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      _^ _CHABISS * _ffOODA * si ); lIIS BUDGET . n _* a member of the _Oxford Fanners " Club . ) fflr Charles with hUpapera sat , . . jfvescratcnM bis head and bithianaib _, _^ _kS _btgwhat to beat ; _T _* fl r he'd a Bndgefc to concoct , % _ftMb _UUKta * him more and more , r _« r soon a * he commem « d , some one _^ p _ttoocking atthedoor . ,, -echo ' stbatknockingatthe door ? " said he , i To man brimful of hope , _^ _tK _hV _^ _said _- _rve a _^ op _^ d ia ?« beir for a bit of soap . " . _TiSfr Cb-ates replied , in a merry tone , _™ The dirt mast . on you stick , _ThojSi soap _* ould mate you clean and sweet , _SfTv e to gire is a _ftnefc . " * _% la _^ _man , in high glee . . to

      _,. * _S » I am come aemauu my _ngns , A cheap , strong . cupof tea . " - _jTr «* Thoug b tea you poor folks loTe , _^ _iet _^ _c on that must _sticb ; Jil _^ _shto reheve yonr _class , . _* _$£ , you'll accept a bride . ' _-iTith a _thuna'ring _fcnocfe . inj walks a man , iSho'd not a moment _L-dt , _L'' the table , and cried ont _Y 6 \ v _? nme to claimmy _mtOC " jSch delusions _sBck _; You ' re _welcome tea brick . "

      Tre farmer stamp'd again and said , - ¦ S br ickwon'tdolorme ; Ton < Bd that we shonld hare free-trade-Cfllet _rov aiaftberree . \ _u nil is buried in tbe soil , * _ind there ' tis like to stick ; _^ dT 03 deserve , you log of _u-oocl , To " be there with your brick . In _stenp'd a man , with tidj look , But pale and Terythm _inj _bctrtr'd that BeaT ' n ' s light and air In bis _^ weffini _mightcomein . _^ Bat Sir Charles repbed , " What Heav ' n gives I will to taxing stick , So ask no more for hght or _««> But be content- with a one * .

      Jest came a little dapper man , * "Who wore a " _-snde-awabe _, And hess'i the tax off newspapers Sir Charles at once would take . Bur , savs he , " For freedom of the press , Thoug h I always talk and stick , Tor man that ' s only made of clay , There ' s nothing like a brich . " _Alairjer then _stepp'd in and said , " Sir Charles , take off our tax , Or _lasers soon will be extinct , So wrongfully it acts . " Sir Charles replied , "'Tis my belief Ion are by half too thick ; ___ So to help yon as you're sinking , The best thing is a bricl . "

      A timber merchant told Sir Charles Fellow feeling shonld do good , And on that ground he should repeal The duties upon wood . Sir Charles replied , "I ' m quite _resolred " By -cams and plaes to stick _. So I can ' t think of low ' ring wood , But will let down the brick . Then Cobden came , and when bis job He saw Sir Charles wonld shirt , He said " Just hand the pen to me , And I will do yonr work . " Says he , " The only plan I know To help you in this fix , And aid my wholesale freehold more , Is to take the tax off bricks . And next upon conveyances

      The tax we low must keep , For in my freehold movement Conveyance ranst be cheap . " Sir Charles cried " Bravo ! to this plan like mortar we will stick ; And none shall have the chance to say Wood was not true io brick . " The time came on , tiie bouse was still , Attentive every man , Sir Charles unfolded in high glee His noted brick dust plan . Lauehter and jokes from every side Tell round Sir Charles so thick , And every place throughout tbe land Hurled back at him his brick . Oxford Journal

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      THE DEMOCRATIC BEVTEW OF BBITISR AM ) "FOREIGN POLITICS , BISTORT , _AJiD LITERATURE . Edited by G . Jtiixoi Haesey . No . XL April . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-row . This number of the Democratic Review contains a fourth letter from the editor , exposing the injustice and evil influence of the Taxes on Knowledge . The recent electoral struggle in France is the theme of an energetic article beaded with tbe striking title— " March ofthe

      Eed Republic . " Part 2 of " Revelations ofthe Building Trades , " aud Part 3 of " A Glance at History , " are followed by Lonis Blanc's second lecture on "The History of Socialism " —a defence of " Democracy , " in reply to the '' Latter Day" - raving ** of Thomas Carl yle ; and a reproduction of Dr . Marx ' s -valuable historical review of the revolutionary struggles of 1848-49 . Some stirring poetry , and excellent letters from "Prance and America , will also be found in this number . We select the following extracts : —

      CICERO AKD THE GRACCHI . _Sotwithstanding the example -of the illustrious Gracchi , who a century before Cicero ' s time were basely assassinated in tbeir attempt to revive tbe Agrarian law , tbe eloquence of Cicero was called forth in three orations that are still extant , urging the senate against its revival . This Agrarian law was enacted at a very early period of the Roman republic —limiting each citizen to tbe possession of only a small number of acres ; but this fair and judicious enactment was _ultitnatelvdisregarded—theland was

      moiiopolised , and the immense possessions illegally acquired by the rich , - led to those accumulations of wealth which plunged the great body of the population into the most wretched destitution . To protect the Roman people from tiie grinding oppression of fhecrneland heartless aristocracy , was the aim of Tiberius and Cains Gracchus . They lost tbeir lives in the noble attempt , but tbeirnaraesshall berevered to the latest posterity ; whilst in future generations , when truth shall prevail , that of Cicero shall be UEtestel

