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      J Jplt 12, 1845. ^ ^ ^ The Yorthehn Star...

      J Jplt 12 , 1845 . _^ _^ _^ THE _yORTHEHN STAR . $ ¦

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      Beauties Of Byron. L In In Carrying Out ...

      BEAUTIES OF BYRON . L In In carrying out onr promise of giving selections room _jom the works of Bykox [ sec " Feast of tlic l _' _octs , *" _SStar Star of June _SStU ] , we desire to begin at the beginiiiir . _* : _jir . _* :, - _"* ¦ - ¦ " to t _** ' - * P -T t > _se giving two or three - _jipeSfpeSniciis of the pdet ' s earliest _( _eertainiy not Itis best ) _worteork— " _? l , e Hours of Idleness . " llowcTcrimpcrfect nnaf na v * - « "the _"*¦ - "• - P _"* _"* -dnction 3 ofa poet ' s pen , they are _dilwailwav-s interesting—especially tits first ; and , what mis _^ nsv " hen curiosity to some of our readers , we this vrcckrcck _•** - _*"• " " _*** - * ****** ( printed ) poetical composition pro-Huceiuce _** " ' _? " _- _"V _* , *' *> f " Childe Harold . " It was _yrrjtirrjttcn by him at thc _aj * c of fourteen , on the occasion ¦ _j-f _th-f the dfatk ofa favourite female relative whose loss toe d _^ c _drcj'ly lamented . ___ We cannot say anything for its - _rtoet ' soctit' _- * merits—which indeed , like those of _IU'bxs ' iiist _jist \ 'k-x , " Handsome Nell , " arc nil . Wc prefix thc " _coKcoKcwin _^ extract from thc poet ' s "Diary , " hi relation j _tito-Gto-G _^ _l-u ' - _** _* _* -- " —

      35 Hvflr--t dash into poetry was as early as 1300 . Itwas tithe the e _!* i _* l ! i * i _''» of a passion for my first cousin , Margaret _f [* a _* - l [* ar -k £ _* r ( . laughter and _granddaughter of Hie two Admir ; ral » ral » rariter ) , < me ° _* a , e m , ) it _beauGad of evanescent _bbenbencs- 1 have long forgotten the verses , * but it would bin dbe _dif-icnii forme to forget her—her dark eyes—her long _Bove-h-e-la _* _- _! _" _* _5—her completely Creek cast office and figure ! [{ vivas then about twelve—she rather older , perhaps a _t feaitear . she died about a year or two afterwards , in _conseirjtt-uence of a fall , which injun-d her spine , and induced _ccontoiisuiuii tion . Her sis ' . er Augusta ( by some thought still cooimorc hcautifulj , died of the same malady ; and it was , _iiindindeed . iu attending her tliat Margaret met with the

      acci-¦ _j _jenfjait which occasioned her death . My sister told me , tthathat when she went to sea her , shortly before her death , _[(• poapon accidentally mentioning my name , Margaret _co-Itoutoured , thiooghout the _iialcness of her mortality , tothe _-eyeeyes , to the great astonishment of my sister , who knew [ BOthotbin _*** of onr attachment , nor could she conceive why omyniy name should _atFect her at such a time . Iknewno _* ttMCiing ofher Illness— -being at "Harrow—till she was gone . S _SoiSome years after , 1 made an attempt at an elegy—a very _iauHnll _one-t 1 do not recollect scarcely anything equal to tthethe _transparent beauty of my cousin , or to the _sweetness [ jf bf her temper . Shelookedasif she had been made outof 5 j ra rainbon—all beauty and peace . —[ Byron ' s Diary , 1 S 21 J

      OS THE _OXZATU OF A TOCXG LADY , Cousin to the Author , and very dear to Him . 1 _Hc-l-rd are the winds , and stiU tbe evening gloom , Sot e ' en a zephyr _nan-ler * through the grove , ' _"fitiilst I return to view my Margaret ' s tomb , And scatter flowers on the dust I love . "Within this narrow cell reclines her clay , That clay , where o :: cc such animation beaiaM : The King of Terrors seized her as his prey ; Nat worth , nor beauty , have her life redeem "*! . 0 ! could that King of Terrors pity feel , Or Heaven reverse the dread decrees of fate ! _JTtrt ill-re the mourner -trould liis grief reveal , Sot here the _musoher virtues would relate . Xnt wherefore weep ? Her matchless spirit soars _JH-yoml wliere splendid shines the orb of day ; _Jlu-1 weeping angels lead her to those bowers Vhere endless pleasures virtue ' s deeds repav .

      » .: i 3 shall presumptuous mortals heaven arraign , And , madly , godlike l'rovidence accuse ? Alt - no , far ilr fr _< J . * n aie attempts so vaiu , — - I'll ne ' er submission to my God refuse . Yet is remembrance of those virtues dear , Yet fresh the memory of that beauteous face ; _Stiii ti : ty call _fcrtb my warm affection ' s tear , _Sali ia my hear : retain their wonted place _.

      An Invitation. Wilt Thou Come To The Del...

      AN _INVITATION . Wilt thou come to the dell "Where the wild -flowers bloom , And scatter at random Their sweetest perfume ; Where llazles wide-spreading , By nature entwined , i _Foim a bower for lovers , So meet to the mind ? Wilt thou come to the dell Ere theflowrets decay , Or the bright days of summer Have faded away ; Ere the leaf on the willow Turn yellow and sear , _Prochiunuig too truly That winter is near ? "Wilt thou come to the dell

      Where thc wild fairy pink , . At the foot of the hawthorn , The night dew doth drink ; "Where the wren in the woodbine Half hidden from sight , JBids each closing flower So sweetly ' •' good night V " Wilt thou come when the tkiylh-lit Grows dim in the west , "When eve ' s dewy star Shows its silvery crest ; When nature is silent Yet seems to rejoice , And nought meets the ear But the waterfall ' s voice ?

      « 5 t thou come when the twilight Steals orer the hill , "• Yhen the breeze on die upland is silent and still . At tliat balmy hour When the lake lies at rest , And the mist seems a _inauile O _' _ersjireadii'g its breast ? Tfhen the dew in -he moonbeam Is sparkling and bright , trheii the bell of the fosgJove Is shut for tlte night ; *" _S"l _* . _<* n ihe pale _aspi-ii leaf Is at rest on ilic tree , 0 ! tlicnintlifi doll Wilt thou wander witli mc *? J . JI'Kowes

      * These -Verses Never Apj>E. -A-Ed In Pn...

      * These -verses never apj > e . _-a-ed in pnnt . i _**• Gn the Death ofa _Youngl _^ _d _**** " ' —the piece given above

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      Douglas Jeltllollts Shilling Magazine—Jc...

      DOUGLAS JEltllOLLTS SHILLING MAGAZINE—Jclt . London : Punch Office , 92 , _Flectstreet . This _nm-ober opens the second -volume of this excellent periodical , and we are happy to find the editor _attoowled-ilns ; " the success that has firmly established the ** Shilling Magazine' as a public organ . " " It lias made a sphere for itself . " That it will continue to widen that sphere , and increase in popularity , wc canuot doabi _* judging by the number before us .

