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PROGRESS OF 80CIAL REFORM ON THE CONTINENT.—NO. II. oEBMAmr and Switzerland. [The following extracts are from a continuation of thia interesting subject, in the New Moral World of Nov. 18th, 1843 1
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GOD HELP THE POOR . GOD Tielp the poor , who on this wintry mom Come forth of alleys dim , and courts obscure I God help yon poor , pale girl , -who droops forlorn , jtwrt meekly he * ifflietian doUi « sdnei God help the ontcasl lamb ! cbe trembling 8 tKB < 25 > All \ ranherlipB , and frozan red her hands ; E « t sunken eyes are modestly dow&cssi ; Her x £ ght-T * l&c& hair streams on the fitful blast ; Her bosom , passing fair , is half reveaTd ; And , O ! * o cold , the snow lies there congeal'd / Her feet beimmb'd , her shoes all rent and worn : God help 4 b . ee , outcast limb , who rtand ' at ferlorn l God help the poor I
God help the poor ! An infant ' s feeble trail Comes Jrom yon aaaow gateway ; sn < 2 , fceaolflj JL female crouching there , so deatkly pale , . Huddling her child , to screen it from the cold ! Her -restore scant , her bonnet crush'd and torn ; A thin shawl doth her baby dear enfold : And there she bides ; he ruthless gale of morn , " vTbleh almost to her heart hath Bent its cold ! Asd now she sadden darts a ravening look , Aa one wUh xtbw . hot bread comes past the nook And , as the tempting load is onward borne . She weeps . God help tb . ee , hapless one forlorn I God help tile poor 1
God help the poorj Behold yon famlslr < l lad ; JTo shoes , nor hose his woanded feet protect ; With limping gait , and looks &o dreamy sad , - He wanders onward , stopping to inspect Esch window BtorM with articles * A food . He yearns but to tinjoy one cheering m&al ; O ! to his hungry palate , viands inde Would yield a * xt the famMi'd only feel » Se now devours a crust of mwilay breafl ; V ? hh teetti tokI tona » tha ptetwua boon is torn , Unmindful of the storm which round his head Zmpetaoua sweeps . God help tbee , child forlorn j God help the poor 3
God help fee poor . ' Another hare I found , A boWd aed venerable mas is be ; His sloocfeed hat with faded « rape iabound ; His coat is grey , and threadbare , too , I see ; " The rede winds" seem te " mock his hoary hair ; pi « ahiAless bosom to the blast is bare . Anon ke turns , and casts a wistful eye , And with scant napkin wipes the blinding spray ; And toaks again , as if he fain would spy Meads he bath feasted in his better day : Abl some are dead , and some have long forborne To know the poor j and he is left forlorn ! Sod help the poor I
Bod help Qie poor , -who In lone Talleya dwell , &r by &r Mils , where whin and heather grow I Theirs is a story sad , indeed , to tell ; Yet little cares the world , and less 'twould know , " About the toD and want tfeey undergo-The wearyisg loom must hare ihem op at mom ; They work till worn-out nature will have sleep ; They taste , tut are not fed . The snow drif u deep Around the fireless cot , and blocks the door ; The mgbl-stonn howls a dirge across the moor . And shall they perish thus , oppress'd and lorn ? Shall toil and famine hopeless still be borne ? Hoi God will yet arise , aud hex ? ihe poor . ' SaHTjKL BaUFOBJJl
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WHAT AE . E KEPEAIERS ? * 11 Papa «• what are Repealers ?" -JIi SOS Ara— •¦ Tipptrory , OP ' Mjilioss who ' ve given their gage , my boy , Fierce war with oppression to "wage , my boy , Till Erin ones more ftft * T > Rhine as of yore , The land of tht . hero and sage , my b : > y . ' . The bad was all Europe's pride , my boy , Its glory and fame were wide , my boy ; A&d . Roman and Sane , Who GfferM the chain , By tfee fiwotd . of ita heroes died , my boy !
Hec-ebiefs ward faithless and proud , mfwy , Asd discord ' s ho * r * e voice grew load , my -4 ay ; And , record of shame , The stranger then came , Aad liberty laid in her shroud , my boy 7 That land red rapine l * ng swept , Hiy boy , And aercy and truth long jslept , my boy - ; O i could yoa bat know iJuch tyrants—saeb ¦»(» , TeBI young Eje * with mine fcjul iregk , toy ^ oy Bat in the despots' despite , my boy , The raflUona aiisc mSheii nught , my boy ; And « wear by the tears , And blood of past years , To wrest from that despot iheii rigbt , Tny boy
Tiey ape banded , and firm , sod tree , h > J boy , ¦ Benilved to die or to do , my t > oy i The young and the old In the cause are enroll'd . And Tve sworn you one of them , too , aiy boy 2 Sre this tow be unsafe in thy teeplug , boy , May yorur father bemoan ycror ele&picf , boj > Where green willows ware Above your yonng grave , Ajid none to console hie weeping , my-boy ! Ration
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i * Por " Paper read -Father . Surely-the Editor of the ZiaSoJi was in a fit of the * ' lackadasfeal- when be put saeh & milksop -ward into the mouth of his poetic ** Yffnnx Hannibal" D
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A ^ OBUL AR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT , -abridged from Whzum . Hcwrarr ' s work , Londoni Geave Shoe-lane , Fieet-sireet . This is a new ediioD-of a work -which has been some yeaiB before the . public , aid which to onr eertainiiiowledge has keen productive of no small amocat of ^ ood in laying bare the enormities of priestiv dominaiion and corruption ; and awakening the too lon ^ blinded masses 10 the real nature of a a craft " -which for ages i ^ on ages lias been employed and-perpetuated to ktep mankind in ignorance aad ^ arery .
As is expressed in tbe -title ps ^ e , this work IB aD siridgeoient of the famed ^ JBisiGry-ofPnescraft "WTitten bj Wflliam Kowki , a name which , when ^ he listory of the present times shall come to be wriiten , aostsiKDe conspicnons o * the historic page , as thai of one of ihe enlighteners and -benefactors of the hnm&n race . But ibeugh an abridgement , the publication-before us contains the pith and spirit of the largerT ? ork of "Wiilam Boviu , which from -the « empsrativelj nigh price at which it was necessarily "pnbliEhed was placed beyond the reach of tbe werking -classes . All who can aiFord to purchase the larger and complete work will of-coarse do so ; bui ihoEe who enmot , will find ia ihk abridgement an -eateellent sibstiiute . The following extracts will tell a thousand-fold more ia & , Tour of the work ihaa anytbiag we cculd pen .
