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      LITTLE FOOLS AXD GBEAT ONES . BT CHAMES MACKAT . VTien at the social board you sit , and pass around the ¦ wine , Bememter , though abuse is Tile , that use may 1 » divine : That Heaven , in kindness , gave the grape to cheer Troth great and small ; That little fools will drink too much , but great ones not atalL ^ na when in youth ' s too fleeting hours , you roam the earth alone , And nave BOt sought some loving heart that you may materonr oinijloncmlier woman ' s priceless worth , and Husk when pleasures pall , That little fools -will lore too much , tout great ones not at

      j ^ jict a . "& 3 € nd deceived yon once , absolve poor Iranian iinfl , Kor rail against your fellow man -with malice in your mind ; Bnt in your daijy intercourse , rememher , lest you fall , That little fools' confide too much , tot great ones not at all . | n -n-eal or woe , he trustful still , and in the deepest Care Be Iwld and resolute , and shun the coward foe , despair ; Let work ana hope go hand in hand , and know , whate ' er DCfcll , That little fools may hope too much , tout great ones not at all . In work orpleasure , love or drinL-, your rule be still the same : Tonr work not toil , your pleasure pure , your lore a steady flame ; Tout drink not maddening , ljut to cheer , so shall your joy not pall , Tor little fools enjoy too much , T » ut great ones not at alL

      ?> OUE DOME AND FATHERLAXD . Come , fill your glass , and let it pass , To hail the damung' year ; Come , drink with me ; ray toast shall be Our Albion ever dear . And wait a wee , we yet shall see Jlright freedom take ler stand ; And proudly "brave , li e * banner -nave O ' er lioiae and fatherland ! O'er home and fatherland , ye brave ,

      Our joyous pledge shall he . Hurrah 2 hurrah ! hurrah to those VTho dare for liberty i Tio' tj * Ani longs—those meaner things The scum and scorn of earth , Seek to enslave the patriot brave : \ * Tis but to try their worth . Thrice ncnle he , -whoe ' er he be , "Who firmly tafces his stand ; Ana flares to fight , and boldly smite , Tor home and fatherland !

      Por home and fatherland , &c . To the good and true , the noble crew , TVho follow freedom ' s train ; "STho equal laws—fbe poor man ' s cause"Will ever dare maintain : "Who jeers and jibes , and threats and bribes , Xor e ' en the tyrant's ban , ¦ Will ever move to aught , save love For home and fatherland ! ForliomBflndfflthei'lflnd . & <>

      IVho sicadiasthold , despite of gold , The eqaal rights of man , Shall honoured be , for ay , by me , Desjate of tyrant ' s ban . Bat ever spurn the craven worm , And scorn the dastard band , Who slave would be , nor strike to fires Our home and fatherland Onr home and fatherland , ye brave ! We'll give it three times three . Hurrah ! hurrah 1 hurrah to those Who dare for liberty ! Ax Englishwoman

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      C 0-OXGS : BY ; or , THE SEW GENERATION . Br B . ft'IsHAEU , Esq ., M . P . London : Colburn , Great Marlborougli-street . ( Cowd rMed from thcKorihcrn Star of January UUi . ) " 0 , for one hour of George Canning ! " exclaimed ! lie lion . George Stdxet Smttiie , at the Manchester Atheuiciim soiree ; and a similar wish would seem to be cherished by the anther of Cowigsly , judging by Ills commendations of the defunct " statesman" (?) . I Sucb . a wish , coining from the lips of a young man like Mr . Smythe , who , notwithstanding his acknowledged talents , is too young to know anything of the realities of Gassing ' s statesmanship , is excusable . Mr . SMrrnE is , we fancy , pretiy extensively read in

      the history of other countries , and is not unacquainted with iliat ' of his own relating to the events of by-gone j times . But it is cot often tbat young men think of studying the history of that period immediately preceding their own existence , or in which their childi lood Las been passed . And this must be the case | with 3 fr . Smtthe ; otherwise he would never have indulged in the wishfor the return of Canning ' s statesmanship . Utter ignorance of the charaeier of the man he so lavishly lauded can be Ms only excuse for so ridiculous a performance . Bat even this excuse cannot be advanced for Sir . B'IsRiEu . Though the head of " Young England , " feis oW enough to remember at least something of

      CmoiC j doings . lie had , too , the advantage of im-KWng iustniction from that greatest of political tcat'Lcrs of the last fifty years , William Cobbett , "Rlich advantage Ms niore * youtl » ful coadjutors have not Lad . iVitn tlie facts of Cjsxixg ' s statesmanship leforehis eyes twenty years ago , and the lessons of Hie " Monarch of thcPress" criticising all that then ttcnnwL we are at a loss how io frame , or admit of , an excuse for Mr . IPIsraeij when lie joins in the chorus of Loinage to the memory of a man who was , in his day , the worst enemy of liberty—the bitterest exponent of the progress ofpopular freedom . -Mr . D'lsHAEu and his friends have voluntarily come lomurd as the teachers , suides , and leaders of the

      "Sew Generation . " They were not solicited to take sncli a task upon themselves . They took to it , assuming io be better qualified for the labour than the parties previously claiming the ear of the public They denounce aJloflier parties— "Wing , Tory , lladifed , and CJiartist . All else are wrong—themselves right . If so , they at least should be as perfect in flftir historical and political knowledge as the parties ftev repudiate . If not , the public may fairly demur lothe proposition to abandon their old " guides" for lie leadership of tie " new lights . " As regards CAjnoxG and Caxxixg's statesmanship , P » e Toung-Englanders are " all in the wrong . " fftheyare kmorantof the deceased jester ' s political

      Eareer , they are but sorry teachers when they praise satll a man : and if not ignorant , they , with their ? es ojicn , identify themselves "with , Ms atrocious polities , and they array themselves against , instead of on , the side of the people of England , whose fckafless and unscrupulous enemy Gassing ever was . F shall prove the truth of our assertion , " o begin at the beginning : wbile he ( Caxkkg ) Kasyet a young man , lie commenced his political ca-Pser Ijy editing a newspaper , called the Anti-Jacobin I ? paper bepraised bytheiJBEBAi- Weekly Chronicle a B ^ months back ) ; which newrpaper uat set itp and fefipfisfeZ hi the public money . ' As editor of the Anti ¦*« & « , Oasxeso supported every measure of Put

      E ail his gang , no matter Low despotic , denouncing as pes of society all who -were opposed to Phi ' s atroei-Pts . He also , as a public writer and a , member of Parliament , daringly defended every suspension ^ of P * Habeas Corpus Act—every measure for fettering Ita press , and for inflicting the worst punishments pa political offenders . I Soon after iie became a member of Parliament , he v % Umtelf a sznecurep lacc , which he lield to the day plus death , and for which sinecure place he received | p < , < W <> of the public money . Tor thirty years ho PM high and lucrative situations in the public i ^ ri ee : being at one time Under Secretary of Ptate ; at another , Paymaster of the Forces ; at Esther , Secretary of " State for Porekn Affairs ; 1

