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The Apotheosis. ««0 Virgin Daughter Of E...
THE APOTHEOSIS . «« 0 Virgin Daughter of Epypt , the nations" have ward of thy disgrace , and thy howling hath filled the Jano . "^ -3 E « . xlvi . ll , 12 . 01 mj country , awake from thy long sleep of years , ^ pit thy torpor degrade * tnee far more than to * chains : jljc thy half famished children , like spectres , in tears Sing the requiem dirge to O'CoaneU ' s remains—Xo remains , now as vile as the commonest earth , While his heart , as a j'wel . is stnt off to R' » me ; gat to cheer hapless Erin , the land of his birth , gy worthless old carcase is coming back home .
flls old carcase ! not more does the traitor bestow , On a nation that pnrchasM the heart he deniss ; jU 5 t to prove , that , when living , he Unshed at her woe , And , that dead , he may still fling the dust in her eyes . w"h * n that nation paid thousands f .-r lieshy the yard , AH her prelates most faithfully sanctionM each Re ; Ber current of Ufe was p ^ nr'd out as resrard , fUI the Vampire had left her to languish and die . fle left her—srar'd off from so hideous a prey , Jltr misfortunes , her ruin , unable to hear—¦ Tether helots and Idiots all stand up to-day
for the dust of a felon who fled their despairfor the dust—ay ' . the dust of their idol , their god , fhat comes back , happy relic , a nation to save ; (• a n that nation bow still to the conjuror ' s rod , And be ruled by his dust , on its way to the grave T let thy tears , all thou hast , hapl-st Erin , stiflgnvr , To reasele all thy credulous , chain-kissing slaves ; Until no * I could never hare fbonrht them so low , aj to worsb ' p the ashes of jugelers and knaves , vjat tie days of their shame with their freedom are gone , For the few who could blush have deserted their cause ; ^ fjrile the wretch , who betraj'd them and left them
undone . U received in his shroud 'midst a nation ' s applause . 0 ! degraded , O ! abject 0 ! sycophant fools . Jn disgust must I turn from jour meanness away , \ fhen the National Beggar , who made you his tools , Is » dor'd as a god , though but carrion clay . And for what all these triumphs ? What cause did he 5 * " > . got bis own ! as his offspring may well testify , Who exhaust all the treasures , but rivet the chain Of thrir ill-fated victim , unable to die . All the treasure ! \ the pence of this once-happy land , Where the children of Freedom first built her a shrine ; Where ber towerg , in ruins , as monuments stand . To proclaim her past glory , attest her decline .
0 ! beloved of my heart , how degraded , forlorn ! Thy misfortunes have left thee not one faithful friend : AH thy heroes are dead—all tby patriots mourn , Rut there ' s none to redeem thee—there ' s none to defend . C-tn the chant of false prelates her freedom restore To a na ion that shamefully clings to a pall ? No—let traitors and hirelings O'Connell deplore , AH the good and the great mint rejoice in hie fall . Lit CantweH and Biggins then swear he ' s forgiven , Jnr political Bishops the saints little care ; If this old venal sinner has got into Heaven , Vhj tbe Devil may hope stiU one day to go there . Lofld = n , July 12 th , 1817 . An Umhhas . [ We have read nothing equal to the above fiery outbar * t since Byr-n ' s " Irish Avater , " to which it bears a atrosg resemblance . ]
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GOD SEVER , SEVER MADE A SLAVE . Tuxs . —AYtc Crucifixion . Britannia ' s sons , thV slaves ye be—God your Creator made yon free ! He , life to all , and being , gare—But nevtr , never made a slave ! His works are wonderful to see—All . all proclaim the Drily ! He made the earth , and , formed the wave—But never , never made a slave ! He made the sky . with spangles bright—The moon to shine hy silent night—¦ The sun , —and spread the vast concave-But never , never made a slave !
The -verdant e * rth on which we tread " Wf . s . by His hand , all carpeted ;—Enough for all he freely gave—But never , never made a slave ! All men are equal in His sight ! The bond , the free , the black , the white ! He made them all , —them freedom gave—Be made tbe man , — Manmade tbe Stavel J . H . Bbahwicb
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SIMVONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Jew , London : Simmonds and Ward , Barge-yard , Bneklersbnry . Two very lenethy and Imnorfanfc articles on " Etni-? r » t on and Colonization , " and " Convict and Free tabour , " are contained In tbis nnmb ? r . and demand the eerions attention of those who are in arosition to influence the fortunes of the many . It would require spare we have not at command to set forth vbprein wc agree , and in what we disagree , with the writers of the aoWe-narned article ?; we , therefore , content ourselves with directine public attention to them . The other contents are of the usual interesting and instructive character , and are we'l calculated to maintain the justly popular reputation of thisvery vjaefal magazine .
Eowitcs Journal. Part Vi. London: 171, S...
EowitCs Journal . Part VI . London : 171 , Strand . This part concludes the first volume of this popular journal . There are many articles In the pari before w we might quote from , bnt we must content ourselves with thefollow ne touching story , taken from a descrinrion of Heidelberg;—time , —the last European war : — The Austrian * were in possession of the city . The Vrench avproached , and attacked it from tbe bridge , B ' oodyand desperate was that conflict . The cannon of
tha Austrian ? , planted near the church of the Holy Cbotr , swept the street leading to the bridge , and the tsriageitself ; the cannon of the French , at the opposite end c . f th ° bridge , poured their ruinous balls into the ci : y . FinitiBg the old towers of the bridge gateway , and reac'iisT the very church itself . From aU windows en the river poured mushet halls in showers of leaden Jj » il ; yet the French , resolved to carry the place , charged rep . atedly with all their force over the bridge , and fire 4 tremendous volleys of musket-shot into street and fcns « e . Scores and hundreds of those balls still stick
in the old walls , or show their perforations and their BBlirteringc on the faces of those old bridge towers . But me afttr time the French were mowed down hy the Austrian artillery , ar driven hack at the point of the tavonet . Onthe centre of the bridge stood the French military band , animating by the most exciting music their countrymen to the deadly contest . With the retreating tide of soldiery tbe musicians retreated also , tut only to return again , and beat and play a more inclining air . At the laU retreat , however , a little drutn-Ejer-boy disdained to fly . His countrymen fled hack } hla / VUo-v musicians fled too - bat there stood the eutliushsticlad , beating a frenzied air to recall his compatriots owe Toreto what he deemed the rescue ef the national honour . The Au = tr ! ans rushed on with fired bayonets ; the excited boy still beat the drum in proud defiance , and was run tkreugh the body by an Austrian savage , falling onthe bridge , with his last pathetic words , "Oil . ' mo mere ' via mere . ' **
Like the dying Gladiator of Byron , his eyes were In his heart , and that was far array iu his native home , whence he had been dragged by the conscription ; but in his last moments he forgot neither the love of his mother nor his mother country , - Tbat wondrous courage of a mere child—for such he was—those last pathetic words , Mi on the heart of the whole army acd population . They forgot the foe , and remembered only the poor boy daring certain death to save tbe henonr of bis native land , and calling with frantic strokes hii flying countrymen bach to the vain contest . - The deed is become immortal . While that old bridge stands will that poor French drummer-boy stand there too , acd beat hie frenzied Jarnm , and titter bis faint "Oh I ma , mere I m < i mere ! ' There he
is he-arc on the wildest nights ; and tbe peasant coming in from the Odenwald treads lightly in the gray dawn OTer the old arches , for he sees that poor lad standing in the c < ntre recess , and hears his melancholy " Oh I ma Vitrei " A portrait and menuvr of Hans Christian Andersen , the Danish post , is contained in this part . The -vbolc of the illustrations are worthr of coalmen diiion .
