themselves with Mr. Harding's System, which will be as good as "a cubit
to a man's height."

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LOVE'S MASTERY.


She was his own, his all:--the crowd may prove
A transient feeling, and misname it love:--
His was a higher impulse; 'twas a part
Of the warm blood that circled through his heart,
A fervid energy, a spell that bound
Thoughts, wishes, feelings, in one hallow'd round.

_The Winter's Wreath._

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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.


The second edition of a pamphlet, entitled the Voice of Humanity, has
just reached us. It contains details of the disgusting cruelties of the
metropolis--as bear and badger baiting, dog-fighting, slaughtering-
horses, &c.--and reference to the _abattoirs_, or improved
slaughter-houses for cattle, which was illustrated in our 296th Number.
In the appendix are many interesting particulars of Smithfield Market