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      BOTALTY AXD BUCKINGHAM . A BAXtiD OF ST 0 TTE . ( hue more , once more , fte ftov ^ l train Speeds on in its race-horse progression ; Uien cheer away , ye lojal throats , Sjncesycophancj ' s your profesaon . Cheer on , cheer on , our glorious ( I ) Queen , Cheer iJbert ' s form that sits beside fler ' s ^ od cheer yon awkward squad of fools , The Chandos tenant would-be riders ! Cheer , cheer on—the " noble ? Duke Has loads of ale to wet your throttles ; JJo lojalty is half so true Is that which springs from foaming bottles jfen in their sober senses might See little cause to cheer such follies : BotBarUycorn ' s delicious fames

      Dispel the vrorst of melancholies J Taxes , starvation , paupers' moans , Are horrid things when you are sober , But Queens—e ' en&ir (!) as oars—acquire A brighter ray from « d& October . " So tlo'ibt the " noble" Duke will bleed IBs swollen purse to crown the revels , Although his Grace ' s labourers want A crast of bread , on Hit , poor devils ! How pretty look those white smock-frocks—Why did he not with roses wreath ' em ? And yet it is a pity that Such skeletons are hid beneath ' >

      And flags they Tjore , inscribeflj perhaps , With mottoes such as these we tell ye" Goa save the Queen and Buckingham V " God fin for once this craving belly !" O , ' twas an intellectual sight , And at to raise the soul's emotion , Those loyal smiles , those knees that bent To Tic , not God , in their devotion ! O , 'twas a thing to recollect TbjfOUgll future Tears with awe and wonder , Those clumsy downs begarlanded , Those lh . -er-choked throats' applauding thunder Is there , then , something in a Queen ilore leavenJj- than in us poor sinners 1 And fiflH ft glance from Royal eyes Till starving stomachs with their dinners * Can e ' en the sight of monarchs still

      The tooth of want that knawing devil ? As legends tell , in days of yore , Their simple loach would cure the " evil I " Can e ' en a nod from Royal head Disperse at once the clouds of anguish ? Cool the lean pauper ' s fevered brain , And bid the outcast cease to languish ? Can Vic , all lovely as she is—To cast a doubt on this were treason—Scatter bright blessings in her path , And warm old winter's bitter season ? Can Albert , inoffensive youth , Although his mwMache such a dear is . 'Sake Bnekingham's lean labourers fat , Or turn their haggard -wives to peris . Cod < what a mockers thus to raise

      The lijinns of worship for a mortal ! TlOWCTS to strewbeneaih her feet , And lhns throw wide each palace portal . God ! what a mockery thus to sing Foeaiis of heartless exultation ; While grim starvation decimates . And taxes crush the scowling nation ! Gcd ! what a mockery thus to cheer The tawdry tram of royal weakness ; While shivering want lies cowering down , ¦ With not a shred - " gainst -winter ' s Weakness God ! What mockery thus io laugh ¦ While myriad tear-worn eyes are crying ; God ! what a mockery tins to live , While thousands on the straw are dying ! * # # * # Speed on , { -peed on , oh Itoval pair ,

      37 or heed the muse ' s harsh reflections ; Enjoy your courtier-scented air , And Buckingham ' s low genuflections . Speed on , speed on , oh Roval pair , With fulsome flatteries lined jour road is Flag and " smock-frock / ' triumphal arch , Fat aldermen and reverend toadies ! Speed on , speea on , each booby's zeal fresh words of sycophancy teaches ; Behold , " his Worship" brings the " mace / 3 Ah , injured grammar , stop his speeches . Yet one would think the Royal taste (!) Must by this time be almost sated ; Both not this endless meal of praise Fall on the palate nauseated ' Hath not the ceaseless banquet yet Of adulation lost its savour ? Would not a little sharp cavenne the

      Be welccmejusi ^ io change fevour ? - "Wonld not ose small aright grain of truth " vary these lies so sycophantic ? Truth to a Royal ear !—good God , Tarould make Court toadies all quite frantic 2 Let them lie on , then—3 Tonarchs * ears Are always doomed to he surrounded By buzzing drones , who never let Aught but tfiar fulsome hum be sounded , let them lie on , then—let them fill The bright cup to its iullest measure ; i * tthem dance , ang . anulaugh aloud , We too can laugh—though not with pleasure We too can laugh—a bitter laugh—A laugh of scorn and grief united ; Scorn for yon sycophants -who fcneel , Gritf for the pauper starved sbA hUghied .

      Once more ence more , theEoyal tram Speeds on iu its race-horse progression j Then cheer away , ye loyal throats . - Since sveophaocy ' s tout profession ;— Satirist

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      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE . —Febheaey . The appearance of this "Magazine , proelaming the isolation of its conductors to aevote its pages to " a consideration of tie social uants and rightftil claims of the Peopie , " was , we felt assured , ftom the moaient we pernscd the prospectus , calculated to excite iaehosiluty of all those pimps of power , who , masters of the " grey goose quill , " prostitute Hieir glOTlOUS pffrSege to the service of fraud and the perpetuation of wrong and oppression . In that expectation we tave not been wholly deceived , though we aeknowx& jX , with pleasure , that the yelpings of the dissatis-«« lave been confined to a much smaller number * ^ ' ¦ p ^**^ ^^^ »¦ ^^ t # « % v * v ifHTI I ^ JBt XJ-TJ-CJ g ¦ , ^_ ,

      ^ "On we had anticipated : to a certain extent , there ^ re , we have found ourselves agreeably mistaken . The excellent reception which , on the whole , the fet number of this Magazine met wifii from the < Mties of thepress , we confess surprised us . In BJanv a paper m which we expected to find the torment of vitnperation let loose , we found , on the con-^ rv , the kindly words of welcome . This proves one tf two things ; either that newspaper critics are aware uiai Mr . 3 ebboh > las achieved a position from which , 50 tong as lie remains firm to principle , their assaults s « powerless to dislodge him ; or else , tha ^ in spite w the infamous politics of several of the journals to WucL we allude , their conductors in their own hearts

      leelthe justice of the principles proclaimed by Mr . ^ fiflOtD , and though they themselvestlarenotadvoeatc fcwse principles , tie "still small voice" of eon-^ lence bldstliem approve . Charity Hds us to believe *™ t this last is the troth ; out either is pregnant with «* ssed hope forthc masses , proclaiming " trnnipettaigued" that their brighter day is coming ; for their ft as now pleaded oy one of flie mightiest of the 'tef ' of mini , and Ms pleadings are listened to by all ^ ses with admiration or with awe . » ould that we could say this of all who lave ^ ayed the critic ' s task in conning fJie pages of the ^ number of this ]« agaEine . Would that we could *™ ftss that in our anticipations we Lad unwittingly

