Welsh Newspapers
Search 15 million Welsh newspaper articles
9 articles on this Page
I ,',.*. l!-
I l! I T THE SPIRIT OF THfl MORNING. I o -^orning comes,—and through the amber doors, I H, sunlights from afar.— I i»: i* daintily she steps across the azure floors, I ,s laughs in triumph at the flying star. B A sk I 30; .p!aFa all light—that, with one hand, puts back I An ? 5sartaining clouds from her bright resting place ■ jjjj with the other, points the sunbeam's track, ■ "-ad tints with ruby every dew-drop's face. I } she comes: in silver gleaming mist, I 16 'fit ,6r lakesj and down the mountain side I L ^IjSlade shines brighter which her lips have kiss'd, ■ jju vhile golden laughs the river's rousing tide. I sounds are in the air—of falling drops, I h,>kiag bird3, ef leaves, of murmuring bees, ■ j the cool plash of sparkling water-falls, ■ f And the soft murmur of the day's first breeze. I if S'€P8 nPon the floor of wood-founts claar, I 1 Inf?^ tesselates them with a wealth of light; I I A° eac^ a t°ach most dear, ■ •and creation with a presence bright. I KATHLEEN.
I ITitmto,
I ITitmto, I Quarterly REVIEW, for July. London John I Murray, Albemarle-street. ■ Th' « ■ Q, e Quarterly, this month, contains nine articles ■ ld Merit. Each presents attractive opportunity |l ij 8 with extracts the brief space we can afford I l' OUr lioW crowded columns. The first article is on ■ *ot's "Words and Places." from which we take ■ fiiii H 'j "owing specimens of I I ECCENTRIC NOMENCLATURE. ■ | «f q** years ago a distinguished member of the House ■ f s^aions, who «as bom in the Colonies, made a ■ j iepj in which he inveighed against the treatment of ■ tri, epelidencies by the mother country. Among other I 'SOi V"4 stated that a Governor in Canada had once I four townships after his wife's four lapdogs. We I ttf as,ert'on was founded in truth, and that I j 'ownertiips of" Flos" and "Tiny" (we forget the other ■ c °) still remain among the local divisions of that great I It would be well if no greater wrong had been I i to on a col°ny by its governor. At any rate, we ■ 1/ s*ire these canine appellations are better calculated to I !■ purpose for which they were intended than the ■ > tL ,e'?ss repetitions of names of places identical with ■ i; *e in the Old World. A map of America exhibits the ■ n,?ts to which men have been rednced in this depart- ■ mlof language. I s Stat in the Compendium of the Census of the United I thifi.68 iS50j we have no less than thirteen Romes and I t'xiewr Rochesters. Sparta appears no less than nine II 4t«o'i Y no less than twenty-five times. There are I ierr n y two or three Londons, but many more London. H I An and ^ere are twenty-two Dovers. *ft«r °ther resource has been to call the town or district ■ ton "iistingaished man. The name of Washing- II Jften ^e sa*^ t0 ''ve 'n ,le mouths of his country, it on the backs of their letters also, whan we find ■ Mil*d as a local name no less than 138 times. If 11 ^st-S°ffi'an(^ Brown, and Smith, are troublesome to the I ^st hTCe as t'le names individual men, the confusion Ca'led Sreatly increased when we find about 130 places sec#hj ^ter ^e ^rst> no *ess than nineteen after the v'rtUe 3n? ten sfter the third. Patriotism and public I Watt'sare' however, in America, repaid by multiplying a n^2ie- It answers the purposes of an order of ate do the heroes of antiquity escape. There l»&st ° °* three Solons, half-a-dozen Scipios, and at Alj?*8 Cato, and a couple of Ciceroes. ^entr Ut fif<y places or townships are named simply th6" '3etween sixty and seventy that of Liberty, nearly at Union; but the number of these last may th^S n°w 1)6 dinainished. All this is referred to only PUrPose showing how difficult it has been ?iye a proper name. Nar was the task easier in ^"nes with reference to men than it now is in ■ Irellce to places. ^■ tet 4 th eir zeal to civilise Ireland, our ancestors got an # 'ris'' Parliament passed in the fifth year of the ar(^ ^caP" entit'e(i> "An Act that the fie| 6R dwelling in the counties of Dublin, Meath, *?i\vean^ Kildare shall go apparelled like Englishmen, ti<nlCe;ir their beards after the Engiish manner, swear alle- take English surnames,' Each such Irish- Stake to him an English surname of one town Chester, Trim, Skrym, Cork, Kinsale; or ?^Uli as white, biack, brown; or art or science—as carpenter or office—as cooke, butler; and that 'ssue sha" use name nnder pain of forfey- W6? Roods yearly till the premisses be done.' erent 4ve heard of the difficulty being met in a d'f- ^Q(eNy in one of the West India islands, where the b -Ni atec* ca'° a captured slave-ship were turned by enlisting them in a negro regiment then ■ ^ed. The unfortunate slaves spake twenty dif- notl^f ^guages; very few of them understood one Liters' atld none understood the language of their new 'sd How were they to be named? Recourse was ^Rii Army List as the only repertory of names to Was readily accessible, and the negroes were taught ^hswjrr to the roll-call accordingly beginning with o'York'—'Sir David Dundas'—and so on, in ^B1 ft next arti^e is on Ijidwig Uhland, the German of '^ef0U0WiD £ 0ne>0ntfieHist0ryantlTendencies ^H>ll o tn?lish Freethinking—is an able defence of or- M 0(^oxy against the schoc] of Bishop Colenso and the The writer reviews tbe freethinking authors ^sif6 century, their temporary popularity, and Pfesent oblivion, and compares their teachings H 1\dl!ose of the rationalists of the present day. He It. H *ide|y <inhappilyi only too true that religious unbetiefis ?°Mi1?f8Tj'ent at the present time; but it is neither so ,tsW-80 s'Snificant a phase of religious thought as !S n0\v ng!sts w<»uld have us believe. In much of what ■ '^ge anIesente^ t0 us as fruit of the superior know- H !'e ari conscientiousness of the present day, we recog- H teacninold. acquaintance in a new dress; much of the j ^od? lCh boasts ef its freedom from traditional ^ition0 ,eatment' 's '5U,: revival of an obsolete H *.?rhIch became obsolete because it was worthless. ^e!Sm °f the last century, like the English Euro n °f the same period, has made the grand tour M ha3. ?e'(.and come home with the fruits of its travels. H p the ,-lru0rced the homely bluntness of its native temper t*12 metaphysical profundities and ponderous H °f Germany, and the superficial philosophy and ■ fore} S"ntir>ientali s-m of France. Yet under a good deal H lacquer and veneer, we may still recognise some t'ScOye^*n cast-oft'goods returned upon our hands and "ive if T}free thought, no less than orthodoxy, may M 9ftrp,. f°regone conclusions and its traditional methods atrnent. ■ T4e following articles are entitle d-The Circassian ■ JS' ^'frdaire, Christian Art, Public Schools, England, and the House of Commons. ■ fjj last-named article we quote a paragraph. Sp extrenaaly readable, and gives a clearer *8tr° ^anner iQ which the business of the house °th/>aQSaCte a Granger would glean from any source. