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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2053, 3 August 1875, Page 2

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THE /E Y^SINhr'STAM

\ LONDON

i June; 2nd, 18751

If any one gossips to you, or has gossipped,to the effect that Captain Boyton intends . taking: a trip to see you in hir life preferring dress, don't believe that: gossip/-''H&dbes not even intend—the ■ more rhonor to him—to cross the Irish MSwnrij^rthe _ sensation-hunters, who, one is almost unv ? charitable enough 1" to think, would have atal accident otx his late royage from ■; Boulognesto>iPol3&fcone,T than! they; were :" at.his safevarrival; If they would be-^-:. : i^clin^d^to. resent this opinion we can -only ask^tliem to remember the falilnfc death of theiuhfortunate " flying inani'-: ; and how a,Cockney- anob tore -his appara-^ ;tus t to^pldces^.in>their eagernessto "pos- :■ f^f?l h?^el^?,^fih wi th: a commeiuorar i tive fragmeno)f it* beforethey had^aken i^ll^ce^ain, Aether he; was; reallyi - deader attempted]^ /help him inTcasev he was^ alive;; 'and; whether the cap- ? n. Sj^dressg jt<sdd'- not -I have been similarly seizedx on, had it "". come f ashore with a .'■ dead; instead; of a livm gi wearer.l The; captain;?like acute a brave. Yankee;; says that hayiof the value: ;bf Ha : .invention he' dbei'hot intend to turn ex- - Aibj^to-thj^ppen^outbedi; ;k.j •': ««!Me,an{imißMWe havsvsent- off-Vmr Arctic lixpeditibnrf and .these open-mouthed cai iftn^se themsglv^sjaf'such be their tasted by picturing the crews of the Alert and the Discovery buried under the thick ,nbbedicifof thftfp^;wli(pßp;#anjpf the brave are buried already* v "i*t". u^jbe - tha£ themajority wnong are incapable of such amusement. Yet if they ,^j% Mr#^ow fcng; W^ ? membered ai^ng us F Avery^hbrfctime, > thinking of vthe*wrieck of the SchUleVW WMM^M^S a^>; and; our %m----3^? #fe,channe]i^ri^;'bTOrfl%lsin^ then, supposing Me^erdoes over^bwfj itJls; :i generallygbjit * v ?Jiajlow^streamlet enough^^ By^ther^ayjfinonei-of; thbsejrt^Scaiys Isles where the SchiUer^met her fipjiihwSe is a curious^ museuiEn^byiwhom^^elfed^S or p>eßerved-I forjgefe of the figure^headsSr of wrecked jfspme ofj them belong^ ;|; ■ ing ; t6" shJE^f^|bßttj(i;'^t;'^ fcy^h®^%^aimwagrf usi; \ ■ others'^ i^uite modern, and evidently but a short-' "b'elieye4:^h^y;iurtlv-' have these :M^^?^;isJc ifra^S? fflpous. fi|ct that ;^us^OTri|(rj|ei we are a|l vbeing^called yupon" both!|if w scientific^' and by merely^ stTong-laind^ X people' to^bury> our^deaci iii;ihat^iwgi which shalvinsure'the speediest decompo- ' down to embalm^some; ;ol"the:;recojreredis Iboaies";■ a ladj^u^g^natnongjthem^^^ rof-xoursd. must-havevbeen strong-minded as well as scientifip-^-Miss Dahnas, wh(§ ts performed the office; oh !fh«u body ■ ofvMiisS? Dymock, a B<|iit^^ ' book : ; is>w^iting^e|^^epne"r"sbuoipS .;requires :.so^3^i^||pkh^^uitlt sorfc :of ■*:IHBi^^^^^-fiUOT«ffiifci:f • sort-pfi.baidne^^^^^l^k/vcVMolil^ badness we all rknowl-%rbvidi&a^th^wfit«rlß can avoid theitclutchei of the i^ie^^br ft ;the) suppressi^qt; of svice-^-is;si^^^atS 3; a hit. .That V. spirt'v"of badness,'||^whiclt'P con sists in the composition being mpntade of big worded/no^sei^eiSiicinine^ cases pu¥of ten^successful.;?ipiw£ex«mji]fe^: ;Mr Eobert Ji^tg^mery'si $a^n^:6w ft^ P Agottfen,cwhjc^She public^ofeits|3jiy^faye, :-: S and^the -critics ;tpo,^ went !avaldLwrlting^su(m bad^booka^is^S-noreP- ; called, y'Mhe "Widow. Dnmasked^S m■s& Il3pent,myl^|Pearl';;l Leave," by an Indian; 6n^r,l^tK^u)iKic ?lished -by; Mr SamuelV^nsleyvl^h^ indeed; has jeorwctlyigaineli ji^cetebii^?'! of publishing: moriei bad: books^bf^ thii sOf the former, theAtfienffliium -wys^' "tffl^ wiU^npt|^ax^that a rwprsej^meii^^tKflft'-'s: rutb^hy|MwelS;6uld^n(^eli^ because t^^:authpr^may^rifeva^th^^*^ and,«mifehe hittejr^the Staridard^cpmmentei^ll \^.l^»rj|^raslea^- fctwb 1 :y«M'?gapt appear»"to h^e?beeiiivJthe time -expwidJidKS updn^jwritingr this irecop of^h^ntri^g W. the"«;m'osfe^ |«(rely^ i^<mmkmj^^a^iiv There are, ;we believe; peopl^#h^a#vS books ihey come across.? te Tepommendj r:; ; :ihe;~':wor^ ;^!;itich;;l)^s J:;g|t7;:;etf:f^^p^^d'^ "Simply because w^^ jp^blMerjsrjwhp, for a certain?>'f tun^paid^^ down byth^ writer^lw confemp^ble||jibWsJi:;S wntten. : ;;J^,d^'|;^pj^t{.^t;^:"^«^ Tinsley-*T^gmightrbe libjel^si? besiae*4^ I doh' t kripw'Bhe gentleman, I v have^neyibip^;?,; had any^dealingsrwithhini,:aD4ih^en^s^ 'to6re^ttiatf|eg^ly^^Subh:b^ t^ro mentionedl^a^pub'Jisfier^^^^y!;^^-. and I am happy :tb;:;jßay>in<>s;t';^bjißhers||^ would dissuadev|hje(twfiters, if^p6ssibleij;S irbm venturing;them"inSprint at tneiivowu/; I'expense.:; But}Buch,b;obks jget intp pr.int; i : and" that I"ttie^authors; dow^Va ißon-:::^-> siderable; sum/for getting {them .in: is; a, «A well-knowii? Ms&& fl'hereimust be, a screw ;; loose somewhere; But ;a Teally^aluable-^ ibad book; that is what ;'wt£#er<&&j>tiifci;<k-;'s ing of, and; another.thing.&£; Now here^^SeiyCaptaitt 1 taViwn^ibrH? .inatance»Jjas:just published aifc&cou^(tfs^: certain .explorations; of;;!his•.'in^'-::Papua -zqf-l'■•■■ ':i: Npw Guinea, and/ a^ny pn,e mjg^t^^aftely;^ l|y ,s§& ttff ¥> '^e;.i(SWt;gi exten sivelyjrekd :lipok, "in -it;^|t^@; for the next three months •^andjust b^ecaqiep;S ,eTe^:iip^^hai.knbw^iiyi^gfpT;-Grtiinea^-most people: donit:;knpw;iw^ "^~'^ are d^onnoing it aai !*Baro»tMuncJi^en^oS :;from^^4™ninK;tp:L€tid.v;:;Tte;:''^ mountains the captain climbed, iah^th^fs prodigiously shortv--;time:^.m;:-';. wiijeh^Hf!'BgS !Hmb^djU^»^4^*^stbnighing; specimlii^ll |P|H|^^^^^^Vmplished in manners; jrtj|fiPHl(|P(^tmentil acquirements iPHraKeTapuans we> evei^^heard of befbr© were jet-black j and nowise diatiuguished by urbanity or learnihg--^ire: all ■:calling ' forttritodign ant Questions; ; Gountey state-; •'' ;^e^ttSiare ' ;an(iewri^a:;for>;:: t ■."';; r ije^ j^uii*^i%^'a^pre^ram ;^^ 'v;i;:;S tre^egtitipx^'oi^ of those „m^^^^ .visible.;;; aiid:Ca^ta^JLaifib^s^b^]^jii' ,i|j'^^; success: . tV;hat.pise;:it;iS:we;\hj4^.^ettef' '^ not'Say.;;';;;Jt;isnbt:.^ry:flQng;;si4ce3^ir^^ :A.:;3^oude^M.A,,;:;pubush<Bd;'^