The Fa/Ms Journal. Part Xviii. London; J...
The Fa / Ms Journal . Part XVIII . London ; J . Bennett , G 9 . Fleet-street . Tbere is a considerable amount of fudge in this part , concerning the late arch-humbug , Daniel < i 0 -nnell . of whom it may be said more truly than evrn of Wellington , « ' Sever bad mortal man « ueh opportunity , Except Sapoleon , or abused it ultra . " There are several valuable and infrrtsiingarticles , embroil !* the subjects of '' Crime , " " Benefit Societies , " "Manchester , " "Sberwood Forest , "& c ., < Sc . Portraits of Daniel O'Connell and the late Or Chalmers ( accompanied bv memoir- ;) , are incluicd in cut illustration ? . From ibe lieautiful description of tie far-lam . d " Sherwood Forest , " wc givs the following account of tbe
DEATH OF BCEIS HOOD . There was in thoss olden times , a reg ions house oiled the Xuuntrv of K-tWccs , at rl-e bead of w . uch R- - . i . iu 4 couun was ' appoiiitt-d , iu the capacity of prioress . 1-. ui ^ eightieth yc-r , the outlaw , still strong in heart at ; - limb " was jVu-w-ring that wsy , and was takui « i-Jd * Jy HI Iu his extremity he applied for aid at the Tannery ; and tradition says luat , iu ordsr : o please Sir r .- ^ t d * Ihitiraster , who was a gwr . t man in tbis n-i / hb ..- . riK > ad in tbuse dav =, she caused him to he bled well nigh unto death . " vTh « n Little Jt . hu hear ! these saa ticing«—for it was soon known to the dip u & mts of the cttanert and the hrave old yayier , who was never far
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awaynrom mi matter—be forced hisway into theehsmber of the Ayims hero , and begousbt b | m ta aathoriie the r = fllline toettiierettUe band , U « e purpose of burning "Kirklej Hall , and all their nunnery , " as the old ballad has it . But the noHe out la w felsthat he was closing his e » r » hly aecnunta . and had no wish to draw any farther npoi Heaven * * justice or forgiveness ; so he answered Little John iu thess words—I never hurt fair maid in all my time , Nor at my end shall It he :
But take my bent bow in tby hand , And a broad arrow let thou flee ; And where this arrow is taken up , There ahall my craye digged be . Lay me a green sod under my head , And another at roy feet ; And lay roy bent bow by my side , Which was my music sweet ; Anfl mak » mr grav * . of jrravel and green , Which is maet p ' gisi and m « et . Aitu thpro in tl ... t . _ nn .: r .. i t _ - * -tr ,-,., And thereia the beautiful of Kirkteee
, park , sleep the aihei of thi « venerable patriot . The park is situated upon ahtehpla'form . do « eto Canper Bridae Station , on the Manchei » er and Leefla Railway , which commandg a magnificent swrep of country—includine the floe old bills of Iluldmfield . the romantic vale of Calder and tho far-off intrrminabl" mn <» rs , which run with little interruption alon * the «• Oackbone" of Eneland rieht into North Britain . Thi « irrave of RoWn Hood is fenced round with iron pal < svle « , set in solid st <> ne rassonry , and covered with a lirffe slab , hronsht . mmt likely , from the
graveyard of the Nunnery : The h ° adstone contains an inscription , nettins forth the -valour , gencronity , and woodland gift * of the dead . The ol' Ahb ? y Lodge still stands ; nnd the room in which Robin died , and the w ' ndowfrom which the arrow was shot , are s'ill shown to the pilgrim who goes up thither . A p » rt of the ancient hosMry of the Abbey is likewise in existence , and retains its former u « ate ; for it is * public h"u « e of entertainment for man and beaut , and is known hy tbe sign of "The Three JCnns . " In the lisr of popnlarhrdidays would it not be wells ein 2 fhat thn «» times of relaxation are far too few —would it not he well ff a dav was wt aside for a people ' s festival nnder the title of " Robin Hood ' *
Day ? " Lancashire and Yorkshire might send forth on that holiday their tpns of thousand * totheprave of R' bin Ilnnd ; nnd the Midland Counties mieht contribute thpir ninHitudcn to wander through Sherwoorl ' s olonon * shade ? . Such an assemblaa © would not find w ah « enr wilh the additional attracHnn which the shad * of Bvron would hold forth , beckonine na to tread the ho ' y-hannted smnnds of Newstead . Robin Hood and his merry men are to democracv what Arthur and his knishta were to aristocratic chivalrv . and as snch shonld be honoured by tbe people . To the men of soul , of patriotism , and poetry , we commit thi * suggestion forthe popular apotheosis of the f « resthero of democracv , hold Robin Hood . We should sta * e that-th
The Domestic ' Judical Hand-Book. "Londo...
The Domestic ' Judical Hand-Book . "London : EDipple . 42 . Holywell-street , Strand . This little werk contains a most valuable collection of medical prescriptions , alphabetically arranged , and written in plain English , for all diseases roan is heir to . The doses for the varioas ages of men . women and children , are accurately set forth . An alphabetical list of diseases is given , with the most approved prescrij'ti'ns for their cure . so that the reader has only to refer to asthma for instance , and there he will find a list of n-med ^ es to be applied in all stages of that disease . Families will find this very cheap hand-h ok a most valuable household adviser , enablina tbem , in a multitude of cases , to save themselves from the fearful exactions of * ' doctors' bills . " We believe the public are indebted to Dr M'Dnuall for thi * compilation—a service which cannot be too highlv pr ; z ?« i .
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Mackenzie ' s Riihucy ihnth y Time and Fare Talks , and Stranger ' s London Guide . Jfadenzie ' s Al phabetical Sail and Coach Directory . These traveller ' s best cnmpani < - 'ns . compiled and published by Mr Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street , exhibit an amount of research and industry truly wonderf ; . l . Of the Time-Table sheet we have spoken on several occasions , awarding it tbejustpraise of being the most complete , and by for the ehe-ipest of all railway guides . The Alphabetical Directory is a new speculation , and is a still more astonishing sheet . Amongst the contents area list of the most
important towns in England and Wales ; list of railway stations in town and country ; number of miles to travel by rail ; ditto by road when not a station ; times ot conveyances in connection with trains ; postoffice-order towns ; regulations of the railway companies : fares for children , horses , « fec . ; luggage altow-. d , and charces for extra weieht ; parcel charges ; day and seasvm tickets , & c , & c , fcc . ^ It is , however , vain for us to attempt to convey an idea of the utility of this sheet , which must be seen to be appreciated . We most cordially recommend bath publications .
