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BIRDS . Answer io Eliza Co 6 k * tj > om oa Birds , published in ihe flcrtaern Star of Sot . lift , 1843 . "Birds ! birds ! ye are troublesome things , With youi keen prying « yea and your swift flying wings . Where shall we 'wander or where shall we dwell , Troublesome things ! that ye come not as well ? Te build in xaui ebimnies- ^ the funnels ye choke , t 21 all in onr chambers are coTer'd -with smoke ; TeEis the garden—ye ravage tie field—Te peck half the fruit that snr cherry trees yield j Te pilfer the aeeas that-we sow -with such pain , Ye lurk in the com fields and plunder the grain 1 Troublesome things 2 how my heart sadly grieves When ye scrape off the thatch from Ihe cottagers eaves From your canning and craft there is nothing secure ; Ye plnnder theTich and vb pilfer the poor .
" From yon ivied ruin a boding owl cried Pull seven nights long ere my old granny ^ ied 1 And an eagle , whose eyrie was built in a rock , ESTd the finest young lamb that I had in my flock . A long necked heron ihe other day took A score of my Tery best bout from the brook ; Ana the greedy £ rey crows have left only o pair Of a brood of finB chicks my wife tended with care . In your praises , the poets fine ditties may sing , But faith 1 I ' ve no reason to do any such fh ' g-Hew oft I have seen in the April mom
The greedy grey lark pecfeing up the young corn ? When , awed by my presence , he'daoar en the wing , And hizh overhead in defiance would sing . And well I remember , that I , like a fool , Neglected my lesson and " miched" from my school , And rev * j in the tneadows the summer day long , To seek for your nests and to listen your song j lake & caitiff , text morning in school 1 sat down , And bore from hjj teacher theilow and ihe frown ; 2 dy lack , even yet , bears the -mark ol the " lam , " And , mischievous pesta I ye "were solely . the c&nsB .
Mischievous pests I your presence I scorn , Prom the bird of the sun to tne wren in the thorn—The impudent magpie , with parson-like look ; The hoarse screaming raven and jabbering rook ; The lazy cuckoo , with monotonous tone ; The pilfering blackbird , that whistling drone ; The martin that ntsta in a hole like a rat ; And that link in creation , the leather-wing'd bat " I will tell them to find we a grave wheni die , " Where no chattering sparrow shall ever come nigh ; But O , let it be by yon clear mountain stream , Where the Sowers oi the summer reflected shall gleam , As it leaps to the vale , the blue ocean to meet-Its silvery voice will be cheering and sweet In the darkness anfl gloom of the long dreary night , When the tlvrmfo and the woodlafk have -taken theix fi : ght . iamieg . J . H Kowem ,
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OLD SOSGS . { Abridged from ihe " Fergel-me-Xor for l $ iij BT ZhlZA COOBL . Old songs ] old songs '—what heaps I know , Prom " Chevy Chass" to " Black-eyed Sue ;" Prom " Piow , thon regal purple stream , " To BouBBeau ' s melancholy *• Dream J " 3 loved the pensive " Cabin Boy " With earnest truth and real joy ; ily warmest feelings wander back To greet " Tom Bowling" and "Poor Jack ;" And O , " Will Watch , " the smuggler bold , 24 y Dliehted troth thou'lt ever hold .
I d : i t- che " auld Scot ' s sonnet , " As tiioiigli I'd -worn the plaid and bcmiet ; I wtnt abroad with " Sandy ' s Ghost ,- * . I stood with " Bannocsbjini ' a brave host , " And proudly tossed my early bead With " Ssots wha hae m' Wallace bled !" I shouted " Ccmmin through the rye , " With restless step and sparkling eye , And chased away the passing frown With ** Bonnie ran the burnie down . "
The tiny « Warbler" from the stall , The fluttering ballad on the wall , The gipsy ' s glee , the beggar ' s catch , The old wife ' s l 3 y , the idiot ' s snatch , ¦ The schoolboy ' s chorus , rode and witty , The harvest strain , the carol ditty—I taxed ye aD , 1 stole from each , I spcrn'd no teacher that could teach -. Though long my list , though great my store , I'd ever seek % o add one more .
Old songs 1 old songs J—my brain has lost Modi that it gained -with pain and cost : 2 have forgotten all the ruies Of " Hurray V books and TiimmeiV * schools ; Detested figures—how I haie The mcK remembrance of a rir . te ' How have 1 cast from woman's thought Much goodly lore the girl was taught ! But not award has passed away Of "Bust thee , Babe , " or " . Robin Gray !" The ballad stall iB Lreathing round , But other voices yield the sound ; Strangers possess tLe bonsefaold room ; The mother lisSn in ths lomb ; And the blithe boy ttat praised her socg Steepetb as soundly and as long .
Oli . sengs ! cl < 2 songs!—I should not sigh—Joys of the earth on earth must die ;' Bat spectral forms will sometimes start Within the caverns of the heart , Esnating the lose and daiktm'd cell Where , warm in life , they used to dwell . Hope , yonth , love , boaae—each human tie That binds we kaow not how or why—All , all that to th $ soul belopgs , la closely mingled with " Old songs . ' *?
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AN ESSAY ON THE TRAliEDY OF HAMLET . By P . Macdosell , Author of "An Essay on the Tempest" &c . &c . London : Cnnningham and Mortimer , Adelaide-street , Trafalgarsquare . To all lovers of Shafcspcre , —and they are nmaeron 3 " as jhe sands on the sea sfroref *—Ihl 3 "' Essay " ¦ will be a trea * . of no ordinary kind . Were the subject tie moss Tummilng that imagination can conceive , the author has the happy faculty of clothing his sentiments in drapery so chaste , and enforcing Us views with arguments eo convincing , that having read a page , it would be impo ^ -sible for the reader to refHse the perusal of the entire work . But , when
the snsjeci so far from being a repulsive one , is the Tery reverse ; a drama perhaps the most sublime ever penned , even by that sabiimest of all dramatic lards , '' the Swaa of Avon "—bo one -with any pretensions to , or desire to arrive at , a correct taste , tut will hail with delight this beautiful production of one who has evidently drank at the . very fount of Shakspere ' s inspiration . The " Essay" embraces ** A view of Hamlet ' s character ; his feigned or real madness ; conduct to Ophelia ; the- soliloquy on snicide , " &c ; and will be fonnd , we think , to clear up mosi sau = factori ; y toe doubt and obscurity in Which the intentions and views of the Great Dramatist hare been up to the present time involved , with xespecx xo rhis , the most extr&Qrdm&rv piQuuCijon o' i hi- pen .
