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      5 EPUDIATI 0 S . —AS OLD SONG TO A 3 JEW TUNE . iTfe gwethe following song , extracted from iheZiterary fiaieae , fw theftu » o' the thing . Fora true -view of ¦¦ jlepudiation /' Tve direct the attention of our readers to a letter in our first page , Addressed to Peargus O ' Connor , Esq ., by the editor of the Km York Work . Maa 3 jtatoca U .- ^ - ' E 3 > . 3 f . S . " Yankee Doodle . " Yankee Poodle borrows cash , Yankee Doodle spends it ; And then lie snaps his fingers at The jolly flat who lends it . ' Ask aim when he means to pay , He shews no hesitation , Bnt sajs hell take the shortest way , And that ' s repudiation !

      dona : Yankee Boodle borrows cash , &c Yankee tows that every state Is free and independent ; And if they paid each other ' s debts , ¦ There'd never be an end on't . They keep distinct till" settling" comes , And then throughout the natioa They all'beeomc " United States " To preach repudiation ! Chorus : Yankee Doodle , &c . lending cash to Illinois , Or to Pennsylvania , Xlorida , or Mississippi , Once Teas quite a mania . Of all the States 'tis bard to say 'Which makes the prondest show , sirs , Bnt Yankee seems himself to like The state of 0-I-Owe , sirs !

      Chmit ; Yankee Doodle , &c The reverend joker of St Paul ' s Don't relish much their plunder , And often at their knavish tricks Hashurl'dhis witty thunder . But Jonathan by nature -wears A hide of toughest leather , ¦ Which braves the sharpest-pointed darts And canons put together ! Chorus : Yankee Doodle , &c He tells ' em they are dapping on Their credit quite a stopper , And when they want io go to war They'll never raise a copper . If that ' s the case , they coolly say , Just as if to spite us , They'd better stop onr dividends , And hoard * em up to fight "us !

      Chorus : Tankee Dooifle , &c What ' s the use of moneyd friends If you mustn't bleed ' tan ? Ours , I guess , says Jonathan , The country is of freedom ! And what does freedom mean , if not To whop your slaves at pleasure , And borrow money when yon can , And pay it at your leisure ? Chorus : Yankee Doodle , &c Great and free Amerikee

      With all the world is Tying , That she ' s the " hind of promise " There is surely no denying . Bnt be it known henceforth to all , Who hold their I . O . U ., sirs , A Yankee Doodle promise is A Yankee Doodle do , sirs ! Chorus : Yankee Doodle , &c . Cecil Habbottle

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      SO 5 S OF ALBION WAKE TO GLORY . Sons of Albion wake to glory , freedom ' s sun shines in the west-Hark i the voice of millions sounding , spurn ye all inglorious rest : 1 « your banners be unfurl'd—think of glorious Runny mede , ¦ Where your sires , in bright armour , liberty or death decreed . Chorus . On for freedom ! be not daunted—who would live and die a slave ? Swear your children shall be righted—heaven ever loves the brave .

      Hampden ' s spirit still is breathing , minstrel heroes stake the lyre ; ( firing their nerves with manly ardour , dauntless as a wall of fire . See your noble-hearted brothers banished to a foreign land , Drapir'd from wives and children dear by a base tyrannic

      hand . Bise in full majestic glory , come in all your power and might ; Crouch at tyrants' feet no longer ; be ye men , demand your iTght . Sons of Albion deep no longer , be je virtuous , true , and brave ; Send your galling fetters from yon—heaven hates the will ing slave ! Thoma $ iHHs , ShoredUch .

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      COHINGSBT ; or , THE NEW GENERATION . 3 JrB . D'IsRiEii , Esq ., M . P . London : Colburn , Great Marlborough-street . ( Continue d from the Northern Star of January 18 th , ) We now come to the period of Earl Spencer ' s death , and the present Earl ' s ( Lord Althobp ) elevation to the Upper House , followed by the hreak-pp of the Whig Ministry and the hasty re-call of Sir B . Peel from Rome to assist the king in forming a new Ministry . Mr . D'Israeli now introduces us to the noble family of Lord Johx Masters , of whose parents , the Bake and Duchess of Beaumonoir ( Rutland ) and other relatives we lave a very flattering account . The Duke is represented as a good landlord , fond of field sports , and attached , from appaiarently pure but mistaken motives , to the New Poor Law , of which his Whig son-in-law is

      represented as an out-and-out supporter . The Duchess is pictured as dignified and amiable , the daughters as beautiful and good , and Lord John the paragon of lordlings . At Beaumonoir was assembled , at the period we speak of , a number of the expectants of the Tory party , among whom figure two creatures of Sight ' s , Taper and Tadpole . Their discussions on the prospects of the party , previous to the death of Earl Spencer , are vastly amusing . The Earl ' s death , and the summoning of Peel from the continent , sent the gsests at Beaumonoir back to town in quick time , "where , pending the great man ' s arrival in England , each of the nangers-on was busied—on the principle of " every man for himself , and devil take the hindmost " —in scheming to get his share of the general plunder under the new regime . We subjoin the , following edifying conversation between

      TAPES AND TADPOtE . The thing is done , said 3 ir . Tadpole . Andnow for our cry , said Mr . Taper . . It is not a Cabinet for a good cry , said Tadpole ; bnt then , on the other hand , it is a Cabinet that will sow dissention in the opposite ranks , and prevent them having a good cry . Ancient institutions and modern improvements , I suppose , 3 Ir . Tadpole ? Ameliorations is the better word ; ameliorations . Uooody knows exactly what it means . "We go strong on the Church ! said Mr . Taper . And no Bepealof the Malt Tax ; you were right , Taper . It can't be listened to for a moment Something might be done with prerogative , said Mr . Taper ; the King ' s constitutional choice . Xot too much , replied JSr . Tadpole . It is a law time fcrprerogafive .

      Ah ! Tadpole , said Mr . Taper , getting alitfle maudlin , 1 often think , if the time should ever come , when you and 1 shonia t > e joint Secretaries of the Treasury I We shall see , we shall see . All we have to do is to get into Parliament , -work-well together , andfceep othersKB flown ; "We will do ourbes ^ said Taper . A dissolution you Md inevitable ? Bow are you and I to get into Parliament , if there be not one ? "We must make it inevitable . I tell you what , Taper , the lists must prove a dissolution inevitable . Ton understand me ? If the present Parliament goes on , * here shall we be * We shall have new men cropping up CT session . True , terribly true , said Mr . Taper , That wo should Ker live to see a Tory Government again ! We have ^ ason to be -very thankful .