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 2ft«wLCur!o"s m^.cl,iI)e that governs us is worthy of H 8 study. It does the work, undoubtedly, in a 0venlX' accidental sort of fashion but still the s on the whole successful, and, rough and rude as *We ■ i"e may be, it is not difficult to see how large a fitj peculiarities have had in securing our prospe- its °ar freedom. There is no doubt that, whatever W!fit8 or demerits, it is absolutely unique. There VtS many attempts to imitate it; but the results h u J30^rne about as much resemblance to the original Mio^r a<*8ton& claret" bears to the vintages of Bordeaux. ,wh° have 9«t them up have found themselves very "A(,t the position of the enthusiast who bought the H |-°'naton Che^s-player," and forgot to bargain for inmate who lay imbedded and hidden in the (he machinery. The forms of the House of Vy 0RS, or the laws UHder which it is chosen, would little use indeed, without the English social f?'cit Wkich supplies it with members, and the English r°:^sid11^ 'hits of thought that control its deliberations. >«in^?ered from a theorist's point of view, the House of H ^lita.;0"8 does net present very much that is worthy of V- Tlle system under which it is chosen is ano- the iast degree, The various constituencies ltWs its members have nothing to show that en- ^pt tu ei*) t0 the proud privilege which they enjoy, ex- fact that they are in possession. The limit of ^iste«cuP°n which the representation reposes, owes its 3>te^ .c t0 "0 other fact than it happens to be repre- H a round number, and that it presented some f'H'cal fascination to Lord Russell's mind at a "?er'0(^ °f English history. The elections are de- every kind of theeretical defect. Bribery and ??*18 &sT} °n are no' Put down, and never wiil be, so infl16 v°ters belong to a class which is exposed to j, d the »Uen.ce8.- The proceedings of the House itself, be j^ations under which they are placed, would Ut,c 0re satisfactory to a theoretical politician. They 3 circi complicated, often unmeaning, founded H M ei»Biblp wtances which have ceased to exist, often reason applicable to the present H 3t?i>i(} bri ngs» an<1 liable at any tinrie to misuse, which H tL "• Jf "s the whole business of the country to a stand- H «*ey w°rk their proper purpose, and promote a lt o*r pln^,°f the ejjfftrty, the credit is due, not to th0se WQce» *ot rat'ier to the common sense of fo^ols J*0, ^em- If the workmen were not good, H "d itno0° be intolerable. Of course, it has be€n ,p°5wb!e to export a legislative machine whose ^een *Pends upon the political climate in which it it' to8ether, ar.d the inbrad instincts of those <') 'uÜ l<» 1 t l
- I.,^/iteorn (&^tracts. ..
I. ^/iteorn (&^tracts. I A TRAGEDY IN A COAL PIT. About seven years ago, when the old Lady-well shaft, in South Staffordshire, was nigh being worked out, and there were galleries and galleries stretching out, the men said, for miles, of old workings, which they, or even their fathers before them, knew nothing of, and could not find their way about, it was determined by our owners to sink a fresh shaft, and commence working the other side of the hill, and so leave off working the old mine, for omineus rumours of choke-damp and failing roof warned them that it would not be safe much longer. Accordingly the new works were begun they found a thick seam, and very soon they were in full operation, and the old mine deserted. The viewers told the men to avoid the side nearest the old workings, but the seam ran that way, and the men worked and worked, till at last they broke I in in one or two places, and these the viewers had closed in as soon as possible. There was at that in our employ a viewer, or overseer, a man of the name of Timmins, a rigid Wesleyan, and a good workman, but of a reserved and morose temper, and with whom the men did not much care to meddle. They often said Black Jack, for such was the nickname he went by, was not right in his head, and indeed his man- ner was at times eccentric but, as I before said, he was a most excellent hand in. the pit, and that was all his employers wanted. About this time the small-pox commenced its ravages in this neighbourhood, and Timmins's wife, to whom he was devotedly attached became one of its first victims, being carried off in a very short time. This loss seemed to have quite changed the man. From a stern religionist he turned to drink, and no one was more reckless, more debauched and degraded. His employers remonstrated with him, and teld him they should be obliged to part; that he was only setting the men a bad example, instead of keeping them out of danger but remonstrance was thrown away, and finally they were obliged to tell him that at the end of the week he would be discharged. He went to his work, but after a day or so he was missed, and when pay-night came he did not appear at the table, so the cashier said, I suppose Timzains is drunk again, he'll come some other time." But the men shook their heads darkly, and said among themselves they never thought any good would come of Black Jack. Now it happened about this time there was ap- pointed to our mine a new manager, for the former one was too old, and superannuated. He came from the coalfields in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, and was a widower, with one daughter. Mr. Woodward soon showed himself a clever man, and from the kindness and geniality of his temper made himself beloved amongst the men, a race always grateful for kindness. His daughter Meta was seventeen, and possessed one of those charming English faces which to look at is to love. Her bright auburn curls clustered round a fair opeu brow, dove-like eyes, and a sweet mouth, expressed the gentieness of the spirit within. Meta's features might not separately have been regular, but taken as a whale, the effect was perfect. Her looks, however, were not her only recommendation—her sweet disposition, kindliness of heart, and charity, endeared her to all her friends. She even visited the works with her father, and bagged him to let her descend the mine, but he refused..Constant dropping, they say, will wear away a stone, and so Meta's^ supplication must have worn away her father's resolution, for one day it was settled that Meta should descend with her father and a