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BEAUTIES OF BYRON. NO. XUI. Southey in h...
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12thatto Nn«M«Pft1.- - Lfi46. The Northe...
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . ~ * " --T IIE MARCH ; OF LIBERTY J Air—Jesse of Dnmblain , Hark ! a strain from the South , overstate anu dominion It embalmstbefresh breeze , _anditsofkng the gale . •• Tis the sonc of _voung Liberty , pruning his pinion , _XSE * % _>** de _. _potliuthe _^ and turnspale ; The SOUnd , SOft _andswcet as the harp of Apollo , t r . , _^™ fh delieht by the millions who tod , _JJSSSSf _™^ _** hope _* _^ And _Wg Wer _eachcheek with a joy-begot smile . Over Germany ' s plains , by Italia _' s elar fountains , The soul-stirring music was beard as it fell , And Switzerland ' s sous round then * sky-becapp'd ¦ _^
mountains Eo _* r _* d tbat freedom restor'd which they _gain'd by their
Tell ; Gay Prance caug ht the air in hsr vine-begirt pasture , And _smiTd as she thought what Frenchmen had done , "With the Bourbons the elder , and thought posted faster To muse what the present might gain with his son . O Britain , my fatherland 1 dear appellation . How bright is the race of thy glory began ! Tbv master-mind patriots have rous'd up a nation , The slave to u nfetter and rouse him up man ; "Rally round then > ye serfs—rally brave and true hearted , Resistless in energy , matchless in might _. The knell shall be rung of foul slavery departed , The destruction of wrong and tbe triumph of right
BtmembeT " yonr partners , your eons and your daughters , Remember their sufferings , privation and woes ; Bcmember your duty , rush on like the waters , A _fl'iod which increases in strength as it gotB ; By your wrongs ofthe present , by hope so well grounded Remit not , relax not , or dormant lie down . March forward—your cowardly foemen confounded ShaU yield , and yonr struggle with victory crown . _Leicester . T . R . Sjust .
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The Westminster Am) Foreign Quarterly Re...
THE WESTMINSTER AM ) _FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW . Londen : G . Lusford , _White-Mars-strset . As a general rule we are apt to regard literary amalgamations with no very _sanguine expectations ; experience having convinced us tbat such unions are generally precursory to tbe death of the works amalgamated ; nevertheless we shall venture to predict a different and happier issne of the "marriage" ofthe " Westminster" to the " _Forebtn Quarterly . " These two " Reviews" are new united in one , and a dance satisfies us of the renewed -vigour of both . A handsome volume of three hnndred and thirty-four pages constitutes the quarterly number for October , the contents of wbich fully realise the anticipations naturally excited by its outside appearance .
Under any circumstances to "review the re-T ; _ewers"is an unsatisfactory task , but in the limits -within which we must necessarily confine onr remark ? , to pretend to " review" _sach a volume as this , would he preposterous . We shall , therefore , confine ourselves to _indicating the contents of this number , expressing our acquiescence where we can _asree -with the -writers , and our dissent where we disagree with , them , referring our readers to the publication itself for the enjoymentof itsfull beauties , and for the examination ofj what we may conceive to _beitsirrors .
The opening article is on the "Principles of Taxation , " the work nnder review being " McCulloch ' _s treatise on the principles and practical influence nf Taxation and the Funding system . " It appears that Mr . McCnlloeb . thinks that " carried to a certain point , taxation tends to stimulate industry and economy , and that it thus compensates , and more than compensates for the injury it causes . That without the American War , and the . late French War , there would have been less industry aud less frugality , because there would have been less occasion for them . " This _Bomewhat original idea the writer in the "Westminster Review" cannot swallow : — "We hold taxation nnder all circumctances to be an evil , and one which it is highly _de-Bireable , consistently with the attainment of good
government , to reduce to the smallest posssible amount . " The reviewer well adds , "We believe that the progress which the country made at that time ( during the American and French wars ) was made not in consequence , but in spite of the heavy taxation caused by the war" ' Few peop'e are more Industrious than the Swiss and the _inhabitants of the Free-States in America , and yet in both countries taxation is very light . " In advocating an entire revision of our system of taxation , the reviewer bases his system on the ground that government should be paid for in proportion to each person ' s share ofthe benefit . He thereupon argues that taxation should be equitably apportioned , collected at tbe smallest cost , and transmitted with as little waste as _possible from the pockets ofthe people into
the public treasury . The "Westminster" reviewer repudiates all indirect taxation , and instead thereof , devises a scheme of direct taxation . In connection with the elective franchise . "It might be expedient , " says the -reviewer , "for a time at least , to mate the payment of the personal tax optional , _trusting to the strong and general desire to possess the elective franchise for its general payment . In making the payment not compulsory , _ther-j would be the incidental but important advantage of restricting , to a considerable extent , _^ the __ noble privilege of election to those who appreciate its value , and who , bv theirpnwer to pay even the small sun required , give earnest of _possessins those moral qualities of
industry and self-denial which are among the surest guarantees forit 3 safe exercise . " To guard against abuse , the reviewer wonld make the elective franchise contingent on the payment ofthe personal tax for a given number of years ; and he has great faith in the _working of his system , and in its leading to a higher spirit of dependence ; a disdain of having " the benefits of government withaut Day _^ ng a share ofthe expenses , " and a general conviction that" the title of an independent labourer can only be fully claim-id by him who manfully supports himself , and ¦ " ¦ ho at the close of his life leaves his country at least S 3 rich as it would have been had he not been born . "
One part of the reviewer ' s scheme we decidedly protest against , namely , the giving to holders of property votes in proportion to the property taxes paid by _tl-. em , In addition fa the rote each would possess on account of his personal tax : But , indeed , the whole scheme , at least as it regards the franchise , is unsound , because based upon fiscal regulations inst ad of human rights . As regards the plurality of votes , it wonld be easy to prove that the individuals _holdinff large masses of accumulated properly could never have acquired such property without having unjust '? appropriated the fruits of other men ' s industry . To confer upon such men a monopoly of votes would be to invest them with the power of triumphantly resisting any attempt to establish a more equitable state of things . We mnst further object that , at this time of day , it is useless to throw such a tub to the whale as this new-fancied scheme
of representation . On the one hand , the aristocracy of land and money have a mortal horror of extending ibe franchise in any manner : and , on tllC _^ Other hand , the enlightened and self-educating portion of the people areweddedtothe more simpler form of " representation , which wonld confer the rights of citlwns upon them in virtue of their manhood . The " Charter" is the great scheme of political _regeneration to which the millions have sworn allegiance . Pity itis thatthosefriendsof thepeoplewho earnestly desire _^ their elevation should hinder rather than belp them by putting forth schemes which , the fflas * es will never give tbeir supoort to . _Wit'l the reviewer ' s views as regards indirect taxation , and _vlih much of his suggested scheme of fiscal re orm we concur . "We will here Introduce _^ a summary of his views and recommendations , wh ich will be found to _possess some value as texts for reflection : —
1 . That our present system of taxation is , to a grea extent , the oaVpring of unconnected and _ill-digested legislation , proceeding on no sound or general principle ; and tbat it is unequal in its _pressure , and replete with inconsistences and anomalies . 2 . That , under these circumstances , the taxes are liable to frequent changes , entailing shocks to trade , and _involring many _persons in difficuty and ruin . 3 . That itis _expensive in collection , and debars large _cl : _tsses of people from many comforts and enjoyments Without any benefit to the Exchequer . ¦ J . That some ofthe taxes check tie spread of know le _^ geand education , and tend to prevent the formation of habits of cleanliness and prudecne . 5 . Tbat many of th _? in impose vexations and harassing trammels on industry , commerce , and personal freedom , almost amounting , in some branches of the excise , to a gelling tyranny , unworthy tbe endurance of a free people .
