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<^ G TO FEAttGUS O'CONNOR . WRITTB 5 AT IBB BBQUBST OF AK IRISH FEMALE . rfConnor , omr champion ! the pride of the nation ! jy bin tone » y lyre , to sound thy due praise : fboa ' rt the boldest , tha bravest—the best of creation ! ' The great liriig wonder of mofern days . fhous&nds of freemen whom thou bast created , And dwellings of splendour ! as monuments stand la proof of thy greatness ! where often repeated Toy praises shall be , —thou pride of the land ! TbedaTufhoa ' st exalted tram deep degradation . To freedom and comfort ! will hononrthv name ! < Jontemplate thy actions with true renfration 1 And ring of thy goodness , thy glory , and fame . Thy wondrons achievements all yet will admire ; E ' en kings , dnkes , and lords , w ill yet owy thy fame : . , To win such bright iMf * tbese nm ^ ** V * i But no tidta hero can boatf snch a name . Thvdeedi » re anequailed : In history ' s page * , ire read of no conquests so Taliantly won ! Thy feme is immortal ! and forthcoming ages Wfllsing of the wonders O'Connor has done . Thoa camestherea stranger \ bj traitors rejected !] Determined , the million ' s lost rights to restore : But now , —thoa art highly esteem'd and respected . The people they love th « e ! thy vamethey adore ! The land of thy fathers ! enslaved and degraded By thy daring efforts ! shall yet be made free I Brand Erin ! be truly what nature has made it ; * "First flower of the earth ! and first gem of the iea ! Thy ownnatWe country im splendour 6 ball flourish ! Thy bold , daring spirit ! her rights will restore : Her brave sons and daughters , thymem ' ry will cherish , "When traitors and tyrants are thought of ho more . Thohas Axeosd . Horesley Fields , Wrtverhampton , " 3 rd September , 1847 .
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R ! Y ! &t 4 ? I 0 NS POLIT 1 QUES . LESTROIS YICTIMES . Pie is Couie be Willbrod [ Political Reeelationf . The Thret Victims . Bythe Count de WIUbrod . ] London : Armand , Rathbone-place . ( Cotahuudfnm ike Ska- of September ith . ) Attteeraof which we speak , M . Deeases was the seal of the government . This maB , who with an inteUectscarcely beyond mediocrity , has played so consuenous a part ia the affairs of France since the fiestoration , had not then , it is trae , armed at supreme power , but he already nnderstood eufficient of intrigue to manage to obtain the confidence of the lap ? , and be in a position to crush any man who might be imprudent enough to thwart his interest *
or his caprices . Of all those who SHrronaded the Kng , none knew bettor than did M . Decazes how to exhibit profoHnd devotion to his sovereign , and that wise and constitutional royalum which the promulg ^ tor of the Charter especially liked . Skilful in piquing the indolent causticity of Louis XVIII in flattering the literary tastes , the favourite poems and anthorsof the aoBareh , in relating the gossip of the C ourt and the City , in telling piquant anecdotes of fte private habits of the deputies and other politicians : using , in fact , for this harvest of s « and *! , all the impure sources of his administration , Decaaes possessed a marvellous facility in guessing and anticipating the king ' s wishes , whilst turning his own to good account . In all the thousand mean concessions .
Id all the servile humility of body , acd prostration of mind , that make the fortune of courtiers and valets , Decazes had no equal . Was the king a sceptic , his sinister adopted the principles of Voltaire ; if he inclined towards liberal opinions , Decazea was a revolutionist ; not that he was really of that opinion , but simply to have the appearance of being convinced by royal reasoning and ceding to royal eloquence . To deceive Louis , and lead his judgment astray , to provoke dangerous measures and ordinances by false reports , to render the Comte d'Artois odious to and suspected by his sovereign ; to represent the Royalists on the one hand a 3 conspirators who sought to provoke the abdication of Lsuh that his brother might profit by his fall—and on the other to induce
him io believe the Republicans and OrJeanists ( dis guised under the name of Constitutionals ) , the only true friends of Louis XVIII . and the Charter ; to arrange the course of events by a « rafty policy—these were the secret causes of the favemr of M . Decazes . And this devoted minister , this bosom friend , this confidant of even the secret tbonghts of his roral master , betrayed his king and his country , not by darins , active , open , treachery , but by certain dark transactions—certain mysterious derelictions of duty —it was not the quickly-lolling poison cup of a Borgia that this youthful minister presented to the
lips of Louis XVIII ., it was a slow poison , which spreidiB ? through the -veins of the monarch , destroyed him silently and gradually . To betray openly the sovereign to whom he had sworn fidelity was neither possible nor advantageous : but to give pledges to the enemies of that sovereign , that in case of need they might rely on his neutrality at least , it notonhisco-operatiou—to make all questions depend on the existence of the ministry of which he formed a part , and to make that ministry subservient to his caprices , intrigues and ambition , was the conduct ol il . Decazes ; the honourable double game of the fa-Toniite of Louis XVI 1 L
Young , handsome , and engaging , he was said to have earned by hi 3 unscrupulous " complaisance towards the empress-mother , the favour shown to him at the imperial court . Having acquired power , he trafficked not only in hie own services but in the nominations which fell nnder his coatrol : dissipated and extravagant , he paid his debts either from the resources of the state , or the private funds of the king . In private life he has never yet had the imputation of one generous instinct or ene honourable action . On the contrary , he has been pubKc ' y accused of every meanness . Always mixed up withsome intrigue , he saved himself from its consequences by every means that fraud or ingenuity could suggest . The pupil of Fonche he had aU the craft and vice of Ms master . The world has done this man the honour
of giving ihim a political system—although but a see-saw one—to make him a Janus , with one face smiling on the Royalists and the other on the Republicans . He is unworthy even such honour . The Only principle Decaz ? 3 ever possessed wa 3 that . of sacrificing conscience , honour , king and country , to the necessities of the moment . During hi 3 administration , act 3 of inconceivable contradiction and shuffling have occurred , which could belong to no system but that of cowardice and treason ; this royalty , to which he owed everything , and which he reined gradually , he was capable of throwing off in a moment had such a step been necessary , not to his triumph—he had no fancy for power merely as an instrument of honour and glory—bnt to nis personal safety and the preservation cf his office .
Snch was the policy of M . Decazes . - Now mark the sequel ! Of all the Ministers of the Restoration ^ M . Decazes was unquBstjonably , to all appearance , themo 3 i deeply compromised , being the one who had been mostunpityingin the many re-actions of the first years of LouisXVIII , yet was he received with marked preference by the Mag in lS 39 , and whilstfthe other ministers were destitute , persecuted , and abandoned , he received the favour of the new sovereign . These two facts beieg'known and certain , we may from them guess at that which would otherwise be unknown , and learn by what secret means Decazss became one
of the pensioned favourites of the Palais Royal after -be had been , in appearance , so deeply hostile to the party . It was by means of M . Decaae 3 that the conspiracy for national independence came to have partizans even in the royal councils . Not that the minister could hope for a more brilliant destiny than now offered itself , under any possible political change ; but he felt that the present state of things was unlikely to last ; moreover , as the pupil of Fouchg , that living incarnation of treachery and success , he had a natural abhorrence of a straight path , of which indeed lie had no experience .