      We have in Plutarch a fine specimen of the eloquence of Tiberius Gracchus when pleading for the p , in Lis efforts to rerira the Agrarian law—the language truly bearing the impress of humanity ; but \\ _P _?!™"* senators dreaded snch appeals , and like au -aristocrats asm-ping popular rights , the only _argument that was offered to this { wend of Ws _couDtrv _"fas _-SSissiSATiOK . '' Thewild beasts of Italr , _' * he _eaiaims . -haTe their dens to retire to , places of « wge and repose ; but the brave men who shed their w _£ _? V ™? < anre of tnei _* * country , have nothing left t \< au f _^ and sunshine . _Without houses r-r _set-* _t _a 7 i - , ons * ***** wander from place to place , wan tneir wives and children ; and their commanders oat mock them when , at the head of their armies , _Mej esbott the soldiers to fight for their sepulchres wo altars . For among snch numbers , not one Itoman

      *> to ne found who bas an altar which belonged to his _^ castor s , or a tomb in which their ashes repose _, tne private s & _loiere fight and die to increase the Sfalth and luxury of the great ; and they are styled rntarsof the world , while they have not a foot of _Sfoaud which they can call tlieir own . "

      IHE PEOPLE AND TEEIB _UULTSRS . . No man ever governed any country , by the will of hs own people—how expressed matters not—unless he ** ere the organ chosen by the spirit of the *•* - _< *} , the _f _^ _entot the Idea -whi ch governed that par ti cular _« Pf _* ra , manifestin ** itself in the whole civilisation of _™ atpt 0 p * e _ jf _jjje _governore express the Idea of " ¦ " _¦ _^ je _, there is no need of coercion , everything 5 ° *! ** ¦ smooth !*; , in obedience to a natural few . _SWotfs its chiefs as gladly _afe the Crnsaders « 'a _ifaldtrin or Peter the Hermit . But if the _governs stand in direct opposition to the sjirit of their a- - " _* . _-, tathft thing which the soul of the world , « B universal reason incarnate in man , is tending to , „ a a given historical epoch-society refuses to fol-• _SdoSd ' _^ S _*! dwe . _" _^ epoch of _disorgani-—u-ev olution . An ennfV _xrWft _Mfrdon , is

      _* e necessary condition for the existence of these _taSfffiSK _^ _^^ _tbeeSnents of any nut * but the representatives of the rfmstK of old _Sfil _^ _n _^ _ife _^ * _^ _oughttobe kicked _wjere pi-acticable . The present epoch is snch a « neof dKorgamsahon and rebellion . - Societvis trail _^ _M _^ its pretenaed chiefs _iflSS _R » _- _^ to wn / ess tha t , for me , the : _xnostjcy & l of aU _«*«& Mr . Garlyle laments ; pne _whidrl enioved _timely _at-Tiehna , _inMarchVlg _^ -f .,. ; « _2 S

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      vetsal tumbling of impostors and impostures into the street" For it just _amount to" this , that men are determined to live no longer in lies ,. bat tO abolish them at whatever coBt ; Cairo , ' :

      PBOGKESS OF BED . HIPDBHCAmSM . To -perpetuate the slavery of the nations / the rnling brigands have hesitated at no crime , however base or bloody . "When , in the spring o f 1848 , the people arose , omnipotent in the might of their right ; _Irings , aristocrats , usurers , and all the spawn of privilege aad corruption , crouched in abject _serviHtyJat the feet of the victorious Proletarians . '" Fndingthe people magnanimously merciful ( perhaps , we shonld _eay , inspired by a spiritof foolish and fatal clemency , ) the oppressors aud imposters took heart , and forthwith commenced conspiring to reimpose . their yoke the

      upon necks of the millions . Cajolery was soon followed by perjury , only to be succeeded by per secntion and massacre . At length ; having made of the French Republic . " a mockery ,. a delusion , and a snare *'—having dyed the streetsof Paris , Frankfort , Vienna , and Rome , with the blood of democracy ' s defenders—having , turned Sicily and Baden into theatres of murder , and Hungary into one vast field of carnage and desolation—the triumphant traitors , and blood-stained brigands , mingled with the groans of dyiagand tortured patriots the exulting announcement— the Revolution is ended "— "Okdebbeigns in Europe . "

      Glorious France , however , has taken the initiative in giving a practical refutation to this social and political lie . In this France has bnt given expression to the pervading , to the one great fact of Europe , that democratic-socialism is progressing . It could not be otherwise . The peijuries and crueltiea of _kiugB have converted the millions to republicanism The crimes of aristocrats have inspired the masses with a thirst for democracy . The oppressions of capitalists have rallied the toilers to the banner of labour ' s emancipation—socialism . No longer this nor that national flag divides the peoples . They all rally around that dyed witb the blood of the martyrs —the flag of the Bid Republic

      XLECTIOSOJ ? CARNOT , VIDAt , AND DE FLOTTE . Really this composition is significant 1 It shews , that if the triumph ofthe red party is owing to the union of tbe small trading class with the proletarians , this union is based npon totally different terms to that momentary alliance which brought about the overthrow of monarchy . Then , it was the small trading class , the petty bourgeoisiei who , in the provisional government , and still more so in the constituent assembly , took the lead , and very soon set aside tbe influence of the proletarians . Now , on the

      contrary , the working men are the leaders of the movement , and the petty bourgeoisie , equally pressed down and mined by capital , and rewarded with bankruptcy for tbeir services rendered in June , 1848 , are reduced to follow the revolutionary march - ef the proletarians . The country farmers are in the same position , and thus tbe whole mass of those classes that now are opposed to the government- — and they form the vast majority of Frenchmen—are headed and led on by the proletarian class , and find themselves obliged to rely , for their own emancipation from the pressure of capital , upon the total and entire emancipation of the working men .