FJISA ^ ESTCSiFZ . " When -we recollect over what an imnrnmaj extent of -eenittry , * nd tbrongti -srhat a immher of ages , Idolabi ? * xia = 4 s ^ itself , -what a terrible sum of miBferies must we see toiaTe bees uifiicted on onrAce , by the fliiboljcal J » sal * nd cupidity of priestcraft 1 From the temple of Buddh ai > d Jaggernath in India , to the stony f ^ Trit >« of Diuidiem Enroi-e ; from ibe snowy wastes of Siberia and Scandinavia in tbe north , to the most southern lands in Africa and America , the fires of bloody deities have rejoiced the demoniac priests , and eonsutBedthe people . "
" The snbrldled Bentuality of the pagan worship added greatly to its attractions and power of anlschiet The Assyrian Baal was made the scape-goat of the sensuality of the jritste , who , under the pzpt ^ xt o ! providing a Bacrinceiif beauty to the deity , selected the most loveJy women rl the cation for themaelvas ; a species of detestable -deception which seems to have been carried on to ac-esormous extent in ancient times , aa the Grecian stories testify . When the Assyrian was merged in the Babylonian empire , theergiefl of tbe temple or Mylitia , the Babylonian Tenus , weee infcnjona above all others . JEtery woman was hound to present herself Tjefore the temple once in her life , and there submit to prostitnBfln with whoever first chose bet The price of her jsbsme was paid into tbe treasury , to swell the revenues of the priesta . "
"If we tarn to Earope , w « shall find that whatever was the name , the language ^ x > r the government ot ike -different countries , the religion was essentially tbe jssme . There wat , first , an osdfr of priesta ; secondly , = an " order of military nobles j thirdly , a subjugated ffluKitade ; and institutiens , tiie gpirit of which , -is that of thrusfingthe lower orders from all place and fistbority , and systematically dooslog them to an nnaligftfcle ^ tale of ! gerrile depraaaTon . " ** The priests often united tbe Eacecdotal and sovereign power in-their own persons ; and wbere this was not the ^ ase , t&ey exerdud a power superior to that of kfetgt They Inflicted paius and penalties , exacted , ihe aost abject submission , and as tbe p » tended interpatstsrf the divine will , dared even to dsmmd , in Sa nan * rfrf heaven , the blood o ( kings . Tbi » tl » yob-Waed .-
"Tbagpett and lonf-bldden coiHneat of - America wa * , when iisoDTered , found to have been subjected to S » 8 - ssme x&pcmliUons , the same dominant spirit of wrieitho od , and * he same terrible systems of worship . " "Of their bloody Borlfices the Spanish writea are filL Fear , is deeenbed to have been the soul of tbe Mflffctn worship . Tfcey sevex approached their altars witfccmt blood , drawn froTn their own bodies . Of all foek fi ^ riugs , and they were numerous , ynrmnn sacrifices were deemed to be tfcsmost acceptable . Every captiva taken is war was sscrififed , with horrid entities , s , t the temple ; the head and heart beirig de-Toted to the gods , and the body appropriated to the * Krior by vbpm « ie csptite bag b $ cs takes , pte&
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himself and his friends . Tbe prevalence of these horrid rites counteracted all tfee humanizing and softening effects of all their social institutions , and their progress in the arts . Their manners became more ferocious as they advanced , until the barbarity of their actions greatly exceeded those of the savage state . " *• The priest-ridden condition of Egypt is known to all leaders of history . Lord ShaTteabury call * 16 , ' the motherland of superstitions . * So completely had the priesthood here contrived to fix themselves on tbe shoulders of the people , bo completely to debase and stupify them with an abundance of foolish veneration , that the country swarmed with temples , gods , and creatures , which in themselves most noxious or loathsome , were objects of adoration . "
"The pepular theology of Greece , though it had the same origin as other mythologies , assumed , by passing through the glorioaa minds of Hesiod and Homer , all ttiass characters of grace and beauty which they con * rerred on their literature , their philosophy , and all the arts and embellishments of life . " But beautiful as the system was made to appear by the embellishments of their immortal poets , the Grecians celebrated the same mysteries , offered the same hnman sacrifices , and were contaminated by the same Phallic abominations , as all the other pagan nations . "
" In India , priestcraft assumed ita most determined and fearlrsa air . In ^ Vher lands , it placed itself in the first rank of horror and power . In this it went a step farther , its chains appear to be indiMOlubly rivetted on the mind of this mighty empire . The perfection of its craft and the selfishness of Its spirit are exhibited in millions on millions bound in chains of tbe most slavish and soul-quelling castes , and tLe servility of a subtile religious creed . India has its triad of gods , its doctrine of metempsychosis , its practice of the Phallic licentiousness , its horrors of human sacrifice and
selfimmolation . We need nofc specify the bloody rites ol JaggernaUii the barbarous burning of widow * , or Ibe unnatural immolation of children . Throughout continental India , we b&Te an example of prietscraf t in it * most decided , undisguised , subtle , and triumphant character , at once in lull flower and full fruit j in that state at which it has always and every where aimed , bot never attained elsewhere . It has here stamped itself on the heart of a great nation , in its broadest and moat imperishable style ; in all its avowed despotism , its selfishness , imperturbable pride , and cool arrogance of fanatical power . "
"The avarice of the sacerdotal tribe in India kept pace with tbe same passion in the priesthood of other parts ef tbe world . Inimtn&e quantities or wealth were made to flow into their coffers . Their jpsgodas were adorned with the richest metals ; the altars and sacred vessels of the temp ' es were of massy gold ^ and their statues , numerous and large , were made of the same material ; or that next to it in value , silver . " " MrJOrme lin hia History « f HindO&tftD ) tellB US : — that thft- Brahmins slumbered in tbe most luxurious repose In their splendid pagodas , where the numbers accommodated were astonishing ; that pilgrims came from all parts of the Peninsula to worship at that of Seringham , but none without an offering of money ; that a large put of the reveaae of the island is allot ' . ed for tbe maintenance of tbe Brahmins who inhabit it ; and that these , with their families , formerly composed a multitude , not less in number than forty thousand souls , supported without labour , by the liberality of superstition .
