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      THE ROGUES ABE MET . As to th , ' tacticsKke , ytJJ be pursued in Parliament brlllC r q ) re 6 entatives of wealth , from certain speeches , _^ _ggtt , and _publicatiansthat hare recently appeared , and _gch leave little doubt on my mind , no time should be _f _^ I * the working classes to prepare for a bold aud _^ _joosstena . " _—i- _*« r of t , s . Duncombe , Esq ., to Mr . _^ . _cfShefidd . Tctoiliug millions of the land , "Who honestly your living get , So * finnly stand , a faithful band : * The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! The rogues are met , the rogues are met ' . A selfish , cruel , soulless set ; Then bravely stand , afaithful

      band—The rogues are met , the -rogues are met ! « Pea _« , <> vder , law 1 " your motto be , And loolish strife let all fovet And watch and work with energy—The _rogues are met , the rogues are met J The rogues are met , the rogues are met * A _sriSsn _, cruel , soulless set , then _brai-ely stand , a faithful band : The rogues are met , the rogues are met " for _dan-rer dire is hovering near , ATCth toils and snares you'll be beset , Oi honest men have cause to fear When rogues are met ; when rogues arc met The rogues are met , the rogues are met ! A selfish , cruel , soulless set ; Then bravely stand , a faithful band , The rogues are met , the rogues are met !

      To bind the poor man ' s helpless hands—To mesh him in a legal net—To forge for Labour stronger bands—The rogues are met , the rogues are met 1 The rogues are met , the rogues are met J A _sd & h , cruel , soulless set \ Then bravely stand , a faithful band—The rogues aie met , the rogues are met ' . But faithful , firm , aud true -remain , And sure as yon bright sun shall set _. Right yet shall reign o ' er might again , Tho * rogues are met , tho' rogues are met Tho' rogues are mel _; tho ' rogues are met , A selfish , cruel , soulless set , Right yet shall reign o ' er might again , Tho * rogues are met , tho' rogues are met . A Sebf

      Vision' Of The Future. Hr J. C. Parsce. ...

      VISION' OF THE FUTURE . Hr J . C . ParscE . 1 _stcno splendid tyrant on a throne , Extorting homage with a bauble rod ; ? . _' o senate , heedless of a people ' s moan , _Curgi'S ' tl : e produce ofthe fertile sod ; l » o _sinsual priest , wifhpamper'd pride o ' erblown , Shielding oppression inthe name of God . y . o _pensioned concubine—no pauper peer , To scorn the widow ' s or the orphan ' s tear . I see no bondsman at his brother ' s feet , The weak one fearing what tbe . strong one saith ; So Massed tvcalth npon the judgment seat , _Crging its victims to disgrace or death ; So-renal pleaders , privileged to cheat . With truth and falsehood in the selfsame breath ; Ho _duoffeon -dooms—no prisons for the _poor—JJo partial laws to render power secure .

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      Tait's Magazine—Febeuaby. Fhe Present Mo...

      TAIT'S MAGAZINE—Febeuaby . fhe present month ' s number calls for no particular remark . " Celts and Saxons , " a tale , by _ifcs . Johnstone , wc have not read , having as yet not seen the eomniciH-ement , the last three Nos . ofthe Magazine not _liarh-grcached us ; hut the title is an attractive one , and thc writer is every way competent to produce a tale of stirring interest . The article " On Poor Laws , " by George Ramsay , SLA ., we may notice hereafter ; the subject ofthe Scotch Poor Law * System is one that requires to be brought before the English people , and we hope to bring it before them shortly

      The notices ofnew works are , as usual with this Maga-• rine , not the least interesting feature of the number The reviews _ofWalpole _' s _"Afemoirs of George III ., " and Serjeant Talfourd _' _s " Vacation _Bianbles , " will be found a rare treat , and will give thereader a faithfid impression of the -works themselves . " Letters -from Ifaples , " by Madame Wolfessberokr , " arc most _int-eresting , and detail Neapolitan life and manners most t horouguly , and -we believe truly , though we are sorry we cannot add agreeably . Here is a description of

      THE BEGGABS OF _SAPtES . The whole road actually sivarmed with beggars . If you carried a sack of coin , it would not suffice for the thousands of miserable wretches who besiege yon with their clamour , and make a spectacle of their infirmities . "Wherever you go you are sure to be thus surrounded—iu tie streets of the city , in the country , and , above all , in tin-churches . The crippled , the blind , the -maimed , and diseased are _penniited to _-Enro-ajj the temples of the i _* irinit } , "Saa to pursue the devotee , or the stranger , to the raj- footcf the altar-irith their importunate petitions for Oii-rvU ; whilst the priests , in garments of lace , fine linen , I

      and - precious embroidery , pass them by , as if blind to their misery aud deaf to their petitions . The children _iar _^ abfoiatclynofliing else to do than to beg , and every _idiere _follon- the stranger by dozens , with the Same fflonraiul triune . But though the poverty is frightful and Tail wc soon found that it was impossible to give alms to eat or tnu wj-iout < 3 ravring on ourselves the almost _disfc-wunj * pursuit of a crowd of clamorous -miserable mat-he * , who seem obstinately determined to take no _itnial . _3 or is it to the _lowest-ra- _'dHtlratbe' _- 'ging is confined . It has been _sai-L no man in Maples Is too proud to he : few are tea noble to steal . To cheat is the universal

      _profeifaon . Here is a revolting description of the population of lie 2 ncieut citr of Puteoli ( near Naples ) , now

      called _POZZCOLO . Thc market-place of the town , from the earliest dawn of Aw- , is crowded with fruit-sellers and idlers . Nobody seans to do anything but talk and gesticulate . Priests , f & nne ** , peasants , children , and women , are there _l-foaaiig and talking , morning , noon , and night . Every ¦ _>>! ? _ract-pt the priests looks poor ; and yet nobody seems 13 do anything , except those behind the fruit stalls who _s _^ _n-a-sting chesnuts , or the girls tuniihg their spindles . Tin-greatest part ofthe population here , as in Naples , _ftiitalh pass their Says in the street , and their houses _£ *? fflth filthy dens , it is no wonder they are glad to Bttpe from them into the open air . The women wash , ¦ _" _•^ -ooli , and clean their children In the public eye - , and _3 » n ; en lounge about with their red or brown nightcaps on _ttar heads , and their jackets hung on their shoulders ,

      _TOhoiiterHi taking the trouble to insert their arms in _fk-JeeTts . in rainy weather they are defended hy a _•^ tk , open on one side , the angle of which forms a kind ~ _wod , by which this rude habiliment hangs suspended _•^ their head . Diseased eyes is a common malady of Else wretched _bt-iegs , whom suffering renders _prema-** _5 _* 3 y old . To those who take anyinterest in the welfare _*" ¦ _fl-or fdlow-creatures , it is a most painful spectacle to _~^ A ih cin thus degraded , and destitute of _eve-rything " ¦ "A tends either io diminish the physical sufferings , * _ameliorate the moral condition of man . In health , _™ _J « ath , and fine weather , they are gay and light of ~ *'' ; be ! when these , or the means of gaining a scanty wdihood fail , there is no provision for the poor , no _chari-* J _* e _ilersy , or higher class near , to succour or to consolc frf _* as "" - "J nave lived , unpitied and anassisted : and _™>? aw Diro _. rn into a hole , as -we had already witnessed , _•^ affined , by dozens together , to rot , and be forgotten .