6 . That many of the taxes present temptations to _deception and fraud , highly dangerous to public morals , and productive of much of the crime which it is the main duty of the government , and which it ought to be the _£ bii * f purpose of taxation , to prevent . " . That many of the taxes serve to prevent those numerous and fiiendly ties between country and country _* _lachar-j the best securities against war ; the danger of wbich fias been and continues to be the cause ofthe chief Part of Hie rery taxation itself . 8 . That it is expedient to reconstruct tbe present system of taxation . 9- That Hie principle on wbich taxes ought to be paid is that erery _nerwm shall contribute , as far as practicable , in pn . portif . n to the anioent of protection which he _rect-ivts Sir his person and property . 10 . That protection for the person being general , _**»}• one ourlit to pay for it ; although it would not be * - _*!* eitut , for a time " at least , to make the payment _Compulsory .
Ii —That protection for property ongbt to be paid "j" ? by ti , e holders of property - , aud that it is _expe-?•««» _, and would not be productive of permanent in-3 _** s « cc , tj ; at the tax _Elmuld fall exclusively on fixed pro _J-riy .
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12 . Thatto prevent . _thetiDjnjtice which would otherwise arise at tbe time of the change of system , a sinele * ut - h . eay _^^^ eluding money , manufactured Mdcles , " _andT every * pec _*« i of possesion , except that which is fixed to the Jt _^ _Jfu _?™?*™ ° be < _- ° - _«* stent and _co-£ _*!« ho ,, _£ . * «¦* " » J _«« T one _contributing to the _SttaTtf _^ oae vo . teitt _^ choice _ofarepresentative , and those who contribute largely have more than one vote . _i « i _v-ps _.. **— __ . A . m »« . __ . _*>__ .-
The article entitled » Prospective Results of tbe Repeal of the Corn Laws , " is written in a very grandiloquent" strain , setting forth the wonderful re , ultewhicharetoaow fromthis _«' greatcommercii . l _JirV \ _^ he a " -r cIain - *» forthe middlh-class all the glory of this victory , and say ' s truly that" it lias been won against the united hostility ofthe working classes , the clergy , and both sections ofthe aristocracy " With this vaunt , how agrees the repeated declarations ofthe I eaguere _. that the working classes—" all but a knot of Tory Chartists' * —were with them in their agitation ? The last numbers of the League newspaper , were occupied with articles professing to show that the agitation had had the support ofthe working classes , in spite of the Chartists ; and our readers will remember the abuse showered by Quaker Bright upon Mr . Duncombe , when the latter asserted that the _workins classes
were hostile or indifferent to the object of the Leaguers . Now the oldest and ablest of the literary champions of Free-trade , acknowledges that the working classes were hostile to the agitation . The Free-trade victory wc are told has been won by the " weapons of reason , " and the " force of argument " alone . This is a bit of sublime fudge ; every one knows that although there was plenty of talk , the " reasoning" and " argufying" had very little to do with winning the victory , which was really gained by the arguments much more potent in the estimation of our houses of legislature , —the power of money and the force of middle-class influence as created by the Reform Bill . This article overflows with the usual fallacies ofthe Free-traders , which have been dissected times without nmmber in this journal .
According to the reviewer , blessings innumerable are to flow from Corn-law Repeal . " Full employment , ample wages , good clothing , and sufficient food , " may be counted upon as the certain results ofthe recent change . Of this _millenial order of things , the working classes of Keighly _, and . the manufactoring districts generally , have already a fortaste ! Seven years hence ( indeed in less than half that time ) , it will be seen how fallacious were the hopes held out by the speakers and writers of the commercial dynasty . The dupes will then have their eyes opened , and will then confess the farseeing wisdom of the Chartists and working men , who opposed this " commercial victory" as a fraud , only calculated to benefit the millocracy at the expense of every other class of the community .
"The Microscope and its Revelations" is a most interesting article , unfolding the astounding wonders of the infinite world of _aiinvTaales . We give a short extract .
BEVELATlOKS OV THB MICROS COPB . Wherever we turn , within the precincts of our own homes , in meadow or moorland , hill or forest , by tbe lone sea-shore or amidst crumbling ruins— . fresh objects ot interest are constantly to be found ; plants aad animals _naknawn to our unaided vision , with minute organs perfectly adapted to tbeir necessities ; with appetites as keen , _enjoymeats as perfect , as our own . In tbe purest waters , as well as in thick , acid , and saline fluids , of the most indifferent climates , —in springs , rivers , lakes and seas , —often in the internal humidity of living plants and animals , even in great numbers in the living human body—nay , probably , carried about in the aqueous vapours and dust of the whole atmosphere , —there if a world of minute , living , organized beings , imperceptible
to the ordinary senses of man . In the daily course of life , this immense mysterious kingdom of diminutive living beings is unnoticed and disregarded ; bat it appears great and astonishing , beyond all expectation , to the retired observer who views it by the aid ofthe microscope . In every drop of standing water , he very frequently , _tbonsh _' not always , sees by its aid rapidly-moving bodies , from 1-96 to less than 12000 of a line in diameter , which are often so crowded together , that tbe intervals between them are less tham their diameter . If we assume the size of tbe drop of water to be one cubic line , and the intervals , though tbey are often smaller , to be equal to tlie diameter of the bodies , we may easily calculate , without exaggeration , tbat such a drop is inhabited by from one hundred thousand to one thousand millions of
such animacnles ; in fact we must come to tbe conclusion , that a single drop cf water , under such circumstance * , contains more inhabitants than there are individuals of the human race upou our planet . This article traces the history ofthe origin of the microscope , and its several improvements to the present time . We have then a _^ complete history in brief of every variety of the _animalcule . We repeat , a more instructive and interesting revealment of the wonders of nature we never read . " Architectural Study and Records " is a pleasant readable article , the interest of which is heightened by a numberof wood-cuts , illustrating a variety of new public buildings in the Metropolis , Liverpool , Manchester , Bristol J Oxford , Cambridge , < fcc . Nat the least interesting to us has been the review of Burton ' s " Life aud Correspondence of David Hume ; " our only fault to find with the article is its brcvitv .
