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      *""" " THE SLAVE-SOSG . Br Sskcst JonEs . ( Pram 21 « Labourer for June . ) -rtrte ' itherfaw wouM « ar a fetter , Hsde to JIvnmnrn *« wwrlrrn cm-set , 1 , 0 y ields shall fare no better ; We who strives can fare no worse . « hf re ' s the man of manly durinr , Wfcei" word and bold in deed—. jf . on = parinp—danger- * haring ^ th a brother in hi * need ! ,. j i , ood « vin'kine—diistard shrinking Heaven and Earth shall cnr « e alike ; . „ , ; the H-sin is fired with thinking , Rl « the arm is strong to strike , ^ nceams— "Seating ! t

      P" _ - » A * , .:. „ -- » grery m » n nnwt *» n's P 8 rt ' Tfhfje the march of freedom's beating In the blood of every heart . « the starvine infant ' s crying . ' bv tbe mother's moan for bread , « rthe millions of thedyintr , gv the thin , unWiefl dead—8 , the land that yon inherit , prom tbePather , God , Who gavegt the Heaven yon cannot merit " if you die a willing slave : Vffll yna let your children perish , At the rich man's '«! atch «> on » d gate , And the wife yon fondly c *« rl « h , Serve his lust and swell his state ! Tell the tyrant—tell the traitor . Who sro ^ s rich on vonr d' 3 » r » s « ,

      T # n are Stan—and trio is greater ? You are Man—and he is I « s ! Tell tbe thing if lordly malice . Labcnr means to claim it « dne ; While for lust there is the palace , The hostile is not for yon . And if then he proudly brave you , ' Sconced within his eelden micht ; C » e the rieht your Maker gave yon—Sweep him—sweep him from jour sight !

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      SOSG—FOR THE EMANCIPATED . { . more in the cold slimey vault of the alley , ' With care brooding o ' er me to -deepen the gloom , t ^ Il I envy thefreeman , who plods in the valley , * j . nd sings of the joys that await hint at home , jliune I have found , with a field for my labour ; - { There wealth shall reward mej—what more can I crave ! 3 i & wealth and contentment , a friend for my neigh . boor , i ; t free from the bonds that bad bound me a slave . ! , «*« with the dawn to my morning devotion ; ldog witn the lark as » be fluMters- on high ; I » Utnl thB snn seets repose in the ocean , Asd night ' s modest green takes hex place in the sky . Midi is not toil , when ' tis conpl'd with pleasure ; jni night brings enjoyment , as homeward I turn , fftse I vie ' on the threshold my hearth ' s priceless treasure , tfnnis smiles are the welcome that greets aj

      return . & my ride soon is seated a son or a daughter ; iooflwr , by birthright , is placed on the knee ; Tfjiiir a third , in my arms , with its infantine laughter , Tipiidwith a fci * a for its prattling glee . ftoffl a p lentiful board with a wholesome repast , Supplied for our wants from a ' , cenerous store , ffe e » t and ate thankful , —nor dream of a / art . Still reserving a crust for the wandering poor . Joreped with righto which no despot can plunder , I dt in the midst of my lawful domain ; kii < trange are my thoughts of enj . iymtnt and wonder , While gating entrane'd on the life-giving grain . Si * life hath its pleasures , —I ' m blest in my station ; The d & y ha * its comforts , and night its repase ; Js dreams haunt my slumbers with dismal relation , " Or wake me to brood over want and its woes .

      To him . by whose efforts I thus am uctonons , Shall gratitude rdgu in my bosom supreme ; lnd bright be his path as his mission is glorious , Sis name shall henceforth of my son * be the theme O'Connor ! the dread of the haughty oppressor , The tamer of tyrants , —tbe focman of wrong ; Ofd-iirn trodden labour , the friend ani redresser , Thy name shall for ever re-echo in song . Edinburgh . J . Haiknesi .

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      The-Labourer A Monthlymagazine Ofpoli Tk...

      THE-LABOURER A MonthlyMagazine ofPoli tkt . Literature , Poetry , & c . limited by Feargus O'Connor , Esq .. and Ernest Jones , iisq . Jane . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind * mill-street , Haymarket . This comber concludes tbe first volume of this deservedly successful representative and champion of Labour . The success of this publication bpsbeen fe . 'oad all precedent , having , we believe , from the fttt cumber achieved a paying circulation , if not Mnetbing more—a novelty in magazine ventures . This must be gratifying to the editors in more than cnesense , not the least being the proof the large circulation of their work affords , that the democratic public are satisfied with , and appreciate . their labours in the good work to which they have devoted their Kta . May the mutual satisfaction continue .

      The present nnmbt r contains a portrait of the peopk ' s parliamentary leader , T . S . Duncombe , member fir Finsbury . The engraving , a reduced copy of the admirable portrait presented to the readers of the Northern Star , is well executed , and will form an appropriate frontispiece to tbe volume . The accompanying notice isYery meagre ; a ' * Memoir , "however brief , would have given more satisfaction . We have a prolusion of poetry in the present number ; no less than three pieces by Ernest Jones . The first , entitled " The Slave-Song , " we have given alwve . The third , entitled " The Battle . " is very spirited ; brimful—as all such poetry should be—of blood and thunder .

      The "Insurrections of the Working Classes , * exiibits , this tnonth , astirtlin ; : panorama of thecorroptiens and crimes of the Romish Church , which did so much towards brutalizing the masses in all wmtries , at the same time provoking the resistance of the enlightened and free in soul , and even the "brataliKd peasantry when goaded by priestcraft , Iwocraft , and kirgcraft to despair . The story of the Eevelt ef Picardy proves , indeed , that "truthis strange—stranger than fiction . " From , a Letter to Lord John Russell by the Editors , * 8 give the following extract : — THE C 03 TJKC EtECTWir .

      SlfLird . the next general election will seal the doom of iatrijuing , se far as Ireland is Concerned . A young mind has outgrown old absurdities , and leaders of a popular cause cannot now live upon vnlgar abuse of everything but themselves , benctforth they must assume a paiitive , rather than a mere negative position ; and hence you will rind tho leaders of the Irish party will be compelled to assume some positirp , distinct , and defined erase , and that course will be SEPARATION from the tOfi that has all but realised the method of tranquillictag Ireland recommended by an English philanthropist ,

      ** . to sink her nnder water for twenty-four hours . Too true , famine has thinned the ranks of yonr enemies , and emigration has scattered your foe % but "IRELAND yORTHE IRISH , " nUbea great RALLYING CRY , and the frown of tha unwilling exiles may gather into toother dark cloud in tha WEST , which the promise of Irish mercenaries io fight Oppression ' s battle , will not fcs able to dispel . America is now half Irish in blood aad wholly Irish in feeling , and as sure as yonr name is HtKseU , you must give Ireland to the Irish , or America wiil do it for you .