      And these are the descendants of the once proud _*^« _s of the world ! But the main cause of this _^ woation is sufficientlv evident— "Everybody Z _/ % 1 & priests , looks poor ! " These locusts , fatten * the people starve ; these vampires flourish as _« _hais wither ; and their prosperity is ihe sure sign „* _nation ' s misery and slavery . This is evidently _£ - view taken bv Madame _Wou-ensbergek , in the ' _- _^ _in _* : exposure of > THE PBD 5 STS .

      » . " r _* « as'is a Christian land , a professedly religious ti l ' .- _*^* - " _^ _tholic inn-asters absolutely swarm ; yet . , ! = _£ _tltij _ifem a _jjjj _, subsistence thence , and are u , _""f'Pro I ,, iatiiig more and more of the property of the hi " 0111 * . ''* _* ' '" J-taeJr ° _V exactions , bnt by the S * ; _T _? ° _*" ° t « - lS > . who are _WrC-tlghi on io make _* _-t-JrnT' * rirlltirs ' to tlie ruin of their relatives , what ¦ _ieni inrt _^ Wake t 0 tne P P ' . sa ref «> encourage f . _-. " _^ ' _^ _Kicss , and their delusions , and _ihei-jno-£ _*\ _Jr- ttrfr _-tet-ructym 1 _"What can we think _» ... _ - - _! 01 men , w lw . _mth ciiph a vast twmwin their

      _isa _Ji ~ di . der _SJ possess in the _Ismguom of Naples , -W J _*^ ¦* " sd » _-es the servants of Heaven , yet f u T _** aeir auth en < T *> r the benefit of their _^ _m _? ' Vmt n , nier s _* rire * _hf eve O' « ieans m _^^^ _^^^ _tbevrozressoflaiowlea _& _wtwh , tits _T * tlu _* » breaks in from more enlightened coun-Et ' -fe _&^ _f taniei ' s ® _f superstitiou they consider _^ sole _basing to defend ! _fa _^^ _wJals cvidenflr east in sufficient _abund-^ _eadamf-v _? fo Sive io another ShasAsaxLO the _fot ] i _^ _*\ _Wt > -mentlie shall aeelare himself ; for _^ ( 3 _^ " * the I « ople muflt render them ripe for F 'bu < m r " _H < _iuange conld possibly mate their _^ _Th _mll 0 TSe _%° _^ is . _ButTams I if the misery _Rsuol _^ Y ould ensB « 5 tie triumph of a _Massa-! _^ Wtn % fl rntd ignorance would not the less B od _fjK _^ 11611 _* falL The curse of priestcraft _NtrC ; - _^ _t-on _. the _ahwe of priests , can it * -- in _\ , ni _? i o' can neTer Preserve _itsfiee-Wiitspf _^ _fl-ertJs no freedom of thought , no _-mhwini .

      _^^ B _^^^^ _M MadameWotz-,: _% * a- J 3 ! "SoQiing progresses / save t he _«* inibeis an dtheirpower „ Aiag > poor Italy !

      Tait's Magazine—Febeuaby. Fhe Present Mo...

      nave now before us the first monthlv na-t and we _> ery likely to ripen into the full "fruit of _performtb ™ - » _spartcontaim two _ewnplete tales , and _"tSS _Tx _"S * _?" - The' fi _« t of these , loung Mr . Roberta three Christmas dinners , " _EX _^ l an ? ] hnt "oral which all women , nut especially young wives , mav studv with ad « _m-^ f _^? 0 t 1 _f iL amusir 'S than it is instructive . The description of the second Christmas dinner , in which ue shabby _aenteeF is exhibited to perfection , is _liulicrous m the extreme . We regret avd _cannot afford room for the kitchen scene , with the

      _act-ompa-wuent ot m « dy Oai _« eiUHi * _5 -elOQHttiep The second piece , "Alary Aime _' s Hair , " is a beautiful talei of -woman's love . The only fault we have to find with this tale is , that the conclusion is so _obscuro that we deem it exceedmsh- HkeK- that one half who read it will mistake the niost important point of the conelusion . This is a pity , as the denouement , if told m somewhat plainer words , would have added to , instead of depreciated the interest ofthe story . From this tale we give the following graphic picture of

      - B . an . T _JCSTICS , Who thai has once seen the general aspect , and watched the proceedings of that yawning mouth of Avernus can ever forget it ? Why have we not moral as well as historical painters ? Hogarth has left us some striking lessons , and _Cruikshank has done somethin _** :: —the Old Bailey alone , every day of the . Sessions , might have furnished numbers without number . It nas about ten O ' clock When I entered the court . Before eleven I had seen at least six cases tried , and as many juvenile thieves found guilt } -, and left ready , at a future day , to be sen : fenced in the lump . I mean , in one dav , or rather one

      hour , to be condemned by the score to the hulks , transportation , whipping , or imprisonment . There was complete division of labour here . I endeavoured to ascertain what cases stood nest to come on . Kb one could tell . Probably no one there distinctly knew . It seemed all matter of accident or caprice ; and all was Crowd , hurry , buzz , _nusue , and contusion . I was at a loss whether ' to remain where I was , or at once repair to Newgate , when my resolution was fixed by the mumbled call for a prisoner , whose name , at least to my fancy , resembled " Lyndsay Boyle ;" and thc young man himself was brought forward , escorted in the usual manner , —changed , indeed , from what I had seen him some months before . I could not look

      upon the poor youth without deep interest and compassion . His case appeared to excite considerable curiosity . The court became crowded and choked up by all kinds of people . I was pushed back , and , from the noise , confusion , and hubbub on every side , it was impossible , from the place where I stood at last jammed in , to bear one word distinctly ofthe trial proceeding before me in dumb show . I looked on the unfortunate culprit , and the pantoinime of justice performing before me , with a swell of indignant feeling-which I shall not describe . The attorney , with whom I knew poor Mary Atone had left her hard-earned money , was visible in the crowd , but distant from the bewildered prisoner , gesticulating _riolcnflr , as

      if calling , or pretending to call , to the officers ofthe court to get forward * bis witnesses—searching , or pretending to search , "for the counsel who held the brief , and who could not be found . The bench naturally grumbled , I was afterwards told that very unusual patience and indulgence had been shown to the prisoner . It was indeed fourteen minutes by my watch from the time he was placed at the bar till the thrilling shriek of a female voice followed the awful cM _% ty ; and in the gallery , to which I now first looked , I saw a green gauze -veil falling with the sinking head . The shriek of woman ' s agony was ia those days not so rare in that court as to produce any very marked sensation .

