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      A BARD'S BEQUEST , jtgjae rt&n' eslde me , Betty , lau , in' cry the bairniw here ; ^ 5 ^ 01 "les * ye -w » d trak my heart , restrain that rstberlu tear r Over iceel you see , ower sair yon feel , -what naetMng boo "will bide , jjut here " « ' S 1688 I * n : > s an * you _ I baerja lang to Nde . jet ere upon my glazing een the hindmost rUTVwpis fa ' s—£ u fast an' near I fed its gloom ^ eslstless round me drawsj liin wad xpeak o * "what may be yonr lot "when I ' m » wV , ^ re mindfn * o * the Power abune , that rules the fate o" » ' . in

      ^ Fe hiens lap o * Wealth ^ dautin' hands b * en nurst—It v * sna gowd the chain that bound oni hearts theglther first ; Qar -ffints hae insist been a' supplied , but seldom aught to jpsis ; gae tcoidi o' atiile It winaa jieed'bont wha shonldbe my heir-5 nt though o * -warld ' s gear I've nane—thougbsjhouM nor land * be mine—There ' s something in that tree bit box I wadnalike to tyne ; Jhe rhymes and sangies that I've wrote for nine ' s e * e but mj ain , Jlajielp to bring my orphans bread ¦ w hen I am dead and fine . 11-a the venal critic "! pen ¦ will scarce approve my BUM , Its simple strains may fail to rain the suffrage o

      reviews ; But honest minds may aiblins meet Borne thochts to theirs skin : Ibey " re "whimperings frae » puir man ' s heart—bnt poortith ' s nae a tin . TS ' e ' ve snnr them ronn' oar »? " hearthstone , an * lengh 01 grat the while , Ai Borrow gi ' ed us cause for tears , or pleasure f&r'd us smile . Xick has a story o' Hts ain—some memory o * the past ; yots love inspired my earliest lay , an * weel deserres my last . And Betsy—hnt the heavy hand o' Drath is on me

      no ^—0 ; -with thy kerchief wipe the damp that gathers on njy brew : jend low thine ear—my struggling soul , impatient to be free , 2 i tortured wi divided love between its God an thee . yareitfcel . '—^ 7 3 een * benison , my burstin * heart wad gie ; But 0 ! s greater mercy's yorrj than word or deed fr& £ me-XnEnd o' the fatlieileu and poor , amid life ' s reivin ' xtom , lie helpless ia thy promise hope ; and thon wilt weel perform .

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      BT ELIZA COOK . Fsrewell . old friena , we part at last ; Fruit * , fi > "wers , and summer , all are psst ; And when the beech-leaves bid adien , 3 fiy old straw hat must vanish too . IVeTe been together many an hour , In g rsssy dell and garden bower ; Ad * plait and ribbons , scorch d and torn , Pr oclaim how well tbon hast been worn . TFe * ve had a time , gay , bright , and l ong , So let me sing a grateful son ? , And if one fcsy-Jesr" UUla to me , 111 BPct it orm and tas » in tbee , My old straw hat .

      Ibj ILpping shade and flying string ? , Are worth a thousand close-tied things : 1 iove thy easy fitting crown , Thrust lightly back or slonghing down ; 1 csBEot brook a mcS « d ear , When lirk and blackbird whistle rear ; And deaily like to meet and s&ek The fresh wind with unguarded check , i ! Tx 5 !' g in a tree thou'lt bear no harm , Hung on the sod thon'lt loose no charm ; like nsany a real friend on earth , Rcugh usage proTes thy worth , My sld straw hat

      The world will gsze on those who wear B -cb snowy pearls in raven hair ; And diamonds i . ah bravely out , In cbenrat tressw wreathed about ; The g&lden "tends siay twine and twirl , Xiie rfunimj snaires throogb > Azk / air curj , And f-tI down "with imperial gracs , May bend o ' er Beauty ' s blushing face ; But much I doubt if blows that bear The jswelTd * asp and pi umsce rare , ©/ templea bonnd wi ? h rre . « cfciit wreath , Are half bo « ool as mine beneath

      My oi * straw hat Minerta - s helmet ! what of list ? Ttou ' rt quite as good , my old tuaw hs . t : Tot I can think and muse and firesm , "With poring brain and busy Jchtme . ] can inform my craving soul , Bow wild bets work and planets roll , And be all silent , gra ^ e and grim , Beneath the shelter of thy brim . The Cap of Liberty ! forsooth 1 Tkc ' -e art tbe . thing to me in -tmtb , F-w-r slafish fashicn ne ' er can break Into ih » grsen paths where I take

      ily old straw hat My o'd straw hat , my conscience tails Tbon hast been hnng with Folly ' s bell £ : Tt ; t Folly ringB a pleasant thime , If the rogue will but" mind his time , '" And not come jingling on the way . "WTien Bober minstrels ought to play . For oft when hearts and eyes are light , Old wisdom shm d keep out of sight . But now the rustic bench is left , The tree of every leaf bereft , And merry voices , all are still , That welcomed to the well-known hill JJy old straw hat

      Farewell , old friend , tiy wo ? ti 3 done ; The misty clcnds slmt out the enn ; Tin fnp « fire plnck'd , the Lops are eff ; Tt-r "soods aie staii , and 1 nmst fluff , 3 Iy old straw hat—bnt "bide a wee . " Fiir skies we ' ve sfc'D ., but we may Ete Skies full as fair as those of yore ; And then we'll wander forth once more . Farewell , till drooping harebells blow , Asd violets stnd tie w-irzn hedge-row—T ^ rtWfeE , tall daisies deck the plain , Fait Will , tQl spring day j > ffit again— ¦ Jly old straw hat

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      THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE—Kotehbbb , Tie present number of this mag 8 z ne commences its fourth volnme . To this fact , the Editore add a precieiJos that , the Tolnxce that is / onrlh in the order of sncce = Hon , Trill not be last in its degree of merit . The fulfiilmeot of this prediction it ¦ will afford ns much pleasure to chronicle in these columns ; but We ebsi confess "we do not 5 e * the fnlfiUment so far as this number is concerned On the contrary , we think the literary portion as a whole decidedly inferior to many of ibe preceding cumbers .