      The historv of * " * St . Giles and St . James" is continued . Poor St . Giles isarrested on the false charge of having robbed and murdered St . James , who has iecn found by some smugglers in an apparently dying state . They cany the wounded man to Dovesncst , ihe -ft-auei . ee of siviHanousold usurer , the husband Of a young and lovely woman , who—the case is _^ a con-mum one in " high life " - —has been bought iu tiie fashionable slave-niarket with thc usurer ' s gold . It _"weuld appear tliat the money-lender ' s -wife and St . James have been lovere . Snipeton ( the usurer ) is absent from home , when St . James , in a state of unconsdousness , is brought to the _vulture ' s-nest . The return of Snipeton exhibits a scene thc nature of ¦ which may lie imagined . St . Giles is brought to Tfarcsncst to be identified hy thc supposed dying man , lrat atthemoment ofthe expected recontre St . James is found to be gone . In describing the usurer , thc author thus lauuches liis thunder against the Molochlike gods of sold : —

      " THE OLO HAS ' 3 SWoSD . ' _* _"Ebcnezer Snineton , In all woraiy dealings , held himself a mutch for any of the money-coining sons of Adam . He could fence with a guinea— -and sure we are guineafencin-: is a far more delicate art ; * b an exercise demanding a f . ner loach , a readier sleight , than the mere _tnisdng Of steel foils : —lie could fence , nay , with even the smalles t current coin of the realm , and—no matter who stood against hini—come off conqueror . " Gold , " says Shelley , "is the old man's sword . " And most wickedly at times Will _hoary-licarded men , with Wood as cold and thin as water in their Trims hack and slash with it ! They "know —Hie _rriiu , palsied warriors I how the weapon will cut it

      lieart . 5 ir - rag : 5 . a ,,,,, _-j-no _^ - _xdat wounds will inflict ; "but then Hie wounds bleed inwardly ; there is no outward and -ri .--n . u- hart to call for the coroner ; and so the victim may die , and show , as gossips have it , a _vay handsome coip _** , whilst homicidal avarice , with no drop of outward gore _upuit liishaiids—nodamning spots seen by thc world ' s naked eye—mixes in the world , a very respectable old gentleman ; a man who has a file of receipts to show for CTervthing : a man who never did owe a shilling ; and above all , anian who lake 3 all the good he gets as nothing more than a proper payment for his exceeding respect-• abairr . lie is a _rotttrn man j and for such men "heaven rains manua j only in thcae days the Shower _COmOS _flOWH in gold .

      THE _CSCSE _5 A- SJ > _U 1 S TOCXG WIFE . "EUnKer Siiiimton , we say , had a high and therefore marketable opinion of himself ; for the larger the man ' s Self-esteem tha surer is be of putting it off in the world ' s -mar t . The small dealer in conceit may wait from the ¦ opi-ain' _* - xo the ejo-aiig of the market , and not a soul shall carry away his little pennyworth : now the large holder is certain of a quick demand for all his stock . Men arc taken h y its extent , and close with him immediately . If , leader , you wanted to buy one single egg _. - would you pur-Chase that onc egg of the poor , rascal dealer , who had Only one _cgs to sell ! _Ai-swer us truly . Behold the mods : tradesman . _ji 9 stands slirinWiigly , with one leg & awm-j ., anj aw trafingcK interlaced _lacktuMsk-ally tiie ivhile Lis soul , iu its more than maiden _bashfulncs- * , would retreat , get away , escape any how from its eon-6 _ciousnt-i . And so he stands , all but hopeless behind Ins one _

      there ave _Ucshi-s tliat do crawl—as you pass by him , for I _> ass liis ; _y-r . _* a _u » . It 5 s trae _j-tin want but one _e-.- _**;; _uevertheisss , io _Ining on \\ otic _igg to market shows a misery , a

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      meanness in the man , that , in the generous heat of your heart ' s blood , you most manfully despise . And , therefore , you straddle on to the tradesman who stands behind a little mountain of eggs ; and timidly asking for one—it is so very poor , so wretched a bit of huckstering , you are ashamed to be seen at it—you take the first egg _otTercd you , and humbly laying down your halfpcnnv farthing , vanish strai ght . way 3 As it is with eggs , so in the worldmarket , is it with human pretensions . Thc man with a small , single conceit is shunned , a silly , miserable fellow ; but the brave , wholesale dealer—the " man of a thousand pretensions , is beset by buyers . "Sow , Ebenezcr was one of your mcrchauts of ten thousand eggs—and though to Others they had proved addled , they had nevertheless been goJd to him . And } et , did _Boeiiczcr ' s wife—his j ripe , _rv-a-iimud spouse of _two-antUwoiitv—somehow

      toucli her husband" witli a strange , a painful humility . He had sixty iron winters—and every one of them plain as _auiron bar—in his face . Time had used his visage as ltobinson Crusoe used his wooden calendar , notching every day in it And what was worse , though Time had kept an honest account—and what , indeed , so honest , so terribly honest os Time !—nevertheless , hc had so marked the countenance—it is a shabb y , shameless trick Time has with some facts—that every mark to the thoughtless eye counted well nigh double . And Snipeton knew this . He knew , too , that upon liis nose—half-way , like a sentinel on the middle of a _bridse—there was a wart very much bigger than a pea , with bristles , sticking like black pins in it . _A ' ow , this wart Ebenezcr in his bachelor days had thought of like a philosopher ; that is , he had never thought about it . Say , his honeymoon had almost waned

      into the coM , real moon tliat was ever after to blink upon bis marriage lift - , era Ebenezcr thought of his wrinhled pouch-like cheeks ; of his more terrible wart . And then did every bristle bum in it , as though it was turned to red hot wire ; then was he plagued , tormented by the thought of the wart , as by some avenging imp . He seemed to have become all wart : to be one unsightly excrescence . The pauper world envied the happiness of Ebenezcr Sui'teton—with such wealth , witli such a wife , oh , what a blessed man ! But the world knew not the torments of the wart ! And wherefore was Ebenezcr thus suddenly mortiSed i We have said he had taken a wife as young , and fresh , aud beautiful as spring . And therefore , after a short season , was Ebenezcr in misery , ne looked at his wife ' s _l-eauty , and then hc thought of his withered

      face—that felon wan ! Ir . her very loveliness—like a satyr drinking at a crystal fount—he saw his own deformity . Was it possible she could love him ! Theself . put _iiuestion—ami lie could not but ask it—with her , alone , in bail , at _board—that _tom-enim- _* : ' question still would whisper , _sii-iie-voiced in his ear—could she love him ! And his heart—his heart that heretofore had been cold ami V _. ooued like a fish—would shrink and tremble , and dare not answtr . True it was , she was obedient ; too obedient . She did his bidding promptly , humbly , as though he had bought her for his slave . And so , in truth , he had : and there had been a grave man of the church , grave witnesses , too , to bind the bargain . Verily , lie had bought her ; and on her small white Sngcr—it was plain to all _wlft saw her—she wore thc manacle of her purchaser .

      _^ " Ihe Misanthrope , " by an Optimist , is a good article , breathing a _iioiy and cheering belief in thc "progress of the human race fiom evil to good . " The Town Poor of Scotland" is a useful article at the present juncture , tending tomakemore widely known the sufferings of the Scottish poor . " Unfashionable Movements" will be found well worthy of perusal , much more so than thc movements of tlic " fashionable work ! . " " Thc Hedgehog Letters" embrace the main political subjects of tiie month , dealing with them in that spirit of caustic truth tor which

      Douglas _Je-ikou ) is so famed . "My Temptations , - " by a Poor Man , is a sterling article , truthfull y describing the sufferings ami temptations to which the working classes are subject . Of the poetry in this month's number we cannot say anything commendatory : to our mind " The Corn-Lord ' s Tragedy" is neither probable in its story nor poetical in its composition . "A History tor Young England" details the leading facts of the reign of Henry I . This " history , though brief , is very instructive . Some excellent revicwa close tlm -number .

      The present opportunity—the commencement of a new volume—is a favourable one for new subscribe commencing their patronage of tliis truly-national publication . " A word to the wise sufficetU . "

      George Ciujiksiiank's Table B00kjcly. Lo...

