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    • THE MANCHESTER ATHENAUM. EUGENE SUE, SERGEANT TALFOCEn , DOUGLAS JERKOLD , AND SAMUEL LOVEB.
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      - Be Auties Of Byron , So. Xvn. "Chttde ...

      - BE AUTIES OF BYRON _, so . xvn . " _CHttDE HABOtD . " _i _rte following lines addressed to Ms sister , the _jgSss- ite beauties of - _** THE BHINB . _m casdea crag of »« . chenfels i wn « o'er _Aewiac _ana winding "Rhine , _Sb breast of waters broadly swells _^ _nthehanks which bear the vine , _tJms all neb with _blossom'd trees , _™ afi _duswhichpromise corn and win _^ _ifldscatter'ad ties crowinng these , : n «_ sefer white walls along them shine , _«« e strew'd a scene , which I should see « fl _, double joy wert fhou with me .

      _wd _peasantgirls , with deepblue eyes , S bands wbich offer early flowers , w _^ _AhuS o ' er this paradise ; . _*_>« . thefrequ entfeudaltoweni _^ 5 * green _leares left their walls of gray , . no msny a rock which steeply lowers , And noble arch in proud decay , Took o ' er this vale of vintage-bowers ; Bnt one thing want these banks of Rhine , — _jiygenflehandto claspin minel j said the lilies given to me , Though lon g before thy hand they touch , 1 know that they must wither * d be , Bnt yet reject them not as such ; For I hare _eOnrisTi'd diem as dear , Because they yet may meet thine eye , And guide tby soul to mine even here , _When thon behold _' st them drooping nigh , jlnd kBoWst them gather _ed by the Rhine , And offer'dfrom my heart to thine 1

      Ihe river nobly foams and flows , The charm of this enchanted ground , And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round . The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here ; _ Jor could on earth a spot he found Te nature and to me so dear . Could thy dear eyes , in following mine , still sweeten more these hanks of Rhine 3

      Against Rome. Tne Following Is A Transla...

      AGAINST ROME . Tne following is a translation from zjurious _German poem by Georg Herwegh . It appears in an anonymous collection called Gedicht-z eines Lebendigen iw « ni 3 of a living one ) , which has attained immense popularity . Yes , I must gire thee one curse more ; A curse upon thee , Peter's son , Curse on thy clergy o ' er and o ' er , A curse on thy polluted throne . 'Twas only venom , Pope , and gall , Which , from the poles to the equator , _Ihou scatter'd ' st o ' er the nations aB , With hyssop-dropping sceptre , traitor . Canaan of Europe , we to thee , Who once the world a Brutus _ishow'd , Anil now thy slavish coward knee , Before a "Vatican hast boWd . Thon hast impal'd the flesh of man , Once birth-place of Bienzi Cola , Since Luther felt the Papal ban ,

      And none _seem'd loyal but Loyola . The soil that once pure honey gave Only with tears of sorrow flows , lance Henry in his shirt *—ihe slave-Stood iu the Papal yard and froze . Then charnel-like its incense barn'd , The Eden chang'dto a Zahara ; And to _Italia's shroud was _turn'd Ihe _many-colour'd , bright tiara . Bnt , haughty Rome , repress thy pride ,-A limit to thy course is set . A stream thou art—exhausted—dried ,-Aa infant ' s lip thou can _' st not wet . Thon art a . deeply fallen land , _Uought but a newly-fashioned BabeL Fraud—fraud alone is thy right hand ; Thy only sword i 3 He and fable . Though many slaves thou may ' s ! enlist

      Ttao _* ashout the world , thon stfll must fade j—The Holy Spirit can exist , "Without a priestly prince's aid . Thou despot in the hellish pool , I hare one greeting more , —receive it , — In Peter ' s chair thou boldest rule , Peter was like thee—I _oeEere _il _^—Who , when his Lord was judg _* d by men , Could feel no honest anger glow , And when he was condemn'd—ay , then—Exehvm' 3 , " Tbe man I do not & _nowj *'Who , when the globe with anguish shook , And felt its very core was shatter's , Before the fire his station took , And Kith the judge ' s damsels chatter'd . In weakness only art thou

      like—A rock , like him , thou can'st not stand The breeze of morn tby realm will strike , And scatterit about like sand . The thinkers will at last awake , Pastor of lies , thy power to " humble ; The age ' s wrath will o ' er thee break—The last of its tormentors crumble .

      ^Bieto*

      _^ bieto _*

      Ibe Purgatory Of Suicides. A Prison -Hem...

      IBE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison -Heme is Xek Books . By Thomas Cooeeb- the _Zartn . London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-street . fContimtedfrom the Star of Oct . 25 th . ) _^ _"Eighth"isasmlencdd "Book . " Theopen-2 _£ <_ f an organ in the gaol chapel , -which adjoined _£ i" day-room " apportioned for Mr . Cooper and Ms _aSc _^ -offenders in Stafford Prison , gave birth to fhe lifting stanzas of this "Book . " The poet hears £ * "Old Hundredth" pealing , and the solemn 3 c __ nd calls np thoughts ofthe great Luthse , and the r £ er kindred , and mighty spirits , who , bursting the _feers of Rome , won for men the inestimable " right ' _- private judgment . " In the following stanzas it * € 1 be seen that the poet does not limit Ms homage | _-: sueh . as Iajxber , bnt as well , boldly , aud nobly , pays ii homage to sneh as Pake , Godwin , Spinoza , _Kotsseaij , Voltaibe , and Owes , who have carried *» its legitimate ends the right conquered fiom . "Peter ' s son" by Lutheb : —

      5 _afc ! Tis we grand' _•^ _ldBundreflth " tftat now peali 1-3 solemn glory through the tranced soul I That matchless marshalry of chords reveals , lather ! th y freeh « rn majesty : they roll So boiaiy . gravely fan—that man ' s control , We feel , befits not the thew * d mind npgrown "WMch germs sueh thought-sounds . Term ye me a _ihralll How , then , upjraies the Saxon -with each tone , Wrjan me _; _jjay : —I feel true freedom still my own ! _^ ain are your fetters , tyrants , for _themind ! " _? iy championshi _p brarestripling , proved them vain , — What time thou didst so fearlessly unbind m Europe from the triple tyrant ' s chain , — _inthroninjiisason the soul ' s suzerain : — Reason the judge _o'th ' book . Truewarrior * w ah men's right to think _unawed by man , — ft * \ _r thonsl 1 miri Superstition on the shore - _ffind still lingers 1—She shall raise her throne no

      more . - " _ty eaterprize is speeding , and hath sped : — | care not that thou didst not comprehend Ks ultimate : it may be , wholesome dread _« mid excess _Kature doth sagely blend With courage in great souls ; and , that the _enS w noblest change must gradually be sought , — _fcdBeason ' s heroes with Ulna ' s foes contend _^ rom step to step , —yea , _rictory for Thought _* . years of struggling toil be stably , fully wrought . £ care not though some weaknesses were thine : — * no shares thy giant strength ! None but the nigh Acu mighty mental lineage who divine , from age to age , the ground whereon to ply At vantage their _sonls * sinews , and rely On their own strength in tn _ th for _Ticlory . Thouartourown , _greatSaxon ! weaescry _O- _^ _^ ve _oia wickl _. ffe ' s _soulrestoTeamfliee _- * ad claim thee for our honoured land of Lollard y !