" Having thnB Beixed the reins of unlimited power , the PribsU had « nly to command and make an empire of slaves . And such was their course . The Brahmin wielded both the empire and the monarch . He stood in the place of deity ; the will of heaven was thought to issue fiom his lips , and his decision was reverenced as the fiat of destiny . In fact , the ladian Government is justly considered as a tbeecracy—a theocracy the more terrible , because fee name of God was perverted to sanction and support the most dreadful species of despotism—a despotism -which , not content with subjuflting the body , tyrannised over the prostrate facuiSibS of the enslaved mind . ** A short chapter on " The Jewish Priesthood " follows , aad iben , nnder tha head of " The Popish Priesthood , " is given a capital unmasking of
CfLtOSTitJl PR 1 K-TCHATT , from which we can only find , room lor tbe following extracts : — " Having tfcos prostrated the hn » an mind , they lorded it over the people with insolent impunity . The Bann was adopted , and its terrors beesme felt throughout Christendom . Was a king refractory—did he refuse the pomrScial demand of money—had he an opinion of his own—a repugnance to comply with papal influence in his sffiira ? Tbe thunders of the Vatican were launched against him- ; 'his kisgdom was laid under the ¦ ' bann 4 all people sen -forbidden , on pain of eternal damnation , to trade with his subjects $ all churches were shut ; the natien wa » on a sudden deprived of all-exterior Exercises of itsTeligion ; the altars were despoiled of their ornainem *; tile erowes , tbe
reliques , the images , aEd tbe statues of the saints were laid on the ground ; and , cs if the air itself might pollute them by its-contact , the priests-carefully covered them op , even from their own approach and veneration . The use of bells entirely ceased in the ebsrebes ; the bells tbetDFtlves were removed -from tbe steeples , s&d laid on the ground , with tbe ether sacred utensils . Mass was celebrated with shut-doors , and none but the priests were admitted to the holy institution . The e ' ergy refused to marry , baptizj , or bcry ; the dead were cast into ditches , or lay putrefying on the ground ; tU ) tbe toperttitions people , locking on their children who died without baptism , as gone to perditkm , awl those dead without Christian burial , as seised on by tbe deiil , rose ia rebellions fury , and -obliged the prince to submit acd humble himself before the prosd priest of Borne . "
" Bnt the -roest potent and frightful engine of the papacy , was < the Inquisition . Its history is one of the most awful -horror that can affright the human soul . Its holy effioe—itsefficesof mercy , asthty were called in that spirit of devilish souse of Cfcristianity in which they were conceived , were speedily to be found in various countries of . Europe , Asia , sBd America , bat distingui&bud most fearfully in Spain . Their horrors have been made familiar to the pirblie mind by the writers of romance , especially by Mrs . RatcliSj ; bus all the powers of romance have not been able to overcosae the reality . Spain has always gloried in the supremacy of her iniquisition . She has strenuously contended with the Pope ft > r it ; and has deemed it so great an honour , as to parade &e-atUo-da / e , as one of the most fascinating spectacles . Her kings , her queens , her princes ,
? aBd her nobles , have assembled with enthusiasm to -witness them . So -great a treat did-the Spaniards formerly consider them , that Llortnte states , that on February 25 ih » 1560 , one was celebrated by the inquiBitors of Toledo , jn wtich several perswes -were burnt -with some fefELgts , aad a great number-aubjectcd to penances ; and this was performed to entert in the new q »* eu El ^ ibeth , daughter of Henry H . -of France , a girl of thirteen years a £ age , accuttomsd in hrr own country to brilliant festivals suited vo her rank and age . So completely may priestcraft bnitalize a nation , and so completely has this devilish institution stamped the Spanish character , naturally ardent and chivalric , with gloomy honor , that both Llorente . and LlmboTCh represent ladies witnessing tbe agonizing tortures of men and women expiring in flames , with transports -of delight "
" We have not space to detail the atrocities committed by this odk > ns institution . Liaiborch has given the following vivid summary of its operations ;—• In countries where the irgnintion has existed , the bare idea of its progress damped the roost ardent mind . Formidable and ferocious as tbe rapadous tiger , who from the gloomy thicket surveys his unsuspecting prey , -. until the favoured Kioment arrives in which he may . plunge fors » ar < i and consummate its dt-BtiUcUop , the in-¦ gnisitloii meditates in » ecr 11 and in silence its horrific project * . In thedeepest seclusion tbe caluinnia orpropouncs bis charge ; with anxious vigilance tbe creatures of its ¦ power Tfcc&T <\ its ¦ unhappy victim . Not a whisper is
beard , » r the least bint of insecurity jciven , nutil at the dead of night a band of savage monsters snrround the-dvelling . Tbty demand an entrance . Upon the inquiry , by whom is that required ? the answer is tbe ho ^ office . " In an instant all the tiea of nature appear as if dissolved ; and either through the complete -dominion , of superstition , or tbe conviction that resistance -would be vain , the master , parent , husband , is resigned . From the bosom-of his family , and bereft of all dosifestic comforts , he enters tbe inquisition house ; its ponderous doors are closed , and hoped excludedperhaps € or ever . Immured in a noisome vault , surrounded by impenetrable walls , he is ltf t alone ; a prey to all the aad t » fidcUom of a miserable outcast- If be
venture to inquire the reason of bis fate , he is told , that silence and secresy are here inviolable . " *' " 3 Jet every man wto hesitates to Bet bis hand to the destruction of state religions , look on this picture of all enormitiea'tli&t can disgrace out nature , anA itflect that Bnch iB the inevitable tendency of all priratcraf L Is it aaid ire see nothing so bad now 1 And why ? Because man has got the upper Land of hiB tyrant , and keeps him in awe—not because tbe nature of priestcraft is altered ; and yet , 1 st ub turn but our eyes to Catholic countries , Spain , Portugal , Italy , aad the scene is lamentable ; aBd ** en in our o . n country , where free instatations check presumption , and the press terrifies many a monster fxam the light of day—we" hehold things which make osar hearta throb witb indignation . "
The * Second Part , * and by far the larger portion of the work is taken « p with-an exposure 0 / the u Encli 8 fl ebarcb" and the "Church of Ireland " This most important portion is far too lengtby for us to dip into : we must tefcr fee reader to the work itself , promiBing him that he will find such rereala-S ^ eS « wfll exhibit % its true H £ t Ae real eluflacter of tbe self-styled P * orM « £ ^ kuK * "tO We way observe , that ** the eommmcemeat tie writer denounces all ptfuafc because they ore ™ U * i .- whereas at the close be appears to deaounee i with the aito
, priests only when they are conseetg . Tot » thiaappears inconBistent . Wanng . all qaestions as to tbe troths of particular « r ^ % ™^ : claim it as our conviction that any body -of' »«* J apart for the offices of a priesthood , whether paid bftbe state or by tbeToluntary offermg" of their " ftocks" ( fit victims for Shearers !) , 1 is . ., ™ —a curse . If men convinced of . the truth of their respective creods would pay their adoration as each tbeojrht proper , each for himself , not u * er ering with his neighbour , it would be well : but _ allow i > f the existence of a priesthood , no matter whether
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voluntary or state paid , and you have the cockatrice ' s egg , which , in due season will produce its terrible brood of giant crimes against humanity . All priests must have been originally supported by the voluntary contributions of their dupes ; and man ' s history tells the hideous resulc . The author appears too io b « i ^ reatly iu i < m m \ fo . Ametusau Ctiiis * tianity" where the " voluntary system" flourishes ; bnt , what is the truth ? Why that there is more priestcraft in the United States ; that is , that the priests of the several sects have a greater influence orerthe minds of their followers than even in this country . Even iu that land of civil and religious liberty , " -there have been " prosecutions for
blasphemy" ! And it is a well knows fact that no priests are more venal than those of the States , prostituting their power » of mind , and the migbty influence they wield through tbdr " cr ^ ft" to the upholding of that accursed syBtem of slavery , by which the American atmosphere is poisoned , and her boasted liberty rendered a cruel and disgusting mockery in the eyes of all rational men and true democrats . That " American churches" are tbe bulwarks of American slavery" is " as notorious as the sun at noon-day . " What do we infer from this ! That priestcraft is now what it was in the days of Socrates : and that to destroy
the power of the priest you must annihilate his " craft . " Still , despite these objections we can most cordially recomnjend this work aa an excellent one for young beginners . " Having read it , the reader will be nearly sure to ask as we have done , when closing the volume : "how is it that the priosts of all ages have been enabled to acquire and maintaia their terribly-used power ! " Such question can only be solved by inquiring into the systems of belief which under so many names they have expounded . If the reader gets so far , there is no fear but that he will" progress , " until be understands fully " the History of Priestcraft" with all its frauds and falsehoods , horrors and crimes *
CS ^ O ^ ing to a press of engagements we have been unable even to look at the works noticed last week as received for Review , We will bring- op arrears next week . Publications Received— "An Essay on the Tragedy of Hamlet ; " Temperance Herald , " &c , § n .