      Remove the woman > was but a customary official mandate . I pressed forward to take my goddaughter from the officers who hastened to conduct , or carry her out . He is sold—the poor fellow is sold ! were the indignant whispers and exclamations of the respectable persons around me , in whom free notions ofthe rights of property , and the habit of thieving , had by no means obliterated all sense of natural justice , whatever the virtuous may think . Their sympathy with Boyle waslively and intense . Many of the poor wretches had probably passed through the same ordeal , or were liable te it . As I pushed through the crowd , I came upon the attorney , who had been apparently iu hot pursuit of the counsel , now first found . Bless my soul I cried the attorney , but this is really unlucky . —Has that man a soul by which to bless himself ? Ha . ' the case closed , replied the counsel , wheeling round , and , flirting his bundled briefs , involving the fortune _sof probably some other half dozen wretches , he scampered off to another court

      And is my evidence to be wholly useless !—not to be heard , sir ! said a decent-looking young tradesman , who now found the attorney that had been in search of him . I have waited here every day this week , and this is Thursday , to give evidence , which I am morally certain would have cleared Mr . Lyndsay Boyle . We must now see what can be done through the Pardon Power , said the attorney . If he has friends , there is no fear of him yet . But if he have none ! said thc witness . The attorney shrugged his shoulders . I have a dozen cases here to-day—good bye , sir—write to his friends , ii yon wish him well , to move the Pardon Power—even that takes cash : —make way for the lady—fainted , poor thing !

      We have much pleasure in recommending this work to _oucreaders ; it is one of the very liest of the current publications ; and we hope will have a circulation equal to its merits .

      S^S 8 ^H Tales, Conducted By Mrs. I^Loa,...

      S _^ S _^ H TALES , conducted by Mrs . i _^ _loa , Js _^* -Edmhuigh ; ChapmanandHa ! i , _Ibf-firs * ( _P _^ Sff ° / ese "Tales" was welcomed ' - '• _^ 4 S _& ° 5 I ? _** " - P ° P _«*^ literature of the _"T w the support of the niiMic . We

      Cade's London Keview—Femiranr. This Nnyj...

      _CADE'S _LONDON _KEVIEW—FEmirAnr . This nnyjazine is the New Edinburg h re-gfiristencd , and we think very" judiciously so . At the outset we objected to the title , suggesting that London would be a much more appropriate name than Edinburgh Re view . Others of our contemporaries raised the like o ! jection ; and the Editor , in compliance with the general wish of his friends , has thrown off the imitative guise , and boldly taken his stand on his own merits , which we think quite sufficient to ensure Lini success with his literary venture .

      The first , second , and third numbers of this Review have already been noticed in the Star , but the fourth number we have not received . This is unfortunate , for we miss the second article of the series on "Religious Changes , " by far the most able and interesting articles which have appeared in this publication . The third article under this head , embracing the history of the origin and settlement of the " Church of England , " is contained in the present number . Hon far the " Reformers , " as they nave been called , were really friends to religious liberty , may be gathered from Cranmer _' s revision of the canon law , in which denial of the truth of Chrisiianify was made ptaiisha & fe with death ! Fortunately this atrocious code never became the law ofthe land , it never having

      obtained the sanction of royal authority . Queen Elizabeth appears to have been but an indifferent Protestant on her first assuming regal power ; the changes , however , that she deemed requisite she enforced vigorously . Of the ten thousand ecclesiastics who had been sworn Catholics in the preceding reign only about one hundred gave up their benefices , rather tJian conform to the new order of things ; so that the famed " Yicar of Bray" was by no means the first of his order who , regarding Christianity as a " nose of wax , " have shaped and twisted it to suit their own ends . We have in this article aH amusing sketch of that sublime ass , the "High and Mighty Prince James , " as the _state-biblc-mongera style him . From this valuable article we give the following extract ;—

      BEIGN OF JAMES FIRST . —RESULTS OF BIDLElSS . That the age was rude is notorious ; one of royal favouritism and courtly licentiousness—of hypocrisy , treachery , and espionage ; of secret poisonings , bloody executions , and savage murders . It was an age of onebooka very good one undoubtedly , but not commensurate to _flie diversified exigencies of society . The manual of life , all that men reasoned , argued , _awlquarrefted concerning , was the Bible audits conflicting interpretations ; it formed the sole _•* jclops . di & of science , ethics , natural philosophy , ecclesiastical and political government . It was from this armoury all weapons of controversy were derived ; all authorities deduced ; all perplexing and mystifying texts quoted . In such a limited field , with such stinted intellectual resources , it was impossible men could advance in knowledge , unanimity , or toleration . They were a prey to the conceits , fancies , and fluctuating impulses of narrow

      and half-literate guides , and the questions which occupied them were seldom more important or cogently supported than those of the 3 fuscorite doctors . In a controversy of these northern sages , when the question was" Whether the practice of smoking tobacco was a sin ?" the respondent maintained that it was lawful to get drunk with brandy , but not to smoke ; because the Iloly Scripture saith , "that which proceedeth put of the mouth defUeth a man , while that wluch entereth into it doth not defile him . " It is understood that there is hardly any puerility , idolatry . Jesuitism , or extravagance , from _AfLeism to Diabolism , that a little perverse ingenuity may not bless with some equivocal translation of textual authority . Even the perdition creed of St . Athanasius is not wholly unaccredited , and the late Archbishop _Magee used to refer to the 16 th chapter of St . Mark , as the divine authority for its eternal maledictions .

      A precious picture ofthe workings of the " blessed book . " " It was an _ase of one 6 oofc , " says the writer , and the fruits of the teachings of that book were , "licentiousness , hypocrisy , treachery , espionage , secret poisoni nas , bloody executions , and savage murders . ' " By th " eir fruits ye shall know them ! " Our next extract exhibits the

      " _DAHNABIX D 0 CTBISE 3 " OF _CALVISflSM . Worse than sorcery or witchcraft , in the first Stuart's reign , the whole island , from the land ' s End to John-o * - _Groat-s , was overshadowed with the deadly nightshade of Calvinism . Thugg ism would be a more suitable name ; for itis onlyin the sanguinary delusions of tbe assassins of the east , who pervert horrid crimes into consecrated virtues , that a fit parallel can be found to the extremes of the Geneva school , which in place of divine beneficence plants a macerated demon ; blind , truculent , and indiscriniinative . Frightful as is the creed of the Calvms , Knexes , ahdMelvlll _» In its rigour , _itmust be remembered as a feature of the period , that ninety assembled divines ( five of them deputies of King James ) , having the fear of Cod before their eyes and the holy Scriptures iu their hands , after some months * deUberation at Dort , among other equally pious and plausible matter , declared , " that God , by an absolute decree , hath elected to salvation a very smaU number of men , without any regard to their faith or obedience Whatever , and excluded from saving

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      grace all the rest of mankind , and appointed them by the same decree to eternal damnation , without any regard to their infidelity or impeuitency . " Even up to the present time , in the formularies of Scotland , it is affirmed that they who liaving never heard the gospel know not Jesus Christ , ana believe not in lum , cannot be saved , be they ever SO diligent to frame their lives according to the Kght of nature , or thc laws of that religion which they possess . " This article concludes with the _following remarks on °

      RELIGION . The general and final conclusion from our comparative view , it is likely , will ba , that reli gion has ever been the first handmaid of civilization , but that it does not advance with advancing intelligence ; that it is quickly corrupted by power , becomes intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , and immoral ; that it is unequal to the supreme government of a refined people , and _itu _Sr-st mission fulfilled to barbarous or half-civilized men , its next appropriate place is subordination to the civil authority , and its crude and stunted dogmas to the interpretation of an ever expanding literature , science , and philosopliv _.