DAVID _HtME . Feeble , _grudging , and tardy has been tbe world ' s acknowledgment of the high moral integtity which Hume brought to the pursuit of metaphysical inquiry . He has been too commonly ranked and confounded with the light-minded sneerers of tbe Toltarian school of scepticism . But no spice of-tbeir quality did his nature know . His researches were all truthful , lie was an earnest man . _seaking , with what amount of force and virtue was in him , a proximate solution of the grand problem of life and being . * ' Where am I , or what _T we find him exclaiming ! " from what causes do I derive my existence , and to what condition shall I return ? Whose _favour
sholl I court , and whose anger must I dread ? What _fce-ngs surround me ! And on whom have I any influence , or who have any influence on me ? I am confounded with all these questions , and begin fo fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable , environed with the deepest darkness , and utterly deprived of the use of every member aad faculty . " Such is the spirit in which Hume approaches these high questions . And the sacrifices he made at the shrine of truth—we speak not ofthe objective truth of bis opinions , but of tbe subjective truthfulness of his convictions , which , to him , were truth —ought not to be lightly esteemed . He was as true to his scepticism as others are to their faith ; and , iu bis case as in theirs , unswerving allegiance to intellectual and moral conviction merits approval and regard . How
touching is his description of tbe internal struggle by which his urndwas agitated in what we should otherwise deem the cold and unimpaesioned pursuit of abstract speculation 1 The passage has often been quoted by the theologian with strong expressions of pity for a mind _tempsst-tost on tbe sea of error , drifting , without rudder or compass , at the mercy of winds and waves . For ourselves , looking to Hume ' s firm adherence to what he judged the right , admiration of tbe steadfast will that could weather such a storm is the feeling that predominates with us , rather than the < jtwji-p ' . _easurable pity wbich love 3 to " stand upon the vantage-ground of truth ( a hill not to be commanded , and where the air is always clear and serene . ) , and to see the errors and wandering ; , and mists and tempests , in tbe vale below . "
It is only when we bring home to our own bojom 3 the painful intensity of emotions like these , that we can form a worthy _estimate of the moral strength and _magnanimity of the man who , thus feeling , can yet summon up the spirit resolutely to conclude— "In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism . " Here is a good anecdote of
GOETHE . There is a class of believers , with whom other people ' s conversion is necessary to htlp their own conviction . The weakness of tbeir own spiritual persuasions is always seeking support from the faith of others , the absence oi which supi ort tbey resent with an emotion of anger that would item to imply the apprehehension that the objective existence of things unseen was somehow contingent on human assent . The realities of the future world they appear to treat as a question to be decided by the majority ; and murmur at tbe dissent of every heretic as
a vote lost . It was the impertinent catechizings of some petulant persons of this class that Goethe is reported to have cut short with the observation ,. that "be had no objection whatever to enter into another state of existence , but prayed only that he might be spared the honour of meeting any of those there , who had believed it here ; for , if he did , the saints would flock around him on all sides , exclaiming . Were we not in tbe right . Did we not tell you so i Has it not turned out just as we said ? And with such conceited clatter in his ears , he thought that , before the end of six months , he might die of ennui
in heaven itself . __ We beg our readers to remember the following observation of the Westminster reviewer : —'' The doubts ofa wise man are a more precious legacy than the _convictions of a fool ; and that p hilosophy will not end in truth which does not begin in scepticism . " A short article on ** Tbe Water Cure , " explains the water cure processes . The writer of the article thinks the time has not yet come for a correct appreciation of hydropathv , and , therefore , refuses to range himself as a partizan on either side of the question . the Education of
Twoverv lengthy articles on " the People , " and the " Patronage of Commissions , " would furnish us subject-matter for comment to the extent of some columns , could we afford the necessary room ; that , however , is impossible we . therefore , must confine ourselves to this mere notice Much valuable matter will be found in these articles , manv things we should be compelled to express our dissent from , could we devote spice to the discussion . The " Foreign Literature and Correspondence * ' is , to our thinking , somewhat scanty . W < J would _SUKCSt the setting apart of a larger portion nf succeeding numbers , to the review of foreign works and translations . _Amonsst the foreign writers whose works arc reviewed are those distinguished authors , Tsehudi , ( Juinet , and Victor Jacquemont . Peru , Spain , aud India , are the subjects of the works of those celebrated writers .
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An immense variety of brief critical notices of new publications concludes this number . :: _ Of . eourso , the Westminster :-and Foreiqn Quarterly Review , is not " by many chalks" what wc should like it to be ; of course , we speak of the views , not the talents of the writers therein , regarding whoso first-rate abilities there can be no question ; still , with all its faults , it is by far the best of the Quarterlies . It is of its class the representative of '' progress ; " and , therefore , to say the Icast . it is to be preferred before all its rivals . Totally dissenting from many of the views of this publication , we nevertheless regard it as in many respects a valuable and powerful advocate of "the good time coming ; " we , therefore , wish it success , and shall be glad to hear ofits continued and increasing prosperity .
Simmond's Colonial Magazine. October - L...
_SIMMOND'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . October - London , Simmonds and Ward , Barge Yard , Buck * lesbury . Valuable , instructive , and entertaining articles on the "NewBrunswick , " "Texas , " " Australia , " and "Cuba , " will be found in this number of this very useful publication . The first ofa scries of articles on " Colonial Postage Reform" by the editor , is well deserving the serious attention of the Colonial and Ilome authorities . From Mr . Hooton's exceedingly interesting "Rides , Rambles , andSketches in Texas " we give the following extract .