      Honour , all hononr to ye , glorious bana _WhohroTte tbebondage of the Priest of Home » aires of onr common Saxon fetherlana , — England and Germany , —a glorious home Jeleftus , —if _iwuhB /—amid the gloom lighting a candle " by your noble _lires - _^ _umartjred aeaths that quenchless , Bba & _ffluniB _uuriandforaye ! Oh , that death-vaunt _Btfflgives _ife _length ; and with it , brave one , thy great deed revives ! _^ hat though those words , like oracles of old , _w _» e sealed , in theirfullmesning , to the seer _"fco ottered them J—The future _shafl behold " "Jen-splendid verity : nay , perhapB , 'tis near ! _ffcen—hononrto eachstalwartpioneer Wmentalfireedo _^—Widdiffe , Jerome , _Huss , An ther , Melancthon . Ck . bnam , Latimer ! _Hcneurto an who dared the flame , scorn , loss , — nho spumed to live _merespirit-thralls inglorious 1—

      0 thrice-blest children of that age of light And love , which now , from tbe far future beams ; Toyouit will pertain to place aright In trnth's great temple whom herself esteems Her true disciples . Ye when the dim dreams Of Time ' s weak youth are fled , aua Knowledge pure _HathgiventhetopstOHeto Truth ' s fane , —like gems In gold , shaH place each dazzlingportraiture In its eternal niche _*^ -o nr hands were premature ] —¦ _______ * The _weU & nown penance ofthe Emperor Henry IV ,

      Ibe Purgatory Of Suicides. A Prison -Hem...

      Bat , when the _toU . erf . Mind hath wrought _ita aim;— - _ When later Faiths , like older Phantasies ,. . Are reckoned with tbe past;— -when Man ' s high name Is grander than all titles;—when all things of lies And bloodshed , —thrones and altars , —creeds , and toys Of Priests and Kings , — Knowledge hath swept away ;—"When "Wisdom hath outgrown the childish guise * . Of mythic story , and put on th ' array

      Of manhood;—in that boon , free , happy , brother-flay , — It may be—that in Truth ' s eternal fane Enshrined ; each in his kindred niche" of glory , He quaintly termed " rebelliousneedleman , " * - By thee , great age-fellow!—with martyr gory ; Of some old stout confessor of faith hoary , May stand , as right co-workers , equal , true , Jbr Truth;—although the world ' s old bigot-story Of man's mind-infancy did long _misview The scope of their twin-toil : scope that themselves scarce knew !

      ' It may be that , around that temple's space , Splendours may wreath foil many a doubter ' s brow As brilliantly as they illume the face Of philanthropic _creed's-irian . "Mid the glow Of sculptured excellence , in shining row , Hobbes , Herbert , _Mandeville , with Locke and Boyle ,-Hume , Godwin , may , with Beatfie , Butler , shew , — Statued with equal hononr in Truth ' s aisle . — Lit with one Tay , —how truly kindred was their toil ! Spinoza and Sousseau , Ba jle and Yoltaire _, "With Fenelon , Erasmus , Pascal , shrined , —• Hay beam in brotherhood eternal there!——But for thy future children doth the mind Host fondly yearn , loved fatherland \ and find Its sweetest dreams flow thence . 0 that some dream "Would visit me revealing humankind As the far future shall discover them , — Living as they shall lire on this loved ocean-gem . _'—

      What Howard , when the dungeon , is forgot , — "What Jlontague , when no man's blood is shed , — "What Hale , when justice can be no more bought , — _£ . - What Bernard < 3 ilpin , when no poor lack bread , What Cartwright , when no tyrants on them tread , — What Clarkson , when the world hath not a slave , — "What Owen , when free thought awakes no dread , — What _Mathew _, when there is no sot to save , —« What Men shall grace our isles when Wrong hath found its grave ! 0 thrice blest children of that age of light Ana love which now the trustful spirit sees , — - Though beaming from afar , — -Ye will not slight Tour noblest fathers , nor their memories . ' But , tombing names of blood and pride that please The human patient , whom to drag and craze Guile , long , with Power , bath striven , —Ye to sweet

      ease Of health , in heart and mind , restored , shall raise , With filial hands , true trophies to your fathers' praise ! Bourse ofthe world wilt thou be , London , then ? Por still I turn with fondness to tby face , And doat upon thee , —though I , mournful , ken Too many a blemish there!—Wilt thon a grace Be , then , among Earth's cities ?—Or , shall race Arrive from some far clime , new emigrants To found a home , and find thy desart-space _ Benewed , my country 1— howling forest-haunts And wilds " peopled with wolves tby old inhabitants !"

      _Shnll Cain forsake thy marts , great queen of Thames ? Thy merchant-navies vanish ?—and , where Pride , . In famine-woven silks and blood-bought gems , _Sow rolls her chariot , shall a dreary void Be found , and Silence with Decay divide ' Bole o ' er thy streets f—yea , there the badger peep Forth from sere weeds that half his grey head hide , Save when , uplifted by the winds that sweep 'ifong chambers where thy pampered lords no longer sleep ? Or , shall true grandeur deck thee , —bounding joy Of human hearts feeling their fathers' home , —

      That happy home , —renewed , —and thee the Bye Become ofthe wide world ?—Gaol , " Bastile " -doom , Treadmill , whip , gallows , demon war ' s costume , And aU bis trophies and "his engines gone : — No _TBenesB robed , —no Worth in rags;—Health ' s bloom On cheek of sturdy sire and manly son , — Proving what Secrets Science has from Nature won !—Mind writ in every face;—books million-fold Multiplied;—galleries with breath-shapes hung Baffaelle might worship , or ApeDes old ;—Groupes from great Shakspeare ' s world , or Chaucer's

      song , In bronzed or marbled lite , seeming up-sprung Prom some new Phidian realm of earth beneath To gem the populous squares;—Music ' s full tongue Telling to millions what Mozart in death Enraptured heard—but could not the boon-sounds bequeath ; And all—for all . '—rank , class , distinction-badge , For ever gone!—Labour by Science made ' . Brief recreation , —not by Privilege Avoided , nor its thrift in name of Trade Or commerce niched : —to gire a brother ' s aid Tobrethren , and enlarge the general bliss -- - Prom knowledge , virtue , health , —beyond parade ( tfpomp or gold affording joy . Iwis , . . j When Truth doth reign , — Earth shod be _such' a Para"" _- flisei— . ' _" * ''!

      The stanzas describing the renewal of the poet' s " vision" are rich in imagination ; we would gladly quote them but cannot afford room . The characters introduced in tbis " Book" are _^ Atticub , _Mehemsids , _Vjetob , Quiniujus V _ uhjS _j and M . de Mostjiba , whose horrifically interesting auicide occurred only a few years ago , and is narrated in the " notes " to this " Book . " For any farther acquaintance with this portion of the Poem , we must _ refer the reader to tlie "work itself . ( To be continued . )

      The Adventures Of Lord William Carisdalb...