      For instance , " Lonis Philippe and the Irish Tutor" is intended no doubt to pass muster as an article of wit asd humour ; but where either are to be found in ihis silly dialogue we really cannot discover . Again , there 13 a ftnpid article entitled * ' The King of the French is the Home of his Exile . " "W e tmst -pre shall tee eo rimilar twaddle in future lumbers . ** Faxberlsjid" is tie coniiEencfnjeBt of a tale by J . "W Carietcn : it op ^ ns v » cll , snd bids fair to be attractive . ** A Sketch" is an aSecting story of a

      IsHtn wife driven lo vice by her hnsband ' s nejrleci and brmaTivj ; a tale too trae of far too maxij of the once Tiiinons and happj . " Widow Allen , " by Jime ^ Smith , and " The Oldest Inhabitant , " by AngB 3 B . Keach , are passable articles , but cot cqua ] to former tSorts of these miters . "The Three Boyal Exchanges" appropriately finds a place in this dumber ; and John Saunders givescs an arucle on " Some ' Points' for a Kew' People ' s Charter - " in this article we ficd the following allusions to "Young Eb * 1 uhL "

      Malthns is dead in phDosopby as well as in the fiesS ; and Young England is fcem a -rigorous , rigbtkeartod youngster , worth a dozen de » d philosopher * , even if they wtre all real ones . How he kustles and rattles abont "What excellent things he doee , thtugh it must be acknowledjed , not always aware of the ulterior consequences of hi * doing . Bow he brings lonrard a t « bonn * bill , and revolutionises a whole ljfctem cf legislation j rates a Minister , and breaks to j . lrces a -petty ; foncs sccietie * for the mental impiovement " of working men , and thus , by removing all ftirr ol > jectiOE * , forward * mjflt » nd main the advent of the -people ' s -gove « nn « jt that be » o abomln * te »; the formal

      &boli £ bes distinctions of dawee in worship of God in onr churches , and thus prepares the "way fox a similar » bolition in th » t grander system of prayer and praife , "which has the wide world for an altar , and "Which iLBkfcS life iUelf an uninterrupted eeriea of Sabbaths and koliSays . Young EDgland has faith . l * t this belief be a part of his is \ xh—that what iB begun in good , that i » to ssy , with good motijes for good cljects , cannot end in eviL iet him , therefore , pursuB , rtjokangly , his endeavtnis to promete the well-being of the people in his own way ; the "people will be grateful for it in theirs ; and no doubt the issues" Tr ill be just what they ought to fee .

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      -whether in the form uf & more oi less popular regime —whether they ejtkibit a vast improvement or entire reconstruction of society . To be sure , in any case Young England will make these issues triumphs . It stands upon the old ways ; and a very skilful but peculiar use it makes of its position . Does Universal Snfirage prevail ? Why , Young England will show yon bow da waa 1 be principle tbafc taxation and representation should be co-extensive . Are Annual Parliament * law ? Why , Yonng England sayi " of course , it was so in former times , -was it not ?* ' Ytry true ; and for onr parts we don ' t despair yet of jeeing poems from Mr . HoBckton Milnes , written to revive tba old spirit of democracy , or Mr . D'Israell taking a tonr through the provinces during a Parliamentary vacation to give a series of lectures on the People ' s Charter , expatiating in due succession on the anti q-nty of its different points with all the unction of an antiquarian who publicly unrolls a mummy .

      The " Points" for the new " Charter" are just Young England ' s ideas reproduced . The working classes are to have better homesteads , baths , parks , pleasure-Rrovmds , aad open-air recreations , " music for tbo million , " a revival of Old English Sports , holidays , &c Jte . Such ue this writer ' s notions of anew "People ' s Charter '; and to each and all of his " points" we Eay good , so far as they go . But all these reforms eff-eied , what then ? iSrillthe working man is the same slave ; still at the mercy of landlords and

      capitalists : and bo he ever must be until he obtains the power which the veritable "People ' s Charter" would confer on him . Tflis writer is far wrong if he supposes that baths and parks will nullify the cry for the Charter . He sayB , " remove the causes that produced the Cnarter , . and you remove to an indefinite period , perhaps finally , the Charter itEelf . " But the causes ibai produced the Charter are class-legislation and all the evils that sprnrjg therefrom , and there is no destroying these causes without the adoption of ibe Charier . With much that is contained in the following extract we heartily agree .

      We have thus run through the mora important of the " psintB" to which the attentii-n of benevolent and sagacious men are turning , and , we trust , with results of greater importance than any among us can at pre-B&tit anticipate . There are other matters naturally growing ont ol these , which must not be overlooked-Oar public baUdings , and e « pec 5 a ]] y our cathedrals , must be opened freely . Railway directories must carry out the admirable work they have begun in their cheap excursions , by making these so much cheaper , that the poor may have their trip occasionally , as well as the other classes of society . They have gained , so far , by lowering their fares to meet the desire fVr "fresh woods and pastures new ;"' they may then go on without danger , till they have discovered the furthes : limits to -which the principle can be carried . Above all , and to this we trust every one will lend his exertions , the ptriod of labour must be shortened before

      it will be possible to accomplish any real good in any of the other directions . Gratifying is it to perceive that the movement ia as active for this as for all other joints . Already the chief shopkeepers of London have dtcreased their hours of labour . The vast bodies of arUB&ns in our manufacturing districts , brMad in the very hour of triumph fcf their Ten Houis Bi ll , are very wisely striving to arrange the matter with their employers , who , it is to be hoped , will cheerfully and peacefully corcede what cannot be much longer withheld . Still we want one thing more . Recreations for the day being cared for , let us have i- » uonnl holidays fur the year . Young England , by the lips of Lord John M&nneTa , has promised us this boon . Who Bh&ll a » y , * but that if be keeps hiB word , and aids and assists In all the other "Points of the New People ' s Charter , ¦ ' he mBy wake one fine morning—a Prime Minister . Well , we thull tee . More unlikely thingB have come to pass .

      The best article in this number is one entitled " The Life and Writings of the Swedish poet , Yhalis ;"' another of the many unfortunate sons of song , who , the victim of poverty and misery through life , has found in the grave a name and fame which , though glorious , affords no solace to the brokenhearted mamr , who feels not , heeds not , cares not now . The greater part of this article we will endeavenr to give at some future time . The illustrations are all excellent , and among them will be found a portrait of Thom , the Invtrurj Pott —said to be a good likeness .

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      unlucky night , iaa > treet brawl , a man was stabbed , and O&ilvy waa musing ; he was in Texas ia a fortnight A year passe d and still be was iB Texas ; the man h « stabbed racov ared , he wrote to ask forgiveness of his friends ; the tilings came that malice had been at work , and represented him married in the new country ; he flew to Nt > w Qrieam on his way home ; be there learned , that in a fit of pique bis Alice bad married another . He returned to Texas and became a soldier of fortune , a sailor , an officer in the navy , a 'longshore man . His ambition waa gone . SLAP AT THE " BRITISHERS . " Now this ' ere norther is a tarnation bard case , cried a tall young man , who was working his knees before the store . ' This morning I started with four thousaid prime oysters for Houston , and here I am druv back again ; aiy oysters ' 11 be spiled afore I can get it up-This ' ice ' s the fourth time I ' ve been sarved this way running . It is a caution if I dont git up this time . '

      ' What , are yeistera up at Houston , stranger ? ' said an old man in a marine ' s great coat , and who sat eternally puffing away at ah old pipe . ' Four bitts a hundred , can't get a cent more . It ' s a pale gift aft *» a hundred miles trip . ' Monstrous dear , I reckon friend , ' observed the old man . * I went yaisteriog last yer , but Lord I gues 8 a man m ' ffat sooner mate a dollar at robbing a Texan church . Why I calculate I ' m as coonieh as another ; but they were so plentiful last season , that I ' m epiflicated if any one ' nd take 'em at a gift if you did ' nt open ' em and pepper and vinegar thim . ' ' I believe you threw in bread and butter to an Englishman once , ' said . Ogilvy , looking at me . ' I guess it ' s a rale truth . The milk-and-water Britisher turned up his nose at 'em ; so for the bonoar of Texas , I gave him a loaf and some batter . Them English ain't no account . '