AM BNEKVIABLB POSITION . Contrary to almost invariable practice , T one morning sallied out totally unarmed , in _Galwsston _Isl » nd , except with a short " life preserver , " which was placed In the breast of my coat , upon a sketching ramble amongst the deserts and hillocks and the grassy swamps at the eastern end of the island . A handsome little _whtlp , one " Tony " by name , travelled at my heel * , and made his way through the tall and stiff grass much after the same battled fashion , and not with much greater ease than his master _hss occasionally experienced when _endeavouring to force his way into a canebreak . About noon , having half lost myself , I looked out for a land mark ; and having discovered one in an isolated mass of rude building which is used as a slaughter house for the city butchers , and which stands on the prairie about a mile
from the principal portion of the city itself , I directed my course thitherwards . After brushing through the pathless prairie awhile , I lighted upon a deep sandy road leading in that direction , and pursued it . The slaughter house stands on rising ground , and has attached to it an enclosure surrounded by very high and 8 trong " wood fencing , in wbich the half wild cattle intended for the knife are first of all with difficulty driven . They ere afterwards picked out as occasion requires , but not unfre _. Sucntly turn upon their slaughterers , and amidst great danger are either shot , pinned by powerful dogs kept there for the purpose , or dragged to the ground by the Mexican lasso . Approaching the 'foot of the rising ground , I observed a large white dog , about tho size ofa mastiff , though not so long on the leg , come from round the corner ofthe building , look a mementin the
direction I was coming , and then walk down to meet me . Tony piped one little growl , and then began to whine , creeping at the same time with his tail between his legs so close upon tbe heels of my boots , that tbey chopped bim under the chin at almost every step taken . As the beast approached sufficiently near to allow a distinct view of him , it must be confessed I felt at the moment that I wonld much rather hare met face to face with any wild beast in Texas . Although so large , he was made in a similar mould to that in which our English bull-dog is cast , only that the former was distorted , more u _*; ly by half , horrible to look at . Hii head seemed scarcely less than that of a man , while his forehead and brows beetled so much that they _appenred almost to shut his eyes . Conscious tbat to exhibit ' fear by attempting to get away would only be to endanger myself the more , I steadily
pursued the road , without even _crossing to the opposite side , for the brute hod taken the precaution to come down in a straight line on the same side as he first saw mo . Cautiously , however , and without more apparent movement than was just needful , I placed my hand upon the " supplejack , " or preserver , in my coat breast , and kept it there ready for a blow when needful . As we approached each ether still nearer , the dog gradually walked more softly , and , at tho same time , as gradually bent himself towards the earth as though preparing to spring . The necessity gave me courage , and I still walked on directly in his face , knowing , at I did know , that if such show of confidence , would not save me , nothing would , Had I even attempted to get out of tbe way , little doubt can be entertained that he would have been upon me in a moment . When within a yard or two , his belly nearly
swept the sand . Tony attempted to run yelping away , but dared not face his fellow-creature , and , therefore , as I afterwards found ( since I dared not to _titke my eyes off my antagonist for a moment . ) retired about a hundred yards behind , and leaving me to it , there took up bis stand to await tbe result . Another yard or two , and the - 'laughter-dog put his nose close to my knee , but did not attempt an attack . He then passed behind , and at almost the same instant I observed another formidable beast , taller than tbe first , though not of the same kind , also coming from the same place towards me : —another instant , and ' another dog equally as large , also made his appearance . These latter two eventually took up their positions , one on each side of me , but rather in advance while , on turning my head very slowly in order to avoid alarming these voluntary guardians for my safe custody ,
I found the first one with his nose within two feet of my legs , for the purpose of taking care of me behind . And in silent state , with this powerful body-guard—or rather under this dog arrest , I marched on towards the slaughterhouse . Of two things I took especial care , —neither to deviate from my path , nor to increase or slacken my speed . _Neither did I speak : though ray thoughts were busy _enouftb in wondering what they meant to do with me , —whether they would detain me at the slaughter house untiVsome * friendly butcher who knew tbem chanced to arrive for my deliverance , or whether when we arrived on the ground of blood , they would fall npon and devour me . I knew they were not particular— . hat their habitation was with death , their food raw _fleth and entrails , their drink not _unfrcquently w . lrm Wood ; and as to _attempting force against three such fellows it was out of
the question , unless in the case ofa direct attack—though even then it must have proved ludicrously useless . Not a single human being was in sig ' _it—not a house near enough for the inhabitants to hear had I imprudently shouted , My only present hope lay in the possible circumstance that , as the dogs were out , there might be some one on the premises ; but as we arrived almost close upon _tlism , the first living object I beheld was a rat , about as large as a good sized kitten , sitting on his hind quarters outside one ofthe doors , and either washing bis nose or picking a bit of victual . " by way of mid-day refreshment . This incident appeared ' conclusive—either that _nobody was there , or that slaughter bouse rats are rery bold and brass faced rats indeed . The latter proved to be the case ; for on reaching another corner of the building , I espied _a-much-to-be-desired-looking butcher scraping the hide of a pig . He instantly raised his head , and perceiving how matters stood—for even then I cautiously avoided shouting to him—called in a stormy voice to the do s , name by name , to come up . Ratlicr reluctantly
they obeyed his command ; and then I stood still , first to thank him for having rescued me from very unpleasant custody , and then to whistle up tlie affrighted Tony . With great difficulty , I achieved tbe latter object ; but he no sooner saw his canine masters again than he scoured away before me at least half a mile , where he awaited my coming . When I reached him and took him up in my arms , he trembled liki ' a jelly upon a cripple table ; nor did he recover his spirits until the lapse of some hours . As for myself , on arriving at home I took a glass of grog , smoked my pipe , and related and laughed atmy ' ndventure . That these dogs were trained to guard in tbe same manner the cattle _broujht for slaughter , no doubt enn be entertained . That any effort made by any desperate bullock to travel out of bis path would draw upon him the teeth of his " poh ' _cemaa , " is no less to bo doubted , I would therefore advise any man who may chance , if anyever should , find himself in a similar pickle , to " take warning by this example , " and not to run the risk of his life in an inconsiderate and timid attempt to save it Rides , Rambles , and Sketches in Texas .
Tiie People's Journal. Part Ix. London :...
TIIE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part IX . London : J . Bennett , 09 , Fleet Street . TVe have not room to do more than merely notice the ninth part of this excellent publication . In connection with the next part we will again notice in a week or two hence the one before us , and speak fully of the merits and beauties of both .
Beauties Of Byron. No. Xui. Southey In H...
BEAUTIES OF BYRON . NO . XUI . Southey in his Vision of Judgme nt introduces "Wilkes" and "Junius" as the two accusers of ' ¦ lung George ; the first of these hethusjdescribes : — Beholding the foremost , Him , by tbe cast of his eye oblique , I knew as the firebrand Whom tbe unthinking populace held for their idol and
hero , Lord of Misrule in his day . But how was that countenance _alter'd , Where emotion of fear or of fhame had never been witness'd ; That invincible forliead abashed ; and those eyes , wherein malice Once had been wont to shine with wit nnd hilarity _temptr'd , Into how deep a gloom their mournful expression had settled 1
Junius is described in the following lines : —¦ Nameless the libeller lived , and shot his arrows in darkness ; Undetected ho passed to the grave , and leaving behind _Iliru Noxious works on earth , and the pest of an evil example , Went to the world beyond , where no offences are hidden . Mask'd had he been in his life , and now a visor of iron IMvetted atouud his head bad abolished his features for ever . Speechless the slanderer stood , and turned his face from the Monarch , Iron-hound as it was—so insupportably dreadful , _& 9011 or late , to conscious guilt , is the eye of the injured .
