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      IflE LORDS OF LJAD-ASD MONEY . BT I , GEBAU ) MASSEY . Sons of old England , from the sod , tp lift each neble brow , Gold apes a mightier power than God , And fiends are worshipt now ; In all these toil-ennobled lands , Ie have no heritage : Ihey snatch the fruit of youthful hands , The staff ftc-tni ¦ weary age . O . tell them in their Palaces , These Iirds ^ of Land and" Money ! They shall not kill t ' ue poor like bees , To rob tliem of Life ' s honey . the LORDS OF LA 5 DAXD MONEY .

      Through long dark yeara , of blood and tears , We ve toil'd like branded slaves , Till Wrong ' s red hand , hath made a laud , Of paupers , prisons , graves , Bat our meek sufferance endeth now . "Within the ' souls of men , The fruitful buds of promise blow , And Freedom lives again ; "We tell them in their Palaces , Proud Lords of Land and Money ! They shall not kill the poor like bees , To rob diem of Life ' s honey .

      Too long have labour ' s nobles knelt Before exalted " Rank , " Within our souls the iron ' s felt , "We hear onr fetters dank , A glorious voice goes throbbing forth , From millions stirring now"Who yet before these Cods of earth , . SbiU stand with unblencht brow . . Tour day—our day of reckoning comes , " Trond Lords of Laud and Money ! Ye shall no longer wreck our homes , 3 for rob ns of Life ' s honey .

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      "To be sure" affirmed Ilia . «« It is a terrible 1 conspiracy and no doubt against the Emperor ; th ret ^ -v Ota ? nowled 2 ehi ™ Emperor . ' ' Write , . Fernet continued , "the aim of the conspiracy is to rob his Majesty of the throne . " in , « y- wv , re 0 () S « the Emperor , " added ma , and they always style him only the King . And then tney say that the priests and the nobility should be destroyed-that no liberty can exist until tne priests and nobles are different from what they are . . ¦ « " The conspirators , " Xemet continued ! to dictate , attack , the basis of the constitution arid society , and intend violently to overthrow the fundamental laws of the country . " "This Mr . Spirtovitch has not said , " Fekete again observed . they 5 So > ot aXnoSS ^^ lJ ^^ '

      The Attorney of the Crown glanced at his secretary with contempt , and turned to Ilia with the question" Is it not exactly ' as 1 have put' it down ? " " V Just as it is put down / 1 replied the Serb . " It is a terrible conspiracy ; and I hope that I shall get a reward for my discovery , which I have made from pare attachment for the Emperor , because I am a faithful subject of the Emperor , an honest Serb . And the geritleihen then stiid that they feared ho one ; since they would liberate the Frenchmen from the New Building , and would set on fire the piles of wood in the wood-place . " : Xemet caught up the word , and proceeded with his document . ' ¦¦ • ••

      "The intention of the conspirators is to set on fire the city of Pesth , and seize the moment to liberate and arm the French prisoners of war ; with them to plunder the capital , murder the peaceable citizens , and complete their wicked schemes on the ruin of the country . They are in treacherous connexion with the monsters who now usurp the government of France , and are provided with money from this quarter . Hare I well-understood what you wished to express ? " again inquired Mr . Jfemet of Ilia . , . : '" " Perfectly , " replied the Serb . . " Money is necessary to carry out such a plan ; and whence should they hare money if not from Prance , as my master always pretends that he has none ? It is as your Honour says , but I cannot express it so

      " Observe , Fekete , hoar impartially I act , " began anew the Attorney of the Crown . "Before I bad ascertained the aim of the conspiracy , I would not even inquire into the names of the criminals . But who are the members of the conspiracy ? " he now asked the . clerk . .. It must have been , some such veracious informants , who set Lord Lyndhurst and Mr . Wortiey on the-hunt for - ' mare ' s nests" in this country , and invented an association , of which General Klapka was the head , the whole thing , being a pure invention * We are pained to see Englishmen . of any rank giving ear to the fabrications of the spies in the pay of the brigand despots , whose interest it is to slander arid mis-represent the patriots of all countries .

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      Tales and Traditions of Hungary . By FflANCIS and Theresa Pulszkt . Three vols . Col-Durn , London . Gesuise national tales possess a peculiar charm for all classes of readers . They contain , as the writers atate inthe introduction to these volumes , the elements of poetry without the poetical art . They embody the feelings and Euperstitions of the people , then * homely wisdom , their shrewd observation , and their vaguelongingsafterthe ideal , in a dramatic

      and attractive form . The tales collected by JT . Pulszkypossesi this genuine character to a remarkable degree , and they have not beisn spoiled by the art of the litterateur . Some of them throw a good deal of light on the recent State of Hungary . As , for instance , the following from a species of essay on the " Outlaws of Hungary" : — Horse and cattle stealing " 13 a propensity connected with the ancient nomadic life of the nation . A handsome horse or a stately bnll oh the great plain often so powerfully tempts the Hungarian peasant that he can hardly resist the desire to possess it . . .

      About ' twenty yeara ago , Mr . Borbely , a wealthy man , was noted in the country for his eccentricities . Be was fond of meddling in the county elections , and once rode from the county of Szabolos with two hamlred peasant nobles to an election in the county of Beregh , where his . companions bad the tight of suffrage . Arrived at the frontiers of the county , on the borders of the Tisza , he stopped , and said— . . "My noble brethren ! [ The peasant noblesfteeholders-i-are always addressed by the higher classes of nobility with the words 'noble brethren . ' ] We are proceeding to a constitutional solemnity in Beregh ; we are to exercise there the greatest

      privilege of nobility , the right to electarepresentative for the Diet ; and we must be mindful to behave in a manner becoming our station . "Wo shall see there many horses , many oxen—handsome oxen . Let , therefore , every one of us weir consult his conscience , and closely , examine whether he is able to resist temptation : it is yet time . Whosoever does not feel lumself strong enough to subdue any inoliiiition to weakness , may atep " forth and return . We stand now on the boundary , but as soon as we have crossed the Tisza we are in the neighbour-county ; and it wouH be a cruel shame if fewer of as were to return than have set ont , and if several of our number should remain in the county-house . Dot

      upstairs in the great county-hall as guests , but below in the gaol , shut up as thieves . Consider , noble brethren , and decide . " It was a picturesque sight . Borbely in red attire , cut in the peasant ' s fashion , with the drawn sword in his hand , rode on a roan horse ; a white feather flowed on Ms broadly-brimmed black felthat . Around him were assembled two hundred peasants of Szabolos , all adorned with similar white leathers , then * party sign ; and in their rear halted forty cars , irom which they had descended to approach

      their leader and listen to . his discourse . When he lad ended , they thnnderingl y cheered him ; but two of them left the ranks , and declared they doubted whether they could resist temptation , and therefore preferred to return , Borbely loudly praised their conscientiousness , gave each of them ten shillings for his jouroey back , and led his other virtuous heroes over the Tisia . Hh speech had thewished-for results , as his noble brethren decided the election without getting info any collision with the county justice of Bereghi