      GEORGE _CIUJIKSIIANK'S TABLE B 00 _KJcly . London : Punch Oliice , 92 , Fleet-street . From beginning to end this month ' s number of the Table A ' _ooi claims our warmest praise . The opening article is on " Social Zoology , " accompanied by two splendid illustrations , the subjects being " a horrible tore in the company , " and _"theftonof the party . " The letter-press descriptions by the editor arc excellent . Here is a specimen : — It often happens that thc naturalist is puzzled to discriminate between an animal and a plant , as in the well known case of thc sponge : and thc social zoologist finds himself in the same difficulty , for the sponge is certainly a dining-out animal , aud yet lie has the properties of the plant , for he plants liimself on those whom he designs to victimise . * * * The female bore is

      chiefly remarkable for her numerous progeny . She will appear surrounded by an extensive Utter of little ones , who will sometimes be exceedingly frolicsome . They will jump up iuto your lap , put theirpaws into your plate , and play all sorts of antics , if you give them the least encouragc-ment . Literary bores , who are for the most part females , are usually called blue , and itis believed tliat an intellectual ladies' society used formerly to assemble at the Blue Boar , in Holborn . " A Legend of the Rhine , "" an txcellent burlesque , is the best romance we have read for many a day . " The Lover ' _s-Sacrilicc , " a tale of thc Court Ball , describes the sacrifice of a darling pair of whiskers which onc Hugh de liulboru was tempted to make to appear at thc Queen ' s faucy dress ball . The sacrifice

      nearly _nrvrc-l a fatal one , the hero ' s _ladyc-lovc being regularly flabcrgasicd" at the loss of her swain ' s whiskers . _Maca-ss-ir Oil , however , provided a remedy —love did thc rest ; the happy pair were made one , anil Hugh t _' e _liolborn tool ; for his family arms the motto of " Cut and Conic Again ! " "" Dissolving Views , " and " TLe Stage Prince , " aro both capital . The concluding article is from the pen of George Cruikshauk himself , and is highly honourable alike to his head and hearr . The sulgcct is " The Preservation of Life , " and suggests plans for the preservation of human life in cases of fire and shipwrecks . Wc fully agree with Mr , Cruikskank , that " thc legislature that compels the formation of party-walls and sewers , onght to make thc erection of some simple and

      effective fire-escape compulsory upon the landlord of every house in thc metropolis . " It would be useless for as to transfer thc article to our columns unless we could transfer along with it its iUustrations . \ Ve may , however , state that Mr . Crvisssiask \ principal scheme for saving life in case of fire is , the erection of a continuous balcony in front of the upper windows ( of each Uoor ) of every house . The apprehended evils of , and objections to , this simple contrivance arc answered by Mr . _Chuiksiiask most satisfactorily . Other cotitrivances for guarding against tbe _iunidon of the clothing of females when engaged in tlieir household duties , and for saving life in case of shipwrcck , are _suggested and explained , and altogether the article is one _' of a most useful and interesting

      character . The recent dreadful calamity in Dover-street must convince ail classes of the necessity , of some means being adopted to provide for thc saving of human life in case of fire . House-proprietors in general are too avaricious to care one jot for the lives of their tenants ; their only thought is for their property , the value of whicli may be secured to them by the insurance oifices . Their culpable indifference should not however be tolerated by the legislature , and if the latter are equally indifferent , the public must , by a wholesome pressure from without , " enforce legislation on this all-important matter . To Mr . _Cnuiivsiuxk wc return our grateful thanks for calling public attention to this subject , and we earnestly hope that , through the medium of his delightful Table Book , his excellent article will be read far and wide .

      Tne Tpvaveller's Magazine—Jllt. Lon. Don...

      TnE _TPvAVELLER'S MAGAZINE—Jllt . Lon don : T , C .-Newby , 72 , Mprtimcr-fltrect , Caven . dish-3 quarc . - . ¦ _.- ' . ¦ This well-conceived Magazine fully bears out m it * second , thc _nromise contained iu its first number The articles are all entertaiuing , the only fault fairly chargeable against them being that nearly every one is a continuation "to be continued . " "My-First PUsriaage and Last Tour , " by the Editor , is extremely amusing , the amusement being considerably lieHitencd bv the humourous cuts , representing some of the droll characters with whom the author came in contact " up the Rhine . " " Narrative of a \ oyage along the Eastern Coast of Arabia , " by Charles Joiixstox . is interesting , but too bnet . ine Magic Lauthoni , " by T . A . Tkou _" opb , _givcsastartlinz talc of Italian life . '' Life and _Sports _ m the

      Wild Bush of Australia" lets the reader into the secret of hunting and catching kangaroos . "Scenes in Western Louisiana" is also interesting . Reviews of new works , Correspondence . & c , close the number . From the " Magic Lantho'n" we givo the _following tt . tn-. Ct-W Should promise that an _^ En l « _n travelling party lias arrived at the banks ot an Italian river-thc Tocc , the bridge over which had broken down , i . c , hadfallendown througlidecay , . iU repair having been utterly _neglocted . Only . one ferrv-boat existed to transport thc passengers , their carnages , Ac ., to thcother side ; thecon 3 e .- ) uence w _^ that _althoush the boat was worked _vmsswafy wm was a continued accumulation of carriages , _™ _St } on ?> carts , and vehicles of every description , with Weir _nassengen * and attendants , waiting . turn to be ferried over , The extract affords au illustration of tho universal Italian virtue (?) : —

      nzitxtzi . Here was another most _eharactcrisUcnlly Italian scene forthe contemplation and instruction of the Bn _iwn party . Thev got out of tlieir carriage ; and fin . iin „ s . ara on some ofthe scattered timbers of the broken bridge , they applied their impatient English minds , as best _tliej might , to the practice of that eminently Italian virtue " _jxi- ; i * ii-: < _i , " _-. o constantly heard as an exhortation Irom an Itali-m mouth—so universally necessary in the conduct of _aini-ilinn affairs—and , to be fair , so vcry _generu _-iy practised by the Italians ou occasions ol every sort .

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      Thcr amused themselves , however , as well as the ;* could , by _obseJVing the scene around them , -luring the p _.- _'rioil —not apparently destined to be very short—which tiVey were doomed to pass ou the banks of this Lombard Styx . " The bridge had fallen down about a week previously , immediately after the diligence had passed over it . No cause of storm , tempest , or swollen waters , luid brought about its destruction . It had fallen simply beeauie " it was rotten , and could stand no longer . " That was eminently characteristic of Italy , and its mode of managing its ailhirs . It is to be hoped that it mav be not only characteristic , but typical of the fate of one " or two things in Italy .

      In die next place , a week had elapsed and the ruined timbers of ( he old _bridge had not yet buen cleared away . That was eminently characteristic of Italy . _"Pazienza I " In the third place , one single ferry-boat , very insufficient for flic purpose of _transposing all the traffic of the road , in both directions from one bank to the other , had been supplied for the purpose of keeping up the communication till the new bridge should bo built . That was exceedingly characteristic of Italy and Italian authorities . " Pazienza . _'" again . In the fourth place , it was hoped that with great exertion the bridge—a mere timber structure—might be repaired in two years ' . Tliat wns characteristic enough of Italy . Once more " I _' azienza I "

      "Jlut there was another circumstance attendant on the management of the ferry , which would have been to an Englishman ' s feelings infinitely more irritating and galling than all the rest , and which unhappily was more peculiarly characteristic of Italy than all the rest . Peasants , . with their carts of agricultural produce , had been waiting there for hours . But every time a carriage came up , it took precedence of them ; usuiped tlieir turn , and added another half hour to their detention . Yet this , too , was borne with perfect good humour . Poor Italy ! to bear , has been the hard lesson taught her in all kinds of various ways for many a long day past . It is a lesson which she has but too well learnt . And if here and there an independent spirit , unfortunate enough to have its lot east on Italian soil in the nineteenth century , should not have learned thc duty of universal _supplianey , the unbending one must break -, — -and is broken ! Here , and at every turn , privilege , caste , legal preferences 1

      AVe agree with tlio writer of the above , and earnestly pray that the break-down of the rotten bridge of the Toce may be typical of tlic speedy break-down and total destruction of the rotten Governments , political and religious , which have for centuries cursed , and yet continue to _ctii'sc , that beautiful but unhappy iaml . Again , wc recommend this Magazine to our readers . Thc idea on which it is founded is an _excellent one ; thus far , that idea has b . en spiritedly carried out , and we trust that the public ' s s » ppoit will not be wanting to crown the project with complete success .