Beauties Of Byron. No. Xui. Southey In H...
Waa ever fouler "blasphemy" penned than the following lines put into tho mouth of Washington by that rancorousrenegade" Southey ? \ And here , this witness I willingly bear thee—Here , before Angels and Men , In the awful hour of judg ment—Thou too didst act with upright heart , as befitted a Soveveign , True to his sacred trust , to his crown , his kingdom , and People . Heaven in these things _fulfill'd its wise , though inscrutable purposes , While we worked its will , doing each in his place as became him .
We cannot afford room to give the entire of Byron ' s poem , wo must content ourselves with giving ( in continuation from our last number ) the following extracts ;—t George the Third having arrived before the ' Gate " ( see our last number ) is followed by his accuser , the Spirit whose
" Brow was like the deep when tempest tost , " The archangel Michael next appears , and demands to know wherefore the accusing spirit claims the spirit of " George Rex ? " The accuser answers : — look to obb earth , or rather mine ; it was Once , more thy master ' s ; but I triumph not In this poor planet ' s conquest , nor alas . ' Need he thou servest envy me my lot : With all the myriads of bright worlds which pass 111 worship round him , Le may have forgot Yon weak creation of such paltry things ;
I think few worth damnation save their kings . And these but as a kind of _quit-rent , to AsBert my right as lord ; and even had I such an inclination , 'twere ( as you ' Well know ) superfluous ; they are grown so bad That hell has nothing better left to do Then leave them to themselves ; so much more mad And evil by their own internal curse _. Heaven cannot make them better nor I worse . Look to tbe earth , I said , and say again : When this old , blind , mad , helpless , weak , poor worm Began in youth ' s first bloom and flush to reign , The world and he both wore a different form , And much of earth and all the watery plain Of ocean called him king : through many a storm His isles had floated on the abyss of Time ; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime _.
He came to the sceptre , young : he leaves it , old : Look to tbe state in which he found his realm , And left it ; nnd his annals too _buhold , How to a minion first he gave the helm : How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold , The beggar ' s vice , which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts ; and for the rest , but glance Thine eye along America and France ! 'Tis true he was a tool from first to last ; ( I have the workmen safe ); but as a tool So let him be csnsumed ! From out the past Of ages , since mankind have known the rule Of monarchs—from the bloody rolls _amass'd Of sin and slaughter—from the _Cresars' school , Take the worst pupil ; and produce a reign More dreneh'd with gore , more _cumber'd with the slain . He ever _warr'd with freedom and the free :
Nations as men , home subjects , foreigu foes , So that they utter'd the word ' Liberty !' Found George the Third their first opponent Whose History was ever stain'd as his will be With national and individual woes 1 I grant his household abstinence ; I grant His neutral virtue * -, which most monarchs want : 1 know he was a constant consort ; own He was a decent sire , and middling lord , AH this is much , und most upon a throne ; As temperance , if at Apicius * board , Is more than at an anchorite ' s supper shown , I grant him all the kindest can accord ; And this was well for him , but not for those Millions who found him what _oppression chose . The new world shook him off ; the old yet groans
Beneath what be and his prepared , if not Completed ; be leaves heirs on many thrones To all his vices , without what begot Compassion for him—his tame virtues _; drones Who sleep , or despots who have now forgot A lesson which shall be retaught them , wake Upon the thrones of Earth ; but let them quake ! Passing over a rich " explosion" m which St . Peter prominently figures , we come to the " cloud of witnesses . " From Otaheite ' s Tale to Salisbury Plain . Of all climes and professions , years and trades , Ready to swear against the good king ' s reign , Bitter asclubs in cards are again ? t spades : All suinmon'd by this grand " subpoena , " to Try if king may n ' t be _damn'd , like me or you . Jack Wilkes—A merry , cock-eyed , curious looking
spriteis first called , but this worthy who had " turned half courtier ere he died , " and is represented as now inclined " to grow a whole one , " does not seem _inclined to give evidence against his old opponent . Junius , is next called — The _shadow came' ! a tall , thin , gray-haired figure , Thatlooked as _itliad been a shade on earth . ; Quick in Us _^ _ftfioiis , with an air of vigour _. _ButiKiugb' : to « i : _w-k its breeding or its birth ; Now , _Vt _wnx'd littii * , they again grew bigger , v . _'it _* ! now at ; air of gloom or savage mirth ; But as you gazedupon its features , they Changed everyinstant—to what , nonecould say . Tlie more intently the ghost gazed , the less Could they distinguish whose the features were : ; The Devil himself scemedpuzzled even to guess ; They varied like a dream—now here , now thero : ; And several people snore from out the press
Thcyknew him perfectly ; and one could swear He was his father : ; upon which another Was _sur « he was his mother ' s cousin's brother ; Another , thnt he was a duke , or knight , An orator , a lawyer , or a priest , A nabob , a man _. midwife ; but the wight Mysterious changed his countenance at least , As oft as they their minds- ; though in full sight He stood , the puzzle only was _increased ; The man was phantasmagoria in Himself—lie was so volatile and thin ! The moment that yon bad pronounced him one , Presto' ! his face changed , and ho was another ' , And when ithat change was hardly well put on , It varied , till I don't think his . own mother < lf thathe had a mother ) would her son Have known , he shifted so from one to t ' other , Till guessing from n pleasure grew a task , At this epistolary " iron mask . "
3 ? or sometimes ho like -Cerberus would seem" Three _gentltmen at onoe , " ( ns _tagely says Good Mrs . Malaprop ;) then you might deem That he was not even one ; now many rays Were flashing round him 5 and now a thick steam Hid him from sight—like fogs on London days : Now Burke , now Tooke _, begrew to people ' s fancies , And certes ofcen like Sir Phillip Francis . I ' ve an hypothesis— 'iis quite my own ; I never let it out till now , for fear Of doing people harm about the throne , And injuring some minister or peer On whom the stigma might perhaps be blown ; It is—my gentle public lend thine ear ! 'Tis that what Junius we ave wont to cull , Was seax . lt , _tbiilt , nobody at all . I don't 6 ee wherefore letters should not be
Written without hands , since we daily view Them writtuu without heads ; and book 6 we 6 ee Are filled ns well without the latter too ; And reully , till we fix on somebody For certain sure to claim them as his due , ? Their author , like the Niger ' s mouth , will bother The world to say if _theue be _meuth or author . " And who nnd what art thou V the Archangel said , " For that you may consult my _tith . ' _-p-sge , " Replied this mighty shadow ofa shade , "If I have kept my secret half an age , I scarce shall tell it now . " " Canst thou upbraid , " Continued Michael , "George Rex , or allege Aught further ! " Junius answered , " You had better First ask him for his answer to my letter : My charges upon record will outlast The brass of both his epitaph and tomb . " " Repent _' st thou not , " said Michael , " of some past
Exaggeration 1 something which _muy doom Thyself , if false , as him if true ? Thou wast Too bitter—is it not so ? in thy gloom Of passion V " Passion \ " cried the Phantom dim , " I loved my country , und I hated him . What I have written , I have written ; let The rest be on his head or mine ! " So spoke Old "Nominus Umbra ; " and while speaking yet Away he melted in celestial smoke . Then Satan said to Michael , " Don ' t forget To call George Washington and John Home Tooke , And Franklin ; " but at this time there was heard A cry for room , though not a phiintom stirr'd , ( To be concluded in our next member . J
Tub Late Escape Ov Three Swf.Ll Mob Men.
