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Thoma S Mwb, The Scottish Martyr. A Tear...
THOMA S MWB , THE SCOTTISH MARTYR . A tear for tbe fate , and a sigh for the story , Ofon e who loT * d Freedom , regardless of fane : R efuse not tho tribute to him whose sole glory Was that of bequeathing a Patriot ' s name . Cold . coldisthe grave , where neglected he slumbers , Unheeded the temple that holds his remains , But bis country , repentant , how gratefully numbers The wrongs he endux'd to unrivet her chains . Yes , nation * may weep o ' er the heroes they Danish , O'er men who ambition'd buttheir liberty , But when all their temples ^ hall crumble and vanish ,
They'll live in the hearts of the brave aod . taefree . What are tears to the spirits of Mnir and of Wallace ? Their names are immortal , their soulsare divine ; Ho sighs can awake and no angotsb can solace The heroes that slumber in Liberty * shrine . So , no , theynow deep where the brave cannot perish , Though timemay corrupt and tneir asbesdecay : Bishononred they Ml , but their country shaU cherish The martyrs wbo * e « !«? cannot P »»» a »» y . . The annali of Freedom , tbe records of ages . Shall publish the names ofthe bold and the brave , While the living shaU mourn and blush o ' er the pages , Tofind that their conntry refuted them a grave .
Yet , such wis the fite ofthe heroes we number , Whofled for » home to * ome far distant shore . Unknown to the stranger , with glory they slumber , While millions bewail them , when they are no more . From their glare they reply ; < Oh ! ye slaves , why forlorn ?
¦ * * The spirit of Freedom with men never dies , ¦* - * For though tyrants may trample and laugh yon to scorn , 4 •* The snn of your freedom shall one day arise . ' 1 Tbe young , when they hear of their tragical story , i "ShaU wipe off the stain , and effjee the decree . ' They'll die , for their country , or live for its glory , " Theblood ofthe brave is the seed of the free . Long , long shaU the milltoas , remember , with sorrow , - The names they shall cherish and lore through all time , ThejW weep them to day , and they'll bless them tomorrow , While mankind proclaims them immortal , sublime . Hes & t Gsiccbos , Gentleman , London , Sep . 7 , 1817 .
A. S0k9 For The Fraternal Democrats, -O-...
A . S 0 K 9 FOR THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , -O-Oatheoccaiton of their Annual Festival , to celebrate = tt 4 ae Ahnivertary of t &« Preach Sepublio , at the German Hall , Drury . lane , Sep . 204 , 1 817 . Fraternal Democrats—we meet To celebrate thit day—And to the shades ef the mighty dead Our grateful homage pay . For on this great eventful day Waa Freedom ' s flag unfurled , And truths proclaimed which shall , ere long , Bezeaerate the world .
Although as friends to Freedom ' s cause . We raanrn the patriot ' * doom-Deplore that despot * have the power To send them to tbe tomb—Begret that tings and priests exilt , That tyrants still abound , . And ignorance and prejudice Are in abundance found . Tet when we aee Democracy , With giant strides advance . In Italy , ana G enaany ,
In England , and in f ranee—-See Chartists brave at Nottingham ; The victory obtain , And through the land , o ' er factions base , A iplen'id triumph gain . -See Scottish martyrs now revered , Those patriots staunch and true , JHuir , Hardy , Baird and Itargarot , Receive the homage due . And see the millions now arise In one united band , With energy resolved ta gain The Charter and the Land .
We haO with joy the onward march Of Democratic light , Dispelling clouds of ignorance And chasing mental night ; Exposing in its hideous forms The system we despise , A system based on iojastice , Corrupt ion , fraud , and lies . So sure as winds the billows dssh Across the foaming sea , Orb ' s still roll on , and Nature ' s works In harmony agree , — So shall this mighty cause progress . It will not , cannot fail , In spite of tyrant ' s , king ' s , and priests , It mist—it siaB prevail . Jons Askott Somers Tows , Sep . 13 th , 1817
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Revelations Politiques. Les Trois Yigtim...
REVELATIONS POLITIQUES . LES TROIS YIGTIMES . Pa * is Comte bb Wiixbbod . [ Politkcd Revelations . The Three Tiettou . Bfthe Count deWillbrod . ] London : Armand , Rathbone-place . ( Continued / rom the Star of September Uik . ) Lyons was the first town winch felt the intrigues of the Society ef National Independence . The moYements in Lyons in 1816 , were in feet bat the prelude to the more-violent outbreaks of eighteen months afterwards ; the results compromised Decazes and big agents in the most deplorable manner : it was in fact a skirmish ofthe parties , —a prologue acted by those grand dramatists , the Talleyrand—Foneh § Ministry , the Orieanist faction , and Paul Didier—cenoerning whose proceedings themostsigni-Seant and culpable silence was maiatained by Decazes .
The outbreak was fixed to take place on the 20 th or 21 st of January , a few days after Didier ' s return from an expedition to Loire , Upper Loire , and Pny de Domrae . He had received bis latest instructions from Paris , and it was agreed that an attack should be made ou tbe garrifon , which contained but few soldiers , that some watchmen should seize the sentinels , and that Rossetwithahundred recruits should disarm the guard , take possession of the ammunition , and Lyons should be manned by the insurgents . But the plot was discovered on tbe morning of the 19 th , by General Mariorgone , commandant ef the department , and the ringleaders were arrested , with the exception of Didier , who within twenty-four hours found himself safe within the wans of Grenoble .
However , the executive iu those days did not hurry themselves in their decisions ; tke plot which failed « n the 20 th of January , was inquired intoon the 26 th of August ; an interval of sixmonths was thus left for the drama at Grenoble to be played oat , and the , success or failure of Didier to be decided . Yet had not an extraordinary fatality , or some yet deeper machination interfered , nothing could have been more easy than to stifle this rebellion in its birth . The following were the facts elicited by the judicial inquiry . That there existed a revolutionary association of which the centre was Paiis , under the immediate protection of the resigned ministers , and which spread itself through even the extremities of France . ...