      Hush ! said Mr . Tadpole . The time has gone by for *< a ? Governments j what the co . un . trj requires is a sound Conservative Government . ¦ isonnd Conservative Government , said Tapermushigly lTm flersland : Tory men and Whig measures . ^ emnstfollaw up the above with the following ^ w ly exposition of

      ^ , C 05 SEBVAIISM . * " * Tamworth Manifesto of 1834 was an attempt to ^ nwta party withontprindples ; its baas , therefore , " n <* essarBy Ladtudinarianism ; and its inevitable ™^ tta > rehas oeenPonticalInfiaeli ^ y . 4 At * n epoch of political perplexity ana social alarm j T ^ tfeaeration was convenient , and was calculated by ^^ tion to encourage the timid and confused . But iZ ? tte Perturbation was a little subsided , and men fig * > squire why they were banded together , the eaty ^ j degajj , th ^ nm-pose proved that theleagne ,

      ingjl * . ^ spectable , was not a party . The leaders p Z-p ^ t profit hy their eminent position to obtain gj ™ fw then- individual gratification , but it was imposbethe ° SeCUre thdr foBowere aat "wMch , after all ,, must iopfcJH recompense of a political party , the putting Tj | r ~* t fttebopimons ; for they had none , thty ^ j *? inflfed a considerable shouting about what 9 n « uW ^ T Conserrative principles ; but the awkward Preiteafi ^ an y arose—what will you conserve ? The ^ e HTtttf ^ Cnnnjj WQmea tfcgj are not exer-Jt isa ^ J ^ qiendence oftheHouse of Lords , provided leg ^ tJr ^ a ; the Ecclesiastical estate , proviaedit is ^ nthat a commisaon of laymen . Everything , in aiatf esta Wished , aslongasitisaphraBe , andnot

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      In the meantime , while forms and purnse 3 are fehgiously cherished in order to make the semblance of a creed , the rule of practice is to bend to the passion or combination of the hour . Conservatism assumes in f teoiythateverrihing eEtsWiBhed should lie maintained , but adopts in practice that everything that is established is indefensible . To reconcile this theory and this practice they produce what they call "the best bargain ; " some arrangement which has no principle and no purposeexcept to ohtain a temporary . pause of agitation , until the nuna of the Conservatives , mthouta guide and without an aim—distracted , tempted , and bewildered—is prepared for another arrangement , equally statesmanlike / with the preceding one .

      Conservatism was an attempt to carrv on affairs by substituting the ftilfilment of the duties of office for the performance of the functions of government ; and to maintain this negative system by the mere influence of property , reputable conduct , and what are called good connections . Conservatism discards prescription , shrinks from principle , disavows progress ; having rejected all respect for antiquity , it offers no redress for the present ^ and makes no preparation for the future . It is obvious that for a time , under favourable circumstances , such a confederation might succeed ; but it is equally clear , that on the arrival of one of those critical conjunctures that will periodically oc&urin all states , and which suehanunimpassioned system is even calculatedultimately to create , all power of resistance will be wanting : the barren curse of political infidelity will paralyze all action ; and the Conservative Constitution will be discovered to be a Caput Mortuum .

      Before leaving Eton , Coxuomr had become a political thinker ; the stirring events of the time his conversations with Mii £ baxk , and the inquiries of a naturally active mind , -which mere reading had failed to satisfy , combined to fling him into a sea of doubts . He ashed himself wh y Governments were hated and Religion despised ? "Wh y loyalty was dead , and reverence only a galvanised corpse ? Eager for information , and anxious to have Ms doubting solved , he turned to his friend Mr . Rigbt . Mr . Bigby listened at first to the inquiries of Coningsby , urged , as they ever were , with a modesty and deference which do not always characterise juvenile investigations , as if Coningsby were speaMng to him of the unknown tongues . But Mr . Bigby was not a man who ever confessed himself at fault . He caught up something of the subject as our young friend proceeded , and was perfectly prepared , long before he had finished , to take the whole conversation into his own hands . Mr . Rigby began by

      ascribing everything to the Reform Bill , and then referred to several of his own speeches on schedule A . Then he told Coningsby that want of religious faith was solely oc * casioned hy want of churches ; and want of loyalty , hy George IV . having shuthimself up too much at the Cottage in TViadsor-park , entirely against the advice of Mr . Bigby . He assured Coningsby that the Church Commission was operating wonders , and that with private benevolence ( he had himself subscribed £ 1 , 000 , for Lord Monmouth ) we should soon have churches enough . The great question now was their architecture . Had George IV . lived , all would have been right . They would have been built on tiie model of the Buddhist pagoda . As for loyalty , if the present King went regularly to Ascot races , he had no doubt all would go right . Finally , Kr . Higby impressed on Coningsby to read the Quarterly Review with great attention ; and to make himself master of Sir . "Wordy's -History of the late War , in twenty volumes—a capital work , which proved that Providence was on the side of the Tories .

      Of course Comxgsbt did not apply to Mr . Rigbt again ; he applied himself to other sources of information , and the result was , that before he left Eton himself and circle of friends had become impressed with the conviction that the state of feeling in matters both civil and religious was not healthy ; that there must be substituted for tlieeslsianglatitudinarianisni , something sound and deep , fervent , and well defined , and that the priests of this new faith must be found among the New Generation .

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      THE CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE . ~ J . C . Newby , 65 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishsquare . This historical romance , of which -we have received the parts from I . to XL , is intended to comprise the secret history of the famous " Bastile St . Antoine , " from the period of its erection to that of its demolition . The work is well got up , each number containing two illustrations on steel by Robert Cruikshank , beautifully executed , and every way worthy of that gentleman ' s well-deserved reputation . TVho has not heard of the famed Bastile , the grim citadel of triumphant despotism , -and the abode of the suffering victims of tyranny ? Who is there whose heart has not beat with a fearful yet joyous

      pulsation , when reading the glorious tale of that Bastile ' s downfall , crushed and swept from the earth by the strong right arms of an uprisen and victorious people ? The fall of the Bastile was the first victory achieved in Europe against kingcraft and priestcraft ; the first conquest won in that combat which yet continues , and will continue till fraud and tyranny be trampled in the dust , and justice and freedom be finally triumphant . To have been one of "the conquerors of the Bastile" was justly held at the time—and while the love of right and liberty holds a place in the breasts of men will continue to be held—a loftier distinction , a prouder honour , a greater glory , than all the laurels achieved by kings and conquerors from Alexander downwards . There is not aland on the face of the earth where the story of this " Castle Despair" is not more or

      less known . There is not a country of all the nations of the human , family , where the history of this hated fortress is not told of , read of , or listened to , without its appalling story exciting the greatest horror ; and the history of its fall the greatest delight . Such a theme must be a most fortunate one in the hands of a clever writer , and the author of these " Chronicles " appears to us , as far as we have read him , not unequal to his task . To contemplate the dark and secret workings of despotism must naturally - inspire the contemplatorwith a more intense hatred of the cause of so much misery to the human race , and with a not less intense love of liberty . Advocates of liberty , and relentless haters of despotism ourselves , we cannot hesitate to recommend this work to our readers . This we do most heartily , trusting it may have that extensive circulation it so well deseiTca .