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      Reynolds ' s Political Instructor . Edited by G . * W . IL Reynolds . —Part V . London J . Dicks , * 1 , TVellington-etreet North , Strand . Portraits of " "Robert Owen , " "Walter Cooper , " " Ernest Jones , " and "Bronterre O'Brien , " are contained in this part of the Political Instructor . Tho several articles , by the editor and . his assistants , are of the usual character—earnestly democratic , and vigorously -written . We extract ibe following able and admirable appeal to the working classes in support of

      THS CHARTIST AGITATION . The resuscitated movement in favour of the Charter is daily and hourly gaining ground . In all the cities and principal towns of Great Britain the staunch friends ofthe cause are rallying around tbeir old standard , and are evincing a glorious determination to do tbeir duty . The banner is once moreaung forth to the breeze ; and tbe people , if true to themselves ., will soon be as free as the air wbich their flag thus woos . The new combination , of the Provisional Committee promises to work well ; and it is the resolution of its members to adopt a firm and vigorous policy . They will not only take the

      necessary steps to conduct the agitation for the Charter to a successful issue along the " paths of peace and order , but they will likewise adopt measures to inculcate the necessity and point out the nature of those social reforms which must be proclaimed simultaneously with thc demand for political justice . The Charter alone would be comparatively of little avail ; it would give political-rights * but something more is needed . The whole social system . is corrupt and rotten to its very core ; and poverty , mendicity , and crime will never disappear from the land until the very framework of society be remodelled . Of those truths the members of

      the Provisional Committee are well aware ; and that knowledge is suggestive of their duties , as well as indicative of their experience , in the important task of fulfilling them . An announcement in the advertising columns of the Instructor informs the public that an Office bas Deen taken for tbe business of the "National Charter Association . The Provisional Committee is unpaid ; but its secretary—who will be in frequent attendance at head-quarters , must receive a salary for his services . At the commencement this remuneration will necessarily be small ; and all the details of the administration willbe conducted witb a view to the strictest economy . Bnt still there are expenses which must be met every Saturday night .

      The people ' s work will be done cheaply , but cannot be done for nothing . The rent of the office , the salary of the secretary , the printing that is requisite , the cost of publie meeting*!—in fine , all the little liabilities contingent to the administrative procedure—these must be regularly and punctually settled . The cause is the people ' s own ; and the people are , therefore , called upon to support it . A good spirit must be shown at once in taking ont the cards of membership . These may be had from the general secretary by the local committees , upon terms of limited credit ; but the proceeds should be sent up to head-quarters as soon and as frequently as possible .. If the local committees were only to bestir themselves ' properly , the cards of

      membership should alone produce a sufficiency ot money to carry on the Association , without actual donations towards a fund for the purpose of aiding the movement . At the same time , where the pecuniary means of individuals will allow them to make snch donations , apart from the mere enrolment of membership , the tribute will necessarily be received as a proof of earnest zeal and staunch sincerity in the furtherance of the good cause . It must likewise be observed , tbat ihe greater the support the Provisional Committee may experience , the more energetic will tbe movement be rendered , and tbe sooner will its triumph be ensured . If properly aided by funds , such an agitation may be got up as will indeed convince the ministry , the aristocracy , and the legislature , that the people are anxious to become possessed of their rights and privileges . It therefore behoves every man who loves democracy , and who advocates

      the Chartist principles , to contribute his mitei and the result is immediately brought within the range of prophecy . The members of the Provisional Committee are full of hope and confidence . They have taken npon themselves a task which engages much of their time , makes certain demands upon their purse , and involves a considerable amount of personal responsibility . This position they bave accepted in the full trust that they will be adequately supported . It would be a mest ignominious spectacle to behold the new movement perish through sheer inanition ; for sucb a catastrophe would indeed , warrant the Prime Minister to take bis stand upon'the assertion tbat the people are indifferent to their . rights . That assertion is now a calumny , a falsehood , and an insult . Let the Chartists beware how they suffer it to become a truth which the organs and instruments of a selfish aristocracy may proclaim with all the triumph of characteristic insolence .

