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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3225, 20 June 1879, Page 2

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K«w Moon— 20th, 7.58 JW*^

• r Ik t^m^ow's'iMttiSi'^fr^r' paßlishj a poem from the pen "of Robert iLeiglftdn; ■ called: th#;" Bapteesenifefa* o? tbfe^Bairi. 1" Wedo-86 ,»titfoev request^' a number of bui* siibscribers, and if; eijrf copies are .■required;; Resides thqs^" already ordered,, "notice r to tfiZb effect vwill haTe;to be)eft(at dur offi«Brf»rly in- the ffaiyV to-morrOvf.': Mt 'jLeigh^Dn is the anthpr.^a'iohaie of "Ehyde*, and :;wh?cfr has already gone through: demil^:'editib In <a,V and which, should be on thY book- shelf in erery, Sedtbhm'an and -Scotchwoman's house. Many of the^piecea included in that ; Tblume^suchas " IheMddi&'» Iramentation'drt the loss o' his Whittle,"' "Jenny Marshall'^' Candy,";: ''-Our^ Am? Apld Tobn,"^ 4 Auld Vohh Brcon," &c, hfre acquired a jVery wide popularity, fpf their humor and pathos. Mr: Leigliton n a true poet, and he/wpuld .double's* bate been more widely known its' sucii/ had he been less modest and reiifitig.in his habits and disposition. " Tlie Bapteesemeiif| o' the Bairn," as a piece of pawky Scotch; humor, surpasses tho bestetforts of Alex- ' adder Wilgbfl and ftectdr M'JNeil; and frequently reminds ua of Burns' q:wn richest humor. . . f _r.r-. ■■ A.'TELiiiiAX. from' Wellington gires the ; following pfece of gosiip :—lt. in rumoured that a^strorig eflbr't will bo mfcde by the pppqsition to.get^ir William Fox to rtlie leadership, 1 and Major Atkinson to" criticise finance, wfth a Tew to tie future Treasurership. It: i« also said many of the Opposition party Want an entirely new man as loader.