The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

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There was a time when this philosophy twhich is truly the
philosophy of Radios/ism proper. which. 1 suppose. means reforming
at the roots of things) Was more potent than it is now. About the
Reform Bill days the Radical Philosopher was intolerable. Ile walked
the world like the pedant in \Where. who asks his lady-love W route
and see him dissect the body of a beautiful woman—disseeting. and to
dissect. With a flourish of the sentret, he Was into every organised
body that history has gifted us with. and Was hod on showing up Ha
I tttt dint condition. ICr weer told that thoCrl't of the world was
11011111 i out : that nobody ever acted. since the world began. except for
the purpose of making something for himself ; that all the rest was
superstition, disease, sentimentalism, or ath-etation.
According to these philosophers, our *nicest ors undertook the Crit-
sades in order to turn a penny in Palestine. Alfred. with his Missal,
waso my at tit th'll'ltt sOll 111811111004 fanatic titan hither, with his Bible.
St. Dominic an order as TOlaki WS St a rtti a firm : and the
Benedictines never had any different motives from those which
Made Mugger sIIVCCSSiiII ill the sugar trade.

A few quiet mot. here and them, who had refleeted on the eternal
principles of ethics, hinted that all this, though odd, wit. 4 by no means
new. So far from our never having truly recognisigl utility. and a sage
selfishness. we had all hitherto been only too attached to both ; And it
had been the constant complaint of our respectable (though despiactlf,
friend the Clergyman, that such attachment was too strong for the
infinite and supersensual necessities of our spiritual nature.
But, hillo ! Nlawker and Dobbs have taken up their hats. and our

Philosophers are gone. lam getting too bad. They are gone to pass
the evening with the Radical historian, who is preparing " England
from the Wat Tyler point of view ;" mut+ animated by the light con-
verse of the lhidiral jester, who has just written a brilliant little paper
The Peenige, and its Deseent from Adam ;" Adam (however con•
venient to our friend in this way) being genendly considered by thw
party rather MI illliK/Sitioll :—but never mind that !
Mawker, however. is, in private life, a thoroughly respectable man.
We must allow for the good he has done by urging the establishment
of baths and washing-houses, and other schemes. all excellent, and

tending to the material welfare of the people. And indeed, I must
say, that in spite Of his admiration of the registration system 411 N
relieving the public front the dontinati 111 l of the Clittreltl,—in spite of
his frequent assertion that his boys should begin the world as
philosophers, and he merely registered as fresh units in the human
Itive,--thatt he yielded, I say, more grtwefttlly than I expected from
Liar, to the determination of Mrs. Ntawker, that they should bo
baptised like Christians, in the parish church.

THE SPANISH TROMIA1)0111.

Gaily Lord (',EtescshoN pall's! his cigar.
Lightly pil.ll jaiiVhih g th►• st'm• ;
Singing," As l'As.mt:amroN's • pupil ' I cism•.
Lor! in ►lil►lunuu•y stint lal home?"

PAlmenwroN's eye on his " pupil" tt'a•; kept,
Eyi. (if it weazel that sparingly hlept

Singing, "1 k who most very SI PIM come
into the 'Foreign tool out of the '

MUST HAVE BEEN SAID DEFOIIE.
illy Caledonian Premier willed it.
We've Sculch'd the Russian finlike, wit killed it.

542

'FOE "MiONY" COLUMN ()1.-1111.: ‘•TINIES.-

To THE EIHTOit d.le THF: PHEsS."

Ultimmll4., (let. 4, 11453.

Sir,—A few weeks ago a correspondent of yours
tore down the veil ot• mystery which lately invested
eertain advertisements in the Timex. "He Blew"
can blow no longer stub rim& and "Dearext A."
should by this time have lost all confidence in the
ingenuity of " her own W.''
Tlmough your columns I would politely inform
this interesting couple that, since the Ist of .101.
have haul the honour of being in their eontiolence
that I 11111 11111141 aware that the birthday of flllll
turn is 11141 11th of August ; and that 1 have read all
their rommunications with notch interest and very
little trouble. I have sympathised with the fears of
=discovery which they have lately expressed, anti I
have booked anxiou•.ly for signs of improved sagacity
iu the "new cipher•' which the mystic gentleman
has recently promised, by means of the treaeherons
Ad one, to " I )earest A." I um loy un means dis
appointed in the enigma which the Ist of t ►ctober
has presented for my solution. " W.•' is decidedly
improved. It has now °come(' to him to make one
letter represent two different ones—v, for instance,
hoeing sometimes meant for et, sometimes for o; It
:out i both doing duty for t ; while q represents b
and e indifferently. The communication stands
1111114 :

141,ALST Sr, itst. qmnoirivre%
A 111411 . r,. rag pest W. rplopprVe 1111.41
IN I gliApts. I WWI tll fp! llor 14.4 it vry rligil .1t %%q r.
I ittAli- Sk.r. lipid!!! --A. %V.