      In Part II ., we have a most interesting historical account of the origin of , and continued additions to , this accursed fortress ; besides which , there is an elaborate account of its exterior and interior , disclosing its damnable uses and contrivances for torturing the hapless inmates thereof . Prom this portion of the work we give the iollowing description of

      THE BLACK HOLES . The dungeons called eachott ( black holes ) were the lowermost prisons , being nineteen feet helow the level of the court , and only five above that of the ' botuna of the ditch . True , that the latter was generally dry , except when the Seine overflowed ; but at such periods the water nearly filled the dungeons , rushing in through their only aperture — a narrow barbican — by . which scarcely air , bnt no light , could penetrate ; the atmosphere within was , conseguentlj , horribly unwholesome ; andhorror upon horror—the soil and the walls swarmed with spiders , toads , and rats . In three of these eachots , viz ., of the Tour du Foits , of the Tour du Coin , and of the Tour dn Tresor , existed cages , one in each tower , constructed of beams covered with iron-plates , and of dimensions so small , that within them a man could neither sit , stand , nor lie down .

      A Bishop of Verdun , the inventor of these horrid places of torture , was one of thefirst victims [ just retribution !] : the Cardinal de la Balne was put up in one for eleven years ; one of the Princes of Armagnac , too , after many years of protracted suffering , died raving mad in one of them . There were originally eight , constructed for the basement story of each tower of the bastile . Subsequently , three were removed—one to the dungeon of Yincennes , and two by Louis Onze , to the Chateau de Plessisles-Tours . Cardinal Richelieu placed a fourth in one of the oubliettes of his hotel ; a fifth disappeared ; and the remaining three remained in the dungeons of the towers already designated , until within a few years of the destruction of the Bastile . The earliest mention mads of themisinli 75 . ¦ We shall return to this most interesting work next week ; in the meantime , we close with the following extract ;—

      A SCENE IS THE BASTI 1 E . St . Marc was a diminutive old man , now eighty years of age . His complexion , naturally 6 allow , had been scorched by a southern sun into the colour of ochre , and the dying glare of the still-blazing log , as he held his head three quarters averted from it , imparted to his face the appearance of Ja live coal of overgrown dimensions , with two spots in the upper part , burning more fiercely than the rest . Cruelty—innate cruelty and cunning , were imprinted in the deep furrows of his brow , so puckered up and bewrinlded , thai the low , compressed , retreating

      forehead , resembling a strip of parchment dividing his eyes from his hair ; the latter , hardly grizzled , grew thick and strong , and fell in a queue behind . His shrivelled hands extended over the glowing embers—his elbows resting on Ms knees—his head suniten between his bowed shoulders he sat gazing intently at his nephew , who , in a similar position , his arms folded on his lap , his feet propped up on the hearth , his face nearly touching that of the governor , was maldng some communication of sufficient importance to render themboth unaware of the gloom which enveloped them . _ , illformedand

      Likewise cast in a dwarfish mould , but - , of a meagre though sinewy frame , Corbe formed a fitting pendant to his uncle ; his repulsive features were rendered still more hideous by their peculiar expression , embodying every vice , withouta glimpse of one redeeming virtue - a mass of red hair fell in lanky shocks over his fece andshoulders ; while his deep-sunken grey eyes , shot with blood , g lowed like those of a ferret . To these were entrusted the supreme directions of the government of the Bastfle , ana the fete of the unfortunate PI Asherefuses his food , observed Corbe of St . Marc , I ordered Bu to leave him . to his humour , and g ive him no " Thou dia ' st wdl , responded St Mare . Said ' st thou ^ TlKthetMrd , worfhyuncle , that nothing has pasfied ^ St was t he purport of the letter of anticipation concerning him ! ashed St . Marc .

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      To allow him the ordinary' of the - chateau , ' replied Corbe . ., , . 'Tis too much for these prisoners , ' growied St . Marc . Nephew ! we must retrench the expenditure . ^ From ' toraorrow , place them on half-allowance of winfe ; since they will not drink it , they cannot want it ; and he exchanged a chucWe with his nephew . That , observed the latter , will save ten bottles a day , uncle ; and at the end of a year , put four thousand livres inourpocket ; shall we not commence to-night « Thou art ever reckoning the gains , retorted the uncle , with a half flattering smile ; but art thou sure that No . 2 La Bertaudiere will not take his food ? So sure , that if he hold out two days longer , -we shall have to send him to St Paul's by night , chuckled Corbe . Hum ! grunted St . Marc , shaking his head ; what a fool for his pains ! Hast gone thy rounds , Corbe ! " Didst ever know me fail in my duty , uncle ? I said not ( Sat ; but hast thou seen to the scaffolding on the towers , and assured thyself of its safety ?

      I have withdrawn the solid traverse planks , uncle ; and placed sawn ones in their stead : 'tis only ninety feet to the bottom ! Here he grinned in the old man ' s face , ana rubbed his hands with exultation at his scheme , for trapping any prisoner who might attempt escape that way . Corbe , said the governor , thou art above ^ price 1 Thou deservest favour at the hands of majesty itself . Here he stopped ; after a short pause , he looked around suspiciously , drew nearer to his nephew , and in a hollow whisper , continued , with trepidation : Deserve my confidence , nephew , and thou shalt learn the secret of No . 2 la Bertaudiere ! What f exclaimed the lieutenant-governor , half rising from his seat : the secret of the Iron-Mask ?

      Hush ! chut ! hurriedly interposed St . Marc , listening anxiously : I heard the draw-bridge fall ; and in confirmation of hi 9 assertion , the opening of doors became audible ; the cl ank of arms echoed distinctly from without , accompanied by the heavy tramp of soldiery ; the next minute the muEkets were grounded , the door of the council-chambers flew open , and , unannounced , entered D'Argenson . Tonnerre dieu . ' Sieur Governor , exclaimed he , unceremoniously advancing : 'tis surely dark enough for a lamp . . St . Mark and Corbe slowly rose ; as D'Argenson ' s figure became distinct in the gloom , and bowing to him with a mixture of respect and fear , the former hesitat ingly responded : Pardon us , Monsegneur j but my nephew and I were absorbed in conversation , and did not perceive the fall of day : we will , however , call for lights .