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Pcblicatioss Receiveh . — The Theologian ; July Poors by Spencer UaU .
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MR O'CONNOR'S RECENT VISIT TO K 0 RWIC 1 I . TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOBTBIKH STAB . Sir , —Mr O'Connor ' s visit to Norwich has had great effect on a large portion of the middle as well as the working classes . They are discussing in all quarters the Land Plan . A very large number have already enrolled ; during the last week more than one hundred members , and no doubt that before long we shall have a greater number still . A greater amount of money-has been collected than at any previous time : £ 27 was received for the Land Fund ,
and £ 16 for the National .-Land and Labour Bank . Mr O'Connor madeene of the most splendid speeches tbat ever was delivered in this city . Even his greatest enemies give him great praise . Lie has broken down a great deal of prejudice , and has once more revived the Chartist spirit . Let us not be ashamed of the name of th ? Charter—it is the people ' s right . Arouse tf . en , fellow countrymen , and shake cff . your past apathy , and bo determined , as one man . not to rest satisfied till you h :. ve rescued yourselves from the bondage you have so long laboured under . Wm . Lawes , A Member of the Norwich Branch of the National Land Company .
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TOE FOOTWAY TIIROUGU HOLLAND PARK . TO THE EDITOR OF CUE SOUTHEBS STAB . Dear Sir , — The Kensington vestry , in public meeting assembled , * have decided that the . footway before Holland House snail be closed , and closed it will be unless such as are for the preservation of it unite ( as I trust they will do ) as a committee , to make such arrangements with Lord Holland as whilst tbey will n' A interfere with the proposed improvements of his Lordship before Holland Honse , will not deprive the public of the line of thoroughfare in question . There is not such another line ot
thoroughfare in that direction for a great way up the cbuntry , and according to the " Proposed Plan of Outlay on the Boihitd Esfate , " which 1 have before me , there is not to be such another . Let us then not surrender this one . There are various ways in which the line of footing cntended for can be preserved . Sooner than it should be altogethersurreudi-red , Lforone , would consent that the rond shonld be trenched , and that "brothers ef ihe earth" fehouldpass through tbe earth ; cr the footway could pass behind Holland House ; or Lord Holland can , if he pleases , restore to the public that right of way which used to lead through Holland Park , in a line from the " Holland Arms" Lane , to "Adams' Potteries" Lar-. e , and which . if restored , ( and it ought to be ) would render the question of a right ef way ciiher before or
behind Holland ilouseone of minor importance . I su ? te : t , then , that such of us as are of the opposition party , shall form ourselves into a committee for making such arrangements with Lord Holland as 1 propped , lisucb as agree with my proposal would favour me with their names , 1 would not only form such committee , but attend to all its correspondence and geteral arrangements free of expen ? c , as well as bear all stationery expenses . —letters upon this subject tan tithe ? be addre ? sed to me , or the treasurer « f thc Association , N . F . Mullins , 2 , Circus-street , New-road , Marjlebune . Trusting that my appeal will be responded , to I remain , with thanks to the presi for the services rendered in tills case , Henrt Dowall GiaFTiTiis , Secretary to the West London Central Anti-Enclosure Association . —July 13 th .
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* July !> : h , and at a time when the industrious clussc-3 ( who stand most in need of convenient thorough .. arcsj could not attend , viz , ten in the niorp . iujr . The industrious will guess therca « ou of this arrar . giincnt .
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DISTRESS 'S' TilFiilGHLANDS : ~ tub offtr PERHAHEiirr remedy / . Xf > . XHt XD 1 T 0 S OF THE EDINBURGH WBEKLT 1 XFREB 9 " Lirej there a man with soul so dead Vf ho never to himself bath said , This is my own , my native land !"
Sir . » -I have just read in theJVbMkr-a fl ' ai * a letter extract * ifromyour very excellentjournal , bearin ; the signature of John Steill , Danube-street , Edinburgh , animadvet ting in terms of honest indignation on the various nostrums recommended by certain political quacks , to be applied in alleviating the distress which at present exists to so fearful an extent in the Highlands of Scotia nd ; and baring carefully considered the subject in all Us bearings , as treated by your correspondent , I beg leave most cordially to offer my mite of approbation of the bold and manly manner in which he denounces the oppressors of my countrymen , and also my general agreement in the jtutiee of the means he would adopt to redress their grievances , and only doubt the practieability of their application .
Mr Steill must be a bold , and doubtless a brave man—one who would not hesitate at onee to denude the tyrant lairds of their power tooppre » and murder their unoffending fellow-ereatures , provided he had at his command the requisite materials for such a laudable purpose ; and although the " days of chivalry are gone , " there are yet thousands of stout hearts and strong arms tube found in our native land who would glory in serving their country in so good a cause ; but tbe appliances of tyranny are so manifold , and the whole framework of society so corrupted ,, that any immediate remedy having this extent is out of the question . What , then , ia to be done ? Is there no other means of bringing these titled brigands to a proper sense oi their duty to their
fellow-men ? Yes , air ; let your correspondent not despair . There are measures in embryo which , by a proper understanding amongst those whose interests are most materially affected by the system which tolerates , nay , fosters oppression , and an honest union of the energies of all who love their country , will very speedily be developed in their full proportions , and fraught with ample power to reach the root of the evil , and bring about a better stile of things . I allude to those measures so simply , and at the same time so potently embodied in the People ' s Charter , and which has happily taken such deep root in the minds of the productive classes of society , and which are making such rapid progress that they now form the only basis of the strong public opinion which
your correspondent so wisely recommends to be brought to bear on the fdant evils against which he so powerfully and so indignantly complains . Your correspondent very sensibly puts the question — "Is there not space enough in the highlands to contain all the inhabitants—are not its resources amply sufficient to feed , clothe , ay , and enrich them ton ? " to which there can be but one honest response , and that in ' the affirmative—excepting where selfish interest renders us blind to the munificence ot Nature , or where ignorance binds us to tbe cbanot ^ wbeela oi those who fatten on the miseries Of thousands whofall victims to their unhallowed creed ! Indeed , I am of opinion that it is a gross libel on the Deity t » assert that any living thing shall be pro .
duced where there is not the means of supporting its existence . 1 have never yet heard blasphemy defined , but I think such an assumption bears a * very close affinity to all the ideas I could ever form of it . Over-population is the heartless howl of the monopolisers of the land ; and emigration , or starvation , the means by which they would rid themselves of the surplus " article , ' * turning the fair face of Nature into a hunting-field , and driving the cultivators of thesoilto a foreign land , or forcing them to become competitors for uncongenial employment in onr large manufacturing towns , to cheapen labour and raise the price of provisions ! I quite agree with your correspondent , that the most effectual remedy for the distress into wbich the land robbers have plunged our brethren in the high .