      ' You see , " observed O < ilvy , who evidently wished te open a conversation with me , ' Mr . Brown has no great opinion of your nation , Capt'n . ' 'I wear her uniform , Mr . Ogilvy , and for the present Texas is my country . England can well bear , bowever to be abused . The braying ef the asa barms not the lion . ' The ci-devant student bit his lip . The allusion he perhaps thought might have a larger meaning , than as affecting Mr . Brown . - The writer wishes to retire to bed , and here in " Bob MeUor ' B" house is 1

      A TEXAN CHAMBER . ' My mattress will accommodate two . Captain , ' said Ogilvy politely , ' and this is no night to be nico about tiif ea . You have been in Texas lung enough , I conclude , to know what it is—rough and hard ; in a word , the jumpiag-eff place . In the destruction of the world , so much talked about just now it is generally believed Texas will be spared . ' I smiled , bowed , and followed my new friend . Entering the court , and holding the lamp cautiously , he began to ascend a ladder posted afenost perpendicularly against the wall . It was , indeed , no night to bo nice : the wind blew ft-arfully , the cold -was intense in the extreme . I hurried after the ex-stndent , and pushing through a narrow aperture in the planked roof , found myself in the bed-room of the Yankee Buarding-house . Imagine , ye who , lounging on an elegant sufa in a

      club-bouse , note ] , or noble mansion , cast your eye carelessly over these pages—imagine , I say , a hay-loft , in which to stand upright was impossible , the length three times that of a man , the breadth twice ; ob the bare pl anka one or two thin mattresses , quilts , and blankets ; and you have the whole description of the sleepingapartment of the boarding-hon&e . O Hara , D-iIzell , Ogilvy , Ho ^ fly—theae were my comrades . I healtated . At that instant a blast of wind , which appeared about to carry away the roof , shook the whole building , and I lay down on the proffered mattress , wrapped myself in a blanket and quilt , aod resigned myself to slumber . I had taken off neither watebcoat nor boots . In this I waa wise , since every rag of clothes was needed that night , bo piti less , so windy , so cold was it It was an hour before I weut to sleep ; at length , however , fatigue overcame me , and I was ne longer conscious .

      We cannot afford room for further extracts , but the whole article will be found highly entertaining . The remaining articles are " Ou the Agriculture of Hindostan ; " "The affairs and prospects of New Zealand ; " "The Cities and Townships of Canada ;" " The Whale and Whaling ; " and u Australia : Past , Present , and Future . "

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      Now this heart , once thine , thine only , Nerves itself with prido and scorn ; Though foraken , aad and Jonely , It thy tardy vows can spurn . For the storms of grit > f are ovy " . And a death-like silenne rei ^ na Yes , mistaken ! heartless rover Love no longer now remains . Love thee now ? my soul wouldscdrn it Bend to woo thy faithless smile-Now accept thy heart t I'd spurn it , Though my own should bant the while . For our last farewell ia breathed , And we part , for ever part j Every tie is now unwreathed Which had fcound us heart to heart We heartily commend Chambers Edinburgh Journal to all our readers .

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      A BOWL OF "PUNCH . " THE ALDERMAN . ( BT A PARISHIONER OF ST STEPHENS , WALBRO 0 K . ) How gallantly , how uorrUy , they rifle upon their way ; Fleet-street is in commotion , the Queen comes here to-day 1 . The Aldermen are mounted , and sitting bolt upright , Like riders in whose eyes it is ne joke to hold on tight . All London ownn their triumph , they ride along twodeep , Small boys come to look at them , their seat bo well they keep .

      In their wake , as mild as new milk , stand policemen stiff and stark ; O , who would not be Alderman , in such a famous lark ? Ob . ' proud must be our Alderman ftho' he looks queer to-day ; Of all the glories he shall win upon next Lord Mayor ' s day ; He s fought the fight and conquered { how , ia neither here nor there ) , Nobility , which he shall bave , when he ' s installed Lord Mayor .

      I would I were an Alderman , churchwarden in our ward , To bold the books for eighteen years , and nd accounts afford . I'd say to Punch or Croly , who dare to make so free , Some day I'll be Lord Mayor , and then yju ' il see what you will see t Our Alderman looked half-ashamed , and more ashamed he grew , ; Still spoke he to Sim Claudius , and smiled on all he knew j He . look'd up to the windows , and he look'd down by 'i his knee . And there , in ievery band , bis eye that horrid Punch did . see I

      Last night an awful rumour came over Walbrook way , And we heard our fine old Alderman the balance meant to pay ; The Vestry hoped it might be so , but nougbt else could we hear To give us hope we should be out of Chancery this year . All night we talked it over , we couldn't go to sleep , And this morning all through Walbrook , on Gibbs our eye we keep . He rides among the Aldermen , hla gay gown streaming free . But we fear that we may whistle ere the balance we shall see .

      The Hare and hie peasant . —Although many of » he pure-minded who offer ico ^ nse at Exeter Hall may not be conscious of the fact , it is nevertheless most true , that John Bull has his idols , to the which , with most aanctiuioniouB face , he is ever and anon sacrificing men , women , and babes . John , with a look of pitying disgust , talks of the superstitions of the past and of the present : he lanionts the darkness of the heathen who have their sacred apes , their consecrated crocodiles . Nay , John does more than this . John unbuttons his pocket , and pays men to build ships , that truth and wisdom may be carried to idolaters . He enlista mi « ieionenes—he ( tends forth the hopeful and srrong-hetvrted to wither beneath a pestilential clinrita , bo that , even

      withering , they may be ministraut of civilfzvtion to the savage . > And ail the while—simple John—that he is paying for and labouring in thtae good worka—ho hiiB his own pet idols—his own baboons and alligators with his " bold peasantry / ' aa their constant victims . Alai ! ere J » hn shall again count up these abominations of the heathen , let him calculate the number of men , with their wives and families , sacrificed at ftvery quarter sessions to the idols of the landlord—to bis hares , bis pbeaBante , and his partridges 1 [ We regret that we cannot also present our readers with the picture , ' The Game Laws , or thfi Sacrifice of the Peasant to the Hare , " by which Punch painfully , but graphically , illustrates , by a few strokes of bis pencil , an age of cruel oppression . ]

      On the Opening op the Royal Exchange . — And the Kuyal Exchange was opened . The Queen was feasted in all queenly glory . The tons of Commerce—that is , the elder sons—did all that in their pocketB lay to honour and be honoured . Her Majesty looked around her , and saw hundreds of men wita the revenues of princes , and all paid by trade . She saw , as we have s . iid , the elder sons of Commerce In the triumph , and flush , and fulness of their wealth . There they were , in that magnificent temple reared to their greatness . What a glorious gathering ! how full and complete tbe -satisfaction 1 Nothing—no tittlewas wanting to tbe national triumph . Yee—we think —ene thing . It may be thought ; sullen , carping in us to suggest a fault . We cannot help it . Even though