      Kanother , President of the Board of Gontronl for R ^ a affairs ; at another , Ambassador to Portugal ; IF another , asain Secretary of State for Foreign Rf >» 5 ; and lastly , First Lord of the Treasury , and K ? n « Hor of the Exchequer ; the emoluments of ¦ ^ offices would amount to not less than one Jntn-Kh ' " Uvmtl J thousand jwunds I Add to this K *' ' «

      ¦ " *?«• ivas wnmg from the toil and robbed from the ¦^ isof thepeSple . Mk 9 a » . uster , this man involved , or aided to in-KLf tos tountry in difficulties and miseries pre-K ] j / . " « siniipled . Abroad he mainly contributed Kj 5 ~ , bulling despatches to embroil this country K ^ . ^ ted States Government , thus causing ^ e * iw Criean war > wllic 51 euded ^^^ at ^ e H ^ . Wtans , after dis «» races , naval as well as mi-^ R fiL ? 6 ^ humiliating to the people of Engknd ; ¦ m = ; n' «« ihe addition of seventy millions ster-Bn ^ to ^^ ^ used by that war . And in Spain , K i 2 ^ i South America , the most distressing ¦ e r ^ the inhabitants of those countries and mdclh * ' Atliome t he defended the corruption Ids J : ^ «? Commons : denouncing the Kefor-Ifavon ^ hw 4 wa&d <* £ »> > " and ™ 7 en " isarf . tO ref onnthat house " a Democrattcal en-W ^ . ! " ?•*> ' wliiehhc aojured the precious members I&nT i ? nani Wain * - " In 1817 , he impudently r ^^ the ^ Power-of-LnprisonmentBilJs" brought

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      » by Sibmocth and CiSTLEnEAGiT , wliieh authorised Ministers to s ? ize any man that they might suspect of treasonable practices ' : to take Mm , without producing any evidence against him—without letting him know his accuser or telling iiim of any particular act that he was accused of—to send him , without any commitment stating the precise nature of his offence , to any gaol , in any part of the kingdom—to keep him in a solitary dungeon , without the use of pen , ink , or paper , and cut off from all communication with wife , parents , children , or friends . In 1818 , when sorao oi these unfortunate men had found the means of petitioning the Parliament , and of representing the sufferings of their bodies and the ansuish of their minds , tliis Cjlsxixg turned their complaints into

      jest , and particularly the complaint of a most worthy and aged man of Manchester , who had been totally ruined in Ms business , and who complained of a disorder brought upon him by the violence of those who had seized him and imprisoned him , and whose truly-horrifying statement he answered by a jest , in which he termed the petitioner " the REVERED AKD POJPTURED OGDEN ; " thereby , " as the newspaper report of the debate stated * exciting in the house " a loud and gmeral roar of laughter . " In 1 S 19 , he defended , more daringly than any other man , the conduct of the infernal Manchester magistrates , and Manchester yeomanry , for their butchery of the people at Petcrloo . ' in the same year he supported and defended the accursed Six Acts , which were intended for the total extinguishment of every vestige of freedom in this country . In 1820 , he openly defended the employment of

      Snies , and particularly the employing of the hellish miscreant Edwards , the entrapper of poor Thistlewood and his fellows . In 1816 , 1 S 19 , 1822 , 1824 , ami 1826 , he was guilty of the most foolish , if not the most wicked of doings , in his tamperings ( in conjunction with Peel and others ) with the currency , by which thousands Avere reduced to begcary , aiid from the evil effects of which the nation up to this hour has not recovered . In denouncing and waging war against the Press , he declared he would " extinguish the accursed torch of discord for ever . " And lastly , when he had achieved the summit of his ambition , and become Prime Minister of England , supported by a crew of recreant Whigs and apostate politicians , he concluded his infamous career by making the following insolent declaration on the 4 th of May , 1837—uithzn a few weeks of Ms death— " I ira . 1 OPPOSE PARHAMEXTAHT REFORM , K

      WHATEVER SHATE IT MAT APPEAR , TO THE LAST HOUR of sir life re ims House !" Such , Messrs . D'Israeli and Smtthe , were the doings , —but too briefly sketched , —of your modd statesman ! "What we have charged to Ms account are facts ; and

      "Facts are duels that ivinna ding , An' downa be disputed . " Last week we thanked the author of Coningsly for unveiling the atrocities of the Sidmoutiis and CASir . EBEApns : but justice demandsthat their participant in crime , Caxxixg , should share the infamy attached to their names . Besides , however unthankful may be the task of disturbing the " revehed axd hcptured" ashes of the heartless jester , it is due to the people that we do not allow Mb . D'Isbaeu and his friends to impose on them , under the cover of a generous sentimentality—the infernal policy of Gaxsing . It may be , as we have above intimated , the Young Englanders may know no better ; but if they are so green , it does not follow that we should allow them to mislead the " ! New Generation . " ( To le continued . )

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      SIMMOIfDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Jaxuakt . With the commencement of a new year we have the eommeneoment of a new volume of this useful and entertaining publication . The present number contains nothing demanding comment , beyond the mere fact that its contents are generally acceptable . The principal articles are on "The Agriculture of Hindostan f " Australia : Past , Present , and Future ; " "A Journal of a Voyage to Port Phillip ;" " The Climate of North America ; " " Condition and Prospects of Van Dicman's Land ; " "New Branswick , " &e . There arc also lighter articles , which will be found not devoid of attraction . From '' Our Note Boot" we extract a wonderful account of an elk hunt in the United States , in the year 1818 . The hunters

      were rivals—John Dougherty , a Kentuckian , who is still alive and residing in Clay county , Missouri ; and a half-breed , called Mai Bceuf ( Bad Beef ) . They were stationed at one of the ports of the Missouri Fur Company ; then : business was to provide venison for the company's servants . Card-playing on the day previous to the ruiu-at which the half-breed had been defeated—excited more than usual rivalry in the breasts of the two runners . A . herd of elk were discovered ; when , instead of killing them with their guns , the half-breed challenged the Kentuckian to r an down the elk and kill them with their knives . The challenge was accepted , their guns were hung in a tree , and raising the Indian yell to frighten the animals , the run commenced .