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PROGRESS OF 80 CIAL REFORM ON THE CONTINENT . —NO . II . oEBMAmr and Switzerland . [ The following extracts are from a continuation of thia interesting subject , in the New Moral World of Nov . 18 th , 1843 1
LCTHER AND THE MCNSTER ANABAPTISTS . Germany . had her Social Reformers as early as the Reformation . Soon after Luther had begun to proclaim church reform and to agitate the people sgainst spiritual authority , the peasantry of Southern and Middle Germany rose in a general Insurrection against their temporal lords . Luther nlways stated his object to be to rttuTn to original Christianity in doctrine ana practice ; the peasantry took exactly tbe some standing , and demanded , therefore , not only the ecclesiastfeal , but also tbo social practice of primitive Christianity . They conceived a state of villainy and servitude , such as they lived under , to be inconsistent with the doctrines of the Bible . They were oppressed by a set of haughty barons and enrls ; robbed and treated like their cattle every day . They had no law to protect them , and if they had they found nobody to enforce it Such a state
coatrasted very much with the communities of early Christians , and the doctrines of Chriat as laid down in the Bible . Therefore they arose and began a war against their lords , -which could only be a war of extermination . Thomas Muczer , a preacher , whom they placed at their head , forced a proclamation , full , of course , of the religious and superstitious nonsense of the age ; bnt containing also among othsrs , principles like thcee ; That according to tfee Bible , no Christian is entitled te hold any property whatever exclusively for himself ; tbat community of property ia tbe only proper state for , a society of christiaw ; that it is not allowed to any good Christian , to have authority or command over other Christians , nor to hold any office of Govemwent or hereditary power , but on the contrary that , aa all men are equal before God , bo they ought to be on earth also . These doctrines were nothing but conclusions drawn from the Bible and from Luthor ' s
own writings ; bat the Reformer was not prepared to go as far a » the people did . Notwithstanding the courage he displayed againBt the spiritual authorities , h © had not ireed himself from the political and social prejudices of hit age . He believed aa firmly in the right divine of princes and landlords , to trample upon tbe people , 88 he did in the Bible . Besides this , be wanted the protection of tbe aristocracy and the protestant princes ; and thus he wrote a tract against the rioters , disclaiming not only every connection with
them , bnt alco exhorting tbe aristocracy to pat them down with the utmost severity , as rebels against the lawBofOod . " Kill them like dogs ! " he exclaimed . The whole tract is written with such an animosity , nay , fury and fanaticism against the people , that it will ever form a Watcpon Lather's character ; it shews that , if he began his cart-tr-as a man of the people , he waa now entirely h > the service of their oppressors . Tbe insurrection , after a most bloody civil war , was suppressed , and the peasants reduced to their former servitude .
MoDEBU COMMUNISTS . —WEITLIKG . It wag among the working class of Germany that Social R'jfoim baa been of late made again a topic of discussion . Germany having comparatively little manufacturing industry , the mats of tbe working classes is made up by handicraftsmen , who previous to their establishing themselves as little masters , travel for e ; me years over < ah : nnaay , Switzerland , and very often over France also . A great number of German workm&n is thus continually going to and from Paris , and must of course , there become Rcquainted with the political and social movements of the French working classes . One of these men , William Weltling , a native of Madgeburg Id Prussia , and a simple journeymen tailor , resolved to establish communities in his own country .
This man , who Is to be considered as tbe founder of German Communism , after & few years' stay in Paris , went to Switzerland ; and , whilst he was working in souie tailor ' s shop in Geneva , preached his new gospel to his fellow-workmen . Be formed Communitt Associations in all the towns and cities on tbe Swiss Bide ot the lafco of Geneva , most # f the Germans who worked there becoming favourable to bis views . Having thus prepared a public mind , he issued a periodical , tbe Youxg-G € » eralio * , for a more extensive agitation of the country . Thia paper , although written for working men only , and by a working man , has from ita beginning been superior to most of the Frpnch
Communist publications , even to Father Cabet's Popvluire It shows that its editor muftt have worked very hard , to obtain mat knowledge of history and politics , which a public writer cannot do without , and which a neglected education had left him deprived of . It shows , at tbe same time , that Wuitling was always struggling to unite his various ideas and thoughts ou society into a complete system of XJommunism . The Young Genera tion was first published in 1841 ; in the following year "Weitling published a work : Guarantees of Harmony aad Liberty , in which he gave a review of the old social system and . the outlines . of a new one . I Bbal ! , perhaps , some time give a fuw extracts from this book .
Having thus eitablished the nucleus of a Communist party in Geneva and its neighbourhood , be went to Zmich , where , as in othi .-r towns of Northern Switzerland , some of bis friends had already commenced to operate upon the minds of tbe working meD . He now began to organizs his party in these towns . Under the name of Singing Clubs , associatioBa were lormed for tbe discussion of Social re-org&nizition . At the same time WeitliDg sdvi rtised hie intention to publish a book , — The Gospel of ihe Poor Sinners . But here the police interfered with the proceedings .
ABBEST OF W £ ITI . IJiG— PEHSECUT 10 I * AhD PROGRESS . In June last , Weitling was taken into custody , bis papers and his book were seized , before it left the pres 3 . The Executive of the Republic appointed a committee to investigate the matter , and to report to the Grand Council , the representatives of tbe people . Thia report has been priDted a few months since . It appears from it , that a great many Communist associations existed in every part of Switzerland , consisting mostly of German wot kins men ; that WeitlinR was considered as tbe leader of the party , and received from time to time reports of progress ; that he waa in correspondence with similar associations of Germans in Paris and London ; and that all these societies , being composed of men who very often changed their residence , were so many seminaries of " dangerous and Utopian doctrines , "
sending eut their elder members to Germany , Hungaiia , and Italy , and imbuing with their spirit every workman who came within their reach . The report wae drawn up by Dr . BiunxschU , a man of aristocratic and fanatically chrUtian opinions ; and the whole of it therefore is written mote like a party denunciation , than like a calm , offisisl report . Communism is denounced as a doctrine dangerous in the extreme , subversive of all existing order , and destroying all the sacred bonda of society . The pious doctor besides , is at a Iom for wcrda sufficientl / strong to express his feelings a * to the frivolous blasphemy with which these infaaoM and ignorant people try to jwtify their wicked and revolutionary doclriBM , bj passages from the Holy Krfptnres . Weitling and bis party are , ia this respect , jart like the IcarlaDB in France , and contend tbat Christianity is Communism .
The result of Wrttling's trial did Tery little to satisfy the anticipations ef the Zurich Govermrient Although Weitling and bis friends were sometimes very incautious in their expressions , yet the charge of high treason and censpiracy against him could , not be maintained ; tbe criminal eottrt sentenced him t 9 six months' imprisonment , and eternal banishment from Switzerland ; the members of the Zurich associations were expelled the Canton ; the report wa 3 communicated to tbe Governments of the other Cantons and to the foreign MBbasrfet > ' b ° t & * Communists is Otter PVtfi of Swit-
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zerland were very little interfered with . The prosecution enma too late , and was too little assisted by the other Cantons ; it did nothing at all for the destruction of ^ Communism , and was even favourable to it , by the great Interest it produced in alt cOHOtries Of the German tongue . Conamauism was almost unltnown in Germany , bat became by this an oWecc of general attention . PHTLOSOPHICAt COMMWNHJC . Besides this party there exists another in Germany , which advocates Communism ^ Tha former , being thoroughly a popular party , will ao doubt very soon unite all the working classes of Germany , The patty which 1 now refer to , is a philosophical one , oncon . nected in its origin with eithar French or English Communists , and arising from that philosophy which , for the last fifty years , Germany ha « been so proua of .
