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jTilE ABSENT FATHEB . Trom a Work entitled " The Miller of Deanhaugh , " " O , Eoier , ¦ what tais ' iny dear father awa , When muir an when mountain are fceapifc wi' snw Wi £ n thick swiriin' drift d&uda the dead saplesB -earth , Ac ' a' thing is drear save our wee erzy hearth ?" "The young hlHsida lammtes wad dee \ ri' t he cauld , We ^ t no for your fatasr via leifls them a-fauid ; His voira ia weel fctmied 3 > y ilk pnir mither ewe ; Ht * s saying their lives Trhiie he ' s toiling for yon . " 11 Grin e'e r I ' m man nmekle , an * pair father spared , I'il mak ye a teddy , an' faitfaer a laird ; -I'll hrava the dour winter on mountain an * lea , An' toil for ye tenth , -whs has toiled sa . « for ma . "
" Come lay your Tree bead en yonr sin roinnie ' s knee , An * S £ 22 ia her face wi * your ain father ' s * ee ; T h e n i g h t settles d o wn , 0 i I "wish he -were here ; Hark ! is nae that Coliie ' a wewSF ! Aiblins they ' re B = sr . The door gets a 6 \ t 1 , an * flees back to the wa , Tis him , bes his bine bonnet * s * ff » sff the snaw ; •* I ' m here my wee son , an' my eonthie sweet dame , Dsirn , Collie , be taankfn * we ' re a * now at name . "
K 3 TAISS BY TBE ROADSIDJS . We ' re losing fast the good old days Of ratQisg whee ' s and gallant greys ; "We ' re losing fast the lncgaged roof , The wiisUing guard and ringing hoof : Tbe English stage and hi ^ h-b ren teams , Will soon exist out in our dreams ; And whirling mail or startling horn Nb ' i cheer ike niebt , or rouse ths mom
Ah ! weH-a-day I no cracking lash , No champing bit , no restless dash , Ko - " poll np" at the •¦ Cross" or " Crown , " 'Mid all the gossips of the town ; For Time , wiih deep rail-roaded brow , Changes all things bat horses now . Tet who shall wish for nobler speed ? Who would forego the rapid steed ? Who that loves Baauty would resign , The winding road for formal " line ?"
Tis joy to monnt the lofty seal That hears us from the city-street ; To lightly roll from pent-np smoke To « ingiTij > bird and towering oak ; Saucing , despite onr bounding haste , The forest dell and heath-clad waste . On through the Talley , rich and rife With fragrant air and blooming life ; Where the elesr brooklet softly Hjvts , Kissing ^ helilly as it goes ; Where quiet herds lie down to crop The grass-blade and the cowslip drop ; Where the low cottage-thatch is seen , * Mid trailiDg arms of jasmine green , And the wide flinging casement glass Shows the pet flower to all who pass .
Away ! away ! one lingering look At Talley , cottage , herd s , and brook ; And bowling on , W 6 _ gain the t"H Crowned with the old church and the mil ] The snn-ray plays upon the spire . Tinging the cross with glancing fire . The south-wind freshens there , but <* x \ % To turn the heavy slnggard sails ; The miller Bland * with peering eye , To see the famed ' Eclipse ™ go by : " "Hiti next fiTe minutes fairly lost In wondering what that chesnnt cost , And wfey they ' ve chan g'd the clever bay That graced tbe pole toe other day .
Onward ! the t iny hamlet comes ,-The Tillage nest of peasant homes ; -The ploughman ' s ear wakes from his dose , With perking ears and sniffing nose j The child trpon the red-brick floor Crawls quickly to the open door ; The old man and the matron stand With staring gtn and idle hand , The TTTxiflphj tTTC'l ' rcg t nods her head To the blythe fellow donn'd in red ; 2 f * matter what they haye to do , They all must see the mail go through .
Th e in n i s reach e d : ho s t , men , a nd boys , Gather around with bustling noise . ¥ ev moments serve—the harness bands Are flung effasby magic hands ; The loosened nags are panting hvd ; Seeking the well-known stable-yard ; Torth corns the wheelers—glossy black—With hit in month , and cloth on back . Quick ! "bring the leaders—two bright roans As ever spumed the wayside stones . E . ieh bnckle tight— 'tis done , " All right ,- " The steeds are ready for their flight ; - And bid bluff Jehu once again Swings up to rule the whip and rein . Onward we hie , like shooting star , That rans all nszziing fleet and far , And w o rth y si ght for kisg to see Ara four bold coursers fast and free .
-O , England 3 " many an olden tale Shall yet be told o ' er Christmas ale . By lips unborn ; and they shall say What Tare works graced their fathers'day "Y oung boys shall chatter in the sun , And tell what English steeds have done ; Jfcscords shall note the bye-gone age , And Taunt the matchless English sjage . Ah ! weB-a-day ! the glory ' s o ' er ,
Soon -steed ana stage shall b # no more ; The roads Outbreak our fertile sod , Seem all deserted and untrod . Ah ! grieve I will , and grieve I must , To miss the mail-coach cloud of dost , 5 To think that I »>* H never see The blood-like team , so fast and fres ; Acd find old Time , with scowling brow , Changing all thing * but horses now . ~ Eliza Coos .
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THE GBAVE OF GENIUS . A TALE . By J O . La Most . London : Strange , Paternoster Bow . The author of thi 3 little work is well known , at "fctstny rate by name , to onr readers . His present production is another evidence of his sympathetic feelings , enlarged flews , and literary qualifies tions . His subject is not exactly a Hiking ' one , the -chord struck being i n a melancholy key ; though there are not wanting plenty of admirers of ** The Sorrows of Werter" and Sterne ' B " Maria , " To all such we say here is a book calculated to excite yonr sensibilities , and at the same time improve jonr hearts .
The hero of the story is a Scotchman , one George Cnisholm , a native of Perthshire ; whose parents dying when he was an infant , was brought Hp under the kind protection of the "village Dominie / ' by whom he was made an apt scholar , assisting Ms ientfactor in the teaching of the school . The Dominie died when George was about twenty years of age ; he consequently had to proceed elsewhere to M seek his fortune . " He , accordingly , as is the custom " in snch case made
and provided j" proceeded to London , where he hoped to earn his bread as a contributor to tee literature of the day . Hi * hopes ¦ were blasted ; and too prond to confess his poverty , want and hnnger soon Introduced disease , and finally he was added to the number of victims who , with Otway and ChatierioB , ai their head , hare perished , victims of the present system ; whitening with their bones the pathway of the temple of literary fame . Snch is ihThistory , which as the author tells us , quoting Byron , " —they who listen may believe , Who heard it Brst had canae to grieve "
And it certainly bears the semblance of being an R * er -true tale . " Be that as it may , the trials and tortures of poor George Chisholm , arc stern truths , and frightful realities : and we should cot wonder but that the author describes some of them f-vva personal experience . The following extracts but too traly illnstrate the situations of the pennyless and nn patronised literary bread-seeker , in that Babel of wealth and misery , grandeur and destitntion , broken hearts and blighted hopvs , —London .