      THE ADVENTURES OF LORD WILLIAM CARISDALB IN ICARIA ; _dbsCBEFUVI of a Model Republic , ssd niUSTHATEio the Social aso Political Regeneration of Society . Translated from the French of M . Cabet . London : H . Hetherington , 40 , Holy well-street , Strand . Equality ! glorious and inspiring theme of the enthusiast ' s dreams , how many in tiie simplicity , hope fulness , and _leal-heartedness of youth hare believed in thy reality , and thy speedy coming to bless the nations , how few , when manhood ' s experience and selfishness have taken the place of youth ' s enthusiasm and disinterestedness , clingto that belief ! The hope of youth , thon art the believed "impracticability " of manhood , and the scorn of experienced age . Yet

      still do thy -votaries exist , and- even increase in number , nor are they wholly confined to inexperienced dreamers ; there are some whom no toil , however seemingly frnitless—no persecution , however fieryno disappointment , however keen , can be _indnoad to give up their belief in thy coming triumph . Like the Coraican they follow the "phantom , " though continually it eludes their grasp . The last century witnessed a magnificent event , when sages _andheros assembled to _frea the " new world" from the domination of the old , declared that " ail men are lorn free and equal . " That declaration followed up by a complete victory oyer European kingcraft , and the establishment of political institutions , which guaranteed , at least nominally , equal

      rights to all , was hailed by the friendsot . the human race aa the commencement of a veritable Btate of equality . Experience has dissipated the dream . Social equality—the only " equality" which can ensure a veritable and lasting " liberty "—exists in the States no more than in Great Britain . True , the Americans have neither "kings" nor "lords " nor " _established church priests ; " true , it is , too , that tbey possess ; generally , the franchise of political citizenship ; yet it is not less true , that the men of property rale , idle , and enjoy , while the men of labour are ruled , toil , and suffer . W pass by the undisguised , shameless , and disgusting slavery ofthe black population , we speak only- of the free whites ; we see them at the mercy of the men of wealth ,

      j _driven to labour for a miserable pittance , and constrained to hold to this life of toil under pain of starvation , the fear of which is more potent than the planter ' s whip . All the causes that have prodnoed the misery and degradation of the working classes of Great Britain are at full work in the States , rapidly producing similar results . The public and private immoralities produced by the European systems of social life , are , under tiie like system in the States , rapidly germinating , and bid fair to attain a gigantic growth . Passing by the immoralities of private life , the filth of those pestiferous excrescences , commercial towns and huge cities , passing by these , we beg the thinking man to note the spirit of brigandage which everywhere pervades the American Union ; which , under the guise of " extending xe publican institutions , " aims at universal conquest and spoliation . This baleful spirit is not the result of Rennblican institutions , for Great Britain ,

      France , and other monarchial states have exhibited , and do yet exhibit the same spirit ; the cause of tins wholesale and nnblusbing selfishness is to be found m the fact , that the gociai institutions of the States are precisel y similar to those of the oW European countries . The holders of _property , their cupidity boundless , their avarice never satisfied , not ; content with plundering their own countmnen of the -fruits of their labour , greedily turn their eyes _^ towards other nations ; from retail they naturally advance to wholesale brigandage . The helplessnessof the working classes makes them the ready tools of the property-holders . The working men have nothing in their own country ; when they have toiled for seven , or twenty , or forty years , they see they are as helpless as when they began , hence they , too , turn their S es to other countries ; having been robbed at home ey will avenge themselves by robbing abroad . Of course they do not avow tbiB , they by to cheat them-

      * Thoxas Faisk.—" 'Bebelhous Needleman.'...

      * Thoxas Faisk . — " 'BebelHous needleman . ' I find I am slightly mistaken in the phrase , which I Quoted from memory , without means of correction . Here is the emphatic passage from Mr . _Carlyle ' s magnificent unrhymed , unmatured Epic : — 'Hot is our _EnylMid without her mil . sionaries . She has her Paine : rebellious stay-maker ; unkempt ; who feels that he , a single needleman , did by his Common Sense pamphlet , free _America—that be can and will free all tbis world ; perhaps even the other . ' Carlyle ' s Trench Revolution . '"

      * Thoxas Faisk.—" 'Bebelhous Needleman.'...

      selves , or at -least , : to cover their offence ' with the 1 _l jrj _ ngphrases , * nationalglory , "' -extension ofRepubhcan institutions , " Ac ' ., ; and so the two classes _com-Tnne-to : _rob-whole nations at once , the propertyholders taking care , with their usual cunning , that although the poor devils of moneyless , homeless , adventurers , from' New York , Philadelphia , and New Orleans , who make up 'the bulk of the brigand forces , shall have ' more than : their fair share of the toil , suffering , andnerils of the enterprise , they ( the _Sroperu-men ) will hare the lion ' s share of theplunr _ler . This has "been precisely the case in Texas , where a few scoundrelly adventurers of the moneygrubbing class have contrived to appropriate to themselves nearly the whole of that magnificent bit of '"

      robbery . . In the United States there exists nominally a Republic , or more properly a confederation of Republics , but the liberty existing is the liberty of the powerful to plunder the weak , and the equality proclaimed by the declaration of independence , is in'the eyes of the oent : and dollar loving Republicans , a chimera to be " repudiated" and laughed at . The revolution oi ' 76 freed America from the domination of the English aristocracy , bnt it will require another and a mightier revolution to free Americans from the t yranny of their property-lords , and cany out the principles of the " Declaration of Independence . " The closing years of the last " century witnessed a still more memorable and important struggle than even the American war ; we , of course , allude to the

      great French Revolution . Still more emphatic was the declaration in favour of equality made by the French revolutionists . We desire an order of things in which distinctions shall spring but from equality itself ; in which , the citizen shall be subject to the magistrate , the magistrate to the people , and the people to justice ; in which the country shall ensure the _prosperity of every individual ; and in which each individual shall enjoy with pride . the prosperity and glory of his <_ ou _ ntry . " And , again , " Let Europe learn that you will no longer suffer that there be one indigent wretch , nor one oppressor on the French territory . " Such were the sentiments of the few purely honest and truly great men of the Revolution . " Nor were the people behind their

      leaders in responding to those Sentiments / as their _well-rememoered demands testify : — " Bread , steel , and equality . " Yet all was in vain . Acta of national neroism and national sacrifice ofthe most magnificent order were fruitless of the great end deaired . The equality demanded and hoped for proved but a delusion . War and assassination destroyed the flower of the people and their leaders , until the last of the latter , the famous " conspirators , " who designed a Republic in which all should equally labour and equally enjoy , were hewed down b y the axe of tyranny , and the Revolution terminated—at least its first act—in leaving the people still the prey i . . 1 * a . ™ _/ l _ il _ Y— _ . _ . _! . _ . _ . _____ . _ . staveswiui ui

      oi tne ricn—son , omy a _vuauuo masters . The second act of that Revolution ( 1830 ) —the third has yet to come—witnessed the people again offer themselves an heroic sacrifice for the common good , but again deceived and defrauded . The result was merely the changing of a few of the leading characters on the political stage , and consolidating the power of the pitiless enemies of equality . Hitherto the people have . suffered , sacrificed , and combatted in vain . At the present time the very word Equality is proscribed in France ; and if yet men cling to the ideas of the past , hoping for their realization in the future , they are constrained , in France at least , to give no utterance to their aspirations , or , if uttered , the utterance must be in