      If religion is " corrupted by power , " is "intolerant , cruel , arbitrary , and immoral ; " if its "crude and stunted dogmas" require to lie ruled by "literature , science , and philosophy , " why should tho evil be permitted to exist at all ? O * _-, vather-for so long as knaves can Jinil __ dupes upon whom to practise their arts , religion will continue to exist—why should not every effort be made by the enlightened to tee the minds of the many from the grovelling superstitions which have hitherto kept them " priest-led slaves , " and made them the victims of every fraud and wrong ? until this be accomplished , the freedom of the human race is unattainable .

      Ihere are some very able reviews of new works in this month ' s number , including Gregg ' s " Commerce ofthe Prairies ; " Mr . Johnston ' s "Travels in Abysima ; " and " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation . From the review of Johnston ' s " Travels " we give the following picture of

      _A-ll-gSl . VW . V CURlSTlAttB , The manners and the superstitions of the Shoan population , as described both by Major Harris and Mr . Johnston , after nearly eighteen centuries of firmly established Christianity , might suggest a lesson to a large class of people in this country , who fancy they are doing all that is needful towards promoting the cause of _reUgion and humanity by the mere fact of causing savages to profess their , favourite creed . No people fulfil more rigorously than the Suoans all the external forms of religion . The power of the priesthood is immense : it alone is strong enough to control the will of the despot who rules them ; yet , according to Major Harris , a more bloodthirsty and cruel , filthy , false , and rapacious people than these Christians of Shoa can hardly exist . As their king said of them to his English visitors , " they are bad . " *

      The Autobiography ofthe Editor is continued , and is most instructive and interesting . On thc whole , we like the appearance of this number mnch . If continued in the like spirit , and with the same ability , Wade ' s London Review must and will succeed .

      The Family Herald. Part Xxi.-Broos, 421,...

      THE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXI .-Broos , 421 , Strand . OTall the cheap miscellanies combining information and amusement for the " million , " weknowiume worthier of approval than the Family Herald . Rightly it is named Family its contents rendering it a most fitting companion for the family circle . We have facts and philosophy for gentlemen ; hints and entertainment for ladies ; questions and diversion for youth ; aud recreation and harmless pastime for all . In the _Avords ofthe motto onthe cover of this publication , it will be found , '' interesting to all—offensive to none . " In common with several other publica tions , the Herald contains a translation of Eugeke Sue ' s famous work , " The Wandering Jew . " But beyond this , the Herald contains an immense ' mass

      of reading which but very few ofthe cheap publications can compete with . Indeed the Herald will advantageously bear comparison with not a few of the dear-priced periodicals . One most interesting feature of the Herald is the editorial articles of its principal conductor . Ranking in our opinion with _Tnoiiis Caklym : as one ofthe most original thinkers of the present time , we have reason to believe that in the pages of this publication he is read by some thousands , with an interest not easily described . Our belief of ibis is grounded on the individual instances that have come under our notice ; and when we state that the Family Herald circulates something like

      fifty viousand copies weekly , the actual readers probably amounting to at least four times that number , the _ reader will see that we have good ground for our belief . Thc present Part contains excellent articles from the pen ofthe Editor on thefollowingsubjects : — " Symbolical Clothing ; or the Surplice and Gown analogically considered . " "North and South ; or Mental and Moral _Magnetism . " "Temper ; good and bad tempers , and their respective uses . " " Credulity and Incredulity , _Supeistition , and Science ;" and "The Movements , Political and Domestic . " We g ive the following extracts , all wc can find room for , from the article on " Credulity and Incredulity . "

      COJJTISnED EXISTENCE 0 E PAGANISM . When Christianity came into heathen lands , it had an immense work of destruction before it , and that is yet _' far from being accomplished . Yet thc process of the invasion of heathen practices has been conducted with wonderful method and propriety . Instead of suppressing them entirely , it partly adopted them . It converted the image of Jupiter into thc statue of St . Peter—it imitated the rituals , vestments , fasts , and festivals of Paganism , and destroyed their profanity by consecrating them anew , and baptising them anew . It thus succeeded in changing the old names—and by building splendid cathedrals , and

      ordaining splendid ceremonies , and founding new ordersthe old religions went out , whilst the old national superstitions practically remained . This was all that Romanism could do ; aud when it had accomplished this its mission , somethin' * : more was required . Even to this day the peasants of Spain wiU turn round the imago of the Tirgin that stands on their mantel-piece , when they proceed to do anything which they fear will offend her delicacy . This is a remnant of Paganism whicli contains some little moral beauty to atone for its absurdity ; but still it is a remnant which Romanism does not oppose , and cannot extinguish .

      A SlXPENSr WINO . Sir Walter Scott , in his notes to the Pirate , describes an old woman of Stromness , whom he visited , whose name was Bessie Millie , and who lived by selling winds to the sailors . "He was a venturous master of a vessel , " says Sir Walter , " who left the roadstead of Stromness without paying his offering to propitiate Bessie MUlie . " Her charges were very moderate , only sixpence for a favourable wind , and the sailors paid it with a look between jest and earnest . For this sixpence , she boiled her kettle , and prayed for the vessel that paid it , and she said the wind was sure to come sooner or later . She was nearly a hundred years old when Sir Walter saw her , and there is no reason to doubt that the old kimmcr believed in her

      own influence , A WORD FOE SHAKSPEABE AND THE FAIRIES . A dark and gloomy superstition is one that is not likely to gain or keep ground in an age like this ; and it is only such a superstition that can prove detrimental to our temper , our mort & a , or our understanding . We care not how much the people believe in fairies and men of peace—the dunshee of the Scottish _Highlanders . The faith will do them little harm , so that it does not enslave them , but supplies them with interesting topics of song and of _thought . The rigid censure of scientific matter-of-fact incredulity we do not much admire ; and we felt very little respect for the understanding of a scientific regenerator , who , in a public lecture , at which we formed one of the

      audience , declared tbat such poets as _Shakspeare and Milton , who spoke of fairies and ghosts , and other bug-abears , as matters-of-fact , " tended more to debase than to cultivate the human mind ; and concluded by a _sing-ular expression of hope , that the day would soon come when we would have a Shakspeare of our own , who would affirm nothing but what was in strict conformity with the demonstrations of science ! A mathematical dramatist ! a geological Shakspeare ! a physiological Milton ! Why , the very beauty of poetry is its T ! 0 « -sense , and the charm of an innocent fairy superstition is its absurdity . Make it too rational and it proves injurious . Its mystery and unintelligibility are not the least of its recommendations . The beautiful may be within our reach , but the grand and sublime are beyond it .

      Immense as is the present _s : ;! c of the Family Herald , wc hope still to see it increase and multiply , and to that end advise all who have not hitherto made its ac 9 . uaint . ince to make it forthwith , and judge of its merits for themselves .

      The Chronicles Of Thebastile. T.C Jtewby...

      THE CHRONICLES OF THEBASTILE . T . C _JTewby , " , 2 , Morthner-streot _, _Cavcndish-flCjuare . We continue our extracts from this " excellent work Pressed for room , we must defer further comment We shall return to tlic subject next week .