TUB HEGELIANS . The political revolution of France was acoompanied by a philosophical revolution in Garauny . Kaut began it by overthrowing the system of LeibnitB . an metaphysics , which at the end of last century was introduced in all Universities of the Continent . Fichte and Schelling commenced rebuilding , and Hegel completed the new system . * * The Youag Hegelians of 1 S 42 . were declared Atheists and Republicans ; the periodical of the party , the " German , Annals , " was more radical and open than before ; a political paper was established , and very Boon the whole o £ the Ctermnn libaral press was entirely in our hands . We had friends in almost every considerable town of Germany ; we provided all the liberal papers with the
necteaary matter , and by this means mado them oar organs ; wo inundated the country with pamphlets , and spon governed public opinion upon every question . A temporary relaxation or the censorship of the press added a great deal to the energy of the movement , quit ? novel to a ConaldG * able part ' of the German public . Papers , published under the authorizition of a g&vernment censor , contained things which , even in France , would have been punished as high treason ; &Dd other thinca which could not have been pronounced in EoglaBd , without a trial for blasphemy being the consequence of it . The movement was so sudden , ao rapid , so energetically pursued , that tbe govern nent ns well as the public were dragged along with ! it for some time . But , this violent character of
tbe agitation proved that it was not founded upon a strong party among the public , and that its power was produced by the surprise und consternation only of its opponents . The government , recovering their senses , put a stop to it by a uioat despotic oppression of the liberty of speech . Pamphlets , ntswspuperu , periodicals , 1 scientific works were suppressed by d < % vo& , and tbe agitated state of the country soon subsided .
THE COMMUNISTS . The princes and rulers of Cterinnny , at tbe very moment when they believed to have put down for ever , Republicanism , saw the rise of Communism from the ashes of political agitation ; and this new doctiino appears to them even more cianijercua and formidable than that in whose apparent destruction they rejoiced . As qarly as autumn . 1842 , some of the party contended for the insufficiency of political change , ami declared their opinion ro be , that a Social revolution based upon common property , was the only state of mankind agreeing with their abstract principles . But even the leaders of the party , such as Dr . Bruno Bauer , Dr . Feuerbach , nnd Dr . Ruge , ware not then prepared for this decided step . The political paper of the party , the Rhenish Gazette , published somy pnpirs
advocating Communism , but without the wished-for effect . Communism , however , was such a necessary consequence of New Hegelian philosophy , that no opposition could keep it down ; and , in the course of this present year , the originators of it had tho satisfaction of seeing one republican after the other join their ranks . Besides Dr Hess , one of the editors of the now BuppreBSOd Rhenish Gazelle , and who was , iu fact , the first Communist of the party , there are now a great many others ; as Dr . Ruge , editor of German Annals , the scientific periodical of tbe Young Hegelians , which has been suppressed by resolution of the German Diet ; Dr . Marx , another of the editors of the Rhenish Garntle ; George Herwegh , the poet , whose letter to the King of Pftiusia was translated , last winter , by most of the English papers , and others : anil we hope that the remainder of the R ^ pulsUcun party will , by-a . ud-by , cutne over too .
CHARACTER OF 1 UE GEBMAN 3 . The Germans tire a very disinterested nation . If in Germany principle comes into collision with interest , principle will almost always silence the claims of interest . The same love of abstract pr i nciple , the same disregard of reality and self-interest , whicb have brought tho Germans to a state of political nonentity- thtse very same qualities guarantee the success of philosophical ComiEunieni in tbat country . It will appear very singular to Englishmen , that a party which aims at the- destruction of private property , is cbitfly made up by those who have pxopeity ; aad yet this is the casu in Germany .
PROGRESS OF COMMUNISM . Thus , philosophical Communibm may bu considered for ever established in Germany , notwithstaadina the efforts of the governments to kcop it down . They have annihilated tbe press in their dominions , but to no effdet ; the . progress party profit by tbe free preen of Switzerland and France , and tboir publications are ns extensively circniatert in Germany , as if they were printed in that country itself . AH persecutions and prohibitions have proved ineffectual , and will ever do so ; the Germans are a philosophical nation , and will not , cannot abandon Communism , as soon aa it is founded upon sound philosophical principles ; chiefly if it Is deprived as an unavoidable conclusion from their" philosophy .
Notwithstanding the persecutions of th 9 German governments ( I understand that , in Berlin , Mr . BJgar Bauer , 1 b prosecuted for a Communist pnbl cation ; and in Suttgart another gentleman bus been committed for the novel crime of ' * Communist correspondence 1 ") notwithstanding this , I say , every necessarry step is taken to bring about a successful agitation for Social Reform ; to establish a new periodical ; and to secure the circulation of all publications advocating Communism .
"A NIGHT WITH BURNS . " The following under the above head i 3 from Ainsworth ' s Magazine . A certain Andrew Horner of Carlisle , took it into his head that he was a poet . lie wrote ^ and he would print . To carry hid laudable design into execution , he took a j > urj ) &y to Glasgow , and agreed wuh a printer a , ua publisher . In returning from Glasgow ho found himself upon an evening in the ancieut , town of Ayr , and in the . common room of tho inn he forgathered with some halfdoz-m " ranting , roaring , dashing young fellows , foud of their glass and their joke . " "The night drave on with song and clattrr ; " and at last Andrew Was induced to lay a wa # er tbat he weald beat a " poet lad" who lived near by . The poet lad was introduced , and—but we will lot tho writer toll tfco rest : —
An epigram was the subject chosen , because , as Andrew internally argued , ' it is the shortest of all poema , ' In compliment to him , tho company resolvrd that his own merits should supply the theme " He commenced—* In seventeen hunder thretty nine 'and ho paused . He then aaid , ' Ye see , I was born in 1739 , [ ihe real date was some years earbt-r ] so I mak * that the coinmencemcnV " He then took pen in hand , folded his paper with a conscious air of authorship , squared himself to the table , like one who fconsidervd it- no tn&a eren to write a letter , and slowly put down in gooa round hand , as if he had been making out a bill of parcels , the liner' Ia seventeen huncter chretty-nine ;' but beyond this , after repeated attempts , he was unable to advance . The second lino was the Rubicon he could not pass .
