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      BEAUTIES OF BYRON . " HO . VU . 5 < EXGLBtt D 4 BDS A 5 D SCOTCH HEVIEWEB 3 " 5 n the following lines the poet lashes the fashion ¦ able and vicious of Ilia own " order : "There the hired eunuch , the Hesperian ehoir The melting late , the soft lascivious tyre , ' The song from Italy , the step from France The midnight orgy , and the mazy dance , The smile of beauty , and the flusli of wine , For fops , fools , gamesters , knaves , and lords csmtine - Bach to his humour—Comus all allon-3 Champagne , dice , music , or your nei ghbour ' s spouse .

      Talk not to us , ye starving sons of trade I Of piteous ruin , which ourselves have made In Plenty ' s sunshine Portuue ' s minions bask "Nor think of poverty , except" en masque , " ' When for the night some lately titled ass Appears the beggar which his grar . oMre was . The cumin dropp'd , the gay burletta o ' er , The auiUence take their turn upon the floor ; Now round the room the circling dow a gers sweep , Sow in loose waltz the thin-clad daughters leap ; The first iu leagthen'd line majestic SUim , The last display the free unfettered limb ! Those fur llibernia ' s lusty sons repair "With art the charms which nature could not spare ; These after husbands wing their eager flight , ~ Kor leave much mystery for the nuptial night .

      Oh ! blest retreats of infamy and ease , "Where , all forgotten Imt the power to please , Each maid may give a loose to genial thought , Each swum may teach new systems , or be taught : There the blithe youngster , just return'd from Spain , Cuts the light pack , or calls the rattling main ; The jovial castcr ' a set , and seven ' s the nick , Or—done !—a thousand on the coming trick ! If mad with loss , existence ' gins to fire , And all your hope or wish is to expire , Here ' s To well ' s pistol ready for your life . And , kinder still , two Pagets for your wife ; Tit consummation of an earthly race , Began in folly , ended in disgrace ; " While none but menials o ' er the bed of death , "Wash tiiy red n-ouuds , or watch thy wavering breath ; Traduced by liars , and forgot by all , The mangled victim of a drunken brawl , To live like Clodius , aud like Falkland fall *

      Troth ! rouse some genuine bard , and guide his band , To drive this pestileuce from out the land J E ' en I—least thinking of a thoughtless throng , Jtist skitt'd to know the right and choose the wrong , Free * d at that age when reason's shield is lost , To fight my course through passion ' s countless host , t Wham e « ry patn of pi msure ' s flowery way Has lured in turn , and all Iiave led astray . E ' en I must raise my voice , e ' en I must feel Such scenes , sucn men , destroy the public weal ; Although some kind , censorious friend will say , " What art thou better , meddling fool , } than they I " And every brother rake will smile to see That miracle , a moralist in me . TFith the following lines—the conclusion of the poem—we close our extracts from English Bards and Scotch , Jlajicivers : —

      Thus far I ' ve told my undisturb'd career , Prepared for rancour , steel'd ' gainst selfish fear This thing of rhyme I ne ' er disdain'd to own , Though not obtrusive ^ yet not qui te unkno wn ; My voice was heard again , though not so loud , 3 Iy page , though nameless , never disavow ed ; And now at once I tear tin ? veil away ! Cheer on the pack ; the quarry stands at bay , Unscared by all the din of Melbourne House , By Lambe ' s resentment , or by Holland ' s spouse , By Jeffrey ' s harmless pistol , Uallam ' s rage , Edina ' s brawny sons and brimstone page . Our men in buckram shall have Mows enough , And feel they too " are penetrable stuff : " And though I hope not thence unscathed to go ,

      TVho conquers me shall find a stubborn foe . The time hath been , when no harsh sound would fall From lips that now may seem imbued Witil gall 1 "Sot fools nor follies tempt me to despise The meanest thing that cranl'd beneath my eyes : But now , so callous grown , so changed since youth , I ' ve learn'd to think , and sternly speak the truth ; Learn'd to deride the critic ' s starch decree , And break him on the wheel he meant for me ; To spurn the rod a scribbler bids me kiss , 2 for care if courts and crowds applaud or hiss : Ifay , more , though all aiy rival rhymesters frown , 1 , too , can hunt a poetaster down ; And , ann'd iu proof , the gauntlet cast at once To Scotch marauder and to southern dance .

      Thus much I ' ve dared ; if my incondite lay Hath wroug'd these righteous times , let others say This , let the world , which knows not how to spare , Yetrardy blames unjustly , now declare .

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      * "I knew thelate Lord Falkland well . On Sunday night I beheld him presiding at his own table , in all the honest pride of hospitality ; on Wednesday morning , at three o ' clock , I saw stretched befure me all that remained ? . < r r ^ 7 feeUn S « and a host of passions . "—Byron . riiordkalklandwas killed in a duel by a Mr . Powell in 1809 . It was not by words only that Lord Byron gave proof of sympathy on the melanchol y occasion . Though his own difficulties pressed on him at the time , he contrived to administer rehef to the widow and children of Sis friend . " ) f'Yes : and a precious chase they led me . " —Baron , . lolu * f'Fool enough , certainlv , then , and no wiser since . "Byron , 1 S 16 .

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      COMMON SENSE , Addressed to the IxmBrrAxis of Amekic * . Br Thomas Paise . London : B . D . Cousins , IS , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields . Amongst the excellent works advertised in this paper by Air . Cocsixs , the writings of the celebrated Thomas Pake occupy a prominent position , and claim a few words from us in introducing tlienito our readers . "We hope to speak of Thomas Paive's

      productions , or , at kast , the chief of them , seriatim ; for the present we shall confine ourselves to a few "Words on his Common Sense , the first-written of his political works , and though by no means the best , jet the most important in its results . Of course we speak of results yet seen . His celebrated Rights of Man is yet peifonniug its mission ; and the mMity results which it has helped to sow the seeds of , have yet in tlieir fulness to be produced , but produced they will be .

      This little tract , Common Sense , is now Somewhat out of date—it was written for a special purpose , and well it served that purpose , that of inducin" the Americans to tbrowoff the British joke . Conskin « lor the most part of reflections on the then state of American affairs ( 1776 ) . and arguments showin" the necessity and practicability of inde pcndence-5 t is chiefly valuable as an historical documeut , and its value in that respect cannot be over-estimated In centuries to come , when the historian shall set himself to the task of describing the birth of the great republic of the West , thismodest little pamphlet will be lus first thought , and its contents the choicest of the Stores from which to gather the materials for Ms historv .