      Off they went across a low prairie a few miles in width , leaving their pursuers far behind ; but steadily the latter continued their pace nevertheless . They reached the bluff—ascended—crossed—descended—one resolve uppcrmost in their minds , " never to say fail . " league after league the chase and the race continued—the men panting like hounds , cooling their mouths in crossing an occasional "branch" by throwing up the water with their palms , but stiil unpajisinjj , until , approaching Elk Horn r iver , a distance of twenty miles , by mutual agreement they took a circuit with an . increase of speed , got ahead of the elk , and actually prevented them from crossings Leagues and leagues , upon a new track , the chase continued , the animals by this time so exhausted by heat ,

      thirst , ana , above all , flight , —for the hunters had incessantly sent forth ' thelr yells , in this case as much a scream of mutual defiance as an artifice of the chase , —that they scarcely exceeded their pursuers in speed ; the latter , foaming and maddened with excitement , redoubled their efforts , until the elk , Teaching a prairie pound , or " sink , " the hunters at their heels , plunged despairingly in , lay down , and abandoned themselves , heedless of all else , to the gratification of their thirst . The frantic rivals , knife in hand , dashed in after their prey , began the work of slaughter , paused not until they had butchered sixteen , dragged them from the water , and cut up and prepared the meat for transportation to the fort , -whither they had to return for horses . Had the race ended 1 No ' .

      For-victory or death was the inward determination , and as yet neither had given way . Off dashed again the indomitable half-breed , and at his side the unyielding Kentuckian . Rise and hollow , stream and timber—uo yelling now—in desperate silence were left behind . The sun was sinking —blind , staggering , on they went—they reached the fort , haggard , wild , and voiceless , as from the firesjof the savage , the " gauntlet" of fiends . A crowd gathered round the exhausted men , who had arrived together , and now lay fainting , still side by side , a long time before they were enabled , by signs and whispers , to tell that they had run down sixteen elk , and yet couldn't say which was the best man ! This feat brought upon D an affection of the lungs , nor did he recover his strength for several years . He is still alive , a quiet and influential citizen . Mai Bceuf became very dissipated , and died in a short time . Our informant tells us that he has made an examination of the country forming their race-track himself , and that they , without exaggeration , must have run seventy-five miles between the hours of eight a . m . and seven P . M .

      ITc learn from an article on the islands in Bass's Straits ( near Van Dieman's Land ) , that the last remnant of the aborigines of Van Dieman ' s Land arc located on one of these , called Flinder ' s Island . The race is rapidly approaching extinction , as they now number but about fifty ; and though well provided for , and composed of equal numbers of both sexes , —not a single birth has occurred for three or four years . This is attributed to their pining for Van Dieman ' s Land , the home of their birth .

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      COLBTJRN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE . January . It is unnecessary to trouble our readers with comment on tMs popular magazine : its name alone being an introduction all-sufficient . From " Sketches of Zurhano and Arivanota , by oncwholaiGw them both , " we take the following highly-interesting account of Zurbano and Ms son : —The latter , our readers will be aware , was lately brutally murder ed by order of the butcher Ivakvaez ; the former still lives , and is in alljprobability destined to punish the fiendish murderer of his children . Zva&xsa is no favourite of ours , for he is no democrat ; on the contrary , he has been —as the tool of Esparterb—the persecutor of democrats ; still , with all Ms faults , we cannot but wish him safe from the snares of Lis remorseless enemy Nabvaez ; not omitting to add to that wish , that the opportunity may yet be afforded to Mm of avenging himself and Ms country on the person of that prince of assassins , for whom a day of retribution is surely

      coming . zotbano And bis son . To judge from his ( Zurbano ' s ) appearance ( 183 G ) , he was abont forty-five years of age , perhaps rather more , but in activity and strength I should say he was full ten years younger . I have rarely seen a man who gave me more ihe idea of one capable of \ iadergoing great fatigue and hardship . He was rather shortin stature , about five feet seven inches , I think ; but being somewhat roundshouldered , he appeared less than that . In person he was spare , no superfluous flesh about him , but an abundance of bone and sinew . The prevailing character of his fece , which was much tanned and weatherbeaten , was one of indomitable resolution . His eyes , which were grey

      and deep set , overhung by bushy and projecting brows , had a quick , intelligent expression , and at times , when he was not in any way excited , almost a thoughtful one , but when roused—in action , for instance—they gleamed fiercely . Ifis lips were thin and usually compressed , and certain lines about the mouth- gave rather a cruel expression to his face , but his smUe was frank , and by no means disagreeable . He wore no beard , save a soldier ' s whiske * to the bottom of the ear . His usual , I way say his invariable , costume , consisted of a zicmara , or loose jacket of black sheepskin , a scarlet Mna , or Basque cap , sucb as the Carlists wore , with a large stariike gold tassel spreading over the top , blue or red overalls , neavy boots , and long , jingling , Spanish spurs . Us neck was usually bare ; his gloves must liave been a

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      very trifling expense to him ; his cavalry sabre was slung to a belt of common black leather . He had a most unbounded contempt for what he seemed to consider the fopperies of uniform , and always preferred the uninilitary , but by no means unpicturesque , dress above described—probably the very same he had worn when a contrabandista . Subsequentl y to this , when he had attained far greater celebrity than at the time I speak of , and had ascended step by step , and in spite of jealousy and disfavour , to the command of a brigade , it was intinvitoJ to him by the general of tlie division to which he belonged ) that it was desirable lie should conform to the regulations of the service , and appear upon parade in the uniform of his rank . I had left Spain before that period , but I have since had described to me , what I can well imagine , the ludiovoug annovnnco and discomfiture

      of Zurbauo , at being compelled to abandon his usual neglige garb , and don the cocked-hat and feather , and the tightly-buttoned coat , with cufis and collar stiffened by embroidery , of a Spanish general ' s costume . The son of Zurbanowasas rcmnrliableinWs way ashisfathev . When I first saw him , he was not sixteen years old , puny and diminutive for his age , with a little , pale , sickly-looking face , very red lips , large dark eyes , and voice like a woman in a passion , always upon the scream . How it was that so delicate-looking an urchin managed to support the hardships of a gucvilla life , I cannot explain ; but I suppose it was his pluck and energy that carried him through . Girt with a sword nearly as long as himself , carrying a light lance , and perched upon a tall horse that would have made a good charger for a man of twelve stone weight , he used to gallop about at the head of his father ' s

      cavalry , then consisting of some five and twenty badly equipped and mounted lancers , chiefly deserters from the Cavlists . He was already a cornet in the Spanish service , and not sharing his father's contempt for dress , he used to come out on fete days , and other grand occasions , in a most dapper uniform , with a broad silver band down the side of his overalls , a closely fitting green jacket , and foraging cap of fanciful device . At such times he put me in mind of one of the smartly painted wooden soldiers , used as toys for children—not that he by any means played at soldiering—it was right down earnest with him ; and one of his father ' s officers assured me , that young Zurbano had already diminished the numbers of Don Carlos's army , by no less than eleven men . If this be true , I do not suppose he had slain them all in single combat—probably the majority were fugitives that he had