That Paul Didier had , under the name of Anguste , been sent by the chief committee at Paris to Lyons , and had presided in the meetings held at the chief conspirators * houses , . . And finally , that in these meetings , in written proclamations , and in intercepted letters , personages oftheKghest rani bad been compromised , and their names had been used with a boldness sufficiently daring , to at least excite suspicion . Well ! these names were religiously concealed , the association of National Independence was suffered to continue its tranquil career , Paul Didier was allowed to continue unmolested his revolutionary pilgrimagesand the whole affairwhich bad been sup
, , pressed fofsixmonths , terminated quietly at theassize Court ; seme of the conspirators were acquitted : two were condemned to different terms of imprisonment and but fcr thejudge , M . deCbanielange , the trial would never have been beard of beyond the limits of the court . But that minister saw at once the whole danger of the conspiracy . He spoke op enly and energetically ofthe seditious conferences of the ^ -ministers : be accused Fouche , Cirnot , and Talleyrand of having woven the plot of which he he'd one intricate thread . Other accusations , somewhat less explicit perhaps , were made by him , but if ttey were not then understood , tbe policy and craft ¦ of ene now high in power , has left them at present
no enigma . It must be allowed tbat the conspirators showed ttnch discrimination in choosing Grenoble as the theatre for the opening act of the revolutionary drama . Possessing peculiar privileges , from bavin ? long enjoyed its own parliament , ever ready to face daager , to be tbe first in all daring acts of independence , of patriotism , or of rebellion , yet unstained by tbe blood-guiltiness of the reign of terror , the capital of Dauphujy was an admirablespot fortheexecution ^ a scheme , which , if successful , was to deprive the « wrbons of their throne for ever .
Taits Magazine. M. De Qoincy Figures As ...
TAITS MAGAZINE . M . de Qoincy figures as usual at tbe bead of this jnagazine , with all bis wordy nothingness and tedious folly . To criticise such twaddle would be beneath the dignity of a review ; we can only remark * ith what singular appropriateness bis observations ° n the origin of Scmosser ' srepntatiin may beap-Phedtobimself . Schlosser mast bare benefitted In some such advenfi-°° « s way , before he ever cooM have risen to his German
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oelshrity . What was it that raised him to his momea * tary dlstinctioa ! Was it something very , wicked that he did , or something very brilliant that he said I I should rather conjecture it must have been somstalng inconceivably absurd which he propoied ; There is a good story entitled ' The Huguenot's Daughter , ' wbicb contains much to please and interest , and has the rare merit of being , though a long tale , contained in the one number of tbe magazine . A long review of Lady Gewgiana Fullartotfa extravagant novel * Grantley Manor , ' and another long dissertation on Scottish rivers ( rivers stem to be quite a rage among magsriae writers ) , nearly make « P the present number of Tait .
The People's Journal. Bennett, 69, Fleet...
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . We are glad to be able to continue our commendations of this excellent journal . It opens with the conclusion of an admirable tale ' The First and Second Marriage , ' by Mary Leman Gillies , and contains a number of other articles on various subjects , which can scarcely fail to please . The engravings in thi * journal are really excellent , and do credit to tbe artists ; but tbe Poetry , we must say is poor aad mediocre ; in fact , it is not poetry , though it may berhyme . With this exception , the September number of the People ' s Journal is worthy of all praise .
SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE AND FOREIGN MISCELLANY . London : Siutmonds and Ward , Barge-yard , Bucklersbury . This sterling macazine continues to present its readers with valuable information on colonial subjects , especially those relating to successful farming iu Australia , & c . These graver matters are intermixed with light articles , illustrative of foreign life ; and the continuation , in this number , of ' The Smiths at the Havana , ' from the graphic pen of Charles Ellerman is as life-like and admirable as ever .
—^ The Two Louis-Philippes. * He Who Fil...
—^ THE TWO LOUIS-PHILIPPES . * He who filches from me my good same Bobs me of that which not enriches him , And leaves me poor indeed 1 '
We present our readers with the following amusing illustration of the above lines . { The letter is a translation of one addressed to the Editor of the 'Reforme ' : — Sis , —la the age of liberty in which we live , I had , hitherto , believed that we were permitted to call onr . selves by tbe name of our fathers , and had the right to take his name and title . The anecdote I am about to relate will , however , prove to yourself and readers , if you think fit to communicate it to them , that we have returned to the , usages ofthe good old times of absolute despotism , ' and that this right no longer exists . At Nanterre . a part of the country where rustle manners ' and rural innocence exist in full force , lives a carrier called Philippe ; his godfather had given him the ' . name of Louis , many years [ before his namesake , the highest personage of that name , had determined on ousting his cousin , the king .
Our carrier styled himself' Lov . it Philippe , carrier , first of Nan'erre , ' not that he was ambitious of being the first carrier ia the country , but only to tell his customers that his name was at the entrance of the village . Thus did he quietly enjoy the right of calling himself after his father , when , unluckily , a carriage one day passed the door , and this carriage was tbe means of proving ha had no right to bear his father ' s name . The carriage was the Bake D'Aumate ' s . Though tbe horses were going rapidly , his Highness observed the sign , rsad it , and a few days afterwards , M . Philippe ( I dare no longer call him anything else ) was ordered to take down the offensive b * ardf and replace it with PBUlrPS , CA « SIEEOF NAHTEHI . The eon of this victim bears the same names as his father , and being about to marry a Miss Leroi ( the king ) , intended to add her name to his own , but it must not be . It is bis misfortune to be called Lomt-PhUi ppe . It would , indeed , be treason to add Le rot .
If this anecdote be correct , is it not enough to disgust the world with the puerile folly and despotism of kings ? ' JIan ! preud man ! Dressed in a little brief authority , like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As makes the angels weep 1 '
The Tiverton Library. The Communications...
THE TIVERTON LIBRARY . The communications respecting the above Library being this week more than we can well dispose of in the ' Notices to Correspondents , ' we place them together under a separate bead . jQT Having received orders for ihe knitted collars , contributed by the' Tiverton lady , ' to the amount of One Pound ' s worth , I think it right to intimate that I cannot receive further orders on account of tbe Library . One pound is , I think , a sufficiently generous donation , and as the lady's time is in other ways greatly occupied in furthering tbe interests of the
working classes , it would be unjustifiable to impose upon her kindness in regard to the ' collars . ' If , however , any friends wish to have collars , I shall have no objection to receive orders , it being understood that the cash sent to me will be paid over to tbe lady in return for ber work . It is only proper to add , that I make this announcement without having first consulted tbe lady . G . Jr / Lus Harney . Northern Star Office , Sept . loth , 18 i 7 .