      The agitation against the " mother-country" or rather agamst ttamcn measures under which the colonist-suffered , had continued for years ind even actual hostilities had gone on for some mo ' mhs before any one seems to have thought of the oily object worth struggling and fi S utin S for , the independence of the colonies ; at least if thou « kt of the thought was not avowed . Thus the cofrnists ' nSe in the anamolous position of subjects fighting against their ( jet acknowledged ) lawful sovereign . In this posmon they were rebels , liable to military execution if captured or conquered , and shut out , if not from the sympathies , at least from the help of other nations who , while they might be disposed to St an independent power in its war with Britain , were « ot

      ukw to give assistance to mere revolted subjects Juis consideration alone was sufficient to induce ¦ Ihomas 1 ' Ai . NEto take the side of independence- he saw that there was no road to justice and safety but tlirouin victory , and that to be -victors the colonists must as a nation call forth their national resources , Wiaif thC s vfflPatbics of otllcr states in their ™ rfc ° S - Tn ^ * VE P roducc ( 1 «» s little » wh . i He powerful arguments be brousht forward -STi ? ofhls Proposition that the colonists should all a H TT , ? with , , ritain > «» «»« - aweand "" a ssailable ; and the fruits were speedily m lJt S V on of tlie Pallet toe date pnliicm . i , ' un ^ * , nd ra id was conversion of pumic opinion to the dnrtrino nf ; n , i « n .. n . i ...... _ « . *

      _ ™ S Srt f ™ ^ appearance « mbtaF 3 ? V ° ninen f CongresThad asvUhuim and proclaimed ( on the 4 th of Julv 177 f » the colon . es to be - Free ' and IndepeinlState $ cclcbnte | l SPeC 1 U 1 Ca ° r tW Of tUc ^ "ewerfthis

      T THE TIME . dom w ! ° fa ?*• awun ^ ^ Province , orofakin s-«> e hab tabk 7 K " r ^ ' * ^ ° ^ ^ of * car rrr slobe- II » not *>> e concern of a day , a Wb ™ S ' I K ) stcrit r flre ^^« Hotheco Utcst , and SoSn ° , ^^^ *« « 'o end of time , bv « CSJTjT' ° W IStllC SCed -time <» f continental ^ « k ; a ? a ^ l 0 nour ' The loast fra = toe now , will t « a « -rrind ™ f ' nSrarea iritl 1 tUc P ° ' mtof a V » lo * e ttetree an , i ' 5 ° S < ak ; the wound will enlarge with » an iPosterityread it in full-grown characters , i ' oman-w "ecoxciliatiox . TOT 5 dfbtf orr « watmw ^ 'hcr for reconciliation than the ov « ltof ^!' / atal l 9 th of A P . 17 'C . bntihemoment hardened sr fL , - VTOS nnie nown « J T W <* e& the and disdainen ^ 1 - ^ Pered Pharoah of England for ever , « f FathJ « V \ ¦ wmch ' ^^ t ^ tti & * pTetendea title slau"ht ^ % Pe ° P ' e ' unfeelingly hear of their soul ' com ^^ deep « ith their bloodnpon his _ fseedom ' s befcse «* SSn " ZT 1 dnd ' ' ? etllat ^ oppose , not only ijn nny , but the tyrant , stand forth f wery spot of

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      toe old rrorldis overrun with oppression . Freedom hath oeen hunted round the globe . Asia am Africa have long expdied her , Europe regards her like a stranger , and England hath pveu her warning to deuact . 0 vmive me tugmve ! and prepare in time an asylum for mankind . _ Englishmen may be justly proud that Thomas J ' ain-e was a native of their fatherland , and a day win come when those honours will be paid to his name and memory , which , though long since due , never can be discharged until the many shall be free , we confess that our dislike of many things American s considerably strengthened by the tact £ the almost total ^ re gard in which Pake ' s name appears to be no * - held in the State ,. In Paine ' s lifetime the American Congress was not un . rateful for his services , and of the return made by that body to the roan wh « had so signally aided the country ' thev represented , we complain not . What we enmnlam J ;„ oia ^ ridl ^ crrunwitll o p Dressi 0 U . j ^ -t

      tttat while almost divine hommrs are paid to the ' memories of Washington , Jefferson , and others of the great spirits of the revolution , the name of Paise is passed over wi th indifference . Is it because he was nS ^ W" ° t ;' native" dti ««> of «» 8 Rel public ? Whatever be the cause , the injustice is evitobe ' de loSd Sake 0 ftlie American character is lsmwedupwuhmuch that is excellent , somethi .,-that is unsound . All the writer ' s arKumenisaTainst S 53 & 5 ? llc T ? itary - ^ ^^ SWS exceptionable , f he unsoundness we allude to is , where Pake represents the Crown as the OVerbearl mg pavtof the English Conuitution , and Ethe th ? Srfth ' r \ ? laild owes i ( s ^ lenceto Oie tact of the Grown having engrossed the Commons . To acertam exteut this was perhaps true i ,, Paue ' s day though even then the " overbearins" nower of

      tue orown could not have existed but /" or the corruption and uasmm Of the Commons . The Commons before Paise s time had twice shown that their power far exceeded that of the Crowa . First , they had de-{ . osed and put to death the King , ibllowins that up by abolishing th House of Lords ; second , they deposed and expelled another lumr , and invited a foreigner to take lib place . Subsequently these " rascal Commons" passed a law to enable them to retain their seats tor seven years , and for sixty years resisted all attempts made from within or without to reform their constitution . Even in Pake ' s time , therefore , the " preponderating influence of the Crown" arose solely from the corruption of the Commons . But in the present day it would be farcical to

      talk about the " preponderating influence of the Grown , " the Crown having , in reality . no influence at all . The monarch is now a mere gilded puppet , the Lords have degenerated iuto mere registrars of the edicts of the Commons , the Miuisters ( who for the time being , share the monarchy amongst them ) owe all their power to the Commons . The Ilouse of Commons is England ' s real Government , and England ' s despotism . But , that house itself is but the creature of the electoral body , which body is , therefore , responsible for the existence of the present despotism , and all the crimes , and all the wrongs of

      which that despotism is the author and perpetrator . The profitocruaj , the tings of t / te sfiops , are the veal enemies of the peoples' rights , and the only class , whose power is formidable , that stands between the many and justice . In reading Common Sense the reader must bear in mind that the ideas of " the author , as a political writer , were by no means matured at the time he penned this work : it is in his later productions that we mustlouk for teaching more applicable to the present time , and times to come . The following extracts will , however , show that Common Sense is not deficient in useful instruction even for the present period : —

      socrerr akd government . Some writers have so confounded Society with Govern . ment , as to leave little or no distinction between them ; whereas they are not only different , but have different origins . Society is produced by our wants , anu Govern , ment by our wickedness ; the former promotes our hap . piuess positwety , by uniting our affections : the latter negatively , by restraining our vices . The one encourages intercourse , the other creates distinctions . The first is a patron , the last a punisher . Society , in every state is a blessing , but Government , even in its best state , is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state , an intolerable one ; for when we suffer , or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government , which we might expect in a country wWtovJt Government , our

      calamity is hei ghtened by reflecting , that we furnish the means by which we suffer . Government , like dress , is the badge of lost innocence ; the palaces of Kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of Paradise . For , were the impulses of conscience clear , uniform , and irresistibly ob » jed , man would need no other lawgiver ; but that not being the case , he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest ; and this he is induced to do by the same pru . dence which in every other case , advises him out of two evils to choose the least . Wherefore security being the true design and end of Government , it unanswerably fol lows , that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us with the least expense and greatest benefit , is preferable to all others .