      Such , my Lord , are your Irish difficulties , while yon •*! 11 find THE CHURCH and TAXATION your English « umhling-hlocks . Thatis , the tax-payerswiH not longer eonseatto make amends for yonr general misrule , while oar overgrown Establishment shall be allowed to go scot free . You may rest assured that the day is gone when tte spiritual essence of a few raving religious fanatics in tte House of Commons can rally an ont-door support for MOTHER CHURCH . People will no longer be duped by the HUMBUO CRY of HIGH-CHURCH , LOWOUORCH , or NO-CHURCH , nrithtx will the purely religious feeling of this Heightened age be roused to mad * «« s » by the EXHORTATIONS of an Inglis ora Flumptre . ton must reduce taxation , and the Church is the only AVAILABLE EXCHEQUER . The old cow has been veiled , nay stalled , and now necessity compels those who have fed her to bursting , to cry out— -RESTORERESTORE—RESTORE . "

      The silent progression of unheeded Chartism will astound you , and , thanks to yoar venal and corrupt press , will burnt like a shell amid an amazed , a paralysed aad ignorant arist-icracy . Where was the parley in withholding the existence o' such a national mind as Chu-tJiai has now resolved itself into , especially KNOW . LBD 9 E and POWER ? A word of admonition , and we * W 9 done . When Chartism next appears in the field , it will present itself in improved vigour and increased « ren « b , so strong as to d * fy the force of faction , and so »« tauUedastodefy the Liw ' s treachery . This power Jon cannot conciliate * y patronage or destroy by persecution . Every leader that treachery has subdued has hat strengthened the rank * of this fruitful serrice , while the only benefit you have derived from individual desirtj- ^ h « hem additional odium and increased popular watchfulness . . .

      ay L to . THE TRIAL DAY is at hand—the day ¦ whfn vonr LEARNED Mipp . rters will be catechizsd by * n ION'ORANT POl"ULACE , when your every measure will fe seriously scanned , mud when Whig influence will ** scattered by aa unacknowledged and unknown powir , which joa have laboured to drstroy by persecution , by ° »< srepreientation and silence , but which , thauks to a &"«« a confiding aud generous people , has surrircd tbe

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      treachery of faction , tha Law ' s- oppression ,-. and the silence of a venal , a hired , a corrupt aud licentious Press WE WILL MEET AGAIN , MY LORD . We have given in another column " aaow ' re true " picture of the fate of too many thousand of the downtiodden people of this country , extracted ! from this number of tbe Labourer , entitled "An English Lite . " Continuations of' « The Rommee of a People . " "Confessions of a King , " and « "Phe J » Uy Yonn » Poacher ; " together with- well-timed «« L etter » Sir Robert Peel ;> the % orr / 5 the remaining contents ol this number . We are nromind " an impartial sketch of the Character and Times of Daniel O'Connell" in the next Scr .

      Jfowa A Journal. Partv . London: 171 (Co...

      Jfowa a Journal . PartV . London : 171 ( corner of burrey-street . ) Strand . The eloqu nt lecture " On the Duties and Rights of Society as to Education , " recently delivered by W . J . Fox . and reported in this part of Houitt ' s Journal , deserves to be extensively read . The Revelations of Vienna contained in " Sfehts in South Germany , " by Abel Paynter , are something more than amusing . The puerilities of Viennese aoci-ty makes us laugh , hut the erasing tyranny of tlie Austrian despotism , and the dirty vulgarities of English travellers—of the aristocratic and shnpocratic classes—excite widely different emotions . An article by R . II . llorne , "On tbe National Use of Sunday , " is an admirable protest against the bigots , and a triumphant vindication of the right of the people to make of that day & day of relaxation and enjoyment .

      Livers of the wild and wonderful will find food to their taste in William Howitt ' s account of "The Haunted House at Williagton . nearNewcastle . upon-Tyne . " A true story of real ghosts , playing their fantastic tricks at the present time , is a treat for the credulous , and a puzzle for the sceptical , which must sufficiently astonish both . In s paper under the title of " The natural di-nity of Van v . a poor imitation of Aristocracy , " William Howitt mahes war upon tbe " time-honoured " custom of prefixing or affixing tbe "Mr "or "Esq . " to plebeian names , a ridiculous imitation of the "Duke , " "Earl , " "Lord , " and other vain-glorious absurdities of tbe gilded few . We need not say that we cordially agree with William llowitt ; we Inns ago repudiated name handles ; if other people persist in forcing them upon us that is notour fault , but our misfortune . We advise both tbe no & ocracy and the mpiocracy to read William Hewitt's article . We squeeze in a few lines : —

      To speak of our common progenitor as Lord Addtm , — Adam Esq ., or of Eve , aa Lady Eve , or the Honourable Mrs Eve , would become a burlesque of the most ludicrous description . * * What dreadful havoc should we make of the moral sublime if we talked of my Lord Enoch , of the Grand Dukes Abraham , Isaae , and Jacob , or of his Excellency the Most Noble Marquis Joseph , Governor of Egypt , nnder his Imperial Highness , Pharaoh . * * * It may be very well for an archbishop of these days to be styled his Grace the Lord Archbishop of So-and-So—for a bishop to be dubbed a Right Reverend Father in God—for a dean to be a Very Reverend ;

      but what a degradation and ridicule would it be to talk of His Grace the Archbishop St Paul , or the Right Reverend Father in God St Peter . * * * In all ages , those who have climbed out of the mob of their time , and planted their gloriou * feet on the mountain of imraortalit } , have stood forth there too treat and beautiful for tbe ohgeuradon of their eternal names by the foolish epithets of ordinary flattery . Hamer , Plato , Socrates , Cicero , Cato , Luther , Sh ' akspere , Milton , Bacon , New . ton , and even those living amongst the fogs of our times , Wordsworth , Byron , Scott , Shelley . How all titles drop awavfroman immortal name ! How we tear them

      down , as we would a beggar ' s rags from the noble sta . tne of some beneficent divinity I * * # How often do we see in the announcements of public meetings by the people , that Mr So-and so will move a resolution , and Thomas So-and-so , Esquire , will second it ! Let this cant of fictitious squirearchy perish ! Let ns leave this foil ) to the foolish ! Let us henceforth be content , nay , for it is a great and arduous strife , let us aspire to be men ; and desire no other glory than to be good men ! Dr Bowring contributes an excellent article on modern Greece , from which we give the following extracts : —

      THE CBEKKS . If a people be not brutalised by despotism , thera is bo ground for despair . I never despaired of Greece . In the elasticity and activity of the Hellenic intellect , there was always a source of hopeful trust and expectation . True , they drank of the bitterest draught of slavery ! True , they—th ? intellectual—« era trampled upon by the coarse and brutish ! but in that fertility of device which was called craftiness and cunning—in that subtlety and readiness which to often trenched on , and not unfrequently passed over , tbe barriers of truth and honesty—some resource was found against tyranny that would have been otherwise intolerable . But when the Turkish yoke was removed , with what a spring the old commercial spirit of the Greek islanders burtt into ener .

