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London, England, 1850-08-12 00:00:00

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.b.4.VID COPPERFIELD, No. XVI.
-13 y Charles Dickens.
Ile adventures lind experiences of CoPPerfi-ehr)
Appear gradually to threaten a teimination. Number
)?(LieVlor, ttwheoinstalinent of his history for August, Ives
unmistakable intimations that the story.ie
111 a fair vvay towards its denouement. Through tti
Lslotervention of the unfortunate Martha, Little Emily
at length discovered, and through the instrunien-
"litY of Mr. Alicawber, Uriah Heep seems to be
iosn
the eve of seeing all his diabolical machinations d •
tel°s.ed, and all his infamous schemes disappointed.
_, hides which Dora is surrounded by the foresba. -
in e •
i • The manner in
ga OL a premature dissolution. Vibich this approaching bereavement is intimated is
~sti.tluisitely touching, and affords another most beau
?"011mul arid striking illustration of the genius of our
derful novelist. With a few simple words he pene
'rates into the most secret depths of our nature, bring-
4nkibg the tears brit iin into our eyes with rernein-
ee iif fatniliairmfacZnaprid a thousan d old sffPetionS
~ 'a! and buried. The hint of tha coming. disas.te.sr
',Rivn wi:h infinite delicacy, when David finds his
eild-wife growing lighter and lighter in his arms,
11114:ssbeti, after hearing her called Little Blossom,
hei'lta down at his desk at night alone and cries to
be ” 0 vvhat a fatal name it is, and how the blos-
ie. ers in
-14
with ' its bloom upon the tree !" Scarcely
. 4 Pathetic, in its fashion, is the account of poor
',ilt Betsey's sorrows .-.:the suspicious-lookingd
.ran,ger wb-orn she has so repeatedly encountered,
rPving to be her reprobate husband. As
forteorkeei
its
that
the aarrative is not less extraordinary
gleams of merriment, than for its glomsof nobler
Poston
, We naust transcribe the following felicitous
otiOn rCo 0. a certain page, who quarters himself upon
pperfield •
lg r . .
ail ~., principal function of this retaineerwwasas to guar-
a perfect
ail the cook ;in which respect h
be"_''ungton, without his cat, or the remotest chance of
tQg %ado Lord Ma r
Pan'',liiicil appears to air tc: have lived in a hail of sauce-
slaw,. 3' RIS whole existence was a scuffle. He would
b__•• for
helP on the most improper occasions—as,
n
tbe'a we had little dinner party, or a few
of friends i
kit-
elletievell.ing, and would come tumbling. out the -
to , With iron missiles flying after him. We wanted
,p„toriiifi,, 0,1 him, but he was very much attached to us,
Itilo,Bll_ (I!ploilra°*,amilenwtx...,tearful boy, and broke into
liiZezion was hinted at, that wwehewneran ceebslscateidownatey ofkeoeupr
velar lie had no mother—no an) thing
t int
tteer, who fled
to that I could discover,
d kglarica the moment exeep_
1
,Blutaht; "Luce quartered on us like
so_ „o b
__....aent we had taken hatimhaiosorffrihbeer
younghands;
tortti; 'rig- Ile had a lively perceptioni
his eyes
owwitnh
ntline-
aleNsie state, and was always rubbing
txtre__°l his jacket, or stooping to blowibisisnose on the
be,,,,.'ae corner of a little pocket-handkerchief,
but always
teo4"cuwd take completely out of his pocket,
which he
41,1°,3.14d Sid secreted.
Palital This secreted. page, engaged in an evil hourtraotus.i,xv
1.10'42- tern' per annum, was a source of continual ?i
eat,rii isVSlChed him as he grew—and lief grewtbe liketime
,
44,43W0111C1 begin to shave ; event of the days
prospect of ever
14„:.m. be bald or grey. I saw no .
.1... i-K rid of h• ' roq t. L.lin; and, projecting
be when
at 1,,.." think what an inconvenience he would
myself into the future,
fs ttli old man.