      Madame Polszky contributes a tale called " The Jacobins in Hungary , ' * which is rather a political novel than a "tale or tradition , " and is founded on a plot which was discovered and punished towards the close of the last century . Though originating in the rights of man , as propounded in France by the Girondists , or Terrorists , the leaders of the conspiracy do rot Beem to have contemplated wore than " progressive reform" hy " moral force , " thoiigh it is possible that some of the members might go further . However , several of the parties were executed , and others imprisoned for ' various periods , apparently for " opinion 3 , ? f for there is no proof of the alleged conspiracy having ripened into action .

      Madame Pulszky satirically illustrates the mode in which Austrian officers get up "informations ' on Bach Bubjects , and of the sense of justice entertained by these infamous caterers for an infamous despotism , in the following extract . Ilia is a stupid serb , who acts a 3 copying clerk to the head of the plot : — It had grown dark during thig conversation , and a young man , in a simple Hungarian garb , ( itwa » the Jurat ] opened the door , bearing two tapers , which he put on the mantlepiece , saying" Bomine Magnifice , the clerk of the Abbot Martooritch is here , and requests to speak to you , who are the Fiscal of the Emperor , as he says . " "Admit him . " The Jurat went ont , and Ilia entered the room with an embarrassed mien .

      " Bare I the honour to address the Fiscal of the Emperor . " - ¦ ¦ " Tes , " said Semet . " Then I . wish an interview without witnesses , on a most important matter / ' " 3 Ir . Fekete is likewise Attorney of the Exchequer : you may speak in his presence . " . " But is he likewise a fiiend of the Emperor , " laquired Ilia . .. . Xemet grew attentive , and said with emphasis—„ lam the Attorney of the Crown . Whomsoever

      ioesire to remain in my room when business is transacted , mnsfc be trusted' by all those who wish «> communicate with me . Tell me your business . " I have discovered a conspiracy against the Aoperor , " said the Serb , after some hesitation . . A conspiracy ! " exclaimed Jlr . Uemet . "Do-™ ne mter Fekete , sit down at the table ; take ° P jour pen , attend to every word of this gentie-*» , and write what I dictate . " B e * ow turned toBia— : - " . hatisyonrnaoie , age , religion , and

      occupa-« , " *?* Spir fovitea , twenty-six years old ; I am tts cJert of the Abbot of Sasvar . " lour religion !" Can you not omit this 1 " asked Dia . Ao . " 5 * 1 wr ite Catholic . " iiomine Frater , " said Kernel ; to the " young at-< ° S J » " this is your first efficial transaction . < Jv t » ftUom-OnLfl » lath of August , 1794 , at ypi o ' clock inthe evening , Mr . Ilia Spirtovitch , » en ty-sis years old , Boman Catholic , clerk of the f £ g fct Keverend the Abbot of Sasvar Ignae Mar-^ "tcb , came td"lhe * cbamb « re the under-Ped , and made the- ' following deposition about i : " ' lawfn l and pestiferous conspiracy against the ^ e of ha Sacred Maje 3 ty ,- * nd against the consti-^ , ™ n > the public order and eeoarity of the state , coTefrd ° » Spiracy tne 8 a ^ . IliaS irt 0 Titcllha 8 diB * ol |? r ketc 8 taredattte A * to ? eyof fteCrownand + ' ?^ e » e were not precisely the expressions of ^ informer . * ¦ -- *«/«? --- ¦ ¦ ' You have to write- down my . words , " . drily : X « ed the Attorney of th » Crown ., "Itislwho wlit f' ? ^ j 3 gentleman , who does not know , in 7 form so important ' a document istobeframed § ^^ conspiracy directed against the life of his

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      Voices of Freedom and ' ' L yrics of Love . By T ; Geraij ) Massey , Working man . London : J . Watson . '' It is seldom , indeed , . that a . first appearance in print exhibits so many undoubted proofs of the possession of . genuine poetic powers as the little work before us . . It is true that the range of reading ,. observation , and experience , indicated by the subjects , is bounded by narrow limits : but within them the author exhibits

      great force of perception , accompanied by an equal power of delineation . Had such poetry appeared from the pen of a ¦ " Working Man , " even twenty years ago , it would have produced a general sensation in the country . As it is now , it must he taken as another and striking proof of the sure and continuous mental elevation of the masses—another added to the long list of glorious names which already shed lustre over the labouring classes , from the ploughman , , .

      " who walked in glory and in joy , Along the mountain aide , " to Robert Nicoll , the grocer's lad , asd Critchley Prince , the cotton-spinner . If Gerald Massey cannot he ranked with the first , he mayyet aspire , by due cultivation of his unquestionable genius , to take his place beside the latter . The work is pithily and truly described in its title . Liberty and Love , old , but ever new themes to the young and enthusiastic , constitute the twin subjects of these "Lyrics , " as they have constituted the songs of hards in all past ages . Mr . Massey's "Voices' * are , of course , those of the age he lives in , and

      reflect , at least , one phase of modern thought , and reveal in what direction the aspirations of one section of the people tend . * While admiring the force , fervour , and nervous diction of many of these pieces , however , w © must express our regret that the poet is bo uniformly warlike- in " tone and purpose . Time and experience , we trust , will render him more catholic and tolerant , and , in proportion as his sympathies expand , his writings will partake more of that special characteristic of the highest and " purest poetry , its all-embracing charity and universality . ' At present

      our " Working Man " is a partisan—a powerful , enthusiastic , high toned exponent of the peculiar views' which appear to him to be truth , but lacking that comprehensiveness necessary to the character of the perfect poet . We prefer Mr . Massey ' s "Lyrics of Love" to his "Voicea of Freedom . " In them the true spirit of poetry finds utterance in language not inferior in force and felicity to those of many of the mightiest names on the roll of fame . Here , for instance , is a sound moral entwined with that strong love for , and delicate perception of , beauty , which are instincts of the true poet : —