      * K > nged the wide of the critic order . But , we have ~ uuwe . have found ourselves not wholly deceived in ci& * ant > r il > ations ^ mus fc now ^ Pennftted * ° y » x a few remarks on the wise comments of the ^««« r of the Idtcraru Gazette , who has thought thi * t ' ravr ^ swp ^ rana ^ atcd sword in defence of uungs as they are , and against Douglas Jerhold ' s tonWe" and "dreadful" Shilling Magazine , " th - ltor ol ^ ifer < My Gazette admits that were is a momentous question pending between . j S nch and the poor divisions of the community . ere are prodigious evils and immmswralU safer-^ j £ - Re admits this ; but it would appear he is ^^ yjtt DorcusJEaBou > forespo ^ ngthoseevils and 'uieniios ][ s ] j e | jjen jjj ]^ -wjth Jininan misery ; ^ does he rejoice at the sufferings of Ms fellow J ^ iu res By no means fle claims to be the .. Wefla Of th «» TMvm 1 _ f' oc -n-oTI ae Vl" _ TxT > unTT » Tint ne

      ^ ceiionncos " quacis" prescribingtbelrpana ^ gs for th e maladies of the bodv politic . Of course editor ofthe ffareaeisno " quack ! " Fortwenty c ^ il ^^ ' his predecessors , have puffed into p , S ^?? . or condemned to annihilaAion , fliose ^^ ucuons of the press which lave appeared before ^^ or hteraryjud gments DuriugtliattiiiietheEdi fttmu * ? ° t jlayclaimtohavingdonesomefliingto c and shape the character of that literature , the ^ 1 ofwhich he has asp n ^ d to . Well , after the < £ * 5 a generation , what are the fruits of the j ^« * good management ? "Prodigious evils and ^^ rohk titffaings J" But the Ga : ette wffl dis-^ * ne le ^ onsibuity ; of these tJunga , and say , ito 5 f aaiainents , sociaiinsfitutidns , taxation—these l s 4 ** f MibK lmtnotthe Gazette . " "What then , j ^ sof the vaunted influence of literatnre I If la JSKfS to prevent the present state of things , it Ifso ^^ y JWweriess to ch ange that state . And , * iicL rf £ attaek on - ^ riM JerroWs 3 fagazme , | 00 * Wern ? WCre fte CaSe > mnst ^ P ^^ 1653 fcr

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      not SifcS ^ / S tllat the : P «» -w use the term mS « l bcen , usedJU"S % forenl , bntlittle « 5 rgood . 5 tKK V , »" - ' rolRance wtllc leraW W » » 2 w gC ( iWwdii V 1 y ^ -Kieratnrelmsmaiiily ^^ SAS JUld la ^ -t o '"^ " «» worse aDpeav the better reason ; " to prop np fraud and «™ £ *' h ? \ v * tCKd ? udprolon e theKi ^ might otci nght . T . V c say that inainh , this has been the degrading use made of what should have been the in-^ oment of the gi ^ tcst good to the human family . J liere have eycr oeen exceptions , particularlyin poetic w ? i f l ' ^ " thc race flat write , " the poet has flic hardest task to stifle and extinguish thc light ot truth TMtain him : tliough , even amonsst the poets , how maiiy have fallen from "then- hi < rli estate , and become the mere things of vilest clay ki i on tue cl ' lunl ) 3 ^ ""s " ° «» the rich man ' s 111 Oil * t

      Such has been the general state of literature while theLiterary Gazette has held rule in the "Republic of Utters . " The rich have rioted in wrong unchecked , and the poor have suffered undefended , knaves or " qiiaoks'MtheEdliorofthe G ' « . -f J ™ y select either hom ) -the literati of the past , or at least thepassing age , have been . Of such the present we has grown sick and weary . Mealy-mouthed sympa thisers are turned from with , disgust ; and feelin ^ men , -earnest men , courageous men are demanded for the exigencies of the present time . The demand is not unanswered ; for , behold , a Ouilyle , a Dickens , a JiKnotD , and a Hoob , with many others of minor note , have already appeared to proclaim the wants of the hitherto dumb many—dumb because their . ap pointed voice ( the press ) has been a traitor to its trust , and betrayed the mission heaven had assigned

      it-Tiie Editor oi the Gazette , while deploring tllC Sltflerings oi the poor , denounces the idea that "bullyinoand exasperating the upper and middle orders o ? society is the best mode of infusing into them the principles . Of generosity and chariui . " Here is the fact : — " Prodigious evils and immeasurable sufferings " have been the result of the rule of the many by the few ; but these results must not be exposed under ' pain of being denounced as " bullies , " and exasperators of the " upper and middle classes , " who , forsooth , must be fed with " gencvosity" and "charity , " gently as babes are with pap . Innocent sucklings ! " Exasperate , " indeed ! It appeal's to us it is the working classes against whose further " exasperation " every means shculd be taken'tofeuard ! But we must "infuse "—what a Godfrey ' s Cordial-like word !—into the upper and middle classes the principles of gencrositv and cJiarity—L c ,

      "With bated breath and in a bondsman ' s key ;" we must implore of the working classes to sue for mercy instead of demanding justice—to beg for charity instead of insisting on sight ! The Literary Gazette says— "It is a barefaced lie to ascribe all the wretchedness we see to the wrongs and oppressions of those who enjoy happier lots . " Of course giving the "barefaced lie" to its opponents is a nice example for the Gazette to set in carrying out the " soothing system . " IVe join issue with the Gazette , and avow our readiness to prove at any time that all the evils the poor suffer , save and except such as the natural laws of the universe render all classes subject to , are to be laid to the charge ot the rich , they eoid they only being responsible for those evils . The rich monopolize the soil ; appropriate the wild animals to their exclusive use ; make capital multiply capital through thc workings of mills , mines ,

      oslienes , and the endless ramifications of trade and commerce j live in splendid mansions ; usurp exclusive power ; rule the state ; levy taxes ; make wars ; and enjoy all the emoluments , and honours , and pleasures of society . On the other hand , as effect follows cause , fhe poor sxe denied an inch of their luotlWV eartli ; die for want of food ; are punished for poaching ; create wealth , to subsist on starvation wages ; are defrauded of the fruits of their industry ; exist in wretched hovels ; are slaves , politically as well as socially ; have to pay the taxes ; are the human material for the gorging of the monster , war ; and have to suffer privation , disease , and premature death for their share of the social contract . Perhaps the Editor of the LiUtanj Gazette will say that these asser tions are "barefaced lies ; " facts of daily and hourly occurrence but too painfully and too incontestibly prove their truth .

      The Gazette- admits that the "prevalence of extreme poverty , throughout so rich and prosperous a land , is a reproach to human nature , " and adds , " instalments may pay off national miseries as well as national debts . " How soon the National Debt will be paid off by instalments , the critic saitli not ; but if the poor are iohave no better hope of getting their wrongs " paid off , thau we have of seeing the monster swindle paid off by "instalments , " * ' their condition , -we fear , -will be hopeless indeed . The specimens we have given of the article in the Gazette are fair samples of the spirit of the whole , which throughout is bitterly denunciatory of Mr . Jirroijb ' s Magazine . We are well aware that ! Mr . Jerrold needs not our advocacy , nor have we the presumption to assume to act as his defender . It is principles for which we contend , and the cause of the millions , dearer to us than anv other consideration .