      THE CHAHBEB OP _TOUTUBE . THE BOOT . For the last time , said he , I a 9 k thee , Baron de St . -Auney , to confess thy crime and thy accomplice . Here is the paper : wilt thou sign it ? The baron waved his hand negatively—for his anguish was too intense to permit him to speak—and trembling ly awaited the result . D'Argenson no sooner understood the sign , than he leaped from his chair , and striking the table with his clenched hand , exclaimed , with a frightful oath , that made even the hardened assistants shudder : By heaven . thou shaU 9 ign it ! A few glances were now interchanged between the parties : St . Marc took _D'Argeuson ' s place , whilst he advanced with Corbe and Riquelet to the spot where the baron was standing ; beckoning the soldiers , the latter placed their muskets against the widl _, and seized their unfortunate victim . '

      The calmness of the baron at this juncture was frightful to behold ; it was evident that he maintained it only at the expense of an immense effort ; large drops of cold perspiration streamed down his cheek , from every pore ; his teeth were firmly set together , and his lips compressed , but though his countenance was pallid , it indicated no irresolution . * . when , they laid hands upon him , ' he turned his eyes to heaven , his lips moved , and a tear fell from his eyes : here all outward emotion ceased _. Bind him yonder , said _D'Argenson , pointing to the wooden post at the ether end of the chamber ; Ru , to thy office .

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      This functionary immediately cast off his jerkin , and baring his arms , bound the baron ' s to the wooden pillar , so that he could not move , whilst the lieutenant of poUce signed to Corbe and Riquelet to fetch the boot , which was very pouderous . "They then proceeded to strip their unfortuuate victim ' s legs and feet , and to place one of them in __ the machine , RU holding it the While ; when everything was prepared , D'Argenson again asked the baron to sign the paper , but he again refused , and in the most peremptory manner . Screw ! exclaimed D'Argenson : Ru looked up at him irresolute . V entre W « K / dost hear me ? reiterated he . Thus admonished , the _portc-clsfs began very slowly turning a small pivot with a hand-winch , that , by a simple piece of mechanism , caused by the iron plates and springs of wliich the buot was constructed / to collapse gradually together until , from tho _linae downward * , the wretched victim ' s leg was . coiu _^ _WW . _v Mv . t--. iscd therein ; still he did not flinch -.

      Harder ! harder ! vociferated the lieutenant of police ; sang dieu ! ThO _porli-i 8 _* f & appeared to struggle very hard to get the winch to turn , becoming exceedingly purple in the face with thc exertion , but the more he tried , the less the winch moved ; at last he stopped , wiped his face on the back of his hand , and asked to be accommodated with a glass of wine . Go on ! cried D'Argenson ; thou _shalt have wine when we have done ' But although Ru resumed his operations upon the winch , it obstinately refused to stir ! upon wliich , the lieutenant broke out into a volley of execrations intermingled with threats of putting Ru himself to the torture if he did not ' do his duty . The screws are rusty , said that individual , and the springs , too ! Let me try , exclaimed Corbe , pushing the other away ; I'll make it turn .

      Seizing the winch with both hands , he turned it round twice or thrice with the greatest ease , much to the apparent astonishment of the porte-elefs ; the effect of this manipulation soon manifested itself ; the baron shuddered , and the hue of his complexion turned almost to the _Uvidity of death ; still he spoke not _. Wilt thou sign ? cried D'Argenson in liis ear . Never ! replied De St . Auney , in a husky voice . Screw ! shouted thc former ; and again Corbe applied himself to his hideous task . There goes the knee-pan ! observed Ru , as a slight report like that of a walnut being cracked , fell on his ear _. Wilt thou sign the paper ? demanded the lieutenant of police , trembling , and wiping the water from his forebead : the baron shook his head : Screw ! screw ! fonnevc diev . ! shouted . hU persecutor , and again Corbe resumed his work .

      There succeeded a very brief pause , when a second small report was heard : That ' s the ancle-bone , muttered the porte-elefs . Wilt thou sign now 1 demanded D'Argenson again , in a hurried , anxious tone ; thy daughter shall go free ! I sivear it , by St . Marc ! This was his patron saint . Give me the pen , said the baron , iu an almost inaudible voice . D'Argenson snlvtched the pen from the hand of St . Marc—who had been taking minutes of the proceedings —and ordering Ru to loose the baron ' s arms from the leathern thongs that _ confined them , presented him the pen , converting the crown of his beaver into a temporary writing-desk , and spreading out the paper upon it : it purported to be a confession made by the Baron de St , Auney , acknowledging himself guilty of the forgery of the bond ostensibly signed by the Sieur St . Angin .

      The sufferer , with an effort to suppress any expression of the agony he endured , took the pen , and rapidly tracing the words Fahe ! false ! at the foot of the document , appended his name thereto ; this done , his arras dropped , and he would have fallen down , had not one of the soldiers caught liim ; he had fainted . Mori dieu . ' shouted the thunderstruck and enraged lieutenant , looking at the paper ; cheated ? Screw ! screw ! He can t bear any more now , observed Riquelet , who on these occasions officiated in the double capacity of confessor and surgeon .

      Unscrew him then , and take hun to his cell , replied D'Argenson ; curses on him ! Tearing the document into fragments , he beckoned St . Marc to follow him , and quitted the horrid scene , venting his rage in execrations .

      A Bowl Of "Punch" Fresh Brewed

      A BOWL OF _"PUNCH" FRESH BREWED

      We Advise Everybody To Buy And Read This...

      We advise everybody to buy and read thisweek _^ s Punch ; both its literary contents and illustrations are excellent . "The Valentines for 18 * 15 " comprise—Graham , as "The Vegetable Pill Vendor ; " Sir Peter Laurie , as "The Penitent Knight" pit down ,- _Locis-PniiiipPE , as " Shakspeare _' _s Nurse ;" Brougham , as " The Political Pirouettist " Gibbs , as " The Civic Jeremy Diddlor ; " and Albert , as «« The Prince of Sportsmen . " The idea of the principal illustrations is from Dickens' Chimes , " Bowley interrogating Trotty Veck . " The characters are Sir J . Bowley Sir R . Peel ; Lady Bowley Duke of

      Wkimnotox ; Trotty Veck Lord John Russell ; Mr , Fish Sir James Graham . Anything better conceived and executed never appeared in our contemporary than these characters . The real of politi cal life , and the ideal of Dickens' book , are admirably combined . Ofthe literary contents , the article headed "The Health of the Labourer , " by Q . [ Doug-gas Jerrold ] is by far the best . We shall endeavour to find room for it next week . In the meantime-, we repeat , buy this week ' s Punch ; buy Punch every week , and help to diffuse the truths of wliich he ia the inimitable exponent .