      What , then , " must be done ? Every man who reads this article should be ready to give the re . sponsc—aye , aud answer it in a practical manner . If be be desirous of obtaining tbe Charter , let him contribute his mite to that fund by aid of which the movement can alone be conducted . Let him at once take out his card of membership ; and when he has received it , let him show it to his friends , his neighbours , and fellow-workmen , and enjoin them to ** go and do likewise . " If at the end ofa year —when the parliament assembles in 1851—the Chartist register could prove to the Rouse of Commons that many thousands of men had enrolled themselves as members of the Association , the argument would be a hundred-fold more Cogent than all the petitions which might be poured into the Legislat i ve Assembly , with the same object in view . The register , if well filled with the names

      of paying members , would afford a far more _nrao ileal proof of the anxiety and determination Of the p eople to obtain tbeir rights , than could possibly be given , by memorials to which signatures may be forged , or by public meetings at which cheering may be ascribed to an evanescent enthusiasm . . Now , then—or never ! If the present movement should fail through want of funds , the people will deserve to remain serfs and slaves ; and they : will have no right to complain hereafter . Wages may be better at present than they haye recently been —employment may be more general than it lately was ; but these circumstances-should not be permilled to engender apathy . On the contrary ,, it is precisely- at _tbe-momenfc when individuals . ; can afforf to pay a shilling for the Chartist cause , that the shilling should be paid .. . _Letppipansa-f _, V Oh ! there will be' enough to give contributions without me ! " _-M-is-thisreliahce upon others doing what

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      each one ougbt _^ to do , that often ruins ' a-good cause . There are too many who reason : in that _eoinplai--sant : _sty _lej'and thus , while ,. each fancies . be . is singular in adopting such an excuse for " failing to _d-i-his duty , others are ptirsuingthe same irrational and _' ireprehensible _-cburse . No - man ; then , should trust to others-to - do what he himself is bound to ¦ p eiformor ' assist in :, every one shouldlookiipon his own individual endeavour aa something tbo important to be lost . to the : aggregate amount of work _j thafc is to be' done . If there be apathy in struggling to obtain : those ri ghts which are now denied , there will be indifference in making uso of them when tbey shall have been obtained ; and no individual is so unimportant an item inthe great social mass as to allow a good cause to lose his succour and bis ; support . .

      " "What ; then , must be done % " I again ask . The reply is ready at hand , and easily _comprehended . Local committees must exert all their energj ; and individual Chartists must manifest all their zeal . Each man should look upon his own effort as il the whole cause depended upon it . Each democrat must regard his own individual assistance as if the movement could not possibly be carried on without it ; If such a spirit could be aroused—if such a feeling could be excited—the day of triumph would be approximated so closely as to promise a speedy reward for any temporary sacrifice in the shape of money , time , or trouble .

      And now let me remind the working classes that the attainment of the Charter is not a mere question of acquiring certain abstract rights and privileges—it is not a simple consideration of becoming endowed with the franchise . If it were only this , it would be possible to understand the existence of apathy in many quarters with regard to the Charter . But it is a something far more important than the mere fact of exercising political rights ; it is a wages' question—a labour question—a social improvement question . Tho enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law ofthe land will lead to the adoption of measures calculated to place the industrious classes in a comfortable , prosperous , and happy condition . Those measures will give the workers and

      _toilersafair share of all tbat they produce ; thosemeasures will banish _pnuperisn _* , extinguish crime , and crush oppression ; those measures will make men's homes happy , and the cause smiles to supersede the traces of care and famine upon the countenances of their wives and little ones . This is what the Charter will do ; and now I ask whether it be not worth struggling for ? But I will put a still more practical question—a question which I will address to every workingmah individually . And this is the question : — " Is the-Charter ivorth a shilling to you ? " Look at yeur present position—and see what it may become under the operation ot the Charter ; look at your present wages—and see to what an amount they may . be raised under good institutions ; look at your wife and children , as they now are , with their pale faces , their scant clothinff . their want of education , and

      their fears for the future—and see how happy they may be rendered under a wise , beneficent , and enlightened system of government . Look at all this , I say—and then tell me whether you will give a shilling ( even though you may be scarcely able to afford it at tbe moment ) to obtain the People's Charter . Well , your answer is in the affirmative ; yon can give no other response . As a man—as a husband—and as a father : as a member of society , and as one wishing well to the cause of progress , aud having at heart the interests of your fellowcreatures—in all these capacities you could not say "No" to the question which I have put to you . Then show your sincerity—you , as an individualby paying this shilling in aid ofthe movement which is set on foot to obtain for you that Charter wherein all your hopes and chances of earthly happiness are centred . George * W . M . _Reysolbs .

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      _^—¦^ J _^ M _^ ffl ***** .. _^ _. EASTER MONDAY IN LONDON . Easter Monday—the great holiday ofthe labouring classes of tbe London population—displayed its usual features . Workshops were caniparitively empty , and places of amusement inordinately full . The public exhibitions , the steam boats , the railway excursion trains , the taverns and the theatres , had all an abundance of patrons . The British Museum was visited by upwards of 20 , 000 persons ; the Tower , St . Paul ' s , Westminster Abbey , the Thames Tunnel , _Burford ' a Panorama , ' the Polytechnic Institution , the New Gallery of Illustration , the Diorama and the Colosseum , being each also most attractive places of resort . Tbe United Service Institution , in Scotlandyard , was another point of _attt-action .