" Situations in connexion with the prea are at ail times difficult to obtain ; and , unfortunately , poor George had neither the authority of patron , nor the recommendation of inflnenfial friend , to sway , at bes ; , the doubtful , decisi o n of those who m i gh t h a ve places open ; or might , nnder other circumstances , have fisrredontataneftiJvfor the destitute stonger . Without patronage , a smile and parting " call again , " were lite likeliest returns the poor Scotchman could anticipated for it would Indeed be a task Equally easy of accomplishment to zemore St . Paul * , bodily , fromiis present site , withontinjory to the noble pile , a » to obtain by independent effort , a lucrative situation connected " with the mfctropolitanpress . So bleak and cheerlesjare Sie prospecta held out to those ambitions of claiming jJIiinee wixbbdles Itttr ts ; and becoming , un patronised , eandidateifor ttie rank and « molament » of lUtnimtr is
London . . " Like thousanda who enter tbe-jnetropoli » , fresh bwn theirnaal homes . ' Georgehad , aSready , jActored * aeces » as the least ef his retarns , f er c o min g « o far to beiKfit his cenntry with his labonrs . The fature looked sunny , bright , and inTifinB ; and a lively imagixation " had already strewed Wb path with flowers . Aheady , the hononr-won chaplst decked his brow ; and Bie btood rushed warm throngh its veimv as he Uionght of the applause which thousands were preparing to award him , for past exertions ; and as a stimulant to furore effort Honour , and F a me , and Glory Were promicent in the ** ideal paintings : nor was th «
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climax finished even then ; for y ^ t a nobler rewardiMMOBTAiiTT , beckoned him o . ' But , ala s ' . the dreamer awoke to sad ansl colonrless' reality . A visit to the Row , at ones tol § him that visi ' ^ aB howev er lustrous in etherial imagery , were not Eubb" * antfated ^« r « The trade was being overdone—to use a common and expressive phrase—and those publishers vT . ^ o might have closed with his proposal to produce soarethi ^ g novel and likely to suit , were sickened at the prospect of hav i ng t o comba t with other s , who by reason of their wealth and systems of perpetual puffing , were
fast glutting the inarktt with w * rks , having no recommendatory merit cave aristocratic titles dandling to the writers' names ; and the fact of their authors being of a class hi ? h a bove the rank commonly gifted with genius ! George waited on the publishers of respectable periodicals in otbtr quarters of the town ; but they wets already in !! , ' and really could not accept contributions from genius in humble life , so long as the services of iny Lord Fleecem and Six B ' . bbleton Contraband—bath memberi of the Cabinet —were continued on the Review . Other
exalted per&ouages—being mentioned as regular contributora—having names and titles equally appalling to the eara of one who could only dream of mch high , rich , and noble personages condescending to link sentences , and to wiel d the pen for filthy lucre , the hope of literary employment for a plebeian writer was small indeed . Of coarse , ^ George fell the publishers' ' Teasciis' to be unanswerable ; especially when the youth calculated the influence which wit anil learning , and knowledge , and , what r . ot—emanating from tie mirrore 4 closets of Sl . P . s ., Peer a , and Peeresses , mnst command at all times , and in all circles . And , when the saleable character of the works , the
very tasteful arrangement , and beautiful superabundanc e of fi g nres , an d fac t s , rich sentiment , apt-simile , dnpping daggers , lzce frillB , flaming torches , diamond rings , sparkling wins , and pale faces , in alJ their vigonr of fun and horror , —were considered , there couid be only small chance for the humMer claims oj one so utterly ignorant of all these essentials to polite literature . And , above a l l , seeing that the nujor number of casual readers am musUr sufficient mu « -al courage to dec . de impartially ; while , testing the relative merits of titled twaddler , and a poor countryman , with a vulgar name , who boasted no brilliancy , save that derived from
"Spark o Nature ' s fire . " " His next alternative was the Mornipg Press ; and , here , by dint of incessant application , he contrived witk hundreds of occasional reporters * to earn a guinea ; say once in four weeks , or thereabout : —for the Malthnsian ev i l , " over-population , has filled up this opening * also ; and the poor scribe has to thank his luck , when , oni of a hundred contributions onl y ninety-nine are rtj-rcted" But many a despairing victim , h a s the Daily Prtss saved by this * encouragement ;'—many a
thankful prayer has been wafted from the heart's of a Btaivmg family ernnp , to Heaven for this guinea;—&n-. many grateful blessings have been showered on tfioss , who—by official connection with the Daily Press , have a voice in its diatribuiien . But even here , c r uel t y ana crime are not unknown ; and grovelling creatures , on amoiniug paper , have stooped so low as to rob the penuy-a-liner of his guinea , by stealing the marrow from a contribution , aT . d dressed in . other garb , obtaining its insertion for themselves ' . Tet , to the credit of the British Daily Press , such crimes an rare . "
We have no room for further extracts , but commend the book itseli to our readers . Though small in size this work is eminently calculated to add largely to the well-deserved popularity of its author .
THE STOKESLEY NEWS , AND CLEVELAND REPORTER . George Tweddell , Stokesley , North Kicing . This iB an interesting and well-conducted miscellany , published monthly , at" the low charge of one penny . " In Ko . 10 iB commenced a Beries of letters on the People ' s Charter * nnder the signature of T . Cariwright : a very appropriate name tor such a snbject ; audin irnih the writer seems to do justice to the principles of his elder and mightier namesake . From No . 10 we take the following : —
THE MEMORY OP BURNS . WEtE pledged to kings , we've pl edged to lord s , Through dull routine we ' ve ran ; Oar a-isk a bumper still affords To pledge the honest man . One round I claim , while to his shrine My heart instinctive turns , To give , for love of auld lang syne , The memory of Bums . While courage fires the Briton ' s soul , While freedom nerves his arm ; While country ' s love his hopes controul , Friendships his bosom warm : While worth and wit shall lustre shed , O ' er the soul that meanness spurns , This homa g e pay the m ighty dead , The memory o f Hums .
H is was the boos , * o rich , so rare , — An independent mind ; Stored with poetic beauties fair , And love for human kind : But now be sleeps his last long sleep , We g ri e ve wh i l e na t ure mourns , With silence sad , and feelings deep , Tne memory of Burns . We do not say that these lines are the best in the numb e rs before us , but they are the most to our taste . Here is an extract from "The Welshmen and the Toll Bars , " in No . 12 , ( for October ) . Some of the writer ' s animadTersious are but too-we . ll deserved .