      Wade's London Review- Juir. London L . W...

      WADE'S _LONDON REVIEW- _Juir . London l _. Whitel ' riars-strcet , Fleet-street . This review has changed its management , the present number— -the first ofa now volume— -bciiigundci ' new editorial direction . The new editor will excuse its , if we express our hope that liis management may be sis satisfactory to his readers as that of his predecessor . For the present we arc somewhat disappointed , the promises given in the preceding number not having been carried out in this number , or , at least , but partially . Tliis , however , wc must attribute to a misfortune , which wc regret , namely , thc illness of the authoress who was to have produced thc romance promised in thc June number . This romance will , however , we arc assured , be commenced shortly .

      A general title-page and index to the first volume was promised in thc preceding number , but we do not find it in this ; au omission which wc hope will bo rectified in the next number . The present _nuinboi' opens with " a Greek tale , " entitled "Ambition , " in whieh is the beginning of a full , true , and particular account of

      " Tie fool who fired the Epbesian dome . " The greatest portion of thc number is taken up with reviews , the principal of whicli are , on Mr . _OsnonxE ' s "Guide to Madeira , the Azores , British and Foreign West Indies , Mexico , -fee ., * " and Thiers ' " History of the Consulate and Empire of France under Napoleon . " The first of these is a delightful piece of reading . As regards the review of Tjhkus _, we cannot afford room to review tho reviewer , other wise we should question his characters of RobesriEiiRis , _Nafolhox , and _Tiiiehs , of whom we hold very different views . The following remarks , however , have our hearty approbation : —

      MOnEIlS _WAltrABE Is a brute slaughter ; only disgusting , not inspiring . Ever since the days of the Chevalier Bayard , war has been becoming more of the nature of a battue , a mechanical butchery on a large scale , by the united aid of balls , powder , and steam . Thc attacking column , by which most battles are won , is a battering-ram of human beings , almost as insensate , with just as little power of volition , aftbnliug just as little opening for the coward to flee , or the brave to reap distinction , as that ancient engine of destruction . There is no fascination , nothing for the imagination in this worn-out game of royalty ; it ia a dull death ' s feast , and men will soon begin to revert to its dismal horrors with the same revolting feelings that tliey look back to cannibalism , human saeriiiccs , or other bloody rites ofa dark and savago age .

      There is a short article on " Flirting and Coquetry , " which will be interesting to the student of female mysteries . The following sweet wee piece of poetry wc have taken thc liberty of extracting entire ior thc gratification of our rcadeis : —

      TIME ASD LOVE . Poets tell us that Time hath wings , And I think 'tis true , I think 'tis trae . ' He is one ofthe fleetest feathered things That ever Hew , that ever flew ! For have I not loved ? and havo I not felt How Love ' s sweet hours to moments meit ? And swift with delight , Is day in its flight , And wc chide the dawn that chases the night Now tr-Acii hath Time tliese rapid wings ? Koww / ien doth Time thus swiftly fly ?

      I hear a bird that sweetly sings , And to iny soul glad answer brings- — " When Gtose tee love are nigh !" 0 ! Time hath crutches as well as wings And oft no creeping thing except : He is onc ofthe slowest creeping things That ever crept ! that ever crept ! "For have I not loved , yet , day by day , "Felt moments creep like ages away ? And over my head , With feet of lead , _Colfily , darkly , heavily tread 3

      Kow _ii'J'tfi doth Time thus lose his wings ? Now ivhen goes Time thus crawling on 1 With other voice the sweet bird sings , And to my soul sad answer brings" IVhcn those we love are gone . ' The present number being the fiisfc of a new volume , affords a good opportunity for new subscribers making their acquaintance with this Review .

      Simmonds' Colonial Magazine—Jult. London...

      SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE—Jult . London : Simmonds and Ward , IS , Cornhill . There are several valuable articles in this number of Simtnonds' Magazine , of which the cliicf are on " The _Progress oi" Wealth , Trade , and Population in Canada ;" - "' Notes on the Sandwich Islands ; " "Port Philip compared with the Capo of Good Hope and other Colonics ; " and " The Agriculture of llintlostan . " There are also several articles of a lighter character , mixing entertainment with instruction . We have perused with much pleasure the portion here given ofa " Narrative ofa Steam-Voyage from Southampton to St . Lucia ; " and Captain-Morton ' s article ' On the Origin of Basaltic Columns . " The article entitled " Pieminisccnce 3 of the Island of Cuba" is also entertaining , although thc writer lias as yet told nothing about Cuba , nnd in liis sketchings is much more of a caricaturist than a painter . From his narrative we extract the following tit-bit : —

      _-fON'Au AXD TUE wnALE . An English missionary , one of a 3 et of humbugs who are as plentiful as carrion crows in distant parts—and what good they do , save gulling John Bull , and swindling him out ofhis cash , the Lord only knows ! for neither I nor sensible persons have ever yet been able to find it out . An English missionary , I said ( termed Mr . Slcekhead , no doubt because the hypocrite wore liis hair gummed down upon his brow , to assume the most sanctified appearance ) one day called upon a black nigger ( for there are white ones in coal pits ) , and found him bent upon reading the bible . The black fellow , ou hearing the approach of footstep . ' , raised his head , saying , "Morning , Massa Sleekhcad ! top ob de day to you ! "Howdo vou do ,-tfr . Castlereagh I" This was the name the nigger bad assumed : they always like grand names . " What are you reading about t " " Ma reading 'bout Massa Jonah . " " AhJonah was a good , but an ill-used man . "

      , "So me see . Like yourself , Massa Sleekhead . Somo persons no believe de good you do . Massa Jonah d « beat man In de world in dose days -, you in desc . So d (! wicked pick one great quarrel with him ; and has Ma 3 _« a Jonah no show de light , dey toss him into de sea . Dp " Jonah began to bewail , and de big whale finking lnm called , he swallowed Jonah ; den Jonah swallowed de whale , for Jonah was debilish foud _obfiah' . " The following sweet lines are also well worthy of extract : —

      _dbeamij-g or _nosre . I am dreaming ofthe cabin where I was born and bred , And of the time-worn Bible in whieh my mother read , As the birds among the lilacs were nestling down to rest , And clouds of gold and violet lay melting in the west , And the winds among the roses arid the chirping of the bird Were making all the music my childhood ever heard . I feel the print of sorrow grow deeper on my brow As long-lost friends come round me as they are comiog now ; But tliere are golden moments still o ' er my heart that glow , Though _lovs ' s young star aet darkly in storms of _lonj : ago . I sc-8 the winding pathway and the shadow on the hill ,

      Simmonds' Colonial Magazine—Jult. London...