      - geticaction ! Even before tbe last successful Hellenic insurrection , tbe maritime passion of the inhabitants of tbe Cyclases was exhibited in a thousand shapes . The best sailors who manned the Turkish fleets were Greeks . That noble race of boxtmen who ply through tbe 9 * r . denelles , and about the Bosphoru * . are mostly Greeks , There Wui scarcely a port in the Mediterranean where tbe Greek mariner , in bis national custom , did not add something to the charms of the scene . The Hydriote there might be found in these plain coloured garments , which tha sumptuary laws of his . island imposed upon him . There theSciote and the Spetziote , the Candiote and the man of Cyprus , the Rhodian and Eubesn , were to ba seen in tbe grotesque varieties of their distinguishing habiliments ; and the Greeks have of late been

      more than ever faithful to their trading traditions . Within the last twenty years they have nearly mono , polized the commerce of the Levant . There is not a port nor a place in Europe , where business is carried on to any estent , in which Creek merchants are wanting . Every trading city around th « Mediterranean Sea is crowded with them . Through Egypt they have penetrated into Nubia , Sondan , and down to the confluence of the blue and white Nils . They hover about the Red Sea , and trade with Abysinnia on the one side , and Arabia on tha other , By Aleppo and Damuscus they carry on their barter with the ' two sidesofthe Euphrates . Theyhavo invaded Georgia , Armenia , and Fcnia , by the Caspian ; and at this moment the Greeks reckon among the ' r number some of the most opuleut aad enterprising merchants of the world .

      And the women of Greece—what country can exhibit diviner specimens of womanly loveliness ! As a rase , I know of none comparable to them in grace and beauty . Among groups of Andalnsian ladies , you will be ( truck with the surpassing charms of some-with the small , pretty feet , with tbe laughing coquetry , with the ready repartee , of most , or all . But you will see nothing com . parable , upon the whole , to an astemblage of Grecian damsels . As a race , I repeat , thay are the most beautiful women of Europe . Go forth at evening on tbe banks of the Bosphorous—visit any of the Greek villages , either on its eastern or its western banks—ramble on a holi .

      day to the valley ot the sweet waters , toTherapia , Ar aaouatKoe . orBuyukdere , and you will see forms and fi urea gliding by . such as the eye of admiration would be never weary of contemplating , and tbe memory be delighted to dwell upon . Tisit any of tbe European ports where the Greek " merchants most do congrrgate ;" andinthe even , ing gatherings , the balls , or conversazioni , in which you observe circles of ladies mere charming than the rest , you may salely pronounce them to be the wives and daughters of the am » ula * ory and adventurous traffickers who , from Scio and Syra . from the islands of the Archipelago , or the harbours of the Peloponnesus , hare there established themselves .

      Greece has great resources , agricultural and com . merciaU Her present population amounts to ntarly a million ; of which about one-half comprises tbe Peloponnesus , about a quarter of a million are distributed among tbe islands , the remainder in Eastern and Western Greece . But the million of inhabitants wbo are included in the kingdom of Greece comprise lest than half of those wba call themselves Greeks , and who speak the Romaic toncue . Of these , Macedonia alone—still sub . ject to the Ottoman sway—is inhabited by three quarters of a million of Greeks . The area of King Otho's dominions is about sixteen thousand miles . Its

      geographical position is admirably adapted to trading enterprise . It has multitudinous inlets and superior harbours ; its islands stud the Egean ; its coasts furnish an abundant supply of able and practised marines ; the spirit of the people is generally adventurous , and tbe oce » n may truly be called the home of a large portion of thtG reek community . Its fisheries employ great nnmbers of hand * , who are trained on the shores to a widsr field of maritime exertion . " Rivers are not wanting , though better known to the muse than tbe merchant . But the soil is fertile and various , adapted to the production of many of the articles most in demand in the great markets of Europe .

      When the independence of Greece was recognised , and "tbe Great Powers , " as they called themselves , presented a king to the Greeks ; they made a most unhappy choice . Deformed in body , Otho was sent to govern aland in which , more than any other , the influence of personal comeliness Is universally felt and recognised—a most natural ttatoof thing * among a people distinguished for physical Beauty . There stood the sotereinn , singularly ill-featured , in tbe midst of a nobly-fashioned race . A man of intellectual sagacity was wanting , to exercise a becoming authority in a nation of wonderful quickness ; but Otho caraa , endowed with a mean capacity , and wholly unable to secure tbe esteem of tha thoughtful , or the respect of the observant . A sovereign was required

      who , if trained by early education to a religion other than that of Greece , should have had the wisdom to mould his prejudices to the opinions , or aven the pre . judice . 1 , that were to surround him ; bat Otho , destined to an ecclesiastical career , and filled with the narrow vies of an almost monastic education , was specially unfitted fur the task he was called on to fulfil , and ? or the discharge of tha duties imposed upon him . But , last and worst of nil , Oiho was not a Greek , but a Bavarian . The place * of his birth , indeed , mattered little , would he have identified himself with tho interests , aud the feelings , and tko liberties of Greece—had he consented that Greece should be tor the Greeks , and his government a truly Greek government . To accomplish this was his firsr JiupsratBOuat , hiaperemr . lory obligation . Such an

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      obligattonnever seems tohsropresented itself tohis mind . Into Greece he sought to transplant Bavaria . B . ivarhn purposes , Bavarian projects , Bavarian prejudices rule da . spotically in Athens . The Revolution of 1813 ou ^ ht ' tn have aroused him from , his stranga hallucinations . It failed to do so . Tha-Bavarlan incubus was Indeed got rid of ; but nothing to represent tbe true policy of Greece was . substituted la Jit * stead . A Constitution was proclaimed , but the old hankering after despotic and irresponsible authority has made that Constitution little better than " adelusion , a mockery , and a snare . " It may , perhaps , have been the intcntim of tbe pro j ecting powers to hand over Greece to a weak minded prince ,

      obstinate in resistance to all that is progressive , jealous of popular control , and falling back by habit and affection upon those notions of arbitrary government so acceptable to the powers that be . Happly , howerer , the dysastyis likely to find in the person of Otho its first and last representativa . He has no descendant , no . ' is itprobable he will ever have a descendant . Are the Greeks to be meddled with in the choice of a governor , o ? a form of government ? Is the wretched experiment which has so signally faHed again to be repeated f Are Russians aud Frenchmen , Austrians and Englishmen , to decide whom the Greeks shall have for their king ! U is abhorrent to every sense of right , to every claim o & freedom .

      The most interesting of this part's contents we have yet to name ; we allude to the extraordinary revelations concerning " Caspar llauser . the Hereditary Prince of Baden . " w e shall try lo find room , in our next for an extract from these revelations . Jn the meantime we have much pleasure in recommending this part of ifou-jti ' s Journal to the attention »» our readers , that they may peruse for themselves the astounding disclosures of princely villany , ef which , « h our mm time , Baden has been tbe scene .

      People's Almanack For 1847. A Polish Fri...

      People ' s Almanack for 1847 . A Polish friend has favoured us with the following translated from the German Gazette of Brussels . Winxeb . —January , February , March . ( This season began on December 22 nd , 1816 , at 4 h . 22 m . p . m . ) During this season of snow , ice , and thaws , the poor man shivers in the open frosty air under his miserable rags ; ha seeks narrow streets , because there the cold penetrates less . He spends his day in looking for work , and in want of it he endeavours to obtain a piece of bread from public benevolence . In extreme cases he finds not even admittance to a poorhouse . At night the poor maa lies on the bare ground iu a corner , or a gateway , and praises heaven when by accident he succeeds iu slipping into a stable , where , together with the horses , he can enjoy tbe warmth and the softness of tho dirt .