Tub Late Escape ov Three Swf . ll Mob Men .
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—The Seeuutary of State for tlie Home Department has dismissed Thomas Price , tlie eaoJcr of _IJainmersuiitli police court , in consequence of the circumstances connected with the escape of George Davis , William Barnett , and James M'Lcau _, three members of the swell mob , who effected their escape as lie was removing them in the usual conveyance to Newgate . —Police-constable Spuring , T . 112 , one of the -warrant officers of the court , is also suspended for two montte from all duty , and is not to lie reinstated at the court , . for not _uaViug accompanied Price with the _prisonora .
Mb. Vf. D. Saul's Geological Museum, 15,...
MB . Vf . D . SAUL'S GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM , 15 , ALDERSGATE STREET , NEAR TIIE GENERAL POST OFFICE . Open free te the public every Thursday , between the hours of _eleven and two o ' clock . We recently viiited this , the largest private Geological collection ifi the United Kingdom , and which the enterprising and truly liberal proprietor has gratuitously thrown open to the public . The Museum comprises two large rooms or galleries , each well stored with the requisites for such an institution , mostly arranged in glass cases , or on shelves , and placed in order , commencing with fossil remains of the most remote periods , and concluding with those of recent date . In the first room , or gallery , is to bo seen a number of two and three pointed spears , made from fish bones , as uted by the natives of the South Seas , New Zealand , < tc , with a number of rude weapons , dresses , & c , said to be used and worn by tho natives of the said clime . Here also may be
3 een the head of an Indian chief , tattoed , with the hair in its natural state , in an excellent state of preservation ; ilso an Indian canoe and paddles , brought over by the late Captain Cook . Here aro also a number of Roman Coins , Skulls , isc ., found in the centre of this " Great Metropolis , also pieces of line Roman pavement , found in London , under Allliallows Church during its repairs , as lately as 1843 . In one corner of this gallery , in a ' cupboard , is to be seen what we are sure will much interest many of our readers , namely , the complete skeleton of that " poet for all time , " the late much lamented George Petrie , whose noble poem , " Equality , " passed through so many editions , and is yet so much in request . Our conductor { Mr . Godfrey ) appeared , like most of its readers , to be smitten with that charming work , and from its pages we have imbied the treat truth that
"'True Freedom only knows Equality . " For on the door of the closet he has inscribed in legible pencil marks , those lines , which the author adopted as a motto , and which | , he paraphrased from a celebrated French author . Nature stamps all men equal at their birth , _Virtue alone the difference makes on earth . We are sure when the numerous disciples of this truly great poet and veritable democrat , shall learn that tho bones of their master are enshrined in this museum , they will at once commence a _pilgrimage to the shrine , and while gazing at the dry bones , imagine they hear j Fetrie ' s once eloquent lips speak those truthful words , that his pen so copiously indited , and which are sent forth to the world in _^ the poem of "Equality . " Where writing of the aristocracy of land and money , he says : —
Each rules his system with a monarch ' s sway . The king ' s the centre ofthe whole , Whose power through _patronage knows no control ; Like nature ' s God , he self-existent reigns , And links those rolling suns in golden chains ; Those suns again their satellites entwine With places , pensions , _sinecurea , and wine ; The satellites extend the circle more , 'Till every idle scamp on Britain ' s shoro Obtains a birth among the reckless brood Who drink our blood , and eat our flesh for food ; Who wear the people ' s 6 tockings , bats , and Bhoes , And even selling the casting to the Jews ; Who never made a brick , nor _hew'A a stone , Yet every house on Britain ' s land thoy own ;
Nothing they ' ve made fit for show or use ; Yet do they claim what other men produce , And in exchange give the most useless ore Thnt miners drag from the metallic _pOl'e ; A _riiluuless account , a note of hand _,-Counting for labour finisb'd on demand ; Yet current only by the free consent Of all the partios to the covenant . Its brilliancy and scarcity combin'd , Created it the God of all mankind ! But man udopted it in ignorance , And will regret it when experience Enables him to see with what controul , By gold alone , the few command the whole . The king is worshipp'd , not for love or worth ,
Not for his wisdom , not his noble birth , But tho monopoly he ' s called to hold Of patronage another name for gold . A rev ' rend bishop would not preach base lies , But that his god , great mammon is the prize : Ths lords , would not monopolise the earth , But that by gold they draw its products worth . Tho monstrous debt the nations cnll'd to own , But for the use of gold had ne ' er been known . The tide of taxes from Britania ' s core Would cease to flow but for this magic ore . Those searlet butchers , _arm'd with guns and knivci To _stoal our substance , or attack our lives , But for vile-gold from murder would refrain , And fcdlowuseful labour in the train
Oi * ' •' . _boui-s'sons , who now begin to see Ti . e real destroyers of their liberty . Tne upper-room _oi _^ gallery is chiefly confined to '" fossil remains , " which the proprietor has collected together at great labour and expense , and which he describes " as facts much to hard for tho parsons . " The worthy proprietor during the hours of exhibition illumines the minds of his visitors by a short Geological _^ lecture , which adds much to the general interest of this _traly < mteuectual repast . As the proprietor ' s end and aim is the instruction and enlightenment of the _massi-s , would it not __ be well for him to throw his museum open one evening during the week , " when " -the 'toiler ' s work is
done , " but , perhaps , as Mr . Saull is advanced in years , he-might think he should be spared this additional _ gratuitous labour . Th s is docidedly a consideration;—but we wonld suggest that Mr . Godfrey , the author of the "World ' s 'Catalogue of Geology , " and who row superintends tiie museum , and conducts visitors with such thoroughly _democ-atic urbanity , and explains the subject with such a graceful -simplicity , would with much pleasure _undei-take-the task , and thus the benevolent desire of _itserent-andsoou proprietor would be more surely and effectually accomplished . In conclusion , we recommend this museum to the attention of all our readers .