      I WAS UOT MADE MERELY FOR MOSEYMAKIX 6 . Coining the heart , brain , and sinew , to gold , Till we sink in the dark , on the pauper ' s dole , Feeling for ever , the flowerless mould , Growing about the uncrowned soul ! Oh , God ! oh , God ! must this evermore be , The lot of theChlldren of Poverty ? The Spring is calling from brae airi bower , In the twinkling sheen of the sunny hour , Earth smiles in her golden green ; ¦ There ' s music below , in the diamonded leaves , There ' s music above , and heaven ' s blue bosom heaves

      The silvery clouds between , The boughs of the woodland are nodding in play , ' And wooingly beckon my spirit away—1 hear the dreamy hum Of bees in the lime-tree , and birds on the spray , And they , too , are calling my thinking away ; But I cannot—cannot come . "Visions of verdant and heart-cooling places , Will steal on my soul-like a golden spring-rain , Bringing the lost light of brave ; vanish t faces ; Till memory blossoms with beauty again . . Bat 0 , for a glimpse of the flower-laden morning , ' That makes the heart leap op , and knock at heaven ' s door ; 0 , for the green lane , the green field , the green wood , To take in by heartsfull their greenness once

      more ; How I yearn to lie down in the cowslip-starred meadows , : And nestle in leaves , and the sleep of the shadows , Where violets in beauty ara waking . There , let my soul bnrsfc from its cavern of clay , To float down the warm spring , away and away : Tor I was not made merely for money-making . At my wearisome task I oftentimes turn , From my bride , and my raonitress , Duty , Forgetting the strife , and the wrestle of life , To talk . with the spirit of Beauty . The multitude ' s hum , and'the chinking of gold

      , Grow hash as the dying of day ; For on wings of rapture , with joy untold , My heart is up , and away ! Glad ai the bird in the tree-top chanting , Its anthem of Liberty ; With its heart in its musical gratitude panting . AndO ,. 'tisablisstobe . - Once more to drink in the balm-breathing air , Lapt in luxurious flowers— .... . . To recal again , the pleasures that were ' In Infancy's innocent hours . To wash tha earth-strains , and "the dust from the son ! •¦• • • ¦ . -

      In nature s reviving tears , once more : To feast at her banquet , and drinkfrom her bowl , Rich wine , for the heart ' s . hot core . , . Ah , me ! ah , me ! it is heavenly then , And hint 3 of the spiritfworld , near alway , Are Btirririg , * nd Stirred ] at ' my hearfagain , Like leaves to the kiss of May , * y - ¦ It is buto dream ; yet ; 'tisiagsiBg ; sweet ,, : And when from it § 9 pells , my spirit ia . waking ,. Dark Is my hearVand the wild tears Start ; « For fwas not made merely for money ^ makuig .

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      ^ fft ^ ^ . to the whisperings * 3 ^ fsti&teak ¦> To . catch the night ' s deep , gtarry mystery ; M-TrtT * diS 8 O i ' « listen " » r hw ^ . oanof humanity . Much that s wnten within its . chamber , Much that is shrined , mthe mind ' s living amber , i * , ;„ ^ A t 1113 " ^ of mine .-Ham woud struggle , and give to birtb , t or 1 would not pass away from earth , And mako . no sign ! i ^ fejshty , V raar ^

      I yearn to utter , what might live on , Iu the world ' s heart , when Tarn gone . ' I would not plod on , 'like these slaves of gold ; Who shut up . their sfluls'in a dusky ' cave , ; I would see . tlie ! wivld b 8 tter / . and nobler-souled ; xireldreaniof . heayen ih my green , turf-grave I may toil till my lifeis filled with dreariness , Ton , till my heartis a wreckin its weariness , ioillor ever , for tear-steept bread ; Till I go down to the silent dead ; But , by this yearning , this hoping , this aching , I was not mado merely for money-making .

      We congratulate the author on . so worthy , an entrance into the lists . In pointing out what we consider the . natural . defects of his first work , it is in no unkindly spirit , but * the contrary . -. We recognise in his poetry the ring of the true metal , and we are anxious that , in future , he should so train and direct the uoblogiftahe possesses , as that they may exercise , iuflu ^ nce commensurate with their precious nature , and his . own earnest sympathies with right . . We ahall , taWthe liberty of occasionall y drawing , on Mr , Massey to . enrich our "Poet ' s Corner # and in the meantime we recommend all our readers , who can appreciate honest thoughts , " expressed in glowing verse , to ; possess themselves forthwith of " Voices of Freedom aiid Lyrics of Love . "

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      TheGirJItoodof Shaicsptftre ' s . Heroines . / Tale V . Meg and Alice ,, the Merry Wives of Windsor . By Mary Cowden Clabke . W . H . Smith and Son , LoHdon . The commendations we have heatOWed On former tales of this aeries are more than apphcable to the last issued . The same fine discrimination of the influences that insensibly but surely build up character and develope the passions , is" exhioited throughout :. hut in this instance we ; have ' an addition-the scene laid at home , and Mrsi Clarke i « t . Kn

      roughly Engys ^ hoW . in manner and . sentiment . . She describes the rural life ' of the old times inr ; language picturesquely quaint , and with a heartiness and relish that is quite infectious ; " The Irani of the wheel'' 1 b a right pleasant , and simple ballad , set to as pleasant and simple an air , and reminds Ua of the times when the whirring of the spinningwheel came cheerfully from chimney neuks in winter , or the doors of cottages on sunny

      afternoons , betore thegeriius of Arkwright and Watt congregated spindles by tens of thousands together ; and set them in motion by steam . We congratulate Mrs . Clarke on the success with ' which she iB accomplishing the task she reverently set herself . Her votive wreaths are among the most precious that have yet been hung up at the shrine of our greatest poet . ¦