¦ ' At last , When Andrew Horner reluctantly admitted that he was not quite in tbe vein , the pun , ink , and paper , wero handed to his ajUugouiut . By him they wero rejected , ior he instantly gave the following , ' viva voce . — ¦ In seventeen hunder thretty-nine , . The Deil gat stuff to matt' a swine , And pit it in a corner ; But , shortly after , changed his plan , Made U to something like a man , And called it Andrew Homer . '
" The . subject of this stingittg stanz * had the good sense not to be offended with its satire , cheerfully paid the wager , set 10 for a night ' s revelry with his new friends , and thrust his poema between the bars of the grate , when ' the sma ' . hours' came on to four in ihe morning . As his poetic rival then kindly rolled up the hearthrug , in a quiet corner of the room , to serve as a pillow for the vanquished rhymescor—then literally a carpet knight—the old man , batter prophet than poet , exclaimed , 'Hoot , mon , but ye ' il be ft greater pool yet !' " Answer , 0 nations , whether the prediction was
fulfilled I In a few months after , & volume of poems was published from the press ot John Wilson , of Kilmarnock—the author was a peasant , by birth , a poet by inspiration . Coarse was the paper on whioh those poems were printed , and worn waa the type . But tho poems themselves were of that rare class which the world does not willingly let die . The fame of . their author has flown , far and wide , throughout the world . His geuius and his fate , hare become ' at once the glory and the reproach of Scotland . ' That author was Che same who , in a sportive mood , made an epigram upon poar Andrew Horner . His name was ROBERT BUKN'S . "
Progress o * . Literature in Italy . —During the year 1842 there have been printed in Italy 3 , 042 books ( the number printed ia 1841 was 2 , 999 ) : of these 3 , 042 1769 , or about threeflffhs , were published in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; of the remainder , 508 appeared in piedmont ; 235 in the grand duchy of Tuscany ; 216 ia the papal states ; J 74 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies ; 19 in the duchy of Modena , and 11 iu tiw scale of Lucca . Of these works a coneider&ble portion were translations .
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Murrain . —In the northern circuits a virulent and fatal disduao existsjamong the cattle . O&e farmer has lost nineteen milch cows and a use bull . Tho disease is iiiftiaamation otlthe heavt , of which tbe O&UIo flits Within eight hoar ^ after they are attaofced , The crimes of horse and sfceep stealing have been considerably on the increase lately ia Sussex , and several farmers tuve been ; great sufferers . Chinese Language hi France—With a prompt wisdom and ready 'foresight a royal ordon nance has baeu Issued in Prance , ] establishing a professorship of the
Chinese language in the school of the liviDg oriental tongues , aud appointing M . B&z ' tn to the chair . Surely tke study of tko Chinese ought to be sedulously pursued in England . ' Young men intended for mercantile pursuit * would do Veil to think of it . ; KKIIIIKQ AND : SHIRT 1 KG—It is in conte ^^ tion to establish sociatiea for the distribution of pffass to farmers' wives and daughters , for proficiency fn shirt making and stocking knitting , and other accomplishmentB more useful than przad in thoae degenerate days . :
Horse Manure . —Mr . Wbitley , a writer on the application of geology to agriculture , states that a car * case of a horse is equal to at leaei ten times its weight of farm yard manure , nnd would prove much more valuable to the farmer , if converted into a compost , tbau if sold for tbe ' kennel . RaTaFia . —derived from res raCa fiat : let the matter ba ratified . When ths ancients concluded a bargain , they wfcre in the habit of opening the best wine in the cellar , and aa they qua ffud the nectar , of pronouncing the words ; the last two of which , with a tr fl'ng change , are now used to designate a liqueure composed of brandy , sugar , and fruits .
LEAD MINE . —A valuable load mine has lately been discovered on the estate of Mr . Cole Hamilton , comr . w Tyrone . We haveJseen a spaoimen of tha ore , which is the sulphuretof lead , and may produce , perhaps , seventy per cent ofi the pure metal . This is much above the usual average , and we hope that it may prov » a mine of wealth to tbe country as well as to the possessor . — Dublin Literary Journal . Motueks . —How little do we appreciate a mother ' s tenderness while living 1 How heedless are we in childhood of all her , anxieties and kindness . But when she is dead and gone ; when tbe cares tod coldness of the world come withering on oar hearts ; wheu we learn how hard it is to find true sympathy , bow few love us for ourselves ; how few will bofr * end ua in our misfortune ; then it is we think of the mother we have lost .
Glasgow JJmtersity . —The election of Lord Roctoz for the GIusrow University took place on Wednesday . Lord Eglin : o ; i and Mr . Fox Maulo were the candidates . Toe latter woh elected by a large majority . THE AUEUICAN NAVY onsists of ten ships of' ihe line , nil built and nearly finished , fourteen frigates of the firat-cla 8 s , two of tho second , Bevauteen sloops , bight brigs , nine schooner ' s , and six steameis of war carrying immensely long guns . Jacks the Lad ! ' '—I left my old friend twisting his hemp ( who maae me a bow at parti" /? that would have liune no discredit to the Court of Liuis le Grand . )
and strolled agaiu : to tbe harbour , where I saw Li Feino Amelia—the ; pleasure yacht of the ( Jit-eu of France—a beautiful little schooner of most elegant shape , all eatiuwood and gilding , manned by some of the finest and mostj sailor iiko looking fellows I ever saw . One of her cr < ew called out to an English sailor , on the quay , who was eyeing the craSt with a critical and somewhat contemptuous air . ' I say , meestaire , you Qain , haa shea ship ' s likesees 1 " "MyQioon ?' said Jack , " Ty , I sbid be ashamed of her M . jjsty if shed spit in such ' a thing . "—A Trip to Havre de Grace— Il / uininuted Magatiine ,
To Prevent Bker from being Turned « r THUKDER . —Having ascertained that it is perfectly good , draw off entirely in pint pots . Then having collected an equal number of railway navigators , distribute accordingly . | Thia will anaver in the hottest summer . —Punch . \ War . —In a speech of a Becbnano chief , he says—What is war f War- builds no towns—plants no gardens—raises no cbi . ilren—has no joys . What is war f It is the world ' s destruction—it breaks in pieces the hearts of mothers , and causes tho orphan to mourn .
Prejudice—I remember a man coming to me with a doleful countenance , putting himself into many lamentable postareB , | gaping ns wide as he could , and pointing to his mouth , ai though be would say he could not speak . I enquired of his companion what was the matter ? And was informed , " he had fallen into the hands of the Turks , ] who had used him in a barbarous manner , and out out his tongue by the roots . " I believed him . But when the man had had a cheerful cup , be could Had 1 bis tongue as well as another . I It fleeted , bow is it I ' could so readily believe tbrt tale 1 The unswe * wan easyi—«• becaase it was told of a Turk . ' — John Wesley . j
Two Children Burnt to Death . —Mr . Payjne , City Coroner , held two inquests on Saturday , in the bttml-ioom of St . Bartholomew's Hospital , on the bodies of two children , of the respective ages of three and four years , who ] met their deaths by accidental burning , duitag tbe temporary absence of their parents from home . Verdict ; " Accidental de % tb >" Nunnery—The Catholics sre about to establish a nunnery in Nottingham , and have taken ppacioua premises in Pitll * Mi \ ent- » tr < set for the purpose The nuns ate to bj of the order of the " Sisters of Charity , " anol several of them are shortly expected from tha neighbourhood of Birmingham . MlIBORQUGH TRIXLOE , THE MURDERESS . —This unhappy woman , on whom sentence of death was passed by Mt . Justice } E skme , at the Hereford Summer A . B 8 \ zeB , 1842 for the ! murder of her infant has had her sentence commuted to transportation for lie .