      MOSABCHT AND BEBEDITAET SUCCESSION . To the evil of Monarchy we have added that of Hereditary Succession : and as the first is a degradation and lessening of ourselvrs . so the second , claimed as a matter of right , is an insult and imposition on posterity . For all men being originally equals , no ohc by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever ; and though . liimscU might < tes « m some decent degree of honours of his contemporaries , yet his descendants might be far too Unworthy to inherit them . One of the strongest natubal proofs of the folly of Hereditary right in Kings is , that nature disapproves it , otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for a lion .

      Secondly , as no man at first could possess any other public honours than were hestowed upon \ ava , so the givers of those honours could have no right to give away the right of posterity . And though they might say , " We choose you for our head , " they could not , without manifest injustice to their children , say , "that your children , and your children ' s children , shall reign over ours for ever , " because such an unwise , unjust , unnatural compact might , perhaps , in the next succession , put them under the government of a rogue or a fool . Most wise men , in their private sentiments , have ever treated Hereditary Right with contempt ; yet it is one of those evils which , when once established , is not easily removed ; many submit from fear , others from superstition , and the most powerful part shares with the King the plunder of the rest .

      En lana , since the conquest , hath known some few good Monarchs , but groaned beneath a much larger number of bad ones , yet no man in his senses can say that their claim under William the Conqueror is a very honourable one . A French bastard landing with an armed banditti , and establishing himself King of England , against the consent of the natives , is , in plain terms , a very paltry , rascally original . It certainl y hath no divinity iu it . However , it is needless to spend much time iu exposing the folly of Hereditary Right ; if there are any so weak as io believe it , let them promiscuously worship the ass and the lion , and welcome ; I snail neither copy their humility nor disturb their devotion .

      Another evil which attends hereditary succession is , that the throne is liable to be possessed by a minor at any age- , all which time the regency , acting under the cover of a king , have every opportunity and inducement to betray their trust . The same national misfortune happens when a king , worn out with , age at » a infirmity , enters the last stage of human weakness . . In both tho ? e cases the public becomes a prey to every miscreant who can tamper with the follies either of age or infancy . The most plausible plea which hath ever been offered in favour of hereditary succession is , that it preserves a nation from civil wars ; and were this true , it would ue weighty ; whereas , it is the most barefaced falsity ever imposed upon manbuMl . The wYtole History of England disowns the fact Thirty kings and two minors have rtigned in that distracted kingdom since the Conquest , in which time there have been ( including the Revolution ) no less than eight civil wars and nineteen rebellions . Wherefore , insteaa of making for peace , it makes against it , and destroys the rery foundation it seems to stand on .

      If we inquire into the business of a" king , we shall find that in some countries they have none ; and after sauntering away their lives without pleasure to themselves or advantage to the nation , withdraw from the scene and leare their successors to tread the same idle ground , In absolute monarchies the whole weight of business , civil and military , lies ontlie king ; the children of Israel , in tlieir request for a king , urged this plea , "that be may judge us , and go out before us and fight our battles . " But in countries where he is neither a judge nor a general , a man would be puzzled to know what is Ms business . * * * * In England the king hath little more to do ' than to make war and give away places ; which , in plain terms , is to impoverish the nation and set it together ny tlie ears . A pretty business , indeed , for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for , and worshipped into tlie bargain . Of more worth is one honest man to society , and in the sight of God , than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived .

      Some of our old soldiers of freedom may think it superfluous to call attention in this 1 S 15 to * the works of Paise ; if so , we must be permitted to think otherwise . The boys of a few years ago are young men now , and these young men have , in all probability , an importantpart to perform in the future ; it is , therefore , essential that their minds should be well prepared against the day of conflict and the hour of victory . Thomas Paixe will not teach them all they must learn , but lie is an excellent schoolmaster to begin with . No other apology can be necessary for these remarks , or for those we may offer on future occasions when calling attention to the works of this great Englishman . The price of this pamphlet our readers will see in Mr . Cousins' advertisement , and we hope that all who have not a copy by them , will exhibit their common sense by forthwith obtaining it .

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      PU ^ CH-PabiXLIX . London : Punch Office , 92 , m Fleet-street . The contents of this part are generally excellent ; we mast , however , except the fofiowing ;—

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      MONSTROUS CASE &F CRIM . CON CROYDON , August 15 . ( Jfefore Lord Chief Justice Uncial and a Common Jury . ) m O 00 KS _ V . WETSnBBELL , CLERK . . llus was an action brought by the plaintiff against the ^ defendant , tor criminal CMiversation with his The case « of a most extraordinary character Mr IS W" t ff S Were J ««'« 'Sooo ! Mr \ tTu SKee ' V ^ g « Ohamben , and a ^^ . ^^ 'MgffiiWL » o ? c ^? at ? E&f and he came into court to complain of the most se nous injury that could be inflieted by one man upon offer H- ! hat llftd embittered themorSg ot his hia and which must deprive him of all lmni nmhereafteiv The defendant wasVmL of fiH £ " a minister of the Church of England , and at Sent he rector . of By Beld in Northamptonshire , anSn he told them that he was olurmrf vith ' iJL ~ Za

      auutm withhisoTO dauglUer . le ^ su rt e j" v MiSnPr t im , ' . , forfcding tfce deep responsibility ot lus task , m having to hv such a case before them . He would endeavour to lay tlie facts of this almost unexampled case before them with as much calmness as he could command , and would give the jury that evidence which , in his opinion , made out a clear and unanswerable case on the part of the plaintifi . The . defendant was most respectably connected . He had married a daughter of a gentleman who at tlie time filled the office of chief magistrate o the City of London , and through lus influence he obtained the rectory of Byiield , which was worth A 1100 a year , and also had a fortune of £ 20 , 000 with Ills wne , who , however , had tlie control over that , sum

      and she settled it Upon her daughter , the lady whose misconduct was that day the subject of . theirWu-y . In 1839 , after her mother ' s death , the young lady came of age , and the money was then transferred by the trustees to her name andcaiae vmte her control , a »« it , appeared that her father took a splendid mansion m Laton-place , whore lie lived in a style of great splendour , and far beyond his means , and it would appear that with the consent of theyounglady her fortune was by degvecsdvawn from the Bank of England and eventually entirely squandered away within a nttto more than two years from the period of the young lady coining of age . The plaintiff was introduced to the family of the defendant about this time . . ,. lie was a young man of between one and two