      Laurie deem ua cynical , it shall out . Tbe elder sons of Commerce ! ADd where , we ask , were the younger ones ; they , the brethren doomed , with treble toil , to a starving patrimony ? Why was there not a deputation—a chosen few , just one small table full—from tbe sonB of : labour—yea , and from the daughters toe ? Some score or eo of the toilsome hands , without whom England ' s Royal Exchange would be of no more account than a Temple of the Winds ? Surely it could not bave marred the Rl ory of the picture , but rather properly disposed—have blended an harmonious wh > le , to have had a few—just a faw—of those whose sweat is , after all , the only gold of your prince merchant . It would have been pleasing to see tbis ;

      to mark tbo touching acknowledgment of plethoric wealth to toiling poverty . It was , doubtless , a goodly Bifcht to the Queen to behold the merchants , each the owner of a navy . Would her eye have frowned had » he also seen—as [ a representative of bia class—one drudging ship-porter , only one , with kia equals in labour , at the lowest table ? We think such a group would have added finish to tbe picture ; but tbe Committee had , doubtless , b 6 tter judgment . Yet , wo uld uuch a homely party have had a use ; for , like skeletons at an Egyptian revel , it might have mutely preached to merchant princes one common humanity . However , at the opening of tie next New Exchange—yes , in the year 2844—all this may perhaps be altered .

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      A VISIT TO HARMONY HALL . The following racy acoount of " A visit to Harmony Hull" by O . F . Holyoake , we extract from No . 17 of The iloveihent : — Reader , if you Bet out from the provinces , and your road to Harmony Hall is through London , ask before you leave home where tbe Nine Elms Terminus is situated . Nobody in London knows it , I asked twenty people before I found one who had the slightest notion of ite whereabouts . The New Moral World says , go to Nine Elms Terminus , at nine o clock in the rooming , and book yourself for the Nine Mile W » ter—but there are nine chances to one against a stranger doing this .

      Ou Monday morning , October 14 , " I wended my way , " as the novelists have It , down by Parliament House and over Vauxhall Bridge , ou my visit to Harmony Hail . At nine o'clock , to a minute , at the Nine Elms Terminus , I demanded a ticket for Nine Mile Water Harmony Hall . " Oh" said the official In the railway effloe , " you must take a ticket ts Farnboro' 7 that's the station . " Taking it for granted that be knew it , in five minutes I was on my way to Famboro '—tbe rain pelting down as though it was half an hour too late , and the wind blowing aa if they were trying a new pair of btllows up above . In about an hour I alighted at Farnboro' station , and thought— " well , after all , Harmony ia not bo far off as people nave said ; " and I looked about for friend Buxton , and one of the

      Harmony vehicles . But I found myself surrounded by a crowd of Frenchmen , gabbling like mad , and I thongbt surely these people ca&'t belong to Harmony Hall , unless they are tho "hired labourer * " of the old Executive . I enquired at once for Queenwood . " Queenwood ? " said the marvelling snperintendaDt ; " there was a gentleman who on « e before came here asking for that place . It is forty or fifty miles below . You bad better take the next train for Winchester , and then inquire again . " I gave up all ideas of seeing Harmony that day , and expected only to find my way there in tbe ceurse ef tbe weefe . I bad nothing to do but to turn myself to tbe fire and the Frenchmen , in the hope of finding either warmth or amusement . In a few minutes I found that the Frenchmen were king ' s attendants , waiting for tbe arrivalof Louia ^ Philippe and

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      and ttia Qieen , who were expected from Windsor a one o ' olock . Before long I observed some strangt looking men darting off at all angles , without any appa * teat reason , and pushing people about , I could not tell why . Bat soon I discovered their movements followed on tbe nod and beck of a marble-eyed elderly gentleman ; who was , if I mistake not , 6 no of 9 b James Graham's special commissioners , whom I saw at the Gloucester Giol , and I saw I was surrounded by the famous A Division of Police from Sc itland Yard , who darted about at every roll of tbe official pros before mentioned . I immediately called in all external signs of curioiity , and looked as much like nobedy as possible , by wiiich means I noticed everybody ) in security . When tbe royal party arrived from Windsor , even the gaping men

      of the neighbourhood were j thrust to the back of the building—at every avenue policemen brandished their batons—a poor Frenchman { looking over a gate was rudely thrust back and jjiven in charge of tbe police , and none but tbe officials and the Editor of the Movtment stood in the passage made for their majestius to pt , 48 , I inserted myself in { the midst of the police , du'ining that the best place for not being seen by them , —and I was right Gu z > t ! first interested me . His baif military dress tietracted from bis philosophical character , bat his well moulded head and firm features , restingupenhis iron-loohiagshouldera , gave him , though a sbert man , an appearance of majesty , which not one of

      their Majesties possessed . He looked one of tbe princes of what the Chambers style " the intellectual aristocracy . " Many a Frenchman , will envy me . Louis Philippe I eonld have shot half a 'dozen timaa , had I been so disposed . There is nothing inviting about him . His cheeks hang like collapsed pudciica ; bags . His frontispiece struck mo as > Wenir > lin . g Jupiter ' s with the brains oot His head b . filirt all ray pbraoology—i % is something between facoijs snd mathematics—half comical and half conicai . fhe only thing to which I can comp , re it , is an inverted humming top * Perhaps his conduct had prejudiced : me , for I gladly turned away from the odious restrictor of the French press .

      Prince Albert has a right princely appearance . His large German eyes are singularly full an < S glaring . He looks as though he was very well fed , and never thought where it came from . ' None of these had I seen before . The Queen I bad not seen since she was a girl , and I wonderod how tbe copped up , swaddled thing I saw , in Birmingham had become so nice a young woman . —I was agreeably surprised at her . The breeais of Blair A tbo ] have Jeffc her qjite blooming , and her pretty Saxon face beam in g both with maternal affection and thought , quite prepossessed me in her favour . I don't think that she means us any harm , though she does us no good . The royal party passed on to G-osport , tot Lonia Philippe was going home . By three o ' clock I was agiin on the line , making another violent attempt to i get to Harmony Hall . O JB vlus , bow the wind blows on tbe ( Southampton railway ' . |

      At last I reached Winchester , having paid 12 * . for my ride in the 2 ad class . lit was half-past four , and Stockbridge was nine miles : off . No conveyance being to be had , and the rain abating , I walked the distance . * * * The road from Winchester to Stockbridge lies over bleak hills and barren dalus . Here and there a solitary tree or buah raises its dincunaoUte bead and looks half alarmed at ita own temerity in getting out of the earth in that bald district . ' Before I reached Slockbridge The gloomy night was gathering fast .