      GREENWICH FAIR .. The annual Easter , fair was held at Greenwich on the vacant plot of ground leading from the church to Deptford Creek , where the usual motley assemblage of booths , shows , and exhibitions were congregated . Upwards of 50 , 000 persons are supposed to have been in the fair and park during the day . In the course of the evening , several females were seriously injured by the pressure from the crowd , and numerous robberies were committed . A strong body of police were in attendance , who apprehended a great many pickpockets . Richardson supported the legitimate and _illegitimate drama almost single-handed . His company appeared in unusual spirits ; and enacted the tragedy of "The Moor ' s Revenge" with great

      eclat , in the astonishing space of five minutes , the chief incident being the apparition of a mysterious gb' ost , quite unconnected , so far as we could perceive , with the subject of the piece , and a homicide by " the Moor , " which we may pronounce to have been justifiable on tbe averment of that individual that " Halonzo sleyw—baasely _sleyw me fa-a-ther . " Then came a cgmic song which affected a sailor in the pit to tears , ana a pantomime of a highly lugubrious and unintelligible description , and a general ' * turn out , " which was resisted by several persons on the ground that they bad not got enough for their money . Besides Greenwich fair , there were similar revels at

      Battersea , Wandsworth , and Chalk Farm . The announcement of the revival of the Epping hunt , and that a red deer , would be uncarted at _Buckhurst Hill , induced a large number .. of Cockney Nimrods to mount their hunters and follow the hounds sanspeur of accident by flood or field . At Blackbeath the most animated' donkey and pony races took place throughout the day for imaginary sweepstakes , and witb no particular starting or winning post . Archery , too , was highly favoured , though a stranger might think , from the specimens of our skill exhibited there , tbat we had sadly fallen away from our ancient repute in the days of Cressy .

      The _railways were well occupied in providing holiday accommodation . The Greenwich railway , as usual , carried its fair . going multitudes every ten and fifteen minutes , against the competition of the river steamers who reduced their fares- to 4 d . and 6 d . A longer time for staying in and out of town was given by nearly all the companies than was the case last year . The return tickets issued by the Great "Western enabled passengers to stay five days , including Sunday . Those on the Eastern Counties gave four days , and those on the South Western four . The London and Brighton took passengers'to and fro to Brighton at 10 s ., 8 s ., and 5 s . The London and North "Western issued tickets on return terms , aod ran _traines from . Liverpool and Birkenhead with sight-seers to the celebrated " Britannia Bridge . " The two Paris excursion trains by . the South Western Railway , were not so successful as last year , neither of them containing more than twenty or thirty continental excursionists .

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      DRURYLANE . The tweedy of Jane Shore was played on Monday night in the dumb show until the last act , when the excellent performance of Miss Vandenhoff in the death scene arrested a moment ' s attention . The ostensible cause of disturbance was the crowded state of the house . A new _spectable followed , called the Devil ' s Ring , or Earth , Air , Fire , and Water .

      / HAYMARKET . Sir i Walter- Scott ' s Ivanhoe is the subject of the Easter " onering at this _thratre , and was produced in the shape ofa burlesque by the . Brothers Brough , who have wisely _acknowledged in the play-bills that they have made Scot-free with the original . The main features of the story . have been very carefully followed , and a great portion of the fun , upon which the burlesque depends , is .. produced by ia series of anachronisms such as are not often met with even m pieces of this description . All the leading characters of the novel have been ingeniously introduced , and the authors have contrived so to distribute their favours as to bring together all the comic _actora attached to the theatre . :

      PRINCESS'S . This theatre contributed its quota to the Easter amusements , in the shape of a new extravaganza , called The Queen of thc Bosses / or ¦ the - Sorcerer of Candahar . The piece was got . up for stage effects . Some of these were very striking , the machinery worked well for the first time of acting , and the facility with which the transformations were effected drew forth the applause of a well filled home ..

      LYCEUM . _Dryden ' s tale of Ctjmon and Iphigenia . as remodelled'from the text of Garrick by Mr . Phriche , was brought forward in this theatre with decided success , and promises to be a favourite entertainment for the holidays , ' .. . ADELPHI . r The- ' entertainments _^ elected , at the Adelphi Theatre on Monday night , though varied , presented nothing , novel—with the exception of a vaudeville styled Playing First Fiddle—to the playgoing public , the -pieces throughout the evening 'consisted of Douglass-Jerrold _' sdrama The . Mother ' $ Dream ' , M Frecifou _Betsey , and Tom Noddy ' s Secret .

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      • - ; - , / STRA _^ p , . / .. •' ¦ Althoughthe . _EaBterprogramme of this lUtleiheatre included no novelty * it presented _no'inebn ' _siderable attraction in the shape , of pieces which have already , been f avourably received , and of performers who . have been , long known as amongst the most popular of _^ he day . The Vicar of Wakefield has been now before the public for : some time , yet was its iteration for the twentieth time on Monday night welcomed with the relish . and freshness ofa successful novelty . ; In the , hands of Mr . Farren , Mrs ; Glover , and Mrs . Stirling , its native beauty was sure to receive every decoration . that experieneed art could bestow .

      SADLER'S WELLS . The performances at this theatre were ofthe usual character , the only novelty consisting of an amusing interlude entitled , A Village Tale . The play was Macbeth , which was produced for the second time this , season . Mr . Phelps sustained the principal character with an ability and effect eminently entitling bim to bo considered one of the best Shakespearean representatives now upon the stage . He infused considerable power into the impassioned scenes , particularly in the third act ** Miss Glynn played Lady Macbeth , and looked and dressed the character admirably .