      ana twenty , lie Had just been admitted an attorney und was very successful in his profession , and havin « a fortune of his own to the extent of £ 8000 , the rfi ^? ^ P P cts were before him . In thesummeip i 1842 , he met Miss Wetherell ; he was pleased with her person , and he eventuall y offered her his hand and was accepted . Mr . Cooko was sincerely attached to the young lady , but he would not deny that lie did expect to receive some fortune with his wife . Her tather objected to the marriage , and the terms of his refusal ot Mr , Gooke were barel y civil , and eventually tney were married without his consent at St . George ' s Church , Hanovcr-square . The young couple went on a tour lor > short time , and upon their return the ather appeared to be friendly , and they went to nav

      nun a visit at his rectory at Byfield . Two or three Qays had hardly elapsed when a gentleman named JNisuet made his appearance , and produced an acceptance of Miss Wetuerell ' s for £ 500 , and insisted upon lus right to look to the newly-mamed husband for payment . The plaintiff was shocked at the news , and he felt that he had been cruelly deceived both by nis wife and her father . He knew that he was legally liable tor the debts of his wife , and he therefore felt that it was absolutely necessary for him to ascertain the exact amount of her liabilities and the real position of . her aftairs . Notwithstanding that at this moment the plaintiff felt that he was almost entirely ruined by the treachery of his wife and father-in-law us conduct towards the former ameared to bo of rtm

      kindest description , and he read a letter from his wife to the p laintiff , couched in the kindest terms , to bear out his statement . The result of the inquiries made by the plaintiff satisfied him that his wile was dreadfully involved . All her fortune had been squandered , and she had acceptances ont to a very large amount , and he felt it onlv due to himself to ' . insist that her father should ' give an account of his stewardshi p / and that he should grant him an interview for that purpose . This took piace , and the defendant then admitted that he had wasted his daughter ' s fortune , and that she had nothing left , and that the furniture , houses , and everything they had , had been made over by a bill of sale or warrant of attorney , to different parties who hail advanced

      money upon them . From this time Mr . \\ ctlierell offered him every obstruction and opposition to obtaining his rights , and his wife invariably took the part of her father in resisting his wishes Alter having coldly and unwillingly accompanied her husband to London , from Byfield , she eventually returned to her father , and although the plaintiff repeatedly , in the mostearnest and affectionate manner entreated her to return to him , she invariably refused ! and treated him with the utmost coldness and unkmdness , and he believed he should be able to showthat tlie defendant had made the most shameful charges against her husband , and he in time succeeded in entirely alienating her affections from him . There was , m fact , a total absence of everythin like that

      g kind of leelmg which could be expected to animate the breast of a young woman of one and twenty towards a man to whom she had been married only two months . ( The learned serjeant here read some letters that had passed between the parties confirmatory of his statement . ) Mr . Cooke at length was compelled to take proceedings in Chancery , and eventually a deed was executed , by which the defendant admitted that he was indebted to his daughter in a sum of £ 18 , 000 , and that large arrears of interest wercalso due to her , and ho undertook to repay the amount by yearly instalments of £ 500 , but to show that Mr . Cooke had acted in a perfectly disinterested manner , he did not take any interest under the deed but the whole amount was placed umW t , hn nnntiJ

      and appointment of his wife . Immediately after this deed was executed the defendant wrote a letter to Mr . Cookc , forbidding him his house , orhavingany intercourse with his wife , and this was all the return Mr . Cooke received for what he must call his most generous conduct . The learned serjeant then referred te some other proceedings that had taken place , and said that all along the plaintiffs wife had evinced the utmost lubtility to him , and opposed him in every proceeding ho adopted . The plaintiff could not account ^ for such conduct , but at length he received some information which induced tlie most horrible suspicion upon his mind , and his subsequent inquiries kdto the present charge being made against the defendant . Ihe parties who cave the infnrm .-it . inn iin , i

      iio interest in making such an odious charge against the defendant . They were p ersons of humfiie station certainly , but ho believed ol unblemished character and the result ot the inquiries made by Mr . Cooke through their information , left no doubt upon his mind that the defendant had been guilty of tlie dreadful crime of incest and adultery . lie should call before thejury the servants in the house in Eatonsquare , and they would prove that they had always entertained a suspicion of the character of tlie intimacy between the defendant and his daughter and that having watched , 'they were satisfied that they were in tlie habit of continually sleeping together as man and wile , and he should also prove that the defendant was seen at all hours of the night in his daughters bed-room . The learned serioant then

      statcuotueriactaof a similar character , which need notbofortheralluded to , but the effect of vh eh hi said wastosatisfy all the servants that a most improper intimacy was being , carried on . The learned that , suspicion having been entertained that Mrs . Cooke was in the famiy way , from her stout in countiy with her father , where mi ° cai'rintre ln , l evidentl y taken place , AW enranemff other cir ^ satJaaasrfiB a »« T £ r : s : i plaintiff for the cruel injury he had received Witnesses were then called to bear out the learned counsel ' s statement .

      o J ^^^ St ^ . ^^ ^^ The Couvtsat at nine oPclSfS * t ° ZS' hejuryhav ngbeencalled over the causep ? ocSed i . " ' con ? , ? ' - *»»««** deftnffiWK ; Channellttifn iTV 13 coun , sel Ml' Seijeimt ^ uanncu , until a late hour on the previous ni » ht tattoZSt » ^ ^^ ' ^ ^ inJwnr ^ iTf 5 hannc 11 P ™ eeded to-address the if £ noltf \?" tllP " case havin « been oncMcd , ev den ? e anditt JUry t * T * rt ] le eSixt oFtliat 251 S r Can ? e hls duty t « make some ob-SteJ& ^ P M *' and fle Wired that having attentivel y considered the whole that had been adduced to s « ppol-t the odiou&oharge that , was made ^ ft n . ^ defendant , he did : not entertain any fear but thatthfrjing wouldfiadi a , wdi&t in . fiwour . oS the

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      defendant ., llis-learned friend had truly described the present / proceeding a 3 a prosecution—the defendant was not there to-answer with his life , certainly ; but the r ittict ot a verdict of guilty would be worse than death —it would render life of no value—there would be an end of all human happiness , everything that could make life agncablc or desirable would be destroyed and lite would bo a curse . A verdict of guilty would also entail a curee upon the being to whom the detendant had gyv « n . . life-, and would place her for the remainder ot her days under the most odious ignominy , and would render her life a burden . When ho considered these results that must" inevitably ollow an ailvers ^ verdict to the defendant , and looked at the evidence by which such a dkuiful JlSM 8 to !» supported 11 Choweverfelt