Resoltjiigss passed at a Mbbting ofthe Tiverton Chartists , held at the White Ball Inn , en Friday , September 10 th : — That this meeting fenders its most sincere and heartfelt thanks to tbe lady who has so kindly and benevolently presented to Mr Harney a number of ladies' netted collars , to be sold for the benefit of the Working Han ' s Library , and tbat we pledge ourselves to second the efforts of this lady . so nobly manifested in our behalf . That we present our grateful thanks to Mr Thomas Winters , of No . 2 , Kirkman ' s-place , Tottenham-courtroad , for having so liberally made a gift of twenty volumes to the Library . Also , our best thanks to Mr George Wallace , of Ho . 14 , St John ' s-wood-terrace , Regent ' spark , for his kind gift of a highly valued work ; and that we pledge ourselves to make the best use of the above works in furthering the aims and objects of the benevolent donors .
Tbat the thanks of this meeting be given to the editor ofthe KoiTHsas Stab for his kindness on former occasions , and that he be requested to publish the above resolutions . The Committee of teg Chartist Association at Tiverton beg to return their most sincere thanks to Mr Alexander and Mrs Baynes , for their kind donations to the Working Man ' s Library . Tbs Sechembt to the Trranroir Cbartists has received eight volumes for the Library , from W . J . P . Wilkinson , Esq ,, of Exeter , for which tbe Tiverton Chartists return their sincere thanks .
Nottingham Operajivs LiBiUBiES—At a meeting of delegates from tbe various operative libraries in this vicinity , it was stated tbat it was in contemplation to form one at Tiverton , and as tbe principal object ofthe meeting was to make arrangements for assisting the occupiers of the ' Land allotments' in forming theirs so far as the present circumstances of each library would admit , either by loan or gift of books ; it was also agreed upon that Tiverton should be included , and tbat a copy of the rules of each library in this district should , in the first instance , be forwarded to the Tiverton working men , accompanied by such other information on the subject as
might be considered of use . Being at a loss with whom we should correspond , I am directed by the delegates to request that , if in your power , you will insert in the next week ' s Northern Star , to whom the rules , bad better be forwarded . Tbe members of tbe operative libraries here , knowing the utility of such institutions , are anxious to render every assistance in their power for the formation of such libraries , in localities where they do not at present exist . —I aro , sir , for tbe delegates , your most obedient servant , M . Host , Secretary , No . 2 . Library , King George on Horseback . Mr Julian Harney . [ Address to Mr George Coaway , Jun ., West-Exe , Tiverton , Devonshire . !
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Rotat , Polttechmc IssiiTOTiojf . —A highly important invention has been just added to the numerous works of mechanical art already deposited in the establishment . It consists of an apparatus for propelling carriages up inclined planes on railroads , and is invented and patented by Mr Galloway , tbe engineer . The application may be thus described . In tbe centre of the road , between the rails , is fixed a strong baulk of wood , with a grooved rail firmly fitted on it for the purpose of receiving two horizontal wheels , one on each side ; these wheels are iu communication with the engine , and when the train arrives at the bottom of the incline , the wheels are
put in motion and take it up with great facility , and in its downward course alsoacts tbe part of a break , tbe whole being allowed to descend with any given amount of velocity . The principle is beautifully illustrated in the model , which is daily exhibited and explained amongst the other demonstrations by Mr Crisp , the engineer , in the Great Hall of the establishment . Sheridan once declined to walk with a lady on account of tbe unpleasant weather . The lady soon afterwards discovered him going out alone . 'It ' s cleared up , 1 see , Mr Sheridan . ' * Yes , madam , it has cleared up enough for one , but not for two . '
An eminent French statistical writer took his station near the staircase , at a London ball , for tbe purpose of ascertaining the proportion of gentlemen who arranged their bair with their fingers before entering the room . He found them to average about twenty-nine out of thirty , those who had least or most hair usually occupying most time . A basket of grapes and a leg of mutton have been receatly sent fcrou ^ tlw Darlington post office
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TO THE WORKIN * CLASSES . Mr bear Fbikidb , My last letter bad so considerably exceeded the limits usually assigned to it , I was cov & peU «« Uo delay for a week j the consideration of some of the properties of the Adverb * . I teld you that it showed the manner of the verb . I must now add , that it is frequently used to increase the power of adjectives ; which , you know , mark the quality ofthe Noun . Thus , we say ' very beautiful , ' ' extremely rich , ' to express a higher order of beauty and greater wealth than the adjectives ' beautiful , ' ' rich , ' would , of themselves , describe .
We also frequently use two adverbs together , for tbe same purpose as we join an adverb aud an adjective , namely—to give the second adverb greater force : as be writes « ery correctly . ' Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to adjectives-as ' sweet , sweetly , ' beautiful , beautifu lly ; but although almost all the words that end in ly are Adverbs , there are many words which have not that termination , which are also Adverbs . Whenever you may be in doubt , remember the rale I have given you—that the Adverb shows the manner of the Verb , ' and cannot be used with a Noun , as the Adjective is only used , with a Noun , or its substitute , a Pronoun , expressed or supposed .
We now come to tbe seventh part of Speech , namely—The Preposition . Prepositions " are mostly small words , and are used to show the position or relation of things to each other . For instance—I will describe my position with regard to things around me . Iamta a room , on a chair , near the fire , beyond tbe window , at a table , beneath the ceiling , before the wall , above the floor . Observe how accurately these words describe my situation . These words are prepositions . You may always know them by putting tbe word' look' before any word , and it after the word ; if it makes sense , tbat word is a Preposition ; as 'loo & at , ' 'look after ' 'look about . '
The eighth part of Speech is the Conjunction . It is used to join words and sentences together , so as to connect them in the mind . < I wish to have a cottage and garden , that I may live comfortably . therefore I will work bard to obtain them . ' You see tbe words ' and , ' 'that / 'therefore , ' join together three sentences . Interjections are words thrown into a sentence to express some sudden feeling , and having no connection with tbe sentence itself . I think they are scarcely worthy of being called a part of speech , since they are only to us human animals , what howling is to a dog , or neighing to a horse . Such are Oh ! Alas I Ah \ and many other similar words . In writing an interjection , you should always folio w it by this mark (!) which is termed a note of ad
miration . We have now gone through the definitions of tbe different Parts of Speech , which , you will remem - ber , contain , in some one division , every word it is possible to utter . You wQl remember that Noun is merely a Name . That the Article limits tbe Noun . The Adjective shows its quality . The Verb gives life and action to the Noun . The Adverb is joined to thewrS to show the manner of the action . The Pronoun stands for the Noun . The Preposition shows the position at relation of things to each other . The Conjunction joins sentences together .