      We pass by the smaller fry , who , in provincial papers have aped the wondrously wise saws of the Gazette editor . They are too few and too contemptible to have their little greatness advertised . Come wenowtothe secondnumberof Mr . Jeksold ' s Magazine , of the . merits of ¦ which we have lsft our-SClves but little room to speak : but there is no need of any lengthy commendation , when in two words we may embody its worth—excellent and savliless . * The story of " St . GUesand St . James" is continued , and lacks nothing of the interest with which it commenced . We sive an extract or Wo -.

      —CONSOLATION TOR THE T 5 GMT . We cannot say—and in truth it is a ticklish question to asi of those who are best qualified to give an answer—if there really be act a comfurt in substantial nglincss ; in ugliness that , unchanged , will last a man his life ; a good granite face , in which there shall \> e no "wear and tear . A man so appointed is saved many alarms , many spasms of pride . lime cannot wound his vanity through his features ; he eats , drinks , and is merry , hi despite of mirrors . So acquaintance starts at" sudden alteration , hinting , in sndi surprise , decay and the final tomb . He grows older , with no former intimates . —church-yard voices!—crying ) '" 'Hovf you ' re altered ! " IIow xaa « y a man might lave been a truer husband , a better father , firmer fiienfl , more valuable citizen , had he , when arrived

      at legal maturity , cut off—say an inch , of his nose . This inch—only an inch J—would hare destroyed the vanity of the very handsomest face : and so driven the thoughts of a Mian from a-rnlgar looking-glass , a piece of shop crystal and more , from the fetal mirrors carried in the heads of women , to reflect heaven Icnows how many coxcombs who choose to stare into them-to the glass of his own mind . With only such petty sacrifice , he might have been a philosopher . Thus considered , how many a coxcomb may be within an induof a sage ! True , there was ah age when wise men—at least a few of them—glorified in selfmutilation , casting sanguinary offerings to the bird of wisdom . But this was in the freshness and youth of the world ; in thc sweet innocence of early tune . But the world grows old ; and , like a faded , fashionable beauty , the older it grows the more it lays on the paint .

      One of the characters in the tale is a Miss Canary , an old maid , who , miserably poor , gets her living by selling bills of the play , and oranges in the gallery of Covent Garden Theatre . But poor as she is , she has one consolation— " She was bora a lady : nobody could deprive her of that . " Bright Jem , a cosmopolitan linkman , in love with all the world but the rascals in it . cannot swallow thc doctrine of

      XOBIX BIRTH . Nonsense , said Jem . I tell you , Hiss Canary , there isn't sich a thing as a born lady in the world . "Why ! you never , Mr . James ! and Miss Canary -was scandalised at the heresy . Born lady ! repeated Jem , laughingly ; ana then moving his chair towards his disputant , he touched her mittened arm with Ms pipe , saying—look here , now There ' s 3 fe . Giiinbles , at number five , she had a little gal last week , —you Snow that ? Well ; Mrs . Grimbles is a elear-stareher . That you allow ! And for that reason —now tell me this , —for that reason is her little babby born a clear-stareher ! Eh ? I should like to know as much as that now . O , 3 Ir . James 3 you ' re a gooa person , bnt you know yon ' re a low man ; no , no ; you can't understand these things . And Miss Canary smiled a--pitying smile .

      I tell you , said Jem , there ' s no sich thing as born ladies and gentlemen . There ' s little tats of red girls and boys born , if you will ,. —and you may turn ' em into—now , look here , said Jem , if there was to be some born gentlemen and some not , —why wasn't there two Adams and two Eves , for the high folks and the low ones ? O , Mr . James J cried Miss Canary , naif rising from her seat—for your precious soul ' s sake , I hope not ; but I do think you ' re an afli ' fet . I can't tell , I ' m sure , said Jem , not comprehending the conveyed reproach . I don't know ; bnt as for my soul , Miss Canary , —why , I try to keep it as clean ana take as good care of it as a soiaier tales care of his gun , so that it may be always in fighting order against the enemy .

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      ? A much rained friend of ours writes to us as follows : — "The first number of Uou / jXas JemWs Magazine is a constellation of excellences , and you might as well try to select the brightest star from the Pleiades , as topickfrom it one article better than another . O ! I am fond of Douglas Jekkold ! He reaches the heart by no circuitous route ; by no slang , no meaningless punning ; but grasps the heart of the sordid and the selfish firmly and forcibly , and squeezes charity out of it whether it will or no . I have been a reader of the Illuminated Magazine ever since I read your &st CJatsluKW . Garland ; so that you see it is to you that I owe my acouaintace with this , true-hearted writer . 1 shall look for the second number of his Jlagaane with inexpressible interest" The writer of the above is a working man residing in an obscure villagej * ^ Korth of Ireland ; bnt working man though he be , he nas moresense , aye , and poetry too in his head , than threefourths of the conceited fellows who wield the critic ' s rod , and assume the rule of the literary world .

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      The article entitled " Slavery , the only remedy for the miseries of the English poor , " is the best satire , ottue knut . wc ever remember to have seen since UEA . Y awiFi s scheme was propounded to relieve the poverty ot the Irish people , by the rich eating the children of the poor , as a substitute for sucking pigs , lllc writer ot the article proclaims an all-important truth , that " Liberty , without , property , h lut « phantama . " This the Americans have discovered ; hence the discontent in that Republic , their Agrarian agitations , and anti-rent insurrections . The masses may be assured of this , that so long as property is exclusively held b y classes , those classes will be the veritable rulers and masters of societv , no matter what the form

      of government . A Republican profitmonger is , of necessity , as much a tyrant as a monarchical one . The only advantage of democracy is , that it invests the people—an immense advantage , 11 they have the sense to use it , with the power to conserve to themselves the fruits of their industry , thereby making themselves property-holders , and , of a consequence , their own masters ; slaves to no men . ^ 'Peasants and Pheasants" is a titlo wludl SUfj wi * ? P eaks Its purport ; it is almost needless to add that the article is an admirable one . The Ikcollectionsof Ilazlitt" are continued , and are exceedinglymteresting . " The Hedghog Letters" every way worthy of the author of " Punch ' s Letters to his Son , " and "Punch ' s Complete Letter Writer . " broni the poetic contents we give the following : —

      THE DRUM . Yonder is a little drum Hanging on the wall , Dusty wreaths and tntterM flags ltound _ aboutitfall . A Shepherd youth ou Cheviot ' s hills "Watch'd the sheep , whose skin A cunning workman wrought and gave The little di'um its din . 0 pleasant are fair Cheviot ' s hills With velvet verdure spread , And pleasant 'tis amid its heath To make your summec bed . And sweet and clear are Cheviot ' s viHs That trickle to its vales , And balmily its tiny flowers Breathe on thc passing gales .