We sn > join the following extracts as specimens of tbe Essayist ' s ttjle , " The original story on which the tragedy of Hamlet is founded , is to be met with in the writings of Siso Grammaticus , the Danish historian , who flouriBhed towards tte ead of the twelfth century ; -but about 2564 , Bslleforest adopted it in his collection of novels , from which , it is supposed the old black letter prose * Htstouis op Hamblet' was translated . With the aid of this translation , Shaksp ^ re was enabled to give fat the world a production , which for splendour and
magnificence is unequalled in the < Tinal » of dramatic poetry . The basis of thepiece rests npon the mnrder of Hamlet ' s father by his usc !* e Ciaudins , King of Densiari : S £ e murder is revealed to Hamlet by the super-3 » ter = l appearance of bis fitter ' s ghost , wnich inspirirg the young Prince with TeTecge , the bent of the play turns upon tfee accomplishment of this purpose . Hamlet ' s indignation at tbe incestuous marriage of "Tiis mother with biB nncle , his grief for his father ' s death , with the noble and generons qualities which distinguish Jus character , all prepare us to sympathise with Ms ¦ wrong * 2 nd sufTerinrs .
"Sbakspere , as a tragic writer , possessed in an eminent decree an advantage over the poets of ancient Greece , by availing himself of the gloomy superstitions of his country ; and as it was his task , to abide by the naimtion of those events : related by the historian , with the ame faifofnl acearacy tbat gnided hiia "when depicting wish so incch power the witches in Macbeth ; so ia the Tragedy of Hamlet , he has produced a phantom in the ghost -of the Danish King , with such admirahle skill u to make us for the moment forget the ¦ Wisdom of philoBopby , and leave oar minds harrowed with fear and wonder , a prey to all the , delusions of » 3 '
* ' this dreaded sight" "R ith seme authors the ghost in Hamlet has formed a source of severe but -unjust criticism , by it being ironclit in comparison with the phantom * of Jgschylus ; but this censure is now regarded sb the offspring of very eircumBcribed views . Shakspere wrote and adapted hk acene * to the taste and prejadices of bis time ; and whilst tbe powers ot his imajgMgon were congenial to the established superstitions ^ Wjj ifcthen prevailed , he has rendered those objects OEppEor subsement to the designs of the drama , amidst » boldness of poetic fiction , that lias embellished the traditions of the vulgar , with the elegance and splendour of classic erudition . st st ie d * - >! ¦ - a * e "
- " Of ail the characteiB drawn by Shakspere , "Hamlet undoubtedly has exeited the greatest interest . Amid the TBtied scenes of life , tbe pen of tke immortal poet has depicted the passions of the human breast with a power and energy txeeeaing the efforts of all other men ; int , in tise beautiful drama flat delinfc&tas the swesr vt ihe Paaish Piuiee , a ' philosophy of UioBglit ' t l = 5
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preT&ils , with whieh aee imbued all the finer senalbflities of the souL In pourtraylng the disposition of Hamlet , Shakapere has presented to us a correct outline of the moral character of those whose fetlinga and action * have been influenced by that temperament denominated the melancholic , bat which is often found assuming under different phases many of those vsria tions that belong to the sanguine . Susceptible of impressions which with them create deep and profound meditatien , men of this class possess a reserve in their demeanour bordering on distrust , and viewing with suspicion the actions of their fellow creatures ; yet , gentle , generous , and affectionate , they are chagrined by a sense of their condition , and are rendered unhappy by the contemplation of those wrongs which the vices
and follies of the w « ld have inflicted upon them . Like Hamlet , the oses of Ute are to them , " stale , flat , and unprofitable ; " and worn out by the bitterness of reflection , their energies become annihilated in that tempest of moral feeling , "which not unfrtquently brings them to a premature rest , in the silent recesses of the grave . Mournful as this picture is , it present * to us however , the history of some of the most illustrious of men ;> for who can dwell upon its outline without recalling to to remembrance the unhappy and proscribed Tasso , — the elegant bat unfortunate Rousseau , with the highminded and self-exiled Byron ? Infinite in his knowledge of the human heart , Shakspere has drawn Hamlet faithful to nature ; and though his sentiments are tinged with an aspect of deep melancholy , bis reflections ,
pregaaBfc with studied observation upon life and . all its concerns , will ever awaken in the breasts of the generous asd thoughtful , the same train of ideas which has always pervaded the pages of those distinguished poets and philosophers , who , as advocates and promoters of human improvement , have encountered fearlessly the prejudices and viceB of society . Incapable of appreciating the character of such men , cold and nnthinking critics have not been scrupulous in extending their censure upon those it flections of human life which are so prevalent in the works of oni immoit&l poet ; but possessing that temperament congenial to men of high genius , Shakspere , kind and gentle in Ms nature , had felt ' the oppresBort wrongs * — the proud man's contumely , ' and £ ave way to that coniensplauve sadness which with him reigns predominant , whilst viewing the evils
generated by * the vain pomp and false glory of the world . ' The happiness of the human race , impeded by Ignorance asd retarded by tyrant custom , has excited in all ages the sympathies of the geod and virtuous . Their philanthropy , mingled with an ardent enthusiasm , have unceasingly led the » to prognosticate that another and abettor era will yet arrive , in spite of those smiles of derision which even in tbe present day follow such anticipations . Happily , the destiry of man is now progressive . The chains which have hitherto kept his intellectual faculties in bondage are rent asunder ; and knowledge , with all its advantages , shall at some future day bring to him tbe enjoyment of a more improved state of things , free frsm those scenes of tormoil , care , and anxitty that have too long LairaBsed hia existence . Truly has our illnstrious hui , in his Second Fart of Henry VI .,
proclaimed—• Ignorance is the curse of God : Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven . ' " Copious original notes are given , exhibiting deep research , profound reflection , and enlightened philosophy ; tfcoy will be read with much interest . A word as to the au ; hor . Mr . Macdonell is a man who has spent years of toil in a profession which should have been to him a source of honourable emolument ; and his talents and practical knowledge as a surgeon well entitle him to these rewards . But , alas J for the honest man who is
doomed to live in thi 3 Age of Btodzo . " Mr . M , would think for himself ; would refuse to worship at the altar of " tyrant custom ; " and of coarse he has suffered for his independence of spirit and manliness of heart . Some years have now elapsed since the writer had the pleasure of Hstecing to the words of truth and philosophy from ihe lips of this warmhearted believer in * ' another and a better era" for the human race ; and despite " the oppressors wrongs , " " the proud man ' s contumely , " we are glad to find that our instructor has never faltered in the ennobling belief that
" Cume it will for a' that . When man to man the warld o ' Shall brithera be and a * that " To the admirers of Shakspere , and all the lovers of elegant literature , we most heartily commend this " Essay "
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not been for Mr . Dancombe , I have no hesitation in Baying that Baring would have beaten him by a large majority . PaUison ' o majority was 165 ; consequently , jf S 3 ont of the whole number that polled for him had Toted for Baring , Baring would have been returned ; and I believe neither Whig or Tory will dispute the fact , that the Chartists could have ensured a show of hands and have polled between three and four hundred votes for their man ; therefore , Mr . Pattison may consider himself in a much more honourable position than that of creature to the League' ; he is the People ' s Member . I was in thB House with Mr . Pattison ; and there was not half a dozen Members so thoroughly domocratic ; and I pledge myself , as Mr . Duncombe pledged himself , that he will vote for every point of the People's Charter ; fer separation of Church and State ; and for all other moral and religious measurea . '
" If so , Mr . Pattison was indeed ungratefnl . At the Three Tuns , on the 7 th inat , he thanked the Jews and the Leaguers for his triumph , not the Chartists . " Mr . : O'Connor was , I believe , in Scotland at the time . He must have been misinformed . It is surely impossible that tbe London ChartiBts canvassed and voted for Mr . Pattison 1 The frienda of the working classes could not , I shonld hope , vote for the great head of ^ tnemoHied interest '—the very Goliah of the Mammonltes—the * creature * of tbe great Moloch of the mills , the League—the man who denies tbe right of the poor to support '—who believes , that ' to give
capital a fair remuneration , the price of labour must be kept down' —and whose ' passion for accumulation , whose inextinguishable passion for gain , has no limit I ' —Ne , no , I will hope that Mr . O'Connor is incorrect , and that the information givea to ate was true ; else I must believe that , the Chartists are not only the enemies of the working clauses , but that they are the most inconsistent men on earth—contemiingevery where , in the provinces , with their tyrants and oppressors , the Leaguers , and afterwards canvassing and voting tor the " creature of the League" in London ! It cannot ha .