The Interjection is merely an exclamation of pain , pleasure , surprise , or any other sudden feeling . And now , before I proceed to explain to you the changes which those parts of speech undergo , I will give you some directions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of tbe words themselves , since it is absolutely necessary you should learn to distinguish a Noun from a Verb , and so on , before you attempt to go into tbe peculiarities of each word .
I will suppose you seated m a class round a table , provided with slates , pencils , a bit of wet rag or sponge , and a small' Johnson ' s Dictionary . ' You may buy a new pocket editition of this valuable book for Is or Is . 6 d ., and if two or three join to purchase o ne for their mutual benefit , they will think their few pence well laid out . Being all prepared iu this man - ner , and having carefully read over my descriptions of the different words , you will each write on your slate a Noun ; the name of something—say Man ; then put an article to distinguish whether you mean any one ( for which purpose you must use the indefinite a or an ) , or some particular man ( in which case the definite the will be proper . ) Proceed , now , to give character to the Noun by the
addition of tbe Adjective , aud say , ' An industrials Man . ' Give action to the noun man , by adding a verb—say , 'An industrious man works ; ' but all men work in some way—with bands , or head , oi both—and those who work at useless idleness , do , in my opinion , the hardest work of all ; so that , to say ' an industrious man works' is not saying enough . We must show how he works , by the assistance of an Adverb—An industrious man works diligently . Our sentence begins to express a meaning , but if we wish to continue to speak of the man , we must use the pronoun , and add 'he rises early ( another verb and adverb ) and is in his garden at sunrise . ' You see the word and joins the two sentences together , and the prepositions , in and at , show his relation with respect to his garden , and to the time of
sunrise . . Whenever you are in doubt about a word refer to your dictionary , where you will find , after the words n for noun ( or perhaps * for substantive ; they mean the same thing , ) a for article , adj . ( or adjective , pro . for pronoun . ti for verb , adv . for adverb , prep , for preposition , conj . for conjunction , and int . for interjection . And now , as I have given you quite sufficient work to occupy you for a week , I will take advantage of a little vacant space to say a few words on the subject of Writing , which , you may remember , I advised you to acquire from Foster ' s Pencilled Copy Books . You will see an advertisement of the prices
of these books in another part of the paper ; and I should recommend you to obtain tbe Parochial copy books , through Mr Foster himself , as they are the cheapest , and equally good with the others . In fact , if you can order one hundred at a time they will only cost about ten shillings , and this quantity will be sufficient to teach four persons to write well . These books . have been designed expressly for the benefit of those persons who wish to acquire a good hand without the aid of a master . Mr Foster ' s plan is as simple as possible . You begin witb straight strokes , and gradually proceed from strokes to pothooks , ' then to the easiest letters ; afterwards the books contain the more difficult letters , and finally , words and sentences .
The guidance is of two sorts : —1 st . —pencilled copies for training ; 2 nd—pencilled copies , alternated with lines in tbe direction the letters ought to be made , and at the proper distances from each other . Now mark—these slanting lines , which you will see between some of tbe lines of letters , are only to show you where the thick part of the letter is to be , and these alternate lines are to be filled up precisely like tbe top line of the copy . Any further information with regard to forming writing classes , or in explanation of the copy books , I am authorised to say tbat Mr Foster will himself furnish you with , gratuitously .
In ray next letter to you I shall explain some of tbe changes which tbe parts of speech are liable to undergo . Meantime , I trust that by pursuing carefully tbe plan I have laid down for the formation of sentences , you will become perfectly acquainted with all the sorts of words . It gives me great pleasure to hear that seme of the readers of my Letters on Grammar are forming classes for the study of those letters , because it assures me that my labour will not be in vain , since iyou are disposed to hel p \ yourselves . Nothing that s really worth acquiring oan be gained without labour ; all tbat the best teacher can do is to simplify tbat labour , and prevent the learner from wasting bis time , in learning that which is of no value . I am , your very sincere Friend , M . M . P ,
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^ SH ^ CONFEDERATlONi-fl li i & ATIONy . ^ "der the above heading an article appears In tbe f * J ' newspaper ot the ith infant ; : ~ f . write , ' conimences ' by accusing a certain portion ' ot the public with being marvellously « stupid , ' because they have not yet been ableto understand his views with regard to the constitution of the Confederatioa , ' a » to who are eligible to bsoome members of that body , bo ., & e Irery much fear that his article will not tend to dissipate the dullness of which tbe impatient writer complains . Indeed , i thinklt will be generally allowed by any person who peruses it to soar so far above the region of common sense as to be utterly unfit for average understandings . The very head-line of this article is unfortunate . ; 'Irish Confederation—the Katiok . ' What nation f Is It the Irish nation , or the newspaper ! We are obliged to guess . The openlag parsgraph states
that—The stupid portion of tbe public require eaplanatlon on certara points . ' -,.-... , This shows two things ; ftret , that the writer is in a very had temper ; nett , tbat bis teachings haveb ' fien un . equal to the enlightenment of tbe public mind . We may faitly assume tbat his anger is the remit of his dig . appointment at finding that he has undertaken a task of more difflcuJty than he ree-koned on ; and though he may make believe that It is lack of axmen in his reader * , yet we may justly conclude , that , notwithstanding all Ms vanity , the worthy editor has some misgivings as to tbe clearness and force of his unsuoceasful expositions .
The first point which he professes to set at rest is ' Whether any sections or classes- of Irishmen are ex . eluded from the Cosfedoratlen « ' The second Is , 'How far those who join the Confederation are hound by the doctrines , on matters of state policy , of the Nation newspaper . ' He says , on tbe first point , that the Confederation requires no sacrifice of any Irishman ' s peculiar political views—nor any' waiver of . them , or silence about them . ' ' Orangemen , Ghartists > Old Irelaudersall are welcome into the Irish Confederation , provided they be honest repealers , ' Now , this sounds very well ; : and if it were true , would be a Iatitudinarianism hi . thefto unknown in Ireland . But It » not true , - or if it bo , the Confederation have changed their practices as well as professions . Can any one have read tbe Nation without seeing that that paper disclaimed , on the part ofthe Confederation , all 'Chartist connexion . ' Did
it not , with an uncourteous and authoritative voice , declare , that between it and Chartism there was ' a gulf , ' which it should be the endeavour of Young Ireland not to ' bridge over , ' but to render more' wide and deep . ' Was this opening their ranks to Chartism ? Was it by telling the Chartists that they , tbo Nation , considered the ' five points an abomination , ' that they expected to . encourage Chartist co-operation , which they now profess to desire ? Was it by allowing Mr Meagher to preach on their public platform against democracy , and refusing to publish the letter of Oyott , the Chartist , in answer to that gentleman , that they expected to convince tbe world of their justice and impar . tiality ! Was it by sedulously endeavouring to get rid ofthe alarming allegation , that Mr O'Higglns bad ascended their rostrum that they proposed to evince their wish for an amalgamation of' all irishmen ? ' As to Old Icelanders , qr Orangemen , joining thera without ceasing to be such , the thing is too absurd to require any com .