' and districts would be to restore to them those rights and immunities of which tbey have been so unjustly deprived ; but a little reflection will show our friend Mr Steill that tbis can only be accomplished in one of two ways , viz ., a successful insurrection , or a legislative reYiSiQUOf the laws relating to what is called Seal Pooperty , such , foran instance , asan abrogation of the laws of primogeniture , entail , mortmain , the game-laws , and a whole host of equally obnoxious enactments , which oppress the producers of wealth , but nhicli support and protect in all the pride of arrogant domination the idle and profligate few . I hope enough has been said to convince your correspondent of the propriety of shelving the first proposion , at least for the present ; and this naturally leads us to demand a thorough reformation of the laws and institutions of our common country .
To sweep tuts present race of Highland lairds from tbe soil wbich they have misappropriated , and leave untouched the system of class-legislation , by which they have been enabled to assume their present position , would not ultimately benefit the suffering and toiling millions ef this , and what is termed " the sister" country , where thesame crimes are daily committed against the people , and by the same description of criminals , and that , too , on a broader scale , compeUir . g thousands of honest and virtuous families to seek for a crust of bread in our great manufacturing towns , where they more often imbibe those demoralising habits alluded to by your correspondent through the contaminating influences by which they are surrounded—the natural consequence of the congregation of large masses of the slaves of Mammon in crowded cities , than import them from the peaceful mountains and green valleys of their much-injured and trodden-down country .
No , no . sir ; it is not the extermination of the tyrant lairds ef the north tbat tbe people require to secure a more equitable application of the abundant resources of ths' country , but the removal of that accumulation of pestiferous filth , which produces the vermin—a purification of the corrupted atmosphere which'breathes its deadly miasma through ail the ramifications of our class-made laws ; in short , a more liberal uiffusionofthe improved spirit of the age . tffe enlarged mind of tfie country into the Commons ' House of Parliament , which would scon produce a
more healthy system of legislation , conservatory alike of the interests of the whole community , not even excepting those legitimate immunities of the possessors of wealth ; a system which would restore the fertile straths and glens of my native country to the cultivation of an industrious and contended population ; a system which would give Ireland to the Irish , and , as a natural consequence , England to the English , and compel the rich and powerful , in all countries , to respect the laws , and prevent them from trampling , as is the case at present , on the rights and liberties of their fellow-men .
Now , then , if our talented friend , Mr Steill , be really desirous to lend his powerful aid in redressing the manifold grievances suffered by the labouring portion ot his countrymen , let him at once appeal to the Chartists of Edinburgh in their behalf , and I will warrant he does not appeal in vain ; for , although the days of the chivalry of the sword hath passed a > ay , he will discover among them a chivalrous hatred of injustice , and a brave determination never to relax in their exertions till they have obtained a restoration of that power which would not only enable them to redress the wrongs of Labour but which would also mush more effectually restrain the whole race of state-cormorants from thrusting
their brethren out from the rich banquet , which Nature has so liberally provided fur all her children , and deprived Tyranny of its power to oppress , than the expulsion of a'few miserable puppets , whose sole power exists iu the protection afforded them in their aggressions on the rights of labour by vicious and corrupt laws , which the adoption of tbe principles propounded in the People ' s Charter would so far purify as would render therri conducive to the indiserimiiiate protection of rich and poor , conferring tbe blessings . ' of . ' peace and plenty on all who are willing to labour for them , and causing a strict performance of the duties of their station , the onlv legitimate guarantee for the enjoyment of wealth , to those who may be so fortunate , is to acquire it .
It is true that a mean spirit of calculation and speculation has taken p < ssessionol ' thatportion of society which has , for the last fifteen years , exercised adircct influence on the legislation of the couatry . It has entered largely and banefully into our dom stic arrangements ; but as this isonly the natural effect of a monopoly of the facilities which science lias rendered to the accumulation of ^ wealth ,. a more equitable distribution of the rights of citizenship would , by the destruction of the monopoly of legislation , soon reducespcculatlon to its proper level , and convert that into a fair and laudable spirit of . commercial
enterprise which your correspondent so justly designates " a spirit of mean calculation . " It is puerile still to keep beating the bush when tho game is up . The Chartistsare in the ascendant ; they hayecreated a very strong and energetic opinion ; which will ultimately prevail ! To attempt the regeneration of our country by any other means will only retard our progress to the goal of Freedom , and it only wants the adhesion of all th sc who , like ouv frirad Mr Steill , feel that any iiyury done to a portion of ihe community ought to be resented by the whole . to consummate that great andgrand tiosideratam , the political and social regeneration of our country .
In requesting tho insertion of this letter let me also solicit your powerful co-opovation in this holy cause in that spiritof liberality indicated by the publication of Mr Steill ' a letter . Let us so assail the citadel of corruption , that neither the Highland lai-ds , nor their equally guilty Saxon abettors , with all tlie appliances of tyranny at thtir disposal , shall bs able to prevent its total and immediate overthrow , and on its ruins let us lay tho foundation of a better system .
Then let us pray that , conic it may—And come it shall for a' that—That man to man tbe warld o ' er , Shall brithtrs be , au' a' that ! I am ; Sir , Your very obedient servant , IlBSRY ROSS . 10 , Edith Yilto , Ffilba .
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« , r e P 3 ent moment ; when the country is oh the tl JS * r clic io ' » . the following article , which wfif hi f a lh * cu , re "t number of the Labourer , wm lie tound 1 ery useful •—Th « n , i , THE 0 A 1 IE LiSWS . ine present ij 8 temo , QamttLawg owes its origin to S ^ r ?/* " law-of William tho Norman , who oveutae r <> d-de < , as his own children , and much batter than hta own » ul > je ( ,, S t It fa one of the reIfc 3 of ftMal barbarism and feudal tyranny , which in former times overcame the genuine spirit of Saxon liberty . rrom the Furest Laws , " says Sir William Black . » ume , ha « sprung the Game Law now arrived to , and nantontng m its burliest vigour , both founded upon the same unreasonable notions of permanent property in vrfld creatures , and both productive of the sime tyranny to the commons ; bnt with this diftVre . ice , that the Forest T ^ a e ab , , s , 1 , ; < 3 on , y ° " » % h'y hunter throughout tho land , tie Game I *™ raised a little Nimrou in evMy manor . This is pretty str .-n language for one who was a judge tome sixty years ago , but not too strong for the subject . "
The feudal system prevailed also in France to the period of the , { reat revolution { 1793 ) , when it was wholly abolished , awl , as a uurt of it , the Game Laws were expressly declared to be destroyed . JXri , r Uom , ! ' which is » ° ofte «» Praised as a model to b * followed by other countries , ail wild animal ,, wh e ther flesb , fish , or fowli were the property of any who could take their . ; but no one was allowed to trespass oa another man a-land in pursuit of then *; if he did so . he wa » punished ** a trespasser , not as » poacher ; it was forthe sake of the land , and the property therein not game , that such trespass was prohibited ,
In our country , however , tlie rulinjf powers bare not been contented with so mild a measure , but statute after statute Lss been pa-ssed for the protection-of game and heavy and eumulatlwpenaltlewltenouuced ayiinst all who are « uilty of infrinRins ttitir enacimcnts . Game differs much from those things wl . ich may be said to be the subject of private property . It is admitted on all hands not to belong to any person in particular until it is reclaimed , nrpreserved , by and for . that person ; , and * even then , directly it warders from his land-it becomes tho property of the person to whose land it eomes . Other property , too , it is supposed , may be enjoyed by the owner without
njur ; toothers ; , but game preserved for the amusement oi u few is the pest of the surrounding neighbourhood , and doesirifcuta injury to the asricultare 0 f tne country . It has been with a view to supply this deficiency in game , considered as property , that su many grievous Acts ot Patluuient have been passed in regard to it ; and it has been sought to remedy the weakness of the object by the strength of tbe means usi-d to support it . Tbe lore ot pursuing game , or of sport , is natural to man in a barbae rous or civilised state , or to overcome this has been one » f tbe causes of such severe laws . To show the character of these laws as they now exist , we propose to give t > n analysis of them , so that any may soon perceive tbe nffences which come beneath them , and their mpective punishments , and thus may not be ignorant upon a matter which deeply affect * the classes to which we appeal .