" Too many of the people are too ignorant to understand their rights , and too base to dare to assert them . Many will sign peti tions without number , f o r a redre s s of grievances ; they will cheer at every public meeting for the principles of "virtue ; thej will swear deTotion to the causs ot freedom ; they will declare themselves ready to arm for liberty , and wishfnl for & contest with the whole tyrants of the globe ; they will call the most zealous of their leaders too lukewaim , and seem jealous that any one should dig the grave of oppression but themselves ; and yet . when the hour of trial comes , -when danger threatens , and when persecution is the patriot ' s portion , they meanly retreat from the eminence on which they bad taken tbeir stand , and basely desert a cause in which they had vowed to conquer or die .
" Others there are , who , unlike to angela' visit * , are neither * few * nor ' far between , ' who will not trouble themselves to examine into the cause of the national calamities ; not caiing whether the liberties of tbeir country are protected or destroyed , so long a s they g e t their own brutal existence comfortably dragged over . These political sloths are quite ready at all times to receive any benefit that may accrue from the exertions of their more industrious cifr ' z = ns , whom they generally denounce and cry down as ' disaffected subjects . * " There are o t hers too , and their number is dally increasing , who perceive the cause of our national distress , and are not slow to avew it
* Men who know their rights , And knowing dare maintain , * are the honest and intelligent portion of every age and dime . They have generally been persecuted by the bigoted and the knavish ; laughed to scorn by the wi t less , and the sport of every fool . They have , however , k * pt the lamp of freedom for ever burning , and it is this bright flame which warms the heart ' s blood of the Welch yeomanry , iet us counsel them , however , against committing any outrage whatever . The tearins down of toll-bars is not so glorious as ' the
pnlling down of strongholds' of a system which perpetuates ignorance , vice , and misery ; nor is the burning of old thatched bouses , during the ahadeB of night , to be mentioned ia comparison with the open avowal of the great principles of Democracy , or Representative Government . CleanEe the fountain , and the stream will soon be pure . Let xis strive to disseminate , on all hands , true knowledge on political subjects , —what ought to be done , and how it may be achieved , and we shall serve the cause of justice and freedom better than by r o uts , riot s , and rebellions . "
Most assuredly this little pablication so honestly condnctedj deserves snpport and we hope will obtain it .
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IRELAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE UNION WITH GREAT BRITAIN By R . Mdntgomeby . Mabtjn , Esq . Part I . London : Orr and Co ., Paternoster Row . This ib a work undertaken by the author for the p nrpo 3 e of refuting the charges brought against England and the Eoglish Government by Mr . O'Connell and the advocates of Repeal generally . The writer m his preface , after quoting an extract from the "Address to the Inhabitants of ths Countries subject to the British Crown , " in which is contained , in very forcible terms , the pith of the charges
against England ; proceeds 10 say that : " It ia due therefore to the character of England that theiie charges should be fully and minutely investigated . " He therefore takes up the gauntlet thrown down by the Repealers , and pledges himself to prove the falsehood of the allegations of O'Connell . Our readers will jud- < e for themselves from the following extracts , how far the writer has succeeded in his object . We must say that he shaws fair p ' a y t o his antagonist ? , by giving very fully , and in their own preei-e language , the accusations which he purposes to repel .
The first few pages give a sort of sketch of the ancieut Irish , commencing with the landing of " Csc -ara , a niece of Noah , p r eviou s t o the Del ug e . " —( Fudge !) He then asserts that Ireland was one vast theatre of crime— " a horrible field of blood , " before ; he landing of tho English ; and that it was to extirpate this state of crime , and redsress tho sufferings of the people , sunk in " deep degradation "b y the tyranny and rapacity of their chiefs , that Henry was called in . Of course , Mr . Martin volunteers no defence of the orimo which led to the invasion , nor of the giant , crime which the invasion itself was . He shews that Ireland never had n " nativo Parliament , till Englandgave her one , " to be held at the will of the latter . He q totes a number of records from the time of the lauding of Henry ; in proof of this , from which we select , the following extracts relating to : —
rOYKINGS ACI . 11 A Parliament was summoned before Edward Poynings , Knight , t he King ' s Deputy , and held at Drogheda , a . D . 1495 , and an Act passed , since known under the name of Poynirg ' s Act , by which it was provided that ¦ no P lrliament be holden hereafter in Ireland but at such season as the King ' s Lieutenant in Council there first do certify to the King , under the G r eat S ea l of the land ,: the causes and considerations thereof , and all such Acts as to tkem seemeth should paBs in the same Parliament ; and such causes , considerations , and Acts , affirmed b y the King and his Council , to be good and expedient for that land , and bis license thereupon , as well in affirmation of the said cause' and Acts , as to summon the said Parliament under bis Great Seal of England bad and obtained ; that done , a Parliament to be had and holden after the form and effect :
aforere-hearsed ; and if any Parliament be holden in that laxjd hereafter , contrary to the form and provision aforesaid , it shall be deemed void and of none effect in law . ' The Lord Lieutenant or the King iu Couneil became by this Act the proposer of all laws to 09 passed , and the dependence of the Irish Parliament was completely enacted , and declared by the Irish themselves . " In t h e ever e arne s t en d e a v o urs t o i c flu e noe the minds of the people of Ireland againBt the Bnglisb , a t ten t ion is repea t edly call e d t o 'P o ynin g ' s Act , ' as one of the cruel specimens of English domination ; but the circumstances under which it originated are carefully
omitted , mud perfect silence as to the fact that it was at the time one of the moist popular Acts ever passed in Irel a nd , on account of the people being thereby relieved from thousands of local oppressions under the cover of Acts of Parliament ; while that eloquent and patriotic Irish historian , Air . O'Driecoll , thinks U would have been better for Ireland had Grattan left untouched Si r £ . Poyning ' s Act * This Ac t w a s m od ified in t he third year of Philip and Maty , bj the Governor and Council being empowered to certify such other causes requiring legislation , which were not foreseen at the beginning of the session .
" In fact , the Irish Legislature was never considered independent of Great Britain ; and English Acts of Parliament , in which Ireland was named , were held to be binding . An Act was passed 10 th Henry V 1 I-, c . 22 , in the Irish Parliament , declaring that' all statutes late made within the said realm of England , concernin g or belonging to the public weal of the same , from henceforth be deemed good and effectual in the law ; and ones that be accepted , used , and executed within this land of Ireland , i n all poin t s , at all times requisite , accordin g to the tenour and e ff e ct of the same , and one s t hat by a u t hority afor e sa i d , that they and every of them be authorised , proved , and confirmed in th i s said land of Ireland . And if any statute or statutes shall have been made within this said land hereafter to t he con t rary , they and any of them by authority aforesaid , be annulled , revoked , void , and of none effect in the law . '
"From 16 G 6 to 1692 , namely , fer twenty-six years , there was no regular mieting of the Irish Parliament at all , so little was it considered a constituent assembly . Four sessions were held in toe reign of William III . ; and from 1703 to 1783 , it was only convened bienni a ll y . " Here is our author ' s version of the " Aot of Independence . " If it be tho true version , a sorry sort of "independence" it was . After stating that the period of England ' s difficulties was chosen for this outbreak , and that troops were asked for by the Irish to defend the coast from invasion , well knowing that England had none to spare , he addB the following account of THB VOLUNTEERS .