      » - _»¦«« wed to sit and listen to the singing ofthe I ,- ? . ' - _5 if h s _Pushing is as lovely in the light , And if the pebbles in it are as beautiful and bright , As they were in that glad morning I am " dreaming of to _* d . iy , ° " Ere a shade of coming shadows on my glowing future lay . I never natch the sunset in summer ' s pleasant eves , Till twilight dim and misty unfolds her starry leaves , But I seem to hear the stirring of an angel ' s viewless wmg , And a low voice b y mc singing as mv mother used to smg ; I never feast in chambers _wrought _euniiln-jlv bv art _. Hut that cabin witli Us roses is with me in my heart . Should the path as I tread onward grow rough beneath my feet , And the pulses dull and heavy that so buoyantly did beat—¦

      Should enemies assail mc I'll shelter from thc strife , In this , the sweet oasis in the desert of my lift . . in saying that thc present number fully upholds the deservedly-popular character of this Alagazine , wc gay sufficient to express our sense of its merits . '

      Tait's Magazine-July. Edinburgh : W. Tai...

      TAIT'S _MAGAZINE-July . Edinburgh : W . Tait , 107 , Prince ' s-strcct . The opening article in this month ' s number of Tait is an able and interesting one on Colonel Mitchell s " Full of Napoleon . " This article will go tar to open the eyes of the Wind worshippers of _Nii'OL-EOx , who , unfortunately , are not confined to I ranee . Judging of Colonel Mitchell ' s book bv the extracts given in fait , and the praises bestowed upon it b . v the reviewer , wc imagine that the Colonel has done good service to tlio cause of public moralitv and general enlightenment , ' by his examination into the causes and circumstances of Napoleon ' s fall . The yet lingering veneration amongst tho ignorant , for those wholesale spoliators and murdererscalled

      , heroes , aided by a generous , but in this instance misp laced sympathy lor thc fallen , has caused a veil to be cast over the gigantic crimes of the Gallic despot , and something like a halo of admiration to surround his name . Time , however , will dispel this illusion ; and we thank Colonel MiTcmsLi . for doing something towards stripping this monstrous idol of liis gaudy and deceptive trappings . A worse traitor to free principles—a more selfish , arrogant despot—a more cold-blooded , brutal , _blood-spiller , never existed than N . iroLEox . "A Lockerbie Lick" is a capital _liordcr rhyme , whicli wc only regret is too lengthy to transfer _tooiii'coluniiis . Madame WolfensukhgeiVs "Letters from Naples" arc continued in tliis number , and unfold a most depraved and shocking state of things

      existing m that city . The worst feature of Neapolitan life is the general idleness , filthincss , and corruption of the women , high and low , rich and poor . 1 'lic cause of this is , the debasing and withering influence of the priests . " Their only religion is a superstition , that tends to deaden all other faculties , witliout encouraging cither sympathy with their fellow-creatures , or requiring virtuous conduct as a proof of piety . The most bigottcd women are neither better mothers nor more faithful wives ; tlicy arc only the most exact observers oi ' forms , and devoted slaves of the priests , to the utmost point of obedience , often thus procuring thc indulgence they require from tlieir confessor for tlieir intrigues . " " _JcuYunah Wilkinson , tlic American Prophetess , " is an interesting account ofa most singular being . There are several reviews of new works , all , as is the wont with this Magazine , ably executed . "Thc Opinions of Blanco White" is a critique on * i work recently published , entitled " The Life of the

      Rev . Joseph Blanco White . " Blanco White , a Spaniard by birth , but of Irish descent , was educated in the Romish faith , and became a priest of that communion hc , however , subsequently "boxed the compass" of nearly all the creeds anil _no-Cl'CCtls oi Europe—being at one time a Deist , then an Atheist , then a Iligh-Churcli-of-England-iiiaii , then an Evangelical Protestant , and , finally , some sort ofa Unitarian _, lie appears in all theso changes to have been perfectly honest and sincere . He was a man of wonderful ability , and liis knowledge of thc crafts , frauds , and crimes of tho European priesthoods of all denominations , was most extensive . With all his seeming inconsistencies , whatever hc believed to be the truth , that he fearlessly proclaimed , and the cause of free thought found in him a talented and zealous champion . Wc have culled from Tcrit two or three specimens of his views , wliich just now arc significantly instructive .

      lltlSU CATHOLICISM . I have arrived at the conclusion ' that , were it not far the Irish Church Establishment , the indirect ititlueuce ot English civilization would have produced a tacit reformation on Irish Popery . I am , indeed , fully aware that the Romanist system is incapable of a real reform ; for its principle—submission to a priesthood—is essentially wrong and ini _" _-cliiovous . _liut had it not _lieen for tlm constant irritation produced on both the priesthood mid laity of Catholic Ireland , hy the political ascendancy enjoyed and asserted by a small minority of Protestants , Irish Popery would by this time be but an empty name , for all tho efficient intellect of Ireland . * * With _rospeet to the lower classes , ) and to the mass of the Irish Catholics , these controversial scenes must have an

      injurious result , they must attach them move and more to their Church , 'fhe Church of England invites the people with a mero fragment of Popery—as wrong in principle as Popery itself , and infinitely less attractive to the popular mind , I saw some weeks ago a quotation from Dr . Jehb , in which he declared that he found more devotion among the Irish peasantry of the Homanist than of the Protestant persuasion . Such must be the case every where . That kind of devotion which the above-mentioned bishop wished to seo diifuscd _, cannot be promoted among the lower classes by the Protestantism of tho Church of England : it requires a degree of

      enthusiasm , which the dry and lame theory of doctrines preserved in the Thirty-nine Articles , cannot raise . Hence the want wliich tlio English peasantry felt o : ' what thc Methodists gave thom , at least / or a time . Tlic more , therefore , the English skeleton is brought out into direct comparison with the well dressed-up image of Popery , tlte greater will hc tho aversion of the lower classes to change ; the more tlieir abhorrence ofthe name of Protestant . Popery cannot stand the increase of in . tolleetual light ; it must vanish before true knowledge and tho effeots of civilization ; but if divines are set against divines , those of Home will surely carry the lower classes along with them _.

      SCH 001 S FOR SLAVES . All the ancient Asiatic temples had an establishment of slaves , who belonged to the priesthood . —That custom lias revived , in a spiritual shape , among us . I . have just been looking at a long doable row of girls and boys , walking slowly towards Mr . S- — - ' s church . What a monstrous medley will the minds of those children present if they actually take in the instruction of their priest ! So one can form to himself an idea of such a state of mind , who does not know Mr . S _, one of tha greatest luminaries of the Evangelicals . It is _probal'le , however ,

      that the children will keep very littlo of what they hear under the name of religion ; but , unfortunately , in . most eases , the mental distortion will continue through life , disabling the priestly slaves from all healthy and vigorous use of their faculties . —It is melancholy to consider the numbers who are thus mentally crippled by the activity of the various priesthoods . Mr . S ' s school appears to me to consist of from two to three hundred children ' . Does Mr . S— -and his compeers love education ?—Yes * , passionately—they love the education which produces Slav's to their own priestly class .

      THE FATAL KRUOK . One of the oldest and most pernicious errors of mankind , is that which supposes the necessity of forming a body of men who , in the name of Heaven , shall take the guidance ofthe religious principle of all the rest . Once grant that such bodies exist , for the benefit of morality , or much more , for the salvation ofthe eternal souls of men , and a most active encroaching principle is brought into existence , which must be perpetually at work upon society , to bring it completely under the power oi' the priesthood . The usurpations of Popery are the natural result of the existence of a priesthood , whicli , more than tiny other in the world , identifies its own supremacy with the highest conceivable interests of mankind . Hardly any of the ancient religions afforded such plausible pretexts to the ambition of its priesthood , as thc priesthoods whieh have seized upon Christianity ns their peculiar domain , derive from the . doctrines ofthe Gospel .