By stats , l and 2 w , 4 , c , 32 , killing or taking game , or using any dog , gun , net , or other engine or instrument , for the purpose of killing » nd taking of game on a Sunday or Christmas-day , is punishable by a fine not exceeding £ 5 and costs , or three mouths'imprisonment and hard labour . Killing or taking a partridge between the first day of February and the first day of September ; a pheusant between the first of February and the first of October ; or black game ( except in Devon , Somerset or the New Forest ) , between tbe tenth of December and the twentieth of August , in the succeeding yeur ; and in Devon , Somerset , and the New Forest , between the tenth of December and the succeeding first of September ; or grouse , commonly called red game , between tenth of December and the succeeding twelfth of August ; or any bustard between the first of March and first of September ; for every head of game a fine may be imposed not exceeding 20 s . and costs , or imprisonment for two months and hard labour .
Buying , selling , or knowingly having iw house , shop , stall , or possession or control , any bird of game after the expiration of ten d ^ ys ( tine exclusive and tbe etb er inclusive ) , from the respective days in each year on which it shall become unlawful , or if a person not licensed to deal in game shall buy or sell an ; bird of game after ten days ( one inclusive and the other exclusive ) from the respective days on wbich it shall become unlawful as aforesaid , or shall knowingly have in his bouse , possession , or couvtrol , any bird of garae ( except birds of game kept in a mew or breeding place ) after tbe expiration of forty days from the . expiration of the respective seasons ; for every head of game , 20 s . and costs , or two months' imprisonment and hard labour . No restriction is imposed by this Act upon killing hares at any season .
This Act abolishes the old qualification to kill game , but empowers any person who may take out a game certificate to kill game , subject only to bis liability in respect of any trespass commuted in pursuit of it ,. But it is declared that nothing in that Act contained shall affect or alter ( except as after-mentioned ) any acts by which persons using any dog , gun , net , or other engine , for tbe purpose of taking or killing any game whatever , or any woodcock , snipe , quail , landrail , or conies , are required to obtain and liuve annual game certificates ; consequently all tbe Acts relating to certificates are unrepealed , and in addition , by this Act it is enacted , that taking or killing game , or using any dog , gun , net , or other engine or instrument for searching for , er killing game , such person not being authorised for want of a certificate , shall render him liable to a penalty not exceeding £ 5 . and costs , or three months ' imprisonment with hard labour .
And it is expressly provided , that the payment of this penalty shall not be exempt from certificate duty ; but this penalty shall be deemed a cumulative penalty . Trespass hy entering . or being in the day-time in search or pursuit of game or tv odcocks . snipes , quails , landrails or conies , is punishable by a Hue not exceeding 40 s . nnd costs , or two months' imprisonment and hard labour . And if more than five persons together commit any such trespass , each is liable to a fine not exceeding £ 5 . and costs , or three months' imprisonment and hard labour . A trespasser may be required to tell his christian and surname , and place of abode , or on refusal may be apprehended . And a " trespasser refuting to give his name , whether apprehended or not , may be fined not exceeding £ 5 . and costs , or be imprisoned for three months with hard labour .
When five or more persons trespassing in the day-time , if any one being armed with a gun use threats or violence to prevent , or endeavour to prevent , any authorised person from requiring them to quit the land or to tell their names , & c „ the person offending by violence , an-1 those aiding and abetting him , shall bo liable to an additional and independent penalty ef a sum not exceeding £ 5 . and costs , or three months' imprisonment and huid labour . N . B . —Game ( but not woodcocks , snipes , quails , land , rails , or rabbits , ) may be taken lrom trespassers under this section . If proceedings be taken for trespass under this Act , a civil action cannot be maintained .
By 52 Geo . 3 , c . 93 , it Is provided that persons using any dog , gun , net , or other engine , for the purpose of taking or killing any game whatever , or any wooiicock , snipe , quail , landrail , or any conies , a certificate duty of £ 3 13 s . Cd . is imposed , which , by 3 Vic , c , 17 , has been since increased to £ + 0 s . 103 . The exemptions from this duty ate—1 . Taking woodcocks and snipes with nets and springs . 2 . Taking or destroying conies , by the proprietors of warrens , on any inclosed ground whatever , or by the tenant of lands by himself or his direction , BylGtO . 3 , c . 41 , persons assisting , or intending to assist , a certificated person , to take or kill game , are not to be liable to duty . By 2 Geo . 3 , c . 93 , sporting without a certificate is punishable by a fine of £ 20 . and £ i Os . 10 J . duty , to be levied hy distress , or six months' imprisonment .
Persons using dog , gun , & c , refusing to . produce certificate , oi- if no certificate produced , to declare his christian and surname , nnd place of residence , and assessment , or producing false certilleate , or giving false name . Ac ., liable to a penalty of £ 20 ., to be levied by distress , or six months' imprisonment , By 5 Goo . 4 , c 41 , surveyors of taxes are empowered to . charge persons killing game without certificate , and without any previous information mid conviction . By G and 7 Will . 4 , c . 05 , persons sporting without certificate may be charged with double duty , £ 8- Is . 8 d . By 1 and 2 Will , i , c . , certificated persons may sell game to licensed dealers , except gamekeeptrn , who cannot , without the written authority of their masters . Lie rises to game dealers granted by justices at petty sessions in July , yearly , who must take out certificate , pay yearly duty of £ 2 . Purchasing or soiling without . icetise exposes to a hue of £ 20 , or six months' imprisonment .
Selliim , or offering for sale , gamo without a cerlincats to any person , or linviiig a certificate ,, to auy one , except a , licensed dealer , renders liable to a fine not exceeding £ 2 and costs , or two months '' imprisonment and bard labour . Buying game , except from licensed dealers , a fiae not exceeding £ 5 and costs , or three months' imprisonment and hard labour . Licensed dealers buying-of persons without a certific : ite , or selling contrary to Act , a fine not exceeding £ 10 and costs , or three months * imprisunmcut and havii labnur . By 5 and 6 Will . 4 , c . 20 , persons informing and prosecuting for game oll- 'iiccs are indcmnifii : ' ) against penaltics they may have incurred iu respect ot She same transaction .