He then was acquainted with this consp iracy—he fenewthe resources , the aims , the whole projects ol the conspirators , who , certain of sneeess , asked o ! him only to be conveniently blind , to see and hear nothing until the last moment , and then , confident it would be his interest to join them if they were fortunate , they never dreaded the chance of defeat and consequent punishment . Did M . Dacazes take a mere active part in the conspiracy of 1816 ? It has been asserted , and believed —( not perhaps without good grounds for the belief . ) that such was the case : but of those who could have affirmed it as a fact , some have already carried their secret to the grave , and others have good reasoa for never divulging it .
The cabinet of which M . Decazes and M . Vaublanc disputed the directions , followed in the footsteps of the fallen ministry of September the 25 th . Whilst secretly fomenting discord , and even assisting the seditions , they promulgated the severest Uw 3 against any open rebellion , and restrained the Personal liberty of the citiaens in the most arbitrary manner . This continued from September 1815 to May 1816 , dnring which time the conspiracy was formed and carried out—of this conspiracy we are about to relate the mysteries and the eaiastrophe .
. Added to the bad administration of the cabinet * as the indolance if the king , who unfortunately loved ease better than security , and who governed flader his governors in such a manner that , with « Jj « y good intention , he had managed only to make * u parties , however disunited in themselves , cor-< "allJ agree in despising him .
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ROYAL MARTLEBONE THEATRE . This pretty temple of the Muses opened for the season on Monday last . Angus * the 30 th , under the management of Mrs . Warner , who , it will be remembered , was , with Mr . Phelps , one ofthe reformers of that new famous northern Shakespearean temple , Sadlers Wells . The play selected for the opening on Monday was the Winter ' s Tale' of Shakespeare . Ucrmione , a character that Mrs Warner made her own , and in watch she gained universal fame , while at the 'Wells , ' was sustained by that lady on this occasion . Her fine figure and graceful form showed to great advantage in the statue scene . Her acting was sublime ; and boxes , pit , and gallery vied with each other in their expressions of admiration . The jealous , unjust , and repentant Leontes was very ably sustained by Mr Graham . Autolycu 3 ( the rogue ) , was played by Mr II . Webb , who most certainly is one of the very best of low comedians . Antigones , Pro Florizel
lixenes , , The Clown , Perdita ( Miss Angel !) and Mopsa , were well sustained fcy performers new to the London stage , although of considerable repute in the provinces . The scenery , dresses , and appointments were correet and elegant , and gained the admiration of all . At the conclusion of the play , in obedience to the unanimous call of the house , Mrs . Warner was led forth by Mr Graham , to receive the cordial and enthusiastic plaudits of a well-filled house . The evening ' s entertainment concluded with that very amusing farce The Windmill . ' 'lhe house has been cleaned and re-decorated , which gives it a neat and very comfortable appearance . The best order is maintained , and every attention is paid to the comfort and convenience of the visitors . The ' Winter ' s Tale , ' aad Sheridan Knowles ' s Hunchback , ' have since been played on alternate nights , with equal success ; clearly showing that tha ill-used ' Legitimate' has feund a home in the far West , ' as well as the far North .
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BURFORD'S PANORAMA . This exhibition , so long and deservedly a favourite with the public , cannot fail to afford much gratification to its present visitors . The panorama of Grand Cairo is well painted and has many beautiful effects . The city lies sleeping in the first hazy light of mornmg , and tie blanched walls , tbe arid soil , the total absence of shade , all incline ns to exclaim , 'How shall we bear it when the sun rises V Here are our conceptions of Cairo completely realised—its marble palaces , its fretted mosques , its everlatisng pyramids , and , alas ! the miserable mud dwellings of ' its people ; we need no other sanative to tell us the history of oppression and slavery . The very tombs which ty . rants raised to immortalise themselves , stand ever in judgment upon them , proclaiming to all time what
oppression has wrung from labour . A preparation for a pilgrimage to Mecca forms part of the foreground of this interesting picture , and gives a very complete idea of the dress and appearance of the people . In the Hpper circle is another panorama , representing the Himalaya mountains and the plains ef Hindostan . This is a beautiful fairy-land scene , where the mountain-tops are clothed in snow , and their feet adorned by the most luxuriant vegetation . The light grey mist which hangs in the deep ravines is so exquisitely represented that we hulf expect a breeze to carry it away . In such a subject there must necessarily occur seme barrenness of object , but the artist has introduced some figures with very happy effect .
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Royal . PetTtECHsic Insiitchok . —On Tuesday last Dr Bachoffaer gave a most able and pleasing lecture on Electricity and Galvanism , at the abovenamed establishment . In tbe course of his lecture , the learned professor stated , that although electricity was constantly spoken of as an elastic fluid , by which we would suppose it was a substance , like water , that may be contained in a vessel and visible to the eye , such was not the fact , and that we are at . preseat totally ignorant of what electricity really is . But this is a matter of minor importance , as we are acquainted with the method of applying this powerful agent to useful purposes , the greatest of which was the Electric Telegraph , as by its means a message could be conveyed to any part of the empire at
the rated 288 . 000 miles in onesecond , thus bringing , as it were , the whole kingdom , and even the coatinent , into a small space , and by this means affording a most valuable aid to mercantile transactions . The professor also stated , he had . heard that a company was forming for the purpose of communicating with all the principal towns in the empire by the Electric Telegraphs . If this were carried out , it would consolidate , in a measure , the whole country with the metropolis . Many persons were impressed with the idea that this was a ' wonderful age for inventions ; in this Dr . B . would not coincide , as he considered it more an age for the adoption and application ef the principles of those inventions jvell understood previous to the present time , and it i 3 merely for the application of them to their present use that we can claim merit . . .
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LETTERS ON GRAMMAR . No !! . TO THE WORKING CLASSES . My bbar Fbiesds , , The course of our study now Wngs us to the second part of speech , called the Noun . . . . Noun means only name . That is , whenever you name any object—anything you can touch , see , or think of , you use a Noun . In erder to familiarise youiselves with this part of speech , take tbe objects in the succession which I have given you , and name them , remembering that every thing you so name is a Noun . Suppose that you are sitting in a . room , reading this letter , you have the ^ operia your hand , your eyes see it , you sit on a chair , yom feet are on the ^ oor , the table is before voh , the ceiling over
head , the walls around you . I need not remind you that all these things which I have marked in italics are Nouns . You can see and touch them . You can also see the sty , and the clouds , which you cannot touch ; yet these are Nouns . But this is not all . There are many things we cannot see or touch , which , indeed , have no existence , except in our own hearts ; yet they are the most important of all Nouns ; they are our feelings—love , ( which of you do not allow love to have an existence , ay , and a most important one ,. too !) love , hope , fear , jealousy , scorn , joy—& \\ these , and similar things , are Nouns . Whenever , therefore , you name any ? thing that you can see , touch , or think of , . you use a NoHn . '
Butyou will observe that in merely naming a thing you give those who hear you ho idea of what the thing is like . If . you say a girl , a man , we cannot in any way picture the persons ! to ourselves , further than we imagine human beings with the usual number of arms legs , eyes ,. &c . To give any sort of character to the Noun we make use ofthe third part of speech , the Adjective , which shows the stratify of the Noun , and describes it in the fullest manner .