" By the permusion of England , 50 , 000 men , as if sown by- Cadmus , instantly sprung into activity , and were no sooner organ Zed than tbey commenced dictating to the Parliament , and threatening England with se pa ra t ion . His Majesty accordingly , in 1782 , seDt a message to the Irish Parliament , with a carle blanche , to fill up with Irish grievances . The Commons ot Ireland , under the influence of the guns and sabres of the Volunteers , declared that node but the K ng , Lords , and Commons of Ireland , had power to make laws for Ireland . Mr . Gratton undertook to be the tranquilliser of his country , —and Ponyng's Act was modified , but not entirely repealed by the following Act of the Irish Parliament , a . d . 1781 , 2 Ge * . IIL 21 and 22 , c . 47 , entitled " An act to regulate the manner of passing bills , and to prevent delays in summoning of Parliament . '
•• " Sect . 1—No bills are henceforth to be certified to Great Britain bnt sflch as have been approved of by both Houses of Parliament under the great seal of Ireland , without alteration . '" Sect . 2 . —Such Acts returned under the great seal of Great Britain , and not altered , shall pass , and no other . " Sect . 3—No bill shall hereafter be certified for the holding of a Parliament in Ireland . «• • Sect ; 4 . — N o P a rl ia m en t sluUl be held with ou t license under the great seal of Great Britain
The assent of the sovereign under the great seal of England ( not of Ireland ) , was still required to any Acts passed by both Houses of the Irish Parliament . The G r eat Seal of En g land was responsible to the English House of Commons and not to that of Ireland . Neither was there any Irish Cabinet , The English Cabinet therefore , v i rtual l y and necessa r ily control l ed all a c ts passed by the Irish Legislature . The Lord Lieutenant and Chief Secretary were still nominated by and responsible to the English Cabinet . "
FRTJITS OF THE " INDEPENDENCE . " " . "Mr . Grattan demonstrated that the Legisloture of Ireland neither possessed the substance nor the shadow of independence ; and on the 26 th February , 1790 , he asked , ' What has our renewed constitution as yet produced ? A place bill ? No . A pension bill ? No . Any great or good measure ! No . But a city police bill—a press bill—a riot act—great increase of pensions : fourteen new places for Members of Parliament , and a most notorious and corrupt sale of peerages . Where will all this end ?" ' ¦ in 1793 , the House of Commons was set fire to while the Members were sitting , and amidst the shouts of an immense and feTecions multitude , tbe Representatives has just time to escape , when the vast d ome became enveloped in names , and , failing in , crush ed everything beneath it "
" The country was torn ( from 1782 upwards ) by factions and intestine feuds ; the whole island was kept in the most wretched turmoil , nights and day , by furious communities , under the designations of Patriots , Agita t ors , Right-boys , White-boys , Peep « ef-Day-boys , Conventions , Aggregate Bodies , Catholic Committees , Tarring and Feathering Gommittees , Defenders , Assassins , Honghera of Men and Houghers of Cattle , Assooia t ors , Wh i g Clubs , St . James ' s D e le g ates , Exchequerstreet Delegates , National Congresses , Emancipators United Irishmen , Reformers , Revolutionists , Societies o f P e a ce and S oc i eti e s of W a r , cum mutes aliis !"
ABSENTEEISM . "Absenteeism is a very old grievance in Ireland , even nnder a resident ¦ legislature . * " Legal enactments against absentees , from 1377 , to 1753 , all proved ineffectual . " In 1773 , Mr . Hood attempted to revive the old laws against the absentees ; and in 1783 , proposition fot ditto by Mr . Grattan ; both failed . " In 1797 , Sir John Yandeleur proposed , in the Irish House of Commons , to raise an annual revenue el £ 2 iQ , 00 t > by ft tax on the property of absentees . The motion was not supported . " 1799 , Mr . Yandeleur ' * similar metion met with the same result . "
DID THS GOTB&NHEHT COKSPIBE THE "REBELLION ? In the following extraets the writer proves too much and at tho same time too little . He proves the former by shewing that the government placed the country under martial law , and thus goaded to " rebellion , " the people of that unhappy country , who whether their oppressors have been Saxon or Milesian , have most certainly Buffered centuries of oppression and wrong . He does not prove enough , by his silence on the employment , by the Castlereagh Government , of those Iscariot scoundrels of whom the eternally infamous Reynolds was the chief , and Armstrong , M the hale old man'' ( monsterJ , who lately appeared at the Dabliu Police Office , one of the gang . He forgets , * Vol . iL p . 180 .
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too , to defend or disprove the " pitch-caps , " floggr ag « , » and walking ^ allowses , " whbh had no J ? d t . «? ° , ? uh "ftstering" and "extending" the w Rebellion . " ¦ » Then were the eyes of the Government opened to the dangw of the crisis , and the Irish opposition were compelled to permit the passing of the Gunpowder Bill ; by which only certain licensed persons were authorissd to import gunpowder into Ireland . The Habeas Corpus Act was suspended ; the Inaurrection Act pa s sed , and ? oma of the founders and promoters of the Society of United Irishmen Wolfe Tone Hamilton
, , Rowan , Colonel Butler , and Oliver Bond , were proceeded against by Government on chorea of high treason . Did these acts hear the semblance of encou ra » InR rebellion for the purpose o fesrrying the Union ? But this was not the only step undertaken by tbe British Government , and forced from the Irish Parliament , in spite of those factious persons who contended that Ireland was tranquil , while tho slumbering volcano was ready to burst beneath their feet . The Convention Bill- was pasaed , by which self-created conventions were dissolved , and the ss ' zare of unregistered arms effected .