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THE CLAIMS OF THE POOH . 1 C ME _> EDWX ) B OF THE JIOBNING POST . Sir , —Argument was useless . The mention of the constitutional rights of the poor was subject for _derision . Tlie people were _tomnumerous—the " surpluspopulation " must be driven away . There was no connexion between the poorand the lnnd . . They must beremoved or perish . ' Such was the award of our *' enlightened and liberal philosophers ! " Apretty mess tbey have made of It ! People won't die'Of want quietly . Thoy i _. eeorae troublesomedangerous , —Tbey miiitbefed . We grumble that they remain impatient _. We are now _recei-ing the just reward of our cruelty . We listenod to the philosophers—we deserve our punishment , because we have turned a deaf car to our good and wise anci . * stors . They assured us , that thepoorhave a right to live ; the philosopli * rs exclaimed , "Nature has made no _prsvision for them—let them die ! " We have believed that lie , and our siu has found us out _. This . Sir . is our case .
We do right , now , to feed the poor . Let us , however , remember , that , in doing so , we are acting in direct contradiction to the whole school of our " enlightened and liberal philosophers . " No provision for the poor is still their creed ; although ear compels them to relent , the ? dare not enforce their exterminating principles ! How often have they been warned , that God was wiser and stronger than they ; and assured , that , if they wouid persist in altering our laws on their diabolical principles . He would exert his power ! They answered in jeers nnd invectives , They removed the _landmark ofthe poor , and are now at their wits ' end .
Why do I write thus ? It is once more to warn . It is not _enoush to feed the poor now . They must be provided for hereafter , Their right to maintenance must again be fully recognised by our laws . They require , and _mtu ( luxve , Protection ! Yes , Sir , that despised word will , after all , triumph over all its foes . Protection , from first to last—from the monarch to the pauper—else England ' s suu will set in gore . I hare w « rned the landlords until I have become hoarse . I told them their doom , should they rob the poor by the now Poor Law . I appeal to the Duke of Wellington—have not my predictions been verified ?
Let the landlords now resolve , that tlie first Ait of tbe next session of Parliament shall be one recog' _-ising the right of the poor to liberty and life in England , Scotlaud , aud Ireland . Then the philosophers wilt be confounded , and , having thus set our faces constitutionward , « e may expect prosperity und thu blessing of our God . I remain , Sir , Your mostobedient servant , IUoiiAttO _Oasthek . London , Oct , 21 . P . S . —It is no uso to mince matters . If ive persist in refusing the constitutional right of the poor , they will bang , like an incubus , on tbe State , anil we shiill become the derision of the word . The philosophers may storm and rage , God will laugh at their fury . Truly , Sir , if we will not bend to receive lessons from our " greybcarded ancestors , " starving millions will demand that the State shall resume its right to the hmd and the property . In Hit future distribution , their rights must bo sanctiouod . [ t were wiser to grant graciously , than to yield iguoniinio _usly . It . 0 .
Wipe And Husband.—Jane Nieholls Was Admitted
Wipe and Husband . —Jane Nieholls was admitted
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into St . Thomas ' s Hospital , bavins her right hand so dreadfully lacerated that amputation was deemed necessary . The cause of it appears to be that she had some dispute with [ her husband , and , in a moment of passion , Hew at tbe window , and smashed to pieces eight or ten squares of glass . The pain she must be suffering will teach her for the future of some less dangerous mode of-revenge . _ Escape of a Piuso . v * EB . ~ -Last week , while a special coach was conveying the prisoners from Morpeth gaol to Alnwick for trial at the sessions , one of them slipped the irons from his legs , and sprang from tlie top of the coach , making his way over the hedge into the Gauledge-park woods , two miles south of Alnwick . The prisoner got clear elf .
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Savinos-Bank.—A Parliamentary Paper, Was...
_Savinos-bank . —A parliamentary paper , was moved for by Mr . Hume at the close of the session , was printed last week , giving an account . " stating in detail the purchases and sales of Bank Annuities anil _Lxeheqiier-bills effected , by the National Debt _com missioners on account of the Trustees of Savingsbanks sh < , w ; tho date , description , and extent of each ol such purchases and sales , and the rate at r _™!! t - _« a ? l snch P l"'chases and sales wa « . effected TrTJr _u of M ay-184 i - t 0 _^ e 5 th of July , 1846 . " ii , r «™ Wii th t , IG _% rm % amount of stock and Exn Xk „ \ - b _* ° . ught ° . accour ) t of _«> e Savings-banks % w Sin L _t JK erabra _<* d in the return _wae _SwJ ? ThJf e lhr _n P Cent . Consols , £ . _Jo . 000 : Sfw _? _tLT _' n i o \* 9 00 ° - Annuities , _± \< P _$ - _ihreo Per Cent . £ 2 , G 85 , 000 . _Threc-and ' _a-Ilalf per Cent . Annuities , The sum paid for the several descriptions of stock mentioned in little more than two years was £ 3 . 141 , 379 l _* 7 s . 6 d . ; tlie stock sold in the time realized £ 118 , 017 10 j . The Exchequer-bills' " paid off in tho period amo unted to
£ 886 , 300 . The Poon , Law Commission . —In 1844-5 , accord _, ing to a Parliamentary pnper . "the Poor Law Commission cost £ 53 , 000 , £ 52 , 710 , in 1845 6 , and £ 59 . 200 . in 18 * 10- ? . II . Ibindine , Esq ., Special Pleader of the Inner Temple , renting a house at . £ 300 a-year , applied on Monday , for tho situation of " Enquiring _Olficav" to the St . Pancras Parish Directors . The salary is only £ 120 a-year . Hatdock _Lodob Asylum . —A Government commission of inquiry is now taking evidence on the above subject , at the Legh Arms Hotel , Newton . A Npw Era is Metropolitan Ltomotiom . —A number of _omnibu'es have commenced running between the Bank and Paddington and intcrm . diate stations at the low rate of one penny per mile . Several also started from the Strand to Paddington , the charge being 2 d . the entire distance .