Every word that describes any peculiarity of the Noun is an Adjective . Let us take again the Nouns , girl , man , a » d see what we can " make of them with the help of the Adjective . ; , We will say of the girl that she is slight , tall , thin , fair , pretty , young , good . Are not these Adjectives useful words , which bring before us so pleasant a picture ? Then I think we may find others equally agreeable for the man , We do not want him to be fair or pretty , but we will say he is darl ; handsome , sensible , agreeable , thoughtful , and kind ; hehas / oe children , too boys , and three girls ; he lives in a white cottage , with a green field by the side of it .
Now you see that these Adjectives make you picture tt yourself the appearance , of the man the number of his family , and the sort of abode he lives in . Having now learnt the definitions of Nouns and Adjectives , you will , if you mean to iraprove , as I wish you to do , take your slates , and after writing a row of nouns down the right hand side , put two or three adjectives , if possible , before each noun ;
there are so many adjectives in our language , you can be at no loss to put different adjectives before each noun . And , once for all , let me remind you that whatever you write may serve a double purpose , if yon really desire to improve : by care and attention , and referring to a dictionary if you can do so , you may improve in that art which I , in my first letter to you , so strongly advised you to acquire —the art of Spelling or Orthography .
The next part of speech is the Pronoun , or Substitute for the Noun—a very impsrtant thing , as substitutes frequently are , although those whom they represent think little about t ' . ie matter . But I dare say those among you , my friends , who have wives , and have had , or made occasion , to find fault with them , have heard them sometimes say— ' Well , what would yon do without me ? ' and I am sure , under such circumstances ; your own hearts have told you
you would do ill indeed without those faithfu l partners and substitutes . Is it not so ? Well ! the Pronoun is the substitute for the noun , and a very efficient one it is too . If you doubt it , just try , as your wives advise you , ' How you could do without it ? ' I will give you an example ofthe use of the pronoun , and then write the same sentence without it . Yon will then see how inconvenient it would be to write or speak without using the Pronou . v .
The master , in alarm , turned hastily round . Ths kettle slippgd in his hand , burnt his fingers , and he let it fall with a cry of pain , upon the unfortunate boys . Axel and Claea made no noise , and ( heir mother began to fear it was all over with them . We will now look at the sentence , substituting the original noun for each pronoun . You will then see the utility of the latter . The master , in alarm , turned hastily round . Tbe kettle slipped in the master's hand , burned the master's fingers , and tbe master let the kettle fall with a cry of pain , upon the unfortunate boys . Axel and Claes made no noise , and Axel and Claes' mother began to fear it was all over with Axel and Claes .
You now see how the pronouns , his , he , tt , their , and them , prevented the unpleasant repetition of the nouns Master , kettle , Axel , &ni Claes , mil think you will agree with me , that the Pronoun , which is a part of speech Hsed to prevent the too frequent repetition of the Noun , is very useful aud convenient . The next part of speech claims your particular attention . It is the Verb—A verb is a word that describes an action , or a state of being . We require f
it perpetually to give life to the noun . A sweet girl is a pleasant thing to think of , but how much more so when you can say ' A sweet girl , and she loves me , ' To think and to say such things are also pleasant verbs—and to say' She will be ray wife' is pleasanter still . I can assure you also that it is a great gratificationto me to write these letters to you , since I hope I am improving you , employing myself , and doing some little good in the world . Besides , I hate idleness and accustom myself to industry .
When I speak of a Verb being an action , you must remember that there is activity of mind as well as of body , and therefore that I hope is as much a verb , as I write , the only difference being that the one is an action of the fingers , whilst the other is an action of the mind . But a verb is not only an action , it is also a state of being . Animated nature can act , but inanimate nature , trees , mills , fields , cannot act , they only exist in different states of being . A house may stand pleasantly , thejtrees may be beautiful , they may grow large , and spread their branches far . And these are all verbs , though not actions .
The sixth part of speech is the Adverb—It is a word joined io a Verb , to describe the action or the state of existence more fully . The Adverb , in fact , performs the 6 ame office for the Verb that the Ad . jective does for the Noun ; for as the adjective shows the quality of the Noun , the Adverb shows the manner or the Verb—observe well the difference between the two , and apply it in speaking and wriing , and then you will write and speak , in that respect at least , more correctly than most people do , for very few people do habitually use the adjective and the adverb correctly .
The adjective can be used only with a noun or its substitute , a pronoun either expressed or understood—as , ' I know him to be honourable , that is ' an honourable man , '' 6 he is pretty , ' or « a pretty woman , ' man , ' in the first sentence , and ' woman ' in the seeond being understood . But we cannot saj 'he acts honourable , she speaks pretty , ' because to act , and to speak being Verbs , require Adverbs to show their manner and cannot make sense with adjec / sces . ' It sounds pretty , ' 'It smells unpleasant , ¦ ' 1 walk easy' and many other phrases , in every-day use , are therefore incorrect and ungraramatical : very common indeed , it is true , but not therefore the less
to lie avoided . If we are not to ' follow the multi . tude to do evil' in great matters , I do not see why we should do so in trifling ones . When we have a good reastn for doing ri ght , it is very contemptible not to do it , merely because other people do not ; they may not have thought on the subject . Now , remember , I wish you to think over these letters carefully , and become familiar with their contents ; not to read them , and throw , them aside as of no practical value . There is an old maxim , Tell the truth , and shame the devil , ' but he who "would speak truUi , must first know what truth is . I an , your ^ ry sincere friend , M . M . P .