      From the end of January the agriculturist begins to prepare the ground for various kinds of food and fru'ts . He carries tbe dung to the fields and distributes it ; he prepares the psar , apple , and other fruit-trees , —arranges the hot-beds , and in wine countries plants his branches of vine . In this season the rich man gets up about mid-duy , and takes his breakfast ; be walks out to enjoy himself , or moves bis arm-chair near the fireplace till the evening . Then comes the dinner , after which be spends the evening , aud a part of the night , at the theatre , at balls , concerts , tc , At last fatigued he returns home at four o ' clock in the morning , takes a snack and goes to bed , which he leaves again at mid-day , in order to pursue the course of life of the preceding day . Spbing . —April , May , June . ( Beginning the 21 st of March , at 5 h . 42 m . in the morn . ing , when the sun enters the sign of the Ram . )

      At this time of shower * , of changeable temperature , and dangerous night frosts , the poor man who sleeps on the bare ground is exposed to sickness in a variety of shapes , by which he is overthrown , or regains bis health as well as he can . He has no physician , aud the hospital is not open for everybody . He has got no money for medical treatment , and as to his food , hunger , the everlasting diet of the indigent , is prescribed to him by his only physician—Mr Distress . The agriculturitt cultivates his field and sows the spring seeds . He works at the nursery , and in the gardens , and provides for the irrigation of the meadows . At this season the rich man enjoys the remnants of the balls , theatres , and concerts , as well as nightly orgies , and begins to ocenpy himself with the enjoyments of the fine season . He takes his afternoon ride on horseback , and makes his first eicurtions into * the country .

      Suhheb . —July , August , September . ( Beginning June 22 nd , at 2 h . 28 m . in the morning . ) The poor man runs barefoot over the burning pavement . After having carried heavy burdens , or overtired himself by running about , he rests panting and covered with sweat . He cannot enjoy tbe luxury of a change of liaen . The cold water , he is obliged to drink to quench his thirst , cauies pleurisy and inflammation . Tho uncleanliness , inseparable fiom his position , produces skin diseases . In summer time the life of the poor man is one of exhaustion , nevertheless this season is tbe least sad for him . The peasant mows his bay , and brings hit grains to the barns . He toils under the searching raja of the sun . The summer leaves him not a single day of rest , not even the Snnday . He works daily eighteen hours .

      Baring tbif season the rich man dissipates in tbe country or abroad tbe money be has gained by the labour of the working class . In summer time the rich reside in the country , where game , fishing , and walks at evening , give variety to his entertainments . He goes for six or seven weeks to the waters , as Ems , Wiesbaden , Spa , Aix-Ia-Chapelle , & c , where he follows gambling and amorous adventures . He visits the poetical ruins of Italy , or by means of a long stick with an iron guard , and dressed in a fine silken blouse , he climbs up the mountains of Switzerland . Aurdmk . —October , November , December . ( Beginning on September 23 rd , at 4 b . 32 m . p . m . ) In this season begins tbe rest of the poor man , and the rest of his stomach too ! Labour becomes scarcer , and consequently also the means of getting bread . This course of life weakens him , and entails upon him many diseases he has no means of averting .

      In this season the agriculturist spends his last care in the vineyards , and gathers all that remains aa tho field -, he ploughs and sows the winter seed , and finishes tbe remaining works in the house and out of doors , which on account of the approaching severe season are of pressing necessity . In this season the rich man' passes away his time in hunting , either on the fields of his peasants , which he causes to ba destroyed by hit dogs , or on a special ground , where the wild beasts are enclosed in such a manner that they spoil at least a part of the seeds and fruits of the environs . He attends races , and spends thereat sums upon which twenty families could live very comfortable during the whole of a year . In a word , between the last pleasures of the summer and the first ones of tbe winter , he Interpolates tha enjoyments of the autumn as an after and precluding entertainment , —as a change and seasoning of his money-dissipating life , which is only based on selfish enjoyment . Peophect . —The time is not far distant when this almanack will cease to be the almanack of the People ,

      Twilight In The West. Tavistock: W. Brcn...

      Twilight in the West . Tavistock : W . Brcndon , Fore-street . The twenty-four pages of this pamphlet appear to be merely tbe introduction to a larger work on " National Education . " The writer slashes away at all parties ; but his own views we do clearly comprehend .

      Tlte Evils of the Currency . By J . C . Wright , M . A ., Banker , Nottingham . London : Longman and Co . This pamphlet is directed against Sir Robert Peel ' s Bank Charter Act , and in favour of a two-fold paper curreHcy . the one , for home circulation , inconvertible , and limited to the amount of the taxes , the other for intercourse with foreign nattons . regulated in amount by the exchanges , and convertibleat all times .

      Llic.Hway Robbery At Mid Day.—Mr J. Salm...

      llic . HWAY Robbery at Mid day . —Mr J . Salmons , butcher . Barley , had been to Barkway on business , and was returning along tbe high road about eleven o ' clock in the morning , when he was accosted by a young man in the garb of a soldier , who entered into conversation with him . Mr Salmons walked on with his companion unsuspectingly for about half a mile , when the ruffian , who had picked up a large stone on the way , and placed it in a handkerchief , struck him with this formidable weapon on the head , and having thus succeeded in knocking him down , continued to beat him with the stone upon the head , until he became perfectly helpless . Salmons was then dragged by his assailant into a deep ditcb . where bis pockets were rifled , and 10 s . 6 d . in silver

      taken . The soldier then left his victim apparently dead , and retraced his steps towards Barkway . Mr Salmons , after some time , recovered his consciousness , and succeeded in reaching a habitatioa . when he gave information of what had occurred . The atrocity and boldness of the assault astounded the whole neighbourhood , and in a short time many persons , on foot and on horseback , were engaged in scourin ? the country in search of the onender , who was at last found 'regaling himself at a public-housa at Reed , a village near Barkway . ^ He was secured , and handed over to the notice . Owing to the precarious state of the injured man , it was judged advisable immediately to take his deposition ; and on the

      prisoner being brought to his bed-side , he unhesitatingly identified him , and ful ' . y detailed to the magistrate the circumstances of the assault .. IV prisoner who gave tho name of William Atter , and who said he was a deserter from the 8 th battalion of artillevy , stationed at Woolwich , was , on Wednesday , committed for trial . He is an athletic young man , about 23 years of age . Mr Salmons still lies m a precarious state , and on Thursday night no hopes were entertained of his recovery . A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian say ? , if those who bouses are intoned with cockroaches would pour a little strong vinegar down the crevices and holes where they conceal themselves , thoy would not be further troubled with them .

      "Represent me , " said a gentleman to his artist , " with a book in my hand , and reading aloud ; paint my servant , aIss , in one corner , where he cannot he seen , but in such % manner that ho may hear me wheal call him "

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      After A Pause Of Some Months, We Resume ...