      At last , regular Egyptian darkness—suob as could be felt , set in but when * JScockbridge lay , whether near or far , on hill or in hallow , I knew not . At last , poking my way with the umbrella , I ran against something that proved to be ajploughman , from whom I learned that I was on the verge of the village , that I must turn by the " Ship . " ask for the " Q-te . en ' s Head , " and toll " Stone" that I was oue ef the " Zozialilea ' . and I should be all right . There I found a pretty kind creature of a landlady , and . ia duo time ( by half-past seven ) , I was munching toast and listening to one of those funguses whica seem to vegetate about Stockbridge , in the shape of fariners ' s labourers , singing for tbe amusement of his companions—If I had a wife wot blow'd me up , I'd get a gal and make her j ^ alous . For supper , bed , and song ; having paid 1 » . 6 . 1 ., next morning found me ou my way to Harmony Hall .

      My directions were to pass through the village , and at a mile and half onwards turn off to the left , by a a gentleman ' s house , whick would lead me ( somehow ) to Brougbton . I wan now fairly in the land of flint and chalk . Everywhere lay flunks of earth , drest in nature ' s shabbiest attire—not unlike a man in threadbare hose and the mounds of white ( chalk , peeping up here and there , presented the picturejof nature out at the elbowa ; while the hills , presuming their raw noses around , with only an old dark brown coat on their backs , ftibblng in rags over their slough covered feet , looked like vegetable swells out of luckf When hi * hon the road that "lay by the gentleman ' s house , ' I asked my way of an old villager , who , unfortunately for me , " knew the road well . " He eent me along this field—ever fthat , by a stile " which I should be sure to see , " ( but be sure not to know ) , and after turning here and turning there , 1 should come out somewhere in Broughton . I

      After travelling until I thought it was dinner time , I happily discovered the road I had left , and soon came in sight of Broughton , which is scarcely four miles from Stockbridge . But what with the weather and fead guides , I shall hardly be abie to reach Harmony Hall in this chapter . Broughton is a pleasant village to look at : but nil ita plensautntsss is outside 11 is plain and dull en ingh within . But as it is the first relitf ifrom barrenness and etuues , one ia glad to see it . About a mile through it , over n chalk bill , is the next road to be taken , and as the

      trav « ller descends the hill's brow , he comes suddenly upon Hatmony Hall . It is a very respectable looking building—imbedded in a mountain—half red half blue a compound of brick and slate , « f no concsivable shape , with two spirts in'the fropt , and two glass chimneys , apparently intended to let the people eee the smoke , come up , but farther fcxamica ' . ion tells you they are skjlights over tbe corrid » ra , leading to the dormitories . "C-M . 1840 , " are observable at one end of the building , which informed me , for the first time , that the Millenium had commenced Ihreeiyears ago ,

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      * The people of France , i bave since learned , nloknamed him Louis le poire—or the pear-headed , from the resemblance they discovered in his face to an inverted pear . And Paris—until be interfered—used to be placarded with pictures of pears , tearing his face , witt the words annexed , " When the pear is ri ^ ie it will fall : ' an event not deemed unlikely to happen , times by a jury , but who has be'jn . kept in priaw upwards of two years , j

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      j Thd sixty-one robtierie * with Wjicfci the prisoners ard charged greatly ro ? embld each othor . In general tfl 0 j persons robb do not belong to the richer class . The houses in the quarter * inhabited f > y the working popi >> Ration are seldom very carefully watehed- The occupoti on of the art . Ts-ins compel them to be frequently from bo » i » e ; and , on tbe Sundays , they have all of them the haSit of quitting their houses to find either in tho count ry or in the gardens , some relaxation from their laboun . i . It was almoet always daring the absence of the persons robbed , and on fete d » ys , that the robberies wer »

      committed , u poo the information furnished by one of their number , whom they named the Indicator , a detachment of the gang proceeded to the hoase pointed out , supplied with falsa kejs , and with the iMtrnnrent * proper for overcoming all obstacles . After having ? ferced the locks , they carried off every tbiDg whioh presented itself—toilette boxes , silver , jewels , bed linen , & 3 ., even down to things that wontd not be thought worth stealing . Thus one of tiera possessed himself of a live canary in its ca ? ey of whrsfc he made a present t » his mistress , another laid hands- « n a rabbit also alive . which made its

      appearance ssm » days afterwords ^ coofeed at a feast in the Bar rier . More than onqe they had oeoasiou t » r extraordinary audacity . One CVkJ fOT example , after robbing the house of * young woman , tho rubbers were descending the staireasa with th * [ packages which contained tosi r booty , when they met I the person wLom they had robbed . Some expedient ! was necessary to prevent hsr suspicions , and one or them cried out , " The old misers in the third story would . -n ot lend ue a franc on all our things . * Th » young girl passed up stairs , and they escaped . ' at

      I A gr , _ number of these robbers employed themselves in stealing lead and aino from the roofs of housaa . Couifcjt was a overer of roof * by profession , and he had the audacity , one dark night in winter , to carry off tho . covering of lead ; from the barrack of the bridge of Ausierlftz . The hearing of witnesses commenced at three o ' clock and they are bo called that the sixty-oue robberies are fcro - ngbt before tbe jury i i the order in which they , were committed . The first was a robbery of 160 pairs of boots , committed in 1 * 42 , to the prejudice of Sieu * Pouvier . Cottin related all the oircumatarjaes with great clearj nees . Ha acknowledged that he had received the stolen ' boots , knowing them to be stolen , and he pointed out as ' his accomplice kae female prisoner Ddmoretier , who i stronsly denied the fact .

      Tde secund robbery is that of M . and Mde . Hallet Euger . Another of the prisoners had famished tha j false keys , and the five prisoners , Gourtot , Guillochin , j Caauaae , Bel , and Taanier « , are accused of having | effected it . Cottin , Collin , L 9 noir , and the girls Frameniau , are accused of having received the goods stolen . I An amusing incident is mentioned in connection wittk this robbery . At the moment whan the robbers broke Ojien the lock of one of the bed chambers , a piercing ] cry was heard from tbe interior of the room , which produced a geaeral rout of the robbers , who fled with all speed . They ba « just gained the head of tbe Btaircase , when a new cry informed them of the causs of their feara . It was a parrot that had put them to fi . btq After some details of saiallar interest , the farther ? hearing of the case was postponed till the following lay . _ u

      fhe ; oniy incident of any interest in the sitting of the 2 fc * , b was the account of a robbery committed by a part of the band , in the house of Captain Raymond , which ' had been completely pillaged by them , who had en « tuieci by means of false keys , at the time when tha gallant officer was lying on a sick bed . His widow , who waa the principal witness , stated that the robbery had thrown him into suuh a state of excitement as to produce hie death . At ' the sitting of the 26 th , not less than thirty robbanes were enquired into , and it was remarked that all : the evidence of the other witnesses agreed with tb « deeiiiratioBb of those who bad turned evidence against their companions . They all manifested an extraordinary clearness of memory , describing minutely the apartments which they had robbed , and . recalling tbe name , tbo addresa , ana the residence of the persons whom they accused .