Dreadful Accident .- On Saturday evening an inqa « st was bold at the sign of the Green Gate , in tbe City-road , before Mr . jB » rher aud a jury from the neighbourhood , on the body vf James Hurren , aged 67 . carried on business as a wholesale clothier in Wormwood-street , Biahopsgate , As James Harrod , porter to Mei-srB . Citor and Woods , linendrapers on Finsbury pavement , was standing at his employers' door , at half-past eight o'clock on Friday evening , he b . iw a cart laden with two t'jns of brewer's grains , and drawn by two horses , who vyere ia n gallop , coming at a rapid pace from the City-roW towards ChiBwell-street , fallowed iu tbe rear , at tbe distance of eight or ten yards , by the driver , who was endeavouring to overtake it . At this moment the deceased was crossing the end of
Chiswell-street for Finsbury-square , when the horaes turned sharply into the street ; tbe deceased , seeing tbem coming against him , hesitated , as if about to turn back , and held up bis hands to stop the horses ; bnt he wis inavantly knocked < io"wa , and the neat wtwel went uve « tfie middle of hi » body , crushing in bis TiD 3 . He was raised from the jground by the witness and other persens and carried into the shop of Mr . Alfred MiddUiton , a surgeon in FinsbuTy-phoe , on his passage to which he moved slightly , but txpited the moment he got there . Richard Gobby , the driver , in the service of Mi . IVvviB , » cowkeeper in Hoaier-laae , SmithflBlrt , now
came up , and wan taken into custody , by policeman Hainea , 155 G , the horses and cart being stopped and token to the greenyard . Gobb / substquently underwent an examination at Worship-street Police-court , on tbe charge of manslaughter , but an inquest not having buen held on the body , anil the evidence not being complete againBt him , he w . is remanded for farther examination . After several other witnesst * bad besn examined , tbe Coroner charged the jury , and after half an hour ' s deliberation they returned a vcidic . of " Accidental death , caused by the cart going over the deceased ; but tbat there was no evidence to show how that cirt w&s put in motion . " i
Civilisation of the Greeks . —The Times having asserted that " the Greeka had made tn ^ ce rapid progress in education ! civilisation , and wealth , taaa could have beea reasonably expected , " a correspondent , who spent { the months of February and March last in that country , confirms the assertion : — " I can especially bear witness to their progress in education , and their extraordinary love of learning . I shall never forget hearing Professor Osopius's lecture on Grecian antiquities , in Greek , and to Greeks , in the university of Athens . ! Not that I understood much of what hBsaid ; but it was the deep and eager attention of the immense audfeuco of all ages and classes ; old and young , from the veteran warrior with his white moustache , down to mere boys—rich and poor ; from
gentlemen of the modern school , and chieftains is their picturesque dresses , do > ra to the bare-footed peasantmany takiag notes , add all intelligently listening—it was that which surprised and delighted me . And I was told that this was the case with all tho public lectures , which are open to every body gratuitously . If it be a German professor lecturing , of ceurae in Gi'uefc , on German metaybj-sics , it i » just the samethere they all are taking note ? j and doing their utmost to get something from it . I venture to say , that t&ey will soon be oho of the ibest educated people in Europe , taking them as a body . ] There are several booksellers ' shops in Athena , full of [ the ckumes and a rising modern literature . They have magcaines and several newspapers admirably conducted . "
Thb Dog . —The dogs by the Nile drink while running , to escape the crocodiles . When thoSo of New Orleans wish to cross the Mississippi , they bark at the river ' s edge toj attract the alligators , who are no sooner drawn from their scattered haunts and concentrated on the soot , than tho dogs set off at lull speed , and plunge in the water higher up the stream . An Esquimaux dog , that wsb brought to this country , was given to artificc-s which are tarely seen in tbe native Europeans , [ whose subsistence does not depend on their own resources—strewing his food round him , and feigning Bleep , in order to allure fowls andrat 9 , which he never failed to add to his store . —Blair ' s History of Jhe Dog .
MAjSATHOX . Great king remember Athens 1 " From this day Thy crouching slaves , each morn , shall need no mere To bid the * think of her . By the seashore Of Marathon the flashing sunbeams play On golden arms , the pomp of thy array , The gorgeous ranks that Datia leads to war . Hark 1 drowning in their battle shout the roar Of tbe - ^ E . sein , fiercely to the fray , With fiery speed , rash , t ' wards their glittering foe , The iron ranks of Athens : on they pour Like ocean ' s billows when the north winds blow . Thy Persians , like their foam , are swept before The charge . Rejoice , thou everlasting tei . Ye heavens lift up your voice , the earth ie free .
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A Whale in the downs . —During the last * ceK one of these monsters of the deep has been visitins out coast in search of herrings , its favourite food , and vraa distinctly seen on Sunda y morning in the Dawns , Bandw in ? up its natural fuunUina . Ytst&rday it was stsa off Dover from the shore , and some me * who were ia a boat , just as it was approaching , had a narrow escape of an upset ; bnt they luckily got on boawl a gilitot , which was passing at thn time , and saved thorn » ivea from a watery « rave . The flnty giant is suppowl to bs upwards of sixty feet Jo length . Tba herring finery is progressing very slowly on this part of the coast . — Dover Telegraph .
Instant Dbath from swallowing a Pea . — On Tuesday last , tbe inhabitants of Kirfealady wara thrown into a state of extreme excitement by a report that Anne Henderson , a une girl of about six years of age , waa suffocated by swallowing a pea . It appear * that she was playing with her class-mates , and vtafst running eomewhat smartly had thrown a pea into her mouth , which unfortunately entered the winilpipe . Eyrery assistance was rendered , but it became too evident that the title of life was ebbin ? fast , and that the ioa ' gniflcant pea was not too insigniflcantto prove the instrument of death . Her distracted parents were saarcaly on the ppot ere she who was only five minutes before att life and harmless glee was nunibertd with tbe -. ead * Drs . 8 mith and Young arrived on the epot not long after the occurrence , but could do nothing . The ! : » ttet gentleman yesterday made an incision in the win ' . "v . pe , nnd found the fatal pea bail lodged there ; U ha 1 uot descended very daep . It waa a boiled oae , and of a very small s . z- * .. —Scotsman ,
Eco . vomy . —Economy shoald be practised » _ ; " things , but more particularly in matters of med . 'iue . The restoration to health has generally been parchased at a coBtiy price ; aud certainly if h-iitli could not be procured at any other rate , a c >^ . ly price should not be an object of scruple . i > as where is the wisdom , where is the economy in spuudhig vast eums on a physician ' s attendance , vviien sound health and long life may be ensured by ihe cheap , safe , and simple remedy of Parr ' s Life Fills . Robbeet at Halstead Church . —On Thursday [ morning some persons broke into Halstead Church , I and broke open several boxes containing small su-ibs of money , which they took away . A panel ot the i back of the altar was also forcpd down by tl ^ oa , ' their search being evidently for tha communion
, plate . ! Keal HfR-iiSM . — An extraordinary instan- of ! presence of mind , lately occurred at the quarri- in i tho Ross of Mall , Argyllshire , now wrought for the i pier in connexion with the Skerryvore lightiK < use 1 ty the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses . On ; tho 17 th ult as Mr . Charles Barclay , thoforenr-u . of . the quarries , waa engaged in removing a splinre : of stone * . rGin the face of a block often tons W" - ^ iit , ; which lay on an iaclined ledgo above h m , the Mock slid forward and enclosed his left band , which * as bruised iu such a manner that two of his lnUtile finders were destroyed , and the sharp points of rook thait
cume in contact at tha palm of the hand , so : was held compleuJy fast , as in a vice . In ti-ia dreadful situation , Mr . Barclay ' s great presence of miad and strength of nerves proved the meant or saving his life and those of the men that were a ) ong with him . The first impulse of the men was tq > fetch a lever to raise the s one and liberate the prisoner ; and had Mr . Barclay ' s presence of niiud desi rted him , or had he fainted under the excruciating torture he endured , this rash purpose would have beon executed , and the stono would . l : ave launched him forward and crushed him aad hiscojn rades beneath its mass . He , however , was enafAnd to direct their proceedings with a wonderful de « rae of composure , and , after fruitless attempts to raise
the block . Mr . Barclay resolved to out out tae Stone round his hand as the only means of escape . This painful operation occupied aboHt twenty minutes * during which time the tortures he endated did nofc prevent his working with the remaining hand ia effrctisig his liberation from his exraortfinary captivity . Mr . Barclay afterwards walked without assistance' to the neighbouring village of Bunessnav two miles off , where Dr . Diarinid , a gentleman who had lately returned frooi the Arctic -expedition under Ros 3 , removed the shattered bones . Next day Dr . Campbell , who acts as surgeon to the Serryvore works , arrived from Tyree , and convey-. d his patient to the barracks at Hynish Woxbjitrd , where he is fast recovering .