South Africa,.'which .wWs^ronounced by oidresldents'in^^ SMlH^fnm'tolje las^apl a description of: thatcdlonypof its condition, prospects, resources, etc., as possible, and report says just now that Mr Froude has just got a-government ap- . pbintment there, and:either~hasleft or is to leave immediately to take office. "When we were all little and good, a long time ago I'm afraid Miss, we heard of the babes in the wood, by their false cruel uncle betrayed, miss," as T. Ingqldsbvi sung ;,alsowe—some of 'us-? heard a story of some one, in what age or country was never mentioned, who had invented malleable glass, and was mysteriously made away with lest his inrention should ruin the glass trade. We believed it then.; firmly, that, isnthff mysterious disappearance, for I rather think we were incredulous of the malleable glass, just as we believed in the mysterious disappearance of blabbing Freemasons. Now we don't believe there ever wai such a personi still less-that he.was so satisfactorily disposed.; of,' but we do believe in the malleable glass and in the present discoverer or inventor, whichever be the correct i;erm. One M. Francois de la Bastie has just proved by a aeries of experiments that glass manufactured in apartie^lar jtnanrier as tough enough to bear blows 3 falls^and- to resist being cut with a diamond. Mai-, leable in the strict sense I believe it is not. The articles made of it are still fashioned in the same manner ss of ordinary glass, not beaten into shape with a hammer; but onde madeihej wifl require a pretty heavy hammVrto fracture them ; while as for M. Francois de la Bastie himself he seems perfectly unconscious of any danger which may arise to him ; indeed, as some one remarked, he may build himself a habitation of his.ware.without fear of realising the proverb concerning the dangers of glass houses. • The last event in Spiritualism here has been the holding of a Spiritualist Bazaar for the purpose of obtaining funds to found-an Institute "where .Spiritualists of every variety of opinion" can "meet' for their mutual aid and benefit, and promote the study of pneumatology: and psychology among other things." Well a bazaar is a very mundane, not to say trifling and frivolous thing ; .no way serious or spiritual in its arrangements and doings, albeit often undertaken for what other people beside professed spiritualists call "spiritual" or "serious " objects; but: then, you see, at. this particular bazaar a great number of the articles exhibited were of spirit manufacture. These were only for exhibition:; ,:the aTticles for saleV described' as ornamental," were, we are told, marked at reasonable prices ; for the Spirit productions, it is to be.presumed, no reasonable price would suffice, and yet : to an iinspiritual; critic; the' ■ pictures : looked "mere dashes of color laid on withJa paste,brush." .-?The autogifaphsJFwei*eTsuch as would have procured a fleshly or fleshy school ;boy a rap over theVknuckles, or a caning, possibly, on the most fleshly prfleshytpart'; and the;artificial flowers "were like the plates in a treatise on anatomy." ; The: spectators, however, were amused by a "light seance" in ■wMeh r<'was the usual old" trick of tying a medium's hands and^ feet, shutting her .tip v--''inf;a^bbx^ musical instrument up.on. ..which she be,gins to "play the''ti^omisnt'the^door is closed, and then after a ; reasonable 6r^iunreasbnabl^- f:'itnrie,- 1:~'opening •*■*■ -the : door .and showing.; herself with her. hitndar still firmly'tied-'tiehind' her back.: Most probably it was because this trick is :so very: old a one, and' :because the spirit productions fell.so far short,ot'what have been all led to expect might' be itheresult of a more perfect-state of existrericethan our present, ihat the gentleman ,who repprted^as above on the underfcakiDg concludes' tliU3--" We came "away feeling y.ery muchas.if we had. bgen .spending a few instructive hours at-theEarlswood Asylumforidiots.";'.;'?■'.;,'.. ■..■'■:..'::■ .; ;.^. f/ v ' vThe: Coaching^^ Club or clubs—for there -are; t^vp—have, commenced brilliantly, .^his '''f'eiil' :At their first meet there were th^tyrtwo splendidly appointed t coaches. The IXute of Beaufort led, the Prince of .Wales, being;,.beside 'Mat.. qn j jthe, .. T box. "Since/ they have begun' 'running the Tfea^e j- has be^njjust the;fching,fqr coach, ing according to the ideas held by a past generation of amateur; cpachm.en-rr;: :. :i . ;