      overtaken and killed—but nevertheless , he was skilful in theuse of his weapons nnd management of his horse , and possessed more muscular strength than his delicate appearance indicated . He was a bloodthirsty young imp . I recollect one day , after a skirmish , we had driven the Carlists out of a village in Alava , and I found myself pursuing a fellow who was scampering in great haste across a field . I was close to liinij when up came Zurbano , swearing most lustily , in his squealing tones , his lance down , and preparing to give the poor dGvil his quietus , by means of a vigorous "front point . " I was just in time to turn his lance aside , and theu I thought he would have made a poke at me , he seemed so bent on sticking somebody . I prevailed upon him , however , to spare tlie unlucky Carlist , and he took him back as a prisoner , driving him before him , and occasionally stimulating his progress by

      a prick with his lance point . Young Martin , as they used to call him , though his name was Benito , was nominally in command of his father ' s cavalry ; but as lie would inevitably have * led thom to destruction bad they been left entirely to his guidance , he had adjoined to him as a mentor one Mccolaldi , a very smart , gallant fellow , who subsequently lost his arm in action . It would be difficult to name any officer or partisan who did so much real damage to the enemy , and was SO uniformly successful In Ids undertaking , as Zurbano , daring the whole period of the Carlist struggle . He united all the qualities essential to success hi a war of that description ; great personal bravery and presence of mind , a knowledge of the country in which he acted , and considerable skill in obtaining information and devising stratagems . The Cavlists , who dreaded him more

      than any other Christino chief , never considered themselves safe while he was within twenty or thirty leagues of them . He would accomplish forced marches of a length that appeared almost fabulous ; and in an extraordinavy slwrfc time fau upon and exterminate some detachment of the enemy , capture a valuable convoy , or kidnap an officer of rank . * # * He was very careless of the honours which Spanish military men usually prize ; refused decorations that were offered to him , and never wore the galones , or lace stripes upon the coat cuff , that mark the rank of field-officer 3 in Spain . The terror with winch Zurbano inspired the Carlists was only to be equalled by jtbeir detestation of him . " Elinfame . Barea , " as they used to call him , would have met but skimp measure of mercy had lie fallen into their hands . # # # To a man of Zurbano ' s impetuous character and active habits , illness was of course a dreaded calamity . Once at Vittoria he had an attack of a painful malady , and while it lasted I went two or three times to see him . He was obliged to keep

      lushed , and used to lie cursing and swearing " at no allowance , " and grinding his teeth , not so much with the suffering he endured , as with impatience at being compelled to remain idle , instead of mounting his horse , and sallying forth a persegitir los facdoses . I do not tliiuk he was ever comfortable except when he wasrampaging about the country with his little band of desperadoes , seeking whom he might devour . His " . ri ellos ! " or " At them !" when he caught a view of the Carlists , was as hearty and as inspiriting as the sound of a trumpet . And off he would go , always the first , spurring his Andalusian , and waving his heavy sabre , while tlie Carlists would sing out , "Demonio ! Barea . "' and run like mad . He was always eager to get to close quarters—always for a charge in preference to the long short work which some of the Spanish are so fond of . He used to got off his horse , put himself at the head of his infantry , and dash up to the assault of a parapet or position without wasting a cartridge . He got his share of wounds , but exposing himself as he did , it is wonderful he lasted the war ont .

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      THE O'DONOGHUE ; a Talc of Mand Fifty Tears Ago . By Harky Lobrequbb . No . I . Oit and Co . This new work of Mr . Lever ' s promises to rival the best of its predecessors . The author's description of the valley of Glenfleek is truly and beautifully poetical ; and there is no lack of that huinom which illumines all Mr . Lever ' s previous productions . We have no room this week for comment or lengthy extracts , but must confine ourselves to the two following tit bits : —

      A SHEBEEN HOUSEWIFE ' S IDEAS OF IMPBQVESIENT . "And what ' s bringing them here at all ? " said Mrs . H'Kelly , with a voice of some asperity ; for she foresaw no pleasant future in the fact of a resident great man , who would not be likely to give any encouragement to the branch of traffic her principal customers followed . "Sorrow one of me knows , " was the safe reply of the individual addressed , who not being prepared with any view of the matter , save that founded on the great benefit to the country , preferred this answer to a more

      decisive one . " 'Tis to improve the property , they say , " interposed tlie other , who was not equally endowed with caution . " To look after tbe estate himself he has come . " "Improve , indeed ! " echoed the hostess . " Much we want their improving ! Why didu't they leave us the ould families of the country ? It ' s little we used to hear of improving , when I was a child . God be good to ust—There was ould Miles O'Donoghue , the presentman's father , I'd like to see what he'd say , if they talked to him about improvement . Aych ! sure I mind the time a hogshead of claret didn't do the fortnight . My father , rest his soul , used to go up to the house every Monday morning for orders ; and ye'd see a string of ears following him at the same time , -with tay , and sugar , and wine , and toandy , and oranges , and lemons . Them was the raal improve , ments !" " 'Tis true for ye , ma ' am . It was a fine house , I always heerd tell . "

      " Porty . sixin the kitchen , besides about fourteen colleens and gossoons about the place ; the best of enthertainment up stairs and down . " " Musha ! that was grand . " " A keg of spirits , with a spigot , in the servants' hall , and no saying by your leave , but drink wbile ye could stand over it . " " The Lord be good to us ' . " piously ejaculated the twain . " The hams was boiled in sherry wine . " " Begorra , I wish I was a pig them times . " " And a pike daren't come up to table without an elegant pudding in his belly that cost five pounds !" " 'Tis the fish has their own luck always , " was the profound meditation at this piece of good fortune .

      IRISH WAT OF EAISIXO THE WIND . It was a little after Christmas last year that Mr . Malachi thought he'd go up to Dublin for a month or six weeks with the young ladies , just to show them , by way of ; for ye see , there ' s no dealing at all down here ; and he thought he'd bring them up , and see what could be done . Musha ! but they ' re the hard stock to get rid of ! and somehow they don't improve by holding them over . And as there was levees , and drawing-rooms , and balls going on , sure it would go hard , buthe'dgetoffapairofthem anyhow . Well , it was an elegant scheme , if there was money to do it ; but devil a farthin was to be had , high or low , beyond seventy pounds I gave for the two carriage hOl'SCS and the yearlings that was out in the field , and sure that wouldn't do at all . He tried the tenants for

      "the November , " but what was theuse of it , though he offered a receipt in full for ten shillings in the pound ?—when a lucky thought struck him . Troth , and it ' s what ye may call a grand thought too . He was walking about before the door , thinking and ruminating how to raise the money , when he sees the sheep grazing on the lawn f ornint him ; notthathecouldsclloneofthem , fortherewasastrap of a bond , or mortgage on them a year before . "Taix , " anu says he , " when a man ' s hard up for cash , he ' s often obliged to wear a mighty threadbare coat , and go cold enough in the winter season—and sure it ' s reason , sheep isn't better than Christians : and begorra , " says he , " I'll

      have the fleece off ye , if the weather was twice as cowld . " No sooner said than done . TUey were ordered into the liaggard-jard the same evening , and , as sure as ye ' re there , they cut the wool off them three days after Christmas . Musha ! but it was a pitiful sight to see them turned out shivering and shaking , with the snow on the ground . And it didn't thrive with him ; for three died the first night . 'Well , when he seen what come of it , he had them all brought in again , and they gathered all the spare clothes and the ould rags in the house together , and dressed them up , at least the ones that were worst ; and sucb a Sit of craytures never was seen . One had an old petticoat on ; another a flannel waistcoat ; many could

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      only get a cravat or a pair of gaiters ; but the ram beat all , for he was dressed in a pair of corduroy breeches , and an ould spencer of the master's ; and may I never live , if I didn't roll down full length on the grass when I seen him .