      And thus hath felt the ShepUerd-boy WhSst tending of his fold , Xor thought there was in all the world A spot like Cheviot ' s wold . And SO it was for many a day , But change with time will come , And he —( alas . ' for him the day !) - lie heard the little drum . "Follow , " said the drummer-boy , " Would you live in story ; ' For he who strikes a foeman down , ""Wins a wreath of glory !" " Rub-a-dub and rub-a-dub , " The drummer beats away—The Shepherd let his Weatmg floek On Cheviot wildly stray .

      On Egypt's arid waste of sand The Shepherd now is l ) jng , Around him many a parching tongue For water's faint ! j crying , 0 that he were on Cheviot's hills With velvet verdure spread , Or lying 'mid the blooming heath , "Where oft he'd made his bed . Or could lie drink of those sweet rills That trickle to the vales , Or breathe once more the baltniness Of Cheviot ' s mountain gales . At length upon his wearied eyes The mists of slumber come , And he is in his home again—Tillwaken'dby the drum .

      " Take arms ! Take arms ! " his leader « ries , " The hated foeman ' s nigh ;" Guns loudly roar—steel clanks on steel , And thousands fall to die , The Shepherd ' s blood makes red the sana , " Oh ! water—give me some ! My voice might reach a friendly ear , But for that little drum !» 'Mid moaning men— 'mid dying Men , The drummer kept his way , And many a one , by " glory" lured , Did cuvse the drum that day . " Rnb-a-dub and rub-a-dub , " The drummer heat aloud—The Shepherd died , and ere the morn The hot sand was his shroud .

      And this is glory ! Yes ; and still Will man the tempter follow , Nor leam that glory , like its drum , Is but a sound and hollow .

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      CRUIKSHAN 1 TS TABLE BOOK . —February . Success and glory to the inimitable George and his clever editor ! The second number of the Table Booh is excellent ; and will , we doubt not , work its way to the tables of a large number of the reading public Unable to transfer to our columns the illustrations , we can give our readers but a very imperfect idea of the contents of this excellent antidote to the blue devils . We may , however , afete that the literary matter is much superior to the preceding number , while the illustrations arc all' of the most mirth-inspiring description . 1 The opening article on " Mesmerism " is particularly rich . Then we have " The Doomed One : a Tale of the Nineteenth Century ;" " Guy Greenhorn's Wanderings , " a capital imitation of Bykon ' s poetry ; "The Stage Seaman ; " " Letters from a ' Freshman at Cambridge ; " " Alkfe Brompton , or The Lily of Park-lane , " a burlesque of the fashionable novel ; with several other goon things . We give the following extracts , the first being a specimen of

      CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION . JEkeas , the son of Anchises and Venus , was a Trojan prince , and he behaved like a regular Trojatv on several occasions . He was placed under the care of a nymph till he was five years old , ov in other words , put out to nurse ; but his education was completed under Chiron , who seems to have kept an academy for heroes , or , perhaps , an evening school for classical adults . He taught music , war , and medicine ; so that he was one of the sort of general practitioners whom Sir J . Graham ' s pvoposcdhlll would have licensed to kill or cure according to circumstances . After leaving school , JEneas married Miss Creusa Priam , the daughter of old Priam , and had a son and heir named Aseanius , He fought well in , the Trojan war , and distinguished himself in a manner

      worthy of the fire-brigade at the burning of "Troy , carrying his old father pick-a-back out of the flames , with Ms son in his hand , but , husband-like , leaving his wife to make the best of her way after him . Some say that he returned to hide her , " for which others read Ida ; but Strabomakesliimouta sort of Cubitt , who entered largely into building speculations , among which was the rebuilding of Troy , with , all its streets and squares . But Virgil insists that he only made a passage into Italy . After some extensive travelling , he arrived with his father in Sicily , where the old gentleman died ; and the son , then going to sea again , was cast on the shores of Africa , where Dido set her cap ] for him with considerable earnestness . jEneas gave her a good deal of encouragement , and had at one time serious intentions : bnt the gods forbidding

      the banns , he absconded , to avoid the consequences , either by sea or land , for a breach of promise . Being again driven to Sicily , he consulted the Cumoean Sibylthe Mademoiselle LeXormantof those days—who took him to the Shades , -where lie met with the governor , Anchises , who . tola Ms son the fote that awaited him . JEneas seems to have been a rather extensive Snip-owner ; for after having lost no less than thirteen , he arrived at the Tyber , where he received an invitation to spend A few weeks with Latinus , the king , who promised him in marliage his daughter iavina , who was rio relation to" the lovely young Lavina , " who , according to Thomson , " once had friends . " There seems to have been a misunderstanding about this young lady ' s hand ; for while her

      papa had offered it to iEneas , her mama had promised it to Turnus . To prevent any inconvenience , it was arranged that . Eneas ana Turnus should " fight it out , " and tlie latter being killed , the former married lavina , and built laviniurn in honour of her , much on the same principle as Queen Victoria caused the building of the Albert Gate , in honour of the prince-consort , ^ neas sueceeeded his father-in-law on the latin throne ; but continuing pugnacious , he was killed in a battle with the Etrurians , or as some say , he fell into the river Numicus , when his armour being heavy , and none of the Humane Society being on the spot , he was unable to get out again [ and so "kicked the bucket" ] . OX A BLOCK OF ICE BROUGHT FROM AMERICA WITHOUT MELTING , ASD PLACED IN THE WINDOW OF A SHOP

      IX THE STRAND . Ice placed within a shop or room Will turn to water , we presume , For tis a solvent all agree ; But here Insolvent ice we see . Yet though we cannot solve the ice , "We . solve the riuulc in a trice . It comes from Pennsylvania ' s state , And therefore will not liquidate .

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      THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE . — Febhuary . This 5 a a very superior lunnber ' of the Illuminated , containing much worthy of praise , and but little demanding censure . "Travel and Talk , " by Lulre Sodeh , contains some delightful sketches of continental scenes ; a short description of Genoaisparticularly interesting .. It appears , that in spite of its narrow streets , Genoa is a beautiful place—a city of palaces . ' ' There is one street entirely composed of houses as handsome as the Reform Club-house in Pall-mall , all'built of white marble , and covered v ? ita sculnture . High upon the roofs , or on the win gs and porticoes ,. are , gardens full 4 of orang&rtrees ,. low ™ with fruit , " and roses arid jessamines in blossom . The Queen ' s marble arch at BueMhghasi-palace would cut hut a poor figure at Genoa . •; They are building an immense range of arches , forming a covered arcade , with shops , the whole length of the sea-front ; it is of admirable architecture , of unpolished ' white