      Nay , nay , Sieur St . Mare ; since thy humour is to sit in darkness , I will conform to it : only throw on another log , for the night is chilly , and thy apartment strikes damp , as though it were not often aired . Suiting the action to the word , he at once threw upon the embers two heavy pieces of wood , which soon catching fire , commenced casting out a volume of flame and smoke , and a bright glare into the chamber ; he then took possession of the chair just vacated by Corbe , and beckoning to the governor to re-seat himself , continued ; If thou hast done talking with thy nephew , Sieur Governor , I would hold some private conversation with thee . Corbe , said St . Marc , I will see thee presently : but ere the words had left his uncle ' s lips , Corbe had disappeared . VentreUen ! ejaculated D'Argenson ; thy nephew hath a notion of breeding , Sieur St . Marc ; he is not so slow of apprehension as he looks ! and he drew his chair closer up to the governor ' s

      Honsegnieur is complimentary , growled St . Marc , but he has only to look , and he is obeyed . Thou liest , Sieur Governor , deliberately retorted D'Argenson , glaring into the face of the astounded and half-frighted St . Marc—I tell thee thou liest ; and thou knowest it . Hast not thou a prisoner in No . 2 , La Bertaudieuro ? "V 7 e have , Lieutenant , responded Hie governor , faltering . How&reshe , Sieur Governor ? asked D'Argenson . St . Marc trembled as the lieutenant of police questioned him thus closely , respecting a man whom he expected would , within a few days , die of starvation . Fearful of encountering the lynx-like gaEe of Ms interrogator , he averted his head , as he hesitatively responded : Monsegnieur ! he refuses his food ; no kind of nourishment tempts him ; yet , the ordinary of the chateauwhich according to ouv letter of

      anticipation—The ordinary of the chateau ! vociferated D'Argenson , interrupting him , and emphasizing the word ; I know all , Sieur Governor ! Thou hast wilfully misinterpreted the purport of this letter . He is rated at fifteen livres a day , and yet thou pratest to me of the ordinary'Twere wasting his majesty's food , to give it where it is not needed , lieutenant ; hastily observed St . Marc , in turn , interrupting D'Argenson . And wasting his majesty ' s gold , retorted the latter , to bury it in a pouch which already overflows , Seiur Govern nor ! But , heaken , St . Marc ! It is my pleasure that

      thou treat No . 2 La Bertaudieure , with all the liberality thou canst boast of ; and that thou allow him the best that the bastile affords . He must not die ; sang dieu . ! Here he arose , and casting a withering glance upon the pallid and trembling governor , continued : Beware how thou disobeyest my commands , or I will crush thee , tonnerre dieu ! as thou didst the Duke de Lauzun ' s spider and turning on his heel , he abruptly quitted the chamber . St . Marc , without daring to utter a word in reply , tottered to the gate , and having seen him over the bridge , returned to his apartment .

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      THE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE , Parts 1 , 2 . B . D . Couslvs , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields . In this age of cheap literature we tare ceased to be astonished at almost anything in the way of printers' marvels ; but really we cannot but express our wonderment at the appearance of this Magazine ; the mass of matter it contains for the price charged is perfectly- astonishing . The publisher , in the prospectus states that he consider he has hit on " a happy combination of subject , form , and price , " and we think few will be those who subscribe to the work but will be of the same

      opinion . As to the matter of the work , the principal subject of the parts before us , in accordance with the universal rage at the present time , is from the pen of the great magician of France , Eugene Sue . " Matilda ; or , th& Memoirs of a Young Woman , " was ( we are told ) the work which established the reputation of this celebrated writer . The tale abounds with deep , thrilling , and tragic incidents ; it is a hideous , but striking picture of French society—true to nature , though clothed in rich and highly-coloured drapery . The principal male character , Lugarto ,

      represents a Russian nobleman , who married a near relation of the Emperor Nafoleox ; and Matilda , the principal heroine , is the beautiful and accomplished Madame * * * . Indeed every character in the work is said to represent some remarkable person well known in the Parisian circles ; and the whole is an index of fashionable life and the impurities which spring from it—of society as it is , not as it should be . Of course Ecgexe Sue ' s novel forms only one ( though the principal ) of the attractions of this rightly named Entertaining Magazine , but on the other contents we have not space to remark , indeed we cannot afford room for the mere list of the varied attractions with which each number and part is

      filled . The reader should understand that | the Entertaining Magazine may be had in monthly parts , as well as weekly penny numbers . : .

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      THERESE ; OR , THE MANOR HOUSE OF TREFF-HARTLOG . Bt Eugene Sue . Parts land 2 . deavc , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . Of all the translations of Eugene Sue ' s novels we have yet seen , we can truly assert that this reprint of his famed Therese will bear comparison , for elegance and cheapness combined , with the best of the London editions . Of the work itself , having only read what is contained in the parts before us , we can only speak as far as we know , and thus far can we say , that though generally averse to novel reading , we have been compelled by "the force of attraction , " having read one chapter , to read on ; and few indeed are the works which have so much interested us : we shall wait the appearance of the next part with no small impatience . Though we cannot of ourselves speak

      of this work as a whole , we may give the opinion of a competent critic , whose word will be considered no mean authority , the Editor of the National ( Pans paper ) , who says , in speaking of this work , " This is the most original of all the admirable novels ot Eugene Sue . The scenes lie principally in the heart of the French metropolis ; and all the gay and glitterin" pursuits of men of elegance and fashion are G raphically described . The dramatic attractions ot this novel are as great as its romantic interest , lhe hand which drew aside the curtain and displayed the wonderful ongoings of Parisian life in the ' Mysteries of Paris / is constantly exhibited in ' Therese Dunoyer . '" To add aught to this is unnecessary ana would be altogether superfluous . We give an extract : —

      THE CHABMED PICTOBE , Although objects of art were rare at Treff-Hartlog , there was in Ewen ' s chamber an old painting half destroyed , which represented a female of rare beauty . The pale features , the colouring of which had been much aefaced , stood out from an almost black ground ; a red tunic , of which scarcely a vestige was left , covered the shoulders ; a few ringlets of brown hair fell round the temp les , bu ^ the rest of the head dress was hidden by the obscurity of the back ground . The sole uninjured parts of this portrait were the forehead and eyes ; the forehead hig h and proud , white and pure as mav ' ole ; the eyes large , black , and admirably beautiful , notwithstanding their wicked and bold expression—the contour of the nose , the mouth , and chin , were more guessed at than seen . This picture produced a curious impression .

