producing a torpor of the whole system , by the application of cold of different degrees of intensity , proceeding from a lesser to a greater , so as to

      cause the human body to become torpid , without permanent injury to any organ or tissue of the frame . In this state , bodies may remain a great number of years , and again , after a sleep of ages , be awakened to existence , as fresh and blooming as they were when they first sunk into their frigoric slumber . The attention of the learned professor was first led . to thc subject by-findinga toad enclosed in a solid fragment of calcareous rock , ten feet in diameter , which , when taken out , shewed vmeo , \ UYM & l signs of life ; but it wassupposed that'the concussion caused by blasting the rock occasioned his death in a few hours after . The opinion , of Baron Gruithizen , geologist to the King of Sweden , was , that , it must have been in . that ° situation for at least seven thousand years ;

      his calculations being drawn from' the different layers of efrata by which it was surrounded . From this hint the . professor proceeded to make experiments ; and after a laborious course of experiments for the last twciity-nine years of his life , he has at last succeeded in perfecting this great discovery . No less than sixty thousand ; reptiles , shell-fish , & e ., were experimented on , before he tried the human subject . The process is not entirely laid before the public as yet , but I had the honour , in company witha friend , of visiting the professor . % I shall give a slight description of one of the outer rooms , containing some of las preparations . Previous to entering we were each furnished with an india-rubber bag , to which was attached a mask with srlass eves : This was nut on to nrovont the

      temnerature of the , room from being varied in the sbghtest degree by ov \ v breathing . Itwaa a circular room , lighted from the top by the sun ' s rays , from which the : heat was entirely disengaged by its-passage through glass , & c ., coloured by the oxide of copper ( a late discovery , and very valuable to the professor ) . The room is shelved all round , and contains nearly one thousand specimens of animals , & c . One was a Swedish girl , aged , from appearance , about nineteen years , who was consigned to the professor by order of the Government , to be experimented upon , having been found guilty of murdering her child . With the exception of a slight paleness , she appeared as if asleep , although she has been in a state of , torpor for two years . lie intends , he says , to resuscitate her in five more veal's , and convince the world of the

      soundness of his wonderful discovery . The professor , to gratify us , took a small snake out of his cabinet into another room , and although it appeared to us to , be perfectly dead and rigid as marble , by application of a mixture of cayenne pepper and brandy , it shewed immediate ' signs of life , and was apparently as active as ever it was in a few . minutes , although the professor assuveil us that it had heen in a . state of torpor for ^ sh years . " —This narration is decidedly inferior to the ' clever stOry about the inhabitants of the ' moon , which emanated from brother Jonathan a few years ago as a veritable scientific discovery , . But whether it is to be linked in the same category , or in that of those truths whiclrare " stranger than fiction , " our readers are left to determine in accordance with their various experience and phrenological dcvclop-• monts . ' : ' ' ' ' ' "" ' '

      Restoration' op the Portland Vase . —The public and connoisseurs will-learn with sincere gratification that this invaluable relic of antiquity , although so scriouslyfracturcd and mutilated , is considered ty . Sir Henry Ellis to be capable , to a certain extent ,-ot , restoration , so as still to remain ' extant in shape for the admiration of the world of art . At aineetmgof the Society of Antiquaries , on Thursday evening week , Mr . Windus , at the close of the evenin g , addressing the nienibers on the subject , said m reference— it was but too true that nothing could restore to them the vase itself ; but genuine copies had fortunately been made . , The latePiehler , the eminent engraver of gems ^ strnckwith its beauty , moulded the vase at Rome This mould was put into the hands ot-Mr . Tassie , and after a certain number ( only a few ) of casts were made ; , it . was destroyed . ^ A . few of these casts are extant ., The Marnuis , ot Exeter , Mr . A . Pellatt , and'be himself { Mr . Windus ) , possess'copies . His own be intended shortly to exhibit / together with

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      a cast of the sarcophagus in which it was found , at the Polytechnicon . " : Sir Henry Ellis state $ thaj the British Museum had also one of theseicopies , yvhich would , as early as possible ,, be exhibited , to the public The vase , by We'dgewbod , itappcars , is only a modern copy , " and not cast ii-om the original . Sir Henry Ellis also stated that thc vase had not sustained so much injury as was expected : that thc principal figures were preserved , and two persons , named Doubleday and Buldock , employed m thc Museum , would be able to put it together again .

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      The Surplice Question. By A Benedict. < ...