      secret . _Nor has this country been without its worshippers of the principle of Equality . To say nothing ofthe political Reformers who , demanding the right of citizenship for all men , avow that they regard that right merely as a means to an end , the end being the Equality of all members of the commonwealth ; besides these , there has for many years past existed a party who , rejecting the means advocated by the political Reformers , desired to attain the wished-for end by what they deemed much shorter and better means . More than twelve years ago the leader of that party proclaimed that society was ripe for the change he demanded—a change which should guarantee Equality , freedom , and happiness to all

      men ; The 1 st of May , 1833 , was solemnly announced as the first day of the " millenium , founded on rational principles and consistent practice . " Yet now , after a lapse of twelve years—after some years ' trial of an " experiment . " which was to prove the troth ofthe announcement proclaimed with sneh sincerity and confidence on the above-named day—we find that" experiment" a failure , the party divided , and their leader disappointed and disgusted with the result . The followers of Robert Owen have proved what all men knew before—that Equality is a theory , but that it can be reduced to practice they , or some

      j party for them , have yet to prove . Yet despite these failures in America , France , and England ,- Equality's disciples are more numerous than ever—we speak ofthe world at large—more _enthusiastio , more assured of the ultimate triumph of their belief . - -:- ¦ - And in troth "it were , a consummation devoutly to be wished" tbat that triumph should come . But we must hold for the present . f 7 e have _started a subject which it is impossible we can dispose of in the limits we must necessarily confine ourselves-to in this " notice . " For this week we must conclude , by introducing M . Cabet ' s work to our readers , by the following extract from the translator ' s " introductory preface ?'— ,.

      The following work is written by M . Cabet , after the manner of Chancellor More ' s Utopia * . — The author supposes an English nobleman to become acquainted with Icaria , and to be so much interested with the description afford nimby a friend , that he undertakes a journey , with the view of becoming fully acquainted with its government , institutions , and customs . M . Cabet represents anation practising , a community of goods , on the largest scale . He supplies a desideratum long wished for * in similar productions , viz . —perfect democratic equality . This is a feature peculiarly interesting at the present moment , and becomes doubly so

      when we take into consideration the talents , position , and sound views of this distinguished foreigner , whose mental qualifications would , if employed on the side of Government , have entitled him to fill the highest ofliee in the State . M . Cabet has relinquished office , station , and fortune , to -advocate the cause of the oppressed , and so far has he practised that which he preached , that , although a gentleman by profession and rank , he did not hesitate to give the hand of his own 'daughter to an amiable and deserving working man . This act alone speaks volumes for the sincerity of the man , and the philosophy ofhis Boind , whilst the work itself will prove the clear intellect and naBping genius of the writer .

      Many men of literary talents bave attempted to confute tbe work , but most ef them have ended by convincing themselves of the truth of the doctrine promulgated . Others who have tried to improve it , have candidly confessed that ihey experienced as much difficulty in improving , as In objecting , whilst the greatest triumph of all has been the adhesion of such writers as Pierre Xeronx _, Proudhon _, "Villegardelle , louis Blane , George Band , and Eugene Sue . Everything proves the talent of the work , the progress of its principles in France , and the necessity for its publication in England . ( To le _contintKd . )

      Aeabin J On, The Adveniuhbs Of A Comnist...

      AEABIN j on , the Adveniuhbs of a _Comnist IK Nxw Sooth _Waisb . Wiib as Essay os the _ABOEiarsES of Australia—Br Thomas M'Combie . London : Simmonds and Ward , 18 , Cornhill . Mr . M'Combie is known to our readers as the author oi * 'Australian Sketches" in SimmoHd' i Colonial Magazine , and Tait ' f Edinburgh Magazine . His present work is , in our humble opinion , no improvement on his former productions , but rather the reverse . His " sketches , " particularly those published in Taitt Magazine , were vigorous and life-like pictures of Australian scenes , which is more than we can say of "Arabin . " The best portion of the book is the "Essay on the Aborigines . " He describes the native Australian as being in height about five feet and

      a half , the colour ofthe American Indian , an experienced hunter and fish-catcher , and no mean enemy at the spear , boomerang , or waddie . He is an excellentrider , _afirst-rateshot , and exhibits _great cunning patience , and perseverance in the pursuit ofan object In childhood and youth the Aborigine is not" illfavoured in personal appearance , but generally he looks old and ugly at thirty , and at forty he seems supernaturall y aged—few or none are long-livers The constitution of the Aborigine appears to be peculiarly delicate , and few either young or old enjoy good health . Cutaneous diseases , low fevers , rheumatism , and rheumatic fevers , prevail amongst the Aborigines , whose knowledge of the "healing art appears to be veiy sli g ht indeed . Their huts or

      encampments are very simpleand not very comfortable Polygamy is allowed ; the chiefs and elders generally possess themselves of the finest young women in the tribe , this causes intrigue on the part of the young men , and daily feuds are the consequence . Their form of gOYernment ia very _aimplei merdy consisting in a chief or leader to each tribe , who , however , does not fare better than any other man . " There is a great chief on the Goulburn . in Australia Felix / named Billy Hamilton : he , however , has to hunt ; fish , and provide for his belly , the same as the meanest man in the tribe . " Remembering what our «• Billy Hamilton ' s" cost us , such as tiie "Iron Duke , " and Prinoe Albert , we blush for our lack of sense compared with the sense evidentl

      y possessed b y those "savages . " As to re-Ugiop _, they _acknowledeetheexistence ofthe ' _^ dibble , dibble , " or spmtof _oviL but of a God they know no : thing . In disposition the different tribes vary much —in some parts they are peaceful and rive no trouble —in othere they are veiyferocions , and charged with temg _^ _addicted to cannibalism . Notwithstanding individual and partial success , Mr . M'Combie evidently looks npon the civilization of the Aborigines _«_ 3 hopeless ; he considers _themadoomedrace—araoi that , in all probability , within a century will be _mtinct . Aa a tale , Arabin , is but poor , but incidentally the work imparts _someMonnationconcermng Australia , and Australian life and manners ; and our readers , who may _donre to know something of the sayings and

      Aeabin J On, The Adveniuhbs Of A Comnist...

      doings of ' their _queerlslii relations at the antipodes , will do well to turn to this volume . _^ . ;" : ¦'

      E?Oti? Rh S S ^ By An Appeal To The £,! ...

      _E ? _oTi ? _S _^ BY AN APPEAL TO THE _£ , _! __ , -, a » Ei ) _Wab » Waiter , Liverpool : J . Shepherd 132 , Scotland-road , London ; Watson , _Paul's-ailey . - _« . _,- » :... ... » On the subject indicated by the title we expected to have found something sensible in this pamphlet ; but we nnd it a nonsensical rhapsody , from beginning to end . The only good thinj \ ve can discern about it _isjoneof _. themottbson the title-page , extracted from the writings of Emerson : — : It seems . to me , tbat with the lights which are now gleaming in the eyes of all men , residence in England becomes degradation to any man not employed to revolutionize it . Amen ! Mr . Walter means well we are sure ; but we advise him hot to persevere in phamphleteering ; it is clearly not his vocation .