      After a pause of some months , we resume our seectmn of extracts fnim tbe works of the immortal Chikie . " The ' historical tragedy " of "MARINO FALIEaO " will supply us with more " beautiss" than we can find room for ; but we must confine ourselves to the choicest . , Notwithstanding the depreciatory , criticisms of JHfrey . Bishop fleber and other authorities , our sympathies are entirely with GiffdVd , who declared thatnosuchtrauedy as " Marino Micro" had appeared in Knglish since the day when Otway also jwaa inspired to his masterpiece , by the interests of

      ! a Venetian story and a Venetian conspiracy . The istory may be told in a few words . Mirino Faliero , a : Venetian aristocrat , possessed of ereat military jialente , and , in other respects abilitieeof the highest ( order , hail served the Republic with , great distinction , especially in the wars against Hungary . He •> as su > e < jiipntly ambassador ac Gemia . and Rome . While servini ! in that capacity at the latter place , ihe was elected to tbeDugeahip or Dukodomof Venice , jllestwtt found ' that the oligarchy was-a grinding [ despotism , by which both prince and > people were i pitilessly ruled . The people were slaves ; the prince : « puppet and a tool . Too soon the Bege discovered fii * ducalcap to he a crown of tliornsk > Vexed and irritated at the alixUts out upon him . ono last insult

      rtufhcid to fire the tr . iin of bis long brooding hatred . The Doge , tliouch an old man , had tor wife a fair and . youthful woman , upon whose tame no stain rests . NoihwitlMt-mding her unquestionable virtue , one Michael Steno , one of the privileged order , dared to . write some words of filthy slander , in allusion to the o d prince and his young wife ,. on the very stateclinir » 'the Drtge ! Naturally incensed , theDugedo niand- d ju 4 ' u-e at he hands of the Senate ,, who thereui > nn ordered the offender to be punished , by beinir subjected to ime month's close confinement at his own home . Disgusted with a sentence the Boge deemed so inadequate to the offence , and regarding tbe Senate ' s sentence on Steno as crowning the long list of injuries he considered lie Itad suffered at

      the hands of the oligarchy , the piece opens with the appearance of Marino fiianiii . fr with raze , and ready to clutch at any means of vi-nueanca which may present themselves . At this moment , one Israel Bertticcio . chief of the Arsenal , presents himself before Marino Faliero , and demands of him justice on one of the aristocrats who had struck him . The Doge answers that hecan neither do the peop ' e justice , nnr obtain justice fur him-elf ; that lie is but the slave of the Senate . Israel Bertuccio , finding the Doge ripe for mischief , di-closes to hint the existence of a con "piracy tor the entire destruction of the Venetian aristocracy , and profit rs to make the Duge king , il

      he . will join the conspirators iu freeing the neopb trim the horrible oligarchy . The D . » ge consents t * . meet the conspirators , nnd ultimately casts his lot with them , although . not without some inward struggles against the intended universal massacre of his own class . The plot has reached the moment of explosion , when all fails through the treason of one of the conspirators , who , anxious 10 save one of the aristocrats , informs him of the plot , and tbe person thus warned forthwith reuses tbe senators to a sense of their danger . The whole ot tbe chiefs of the conspiracy are arrested , including the Doge , put through a mock trial and executed . These events occurred in the

      year laoo . The following lines occur in the course of the Doge ' s outburst of piv . sior . oii learning the sentence passed upon Steno : — The must despised , wrongM , outraged , helpless . wtetch , Who hegt his bread , if it is refused by one , Hay win it from another kinder heart ; Bat be who is denied his right by those Whose place it Is to do no wrong , is poorer Than the rejected beggar—he ' s a slave . On the occasion of meeting the conspirators the

      Doge unfolds his reasons for joining them : — Our private wrongs hare sprung from public rices , In this—I cannot call it commonwealth Horkiilgdom , which hath neither prince nor people , ' But all the sins of the old Spar an state Without its virtues - tempt ranee and valour . The Lords of Luceeceuion were true soldiers , But ours are Sybarites , while we are Helots , Of whom I um the lowest , most 8 ' slaved , Although dress'rt out to head a pugoant , as The Greeks of yore made druuk their slaves to form A pastime for their children .

      » # * # * Begirt with spies forguards—wUJi robes for power—With pomp tor freedom—gaol *™ for a council-Inquisitors for friends—end hell f » r life ! I had one only fount of quiet left , And that they poison'd . ' My pure household Gods Where sliiverM on my hearth , and o'er their shrine Sttte grinning Ribaldry and sneering scorn , * . » * * * * # * You are met To overthrow this monster of a stnte , This mockery of a government , this spectre , Wlieh must be exorcised with blood , * * * # #

      In operating this great chanve , I claim To be one of you—it jou trust in me ; If not , strike home , —my life is compromised , And I would rather fall by freemen ' s hands Than lire another day to act the tyrant As del . gate of tyrants . * * Hapb b ; i 41 been what the senate sought , A tiling of robes and triukets , dizenV out To sit in state as for a sovereign ' s picture ; A popular scourge , a ready sentence . signer , A stieliler b . r the Senate and " the Forty , " A sceptic of all measures xhich hnd aot Thu sanction of " the Ten , " a council fawner , A tool , a foul , a puppet . —thay had ne ' er Fostcr'd the wretch who stung me . What I suffer

      Has reached me through my pity for the people ; That many know , and they who know not yet Will one daylenrn : meantime , I do devote , Whate ' er the is » ue . my last dnys of life—My present power such as it is—not that Of D- ' ge , but of a man who bas been great Before he was degraded t >» a Doge , And still has Individual m > : ans and mind ; I stake my fame ( and 1 hud fame)—my breath—( The least of all , for its last hours are nigh ) My heart—my hepi—my snul—upon this cast ! Such as I am , I < ffer me to you And to your chiefs , accept me or reject me , A prince who fain would be a citizen . Or nothing , und who has left his throne to be so , *****

      * * * I hate tbe senate . I cannot pause on individual hate , In the absorbing , sweeping , whole revenge , Which , like tbe sheeted fire from heaven must blast Without distinction , as it fell jf yore , Where the dead » ea hath quenched two cities . aahes . The two principal projectors and chiefs of the conspiracy ar » - Israel Bertuccio and Philip Calendaro . We select from their speeches the following deathless lines , which have been and will continue co be , " watchwords" for struggling patriots , " till the future shall be free !"