By 1 nnd 2 Will . 4 , c . 32 , moiety of penalty goes to informer . Putting any poiaon on auy ground , -. liieiher open . or enclosed , where game usually resort , or in any highway , a fine not exceeding £ 10 , or three months' imprisenmeiitandhm-d labour . Taking out of the nest , or destroying in the nost , or having in p . wcssioti , the eggs of any bird of game , or oamy swan , wild duck , teal , or widgeon , for every eg ;; a tine not exceeding i' 5 or two months' imprisonment and hard labour . By 7 and 8 Geo . 4 . c . 29 , taking or killing any barn oi corny in a warren , on ground lawfully used tor breeding or keeping of hares and conies , whether inclosed or not .
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» y > Gco . 4 , e , 60 i night peacWng comm flnw * «? ttie expiration of the first hour after sunset ,- ad d Modules at tho : lasthour hefero stinrlse . Any pewoal bynlnhttwlawfully taking and destroying any game ( M rabbits in f y ? nJ ' Vh « th « «*» . or eDCl 0 se * , or b > - » W »*» utt " lawfully en ering , or fivimgin any land , whetfH r open or Inclosed with any gurnet , engine , or etfierisai tremens ?' . SxEEF ^& W ** ' ! " -lestroyinff game- ; . shall for his first offencebe committed for » term not < m " * dinB three months , with hard labour , and at the expiia tion to find sureties himself i „ j } i 0 , and two suretiw i" « ch in
ea , or one £ 10 , for his not offending- again , - for a year next followmg . If he dues not find sureties W be imprisoned , and kept to hard : labour for tbe space ef »** months . For second offet . ce , ira ri 8 onmeni , notewet «• irtg- six months , with hard labour , and at expiration ' . to find sureties , himsflf in £ 20 , two sureties of £ lo eath , or one in £ 20 for two years following . r / , iot fii . djww ' . ties , imprisonment for one year , WJfft hard Mmr . Tha third offence is declared a misdemeanor , aiid the offender may be , at the discretion of the court , f « t »* . ported for seven pears , or imprisoned and kept to hard lahour , not exceeding two years .
Owners , occupiers , gamekeepers , and servants , , may apprehend such persons , who , if theyoffer violeace ,-v . ill be guilty of misdemeanor . Prosecution within six months after offence . Appeal offainst sammsry convictions to quarter sessions , giving notiee of appeal within throe days afttr conviction , and give security to pay eos-ts awarded on appeal . Three or more persona entering or being on any land ' , & c ., with any gun , cross * bow , fire-arms-,, bludgeon , on other offensive weapon ,, each person is guilty of amis * demeanor , nnd punishable , at discretion of the court ; with transportation , not exceeding fourteen years , nor
less than seven years , or imprisoned with Sard labour , not exceeding three years . ¦ . By l and 2- Will , 4 , c .- » 8 J trustees convicting sum . mariiy under the Act may direct the penalty and costs to be paid immediatel y , or withia some appointcdtlms , and , in default of payment nt the time appointed , the convicted perdon may be imprisoned in the county gaol , or house . of correction , with or without hard labour * for any term not exceeding two calendar months , where the amount to be paid , exclusive of costs , shall not amount to £ o " ' 8 s , for an / terra not exceeding three calendar months ; In any ether case , the imprisonment to ceasn , on pnynunt of the amount of coats .
The constituencies should use their ulmost-endea-Youra to procure the abrogation of this infamouscodc . Let no > would-be legislator obtain voice or vote who will not pledge himself to seefe the immediate and total repeal of these accursed laws .
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" If a man has a right on the earth , be hag a right to land enough to raise a habitation on . If he ha ? a right to live , lie has right to land enough to till for his subsistence . Deprive him of any one of these rights , and you place him nt the mercy of those who possess them . "—Evou ' s Radical , No . l .. ,. . .. The crops throughout Denmark promise an extremely' abundant harvest . ' ' 'i'fcsfoitnelation of the first German Gatholiochurch eyerbuilt in Prussia has been . laid at LeigniU , in Silesia . '¦ ,. '¦¦' A Nottinghamshire shepherd lately exhibited at Louth a couple of lambs , conjoined by nature , and crossed in the form of the letter X-,- their heads beins oppositetoeach other , and their legs ,, which wer < : all perfect inform and number , being similarly ' dii posed . - -
From a table in ] tho : New iYork < tIkral . d , we find that the population of New Orleans in 1800 was 9 . 000 , it is nov ? 100 , 000 ; in 1800 the population of Cincinnati was ToO , it is now 93 , 000 . The King of Bavaria has just published a fourth volume of bis poems . We learn from the Democrats Pacijique , that the Bishop of Chartrea is endeavouring to preach down the French press ! .. There arc in England no fewer than 30 , 000 commercial travellers . •' ¦¦ : ' ¦¦ The yearly amount of insolvency in England is
£ 50 000 , 000 ! ... The smart money paid for the purchase of recruits at Wutlwich defrays tho expenses of the recruiting department . Typhus fever , and spotted . fever , . are said to bo both very prevalent in Blackburn . At Leeds it has been found necessary to lay a poorrate of 2 s . 8 d . in the pound , in consequence of tho prevalence of sickness and destitution . This is an increase of 8 d . in the pound on the last half-year , and of I * , on the preceding . ' The Ath-naum . states that some Ethiopian serenades , washed white , areabout to appear in London . A new book of travels in tho East , by Alias Afartineau . hss been advertised lor publication . .. A ve ^ el which has arrived at Liverpool , from Boston , h .-is brought 291 tons of ice , tho first cargo of that article which has been received this year ;
In a trrvat hie which lately occurred at Smolianka , in the Russian government of Tchernigoff , ; 235 houses and a church were consumed , and four persons perished in the flames . . The Scottish Press which is to start in September , under tiie management of some of the leading membtra of the United Presbyterian Church , is to take up the middle position regarding State educationto defend a combined system of secular education under local mauaKcment . . - " :-, ... Disease has « gain broken out on the moors amongst Iheiirousc . They are said to be dying by thousands . There are sume young birds , however , on the wing , while others are only beginning to hatch , but if the w-ather continues favourable it is hoped there will be a fair show iu August . An American paper asserts that a man who is residing on Long Island , was born in tho seventeenth century , and is now 150 years of a . e .
During three or four days , at the beginning of last month , -nearly 500 ships passed through the Dardanelles , for the purpose of leading , c-jrn in the harbours of the Black Sea . A ship which carried 400 Algerine pilgrims , who were returning from M < cea , was lately wrecked on the ceast of Catidia , but the lives of all eu board were fortunately saved . . . .. . In the year 1328 the quantity of caoutchouc exported from Bfazii , did not exceed 20 , 000 lb . ; but . in the year 1845-6 , it amountid to upwards ol' 800 , 000 ! b . besides 415 , 953 pairs of shoes . Among the antiquities which will be forwarded to England from the ruins of Nineveh , are two large winged bulls , about tenfett square , and a pair of colossal winged lions . Ssme hampers of beer have arrived from Rotterdam at Southampton , whence they will be shipped to Lisbon for the use of the Queen of . Portugal .