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      HAYMARKET THEATRE . There is great merit in Mr . J . W . Wallack ' a performance of Claude Melnotte , in Sir E . B . Lytton ' s popular play of Tfte Lady of Lyons . The first entrance , when he-has jast gained the prhe ,-is well marked by youthful enthusiasm , and all the scenes where the gallant nature of the peasant is exhibited , aregivea with great power . Thus the fourth act , in which he defends Pauline against Beauseant , and then resigns her to her parents , is hi 3 culminating point , and the force displayed here earned him the honour of a speoial oall on Siturday . On tbe other hand , his scenes of tenderness are much inferior to the Test : Indeed , the particular tone of voice with which he would depict the softer emotions , is the peculiarity of

      which he should most endeavour to get rid . In the character of Pauline , Miss Laura Addison evinced much purpose and intelligence . The last act , in particular , where she resigns herself to the hateful marriaze to sftve her father from ruin , contains touches which may fairly be called beautiful . There is abundance of good natural material in Miis Addison , and she has , mpreover , the merit of following no prescribed routine , but of . thinking for herself . ¦ The one fault , which mars so much that is otherwise praiseworthy , may be expressed by the word " suddenness . " If she had more continuity both of gesture and of utterance , the improvement would be immense . Mies Addison and Mr . J . W . Wallack were called at the end of the play on Saturday .

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      Mtmtfr on Board ihk Schoombr Skcret . —On the 1 st- of August last the merchant . schooner Secret , Captain Jamison , -was at anchor in Rueheanian Bat , New Georgian Group , when four of the crew mutinied , and ,, joining the natives who were on board , took possession of the schooner , Which" they kept for upwards of an hour . The captain and mate were in-the cabin , and by keeping up a regular fire through the skylights , they killed th » native chief , and succeeded in clearing the deck of the mutineers and their allies , who jumped

      overboard ana swam ashore . The captain and mate now went on deck , and found that two of the crew were hilled , and one severely wounded , as was also Captain Jamison ' s faithful dog . Captain Jamison then slipped . his oable and stood out to sea ,-followed bythe canoes . of the ,- flatives , ; who , on the following day ;( being still in sight of land ) , attempted to board , . but -were prevented by the steady fire from the echooner . The loss bf the natives "is not known ,, but is supposed to have been severe . — Mutical Standard .

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      FATHER GAVAgrs ORATION . iasSS 2 ^ - ^ ssSSExftVttZ ' m the chamr . il ° haaard every contingency sSptt& . stz&te S ^ fp ! i ^ -2 S ir ?? :. These men were put forward ai ' a Sio / S ? f ^ as me ^«» . o ^ hecor . helpS toM indlvldual chara ° ter and plausibility ¦ . ^ . ;? .-PJouer and the cheat ' the ?« , ! i . ^ „« FATHER GAVA 7 ? Rg >»

      preach V ^ Lv ocab " y ° n «» kta " d . -. Af his » p-E who » 5 j anCe - ? t r eetl W * «« . - far " Bv wha ^ , y Ismvolvet ) . ^ sea to be doubtful . The cave o » L ! e Wa 8 mh a b - rf » g fabricated ? E 2 ¦ Bte 23 T the dark laboratory of the £ AW 1018 ni ' ftna the "^ "tualexercisee" its StttfS" - ? - ? 1811 ^ fo « M » asoria was aoffZnJT ? l hevotar y ° »» na ' obedience , ? nr , iS ! ? 8 ttribute of lhe ^ uVfree will , wa ociby eradicated . The man who entered came hill % ? > Mt " >*> W «» 4 ., Wndred ,. countr ,, he knew thenceforth no more . A spy on his con ! former . The heartthat beatsin bumnboeom

      _ : a IJZS ^^' ^"" eraotiom . The mind has abdicated iU godlike functions . Poverty and chaatity . were also vowed , but were held in theory and IZi TJ * mere secondary appendages to the first and disunchve- badge of the trihe , unscrupuloi ^ executjon of the superior ' a mandate ; and the speaker entered into copious details as to their methodB of acquiring wealthy and the - suinptuona palaces , they contrived to appropriate in all the great towns of Europe ; . . . ¦ while he furnished not less forcible , instances of their . laxity in point . of > morals , drawn from notorious occurrences , such as at Monte f ^ ilciano and Mpdena , in Italy ; . Montpellier and Marseilles , in France .: He exonerated their founder .

      Ignatius , from the imputation of . having planned in Ua subsequent form of hideous development the full scheme of the " society ' s . ambitious organisation , which he traced to the Neapolitan Aqaaviva , during whose generalshi p of the order the crafty principles of Macchiavellian policy were eiigrafied on the ori-Rinal stock of stupid but energetic fanaticism ; Their influence on European cabinets , and tbe permcious ^ working of tkeir obstructive and retrograde industry throughout the world he would reserve for

      separate animadversion : making but a brief allusion to , a kind of prophecy still -treasured up among the traditions of » the . Order . "We . entered Europe as lambs , became formidable as wolves were chased away like dogs , but our youth shall be renewed like that . of . the eagle . " , Aye , from Venice , from Portugal , from Spain , . France , and . Germany , the hell-hounds ; were , driven out . amid . the jubilee of mankind ; but it is deplorabl y true that their society reappears under the ; cognisance of an eagle , the tyrannous , two necked , and ill-omened emblem that darkens our land ' with its disastrous shadow , until the avenging arm of ; the people shall be finally put forth to crush the obscene phenomenon , and bury in . one grave the carnivorous bird with the purveyors of Us carrion . ( Cheers . ) > ¦ .