ment , :. On the second point , the writer of the article in question is of opinion—that' the same answer might su ^ ce ;' but for a more explicit reply , he refers us to the ' reverse side of a Confederate card , ' where it is thus written : — ' That , inasmuch as the essentia ] bond of union amongst us is the assertion of Ireland ' s right to an It :. dependent legislature , no member of tbe Irish Confederation shall be bound to the adoption of any principle involved in any' resolution , or promulgated by any speaker in the Society , or any journal advocating its policy , to which he has not given his special consent , save only the foregoing fundamental principles of the Society . '
Now , perhaps , a mora extraordinary proposition was never putforward , than this idea of having a body without any power of acting for Its members ; passing reselutions , which are not to be considered binding , unless every man in the society gives bis special consent ; and supporting journals , without any reference to tbe political principles which they uphold ! What would be the use of-inch a body , and such newspapers , ? Nobody could say , on the constitution of this Confederation , as explained by the writer in the Nation , whether tbe acts of the one , or tbe articles of tbe other , were a true reflex , or any reflex whatever , ofthe opinion of the association . Besides , it is folly to say that no member would be bound by anything said or done by a political association , of which he formed a part—the Attorney-General would never listen to such a doctrine—as the members of the Confederation wilt find , If ever they should be so unfortunate as to specially engage the attention of tbat troublesome official .
The writer in the Nation gees on to say , that he entertains his own 'decided opinions '—he does not say on what—and tint he will preach and propound them' with all his might , ' without , of course ,. any reference to the feelings of his readers , of whom he seems gloriously independent . In the next paragraph , he says ot the Confederation , tbat it desires to ' grow into an Irish nation ; ' and for tbat purpose , demands the assistance of all parties , Orangemen Chartists , and even Whigs . He leaves out the Old Irelanders here , whom he esteems worse , I presume , than the Whigs .
He next says , that there are no ' politics' involved in the question of Ireland : This is an odd declaration , I bad thought tbat politics , both at home and abroad , were to be closely watched , and skilfully handled , so as to bt made ' auxiliary to , and promotive of Repeal . The state of Europe , the prospect of war , the sympathy ot foreign states , the internal condition of England herself , the organisation of Irishmen , all ' questions of polities , ' I was stupid enough to believe bad much to do with the agitation of Repeal . 01 parties tbe writer thai | speaks : — To a free nation parties may be an ornament and a strength—to a pitiful , pelting province they are a weakness and a disgrace . ' It is not very easy to see how parties can be either an ornament or a strength ; they are evils'incidental to society , which cannot be averted , and must of course be
endured ; but there is neither ornament uor strength , as far as I can see , in the nicknames and irrationalities of faction . The writer also tells us in this paragraph , tbat we are a 'discrowned state , ' and therefore bare no right to have anything to do with ' politics , ' by which he understands'the rights and duties of citizenship . ' Now in the name of all tbat is wenderful , how does this gentleman purpose proving that we are a ' discrowned state ? ' 'Unfortunately , ' as a republican would say , we have all the honour ani cost of maintaining a crown on the head of a dynasty , not likely to fail in supplying us with' gracious sovereigns , ' till the crack of doom ; so that if a crown can be essential to maintaining tbe rights , aud performing tbe duties of citizenihip , we have , on that head , no excuse for yleldUg the cue , or evading the other . '
In the next , wbicb is tho concluding paragraph of this paper , the writer tells the Chartists ' to keep their five points' till we aro a free nation . Why , if we were ' a free nation' we should have the 'five / or rather tbe ' six points , ' conceded . The mere repeal of the Act of Union would not free us ; if aix . sevenths of tho people werestill left unenfranchised , it would only bring the tyranny of class legislation closer to the doors of tbe people . ' Universal Sutfrage , ' this gentleman goes on to say , would ' under the present parliamentary govern ment , be an universal auction and mart of men ' s souls . ' How so ! Is it in the narrowness of the constituencies , that this gentleman finds political salvation and security against corruption % If so , repeal the Reform Act , and
let Old Sarum become a model borough once more . Who could corrupt or coerce universally ? particularly if the ballot threw its protection over the dependent voter , and rendered the bargain between corruption and venality impossible of contract . But the writer waxes more rabid still ; he says , ' rather than annual elections he would wish a disfranchisement of the island , and instead of paying members to attend parliament he would vote them a handaome sum for staying away . ' He finally concludes thus : —* Be your points bad or good , degrade not yourselves by seeking them of a foreign legislature . Let Ireland be once siti juris , and then we will talk of the five points . In the meanwhile , be assured that in the Irish Confederation , as hereafter in tbe Irish nation , there is room for all Irish parties . '
Now tbe concluding words of this paragraph ) subtended to those which occur in another , form a very inconsistent alliance , and lead to a very ridiculous conclusion . ' Parties , ' says the writer previously , in a' pitiful , pelting province' ( meaning Ireland , of course ) , ' are a , weakness and disgrace ... meanwhile , be assured there is room in tbe Irish Confederation for all Irish parties , ' —i . e . room in the Irish Confederation for ' weakness and disgrace . ' Well ; I always consld < red that there was much folly and 'weakness ' about this said Confederation , but I must confess I should have hesitated to ascribe to it « disgrace . ' The candid editor will allow , I think , after this , tbat bis readers hare not a monopoly of ' stupidity ' and' confusion of I deas . ' But , this writer would disfranchise tbe whole Mand—lay it under political
interdict—and pay the ' members'for staying away from the imperial legislature . How does he reconclo this with tbe indignation of Young Ireland about not contesting Dungarvuu ? Is there such a discrepancy in the opinions even of tbo conductors of tbe Nation , that while one writer utters these words , another prepares a carefully collated analysis of the present composition of the House of Commons , and gloats in tbefaot that Repral has acquired an accession of senatorial strength ? But , in one word , If this gentleman , I dare not call him a politician , because he eschews * polities '—if he refuses to agitate for the extension of the franchise , and contemns