      THE LABODBER ' S LOVE-SONG A plague upon thy head , thou dove ! I envy thee thy fate ; Like unto thee I have a love ; But not , like thee , a mate . A plague upon my own fond heart That was not made of stone , Without a throb , without a smart , Te go through life alone . What right have I aloft to gaze Upon the sunny skies , Whence , evermore , my fancy strays Unto a pair of eyes ? And wherefore should the rosy morn Remind me of a cheek f 0 ! I could laugh myself to scorn , Tor that I am so _weak . Do I mistake myself , in truth ,

      For some great lord or ' squire ? What can a hind , a lout , forsooth , More than a brute , desire ? What , hath he passions , thoughts , and powers , More than a hog can feel ? Pshaw!—let me crush them , —like the flowers , Beneath mine iron heel . I , that can scarce my daily bread With bitter labour earn , Have I a tear for love to shed , A heart with love to burn ?

      What more than bacon needs a clown ?—Would I'd enough of that!— ' Give him his beer ; and let him drown His passion in the vat . When yonder Church would lure thee ou With visions of a bride , Turn thee , thou fool ! and think upon The building by its side . There stands the _Wobehopsb—look with awe Upon that place of dread , Where paupers go , whoibreak the law - Which says— Thoc _shamc not wed .

      TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS FOB _lANDLORDS AT AuSlCUI .-1 US _. AL _VEtTiNOS , The Agricultural Labourer!—at seven shillings a week . The Hobnailed Shoe!—and may the wearer never kick at starvation . The Smock Frock and its Tatters!—to which we owe our

      rents . Success to the farmer!—and tho benefit of it to the Landlord . The Landed Interest!—a thousand per cent , on the land s produce . Order , Economy , and the Workhouse ! The Preservation of Game , and the Gaol ! The Richmond Coronet . — -At the Agricultural Protection , gathering , the Duke of Richmond said the brightest jewel in his coronet was his care ~ of the Labourer . - 'The brightest jewel in a crown , " is an old phrase ; now , it comes down to the coronet . In like manner descending , some commoner landlord may declare that his treatment of the labourer is the deepest bit of black in his beaver . Sinful Sabbath Oranges . —Daniel Crawley , a

      little boy , was charged at the Southwark Office before Mr . Trail with selling oranges on Sunday . Mr . Trail discharged the offender with an admonition , telling him that "by selling fruit on Sunday he was breaking the Sabbath , and for wliich he was liable to be committed for a month to gaol . " This U nothing but right . We have only to reflect upon the number of West-end fishmongers and confectioners at this moment in gaol for selling their goods on a Sunday , to , feel that Daniel Crawley , the orange-boy , has had a very fortunate escape . - A Notice op Motion . —The following notice , written on a little piece of paper , after the fashion of the memoranda left on the doors of barristers' chambers , haa been suspended to the knocker of Mr . Leader ' s residence in _Lowndes-gquare : — © one to Cannes . Won ' t be back till next Election . ——r- " - ¦ _¦ ¦ ¦ ¦—¦ i ¦ 11 n ' The Walbrook . Pet . —It _seemis that the city of Lyons can boast of a Sir Peter Laurie , who is determined to put down " hissing , hooting , and all marks of disapprobation whatsoever in the theatre . ' " having issued a mayoral _fliict te that effect . By-the-by , a certain Lord Mayor ; would find a similar proclamation very useful' in the city , providing he has the courage to attempt another 9 th of November .-Aw > raw mar too!—The title of Due _d'Isly was offered to Marshal Bugcaud , but declined by him , at first , as it involved an expense of 18 , 000 francs . The Duke of Marlborough says , " He wishes he had known this , as the Marshal might have had bis title for one-half the amount , " -

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      The Babberini Vase.—The Celebrated Barbe...

      The BaBBERINI Vase . —The celebrated Barberini vase , broken in so singular a manner in the British Museum last week , was , for more than two centuries , the principal ornament of the Baybcrini Palace . This vase was purchased of Sir Win . Hamilton , considerably more than thirty years ago , for 1000 guineas , by the Duchess of Portland , since which period it has been _generally known by the name of the Portland Vase . It _wasjfound about the middle of the sixteenth century , two miles and a half from Rome , in the road leading from Frascati . At tho time of its discovery the vase was enclosed in a marble sarcophagus , with ; in a sepulchral chamber , _ui : der the mount called Monte de Grano . The material of which the vase is

      formed is glass : the figures , which ave executed in relief , are . ofa _. beautiful opaque white , am ! thc ground ia in perfect harmony with the figures , ami of a dark transparent blue . 1 _'he subject of these figures is extremely obscure , and has not hitherto received a satisfactory elucidation , * but the design and thc sculpture are both truly admirable . Without noticing any of the theories or conjectures that have been made about them , the following is an account of the several figures * . —In one compartment three exquisite figures are placed on a ruined column , the capital of which * ia fallen , and lies at their feet , among other disjointed stones _; they sit under a tree on loose piles of stones . Thc middle figure is a female in a reclining and dying attitude , with an inverted torch in her left hand ,

      the elbow of which supports her as she sinks , while the right hand is raised aiid thrown over her drooping head . The figure on her right hand is a man , and that on the left a woman , both supporting themselves on their aims , and apparently thinking intensely . Their backs are to the dying figure , and their faces are turned to her , but without an attempt to assist her . On another compartment of the vase is a figure coming through a portal , and going down with great timidity into a darker region , where he is _receiTed by a beautiful female , who stretches forth her hand to" help him : between her knees is a large and playful serpen _^ . She sits with her feet towards an aged figure , having one foot sunk into the earth , and the other raised on a column , with his chin resting on his hand . Above the female fi gure is a cupid preceding the first figure , and beckoning him to advance . This first figure holds a cloak or garment , whieh he seems anxious to bring -with hi ?) , butwhich adheres to

      theside of the portal through which he has passed . In this _compavtmenttlieve ave two trees , one of whieh I-ends over the female figure , and the other over the aged one . On the bottom ofthe vase there is another figure on a larger scale than the one we have already mentioned , but not so well finished nor so elevated ' . This figure points with its finger to its mouth . The dress appears to be curious and cumbersome , and above there is the foliage of a tree . On the head of the figure there is a Phrygian cap ; it is not easy to say whether this figure is * male or female . Oil tho handles of the vase are represented two aged heads , with the ears of a quadruped , and from the middle of tho forehead rises- a kind of tree without leaves ; these figures are in all probability ornaments , and have no connection with the rest of the figures , 01 'the story represented on the vase . This superb specimen of Greek art was deposited in the British Museum , in 1810 , by his Grace the Duke of Portland .

      The Electric Telegraph . —The first trial of the electric telegraph from London to Southampton and Gosport was made on Friday , Jan , 31 st . The telegraph was constructed by Messrs . Cooke and IVhcatstone , the patentees , for the joint use of the Admiralty and the South Western Railway Company , between Nine Elms and _Gosport , a distance of eighty-eight miles . Mr . Cooke left London by the three o ' clock train , and stopped at Bishopstoke , seventy-two miles . He then _proceeded by the next train , and an hour was occupied in carrying the wires into the office at Gosport , on the branch line ; SO that it was only at a little before ten o ' clock that , all things being ready , he dispatched the first signal to London . Four or five minutes of anxiety elapsed

      before any reply was obtained , when his assistant in London excused his inattention on the ground of having fallen asleep before the fire 1 The signals passed with the utmost precision , and a long conversation passed between his London correspondent over the intervening distance of eighty-eight miles . The perfection of the system of insulation was thus proved . The experiment had not been before tried until seventy-two miles were completed , when the apparatus was applied at Bishopstoke about a fortnight back . Directions to his'London assistant to start for Gosport by the first morning ' s train closed the correspondence for the _niglit . Professor Wheatstone joined , by appointment , at Nine Elms , about twelve next morning , and some thousand signals took their flight between London and Gosport . In All * .