Man creates more discontent to lami-eli' than ever was occasioned by others . The 31 st Regiment of Foot has been allowed to bear the word " Orthes" on its colours , iu commemoration of the gallantry ot its second battalion in that battle , on the 27 th of February , 1814 . The Catholic priest of the village of Sterri , in Greece , who is a warm partizau of the present Greek ministry , lately announced to his congregation that all ' thosewhodidnot vote for the ministerial candidates would be excommunicated , and would borefused the sacrament and extreme unction . Jullien has taken Drury Lane Theatre for a term of tliree years . . , . „
A few dnvs since a thief entered a garden at Hornchurch . Hisses , for . the ' purpose--: ot -stealing , some vegetables , which ho tiiiew over the . hedge to as accomplice . A pistol which he carried m . his pocet then suddenly ' exploded , and mortally wounded tje nnluekv depredator , who dicdalmosiin » tanta » eou ! . l > " Aftto inauguration of tho ^ tueo ! Frederick the Great of Prussia , on the 20 th of June-,, a veteran of tlieseven-yoars ' war was present , i . ilbe unilorm ol that . dav , aad offered , h » military . salute , . . lie \ . m one hundred nnd uiue years > ot ¦ agc ,, aaving been born Ft-biuary ' $ ; 11 SS ' ¦ ; : 1 , '¦¦'„ ' 1 , ' 1 ;' It is said that MrFerwnd ; M . P :. is about to navry the sister ©! ' L'ird Blaniyre . Should the match take place , he will be bro ther-in-law to a daughter ol the Duke of Sutherland . . . - Tiie ^ neen has taken Laggaa , on the margin o Lnch luaggan , at Aidvreckie ,. where the comt will remain from the beginning of Auyubt to S ^ terMieiv Her Majesty , it is understand , will visit
Liverness . ... , The new factory bill is in- eperation as- an eleven hours' bill , antl ' as such will remain in ibzee until the L-sJ of May , 1 S 48 ; on and after which it will bswhat its name imports , a ten hours' bilk ,, The New Orfcaus Delta , mentions than a young pror dicy , silted with a vl-iiou capable of distinguishing the- ' atclliti'sof Satura , has been discovered in-tae state of Louisiana . . The Queen lias not toiled to witness every perioralaneeof J-siiny Lind when her Majesty has baon m London .. ., c ,, The English workmen cmpWyod in somo- ot . ho iron works in tin * state of Virginia have caased labnur , because their masters have refused to raise their wages , aad have also- employed slaves as " puddlers . ,. ¦ . , that circumstances
The "Tablet" asserts some which had been rvvoalod in confession to Puseyitu ' clergymen of the Church ri England , have afterwards . uBcnniB publicly known , a * id that journal attributos . th ose disclosures to tlio fact that several of these clorayisen are married . it has been observed that in the « iins of Nineveh , which Mr Layard is now exploring , arches are IVofiacntly used ; although antiquarians and aieiitiects had hitherto supposed that the arch was not known tor several hundred years alter ihe date at which ihe buildings of Nineveh were probably crested . A short time sinue , a man residing noav Dudlev wasconimiUedfoi'ti'ial . onachaivc of itloiiy ; anil - . rich was theell ' ert that this annuunceinvnt IimI upon his wile , that she died of a broken heart within a foit-ibht .
A curious circumstance happened sv few days since , as one of tho trains was going along tho Kilmarwck and Troon Railway . A cvo-. v , in the act ul' Hying tun-OSS the liuc , was struck hy the funnel of ike engine . It fell into the tender , ftud was lifted up alive : butthoiif . h its skin was unbroken , it died , shortly afterwards , from the effects of tlie stroke ,
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" Whkt ' s ih tub Bona , " & tr . —The first execution in SheiHeld . unrW the new County Court , has Aeen put in force aeainst a man named Wood Itis » singular fact , tbat his father was the first , person ; tl iat was taiten to traol npder the old Court of Requests' Act , thereby verifyinn tbool' adase . •« t i ^ I 3 En ! r r er tub Press rt ? F anck . — The > In dependent de l'Oticst , " a le if imar-tst jottrral , prtblflhed alrEaval , has been prosecuted frr bavin * put tiiBhed a fragment of a letter of Jimitts , written in j 1171 , andadllressed to Geonre Iff .. King of Eng-? JlvJk ge w , ^ ™ racfc f ™ m * s orrch de-Tl ?™? MrWmdham ; n thc E m p ! iarnPrit , dr ^ nfn 9 at , on ^ »™ nc e . w » K « ri . » mMf ?« i . and iSSSi ? ! S ! in those frMmwta ' lwa been See si !? t ? h " 0 fil " of , he Cfw »» . < an oftence . aeamst thenereon ofthn Km . nffH « F « nnh r
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,., , T fuvEirxvo ;—A new company started' on Monday last for the conveyance of passenrers- from flunterford Market to Paddington at one-penny each person , in opposition to tiie twopenny company . Tub Lata Tiiundbb-storji . —The provincial paper * teem with accounts inflicted on property walnwfc every part of the country , bv the disastrous thunder storm which raeed on the 6 th and 7 th inst . Happily , however , no further loss of life on the occasion lhW been received .
POTATOKS I , V THE MaJWIIESTRH IvfAnKBT . —Pi fhflf week ending July 7 th , tho enormous quantity ofU-080 loads of potatoes were -brought to the Ma ' nch ' i'ster market , paying an a ^ reprate tol l to the corporation , as lords of the manor , of ^ 70 . Takine each load at 2521 bs , and assuming the-present nnnulatinn of Manchester and Salford to be 320 . 000 ( it hem ? 31 K 00 O in June . 1841 ) , t ' . us ' quantity , if they had all been retained for consumption in the town , would hav » pen 7 lbs of potatoes per head for every individual in the two boroushs .
Rbmotal of iRiair PArrpEKS . —The mo » t active-arid ? decided measures have been commenced for remnvinu to , their country all . the Irish paupers applv ' ma fur parochial relief in Liverpool . The law now elves them aright , to support in theiroiiintvy . and thu-new law of settlement eives the necessarv powers far removinL' them , and these powers the local authorities are determined te cnfnree'fnmly . Attachment oKtitb : Doo . —A few weeks ae » a person died in Liverpool , and was buried im the church-yard at Edgehill : ' A white dog »« llnw « l the remains of hi % master to the grave , where be
remained nhjht and d » y . _ A fter being tlwre n ennvderable timp , fed by the inh-ahitants of-the noiyhWonrhood , who were struck oy this minifestation oP nffection , an attempt was initio » o iniluce the ths to forget his sorrow . He was takon sway in the nfaht time , in a lias , to a considerable distance ; hut the very first opportunity ha started off . to oocupv his position on the tjravc of his master . The poor animil continued to remain there for more than a month , when , wo are informed , poisoned fond wa « gi' » -n to him , with thc humane intention of putting a period to his sufferings .