" I thom ? b . t I knew the Chartists as the friends of British industry . I fancied that they were the enemies of the New Poor Law ; that they recognized in the Leaguera their remorseless oppressors , the tyrants of the mills ; and were resolved never to add to their grinding power ! I have been nearly three years id prison—am I now to understand that tbe object of ' tbe Chartist movement , as it is called , is to find us a Government and Legislature composed of such men as Piittison and Gisborne—• the creatures of tbe Leagne' ? If so , then , without hesitation , I would prefer despotism in its most unmitigated form . Yes , it were better for the working classes of England that the autocrat of Russia ruled their destinies , than that the Molochs of the mills , the Goliaha of Mamtron , should be elevated to the mastery .
" 1 still cling to the hope that Mr . O'Connor ' s information is in correct—that I wa ? not deceived when I was told that the London Chartists did not interfere in support of either candidate at tae late election for London . We conclude whh the following extracts , regreting that we have not room for the entire number . The " good Old " ving" is advancing . Let the Profitmongers look to it . If we are not to have Protection " , we must have u Co-operation" ! if the labourer is to be ground to the earth , we will see if the u = eles 3 shopkeeper cannot , bo destroyed ! Again we say , let the Vampires look to it . They may have things more free yet than they wish for !
" If ' cheap labour' be good for the shopkeepers , ' small profits' must be desirable to tho labourers . Tbe ' monopoly' of skopkeepers must , thon , be' destroyed . ' What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander . ' We must have no more profits behind the counter , of 206 and 2000 per cent ., to enable shopkeepers to keep op gay and costly « 8 tablishments-r-to have their splendid carriages , country houses and parks , They must no longer be allowed to live like princes , while the poor hawker is forced to buy a licence for his ' protection . ' We must have no more buying cottop neckeloths at 7 d . a piece , and veiling them for 2 s . each ;
BtuckingB at 7 d . a pair , and vending them at Is . Jld . ; kettles at 4 s each , and dispensing them behind the counter for 9 s . ; German Biiver pencil-caBes at 9 ii . a piece , and ticketing them at the low price of 2 s . 6 d . each ; steel pens at 6 d a gross , and selling them at Id . a piece . ' These are only a few samples of the benefit derived by the monopoly of shopkeeping . But if we are to have ' cheap labour , ' we will have ' small profits . ' Why , I a « k , should these brawling Free Trade shopkeepers bo protected from the competition of poor , honest hawkers , who would serve us at a ninch cheaper rato ? Down , then , with licences ; and let every man hawk , what , when , "wbeie , and how be can .
" > ay , better still , we most have tbe producer and the consumer brought in closer contact , and thus entirely Biipersedi ) the expensive * monopoly of the shops , ' by the universal establishment of Bazaars , where a commission of 1 or l £ per cent will be all that ehall be demanded for distributing the products of industry . We shall thus receive a much greater reduction from tbe ccst , than many times the amount of the ' protection' demanded for our poor labourers and artisans . The poor seui&tresses will then be able to protect themselves against the extortion of the Free Trade shop keepeis .
" Tes , yeB , Messrs . of the Free Trade ehepkeeping school ; if we are to have ' cheap labour' and ' cheap corn , ' we will also contrive to have ' cheap bread *—aye , even if we ser . d to France for bitfcera ' It is a fact , that ' in France they manage these things better than we do . ' We will now take a cheap leaf out of their boob , md tij it we cannot thereby obtain a chf-ap loaf . * ' Let the consumers of English bread note the following f ; ict . Comparing the price of wheat and of bread in France and in England , we pay annually ts our millers end bakers a profit at upwards of £ 11 , 000 , 000 sterling wore than the French pay to their hakers fo > - the same qua : tity of bread ! J Lat the cry , then , run through Eagland , ' millers and bakers , we will hs ^ ve cheap bread . ' " Oh , yes , If our artisans , our labourers , our sailors and soldiers , are to sell their labour cheaply , so must oar bakers come down to tho French level . " How queer the Freebooting gentry will look then I
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questions that , supposing the Pythagorean ' system of met to be true , would certainly puzzle as to answer . > we toiRb . tjb . ave enlarged upon tbeBe objections , but space vnll not permit . Notwithstanding what we have above said , we cordially recommend this publication . We oaa say truly that we have learned many faots from its pages of no small utility ; aad we can promise onr readers that they will Bad in the page 3 of this work , independent of ita grind theory , much really useful [ knowledge , rendering cheap indeed the prico at whieh they will purchase it . " Prove all things , " say we ; and therefore read "the Healthian . "
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LEEDS . —Picking Pockets . —On Tuesday last , two prostitutes , named E . 'izi Harri ^ n and Rebecca Hartley , wore committed by the magistrates at iho heeds Court House For tnai , on a charge of h&vjug picked the pocket of a young man named Benjamin Gothard , of'a purse , containing a £ 5 note and three sovereigns . Leeds Woollen Markets . —Tho demand for manufactured sroods cohtiiiue « , and those most called fot are now principally made to ovier , there being no stocks left on haud . TtU'Se cousi-it oi Petershams , Tweeds , &o . For fiuogoods thecrquiry is still small , though an expectation exists that it will bo better for the spring trade .
Assaults on the Police . —On Tuesday , a man nainbd Thos . Jones , said to hv a " travelling conveyancer , " was sent tt > WakofUld lor two months , for an a sault Oil OU 6 of the liitcii ' . police ; ami oa the same day , Wm . Birdsall , of Holbuok , was chargod with a similar offence 'toward * another member of " the force , " on Sunday nifthfc . Tho off nee in this case , w& 3 committed in the Sheaf Brid ^ o bco r-houae , and the parties having been quarreling , the case was dimissed on the defendant paying t . v , costs . Stealing Lead . —On Monday last , a youne ; lad named Wm . Benson , wa 3 committed for trial by the Borough Magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having ,: on Saturday evouing , stolen a quantity of load , from the root of the dye-house of Mr . Chadwick , in Bowman-laue .
Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last , an inquest was held at the Leeds Court H ^ uso , before John Bltfckbum , E ^ q ., on the body of a man forty-four yt-ars of age , named Robert Stacoy , whoso resident wasat Ferrybridge . Tho docea ^ od was an engin"man , and was employed at the bon j uii ) l of Mr . Joseph Tuoley , at iiirken , near Forrybridge ; on Wednesday , whilst cleansing somo- shafts connected-with the machinery , during its working , bis shirt , bieeve
was caught by a wheel , and hi ? am was instantly dragged amongst the cogs . Ilia cries a'armed his f 3 l ! . ow-workmen , by whom the ongim was stopped , and he was res- 'ued from hts perilous snimion , but not before his arm was nearly t « ri ! from its socket , and hi ; had sustained other injuri- s . He was at onco sent off to the Leeds Infirmary , where amputation of the arm was effected , anrl every attention was paid to him , but ho died on Thursday evening . Tuu Jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally killed . "
Ebbing thk Dead— Oh Saturday lasi , au Irish woman , named Mary Parkiu , wic charged at the Leeds Court House , with -having stolen a variety ot articles of wearing apparel , from the dwelling house of Mrs . Uoruer , iu York-&ueo « , whilst Mrs . Honier was laid dead in the house . The prisoner had been left to take care of the house and tiie corpse , duting the absence of tho friends of tho deceased , who were making preparation for the funeral ; and whilst thus left to . herself she packed up suoh articles as ^ she thought might be useful , and walked off with them . They were missed , and on enquiry it was found that she
the prisoner had been selling some things ; was therefore taken into custody , and in bur possession theremainder of the clothes were fouud , together with £ 1 151 in money , although she declared . that she had not a farthing about her , " except the fever , which she had taken from the dead woman . The things wero identified by tha deceased ' s friends , and the prisoner , who loudly protested , in a strong Irish accent , that she had , barring the lever ,, only one or two . things , which had accidentally « os packed up with her own , was commuted if > VVakefield Hou .-iO of Correction , first to get rid oi' tho feyer , and thin to bo tried for the felony .
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CARLISLE . —Fatal Accident at Port Caklislb . —Fovb Litss lost . —On Wednesday ^ the 221 instant , a raft of timber , parti of the cargo of the Trafalgar , which had been moored off Bowness Marsh , was observed drifting past the Canal Company's jetties , and was going out to sea rapidly with the tide , whioh was unusually high . A boat was speedily launched from the shore , having on board four persons , ; viz , William Carelton , of Port Carlisle , innkeeper ; hiB eldest son John Carleton ; Robert Nicholson , Jan ., of Port Carlisle ; and a lad named Matthew Scott , and proceeded to secure the raft , but melancholy to relate , when it had reached about half way between the Jetties aad Bowness , the boat swamped aad all the orew were
immediately drowned . The catastrophe was seen fiom the shore , but no ; help could be afforded to the sufferers , who must have perished immediately under the turbulent waterB of the Solway , unusually flooded by the late rains . Tho accident is supposed to have arisen frem the parties usiig sails in alight boat , without evenihaving had tho precaution to put any ballast ou board ; but we ara informed that had the cargo of thef Trafalgar been canal borne , the occurrence would not have taken place , as the timber would have been secured iu the timber pond belonging to the company , when the risk , which has , in this instance , proved fatal , as woll as ihe expense of salvage , might have been spared .
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How to commit Suicide—Tbe best mode of suicide for ladies ia , to wear thin shoes , and lace with a bedwrench and rope : by this means they may kill themselves without being suspected . " FfiESH Hejiring ! " — Five cwt . of herrings , in a state of decornpoBition , were exposed for sHe in Worcester , one da } ' last week , and were seized by the pol ce . j Longevity ; —There is an old ¦ woman , named Maigarefc , at present living in tbe parish of Annameadle , near Nenagh over whosa head one buudraa and sixteen years have rolled . BENT . —W . iFetheraton H ., Esq ., of Carrick , has , in consideration of the depressed state of agriculture , and tbe difficulty of making up meney amongst the farming classes , given an abatement of ten per cent , in the rents of bis Longford property .
Papier Ma ; CHie—A house in Berlin has j . uat started with making models of papier rtmchie , representing the different kinds of quadrupeds , for the u » a of schools . The Director of the Berlin Museum has recoUiHiuaaod them & 8 faithful and useful specimens . Thbeatening Notice . —A most ferocious threatening notice has been served on the agent of Drysart property , threatening death should any distress be made on the lands . A most wanton and disgraceful outrage has bedn perpetrated on an old woman in the oare of ahoURelin the neighbourhood of Knockdria for Sir Richard Levinge . Two fellows entered , and , without saving a word , commenced to beat her iu a savage manner .
Tithes—Repeated applications having been made , in vain , by the appointed officer of the government , for the arreat of tithe , due out of the land of Newgrove , parish of Drumrany ; on the 16 th ultimo , two bailiffs , Magrath and Mathews , were sent to levy a distress , and having seized a large flock of sheep , were driving them to pound , when Doctor Dillon Kally , the owner in fee of those lands , rescued them . A " Good" Beating [ I)—Ou Sunday evening , after dusk , as Edward Meares , the roadmaker of Thonlegee , was returning j from Balijiuabon , he was waylaid at Rathmore by four men -who gave him a good beating , an < 4 on Mr . J . Dawson coming up aud endeavouring to save him he came in fur a share of what was going forward . j
Whiskey Drinkers . —The quantity of whisKey consumed by the people of Sootlantl has btiun tripled since the lowering of the duties . In Glasgow the consumption of spirits is enormous , and the sum spent in Whiskey annually in that city is £ 1 . , 000 , of which £ l , 000 , 0 j ) 0 is expended by the operative classes 1 Best . —Tha Rev . Charles Jamea Grogan , brother of one of the Members of Parliament for Dublin , made a bonafide reduction , and actually returned it , of thirteen per cent ., on the last of March rent , to his numerous tenants at Bullyleigb , Bally William , Ballyvallin , ' and Ballivega in his county , when receiving his rents about three weeks ago .
Illicit Distiling . —On Wednesday , a party of Exciae officers stationed at Ballygawley , County Tyrone , for the purpose ) of patting down illicit practices , accompanied by Mr . Oliver Landreth , supervisor of Dangannon district , proceeded to tbe townland of Ballynakelly , p ear Dungannon , ¦ where , ou the land of a man named Robert M'Eean , they succeeded in seizing a large quantity of ground malt , and on the same townland in the garden of a person named Simon Wilson , they found a still which they destroyed . RIBB 0 NISM . 4-A respectable man , named Beirn , living
In tbe neighbourhood of Channonrock , was interred last Sunday ; be died from the effects of a beating he received from a party of ruffians on the 1 st instant ; they attacked him in his bouse , and one of them fractured his skull with a blow of some blunt instrument , from the effects ! of which he lingered until last Saturday morning . We are informed a person accused of taking a prominent part in the assault has been arrested and lodged in \ Oondalk gaol . Tae deceased was a Rupeal W&NJen : ; andlt U said the attt . ck was made on him in consequence of bis strenuous efforts to prevent the spread of Ribboniam in that district .