      In no matter whatever , needs' a man be reminded of what he beCtcocs , except in religion . What a man believes he knows , and what he knows he believes . Why should the priesthood come to us with an inventory of what we believe 1—The priesthood do not care about our belief ; what they want is our assent ; so they make out a lint of what we are to assent to , if wc are to avoid the consequences of their indignation ? The old Kentish priesthood do not conceal this : according to them , any one who says , " I believe whatever the "Mother Church believes , " has saving faith . The Protestant _Chmches desire to disguise their wishes , whicli are tlte- same as tlioso of Rome , and _minca the matter . Ye * there nurer was , nor ever will bs , a priesthood _guSltless . of the design to take all other men ' s minds into _tkir-kcupi"S *

      Tito present number is altogether a _vesy interesting one , aud will well sustain the _dcscrveil popularity of tliis firmly-established and clevcr _^ j ' _-coniueted Magazine .

      Memoirs Of An Umbrella. By G. Hbbnv.M Ro...

      MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA . By G . Hbbnv . m Rodwell . London : _jMacke-aaie > . Ill , 1 'leetstveet . A new and right worthy candidate for public patronage , wliich there can bo little doubt tho projectors will obtain . Tne Memoirs of on Umbrella is , in price , form , and outside appearance , similar to our excellent friend Punch ; with this difference , that the Umbrella , instrad of being * a miscellaneous collection c-V political , satirical , humourous , and other sketches and fragments , such as go to make up the contents of PuncA , is a . novel , a continuous story , in which is _blended eloquence , satire , wit , and pathos , _brought to gether , we doubt not , to wr rk out some ; excellent moral , with which we shall , become acj quaint-id ia due time , Wo . give an extract , describ-

      Memoirs Of An Umbrella. By G. Hbbnv.M Ro...

      ing a place whicli must be well known to most of our London readers , the

      _BIRTll-PtACB OF TnE UMBRELLA . J > o you know St . Martin ' s ' . court t—of course you do , or yon have never known what It is to cat ham and heel in perfection . Ilei gho ! talking of liiun and beef naturally draws my attention to the wonderful changes "flesh is heir to , " and which have actually eome to pass in that locality . There was a time when the ham and beef shop oi' St . Martin ' s _, court was known all over Europe : # or , at least , all over London , which ia almost synonymous . Its mime and fame , or rather its viand : * , were iu every mouth . And , oil ; what two glorious perambulating rounds of human beef were then to be seen rolling , as it werc , within the pouiiil-shaped counter : they were a glorious sight I Deep , deep was he who placed those fat men there ; their forms a ppeared the very incarnation of the phrase "cut and eome again . " It was a decoy : —but ' twas an honourable one . They formed the title-page of thc work within , which seemed to say : "Do as we do I—eat this delicious food I— 'tis here for sale—and be as fat as we "'

      Alas ! Time , even here , has been with his relentless evor . dians . n-r glass . The shop still is!—the viands there !—but where those dear old rounds ? Ah ! where ? A ghost now walks wliere they onec held command . He does the ofiice of the gone , and cheerfully ; but , still he ' s but a ghost of what has been . Apologising for this digression , know , gentle reader , that St . Martin ' s-eourt , that little passage but great thoroughfare , which leads from _Cranboarue-alley , or rather street , into St . Martin ' s-hine , was the spot of my nativity I The very house in whicli I was produced to the world , and which , from that circumstance , must henceforth become as celebrated as the little butcher ' s shop at Stratford-upon-Avon , still stands wliere it did—an Umbrella shop , o door or two on _dltt left-hand side of the Conrt , comuig from St . Martin ' s-lane .

      1 ou know it ?—iloyou not 1—but I ' m sure you do , and also my two dearly-beloved sponsors , who may still be seen standing one on eaeh side the door . They arc old now ; but yet how sweet and pleasing arc their countenances . I never look at those two amiable faces but 1 sigh to think how unkind Nature ha 3 been in not allow _, ing all human beings to be as handsome as they ! Do , dear reader , when you pass that way agniu , examine them minutely—it will well repay the trouble—and , as you walk away , I am sure yon will scarcely be able to refrain from offering up a prayer , that , in your green old age , you may resemble tliem . I hope you may . lloro aro the Umlrritu _' _t

      HEASOKS FOR _Vi'MTlXa TnE MEJIOIIiS , Now , then , for one of my reasons for writing these memoirs . I believe it tobe ihe duty of every one , be his station never so humble , should fate have placed hini iu a situation to observe the various positions of mankind , — I say , I believe it to be his duty to record those observations , if not for tho instruction , at least as an attempt , at the amusement of the many who have not found the same opportunities to observe for themselves , ¦ I am aware , that those who write merely to amuse are not ranked in the highest grade of intellectual labourers : this may or may not be just ; but , had I my will , they shoulilhold a pretty exalted situation in Fame ' s highest temple . The doctor and the surgeon may do much to relieve tho body ' s pains ; but what physician has ever " ministered to a mind diseased" with half the success ofa Scott or Dickens 1 How many nulling heads , and achiug hearts , too , have they not relieved 1

      How many a tedious hour in sickness , care , and sorrow , have they have not made glide unperceired away ; aiid by enchanting the mind out of Thought ' s then dismal home , led it on , if not to happiness , at least to Hope I Who can rise from reading the " Carol , " and not feel le * has a healthier heart than when he sat down ? Not many _. Now , if ever the opportunities for observation he a reason for writing one's memoirs , who is likely to have greater than an Umbrella ' . Whether it be spread out cold , wet , and weeping in the servants' hall , or , dry and snug in thc butler ' s room ; whether it be enviously watching over the heads of two happy lovers ; or stuck almost upright , beneath the arm of the Honourable B . 15 .: still they arc all situations for observing human nature . I thought this—I felt this —and this is one of my reasons for writing the present work .

      For thc commencement of the adventures of the Umbrella we must refer the reader to the work itself . Of course , we have but what may be considered ns the introduction to the story in the number before us , still mysteries havo already commenced , the desire to know the solution of which will , wc dure say , be sufficient to induce all purchasers of the first number to read on . The work is illustrated by _Lasixei . ls , from designs by Pun , names which at once guarantee the respectability , nay , talent , of this der-nrtment . We await impatiently tho appearance of the second number .

      " Joe Miller The Younger."—No. 1 Of A Ne...

      " Joe Miller the Younger . "—No . 1 of a new scries oi this publication ' litis just appeared , giving promise oi a mirthful existence . A lengthy extract from Joe will be found in onc of our " leaders . "

      Pum,Ic.-.Tio*Ss Received.—Lorct Carisdol...

      Pum , ic .-. Tio _* ss Received . _—lorct Carisdole ' s -4 _di'cntia-es in _lcax-iu , _A _' os . 1 to 7—The _Jlystex-ies of Paris ( People ' s Edition)—Tales of Shipwrecks , Parts _' l and 2 —Thiers' History of the Consulate axid Empire , Parts land 2 .

      -4 Sowl Of "Punch," Fresh Rre1yed.. "Awe...