      THE SURPLICE QUESTION . By a Benedict . < Avers pretty public stir • Is making down at Exeter , xlbout the surplice fashion ; - And many bitter words and rude Have beerf bestow'd upon the feud , And much unchristian passion . For me , I neither know nor care Whether a parson ought to wear A black dress or a white dress ; FUl'd with a trouble of my own—A wife who preaches in her gown , And lectures in her night-dress . .,, Hood ' s . V ( taatU \ e , '

      Tub last from Punch . —Thc Chartist ranks feel so higldy indignant at the conduct of one of their late lecturers , that they ha ^ f determined on sinking a vowel in his name , which will render it M . 'Do-aU . O'Conneli / s BuM .-isM .-rThat Irishmen commit solecisms , or , as they are commonly termed , "bulls , " is , to use the words of Lord Colchester , when Speaker of the House of Commons , on the subject of selling of scats , as " notorious as the sun at noon-day , " but we certainly did not expect to find the " great Agita-. tor" exhibit in one which even Sir Boylo Roche might have envied . While speaking in favour of the resolution preventing the Irish members from at- ; tending Parliament , he is reported to have said , " If it were attempted to bring many measure injurious to Ireland , he would feel it his duty to go over and to rfiebn the floor of thc House in carrying out a vexatious opposition to it . He would then come back

      to Ireland , and ask his countn-men , ' Are you for Repeal now V " Although O'Connell , in his time ,, has performed many parts , we wore not prepared to . find that , like the ghost of Ifandet ' s father , . his appearance after death may bo calculated upon , Subsequently he sahl that all the Irish representatives were ready to attend the House if circumstances required , and die at their posts . Wc think it will bei a matter of congratulation to many of the tradesmen atthe West-end if some of them remain in Ireland . " Boz" has given an excellent description of the partiality of Irish labourers to standing at their posts in ! St . Giles ' s , but we opine they never had an idea ofq dying there , unless from the combined effects of shillelaghs and whisky . , If this memorable tragedy is ' ever to be represented on the floor of the House , we , trust Fitzball will be engaged to give the adequate quantum of blueand red fire , and all other ingredients , to produce a due scenic catastrophe . —Satirist .

      The Quintessence of Cast . — " Of all the cants in this canting world , " said Sterne , "though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst , the cant of criticism is the most tormenting . " What then would he have said had he lived in the present day , to have witnessed the cant of hypocrisy and fanaticism united ? Messrs . Grisscll and Pcto have presented every workman on the Brandon line of the Norwich Railway with a Bible and Tracts , and have also cngagad five missionaries to preach to them on Sundays , and other days of tho week . Js it during the day , or after the men have left work , that they are preached to ? Messrs- Grisscll and Peto have long been , not onlv before the public , but before committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons , for the delay

      in tho ve-bmlding of the Parliament Houses ; and that delay was occasioned by their sanction of a system of tyranny into which it is not necessary that we should now enter . As , from circumstances which have come to our knowledge , we have reason to doubt of the presentation , without a corresponding reduction of wages to pay for the books and the missionaries , we shall make inquiries on the subject . —Ibid . Cheap Immortality . — Thc destroyer of the Portland vasej valued at upwards of one thousand pounds , has got no more punishment than the smashers of a half-crown pane of glass ; in fact , not so much as the City smasher , for the right honourable Michael Gibbs has sent some of these gentry to prison for six months , in default of bail . If a man can excite Europe , and hurl to "immortal smash" one of the most beautiful and valuable specimens of antique genius thc country

      can boast of—if he can live in history , be the " observed of all observers , " gain a lasting immortality for the astonishing low price of five pounds , or two months' imprisonment , there is little doubt but spirited young gentlemen who wish to adorn a page of ( newspaper ) history with their exploits , will now go a cheaper way to work ; and since Parliament has passed a bill that has been a " heavy blow and great discouragement" to poppers at her Majesty , will now seek to achieve a deathless fame by aiming at works of art . The aspirants , however , for a niche at Madame Tussaud ' s must not be suffered to obtain it for live pounds . Parliament having passed a special Act to protect her Majesty from potboyism , it had better do as much for works of art , or they may find , when too late , the smasher of the Barbcrini vase will soon have rivals in the field . — Ibid .