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HUBDER OF THH DUCHB 99 » B PRA&M 3 J . ! _ ( Oontkued from ( hetemd ' tage . ) ' .: ¦ a ° woman wK ^ f P * " " W »» ^ '« IknowLn » foclalm < ld bwselfas shehas done , thatchrSt " ?" , tha ' you have other IMom , ; and £ . MamMflS . hw that JO" « fe > . oteupi . d , bnt Swt 5 btanS t ? ' U thi 8 which 5 hate tht so « £ i ££ ' * d ° " Pretend tobusy mfiM with nor ' lUreatm ^ » . ^ "i ™ 1 but ^*« m « ttcei rlghtto do IS 2 *?™* J seating , a . I ha * , a her renutitinn . „?" .. Woman who has no cart ) for 71 P "l St nani 1 h ? «*•«! to thnalfThe
™ .. L . napap . . SuiS of Z rlZ *•„• ' ** : tf CW 0 hlldr 8 n ' and the Sr "» tsa when retoioathe .. mrttar ,, « . wUl « StawSi as many reason * for confidence iu leaving tho education of eur girls nnfarthe care of a mother J under tha of a gorernew My fa ( her , I kno % haMade , an offer to Mademoiselle D ~ - of an honorary imafy . On her going to En Ktand , with this assUtanc ,. her talents and Ci nPaS ' feCUrehera BUUaWepOrti 00 aore ™ 5
MPBESSIONJ . . SSI ' " . ^ T .-Imust repeat hourly to my . self that 1 have accomplished a sacred duty , towards mj daughters in consenting to join my eflorts to-those of my father to send away thi . woman . It caused me a groat deal of pain . I hate eclat , but e » ery one . told me ,-as well as my own conscience , that it was my duty f My God I what will be the futnra > . ^ ow he is loceasfld . One would think he was not * e guilty one . HesayB . 'he loves his children and he distrusts their mother , and makes his mistresses their governssiesl What a life he is leading ! He is losing all' his energy , ' May God guide my children , ' .- .. -.:. , ¦ .. -. Document found at Paris , in the Duchesa ' s secretaire , in a sealed envelope , alse entitled' impressions /' ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ - •¦ : ¦ ., « j uiy ia , 18 i 7 .
It is long since I have written anything , and . nevertheless nothing has changed in the interral . She will leave , 'they say , when we go to Praslia * and in the meantime the empire the holds ii most . absolute . Father and children , she retains them all as in a special bond , I understand her game ' well enough , if she have really swallowed all ' shame ; but for him , I cannot explain his conduct . He complains of calumny ; but be confesses that appearances are bad , and ho makes these appearances e \? ryduy worse , and gives more grounds for all the scandalous interpretations ., H-pretends that their relation < are misinterpreted , and yet he publicly proclaims the rapture with my father on her account . He breaks with us , and does not leave her . No charac .
ter can be more enigmatical . Is it excess of corruption ? or is it excess of weakness t Were it excess of weakness , could that go to the length of making him so trample on the interests of his children 1 What ! could ho have so mueh fear of this woman as net to dara , while she is in the house , to leave his children with their mother , or show regard to his . wife ? What has given her this empire over him ?—it is not natural . She must have some means' by which she mxkes her threats powerful ever him . Poor man ; I sincerely grieve for him . What a life he leads I What a future bs is pre . paring for hims"lf 1 If he allows himself to be thus domineered over and browbeaten by intrigtwnies at 42 , fvhat will lie be when be grows old ? And yet , bow love him I HemusthtiTo been sadly changed by all
these bad habits ; fer , on seeing what he is now , I cannot explain what inspired in me this love so impassioned , He is no longer the same man ; how dull is bis spirithow narrowed his heart—bow much has he ' grewn suspicious , ennuied , and irritable . Nothing animates him , nothing interests him , nothing exalts him , No generous , impassiened , or enthusiastic sentiment seems to vibrate in his heart or mind , lie has rank , fortuneall that could rendsr'his existence useful , brilliant , happy , and honourable . All is galvanised ; he interests himself in nothing either for his country or his children ; lie keeps company with governesses ; he is their cavalier lervtnte till he becomes their slate . Truly I believe that be only wishes te keepMdlleD . ( whom he has not loved for this eighteen months or tiro years , ) because he fears that if once removed hence she would
make life too bard for him . My God 1 what an existence ! What is curious is that I am sane . He firmly believes that it h on' account of jealousy that I wish the departure of Mdlle D . He will not comprehend that my moving principle Isj ' and will hanceforth aver be , my children . He believes that it is my joaloUB love fer him , and this flatters him . It is singular ; but I de net doubt that if he had not believed my love inortingiiiahable he would have treated me less unworthily , What an illusion , -what excess of self-l « ve'J LETTER FROM THE DUCHESS TO MADEMOISELLE SB tUZZT . WHEN AT TCEIN WITH DEB ELDEST DAUGHTER . ' 'Praslin , August 25 : 1846 .
' I wish not to delay a moment , ' my dear Mademoiselle , in thanking you for your kind letter , which gave me a lively pleasure , and which , so far from thinking long , I could have wished to be double . I got it this evening , and I will not deny that it was time that letters had reached me , for my head and my heart were much excited by- the long silence . I am happy , as you may guess , to hear all yon tell me of Isabella ' s happiness , but I am much astonished that yeu find no ehange in her manners . Thero is a very marked one in her letters . I thank yon a thousand times for the details you have given me , * * You say that Louise and Berthe speak of me often with Isabella , tisporhaps to give me pleasure that you write this ; in any case you have completely succeeded , for I wept with joy . Once more , my dear Mademoiselle , I thank y « u a thousand times from the bottom of my heart for your latter , which I truly hope will not be the last . ¦
~ ' Seiujtiani Pbasuk , ' to the same , writtbn afpabentlt on januabt 1 st . found in tbe he 8 idence of madehoisslle de luzzt DESrOBTES . ' It is forbidden us to retire to reBt without , being reconciled with our neighbours ; much more , it appears to me , ought the new year to put an end to ail dissensions and obliterate all disputes . It is then heartily that I offer you my hand , Mademoiselle , and ask you to forget , ia order that we may live well together henoeforth , all tbe moments of pain that I havo caused you , and I ' promise you , also , to pass the sponge over all the circumstances which , in mortifying me , have . exoited me . to occasion them . Every , oue has his faults in this world , and I am induced , to believe it is too happy . This
ought to ] render us mutually more indulgent , and . to facilitate reconciliation ., I am truly convinced of your sincere and tender attachment to my children , and , believe me , that no one . is . mere disposed than I am to show gratitude and affection to those who have been devoted to them , if I am not wounded to the heart by the thought that they aro estranging them from me . You know , as well as I do , that it is custom which causes attachment , especially with children . Not seeing their mother , she loses her place in their hearts , as in their life they end by doubting her love , happy if at a late period their esteem and tboir confidence' ara not shaken . Certainly this was not your object ; for you must have known that it would be as pernicious to the children as sorrowful to the mother to destroy bonds so sacred . From one trifle to another one cotres to do things which at first brie wa « far from ceneeiving . If , instead of irritating oneself about faults which are mutually confessed , we reciprocally overlook them , I
believe that every one in this world would make a good bargain . It requires only to be a good driver and go round the stone heaps , ins . tend of over them ; for my part , I confess that I often come into collision , I bad long intended to write to you to renew all our acquaintance with the year ; it is , therefore , with double pleasure that I have received your charming work this even . ing , beeause it proves that you are alto willing to put an end to s state of things which I am convinced cannot fail to be hurtful to the children , to place yourself oft ^ nin a disagreeable and false position , 'and places me in one very cruel to me , who live isolated for . so long a ( . time from those dear affections in the midst of which I was so happy .- I anticipate , ' with great ardour , tbe ' time when ffiy daughters will be grown up , . and I confess I suffer much in seeing them . what they are towards me . But I a-n taking a long time to say that we ought to try to abandon a wrong course , to take another , and to beg you to receive and take up this gage of a . new alliance , to which 1 hepe you will consent .