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      marble , with just the mark of the chisel , and the top is to lorm a splendid promenade , also paved with fine marble , affording'the noblest views of the city , the mountains , and the sea . The town contains about loO . OOOinhabitants , and looks . as if it deserved to be the capital of a kingdom : " How humiliating that the hol y alliance" of crowded brigands were permitted to hand over this splendid city , once a powerful republic , to the petty despot of Sardinia ! There is no writer in the J / luminatcd who so much enchants us as'tho author- of "Travel and Talk , " possessing a benevolent heart ; a highly-cultivated mint ! , and the power to clothe his thoughts in the choicest language . 1 lie productions of his pen are always looked forward to by us as a treat of no ordinary chametn . r . If . is

      with regret , therefore , that we find ourselves comp ° } 1 ^ , «* p « s ? s ° "r dcckiod dissent from tlic political Views of tins clever writer . He bdonqs to the old school , and is , we fear , now too old to 1 ) 6 made a convert to the new . A representative of the politicalfeeling of "Old England , " he of course cannot sympathise with " Young France , " " Young Switzerland , " "YoungItaly , "or "YoungGermany . Hence his sneers at French Republicanism , and his opinion-that the leaden Austrian despotism is good for Italy ! "VVc have not before remarked on this defect in this otherwise most pleasing writer , but we we compelled to do so this month , when we find him praising the Russian Government , and expressing a wish that the liberties of an independent people may bo put down by military despotism . The srentleman

      who calls himself Luke Rodenis proud that he is an En g lishman , and never misses a fair opportunity of exalting his own countrymen as the noblest race in the world—with one exception : What exception thinkest thou , reader- ? The Russians ! We have always considered the Jews setting themselves up as a " chosen race , " as exhibiting most delectable vanity on their part ; but that this writer should place the Russians No . 1 in the list of nations , shows a taste on his part which is rather too absurd to allow us to keep a grave countenance . But lie does not . stop here ; , ho actually praises the Russian Government ! That Government isNicnoLAS ; and when we have pronounced that name , we have in one word- ' embodied a system of tyranny , rapacity , cruelty , espionage , —in short devilisin ,

      equalling . m atrocity anything , however liomblo , that ever cursed mankind under the semblance and name of " government . " How disgusting it is to hear an Englishman talk of the " noble , forbearing , and magnanimous" conduct of Russia towards this country . What ! has it come to this , that England must ne grateful for'Russian * forbearance ? "Russian forbearance , " indeed . ' The very words breathe a hellish mockery . Where has ^ this vaunted forbearance been shown ? To Poland , " to Turkey , or to Cireassia ? Surely Luke Roden must have forgotten the very names of these countries . 'Wherever , by intrigue or b y violence , Russia could push her barbarously ambitious designs , slie has done so ; and has never scrupled at the commission of any atrocity to achieve her ends * " How down in masses ! " has ever

      been the policy and action of the Russian Government wherever swords were crossed for freedom ; and forbearance and mercy , justice and riyht , woidd seem to be words having no moaning , no existence , in the Russiau vocabulary . If Russia is slow to quarrel with England , it is beeaiise she has nothing . to gain , but eKvything to lose , in a contest with this country . Nicholas's barbaric phalanxes may be sufficiently powerful to crush a disunited people like the Poles , or a worn-out by-gone race like the Turks . ; but they must not be-arrayed against the legions of England or France . Neither nation need care a straw for the "forbearance" of the " imperial" savage . Moscow , it is true , was the grave ot Napoleos ' s power ; but it was Moscow itself ; and Moscow ' s clime , and not Moscow ' s hordes , that saved the empire of the Czar from being trodden under the * hoof of the Gallic

      conqueror . . Let us not be-misundcratood in these remarks .. We have no sympathy with the Corsican traitor—for traitor he " was to the principles of that revolution which hoisted him to power . Nor do . we find fault with the resistance of the * Russians to Napoleos ' s invasion . A nation of slaves though they were , they did quite right in resisting to the .-death their-invadeig . Our meaning hi tho above remarks is , that while repudiating the disgraceful idea that England is indebted to Russian " forbearance , " England has no cause to fear the much-talked-of power of the Czar . That power is a delusion , which any attempt to re-enact on Western Europe the inundation of the Goth , the Vandal , and the Hun , would signally

      prove . The march to Moscow was not less fatal to France than would a inarch , to Paris , or an expedition to the Thames , bo to Russia . There would , however , be this difference ; that whereas the climate destroyed the cohorts of France , it would be the nations invaded who would accomplish the destruction of the Muscovite hordes . We < letest « all war ; and a war with Russia would be as much detested by us as a war with any other nation : but we repeat , Western Europe has nothing to fear from Russian ambition , and therefore ilo we repudiate the silly language ol Luke Rodex—silly at least on this subject—and deny the indebtedness of England to Russian "forbearance . "

      Displeased with the democratic revolution in Geneva , Luke Rowjn takes occasion to vent lus spleen Against the ' Genevese , and adds ; ' " I am no Mend to the . extension of the power of . Fvance , but should certainly see with pleasure this , contemptible cavicatttve of . a government put down by a regiment of French soldiers ; and no longer suffered to amioy their , gigantic neighbour by establishing' a place of rei ' uge for rogues , smugglers ,,. swindlers ,: antt V «( J « - loftd apostles of seclhim ? Tastes differ . Li / ke Romex admires nothing so much as despotism , ' provided it be a gigantic despotism , like that of Russia ; on the other hand , he detests nothing ; so-. much as a free state , especially if that state be small . We happen to hold views directly tlie opposite of'these . There is one excuse for him , if Dr . Wi&an ' s theory of the " duality of the mini" —fLvle Roden ivitt he acouainted with Dr . Wigan )—is based on

      truth . It is easy to see that thc two portions oi tue interior of his cranium arc constantly , or at least too often , at war with each other . Luke RodbVsi " good angel , * ' or " sane cerebrum , " prompts him to sympathise with the suffering and the . wronged , and ¦ sets him ' searching pvisoiis , matlhotfses , and o ' ther ' receptaclcs of human misery for objects of his sympathy .: on the other hand , his"bad angeV' ov "insane cerebrum , " prompts him to laud ; despotism and declaim against tlie rights of man . Here we have an example , we think , of the truth of . Dr . Wioas ' s theory ; for most certainly a perfectly sane man could not be guilty of such absurdities as is exhibited in such contradictory conduct . We fear , it . . would , be like sending coals to Newcastle ioadvise ^ Luke Rodex to apply toDv . Wiganfor medical ' . advice ; but our o \ yn advice we may give . That advice is , to abandon politics , ov . else to study them more deeply than he has hitherto done .

      "A little learning is a dangerous thing !' Luke Robes is on moat subjects a delightful writer ; but not on political matters . On political questions he is , in our opinion , totally unfitted to address the mind of " Young England . " - We are glad to , meet . Mrs . Postaxs again , She has in this number contributed a pleasing article , entitled " A little Gossip on the Olden Time . " We dissent from this lady ' s opinion on the drama . She thinks the drama is rapidly declining , and that its total extinction is not fav distant . This is one of . the fallacies of this utilitarian age . Our own conviction is , that less work and more leisure will yet be the order of the day in England , and with that better time will come an increase , an immense addition to the present number of .-the'lovers of dramatic ai-t . Hard toil and want of ; time and money greatly circumscribe the number of those who seek pleasure in dramatic entertainments ; biitsurely . . . ! '

      ; . "A brighter morri awaits tlie liinnan day , " " when all this will be reversed , or at least ' greatly changed , for the better , and then the histrionic art will , it is our firm faith , flourish as it has never done heretofore . . ' ¦ ' / I ? he Philosophy of Fudge" is a capital expose of the vices of our social system . ' - ¦'• " The Past , the Present , and the Possible , " contains much curious and interesting matter . " The Adventures of a Scamp " arc continued , and are not a little amusing . The poetry is this month superior to the average : we particularly notice "The Song of the Imprisoned County " Throw not aside the Lyre , " " To an infant sighing in its sleep , " and a poem , which promises to be of some length , entitled " Mirvan ; a Tale of the Moors , of . Grenada . "' We close with the following extract from Mr . Carleton ' s tale , the continuation of which m this ' number * is much more to our liking than the previous portions .

