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AFFRAY WITH SOME CHINESE JUNKS AND THE BOATS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CAMBRIAN

... . .~T T - I..1 - -ILt Ir. A serious affray took place at luong Kong on Octob6r 15 between the boats of her Majesty'm ship Chambrian and two Chinese junka. It appears from the lengthened de- positions in the Nhina flail of the 19th of October, that a Mr. IMuri and some friends were going ashore from the Tam o'Shanter, at nix p.m. on the 15th, when showers of stones were thrown at them from two ...

IPSWICH MUSEUM

... LECTURE BY THE REV. PROFESSOR HENSLOW. The Temperance Hall having been again placed at the disposal of the Committee of the Ipswich Museum, on Tuesday a Lecture ?? was delivered to a nume. rous assemblage, by the Reverend Professor Henslow. The members of the Museum were admitted free; non. subscribers at one shilling each, whilst the regulation for the admission of the working classes free, ...

GLEMHAM HALL

... GLESOAW AAL 'Mid ''helststely Homes of Baglaud !f There arc prouder ones than Thou, Unto which the voice of Fashion May higher Praise allow : Wit.h H'onzlto, and Blenheism, 'For pomp thou caust not vie; And the downy swells of ' Goodwcood Boast more to charm the eye. But I love Thee for one reason, Which sinks deeps into my heart; In a world where all seems fleeting Thou, still, no ...

Original Poetry

... ortoilial Voetry. - H O M E. Theme of each Bard, the charm of ev'ry'tosigue, Enchanting still the more, the more 'tis sung; Like that delicious ?? by Love curest, Which richer odour yields the more compressed, And to the simile severely true, Sweetest suffus'd in tears, ns that in due; So captive Israel, by an alien stream, Saw Salem's temples in the waters gleam, Heard Salem's brepzes thro' ...

LITERATURE

... LTE RATURE. The late excellent Bishop Horne in a sermon preached at the opening of a new organ in thle Cathedral Church of Canterbury, on theAntiquity, Use, and Excellence of Church Music, observes, that sound was intended to be the vehicle of sentiment, and should be employed in the conveyance of such sentiments aS may instruct, improve, purify, and exalt the mind-such as, when received and ...

YE THIRTY NOBLE NATIONS.'

... I YE THIRTY, NOBLE NATIONS.' A NEW BALLAD TO COI llhDxA. By MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER. Ye Thirty noble Nations Confederate in One I That keep your starry stations Around the Western Sun,- I have a glorious mnission, And mrust obey the call,- A claim! and a petition ! To set before you All. Away with pirty blindness, Away with petty spite! My Claim is one of Kindness, My Prayer is one of right; ...

IPSWICH THEATRE

... IPSWICH THIEATRE. On Monday last, the Borough Justices held a Special Session at the Town -lull, to take into consideration the x cspective applicatiosis made by Mlr. G, iI. Bianchi, and lMlr. T. 1). Davenport, for licence to ic.open the Theatre for draniitic entertainments, the old license to Mr. Poole hlaving expired. The Justices present were, the Mayor Charles Burton, Esq., T. D'Eve ...

Original Poetry

... O.-Vtoinal voctrit. The folloving tibvte to the Mfernory of the late Major Moor has been pritately circulated among the friends of the deceased. It. merits consist not only in poetic, but also ii tsuthful expression; and we have no doubt that the additional circulation vve are enabled to give it, will be a gratification to all our readers. A BRIE:F MEIMORIAL OF MAJOR EDWARD MOCR, 2FrS.. BY ...

MY OWN PLACE:

... : A Rhyme for *q1 Good Men and True: By the Author of -PROVER3IAL PHILOSOPHY, &e. Whoever I am, wherever my lot, Whatever I happen to be, Contentment and Duty shall hallow the spot I- That Providence orders for me; No .cpvetouis straining AId striving to gain One feverish step in advance,- X know ray own place, and you tempt me in vain To hazard a change and a chance! I care for no riches ...

A POLITICAL ECLOGUE

... (From the John Bull.) , -L. Rasasell-well met ! Wbilt tedious Joseph's prate , Prolosgs the dulness qf the drear debate, On' lii eld hench let you aud I redline And hold 1veel ?? whilst our followers dine. RluSSELL. Agreed !lint softly, lest 8ly Cobden hem- Also beware, for pright is lingering near And much I dread some unespected siab Fromn the hot temper of that man of drab I 'Dark was the ...

Original Poetry

... originat V0oEt2e. Thus he went on, strinying one extravagance to another, after the manner his books of Chivalry had 1aught hint. -CF.RVANTES. Enough of guano, and of soot thrice-sift, Of three-feet drainage, and the four-course shift; Of civic feasts, and agricultural shews, Of Bahr'am wethers, and of Southlownv eves; Enough of Trench or Tennysonian dream, The Muse, the Country, claim a ...

THE NEW HOME!

... A Rhyme for the M;iUion. BY THs AUTHOR OF ' PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHYm1, &C. ?? -- Pent in trynds and closes narrow, Breathiog pestilential air, Crush'd beneath oppression's harrow, Faint with famine, bowed with care,- Gaunt affliction's sons and daughters! Why so slow to hear the call Which The Voice upon the waters Preaches solemnly to all ? Hark ! old Ocean's tongue of thunder Hoarsely calling ...