LAST MOMENTS OF THE DDKE DE fRASUN , The Jlfoiiileiirpublishes a wporlef tbedUoussion which took place in the secret sitting of the Court of Peers , on the report of the chanoellor . The discussion turned almost exclusively on thesubjsotof the suicide of the Duke do Praslin , Tbe Duke Deoazes , grand referendary gave in tbe following tjporf . — .. ¦ '¦ - On Tuesday morning ( the duke died or Tuesday evening ) , at the entreaty ofthe family , and to discharge what was considered a duty , the Grand Referendary visited the prisoner . The Duke de Praslin complained of bis sufferings . The Grand Btferendary observed that such sufferings must have been occasioned by the poison he had taken , while the doctors had been misled as to its nature and the proper mode of treatment , by two
empty bottles found in his ucretary , and which bad contained laudanum . The prisoner replied that he hwl not taken laudanum , and then , being pressed on the subject , acknowledged that he had taken BTsenjo out of a phial found on Friday , iu his Aressing . gown . The Grand Referenda !} ' having asked > im how he obtained he poison , he declared that nobsdy had given it to him , and that he had brought it with him from Praslin the evening preceding the crime * exclaiming at the same time with emotion agamst the supposition that any one could bave believed that he provided himself with it with the intention of poisoning Mme . de Praslin . He avowed that he bad takeu . tlw poison the moment he perceived , by the measures adopted with repect to him .
that there were grave suspicions against ' , hira . Suicide , in presence , of such an ao « usation , became a confession . Upon this remnrk . being mail * to the prisoner , be observed silence , but he repelled with eagerness the Idea that he should have confided to , any one the project of his crime , and , as he interrupted those explanationsjby cries of pain , the Grand Referendary askod him if his mental sufferings did not exceed those of his body , aad if they ought not to suggest to him the necessity of sub . dulng such sufferings by ( ho expression of that repeat , ance that must be at the bottom ef his heart , adding that his family indulged the belief that ho could have only committed such a borbirous crime in a moment of : u 8 BMibl& rsga ffhiohhi n « w bJiUwlydeplore ^ Sairiw
¦? ftt ? " eyes 16 * aveB ' * ° n * Awtt « ate ma * cried , Ti £ *? efeM » aa & «>« i . t « k « he opportunity to say t # him that - al w . il a . supreme m « m » t , in order to 8 at ^ f , at oncette j . stlw . f * od a » d man k . ought t . M 8 fc * hi . i !*' rM 5 l < m * h < 9 « penten » « pnblic *' >?"> a £ . '' ata * »• ompleleconfwjion would : " JSSk < / l »' POS 8 i v . leM Plaln «» d . Hri » m that had 211 ee 5 , ? ' Grard a ^« on 8 ary efferoa to send ateu ejfor £ ,, AanceHor w r . celve nfe confession | 2 iS 3 { : «! ffi ^ fe 7 * «* r fo& ?^™*^ £ ^ £% ¦ fatigued and ** fer too much at thia moin , . teil the iohancKllbrihwl beg of him not to come ° ill . omw « W morniny / Hi » tt ouweofmind was , too apnarentS ihis sufferings toe * : reat to allow . f ( his iS " ^ [ prolonged . The- . V ^ ida * bad just dda d thS
was-urgent to' offer the : sueeow of religion to the pri . isoner . As no'clei-gyiTian had bees named by ihe familv i ^ -lhe rfl ^ - ^ tt ^ sfBy bl ^ 'i'SSffi sion was coDflu > tft » tlve cargde Bt Jacgues du Haut-bas THeCourtkw . Mh . owa-uohstrfingtb and calmnew the pnsoner reoeiwd' from tliia plow wremoov . The chnncellbPagaino 8 eredi bvtfu vain , to weWe thedeclaratiowwhich h » . had ! saM Ae wag dispogtd toaake > A number of Ietier »\ addres « ca tt > the late Duke by Mademeiselle de luaaytera been dlworeretf , which , It is saidclearly prove that a guiHjreonneotion exited between them . It is added that these letters contain many diarespsctful allusions to-the utofortunate Boehew MadUe ' hi !! " ? l to . 8 tnl - » W «»*> ««" toujr , and » it ' is . reported will be tried ' upon some thavge founded upon ' iitr correspondence .
A forroer governess of her « raie tSe-KqcSbw of ™™ " £ naniea £ " 'nM e » "al from six ^ -to sixtj-fire ^ an inSf r ? t n " th *?™** ° toTiv ^/ andlivTng Z ti , 2 t F beiD 8 sudd « "ly in'orme * of tKemc .
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: . . TJieSkiptop extension , of the Leeds and BtedfoTd Railway was opened last week . The line * W through a beautiful country ; and . ' presents a succession of landseapes surpassed on few railways'in angland . The ( ounilation ; stone of th& new building for t !» Sheffield _ Athen » uiii and Mechanics' Institution was ( aid on Wednesday week by the Earl of Arundel and Surrey . In tbe evening there was a soiree at which > Lord Morpeth spoke at great length on theobjects and utility of such institutions . The estimated cost of tbe building is JE 5 . 660 . The Bishop of Oxford has refused his assent to certain alterations in the parish church of Upton cn !» / palyejr , by which the free seats of the peer wouldhave been removed from the be 3 t to a worse
situation . He threatens the churchwardens with the costs of restoration and ' imprisonment' if by the day named the seats are not replaced aad the money paid . The bishop says , ' It is my especial duty to defend the poor , and I must defend them . : The Earl of Dundonald , who was lately , restored to the honours of the Bath , haa addressed a letter to the eleetive Peers of Scotland as a candidate for a seat as Representative Peer , in the Upper House , in which ho claims their support on the ground that vanous plans which he has long urged upon the government for adoption , would effect an immense annual saying in the expenditure ef the country . Sir Fitzroy Kelly has addressed a letter to the electors of Lyme Regis ; from which it appeaes that a scrutinv will be demanded with a view to unseat the sitting member .
At the Stafford Assizes , Mr Bedwell was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in default of the oosts of a ttvo years ' prosecution , for refusal to pay church rates . The Great Britain has been thoroughly inspected since she was placed on the gridiron of the Prince ' s Docks at Liverpool , and it appears that she is quite safe and sound in her hull and frame , not being the least shaken , strained , nor indicating in the slightest degree any thing that would lead to the supposition that her back had been injured while imbedded in the sands of Dundrum Bay .