pitman, and explore the mine. They arrived at the new shaft about nooa, and after the cage had been arranged, Mr. Woodward, his daughter, and a miner named Baccup, descended. They were each provided with candles, and, arriving at the bottom, proceeded to visit the men in their several work- ings. They had been into several, and were thinking of returning, when, just as they came to an intercepting gallery, a violent gust of wind extinguished all their three candles, and left them in perfect darkness. For the first few moments no one spoke, and then Mr. Wood- ward encouraged his daughter, by telling her that, although very untoward to be left without a light, still there could be no possible danger, as ail they would have to do was to keep straight forward, and they would come to the foot of the shaft, and most likely some of the men would meet or overtake them, when they could procure a light. Acting on this suggestion, they continued walking on. When they had eatered the pit with their lights, and were full of confidence, the distance appeared short; but now, in the pitchy Egyptian darkness, it seemed as if they eouid neversee their way out. Minutes seemed lengthened into hours, and still they walked and walked, and seemed no nearer their destination. At iength Meta's delicate frame succumbed to the unwonted exertion, and she exclaimed— "Papa, I can go n» further; leave me, and seek a light; I will remain until your return." "I can't, my child," he replied; I will remain with you, but Paccup can go and bring assistance." At this moment he felt Baccup's hand gently draw him on one side, and a voice whispered in his ear- I dqn't like to alarm Miss Woodward, sir, but I'm afraid we have wandered into the old workings, and if so, we are lost." No, no, that can't be," replied the now terrified fa- ther, "for we could hardly have got in when all the breaks were close." "I heard the men say at the pit's month this morning that there had been a great break in the night, but I did not think we should have come this side," replied the man. God forbid we should be in these workings but if so, they will miss us, guess where we are, and search for us." How can#ach separate party know but that we have gone up with the other? It will be only when we are missed at home that they will think what can have be- come of us, and before then it will be too late." Mr. Woodward felt the full force of all this, but he would not give way, so he said aloud to Baccup- It won't do for us to separate, I think, after all, so you and I will manage carry my daughter between us, and reach the shaft." The man complied, and raising the young girl between them, they again essayed to find their doubtful way. But soon the road became rough and broken, and they could now realise that they had indeed wandered from the right track and were lost in the old galleries. At iength the strong men could go on no further, and laying the young girl down, the father seated himself by her, and said— Meta, darling, we have wandered from the right track it would be useless going further in this dark- ness, as we don't know but we may be wandering fur- ther from the aid and assistance that wiil be shortly seeking us." I don't know how it is, papa, but I feel a firm con- viction that I shall never reach home alive. I pray that you may be spared, for it was my folly that brought us all here." The father gently chid his child for feeling so gloomy, and comforted her as well as he could, for he felt all the time black despair settling at his heart, for now for the first time he realised the peril they really stood in. Hours passed, and still no signs of the promised as- sistance; their strength began to fail, for where is there anything that robs one of all strength of purpose and of body as when Hope takes her departure ? It was just at a moment when Mr. Woodward felt his senses leaving him with anguish that Meta exclaimed— Papa, is that a star I see shining in the distance ?" They looked, and beheld a faint glimmer of light. Hope immediately sprung up again in theit minds. 0 They raise a feeble shout, but far from answering their hopes of expediting the assistance they stood so much in need of, it seemed to have a contrary effect, for the light immediately disappeared. "It can only be the effect of imagination," sighed Meta. "Hush!" said Baccup, "keep silence, and see what becomes of it." Shortly the light began to glimmer again, and pre. sently they could perceive a figure approach them-it was that of a man almost a skeleton. His black locks hung down to his waist, whilst in his eyes the fires of insanity gleamed and flashed. "'Tis Black Jack," whispered Baccup. And then they beard the madiuan exclaim- Who is it that invades my last home, when after taking all I held near and dear, drove me from the earth, and even in hell can't leave me rest ?" He approached, and suddenly his eyes fall on Meta, lying on the ground insensible. Mary, my darling, are you returned to comfort me ? -you come back to--Ha, ha I see the halo round her head. Men nor devils shan't part us!" and rushing forward he raised the fainting girl in his arms, and fled swiftly away. The two men fled as well as they could, guided by the sound of the maniac's footsteps, and the occasional glim- mer of his lamp, but after their exhaustion, they were no match for the frenzied speed of the madman. They gra- dually lost him, but still keeping on in the same direc- tion, they saw a gleam of light, and presently arrived at the foot of an old disused shaft. To the sides of this shaft there had been ladders fixed, down by which the miners in the olden time ascended as well as descended into the pit, but they were decayed and frail. Neverthe- less It was evident that up this dangerous ascent the maniac had fled with his burden. The two men looked at each other in dismay, and then prepared to ascend. After a struggle they reached the top, and the first thing that met their eyes was Meta lying on the ground insensible, and Timmins emerging from a ruiaed outhouse with a vessel of water in his hand. He advanced towards the form of the unconscious girl, but the moment his eyes fell on the approaching figures of the two men— Wretches he exclaimed, "I thought I had dis- tanced you; but never mind, you shan't part us again; she is my own, my beautiful, my bride And before the agonised father or the astonished miner could interfere, he had seized the poor girl in his arms, rushed to the pit's mouth, and jumped down full three hundred feet, whence the mangled bodies of the maniac and his victim were taken out that night.