And its signification, not pixtriattelly inten.sting to
the general reader, IS :—" old you get iny
letter explaining Inv last cipher? ti. I'. conies, and
toy campaign ends Thursday. I hope onr sister is
heifer otel4l i lug rare or herself'. 1 tile month over
al last !"

du and pretend to explain the wort( pn•Hxed : if
'• .t. V. intends it for his or her address, it is nearly
II: vague n inn• as mine.

1 will
net
I.lll'llll'l'
t res
pas son your time, except. to
slate that 101 el)11•11114'11•11 on the principle of
Ile allow are legilole t.. me, and doubtless to many
others; and that I would stwgest sealed envelopes
and the penny post m u 1111011` "ititiSrall'il try and less
t.‘ltett...t‘e 1111'111N of clorryitte: oil II private eorresittut
deuce. I enclose toy 11111111. :Mil addmsx, 111141 ant,
sir, your obedient 44 sect

S4'IIITTATRIX.

11ICHAF.1:11.1S IIENTS ON COHN AVEIII6I.:S.
TO TIIE ElolTion ofe 66 THE l'ltEsS."
Sir,—Fmm the many inquiries made last year with
referenre to the average prier wheat. and of wheat.
barley, and oats, for the year raffia!, ion Mich/le/new
day, I have no doubt the rent of malty farists has
been fixed subject 0) that average. I, therefore, beg
to send you the following statement, which in such
cases will he found useful : and, perhaps, at the pre-
sent time iint uninteresting t 1 the general reader:—
AVERAGE I'I'I: 1 1:1`1:111.11. QUARTER IN
EMI L.% \II 1 10 WALES.
For QV tiara ending 11 11.. tit. It/uirp. 111/N.
It. N. if.
20 : .. Is 2
7 .. :11 A .. 15 it
11 It :MI 11• .. 0*
.. 7 21 µ

l'ltriAtmi4. 1851
I.lulr-.lt4y, 11453
Mt&
M ichmehtiam
PIII the Vt: %It visiting
M harliiiits, ISM
1 mitiain, sir, your obetlient servant.
11111,EN M. Witt.t.tett.
No. 25, Suffolk-street, Pall
Oct, :1, 1853.

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• Themb merage% tor the 'pointer %ill he iito, twony Ic if the
decimal port% of a peon) the weekly 111 t•ril!.7i...

SAXE Coln*ltt;.—Titt: IIIysTAPH Attoixii "
The licrman tinstapli Adolph ktmociation has been
established to •mitentet the ithramontane temb'n-
cies of Austria. Its ()Neel is to fo,ter the lireatlittg
of Evangelic Christianity by the building of churehes.
.tc. Their annual meeting this year was held at
Coburg. the town in whose vicinity Luther reposed
himself in I:110. after the heavy mental work he had
prey' sly performed. The meeting eonsi.tra of
4:ift members from all parts of tiormany, and their
labours were much enlivened by the publication of a
festival poem. which. being a somewhat variation of
the 0141 Ent hertut,

:ArOlit: .-u,411' I..ntr ti.wt;'
WAS allare.o4ell Is' 111 r• %.14111i1i~'rh iu Iry al'rrt•t
(I hike of Sate-rolir: lit thtl s'
r►► 01 F.44trou.- -4 'n the 141 of Oetoiter
I►r. Minkel, who ha. Leon lit the helot lif the hn
Partial liantlitirg 1'o•1•, xpoordets, I'S' the list
twenty five year.. relelmite4l went
appnviwrittte festi‘at. The Hamburg l'invorport •
►rent 111" heen xlwtli. 41444,0041 A 4i tnr►r.t inilepett
item organ, whirl) lh►, 44.4 w e \i•te4l upwsra.4 rrf
one linniire4l .lie 'l4l' rslsliest political
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