According to the new . edition of Dodd ' s Parliamentary Companion , 223 persons who had no seats in the late House of Commons have been returned to the new Parliament . This shows agreater amount of change than has taken place since the election of the Reformed Parliament in 1832 . Oh that occasion 280 new members were elected . At the : general election of 1831-5 , the number of new members was 184 ; at that ot 1837 , it was 121 ; and at that of 1841 , it was 183 . In addition to this , a great change has taken place in the composition of the new House of Commons , for it contains a greater number of
railway directors , engineers , and contractors ; a greater number of barrister of merchants , of retail tradesmen , and of political writers ; while the number of naval and military officers , members of the aristocracy , and country gentlemen , is much less than in many preceding Parliaments . . The last of the elections , that of Orkney and Shettand , has resulted in the return of the Liberal , Mr Anderson , and the breaking up of the family supremacy of the Dundas as a member of wh'ch family was bis opponent . Mr Anderson is a decided Liberal , a Free-trade , and a voluntary in religious matters .
At the half-yearly meeting of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway last week , the 'Saints' endeavoured to prevent trains from running on a Sunday . On a division the recommendation of the . directors to run a-morning and evening passenger train each way was carried by a . majority of 1162 . The American papers announce the death of Mr Amos Phelp 3 , the eminent anti-slavery advocate , lie died at Roxbury , on the 20 th July , in the fortythird year of his age . The VossGazette of : the . 23 rd ult . says : — 'Mr Cobden is now travelling in Russia . On the 13 th of August he alighted from his carriage at a distance from a Customs barrier . He was probably thinking of free trade when he passed the barrier , and a sentinel cried out to him ' Stop ! ' levelling his musket at him . Much time was required for the explanation of the affair , and in the meantime Mr Cobden ' s
carnage c * moup . - The will of the late John Walter , Esq ., of Bearwood Hall , Berks , and Printing-house-square , London , was executed by him on the 9 th of February , 1817 , and he died en the 28 th of July . He has devised to his boh , John Walter , Esg ., M . P ., the entire freehold premises and warehouses belonging to the establishment of the Times , in Printing-housesquare , and leaves him all his interest in the business .- Tbe freehold and copyhold estates which he possessed in theoountiesof Berks and Wilts , together with the right of presentation to St Catherine ' s Clmroh , Bearwood , he leaves to the trustees under the terms of the settlement on the marriage of his said son . The residue of bis real and personal estate to his wife , Mrs Mary Walter , for her own absolute use , and has appointed her sole executrix . The personalty was valued for probate duty at £ 90 , 000 . Tim Factory Bin . — -In some parts of the West . Riding ot Yorkshire where the woollen manufacture
is tolerably brisk , it is the practice of the masters to work the mills twelve hours a " day , as usual—not by employing any of the women or children more than eleven hours , as the law at present prescribes , but by a relay of hands . This practice has , we find , been objected to by some of the Factory Inspectors , and the question is now at issue whether it may or may not be pursued without an infringement of the law . The object of the Act is , no doubt , to prevent the persons meant to be protected , and not the machinery from being overworked , and if that object can be effeoted by giving employment toan increased number of workpeople without violating the spirit of the law , the decision of the legal authorities to whom the question is referred , will probably be in favour of this extension of tlie relay system . — Leeds Merctmj . —[ In Lancashire , where trade is' tolerably ' slack , the masters are inducing the men to stop altogether . Any thing to turn the penny , whether it be legal or equitable ! ] '
A Dukb in Disirbss . —Tke Morning Chronidlo says , ' We deeply regret to leara that the myrmidons of the law forcibly took ' possession of the princely seat of a nokle duke , in a county long noted for the political influence he exercised , on Tuesday last , and it is feared that the urgency of the demand made on his . grace will eventually lead to the dispersion of tha finest collection of art and vtvtu possessed by a private individual in this country . We skould have nefrained from announcing this much to be regretted ' fact , had we not felt ' convinced that it cannot fail to be made public very shortly . ( ' So much for Bu « kinaham . '—Shakespeare .
Sib Ri Peel—Complimentary addresses to Sir Si , Peel were presented by the Mayor and Corporation ef Sundwland and also on behalf of Darlington ana Stockton , duriEg the recent visit of the ex-p « emie « to the north . Sir Robert declined the Newcastle imitation to dinner , and those who expected to' daaw ' him were disappointed . His speeches were the . perfection of frank vagueness . and oandid AjclapaSSonB , which told nothing . . SiMPfitfsio . v or Labour is LAKCAsmBB .- "Tl « vesolutions of the delegates of the operatic cotton spinners of Lancashire and the neighbouring counties , recommending their omploycrs , in . consequence of the deprcased conoition of tne trade , ' to entirely suspend operations in cotton mills for a few weeks . ' : has
excited mu « h interest in the manufacturing distriats ; and some of the provincial journals are advocating th « adoption of the plan . The delegates , seem fully to understand the privations to whioh the working classes would , be . subjectiad during the entire clos ' ug ofthe mills ; but they allege that this course would diminish the probability of such a calamity occurring during the winter months , and that atpreseat , ' in ; consequence of the abundance of vegetable food and tbe warmth of the weather , aRd the possibility in many instances of finding out-door employment , the privations to which the operatives would W exposed would n « i be ' so severe , ' The resolutions are altogether of a remarkably onaraoter , such recommendationa haying pro ^' oly never been ofiered . befew W tbe opmtiwi Y > itwlr employei *
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iurt .-Bv that cod » , the people of Ireland wan again divided into . 'tiro elates ; tho one consSinS ? those whose conscience would allow them to t » tS ? fc-Stttoo » thr . « tIiei « l ^ offiS& ^{^ privileges were secured . But penalties were inS against those who could not , or would not swear that oath . The great overwhelming majority of the Irish people refused the test '; and the penal law came qaieklr to punish them , even in their famffr relations and domostio circle . It invented any child ; who might conform to the test prescribed , with ' tSe rights of property enjoyed by bis father , It invested the wife witn rights of property over tlve husband , If any of those who hnd refused to swear , purchased | an estate for any araoont of money , any of She otheis , jwho Sflrf taken tfic oatb , could dispossess hi ! Bi without paying one shilling for such estate . Sfany ' ol ttte former class owned a horse worth fifty or ona awndred pounds . ato * of tbe latter class hadsfich *
6 y Jaw to tender five poueds and tell him Sir dig . Boowit . If any of the former class , by his sMilWd industry in agriculture , raised the value of his land , so wto / MfcU profit equal to sne-third ' of ( be A ^ r any of the latter could < enter en the profits of hfe-Ia- - St £ n « rfn 5 ^ f ettB lSbty mi ninety years , do * tt lo the period of American Independence . And fit this enactment weseewhafe a pasalty wa s inflicted S . 5 -i ? noul W miwt * r toe IriaB-wh ' at * EtJt- 8 ^ 1 ? ? ut t ° ienco «'< ' ' thatindolent winch' Bhtish statesmen now complain ot . - Tlw wmgom has been contfffued'to-1 he preSn dayT th / fW ^ J . el X T t f ^ - bad * termined that the Ii'ish people should be keDfratai *» tnrrino nhinf
throup ^ airthnes ; since ft * landlcH , eve £ no £ olumrtheMAt , and often usesit , of punubinjr the industry of b ? s tenant , by increasing the rent in proportion to- . theiraprovement' the iteiwmt makes on Ju ; holding . Wtben it be trae , : t \ m A . Iriah are indolent , whuh- : I deny , the eause tsow ' M be sufficiently explained- *? the penaltres v / hich'iraQdgovenw went has ^ ntticte ^ npon them , -jh theiro »» country . forXhe crime of being industrious .. The » if it ba ^ lAr aa a re proach i ptbatthelrisb are iatorant let i 4 bftrememboredHbatthi 98 am * d « dB ( . fSl laws eiwefl up the schools of popular education ? Sbat the scboalmaster was 4 Jani 8 bed for tho-crhmyof teaehin * a » d lfhereturned'hewasliable to be treated as a tel «> n . If lgnorance-ef the people , then , be tHecauw of rhe famine , enough Jws been said to'point out the cause ofthe ignorance itself . —BiskatrH { i 9 hte >( tofNnv ¦ fork ) on the Famine-tit Intend . ¦'¦
-- ¦ FheSchooimasthrAbboad . —A certaiH owrseer : of the poor not a hundred miles from Swbergh lately presented an account of poor rates ,-is roipeot ; ojf tithes , as follows :- ^ ™ , Rextoria tithes - ... £ & 10 s . ' Victoria tithes- - ... £ 0153 .. ¦' Which would seem to h » p £ that the former were mng ' s arid the lattes-fche ftueen ' s tithes ; bub the fact is they are divided into Rectorial and- Wcaviat , which the worthy funclaonwy of the township , with an ignorance and simplieity too frequently } characteristic of such personageaj .-had oonverted inio-JSeaJtowa ; and Victoria . ¦¦ - ¦¦ ¦¦ Startlino Circumitaxob ;— Some short time ' ago . a . man was cutting" ling or heather on Papplewiek torest , in . this neighbourhood , for the pitw ose of being manufactured into beanms- wimn . 1 ,,, „; . * .