      Cal « ndaro —I ' m sick of these protracted And hesitating councils ; day on day Crawl'd ou , and ad . led but another link To our long letter * , and some fresher wrong Inflicted on our brethren or ourselves , Helping to swell oar tyrants' bloated strength . Let us but deal upon them , and I care not For the result , which must be death or freedom , I ' m wenry to the heart of finding neither . / . Bertuceio . —Wo must forget all feelings save the . one , We must resign all passions save our purpose—We must behold no object save our country—And only look on death as beautiful , So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven , And draw down freedom on her evermore , Calendaro —But if we fait 1

      J . Bertuccio —Th « y never fall who die In a great cause : the block may soak their-gore ; Their heads may sodden in tbe sun ; their limbs Be Strang to city gates and castle walls—But still their snirits walk abroad . Though years El . ipse , and other * share as dt , tk a doosa , They but augment tho deep and sweepiag thoughts Which overpower allothm , and conduct Theworidatlustto freedom ,

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      * « ww ^ *** +++ * " * s 3 ^ j &~ + * ****** OM' *** Parisian Scandal—Who is ue ?—A very scandalous affair has been foir several days tho subject of conversation in Parisian high litV . Apersnaage of the highest rank , SJSyears of ago , and marriwl , being also the father of three pretty children , has bees found by General D— -in criminal conversa . tioa with his wife . General !) - — , whftat first did not recognise him , would ha . ve killed him on the spot , and thoin-h the personage declared his rank , tho offended husband said that he would summon him before tho Court of Peers , and gave him a sound

      thrashing before dismissing him . The affur 1 ms tiiven rise to many negooiations in order to suppress the scandal , and it is said that the young man will be obliged to travel for several months . Ho will go to the waters of Bareges with a younger toother until General D—— has forgotten'the offence . Genera ' D has liysg been in the service of the Belgian government . Favbrsuiam . —An explosion nf gun cotton has occurred at the works of Messrs Hall , in this neighbourhoo : ) , by which a youth named Marden , about 17 ycaMofiige ; had one of his thighs broken , and was sa much otherwise injured that ho is not expected k

      survive . M . Rimsinor , a great Russian landowner , has presented 8000 serfs of both sexes belonging to him with their freedom . ,., „ ,., The Kin )? of Prussia has charged M . Cornelius to prepare the drawings for a monument to be erected at Berlin to perpetuate the remembrance of his decrees of the 3 rd of February for the oonstitutieR of a General Diet . The editor of tho Natchez Courier announces the death of ilia best and favourite cow , " Mra Myers . "

      These Are The Chambers' Jf- Jmi. ' Lweha...

      THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' JF- JMI . ' LWehave already shown toour readers the Cham-Ders ot 1847 ; we now refer to tbe previous opinions ol these changeable economists . Whence this wondentil change ? 1 IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANBS-. SPADE HUSBANDRY . ( Fromthe Info rmation forth People , Noi 12 . ) Stronger testimony in favour of spade husbandry coaldnotbe well adduced , but we doubt its being generally practised with success in the ordinary mutino of agriculture . ItseenuMo be best suited for mere cottage farming , in whiobthe labour is-of little exchangeable value . Referring to this point , the Rev Mrllickey ( Martin Doyle ) , in his Cyclopedia

      of-ftactical Husbandry , observes— " On even an extensive scale of farming , we recommend spade husbandry in potato or cabbage svkure % but not for general crops . However gratifying to the benevolence of nn individual farmer it may be to employ » vast number of men to dig his land in . preference to . tlie usual course of plough and horse-labour , he must consider that there is a limit beyond which he cannot multiply his labourers without occasional inconvenionee and perplexity to himself , and without wnceaBihgisuperintendence . Should any of the numerous onuses which may occasion a ebnn . e of-occeiptera on a given farm , or aohnngoof «/ st «» ioaeuv 8 . wbabis to become of the numerous families collected by an individual wbohaalawely in roduced the practice of manual

      labtrar , and confined his operations to > thafc system alone ?; What is to become-of an excessive population ^ apri ' .-uitural labourers ; if' their servioes be no longer required by the successor of the spade-husbandry farmer ? If any one replies , «« Oh , let bite system be-generally introduced , and * there can be no danger ot their want of employ rnent Bomcwhere , "the answer is plain . If you substitute tbe spade for f 4 e plough ZJ ?» a ? » extont ' 7 ° , ™* " « price of- labourers beyend what you can aflord to pay . and you diminish he chance of success in you general farm operations , by giving up too much time to onodepartment of labour . I ime is money to . a farmer ; . Ibi him lose a week in a critical season , and the delay may be highly injurious to him in . many respects . Promptitude and dispatch are essential to bis . completion of farm labours at the proper times : without the aid which improved machinery affords him * it would he utterly impossible for him to get through , his work in

      ¦' tie course . Let him abandon the more rapidly working plough , and talic the tedious spade , and he will soon heartily regret his exchange . After what we have premised on this subject , itisalmost superfluous to repeat , that if these latter reraarks possess any accuracy at all , they are merely true in their application to large farmers , and not intended by tiny means to offect tho subject as it isosnnected with the cottier or small farmer , who- has rarely any capital but his labour , and ' needs no . other if he be suffered to use it freely nnd fairly * What is the limit , then , to the sapital of his labour ? What ized farm should he have that will make it the most productive ? Why , tbe exaot amount , and no more , to which he oan apply all bis-eapital . lias he a family , be may then have more capital of labour to bestow by their assistance ; consequently a larger allotment will be needed to employ all the capital of more extended labour . If he be single , then less , of course , will suffice . "

      The only point that remains to be settled is one connected with political econojny . It is alleced by the leading political economists of England , that cottage farminz ( sec article Gotrlage System in the Encyclopedia Brittanica ) , while calculated to promote the growth of a population of paupers , is only distracting manual labour from its proper field of employment . But this allegation proceeds on an unproved assumption . If it could be shown that every able-bodied man could make five shillings aday by working as a weaver , at a factory or any other branch of labour , the asse * tion would in part be correct ; but such is not the case , There are countries in which remunerative employment cannot be permanently had , and in such situations—to

      which society in England seems advancing—the choice is in a great measure between spade ., hus bandry and starvation , not between spade husbandry and well-paid employment . Besides , the political economist entirely overlooks the fact , that the cottage farmer derives immense advantages from the labour of his wife and children not one oft whom , most likely would be able to earn a penn ^ at any kind of labour in towns . It is by calling up these engines to assist him that he can out-rio tlie large farmer with all his capital and machinery— a fact distinctly proved , at least as respects the keeping of cows and selling their produce ; -no ^ tint-stock company of cowkeepers being al . le to conapeto with the miscellaneous and unmarketab e labour of a humble dairyman and his family . As to the allocation that cotton farming would cause a deterioration in society , it is also founded on n- 'rrow views . In soma pai'ts of the canton of Vaud and elsewhere in

      SwitEerland , where the farms are ail small , and mostly wrought hy their proprietors , there is no pauperism worthy of the name , n » oirerylas population ; and who would compare the ordterliness of manners , the sobriety and thriftiness of . the people , and the small amount of crime in that , country , with the vice intemperance , and povery , ft « s which England ' and Scotland * with all their large and splendid farms , are now becoming unhappily distinguished ? fo might be difficult to prove that iirge farms haw been , in any material degreee , the cause of tba social evils now exciting so mack attention ; bub if is clear that they have noi prevented those evih-Without going so far as to say that C'ttage-farming would furnish a universal remedy , we think taat , independently of its use in increasing the produstfve surface of tbe country , it would at least afford-some relief , and add to that section o ? the population which is still in a healthful moral condition .

      Great Storm In India. Intelligence From ...