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      THE EDINBURGH TALES . Conducted by Mrs . Joiixstone . Tait , Edinburgh . Mrs . Johustonc is well known in the literarv world as the ftlithoi' of Chn-Alhm , Elizabeth de Bruce , Knights of the Hound Table , and some of the best tales and articles in Tales Edinburgh . Magazine , Several of the metropolitan critics of hi gh " standing have warmly lauded the productions of her pen : anything , therefore , designed for " the million , " by so talented a writer , must command attention . Judging by the first number of these Edinburgh Tales , the title appears a misnomer , as the scene of the commencement of these Tales is laid in London ; but the title is a matter of but little hntlOVtancc . These tales commence with " The Experiences of Richard Taylor , Esq ., " whose portrait we will at once introduce to our readers : —

      " THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE UMBRELLA , " There must be many persons in London , particularly in tlie busy neighbourhood extending from St . Paul ' s Churoli . yard to Charing-Cross , perfectly familiar with Mr . lUchard Taylor . His burrow , or central point , was in some laue , small street , or alley , between Arundel-street and Surreystairs , whence he daily revolved in an orbit of which no mau could trace the eccentricity . Its extremities seemed to be Gray ' s Inn on the north , the Obelisk on the south , the London Docks on the vulgar side , Hyde Park Comer on the point of gentility . It was next to impossible , any day from eleven till two o ' clock , between the years 1815 and 1832 , to walk from . P . all-Mall to St . Paul ' s without once , if uot oftener , encountering " The Gentleman with the Umbrella . " There he emerged from Cliauecry-lane , and here he popped upon you from Templel-anc

      you saw him glide down Norfolk-street , or lost sight of him all at onee about Drury-lantf * , or beheld him holding on briskly , but without effort , along the Strand , till , about Charing-cross , he suddenly disappeared to Start upon you , like a Will o' the Wisp , iu some unexpected corner . Now was he seen in the Chancery Court — now sauntering towards Billingsgate Market — now at the Stock . Exchange , and again at the Bow-street office , lie might , in the same hour , be seeu at tho hustings in Palaee-yai'd , and hovering on the outskirts of one of Orator Hunt ' s meetings , as far off as Spafields ; at a reasonable hour , in the gallery of the House of Commons , and next in Mr . Edward Irving ' s Chapel . The British JIuseum divided his favour with the great butcher markets , and with the picture and book auctions , winch he regularly frequented . The best idea may be

      formed of the movements of Mr . Richard Taylor from the different notions formed of his character and calling . For the first five years of his sojourning in London many conjectures were formed concerning this " Gentleman about town , " or " The Gentleman with the Umbrella ; " by which descriptive appellation he came to be pretty generally known among the shopmen and clerks along his line of quick-march . His costume-and appearance , strange as the association seems , was half-military , half-Moravian . By many he was set down as a reporter for the daily prints —vulgarly apenny-aA ' mer ; a calling universally sneered at by those wliosc figments and marvels ave paid from twopence a Hue upwards . His frequent attendance at the police offices , and in the courts of law , favoured this conjecture , as well as his occasional appearance at places of public amusement . A sagacious tradesman in

      Cockspur-strcet , a reformer , who hadbeeninvolved in " tlie troubles" of the times of Hardy and Home Toolce , set him flown as a half-pay officer , now a spy of tlie Home Office . A tavern-keeper in Fleet-street , who had seen him at the Bow-street Office voluntarily step forward to interpret for a poor Polish Jew , against whom law was going hard from ignorance of the Coeknoy dialoet of | the English language , affirmed that lie was a Polish refugee . But he had also been heard to interpret for an itinerant weather-glass seller from the Lake of C ' omo , in a similar scrape ; and for a Turkish seaman who , having first been robbed , M-as next to be sent to prison for not consenting to l ) e twice robbed—of . Ms tlmo and Ms moneyin prosecuting the thief . These things rather told in his

      favour . One day the editor of a well-known liberal paper was seen to stop " The Gentleman with the Umbrella , " and carry him into a great bookseller ' s shop ; and on another he was discovered in a hackney coach with some benevolent Quakers from America , who had been looking on the seamy side of civilization in Newgate . Here was corroboration of good character . Of " The Gentleman with the Umbrella , " we may tell further , that his sister-in-law , Mrs . James Taylor , the wife of the rich solicitor ill Brunswick-square , affectionately named him among her friends , " our excellent and unfortunate brother , Mr . Richard ; " her husband familarly , " our poor Dick : " a young Templar , studying German , quaintly called him " Mephistophiles ; " and Mary Anne Moir , his god-daughter , emphatically , " The Good Ctenius . "

      For the interesting particulars of the life of the " Gentleman with the Umbrella , " and also tlie commencement of his " experiences" under the title of "Young-Mrs . Roberts , Three Christmas Dinners , " we must refer , ouv readers to the work itself . The price-of tlie Tales , sixteen page 3 octavo , neatly p rinted , is but three halfpence ; the work is therefore within the reach of all classes .

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      THE PRESTONIAN PLAN . Wilkinson and Co ., Tysoe-street , Spafields . This is a pamphlet by Thomas Preston , a veteran Radical , who for upwards of half a century has been known in the political world , the steady advocate oi those changes which , yet unaccomplished , are nevertheless ncaving the houv of their advent . Thomas Preston is now an old man ; and probably weary of the strife for political reforms , would fain , ere he departs , see the social results ho lias aimed at achieved by other means ; political reform being in the meantime unattainable . The object is a good one ; and a man whose whole life testifies to his sincerity deserves to have his views listened to , however utopian they may seem . to some , or impracticable they may appear to others . Mr . Preston entitles his scheme a " Plan for

      renovating-the public prosperity , insuring- advantageous employment to all industrious persons of both sexes ; the comfortable maintenance of the aged , the sick , the orphan , and tlie widow ; tlie increase of agriculture and trade ; the education of the young ; the abrogation of ail poor-rates , taxes , and the national debt ; and the gradual resumption of the lands of the United Kingdom , - as the inalienable property of the nation , without injury to a single individual . " Suca is the ample list of contents set forth on the title page . As we cannot afford room to discuss the important points therein mooted , we decline stating our objections to tlie scheme , unaccompanied by the reasons on which those objections are founded . The work is of that nature that no quotation could do it justice . The ivhole must be read to understand and