Anecdotb op Watbrkio . —During fho bp . yle » British artillery officer vndo up to the Duke of Wellington , and said , " Your Grace , I have a distinct view of Napoleon , attended by his staff ; my yuhi m-ewell pointed in that direction—sliall Inppn fire ?" The Duke replied , 'Certainly not ; I will not . allow it : it is not tho business of commanders to fife on eac ' -i other . " - Effect op a TrrcNDESBr . i . T —florins ; ft trtmens ? n « s storm which oemirred * at--Bernstadr ., in Pi'intftinti Silesia , on tin 20 th ult . a thunderbolt entered the earth not far from a well . Immediately afterwards , a noise was heard at- tho bottom ot a well , and the water became warm aad buhblins , with a strnnjr smell of sulphur . At-the spot where the thhviderbolt struck the earth ; an opening , about a yard de » n and a foot wide , was visible '; but no trace nf thb-ftirth which filled that void was to he seen . Ever since , the water of the well has been muddy , and has tasted of saltpetre .
Sailors ' . IIomb Giruncir . — -The consecration of ihe pew church of St Paul , recently completed , forthe use of seamen of the port of London , took place on Saturday . The ceremony was performed by the Bishop oflondnn , in-thc presence of Prince Albert and o'her distinguished yiMtors . 'M erniiie- service was performed by the-Re . v . Charles Smith . Hie enn-• jregation included ' a large number of seamen . Thenew edifice stands in-Dock-street , Wapning * Dahixo ATTKMPrro Ron a PosTMA ^» . — The folliwring ' notice line been issued by the authorities : — "Threb ITraDnED Poiinps ffewARD .--WhereaR , about eieht o ' clock on Wednesdav mdvnins , the 7 « h of-July inst . a daring attempt was made by three men-in Mitrecourt , in Wo'id-3 * . reet , Ohcn . psi ( Ie , tn rob tbe Iinmbnrdstreet lettor-cawier of the letters entrusted to-him for
delivery ; The letter-carrier wat knocked down and severely beaten wit'h a life-preserver , which wis found near the spot . Whoever will giv ? snob , information ks shall lead- to the discovery and ennviction of the offenders , shall r' -oeivc a reward of £ 3 t % payable on cmviction . And-if cither of the persons concernoA in the attack-will como forward and give sneh information and evidence as shall lead to -the discovery and convte . tion of his accomplice or aceorap'riees in such attack , he will , in addition to the said ' reward , receive her- Majesty ' s gracious pardon —Apply to if . ft . Peacock , Es q > . Rolicitortft thePn « t-oifice . London . General Post-office . 12 th July . 1 S 47- ""
Chbap-Newspaprrs—Tim limes of the O . 'h snst . is furious mihThe Homing Chronicle tor annoitncins » red notion from five pence to four pence , nnd ' eontenda stoutly that the cheaper journal must- necessarily ho an inferiorono . This proposition the JYieflsatteropts . to prove hy t'heker . "ivinir tht » cnstof-tlio paper only , lor each dav ' sp- 'blieatiflii , te ' 2 t } ., of the stomp lid ., most dishonosUy suppressing all allusion th tho tact , that on account of its daily supplement' of advertisements the Times has to pay threp fnrthin « s more for paper , and a halfpenny more for attinms . making IM . in alii , for each copy more than ' The Morning
Chronicle ) wbich seldom or never publishes a supplement . Tlift . Times modestly says— " We belong to the public . Wc are proud to think that England is proud of ils Times . It is not very extravagantly taxed for the . possession and use . of-tho fi-st journal inths-worfd . " England proud if -its Times ! If si , EnaTaaid will be proud of its weathercocks next , forthe ^ a-iB hardly a single question ot-puMic iniportnticeof wlf ' oh the Times has no ^ . advoe . sfcd both si ^ es with eO i UaJ aval and energy . If honesty and consistency bunecessary qnsliiies in a j ^ arwil , Enplaud h : is faenmre rea « oti to bo proud of its , G' / nmicle than of its
Times . —LivcrjWM Jiermri / . MwiUMKvr To .-Uoi 5 MssoSr ^ Mr W . RntWwne . the mayor , and others , hav <; rn ; en busy marking out the site for the bronzed stnt tie moimraent . to the memory ol ' Mr Haskisson , which tho liaeralityof Mrs U'is « kis ^ oii ban presented to Liverpool . Tho r > itc will bu the north area of tho Custom-house , opposite the bottom of Smith Castle-street The stone-work for the ped'stal is , wo learn , alr-cady prepared . Tim W-aii Mepal-1 , —Tncscis >' s Gazette apnoinices that * ' tfe claims to-medals , uv . d » r the vr"v : sions of
the L-ensrsl order of the 1 st of Juno . 1 S 17 , of outpi'iisiimai's livinjr e-nfenf- tho United Kingdom , and of all poisons who , having formerly sewed in the army a ? no & commissinaed oftieersand soldiers , h « vc been tliscWsed therofrtmi wUV . nt pension ! , may he transiniit * ildii eel to the St-cvetary t' » the Bc-sni of Cein-ral OSSlfevs , hits all yard , I . mvloH . aiuialisuciioiftiins a ? 9- to be statrtl and ecrtilied according to a eiven s » vm , " in wbieh musi . he stated tfeis namt : and aii-- . Iress of claimant .. htR y ank when diseh . irsed , tlie data ^ ot his disciiargo , the-action or actions for whi « h he ' claims , niiil : tho regiinrnt , coincanv . « i'd rank in
which he servo ! at the time of oho !) action . Thk Spanish Exilbs . —The M \ a * ' we let'er has : been udilrt-sscd bv General Yrarle , one ol iheirosfc ; distingaished followers of Eipnrhw , to Lord 1 altBH-ston :-- " London , July 1 , l ^ t- , ^> ' Lord-1 I have- iuit . received the eamniand ot my au--ust \ sovereign . Q-ievn Isabella , to rclum ' •<> my country , t ftt ier three ve « rs of emieration , add to re . sumu -. « y i nwk of praeral in the Sp :. » Wt wmv . i » unn - iay » mideiicein this h . « pit- * hlo country 1 liave KCUivcd
th . - - m ..-t mnrhi'd kfcrfmw I «» i » tlsc taglis-h peopli * . I < -, - well - ' -s I ' Miiii the Kr . s'ish rovcnimfnt ; aiu ' - m lul- ' fiimeiiinf the ' » s ; , i ; , ' ft '! « lu ( -y ' '• m » n , which is to t „ .., ) V liimr elf gralefwl . 1 have the h * r . o » r ami the V i » gU patis ' . acliou of thus tflVrin » ihe tnbui * <» l " > Y ' ' ea ' vno't thanks , with liverv : is .-ur . i ! : cc i .-i rir-incL-ra- r tiiudii . Willi thcijc 1 ' aeiir . p loncc m <>'« begyonc , n Kx"el cnov will be pleai ^ vl to accept i : i > ' u : i i ^ . l » - I .... ' ihr-v with the iwRiirsiice of my high i : o « Mticriiti «» i < J nnd I reo'Pin your Exceiieney ' svery obadiest UemWa « ! sorvanv , Maktis Jess ywiiWBi "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17071847/page/3/
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