      THE INCESniART . What are you ? inquired , one of the magistrates , with a very rosy round face , a very round stomach , very round blue eyes , and a carroty wig—once a citizen of London and a taUw-chailiUer , now a squire lir . d dispenser of petty sessions Jaw—what are you ? Nothing , replied the prisoner : last thing I was , was one of the Blazers .. \ What a horrid wretch , exclaimed half a dozen of the justices at once , '"' ,. . ' > ¦ That is , I mean , continued the fellow , I served as a waister in the Blazer man of war . ' ¦ And pray why did you leave the ship . ? demanded the justice with the violet eyes . "

      Because , d ' ye see , I deserted , was the reply ; We understand you are desirous of being admitted evidence : for the Crown touching the burning . of Overslcy CJourt , observed the magistrate : to give up , the names of your accomplices , * and depose to the truth of your testimony on oath . Now do you know the solemn nature of that obligation ? .- ¦ . . ' .- , : ¦ : ¦> - Ease away fiandsomeiy , cried the sailor , and don't let your jawing tackle go with a run ; what's the yarn about ? - ' ' ' = . ' - ¦ • Y : ¦•¦ ¦ •(¦ = ¦ ¦ = ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' - •¦ - ' Hte worship , tf ) serveo the ete'k with a " slow ^ voice and solemn visage , wishes to learn whether you , know what anoathis ? ' .,.- . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ - ... .. . .. . . Don t talk like that , '' said the Waister , ' I should rather Oiinkl aia . . •¦ - ¦ v ' ,- ; :. r ; v ::,, ' - . ¦ .-Tell the court what is your notion of an ' oath , returned the . clerk , with great gravity . . - ' , ; . . , ; ,, ; : ; . , * , . ;•/ VD— -n your eyes , answered . the late . member of , the Blazer . •* '•'• * All the respectable jieople present

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      were shocked ; a few innistian ' and wooden clogs laughed . Are you a Christian ? cried the bench , with one voice : horrible reprobate that you are—do you profess yourself a Christian * What Should make me , retorted the ruffian ; nncl . liis clenched fist rebounded from the iron bar at wiliell llO stood , like the sledge from the anvil—what should malcc me !—was I bom like a Christian , ov bred like aChmtinn , or used like a Christian ? The first I knew of life was in a coal pit , where I fared worse than . a bound—worked a thousand times harder than a brute of burden , and lodged as loathsomely as a viper . Yi'hcn I ran away from that and went to sea , did I overhear my Maker's name except when some one swore by it that ^ he would have me up to the

      gratings' . When I deserted from my ship and .-trove to earn my . bread by the sweat ' of my brow , did not inun turn fl'OlU 1 ) 10 in diSgUSt because J was as naked and ignorant sis I was sent into the world ' And now , do I not stand here to be baited likea wild beast , brought from a den more foul and forlorn than yon would keep a tiger in ? And , unless I do tlmt ivliicli shall defile my manhood , will ye not hang me like a mangy cur ? And what brought me to this pass' anything 1 could have done , or left undoneand ye ask me am I a Christian ? Suppose I tell you I don'i even understand what that vate means ; that 1 am ignorant of this right , which , like a post captain ' s commission , seems a privilege to ride rough-shod over all creation—what then ?

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      SjS ? " The continuations of Coning&ly and the Chronicles of the fiatiilc , arc , owing to the press of matter , postponed till nest week . Publications Received . —Tail ' s Edinburgh Magazine , ; Watlii ' s London Review ; Family Herald , Part 21 ; The Edinburgh Tales , Part 1 , ' Evils Resulting from the Game Laws ; Speech of the Marquis of Normanby .

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      THE ROYAL SPEECH , My louls and gentlemen , again I meet ye , With cordiality once more I greet 5 'e ; Though I'd not have you work your brains to dizziness , Pray give your heads to the despatch of business . My dear allies , my foreigii allies , Are acting with policy pleasant and wise ; For some of fhem come To see me at homo ; But this observation expressly applies ToXouis-Philippe , Who to Windsor ' s keep

      Came over , despite Anti-Anglican cries . Ah ! the appearance of ouv country ' s coffers , 0 . ' A rich theme for gratulation oft ' ers - , Ouv public purse we ' ve found the way to stock it ,-We ' ve got at last a surplus in ouv pocket ; 0 , may it never cause so much dissension As—0 ! another surplice I could mention . All things wear a smile ; Commerce lias been mending ; In our little isle All to good seems tending . Wages on the vise ; Lots of milk and honey : You'll not grudge supplies , — There ' s a glut of money . Chorus of ilcmhers . Tooral looral , loo , Ac . j Ac Poor there are , they say , Who endure hard rubbing ; But they ' ve found a way

      To heal it by a scrubbing . Baths they mean to build . Soon in every quarter ; Mouths will then be fined , If not with byecid . —with water , Chorus . Tooral looral , loo , &c , &c , The Absest Ose . —So one can possibly have forgotten the immortal advertisement , addressed to two aiustrious letters of the alphabet , of his being " earnestly implored , if he would not return to his disconsolate family , to send back immediately the key of the tea-caady . " Might not a similar one be addressed to Mr . Leader , drawn up in the following style?— "Mr . John Leader , you are earnestly implored , if you will not come home to your misrepresented constituents , at all events to send back the representation of the city you have taken away with you . Please address to the Steward o' £ the Chiltern Hundreds . "

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      CUniOUS EPITAPHS . The following epitaph of a blacksmith is to bo found in Gainfordcliurch-yaiil : — ' . ' ' My sledge and hammer are < leclinod , My bellows have quite lust theiv wind , ' My fire ' s extinct , my forjro decayed , My vices in the dust are laid , My coal is ' spent , n \ v iron's £ O ) i (> , M . v nails are drove ; my work is < li . ; n \ My fire-dviod corpse 1 ios hero a t r < : > t . My soul ( smoke-lite ) soared to ho blest . epitaph is -nTiojraxiiAM CiiViU . 'n-TAnPi Here lie f , Killed by a sfcy-Bocket in the eye . KI'IT . ' . PII uy A WIDOW OX HER HVSBAXr-. Thou wert tQ « gMoi \ to live on earth with me . And I not good enough to die with thue .