      appreciate the views of the author . Though dissenting from tlie plan , we , nevertheless , would recommend its perusal oy the Chartist body . As it may be considered the legacy of a veteran Reformer , who has at least tried to " leave the world better than he ; found it , " it may fairly claim the consideration of the "New Generation , " Besides , itsfcrikes us that , was there among the Chartists a return to that healthy system of discussion , which was one of the prime features of Chartism at the commencement of the agitation , it would be well for the progress of the movement . Single-hearted , quietthinking , but plain out-spoken men , then communed together ; and if thews was less of sfcadieA rhetoric , there was more of energetic action . The lecturing system has failed to achieve the expectations originally entertained of it . A lecturer lectures in onctown , and has a meeting to listen to him ; but ten miles off there is no lecturer , and 'therefore there is no meeting . It was not so in the days of 1837-8 . Then men met , ' whether they had lecturers or not ; and the

      topics of the day formed subjects for the homely eloquence of those * who , if they knew nothing of rhetoric , knew , at any rate , how to call a spade a spade . There is another evil of the lecturing system . Used to be tickled with the clever speeches of a variety of lecturers , the public ear palls at the efforts of—it may be not extra-eloquent—Jocal orators . Men grow nice , and a " good speech" is the thing most in demand . If this be not supplied , apathy takes the place of action . We object not to the present lecturers ; wo would that there were more of them ; but we y ould not have the movement depend wholly on their exertions . We would be glad to sec a revival of the discussion system , when such works as the one under notice might be questioned and analysed . Tho subjects mooted by Mr . Preston are of the most vital interest to mankind : let his scheme of remedies therefore be investigated . If proved erroneous , better renicdies may suggest themselves to the minds of the investigators .

      As we apprehend Mr , PuBsiorf will find more difficulty than he seems to anticipate in the forming of an association to cany out his views , we would suggest to him tlie propriety of sending his plan to associations already in existence . For instance , Prince Albert is the head of an association of some sortwe forget what—for "the improvement of the dwellings of the labouring classes . " The Prince would be a convert worth catchinpr . Again , there is a society tor the "Protection of Native Industry , " patronised , we believe , by some of the peevase and squirearchy ;

      let the plan be laid before them . Again , Sir J . vmes Graham , as the head of the Home Department , is supposed to be the " guardian genius" of the people ' s weliare ; 'he should , therefore , be acquainted with Mr . Pkkstoh ' s plan . A former Home Secretary , the saintly Smuouin , was much addicted to pryinglnto the supposed plans of Mr . Prestos and his compatriots ; we would have Sir James follow this example . Mr . Preston ' s pamphlet will be more fitting employment for his prying propensities than Mr . Mazzuh ' s letters .

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      THE VALUE OF BIOGRAPHY IN THE FORMATION OP INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER , Illusthated bt the Life and Writings op C . R . Peubbbxok , By G . J . Holtoake . —Watsan , Paul ' salley , Paternoster-row . A pleasing subject , pleasingly and profitably discoursed of . All that tends to make the character of puMBERToy known and appreciated , is of no small service to the cause of human progress . Mr . Watson has therefore done well in publishing this little tract .

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      THE MOVEMENT . Vol . I .-G . J . Howoake , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand . The first volume of this opponent of priestcraft , and champion of free-discussion , is completed , and will make a very handsome addition to the library of the free-thinker . It will do more ; it will add to his stock of intellectual weapons with which to fight the battle for truth and freedom against the feinds of superstition and tyranny , The following is an extract from tlie preface : — It will ha fresh in the recollection , of our subscribers , how tlie local authorities , and the Attorney Generals of England : intl Scotland sought to suppress the Oracle of Reason . They were determined it should not be published , but its conductors thought dillferently . It is true the editors went into prison—but then their work came out—and for once ( the cases are solitary ) right baffled

      might . At the commencement of the Movement ( itbem » pledged to tread in the Oracle ' s steps ) it was said that jn-osecutions of a more effective character irould be renewed . But as the simple idea of perfect duty excludes that of fear , ire issued our weekly number with the same nonchalance that we took our ^ breakfast . It seemed so natural to espress honest opinions , that in what way it could be -wrong wo could not conceive , and integrity appeared so useful that we would not . Thus we have no merit to claim , and no apologies to make—we hare not written from bravado , but from simplicity , and we have known no policy but that of not knowing expediency . A few copies of the first volume ,, neatly bound , are , we understand , to be had of the publisher . ^ Ye may remind those disposed to support the Movement , that the new volume commenced on the 1 st inst ., and affords a favourable opportunity for them to commence their patronage .

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      THE MEDICAL TIMES ALMANACK FOR 1845 . This useful annual addition to the Medical Times contains , besides the usual matter of an almanack , directions for gardening operations for each month , law charges , allowances , &c . ; list of fire insurance and life assurance companies ; all the State , Church , and colonial officers ; public exhibitions ; a number of useful recipes ; and an immense mass of information connected with the medical profession .

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      IHE PAUPER SONO . Hocseiess , famish d , desp ' rute man , A ragged wretch am I ! And liow , and when , and where I cau , I feed , anil lodge , and lie . And I must to tha 'WorUliouse go , If better may not be ; Ay , if , indeed ! The Workhouse ? No ! The Gaol—the Gaol for me . There shall I get the larger crust , Tho Wai'lHGl' h 6 tlSe-room there ; And choose a prison since I must , I'll choose it for its fare . The Dog will snatch the biggest bone , So much the wiser lie : Call me a Dog;—the name I'll own : — Tha Gaol—tUu Gaolfov me .

      What , masters , am I not a Hound ? Have I a soul like you ?—You'd treat me better , I'll be bound , If ye believ'd it true . The Pauper than the very Thief You use in worse degree ; Keep to yourselves , then , your relief : — The Gaol—the Gaol for me . The Felon ' s dress is soft to feel As that which shames the Poor ; The Convict eats as good a meal , But gets a little more . Pauper and Thief are much the same , Por aught that I can see : "Well , then ; what matter for the name ?—« The Gaol—the Gaol for me .