      Courtat made himself remarkable by the firmness and ci * -arne 83 of his statements . Cottin , who is the bells esprit of the band , by his picturesque narrations . Ha was the author of the greater part of tha songs with wuicn tUey amused themselves in prison . Seurguay and Ljj ^ otll made themselves remarkable by tbe scru > pulaua care with which they avoided asserting auy thing which they did net know perfectly . The last , who is stiJi a very young man , gave up a whole band of coiners to vb . e seventy of justice . Of tbe persons who wore accused , same defended thenise . v .-s with great skill . Amongst them were Qrauunery , whom Seurguay has accused as a reselver ; Bauilay , who w& 3 also accused of making false kejs for tha association ; the girl Koupartai , a young and tolerably pretty German , aged 19 years : the woman Dubail » whom Callin described as a thorough cut-throat , aud whom the gang tailed " my aunt . "

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      MILITARY FLQQGltiGt . " Hey for the life of a soldier . '' The officers commanding in India , having considered it nucessary to propose the renewal of punishment of fl igging among the native troopa , tha preseat appears a suitable occasion for laying before the public a description of the practice as ic prevails in this country , and as it is described by several eye-wi messes . The prwonev being stripped to the vv&ist , and pinioned to tba triangle at the wrists , elbows , knees and ankles , the flist drummer iiiLcts twenty-fire lftib . es , and is then succeeded by another with a cleaa cat , aud so on uutil the punishment is completed . The younger urnm-boys are cmpelled to be present ; a practice which inures them to their future duty of applying the lash . In soniu cases they are employed to drowu the sufferer ' s crius with ttioir drums .

      On tbe left stands the Drum-Major with his cane , wliose duty it ia to number tbe lashes , co ^ n ung " alow time , " and also to B 8 e that tbe flogge * doea his duty without fliuching . An eye-witness says , I have seen a Diuin-M&jor lay on a drummer with merciless severity . ' ? Another witness soys , "I bave seen a drummer in the Coldstream Guards , weeping , unnerved , and nnable to strike with vigour , during the whole twentyfive iaihes ; the Drum-Major continually beating him with his cane to keep him to his duty . " " The Drum-Major is also presumed to see the ends of the cords of the cats are not entangled . " Near the feet of the prisoner is a bowl of water , provided to aliay the feverish thirst produced by the torture , or to lea tore him if be should faint

      The regimental doctor , with " cocked hat , " is attentively watching the Euffsrer . ' The usage of the service has long rendered it necessary for a medical officer to be p-esent when a man is punished . " SirCtjarles Qtej late Judge Advocate General , Bays—•• The medical < . ffl : er is not present f ot the purpose of assuaging pain o * relieving suffering , but to ascertain the extreme limit of human endurance " An officer , who had been a drummer , says— " For eight years it was my disgusting duty to flog men ab least three times a week . After a poor fellow had received 100 lashes , tbe blood would pour down in streams , and ny about in ail directions with every additional blow of tLe cit ; so that by thd time he had received 300 , 1 have fouud my clothes all over blood from the knees to the crown of the head . Horrified at my disgusting appearance , I have immediately after parade run into the barrauk-room to escape frem the observations of tat soldiers , and to rid my clothes and person of my comratie ' a blood . "

      The cat is made with nine lashes ; each lash has five hard knots , &e that it icfticts at every stroke the torture of forty-five sharp knots . These are such as not merely to 'etch blood , but to cut out small pieces of fliflti . " Men have declared to me , " says an officer ,- " that the sensation experienced at each lash , wna as though tha talous of a hawk were tearing their flesh off their bones . " We cannot wonder , then , at the anxiety of the sufferer te provide himself with a bullet , or to cut a leacten button from bis dreas , if by convulsively gnawing this substance he may hope to secure some abatement of bis agony ; neither shall we be surprised at bis piteous cy , simultaneously for mercy aad water I

      The first stroke of the cat causes an instantaneous discolouration of the skin from effused blood , the back appearing as if it was thickly sprinkled with strong rxtf- « , even before the second blow is inflicted . General Sir Charles Napier says , " I have seen many hundreds of men flagged , and have alwayB observed that when the skin is thoroughly cux up or flayed off , the great pain fcubaidea ; and they bear the remainder without & groan . Tbey will often lie as if without life , and the Dcummers appear to be flogging a lamp of dead raw flesh . The faces of the spectators ( soldiers ) assumed a look of difiguai ; there was a low whispering sound , scarcely audible , issuing from the apparently stern and silent ranks ; a sound arising from lips that spoke not , but that sound was produced by hearts that felt deeply . " " The low sound sometimes resembled what may be called mifirig , and may be occasioned by an increased flow of teaiB into the noBtrilB . "

      " All the men who are to be punished are usually brought into tbe square at one time , and consequently aoine . of tho prisoners have to endure the Anguish of seeing their comrades undergo a similar punishment to that , which is awaiting themselves . The agony of tha prisoners may be imagined . Two men belonging to — Regiment , were brought ont for punishment , one a young lad , the other comparatively an old soldier . The lad , who waa tied op first , screamed dreadfully , b y which means the old soldier was completely unmanned t and while tbe staff of the Regiment were superintending the punishment , he insidiously extracted a razor from bis pocket , with which he made an attempt to cut his throat . " " When a soldier has received the punishment be is marched off to the hospital ; hji shirt being loosely thrown over hia shoulders . Hera his back is dressed by being covered with cloths , wetted with a dilute solation of sugar of lead . "

      A person , who waa many yeawaaoldie * statetr , as the result of careful observation , that "in . a hundred eases of flagging , ninety-nine of them produced such a recklessness of character , such an enttve annihilation , of all self-respect , that the men were , good for nothing afterwards . " Surely the brutality of these exhibitions Is an additional inducement to the youugmen of the age , to keep out of the army 1 Sorely a . system which requires such means to support it , must be essentially xgoiag .

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      SIMMOis'Ds'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE —NuVEKBEB . This is an excellent number of this very entertaining periodical . Tbe opening article is the commeDcement of a "Journal of a "Voyage to Port Phillip , in UU 2 , " and csntains much useful information very agreeably told ; tbe present chapter contains some interesting particulars of St . Jago , & Portuguese settlement . "Rosas , and the Airocities of his Dictatorship , " contains some astounding particn-4 ar 3 of the sanguinary outrages of this too notorious monster . We had marked several passages for eirracx , detailing the frightful butcheries of thiB ally of " Her Brmanio Majesty ; " bat we are cempeiic-d , cy want of room , to withhold them for the present . W < may , however , state that the writer of this article computes the loss of life consequent on 'he GoTerEinent of Ro'a .- > , up to the 31 st of October , 1843 , to be as follows : —

      Died by poison ... ... ... 4 By cutting The threat 1 7 C 5 Bj shooSiBg 1 393 By the poniard 722 Id battle 3 * S > 20 And by varion * persteuuons , includir . gt-zecuiions fur desertion snd for at'tmpts to tiestrt ... 1 610 V >' e emphatically add our voice" to that " from the River Platt , "— " Let not ruch a man emlend his dominion on earth "

      ** A Yisit to a Chinese City" is an amusing account of a visit paid to Ismgpo by an English Lady , who ii appears vras nearly t ^ nrlcited to death with Chinese dinner ? , and neariy worried to death by the universal staring of Chinese eight-setrs . '" The Yankee Boarding House , " by Percy B . St . John , Esq ., is a record of adventures in Texas . The article is a most entertaining one , and from it we have Belected two or three extracts . Our Stockport Chartist friends will be surprised to read the following account of an old friend of theirs now keeping a boarding-house in the land of snakes and alligators . "W e should premise that the scene is Galveaton .