      Atfirstnothingwa 8 perceived butthewhiteforehead and two large black eyes , but afterwards a grai * of beauty , as it were , grew out—the left eyebrow became distinguishable . The rest of the face was insensibly effaced in the shadows and darkness of the back ground . At night when he retired to rest—in themorning , when he awoke , Ewen ever turned his gaze on those two large black eyes , on that white and marble face . In the disposition of mind in which the master of Treff-Hartlog was , the least singularity appeared to assume to him a mysterious , almost supernatural character . Wfcetnerii

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      was that he had only lately remarked this picture , or whether it had been placed iii his chamber without his knowledge , Ewen believed that he hod never seen the painting during the life of his father ; and yet he could not precisel y tell when it had been placed in his apart , menti In vain did lie interrogate Les-eii-Goch and Ann-, JanM . ;>*??? : two servants could give him no information on . the subject , and-their replies even increased his uneasiness arid curiosity . # * . # GopdGod ! but what do I sect suddenly exclaimed the Abbe Kerouellan , breaking off his tone of raillery , and gazing with stupor upon the hnlf-rtefaced portrait which Ewen had placed in a chair near . him , the . bctter to see it . Jesu—Great God , repeated . the Abbe , how came this portrait here ? Isitpossible ? What do you mean , asked Ewen , his heart beating with emotion . <

      Without replying to him , the rector seined the picture , and carried it to the window . Ewen followed the priest ' s motions with increasing interest , anxious to comprehend this new mystery . .-: .. ; Yes—yes , it is the same , said the rector , regarding the portrait with the most searching attention . Is it , then , a dream !—do my eyes deceive me ? No , they do notit is . the same , llere are the words , scarcely legible , written in red , in this corner , near the frame—November Yes , it is the same . Really I am confounded . It is incomprehensible . My reason refuses to give credence to what I see , and yet what I do see really exists . Upon my word , this mystery perplexes me , added the abbe , throwing the picture upon the chair , with a gesture of terror .

      The contrast between the first and last part of the abbe ' s discourse was most whimsical . He had just been expressing his indignation against those who were sufficiently fond of the marvellous to believe in impossibilities and supernatural events ; and then , upon observing the portrait , he exclaimed , It's incomprehensible . My reason refuses to give credence to what 1 see ; and yet , what I do see really exists . This mystery perplexes me . The effect which this remarkable contradiction between the words and the impressions' of a man so firm , so sensible , so respectable , as the'Abbe Kerouellan had upon the mind of Ewen , may be easily conceived . Once more—how wwe this picture in your chamber Ewen ! said the rector . ; I do not know , Abbe . I wns awaiting your return to ask you whose portrait it was ; but will you , " in youv turn , tell me the cause of your astonishment in finding it Tiere I

      My astonishment is very natural . Six years since I and your father burned that very portrait—iu this very fire-place . .- . : " ¦ . ¦ : •• .. . " - ' You saw that portrait burnt a year before my father's death ? exclaimed . Ewen . I saw it with my own eyes burnt a year before your father ' s deaih . But it is impossible , Abbe . \ I do not say that it is not ; but I repeat that I saw it burnt . Since my father ' s death you have been in this very room twenty times , and that portrait was there between the two windows , . I did not remark it ; or if so my astonishment would then have been as great as now . But why was this portrait burnt ? When was it ? How is it that I did not know of the circumstance ?

      Because there was no necessity to inform you of the matter—you were at the time , I believe , hunting in the neighbourhood of Lesneven . But why was the picture burnt ? Your father had requested me to assist him in search , ing for some documents relative to the claims he had upon the Jewish banker , Monsieur Achille Dunoyer . Monsieur AchiUe Dunoyer , the banker , with whom my money is placed , and whom you were to have seen before you returned from Paris ? The same—but I did not see him : I will tell you about that bye-and-bye . Let me finish the history of this

      devilish portrait . In seeking for these papers , which your father believed to be lost , we moved a large press , behind which this half-effaced portrait had many years before , no doubt , fallen . Upon seeing it your poor father turned pale , and exclaimed : ¦ Here is , then , the picture which I sought for so much after my father ' s death , that I might destroy the odious features which recall to me such unpleasant recollections . Look , abbe , said your father to me , there should be a date—a date fatal—always fatal—to our family , wr itten in some corner , We sought for , and found these words : —November 17—the rest had disappeared .

      The word November is still legible , said Ewen , attentively examining the picture ; but the damp has destroyed the figures . And who is the female represented in this picture ? I do not know ; only your father exclaimed , pointing at the same time to the picture , Thou hast been the evil genius of my race long enough ! Thou hast , thank heaven , disappeared from the earth : no trace shall remain of thine infernal image . With these words your father tore the canvas from the frame to which it was fastened , and as there was no fire in the room in the tower where we were , he came here ; there was a good fire , and before me he burnt this portrait . I assure you that this is true .

      on my word of honour and my faith as a priest . Of this mysterious portrait more mysterious things are told ; but we cannot reprint the novel : to it , therefore , we must refer our readers ; not doubting but . that they will be as much interested as we have boen . , -.- ' , ; ,. Thework , we repeat , is elegantly got up , printed in large octavo , double columns , with clear and beautiful type ; the illustrations , too , are excellent ; and the work cannot fail , if once known , to have a large circulation . It is at the option of the reader to take the work either in penny weekly numbers or monthly parts . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ '

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      THE NATIONAL DIET ROLL ; or an Improved Method of Insuring to the Lower Ranks of People a due Supply of Food . By D . 0 . Edwards , Surgeon . John Miland , 36 , Chapel-street , Belgrave-square . The greater part of this pamphlet is taken up with ah'account of the distressed condition of the labouring classes , gleaned from various speeches , reports , newspapers , < tc . It contains some sensible observations on our-present manufacturing system , of which the author takes a clear and correct view . Weregret to add that his scheme for relieving the misery so feelingly described by him , falls far short of the remedy necessary for evils so vast ; indeed we question "whether his scheme would be found beneficial at alii ' After exhibiting the waste and loss in eyeiy working man ' s house , consequent on the injudicious catering and unskilful cooking of the housewives , the author says : — .

      My aim is to deviso such a Scheme as shall yield the greatest quantity of nutriment in exchange for the consumer ' s money . I recommend , therefore , every poor family ( and I trust very many of them will attend to my advice ) to give up its independent cuisine , and to subscribe to " an ordinary district table . " The principle of combination supplies us with the means of success . We ride cheaply in the omnibus' and the steam-boat ; read bur newspaper , containing information from all quarters of the globe ; and enjoy an exquisite theatrical treat for a trifling sum , because many unite to pay the expenses . Then why not resort to the same principle to supply ourselves with cheap and plentiful repasts ? In fact , we find the principle already partially put In force in the conti . nental table d'ltote , the military mess , and the West-end club .