"General lake was Instructed t a se ' za arms in Ulster , and ' to dispose all tumultuous assamblies of persana , though they might not be in arms , without wailing for the sanction and assistance of the civil authorities , i f th e p eace of t he realm o r the s a f e ty of his Maje s ty ' s faithfui subjects should be endangered by waiting for such authority . ' There were in Ulster 9 a 400 United Irishmen : ; but by the indefatigable efforts of Ganeral lake upwards of six thousand stand of arms , and many thousand pikes and other formidable weapons , were se ' zsil ; ep that when the rebellion actually broke out in the subsequent year , not 30 , 000 out of 90 . 000 men could asssemble armed . " TUB COKRCFr MEANS BV WHICH THE UNION WAS CARRIED . " Tho writer reples to this aa follows : —
" The Iong-dealred object of Parliamentary Reform was , to a certain extent , gained by the disfranchising of a number of nomination boroughs , the posse s s o rs of which each rec e ived £ 1 5 , 000 . " •< The eame plan of paying the proprietors of nomination boroughs was proposed in the discussion of the l u te Reform Bill , and l » d it been effected , no one wbnld have said that the Reform Bill had been cirried by bribery and corruption ; yet it is asserted that the Union was carried by bribery and corruption , because the ; disfranchised proprietors of the Irish boroughs received £ 15 , 900 each . ; This is not ,.- surely , a fair
charge te make against Mr . Pitt ' s government , a s to corrupt means used in effecting the Union , it is asserted that Lord Caatlereagh spent £ 2 , 000 , 000 in notorious and profligate bribery to carry th 6 Union . Now the sum actually paid away to tbe proprietors of nomination boroughs disfranchised at the Union was £ 1200 . 000 , at the rate of £ 15 , 000 for each borough ; snd on the same principle , and » t even a higher rate of payment , Mr . Pitt projected parliamentary reform in England . What he had , therefore , proposed for En g land , it would have been unjust to deny to Ireland , when nomination boroughs were destroyed there . "
We cannot spare room to reply to the above , and shew as we might do that the writer has anything but fully combatted this charge . There were other monstrously corrupt means employed which he does not ! eveu glance at ; but we have not space at disposal to enter into the question at present . Mr . Martin concludes by detailing at some length the " benefits" which have resulted to Ireland from the Act of Union ; amongst which he enumerates the " Tithe Commutation Act" ( - ') and the "Poor Law" (!) He says : That , previous to the Union , of three hundred members of the Irish House of Commons , two hundred menjbdrs were stated to be the nominees of private iudividuilr ; that from forty to fifty members were returned by constituencies of 1 ot more than ten persons each ; that several boroughs Mad not more than one resident elector , and that out of three hundred members thus returned , one hundred and four were placemen and pensioners . "
Such was Grattan ' s description after the establishment of the " glorious independence . " He adds that now " 96 , 000 electors are free to return 105 members to the Imperial Legislature , wheth . fr of the Roman or Protestant fanh . " He Bays that those who complain of English domination "have two-thirds of the Parliamentary representation and the whole of the corporations of Ireland entirely within their own control . These facts demonstrate that Ireland never was so truly and integrally a kingdom as she is at this moment . "
And yet , Mr . Martin , the great mass of the people are politically slaves—are denied the rights and franchises of freemen : and this " most eloquent fact" remains unanswered , that for not more than thirty weeks out of the fifty-two , they have not even third-class potatoes to vegetate upon ! Unhappy people of Ireland ;! no wonder you cry for Repeal . Tha wonder rather is , that you do not cry for the annihilation of your rulers and yourselves in one common destruction , rather than remain upon your native soil the slaves : mis-government has made you .
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LIFE IN RUSSIA . [ From the Review of " De Curtine ' s Empire of the Czxt , " in Taifs Magazine for October . ] THE APPROACH TO ST . PETEKSBUHO . " Nothing can be more melancholy than tbe aspect of nature in the approach to St . Petersburg . As one advances up tbe Gulf , the flat marshes of Ingria terminate in a little waving line drawn between the sky and the sea ; this line is Russia . It presents the appearance of a wet lowland , with here and there a few birch trees thinly scattered . The landscape U void of objects and colours ; has no bounds , and yet no sublimity . It has
juat light enough to be visible ; the grey messy earth well accords with the pale sun whiph illumines it , not fr o m ov e rhead , but from near the horizon , or almost indeed from below , —so acute is the angle which the oblique rays form with the surface of this unfavoured soil . In Russia , the finest days have a bluish dimness . If the nights are marked by a clearance which surprises , the days are clothed with an obscurity which saddens . * * To reach . St . Petursburg , you must pass a desert of water framed in a desert of peat earth ; sea , s h ore , an d sky , are all blended into one mirror ; but so dull , so tarnished , that it reflects nothing , *'
k SUMMER NIGHT SCENE . " The temperature of the day bad risen to fifty degrees , and notwithstanding the freshness of the evening , tbe atmosphere of the palace during the fete was suffocating . On rising from table I took refuga in the embrasure of an open window . There , completely abstracted from all that passed around , I was suddenly struck with admiration at beholding one of those effects of li « ht which we see only in the north , during the magic brightness of a polar night It was half-past twelve o ' clock , and the nights having yet scarcely begun to lengthen , the dawn of day appeared already in tbe direction of Archangel . The wind bud fallen : numerous belts of black and motionless clouds divided the
firmament into zones , each of which was irradiated with a light so brilliant , that it appeared like a polished plate of silver ; its lustre was reflected on the Neva , to whose vast and unrippled surface it gave the appearance of a lake of milk or of mother-of-pearl . The greater part of Petersburg , with its quays and its spires , was , Under this light , revealed before my eyes ; it was a ptrfect composition of Breughel ' s . The tints of tbe picture cannot be described by words . The domes of the Church of Saint Nicholas stood in the relief of lapis lazuli against a sky of silver : the illuminated portico of the Exchange , whose lamps were partially quenched b y the d awning d ay , still gleamed on the water of the river , and waa riflscted—a peristyle of gold . "
RUSSIAN BUGS . * Scarcely waa I installed in this abode than { the fatigue of the night having got the better of my curiosity , which usually impels me to sally forth and lose myself in a large unknown city ) I lay down , wrapped in a cloak , on an immense leather sofa , snd slept profoundly during —three minutes ! " At the end of this time I woke in a fever ; and on casting my eyes upon the cloak , what a eight awaited them ! A brown but living mass : things must be called &y their proper name—I was covered , I wa s devoured with bugs . Russia is , in this respect , not a whit inferior to Spain ; but in the south we can both console and secure ourselves in the open air : here we
remain imprisoned with the enemy , and the war is consequently more sanguine . I began throwing off my clothes ami calling for help . What a prospect for the night ! This thought made , me cry out more lustily . A Russian waiter appeared . I made him understand that I wished to see h s master . The master kept me waiting a long time ; and when be at length did come , and was informed of the nature of my trouble , he began to laugh , and soon left the room , telling me that 1 should become accustomed to it , for tha t i t w a s tbe Bame everywhere in Petersburg . Be . first advised me , however , never to seat myself on a Russian sofa , because the domestic * , who always carry about with them legions of insects , sleep on these articles of furniture . "
[ The cart-whip democratb (?) of Cincinnati hare the Bcoundrelism to talk about the stink of the black African as ofiendmg their republioaD (!) nostrils , and being a reason why he -should be kept in a state of slavery ! . What will they say to tbe following account of the Stink of tho white Russian ! l
. K 0 S 3 UJU PEBFUMB . " In general the Russians can ; about theic persons a disagreeable odour , which is perceptfbte at ' considerable distance . Tbe higher classes smell of musk , the common people of cabbage , mixed with exhalations of onions and old greasy perfumed leather . These smells never vary . " THE AUTOCBAT . " Ibe Emperor is above tbe usual height by half ahead ; his figure noble , although a little stiff : he has practised from bis youth the Russian custom of girding the body above the loins to sue ?* a degree as to push 1 up the stomach into the eheat , which produces aa uu < ' 1
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natural swaJl .. 03 J or extension about the ribs , that is a s injurious to ths : besith aa it is ungraceful in appearance . This volui ary deformity destroys all freedom of movement , imp » . ' re the elegance of the shape , and imparts an air of . ieoii ! K rain - the whole peraori . They say that when the ' -EOPe * * - lossens his dress * the viscera , suddenly giving way » are disturbed for a moment in their eqrrilibrinru" which produces an extraordinary prostration of eti , ° Sth . The bowels may be displaced—they cannot be soC r''l of- The Emperor
has a Grecian profile—tbe forehes * . ' high , but receding ; the nose straight , knd perfectly fornk' - » the mouth very finely cut ; the face , which in snaps is rather a long oval , is noble ; tbo whole air military , . an < 1 rather Q } imaa than Slavonic . His carriage and at , * attitudes are naturally imposing . He expects always to be gnz ^ d ati , aad never for a nVoment fotgt-ts that he 5 a s » ^ it may be even said that he likes this homage of the e V * - He passes the great 9 r part of his existence in the o uen a ir , at reviews , er in rapid journeys .