      B 0 * 2 KT MELLOB . Ksbert Mellor , landlord of an eating-houBe , in the largest street of tbe largest tewn , in the littlest country in the -world , was a native of Stockport , born doubtless of honest pantnta , by trade a weavtr . During the first Chartist agnation he made himself too conspicuous and notorious to be able hercefortb to reside in peace in that locality , ai-d accordingly aade himself scarce , took ship for New Orleans , and landed in Texas . In tbe free and independent republio he could give utterance to his most secret thoughts in safety ; no one q-rarrelled thtre with his opinions ; that is , if he never Eaid a -word abont slavery , never said a word in praise of England , ttVEr breathed a syllable dero-£ » torr to the bich and lofty aDd sublime position of tbe United States amid the nations of the earth . These tbingBjtxwpted , he could abuse Sam Houston to his heart ' s content , cry for the ballot , universal

      suffrageaave that it was scarcely worth while ; they were enstoms of the locality . But , removed from his native Epbere , oli Bob retained but three ideas—his boardingbouse , his bottle , and bell-ringing . In devotion to this cauBe he rivalled the Hunchback of Notre Dame . True there wer * no bell in Galveston to be rung ; but when en this subject tbe old fellcnr - was sublime—he crossed the Atlantic , and was ringing charges in Norwieh peal in a etcoi » d . Still tbe sound w ' as necessary to him , and at every meal hour you would . see him stoop do-wn beneath the counter , take from thence an old tink'er with scarcely handle enough for his fingsrs to clatch , and advancing to the front of his dwelling , aummoii sll those whom it might concern to their breakfast , diroer , or supper . He said he played a tune ; and by Esjing * o three times three hundred and sixty-five times in tbe year , his auditors became almoBt convinced of tbe truth of his assertion .

      Bob was a slight and rather tall man , with a thin pannt visage , whieh bad once been handsome . But Bob ' s peculiarity was his right leg . Some six years before , how he could not tell , he bad lost the power cf bending Mb right knee ; the joint became stiff , ibe mntcles contracted , and no stick was itraighter or mere incapable of bending than his leg . "When he walked , tbis gave him a most comic appearance , especially -when parading before his door , summoning his TtfrrinerB to maWa , mW-dayj or even-Ing refection . Aid then his t ) ld broad-brimmed and crownltes L at , his long preen baise coat , patched and re-patched , his tir , ht pantaloons , his mocassins . Bob Mellor was an original . A CHA 3 UCTEB . 1

      The nest individual isas , as I soon found , ihe Panl Ciifford of the house ; he thought himself so , and otters learned to think him so too . About five feet ten inches high , Williun Ogilvy was a model of manly strength and vigonr . His bone and muscle were prodigious , and in bis face , not handsome bnt striking , was an air of stern determination which awed the crowd . A towie knife protruding from bis light , a pistol from his left side , were not unfit accompaniments of his bitttr * nd Earcastio smile , -which , however became completely animal when one ' s eyes rested on the chin . "William Ogilvy was not one of those who lived on Bob teller ' s credit and good nature . He was a 'long-fcbore man , was Bill Ogilvy ; apsberman waa Bill Ogilvy : a stevidore was Bill Ogilvy , —in a -word , he was

      scything by -which he could earn a peniiy ; and as he sever -worked for lees than nise and EomeUmii t-w * l- » e ehilliDga a day , » few hours of employment sufficed to pay for his board , hiB lodging , bis washing , hiB liquor . His -vrark done , he dressed himself , entered the ba ll 100 m , played cardB , sang , repeated whole volnmes of the poetry of the first , the rarest , the most cho 5 c 3 wr iters , or went and sp « nt an eveniDg with Baron Seafeldt , his old captain when " out west . " Bill Oiilvy had not always been a 'long-abore man . Eight ytats befure , in tha college of Cincinnati , Ohio , no student waB merrier ; in ball-roomB none danced more gaily , er was more popular ; no party , no day of plea-Bure was complete if Bill Ogilvy waa net there . Th ' j most lovely ?\ rl in town . « & ¦ fcia affianced bride , p- ne

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      CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL . Ntw Seeies . Part X . This part of this excellent Miscellany is replete with interesting and entertaining matter . Among the more lengthy papers , we have perused with great pleasure the articles on "Phonography ;" " Belted Will Howard , " " The Mauritius ;" " Schools of Agriculture ; " " The Moors—Grouse Shooting ; " " Cornish Mines ? and Miners ; " " The Literature of the Chinese , " &c . &c . From an eloqnent and truly poetical article , entitled " Saunterings among the English Lakes , " we extract the following romance of real life : —

      THE BEAUTY OF BUTTEBMEBE . Jn the rustic inn of tbe banilet of BuUermere , wticb stands on tbe borders of tbe lake of that name , resided Mary , tbe "Beauty of Buttermere . " About the close of last century , an individual of somewhat showy txterior , with a handsome travelling tquipape . took up bis residence at Ktswick , with the professed purpose of viewing at bis leisure the beautiful scenery of tho district . Hi * real name was HstfiVld ; but be gave himself out for tbo Honourable AugUBtns Hope , biother of tbeEirlof H ^ petoun . From Keswick , as his head-quarters , he made excnrMoue in every direction amongst tbe neighbouring valleys , meeting everywhere with the respect and attention due to tbd brother of a nobleman . In an evil hour the heartless impostor

      visited the retired vale of Buttermere , and being struck with the personal attractions of ibe daughter of the innkeeper , then a beautiful yonng -woman of eighteen , he paid his addresses to her , and in a short time succeeded in obtaining her hand in marriage . No long period elapsed , however , before he was apprehended and tried on a charge of forgery , and being found guilty , Buff-red ? he extreme penalty of tbe law . After his execution , Coleridge , who was at that time living in this district , saw and examined bis very interesting pspe ^* . " These , " says the English Opium Eater , " were chit fly letters from women whom he bad ir . jured , pretty much in the same way , and by tbe same impostures , as he bad so recently practised in Cumberland ; and , as Coleridge assured me , were in part tbe most agonising