Advertising
SAXDHTNGUAM HALL.—One of the chief improvements, in a small way, at Sandringham Hall, has be«o the adop- tion of P.ECKITTS' PIAMOKD BLACK LEAE, for polishing the stoves; no doubt it has added a lustre to even the brilliant fireside Qf the Prince and Priacess of Wales. !JR £ eitfi-i'i.w; .£4 t ftftt /sort
THE MENTAL COMPENDIUM:
THE MENTAL COMPENDIUM: IV THE 70M Of SS3A73. LI i EIUTURE.—ESSAY XIV. PABT I. Books are the discreetest of all friends, thjy visit us without intrusion; and though often put aside, are as prompt to serve aud please us as ever."—ANON. THBKS is no truth more demonstrable than that different minds hold distinct opinions—often op- posite-on the same subject, and yet honest in their convictions; which, till the judgment yield up its subjective power, become fixed principles or senti- ments in the mind. Yet this variety of views-apart from acrimony or egotism—subserves the important purpose for which the intellectual part of man was designed, to examine both as respects their nature and tendency, inasmuch as each mind, by the exer- cise of this gift, may be enabled to furnish new ideas from its own menial magazine, which could never be supplied from the resources of an individual mind. It is just in this way that the works of authors have increased, ana readers also accumulated in numerical amount, in proportion to the supply for the mental gratification and thus a healthy tone to the mind v is in numerous instances secured through a variety of channels, which, while in accordance with the wants of the :age, shall be found worthy of pubJíc patronage. As the object of this essay is not te confine it within the narrow boundary of an isolated opinion in respect to literature in general, we shall take leave in its discussion to bring before the readers some cogent observations from some of our best authors; and the following remarks, from the pen of Robert Hall, embrace most of the objects which a seeker after trnth should ponder with deep earnestness of thought. He says,—" Without staying to inquire why it is that men think. feel, reason, remember, are attracted by some objects, or repelled by other. they take them as they are, and delineate the infinitely various modifications and appearances assumed by our essential nature. From the general mass of humane passions and manners, they detach such por- tions as they suppose will admit of the most beau- tiful illustrations, or afford the most iustructive lessons. Next to a habit of self reflection, accom- panied with an attentive survey of real life, writers of this kind are the best guides in the acquisition of knowledge—an acquaintance with mankind. As they profess to consider human nature under some parti. cular aspect, their view- are necessarily more limited than those of metaphysical writers but if they are less extensive, they are more certain if they occupy less ground, they cultivate better. In the language of Baccn, I they come home to men's business and bosoms. Literary pursuits, although honourable as a calling, is only so conditionally, that is, in so far as intel- lectual and experimental knowledge of the subject is concerned. One thing, however, is certain, that authors are not wanting who set themselves up as public guides, but forget in this matter one funda- mental principle, name-IT, the Tesponsiiyuity under which their writings subject them. It is one thing to give a man credit for possessing grtiat gWlUs; but quite another thing to justify him for the manner in which he is wont to exercise the gift. I It has been said. "that a great book is a great evil;" but this is an assumed declaration, which. like many other savings that are rife in the world, is not of general application. In this particular much de. pends on the nature of the subject treated on, no less than the skill and learning of the author, whose pro- fundity of tbenght has a close afEoity to a perennial spring constantly weshng up. All polemical works, from their argumentative character, are necessarily elaborate; and both philosophical and scientific treatises, generally speaking, are discursive, in con- sequence of the details into which they enter not al- lowing, like common-place subjects, the freedom of condensation. From this view of the subject, it seems evident, one should think, that it is not simply the wide range of thoaght which some minds almost without effort, give expression to, as the concentra- don of the reflective power that certain subjects demand to be exercised, their appositeness and rea- sonableness being deancible from philosophical prin- ciples, rather than based on conjectural theories. And further, the training of the mind to this exercise of the intellectual faculty may prove of incalculable value to an author when combatting sceptical opinions, supposing him to be so circumstanced, whether it be to solve to the best of his ability some perplexing pro- blem in human history, or to refute objections old in belief, with conclusive answers to their anteuabie- ness. In either case, whether it be to elucidate or refute, there should be evineed that attractive bene- voler,ge of spirit, which, while it has an aptness to teach," can meet opposition, without compromising the arguments which a wise philosophy enjoins to enforce truth. In the commonwealth of literature, however, am- plification on the one hand, and condensation on the other, each has its appropriate duties to fuifii still, whether the literary work is voluminous or limited in character, there is no infraction of a general law. Whitt was the uniform practice of the eminently- gifted Robert Hall, will appropriately apply to all ori- ginal works, and may with advantage be pursued on any subject. His biographer, Professor Gregory, says, His course was very brietly to sketch-commonly on a sheet of letter paper"-(in a few cases more fully), the plan of the proposed discourse, marking the'divisions, specifying a few texts ana sometimes writing the first sentence. This ho regarded _as digging a channel for his thoughts to how in, Then ealling into exercise the power of abstrac- tion, which he possessed in a degree I never saw equalled, he would, whether alone or Dot, pursue bis trains of thought, retrace and extend them, untn tfle whole were engraven on his mind, and when once so fixed in the entire construction, they were never after ebliterated. The result was on all occasions the same; so that without recarring to the ordin&rv ex- pedients, or loading his memory with words and phrases, he uniformly brought his mind—with an un. burdened vigour and elasticity—to bear upon its im- mediate purpose, recalling the selected train of thought, and communicating it to others, in diction the most felicitous, appropriate, and impressive." Now this quotation will aptly appiy to authorship as to public speaking. Yet be it understood, that in giving the above extract, that it is only of a sugges- tive charaater to thoso who. for want of a model standard, often find it difficult to produce anything satisfactory to themselves or others, which is worthy the name of authorship. Having briefly attempted to show wherein lies the necessity for voluminous works, a few remarks shall suffice with regard to those which are condensed. So far as the mass of the reading community are concerned, the benefit of abridged works are incalcu- lable, not merely in cost (and yet this is the powerful lever that both moves and operates en the illiterate as well as on the cultivated mind), but in its produc- tion, which, while it contains much that is necessary to know, carefully abstains from all superfluity of language. Hence by this twofold system of public convenience all classes cf the community have their means and wants harmor.ious.ij met. But admitting that the rich by their wealth can at ali times com- mand the most expensive literature, and that the poor have no impediment placed in their way for obtaining at a moderate charge their portion cf the treasury of knowledge, yet there is suDstantial ground for believing (with all-the advantages which a cheap press" have achieved) that a large amount of valuable literature, which deservedly stands high as the sublime and beautiful," would have rather gained in utility than been deteriorated in quality bad their materials fceon less diffuse. In such a oaae a great book is a great eviJ," since it., restricts useful knowledge ts a privileged ciass, which is not only at variance with, but subversive of, that genera: knowledge which even the poorest grade in society should have placed within their means. This line of argument may at first sight appear quite out of keeping with facts as it respects both good and cheap literature, with which the market is pro- fusely glutted. Have we not, some may say, libraries and reading-rooms, with and without sabseriptics; nay, lending libraries without any charge to the ber. rowers except the charge" of returning the book within a stated time, under the penalty