titt„,saeTtr expected anything less, than thisunfortu-
No ijaaaer of getting me out of my difficulty.. lieo
kg to
ass's
watcb, which, like everything else belon,
tarno .ad no particular place of its own ; and, con-
'Jet we g
It jilt°
r,‘; money spent the produce "ewasclaidown
lietyLT,o(led boy;in riding
!lifi t:lll44°Nlon and Uxbridge outside the coach.en
the
pl, tO Bovv-street, as well as I remember,
ci-sx. ' c''lte t-°ll °f bia fifteenth journey ; vs hen four-n
lai ,
',Niai atid a second-hand fife which he couldn't p 3,
t111°1441 aPon his person.
tteh 4'B3%ll:prise and its consequences would have been
...tt he disagreeable to me if he had not been penitent.
ll,ot a,Was very penitent indeed, and in a peculiar way
"id a- tae lump, but by instalments. For example ,
Lthill%
aim
..lsat on which I was
Vilpe i 'La, he made certain revelations
obliged to appear
't°B, bea-ta the cellar, which he believed totobueehfiu°l4l ofa
kinflts:ll44, wnich
nothinghae in it except bottles and
trtie Co'reitipicl)sedk hard
the
ew eased his mind, and
a day or
5t4744 Is' :%dri*seitn,rd s' h 1!5 conscience tie
sustained e.on.k; but,
a 1
who,ew twinge,ea
rly
144111104;used how she had a little girl,
likite,, took away our br.eatda;natnhdeaso how he
milkman in
liji t'lecienoratubborned to maintain i
I was informefd by
41tittitie3 of h ree
daysleind to the discover ?
hig.llteef Is havingh stuff, and
kt4titta Fong the kite en.
into
lag'. hi ' "u? while afterwards, he brsohkeeetoaultn
ttiittlittneW direction, and confessed to a kntohwelepdagret
'4l:4tmge bhv,tia in as to our premises, on
4 1.-41t;:cl, Who was immediately taken up. I got
I would i
hap Rivil -4B(1 of being such a victim, that
'
nacre hitt .., - hold his tongue, or would
4,,,d an money to
thltli li wil‘
apedto bribe fur his being permitted itted to inn
in the ci:,se
teak. still 11 aggravating circumstance he keno al, l'') idea of this, but conceivd that he
say,
Pint ob,.ettiends in every new discovery: not to y,
ear 4r 1,14111:Ions on nay head.
!lietif the DZ.' away myselt, wbe.never I saw an emis-
e new intelli-
wti,„
~t lead F.. ode approaching with
titiiqt'? to be tea a stealthy life until heoembweasoeterlidend.tantde
Istio; bat *4' tTansported. Even then
and wanted so
to •to a 8 aIWaYS Writing us letters ;
I'4 hid bOr b
tqe • lin a efore he went away,
herself inside
to b!Poo bar' atki fainttd when she found
that Dora went
life until
i11,;71s kkst'. Io short I had no peace of
mryd heard) a
teoPCIA of l'ated, and made (as I afterwa
4,1.(113.1)ie,'1 043 the country ' somewhere; I have no
cloi moles ~'ea where.'
elltirt4ll%ll4 toirldiendlY treatment of Mr.aMn iecdadwitbieornaisl
?the over „ and serves to throw
114 lbage• tie character of the former remarkable
ey!l 'ißht -.A% Dartle in the last chapter appears
tO be 11,14/re than ever repulsive and detestable.._
she will
'4,l4llveri,lPed, that before the story closes
44°14414qt like Mr. Carker in "Dombey and Son."
11
ttllti!al4,l:‘ 4j:et:ling experienced on closing the clur.
ilt
-4oaee - i Copperfield" is that of breathless
till.terY a1,1..2.11. CO 0/C'S JOURNAL.
sdke;:va,.ideteitiated'h
of the
tnirlabteerstof
and, thi favourite pe riodi-
in some instances,
tiiiiie,tikititt ° the poetical effusions of its. editress
ehit' at th:P. In the monthly instalment just pub-
et._
t,
,ta, 114.
It -,eom na en ceun en t of this August, besides
ftll j)
itherre.2l by Eliza Cook, on "The Green Hill
ill -BIN ciel sonle exquisite verses entitled " The
tilte,,ttl.),itt4..
tillertlsaaptpeprprie.o4;o3bseeawseloacteiro.ind'
ityyThey t
haer e thepne
ti
temperament
a wealth debarred tio_
millionnaire—that of the un e
totiltltal d'eciaton of the beautiful. Among th litltitylltil44lfl:acts) rpra_(t)he handsi of the miscellaneous