      We apprehend this reasoning will not convince many of those to whom it is addressed . One cause , undoubtedly , of the slow progress of Communist principles in this country arises from the fact , that Engnshmeh generally are averse to any other mode of life than that which is emphatically expressed in the old English boast . " My house is my castle . " If , in comfortable circumstances , the Englishman prizes his own fireside , and is never so happy as when " cozy" within his own domicile—if his circumstances be the reverse , he clings to his hovel where he can best hide his wretchedness , and keep his hunger and rags unknown to the public . The lore of home is ( at least under the present system ) innate in an Englishman , and no matter how miserable that home , Mr . Ehwakds may be assured that it will be a difficult matter to get the

      poor man to leave his home to seat himself at the " ordinary district table . " We have no room to follow Mr . Edwards i « his scheme , other than by observing that to become recipients of the advantages of the common mess tables , the subscribers will be charged as follows : —Single males , 5 s . weekly ; single females , 3 s . 6 d . ; married couples , 7 s ., ' youths of both sexes , from twelve to sixteen years old , 3 s . ; children , from six to twelve years old , 2 s . ; and infants , from birth to six years old , Is . 6 d . At these charges , moderate as they arc , thousands of families in this metropolis would be unable to avail themselves , of the supposed benefits , we sav supposed , for it must be borne in mind that the subscribers to the mess-table would not occupy the house ; at the close of their meals they would have to return home , where fires would have to be re-kindled , and numerous other Inconveniences experienced not unattended bv exDense . which would

      go far to nullify the intended benefits . Add to this , what are the unemployed to do ? What is to become of the thousands who are utterly destitute of the means of subscribing to the " district-table V For the evils afflicting them Mr . Edwards ' s gcherne is clearly no remedy at all . We might say much more , but objecting to the princi ple of the plan , there is no use in enlarging on our ejections to , its details . It has all the disadvantages of the common table of . the Communists , without those advantages which the Communist system is calculated to afford . Like the public washhouse scheme , it is calculated to humiliate and annoy the poor , rather than really benefit them . Before we have public washhouses let the people have clothing to wash , and before a return to the customs of Sparta is gravely proposed as a remedy for the wrongs of the working classes , let them first have a " fair day ' s wage forafair day ' s work , " affording them the means of comfortable and Enalish living in their own homesteads .

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      THE UNKNOWN ; a Miscellany of Instruction and Amusement . Strange , Paternoster-row . It is now two years since the appearance of this publication , which was" favourably noticed at the time in more than ono number of this paper . lhe Nos . of "The Unknown" are now collected by the Editor , and enclosed in a neat wrapper , forming a thin octavo volume , the contents of which will be found pleasing , and not unprofitable reading , to those who were not subscribers to the work at the time of its weekly publication . The Editor of " The Unknown" is , or was , keeper of a small shop in an obscure country town . Nothing daunted by the failure of his first literary attempt , he set about writing a work of fiction , in three volumes ,

      which he completed in nine months . He placed his work in the hands of a leading London publisher , who returned it , with the intimation that the author , being a poor , instead of a " great unknown , " he ( the publisher ) must decline the printing of the work . He next , tried the Magazines . By the Editors of these he was complimented , but at the same time told , that " a name and friends " were indispensable to his public appearance in that quarter . Thus does the svstem work to keep down-the talents of the gifted poor , and prevent nature's aristocracy from asserting their rightful position . And thus will it ever be till the nresent accursed political and social

      system is uptorn , branch and root . The Editor of "The Unknown" ascribing its failure to its expression of " ultra opinions , " thinks ., that to ensure the success of any similar publication , the avoidance of the cause of " The Unknown ' s" failure must not be lost sight of . That is , " the expression of ultra feelings in general must be avoided . " Such a recommendation docs not surprise us ; still it has not our approval . If " ultra opinions" be the truth , the truth must be proclaimed , despite the martyrdom of the truth-tellers . No other course is open to those who sincerely desire the extinction of ignorance , fraud , and tyranny .

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      GUIDE TO EMPLOYMENT IN LONDON . Second Edition . Mitchell , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet . ' . The object of this little work is sufficiently stated by its title ; it contains a mass of information respecting the . obtaining of employment in all the avocations followed _ in the great metropolis , which , to a ( at all times ) too numerous class , may be found very useful . There are certain' views and opinions set forth and expressed by the getter-up of this work - from .. which' we altogether dissent , but the objectionable matter does not at all affeet the practical information which . foms the chief contents of the hook . We do not say to any one wanting employment , buy this book and you will obtain your object ; but we do say that considerable information may be gleaned from its pages ; information which might be of service to many wanting an occupation .

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      THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE ; or , the Bible a Revelation of Divine Truth to all Men . — Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . This work , by the author of The Unknou'n , is a curious production ; its object being to reconcile the discordant parties divided by their various views of Christianity and the Bible . The spirit actuating tho author is of the most liberal and kindly character , and the manner in which he has executed his task is highly creditable to him . The abilities of The Unknown are evidently of a superior order ; and we should be glad to see him successful in his literary speculations . From some things contained in this work we must dissent : but we cannot refuse it our approbation as a whole . We fear , however , that the attempt to reconcile men on this much "vexed question , "

      though a laudable one , will fail ; men ever have been disunited on matters theplogical , and we are persuaded ever will be , while priestcraft continues to exist . We therefore fear The Unknown has attempted a Work , compared with which , washing a blackamoor white would be an easy task . Still we recommend the pamphlet to our readers : its dissection of Scripture authority being so good that they can hardly failto arrive at the conclusion ( a conclusion the opposite of the ostensible purposes of the author , ) that the shortest way to banish religious discords is to put away the cause of those discords . We know how difficult it is to overthrow superstition , and how distant the day is yet when priestcraft shall be finally destroyed ; but difficult as is the one and distant the other , they are easy and certain compared with the hopeless task of attempting to make creeds harmonize and sectariens unite .

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      THE TRIBUNE ; and Journal of the Rights of Industry . Hetherington , 40 , Holywell-street . This is a new weekly twopenny unstamped paper devoted to the advocacy of the interests of the Working Classes , political and social . The first number contains articles on the Game Laws ; Trades Unions ; Emigration ; the Land , &c . ;—besides a considerable quantity of selected matter of an interesting character . Our main objection to this publication is , that it is too tame—lacks fire and spirit . Every allowance , however , must he made for a first number ; the future munbavB may perhaps show improvement .

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      - THE GREAT GUN . # There is decided improvement visible in this publication : still there is room for much more . This remark docs ^ not apply to its pictorial embellishinents , which , besides being profuse , are mostly unexceptionable ; we allude rather to the literary contents , which , in our humble opinion , have not been of a character sufficiently earnest to meet the demands of the present times . Satire , with a noble purpose in view , is an engine of good , which cannot be too highly appreciated ; but mere punning , if earned to any length , soon becomes intolerable . ¦ There has been too much of the latter , and too little of the former , in the ^ Great Gun hitherto . Something more in the spirit of the following just and excellent lines would speedily redeem this publication from the objection we have spoken of : — ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ LINES OH BEADING OF THE TnMULTUOBS CONDUCT OP THE PEASANTRY AT . IHE LATE EABL OF LIMERICK S ' FDNEKAL , BY AN IHISUMAN .