      An Exposition Of The Insecure Nats^ E K ...

      AN EXPOSITION OF THE INSECURE _NATS _^ _K S _5 _v > PRINCIPLES OF THE DAVY AN ° _^ _S LAMPS , AS APPLIED TO COAL MINING . Newcastle : Miners' Advocate Office . , This 1 pamphlet is a . compilation of the evidence heard belore the Parliamentary Committee in 1835 , appointed to investigate into the causes of coal-pit explosions . The evidence given before the committee was conclusive , and demonstrative of the insecurity of the Davy Lamp , even under the ordinary circumstances that may , and does daily arise , in coal mines .

      C _? _2 _? A ? T ? _^ EASES F THE SK 1 N-THEIR VARIOUS CAUSES AND CURE . The result of Twenty Years Observation and Practice . —By Dr . J . De Prati . London : Brilliere , 219 , Regentstreet . This little work is written- by a man who evidently understands his subject . The information concerning herbal medicines chiefly employed by the author in curing cutaneous disorders is valuable . The work is worth perusing _.

      Publications Received . ' — " Colonization on the principles of pure _Christianism ; " " The Miners ' Advocate , " September and October ; _"UnbealthilieSS Of Towns , its Causes and Remedies " " Praser ' s Musical Reformer ; " "The Tom Thumb Songster . " ( Cleave , Shoe-lane . )

      The Manchester Athenaum. Eugene Sue, Sergeant Talfocen , Douglas Jerkold , And Samuel Loveb.

      THE MANCHESTER _ATHENAUM . EUGENE SUE , SERGEANT _TALFOCEn , DOUGLAS JERKOLD _, AND SAMUEL LOVEB .

      On Friday October, 24tb, The Annual Soir...

      On Friday October , 24 tb , the annual soiree ofthe Manchester Athenaeum , took place in the Free Trade Hall . The demand , for tickets was enormous , nearly four thousand , were issued ; and had the Free-trade Hall been twice as big as it is , four thousand more might have been disposed of . A day or two hefore the affair , tickets of admission rose to a premium , they became a thing to speculate in , like stock and scrip ; a guinea was freely offered for the five shilling , bit of pasteboard . The vast hall was full to overflowing . Ladies and gentlemen were present in about equal proportions . The chairman , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , and the principal notabilities , appeared about seven o clock . To the . right and left of thelearned sergeant we observed Mr . Douglas Jerrold . Mr . P . Phillipps , Mr . Cobden , M . P ., Mr . Milher Gibson , M . P ., Mr . Bright , M . P ., vMr . Brotlierton , M . P ., Mr . Frank Stone , Mr . Lover , ic . '

      Mr . Charles Dickens was to have come , but was prevented by the delicate state of Mrs . Dickens ' s health . The distinguished-Fiench writer Eugene Sue hadbeen also invited , to which invitation he . sent an interesting reply . It is impossible to convey the spirit and elegance of the letter in a translation , but we annex one as nearly literal as possible : — " Sir , —I have received with the most profound and respectful gratitude the invitation which you bave done me the honour to ' forward me , in the name of the direcv tors of the Manchester Athenaeum . Unfortunately , a nervous illness , which is attributed to overwork , and which requires incessant care in consequence of the pain which it gives me , precludes me ( to my . keenest regret ) from coming to England for the purpose of being present at the annual soiree of the Athenaeum . Have the

      goodness ,. sir , to be my interpreter , with the directors ofthe _Athenaeum , and to assure them howl am touched and impressed with the flattering distinction which they have ; deigned to accord me , for it would have been to me an honour as great as it was unhoped for , to have been associated with such eminent Writers as Messrs . Dickensj Talfourd , _D'lsraeli , Jerrold , Smythe , & c , knowing , at the same time , , that I should only have owed this honour-io ihe lively ' sympathies inspired by those ideas of social progress which ! possess in common ( and I am doubly ' _proud of it ) with these distinguished literary men * as to ' _myx-. works / they ' are too imperfect to merit such ft '" recompense . ' ' WiU you have the goodness , sir , to assure the . directors of . the Athenceum that I shall never , forget this proof of their friendly esteem and that I shall always endeavour to remain worthy of it . Accept , sir , the assurance of my most distinguished

      consideration . - " _Eosene Sue . " M . Sue appears to havebeen highly gratified with this invitation , as Will be seen by the following letter , addressed to the directors of the Athenaeum , by Mr . Charles Dickens : — . _-..., ; .. :. _. ' .-. . . f' Devonshire-terrace , Oct , 17 , 1845 . " _DeBrSuv--M . Eugene Sue has begged me to write to you , and acknowledge with many heartfelt thanks tbe receipt of your flattering invitation . - He requests me to assure you of his high and unfeigned sense of the honour you have done him , and earnestly entreats me to add , that he is gratified by your recognition of him , a French

      writer , in England—certainly beyond his power of expression in a foreign language , and to an extent notatall easy of expression in his own . His state of health , however , does not admit ofhis attending the toiiee at Manchester . He has been very unwell , and is enjoined to seek repose , in pursuance of which advice . he has already left Paris in search of temporary change and quiet . If I could convey to you an adequate idea of M . Eugene Sue's anxiety that I should do my very best to thank you on his behalf , and to find ' strong words' for tbat purpose , you would feel with me that your remembrance of him has met with a sincere and quick response . —Ihave the honour to be , gentlemen , yonr faithful servant , ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦¦

      •; . - - '''• • _- . . _"CbahmsDicbshs , " To the Directors of the _Athenteum , Manchester . " The . Chairman opened the proceedings of the evening in one of his peculiarly flowery orations , which we must compress into a much smaller ' space than , were we to follow the learned gentleman through all his rhetorical wreaths and garlands , we should be _obliged to devote to it . . He commenced by apologising for his own inefficiency to fill the post in which he found himself placed , an inefficiency , however , which he trusted would be overlooked in the dignity and interest of the occasion , The learned gentleman proceeded to congratulate the meet _, ing upon what their institution had _accomplished—upon What bad heen accomplished , too , in Manchester , ia a spirit kindred -to the exertions of the institution whose members he was addressing . He especially

      congratulated them on the boon which they bad secured to tbe toiling thousands of Manchester , the precious Saturday half-holiday—tbat boon alike precious to man as to boy —when manhood borrowed the endearing name from childhood , and sought to enrich it with all that remained of childhood ' s still-remembered feelings—( cheers)— precious inthe impulse which it gave to labour , and most precious in its result _^ when , brightened and graced by those mpdes _^ which this association indicated , it left body and mind more free for the service of earth and heaven J ( Cheers . ) In considering the benefits which the Manchester Athenaeum was likely to be the source of to those _< imohg whom it was founded , he would regard them not so much as affording a path by which a few might rise above their station , as promising a means of adorning and gracing that sphere of

      action in which many muBt continue to inove . It might be that some master mind might start into fame from their ranks ; and should sueh rare felicity be their lot , with how great pride would tbey expatiate upon that greatness which they had watched in its dawn , and with how pure a satisfaction would they commemorate the achievements bf their then illustrious townsman , when satiated with the applause of strangers , he would revert to those _seenes among which bis genius found its first expression , and earned its first prize . But it was not in theculture of such rare minds that he anticipated the happiest fruits of their peaceful victories . The talents which in darker ages might have suggested the desire to guide the obscure

      but honourable sphere of peaceful labour in quest of literary distinction , could at present only be safely employed in adorning the path in which they originally moved . But if it were teo late to be ambitious , except on some rare occasions , for the immortality which earth _couldbestow , yet , for thattrueimmortality of which time s longest duration was only a vivid symbol—for that immortality , the cultivation of wisdom and piety was as momentous now as ever . After alluding to several other points , the learned gentleman concluded by urging forcibly upon the assemblage the duty of supporting strenuously and unweariedly the institution whose anniversary they weremet to celebrate .