      . Thus far the erator seemed but to prelude by a few . preliminary : touches on tbe general argument which he now dividedinto two branches the order considered as auxiliary to the Pope ? individually , and next , as subsidiary to the general interests of the church ; to . both which parties he undertook to Bhow it had proved a bitter bad bargain . The pontiffs ceased to befreeagents ; infallibility became a puppet in- the hands of . these , its upholders and satellites to the constant and ludicrous annoyance of

      its ostensible possessor . In the great controversy about divine grace , Clement VIII . had ' the hardihood to question the theories of the Jesuit Molina ' , and showed a leaning towards the old doctrines of the Dominican Aquinas ; an independence unfavourable to . longevity . as far as his holiness was concerned , he . haying'died , notoriously " nei ordore di veleno !\ . His repugnance to . canonise Fathers Garnet end Oldcorn for . their share in the powder plot was doubtless intolerable , when his predecessor had sung Te Deumt tov . the kindred performance of St . Bar .

      tholomew . ^ The urgency with which the order down to this day clamours for the canonisation of Bellwmine and for . the public recognition of his ultramontane creed is . felt to be a perpetual muiaance-, in-the case of the venerable Palafox , their veto was found ' sufficient , to invalidate the acknowledged sanctity of an- adversary . In all the minor details of church government , their pressure is felt , and their Hl-disBembled omnipotence exhibited . As for services done the church , the scandals and odium they had . brought on Christianity vastly outweighed and fearfully , counterbalanced any merits of that kind , to illustrate , ; which the Jesuit confessors of kings were paraded in ghastlyideformity before the moral sense of the auditory ; Pere La Chaise , Pere Letelher

      , and . otber panderera to royal profligacy in every European Court . In the foul department of casuistry they held an unenviable eminence , Esco . bar , Busembaum , and a host of similar scribes , laboured to mystify the plainest precepts of morality ; while the prurient Sanches had produced three folios on matrimony of such revolting indecency- a » to be publicl y burnt b y the common hangman in France pursuant to a decree of the Parisian parliaments . <¦ Dissimulation , perfidy , and falsehood were the familiar instrumentalities resorted to in . their , championship of Roman ' Catholic ascendancy , ; and . their devotional inventions , into which the Father entered at considerable length , were derogatory to the Redeemer and the great work of his atonement .

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      Thb COHDTJCT 0 ! THE Wmos when m Ofpicb in 1606 . —At'a dinner given last < week in Cork , Mr . Hunt , the demagogue , explained his secession from his early friends , the "Whi gs , by'the following sketch of . their conduct when in- office : ¦—At the death of Pitt , in 1806 , these men cama into power , and the wricerifcy of their professions was put to the test ; but their nrst act was to enable Lord Grenville to retain- the . oflice of Auditor of the Exohequer , with a salary of £ 4 , 000 a year ; " and that of the First Lord of ibe Treasury , with an additional salary of £ 6 , 000 a ye » r ; two offices , totally incompatible with each other . Their second act was the appointment of Lord Ellenborougb , ir political judge , to be one- of the Cabinet Ministers—nn act

      still more unccmstitatienal than the former ; as in one character he might prompt the prosecution of him upon whom , in another , he might sit in iudgment . The " third act was . to raise the inoome tax already mort bdioua , from » ix and a quarter to ten per cent . ; although , when out of place , they reprobated the measure in the strongest langunge .--Mr Tierney , one of their leaders , Earing declared , in his place in Parliament , that the measure , when first proposed by Pitt , was so unconititutional and inquisitorial , that the people of England would be justified in taking up arms to resist th » collection of it . Their fourth act was the exemption of the King ' s property , amounting at that time'to two milhons-of money in the funds , from the operation

      or-tnis act , whilst it fell m fullforoe against the widow and' the orphan of £ 50 a year . Their fifth act was to raise the salaries of the younger branoh . es filnnn ^ Fa ™ lIyi the maletf : from £ 12 , 000 to £ 18 , 000 . 6 , yew ; the females from £ 6 , 000 to £ 10 , 000 a year , and the Civil List from ei ght hundred thousand pounds to one million . Thoir sixth act was to i n « ' ^ B Rlari 6 » . and raise those of all of vSK f Btate ' Judgefl , and erery one conneoted withj ; he government , under the plea of the high prico of provisions , » nd all the necessary arti-¦ I ^ i'f 6- 110 ° ne in thatunreformed house haying either the oour * ge or the honeBty to remind them tnattnese immense sums were to come out of tho poofeetaof the sufforine neoDlel wh « worn navino

      the very same pneo for their necessarios ; nor has ?? " ^' j /^ . that hour t 0 thi 8 » notwithstanding the dreadfull y increased sufferings of the people , ever moved for their reduotion . Their seventh was to bring a bill into parliament to send axcise officers iBto every private family in the kingdom , by laying a tax on private breweries—that is ; on all those who brew their own beer . Their eighth act was to make a solemn declaration that HanoTer ought to be as dear to ub as Hampshire , although when out of place they had always dwlared" it a dreadful millstone round the neck of the liberties of this country . Their ninth act was to attempt to bring a pll into Parliament for Catholic emancipation ; butw soon as they found tho late King wa » hostilo to the

      measure , they offered , in order to retain their places , to give a solemn pledge that they never would mention the words Catholic emancipation as long ^ 8 his Majesty lived . Th « old King ( God _ bloss his memory ) indignantly kicked them out . of office , to the tune of the "Rogue ' s March , " ( great laughtw ) : followed b y the indignation of every honest man in the country . ( Loud cheers . ) Thus at the end of one yew , one month , one week and one day , concluded the political reign of the , Whigs . — Lmdon , Paj > tr 1827 . - ] . t .. ¦ ¦ ¦ .,. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ •> < ' M s elen J ' aucit is now . fulfilling ; a'most suo ^ cessM theatrical engagement at-Edmburgb ., Ue local paper ? . Bpeax enthusiastically of her admirable impersonation of "Marie de Meraine , " in Mr , Mamon' Mw drama of that aame ^

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      GENERAL KLAPKA ; AND LORDLTNDHURST . Tho following letter , has been addressed to theeditor of the Daily Neios : — . ; SiR , —In Lord Lyndbum ' s speech , delivered in the House of Lords on the 27 th of March , there is a passage running as follows s— " ' . But this isnot . all , I have a case still more striking , to bring under tho consideration and attention ot government . Thero is another central committee m this- city-whei-e the branches meet I know noU-who style themsolvesthe Central Com-^ L ^ 5 K Hun r ' ? Refugees / One ' of the leadiqg membors of . this committee is General Klapka , an officer who served . ih the msurreetionary war in Hungary , and who ; commanded the fo / trass of of rTrrTr r .. T Trr __ , . , , ¦