      No paradise lovely here welcom'd the !• Peey , " * No chant was peal'd forth for his ashes' repose , Monteagle and Glentworth , sad , silent , and dreary , Now shrunk from that people they dare not oppose . But what was the cause of this fearful commotion I Why danced the rudo boor o ' er his coffin with glee ! Why , demon-like , mar the last rites of devotion % 'Cause he lived from ins country a base Absentee 1 ! 'Twas he , when that country , by traitors surrounded , A prey to the wiles of a miuJster fell , Exclaim'd—like the death-croak of Erin it sounded" Thank God , I ' ve a country yet left me to « eH . ' . '/ "t Spring Rice , you spalpeen ! for yourself , or your i \ oddy , \ Yourcoachi or your horses , I don ' t care a pin ; But had I been Were , by this hand on . my body , I wouldn ' t have left a whole bone in your skin . ' .

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      * Pery is the family name of the Earls of Limerick . f When others were boasting of their love of country at the time of the union , and declaring that nothing could tempt them to betray it , this was the language of the late patriotio nobleman . 'Tis wonderful , indeed , his very remains were not venerated by a grateful nation ! t Noddy is the name of a species of Irish char-aJianc , nearly out of use now . lord Monteagle , in his explanatory letter which appeared in the newspapers , pompously makesuse of the expression " my carriage" no Jess than seven times , O . Publications Received . —The Three Impostors Twelve Reasons against taking away life as a punish-¦ ment . The World Within ; a description of the interior of . the earth , < kc .

      A Bowl Of "Punch," Fresh Brewed. A Divine Upon Dripping.

      A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . A DIVINE UPON DRIPPING .

      Satirists , and such loose bitter speakers nave at times accused churchmen of a somewhat unseemly affection for the fat of the land ; and the Rev . John Rawes , of Clifton , has of late a little justified such accusations , by hwextraordinavyattentiontodripping . He seems to have bent all the energies of his divine mind to the consideration of lu ' s grease-pot . He has doubtless read in the " Arabian Nights , " that Solomon confined some of the mightiest spirits in brazen kettles ; and , therefore , thought it not beneath his wisdom to haunt his own kitchen , keeping a vigilant

      eye on his pans . Like the Israelites of old , his heart was—despite of itsenV-ever busy with the flesh-pots . Now it happened , that on the 2 Gth of December last , the Rev , gentleman discovered inhia kitchen " two pounds of dripping" wrapped up , and furtively put away by his cook Sophia Edwards , whom he caused to be indicted before the Bristol jury , for the wicked felony . He had engaged the woman with an " eight or ten years' character , " he knew not which . Had character been dripwag , he , doubtless ,. could have told . We subjoin , from the Bristol Mercury , a few extracts from the trial . The man , purloined of his dripping , is under examination : —

      Mr . Stone . —Do you * clerical duties take you pretty frequently into the kitchen ? Witness . —No , but my domestic ones do . Mr . Stdne . ~ -The pantry , now—do you visit that pretty often ? Witness . — -No , not often , except I have reason to suspect that anything is amiss there . I do not know whether the dripping is that of mutton , beef , or pork ; I cannot say where it came from ; I swear it was mine , because it was on my premises ; there can be no other dripping on my premises but mine . The Court said there was evidentl y a difficulty in swearing to the dripping ; and the case roigbt as well be stopped at once .

      The woman was acquitted . We sympathise with the Rev . John Rawes . We think he has been hardly used . He has evidently made dripping his most anxiouB study-the absorbing subject ot ms life-and it waa to pay great disrespect to hispeeuliai learning , not to take ms oath upon the matter . We are certain that he was as sure of his own dripping as of his own blood , both , we have no doubt , being equally dear to him . After all , when there js often

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      such a scramble for fat things , who can wonder at John Rawes' clerical love . for mere dripping ? We know not which College claimstlie , maternity oftke Rev . plaintiff : but doubtless he ; wa ' s rearjed . ftV ¦ Brazcnriose , seeing that lie so boldly showed it in Court . His College , too , may have been ungrateful to ^ hiB merits : nevertheless , he has grasped an honour despite of it ; for henceforth he may , in . the , teeth of envy add D . D . to his n ame ;' and go down to an admiring posterity , as John Rawes , Doctor of Dripping . ' ¦ -: ¦ ' ' - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ,

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      Tiie Real and tub Imaginary . — ' Pray , Mr . Betterton , " asked the good Archbishop Sancroft of the celebrated actor , " can you inform me what is . the reason you actors on the stage , speaking of things imaginary , affect your audiences ag if they wore real ; while we in church speak of things real , which our congregations receive only as if . they were imaginary ? " " Why , really , myjord , " answered Betterton , "I don't know ; unless it is that we actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real , while you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they Avere imaginary . " Knowledge . —There is a satiety of knowledge na of pleasure ; and though the latter is more common , it may be questioned if if be less bitter . Solomon ' s was of this kind when he exclaimed " All is vanity , " and Socrates , when he defined the perfection of human knowledge to bo that " we know nothing . "

      'Tis true ' tis put , a \ d fitt ' tis ' tis true . —The most p leasing picture in the world is a happy face . Pity that it is as fleeting as pleasing . IIatb v . Eat . —In one of the fashionable regions of Merthyr , the keeper of a cook shop designates hi ? establishment— " A Hatoing House . " —Hereford Journal . Wonderful Instikct . —A cat , having lost her kittens , follows a mutton-pie ^ man . —Punch . Early Intelligence . —The Court Journal says , that " a report is iu circulation that the Royal Family will be blessed with another increase early in the autumn . " Seeing that the autumn is nine months off , this must be allowed to be the most remarkable instance on record of early intelligence . —Great Gun .

      An Unsophisticated Witness . —During the sessions at Wakefield , a witness was asked if he was not a . husbandman , when he hesitated for a moment , then coolly replied , amid the laughter of the court , " nay , sir ; Fse not married . " Boots and Stockings . —At a north-country inn , the boots being called , a shrimp of a lad , in a rustic attire , presented himself . " Well , are you the boots ?" The youth , supposing , no < loubt that the gentleman was up to a joke , replied , "No ! I ' m the stockings , sur . " The traveller , not exactly pleased with the answer , asked liim , " what lie meant by such a reply V " Wha , " repeated the boy , in a sort of simple laugh , " I ' m the stockings , sur . " ' Stockings ! What do you mean by stockings , you impertinent snapper , you ? " "Wha , sur , " said the boy , with an unaltered countenance , "I ' m under the boots , so ha must be stockings , sur . "