" I dp not say that the physiognomy of this r > . *! nce lacks candour , but it lacks natural expression . Ti'us , the chief evil un iejr which Russia suffers , the absvtv"e of liberty , ia depicte . 1 even on the countenance of itv . ' sovereign : he has many masks , but no face . Seek for tbe man , and you will always find the Em peror . ' [ There is michjof truth in tho following picture of " 1 onstitutional" Governments . We live under just , « ueh a system of fraud , lies , and corruption ia this England o : our- ] - NICHOLAS OX * CONSTlTUrtONAL' GOVERNMENTS "Here the Emperor interrupted himseif , and fooked at me attentively . | I continued to listen without replying , unu he proceeded : —
" ' I can understand Republicanism : it is a plain and straightforward form of government , or , at least , it might be so ; I can understand absolute monarchy , for I am myself the head of such an order of things ; but I cannot understand a representative monarch it ia the Government of lies , fraud , aud corruption j and I would rather fall j back even upon China than evet adopt it' I ' . " Sire , I have j always regarded representative Government as a compact inevitable in certain communities at certain epochs ; but like all other compacts , it does not solve questions—it only adjourns difficulties . ' ¦
" The Emperor seemed to say , Go on . ' I continued : " It is a truce signed between democracy and monarchy , under t he a u s p ices of two jvery mean tyrants , fear and interest ;! and it is prolonged by that pride of intellect which ) takes pleasure in taking , and that popular vanity which satisfies itself on words . In short , it ia the aristocracy of oratory substituted for the aristocracy of j birth : it ia the government of the lawyers . ' ) "' Sir , you speak tbe truth , ' said the Emperor , pressing my hand : I have been a representative sovereign :
and the world knows what it has cost me not to have been willing to submit to tbe exigenc i es of this infamous government ( I quote literally ) . To buy votes , to corrupt consciences , to seduce some in order to deceive others ; all those meaus I disclaimed , as degrading those who obey as much as those who command ; and I have dearly paid the penalty of my straightforwardness ; but , G o d be pr a ised , I have done for ever with this detectable political machine . I shall never more , be a constitutional king . I have too much need of saying all that I think ever to consent to reign over any people by means of stratagem aud intrigue . '
" Ths name of Poland , which preeeuted itself incessantly to our thoughts , was not once uttered in this singular conversation . "
THE RUSSIAN SYSTEM . " The movements of the men whom I met appeared stiff and constrained ; every gesture expressed a will which was not their own . The moruing is tha time for commissions and errands , and not one individual appeared to be walking on his own account . I observed few good-looking women , and heard no girlish voices ; everything was dull and regular as in a barrack . Military discipline reigns throughout Russia . 1 * * * Fancy cap almost descry the shadow of death hovering over this portion of the globe .
" Now appears a cavalry officer passing at full gallop to bear an order fro some commanding officer ; then v chasseur carrying an order to seme provincial governor , perhaps at the other extremity of the empire , w h i t her he proceeds in a kibitka , a little Russian chariot , without springs or stuffed seat . This vehicle , driven by an a i d be a r d e d oachma n , rapidly conveys the courier , whose rank would prevent his using a more commodious equipage bad he one at his disposal . Next are seen foot soldiers returning from exersise to their quarters , in order to receiveprders from then captain . This automaton population resembles one side of a chess-board , where a single individual causes the movements of all
the pieces , but where the adversary is invisible . One neither moves nor respires here except by an imperial order ; consequently everything is dull , f o rmal , and spiritless . Silence presides over and paralyses life . Officers , coachmen , Cossacks , serfs , courtiers , all servants under the same master , blindly obey the orders which they do not understand . It is certainly the ' perfection of discipline- ; but the sight of such perfection does not gratify me ; so much regularity can only be obtained by the entire absence of independence . Among this people bereft of time and of will , we see only bodies without bouIb ; and tremble to think that , for so vast a multitude of arms and legs , there is only one head . " <
i ITS BRUTALITIES . It is a common sight to eee an underling of tbe Governmen t , brutally and unmercifully beat any one who may offend him ; the individual attacked not daring to offer any resistance . Of ona scene of this sort ive are told : — " The passers by were in no degree moved or excited by the cruelty ; and one of the comrades of the sufferer , who was [ watering his horses a few steps off , obedient to a sign of tha enraged feld-jager , approached to bold his horse ' s bridle during the timS that ha was p leased to prolong the punishment . In what other country could a man of the lower orders be found wbo would assist in the infliction of arbitrary punishment upon one of bis companions ?
"The scene in question took place in the finest part of tbe city , and at ; t he busiest hour . When tbe unfortunate man was ] released , be wiped away tbe blood which streamed down bis cheeks , remounted bis seat , and recommenced bis bowa and salutations as usual . It should be recollected that this abomination was enacted in the midst of a silent crowd . " Here is another case : — " A small boat ; was brought alongside by other police agents ; the prisoner was bound with cords , his hands were fastened behind his back , a nd h e was thrown on his face into the boat . This second rude shock Was
followed by a shower of blows ; nor did the torture here finish . The sergeant who had seized the victim no sooner saw him thus prostrate , than be jumped upon his body , and began to stamp upon him with all his force , trampling him nnder bis feet as the grapes are trod in tbe wine-preBS . I bad then approached the spot , and am therefore witness of all that I relate . "Daring this horrible torture , tbe frightful yells of the victim were at first redoubled ; but when they began to grow fainter and fainter , I felt that I could no longer comm a nd mys e lf , and , having no power to interfere , I hastened away . " \
ITS TERIUBLB RESULTS . The Emperor : having emancipated the serfs on some domains which he had purchased , the peasants on the WoJga seat deputies praying their Father to purchase the lauds to which they were enthralled , and jfree their deputies graoiously ; but as he did not buy the estates , he could not emancipate them , though be wished , he said , that they all were free . The consequences as related to M . Do Custino , were horrible .