shpged between two pieess oS > fallen timbsr whiS lay concealed beneath the heather , he broke hismht leg . Being unable to extricate himself frora » his- positson , with a desperate resolve he seized therhand . bili winch he had brought for the . purpose of 'outline the ling , and chopped tbe-leg clean offii TliougbT tnu 3 liberated from the co ' nfiirement under ¦ rtuohlle had previously suffered , he ftfund himself , of . course unable to mako his way over the forest on oBe leg when he deliberately sat himself down on a » large stone , and p ' acing the entire-leg onan a : \ jpiuinff blocks without more ado , chopped it offtfevei with the other broken leg , and trudged his way home , more-than two miles , on his stumps . -nith hio-flmputatedlogs under hi 3 arms ! It may be just necsfsmy , in order to mitigate the horror which the reader maybe apt , vei v naturally , to feel : at the above-extraordinary recital , to inform him that both the lega-w « re —wooden ones . —Sottingham-Mcronry . -
Extraordinary Suicide— -An inquest va » -held last week at BJanobardstown , upon the body of a man named Matthew Nugent , whocoramitted suicide on the previous , day by cutting luVthnoat with arazor . . Verdict , 'Temporary Insanity . ' The foJ » lowing letter was written by the deceased on the day before he terminated his existence :--: Dablln ^ -August 26 j . lDiT » When true hearts lie withered , Aud fond ones-arc flown , Oh , who could inhabit ¦ . This cold world alone 1
After years spent in a distant country , I : retum » to my owb , dad find the affections of my kindred reitherad and decayed , when I thought to meet with them as freob and as green as those within my own breast . I am annoyed with" the ' petty chicanery and trickery , of the world , Brery man suspects the rest of ithe world to beeodeavoiiririg to deceivo him . Thuro is no sincerity in > itv I have seen too much of mankind ever to expect tobe > happy in this world . I will therefore try what soat of place is the next . I know it will be said that I / labour under temporary insanity ; on the contrary , I never wa 3 so perfectly sane in my life . I know I have been ., a-, sin . ner , but I have every dependence , in-the mercy- ofthe great Sod . Some would-be philosophers have 3 aid that
suicide is cowardly . What cur , would impeaeh < Jat » witk cowardice ? ¦ Some creature that dare not prick hi * fltfsh ivith a pin to escape fromi . the most degrading :-slavery . I wish I had an opportunity of staking m 7 : . life ia the service of my country , but as I have not , I thope Sod will pardon . me for thus disposinij . of it . To two dear friends , from whom I could have expected : but little sympathy or affliction , I am indebted for-tbs . most sincere and genuino kindness ;' I . sincerely thank them ; they will understand that I allude to them : Farewell ,, my dear friends , farewell , ' If my opinions ot mankind are unjust , I ' crave pairdon . ; . I . havc my * own . shore of fault b , and should deal lightly with others .-r ^ Miarcaiw Nooent . To ' the public , if the public like to read it .
An Unwelcome Gallant Ayoung lady residing in the upper part cf Philadelphia ; the daughter of a bank , officer , when going to bed , was about closing her shutter , when she was ; horrified by laying her hand od . an immense snake , which , with expanded jaws , was peering into the apartment sacred ijr the maiden privacy and meditation fancy free . '' Dreadfully alarmed , she rushed down stairs , alarmed bet parents , raised the hue and cry , and anumberof persons , armed with all the implements known and
described in an indictment for an assault * and battery , went to attack tbe monster . One of the first blows knocked him from the window-sill , and he tumbled down through the branches of a grape , vine-into the yard . His pursuers followed , and seon completed the work of death . It proved to be nn anaconda , six or seven feet long , and some six . inohes-in ! circumference . Hardly had lie been killed before aneiglibour came rushing in breathless to reclaim his pet ! ' But it was too late , and nothing now remains buthfs skin , to grace some private collection ou pablic
museum . Self-made Men in Parliamsni : —Pho ensuing : Parliament rail contain a very large number of men who may boast that their ability and industry have raised them to fortune and dignity , from humble circumstances . Messrs Stcplienson and Looke are two brilliant instances ef railway results . Sir J » Walmsley , M . P . for Leicester , began . life 03 an usher in a b . ) js ' school . MrW . Jackson , . M . P : for Newcastlo-undar-Lyne , for which town he was elected over the head of Lord Brackley , the son ofthe Earl ofEHesmere , and nephew-of the Dulls of Sutherland , worked his way up from a humble clerkship to a partnership in an African house , and eventually by land speculations in Birlienbead , of the prosperity of
which > he is one of the authors , acquired a princely fortune ; Mr Humphrey , Brown , after enduring the vicissitudes of fortune ' as . a merchant aad canal carrier , and acting for , aomo yeara as . a railway manager , acquired ^ . fortune in three years as a traffic taker , and has . been elected to Espreaent his native town , Tewkesbury , in Parliament . Many more examples might bo cited . —Railway Chronicle . Cohpbtition . —It was confidently stated on the Manchester Exchange , on Tuesday , thatthere is now lying in Liverpool . , a quantity of American cotton twist and heavy domestic cloth ,, oniy awaiting the least advanee on present prices to- be brought into ! competition with , English productions . On the writer ' s conversing with & spinney ' on the probable destination of these extraordinary imports , the conclusion arrived ) at was , that tkey might probably have been seat to this country to- be warehoused , thus to be roady lor- exportation to . an-j part of the world ,
this beinc a aore eligible , plaac- of sale than that o £ ^ Lowell . Some mojitlis ago ,, a . large guantity of goodas ( say 100 balas ) , were imported- into Liverpool from , the United States , and cauwdi . st the time , a stroag ' sensation ^ i ? Mch only , subsided when it was ascer-. tained that they were ' only , waiting orders for reship-: ment ( if we mistake uo t > to China . ThefocMs . that thene is . positively no . room for any import ?^ ofthe deseription referred to- ; the unpreccdentsmow . prices-in Manchester positively forbid it , exceRUt & ruinous loss . It maj not" ho amiss to obser ?^ that soms spinners , who .-wore talking the mattey . ov . erampng theiaselves , ^ rere of opinion that thailUROrla . [ in question might ba atiributcd to the Shor t Iim Bill pa « aed last session , and contended ttyttho » lil " - ferencB betweeotheten kours labour in % ghnd , ajjA he fifteen in America , would alone be . suitoUct iimtifv a ranetition of similar 8 hi 3 me . nt 3 . liffi * ^ il -BrSTrtniai - of this QW » -i ^ . of