      . " * L . , , , « tir fWtot . « fi . ™ nlirtn He would remark to thejury that it was not because persons came forward , Bad swore positively to certain occurrences having taken place , they were therefore to . tako it for granted that they were true . In M 0 U an awtal charge as the present , he contended that the jury ought to insist upon having clear and undoubted testimony before they returned an adverse decision to 2 L party ,, . ! ? f suc " an odious and horrible ofleneo . _ 1 he jury should rcmemuer that thc-v were not inquiring into the question whether the" defendant had been guilty of foll y and extravacance or whether he had sojiandcrcd ' hhdwighlSSoSne it might be very true that he had done so , but the jury had nothing to do with it . The main and onlv

      question lor them to decide was , whether thedefendant was proved upon undoubtedevidenceto have been guilty of the foul crimes of incest and adultery ? With regard to the circumstances of the parties , he oegscd thejury to remember that there was nothinc o show that the defendant and his daughter were not living happily , and in comfort , at the time the plaintiff was first introduced to them , and under what circumstances did the marriage take place ? After only five or six visits , the plaintiff , no doubt , believing them to be persons of wealth , made an offer of marriage , but was refused by the defendant , and then with the assistance of his friends , Captain Gosdell , Mr . Reed , and Mr . Waddy , hegot the young lady to cave her father ' s house , and to marry him without her father s consent . It was not likelthat the

      very y defendant would at first be friendly with the man who had acted in such a manner , but there was every reason to believe thatthe defendant did afterwards receive his son-in-law on friendl y terms ; and it was evident , by Ins endeavouring to let his house in Eaton-square , and the other steps he took , that he was anxious to make what reparation he could for the past extravagance , and that he desired to raise a fund tor the benefit of his daughter . The defendant did not deny that he had made an improper use of his daughter ' s fortune , and he was willing to make all the reparation , he could . The jury could see the hostile feelings exhibited by the plaintiff all through the case . He most improperly took forcible possession of the house in Eaton-square and when he was Com

      , - pelled to leave it through the interference of the magistrate , he went down to Byfield , no doubt , with the same object . The plaintiff then took his wife to lodgings m Welbeck-street , and after they had been there a short time he left her . He entreated the jury to read the letters that had been written to him by his wife after this had taken place , most attentivel y , for he considered they were a complete answer to the case . He was sure thejury would say it was impossible the woman who had written sucli letters , teeming with religion and virtue , and with expressions of love and kindness for her husband , notwithstanding liis ill-nsa « e , could be guilty of the foul onmesimputedtoher . It was clear she had an affection tor her husband , and it was equally clear that

      there was a something m his conduct towards her , which had not been explained , which rendered it impossible for her to live with him . It was not possible tor human nature to be so depraved as that a young woman could have penned such letters to her husband when she knew that she had been guilty of the crimes of incest and adultery . lie entreated them to read the letters attentively , and then ask themselves whether such letters could be written by a foul , disgraced , and abandoned woman , such as the defendant ' s daughter was sought to be made out to be by these nroeeedings ? The learned counsel for the plaintiff had sought to make out that the plaintiff had acted very generously to Mr . " Wetherell . ' with regard to the settlement deed , and said that he had

      no interest under it . He ( Mr . Channell ) thought the deed bore a very different complexion , for in point of fact the effect and object of it was , to compel the defeudal to repay , by instalments out of his living , the whole of the money of his daughter that he had improperly expended , and , of course , the plaintiff , as her husband , would have reaped all the benefit . The plaintiff sought to obtain the advantages of this deed by living with his wife ; and it was only when he failed , and found she was , for some reason which'had not been explained , determined not to live with him , that this action was brought with a view to bring utter ruin and destruction upon both father and daughter . The learned counsel proceeded to make some remarks upon the evidence that had

      been brought forward to make out the horrid charge If the evidence was to be credited , they were to bV lieve not only that an incestuous intercouse was carried on between the defendant and his daughter , but that it was carried on under circumstances almost challenging exposure and detection . The charge improbable and unnatural as it was in itself , was rendered a thousand times more SO by the circimistances under which it was alleged to have been committed . The learned serjeant then commented with great severity upon the conduct of the servants of the defendant who had been examined , He said . it could bo conceived that servants might not take notice of any ordinary irregularities in the establishment of their masters , but here the witnesses admitted they had continued , without making remarks , for weeks and months , in a service where , if they told the truth , their master was openlv , and almost

      unbluslnngly , carrying on ' an incestuous intercourse with his own daughter , that daughter being a married woman , and he himself a clergyman ! Could they place any reliance upon the evidence of such ppons ? Would any one having the least regard for his credit or character have so acted , if what they stated had really occurred ? It was impossible , ami he submitted to tlie jury that they ought not to place any reliance upon the evidence that had been given . It was difficult , nay , almost impossible to contradict evidence of the description that had boon given , but in his opinion there was abundant ground for the jury to entertain suspicion of the whole case , and if this were so , their only safe course was to acquit the accused . The learned serjeant concluded by expressing his opinion that the case had not been made out , and he was satisfied thejury would find it impossible co return a verdict for the plaintiff .

      Lord Chief Justice Tindal summed up . and the jury having deliberated for a short time , expressed a wish to retire , and were absent about halt an hour , when they returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages , £ 3000 .

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      Exeter Hall Insolvent . —Sir Culling Eardley Smith , John Peaii Paul , mid James Lord , respectively the chairman , treasurer , and secretary of a body which styles itself the Anti-Maynooth Committee , have issued a circular , stating , that in their efforts to oppose the Maynooth Endowment ; Kill that Association lias contracted deots to tlie amount of £ 732 Ms . lid ., which it is unable to defray , and demanding assistance , in order to discharge

      tiiein . The Anti-Mayiwotli Committee has luauiiestl y committed itself ; but how can people have the conscience to ask charitv of others who have so little of it themselves ? In stirring up the fires of religious animosity , the Exeter-llalli tes have burnt tlieir own lingers , and are deservedly smarting in consequence . Let us hope that the burnt children—for childish enough they are—will dread the fire . We shall not be sorry to see an execution put into their hall , and their platform and other properties sold up . May no misplaced sympathy avert that most devoutly-to-bo wished consummation \—Punch

      . Public Safety . —Accidents are becoming so plentiful on the railways that we seriouslv propose that an Act of Parliament should bo passed next session , making it penal for any railway to start without one or more directors in each train . When their own lives are ¦ in jeopardy , we are sure the railway autocrats will sec the necessity of the greatest caution being used by every one employed on the line , to guard the public against injury . —Ibid . Change - f Diet . —We see Mr . Forbes Mackenzie was amongst the iiumber of guests at the Ministerial wlnte-bait dinner . We hope the hon . member wa 3 provided with something better than his own word * to eat ; for really nothing else seems to have passed Mr . Mackenzie ' s lips since he has joined the mess of Ministers . —ibid .