Arrival op . East Indiamen—On Saturday afternoon two first class Indiamen came up the river , and were hauled into the East India Dock at flood tide . The flrst was Itbe London , Captain Attwood , from Madras , which place she left on tbe 21 st of July , and touched at tha Mauritius on her voyage . The second was the Dartmouth , Captain Jacob , from Bombay . Tbe Dartmouth left Bombay on the 17 tb of April , and after a rough passage round the Cape , was compelled to put into tbe Isle of France leaky , where she remained nearly two . months under repair . Both ships are laden deep with rich cargoes .
A Land Slit —A lar ^ e mass fell into the sea at Kemp Town , Brighton , on Wednesday morning . Two men and a boy bad just come to the edge of the cliff , ! to look at the sea , and they were carried down with the falling mass . One man was buried in it , and was dead before he could be extricated . The other two were : only slightly hurt ; but they were in danger from a high tide , which isolated the part of the beach . One of the Coast Guard fortunately saw them , and they were drawn np by means of a cliff-crane . At an inquest beidj on tbe body of tbe deceased , Henry Holden , in tbe employ of Mr . Saxby , of R ttingdean ,
a verdict of " Accidental death " was rttuxned . The inroads of the sen on the eastern side of Brighton have undermined maay portions of the cliff , the top of which is in consequence very dangerous . TLte road to Rottiugilean has been removed as many as four times further inland iu the memory of the residents , and porti ons of the o \ a \ road are still visible across the turf . Unless some means are speedily adopted for the protection of tbe cliff , tbe present road must also be shortly abandoned for another further removed from the sea . Opposite the Biackrock gas works * tbe sea has encroached to within a yard or two of the toad .
Frightful Snake Story— The following incident was rt : ! att : d to us the other day , by one whose veracity is unquestioned , and who was almost an eye witness to the fact . It is more appalling than any we recollect to havo ever read in the history of those reptiles : —Some time last summer the Inhabitants of Manchester , Mississippi ( United ! States ) gave a barbecue , whieh was attended by the beauty and fashion of the town and mmounuiui ? couutvy . It happened that amqng the guests tl er j was | a young lady , Miss M ., recently from one of tbe eastern cities , who was on a visit to her relations in the noigbbeurhood of the town . Miss M , was a gay and exceedingly fashionable young lady , and withal possessed of an uncommon share of spirit and courage , except in the matter of snakes—and of these
she bad so great a dread , that she scarcely dared to walk anywhere except in the most frequented place for fear of encountering them . Townrds" tho close , of the day , while scores ! of fairy feet were keeping time ia the dance to the merry music , ami the whole company were in the full tide of enjoyment , a scream was heard from Miss M ., followed by the most ngonizmg ' cries for help . The crowd gathered round her instantly , the perfeet image of despair , ; with ber bands grasping a portion of her dress with the tenacity of a vice . It was floma time before she could be rendered sufficiently calm to tell the cause of her alarm ; and then tfaey gathered from her broken explanations , that she was hoMini ? the head of a snake in tfte folds . of her dress ! and dreaded to let go ber hold
for f « ur of receiving the fatal blow . This intelligence cau&eil many to jshrink from her ; but most of the ladies , to their honour be it spoken , remained with her , determined not to leave her in her drc > a < ful extremity They besought her not to relax her hold , as bar safety depended on it , until some one could be found who had the courage to seiza and remove tbe animal . There were none of the ladies , however , -who hud tho courage to p . rf rm tbe act ; aud the condition of Miss M " . was becoming more aurt more critical every moment . It was evident that her strength waa failing v « ry fast , and that she ) could not maintain hor hold much longer . A hasty coneuitation oman ' gat the calmest of the ladies waa held , ween ii was determined that Dr . Tisan , who was present , should be culled to their assistance . He was quickly on toe spot , and being a man of uncommon courage , he was not many minutes with the weeping and half -fainting females , until he caught the tail of the
snake , and wound vt firmly round his band to make sure of his hold . jHe then told Miss M . that she must let go the moment ; he jerked it away , and to make the act as instantaneous as possible , ha told her be Would pronounce the words one , two , three ; and that , at the moment he pronounced tbe last word , she must let go her hold , and lie doubted not be coald withdraw the snake before it could make tha etrokr . All Btoofl in breathless horror j awaiting the act of life and death ; and at the moment the word three was pronounced , the Doctor pulled out ; the most diabolical-leoking " bustle " that ever was seen in Mississippi » The whole affair was at once explained . Tho fastenings of the machine had become loose during the dancing , and it had shifted ita position in such a way that it dangled about the lady ' s legs , aud induced the belief that it was a snake with an enormous head ! The Doctor fell right down and fainted . —Barbadoes Mercury .
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The Malt Tax —Th . a \ Farmtrs' Journal states it haa geod reason to believe that , in coDstquence'of the largo returns of the Income Tax , he * Majeaty ' s Government contemplate a re ^ uctioa of the malt duties iu tbe ett « suing session . Extensive Fire at Dockhead . —On Sunday night , between seven and eight o ' clock , a fire broke out in the workshops of Mean-a . Bsntley and Go ., mast and block makers , Thamas-atreet , D jckhaad . It was first discovered by one of the family , who heard an unusual noise in the shop . An alarm being spread , several of the London Establishment and West of England engines arrived . Tbe firemen very soon got their engines into operation , and the fire was extinguished , but not before a great portion of the stock was destroyed . The loss will fall on tbe Sun Fire-office . No account could be obtained qb to how the fire originated .
Death of Mr . Wrench , the Comedian . —Oa Friday night this veteran comedian expired at bis residence . Picket-place , after : » short but very oppressive aatraatic complaint . During the few days be was confined to his bed ( says a correspondent ) a large New foundla . id dog , that had been his constant companion for tbe last ten years , never quitted his room , but watched every movement of his master with the utmost anxiety . When Mr . Wrench expired , the faithful animtl was fully aware of bis loss , the consciousness of which he evinced by the most pitiable cries , and iti grief was at length so severe that it was seiz . d with convulsions , which continued upwards of two boura . The poor brute ia still inconsolable , and will , it is sup ' posed , fall a victim to its attachment .
Destructive Fire in the City . —Oa Fndaj night , between the hours of eleven aud twel 7 e o ' clock , a destructive fire wasr discovered raging on the premises belonging to Widow Wil 3 oa , carrying on an extensive business as a cotton and worsted-wincer , at 6 and 7 , Priest-court , near the Post-crBca , St . SlartiO ' ffle- Grand . Pt lice-constable P 28 saw flames issuing out of the first fljor , and without losa of time raised an alarm for the safety of the inmates of the adjacent premises . As soon ashe had accomplished that , ne de-Bpatched messengers to the engine-stations with intelligence of the outbreik . On tbe arrival of the engines
a plentiful supply of water was fljwing from the flremainsin the neighbourhood , freni which the u . ff ,-rent engines belonging to the London Fire Establi&ament were set to woik . By tbe time however they were got into active operation , tbe fUuitsbad reached the second and third floors of the build in tf , and were breaking oat of the various windows . Af' . tv an hour ' s hard working e » i the part of the firemen they were enabled to stop tbe further progress of the conflagration , and by one o ' clock tbe fire was entirely extinguished , but not before damage to a veTy serious amount was done , the gre . ater part of tlie building and contents being destroyed .