of a small fine for neglect ? Yes, perfectly true. in all you have advanced. The penny number publications have been on the increase, too, for some years, very cre- ditably got up, as vteil 33 illustrated with engravings. This, too, i3 admitted. But in the long run this kind of publication is the dearest in the end. With- out more than common care a portion may be soiled, torn, or lost. These must be replaced, if it is de- sirable to have the work complete. Thes, again, if the work is thought worth keeping, it should be well beund, and this adds a fresh item in the expense of so-called "cheap" literature. True it is, also, that the purchaser feels but a trifling strain on his purse, and this is the only plea that can be offered in sup- port of the number system, unless a cursory readies is all that is required, and then to bo cast &woy as having fulfilled their mission—with many binuinjis quite out of the question. And here let it be dis. tinctly understood, that the foregoing remarks are not at issue with the penny pross (except Kith that portion which has a demoralising offset upon its readers), for it has not only been a check- on she im- imi) r". >. r11Na,iity of rliat whi^h is of a licentious character, | but preserved many from (he haneful efidctseonsf- qtient on their perusal. B:it this is not the point in cii-fpute. It. is simply this—Is there no plari by which works of equal importance to all may not come within each one's means ? There is, and it has been found to answer the expedient resorted .to, namely, while the high-priced work was passing through the press, as each sheet of letter-press was printed off, another, called the" people's edition," was likewise printed, but on inferior paper, before the type was distributed, making the pages more solid instead of open, by this process diminishing the amount of pages, and consequently less papsr. The work on which this experiment was tried was Pierce's Prize Essay Oa Infidelity," which in the first instance cost ten shillings, in the latter one shiling and sixpence per copy The former sold by hun- dreds, the latter by thousands. The following pertinent remarks of Mr. Enfield, On Reading Works of Taste," convey much useful instruction. H", says: The writings oftbeanoiant9 abound with excellent productions in every interest- ing form of composition. There is no pleasiog affec- tion of the mind which may not, in these invaluable remains of antiquity, find ample scope for gratifica- tion. The epic muse, whether she appears in tne majestic simplicity of Homer, or the finished elegance of Virgil, presents before the delighted imagination an endless variety of grand and beautiful objects, in- teresting actions, and actions strongly marked, which it is impossible to contemplate without a perpetual succession of agreeable emotions. But, without having recourse to the ancients, it i:3 possible to find in modern languages valuable species of polite litera- ture. The English language, in particular, abounds with writings addressed to the imagination and feelings, and calculated for the improvement of taste. No one, who is not so far blinded by prejudice in favour of antiquity as into be capable of relinquishing anything modern, can doubt that excellent examples of every kind of literary merit are to be found among the British writers. The inventive powers of Shak- speare, the sublime conception of Milton, the versa- tile genius of Dryden. the wit of Butler, the easy gayety of Prior, the strength and harmony of Pope, the descriptive powers of Thomson, the delicate hu- mour of Addison, the pathetic simplicity of Sterne, and the finished correctness of Gray, might, with some degree. of confidence, be respectively brought into comparison with any examples of similar excellence amongst the ancients." J- P- S. B.
itntral lletos.. -fi .
itntral lletos.. -fi MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Wednesday, while a young woman named Fanny Gatley was standing near the edge of the cliff at Newquay, Cornwall, she became giddy and fell on to tho beacb, a depth of 110 feet. Luckily, the place where she fell was clear of atones, and was in fact a bed of sand. She scarcely received a bruise, and she is rapidly recoveriag from the shock. AN ACTOR'S WILL.—" T. P. Cooke," the popuhir actor—Mr. Thomas Potter Cooke, of Thurlow- square, Brompton, and St. Vincent Villa, Pyde, Isle of Wight—who died on the 4th of April last at an advanced age, has left personalty estimated at 25,000t., besides freehold estates. He leaves to the Royal Dramatic College a sum of 2,OOOZ., in per- petuity, for a prize for the best drama on a nautical or national subject, to be called T. P. Cooke's Nautical or National Dramatic Prize." WASTE or W A'R.-In the last twelvemonth tha Federal armies have lost by death, capture, or other- wise, 57,G7ti horses and 17,190 mules—more than one horse out of every four, and nearly one mule in every seven. This unprecedented destruction of horses and mules will have somehow to be arrested, or it will be impossible to remount our cavalry and provide for our artillery and waggon trains.—Ame- rican Paper. THE WOMAN WITH FIVE HUSBANDS.—Mary Jane Sharpe was indicted at Exeter, before Mr. justice Byles, for subscribing a false petition to the in- spector of seamen's will3 in the name of Mary Jane Collins, falsely asserting herself to be the widow of William Collins, a doeeased seaman, with intent, to obtain possession of his pay and wages. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. There were five indict- ments against the prisoner for bigamy, but. no evi- dence was offered upon them. She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. SALE OF A WOMAN IN ARMAGH.—On Thursday, one of the most disgraceful scenas we have ever heard of in a Christian country took place in the Market- place, Armagh. A woman was put up for sale by auction by her husband, a man named Brien, who resides in the town. For some time past, it is said, the woman has been addicted to drink, and this is alleged to have been the cause of the sale. A great crowd aollecteu to witness the Hovel and startling occurrence.—Neiory Telegraph. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. — Some five or six weeks ago a young man named William Green, 10 years of age, was bitten by a dog which was at large in the neighbourhood of the Old Quay-wharf, Run- corn. The dog was destroyed, the wound healed, and tho man thought little more about the matter. On Tuesday evening he felt rather unwell, but followed his employment until Wednesday night, when, feeling himself much worse, he called about eight o'clock upon a Mr. Robinson for his advice. While telling him how he felt, the doctor at once saw that ha was attacked with hydrophobia, and desired him to go home, saying he would tell his friends what medicine to give him. On Thursday he was worse, and died about five o'clock in the afternoon in the greatest agony. This is the second fatal case in Runcorn from the same disease in three mo a ter Courier. A PARTICULAR COLONEL.-The Calcutta English- man says :-Our readers will remember that a short time past Colonel Walters, of Her Majesty's 35th, commanding at Fvv.abad, placed Lieutenant Proetor, the cantonment joint magistrate, under arrest for appearing at a bail in plain clothes. The matter was referred to the Viceroy by the Chief Commissioner, and his Excellency has expressed decided disap- provat of Colonel Waltsra's conduct, on the ground that it would be highly inconvenient, and attended often with serious results, if a commanding officer were allowed to place a military officer in civil em- ploy under arrest for what is, after all, scarcely a military offence. The Viceroy has also requested the Commander-in-Chief to tike such notice as be may think fit of Colonel Walters's conduct. WHICH IS Dime's HOUSE ?-At one of many breakfasts we had the honour and good fortune to enjoy at No. 22, St. James's-piace, we found the poet Rogers in his drawing-room in a more than usually pleasant vein. Taking our hand, holding it, and leading us to the window (half smiling, half laughing aii the time), he exclaimed :—'• I ha\je an anecdote for you, and in your way. Coming from the city yesterday, I t*ok Fetter-lane, Fleet-street, in my road, that I might see—reverentially—the newly- discovered house in which Dryden is said to have lived. I asked for the house, and could for a long time obtain no better reply to my repeated question, which is Dryden's house?' than Dryden—Dryden' (the policeman I spoke to thinking for a time with his finger, Stern-like, to his ear)—' Dryden is he backward with bis rent?' That policeman knew to the life the poetical character. I went laughing home, and, as.you see, am laughing still. GERMAN HATRED OF ENGLISHMEN.