      _Wheatstone ' s experiments no perceptible time was occupied in transmission . Among many others the following inquiries and answers , preceded by the ringing ofthe alarum , occupying about tour minutes , were made at the request of one of the company ' s officers : ¦ — " Have you any mackerel for to-night's goods train ? " " No , they cannot catch them now . " " Why not ? " " Because the nights arc moonlight , and the fish see the net . " Other communications respecting the shipping took place . Subsequently the professor ' s new magneto-electric telegraph was brought into a long circuit of wire , and worked to perfection through 288 miles .. The apparatus dispenses with the batteries altogether , a steel magnet being the source of power . The Admiralty aro to have a pair of these machines , and a pair of Wheatstone ' s pointing telegraphs , for their distinct use . For railway purposes Mr . Cooke prefers his twoneedle telegraph , " and in this opinion Professor

      _Wheatstone agrees , . as its rapid colloquial qucstionand-answer character is perfectly adapted for railway exigencies . There is a good deal of painting to to be done on the line , which will require fine weather and some days to complete . As soon as that is done the apparatus will again be worked , and two wires placed at the command ofthe Lords ofthe Admiralty ; the other two , with the branch telegraph to Southampton , will remain iu the company's hands for their own railway purposes and the use ofthe public . Mr . Cooke is prepared to accept a challenge to lay down a telegraph from London to Falmouth , Liverpool , or Edinburgh , ' without any intermediate stages . The last , practical diiliciilty is overcome by the present system of insulation ... The entire cost of the telegraph between London and Portsmouth _is _^ £ 24 , 000 , to-be paid in equal proportions by the Admiralty and the company ; and negotiations are being entered into with Government for laying down sections of it on the , Chester aud Holyhead line , now in course of construction . '

      Geological _Curiositi-. —Not the least curious and interesting of the phenomena whieh rank themselves under thehead of " geology" ia the finding of live animals imbedded in stones at such depths beneath thc surface of the earth as to render it extremely _improbftble-that they had ever lived upon it , and make it probable that they must have existed since the beds in wliich they were found were formed , which in most cases may be reckoned by thousands of years . Frequent mention is made in geological works ofthe finding of animals under such circumstances , * bnt , until within thc last few days , we never had an opportunity of seeing one . To' the uninformed mind , the idea of an animal having been imbedded in solid matter for thousands of _veavs appears so incredible

      that they will , in preference , believe any absurdity ; but the finding of the _prosehtis . attended by circumstances which make it less difficult to 'believe it true than to believe to the contrary . A few days ago , as a miner named WiUiam Ellis , and others , were working in the Penydarran mine works , at a depth from the surface of forty-five yards , one of them struck the point of his mandril into » piece of shale , and , to the surprise of all , a frog leaped out of the cleft thus made . When first observed , it appeared very weak , and , though a large-sized frog , could crawl only with great difficulty . On closer examination , several peculiarities were observed ; its eyes were full-sized , though it could not see , and does not now see , as upon touching the eyes it evinces no feeling . There is a line

      indicating where the mouth would have been , had it not been confined , but the mouth has never been opened . Several deformities were also observable ; and the spine , which has been forced to devclope itself in an angular form , is a sufficient proof of its liaving grown in a very confined space , even if the hollow in the piece of shale , by corresponding to the shape of the back , did not place the matter beyond a reasonable doubt . Itis a very handsome frog , and continues to increase in size _Jlnd weight , though no food can be given to it ; and its vitality is preserved only by breathing through the shin covering the lower jW , which is very thin . Ellis has been unfolding a theory of its formation , whose chief merit consists less in its being accordantwith probability , than in being as

      original as Will himself . That the age of tins frog must be the same as the bed in which it was found is clear , _* and that it entered that bed while in the process of formation and solidification is equally so How long that bed has been formed , and what size the frog might have been at its entrance , we cannot take upon us to state ; but it is very probable that the bed is very old , and it is very certain that thc frog has grown in the stone while it was soft and yielding , as its peculiarities are such as under no other circumstances could have been presented / If , by life , we mean muscular motion , and not organic development , we cannot suppose , that this animal ever lived . until air admitted to it the of the stone

      waa on lifting . This assertion of its having existed in a state which can neither be called life , nor death , will be denied by those who have not known that life is a _state _^ produced by alternate waste and supply . Where there could have been no oxygen , thero could have been no combustion—no -waste , 'iihd consequently no supply . It is possible , by the . alternate action of great heat and intense cold , to produce a very torpid state or the human frame . To these views it has been more philosophically objected , that' during the formation of the shale , the frog must have become shale also . When a piece of iron , dropped into dough , becomes bread , this will be rendered probable , ana not before . — -Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian .

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      Cunious Epitaph. Lord Wharton Is Buried ...

      _Cunious Epitaph . Lord Wharton is buried between his two wives ; his effigy represents him lying between them , his head resting upon lus crest , _WhlCtl Is Lucifer , the Morning Star . Here I nomas Wharton do lye , With Lucifer under my head ; And- Veil- ; my wife hard by , Anil Nam as cold as lead : — O , how shall I speak without dread , Who can my sad fortune abide ; With one devil tinder my head , And another laid close on each side .

      Ax Iu . t-ST-. AW-D Supper . — Last week at _Vhnehestor , a Mr . Sharp gave a lecture on the ' philosophy of the kitchen , " to illustrate which a supper was cooked on the lecture table by means of gasroast beef , mutton , fowls , ham , _griskins , . fried sausages , spare-ribs , puddings , Ac .---all admirably cooked by the cooking apparatus . At this rate , the man who invented _a-as little thought it would fill the stomach as well as delight the eye , l , et the Poor-law Commissioners pernur _' Mr . Sharp to turn on his [ . is , with culinary illustrations , in the union houses . An illustrated lecture of this sort would delight the poor pauper much more than any other work in the " WOl'khouse libravv . " —Satirist .

      At Tnu Repeal Associatio . v _, the other day , O'Connell said that , " under any circumstances , he was for the aolden link of the Grown . " It was quite superfluous of Dan to tell the boys that , ashy this time they must be pretty well aware that the only link he cares a straw about is a golden . It would be a difficult thing to find a man more attached to the sovereign , in a sordid sense , that the great agitator . —Ibid . TnE Post _reproftohfuUv accuses the Times of bctraving the Church '' with a kiss . " Even admitting this to be so , we are far from thinking that Mother Church has not been betrayed by the kiss of many others besides the Times . Joye descended into the lap of Daiue in a shower of gold , and if the " Thunderer" has reallv prevailed over the virtue of the Church , it is probable that thc same means have been emplovcd . The " old lady" has been always verv sensible to the influence of the precious metals . —ibid .