parliamentary power , in what way does he exptct to repeal the Union ? He repudiates ' physical force ' , and if he did not , he possesses ! none adequate to tho contest ; he re . jects with contumely any assistance from English parties —though Mr Sblel declared atthe trial of O'Connell . ih t a junction oi the industrious classes of Ireland with those of England was certain to overwhelm any administration—yet ho will , in imitation of Mr 0 Couuell ' s in . sanity or treachery on this point , persist in doing his utmost to prevent that junction . How then does he propose to repeal the Uniin 1 It will not do to shake his bead and say , ' He has a way ef his own . ' - . PuUtleal we . duUty U passing away , The . « UJu , te « f Ucfou , Ifta any
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other bad law , can only be respinded coastitutlpnally . by the accjuiremet , 'Vof parliamentary power ; the . shortest way to do this is to raise 3 formidable opposition to secure the insH « n » b , ' e r ^ bt of every man to all men—the fr ancbfce-iwhfei , t ' ' obbett justly pronounced ' the porr man ' s only protectiov '• ' . ? b it is robbery to deprive him of . The way to do th , ' " ' obvious : three millions ' and a half of Baglishmeii , In tarmlngled ' wJtb Irish residents , " have pronoaweetf for Rej 'eal ;; they are pledged to U , tbey are ready to coalesce witi ' "pealers ; let repealers cor . dially unite with them , , 1 . ' * them ' struggle together for the power of returning reai . representatives to the House of Commons , aad tbey wilh - ealise the assertion ofthe Master of the Affat-. they will , . compel ministers to make such au alteration as regards- th 8 constituencies of England and Ireland as willproitoee , a , Parliamen t that will delight to entct the justice of rest wing self-government to Ireland . R ^ meiBber that it wai' by doubling therepresentation of the people in-France , that the revolution was effected . Let no man say that th 3 plan we Chartists
pursue is net a direct emv It is tbe ; "uost direct . Any other attempts are fertile and inadea late , and but so much time and energy wasted . ' At alT \ events , hero t ' s a plan definitel y put forward : ¦ and wehau ' » right to ask the Confederation to adopt it , or shew w . abetter ; Up to the present time they have done nethioi 'ThereIs a mysterious vagueness about cheir movemwrti ' which they must themselves be painfully , consetoao el " , and the shuffling and incomprehensible article wbii h we have just criticised only adds a fresh entanglemew . to the uh . explorable labyrinth of there designs , The dt -mocracy of England is the bonest and intelligent powa capable of
acbieving . and destined to achieve , thepolities I salvation of these countries . ' He taat bath ears to hear let him hear . ' IfftheNATiON in offering insult and rq-udia . Hon to that mighty association , the Ghartists'ofBHg . ' arid , nasonly put forward an indlvidual-opinioniatthe time it pretended to . peak for tho Confederation , lefthe Cos fe ^ & t £ n fot ** ithdl 8 claim the foul and malapert > . seo « n , n l .. ba " . alluded , and riot continue to bdth else 1 * f ° * hA : rM ° n W ROtdo thi « . «**»»»* else must , and to whoever shall , 'the people «* both eoumries will owe a debt of gratitude as ' as ' t Bff as tne service he renders will be great . s ' ^ w ; it , Draw . : Dublin , 24 , New Ktng-street . Sspt . s , m 7 . '
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CAUtnpNiMc Railway . —A portion of this railway , which is to unite by a western line Eondon with Edinburgh and Glasgow , was opened last week with the usual ceremonies . The part of the line now open extends from Carlisle to Beattookr a distance © f forty miles . The uadertakinff consists- of a main trunk line of ? 2 J miles , from Carlisle to Garnwartb , whence two lines diverge , one of 2 ? £ miles to Edinburgh , and another of about 12 miles to the Coitnrn Railway , by which , with other existing lines , and the Clydesdale Junction Railway , which is amalgamated with the Caledonian , a communication is effected With Glasgow .
Tub latb Da Chaimbks . —The whole off the reverend gentleman ' s manuscripts have been bought by Mr Thomas Constable , brother-in-law of Mr Cowan the new member for Edinburgh , and son of Mr Constable , the friend of Sir Walter Scott , and publisher of all his works . Mr Constable has giren theenorraous sum of £ 10 , 000 for Dr . Chalmers ' s manuscripts—a sum we believe much greater- than was ever before given' for the posthumous worko of an author . The largest amount ever given under similar circumstances , was £ 4 . 600 , which Mr Murray gave to the sons of Mr Wiiberi ' orce for his 'Life and Correspondence . ' Representation of Stockport . — Anticipating that Mr Cobden will elect to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire , the electors of Stockport have presented a requisition to Mr Alderman Kershaw , the defeated candidate in the late contest , to offer himself again .
Cotton Cultivation in Australia . —The prospectus has appeared ; 6 f a company for the encouragement ani the promotion of the growth of cotton and other tropical producein that extensive tract of land « n North Eastern Australia , called Cooksland , by means of European free labour . The project is one which is said to bid fair to be hot only highly successful as a mere money speculation , but may be productive of the most important advantages to Lancashire , as the great centre of the cotton manufacture . It is only a short period since Australia began to compete with foreign countries in the English wool market , and already she furnishes nearly one-fourth of all the wool imported into Great Britain . A field of wheat near Alnwick , was sold last week by public auction , for 6 s . an acre ' . The crop is thin and much overrun with weeds , and is situated in the immediate neighbourhood of game preserves .
Somnambulism . —An extraordinary ease of somnambulism , with as remarkable preservation of life , took place last week at Portsmouth . A young man ) on a visit to his brother , precipitated himself < rom a window sixteen . feet from the ground , falling into a narrow yard ; six feet wide , bounded by a wall with a hiah iron palisade . The window which he forced out was fifteen inches in width , and was shivered to fragments on the flags below . With the exception oi a few bruises he sustained no injury of importance , lie has no remembrance of the occurrence , Extraordinart pall in Bread . —Last quarter the Sherborne board of guardians contracted for the anion bread at lOhd . per 41 b loaf , whilst the same was tendered for on Saturday , for tho ensuing quarter , at 5 id . per loaf .
Expense op the Dockyard Battalions . —The sum mentioned in our last Gazette as the cost ofthe Dockyard battalions , having been subjected to some question , we repeat that it will amount to at least £ 80 , 000 , and we have undoubted authority for the assertion . This will occasion an excess of £ 60 , 000 over and above the sum granted by Parliament in the navy estimates for 18 i ? 8 . —Naval and Military Gazette . A Relic—On Wednesday the venerable mansion at VVhittington , in Derbyshire , known in 1688 as ' The Cock and Pyot . ' came to the hammer , anticipating the sale of Sh ikespeare ' s house by one little week . It was in this house that the conference was held which resulted i'i the glorious revolution , and it has been called since the Revolution House . The sum obtained was £ 125 , and the purchaser is a stonemason and innkeeper , named Woodhonse , who has long tenanted the premises .