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , Nov . 27 . — In consequence of the boisterous weather scarcely any vessels laden with English Wheat have been received during the past week ; bat of Irish Oats a full average suppl y has been received . The receipts of Wtu'at by laui carriage from the neighbouring counties wer * tolerably good ; but nothing came to hand by w . > tet from the bbfore-mentioned c ^ use . On whole , the stand * were fairly supplied with samples of home-grown Wheat , while the demand fcr all descriptions was steady , but not to say brisk , at prices about equal to those obtained en Monday lest , aad at wkich a good
clearance was effected . Fine white Foreign Wheat moved off freely at fully la * t week's currencies ; but in other descriptions Very little was doing . Superfine Barley was scarce , and much wanted . ; hence the sale for it was active , and thi prices ruled a shade higher . In otheT bind ? of Barley very little was doing . The Malt trade waa again dull , but we can notice no alteration in figures . Tbe show i > f Oat samples was tolerably good . Fine qualities were in demand , yet the trade was far from animated . B «» h Beans and Peas were quite as dear . The b-ikers purchastd both town and countrj-madfc Flour with extreme caution at about stationary prices .
London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Nov . 27 th . —As is almost , invariably the case on the approach of the great Christmas market , the arrivals of Beasts were on tbe increase , bat , comparatively speaking , of middling and inferior quality ; indeed , we scarcely ever recollect to have seen so few really prime Beasts at this time oi the year as were exhibited this morning . Such descriptions were , ia consequence , though the attendance of butchers , both London and country , was small , in steady demand , and in some instances they commnnded 2 d per 8 Ibs . more money , the top figure for snch being 4 a . per 81 bs . ; but with all other kinds of Beef the trade was in a very depressed state , and last week ' s quotations were barely
supported . It must be unde : stood , that in offering the above remarks as to the value of the primest Scota , they refer solely to thosa weighing fr « m eighty to one hundred stone , and that -la per 8 lbs was obtained in so few cases , as to induce us t » quote no higher general figure for Beef than 3 s lOd per 81 ba . The northern droves of Beasts consisted of 1 , 600 short horns ; thosa from tbe western and midland districts being composed ef 800 runts , Devons , Herefords , Durbams , short horns , Irish beasts , &c . From other parts of England we reeeived about 300 of various breeds ; Uitm Ireland thirty beasts ; and from Scotland , by steamers , forty fat , and eighty store Scots . We perceive the importations of foreign stock , under the new tariff , are beginniug to attract mere attention . Those duting the past week have consisted of forty-four oxen from . Vig « . twenty ditto from Trance , and twenty ditto from
Germany . To-day we had a few of them on sale . In tbeir quality , oapociaUy as mlatea % a those from Spain , very titt e improvement was noticed ; yetlfisy co&e so band , considering tbe distance conveyed , in fair condition . Tbe few disposed of fttched from £ 16 to £ 17 10 a each . There was a full average number of Sheep on show , but their qaality , lifea that of the beasts , waa inferior . For prime old Downs , arising chiefly from their scarcity , tbe demand was active at very full prices ; but the half-breds and long wools hung heavily on baud , at previous rates . Cilvea were again plentiful ; on account of which , and the abundant supplies of Teal in the dead markets , the sale for them was very heavy , and the highest quotation did not exceed 3 s 103 per 8 lbs . Even at that miserably low figure great difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance . In Pigs a fair amount of business was transacted , yet we can notice no improvement in the currencies .
Borough and Spitalfields . ^ —In consequence of the prevailing galea the arrivals of Potatoes at tha waterside daring the last week have been but moderate , they baviug consisted of about 290 tons from Scotland , 700 tons from Yorkshire , 350 tons fvom Davonshire , and 600 from Wisbeach , Eiaex , and Kent . Prime samples command a brisk saJe , at fully previous rates ; bnt in all other kinds very little is doing . Borough Hop Market . —Considerable animation still prevails in tbe demand for new Hops , and the lata advance is well supported . In yearlings and old Hops a good busines is doing . —Weald of Kent Pockets , £ 5 15 s to £ 6 15 s ; Mid Kant , £ S 10 a to £ 9 8 s ; East Kent , £ 6 4 s to £ 7 ; choice , da , £ 8 to £ 10 153 ; Snssex . do ., £ 5 5 s to £ 5 16 s ; Yearling Kents , £ S to £ 5 8 s ; Do . Sussex , £ 4 5 s to £ l 15 a ; Furnhams , i 843 , £ 9 to £ 11 .
Tallow . —The marbet is very quiet ; fine paleY . O on the spot , is sought after in parcels , at 42 s ; while ordinary parcels are to b « had easily at 41 a 9 d . Foi all the yt-ar the price is 41 a 6 t 1 ; and for Fti&roary ami March , 42 s 6 d . The season is nearly closed at SU Peterburgb . Town Tallow is plentiful , at 438 per cwt . Wool Markets . —In the past week tha imports of wool have been about 2 , 600 bales , 962 being from New South Wales . Tho improved state of trade in our manufacturing districts still influences that in this market , as a large business has been done at full prices . No public sales have been as yet declared .