      Wna ^ e elosothaS . Tour iSi ^ are awave that a large body - of Hungarians were nf ^ & ^^ f- 11110 ™ T > - ™ & were , incoi-poratod into the Austrian army in Lombar-d y . Availhfelv ^ S eS Of th ! ^ H ' tW f committea have SSh , * -S roclaraatwn . addressed to those iiungauans , ^ and oouched in language of a most iu-I SS m toa f ctor ' ! l d conta « niDg topics also of Sn ?? ti 8 ftfer ° F Sndoxctingdescription , caltf hi * ! to desert their . ranks , pointing out rLi ^ ? ^ y , 001 ^ < io this most effeotuairy and most destructively to Austria , instructing them Would V 7 a * lm Of a mV ' What * k «^ rTL S , ^ ' an . atob-oporation they would vidu ^ 3 !! T 1 05 : illlati 0 nis s ^ ed by tho indif « i ?^ ^ FMt violation of the protection af . torded to a refugee I cannot conceive .

      Although I formerly disdained refuting cartain misrepresentations made by C von Manteuffel in one of the Prussian chambers , who was pleased to transpose me to S chleswi g ¦ Holstein , yet I feel obliged emphatically . to contradict ' any untruth uttered in either of the houses of the British parliament . Accsrdingly , I declare . ¦ 1 . For more than a twelvemonth I have not been living in London , nor am I-either one of the leaders , or even a member , of any of the committees men . tioned by . Lord Lyndhutst ; ...

      2 . I never addressed a proclamatipn to the Hungarian soldiers in Italy calling upon them to . desert theirrauk 8 . Nobody who knows ray character will think me capable of an advice calculated , under the present circumstances , to sacrifice and deliver those unfortunates to ruin and still greater misery . I declare any proclamation of the kind , if there be any , as altogether false , or trumped up , perhaps , by the agents of the "Austrian police . "Lord Lyndhurst ' s remarks ,. therefore , rest upon mere fictions , and it is only a wonder that the noble lord should have forgotten his . mission arid hi gh situation , which ought to have preserved him from becoming a tool for the intrigues of the Austrian police . I leave to the

      English people to appreciate his lordshi p ' s disavowal of their own . history and ' principles , which some centuries ago laid the foundation of their present greatness and glory . So much for tlierefutation of unprovoked calumny ! So far from being overawed by such and similar proceedings , and the despicable snares of the Russo-Austrian police , I shall never cease doing what I hold BuitanWfo' the interest and deliverance of my oppressed and unhappy fatherland , as far as I can do so without violating the laws of that country where I met with au hospitable reception . I have the honour to be , Bir , Your obedient servant , . , Paris , April 4 , 1851 . Gborgb Klapka .

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      POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES IN LIVERPOOL . ¦ A highly respectable Central Committee has been formed in Liverpool , ia order to assist the Refugees in gaining employment , and also to help their friends in supporting them till they shall be able to maintain themselves . This committee has just issued the subjoined address : — ....:. .

      TO THE-ASSOCIATED TRADES AND OTHERS OF THE WORKING CLASSES . Citizens and Feliow Workmen , —You are , no doubt , aware-that a large , number of men known as fhe Polish and Hungarian Refugees , who were engaged in the late unsuccessful struggle in attempting the independence of Hungary , have been recently cast as exiles upon our shores and are at \ h \ s moment in ; Liverpool in a ' most helpless and destitute condition—the reward of an Heroism and virtuous Patriotism in struggling for right against might , which will throw an halo of glory around them and their country as long as noble deeds and noble aspirations form any portion of the progressive history of the world .

      Fellow workmen , we now appeal to you on behalf of these noble minded and chivalrous men—l et iis . not forget that we owe them ' a debt of gratitude which our best exertions can never fully repay—they have sacrificed fortune , liberty , home and friendsin vindication of those great principles of Consti- " tutional Liberty , so dear to the homes and hearts of Englishmen . Without , however , entering into all the minutia of their noble and godlike efforts , or paining you with a recital of their numerous sufferings , wrongs and oppressions , or dwelling as we could do , on the noble and patriotic , daring they

      have exhibited in the cause , of their country ' s freedom , and the indomitable resistance they have made against the horde of Continental Despots leagued against them—suffice to say , they are placed at this moment in tbe . most painful and humilitating pogi « turn in which H is possible to conceive a set of high and noble-minded men like these to be placed in ; and who erai now , surrounded with all the horrors of destitution and exile , fervently pray they may yet be spared to strike another blow in ; behalf of theirown Fatherland , and the enfranchisement of human kind .

      Fellow Workmen , in this respect and on behalf of this object you are now called upon to sympathjse . ' Remember ,, these men without any undue or improper influence being exercised towards them , have expressed the most unequivocal desire to remain in this country ' : there are parties who desire they should expatriate themselves . The future destiny and their future services towards their country are now , therefore , placed in your hands . If you believe they have aimed at objects of which you approve , and vindicated principles which you consider just arid good , identify" yourselves at once in feeling and sympath y with . them ' ; enable them , if they desire it , to become fellow citizens with you . Let them have employment wherever it can be

      obtained for . them • above all ,. prevent them , if possible , from surrendering , through the coercion of starvation , those hi gh and lofty sentiments which prompted tbeir late glorious struggle in behalf of their country .. . Benr in mind also , fellow-workmen ; that these noble-minded men do not desire to live on your hospitality . ; their only hope is to obtain their subsistence by their own exertions in any honourable employment that may offer itself . Many of them belong essentially and truly to the working classes : amongst them are joiners , smiths , cabinet makers , tallow chandlers , and other trades , ' " all animated alike by the desire to relieve " themselves from toe painful , and to them degrading , ' position in which an odious , unrelenting and usurping despotism has placed t ' uem . . . ;

      ¦ Fellow Workmen t A mighty spirit ia now abroad in the earth overturning the pillars ef despotism , and loosening the fetters of bondage in every clime . It becomes us to draw no distinction between colour , country , or creed . Let us show by our active sympathy for these unfortunate exiles now amongst us , that we are willing to become fellow workers with the friends of freedom throughout the world . Let our present effort be worthy of the high name Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen have achieved "for their country , in the conBtanl and earnest recognition of all , who , as exiles , have sought refuge on onr shores when unsuccessfully struggling for Liberty ! On behalf of the Committee , \ Fm . L . Costine , President , Jambs Sfurr , Secretary .