Opening her Majesty s Letters . —One of the persons employed by the Southampton postmaster to take the Isle of Wight mails from the steamer to the office has been suspended . He says he found a letter adddressed to her Majesty , from Osborne , open onboard the steamer . How the mail-bag , the pouch in it , and the letter ; , all came open some think the lad must know . Of the four letters repurted . to have been received in Scotland , that had been opened and reseated , nothing is known . at present . Election PmTioNB .--. lt is thought there will be but few petitions presented at the commencement of next session , complaining of undue returns of honourable members , us a general opinion prevails that the next Parliament will be one of short duration . Mr Austin , Q . C ., and Mr Talbot , Q . C ., have resolved in future not to attend committees on election petitions . —Standard .
Difficulties op a Noble Duke . —Within the kit few days n great sensation has been caused in one of our English counties by a scries of legal proceedings , of the most rigorous nature , taken against a noblo duke . His grace has himself , with a portion of his family , hurried off to the continent , and is not expected to visit England again for several years . The princely establishment of the noblo duke is completely broken up . An attachment has been laid on his personal effects , wherever tbey could be come at . His pack of hounds , and even the poultry in his yard have been attached by the creditors . The liabilities for which these proceedings are taken are said to have been chiefly contracted during his grace ' s marquisate . The parties at whose suit the proceedings are taken , area wealthy Jewish firm in the metropolis , remarkable for the magnitude of their monetary transactions . It is confidently stated
in private circles that a noble carl , who recently received the aid of the duke ' s influence ia a memorable electioneering contest , is tho holder of bonds for loans to his grace to the largo amount of £ 50 000 . Ivinq Ernest op Hancveb . —King Ernest was ( August 22 ) living at his country house , about a mile and a half from the town ; as were also the Crown Prince and his wife ; the former is , I regret to find , hopelessly blind—the latter makes him a most affectionate and attentive partner . The'Kine , they tell me , has grown a little ' crotchety . ' He has refused the customary leave of absence to his officers ; does not scruple to tell the fair visitants at his Court when the colour of their dress does not suit his taste , and has ordered that ladies should wear curls when they appear at Court . His Majesty has built a magnificent * raarble mausoleum , which is to have the honour of receiving bis remains when he quits this bnsy scene . — LUerarg Gazette *
Chard . —Forestalling . —Mr James Chard , ol Ilaselbury Plucknct , corn-faetor , was suiamoned before W . Salter , Esq .. the mayor , for buying a quantity of oats of one Ann Viaeent , within tho borough , knowing that tho same bad hot been exposed for sale in the usual place in the market for the space of oae hour previously to his pwchatirig ih » same , contmy to the twelfth by-law c £ tho said bonough . In consequence of numerous complaints by the inhabitants in January last , at a time when corn was rapidly rising in price , the mayor issued a hand-bill , in which was reprinted the above by-law ^ as a caution to fore .
staJJers and regrators , which was posted in and around the town . A * rogrator or foreslalier , ' sava a learned writer , ' originally signified one whohougbt provisions in order to sell them again for gain ' , and such person was considered anciently as an enemy to the community , ' and hois still considered so . The by-law imposes a penalty of not esceeding forty shillings , as well on sellers . aa buyers ; but as the defendant pleaded an entire ignorance of tho law , and solemnly declared that he never saw the bane ? , bill above alluded to , he was fined m the mU ^ ated penajty of flw a & UtinsSjWtta costs , ..
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. Lieutenant Sir Walter Lrckhart has been allowed to add the name of Scott to that of his ather . Go to strangers for charity , to acquaintances fo advice , and to relatives for nothing-and you will always have a supply . The Bishop of Exeter has ordered the observant of a day of public thanksgiving throughout his dio * cese for the late bountiful harvest . The personal property of the / ate Admiral Sit Byam Martin has been valued at £ 120 , 000 ; that of Admiral Stopford , at 40 , 000 .
A hive of bees has been found in the roof of the ) church of Widmerpool , in Nottinchamsliire , from which one hundred pounds weight of honey has bees obtained . A Dublin paper , giving an account of the arrival of one ef the steamers with paupers from Liverpool * heads it thus : — ' More- brutality towards the Irish . ' There are in the . House of Commons £ 4 . eldest sons of Peers , 7 heirs presumptive , 35 younger . son 9 V 10 grandsons , 45 brpther * , and altogether 286 per * sons connected with the peerage . At the late annual meei / ng ofthe Royal Asx ' iedf tural Society of Ireland , neariv one-third of th *
prizes were awarded to Scottfrfarmers .. At the Assizes , at Salisbury , an indictment Waal trred against a person named Edwards , for . harm jf narrowed a public footpath through a lane ' . Chief Jasrice Wilde told the Jury thht no lapse of time ro * adverse enjoyment , could depri « - the public of 0 right of way ' which they had once possessed . A vep * - dicitof guilty was returned . TWbody rf John Tawell , who awrdered Sarah ' Hart , has been disinterred from the ground within thewails-ofthffoBd' ga * i at Aylesbury , and buried within the walls of the ? new gaol . The- body of another calprit wa » reTOor « 5 at the sams * time . The ) coffin tSnfr oontaned ' Tawell ' s body was 3 a good preation
serv ; A Derhy paper aenthswrthat a man lately dreamed tbat bis aon ,. a boy seven- or eight years oldj would ba killed by falUmr down a > pit ,, and within & few day * this dream was fulfttledi by tits death of theehild , who fell down a coal-pit , ou © mley Caramon , and was killed on t & e-ppoi ? . Two servant' girls- were iaiely committed to the lock-ups at S'dinburghs for having beaten cwpets in the streets , at a wrong ; hour ; and a boy , tweJve years ! old , was also committed' for having played atniarblea > to the annoyance of the public ' Mary Lister ,, a professed 1 necromancer , h * s been committed to Scarborough , gaol for a month , as a rogue a-d a vagabond , having duped a farmer named
George TindaH , of Scalby , out of £ 20 , which" tbej magistrates had not tbe p & wer to make her dixgorge , A Cotton Envesopb . —Perhaps . in no , branch ot minor manufactures has there been a greater im « provement than in that ef envelopes , the bat discovery being a somewhat ; eurious one . This is a patent envelope brought out by Spalding and Hodge , Drury-lane , made < f cotton , she writing . on which ; cannot ha erased , while if it gets wet it can be read easily . It is likely to bo U' ed for foreign ' despatches for maps ,-and in lieu of parehment generally .... The Dublin papers a-Hude mysteriously to a most atrocioua act of vengeance , perpetrated by a jealous wife upon her husband , in that city . Tlt ' e harpy is raid to be' a lady of ther highest rank , ' and the hus * band ' s life ia in danger .