SS 0 SioKs Mr John Sha ^ *» , has crown this year , in ono of tbc ; \ o \^ (» ajiV , nS i'iB fhe parish of Lenton , a bed of onjona of \ Y - . TripoK variety , wperior in size to . anj othwplot ' or this useful . vegetable in . the , whole Wtj , > 4 noJuJn _ tli « whole suKoundjnkdistrict , * W W ^ estiire ^ iiBSv 214 ounces—another' 18 $ ounces , Vf > 'A ' . Bta . liinw ) t ? K ofshnilar proportional ^ r « w \ * & % tt 1 &l \ l misaai one . of the best pr Mtrt < - & « n ^ fttf ^ ,, 1 gwwwiwt Boddwdf « u tbe WauUjft fc- ^^; > j ; : ¦ ' -: ^ : ^ S ^ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ! :. . ¦" ' V
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Tub Hobse t . Stsam —A few days ago , a rather humorous incident occurred on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway , by which the comparative powers of the horse and the locomotive engine were fairly tested . As the engine No . 137 , was coming to Newcastle , and when near Chat-hill ( a part of tbe line on which Messrs M'Kay , the contractors , are still employed , a spirited horse , belonging to Messrs M'Kay , whether from fright or frolic , suddenly set off at full spted in front of the engine , which was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour . The driver of the engine , fearful of the consequencei , eased the engine , and endeavoured , by frequent shrill whistles , to drive the animal off the line , but in Tain ; for a full
mileor more the horse held on his way with his unabating speed . At length the engine coming rather close upon him , the animal darted on to the parallel line , and , as if determined not to be beaten , still proceeded , and rushed once more in front of the engine . At this point the horse had run nearly three miles , and the driver , finding himself delayed , resolved to pass his opponent at all risks , and , increasing the speed ofthe engine , soonclo 3 ed upon his quarters , when the animal bounded aside , and kicked up its heels as the train passed , to the great amusement of the driver , stoker , and several « f the passengers . Tbe entire distance which the hone ran with the train was about four miles .
Phiskrs' Improvement Societv . —A prospectus is in circulation , of a society proposed to be founded under the title of' The Caxton Mutual Improvement Association . ' , Us objects are to ofier to the members employed iu the printing profession in , the metropolis the mean 3 of literary instruction . It will inolude lectures on the sciences and arts , and the discussion of questions literary , historical , and political . Signs cf thb Times—There were no less than twenty-four bankruptcies announced in Friday ' s Gazette , whilst the number of insolvent petitioners it contained was fifty-eight .
Wastk of Corn . — ' What is the chief production of your district of tie country V said an eastern traveller the other day , to a young farmer in tbe Miami Valley , as be was refrethitig himself with a glass of 'bald face' while the stage-coach stopped to water . ' Cera , sir , com ; we raise on our land about seventy bushels to the acre , which , we manufacture into whisky , sir ; ft say tothingof the quaitity that is wasted f « tori I V&mfc V Christum CMxto -
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3 S ~ Several monthly and other publications will be noticed in our next .
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COMMUNISTISCI 1 E Z EITSOURIFT . - A kerman newspaper under the above tisle has been started in London , and wo are bound to say great talent is exhibited ia its first number . It is also disnngaished by a sober reflective spirit—dealing net in assertion but inquiry , and boldly refuting the various charges brought against the principles it advocates . Into the merits or demerits of those principles ; it is not our province at present to enter ; suffice it to say , the editor commencss by stating that communism , at present unattainable , must be the slow result of social and moral improvement , of Belf-developement , and not the factitious growth of hot-bed paihsopby . Thus , it will be seenthe writer
, takes asounderand more rational position than many of his party-r-andeschews one great error attributed to that party : that the' Millenium * can be brought about by a legal enactment , instead of by a moral reform . Woe , indeed , to those reformers who thiak to make act-of-parliament angels , statute-saints , or parchment morality . The good must grow out of the hearts of men , it cannot be implanted by the hand of force . The present number is , au initiatory attempt , to be amplified , if successful , by a weekly Beries . intended to contain , besides the usual news valuable information of various kinds . We recommend this periodical to the serious attention of our German friends .
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THE LABOURER , A ibnihly Magasme of PoU . Iks , literature , Poetry . &o . Edited by Fearsus O Unnor , M . P ., and Ernest Jones , fcsq . London : 'KSet ? ° 1 *» - GwBtWiBdiaai * tert » ti , * . ^ W ^ ' PoeiB » b J Ernest Jonw , opens , rf ? S * mber for ^ mber of this Magazine . Two artictes , we presume from the pen of Samuel Kydd , on Co-operatum , ' and ' Tamiahai , the Scottish £ « aTcr . £ «*» are instructive afld interesting . The IS' ^ t ?*? ^ 1 " *¦ « nited by the tale entiUed The Pnce of Blood . ' But , to us themost interesting of this number ' s contentris the account of tne wars of ' The Jacquerie . ' in the continuation of
ine nutory of ' The Insurrections of the Working Uasse 3 . * We shall try to find room for some extracts in ear next . We perceive that the number of this Magaane for October will . be devoted to the Banking Question ; for many reasons a subject of primary importance to the working classes at the present moment .
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T MIDLAND FLORIST . September . Lendoa : Sunpkiu , Marshall and Co . ; Nottingham : R . Sauon , ifewe » Office . 2 o < & cfcfd iribnnftB . tttaeating ( o tite practi-
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cal gardener and florist , is oontai » e * ia this nnmber . We have given ai estraet in another col imn , containing a calendar tf gardeniog operatkms for the present month .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1435/page/3/
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