      tt- * ! o ^ « B . —John Adams , ex-president of the United States , being called upon for a contribution tor foreign missions , said , " I have nothing to give tor that purpose ; but there arc here in this vicinity six ministers , not one of whom will preach in the other s pulpit . Now , I will give as much or more than any one else te civilise these clergymen . " JI ? ™? Is WRY -7 lil (] v mailing that a man had beeii sentenut-u jo sh months' haul labour for doo . stealing , observed to a friend , with a 8 uu- * der , " UrEcioiw j my love , what would certain of our sex have to endure tor entrapping jM ^/ ai . ' "

      Birds of a Feather will flock together . —Roebuck recentl y declared in his place in the Ilouse , tliat perhaps with some half-dozen exceptions , the whole House were dabblers in railwnv . shares . " Upon hearing this Sibthorp threw a terrific somersatilt across the table , and pouncing upon the little M . P . for Bath , , exclaimed , " 1 never thought it G- ! i !» ome t 0 tUlS | bufc l must shakc > > 0 llr lm " » b * Each to his Taste . —It was remarked at the Cabinet wlute-bait dinner that Buccleuch ' s Duke stuck to that right royal fish the sturgeon , Peel to gudgeon and Graham to plaice . The rest of the ministerials snapped up all the loaves and fishes that eatne to hand with every sign of an inordinate appetite . . AFACT .--Evcry little lad in Yorkshire knowssufficient ot scripture history to be able to inform you who was saved when the world was drowned ; for if the question bo put to him , " My lad , can vou tell me who built the ark ? " he will answer " Noa !"

      Specuutiox Extiuordlvabv . —The fccordof Tuesday last contains an advertisement calling the " attention of " Christian Capitalists to a scheme for the extension of Evangelical Tnith , requiring an outlay of from £ 2000 to £ 5000 . and insuring ten or fifteen per cent , on the sum expended !" What , seu the troth !—we think we hear the din , And grosm of Evangelical" 0 , fits ;" Why sell your truth ? You'll uw . k < i a . Ueap of tin , With lass hypocrisy , by soiling lies ! Oh ! why should yon—wijft stock on hand to sell , Tell truth so badly , who tell lies so well . „ JoeSnaer , Isames for Rmiavvt Tesdf . rs , —The " Smasher !" lie '' Crusher ! " the " Grinder ! " and the " In at-the-Death . "—Ibid .

      A Reasos . —Why was the Squireen murdered iu lipperary?—Bekase he swore he'd be a white-boy . and he kept a black boy !—lbid . _ The Cry of tue FABLE .-Why did the King of , Bokhara persecute the Grovtr Missionary '—Because he went as a " Wolff" in sheep ' s clothing . —i&W . Grace asp Disoiuce . —What arc the most disgraceful postures and positions?—Im- postures and iin-positions are the most dis-gvaceful . —Hid . Urol-giiam and Sophocles . —Brougham called an impress a Statesman—Sophocles , in his play-bill , has made one of his dramatis persona ; o . blind Sea .

      Cambridge Canvassing . —A Cambridge butcher ; being canvassed during thelate contest for Mr . Adair , by one of that gentleman ' s friends , he pointed to a lep of mutton binning in the shop , and said , " Tlmt ' s a fine lesr . sir . " " Yes , it is , " was the reply . ' It weighs lOlhs ., " added the man in blue , " and its price is ± ' 5 per pound . " " Then , " said the canvasser , "it will suit Mr . Kelly ' s party ' s appetite better than Mr . Adair ' s , " and left the shop . An Equivocal Declaijatio . v . —A cleanly-shaved gentleman inquired of a fair tlamoiselle , the other uay , " whether or no she admired moustachios ?" ' O , ' replied the charmer , with an arch Jook , " I invariably set my face against them . " Very shortly afterwards his upper Jip betrayed symptoms of care ful cultivation .

      An American Marvei ,. —Tlie Eaton i ? c < 7 i « to-stateS on the authority of a Mr . Woodward , ' of Warren county , Oh o , "said to U a man of veracity " that the citizens ef Lebanon lately proceeded to disinter the boily of a Mrs . Irwin , with a view to place it by the side of her husband ' s remains , and found it petrified ! To complete the phenomenon , they were all " petrified—with astonishment . " Paradise Reoained . —The . Go > pelSamer { American paper ) says that a schooner , built a short time since at Eden , Hancock county , Maine , is called " The Garden . " Of course she is the floating Garden of Eden , and so she is named upon her stern . Captain Adam W ilk ins is her master ; Aid Randall is mate nnrl Mrs . IWinc Wilkins ( Captain Adam ' s wife ) ia cook .

      More "Great Facts" for "Little Folks . —A Yankee lad , whose father was a fanner , went into a barn to play a short time ago , and being detained a prisoner by a thunderstorm , ho fell asleep upon a bag of guano . The old gentleman , when the storm was over , wont into the hirni-yard to look for llis Son , and met a giant , eight feet high , coming out of the barn . " Hallo ! who are you ? " he cried ; " what are you doing here ? " " Why , father , " squeaked the Goliah , " it ' s me ; don't you know Tommy ? " " You ! " the astonished parent exclaimed ; " why , Tom , how on airth did you pet stretched out so long in so short a time ? " " Why , father , " replied the boy , looking down upon the piping old man , " I slept upon * them bags of guano as you put in the barn , and that and the lightning together just did the business !"

      A fair Trader . —A widow of the name of Rugg havint ! taken a Mr . Price for her second husband , and being asked by a friend how she liked . the change , replied , "O , I have sold my old Rugg for a gooil Price , " Good for the Gander , Good ron the Goose . — The ladies of Springfield . TJ . S ., are organising an opposition to the Odd Fellows , under the title of " The Independent Order of Strange Women I " Lbcxt Bon . — " Come , 1 kb , tell us how much you have cleared by your speculation ? " said Bob ' s quizzical friend to him the other day . " Cleared ! " replied B « b , with a frown , " why , you fool , I ' ve cleared my pockets . " Evilspeakin'O and Backmtixo . — Mitch inquiry haying been made concerning a gentleman who had quitted a company where Dr . Johnson was , and no ir , U > rmn \ ion being obtained , at last Johnson said , I don t like to speak ill of any man behind his back , but I believe the gentleman is an attorney "

      Candid Acknowledgment . — Amongst the advertisements in a late London paper , we read that" Two sisters want washing ; " and that a spinster , particularly lonu ot children , wishes for two or three , or any oifar employment . ' "The likeliest or the two . "—Lord Brougham once said he hoped to see the day when evtrypoor man would be able to read and understand Bacon . Cobbctt said it would be mneh more to the purpose if he could devise the means of enabling them to eat bacon . Beating the Mail . —An Iowa editor acknowledges the receipt of congressional doeumtnts " in advance of the mail , " m consequence of a flock of wolves and an ohl she hear chasing the post rider across the prairies !