The Patriot repeats tbe rumour that the Duke of Wellington is to marry Mi « s Burdett Coutts , and state ' s that he is to finger £ 200 , 000 on the nail . His Grace had better make haste , or King Death may forbid tbe banns . A Liverpool paper mentions that one day last week a man sat down in a limekiln , in order to smoke his pipe , and within hnlf-an-hour he was found to have been suffocated by the fumes from the kiln . A French paper mentions that a young man named Peyron , the brother-in-law of a peer of France , has become a novice in a convent of Jesuits , and has resigned to the order his whole fortune , amounting to 4 , 000 , 000 f . ( £ 160 , 000 . )
Marshal Sebastian ! still remains at his hotel ia the Rue du Faubourg St Honord , and is as " ell ia health as his great age , and the late distressing events in his family will permit . The Conneil de Famillehas . it is said , nominated him guardian of the children of his late daughter , the Duchess da Praslin . After visiting the apartments in which i-he was murdered , the marshal decided that they « hall be left in the same state as they were in after the crime , tind that the doors and windows shall bs > walled up . Of the persons arrested amons the crowds
assembled in the Rue St Uonore and the Rue du Faubourg St Antoine , about one-fifth have been ascertained to be foreigners . According to measures prescribed by . the authorities , a passport was delivered to each of them oh being set at liberty , with » u order to quit Paris in twenty-four hours . Two of tho diligences . which run between Barcelona'and Perpignnn were lately stopped , between Igualada and Lerida , by a band of Catalonian Carlists , who stripped tho passengers of their property and clothes , ar-d left them standing in their shirts on the road , but inflicted no personal injury upon them .
According to a letter from Odessa , of the 22 nd tilt ., the cholera appears to have almost entirely subsided at Tiflis , and to have much diminished at Taganrok ; but , on the other hand , it has invaded Rosto ' , Marianopolis , and several other tnwns of Southern Russia . At Ro * t"f , mit of a population of 8 , 000 , in three weeks not less than 2 , 000 were carried off . The terror ofthe disease was so preat that all the post-houses along the road from Rostof to Odessa were abandoned . it has been discovered that many ladies have disguised themselves in men ' s clothes , for tbe pnrpue of witnessing the trials of the Polish insurgents stt Berlin , and the Prussian police have comequently adopted stringent measures to prevent them front gratifying their curiosity .
The Lords of the Treasury have ordered that persons arriving from abroad may , upon payment of duty , import for their own use , copies of American and French editions of British copyright bonks , if they can obtain the written consent of the owners of the copyrights . Celestial Phenomena . —In the course of five or six weeks , most of the planets viable to the naked eyowillbo seen in the evenings , shining in ' their usual splendour . Venus has , for some considerable time past , been a conspicuous object in the western part ol the heavens ; but she is now at a very low altitude at sunset , and sets a little before nine o ' clock p . m . With a good telescope she appears as a ' halfmoon , inclining to a crescent . She will continue asj an evening star till the beginning of October , and , till then , will appear through the tehscope in tha form of a crescent , gradually becoming more s ' ender
till the period of her conjunction with the sun , on the 3 rd of October , when her el « rk side is completely turned towards the earth , aud she is consequently invisible . Saturn has again made his ap . pearance in the south-east , where he may be seen , near the horizm , about ten p . m . The ring of this planet appears at present only like a line of light on each side of its disc , and its oppnint ; is scarcely visible . About the early part of 1 S 4 S the ring will be invisible , and only a datk stripe will be seen across the [ disc of the planet . The planet Mars may be seen rising a little to the north of the eastern part of the heavens , before ten and eleven p . m . lie will appear in his greatest brillinncv about the end of October . Jupiter will again make his appearance , at a late hour in the evening , about the end of September . In the beginning of October he will be seen risinu in tbe north-east , between ten and eleven o ' clock in the evening .
Thb Sabbath in Scotland . —The Grand Duke Constnntine , during his tour in that region , visited the islands of Staffa and fe-na in tho Shearwater . It chanced that he arrived it the latter on a Sunday . Tho stern old keeper of the cathedral krjs refused to unlock the gate and admit the party to see the tornh-tones , for that would , in hisopinion , have been ta desecrate the Sabbath . In vain i \ id Capt . llohinsnn ask imploringly whether he was awate who the illustrious stranger was whom he refund to gratify ? Donald Btdna exactly ken . ' He supposed . froui what folk said , it was ouly the Emperor of Russia . But he wadna gie up the key to his ain Queen oa the Lord ' s day . There was a Power aboun , superior to onie earthly power , and he coudca gie up the key . '
The . Best hour buom Flesh . —Tho characters of flesh Ascribed , at once suggest the best method of preparing , in a few minutes , the strongest and most highiiy-navoured soup ; and any one may convince ' hircaelf of the truth , of the assertion that those con * stituems of soup on which its taste and other pro . peirties'depend ,. exist ready formed iu the flesh , audi aro not in any way products of the operation , of boiling . VV'ien 1 lb . of lean beef , free from fat , andi ; separated from the bona , in tbe finely-chopped state iin which itis used for beef saueaecs or mince-meat ^ is uniformly mixed with its own weight of cold water , skwly heated to boiling , and ( he hqusl , after bnilintr hrisklv ier a minute or two , » b & aroeri
through a towel from the coagulated albican and nbrinlnow become hard aud horny , we * btam an . eSJ weight of tbe most . aromatic sm » , oi- such » tVp « uth as cannot be obtained , even by boiling lor 5 Sl frS" ™ fcf «« ffl * : - WLe « u * Ui * h nit , S ' the "Th er usual actions by . which Sr « p « usually seasoned , and tinned . some « V » t darker by Si of roasted onions or burnt mybeat m ? which can many r CoTTo 5 ! it would seem n teUBM does not answer in » U Jowder for . ail way purposes . W menU recently made on some near Wolvtrbaroptcn were so induce the experiruen . iei 8 . to resort ganpowdw o & aio * |& loaas
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091847/page/3/
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