      EPITAPH ON A TII'WJXC LADY . Her clay beneath this marble lies . Whose soul we trust ' ascends the skips ; She , doubtless , for her taiU saxi merit ? , ' Is happy in the world of qnrits . MoivKSTY . —A gentleman advertises in a New York paper for board in a quiet genteel family , where there are two ov three Toeautiml and accomplished voung ladies , and where his society " will bo deemed a sufficiency for board , lodging , washing , and other et cetoras . " Tim Joli-y Trade ok Humbug . —If a v . um wishes to . enjoy , himself for once ( says an old proverb ) , lot him lull a fnt fowl ; if for a year , let him take a wife ; but if he would live joyously all tlie days of his life , - then let him turn priest .

      The Evils op " Sixrt . k Blessedness . "—Poets lliive SUllg the pyaiSGS Of matrimony in many a sweet strain , that—¦ ,. ¦ Marriage , rightly wudei'stood , Is to the virtuous and the good A paradise below—To the fair sex especially the immortal Will himself thus addressed some wise suggestions , for he tells them that—Earthier , liappieiyis the rose distilled , . Than that , which withering on the virgin thorn , * Grows , lives , and ( lira in sinrie blessedness .

      Matters of fact , - however— " great facts "—are , as proofs of any position , ^ of more weight than all the worshippers of tho nine eycr wrote . The following matter of fact , ^ therefore ,. is worthy of being universally made known , and stereotyped over tlie mantlepiece of every bachelor ' s dormitory in the united kingdom . The metropolitan commissioners of lunacy have lately procured and published , under the authority of Parliament , tabular returns of all the lunatics confined in asylums in Great Britain and Ireland , containing some interesting details not usually given

      in such papers . After one of the tabular returns appears the following paragraph : — " The first of these two tables is very interesting . Of the male patients , 15 in the 100 were married , 79 in thc 100 , or about fom-fiftllS , weve Single , and six widowers . But among males aged 18 and upwards , two-thirds are certainly in the married state , and it would appear that thc tendency to insanity is ten times as great among bachelors as among married men . All the returns exhibit similar proportions . " —Now , it may be true that , according to the aid

      song-Happy and free arc a bachelor's revelries—Cheerily , merrily , passes his life ; Xothing knows he of connubial devilries , ; Troublesome children and clamorous wife ; but , at the same time , if he wishes to preserve the su « iis sano . in corpora sano , the metropolitan commissioners of lunacy have clearly proved that he ought to eschew celibacy and get through matrimony ' s turnpike as quickly as lie can . Fulness of Joy . —A gentleman obserrfd to his wife thatshewas beautiful , dutiful , youthful , plentiful , and an armful . American Tombstone . — " Sacral to thc remains of Jonathan Thompson , a pious ( Jlivistian . and an affectionate husband . ¦ His disconsolate widow continues to carry-on the tupe-atul-tvottev business at the same place as before his bereavement . " How to Prevent "Fits . "—Buy a coat of Moses and Son . —Punch .

      A Tedious Courtsmr . —Tlie Rov . John Brown , of Haddington , the well-known nuthoi * of the self-interpreting Bible , was a man of singular bashfulness . In token of the truth of this statement I need only state that his courtship lasted seven years . Six years and a-hnlf passed away , and them , gentleman had got DO further fbrwardthan he had been the first ' six days . This state of things became intolerable ; a step in advance must be made , and Mr . Brown summoned all his courage for the deed . " Janet , " . said . he , as they satin solemn silence , " we ' ve been acquainted now for six years and mair , and I ' ve ne ' er gotten a kiss yet ; d'ye think I may take one , my bonnie girl V * ' "Just sis you like , John , only be becoming and pro ? per wi' it . " " Surqly , Janet , we'll ask a blessing . " The blessing was asked—the kiss was taken , and the

      worthy divine , perfectly overpowered with the blissful sensation , most rapturously exclaimed : — " 0 ! woman . But it is gitde—we'll return thanks . " Six months made the pious couple man and wife , and , added . his descendant ; who humorousl y told the tftlej & happier couple never spent a long and useful life together . ' ' the . Pouxd . —f'How much can you pay us ? What can you offer in thc pound ? " demanded the importunate creditors of a bankrupt farmer . " Alas 1 gentlemen ! " replied the ruined cludpolc , " all I really have is a donkey in the pound . ' " Courtship . — A man , to be successful in love , should think only of his mistress and himself . Rochefoucauld observes , that lovevs are never tired of each other ' s , company , because they arc always talking of themselves .

      A Useful House . —A gentleman having a horse that started and broke his wife ' s iicck , a neighbouring squire told him he wished to buy it for Ms wife , to vide upon . " No , " said the other , " I will not sell it , / intend to marry again myself . " The Use of the w may , and frequently does , arise from an inability topronounce the letterr ; those who labour under this inability , invariably substitute a w . Tims a lady told meat Cambridge that "Wichard had got some twacts ' which Mr . Carc-wus ( Carus ) had given him , arid he was to go . to Twinity for some more . " The line , "Around the rugged rocks , the I'ftgged rascals run their rural race , " ' by such persons is pronounced , "Awound the wiigged wocks the wagged wasc als wun their wure-wail wace . "

      . WELL MATCHED . If Albert , for his princely luck , Is truly called " the Royal buck , " He ' s matched right well , for , without fuss , He has a mate who'll doe for us . . A Nation of Humbugs . —Everything for the million but the right . " Turtle for the million , " " Polka for tlie million , " is succeeded by " Blanc-mange for the million . " This must be cheering news for labourers who cannot procure bread , and also- cheering to Forrand , inasmuch as it goes to confirm his assertion , that England is become a nation of humbugs . . . Three Wonders of Women . —First , at fifteen they " wonder who they shall take . Second , at twenty-five they wonder they are not taken . And third , at tnirtyfive they wonder who they can find that will take them . '

      Old Generals are a very expensive commodity to any country that happens to be blessed with many of them . The late Sir Henry Grey was above sixty years in the service , all the time , of course , receiving pay from the country . Heroes ought not to be longlived , otherwise they are apt to absorb the people's resources to an alarming extent ; whereas , if they are cut off in the midst of their days , the saving is considerable , and the glory just the same , N . N . E . —Tlie . north-east winds have prevailed during the greater part ot' the week . An asthmatic correspondent has expressed a fervent desire that the north-east wind should possess the property of the great American aloe—only to blow once in a Itvndredj years } . . .