      GREAT STORM IN INDIA . Intelligence from Bombay brought by tlsa Overland Mail states that the all-engrossing topic has been tbe occurrence of a terrific gale on tho Malabar coast , by which an immense deal of damaga , both to shipping and other property , has been dons . Numerous disasters have taken place by sea and Sand . The ship Mermaid , Captain Rodgers , which Left Bombay on the lllh of April , for Singapore audi China , was wrecked on the IfJih ofia village about five miles to : ho southward of Viagorlah . Happily no lives were luat . The fine ship Buckinghamshire , Captain M'Grcgor , bound from London to Bombay * was totally dismasted near Vingorlah .

      The Pattimus Ruppareil , bound'to Calicut frora Bombay put back from sea a day . or two since , and brings some lamentable tidings of the effects of the cale which she encountered about 100 miles fnim Bombay . Numbers of Pattiniars are supposed , to have foundered , and it is feared the loss of life . and property must be immense .. Amongst others ., the Patiimar Sibaad Palkee , on her way from Caliqiit to Bombay , with Government timber , has betm , lost off Jageer . The inhabitants said that the oldest among them never rememberod such a " tya ' a « on . "

      While here the loss of above twenty vessels , was ascertained ; the crews of some of them araived at Jageer . There was a report amongst the g « op ! e nn shore of the loss of a boat with some Euroacan soldiers , and of a bugla with horses . Qyi > iter wav hither , the Ruppareil passed the wreck of a large vessel , supposed to be ' Nowrojee ' a Botella , ' laden with timber , and several dead bodies . fSoated past hor . Cocoaunts in abundance were also seen in the water , no doubt part of cargoes tliKown overboard during the gale , or washed from , the-wuecks of foundered vessels .

      The Sesostris steamer was , on the- 21 st of April , safeatCannanore . " TBLUcnw . Y , Armi , 20 . Wo had a severe storm o ' n ; the 17 th . On tbe evening of the 16 th , a strong : ' gale from the S . E . warned us of the advent of the- tempest . At seven , p . m ., we had one continued shower of rain , with vivid sheets of lightniag , an £ dreadful claps of thunder . Oa the 17 th the sea was ver ^ high ; it swept on shore many of thcnaUve vessels , moored in the harbour , of which one was wrecked . The rivers , too , oversowed , inundating the padd ? fields and highways for the distance of four hundred yards . A scarcity , it is feared , will l » the effect of the overflow , Sor the paddy seeds already ss > wn have been fwepiaway . Tho services rendered by the Master

      Attendant en that day are highly dsserving of praise . Our neighbours at Caaannore have been moreanfoitunate than wo . Id one fell sweep , 25 shops and two warehouses wore destroyed , the Customhouse injured , auil a large warehouse belonging to tho Beeber nearly deiaolished . The proprietors of the go-downs were obliged to destroy ^ the rear wall of tho buildings and remove the articles . One Paltimar , belonging to the Dalai Vcrapen , and another , were wrecked ,, and the corpse of a woman , was washed ashore r , wir the Fort of ( hnnanor * . Bales of goods were found strewed on the margin , of the sea nearMahi , ond it is supposed some vc ** el off Badagberry hits been destroyed . Had tho tempest raged for an hour moro . the buildings now along the beach atTellkharry would have only presented a heap of ruins .

      London And Nomji-Wkstkuii Railway. — The...

      London and Nomji-Wkstkuii Railway . — The liberality which this company has sliown ( < in convey , ing provisions and cloth ing for the destitute IrisS , free , bas been suddenly checked by a discovery of the fraud by which the privilege has been abused . It is painful to think that there are unprincipled persons veady to make a trade by fraudulently representing their packages as cifts for the starving population ot mir sister isle , and thus obtaining free oarriago ol them along the railway ; and it ia lameutablc thai tho free scope of generous feeling should be checked by such imposition . We understand that since the commencement of the Irish (' amino the London and North-Western Company have conveyed , tree of charge , a weight of goods wb . wh , at the ' ordinary freights , would have produced , between £ 1 , 000 and £ 2 . 000 to the company .

      London And Nomji-Wkstkuii Railway. — The...

      Whims Eholand s Poor are Starved , akd Ir «* usd s Poor akk f » rwo f-Jermy Lind has only named as remuneration f . * her s < Tvic , at Liverpool for six rwhts . tbe . fDiiil ] sum of £ 500 a nj » ht , Report tarn her MiasesmPnt'at'trwQuecr , ' * Theatre brings her in JE 500 weekly , for three nit-hrs' performances , besides being pnividrdl with a bouse to live in . a earriaee for her own u » e . and covers being |» ia * daily at ht-rown mamiimrforSwenty person *! Si » -ouu » Wt is > remarked nf the Chinese language , tbat'thpreisfflolt a word in it that expresses the true idea of sin ; and the ¦ nlv word which comes near it is one RieHiftiriaa breach of "oliteness .

      PROTBSTxiwrBSniKff . —The New York Jlirald em * tnins hu ndvortinempnl from " % respectable young ' wmnan who wishes to- » tt as tret-nurse to a Protestant baby T '—lfi was Sis' Dicbv Markworth , we believe , who b ' « a « tpd ' th nti be "as b urn a Protestant ; the same fashion of natality seems to prevail ia Am""ii > a . Tub UnROiop-Aitw / a ' s Opinion op Wari—At a dinner given to General Henry Smith by bis-former companions in arm * be is reported to have- said" He trusted , that the penc of Waterloo would continue , for our prnfi ' ssinn , " said he . " it ia a damnable trade . nwVif it mii « tf be- Ibat w » have » o wet . let it be carried on with the utanost mitiration of its horrors . "

      The LiiTA-Thlv lil > is expressed by the terra Shushan in Hebrew , which denotes light , and is 8 > ii < t to have its name frbm > the property it possesses ofrefleetimrlieht . ' One of tho capital cities in Persia « named Shushan from the abundance of lilies of a beautiful kind which grow in its neighbourlrhnd . Hobribir , — A < mon named Samuel Mills , a ' navvy , "h » s been committed fortrinl to Iftnonster Castle for a horrible assault , committed under the > mostrevr . itvr . fr circumstances , at Preston , on a child , named Jfaie Errmndkon , under four years of age .. Tun GAxti-nv Mon 3 mrnt . —A correspondent-of th « r Daily A ' ewa suggests that , if the authors , publishers , compositors , pressmen , paper-makers , A : < v , would ! every man subacribte an avera ge sttm nf sixpence ; ip » head throughout tile kingdom , the newesr . ry . funds for erectifig-the monainent we . uid be . provided ;

      Tiie W rjRuo-TUBrar , Ursine Dows . — The era !* of the Iveeling Islands , in tbe Pncifte ( Vcenn . eat enp . r . a . mits . boring a-hole through f } i <> shell with one of their clnwa ; -the- Mi eat coral , and the tW » r . » r . fc fish in the shallow water on the reef : the . men rida on turtle , and th ' e-shells ( the gisantic Ofwmn * are dangerous man-traps ; therreater part , of tbe seafowl rnosts onbrancbe ? , and many of the rsiw make their nests nt tho- top of bi ? h palm trees . —British Quarterly Review / May , JS-17-Anothkr PAia . 2 « tub Price of Bread . —On Mon - day another fall to the price of bread , to . tiie extent nf one , nenny . in the 4 ! b loaf , was made , by all Mib bakers : the second bread beini' now reduesd t &} o \ the loaf in the city and west end Ti : p tost , wbeaien sells at lOd . to lftjd ., brown or rye bread is ' SJ'd . the >

      loaf-Iffiw- LnDoiKa-IIousB for Workino ,. Mm * . —The Society for Imnroving the Condition of the Working-Classes have fitted tin a new lodging to > use for single men- at No . 2 > . Char ! e ? . 9 trent , Brurv-Iane . The arrangements which w « had an opDortunity of inspecting on Satnrdav . are excellent ; -every aeonm-TOndat ' on being provided for about eiehtv reesnns at a cost of foiirpe-ce per night . This su ' m . im ; Hide » the use ofia . hath , wa « hWi « e . nnd cool . in'i utensils . The house is in admirable order a « regards cleanliness . Ac , and appears to he . well ventilated .