—Lord Francis Douglas contributes to the Times a curious piece of evidence as to the conduct of German officials to English travellers. In travelling from Dresden to Prague, at Bodenbach he was asked for his passport by an official, who quietly tore it into about a dozen piocas before his eyaq. No explanation was given either by the official or the bureau, but at the bureau they tried ineffectually to paste it together again, and gave up the bits. The Germans in his carriage advised him to lodge a complaint, but Lord Francis says he has done nothing but lodge com- plaints ever since he arrived. Thesa German gentlemen are evidently so often conscious of their nation's iniquities that they break out into rage against any individual of a nation that has spoken or thought of them as they deserved. A FIGHT BETWEEN AN ELEPHANT AND A BULL.— When the elephant was brought to the Place des Taureaux a very fiery young bull was turned out. The bull advanced against his terrible adversary without evincing the slightest fear. He attempted to flank him, in order to wound him but the elephant, exhibiting an equal agility in his motion, did not suffer him to approach. Finally the bull attacked him in front; bat everywhero confronted by tho formidable tusks which interposed an im- pregnable barrier, he did not succeed in wounding him. At last, in one of the assaults, the bull succeeded in thrusting his head beneath the tusks but, before he could penetrate the tough bide of the elephant, be fell to the earth. The spectators only saw the elephant bend his head slightly, and rest, the extremities of his tusks, which bad been plug- ged, upon the back of the bull. From that moment the ball was kors de combat, and when they after- wards killed, him it was found that three ribs were completely crushed by the almost imperceptible movement the elephant had made in holding him with his tn^ks,aarici j>a2>er. ) VoT.utrrEEB SHAM FIGHT,—A young man namai Garland, belonging to the fit.h Devon Ride Corp*. I mat with a serious accident tbe other evening while i,ft -;Iiiirn fi-Iit. The corps inarched to the grounds of a gen Tinman in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple, where a sham if^ht with blank cartridge took place. While one of the Volunteers was get- ting over a hedge the trigger of his fall-cocked rifle caught in the twigs, and the rifle was in consequence discharged in Garland's face. The unfortunate man was at once removed to the infirmary, and it is not expected he will regain his eyesight. INDEPENDENT INTOLERANCE.—The Leeds Intelli- gencer narrates a case of persecution almost incredi- ble in the present day. In the village of Harden, two miles from Bingley, it is said that Messrs. Samuel Watmuff and Co., mohair spinners and manufacturers, have given about seventy of their hands their choice between leaving the Church school and Church service or losing their employ- ment. Mr. Watmuff is an Independent, and till lately the Independents and Methodists ruled alone in Harden. Since then a Church school has risen into considerable popularity, and this appears to be the method adopted to put it down. We suppose a | manufacturer has as much strict right to limit his choice of workmen to members of his own denomi- nation as to limit his viaitiag acquaintances in like manner, but we should hope a manufacturing estab- lishment which declined recruits from outside the Independent body, would soon find itself more ia- depeodent in religion than in means. THE YORKSHIRE COLLIERIES. —The lock-out of the South Yorkshire colliers, which has lasted ex- I. actly eighteen weeks, has now terminated. The coal. owners have agreed that the lock-out shall be re- moved, and the pits opened to the old handa. There was great excitement in Barnsley up to a lata hour on Saturday night on it being rumoured that work was to be resumed. The feeling was one of intense gratification, which could be read in the faces of the numerous knots of miners which were to be met with in the principal thoroughfares of the town, anxiously discussing the probability of the rumour being correct, and which 10 them was of such vital importance. It is expected by Thursday the greater part of the men will be employed. The lcck-out has caused a vast amount of suffering, which has been borne with great patience, and it will take a considerable time for the men to replace what they have been forced to dispose of to keep life in them- selves and their families. The loss in wages alone during the time the strike and lock-out have lasted oonsiderably exceeds £ f)0,000. Singularly enough, the lock-ont terminated by agreement on the da" when the first coal cutting machine was introduced and tried in Barnsley coal.field, and which is to be followed by a number of others as fast as they can be turned out. If as successful in cutting the coal as is expected, they must work a revolution in the coal trade, and, while altering the position of our colliery population, will diminish the chance of turn- outs for the future. The machines, it is said, will cut as much as thirty tfHlS per hour, equivalent to the labour of twenty-five men, and in connexion with them, ponies, it is said, will be introduced into the thick seam for hurrying purposes. CAUTION TO QUACK DI)CTORS. At Maidstone on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Wilies, Jesse Grey, described as a herbalist, was placed at the bar on an indictment charging him on several counts with un- lawfully, and without just or reasonable cause, ex. posing to public view in the window of his shop at na Chatham a filthy and disgusting picture of a man naked to the waist, and covered with filthy and dis- gusting and coarselv-painted eruptions and mark' of disease on the skin, which was so offensive as to be likely to be injurious to tbe health of people pass- ing, and, at all event", was calculated to cause great disgust, and annoyance, and to be a common nuisance to the highway. Mr. F. Russell appeared for the prosecution Mr. Ribtsn appeared for the defence. The defendant, in the first instance, pleaded "Not Guilty." When, however, the learned counsel for the defendant saw the picture, which was produced in court, and abundantly supported the description in the indictment, he at once strongly recommended his client to plead Guilty," which he accordingly did. The learned Judge said the defendant had taken a wise and proper coursc in acknowledging that the exhibition of this picture could not be legally justified. Having looked at it he could say with truth that it had gone far to turn his stomach," and he could well believe that its constant exhibition must be an intolerable nuisance in the neighbourhood. No doubt it was done by the defendant with no improper purpose or intention, but only with a view to exhibit the nature of a disease, and the case was quite of a different character from the class of cases in which the pictures were calculated to injure public morals. Nevertheless, it was beyond all doubt a public nuisance, as it was offensive and disgusting to tha iast degree, and such exhibitions could not be per- mitted. No man could be allowed to offend and disgust people by public exhibitions of this kind. Even medical men did not present such representa- tioas to the public view, nor would they be allowed to do so. Therefore, beyond all doubt, the defend- ant was amenable to this indictment, and if he had persisted in defending it it might have been neces- sary to inflict some punishment, but as he had wisely and properly acknowledged the impropriety of the act, he might be liberated on his recognizances. SHOCKING MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A most horrible murder and determined suicide were perpetrated early on Tuesday morning in a house in Junction- street, Great Ancoats-street, Manchester. The de- ceased are James Gilbert, a pavior and well-sinker, 50 years of age, and Ellen Gilbert, his wit'.?, 40 years of age. About six o'clock cries of murder were heard issuing from a street leading into Junction- street by a policeman, who at once hastened to the place, and met a girl named Gilbert., who frantically cried, Come, policeman, come father has stabbed my mother The officer at once ran into the house where the deceased lived, in Roger's, buildings, and the spectacle that presented itself was truly terrible. On entering the house he saw, at the too of the stairs, Mrs. Gilbert, with her throat cut, from which blood was issuing in torrents. She fell to the bottom of the stair, Her neck had been cut from ear to ear, and she die4 in a few moments. The officer proceeded upstairs, and entered a bedroom, where he found bar husband on the bed with his throat cut and the blood gushing forth. His face became distorted, and soon life was exdnct. Before their death, Mr. Holmes, the divisional surgeon, had been sent for, but cauld render no assistance, as they were already far beyond the reach of human power, A woman named Eliza Cosgrove, a neighbour, had entered the house before the arrival of the police- man, but the murderer threatened to cut, hor throat if she attempted to stay him in his work, and she consequently left the house, and raised an alarm. It seems that for the last week the deceased woman bad been drinking, and this is supposed to Lave exoitedber husband' anger, and so led to this most fearful tragedy. On more occasions than one the murderer has been heard to say that he would hang himself or cut somebody's throat. The remaining members of the family are fivo children, three of whom were in the house at the time the murder was committed. The two elder of the five had left tha house in cotisequenze -pt' 'their father's threats. FLOGGING GAROTTERS.