allude in terms
ket,B. t° the linnesjhurna ' iwe may.
ti .e ~. N 8 , elided 'lt Grew, by Johnson
iltailbewith
,i uoacribers to the publicaticn wil.l. ob-
11/2'N 4
ttel ,h thr.teafoallrLe at‘.l
ent, to the effect
announcement. given in this
14 t 441114 %Ile of „,?.T an adve,rtisem
PPle *tlted , x,tiza Cook s Poems" will shortly
b t4et t,'Ll° be continued weekly, as a gratuitous
'444 b her periodical.
1 ' 40/-7„,
'lcl tb; - 'IA Part IV Edited by Charles
4414'4 Do Znight.•ttq, olitiPillar re,,
f work, most popular
ttOilt:trriltla4lv AU, bli ue o. a
Itt4tkd 144411 to derive fro '
cation is collected together the
Even the ripest scholars
ekt N .444, "'rive frorn its pages both amusement
fl %,, it, O. ra
•lita'Noic.ll‘o4. 'Jae improvement, and one only,
"t•ottcl the° °f Witnessing in it—namely, the-
il the 14 critical and biographical notes
.pre
_Oll aa
e lel'n (44ti..._()ris by the editor, Charles Knight.
Wpm eetih'tl4). ----------
th:4 of
-,,t tok::, 114. LF- HO URS.
tlties.ra ofitt.°ll4:4ler the best articles and na, a aa f
ati 6 the itibl. fro
the Penny Partth./
the best
est.
zi.ne, and
a
th„liew, la 14 Ileations, Charles Knight is repro-
,4, h. and an i -
te4 his 18 Ettt Mproved and perfected shape i(n).
1 sablett,heEti,4(l ractive pericdica;. We doubt
dni
_..t
hi ‘l, t(c nde44(l indefatigable exertions to f
tttaki. rdikii koellent literature among the people
3' tesponded to by the intelligent po-
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tree 1%11 ki` 144,14 ry AroNTHLY.
son skll$k11 Nilo -,e °f the N Monthly for August
,
4d
1 NI
Ma
vi
. New
h" farm at lip-
keit advi, 1,,i, the
to Mr. Alec i s .
lkoi etlid 1! logically enforces the following
4°e(lelee 7Ve it 4t
logically
is better to farm one
farm
s° Ilt
0 ' g 7/ brow as mud as two, than to J
styke v °Ne 41 1
, ers, Intimi 9 get the produce of
it Of At tt=tB nation °I ROb t Pate has suggested,.
°he Roma°nab] erR
ansibi-
Ittille
Ivo:tit:i
fitlteerree:
janr: Bon ', The esP
404' ell 4 t teostitFB'' g` A Chapter on Diamonds,".
chapters in this maga.
fro re NYllieh°. the abundant matter of informa
Ittei I ktlttinldel
that
Is stored. Among other things,
*4 °Pt)) kOt thbe " carat "is 184144 of of n, by which gold- pow-
-441 , - ighed in the East. derived
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kihe °tlfi? tl,_ AZArs
NO 4ot'qe co 41GiEnl'S.
Nutty. ty,
ets:ttlit,
L of Ainsworth's Magazine,
tt:l3;l4,the bv etT 9 inteYrB, .17 E. 1,. Rowsell, have been
!tint' haloislt Wei havelng feature, and among. those
oderho with N', a 4 ' Been is that contained in the
stiff - a • -n , ant'
k„, en I just , Wed " Pits of Gloom." It
to sal - Pasai: although severe, censure on those
(144 a,,l'iliallio g cloud to render them blind to
tilpul b.), '44 i 8 °I of life ; and yet, the writer goes
Iviliths4l inv itt'elaticholy of another order " in-
4f:A eet rilitt ° "tary •
hbL4 of tlte
~ ;4'4 to pondering upon some of
a-Nii• Prideo .[lto tl, 4neeted with our existence,
.44,1,, tatitl and
,401 Bold,
from out it every
htt-",,b,ht,1, sl• 11a.," uriog it • Cast intense
4i ''lo4 T, Under such into a state of .
t. l' 100 „ the . Ile ea a feeling I write at this
IN 41't pltltelligetilise .°f that involuntary de-
be,eie,,,,° tbo .eel, 1,1, eta ust received f the death of
s lostaLiPesa t,O .
Oiati'll4 41 arti, -itY of 1, ''''° of melancholy reflec-
tjitNergeß .-..1y 1,0,.„,. uman fortunes and the ova •
, 440ibl at, 4 vv,. ut the tone of melancholy
its la ,
Opt oloph s‘raill
of
44 Iv the Y. t, 1 , more practical and
1144 orl4 p Olsn _ look scornfully," says the
who ,
11°t oatio"taight,. exclaiming, , Oh, what a
- 1 to make
withdraws himself from
44e a Single effort to improve