      West Immak Yam *—The impm-tnticm of these yams conf ihue . to tnk- > place from the-West . Indies in much larger quantities t' -an iiserMbrm'Tlv to he the cse . A vense has arrived frnrn- » S * K'tt'sand Eustatius , having the large qunnti < y * of = 100 barrels on board : they are understood to be of > a very nutritious character , and as an esculent .- f « vm nn excellent addition to- tho usual and common artioto of human food . Canisb . Saoacit ? . —A short time since * favourite dog belonging to a person residing at the Lye . near this town *( Stourbridge ) , hndnts ear severely hurt , and was taken for two or three days to a chemist ' s shoo , to have it dressed . On the fourth mcrning , however-, the sagacious animal went to the shop by itself and , resting its head ? on the counter , patiently

      awaited * the usual dressing of the ear . It continued to do this every morning till the ear was well . Tws . Fathers to ae Bajbs , —Dow * Castxb Wa'b , —The late Rev . Dr Murray was vi-ired by two females , to take his advice . The first stated that she had born a child , and that the father would not ow'i it , '' Very hard , " -quo' the doctor , "but we'll try him fair . " Tbe second , seeins the sympathy of the gnnrl old man , wasJwM ia s ' atine tint she happened to be with child to another- man when she was marr ' ed . ami thr . t her hnshnnd wmild not allow hev to remain with him . The t > r being old , and -naturally quick of temper , got quite- furious , and ordered her— " Out of niv bouse in a moment . ; ye'll some nnd torment me wi ye ' r h & siards : 'hispoor woman would be gladifsbo had ao father to ber . child ; but as for you , ve ' ve twa to yo ^ r ' s . "

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      Westminster. Mr.Vtal Jjfpnos'itjfea-R So...

      Westminster . Mr . vtaL Jjfpnos'itjfEA-r Society - .- — The GorerHmeat System of Education was the juhject . for

      when he said State Education was State Spyism . Mr Cathie said tbe question just amounted to this , shall we hare a Government Education , or shall we have-a voluntary system of education ? He looked * on Mr Edward Baines a * fenerally a close reasoner , though after rea ing hinv attentively , he mustcon ~ fess his leaning towards a State Education . He thought if the people were properly educated , we eltauld not have so m nob to pay for crime ; but he tinuuiht aseculiar education much pre'ernble ton > religious one , as in a secular form all could he p » r-Sakers , but in a religious form , all but those nf > a . particular form oft religion were shut out , and there were as good moral men to be found amongst those who did not adopt any

      particiilarjeligioua creed , as thera were amongst those who did " . Mr Stallword snid > he recollected when a certain system of College ^ location was proposed ( qs- Ireland a short time sitsce , it was denounced by the late Daniel O'Connelli . and "Little John , " and-their Satellites as an " -Jnttdfll education , " and the colleges were deno » w » ated " Godless . " and he much feared had the Ministry propounded a secular education , at the present time they would have met nobetter fate fmm . She fanatics of dis « ent . All-denominations agroedia-religions educa - ion was the thing , although all di & red as to what that fbrro-oi religion , should bo . I ' oirhisiart he did not caresamui-b , about the cosit , it might have been half » , miilton and he would nob grumble , provided that all might be

      partakers without prejudice , which he thought could never be , so lone as any system o £ theology was taught in tfie schools . He was for having education at any priae . and believed that the same learning that enabited a person to read the Bible , also enabled that perxwt to read Percy Byshe Shelley , or Byron . ( Clieers . }»>; rTrii'iib ! ediilnotth r ) kU ) eprese » ts . vstem of Govaaaiment Education could work wc . ll . lie did not lik ?> to see a measure . como thr'iigh the Privy Council , he preferred the more constitutional mode ot a & iBi being brought in , discussed , and passed by the ifc gWlatttite . He objected to-oue party or parish , whcMsould subscribe a certain amount , having assistant from the government , ai it-left these who most nea < 3 ed it without . ( Loud cheers , ) He looked upon

      th # pension as a bribs , and one that would incline t ' a * teacher to loan to tha government — ( hear , b » ar)—and who were the parsons likely to fill such affiles ? Why such as were recommended by the parsons , magistrates . A-a ,, . and those who did not succeed sufficient to gain . a . pension wore to have places provided for thcifl . in tho customs , post-office , or elsewlsere . ' He could : see nothing but corruption in the whnle sclicmc . ( Loud eljcers . ) Mr Broom * did nat liko the idea tha , t children should be eitho * taught pontics or . theology , llo thought thosi . questions should be left to persons who had arrived at manhood . He objected to a Monarchial Government living the pow . er to educate the people , bat would not object to a . republican government

      possessing such » ower , simply because the latter sprung- : from and wiere of tho people , whilst monarchy was . founded to * fraud aud blood , it was very curious , but- ? . equally t « ie that some members of the ministry vere * . * , Unitarians , some Catholics , and some Materialists ,, „ . yet they all agreed in a religious education for tb ^ * people ; what motive could there be tor this , except- * . to k « ep the people in a state of blindness and soger-- r stUion . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Tilling thought the s vauthful mind should be instructed in the great t truths of chiistiauiiv , and he knew ofnofcwto » » likely to moralise men as the Bible . He t . msht t it necessary to keep them from snob' * ° ™\ . * J" - * * Paine '« . lie also thought it quite right to . 'W >'" J > - * OmhiiliM . seeing that tho government , wag pro-. >~

      f .-Bsedlr a Protestant one . Ox Ocogtaa , saw irom u tit wav in which the last gentleman ha . 4 referred to ta I'aine . - ; works , lie was satisfied be ^ nu . l . otim- e i-e read thcm- ( hear . hear ) -aiid as rei » r . dedtho Catbo- olie . tbev were called on to confute their m %% .,.. ' , r .. i , ii «> nuentlv he could not wo tlieji § tice ' o % X * , 'X * , llTtiZ ^ c ^ M'Sweenv the motion wils adjourned nrSHliSfcturflajraj ? ( this evening , 3 \ meJ > % at ci « ht t . V-l ^ Mc ^ el ^)^ Flic question , '' The mowtaof ihe fcvera ^ 'ifc'didatcStcS for the representation of the city ofi ^ WiJtmmrinr ster will be discussed en Saturday e ^ fnjjvJuriein ' e tho 12 th % W &&

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05061847/page/3/