111 Our Father desires our deliverance , ' cried the returned deputies en the borders of the Wolga . * He wishes for nothing but our happiness ; he said so to us himself : it is , then , onl y t h e n o bles and thei r agents who are onr enemies , and who oppose the good designs of Our Father ! Let ua avenge tha emperor !' After this , the peasants bslieved they were performing a pious work in Vising npon their masters ; and thus all tbe nobles of j a canton , and all their agents , were massacred , together with their families . Tbey spitted one and roasted ; bim alive , they boiled another in a caldron ; they disembowelled and Rilled in various otherways tbe stafcards and agents of the estates ; they murdered all they met , burnt whole towns , and , in Bhort , devastated a province ; not in the name of liberty ; for they ; do not know what liberty means , but in the name of deliverance and of the emperor . "
' As everything is in sympathetic accord , tbe immense extent of ithe territory does not prevent thing& being executed from ona end of Russia to the other ,, with a punctuality , and a simultaneous- correspondence * which ia magical . II ever they should succeed in croatina a real ( revolution among fclia Russian peopla , massacre would be performed with the regularity thai marks evolutions of a regiment . Tillages would change into barr&sks , and organised murder would stalk forth armed from the cottages , ferm in line , and advance in order ; in short the Russians would prepare for pillage from Smolensk ] to Irkutsk , as they march to the parade ia Petersburg . "
H 0 SB 0 B 3 OF DESPOTISM . . " Woody scene * are yet being daily renewed in various parts of the tame country , where public order has been disturbed , and re-established in so terrific a manner . The Roaaians have no right to reproach France ler her political disorders , and to draw from them consequences favourable to despotism . Let but the liberty of toe press be accorded to Russia for twenty-four hours , and we Bhould learn things that would make us recoil with horror . Silence is indispensable to oppreseVon . Under an absolute government , every iniiscretioa of speech is equivalent to a crime of high treason . "
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THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE No . II , vol . 2 . This , lite the last No . that w * noticed , is mainly filled with the proceeding of Father Mathew . Under the head of " Chronicle of Anti-Teetotal Saymes and Doings , " t be followin g choice bit is given from the Gospel Magazine . From which it appears that Father Mathew is emp loyed by "Auld Hornie * ' in bis tee-total mission : — " Who do you think employs Father Mathew ? The Devil ( I ) We are as great advocates of temperance [?]
as he is;—[ Ib this a specimen 7 }—but tbe practice nowa-days of an indiscriminate mass assembling professedly to advocate the teetotal scheme , is a trap of the arch deceiver , leading men from one kind of sin to tbe embrace of another . Tba present pledge system , we have no doubt is a Roman Catholic maxaavre , which waconcocted in the bottomless pit ! It willhaveiis day —ran its length—be made a capital substitute for relierica—help on the cause of tbe Mother of Harlots—and by and by bant with fearful consequences upon its poor deluded ToUries 111
This iB a " new moTe" of the onld uumy" that reallj -we were sot prepared for ! We always knew that the Bhrinesbf Bacchus were favourite resorts for the arch-tempteri but was certainly not prepared o hear that he had a partiality for cold water ; or that he considered a teetotal lecture , or a Mathewite pledge as a good dr a w by which to fill his nets with victims for
•> ^_—— that imrnortal fry Of almost everybody bom to die" I Well , w e ll , this does hang Banaghar ! Trash Greig and his brother bigots of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association are for once beat hollow 1
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CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST / AN ATTORNEY .
On Monday last , at the Magistrates Offlca , Court Efoase , Leeds , Mr . T& 03 . Walker , of pawabury , attorney-at-l = iw , was charged before Gaorge Cbodman , Esq ., with having twice forged the signature of Montague Bafcer Bere , Esq ., one of the Commissioners in the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy , to an instrument purporting to be an interim order of protection from the Couit to an insolvent ; Mr . Walker w . is apprehended at D ^ wabury , on Saturday afternoon , by Mr . James , superintendent of the Leeds Police ; Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , of Leeds , was the attorney far the prosecution ; Mr . Bond , solicitor , of Leedf , and Mr . Scholes , solicitor , of Dewsbury , attended to watch the cise on the prisoner ' s behalf . —The follewing evidence was adduced : —
George Nawsome . of Bat-ley Carr , deposed—I live at Bitley Carr , and am a clothier ; in August last I waa in insolvent circumstances . I applied to Mr . Thos . Walker , solicitor , of D iwsbury ; I told him I wanted to see if I could not get shut of my debts , and aaked him what I should do ; he said he would do it for me for £ 15 ; he said he would get me < t protection , but I s h o uld have to kvep out ot tht . way for a week ; I was to pay L'im £ 2 down , and the remainder by instalments of £ 1 pt r mouth ; I then signed some papers , which I understood were for an advertisement which was to apt-arr in tt . e Wakefield Friday ' s paper ; this was on the 23 rd . of August , end he told me 1 should have my protection on tl ' t- 4 th of Sept ., on which day he / said he should have to goto Leeds to get it for me ; I saw Mr . Walker ugaio oa Saturday the 2 nd ef September , on which day
I signed some nsore papers , and ; paid him £ ' 2 again . I saw him again en Monday , the 4 tb , when 1 said to him that if be thought i could get my protection by coming to Leeds with him , I would come . He sai d I h ad better not go to Leeds , but he would meet me at Wakefield at two o clock in the afternoon , at the public house opposite the sessions bouse , w h ere be w o uld give me my [ protection ; I went to Wakefltld , and waited at tbe Railway Station all tbe afternoon , untfl about seven o'clock , bat did not see him there . I saw him tbe next day at Dewsbury , wken he said . fe" Well , I ' ve got your protection here , " and be gave me a paper out of his pocket-book , which he said was my protection . [ Tbe document was produced , and o n b ei cg handed to the witness he identified it as the same which he bad received from tbe prisoner ]
Examination resumed—I know the paper from » n alteration which was made in it by Mr . Walker in my presence ; the signature " M . B . Bere , " was on the paper when it was given to me on the 5 th of September . He told me then that tbe bearing day was fixed for the &th of October . I saw the prisoner again on Saturday the 7 th of October , when he told me that my hearingday was put off till the 11 th of October . I then esked bim what i should do , as my protection was only till tbe 9 th , and it would be of no use to me . He said he could soon alt 6 r that , and asked me if I had it with me . I produced it , and he erased the ! word " ninth , " and wrote in the word " eleventh" in my presence . He then said I should be safe from the bailiff * , and if any of them came , I was to show it to them , bu t not
let them have it ; I gave him a sovereign at that time . On Wednesday , the 1 1 th , 1 met tbe prisoner by appointment at tho Griffin Inn , Leeds , and afterwards went to the Court of Bankruptcy . I went first into the room up stairs , and afterwards into that down stairs ; Mr . Walker was with me . It wes about eleven o ' clock when we went , and I stayed there till about three . I was in tbe same reom with Gteorge Lister , another insolvent . I beard bis name called , and saw bim stand up at the desk ; my name was not called . Before leaving tbe Griffin , in tbe forenoon , I gave my protection to Walker , at his request ; at that time there was no writing on the back part of tbe protection . Walker filled up some writing at the back part , and then said it would want signing fbr tbe
next hearing day , and be would take it and get it signed He took it with him to the Court , but did no t say anything to me about the protection whilst in the Court , but told me that he would give it to me at the Griffia when tbe Court was over . When he came to the Qrtfna , George Lister asked him if he had got them signed , and he said , " O » yes , " and produced two papers , one of which he gave to Lister , and the other to me . The paper he gave to me was tbe protection which I bad before received from him ; it was filled up at the back , ' and at first I thought it was not aignad , but on tbe prisoner pointing it out to me , I found on that side also the signature , " M . B . Bere . " It extended the protection to the 29 th of November , on which day Walker said I should get a final bearing . I had the paper in my possession up to the 24 th io&t .