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Eclectic Review is as usual distinguished b 3
is liberal tone and by the interesting nature and
solid character of its articles; the contents of thisnumber are more than usually diversified.--Macphail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal contains a
very excellent article on " Crime in Edinburgh," in
which we are glad to see justice awarded to those
most praiseworthy institutions the Ragged Schools.—
The Sportsman is embellished with the likeness or
Ithed3 eine, winner of the Oaks of 1850, and " Half-
Sprung," a glimpse of the Moors, with two splendid
grouse expecting the coming sportsman.—The Lon-
don Repertory of Inventions, as usual, contains both
pen and ink and pictorial definitions of recent patent
inventions ; among the scientific notices is an
article on " The Proposed Extension of Copyright
of Designs Act."—The Colonial .Magazine is, at once,
rich in matters of colonial interest.—The Farmer's
Magazine is also excellent in its peculiar line; a
short-horned heifer and black-faced ram and ewes are
the subjects of the illustrations in this number.—The
Church of England Magazine abounds in interesting
and serious essays and poems, and sketches of natural
history, &c.—The Rambler contains an article on
popular education and Catholic poor schools, and
some interesting criticisms on recent works.—The
Lady's Companion fully verifies its title ; it would be
impossible fur a lady to meet with a more graceful,
instructive, and delightful " companion."—Le Follet
also is an exquisite ornament for the drawing-
room and boudoir.—The Family Herald preserves
its usual characteristics, being as entertain-
ing and as full of information as ever.—
The Looker-On, a sixpenny miscellany, edited by
Fritz and Liolett, has reached its eighth number. it
contains many well-written articles.—The Working
Man's Friend is deserving of its name, few periodi-
cals are better calculated to improve and interest the
working classes.—Sharpe's is, as attractive as ever.
The -charming diary of Milton's daughter, and the
entertaining tale of" Lewis Arundel," are continued in
this number, which contains many other very excel-
lent compositions.—The Belle Assemblie, with a
variety of interesting tales, contains one of Mrs.
Abdy's pleasing sketches "Marrying a Beauty," and
one of Mrs. Crosland's beautiful and ennobling songs,
" The Battle of Life."