      appeals that he bad ever read to human justice and pity . Amongst the papers were two separate correspondences of some length , from two young women , apparently of superior condition in life ( one the daughter of an English clergyman ) , whom this villain bad deluded by marriage , and , after some cohabitation , abandoned—one of them with a family of youDg children . One set of letters appeared to have been written nnder too certain a knowledee of Ms villany to whom they were addressed , though still relying on some possible remains of humanity , or perhaps ( the poor writer might tbink ) on some lingering relic of affection for herself . The other set were even more distressingthey were written under the first conflicts of suspicions alternately repelling with warmth the gloomy doubts which were f ? st rising , and then yielding to their afflicting evidence—raving in one page under the misery of alarm , in another courting the delDsi » ns of hope , and luring back the peTfidions deserter—here resigning

      herself to despair , and there Beain labouring to show that all might yet be well . Coleridge said often , In looking back upon that frightful exposure of human guilt and misery , that the man who , when pursued by these heart-rending apostrophes , and with tbis litany of anguish sounding in bis ears from despairing women and from famisbir g children , could yet find it possible to enjoy tbe calm pleasures of a lake tourist , and deliberately to tuDt for tbe pic ! ur < sque , must bave been a fiend of l tbat order -which fortunately does not often merge BBiongBt men . After the death of this villain , Mary , under the the name of the Beauty of Buttermere , became in object of interest to all England . Dramas and melodramas were producsd in the London theatres npon her story , and for imsny a ytar afterwards , sboals of visitors crowded to the secluded lake Bnd the little homely cabaret which had been tbe scene of her brief romance . She married for her second husband a respectable farmer , and died a few

      years ago . Our other extract shall be poetical , we select it because from the pen of our friend the " Irish Girl , " of whom we shall have a cheering account to give

      in our next . FAREWELL . [ The following piece appeared originBly in an Ayr newspaper . It is the composition of a young woman , named Parker , of Irish birth , who lives in that town , in humble bnt respectable circumstances . Miss Parker has lately - attracted considerable attention on account of her poetical productions , of which the present is a fair specimen . It refers to a real event , the disappointment of a yonng woman who went to Australia to be married to a youth to whom she had been engaged , but who , on ber arriving there , neglected her , in consequtnee of which she wbb ofeliged to return home Yes our last farewell is breathed , Amd we can for ever part ; Every tie is now unwreathed Which had bound us heart to heart ; For too plainly I discover All ia perfidy in thee ; Every dream of joy ia over , But my heart , my heart is free . Proudly is love ' s cincture broken , Which encircled it too long ; Not for slightful language spoken—But the deep , deep aente of wrong . In my bosom ' s fond romancing , HowJI formed tkee bright and pure ; Each fond tow my love enhancing- — Brtathed alai bnt to allure . Love , when cold neglect a *» Us it—When 'tis too severely tried—Straggles long , but what avails it 7 It must yield at length to pride . Ah ! bow each contending passion In Ky tortured bosom strove ; Grief , and pride , and adoration—For 'twas deeper still than love . All was agony and Midness In my breast and in my brain—Then a calm and sullen sadnes a Crave a darker tinge to pain .

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      PUNCH-Part XL . This month ' s part is replete with fun not unmixed with serious and stern reality . Among the literary content ? which have not found notice in our usual weekly column , we must particularly single out the beautiful and truthful productions whioh appear under the head of " Punch ' s Complete Letter Writer . " These letters are the grand feature of the current volume , and will add andying laurels to the wreath already encircling the brow of immortal Punch .

      The illustrations to this Part are exoellent . " Gog and Magog ill mourning" for Gibbs ' s elevation to the M * yoralty is ludicrously comic ; but that wherein Bunch , as " Hrad Pacificator of Europe , " is reconciling Louis Philippe and Victoria , and its companion plate , where the King of the French is embracing Punch , are rich beyond description . The gagacioub look of Punch , the timid * half-doubting air of " little Vic , " and the Jewish , knavish look of the traitor of the barricades , is admirably hit off . This Part cannot fail to add to the fame of our glorious contemporary .

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      THE FRENCH { FORTY THIEVES . The trial of the famous band of Courtot , which included in its number forty-five malefactors , charged with no less than sixty-one robberies , commenced at the Court of Assizes of the department of the Seine , on the 24 th October . The court presented an uuacustomed aspect ; a brigade ; of Serjeants de Villa and u company of Municipal Guards occupied the entrance of tbe hall . The witnesses , in number 100 , occupied that part of the court which is reserved for them , but it was found too narrow to contain them . Only a low ot theta appeared to belong to the upper classes . The accused wtre ia number forty-one , four of the band having hitherto succeeded iu escaping the pursuit of the police . That part of the court occupied by the prisoners had been considerably enlarged , by five benches raised one above the other , in the form of an amphitheatre i

      Each prisoner was seated by the side of a gendarme or municipal guard , so that the number of police wastqual to that of tbe accused . Courtot , aged twenty-two years , the leader of the band , sat on tbe first bench . Amongst the prisoners were persons of a great variety of occupations , such as plumbers , locksmiths , porters of hotels , dealers in jewellery , and workmen of every class . There wtre also ten or twelve females . On the table the pleces-a-conviction were placed in a set of enormous packets , containing , among other things , articles of toilet , bunches of false keys , chisels , and all tba apparatus of house-breakers , j After tbe usual questions bad been addressed to the accused , the clerks of th ? court , Duschene aud Commersen , read the act of accusation , which occupied no less than three hours and a half .

      Tbe accused may be divided into three different classes . In tbe first , we ; place those who have turned King ' s evidence against their companions . In the second , those who actually committed the robberies ; and , in the third , the receivers of the articles stolen . Among those who bave tamed evidence against their companions ware Courtot ; tbe obief of the band , a young man 22 years of age , with a handsome intelligent countenance , and who amongst the gang was named Carapata . on account of a dance invented by him which has

      a prodigious run at the balls of the barrier , and to which be had given this romantic name ; Cottin , who for a long time passed for a lunatic , but who made himself remarkable on this occasion by his sallies of original wit ; and Collin , who kept a cafe in the Rue-de-Bondy , frequented by all the malefactors of Paris , Chausne , Legentil , and Seurguay . j Many of them bave figured in preceding affairs , and ; the greater part of them are already condemned to heavy punishments . Cellia and Cottin played an important part in the bands of Courvoisier and Souques . .

      The prisoners charged with the actual commission of the robberies are tbe most numerous set , and are almost all workmen . Some of them display in their defence great coolness and presenca of mind . There may be fouud among them some villainous countenances , but in general there Is nothing in their attitude , manners , or language Which announces the dangerous crimes described in the accusation . They were all dressed with neatnecs , and soma of them even with care , with ; the exception of those who wear the prison costume . On the front benches [ also are seated some of those

      unfortunate girls who are thrown by misery and vice into the places frequented by malefactors . Two or three ot them have bean convicted with Courtot , the Lovelace of the gang . The greater part of these girls are very young , and two or three of them have the freshness of their age , but not one of them la pretty . Dealers in copper and lead , pawnbrokers , keepers ef famished howls , figure in the number of those accused of receiving the stolen ] goods . In the midst of them may be remarked the manly figure and the distinguished manners of the jeweller ! Lenoir , already acquitted three

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1288/page/3/