—John Croudace and Thos. Allison, who were convicted at the assize last week of garotte roberries at Sunderland, and sentenced, the former to five years' and the latter to ten years' penal servitude, with twenty lashes each, underwent the punishment of flogging at the county prison on Saturday. The instrument of punishment was manufactured by a sailor, who is undergoing im- prisonment in the gaol, expressly for the purpose. The cat is ingeniously composed of nine thoags of stout leather, in each of which are nine knots, and these being connected to a flexible handle, the power, wielded by strong hands, is terrific. At revery stroke the knots cut deeply, making flash aad blood fly in every direction. The prisoners were firmly tied up in a reclining position, the lower part of their shoulders exposed, the higher and lower part of their backs being protected by padding. The warders Hodgson and Allison executed their task with the skill of more practised bands. The officials of the gaol were present, but the prisoners were kept in their cells. Hodgson and Allison alternately inflicted ten lashes each on each of tha prisoners. "7e The first lash was received with comparative equani- mity by each prisoner; but on the second, the yell of deep and excruciating agony which burst forth is represented as indescribable. Their cries con- tinued during the whole of the punishment, and these, together with the sight of the flying flesh and blood, the mangled backs of the sufferers, and the clotted skeins of the cat, made up a spectacle of horror overpowering to thos3 who witnessed it. When the punishmeot had bee:1 inflicted the priso- ners were taken down and removed to the' prison infirmary in a state of complete prost ration—indeed it is averred that neither of them could have received another lash without the greatest danger. Although I g the prisoners did not witness the they coulu hear the shrieks of the unhappy fuITerèr9 in their cells, and it is to be hoped the contemplation of the punishment may bav^ a ssilutctrr effect on their minds.—Durham Chronicle.
IMURDER AND SUICIDE IX LONDON.
I MURDER AND SUICIDE IX LONDON. On .Monday the police received info relation that a hor- rible uiarder had committed in South-street, Somers T.i-.vii, and upon proeeadiajj to No. 13 in that street they t"n:1 } that their iafoination was quite correct, for in a c :ai collar in a !>aefc-k:Khan, the b >dy of a nsnrderod fe- male, who had b.-e?i cohabiting with a wan of tha name o'' Brow: was foucd concealed, aud in the last stage of putrefaction. For some years past the murdered woman, whose right name i3 Eoseila Bishop, has been cohatiiii.ig with a man of the name of James Brown, a csn;euter. The Inaa Brown, although a journeyman, was weil-'o-do in the world, it being stated tha; he had several houses in the neighbourhood. He was about fifty years of age, whilst the deceased was only about thirty-five. Thev lived to- gether iri the above house as man and wjf*, and occupied the two parlourc; and the back kitchen, the fivnt kitchen and the first floor being let off to lodgers. The man and women were known to be addicted to intemperance, and were in the habit of frequently quarrelling with, each other. On Tuesday morning, the 19th instant, both parties were seen about, and tlpy were then apparently on the best of terms. A short time afterwards they were heard quarrelling in the back kitchen the decease woman was heard to scream as if ill great agony, and this was fol- lowed as if by a heavy fall. This did not excite much surprise; aad, in fact, one of the next dour neighbours remarked that the quarrel between Grown and his wife was soon over, and that they had quickly made matters up, as all was so soon quiet. The man Brown was seen about the house as usual that day, and the following he reported that he and his "old woman" bad had a row, ana that she had left him. No notice was taken of this, nor of the fact that the man did not return, as he had given out that he had obtained work at the docks, and he had before been known not to return till the Saturday night. On the Saturday night he returned home as usual, and appeared as if nothing had happened. His son, a youth, called to see him, and they, it is stated, partook of supper together, and then retired to rest, both sleeping in the same bed. At the usual hour on Sun Jay morning, both get up,and as it was supposed that the murdered woman did not in- tend to return, the man Brown was invited to dinner with his lodger on the firsi floor, siid he did so. Before dinner he was asked why he did not. return on the days he had been absent, and he at once replied that lie. did not like to- do so, :s he thought to give her an opportunity of coming back, and he was surprised that she had not done so, He ate a hearty dianer, and late at night retired, as it was thought, to bed, he at the same time being as cheerful as he usually was. On Mandsy morning an old woman who occupies the front kitchen, took notice of a areadfui smell that per- vaded the whole of the house, and which apparently had its origin in the back kitchen. About twelve o'clock a next-door neighbour came in, and on speaking about the smell, oca cf them remarked that it was that no- thing had been seen of the deceased woman since the day of the screams and the heavy fall, and the neighbour ven- tured an epiiaon that the deceased had been murdered, and that the had smell arose from the fact the body was buried in the house. She tried the back-kitchen door, and finding that she could not get admission there, she and the lodger went into the yar and hoked into the room. Everything was to all appearance ia proper order, but the woman's suspicions being aroused, she deter- mined OIl continuing the search, and said if the body was anywhere, it was in the coal cellar, under the stairs, as there was one iu her house like the one there. The win- dow was forced, and one of the women entered, and from her exclamations the other followed, and they were horri- fierI to find, on opening the cellar doer, the jcti body of the deceased woman. The police were at once sent for. On entering the back-kitchen the constab1: found in the coal cellar the body of the murdered woman. She had bsen violently pushed in, and as there was hardly length enough, her shoulders and head partly rested .gainst the wall. When the body was lifted out. a most horrible sight presented itsc-f. On the side of the head was a large fracture—so large, indeed, that a man could place his fist in it. A further examination showed other bruises about the head, arms, and body. On the legs were large bruises, and their appearance denoted that they had been cern. mitted shortly before death. Inspector Gibson haviag obtained the particulars neces- sary, proceeded to search the place, and finding both par- lour doars saut and locked, proceeded to ore ik open the door of the front parlour. Oc. entering, he was surprised to find the body of the man hanging close to the folding- doors. The body was slose to the ground, and round the neck was a wmmoa clothes line. The inspector imme- diately cat hiru. down, and the doctor pronounced that, from all app-mrancea, the body had been dead for many hour". To make a fastening to the rope, the man had tied a piece of stick to ths cord, and having placed the cord over the top portion of the door, shut it closely to. The appearances denote that it must have been a most determined act of suicide. By some it is supposed that the wound which caused, death to the woman was done by a kick, and hy other3 that it was done by some he an blunt instrument. Al- though a strict search was made, no instrument was found that had the least trace of blood on it. A small table- knife was found smeared with btcod, but that w.-s not the instrument that inflicted the deadly wound. The man, when hanging, had no boots or coat on, and oa the nolice examining the coat he wore when at dinner with the lodgers, they found marks as of blood on it, and in his pockets a case containing two razors, The decs-tsed woman is described as having been of a very prepossessing appearance, and of the most cleanly habits, as her garments and the appearance of the house generally denote. It is stated that she was a married woman, that her husband is alive, and resides and works at IBirmingham, and that she has had no children. The presumed murderer is also married, and has a wif > and child now living.