      The Bissr Time to Find a Policeman . —When you don't want one . When you do , wait till you do not and then you will find plenty . Or , if your want be very urgent , catch an old applewoman , and p lace her three inches within the kerbstone , and it is ten to one that apoliceman will be there in a minute or two at the farthest . —Great Gun . A Piti in a Pore . — " Would you like to have a hot crock in your bed this cauld' night , mem ? " said a good-natured chambermaid of our town , to an English lady , who had lately arrived in Scotland for the first time in her life . " A what ? " said the lady . " A pig , mem ;—shall Iput a pig in your bed to keep you warm ? " . "Leave the room , young woman ! Your mistress shall hear of your insolence . " " No offence , I hope . mem . It was my mistress that bada me ask : and I ' m sure she meant it in all kindness . ' - ' The lady looked Grizzy in the face , and saw at a glance that no insult was intended ; but she was quite at a loss to account for the proposal . She was aware

      that Irish children sleep with pigs on the earthern floors of their cabins ; but this was something far more astonishing . Her curiosity was now roused , and she said , in a milder tone , " Is it common in this country , my girl , for ladies to have pigs in their beds ? " '' And gentlemen ha'e them , too , mem , when the weather ' s cauld . " "But you would not , surely , put the pig between the sheets ? " " If you please , mem ; it will do you nialst good there , '' " Between the sheets . It would dirty them , girl . I could never sleep with a pig between the sheets . " " Never fear , mem . ' ye'll sleep far mair comfortable . I'll steek the mouth o'fc tightly , and tie ifc up in a poke . " " Do you sleep with a pig yourself in cold weather ? " "No , mem . Pigs are only for gentles that lie on feather beds ; I sleep on c < tu / , with my neighbour-lass . " Calf ! Do you sleep with a calf between you V said the Cockney lady . " No , mem , you ' re jokin' now , " said Grizzy , with a bvoad grin , " we lie on the top o't . "— Dumfries Herald .

      The Last Act of Spanish Inconsistency . — A certain Marquis do Casalrugohasbeen / orK / anfcdto this country as the new Spanish Minister to the court of St . James's . Surely it would have been more in accordance with the character of the Narvaez Government to have sent over General Bravo . '—Great Gun . Nor to be Quizzed . — Psalmanazor endeavoured to impose on the public by pretending to be a native of an island he called Formosa . One day , as he was enlarging upon its beauties , a gentleman who had no creat relish for his nights of fancy , remarked to him

      "If this island be in the latitude you descriiie , the sun must shine perpendicularly down the chimneys , and put all fires out . " " 0 , sir , " said Psalmanazor , "the inhabitants are aware of this inconvenience , and so all the chimneys are built obliquely . " The American papers assert that the marriage of the Siamese Twins to two sisters is , although doubted by many , a fact . Lord Palmerston says that , if it be found to be true , he shall move for an injunction in the Chancery Court to restrain any such encroachment on Ms celebrated " Quadruple Alliance . "—Great Gun .

      Inhuman Cruelty . —An unfortunate individual was seized the other day in Londonderry < loc : irf ; ird smuggling two bags of gunpowder from a Glasgow steamer . It is generally believed that neither the culprit nor his powder was ultimately discharged , although the former maintained that he was merely endeavouring to preserve himself from starvation by so disposing of the illicit commodity as to have a " blow out" somehow or other . —Great Gun . Chinese Maxim . —Whoever slanders me in secret , fears me ; whoever praises me to my face , despises me . On Coxsequekce . — When we look at a field of corn we find that those stalks which raise their heads highest are the emptiest . The same 13 the case with men ; those who assume the greatest consequence have generally the least share of judgment and ability . Modesty . —There is a young man In Cincinnati

      who is so modest that he will not " embrace an opportunity . "—He would make a good mate for the Iady who fainted when she heard of the naked truth . Rev . Sydhey . Smith . —The Rev . gentleman gives the following description of himself in a letter to a correspondent of the New York American : — " I am seventy-four years old ; and , ' being a canon of St . Paul's , fn London , and rector of a parish in the country , my time is equally divided between town and country . I am living amidst the best society in the metropolis , am at my ease in my circumstances , in . tolerable health , a mild Whig , a tolerating churchman , and much given to talking , laugeing , and noise . I dine with the rich in London , and physic the poor in the country ; passing from the siiuces of Dives to the sores pf Lazarus . lam , upon the whole , a happy man , have found the world an entertaining world ^ and am heartilv thankful to Providence for the part allotted me in it . "

      The Musical Tragedy at Covent Garden . — To- ¦ the Editor of the Great Gun . —Sir , —I want to know how it is that , when the heroine at Covent Garden is named Anne Tiggany , her brother is named Polly Nisus . That a man should be namudi oily does not astonish me , for Weber ' s name was Maria , and Maria means Polly ; but the difference of the surnames in the members of one famjk-jgifje ^ esttne . £ hey tell iis that the music is iy / Wr ^ &e ^ lS ^ Ban .. » Pray who is Dr . Mendel himseffi an ^ liy ^ bauflaMps ; ^ son give his own name ? Ti'ulVHwrcro ¦ / . $ >*' % jA CO ' 1 piifi # $ W ^ 0 * krkmmPv *» \ y " -li i ^ X- ^ ., J M v £ j& 5 <

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      THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE HERALDDecember , January . The number for the present month of this publication contains an additional specimen of the accursed Russian despotism , ' under which Poland ( for the present ) groans , ¦ in the shape of a semi-imperial ukase putting down the Temperance Societies , and forbidding the agitation of the temperance question .

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      A FEW ODD LOTS FII 0 M TIIE CATALOGUE OF COSTLT CUHIOSITIKS OF AN ANTIQUARIAN . " Ne ' er send commissions out to Greece and Rome—The best antiquities are made at home . "

      LOT THE FMST . A feather of one of the geese that cackled so capitally as to save the Roman Capitol ; a rum ' un to write , and recommended to , Gibbs to balance his accounts with . ' . An illuminated MS . copy of the " tale" the Ghost of Hamlet ' s Father said "hecould unfold . " A large stone , that would have been used in the building of tho Tower of Babel . but was not discovered till after the fall of Jericho . Fore finger and thumb of a Grecian bricklayer , with a bit of Roman cement holding them together The wasp that stung the tip of Lord Brougham ' s nose when a boy , and while the youthful Harry was cheating at " all in the ring . " The right eye of a fish ( very like a whale ' s ) that saw Leander swim across the Hellespont . The Bodkin ( not the barrister ) that tho Emperor Domitian killed flies with .

      The identical pair of breeches which King Stephen thought top dear at a crown , and , it is supposed , he only paid four and sixpence for . The whipping-top that Pompey the Great cried for when a little bov , and the lash with which he waa beaten to keep him quiet . The hind leg of a patriotic bluebottle fly , that buzzed at , settled upon , and tickled Cr csnr ' s nose when lie landed in Britain . The " pilot ' s thumb " mentioned in Mr . William Shakspere ' s tragedy of MacbetL ~ -Qrcat Gun .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1299/page/3/