      - An Orthodox Finish . —The illness under which the respected Bishop of Ely is labouring is , we perceive , apoplexy , which is reckoned the most orthodox disease for a Bishop at any time , and therefore highly becoming his . sacred " order . " When thc time arrives , as it must , for a Bishop to be translated tothe heavenly world , it is perhaps best that the attack which is to . send them to paradise be sudden and speedy , inasmuch as such spn-itually-mmded men can liavc no reason to dread being cut off in the " blossom of their sins , " or brought to a quick account , seeing that , unlike the present Lord Mayor , they are naturally always prepared for such contingencies . A short cut to the realms of bliss must be the best in the case of a Bishop . —Ibid . Kicked the Bucket . Here lies Joan Kitchen ; when her glass was spent , She kicked up hor heels , and away she went .

      American Tombstone . — " Sacred to thc remains of Jonathan Thompson , a pious Christian arid an affectionate husband . His disconsolate widow continues to carry on thetripe-and-trolter business at the same place as before his bereavement . " The Saints Asiiamep . —Two cardinals found fault with Raphael for having in one o * his pictures given too florid a complexion to St . Peter and St Paul , " i Gentlemen , " replied the artist , ill pleased with the criticism , " don't be surprised , I paint them just as they look in heaven . They are blushing with shame to sec the Church below so badly governed . " , Pontic Baths for the Poor . — From time immemorial England has been a maritime nation , but at present she displavs her affection for the sea with

      redoubled energy . The temperance movement is enough to convince any man of the futility of asking on all occasions for a go of rum or a go ot any other spirituous liquor , when he must reflect within himself that now-a-davs water ' s " all the go . " And when we remember , likewise , that legislators are proverbial for treating the people like so many pigs * we cannot be surprised at their at length proposing to erect washhouses for then' convenience . This is refined satire . The notion ? f presenting a half-starving population with tanks to bathe in , and soap and water to scour their clothes with , is in fact

      tantamount to offering a man " a glass of water with the chill off arid a cinder in it . "— Great Gun . Curious Dress . —A member of Parliament write * thus to the Times last ; week : —" Please to mention that I attended tho great agricultural meeting m one your earliest impressions . "— Ibid . Sir E . Kxatciibull is to be raised to the peerage , by which elevation thc excellent baronet hoped to get rid of his not very euphonious name . And so he will ; but that wicked wag , Sir Robert-Peel , has insisted on creating him Lord Bullock Smithy , of BuUock Smithv , in the county of where is it ? So Sir Edward thinks his hat fits him as well ashis coronet could do .

      —Great Gun . Character in a Laugh . —How much of character is there in a laugh ? You know no man till you have heard him laugh—till you know when and how he will laugh . . There are occasions—there are humours when a man with whom we have . / been long familiar shall quite startle and repel us by . breakmgi out into a laugh which comes manifestly right from , his heart , and which yet we had never heard bcfp ^ - Even in fair ladies with whom I have been much pleased I have remarked , the same thmg . ;; As m many a heart a sweet angel lumbers nnscen till some happy moment awakens it , so there sleeps olten in gracious and amiable characters deep in the back ground-a quite vulgar spirit , which starts into lite when something rudely comical penetrates into . the less frequented chambers of : the mmd .-T ^ c Swoqcr » Magasine .. -..,. ¦ ... ; : -. '« ¦!¦ >•• .-. ' : ¦ . ' ¦ • 1

      ' ExTRAORnlN-ARTNarrative ' .. — TheHarrison ( Texas ) Times contains a series' of remarkable papcrs . iunder the following title , viz-. "The Female ; Wamor :: an interesting narrative of the ; sufferuig ^ singular and , surprising adventures of Miss Leonora Siddons , who / u ledonbyipatriotism , joinedthe Texan army under , Gen . Houston , fought in the ' ever memorable battle , of San Antonio ,, where she . jafter seeing all her comrades slain , was shot down and left for dead . Recovering the following , morning , she was captured ., hv the . Mericans , conveyed on board . the ship St .

      Juan *' -from' which she attempted to escape with the surgeon' ih : a storm , hut being soon missed ; from / the ship / they were pursued by ; six men in a boat , i overtaken , and after aterrible . straggles ,-she was re-j captured , taken to 'Vera . % iz ; tied ; behind : a cart , ; and made to walk from there ( barefooted , over burning sand , and . beneath the tropicaTsun ) tO ; the city of Mexico ; a distancei of over ^ SOmiles , where she was thrown into prison , from whence shc . escapod , made a voyage to sea , and returned to her friends in this ; country in March List . ' Eull > and interesting particulars written hy'herseifil' - ; : i »; u < - < * "iy .-od

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22021845/page/3/