      Mesmeric Honours where thet are not Wanted . -Hie following letter lately appeared in the Times , from the Librarian of the Athenanim Club , who hap . pens to bear the same name as the Lecturer on Mesmerism : —Sir , May I trespass upon your kindness for the insertion of this letter ? It is my last hope , my last chance of relief from sufferings caused by tlui refutation of another . You may remember , that in November last , Miss Martincau stated she had boon restored to health by mesmerism and Mr . Spencer Hail . Lectures iv \ that name were subsequently advertised in your paper , ami the lecturer was in requisition . Unfortunately the public selected me to be tho man . I denied it , —in vain ; I am still

      doomed to the inconvenience of that most mistaken convittuwa . 1 have Wne wit , that has sorely tried the charity which enjoins you to consider your friends * wit no evil . I have suffered for opinions to an extent that should cam me a wood-cut and chapter in a book of martyrs . I have received visits with the courtesy ot the afflicted , and the resignation of him hat hath no helper . But I am not the lecturer , and the wit wearies , the visits interfere with mv duties , andtue opinions oppress like opiates . I know nothing ot mesmerism , except that it induces sleep . I trust , alter this denial . I may be allowed to " exist in quiet . —1 have the honour to be , sir , your obedient servant , Spencer Haw ,, Librarian .

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      A Bowl Of "Punch ," Fresh Brewed

      A BOWL OF "PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED

      VIVE LA GUERRE t A WAB SONG FOB TUE FBENCH LV ALOISES . In Dahra ' s caverns hidden Bide the Arabs , and delay To yield when they are bidden ; So cries brave Pelissier " Bring faggots of fierce fuel ' . Frenchmen checked by Arab slaves ! We'll have a vengeance cruel ! Roast them in their sacred caves ! We'll make their fond trust fulter ! Cast in faggots ! Let them flare , Till vengeance hath an altar Fitly furaisU'd ! Txw lo guerre . '" Hush the sparks in rapid fountains Up abroad into the sky ! From the bases of the mountains Luap the fork'd flames mountain-high ! The flames , like dtvils thirsting ,

      Lick tlie wind , where crackling spars Wage hellish warfare , worsting All the still , astonished stars ! Vly the furnace , fling the faggots ! Lo , tlie ilames writhe , rush , and tear ! And a thousand writhe like maggots in among them ! Vive la guerre . ' A . mighty wind is blowing T ' wards tlie cavern ' s gaping mouth The clear , hot flames are flowing In and in , to glut its drouth - , Flames with winds roar , rave , and battle—Wildly battle , rave , and roar ; And cries of men and cattle Through the turmoil sadly soar . We are pale ! What ! shall a trifle , A sad sound , our bold hearts scare ? 'Tis long before they stifle !

      Bring more faggots ! Vive la guerre ! "With night began the burning ; Look where yonder comes tUe day ! Hark ! signals for adjourning Our brave sport . We must obey ! But be sure the slaves are weary '— . As the short and sob-like sigh Of gusts on moorlands dreary Float their sinking voices by ;—No sound comes now of shrieking ;—Let us show what Frenchmen dare ! Force the caves , through vapours reeking Like a kitchen ! Vive la guerre !

      What ' s this—and this % Pah ! sici ' ning , Whether woman , man , or beast , let us on . The fumes are thick ' ning!—Ho ! here ' s that hath shape at least . How its horny eyes are staring On that infant , seeking food From its broad brown breast , still bearing Smoke-dried stains of milk and blood ! At our work do any wonder , Saying , " Frenchmen love the fair" ? Suofc "fair" ? Ha ' . lia ! they blunder Who thus twit us ! Viee lo guerre ! What ' s that , so tall and meagre ?—Nay , bold Frenchmen , do not shrink ! ' - * 'Tis a corpse , with fc-atures eager , Jaram'd for air into a chink . Whence is that hysteric sobbing

      ?—Nay , bold Frenchmen , do not draw . 'Tis an Arab ' s parcli'd throat throbbing . Frenchmen leve sweet Mercy's law : — Stake way there ! Give him breathing Row he smiles to feel the air ! His breath seems incense wreathing To sweet Mercy ! Vive la guerre ! And now , to crown our glory , Get we trophies , to display As vouchers for our story , And mementos of this day ! Once more , then , to the grottoes ! Gather each one all he can—Blister'd blade with Arab mottoes , Spear-hcad , bloody yataghan . Give room now to the raven And the dog , who scent rich fare ; And let these words bo . graven

      On the rock-side— "Vive la guerre !' The trumpet sounds for marching ! On ! alike amid sweet meads , Morass , or desert parching , Wheresoe'er our captain leads ! To Pelissier sing praises ! Praises sing to bold Bugcaud ! Lit up by last night ' s blazes To all time , their names will show ! Cry " conquer , kill , and ravage !" Never ask " who , what , or where ?" f civilised , or savage , Never heed , but—Vine lo guerre ! ?

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      mi anmr- ^ M > u J ________ ¦' . — . *" ~ " ' I II ANOTHEB IOUNO ONE . . A new journal has been started at Neir York , called Youxg America . We believe the principles it advocates aw—universal repudiation , mint-juleps , no taxes , and a tarnation thrashing to all the world . % This is a sacrifice of truth to what , we presume , is intended for wit , but the wit , if there be any , is too 8 mall tor us to discover . What the principles of roung America really are , Punch may discover bv merely taking the trouble to learn the principles of . __ .,. _ , :

      this paper . For further information , we refer our mend of the hunch to the extracts from Young America in our seventh page . The inimitable " Caudle Lectures , " now read throughout Europe and America , are continued in this part , as rich and racy as ever . The articles on tne Dahara atrocity , and the infamous ease ofsoldiernogging at Windsor , are of priceless worth , and calculated to most materially serve the cause of humanity and progress . Well , remarks the writer of one these articles ( "The Cat at Windsor" ) : —

      now very handsome is a regiment in all its flutter and glory of flags and fine trappings ! Yet let US pick the regiment to pieces—reduce it to units—and what a miserable soul-and-body bartered creature is the son of glory who , if his manhood molt at indignity , may be lashed like a brute . Think of these matters—glory-loving youngster !—especially think of them , when the recruiting serjeant may seek to tempt you with th « destroying shilling ! Tlie illustrations arc , us usual , excellent—the best in this part are " The Man wot plays several instruments at once , " and " Purifying Covent Garden Theatre . "

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      TlIR DoKE AND THE RATCATCHER . — The Duke Of Buckingham has a fine eye for a happy peasantry . On a Royal visit to Stowe , his Grace can group a thousand tillers of the soil—in snowy smock frocks , washed expressly for the occasion—with the taste Ot ' a ballet-master . The Duke is the farmer ' s friend ; and , therefore / descending a little in his benevolence , he is the friend of the labourer . Nevertheless , his Grace is a greater friend to leverets , though they shall not be bigger than kittens . In the east there are' asylums and hospitals for reptiles ; and the man who couldwith meekest sercnicy contemplate the wants ef his fellow biped , would feel the tendcrest pity for a cock roach or a lizard . And in this spirit do some of our gentlemen of England— " Mem