Advertising
YOUNG PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND PARTRIDGES Many thousands more of these birds i«av be brsus;:t to maturity, if gamekeepers would ase French Meal; ir j.- a sure remedy for the gapes and other diseases, aad keeps them heaiihv i« wet weather it is invaluable. To be bad only of the Patentees and Proprietors, Durrani and Co., Stoke, Norwich price 2s. per cwt.; it should be mixed with other food. Directions for using accom- panythebags. Thousands of testimonials 4:510 Of all the novelties we have seen of late, nothing has eicit.ed our admiration and wonder more than a new fre- paration—" Concentrated Extract of Soap"—made bv Mr R. S. Hudson, the extensive Washmq Powder Tilao'afac- tnrer of West Broniwiob. By it tha «!d nuisar.ee of the washiug day is ail but, converted into a pleasant, Hudson's Concentrated-Extract of Soap is disiin ^u^d from all other washiHg preparations, by the important economic tact tuat it lathers freely of itself and wid;rs the use of soap, except for very dirty clothes. Quite unne- cessary. Our laundress washed with it, aad ismiaotures wito k. In describing its astonishing effects, she grarhi- aaitysaid, that it made the dirt slip out "—S^> Adt-er. fcsoment. The introduction of commodities that command a large saie from their distinctive advantages being valued by the public, frequency attracts a lust of imitators. To endeavour 10 pass off inferior articles some c'r-selv copy the trade mark, labels, packets, &c.s of Messrs. Horniman, the well known original importers of the Pure i £ j( therefore purchasers should not fail to notice I signature—" Horniman and Co.. London" is on each genuine packet. Their tea, from its reliable good quality, has for a quarter of a century been in great ta*cu-f throughout the Kingdom, proving tbnt ail masses lequire good tea, and prefer sterling qualify to c ap- pearanee. Messrs. Horniman's Agents V.umoer two thousand; those in this locality arc advertised m our col umns, It is well known that the teas imported from China for consumption in this country are artificially coloured, loimcart a fictitious appsarance of vai ae. "This is SO generally knewn that companies have been formed for the sale of uncoloured tea—a process not difiieuU to accomplish by means ot steam tube and drying p-vi, thus renderiag a unifc-rmUy of colour and nature never yet arrived at. This is to be avoided by purcha < n» m a lay a Tea, which is Strang and invigorating. t;ee from the poisonous colour put c» China Te?.. Sold only in packets at 3s. 4d., 4s,, and 4s. 6d. per lb,, bv l!>e following sgenrs in Cardiff:—Mrs. Coleman. tS'viv-r, Hijh-street;. J>naes and Williams, chemists, *281, '?u <r- sirect: snd D. Duncan, Card\$Tims Oificr. oproiht; the Town-hall, St. Mary-street. 4615
THE PSESENT AND THE PAST.
THE PSESENT AND THE PAST. The age of Steam and Electricity has witnessed such a marvellous improvement in t.he cons; ruction of all kinds of Machinery, and its application tc the production of nearly everything requisite both for necessity af.d re- finement, :),6 t" almost LtvalutiOnise be manners and customs of three-fourths of the present occupants of the globe to SlldJ an extent, that would sta'rtle'and puzzle out forefathers amazingly could they but look on the present stare of things. For instance, how distance is she toned by a ride an the rai], and the accan alni»st bridged by a vast and constantly increasing fleet of steamships, while communications of all kinds are intelligibly" "ashed from one country to another wi-th the" rapidity of lightning, 1u the p-isi, you mast look only in the mansion* of the great ior mu ;h that would give comfort or grstifv the taste in the present, comfort and even elegance is placed within the r^ach of the thrifty cottager. In few things has greater improvement been effected than in articles of dress, embracing economy in cost, comfort in wear, and elegant in appearance. One visit to the Establishment of SAXOEB, the PJw. PLE'S TAILOR, 28 and 20, THE HAYES, CAHOIST', will fully prove that these advantages can be and are combined most fully. Pretty Knickerbocker suits can be bad in great variety, from eight shillings and sixpence. The elegant and tasteful Eton and Harrow School suits, from nine shillings and sixpence to thirty-five shillings, u-er.- III s. tlamen's complete suits of black,'from thirty shillings, s fashionably-made Sydenham Coat, fourteen shillings and sixpence, Vest to match, five shiili.ws aad sixpence, with Trousers at Ten shillings. There is also a large and varied assortment of every other description of r.-<idy-ruade clothing, suitable for all classes, with "I'Cl'Y requisite for complete outfits both for men and ii-ys.— In the bespoke department will be found a huge aod choice selection of clot'as from the best English and Scotch manufactories, all suitable for the present s -iiion, and will be made up in the very first style of fashion, at prices proportionately low. Every article panj»:as!>U will be exchanged or the money returned, if not approved.