Shout Time at _Macclesfield—We are told that one of the large cotton factories in this borough has already commenced working short time , arid the others are expected soon to adopt the same _cotitse . — - Macclesfield Courier . Tun Cobden Fund now amounts to £ -75 , 525 8 s . " _Tns Hell o * a' Diseases . — -A Dutchman , in proceeding to the place from whence he heard the cries of distress , discovered one of his _neighbours lying under a stone wall , which fell upo _. ihim and frac-tutted his legs . "Well den" said Ilonse , " neighbour Venderkiken , _vatish de matter vid you ? " " Vat , " says Mattey _, " vyyou see mine conditions , fit all dish big stones upon me , and mine legs broke off : lose to mine body . " " Mine Cot , " says Ilouse , " is dat all ? you hollered so like de devil , I tought yon va »
gotdedooth ache . " Bread Company—A company has been _established to supply the community with pure wheaten broad at a profit of five per cent , on the actual cost of the material , expenses of making , & c . The company , it is said , will commence operations in the _metronolis early in the ensuin g month . They profess to be able - _toselltbe 4 lb . loaf at one third less price than that charged at present by the bakers . Post _OrFicr . Patronage . —A p _^ or postman named Tuthill , residing at Axbridge , in Somersetshire , in his daily perambulations as a letter-carrier , _-loes twenty-two miles on foot , winter and summer , and for which laborious service he is paid 12 s a week . Mr . Ternan _, the Actor , well known in the theatrical world , expired on tbe _I'lib . instant , attev an . _ninees of many months , at the early period of 42
years . The price of the 41 b . loaf , in Edinburgh and in Stirling , is nine-pence , ah advance having taken place last week . Tho potatoes In the township of Qupenshead are not so much a failure as was anticipated by a _yreat many of the inhabitants . — Leeds Mercury . An Ancukt and Prudent Bridegroom , — Mr . Jay , tho great Dissenting preacher of Bath , at _* he age of seventy seven , hasjiist led to the hymeneal alter a lady with a fortune of £ 30 , 000 . — Bamburu Guardian . Extraordinary Lightning . — An Irish paper gravely _s-tates , that while a man was taki ng a _-jl--- _* . - . of whiskey in a dram shop in Dublin , "the electric fluid caught the whisky and conveyed the glass out nf his hand some distance , and itwas ultimately smashed a ? ainstthebar ; " the man , it is said , " providentially escaped . " The phenomenon may __ probably be more correctly attributed to the previous agency of other fluids than the electric .
The Wellikgtoh Statue . — Lord Jforpeth ' ias made , perhaps , as eood a move as possible to obtain the judgment ofthe " competent persons" on Mr ; Wyatt ' s triumphal statiie . Ills Lordship has , we are informed , addressed a circular to all tbe Royal _Academiciaiiiyrequesting that he may he favoured with their opinion as to the effect ofthe statue on the arch . _—Athenceum . A Strange Attempt at Matrimony . —Last week a couple , the man from Over Darwen anil the female from Liveaoy , wont to the parish church to commit matrimony who had enjoyed no less than twentyseven ycarsof eourtjhip I After ssch " a _lengthened sweetness long drawn out , " it might naturally be supposed tbat nothing would be allowed to interrupt the fitting consummation to this unlimitedwooing ; but when the _licence was produced it was _disoovered thafcit had been obtained forusetwelve months ago ; and as it was valueless after the third month the very disconsolate couple were pent back- to make a better attempt next time . —Blackburn Standard
The Electric Telegraph stopped a Marriage a few days ago , a young ladv and gentleman decamped together by rail from Nottingham to have tlie indissoluble knot tied at Lincoln * ; but about an hour after the loving pair had set off , the lady ' s mamma , finding her daughter absent , went to the railway station and ascertained that she had left for Lincoln with her lover . The telegraph was instantly set to work , nnd when the lady and gentleman arrived a policeman was in attendance to receive them , and the pair were forthwith _taken out of the carriage , placed in a return train , and sent back to the mamma . Several stormy petrels fell upon a barge in the ' looks upon the _Severn at Diglis . on Friday , " driven thus far inland by the prevalence of the smithwesterly winds . It is a very uncommon occurrence for them to be seen so far from the sea . —Birmingham Gazette .
_RnssiA-s _P-.-TT- n —A vessel , _justnrr ' vcd in one of the dock establishments from Russia , has brought , in addition to a cargo of tar and wood goods 30 casks of butter , of Puv-sian produce . The importa-• _lon of this article of _general consumption _fram tha northern country mentioned is not usual , if it has ever taken pi ice on any former occasion . The ironmongers of this town have resolved upon conceding to those in their employ a larger amount of leisure than they have hitherto enjoyed . This c ass of tradesmen have determined to clos « - their places of business at seven o ' clock in the _evenine except on Saturdavs . —Newcastle Journal
Mr . Martin , sen ., of _Reigato , has presented to Mr . Anderson , clerk at the Reigate station , _ainairnifinenfc coffeepot , with a ne-. t inscription , recording to the fact of the latter gentleman haying saved his life on the railway under the following circumstances : —Mr . Martin was crossing the line , wiien Mr . Anderson , seeing the express train coming , at the imminent risk of his own life , rushed forward and dragged that gentleman f > ff the line , when the train swept by at full speed , Mr . Marfcir only escaping by a few inches from being smashed to pieces .
The Great Britain ' Expkcted , —The New York Tribune of the 8 th inst . says : — ' * The Great Britain is now iu her sixteenth day . _Ilev non-arrival in season to send replies to the correspondence brought by her , in the Great Western , is provoking , and no doubt will be a serious annoyance to our merchants . ' ' A Peeb a Preacher . — The Right lion . Lord Teynham preached in the long room of the Angel Inn , Sherborne , on Monday evening . The rcom was well filled , upwards of 100 being present , but . there is no doubt that had a more efficient notice been
given , aii immense assemblage of persons , of all nrades , would have been attracted by the novelty of hearing a nobleman preach . —Sherborne Journal , The Chinese Collection . —This very curious collection will shortly be removed from the metropolis , the proprietors being about fo exhibit the contents in the various large towns and cities of the country . Mektino of Parliament . —The rumour of a _iveetintr of Parliament next month is confidently lvvived " in the very best informed circles . " Lord John llussell and the Chancellor are said to be bent upon this object , and determined to rosign if the other members of the Cabinet will not conform to their opinion . The question will , however , be finally sottlcd on Wednesday , if not before . It is said , that at the next Council it will _bs proposed to open the ports , suspending the duty of is . —Standard oi Monday .
Rejection op Baths in Shoreditch . —At a full meeting oi the vestry and inhabitants of Shoreditch , held on Monday , a proposal for _establishing baths and washhouses by means of a parish rate , was det p atod by a majority of 28 to 20 , which was decisive , theact of I _iirlmmeut requiring that the resolution tor the establishment of baths and washhouses shall be _suppm-tcd by _two-thirds of an open vestrv . before it is submitted to the Secretary of State . ' Immediate Opening of tiie Ports . —A public meeting of the parishioners of Marvtobone was held on Monday evening , st the . Princess ' s Assemblyroom , _Castlc-strcet , Oxford-street , at which Mr . T . Cochrane gave a lecture , ou the duty incumbent on _government of immediately removing all remaining restrictions on the importation of food , in conse-< i ; _u _* nce of the famine in Ireland , and its threatened extension to tin ' s country . Tlie room was filled with an attentive auditory , who agreed to a memorial to the . Queen , praying the immediate opening of thg pirts .
The St . Pancr as Poor . —At a meeting of _thd vestry which took place on Monday , a committee was formed , consisting of 25 vestrymen , not directors of tiie poor , to inquire into the management of the workhouse . This resolution was carried , despite _^ the strenuous opposition pf Mr , SeaiojChurchwarder nowni'th , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31101846/page/3/
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