      Mr . Mark Philips , M . P ., followed , and in the course of the evening the company was also addressed by Messrs . Bright , H . P ., Hilner Gibson , M . P ., and ) Cobden , M . P , ; we will not , however , inflict their speeches on our readers . ' . ' Tbe Chairman introduced to the meeting—not only as an artist , but as a Manchester man—Mr . Frank Stone , painter , among other gems , of the " Heart ' s first misgiving . " Mr . P . Stone was received with great applause . He spoke ofthe Athenaum as connected with the development and encouragement of art in Manchester . The

      assemblage he saw before him forcibly recalled to bis mind what had been done , and what was doing in Manchester , for . every species of mental culture , since he was himself a youthful seeker after such knowledge as might forward him in his onward course . Had such an institution then existed , how many advantages would it have given him which be had to struggle on without obtaining . ( Hear . ) He would bave bad its library , its lectures , tbe encouragement afforded by the association and fellowship of Its members , the stimulating influence arising from that association , and the inspiring , ennobling assurance , that t certain periods assemblages like tbis would meet toge-

      On Friday October, 24tb, The Annual Soir...

      ther to do honour to imagination and intellectual pursuits , and their professors , " and to cherish and promote a better understanding and more truthful appreciation both _ofartandartists . ( Cheers . ) ' _.--v-v . ' . _^ . Thd Chairman introduced to the , meetirig _<> ne , whose graver writings had been devoted in the most earnest and thoughtful manner to the great interests of his fellowmen , and whose lighter productions had always been characterised by mingled wit and wisdom ; and that , whether these writings were represented before the curtain of a theatre , or behind a curtain of- another description by a certain _tedy , a friend of Mr . Douglas Jerrold , whom he would now introduce ' to them .

      : Mr , Douglas Jerrold was received with long and loud bursts of cheering—the whole assemblage rising as he stepped forward . When silence was restored , he said—The high object of your institution—its many refining tendencies have been so fully discussed—have been set forth with such varied and commanding eloquence by your distinguished chairman , that little , indeed on such points is left for me to utter . And herein do I hold . myself peculiarly fortunate . I congratulate myself , and I especially congratulate you upon the very subordinate part I roust necessarily play in the drama of this evening . ( Cheers . ) I have , you will perceive , already touched upon the drama . ( Hear , hear . ) I thought , before my present audience , 1 might venture to do so ; though I assure you that there are certain circles in the great city which I quitted yesterday , in which I fear any such

      allusions would he considered very vulgar indeed . But having alluded to the drama , an 4 having your cordial welcome still ringing in my brain , I cannot but compare myself to one of the very many " walking gentlemen " with which the _duama abounds . . It is the great occasion on which ihey appear that allows to them anew the short passing attention—not to themselves , but to the principles with which they are humbly connected—principles carried out by stronger , loftier agents—do they owe their presence on the scene ; and such , ladies and gentlemen , do I feel to be my position this evening . The merits of your admirable institution have been made so manifest to-night—the thanksgiving for its prosperity has been so full and complete ; its noble aims have been so clearly analysed—that it is difficult to find anything new to praise , as it seems hopeless to attempt

      to discover aught to condemn . Indeed , did I selfishly wish for matter for a more lengthened speech , I should wish for the existence of some good old wholesome wrong —would desire the presence of one of those bugbears of the good old-times—of one of those creatures of _igno . ranee , that condemned knowledge for the like reason that the owl flees the sun , It has not eyes , poor thing , to bear that light created for the health and happiness of the meanest man tbat lives . ( Cheers ) . But here there is no such giant to fight , no such bugbear to grapple with . The lady , Knowledge , too long pent-up in her tower , guarded , not by giants , but , " more provoking still , by dwarfs—and we have only to look back a few years—a very few years—to own there havebeen dwarfs ' as mischievous as any in fary tale . The lady , Knowledge , I say , is no longer a prisoner . "Wehave killed the giants

      —slain her dwarfs—and how have we killed them ? Why , as Luther rebuked the devil , by throwing inkstands at him . ( Loud cheers . ) Music is no longer made the luxury ofthe few , but is acknowledged in the daily want of the many . It is a proud thing for you , People of Manchester , that you have erected this temple for her ; a temple wherein the humblest of your fellow-townsmen may come and listen to her , and feel his nature at once softened and elevated by the magic of her voice . To say that it offers to such the smallest consolation after their day of toil , to say that it imparts so them a keener consciousness of their dignity of their nature , to say that while teaching them their own rightful position in the world it makes them respect the rightful position of others , is only to translate into the merest common-place the oft repeated eloquence of gifted men . ( Hear , hear ) .

      These things are now truisms ; but human nature is ungrateful to truisms . For let us not forget how fortunate it is for us that we live in an age when such things are truisms . ( Hear , hear , hear , ) Truths , ladies and gentlemen , are like oaks of slow growth , and it is with the early truth as with the acorn . Show it to the merestignorance , and it cannot conceive how that little germ shall hold within it a latent power , which duly , developed shall breast the billow and defy the thunder . ( Cheers . ) And so has truth grown , but with this sad difference , that it has been too often watered with the blood of those who have dared to plant it . ( Cheers ) . Happy then is it for us—and for the blessing ought wo not to render up our most humble and hearty thanks?—that we may to-night be gathered together under its branches —for your institution is a great truth—a truth that may be planted amid the fears of tbe timid , the misgivings of really well-meaning folks , who still thought tbat truth for the masses was Uke barley-sugar for children—tbey might have a little—just a very little—when very good ,

      but to be allowed to have their fill of it would be risking a terrible derangement ' of the body social . ( Cheers and laughter ) . "With the success of your institution made as apparent as tbe sun , it is amusing—it is more , It Is Instructive—to remember the prophecies of certain meii , who predicted that the very light which would play about institutions such as yours , would only herald what to them appeared thc total destruction of what ' . they considered the best foundations of society . "Why these men remind me of n stciry I read in one of Captain ' Parry ' s voyages , of a certain bear . The poor beast had drifted npon a loose piece of ice into the sun , and as he was borne into a yet warmer and warmer latitude , he felt his footing melt end melt away , and then , the story says , he growled and roared as though heaven and earth were coming together . ( Laughter ) . And so was it with these menand the species is even now , I _fear , not wholly extinctthey could not conceive that the very current of time that was carrying them yetnearer to the sun of knowledge was now bearing them to distinction . But it is not so , for it is not with men as with bears . The tide that