      England , as sometimes , with a knowing look and tongues in tlieir cheeks , they call it—preserve their game . Pine , imprison , grind to thedust the peasant —but preserve the game ! Heap hot coals upon the grey head of the Labourer—but preserve the game ! Be deaf to the goodly reputation of forty years , and punish the dojt in the pauper master ( for they are one and the same thing ) , but—preserve the game ! Tlie Duke of Buckingham ( represented by one of his gamekeepers ) appeared a few days since at the Buckingham petty sessions against a " venera ile-looking man , " although a rat ratcher , named William White . Fearful odds ! " The judges wore rangeda terrible show ; " for they were three preachers of the word of God , " the Rev . Messrs . Eyre , Andrews ,

      and Baynes . " The offender , White , had caught rats for forty years ; and in that time had never been cited before a magistrate . He had a wife and five children to support ; and ( rat-catching was not the best of trades , the reverend magistrates themselves might allow that ) at times it was a hard matter with him to get his crust in an honest way . lie was crossing the public road , followed by three dogs . One of them went into a ditch , and brought out and killed a "leveret as big as a kitten ; " whereupon the officer of the Duke of Buckingham—the labourer ' s friendcited the dog ' s master before the bench . And ' then did these reverend men take counsel one with another : and , sympathising with the wrongs of the coroneted owner of the leveret " as big as a kitten , "

      they ordered William White to " pay 18 s ., andm default fourteen days' imprisonment . " William White handed in a written testimonial of good character , signed by many men of good report ; aud the reverend magistrates—what could they do ?—looked at tlie document , and still the sentence was- ^ " 183 ., or fourteen days' imprisonment . " Not a shilling , not a day was abated : but mercy was not wholly banished from the court ; time was given to the rat-catcher to earn the money . Thus , William White—his family , " to bo sure , will be pinched a little for bread the while - —may be enabled to discover how many rats make the value of one "leveret as big as a kitten . " He may also learn the true value of character ; may feel how worthless is the reputation of forty years' honest toil when his dog kills a leveret " as big as a kitten . "

      Ana thus at beer-houses , by the way-side , and at the cottage-hearth , will the tale of the naughty William n lute go round ; and , it is natural to suppose it , a universal love for the Duke of Buckingham in the individual , and reverence for aristocracy in the abstract , will sink into the hearts of the storytellers . And thus will the reputation of the Duke of Buckingham descend . For though he may not mark his name in bis country ' s cwmcite—though , with the exception of the £ 50 clause , he may never be known as a legislator—still his name may travel from generation to generation of rustics , written in the blood of " leverets as big as lnttens . " Yet is not all our sympathy for William White . No : we feel a touch of compassion for his reverend judges ; Apostolical as they must be , to eau imagine tJteicmoral struggles ,

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      fcS ^ mW , when-called upon to wfii ?? i r ? ^ e uP ° ^ ncrable ol&manwi o \ Z XV . ^ h 0 Iiest >; . aild toil , for that . his 2 has killed " a leveret as-big as a kitten . " 8 ure we m , tSi ^ , heir r uliar caateof thought , till 2 ?» T « ^" i * tton * ta » whether levereg any more than ficld-mice rwere sent upon theearth to be ticketed as the sacred property of any one owner ; | * » f that when . game-lasvsentenc j £ S ^ A i f Ponced , a clergyman is generally on the bench to utterit . To be sure this owen day the victim waa always sacrificed by a pi icsu—la unch , : — - ^ fr

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      IlYDiioriiOBiA .-On the 20 th of last month ayoun » man , the son of a fisherman of the name of Arkden , residing in Barking-creek , whilst in a field in the rear of his father ' s house , was bitten in the leg bv a puppy of the mastiff breed ; the lad took but little notice of the place , and a few days afterwards it healed up . On Thursday morning he for the first tune complained of a pain in the thigh , which increased until it reached the right side , accompanied by vomiting to an extent that compelled him to go home , and he was put to bed . In the morning he complained of severe pains in the head , thirst , and a feeling as if being strangled . His parents sent for Mr . Henderson , the nearest medical practitioner , and in the interim the mother desired her son to wash

      his face , but upon bringing some water he exhibited the most intense agony , dashing it from him , and fainting . In that state ho was found by Mr . Henderson , who immediately declared it to be a cuso of hydrophobia . The usual remedies were applied , but with little effect . At one time it required the united efforts of four men ( although ho was but seventeen years of age ) to hold him down , lie was finally fastened to the bed , and at his own request his evos were covered , as even the shutting of a door , or the passage of any one across the voom , ercatin « the slightest air , affected him in a most fri ghtful manner . He expired on Sunday morning . —Globe . StNGUun Retuks ob Stoi . es Propemv —The shop of Mr . G . Davies , of Doleclly . in the county of

      Merioneth , was burglariously robbed , and a verv large quantity of watches and jewellery stolen , on the morning of the 4 th of January , In June last , a man named Jonathan Jones was apprehended as being one concerned , in tho robhery , awl four of tho watches were found by Mr . llill , the active superintendent of police at Chester , in a box belonging to the prisoner . Jones was tried at the last assizes and transported for fifteen years . The report of-the trial appeared in the Times under the head of " North Wales Circuit . " It was strongly suspected that a man residing at Chester , named Philip Dixon . was an accomplice ( it was on his information Jones was apprehended ) , but no evidence could be adduced against him . On the morning of Saturday , the 16 U > inst ., a box arrived for Mr . Davies by the Chester carrier , which , on opening , he was most agreeably surprised to find filled with tlie proceeds of tlie

      robbery , there being ninety-six watches , and a large quantity of rings , tfcc—in fact , all that he recollected tp have lost , except the four watches above-mentioned . The box . was accompanied by a . small brown paper parcel , in , which was a letter directed to Mr . Davies ( not signed , of course ) , which was written badly , and saying , that "her beg to return him his jyoperty . " All that the carrier knows is , that the box and parcel were brought to the waggon by a man , small in si 7 . e and unknown to him . Tlie affair , as may be imagined , has caused a great stir in this ouiet town ,, and ail are glad o £ the happy return , as Mr . Davie 3 is a man much respected , and was very much sympathised with by every one . Tns . " Daur Aoes . " —" -The boy at the head of the das * will state whatwere-thcrfarfc ogesof the world . *' Boy hesitates . " Nex > -Master Jones , can t you tell us what the dark a ^ w were ? " Boy— " I guess they were the apes betort spectacles were inveat «< £ , " " Go i to your seat . " '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1329/page/3/