      . . SURREY . The performances at this theatre opened with a romantic drama , in three acta , by the author of The Secretary , entitled 2 ! he _^ Adventurer ; or , Plots in Spain . It consists of the attempts of Piquillo Altiaga ( Mr . _Creswick ) , an adventurer , to discover bis real father . He is thrown into most awkward situations , and at length becomes prime minister of Spain , having obtained the object of his _wishes . The play was followed , for the amusement of the holiday folks , by a burlesque called The Three Princes , which was given out for repetition amidst boisterous applause .

      ASTLEY'S . The age of the chivalrous Charlemagne , whose very . name is redolent of romance , affords many a fitting theme for the pen of the imaginative dramatist , and from it a something has been culled by the veteran Fitzball , which in the nomenclature of the bill is called The Four Sons ofAymon , or the Days of Charlemagne ; and is further designated as a new grand equestrian spectacle of enchantment Charlemagne , the illustrious son of the equally illustrious Pepin the Small , has , when our tale commence' ' , lost his only daughteiy who , stolen from him in her youth , leads a virtuous but inglorious life as a peasant girl in the "Valley of roses . There she is seen and loved by Roland , one of the sons , of the Count of Aymon ,, who is ignorant of her real condition and

      loves her for herself alone . The only impediment to the happiness ofthe youthful pair appears to be the enmity of one Count Mangi _? , who , having killed th / _s father " , has a natural antipathy to the sons , and , not content with human means , has recourse to the sorcerer ' s art , in wbich he s an adept , to prevent the consummation of their _wishe ? . But the malicious _Countis no match for the four sons , who are also aided by the powers of enchantment—for their mother was a powerful spirit and are enabled to countervail all his horrible machinations . However , in a drama which endures through two acts it is not to be supposed that either side gains the day in " a moment . There are many moving accidents by flood and field / innumerable plots laid , but successfully

      counterplotted , uwera snug schemes devised , but eventually rendered abortive . In fact , the sons cannot be vanquished by earth , air , fire , or water ; but they can by their passions , — and , alas ! the demons of love , war , wine , and gambling , are at tbe command ofthe wily Count . The mention of this little circumstance may enable the reader to imgirie the _sortof perils the . four gallant sons lia * e to encounter . The malicious Mangis . eveu attempts to palm off his own daughter as the long-lost-child of Charlemagne _; but the Emperor , who , we are told in his history , was a great encourager of learning , although he probably . could not write his own name , possessed some knowledge of the mystio , and had an infallible ordeal before which all must go who claimed

      to be his daughter ., This is no otner than a crown which strikes to death those who approach it with an untruthful intention . The fair damsel of the Valley of Roses , rescued from death in a thousand hideous shapes by the gallant Roland , son of Aymon , has already stood the test , and challenges Mangis and his dauehter to follow her . They accept the challenge , and , accompanied by their four familiars , are all at once despatched to Orcus . Odette is then acknowledged by Charlemagne ; : Roland _ja received as her affianced , and in the Royal tent of Charlemagne the triumph of the four sous of Aymon is accomplished amid a glorious tableau . We have thus briefly , sketched the history of the drama , and , paying a

      tribute to the great splendour of the decorations , and the magnificence of the spectacle , we may safely recommend this production to the attention of the play-goers . Amongst the dramatis persona :, who most effectively sustained their roles were Mr . Crowther , Mr . Stirling , Miss Pearce , and Mrs . Brookes ; aiid the dancing of Mr . and Mrs . Harvey , in a little ballet , is deserving of commendation . Scenes in the circle followed , of which the novel and brilliant entree ofthe dames of the foxhunting chase pleased us most , but each scene had its- admirers . The reappearance of . the Yburig Hernandez especially created an immense furor . On the whole Astley ' _s , under Mr . Batty ' _s management , sustains its wellearned reputation _.

      TIIE COLOSSEUM . This attractive place of amusement had its usual number of visitors ; indeed , the variety of th ' _ngsto be seen furnishes something with which the diversity of tastes is gratified , and whicli is secure of obtaining the patronage of a number of persons . Since last we were here many alterations have beea made , and by a scrupulous attention to the minuter details of the general collection the whole has been made as perfect as a public exhibition of numerous parts can be rendered . The view of Paris loses nothing by being seen three or four times ;; indeed , it is impossible to form a proper notion of' this enormous picture , or

      panorama , by merely gazing upon it once . The view of Netley Abbey is very clever , and great praise is due both to Mr . _"Dansori and his son , the artists , and to Mr . Brown , the machinist , for their labours . It is unnecessary to denote particularly the collection of sculptures and other works of art , because they bave been repeatedly described , and worthily praised . The Cycloran . a—which is a part of this exhibitionis very well managed . ; the view of Lisbon , the earthquake , * _Jrc ., all continue to attract . The musical performances are , of their class , entitled to praise . Mr . Jackson presides at ; the organ , and the Misses Collins , with whom the public are acquainted , are the instrumental performers .

      POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . As is usual on holidays , this * place was attended by a great number of persons , some in search of science , and others of amusement . There was enough of each of these things to instruct and _deh ' ght both sections . The lecture delivered by Dr . Bachhoffner was the principal attraction , and was received witb a due appreciation of the merits of the lecturer ; the subject , '" Optics , " was illustrated with large pictorial views , by which the nature of light and shade upon colours in painting ; was shown and explained . The lecture was a very interesting one , and had the merit of developing what is new , to at least , the majority of artists . The usual exhibitions " of the diving bell , & c , were also displayed , and in a large building immediately adjoining the institution were _exhibited the scries of Railway Views descriptive ot the route frora London to the Britannia Tubular Bridge , by Mr . J . Allen .