      carries us on to knowledge—which is power—gives to us that best , that noblest element of power , gentleness , which , in the fulness of its teaching , will bear all men to that happy end , of which institutions like yours are the hopeful beginning . ( Loud and long continued cheers ) . The Chairman next intodueed Mr . Lover , who was warmly welcomed . In a short humorous speech , made still more amusing by his comic manner and , so to speak , acting , he excused himself from making a lengthened speech , on the ground of a severe cold iu his . head , observing that although he had heard of a saint—probably an Irish one—who was in the habit of carrjing his head under his arm , he had never heard of a saint , or a sinner either , who could speak clearly with a cold in it , ( Laughter . ) However , " he was deeply gratified by the reception wbich be bad received . His malady did not

      extend farther down , than . his throat—his heart was all right . ( Cheers . ) Really , he _leoked upon a magnificent sight ! He could not , for the life of bim , but look at it professionally . "Oh ! ladies and gentlemen , what a beautiful six audiences you would make ! " '( Loud laughter . ) But to leave badinage and com , e to facts . He would give them a fact . He knew that they liked facts in Manchester , and many a telling one they had heard in that very hall . "Well , now for hiB fact . He had traversed every county in England—he had addressed audiences in its every corner—and he could bear faithful evidence to the advantages of such institutions 88 that they were commemorating , in the obvious effect produced in manufacturing districts , where they , were established , through their agency . No audience was so intelligent as a manufacturing audience . ( Cheer . ) How many a time , when before the titled auditory of Hanover-square , watching

      the effect of what he thought a pleasant joke , bad he wished be could change the _coldt simper of the reversed seats for the ready sympathy—the hearty laugh—of the back . benches of Manchester . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Oh , the circles of society were like the circles of the atmosphere , the higher you got the colder you got . ( Loud cheers . ) He regretted as much as any of them the absence of Mr , Dickens . They knew the interesting cause which compelled him to stay in London . . ( CheerB . ) He ( Mr . Lover ) had been almost afraid that he might have been detained noT _ aina * dy at least , in a similar fasbion . He bad just come from the west of England , and in Ms journey he was detained so long that he feared he should be late for Manches ter , at a place rejoicing in tbe significant name of Babbicombe ( baby come ) . ( Lord laughter . ) He was glad to hear that laugh ; and he would take advantage ofit , sit down , and leave them laughing . ( Cheers and laughter , } As soon as the speechmaking waB over dancing commenced , and was kept up to a late hour .

      Attempt At Murobr In Tipperabt. — A Man ...

      Attempt at Murobr in Tipperabt . — A man of the name of Martin Morris ( who was in the employment of Mr . Nicholson , and overseer of the Balhnastick Colliery ) , was returning home on Monday nightweek , when , ahout the hour of six o ' clock , and within a few perches of his own residence , he was waylaid by three assassins , who , on recognising his person , fired two shots at him from behind the ditch , and laid him prostrate on the ground . Three bullets were lodged in the unfortunate man ' s back , of which two passed up to the front and top of his shoidder . Intelligence ofthe affair beinir communicated to John

      Langley , Esq ., J . P ., that gentleman despatched thm messengers in order to summon the attendance of the police of the " surrounding . districts—Mardyke , Ballinonty , and Newbirmingham . The police were immediately in attendance , but could lay no clue as to the assassins . Two of the bullets have been extracted . No cause has been assigned for the commission of this horrible outrage . Morris was respected by all who knew him , and by none more than by his immediate neighbours . The country ior some miles around is in a perfect state of consternation , and surely it is not to be wondered that it is .

      _Suspkcted Murdeb . —Great excitement prevails at _Saltash , in consequence ofthe discovery of a man , named Joseph Clotwerthy , a boatman of that place , dead in _Modition-lane , on Thursday afternoon week . The wife of the party who discovered it , found the body to be that of her father . How he came by his death is wrapped in mystery , and it is feared that the poor fellow has been murdered . All that is known is , that on the evening of the previous day , two men , strangers to the place , dressed as m iners , hired him to take them in his boat from Saltash to Clothero . he was never seen alive afterwards . His body bore marks of severe bruises , and his eyes were blackened . The boat was found at Hole ' s Hold , the opposite side of the river , with one paddle and the deceased ' s jacket in it . A man who was in company with the two suspected individuals on Wednesday is in custody , bnt nothing else throwing light on thin dark transaction has been elicited ,

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      Chomwell Again.—Those Who Object To. -Ol...

      _Chomwell Again . —Those who object to . -Oliver Cromwell having a _statue because hema 1 merely the Protector , and not a monarch , must surely forget his last speech to the Parliament , when he _^ inquired "What ' s o ' clock ? "for he the evidently appeared ashing for the time .- _^ -Joe'Mller" ' '" ' " _, . " .. '" ' v ¦ Tun Church in Danger . —The Ecclesiastical Commissioners _ iiid the church of St . Stephen , Walbrooki have simultaneously gone to decay . Age has cruelly

      perforated the roof of the latter , and the . sacred edifice is absolutely more " holy" than " righteous . " We understand the parishioners intend petitioning Churchwarden Gibbs to present the building with a new " tile . " It sadly needs a covering . —Ibid . [ Zoological . —The latest novelty at the Surrey Gardens is that of a Polar bear climbing a bare pole Indeed , such is the attraction weekly at these gardens , that it has resolved itself into Animal Magnetism , Had Miss Harriet Martineau promenaded that locality , she might probably have been cured of her complaint without the aid of quack mesmerists .

      —Md . Eligible for Invalids . —A new cemetery is _prtl . jected , east of the metropolis , the shareholders _ib * which are tempted by the promise of a veryflatterj & K bonus , viz . " a obave fob themselves I "—Aid Good News . —It 3 s expected that at the next meeting of Parliament , the cotton Lords will be all worsted . —Ibid . , The Ex-Lord Mayor _"Doh't _Dasce . "— At the last entertainment at the Mansion House , Gibbs was asked to take part in a quadrille . His Lordship declined , remarking he had forgotten his steps , and was by no means perfect in his figures . —Ibid . cbomwell's chabactee , "Wasn't Cromwell a despot , we ' re asked , And a sensual debauchee , too !"'"''' Since to answer tbis question we ' re tasked , "We'll say—HE WAS JOST ' twixt the two 1