      -4 SOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH RRE _1 YED .. " AWEAI . TO _K 0 SIE !" When thc Irish Colleges' Debate was coming on at the _beginning of the week , the Chronicle kindly took tlic pains to consult Hansard for Mi \ _O'Goiino'J , and put before the old gentleman his early opinions upon the beauty and loveliness of mixed education , ilis arguments were very strong and his language _chm-mingly . pathetic : — " Can you , who arc convinced of the truth of your church , dread thc consequences ofa fair development of tlio public mind b . v education ? I have heard a great * n _* i »>* arguments against this plan of education in common—bst it is . a powerful argument , on the other _Jiiind , that there is nothing more desirable than that thc youth of this country , separated as tlicy are bv twentv-fivcor twenty-six ' le . iding

      persuasions , should , while the unsophisticated and alfectionate feelings of youth tire warm in their bosoms , have the inestimable advantage of mixing together in friendly ami undoubting intercourse , so thatthe angry and jealous passions which may afterwards come upon them may be assuaged by thc gentle recollections of their youthful friendships . "Beautiful ! beautiful ! it ' s as touching as thc Sorrows of Wcrter . Dun must have been very much obliged to the Chronicle ior bringing tlicie " gentle recollections" of his forward : though they may possibly have spoiled "a speech of remarkable power" in a dinercm way . lint if the old Liberator could not speak , there was a young one at hand with the new doctrine —and a very pretty doctrine it is too—which , as wc all know the freedom of speech which the Liberator

      allows to liis members , may bo supposed to bo that of the devout papa as well as tho godly son who propounds it . Because Mr , Wyse , of " _iVntcribrd . upproves oftho Irish Colleges Bill , Mr . John O'ConneU says , Wyse is a schismatic Catholic * , and consigns liim—never mind whither . The Irish Bishops don ' t approve of the Bill—every Catholic ought to listen to liis Bishops—if he refuses " he is a schismatic , and the end of schism is—never mind what . If you are dissatisfied with the Bishops , Mr . John says , you have one remedy—as aitkal io Rome . So * Rome is to be the mistress when thc empire is disunited ; and Repeal means the supremacy of thc Pope in Rome ! One can hardly believe the words , though they stare you iu thc face . —Mi * . O'Connell said , — " lie obeyed thc _prelaws of his Church ( hear ); for who were the ecclesiastical authorities for the Catho

      lics of Ireland , but the bishops ot Ireland ? He told the right hon . gentleman attain , that he ought to look to Rome , and not to the House of Commons , for advice on this subject . Even if this house wore composed wholly of Roman Catholics , it would be no tribunal ti > bring a question before , wliich was between him anil the bishops of Ireland . Here was the declaration of the Catholic bishops—the authority which ho believed to be the supreme authority in Ireland _,, controllable only by the Sovereign Pontiff , declaring tliis bill was dangerous to tho faith and morals of the Catholic people . " __ Look here-, gentlemen Repealers , at the kind of freedom which yout Liberator has -in store for yon . If people are to pa / nihil obedience to theso ghostly fathers , tliere is w end to-the paternal homage they may seem lit . to

      exact . It the bishops _ititcricrc about a lecturer-on anatomy or jurisprudence , why not about a _fa-aily mutter , a bargain , or a lease ? They have a _rigfefc to choose your library : suppose they advance a ri _& htto coatroul your ledger ? Suppose the bishops demand it , as a Catholic you must obey—always wiih the liberty of appealing to Rome . Here is the _0-Connell creed in thc nineteenth century : — "Dcwn with tiie British , and on your knees to the Pope-.. Away with : the- Saxon , and put your trust in thc Soman . " As we- write this , we be _^ in to boil and foaraiovor like the- _SttHxford . There "is Mr . Davis , of _i-ie _Nattm _, who pants for freedom , and would not msnd a little _bloottlcfcting to procuro it . Well , Mr . Diivis ,. sup , _piae-the Saxon done for , and sec what aomo 3 _&

      ext-a reign of Catholic bishops and the Pope _siijrem Dare you preach against this as you -preach again English tyranny ? Dare you rebel against Dan a his supreme Pope , as you would against us _oppressa over the water *? Do you men , who ass _* tane to . I the leaders of tho Liberal party in Ireland * , acbno : ledge tills doctrine ? _acquiesce in a supremacy whh lias been tried in , and kicked out of , all Europe- ?• would seem as if you' did . It would socm as if thc ardent spirits that bluster about catting Etegli throats are so cowed , that if O'Connell were to sol : tho Inquisition they daren't protest—and theso n the men who shriek out for liberty , and gasp fort freedom " for which Sarsfield foushti and _' _Toue or * j niscd !"—Punch ,

      # In The Cut Of Tlic Two Fat Wen, Tho Sy...

      # In the cut of tlic two fat wen , tho symbol of etern is placed bctweon them , to carry out tho ideii conceived the celebrated _Fuseli , who , always _soein . _-j one « f tlium c ting beef as he frc ( Hi _<* , ntlj passed the shop , and _Ualiavi liin * . to be always the same mun , said : " the most pcrf _representation nf eternity ha _lr . ul over seen was , the ir cutting beet in St , _J _' _artiii ' _i-i- _'O _" . _" . _"' "

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      Keauixos Is Natural Ilisroitv.—Tub "Hoe....

      _Keauixos is _Natural _Ilisroitv . —Tub " Hoe . buck . "— " The Roebuck , " says Goldsmith , " is tho smallest ofthe deer kind known in our climate ;" and it appears to have been growing " small by degrees and _beautifiiliy less , " till itis now one of the most _itisigtitiicaut animals to be met with even in the Commons . This extraordinary animal sheds its horns , and , indeed , it has been known sometimes to lose its * _hc' -id , pnrticnlarlv during the sittinir of Parliament . " TheRoebuck _. ' _- _' coiitimics Goldsmith , " with humble ambition , courts the rising slope . " It doss not however , ri . su very high , though it once took a leap at a

      bar which astonished cvevy one . The Roebuck ' s motions aro very easy , consi stim : chiefly of motions ot course , wliich are the easiest of any . ' It is possessed ol much cunning , and is found to make a very good retreat by its various whitlm- _* _- !* . The Roebuck is not a social animal , and though verv _cat-ilv subdued , can never he thoroughly ianied . It is subject to terror without a cause , ami , indeed , it seems seldom to have in view a cause of any kind . The Roebuck is never to be cntirilv relied on , for it has capricious liis of hereeness , _lliis animal is more appreciated in America—particularly in Canada—than it is in Europe . —Punch .

      1 _'aults o . v _iiotii Sires —Members in England , _aiul _^ deputies in France , arc always _eompurini ; ihe navies ofthe two countries , ami their complaints are so much alike , that from their _catalogxc of faults , it would seem to be , as far as the number of efficient ; ships is concerned , literally six on one side and halfa-dozen on the other . Let us hope this is so far true that it will be a _loiig time before _tliewis known to be any real difference Between them ' . —Ibid . Cuss IIor . sv . s-. — The newspapers contain an account of an importation of a thick description of window-glass intended for rooting . This kind of _residence , however , will never do for Mr . Roebuck , and such members as arc in the habit of throwing stones . -Rid .

      _ftuKitn Wants . —People who ' advertise in thc Times want curious thiiigssoinetiines . Iuthccolumusofth . it print , only a few days ago , nppe . m' tl an advertisement for " a __ respectable single woman , as wet nurse . " There is some novelty iu the requisition at any rate , especially as it expressly stipulated that she must have " a good character . " Tlis advertiser must havo more of the milk of human kindness than usual , to bo willing to overlook the means by which single women become _qualilicd to _fnllil the duty in question . _Moue _Woniv ron the Post _Ovtick Sr- * . —Certain Government authorities ( evidently not under the guidance of the oemmittee of taste " ) , have directed a . story . Jor rather some supcrerescmit building , to be sad

      died upon t-hcPost-oliici-, and the Punch-like hump is being erected . When completed , wc presume , it will be _ojvned by tlio Home Secretary . Jib is Pit ron _Si-. UKriiixu . —Princj Albert has been again put in requisition for " laying the tomi'Jation stone" for a new building—a _fres-h hospital for Marylebone and Paddington . The willingness of his Royal Highness to accede to such applications unquestionably betokens n wish to make himself generally useful—always a laudable trait in prince or peasant . Luckily such duties as tliese require no great stretch of intellect , and without overtasking such mental attributes as he possesses , his Royal Highness cannot fail to feel himself quite at home .