Richmond , Nov . 25 . —We have bad a good supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 6 a 3 d to 7 s 6 a ; CUts 2 s 4 d to 3 a 4 d ; Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d ; Beans 5 i to 5 s 3 d per bushel . ; Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Nov . 25 . —At our market this morning the business transacted in Wheat was only to a limited amount ; but factois were firm in requiring the quotations of this day se'nnight in Flour no alteration , either in price or demand , was observable . Fer the general runs of Oatmeal last week ' s currency could not be realized , and to effect sales a reduction iu price was submitted to ; 22 a . per 240 lbs . was au txtreme rate , and only obtainable for extra superior qualities . A moderate Bale was experienced for Oats , aad La tbeir value no change can be noted .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Nov . 20 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been much the same as last week . Beef 4 ^ 1 . to 5 £ < L , Matton Sd . to 531 . per lb . Cattle imported in Liverpool , from the 20 th to the 27 th November : —Cown , 1568 ; Calves . 33 j Sheep , 3271 ; Pigs , 5720 ; Horses , 25 . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , not . 27 . — During the last seven days we have continued to receive liberal supplies of Irish Oatmeal , amounting in all to 11 , 000 loads , and have also to report fair quantities of Wheat , Oats , and Fleur , from Ireland . There have atrivea from the United States 3 , 500 barrels of Flour , and from Canada 614 quarters ef Wbea * and 900 barrels of Flour . At our market on Tuesday , which
was well attended by town and country millers , a- fait quantity ot Wheat was sold , principally Irish new , at fully the advance quoted at the close of last week-No change occurred in the value of foreign . Oats continuing to . meet a pretty good demand , maintained previous rates , at which also some quantity of Oatmeal was sold . Both , these articles have since improved In value by i < t to Id per bushel , and 3 d per load respectively ; 2 s 5 | d te 2 a 6 £ d per 451 bs . have been paid for choice mealing Oats , 263 61 to 21 s per 24 fllbs . tot new Oitmeal . Wheat has not mot so active an Inquiry as in the early part of the week , but prices have been fully maintained . Canadian Flour bas had ajpretty free sale at 31 s per barrel for beat brands , and home manufacture has been rather more saleable at oar last
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THE FLEET PAPERS , No . 47 , VoL 3 . We make no apology for returning to these papers . The interesting natter in the above number demands that we should lay 11 before onr readers . Our readers know Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions with respect to Mx . Pattison , the newly elected member for the City of London , We differ in toto . with ilr . O'Connor as to the merits of Alderman Wood ' s successor ; and Mr . Oastler having disputed the statement that the London Chartists assisted in returning P * tti 3 on , ( we may add that our own columns hear evidence aa lo the correctness of Mr . Oastler ' s positiop . ) the interests of truth demand that Mr . O . shonld be heard . Speaking of the triumph of the whole-hog Free Traders , —for Mr . Baring vraa an " expediency " Free Trader , —Mr . Oastler says : —
" The question thna decided , is , however , of very 8 eriOU 8 importltnC 8 . &nd must fcVenluat * . In very serious rtsulta to Eagliuid . The metropolis bas now given itB sanction io the horrible principle , that the poor have no right to support' ( Maltbns ) . They , the citizens of London , atrjrd that ' to give our capital a fair reninneratien , tfc * price of labour must be kept down . ' iHust-sson ) . That ' the condition of the man who has to compete with a cheaper , better , or more rapid mode ef protection , most be deteriorated . * ( Bowring ] . That * the maxim of buying labour in the cheapest market is tbe best rule for the trade of the whole nation . ' ( Petition of Merchants and Traders of the
City of London ) . And Urey have resolved , that * the employer of labour is to avail himself of all circumstances by wh ch he can reduce the return of labonr . ' { Tbe Herring Chronicle J . These , from the lips of the highest Free Trade authorities , are what yon call " tho principles of common sense' —tha principles of those men ' whose passion for accumulation , whose indistinguishable passion for gain , has no limit * ( M'Cnlloch ) . 1 bese principles are now engraven on the forehead of every citizen of London ! Mr . BAtlng declares that they are ' sonnd and incontrovertible . ' And so , ' eay the citizens of London , we adopt them , in the person of Mr . P&ttifoE , withont hesitation , tqaiYocation , or delay . *
" Well , if it must be eo , it must 1 If we are te -surrender to these diabolical , to yield to these destructive principles , it is perhaps better that they were adopted at once . Tne infatuated duj . es will then the sooner discover their error , and be disposed to return and ' wali in the light of the Constitution . ' " Hence , although I could never bave voted for Mr . Pattison , I thick it was perhaps bettor that Mr . Baring was defeated . We shall come to the worst so much sooaer . " He then comes to the question of the Chartists supporting Paulson 1—
** There iB , however , one feature in the London election that has given me the most poignant grief . I bad thought thai the Chartists were a body of men vbo were Betking to elevate tbe labouring classesto raise them to their proper place in society—to secure for them the full reward of their skill and industry . I was told , upon authority which I believed to be corrtct , ttmt 't ? 3 e London chartists 'resolved . ' that they had no conSdecca in either Pattison or Baring . * I therefore supposed that on such , or similar grounds , they had noi interfered in the London election .
*• I knew that , some time ago , the Chartists of Not-UTiijhsin had assisted to return a member of the antl-Carn Law League to represent them in Parliament—tbe notorious GiBOome , of Dukinfiel&in iThe Chartists of Cheshire and Lancashire will find do difficulty in translating these thret ! notes of admiration ; neither will the shade of Astley . ) Yes , I was aware of the disgust that had swollen the breasts of the working classes of Cheshire , Lancashire , and Yorkshire , when they heard that Gisborne had been returned fer Nottingham by tbe ii flaence of the Nottingham Chartists . 1 therefore rejoiced the more-when I was told that the London Chartists had resolved to -withhold , their influence from tbe ' creature of tbe Lesgn ^ rs . ' and to leave the two Free Traders to fight their own battle . Judge , then , of my astonishment and grief , -when I read , in the Xorlhcrn Star of the 11 th inst ,, the following statement , in a letter from Sir . O'Connor to tbe working classes : —
" ' Tbe whole of tke press-gang , both Whig and Tory , are making a dreadful noise about Mr . Dnnccmbe " s declaration of Charter Hfform . It is not wonderful that tbe Tories should do so ; but why the Fres Trade portion of tbe prtss should feel any annoyance , astonishes me , ard 1 * 11 tell you why . Because the Free Traders hzvs made a mighty boast of their triumph in tbe City of London , in the return of Mr . Pattison . But as I am sure that that gentleman -would much rather owe bis seat to the nn ^ onght interference of a friend than to-tie tricks of the trade , it may not be amiss to tell Mr" to whom he really does owe his triumph . These , then , are the facts of the case . The Chartists had resolved upon making a powerful anti-Whig and anti-Tory demonstration at tbe recent Domination , and
had determined npon going poll a pledged to the whole principles of the Charter . With I those intentions , a veiy influential CommiLtee waited , ' upon 3 Jr . Dnncombe . for the purpose of consulting , him npon the matter . * Mr . Duncombe told them that they themselves coald sot select a candidate : who would go farther than Mr . Pattison in support 0 every liberal measure , and that he was sure he wonld ! vote for tbe Six Points of the People ' s Char ter . The ' perfect reliance which the -working men have in Mr I Buncombe , made that « xpknation perfectly satisfactory ' aad the Chartists set to work in their several localities I to canvass for Mr . PattiBon . The result was that they . ' did not proposes candidate ; that he got the show of I hands , as well as s majority of votes ; while , had it i * In a private letter addressed to ns , Mr . Oartler says— " I ttaTe it from the Chartists in ioadon that I am * ight They eay no Chartist called on Mr . Dae ; combe , but soit-e Sturgeites did . Taej aver feat tie j CtiaitiBtB did noi interfere . "
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THE HEALTHIAN ; a Journal of Human Physiology , Dikt , and Regimen . London : Strange , Paternoster-row . This « a collection ef papers originally published monthly , stitched together in a wrapper , fourteen in number for one sbJliDg . The views advocated are those of total abstinence from all drinks save and except water ; from tobacco , suuff , opium , & . O . ; fromflesh diet , and all food prepared by fire or other chemical agencies . So that we have here whole-hog teetotalism and no mistake ! Nor is this all : we ha'e but the theory iu the book , but thia theory is reduced to practice not only by a large number of isolated individuals , but also by an
associated bocly of expisri mental reformers—the Goncordists of Ham Common , Surrey . Without expressing agreement , with the writers in this work , we must aamit that they write like men in earnest , and advance many arguments not easy to overthrow . The Pythagort-an fiystem of total abstinence from flesh food lias been advocated by some of the greatest men who have lived , including the immortal Shelley ; and when we consider that health is tbe grand desideratum of existence , we should pause ere we sacrifice that most incomparable of blessings to the gratification of what may be a " vitiated" palate . A question ari&ee , which the auroca'es of a purely vegetable diet will b « expected to answer . and most
Tney argue that the bravest powerfully physical of tie human race , have been those nations who have been the most abst ; mious ; and they point to the Homans in the early part of their career , to tbe Scotch in their early struggles with the English , and to the modern Irish . But we have been told that the reason why the English soidier has so repeatedly borne down his Gallic opponent on the field of battle , is , because the British aro better fed than the French ; and hence are larger men ; possessing greater strength of muscle and power of endurance ^ So that it has been superior auimal strength , not superior brsvery or military skill , that bas so often given the " victory" to the . Britihh . As to the modern Irish , it is not fair to comparo our murdered factory population with the Irish
peasantry ; but compare peasant with peasant if the truth is to bs arrived at . And hero let us a * k , if tho Irish peasantry are the strongest in the world , —fod as they are mainly upon potatoes , and bome two millions of them subsisting upon casual charity or poor law relief ; and if their strength be the rcsu't of their mode of living , what is the meaning of tho outcry we havo had about the " seaweed" and the " lumpers" ? For if their food was to be " bettered ; " if they could keep and consume , amongst themselves , the cattle , pigs , butter , and chte » e , which they now send to this country , then , accord-: ing to our fiicnds the " Concordats" , they ( thoi Irish ) would forthwith deteriorate , and become feeble and emaciated as tbeir diet became more I luxurious 1
Again : when the " Healthians" point to the abstemious cohorts of " all-conqusring Rome , " are forced to ask another question . Heaven knows we feel no admiration for the " triumphs" and " conquests" of England : still " what is written is written . " India , China , America , Africa : many an ocean-fight an < l ensanguined plain attest what has been done in the " glory" aud " slaughter" way by the ** Conor's" of this conntry , naval and military . How is this ; How is it that the flesh-eating , beer and rum-drinking Briton , has out-rivalled by far all the boasted conquests of the Cwsars and their legions ?