      BRITAOIA BRIDGE , REGENT-STREET . Picturesque Exhibition . — -We have before noticed this interesting - little theatre , and : we are happy to hear that it has been visited b y a large number of visitors _. _a ' nd continues to receive extensive patronage . Recently a view of Snowden has been added , which precedes the magnificent painting of the Britannia Bridge . The descriptive lecture on the tube is a bold and masterly point of instruction , and cannot fail to surprise and inform those who are unacquainted with the experiments conducted by Hodgkinson and Fairbairn , under the superintendence of Mr . £ . Clarke , when this monstrous hieroglyphic of mechanical art was " void and without form . " -

      BURFORD'S PANORAMA . A good many persons . availed themselves of the leisure of a holiday to visit ihe Panoramas in Leicester-square , and more particularly to view the paintings of the Arctic Regions , which form a portion of tbem . These pictures possess a good dealof interest , and at the present moment are of more than common attraction . :

      THE-COSMORAMA . The contents of this ; gallery—209 , _Regent-street , --are worth a visit ; . and they _^ were amongst the things from which holiday-makers , and the members ofthe rising generation derived amusement . What are called dioramicand panoramic effects ave judiciously united , and , indeed , so well combined , that some of the views represented almost appear like nature , and can hardly . Be surpassed by . any scenic effects whatever . Besides the . _jVieWs . exhibited ; in the building there ! were other attractions , and , amongst them , the smallest infant , though the greatest wonder of tbe age . This and the remaining curiosities secured for the proprietors a share of popular patronage ,, commensurate with their merits . :

      - " THE BRITISH MUSEUM . There was a great influx of visitors to this national institution on Monday the number , beingw 27 , 040 , showing an increase of : 6 , 041 as compared ; with Easter Monday last year , . when the number was 21 , 005 . The rapid but orderly , egress of the visitors near the close was remarkable , for no . less than' 2 , 754 persons passed through the gate ini a quarter of ' an hour- — namely , from ten minutes to four o ' clock until five minutes after that hour . Sixteen constables of the A division of police , under the , directions of Sergeant Neale _, were in attendance .- . ; . . , _;« ..,., ; - ; '" , _' ,

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      _-NixKYBH piscovERiEs .--. Very late and hiehlv satisfactory accounts have ; within these few daW been received from Mr , Layard , in Assyria , giving intelligence of new and important : discoveries inthe Nimroud mound . He has made fresh and extensive excavations in parts of the eminence not yet explored , and the result has : been the finding of nothing less than the throne upon which the monarch , reigning about 3000 years ago , sat in his splendid palace . It is composed of metal and of ivory , the metal being richly wrought , and the ivory beautifully carved . It seems that the throne was separated from the state apartments by means ofa large curtain , tho rings by which it was drawn and undrawn having been preserved . No human remains have come- to light , and everything indicates the destruction of the palace by fire . It is said that the throne has been partially fused by the ¦

      heat . _Pbudestinatio _** . —The following is a pretty good commentary on how far people ' s professions sometimes agree with their practice : — " Do you believe in predestination ? """ said the captain of a Mississippi steamer to a Calvanistic clergyman who happened to be travelling witb him . — " Certainly . " " And you also believe that what is to be , will be ? " - «• Certainly . " " Well , I am glad to hear ifc . " - " Why ?" " Because I intend to pass that boat ahead in fifteen consecutive minutes , if there be any virtue in pme knots and loaded safety valves . So don't be alarmed , for if the bilers ain't to burst , they won't .

      Here the divine commenced _putting on bis hat , and began to look very much like backing out , which the captain seeing , he observed— " I _thought vou beheved m predestination , aiid that what is " * to be , will be . " " So I do , but I prefer being a little nearer the _Btern when it takes place . " Truth will be uppermost one time or other , like cork , though kept down in the water , _Litim * more than 420 , 000 has , as yet , been subscribed to meet the . expenses of tho Industrial Exhibition of 1851 , estimated at - £ 150 , 000 .

      Charlks Fox and Mr . Hare , his friend , both over head and ears in debt , were together in a house , when seeing some very suspicious men about the door , they were afraid they were bailiffs in search of them . Not _knowing . whieh was in danger , and wishing to ascertain It , Fox opened the window , and calling to them , said , " Pray , gentlemen , are you Fox hunting or Hare hunting v _< ¦ The Ruwno Passion . —The following is a laughable anecdote told by Soufchey ,, of . the funeral of a

      Bristol Alderman : — "As soon as he knew his case was desperate he called together all the persons to whom he was indebted in his mercantile concerns . ' Gentlemen , ' said he , ' I am going to die , and my death will be an inconvenience to you , because * it will be some time before you can get your accounts settled with my executors . Now , ifyou will allow me a handsome discount I'll settle them myself at once . ' They came into the proposal , and the ' old alderman turned his death into nine hundred pounds profit . "

      WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR THE MILLION . One pound of chalk makes two gallons of milk . Two twigs of birch broom—one ounce of tea . Three ounces of sand—half a pound of sugar . One stick of Spanish liquorice—two pots of porter . . " With knowledge sorrow increases , " as the flat said when he found that he had drawn a blank in a foreign lottery . _Wnv is a good sermon like a kiss ? Do you give it up ' —Because it requires two heads and an application . '