      ORTnooKAPBT of Names . —An amusing example of the obscurity of our common mode of spelling was exhibited some years ago in a court of justice ^ A gentleman being in court , whose name the judge did not recognise , was requested to spell his name , which lie ran off very quickly in the following manner : — " 0 , doublcT , I , double U , E , doublcl , double U , double 0 , D . " " 0—double—If you please sir , " said the judge , " will you have thc goodness to repeat it ? " Again the gentleman rattled off his name as before— " 0 , double T , I , double V , E , double L . double U , double O , D . " "Double * -double , double , "

      exclaimed the judge , we cannot make anything ot it . Pray have the goodness to g ive us one letter at once . " The gentleman repeated his wddle ^ of a name , letter by letter , and it produced the veritable name of OinwEUi Wood ;—[ From the Phonographic Star ,. an interesting monthly magazine , done in lithographed Phonography , ] - '•" - ' - ' Gir ao Waiwing . —A gentleman , who did not live very happily with his wife , on the maid telling him that she was going to give . her mistress wamiig , ' nfe she kept scolding her front morning till'nightr ~ " Happy ' girl ! " said the ^ -roaster , "I wish I could giyewarning ^ o ! " " : . ; ; \\ ¦* ¦ ' •"¦ ' '" . "' •' - .

      Eugene Sue has . already / commenced anothecr novel , tobejcalled the " Seven Cardinals Sins , " whrehs is to appear when tho "Jew" has ceased his wander-- - ings . M . Sue gets the enormous sum of £ 4 , 000 . foftahovel . . :. *' . ' . ¦ .. ' . t . : . - .. ; ' ¦ _ - .. „ ' \ .:,. ; b ,: A Tickush QuEsiiON .-rWhen the Prince Bishop of . ' Liege was ^ riding to battle atth e head of a fine hody . of troops , v ; lie was asked by a spectator , " Howh « j . a ' a minister of religi on * couldengage in the iniquities pfi ' war ??/ , ' ? . I , wage , war , " ' ; rep . lied the prelate , " ¦ in my character of prince , not ofarchbishop : " ' !¦ ' And prayi " continued the interrogatory ft wheii the tleyil ^ carnosi off the prince , what wjU become of the archbishon ?" .

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      A London Golgotha . — Burial-ouoo . vd ISCENduhism . — "Spa-fields burial-ground was originally taken for a tea-garden ; the speculation failed , and a chapel was built upon it , in which some ministers of the Church of England preached . The bishop refused to consecrate , and it -was ultimately bought by Lady Huntingdon ; she inducted one of her chaplains , and it is now much frequented . The burying-ground is very large , but absolutely saturated with dead . This place offers a difficult problem for solution ; no undertaker can explain it , excepting by a shrug of . the shoulders . I can affirm , ironi frequent personal observation , that enormous numbers of dead have been deposited here . " — Gatherings from Grave Yards ;

      p . 176 : 1839 . The secret is now disclosed , as will appear fi'om the following facts . This ground is surrouuded by homes , many , of them tenanted by respectable individuals . . On ttie right is " a one-story erection , called a bone-house . For some months past the neighbouring inhabitants having observed flame and sparks issuing from the chimney , enter tained apprehensious that improper practices weve in progress , and , on a recent occasion , called upon tlie enginekeeper of the parish for hij assistance in extinguishing what they believed to be a fire . He demanded admission , but was refused and resisted by the gravedigger . Being determined , however , to execute his duty , he seized a crow-bar , anil , having threatened to break in the door , it was opened . ' -He observed a

      great quantity of coffin wood piled round the room drying , a fire made entirely of coffins in the grate , and portions of human bones also . The enginekeeper particularly noticed the appearance of tho chimney , and charged the grave-digger with haying used water to extinguish the flame , which was denied ; and he was told that what he " thought was waterwas pitch ; " and this was the fact . Thick flakes of pitch were adhering to the inside of the chimney , thus giving palpable evidence of thc material consumed , viz ., cojnn wood , about 2 lbs . of pitch being used in " pitching" round the inner joints-of an ordinary coffin . The inhabitants of Exmouth-street , Fletcherrow , Vineyard-gardens , and Northampton-row , in the immediate neiehbourhood . have frequently

      complained of " a tremendous stench" of a peculiar kind , which they say proceeds from the burning of human remains and coffins . On a late occasion , when Walters , the engine-keeper , —an active , intelligent , and determined man , proceeded with the engine , on an alarm of fire in the bone-house , he was surrounded by a great crowd , composed cliiefly of women , . who declared that" the steneh was abominable , " and adjured him " for God ' s sake to do all lie could to get rid of this . " Wheel-barrow loads of coffin wood have frequently been seen carried across the ground from an opposite building to the bone-house , and hot ashes conveyed from , it in return and thrown into the graves . This burial-ground does not contain more than two acres , which will receive and give' decent

      burial to 2 , 722 adults . Spa-fields ground has been employed for interment upwards of fifty vcars . The average yearly number may be stated at 1 , 600 . There have been thirty-six burials in one day , but . , strange to say , scarcely a human bone can be seen on the surface , it being the practice to have the ground raked and levelled every Monday morning . IIow applicable to this Golgotha is the following extract from Dr . Adam Clark ' s Commentary on Luke vii . 12-15 : — "No burying-places should be tolerated within cities or towns , much less in or about churches and chapels . This custom is excessively injurious to the inhabitants , and especially to those who frequent public worship in such chapels and churchcSi God , decency , and health forbid this shocking

      abomination . * * . ' * . * . ; From long observation I can attest that churches and chapels situated in graveyards , and those especially within whose walls the dead are interred , are perfectly unwholesome ; and many , by . attending such places , are shortening their passage to the house appointed for the living .. What increases the iniquity ot this abominable and deadly work is , that the burying grounds attached to many churches awl chapels are made a source of private gain . Tho whole of this preposterous conduct is as indecorous and unhealthy as it is profane . Every man should hiow that thc gas which is disengaged front putrid 'flesh , and partiadarly from a human body , is not only unfriendly to , but destructive of , cwmnctl life . Superstition first introduced a practice winch selfinterest and covetousness continue to maintain . "

      Leiih . —Noble CoNoucr .-r-As the Custom House officers were on their usual rounds , about ten o ' clock on Wednesday night , theiv attention was attracted by a violent plunge in the dock ; on hastening to the spot they heard some one struggling in the water . It was very dark at the time , and the snow and ice made the edges of the quay very slippery and dangerous . Unfortunately , neither ropes nor lights were at hand , and the very anxiety to procure them ( assistance by boats being out of the question ) , ami the helplessness ofthe drowning man , who had twice sunk for some moments , seemed to cut off all hope of saving him , and rendered the scene painfully exciting . At this moment , James Carnie , one of the Custom House boatmen , bravely leapt into the water and caught the unfortunate man in the act of sinking for the third ,

      and in all likelihood the : last time , and succeeded , after great exertion , in fastening a rope ( which was now procured ) round his Waist ; by which he was drawn up , and conveyed on boar , the Albion , from Ichaboe ; to . whieh vessel he . belonged , where restoratives were applied which happily proved effective , ; although he is still in aprecarious state . Carnie was afterwards got out ; although in a very chilly state , and was compelled to walk nearly a mile in his wet clothes , which were partially frozen when he reached his : home . Such conduct desGryes .., spmetliing . jnore £ h an the simple approbation ' of the , " ipublic ; such men do honour to the service they are ih , and for such acts of humanity rewards , properly bestowed , would prove a powerful stimulus to further and , if possible , gi-eater exertions , —EflinHrgh Advertiser .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1301/page/3/