      THE _JHtlTAST i : ! S _* tu' \ Church _tailitfliifi _* , 'twill much lvjoiee your hearts To know Cii . uiles James , who deems liimself no fool , Sow boasts himself , amidst his varied paits , Director of a _tiu'lifurj- school I Setti . vg tuk " Ciiaxcki . i . ok" at Dkfuxce . —Dyco Sombre is living at _Brussels very quietly , anil has a " committee" of doctors , who daily visit ' liim nnd report upon his " case . " No fuwerthan _/ i « , _wohoar , pay their periodical attention to him . This is truly a novel mode of determining sanity , but _itmaynevertheless be a very smmi . system in Uelginm .

      _Yaxkei * _Cutexess . —Some time since , thc 1 aiikec schooner -SuWii Ann , under command ol" one Captain Spooner , was beating up the Connccticutrivcr . Mr . Comstock , the mate , was at his station forward . ' According to his notion of things , the schooner waa getting rather too near certain flats whicli lay along the larboard shore . So aft he goes to tho captain , and with his hat cocked on onc side , says ; " Captain Spooner , you arc getting rather close to them _aru flats ; hadn ' t you better go about ? " To whieh , Captain Spooner " replied : " Mr . Comstock , do you go

      forward and attend to your part'of the skuner : I'll _nttaiil to _miiio . " Mr . Comstock _"mwled" forward in high dudgeon . " Roys , " said he , " sec that arc mud-hook all clear for letting go . " " Ay , ay , -Sir ; all clear . " " Let " 0 , " said he . Down went tlior anchor , out rattled ' the chain , and like a Hash the Sally Aun came lufiing into the wind , and then _ln-miglit up all standing . Mr . Comstock walked aft , _iiml touching his hut very cavalierly , " Captain Spooner , " said ho , " xxxy part oi * the schooner is at anchor !"

      CANINE LEGISLATION . Xow that _Liddell—f . imoil sire of the dos-steaUng _iVet , " T ; ie power of transporting the " prigger" withdraws , Gr .. _*> nti .: iv vows that the hon ' rnhle member , in fact , lias the measure ciu-taite-t of its most useful clause . The Pkixck-Co . _vsoiit ' _s "Am * .. "—Amongst tho favourite pieces of music , as wc are informed by tho Court Circular , frequently performed before hei ; Majesty by the Queen ' s private band , is a " Fantasia on ' airs by his Royal Highness Prince Albert . " Thus it will lie seen , notwithstanding what some people may say to the contrary , that tlio Prince frequently plucks up siiih ' cient spirit absolutely to indulge in his airs before tho Queen ! Rut whether her Majesty shows off any of her own am in return , is a private matter with wliich we do not * choose to meddle . There arc two sorts of chords in music—concord and effj- 'ord .

      . 5 tra . vok jf _Tiiu . _* .. — " Well , if it ain't true I ' m _tluuimu-M-d ; ' twas on the banks of thc Potomac , aC the Pull—not ot the river , stranger—but of the leafnot the leaf , though , of your Achilles , Item ! Uncle lien and I were out a gaming . . No sport . Returning at evening we fired oil' our charges in despair , when , jist at that moment , a noble stag , or bison , I forget which , appeared at tho opposite bank , quenching his thirst . 'Hell and rattlesnakes ' . ' said Uncle Ren , ' I'll walk into that en * wariuint . ' Wc both charged our ritles and lired together . And what doyen think , stranger ? I looked lor Uncle Ren , and saw " only his _ram-vod stuck slantcndicularly in the ground . I looked across the river , and there I saw nuncks oa the haste ' s horns , lie had rannn'd down himself bxstcad of the ball , anil went olhnetmerieaUy !" A New "Way o ? Making Mo . nky . — _Rtiy a two-andsixpenny Gossamer , and you'll very soon get a crown out of it .

      Givb mb Time . —A Scotchman having hired himself to a farmer , had a cheese set down before him , that hc might help himself . 1 lis master said to hini , "Sandy , you take a long time to breakfast . " __ "In troth , master , " answered h » , " . i cheese o'this size is nae sue soon eaten as ye may think . " _Dll'i-KREXCK BETWKO " _WollDS" AXD " MoXEY . _' _' — King Charles 11 . having ordered a new suit of clothes to be made , just at a time when addresses wcre coming up to him from all parts of the kingdom , Tom . Killigrew went to thc tailor , and _oidi-red him to _* makc a very large pocket on onc side of the coat , and onc small one on the other , that the King could hardly get his hand intoit ; which seeming very odd , when they were brought home , hc asked tiie meaning of it ; the tailor said , Mr . Killigrew ordered it so . Killigrew lining sent for and interrogated , said , one pocket was forthe addresses of his Majesty's subjects , and the other for the money they would give him .

      True , ok _mobb than Kxoisb _OmcEits .--Thc Commissioners- in tho Excise _OlSee were offended at a Quaker , who-answered yes aud no to their questions , and asked him , "Bo you know for what we sit here ? ' "' "Yen , " said Nathan ) " some of yon for £ 300 , and . otlisrs for £ 1000 a year . Bad- _Nj-iivs von : tnea : _Fus Sex . — Railways have tended much to-do-away with romance , but tlic " unkindest cut of ' all , '" the _erntpde grace _iMs-. _lx'eii dealt by that monstrosity of a ' . Lort _* _^ H enry Bnmgham , who-has-actually introduced a- bill into-tho House * of _Peei'S ,. ' uivalida _* ai ) g all future Gretna Green _enpoiwals that may-be solemnized subsequently to thc first of

      next January , Raui ; v , vay matehe _* , hearts of tinder , and _liyinenotd' chains , are io- be all crushed beneath _, _tbis-avi ' . _hiiicste-of _legy-iAion- _^ while sparks ar . d flames will se ' mtUhYte _noinsirc ai _* _owmlthebl . icksmith ' s '' " orge . Oh . ! , ladies , fairV . whilst _Kretnt * _. Groen is yefc . _undeseoratciL by act _si'Plwiuvment , fiy to tbat " city of rc-i ' ugp , "' f . "nd . give your-tyrannical guardians the doul & ,. Txy . malting yourself on * with the men you love ; aid' dove , who **** bolts , and bars , and slender pursea _keop _. _ab nome _, _pctitios against « measure , which _, tlnieatans _, _to-swufc Cupid 'tacking back to Paphos , to rendey- _post-oiii' scs- not worth the _daty paid upon them v inito . _msk- > every on © of ye cantankerous old . miiisi ' _s . ! :

      _iSK . am _* 5 Co » BiwTB _* f ; M \ s . —Did you ever know a . Railway , froni a place no one knows where to a nlaca no . _oiic- _e-. _-erhfK-tr . _t of before with branches everywhere , ct ' ' whieh the gradients -were not easy , tho cuttings , few ,, the- _ttmneiling next to nothing , and the _trafficilMiieaso _Z—Punch . _Pnciase a _TtiMK too Hion . —The highest we , have neatti of a tune being p itched was by the lcadj >» at a eoug > tneetitig . He pitched it so high tliat some of tho singers could not reach the upper no-tea . with a ten foot polo . —American paper . A Piors _Praykk . —Pittsburgh , tho _XSiviam _^ ham ofthe United States , having almost _suSsed

      destruction from fire , thciVcmi'ooAI'ip _/ t & OMr _, _* Mormon newspaper , devoutly prays : — ' IWay God , who neverorrs , sprinkle upon every man and city that belies the saints , as upon Pittsburgh , now ami ! tlien , a uoi _nnor ! Tiiwu _TkhrioIiB _Wra _I-wftcn Mr , Bickerstetli ¦ was at _Bassis _"* , in Africa , having his wife s portrait with him , he showed tt to a chief and his attendants . He waa much amused by their observations on it when they knew tliat it represented his wife . " . She livs tliere ! " cried the chief . " He can say , 'it ' a my i wife * i _"'"C notroublc hiin—white man clover—it is good . as if be have her with him I" Even in Africa , U would sp p . 'ar , there arc Mrs , Caudle *? .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12071845/page/3/