      . Some person -whom _Quui had offended stopped him in the street , and said , — " You have , I understand , sir , been taking away my name ! " . " What have I said , sir , concerning you ? " "You—you called me a scoundrel , sir 1 " " Keep your name , " replied Quin ; " I should be very sorry to deprive you of one so appropriate . " : From the proceedings in the police-court , Leeds , it appears that numerous letters havebeen received by the mayor of that town from parties in distant parts of the kingdom who have purchased shares ( some of them -62 2 s . oach ) in estate lotteries which had their origin in that town , but the projectorsof which _hiwe now vanished . The great comet which astonished the world in 1264 , and is supposed to have returned in 1656 , has been expected to _re-appear for some time , the period of revolution round the sun averaging 292 years , or thereabouts .

      A person , upon his cross-examination by Mr . Curran , was obliged to confess thathe had made bo free with a lady as to put his arm round her waist . ' * Then , air , " said Gurvan , " I suppose you took that waist for a common . " .. . . Is order to see if anything be in a well , take a looking-glass when the sun shines bright , hold it nearly perpendicular over the well , 80 that it will reflect'on the water , and you may see a straw or pin , or any small object at the bottom of any depth . Tne walls of the Thames Tunnel are now ornamented with fresco paintings , views of English scenery . The Southwark police magistrate has decided that tan is a manure , and carts laden with it arc , therefore , exempt from toll . .

      " Man , SATS Adam Smith , " is an animal that makes bargains . No other animal does this—no dog exchanges bones with another . " , He wno thinks too much of himself will be in danger of being forgotten by the rest of the world . The Gazette of Cologne believes a great and general German revolution to be at hand . Aristocrat . — One who considers the respectability of his grandfather to be sufficient payment for his own debts . Abstemious _JU _* Mi . —One who never tastes wine nor spirits—at home . Apprentice . —A lad learning , by experience , the tyranny necessary to make _hitn a master . Balance of Power . —Common sense . Laws . — Authority for publicly whipping thc wicked—poor .

      Nuisance . —The disturbance caused by your neighbour in making his fortune . Oversight . —To leave your old umbrella in a newsroonij and bring away a new one . Precocity . —The impertinence of your child . Remorse—The feelings of a pickpocket , caught in the fact . ¦ Reflective Tum . —fo have your umbrella turned inside out while turning a corner . ** ci € iic _« . —To tie a canister to a dog ' a tail , and observe whether he runs east or west . Unfortunate Man . —One born with a conscience . Suggestion . — Advice given by a servant to his

      master . Young Man ' s Best Companion . — ne who takes hini home , when he cannot take himself home . Like What ?— -A , is like thc meridian—it is in the middle of Day . B , is like a hob iren—it makes oil boil . C , is like an old maid ' s wish—it puts ago into a CAGE . ' D , is like a fallen angel—add it to evil it makes

      _DTSVILo E , is like the end of time—it begins eternity . 6 , is like wisdom , it is the beginning of greatness and goodness . H _, id liko the dying words of Adam—it is the end of earth . J , is liko the end of spring—it is the beginning Of JUNE . K , is very liko a pig ' s tail—it is the last end Of PORK . L , is like giving away a sweetheart—it makes over a lover .

      A dorse , twenty years old , lately died at Ayr , after being for twelve months unable to lie down , and on examination , a " dust ball , " as large as a cocoa-nut , was found in the intestinal canal . Last week a hen , in Drury-lane , Liverpool , laid in the middle of the causeway two eggs joined together by a small cord . The eggs , though nearly of the ordinary size , were without shells . Women , so amiable in themselves , aro never so amiable as when they are useful ; and as for beauty , though , young men may fall in love with girls at play , there is nothing to make them stand to their lovo like seeing them at work . —Cob belt , A New Air Gun . —Wo were forcibly reminded the o } , bor day of somo lines in one of Byron ' s poems , beginning : —

      This is tho patent nge of new inventions , For killing bodies , & c . by the inspection of a new and very ingenious airgun , which , if it does not possess the formidable power of the new Russian _Mnduadel-gewehr which kills people in a perfectly satisfactory manner at the distance of seven . or eight hundred yards , is still in point of cheapness , simplicity , and efficiency , greatly suporior to tho common air-gun . It is the invention of Mr . John Shaw , musical instrument maker , of Glossop . The great singularity of the new air-gun consists in the entire absence of airpump , reservoir , and valves , which , in the common air-gun , are attended by no small amount of trouble , and somo personal danger . The air which expels the ball is powerfully compressed , atthe moment

      of discharge , by a piston acting within a cylinder , and moved with groat force and rapidity by the sudden contraction of a . spring composed of a number of vulcanised india-rubber rings previously extended by hand in . a very simple and easy manner ; and thojall is propelled with a force quito equal to that exerted in the common air-gun , and -with this great advantage too , in addition to those we have already named , that the force exerted is always the samo ; whilst , in the common air-gun , it diminishes with every discharge from the reservoir , requiring theaim'to be constantly _vaiying . _;; The "invention is certainly : a very ingenious adaptation , of thogreat elastic : forcV : _cfVulcanised . , _p d _« a _'" bber _' , _rlS so much use has- been made of Me .-Manchester Guardian . '" '" " ,:

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06041850/page/3/