      . Central Committee Room of the Operatives for the Relief of the Polish Refugees , 10 , Williamsonsquare , Liverpool . ¦ ¦ . The address of the Treasurer is , Peter Stuart , Esq ., Vauxhall-road , Liverpool , and Ditton Lodge , near Rainhill . '

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      IJk that ia choice of his time will also be choice , ! » " >?• a d choice of his actions . Idleness is tno ounal of a living man . aDvofw y . ?? i dierniore tirfid in April than Broueham B ^/ 6 ™ ' ' 8 tatfls that tlie P »^ «* n effi ^ & ^^^^^ to . ^ £ ^ £% !^ **** * and «» -smoked , sold by A ? S Dewev ^™ ' m ° ktd It is intended to found in Lnminn ' . « i . , ( sick children between tolgftSfS ™" years ., A noble project-worthy of success An EwioRata dinner table being a ^ ked if he would take some pudding , replied , in a fit of abattaction , " Owing to a crowd of other matter , we are un . . able to find room for it . "

      mTUBAL Wonder . —The talipot-tree , or fan . palm , bears a leaf large enough to cover twenty men ; and yet will fold like a fan , and then ia no bigger than aman ' sarm . The North China Iltmld announces the discovery of an interesting race of Jews in the interior of the country , 350 miles from Pekin , by some mission anea of the London Society . The s-sentials , —The essentials of a ¦ wateringplace may be literally Bummed up thus : —Sea , salt , sun , sand , shrimps , shells , steamers , ships , and sailors . ¦•¦ ¦ r i ¦» i ™ ° ; E-r-Weak doses of wash-tub are now recommended by physicians for young women ta thS * ° dy 8 l > u ep 3 ia > You » 8 ™ en , troubled W flsT TOy > Ca " betwe < > y a strong dose of

      Bab Times . —A Cheshire farmer writes to tha IK- ^ ti mes is 80 M-hopein / Xn the marUets rises ( o go on as yomheal . " ' Brea st PiNs . - "Whntapairof beautiful black eyes that young lady has " 4 id Jim to &SS \ how bright and sparkling t " - » Yes ; very , " re plies Charles- " they would make , splendid brecul * j } tttS * MAosETisM .-The Lombardo-Venetian ' government has put its veto on all experiments on animal magnetism , whether it he applied to medical purposes , for scientific inquiry , or even as a mere pastime . " Vbry Like . "—A smart waiting woman , in giving an account of the twin children of her mistress , sard , very innocently , " The dear little things -one looks so much like both , you can't tell t ' other from which !"

      A biix has passed both branches of the . Illinois legislature , and now only requires the signature of the governor to become a law , prohibiting the sale ot ardent spirits in that State in less quantities than , a qtiart . . . ^ ¦ . .. . Cannes . — In Russia , the candles used in the mines are made of tallow mixed with charcoal dust ( or powered charcoal ) , which is found to increase tha intensity of the light . Let some of onr chandlers try this mixture . Lynch Law . —A negro in Paulding , Mississippi , having committed an ontvage upon the person of a white lady , and afterwards murdered her and her son , the citizens turned out en masse , arrested the negro , and burned him alive . — New York Herald . . - ¦

      . 'A Nice Man . —The husband of a beautiful wife , upon returning home , was wet by one ofhis offspring all smiles , clapping his hands and saying— " Pa , Mr . B—— - has been here-he ' s such a nice man—he kissed us all round , and mother too ! " l Rkltgwhs Intolbr&kce . —A Protestant woman , from the Swiss Canton of "Aargau , was refused admittance into the common wards of the public hospital at Como , and thrown into a separate apartment , hke a leper , on account of her religious heterodoxy . _ Tit for Tat .-A lawyer in tho Ohio Legislature introduced a bill . in favour of instructing convicts in

      the State Prison in the art of printing ; whereupon the printers , of Columbus presented a petition that the said convicts might be instructed in law . A Discovery . —A strange and thrilling discovery was made in Paris last week by a workman employed at the restoration of the Palace de Justice . The mummy of a female waa found walled up in tbe portion of the building he was engaged in demolishing . Bathing . —Some persons shrink from bathing , but when they once get used to it , it is indispensable , A medical writer says . : — "Let a child wash himself all over every morning for sixteen years , and he will as soon go without his breakfast as his bath . "

      Queer Apologt . —A young musician , remarkable for his modesty and ' sincerity , on his first appearance before the public , finding he could not give the thrills effectively , assured the audience , by way of apology , that he trembled bo he couldn ' t shake . Single Blkssmness . —It is a curious fact , thafc of all Lord Dinorbm ' s tenantry in tho Counties o £ Anglesey and Carnarvon , there is not a married pair ; all are single—either old maids , bachelors , widows , or widowers , together \ rith a bachelor agent to manage the whole . Malthusianism , indeed , i $ here realised .

      Austrian Censousdip . —The publication o ! a translation in the Bohemian language of Lamartine ' s "History of the Girondins" has been recently pro * lubited at Prague by the Austrian authorities . An Odd Country . —An Irishman , travelling in a street that was paved , was met by a dog with a threatening growl . The traveller att empted to pull Up one of the paving-stones to throw at him , but it was fast . "Arrah , " said . Paddy , " what a country is this , where stones are tied , and dogs lot loose I " InisH Em | gbants—The amount of nioney issued the

      through banks of the city of Limerick during the year 1850 , on drafts from America in favour of relat n ° nn emi T gr u nts frOm L that P of the country , was ± 40 , 000 . Labourers who only wenteut in the last spring have in many instances remitted £ 10 and £ 12 . Children a PLAOUE .-When we want children in the way ,-they are always somewhere else ; and whea we want them somewhere else ,. theyarealwaysin the way Many a good kiss has been nipped in the bud by a four year old nuisanco bringing alight into the room just as " the young folks were getting poetic . "