A Mub » aiw . ~ As a proof of the alarming naf > w of the disease among cattle and of its extent in > ar neighbourhood , we may state—and we have the statement on Hnqueslionable authority—that , in a district of eight or ten miles round Derby , the lpsa of cattle from this cause has been something like £ 2 , 000 within the last year or fifteen months . Of course , the whole loss eannot be ascertained ; but we have seen a list of 227 bead of caWle lost by trie disease during this . time , belonging to farmers rasiding near us , which , valued at £ 8 each , ia p «> ut n * + * l 3 : &i » Bam ^ Be * bit- ££ * rcterif * ~ Wonderful D £ Utert . —A man , named Mitchell , who resides a > t llmiaster , hating beeu suapected of stealing some geese , at Chilliogton , the csnsta-bies were despatched to search his house , having gained
admittance , they fouad Mrs . Mitchell , according io her own account , in a very delicate condition , ; a fact , on the eve of confinement . Medical assistance in this case , as in all similar oases , was required and , of course , soon obtained . On the arrival of the doctor the good lady was assisted to turn out and stand up , wheu , as if by magic , and to the astonishment of all present , not excepting the doctor , f-he was delivered of two very clean picked geese . The business was soon over , and tbe patient immediately becam'J couvaleecent ,: and was enabled oa Monday , ( prepared , we presume , for another confinement though of a very different nature , in company with her husband ) , to pay a visit to the honourable bench of magieerates at Chard , to receive their congratulations on this wonderful delivery . —Sherborne Journal .
War Against Knowledge !—Serial publications of a liteiary and scientific nature cannot noyr be Btut by post , without the full charge , evea if stamped . Au experiment was recently made which sets tha question at rest . A new literary periodical , printed on a stamped sheet , similar to the regular neiFtpapers , passed through the post office lor two f ;; c eeasive weeks , when its transmission was int * ---dioted , tho Postmaster-General conceiving that , tha privilege derivable from the stamp is to be c& ?< - sidertd as applicable only to newspapers . " — [ A . wise and jtsat Government would aid the cireui : ^ - tion of knowledge , and the consequent mental culture of the people by every means at its command . Our Government is neither ; hence it trammels by stamp sen--, post-office regulations , &c , the circulation of mind ' s productions . Bug we " Will war
With all wbo war with , thought ;" and to tho best of our power aid in the annihilating of a " system" which " loveth darkness rather than light , " and keeps in ignoranoe the enslaved ' many , " as the only means of upholding the " privileges" of the tyrant" few . "—E . N . S . J The Queers Visit to Sib R . Peel . —It is her Majesty ' s intention to honour Sir Robert Peel with a visit at his residence at Drayton Manor on Tuesday , the 28 ; h inst . Her Majesty will proceed from Windsor Castle to Watford , and thence by railway to Drayton Manor , to remain H ! Friday , the 1 st of Deflemhp . r . nhf . n her Mniftstv will ffo on a visit
to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire . On Monday , the Ph of December , tho ( Jaeeu will honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit at Belvoir Castle , and return to Windsor C * stle on the 7 th . Her Majesty will be accompanied by his RoyaJ Highness Prince Albert ; and we learn that her Majesty the Queen Djwstger has signified to bir Robert Peel her intention , to join tho KoyRl party at Drayton Manor on the 2 fith inst . ; so that the Premier will have the distinguished honour of receiving in his house at the same time his Sovereign and her illustrious Consort , and her Majesty tho Queen Dowager , with their respective suites and attendants . —Standard .
A Brace of Fools —Duel . —A hostile meeting took place on the sand near Haverfordwest , on Tuesday Bb ' nnignt between Captain B- —— -y , an officer who very gallantly distinguished himself in the wars in Afghanistan and Soinde , and a Mr . T . J—— -3 , in consequence of gome language spoken by the latter highly derogatory to the most illustri 00 . 3 personage in the realm , in the presence of the captain , who resented it by a personal attack ^ poa the disloyal subject , and a meeting en $ ued \ ia which Mr . J a was very severely injured , bo much so , that his life is dispaired of .
Melancholy Affair . —On Tuesday , a rumour obtained extensive circulation in Marylebone that Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., had on Monday made an auempt to commit suicide , by precipitating Himself from one of the windows of his residence , flryanstotf » iquare . During the latter part of that day and $ l leo £ yesterday tnehonBeof the Honourable Member was literally besieged by the calls of his political as well as pereonal friends . The ramour , as regards Mr . Hume himself proved erroneous ; but an accurrenee had taken place of an equallT senoua and afflicting oharaoter to the Honourable bentlematt ' s 8 on-m-law , Mr . Charles Gubbins , who « ^ . f ro * er of her Grace the present Pnchess of at . Aiban . 8 , On Monday morning , shortly before nve ocwck , the Boreams of Mrs . Gubbins awoke
Mr . Joseph Home and his familir , and it was tben digepvered that the unfortunate gentleman had thrown himself from his bed-room window , on the third floor , on to the pavement . Haying been conyeyed into the hoase in ah insensible atate , Dr . Atnott , of Bedford-square , Mr * Liston , aiid seyeral Other eminent members of the medical profession , were sent for , and promptly arrived , when it was discovered thac Mr . Giibbtns has sustained a cobi- _ pound fracture of one of his thighs in twa places * and that his other kg was broken . Mr . Gubbma was visited two or three timc 3 tbrbUjghout yesterday by his medical attendants , and but very faint . hope 3 are entertained of his ultimate reoovery . The sad event has thrown tho famfly of Mr . Hume and his Grace the Duke of St . Aiban ' s inw a state of great affliction . ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct829/page/3/
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