Perhaps we shall be told that there are moral causes for this superiority : that the English have been the first to acquire and mature a knowledge of mechanical and chemical di&coveries and " improvements" in the art of men-killinx . But this does not settle the question . We are told by our modern Pythagoreans that flesh-eating not only destroys the body , bnt alFO clouds tho intellect , impairs the mental powers , and lays prostrate the mind ! if so , how is it that the flesh-ennui ; Eu ^ li ^ h have been the most successful explorers of tho useful sci e nces , which has , no doubt , had much to do with giving to them their superiority ae a nation ! TUcsq aro
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A . LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN ON CHASJITY . By Sylvester Graham , of Boston , U . S . Price 2 a . London : Strange , Paternoster Kow . We confess that we took up this work with no relish for its perusal , expecting to find it either a pi « monser ' s puff , oi a parson ' s homily ; and having bo taste for quackery , either medical or spiritual , we looked with considerable distaste at the very title of the volume . Not that the title is- not in itself good ; but because such titles in tho present day are too often used to palm on the public most rascally and health-destroying frauds . But , having read the " Introductory Essay , " " Preface , " &c , we were induced to read on j and having gone through ita hundred and fifty pages , we feel competent to spoak honestly as to its merits .
In reviewing works relating to the health and existence of mankind , it behoves non-laedical writers to be extremely cautious how they venture to recommend such works ; and acting upon this principle , ive should have refused to have said one word in favour of this " Lecture , " had we thought we discerned tho least trace of quackery therein . Nay , if for the lamentable diseases commented on in this work , we had found other than the most Bimple remedies recommended— had medioinal agencies , ef the nature of which vsro were ignorant , been proposed to the reador who mifeht bo suffering from the curses which a false civilization has engendered , we should have paused ere we had spoken favourably of what we might be unfitted to speak correctly . We believe from revelations that of late years have beeu more or less made public , that the dreadful evils detailed in this lecture aro indeed but too
prevalent ; and that this picture of the horrors at the foundation of social society in America , is but too faithful a portraiture of like horrors in this country . Awaro of the existence of theoe miseries , a host of brazen impostors , numerous as Egyptian vermin , have arisen in the land , who , pretending to sympathise with distressed humanity , have added to its tortures ; and while each has asserted that he -was tho only Esoulapius , all bave added immensely to the original evil . Year by year , too , has that immorality which owes its very existence to the wretchei situation of womankind under our present ami-social arrangements , gone on advancing with giant strides . Corruption is festering round the
very heart's core of society \ and yec , until very lately no one has attempted to sum the flood of impurity , or direct erring man into tho right path of virtue and happiness . The rulers of the people have been too intent en preserving their own power and perpetuating tho slavery of the masses , to find time to look after the conservation of the health or purity of society . Priests are now , as they ever have been , bent only on maintaining their unholy power over the minds of men , and propping up their degrading suparstittons , caring nothing for the physical health and social morality of their followers : while the great body of the people , tho unrespited yictims to tho tyranny and fraud of their temporal and spiritual motors , the eternal slaves of " custom , " have been sunk in poverty and ignorance , -the unfailing progenitors of vice . In this state of things men
who have seeu the deplorable evils aud their causes descriDed ia this work , have hesitated to make known their information , either from a feeling of false delicacy , or a dread of tho censure of au ignorant and vicious public opinion . Tho author of this "Lecture " was one of the first who dared to tell tho truth and burst the shackles of " custom ; " good service to the human raoe has he performed in so doing . We want a Graham in this Eagland to go through the land , like another Father Mathew , cleansing with the besom of § elf-Refoim our vast Augean stable of its moral and physical impurities . Wanting such a man , this book may be productive of great good . To the parent , the guardian , the youth earnestly desirous of steering clearof the contaminations of society ; in short , all who are interested in their own health , or that of those near and dear to them , we can honestly recommend Dr . Graham ' s lecture .
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THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE , No . 12 , Vol . 2 . THE STOKESLEY NEWS AND CLEVELAND ¦ KErOkTEft , No . 13 , Nov . 1843 . Both these cheap and well-conducted periodicals continue their useful career . Ws cannot find room for extracts .
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TRACTSv &fl . "The Position of Woman in Harmony "; and " The Third Dispensation . " London : Pavey , Holywuil-street . The title of the first of these is a misnomer . It shuuld be "The position oi" Woman in Bondage" ; for eloquently but fearfully does it describe tho slavery and degradation of womau , in the present state ol : society . Both tracts are " extracted by permission from "The Phalanstery , " - ' a recently issued publication devoted to au exposition of the principles of Fourierism . Both will repay perusal .
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THREE HUNDRED MAXIMS for the consideration of Parents , in relation to the Education oj their Children . London : Darton and Clark . A neatly got-up and useful little pocket volume , ( price 6 \ l . ) which we havo much pleasure in recommending to heads of families .
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Publications Ri-ceived—Parts 2 and 3 of " The People ' s History of Ireland , " " The Rebel Provost , " '• ' The Rev . T Wilson ' s series of Lesson ' s for the Young , Sfc , &'C .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct510/page/3/
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