      The Dvc de Neuours is giving a lot of balls , whieh deserve to be mentioned among thc doings of Paris . Everybody gets invitations to them The poor Prince , m fact , is hardly put about to get people enough , sufficiently respectable , to fill his saloons . But even those he has arc no great shakes . An old English ex-sugar boiler , or ex-something from the City , was invited to the last ball . Tho old man stared with open mouth at the splendour of thc furniture —the beautiful decorations ofthe ceiling and cornices , & c ., when some one lugging him suddenly by the arm , cried " Come niong ! come along ! I'll present you to the Prince ! " A minute after , behold the ex-sugar boiler bobbing in lowly humility before the future Regent of France , Nemours muttered 1

      something—thc man cant for the lite ot hun talk like a Christian—and bowed to the ex-sugar _^ boiler ; Down went the boiler's head again—down again—low —lower—whilst a certain other part of his form rose in a corresponding altitude —( " Corresponding altitude , —is that English ? I really don't know , out it sounds well , so let it stand ) . The last bobbing of the * head , however , was fatal . Crack ! crack ! The " Regent that shall be" turned his head , and on seeing what had happened , burst into a hearty fit of laughter . Evevybwly who saw what had happened laughed too—everybody— the ladies as well as the gentlemen—everybody but the sugar-boiler . He didn't laugh—no , poor man ! He had—spare my blushes , fair reader—he'had—s » ft { his breeches !—Ibid ,

      The Force of Consch * xci " , we know , is wonderfully great , and numberless arc the instances of its power in causing retribution ; but we should say the following public advertisement far surpasses any known case of " conscience" on record ' . — "Sir Robert Peel acknowledges the receipt of £ 16 12 s ., on account of ' unclaimed _fiiconte-ta _*** for eighteen months . '" Let this case be matched , we say , in the realm ! If any one had told us that there existed an individual in tho nation who , to relievo tho sin upon his soul of not having for eighteen months paid an unclaimed income-tax , acted as above , we should have set it down as mauvaise _jylaisanterie . But yet the Premier publicly avouches thc fact ! A great man , verily , is this reel—to touch the conscience of any man bv any act , but especially by the Income-tax !—Ibid .

      The Pmnce op Wales is , wc sec , put down in the list of subscribers " for repairing the Chester Cathedral . " When his Royal Highness emerges from his nurse ' s care , no doubt ho will be much surprised , on looking over his accounts , tosee how generous lie was in his infancy . The last Prince of Wales was niorc given to lavish his spare cash on courtezans than cathedrals , a fact which supplies matter for a very spicy chapter itt his history . — Ibid . A Brace of Brans . —Two ladies , named Pigeon and Lark , were charged with stealing three fowls from a man named Aviary . The prisoners were

      detected in the act , and given into the custody of a constable named Parrot , who brought them to the office , from which they were consigned to the cage . Lv but _stiix Out . —Mr . J . E ., of Manchester , whose family were all going out to dine on Christmasday , was left alone at home , and , sending across to his ' sister ' s for his dinner , to save the trouble of cooking , accompanied it with the following characteristic note . — " Mrs . E . has gone out , and 1 am left in , and , however paradoxical it may appear , Mrs . E ., though out , is in for a dinner , and though I ' m in I ' m out . "

      Habeas Corpus . — May it please your honour , said a lawyer the other day , addressing one ofthe city judges , "I brought the prisoner from the gaol on a habeas corpus . " There ' s a good ono ! " said a fellow in an under tone , who stood in the rear of the court , "I ' m blowedif I hain't seen him come here in a cab . " A Domestic Dhama . —A few days ago , says the Journal de I' Aube , some gens d ' armes went to a village m that department , to arrest a man who had , for a slight offence , been condemned to a week ' s imprisonment , but had not surrendered . They entered his

      bedroom , where they saw his wife , who had just risen from bed . She declared that her husband was absent . The gensd ' armes , however , perceiving that some per- * son was in bed , turned down the clothes and found a man in the simple apparel of nature . " I am not the husband , " said the man . " That story will not do , " said the gensd amies . They made him dress and go with them ; but on their arrival at the guard-house , they found that the man had told the truth ; for there they found the husband , who had just given himself up , and learned for the first time that he had a remplacant .

      Ax Atrocious Wubtch . —A farmer , who occasionally accommodated a neighbour with a flitch of bacon at a killing season , being applied to as usual , replied , "Ilanna yet made up my moind whether . I shall kill myscl' tliis year , or take a sideofmyfeyiher . " Law . axo Equity . — "Pray , my lord , " said a gentleman to a late respected and rather whimsical judge , ' what is the distinction between Law and Equity Courts ? " "Very little in thc end , " replied his lordship : " they only differ so far as time is concerned . At common law you are done for at once ; in equity you are not so easily disposed of . The former is a bullet , which is instantaneously and most charitably effective ; the latter is an angler ' s hook , which plays with its victim before it kills it . The one is prussic acid and the other laudanum . "

      How to Get a Bit . — " Shall I cut this loin of mutton saddle-way ? " said a ' host to his guest . " No , " replied the latter , "by all means cut it bridle-way , for then I may chance to get a bit in my mouth . " New Dining-rooms for the House of Commons . — Bellamy ' s having been pulled down , a new set of dining apartments are being fitted up for the members of the llouse of Commons , and a committee ofthe legislative hody has been chosen to superintend the arrangements of the new cuisine , without respect to party or political character ; for instance : —Lord John Manners , Mr . Smythe , aud Mr . D'lsraeli , who do not go with thc roast-bcef-of- " Old-England " party , have agreed to superintend the boiled veal or " Young England" _department . Mr . Daniel O'ConneU and the repeal section promise to keep the members in a _pek-petual " Irish stew . " Lord John Russell and

      several distinguished Whigs have kindly undertak _en to look after the cookery of the "plaices , " although they do not expect to partake of them for a considerable time . Mr . Ferrand promises to sec that the House shall be well supplied with " red hot" broils of every description . Mr . Jlumc engages to attend to the cheese-parings and the perquisites tothe waiters . Sir Robert Peel , as maitre d' hotel , takes upon himself to superintend the " measures" and present the " bills . " Serjeant Murphy will attend to '' the bar . " Mr . - Roebuck will feel himself quite at home in providing " sauce" of all kinds for the House . Mr . Cobden , who goes in on the cheap principle , guarantees that all the membrrs shall have bread a discretion . Mr . Borthwick , whenever he makes a speech , warrants that it shall be—pickles . —Great Gun . :,

      Married . —On the 21 st inst ., at St . Pancras New Church , George Bull , Esq ., Doctor of Medicine , to Henrietta , daughter of Ebenezer Pope , Esq . : — The " Bulls" of Rome ' subservient are To Popes , of graco and learning full ; But here's a Pope , much stranger far , Who vows obedience to a Bull . —Ibid . Truly Affectionate , —The Court Circular _Sayfi that at Strathfieldsaye , on Tuesday , "the dinner party embraced three officers of thc ' Hampshire Yeomanry . "— Ibid . _Stau-Gazino , —The papers announced , on the same day , Mr . Blunt ' s "Beauties ofthe Heavens , " and Mr . Heath ' s "Beauties of the Opera . "

      The names don ' t accord with the volumes beneath , — Bach should borrow the other ' s , and stick it in front One can study astronomy " well from a heath ; But one can't see the Opera stars without Hunt .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15021845/page/3/