THE BATTLE OF IDSTEDT.

BY ANGELUS.

"Such usage, as your honourable lords
Alford me, assassinated and betray'd !"
Samson Agonistes.

At early dawn, ere rose the day
Thro' fog and rain and hail,
Was heard the trumpet's startling bray,
As prelude to the ta!e
Of Battle, 'twixt the valiant men
Of gather'd Holstein, and the Dane.

A sight sublime it ;;;; to see,
As day grew dimly clear,
And rose and fell tumultuously
The conflict, far and near:
While Death crouch'd nigh, to count amain
The harvest he should surely gain.
HI.
Loud was the volley'd musketry,
And loud the cannon's boom;
And fierce, the horsemen hurried by
Like fiends, athwart the gloom;
And mingled yell, and scream and groan,
Made music to the overthrown!

0 grief, for those who fighting fell
To strengthen lawless power!
But deeper far, for those whose knell

Funi'ral, mark'd the hour
When Freedom wept—and weeping fled
The field of her unburied dead!

DEATH OF FOUR PERSONS FROM EATING POISONOUS
MUSHROOMS.—Last week Mr. Pratt held an inquest at Wis-
bech Fen upon the bodies of Patrick Hunt, an Irishman, 18
years of age, and Winifred Garvey, 28 years old, wife of
Garvey, also an Irishman, when the following particulars
were elicited : - Patrick Hunt, on the 2d instant, when
walking by the Thorney road-side, saw and gathered a small
quantity of apparently mushrooms, which he carried to his
lodgings, cooked them, ate a portion himself, and gave sonic
to Mrs. Garvey, who also ate a few, and gave a small quan-
tity to her child, a girl two years old. They did not experi-
ence any serious effects that day, but at daylight on Satur-
day morning they all were attacked by violent sickness and
purging, accompanied by great pain in the stomach and
bowels. Neither the sufferers or their friends appear to have
apprehended any danger; but on Saturday evening Hunt
became suddenly worse and died about eight o'clock. At
that time Mrs. Uarvey's husband returned from work, and
finding his wife much weaker, and in pain, he became
alarmed, and medical attendance was obtained. On Sunday
morning, however, she died; the child lingered until AL: .• ay
morning, when she died also. The fourth death w
Thomas Howd, an Irish child in another family, w
also partook of mushrooms, but not a portion of • • 711
by the three first attacked, nor, as far as is at present
known, gathered at the same time. A post mortent examina-
tion of the body of Mrs. Garvey was made, when extensive
patches of inflammation were found. in the stomach and
small intestines, very similar to What is seen in cases of
poisoning by arsenic. The inquest'iiis adjourned.— Cam-
bridge Chronicle.

A FLOCK OF SHEEP KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—
Gloucestershire has been visited during the last .three or
four weeks with some severe thunder storms, which have
been particularly remarkable for the fatal consequences to
the flocks and herds. Several valuable cows were destroyed
one night by the electric fluid in the neighbourhood of
Gloucester, and on Thursday evening last, during a short but
most violent storm, 23 sheep were instantaneously killed by
lightning in one field, at Upton St. Leonards, near that city.
The sheep were in a field on the Grove Court fsrm, in the
occupation of Mr. Pembury, and one of ➢lr. Pembury's la-
bourers was in the field alien the storm came on. He ran
towards a tree for shelter, when a flash of lightning, followed
instantaneously by an explosion of thunder, struck the tree
and shivered it to pieces, killing 23 out of a flock of 26 sheep.
Their fleeces were scorched, and there was a black line down
their backs.

IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTWALLERS.—We
understand that a petition to Parliament is about being got
up for the purpose of altering the excise-laws with reference
to tho.e licensed victuallers who carry on the wholesale and
retail trade on the same premises. It is proposed, for the
purpose of redressing this alleged evil, that the Legislature
shall extend the retail bottle trade generally in wines and
spirits, or deprive the person who carries on the double trade
either of his wholesale or retail licence, the existing innova-
tion, it is asserted, being injurious to both the bona fide
licensed victualler and the wholesale dealer.— Sunday Paper.
SODDEN DEATH IN THE WESTMINSTER SWIM-
MING BATHS.—Yesterday afternoon the bathers in the
Westminster Swimming Baths were thrown into a state of