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      A Pbettt Thought . —A coquette is a rose from which every lover plucks a leaf—the thorns are reserved- for lier future husband . Moral Axiom . —What a beautiful thing : is . a rosy cheek ! How great the contrast when the blush settles-to the nose !—Great G-un . Yankee- Descriptive . —A Yankee , speaking of a thunder shower , said , " The sky was black and dreary , murky and ominous clouds drove- furiously from the west , and in fifteen minutes it rained like everlasting hooky . " Thrashing a . Ghost ' . —At Handswortli ,. near Bir . mingliiim , a "ghost" has been so severely beaten by lialf-a-dozon sceptics , who were Iving in wait ' for him ,

      that he is now laid up in a hospital . Cure ron a Cold The following proscription has been taken from an old black letter-book , a- » - 1403 . Wo print it for the benefit of those medical antiquarians who arc fond of tracing the progress of medicine : — Putt your fectte in hotte water , ; As highe as your thighes , TTrappe your lieade up in flanneilt , As lowe as your eyees . Take a quart of rum'd gruelle , , ' When in beddc , as a close . "With a number four dippe — Punch : Well tallowe your nose .

      Degradation of a Yankee . —The " native" born son of a naturalised Irish citizen of Now York , having been soundly flogged by his father , went whimpering to his native companions— " It is not for the licking I care , but to be struck by one of them cussed foreigners—that ' s what I ' m mad at !" Hours of Rest . —Archbishop Williams used to sleep only , three hours out of thfc four-and-twenty Sewell and Cross ' s young man , vdien . he went halfprice tothe play , and wound up at the Cider-cellars , returning to take down the shutters at eight in the morning , never slept at all . ; so that on such occasions as those he beat the Archbishop , hollow . .

      " " We Fly by Nicm . — An , . -ir . fortunatelandlord , on going round to collect his-rents , sent his sen-ant forward to prepare tho tenant for his visit . On . reaching the house and finding his servant taking a survey , and apparently endeavouring to gain admittance , "What ' s the matter ?" said he ; "is the door bolted ? " " No , master , " was the reply , " but the lodger is ?"—Great Gun . The Advantage of . nnw IxTEmoiniE . —During the French war , two Scotchwomen , on their way to church , were conversing about the success of tho British arms ; when the one remarked to the other , that sac believed one chief-reason of their success was ,

      that our soldiers always prayed to Heaven for assistance before engaging in battle . Her companion rcp jicd— " But could not the French soldiers likewise pray ? " "Touts ! "" interrupted the other , "blctheriu' bodies ! wha could understand them ?" A New Feature is . Sir J . Graham ' s Medical Reform . —Everybody knows that , since ho has been in office , tlie Secretary ibr the Home Department has greatly increased the ' number oi' " read letter days " at the establishment in St . Maytin ' s-le-Grand ; but everybody docs not know that Sir James Graham , in furtherance of his notions on tlie subject of medical reform , now submits every epistle in the " Deadliti&i Office , " to . n rigid post mortem examination . — Great Gun .

      Wire ' s . —Why is the Polka like India ale ? Because there are so many hops in it . —When is the music of a party most like a ship in distress ? When it sets the pumps A going . —Why Is Alderman Salomons a great hmihiaiy ? Because he has eclipsed the Moon . Characteristic—With a jest General Sir 0 . Napier , the conqueror of Scinde , is wont to win the soldiers' hearts ; thus , when some insolent and silly young men persisted , insubordinately , to ride violently through the camp and the bazaars , causing frequent accidents , he issued the following order , bringing ridicule and fear at once to bear on the offenders . "

      Gentlemen as well as beggars , if they Idee , may ride to the Devil when they get on horseback ; but neither gentlemen nor beggars have a right to send other people to the Devil , which will be the ease if furious riding be allowed in the bazaar . The Major-general has placed a detachment of horse at the- disposal of Captain Pope , who will ayrcst offenders and punish them , as far as the regulations permit . And Captain Pope is not empowered to let any one escape punishment , because , when orders have been , repeated and are not obeyed , it is time to enforce them ; without obedience any army becomes a mob , and a cantonment a bear garden ; the enforcement of obedience is like plivsic—not agreeable , but necossary . "

      An A > ranicAS Description or a Teeiotxujer . —I once travelled tlu-ough all the state of Maine with one of them ere chaps . He was as thin as a whippin post . His skin looked like a blown bladder after some of the air has leaked out , kinder wrinkled and rumpled like , and his eye . as dim as a lamp that ' s iivin on a short " allowance of ile . . Ho put me m mind of a pair of kitchen tongs , all legs , shaft , and head , and no belly ; real gander-gutted looking crittur , aa hollow as a bamboo walking-cane , and twice as yaller He looked actually as if ho had been picked off a rack at sea , and dragged through a gimlet-hole . He was a lawyer . Thinks I , the Lord a massy on your clients , vou hunery . half-starved looking crittur you

      you'Jl eat ' em lip alive . You arc just the chap to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel , tank , shank , and flank , all at a gulp . HOW TO TELL THE DAT OF THE WEEK . —Ring for tho cook to bring up . the-joint . If it is rather low cut , you may infer that it is Wednesday or Thursday ; if it is reduced to a state of hash , you may be certain it is Friday or Saturday . There can be no mistake about the Sunday , if the joint is produced smoking hot and entire , and followed up by a pie or a pudding . Another good plan is to refer to tho state of your finances , Gold will tell you that it is just tlie beginning ; silver that it must be about the middle ; and coppers , that you certainly have arrived at the terminus of the week . —Punch .

      Tom Dibdis ' s Punning . —Tom , on one occasion , being a steward of the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund dinner , arrived very late on » miserable looking nag , whose appearance called forth some remarks and merriment from those at tho windows . Gentlemen , " said he , on entering the room , " you mustn ' t judge of anything by its looks . That ' s tho pony that play 3 the marble horse in Giovanni in London , and can get as much , applause aa any o £ you . — 'tis the celebrated horse Graphy" " Graphy ! that ' s a strange name for a horse , ' Dibdin , " said some one . " Most appropriate , though , " said tho punster : " when I made up my mind to buy a horse , 1 said , ' I'll bi-o-graphy , ' when I mounted lvim I was top-o-grapny , when I wanted hint to canter I say ge-o-graphj , and when I wish him to stand still , and he won't , I say , ' But you au-to-graphy , ' and therefore I think Graphy is a very proper name . "

      Turning Water into Wine , —Miss Martineau , in one of her letters in the Athenamm , treats of "Mesmerised water . " She says , J ( a young girl ) , "being offered refreshment , chose some mesmerised water , a glass of which was on the table , prepared ibr me ( Miss M . ) . It seemed to cxhilirate her , and she expressed great relish of tho " refreshment . " It struck us that we would try , another evening , whether her mesmerist ' s will could affect her sense of taste . In her absence , we agreed that the water should be silently willed to be sherry the next night . To make the experiment as clear as possible , the water was first offered to her , and a little ofitdrunlc as water . Then the rest was , while still in her hands , silently willed to be sherry . She drank it oft—half a tumbler full—declared it very good ; but , presently , that it made her tipsy . What was it ?