.--'.. " Dust and sun, shy s>V--.v:...,..if--;. .Help'tlio-iutJj-su^v-'- ■'.-■( »:i:','ey--";'■'•■ „ ■'• -. Oh the. glories of the whip," Init bjr no' means the ' 'tiling rfor .'■ the coming hay hardest, for the gro^injTjCOTn, or for the green crops. have' we had so, dry,an A;pril and ; May, and now the •wind is hard in the north* east, with no apparent prospect of a change.,i>VerV di's 'liKequieniO^Tass," dedicated to the memory ;i off the p^etas;:pa.p- : rMpnzpnii^ ?- formed in public for the first time in this country ;at^e;^bert;H^ithe>ojiier.day, under the personal direction of the composer; vltia icareely-'enbTigh'jtQ;? say-that it fully realizes all that pur musical world <SJcpe.6ted;:?it didrsmore;) Itsilperfectioh of beauty took every one—great as was the general expectation-r—bysutprise ;'and never was applause more hearty or spontaneous; ' J

The prisoners in the Jeffry Bourden mutiny base hard been -up: for their first examination. . One of them volunteerecl a,':< stateinent,; which - if "r true j would completely alter the complexion of the -business, 1 but itis not yetcorrbbbra> ; ted :. some little,revulsion of; opinion and; feeling, however, it has already caused'in \ the minds of many. ;.; . ? The Poet Laureate is about to-publishs a drama of thei. reign .of Mary Tudor,i and —a cbincLdence—a large collection I of state papers, /belonging' to , :the ; . same; reign are t6 p'''te^-pfmM'd'""'''by*'atitHority;i When it,has:be.en.db^ i e..we^^ perhaps/ that'^Bloody Sfary "•'■ whole.^^nptv/a mojel ferocio^ <f Go^^<sueen:lessr' \~T. ;.^>^:^-.'' -1 The 'boy Q^orinprliasr^bee^airested! ftgajn; Qfl; Ja^C-jdrJawing' room^4ayj i^ej w^S;|p!un4jipisJL3erth'e;jailiiigs of Bucking-j jia&^E^ce*;ifethe ; yery spot where he; made his" attack on' the i en;;shei was -returning' from- (. the: Thanksgiving: jeriqce atSt. Paul's/ after the^rince of W^les's recovery from fever. -/After his; release from imprisonment, he was sent 5 by bis friends to Australia, but returned a short time ago.