Croas-exaniined by Mr . SCHOLES —It was the month of August when I first applied to Mr . Walker . I cant say bow many papers I have signed ; there were more than one ; there was no agreement in writing between me and Walker ; no such thing as £ 5 down and £ 5 at the first bearing was ever mentioned , nor w as any wr itten agreement to that effect ever signed by ; me ; I never knew that any memorandum to that effect bad been prepared . £ never received any , other paper from Walker but the one produced ; 1 am quite sure of that . Walker did not demand any money from me when he eava me my protection at Dewnbury . ; ~' ~
Montague Baker Bere , Esq . deposed—I am one of the CommlBBloners of Bankruptcy lor the Leeds District . 1 have examined the paper now produced ; It purports to be an interim order of protection to George Newsome , an insolvent ; it has at the foot of it the words " M . B . Bere . " It ia not my signature ; nor waa the signature made by any person by my authority . The endorsement at the back ot it purports to be a renewal of the protection , whi c h ? s granted after the insolvent ' s . first bearing for hfs protection to tbe day of bis final hearing ; that also has tbe words " M . B . Bere , " which is not my sig na t ure , nor has it been made by my authority . The renewal , which ia filled up for the 29 th of November , is a day on which , I do not sit , being Wednesday . Thia
interim order ef protection , and the renewal , are both in the usual forms of the Court , and have been issued witnout my personal signature . No person has any authority to sign my name—no one ever had . To » pape r n o w pro d uced is the on e p roduced to me en the 24 th of October , by € borge Newaome . I have bad several opportunities of seeing Mr . Walker write , and I believe the imitation of my signature to be in his band-writing . Mr . Walker was not in Court on the ith of S e ptember ; at least I presume so , for he was summoned to appear , and on bis name being called several times , bo did not answer . I wrote to Mr . Walker on Wednesday last , request ing him to attend the Court on Saturday to explain these matters to me , he did not a » tend .
Charles Waterfleld , Esq—I am one of the deputyregistrars in tbe Leeds D . atrict Court of Bankruptcy ; I sit in Mr . Bsre ' s Court , A petition of Gaorge Newsome , rag-dealer , of Batl e y , was filed in the Court previous to the 25 th of March iu thia year , and on that day bis final protection was granted . No other petition from any person ca l led Gaor g e Newsome , has- tsen filed in either Court ; since that time . I have entered the name and number aud every petition filed in both courts Bince the Court was established . Taere is no entry of any petition from George Neweome , of Batley since the 25 th of March . George Newsome was not called on his petition on the 11 th of October aas
George Lister was called on the lltb ; he received 1 renewed protection on that day . Xbe Commissione ' signs all papers himself . I have not , since the 25 th ot March , received any fees on behalf of George Newsome , from either Mr . Walker or any one else . Fees would be payable in Court both when the interim order was granted and whan it was renewed ; also on filing the petition . I received the paper produced from John Brigga , tho usher of the Court , on the 2 . 4 th of Octotar , and asked Newaome , in the presence of Briggs , if that was the paper he fead given to Briggs ; he said it was . This being the whole of -tbe evidence , Mr . Walker , after being cautioned , said he should reserve any thing be bad to say until another occasion .
He was then held to bail , him s elf in £ 100 , and a surety in £ 100 , for his appearance at the next assizes at Tork , to take bis trial for forgery .
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Spain . —Madbid , Oct . 23 . —The militia of SaragosBa have sent forth a strong manifesto , to the militia of the Whole nation . It is dated the 12 th instant , bnt has only lately arrived here , the usual commun . ica . tiod being , of course , cat off .
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Dreadful Gale on the Riveb Thames . — Ab o ut one o'clock on Friday morning , the atmosphere exhibited symptoms of an approaching , storm , aad soon afterwards the indications were folly verified . It was high water at London-bridge a few minutes before five o'clock ; , but two hours previously , tho wi n d , which had been blowing fresh from about W . S . W ., increased to a perfect hurricane , and tha shipping and email craft on the river have sustained , considerable damage . About half-past 6 ix ., o ' cleok tha hurricane , which was accompanied with , tremendous squalls , was at its height , when , several vessels that had before held to their moorings ,
started , and were driven with great force against tiers of shipping oa the northern shore .. The tide rose to a greater height than any in the recollection of the oldest inhabitants along tEe waterside .- Fortunately an extraordinary flood was anticipated * and in many places precautions were taken which jad the effeot of materially lessening the injury which must , otherwise have resulted . A great deal of damage has , however , been sustained , aad property destroyed , in the warehouses situated along both banks of the river , from Wootw ^ h to Chel sea . The steam , navigation above bridge was stopped for a considerable period , in coaBequenoe of the impossibility of passing under some oi the bridges .
Ihfanxicibs m Ibrland .... There is a fearful , bat , for the most part , unsuspected sacrifice of humaa life continually going ob among us . The Foundling Hospital was dosed on . the 3 d of October , 183 * , and during the five yeare that elapsed between that and the 5 d of the present month , no fewer than eighty-six inchests have beea ha W at the Bridewell on the bodies of deserted infanteMhat is , in P > m English , j » fewer than bo many murders hava been perpetrated or permitted by theunhappy parent who ^ roagte them into beim ?! And yet we lead and we hear of
inquests withoai troubling ourselves with a thought of the iniquity ox the gnilk which every inquiry implies ! Mat the number of deaths by no meaoa represents the number of helpless beings east out to perish , or to take the chance of being pro « dentiaUy picked up , for at the last city' «* to f « ssi , J ?^ single sessions-the applications by ohurohwardena for the support of infants found deserted ^ amounted to 353 ! Dnring the five years previous to the dosing of the Foundling Hospital the number ef inquests oa newly-born infants was forty-eight . —GvrH Von ' stitution .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct954/page/3/
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