      '' Wine—white wine . " And she became exceedingly merry and voluble , but refused to rise from her chair , or dance any more , or go down stairs , < or she could not walk steady , ami should fall and spoil her face , and moreover frighten them all below . " The Great Gun observes—This power of being able to " w ] U " onc li quid into another is most worthy of cultivation . We should like to carry it out with regard to our own Cape , at fifteen shillings a dozen , and " will" it into four guinea Madeira . We suppose this woidd be practicable . The old saying teaches us that " where there ' s a will there ' s a way ; " and , without doubt , our " will * ' would load to the way . We would get very luxurious in our living . We would " will" penny ginger-beer into champagne ; humble swipes into Burton ale ; and spring-water into tho finest Johannisberg . Every pump should become a Rhenish vineyard !

      A Soulless Mas . —Out West ,. a stump orator , wishing to describe his opponent as a soulless man , said : — " I have heard some persons hold to the opinion , that just at tlie precise moment after one being dies , another is born ; and that the soul enters and animates the new-born name . Now I have made particular and extensive inquiries concerning my opponent thar , and I find that for some time previous to his nativity nobody died . Fellow citizens , you may draw the inference . " A Timely Repartee . —A soldier of Marshal Sase ' s amiv bein" - discovered in a theft , was condemned to be hanged " What he had stolen might be worth five shillings . The Marshal meeting him as he was being led to execution , said io him—" "What a , miserable fool you were to risk your life for five shillings I " " General , " replied the soldier , " I have risked it every day for five pence . " This repartee saved hk life .

      A Yankee Poet thus describes the excess of Ma devotion to his true love : — " I sing her praise in poetry ; For her at inbrn anil eve , I cries whole pints of bitter tears . And vipes them off with my skeve , " Books and Newspapers . —In criticising a book , you are at liberty to remark upon every page . In criticising a newspaper you must look to its general tone and character . An author may write only when the spirit moves him . An editor must write whether the spirit move him or not .

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      THE GAZETTE OF VARIETY . Part X . — Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . An excellent collection of original and selected articles , comprising history , biography , romance , travel , &e . We notice some excellent tilings from tlio pon of Hood in the present part . We had cut out a specimen of the contents for reprint , but cannot find room .

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      Homage to me Pheasants . —It must be gratifying to all lovers of game , and therefore true patriots —seeing how very intimately the venerable institutions of the country are connected with the rigorous conservation of pheasants , hares , and partridges—to learn that the magistrates of Hampshire—of tha county , made immortal by its hogs—have determined to enlarge the present gaols , or to build new ones , in order to accommodate the increasing number of poachers every day committed for trial . There is a benighted place in the East—we know not whether the mot has over readied the trembling oars of Exeter Hall—where hospitals are raised for the preservation , and in honour of , the filthiest Tcmiin . Now , England , who yearns to send her bibles to all such darkened places , does not erect temples to tho glorification of loathsome insects : 0 , no ! she is civilized , actively humanising : she is the wonder and the envy of surrounding nations , and therefore she builds prisons for the preservation of nothing less than hares , partridges , and pheasants !

      Poxon ox CnESs .-The Mowing question has been sent to us , no doubt by mistake . If you have a check , what ought you to do with your pawn ?" Though it is somewhat ont of our way , we will give the best answer we can to this question . If you have a check , and the amount is sufficient , release your pawn at onee . Our correspondent , however , had better apply to some respectable pawnbroker ,

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      H . AYEKS IN PALACES . People know that the French , as a nation , admire and patronise fine actors ; and yet , from some strange perversity , there is a large party in France who can see nothing to value in Louis Philippe . This _ is wrong , With the very highest opinion of the genius of French players , it is our conviction that the finest actor in France sits , ov rather holds , on the throne of that country . A short story in the Algeria supplies another illustration of this truth . Ouv readers are probably aware that several Arab chiefs cam eover to France , realty to grace the triumph of General Bugeaud—ostensibly to receive the blessings of French civilization . A few days since , these Arabs were introduced to the King and royal family . Thejdtyim , with delicious gravity , gives the following account of tho comedy , in which Louis Philippe was the principal actor . His first speech ran as follows : —

      " I am happy to sec you round me—2 / 01110 / 10 naw fmigut under the eyes of my children . " And thereby obtained a portion of my parental love ! "I thanh God for having clwsen France amongst all other nations to replace in Algeria the ancient rulers of the Arab population . " This is the old thanksgiving with which conquerors have , for ages , blasphemed Heaven . They invade a country ; shed torrents of blood ; burn and pillage ; enact every atrocity that can sink men to devils , and then—with tlie tint of carnage on their hands and plunder in theiv pockets—thank God for having chosen them to do the work of fiends !

      I will endeavour to render the bonds of my rule light . I am desirous that you should regard us as friends sent to you 61 / Providence , rather than as conquerors . A somewhat difficult task this , for the Arabs to regard murder , five , and robbery , as the inconveniences brought upon them by Providence , —and in no way whatever attributable to the restless rapacity , the love of mountebank glory , demonstrated by the French nation ! " Regard us as friends , " says the King , " rather than as conquerors . " Imagine a Dick Turpin , after he had eased a traveller of his watch and purse , and had , moreover , levelled him in a ditch with the butt-end of his pistol—imagine the highwayman coolly observing to the prostrate sufferer , " Regard me as a friend sent to you by ProvidinQ ^ rather than as a conqueror !" The royal comedian continues—I will maintain your customs and your religion ; Twill repair vow mosques , and re-establish your , schools .

      Wherefore , then , should Providence have sent French bayonets to Algeria , if only to support ihe Mahometan faith ? As—according to Louis Philippe—Heaven has " chosen France" to rule in Algeria , can it be only to give a new strength to Islamism ? Will the King of tho French make a better Mussulman than the Emneror of Morocco ? Well—we cannot answer . To this , however , the principal Arab chief replied , saying—Since we were to be conquered , we are proud to have the Frenclifor our masters , and to belong to so powerful and generous a nation . The same delicacy of sentiment has been expressed , in anticipation , by George Colman : — " Eels might be proud to lose their coat , If skinned by Moiiy Ddmpiing ' s hand !" Since we were to be flayed—says the comic Chief , for a fine comedian he must be—what a proud thing for Algeria , that France had the skinning of her !

      The words that have dropped from the greatest throne in Europe will fall on the heads of our brethren of Algeria like a refreshing shower . Tins is as it should be ; though we fear , let the shower be as refreshing as it may , it will hardly remedy the mischief , hardly cure the agony , inflicted by former showers from the same regal . elevation—we mean the showers of bullets ! At the dinner , we learn that the King " served the Arabs with his own hand . " ' Just as , in Algeria , the French army served Arab men , women , and children , ¦ with their own hands ; only , unfortunately , they had muskets or sabres in them . And this , up tothe present ' time , is the last comedy , farce , ov burlesque—whatever the philosophy of the reader may deem it—enacted at the Tuilenes .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1298/page/3/