the greatest consternation by the occurrence of the following
melancholy event. Between two and three o'clock a young
man, a master tailor, an habitué of these swimming baths,
entered the place. Just before entering the water he had
been heard to remark that he had better wait a little, as he
had but just dined. Being unable to swim he generally en-
tered the water step by step instead of plunging in. He was
at length observed to stand upon the second step of the ladder
leading into the water, and then all in a moment to fl in
with a loud splash. His friends waited for a few seconds,
expecting to see him rise, but, having waited for some fifteen
seconds and not seeing him appear, they went to the spot,
and, to their horror, saw the unfortunate man lying at the
bottom. An alarm was instantly raised, and every assis-
tance given; The body was taken out and a medical man
sent for, but on his arrival he pronounced lite quite extinct,
and attributed the cause; to a fit of apoplexy. The body
now awaits a coroner's inquest.
COLLISION IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR.—AU acci-
dent occurred on Thursday morning, which might have
caused great damage to several ships in this harbour. The
Echo tug was towing the Britannia, 120, up to the shears
against a very strong tide, the wind blowing tresh from the
westward, when, in attempting somewhat rashly to pass be-
tween the Blake and Victorious hulks, Britannia's quarter
touched the bow of the Blake, which had the Fox frigate
alongside, and she instantly drove with a fearful crash right
across both ships, lifting the head housing of the Blake
nearly off, breaking off both flukes of her only anchor, and
finally remained firm across Fox's bowsprit. The first-lieu-
tenant very promptly let go both her bower anchors, or had
the hulk's moorings broke the three ships would have drifted
on the Illustrious, 72, and in that case it would have been
difficult to say where the mischief would have ended. Fox's
jib-boom is condemned, and her bowsprit under repair by
the dockyard.
PROROGATION Of PARLIAMENT,—It is now ex-
pected that the present session of Parliament will be brought
to a close on Thursday next, and that her Majesty will pro-
rogue her Parliament in person. Her Majesty and the
Court will honour the Earl of Carlisle with a visit at his
beautiful seat, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, on the 27th
inst., on her route to Scotland.

EXHIBITION or 1851.—The President of Peru has
issued a decree appointing the Minister of the Home Depart-
ment, Don Luaas Fonceca, Don Nicholas Pierola, and Don
Nicholas*Rodrigo, a commission to select and take charge of
articles intended to be sent to England for exhibition next
year.
THE MINISTERIAL DINNER.—The following mem-
bers of the Government (in and out of the Cabinet) dined
together on Saturday, at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, prepara-
tory to the termination of the Session :—The Lord Chan-
cellor, R. M. Bellew, Hon. E. Bouverie, Hon. Colonel
Boyle, Earl of Carlisle, A. E. J. Cockburn, Sir W. G. Craig,
Admiral Dundas, Viscount Ebrington, Lord Foley, Earl
Grey, Sir G. Grey, J. Hatchell, Right Hon. W. G. Hayter,
Benjamin Hawes, Lord Marcus Hill, Right Hon. V. S. Las-
cellea, Right Hon. Fox Maule,. G. C. Lewis, Earl of Mint°, '
Viscount Palmerston J. Parker, Sir J. Romilly, Earl of
Strafford, Marquis of? Westminster, Sir Charles Wood, Sir
W. Somerville, Lord Seymour.

it, allows his days to dwindle out in some diatom,
retreat. I admire: the man who, indeed, truly eqi
mating life, cognisant to the full how really insigni-
ficant at the best is this existence, nevertheless, as
life has been given him, struggles and strives with
his whole heart and soul—with his utmost energy and
power, to work benefit and to do good ; who remem-
bers that talents were given not to be hidden and put
away, but to be properly and profitably em-
ployed. And though, even to this man there
will be moments of melancholy and fits of gloom,
certain is it that such visitations will be but few and
far between ; weighed down he may be for a very
brief' period by the contemplation of the littleness and
insignificance of his present existence, but quickly is
he revived by the recollection that it is his own fault
if even in this life he knows not many and great
gratifications, and that upon his own head only will
rest the blame if, this life ended, he enter not upon
another of unfading enjoyment." Longfellov..'s
poems are the subject of a very interesting and
iudicious criticism contained in this number of
Ainsworth's, which also presents ns with a continua-
tion of the "Lancashire Witches."