      The Statues for the New Houses . of Parliament . —The _commissioner on the Fine * . Arts have been groping about the new Houses of Pavliament to find places to put statues in . Unfortunately , the niches are all too little to admit great men , and twenty-four inches is the extreme width of a comi ' ortabieniche , so that the commissioners have been obliged to go through the " History of England " with a two-foot-rule , in order to find characters that can be brought within the prescribed limits . Tlie discontented Barons are all to be ' eut down , and even the Sovereigns ave _obliged to submit to a general clipping . Considering the length to which the Barons went with King John , we hardly see how it will be possible to keep them sufficiently under to admit of their

      getting into the gothic niches . The sameness of their attitude is said to fit them for these narrow places ; and it is true they were sturdy fellows , who , having once taken up a position , were determined to stick to it . As to John of Gaunt , he must give up his gauntness , _ii'he expects any accommodation in the new houses . The Venerable Bcde is to _havean inside place ; and we should propose Old Parr going down to posterity , with a box of " Life Pills" in his hand , as a companion-statue . Cowper is to hove a statue ; but we must beg that he will wear a decent head-dress , -and not make his appearance in that Btrange jack-towel-looking turban in which we have usually seen him in portraiture . Purcell is the only musician on the list , but we understand he will have

      a seal to his _watch-rchain engraved with a small portrait of Balfe , upon whom Purcell made a strong _lrapreasien . There is a rumour that the writers of ¦ Punch are to have statues opposite the Barons who , signed " Magna Charta , " as having _nsed their pens for the good of their country almost as much _aslhe Barons , who , with a few dashes of their goose-quills , gave to posterity a beon that has only been equalled by a certain popular periodical which modesty will not allow ns to name , but which the reader has at hiB fingers' ends at the present moment . —Punch , Coming Events , die—As many as l _^ OOO newspapers have been found in the General Post-office with their covers hurst . The reason of the newspapers bursting is accounted for by the fact that they contain , so many railway bubbles . —Ibid . *

      _EDwiN . —A Bathetic Ballad . The wind howled woefully , "With a sad , a ghost-like tone ; And a youth wailed mournfully , Por his hope of love was gone ! The dripping trees shed rain drops Upon the reeking ground And the youth's dim eyes were pouring Tear . _tonents all around . The thunder roared r ' ght awfully , And the"bright forked lightning flashed And a demon would his voice have awed , And a fiend his glance abashed _. Then he stalked as doth a hero , As an oak-tree , proud and tall , . And he said " I yield submission , 1 obey the spirit ' s call !" He rushed into a dwelling ,

      And with wild demoniac laugh , He shouted , as he entered , — "A glass of half-and-half !" A _Staoe . Coach and an _; Editor . —After much fatigue we had only accomplished a journey of 46 miles in twelve' hours , between Geneseo and Dansiville . We had four horses ; and when I complained at one of the inns that our coachman seemed to take pleasure in driving rapidly over deep ruts and the roughest ground , it was explained to me that this was the first time in his life he had ever attempted to drive any vehicle , whether two or four-wheeled .

      The coolness and confidence with which everyone here is ready to try his hand at any craft is truly amusing . A . few days afterwards I engaged a young man to drive me in a _dg from Tioga to Blossberg . On the way , he pointed out , first , his father ' s property , and then a farm of his own , which he had lately purchased . As he was not yet 20 years of age , I expressed surprise that he had gone on so well in the world , when he told me that he had heen editor ofthe Tioga Democrat for several years , but had now sold his share of the newspaper . —Lyell ' s Travels in North America .

      Odd Origins . —Moses was a shepherd—Noah waa a farmer—Confucius was a carpenter—Mahomet , called the Prophet , was a driver of asses—Mehemet Ali was a barber—the present negro Emperor of Morocco was a pawnbroker—Eernardotte , the late King of Sweden , was a surgeon in the garrison of Martinique when the English took that island—Madame Bernadotte was a washerwoman of Paris-Napoleon , a descendont of an obscure family of Corsica , was a major when he married Joscpliine i tke daughter of a tobacconist _creole of Martinique _^ - Franklin was a printer—President Boyer was a mu « _lattobarber—President John Tylor . was a captain of militia—Oliver Cromwell -was originally a' brewer—* President Polk , the Loco Foco King of the American

      StateB , waa formerly an innkeeper—the stepfather of Isabella Queen of Spain , husband of Queen Christina , and brother-in-law of the King of Naples , was once a bar-keeper of a ceffee-rooin—General Espartero was a vestry clerk—King Christophe , of Hayti , was a slave of St . Kitt's—the reigning President of Hayti was also a negro slave—Bolivar was a druggist-General Paez was a cowkeeper—Vasco de Gama was a sailor—Columbus was a sailor—Astor , the richest man in the New world , before he became the proprietor of Astor-house , used to sell apples through the atmtB of "Nct York—Joseph Bonaparte , before hiB arrival at New York with all the silver , gold , and

      jewels of the Crown of Spam that he was able to take with him from that country , was the King of Spain , & c . !!—Louis Philippe was a teacher of the French tongues at Switzerland , Boston , and Havannah—Catherine , the EmpresB of Russia , was a camp _grisette— Cincinnatus was ploughing \ m vineyards when the dictatorship of Home was offered to himthe _present Governor of the island of Madeira was a tailor—and the actual Minister of Finance in Portugal was a dealer in bottles of Madeira wine . There are at present in Portugal and Spain several Dukes , Marquises , Counts , Viscounts , and Barons who formerly were cooks , tailors , barbers , cobblers , sweepers , and muleteers .

      Blbhdbrb of Fbbnch _Tranblaiobs . —The story is well known of the French translator , who came toa passage in which Swift says that the Duke of Marl borough iroifce an officer , and who , not knowing that the expression meant dismissing a person from the army , rendered the passage b y the word roue , by which it was conveyed that Marlborough broke the poor man on the wheel . Another Frenchman gives a not very delicate notion of Cibber ' _s comedy of " Love ' s Last Shift , " by calling it la Dermm Chemise de I' Amour . In like manner , a writer of Congreve ' _u life _. missingaletterinthetragedy . ofthe "Mourning Bride , "translated it I'Espouse du Matin . "The

      Bride ofthe Morning . But the most singular mistaking ofa book-title is that mentioned by D ' lsraeli , who declares that a modern French bibliopole placed _Edgeworth's " Essays on Irish Bulls" in a catalogue of works of natural history , as if ithadbeen a treatise on horned cattle . A series of blunders have been committed through a more pardonable ignorance of English idioms . An earl y French editor of Shakspeare ' s plays , not approving of his predecessor Le Toumeur ' _s _paraphrastical version , boasted of giving a more faithful one . As one proof of his capabilities for the task , he conveyed a moat ridiculous notion of thefollowing couplet in the Earl of Northumberland ' s celebrated speech ia Henry IV . : —

      " Even such a man , so faint , so spiritless _» So dull , so dead in look , so _woe- ' be-gone . " The last words were paraphrased thus : —ainsi , ; ' _. : ¦; doukw ! vat _' en ! which , re-translated into English , ' - signifies— " So , grief—be off with , " you !"; In one Of ¦ ' .: Sir Walter Scott ' s novels , that favourite _supper _^ _it , ' " a Welsh rabbit , " is mentioned . The _fieaSbi ' - _* * ¦ " translator renders it literally by the words mlaphi ' dupaysde _QaUes : adding in note , that _iHe'Md _^" rabbits ofthe Welsh mountains have a _peculiarly , _fiiie flavour , which makes them tobe uhcommon _^ eli 8 hed ' ' throughout Great Britain ,--Man-tor ' * _Minlnkgh' - ' JmtkM , ¦' ¦ ¦¦"• ¦ - ¦¦ i . ' _--.. '/ ' < ' '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01111845/page/3/