      x A Lively JJnios . —A bride of some months finding herself one evening alone with her spouse , was attacked with a severe fit of yawning . " You are tired of being with me , I presume , " said he , somewhat offended . "Notat all , my dear lore , " she replied , "but you and I are now but one ; and to say the truth , I always get stupid when I am alone . " The Confessional . —The famous Tom Hales has a very happy observation on auricular confession . " Plmy somewhere tells us that ho who is stricken by a scorpion if he go immediately and whisper it ; into the ear of an m , shall find himself immediately eased . That sin is a scorpion , and bites deadly , I have always believed ; but that to cure the bite of it it was a sovereign remedy to whisper it into thP . ear

      of a priest I do as well believe as I do that of Pliny " American ContributioS TO THE EXHIBITION . — 'We understand' that amongst other curiosities brought over by the' St . Lawrence , there is a a cheque sent by a distinguished American publisher , to a no less distinguished author—a cheque in pay . menUf his book , originally produced in England , and immediately re-printed in New York . It ia said that , as this cheque may . be seen to the very best advantage , Lord Rosse ' s telescope will be brought to bear upon it . —Punch . Curk 5 or Beogabs . —A gentleman residing in the

      vicinity of Ollerton , nearly two years ago ( save directions to the keeper of his lodge-gates to offer employment to every , able-bodied man who solicited alms , at 2 s . per day , and a pint of ale . During the time that has elapsed , this offer has been made to 150 beggars of this description ; out of this number , only one accepted this offer , aad he was employed in the garden . He did not stop more than threo or four days . One of these idle ra 3 cals ,. on being expostulated with , said , that he would rather beg than work for it was a better trade . That it was a poo * street in which he could not get threepence , and he could go through twenty in a day .

      Formation of Artificial Rhhies . —M . Ebelmen , director of the manufactory of Sevres , has succeeded in producing crystalized minerals reaembling those produced b y nature , being for the most part of that species of precious and rare stones employed by jewellers To obtain this result , he has dissolved in boric acid , alum , zinc , magaesia , oxides of iron and chrome , and afterwards submitting tha solution to an evaporation for the space of three days , he has obtained crystals of a mineral substance , equal to those in nature for hardness and clearness of colour . With chrome , Ml E . has produced rubies of a beautiful colour , measuring from two to three millimetres in length , and being as thick as a grain of corn . —La Patrie .

      An Italia * Fkactitioser . —It is very much in . the style of Italian finesse to let a disease workiU own way . An Englishman at Flo « ttce had a fall from his horse , besides some alight biuisej , he fet great pain in one of his thnmbB ;' the n * in »«« , ™ attended with inflammation , and the b ~ * inued to dress his thumb after tL W . i gWn C 0 5 ' P ? saH § in hl tf

      ^( e xcept case Se ahnK Kiteri ^ r *? ° Unces o ?« w > n » be mhed sulphate of iron , and three ounces of powdered nutgalls , we have at once adetectorand apreventor . For U a small quantity of this compound is mixed . with water-gruel , dough , ic , it alaiostimmedtately turns ine liquid 6 r paste to a black or dark purple colour , showing at once that the " food is unfit for use . Ther » is no objection to the use of arsenic thus prepared for j the destruction of vermin , or for agricultural purposes .

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      v The Last War and Definitive- Peace of Europe . By Yicior Considemut . London " J . Watson . ' Three Letters on Direct Legislation b y the People , or True Democracy . B y M , Bit tingiuusen . London ; J . iWatson .

      BOTH the writers of . these pamphlets are exlegialators , and , we believe , exiles for the sake of tbeir political faith . M . Oonsideraut was one of the representatives for Paris , in the National Assembly , previous to the affair of June , 1849 , which sent , among others Ledru Eollin to our shores . M . Rittinghau ' sen was a member of the National Assembly at Frankfort . The object of M . Considerant is , to point out the logical sequence of the

      fact that " all men are brethren , ' ' -in the necessity that , in future , all nations must befraternally united . The order established by the reactionary party fights against God and Humanity—against the eternal lawB of the universe . It can onl y be sustained by huge armies , at a ruinous expense ; and is essentially a Bystem of self-destruction . True order , . with liberty , ia to be found alone in the union of nations ,- according to the ethnographical affinities in the establishment of free

      institutions , and in the mutual exchange of industry , wealth , and intelligence between nations . The pamphlet is written with all that felicity of diction and logical precision which distinguishes French political writers , and opens up glimpses of a new state of society , such as might be expected from the pen of so distinguished a disciple of Charles Fourier . . M . Rittinghausen propounds an entirely new idea . . Instead of the Democrats of Europe seeking for an enlargement or extension of representative institutions , he contends they ought to be totally destroyed . In his opinion , they form " the angular stone , the permanent

      source of the reign of the bourgeoisie ; " and , certainly his examples , backed by indubitable facts , leave ' -Representative Government " in a very forlorn condition . True Democracy , according to M . Rittinghausen , would diapers with all the roundabout machinery of elections and delegations , and enable the people to make their own laws . He proposes to divide the population into sections o f a thousand citizens each—each section to meet simultaneousl y , for the discussion and the affirmation of the principle of any new law ; and hy a simple process , the opinion of the nation , thus ascertained , is to be reduced to words , and have the force of law , decreed by the Sovereign People . There is much in the pamphlet that deserves thoughtful consideration from all true Democrats . ¦

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      A Lrrao Upas TBEB .-iLieut . Marchland , of the United States navy , has krought home with him from Jara , a living Upas tree , so famous for its real and fanciful poisonous properties . By his assiduous care it waa preserved alive during tho long voyage , and a few days before its arrival at Norfolk , 7 a ., leaves sprouted forth . It has been presented to the national institute at Washington and can be seen at the new observatory . It was ' once rumoured and believed that the poisonous -effluvium of . the tree was . so-Tatar that birds -flyine over it &E ? , tnn ' H S *!? a 11 vegetat i ° n died uritferit and far around it . It 13 now ascertained that the imce only is poisonous . Into this juice the Jwato d ! P their arrows , ^ rhich then k , a Ye i SefSE

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1621/page/3/